"Goodfellow, I need you to take care of a certain mortal girl." King Oberon said. I stood before the king with my hands deep in my pockets and looking at the king straight in the eyes. Great… Lord Pointy Ears now wants me to take care of another mortal… we saw how that turned out…
"The girl has talent we've never seen in many years. It would be such a shame if Leanasidhe or Titania got their hands on this wonderful piano prodigy or else to them, their new play-thing until they get bored." He said.
I knew better of course. Oberon had always been the jealous type. Anything that took Titania's interest off him cause for huge arguments between the two Seelie rulers. The last time something like this happened, Titania stole 'Leanasidhe's' 'violin' which turned out to be a little girl who was a violin prodigy.
Leanasidhe ordered me and Ash to retrieve it from Titania but that's a different story altogether. "So… who is this girl?" I asked.
"Harmony Johnson."
Harmony's POV
A Midsummer Night's Dream. Yup that's right. I'm reading the renowned playwright written by William Shakespeare himself. In fact, I'm nearing the end of the story where Robin Goodfellow or Puck as Shakespeare called him gives his ending speech apologizing to the audience if anything they saw offended them and if they did, they should pretend that it was all a dream.
"And Robin shall restore amends…" I mused, closing the book and thus ending the story. Well right now, I sat on one of the branches of an old apple tree. The branches drooped slightly at the weight of the apples and it creaked slightly at my weight as I leaned back to the tree trunk. I'm fortunate enough to have this tree at the town park. I mean you can read and have apples when you're hungry. How great is that?
The best part is that the park for who knows what reason is almost always deserted. I never get why people don't go out to the park anymore. Only some joggers came occasionally and they only came in mornings. Well that means I had the cool breezes and serenity all to myself.
I glanced back at my book, rubbing the hard cover with my thumbs and feeling the soft and smooth material. I thought about the book, the story and the characters. There was King Oberon, Queen Titania and of course, Robin Goodfellow or Puck, the court jester. There were a species called faeries and last I checked a donkey that Queen Titania fell in love with.
What if they were all real? What if they're around us right now? Would the world be the same? I thought. That's when I noticed a redhead boy staring up at me. He had his hands in his pockets and wore a somewhat goofy grin. He wore a grey hoodie and navy blue jeans and his emerald green eyes looked up at me, curious and inquiring.
I stared back, and we had an impromptu staring contest. He seemed to have caught on and he intensified his stare and his grin grew wider. This stayed on for a while when he finally blinked. My face showed victory at beating a stranger I knew for only three minutes. Take that random stranger! The boy sensed my glee but could only smile.
I took my book and jumped down from the branch since it wasn't that high right in front of the boy. Now that I got a closer look at him, he was taller than me by half a head and had a scent I found familiar. I could only smirk to hide my laughter when I identified it; apples. I took my hand out and gave him a polite smile; the ones I give when I am about to introduce myself.
"My name's Harmony; Harmony Johnson. This is apparently the first time I met someone through a staring contest. Nice to meet you." I said. He cocked his head to the side before taking my hand and shaking it.
"I'm Robbie Goodfell." He simply said. I frowned slightly at the lack of introduction but seeing that I just met him, I let that slide. His hand felt warm against my cold-absorbing ones. His eyes never left me, even as I took my hand back.
"You know, your name sounds familiar; it rings a bell, like I've heard it before." I said which was true. Robbie Goodfell… that sounds familiar…
His gaze shifted to the book in my hand and a light bulb went on in my head. Duh! "Well you read A Midsummer Night's Dream then? Well my name sounds a hell lot like Robin Goodfellow. That's just a really huge coincidence."
I couldn't help but laugh and before we knew it, we were strolling around the park. He told me he just moved in and went to check out all the places around the neighborhood. He told me he loved A Midsummer Night's Dream only because of a certain character that shared his name. It wasn't technically the exact name but it was close enough.
"Well I don't know, the story was kind of reminded me of… home." He said as he trailed off at the last word.
"Home? Then , I suppose you're a court jester that lives in a castle and does whatever the King or Queen say, like let's say make the queen fall in love with a donkey?" I asked, laughing. He gave me a funny look, like whatever I just said was somewhat true. Well that look vanished the minute it appeared and was replaced with the same cheeky grin.
"Sure… you can say that I guess." He said. We continued walking round and round until we went back to the apple tree where we first started. The sun began to set, signaling the end of the day. I told Robbie I had to go back home but the minute I turned to walk, he grabbed my hand.
"Hey Harmony… I'll see you tomorrow?" he asked. I thought about it. Well its summer vacation and I have a lot of time so why not? He seems like a nice guy, I mean he hasn't done anything yet.
"Sure. Same time?" I asked.
"I'll be here." He smiled as I walked home.
Hi! This is sort of my first fanfic so it might really suck… So yup I wrote this because I really loved 'Iron Fey' so much. So please R&R!
