By Sharp.
Gaby along with the other girls were exhausted after their recent visit to Harrogate and Ripon. She though had made a promise to the Tinys and they intended it was kept. Gaby was the first of the group to be awakened by the Tinys. She would not be the last. The tinys leapt onto her bed and bounced on it one or two at a time and then threw a cold wet cloth at Gabriel’s face. This finally got her attention. “Ok, Ok Tinys I will get up, but I expect all those not already up to get the same treatment as me. With this taken as a direct order all the tinys shot off to awaken the remaining girls.
They were greatly disappointed when they got to Greta’s room as she was dressed and ready. “Oh you are ready. We have been instructed to awaken all those not awake.”
“Well as you can see I am dressed ready for the beach. Now my sisters and cousins like their sleep. Perhaps I should come with you to ensure they wake up.”
“Tiny we have awaked all the others. Some where a little grumpy at being awoken. We told them it was Gabriel’s orders. They soon stopped being grumpy then.”
Greta, “In that case it just leaves my sisters and cousins.” The Tinys piled on to the beds and started to jump up and down. Penny opened her eyes and grabbed one of the tinys and then a second.
“Children mummy will feed you. Just be patient.”
Greta. “Since when did you Penny take to feeding your tiny cousins? Gabriel is awake and sent them to collect us. Anybody would think these others needed their sleep.”
“Well Greta these two can wake me the same way every morning. In fact I think I will carry them around all the time and make people think they are my babies.”
Wee-Wee. “Your request is granted and you may choose any two of the tinys with the exception of me as I have Constance. And Tiny & Baby have Gabriel herself.”
Penny. “If I remember correctly Werna & my cousins are all ticklish on the soles of their feet it makes them want to go to the toilet.” Werna was the first to fall victim of the tinys tickling her feet with a feather. Shortly after the cousins all found they had an itch on their feet. Inga was still sleeping soundly after all the attempts at waking her.
Werna. “You need a lot of cold water or a bucket full of ice to awaken Inga. Rolling her down to that lake was super idea.” The tinys came back with buckets of crushed ice. Werna & Penny giggled when they realised the tinys intended putting Inga’s feet in the buckets of ice. They also ensured facecloths where covered in ice. Putting Inga’s feet in the ice buckets did the trick. Inga’s eyes shot open as the very cold cloths hit her face. “Sister our cousins have come to escort us to the breakfast room where our family awaits us.”
Inga looked down at her feet and the footwear she had apparently acquired. “So that is how you awoke me. I presume Werna told you I do not like cold water. Or at least I like to gradually immerse myself in it. Greta I have been thinking about what you said yesterday. If over 140 years have passed since the civil war in America then all those you fed in Trawden & Cottontree will have long since perished. Their children’s children could still live in the same area and some of them might have inherited certain traits from you. If so we could do with finding out if that is so and acting upon what we discover. Today is a tiny rest day on the beach. All we have to do is look after them and by the look of Penny feed them as well.”
This brought a giggle from the Tinys. The Titans quickly got ready and followed the tinys to the dining room.
Nena, “Welcome to the dining room Titans. We understand most of you needed the tiny alarm clocks. Penny I see you have already chosen your two tinys. They will in future be your personal ones. I doubt you will ever sleep in again. Inga we half expected you to be coming down wearing slippers of ice.”
Inga, “You all knew what was happening?”
Gaby, “Of course we all knew your father thought it was hilarious. Penny’s reaction was unexpected. Then I suppose her maternal instincts are kicking in. Dr Solomon spent a large portion of the night talking to your fathers about his new job. He was most concerned about genetic problems with having you all as his partners. We assured him only the Titan traits would ever remain.”
After breakfast the girls all went via the Sealift to the beach. Jenny and the team still had to go across to Harrogate. Draconaris looked across at the tinys. “I think I better stay here. You never know what trouble they will get into.”
The Tinys all headed to the beach nearest the lifeboat station and the ice-cream shop. There they claimed a large swathe of the beach before any other families staked their claim to it. Greta noticed the Tinys had split into smaller groups each one had at least one of the Titans in it. Greta walked over to the smaller group that consisted of Tiny, Wee-Wee and Baby. “Do you mind if I and my Tinys join this group?”
Gaby looked around. “It appears all the other groups have a Titan so you better join us. You two can stop playing at babies and help these construct the castle.”
Greta looked at the little spades the tinys were using. “Well if I am to help I need something a little bigger than one of those.” With that Greta left the beach and returned a short while later with four larger spades and buckets. “I got these flags for when we are finished. I also thought that as I was expected to dig you three could help me. So I got additional equipment for you all.”
Nena. “Actually we did initially have buckets & spades. Your sisters seamed to have acquired them though.”
Before long they had created their section of the castle. A little girl came up. “Please can I help? My brothers’ are over there flying their Kites. Mummy said you look about my age.”
