~Kenny's P.O.V~
"There you are! Where have you all been?" I exclaim, quickly running up in front of Stanley, Eric, and Kyle. Clyde follows shortly, by now very irritated.
"Oh thank God. Someone who knows the way back." Stanley murmurs to Eric, looking relieved. Eric nods in agreement. I blink in confusion. Stanley sees me and explains. "We got lost, so Eric and I had to spend today sleeping on the ground since we didn't sleep last night."
"Because we were too busy doing a favor for you." Kyle snaps.
"Me? How is this my fault? I didn't ask you to go and look for him, Ruby did. Craig and I had it under control anyway."
"Then where's Craig now?"
"He's most likely back at the camp. We found Leopold absolutely ages ago, and when we got back, you three were gone, and Craig was in a too bad mood to look for you. Clyde came because he wanted to see you, Kyle. Be more thankful."
"Well, you two needn't have bothered. We were just on our way back."
"Stanley just said you were lost." I frown at Kyle. I'm surprised he's a positive fairy, what with his pride. Does he not know pride is one of the seven deadly sins? Fool.
"Well, he was wrong. I knew exactly where we were going."
"Um, no you didn-
"Shh!" Kyle hisses at Stanley. I roll my eyes and turn around, angrily starting to walk back to the campsite. Kyle is the most unthankful person I've ever met. I spend all day looking for him, and this is what I get? I could've made a much better use of my time by staying with Leopold.
"Wait, Kenny!" Kyle yelps, trying to catch up with my infamous speed walking, while also dragging Stanley by his sleeve, who's dragging Eric by his tie. Not to mention Clyde is also tailing behind everybody. What is this, 'Follow the Leader'?
~Butters' P.O.V~
This may sound ridiculous, but I've gotten lost in a hedge maze. I know it's a dream and all, I'm just that smart, but still, I cannot help but want to find my way out. It's scary in here. I pass various people, some I know, some I don't. I glimpse a pair of blue eyes watching me through a gap in the hedge. Kenneth's eyes.
"Kenneth! Thank God!" I grab him through the bush by the arm and pull him through. The person drops down on me, and we both tumble to the ground, but it isn't Kenneth. It's a young brown haired girl with Kenneth's face and eyes. If Kenneth was female, younger, and had brown hair, this girl would be his clone, no doubt. I recognize her shape, her hairstyle, her white dress.
"You're my guardian angel!" I exclaim, pointing at her openly. My loud statement would have normally made people stare, but the people around here don't even glance at me. It's as if they're all in a trance. The girl smiles sheepishly and shrugs. She has a wonderful smile. Similar to Kenneth's.
"Yes, I am." She sounds so young, just as she looks. It doesn't matter. I'll still respect her more than anyone.
"But… this is just a dream. You don't really look like this, do you?" I wish she did, though.
"On the contrary, I make your dreams. All guardian angels do. I purposely put myself in this one, so I could properly meet you. I don't think you saw me that well yesterday."
"No… I didn't." I stare at her closely. Her resemblance to Kenneth is taking a toll on me.
"Is there something wrong?" The girl asks, smiling kindly. Her smile is literally identical to Kenneth's now, since she's showing concern, which Kenneth frequently does.
"No, of course not. You just look… so similar to…"
"To Kenneth?" She answers for me, not looking surprised.
"H-How did you…?" I facepalm at myself. Of course she would know who Kenneth is. She's been with me for literally every second of my life.
"Kenneth, or Kenny, I should say, was my brother in life." My head tilts in disbelief.
"You were Kenneth's sister?"
"Yes, I was."
"But then how are you an angel before him?"
"I was executed before Kenny. Though, I wasn't a fairy for very long. Kenny hadn't even died yet, he was still human when I was executed. I became an angel because I was much to innocent to go to hell."
"So that means you're his not his older, but younger sister?"
"I was seven when I died. Kenny was thirteen."
"How old was Kenneth when he died?"
"It was his fourteenth birthday."
"Oh…" I look down. It's unfortunate that Kenneth died at such a young age. And on his birthday!
"I'd really appreciate it if you referred to Kenneth as 'Kenny'. He would be very happy."
"O-Of course, if it would please you."
"This isn't about me, this is about Kenny. Remember, now that you're his human, your life is dedicated to him, and vice-versa." I cannot argue with her. She sounds too gentle and helpful to fight against. I just nod in shame.
