ENCHANTER: The Quest of the Remaining One (bxb)

CHAPTER 26: 7th Necklace

Our journey continued for a day straight and it seems like finding the next necklace is impossible. We already passed various kinds of plants, passed mountains, passed lakes and rivers, and still, we have no clue about where to find it.

Along our journey, we spotted huge flowers. When I say huge, they are so huge that it seems like they can fit two to three persons inside their closed petals. Neither did we know that those humongous flowers are the fairies' houses.

While roaming around the beautifully planted flowers, one flower opened and a she-fairy was seen leaving it. The fairy did not notice our presence at first but after some time, she released a surprised gasp when she spotted us.

"Hello there, everybody.." she greeted us cheerfully with a smile.

Her smile is a welcoming one. I know it was because as I have said earlier, fairies are very welcoming creatures.

"I thought she's going to shout or something.." Sergio stated.

The fairy then went near us. She gave each one of us a handshake which most of Fabian's crew hesitantly returned, except me of course who eagerly returned the handshake.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to do something to harm you.. except of course if you have bad intentions.." she said.

The boys chuckled awkwardly to what the fairy said and went to sit and rest under a tree.

Suddenly, every flower around us opened and fairies soon scattered around us, greeting us. The baby fairy on my arms slowly woke up and when it did woke up, it quickly started to giggle. The she-fairy then went back quickly into her kin after stating her welcomes.

Suddenly, one elderly fairy approached us and quickly held the baby fairy on her arms.

"Oh.. How did you find him? He was missing for two days.." The fairy asked while cooing at the baby on her arms.

Missing?

For the past two days?!

"Oh, actually, he popped out of nowhere and helped us pass through the eater plants.." Fabian answered which the baby fairy nodded in agreement.

"Poor baby. His parents are dead.." the fairy said. My eyes looked at her in confusion and as if she sensed me looking at her, she looked at me then smiled sadly. "Anyway, I left him into my flower to get some fresh fruits from my little garden and when I returned back, he is nowhere to be seen, missing.." She continued.

"Do you mind me asking why did his parents died?" I asked which the fairy nodded no in return.

"No, not at all.." she said then sighed.

She stayed silent for a second before finally talking. "His parents, Letishia and Ferno, were killed by westernian soldiers when they tried to kill all of our kin. It was five weeks ago when the westernians did the invasion. Mally (the baby fairy) was inside their flower when the attack happened..." She paused then pinched lightly little Mally's cheek. "That time, everyone started to evacuate the area, including his parents who were in their small garden, planting, but they remembered that they don't have their son with them so they went back to their flower and I followed them to help them save Mally.." She paused again, sighing.

"Unfortunately, a westernian soldier had Mally and tried to kill him but Ferno was quick to stop the soldier. He fought with the soldier but he stand no chance against him. The soldier killed Ferno in front of us. Letishia and I tried to get the baby from the soldier's arms and we did a good teamwork because we got him, but before we can finally leave the place, the soldier managed to grab Letishia's wings and teared it apart from Letishia's back.." The she-fairy looks disturbed by what she was narrating. Poor beings. They don't deserve such death. "He then stabbed Letishia in her stomach multiple times, the scene was gruesome.." She said, her voice shaking and a tear escaped her right eye. "Luckily, I managed to evacuate the area with Mally on my arms, safe.." She said, I gazed at the baby who is giggling on her arms, completely oblivious of what happened to his parents. My heart ached about the fact that he is now an orphan.