[Interludes Vol. 1.5] In which we meet Ebony, the Little Lord of Bones(2/3)

Husband then explained the thin black bone once belonged to him and was a gift to him from his maker for using his magic. It was called a magic wand, and was made from a long dead branch of an important magic tree. When he let me hold it, I could hear the voice coming from the tree-bone very clearly in my head.

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I told Husband the magic wand was talking to me in my head, and he smiled and patted my head in response.

"Ebony lucky. Have wand long time, never hear speak head."

"Wand, why do you not talk to Husband?" I asked it.

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"Husband, the wand says your magic is stupid. That's why it didn't talk to you."

"Make sense."

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"Hmm, I'll think of one."

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"Ebony talk wand?" Husband asked, pointing at my new friend, Iggy.

I nodded in reply.

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"Something important?"

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"Iggy says it belongs to me."

"Iggy?"

I held out the magic wand in front of Husband.

"It said you gave it the name Iggy… um…"

"Yggdrasil?"

I nodded again. That name was too hard to say!

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"Iggy says I will show you why."

Husband looked at the wand and then back to me.

"Alright. I'm watching."

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"Make a new friend?"

Listening to Iggy, I walked over to the wall where almost all of the bones Ivory had in the cave-hole were kept. Iggy told me to focus my magic into the wand and it would do the rest.

"Can it be a friend who can climb and hunt well? Big sister Button is a hunter goblin. Ebony is going to be a hunter goblin, too!"

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I focused my magic into Iggy the magic wand and it began to glow. Many bones began to shake and rattle, moving themselves out of the boxes and shelves they had been resting in and came together one by one until our new friend, made entirely of bones, had taken shape.

"Ebony… what do?"

"Making a friend with Iggy!"

"Husband, do you know what this is?"

"Look like bone spider."

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"You're kind of small for a friend… Can you climb?" I asked it.

I watched as my new friend moved about quickly and climbed up the closest thing to it—me! It climbed all the way up my body until it settled on top of my head.

"What about hunting?"

I felt it leap off of my head after I asked and jumped onto Husband's arm, where it immediately began biting him.

"Wait! Don't hunt Husband!!"

Husband was laughing as he held his arm out.

"Not hurt. Bitey here friend. Only show Ebony can hunt."

It stopped biting Husband and walked to his hand before it spun around in place to face him. Then it raised one of its legs in front.

"Bitey?"

My new friend spun around in place again until it was facing me and raised one of its legs again. I could tell it was happy to see me.

"Seem like good name give. Not like?"

"No, I like it. Hello Bitey, I'm your friend, Ebony! That's Husband, and he's also your friend!"

Husband reached out and began to pet Bitey who flattened down onto his hand.

"Okay. See what Ebony mean wand belong. Speak Ivory when can about give wand Ebony. Not sure if listen... For now, put back, okay?"

I didn't want to give the wand back, and Iggy didn't want me to give it back, either. But, before I could, and I was going to, because I do listen to Husband since he doesn't ever spank me, Ivory and Truffle had come back into the cave-hole after going out hunting for mushrooms.

"What are you holding in your hand!? You know that things on the top shelf aren't for you to touch!"

Ivory began to yell at me as she quickly rushed over to yank Iggy out of my hand and immediately begin spanking my butt.

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I could still hear Iggy's voice loud and clear. Iggy was very angry at Ivory, just like I was!

"No more spanking Ebony!!!" I yelled.

I felt the bones around me also become angry, and one of them… one that had been sharpened by Ivory earlier and was resting on the table that went into the wall where she would sit with Truffle, got mad and flew right at her face!

Husband was quick to reach out and grab hold of the bone right in the middle of the air before it poked her in the eye… if he hadn't… Ivory would have been really hurt.

"You… tried to kill me!?"

I… I wasn't trying to kill Ivory! I was only trying to get her to stop spanking me! I wanted to say something, to defend myself, but I was caught between my mouth hanging open mid-cry from my butt hurting and from complete surprise at what had happened.

"Ivory… no be angry. Ebony not mean what happen." Husband said while stepping in between us.

"Stay out of this, Husband. Ebony is my strong-one!"

"Also mine. Why think this happen?" he said, waving the sharp bone he caught in front of her. "Ebony afraid Ivory. Afraid be spanked. Remember what do first find Button safe after think fall in shit-pit? First thing do is spank Button! Why need spank? Not able be calm, talk Ebony first? Button blame me long time for what Ivory do!"