So! As I am now at home for a week because I twisted my foot at work and the doctor does not want me to go to work, I decided this was the perfect time to catch up on my story. My boyfriend keeps telling me I'm not allowed to walk (love him so much for taking care of me) I'm not capable of doing anything else other than, reading, gaming and sitting behind a laptop.
Last week I started on this chapter, thinking it was going to be a short one so I wrote something each day. But before I noticed, my mind had gone off on its own and I ended up with 26 pages. (I seriously didn't notice I had so much all ready.) I simply was never happy and I wanted more into the chapter. I realised it was too long, so I split it up in two chapters!
I'm happy to present you, the longest 2 chapters I have every written! I hope you enjoy, because it's going to take a while before I get to write again... I bought the fabric for my next cosplay, yay!
ENJOY!
Traditions
"Riven! NO!I Told you! Not yet!" He ran to a small tent on the outskirts of the clearing. His blonde bangs waving in the wind.
Near the tent was a boy with flaming red hair, he looked rather surprised and had a small black smudge on his nose, possibly due to the recent flame up.
"It's not even twelve yet!" the blonde said when he reached the tent.
Riven didn't reply. He just kept staring at his blackened hands. Then he looked at his older brother who ran towards him.
"Well, there goes the surprise. Might as well lid them all while you are at it." Roy had opened the small tent with his back while coming out. He had a small chuckle on his face and was carrying 4 firework rockets.
Riven looked confused at his other blonde brother whom had just appeared. "What?" he yelled.
Sky and Roy looked at each other for a second and then started laughing. "Oh my! Riven has gone deaf from the blast! This is hilarious." The short haired blonde struggled to keep hold of his rockets.
Riven was still looking at them and started rubbing her inside of his left ear with his finger. "This beep thing just won't stop! Oh, wait... It's getting quieter now..." Riven looked at his brothers once more.
"So Sky, did you say- Whoa! Roy! Are those dragon rockets?!" Riven stood up so fast, he had to sit down again because of the dizziness.
"Yup dude! My very own! Custom made!" The younger blonde boy said with pride.
Sky tried to give the boys a stern look before looking up at the sky, his arms wide and sighting. "Why am I the one blessed with such piece loving brothers."
"It's not just you, you know, I'm blessed with them as well." Brandon chuckled. He was leaning against a tent pole nearby.
"Guys, Is everyone alright? I heard a bang... Riven what happened to your face?!" Helia's head appeared out of the biggest tent there was with a concerned look on his face. Soft music was coming out of the tent and a bit of noise that sounded like voices.
"Yeah man, don't worry yourself. He just fell in a little mud. You just take care of the guests and we'll take care of the rest!" Brandon saluted as if he was in the navy while he said that.
"If you're sure." He didn't look too satisfied but decided to trust his brothers and popped his head back inside.
"Nice save Brandon. Close call, I think he didn't notice over all the music." Sky patted him on his back.
"Isn't it about time you guys got yourselves into your suits?" the orange short haired boy walked towards the group of men as he asked that. He was wearing a black suit with a bright blue shirt under it. He wasn't wearing a tie. Timmy adjusted his classes with one hand and carrying a laptop in the other.
Sky looked at the others questioningly. "Who said anything about a suit?" He seemingly asked to no one in particular.
"You mean we aren't supposed to wear anything special?" Timmy had asked rather surprised.
Roy and Riven started laughing a bit and Brandon had a huge smile on his face. Sky looked at them and caught the joke pretty fast. He walked towards his second youngest brother and put both of his hands on his shoulders.
"Timmy my boy... haven't you learned after 19 years that you shouldn't listen to Riven or Roy in such matters?"
Timmy looked down pensively, then back up again. "Well... at least I won't look out of place, like the rest of you." He adjusted his glasses once more with a smile and headed back to the tent to open it. Took one last look at his confused brothers with a smirk and headed inside.
The other boys looked at each other confused. "No way..." Roy mouthed, but no sound came out.
Brandon was quite shocked about this himself and walked (rather quickly) to the tent to have a peek inside.
Timmy was right. Everyone was dressed up. Fancy dresses and tight suits all over the place. Even Helia wore a suited pants and a dark blue shirt that matched his hair. He was talking to an old man whom seemingly found the conversation more interesting than Helia, because he was suppressing a yawn.
Helia noticed his second oldest brother's head in the tent opening and quickly signed for him to come closer. Anything to get him away from this dreadful topic of interest.
