"You`re been too noisy" assassin 1 growled to assassin 2 baring her teeth
her teeth where bright yellow and made brighter by her grey skin. Her black eyes voids of nothingness wide with fear.
"pffft you can talk ..your the one growling idiot" Assassin 1 shot back quietly with the same yellow teeth, grey complexion and black eyes.
They where twins after all
Assassin 2 threw her grey arm out and pushed assassin 1 against the wall by her chest
They both stay still while the Earth royal guard did his round.
"fuck that was close" , Assassin 2 let out a breath and released Assassin 1
"over there is the room" Assassin 1 pointed to a purple door down the crystal hall.
Neither of them taking in any details of their surroundings and on one mission
(get the Princess child and take her home)
"urghhhh" Assassin 2 bent over holding her stomach "I think its happening we need to hurry"
They both hurried down the hall not making a sound with their bare feet barley touching the floor as they flutter their wings just enough not to make a sound.
Once they reached the door they looked at each other
"sis what ever happens next we do it together" Assassin 1 held her hand out
Assassin 2 grabbed it "I love you so much sis we will be ok"
Before they could let their tears fall they breathed
"lets do this" Assassin 2 nodded in agreement
They opened the door slightly and peeked inside.
They spotted the sleeping child instantly with a glowing purple light near her.
The Assassins crept in
Before the child could wake Assassin 2 sprinkled a dust over the child from her pouch on her rope belt and Assassin 2 prepped a bag she had draped over her rope belt.
The child didn't wake and slept silently while Assassin 1 placed her inside the bag gently and tie it shut.
"ok first task done" Assassin 1 looked up at Assassin 2
Assassin 2 was hunched over again breathing heavily "right lets go I don't feel right"
Assassin 1 looked at her sister with wide eyes "why is it affecting you more than me?" she drew her browse together and shook her head "it doesn't make sense the poison isn't meant to kick in for a long while" she looked to the floor.
Assassin 2 straightened herself " we knew it would at some point . come on sis lets deliver this package to safety"
She leaned to her sister and laid a hand on her shoulder "then we will be free remember what he promised"
Assassin 1 nodded and picked the bag up.
Assassin 2 looked out the door but guards where patrolling the hall again
She closed the door with a small click "shit I think they know someone entered this realm"
Assassin 1 started to panic again " I cant go out the window im not strong enough to carry the bag and fly this poison is draining me"
"we have no choice…I will carry half im not feeling 100%myself now I feel weaker than usual" Assassin 2 grabbed two handles and handed Assassin 1 the other two "ready?"
Assassin 1 looked at her sister "no but we have to"
"ok 1.....2...." assassin 2 started but shouting outside the door got louder and clanking noises followed
"they found us" Assassin 1 almost shouted in a panic
"GO!!!" Assassin 2 dragged her sister with the bag out the window
The window was on the tallest crystal castle tower overlooking the crystal gardens with sharp spiky ends pointing upwards.
The girls fell not strong enough in themselves with the poison attacking them tried not to scream as they fell with the bag....but a gust of wind hit their wings and they fluttered as fast as they could to go faster and get higher.
They didn't have time to think how bizarre that was and just kept going flapping their wings as much as they could.
Their lungs burned and their bodies feeling like jelly now
"f f f fuckkk…. T t there it isss" Assassin 1 looking ahead at the pillar at the edge of the realm
They knew they had finally reached the point to call their destination and due to the spell they had cast before coming to this realm they only had one chance to call the right realm.
"wwwoodlanddd" assassin 2 shouted breathles
A portal warped and shimmered in an instant
They could make out trees and started smiling and panting
"th th throw the bag in w w w we can then get I I I I in faster" assassin 2 stuttered
The girls swung the bag as much as they could and let go once it was high enough
The girls then fluttered as fast as they could and zoomed fast into the portal before it could close on them.
They hit the ground with a thud.
"urghhhh"
"oweee"
Assassin 2 curled into a ball "shit this is starting to hurt more sis"
Assassin 1 "sis …."
