forum "Wait, you... you're... magic?" "Darling, what do you think?" (Fantasy o/o Closed)

Started February 01, 2022 by @emilyevewrites group

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"Well," Farah said softly, "now you know." She was referring to the fact that she was a fae.

Shade, surprised, laughs.

"Oh, I was not expecting you to come out with it so soon! I watched you, you know. The way you walked… didn't seem human human human, I suppose. Although, the wind magic certainly was a bit overkill, don't you think?" she grins, wrapping Farah in a hug.

Farah wasn't one to beat around the bush. She gasped as Shade's arms wrapped around her, but slowly, she returned the embrace. "You're not… running away?" she asked hesitantly, as if she was expecting Shade to realize her reaction was wrong.

"Nope nope nope! I have no problem with faeries. Isn't that right, Flutter?" Shade says, the sprite floating next to them both.

"And, well, the sprite's reaction to you made it a little obvious." she adds.

"Of course," Farah acknowledged with a smirk.

Shade laughs. "Anyways, we good good good?"

Farah chuckled. "Yes, we're good."

Shade jumps up and down wildly, grinning madly.

"Yay!" she replies. A thought strikes her, and she looks Farah dead in her eyes, stopping her bouncing.

"So, I suppose you're wondering who or what I am still, aren't you you you?" she asks, smiling slyly.

Farah arched her eyebrows. "Would you give me a real answer if I asked?"

Shade shrugs. "Sure."

"Alright." Farah tilted her head to the side. "Who or what are you?"

"I am Shade Theta. My parents are both human human human, although I'm pretty sure I have some faerie ancestry too. I have lived in this forest since I was ten. I do not know what exactly I am beyond that. I have a knack for understanding the forest and what dwells within within within." Shade says, for the first time since she'd met Farah sitting down. Not out of tiredness this time, just because.

Farah lowered herself to sit beside Shade. "Well, Shade Theta, I'm Farah Dowling. And I'm a fairy, I have been my entire life, and I've always lived in the woods. Maybe not always these woods." She winked, like it was some big secret.

Shade just laughs. "The woods are all the same, you know. I thought that you,being a faerie, would know this."

She pauses a moment. "Tell me: Seelie or Unseelie?"

Farah grinned. She was Seelie, but she wanted to hear what Shade said. "Take your guess."

"Seelie Seelie Seelie… because the Unseelie would have killed me on the spot." Shade laughs, jumping up.

The laugh that escaped Farah was sweet and musical. "Then why did you even ask?"

"Because why not? I had my doubts. They needed to be killed killed killed." Shade replies.

"And besides, I think that even if you were Unseelie, I might still be alive anyways. I have that aura about me apparantly that makes people hesitate to kill kill kill me." she adds.

Farah arched her eyebrows. "Oh?"

Shade nods. "Indeed indeed indeed."

She closes her eyes a moment, then a soft, silvery glow surrounds her. Streaked with black, gold and pink, it was almost unnatural in its intensity. Except it was completely natural; it was her aura, what very few people can see and what fewer can manifest.

"See see see? My aura." she giggles, and the light fades away. "I don't know what it means. I'm not even sure why I can manifest my aura. But I can."

Farah watched with soft, wide eyes. "You must have some fae in your bloodline. I've never seen a human do that."

Shade shrugs. "It never really mattered mattered mattered. And the thing is, I can see auras. I need to concentrate, but… I can do do do it."

She squints at Farah, and has to cover her eyes. The faerie's aura was nearly blinding, a brighter, more colorful version of her own.

"You are very bright bright bright. Too bright. You're a Gentry Faerie, aren't you?" she murmurs, her hand moving to touch Farah's aura. She shivers: it was hot and cold at the same time.

Farah lifted her chin and inhaled slowly. "Yes," she admitted. "I am."

Shade chuckles. "Thought so… anyways, what do you want to eat eat eat?"

Farah wasn't done with this conversation yet. "How did you know I'm a Gentry?"