Tainted Love
"Where are we going?" Gabriela demanded.
Willy had woken her up, and now he was taking her into the forest? What was going on?
"Shh!" was the only answer she got, the whole way.
"Don't you shush me!" she said in reply.
Willy just rolled his eyes and continued on.
As the two moved further and further into the dark forest, Gabriela couldn't surpress the feeling that she was being watched by something. Something or someone. Then her imagination seemed to get the better of her. Or so she thought. Because Gabriela could suddenly hear the faint sound of music and singing.
"Do you hear that?" she asked Willy.
"Hear what?" he answered, but Gabriela could tell that he could hear the music to from the smirk on his face.
They continued on, and with every step, it felt like the music was getting louder. With every step, Willy appeared to be looking around more frequently. Finally, when the singing seemed to be right in front of them, he pulled Gabriela behind a particularly large boulder.
"Where is that music coming from? I don't see anyone!" Gabriela said.
Willy once again put a finger over her lips. "Look over the rock!" he whispered.
Gabriela narrowed her eyes, but did as Willy told her.
No! It was impossible! Yet there it was!
Fairies! Tiny little beings, bathed in a soft golden light were dancing around a ring of mushrooms. Some were sitting down and listening. Others were playing music on tiny little harps. But Gabriela was entranced by the singing. It had this quality to it, that she was drawn to.
"What are you doing?" Willy hissed, when he saw Gabriela standing up. His eyes widened when he saw what she was doing.
"No! Gabriela! Come back! You don't understand! If they see you, they will..."
But he was cut off. For just as Gabriela went to go see the fairies, the music stopped, to be replaced with silence. Willy grit his teeth, and then it came.
A tiny utter of panic rang through the group. Then, like the sound of a hundred angry bees, they charged.
Gabriela could not say a word. She could only scream.
Once in a while, Willy would peek out from behind the rock, to see what was going on, only to hide again from the horror of what he saw.
The fairies were covering Gabriela, beating her black and blue. She looked like a huge golden light from a distance.
Eventually, when he could stand it no longer, Willy jumped out from behind the rock.
"Back away!" he shouted.
This was the wrong thing to say. A hundred faces looked at Willy. Even Gabriela, whose face was covered in bruises, stared at him. Then they jumped from her to Willy.
Gabriela fell to the ground with the pain of her injuries. When she lifted her head up from the soggy forest floor, she saw Willy being beaten in the same way she was.
Finding her voice, Gabriela cried out,
"Stop it! Your hurting him!"
Once again, however, intervention was the wrong thing to do.
Even though she was in great pain, she couldn't help but admire the strength these fairies had. Ten of them swooped down on Gabriela and latched onto her hair, pulling her head back.
She felt a great amount of tugging and pinching, but Gabriela now knew better than to scream, for it meant more pain. Opening her now stinging eyes, she saw Willy being thrown up against a tree, and being covered in what appeared to be spiderwebs. To this, Gabriela found to be quite odd. Spiderwebs are quite the easy material to break through. However, this material must of been quite stronger, for as much as Willy tried, the web would not break.
Since there job with the candyman seemed to be complete, the rest of the fairies moved on to Gabriela.
Not being able to help it, she let out a cry of pain, and as she had imagined, the tugging just got worse. Gabriela just waited for the creatures to leave her be.
After a while, they did just that. The fairies rushed off in another direction, far from the pair. Gabriela just closed her eyes, while her thoughts came back to her.
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Eventually, Gabriela woke from, what she didn't want to be, a long sleep.
She turned her head toward Willy, who was still tied up to the tree. His head was looking in another direction.
"Willy?" she squeaked out.
His face quickly set eyes on her.
"Your awake! How...how are you?" he asked.
"Willy, I can't move!" Gabriela whispered. She stared at Willy's once smooth features. His entire face was covered in black and blue bruises. His eyes were puffy. It almost seemed like he was crying.
"They...tied your hair to the ground." Willy said.
Gabriela didn't answer. She just looked up at the full moon, peeking out from the tree tops. An owl hooted from a distance.
The two sat in silence for awhile. If it hadn't been for the fact that they were both tied up, this would of been very peaceful.
"I'm sorry I didn't listen to you Willy. It was the music! There was just something about it that..." Gabriela stopped midsentence.
"How did you find the fairies anyway?"
"I heard the singing." he said simply.
"They didn't catch you?"
"If they did, I wouldn't have been able to bring you here now would I?"
Gabriela giggled. "No, I suppose not!"
Willy smiled. He looked at Gabriela for a moment.
"You can get out of that you know!" Willy said.
Gabriela narrowed her eyes at him. "How's that?"
"You have to dig your hair out from the ground!"
Gabriela frowned. "That's absurd! I'll pull all the hair of my scalp!"
"It would hurt. I'm not saying it wouldn't!" Willy answered(Titanic reference :) You got to love that movie!)
Gabriela thought for a moment, then with all her strength, she pulled herself up, and started to yank at her hair. Willy snickered a little during the process, but he always stopped when Gabriela would give him a cold hard stare.
After a good half an hour, Gabriela managed to free herself. Now, however, the ends of her hair were full of dirt and grass.
"Let me help you with that!" Willy said.
Gabriela walked toward him and sat down. Willy gulped, then ran his hands through her hair, trying to get all the tangles out.
"Why didn't they tie your hands?" Gabriela asked a bit shakily, for she was nervous from the touch of Willy's hands.
"I don't know" he answered.
"There! I think I got it all out!" he said finally.
Gabriela turned a kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you!"
"Your welcome!" he said brightly.
Gabriela stood up and walked around the tree.
"Why is this web so strong?" she asked, as she tried yanking at the spiderweb.
"Fairies are magical beings. They probably betwitched it!"
"Bewitched? But how am I supposed to set you free if it's betwitched?" Gabriela cried.
"Just try!" he said. Gaberiela nodded and started tugging. But it was fruitless.
"I'm sorry Willy! I tried!" she cried out after awhile.
Gabriela sat down next to Willy, and lay her head on his shoulder.
"You should go for help." Willy told her.
Gabriela shook her head. "I won't leave you!" she said.
Willy sighed. "Good!" he said.
Gabiela smiled and closed her eyes. Eventually the pair fell asleep.