could tell, it was all just a joke anyway, a trick that some shadow had been playing on them. She didn't believe in anyone being a hundred and twenty eight years old. It wasn't even possible. None of this was possible. She herself was merely a victim of misunderstanding, a part of her remained convinced. She was a fairly well-kept middle aged woman, that was all. But far from being distressed, as she'd been the previous day, she was beginning to grow more accustomed. The food wasn't bad. The scenery was gorgeous. The people she'd met were interesting enough, though mostly insane. She wanted to talk with Baudry again. She was even beginning to miss Princess and her haughty self-satisfied smirks.
Near the women sat a cricket on a tall blade of grass, a cricket whose chirping was not being noticed by them. The cricket kept trying to get their attention, coming closer, hopping and hopping, until finally it leaped onto Ember's left knee. It used an antenna to tickle her. She took a hand from her face and brought it down swiftly, trying to brush it away, but the cricket just jumped to the other knee, then back when she swatted again. Back and forth this went on several times, until Ember finally looked up and noticed the insect was staring right at her, and chirping its little heart out. It was only repeating one message, over and over again.
"Thank you, my child."
"Thank you, my child."
"Thank you, my child."
“What did you say?” Ember asked it.
“Thank you, my child,” it chirped once again. Ember's face brightened as she began to realize what it meant, then she smiled through her tears. She had done the right thing after all!
“Of course! Ember said, jumping up, and dancing around as the cricket flew off satisfied.
“What is it?” Edeline asked.
“The Hidden One,” Ember cried. “She's gone. She's actually gone. She is dead!”
“And that's good?” Edeline asked, now more confused than ever before.
“Good?” Ember shouted. “It's better than good. It's fantastic!”
Edeline shrugged. She couldn’t know it, but everything in the world had changed.
The End.
Epic Fail, Book One
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