"I'll try to call him that."
"I know you will. I think it's time you woke up now. Goodbye." The girl puts her hand on my shoulder comfortingly and vanishes into an array of sparkles.
When I open my eyes and awake from the dream, Kenneth is leaning over me, and looking me straight in the eyes. I yelp and try to sit up, crashing my forehead into his. I curse and hold my forehead, but Kenneth seems immune to the pain.
"Did you just get back?" I ask, rubbing the bump that's forming.
"Uhm…" He stares at me in a daze for a few seconds before regaining his composure. "Yes. I apologize if I frightened you, I was checking if you were actually asleep."
"N-No harm done. Did you… did you find Kyle and them?"
"Yes, they're fine. They just got lost, though Kyle refuses to admit it."
"Oh." An awkward silence forms. Kenneth eventually breaks it, to my relief.
"So what was your dream about?" It takes me a few seconds to understand that Kenneth, as my fairy, should be able to know if I was dreaming or not. He has to know me better than anybody.
"Oh! Um, I met my guardian angel."
"In your dream? How… strange." Kenneth looks impressed.
"I thought so as well. But she said that guardian angels create dreams. Is that true?"
"Yes, it is. So what was her appearance like? Was she young, old, charming, ugly?"
"She was really, really beautiful. Young as well. She… looked very similar to you." Kenneth laughs.
"How so?"
"She had your face and eyes. I couldn't understand why, but then she also told me she was your sister." Kenneth tenses, gasping under his breath. I waver at the sight. Kenneth's sister is obviously not a subject of his liking. What a fool I am, I should have known that already! He clearly didn't want to speak about her while we were in the tree.
"D-Did she honestly tell you that?" Kenneth asks, sounding dreadfully panicked.
"Yes, she did."
"Then tell me what she looked like."
"What?" I frown and my mouth drops open in disbelief.
"You heard me."
"You don't believe me?"
"Answer my question, my patience is wearing thin, and I don't want to get angry at you." I open my mouth to retort something back in defense, but I hold myself back and decide to just answer Kenneth's question.
"She looked about seven or eight. She had shoulder length brown hair, and like I said; she had your face and eyes. And she also had a lovely, gentle voice."
"…"
"Kenneth, say something."
"…"
"Kenny, speak to me!" Kenneth, er, Kenny's head snaps up, astonished. "If you really don't believe me, than that's fine. I understand. However, it doesn't change anything between you and me. I-
Kenny shuts me up by slowly leaning over and wrapping his arms around me.
"I know, Leopold, I know. I was just… surprised. I would never have expected her to be your guardian angel. You, of all people." I sigh, closing my eyes and waiting for Kenny to let go of me. He eventually does, but then does something even more surprising. "Leopold, can I sleep next to you?"
"Um, a-alright. But why? I thought fairies didn't need to sleep."
"I just feel like sleeping today." Kenneth says, dazedly staring to his right. After an eternity of me just watching him, Kenneth… Kenny snaps out of his little trance and takes off his jacket.
"This thing is mighty uncomfortable to sleep in. Expensive."
"Where do you get your clothes? I've noticed that you, Craig, Kyle and Damien always wear the same outfits."
"We only have one outfit. You're born with it as a fairy, and cannot change it. It doesn't need to be washed or anything. Ruby is a rare case who has to change her outfits frequently." A huge gust of cold night wind comes in.
"U-Uh huh…" Kenny notices my shivering and grabs my sheets.
"Let's wrap you as if you're my Christmas present." He says as he pulls them around me.
"Don't you need any?"
"No, I don't get cold from weather." Kenny smiles reassuringly. I waver as he's practically glowing. "Is something the matter?"
"No… no, I've just never seen you so happy."
"Well, you called me by the name that people only close to me call me. So how can I not be happy?"
"So then you're close to Craig and Ruby? And Kyle?"
"Well, Kyle's special, in a way. He's only been a fairy for eight years, so he isn't that used to it. In the beginning, I was the one who helped him through all of it. I suppose it seems we don't like each other much, but that's not so." I nod in understanding, staring upwards. "And, I've said before, I was with Craig and Ruby when we were all human. My parents were always… busy. So I tended to spend more time with Craig's family than my own."
"Were Ruby and Craig close then?"
