the elf people at cottage-ville

chapter 1

𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘈 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥.

so they kept on running making sure not to trip on the rocks,twigs and everything else that was under them. The oldest elf child had to keep looking back to make sure that her siblings were okay as she held her baby sibling in her arms,protecting her with her life. If the eldest child happened to fall then she would be willing to sacrifice a broken arm or leg so that the baby would have no injuries. The baby was crying, the ones behind her were making noises of fright, afraid that the people would grab one of them "come on everyone! keep on running you got this! we'll get to safety soon" the eldest child said hoping that the others would be able to hear the hope in her voice. Even if it was false.

"come back here you elf scum!" said one person "you don't belong here!" said another as that was being said about three torches were thrown at them "and you have no right to treat us like this! we did nothing but play in the enchanted garden!" said the eldest. It was true all the kids were playing innocently in the enchanted garden before this whole mess happened. They were just having a little family picnic and playing some games and of course the common people didn't like that so they chased them out "such lies you devilish child you were obviously practicing  witchcraft" said the same person who threw the torch "nothing but devil worshipers!" "let's go back now they are too fast for us" said an elderly woman, giving up.

They threw a bunch of knives, the rest of the torches and about two pitchforks before they all turned around and gave up. Soon the children stopped as well listening in for possibly any more attackers. They all sat closely next to each other as the eldest checked for injuries on herself and the others while the third eldest took care of the crying baby. Grabbing for the backpack the eldest took out a first aid kit she picked up a while back. She remembers that day when they were in immediate danger then, their attacker leaving the aid kit once they retaliated against their attacker. She was proud of all of them that day heck she still is proud of that day. "Is everyone okay? did they get you?" asked the eldest "yeah they got me" the fourth eldest said as she showed her obvious big cut wound from the knife. The eldest immediately grabbed some cleaning wipes and bandages as she got to work.  "Is everyone else okay?" she asked again. They all nodded silently "and the baby? Does she need anything?"

"I think she's just hungry? we have no way to change her" said the third eldest

"yeah well we're gonna have to wait on that we can't exactly make a leaf bed because we don't know if there's any more people waiting around to attack us" said the eldest

"yeah well we need weapons to protect ourselves sis" the second eldest said

the eldest nodded "I know I know we gotta find some weapons.. we also have to find some food"

"I can help with that! I am a good scavenger you know" said the fifth eldest proudly  

"Well come on everyone.. let's get back on our feet" the eldest picked up the baby from the third eldest. Starting to walk. Soon the others followed closely behind, being aware of their surroundings

"Don't worry siblings, soon we'll find a nice elderly lady who will take us in and then she can show us how to defend ourselves with proper training.." said the eldest, full of hope "we just gotta take a little adventure through the enchanted willow forest..."