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The three former Avalon residents gazed on in amazement at this new world. Bright lights illuminated the sky, giving the illusion of the daylight hours. Strange structures taller then cliffs reached on until it looked like they were touching the sky. Elisa explained the strange sights and sounds of the city.
Goliath carried Bronx while Angela gave Elisa a piggy back ride to the large clock tower above the police station. A Cheshire grin grew over Celia's features as she starred down at all the humans crowding the streets below her. She would have great fun playing tricks on the mortals. Bianca became boring very fast. She had learned all of the fae's pranks and knew how to avoid and counter them. She rolled her eyes at her friend.
"Well at least we know you'll have fun here Celia." The fae smiled a large smile.
"Of course I will, B. And who knows…maybe you'll grow a sense of humor." She got a growl in response as they landed on the balcony of the clock tower. Bianca turned towards the city, amazed and entranced by what she saw. Angela stood next to her sister, doing the same. Goliath placed Bronx on the ground and stood to speak to the newcomers.
"You ought to meet the rest of the clan…" He said. Angela turned to her father excitedly.
"I'd love to meet them! Where are they?" She exclaimed. Bianca did not budge. She had been in seclusion with Celia for so long, she had become rather anti-social. Goliath smiled.
"Well, Hudson cannot be far. He usually stays here and guards the tower. The others are probably getting into mischief like they always are…but they should return soon." Bronx immediately scurried off, coming back a few minutes later with an older looking gargoyle. The girls assumed that it was the one called 'Hudson.' He greeted Goliath, Bronx, and Elisa happily.
"Well laddie, you're finally back are yeh? Who are your new companions then?" He asked the larger gargoyle. Goliath turned to his daughter and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"This is my daughter, Angela." He said with a hint of pride in his voice. Hudson smiled.
"I can see that….if you were younger you two could be twins." Angela chucked.
"It's very nice to meet you, sir." Goliath now turned to Bianca, who answered for him.
"Bianca…nice to meet you." She said without even looking behind her. She received a jab in the ribs from Celia, who immediately introduced herself. Before she could be punched.
"My name is Celia, kind sir. Pleasure to make your acquaintance." She gave a very large and over-dramatic bow which got her another slobbery kiss from Bronx. Everyone else laughed at her misfortune, even Bianca. She raced behind her gargoyle protector to escape the animal.
"Back! No more kisses!" Bianca chuckled at her friend. She then knelt down and gave Bronx a good scratch behind his ear.
"Don't worry…she loves you too." She also received a slobbery kiss. Their little love-fest was interrupted, however, when the sound of wings was heard not too far away. Elisa gazed beyond the balcony and spotted the rest of the clan coming home.
"About time they showed up." She said.
The trio of younger male gargoyles landed on the balcony, oblivious to the new arrivals and ran to where their leader stood, each pummeling him with questions about where had he been and why hadn't he returned sooner. Goliath gave a deep chuckle.
"I'll answer all of your questions later, my young friends. But first, I must introduce you to our clans newest members."
Lexington jumped excitedly in the air. "New members?! Where?!"
Goliath step sided, revealing the floating fae and the two female gargoyles behind him. Their eyes widened at the sight of the two beautiful gargoyles before them. One looked like Goliath and the other…looked like someone less friendly. Broadway and Lexington ran up to Angela and began acting like giddy school girls as they asked her question after question about herself. Angela smiled and happily answered them. Brooklyn glanced over at the duel color haired female gazing over the railing, trying to ignore the pale skinned woman floating off to her left who was obviously talking about something she didn't care about.
He dared to sit on the stone railing at her right. Her dark blue eyes fell upon him, studying him. A shiver went up and down his spine. Small goose bumps appeared on his dark red skin.
"Ah, hey. I'm Brooklyn. What's your name?" he was surprised at the shake in his voice.
"Bianca."
Brooklyn felt his heart leap into his throat at the sound of her voice. He swallowed hard in an attempt to return the vital organ back to its rightful place in his chest. Celia smirked from her position in the air. 'Things are going to get interesting from here on out.' she thought to herself zipping inside the tower to observe her new home.
Hudson placed a hand on Goliath's muscular shoulder.
"Lad, do yeh think it wise to allow a child of Oberon into out clan?"
"Celia seems trustworthy. She hasn't done otherwise to make me think her not. Although I'm still rather wary of her."
"Aye, lad. But yeh remember the last time we dealt with one like her? Puck was trouble, even chained."
"We shall see."
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Celia roamed the bustling city streets, careful to make sure she made herself invisible to the large crowds. Day light had come too slowly for her and she had been more then eager to play some harmless tricks on the humans who wondered the city. She jumped playfully as she watched a small crowd run away from a vender and the "haunted hot dog". The small object of mixed meats fell suddenly into a container of relish. Lilac eyes gave a quick survey of the area.
She couldn't see anything. She wasn't sure if she should be grateful or frightened by that. 'I know I felt a magical presence.'
Deciding it was best to return to the police station, she took off.
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Dark red-brown eyes looked on in amazement. 'A fae!' her mind screamed. She watched Oberon's daughter laugh as people ran away in fear of the levitating hot dog. She hadn't seen a fae since the incident with Titania's mirror. Not since Puck. But this one was different from the annoying trickster. She seemed to have more self control over her antics. Her amazement grew when the fae sensed her and took off in a swirl of glitter and magic.
"This can't be good." she told herself and quickly turned on her heel towards the most powerful man in New York's building, David Xanatos.
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Sorry for the rather short chapter, but its late and I'm tired. Please review and let me know what you think!