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A Fairy's Tale

Lox

Lox

Super-Earth
Joined
Jan 3, 2010
Lox stalked with a single minded purpose through the dense forest far off to the east of his beloved home as his eyes and senses pressed out of his own being seeking the different forms of life that surrounded him. He was a mage of sorts, or at least that what he had always thought of himself as even if nearly every soul both within this land and throughout others knew him as a vicious wizard and sociopath. There wasn't a person who hadn't been specifically warned to be wary of a tall man with deep crimson eyes and stark white hair, who wore black armor that constantly shifted with arcane symbols and a cloak that swirled and shifted like smoke around his frame. All that was known of his personality though was every soul who crossed him had been burned to ash, and this included the very recently deceased royal family of a neighboring kingdom close to his home. There didn't seem to be anything that could stop him once his mind was wrapped around a thought, and while he didn't actively exercise tyranny over anyone with his abilities no one knew what motivated any of his actions or where is loyalties lie if he had any at all. A fact that was apparent though were enemies never lived very long, and he was extremely through in annihilating anyone who allied with his enemies effectively isolating him from everyone.

Lox had no allies himself, and as far as the rest of the world was concerned they were more than willing to allow him to occupy his time in his studies if it meant he wouldn't be tempted in siding with anyone. That and adamantly accepting the huge sums of gold and precious jewels he offered every now and then to kingdoms in exchange for rare books and artifacts that he had been collecting. Even now as he stalked through the woods he was looking for a particular type of fairy that was only native to this region to compliment the gardens surrounding his home. This type of fairy was capable of maintaining the herbs and plants he grew without his constant shifting of alteration spells to make mini environments for each plant to live. His garden was festooned with plants from around the globe, and if he captured this fairy a huge portion of his time would be saved due to it's innate ability to keep virtually any plant in it's vicinity growing. The Problem was finding the damn things without incinerating half the forest and potentially killing them off. The species he was looking for were rare and only lived in deep forests, that and all text referring to them stated very diligently that they weren't easily separated from their home forests.

It wasn't because they were powerful on their own it was because the forests themselves and the more powerful creatures living within would die to keep them safe. Already Lox had killed a huge panther and half a giant elk herd while heading in this direction deeper into the woods, and considering predator and prey were ignoring him to protect this section he had to be going in the right direction. He sighed tiredly as he looked at his cloak with a bit of agitation, normally using it to turn himself invisible but not bothering because these animal's senses just picked up his scent and attacked anyways. Whenever he did get back home he had to devise a spell that masked not only his presence and his magical aura but also his accursed scent so freakin animals wouldn't bother him. As his agitation grew licks of flame started sprouting around his hands and the smell of brimstone and ash became prevalent in the air. He was very close to just burning his way through the forest a pressing his mind out further to simply strangle the information he sought out of one of the many creatures currently watching his passing. Some had to know where the fairy he was looking for was, but before he went needlessly killing things for information he'd walk a ways more.

He had only killed to defend himself thus far, as well as almost every time he ended anythings life.... almost.
 
Silvia was already getting word of the mage coming toward them, those that heard the cries of others warned her of this, the problem was that her kind had left already, and a long time ago, she had been left behind, not wanting to leave the forest to move on, so she was one of the last of her kind, a beautiful young fairy woman, very loving of plants and animals, and so the sounds of everything around her dying as he came near hurt her sensitive pointed ears. Her kind were very crafty, and sly, keeping to a more small form most the time, barely big enough to be a girls dress up doll, but small enough to hide away and watch from the thick trees, knowing she could become as small as a person's pinky, but she did not often do that.

Thankfully her outfits shrank with her, she normally made her own outfits, and today she wore a long dark brown corset and a skirt to match with little jewels and such she had found to make it look very pretty. In human form she was rather short, only standing about five foot five, average for a human woman, but tall for a fairy like her. Her hair was long and a dark brown with red highlights, her eyes were golden brown but often changed violet when in different moods, and she seemed to blend in well with the plants and leaves so as she hid in the top of a rather large and old tree she kept an eye out for this stranger, knowing she could not attack, but it did not mean she would or could not defend herself with things around her, and everything was so loyal to her it would rather die than loose her.

The only thing that could possibly give her away was her pale milky white skin since she often only came out at night and did healing at that time, but from what she had been told this person, this beast of a mage was looking for something, and she feared it was her. Silvia's wings were not too noticeable, since she had them hidden in her back able to levitate, but when out they were like silk, soft and warm, a dark shade of the night sky with a shine in the right light, it was obvious she just worked with what she could to dress, but if given the opportunity she would look wonderful in dark rich colors to match her wings. For the time being she looked, did not speak and tried not to give any signs she was their, feeling horrible that the man was burning things for no reason, or so she thought, but what she failed to realize was if he burned anything too near to her it would shrivel, die, and then re-blossom, something she had no control over due to the faint magic she gave off, and even more so in her human like form.
 
Lox's temper was flaring with the continued resistance of the forest and it's inhabitants, which meant that the flames flickering around his hands began to burn hotter and swirl almost lazily about his form casting an ominous red orange glow across the darkened woods. He had been attacked three more times by various predators and even creatures that had no right attacking anything, and while twice he drove the things away with vicious mental images of death and destruction the bear that lumbered out from behind a tree dangerously close was consumed by mage fire. Unlike normal cast fire, mage fire took on a distinct color inherent with it's user, and this unearthly blaze held a dark purple hue even as it turned the creature to ash and roared through the tree behind it until a column of flame burned upwards into the sky before vanishing. He was tired and extremely agitated being attacked by random stupid predators but even more ignorant elk and large deer charging with their antlers lowered to skewer him. And as he continued to progress even the plants snagged his feet and arms before the flames dancing around him turned purple and indiscriminately burned anything within a foot of his body. Lox was moments away from utterly and totally destroying this land with a spell of such dire consequences that it would sulfur the very earth and turn this lush green forest into a barren waste land until he stopped and glared at a root clinging to his left ankle.

Everything burned within a foot of his body, and yet everything grew at such a startling rate that the moment the plant was turned to ash new shoots of growth sprang up and tried to entangle his body. He had gotten so angry that he had pulled his senses back into his own body and was no longer truly looking for the very thing he had come for, and this rampant growth was a sure sign that the fairy was extremely close by. Lox very nearly let loose a wave of flame that would have destroyed every thing within a mile radius of him out of rage alone, and yet he calmed himself enough to not only forget the spell already forming in his mind and even sever the link of magic that allowed the flames to come so easily to his hands. Without the barrier of fire burning away the growth his legs were soon totally entangled with creeping vines making their way up his body as his mind pushed outwards and searched for the fairy. Even though the text stated these creatures could make themselves shrink to a size impossible to hide, they couldn't hide their thoughts or just how intelligent they were from the other animals and plants around the area, and he found the mind long before he pinpointed exactly where the tiny creature had hidden herself. Just by brushing her thoughts he snarled at the gall this fairy had thinking she could defend herself in the least.

Once he found her mind his own thoughts began tightening over her mind like a vice grip as he looked up directly to the spot where she was hiding and began to forcefully pull her out of the tree with magic wrapping about her delicate frame. The thoughts that filled her head were more terrible than the way he incinerated the creatures that had tried to attack him, and he let her know in fully that he had come for her and what he would do if she resisted him any further. Lox made her watch a memory of his past and the devastation that lay before her eyes would be enough to make even a cold human cringe. Before him stood a valley where fire blazed everywhere with rage and hatred so deep it was reflected in one horrifying spell that he had created for the sole purpose of destruction. The sky was twisting with dark clouds and lightning cascading throughout the valley, and at the center of the storm a column of flame swirled down in a tornado that came down on a huge estate that dominated a hill. For the briefest of moments he could see the spells and wards trying without success to hold against what he had summoned, before flickering and vanishing under the maelstrom of fire to leave nothing behind. Slowly the tornado vanished and though the valley burned on it's own Lox set fire to everything else until nothing remained before turning away.

