jc: oh hello, I haven't wrote you in a while now have I?
animepup: ...are you talking to our earl and fairy story?
jc: yea, who else?
animepup: you realize that it's not living right
jc: *le gasp* don't you say that in front of my story *hugging laptop* don't worry baby, that idiot didn't mean it
animepup: ...*facepalm* missed the story much
jc: yeup *gets up**dusts self off*
animepup: well, we haven't updated a proper chap since December of 2012 right?
jc: yea, I want to get this over with so we can start the next series
animepup: shhhhh! The readers shouldn't know that!
jc: woops, secrets out, now let's start rolling, pls
animepup: we don't own earl and fairy in any shape or form
jc: enjoy *yawn*
RECAP:
Lord Edgar has me on guard duty after I finished handing out the refreshments and honestly I don't mind. It's nice to go out into the cold once in a while. The silver moonlight reflects off the calm ocean waves, I wish this moment would never end...*SPLASH* and of course, it just had to end. *sigh* I should go check out what that splash was. What I found was Miss Lydia and Lord Edgar... and another man who I didn't recognize.
"Halt! I demand to know who you are!" I say while stepping between the stranger and Miss Lydia. "Lord Edgar, please return to the ball room and inform Raven please."
"Now, who are you and what are you doing here!" I demand at the strange man. He is really tall, has slightly long black hair and is wearing a shirt that reveals his chest.
"I have come to take Lydia back with me." He answers, then his expression changes to... something I don't recognize.
"Ah, Scarlett, this is Kelpie...he's a...um..." I didn't give her a chance to finish because I was walking up to him to say-
Scarlett's POV
"Kelpie? Your name is Kelpie?" I asked in a demanding tone, he nods meekly.
"Well, what kind of name is Kelpie! What's wrong with your parents! Were they so boring they decided to name you after a seaweed?!" I started to rant, but seaweed man here interrupted me by taking my hand and placing a light kiss on my finger tips.
"I mean no harm, I was just here to claim Lydia here, until I set my eyes on you," I look at him disgusted, while pulling my hand back.
"Why are you here to collect Miss Carlton?" Raven asks, narrowing his eyes.
"Well, she was supposed to be my mate, until I set my eyes on another option," He says, glancing flirtatiously at me.
"...*sigh* Why are all the weird ones attracted to me?" I say in an exasperated tone. He anime falls to the floor. He quickly recovers and stutters,
"W-well then, I should be going now, but I'll be back to get either Lydia or that young lady over there," He gives me one more glance before slinking back into the water...Geez, I'm so lucky that I'm immune to cocky men. Any other woman would have fallen for his "gentleman" act. I hope I never have to encounter him again, I swear to God even seeing his face makes me want to throw up. I shake my head and head inside the party again to find Lord Edgar.
"Lord Edgar, I'm sure now is the best time to tell Miss Lydia about the Sword Of The Merrow and the coin, forgive me if I am interrupting anything," I say while bowing.
"No, you are right Scarlett, now should be the time I ask Lydia if she would help me find the Sword Of The Merrow, Scarlett, will you please go get Lydia and Alice and come to my cabin as fast as you can? And while you're at it, get Raven too," I nod and start to go look for Miss Carlton and...Alice.
Alice's POV
I'm enjoying my time just chilling at this party, then I see Scarlet walk up to me.
"Hey Scar!" I yell cheerfully. She stops, looking confused, she looks behind her, around her and at the ceiling.
"Are you referring to me?" She says to me while pointing to herself, I giggle.
"Of course, silly! It's your nickname!"
"Nick...Name?" She looks even more confused now.
"Yea, a nickname is like another way of calling that person, especially with the person you're really good friends with!" I say...is it just me or did I just feel a murderous intent from her...
"Scar huh?" She says with bitterness. I decided not to say anything.
"...Oh yea! Lord Edgar has requested you at his cabin right now," Scarlett says changing the subject, while pulling me towards Edgar's cabin. She gently pushes me into the cabin and locks the door behind her. I see that Lydia, and Raven is already here, I also see Edgar giving Lydia an old gold coin. Scarlett goes and stands beside Raven.
"This print is so small, how can I read this if there is actually a hint to where the Sword Of The Merrow is?" Lydia exclaims, huffing.
"That's why I made an enlarged copy of it," Edgar chuckles while handing her a piece of paper.
"Well, you should have given that one to me in the first place," Lydia says looking away blushing as she examines the paper. She looks up and says something about going to the island of Merrow or something. I was busy looking at the brownies crawling into the cookie jar and eating the cookies.
"That settle's it then! We leave by train tomorrow!" Edgar exclaims.
