Chronicles of Eden - Act 2 (33 page)

“Great, now she’s going postal on some other poor soul,” Triska muttered. Alyssa jumped down with her while holding her staff, the two then hopping over onto the slope while Squeak stumbled after, the ant girl wavering around on her boots as she slid after them.

Daniel held Specca’s hand as the two slid down the grassy slope, the nixie glancing to him with a small smile before they reached the bottom, with Alyssa then promptly sliding down and knocking Specca forward as she grabbed onto Daniel’s arm with a giggle. As Specca stumbled over and fell down onto her face Triska slid down and grabbed Daniel’s other arm, pretending to waver off-balance so she could use him for support, before Squeak slid down and crashed into Daniel, taking the boy to the ground with her while Triska and Alyssa spun around and fell over. Specca shook her head and spat out a flower before looking back to seeing Triska and Alyssa getting back onto their feet and Squeak lying on top of Daniel, the boy’s face lodged in her bosom as the ant girl was staring down at him with a blush on her face.

“Squeak!” Specca cried out. Triska stared with a shocked expression while Alyssa’s eye twitched a bit at the sight. Squeak blinked then jumped a bit and leaned back quickly, with Daniel then gasping for air before looking at her with a stunned expression. She squeaked a few times before showing a timid smile and shrugging, with Daniel glancing down to her breasts then up at her while remaining silent.

“Squeak, get off of him this instant!” Specca scolded as she rushed over to the ant girl, grabbing her by the shoulders and, having to use a great deal of strength since the ant girl was very difficult to budge, pushed Squeak off of Daniel onto the grass before quickly kneeling down next to him while holding an arm back to shield the boy as if he was in some sort of danger.

“What do you think you’re doing? How dare you force his face into your breasts like that, shame on you!” Specca shouted out at Squeak, the ant girl slowly getting up and smiling nervously at her before looking at something with wide eyes.

“Specca!” Triska yelled out. Specca looked to see the human pointing down to Daniel, then looked down behind her. She gasped and turned red as she saw that by kneeling down so close to Daniel like that she actually had her rear end hovering over Daniel’s face while he was staring with even wider eyes at the extremely close up view of the nixie’s pussy. Hell, at that distance he could make out the individual scales along with noticing the gentle color change from aqua to a very light blue around the pussy and even see where her tail connected right above her asshole. She even had a slight lake water fragrance to her private area, something that seemed to compliment her very nicely. Specca then screamed and darted away onto the ground, holding her skirt down between her legs while watching Daniel with an embarrassed whine.

“Oh dear lord, I’m so sorry, Daniel, I didn’t mean to… I wasn’t trying to…” she stammered out nervously. Daniel however just kept staring up at the sky, wondering which was more surprising to him; the soft, extremely comfortable feeling of being pressed face first into Squeak’s bosom, or being nearly pointblank from Specca’s exposed flesh. Triska and Alyssa watched as Daniel just seemed to lay there while stunned then looked to Squeak and Specca with frustrated glares. Squeak was smiling worriedly at them with a small shrug while Specca was holding her hands over her face while her tail curled up around her waist.

“Are you two
that
desperate to show off to Daniel?” Alyssa yelled out as she clutched her staff in both hands.

“What’s the big idea sticking his face into those places like that?” Triska barked out. She unsheathed her sword, the metallic ring causing Daniel to blink then snap back to his senses. He quickly sat up and looked around, seeing Triska growling with anger and her sword held in hand, Alyssa glaring with bared teeth while her staff glowed orange, Squeak slowly scooting back with a nervous squeak, and Specca continuing to hide behind her hands out of embarrassment of what she did.

“Wait, everybody stop, please,” he called out. All the girls halted and looked to him, falling silent as the sound of Kroanette and another girl yelling nearby became easily heard again. The group then looked over to the side as the centaur continued to snap her whip, everyone then seeing Kroanette and another girl they recognized.

“Falla?” Triska said with exasperation.

Over near the tree they saw Kroanette snapping her whip up at a branch where Falla was seen ducking and darting around the limb frantically, with the lash snapping off twigs and leaves as the centaur kept striking with powerful swings.

