RikProwley
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There exist in this world magical creatures, born from flowers, with strange and wondrous ways. These beings are the mythical feien, or fairies. Miniature winged folk who live but a few years, they bring to their owners luck and happiness.
But the feien are in decline. Magic has all but disappeared from the world, and to survive, the fairies must bond their souls to those of humans.
Long a friend of the fairies, I was visited by the great and wise fairy Juli. He was a leader among his kind, one of the last fairies alive without a human bond, but his thoughts were troubled. Without help, the fairies would soon disappear. He needed someone to help him find special humans to ensure the survival of their race. He asked me.
Of course I agreed. A world without fairies would be too sad. Juli handed to me a single blossom, a black lily, and instructed me to care for it, telling me that this fairy was very special.
With only those instructions to go by, I put the flower in a vase of water and set it in the sun, but the bloom wilted slightly. Apparently this flower didn't like the sun. When I moved it to a cool, shady place it returned to its original luster. I watched it for several days, barely able to keep my eyes off it. Then, around dusk of the sixth day, the flower began to glow with a dark energy. It trembled and shook in its vase, as if straining to do something. Amazed, I watched it closely, and less than a minute later a little black ball spilled out of this tiny maelstrom of energy and into my waiting hand.
Ever so slowly, the tiny black ball unfurled its wings and stood. It was a fairy! He, for it seemed to be male in form, stood a mere four inches, with black wings resembling a hummingbird's attached to his back. His pale skin was covered in tiny black markings and his little dark eyes glinted in the faint light. "My name is Corvus," he said simply, looking at me.
"I'm Emperial," I replied. His little face looked at me incredulously.
"Emperial? What sort of a name is that?" he demanded.
And so I met Corvus, who quickly revealed himself as a smart-mouthed, grumpy sort of fellow with a vicious and sarcastic sense of humor. It was love at first insult. Corvus quickly explained to me that he was a summoner fairy, a very special type. His magic enabled fairy plants to bloom, resulting in the births of new fairies, but he was still a new fairy and would need some time to develop his full powers and completely bond to me.
For two weeks we talked, watched TV, and got to know one another. Then, during an episode of MASH, Corvus announced it was time. His body was enveloped in the same black energy that had surrounded his flower at his birth, and then he shot up in height to a full six and a half inches, now a fully-grown fairy.
Not more than a day later, Juli returned with another gift. He presented Corvus and I with a fairy plant already sporting five blossoms. Now, we had to find five humans to raise them...
But the feien are in decline. Magic has all but disappeared from the world, and to survive, the fairies must bond their souls to those of humans.
Long a friend of the fairies, I was visited by the great and wise fairy Juli. He was a leader among his kind, one of the last fairies alive without a human bond, but his thoughts were troubled. Without help, the fairies would soon disappear. He needed someone to help him find special humans to ensure the survival of their race. He asked me.
Of course I agreed. A world without fairies would be too sad. Juli handed to me a single blossom, a black lily, and instructed me to care for it, telling me that this fairy was very special.
With only those instructions to go by, I put the flower in a vase of water and set it in the sun, but the bloom wilted slightly. Apparently this flower didn't like the sun. When I moved it to a cool, shady place it returned to its original luster. I watched it for several days, barely able to keep my eyes off it. Then, around dusk of the sixth day, the flower began to glow with a dark energy. It trembled and shook in its vase, as if straining to do something. Amazed, I watched it closely, and less than a minute later a little black ball spilled out of this tiny maelstrom of energy and into my waiting hand.
Ever so slowly, the tiny black ball unfurled its wings and stood. It was a fairy! He, for it seemed to be male in form, stood a mere four inches, with black wings resembling a hummingbird's attached to his back. His pale skin was covered in tiny black markings and his little dark eyes glinted in the faint light. "My name is Corvus," he said simply, looking at me.
"I'm Emperial," I replied. His little face looked at me incredulously.
"Emperial? What sort of a name is that?" he demanded.
And so I met Corvus, who quickly revealed himself as a smart-mouthed, grumpy sort of fellow with a vicious and sarcastic sense of humor. It was love at first insult. Corvus quickly explained to me that he was a summoner fairy, a very special type. His magic enabled fairy plants to bloom, resulting in the births of new fairies, but he was still a new fairy and would need some time to develop his full powers and completely bond to me.
For two weeks we talked, watched TV, and got to know one another. Then, during an episode of MASH, Corvus announced it was time. His body was enveloped in the same black energy that had surrounded his flower at his birth, and then he shot up in height to a full six and a half inches, now a fully-grown fairy.
Not more than a day later, Juli returned with another gift. He presented Corvus and I with a fairy plant already sporting five blossoms. Now, we had to find five humans to raise them...
