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Chapter Summery: After a bumpy start, Elsa and Anna are officially welcomed into Juleka's home.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Frozen, Tangled or any other Disney characters or locations that appear or are mentioned in this work of fiction, Disney does.
"What happened!?" Declared Elsa, prompting a round of laughing from everyone at Elsa's misfortune.
"Guess your magic dress doesn't shrink with you." commented Anna with a giggle as she crawled through the mass of ice fabric to reach Elsa, but the dress soon flurried away, while a small remainder covered Elsa to reform her dress with her hands crossed and red-faced frown on her face, before turning around to face Juleka and Vivian standing next to each other.
"What happened!?" demanded Elsa, both embarrassed and angry.
"Sorry." answered Vivian with a chuckle. "This is the first time we've shrunk someone with magic clothes. We didn't know they wouldn't shrink like normal clothes."
"Yeah." added a clothed female fairy walking up to Elsa's left. "This is a learning experience for us too. Now we know magic clothes aren't included in shrinking someone."
"Ugh, fine..." mutters Elsa, as Anna chuckled and patted Elsa on the shoulder in comfort, before Elsa looked up to Cassandra and Iduna, who were still lightly giggling. "Same thing that Cassandra experienced, huh?"
"I wasn't wrong." replied Iduna as she squatted to look at Elsa, who groaned.
"Yanno Elsa..." started Anna with a smirk. "Considering this is just gonna repeat when you return to normal, how about you just embrace nature and be free? The other fairies do it, and it's fine." she added as she looked around.
"How about you-" started to reply Elsa as she looked at Anna, but saw the other fairies and both sisters, then faced a rather strange dilemma.
Now the same size as the other fairies, the nudity that didn't really bother them, was now much, much more noticeable, particularly the male fairies. While Elsa and Anna were familiar with the male anatomy, this was the first time they were face-to-face with not just one naked guy of similar age, but three. While there wasn't the additional awkward embarrassment of them being 'excited', both were very much out of their comfort zone and while Elsa forced her gaze to remain at the neck up, Anna found it difficult to steer her gaze elsewhere, which wasn't lost on the current target of Anna's embarrassed gazes.
"Do I got something on me?" asked the fairy, a blonde guy, looking down at his crotch.
"O-oh, n-nothing- I-I mean no!" quickly answered Anna, red-faced and looking away to the ground at her left, before a nude female fairy next to the guy nudged him with her elbow and commented with a smile.
"I think she can appreciate what you're pack'in now that she's our size."
"Ohh, I see." commented the male fairy with a smirk, seeing the red-faced princess glancing at him and his crotch before looking away and closing her eyes. "Liking what your seeing?"
"No!" quickly answered Anna. "I-I mean, not 'no', heh, I don't want you to feel bad or anything. It looks- I-I mean YOU! YOU look nice! B-But not 'nice' as in I'm attracted to you. I'm not saying you're unattractive though, hehe, I, nngh." stuttered out Anna, before placing her hands over her face as Elsa and a few fairies chuckled lightly at Anna's digging of her pit, including the target male fairy, before Anna groaned and muttered... "I've never been around a naked guy, ok? This is just really awkward and embarrassing for me."
"Hehe, really?" asked the male fairy with a smile. "Then would you like to learn some stuff?" he asked as he walked up to Anna, who was so surprised by the implication that she simply froze wide-eyed and stammered out an 'Uhhh', however, Elsa quickly walked in front of Anna, facing the fairy with a frown declared...
"Hey, back off!"
"Whoa, ok, ok." replied the fairy, lifting his hands in a surrender pose. "I wasn't going to do anything without her say so."
"You won't do anything regardless!" stated Elsa, before Anna quickly stepped to Elsa's right and placed a hand on her shoulder nervously.
"Whoa, ok Elsa, calm down. He was just being friendly." stated Anna.
"Too friendly." commented Elsa, eyeing the fairy.
"Heh, sorry about that, uh..." commented Anna, looking at the fairy apologetically.
"Jamie." introduced the fairy as he reached out his right hand to her, but looked at Elsa and asked, "I can shake her hand, right?" though Anna took his hand before Elsa could answer.
"Jamie." repeated Anna with a smile. "Elsa's just a bit overprotective. I'm sure you know how older siblings are." she added, prompting an annoyed frown on Elsa's face as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Heh, yeah, I get it." replied Jamie. "I'm an older brother myself."
"Really? Brother or sister?"
"Sister." answer Jamie, before offering his hand to Elsa. "I'd like to apologize, genuinely. I know humans aren't as open to nudity as we are, so my behavior could be seen as rude. I'm sorry, I'll try not to repeat my behavior."
With the fairy's apology, Elsa's frown softened, before sighing and taking Jamie's hand.
"I'm sorry too." commented Elsa. "This is just a new experience, and we're out of our comfort zone. We've never really been around other naked people, especially other guys, so I just got really... agitated when you approached Anna the way you did."
"Apology accepted." replied Jamie, before Anna happily draped her arm around Elsa's shoulder.
"The air's all clear now." commented Anna.
"Bit of a bumpy start..." stated Juleka as she walked up to Elsa's left with a smile, whom both, Elsa and Anna looked at her and were reminded of her nudity and briefly glanced at her bare crotch before directing their gaze to her face. "Looks like everything's good now."
"I'm sorry." repeated Elsa as she placed a hand over her face and shook her head. "I come into your world and embarrass myself expecting normal, human behavior- I-I mean, not that you're wild animals or anything!" she added before quickly correcting herself. "You just have different customs that I need to get used to!"
"Hehe, it's alright." replied Juleka. "Some bumpy interactions are expected. As long as you can promise no violent interactions, we can work out anything else."
"Heh, I promise." stated Elsa. "No violence."
"Same here." added Anna, before the other fairies also followed with an agreeing reply, before the sisters heard a chuckle from Iduna, who commented...
"Well, while you two enjoy your visit, Cassandra and I, and... uh, I'm sorry, what was your name again?" asked Iduna, looking at Vivian as she flew in front of her.
"Vivian."
"Right, Vivian. We'll return home and show her around our home."
"Alright." replied the sisters, and Anna added, "Hope you enjoy yourself, Vivian."
"Me too." answered Vivian, before Juleka flew up to Vivian and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Have fun." stated Juleka.
"Heh, I'm sure I will. Oh, is there a time for how long our visits are gonna be."
"Ah, right." replied Juleka, before looking at the sisters, "How long do you wanna visit?"