Brandon looked shocked at this and quickly retreated his head.
Helia was really starting to get worried now. They were about to open the tent fully because it was almost midnight and almost his birthday. They were supposed to show people the beauty of the forest by night, because that was Helia's only reason for giving the party all the way up here. There also seemed to be a surprise from his brothers, which he didn't feel too keen about.
"I'm sorry Grandfather, would you excuse me for a second?" Helia offered the man a sympathetic smile and ran towards the side of the tent not waiting for an answer.
"Well now..." Retorted the old man. But Helia didn't hear the rest. He opened the tent flap and walked outside.
He was surprised to see what was in front of him.
Four of his brothers were locked into a fight with pieces of clothing.
Brandon was in the middle of putting on socks without any pants on, only yellow shorts and a fancy red shirt buttoned up wrong.
Riven was only wearing a dark grey pants and socks and was looking for his shoes.
Sky was having a fight with his black vest because he couldn't find the sleeve opening and had one foot inside the leg hole of his pants suit. Not even wearing his brown shirt yet.
And Roy gave up and stared at the dark grey suit (with black shirt) in front of him wearing only blue shorts and socks.
Helia had to chuckle at the sight and heard a laugh coming from next to him. Timmy was holding his stomach and let out a joyful laugh that seemed highly contagious because Helia joined him.
He had quickly figured out it was one of his other brothers tricks on Timmy which now backfired on them.
"Well!" Helia started, startling the other brothers because they were too busy to notice he had come out. "I think it'd about time to open the tent now, don't you agree Timmy?" Helia had a little sneer on his face and turned to his orange haired brother.
"Yes, Helia, I think that's a great idea!" Timmy replied as wiped away a small tear at the side of his eye.
All four other brothers yelled a "NO!" and "Please!" with a desperate look on their faces making Timmy grab for his stomach once more.
Helia smiled brightly and shook his head in disbelieve.
"Whatever you do, do it quickly, because in 5 minutes, I will have to open it." He chuckled. "Come on Timmy, let's entertain our guests a little more and let them struggle by themselves."
They left with an "ugh" and "damn it" while they opened the tent again and walked inside still laughing a little.
Helia looked at the crowd before him. The big tent was filled with people of nobility (or so they said they were). He knew most of them were there because of their status upgrade or because of social standing obligations. He also knew some were here to search for a husband for their daughters or nieces. Now that Helia was turning 18, he was old enough to be married, and who wouldn't want to marry into royalty.
He was actually quite happy his brothers where here. It made this boring obligation more interesting.
Helia sighted and checked his watch. 2 minutes before 12. It was now or never. He looked at Timmy who was standing next to him still with a smile on his face.
'Think they are ready?" The orange haired boy smiled.
"Don't know, don't really care. It would make for a great laugh, and they deserve it." Helia chuckled.
Timmy nodded. Being the two youngest of the gang, they both had their share of pranks and teasing from the quarto. Well Trio, because Sky wasn't that bad. But still. They had formed a silent bond together swearing to take revenge whenever they could. And now would be perfect.
Helia lifted his head up again and cleared his throat.
No one seemed to notice.
He looked at Timmy questioningly. Timmy smiled and opened his laptop. Pressed one button and the music stopped abruptly.
Still no change.
Timmy looked at his screen pensively and suddenly pointed to a file on his desktop with a smile. Helia leaned in closer to see and let out a small laugh. Then nodded.
Timmy smiled back and opened the file. Clicked the play button and a loud gong was vibrating trough the tent. Making people drop their glass on the grass or flip their plate of food on the person in front of them. Making a mess.
Helia suppressed a laughter and Timmy hid his face behind his computer.
"Ladies and gentlemen. May I please have your attention!" Helia had started.
Everyone stopped cursing and rose their head towards the speaker of the voice.
"I wish to thank you all for coming here and joining me this far into the forest. I know most of you had a lot of trouble getting here but I wish to thank you for your efforts and all of the lovely... uh... presents!"
Helia eyed the big pile of wrapped trinkets whom meant nothing to him. Unless it was the sketchbook he got from Roy and Riven, the new fountain pen from Sky, a refillable pencil he got from Timmy. Heck even the poster of the barely dressed woman in bright red bikini he got from Brandon was better than this even though looking at it still made his head as red as that said bikini.
A lot of people nodded in approval, others just kept looking offended because of their outfits being ruined by food.
