Tale 2
"You know,I knew one day I was going to snap......I just didn`t know it would be so soon..."
Lina placed her head on her bed and sighted. Across from her her layed the "fairy". She had brought it to her house,
answering it`s request for help. But by the time she had the courage to pick it up, it had sliped into some kind of coma.
"Well if this is really happening, I hope the poor thing isn`t dead.."
She sighed again, this time louder in the hopes that the noise would wake it up.
It didn`t.
What was wrong with it? She had to admit though, it looked pretty banged up. It had scraches and bruises all over
it`s body and it`s white blood (at least she assumed it was blood)was prutruding violently from the wounds. Also one of
it`s insect-like wings that shined a beautiful light blue seemed to be badly torn. It probably wouldn`t be able to fly
again if it wasn`t mended fast. It would probably leave a very ugly scar too, that is *if* it ever healed.
"What are you thinking?!" Lina smacked herself on the head "Why am I taking this seriously??! This CAN`T be real!
And even if it is..." she stared at the fairy once more, her eyes never leaving the still body "..it`s none of my consern"
She got up off the bed, mummbled something about"needing something to eat" and left the room, closing the door behind her.
but within a few minutes, she returned, not with food, but with a hot towl and a first aid kit in her hands. She sat
herself on the bed, mummbled once more aobut finally losing her mind and began to clean and tend to the fairy`s wounds.
***
*"Where are you?"*
"I don`t know"
*"When are you coming back?"*
"I don`t know"
*"*Are* you coming back?"*
"I...don`t know. Maybe not..."
*"Why?"*
"Because I can`t move. I can`t open my eyes"
*"Try"*
"No. I can`t. It hurts."
*"Try"*
The fairy finally opened it`s eyes to find a large face staring down at her. The equally large ruby eyes that belonged
to the face were fulled with worry.
"Are you alright?" the big person whispered
"I think so" the little one answered looking around "but who are you? Where am I?"
"Well I am Lina and this is my house. I found you in the woods on the ground--"
"The Willowisp!!" the other gasped in fright, but then relaxed when it remembered what had happened
"Thank you" it whispered " Thank you for saving me. If you hadn`t thrown your weapon at it--"
"What weapon??"
"That large square thing. It killed the Willowisp before it could kill me!"
Suddenly, for Lina, every thing began to make sence! The book,the goo! It was blood!
"It was my..algebra book..."
"Whatever it was it saved my life"
It stood up, and began to what look an attempt to fly, but it was brought by down to it`s knees by an unmeasurable amount
of pain!
"Don`t do that!!" Lina screamed in anger "You`ll tear it even more!!"
"My...my..wing.."it whimpered clutching it in pain
"It`s torn. I tried sewing it back together, but I don`t know if it will heal or not. Though, the others seem as if they
will turn out fine"
The fairy looked to find that most of it`s body was bandaged
"Thank you" it said again " Not only have you save me from being killed, but you have also saved my from dying"
She stood once again and bowed
"I am Amelia of the BlueSky fairies. And because of your kind deed, you are granted one wish. A wish that will make
one of you dreams come true"
"You`re kidding right?"
"Why would I kid? It`s the least I could do, and besides it`s part of the rules. The elder fairy told me so.`If a human
saves a fairy`s life, the kind act supplies the fairy with extra power that enables us to make dreams and wishes come
true` understand?"
"You mean *ANYTHING* I want???"
"Yep!"
"This is TOO COOL!!" Lina cried jumping off the bed "I could have money! riches! Great magical powers! The whole entire
student body at my knees!!! I could....I could..." she slowly stopped jumping around and fell strangly silent.
"You could have what?" Amelia asked curious at the other`s sudden silence
"I could....HAVE A BIGGER CHEST!!!!!!!!!!"
Lina`s face suddenly turned red in embarrassment
"What`s wrong with it now?"
"Are you blind?! I`m sixteen years old and with not a bump on me!"
"I don`t know. Everything looks big to me"
"Well look at you! 4 inches tall with technically bigger breast than mine!"
Well one would have to admit, Lina was right. If you dismiss the bandages and broken wing, Amelia`s small body was
perfectly...well *perfect*. Everything about her was pure beauty. Lovely slightly tanned skin, that was covered with a
(unfortunitly dirty and torn) dark blue one-piece short sleeve tunic dress. Large dark blue eyes, dark purple highlighted
raven hair, also arrayed her features.
"Man, what I would give to look normal for a change.." Lina sighed
"I think you look pretty"
"Come again?"
"Your hair is such a neat color! It looks like fire! And your eyes! They`re gorgous!"
She suddenly floated up to get a better look at the other`s face
"And your--"
"How are you doing that?!" Lina interupted in suprise "Your wing is broken, you can`t fly!"
"I`m not flying, I`m levitating. It takes a lot more energy than flying does, and you can`t go very fast. But at
least I can move around"
She then look around the room and exclaimed "This is your room? It`s soooo cool looking!"
"It`s not that insteresting..."
"Wow! What`s that?!"
"A tv set"
"And those thingies??"
"Computer equipment. I like techno stuff"
"Techno? What`s that? What are these things made of?"
"Techno mean "Technology"" Lina sighed in annoyance at the fairy ignorance "And that junk is just made out of plastic and
metal. Don`t you have those things?"
"No. Not really I guess. I don`t what *plastic* is.....but I do know what mental is. I don`t like it very much. Our
warriors and stuff use it for making swords and arrowheads. I don`t like things that kill.....at least without a
perpose."
"What do you mean?"
"Well....for example, when the fox kills the rabbit. It`s really sad when poor rabbit gets kill, it`s chance at life
taken away right?
"Right"
"But it would be *unjust* to stop the fox from killing the rabbit. Because if you do, the fox can not eat or feed her
cubs. And that would be terrible. Sometimes bad things happen for good thing can happen....I guess"
"Wow" Lina smirked "That`s pretty deep"
"Yeah isn`t? My playmate taught me that. He teaches me all kinds of stuff, he`s the smartest fairy I know"
"Playmate? You mean friend?"
"I guess that`s a other name for him. You know, I thought I heard him calling me before I woke up, but I guess it was
just a dream. Strange huh?"
"Yeah a little"
"What are your friends like?"
"I don`t have any"
"What?? How can you not having any one to play with?"
"Cause I don`t need anyone to play with. I`m a loner. I don`t need nobody!"
"Hey! I know! *`I`ll* be your friend!"
Lina rolled her eyes at her.
"I don`t think having a Barbie doll as a friend is much of an advantage in life"
"I`m NOT a Barbie doll(what ever *that* is). And besides ,what do you do all day, if you don`t play with anyone?"
"It`s called Highschool. The place where they tortore you, by making your socialize with other beings"
"It doesn`t sound very nice"
"It isn`t. What? Don`t you have school?"
