Long ago, in another world, in another universe, a a call went out to those initiated into the path of Water Magic to gather together by the powerful spring that was the source of the Stream of the Hog and its Mill at an appointed time. So it was that in early summer on that planet, a band of fair folk shimmered into being, in ones and twos, in the ancestral lands of the Great Lord Bourne. And when there were some fourteen gathered, including the young adept, Jack, Keeper of the Staves, and Sir Gregory the Bold, of renown for his baking and his intoxicating honey drink, one Andrew the Freespirit bade them follow him into the woods, besides the waters that ran clear over the pebbles of that planet. And he bade them be wary, to see what they would see, and feel what they would feel, and at all times to show loving kindness to one another and to all other created beings in the travails and the joys of their journey. And the Lady Cilla and the Damsel Hilde did carry with them awareness of strange symbols, and as the heron waded in the green and dappled light Lady Cilla did seek to capture its soul with her soul capturing ray machine. The enchantress Elizabeth did lose her magic staff so rapt was she, but behold it was restored to her through the agency of the Damsel Hilde and a youth called Toby. And the stream seethed with fish, and the bulrushes grew tall into the sky while the Lord Ferdidad and the Lady Ria gathered the fragrant elder flowers to make cordial.
What was found by each on that journey where dragons teeth were discovered and dragon flies were seen as the roses cascaded down over hawthorn bushes, each knows in their own heart. But surely the Goddess gave glimpses of immortality. All agreed this at least when they were finally gathered at the hermitage of Andrew the Freespirit to share a feast before separating once more, each to their own place and time. They gave thanks to Andrew the Freespirit and blessed his family and his fair wife. And all hoped to meet at other times, in other universes, to deepen and confirm ther fellowship and love.