Assassin 2 looked up her eyes widened "no"
"I I don't think this is…" Assassin 1 looked at her hands starting to flake and back to her sister
Assassin 2 crawled over to her sister "its ok we still have time" fighting tears back
Assassin 1 looked at the bag "the child we threw her into the ground is she ok? Remember he told us she had to be safe and unharmed"
Assassin 2 crawled over the the bag that had landed not that far from them and untied it to reveal a soundly sleeping child "omg yes she is fine sis " she looked round "and this woodland will be safe enough for her"
Assassin 2 looked over to her sister with a small smile but the smile vanished as she saw her sister standing now but surrounded by ash
Assassin 2 pushed herself to her feet and fell into her sister
"ww w why did you cc choose here?" Assassin 1 asked her sister now feeling sleepy
"Because its ss ssafe and ww wwe don't have ll long ll ll eff...." Assassin 2 couldn't finish her words
They both hugged each other and fell to their knees …..they hugged deeply until their was nothing left but ash in the wind .
The poison took them for trespassing in the realm of Earth. No spell could have saved them from that.
.......
BACK IN THE EARTH REALM
"your Majesty , I am sorry to say they took your daughter" the guard knelt in shame
The Queen sat back in shock onto her childs bed clutching the sheets that where still warm, tears stinging her red tired eyes
"hh how?" she asked not looking at the guard
She didn't want to show emotion in front of the guard she had to stay strong, she was the Queen afterall
"they masked themselves powerful magick and masked their portal" he let out a sigh "we we….lost them"
The guard stood his head bent and hand on his chest "but we will never stop looking" he looked up "and we have a Earth realm fae who we think helped them"
The Queen stood she stared right into his eyes brown eyes that projected hope.
The Queen sighed
"your dismissed" unable to hold back more tears trailing down her pale cheeks
And looked back at her daughters bed.
"leave me please"
All the guards saluted and left the Queen in her daughters room and just before they closed the door they heard the queen whale and sob just as the door shut the Royal guard spotted the Queen fall to the ground her long red hair curling around her with her hands on her face , the tall regal Queen now a mess on the floor in her long white night gown with no one to soothe her.
The door closed silently
Royal guard let out a breath he didn't know he had been holding feeling sorry for the Queen to loose her only heir….
"Micha" he called
A young guard ran up to him
"yes sir"
He could tell this guard had just started he was young and small framed his armour didn't even fit him yet …he seemed proud he had been called wide big purple eyes awaiting command with a slight smile
"get onto the portal and see if you can figure out where they went"
He waved his hand after the command
"yes sir" the boy shouted saluted very sloppily and ran down the hall clunking and holding his chest plate on.
The royal guard let out a sigh and ran a hand through his auburn hair "shit" his eyes grey in shocked belief .
"who would do this? And how… no-one can enter our realm"
He remembered they had someone in the dungeon and for his Queen he will torcher the filth until they say what he needed to hear.
He breathed deeply
"Jedite stay , make sure the Queen is not disturbed"
Jedite a big mass of muscle, his Guard uniform wouldn't even fit him so he wore a purple tunic in the guard colours … this made him look like a caveman but Jedite didn't care what people thought of him…. This is also shown by his great facial hair long purple beard in plaits and beads to match his hair pulled back to show off his small round ears with the same purple crystal beads as earrings….he grunted in agreement and stood by the door, staring ahead at nothing but alert.
Royal guard started walking toward the dungeon ...
...........
BACK IN THE WOODLAND REALM
The little child opened her eyes and blinked looking up confused her golden eyes twinkling in awe
Their was a night sky with stars she had never seen before and it was cold…. She could feel she had her night night crystal in her hand and shook it .
The crystal glowed purple and showed trees and shrubs bright green…she was on some soft brown stuff that stuck between her toes ….
She staggered to her feet holding the crystal outward while holding her chest with the other arm looking around trying to keep warm.
Tears filling her eyes as she tries to understand where she is…..and where is mamaaa
"mammmaa?" she managed to say shivering tears spilling down her pale cheeks
A rusting in the bush startled her and she threw the bag over her thinking she was properly hidden but her long red hair spilled from the bag.
A low growl made the ground tremble.