"Now, I wish to invite you all to the outside of the tent for the finale of tonight!" Helia shouted a little louder.
He nodded to Timmy and Timmy nodded back. They turned on their heels and both walked to the side poles of the tent. They pulled a rope at the same time pulling up the tent flap slowly.
They were greeted by 4 men standing outside dressed "nicely" in black and grey suits. At least if you didn't look closer.
Helia suppressed a laughter again. Riven apparently never found his shoes and was still wearing sneakers. Brandon's shirt was still buttoned up wrong. Sky's hair was a mess and Roy's shirt wasn't even in his pants.
Helia looked at Timmy whom was holding a hand in front of his mouth to hold his laughter in.
Helia cleared his throat once more and nodded to his brothers. They nodded back a little ashamed but turned around and lit a match at the same time. They lit the rockets and stepped back until they were standing next to Helia and Timmy.
Riven elbowed Timmy in his sides with a grunt but Timmy didn't seem to mind. He was smiling to his brother, making it impossible for Riven to stay mad at him and smiled too.
They all looked up at the sky when a whistle was heard until a loud "bang" echoed once more trough the forest. Four beautiful dragon figures rose into the sky each a different colour to begin with and changing every second, until all the colours of the rainbow had passed then they dissolved into nothingness.
"Ooooh"s and "Aaaaaah"s were heard throughout the crowd.
Roy smiled at his creations and figured it was time to take out the normal firework. He ran towards a small tent and started setting up more of the rockets. The other brothers decided to help out to make the finale more... final.
"DEAR GOD! THAT'S NOT A DRAGON IS IT?" Stella hid behind a tree at the sight.
"THERE'S FOUR OF THEM" Bloom yelled holding both of her hands against her cheeks.
"Bloom! Stella! SHHHH!" Flora had her finger on her lips. "They might hear us!"
"They?" Techna looked at her younger sister with a questioning look.
"The humans!" Flora clapped her hands together excited.
"There are no humans in this forest Flo! I keep telling you!" Flora looked at the unbelieving brown haired fairy.
"There are Layla and I will prove it to you." Flora explained as a matter-of-factly she flew closed to the origin of the bang and knew they were quite close now.
"Roxy said there where humans in the forest this very day!" she added.
"So... no dragons?" Stella came out from behind her tree to stare at the dissolving dragons and started to follow the group.
"No stell, I think that's fireworks, or so I read in-" Flora didn't get to finish her sentence because she was interrupted by a loud bang once more. Making the sky green this time.
"You know, if it wasn't for the loud sound, It would be kind of pretty." Musa was rubbing her ears looking up at the Red "flower" that followed up the green one.
They silently flew closer all looking up at the sky until they all bumped into each other with "oy!"s and "hey!"s.
Flora just put a finger to her lips again and beckoned them to follow her silently.
They reached a big tree with a thick low hanging branch. They hid themselves behind the branch because it was thick enough to hide their whole body but popped up their heads to see what was going on.
Chatta did the same, but behind a nearby leaf, because her body was too small.
What they saw startled them.
About a 100 of humans where chatting around and dancing to some music which had started to play. Some were eating while chatting, others were simply holding a fancy glass of yellow bubbly liquid. Every now and then they would look up to see the result of the "bang" sound and some even started clapping.
"The last one!" They had heard someone say.
All of them looked towards their left to see a group of 6 young men gathered around a few sticks in the ground. On one of the sticks was a square shaped "thing" that had a triangle on top of it.
They saw a short haired blond boy lit a stick and gave the stick to a blueish long haired boy.
"You do the honours birthday boy!" The blonde one had said.
The blue haired boy took the match and lit a little string that came out of the 'thing'. The fairies watched intensely at the 'thing' wondering what it was, until the boys took a step back.
They suddenly heard a whistling sound and followed the 'thing' rising at the sky. They flinched when they heard the bang and looked with awe at the purple 'flower" in the sky.
"So that's how they do it!" Flora said excitedly.
"That's firework? Fascinating." Tecna took out her display screen and started typing some things on it.
Flora simply shook her head with a smile and looked at the group of young men again.
"He's kind of cute." Someone suddenly said out of nowhere.
The other girls looked at their blonde haired sister.
"What?" Musa exclaimed surprised.
"The one with the brown hair" Stella said, while she pointed towards the group.
They followed her finger back towards the boys.
"Come on, don't tell me there's none of them that suit your taste." She stated with a grin.
"Stell, they are humans! We can't go on rating humans!" Layla sighted. Unbelievable. There was only one person in the whole fairy kingdom who was flamboyant enough to start rating boys from another species.
"Well, we don't have male fairies that match their level of handsomeness." She had crossed her arms with determination. " I still think he looks cute."
Flora who'm had been quiet the whole time had to agree with her oldest sister. There was something about that blue haired boy she couldn't quite grasp. If only he would come a little closer to get a better look...
"I kinda like the long haired blonde one." Bloom quietly whispered. Her head almost turning as red as her hair.
"I knew it!" Stella clapped her hands together excitedly. "Musa?" she asked.
Musa stared at her blonde haired sister and then back at the group of boys. "Well, if we had to choose... the red one?" She asked unsure, turning her head sideways as if to get a better look.
Stella giggled and looked at Layla suggestively. Layla simply crossed her arms and closed her eyes as if saying: I refuse to play this game with you.
Stella shook her head with a smile. "All right, I think the short blonde haired one would suit you!" she said happily.
Layla opened one eye to see which one she meant, because she had to admit, she was curious. She looked pensively at the boy, whom had just taken of his vest because it got dirty with black smudges and started rolling up his sleeves. He was talking eagerly with the red haired one. He was pretty muscley and his tan wasn't bad, maybe if he did some type of sport? No! What was she thinking!
She looked at Stella whom looked back at her excited and shook her head.
Stella had seen her stare and was content with just this.
"Tecna?" she tried to ask, but she just had to follow her stare to notice she was too preoccupied to notice her. At the end of her stare she was looking at an orange haired boy who was just sat down on a fallen branch and started typing quietly on his laptop.
"Ah, the brainy type huh?" She put a hand on her pink haired sister shoulder.
Tecna just started to mumble something. "Wonder... new system...researching...type class..." the rest she couldn't hear.
Stella sighted. No match making for this one. This only left her youngest sister, whom was also staring. But this was a different stare.
She followed the stare that headed towards the blue haired boy.
"Jackpot!" she yelled happily, startling the little fairy and making her look at her. Flora put her hands to her lips again with a blush on her face. She couldn't hear what they were saying and it made her curious beyond belief.
Stella just chuckled and listened in with the rest of them.
"Well, I think you successfully scared away all of the animals now, with your little 'surprise'." The blue haired held both of his hands in the air and moved both of his index fingers and point fingers while he said the world "suprise". He crossed his arms afterwards.
"Oh come on Helia, don't be so down about that, admit you liked the show!" The brown haired one had said.
"So his name is Helia" Flora whispered, forgetting she was not alone, until she heard a snicker from one of her sisters. I don't think you have to be told whom it was.
Her head turned a light shade of pink again and decided to concentrate on the conversation.
"I did Brandon, but you could have had some safety measures in place you know... It's a DRY forest."
"Brandon..." sighted the blonde haired fairy with a lot of love in her voice. Making the other fairies chuckle for once.
"Don't worry dude, I made them with a lot of care and special materials, there wasn't any harm."
"He made them?!" The dark haired brunette asked out loud. Earning a "shh" from the other fairies.
"Yeah Roy, you did an amazing job." the long blonde haired boy patted 'Roy' on his back. Earning a grin from the other blonde.
Stella nudged Layla in the sides making her look at the blonde. 'Roy' she mouthed without sound, and winked.
Layla looked the other way seemingly uninterested. Seemingly...
"Thanks Sky!" Roy seemed really happy with the compliment.
Bloom hid a bit further behind the branch trying to hide her red face from Stella. Whom she knew was looking at her now because of the mention of the name 'Sky'
"GOD DAMNIT TIMMY! YOU HAD THEM THE WHOLE TIME!"
Everyone, including the fairies looked at the origin of the sound only to hold their laughter. The boys however where laughing openly at the sight.
What they saw was this. The orange haired boy now called 'Timmy' was running around the big tent with a huge grin on his face holding a black shoe in his one hand and his laptop in the other. He was followed by a red haired young man whom was also holding a black shoe up, ready to smack whoever got into his way and a really angry face.
"I will get you for this!" He yelled holding up the shoe, when they both entered the big tent leaving everyone to their laughter.
"Well, that explains his fashion sense." Stella had said with hands in her sides. She looked at Musa whom was laughing with her hand in front of her mouth and then at Tecna whom looked quite worried.
