"I am so very sorry, my love..." "Do not worry, beloved, you will forget everything..." "Lili..." "Lili!" "LILI!" Lili stirred and opened her eyes... only to find Sarah and Michael looking worriedly at her. "Sarah, what..." "Thank God you are fine!" Sarah exclaimed, striking her cheek like she used to do when she was a little girl. "You give us a big fright, girl," Michael added gently. Lili blinked, puzzled, and only then she realized she was on her bed and that she had a cool cloth on her forehead.  "What happened?" she asked, feeling strange... like something was missing. "What’s the last thing you remember, little one?" Sarah asked, sitting by her side. Lili bit her lip.  "I was picking up... the cookies Lucy dropped..." "Well, and that was exactly where I found you, unconscious, lying on the floor, wearing a black robe." Lili blinked in surprise.  "Unconscious?  A... black robe?" Sarah nodded and was about to ask her something else -especially about the robe's owner- but when she saw her sister's tired eyes, she decided against it.  Instead, Sarah smiled and patted Lili's arm.  To her surprise, Lili almost jump.  "It hurts," the redheaded explained apologetically. "Let me see it," Sarah said and gasped in surprise when she saw four parallel scars. "I don't know how I make them those," Lili said with a shrug.  "Maybe playing with Toby, you know how childish he can be sometimes." Sarah and Michael chuckled.  "Anyway, I’m glad you’re okay, now we will leave you so you can rest." Lili smiled.  "Thank you... and Sarah... I love you." "I love you too, little one," the brunette answered sweetly. With a last smile, Sarah and Michael walked out of the room. Once alone, instead of sleeping, Lili rose from her bed and went to the balcony.  She grinned at the sight of the roses... White roses?  She blinked and tilted her head...  Why did those flowers made her feel... so strange? She shrugged and distractedly looked her room, until her gaze was drawn to the black robe Sarah had mentioned before.  Puzzled, as she had never owned one like it, Lili went to get it.  She picked it up.  It was big, its owner must be very tall and-- Suddenly, the room began to spin and a headache seemed to tear her apart.  Shaking, she fell to her knees... and it was then... when she remembered... a name. JARETH! Two weeks went by and Sarah watched Lili with concern; her little sister seemed to wilt with each passing day.  Lili rarely smiled now and, even though she tried to act as if nothing had happened, Sarah knew that was not the case.  No, something was definitely wrong with Lili, her eyes were so incredibly sad and opaque and she was so pale... By the end of the second week, Sarah could not stand it any more and, is spite of Lili's protests; she took her beloved sister to the doctor, who performed several exams on her. "This was not necessary, Sarah," Lili told her, as they waited for the results of her tests. "Sarah put her magazine down and gave Lili her best older sister look.  "Believe me, Lili, it was."  Then she smiled,  "And, you know, it isn’t wise to contradict pregnant women.  Besides, as a future doctor, you can consider this a field practice.” Lili chuckled.  "Well, one thing is for sure, if I ever have my own consulting room, I will keep the latest magazines.  This one is five years old!" This time it was Sarah's turn to chuckle. Ten minutes later, the assistant told them to enter the doctor's office. "Please, have a seat," the kind looking man invited them.  "So," he began, "I am glad to say nothing is wrong with you, Lili." Lili nodded and gave her sister a what-have-I-told-you glance. "However," he continued, "in your present condition, I will prescript you vitamins and a calcium supplement." "Condition?  What condition?"  Lili and Sarah asked at the same time. The doctor smiled, gave a meaningful look at Sarah's round stomach and then fixed his gaze upon the redheaded young woman. "Well, you are pregnant.  My guess is that you have two weeks.  Congratulations." Far away from there, in another world... A blueheaded woman blinked in surprise as she heard the words of the human healer.  A tender grin played on her face.  She touched the crystalline waters and rose from the stone she had been seated. "Quite unexpected," Titania whispered in awe.  "So the end turned out to be only the beginning..."                                                        FIN