Part 8
Faes and festivals are something that does not require moderation. This festival, to celebrate the new begin of Pheonix, as the oldest faes like to call, will last 7 days and is composed of parties, games and of course, public humiliation. As the Pheonix once said, what´s the price without punishment? So, Kitty has to do well in her test of swordsmanship in order to get what she wants.
But as she looks at Kurt, her boss, she suddenly feels fear, she wonders if she can smell it, if he can smell it. And she does not want to know the answer for the latter. The prince is there praying to Zaorva and Pheonix that Kitty will do well on this exam so he could go home while Kurt smirks at the poor Prince.
You see, the faes work in a different way. Time is irrelevant to them. So, maybe the Prince is here for a week, maybe a month, maybe 10 years and if Kitty wins her little bet it will be so amusing to see the Prince despair with the reality. If Kitty wins that´s it.
“Katzchen?” Kurt speaks smirking more than anything. Cunning like a snake and always having a plan, a plan you won´t notice unless you´re the prey. “Are you nervous?” He asked taking her hands and noticing the corset and the orange shade used on her dress.
“Yes” she didn´t lie and she wonders if she ever did. Her heart is beating so loudly and Kurt smiles again. She´s not sure if is a smirk or a smile.
“You´ll do great, Katzchen…Could have been better if it was me who taught you, but, you´ll be passable enough in the test”
And Kitty can´t see the malice in his words or maybe she can but his malice is not direct to her either way, as the host is calling for all the contests, Kitty gives a peak on his check and does the courtesy. Trying to please him. Trying to prove to herself she did nothing wrong.
The Prince is still praying and watches as Kitty made a few mistakes in the demonstration, cried when she falls, but, rejoice when Kitty get up and defeat her opponent. Kurt only watches amused at the scene.
After this little game is over. The Queen takes a few minutes, again time is irrelevant for the faes and announced the ones who impressed her and the name Kitty Pryde is proclaimed. And the Prince rejoices.
“I´m free. Now, please, let me go home” The Prince was sure the fae would fight back or impose conditions, but, instead, the fae points to a blue door, one that materialized out of thin air, and let the Prince leaves.
However, as the Prince opens the door to his realm, his home, all he can do is cry, ignored by the other faes, his screams take all his strength because his land was pillage and is long gone. He has no home.
Kurt waves at him as the Prince is rejected from the fae world and is now facing this strange and macabre land once a day he called home, meanwhile, Kurt has to ponder about Kitty Pryde and her strange ability to lie.
“Oh, Katzchen, what I will do with you now?”