“Are you sure I can take your Blue and your Stretch?” Crow asked as she looked at Swirl and Fire both. A bit of apprehension in her eyes as she hadn’t had visitors in so long.
“I don’t mind.” Fire stated joyfully walking over with her Stretch beside her.
“I trust you.” Swirl smiled as well walking over with a bouncing Blue by her side.
Looking at them I smiled; couldn’t say no, could I? Besides it gives them both a vacation. “Well then let’s go you two. I’m sure you’ll have fun and I’ll try to keep the others out of your faces as much as possible.” I chuckle thinking about my own boys back at home.
With a wave bye and a smile, I took off with the two of them opening a portal to my realm and stepping through with the other two in tow.
Blue Marveled at how the place was. Big open, it looked just like the surface, but he noticed that … well Dragons were there, his eyes chaning to stars and sparkling as he looked the dragons and the big five headed dog, the three dire animals, and the many cats. He noticed to the alternate copies of himself and … bitties… omg were those bitties?
He saw a bitty version of the person that brought them here. The forest that sparkled of the night sky and glowed in the distance. The huge Victorian manor that was black with purple and the large open yard. He just felt giddy being here.
Smudge as Crow later found out his name was just looked around smiling slouching as he walked. He noticed all the different animals the birds the … were those fairies he caught glimpses of? He saw other animals, foxes, bunnies, dogs, wolves of all sizes. And a … cat… a shadow looking cat that was staring right at him.
Crow gave them a tour of the house and gave them each rooms. Their morning filled with the usual banter that Blue and Smudge were no doubt used to. The skellies that were lazy sleeping in, and the skellies that were not were up and cooking or cleaning, taking care of the animals.
Blue found a friend in a little boy with blue and sea foam green hair named Rynn as he started staying over here and there and spending the night as he was anxious to meet another pair of skellies. Blue and Rynn became fast friends, playing card games, or putting together puzzles, Rynn would take Blue into the woods and showed him the twilight forest without Crow’s knowledge asking him to keep it a secret.
Rynn even taught Blue how to speak to the plants and explained that they were being of the realm, earth like creatures, that had lost their magic and “died” but not really being dead. They were regaining magic to once again take on a humanoid form and walk around and not stuck in the earth.
He learned more about the realm and how it formed and why it formed.
Smudge for the most lounged around the house sketching things and falling asleep doing so. The shadow cat eventually started coming around and the two formed a bond of sorts or more like “shadow cat claimed Smudge as his own” type of thing. Snuggling up to him after much sniffing and figuring he was a decent companion to have. The Shadow cat just stuck by his side from then on.
Eventually as the days went by Hound showed up and Crow finally decided to get off her lazy ass and show them the Emerald Isles since Hound was only staying for the night.
Getting Shou and taking all three of them to the area it was a place of beauty, Old ruins and a few houses that looked something like old German country homes with the pointy roof tops and stone houses with wood inlay. A few shops. The selkies as they found out were seals that took on human form.
Brown or black hair with brown or blue eyes. Wearing kilts and white blouses. As Crow let Blue, Smudge, and Hound explore, she moved off from the group, staying by herself when Hound walked up to keep her company even though she told him she was alright he wouldn’t leave her side and she instead opted show him the stones she had found.
She watched as Blue got excited and Smudge would sit and draw what he saw being a bit shy she noticed as the taller of the two; being smudge, would shy away from the Selkies but drew quite a bit before falling asleep.
Blue moved around asking all sorts of questions and eventually when they all left and went back home Crow was tired, even though Hound would insist to sleep if need be, she was determined to not sleep and stayed up with Hound as the others slept. Smoke would whine from the couch trying to lure her over making Hound chuckle as he did so. They were in the potions room and after she showed him how to make his own animal or critter let him have at it making sure there was nothing deadly or prankster type stuff.
But otherwise letting him have fun.
Soon the morning came the egg was made and Hound was due to go back soon. As was Blue and Smudge. A happy Crow to have made three new friends. And some critter that Hound was not revealing to her what it was. She spied some claws and some kind of fur, but otherwise she really had no clue.
And no matter how much she poked and prodded he would only giver tantalizing bits that she suspected were just more teasing and bs than actual truth. Huffing as she then found out she got to keep Hound for a little longer and Smudge as well. So, with a smile she made them both go bitty sized after returning Blue to her friend Swirl.
Making sure to clear a path and then giving them both a potion she watched as they became bitty sized. Standing at about two feet tall each. But Crow put them on her shoulders and walked on in there as Daggie took baby Tei and made himself a bit smaller to fit in with the group.
They ate lunch and learned about the forest and the inhabitants and just why the place was so special. Afterwards packing up and moving on back to the house. The rest of the day was spent just enjoying each other’s company. Even if the house was jam packed with tons of people. Crow had made three friends Hound, Smudge, and Blue. She couldn’t have been more pleased with the whole vacay days.