The Faerie Court

Faede

I stared at Tristan. "Oh, but Aurora, he is exquisite," I said. I reached out and touched one of his rounded ears.

"But Majesty, there will be thousands more like him. Who knows, there may be one tomorrow? Only Kitty has taken such a shine to him."

I paused. "Very well," I said. "Make him eat, if you can."

Owen-

I gave Aurora a quizzical smile and went back to my cushion.

Aurora:

I smiled. This was going to be fun.

"Hey, Tristan, are you hungry?"

"Um...not really."

I pulled him toward the dance floor and started to dance. He couldn't take his eyes off of me.

I pulled him closer and kissed him. He was hooked.

"Hungry?" I repeated.

Tristan:

He was in a daze. He nodded as this gorgeous creature pulled him toward a table with food. She held up an apple. He took it.

"I don't know if I should..."

"For me?" she begged.

He melted. He took a bite of the apple. Suddenly, he was in charge of himself any more. The angel was pulling him back towards the throne.

"You belong to Kitty now. You can't leave for two years." she smiled sweetly.

Faede-

I stepped off the throne. Every eye was on me.

"Admit it," I said to Aurora, leading her into the group dance. The sprite on my right hand side seemed awed to be taking the Queen's hand as we began to circle. "You just wanted to have a bit of him, didn't you?"

"No," she said. I stared at her. She blushed quickly. "I don't like human boys," she said defensively. Her face dropped.

"Hey," I said and squeezed her hand as we sidestepped. "Don't worry about Owen. He's the biggest flirt under the earth."

The dance finished. I curtsied to everyone, they all bowed back and I wandered through the crowd.

Aurora:

I sighed. Owen was dancing with another girl. I sighed. Secretly, I was sort of hoping me flirting with the stupid human would make him jealous. But it didn't seem to work. I wanted to cry. I was so pathitic!

Just stop! My head shouted. it didn't work. I loved him too much!

I went to take my seat back beside the queen. I kept my eyes diverted from Owen. I looked at one of the other minstrals.

He's not worth it anyways.

Owen-

I was urged back to my lute by the dancers. But first I went to the Queen.

"Your majesty, you promised me a singing companion for the evening," I said. "Although I understand that despite her protests, perhaps she is more interested in your new human."

"Why, so I did!" she said. "Aurora, do you feel up to it?"

"I am absolutely pining for you," I addressed the red headed girl. "Would you ease my sorrow?"

The queen rolled her eyes but she nudged Aurora. "Go on down darling," she said happily, like she was waiting for the beginning of a play.

Aurora:

I blushed. "For my Queen, I would do anything." I was careful not to mention I was doing this for him. "And, by the way, I did that for Kitty." I replied in a whisper to his earlier accusation of me being interested in the stupid human.

I tried not to glare at him. It wasn't his fault that his nature was to flirt with every girl he saw.

Yes it is!

I sighed. I was jealous. I was completely and totally jealous. "So...which one of these girls do you like best?" I asked, trying not to sound bitter.

Owen

"Ah," he said. "They are all far too beautiful to decide."

Her face fell. I put a hand below her chin and brought her eyes up to mine.

"But of course, to me, the girl with the most beautiful voice is the most special."

She smiled shyly as I began to play.

Aurora:

I kept on smiling. Did he really think I was that beautiful? Then why did he flirt with other girls? Had he even been jealous when I had flirted with someone else?

I sighed as I continued singing. I noticed another fairy in the corner looking at me. I blushed. He was a fairy knight. He smiled and winked at me.

I glanced at Owen. Had he noticed? Or did he just not care?

Kitty-

She giggled and laughed next to the Queen. Kitty had a new friend. One that she liked very much.

"Tristan I promise to take good care of you, and make sure you have lots of fun." Kitty told him.

He sighed. Now he was like a pet for a little girl. She grabbed his hand and started to tug it." Come one Tristan. Dance with me." She begged.

Tristan nodded, and folllowed the little girl's pull. Now they were dancing on the dance floor.

Tristan:

He did like the little girl even if he was her slave.

He twirled her and watched her laugh. she was adorable, and she was so cute. He would do anything to make her happy.

"How old are you?" he asked.

She giggled. "Ten." she smiled.

"Wow. such a big girl." He picked her up and twirled her around.

"Who is the lady who won me ovr?" he asked, curious.

Kitty-

Tristan gentally placed her on the floor. Kitty curtsied." I am Kitty, beloved companion of the Queen."

Tristan was confused." Well that is sertainly a name that fits you perfectly." He tld her.

Kitty blushed. Unbeknowist to Tristan Tonton Kitty's ghost friend was floating next to her.

"I see you made a new friend." Tonton giggled.

Kitty smiled. Tristan didn't notice her out of place smile.

Tristan:

"You are quite Beautiful, Kitty. who is the fairy with the red hair?"

Kitty frowned. "Why?" she asked pouting.

"I'm just wondering." he replied, kissing her cheek.

Owen-

"You seem to have made quite an impression on the human," I whispered to Aurora. The boy was staring at her as hed led Kitty round the floor.

"Oh shush," she said. "It was the only way to get him to eat."

"I'm sure the queen would have enjoyed -ah- winning him over."

Aurora blushed. I leant over so my nose was nearly touching her cheek and stared into those brilliant green eyes. "Did you?"

"Did I what?" she asked, shying away.

I sighed. She certainly was very pretty, and unique in the fact she didn't like humans, but she was so coy.

"Enjoy it?" I asked, a glint in my eye.

"N-not really," she said.

"Hm. Do you think he enjoyed it?" I wondered aloud. "Well, there's only one thing for it."

She looked at me. I grinned.

"I shall have to try it for myself, see what I'm missing out on," I said.

Aurora:

I paled and blushed at the same time. "I'm sure it's not much." I said a bit bitterly.

He raised his eyebrows. "The human would seem to disagree with you."

"The human is not used to gorgeous faries all over him. With yout experties," I spit out, "I'm sure that you aren't missing much. Now, I must attend to my Queen."

Kitty-

SHe stopped dancing." Tristan lets stop I'm hungry."

He nodded and they walked towards the bafee table.