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Chapter 1- I Wish

(Rollan's POV)

Rollan was in his bed at Greenhaven. Had they actually done it? Had they actually saved all of Erdas? Rollan turned over to the table beside his bed with a bunch of thank-you letters from all across Erdas. Yep, they did. He looked at his chest where Essix was.

"We really did do it," Rollan said as Meilin walked into the room

"Come on," Meilin said, "We have to go to dinner, the final-ish banquet remember?"

"Yeah right," Rollan said. Rollan completely forgot about it. Meilin was leaving tomorrow to go to Zhong to help rebuild the cities. Rollan, Conor, and Abeke tried to convince her to stay, to keep the Four Fallen together, but Meilin, stubborn as always, said she had to. But Rollan didn't want her to.

"Hello?" Meilin said, snapping Rollan back into reality

"What?" Rollan asked

"Ugh," Meilin said, "I said are you coming or not? If you don't, I could always have your dessert…"

"No way is that happening," Rollan said. Then, Rollan got a pang of grief, he knew he was going to miss teasing her all the time. Why does she have to go? he thought. Rollan pushed away those thoughts as he followed Meilin to the dining hall.

When Rollan and Meilin got to the dining hall, Rollan was basically drooling over the sight. There were whole turkeys, bread and fruit plates everywhere, dessert platters lined up in every corner, and all of the Greencloaks were laughing having a good time.

"Rollan! Meilin! Come over here!" Conor yelled to them, "Look at the food, it's amazing!"

Abeke ran over to them and dragged them over to the table where she and Conor were sitting. Conor was right, the food looked magnificent, but he then remembered on why the banquet was happening. Meilin, he thought, Why did you have to leave?

"There are the two love birds!" Abeke teased, "Or pandas... whichever one works for you!"

"Abeke!" Meilin said, then playfully punched her arm.

"Come on! Let's eat!" Conor said, and so they did. They ate and talked all night long about future plans, family, and more, but all Rollan could think about was Meilin. She talked about how she was going to leave first thing in the morning to go to Zhong, and how she misses her home, and is excited to go back. Then at the end of the banquet, they all made a toast to the last night, and headed to their rooms.

Later that night…

Rollan was lying down in his bed in his room. Essix was with him, comforting him, as Essix could sense he was sad. But why shouldn't he be? It was Meilin's last night in Greenhaven before she left to go to Zhong. He sighed but then straightened up once he saw who was at the door.

"Knock knock," Meilin said at his door.

"Come in" Rollan said. He noticed Meilin was holding something behind her back, was it for him?

"So, before I leave for Zhong, I wanted to give each of the Fallen a little special present, just to say thanks for being there for me," Meilin said, as she pulled out something behind her back. A candle.

"Thanks," Rollan said.

"But it's not just an ordinary candle," Meilin said, "You see, we have these special, rare, candles back in Zhong, the candle is made out of wax and a special kind of tree sap you can only get in Zhong. You light the candle, but as you do, you make a wish, and supposedly if the candle flame burns out on its own during the night, your wish comes true the next day. Cool right?"

"Yeah, it's perfect thank you," Rollan said hugging her.

"Well, I better finish off packing, good night Rollan." Meilin said as she kissed Rollan on the cheek.

"Good night my Lady Panda," Rollan said as Meilin left the room.

After Meilin left the room, Rollan started at the candle Meilin gave him. Essix squawked.

"Yeah," Rollan said, "I wonder if it works too"

So, he grabbed a torch from the hallway and lit the candle, making his wish. Usually, he would have wished for something silly, like a cake or new clothes, but he had a feeling he had to make this serious.

"I wish," he said, "I never have to feel the pain of when my closest friends leave me. Not now, not ever." And with that, he went to bed. And with that, a candle burned out on its own, making his wish come true.