"Yes. Though I have to say, I was most likely closer to her than Craig was. Craig was a bit… shy, I guess you could say. He didn't open up to people easily. Then again, neither did I. Ruby was one of the rare people that didn't have to work to gain my trust, since I've literally known her since the day she entered the world. I remember when she was born, she didn't stop crying for four hours straight. She was the noisiest baby ever." I smile at Kenny's irritated face as he remembers. "But still, I loved her very much."
"What about your own sister? What about my angel?"
"I'd prefer not to talk about her, Leopold."
"Well, tough! She's my guardian angel. I have the right to know about her."
"…Her name was Karen. She was born a few months before Ruby."
"So they were the same age?"
"Yes. They were best friends."
"Did you love her?"
"Yes… I loved her so much. She kept me going after my parents died."
"What? What are you talking about?"
"I'm so glad… I'm so, so glad that the person I love has someone like her to look after them… so glad…" I relax when I hear Kenny's steady breathing, indicating that he's asleep. Like the first time I saw him sleeping at the kitchen table, he looks so vulnerable. What with his relaxed face, his hand resting on his chest, his arm sprawled out next to me.
"Leopold?"
"What is it?" I mumble, angry at being awakened.
"Would you kindly… get your arm… off of me?" I open my eyes, squinting at the bright light that's called morning. I realize that I've flopped onto my stomach in my sleep and sprawled out my arm on Kenny's chest.
"Oh, Lord! I'm sorry! I-
"It's alright. It's fine, Leopold. Calm down." Kenny chuckles at my alarmed state, though I think it's no laughing matter. Kenny and I both hear the footsteps speedily approaching the tent.
"Leopold! Leopold, we need to go!" I hear Pip hiss while standing outside the tent.
"I'm taking my leave." Kenny says, waving before he suddenly disappears. I blink. I didn't know he could do that.
"Come on! Everyone's leaving! Literally, they're starting to walk away!" Pip comes in, trying to help, making me shoot up and reach for my jacket and tie. I frantically put them on, while trying to get my legs untangled from the sheets. Some Christmas present, Kenny. Wait, where's Pip's fairy?
"Pip, where's Damien?"
"I don't know. But hurry up, will you? They've most likely all left already!" I spring back to action and grab all my things, shoving them into a rucksack. When Pip and I burst out of the tent in haste, I realize we still have to pack the tent away. Pip sees me pondering about it and shakes his head at me profusely.
"No, Leopold! There's no time."
"Then what are we supposed to do? Leave it?"
"Yes! Now come on! Quickly!"
"But I-
Pip ignores me and grabs my hand, dragging me to the small crowd that is our class. Thankfully, Pip and I were fast enough to catch up with them before they completely left the clearing. I cannot describe the sadness that courses through my body when I figure out that the teacher is most likely going to stop every few meters to 'teach' us about something.
"Leopold! Phillip!"
~Kenny's P.O.V~
"Craig! Craig, wait for me!" I shout, waving at him as I run. He turns around and narrows his eyes. I've obviously interrupted a conversation between him and Tweek.
"Tweek, go on and catch up to the rest of the class. I'll be with you in a minute." He tells Tweek. Tweek smiles and nods, doing what he says and catching up with the rest of the children. I observe him; it interests me, since Leopold wouldn't do anything I ask him to.
"Something puzzling you, Kenny?" Craig asks, smirking. He's obviously proud that his human listens to him so easily.
"You can wipe that smirk off your face, Craig!" I snap, fiddling with my bow. It came undone, most likely while I was sleeping. "Cursed thing!" I growl when it gets in a knot. Craig sighs and helps me.
"You're simply hopeless sometimes." I scowl at the sky, impatiently waiting for Craig to finish tying the damn thing.
"Oh, what a surprise. Kenny once again needs help to tie his bow." I cringe when I hear Kyle's voice approaching, especially as it is regarding my bow. Recap: Kyle has never let me forget the fact that he needed to teach me to tie a bow once. Once.
"Will you shut up about the bow? That was years ago."
"I honestly cannot believe you didn't know how to tie one. It's ridiculous."
"Well I do now!"
"Only because I taught you."
"Will you two fucking stop it? Kyle, boys our age didn't even wear bows in the sixteenth century."
"Then how did you magically know how to do them?"
