Natalie Yacobson "Amaranta-2. Captive of Elf’s King"

The people ofВ fairies seem toВ be called all the magical creatures. The fairies crawled up the column, which was immediately covered with aВ golden pattern ofВ cobwebs.

В«Arahni,В» again repeated Cannes.

В«Arahni,В» Amaranta already heard about them when she drove into the castle from the coast past the forests.

В«Golden!В» explained Cannes, so that it was clearer. В«They weave the web with golden threads.В»

At the top gathered aВ whole flock ofВ Arahni.

В«We weave and sew dresses, and you, ladies, carry them,В» they quietly sang. В«And every dress has special qualities. But not everyone solve them before the outfit will take possession ofВ them.В» AВ circle ofВ wonderful weavers began toВ seem sinister.

В«And can we not drive they away from the castle?В» asked Amaranta. Arahni seemed dangerous.

В«While the Union is not terminated inВ any way.В»

So she was pleased! Sometimes even an alliance with magic creatures can become burdensome.

В«Even if they dissolve it, promise that IВ can stay here!В» asked Cannes. В«IВ can be useful, care for flowers inВ the garden, bring you news, that is, spying. IВ am aВ little and similar toВ the flower, no one will not even notice me, but IВ can be sprinkled into any keyhole.В»

В«Well, stay!В» said Amaranta. The tiny fairy did not the same as aВ whole company ofВ spiders.

«Just don’t put on the dresses that they fall, and advise everyone dear people to you not to wear and not even measure the woven with them, then there are no troubles,» Cannes said.

Probably, the handkerchief was better toВ throw out, but it is already adherence toВ the sleeve like aВ burdock. Do not take away!

В«This is nothing!В» Cannes cautiously touched it. В«The main thing is that it does not touch the skin. Through the sleeve it does not work! But inВ the dress, woven ofВ them, many lose the mind. They remain forever young, but brainless. AВ couple ofВ such brainless ladies inВ gold already wanders inВ the mountains.

В«There are such girls as they need toВ withdraw with poisonous solutions, В«Amaranta said as quiet as possible, so that the arahni did not hearВ her.

В«The poison does not work on them. The first lady at the court ofВ the elves Ivein also dislikes them, but uses with the benefit ofВ themselves. After all, she is inВ the dresses donated byВ them, the mind does not lose. They only actually act on mortal. IВ think if you are aВ favorite ofВ Dagda, then he sent them here so that they decorate the castle. For example, they can make tapestries.

It would not be superfluous! After all, Spark and his friends walked holes inВ all existing tapestries. But the ability toВ enchant the castle aВ little frightened, because under it you can understand any cunning magic trap.

The golden cobweb above is slightly covered with ice. Arahni was excited about cold.

В«Frost! InВ summer!В» Even Cannes was worried.

В«According toВ rumors, Ice Army comes toВ the king ofВ Ilior,В» Amaranta admitted reluctantly.

«Then hence it’s time to fly away!» Cannes was worried. «I do not want to hold the next millennium frozen in the block of ice.»

В«Maybe still not so bad.В»

В«You can easily speak. You have an elf patron, and IВ have anyone.В»

В«And what about me? Do you not live inВ my boudoir?В»

Amaranta wanted toВ console her, but Cannes have already bothered. As if the Firefly, she swayed inВ height and instantly lost inВ the labyrinth galleries and arches. Spark giggled over it. If the fairy was afraid ofВ ice, then the spark feels himself as hero. After all, upon the occurrence ofВ an ice horde, who, besides fiery elves, will be able toВ protect the county?

Golden Shield

InВ the beginning aВ hunter then aВ blacksmith brought an alarming rumors into the castle that strange mechanical beings crawl out ofВ Rodolite. The peasants from the nearest villages planned toВ arrange aВ riot. Angus dismissed this news. The threat ofВ war for the whole Ilion was much more considerable than the petty riot ofВ farmers. AВ few knights is enough toВ disperse the rebels inВ the surrounding area. But the war is so easy not toВ win.

Angus tormented the thought whether he could enlist inВ the future war the help ofВ the king ofВ elves. Dagda himself did not visit him yet, but sent his servants toВ make the tapestry as aВ gift toВ newlyweds. Now the creatures, called the Arahni, were crawling around the hall for feasts and worked on aВ bizarre machine brought byВ elves.

The church, built byВ Finodirries, as aВ place for worships remained inactive. But the Finodirirries settled next toВ it and even built aВ wall so that none ofВ the people would dare toВ go on their territory. What they did there, remained aВ mystery. It seems toВ be treated the fields. Once, passing by, instead ofВ the seeded fields Angus saw only thickets ofВ turf.

For him it became aВ bad omen. After all, this is the temple where they were married with Amaranta. If it is the truth, then the wedding seems toВ be terminated.

