This was a great story. And I address this to CoffeeAndCherryBrandy. It is indeed "frigging Genii" and not "Geniuses". Don't believe me? Read Artemis Fowl and The Lost Colony. You ought to get that right yourself before correcting others. Not the other way round.

Spell "geniuses" right, will you? It's not frigging "genii"!

Very nice. (*sigh*) Have I mentioned I love your style recently? It's just so... lyrical, and prettypretty. (*sighs again*)

Only one typo that I saw, "within his arms as they past the cheery trees" - you mean passed.
There's something icky with this phrase: "several nights a week after he first left"
"...which played its song for the first and last time when he opened it two years ago." - this should be in Past Perfect tense - "when he *had* opened it two years ago". There's also a few other places I suspect should be Past Perfect - like "where she disappeared beneath its mirrored depths". That one in particular confused me, and threw me for the latter half of the fic until I worked out what was going on and reread.

But the metaphors... and just the whole thing... (*happy shiver*)

Well done, keep turning out these little diamonds.

that's really good! i seriously don't understand how you people come up with this...(for lack of a better word) DEEP stuff. oh wait! just came up with a better word...PROFOUND. anywho...hehe...

BANZAI!
~hollybridgetpeppermint