Why I love Machina from the Iron Fey Series
Why would I love Machina from the Iron Fey? Why would someone love any of the iron fey? To all fey, both winter and summer, iron is deadly. These new fey, the iron fey, are made from the dreams of technology in the 21st century. Naturally, all the oldbloods hate them. I mean, why would someone like something that's deadly to them? Even if they are not the most liked fey, some of their actions, specifically Machina's, changed Faeryland forever.
If Machina had not wanted Meghan as his Queen, if he hadn't kidnapped Ethan to bring Meghan into the Iron Realm, she may have never known her true heritage. If Ethan was himself on Meghan's 16th birthday, she would have unknowingly drank the mistwine. It is thanks to Machina that Meghan even knew about a part of herself that had been hidden from her for her whole life. The Iron realm would have kept growing, the population continuously rising, until the leaders of Arcadia and Tir Na Nog realized it. Meghan would have also not have met Ash, her true love.
My point is, I don't love Machina, but I love what he has done. He changed lives, in both a good and bad way, and he gave Meghan the power to save Faeryland, which I think is something that not all Iron Kings/fey would have done, and that makes Machina special.
A poem based on the Iron King (it's kinda long...)
On
the day Meghan turns sixteen,
she
travels to a place she never has been.
Meghan
and Puck get past the changeling together,
and
hurry into Faeryland, to save her little brother,
Once
in Arcadia, Meghan gets the shock of her life;
she
realized that her mother hadn't been her father's wife.
Here
Meghan finds out she is a faery king's daughter,
and
the faery queen hates her, that was a shocker.
Now
that Meghan is here, and Oberon wouldn't let her go,
lest
she be captured by the faery king's foe.
On
the night of Elysium, Meghan makes her escape,
but
not after dancing with Ash, who leaves her agape.
After
entering a trod with Puck and Grim,
Puck's
chances of survival might be very slim.
Tir
Na Nog is home territory to Unseelie Prince Ash,
who
challenges Puck to a duel, where they are an even match.
The
duel is interrupted by many Iron Fey,
who
proceed to take Meghan away,
She
is closely followed by Ash, Grim, and Puck,
into
a cave, not really to their luck.
Here
the group battles the Ironhorse,
and
when they leave, they realize they are way off their course.
This
new development, the Iron Fey,
leaves
them feeling very grey.
Between
Meghan and the Winter Prince, a deal is made,
She
will go to Tir Na Nog, if while rescuing Ethan, Ash comes to her aid.
Unknowing
of this contract, Puck wonders why,
Meghan
is nice to Ash, a person who would like to see Puck die.
In New Orleans, a memory of Meghan's does get taken,
for
answers to her questions, by an oracle, who is never mistaken.
On
the way, while escaping more Iron Fey,
Puck
experiences what may be his last day.
By
a few Dyrads, Robin Goodfellow is put to sleep,
he
will awaken when ready, they tell Meghan, who begins to weep.
The
Elder Dyrad gives Meghan witchwood, her own beating heart,
the
Dyrad soon dies, but she has done her part.
Meghan
and Ash traipse into the Iron Realm alone,
after
the Cait Sith chooses to go another way, on his own.
Their
witchwood arrow should kill the Iron King,
when
they are done, Ethan should be fine, so will everything.
Here
in the Iron Realm, is where Meghan and Ash first kiss,
Meghan
feels like she is in bliss.
But
the courts would never approve
Ash
and Meghan would have to stop, or be removed.
The
farther they go, the sicker Ash gets,
but
since he's with Meghan, he has no regrets.
Soon,
acid rain pours down on the pair,
they
scramble for shelter, wondering what the heck is going on in the air.
Ironhorse
appears again, this time to capture the pair,
but
the iron has become to much for Ash to bear.
Meghan
leaves him quite reluctantly,
and
continues on her journey very sadly.
With
an arrow of witchwood and Ash's sword in tow,
Meghan
is almost there, with little left to go.
She
climbs up the tower with one purpose in mind,
to
get her little brother, and have him leave Faeryland behind.
Ash
is there, at the top of the tower,
but
it's a trap, Machina wants to give Meghan power.
Machina
would like to make her his queen,
and
if she refuses, he'll be very mean.
Meghan
Chase still hasn't reached a decision,
when
the uncorrupted hearts of trees enters her vision.
She
gives them a nudge and feels them respond,
she
pulls hard and roots burst from the ground.
Machina
is stabbed with the arrow in his chest,
by
Meghan who is happy to have ended this quest.
Home
is where Meghan and Ethan finally get,
and
their Mom realizes the changeling was a threat.
But
this is not where Meghan's story does end,
she
must go to Tir Na Nog, for how long? It will depend.
In
a tale called the Iron Daughter, we will meet Meghan once more,
we
shall read about all the adventures that she has in store.
Thank you soooo much for reading this!
