Chronicles of Eden - Act 2 (92 page)

“Falla?” she whimpered.

“You’re ok, your sister is here, just calm down,” Falla assured as she held her sister by the shoulders. Luna whimpered then started crying as she held onto her sister.

“Oh, Falla, it was horrible! That child wasn’t a child, she was a witch! She was a witch and she did stuff to me, it hurt so much! It hurt so much!” she cried out. Falla held the girl close with remorse while the others watched with sympathetic eyes.

“Oh, Luna, I’m so sorry. I didn’t know she was a witch, I never would have left you alone with her like that if I had known,” Falla said softly. Luna choked back her sobs then looked around quickly.

“Where is she, what happened to Emily?” she asked.

“She’s dead; she was killed by those man-eaters that were after her. Those things tore her to pieces, I saw it with my own eyes,” Falla reassured. Luna gasped and looked back to her with surprise.

“What? Oh no, poor Emily,” she whined.

“What, poor Emily? How could you feel sorry for her, she hurt you, she lied to you, who cares that the bitch died?” Falla asked with disbelief. Luna whimpered and leaned back from the embrace while looking down, fidgeting her hands together in her lap.

“She was so nice to me before, she even kept saying she loved me like no other. I don’t think she understood what she was doing to me,” she reasoned unsurely.

“She was going to kill all of us with her pet Darker One earlier, she killed every human in that village nearby, and she kidnapped you in her insanity, there was nothing good about her,” Falla argued. Luna sighed and closed her eyes.

“I liked her better when she was just a human child, before she raped me like a horrible monster,” she said sadly.

“She really did rape you?” Specca asked worriedly. Luna cringed and nodded before rubbing her rear.

“She used some magic tree thing to do stuff to me, it was horrible. It touched me all over and went inside me and
ungh
! And it really hurt, I hate it in the butt, I don’t like doing stuff there,” she whined.

“Oh dear, I’m so sorry,” Specca said softly as the other girls watched Luna with remorse. Luna cried and shook her head before looking at them with sorrow.

“Why didn’t anyone ever tell me raping others was so horrible? I hated it, I kept begging her to stop but she wouldn’t, she wanted to do stuff to me and I didn’t want her to, but she never listened!” she cried out.

“What do you mean why did nobody ever tell you? Raping others is always horrible, how could you not know that?” Triska asked with a raised eyebrow. Falla shook her head and held up her hand towards Triska and another in front of Luna.

“Hold on, don’t confuse her any more than she is, which really wouldn’t be that difficult to be honest. We’re monsters; we’re
supposed
to rape humans, it’s how we survive in this world. Tricking them, lying to them, taking them by force, there’s nothing wrong with us doing that, it’s a natural part of life,” she defended.

“No it isn’t, rape is evil no matter how you look at it, and lying to humans just to get their seed doesn’t make that any better,” Alyssa snapped at her.

“Like you can talk about such things, how many men did you hex in your lifetime, hm? How many of them did you lie to or use your magic to cloud their thoughts? We’re monsters, you hypocrite, this is how we live!” Falla barked back at her, with Alyssa holding in her grunt of annoyance as she knew she was being a hypocrite based on her past.

“No, I don’t want to live like this!” Luna cried out as she scrambled away from her sister. The group watched as the butterfly girl curled up in a ball on the ground while holding her legs close, her body shaking slightly as she whimpered and shut her eyes tight.

“I don’t want to do that to anyone, I don’t want to rape anyone, I don’t want to do something so horrible to them, I couldn’t live with myself if I did,” she whined. Falla looked at her with disbelief then to the others with frustration.

“Great, see what you did? Now she’s
really
screwed up in the head thanks to you and your stupid ideas,” she snapped.

“She’s not screwed up in the head-” Triska started before Luna began laughing manically while shaking her head, the butterfly girl having a very twisted smile on her face while tears were still dropping from her cheeks.

“I’M SO SAD RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANT TO CRY! HAHAHAHAHA!” she yelled out before suddenly switching back to sobbing in sorrow. Triska just stared at her with a raised eyebrow for a moment then looked back to Falla.

“She’s not any more screwed up in the head than she already was, she just sees now that raping others is wrong. That’s good, that’s what we’re trying to show monsters in this world,” she reasoned.