"Please go pack your things and prepare whatever you need for tomorrow an-" Edgar is cut short by a knock on the door. Scarlett goes to answer it, she lets in the ship captain and his crew into Edgar's cabin.
"Excuse us for intruding Lord Edgar but we have suspicions that there may be a murderer on this boat right now, would you mind if we searched this cabin? He may be hiding in here," The captain says bowing.
"Of course not, we wouldn't want a serial killer on this ship, now would we?" Edgar replies smoothly, not missing a beat. The captain commands his crew to search the cabin.
"It also said that this killer has two young ladies captive and has two servants with him, let us know if you have seen anything suspicious," the captain says...wait...two young ladies...two servants...!
"Of course we will," Edgar replies. Just then the crew members return. They say the cabin is all clear, but one of them pipes up.
"Hey, doesn't the killer have blonde hair and ash mauve eyes like Lord Edgar here? The killer is also to be said to have a tattoo on his ton-"
"ENOUGH!" The captain yells.
"Hm...Must be a very common trait to have ash mauve eyes and blonde hair, I guess." Edgar says.
"I am VERY sorry for my crew's behavior, I will make sure that this will never happen again, have a good evening," The captain apologizes while glaring at the crew member who spoke up. When they exit, I could have sworn I saw Raven and Scarlett relax. Oh well, might as well go and pack, Scarlett leads Lydia and I into our rooms and bids us a good night.
"Wait!" I find myself wanting to ask Scarlett something.
"Yes?" She turns around looking at me in the eye.
"Well...about earlier...you know that nickname I gave you? Scar?" I asked and I regretted it almost immediately because Scarlett's normally sharp crimson red eyes turned into a dark musty mahogany red.
"Ifyoudon'tlikeitIdon'thavetocallyouthatanymorejusttellme!" I say, in hyper speed. Scarlett looks at me confused. I take a deep breath and repeat my sentence, this time slower.
"...If you don't like it, I don't have to call you that anymore, just tell me," I say in a slower tone. She gives me this "ohhh" face and smiles at me.
"Don't worry about it. You can call me Scar as much as you like. I'm just-I'm just not used to it, yea, but it's nothing, if you want to call me Scar, go right ahead! After all you said we are very good friends!" Scarlett says to me chuckling...nervously? And if I'm not mistaken, she did falter in that sentence. Maybe I'm just too tired, yea...I mean who wouldn't want to have a nickname?
"Alright, good-night!" I call out to her as she stood up from my bed.
"Sleep tight~" Scarlett said in a sad tone? Naw, I'm probably just hallucinating. Unknown to Alice, Scarlett walks out the room with a intense red glow in her eyes and her sprite scar shines with a menacing light, reminding her, once again, of an old enemy...
THE NEXT MORNING...
Scarlett's POV
I wake up and see that it's only 5:30 AM. *sigh* Damn...I look into the mirror on my right and I can still see a faint glow on my neck. Good, it's calmed down. I get up and prepare myself for another day. I go into Raven's bedroom to find him still sleeping. 5:41 AM. That's strange, Raven is usually up by 5:00 AM, oh well, he might have had a tough night serving everyone last night. I go to prepare something for everyone to eat in the morning. I walk into the kitchen. Well, time to get to work.
1 HOUR OF FRYING, FLIPPING, AND TOASTING LATER...
Ah~ I am finally done. I notice Alice walk in, still half asleep.
"What's that delicious smell~" She says drowsily, I smile.
"Alice, glad to see you up, go get changed and get ready, I'll bring breakfast up in a few minutes," She just nods and starts to trudge out the door until she crashes into someone.
"Alice! Are you alright!?" I say frantically.
"Y-yea, I think I may have sprained my ankle though... sorry about that...RAVEN?!" Alice says surprised. I smirked, yup, they are bound to end up with each other.
"Good morning Alice. Onee-san, do you need any help with that?" He says to me pointing at the huge stack of plates in my arms.
"Nope, please escort and carry Alice back to her room please, I'll be up in a few moments," He nods and carries Alice bridal style away from the kitchen. I'm walking up the stairs with food when I sense something. I whip around quickly without dropping the plates only to be face to face with seaweed boy again. Greeeeaaaaat, just my luck *sarcasm*.
"Why, good morning! Have we met before?" He gives me a flirtatious smile. I just roll my eyes and mutter "men" and start to walk up the stairs again. Or at least I tried, but that bastard kept blocking me.
"What's the matter? Am I so handsome that it makes you look away, sweet maiden?" I feel my eye twitch. I grit my teeth and gave him a forced smile.
"No, it's because you are so ugly that I think I might puke if I keep looking at you," That stops him for a while, so I keep going up the stairs without looking back. And guess what! The guy just appears in front of me again! Unbelievable!
