All characters are owned by George Macdonald except whatever OC's that I manage to come up with, purely fan made and inspired after reading all the great PatG fanfics
Irenie huddled upon the floor in fear, not up, wishing all the horrific creatures were a thing of her imagination. Turnip stood up in defiance and hissed at the creatures, doing his best to protect his mistress but the creature just snickered and chirped at him, until the large black shadow hiding behind the tree came foreward.
The golden eyes, which had been hidden from them up until this point emerged from the darkness and peered down at Irenie intently, watching as she shook and sobbed with fright. As its shadow fell upon her, the smaller goblin creatures backed away from them and the kitten, surprised that they did so, turned back to his mistress. The shadow smirked, eyes burning with curiosity and a long-fingered and clawed hand reaching out to shake her shoulder. The creatures hissed and croaked in normal unison and watched the apparent dark spectre close in on the princess Though this dark being had no intention letting this young creature leave the forest unharmed, it was perplexed and interested in the creature, for it had seen miners and boys, and had its full of them, but this fragile, breakable, pitiful pink thing was new to him.
Turnip, however, watched in horror as the frightening beast approached Irenie and yowled, sending the shadow jumping and falling to the side. It groaned and turned to glare over it's shoulder at the kitten and the goblin creatures began to advance once more. Turnip hissed and clawed at the air, but jumped back in fright and hid behind the still terrified Irenie when one of them swiped back.
Then, as if it were the sound of heaven, sent to save them, a voice went up from among the trees, singing and forcing the horrid creatures back. They flinched with each word and as turnip saw the lapse in their courage he tipped his nose to the air, ears perking up as he watched the creatures turn to the sound, their eyes full of terror.
Through the dark trees of the forest a lamp swung back and forth, while a voice sang through the darkness, "there's a spark inside us that we can all ignite, and all that's dark inside us will flicker into into light."
Curdie had been working in the mines late that night, it was only that hour that he had gotten out and for some odd reason he seemed to be crossing more of the Goblin's pets than he was use to, but felt with them all the same. He walked through the branches and twigs watching as they ran from him, though he never went further into antagonizing them, only singing his chant as they ran before him.
"There's a power in every breath, there's a power in every note, a power that starts within the heart a power that rises through the throat and when is sails up through the air, more beautiful than any prayer."
The dark shadow growled and groaned at the sound and flinched away from the horrific noise, it was not horrific to Irene who just barely heard the soft chanting, but did not yet have the courage to look up, in fact it was beautiful singing, however, like the goblin pets, the shadow flinched away from the noise for this song caused it great pain.
This shadow twisted and writhed as it stumbled around but lost it's footing and tripped down the hill that had been on the other side of the tree.
Curdie smiled as he chased the little monsters out of his way though besides singing he never caused them any other manner of pain for he was not so cruel to hurt animals, even if they were goblin pets.
Turnip saw the one dark blue monster before him, much like some sort of demented hell cat and mewed at it. The goblin pet seemed to be in such a state that it polted straight forward, at first knocking into the tree and leaping away
He had finished his song, smiling softly through the apparently unending darkness when he heard a slight rustling and found the source of the noise curled up beside a rock.
Curdie pushed his hands though the long grass to behold a small frightened girl with her face buried in the crook of her elbow. 'Oh- there's someone there' he thought softly to himself looking upon the girl with soft eyes.
"Who is it?" The small princess whispered as she stared into the night, immediately seeing that the horrific creatures ad moved on. Curdie stepped reluctantly forward from the grass, holding the light just in front of his eyes, she was human, he need not worry about her, if it were a goblin he might not have known what sort of action to take.
"Look Turnip it's a boy," Curdie grimaced, of course he was a boy and why on earth was this silly girl saying this to her cat of all things.
Curdie looked upon the girl who's face was slightly reddened by the tears she had shed; dirt spotting her pink dress as well as her cheeks but she was very pretty nonetheless, "Are you alright?"
Irenie smiled slightly as she look upon the boy who had saved her from the monsters, "Yes, I think so."
Curdie smiled in return "You look alright." Irenie giggled slightly and Curdie could not stop himself from blushing, "I- mean uh you don't look hurt-heh." Curdie smiled awkwardly and scratched the back of his head.
Irenie scooped up turnip in her arms and stood up carefully, "I was a bit frightened that's all." A 'bit' had been an understatement but she didn't want to seem pitiful in front of her new saviour.
"Frightened, you don't have to be frightened now," Curdie smiled as he got a glimpse of a goblin toad that had resurfaced from one of the borrowing holes. "If there's one thing they can't stand, it's a song, they hate music." The toad goblin seemed to glare at him with needy eyes and Curdie sung a few small notes, sending it back to its hole quickly.
