The Fairy Queen Part 1 : Ulmina

As large brass trumpets sounded, Ulmina weaved through the masses of fairies. Today was the day, the fairy queen was finally appearing! It had been over 200 years since anyone had heard from her. She had gone into deep mourning when the fairy king had died. Rumors had spread that she was dead while other said she had abandoned them. Everyone was curious to see her, in fact it would not be exagerating to say that every fairy in all the lands was here. Ulmina finally got to her destination a place where she would have the perfect view but be tucked out of sight.
Ulmina was a small girl, quite small indeed for a 112 year old fairy.

(You see, Fairies get to be much older than humans. By the time a fairy reaches 200 years she is a young adult. When they reach 400 they are full grown. Fairies can live forever. But anyways back to the story....)

She had been orphaned at 40 when a fire had destroyed her home. She had been covered in burns but she had made it through. She was strong for such a small thing and it showed.
 Any minute now and she would see the queen. Ulmina felt she could die from anticipation. She remembered stories her mother had told her of the queen. In fact one stood out to her, it went like this: