The cold

Pet Stones and hell

Nerezza was making a pendant for Neil to conceal his wings, using a feather from a threstal's wing, the blood  of a humming bird , a platinum coin , a single hair from Neil's head,  four poisonous fenris berries and three leaves from Auscicles, one of the oldest trees in the Unseelie court. She fed the main spell to a black pearl and promptly dropped it in the concoction. The concoction simmered, it's ash gray color turned to a bright green liquid, before becoming colorless ,clear and transparent. Nerezza peered inside, curious as to how Neil's pet stone would turn out. The black pearl was now now intricately webbed in silver tendrils , the patterns made by the silver tendrils not quite recognizable. Attached to the whole thing was a bright green feather ,  just slightly more green than blue.She stringed the whole thing and handed it Neil .

Neil looked at what was in his hand in obvious awe. It was really beautiful, the silvers patterns changing and moving around like the whole thing was alive, swirling in a manner that almost seemed calm, a twirl of red popping up occasionally . "That Neil, is a pet stone, something that almost every fey of age has on his person. It's what we feed spells to, the one's that we use often and can't bother to consciously hold up.  All pet stones have a soul, they reveal themselves when they're ready. They can also take on humanoid or other shapes if they wish to. Take good care of your stone, that vibrant shade of green tells me he's bound to be quite spirited." Nerezza said , holding up her own pet stone, it's feather a color very close to black, the silver threads moving in a manner that almost bordered violence, a very majestic vibe coming from it. Nerezza smiled wickedly , still holding up her  pet stone she said "Meet Alaster , the proud executioner, one of the seven lords of the obyss"

They went back to the library, Neil playing with the pearl of his newly acquired pendant, liking the soft velvety feel of the pendant in his arms. Nerezza decided to give Neil a brief rundown on all things fey , just the mere workings of the fey society. "So, there are two teams, one with all the evil dudes and their scary queen and the other full of goody two shoes and a very nice queen, right? Nerezza smiled at Neil's analysis. A lot of people assumed that at first, it was quite funny. Lady Legasus more than had it her  to be cruel, in fact the fountain in the garden wasn't an extremely benevolent act of hers, now, was it? And it wasn't like Ballona was truly evil, she too had these rare moments when she was kind. Santa Morpheus Clause was in fact a part of the Seelie court before he decided to start the spirit revolution and a lot of banshees that chose to serve the unseelie court were quite harmless , they were just very gloomy.

"Then why two courts?" Neil asked. He didn't see the point of it, there was always a good side and a bad side in fairy tales. Nerezza laughed darkly at that, if only life was that simple! and one didn't necessarily have to pledge to a court, there were a lot neutrals or nomads, in fact she preferred it if Neil didn't pledge to either court , considering the incident with the blood stone and the general animosity towards blood fey, things would be a lot less messy that way. Neil pouted, he wanted to join the Seelie court , ogle at Iron man or Captain America, and be kickass like Black widow. Just too bad things weren't all black and white, just too bad they were't real either. 

Which court does Damien belong to? Neil asked , wondering why he hadn't seen Damien at all since he started working here, perhaps he thought a good little librarian was too insignificant, rather unworthy of his attention. It wasn't like he cared, he hated the pompous prince anyway! Nerezza smirked, noticing the expression on the boys face. She knew what brought it on, she also knew that Damien was forced by his brother to attend certain negotiations regarding the nations trade policies with Fiory, the neighboring kingdom. She didn't tell that to the boy though, she liked watching him boil over his little crush. Alaster chuckled, his deep voice resonating in her mind, apparently she wasn't the only one to enjoy watching the boy squirm. "Damien is neutral ,boy, pledged to neither, as a matter of fact, Damien isn't even fully fey, one of his ancestors were from the Obyss, the place where the spirit within the pet stones reside before the summon, home to beings humans call demons. "

Neil sighed, things were moving far too fast, first fey and now hell. A few days just isn't enough to process the fact that his entire life was a lie. He wondered if a unicorn would pop out of no where screaming "What's up, brotha!!!" shitting marshmallows and chewing rainbows, it wouldn't surprise him at this point. Neil heard a loud chuckle in his head, literally. His eyes widened ,all this weirdness was finally getting to him,he seriously needed a break from it if he's fallen so far down the loony bin that he could hear voices in his head,next he'd start seeing pigs fly around . Neil started to head home, the pendant hiding his wings and making him look almost normal, with proper rounded ears .

Nerezza decided  to tag along for a while, perhaps walk the kid home before doing some much needed clean up, ridding Sailee of a few pests. Alaster hummed in approval, the executioner did not like the fact that he was restrained  for such a long time while his wearer was too busy playing human. He turned himself into a long scythe ,Nerezza's weapon of choice, impatiently waiting for his prey. Nerezza licked her lips at the sight of a basilisk , one powerful enough to let her enjoy the hunt.