Chapter Seven- The Feast
The grand feast hall was lit by one huge lavish chandelier, its golden jewel candle holders stretching out elegantly like willow branches. It was banquet thrown by the Prince in honour of his brother's marriage to Kate the Wedding fairy. The Second-Born prince and his bride sat at the head of the table. The prince looked pale and lost, he starred at his meal while his new wife was deep in discussion with Ruby the Red fairy. Lisa the Jellybean Fairy and Fatima the face painting fairy listened intently to Ruby as she described her visit earlier that day to the centre of the Goblin refugee camps. They exchanged looks as she mentioned that the Goblins had basically no food and were going to be all dead by the end of the week.
"Oh dear, so the King and Queen will give more aid soon though, right," Kirsty the human asked.
"Ha, why would they do so," snorted Jade the Disco Fairy.
"Well they're out there and they're starving!" said loudly Mary the Sharing fairy. "Isn't it our responsibility as privileged folk to help others?"
"Shut your slutty mouth Mary!" Bobbi the Bouncing Castle fairy snapped across the table. "No one wants to hear your communist propaganda. Our responsibilities are to our own. We have crises of our own. The cost of living is rising, those Goblins are not going to help us."
Fatima looked nervously from Jade to Mary to Bobbi. Lisa was slightly amused by the turn the conversation was taking, she elbowed Fatima gently and whispered. "Take notes who is pro goblin and who's not. This can be useful for us.
"Well maybe if you wised up and invested in a better industry than bouncing castles, Bobbi, maybe you wouldn't have to worry about the rising cost of living." Mary the Sharing fairy said hotly, her face grew scarlet. "Or maybe if you were to be compassionate, people would actually like you. You know as they say what you give is what you get-"
"Shut it commie!" Bobbie the Bouncy Castle fairy shrieked. Everyone had stopped talking at this point. The air was tense with political discord. The only sound that could be heard was Lisa the Jellybean Fairy who gave a sniff of amusement.
"Don't be a bitch Bobbi," Nina the Birthday Cake fairy said. "No one is saying we accept the goblins as citizens. Funding aid and assistance can resettle them somewhere else. It's good for the long term-"
"Funding a whole fucking resettlement!" Katie the Wedding Fairy scoffed, she crossed her arms. "That's crazy! The money used for that can go towards repairs on the kingdom walls-"
"Yeah!" Debbie the Duckling fairy piped. "We should just tell them to go back to their home land."
"Debbie, you dumb blonde, it's a war zone over there," Goldie the Sunshine fairy spat.
"Yeah, if you sent them back, they'd come back with numbers doubled." Samantha the swimming fairy added. "They're like a disease!"
"No, they're not!" Evie the Mist fairy shouted, she stood up.
"No, we should extinguish them, send a message to the other goblins that they are not welcome!" Giselle the Christmas Ballet fairy yelled. "Mass genocide is the only way!"
"How could you say such a thing!" Fern the Green fairy screeched.
The room erupted into chaos. All the fairies were screaming on the top of their voices, the chandeliers rattled from the sound of the conflict. Lisa and Fatima exchanged glances as Bobbi the bouncing castle fairy jumped on top of Mary the Sharing and started to slap her across the face. Rachel the human, to their surprise, joined in the fight and began to scream various anti-goblin sentiments and slurs. Kirsty shook her head in embarrassment.
Suddenly there was a loud bang. "SHUT UP ASSHOLES!"
Jasmine the Present fairy popped another party popper and the room fell silent.
"Take them in or not…" Jasmine the Present fairy said. "It is still a problem that the king and queen are completely ignoring. We need to do something. And screaming won't do anything."
"Then what do we do?" Samantha the swimming fairy asked.
"I dunno, I'm just the party present fairy, not a political genius." She sighed.
"Maybe the humans know what to do." Lisa the Jellybean fairy said loudly. All the eyes in the room turned to Kirsty and Rachel. "You always help us Kirsty and Rachel with our problems, the King and Queen vouch for you as our saviours. You can save us, right?"
Lisa smiled widely, her eyes gleamed with eagerness. "You always are here for us aren't you girls."
Both Rachel and Kirsty turned red in the face as everyone stared at them. Kirsty cleared her throat and shifted uncomfortably in her chair.
"Well…Yes," Rachel stammered. "We'll certainly try our best. We'll never let you down guys."
"We can't promise you anything guys, we just find the magically stuff you lose," Kirsty added. "We're basically a glorified lost and found."
