To say that Hope felt both confused, and terrified would have been an understatement. Fear griped her as the handsome, yet dark and brooding fairy, kept staring at her with wanted desire. However, his face soon turned cold, as he soon gave Michael an angry look.

"Why does she look upset?" He growled. "Why does she not feel pleased that I have chosen her, why does she not feel honored?" Michael's eyes soon widen, as a look a fear soon crept up upon his face.

"Pl-Please forgive me, my lord." Michael said as he bowed to the fairy king. "I did not have time to prepare her. She did not find out until just now."

"You were supposed to get close to her!" The fairy exclaimed in anger. "You were supposed to prepare her for her upcoming betrothal to me!" With burning rage in his eyes, he back handed Michael. Michael soon fell to the floor as he groaned in pain.

"Get up!" The fairy king ordered. Michael slowly made his way back up on his feet, as he soon began to nurse his injured cheek.

"Please forgive me my master." Michael said as he bowed. "But the genie, was able to manipulate her. He kept me from getting close to her. And I didn't get the dagger, or the bottle until today. There wasn't much of a window of opportunity, that would have given me the chance to explain it to her. I had to act when I did. The genie was about to get her to wish to be his forever. If I didn't strike when I did, it would have been too late."

"And it never occurred to you to wait awhile, before you decided to reveal your agreement with me?" The fairy king asked in anger. "You did it now, while she was still frightened by the genie?"

"Forgive me, master." Michael replied as he kept his head down. "But I had been waiting for my reward for the past sixteen years, I guess I couldn't wait much longer."

"Imbecile!" Exclaimed the angry fairy.

"What the hell is going on?" Cried Hope. Her body was trembling, as she could feel the warm tears running down her cheeks. After all the crying she had done for the last couple of days, she was surprised that her body didn't just dry up like a prune. She was beginning to feel dehydrated.

Both of them looked her way. Michael's facial expression hadn't changed, but the fairy king's softened.

"Please forgive me, my lady." He said as he bowed to her. He then gently took her hand, and kissed the back of it. "I can assure you this was not, how I had hoped our first meeting would be. I was hoping that you would be enthusiastic about the little arrangement made by your father, and me, not terrified by it. But apparently he decided to put his own selfish needs first. I hope you don't find the next thing that I am about to say, pretentious and meaningless. But it is enchanting to meet a woman of your beauty. Just because your father's foolish actions might very well have clouded your judgement of me, I can assure that my words are sincere."

"What arrangement?' She asked.

"Why don't you explained it to her?" The dark fairy said as he shot Michael an angry look.

"As angry as I was at you mother." Michael explained. "I never stopped loving her. She took my only daughter, my only child from me, and then betrayed me. But even then I couldn't stop loving her. More than anything I wanted us to be a family. But by the time I had escaped from that Moroccan prison, you were practically a woman. It was too late to be your father. So the only thing I wanted was Lois."

"No!" She cried. "I needed a father! It shouldn't have matter how old I got! I even thought you could be that person a few minutes ago! When did this all happen, how did it all go down?"

"A year ago, I had escaped prison." He told her. "But I had no way to return to home. So I used my knowledge of artifacts, and middle eastern lore. I pretty much sold worthless objects to many gullible people, who had plenty of money to throw around. Many people who were interested in the occult, and stories of magical trinkets were willing to shell out a lot of money for my worthless junk."

"You didn't care that you were taking advantage of people?" She asked.

"I hardly cared about anything, anymore." Replied Michael. "The only thing I cared about was Lois. I soon found out about her's, and Greg's fortune. I hated him, he took everything from me. Taking the genie's bottle was my idea! It should have been my fortune, and my loving family. But then one day I came upon an actual artifact. A bottle that contained an imprisoned fairy."

"I was imprisoned for thousands of years." The dark fairy added. "So when your father released me, I was able to reclaim my thrown. I am once again ruler of the magical realm, and I need a queen. I had told your father that if he became my faithful servant, and found a queen for, I would give him what ever his heart desired. And the only thing he desired was to be with your mother forever."

"So you just offered me to him?" Hope cried in disbelief. "At last when mom agreed to give me to the genie, she felt she had no choice. It was the only thing hat could save my life."

"I promise you Hope." Michael replied. "That was never my original intention. But every time I tried to find him a bride, she just never seemed to be the right one. He was becoming angry, and even threatened to destroy me. I tried to plead with him, and thought maybe I could appeal to his better nature. I showed him a picture of you, that I always carried around in my wallet. It was one of the few things I didn't lose, when I went to prison. It was taken the day that Greg and Lois brought you home from the hospital. But instead of seeing an innocent newborn baby girl, he saw the woman you would become."

