Oath of the Fairy
"Silky, Come on, I know you like him, and he seemed really kind, but he can't take care of you, remember your promise to him, give them a chance" Jazz said kneeling on the ground to get to Silky's eye height as she stared at the ground still unsure if she should have accepted the promise and just been more persistent.
"mmm…" she hummed, grabbing at the edges of her new dress that the orphanage prepared whenever a child was meeting with a family, it was a frilly little, purple princess dress that hung to just above her knee's with a small white ribbon wrapped around her waist.
"Good" Jazz said with a small smile, "Come, we've kept him waiting long enough" she held her hand out to her and stood up. Silky lifted her hand, hesitating if she should really take it, as she felt a strange tingle down her spine, a fear that something was wrong. But she quickly shook her head of these thoughts and resolutely put her hand in Jazz's, not wanting to break her promise to Arthur.
Giving Silky an even wider smile Jazz opened the door to the meeting room where the aspiring parents could meet and spend some time getting to know the children, before making the final decision. Jazz slowly guided Silky into the room, closing the door behind them once they were both inside.
Yet, the moment Silky entered the room her body froze and began to tremble as if it were the epicentre of an Earthquake, her eyes shakily staring at the silhouette of a man standing in front of one of the windows of the room, his back facing them. The man wore a black butlers outfit, on his hands stark white gloves.
Noticing that someone had entered the room, the man slowly turned around with a wide and tooth grin as he saw Silky. It wasn't one of happiness, or a forced smile for that fact, but that of a predator, a hunter who had finally captured his prey after ages of tracking it.
"Hello there… Silky"
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"So, how does it feel?" Coco questioned as she looked Arthur up and down with a wide grin on her face, seeing him wearing a pair of grey jeans and a dark blue, almost black sweater that conformed to his body, giving him a slight huff in appreciation while Velvet was instead collapsed on the floor, her eyes spinning and steam coming from her head after her mind wandered when she saw how the clothing accentuated his features.
"Arthur?" Coco asked after not getting a response from him, looking up to his face she saw he was staring out the window of her workshop with a blank expression "You okay there?" she questioned.
Arthur kept quiet for a minute before answering as he focused on the golden page only he could see, this being the same page he had ignored a few hours earlier when he had made his promise with Fairy.
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Oaths are lesser versions of Contracts and do not require a soul connection or for someone to sign within the Tome with their blood, and are generally verbally made between the holder and another or vice versa.
Oaths are made independently and can only be created from the Tome Holders thoughts should they be strong enough or that the holder accepts another promise to them.
Oaths can also have various effects within the Tome depending on what the Oath is.
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Oath forged: Oath of the Fairy
-I, Arthur Fielder, promise to forever be there for Silky the Fairy, even if mountains separate us and the seas break our paths, I will always be there for you-
Current State – Nervous, Regretting
Current Thought – I really want to go back…
Current Location – Sanus, Kingdom of Vale, Vale, Grand Tree Orphanage
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'So Oaths are just a higher order of promise then?' he thought before chuckling as he read about Fairy's current state 'Don't regret it Fairy… It's for the best…' as he blinked and the page disappeared.
"Arthur! Hello? Anyone there?" Coco said waving her hand in front of Arthur's face.
"Oh, sorry I was distracted" he replied "It fits really well" he said stretching his body to test the surprisingly flexible material.
"Good, good, now strip, there's still more to try on" she said as a pile of clothing appeared in her arms. "Don't worry, Velvet won't peak" she added with a smirk.
"She's not the one I'm worried about" Arthur blankly replied in a monotone voice.
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"Silky! What's going on! Calm down!" Jazz whisper screamed as she kneeled on the ground trying to keep her still as she struggled with tears in her eyes and a fearful expression.
"I am so sorry, she's normally not like this." She said turning back to the man.
"It is quite alright ms. Nava, I've been told I look like the bogeyman to children." He laughed "Honestly, the madam would have come herself but she had to return to Atlas due to some problems at the company. And the master has been out on business for the last week in mistral and is only due to return sometime next week. Quite frankly, they should have just sent one of the maids; they have always been the ones to deal with the children while I merely dealt with the logistics and dinner."
"No, but even then, she's never been like this before" Jazz muttered turning back to Silky, "Please, Silky, remember your promise to Arthur? Give him a chance, that is what you promised him" she pleaded.
"NNN!" Silky screamed her struggling intensifying in the process but her strength wasn't enough as Jazz kept her trapped in her grasp.
"Silky! Look at me!" Jazz shouted this time "Look at me!" she screamed again finally getting a response from Silky who quickly looked her in the eyes in utter terror "What is going on?" she questioned in a hush voice as Silky hesitated for a moment before taking as deep a breath she could and forced er throat to comply to her will.
"K-k..illll….aaarrrr" came from her throat but she quickly began coughing as a burning sensation filled her throat as a familiar metallic taste filled her mouth, splattering blood over Jazz's dress as she began to wheeze.
Although her words were hard to understand at first, Jazz immediately recognized the word 'Killer', her eyes immediately turned sharp as she let go of Silky's arm, indicating for her to keep quite as she began to whisper random sentence's to her as her hand went into the vest she wore her hand clenching around the familiar wooden handle from her youth.
