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"Y- You can't steal things that aren't yours though." Bonnie spoke up, slightly afraid to talk to these divine beings. They seemed older, wiser, more powerful. She didn't feel like she had any right to speak up to them. The moment she said that, the two sisters looked at her, even the more joyous one narrowed her eyes. 

"'Steal'? Oh Angel of Doom, don't you realise this land was ours to begin with? The materials they use, the food they harvest. It's always been ours, we're not stealing anything."

"It's rightfully ours." The other spat, a few trees cracking and splitting in half as she did so. 

Bonnie flinched at the sound of bark splitting, lowering her head in shame. "Ah, right. B- But these people have also worked hard for these things, and you're taking them without asking. H- Have you tried talking to them?"

"Talking? They would not care for idle chit chat, humans are too simple minded to understand the old magic in today's world."

No matter what she said, nothing seemed to work or sink in properly. "Wh- What if I ask? We can send the message to the nearby town of friendly forest spirits, and that you're the ones blessing them with such fertile lands and safe forests? I'm sure they'd be happy to repay you in clothes and jewellery."

They both paused for a moment and looked at each other, the animals also seemed to communicate with one another in bird song and quiet grunts. 

"Perhaps... That may just appease us. It would be nice to see other inhabitants of this age too..."

Smiling at their response, Bonnie clapped her hands with glee and cheered. "Y- Yes, they're very nice! They'd be delighted to come visit you both. I- If that's okay with you, I can head back straight away and let them all know. B- But I think it's best we return their things first, just to keep everyone happy to begin with, have a fresh start?"

Bonnie felt like she was dreaming, the giant creatures before her were talking but she was struggling to understand. A green carpet of magic appeared once more, and now she actually had the time to crawl onto it and kneel down, trying to stay balanced as it floated up towards the ancient creatures. 

"Nymphs?" She muttered quietly after hearing the man, "I thought nymphs were tiny little things?"

They both snickered, "All sorts of tales have been spun after the great calamity, and all sorts of knowledge has been lost."

Shifting around under the roots of the tree and prison of stones, the more displeased one would turn her nose up at Salvatore, "Yes, fairy-born, we lead you here. Well, it was my sister, a̸̳̺͓̐͆̐̆p̵̗̮͉̰͇͒͛͜ǫ̶̠̱̝̀̎̀̚͝t̷̢̤̋h̴͉͓̝̠̉y̷̹̿͊̄̕̕ê̸͎͈̓̄̕s̴͍͌ idea anyway."

Bonnie raised an eyebrow suddenly, when the name was mentioned, all she heard was the cries of an animal and rush of wind in her ears. It was impossible for her to know the words of their fae language, but to Salvatore, it would be loud and clear as water. 

"You can both see we're bound to this forest. We used to be free, part of nature itself. But the calamity has damaged much, and given us form, a form embedded in the trees and the earth. We cannot leave." She spoke, smiling softly as she did so, making it hard to tell if she was upset about it or not. 

"It get's so dull here, we miss humanity. We miss the conversations, the dancing, the food and clothes." She raised her giant hand up, vines falling off as she did so. A finger outstretched a little way off, to a small shelter made of vines that had piles upon piles of human belongings. 

Birds and animals would run over, picking up the trinkets before returning to the forest nymphs, adorning them in jewels and fine silks, placing breads and fruits on their lap and in their hair. It was nowhere near the right size, but they both seemed to enjoy it. 

"We just wanted a taste of it again," The other sister huffed, the grass changing colour to a more dark grey as she did, "We haven't done anything to harm anyone, just leave us be."

Mint Everett-Bailey

It was like something out of a fairy tale, a huge group of forest creatures all running together in the wilderness. Bonnie didn't spend much time with animals, yet even she knew this was very odd behaviour for them, but hadn't cottoned onto the fact that they might be purposely leading them this way.

Gaining a short burst of speed, the animals would disappear through a wall of greenery. Intertwining flowers decorated the makeshift barrier of luscious green leaves and bronzed branches. Strangely, it was like it parted ways to allow for small enough gaps for the animals to pass through, and when the others reached it, the wall would do the same.

"This isn't normal." She muttered to herself, extending a hand forwards. The closer she got to the plants, the further apart it split. Whatever had caused them to arrive here clearly wanted them to venture further.

Mint Everett-Bailey

Bonne finally swallowed the last of her cake, pulling out a napkin from her pocket and wiped her mouth with it. She was very confused, originally expecting this forest to be filled with monsters or angry animals. But this was quiet, though she actually quite liked the peacefulness of it all. “Fly us in?” She’d ask slowly, raising an eyebrow out of curiosity. “That does sound super fun, and fast too!”

Tightening the straps on her basket, she’d make sure it was firmly closed before checking the strap of her sword as well. When she was happy with everything, she’d give a quick nod to the fairy boy and smile. “All ready.”

at that same time, there would be a rustle in the distance. A small baby deer was standing between some trees, watching the two very closely before farting off. 

Mint Everett-Bailey

"Okay." She replied, not fussed by him turning it down. She'd take a bite out of it herself, nibbling it at bit by bit. Eventually she just got bored though, and tried to fit as much of it as she could into her gob at a time.

Bonnie stepped over some overgrown roots, and had to duck under low hanging branches. This forest was quite peculiar, everything looked double the size compared to the ruins of buildings that had mainly been reduced to rubble. Hearing the winged man ask her a question, she'd stop and turn to him, her mouth full of cake.

"Of course!" crumbs sprayed out of her mouth, and it was kind of hard to understand what she was saying when she poke, "I have a magic sword and everything. I- I wont hold you back!" Her cheeks went red, not from embarrassment of pigging out on cake, but because she didn't feel very confident enough in her ability as a mage.

Mint Everett-Bailey

This was... Her first proper mission she had ever done. Bonnie had been part of the guild, yet the only real jobs she did was cleaning the guild hall and collecting herbs for locals. She was nervous, terrified in fact, but also excited to see what exactly missions involve.

She remembers doing some long ago, but can't remember when, why or where. It was all a fog, impossible to penetrate. Standing at the edge of the forest, Bonnie was adjusting her armour before placing her hand on the hilt of her ancient blade, and waited for her 'mission partner', or whatever they're called.