Fate's Fables Special Edition: One Girl's Journey Through 8 Unfortunate Fairy Tales (Fate's Journey Book 1) by Mitchell T. Rae

Author:Mitchell, T. Rae [Mitchell, T. Rae]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: young adult, coming of age, fantasy, troll, legends, wizard, oak, romance, fairy tale, sword, druid, faery, pixie, witch, magic book, sorceress, goblin, goddess, magical portal, dragon, Scottish, mythology
Publisher: Original Mix Media Inc.
Published: 2013-01-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

SHYTUCKLE'S ENTIRE POPULATION was standing around the caravan when they returned. Sithias had his doctor’s bag out and was up in the driver’s seat next to an old man. The villagers watched while he examined the man’s open mouth then moved to the man’s nose, pulling back each nostril with a tongue depressor.

“Ah ha! I sssee the problem here,” Sithias said in an authoritative tone. “There ssseemsss to be far too much nossse hair growing in there. It’sss no wonder you can’t tassste your food. You can’t sssmell it, sssir. Trim it all back and you’ll be tasssting every delectable herb in your wife’sss pottage from the very firssst bite.”

The man’s face lit up like he’d experienced a miracle. When Sithias saw that ‘his children’ had returned, he dismissed his patient and held up his hand like he was giving a toast. “Everyone of Shytuckle, I’d like you all to meet my ssson and daughter––” He stopped mid-sentence as his gaze landed on the bedraggled waif standing next to them. “And uh––”

“Your next patient,” Fate called out.

She scooted Gerdie past the villagers and shuffled her off to the back of the caravan. Leaving her with Finn, she went inside first to conjure a wall of curtains to hide the Book of Fables, and then to prepare a hot bath. While the young girl splashed in the tub behind a privacy screen, Finn looked through her grandmother’s notebook. He was focused on a particular page when Sithias, radiating absolute annoyance, stepped inside the caravan.

“Would it have killed you to ssstop and sssay hello to thossse people?” he said. “It wasssn’t exactly easssy getting them to warm up to me. I’ll have you know I had to look into a few too many unsssightly orificesss to gain their trussst.”

“Sorry,” Fate said. “We’re in a hurry. The sun’s going down.”

He stamped his leg and flapped his long arms, a motion that resembled an angry stork. “Oh really, the sssun’sss going down? And to think I didn’t know that. Of courssse I did! And that’sss why I’ve got an invitation from the villagersss to join them in the oratory tonight. We’ve got front-row ssseatsss to the main event.” He glanced at the screen Gerdie was bathing behind. “And what’sss that urchin doing here?”

Fate stepped close, patting his arm and leading him over to have a look at Gerdie’s notebook. “Calm down, Sithias. You did well, but we’ve still got a lot more work to do before we can go locking ourselves up with the villagers. Thanks to Gerdie, we now know what to do.”

He looked doubtful.

Finn glanced up from the notebook. “There’s a spell here to bind the oak tree in its sleeping state. Apparently, it’s been grown to protect Old Mother Grim during the day while she sleeps. Usually the tree snoozes at night, but if it senses she’s in danger, it’ll wake up, and on the wrong side of the bed. We’ll need to use this spell to keep it napping while we trap its master.

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