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Yeah, another story AU thing, putting the Personality Swap on temporary hiatus until I get more motivation for it. This is a sort of seelie court AU, with fairy and the fae folk.
Will be 10 chapters, likely will move past T into M territory but not sure yet. Mostly going to be kurumois with the other characters briefly making appearances but will focus mostly on them and their relationship.
The forest was large and vast, the trees big enough that nobody could see past them. And it was dark. At first there had been a twisting dirt road, but what was once a dirt path had died away into just long grass as if nobody had ever set foot on it before.
There had been rumors, legends of the entrance of the dark forest where the trees seemed to sing, the humans warned their people away from it, saying that it lured young innocent souls into its world, only to devour them and never let them return to the real world.
The land of the fairy folk, that was what it had been called. And although most humans avoided it, knowing they could not get out of its lost lands, some were still stupid enough to enter believing that they'd somehow manage to figure their way out, dreaming of taking the fairy folk's spoils or rich finery's. And then there were some who had just wandered into the fairy world by chance, not knowing that they had been imprisoned in the world of the fae.
Mois gripped the shawl around her, trying to keep warm. The air was cold in this forest, and everything was so quiet. Although there was the faint sound of a deep soothing music when she had entered the denser parts of the woods, the soothing sound of music that seemed to bare into her soul was gone. And now there was just silence.
The forest of the fae. She knew the dark forest that people were warned about was the first opening to humans to the fae world, the village that she had come from had always warned travelers to stay away, telling of stories of the faeries, hauntingly beautiful people filled with magical power, they only cared for their own desires and felt that humans were just their playthings.
The fae were evil. That was a fact that humans embraced. "The fae are evil, they will trap you in their kingdom of deception and haunted beauty until you yourself don't even remember who you are," Mois recited what she knew.
She looked behind her and the forest seemed to swallow up where she had come from. There was no hope of going back, and she didn't know what was forward. She sighed.
"You could say, as lost as a chicken without its head?" Mois wondered. She knew she was in the forest of the fairy folk, it was obvious with how magic seemed to cling to the air. But what was more important to her was how lost she was.
She continued trying to walk forward, counting her steps so she could make it back. She recited what the villagers had said about the world of the fae, and what she knew. "Once you step into the forest you can not get out. Likely you will lose your mind, and possibly your life... Your sense of will we be gone before you can count to three..." Mois stepped three times, "One...Two...Three..."
She was still alone, but she wasn't willless. She smiled to herself, trying to hear the words and warnings in her head. "Humans were not meant to enter their world, and will slowly start losing themselves."
Although she was speaking aloud, she knew nobody was listening. Nobody could hear her because she was all alone, at least to her knowledge.
I suppose one of those fae could be stalking me, thinking I might make a nice meal. Mois thought to herself. She didn't feel like anyone was stalking her, but fae had power...They could be unnoticed.
But for the last five hours she hadn't seen a single creature in the dark forest. Not a butterfly, not a squirrel, not anything. And she was beginning to feel lonely.
There was no path for her to go back to, no place to try to go, and although she tried to stay optimistic, five hours of wandering hadn't soothed her fears any and nervousness.
She clutched the basket she carried tightly. It didn't have any supplies in it besides a small meal that would surely help her once she got hungry. She pondered to herself how much like red riding hood she was- lost in a forest with only a shawl and a basket.
The forest was cold, and not the natural sort of snowy cold. It was a sort of cold darkness that chilled someone right down to the bone. Mois shivered for a moment, rubbing her tan hands together trying to generate a little bit of warmth. If she had been smart she would have brought mittens.
"I'm sure this forest will end eventually. I won't die wandering after all." Mois tried to keep optimistic, and continued walking along the path she had set out for herself.
Mois couldn't see the sky, the trees covered everything. She didn't know if it was night or day or how long she had kept walking in the tangled forest. Tired, her optimism was beginning to drain out from how lost she was.