"Um, an hour?" asked Elsa, looking at Anna.
"How about two?" suggested Anna. "An hour will go by so quick."
"Hmm, two hours from now, the sun will be going down. Alright, that'll be a good visual for when we should head back." replied Elsa, before looking at Juleka. "Is two hours fine?"
"Sure." answered Juleka, before looking at Vivian, Iduna and Cassandra. "Two hours."
"Alright then." stated Iduna. "We'll return in two hours."
"Ok, bye." replied the sisters, followed by Anna, "See-ya later."
Iduna, Vivian and Cassandra then gave a parting wave of the hand, before Cassandra turned around and created a portal back to the castle, before the three walked through before the magical doorway and closed behind them, finally leaving Elsa and Anna alone with the other fairies.
"Alright!" commented Anna happily as she looked around to the other fairies, and caught herself glancing at a few naked guys and forced her gaze upwards. "Ahem, we're officially your guests!"
"There's plenty to show you!" commented a couple of fairies as they happily crowded around the two. Only slightly overwhelmed by the attention, the sisters didn't need to respond to the excitement yet before Juleka flew and hovered in front of them, commenting...
"Before you all crowd them, let's get off the ground first, before we're a snack for an animal."
The other fairies all agreed with the suggestion and the sisters were both reminded of the apples Anna brought as two groups of fairies lifted them into the air. The sister's were surprised by how big they had become. The apples were a little over waist-high, nearer to their chest in height, easily large enough to feed plenty.
However, Elsa and Anna could only marvel at the relative size of the apples, before they saw two pairs of clothed fairies close in on them, two females heading towards Elsa and a male and female towards Anna; the female heading towards Anna commented...
"We'll carry you."
"O-Oh." replied Anna, before Elsa added...
"You don't need to do that. We can fly."
"Really?" curiously asked the four in unison, which prompted a chuckle from them.
"Yep!" answered Anna. "Although... I'm not dressed properly to use my flying."
"How does what you're wearing prevent you from flying?" asked one of the fairies.
"I use fire to fly, and my clothes aren't fire-proof." answered Anna. "If I'm careful, I could probably show it off briefly. I wouldn't be able to move very fast either, so yeah, I think I'll take the carry, actually."
"Well, can you show us!?" asked one of the fairies happily, before another added...
"Yeah, we've never seen humans flying."
"No wings either." continued another fairy.
"Alright!" answered Anna happily, before jogging a couple yards away and to not only the four that were willing to carry them, but all the other fairies present watched in awe as Anna took to the air with fire shooting from her hands and feet.
"Whoa!" gasped out many of the fairies as the four that remained near Elsa quickly departed from her to join Anna in the air, prompting Elsa to chuckle lightly at being quickly abandoned before creating an icy board in front of her. "That's amazing!" added more.
"Heh, yeah, it is." replied Anna with a smile, as she maintained her height and kept her dress intact back positioning her hands further away from her body than she usually would.
"You're definitely making a lot of heat though."
"Yeah, you'd be popular in the winter."
"Hey, speaking of winter..." started Anna, before Elsa approached beside them, riding her ice board, which drew some of the fairies attention.
"Wow, you both fly in different ways." commented one fairy, before another fairy added with a smirk, "Yeah, it's so 'cool'." prompting a small group around to both chuckle and groan, before a female nude fairy to Anna's right asked...
"What were you going to say about winter?"
"How do you all deal with winter?" asked Anna. "Especially since some of you don't wear clothes." she added, glancing at the fairies chest and crotch.
"We can adapt to the change." answered the fairy, before another fairy, a clothed female, added...
"Yeah, the seasons change gradually, so it gives our bodies time to get used to it."
"So..." started Elsa. "Does your normal body temperature rise?"
"Yep." answered a clothed male. "We aren't immune to really cold temperatures though. So when those days happen, we mostly stay in our homes."
"Yeah, then there was that sudden winter storm that happened awhile ago." commented the fairy to Anna's right. "That was a rough couple of days."
With the comment, Elsa and Anna both chuckled nervously and Anna glanced at Elsa, who commented...
"T-That was me, sorry about that."
"Really?" asked the surrounding fairies, before a group of fairies away from them, mostly the ones carrying the apples, called to them that they were heading home, which prompted a few of the fairies around the sisters to also depart, saying they'd meet them at their home, leaving the four original fairies that offered to carry them and Juleka who joined them, remain.
"You're powerful enough to change the seasons!?" asked the fairy to Elsa's left.
"Heh, yeah." answered Elsa nervously.
"And it wasn't even on purpose." added Anna with a smile. "Imagine what she could do if she actually tried." she continued, which prompted an embarrassed groan from Elsa as the fairies gasped in amazement, before Elsa commented...
"I've already asked Juleka about it, and she said no one died that she knew of."
"Yeah, there were no deaths." answered the single male fairy with them, before the other female next to Elsa added...
"That we know of anyway. It was just sudden. Lots of people got sick after it passed, especially the kids."
"I'm so sorry." commented Elsa.
"It's fine." replied the fairy to Anna's right, before the one to Elsa's left added...
"Yeah, we're all fine. Besides, you didn't even know we existed."
"Thanks." replied Elsa. "I still feel bad though. It won't happen again, I promise."
"Well, thanks for that." stated the male, before adding, "Oh, by the way, since it's just the four of us, how about we introduce ourselves before heading back? You won't need to learn twenty plus names all at once."
"Yeah, that would be nice." commented Anna, before the female fairy to Elsa's left lifted her hand and commented...
"I'm Layla." greeted the fairy, who had shoulder-length brown hair, as she extended her hand to Elsa, who took her hand, before the fairy next to her, who was blonde with a long single braid that reached her butt, also extended her hand towards Elsa and introduced herself.
"I'm Lisa."
"Vincent." stated the male, who was also a blonde, with short hair, though he extended his hand to Anna, before realizing Anna would be unable to take his hand. "Oh, heh, right."
"And I'm Natasha." stated the female to Anna's right.
"And I'm Anna!" replied Anna, before Elsa chuckled and also introduced herself.
"Well then..." stated Juleka. "Now that we're all introduced, let's head back and join the Apple Party."
"Alright." replied Anna, "I'll just land so these two can carry me." she added, as she lowered herself to the ground, followed by Vincent and Natasha, before Anna gasped as her feet touched the ground "Dang-it, my shoes!" declared Anna as she lifted her left foot to see the bottom of her shoe burned away and groaned as she removed her ruined footwear and socks.
