Cecilia moved past Ruthie and lied down on her parent’s bed. “Come here,” Cecilia said sweetly as she patted the spot on the bed next to her. Ru...thie starred momentarily at Cecilia, not believing how she had gotten in this situation or even how much she was enjoying it. Ruthie kicked off her shoes and laid down next to Cecilia on the bed. Cecilia ran her fingers along Ruthie’s stomach for a moment then spoke softly, “What can I do for you?” She asked, “Hmm.” Cecilia moved her lips over Ruthie’s. The image she got was... 'That's the dragon that attacked us, ' Haley's mental voice whispered into Alana's mind.'Are you okay?' Alana sent back on the same quiet frequency. 'You had me worried sick!''We're fine – just don't let those friggin' fairies know. We'll regenerate after they've left. Whenever we try to regenerate while they're here, they just siphon off our fire. Major inconvenience, that.' She felt Holly's nervous laugh behind Haley's mental mirth. Alana nearly collapsed at the. I'm finally gettin' used to these short days." Say, Chad, if you don't mind my askin'. Why is it you use good English one minute, and slang the next? You use lousy grammar most of the time, but you've taught Ahlenya to speak perfectly good English." It's no secret, I guess. My folks taught me to talk right. Then, after they was killed in a car wreck and I went to live with Uncle Charley and Aunt LuAnne, I had to learn real quick to talk the way the other kids did so's I didn't get beat on as. Ifsuch things offend you, I apologize; don't read any further.Preface to Part 11: I first would like to apologize to all of thosewho've been following Joanne's adventures. Real-life sometimes has a wayof messing up your plans, and it did it to me big this time. I was abouthalf-way through this part of the story before I got diverted. Well,hopefully you'll feel that it was worth the wait. I know I enjoyedwriting it. As mentioned in a prior part, while the first parts of thisstory were.