Thank you to everyone who told me the name was Sebastian for last chap. It felt like you were all rushing to my rescue with the amount of reviews there were just to answer the question.

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Chapter 8 The Brook

Kyoko walked happily along with the two little girls. And for their part the girls were entertained. They discovered in a few short minutes that Kyoko is the funniest person to watch. Her eyes were shining and she would act like there were little creatures flying in the air around her.

"Kyoko, what are you looking at?" Kayra finally asked. She was about four and wanted to be able to laugh with the older girl. Kyoko looked slyly around and then bent down to whisper to her two companions.

"Can you keep a secret?" The younger girls nodded their heads. "There are fairies around us. Fairies of light, air, and wood." She was looking down at them with such and excited expression they felt like they had to believe her but they couldn't see anything.

"How come we can't see them?" Mizuki asked who was about nine.

"Hmm," Kyoko stood up to think. "Maybe you don't know how to see them. Where's the water hole? Water fairies are easier to see." She looked at the sisters expectantly.

"Water hole?" Kayra screeched. "Mizuki you said we were going to bathe!" Kyoko could tell the younger child was nervous and watched as the older sister comforted her.

"Kayra don't worry. We are going to the brook like we always do. Kyoko just didn't know that." Mizuki said. "Kayra's been afraid of the watering hole since she saw a big pike in it. So we wash in the brook that runs into it." Mizuki explained to Kyoko.

"Oh," Kyoko said and thought for a moment. Then she got on eye level with Kayra. "When we get to the brook I'll tell you the story of the fairy prince. Then afterwards maybe you'll be able to see the fairies too." Kyoko said smiling.

"Really?" The little girl asked. Then let's go" She ran on ahead leaving the other tow standing there. They looked at each other and giggled than followed.

When they arrived at the brook they were all panting and laughing. It had become a race. Kyoko bent down to the water and splashed her face. It was ice cold. Kayra and Mizuki laughed at the look on her face. They started to undress to wash as Mizuki explained it to Kyoko, "All the water that runs into the watering hole is run off from the mountain, so it's all freezing." Kyoko followed suit to undress as she looked around her for water fairies. She spotted some but did not allow herself to get lost in lala land.

"Kyoko, what's the story about the fairy prince?" Kayra asked eagerly as she started to wash. Kyoko waded out to the middle of the brook and stole her breath against the cold the whole way.

"When I was little I would run into the woods when I felt sad because the fairies would cheer me up. Then one day when I pushed through a couple of bushes I saw the fairy prince. He was a few years older than me. He sparkled like diamonds and radiated grace just standing there." Kyoko stopped for a moment to think about her prince. "For a few days I could go and see him and we would play. He couldn't fly yet; his father's hands were too big to escape. They broke his wings every time he tried to fly. Then one day Corn told me he had to leave. He was going back to fairy world. But he gave me a magical rock to take away all my bad feelings." Kyoko giggled a little. "I still have it too. It's with my clothes back at your house." The two girls stared at her in amazement. "If you look over there," Kyoko pointed a little upstream on the opposite bank, "there are a bunch of water fairies." The two girls looked hard, but still couldn't see anything.

"What do they look like?" Mizuki asked, "Maybe that'll help us see them."

"They have really long hair; it's almost to their knees. And all water fairies have blonde wavy hair. They don't have legs, their dresses are long and they have a slit at the end where a green fin can be spotted. The dresses are a bluish white; the two colors are only half way blended. All fairies are about the size of an adult's hand." Kyoko held out her hand as she said this, "and water fairies are the only ones who don't have wings."

While Kyoko had described the fantastic creatures they had slowly started to materialize for the girls. Mizuki squealed when she could finally see them clearly and Kayra splashed in her excitement getting the other two wet. Kyoko and Mizuki held their breath as the freezing water hit their naked bodies. In retaliation they splashed back hitting each other in the process. Soon they were having a full fledged water fight. The water fairies joined in as well, getting splashed and working together to create little waves. The three human girls were delighted to be able to play alongside the water creatures.

Okay so I admit I have a bit of an obsession with Kyoko's fantasies.