Greta looked across at the woman and waved to her. She came across. “Sorry I hope Isolde is not being a pest. My name is Isadora and those are my sons flying their kites. I am trying to make this a happy time for them. The doctors have told me they will not see the year our. Isolde is too young to understand soon she will be alone.”
Wee-Wee. “Isolde has shared her bucket of nice shells and stones with us. If she wants to play with us that is ok. She and you will even the teams up as we are competing against my sisters and cousins.”
One of the boys came running up. “Mum those girls want us to help dig the moat between the castles. All those little girls gave us a kiss for helping them.”
Tiny. “In that case you both can have a kiss, ice-cream and drink if you help us as we are the top group.”
Nena looked at Gaby who made no attempt at stopping the Tiny’s from kissing the boys. Draconaris noticed and came across. “Is everything ok Gabriel?”
“Yes all is ok we need some extra ice creams and drinks. Isadora here has been telling me her woes which have now been resolved. Isolde missed a kiss girls, so perhaps you better take her round your sisters so she has the same as her brothers. Then inform them all grandpa Draconaris wishes to buy them all an ice-cream and drink.”
Greta took hold of Isolde’s hand and led her round the others. “Gabriel sent me round with Isolde so that you may give her a kiss like you did with her brothers.”
It was Penny who went. “Oh Gabriel is she mad with the tinys?”
Isolde, “My brothers helped you out and you paid them with a kiss. What could be wrong with that?”
Penny. “On nothing is wrong if Gabriel sent you for a kiss.”
“Is Gabriel your older sister? My brothers tell me what to do. They said go and play with those tiny girls they are young like you.”
Penny. “I bet they did not tell you they fell into one of our moats and started to cry. The Tiny’s were very cross with them and made them dig out the remainder of the moat.”
Isolde. “Sometimes I pretend they are my sisters and we do things together. Mummy thinks I do not understand. I heard what the doctor said to mum. I learned my alphabet and according to the doctors my brothers would be ok if they had an X but they have a Y. All the doctor needs to do is alter the Y to an X and then my brothers will not die.”
Penny flicked her fingers and the tinys all kissed Isolde. “I think Isolde you should tell your mummy & Gabriel that all the boys need is the Y changed to an X. In fact we will come for our ice-cream and drink.”
As they came for their ice-cream the tide came in and flooded the moats. The castle nearest the sea soon collapsed back into the beach. Gradually some of the others also went the same way. Isolde looked at some of the other girls. They where very skinny and tall with blond hair and blue eyes. “Hello I have been playing with your little sisters. Do you like to dance? I do.”
Aurora. “Hello I see you have been playing with some of my daughters.”
“Yes and they have been playing with the twins and kissed them better when they fell onto their moat. Opps I was not suppose to tell I knew. Do you want to see my new doll? Mummy is looking after it for me so I do not loose her on the beach. I bought her with my spending money and the boys got the kites.”
“Yes Isolde I would love to see your new doll.”
“Mummy can I have my new doll to show my little friends’ mummy? This is Titania that is what I called her. She looks like the fairy queen so I named her after the fairy Queen. Look there are pictures of her in my book. She had different names depending on what time of year it is. See her wings come out of those little bumps on her back. I have the other outfits for when she changes her name. Would you like to help me change her into the different outfits?”
“Yes I will sit here and help you.”
“That outfit is her best one when she calls all the fairies to a meeting.”
“Yes Isolde that looks like the Queen of the heavens gown and tiara.”
Isolde kisses the doll that now was dressed as the Queen of the heavens. “Please can you help the twins so they are no longer sick and can you help mummy as a week ago she started growing bumps on her shoulder. She also has those funny spots behind her ears.”
Isadora. “I did not realise she had spotted the spots behind my ears. As for the lumps on my back they have the doctors puzzled what is causing them.”
Isolde. “Mummy you must be turning into a fairy like my doll.”
By now all the fae had sat down on the ground the doll was being passed round them all. The doll eventually reached Gabriel. As it reached Gabriel Rombald and Oberon came back.
Isolde. “You two are tall can you stretch all the way to heaven and tell the Queen of the heavens that Isolde would like her help if she is not too busy doing things that Queens do.”
Oberon looked across at Draconaris. “Brother this child needs to find the Queen of the heavens.”
Draconaris. “I believe she is rather busy at the moment. She is surrounded by lots of children and they all want her attention.”
Isolde climbed up on to Gabriel’s knee to retrieve her doll and then fell asleep in her arms. Isadora looked at her watch. “Bang on time she always needs a rest around this time. She will sleep for an hour. Pass her back and I will hold her until she awakes.”
Gaby. “No she can stay here. I am having a rest day today myself. Did Isolde say you have recently started growing bumps on your shoulder blades?”
“Yes the doctors are puzzled by them. They thought these looked like gills on a fish. They were going to do more tests on me when we return from our holiday in Scarborough.”
There was some “Oh’s” as Isadora showed the group her lumps and spots.
