Magnus and the F'airy
Chapter one
'Camille let it go!' Magnus roared.
Snapping his fingers he froze Camille's upper body as the vampire was about to bite into the tiny crying creature she held.
'Release me Magnus! I must taste its blood, the smell is sooo delicious,' Camille spoke part purr part snarl, it was her prey and she would not let it go.
'Camille the poor thing is weeping set it free now, before I make you,' Magnus demanded applying a little more pressure.
'Oh very well,' she snapped.
Magnus released his spell on Camille's hands she opened her fingers and the tiny being fluttered up into the air on tiny feathered wings.
'Hmmf you have not heard the end of this Magnus,' Camille scowled as she stalked from the room.
Magnus watched her for a moment and sighed it seemed he did not hear the last of anything these days, sometimes being in love with a vampire was exhausting.
'Come here little one, I will not harm you,' Magnus said to the still fluttering and shaking individual he had rescued from his lover's venomous bite.
As it drifted towards him Magnus was enchanted, it was tiny perfect woman with bronze skin and dark eyes her wings were golden with white tips, soft and feathered. She landed on his shoulder and snuggled up to his face placing delicate kisses along his neck.
'Thank you for saving my life Warlock Magnus Bane, I was foolish to fly too near the cold one she caught my scent and pounced,' she said in a sweet trilling voice.
'You are very welcome and I must say you are the most lovely and smallest faerie maiden I have ever seen, to which court do you belong my dear?' He asked.
'No court, no no free to fly the world am I Warlock Magnus Bane, not of the Fey folk am I,' she replied.
'Truly that is most interesting may I ask what you are then?' Magnus asked with an eyebrow lifted quizzically.
' F' airy I am one of the Messengers of the Angel Kind,' she replied.
'I have never heard of Messengers of Angels I thought the Angels were the messengers,' Magnus said.
'Yes and we are Messengers for the Messengers, when they are on Earth we take small things for them and bring Angels words and thoughts to human kind. When they return to Father we are free to be of the air. Free air F'airy,' she explained.
'So are you demon and Angel like the Fey?' Magnus asked fascinated.
The little woman had risen from his shoulder and was fluttering around his head she turned a pirouette and stopped. He observed at her carefully as she flew about, he got no sense of deception from her but he had been caught before he resolved to be cautious.
'No no demon only Angel pure made by father we were after Angels before; demons, Fey, humans and pretty warlocks like Magnus Bane,' she fluted.
Magnus laughed he was very glad he had stopped Camille before she could make a meal of this charming being, but he was also intrigued he wondered if any of his friends had heard of the F'airy folk.
'Why thankyou Madame F'airy I think you too are very pretty, may I ask your name as you know mine so well?'
'Name is Nefertiri,' she replied landing on his hand.
She was very light and she looked about seven inches tall, her wings when she closed them came down almost to her ankles. Her outfit was a light blue shift that shimmered as she moved she really was disarmingly adorable. looking at her he believed she truly must be divine.
'Nefertiri like the Egyptian Queen?' He asked.
'Yes very beautiful Queen filled with love, friend of my mother she was. Born in lotus flowers in the palace of Nefertiri and Akenaten I was,' she replied dancing away once more and flittering over Magnus.
'My dear one that would make you thousands of years old!' Magnus exclaimed.
'So many questions Magnus Bane, yes have lived many seasons, but the world is beautiful and there is much love it is good to live is it not?' she laughed lightly as she spun.
She leaned forward to kiss him again, her kisses were soft and light and made his heart leap with joy.
'Must go now Magnus Bane for hungry am I,' Nefertiri said.
'I have food of all kinds Nefertiri and can conjure anything you wish.'
Magnus was keen to keep her there as long as possible he desperately wanted to find out all he could about the exquisite creature and her kind, Nefertiri laughed and shook her head.
'No this cannot be Magnus Bane my kind drink only one thing Essence of love, I must search to find it,' she replied.
'Wait you drink love? Do you steal it?' Magnus' heart sank was there some evil then in the F'airy.
'No not steal foolish Magnus Bane, when there is love Essence is released, freed into the air love remains essence is able to be collected see,' from under her wings she brought forth a small sphere. It had a tiny drop something residual left in it Magnus waved his hand over feeling the energy, yes there it was love.
'Can I ask then Nefertiri why can you not find love essence here in my home?' Magnus asked.
She seemed to hesitate and flew a little out of Magnus' reach she looked at him sadly and replied.
'Have been here times before I have found essence to gather for there has been love here Magnus Bane, but it must be true and good and giving. With the cold one it is tainted the love is wrong, it cannot be collected it does not contain sustenance.'
'Ah very well I understand, but please promise you will come back and visit me again,' Magnus asked.
His voice and demeanor were now dejected; he had known for some time that his love for Camille was not fully reciprocated but this information was still a blow.
The F'airy flew back onto his shoulder and kissed him several times patting his face and making reassuring little noises.
'A promise will I make to you Magnus Bane for you have saved my life and my thanks you have, I shall return,' she replied before disappearing.
Magnus looked around there had been no portal, no magic he could not tell how she had disappeared, he did briefly feel a soft flutter against his cheek, but there was no sign of the F'airy maiden.
Magnus waited for several days hoping Nefertiri would return however after some time he grasped that if she was coming back it would not be soon. Magnus' life continued on, his problems with Camille spiraling out of control until finally he knew it was truly over with her and he retreated to his home in sorrow.
(This story has been on my mind for weeks and although I am supposed to be working on my novel Nefertiri would not let go so here it is I will post a chapter a day)