Upon learning that his sister could die, despair and fear gripped Barto. Then he remembered that Queen Abril was very powerful.
“I'll tell the Queen to cure her, I'm sure she can.”
“No, she already tried. She can’t cure her, only delay the illness. But in the end, she will die, because her life force is escaping from her body. That’s why I’m telling you this even though Maya will want to kill me when she finds out I told you everything. Her only chance of survival is to return to the Fairyland.”
“There has to be another way to cure her.”
“There isn’t. The Fairyland is the only thing that will cure her.”
“Then she should just go and be cured.”
“No, once she returns, she won’t be able to come back to the human world. The Queen won’t allow it.”
“Is that why Maya doesn’t want to go? She
