Sins of the Mother

by Chelis

Reconciliation

The smell of cooked rabbit and onion filled the air around the brightly lit campfire. Usually, the night would be time to relax and not think about the outside world. On this night, it was impossible not to.

They all looked at the fire in front of them, unsure of what to say or do.

Everyone would steal a quick look over to the rocks a fair distance away, where their newest member of their party stared out into the black void of the night. They decided to settle in the same spot they used to escape from the changeling horde earlier that day, more concerned about Prince Illusion's emotions more than anything. When he had a temper, it was nothing to ignore or dismiss.

"What do we do now?" Prism asked while eating his dinner.

"Let him simmer down, that's what." Golden replied.

"That will take all week. You know this." Cotton whispered.

"What we need is for someone to talk to him. We can't just wait around just for him to stop being a piss baby," Prism added.

Everyone turned their head slowly, right to the girl that Prince Illusion called his girlfriend.

She had a plate of rabbit legs and a couple of onion leeks, staring at it intently. When she looked up, everyone was staring at her.

"What?"

"Well, are you gonna talk to him? You're the girlfriend, so you should calm him down." Starburst suggested.

"He is not going to calm down anytime soon." She said as she had her mouth close to the rabbit meat and onion mixture she was craving all day.

"Can you-"

"You know what?! Fine! I’ll talk to him! I just wanted to eat, but nooo!" Claire barked in frustration as she got up from her seat.

She also picked up the plate that was meant for Prince Illusion and took it with her, stacking his on top of hers to warm her food up with the heat of the tin.

The walk to Illusion was a nervous one for Claire. She knew he was angry about all this, so at least food would help him calm though that was not going to help in reality.

I’ll just take my licks and get it over with.

She sat next to him on the large boulder, looking at the abyss with Illusion. From the looks of things, it was in the direction of the Grand Valley. Normally it would be lit with fires of the farmers that occupied the land, but there were none.

"I thought you would be hungry," Claire said, placing the plate between them. He continued to look into the night, seeming to not take notice of her arrival.

"So, how's your parents?" Claire asked, hoping for him to talk.

He didn't respond, but continued to look into the night. His intense glare remained unmoving.

"Um, how about Princess Nidra? What kind of crazy shenanigans she up to?"

It was then that the prince sighed.

Claire smiled. "So, wanna talk?"

"Yeah," He said as he turned to her. "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?! Did you really think leaving everyone and everything behind was such a good idea?! Nobody knew where you were, and nobody knows how you all were doing! Everyone is worried sick back home. id you ever consider their feelings before you all left?! What about me, what about my feelings?!"

"We had to, we had no choice!" Claire declared.

In his frustration, illusion dropped his head."I.. I know. It's just that from the time I found out to arriving, I was afraid. My father said you guys were in trouble and I was worried that something would happen to you."

"Oh come on, it would take more than some giant bugs to take me down, " Claire boasted.

"Yeah, yeah," illusion said as he took the plate. Claire scooted next to him and began to eat her food with him.

The meat was juicy, with hints of parsley and basil added to give it flavor.

Towards the end of their dinner, Claire was still curious." Are... You still..."

"Oh yeah, I'm still pissed. We will have a long talk about this when we get home, but for now let's get your parents and go from there."

Author's Note:

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