Marie-Eliza spoke, "So the witches told Marie Cruz everything, the lost of their families to
sickness and the witch hunters. The adopt of their third sister into their little coven.
Finding Princess, or rather Princess finding them. Their trip across the sea. The arrival in
Glendale.... the death of their mother at the hands of the drunkard...
Goldwyn 'forgiving' the killer and making him the monkey statue that would relive the few
happy memories he had in his life over and over forever. And their beginning to use
magic to do as they thought other children and adults asked of them. The many golden
deer. The statues. The dolls.
First the boys of their mother's employer the Wises. Then the Wises themselves. And of
course... Joella.. and making her a statue for safe keeping until they were powerful enough
to heal her from their bungle. The loss of Goldwyn's eye, and their undying hatred for the
wolf pack for the loss of Joella...
The meeting of their familiars, and of course the the creation of the first fairy, followed by
more fairies to come.
The 'lesson' with Monica. The experiment with Rosa. The many failed attempt to resurrect,
and then to -recreate- Joella resulting in the many fairy statuettes with Joella's face. Finally
the transformation of Madeline Yulle into Joella.
The rune experiment that was supposed to create a paradise, that pack fired and 'opened
their minds' in other words drove them completely mad.
And then the candy meant to open the children's minds to the infinite chaos but in the
process also drove them insane. The creation of Ben's family. The Witch Pride. And the
horde of thugs the witches had annihilated out of existence to create Lark and her small
family of quasi-siblings.
The recoloring of the wolf-pack cubs.
And of course the de-aging of all those in Glendale and those who came from the praying
town, and the punishment of the slaver earlier that day. They left no detail out, they were
proud of the work they had done."
"You should restore each and every one of them Brides of Satan." Marie Cruz said referring
to the objects and animals. Though the witches couldn't know that.
"Go to Hell." Gaal said simply and to the point without the normal zeal for that one
sentence. "They're all happier, have found greater happiness, and kill us if you want Dog of
God, but you won't steal the happiness we've manage to give to others."
"Besides." Golgatha said her one eye matching's Marie, "Rearranging the strands of the
living and making those strands eternal is simple enough, but reverting the Me that makes
up each person Dog of God? Reversing the Self that defines them Dog of God? Even we
can't make that mutton sandwich back into the animal!"
"You're lying."
"Do you know we're lying? Or do you wish we were lying so you could push everything we
done for everyone out of existence and everything can go on orderly and predictable as if
we had never existed?"
Marie-Eliza spoke, "The witches would sooner die than restore any of their victims...
Willingly restoring them might have just maybe spared their lives. However, Marie Cruz
would wonder if there was another way to restore Madeline Yulle from Joella for example...
only to realize that it would take had been a murder, to making it a double-murder. This
choice would lead to more straining with her friendship with the others much as her choice
to defend the witches had...."
"The witches venomously denied that they sought to be kings of the world. They swore
they wanted a world where all were equal, a world completely devoid of any law, and thus
absolute freedom, with their magic providing everything for everyone always. They were
certain beyond any doubt their new world would be anything other than perfect."
+++++++++
When Marie Cruz came down from upstairs.... the last she expected was to find a living
room full of fairies fluttering about looking like naked women with insect wings and
inhumane eyes.
Linus sat down aggrivated while Draco did his best to keep their curious hands away.
Kathrine didn't have so much as luck as they fairies apparently loved her pretty colors and
Kathrine was practically fleeing from them as they tried once too often to look into places
they shouldn't have.
Some where floating over the unconscious Witch Pride and familiars, looking worried and
concerned but not quite sure what to do.
Monica, Rosa, and Mal'akh look at Marie embarrassed but somewhat calm. Finally Rosa
said, "Miss... I do believe we've found your jury."
Marie Cruz looked at the fantastic creature fluttering about, and felt a headache coming
on.
+++++++++++
While their mother Marie Tyson was searching through the Frostvile directory trying to find
Kathy's phone number with some help over the phone from Wanda who apparently knew
the girl's family, Trevor asked his sister.
"Why do you want to be called Nala so much?"
"Because I'm actually an martian alien space princess from the future of an alternate
universe.... JUST KIDDING! Because she's cool that's why!"
Trevor resisted rolling his eyes, that would be uncivilized.
"Found it!" Their mother said, "Now it's not quite too late in the evening, so I think it's safe
to call her, now please remember to be polite Trevor and be sure to thank for the nice
letter."
Trevor just nodded, having no idea they were talking about a girl who in a previous reality
had been the girlfriend of Alpha-Kaylee before her firm belief that cats were superior to
humans had driven him away. And that Trevor in this reality had been the one to give Kathy
her cat ears and inspiring her family to move from Glendale rather than a near rape
attempt.
