A Wintertide Spell by Wallace Jody

Author:Wallace, Jody [Wallace, Jody]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Meankitty Publishing
Published: 2011-11-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

The next day during the Wintertide gifting, Geneva nursed her new daughter in a comfortable lounger by the tree while the older girls played bronco on the floor with their father. All the toys under the tree, including an abundance of magic flutes, and Susannah and Calypso preferred to ride on their father’s back as he galloped madly around the carpeted room.

Which was exactly as it should be.

Without ceremony, Foresta’s FAE representatives—the fairies Budbud, Pleasentia and Gary—popped like soap bubbles into the center of the room.

Geneva had been expecting them since the moment Peter’s naming ceremony had concluded, but as always she felt some degree of apprehension at their arrival.

Who knew what trouble the fairies would bring? She was certain, even if they didn’t wish to harm humankind, that they wished humans little good, either. Naudo or no Naudo.

Calypso had no such reservations. She squealed and pelted toward the trio at a dead run. Susannah approached at a more mannerly pace. Reginald straightened his royal pajamas and ruffled hair.

“Did someone say there was baby in need of christening?” Budbud, who’d been old and cranky as long as Geneva had known her, had an almost cheery look about her this morning. A ribbon of Wintertide white strung with bells danced around her shoulders.

“There is indeed.” Reginald rose from the floor and gestured grandly toward Geneva. “There she is with her mother. Princess Peter of Foresta. There is nothing you can give her that will make her any more perfect than she already is.”

“Then perhaps,” Budbud said with a glint in her eyes, “it’s our job to make sure she isn’t too perfect.”

“You shan’t give her anything like what I got, will you?” Susannah asked the elderly fairy. “My presents weren’t all nice, and then Mama and Papa had to make the bad lady go away.”

“Gary, Gary, Gary, Gary!” Calypso chanted, hanging off the male fairy’s robes like a monkey. Pleasentia, a young female fairy, smiled at Reginald and wiggled her fingers.

“We’ll give Peter exactly what she needs,” Budbud assured the royal family. “And we will also give you a few words of wisdom. Geneva, are you listening?”

Geneva nodded. “Yes, of course.”

Budbud cleared her throat importantly. “Peter is not number three. She’s number four.”

“What does that mean?” Geneva asked. “And why do you have to be so cryptic all the time?” Sometimes she wished humans had never begun dealing with fairies. They were often more trouble than the magic was worth.

But then she remembered Naudo’s pain spell and held her tongue.

“Think about it, Queenie.” Budbud slipped her wand out of a concealed pocket and gestured toward the new baby. “But think about it later. Right now, I want to meet Princess Peter.”

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