Until I actually saw the goblin people for the first time I always thought that the little creatures were the goblins, so I never really never knew what the pets were, as soon as I saw the real goblins I was so terrified.
Irenie relaxed one the little creature was gone and turned back to Curdie, "see thet's what you do when you meet a goblin, or one of their little pets."
Irenie closed her eyes in fear, is that what those were, Goblins, the ones from her fairytales always were short and grumpy, not big and cruel.
"Goblins? Pets?"
"Sure everyone knows about the goblins and their pets" Curdie began to stare at the beautiful girl with fine clothing and bright hair, which were both too fine to belong to anyone who was a farmer or a miner's daughter, "except for people from the castle-"
Irenie blushed with embarrassment and whispered softly, "Oh."
"You're from the castle, right?" Curdie looked upon her solemnly, why hadn't he seen it before? Irenie had been staring at the ground uncomfortably, but looked up to see the boy's soft brown eyes.
"Yes," she murmured.
"And you don't know the way back."
"No."
"Typical," Irenie pursed her lips in a begrudging fashion, hating the fact she seemed so helpless when all she had anted to do was climb the mountain and see the stars. Curdie let a smirk slip upon his lips as he looked down upon Irenie, "Come on follow me."
Curdie lead the way as Irenie smiled softly, looking over her shoulder for a second, gazing upon the giant trees that obscured her view of sky and the stars; she would go back one day, hopefully when she wasn't too old, but for tonight she was happy with just meeting the boy Curdie.
Irenie shivered once more as Turnip mewed at her softly, she took her eyes off forest that had become so frightening to her the night and chased after Curdie who turned around and was waiting for her.
"It's alright, there's no reason to be afraid now, those cob's won't be back for a while."
Irenie nodded and followed him silently, gazing upon the bright light of lantern swinging gently back and forth as they walked.
Not a moment longer passed when a great dark green hand shot up from the side of the hill and latched onto the rock, digging its nails into the stone and lifting the rest of itself back up the hill, staring angrily with slightly-bloodshot golden eyes at the two happy sun-children that had moved from the spot only seconds earlier.
As Irenie and Curdie were making their way through the wood they found the silence a little unnerving and began to talk though Irenie was more than awed by the boy before her and wanted to know more of him.
Unfortunetaly, as it was, the conversation swung back towards the Goblins of whom Irenie could not stand to think in the slightest.
"Those Goblins were so frightening, I don't think I'll ever be able to go into the forest again."
"They aren't anything to worry about, just a bunch of cobs… What were you going so far away from castle anyway? Surely you have chores to do or something- or studies you have to do I guess."
Irenie blushed and looked down upon her moving feet again as she let Turnip out of her arms to walk on his own. "I wanted to get a closer look at the stars, I thought that the mountain-"
Curdie looked at her in fear and worry, "The mountain?! Oh no, I'm sorry to tell you but there's no way you will ever be able to up there, especially at night, that's where the Goblin's live, didn't you know that."
"But I thought they lived in the forest, they were chasing me throughout there? Shouldn't that be where they live?" Curdie shook his head again, becoming more serious with each word Irenie uttered, she really had no idea how these things work, did she?
"No, they come out at night when it best suites there eyes, and those weren't goblins, those were their pets, the goblins are much bigger much uglier and much nastier." Irenie flinched back from his words and Curdie bit his bottom lip. "I didn't want to scare you, it's just- well, it's better you know that you can't go to mountain, not at night and especially not alone."
Irenie nodded silently.
Irenie shivered; so those weren't the real goblins, those were just pets? She couldn't even begin to imagine what the owner's of such ugly horrid beasts looked like without trembling, though she was thankful she had not run into one of them and that she had met Curdie instead.
Curdie began again, "Those goblins aren't so bad if you know how to deal with them
"But they were horrible"
"I guess they are a little creepy, but you shouldn't run away, you have to face them and sing." But Curdie stopped in his thought as they exited the last of the forest before approaching the castle and rounded the corner on the stone cliff, "of course singing doesn't always work down there."
Irenie looked up in surprise, "down where?"
"Underground in the mines." Curdie answered thughtfully as Irenie still questioned him with a puzzled expression.
"The mines?" Curdie looked at her slightly annoyed, didn't these castle folk know anything about the work people like his father and mother had to do, certainly they should now the coal stoking their fires came from his efforts and his work?
"Yes, where they live, where my father works, don't they teach you anything in that castle of yours?" Curdie glanced over his shoulder at her still leading the way to the base of the castle which was surrounded in fog, a few of the lights lit up and piercing the darkness with their soft warm touch.