She didn't know how long she had walked.
"Next place I see I'll take a nap." Mois declared as if to keep herself reminded of who she was. She needed to keep talking to herself, to make her remember that she had company.
As if on her declaration the trees seemed to open up with an open field, one with a small clear pool of water and flowers everywhere. She could see the sky, dark but illuminated by moonlight. The field wasn't just inviting, it seemed to beckon the young girl forward.
Maybe if Mois had listened to more legends about the fae and wasn't as naive as she was she would think against entering the field, but she entered it nonetheless.
She sat down nearest the pool of water first, cupping her hands and taking a drink of the crystal clear liquid, she smiled at herself seeing her reflection and squeezing her cheeks into a smile.
"I'm looking perky. I guess being in this place didn't do too much to my mood." Mois giggled to herself, playing with her blonde hair and trying to sweep it out of her eye. It would have really helped if she had a hairpin or something.
Mois sat by a large rock leaning against it after taking her drink. She then opened her basket and got comfortable, pulling out a small book she had brought, written by the human villagers about the fae.
She then read, since she had found herself in their forest anyway. "Faeries are heartless creatures, bewitchingly beautiful they steal the hearts of fair maidens." She flipped the pages looking at the pictures of the tall and lanky, beautiful people, not a blemish or fault on them. They didn't have wings, but they did have slightly pointed ears. Mois had heard that their wings were retractable and they rarely showed humans them, for fear it would make them too vulnerable. "The fae are known for having courts where they reside and play their political games. The seelie court. Five courts have been charted so far, Summer, Spring, Winter, Autumn and the Night court. The fae seem to rule these courts and generate changes from them, like the changes between seasons."
Looking at the pages made Mois all the more sleepy, and she slumped off the rock she was leaning on and onto the field of flowers.
She finally saw creatures around her, animals, and frogs in the pond, squirrels and those sort of things. She smiled, feeling safer.
"Another lost human has wandered into the fae kingdom." A frog on a lilly pad started to croak.
"How long do you think this one will last?" An owl hooted in the trees.
Mois couldn't feel her hand, she barely heard the animals talking in human voices around her. Her eyes were wide open, but slowly closing.
"Hmmm...She looks strong, she must be some sort of peasant from the village, see her loose clothing filled with awkward patchworks, her tanned skin, her messy blonde hair? She's a peasant, so maybe she has some common sense about her." One of the squirrels seemed to gossip.
"She looks yummy. Large enough to eat," A raccoon said, "The fae will find her, and then they'll devour the poor girl. Some of them like that, right?"
"Oh yes, some definitely eat humans. They might find her, she does look like an appetizing meal." The owl agreed, "Poor girl, maybe she would have lasted in this world, she seemed to be doing her research with that book in her hand."
"You see all owl, don't you? But you didn't hoot and warn her to not come here." The frog reminded. "You let her wander into the field of flowers, they always wander their prey into an eternal sleep. She'll die here."
"Likely she will. Oh well. Another human devoured by the forest. I wonder what legends will say about her in the human village." The owl agreed.
"Who knows? Humans bother me. They never listen to the animals and hear their voices. She deserved to die." A mouse agreed.
Mois's eyes closed and she was sound asleep.
Mois's dreams were at first cold and fearful, about as cold and fearful as she felt, but slowly they descendent into a nice embrace keeping her asleep.
Ku, ku, ku, ku, ku.
The laughter rung in Mois's head abruptly ending her dreams. The dream that she had been having shattered around her, and she woke up.
The grass was long, vines were on the trees and the sky was bright with sun. The book she had by her side was ragged and only the hard cover had survived, the rest of the pages had faded away, melting away.
How long did I sleep? Mois wondered rubbing her head. The flowers had grown around her, tangling her up as if it was a blanket. Her body was fine, clean and as perfect as usual, glimmering in the sunlight, and her clothing seemed untouched, but it had been clear that she had slept more than a month at least.
