Forbidden: Leadership

Chapter 53

-VALERIE'S P.O.V-

"She looks ready." I point to the very tired Dakota.
"She peed on me." Misty says.
I suppose that's one way to say good morning? But at least she's still in pull ups. I mean... it's funny.
Dakota starts falling off the edge of Misty. It's like my heart beats faster, harder and deadlier. I'm fast enough and stop time with her head centimeters from the ground.
I gently pick her up and resume time. She looks around confused before holding onto me. Ninfa takes my hand and I teleport us all to the lone island of the fairy kin.
As expected I have swords and wands pointing to me. I cover Dakota quickly. Her tears soak my shirt quickly and my heart shatters.
I should have had Ninfa hold her. Nothing like this would have happened if... If I wasn't me.
"Do you mind? I'm holding my child here? Come in peace and all that." I say quickly.
They stay in place but turn their heads to Ninfa. Confirmation from my angel. Funny how she's the only one who could save me in all situations with people hating me for my name.
"She is my love. And so she is to be trusted always. She doesn't need me to speak for her either."
"And the child?"
That question hurts and pisses me off. Above being cornered with blades and wands to my being. Above the threats that they already have on her by having the blades so close to her.
Her tears.. my heart is breaking, both because she cries and it causes me pain but also because she's scared.
"Dakota would not a harm a fly. But right now you're the one hurting a 3 year olds feelings. You're scaring her." I speak for her. I wish I could do more than be... be me..
They all gasp and withdraw all weapons. Dakota is shaking and I feel myself grow tears to the raw anger. To scare my child so bad she shakes.
"Babygirl, look at mommy?" I ask.
She shakes her head and stays hidden.
"Please, my love, look at me.." I plead.
She does a few sniffles and parts from me enough to look at me. "Hey beautiful. Don't cry. You're too beautiful to be crying."
She does a small smile and her tears slowly stop. I wipe her cheeks and kiss her forehead.
"It's alright Dakota. I want you to meet some beings, alright? They're fun and pretty."
She nods slowly to me. A fairy comes in her view and her expression changes. She's in awe of the tiny beings that flutter with sparkles.
"I can feel your anger, Valerie. Calm down."
"You're not upset by these actions?"
"You are the devil, babe."
I don't know why but it just sounds more.. I don't know. It just doesn't feel right when she says it like that.
I ignore the feeling it gave me and continue my mission.
"I want to speak to your Queen."
"This way." One leads me to the queen.
The queen, in her large form of fairy. A natural sparkle that is within her fair skin. An almost pink color of hair and eyes to match.
"The Darklord."
"I've come with a proposal."
"A deal with the devil." She laugh. "Why?"
"My wife.. She's started a school with my help. There are things I cannot teach because of other responsibilities."
"So you wish for slaves."
"No. Never. I need a teacher to fly. The school is a safe place with all monsters and beings. The elvish kins have joined and mingle well."
Her face says she's not getting my hint. Not understand what I'm offering.
"I would like a fairy to teach the kids who can fly, how to. The young fairy can go to the school, learn human studies along with a vast amount of other things about and for all beings."
"Why?"
Her question confuses me. So many things here to question that with. I'm confused.
"The fairy kin is light but powerful. And I wouldn't trust my daughter or unborn with any other hands, besides Ninfa or I, when it comes to flying."
"Can she even fly?"
I tickle Dakota's belly to gather her attention from the mystic woods and flying fairies. She giggles loudly and it makes all the fairies either go in awe or giggle with her. I enjoy how they all adore her.
"Wanna fly for me, Babygirl?"
"I can fly." She says and smiles.
"Why don't you show everyone that you can? Fly like them?"
Her wings appear and I nearly drop her instead of letting go. She takes a hovering flight when I release her from my arms.
"I fly." She says in giggles.
"I see." The queen says plainly.
Dakota looses balance and begin a short tumble. I grab her quickly and her wings vanish. The light from them so bright, I almost missed the black she has tipping her feathers. Nothinglessthan beautiful.
"I need to discuss this with my people. As for your arrival, I apologize. Had we realised you were holding your child sooner, we wouldn't have."
"I understand my title is..evil. I assure you I am no such. I do good, not evil. My love has kept me in the light."
"You've always been light, Valerie. A title doesn't mean anything." Ninfa takes my hand again.
I cannot tell whether she's saying that because of this now or because of what she said earlier. I guess either way she has a point. Only dark magic I ever really used was to kill dear old dad.
"I'll have word to you soon."
"Mommy.. can stay?"
"No, no, babygirl. We can't stay here."
"If behaved, you may tour." The queen says sternly.
"T..to..your." Dakota tries to pronounce a word she's most likely already said before but forgot.
"Tour." I correct her.
"That." Dakota agrees and doesn't try to repeat.
I shrug. A few guards walk us around. Little hive looking things hang from tree branches and are busy with fairies going in and out in a hurry. The ground glows to each of our footsteps.
I do admit, this place is beautiful. The trees have a lively feeling to them. And it seemed like everywhere there were fireflies, lighting up the place.
Along a path you can see jars of the little light bugs and it works like a street light. The wind blows on the grass and it changes color as it does. The flowers have glows and are filled with colors what pop out to you.
Dakota is in awe the whole time. I enjoy the way her head was on a swivel. Look one way for 2 seconds then the next and so on.
We're lead back where we came from and it's time for us to leave. 2 fairies fly up to Dakota.
"Bye Dakota." They say and kiss her cheek.
I find it odd but cute. No one can resist the adorableness of Dakota. I don't blame them.
We teleport home and she only hugs me tighter. I sigh to our surroundings again. I regret the first 5 minutes but not the rest. Dakota had a lot of fun.
I got my usual treatment from any light beings. I'm really trying for everyone. Yet if I even gain the fairies, there are still other light beings I have to try and include.
I'm unusually tired. But I can't let go of Dakota. Not after they had made her shake in fear.
Dakota would not harm a fly, even if it was in her face for a week with no break. She just wouldn't. And I know for a fact she wouldn't.
In self defense, I understand her to attack. But she has no other reasons and so should not be taken as evil like me apparently. I give her a bad name and I'm shamed for it.
Dakota falls asleep in my arms and I can't help but grow more tired myself. It's like nothing I've ever felt before, just an overwhelming amount of weariness. Maybe from teleporting so much.
I'm nearly asleep when Ninfa wipes a wet cloth across my brow. It feels strange and I don't understand what's happening.
"Nin?"
"You'll be okay. I know the root poison they use on their blades, I just wish you hadn't have gotten cut at all."
"I..I did?"
"You were so angry. You didn't feel the blade go into your neck?"
"N..No?" I did not. I truly did not feel anything.
"You'll be okay. Just rest."
"I'm sorry.."
"What? Why?" She's confused by my apology.
"I should not be surprised they would attack. Dakota didn't need that. But me being me, I'm bound to cause distress."
"You are not your title. I need you to know that. I didn't mean it how it would have sounded. I'm sorry for that."
I can no longer keep my eyes open. This poison is strong. Strong enough to take me down for a short while. I'm sure if I was human, this feeling and weariness would have happened instantly. Or death... But now I just feel tired.
"Sleep, Val."
She doesn't need to ask me or tell me twice. I started falling asleep before she had said she allowed me to. Now it's a matter of how long this poison will effect me like this.
But I fall quickly. I listen to Dakota's heartbeats. Ninfa's. Our unborn. The beats sound so strange but musical together. I fall asleep to the peace it brings me.
I fall asleep to my family. Happiness in my arms. All this love.