"School...um...." the fairy sat back down again and started to consentrate hard "You learn stuff there right?"
"When they`re not tortoring you"
"Then yeah! I did. But that was a long time ago. There, the elders taught us stuff, like nature, our magic, and to
stay out of Willowisp`s way and--"
"You must have not paid attention in class did you?"
"No I guess not!" Amelia giggled, embarassed "My playmate always said I had nothing but clouds in my head. I not very
smart, you see. What about you?"
"Me? Well I`m a geinus, at least that`s what everyone always tell me"
"I think my playmate is one of those too"
"How long have you been friends with him?"
"I don`t know. I don`t know how to tell time"
"How can you not know how to tell time? You`re not *that* dumb are you?"
"I don`t think it has to do with being dumb!" Amelia responded, her face red with embarrassment "It`s just that time
doesn`t really seem important to me. Weeks are like minutes and days are like seconds to me. The only thing I need to
remember is noon, at that`s it"
"Why noon?"
"Because that`s when my playmate and I play"
Lina just stared at the seemingly idiotic fairy for a second before asking "If you don`t consern yourself with time,
and all you do is play all day, then *why* do you have to have a certain time, that you play with your friend?"
"Because we don`t live in the same village" the fairy answered simply "And we don`t just have a special time, we
have a special place too. Every since....well...um..."
"Your childhood?" Lina said, trying to help the fairy out
"Um..I guess you could call it that. Your *childhood* is the time when you were smaller that you are now, right?"
"Yes it is" the other said trying not to lose her temper because of the stupid question
"Well then yeah. I was ,like, really little, no bigger than an acorn"
"And probably just as develped" Lina thought to herself in annoyance
"Do you wanna hear how I met him?"
Lina just looked at her for second, trying to debate her opinions. Did she want to? This fairy was really getting on her
nerves with her stupidity about....well everything! But Lina had never talked to anyone(outside her family) so long before.
She sort of *did* like listen, that is if she wasn`t asked stupid questions. And the fairy also said that she wanted to
be her friend......
"Well...ok"
"Yippy!"
"Anyway, this dude sounds pretty instersting. And least he sounds like he has a brain"
"Oh yeah! He`s really cool! And you remind me of him alot. No wonder I like you so much!"
"I remind you of him?" Lina asked confused. She never thought that she had any charateristics of a fairy "How?"
"Well, for example. When you said that you didn`t need anyone. That`s the exact same thing he said to me when we
first met. Let me tell you about it"
"By the way, what`s you friend`s name?"
"Zelgadis. Zelgadiss of the GreenLeaf fairies"
*FlashBack*
We cut to a scene of a beautiful bright forest, and in the distance a group of little blue lights were whizing pass.
They were going so fast that they where nothing but blurs, yet they were not all together. One in particular could be
seen lagging behind.....
"Hey guys! Wait up!" the toddler-looking Amelia called. She still hadn`t grown into her wings, which just that year had
an extrodinary growth spir, and couldn`t seem to keep up with others.
"Hey! Wait for me!" she cried again. But to her dismay, the other fairies didn`t hear her, or just simply ignored her,
continued on and whized out of sight.
"Oh man!" the tiny baby fairy sighed in defeat as she sat her self on a branch of a near by tree.
She sniffed a bit trying hard not to cry. Maybe they will come back for her later. But she didn`t know. She didn`t
even know where she was.
"Well don`t you look pathetic" said voice behind her
She turned around in suprice to find an older, yet still young, male fairy hovering behind her. He was beautiful looking
(like all fairies were) with strangely spiky dark purple black hair and piercing sky blue eyes. She also noticed
that his clothes and wings where green and had a sword in his hand, but was relaxed, not in battle position.
"Why do you say that?" she asked, still sniffing a bit, but confused about his remark
He rolled his eyes at her and said dryly "Because they left you, and you`re alone"
"No I`m not"
He rolled his eyes once more.
"And why not, pray tell?"
"Because you`re here!" she smiled brightly, her past saddness long gone.
Now it was his turn to be confused.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well aren`t you going to play with me?"
He gave her a dirty look and flew to a different branch. She, not taking the hint, instantly followed him.
"What do you want?" he asked coldly
"To play" she answered simply
He flew off again, and she once more followed.
"Quit following me, you little insect!" he growled, his anger rising.
She suddenly stopped in mid-flight. He turned around to glance at her, expecting to see her turning the other way.
But she wasn`t. She was hoving in mid-air, her head down and shoulders shaking. Was she crying? He frowned, annoyed.
He frowned even more when her sniffing became even louder. But when they did, he gradually noticed that they weren`t
sniffles they were.......giggles?! He moved back in suprised when her laughter became louder and she looked up at
him with a face filled with happiness, not saddness.
He was once more confused at the younger fairy. But that confusion soon turned to anger once more when her laughter
continued. He didn`t like being laugh at!
"What in the heck are you laughing at you stupid insect?!"
Her laughter became even louder.
"Be...*giggle* because!" she tried to say between giggles "No one has ever called me that before!"
"Called you what?!"
"Insect! Or stupid for that matter! It`s funny!"
"It`s not suppose to be funny!"
She stopped in mid-giggle.
"It isn`t?"
"No!"
"That what is it suppose to be?"
He growled in annoyance and flew off again. And as expected, she followed. He landed on a branch of weeping willow
tree before turning towards her and yelling sharply "LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"Why?" was the responce. She landed beside him. "Don`t you want to have somebody to play with?"
"No"
"Why?"
"Because" he growled through gritted teeth, trying to resist the urge to hit the littler being "I do not need any one
to play with. I am a loner. I do not need anybody!!"
She stared at him in silence. Maybe she finally got the hint!
"Tag you`re it!" she giggled, tapping him on the shoulder.
Guess not.
He stared at her, dumbfounded, at her lack of intellagance and her boldness to actually touch him.
"Tag! You`re it!" she repeated when he didn`t move. She tapped him on the shoulder again, for good measure.
"Tag!!"
"Don`t touch me" he growled
"Tag!!" she tapped him again
"Don`t touch me, insect!" he said louder but still didn`t move
"TAG!!!"
"Why you little--!!" he reached out in anger to catch her, but she whized out of his grasp and headed up the tree.
He instantly followed her at full speed, his anger already flooded over. She laughed joyfully as she flew, happy that
the other was part of her game.
"Come back here you little insect!!"
"You have to catch me first!"
The pair whized back and forth, up and down, around the large tree, their fairy lights, blue and green, making strange
patterns as they raced. With the green one growling the all the way, and the blue one laughing her head off!
Suddenly, after circling around the willow for the fifth time, the green one realized the pattern and stopped in his tracks.
he turned the opposite direction and waited. Within a few moments the blue one was coming straight twords him.
"Idiot" he said under his breath, grabbing her before she could fly past him.
