Tale 5
"Don't move....or I'll slit your throat without even a thought"
Lina sat there shaking in fright as the owner of the sword pressed his blade against her her neck.
Where the heck was she!?!?
She let her eyes dart around her and absorb her settings. She was definitly in the forest, she could see leaves and other greenery all around her. But it wasn't raining and dark anymore. Quite the contrary, it was very sunny and warm. This also made her wonder how long she was out.
"Who....who..are you?" she choked out, careful not to move to much under the sharp blade.
"I should be asking you that question! Especailly since it is *you* who is trespassing on MY tree!" her captor snapped fiercely
"Tree?!?" she gasped "I'm in a tree?!?!"
"Where else did you think you were, idiot?"
He then backed off a little, giving her room to actually look around. She then discovered in great shock that she really was on a branch of a tree!! But wait! How could she be in a tree this large..this wide..this *glup* high?! Then as she looked at her captor she notice something that truly told her that something was definitely NOT right. Her captor....had WINGS!!!
"Oh...my...god...!" she cried in horror "You're a....You're a.....FAIRY!!"
"What else did you think I was??"
"But...but...you're a...bi...bi...big--"
"Zelgadiss NO!!!" a voice cried
Lina looked up to see a very equally sized Amelia floating towards them with Gourry running quickly down a branch behind her.
"Don't hurt her Zelgadiss, she my friend!" she said, landing in front of her human companion
"Oh...gods.." Zelgadiss gasped, dropping he sword "Amelia you're alive!!"
The sudden shocked silence of the to fairies was rudely interrupted when Lina shouted
"WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE!?!?!?!"
"Oh Lina" Amelia said turning to her friend "I'm sooo sorry!!"
"Amelia.." Lina said as she slowly began to get up "Please...oh PLEASE don't tell me that you....shunk us.."
"Ok.....I won't tell you..."
"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Lina calm down!" Gourry said running up to her and taking her by the shoulders "Just don't panic"
"Calm down?! CALM DOWN?!! Gourry, we're *3* inches tall and stuck in a tree!!!! And you're telling me to calm down and NOT panic?!!"
"But I'm sure that the lady fairy can change us back....right...?" he looked at Amelia expectantly
"Umm.....well...."
"Riiiiiight??" he persisted
"Ummm...not really...."
He then looked at her for a few seconds more then turned to Lina and said calmly...
"Now you can panic"
"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"What IS going on here?!" Zelgadiss barked in anger "Where were you?!? And who are THEY?!?!"
"Oh Zelgadiss! Don't be angry"
"Do you know how much trouble you have cause with you little disappearing act?!?"
"I'm..sorry..."
"Of all the STUPID, IDIOTIC, CLOUD-BRAINED---"
"Hey!!" Lina shouted. She had stopped in mid-scream when she heard heard Zelgadiss venting out his anger on Amelia. If anyone was going do some venting, it was going to be HER!
"Who do you think you are buddy?!" she said stomping towards him. As long as he didn't have that stupid sword she figured she had no reason to fear him.
"YOU don't know what happened to her!! YOU don't know what she has been through!! What happened wasn't her fault, it just HAPPENED!! She almost died out there!! And then she risked it again trying to get back to YOUR stupid butt!! And all you can do is yell at her!! Well I'll tell you one thing *Zel*, Lina Inverse isn't going to let HER best friend be pushed around by an abusive boyfriend!!"
Zelgadiss stared at her in utter hatred as his pale face began to turn beet red in anger. How dare she?! How dare this STRANGER tell him how to treat Amelia?!
Amelia just stared at the ground in sorrow. What could she do? She knew she couldn't stop neither of her loved ones' raging tempers when they got started!
"This is all my fault..."
"And look at her!!" Lina continued to rant "Look at that scar on her wing! She'll never be able to fly right again! That Willowisp basic tore the dang thing almost completely off!!"
At that Zel quickly looked over to Amelia. The red that was surfacing in his face completely drained away, leaving it paler that usual. He instantly ran to her, pushing a very angry Lina out of the way.
"Hey!"
"Amelia...." he whispered "is it..."
She turned and lifted her wing before he could utter another word. And there he saw it....a ghastly white scar running through her whole entire wing. He shut he eyes in aguish for a moment while the echo of her last parting words rang through his head....
