Chronicles of Eden - Act 2 (5 page)

“Because she’s not a bad monster, I felt sorry for her and wanted to do something nice, what’s so wrong about that?” Triska shot back.

“Next time you want to be nice to a monster do so yourself!” Alyssa shouted back. Triska growled and reached for her sword before Specca reached over without looking and grabbed her hand, the nixie’s eyes still locked onto the book she was writing in as she tried to keep Triska from unsheathing her blade.

“Triska, no swordplay in the caravan, you know the rules,” Specca reminded firmly as Triska just continued to glare and growl at Alyssa. The witch was drumming her fingers on her staff at her side while returning the harsh look, all while Squeak was just looking back and forth between her fighting friends. Daniel cleared his throat to get their attention, with the girls looking to seeing him watching them while remaining silent. Triska slowly lowered her hand and looked to Alyssa with annoyance as the witch looked down and glanced away from everybody to avoid eye contact.

“So, are we all set to go?” Daniel asked.

“Yeah, all set, Daniel,” Triska said, looking to him with a timid glance.

“Yes, whenever you are,” Specca agreed with.

Squeak nodded with a squeak then looked to Alyssa with a raised eyebrow, the witch nodding and looking to Daniel with a worried smile.

“Um, sorry about earlier,” she said gently.

“Did you say that to Triska?” Daniel inquired.

“Yes, I did,” Alyssa answered with a nod.

“Because of Squeak you did,” Triska commented with a scoff. Alyssa smiled nervously and shrugged in response, with Daniel rolling his eyes then looking ahead before he snapped the reins. Lucky neighed then started off along the path, pulling the larger caravan behind him with no trouble. As the travelers continued along their way Luna watched them go with a curious expression.

“I wonder what it’s like to ride in that thing,” she said to herself.

“I wonder when you’re going to get me down from here!” Falla yelled out. Luna jumped a bit then started trying to pull off the vines around her sister, with a few of them finally giving and snapping off. Falla struggled and pulled free one of her arms, the girl then trying to yank off a vine from around her wing with frustrated grunts.

“I can’t believe this, I was so close, I mean I saw his penis for crying out loud!” Falla yelled out.

“You did? How big was it?” Luna asked with an eager smile. Falla rolled her eyes as she kept trying to free her wings.

“It wasn’t erect at the time, I’m sure it gets bigger than what I saw when he’s mating. At least it had better,” she muttered.

The two girls kept pulling and snapping off vines for a while before Falla finally dropped to the ground with a thump, the girl stumbling to her feet with her wings fluttering a bit behind her.

“That human thinks he can just run away from our agreement? I don’t think so, no way, he’s not getting away from me that easily!” Falla declared loudly.

“But sister, they said they were always watching over Daniel, even when he’s peeing. How are we going to get him if they’re always around him?” Luna asked worriedly.

“Just leave that to me, I’ll think of something. I’m going to get that human’s seed even if it’s the last thing I ever do!” Falla shouted out.

“If they catch you again it might be. Maybe we should find another human, there’s plenty more out there in the world after all,” Luna suggested nervously. Falla looked to her with a stern expression, causing Luna to jump a bit and back up with a nervous smile.

“I mean, I don’t want to see you get hurt, that’s all,” Luna quickly added.

“I am not letting this one get away! I’m sick and tired of men always getting away from us. This one promised to help me, and I’m going to make him keep his word, his seed is rightfully mine!” Falla argued. Luna nodded slowly then looked around the area worriedly.

“Well… then what do we do now?” she asked.

“We need to go after them and wait for another chance. Those other girls can’t watch him all day every day, he’ll be alone eventually, and when he is that’s when we grab him,” Falla said as she looked off to where the travelers had gone. She then smirked and glanced to her sister.

“Once we steal him away we’ll use him to get pregnant, both of us. You hold him down for me, and then I’ll hold him down for you, that’s what he deserves for trying to weasel out of our deal,” she said confidently. Luna watched her for a moment before a deranged smile came across her face.

