The Hunt {Thumbalina}

[Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose]

The Witch of many names was fallowing a stream, walking right into it, which was getting her dress and cloak all wet at the bottom, but she didn’t care, she was doing this so she would not leave tracks, she could just use her magic to fly to were she was going but she was trying to use as less magic as she could, for the time being.

She was being perused, quite a while ago she had lost all her weapons she was looking for them, she had managed to fine her sword a while back and had just found her whip, but the… things that had it were not to happy with her for taking it from them… She didn’t actually care, she was not afraid she just didn’t want to fight.

It was daytime and it was very hot, to hot for the witches liking… she was sweating under her heavy dress and cloak, if she could she would have been out in shorts and tank top… but she could not do that, not were she was, at least the cool water helped.

[Thumbelina/Holly Short]

Thumbelina was happily laid out on the soft moss of a fallen log. The moss was cool compared to the heat the sun was beating down upon the forest. She was closer to the edge of the forest now, as far as she could tell, but she still was pained from leaving the warmth she had found with Jefferson and Paige. The little mouse/robin guy was nice enough but she couldn’t seem to fill the gap her mother had left. She might have found it had she stayed… but she couldn’t dwell on that now. Finding her way home was her priority now, to her mother and maybe to Cornelius. The gentle bubbling of the river close by was disrupted by the stomping feet of one of the ‘big people’. She sighed and sat up to look at the new person.

[Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose]

As she was walking in the water, on slippery slimy rocks, she looses her footing and slipped, falling into the water and hitting her knee. She let out a “Eeep” of pain and scrunched up her face.

“Fantastic!” she growled and she got up soaking wet, her arms were spread out as she stumbled out of the stream on to the dry ground and shook herself.

[Thumbelina/Holly Short]

Thumbelina watched as the mysterious woman walked through the stream and loose her footing. She couldn’t help her chiming giggles as she watched the ‘big person’ pick herself up. It was her own fault for walking in the water. Maybe she was too hot and cooling her feet? Whatever the reason Thumbelina found it hilarious.

[Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose]

After she shook off some of the water she stopped and stood very still, she could hear something… very faint laughter… her hearing was much better then normal people, much like a felines, she looked around and then spotted it, or more like ‘her’.

[Little Thumbalina… funny… seems even when I’m not trying to I run into fairytales…] she thought.

“You know its not very nice to laugh at others misfortune…” she said softly as she ringed out the water from her hair, dress and cloak.

[Thumbelina/Holly Short]

Pausing in her giggles Thumbelina looked up at the woman ringing out her hair.

“But it was funny!” She protested with a little pout on her little lips.

Then she looked at the woman, she was tall –then again she thought everyone was tall- and her hair seemed almost magical. She had never seen such coloured running through a person’s hair. Maybe it was magic… maybe she was a witch! She shrugged, there was little a witch could do to her that would make her situation any worse.

“So… why were you walking in the water?” Thumbelina asked, curiosity shining in her voice.

[Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose]

She smiled and walked over to the very small women and sat down on the ground and looked at Thumbelina, she was so small, she knew she was going to be but seeing her first had was… interesting, water was still dripping from her some was running down her face and falling off her chin.

“I was walking in the water so no one could see my foot prints, I’m being pursued at the moment.” The witch said casually like it didn’t bother her at all.

[Thumbelina/Holly Short]

She blinked for a moment before she spoke again.

“You’re being pursued?” Thumbelina asked; eyes wide with curiosity.

“What for?” She inquired as her hands ran over the thick, soft moss.

[Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose]

“For taking back something that’s mine” she said and shrugged.

There was some rustling from inside the trees making the Witch quickly look over to see what it was, but it was only a rabbit…

[Thumbelina/Holly Short]

“Well that doesn’t seem fair.” Thumbelina huffed on the woman’s behalf.

“Then again, since when has ‘fair’ ever applied.” She mumbled to herself as tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

[Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose]

The witch nodded.

“Sooo unfair.” She smiled.

She sighed. “Hmm… that’s how life is sometimes…”

[Thumbelina/Holly Short]

“I guess so, that doesn’t mean we have to lie down and take it!” She smiled up at the woman.

“Or take it back, in your case.” She laughed.

[Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose]

“Of course not!” she said with fake dramatics.

She grinned but right after her face crunched up, like she just smelled the foulest thing she had ever had the displeasure to smell… she was disgusted, she covered her nose.

“Eck!! That smell! It’s them…” she said with distain, she got up and looked around the area.

[Thumbelina/Holly Short]

She watched the woman as she got up, disgusted by some- oh that smell. Thumbelina covered her little nose as her eyes watered, being so small made even faint whiffs more potent, she wondered if the smell was that strong or if the woman just had an amazing sense of smell.

“What on in the world is after you?!” She asked, her voice a little strained.

[Sorceress Calisto/Cally Rose]

“Ogres” she groaned.

She could smell them but she could not hear them, so the Ogres were close but not right where they were, yet…

“I should keep going, it was nice to meet you little one” she smiled while holding her breath.