Hey just a reminder to ever one that you will want to quickly go over chapter 2 because of a small but very important change.

I would also like to thank IcyCrystal for her review.

It was very appreciated.

Disclaimer: According to my Shrink Sunny Pepper and ever one else in this story are just figments of my imagination and not real at all (quickly claps hands so a fairy wont die)

BLESSEDLY CURSED

CHAPTER 3

Sunny Pepper

The village of Nob, who's prior claim to fame was that one time the second cousin of the queens best friend's maid once lived there, was never sure what to do with now being known for the home town of the most beautiful women of all times. There was at one point a discussion about marketing her and such, but Tilly Pepper put an end to that quickly enough. Still even with that one effort the people of Nob were never very comfortable with Sunny, and it is safe to say the Sunny felt the same way about herself and the villagers of Nob.

Sunny had grown up to fulfill all the blessings that were given to her. She was tiny with large breasts and very long and curly red hair, pale unblemished skin but rosy cheeks and lips as red as roses and soft as morning dew. Her face had an angular bone structure and her slanted eyes, always sparkled green. She had also grown up with a mother who spent most of her time convincing Sunny that nothing good would ever come of it all.

"Sunny it is your brains that will that count in life, not your looks. They will only get you get you into trouble. Thank the maker that you were also given my brains to help balance some of what those cursed fairies did to you," she would say, on an almost daily basis, and Sunny would believe her.

There were other side effects of what the fairs had given her and it really did become very evident that none of the gifts were very well thought out. One example was the fact that Sunny was a klutz, compliments to her very small feet and top heavy proportions. Another strange and completely unseen consequence of the gifts was the love from animals. They had a tendency mostly during mating season to well…hmm how to put this delicately…well have you ever gone to a house where the resident dog was very happy to see your leg and tried mating it? Well something exactly like that. Sunny's worst fear in life were moose during mating season. And moose weren't the only type of animal she didn't like. In fact Sunny didn't like any animals at all.

This and other factors of course only helped cement Sunny's opinion's about fairies and herself. And of course is was extremely stressful for Sunny to grow up knowing that she was never ever under any circumstances to use the magic she had been given.

This all frustrated Gildy to no end, who spent most of her time arguing with Tilly on how to raise Sunny. "She is not just any normal human girl anymore. She also has fairy in her, no matter how much you might like to deny it," Gildy would often spit out at Tilly who would then kick Gildy out for days on end.

Gildy would also often have the nerve to say things to Tilly like, "I don't know why you fear Sunny becoming vain. It's not like she is ugly or anything!" These comments would most often result in Tilly trying to pluck the wings of Gildy.

Fights between the two were not a usual occasion though, as both woman would generally go out of their way to avoid each other. And no matter how much these two women disliked each other, they had one very important thing in common, Sunny.

For the first time in her life Gildy found herself actually caring about someone other then herself. It was in many ways a rude awaking for her. I would like to tell you that it was life changing and that Gildy spent the many years raising Sunny, maturing beyond recognition, but that was just not the case. Gildy was still the same vain and arrogant fairy she always was, but I can say that some difference was made.

For Tilly, Sunny always had to be strong and moral, but with Gildy she was able to indulge in her more emotional side and could be naughty. It was from her father that Sunny received unconditional love and acceptance, but he spent most of his time in the orchard, building up his business and left the raising of Sunny to Tilly and Gildy. The result of witch was a girl of great intelligence, stubbornness and arrogance as well as bitterness, anger with a wild/reckless streak that Tilly hated and Gildy rejoiced in.

It was that wild steak that had Sunny in the village of Nob one fine Tuesday morning with only Gildy as company wearing her best red cloak and a white dress. Sunny was under strict rules to never go to town unescorted and Gildy did not count as far as Tilly was concerned.

A Gypsy caravan had come to town and has set up a stall to read palms do taro cards and all around fortune telling. Tilly being the down to earth no-
nonsense kind of woman she was did not hold with that kind of thing and had forbidden Sunny from going to check it out.