“WE’RE GOING TO RAPE HIM TOGETHER?” she screamed out before laughing crazily. Falla chuckled and nodded.

“Yeah, why not, we’re sisters after all,” she mused, with Luna looking off towards where the caravan rode off with a twisted smile, the girl laughing wildly through a big smile on her face. Falla laughed and looked in that direction as well.

“C’mon, Luna, his seed shall be ours!” she declared before taking off into the air with her wings. She flew up over the trees before stopping and looking back to seeing her sister still on the ground. Luna was looking off to the side with a curious expression while remaining motionless.

“Luna? What are you waiting for, let’s go,” Falla called down. She watched her sister stand there for a moment then looked over to see what she was staring at. Over on the other side of the river a young girl was seen walking out from the trees. She looked to be around nine years old, wearing a simple white and brown dress that had blood splattered all over it. The girl was missing a shoe, the one she still had on her left foot having blood on it as well, and was walking slightly off-balance while her arms remained at her sides. Her short brown hair was messy and had some leaves and dirt in it, the girl’s blue eyes wearily looking around as she stumbled out of the bushes and staggered along on the grass.

“Is that… a kid?” Falla asked curiously.

The child seemed to be in a daze, walking forward with unsteady steps while whimpering and murmuring to herself. Luna watched the girl curiously as the child kept walking towards the river, before promptly falling into it with a splash.

“Oh my gosh, hey! Hey!” Luna called out as she ran over to the edge of the river. She searched around the moving river quickly before seeing the girl floating to the top of the water further away.

“Hey!” Luna called out before she took off into the air after the kid. She flew over the water quickly, watching as the little girl remained motionless in the water while face-up.

“Hey, are you alright?” Luna asked loudly as she flew closer to the child. She grabbed hold of the girl and flew up into the air, seeing that the girl was unconscious.

“Please, wake up, please wake up,” Luna begged while gently shaking her.

“What are you doing? Put that girl down, we have to go after Daniel!” Falla called out. Luna shook her head and flew down towards the riverbank, with Falla groaning with annoyance before following after her.

“Please wake up, hey, c’mon,” Luna said gently as she landed on the grass and knelt down with the child in her arms. Falla landed next to them and looked at the young child with a raised eyebrow.

“What are you doing? Put her down, we have get going or else we’ll lose Daniel,” she reminded while shaking her head.

“We can’t just leave her here, and I think she’s hurt,” Luna said worriedly.

“There’s no way a child is all the way out here on her own, her family is likely close by, and the last thing they’re going to want to see next to a kid is a monster, let alone two,” Falla pointed out expectedly while waving to herself and her sister.

“But, Falla, something happened to her,” Luna said looking over the child’s dress, seeing the blood marks all over the clothing. The girl herself didn’t seem to have any cuts or wounds though, so it was hard to say if the blood was hers or not.

“All the more reason for us
not
to be seen with her. Luna, you know as well as I do that children are not to be messed around with, humans get
very
protective of their young, and that’s all the more reason for them to kill us for even being around this child,” Falla warned.

“But we can’t leave her alone like this, she’s not safe here,” Luna pleaded while looking to her sister with worried eyes.

“Luna,
we’re
not safe with her! Again, she’s a
child
! Only the most horrible and depraved monsters mess with children, and if we’re seen with her then guess what, we’re number one on the humans’ hit list! Leave her here and let’s get going, if her family finds us then they’ll hunt us down like animals!” Falla cried out. Luna looked at her worriedly then to the child. Before she could speak the girl started to groan weakly and shift slightly in the butterfly monster’s arms.

“Oh crap, she’s waking up. Luna, we have to go, now,” Falla urged quickly.

“I can’t leave her like this, it’s not right,” Luna said shaking her head.

“You don’t even know this girl. Look, you saved her from drowning, good job, so let’s get going now before her family comes and kills us,” Falla pleaded desperately.

Slowly the young child’s eyes opened, not seeming to focus on anything as she appeared to be in a daze still. Her hand slowly moved up to touch Luna’s arm, the child wearily looking around a bit while water dripped from her hair.