“Knock it off, you bitch!” Falla yelled out as she kept trying to avoid the cracking whip.

“I’ll teach you some manners, who do you think you’re calling fat?” Kroanette shouted out with anger.

“You, look at the size of your ass that you nearly crushed me with!” Falla shot back.

“Get down here and say that, you loudmouthed butterfly!” Kroanette barked back.

“Like hell I will, what’s your problem anyway?” Falla argued.

“You are, you have no respect for a centaur at all!” Kroanette yelled out.

“Why should I? You nearly crushed me to death; I just stopped here under the tree to rest, not to get run over!” Falla shouted back.

Daniel and the other girls just watched as Kroanette continued to snap her whip at Falla, the butterfly girl dodging and darting around the large branch while the two exchanged verbal strikes with one another.

“Is that really Falla again?” Specca asked tiredly.

“I don’t believe this, those two are everywhere we go,” Triska groaned.

“Where’s the other one, what are they up to this time?” Alyssa asked looking around, not seeing any sign of the second butterfly sister.

“Kroanette, stop!” Daniel called out as he ran over to the bickering girls. The centaur looked back to him with a huff while Falla peeked out from over the branch, the butterfly girl then showing surprise at seeing him.

“Daniel?” she asked.

“Hello again, Falla,” Daniel replied flatly. Kroanette glanced to her with narrowed eyes then looked at Daniel carefully.

“Do you know this girl?” she asked.

“Unfortunately. Could you please stop trying to kill her?” Daniel asked dryly. Falla jumped down from the tree then rushed over to the boy, grabbing him by the shoulders and shaking him frantically.

“Have you seen Luna? Have any of you seen her?” she asked desperately. She was instantly thrown back into the tree by a magical force, the girl slamming against the bark before green vines whipped up from the ground and ensnared her ankles.

“How many times must we tell you, stop chasing after Daniel!” Alyssa yelled out as she and the others walked over towards the tree. Triska held her sword out towards Falla, the butterfly monster leaning back and looking at the blade with worried eyes, while Specca and Squeak just watched her with dull expressions.

“What’s your plan this time, Falla?” Triska inquired with narrowed eyes. Kroanette looked at the scene with confusion then glanced to Daniel.

“So, you and this girl are
not
on good terms?” she questioned with a raised eyebrow. The boy sighed and walked towards Falla, gently pulling Triska back while the girl remained ready to lunge forward with her blade.

“Falla, what are you doing here?” he asked looking at the butterfly.

“I’m looking for my sister, have any of you seen her?” Falla asked quickly.

“Isn’t she always following you around?” Specca asked plainly.

“I don’t see how this is supposed to get Daniel’s pants off,” Alyssa commented flatly. Falla growled and glared at her.

“This isn’t a game, witch, my sister’s missing!” she yelled out.

“Missing?” Triska asked while keeping her blade held out.

“Yes, missing, she’s been gone since yesterday. I’ve been looking for her and that little girl since then,” Falla answered.

“Little girl? What little girl?” Specca asked. Falla looked to her then to Daniel with pleading eyes.

“We found a human child, in the woods, after you left us back there. We’ve been trying to find you so you can help her, she’s all alone out here,” she explained. The group looked to each other then to Falla carefully.

“A human child? Way out in the outerlands like this?” Specca questioned.

“That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of, a human child wouldn’t be wandering around the outerlands alone,” Triska argued. Falla looked to her with concern then pulled out Emily’s bloodied shoe from behind her, the group looking at it with surprise as she tossed it to Daniel.

“She wasn’t alone, until monsters ate her family,” she said sadly.

“Oh my god,” Specca said holding a hand over her mouth as the group stared at the shoe in Daniel’s hand, the boy tilting it around slowly and seeing it having bloodstains all over it.

“Ok, this is a rather elaborate ploy to get Daniel’s pants off, I’ll give you that,” Alyssa said glancing to Falla with discontent.

“This isn’t a trick, her name is Emily Winterbloom, she’s a young girl, has long brunette hair, blue eyes, very dirty clothes with blood on them, and she’s blind,” she explained quickly.

“She’s blind?” Daniel asked.

