I just thought that I'd give you the first three chapters, so that you get
the drift of the story but before I start the story I have to give you some
background information on Fairies. All reviews are welcome.
Fairies are beings that are both male and female that have long wavy hair, normally brown in colour with brown eyes also. The female fairies wear a dress that is low enough at the back to let their wings move freely and hang loosely behind them. At the front it appears as a normal dress, but the length of the dress is down to their mid-shins and they normally walk around bare footed. Male fairies wear shorts and a t-shirt type top that has a low enough back for their wings to move freely also.
Fairies have large wings that protrude from their shoulder blades, which enable them to fly or float short distances in the air. Their wings are similar to butterfly wings, but are clear in colour. Each wing is identical to its pair and wings are unique to only one fairy. The wings are formed through the experiences of each individual fairy. Each single experience that a fairy experiences alters the pattern on the wings slightly during the first 150 years of a fairies life. Their wings take approximately 150 years to form and once formed a fairy is then able to learn their abilities or skills that are passed from generation to generation of fairies.
Though their wings are a distinguishing feature of fairies, they are able to live when their wings are badly damaged, however the ability to fly/float is no longer avaliable. Their power is not reduced if their wings are damaged as they only lose one ability and the majority of their abilities are in their mind, which is the basis of their power. However, if a fairies wings are cut off, they are unable to live and generally die within 50 years of their wings being cut off.
Their mind is their best asset because it stores all their summons, calling of spirits and knowledge of their people. All this information is stored in their minds at birth and their abilities are latent until their wings are fully grown and then they start to learn their form of magic. This is possible because all fairies are connected through the mind and as one fairy learns something new, such as a summons or form of knowledge not previously known, the other fairies that are alive learn it also. But before they can learn new things they must learn all the old abilities first. The amount of 'magic' that they learn depends on the strength of their mind. The stronger the mind, the greater the amount of 'magic' they are able to learn and the more 'magic' they are able to 'create'.
The least powerful and least useful 'abilities' are built up first, while the more complex 'abilities' are learnt later on in their life when they become a fully mature fairy. So, 'abilities' such as talking to the wind, water and trees are learnt first and the more complex spirit summons are learnt in the last hundred years or so. Spirit calling is learnt to a small level in the first three hundred years of life and grows more complex when the fairy learns the associated summons. Full maturation of a fairy occurs at approximately 1000 years of age and they come to their full power and strength then.
A fairy is considered a 'teenager' when they reach approximately 500 years old and are finally able to talk to the rest of their people telepathically. Once this telepathy is learnt a fairy is able to journey out of the kingdom by themselves, on certain tasks from their teachers. This is only because the telepathy enables them to contact another of their kind if they are in trouble and they will be able to get aid.
When summoning a spirit or spell fairies are very vulnerable because they need full concentration on the task at hand and everything else around them fails to get their attention. When they are younger, the spells take a lot longer to cast, whereas when they are older, as soon as the words are said the spell is cast and they are able to cast another almost straight away.
When learning the spells, the fairies are normally in the company of a teacher and the teacher is able to teach the fairy the correct way of 'controlling' the spell and remembering it, adding it to their list of spells that they already know. If a spell is learnt without the age of a teacher the spell comes out without warning and can have disastrous affects. For example if a fire spell is learnt without a teacher present, it will come out of a fairy without warning and set the first thing it comes in contact with on fire. The greater the potential of the fairy, the more damage and more powerful the spell will be.
On a final note, it is forbidden in fairy lore for them to teach any other than their own kind, any of the spells, summons or magic's of their people. And the telepathy is able to be taught only if the being that is willing to learn has enough mental strength to cope with it. They are also forbidden to love another being, because fairies are scarce and tend to stick to their own. If a fairy falls in love with another being, they must choose between the being and the fairy realm. Most choose the fairy realm, but most have never been outside of its walls except on missions from their teachers when they were younger, or missions from the Queen to prove their love for another fairy so they can be wedded.
A note on fairies and the 'heir' to the throne.
Fairies are governed by a Queen. The King is important in that he supports the Queen with all her decisions and he helps the Queen protect the realm. But, the Queen must have at least one daughter, which is called the first daughter of the Queen, meaning she is the heir. The next daughter is called the second daughter and is second heir to the throne, if the first daughter shall be exiled or lost. Normally the Queen will choose a husband for her first daughter.
In order for a male fairy, to court or wed a female fairy, first they must win the female's heart, then manage to get the female to approach the Queen, telling her that she is ready to accept the male fairy. The Queen, will then consult with the female and appoint a task/quest/journey to the male fairy, normally involving them having to go outside the realm, taking the female with them. If the male succeeds in his quest then he is worthy of wedding the female.
The wedding ceremony normally takes place six months after the completion of the quest and the Queen generally is present at the ceremony and presents the couple to the whole kingdom and they are then wedded.
In the case of a male fairy requesting the hand of a potential heir to the throne, the Queen sets a near impossible task. Once the male fairy completes that task they are finally worthy of wedding an heir, for it shows they are willing to stay beside the heir in times of great need, when she may be a Queen herself.