"Because Ruby always wore her hair in bows, every single day, and guess who the lucky duck was that had to tie them? Me!" Craig frowns at the memory. Reminiscing about Ruby's human life always disturbs him a bit.
At that very moment, Ruby comes speeding out of the sky, and lands next to me loudly. She gets up quickly, since she's used to such rough landings. As she's dusting herself off, I notice her outfit.
"OH MY LORD! RUBY, GET CHANGED INTO SOMETHING ELSE RIGHT THIS MINUTE!" I scream. We all gawk at her bizarre outfit.
"What…the hell… are you wearing?" Craig seethes, clearly feeling protective of her.
"A Japanese girl's gym uniform! A white t-shirt, bloomers, socks, and sneakers!"
"Well take them all off! It shows way too much!" I snap, voicing Craig's thoughts. Kyle's walks away, shaking his head.
"What, do I not have a nice body?" Ruby puts a hand to her chest, offended.
"You do, you've always been beautiful since the day you were born, it's just… God, you know you cannot show that much in these times. You'll look like a child prostitute!"
"Well no one's gonna see me!" Ruby sticks her tongue out, and looks to her side, seeing Leopold and Phillip frantically emerge from the tent.
"Leopold! Phillip!" They look at her and their mouths drop open at her clothes. She smiles and runs towards them gleefully.
~Pip's P.O.V~
"Pip, did you ever have any siblings?" Leopold asks, trudging with me after the class in this damn long grass.
"I don't believe so."
"What about your parents?"
"My mother died when I was two. And so did my father."
"Do you remember them?"
"I have vague memories of my mother. She was very beautiful. And kind."
"And your father?"
"I don't recall anything about him. The only thing I know about him is that he's dead." We watch Ruby playing 'it (tag)' with Kenneth slightly up ahead. She squeals when he picks her up and puts her on his shoulders. Craig looks slightly envious, and I see Tweek pat him on his shoulder, smiling reassuringly.
"I suppose it would've been great to have siblings. Especially one such as Ruby." Leopold remarks. I nod in agreement.
"ALRIGHT! NOW TO LEARN ABOUT THIS BUSH!" The teacher declares loudly, turning around and halting us with his hand abruptly. Everyone groans and curses to each other. "This bush is very special. It's gone down in history because…"
I shake my head and put my hands over my ears, no able to bear more bush talk. I slink away from the group of students and walk towards a small orchid of apple trees nearby. I look downhill and see two small hooded children there. One is in a tree, picking apples as she chomps on one. The other child is at the base of the tree sleeping. I shriek when the child in the tree loses their footing. I step forward to try and run to it, and as I'm remembering where they are is downhill, I fall down and tumble to the bottom. I open my eyes to see two girls looming above me, staring. They still have their hoods on. The one girl looks tired and lazy, while the other seems much more interested, and is still munching on the apple. I notice they both have red eyes, and shoot up in alarm. I've seen these girls before.
"It's you two again!" They both look confused.
"What do you mean, boy?" The one girl asks, with her mouth still full.
"I've seen you two before! About a week ago, do you not remember? You found me lying in the woods, and I slapped you since you scared me. Again, I'm extremely sorry for that…" I bow my head in apology. When I look up, the two girls are exchanging glances. It's almost as if they're having a silent conversation. The eating one throws her apple stalk to the ground and stomps on it, looking murderous, and I suddenly feel uneasy.
Her face changes into a smiling, happy expression once the core has been crushed completely.
"You're Phillip, correct?" She asks, getting another apple out of her basket and taking a bite.
"Y-Yes."
"Damien's human." The other girl states casually.
"Hmmm~" The eating one ponders to herself. "What should we do?"
"I'm not sure. Do you think we ought to kill him?" I gasp in fear.
"Wh-What?" The girls look at me.
"Sorry, but we were sent here to keep an eye on you and Damien. Our master is still pondering on whether to kill you or not." The sleepy one says, sounding slightly regretful, like she doesn't want to tell me.
"Your master? Who…?"
"We've said too much. I think it's best you leave. We'll let you go, since we have no direct orders to harm you. Yet."
"What are you? Why are you after me?"
"We can't tell you. Now go! Before we get caught speaking to you! Hurry up, damn it!" The lazy one says roughly, shooing me away.
"Why are you warning me?"
