Cold Stone chapter six: The Daoine Sidhe.

Sesshoumaru: I don't wanna!

Athena: Did I say I cared?

Sesshoumaru: *whimpers*

Athena: Do the disclaimer already.

Sesshoumaru: Disclaimer, Ummm, NO! Kracken and The Goddess do not own Inuyasha. It'd be bad if they did… there'd be more torture, and worse than this. Thank you Rumiko Takashi! *yelps*

Athena: That's quite enough from you.  Let's go.

Sesshoumaru: *whimpers again*

The Goddess: We also don't own the Daione Sidhe . That be Irish and Scottish Mythology. Thanks to Encyclopedia Mythica ; for the name of Finavarah's wife.  By the way, keep guessing on who The Goddess is. She, I write under another pen name. Also, Daoine Sidhe is pronounced Theena Shee.  

They disappeared, only to re-appear in Ireland somewhere. As Athena looked around, Sesshoumaru contemplated taking the leash from her. 

          "It will do you no good to try and take the leash from me. I'd just find something worse to do to you. Worse than drag, and worse than what I am about to do."

          That certainly didn't sound good. "Where are we?" he asked mildly.

          "Ireland," she said looking at the ground.

          "Why are we in Ireland?"

          "Because I need Oonagh's help."

          "Oonagh? Who is that? And why do you need help? Could I possibly be of help?"

          Athena stared at him. "What a truly uncharacteristic question to ask! No, I am sorry. You cannot help with this particular project. Oonagh, is a friend of mine, and is Finvarrah's wife. She has agreed to help me plan a ball at Olympus."

          "Who is Finvarrah?"

          "The Faerie King. The High Faerie King."

          Faerie King. Nope, that definitely didn't sound good. He wished the day were already over with. He looked at the sky where the sun shone brightly. Nope, no such luck.

          "I am looking for a back way into the kingdom."

          "Why?"

          "I do not wish to upset the faerie mounds."

          "Why?"

          "You seem to like that question today. Yet, how would you like it if your home were trampled?"

          "I'd probably destroy whomever decided to trample it," he responded.

          "I thought as much. And the faeries do, in their own respect. They trap people, by way of the faerie rings."

          "Faerie ring?"

          "People dance themselves to the death if they should enter into a faerie ring while the faeries dance."

          "Ah," he said. "I have heard of them, and that."

          "Well, being who and what you are, I am not surprised. Still, I was sure there was an entrance around here somewhere… ah ha!" came the triumphant sound. "Here it is!"

          He looked around and saw… absolutely nothing. She must have been hallucinating but he dared not tell her that.  "Where?" he asked.

          "Here," she said pointing to a cluster of trees.

          "I see nothing."

          "You aren't looking. Focus. Not just your eyes, your mind. Things when dealing with the Daoine Sidhe are not what they seem."

          Try as he might, he just couldn't see it.

          "Never mind then. Come." She held out her hand, and willing he took it forgetting that he was in drag. When he got inside however, he soon became aware of it.

          "Athena! Welcome to the Faerie Court!" boomed a voice.

          "Finvarra! Thank you! How good it is to see you!"

          "Will you honor us at our feast and sing and dance with us? If you do, I shall let you talk to Oonagh," said the king mischievously.

          "Very well! Be coy!"

          "I shall! Sing for us great goddess!" There was no mockery in voice.

          "Give me a harp and I will tell you a story, then, my lords and ladies, of times long ago. Dance and be merry whilst I sing."

          A harp was handed to her, and carefully, she began to tune it to her voice. Plucking the strings, she began a robust song about the Titans of old.

          "The Titan walked, the human rode.

          A horse of the gods to the northside road

          To where the gods lay afeasting.

          "Why should you ride?" asked the Titan sore!

          "I ride, I ride, my joints are poor. Yours are healthy and lithe

          and fast to catch me!"

         

          "And catch thee, I will!"

          So the Titan ran and ran trying to catch the

          God born horse!

          But alas! Futile it was, futile it was.

          Tis a merry game, thought the horse as it ran

          Ran away from the Titan angry.

          To the feast it ran, leaving the Titan in dust

          Beyond his wake. There at the feast, all the hay

          It could want, it dropped his rider aprancing

          The hay strong in scent! The wings it used to fan

          Itself to coolness.

          "You can fly?" asked the mortal strange

          "But of course," replied the horse. "How do you think I managed

          to carry all your bulk?"

          To this the human had no answer, for soon the Titan

          Aburst into the clearing.

          Then came the water commanded to cool,

          Soaking the sun as he burst into he clearing!

          "Well," said his comrades. "That shall teach you to

          thus stay in the sky!"

          from then, the titan stayed in the sky, but only

          to glare evilly at Pegasus as he flies to open sky!"

                                                            ~The Goddess. An original for class. Please don't take.  

          While Athena sang of merry times, the faeries danced and danced, some played along. A handsome faerie approached Sesshoumaru.

          "Madam, honor me with a dance?"

          "Pervert!" he screeched. "I'm a guy! How many times will I tell you people I don't swing that way!!! Sheesh!"

          "But you make a pretty girl."

          His golden eyes grew wide and his claws popped in and out. "I happen to like it with females thank you! I am a guy!! Do I need to pull my pants down to prove it to you!?"

          "Would you?"

          "No, you sick pervert!!!!"

          "Puck! That's enough!"

          "As my lord commands. For your information demon, I wouldn't worry about the guys as much as I would the females!"

          He screamed in sheer terror and darted out of the Faerie mound.

          "What?" asked Puck. "I was only kidding him on both accounts. Is he really that insecure?"

          "It's the first time that he's been dressed as a girl and unable to remove the clothing." She yanked on the leash and snapped it. Yelping, Fluffy came back, a giant dog with large pink ribbons tied in his ears. Roaring laughter filled the hall of the Daoine Sidhe. Yelping again, he tried to hide, but he was too big.

          "We pity you, demon to have pissed a goddess such as Athena off!"

          "Another time Oonagh. I shall come back later."

          With that they disappeared to the outside where Fluffy once again tried to run away. Tried, being the operative word. For whatever the reason, success eluded him. When would the nightmare end?

          "When I'm ready for it to end."

          He yelped and laid down, lying his head in his paws in embarrassment.

~End.

Sesshoumaru: I'm sorry! I really am!

Athena: It's too late.

Sesshoumaru: *cries like a baby.*

Athena: And I thought Apollo was bad! R&R