Unconquered Sun (67 page)

- CHTO-O-O?! - fine blue eyes of the Fairy were filled with tears.

- Unfortunately, the it so … - fallen, sad voice "best friend" told. - You see merge to the Stream led to a strong mutation of the nature of Prinze. He cannot live as the ordinary person any more. It has to eat power of the Sun … I, unlike it, have no body, and therefore I not so do not depend on it (though me it is bad too, even I feel disgustingly now, but I after all cannot die), and his body is already changed, it cannot without food …

- And … h - that … @--udet … - the shivering lips whispered, grabbing hands heart, the Fairy.

- And anything, my dear, anything. He just will die soon. Moreover, even earlier, than for hunger, he will die of melancholy because merge to the Stream causes strong accustoming at the most deep level, without stimulation of the center of pleasure in his brain it just will never leave the deepest depression, … Forgive, but I can help nothing to it any more …

- But … as … - the mouth of the Fairy opened, but she could say nothing.

- You think why I then disconnected it from the Stream how, however, and? - with a bitter smile said the Voice. - And how differently? Or you want that your dear Prinze continued to be the blind car executing my will, the superperson who can fly without any wings with a speed of 500 miles an hour, melt mountains one look and calculate distance to the next star in an instant and think besides only of me, my perfection, my beauty and to dream only of that, as if not to receive through me the next dose of merge to the Stream, huh? at the next night Or you want that I held you captive again and were going to take control of your body?! - And metal hand bells just deafened the Fairy and the Puppy.

The fairy fell on knees and covered the face with handles. And the Puppy did not hide any more that he at the top of the voice sobs, plaintively pulling long brown plush ears and a plush tail. He to tears felt sorry for both the poor owner, and the unfortunate hostess.

- It is a pity to me … - also sadly, by some sepulchral voice told the Invincible Sun. - But such is life... Unless you did not think of it, "my one and only girlfriend"? That fight against the evil can successfully terminate, but only not for you? Unless you did not think that at the price of rescue of the world there will be your personal happiness with Prinze? Rejoice still that you had children. My mother, after my escape from the country of fairies, did not have neither husband, nor children at all, and I in addition to it have also no body …

There came the heavy and long pause interrupted only by a sobbing of the Puppy and the Fairy.

- Well, all right, stop! I cannot look at you, precisely! There is one hope. If to take out Prinze on a bright sunlight, it will be better for it. Perhaps, he will not so quickly die. And if to warm up his body at a hot oven, it will be even better for it …

She did not manage to finish speaking up to the end as the Fairy and the Puppy right there jumped and skipping ran to the Malachite room.

- Hey, you where? - with astonishment hailed their Invincible Sun. - You do not lift it from below, it is heavy!

But where there! Shaky, but nevertheless the hope to rescue Prinze inspired both and they, without stopping, ran to the most Malachite room. And the extinct solar ghost, having sighed and having put the book back on a regiment, not hurrying went afterwards.

3.

As well as predicted the Ghost, to pull out Prinze upward it was business far hard. His heavy and become soft body did not obey at all. Even the Kitten who is picked up on the way did not help to solve this problem. Having sweated to a thread, three friends managed to drag Prinze only on one tier up - the Fairy held it by hands, and Animals for both legs. But also in such look they several times fell, having bedaubed in construction dirt of workshops from legs to the head. When forces were absolutely on an outcome, Prinze's body suddenly by itself rose in air and departed up a ladder. At first at friends of an eye got on a forehead from surprise, and then they understood to whom they are obliged by so in due time come help.

Soon Prinze's body already lay on a stony plateau of the Gold Mountain. The sun, on their happiness, was in the zenith and scorched unusually hotly. The prince at once began to give life signs. Its breath became frequent, cheeks slightly turned pink, shadows under eyes became less.

Animals, without thinking twice, committed follies from neighboring mountain bushes, kindled a big fire and put Prinze nearby, and on a fire put a tub with water and nakipyatit waters. They began to moisten with boiled water his face, a breast, hands and legs. The ordinary person could not sustain it minute. But Prinze, on the contrary, began to come to life gradually - from his breast whether the sigh, whether groan was distributed. But Prinze did not recover consciousness.