"Now, now my fair maiden, you shouldn't say such foul words," He gives me a seductive smirk. Ugh, the nerve of this guy. I set the trays on the floor and rolled up my sleeves.
"Ok punk, the name's Scarlett, not fair maiden. And I'm not YOUR fair maiden, I'm NOBODY's fair maiden. You got that?" I say while poking his slightly exposed chest...I'm going to have to burn these gloves after.
"My...I should have known your name is Scarlett, your eyes tell me all of it!" He exclaims.
"For Pete's sake man! How is it that you don't know I'm rejecting you!" I yell.
"Because you don't mean it. No one can with stand my charm," His stormy gray eyes suddenly turn into hypnotizing ones. Alright, now I'm angry, trying to woo me is one thing but hypnotizing me to fall in love with him is another. Is he that desperate?
"Oh? Is the young fair maiden complying, and she wants to be my mate already?" He says. Anger marks...anger marks all over my head.
"Of course, now come here you motherfuc-I mean handsome man of my dreams~" I tried to sugar-coat everything I said, and it was really hard. When he came close enough to the window, I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and chucked him outside the window into the sea.
"OI! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" he yells frantically.
"WHO WOULD WANNA BE WITH A MOFO LIKE YOU?! AND YOU CAN SWIM...SADLY," And with that, I locked the window and started up the stairs again as if nothing happened.
LATER ON THE TRAIN...
I walk into our stall to see Lord Edgar trying to kiss Lydia. Meh, I go back to putting the biscuits onto the tray. Raven comes in with hot water and tea.
"Raven, Scarlett! Why aren't you helping me?" Neither of us look up, we just set the tea down and leave.
"They wouldn't stop me even if I were to snap your thin neck right now," Lord Edgar says while leaning in. Just then, Lydia grabs the pot of hot water and hurtles it towards Lord Edgar.
*SPLASH*
I get soaked in searing hot water.
"Oh my goodness! I am so sorry Scarlett!" Lydia exclaims.
"It's alright Lydia, I just need to go get changed," I say while walking out, wincing at the memory of heat...
*FLASHBACK*
"hehehe...now little girly, this is your punishment for disobeying me," and huge burly man takes out a pair of searing hot tongs and burns me.
*FLASHBACK ENDS*
Alice's POV
The train ride is soooooooo boring~ I was taking a walk around the train and getting a pot of hot water when I see everyone, except Scarlett, inside our stall.
"Hi! I got some hot wate-!" I trip and the water spills on Raven. But Raven bitch slaps the water just in time. But a fair amount still got on him.
"Ack! I'm such a klutz! I'm so sorry Raven and-" He just puts a finger on my lips, cutting off my sentence and he walks out...Lydia left for the ladies room and I felt awkward sitting in silence with just Edgar.
"I'm going to go check on Raven!" And I rushed out the door. As I approach the area Raven went into, I hear two voices.
"Onee-san, are you alright?" That's Raven's voice!
"Yea, I'm already used to heat so I can withstand it. You however, have to take off your shirt and let me treat you," And that is Scarlett's voice. I press my ear onto the door.
"...You don't have to do this you know..." Raven says.
"Of course I do, your sprite is sensitive to heat, if not treated properly, your sprite might completely take over you and you can't change back," I gasp.
"Well, I honestly don't mind if I die or not by my sprite," and a few more inaudible mumbles from Raven. The rustling stops.
"What are you saying? Do you really think I'm doing this only for Ermine!? I would do this even if she was still here! I care about you Raven for you, not because of a promise..." Scarlett snaps...Wait...Ermine...Scarlett's mentioned her name before but never told me who it was. And the rustling of bandaging continues.
"What about you Onee-san? You have horrible childhood memories, I'm assuming the fact that hot water hit you, might have made you think back to THOSE times...and how you got your sprite and scar," What? I looked through the window. I see Scarlett give a sad smile and pat his head.
"That was in the past, what's important is the present, right? Now get out, I still have to change my clothes" And at that moment, the door I was listening through opened.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"How much did you hear?" Scarlett says, scarily calm.
"Not much! I just came around here to check on Raven! That's all! Ehehehehehehe...Bye!" I say chuckling nervously, preparing to run away.
"Hold it right there!" I freeze at Scarlett's voice. I turn around, she has a scary, strict face on.
"Wait for Raven, I'm going to change somewhere else. Have fun you two~" and with that, Scarlett leaves and we are left in an awkward silence as Raven finishes dressing.
"I-I'm Sorry about the hot water...I didn't mean to spill it on you..." I stutter. He turns around and gives me a smile that was so faint, you would think it didn't exist. But it was filled with so much sadness.