Elsa, meanwhile, watched attentively as Vincent approached Anna and offered both of his hands to her, clearly implying to carry her himself as Elsa heard him say exactly that. A slight frown came to Elsa's face before she saw Anna chuckle and shake her head in denial. However, Elsa's attention was drawn to Lisa as she commented...
"Wow, you are overprotective."
"Huh?" replied Elsa as she looked at the fairy, who smiled at her.
"All three of us saw the frown on your face when Vincent approached her and offered to carry her."
"I'm sure your sister can take care of herself." added Layla.
"I know she can." replied Elsa. "It just bothers me seeing her getting friendly with a guy."
"Hmm..." hummed Lisa. "Did you have a bad experience with a guy and now your projecting that onto all guys?"
"W-What? No!" gasped Elsa. "I mean, I did kinda have a bad experience with a guy, but him being a guy has nothing to do with it, and that's not the reason seeing Anna around a guy bothers me, it's a completely different one."
"What is it?" asked Layla.
"Uh..." replied Elsa nervously. "I... don't want to talk about it."
"Ohh, now I'm interested!" commented Layla, "If you're not projecting, why so protective? Jamie approaching her the way he did makes sense, but Vincent's fully clothed and there was nothing sexual about offering to carry her, and you're here giving him the stink-eye." she added.
"I'm just... overprotective." answered Elsa hesitantly. "Anna's quick to trust, so I need to look out for her."
"Hmmm, I'm sensing something else." commented Layla with a grin. "You're awfully nervous about this topic to just be 'overprotective'." she added, before Anna rejoined them, carried by Vincent and Natasha on either side of her, with Anna draping an arm around their shoulders, which they held secure with one hand while their other held her steady at her waist.
"Well, this is an experience." commented Anna.
"Hey!" commented Layla delightfully looking at Anna. "You're sist- mmph!" she added, before Lisa covered her mouth.
"Just drop it, Layla." commented the fairy with a smile. "No need to start prying during their first visit."
"Huh?" replied Anna. "What about my sister?"
"It's nothing." stated Lisa, removing her hand from Layla's mouth. "Someones just eager for something she finds interesting." she added, which Layla sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Fine."
"Uh, ok..." replied Anna, curiously looking at Elsa, whose face was slightly red, before Layla commented, looking at Anna...
"I just have one simple, non-invasive question; Are you single?"
"No." answered Anna, before smiling, "I have a special someone."
"Well, that's nice." commented Lisa.
"Yeah... so why..." added Layla, eyeing Elsa curiously, before Lisa nudged her in the side, prompting her to sigh. "Ok, ok, fine. I'll drop it."
"Well then..." commented Juleka with a smile, enjoying the little scene. "Let's head home." she added as she flew away, deeper into the forest, followed by Vincent and Natasha carrying Anna, then Elsa, with Lisa to her left and Layla to her right.
"So..." began Layla with a smile, looking at Elsa. "Do you have a special someone?"
"I do." answered Elsa.
"Then why are you so concerned with your sister?"
"Ugh, I don't want to be rude, but can you please drop this?" asked Elsa. "This isn't a topic I want to talk about."
"Ok, ok, sorry!" quickly replied Layla apologetically. "I've already said I'd drop this, so I will. Seriously, heh, I'm like a dog with a bone when there's some juicy gossip. How about you ask me something?"
"Ok, um... what should I expect when we get to your village?" asked Elsa. "What's it like?"
"Nothing fancy." answered Layla. "Although, you don't have a reference to go on, do you? Well, the village is centered around a large tree, bigger than the surrounding ones. Most of us live in hollowed out spaces in the center tree, or Home Tree, as we call it."
"Huh, so you live in the trees..." commented Elsa. "Heh, weirdly, I thought there would be tree houses."
"Heh, some villages do have built homes made of tree bark and other stuff." answered Layla. "And there are a couple fairies that built their own homes near the top of Home Tree, but finding and using the hollows in trees is a lot less work to maintain, plus it's as sturdy as the tree is, and you can still carve out some space from within if needed."
"Well, that does make sense." replied Elsa. "I'm guessing wind makes the location of a built home important too? You wouldn't build a home far out on a branch, would you?"
"Right. Popular spots are near the body of a tree where multiple branches are coming out, and you build around them, so there are multiple points of contact with the home, so wind won't shake it and, at worse, destroy it."
A few moments later, Juleka leading them, briefly looks back and comments..
"We're here, welcome to our home!"
Looking ahead, Anna and Elsa were a little puzzled. Although they did see a very impressively large and clearly old, tree they were headed toward, they saw no activity at all.
"Is it normal that no one is out and about?" asked Anna.
Following the question, Juleka and the two fairies carrying Anna looked at her curiously and Natasha asked...
"You don't see anything?"
"Should it?" asked Anna, before Juleka gasped...
"Oh, right, the barrier! You're human."
Amusingly, right after, Elsa saw the four in front of her suddenly vanish and didn't have time to stop on her own before she flew to an abrupt stop as she hit an invisible force in front of her as the two beside her also vanished as they continued on. It wasn't as hard and unforgiving as a brick wall, so Elsa wasn't injured and simply bounced off with a gasp, a little stunned. Elsa managed to remain flying though and looked in front of her in confusion as the air in front of her seemed to ripple faintly like water at her point of impact, before Juleka re-emerged in front of her with a giggling apology.
"I'm so sorry about that! The barrier slipped my mind." commented Juleka, before offering a hand to her. "We have to physically invite you through it. That's why Anna passed through it fine."
"Well, your security works." commented Elsa, before taking Juleka's hand.
"Heh, yeah, that's good to know." Replied Juleka, before leading Elsa through the barrier and adding, "Once again, welcome to our home."
Elsa's vision briefly blurred as she passed through the barrier, but once she was fully through, the view in front of her came alive with activity as she saw a bunch of fairies flying around the main tree, though many familiar faces had gathered around Anna, talking with her as she was still carried by Natasha and Vincent.
"Wow." commented Elsa as she looked towards the top of the center tree and saw a couple 'tree houses' dotted around. "It's probably because I'm your size, but the center- uh, Home Tree, looks really, REALLY big... and this is a small village?"
"Yep." answered Juleka. "Villages are usually centered around the biggest tree in the area, then branches out from there, so, two Home Trees, since this village has a single Home Tree, it's considered a small village."
"So that's how you categorize it." commented Elsa. "So what determines a second Home tree?