- Well, really absolutely nothing can be made!? - in despair having thrown up the hands, the Fairy exclaimed.

- Well why, - quietly told the Voice, - it is possible to try to bring his soul out of this body and to move to another - we will tell, in the golem or in plush Zverenk, either in some animal or in a magic mirror. Then he will live as I, without the body. I advise, by the way, to think over this option, and somewhat quicker. Other way does not exist.

But at this moment the Fairy, without having listened to the end of up to the end very sage monologue of the solar sorcerer, having given in to momentary inspiration of feiny intuition (and can be, the loving woman and the wife …), suddenly ran up to Prinze and began to pull down from it the clothes remains. Animals puzzly stared on the events. And both the Invincible Sun reacted and remained to unknown as it was not probably, and any sounds It did not find the presence.

At last, when Prinze was completely naked, the Fairy at once threw off from herself the clothes and, having dropped to Prinze's breast, clasped his neck with hands and, having raised his head, kissed.

Animals from confusion turned away, but to comment on the unprecedented business happening on their eyes and furthermore did not decide to contradict the hostess.

How many the kiss of the Fairy lasted - it is not known - nobody noted time. Only the Fairy so strong nestled the lips on Prinze's lips that, appear, grew to them, and then and itself laid down all the naked body on a naked body of Prinze - so that her legs touched Prinze's legs, her breast touched Prinze's breast and so on - that each part of her body touched the corresponding part of a body of Prinze to become with it a single whole. The fairy as if sought to transfer all the heat, all the vital energy to Prinze.

And soon it became visible also with the naked eye. The body of the Fairy became softer, some flabby, lifeless, pale, it really as if lost a natural power of life, and Prinze's body, on the contrary, turned pink, there was more elastic, and a breath - deeper. And, at last, Prinze began to move!

The fairy hardly tore off the lips from his lips, she was strongly pale and hardly breathed. It flat-out fell down from Prinze the earth. Having turned over on a back, panting, it some time lay with half-closed eyes, and faithful Animals, having right there jumped up to the Fairy, began to dress it carefully.

And meanwhile Prinze slowly got up, holding both hands the head, and a blank look led round Animals, the Fairy, naked gold trees without leaves, a plateau, absolutely besides without noticing the nakedness.

- Where I? - with groan Prinze said. Then his look fell to the Fairy, his eyes extended from surprise. - Fairy? Expensive! Where we? Where our children? Where Oslenok? What is with me? To me so hot, so stuffy! At me everything burns inside! Darling, what is with you? - and, having looked at itself, reddened as cancer and began to put on hasty by means of the Animals who jumped up to it.

- Nothing … my lovely Prinze … nothing … - the Fairy, somehow, being unsteady, rose from the earth and embraced Prinze. - Just I so suffered prolonged anxiety for you that I a little bit felt ill at ease … Everything will be good … Now everything will only be good … - the Fairy murmured disobedient lips and fainted directly in the loving Prinze's embraces.

4.

The solemn dinner in the Emerald Hall was not similar now at all to those that were earlier. Though in the hall it was dark, but it was the nonsense. The fairy with Lily (quite so now all called the Hostess of the Gold Hall) by means of usual magic lit the multi-colored flying sparks, by the size there is no more flame of candles which flew under the ceiling, lit as bright garlands, to the hall such cozy and such festive light!

All sat at a big table. Ate vegetables and fruit, drank wine and very loudly laughed. The kitten and the Puppy told the favourite jokes again, again carried out different circus numbers and made laugh all around. Even Prinze laughed. Sometimes. When his eyes came off the favourite Fairy.

The fairy, as if being afraid that Prinze again somewhere will disappear, sitting next, held his hand with both hands, without reducing from him a loving look. Yes, Prinze became former again. Though it was a little more pale and eyelids of eyes were swelled up, but he laughed at jokes and itself joked - and it meant what is with it everything is all right.