Jazz rapidly pulled it out and turned around getting low to the ground with Silky behind her, her weapon pointed at where the man once was standing, just then a loud 'Bang!' resounded through the room as Jazz's body fell limply to the ground, a pool of blood forming around her head.
"Hmph! Naïve!" the man berated and turned to silky, his cane held under his arm pit, "Well, isn't this a familiar scene, little miss." The man face contorted into a slasher smile.
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"Looking good!" Coco said letting out a whistle in admiration as Arthur pulled on the hem of his new white and silver vest to straighten it out.
"Formal, but not to formal, robust enough to take a beating, god knows you need that. And best of all, it makes you look even more handsome when combined with your hair and eyes." She said licking her lips "Isn't that right Velvet?" she said turning to her left where Velvet was now sitting on the floor using her rabbit ears as a makeshift blindfold, even more steam coming off her entire head than previously.
"I'll take that as a yes!" Coco happily concluded and walked up to Arthur and walking around him, her eyes scanning every inch of his body once again sending shivers down his spine at the familiar feeling. Coco let out another huff of approval and moved from behind Arthur to in front of him, raising her hand slightly as she passed by his side and giving him a light slap on the butt, where Arthur could feel her also squeeze slightly.
'Another Yang is it?' Arthur thought as a small smile crept up on his face 'Oh, this is going to be fun' he muttered in his mind as his smile got even bigger, "Enjoy?" he asked in a soft but captivating voice.
"Oh yeah, it was perfect" Coco replied with a wide grin as she gave him another once over.
"You know, I can't really resist you if you did do anything" Arthur said taking a step towards Coco who also took a step towards him, lightly nodding in Velvet's direction where Arthur discretely looked to and saw her eyes peeking from around her ears.
Lightly chuckling Arthur looked back to Coco who was now almost pushing her body onto his, raising her hands and slowly bringing it over the fabric along Arthurs right arm "Is that right" she said with a sultry voice, her hand trailing over Arthurs shoulder and down his chest "But you can resist, you can fight, you could easily push me off if I got, handsy" she said pulling Arthur against her and pushing her chest onto his as she looked up into his eyes with an alluring gaze.
"I'd first have to resist" Arthur said with a grin as he put his hand on her hips.
"Come on, lower, go all the way, we need to make a good show out of this" Coco whispered with a grin once again indicating to Velvet who's ears were now drooped to the side with her hands in front of her eyes, face bright red and steaming as she 'discretely' peeked through her fingers.
"You sure?" he whispered "Can I be trusted?" he teased
"Oh, trust me. I wouldn't just let anyone do that, it's my job after all" she chuckled, making sure to keep her eyes locked with Arthur's to keep the 'ruse' up. "And I'm always looking for new expressions on her, it's actually really fun seeing how she reacts to things, she's quite the animate girl" Coco explained, "Now stop stalling and squeeze'em" she ordered.
Yet Arthur didn't move his hands as he instead turned his head upwards as an ominous feeling overtook him as not a second later did a golden page appear in front of him which solidified this feeling into panic when he read what was written on it.
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Oath of the Fairy
-I, Arthur Fielder, promise to forever be there for Silky the Fairy, even if mountains separate us and the seas break our paths, I will always be there for you-
Current State – Terror, Dread
Current Thought – helpmesomeonepleasehecamebackmommysaveme
Current Location – Sanus, Kingdom of Vale, Vale, Grand Tree Orphanage
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"Oh, not again… It was just getting to the good part…" Coco groaned in frustration as she watched Arthur blankly stare into the distance, but quickly turning confused as his expression turned to one of panic as he quickly let go of her and bolted out of the store.
"Arthur!?" Coco screamed in confusion as she quickly spun around and called to Velvet "Velvet! Let's go, something's wrong!" and quickly dashed out of the store followed by an equally as confused Velvet.
Just as they exited the store they saw Arthur in the middle of the street spinning around trying to find any indication of where the Grand Tree Orphanage was located.
"Arthur! What's going on!?" Coco shouted running up to him, his eyes immediately locking on her, his face filled with panic, yet his eyes were once again drawn to a the golden glow of the Tome.
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Oath of the Fairy
-I, Arthur Fielder, promise to forever be there for Silky the Fairy, even if mountains separate us and the seas break our paths, I will always be th~~~
Current State – Terror, Dread, Pain, Agony
Current Thought – it hurrrtttssss, please no… no… Ar…thur…
Current Location – Sanus, Kingdom of Vale, Vale, Grand Tree Orphanage
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His eyes widening in fear as he saw the words slowly fading from the page as the edges of it began to ignite into golden flames and was slowly eating away at the paper.
"Where is the Grand Tree Orphanage!?" Arthur screamed as he grabbed Coco's shoulders his eyes pleading her to answer him.
"Wha-!?" Just as she was about to say something an explosion resounded throughout the city of Vale drawing the eyes of the many millions of people within the city turned their eyes to billowing smoke coming from the distance.
Arthur threw his head around seeing the large eruption of flames seemingly creating a pillar of fire.
"Coco, isn't that where…" Velvet was about to ask but was interrupted as Arthur screamed.
"Fairy!" and charge through the streets of onlookers starring in horror at the pillar of flame and billowing smoke.
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Alternate Chapter names: [Fading Fate] [Tension] [Squeeze'em]
Ooooh, I can feel the unadulterated scorn oozing off you guys for this cliff-hanger.
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