"Population." answered Juleka. "Just like for the first Home Tree, once the majority of the population occupies a tree, it qualifies to be called a Home Tree. So, although there are a few homes in other trees around, the population of the village isn't big enough for a second tree to be occupied enough to be considered a Home Tree." explained Juleka.
"I see. So, then what's the biggest village?"
Rather than Juleka, Lisa flew near them and answered...
"That would be Julian and Fia's village, Maerts (Ma-urts). They have four Home Trees. It's REALLY big."
"Wow. So it's a couple that leads the village?" replied Elsa. "Wait, what was that name?" she added curiously, prompting a chuckle from Juleka and Lisa, before Lisa answered...
"Maerts. No one really calls it that though, they call it the 'actual' name, Stream. Can you guess why?"
"Because it's near a stream?" answered Elsa with a smile.
"Yep." answered Lisa. "A long time ago, a leader of the then small village was so happy that their home was near a water source that they wanted to name their home after it. They thought it would be weird though, so they reversed the letters of stream and Maerts was born! Although the official name hasn't changed, after the founder revealed the meaning behind the name, everyone just calls it Stream to this day."
"Well, that's a lovely gesture to the founder of the village." commented Elsa with a smile.
"Yeah, to honor the founder of Stream, most village names are normal words but reversed." stated Juleka.
"Well, that's nice." replied Elsa, "So, what's the name of this place?
"Naiviv (Na-viv)." answered Juleka, prompting Elsa to take a moment to visualize the word and think of the reverse before a smirk came to her face and asked...
"Is there a silent 'I' in there?"
"Yeah." answered Juleka with a light blush and a smile, prompting a big grin to come to Elsa's face as she looked at Juleka, who chuckled shyly.
"Aww, that's downright adorable!" declared Elsa, prompting Juleka's whole face to turn red, but she didn't complain, although, it did draw Anna's curiosity as she had the fairies carrying her turn her to face them and asked...
"What's adorable?"
"I just found out the naming convention of fairy villages." answered Elsa. "They just reverse a word, and Juleka's village is called, uh..."
"Naiviv." commented Juleka.
"Naiviv?" questioned Anna, before averting her gaze in thought. "Reversed, that would be..." she added, before gasping with a big smile. "That IS adorable! You named this place after your girlfriend! That's the sweetest thing EVER!"
"Heh, yeah..." muttered Juleka with an embarrassed smile.
"What does Vivian think about it?" asked Anna.
"As long as the village isn't actually called 'Vivian', then she's fine with it." answered Juleka.
"Hehe, anyway..." commented Elsa. "As sweet as that is, I won't tease you about it. Back on the topic of uh, Stream,- oh, Anna, Stream is the unreversed name of a village led by a couple."
"Oh, really? The couple the trolls mentioned?"
"Yep." answered Juleka. "That's them, Julian and Fia. It's actually where most of us came from before we moved here, me included. So we're still on good terms and communicate. I was open to befriending humans, but they deemed it too much of a risk, given how big the village is. They weren't mean to me about it, though, and even suggested I start my own smaller village of like-minded fairies and see how things go. Now it's grown into what you see today, and, with you two, I've proven that we can be friends with humans. So, maybe in the future, you could visit Julian and Fia's village and meet them."
"Ohh, I'd love that!" replied Anna, before, Juleka added...
"Although, you'd likely meet them here first before being allowed in their home."
"So..." commented Elsa with a smile. "Would this couple be something similar to Fairy Royalty?"
"Hmm, yeah, I guess so." replied Juleka. "Julian and Fia are important figures in our community and have an influence on a bunch of stuff. Such as the approval of my village and their support."
Following the answer, Anna felt the fairies carrying her readjust their hold of her and realized that they might be getting tired and commented to Elsa...
"Hey Elsa, I'm gonna join the others near the treetop. The others I was talking to said that's where the 'Apple Party' is, and I can spare these two from continuing to carry me."
Vincent and Natasha lightly chuckled at the remark, before Elsa replied, "Ok, I'll join you."
"Hehe, yeah." commented Juleka. "Better than staying here at the entrance and you two can meet the others."
The group then flew up towards the top of the Home Tree, navigating through the branches and leaves to a particularly open area almost void of foliage, clearly done on purpose as many fairies were gathered in the somewhat enclosed area, standing and sitting on the many branches around them, talking and enjoying each others company as just about everyone had a hand-full of a piece of one of the apples Anna brought, which was placed on a large branch near the tree and as a number of fairies were briefly gathered around it, cutting chunks off for themselves.
"Wow." commented Anna with a smile as she was allowed to use her feet again as the group landed on a branch. "So many people gathered for an apple. Heh, would it be weird to say seeing this makes me happy?"
"Not at all." replied Juleka. "You did bring us a favorite food of ours. Of course there would be a gathering of happy faces. Let's go help ourselves to the treat you brought us." she added, as she flew over towards the apple, which was barely only half-eaten.
The other fairies followed behind Juleka, while Elsa and Anna used their chosen methods of flight to travel the short distance, given there was no direct, walk-able path to their destination. With the short trip, the sisters noticed the fairy children and teenagers around, whom, like some of their older counterparts, were also nude as well. Elsa and Anna did feel slightly out of place when they saw various eyes looking at them curiously, given their unique forms of flight, though many owners of those curious gazes gave a friendly greeting wave of the hand or a simply "Hi.", which the sisters returned.
Joining the others near the apple, the sisters saw one of the fairies that had just cut out a piece of the apple for themselves, offer the dagger they used to Juleka, who took it and, looked back to the sisters and asked...
"Want a piece with the skin?"
"Either is fine." answered Anna, repeated by Elsa, before Juleka cut out a hand-sized, skin-less chunk and offer it to the sisters, which Anna first took the offer, followed by Elsa.
"Heh, wow." commented Anna as she held the apple chunk in both hands, like a big slice of watermelon. "The apple that I brought that I could hold in one hand, I need two to hold a piece of it."
Elsa simply smiled and took a bite into her chunk and almost choked on the juiciness of it, prompting a giggle from her.
"Hehe, wow, I didn't realize apples were THAT juicy. I almost choked on the juice exploding in my mouth."
"Heh, really?" giggled Anna before biting into the apple, sucking and drinking the juice that came from it before finishing her bite, chewing and sucking the abundant juice that came from it to spare herself from choking. "Ohh wow! It's like a REALLY juicy, apple-flavored watermelon! No wonder you all love apples! This is awesome!" she added as she and Elsa continued to happily eat the juicy treat, to the chuckles of the others.