"I'm sure he's going to be okay Tec." Flora put her hand on the pink haired girls' shoulder.
"I hope so." She expressed with worry, making everyone look at her surprised. She wasn't one to show emotion so quickly. Stella seemed overjoyed at this and held both of her hands together next to her face.
"I can't imagine what would happen should he drop the laptop..." She added pensively, biting her thumb nail.
This made 4 of the other fairies chuckle and one fairy hang her head in defeat. Even the pixie started laughing. Whom had just been observant and quiet for the whole thing.
Flora looked at her pixie lovingly. It seemed she finally started to open up to the idea of humans.
"Oh, Timmy's going to have it now!" Roy clutched his stomach due to the pain in his sides from laughing.
"Yeah man, Riven's never going to let this one go." Sky was leaning on Brandon hiding his face in his brothers shoulder.
Musa seemed satisfied finding out his name and nodded openly.
Timmy came out of the tent rubbing his arm with one eye closed due to the pain on his arm yet a satisfied smile on his face as he walked towards his brothers. They congratulated him for the job well done. Especially Helia, whom gave him a fist bump and a wink.
Riven came out a few seconds later now fully dressed with matching shoes and seemed satisfied as well.
All of a sudden something started shaking in the bush next to the fairies and pixie, startling all of them.
The boys immediately stopped laughing and tensed up looking at the direction of the sound and the fairies (and pixie) looked at each other in a state of panic trying to hide as quickly as possible.
Then without any warning, a white wolf darted out of the bush and stopped right in front of the boys. It growled at them.
"There goes your theory about scaring all the animals..." Sky sighed and took a fighting pose making fists with his hands and taking place in front of his brothers.
"No, wait!" Helia answered to his brother. Putting a hand on his shoulder.
Helia looked into the bright blue eyes of the pure white animal and saw that there was no hate nor fear in them. Which was odd.
He kneeled in front of his brother and beckoned the animal to come closer.
The wolf looked behind her for a second to then sat down to stare at the boys confused, titling her head side wards.
The boys looked at each other not understanding what just happened and then to Helia. They knew he had a way with nature but this was beyond their understanding.
Helia took out his newly acquired sketchbook and pencil and started to draw him with a few swift lines. The others just watched, knowing not to move because this could startle the animal.
"He's really brave isn't he?" Flora had now come out of the branch and leaned on it to get a better view.
"Yeah, I've never seen- Hey, Isn't that Artu? The wolf of- " Layla started. But never got to finish her sentence.
"Oh yes, very brave, almost as brave as you seven, even when you all ready know the consequences of your actions!"
The voice had startled all of them making them turn around and hit their backs against the branch.
"Roxy!" They shouted in union. They stared in horror at the dark pink haired fairy whom was hovering at their height and had her arms crossed in front of her.
"Don't you Roxy me!" The guard held out her finger in a threatening way. "What are you doing here?!"
"We were-", "uhm", "there was-", "We didn't-" the purple haired fairy got as a reply from all of them at once. She sighted and held out her hand for quietness. Which she immediately got.
"Let me guess." She started. "Flora (and Chatta) decided on a trip towards the forest, and you decided to follow her when you noticed she was gone." she pointed to the sisters.
They just nodded in disbelief.
"Then you heard the fireworks and decided to take a trip together to find out what it was and hid here because it was interesting in some way." She now had her hands in her side.
The other looked at each other in surprise, it was amazing how this woman knew them so well. They had to be careful.
A small whine made them all look towards the square again and when they saw even Roxy couldn't explain.
The boys where patting her wolf. HER WOLF!
They where even playing with it. She felt her anger for the fairies ebb away and decided they were right. This was interesting.
"All right, just this once." she added and joined them behind the branch. But the fairies weren't listening to her anymore. They just couldn't believe these 'evil humans' like their mother described them were so very evil.
"Well, do you like it?" Helia asked the wolf. He showed him his drawing.
The wolf licked his face as reply.
"I think that's a yes, man!" Roy patted the white haired beauty on her head.
"Good, then I'm satisfied." Helia stood up with a smile. He looked at the drawing once more before closing it only to notice something odd.
"Artu?" He said out loud.
The wolf looked up in surprise and waggled her tail happily while walking towards Helia. She sat down next to him as if waiting for an order.