Lox only glared at her with a portion of the hate he had felt in that memory, and yet he promised her even as the creeping vines curled around his shoulders that she could either stop, or this forest would turn into the same inferno she had seen with her own eyes.
 
Watching him fight the roots was rather sad, she could hear everything dying, the flames causing everything to scream and so it had been difficult to block that out, she was a part of nature, she needed it and it needed her, she watched from her hiding spot as he killed animals, glaring at him as her eyes watered with hot tears, feeling so sad that those animals had died trying to protect her, and even the trees and everything else around wanted to save her. But soon she realized that he had found her and looked up, seeing his eyes and hers widened in fear, but before she could try to flee her body was soon constricted with magic and she was carefully brought to him, her wings emerging as they fluttered hard, trying to get her free, whimpering in protest as she tried to get away from him.

But when he showed her that horrible sight she shook her head quickly and knew what she had to do, she told them all to stop, to not try to harm him and to let him pass through an take what he wanted. Of course everything from animals to plants argued, not wanting to let her go, but she ignored them and the roots retreated from his body slowly, not wanting to listen to her, but having no choice. Seeing them stop she looked at him with a sigh, “Please stop hurting them, they won’t fight you, and neither will I, but please stop burning everything, it is horrible and cruel and I can’t take it, I can hear their screams and cried because of you.” She asked, her voice so soft and pretty, only adding to her appealing appearance.

She looked around and carefully tried to heal the damage he had done, knowing it would tired her greatly, but she did not like the thought of leaving them like this and so she remained relaxed, showing she would cooperate a little with him, but that did not mean she would for long after, she would need to be out, in the sun in order to keep her energy up, or else she would become ill. She wondered how much he knew about her kind since she knew he was clearly after her. Speaking again she remained civilized, “What do you want from me? Why do you kill these creatures and such to find me?” She asked softly, her wings relaxing but remaining out as she looked up at him, her eyes a bright purple, showing her fear and agitation with this situation.
 
Lox's crimson eyes narrowed dangerously at the tiny creature until at last he clutched her in his hand, feeling her for the flesh and bone that she was and for a single moment wondering what it would be like to crush her there in his hand. It would have been easy, and yet he could not as he turned to leave the way he had come. But instead of replying to the tiny angry voice magic began swirling around him as his mind turned through a complicated and powerful spell. The forces of magic being gathered were easily strong enough to do just as he had warned her, burn every living thing in the forest and destroy the land to the point where nothing ever grew again and yet something strange and unthinkable was beginning to gather in his right hand as he raised it to chest level and curled his hand around a growing swirling mass of pure magic. He didn't even seem to realize where he was going or pay any attention to what was around him accept the spell he was forming, and his lips moved as a language that warped magic to his very will condensed a glowing orb in his hand. When at last it seemed he had finished, he carelessly tossed the glowing pulsating orb behind him and guided it back to the very spot he took the little fairy from and felt it's effects on the forest around him.

Everything living around them suddenly thrummed with new life, and the ash of where he burned a path was soon gone as new growth sprouted everywhere. The orb had embedded itself in the very tree he took her from, and acted as a medium where raw mana all around the area covered by forest was converted into energy for one purpose. Unhindered and permanent growth. The mage hadn't just healed the forest, he had turned it into a literal entity that couldn't be killed by normal human means. This place could never be burned down or harvested by humans into extinction now, and would stay perpetually wild until by some means someone could make it through all the predators and now more violently active plants guarding the new heart of the forest. "My purpose is not your concern now or ever fairy. I am master, and you will refer to me as such or by the gods you will die. But not before I tear out every shred of information I might need to find another of you ilk. You will see what your purpose is soon enough, but question my methods again and I'll find a replacement soon enough. If you had any sympathy for those animals and plants you would have come to me the moment that panther died, but instead you hid while everything else suffered for your cowardice."

Lox had always been enigmatic with what he chose to do, and at one point he could be looked upon as a kind person yet it seemed even now he drove any kindness away with cruelty. He was already bad tempered enough without being further agitated by the fairy, all he wanted to do was to return home and meditate before his temper got the best of him and some real damage was done to some poor unfortunate fool.
 
Feeling his grip around her was strange, and she was half tempted to change into her larger form so he would not be holding her as a doll, one thing she did not like at all at the moment, but she did not dare change shape yet, he had a hold of her and she did not want him to harm anyone else. But hearing his words to her she glared at him, “The did not tell me you were after me, if I had known I might have come out to cooperate and save them, but they did not tell me till you had gotten to where you were and by that time they did not care and wanted to help me.” She snapped back at him, but as she saw everything begin to grow from his spell and she gave a soft sigh, glad that he at least healed the damage he had done. She could not get the image of that horrible threat he gave her out of her head, and as she became rather depressed her eyes went blue and everything around her seemed to feel it, the flowers looked as thought they were weeping as he took her away from her home.

Hearing him refer to himself as her master she bit her tongue, not saying a single word about it, telling herself to try and play along and cooperate till she could run away, but when he threatened her she gave a soft huff. “You can’t find any of my kind because they left this area years ago, I am the only one in these woods and any forests for hundreds of miles, and I don’t know where they went, so you would be wasting your time.” She snapped at him, still feeling a little saddened by all of this, “And what you plan to do with me is my concern, since you will be using me for what ever, I would rather know instead of guess or worry about what it is.” She replied bluntly, ignoring him mostly. From that moment on she remained silent, not saying a single word or asking him anything. She did not understand why he was angry with her, it was not her fault he had difficulty and had to waste energy, he did not need to harm others and burn everything to find her, and he should not have captured her like this in the first place, so she was a little hesitant about doing as he said.

She had heard stories of her kind being caught by such people and torn to pieces for spell, ripping out their wings, torturing to make them scream, collect their tears for what ever and even the blood. She was worried that he planned on doing such things to her since he did not tell her what it was he had in store for her and felt his grasp on her rather rough, struggling a little as she tried to get him to loosen his grip a little, but then thought better of it since she did not want him burning her to a crisp or something since he could clearly not control his temper.
 
Lox was very close to doing just as she suspected as a sudden wave of heat washed over her tiny figure and a deep ominous purple flame flickered along his other hand. It would be so terribly easy to watch the little creature squirm but his own time and efforts would be wasted if her were to kill her now, especially since it would take forever gathering data on whereabouts for more of her kind. But what he did do without his knowledge was tighten his grip around her frame until the sudden struggling and gasping prompted him to look down. He nearly cursed her, and yet he couldn't even feel pity for the spiteful ignorant thing. "If it weren't a huge waste of my time I would tear you apart for spell components...." He growled out viciuosly as his free hand began working intricate signs in the air and a disturbing black mist seemed to curl and collect in front of them before Lox walked head long into it and reappeared in some place totally different from where they were. Before them was a giant open field nestled within a valley that was dominated by a huge circular wall and a large black tower that was in the direct center. From above the wall giant trees could be seen growing and strange bluish light emanated from the trees themselves but without so much as breaking stride Lox approached a massive set of black doors that opened without command and closed behind him.