"Because you don't deserve to die! Look, there's more that look like us! If you see them, run! Especially the proud one! Consider me the lazy one, consider her," She points to the apple eating girl. "The hungry one! I'm telling you, run if you see any girls that look like us!" She calls as I get to the top of the hill. When I look back, both of them are gone. What was that all about? If those two supposedly aren't the girls I saw after Craig attacked me, then that means there are four girls with black hair and red eyes. Are they all demons or something similar?
"God help me…" I say to myself, staggering back to the class. The poor things have been listening to the teacher talk about the bush this entire time.
"Well this fucking sucks. We get home, it's already dark, and now it's too dark to walk home. So Phillip and I are stuck in the village."
"Leopold, don't curse!" Leopold sticks his tongue out at Kenneth. I sigh. Tweek, Leopold, Kenneth, Craig, Ruby and I are standing outside the Tweak residence, dripping wet from the rain.
"Well, you're all going to have to stay here, either way." Tweek says, sighing. He looks at all the fairies. "I think it's best if you all went into human form, since it could be troublesome if one of us accidentally gets caught speaking to nothing. Oh wait, not you Ruby. Your clothes…" Ruby rolls her eyes, and Kenneth & Craig begrudgingly change into their human forms. "Alright! Let's all go in, and remember, when in front of my parents, don't speak to Ruby!"
Tweek opens the door and we all practically sprint in, eager to get away from the cold. Even Kenneth and Craig. Tweek's mother comes out from her bedroom, and gawks at all of us.
"Tweek! Are you alright? We expected you back yesterday."
"I'm fine, but it's terribly late and my friends aren't able to get home. Would you mind if they spent the night here?"
"No, not at all." She blinks at us. "Who are these people? I've met Phillip, but…"
"Oh, of course. This is Leopold, Phillip's new brother, this is Kenneth, and this is… this is…"
"Robert. My name's Robert." Craig answers for him. Why didn't he just use his real name?
"Oh, well it's nice to meet you all. Tweek, you all can do what you want, but try to keep the noise down."
"Yes, mother." Tweek answers, clearly respecting her. The woman goes back to bed, obviously eager to sleep. Tweek leads us all to the kitchen, and starts rummaging in the cupboards. He turns back to us miserably.
"There's no food."
"What!? We haven't eaten all day!" Leopold scoffs. He's just cranky because he's so hungry.
"Well, nothing edible's open now, so I guess I'll have to time travel." Ruby says, sounding happy that she can go to another time.
"Ruby, no. You don't have permission to go anywhere, do you?" Kenneth shakes his head at her.
"Shut up! I do so! What am I, a child?"
"If the shoe fits…" Ruby holds up her middle finger and grabs me.
"C'mon, Phil. We don't need these bums. Anywhere you wanna go?" I cannot understand what this child is saying.
"Wh-What?"
"Is there any place you want to visit in particular?"
"Oh… um, the hospital." It's time I visit Stella. She needs someone to speak to.
"TO THE HOSPITAL! LEOPOLD, YOU'RE COMING TOO!"
"Me? How did I get into this?" Leopold gapes at Ruby, arms folded defensively.
"You're my buddy! Now come on!" She takes hold of Leopold's arm with one hand, mine with the other, and pulls us out of the house. "SO WHERE'S DA FRIGGIN' HOSPITAL!?" Ruby asks loudly as we start walking the dimly lit streets, staring straight ahead with a smile. Leopold and I look at each other, alarmed.
Just what have we gotten ourselves into?
I don't usually put this message these days, but, PLEASE REVIEW!
I'm so thankful that the people who do review my stories are all very kind and inspire me a lot. I feel so sorry for authors, and I've seen this a lot, who get flamed for their hard work. And I brought this all up because I read one of my friend's stories and this absolute dick flamed her and said her story sucked and stuff. And the thing that pissed me off the most, they put 'no offence' before the message. JUST BECAUSE YOU PUT 'NO OFFENCE' BEFORE SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN IT WON'T OFFEND THEM! So just keep in mind out there that even if you're just stating your honest opinion, make sure to consider the person's feelings first. Even something like 'it was pretty boring' can make a person upset. Some people are very sensitive and even if others say that the story is great, one negative review can make a lot of difference. I'm not saying you people are like that, but I just wanted to say something for my friend, 'cause I felt really bad for her. I know she works hard on her stories.
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