She tried to escape, but his grip was like steel in his bear-hug grasp. She stopped stuggling and said
finally "Ok you win"
He smiled in satifation.
"Now will you stop following me, and go home?"
She looked up at him for a second in confusion.
"But how can I if you are hugging me?"
"What?!!" he gasped, instantly dropping her. He was face was beet-red at the fact that the way he was holding her was
like a hug! He held his head in his hand, embassament quickly replacing his past anger.
"Just go home will you...."
"But I can`t"
She floated herself to be eye level to him since he was taller.
"And why not?" he asked, his annoyance returning
"Cause, I don`t know where I am"
He looked at her, really for the first time. She was a tiny little thing, probly small for her age( just like he was
at her age) clad in a one-piece blue baby pajama-like tunic(like all fairy children at that age wore). She was nothing
but a baby, no wonder she couldn`t find her way home. But he wasn`t about to admit that to her. Nope! Because first of
all it wasn`t his consern, she had to learn how to take care of herself, and most importantly because she was a
BlueSky. He could tell from her clothes and wings. He was a GreenLeaf, and no self respecting GreenLeaf would ever
help a BlueSky. That`s just the way things were!
"You have nothing but clouds in your head don`t you?" he finally said
She looked at him confused, not understanding the statement.
"Will you help me find my way home?"
"No"
"Why not?"
"Because, don`t you know what I am?"
"A fairy"
He growled at her answer.
"I mean, what kind of fairy"
"You`re wings are green, so....that means that you are a GreenLeaf right?"
"Exactly!" he smiled, glad that she was finally getting the point
"So what"
Guess not.
"What?!"
"I mean well....I don`t understand. What does being a GreenLeaf have to do with helping me get home?"
"It has a lot to do with it!"
"How?"
"Well..um..." he studder for a second, not really knowing how to answer "Well...haven`t you elders ever told you about
GreenLeaves?"
"Yes"
"And what did they say?"
"Hummmm......." she thought for a second "Oh yeah! Now I remember! GreenLeafs are saviage fairies, who are lower than us
because they can`t do magic very well and don`t get energy from the sky like we do that`s why they have an ugly green
color. All they`re good for is for being soilders. We shouldn`t assosiate with them"
"Well, there you go. There`s your answer"
"But I don`t get it"
"What?! You just said it yourself!"
"No I didn`t. That`s what the elder said. But what I don`t understand is how would he know since he`s not a GreenLeaf?"
"Well..I.."
"A fish can`t tell a bird that it`s flying wrong, can it?"
The GreenLeaf chuckled a bit, for the first time, and smiled a little.
"You know, that is the first intellegent thing that I`ve heard you say since I met you.(probably going to be the last too)
I guess he can`t know, since he isn`t one."
"Then what are they like?"
He raised his handsome dark eyebrow and responded "What are BlueSkies like?"
"A BlueSky is a fairy with blue wings" was the answer
"Then a GreenLeaf is a fairy with green wings"
"I like the color green, no matter what the elders say" she giggled " Cause green is the color of life. I like things that
are living. And since things that are living are green, like trees and plants, and you`re green, then I like you too!"]
He in turn, blushed a bit and turned away from her.
"That`s because you don`t how things are, you`re too young. Anyway you don`t even know me"
"But I what to"
"Want to what?"
"Get to know you" she giggled, stating the obvious "I wanna be your friend"
"Things just don`t work like that"
"Why"
"Because a BlueSky just can`t go up to a GreenLeaf and said "I want to be your friend". It`s not that simple"
"Sounds simple to me"
"Well it isn`t"
"Why?"
"Just because"
"why?"
"Don`t you know I could slash you in half with my sword, right here and now?!" he raised his sword in fighting
position and looked at her feriously. she floated back a bit. Suprised and a bit frightened. But then suddenly
a question nagged her.
"Why do you have that sword anyway?"
He lowered his sword a bit, caught off guard by the question. He was expecting more like `Please don`t kill me`.
"Because I`m training" he answered simply
"Why?"
"What is with you and all these *why*s??!"
"Because I don`t KNOW!!" she yelled back just as strongly
This time he lowered his sword completely and shelth it.
"Stupid insect" he growled " I was training because I want to be a soilder when I grow up. Anyway, didn`t your elder
say that`s all we GreenLeaf are good for?"
"But why do you want to be a soilder? Soilders.....kill..."
"So. But they kill with a purpose, to protect"
"But still....they have to give up their Fairy Light, to power their weapons. Why would you want to do that?"
"Why wouldn`t I? Techically it would make me stronger"
"Stronger for killing"
He smirked at her for a bit before saying "That`s what GreenLeaves are for"
"Yes....that`s what the elder said" she paused but then added " `They have blood on there hands....and shouldn`t
be trusted`....."
The GreenLeaf sighed, but this time it wasn`t of annoyance. He turned away from her and was about to fly off when she
suddenly grabbed his hands. She looked into his eyes, her own eyes burning with...what? Determination?
He looked at her in suprise...but strangely he didn`t pull away....
"But you hands...their clean. You`re still little, like me. Just a child"
"Not for long"
"True" she held them a little longer before finally letting go "But just because your childhood goes away, doesn`t
mean that your goodness goes too.."
"You know more then you let on" he stared at his hands, but not at her " You know a mighty lot about soilders for a
baby BlueSky fairy"
But she didn`t answer him, she was staring at the sky. A little ways above them was a little blue light, watching them.
A BlueSky fairy.
He also turned his attention to the sky, and saw her too. He knew now, it was time for her to go. More would be coming
soon, and it was best him to leave before he was spotted by the others.
"You better go now. She`s waiting for you" he said, his attention still on the sky
She slowly nodded her head in agreement. She suddenly felt uncomfortable, knowing that the hateful glare coming from
the other fairy directed at the GreenLeaf, wasn`t just her imagination.
She started to flow up towards the older BlueSky when suddenly she turned back twords the other and asked
"What time is it?"
He stared at her for a moment, but answered her
"Noon, exactly"
"Ok then," she smiled. She floated higher in the air, but backwards, never taking her eyes off of him. And as she did,
her smile became even more bigger, kinder and she called to him "See ya tomorrow!!"
"WW...WWW..WHAT?!" he studder in shock
"Same place, Same time!!" was the answer
"Just wait a minute! You don`t even know me! *I* don`t even know *YOU*!"
She halted and called back to him "Well then I`m Amelia! And you?"
But he hesitated, his heart still not believing that that child was actually serious. But as she stared at him, waiting
for his answer, her gentle innocent eyes seemed to melt that doubt...
"Zelgadiss" he finally answered " My name is Zelgadiss"
"Then I`ll see ya tomorrow...Zelgadiss..."
*Amelia voicing over* And so ever since then, we always met at the big old weeping willow tree at noon, ever single day.
*Lina* You mean, the next day he actually came? No way!
