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About some of my characters - Feys. Tis basically character study of Leila, her past. This is like... teenage kinda age? Though their aging is weird. Anyways. ~~~ Leila smiled as she saw two familiar faces - a girl and boy - make their way to her through the crowd of people. Today was market day in the village and most of the human occupants - and some Feys, carefully disguised - were milling about, looking at the various items on sale. Leila tugged uncomfortably at her long and plain dress, she hated having to wear it but it was vital to blend in with the humans. “Hey Lei.” The people Leila had recognised reached her and the blonde haired girl spoke. “Hi Riena.” Leila picked up a silver necklace from the stall she was at and pocketed it quickly. She glanced at the man behind the stall and smiled, noticing that he was still busy. She grabbed a couple of other items and walked away, looking the picture of innocence. The boy - Briar - laughed and followed after Leila. Riena shook her head, smiling and followed her two friends. As soon as the two Feys and their Fedra friend were out of sight of the market, Leila grabbed the bottom of her dress and pulled it up sharply, tearing it as she did. “Much better.” She pulled the opposite side and let go, allowing most of the bottom half of the dress to fall to the floor - the once full length dress was now a few inches above her knees. Riena frowned and eyed Leila nervously. “Lei…” “What? It’s safe here, cl-” Riena grabbed her shoulders and turned her round - a boy a few years older was staring at Leila incredulously, but with a hint of a smile. “Just on the edge of the cloaked area.” “Oopsie.” Leila giggled and stepped forward, gesturing to the boy. “Come here.” The boy’s smile widened and he walked quickly towards Leila. “Hello.” The boy sounded confident though a tad nervous as he looked Leila up and down. Leila smiled back. “Hello.” She took his hand in hers and stepped closer. “Is this what you want? Is this why you stare?” “You’re beautiful. And different. No girl I know would dare shorten their dress.” His eyes travelled down to her bare calves and then back to her face. Leila stepped even closer and leant towards him, closing her eyes. She stopped moving forward as his hand suddenly got warmer and gripped hers tighter. Opening her eyes she saw straight away that the boy didn’t look the same though he did look familiar. She stepped back and scowled, recognising the face. “Adrian.” He laughed and pulled her back towards him. “Leila.” Leila wrenched her hand from his and walked quickly back to Riena and Briar. They looked confused, though relieved that it hadn’t actually been a human that had seen them. There was also anger in Riena’s face - she knew what Leila thought of Adrian, and was angry for her friend that he had tried to trick her. “Hope you’ve learnt your lesson. Be more careful.” Leila rolled her eyes. “I’ll consider it if you stop being so condescending. And stop trying to trick me. I haven’t forgiven you Adri.” Adrian smiled. “You have Lei, or you wouldn’t have called me Adri.” Leila scowled. “Slip of the tongue.” Adrian shook his head. “You’ve said it before, you’ll probably say it again. But it never is, and never will be true. You’ve forgiven me Lei, you’re just too scared to admit it.” He smiled before glancing at the swiftly darkening sky. “You three better get home.” Leila sighed softly and turned from Adrian, heading to the edge of the village. Briar followed after her in silence, knowing not to try to say anything. Riena waited and watched Adrian coldly. “Leave her alone. Don’t follow us. Don’t catch up with her.” She turned and ran to catch up with her friends. Adrian laughed and waited until they were out of view before following silently. |
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