She wouldn't have been surprised by how the forest changed if she had slept five hundred years. She laughed to herself though. "Don't be silly, Mois! You didn't sleep that long!" She slapped her cheeks and got up.
Her basket was long gone and her shawl had fallen off her body and unraveled away. Looking down at the flowers and inspecting them, Mois realized that it was clear that the lovely things sent out a chemical that made people sleepy.
She jumped away quickly leaving the field. The forest didn't swallow it back up or change, perhaps it didn't care about her any more.
How long was I out? Mois wondered. Was there a chance she could have slept there for ever? Her dreams were so sweet, like honey, and only that abrupt laughter in her head had woken her out of it.
She tried to listen to see if she could hear it again. But it didn't seem real. Likely it was just a delusion of mine. Maybe a blessing by the gods to wake me up. It was a hopeful sound after all.
Mois tried not to focus too much on the laughter. All sorts of mysteries happened in the forest of the fae after all, and magic. But Mois knew deep down the sound that was in her mind hadn't been a blessing by the gods. It was much too sinister and dark.
But it saved you. Mois reminded herself. From what could have been an eternity of dreams or nightmares. It was a spark of hope. Maybe something was looking out for her.
And Mois continued on her journey.
Eventually Mois came upon something different, something unusual. The forest had stopped twisting itself to be all the same and Mois could now see that she was getting somewhere, despite that somewhere probably being farther than the human village.
What Mois came upon looked even less populated than the forest. Despite the forest being lonesome, Mois could clearly see that it had been touched by hands of some sort of beings before. There were signs that people had been there. But the new area she entered looked like it hadn't been touched by human hands in hundreds of years, it was just completely natural and over grown.
Her curiosity getting the better of her, Mois stepped forward to the overgrown pathway of what looked like a grove. A large slab of stone was hanging from a tree branch over head, easy enough for her to read.
The words didn't look like they were carved, instead they burned with a bright light as if made by magic.
Only those seeking death may enter here. The sign read. Be warned, those who have sinned and are impure will be burned alive.
It was the first time Mois had seen any sort of sign in this forest. "Only those seeking death..?" So the sign warned of danger.
She looked behind her briefly to see if the path she had come on had disappeared. It was still waiting for her to go back to it.
So she had a choice. Do I want to risk my life for my curiosity? Mois wondered. What did other humans do when they came upon this? Or did any other humans ever come upon this...?
She thought for only a second and then stepped forward. She was naive after all. Oh well, although I'm not seeking death, I feel like if I do things honestly and purely I'll have a just quest. I need to be true to myself and explore things that call to me. Although perhaps this wasn't the best advice, Mois followed it anyway.
She walked forward, stepping over vines of the over grown path. The path was long, but it wasn't twisted.
And Mois continued onward.
She entered a large grove that looked like it hadn't been touched by anyone in hundreds of years. Looking around, the thing that caught her eye the most was the large two boulders in the middle of the grove, wound together with a chain, the chains were black and the cleanest thing about the grove, glittering as if they were sparkling tar.
In the middle of the two chains, a man stood, the thing the rock was chaining. His eyes were closed and at first Mois didn't know if he was alive.
All he wore was black tattered pants, rags covering some of his arms but his shirt long sense dissolving. His chest and face were perfect, however, unblemished and a sickeningly sweet pale. His ears were pointed and his hair was long and straight going down to his waist, a deep shade of royal purple.
His face was absolutely beautiful, and Mois knew immediately that what she was staring at was one of the fairy folk. There was no mistake about it.
She stepped forward slowly. The man didn't stir.
Is he dead..? But fae are immortal creatures aren't they? Instead of fear, Mois had worry. This poor creature was imprisoned.
A twig snapped as she stepped on it. The man's head tilted and he looked up.