The childs breathing stopped in shock her golden eyes wide scared
Her crystal night light still shinning
The growling got closer and something brushed the bag
The child started the breath again faster and erratic trembling trying not to make a sound
Then the thing seemed to curl around the bag
The child breathing still erratic and her heart pounding tears forming in her eyes again she let out the words before she could stop "mammaaa" a small cry came after
"its ok little one" said a soft voice "I felt you where scared and cold"
The child started to feel warmer… and strangly she felt she could trust the warm thing…her voice was soothing.
The child lifted the bag up slightly to feel fluffiness. So warm and soft
She took the bag off completely to look up and see a large red and white teddy with green eyes smiling at her.
Unknown to her child mind this was a large fox
"see" the fox stated "I mean you no harm I am here to help you come snuggle and sleep , your tiny and need your energy"
The child relaxed overcome with tiredness and the feeling of warmth snuggled into her fur and fell asleep so easily.
"its ok little one I saw them turn to dust I know where they came from and no one can go back….I will find you a home" she looked at the girl in her white night dress red hair spilling around her…the brown marks on her cheeks where small crescent moons and she had tiny white glitter freckles. "I wonder who your parents are?"
The fox laid her head down and also slept
......…..
"Grandma…Grandma look look" a small boy shouted in the clearing waking the fox up.
The fox yawned and looked down , the little girl was still sleeping.
The fox smiled and looked over to the clearing …."fae.." she stood up leaving the girl curled on the ground and ran towards the clearing in hopes they will understand what she wants .
"very good Cornelious your getting good at that " she smiled with her wrinkled mouth …looked over to her son who was busy been fed by his consorts "don't you think he is doing well Oak?"
King oak raised his head and looked at his mother with angry brown eyes "KING oak"
She rolled her eyes "son I can call you what I like" the elderly woman said standing from the ground with a cane .. she hunched over with her aches and pains of been hundreds of years old… she walked over to the woodland to pick some berries her grandson may like.
The consorts giggled and King oak didn't like that , he pushed them off him and he stood tall his big muscle frame made a shadow on the ground his hair tied back brown glisten in the sunlight flowing in the wind showing his fae long ears and his grey wings fluttered his eyes blazing brown … he pointed at his mother with a tanned arm "you woman haven't got long left remember that"
He realised she wasn't listening and looked at his 4 consorts "well ladies who wants to massage these?" he pepped his biceps and the girls giggled again fighting over who will be first
The fox spotted the elderly lady and ran towards her hoping she would take the child in.
As she approached the lady the fox calmy walked over and sat in front of her
The lady bent down "wow you're a beautiful thing where did you come from?"
The fox started jumping and spinning trying to alert her a child needs help
But the elderly lady didn't seem to understand at first thinking it was a happy dance.
Finally after a few minuets
The elderly woman said "I will follow if you show me where berries are"
The fox stopped and looked at the woman who smiled with her tanned skin shinning in the sunlight and her pink dress flowing in the wind holding her shawl on with one hand, her grey curls swept back showing her elegant long ears and grey wings raised for balance she knew the child will be safe with her as the fae realm is meant to be kind she had heard.
The fox ran off not too fast so the elderly woman could follow.
The elderly woman started panting and puffing steadily walking over fallen branches and steadying herself with her cane
The fox stopped and pointed with her nose to behind a bush
The woman smiled "thankyou fox these berries will be per….." the woman stopped and sucked in a shocked breath at the site of a small child on the ground… she dropped her cane and the child opened her eyes .
They stared at each other for a moment the little child blinked "mammaa teddddy?" is all she could say as she was still too young to talk properly
The elderly woman moved towards the girl and wrapped her pink shawl around her
The child looked up at the woman with her glowing golden eyes and a small smile on her lips
The woman couldn't stop staring back "no…." she trailed off
The woman reached toward the childs face and swept her long red hair back behind her ear .
"your not fae…." The woman drew her browse together "your ears are small and round"
The little girl just blinked her golden eyes getting brighter and her brown crescent moons on her cheeks glowed golden.
The woman staggered back at the site of the glowing eyes with her hands to her mouth in awe as flowers in all different shades blossomed around the little girl in an instant .
The little girl stood and looked "pwetty." As she picked a flower
She seemed unknowingly she had made these grow
The woman breathed in and edged closer to the girl again "where is your mummy?"
