Chronicles of Eden - Act VI (8 page)

“It appears she wanted to sleep with Daniel last night,” Triska mused with a smirk at the fast moving fairy. “His snoring didn’t bother her at all. Actually she seemed to enjoy it.”

“She enjoyed his snoring? Why?”

“She’s Pip,” Alyssa reasoned before the fairy flew over and shot into Kroanette’s bosom, the centaur squealing with a shudder as the fairy wiggled around between the soft mounds before popping her head up and smiling brightly at the girl.

“Good morning!” she cheerfully greeted.

“Yes, good morning,” Kroanette forcibly replied with a weak smile.

Pip giggled then flew out of her shirt in a blur, streaking around the room before diving down in between Luna’s breasts with a cheer. The group watched as Luna yelped and dropped back onto the bed with Pip nuzzling herself in her bosom before smiling brightly at the butterfly.

“Good morning!”

“Um, good morning?” Luna unsurely replied with before Pip raced out and into Specca’s chest, with the same results happening to the nixie as she squealed and dropped back onto the bed.

“Why must she do that with us?” Triska tiredly asked before the fairy dived down in between her assets with a playful giggle. The teen held in her groan and nodded with a weak smile as Pip greeted her in the same fashion before she moved on to Squeak, then to Falla, and then raced over to Alyssa before stopping right in front of her. As Squeak and Falla slowly sat up again while blushing slightly Alyssa stifled back her grunt as she saw the fairy had no interest, or even ability, to do the same thing to her as she did to the others.

“Aw, no boobies,” Pip pouted.

“Good morning to you too,” Alyssa muttered.

Pip giggled then hugged her forehead before flying up and around the ceiling as she liked to do, going in circles again and again while weaving up and down between the rafters. Alyssa’s eyes followed her motions somewhat before a slight smile came across her face.

“Are we going to have to deal with that every morning?” Falla asked while her eyes tried to follow the fast moving fairy.

“You will, I won’t have to,” Alyssa answered before she and Squeak got off the bed and started getting their clothes from the hangers on the side of the room. Triska and Specca crawled over to them and started getting dressed alongside the girls as well while the butterfly sisters smiled timidly at Daniel as they remained in bed.

“Aren’t you two going to get dressed?” Specca asked glancing to them while she put on her petal skirt.

“We’re alright with you sleeping naked with us,” Triska mentioned to them. “But you’re not spending the entire day like that in front of Daniel. We do have
some
decency.”

“Yeah, sure,” Falla softly replied before the sisters slowly got out of bed and started to get dressed in their clothing again, both keeping an eye on Daniel the whole time.

“What is it?” he asked as they kept watching him while putting on their skirts and bras.

“Just reminding ourselves that this isn’t a dream,” Falla said before the two girls walked over and sat at the end of the bed together.

“It seems too good to be true,” Luna admitted as they both eyed Daniel and then the girls who smiled curiously at them.

“Hey, what the fuck just happened?” Clover shouted from outside the hole in the wall. “You think you can just throw me around like that and get away with it? You wanted my help talking to my priestess didn’t you? Then get the fuck out here and apologize right now!”

“Yeah,” Triska sighed as she put on her shirt. “Like a dream come true.”

*****

“Alright,” Triska said as she set her duffel bag down onto the ground next to the ride, with Clover standing with her while having her arms crossed and a scowl on her face. “Before we go anywhere you’re going to fix the hole in the wall that you made.”

“Excuse me?” Clover shouted at her. “That wasn’t my fault at all, I didn’t-”

Triska grabbed her by the tunic, swung her over against the wheel of the caravan, and then held a finger close to the girl’s face with a stern expression.

“Now you listen to me. I have already lost my patience with you, and many here do not want you accompanying us anymore due to you being the foulmouthed bitch you are. If you want us to take you anywhere then you will fix this hole which came from
you
speaking without thinking and criticizing
our
man. Do that, then you can eat, and then we’ll go. Otherwise get the fuck out of here! And if I hear one word out of you about it then I’ll take my dagger and jam it all the way up between your legs and carve out your ovaries! Do you get me?”