The entirety of the area surrounding was thriving with plants of every shape and size, while giants loomed higher other glowing and delicate plants dotted the land underneath them as well as mushrooms spread through out the lot of them. Wandering down a small trail the two of them passed through an opening in the strange woods to a small field of oddly pale blue flowers that reflected the moonlight as well as crossing a gurgling stream that wound it's way from a medium lake in the distance. What was more impressive were the animals that were living all around, with a pair of water nymph twins sitting on a large rock in the stream and singing gently as other animals gathered to hear the soothing song. But the moment Lox was spotted all turned towards him and quivered, with predators and prey backing a few paces away in fear. Even a rare harpy wrapped it's wings protectively around a docile tree nymph as both quivered but didn't flee, knowing Lox's temperament turned violent towards cowardice. "Here is your task fairy. You will perpetuate the life of the plants living in the boundaries of these walls, and I will remove the hundreds of spells that keep them alive artificially by changing the air and water around each specific species. Fail and most of these creatures will die deprived of food, as I took plants to feed them specifically and you too will follow them in death. This place isn't even a fragment of your home's size but listen carefully to those living here and maybe it might quiet your insolent tongue."

Everything alive repeated a series of odd rules that Lox had told them the moment he had brought them to his home, and every single one of them knew the consequences of disobedience. This place was the garden of shadows, and nothing could kill another creature here other than the master himself. The predators were fed by his hands alone, and the prey were to live side by side with predator and eat only from the plants on a certain side of the garden. Here they would live until their use ended, and if they obeyed then the master might consider returning them or worse if they killed each other or attacked him then worse fates would await them.
 
Feeling his grip tighten around her she gave a whimper of pain, her body trembling in his hand as she struggled to get free, fearful of him as she looked up, hearing his words she felt tears swell up in her pretty little eyes, angry and sad at the same time, trying not to cry since her tears were the color of her wings, purple and rather valuable and able to be used as components for spells. When ht threatened her she looked away from him and to where they came to, the large wall, looking up at it she was a little surprised to see what was on the other side and looked around, seeing the fear the others all had for him, making her fear the worst, and so she remained still, listening to him as he told her what she would be doing, and as she looked around she had a look of worry on her face, “I… I don’t know if I can do that... these are all different, they have different energies... the other woods trusted me, but this place is new and may take time to get use to me and to make a connection. I would need much time out here. I can try my best, but I can’t do it with a snap of my fingers in a day... no fairy can do that. I can adapt as long as I am calm and relaxed, and from the display of your temper I have seen I don’t know if I can relax at all yet.” She replied, merely being honest, and telling him of her limits.

“I can take care of areas I am familiar with, ones like my home will be easy to gain trust and control over, but these other exotic ones are not my domain and know of other magics, they will need to be released from it and forced to rely on me, meaning what ever spells you have would have to be released, please give me time to get the others to trust me and rely on me, then once they do they will thrive perfectly, and then I could focus on the more complicated areas, but to take care of all this will take much of my energy and a great deal of time, I will do this if you can be patient enough for me to do what I must.” She explained softly, trying to get free of his grip around her with his hand. “Please let go of me, I know I can’t run, most likely you have a barrier to prevent such things, I can’t run, so I’ll tend to your plants as you wish.” She explained, her voice wavering from fear.

She knew this would take much energy and so she would have to change into her larger form in order to control and cover a larger area, knowing if she were in her more human form she could take care of everything around his home for a mile or so without hardly trying, but she did not want to change into a larger form, afraid if she was not in her small size he would hurt her more. She looked at the others and they seemed to watch her curiously, but with pity, knowing what she was in for. She looked back at him, her eyes returning to the golden brown they had been.
 
Lox was fast loosing what little remained of his restraint as he glared angrily at the cowering fairy in his hand. He could have taught more than a few of the creatures in his gardens to do her job if he had taken the time and effort to teach them how to better control their powers, and yet he could do little more than hurl the poor fairy away from him as he turned away. It it weren't for the harpies fast reflexes and soft feathery body he could have very well killed her, but with the way purple flames began swirling around his frame even as black mist gathered in another portal he might very well still do just that when he did return. The black gateway swallowed the master and left no trace of him behind, allowing the creatures that were gathered to give a collective sigh as the harpy gently cradled the fairy and murmured to her softly. "Little one, you won't survive her very long by stoking the master's temper that way... I know it's hard to be here, but try to be patient with that man and you'll find he calms more easily than his temper flares. My name is Luca little fairy, I was one of the first to come to the gardens and all of us would like to know you a little more before the master returns. Lox may be gone now but it's only to cool his temper, and usually it results in a very dangerous creature being captured that's strong enough to survive his venting rage."

The wood nymph perked up as she helped the fairy to her feet and smiled gently. "Lots of us here are already connected with each other as it is, since we have something of a huge family here and it's against the rules to hurt one another... we can help as much as we can but you'll have to face the master alone. At one point in time we all did, but be careful of him. He's strange enough gathering the likes of us from around the world and while he took half against their wills he saved me and more than a few others from death.... weather we liked it or not. From out of the shadows of the woods a creature with a beautiful woman for an upper half and a giant spider for a lower half slowly walked out of the woods and joined their little group, with her body covered in an odd sort of dress tied at the front and made from silk. "So your the little dear that's stirred Lox up this evening hmmm? He's more likely to bring back something nasty since he's venting that temper of his but I must say you are a pretty little dear. I hope your good with herbs and poultice for wounds, the master might come back mangled a bit and would require some of our help to patch him back up. I'm Junga by the by dear."
 
Feeling him toss her she was already ready for it and wrapped her wings around herself protectively, knowing she was fragile, but her wings were strong as diamonds and could withstand much. Feeling the wings around her she quickly tried to gather herself as she looked up at him angrily, glaring at him furiously, wishing so badly she could get back at him for it. But as he left she too calmed herself, her wings unraveling as she relaxed in the harpies wing, “Thank you, but I do not think I could get use to this place, or that horrible monster, I will try my best to adjust, but I don’t know if I will be here long, with his threats I will be dead soon since I am not one who likes to hold her tongue or not speak her mind or the truth.” She said softly to the harpy, accepting help up from the nymph before brushing off her dress, her body sore from the tight grip he had on her body, hoping she would not bruise.

Looking to them she heard their names, nodding slowly she gave a weak smile, still very upset with her predicament, “I’m Silvia, its nice to meet you all. I had better just get to what it is he wants, it will take much time for me to connect with everything here.” She replied softly as she watched the others before looking around slowly and right before their eyes her wings wrapped around herself and began to glow a bright purple, and her body changed, growing taller and filling out as a human girl would. Finally after a moment she stood at five foot five, her dress growing with her, leaving her in a pretty gown and her wings soon merged into her flesh, leaving tattoos on her back to show they were magically hidden. She looked the same, merely taller and not a little doll, her features were more noticeable now as her long dark brown hair flowed to her mid back and the red streaks showing better, her crystal blue eyes looking around before she turned to them and gave another smile, “If you wish we can talk more while I get to know this place?” She said as she sat down in the grass, sitting on her left hip, her legs lazily resting on the grass as her body gave off a faint glow, almost an aura as she forced herself to tap into the surrounding areas, feeling some accepting her right away and others wanting to rely on his magic, but after what seemed like hours the more simple areas and ones similar to her home came to welcome her and take what it needed from the fairy.

She wondered to herself why he would take all these creatures and force them to stay here, since he did not seem like a kind soul to her, and other than to use them as components she saw no reason for him to want them. But she was angry with herself as well as him, not wanting him to capture another creature in order to let off steam, it was not fair to the poor creature that he torture it because he had a temper or because the little fae had angered him. But she tried not to let it get to her and noticed a very big difference in the forest areas she had connected with already, noticing they were much happier, healthier and would no doubt provide better food and nutrients to the others in the place.

Looking around she bit her lip softly then looked to Luca, “Are you and the others in the garden the only one he has captured, or are there others or servants on the inside of the place?” She asked, looking up at it and not finding the place welcoming much at all.
 
