Boiling Isles: The Next Generation - Act I.

Chapter XXXVIII. - Taneisha Cerys: Fairy Tale Part II.

"Are you all right, Honey?" Ophelia Cerys worried. "You are so quiet..."

Taneisha looked up from her large mug of pomegranate tea and looked at her mother.

"I'm sorry, Mom," the ebony-haired witch apologized. "My mind is elsewhere..."

"I noticed," Ophelia sighed. "Will you tell me what's wrong or is this some kind of fairy thing again, that I wouldn't understand?"

Taneisha stared at her mother speechless and thought how lucky she was to have such a supportive and helpful parent. As she looked more and more at the worried features of Ophelia's face, Taneisha recalled to herself how she became the Queen of the Fairies and how big a role her mother had in this.

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After little Taneisha successfully saved the fairy from the venomous wolf, she headed straight for the Fairy Kingdom at the fairy's request. The purple haired witch girl encountered only one beast on her journey, an ugliness but before it could notice her, the little witch girl hid from it.

The problem started when Taneisha entered the kingdom's territory. As soon as the fairies noticed Taneisha and the fainting fairy on her palm, who turned out to be none other than their ruler, Queen Vilina, they immediately launched an attack. The fairies opened their secondary mouths, revealing their giant, razor-sharp teeth, and charged at the little witch girl. Taneisha tried to defend herself and explain, but the fairies ignored the little witch girl's words and bit Taneisha again and again while Vilina was lifted from the witch girl's palm and taken to the healing fairies. However, before the situation got even worse, Pixie arrived and stopped the fairies and then listened to Taneisha. After the little witch girl explained everything, Pixie thanked her for the help, then bowed to Taneisha and apologized for the ambush. After that, the fairy with porcelain pink hair gently asked Taneisha to leave and for her own safety, she better not come back here ever again.

However, Pixie's warning was unnecessary because not only did Taneisha not go near the Fairy Kingdom, but after the incident, Ophelia didn't let her daughter near the beach either. The purple-haired witch girl understood her mother's concerns, but at the same time, she was very saddened by not being able to see her favorite place again.

Two weeks after the events, however, Taneisha's life changed forever.

The witch girl with purple hair was on her way home and turned into a narrow, deserted side street when she found herself face to face with a group of fairies, led by Pixie.

As it turned out, the Pixies were looking for Taneisha because Queen Vilina had invited her. Taneisha was surprised to hear this, then told Pixie that unfortunately she couldn't go with them, because she didn't want to unnecessarily upset her mother by putting herself in danger again. However, Pixie was adamant and promised Taneisha that it would only be a quick visit and that she would guarantee the little witch girl's safety on the way there and back. Taneisha eventually went with the fairies, albeit reluctantly.

More than an hour later, Taneisha was already standing in the throne room of the Fairy Kingdom's castle, which was surprisingly large, not only the throne room, the entire castle was so huge that even a larger slitherbeast could move around without any problems.

Taneisha didn't even understand why there was such a big place for little fairies. However, she couldn't think about it for long as Queen Vilina appeared, and a healing fairy flying beside her. They were followed by a dozen bodyguards. Taneisha immediately noticed how bad Queen Vilina was. Ominous red veins bulged out on the part of the ebony-haired fairy's skin that was not covered by clothing. In addition to these, there were dark circles under her eyes and she hardly flew, as well as coughing quite badly.