"Yeah, and you brought us two." commented Juleka as she stepped towards them with an apple chunk in hand and biting into it. "Definitely made the best first impression on everyone who was already willing to accept your visit." she added as she walked passed them and along the branch a little ways, which the sisters quickly got the hint to not linger around the apple now that they had a piece and followed behind Juleka.
"So, other than apples..." started Anna. "What else do you all eat?"
"Anything around that's edible." answered Juleka. "Besides the poisonous stuff, obviously. So, fruits, berries, animals, insects."
"Insects!?" gasped Anna. "Really? You eat bugs?"
"Yep." answered Juleka. "Not a favorite food choice of mine, the ones with wings anyway, but they're plentiful and easy to catch, and some of them are pretty good."
"I'm almost tempted to ask what are the tasty ones." stated Anna. "But I don't want to lose my appetite."
"Heh, then I won't say." replied Juleka, before the three weren't alone much longer as another three fairies approached them, to the sister's left and Juleka's right, hovering beside them, given there wasn't quite enough room on the branch for them to stand in front of them.
A male and female, who were of similar age to the sisters and a slightly younger looking female, to the right of the older one, the two themselves looked to be sisters. All three, though, were naked, to the slightly red faces of Elsa and Anna.
"Hi." greeted the older female first, who had shoulder-length black hair, followed by the younger one greeting with a wave of the hand, then the guy. Elsa and Anna also greeted back before the older female added, "I'm Tia."
"Hi Tia, I'm Anna." greeted Anna. "I'd shake your hand, but I'm not finished with my apple and my hands are wet with juice."
"Heh, that's alright." replied Tia, before Elsa followed...
"I'm Elsa."
The two others then followed, beginning with the younger one, who also had black hair, but cut short, similar to Elsa's...
"I'm Nia. I'm her sister."
"And I'm Liam." greeted the male, who had blonde, short hair, before Tia added...
"It's so nice to finally meet you two. Juleka's talked about you a lot."
"Oh, what has she said?" asked Anna with a smile.
"Stuff like how nice and welcoming you two are."
"And that you saved her life!" added Nia, before surprising Anna with a hug, who, unfortunately, couldn't return the affection with her occupied hands.
"Heh, yeah, thanks for that." commented Liam.
"Hehe, you're welcome." replied Anna. "I'm glad I did, I made a new friend because of it, a fairy friend!" she added, before Nia released her and commented.
"I hope that includes all of us after today."
"I'd love that." answered Anna delightfully, before Elsa chuckled and added...
"Me too."
"Oh, and thanks for the apple." commented Liam.
"You're welcome." replied Anna. "We couldn't come empty-handed after all."
"So..." started Tia. "What do you two think of our home? Is it what you expected."
"Nope." answered Elsa and Anna in unison, which prompted a chuckle from them and the sisters in front of them, before Anna added, "No, it didn't, I was actually expecting lots of tree houses, but I only see a few. You guys live in the tree instead."
"Heh, yeah." replied Liam. "Tree hollows are a lot easier to maintain. But if there's no hollow, then making one yourself is a bit more work than building your own home."
"Really?" asked Anna.
"Yep." answered Tia. "With a naturally made hollow, you could still carve out space to your liking, but with no hollow, you have to carve out the whole thing from scratch. Takes a lot of time and effort that could be spent on actually building a tree house, but a tree house doesn't have the sturdiness of a hollow."
"Wow..." commented Anna. "So, if a tree house did have the sturdiness of a hollow, would more people chose that?"
"Hmm, I dunno if someone would move out of a perfectly good hollow..." replied Tia, "But if they were planning to relocate, sure. A tree can only have so many holes in it after all before the sturdiness of the tree itself is at risk."
"What if I could bring a couple bird houses!?" offered Anna delightfully. "Or use my magic to help in some way?" she added, prompting a light chuckle from Elsa and shaking her head, as the four fairies all looked at her curiously and Liam asked...
"What's a bird house?"
"Oh, you don't know?" replied Anna. "It's a little- well, not really little for you, but it's a wooden, boxish shaped shelter we humans make for birds to safely lay their eggs. It's really sturdy and is nailed to the tree, so it won't move even if it's windy."
"Wow." replied the sisters and Liam, before Nia added. "That sounds awesome! You'd do that for us?"
"Sure."
"Whoa, whoa!" commented Juleka. "Sorry I have to be that person, but while I appreciate you're willing to do that, we can't accept that." she added, and rather than Elsa or Anna asking why, it was Tia.
"Why not? It's an amazing offer."
"True." answered Juleka. "But we would be receiving a very unfair... advantage, over other villages. It may attract some unwanted attention."
"Unfair?" asked Liam with a smile. "The other villages are the ones that want nothing to do with humans, it's their loss. Being friends with humans obviously has benefits for us. You'd be dead without a human's help." he added, before Elsa chimed in...
"If I may, I think I understand where Juleka is coming from. Us helping out in a major way could disrupt your way of life."
"Yeah." replied Juleka. "That too."
"Well..." stated Anna. "We don't need to help out in a 'major' way. You guys can already build your own homes. So I wouldn't be providing something you couldn't give yourselves. One or two bird houses wouldn't disturb your way of life that much, right? If a house is too much though, I could use my magic for smaller stuff."
"Hmm..." hummed Juleka for moments. "I'll consider it and ask what others think."
"Alright." replied Anna, before Nia asked her...
"How long are you visiting?"
"Um, about an hour and a half."
"How about we show you around?" asked Liam.
"Sure, I'd like that." answered Anna, the chuck of apple she was eating now small enough to hold in one hand.
"I'll join you." stated Elsa.
"You can stay with Juleka, Elsa." commented Anna.
"I wanna stick together though." commented Elsa.
"We don't need to be together for the whole visit." replied Anna, "Besides, we could share what we did on our own."
"But..." hesitantly commented Elsa, glancing at Liam's nudity before stepping near Anna and whispering to her. "I don't want you around any of the guys, especially like him."
"Seriously, Elsa?" asked Anna with annoyance. "I'll be fine."
"Still, I..." replied Elsa sheepishly. She knew she was being unreasonable, but it didn't change how uncomfortable the idea of Anna being around a naked guy made her.
Anna, though, sighed with a roll of her eyes, before she looked at Liam and commented...
"I'm not single."
"Oh, uh... ok?" replied Liam, clearly puzzled by the odd volunteering of information, while Elsa's face reddened, before Anna looked at her and asked...