Luca's eyebrows knitted with worry as she settled down next to the now full sized woman, even if she wasn't near the master's size. Junga too settled close by as she began to knit and weave odd pads out of the shining silver thread her body produced. "There are many others here besides us, some in plain sight and others in strange portals that are here... and not at the same time. I'm not sure why everyone was brought here but there are a few similar things that include all of us. The master seems to have a facination of the rare and unique, not just for spell components but I've seen creatures here that I thought were only myth and legend. Some of the things he brings have no purpose that I can concive for any sort of spell work but from what I guess only live in this place because of their rarity, regardless of their deadly nature."

Junga shuttered as she continued to knit but picked up where Luca left off as the harpy wrapped her arms around her body protectively. "My kind aren't known to be very rare, but there are things in the darker parts of the garden that even my mother spoke of with fear. And our kind fear little in this world but some how a short lived human managed to drag them all here to this place for his purposes. Not all the things that are kept here remain though, as the master has let certain creatures go either in the general area or whisked them away for some reason or another. All I can be sure of is the human is either utterly insane or broken in mind even if he has acheived a lot in their short lives. For the life of me though, I can't figure out if he's more evil than good with the things he does. It seems he chooses one or the other depending on if it serves his plans.

Further discussion was cut off as a black portal opened and the entire area was washed with the stench of smoke and sulfer as two shapes slipped out and into the open. The first was none other than the master but far from well as he limped with his back hunched and his left arm dangling uselessly to his side. Where he was once clean his black armor and cloak had been shredded especially along his limp arm and all down his back with drops of blood freely dribbling from his frame but the crazed and vicious look in his eyes was enough to tell he was far from dead. But even more disturbing was the woman following closely behin him that looked about and smiled with more fangs than were natural. She looked to be some kind of wolf with the shape of a woman, but her fur was midnight black and coating her muzzle and down her neck and chest was an odder red color as her eyes narrowed on each being within sight.

Lox paid her little mind as he stumbled over to a stump close by the river with Junga rising from her spot and took the things she was knitting over too him. The pads were some kind of bandage that easily wrapped around Lox's arm that upon further inspection was close to utter ruin, and though the spider did what she could gathering more thread to pack into the slashes into his back there wasn't much more she could help with while he remained dressed. Lox rose when she was finished and headed towards his tower and looked to simply melt into the wall to leave all still present with the creature he had brought. The wolf woman knelt where he had been sitting and collect a few drops of his blood on her finger only to lick at it as she looked questioningly at the tower before turning back and smiling at those still close by. It was obvious Lox had retrevied her from some dark unnatrual realm by the smell of sulfur on her fur, but it seemed he cared little for what she did by leaving her loose in his gardens.
 
Listening to them the fae said nothing, noticing a few small things around the garden and looked to Luca and Junga, “Are there any males from your kind here? Or is it just females he brings here? I have seen many of you already, and the plants and trees are of course now telling me of what lives in them, and showing me ones that are hiding from sight, but most seem to be female.” She pointed out, looking at all the ones around her.

Continuing her bonding with the plants, trees, and many rare creatures she could feel everything, and more than she thought she could handle, but she could not slack and take a break, she had to do what she had been brought here for, but the thought of being allowed to go home was a wonderful thought and seemed to even brighten things up in the areas around her, many flowers growing, blooming, and almost singing if one could hear and listen to it as she could.

Looking to the harpy she nodded her head slowly, and as she continued to concentrate what looked to be strands of light were now visible, going from her heart, down her arms and to the ground, nourishing it as she sat there, trying to find a way to get comfortable. Already there was a beautiful and drastic change in everything around her and the more simple parts of the forest that were not as strong or reliant on their master’s magic let go, almost ignoring the magic he used to keep the place flourishing and went straight to her for energy/

The fae looked up and could feel the earth around her tremble, the plants shook and seemed to whisper and mutter in fear, a very odd thing if the others could feel it. When the portal opened she remained still, in her more large and human form as the master stepped through, a look of worry on most the creatures faces, but her concern was not for the man who had kidnapped her, but the creature behind him, not liking the look of her and finding her very frightening, the plants already were reacting to her worry and yet noticed she was not frightened, she was cautious, and on her guard, hoping he could keep that wolf in check, or else someone would suffer greatly.

She looked away from Lox hoping he may not notice too much her change in size, or that already she had been able to take control of certain areas. She brought her slender hand to her hair, brushing it back, her bright blue eyes glowing slightly as she worked, the red streaks in her dark brown hair turned from red to purple then to blue, and for a little while remained that color, but it was almost constantly changing. Looking around she sighed, “Is there anything around here that I may make a new out fit out of? Something a little more appropriate and less made from rough scratchy materials?” She asked, unsure of what there was, but her clothing had been made of scraps of material found everywhere, and while it was pretty she had wanted something different and new, planning on doing so before Lox had taken her, but now she knew nothing of where she was and what resources she had.

As she stood up to stretch the strings of light disappeared but were still there, at all times, her wings stretching as well with soft fluttering motions.
 
Lox was wary, tired, and more pressing than he had originally thought more seriously injured than he had assumed earlier. Junga's threads were perfect cataliysts to base potent healing magic out of but it would be nothing compared to the pure and wild magics that ran through the fairy he was still mildly smoldering over. He laughed in the dark of his room even though it hurt considering he had actually been smoldering just a few moments before. Sleep pushed his thoughts away even if he did want to think a while longer but the last thoughts on his mind were of the hell hound he had brought back from the burning plaines... He had found her as many other of her ilk and size underneath a far more powerful and older creatures twisted pleasures. But Lox gave her something she never even considered tasting before, a different life, the draw of another softer realm, and pleasures she could induldge so long as she obeyed his will until his plans came to frutation. That alone was enough to have her willingly follow after her master lay dead and him maimed and half way dead but as sleep took him he took pleasure in the thought that at the very least he could trust breaking a bit of her will.

While Junga was about to say that she could easily sew her new dresses that would flatter her already beautiful figure the hound that was still gazing hungerily about lingered her yellow slitted eyes on the fairy. She seemed to smile in a way that made other more timid creatures shrink back and had Luca's feathers distinctively ruffled. Before words of any kind could be past though, the hound streaked at the fairy in little more than a black and red splotched blur before taking her up and away deep into the woods. Though the hound knew going into the fair races territory was risky even for her kind she also knew the girl wouldn't be to keen on things catching fire, especially since her pounding steps were leaving smoldering holes in the ground. When she was far enough away from all prying eyes she easily flopped down onto the ground and rolled the poor fairy onto her back but not hard enough to rumple her wings. Leaning down to more closely inspect the finer features of her face and the silky downy feel of her wings as her hands slid over them a low husky voice greeted the fairy as she spoke.

"Such a fine little dear you are... I wasn't honestly expecting to be taken out of hell to play with a few critters and make sure no one bothered a freak your definately a bonus." The woman on top of her wasn't suggestive in the least with the way she moved against the smaller girl pinned underneath her or the way her hands began exploring the contours of her hips and thighs as she still murmured. "To be blunt little dear, if you haven't guessed I'm a hell hound, and while I might have been owned previously consider my words very carefully before speaking." Her right arm wound around the small fairy's back and lifted her up so her left hand was mroe free to explore her wings in greater detail as she spoke. "I don't know why, or how for that matter a human of all things managed to enter hell and kill my previous master only to give me a far better deal than I could have ever imagined but promised me one thing I'm willing to obey any order for."

