Belinda's Promise

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 16397

"Astra?!" Belinda gasps in a voice that is deeper and huskier than normal for her.

"Yes," Astra 9 says, deciding it's not worth taking the time to explain that she isn't the particular Astra that Belinda thinks she is. Time is something that they do not have much of, for Belinda's transformation into what seems to be some sort of satyr is clearly already well advanced. "We're here to help you, to reverse your transformation," she adds. "But to do that, we have to collect all of you who were victims of the Book, and get you all together."

Before Belinda can comment on that, Andrea asks her: "Belinda, do you know what is at the bottom of the burrow that you were digging out?" "No, but it smells so good," she replies, for the first time noticing that her hands and her now claw-like nails are covered is soil. "It is a Seelie creature," Astra says. "Do you know what that means?" "That it's some sort of good fairy." "Yes, and an intelligent being. It would be very wrong for you to harm it. It would also seal your fate, and ensure that you were trapped as an Unseelie creature. I want you to promise me, on your word of honour as a member of the Aqualarian royal family, that when we release it from its hiding place you will not harm it."

Just like Joan with Pixie Fred, Astra had known the right button to push. "I promise," Belinda says. I just hope I still have enough self-control, she thinks. I hope she retains enough self-control, Astra thinks. If not, then the mages would have no alternative to knocking her out with a sleep spell, but there must be a risk of an unpredictable interaction with her Unseelie curse.

Pixie Fred watches nervously. He doesn't feel comfortable this close to Belinda, and from the odd looks she has been giving him he guesses that the feeling may be mutual.

  1. Faerie Dragon Fred comes out of his burrow.

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