"Your name is Artu?" Helia asked again his eyes wide in suprise at her reaction. The wolf stood up on 2 legs as a reply and leaned her front paws against his legs.
He looked at his brothers for help but they looked like they had seen a ghost. A mixture of disbelief and surprise written all over their faces.
"How in blazes did you guess her name?!" Brandon had taken a step backwards in fear that their little brother had magical powers.
"I don't know!" Helia said in a state of panic. He showed them the sketch. "But it's written here, below the drawing!" He pointed his finger towards the letters, clearly written in Helia's handwriting.
"What?" The guard asked as she noticed all 6 of the sister fairies and a little pixie look at her questioningly.
"I can't very well let them name her something stupid like... Kiko... or something, right? They might as well call her by her right name." She nodded contently while crossing her arms.
Bloom chuckled at the mention of the name Kiko and the other just shook their heads with a smile.
"It's an arctic type wolf." Timmy said while he looked up from his laptop. "They are quite rare and it's even less likely to find one in a forest." He added pensively. "But the name Artu would make sense."
The boys looked at the wolf in union. The wolf itself was waggling her tail happily.
"I wonder what it's doing here." Brandon knelt next to it and started scratching under its chin. Getting a lick on his hand as reply.
Riven picked up a stick and threw it away for her to fetch. "Who cares man. She's here now."
An old man walked towards the playing boys. He rose an eyebrow when he saw the white animal but he made no comment about it. He had a yellow walking cane in the shape of a snake with a purple ball in it. His white hair had been combed towards the back of his head and was quite long.
"Helia my boy, there is one present left to give you." He said with pride.
"Grandfather Saladin" Helia said surprised turning towards him. "Another present?"
He heard his brothers snicker behind him and even if he didn't look at them, he knew this wasn't a good sign.
"Yes my boy, behold!" He pointed his cane towards a huge boulder like thing which was covered in a brown sheet held together by robes.
The boulder thing was pulled by a few servants on a big cart with wheels.
Helia had a bad feeling about this and pulled a face that resembled being sick and in pain.
The fairies leaned in closer out of curiosity.
Flora was even standing on top of the branch and leaned forwards holding her balance on the very leaf Chatta was sitting.
Helia carefully moved closer to the "thing". "What is it?" He asked carefully, trying his best not to look at his now openly laughing brothers.
"It's my best work!" The old man said with pride and he took one of the ropes and offered it to Helia
"Have a look yourself." He added as Helia took the rope reluctantly.
He couldn't resist looking at his brothers once more, whom had stopped laughing and had a huge smile on their faces, Riven was even holding a thumbs up. The room had gone quiet and he knew Timmy had turned off the music.
Right when he was about the pull the robe the sound of drum rolls sounded though the sound system. Making Helia look at Timmy a little annoyed. Timmy only had a thumbs up in reply and chuckled.
Helia didn't like this one bit but he knew he had no choice anymore. He pulled the rope as hard as he could and the whole sheet came down almost on top of him. So he had to step back. The drum roll had stopped and a loud trumpet sound filled the forest. Making the Fairies hold their ears to ease the pain in them.
Silence filled the room leaving everyone to stare, until Artu started growling towards the 'thing'.
In front of them was a huge statue of Helia. It was in a grey clayish cement and it had no colour in it. He was standing with one foot on the ground and the other on their family shield crest. (which was a floating tower that he found always looked like a mushroom.) He had a sword in his left hand which was pointed behind him and his other hand was at his chest in a fist. His chest was broader then he remembered and was pushed forwards.
He was wearing the uniform he recognised as his normally blue sparring outfit, because of the shoulder pads and the oval shaped gem in the middle of his chest, which was normally a light shade of brown.
His cape was behind him as if there was a strong wind blowing. His bangs where still in place but his back hair was flowing with that said wind. His face was moulded into a stern look with a hint of "pride" as if he had slayed a dangerous beast.
"Well, It certainly is... special." Helia said to his grandfather his eyes not leaving the statue.
He patted Artu (who was standing next to him) on her head absentmindedly to stop her from growling, which worked.
"Now I know It's not that accurate but we spend a year on it. Your brothers even helped posing for it!" The old man smiled from ear to ear with pride.
Helia bit his under lip with a smile not knowing if to laugh at the idea of his brothers posing for this or to cry at the thing itself.