She had dipped her head closer with her words until finally her muzzle very softly drifted against her neck and cheek before continuining with obvious pleasure in her voice. "All I have to do little fairy is play with you and expose you to the more.... asserted methods masters can employ. And besides having something like you to taste after centeries in the pits and the few rare hunts I'm looking forward to every moment of it. To think that and guarding this garden full of treats is all I need to be free is a blessing beyound comprehension, but knowing my deal has been set in his own blood it makes me wonder what he has in store for you. Tell me Silvia, what might that human want so badly from you he'd kill a hell hound far more powerful than me only to turn me loose on the earth just to keep you in line...."
 
Watching the wolf woman she knew something was not right, but as she charged at the fairy so many thoughts ran through her mind, bracing for an impact, only to be lift off her feet and carried with the beast into a darker wood. Once the wolf finally went far enough away she looked around, unaware of these woods at all, knowing this wolf probably knew that as well, but that was not to say that through harming herself she could not force a connection with this place if the woman was a threat to her. Feeling the wolf looking over her made her try and cover herself up, listening to her words. A slight anger went through her as she did hear why this monster was brought here. She soon felt her move her hands over the fairy's hips and have a whimper of protest struggling to get free from her. "He brought you here to keep me in line?" She asked, finding it going very overboard, to bring something like her here to keep the girl in check, when something less threatening and dangerous could have done that. "So what is it he is feeding you if you cannot eat the ones in the garden?" She asked, wondering if he would simply get precut meat or bring in creatures to be hunted by her, shivering at that thought and knowing she would not be able to stand that at all.

She shook her head slowly to the question, "I don't know, I am no threat and think he is just a little steamed at me for talking back a bit. But I am nothing too powerful or special." She said softly still trying to get out from under her since the woman's hand on her thigh was worrying her since she was still a virgin and did not want this creature defiling her. She at some points wished she did not care so much about the things and creatures around her, or she could tell the man and this bitch to both go back to that hell dimension and simply sit aside and let the plants and beasts in it die, but unfortunately she cared to much, one of the reasons she had not left her forest till now, her people did not care about that forest, but she did, and had stayed, but here she was and now forced to make decisions like this, or just roll over and do as she was told, something she did not like the idea of or like at all. She told herself she had to talk to that damn human to tell him to make this wolf back off or she would be distracted with doing her tasks when worrying about who she would hurt next, or tell him that she did not need her as a babysitter and that this woman was dangerous and should not be here, no matter how he controlled her since every step she took killed exactly what it was she was suppose to be making grow.
 
A slow devious smile appeared over the wolf's face as her touches became much more insistent at the smaller woman's withdraws. Though she listened quietly to the fairy's explanations or more precisely her lack of one didn't surprise her. She herself hadn't had many encounter with humans other than those foolish enough to believe they could cheat death, and even then she hadn't thought it possible a human like her new master could exist. That was thoughts for later though as her left knee slipped easily up between her legs to press against her underwear suggestively. Dipping her head she couldn't help but taste the little dear's neck and sweet soft skin with a sigh of pleasure. It wasn't just being able to play with something as exotic as the fairy that was winding her up, but the utter lack of brimstone and smoldering ash on the creatures skin that made it that much more satisfying. It didn't help the dear's case that she was a virgin, prompting the woman's left hand to drift almost casually down her smooth stomach to firmly cup the cute fairy's sex. "Poor little dear... Are you afraid I'll take that sweet virginity of yours? Odd considering the brutal way it could be done you should be extremely happy you have someone who likes your beauty the way it is without being marred by ugly bruises and broken bones."

Her words were followed by her right hand turning her head directly towards her own and a very deep kiss pressed to her lips. Her left hand never ceased it's rubbing, and her tongue slipped into the fairy's mouth to taste her tongue but the kiss was only a distraction. The wolf was sharing with her more than just a taste as flashes of brutal images ran through Silvia's mind. There were always screams on the burning planes, but she was shown mere glimpses of the brutality and viciousness showed by the other members of her pack, and the horrible way one really could lose their virginity that included males. But what she showed her in detail was exactly why she opted to obey Lox without question. There were roars that drowned out the screams as her previous master died at the hands of Lox, splatters of blood where her old master had caught him and was shaking him like a rag doll between serrated teeth only to have them blown out by a hammer that sparked and crackled blue in a world of red. Then at last the images receded and the wolf broke the kiss with a hot pant. "A little peak, a tiny taste for you Silva to consider how things could end up with you. I may have been ordered not to excessively harm you due to your duties but that doesn't mean there aren't shortages of improvised training.

The wolf smiled with all of her serrated and spiked teeth, dipping her head to lick right along the fairy's arteries to feel the pulse of blood in her veins and pressed her chest more firmly into the poor girls and smiled more broadly at the patter of her heart. Her hands slipped down Silva's body and lifted her smooth legs up and pinned them at her sides before leaning back a bit looking into her pretty blue eyes."I'm not particularly fond of torture, but I'm far from not using it if I must though I doubt your obedience will be a problem. My only real question dear little fairy is to give your virginity to my new master or bear his wrath and take your sweet first encounter for my own? Even if he chose to rape or torture me he doesn't have it in him to be that cruel but what do you think Silva? The wolf dipped her head once more to playfully lick the fairy's cheek before her right arm slipped behind her back to run a prickly claw all the way down her back. While she teased her flesh with that claw she didn't slash her smooth skin but her dress didn't fare so well as the wolf leaned back and discarded the thing altogether before pinning her against the ground once more. "To think I'd wander about naked all the time an such a fine little fairy isn't displaying herself in the same way. I wonder what a dress from that spider kin would look like on you though..... oh! You may call me Lunaria dear."
 
Giving a glare to the wolf she was trying her best to break free of her, but her kind were not the type to be good at fighting, or physical strength, they relied much on magic, but never had she ever hurt a creature with her magic before and she was unsure if she could stop this woman from doing anything she pleased with her body even if she tried to used her power. Feeling the knee between her legs she closed her eyes tightly shaking her head as she tried to move so they were not right against her undergarments. But what came after was more frightening than her knee and caused her to struggle even more, panic in the girls eyes as she nodded answering truthfully since it was clear that was what she was worried about, “Don’t do that, please, I don’t want to have it taken from me, please stop, let me go… you have made your point, now please stop.” She pleaded as she tried to get the hand off of her sex. The way she saw it was that was the only thing left that was really hers, she was now owned by that human, meaning in body anyways, but he had taken almost everything from her and now this monster wanted to take the only thing left that she had and could cling to and honestly give.

The lips on hers were strange, not being use to such things, but she had to stop herself from biting the woman as her tongue entered her mouth, not wanting to be hurt anymore than she would be. But what she saw was strange, making her wonder how a human could do such a thing to a creature like that. She already knew that the man was powerful, and not just from catching her, and the others but from that display, a very frightening thought that would not leave her mind and leave her frightened of him, if not maybe even as distant as she could be. Silva was distracted once again, but this time her heart raced as her legs were brought up, showing she was very limber, but feeling so helpless and vulnerable made her almost sick, and despite she could hide it a little, at the moment she could not hide it.

Silva’s body shook like a leaf as her dress was torn apart and taken from her, making her want to cry since while Lunaria was use to it, Silva was not, and while she knew she was an alright looking young woman, she did not walk around flaunting herself for others to see, and certainly did not want to be seen by this woman, or her new master. She wondered to herself as she looked away from Lunaria if any of the others had told their master what had happened, or if he knew, and if he knew that the wolf might very well take her against her will. She tried to move her arms and legs, wanting to cover herself, while holding back the urge to cry, her eyes were filling with water, but not yet letting tears run, she did not want to seem weak for being frightened, at the moment her eyes were a light purple, showing she was frightened very badly, hence why she was looking away. She wondered for a split second if shifting size would throw her off and allow her to get free, or to attack her, but she was unsure of how to do that since she had never done it before, and did not want to feel the pain she would have inflicted once the wolf or her master caught her. “I don’t want you to take it from me, or him, and I will offer it to neither of you, not with your threats when I have been doing as I was told and behaving myself.” She muttered.
 
