One Week Ago:
The girls were done harassing the "Bigs" that gathered at a tavern, Knuckles, just outside of their forest. Now flying fast pace, they raced back to the Home Tree. Trinala was in the lead, calling back "encouragements" to her two elder sisters, when the stone caught her attention. She had been zipping by when a purple gleam caught her eye, causing her to quickly turn back to get a better look at whatever it had been. Small bare feet landed on the ground, a distance from the stone. It rested there, a black void nestled in the plush greens of the forest ground. Trinala went closer, breath held in awe. The voices of her sisters sounded in the forest around her, but were ignored. Twice more a purple gleam rippled the surface of the stone. She was almost close enough to touch it when Aerinth tackled her to the ground, dragging her with such force quite a distance from the intriguing stone.
"Ahh! What the hell, Aerinth!?" The tackled pixie cried out from shock.
"What do you mean "what the hell?" I'll tell you "what the hell"!" Trinala got a smack to her skull from her more aggressive sibling. "You don't know what that is! What do you think you're doing!?"
Covering her head from any more assaults, Trinala cried, "I was just looking!"
Minya had followed Aerinth into the area, landing and watching the exchange with quiet sapphire-blue eyes. Glancing at the unusual stone didn't tell her why Aerinth had gotten so upset. It was a fairly pretty stone. Well, even if it wasn't about the stone, Trinala probably had it coming for one reason or another. Her customary smile upon her face, she flittered closer to the stone. Black was not one of her favorite colors - not like Aerinth - but the purple light traveling over the stone every now and then was very beautiful, and strangely alluring.
Aerinth snorted, "Right. That's why your hand was extended ready to touch it. You were just' looking." Aerinth had her arms crossed, looking quite the imposing figure as she stood over the younger pixie and reprimanded her.
Trinala fell back to sulking as her older sister continued, "I'd expect this out of Minya...." Shock and realization combined with a dawning sense of horror. Aerinth spun away from Trinala - but it was already too late. Out of the corner of her eye, Aerinth saw Minya reaching for the black stone and shrieked a useless curse. The scream whipped Trinala's attention from her eldest sister to her merely elder sister, her own eyes widening. The fair skinned, blonde sister looked at the two with a wide smile, and her hand caressed the stone. Within a blink of the eye, Minya was gone.
"What the-" Aerinth started before Trinala cut her off.
"NEAT! Minya how'd you do that?" The youngest called out, gaining her wings and zipping over there again. Aerinth took to the air just after her. But Trinala, knowing now that Aerinth was going to spoil her fun, flew full speed, wanting to touch the stone as well.
Aerinth had no luck trying to keep another sister from doing something stupid. She watched from a growing distance behind Trinala as the girl touched the stone, and like Minya before her, disappeared with a faint zapping noise.
The eldest of the three slowed her paced, then landed on the ground just before the troublesome stone. Her arms crossed and she gave the stone a balesome glare. For a moment, Aerinth considered the glorious possibility of leaving, pursuing the rest of her life without the dead weight of her two sisters. Then she shook her head with a sigh and muttered something foul under her breath before reaching out and smacking the stone determinedly.
Whirling darkness encircled Aerinth, broken by flashes of white and purple light. Then, just as quickly as it had come, it was gone and the pixie found herself landing on the hard surface of wooden flooring.
"Aerinth!" Came Minya's voice. Her feet pattered against the wooden flooring as she made her way over, helping the other up.
"Where are we?" Aerinth asked, castings her eyes about the new surroundings.
No green greeted them here, in the dusty old attic of some forgotten building. Minimal light came through dust covered windows. Trinala perched on one of the ledges, peering down through a hole she had cleared in the dust. "It's a city!" She cried, her wings moving in excitement. "Oh look at that! Look at that! Is that a dragon!?" It was obvious from her voice that the complication of being somewhere that wasn't their home and perhaps not knowing how to get back was not one of her concerns. From the slightly dazed smile that Minya gave her sister as Aerinth found her feet, it was clear that the possibility hadn't occurred to her, either.
Aerinth groaned, shaking her head to rid herself of the last whirling dizziness. Pink dust sifted behind her, her wings shedding like they always did when she was stressed. "Mom's gonna kill us."
