Fairy 5
They walked down the beach until blink took his leave.
"I shall locate the fish man for you I have contacts here through my cousin's clan" said blink
"Vey well I have a hide out near the Dublin market we shall await you there" said Nuada
Blink vanished into another cave and Nuada started walking away. Danny had to run to keep up with his long strides.
"so we're going to walk to Dublin?" said Danny
Nuada snorted "no of course not we shall find a tour group heading in that direction" said Nuada
"They might recognize me" said Danny
"I shall cover both of our appearances with a glamour now come stop dawdling" said Nuada
Danny frowned at the back of his head she wasn't dawdling she just didn't move that fast. Nuada walked right up to the road and started following it. Danny ran after him to keep up. He reached a crossroads and stopped. Danny came up behind him. She was bent double and trying to catch her breath. She was huffing and puffing and her side hurt. She hoped it wasn't much further.
Nuada seemed lost in thought so she used the moment to catch her breath.
"These signs have been glamoured" he said
Danny looked up at him with a dumbfounded look on her face.
"someone changed them with magic" said Nuada
Danny nodded in understanding and looked at the signs closer. She swore out loud those were the exact signs she had passed on her way back to the village.
" A lady should not use swear words" he said. Though his tone was more amused than reprimanding.
"sorry those are the signs that got me lost earlier" said Danny.
He nodded "this way my dear" he said
He was walking in the direction that said Scotland fifty kilometers. She frowned at him but followed she hoped he knew where he was going because she was hopelessly lost. The dirt road opened up onto a smaller paved road.
"do you know anyone in town?" Nuada asked. Danny started to shake her head no then she remembered her mother's film crew.
"ah yeah my mother is here filming a movie" said Danny
"Can I trust you not to go to her side?" said Nuada
"Sure as long as you don't mind me sending off a post card once we leave the area" said Danny
"To what purpose?" said Nuada
"To let her know I'm all right and not kidnapped or something I've been sure to have been reported missing by now" said Danny
"Very well I have no such objections so long as you do not mention us" said Nuada
"Ok" said Danny
She was sure she could think of a plausible excuse for her disappearance. Maybe she could even try one her mother had once employed on grandpa. She smirked at the thought of what her mother's face would look like when she suddenly got a postcard from her with the exact same phrase.
"met a hot guy touring Europe with him, love ya don't worry, Danny"she could just imagine writing that on a postcard.
Nuada was smirking to for some reason and Danny turned beet red.
"touring Europe with a hot guy huh?" said Nuada
He chuckled lightly at her thoroughly mortified look of embarrassment.
"you can read my mind?" said Danny
"Only the stronger thoughts, I was curious as to what you found so humorous" said Nuada
Danny turned a brighter red and she was sure it went to her toes. Nuada was smiling again and she found herself staring at him dumbly.
"so what was so amusing?" he asked
Danny snapped out of the daze and looked up at him.
"oh just that my mom also vanished the last time she was in Europe, she came here with some friends following a band and she met up with a cute guy" said Danny
"She ran off with him and toured Europe instead, apparently he was my father" said Danny
"He did not marry her?' said Nuada
"No it was sort of a one night stand" said Danny
"Why did you find that funny?' said Nuada
He was frowning the humor lost on him if anything her tale was depressing not humorous.
"oh that's easy my mother sent my grandpa a post card saying she was running off with a cute guy and touring Europe, she ended it with don't worry" said Danny
She had a wry look on her face that spoke volumes.
Nuada chuckled "one would think such a statement would only serve to worry him more" said Nuada
"Oh I'm sure it did and I'm sure he wasn't pleased when she came home pregnant with me" said Danny
"You intend to do this with her?' said Nuada
"would be poetic justice don't you think?' said Danny
Nuada chuckled "that is cruel child" said Nuada
Danny shrugged and straightened up. Nuada was staring at her.
"we must get you some clothes before we reach town" said Nuada.
Danny looked down at her clothes, frowning when she realized she was dressed like a castaway. They kept walking until Nuada spotted a farm house in the distance.
"stay here" he ordered and Danny hid where he said to hide.
Nuada snuck towards the farm house silently crossing fences and passing by the guard dogs. He went towards the clothesline at the back of the house. He stole some pants and a shirt and headed back to Danny. She didn't even hear his approach until he was there.
She jumped in surprise when a pair of pants and a t shirt landed on her lap. She checked the sizes. They would be baggy but not by much. He walked a few feet from her and politely turned around so his back was to her. Danny quickly slid the pants on and pulled the makeshift skirt she had been wearing off.
She pulled the t shirt on over the shirt she made. It would work okay as a bra even though it was a halter style and didn't look right under the top.
"done" she announced Nuada turned back towards her and nodded in relief.
At least she was decently clad now. He felt somewhat self conscious dragging around a half clad teen aged girl with him, let alone one who resembled a human. Even if he was the only one who knew she was otherwise it would do nothing for his reputation to be seen thus. The last thing he needed was to be forced to defend her honor and give away the fact that he still breathed doing it.