“No, that’s not good, that’s not good at all! She’s a
monster
, if she doesn’t use deceit or force to get a man’s seed then she’ll never get pregnant!” Falla yelled out before she stumbled to her feet and marched over towards the other girls.

“Look at us! We’re monsters, we’re not human at all, we’re giant freaking butterflies; don’t you get it? It doesn’t matter if we don’t have any dangerous magic, or that we look damn sexy compared to other monsters, no man in the world will ever willingly fuck us like this!” she shouted while gesturing to herself.

“Humans would be a lot more accepting of you if you weren’t lying and tricking them all the time just to hump them,” Triska shot back.

“Not to mention there are many monsters that kill humans, even the man, to get pregnant. You can’t blame humans for having a terrible image of monsters,” Specca defended.

“If monsters would just be peaceful with humans then it wouldn’t matter that they looked different,” Alyssa said, with Falla looking to her with a harsh glare.

“Bullshit, you heard Charlotte, you witches look like little girls, no human is ever going to want to do it with you willingly unless their either hexed by your magic or they’re a pedophile!” she barked out.

“I’m 72 years old, I’m not a little kid, there’s a difference!” Alyssa shot back with frustration.

“Yeah right, keep telling yourself that. Look, the bottom line is we have to trick them into doing us, we have to tie them down to get their seeds, we have to do whatever it takes to survive in this world and keep our race going; you can’t change that!” Falla shouted out at them.

“Yes we can, Daniel’s out here along with all of us to do just that,” Specca insisted.

“He’s not going to change a damn thing! You heard that witch in Eston, monsters and humans are never going to live together like you want, it can’t happen!” Falla barked back.

“Yes it can, Charlotte just didn’t want to listen to reason, that doesn’t mean monsters can’t live peacefully with humans. We’re going to get things to change in this world, we’re not going to let the senseless killing and raping continue,” Triska argued sternly.

“You’re all insane! We’re
monsters
, don’t you understand that? Humans will never just want to live with us peacefully, and I’m pretty damned sure monsters don’t want to live with them either!” Falla scorned while backing up and shaking her head.

“Daniel wants us to live together peacefully; he’s even considering three monsters as a possible mate for himself. If he can love a monster than other humans can too!” Alyssa shot back.

“Daniel is a moron!” Falla yelled out. The other girls glared at her with anger from those words as the giant butterfly grabbed her hair and shook her head with frustration.

“You’re all out of your minds, how can you all be so stupid? If my sister and I don’t lie and use force with a human they’ll
never
have sex with us, the same goes for any monster in this world. No human will ever want to willingly mate with a monster, no human will ever love us for how we are, how can you all think otherwise?” she demanded.

“Because Daniel said-” Specca started before Falla shouted and pointed to her.

“Daniel doesn’t know anything about monsters! We need men to breed with, that’s it! Humans don’t want us around, but we’re not going anywhere, so this is the only outcome. Either we do whatever it takes,
whatever
it takes, to get a man’s seed to get pregnant with, or else it’s all over for us. There is no other way for us to live!” she yelled out, with Specca backing up a step with a nervous expression. Falla growled with frustration then looked to Luna with worried eyes as the girl kept whimpering while curled up into a ball on the ground.

“You people are only causing more problems wherever you go, your stupid plan won’t work and you’re going to get yourselves killed following that boy. Do me a favor and keep your asinine ideas to yourself, don’t you dare corrupt my sister with your dreams that won’t come true,” she scorned before walking over to her sister, kneeling down and holding the girl with concern as Luna continued to cry in her ball. The other girls looked to each other with concern as the sounds of Luna’s sobbing were all that was heard in the silence.

“I don’t want to do it, I don’t want to, I don’t want to be like that,” Luna whimpered.

“Luna, yes you will, you have to if you want a daughter, it’s what we do,” Falla gently said.

“No,” Luna whined before crying again, with the other girls looking to her with growing concern as they all started to wonder if their dream of peace between humans and monsters really was just that, a dream.

Triska then shook her head slightly before looking over towards Eston, watching as a large portion of the village was now on fire.

“Daniel, what are you doing over there?” she asked worriedly.

“Should we go after him, I mean the town
is
on fire, we shouldn’t leave him alone like this, should we?” Specca questioned. Squeak shook her head and pointed down at the ground below them with a firm expression, with the girls looking to her before Alyssa slowly nodded.