It was not visible to Lily - magic mirrors did not work - but all knew that she was here, on the throne. She too with might and main laughed and joked - tricks of Animals so reminded her her childhood! - and. it seemed, it was not upset at all with the fact that Prinze began to pay attention to the Fairy again. However, of what the Hostess of local places thought, remains for us a riddle.

- And nevertheless, expensive, you already again surprise me up to the soul depth! - Lily when Animals brilliantly executed the last trick - circulation headfirst on forward pads spoke. - Prinze's body was completely changed, COMPLETELY, how you managed to return it to life?

- I do not know, the right … - the Fairy thoughtfully told, having torn off, at last, the loving look from Prinze. - Simply … I felt that I have to make it … I it is simple … mentally addressed the Creator of real … My life - for his life … And me it is direct the answer came to mind - very strong nestle all over on his body and transfer it all yourself, without the rest …. And all … Even I do not know how everything turned out …

- And I know, - said Prinze in low tones, reddening and also confusedly looking away. - I was somewhere at the bottom, as if in the ice desert and me was so cold, so cold … - here his face turned pale and shuddered from these memoirs, and the Fairy embraced it the head and pressed to the breast, stroking on hair, but Prinze was discharged and continued.

- … And then I saw some being, fiery, bright, shining that to eyes to look at it it was sick, and instead of hands it had tongues of flame, and still - wings same (here the Fairy and Animals significantly exchanged glances) … It suddenly touched me and ice thawed. And then it told such thunderous voice that I nearly became deaf: "you are free, the person, thank your spouse and her great love to you", and after that I opened eyes and saw all of you.

- Miracles are some! - did not stand Lily. - How many spells I learned how many books re-read how much I itself learned to do, but IT is never I will be able! That to turn the person into a piece of gold - it yes, I can, but that to turn a piece of gold into the person … I swear in the Flowers of Oblivion, even to Triune Knowledge beyond its powers!

- And on me, everything is clear here, - said in low tones, reddening as the girl schoolgirl, the Fairy. - Can work love and not such wonders, and our Creator - He though it is far from us, but love for Him - the most valuable treasure which only exists in this world, and therefore He cannot but hear an appeal of the loving heart!

- Well - at, I in any "creators" I do not believe, - hasty waved away Lily. - Just any spell has the defect, "hole". If to grope this "hole" - it is possible to deactivate all spell as if fabric - on a thread, that's all. You just incidentally groped this "thread" and reversed. And your "creator" is not, in my opinion, at all also in mention. It was invented by Triune Knowledge - I am sure of it absolutely, - that to cover with his authority the very doubtful orders. For example, take the same permission to fairies to take in marriage human men or the resolution that only fairies can eat pink clouds. Judge for yourself, all these allegedly revelations from "creator" are simply favorable to fairies - and they should breed somehow after they ruined all the men, and to reserve access to eternal life only that …

- … And I believe in the Creator, - unexpectedly for all the Puppy inserted, having interrupted philosophical and theological outpourings Poured. - Somehow Oslenok about Him spoke to me - he even about Him had some book … black such, with strange drawing from two crossed sticks … He liked to read it for the night, and to kids too … Oh! - suddenly unexpectedly the Puppy interrupted himself and began to shake small a plush coat hanger, - I cannot … say … more … I so … on Oslenka … Soskuchils-ya-ya! How it there without me potters with kids, a-a-a? He a lapta has nobody to play now, neither towns, nor dogonyashka, nor a hide-and-seek! - and unexpectedly the Puppy suddenly began to sob in all the puppyish voice, and large tears began to flow on brown plush a muzzle. And after it also the Kitten who started missing too both on Oslenka, and kids howled.

At this moment both Animals, and Prinze, and the Fairy remembered Oslenka and kids - somehow they there!? Remembered how Oslenok by the voice, nasal in a nose, read to fairy tale kids, having got on on the big white nose round as at the old woman points what mild what kind it had eyes made of glass buttons! As he always with a clever look recited something at dinner, some verses, proverbs or aphorisms. As it ridiculously pulled the tail on which tip the big pink bow when rolled kids on a meadow was attached - it very much amused Animals, and Oslenok so did of care of kids - it, thus, drove away from them importunate butterflies …