Standing over to the side Daniel and the other girls were watching Triska shaking Clover by the collar, yelling at her with a stern tone, and threatening the elf with her fist before she shoved the stunned monster back against the wheel then knelt down to rummage through her bag. Clover just stared at her with an open mouth while remaining speechless as Triska pulled boards, nails, a hammer, a tin can of paint, and a brush out of her bag and set them down on the ground.

“Well I’ll be,” Alyssa mentioned with a raised eyebrow. “Looks like we have a use for Triska’s volatile nature; to keep Clover in line.”

“She’s really angry at her,” Luna nervously said before stepping behind her sister.

“That’s not her being angry,” Specca said shaking her head, with Squeak doing the same in agreement. “You’ll know when she’s angry. She has a certain… aura she gives off when she’s really upset. Definitely lets you know she’s angry.”

“Again, we’re letting that elf come with us still?” Falla asked looking to Daniel with unease.

“If she doesn’t listen to Triska’s final warning we won’t,” Daniel reasoned. “This is her last chance to behave herself on this trip.”

“Why is she still so mad?” Pip asked while sitting on Kroanette’s ample chest watching the elf curiously.

“I’m starting to wonder if that’s how all elves are, or just her,” Kroanette pondered while crossing her arms with a small shrug.

Triska finished setting aside materials and tools to repair the broken wall in the caravan before she closed up her bag and lifted it up over her shoulder then glared at the elf. Clover stared at her with stunned silence as the teen pointed to the materials then to the hole in the wall before she walked away. The elf glanced down to the long boards and paint, over to Triska’s duffel bag which was being carried by the teen with one hand, then back down to the supplies before slowly shaking her head with confusion.

“Something about what I just saw doesn’t add up.”

Triska breathed out with annoyance before flinging the bag back behind her and through the curtain of the ride, which landed inside the cabin with a loud thud while the caravan rocked on its wheels from the incredible weight. Clover jumped with surprise then looked at Triska with disbelief before turning to the caravan while Triska walked over towards the others with a weak smile on her face.

“Okay, while she’s fixing her mess, how about we have breakfast?”

A few minutes later Clover was busy hammering in nails to new boards with frustrated grunts and growls while she stood on the caravan’s wheel, her eyes going over the large hole that still remained to be patched up with ire before over to seeing the group gathering near the front of the caravan to eat together. Lucky was grazing on some tall grass off to the side, tail swishing behind him as he ate peacefully, while Alyssa pet his nose with a warm smile on her face. She then walked over towards the others and waved her staff with a fanciful twirl, light rippling through the grass in a wide arc out from in front of her and causing the ground to shift about slightly. From the dirt large vines began to pop up in a circling formation before curving back downward, manifesting into small pews for everyone to sit on while a large clump of vines and weeds sprouted up in the middle and melded together to form a flat round table.

“That’s so cool,” Luna praised while the group stood off to the side and watched the witch working her magic.

“How come we’re not bringing anything out from the caravan?” Falla asked.

“Alyssa wants to prepare breakfast for us on her own,” Specca answered with a curious smile at the little witch.

“How’s she going to do that?”

“Watch and see,” Triska proudly answered while the group saw Alyssa walking around her magically summoned seating with a confident smile on her face.

“Alright, this shouldn’t be any trouble,” Alyssa assured herself before spinning her staff around once then thrusting it into the ground.

Everyone watched in silent wonder as nothing happened, with the only sounds being heard were the hammering from Clover and a calm breeze that rolled through. After a while everyone looked to Alyssa curiously as the witch showed growing concern at seeing nothing appearing on the table.

“What the hell?” she quietly said before thrusting her staff into the ground again. “C’mon, come forth like you’re supposed to. Get out here. Right now.”

“So, what are we watching for?” Falla questioned as the group watched Alyssa thrusting her staff into the ground a few more times with urgency.

Alyssa grunted and stabbed her staff down into the dirt again and again while seeing nothing manifesting on the table. No plates, cups, food, or anything. Not even a napkin came up through the magically formed counter as Alyssa tried in vain to summon food and drinks from her home back in Ritherwood.

“Alyssa?” Daniel asked worriedly. “Is something wrong?”