"And I knew you were the bride I had been searching for." The dark fairy replied. "So I gave him a choice Either he would give you to me, or I would destroy him, and he would never see his beloved Lois ever again. If it makes you feel any better, he was hesitant at first. But then when I showed him all that I had to offer my future queen, and the realization that my servants die a painful death if they disobey me. He agreed. However, there was a bit of a snag. It seemed that you were already promised to a Fae creature. A loathsome genie of all things. In reality both of us had rightful claim of you. So your father and I had to get rid of him."

"What is it with you mystical beings, and falling in love at first site with young children!" Hope cried. "You're a pedophile, just like the genie!"

"I can assure you that I am nowhere near as loathsome as a genie!" The fairy king exclaimed. "But it doesn't matter anyway, because he is now my prisoner. And you my dear shall promise yourself to me."

"No!" She cried. "I'd rather die first. You're probably going to eventually kill me anyway, since I will be a servant that would gladly disobey you!"

"My dear, a queen is never a servant." The dark fairy sighed. "And I would never harm you, I would only kill anyone who ever would. The only thing I want to do is love you, and have you rule the magical realm by my side!"

"Why did you wait until now to reveal yourself?" She asked as she continued to feel frustrated. "Why not when my father first came to town?'

"Because I knew the genie would reveal himself in person to you, during the peak of the blood red moon." The dark fairy replied. "That is why your father had to capture him tonight. I could not he close to him, because we are both Fae creatures that had an equal claim to you. If I had been in the same room, the consequences would have been irreversible. So that's why you father had to hide me the bottle, which is no longer my prison."

"Wait!" Hope cried. "Are you telling me that my father forever freed you, and you still wanted something in return?"

"Yes, my dear." The dark fairy replied. "With the exception of you, I really don't give a damn about humans. Except for you, man is even more loathsome than the foulest genie. So it makes no difference to me whether or not that seems fair, because one does not have to show honor towards vermin. It is no wonder that an such amazing woman fell for a Fae creature while he was disguised as a human. But you deserve to be betrothed to a much more superior being, than that even a mere genie. I even remember thinking about how the genie didn't deserve you, as I watched you leave with him earlier this evening, as he was still in his human form."

"Enough of this!" Michael exclaimed, as he sounded frustrated. "I did as you asked! I delivered my own daughter to you! I want what was promised to me!"

"And you shall get what you deserve, human!" The dark fairy growled.

"Daddy please don't do this!" Hope pleaded. "Please help me! It's not too late to be my father!"

"I'm sorry, sweetheart." Micheal replied with some sort of regret in his eyes. "But I'm afraid that was one privilege that was robbed from sixteen years ago."

He then turned his attention back to the dark fairy. "Alright, give my Lois back to me."

"Oh I'm afraid I can't do that." The dark fairy replied with a smug look upon his face. "It is beyond my powers to raise the dead.

"WHAT!" Cried Michael. "But when you killed them you said that you could still grant my wish!"

The dark fairy looked upon his with a fake wide eyed innocent expression. "And I shall keep my word, You and Lois will be together forever, even in death itself.

A terrified look appeared on Michael's face, as he burst into flames.

Hope screamed in horror as she watched her own father being engulfed in the flames. But as quickly as the fire had combusted, it soon completely disappeared. There was nothing left, he was completely gone. He was dead, and the dark fairy king had killed him, just as he had killed her mother and Greg. Unlike the genie, there was apparently nothing keeping this monster from killing mortals.

The dark fairy smiled at Hope, as he made his way towards her.

"Get the fuck away from me you heartless monster!" She cried. "You killed my mother, and the man who I thought was my father! And then you burned my own father to death right before my eyes! I hate you! I want nothing to do with you!"

"I said I would gladly kill anyone who hurt you!" He exclaimed. "I killed the three people who hurt my beloved. Two neglectful parents, and a father that betrayed his own daughter. They all put their selfish needs before you! They all deserved to die!"

He then smiled at her, once again. "You know my dear, you do look lovely. But you need wedding dress more befitting, the future bride of the dark fairy king.

"I am no a damn doll!" She cried. "Get this thing off of me!"

"But you look beautiful." He said with a sly smile. "I was hoping you would like it Oh well, it's not like you'll be wearing it for long. I guess it's time for us to go."

"Go where?" She asked as she gritted her teeth in anger.

"Why on our honeymoon of course." He replied nonchalantly. "To our kingdom, to your new home."

"I'm not going anywhere with you!" She cried. Hope began to tremble in both fear and anger. Then all of a sudden she couldn't move. The fairy king looked at her with longing in his eyes, as he gently ran his fingers down her trembling cheek.

"Oh my dear." He replied. "I am not inviting you to come, I think you need some rest before we leave."

All of a sudden her entire body went limp, and she fell into his arms. He then delicately scoped her up into his arm, and gave her a caring smile. As he held her close to him, he placed a light kiss upon her forehead.

"Oh my dear, my beloved queen!" He said to his sleeping beauty. "It's time to take you to your new kingdom, to your new home."