*Amelia* Yes way! And the day after that, and the next day after that. You see, everybody needs somebody. From the
tough-looking fairy to the average teenage human. It hurts to be alone. Anyway, after that day, we played together,
he taught me all kinds of cool stuff, and we even went to Aeslan together sometime.
*Lina* Huh? What`s Aeslan?
*Amelia* The fairy city, where the Royal family lives, the GoldenCrowns, they say that the GoldenCrowns are the first
fairies to ever exist on Earth, but Zelgadiss says that that`s just a myth.
*Lina* Wow..a fairy city....hey I guess Zelgadiss got over that `You`re a BlueThingy and I`m a GreenThingy`crap.
*Amelia* Well...not exactly...
We cut to two familar yet older figures floating through one of the busy market places of the city of Aeslan.
Amelia wooed and awwed at the displays and items in the store windows. She would glance at Zelgadiss now and then
and then back to the displays looking at them longingly. Ofcourse it was obvious that she was trying to use the
womenly internation, intercultural, and obviously *interspecies(al)* stradiegy of getting a boy to buy her something.
Was it working?
Zel himself, was trying ignore her, but was failing. He knew what she was doing! He could see RIGHT through her!
But...the way she was looking.....so longingly, so pitifully. He knew he had no defence from the big ol` puppy eyes!
"Stupid instect...." he mummbled under his breath, but still took out his money pouch from his cloak
She in turned, squealed in delight, knowing that she was going to get a present.
"Ahh! Young lady!" A vender keeper called to her. She quickly ran to the booth to see what he wanted to show her.
"Now isn`t this just one of the most beautiful trinkets?" he held up a thin necklace adorned in shiny seashells.
Many of his goods had seashells or other aquatic jewels on them.
"Made by the merpeople you know"
Amelia`s eyes got even bigger at the comment. She absolutely loved items from the merpeople, the fairy species` distant
cousins. She had always wanted to see a merperson, but never got a chance to.
"They`re all absolutely lovely" she cooed, looking at one necklace in particular. It only had one tiny star shaped sea
shell at the end, but it shine pearly white and with what seemed like colors of green, blue, and red.
Zelgadiss, who had followed her, saw her glaze and asked "Would you like that one?"
The other nodded her head joyously. Though the vender keeper stepped back a bit in suprise. Was he seeing things or was
that a Greenleaf offering to buy a BlueSky a present?! He hadn`t even noticed that he was standing there!
"How much that?" Zel asked pointing at the said necklace.
Now the vender keeper, who was a BlueSky himself, didn`t know what to do. He wanted the sale, but the thought of saling
it to a "Greeny" wasn`t very tempting. He hesitated.
"Well..it`s.."
Zel`s eyes narrowed a bit. He suddenly noticed the vender keeper`s wings. Blue.
"Accursed BlueSkies" he thought to himself. But held his tongue at Amelia expence.
"Well?"
Suddenly, not far from them, a pair of arisrocratic looking fairies who were shopping, stopped to look at the scene.
"How disturbing!" gasped one who was a female BlueSky.
"How so?" Asked her compainion, a male GoldenCrown, the majority of the city.
"That poor girl! That ragged GreenLeaf is probly going to steal from her! Or more likely the vender keeper!"
"You don`t say?" Frankly GoldenCrown never socialize with any other kinds of fairys, except for BlueSkys, who were
considered second most magical, besides the GoldenCrowns themselves. Though they didn`t have any prejustices because they
were to self-absorbed to care about any but themselves.
"Never mind, I don`t want it" Amelia said turning away from the display. She then grabbed hold of grabbed hold of Zel`s
hand and said dismissively, "They`re probly not really made from merpeople, otherwise he wouldn`t have been so hestitant to
sell it, would he?"
The vender keeper`s face turned red from embarrassment. To have such a stately and beautiful looking BlueSky think him a
frawd, was almost too much bare!
She then turned to the couple, and leaned closer to her playmate. She stared at them, as if daring them to make further
comment. Zel himself, turned as red as the vender keeper, but for different reasons.
The other BlueSky, in turned, said nothing. But stuck up her nose a bit and floated away, pulling her compainion behind her.
The GoldenCrown...well...looked at them complexed. It was a bit queer to him to see a BlueSky and GreenLeaf together like
that.
When they were out of sight, Zel pulled away from her and walked away. Though as usual Amelia quickly followed.
"You wanna go and get something to eat?" she suggested
"........"
"Come on! I know you`re mad. But you don`t have to take it out on me, ya know"
He turned twords her sharpy and growled "Why don`t you just stop?!"
" Stop What?!"
"Why are you doing this to yourself?!"
" Doing WHAT?!"
"Don`t you know that you are making a bad name for yourself by continuesly hanging out with me?!!"
He stared at her intencely, waiting for a answer.
"I....I know...."
He was about to turn away again, when she grabbed his arm and add "...but I don`t care. You`re my friend"
"I maybe your friend" he sighed "But I`m different. You are a BlueSky--"
"And you are a GreenLeaf. I Know!! You and everyone`s has told me this a million times!! But it is not true!"
"How is it not true?!"
"It`s all about appearence right?"
"Basicly"
"Well then.." she pulled him over to a nearby shop`s window and pointed to their reflexion in the glass
"Look. You said it is about what we look like right? Well me and you are not different. Besides the color of our
wings, we look almost the same!"
"Amelia..."
"No listen! Our hair is the same color, we even have basicly the same hair cut! Let`s see....um...my skin a little darker
but that`s probly because I`m out in the sun all the time, we both have blue eyes--"
"But mine are lighter"
"So what? Blue is blue!"
"And Green is green" he countered
"And that NOT what i mean. Our faces are the same too. but your`s is the boyish version and my is the girlish one"
"You`re not making any sence"
"And you`re taller" she continued, ignoring him " but that`s because you are a male. All and all we look like we could be
twins, or at least brother and sister"
"Execpt for on thing, our wings. That`s just the way things are, Amelia"
"Then...I rather cut off my wings with your sword that not be your friend anymore because of them!"
"Amelia!!" he gasped at her in horror. That was NOT a thing a fairy should talk about! Cutting off your wings!! That was
complete maddess!!
"Well what you are going to do is just as efficant, isn`t?!"
He stared at her in confusion.
"What are you talking about?"
"When you become a soilder and give up your Fairy Light you give up your color too, isn`t that right?!"
"Amelia...." he turned away from her, to hide his shame
"You thought I didn`t know did you?! You thought I didn`t know why you brought me here! Why you were going to buy that
present for me! At the end of today you were going to say good-bye to me weren`t you?!? The Soilder Entrance Day is tomorrow!!"
She collapsed on the ground, crying her eyes out and shaking with saddess.
Zelgadiss at stared at her, with his heart breaking and the truth, right in front of his face.
The possible end to their almost life-time friendship.......