"Satisfied?"
Elsa now looked to be annoyed, before Anna added...
"I don't need to be babysat."
"That wasn't my intention." commented Elsa.
"I know what your intention was." replied Anna with a frown, before Juleka chimed in...
"Hey, hey, you two, no reason to start fighting."
"Yeah..." added Liam. "If your sister wants to join us, I have no problem with that."
"Well I do." admitted Anna. "She wouldn't be joining us for the same reason. If she can admit that reason though, I'd be willing to change my mind."
The three fairies curiously, looked at Elsa, who glared annoyed at Anna, before sighing and replying.
"Fine... Liam, I'm not comfortable with you being naked around my sister without me being around."
"Oh, heh, really? That's what this is about?" he asked with a chuckle. "I'm not gonna make a move on her, she's human, no offense."
"None taken." commented Anna.
"Still..." commented Elsa. "We aren't used to being around naked people all the time. It just doesn't sit with me well to leave my little sister alone with you."
"Little sister now, huh?" asked Anna with slight annoyance. "For the record, I'd be fine with you being around a naked guy, here, anyway."
"Question..." commented Tia as she raised a hand. "How about me and my sister show Anna around? We're all girls anyway."
"I'd be fine with that." answered Elsa, before Anna sighed with a roll of her eyes.
"Alright." commented Anna, before looking at Liam. "I'm sorry my sister's being weird about this."
"It's fine." replied Liam with a smile and a dismissive wave of the hand. "Just an older sibling looking out for the younger one in a strange and unfamiliar place."
Anna looked at Elsa and saw that she looked a little apologetic as she averted her gaze and Anna felt a wave of regret for her behavior and sighed.
"I'm sorry, Elsa. I just got really annoyed. This is all new for the both of us. Some stuff takes time to adjust to. If you felt like I was ignoring how you were feeling, I'm sorry."
"Thanks for that." replied Elsa with a smile. "I forgive you. I admit that I'm overly on edge about this situation, but I'll try to be better."
"Well, that was a quick make-up." commented Juleka with a smile, before Anna also smiled and commented...
"Well, I don't want this trip to turn sour over a disagreement, besides..." she stated, eyeing Elsa with a smirk. "Even though Elsa's intention is a bit annoying, it's also kinda cute, so I'll give it a pass, as long as she's not aggressive about it."
"Whatever..." commented Elsa, with an embarrassed pout and taking a bite of the shrinking chunk of apple in her hand. "As long as you're not alone with a guy, then it's fine."
"Oh, really now?" asked Anna.
"Yeah... I may not like you being around guys, but it's not right for me to declare you can't be around a whole half of a group of people. As long as another girl is with you, then I can deal with it."
Although Anna simply smiled, Liam chuckled and commented...
"You two sound like a couple with that little argument."
"Hehe, yeah." added Tia with a grin. "You two have some weird incesty thing going on?"
"NO!" quickly answered Elsa and Anna together.
"Whoa, ok, ok, I was just teasing." commented Tia, although seeing Elsa's and Anna's faces both redden, before Anna chuckled and replied...
"Good, 'cause that's gross! Ew."
"Even if you are though..." added Tia with a smirk. "We won't judge. As long as both sides consent to it, it's fine. Brother and sister is a little iffy though with the whole pregnancy/inbreeding thing..."
"Well, it's nice you're open-minded." commented Elsa. "But me and Anna aren't in that kind of relationship. History has just made me overprotective of Anna."
"Oh, well, ok then." replied Tia. "I won't pry." she added, seconded by Nia and Liam.
"Thanks." commented Elsa, before Liam moved closer to Anna and offered his hand.
"Ready to go? I can carry you."
"Oh, you don't need to carry me." replied Anna, before finishing her apple, but seeing her hands covered in juice that would soon become sticky, she started to look around for something to clean her hands, but soon saw Elsa direct her magic to Anna's hands and cover them in a light layer of ice, before it fluttered away, clean of the apple juice. "Oh, thanks Elsa."
"Ohh, that's a neat trick." commented Nia.
"Heh, thanks." replied Elsa, before she also finished off her apple and cleaned her hands the same way, while Anna commented to Liam...
"Anyway, I can fly."
"Oh, right, I saw you do it earlier near the apple." commented Liam, briefly looking at the apple, prompting Elsa and Anna to do the same and saw that maybe a quarter of the apple remained. "Looks like just about everyone got their share. If you two want seconds, now's the time."
"Nah, I'll pass." replied Anna. "I need my hands free to fly anyway."
"I'll pass too." added Elsa. "Feels like I already ate two or three apples."
"Hehe, yeah, same." commented Anna. "An apple is like a snack for us normally, but fairy-sized, it's like a meal."
"Well, I'm gonna help myself." stated Liam, before flying towards the Apple, joined by Tia and Nia, before Anna looked at Juleka and commented...
"If an apple can feed pretty much everyone, then an animal must be a real feast."
"It is." answered Juleka. "Compared to you humans, it doesn't take much to feed a fairy. Excess animal meat doesn't go to waste though. We use pretty much every part. The bones and teeth make easy weapons and tools, the skin can be clothes and blankets, stomachs and bladders make good containers for water and other things."
"Well, that's the same as what Honeymaron told me." commented Anna. "Guess living in the forest is the same no matter your size."
"Yeah..." replied Juleka with a smile. "If the environments the same, not much changes when living in it." she added, before the three others returned.
"Alright, we're ready." commented Tia, although, Elsa noticed Nia's hunk of apple included the skin, and a little idea came to her as she spoke to her...
"Hey, uh..."
"Nia." commented the teen.
"Right, Nia. Do you know what shaved ice is?"
"No, what's that?"
"It's a cold treat we humans like. Made with ice and juice." answered Elsa. "I could turn your hunk of apple into shaved ice if you'd like."
"Ok." replied Nia, before offering her apple to Elsa, who took it and held it by the skin with one hand and the group saw the apple freeze, before Elsa created an ice blade in her free hand and cut the skin of the apple away, leaving the remainder to float, though left some apple left on the skin before handing it to Nia.
"You'll use this to hold it, so your hands won't freeze." commented Elsa, before she moved the iced hunk of apple over the skin, and it dispersed into snow and collected in the skin in a fluffy pile. "There ya go, enjoy."
"Whoa!" gasped Nia, also joined by the impressed eyes of the others, before Nia lifted the snowed apple up and bit into it and her eyes quickly widened with a delighted moan. "Ohhh wow! That's sooo good! It melts in my mouth and it's so soft and gooey, and the chill is nice too! Tia you gotta try this!" she added, before offering the treat to her sister, who took a bite and also shared Nia's surprised delight.