Their marriage gave aВ crack. Amaranta was constantly near, but the feeling was as if she was far away. What Angus did not ask her, everything received only mechanical answers. And Amaranta had very many fans. All his knights suddenly began toВ care for her alone, as if they had conspired.

В«Men like only empty-headed dolls,В» laughed Spark on this topic.

Angus did not think so. After all, the fiery elf determined very accurately. Amaranta has become similar toВ aВ mechanical doll. InВ her eyes there is no shadow ofВ intelligence. She did everything, as if on whose will. Maybe some elves were guilty? Angus heard stories about people who physically remain inВ this world, although their consciousness is captive byВ elves. Only aВ physical shell sits at home.

Could this come out and inВ the case ofВ Amaranta? It will be necessary toВ ask Dagda when he will apply aВ visit again.

Angus even tried toВ call him, pinning his blood toВ the peace agreement with elves. Instead ofВ Dagda, aВ beautiful lady came inВ aВ wreath ofВ golden leaves, which was called Ivein. She was accompanied byВ the page, or the younger brother named Ivor.

As far as Angus understood after aВ brief dialogue, Ivein was the first lady at the court ofВ Dagda. ToВ discuss with her whether Amaranta was winned, Angus did not dare. InВ addition, Ivein tried toВ seduce him. ToВ keep the temptation was extremely difficult. After Amaranta she was the most beautiful woman, which Angus saw inВ his life.

Ivor looked at her attempt toВ flirt with aВ big condemnation. Golden leaves ranked inВ his hair, wings trembled inВ aВ short green cloak.

В«Dangerous black creatures are sitting inВ cages inВ your poultry house,В» he noticed gloomily. В«You would like toВ burn them, until they broke out.В»

Angus understood this as aВ hint. So, those monstrous birds, which once caught his grandfather, is toВ blame for Amaranta. Theobald also assured they tried toВ influence her when she walked around the birds. He was already warned that these creatures are very dangerous, and he left them from the vanity inВ the collection. All due toВ the fact that he was proud ofВ his bird collection, the largest not only inВ Ilion, but also inВ all surrounding countries. Those black birds did not die almost aВ hundred years. ToВ release them is aВ risk. It is better toВ burn them with their cages.

В«You could profitably sell them or exchanged, if you turn toВ her majesty Medea Shai, the queen ofВ black fairies,В» tactically advised Ivein. В«At the same time, it can help inВ hostilities, if those are expected.В»

«It’s not necessary to contact her,» Ivor immediately said. «Her services are expensive than any benefit that she will give you.»

В«He is aВ joker,В» smiled Ivein.

Ivor showed aВ whole golden twisted tongue. Angus shuddered at the sight ofВ it.

В«And where is she toВ find?В«Angus was interested.

В«There are several ways,В» Ivein has bent the fingers, crumpled gold leaves. В«Send with aВ message someone who you would like toВ sacrifice, at the intersection ofВ roads at midnight. Fill the bowler with the blood ofВ your enemy, boil it on the fire and call her. The easiest way is toВ get up at night inВ front ofВ the mirror, taking aВ large red gem and pronounce her name thirteen times. The stone will have toВ give her, barely she appears. Otherwise, she will take you yourself. InВ general, it is aВ risk toВ call her, but the risk is justified, because she is very powerful.

«I will take into account!» Angus said. Probably, from the very beginning it was necessary to call an ally-woman from the magic world, not an ally-man. Ivein gave a good advice. – And Dagda will not be against the fact that I will call her?»

В«InВ no case! He does not know how toВ get rid ofВ her society. You will not be inВ aВ burden. You have only one human life, but toВ endure the company ofВ Medea Shai many centuries turned out toВ be very burdensome. Dagda will only be grateful that you distracted herit from him.В»

Ivein picked up the train, ringing golden leaves, and was already preparing toВ leave, but suddenly remembered something.

В«Oh yes! InВ no case do not meet Medea Shai with his wife, if you want toВ protect Amaranta from trouble. Medea Shai cannot tolerate beautiful mortal women.В»

Probably, therefore Dagda and did not lead her toВ our wedding, Angus thought. Ivein has already come out, right inВ the window. Ivor followed her. Angus would have been frightened that both guests would break up toВ death if the wings did not flush behind both ofВ them.

Arahni were making tapestry. Amaranta watched them, standing inВ the doorway ofВ the Big Hall. They made tapestry as if from nothing. Where does the Golden Thread come from? The bizarre patterns are not finished tapestry inВ familiar places: the arch at the junction ofВ worlds, the temple, built byВ Finodirries, forests, full elves, bridges from rainbow and aВ black tract, followed toВ the kingdom ofВ Fairies. The last place Amaranta has not yet seen with her own eyes and hoped never toВ see. As Quentin said, if she once gets there, she will die byВ sophisticated methods ofВ the queen ofВ fairies. Therefore, it is better not toВ see.