He finally averted his eyes to look at his brothers. They themselves didn't know whether to laugh or to look ashamed at the memory of standing there to pose for it. Helia knew they had no choice in the matter. If grandfather asked. You just couldn't say no. Therefore he felt a bit bad for them.
"Offcourse..." His grandfather said silently making Helia look at him. The music began to play again and the other people started chatting once more.
"I had hoped it would have been a wedding gift." Saladin added thoughtfully.
Helia threw his head in the air. Not this again.
"Grandfather, I told you. The princess of Linphea is so totally not the type of woman I would have set my eyes on. Let alone marry." Helia started to walk around in frustration.
Seemingly without origin. It would have helped it if was the opposite direction. Because the direction he was headed, was a certain low branch. Where a young fairy was day dreamingly looking at a certain statue in the middle of the clearing. She snapped out of it when she heard the word 'marry' awfully close and startled herself when something grabbed her foot and pulled her down without a word.
Just in time to hide, the blue haired boy leaned on that said branch with his back towards it, facing his grandfather, whom had followed him.
"If I marry, I want it to be about love." He added. Knowing he sounded corny with that. But it was better than "just busyness".
"But grandson, the whole kingdom wants to see you with a bride on your arm." The old man sounded genuinely worried.
"Yes, and why is that!" Helia's frustration was piking now. He turned around to lean with his arms crossed on the branch. He stared hard into the forest but still without a purpose.
"I mean, I'm not even the oldest and Sky is already engaged, even if it is an arranged marriage, he still agreed. There's no reason for me to marry so soon. Or for people wanting me too."
"What is an arrange marriage?" Bloom whispered into Roxy's ear as she pulled the guard's sleeve. She sounded worried.
"It's a marriage that is arranged with or without consent of the 2 people involved." She explained quietly. "Other people, like parents or guardians chose the couple to get two kingdoms together, so in all, a marriage for the interest of the kingdoms."
"So no love?" Stella asked genuinely concerned.
Roxy shook her head sadly. But turned her attention to the conversation. The others did too.
Flora, whom had looked at Roxy during the explanation couldn't really look at her prince. Because she was directly beneath him. She didn't have much chance to hide. Chatta was also near, because she was the one that had pulled her foot. He only needed to look down...
"But it is tradition, my boy, and Krystal is such a nice lady." The old man sounded tired and disappointed. This conversation was one sided, as it was every time he tried.
"Yeah, well, why don't you go bother my other brothers about it." Helia added a little annoyed, but he regretted saying that immediately after her did. Because he knew the old man had already tried million of times.
The man said nothing but Helia felt the eyes upon his back.
He sighed and closed his eyes.
"I'm sorry grandfather. But I'm just not ready to give up my search just yet. The search for the one. And you'll see. One day, I'll be ready and she will be there. The one I am looking for. The one that will fill my heart, the moment I see her. The one... for me." He added as he turned towards his grandfather.
Flora's head started to feel light as she realised she had been holding her breath this whole time. She released her breath silently and wondered about her thoughts. Why was she hoping this one, was her? What was wrong with her. She had just met this man. This man, who she knew didn't even know she existed.
And yet, his soft voice made her warm inside. His smell, a mixture of a coconut shampoo, ink and something else she had never smelled before, made her wish for his touch. His whisper just now gave her chicken pox all over her body. And her blush just wouldn't leave her face. She looked up and saw his back towards her. She allowed herself to take a look at him from so close. She felt an urge to reach out to him. To tell him she was right here. But a voice brought her back to reason.
She heard her name again and looked at the origin. It were her sisters. They beckoned her to come to them, where it was safe. They had a bit of panic in their face. Why? She knew this was the best possible moment to hide, with his back towards them. She suddenly realised she had her hand reached out, she was hovering next to his elbow and actually almost touched the fabric of his shirt. She shook her head in disbelief and retreated her hand so fast that it almost seemed like she flew backwards because of the retreat.
When she landed safely against her sisters they looked at her with disbelief as well.
"Damn girl, you got it bad." Stella patted her sister on her head lovingly.
Flora opened her mouth to protest but nothing came out.
"All right my boy, I understand." They heard someone say.
Helia sighted in relief.
"As long as you know what you are doing." the old man added, looking at his grandson pensively.
"I know Grandfather. I know. I will know. Because when I see her, it will hit me." Helia added with a smile. " Like lightning!" Helia rose a fist as to emphasise his words.
Suddenly darkened clouds started gathering above them, and thunder could be heard from afar.
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