Zoey's Goodbye

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Author's Note: The conclusion:) I hope you enjoyed and please review!

Zoey was sitting alone on a rock, right next to the opening to the Otherworld. She didn't look down on Earth on her friends anymore; it made time pass so slowly. She was reading a book - Dracula, what else? - and she felt the sun beat down on her face. It felt nice on her skin. She sighed. The Otherworld was truly perfect. You could have whatever you wanted, here; so why was Zoey so-

"Ew! I thought the Otherworld was supposed to be all fufilling and stuff, but no. It seems that nothing can ever go right in my life! The one second that I'm here, I step in mud. Mud! And all over my favorite boots! Ugh!"

Zoey turned around to see Aphrodite - looking exactly as she had last time Zoey had seen her - entering Nyx's realm. Zoey dropped her book, and ran to her friend.

"Aphrodite!" Zoey yelled, embracing Aphrodite in a ginormous hug.

"Zoey! Oh my goddess, so it really happened, then. I really did die."

"How? How did you die?" Zoey asked.

"Old age, I guess." Aphrodite shrugged.

"But you look so young." Zoey gasped.

"One of the benefits of being a vampyre, but I know what you mean; I guess you can be anything you want here. I don't want to be old; so I'm not old." Aphrodite sneered.

"Wow, Aphrodite, you haven't changed a bit." Zoey said, winking.

"Thanks? I think...anyway, c'mon. Let's go. I want to see this great castle you were spewing about last time we saw you." Aphrodite said. Zoey linked their arms, and they skipped to Nyx's castle, Wizard of Oz style.

Some time later, Aphrodite walked along the river. She had been in the Otherworld for a long time, but it didn't seem like it. She was happy there. She was so lucky that Nyx favored her and her friends; they never had to be reborn or move on or anything; they could all just stay together in the perfection forever.

"Aphrodite!"

Aphrodite turned around to see who called her name, and almost fell when she saw who it was. She ran as fast as her stilettoes would carry her, right into Darius's arms.

At first, they didn't say anything; they just hugged and kissed and missed each other.

Behind them, Nyx and Zoey chuckled at their enthusiasm.

You think they missed each other? Nyx asked, sarcasm laced in her words.

"You think?" Zoey replied, imagining the day when that would be her and Stark.

The Twins were the next to return.

They were dressed fashionably, of course; they were the Twins. But they took everything in with awe; it was all so beautiful!

They pretty much flipped out when they saw Zoey.

"Z!" they shouted at the same time. They hurled themselves into the Element Queen's arms. Zoey laughed, loving the familiar feeling of the Twins. They were finally with her again.

"Oh my gosh, guys! I've missed you so much!" Zoey yelled, tears threatening to sting her eyes.

"We missed you too!" Shaunee yelled.

"Yeah!" Erin agreed.

The girls jumped happily up and down, squeeling and laughing and just being happy being together.

"Come on! I want you both to meet Nyx!" Zoey yelled, pulling the Twins with her.

"Rephaim, where do you think we are?" Stevie Rae asked, worried.

"I don't know, my love." Rephaim said.

"Oh my goddess! The sun's out!" Stevie Rae yelled, hiding behind Rephaim for shield.

"But Stevie Rae...I'm not a raven!" Rephaim yelled.

"Yeah...and I ain't crispy crittered..." Stevie Rae wondered aloud.

"Stevie Rae? Stevie Rae! Oh my gosh, is that you!"

Stevie Rae turned her head in the direction of her best friend's voice. The moment she saw Z, she knew where she was. Before Zoey could tackle her in a hug, Stevie Rae turned to Rephaim.

"We're dead." She whispered. "We're in the Otherworld."

"How? How did we die at the same time? And how am I here?" Rephaim asked.

"'Member? Z said you'd be able to come when you died. And I think our bond let us leave together. Rarely are two people so right for each oth-"

But Zoey tackled her best friend then, leaving her sentence un-finished. But Stevie Rae didn't care, and neither did Rephaim. It was Zoey!

"Zoey! Ohmygoodness it is so good to see you!" Stevie Rae shouted, giving Z the biggest bear hug ever.

"Stevie Rae! Rephaim! Oh my gosh, you're really here!" Zoey squeeled happily.

"Yup, we're really here." Stevie Rae said, smiling.

"Come! I want you both to meet the goddess!" Zoey smiled.

"Okay!" Stevie Rae twanged.

When Damien came, Zoey was ecstatic. She led him, too, to the castle to meet the goddess. It was similar when Jack arrived. There was joy, but also wondering. Where was he? Where was Stark? What was keeping him?

He will come in good time, my daughter. Nyx assured Zoey.