*....I rather cut off my wings with your sword that not be your friend anymore because of them!"*
"Oh Amelia..." he choked out as he gentle gathered her into his arms "I...I am a fool . Please forgive me..."
"Of course I forgive you...You are the reason I came back"
"Aww isn't that sweet, Gourry?" Lina sighed
"Yeah they're cute" Gourry agreed " But what are we going to do now? When the fairy lady found me, she told me what's been happening (even though I don't understand) but if were stuck this size, how are we going to get to school on Monday???"
"Gourry....going to school is the least of our problems right now. Try "How are we going to get HOME period???!!" why don't cha??"
"Wow! This is even more complicated than I thought!"
"We must leave now, it's not safe" Zel said suddenly
The others looked at him in confusion.
" It's not safe? Why?" Amelia asked
" Since you were gone, the willowisps have been attacking villages and homes by the numbers" he explained "It has gotten so bad that the Court as declared war"
"War?!"
"Yes, war. The court is recruiting soliders at this very moment. And most of our people are taking refuge in Aeslan, were there are magical barriers keeping the attacking forces at bay....at least for now.."
"But what about you? Why are you here?"
"This is our tree, Amelia. And I came here in hope that you would finally come back. I needed to give you......a proper good-bye.."
"No!" Amelia cried, pulling away from him "You can't do it!"
"Amelia!" the other said sternly " Our army needs more soliders! I will not stand by and let these evil creatures destory us or our land!"
Amelia ran to Lina and held on her friend for support.
"There must be another way!" Lina plead holding her friend tight "I'm mean, you two just found each other again, and now you're going to go and get yourself killed??"
"There is no other way. We must protect our world."
Lina stood there in shock as she held her crying friend. This wasn't suppose to happen this way! They were suppose to find each other (and not get her shunk in the process) and live happily ever after!!! Afterall this guys are FAIRIES for gods sakes!!
"But this is not turning out to be your average fairy tale..." she mumbled sadly
"Come let's go" the Greenleaf fairy said, turning away from them
"Go where?" Gourry asked, as confused as ever about the scene he had just saw. All he knew was that the fairy guy was going to have to leave the fairy girl and that didn't sound very nice at all!
"We must go to Aeslan. It's the only place that's safe"
"Aeslan? We're going to Aeslan?!" Lina said in exitement "But wait! How are we going to get there?! We can't fly and we definitely don't have any of the "He-man" fairy strenght I've seen Amelia display! We're just regular human--only smaller!"
"This does pose a problem.." Zel whispered as he thought hard. "What to do...."
"I think I know..." Amelia said softly as she wiped her tears "I can cast a Touch spell. They'll be about to fly with us as long as they don't let go of our hands."
"That's a good idea"
"But what about when we get the that Aes-place?" Gourry asked in worry "Won't it look werid that we're the only people there without wings?"
"Wow! Sharp thinking Gourry!" Lina said amazed "*I* didn't even realized that!"
"Thanks hehe"
"Well that's simple to fix" Amelia smiled "I just have to do a quick Illusion spell, see?"
She waved her hands and a rush of blue shiny mist engulfed the two surpised humans.
"What the heck--!"
"Oooo this tickles!!"
And when the mist disappered, Lina Inverse and Gourry Gabrieve had WINGS!!
"Oh my god!!" Lina exclaimed as she looked at her ruby colored wings "Their BEAUTIFUL!!!"
"Wow COOL!!" Gourry gasped as he looked at his own golden ones
"Gourry! You look like a GoldenCrown!"
"I do Lina? (what's a Golden-thingy?)"
"And I look like a Red-Flare!! Totally Awesome!!"
"Somebody's been telling her a great deal about fairies, huh?" Zel smirked in amazement at Lina's knowledge
"Yeah..well that's what a friend does--they listen" Amelia smiled softly though her heart was still breaking....
"Well let's be off" Zel said, taking hold of Lina's hand while Amelia took Gourry's "I rather not be here if some Willowisps decide they would like to patrol this area"
"Me neither" Lina agreed hardily "I met 'em once, and I don't want to meet those buggers again!"
"All right then! Let's go!"
All of a sudden Lina and Gourry felt themselve rising from the ground! The wind soared around them and carried the teens to the sky, along with thier fairy companions by their side.
"This is too cool!!" Lina shouted happily as they darted through the air
"You think this is cool?" Zel smirked once again "You haven't seen ANYTHING yet!"
