"Elise, is this absolutely necessary?"
"But of course, Summoner, where else would a Spider hold her prey, then in a web?"
"I'd like it if you didn't refer to me as prey. I'm here to talk to your about any problems that may be going on in your social, political, any other 'life' you may lead."
"But aren't you having fun?"
"Not at all."
Summoner Badger was trying to do his best not to throw up, Elise had been hanging him upside down for the past half hour. She did this every time she came to his office, she seemed to think it was a riot.
"Listen, Elise, if talking to me while I'm stuck in a web makes you more comfortable, fine, but could I at least be right side up?"
She rolled her eyes and nodded. He winced as she snapped her fingers, and changed to the form of a massive, hideous spider.
She then jumped up, grabbed him with her two front legs and twisted him around. With his feet now pointing towards the ground, she applied more webbing to keep him steady.
Satisfied, she jumped down, and returned to her human form, a smile on her lips.
"Ah, you summoners are always so entertaining. Tell me, don't you find me even more beautiful in my other form?"
"Not really, in fact, I don't like spiders at all."
Elise narrowed her eyes, her smile turning to a scowl, "Doesn't that strike you as a stupid thing to say to me?"
"I know for a fact that it would be a much worse choice to lie to you."
She smiled, "You're not as stupid as you look."
Badger yelped as the webbing suddenly vaporized, leaving him to crash down on the ground. Elise helped him back on his feet, then moved to take a seat on his couch.
Badger, rubbing his head, moved to his arm chair.
"Alright then, let's get started. You've been a champion here for how long now?"
"Since the 26th of October of last year."
"Wow, over a year already? Congratulations. How has being a champion effected your life?"
"Well, I suppose the increased fame has helped my coven grow much stronger. I get more and more followers by the day."
Badger adjusted his collar, the League had told him little about Elise's coven, but he knew what their fates were when they left the shores of Valoran for the Shadow Isles.
Picking up a pencil and his clipboard, he began to speak.
"These, followers, what are they to you?"
Elise beamed, "They are my children, of course. Open minded individuals who accept the spiders embrace. Sure, some of them need a little tempting when Vilemaw appears, but in the end, it's always a happy ending."
"For you and your spider god, of course?"
"For them as well."
Badger raised an eyebrow, "You think feeding people to a giant spider is a happy ending for them?"
Elise smiled wickedly, "Of course! These poor creatures who lead such insignificant lives, these wretched souls, who do nothing with what has been given to them, serve a better purpose! They, through their blood, sustain a god and preserve one of the most beautiful things that this world has ever birthed. Each and every one of them has had their name written on the walls of Vilemaw's cave, there, they are immortal. I am just like them, I envy them so, but I cannot join them. I must spread the word of the spider and help my beloved Vilemaw find more people to share his divine love with."
Badger's pencil broke, he looked at Elise in shock.
"Do you truly believe that Vilemaw is a loving creature?"
Elise nodded, "Why else would he spare me on the day I was shipwrecked on the Isles? Why else would he give me my eternal beauty and mission, if not to show that just because something looks evil, does not make it so."
"Because... It's a giant spider and likes eating people?"
Elise's lips cracked a grin, and she put her left hand on her stomach. Covering her mouth with her right, she began to giggle. She began to shake as it grew louder, turning into an all out chuckle. Badger couldn't help but stare. Elise finally let out a full blown laugh, it was an unnerving sound. She was laughing so hard she could barely breathe, her clothing echoing her body's movements.
She finally stopped, and looked him in the eyes. Despite her beautiful eyes, her silk like skin, and her haunting beauty, Badger looked away. Elise wiped a tear from her eye as she let out another quiet giggle.
"Ah, I do apologize, I just thought that was funny."
"My response?"
"No, your stupidity and close mindedness. Oh well, not everyone is privileged enough to understand the Spider's embrace..."
Elise's eyes widened and she sprang up. Badger pressed into his chair as she leaned over him, putting her hands on his chest.
"I suppose I could teach you about it, using first hand experience..." She mused, a seductive smile on her face.
Badger blinked, his eyes glanced at her large breasts, then up to her face. She was gorgeous, but terrifying at the same time.
"I do believe I'm going to have to decline your generous offer Elise" Badger replied, though it was more of a whimper.
He tried to get up, but the leg appendages she kept on her back held him to the chair.
"Come now, you've been eying me the entire time that I've been here, I'm thoroughly flattered. I know how young men like you think, and it's been awhile since I had fun..."
Badger swallowed, and was about to reply, when he heard a knock on the door.
"Perfect timing" he thought.
"Come in!" He said.
Elise glared at him, but immediately moved back to her sitting position on the couch, a scowl on her face.
The door opened quietly, and a young woman floated in.
"Summoner Badger I-"
Syndra stopped mid sentence when she saw Elise. A massive grin spread across her face, the Spider Queen had a similar reaction.
"Elise!" Syndra greeted her, excitedly hugging the older woman.
"Syndra! My little Sovereign, how are you?" Elise asked, returning her embrace.
"I am very well, better then I have been for a long time!"
