In the end...

[Thetis Ce'Elel]

*Thetis is lying in the ever green grass in Wild Point and is ticking her new llama's nose. It shakes his head sneezing and woman laughs. It is beautiful and calm and she is looking at the sky, watching how the clouds drift above her and only thing breaking the illusion of peace is the strange feeling she is having. She opens her backbag and takes the gem out and almost drops it the instant she touches it. The gem is trembling, as if it would be alive and suddenly a loud breaking sound pierces the air. Woman gasps and looks now the diamond, which has a huge crack inside it. Silence lands around her and she sighs deep*

- You did it again… You left… *Thetis smiles sadly when standing up. She wasn’t sad really, because she was expecting this. Woman takes the gem near her lips and smiles* Travel safe Lee, be happy… *she whispers and places the gem away, looking now her surroundings. She should head back to Felucca…*

[Thetis Ce'Elel]

* What really happened is unclear to all. What is certain, that when guards finally arrived and slayed the raging ettin, all what could be find is dead llama, marks of the battle all over the ground, rags from a white dress and huge amount of fresh blood everywhere. People further away had heard screams of terror and pain coming from that direction.*

*Portal conjurer claims that he saw what happened.*

- It was a terrible battle to see. This young woman never had a chance. She was unarmed and she wasn’t wearing any armors either. She tried fight off the pounding and slashing arms of the Ettin to save her llama which leg was broken, but it was useless. She had fallen to the ground and lied silently still even the monster was pounding her body. But then she just started to fly like a pixie and she flew through the portal I managed to make… or maybe her dress was only attached to Ettin’s twigs and she was thrown to the portal by accident.

- You shouldn’t be believing stories you heard from him, he is a good conjurer, but somebody has turned off the lights in his head *Guard says and pokes a finger to his temple.* There was so much blood around that there is no way she could have survived so there is no point us entering to the land of Felucca to search her body. We don’t know if she had any family, so we could let them know. Too bad, she was a nice person, a bit shy thou. Always helping others…

[Thetis Ce'Elel]

So this was the condition when Bella found Thetis at the ruin of Yew. But of course, at first she didn't know this ghost-like girl was the Thetis whom was loved by all her sisters and friends. The garden Bella so loved now showed no sign of the past, and instead, was burried more under the mask of the wild nature. But this place seemed to hold some magic, so that every wandering soul would stop and bath in its peacefulness.

Bella left her horse wander around, while she herself walked among the woods, recognizing every tree, when suddenly a pale figure jumped up from behind a tree trunk. Bella stared at this figure for a few seconds, then her puzzled expression turned into to a warm smile, when she looked into that pair of bright, blue eyes. ”Thetis.” she called out softly. Then her facial expression changed into a complete shock when she realized the reasons why she didn't recongize this girl earlier.

Other than the colour of this girl's eyes, everything else seemed to be out of place – compared to the image of Thetis in Bella's mind – the hair, the dress, the colour of her skin, the shape of her face, and the expression in her eyes. Bella's lips moved and then sealed tight, and after a while all she could say with a broken voice was, ”what happened, Thetis?”

The girl was shivering and there was fear in her eyes. The tamer instinct told her she has to tame this soul first – but why? They were friends! She argued with her sense. It didn't make sense! They were not strangers ... she... she was Thetis! Before she could figure out why, Bella found herself reaching out her hands slowly and her voice changed into a soothing whisper. ”It's alright. I am Bella. I am your friend.” she heard herself saying.

”Friend...?” the pale girl said, her voice cracked. Her dress was torn but Bella could hardly see the skin exposed, for it was covered by the stain of blood and mud, the same went with her face. Bella wondered if they were swelling as well ... so maybe that's why she didn't look quite right ...

Suddenly Thetis's eyes opened wide, and this time they were filled with pain. She held her stomach and started couging, and Bella managed to catch her before she fell to to ground. ”Oh, Thetis, what happened to you?” she sobbed. ”Who ... you?” this girl asked, her eyes wondered on Bella's face. ”I am Bella. B-e-l-l-a,” Bella said, trying to sound calm, ”and you ... you are The..tis, T-h-e-t-i-s. I know who you are.” Then the girl's eyes only brightened up a bit and then were burried in pain again.

Bella had healed many many wounded animals, but not a badly wounded human girl. And the worst part was that she didn't know which part was wounded more badly – her broken body or her broken spirit. But she managed to talk to that girl into taking some heal potion and putting a cloak on. By the time they could walk to the ocean side, the girl had displayed her interest with a horse and allowed Bella to clean her up a bit. She managed to utter a few lines of words, mostly repeating what Bella had said, but in the form of questions, while Bella tried to clean the dried blood out of her hair with a comb.

”Theetiis..?” the girl asked.
”No, shorter. The-tis.” Bella said softly, trying to rinse the blood off the girl's hair with a wet robe.

”Sisters?” the girl asked after a brief while.
”Yes, Thetis, you have sisters – they will be so happy to see you again” Bella tried to steady her hand while working her comb through the tangled hair.

”I need to get her home. I have to take her to a safe place. A warm bed ... she is exhausted. Then ... then I will write letters to her sisters. They will know what to do.” Bella faught back her tears and rocked the girl in her arms gently.

[Thetis Ce'Elel]

Young woman holds her floppy hat by one hand, so the strong wind of ocean won't take it along with it. She looks how the waves crush to the shore and when some drops of salty water lands to her face, she giggles shortly. She takes a deep breath and starts smiling widely.

It has been a long time since her “accident” with the Ettin and all the wounds are healed. Still some memories are lost and she has learned to live without them. Thetis stretches her hands high and feels how her steed starts to nibble her skirt. She starts to laugh and pulls her skirt to safe. - Night, you naughty little boy! My skirt isn't your snack... Thetis pats the horses neck and grins – Okay okay lets get you some juicy carrots.

She pulls the bridle gently and looks at the ocean one more time, yearning. The sound of waves and how the wind blows trough the leafs of trees... those sounds makes her heart shiver with pleasure and she often finds herself listening them with a small smile in her lips. But still... sometimes she wonders are some of the memories she has lost, gone because she cant remember... or because she chooses not to remember them.