Angel nibbled mindlessly on a bit of cheese and bread, looking over at Rin and Sesshomaru. The five of them, the queen included, had travelled to a smaller manor home for a week but were currently sitting by a lake, the princess and prince sat a little away from the others.
The princess sat, holding herself up and smiling out at the lake, watching the swans gliding gracefully across the water. Sesshomaru was by her side, a book in his hand as he read silently. The peace and softness of the world was so simple and gentle, Rin was beginning to enjoy the air around him. He wasn't as chatty as the few men she knew but when he spoke he spoke with reason and power. She waited for those times when he spoke.
Across the lake, Demon knelt down, picking up some rocks and planning to throw them into the water when she spotted something behind the couple. The queen was walking in the trees around the lake, looking up at one of the trees with a large stick in her hands.
The purple eyed woman frowned, concentrating on what the queen was doing. A big brown wasp's nest was just out of her stick's reach, the insects already buzzing loudly. As the woman watched, the queen managed to hit the nest, angering the insects and sending them into the sky. The queen ran away as hundreds of the animals swarmed into the air. After a moment they began to move towards the couple. Demon's eyes widened as she lifted the rock in her hand, throwing it through the air.
It glided in the air, spinning across the water and into the wasps, a soft light touching some of the wasps. Those the glow touched began to change, their wings becoming bigger and beautiful, their wings wider and their bodies changing into that of several small purple butterflies.
The butterflies continued over to the princess, most of them flying over them but one landed on Rin's head, slowly opening and closing its wings.
The prince saw the creature and blinked, the princess unaware of her new hair accessory. Lowering his book he reached out a hand, touching her hair as he teased the insect onto his finger. His touch made Rin turn around suddenly but she soon saw the butterfly, sitting on his finger, his eyes narrow with concentration. "How did you do that?"
"It was on your hair. It just walked onto my hand."
Rin smiled. "It's beautiful."
The prince looked up at her. "Hold your hand out." As she did, he slowly placed his hand by hers then lifted it, the butterfly walking over to the princess's hand, sitting in the middle, still opening and closing its wings. The two just sat and watched it for a while but soon the wind blew across them and the insect flew off, flapping its wings madly to keep in the air.
As it went into the trees, it glowed again and changed back into the black and yellow wasp, joining the hundreds that were chasing the queen for disturbing their nest.
Across the lake, Demon giggled to herself and touched the body of a butterfly on her hand. "Thank you."
As if to answer, the butterfly lifted off her hand and touched her cheek lightly before flying off into the sky.
"Demon?"
Demon looked over at her sister, smiling slyly. "Yes?"
"Did you call auntie again?"
"She wasn't doing anything."
Angel frowned. "Great. She'll want us to come for tea now."