“Daniel told us to stay here and wait for him to come back, so that’s what we should do,” Alyssa reasoned softly. Triska slowly breathed out and nodded.

“You’re right, we need to trust in what he’s up to, he’ll be back in no time. He knew what he was doing when he left, and Kroanette is with him, I trust she won’t do anything lecherous with Daniel, so let’s just try to get done what he asked of us in the meantime,” she tried to reassure them with.

“He doesn’t know what he’s doing at all, he’s an idiot,” Falla scoffed, with the other girls looking to her with discontent again.

“He is not, he’s just what the world needs, somebody who can bring an end to the fighting once and for all!” Alyssa yelled out with energy.

“He knows what he’s doing out here, we all know and believe that with all our hearts. He’s going to change Eden for the better, mark our words,” Specca snapped with a flustered huff.

Squeak merely squeaked something at the butterfly girl with a stern expression as she waved her hands around in indecipherable signals. Triska nodded and looked over towards Eston, watching the burning village with hopeful eyes as the other girls turned their attention towards it as well.

“If anyone can put an end to the fighting in this world, if anyone can really get humans and monsters to live in peace with each other, it’s Daniel.”

*****

The night sky above was barely seen through the branches of old trees as Kroanette raced along a darkened path through the forest, with Daniel holding onto her waist as he rode the centaur towards the village of Rystone that lay further ahead. Small beams of moonlight shined down from above here and there, revealing the dirt road while all around them the darkened forest remained shrouded in shadows.

“Seriously, are you sure you want to do this? It’s not too late to turn around,” Kroanette mentioned while glancing back to Daniel. The boy shook his head as he kept watching ahead of them, having a firm expression on his face as he prepared for what he was getting himself into.

“I can’t go back without getting Charlotte’s approval, we need their help with making our case known,” he stated.

“Why are you so intent on talking to monsters about peace anyway? You do realize that such an idea is utterly preposterous, yes?” Kroanette questioned.

“No, it isn’t. Monsters and humans can live together it they try, they don’t have to fight and kill one another, I know they can, so somebody has to try and make it a reality,” Daniel argued.

“But why you, why are you doing all this?” Kroanette asked as she looked back ahead.

“Because if I don’t then nobody will,” Daniel reasoned.

“I’m sorry, but I just don’t see such a thing happening. Humans and monsters can’t coexist peacefully, you’re going to get yourself killed with this quest of yours,” Kroanette said shaking her head. Daniel smirked and glanced to her.

“Kroanette, you’re helping me right now and being friendly with me, you realize that, yes?” he mused. The centaur chuckled and shook her head.

“Don’t mistake my offering you a ride to your death like this as anything more than a fair gesture for you helping me with my delivery. Like I said before, centaurs don’t try to rape humans out in the wild, we don’t have to since we’re given men without any resistance or trouble for our services in the monster community. I have no problem with you, Daniel, you do have some mental issues as far as I’m concerned, but I bear no ill feelings towards you. Still, I can’t see you living much longer with such radical ideas in your head,” she reasoned before glancing back to him with a sympathetic smile.

“I don’t want to see you die, but if this is what you wish to do with your life, then so be it,” she said with a shrug before looking back ahead while running along the road.

“You really don’t think humans and monsters can live together in peace, do you?” Daniel asked.

“Not at all,” Kroanette replied while shaking her head. Daniel nodded and looked up with a distant gaze as they traveled through the darkened forest.

“Well, I guess we’re about to find out if what I dream of really can come true or not,” he reasoned, with Kroanette glancing back to him for a moment before looking ahead again.

The two made their way through the old forest along the dirt road, both of them remaining silent as Daniel contemplated how this would end for him and Kroanette just waiting until she could bolt back towards her home to get knocked up. Daniel tried to gather his thoughts the best he could, knowing that this was the big moment for him. He had talked to a royal monster once before, Squeak’s queen had at least allowed him to continue his quest with complete skepticism about his success after he was nearly used for their breeding selection, however that wasn’t exactly a victory for his quest. Queen Victoria only agreed to talk about such things as peace if the humans were ready themselves to do so, which at the moment they weren’t, and in the meantime the ant girls that she ruled over would continue living the way they always did. The only thing that changed for him from that was he gained Squeak as an ambassador of sorts for the nest, which didn’t help too much since the girl couldn’t even really speak on her own behalf.