Life goes on, Chapter One – Love and compassion will last forever
Written by Astra 'Maylee'.
Maylee's life wasn't always twisted and sliced in to two halves, a matter of fact many years ago when she was very young; her life was normal; well almost normal. Before she was born, two forbidden lovers from two different species had joined in marriage with out the permission, it was forbidden for a Fairy to love an Anti-Fairy, they had to find a place to hide and fast. If the high order caught up with them, the couple would have their magic restricted to almost nothing, their wings torn off and banished from society.
Anti-Aileen and Hollis fled for their lives from the raging mob, it was a complete outrage for a creature as pure as a simple fairy to love something so full of hate and abhorrence as an Anti-Fairies, they hid away in an old abandoned cottage for the time being, exhausted and drained from many days of fleeing angry mobs and the fairy police, they finally found a save heaven, a sanctuary where they could temporary stay in until the mob died down and regained their strength.
"Hollis, my love…" Anti-Aileen panted, trying to catch her breath "I-I don't think we can do this anymore, we can't run forever!" She added.
Even though Anti-Aileen was one of those sick, twisted, hateful Anti-fairies, she was one of her kind's outcasts and nothing like them, sure she was hard to deal with at times and has a very 'spunky' personality, deep inside she was a soft as a feather. Her deep green eyes gleamed in the moonlight, her free flowing dark blue hair gently swayed in the breeze.
"We have to keep going; it's the only way if we want to stay together." Hollis replied as he held his wife in his arms.
Hollis wasn't the broadest or strongest of fairies but he was very intellectual and sharp as a needle when it came to speed and out witting his foes, his bright eyes looked down upon his beloved wife with love and compassion, he sighed and turned his attention to the nearest window.
"There is only one place where we can stay, where 'Da Rules' can not affect us." He added, softly as he stroked Anti-Aileen's head.
"You don't mean?" She quickly added.
"Yes, we will have to travel back into the Anti-Fairy zone; it's the only place where the power of Da Rule book is limited. I understand that had a hard childhood in that awful place and that you promised me that we should never set a wing back in there but it's the only way." Hollis replied as he held her close to him, wrapping his arms around her shoulders.
"But-but I can't, I just can't do it." Anti-Aileen cried, slightly pushing him to one side and floating over to the window.
She looked out to see that they were not far of the boarders of fairy world and the anti-fairy zone, her eyes slowly filled up with tears at the sight of the emerald green barrier, a small tear streamed down her face, they were soon wiped away by a warm, comforting hand.
"My one true love, you're one heck of a hard nut to crack but when I see you like this it crushes me, I know you more then anyone and I know that you're strong enough to do this, you just have to try!"
"But what if we are ambushed for trespassing or even try to make that dump our home or if they star treating us badly or…" Hollis gently placed his finger onto her lips.
"Shhh, calm down my dear." He softly added
"I know you're afraid but our barrier of love will protect us…"
He paused for a moment, his face lit up with inspiration.
"That's it, THAT'S IT!" He cried as he sprung into the air "I will create a device that will protect us and our new home from harm, quick look out of the window and tell me what you can see." He cried.
"I see the barrier that leads to the anti-fairy zone." She replied, looking very confused.
"Precisely, now if I could make a devise that beams the same anti-black magic as the barrier then our new home will be protected from any trespassers and so will we."
"But what if it fails?" Anti-Aileen added.
"It won't my dearest, I will start straight away and through out the night to perfect it and in the morning we will return to the Anti-fairy zone. Please dear, you have to trust me on this."
"I do trust you and I forever will but it's those behind the barrier that I don't trust." She sighs and once again held his hand firmly in her own. "They'll find a way to foil everything before we even get started."
"Nonsense, I will make sure that the barrier is secure when we set everything up and everyday I will work on it to make sure it stays secure, that way nothing will happen to us." Hollis replied as he poofed up a small box of tools and snapped on this welding gloves and mask.
Anti-Aileen took out one of his favorite tools and slowly placed it into his hands "I just hope you're right."
Hollis spent the entire night working with Anti-Aileen by his side even at the verge of falling asleep. Through out the night he took samples of the anti-fairy zone barrier and slowly created a copy of the magic, it was created in a form of a small blue box with a button on the side, when it was pressed the room lit up as the cottage was surrounded by an emerald barrier. The only downside to the whole barrier idea was that Anti-Aileen was not able to pass through it as it repeled black magic, she was fine with it though considering that it was the only thing that would protect her from the out side world that she feared so much.
In the morning they left fairy world and started a new life in the opposite twisted hell hole, with out being seen they quickly crept into the anti-fairy zone, they soon found a broken down little house on a dull, worthless little cloud, above of all the hussle and bussle of the evil creatures below. That worthless little cloud grew stronger and brighter as Anti-Aileen and Hollis worked so hard on it, in no time, with the help of some tender loving care and elbow grease; they soon had their own miniature version of fairy world; bright and full of joy.
It wasn't until a few years later that the household was full of sounds of little wings flapping and the gentle giggling, yes, little Maylee was born and it seamed like moving back into the anti-fairy zone was the best decision they made…
…or was it?
FOP (c) Butch Hartman
Maylee, Anti-Aileen and Hollis (c) Astra Cozens