Wayward (Prince Arthur x Oc)

Chapter 13: In which trolls fly and flowers are picked

"So how about that curse little man, any attempts at breaking it yet?"

Edda looked up at Snurra from the potion she had started to work on after releasing Arthur from her arms, and so did Arthur, who was still, for some reason, sitting in her lap. She had tried not to think about him being there.

"The curse?" Arthur said, at first sounding oddly confused. "Oh right! Yeah, I've been at it, for a long while now... unsuccessfully..." he hunched over a little, before snapping up straight again "But, I think miss Edda might be able to break it."

"Oh? How's that curse breaking going then Miss magician?" Snurra asked, sounding a bit intrigued.

Edda shifted slightly on the log she was sitting on.

"Well, I'm still trying to figure out any weak points in the fairy's magic I could exploit, but I guess it's, going." She scratched the back of her head, and explained the current plan of action they had.

Snurra nodded along and hummed a bit.

"Sounds like you still got quite the work ahead of you two." She cocked her head to the side as she seemed to gaze along the road she was walking on. Edda found herself just a bit entranced in the way the sun shone on Snurra's hair, but quickly snapped out of it. "Well, I wish you luck in you mission." Snurra finally continued. "I would like to aid you, but magic was always my sisters strong suit, not mine."

"Yeah my mom is great! Her cousin is this lady that hangs out in a lake and they learned a lot of magic together!" Nini butted in, her face gleaming with excitement.

Snurra laughed at her.

"That sjörå is my cousin too you know," she shot a quick, amused, smile over her shoulder. "That's why we're planning to visit her after we see uncle Grävegrus, remember?"

"Wait." Arthur said suddenly. "Trolls can do magic?! Is that why you said you where going to curse me?" He turned his head to look at Nini who looked like a dear in headlights.

"W-"

"Nini..." Snurra turned her head to Nini and chocked up en eyebrow. "Did you threaten to curse the little man?"

"...Maybe." Nini answered, absentmindedly playing with her tail. "It was just a glow in the dark curse though..." she pouted "it wasn't like it was going to kill him."

"Oh!" Snurra said in a happy tone, "Then I guess sis would be happy to hear about this little incident."

"No don't!" Nini dramatically fell too her knees. Edda flinched a bit at it as doing that on a pile of logs did not look very comfortable. "She would lecture me for days!!! And force me to eat the same oatmeal that grandpa eats, that you know tastes boring and yucky!"

"I have no sympathy for you, small prisoner," Snurra snickered.

Edda looked from the child, to her aunt, and then to Arthur, who looked just as lost for words as her.

"I mean," Edda started, keeping her eye on Arthur as she spoke. "It's not like the curse would have worked in the first place, since both of us are wearing protection charms..."

"So no harm, no foul." Arthur finished, seemingly have caught on what she was hinting at and agreeing with it. "M'lady here was already protecting me from any extra curses going my way." He gestured broadly with his hand and shot Edda one of his stupid grins, making her snort at him.

"Wait! What do you mean 'protective charm'?" Nini said shooting up from her knees, seemingly forgetting about what she was doing a second prior, and furrowing her brows in confusion. "And why would it stop me from cursing that tattle tail?!" She pointed at Arthur.