“Um… are you… ok?” Luna asked softly. The girl looked to her while remaining silent, her eyes just staring at the monster as the two butterfly sisters watched her carefully.

“Who… are you?” the young girl asked quietly.

“My name is Luna, I… I’m sorry, please don’t be afraid of me, I just wanted to help you,” Luna said nervously.

“We’re not here to hurt you, seriously, please don’t scream,” Falla added while looking around quickly.

“Why would I be afraid of you?” the child asked softly. Luna looked back to her wings then glanced to Falla before looking at the young girl with worried eyes.

“Well… I mean… don’t I frighten you?” she asked. The child’s eyes moved around slightly while she remained silent, the two sisters watching as she just stared at Luna.

“Kid?” Falla asked slowly.

“You sound nice, you don’t frighten me,” the young girl said after a while.

“I don’t? But… look at me; I don’t scare you at all?” Luna asked.

“I can’t look at you,” the girl replied while still watching Luna with a dull stare in her eyes.

“What do you mean can’t, you’re looking at me right now,” Luna said curiously. The child shook her head slowly as the two sisters showed puzzled expressions. After a moment the young girl showed a saddened smile.

“No, I’m not, I can’t see anything. I’m blind.”

In the world of Eden, conflicts and battles were all too common. Whether it be from feuding human civilizations, fighting against lustful monsters in the wild, or a simple dispute that escalated to seeing who could hit harder with their fists, getting into a fight for one reason or another was part of life in this world. However, sometimes using brute force wasn’t the way to solve a conflict, sometimes there were more peaceful alternatives to spilling blood. In the event that a solution couldn’t be reached by drawing arms then those in question would be forced to think of another way of ending their conflict. Of course this didn’t mean the fighting was over just yet for them.

All they were doing was choosing a new battlefield to fight on.

*****

Near a river which flowed gently by into a forest two butterfly sisters were looking with wonder at something. Luna was kneeling down on the grass, holding a child that she saved from drowning in the river moments ago. The young girl had blood on her dress and appeared to be dazed and weak, and also seemed to be all alone. Normally a young child coming into contact with a monster of any kind would be terrifying, usually being accompanied by screams of horror and pleas for mercy, however this young girl wasn’t screaming at all. It wasn’t that she was too weak to do so; rather it was that she wasn’t aware that a monster was holding her.

“You’re blind?” Luna asked worriedly. The child nodded slowly as her eyes didn’t seem to focus on the butterfly monster at all. It was as if the girl’s gaze went straight through Luna entirely.

“Yeah,” the girl said softly. Falla nodded slowly then glanced to Luna with a careful eye.

“Oh, you poor thing, so you can’t see us at all, can you?” she questioned. The child shook her head as she moved a bit in Luna’s arms. Falla nodded then motioned for Luna to let the girl go with her hands.

“I see, I’m sorry to hear that. Well, we must really be on our way now. Try not to fall into any more rivers, ok?” Falla said kindly.

“Falla, we can’t leave her here like this, she’s blind, she shouldn’t be out here all alone,” Luna argued while shaking her head.

“Luna, she’s not alone, I’m sure her family is close by looking for her. They’ll be along any minute now, so there’s no reason for
us to be here
,” Falla urged with a forced smile at her sister. Luna looked around then to the child.

“Where are your parents? Do you have a camp close by?” she asked. The child shook her head and looked down with a whimper.

“No…” she said softly.

“She was probably traveling with her parents near here and got separated from them,” Falla reasoned. Again the child shook her head while remaining silent.

“Then why does she have blood all over her clothes? Something happened to her,” Luna said, with the silent child nodding to that.

“Maybe her family are traveling butchers, who knows? The point is that her parents are going to be coming here soon and we
shouldn’t
be here then,” Falla pointed out expectantly. The young child shook her head to that while Luna looked around the area worriedly.

“But we can’t just leave her and hope her parents find her, we should return her to them,” Luna said looking back to her sister.

“Look, if she just stays put here I’m sure her family will find her, they’re not going to just abandon her,” Falla reasoned. The child whimpered and looked down with closed eyes.