The tapestry, woven byВ fairies (even if they are spides, but still fairies) made an impression. It has not yet been completed, but it was already possible toВ determine that it shows not only earthly kingdoms, but all the lands ofВ Tuati de Danan. Even the black tract ofВ Medea Shai has been born inВ the lower left corner ofВ the tapestry. Next toВ it, the pink thread portrayed aВ red stone, like Corundum. Wrapped with green forest threads alternated with silver and gold groves. Next toВ the tiny figures ofВ people were embroidered large silhouettes ofВ dragons, giants, goblins and trolls. Does all this evil dwells somewhere outside the county. Amaranta was looking for white silhouettes ofВ ice elves at the tapestry, when inВ the hall came Thobald and Ambrose. They whispered about something. And it seemed toВ her what they would say right at her ear. The rumor suddenly aggravated.

В«The delegation ofВ elves and fairies inВ the castle is too big,В» Theobald insisted inВ aВ habit. В«They behave very suspiciously. Why do we need some kind ofВ tapestry from them?В»

В«They just want toВ make aВ gift,В» Ambrose turned out toВ be not so suspicious as his interlocutor.

В«Gifts from them are impregnated with magic. And magic is unacceptable for people. My head is spinning near this tapestry.В»

«My isn’t. Only all these patterns on the tapestry are blurred, barely concentrate on them. It seems that all these disinanted figures begin to move.»

«It’s all the tricks of fairies!» Theobald clenched fists.

В«Maybe no,В» Ambrose suggested. В«When IВ look at the candles inВ the candelabra, IВ sometimes have the impression that their flames forms fiery figures that dance.В»

В«And you too!В»

«And you don’t have the impression that the Countess is not alone one,» Theobald spoke first. «Now she stands and watches the work of these terrible fairies, as if they were not able to hurt her. And I saw her in the garden, when I looked out of the window. She can not move so quickly, as if she had become the fairy with wings.»

Now Amaranth has already been alerted. They noticed her copy! It is necessary toВ be more careful inВ the future. Dagda did not call her on aВ date so long that she began toВ wander near the golden roses, waiting forВ him.

В«No matter how bad things came out,В» the sounds ofВ the knights dialogue were still coming. В«Magic folk at the court ofВ people are dangerous guests.В»

«We’re now seem to allies,» said Ambrose.

The procession of elegant ladies and cavaliers, which recently walked in the garden, was promoted to the hall. He headed her, of course, Angus and her own copy. That’s it! Amaranta did not know where to go. It is necessary to disappear until Angus noticed her. One of the Arahni shows with her paw to tapestry. There was nothing to do. Amaranta stepped to her, immediately confused in colored threads, and a miracle suddenly happened – it turned out that she was no longer in the hall with a tapestry, but in an empty poultry house. Blimey! It wondered through the door, and not through the tapestry.

The heart was still alarmed. Does Angus noticed? And what toВ keep aВ magic copy inВ the castle if she herself does not go from the castle? Although who makes she be inВ the castle? She can walk along the meadows and groves inВ the hope ofВ meeting there again the king ofВ elves. Or look for aВ bridge from aВ white rainbow toВ go toВ Belladonna for advice.

Instead, she approached the cage with the fire-bird. It needs to release it! To keep the magic bird in a cage in the castle of people isn’t right. The door latch at the bottom of the rods immediately succumbed. Fire-bird feathers slightly fell her fingers, but the burn on the skin was left. The bird squeezed gracefully from the cage and flew into a large window. Not even nodded as a sign of gratitude. Amaranta watched her anyway with delight. Magic birds are amazingly beautiful and majestic creatures. They are not intended to sit in cages.

But ordinary birds did not want toВ fly away. They are accustomed toВ dwell inВ the poultry house. There are more food here than inВ the wild.

В«Come toВ us! We missed you!В»

Nasty hoarse voices hurt ears. However, Amaranta moved toВ sounds. For some reason, there was no strength toВ resist the call. And now she again sat inВ front ofВ the cage, inВ which aВ terrible creature was sitting.

A wonder in a cage! Otherwise, you won’t call it. And it is not one here. Dozens of these monstrous birds. All of them are a bit different, but equally ugly. Evil red eyes sparkle because of the rods. From their sight the goosebumps running through the skin.

В«You know who we are?В»

Amaranta shook her head.

В«The bones ofВ our fathers could contact the dust inВ the family crypt ofВ this castle, but our mothers are nor more, no less than the fairies from the kingdom ofВ Medea Shai.В»

«Then why don’t they come for you?»

В«Fairies always throw away their children from mortals.В»

В«It looks like nonsense.В»

В«When do you have something similar toВ us from an elf, you will put it inВ aВ cage too?В»

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