"You know,I knew one day I was going to snap......I just didn`t know it would be so soon..."
Lina placed her head on her bed and sighted. Across from her her layed the "fairy". She had brought it to her house,
answering it`s request for help. But by the time she had the courage to pick it up, it had sliped into some kind of coma.
"Well if this is really happening, I hope the poor thing isn`t dead.."
She sighed again, this time louder in the hopes that the noise would wake it up.
It didn`t.
What was wrong with it? She had to admit though, it looked pretty banged up. It had scraches and bruises all over
it`s body and it`s white blood (at least she assumed it was blood)was prutruding violently from the wounds. Also one of
it`s insect-like wings that shined a beautiful light blue seemed to be badly torn. It probably wouldn`t be able to fly
again if it wasn`t mended fast. It would probably leave a very ugly scar too, that is *if* it ever healed.
"What are you thinking?!" Lina smacked herself on the head "Why am I taking this seriously??! This CAN`T be real!
And even if it is..." she stared at the fairy once more, her eyes never leaving the still body "..it`s none of my consern"
She got up off the bed, mummbled something about"needing something to eat" and left the room, closing the door behind her.
but within a few minutes, she returned, not with food, but with a hot towl and a first aid kit in her hands. She sat
herself on the bed, mummbled once more aobut finally losing her mind and began to clean and tend to the fairy`s wounds.
***
*"Where are you?"*
"I don`t know"
*"When are you coming back?"*
"I don`t know"
*"*Are* you coming back?"*
"I...don`t know. Maybe not..."
*"Why?"*
"Because I can`t move. I can`t open my eyes"
*"Try"*
"No. I can`t. It hurts."
*"Try"*
The fairy finally opened it`s eyes to find a large face staring down at her. The equally large ruby eyes that belonged
to the face were fulled with worry.
"Are you alright?" the big person whispered
"I think so" the little one answered looking around "but who are you? Where am I?"
"Well I am Lina and this is my house. I found you in the woods on the ground--"
"The Willowisp!!" the other gasped in fright, but then relaxed when it remembered what had happened
"Thank you" it whispered " Thank you for saving me. If you hadn`t thrown your weapon at it--"
"What weapon??"
"That large square thing. It killed the Willowisp before it could kill me!"
Suddenly, for Lina, every thing began to make sence! The book,the goo! It was blood!
"It was my..algebra book..."
"Whatever it was it saved my life"
It stood up, and began to what look an attempt to fly, but it was brought by down to it`s knees by an unmeasurable amount
of pain!
"Don`t do that!!" Lina screamed in anger "You`ll tear it even more!!"
"My...my..wing.."it whimpered clutching it in pain
"It`s torn. I tried sewing it back together, but I don`t know if it will heal or not. Though, the others seem as if they
will turn out fine"
The fairy looked to find that most of it`s body was bandaged
"Thank you" it said again " Not only have you save me from being killed, but you have also saved my from dying"
She stood once again and bowed
"I am Amelia of the BlueSky fairies. And because of your kind deed, you are granted one wish. A wish that will make
one of you dreams come true"
"You`re kidding right?"
"Why would I kid? It`s the least I could do, and besides it`s part of the rules. The elder fairy told me so.`If a human
saves a fairy`s life, the kind act supplies the fairy with extra power that enables us to make dreams and wishes come
true` understand?"
"You mean *ANYTHING* I want???"
"Yep!"
"This is TOO COOL!!" Lina cried jumping off the bed "I could have money! riches! Great magical powers! The whole entire
student body at my knees!!! I could....I could..." she slowly stopped jumping around and fell strangly silent.
"You could have what?" Amelia asked curious at the other`s sudden silence
"I could....HAVE A BIGGER CHEST!!!!!!!!!!"
Lina`s face suddenly turned red in embarrassment
"What`s wrong with it now?"
"Are you blind?! I`m sixteen years old and with not a bump on me!"
"I don`t know. Everything looks big to me"
"Well look at you! 4 inches tall with technically bigger breast than mine!"
Well one would have to admit, Lina was right. If you dismiss the bandages and broken wing, Amelia`s small body was
perfectly...well *perfect*. Everything about her was pure beauty. Lovely slightly tanned skin, that was covered with a
(unfortunitly dirty and torn) dark blue one-piece short sleeve tunic dress. Large dark blue eyes, dark purple highlighted
raven hair, also arrayed her features.
"Man, what I would give to look normal for a change.." Lina sighed
"I think you look pretty"
"Come again?"
"Your hair is such a neat color! It looks like fire! And your eyes! They`re gorgous!"
She suddenly floated up to get a better look at the other`s face
"And your--"
"How are you doing that?!" Lina interupted in suprise "Your wing is broken, you can`t fly!"
"I`m not flying, I`m levitating. It takes a lot more energy than flying does, and you can`t go very fast. But at
least I can move around"
She then look around the room and exclaimed "This is your room? It`s soooo cool looking!"
"It`s not that insteresting..."
"Wow! What`s that?!"
"A tv set"
"And those thingies??"
"Computer equipment. I like techno stuff"
"Techno? What`s that? What are these things made of?"
"Techno mean "Technology"" Lina sighed in annoyance at the fairy ignorance "And that junk is just made out of plastic and
metal. Don`t you have those things?"
"No. Not really I guess. I don`t what *plastic* is.....but I do know what mental is. I don`t like it very much. Our
warriors and stuff use it for making swords and arrowheads. I don`t like things that kill.....at least without a
perpose."
"What do you mean?"
"Well....for example, when the fox kills the rabbit. It`s really sad when poor rabbit gets kill, it`s chance at life
taken away right?
"Right"
"But it would be *unjust* to stop the fox from killing the rabbit. Because if you do, the fox can not eat or feed her
cubs. And that would be terrible. Sometimes bad things happen for good thing can happen....I guess"
"Wow" Lina smirked "That`s pretty deep"
"Yeah isn`t? My playmate taught me that. He teaches me all kinds of stuff, he`s the smartest fairy I know"
"Playmate? You mean friend?"
"I guess that`s a other name for him. You know, I thought I heard him calling me before I woke up, but I guess it was
just a dream. Strange huh?"
"Yeah a little"
"What are your friends like?"
"I don`t have any"
"What?? How can you not having any one to play with?"
"Cause I don`t need anyone to play with. I`m a loner. I don`t need nobody!"
"Hey! I know! *`I`ll* be your friend!"
Lina rolled her eyes at her.
"I don`t think having a Barbie doll as a friend is much of an advantage in life"
"I`m NOT a Barbie doll(what ever *that* is). And besides ,what do you do all day, if you don`t play with anyone?"
"It`s called Highschool. The place where they tortore you, by making your socialize with other beings"
"It doesn`t sound very nice"
"It isn`t. What? Don`t you have school?"
"School...um...." the fairy sat back down again and started to consentrate hard "You learn stuff there right?"
