Shane felt comfortable in his flower bed. He took a bite of a fallen raspberry. "I wonder if Kapri's awake yet and what she's fallen for." That familiar laughter echoed in the wood. "Dustin! What's going on, buddy?"

Dustin appeared in the flower, leaning against the other petal. "Kapri has fallen in love with a donkey!" Shane spat out the berry laughing. Dustin continued to tell the story of how the donkey was really a proud human named Hawk who was cast as Pyramus in a play for Kanoi's marriage. And before the man could enter his cue, Dustin fixed the gray beast's head over the man's own. And as the other play members ran away, Kapri woke and straight away fell in love with the creature.

By the end of the story, Shane was on his side, laughing hard. As he got his reath under control, he opened his mouth to speak again. "And the Californian?" Dustin nodded vigorously and opened his mouth for another story. But a loud scream entered instead and the master-servant watched from the flower the scene unfold.

Two blons, one woman and one man, trudged through the forest. The man grabbed the woman's hand turning her around. "Why are you looking for him? He left you!"

"Shut it, Hunter. Why should I believe you? You killed him."

"No, I didn't!" Hunter argued back. "Though I'd like to give his body to my dogs." He mumbled.

Tori sucked in a breath and her first collided with Hunter's jaw. "You jerk! You liar!" She breathed, chest heaving. "You killed him! Admit it!" She sneered at him. "Couldn't a worm or a snake do worse?"

"How many times do I have to tell you? I didn't kill him!"

"Then tell me - where is he?"

Hunter huffed. "And what's in it for me?"

Tori swung another punch. "The privilege to never see me again." And she ran off, Hunter straying off to fall asleep for some much needed rest.

Shane looked at Dustin with wide eyes. "What have you done? This is the man I told you to put the encter on." He whacked his servant across the head. "Go! Find Cameron! He had black hair and almost eyes filled with a sadness of life. Bring him here!" Dustin nodded and disappeared.

Slowly, the Fairy King climbing out the flower, crawling across the blond to crush what remained of the love-in-idleness in Hunter's sleeping eyes. The humans groaned and Shane flitted back to his flower bed.

Dustin appeared once more, accompanied by stomping footsteps. And just as sure, two men came forth. Shane gave a hard glare to Dustin, but said nothing. Cameron was there and that was it.

"Leave me alone, Blake!" Cam snapped, pushing the younger Bradley away and stomping off. "And stop with this game! Yes, I get it, Hunter is a hopeless cause. I give up! So can you just stop?" He stomped away, once more ignoring Blake's 'Wait, Cam, come back!' Blake grabbed Cam's wrist, but the elder pulled away. "Go back to Tori, Blake." His voice was deep and deadly.

"Hunter likes Tori, not me."

There was a groan and the duo looked at a tree. Slowly, Hunter's blue eyes opened. "Cameron? Is that you?" Hunter gave a breathy laugh. "Of course it's you. Who on earth looks hotter than Cameron Iarumas in the moonlight?"

"Huh?"

Immediately, Hunter crawled up to his knees, grasping onto Cameron's shirt. "Oh, please, Cameron, can you ever forgive me for pushing you away?"

Cam was beginning to lose patience. He pushed Hunter away and glared at the brothers. "What the hell is wrong with you two? One second, you're fighting over Tori and the next, you've joined together to make fun of me. Oh, how mature. Not only do you two hate me, but you have to laugh about it in my face." The brothers made a noise to protest, but Cam held up a hand. "I don't want to hear it."

"Give it up, Blake. You've already got Tori, so give me Cameron."

"Why should I? After the way you've treated him? Yeah right!" Blake steped forward and took Cam's hand. "Cam, I swear. I'll love you better than he ever could."

Cam pulled away, eyes to the ground as he tried to control his temper. "Never did mockers waste more idle breath." He quoted in a harsh whisper.

"Liar, Blake. You're a damn liar and a player." Hunter, in the distance, saw a familiar face. "Oh look, here comes your girlfriend."

"Blake? There you are!" Immediately, Tori wrapped her arms around him. "Why did you leave me?"

"Why should I stay with you?" Blake gave a cold stare, pushing the girl aside. "When Cam is here," His glare intensified. "and I hate you."

"What?"

Cam zeroed in on his childhood friend. He stepped between his friend and her so-called lover. "So, this is all your idea? To join with these two in making fun of your best friend? Just forget about our past and hurt Cam? How loyal ofyou. Just like every other woman in the world."

"I have no idea what you're talking about Cam." Tori pleaded.

"Didn't you send Blake and Hunter to follow me everywhere and act as if they're in love with me?" Tori shook her head widly, but that only made Cam's gaze colder. "The game's up, Tori. Either call it off or you will never see me again." Cam made his point by walking away - back to California.

"Cam, wait!" Blake moved to grab Cam's wrist as he had been doing so often - but Tori stopped him. Resulting in a scuffle, Blake pushed her off, but she grabbed back on.

"See. You've already got her and you can't even let her go. Why should you have Cameron." Hunter stood and laughed at his brother's trouble. That magical noise stopped Cam in his tracks and watch the scene.

"What, should I kill her? That's not even an option, no matter how much I hate her."

Tori froze and let go. "Wha?"

"What, you finally get it? Let me repet that. I. Hate. You."

Her face was scrunched up tight, her fist mimicing the same at her side. She turned her heels to face Cam. "You...whore." Cam's eyes were wide. "You slut. You jealous...BITCH!" Cam's face was the epitome of pure shock. Tori didn't stop. "Have you come by night and slept with Blake, just like you did with Hunter?"

"Have you no shame?" The same, low voice was returned. "Will you beat answers from me? Fine you...you..." The name appeared in sparkling lights and Cam gave a malicious smile. "You puppet."

Tori's fury died down, replaced temporarily by confusion. "Wait...what?" And there it was, back again. "Oh, no. No, no, no! You did NOT just call me short." Without missing a beat, Cam nodded. Tori raised her eyebrows. "Oh, and how short am I, you skank? How short amI...if I can still punch you at?" She lunged at Cam, fists at the ready.

Cam stepped aside, stepped into the safety of Hunter's arms as Blake restrained the flailing Tori. "Oh, I see now. Bring out the shrew from school? How mature, Victoria." The words fueled Tori's fire and she pushed against Blake harder.

"Don't worry Cameron, she won't hurt you."

"No, she will not."

Hunter glared at his brother. "Is that the best you can do; hold her back?"

"Let go, Blake!" Tori screamed, interrupting their banter. "Let me at him! Let me kill him!"

Blake threw her to the ground. "Go away, you dwarf! Bead! Acorn!" Tori looked at him with tears in her blue eyes that he ignored. He looked at his brother, somehow creating a gun from nowhere. "Come on, Brother, let's go fight like real men." The family name was said in a hiss as the Bradleys disappeared into the darkness of the woods.

Cam's gaze hardened as the brothers left. "You...all of this is because of you." He stood ever slowly, walking away. And before Tori could say anything, he ran back towards California.

But Tori had nothing to say. She could only stnd her own legs and trudge North, to Chicago.

Shane raised a hand, smacking it across Dustin's sore head. He earched his pockets for that one herb. A yellow daisy created, he handed it quickly to his servnt. "Hurry, Dustin. Bring all four of those children back here, but don't let them know. Let them fall asleep on his ground and then put this herb into Bradley's eyes."

"And you, my King? What'll you do?"

Shane gave a crooked smile. "I'm going to charm that boy from Kapri." And with this Shane disappeared in golden dust.

Dustin gulped. Sometimes his Master had too much in him.