"Oh that's a relief! You're alive!" Mois breathed a sigh of relief smiling to herself. She didn't know why she was so worried about his life, but even if the creature was dangerous she still worried for it. Maybe she had hoped he had been alive because she was lonely. She didn't know how long she had been lost in the forest of the fae and was desperately seeking companionship.
"Ku, ku, ku..." The man laughed. Mois froze for a second at the laughter.
The laughter from my dreams! So...Was I supposed to come here? She wondered.
The fae sniffed for a second. "You don't sound like one of us- a fae, any one of my kind wouldn't be stupid enough to enter this place, so you must be a lost little human. Ku. How fun." His mouth twisted into a sinister grin, as if he was mocking her.
"Can...Can you not tell I'm a human?" Mois asked. She could see him looking in her direction now, his green eyes were as beautiful as she had been warned about, they didn't seem quite human and seemed to suck them in.
The fae didn't answer, but he glanced downwards towards something on the ground as if scanned the ground for something.
Mois spotted a pair of glasses- slightly broken. Oh...He can't see me. Mois realized. I thought fae were perfect though, not sickly, no faults. What kind of fae has bad eyesight?
"You're not near enough for me to smell you." The fae lied, badly, "But I bet you smell delicious, young human. My kind would probably eat you up in a second, devour your soul and what not. I'm already drooling from thinking about it." He paused for a second, "I bet you're drooling too though. A dumb human like you is probably swooning from my beautiful body, seduced by my charm."
Mois was actually hiding her eyes, quite embarrassed. It's-It's the first time I've seen a guy shirtless! She tried to keep the heat in her face down, she knew he couldn't see her, but it was still embarrassing.
"You going to run, little human? It won't help you. Once you've entered the land of the fae it's doubtful that you'll escape with your life. But hey, you're lucky. You've seen my gloriousness after all!" The fae was a jerk. An egotistical jerk despite his chains, mocking Mois's pain.
Mois was quiet, but she started walking forward towards him anyway.
The fae could hear her getting closer. "Oh? You going to try to kill me? Nah, you seem to dumb to do something like that. Too spineless at the very least. Or have you been that seduced by my beauty that you're just being drawn closer? Ku, ku, ku. I've heard that happen to some humans."
He heard her crouching. Maybe she's getting a large stick to try to club me to death. I probably ticked her off terribly. Still it's the first time anyone's entered this place for a while, maybe she'll cure my boredom for a moment. He grinned wickedly. Boredom was the worst thing for something like him.
Instead he felt something touch his face and he was able to see. Mois smiled at him.
"Your glasses were on the ground so I picked them up for you." She gave a pure smile.
It sent chills down his bones.
"Ku, what a dumb human." He was glad he could see though. They had fallen off during the first hundred years of his imprisonment and since his hands were chained above him he couldn't reach them. He had been desperate to get them back, and despite how dirty they were and cracked he was thankful for them.
He wasn't the type to be grateful though. "So why'd you get into the fae lands, little human?" He tried to use the name soothingly, mockingly, "Was it for glory to slay a fae? Hunting for a family that's starving? Wanting riches? Wanting to marry a fae lord, or are you just the type that got lost out of chance like a naive idiot?"
Mois frowned for a minute. The fae was able to quickly decipher which it was. She was the dumb type getting lost from chance.
"Ku, how interesting! I'm glad you happened upon me so I can give you all sorts of faulty advice on whatever useless quest you've started to escape this place. How much fun!" He laughed again, wickedly.
Mois looked at him, really looked at him. Despite him being imprisoned he was using this chance to be a jerk to her and mock her as if the imprisonment wasn't even bothering him. Clearly it was though, he was incredibly skinny for a fae and looked tired, his looking like they were in quite a bit of pain. His pride as a fae probably stopped him from asking for help though.
I've heard fae are very proud. If you help one their law compels them to do you a favor, they're in your debt until the favor is returned. Mois reminded herself.