Lox was currently floating somewhere between the waking world and the dream land and looking at the two with no small amount of fatigue. It hadn't been more than an hour since he had attempted to lie down and heal himself when he felt an infernal scratchy feeling at the back of his well guarded mind. Such a brave little mouse, scratching away with a persistence that might very well warrant his attentions even if waking up meant another few moments of agony and a monumental bad temper being lavished on whoever was trying to talk to him. It had to have been one of his stronger residence, or at least an excessively brave one considering his condition but he would either listen for a few heartbeats or wait a few more before diving head long into an explosive rage, so as a compromise Lox turned the entirety of his attention on the loathsome irritant letting her realize that squashing her mind and leaving her mad was being considered at that very moment. He tutted the harpy for bothering him while being one one of his oldest residence wasn't beneath his temper, and her hesitation at communicating was only driving his anger when Luca had decided to forgo speaking altogether and simply showed him what she was seeing.

Lox actually forgot his temper as he watched a very devious puppy doing some very questionable things with his newly acquired fairy. And it stunned him just how taken aback he was of little Silvia's beauty. While he may be human it wasn't beyond Lox's ability to see the beauty of every creature that walked his garden, and while all of them possessed looks that would turn even a mundane human's brow for another species he had never been so thoroughly smitten as to blatantly stare. The hell hound he brought out of the pit was a fine specimen of a woman as well, but the puppy seemed to know just how to bend and press herself into the smaller fairy to turn the simple image into an extremely arousing scene when he realized this wasn't what he should have been seeing. Luca showed him this because his hound was trying to rape the poor little fairy, and Lox actually considered leaving her to it if it meant knocking Silvia down a few pegs from her high and noble demeanor.... but he was sorely tempted to turn the girl to his side instead of breaking her into an obedient shell, and so after brushing Luca's mind from his own Lox drove himself into full painful reality and sat up slowly until he was on the edge of the bed.

Dark magic was easy to take a hold of as it was currently coursing through his body to heal him, an abomination to every healing art on the planet for it exacted three times the toll of pain and fatigue in return for completely healing him in a short time. Coaxing a small bit and forcing it into one of the many shadows of his bed sheets Lox sent seeking black tendrils to coil about the small fairy and drag her through the shadows and onto his bed. His new puppy he noticed brushed his mind only for an instant before bounding off into the woods where he heard though her mind a yelp from a particular harpy. But returning to his body and letting the black magic go about it's work again had him shaking and leaning over with his right arm supporting himself on his right knee. God he just wanted the healing to be over with but since it seemed he couldn't leave the fairy be without her getting into trouble he decided to simply let her sleep here in the hopes that by the dawn his body would be well again and he could deal with his problems directly. Leaning back he took the edge of the black silk sheets and draped them over her body to cover her nakedness before standing slowly and limping to a long narrow cot against the wall. He literally collapsed into the old cot to the squeaking of old joints in the thing and slipped slowly back into that mid point he didn't dare cross. Death awaited him if he stayed awake and didn't rest, but so to did it await if he let himself drift all the way into sleep with black magic still coursing through his veins.

Maybe at last he'd be able to rest for a bit without being bothered but before he closed his eyes all the way he gazed at the beautiful creature that was currently gracing his bed, and wondered just how soft she would feel if he could have her the way his puppy had been handling her.
 
As the hound pressed herself against the fairy she tried to get out from under her, but it was clear the wolf was built for strength and she could not compete with that. She looked around for anyone to help, but knew no one was around, or if they were they would not dare show themselves or bother the woman on top of her. Silva trembled nervously, and any time her body was touched by the mutt she would try to pull away or yell at the woman to let her go and not to touch her, not that is helped since she really could not back it up, but she was trying, and other than forcing a connection with the forest and possibly getting it to help her and defend her, she had nothing she could do, and so she tried to fight her the best that she could. Moments before she had begun playing with the fairy again she felt something around her, a darkness, feeling cold to her and empty. She looked around nervously, feeling the shadows and seeing very little to nothing after that. Instantly she wondered if she had fainted, but she knew that was not what it felt like since she had fainted one other time, no this was different and the only thing she could really think of was that maybe the others had gone to Lox and had him save her.

The she wondered where she was being taken, everything around her so strange and not normal to her, so many questions running through her head, but only two seemed to remain, what was this human, and where was he taking her. After a few more seconds she felt something under her, but she knew it was not the forest floor, there were no twigs, rocks, or dirt. This felt more like a bed, with soft sheets. Bringing a delicate hand up she touched the bed verifying what she had been thinking, it was a bed, and draped over her was a sheet. Her mind soon became collected and she slowly opened her eyes, blinking a few times, not recognizing the place she was in, not from the inside so she assumed she had to have been in the Master’s tower. Bringing a hand to the edge of the sheet she held it tightly to herself to keep her body covered and slowly sat up, looking around now realizing that she was not just in his tower, she was in his room.

Looking over she saw him in the cot and could not help but feel a little confused, why was he sleeping there when he could have just slept in the bed next to her, did he really respect her boundaries that much that he would sleep in that cot? She could not help but smile, seeing that he might not have been as bad as she had thought, thinking maybe he did have a heart after all, and might have been concerned for her. But she doubted that, trying to think of another reason that he might stop the hound from harming her. Probably the forests and plants, if she were to be hurt and or raped by the woman she would no doubt go into a depressive state and everything would die, without her caring for it or about anything. Or maybe he wanted to take her himself, she was not sure and did not want to ask.

None the less she slowly rest herself back and on the bed again muttering softly, not sure if he would hear or not, “Thank you for your kindness Master.” She soon fell asleep as well and regained her own energy, knowing she would need it for the morning and caring for the plants. Looking at him once again she sighed, wondering if there was any way she could help him heal, knowing most of her kind could, but she was uncertain how, they had left before teaching her, but if she could she would help him, a way of thanking him for helping her knowing he was in great pain and to do what he did must have hurt greatly.

Sleep was kind to her, giving her pleasant dreams despite the events of the day and she seemed to wake happy and rather refreshed, sitting up in bed she leaned against the head board and ran a hand through her long hair, trying to straighten it, removing the tie that she had placed in it so it would fall all the way down to her mid back, so silken and lovely. Her body was still a little sore from the wolf and her treatment of the girl when pinning her to the ground and when she looked over her shoulder she could see some bruises. Easily enough she managed to heal them herself, showing no signs of being harmed at all, but she was not sure how she could use that power on him, she could and would ask all of the others later if there was some way they might be able to show her since some were close cousins to her. Brushing a long strand of bangs out of her eyes she looked around the room, wondering what taste in furnishing he had, merely hoping there was nothing in the room that would give her the wrong impression of him, not wanting to see something like torture devices as she had imagined what his home probably looked like upon first seeing the outside.
 
Lox's rest, whatever it might be was peaceful to say the least, and as the night passed without event day broke in an odd way within his tower room. Instead of the inky blackness that accompanied the small fairy when he first brought her to the room when she rose from slumber slowly light began filtering through the walls themselves so as not to blind the person first waking up, but slowly it grew brighter until the source of the light could be identified. There was no source within the room itself but instead it seemed to be traversing through the walls themselves until at last not only the contents of the room could be seen but a clear view of the surrounding gardens and the dawn breaking over the valley walls could be seen though the now translucent walls. By the view it looked as though his chambers were somewhere near the very top of the tower and gave whomever lived here an unobstructed view of everything and odder still were the contents of his private chambers. There were book shelves along a portion of the circular walls with a work table skewed with odd glinting bits of silver, gold, and unidentifiable minerals in some stage of processing with some baring the aura of magic from sigils stenciled into the metals. But other than that work area the room also held a large chest and a night stand where a large round set of glasses lay.

