Chapter 8 The red Queen

Ice Fairy's Pov

On the stairs

I thought about this crazy cat and why it attacked me when a ray of light grabs my attention. Finally!

I can't remember how long I have already climbed these cursed stairs without seeing anything..... One hour? Two hours? 3 hours?

My stamina is surprisingly high.

It makes sense:

Our race had to help the much bigger and therefore often faster animals.

If only my wings would work!

Maybe I should ask the crazy geezer about them.

What's that?

A long shadow describes the outlines of a strange creature.

I stop.

The creature moves a bit. Wind fondles my cheek.

Step by step I move closer.

The red light from the door gap gives the head sized thing an unearthly halo.

I stay outside the light cone and muster it:

It only shows me its back.

Thick black fur covers it.

Long hair leads to the floor. A string goes upwards from its behind into nothingness.

I step into the cone.

The wind changed direction. The animal slowly turns.

A blue face of a woman stares into my eyes.

I involuntary go a step back. A startled scream leaves my lips.

The eyes wander upwards. The head of a fairy is clumsily sewn onto the body of a poodle. It hangs down from the ceiling like a spider, completely frozen.

I try to make the biggest circle possible around this creature.

Something caresses my shoulder. I start running. Two more things touch my body. I reach the door and open it. Light illuminates the staircase.

My head turns.

The red cone reveals 100s of fairy-spider-poodles.

A shiver runs down my spine. Every one of these chimeras has been alive once. What does the kingdom need something like this for? And whose creations are they?

Maybe the queen needed guardians for the root tower. I saw that the staircase had an underground level. Or is there something else in this big cave?

I step through the door. The red light blinds me. After some time the structures take form. I ascend the stairs of the small tunnel. Red crystal torches are left and tight.

At the end I open a trap door. I take a peak.

A box with S&M toys obstructs my view. (The queen knows how to have fun with her husband.)

I open the hatch fully.

I know this place..... Expensive clothes hang on branches which originate at the walls and at the ceiling.

It's the palace. More precisely: The closet of the queen where I got my dress from. Puh! From here on I can find the crazy geezer's place. But first let's have an audience with the king.

Hehehe...

I go to the place I saw the king last time. He is in the library reading a book.

In front of the king I drop a curtsy

(I, Ice fairy)

"Your majesty. If this humble subject may ask: Why do you have spider-fairy-poodles in your cellar?"

No answer.

I go to the king, sit on his lap and put my arm around him.

(I, Ice fairy)

"You can tell me I won't tell anyone....."

I pretend to listen carefully to the ice statue.

Nothing…

(I, Ice fairy)

"What a pity!... If you won't tell me, you can maybe answer me this: Would you leave your wife and only love me?"

I kiss his cheek and put my ear to his lips without expecting anything.

(Fairy King, very low Volume)

"Tshhhh, tshhhhhh.....1, 2, 3 .....test, test......1, 2, 3....My only love is the sea!....tshhh"

I nearly fell from the royal lap when I received an answer. The fairy king can talk although he is frozen! Is he maybe an ice Fairy too? I don't leave his lap because otherwise I wouldn't be able to reach his lips. I position my ear again.

(Fairy King, very low Volume)

"Year 2890

183964 days without any contact. 183965th try.

Hello fairy king can you hear me?"

In my eyes is panic.

(I, Ice fairy, shaking voice)

".....Fairy king?.... I am sorry I misused you as a seat but otherwise I wouldn't be able to understand you."

(Fairy king)

"Hello! Can you understand me?"

(I, Ice fairy)

"Yes, your majesty."

The fairy king laughs. Cheering is audible in the background.

Have I even become crazier than the crazy geezer? I don't know if I can handle this many personas.

(Fairy King)

"Hahaha! Pshhh! pshhh!"

The cheering quiets down.

(Fairy King, excited)

"Hello! We are the 'underground fairies' and I am the 'phone fairy'. Who are you?"

(I, Ice Fairy)

"….Wait I am confused..... So you aren't the king? *Sigh* and I thought I could steal a royal kiss from you."

(Phone fairy =Fairy King)

"*Whispering* You want to kiss the fairy king?"