It wasn't the aspect of a favor that appealed to her though to help the fae. She honestly felt sorry for him. The poor thing is imprisoned and it looks like he's been for a long time...At least three hundred years at least.
"Is...Is there anything I can do to help?" Mois tugged at the chains at the fae's arms, but they were powerfully bound, it looked like only a specific sort of magic could break them.
The fae glanced at her as if sizing her up, trying to figure out what kind of person she was, she was obviously the naive sort.
"Little lost human~." The fae hummed his pet name that he had given her, "You're a dumb one, aren't you?" He sneered.
"Why do you say that?" Mois asked.
"Because fae are dangerous. Don't you know that? Didn't the humans teach you to be afraid because we're better than you? Once I'm free I could do whatever I want with you, I could kill you, I could seduce you and wind you around my little finger. You would be mine to do whatever I please with. That's the difference in our power. Or are you so dumb that you're not afraid? Ku, ku, ku?" The fae asked.
His threats didn't do a thing against Mois as she continued to tug at the chains. "But I'm not the one in trouble right now. Even if you're fae, you're still chained up. And it looks painful..." Mois trailed off. "Please tell me what I can do to help you."
"Tch." The fae scoffed, "I don't want your help. Get off me. I bet you know that if you save me, because you're a human I'm indebted to you. And I don't want to be indebted to anybody!" The fae was being childish, but Mois had been warned that fae were some of the most selfish and childish creatures around.
Mois's hands dropped off of his chains. "So you want me to leave...?" She asked curiously.
The fae bit his lip. He didn't look like he wanted her to leave. She was the first interesting company he had in years and if there was thing he was desperate for was a cure for boredom. "I...I didn't say that." he had a quiet voice, "Maybe you could stay for at least a moment. Maybe you'll die in this grove. That would solve the problem of you coming here. Little human, tell me stories of your adventures. That would help me. I'm curious why you decided to enter this place." He glanced at her, expressing his curiosity.
Mois smiled. If there was one thing she could relate to it was curiosity. "My name is Mois, and as you guessed I got lost here by chance." She did what he asked, "Now since I told you something, you should tell me something. Fae care about fairness, right?"
"Not all fae." The fae groaned. "I surely don't. Ku, ku, ku." But he looked like he wanted to keep Mois there, she interested him. "Fine, little human..." He still called her by the pet name he had dubbed her, "I will tell you my name, that way if you die here it can be the last thing on your mind. I am Kululu."
Mois curtsied. "Pleasure to meet you."
Kululu groaned. "You've worn out your novelty. You can leave now." He ordered.
Mois shook her head. "I want you to tell me how to get the chains off of you. I want to help free you, I won't force you to be indebted to me, it just hurts to see you like this." She frowned.
She was an honestly good person. Kululu hated good people. Oh how I've fallen. A human pitying me. Disgusting.
"Don't you have magic power though? Don't fae have magic they can use? Shouldn't you be able to break the chains?" Mois asked, trying to use her knowledge of fae to a benefit.
Kululu snarled at her, not wanting her to state the obvious. "I don't need you thinking you're smarter than me. Leave or I swear the first thing I'll do when I get out is hunt you. Human." He snarled. His pet name was gone.
Mois looked a little started at his anger. Perhaps he didn't have magic. She backed away for a moment.
There was a large growl in the background. Kululu and Mois glanced towards the entrance and a bull like monster ran forward, maybe thirty feet tall. Fire was on the tips of its horns and its eyes were hollow filled with hatred- evil.
"Ah yes, my keeper. Knew you were going to die soon, human. Ku, ku, ku." Kululu glanced at the bull.
"I-is that your guardian? The warden imprisoning you?" Mois asked.
"Yep. And I believe it's under orders to kill anyone who enters here, so run as fast as you can, little human." Kululu grinned, "Ku, ku, ku."
Mois looked a little frightened. "I'm not very good at battles..." She admitted.
"Even if you were, you'd have no chance against a monster like that." Kululu told her, as the bull tried to figure out where Mois was. She hadn't started running yet.