Alyssa looked to him with disbelief then to the table while backing up away from it and shaking her head.

“I don’t understand. Why isn’t this working? We can’t be too far off from my home still. We’ve been traveling closer to Ritherwood more than away from it at this point.”

“Um, we can make breakfast this morning if it’ll be easier,” Triska suggested with a small shrug. “It’s not a problem if you can’t use your magic right now.”

“Yes it is,” Alyssa argued while looking to her staff with concern. “Triska, I can’t open a gateway back to my home, I can’t bring any of my food reserves from my home here, it’s almost like my home isn’t there anymore.”

“Maybe we’re still too far away from Ritherwood,” Specca suggested with a worried smile. “Don’t let it upset you like this.”

“That was quite a spectacle of you making those seats and table with your magic,” Kroanette kindly praised. “Your power is working fine. We must be too far from your home like they say.”

“Alyssa?” Pip worriedly said before fluttering over and landing on the witch’s shoulder. “Are you okay?”

“Why can’t I connect with my home anymore?” Alyssa asked shaking her head. “Is my magic getting weaker or something?”

“
Whoa
!” Clover suddenly yelled out as she dropped down onto the ground with a thump. The group looked over to seeing the elf scooting back from the caravan as she watched in surprise the hammer she had been holding was now floating in place near one of the boards she nailed into the ride in a very crooked manner. The elf pointed to the floating mallet and looked towards the group with bewilderment before the boards lying next to her started to lift up off the ground and fly into place over the broken wall.

“Um, are any of you doing this?” Clover called out to the group while watching as nails flew up from the ground and stuck themselves into the boards with perfect placement while the wood forced itself into fitting just right to patch up the hole. The paint can opened on its own and jettisoned its dye in a flying stream onto the wall where it spread out and covered the newly placed boards evenly. The wall appeared to creak and shift slightly as the repaired area melded into place with perfectly set planks and fresh paint that even formed on the inside to conceal the opening ever having been there at all.

“What just happened?” Daniel asked carefully.

“There, you see, Alyssa?” Luna happily said to the witch while waving towards the ride. “Your magic is so powerful you fixed the caravan without even thinking about it.”

“That wasn’t me, Luna,” Alyssa corrected shaking her head.

“Then who was that?” Triska cautiously asked as the group saw Clover slowly standing up and staring at the repaired wall with puzzlement.

Squeak’s antennae twitched before she looked behind her, the girl then squeaking with a jump as she quickly turned to face something. The group looked over to the side then showed surprise as well while Alyssa nervously smiled at seeing two familiar girls walking towards them. As they did Pip jumped with a small squeak before she quickly ducked down under Alyssa’s shoulder covers and hid herself from view, with Daniel and the other girls taking notice of her doing so before turning their attention to the newcomers who seemed to appear out of nowhere.

“Apoch. Astreal,” Alyssa shakily welcomed before quickly kneeling with a bow to the sisters. “What a surprise to see you both. What are you doing way out here?”

Clover watched as the twin sisters walked towards the group who quickly parted and backed up from them while Alyssa remained down on her knee before the witches. Apoch and Astreal approached Alyssa while holding their staves upright on either side, their footsteps in perfect sync, dressed in their typical apparel, while they glanced around at everyone before resting their eyes on the caravan with disdain.

“Ms. Charlotte provided you that specially crafted ride out of the goodness of her heart,” Apoch softly yet harshly spoke to Alyssa.

“Please do not break what our grace was so generous with providing you,” Astreal scolded. “That is very rude.”

“I’m sorry,” Alyssa quickly replied while nodding a few times. “It was a simple mistake. It won’t happen again. Thank you very much for-”

“Who the fuck are they?” Clover shouted while pointing to the twins.

“Clover, goddammit,” Triska quietly groaned while face palming.

Apoch and Astreal turned their eyes towards the elf with a stern glare while drumming their fingers on their staves. Clover glanced around at seeing everyone else staring at her like she was crazy and screwing up very badly before she looked down and away from them.

“Never mind,” she called out as she slowly backed away and held her hands up defensively. “Staying out of it.”