What was truly odd about the room was that it was completely festoned with a plants that were everywhere. Many hanging from the ceiling, on top of everything besides the bed and cot, and larger plants on the ground in massive pots. And while each held magical properties every single plant was utterly untouched by Lox's own magic and were all carefully taken care of by hand, many of which were in new pots to allow for further growth. As soon as the sun's rays began peaking over the valley many of the plants that possessed flowers opened up with the sun's touch and filled the room with a soothing and extremely calming scent. Like most days Lox was in a very light form of rest whenever it was close to dawn, but never truly woke until he could smell the flowers blooming in his room, and slowly he opened his eyes to see the small fairy sitting up in bed. Such a delicate and stunning beauty made him stare for a few moments before he stiffly rose from where he was lying and sat on the edge of the cot utterly still. His arm was healed, and all of the damage done to his back had also been taken care of but for the most part his body was still wracked with pain from the previous day and he felt a heavy fatigue weigh him down even after the night's rest. So it was reminded to him in vivid detail the cost of using dark magic to repair his body, and he had little urge to do anything asides from lying back onto the cot and resting for the remainder of the month. But with a heavy sigh he rose slowly from where he sat and moved over to his large work table before sitting down and collecting leaves from the plants close at hand on before dropping them into a cup. He had to go about the gardens to enforce his claim on the denizens living there and to remind them if he wasn't killed outright in a fight he would always recover.
 
Looking around the room she seemed to be at ease with this room, knowing there was much there that she did not know about, but she did know about plants and many of them and what they did. The scent filling the room seemed to put the fairy at ease and relaxed her body her wings fluttering softly, making no noise as she stretched them and brought them around herself to see if there was any damage visible, she smiled at the flowers, the sun making them bloom, knowing these were rare and very difficult to grow even for her, but he seemed to manage to get them to grow and blossom properly without the use of magic, or without it for all she knew. She moved on the bed looking at the rest of the room, seeing what there was while the entire time attempting to avoid waking him. When Lox began to stir she moved back on the bed, keep the sheet to her chest, hiding her bust, and it draped over his hip but showed off her waist and legs a little. Seeing him sit up she remained in her place on the bed, wondering what type of mood he would be in, hoping he would not be angry with her, remembering how rough and cruel he had been in throwing her once he brought here there, giving her little trust in him or any want to be near him, still a little hurt at how he had treated her after she cooperated and was rather kind instead of not caring about others as the other fairies might have done and simply let the place and all the beings in it die.

She was also not sure of what he thought of her human form, knowing she still had her wings, but she was human size and rather stunning, especially laying in his bed naked under the silk sheets. "Thank you for stopping her Master." She muttered, knowing she owed him much, and was not sure how to repay him properly for what he had done for her. She looked at the leaves and what he was doing, shifting over on the bed a little to watch him, remaining silent as she watched with interest, but she did not speak, not knowing if her even speaking to him would anger him and make him any more hostile toward her. Watching him in a relaxed and leaning position she rest her head against the wall, her hair draping over her collar bone and down over her breast which was covered by the sheet, her bright violet eyes watching him. She was a very kind girl, and passionate when she cared for someone, but she had never really had felt emotional about any man before and was new to this place and her job of caring for every thing in the garden, which then brought the question of why he wanted her put in her place by the wolf, instead of doing it himself, or simply not caring since she had agreed to do it and had started right away, giving him her obedience, so she was confused on why he would harm her. She did not ask that question yet, allowing him to go about his business till he was ready to speak to her, or give her some sort of attention or recognition and the want to talk.

Running a hand through her hair she looked at the plant again, knowing what most did and knew some were very dangerous and others she had never seen before. Her mind wandered back to the wolf, wondering what had happened to her since she could not remember anything past being pulled here by the shadows and falling asleep in the bed, but she held her tongue and remained silent, not wanting him to hurt her as he had threatened before, feeling a little hurt as she remembered the way he had treated her before.
 
Lox dropped the leaves into the bottom of a large cup on his desk before filling it with a good bit of water from a pitcher on his table and gently blowing over the top of it. The contents instantly began to steam and fill the room with the fragrant scent of fresh tea as he sipped the steaming contents gently to sooth the aches in his body and clear the clutter of questions, desires, and nonsense that stifled his thoughts with such a pretty creature within reach of him. He thought of quite a few things to do with the little fairy but he also considered telling her a truth he had not dispensed with any one of his creatures in the gardens since he had brought them here. It disturbed him greatly to think any one thing might move him to total honesty in what would seem to anyone who saw him as nothing more than brutal work and exceedingly dangerous greed but turning back to look at the lovely woman wrapped in silk sheets and seeing the flickering of her fluttering wings made him give pause. Turning away from her he collected a smaller cup from his table and slowly added a different combination of herbs that would make a soothing tea that didn't have the potency he preferred in his drink and took a small sip before rising from where he sat to sit on the edge of the bed beside her and handing the cup over to her.

Looking out over his glistening garden he sighed heavily again in the way a man three times his age might after a long wary life before he finally spoke to her softly in a low deep voice. "When you look at my gardens little fairy, you'll see everything that I've taken by either force or contract over the years I've been a recluse. Everything here is rare, unique, valuable in either beauty, or magics, or death and viciousness that this garden can easily be the most beautiful and utterly feared on this planet. How many lives do you think I've broken in snatching some of these creatures and peoples away from their homes?" There was a strange bitterness in his voice and an odd tension in the entirety of his body as he spoke to her, and even so his voice never wavered or showed any outward sign of emotion. It was obvious what he was asking her was an extremely delicate subject to him, and yet it was strange that he'd even consider speaking to such a newly acquired article in his garden about something he felt strongly about. His temperament and fatigue made it an even more dangerous conversation to pursue but Lox was wary in more ways than just pain and fatigue and desired an honest opinion that wasn't tainted by fear. He hadn't broke the little fairy yet, and expected honesty in her answer or return questions but he wondered what might such a beautiful creature think of a monster? In some ways he was more an evil man than the hell hound that nearly raped her the night prior.
 
Watching she had not expected him to be making tea, but understood now, simply smiling as she waited for him to do what it was he had to in order to relax himself, but when he began making another small cup she blushed a little and smiled, reaching to take the cup with one hand while her other made sure her body was not tempting him too much. She took a sip of the drink, tasting it and deciding she was alright with it before hearing his question. She was a little confused as he asked her, somewhat understanding what he was asking, but on the other hand wondering why he was bringing this up now. Thinking on his words she took a sip of her drink and remained near him when he sat down, not pulling away as much as she had wanted to, she remained still to allow him near her. Her wings gave a soft flutter before resting against her back and brought the cup to her lap.

“I have seen your garden, and everything in it, the forest tells me of the creatures in it, and from what I understand some of the creatures you have obtained was through force, probably ruining their lives and making them very homesick, but I know the dangers outside this place, and many tell me of how you saved them, gave them a home and protect them now from creatures that would harm them, or enslave them, but I suppose it is no different from what has happened to me. Some are happy here, and others are not, most if not all your residence have accepted their place here in your home, but I am new to it and still very homesick for my forest, something I am sure will pass with time, but still it does not stop me from feeling broken hearted, and I can feel the others as well and most of their feelings, so I can not just focus on myself, but from what I can tell you seem to be cold and cruel, but if you were I don’t think you would have stopped that wolf from harming me. You are strange and difficult to to understand but you seem to have a heart hidden under that cruel mask you hide behind.” She said softly, giggling softly as she shook her head, “I am sorry I ramble, I have not had someone to talk to in years, and speak from my heart.” She said before taking a sip of her tea.