"When they`re not tortoring you"
"Then yeah! I did. But that was a long time ago. There, the elders taught us stuff, like nature, our magic, and to
stay out of Willowisp`s way and--"
"You must have not paid attention in class did you?"
"No I guess not!" Amelia giggled, embarassed "My playmate always said I had nothing but clouds in my head. I not very
smart, you see. What about you?"
"Me? Well I`m a geinus, at least that`s what everyone always tell me"
"I think my playmate is one of those too"
"How long have you been friends with him?"
"I don`t know. I don`t know how to tell time"
"How can you not know how to tell time? You`re not *that* dumb are you?"
"I don`t think it has to do with being dumb!" Amelia responded, her face red with embarrassment "It`s just that time
doesn`t really seem important to me. Weeks are like minutes and days are like seconds to me. The only thing I need to
remember is noon, at that`s it"
"Why noon?"
"Because that`s when my playmate and I play"
Lina just stared at the seemingly idiotic fairy for a second before asking "If you don`t consern yourself with time,
and all you do is play all day, then *why* do you have to have a certain time, that you play with your friend?"
"Because we don`t live in the same village" the fairy answered simply "And we don`t just have a special time, we
have a special place too. Every since....well...um..."
"Your childhood?" Lina said, trying to help the fairy out
"Um..I guess you could call it that. Your *childhood* is the time when you were smaller that you are now, right?"
"Yes it is" the other said trying not to lose her temper because of the stupid question
"Well then yeah. I was ,like, really little, no bigger than an acorn"
"And probably just as develped" Lina thought to herself in annoyance
"Do you wanna hear how I met him?"
Lina just looked at her for second, trying to debate her opinions. Did she want to? This fairy was really getting on her
nerves with her stupidity about....well everything! But Lina had never talked to anyone(outside her family) so long before.
She sort of *did* like listen, that is if she wasn`t asked stupid questions. And the fairy also said that she wanted to
be her friend......
"Well...ok"
"Yippy!"
"Anyway, this dude sounds pretty instersting. And least he sounds like he has a brain"
"Oh yeah! He`s really cool! And you remind me of him alot. No wonder I like you so much!"
"I remind you of him?" Lina asked confused. She never thought that she had any charateristics of a fairy "How?"
"Well, for example. When you said that you didn`t need anyone. That`s the exact same thing he said to me when we
first met. Let me tell you about it"
"By the way, what`s you friend`s name?"
"Zelgadis. Zelgadiss of the GreenLeaf fairies"
*FlashBack*
We cut to a scene of a beautiful bright forest, and in the distance a group of little blue lights were whizing pass.
They were going so fast that they where nothing but blurs, yet they were not all together. One in particular could be
seen lagging behind.....
"Hey guys! Wait up!" the toddler-looking Amelia called. She still hadn`t grown into her wings, which just that year had
an extrodinary growth spir, and couldn`t seem to keep up with others.
"Hey! Wait for me!" she cried again. But to her dismay, the other fairies didn`t hear her, or just simply ignored her,
continued on and whized out of sight.
"Oh man!" the tiny baby fairy sighed in defeat as she sat her self on a branch of a near by tree.
She sniffed a bit trying hard not to cry. Maybe they will come back for her later. But she didn`t know. She didn`t
even know where she was.
"Well don`t you look pathetic" said voice behind her
She turned around in suprice to find an older, yet still young, male fairy hovering behind her. He was beautiful looking
(like all fairies were) with strangely spiky dark purple black hair and piercing sky blue eyes. She also noticed
that his clothes and wings where green and had a sword in his hand, but was relaxed, not in battle position.
"Why do you say that?" she asked, still sniffing a bit, but confused about his remark
He rolled his eyes at her and said dryly "Because they left you, and you`re alone"
"No I`m not"
He rolled his eyes once more.
"And why not, pray tell?"
"Because you`re here!" she smiled brightly, her past saddness long gone.
Now it was his turn to be confused.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well aren`t you going to play with me?"
He gave her a dirty look and flew to a different branch. She, not taking the hint, instantly followed him.
"What do you want?" he asked coldly
"To play" she answered simply
He flew off again, and she once more followed.
"Quit following me, you little insect!" he growled, his anger rising.
She suddenly stopped in mid-flight. He turned around to glance at her, expecting to see her turning the other way.
But she wasn`t. She was hoving in mid-air, her head down and shoulders shaking. Was she crying? He frowned, annoyed.
He frowned even more when her sniffing became even louder. But when they did, he gradually noticed that they weren`t
sniffles they were.......giggles?! He moved back in suprised when her laughter became louder and she looked up at
him with a face filled with happiness, not saddness.
He was once more confused at the younger fairy. But that confusion soon turned to anger once more when her laughter
continued. He didn`t like being laugh at!
"What in the heck are you laughing at you stupid insect?!"
Her laughter became even louder.
"Be...*giggle* because!" she tried to say between giggles "No one has ever called me that before!"
"Called you what?!"
"Insect! Or stupid for that matter! It`s funny!"
"It`s not suppose to be funny!"
She stopped in mid-giggle.
"It isn`t?"
"No!"
"That what is it suppose to be?"
He growled in annoyance and flew off again. And as expected, she followed. He landed on a branch of weeping willow
tree before turning towards her and yelling sharply "LEAVE ME ALONE!"
"Why?" was the responce. She landed beside him. "Don`t you want to have somebody to play with?"
"No"
"Why?"
"Because" he growled through gritted teeth, trying to resist the urge to hit the littler being "I do not need any one
to play with. I am a loner. I do not need anybody!!"
She stared at him in silence. Maybe she finally got the hint!
"Tag you`re it!" she giggled, tapping him on the shoulder.
Guess not.
He stared at her, dumbfounded, at her lack of intellagance and her boldness to actually touch him.
"Tag! You`re it!" she repeated when he didn`t move. She tapped him on the shoulder again, for good measure.
"Tag!!"
"Don`t touch me" he growled
"Tag!!" she tapped him again
"Don`t touch me, insect!" he said louder but still didn`t move
"TAG!!!"
"Why you little--!!" he reached out in anger to catch her, but she whized out of his grasp and headed up the tree.
He instantly followed her at full speed, his anger already flooded over. She laughed joyfully as she flew, happy that
the other was part of her game.
"Come back here you little insect!!"
"You have to catch me first!"
The pair whized back and forth, up and down, around the large tree, their fairy lights, blue and green, making strange
patterns as they raced. With the green one growling the all the way, and the blue one laughing her head off!
Suddenly, after circling around the willow for the fifth time, the green one realized the pattern and stopped in his tracks.
he turned the opposite direction and waited. Within a few moments the blue one was coming straight twords him.
"Idiot" he said under his breath, grabbing her before she could fly past him.