"I am so pleased to hear that! You look so happy! What has brought this on? Did you blow up a building? Crush an enemy like an ant?" Elise paused,, a sly smirk moved across her face as she raised an eyebrow.
"Did you meet a boy?"
Syndra blushed, Badger, in his chair, rubbed the back of his head.
Elise's eyes widened in realization, and she let out a heavy laugh.
Syndra stomped her foot, "What is so funny?!" She demanded, the room quaking.
Elise stopped laughing, though a large smile remained on her face.
"It is nothing dear," She replied, looking at Badger.
Her smile grew, "It is nothing. I do believe my business here is completed for the day. I will leave you two to yourselves."
The Spider Queen then moved her way past Syndra, and strode towards the door, stopping to wink at Badger as she left.
Syndra watched Elise go, then moved to take her seat on Badger's couch.
"So that was interesting, I didn't know you knew Elise." Badger greeted her, shifting uncomfortably.
The two of them hadn't spoken since their snowdown kiss, which, combined with the strange situation Badger had just been in with Elise, made this awkward.
"Elise is a... An ally" Syndra murmured.
"You two seem closer then allies".
"I believe she seems to think that she is some sort of role model for me. She always calls me her 'little sovereign'. I dislike being called that, but she seems to say it with care. I don't normally know how to react around her."
"You and me both" the Summoner murmured.
"What's that?"
"Nothing."
"Oh, alright."
The two sat quietly for a moment, neither looking at the other.
"Why was she here?"
"Oh, just like your normal visits, Elise is required to participate in these discussions, if anything to make sure that she is at her best."
"Ah."
Silence ensued again, before Badger spoke.
"Listen, Syndra, about what happened after the caroling-"
"It was a mistake."
Badger blinked and looked up at her, she was emotionless.
"No, I was going to say-"
"You were going to say that it was a mistake. That it's a lie, that it can't possibly end well."
"Syndra, please, I was-".
She stood up and turned her back to him, furious. The building began to shake as her eyes glowed with pure anger.
"That it was a ploy! A way to get past my defenses and expose me! To make me look like a weak minded fool! To make me believe that somehow, I could be happy! It was-!"
"Syndra!"
Everything stopped when she felt his arms wrap around her waist.
"Is that what you think it was? That I'm trying to hurt you?"
She was cold as she replied, "Everyone wants to hurt me."
Badger shook his head against her back.
"I don't. I don't want to hurt you. I didn't want to hurt you that night. I'll never hurt you."
Her eyes reverted to normal, she looked towards the ground.
"Then what, what about what happened?"
He unwrapped his arms, and placed his hands on her shoulders. He then gently turned her around so that she was looking at him.
"I liked it. I liked it a lot. I wanted to ask you, if you'd like to spend more time together, outside of these meetings?"
She blinked in surprise, "Are- Are you suggesting that I d-", she stammered on the word.
"D- Date you?"
Badger blushed, and let out a nervous grin, "Uh, kinda..."
Syndra stepped back, and turned around. She had turned bright red, and was smiling giddily.
Badger's smile grew as she laughed. It wasn't a menacing laugh though, it was actually quite happy. The room actually gave off a cheerful vibe.
After a moment of her laughter, she stopped, stood straight, and turned around. She then walked up, and looked him right in the eyes.
Date you? How preposterous. Me, dating a lowly Summoner? Ha! I'd sooner kiss the Baron Nashor on the nose then be seen spending my time with you! Of all the stupid questions! Do you believe that someone like you is worthy of my affections? Ha!
She thought as she moved his head in to kiss her.
The two closed their eyes, their hands embracing the other.
"I'll... I'll take that as a yes then?" He asked, their lips only centimeters apart.
"Shhh... Don't spoil it..." She whispered, then resumed their touch.
A small spider turned it's vision away from the human male dressed in the white robes, and the female dressed in the purple garments.
It new not why those humans came up with such elaborate designs, it didn't know why it's own master wore such things. Then again, its job was not to question, merely inform.
It made its way through a small hole in the corner of the ceiling, through the wall, then began to scale the wall of the hallway.
After a few minutes, it delightfully skidded into the palm of its master.
"What did you see, little one?" Elise asked, her finger delicately stroking the spider's tiny head.
It blinked in happiness, and rubbed its head against her claw, the images flowing out of it head and into her own mind.
Its Queen purred, the Spider was delighted to hear such a sound, pleasing her was always reward in itself.
"This will be very interesting to monitor, good job my child, scurry along now" Elise cooed.
The spider reluctantly left her palm, and once again crawled through the wall hole.
"Very interesting," Elise mused, "Very interesting indeed".
***AUTHOR'S NOTE***
Hi guys, I haven't done an author's note for this story in every chapter because I don't want to break the read-through mood. I wanted to put this one here because I'd like to ask you, who would YOU guys like to see make an appearance? I think I said Morgana and Kayle would be in the next chapter, but I plan on having multiple people make appearances in a single chapter. Give me a review saying what you guys are liking, what you dislike, what I can improve, and who you'd like to see!
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-HoneyBadgerDC