The little girl holding the flower looked up at the woman tears filling her eyes "mammaaaa" she cried big sobs getting louder
The woman pulled the girl into her arms to comfort her "shhhh its ok little one let me take you in and we can figure this out ok?"
The child hugged the lady back and a big growl came from the childs belly
The woman chuckled "hungry are we come on we are having a picnic"
The girl looked at the fox and reached her hand out "teddy" the fox bowed her head and ran off into the woodland
"im sorry but that is a fox and it cannot come to the picnic." The woman said
The child was upset her teddy had run off but she was hungry and the nice lady said picnic now she understood what picnic was.
She always had picnics in the crystal garden with mumma
The woman looked down at the girl "my name is Mist but you can call me grandma"
The little child looked up at the woman with wide eyes "gamaama" and smiled
......…..
Cornelious ran to where his grandma had gone with his hands over his long ears…his brown eyes with tears forming his long blonde hair floating behind him and his grey wings fluttering to gain speed .
when he spotted his grandma coming from the tree line
"grandma did you find the berr..." cornelous voice trailed off as he saw a small red haired girl behind his grandma
"who is that?" he pointed with his stick
"this is erm..." Mist realised the girl had no name "erm…." She looked around frantically until she saw what Cornelious was holding "Twig" she smiled and stroked the childs red hair
"Twig…." Cornelious said in disgust "really? Is she a servant girl?" he looked her up and down with a frown
"no she is special and will live in the castle" she looked around "where is your father?"
Cornelious looked at his feet and fumbled with the stick wafting it back and forth on a nearby tall flower
"Cornelious I asked you a question" she drew her browse together
Cornelious pointed to a large bush behind the picnic site "I heard weird noises so I came to find you" he wouldn't look at his Grandma
"oh for the love of fae..you look after this girl then we can go home ok?"
Cornelious just stared at the girl and Twig grabbed his hand
Mist strode towards the bush and just as Cornelious said the noises got louder the closer she got .
She stopped as close to the bush as she could muster and took a big breath
"OAK" she shouted
Her call was met with loud moans from multiple women
"FOR FUCK FAE OAK ….your child is here" she folded her arms staring at the bush
"for fae sake cant I have some fun?" Oak replied
There was noises of aggitated moans and rustling
All four women exited the bush still adjusting their dresses and stood in a line with their heads down
Mist just stared at them….all had dirty blonde hair all thin…all wore green ….just like his late wife
Mist let out a sigh and removed her eyes from them
Lastly oak revealed himself from the bush also adjusting his clothes "whats the boy done now?"
He fastened his belt with his sword and looked over her shoulder
Then he stopped "SHIT NO NO NO"
Then looked at his mother "what have you done you stupid fucking woman?"
Mist smiled slightly and met his gaze "meet Twig" and gestured with her free hand towards the child standing with his son hand in hand
"you know the rules mother …no one can see royal male faces or they have to marry you have sealed his fate" his face started to go red with rage as he fumbled in his pocket for his mask
And placed it upon his face before walking past his mother.
Not another word was said to her
All his mother could do is smile as she knew something he didn't yet about Twig and she just wanted to annoy him so this so called picnic was cut short
King oak strode over to his son and the small girl
"greetings I am king oak of fae realm and who are you?" he bent forward slightly In a royal bow as kindness
The girl looked up at this huge man and hugged Cornelious "scare…mammamaaa" Twig screamed and started to cry
"Dad why did you scare her she is only a baby…Grandma found her..and told me to protect her" Cornelious looked proud of himself .
King oak noticed the girls ears small and round also no wings …
He turned to his grand mother who was slowly making her way towards him
"she isn't fae" he stated disgusted
"maybe a woodland fae???" he thought outloud
"But woodland fae are half animal and she isn't….." he thought more
Mist let out a chuckle "no but she has ancient fae magick not seen around for thousands of years" she walked over to the girl and put her hand on Twigs shoulder to comfort "she is all alone and hungry" Mist looked up at her son King oak "she can be a big hope for our realm if we train her"
Her pleading eyes made king oak back down .. he knew he wouldn't win a fight against his mother and he looked at the girl who had now stopped sobbing and wiped her eyes
King oak grabbed her chin and faced it upward ….her eyes glowed golden with little specks of light dancing in them her white freckles glittered in the sunlight…then her crescent moon brown marks on her cheeks glowed gold was his mother right she was the ancient glow??
