Elizabeth reformed in the middle of the Faerie throne room. Rebirth gasped. ''The faeries!"
"Well, nothing we can do about it now! Let's just watch it play out. This should be interesting...'' Forest winked at Rebirth while he glared at her accusingly.
"You sent her here, didn't you. I could feel an opposing force. ''
''Maybe, maybe not. Who knows? Now SHHH! This is VERY enterrrrtaining..." Forest purred as she settled into her cushioned council chair.
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Elizabeth sat up, rubbing her head. She felt like she had just woken from a drunken sleep and was having a really bad hangover. But she hadn't drunk any booze. WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON?!
"Elf. State your business. How did you get here?" A beautiful melodic voice, like wind chimes, tinkled from across the room. Turning around, she saw a creature so beautiful it was glaring. Light seemed to catch on her hair and armour, and she seemed to glow with an unearthly light. Elizabeth lay on the floor, too stunned to say anything. Then, her mind processed what she had just heard. Elf?? Her hands went to her ears. HOLY CRAP! They were pointed! She looked at her skin. It was pale, and tinged slightly green.
The faerie was watching this with slight annoyance. Apparently this elf did not know she was an elf. Yeah, right. " Speak up, Elf!" The voice cut the air like a knife.
Elizabeth snapped out of her stupor. "Wha?..What?" She blinked. The Faerie, losing patience, grabbed Elizabeth's arm and roughly led her down to the dungeon. She nodded to a guard on the way down and her stepped aside to let her pass. Now the corridors were narrower and no longer had that soft glow that the walls of the first room possessed. They passed more guards. After weaving past many dim corridors, they finally came to a small cell. The Faerie opened the door, and impatiently shoved Elizabeth in. She closed the door again, and before she left, locked the door. Elizabeth, shocked and slightly traumatized at the unexpected turn of events, curled up in a corner of the damp, dark cell and started to cry.
Sniffling and wiping the tears away, Elizabeth rested her exhausted body and got as comfortable as one can get in a cell with a hard floor, then fell fast asleep.
Roughly two hours later, the Faerie queen stood from her throne, her blue green full- length dress swirling around her long legs as she descended into the dungeon. "Stay here," She commanded the guards who accompanied her. Dutifully, they nodded their heads and stood at attention whilst their beautiful queen entered the dungeon. She crouched by the sleeping girl's side and gently shook her awake.
She sat up with a jolt, swinging her head from left to right, eyes wild. "Calm, child. You are safe now." The Queen knelt beside her, stroking her hair and gently rocking her back and forth. "Look at me, child." Elizabeth felt a cool finger beneath her chin, pushing her head up. An audible gasp was heard."An...an elf?" Upon hearing the word elf, Elizabeth burst into tears.
"Oh, my. We had better take this to my chambers." The queen stood, brushing non-existent dust from her dress, and held out her hand for Elizabeth to take. The queen pulled her up and led her up the stairway.
In the queen's chambers, Elizabeth and the queen sat on the enormous bed. Placing her graceful hands on Elizabeth's, she said, "Tell me everything."
Elizabeth rubbed her eyes and told her the whole story, right from when her mother started being a alcoholic to when she died. Queen Elbereth held her softly as she stroked her hair, murmuring comforting words when Elizabeth sobbed, recounting her death.
"Breathe, child. Breathe. Look." She held out a mirror. Elizabeth gasped. Instead of her familiar, longish face with mouse brown hair, was a small, round, face with impish, mischievous features and stark white hair. And-pointed ears! " Child, you are not in ... "Earth" ... anymore. You are in Hearthinfuse. Our world. A world of the likes which your kind have never seen before. This is a fantasy world.''
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YO! Wassup guys!!! IM gonna try to post a pic of Elizabeth and de QUEEN. Sorry, dunno how. So someone teach moi? Cuz' peoples been buggin' me ta describe what they look like. *glares* And put a cast. And update in 2,3 weeks. Lot's ta do, people! im gonna try ta make mah chappies longer! Hang in there, peeps!
~XO, Sparks!