"Gypsy's are nothing but charlatans and thieves and I will not have you putting your self at risk by going any were near them, so there will be no going into town while they are there."

Sunny then of course did what she always did when Tilly said no to something. She went to Gildy, who usually was more then willing to help out in a bit of mischief. And that is how we come to find Sunny and Gildy in the town of Nob on the way to the Gypsy caravan.

Still Sunny hated walking down the main thoroughfare. The only place she hated or feared more to travel was in the forest during mating time. All the attention she received made her feel like a freak. Sunny closed her eye's to try and block out the stares of lust, love and envy. When she heard a small voice, it came too late

"Watch your step!"

Thump/crash down she went, off the side of the plank sidewalk, ass in the mud, leg's sticking up in the air, laughter filling the world around her from the bystanders.

"Thank so much for the too late warning, Gildy. You really are a gem of a fairy godmother how could I have possibly survived this world without your kind," Sunny whispered to the tiny fairy who had just perched herself on Sunny's head.

"Careful sweetie your bitterness is showing and it is not at all attractive," said Gildy in an amused voice.

Sunny just growled prettily and finely after keeping her eye's closed for fear of what would greet her sight when she opened them. When she did let the lids retract from her eyeballs, it was just as she feared and her growl turned in to a sigh. She was surrounded by men, and 2 dogs, with the women on the outer rim laughing their heads off.

"Please Sunny let me help you up," was the common cry coming from the men and "ahooo," was what was coming out of the dogs' mouth. As far as Sunny was concerned it all amounted to the same thing.

"Get away from me all of you," said Sunny happily with a near smile on her face witch had the effect of no one believing that she actual wanted them all gone.

"Ohh just make one of them happy and let them help you up so we can get on with what we came here to do," said Gildy in exasperation

"No way do you remember the last time I made one of them happy by letting them help me up?" Sunny raised her eyebrow making all the men sigh in response.

Laughing "how could I forget you did not get that man to leave your door step for 2 week's man was your mother pissed it finally took her throwing a knife to get rid of him. I may not like your mother, but I have to say I do admire her at times even if she is incredibly plain." Gildy then snapped out of her reminiscence "but you better not tell her that or I will curse you with in an inch of your life young lady."

"Ha as if you have not all ready done that already." Sunny then noticed that everything had gone quite around her. "Ohh, great. Now they think I am crazy. Can you not talk to me while other people are around?" Said Sunny in a happy tone as all tones of Sunny's were.

"Careful Sunny or just may grant your wish," said Gildy in an excited tone

"Ohh that was horrible how long have you been waiting to say that one Gildy?" Sunny managed to spit out in a very happily sarcastic voice. She then looked around her at the sea of men and two dogs' surrounding her and smiled.

Now most people upon seeing Sunny smile came to the conclusion that a) here is a truly happy person and that b) boy I would love to see her only wearing that smile. They would all be shocked to know the truth. That the more Sunny smiled, the more upset she was and the bigger Sunny smiled, the angrier she was.

A truly happy Sunny smile was a rare thing and so startlingly beautiful that the men around her had a tendency to pass out. Now this smile was not one of those, but of course the group of men did not know that and could be heard sighing in appreciation and renewing there shouts of offers to help. Sunny randomly grabbed one man's hand and used it to pull her self up at the same time said man was so shocked and pleased, that he put a little more strength then needed in grabbing her hand and yanked her up causing her to almost as soon as she was up lose her balance again, making all the men around her jump on her to stop her from falling again.

It took Sunny a good 5 minuets to untangle herself by crawling through the feet of the men. Once free of the scrum she jumped up, dusted of her long-
hooded red cloak and started to run in hopes that she would get away before they noticed that she had gotten away. Without looking behind her or asking if Gildy had made it too, she started to run as fast as her overly small feet would let her (witch as you can imagine was not very fast). Luck seemed to be on Sunny's side today as she finally reached the surrounding forest without anyone following her.

Now there were two ways to get to Sunny's home; the long way taking the main road that went around the forest, or the short and direct way, taking the trail through the forest.