But Zoey wasn't sure how much dang longer she could wait!

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Zoey was standing by the lake, skipping stones. All of her friends were inside, probably having dinner. It was about that time. What time? Well, Zoey wasn't really sure. Time held no meaning in the Otherworld. That rocked just about as much as it totally sucked. That meant that - when Stark finally got there - they'd be together forever. But that also meant that there would be an infinate amount of waiting for him to show up.

"Spirit, fill me. Help me be more patient." Zoey said, summoning her strongest element. Spirit instantly filled her, and she breathed a sigh of peace, then went right back to counting the seconds. Not even Spirit could help her that day.

"Zoey, don't try to change. You were a lot of things, but never patient." A voice said behind her. By the deepness of it, Zoey assumed it was Darius.

"True." she said. But she never stopped skipping her stones. Her Earth affinity made it easy, and she never missed her shot.

"Why are you so high strung right now?" Darius asked.

Zoey paused. "How do you know I'm high strung?"

"I know you don't like me to mentally eavesdrop, but you're emotions are screaming at me like they're on a terrifying rollar coaster. What's wrong, mo ban ri?"

It was that statement that sent Zoey whirling around to look behind her. She did not see Darius. Instead, she saw-

"Stark!" Zoey screamed, hurling herself into her Warrior's arms. She wrapped her legs around his waist, and kissed him fiercly. Stark laughed, but he also cried. They were tears of joy, of course, but tears just the same. The hardness of Stark's features was gone; he was wonderful and perfect being in the arms of his Priestess once again. Everyone - all of Zoey's friends and Nyx - emerged from behind the trees that had been concealing them and clapped. Zoey and Stark finally reunited.

"I told you." Nyx said.

"Nyx." Jack said. "Why does it look like you're fading?"

Zoey stopped freaking out for a second to look at her goddess; really look at her. She was fading in and out of reality, like a human would imagine a ghost. Nyx had never done that before...

"I am moving forward, my son." Nyx said.

"What do you mean?" Stevie Rae asked.

"I mean, that I can no longer rule. This is no longer my realm. I am being reborn." Nyx said, smiling. "Finally..."

"You're leaving?" Damien asked incredulously.

"Yes." Nyx said. Then, she looked at Zoey. "My Daughter of Night, in the 300 years that you have been with me in this realm, you have truly become the Queen of the Elements. It is that which I have groomed you to do that you must now fufill. You shall rule the Otherworld; this is your realm now. You may do as you wish, and stay forever. You are responsible for the world, now; you will pick the next Chosen One, and the one after her, and the one after her...just as I chose you. And your reign will never end; you will stay with your friends and Warrior forever, just I intended to have. You know that your Heath was reborn this day too, yes? You will be a wonderful Queen, Zoeybird."

"Nyx..." Zoey said, tears pricking her eyes.

"Good luck, my daughter." And then, Nyx was gone.

Zoey appeared before the frightened teenager. It was almost like de ja vu in reverse. She was sitting in the same cave that she had first met Nyx in. She saw the frightened brown eyes of the sixteen year old new vampyre fledgling.

This girl's eyes were very familiar.

"Who are you?" The girl asked, looking worried but confident.

"I am known by many names." Zoey said. "But you may call me Zoeybird, the name by which your modern world knows me as."

Something in the girl changed. "Zoeybird? That name sounds kind of familiar...but also not. Do I know you from somewhere?"

"Sylvia, you know me from everywhere." Zoey smiled at her Grandmother, and kissed her forhead.

"I have Chosen you...Daughter." It was weird for Zoey to call her Grandma 'Daughter' but Sylvia Reynolds wasn't really her Grandma anymore; but it was still her Grandma's soul, and that was enough for Zoey.

"But...But Zoeybird, goddess, I'm only sixteen! I can't even parralel park! I don't think I'm up for being Chosen." Sylvia said, sounding eerily like Zoey had that day so long ago.

"I believe in you, Sylvia Redbird." Zoey said, smiling at her Grandma having called her Zoeybird. Just like she used to.

"Sylvia Redbird...I like that." Sylvia said, smiling.

"Good luck." Zoey said, looking at the now filled in crescent moon on her Grandma's forhead. Zoey smiled, and watched her Grandma's spirit return to her body on the bluffs of the old Redbird property.

And Zoey smiled.

I hope you liked it! If you didn't get the ending, Zoey's Grandma was reborn, and Zoey chose her like Nyx chose Zoey;) I hope you liked my little trilogy and take the time to review:) Ah, a happy ending! So different from the first part...haha, anyway, thanks for reading!

~PeachyKeen13