"I have some grave news for you children. Firstly, your eldest, outcast, brother, Blackeagle, has been spotted on the edge of the Goblin's Divide," Thalia gasped and her brothers crossed there arms, "Secondly, Lady Raven has been gathering in power and has become a serous threat, her forces have been spotted in great numbers by our gryphon scouts. And lastly, as much as it pains me to tell you, the council and the Ri Knights have agreed to move you five to the Human Realm." The Silverlakes burst into outraged cries.
"Fine, just treat us like a bunch of gnome babies!" Yelled Fynn.
"I'd rather live with trolls!"
"We can fight!" Oakraed drew his rapier, "We don't need to rely on such capricious creatures as humans."
"Why don't we just-!"
"Enough! Enough." Allthorn pinched his brow, "Listen, you are the of heirs and my children, the most important folk in the Fairy Realm, all that stands between Blackeagle and Lady Raven from conquering Tir na nog and the Sublunary World. And as you know I have fathered and cared for you as best I can, I am doing this for your own good. Now you will be traveling with a battalion of Avalon Knights, who are taking you to Erie, where you'll stay with Marcus, the merchant leprechaun. And there you will wait until we see what Lady Raven's next move is. An expert on human culture, specifically Erie, British, and American will be here shortly, he will tell you what humans eat, wear, talk about, use, and act in general, and how to use those little colorful thingys humans talk into. You will always be watched by 24/12-pardon, 24/7 by Avalon Knights. And I must say one last thing before you depart, never, NEVER, reveal your real identity to a human, they are not as they once were, they helped us, they interacted with us. On that not I say sain tamall, may Oberon guide you and be watchful of the stars." He hugged each child goodbye, then they were led through side door.
Huis was a rather energetic hobgoblin human culture expert, he showed the Silverlake children how to dress like a human (everyone, especially Thalia, complain about the undergarments), what humans eat, and how to work human technology.
"What's this, texinging?" Thalia said hold a cellphone gingerly.
"No, txting, my dear, short hand writing on a cellphone." The hobgoblin said. After about an hour of getting used to centuries-advanced technology, the five siblings walked, with Huis, to Ri Knights stronghold, where they would be escorted to Earth.
To get from Earth to the Faerie Realm, you must find a magical spot to transport you (such as an ancient barrow, a cave, fairy forts etc.), to get from the Faerie world to Earth, you must go through the pools of water. The Ri Knights led them to a pool near the stronghold, nixies bobbed on the surface, and some goblin fisherman stood on the other bank. A will o wisp flew playfully by around Thalia, she smiled, a sad, smile. She could her fiddles playing, and laughter and talk, the celebration of the Spring Solstice, her eyes brimmed with tears, she was leaving. For how long? God knows, she could be stranded with humans for years, what if something bad happened while she was gone? The party stepped down into the body of fey water.
Thalia was falling through a space of deep blue, the space between spaces, she caught flashes of other dimensions, then she saw Earth, a dense dimension, they were speeding down to Ireland, when they stopped, miles above the Earth, then, slowly at first, they reversed direction, back to the Faerie Realm, Thalia looked around, wondering what had caused them to reverse, then one of here guards shouted out an incantation, and it was like soundless lighting flashed right in front of her eyes, she felt herself hit earth. As she and her siblings roused themselves from the daze, they looked around. They were definitely on Earth, their guard surrounding them, spears raised, and yet something was not right. At least if a passing human would see five Irish teenagers (thanks to the disguise spell) but with a platoon of archaic, fey, warriors. As Thalia looked around, again something was not right, wait, no Avalon Knights, no Marcus, and the forest it... it wasn't Ireland, it was, New England!
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