Fairies are beings that are both male and female that have long wavy hair, normally brown in colour with brown eyes also. The female fairies wear a dress that is low enough at the back to let their wings move freely and hang loosely behind them. At the front it appears as a normal dress, but the length of the dress is down to their mid-shins and they normally walk around bare footed. Male fairies wear shorts and a t-shirt type top that has a low enough back for their wings to move freely also.
Fairies have large wings that protrude from their shoulder blades, which enable them to fly or float short distances in the air. Their wings are similar to butterfly wings, but are clear in colour. Each wing is identical to its pair and wings are unique to only one fairy. The wings are formed through the experiences of each individual fairy. Each single experience that a fairy experiences alters the pattern on the wings slightly during the first 150 years of a fairies life. Their wings take approximately 150 years to form and once formed a fairy is then able to learn their abilities or skills that are passed from generation to generation of fairies.
Though their wings are a distinguishing feature of fairies, they are able to live when their wings are badly damaged, however the ability to fly/float is no longer avaliable. Their power is not reduced if their wings are damaged as they only lose one ability and the majority of their abilities are in their mind, which is the basis of their power. However, if a fairies wings are cut off, they are unable to live and generally die within 50 years of their wings being cut off.
Their mind is their best asset because it stores all their summons, calling of spirits and knowledge of their people. All this information is stored in their minds at birth and their abilities are latent until their wings are fully grown and then they start to learn their form of magic. This is possible because all fairies are connected through the mind and as one fairy learns something new, such as a summons or form of knowledge not previously known, the other fairies that are alive learn it also. But before they can learn new things they must learn all the old abilities first. The amount of 'magic' that they learn depends on the strength of their mind. The stronger the mind, the greater the amount of 'magic' they are able to learn and the more 'magic' they are able to 'create'.
The least powerful and least useful 'abilities' are built up first, while the more complex 'abilities' are learnt later on in their life when they become a fully mature fairy. So, 'abilities' such as talking to the wind, water and trees are learnt first and the more complex spirit summons are learnt in the last hundred years or so. Spirit calling is learnt to a small level in the first three hundred years of life and grows more complex when the fairy learns the associated summons. Full maturation of a fairy occurs at approximately 1000 years of age and they come to their full power and strength then.
A fairy is considered a 'teenager' when they reach approximately 500 years old and are finally able to talk to the rest of their people telepathically. Once this telepathy is learnt a fairy is able to journey out of the kingdom by themselves, on certain tasks from their teachers. This is only because the telepathy enables them to contact another of their kind if they are in trouble and they will be able to get aid.
When summoning a spirit or spell fairies are very vulnerable because they need full concentration on the task at hand and everything else around them fails to get their attention. When they are younger, the spells take a lot longer to cast, whereas when they are older, as soon as the words are said the spell is cast and they are able to cast another almost straight away.
When learning the spells, the fairies are normally in the company of a teacher and the teacher is able to teach the fairy the correct way of 'controlling' the spell and remembering it, adding it to their list of spells that they already know. If a spell is learnt without the age of a teacher the spell comes out without warning and can have disastrous affects. For example if a fire spell is learnt without a teacher present, it will come out of a fairy without warning and set the first thing it comes in contact with on fire. The greater the potential of the fairy, the more damage and more powerful the spell will be.
On a final note, it is forbidden in fairy lore for them to teach any other than their own kind, any of the spells, summons or magic's of their people. And the telepathy is able to be taught only if the being that is willing to learn has enough mental strength to cope with it. They are also forbidden to love another being, because fairies are scarce and tend to stick to their own. If a fairy falls in love with another being, they must choose between the being and the fairy realm. Most choose the fairy realm, but most have never been outside of its walls except on missions from their teachers when they were younger, or missions from the Queen to prove their love for another fairy so they can be wedded.
A note on fairies and the 'heir' to the throne.
Fairies are governed by a Queen. The King is important in that he supports the Queen with all her decisions and he helps the Queen protect the realm. But, the Queen must have at least one daughter, which is called the first daughter of the Queen, meaning she is the heir. The next daughter is called the second daughter and is second heir to the throne, if the first daughter shall be exiled or lost. Normally the Queen will choose a husband for her first daughter.
In order for a male fairy, to court or wed a female fairy, first they must win the female's heart, then manage to get the female to approach the Queen, telling her that she is ready to accept the male fairy. The Queen, will then consult with the female and appoint a task/quest/journey to the male fairy, normally involving them having to go outside the realm, taking the female with them. If the male succeeds in his quest then he is worthy of wedding the female.
The wedding ceremony normally takes place six months after the completion of the quest and the Queen generally is present at the ceremony and presents the couple to the whole kingdom and they are then wedded.
In the case of a male fairy requesting the hand of a potential heir to the throne, the Queen sets a near impossible task. Once the male fairy completes that task they are finally worthy of wedding an heir, for it shows they are willing to stay beside the heir in times of great need, when she may be a Queen herself.