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"Don't move....or I'll slit your throat without even a thought"
Lina sat there shaking in fright as the owner of the sword pressed his blade against her her neck.
Where the heck was she!?!?
She let her eyes dart around her and absorb her settings. She was definitly in the forest, she could see leaves and other greenery all around her. But it wasn't raining and dark anymore. Quite the contrary, it was very sunny and warm. This also made her wonder how long she was out.
"Who....who..are you?" she choked out, careful not to move to much under the sharp blade.
"I should be asking you that question! Especailly since it is *you* who is trespassing on MY tree!" her captor snapped fiercely
"Tree?!?" she gasped "I'm in a tree?!?!"
"Where else did you think you were, idiot?"
He then backed off a little, giving her room to actually look around. She then discovered in great shock that she really was on a branch of a tree!! But wait! How could she be in a tree this large..this wide..this *glup* high?! Then as she looked at her captor she notice something that truly told her that something was definitely NOT right. Her captor....had WINGS!!!
"Oh...my...god...!" she cried in horror "You're a....You're a.....FAIRY!!"
"What else did you think I was??"
"But...but...you're a...bi...bi...big--"
"Zelgadiss NO!!!" a voice cried
Lina looked up to see a very equally sized Amelia floating towards them with Gourry running quickly down a branch behind her.
"Don't hurt her Zelgadiss, she my friend!" she said, landing in front of her human companion
"Oh...gods.." Zelgadiss gasped, dropping he sword "Amelia you're alive!!"
The sudden shocked silence of the to fairies was rudely interrupted when Lina shouted
"WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE!?!?!?!"
"Oh Lina" Amelia said turning to her friend "I'm sooo sorry!!"
"Amelia.." Lina said as she slowly began to get up "Please...oh PLEASE don't tell me that you....shunk us.."
"Ok.....I won't tell you..."
"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Lina calm down!" Gourry said running up to her and taking her by the shoulders "Just don't panic"
"Calm down?! CALM DOWN?!! Gourry, we're *3* inches tall and stuck in a tree!!!! And you're telling me to calm down and NOT panic?!!"
"But I'm sure that the lady fairy can change us back....right...?" he looked at Amelia expectantly
"Umm.....well...."
"Riiiiiight??" he persisted
"Ummm...not really...."
He then looked at her for a few seconds more then turned to Lina and said calmly...
"Now you can panic"
"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"What IS going on here?!" Zelgadiss barked in anger "Where were you?!? And who are THEY?!?!"
"Oh Zelgadiss! Don't be angry"
"Do you know how much trouble you have cause with you little disappearing act?!?"
"I'm..sorry..."
"Of all the STUPID, IDIOTIC, CLOUD-BRAINED---"
"Hey!!" Lina shouted. She had stopped in mid-scream when she heard heard Zelgadiss venting out his anger on Amelia. If anyone was going do some venting, it was going to be HER!
"Who do you think you are buddy?!" she said stomping towards him. As long as he didn't have that stupid sword she figured she had no reason to fear him.
"YOU don't know what happened to her!! YOU don't know what she has been through!! What happened wasn't her fault, it just HAPPENED!! She almost died out there!! And then she risked it again trying to get back to YOUR stupid butt!! And all you can do is yell at her!! Well I'll tell you one thing *Zel*, Lina Inverse isn't going to let HER best friend be pushed around by an abusive boyfriend!!"
Zelgadiss stared at her in utter hatred as his pale face began to turn beet red in anger. How dare she?! How dare this STRANGER tell him how to treat Amelia?!
Amelia just stared at the ground in sorrow. What could she do? She knew she couldn't stop neither of her loved ones' raging tempers when they got started!
"This is all my fault..."
"And look at her!!" Lina continued to rant "Look at that scar on her wing! She'll never be able to fly right again! That Willowisp basic tore the dang thing almost completely off!!"
At that Zel quickly looked over to Amelia. The red that was surfacing in his face completely drained away, leaving it paler that usual. He instantly ran to her, pushing a very angry Lina out of the way.
"Hey!"
"Amelia...." he whispered "is it..."
She turned and lifted her wing before he could utter another word. And there he saw it....a ghastly white scar running through her whole entire wing. He shut he eyes in aguish for a moment while the echo of her last parting words rang through his head....