“You have probably ruined many lives, but I am sure other humans would have killed them over time, so I would say they have a better home safe here instead of outside where they could be subjected to many cruel things.” She stated. “Why do you ask? Why do you care about my opinion, and why did you get that awful woman to ‘keep me in line’, I had said I would do as you wished and would obey and tend to everything and everyone here, I submitted to you and yet you got that creature who almost raped me… that is no way to put a person in their place, to steal the only thing that they have left.” She said sadly, her eyes changing to a dark blue as she spoke her body tensing until she took another drink of the tea, but her eyes remained cast down, too worried about his reaction to her words, expecting to be yelled at, threatened, or something along those lines.
 
Lox smiled with out humor or kindness as he listened to the little fairy's reply, and took it as the truth given what he had seen of his creatures depending on the circumstances he took some of them here. She could only see what was in front of her and what he allowed her to of his ideals and plans for the future, and yet it was somewhat hard to speak around the lump in his throat that came with her words. He had been called many things and known for worse but somehow it was painful to be reminded of having a heart that was hidden behind a mask of cruelty. It was far easier to do what must be done and be hated for it than trying to convince others to your path when time was dwindling and danger looming closer and closer, but with a deep sigh he swallowed more tea before he replied to her. "It's better to be hated for doing what must be done than loved and watching those beautiful things you love being wiped from the face of the earth.... How many of these creatures in my gardens do you think are all that remains of their kind?" His final words were sad, and yet his frame was shaking slightly with what looked like rage as he took another calming sip of his tea before standing and moving closer to the see through wall and gazing out at his garden and the sleepy looking creatures that were just waking for the day.

"The hell hound isn't just to keep you in line little fairy, and it is a breech of my integrity to speak of my plans for you because it might very well poison you to my end goal but time is short and you have but a few weeks to master all these plants before we depart." Draining the remainder of his tea Lox placed the cup down and was silent a moment as his hands crossed behind his back and he watched the twin water nymphs bath a particularly disgruntled looking deer in the water. "There is a continent that for some time has been utterly cursed far out into the sea that can give home to all these creatures a thousand times over. It has portions of every land from desert to forest and due to the curse has been untouched until I came upon it and lifted it to a point but only so much so I can travel there and move all my gardens and spread them out to flourish over the land before completely removing it. There Luca and little to her knowledge the rest of her clan that thought they escaped me will build a new home untouched by man or danger, where Junga can be with her people in the mountains and people the caves and where every horror I have contracted will live freely and devour any soul ignorant enough to try and destroy or steal from these lands. For the plants to flourish even in native land though they need an anchor, and you will serve that purpose for a time until they grow naturally in that land. And for a time when the elves, and the humans, and every manner of society moves to claim that land those rare species will be vulnerable until they can survive on their own."

He turned to look at Silvia directly with hard determination before speaking again. "The hound is to guard you while you act as anchor until the plants can survive on their own, and while you tend to the plants I shall take all those shadow creatures you feel lurking within my gardens and meet the fools who will try to enslave this new virgin land. Like it or not, by the end of these next few months you may still be a virgin, but you will be mother to an entire land and every single race that will populate it in the years to come. And know simply that others like you will also come and be cast out until I know for certain they won't taint the land against me or do away with species that are unsightly and dangerous. This is my entire life's work little fairy, and I fully intend to give every superior predator or high and mighty king a reason to fear a miserable, short lived human before I pass into the void."
 
Hearing him she found it hard to accept everything he said, knowing of such things, but she had never thought he would attempt it, and even looked away and out at the gardens thinking of how little time she had and looked at him nervously, “I… I don’t know if I can do it… I can connect to them now, but to keep an entire island flourishing would be difficult to do for one single fairy with no help, it will be difficult to do what it is you want to do, this is a lot to put on someone as small as myself…” She muttered, looking down at her tea nervously, hoping she could do it, but even she had limits, and when she heard him mention the wolf was suppose to protect her she looked confused, “Then why did she do such a thing to me, I was still trying to connect with everything and what she did had delayed me connecting and if you expect me to be able to do what you want I need her to not make threats to me, I will try my best, but to have her breathing over my shoulder and frightening me breaks my concentration.” She added, but the moment she noticed she was talking back a bit she moved a little away from him, biting her lip, “I’m sorry, she frightened me, what she almost did terrified me, I did not mean to talk back against you or anything, but I need to know you can control her.” She muttered, her wings wrapping around her protectively, slightly afraid since she knew his power and he could easily harm her if he wanted to.

When he spoke of the others kind she was not too surprised there were more, but when she mentioned her own kind she quickly shook her head, “My kind are nothing like me, they are mostly cruel, and care for no one other than themselves, I was left behind because I was different, I cared for the forest and other creatures in it, they did not, do not allow my kind to go there, they are just as bad as of the other dangerous predators you know of.” She told him, seeming to harbor much anger toward them, her eyes shifting to a dark purple then back to natural color looking up at him. “You are putting a lot of responsibility on me, I don’t know if I can handle it alone, on my own… but had you told me sooner your plan I would have still agreed to do it, but I don’t think you were really thinking of asking, not use to asking instead of taking what you want are you? But that is just between you and I, I was waiting for a reason to leave, had you controlled your temper and spoken to me I would have come along with you with no fuss or fight.” She informed him, finishing her tea then looked down at her body in the silk sheets, “Would you happen to have clothing for me? The woman tore my only dress up and I am not as comfortable naked as others in your garden are.” She asked nervously, clearly blushing. “You said I may or may not be a virgin? What did you mean by that? Where you going to allow her to use me, or did you intend on using me yourself for some reason of your own?” She asked, knowing she did not want the answer, but she had to know if he intended on raping her as well.
 
Lox looked at the little fairy carefully and actually smiled with a semblance of amusement that was neither cruel or condescending before replying to her torrent. The little dear was a fiery one to be sure, but he wondered mildly if she was actually growing on him slowly in their short time together. "Ever the defiant one aren't we little fairy. As I said before, it's better to be hated for your acts and do more good by all things than loved and risk seeing everything destroyed. The hound will always be near you, and yes she may very well repeat the previous night but I am not very inclined to dispose of her for a very simple reason. Few things in this garden can match her in combat, and she will guard you when your abilities are needed the most when the time comes but she is a primal thing that does require that sort of affection to function and bond appropriately to either the one she's guarding or her master. Are you implying dear that I should care for her needs personally?" Lox actually smiled at the audacity of the thought, but with a gesture of his hand an very large cabinet with double doors appeared in an oddly empty spot against the wall before opening to reveal cloths within.

"I will consider speaking with the hound later, but if your implying if I was going to rape you or not I don't think it wise to be asking your master that. When you dress, close the left door and open it again to exit the tower and go about your work. You know enough for the time being to motivate yourself, and I will search for a method of aiding the strain that is to come." With that Lox simply walked away towards a wall and vanished through it without a backwards glance to leave her with whatever she would chose to wear. The frightening thing about the dresser was it the sheer number of clothing items within was everything a woman could ever need, and yet the cloths were all tailored to a woman about the same height and build of Silvia with a slightly smaller bust. Meanwhile out side as Lox strode through a more shadowed part of the garden he couldn't help but wipe at his eyes at the sight of the dresser. The woman needed cloths, and those would fit well enough if not a tad bit snugly but he hadn't counted on the memories surfacing of the female who those cloths used to belong to. It might very well be a hard thing to endure seeing those cloths being worn once more but he didn't have time to deal with it at the moment. For now he made his way deeper into the woods until he felt a distinct pair of smaller hands slip around his waist and a low pleased growl in his left ear. It was going to be an extremely long day.
 
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