"Um...Look! We both have green eyes!" I point out trying to fill the silence, he just stares at me.
"Lydia does too...ever since we were children, we were thought of as freaks or witches because green eyes are associated with fairies...the issue only worsened when a few people learned I am half fairy as well..." I say, looking at the floor.
"I carry fae blood so I have been living as an incarnation of an evil spirit, but despite the fact I have that kind of blood, Lord Edgar accepted me and took me in as his servant, which I am very grateful for. The fairies in this land are too bright for me to see, therefore I cannot see them very clearly but you cannot see my sprite either, now can you?" I looked at him surprised, this is the most I have ever heard him say since I've met him.
"But, what about Scarlett? Why are her eyes red instead of green?" I asked curious.
"...That is private matter that you must get from Scarlett herself, but I will tell you this. Scarlett wasn't born with fae blood, she was injected with it, that's what makes her eyes and style of fighting different," And with that, he walked away from me. Then he stops and turns around
"Well? Come on we have to get back to the stall."
"Ok." I follow back to where the others were.
DURING THE NIGHT...
I woke up with a start, waking up Lydia in the process as well... Good thing too, we need to get off the train soon anyways. Gosh, I need to go take a walk, Lydia insisted to go with me...We're walking down the halls when we see one of the stalls lit up, and it's Edgar's stall too, what a surprise *rolls eyes* we crawl up and lean our ears against the door.
"-Ermine? Are you sure?" I hear Edgar question.
"Yes m'lord," Raven replies.
"Well then, we should be more cautious then," I hear Scarlett say. I look at Lydia and she shrugs.
"Raven, Scarlett, go wake up the others, we will be getting off soon,"
With that, Lydia and I rushed back to our rooms and pretended to be asleep when they came to wake us but after that, they went off somewhere. We got off the train only to encounter the group of men who tried to abduct Lydia and I. One of them was holding a gun at Edgar.
"Do not move, Sir," The man pointing the gun at Edgar said.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Huskley. You just don't give, now do you?" Edgar says staring at him unfazed.
"Shut up, don't give me that kind of crap. We're sick of you pretending to be nobility," Huskley says while gripping his gun even tighter. Damn, where were Raven and Scarlett when you need them?
"I'm not pretending, and I am a lord, not a sir, please do not confuse those two together." Edgar simply replies.
"Silence! Because of you my fath-" He starts to say.
"Your father is in that condition because of your reckless actions," Edgar interrupts. What the hell is that idiot doing? Is he trying to get killed?
"SHUT UP! I will have the police get involved with this and have you hanged,"
"Ah, but if you do that, you and your father's crimes will be revealed, shall we both go to the gallows or..." Edgar looking towards his left. I look where he is looking and I see green and red lines moving together in sync. Suddenly Lydia's attacker falls down and so does mine. I look up to see Scarlett standing by Lydia and Raven by me.
"W-what's going on?" Huskley asks, sounding very scared. I turn to see Raven's left eye glowing green and Scarlett's neck is glowing red...and the glow is coming from a deep scar on her neck! I gasp as both Scarlett and Raven move in sync so fast that the only thing you see is the sprites zigzagging in a fluent motion. Suddenly, Scarlett appears in front of Huskley and cuts down his gun with her sword, then she kicks him a good distance backwards. He stands back up and points a dagger at us, Scarlett and Raven immediately set up their battle/defensive stand in front of us. Suddenly, both of their sprite's glow fades out and Raven turns to us.
"Lord Edgar, there is a carriage waiting for you around the corner down the street,"
"Get them!" I hear Huskley grunt as he focuses his weapon at us.
"Raven, you go with Lord Edgar for extra protection, not only for Lord Edgar's sake but for Alice and Lydia as well," Scarlett says calmly.
"Understood," And Raven starts pulling me away from the fighting.
"Wait! What about you, Scarlett!?" I scream.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine," She gives me one last smile as her neck starts to glow again and...Electricity? Lightning starts to crackle and fizz around her as she is surrounded by thunder, the tip of her sword sparks with electricity. I could have sworn I saw her give the men a sadistic smile.
"Let's get this party started."
TBC
jc: well, that wasn't so bad
animepup: I agree
jc: I think that its messed up, the plot is basically a mix of a whole bunch of episodes together
animepup: ikr...
jc: I like it
animepup: yeup
jc: hey, I just realized something
animepup: what?
jc: we aren't arguing anymore! Well, at least for this chapter
animepup: *sigh* I wish this would continue
jc: what did you say?
animepup: nvm
jc: no, you said something, now tell me!
animepup: then listen better next time!
jc and animepup keep arguing...again *fail*
Animepuppy1599 and MangaluverJC out~