"Oh wow, that IS good! It's like apple-flavored snow!"
"I know!" replied Nia, before Anna looked at Elsa with a smirk and commented...
"Well, apple shaved ice, that's a new one."
"The idea just came to me." replied Elsa with a smile, before Nia happily thanked her. "You're welcome."
"Well then..." stated Liam, looking at Anna. "Ready to join us?"
"Sure." answered Anna. "I might not be able to fly as fast as you though, since I don't want to burn the clothes I'm wearing."
"That's fine." replied Tia. "There's no rush." she added, before Anna turned around and looked over the branch and whistled at the view down to the ground.
"That's quite a view from this perspective." commented Anna, before hopping off and hovering in the air as she turned to face the others, to their wide-eyed awe.
"Wow." stated Tia. "I saw it from a distance, but up close, it's really something."
"Yeah, it is." replied Anna with a smile, before Liam commented...
"I think I see the issue you were talking about. With how much clothing you have, it could easily catch fire."
"Yeah, it's annoying when I'm not wearing my glass clothing." stated Anna.
"Yanno..." stated Tia. "We're about the same size. Maybe some of my clothes could fit you."
"Oh, so you do wear clothes?" asked Anna.
"Yeah, I just prefer the natural route."
"Well, you don't need to offer your clothes to me." stated Anna. "I'm good with what I got."
"It's no problem, you won't have to worry about ruining your dress and even if you burn up my clothes, it's not a problem. Clothing is pretty easy to make."
"Well, I'd feel horrible if I ruined your clothes." replied Anna.
"Seriously, it's no big deal." stated Tia, before smiling. "Actually, I insist. We can have a little fashion show!"
"Hmm, playing dress up is tempting." commented Anna. "Are your clothes animal skins or leaves?"
"I have both." answered Tia.
"Well, I would like to try out leaf clothing..."
"Then come on, I'll lead you to my home." replied Tia, before Liam commented...
"Since you'll be playing dress-up, I'll leave you girls to it."
"Alright, see you later." stated Tia, followed by the others waving him goodbye, before he departed and Anna looked at Elsa and commented...
"I'll see you a little later."
"Ok." replied Elsa as she waved Anna good-bye, before she, Tia and Nia departed together and away from the tree towards another one, in particular, towards a hollow she could see them enter.
"Came pretty close to being found out there." teased Juleka.
"Heh, yeah, yeah. Anyway..." commented Elsa, as she looked around at all the fairies with a smile, "This is an impressive place, and it exists because of you." commented Elsa, before looking at Juleka. "It must've been really stressful starting out."
"Heh, yeah, it was. Although I was very grateful for the chance to have my own village, I didn't know how to run one." replied Juleka with a chuckle. "But thankfully, maintaining a village is a group task. There are certain things that as the village leader, falls to me though, like having the final say on really big things like allowing you and Anna here, or talking to the other village leaders as equals."
"Do people from other villages come here?" asked Elsa.
"Yeah, all the time. Even Julian and Fia have visited. My village isn't an enemy of any of the other villages, and hopefully, it stays that way. We're just seen as a little weird for being 'pro human'."
The comment prompted a chuckle from Elsa, as she resumed looking around the area, before lowering her gaze down the tree to admire how high they were, however, her attention was drawn to a pair of fairies, a clothed male and female leaving their home a little ways below and turned back towards their home, extending their hands towards, assumedly, another person remaining within their home, urging them out.
"Spot something interesting?" asked Juleka, peering over towards where Elsa was looking.
"No, it's nothing." answered Elsa, lifting her gaze to Juleka, who gasped with a smile as she spotted what she assumed Elsa saw.
"Oh, looks like there's a First Flight happening. Wanna check it out?"
"A first flight? What's that?" asked Elsa.
"It's a child's first flight out of the home." answered Juleka. "Like a bird leaving the nest for the first time."
"Oh, then I don't want to interrupt an important moment."
"You wouldn't be interrupting." commented Juleka with a smile. "First Flights are shareable moments. Sometimes the kid is too scared to take the step outside. More encouragement could be just what they need. Come on." added Juleka, flying ahead of Elsa and turning to face her. "You'll have something to tell Anna."
"Well, if it's ok with the parents." commented Elsa, before creating an icy board and stepping onto it and following Juleka down the tree towards the couple, who quickly noticed them as the pair joined them and the Mother, a short-haired brunette greeted them.
"Hey Juleka."
"Hey, so today's the big day for the little one?" replied Juleka as she and Elsa looked to the open door to see a toddler girl, clothed in a little dress, standing worriedly at the edge of the door, holding on to the side of the opening.
"We hope so." stated the Mother. "She's been flying around inside just fine, and she can walk without help, so she's ready." she added, before the Father continued to urge his child out...
"Come on sweetie, come to mama and papa, you can do it."
The toddler, briefly looked down before reaching out her free hand towards her parents and commenting...
"Mama... Daddy."
Elsa smiled at the interaction. A child's first flight was not something that came to mind. Not only did they need to learn to walk, but also fly. Even if the child only had about a yard between her and her parents, with such heights that they lived at, it was understandable for a toddler to be scared to take that first step out with nothing below them.
"Use your flap-flaps." urged the Mother as she waved her arms like wings.
"Fla-fla?" asked the toddler.
"Yeah, fla-fla to mama and daddy." replied the Mother as she extended her arms out to the little girl.
Elsa saw the toddler's wings lift and flap as she looked down again, lifted a foot to take a step out, but soon after pulled her foot back with a whine and retreated back into the home, before the Father chuckled and entered the home and knelt to allow his child to embrace him and while Elsa couldn't hear what he was saying, it was clear he was comforting the toddler. The father soon released his child, held her hands and lifted himself from the floor, followed by the toddler lifting herself in the air, before guiding her towards the door again and releasing her hands as he moved away, to the toddler's disappointment as she gave a whining, "Daddy!"
"You're already fla-fla." commented the Father sweetly. "Just come to us."
The toddler looked down again, moved to the side of the door and held onto it again before looking towards her parents, who continued to encourage her out with outstretched arms. Elsa smiled wide as she could see the courage rising in the little girl's eyes as she released the side of the door, before darting out, arms outstretched as well as she flew into her mothers embrace.
"You did it!" praised the mother, as the toddler giggled happily, before the father patted the child's head.
