CHAPTER 8:FAERIES COMPETITIONS

CHAPTER 8:FAERIES COMPETITIONS

Day two of The gifted competitions week (faerie land).

At the bottom of the mountains, just as the sun is about to set, Maria is rushing around making sure the preparations for the archery events of the competition is perfect. "No! Don't put that there, how will the audience see the archery targets?" She yells out at a set of fairies and turns to another set to correct again. "The flower pots are too close, space them up, would you? Hope the bag of seeds are ready? Let's be hasty the audience will be arriving soon." After saying all these, she looks at her watch and opens up her wings to fly to the top of the mountain. She lands at her house to get the awards which are already arranged on very large green leaves.

By the time she gets back to the bottom, trolls, dragons, mermaidsndmen, werewolves as well as Reebabo have already arrived. The venue is looking a little populated as gifted beings as seated on sturdy mushrooms under some trees and Reebabo is seated at a specially secluded set of seats for the immortals. Maria approaches him, "uhm,the rest have not arrived?" Reebabo answers, "oh yes, they were tidying up some things. They would be here soon. Don't allow that delay the commencement of the competitions." Maria nods before taking her leave.

A while after, some male faeries were holding bows and arrows ready to shoot at the targets which are round flat woods with  painted green circles of different sizes, each on every tree in a row. There are loud cheers as two of the archers go head on as they are very close to bullseye. To make the game interesting and break the eventual tie, the two gets blindfolded. And at last a winner emerges.

There was a flying race where five fairies of about ages 18 to 25 race while carrying baskets of a current. There is the 'grow a tree' competition were mostly female faeries grow any tree of their choice with their magic. The healthiest in terms of fruits, leaf colour and height wins. Remember the lady who argued with a dragon a few chapters back, she won it.

There were in between displays of faerie magic where different shiny and glowing orbs were created and juggled. The eventful competition finally ended with an obstacle race where each faerie was timed with flying obstacles like flaming loops, loops with rose thorns, rolling avalanche from the mountain tops and some more. Each immortal gave awards for least one competition. The floral crown was giving to the faerie with the most wins and that was Tania. She's the argument faerie that fought with the dragon the other day.

MEANWHILE ( in the human realm)

Felix POV

There is a knock on my door and guess who emerges from outside when I say come in? An old friend of mine who is a scientist like me. His name is Seth or as I like to call him evil G as in 'genius'. I yell with a very big surprise on my face,"ah, old friend my one and only evil G, what a pleasant surprise!" I stand up, approach him and he gives me a big 'it's been a long time' hug. "My dear friend still being that crazy scientist,huh?" he asked me with a wink from his right eye.

I laugh remembering why I said that. We had not seen in a while because we had a little argument. We were partners who got into this gifted magic together, but he being very cunning, I couldn't trust him. His company and mine are like the top inventing organisations so he was like my competition. I found out the only reason why he wanted to partner was, due to his fear that I would surpass him with my venture into gifted magic. In the process of his schemes, I had to call off our partnership because he was being too ambitious with some of my ideas and equipment. Thank God I did that in time, because a month after our fallout, he already used one of my ideas for his company. That doesn't really matter now because I got bigger plans involving powersuckers and dangerous weapons. I wonder what he wants now.

His words finally snaps me for my memory lane. "I know the last time we saw was not on a good note but, promised what I have for you with interest you much." He got me on interest I am listening. . . .

After pausing to see my reaction, he continues, "a little birdie told me you are looking for the gifted hiding place." My eyes widen at that statement. He continues "I didn't say I found them but I may have a lead from my men."

"What makes you think my men can't get it done without yours?" I shot back.

"Because I said I already have a lead, your men are obviously not getting news. Won't it be better to finally be a step forward than the position you have been in for a month now?"

He does have a point, my men haven't given feedback for a while. "But how am I sure I can trust you, especially what you did last time we partnered and besides, what's in it for you?" He smirks and speaks, "we are both after the same thing wealth, popularity and power. I can get just 30% of the powers you're going after and it will be enough. You are at a upper hand and you have the facilities and perfect plans I suppose. There's no way I could dupe you with all that." I breathe out a heavy breath before speaking, "ok I will consider but. . . ." I shoot him a stern look. "I won't keep my eyes off you, you are much too cunning for me not to watch you from the back of my head." He put his hands up in a surrendering manner while smirking. I hate his smirks. He speaks, "I won't do anything stupid you don't have to get eyes on your back head."

I hope so.