*....I rather cut off my wings with your sword that not be your friend anymore because of them!"*
"Oh Amelia..." he choked out as he gentle gathered her into his arms "I...I am a fool . Please forgive me..."
"Of course I forgive you...You are the reason I came back"
"Aww isn't that sweet, Gourry?" Lina sighed
"Yeah they're cute" Gourry agreed " But what are we going to do now? When the fairy lady found me, she told me what's been happening (even though I don't understand) but if were stuck this size, how are we going to get to school on Monday???"
"Gourry....going to school is the least of our problems right now. Try "How are we going to get HOME period???!!" why don't cha??"
"Wow! This is even more complicated than I thought!"
"We must leave now, it's not safe" Zel said suddenly
The others looked at him in confusion.
" It's not safe? Why?" Amelia asked
" Since you were gone, the willowisps have been attacking villages and homes by the numbers" he explained "It has gotten so bad that the Court as declared war"
"War?!"
"Yes, war. The court is recruiting soliders at this very moment. And most of our people are taking refuge in Aeslan, were there are magical barriers keeping the attacking forces at bay....at least for now.."
"But what about you? Why are you here?"
"This is our tree, Amelia. And I came here in hope that you would finally come back. I needed to give you......a proper good-bye.."
"No!" Amelia cried, pulling away from him "You can't do it!"
"Amelia!" the other said sternly " Our army needs more soliders! I will not stand by and let these evil creatures destory us or our land!"
Amelia ran to Lina and held on her friend for support.
"There must be another way!" Lina plead holding her friend tight "I'm mean, you two just found each other again, and now you're going to go and get yourself killed??"
"There is no other way. We must protect our world."
Lina stood there in shock as she held her crying friend. This wasn't suppose to happen this way! They were suppose to find each other (and not get her shunk in the process) and live happily ever after!!! Afterall this guys are FAIRIES for gods sakes!!
"But this is not turning out to be your average fairy tale..." she mumbled sadly
"Come let's go" the Greenleaf fairy said, turning away from them
"Go where?" Gourry asked, as confused as ever about the scene he had just saw. All he knew was that the fairy guy was going to have to leave the fairy girl and that didn't sound very nice at all!
"We must go to Aeslan. It's the only place that's safe"
"Aeslan? We're going to Aeslan?!" Lina said in exitement "But wait! How are we going to get there?! We can't fly and we definitely don't have any of the "He-man" fairy strenght I've seen Amelia display! We're just regular human--only smaller!"
"This does pose a problem.." Zel whispered as he thought hard. "What to do...."
"I think I know..." Amelia said softly as she wiped her tears "I can cast a Touch spell. They'll be about to fly with us as long as they don't let go of our hands."
"That's a good idea"
"But what about when we get the that Aes-place?" Gourry asked in worry "Won't it look werid that we're the only people there without wings?"
"Wow! Sharp thinking Gourry!" Lina said amazed "*I* didn't even realized that!"
"Thanks hehe"
"Well that's simple to fix" Amelia smiled "I just have to do a quick Illusion spell, see?"
She waved her hands and a rush of blue shiny mist engulfed the two surpised humans.
"What the heck--!"
"Oooo this tickles!!"
And when the mist disappered, Lina Inverse and Gourry Gabrieve had WINGS!!
"Oh my god!!" Lina exclaimed as she looked at her ruby colored wings "Their BEAUTIFUL!!!"
"Wow COOL!!" Gourry gasped as he looked at his own golden ones
"Gourry! You look like a GoldenCrown!"
"I do Lina? (what's a Golden-thingy?)"
"And I look like a Red-Flare!! Totally Awesome!!"
"Somebody's been telling her a great deal about fairies, huh?" Zel smirked in amazement at Lina's knowledge
"Yeah..well that's what a friend does--they listen" Amelia smiled softly though her heart was still breaking....
"Well let's be off" Zel said, taking hold of Lina's hand while Amelia took Gourry's "I rather not be here if some Willowisps decide they would like to patrol this area"
"Me neither" Lina agreed hardily "I met 'em once, and I don't want to meet those buggers again!"
"All right then! Let's go!"
All of a sudden Lina and Gourry felt themselve rising from the ground! The wind soared around them and carried the teens to the sky, along with thier fairy companions by their side.
"This is too cool!!" Lina shouted happily as they darted through the air
"You think this is cool?" Zel smirked once again "You haven't seen ANYTHING yet!"
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