"That's my girl. I knew you could do it."
Although only watching, Elsa felt a little emotional seeing the young girl take her first flight out into the world and the delight the parents had.
"Wanna fla-fla with mama?" asked the Mother, before the toddler happily replied, "Fla-Fla!" before her little wings began to flap again and pull away from her mother, who took hold of the toddler's right hand in her left and the mother allowed her daughter to lead her around in a small circle in the immediate area to the delight giggled of the child and repeated declaring "Fla-Fla!"
"Quite a sight, huh?" asked Juleka.
"Yeah, it is." replied Elsa, watching the toddler happily flying with her mother.
"A beautiful one." commented the Father, watching as well, with a big smile, before they all saw, the Mother release the toddler's hand and the child briefly took notice of this, but was clearly not distressed as she began to fly around quicker, like a baby whose learned to walk and happily running away from their parent. "Oh, I'm Hyatt by the way." added the Father as he extended his hand towards Elsa, who took and shook his hand.
"Elsa. I'm visiting for a short while. I hope it wasn't a bother to have a stranger here during an important moment."
"It's fine. You're with Juleka, so we know you're good." replied Hyatt, before the Mother called out...
"Incoming!"
The father looked up in time to gasp in surprised delight when his child nearly tackled him into a hug, spinning them around once.
"Hehe, from scared to full of energy huh?" commented Hyatt as the toddler giggled happily, before the Mother rejoined them and the father asked the child, "Wanna play with daddy now?", before he pulled the toddler from him, "Come catch me!" he added as he flew away and the little girl happily chased after her dad, prompting a round of chuckles from the others, before the mother looked at Elsa.
"Hi, I'm Gina." greeted the mother as she offered her hand, which Elsa took.
"I'm Elsa. What's your child's name?"
"Elisa." answered Gina, before looking up to father and daughter playing tag and smiling. "She's a little ball of energy."
"How do you know when she's ready to fly outside on her own?" asked Elsa.
"When they can walk and fly." answered Gina. "Elisa picked up flying first, then walking, and for the last few days has been walking up to the door and looking out, flapping her wings, so she was curious. As you can see, she flies just fine, so we decided to see if she was ready."
"So this is the first time she's been out?" asked Elsa.
"Oh, heh, no no, before, my husband and I would carry her." answered Gina. "So she's seen the sights around here."
"Oh, right." replied Elsa with an embarrassed chuckle. "Of course. That was a pretty silly question on my part." she added, before Gina commented...
"Heh, well, it was nice meeting you, I'm gonna join my husband and daughter."
"Ok, it was nice meeting you too, and seeing your daughter's first flight." stated Elsa, before Juleka quickly added...
"In case you haven't heard, our guest brought an apple. It's up top and there's still some left."
"Oh, alright, thanks." replied Gina, looking at Elsa, who smiled and commented.
"It was actually my sister's idea, but you're welcome."
Gina then gave a farewell wave of the hand and flew up to join her husband and daughter.
"Yanno..." commented Elsa as she watched the family play and the other fairies flying around. "Everyone's so young here. Everyone looks similar in age to me and Anna. Do older or elder fairies exist?" asked Elsa, looking to Juleka.
"We age slower than you humans. Elders do exist, but there aren't many since their bodies can have trouble adapting to the winter seasons."
"Oh, I see." replied Elsa, picking up on what Juleka was implying. "So, if you all age slower than us-"
"Oh, wait, wait, correction!" interrupted Juleka. "'I' age slower. The fairies native to here age closer to you humans."
"Oh, right, you come from somewhere else. So your specific kind of fairy ages slower?"
"Right, sorry about that." replied Juleka apologetically. "I've just settled so comfortably with the community here that I sometimes mix up the aging process between myself and them. Heh, pretty silly, huh? I'm taller than most, and my wings are completely different."
"Heh, it just shows how happy you are here. Well, since you retain your youth longer, how old are you?" asked Elsa, prompting a smile from Juleka.
"How old do you think I am?"
"Hmm... you look similar in age to me, but if you age slower... forty-ish?" answered Elsa.
"Hehe, no, no, I'm not quite that far up there." chuckled Juleka.
"Thirty?"
"Yep! I'm thirty-two winters old!" answered Juleka.
"Wow! You don't look thirty at all! How old is Vivian?"
"She's twenty-five falls old." answered Juleka.
"Oh, so she's just a few years younger than she looks. We humans can look young for our age, but it looks like it's a common thing for fairies. Heh, Vivian doesn't have a decade gap in her look and age though." teased Elsa, prompting a chuckle from Juleka; however, Elsa suddenly had the saddening thought of the possible different lifespans between Juleka and Vivian.
"What's wrong?" asked Juleka, noticing the brief shift in Elsa's delighted expression.
"Nothing."
"Heh, it's something. A smile just doesn't go away that quickly for no reason. Come on, what is it?" urged Juleka, followed by Elsa sighing.
"Alright, what's the life expectancy of your kind?"
"My specific kind, or Vivian's?" asked Juleka.
"Both."
"Well, from what I've seen..." answered Juleka, before gasping with a smile. "Oh, are you worried that I'll outlive Vivian?" she asked, prompting a cringe from Elsa. "That's sweet of you; I appreciate the concern. Yeah, I'll outlive Vivian; I should, anyway, but we have many, many years ahead of us, and I'll be there for all of hers."
"That's good." replied Elsa with a smile.
"Yep. Anyway, between our kinds, short of being killed, and we both grow old, I expect I'll live for around ten, maybe fifteen, more years after Vivian. My specific kind usually lives for eighty to ninety years, and the fairies here fall in the range of seventy to eighty. There are exceptions, of course. The oldest fairy of my kind that I've personally met was a hundred and two."
"Wow, so you're nearing the halfway point of your life." commented Elsa.
"Yep, and if the rest of my life continues like it has since I've come here, I'll be very happy to see it to the end." commented Juleka with a smile, prompting one from Elsa as well.
"So when you're seventy or so, would you still look the way you do now?"
"For my kind, yeah, pretty much." answered Juleka. "I'll have some age on me, but I'll retain most of this youthful appearance."
"Heh, so you'll just look like a thirty or forty-year-old in human appearance towards the end of your life."
"Maybe even younger."
"Lucky you." commented Elsa with a smile, earning herself a chuckle from Juleka.
"Well, we've stuck around here long enough without the family here; I'll show you around." stated Juleka, flying ahead and Elsa following.
"Alright."
To be continued