Dorani

More unsteadily than ever, it flew back to earth.

When Dorani got to the palace that morning she asked the prince whether he had dreamt again. He laughed with happiness, for this time she had spoken to him of her own free will, and he replied, "No, but I begin to dream now -- not of what has happened in the past, but of what may happen in the future."

That day Dorani sat very quietly, but she answered the prince when he spoke to her. And when evening fell, and with it the time for her departure, she still sat on. The prince came close to her and said softly, "Are you not going to your house tonight, Dorani?"

At that she rose and threw herself into his arms, whispering, "Never again, nay, never again will I leave thee!"

So the prince won his beautiful bride, and though neither of them dealt any further with fairies and their magic, they learnt more daily of the magic of Love, which one may still learn, although fairy magic has long since fled away.