Instead she turned to Kululu and continued to try to tug at his chains, desperate to free him even if it cost her, her life.
"Hey, why aren't you running, little human? You'll die here if you don't leave." Kululu hoped she'd get off of him soon, or else he'd also probably die there. Fae didn't age, but if you stabbed them in the heart they still died.
Mois tugged at the chains, eventually even trying to bite at them. Nothing worked. Kululu just sighed, pathetically mocking her all the while while she was struggling. He kept an eye on the large beast that was trying to smell her out.
"Fae are known as tricksters. Even if you free me, you won't be able to save yourself." Kululu reminded.
"You could say, I'll burn that bridge when I come to it? But right now I want to free you." Mois frowned, she continued tugging. The bull finally found where she was and was gathering up energy to charge.
Kululu would be killed too in the blast. He swallowed, hard, realizing he had to help her if he wanted to live. She was such a do-gooding idiot that she wasn't going to leave despite the danger.
"You won't be able to break the chains. The only thing that can break them is my magic, they're a special material and that's the only thing that can hurt them." Kululu confessed.
"Then break yourself out!" Mois begged him.
"I can't. My powers have been suppressed by a curse, henceforth the reason I haven't freed myself yet." Kululu admitted, irritated that he even had to give out this information.
Mois looked at him, narrowing her eyes. So there was really no way to save him. She looked saddened. Her hands left the cuffs around him, but she made no effort to leave. She knew if she left the grove likely the forest would swallow it up and she'd never see Kululu again.
The bull dug up dirt, readying itself to charge towards the two of them. Time was running out.
"So there's really nothing I can do..." Mois realized.
Kululu was getting desperate, despite Mois's realization she was making no effort to leave him and the bull was getting closer.
"There is a way I can use my power." Kululu quickly admitted, "I just haven't been able to make the contract before. All I have to do is sap someone's soul energy, borrowing it and making it mine so I can tap into my power. It requires...Help from another person." He seemed to regard the word 'help' with much distaste.
"Why haven't you done it before then?" Mois asked.
"Because if I soul-bonded with someone, I wouldn't be able to free myself from them until I broke my curse, so I haven't attempted to do it. I can only borrow energy off of one person and out of my options, I would prefer if it wasn't someone dim-witted like you." Although Kululu didn't have any other options or offers and Mois was really his only chance for freedom he still wasn't too happy about this.
The bull was getting closer it was running towards them- once it hit it would definitely kill.
"However I'd rather soul-bond with you then die, so if you're going to free me do it. Give me your energy." Kululu demanded. He had his priorities straight though. "We might be stuck together, but I don't see an alternative if either of us wants to live."
There was still a chance for Mois to run, at least far enough that she would be the only one killed and Kululu would be safe. But Kululu knew already that she wasn't the type of person to leave.
"How?" Mois asked desperately. She didn't know how to form the contract or transfer her energy.
"Touch me with direct skin-to-skin contact, thinking of transferring energy to me. You have to have a clear image of your aura and energy, so concentrate!" Kululu was panicking as the bull got closer, as he tried to describe to a human how to form her own soul energy.
Mois thought for a brief moment. She didn't exactly know what kind of skin-to-skin contact a soul-bond needed but in all the stories she had heard, there was only one way to transfer energy that she knew of. She didn't know any other way.
So she quickly stood up and pulled Kululu down into a kiss, pressing her lips against him much to his shock.
Kululu's eyes were wide as this human girl who he had just met desperately kissed him to save their lives, determined to help and giving him a pure and honest kiss. He didn't really focus much on the sensation, just that it was weird that she had thought that was the way the necessary way for skin contact.
I guess she's more of an idiot than I thought, but still its kind of amusing, I guess some human legends do say that kissing is the only way to transfer energy, or some sort of dumb romance book might have given her the impression. Or maybe she's just seduced by my charm. Kululu thought to himself, still he could feel her power and energy drain into him, and because of that the kiss was pleasant, and the way she kissed him was just adorable.
