Making his way back to the well, David was lost in thought, not paying attention to his surroundings. When his shoe caught a rock, he found himself face down before the well. As he rose with a curse on his lips, a very feminine giggle greeted him.
David stood slowly and came face to face with the young woman he had seen in his dream. She sat perched on the well, and he took two steps back, caught the rock again and landed on his backside.
"Are you a clumsy one?"
"I-I--" His mouth fell open.
"Sitting on your rump in the middle of a wooded field with your mouth wide open will only catch you a bug or two."
"W-Who are you?"
"I am Lena, and you are the very unique David." She hopped down from her seat. "I am the fairy of Stonewell Village."
David stood and brushed himself off. Then a thought hit him.
"I get it now. Angus set this up, didn't he?"
"Angus?"
"Either that or Kyle got wind of me finding that coin and is playing a joke."
"I am sorry, David, but I am only here because you made your wish and tossed the coin." She smiled. "I thank you again. It has been long since I have been called upon."
David watched her for a moment, wondering how he could prove this was either a hoax or real. He snapped his fingers.
"If this is real, tell me what I wished for. If you know that, I will have to believe you because I didn't tell a soul."
"I find it very rude of you to ask such a thing, as it was you who called on me. However, I felt how deeply you wanted your wish. You wished for a friend, David, and so here I am."
Feeling his legs go weak, David once again found himself sitting on his rump beside the well. It was impossible, but it was real. Lena was real, and she was a fairy.
"This seems like a dream."
"No, you are not dreaming." She sat beside him on the ground. "Now, please, tell me all about you. If we are to be friends, we should know one another."
It took him awhile to adjust to what was happening, but he soon found himself opening up to the woman from the well. He told her of his move to Scotland, his mother's marriage to a kind man, and of the trouble with his brother.
"Sounds like a good thrashing is what the young man needs."
"Will you tell me about you, Lena?"
"What is there to tell? I am a fairy."
"How old are you?"
"I do not know for sure, David. The day has yet to come when I can step from the world I know and into your world."
"What do you mean?"
"It is said that once a fairy meets the one who wins her heart, she will step into the mortal world. She will be able to live a human life, have children and be a wife. But I have been lost so long since the village fell; I fear my time will never come."
"Well, if that's all it takes, I can find you a husband."
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