---New Prize for the Queen---

[Desperanza]

..:Titania:..

The Queen's morning thus far had been busy. Asteria had been quite demanding today from feeding time in the morning to taking care of her people. There seemed to have been many things to do and with Asteria at the age of six by now, Titania was full fledged trouble maker at the moment and she wanted to get her nose into everything and investigate everything and she nearly always wanted her mother's attention. It was a strain to get the little one to entertain herself but it rather quite often seemed that sticking the fairy dragon in with a few of the young sprites of the Fairy Realm seemed to entertain her for hours and so Titania did it often to encourage her to entertain herself and become more comfortable with the sprites themselves.

Now she sat perched atop a slight hill with a handful of berries held before herself. Today she was wrapped in soft folds of silk in the color of the sun. They were bright and showed off her golden hair quite nicely. Her eyes were emerald green at the moment, sparkling gems against a sea of gold from her tanned, glowing skin to the tresses that tumbled along her back she was quite the sight. However she was simply glad for a moment of peace. At the moment she would be happy to have a conversation with another adult. She was furious with Asteria's father and she quite literally wondered why the hell she had bothered trusting a dragon. He had in turn broken her heart and left her baby without a father. The fact of the matter was that it simply blazed a fire within her that spurred her to take further care of her people for these were who she truly belonged to. These were her people all in all and she now could devote more time to them. There was certainly nothing stopping her from dreaming of days when she could see herself falling in love with one of her own kind but it would be the death of her to trust another creature outside of her own realm again. Her daughter was a different story and she adored Asteria and loved her with all of her heart. Even if the little one did not look like her mother, she was still her flesh and blood and she would never allow her a memory of her true father for he was not there and so was worth nothing in the life of his daughter who would grow up without him.

At the moment, the baby was playing about with a few young sprites and Titania was quite pleased. Smiling, the queen leaned back on one elbow as she flipped another blueberry into her mouth. With the sweet and bitter flavors of true blueberry cascading across her tongue she tilted her head into the rays of the sun. Her golden hair tumbled along her back and spread across the lush grass that she sat upon as she gazed out across the site of her people with a soft smile. Silent but at peace the queen sat on her own.

[Deidra]

The day had been young, dawn not even showing, when Kheelan had awoken that morning. It was not a usual time for him to wake up but he had volunteered to harvest fruit today, something he enjoyed doing. He was always eager to help the other fairies out whenever possible even if he hadn’t been raised in that way. It was always, brains before brawn, but Kheelan had respected those who had worked in the fields and supplied him with the food he ate. He had admired them and now worked alongside them any chance he got.

He was still considered rather young in the fairy realm, although most his age had already found their life partners Kheelan was still searching for his. He thought of this while he worked, pulling the blueberries from their vines and placing them into the bowl he carried. They worked for several hours before the sun came up, their harvest already proving a good one and Kheelan wished absentmindedly that he had someone to share the joy of working with the people, someone who would understand his respect of the lower class for what they did.

It was some time later, well after the sun was up, thoughts still strong in mind, that he heard children playing. Kheelan looked up and watched them with a silent longing, those kids could belong to the people he grew up with and yet he had none to call his own. He noticed Asteria within the group of young fairies and looked for his queen, Titania. He smiled as he spotted her not far away, munching on a handful of the blueberries and he looked down at the half full bowl in his hands and made his way forward towards her.

His steps were steady, strong, confident, as he approached her in a calm manner. His face smooth and friendly as he paused a short ways away looking out at the children playing with the young dragon-fairy and Kheelan said “She is growing fast, my Lady.” His words quiet and gentle, respect and some admiration within his voice as he looked at her now and offered her the bowl of blueberries. “Would you like some more?” he asked with a smile his chest shining somewhat from the light sheen of sweat from the work as the sun hit him just so, accenting the lines his muscles created.

[Desperanza]

The Queen's eyes had been watching her daughter play among the young fairies. Her gaze traveled among the youngsters as they danced and played with her beautiful little fairy-dragon. Smiling softly, the Queen became aware of another of her kind making their way towards her. Her head turned and a soft smile touched her features to the sight of Kheelan. The attractive male fairy was enticing from the corded muscles that gleamed softly at his chest to the rest of him he was a sight. He was tall for a fairy, ranging the full foot high height for a natural fairy but it matched him quite well and if she stood she would not be much shorter then him for she was close to a foot herself. She smiled softly to the sight of the male and motioned him to a seat beside her, "Come now, it is a warm day. You should enjoy a brief rest." she stated with a smile.

She came to peer into his basket curiously with a light smile, lowering a delicate hand to scoop a few berries out of his basket. She glanced over the dark and plump round blueberries in her hand and nodded appreciatively, "Thank you good sir, you have made wonderful choices. You have a good eye for the harvest." she stated thoughtfully with a grin as she glanced towards him for a moment before glancing ahead once more with a light smile as she glanced out towards the the fields once more. The Fairy Realm once you were inside was a world all of its own that appeared nearly as large as the human world and yet it was enclosed within its own realm, protected and safe from harm, just the way she wanted it. There were fields here and there, large vast fields of produce and harvests that were either growing or ready to be harvested. It was a lovely sight indeed and here sat one of her own kind of whom she was always happy to converse with. It made her wonder why on earth she had bothered to leave the realm and fall for a dragon? The lying pestilent creature had left her daughter without a father. She sighed, frowning at the prospect as she watched Asteria thoughtfully with a smile.

The reptile seemed quite content as she played about with the young fairies before quite suddenly, there was an eruption of glittering green gas and the children all dissolved to the ground in a massive flow of giggles before they simply came to moan and stare skyward with far off and glassy expressions with their lips slightly parted and their eyes wide and staring into space. Titania gasped and chuckled quietly. She cast a glance to Kheelan and smiled as she motioned him to follow, "Come, help me get these poor souls back on their feet." she stated in her typical soft and melodic tone. She rested a hand at Kheelan's arm in a soft invitation before she stood and made her way towards the children and her daughter who now patrolled through the crowd of grounded children with soft, amused rumbles from her chest at the sight.

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