She tried to escape, but his grip was like steel in his bear-hug grasp. She stopped stuggling and said
finally "Ok you win"
He smiled in satifation.
"Now will you stop following me, and go home?"
She looked up at him for a second in confusion.
"But how can I if you are hugging me?"
"What?!!" he gasped, instantly dropping her. He was face was beet-red at the fact that the way he was holding her was
like a hug! He held his head in his hand, embassament quickly replacing his past anger.
"Just go home will you...."
"But I can`t"
She floated herself to be eye level to him since he was taller.
"And why not?" he asked, his annoyance returning
"Cause, I don`t know where I am"
He looked at her, really for the first time. She was a tiny little thing, probly small for her age( just like he was
at her age) clad in a one-piece blue baby pajama-like tunic(like all fairy children at that age wore). She was nothing
but a baby, no wonder she couldn`t find her way home. But he wasn`t about to admit that to her. Nope! Because first of
all it wasn`t his consern, she had to learn how to take care of herself, and most importantly because she was a
BlueSky. He could tell from her clothes and wings. He was a GreenLeaf, and no self respecting GreenLeaf would ever
help a BlueSky. That`s just the way things were!
"You have nothing but clouds in your head don`t you?" he finally said
She looked at him confused, not understanding the statement.
"Will you help me find my way home?"
"No"
"Why not?"
"Because, don`t you know what I am?"
"A fairy"
He growled at her answer.
"I mean, what kind of fairy"
"You`re wings are green, so....that means that you are a GreenLeaf right?"
"Exactly!" he smiled, glad that she was finally getting the point
"So what"
Guess not.
"What?!"
"I mean well....I don`t understand. What does being a GreenLeaf have to do with helping me get home?"
"It has a lot to do with it!"
"How?"
"Well..um..." he studder for a second, not really knowing how to answer "Well...haven`t you elders ever told you about
GreenLeaves?"
"Yes"
"And what did they say?"
"Hummmm......." she thought for a second "Oh yeah! Now I remember! GreenLeafs are saviage fairies, who are lower than us
because they can`t do magic very well and don`t get energy from the sky like we do that`s why they have an ugly green
color. All they`re good for is for being soilders. We shouldn`t assosiate with them"
"Well, there you go. There`s your answer"
"But I don`t get it"
"What?! You just said it yourself!"
"No I didn`t. That`s what the elder said. But what I don`t understand is how would he know since he`s not a GreenLeaf?"
"Well..I.."
"A fish can`t tell a bird that it`s flying wrong, can it?"
The GreenLeaf chuckled a bit, for the first time, and smiled a little.
"You know, that is the first intellegent thing that I`ve heard you say since I met you.(probably going to be the last too)
I guess he can`t know, since he isn`t one."
"Then what are they like?"
He raised his handsome dark eyebrow and responded "What are BlueSkies like?"
"A BlueSky is a fairy with blue wings" was the answer
"Then a GreenLeaf is a fairy with green wings"
"I like the color green, no matter what the elders say" she giggled " Cause green is the color of life. I like things that
are living. And since things that are living are green, like trees and plants, and you`re green, then I like you too!"]
He in turn, blushed a bit and turned away from her.
"That`s because you don`t how things are, you`re too young. Anyway you don`t even know me"
"But I what to"
"Want to what?"
"Get to know you" she giggled, stating the obvious "I wanna be your friend"
"Things just don`t work like that"
"Why"
"Because a BlueSky just can`t go up to a GreenLeaf and said "I want to be your friend". It`s not that simple"
"Sounds simple to me"
"Well it isn`t"
"Why?"
"Just because"
"why?"
"Don`t you know I could slash you in half with my sword, right here and now?!" he raised his sword in fighting
position and looked at her feriously. she floated back a bit. Suprised and a bit frightened. But then suddenly
a question nagged her.
"Why do you have that sword anyway?"
He lowered his sword a bit, caught off guard by the question. He was expecting more like `Please don`t kill me`.
"Because I`m training" he answered simply
"Why?"
"What is with you and all these *why*s??!"
"Because I don`t KNOW!!" she yelled back just as strongly
This time he lowered his sword completely and shelth it.
"Stupid insect" he growled " I was training because I want to be a soilder when I grow up. Anyway, didn`t your elder
say that`s all we GreenLeaf are good for?"
"But why do you want to be a soilder? Soilders.....kill..."
"So. But they kill with a purpose, to protect"
"But still....they have to give up their Fairy Light, to power their weapons. Why would you want to do that?"
"Why wouldn`t I? Techically it would make me stronger"
"Stronger for killing"
He smirked at her for a bit before saying "That`s what GreenLeaves are for"
"Yes....that`s what the elder said" she paused but then added " `They have blood on there hands....and shouldn`t
be trusted`....."
The GreenLeaf sighed, but this time it wasn`t of annoyance. He turned away from her and was about to fly off when she
suddenly grabbed his hands. She looked into his eyes, her own eyes burning with...what? Determination?
He looked at her in suprise...but strangely he didn`t pull away....
"But you hands...their clean. You`re still little, like me. Just a child"
"Not for long"
"True" she held them a little longer before finally letting go "But just because your childhood goes away, doesn`t
mean that your goodness goes too.."
"You know more then you let on" he stared at his hands, but not at her " You know a mighty lot about soilders for a
baby BlueSky fairy"
But she didn`t answer him, she was staring at the sky. A little ways above them was a little blue light, watching them.
A BlueSky fairy.
He also turned his attention to the sky, and saw her too. He knew now, it was time for her to go. More would be coming
soon, and it was best him to leave before he was spotted by the others.
"You better go now. She`s waiting for you" he said, his attention still on the sky
She slowly nodded her head in agreement. She suddenly felt uncomfortable, knowing that the hateful glare coming from
the other fairy directed at the GreenLeaf, wasn`t just her imagination.
She started to flow up towards the older BlueSky when suddenly she turned back twords the other and asked
"What time is it?"
He stared at her for a moment, but answered her
"Noon, exactly"
"Ok then," she smiled. She floated higher in the air, but backwards, never taking her eyes off of him. And as she did,
her smile became even more bigger, kinder and she called to him "See ya tomorrow!!"
"WW...WWW..WHAT?!" he studder in shock
"Same place, Same time!!" was the answer
"Just wait a minute! You don`t even know me! *I* don`t even know *YOU*!"
She halted and called back to him "Well then I`m Amelia! And you?"
But he hesitated, his heart still not believing that that child was actually serious. But as she stared at him, waiting
for his answer, her gentle innocent eyes seemed to melt that doubt...
"Zelgadiss" he finally answered " My name is Zelgadiss"
"Then I`ll see ya tomorrow...Zelgadiss..."
*Amelia voicing over* And so ever since then, we always met at the big old weeping willow tree at noon, ever single day.
*Lina* You mean, the next day he actually came? No way!
