Tecna-lina
Chapter 5
Late that night, other fairies had spied on Tecna and Timothy while they were flying. Riven, another man fairy had caught sight of the tiny teenage girl, and Stella, his mother, had big plans for her. Stella had snuck past their swampy home and to the windowsill of Tecna's bedroom. Watching the girl sleep, she smirked slyly and closed the metal box that Tecna used as a bed, and locked it. This startled Tecna out of a beautiful dream and a peaceful sleep. It was so dark, she couldn't see a thing.
"What's going on?! Someone⦠anyone?!" she called. Ignoring Tecna's cries, Stella snuck out the window with the box. Stella's wings couldn't handle the wind current, and the box bed was heavy, especially with Tecna inside. Stella had to set down on the river that lead to her and Riven's home, and she, the metal box bed, Tecna and all, drifted along the stream. By now, Tecna has passed out from bumping her head on the top of the box.
The next morning, Timothy had returned to Tecna's house to be introduced to her mother, after telling his own parents about her. He gasped as he flew his hoverbike to the windowsill, to see Tecna's bedroom trashed, and Feragonda on her knees in tears.
"What happened?" he asked her, expecting a look of shock as Feragonda raised her head. Though, there was no shock to see an actual fairy hover before her, only sorrow for the loss of her most precious little girl.
"Who are you?" Feragonda asked him in tears.
"I know Tecna, I just want to know what happened, I will find her whatever it takes." Timothy explained.
"She was kidnapped, and guessing by the smell, and wetness they left, they lived in the nearby swamp." Feragonda explained with slight hope in her voice, if this fairy boy knew her little girl, he would bring her back home safe and sound.
"Those fairies are creeps," Timothy uttered, "chances are they'd love to get their swampy hands on an innocent beauty like Tecna." He hopped back on his hoverbike, and looked back at Feragonda.
"I'll get her back, I'll put my life on the line if I have to, but I guarantee that she'll be home safely." He waved to her as her started up the bike.
"You're a good person." Feragonda whispered, knowing the fairy was not lying.
In the swamp, Tecna had woken up, rubbing her head from when she passed out the night before.
"Wake up sleeping beauty." a voice replied, it was Stella. She popped out from her place in the other room of their houseboat and startled Tecna.
"Who are you? Where am I?" Tecna asked, looking around, noticing that she was not in her bedroom.
"I am the infamous Stella, I am like the queen of this swamp, and this is my son, Riven." Stella pointed to him, he was leaning against the wall and shrugged.
"Riven, come out here." Stella ordered, and Riven came closer to Tecna, just to get a good glimpse of her.
"Now, I've brought you here to become famous, like me." Stella explained to Tecna.
"I'd love to, but if my mom finds me missing, she be crushed." Tecna replied.
"She won't be worried for long, she be so proud of you when you become famous. She'd probably invite everyone in the village to celebrate how her tiny girl became vary big." Stella told her. The only big wish Tecna wanted was to be normal sized, she didn't care for the lime light.
"Yes, but I really don't think that'll make things any better for me." she insisted.
"Oh come on, everyone will love you!" Stella argued.
"But Prince Timothy of the fairy kingdom loves me too much already, I think he wanted to marry me." Tecna replied dreamily.
"That would be a mistake. You see daring, if you marry someone who has connections, you get all the props you could hope for." Stella tried to explain.
"But I already have all the props I could hope for, with the exception of being normal sized, that is." Tecna replied.
"Believe me daring, when you're a star, you'll forget you're so tiny. Besides, that little house you and your mother live in could crumble any second, it's so tacky too. But if you made loads of money, you could get her a new one, much better for someone her age. And for you, well, you'll live large, everything you could dream of would be yours."
"I'm still not sure." Tecna confessed.
"Mom." Riven motioned to Stella to come over.
"What is it, I'm trying to help our guest." Stella scolded.
"Can I marry her." he asked slyly, staring at Tecna, who was sitting on her bed feeling uneasy about the whole thing.
"Absolutely, I'll give her to you, you can marry her, and she'll become famous." Stella whispered. Then she went back to talk to Tecna.
"That settles it then!" Stella suddenly cheered, "You are going to marry Riven."
"What!" Tecna was shocked, she had no say in this at all, and it was so sudden.
"Hey, sweet thing." Riven bent down and kissed the back of her hand, "I bet we'd make a good couple."
"Ew." she looked away and shuddered, he was not going to treat her like that, and she knew it.
"We're going to tell the whole swamp about this." Stella cheered as she started to fly away.
"You just stay here and keep gorgeous." Riven teased as he followed her.
"No! I'm not marrying you, so you can just forget it!" Tecna shouted, but she was not heard. They had taken the houseboat and left her sitting on a lily pad all alone.