Of course, now Kaylee was an adult woman, not a teenage boy, and would have logically
never met Kathy. To balance this out however, Kathy had been on relatively good terms
with the teenage members of the Big Bad Wolf Pack, in spite of her prejudice.
Marie Tyson called... waited a few seconds and finally there was a sultry answer on the
other end, and she asked about Kathy with the sound of what sounded like two boys
breathing fire in the background before finally getting the voice of a teenage girl.
"Merow-llo?"
"Is this Katy?"
"Yes?"
"This is Marie Tyson... the mother of Trevor Tyson, I called to say thank you for your
letter... my son had recently been returned to me after ... too long a time... and I just want
to say thank you for that..."
++++++++
"You are a lupman, forever, now and always. Only a lupman, could only be a lupman, was
only a lupman, will be only a lupman, am only a lupman, never anything else." Zelipe said
holding the little mouse in one of the smaller 'den of wolves' away from the estate.
His mother, Pearl, nearby talking with the lupmans who were in fact the little mouse's
parents.
While Kaylee and Isabelle had been chatting it out, the power of Zack's children had come
up. And with that, Isabelle's cousin who had been turned into a mouse and had gone
missing for a seemingly endless amount of time, until Madam Serenity had found him with
the help of an unnamed Leoman cub who had nearly gotten eaten alive by rats while
rescuing the little mouse.
Part of the reason why Julie had come to Madam Serenity to find the 'lost' parents of the
gem wolves.
With Pearl not bed bound (unlike June), and home schooling a wreck with no many needing
to see after the mundane needs of the injured and keeping the house in one piece, she had
taken her son to the home of Isabella's cousin who was still a tiny mouse in the finally of
big big wolves.
As soon as Zelipe had spoken, the mouth grew bigger and bigger. The fur stayed grayish
white, but that was it. The long naked tail because fluffy and a bit shorter. The claw
became much larger. Eyes gained whites. Ears shrank and became pointed. Muscle mass
increased dramatically. Then giant buck teeth went poof. His figure became one that was
supposed to stand on two feet not four. His forepaw grew thumbs. The muzzle became
full of sharp fangs.
And the 'mouse' got bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and BIGGER!
Finally a leoman cub at nine years old (a year older than Zelipe), with grayish white fur
stood looking at him. "I'm me again... THANK YOU!" The little boy hugged the light pink
pup.
It also gave Zelipe a sense of pride and purpose, that he could do things without his sister
Amy around...
+++++++++++
Gillie wasn't sure how much longer she could stand this torture, and she thought being
made a woman of a non-human species would be the low point of her new life... nope...
not in the least... it was her companion now getting on GOOD TERMS with Gillie's
grandparents!!!
Gillie began to tune out the entire discussion, just begging the fates for some restitution
and just please please let the discussion end! But Madam Serenity and Mother Glen were
going full blast talking about historical events both of them had seen! And Gillie had seen
slightly different and major-league different versions than either remembered.
But Mother Glen then said something that got Gillie's attention, "YOU were the one whose
been keeping care of Trevor since he vanished all this time-?!"
"Again, I apologize, the killer-"
"Do not even mention him! I assure you I do not blame you! In fact it is an honor to meet
you! I had heard about you through the Pack but I never imagined you'd have a connection
to us as well. Even it amazing how fantastic the world is?"
Both Madam Serenity and Gillie looked at the children playing together. Seeing a little boy
leoman kiss a little girl human on the cheek who became naked furry, larger, and bald
seconds later.
"Yes.... it is..." Madam Serenity said simply.
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Sarah/Ame-no-Uzume-no-mikoto knew she should be getting pack to work now.. she
really should... but it was so fantastic to see Ulysess like this! Going to strong and so fast
with her by his side, and she was sure he could hear her, or at least subconscious as she
whispered encouragement and help him avoid little mistakes.
What made things even more fantastic was latter when Amy came by and paid her proper
dues, Sarah/Ame-no-Uzume-no-mikoto felt another shade of herself leave with Amy,
able to keep her senses with her as well as Ulysess at the same time while still in the entry
way! And she didn't feel overwhelmed in the least!
'This should be impossible...' Sarah/Ame-no-Uzume-no-mikoto whispered to herself.
'So should be a lot of things.' The Monkey Prince/Kira replied in turn.
And Sarah dreamed of a festival, with a purple leoman, purple felman, and purple scaled
dragon attending with her chatting happily with her, even if she couldn't remember what
they spoke about when she awoke.