(I, Ice fairy

"Oh didn't you remember? I kissed your cheek?"

(Phone fairy)

"*louder whispering* Actually I am connected to the kings head by a telepathic link. I only increased the Volume. Therefore it's possible to understand me when you are near his head.

I am sitting under the surface of the main land in 'underground Pixie Hollow'."

I turn red.

(Phone fairy)

"What happened? Why didn't the king respond for more than 500 years?"

(I, Ice fairy)

"Uhm, the King is frozen like everyone else. The crazy geezer said that from one day to the other the whole land was covered in ice. Oh yeah do you have light fairies in 'underground Pixie Hollow'? They could maybe unfreeze the others."

(Phone fairy)

"What Pixie Hollow is frozen?"

(Angry loud feminine voice in the background)

"Phone fairy! Phone fairy! How dare you, showing your queen your back and ignore her! You know the punishment for ignoring me."

(Phone fairy)

"Ah, your red majesty. Please show mercy to this fool because I am not worthy for your wrath!"

(Red Queen)

"You know your punishment and every fairy has to pay her or his debt! You are no exception."

(Phone fairy)

"NOOOOOOOooooooo, please have merci!"

(Red Queen)

"It's your own fault for not respecting me. Besides what are you babbling about Pixie Hollow is frozen?"

(Phone fairy)

"My Queen I have made contact with Pixie Hollow after 500 of constant calling."

(Red Queen)

"You have?"

(Phone fairy)

"Yes, I am currently talking to a person called 'Ice fairy'. She says that everyone in Pixie Hollow is frozen and that they need a light fairy to unfreeze them."

(Red Queen, shouting)

"Is she completely out of her mind?! We won't send royalty into this blizzard outside! A warm fairy won't survive a day! Why don't they open a portal? We always used portals in the past."

What a bitch! I(=Ice fairy) bet she looks like a cow. Commanding and punishing the good natured man like he belongs to her! I even hate hearing her voice.

But let’s play along for now. It's my only chance to get a decent boy. The 'phone fairy' guy sounds interesting. Maybe I could have a talk with him in private later.

First things first.

(I, Ice fairy, play a bit intimidated)

"Could your highness please tell me where the portal is and how it works?"

The phone fairy repeats my words for the red queen.

(Red Queen)

"Why do I have to explain everything myslelf? A little portal is on the floor in the throne room. You have to open a valve and cover the whole thing with pixie dust."

(I, Ice fairy)

"Please wait for a moment you highness."

(Red Queen)

"I give you 15 minutes of my precious time."

I go to the throne room where my first victim with extraordinary artistic war paint sits.

A proud smile spreads over my lips.....

It's really my personal masterpiece.

The throne, she is sitting in, is golden. Artistic pictures are engraved on it. Around the throne are littler ones. Every chair has its own theme.

It suggests that every kind of fairy has its own seat. The seats for the cold fairies (ice fairies belong to the group of cold fairies) have slits on the bottom. They are most likely air conditioned.

A star-like formation is at the bottom. Above it hangs a big chandelier artistically imbedded in the pattern of the ceiling. Around the delicate work a tube winds like a spiral. Its opening shows in the middle of the star formation.

Hm, it looks like this is the portal. Now I only have to find the valve for the pixie dust. It must be somewhere at the main throne.

I throw the queen out of her seat and place myself in it. A window with different buttons appears before me. Startled I study the inscriptions on them.

Open main gate,

No,

Open trap door with laser sharks,

No,

Open portal to Chuck Norris’ porcelain figure collection,

No

Oh! Here it is!

I point at:

Open portal to underground Pixie Hollow.

Error! No Pixie dust available!

Damn it! I try it another 2 times. Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!

Why isn't there any dust?

Hasn’t the crazy geezer mentioned something about his drone searching for my Pixie dust? It must be pretty rare nowadays.

No.... This means I can't escape this frozen hell. It's tempting me with godlike men but they are out of my reach. The only choice here is a man with 3 personas! Maybe I can unfreeze snow white but it's unlikely because of the broken console.

I kick the fairy queen on the floor. Ooouuuh! my toe! Damn frozen......!

I return to the king.

A figure is sitting in his lap.

It’s that damn, men-robbing redhead!