"Course they do," Irenie started a bit quickly, after all she was the princess, she had to have the best education of anyone in the state. "Reading, writing, arithmetic-"
"Arithmetic? Curdie exclaimed slightly, how on earth did these people take care of themselves with numbers when there were real threats out there in the world? "Great, that'll help with the Goblins, at least you'll be able to count them." Curdie smiled sarcastically which caused Irenie to blush again in the gentle glow of his lantern.
Curdie smiled genuinely now, looking upon the princess with a kind gaze.
"Irenie-" voices shouted out from the castle, desperate and some sounded as f they were about to burst into tears. Irenie could pick out one in particular that belonged to loo tie. "Irenie," Curdie looked around but had guessed that they must be calling out to the girl that he now was leading home.
"Lootie- Oh dear, she'll be worried about me" Irenie began to head to the castle as if in a trance, glad that she had made it home after such a terrifying ordeal.
Curdie watched her turn around and leave almost wishing he could ask her to stay, "Well I'll leave you here."
Irenie turned around to face Curdie, looking at him with surprise that he would leave her now, he should at least stay so her father could come back and thank him the way any noble king would.
"You'll be safe now, see you again- um-" he thought upon the name that had been shouted out but could quite grasp it.
"Irenie," she whispered softly as he looked up, their eyes meeting each others just as Irenie began to come back to him.
"See you again Irenie."
She stopped and hi rushed back, Turnip jumping to her side as she looked up at Curdie. Irenie didn't want to let the boy leave without knowing how much she had to thank him for, not only that but he was so handsome and she never thought she'd meet a young boy who was so kind to her when all the young princes she had ever met had always been so relentlessly cruel to her.
"Let me give you a kiss to thank you," Irenie approached him, pursing her lips and gently closing her eyes but Curdie was astounded.
"A kiss?" he blushed himself and Turnip mewed bashfully and turned away from hi mistress and the boy.
Irenie land forwards and Curdie stared back at her, this beautiful young girl who lived in a castle and one had saved from the goblins. She was sweet and he felt himself lean in and slowly close his eyes close as he too moved to kiss her.
"Princess Irenie, what are you doing?" Lootie shouted again, above the other voices that were still calling her name. Lootie could not see her but was shouting for she was terrified the little girl had not gone back to the castle as she had thought.
Turnip glared back at the sound of Lootie's voice for interupting.
"Princess?" Curdie exclaimed, backing away from Irenie once more, "you didn't tell me you were a princess?"
"You didn't ask," Irenie muttered, hating that her nurse had to shout that she was a princess and scare Curdie away like that.
Curdie watched her slightly put off, there was no way a commoner like him could ever kiss a Princess, his status was so bellow hers it wasn't even funny. "Well I-I gotta go, they need me at home," he backed away and smiled gently but sadly, turning away from the splendid lights of the castle.
Irenie felt her feet pulling her back to the castle but she looked over her shoulder, almost forgetting to ask what she had been dying to ask, "Wait, you didn't tell me your name!"
Curdie turned around though he was already very far up the cliff. "Curdie-" he smiled as he waved goodbye, "it's Curdie."
"Curdie," Irenie delicately placed a hand upon her chest and smiled, watching as the miner boy left back into the forest.
"Take care of yourself Irenie," she heard him shout one las thing before completely disappearing through the trees.
"Thank you," she murmured slightly, Turnip had already begun setting out ahead of his mistress towards the castle, leaving Irenie to stare at the trees and the edge of the mountain, hoping this was not the last time she would see the handsome miner boy and wondering if their was some force that had destined them to meet this very night.
However, as she wondered this, this was particular event was not the only one she would experience that night.
"He was so kind to me Turnip, I-I think I'm… in love." Irenie sighed happily and was about to turn around except for a menacing laugh echoed to her right, causing Irenie turn quickly in fear, trying to find the owner of the voice.
"How th'weet. Perhap'th you can watch while I wring hi'th little neck." Growled the voice again and a terrifying shape coming into view as Irenie looked up at the cliff above hers in fear.
*Gah* DUN DUN DUN epic music, Well I'm only going to do a few more chapters about with respect to the characters early childhood, tis is where my story will deviate from the original quite a bit so don't be put off by it because I will still be including some crucial moments from the movie and some from the book. I like Turnip, that's why despite the fact I don't believe most cats have that many expressions, I'm going to allow the way he behaves more like a person than a cat in the movie.
Curdie and irenie are so cute, especially as kids, I don't think I ever saw a little boy that like to be kissed by another little girl so I guess Curdie's special or something XD
I also don't know if I'll make Froglip's cat a big thing, I think its funny that they are both cat people but again I have no idea about the devil cat thing, maybe I could get some suggestions on whether to include/exclude?
Not inspired y any music except for maybe the original scores of the movie, they are really good but I have no idea on how to find them :P
This was suppose to be released on Oct 10 for my sisters birthday but I hope she had a good one anyway XD HAppy birthday you turkey ;)