*Amelia* Yes way! And the day after that, and the next day after that. You see, everybody needs somebody. From the
tough-looking fairy to the average teenage human. It hurts to be alone. Anyway, after that day, we played together,
he taught me all kinds of cool stuff, and we even went to Aeslan together sometime.
*Lina* Huh? What`s Aeslan?
*Amelia* The fairy city, where the Royal family lives, the GoldenCrowns, they say that the GoldenCrowns are the first
fairies to ever exist on Earth, but Zelgadiss says that that`s just a myth.
*Lina* Wow..a fairy city....hey I guess Zelgadiss got over that `You`re a BlueThingy and I`m a GreenThingy`crap.
*Amelia* Well...not exactly...
We cut to two familar yet older figures floating through one of the busy market places of the city of Aeslan.
Amelia wooed and awwed at the displays and items in the store windows. She would glance at Zelgadiss now and then
and then back to the displays looking at them longingly. Ofcourse it was obvious that she was trying to use the
womenly internation, intercultural, and obviously *interspecies(al)* stradiegy of getting a boy to buy her something.
Was it working?
Zel himself, was trying ignore her, but was failing. He knew what she was doing! He could see RIGHT through her!
But...the way she was looking.....so longingly, so pitifully. He knew he had no defence from the big ol` puppy eyes!
"Stupid instect...." he mummbled under his breath, but still took out his money pouch from his cloak
She in turned, squealed in delight, knowing that she was going to get a present.
"Ahh! Young lady!" A vender keeper called to her. She quickly ran to the booth to see what he wanted to show her.
"Now isn`t this just one of the most beautiful trinkets?" he held up a thin necklace adorned in shiny seashells.
Many of his goods had seashells or other aquatic jewels on them.
"Made by the merpeople you know"
Amelia`s eyes got even bigger at the comment. She absolutely loved items from the merpeople, the fairy species` distant
cousins. She had always wanted to see a merperson, but never got a chance to.
"They`re all absolutely lovely" she cooed, looking at one necklace in particular. It only had one tiny star shaped sea
shell at the end, but it shine pearly white and with what seemed like colors of green, blue, and red.
Zelgadiss, who had followed her, saw her glaze and asked "Would you like that one?"
The other nodded her head joyously. Though the vender keeper stepped back a bit in suprise. Was he seeing things or was
that a Greenleaf offering to buy a BlueSky a present?! He hadn`t even noticed that he was standing there!
"How much that?" Zel asked pointing at the said necklace.
Now the vender keeper, who was a BlueSky himself, didn`t know what to do. He wanted the sale, but the thought of saling
it to a "Greeny" wasn`t very tempting. He hesitated.
"Well..it`s.."
Zel`s eyes narrowed a bit. He suddenly noticed the vender keeper`s wings. Blue.
"Accursed BlueSkies" he thought to himself. But held his tongue at Amelia expence.
"Well?"
Suddenly, not far from them, a pair of arisrocratic looking fairies who were shopping, stopped to look at the scene.
"How disturbing!" gasped one who was a female BlueSky.
"How so?" Asked her compainion, a male GoldenCrown, the majority of the city.
"That poor girl! That ragged GreenLeaf is probly going to steal from her! Or more likely the vender keeper!"
"You don`t say?" Frankly GoldenCrown never socialize with any other kinds of fairys, except for BlueSkys, who were
considered second most magical, besides the GoldenCrowns themselves. Though they didn`t have any prejustices because they
were to self-absorbed to care about any but themselves.
"Never mind, I don`t want it" Amelia said turning away from the display. She then grabbed hold of grabbed hold of Zel`s
hand and said dismissively, "They`re probly not really made from merpeople, otherwise he wouldn`t have been so hestitant to
sell it, would he?"
The vender keeper`s face turned red from embarrassment. To have such a stately and beautiful looking BlueSky think him a
frawd, was almost too much bare!
She then turned to the couple, and leaned closer to her playmate. She stared at them, as if daring them to make further
comment. Zel himself, turned as red as the vender keeper, but for different reasons.
The other BlueSky, in turned, said nothing. But stuck up her nose a bit and floated away, pulling her compainion behind her.
The GoldenCrown...well...looked at them complexed. It was a bit queer to him to see a BlueSky and GreenLeaf together like
that.
When they were out of sight, Zel pulled away from her and walked away. Though as usual Amelia quickly followed.
"You wanna go and get something to eat?" she suggested
"........"
"Come on! I know you`re mad. But you don`t have to take it out on me, ya know"
He turned twords her sharpy and growled "Why don`t you just stop?!"
" Stop What?!"
"Why are you doing this to yourself?!"
" Doing WHAT?!"
"Don`t you know that you are making a bad name for yourself by continuesly hanging out with me?!!"
He stared at her intencely, waiting for a answer.
"I....I know...."
He was about to turn away again, when she grabbed his arm and add "...but I don`t care. You`re my friend"
"I maybe your friend" he sighed "But I`m different. You are a BlueSky--"
"And you are a GreenLeaf. I Know!! You and everyone`s has told me this a million times!! But it is not true!"
"How is it not true?!"
"It`s all about appearence right?"
"Basicly"
"Well then.." she pulled him over to a nearby shop`s window and pointed to their reflexion in the glass
"Look. You said it is about what we look like right? Well me and you are not different. Besides the color of our
wings, we look almost the same!"
"Amelia..."
"No listen! Our hair is the same color, we even have basicly the same hair cut! Let`s see....um...my skin a little darker
but that`s probly because I`m out in the sun all the time, we both have blue eyes--"
"But mine are lighter"
"So what? Blue is blue!"
"And Green is green" he countered
"And that NOT what i mean. Our faces are the same too. but your`s is the boyish version and my is the girlish one"
"You`re not making any sence"
"And you`re taller" she continued, ignoring him " but that`s because you are a male. All and all we look like we could be
twins, or at least brother and sister"
"Execpt for on thing, our wings. That`s just the way things are, Amelia"
"Then...I rather cut off my wings with your sword that not be your friend anymore because of them!"
"Amelia!!" he gasped at her in horror. That was NOT a thing a fairy should talk about! Cutting off your wings!! That was
complete maddess!!
"Well what you are going to do is just as efficant, isn`t?!"
He stared at her in confusion.
"What are you talking about?"
"When you become a soilder and give up your Fairy Light you give up your color too, isn`t that right?!"
"Amelia...." he turned away from her, to hide his shame
"You thought I didn`t know did you?! You thought I didn`t know why you brought me here! Why you were going to buy that
present for me! At the end of today you were going to say good-bye to me weren`t you?!? The Soilder Entrance Day is tomorrow!!"
She collapsed on the ground, crying her eyes out and shaking with saddess.
Zelgadiss at stared at her, with his heart breaking and the truth, right in front of his face.
The possible end to their almost life-time friendship.......