((Written with MiniMayhem and MicroMischief))
The girls were done harassing the "Bigs" that gathered at a tavern, Knuckles, just outside of their forest. Now flying fast pace, they raced back to the Home Tree. Trinala was in the lead, calling back "encouragements" to her two elder sisters, when the stone caught her attention. She had been zipping by when a purple gleam caught her eye, causing her to quickly turn back to get a better look at whatever it had been. Small bare feet landed on the ground, a distance from the stone. It rested there, a black void nestled in the plush greens of the forest ground. Trinala went closer, breath held in awe. The voices of her sisters sounded in the forest around her, but were ignored. Twice more a purple gleam rippled the surface of the stone. She was almost close enough to touch it when Aerinth tackled her to the ground, dragging her with such force quite a distance from the intriguing stone.
"Ahh! What the hell, Aerinth!?" The tackled pixie cried out from shock.
"What do you mean "what the hell?" I'll tell you "what the hell"!" Trinala got a smack to her skull from her more aggressive sibling. "You don't know what that is! What do you think you're doing!?"
Covering her head from any more assaults, Trinala cried, "I was just looking!"
Minya had followed Aerinth into the area, landing and watching the exchange with quiet sapphire-blue eyes. Glancing at the unusual stone didn't tell her why Aerinth had gotten so upset. It was a fairly pretty stone. Well, even if it wasn't about the stone, Trinala probably had it coming for one reason or another. Her customary smile upon her face, she flittered closer to the stone. Black was not one of her favorite colors - not like Aerinth - but the purple light traveling over the stone every now and then was very beautiful, and strangely alluring.
Aerinth snorted, "Right. That's why your hand was extended ready to touch it. You were just' looking." Aerinth had her arms crossed, looking quite the imposing figure as she stood over the younger pixie and reprimanded her.
Trinala fell back to sulking as her older sister continued, "I'd expect this out of Minya...." Shock and realization combined with a dawning sense of horror. Aerinth spun away from Trinala - but it was already too late. Out of the corner of her eye, Aerinth saw Minya reaching for the black stone and shrieked a useless curse. The scream whipped Trinala's attention from her eldest sister to her merely elder sister, her own eyes widening. The fair skinned, blonde sister looked at the two with a wide smile, and her hand caressed the stone. Within a blink of the eye, Minya was gone.
"What the-" Aerinth started before Trinala cut her off.
"NEAT! Minya how'd you do that?" The youngest called out, gaining her wings and zipping over there again. Aerinth took to the air just after her. But Trinala, knowing now that Aerinth was going to spoil her fun, flew full speed, wanting to touch the stone as well.
Aerinth had no luck trying to keep another sister from doing something stupid. She watched from a growing distance behind Trinala as the girl touched the stone, and like Minya before her, disappeared with a faint zapping noise.
The eldest of the three slowed her paced, then landed on the ground just before the troublesome stone. Her arms crossed and she gave the stone a balesome glare. For a moment, Aerinth considered the glorious possibility of leaving, pursuing the rest of her life without the dead weight of her two sisters. Then she shook her head with a sigh and muttered something foul under her breath before reaching out and smacking the stone determinedly.
Whirling darkness encircled Aerinth, broken by flashes of white and purple light. Then, just as quickly as it had come, it was gone and the pixie found herself landing on the hard surface of wooden flooring.
"Aerinth!" Came Minya's voice. Her feet pattered against the wooden flooring as she made her way over, helping the other up.
"Where are we?" Aerinth asked, castings her eyes about the new surroundings.
No green greeted them here, in the dusty old attic of some forgotten building. Minimal light came through dust covered windows. Trinala perched on one of the ledges, peering down through a hole she had cleared in the dust. "It's a city!" She cried, her wings moving in excitement. "Oh look at that! Look at that! Is that a dragon!?" It was obvious from her voice that the complication of being somewhere that wasn't their home and perhaps not knowing how to get back was not one of her concerns. From the slightly dazed smile that Minya gave her sister as Aerinth found her feet, it was clear that the possibility hadn't occurred to her, either.
Aerinth groaned, shaking her head to rid herself of the last whirling dizziness. Pink dust sifted behind her, her wings shedding like they always did when she was stressed. "Mom's gonna kill us."
((Written with MiniMayhem and MicroMischief))