Kululu didn't know humans could be that cute.
The chains around Kululu broke as a black energy seeped through his pores, shattering his chains. He didn't give himself time to rub his hands and instead gazed at the oncoming bull, pulling Mois behind him so she wouldn't get caught in the blast.
She was now a valuable resource to him after all. The bond between them had been formed.
"I will enjoy this...Ku, ku, ku. I've been waiting to kill you for five hundred years." Kululu laughed. He put his hands out and sparks flew from them, as if like an ocean wave of magic the bull was halved in two by his powers.
He slumped over and there was a loud crashing noise from how large it was.
Kululu smirked and finally gave himself the privilege of rubbing his hurt wrists. After five hundred years...The chains were finally off.
Mois was hiding behind his back, peering over his shoulder. She grabbed his arm proud of him.
"A bit touchy for a human, aren't you?" Kululu asked amused. Shouldn't she be more scared of me? Know of our differences and that I'm of a higher status than her? I'm a powerful fae after all.
Of course, maybe she was grabbing onto him out of fear. Kululu could understand that. She did almost die and it would be normal for her to be swooning over his powers.
"I'm so happy!" She said instead, "I'm so happy you're safe and free!" She grinned.
There was a lump in Kululu's stomach by just how pure this girl was. Did she not think of anyone else but herself? She should have been dead by now if that was the case. The fae world was selfish and didn't reward those good of heart.
Kululu didn't really know what to say at someone thinking more of him than their own life. Was he happy? Annoyed? He didn't know. Guess I'm stuck with this human for now though. "We killed it, but you still technically saved me...So unfortunately I'm in your debt..." He didn't like to admit it, "Not like I can leave you anyway now that we're soul bonded. I need you if I want to be able to use my powers and not be useless. At least until I break my curse. Man, I'm pathetic. The only fae probably that needs a human!" He was ranting, but Mois was swaying from side to side.
He glanced at her as she fell, fainting. She had given him way too much of her soul energy. Kululu instinctively caught her, as her eyes closed.
He looked down at the human in his arms, who was probably just as tired as he was. She may not have looked very interesting in appearance, an average normal human filled with physical flaws, she didn't have the perfect sculpted body of the fae, but perhaps it was her flaws that made her look so interesting so unusual and unique. Her clothes were those that were obviously as average as any human villager indicating she came from a low class, and her skin was much darker than his and her blonde hair was just a kind of average blonde not anything interesting or unusual, just uniquely human. However she did have somewhat of a figure and she looked well-muscled as if she worked in the fields. But really it was her eyes and smile that interested Kululu.
They really told what kind of person Mois was, telling all about her personality from just her face. Her face was unique, cute and obviously human, but something about it attracted Kululu, perhaps it was the ignorant and naive kindness that was communicated in her face, or how her eyes seemed to have a language of their own. Maybe he was just looking at her lips a little too much, the lips that had previously been on his.
She had tasted sweet.
"What am I going to do with you, little human?" Kululu wondered to himself as he held her, not letting her fall to the ground. He was much stronger than her, even though he hadn't eaten for a long long time, her human weight was nothing for him.
He was stuck with her now and he couldn't get rid of her, but being trapped with Mois seemed at least more interesting than being chained.
He really did wonder though what he was going to do with her. She was obviously scatter-brained and a little bit dumb putting herself in danger just because she wanted to help someone, and ideally she wouldn't be the sort of person he'd be stuck with.
But still...He was thankful.
Kululu had carried Mois out of the grove. She was still sleeping, but he had taken her to a safer part of the forest as he regained his strength, sitting against a tree. Now that a fae was with her, the forest wouldn't hurt her, and he watched her sleep as he nibbled on some food.