“Why don’t you just say she’s wearing an eye patch too, or has a scar on her leg? Seriously, what kind of flimsy story are you trying to push on us here?” Triska asked skeptically. Falla growled at her with frustration and shook her head.

“I’m telling you I’m not making this up! We were trying to find you because you would be able to help the child more than we could; we were trying to do what was right! We stopped at a clearing because she was hungry, so I left to find food while Luna watched over her. When I came back they were both gone, all that was left was that kid’s shoe,” she explained.

“Do you think she’s telling the truth?” Specca asked looking at the shoe with concern. Daniel watched the butterfly girl carefully as she whimpered and looked at him with pleading eyes.

“Please, I’m begging you to help me,” she said softly.

“The last time you begged me to help you it was all just an act. Why should we believe you this time? You could have found this shoe anywhere, at the very least I’d like to think that even
you
wouldn’t go so far as to harm a child’s parents to get to me,” Daniel accused. Falla looked around at everyone then to him as they all waited for her answer.

“How is this a plan to get your pants off? I’m asking all of you to come with me, not just you, Daniel. For crying out loud, something happened to my sister, I need your help!” she cried out.

“I would like to believe her, but her history of being a deceptive little rat isn’t something I can just forget about,” Triska said dryly. Falla looked to her with desperation and shook her head.

“Fine, don’t do it for me, but what about Luna? I thought you liked her, you gave her cookies last we met, think about her. And what about the child, what about Emily? You can’t just turn your back on a kid in need, can you?” she pleaded. Triska looked down with a solemn expression while slowly lowering her sword. Falla looked around at the group with frustration then to Alyssa.

“If you’re not going to help me, then fine, don’t. We were trying to bring the kid to you so you could help her, you know, protect her, find a home for her, but I guess none of that matters to you. If you’re not going to do anything then just let me go, I still need to find them,” she demanded. Alyssa looked at her cautiously then to Daniel, the boy looking at the shoe in his hand while thinking about his options. After a while he breathed out then looked at Falla with a sharp glance.

“Where?” he asked, with Falla then looking at him curiously. After that got nothing out of her he spoke up again.

“Where were they before they vanished?” he asked expectantly. Falla looked around at the surrounding landscape then over towards where the group had come from.

“Um, it would be that way. I don’t know how far though, I’ve been going all over the outerlands in this direction searching for them,” she said with a shrug.

“In this direction? Why in this direction?” Specca asked.

“Because this was the way we were originally going to find you. If Luna was running scared I figured she would try to meet up with all of you as well, hopefully she would have flown this way,” Falla reasoned. Daniel looked back towards where they came from then to Falla with an accusing glare.

“Normally I wouldn’t believe you, I don’t trust you, Falla, but if there’s even a chance a young girl is in danger I will not just walk away. However, if we find out you’re lying, that this is another one of your tricks…” he sternly stated before trailing off, with Falla shaking her head slowly at him.

“No tricks, I swear. We were trying to do the right thing by helping Emily, we knew she would be safe with you,” she said softly. Daniel watched her with a glimmer of sympathy for a moment then looked to the shoe again.

“Alyssa, let her go, we’re heading back to look for them,” he said, with Triska slowly sheathing her sword while Alyssa waved her staff to the side, causing the vines to let go of Falla’s legs.

“Hold on,” Kroanette said while raising a hand. The group looked to her as she shook her head at Daniel.

“I still have my appointment to keep, and even if this one is telling the truth about a missing child I’m afraid I have a job to do. I have to reach Rystone and deliver the artifact as promised, that is my priority,” she stated. Daniel nodded with a calm smile at her.

“I know, you have your duty as their courier, I didn’t expect you to follow us on this search,” he reasoned.

“But, Daniel, what about meeting her mother? This would be a great step towards your cause,” Triska pointed out worriedly. Daniel nodded and looked around at the sky above.

“I know, and I still want to meet her. But we can’t just leave a young girl and Luna out there, especially if something may have happened to them. I’m not going to take a chance on their safety,” he said distantly. After a moment he looked back to Kroanette.

“Your job is to deliver your parcel to Rystone, you don’t need us for that, and you can even reach the village faster without us slowing you down. All the more reason for you to go on ahead without us,” he said with a nod.