"Are you really sure you want to go in there?" came a voice from her shoulder.

"Well there goes all hope you got trampled to death."

"Ouch, sweetheart, that almost hurt." Sunny just snorted in response and took her first step into the forest.

"This really is not a good idea, you know."

"Oh, shush! it's not mating season and the animals will protect me from any humans that might be around."

"There are other kinds of creatures in the world other then strictly human or animal and you should know that by now considering what is sitting on your shoulder," Gildy let off in a superior and all knowing voice

"Ohh yes, how could I forget about the bug population and one mosquito in particular." Sunny then gave her shoulder a slap sending Gildy flying to the air in front of Sunny's head.

"So it's going to be like that, is it? Well then I will just keep my advice and help to myself from now on. You will not be bothered by me again." Gildy then flew off in a huff

"I only wish you had done that before I was born," said Sunny as loud a person with a light and lyrical voice could. She then continued alone in to the forest.

Sunny knew that Gildy was right about coming in here alone and without some sort of protection. But she hated to give Gildy any due and as far as she was concerned, Gildy's ego could not afford to get any bigger. What Sunny did not know was that Gildy had a more specific concern about this forest. It was inhabited by a werewolf.

Now werewolves are not men that turn in to wolves with the full moon giving into blood-lusts and the such. No, they are neither man nor animal but something of a cross of the two. Basically they are animals that talk and have human characteristics. There are many different kinds of were-
animals in the world cat-ones, dog-ones, bird-ones the list was endless. Now this particular werewolf however, was not born a werewolf, but a man.

Around 20 years ago 2 years before Sunny's birth, Gildy decided to play a trick on a local thief and narcissist who considered himself to be something of a player He had actually dubbed himself the thief of hearts. Now this thief was known for having a bad habit of hurting and disfiguring the women whose hearts he stole and with each woman the violence only got worse. He would often tell them that it was his calling card so the world would know that there heart belonged to him.

As a werewolf he actually started to collect their hearts. He kept them in a cave were her also kept the last of his human belongings, like his clothes and a full length mirror that he used to spend hours in front of before his meeting with Gildy forever changed his life.

You see, one day all those years ago, while Gildy was out and about she heard a woman crying in the forest to her sister. The story intrigued her and so she stopped to listen.

"Sniff, I thought he, sniff, loved me, sniff. He told me he did and, oooo, he is soo dreamy and debonair. So sniff, sniff, I spent the night with him."

At this point the sister gasped in surprise "Ohh, Mitilda, how could you! What will mother say?" but she was cut sort her scolding speech by Mitilda

"That is not the worst of it Lana." At that point Mitilday revealed the side of her face that shadow had been covering. Upon seeing the large mutilating cuts across Matildas face that made Lana shriek and grab her sister into her arms.

"What is his name, Mitilda, tell me and I will make sure he gets what is comming to him!" Mitilda answered " I do not know his true name but he calls himself the Thief of Hearts, sniff."

At hearing the name that the falandrere had given himself Gildy was absolutely disgusted. In her opinion there was just no way that any mortal man could deserve a name like that and it was just plane undeserved vanity and arrogance that made him think he could get away with calling himself the Thief of hearts. Gildy then decided to put an end to this man's vanity for good. She continued to listen to the sisters and when Mitilda told Lana where the Theif of hearts was to be found, Gildy was off.

Gildy at seeing the thief, considered herself validated at what she was about to do. He was as she expected only a passable human male, and did not deserve the title that he had given himself. It did not take long for Gildy to come up with a plan. The first step was to seduce him which of course Gildy did not have a hard time doing. Then when he was asleep she cast the spell that would forever change him into a wolf. Gildy then stuck around just long enough to rub it in and enjoy her victory over the wolf. By the time she finally left the Thief of hearts was in no doubt at what had been done to him and why.

Now, one would hope that such an experience would change a man, but leopards just do not lose there spots with the first rainfall, and so the thief of hearts still went around stealing from any poor unexpecting souls that wondered alone through the forest as well as gobbling up any woman that he came across. Today that woman was Sunny Pepper.