What should I do with her? I know I made the soul bond out of desperation and I'm happy to be free, but I really don't want to be partnered up with her forced to listen to her childish whims. Kululu thought to himself as he looked down at her. He had allowed her to rest her head on his lap while she slept. He didn't want them getting separated after all.
I could abandon her somewhere. Like in a field of flowers to sleep as I try to figure out how to break my curse. Or I could kill her as she sleeps and then she wouldn't be a problem for me. Kululu thought to himself. But no, that wouldn't benefit me in the least bit...After all if I run into another fae I'd have a hard time if they decided to attack me. I can't even invent after all unless I have someone else's soul energy. He frowned. His intelligence did him no good if his hands froze up from the curse.
Wish I could trick her to run off some cliff. Kululu thought to himself. He day-dreamed various schemes to get rid of the kind idiot he was stuck with. But nothing would help his condition.
Finally, he decided on what he would do to her. The answer became quite obvious after much thought. Ah! I'll deliver her to the red queen. Kululu decided.
The red queen was the most powerful of all the fae, she ruled the entire fae kingdom and was its guardian. No fae could go against her because if the land didn't have her standing guard and lending her energy to the castle, it would die. But rumors were nasty about her, that she was a horrible person who enjoyed eating human children, devouring hearts whole, and killing fae just for the fun of it, taking off their wings. Kululu had never met her so he didn't know if these rumors were true, but people jokingly had called her the mad queen on occasion.
Either way, if he delivered Mois to her as a gift she'd happily accept her. And with her power she might be able to break my curse, all I have to do is deliver Mois in return.
After all humans were the red queen's favorite meal. Kululu grinned to himself wickedly, rubbing his hands together.
So it was decided, that would be his plan. I'll act like her friend then, for now, being in her debt. But I'll lead her to the red queen until the queen snuffs out her life. "Ku, ku, ku!" Kululu laughed wickedly.
All he needed to do was somehow lead Mois away from the exit to the forest, since she was lost, and lure her further into fae lands. He could do that. After all he had warned her that fae were tricksters.
He wasn't the 'friend' type anyway. This evil plan suited him much more.
"I'll be your guardian, Mois." Kululu whispered, playing with the girl's hair and stroking it off of her ear as if to whisper his confession to the sleeping girl. "I've heard humans get lost in our lands time and time again. And I'll lead you, but not in the way you want. Ku, ku, ku~. And then when the time is right I'll feed you to the red queen. And you won't be a thorn in my side anymore." Kululu smiled looking down at the peacefully sleeping and naive girl.
She was so peaceful. So ignorant. He wasn't surprised how dumb she was. Humans were very dumb after all, but what did honestly surprise him was how innocent she was. Most humans cared about themselves and their lives more than others, but Mois was different. Her dumbness came from naivety mostly.
She was innocent. Kululu had never seen such a pure and innocent human before. But innocence wasn't always a good thing. It just meant people could be more easily betrayed, coated in the blood of their mistakes.
Still, she was cute, especially with how confused she had been and assuming that skin-to-skin contact meant lip contact, which it clearly did not. Kululu didn't mind at all though her mistake, he was a pervert anyway and could have a lot of fun with her confusion.
"She's maybe 10% cute." Kululu decided, "But no more." He wouldn't give her any added attractiveness in his mentality.
He stroked her hair absent-mindfully. He had never been this close to someone so peaceful, it was kind of relaxing, even though he was planning to get rid of her.
"You're lucky you're pretty, Mois." Kululu laughed, "Because for now I'll keep you around gaining your beautiful trust until it benefits me most to get rid of you. Ku, ku, ku."
Mois smiled peacefully in her sleep.
She had no idea what was going to happen to her. No clue at all.
I'm working on my detail for this story, so please add suggestions for how I can describe things.
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I usually include something of what each character is in this AU, but since they're spread out each chapter I won't include that as much, but maybe just them starting out.
Mois- Lost human.
Kululu-Fae
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