The girl just stared at him and then cocked her head to one side "hat" as she raised her hand to reach for his mask
"no child you can never see my face"
He let go of her and pointed to his side and clicked his fingers Cornelious stood next to him
"time to go home mask up little one"
Cornelious gave a big huff as he hated the mask …he placed it on his face and folded his arms in annoyance
Then king oak raised both his hands and clicked his fingers
All 4 girls ran to the picnic area and started cleaning and packing it all
As they where busy he looked at his mother "are you sure what she is?"
His mother smiled "yes she is the one we have been waiting for to build strength in our realm but she has a lot of growing to do, i thought the gods would have sent one..well older"
Twig had sat on the floor now patting the ground after planting stones and giggling she had never seen soil before.
"I will carry her on the flight home" king oak said "but their will be a lot of talk if people see her.. I will fly her in as fast as I can and take her to your chambers" King oak looked thoughtful but it was broken off when he saw the 4 women approaching with the picnic bags
"we will discuss this when we are back ok..im sure the elder fae can help" Mist suggested
King oak looked a little concerned but shook it off "ok little Twig come here" he opened his arms and crouched down
Twig ran behind Mist she was a little scared of him
Mist spun around " hey its ok we take you home for picnic" Mist smiled at TWIG
"picnic mamamaaa" Twig jumped up and down clapping in excitement
Mist smiled and clapped with her and pointed to king oak
"he will carry you ok"
Twig looked at king oak and wimpered "scare" she said
Mist walked over to king oak smiled at him and patted him on the head "nice"
King oak didn't know how to react and just stared blankly crouched with his arms open
Twig giggled and walked toward him
As she approached him she floated to his face and patted his head while giggling "nice" giggling more
Everyone was stunned ….she can fly without wings
As everyone was in awe Twig fell into the kings open arms and yawned ..floating just for a few seconds made her tired it seemed , her eyes and cheeks had stopped glowing and she was out like a light.
The king just blinked and stared at her then looked up to his mother who just smiled back
"ok Cornelious are you ready?" Mist asked
Cornelious just nodded unknown what to say after what he just saw
He just grabbed his grandmas hand and squeezed hard he was scared but he couldn't say it not in front of his father.
The 4 women exchanged glances with each other and stared at the floor awaiting command
King oak stood with the little red haired girl in his arms and started flapping his wings he was the first to lead
Everyone else followed
The 4 women where last with the baskets
As they approached the woodland realm edge the King uttered the words "Fae realm" and a portal glowed shimmering revealing floating rocks with houses ontop and many flowers withthe castlein the distance.
They all flew in one by one
Once the portal shut the king flew as fast as he could into the castle without been detected . he was the fastest flyer in his realm afterall.
Not long after everyone else landed in the castle grounds
The King appeared in the court yard with a flash of light he was breathless after flying at super speed.
"mother its in your room asleep" he whispered still trying to catch his breath
"thankyou and the other thing" she glanced toward his consorts
He closed his eyes and bowed his head "already sorted I alerted Roman on my way here"
He walked away from his mother and toward the consorts laughing with them
"shall we finish our party in the garden" King Oak laughed
Cornelious flew to his room he was tired from the flight but he usually hides away after spending time with is father he hated the time they have together .
Mist slowly fluttered through the servant quarters .. they are only called servant quarters because they are for servants but the area is luxurious all glittery white walls and floors with large bed chambers for each servant that they can decorate themselves …the halls where adorned with giant mushroom lights and flowering ivy this is where Mist caught her royal servant Petunias line of site and signalled for her to follow
Mist knew Petunia would be the perfect mother to Twig …not only was she obedient and trusted to Mist but she had mothered many and was a natural at it
Even at her age now she was still young looking with her pale skin and auburn hair and hazel eyes she was also the perfect candidate to be her natural mother as the colours almost matched Twigs .
Petunia was known to have dominant blood which means all her children had brown or red hair.
As she made her way to her own chambers with Petunia not far behind her she was scheming how this would all unfold….and Mist was an expert in bringing sudden ideas to life .