Aurora. “It is obvious you have no idea what you have there or you would not have told us. The doctors are correct those are gills and you appear to be a Princess of the Sea. However those lumps also denote you as a Princess of the Air. It seams strange that they have only appeared recently. Have you previously met any fae? And the children’s father what about him?”
Isadora.”The children’s father is a puzzle to me and my sister. Neither of us had been with any man. The lady at the DHSS questioned me for ages and then had me take a polygraph test. In the end she wrote must have been a victim of a rape drug as she has no memory of who the father is. I do not drink and certainly never went with any man. Our late great grandma told us stories of how a stranger turned up at her home when she was but a baby. The stranger fed the children of our family so they did not starve then eventually the stranger went away. We still live in great Granny’s home at Trawden in Lancashire as there is only the two of us and our children now.”
On this bit of information Greta picked Isadora up and dashed to the sea. “Sorry about this, but there is something I must know. Just hold on to me. Keep your arms around my neck and lift your legs up. ”
“Oh I a fishy tail now. What is happening to me? Oh I have my legs back now they are out of the water.”
“Now whilst we are facing seaward I will hold on to your legs and I want you to stretch out your arms until they are level with your shoulders and then bring them up as if you where a tree. It appears the child was correct and you are still a bit of a puzzle. Can you think back same as the Lady at the Dhss asked you to do? This time I want you to think of what you and your sister did around that time.”
“Well we went to watch a triathlon. There was a young boy entered called Drew Bond. He won the competition & we both got kisses from him. He was very wet after running, Cycling and swimming.”
Greta. “I have a further question. How long ago did the bumps and gills appear?”
Isadora. “That is easy it was about 18 days ago. The boys though have been ill for a long time. The doctors do not expect them to live to Christmas and then there will only be Isolde.”
Greta continued to hold Isadora firmly as she was sobbing away. Greta carried her to the beach and the waiting group. “Her Gills and wings only appeared 18 days ago. So that she must have some of my genes and those of an immature fae. That Fay must have come online 18 days ago. As for the boys their problem should be resolved soon now their mother has developed. I still have to go to Trawden tomorrow as the other sister could be similar.”
Isolde. “That is where I live. I could come and show you my home. Why is mummy crying? It was not the bad man again was it. He hurt mummy and Aunty.”
Neptune appeared. “Hello my grand daughters told me you had a fairy doll so I brought you a mermaid doll. So a bad man hurt your mummy can you tell me about it?”
“Well we had just got back from shopping in Colne. We noticed this smartly dressed stranger looking at the houses along our row. Mum asked if she could help him. He said he was looking for somebody. One minute he was nice and having a drink with us and then he turned nasty. He whipped mummy & Aunty on their backs until they bled. He said, he wanted the Sprogs of Greta. Well mummy & Aunty had never heard of anybody by that name. I think he told Mum & Aunt they had to call him Master Luke or something similar.”
Greta placed Isadora on a towel and then looked at her back. Rombald spoke. “Mistress I think we should not wait as he will return again. I suggest we take Greta and Isolde to collect her aunt and cousins. We can not permit them to live alone there while he is about.”
Gaby. “Isolde Master Luke or whatever his name is will pay for the whipping you and your sister received from him, I promise you that. Draconaris and Neptune along with a few others want a word with the Master Luke.”
Brigid knelt down and rubbed some balm into the wounds. “Sleep child I will also go with them as will Lucinder.”
Greta placed Isolde on her shoulder and they headed for the St Petersburg. Draconaris shouted out an order and a second helicopter full of troops followed them. What would have taken at least 2 hours on the road took only 15 minutes in the air.
The Master actually saw the helicopters land but he was busy double checking his facts in the churchyard. The next time he looked the helicopters had gone. He continued to look and read the gravestones. Some seamed to have lived a very long time, but they had still ended up in the cemetery. The vicar of the church asked if he could help.
“I wanted to check the grave records for a relation of mine who may be buried here. Or at least I was led to believe they could be here.”
The vicar brought the grave books. Loki soon found what he was looking for. They all had lived a long-time, but all had died. He was as mad as anything his information was not correct. He set off down the hill and noticed the house where the girls lived was boarded up.
An old crone from across the street spoke. “You have just missed them. Men in army uniform came with guns and took the family away. They did it very quickly. I thought they were such a nice family. The woman in Red appeared to be giving the orders. Do you think they were one of these terrorist groups you hear about? Perhaps their house might go boom.”
“Was the lady wearing an all in one Red jump suit?”
“Well I do not know what you call it. The boots she wore appeared to be part of the suit. She will have had to undress to go to the toilet. I thought what she wore was not very practical.”
Loki grinned, “Well Lucinder it appears you also have an interest in them perhaps I should pay you a visit, and see if we can come to an arrangement.”
50 minutes after leaving the group was back at the beach.
“Aunty Issy, Aunty Issy we are here. The Red lady said you needed our help so we have come to help you.”
“I was having such a strange dream. I think my dream though was not a dream. Is your mother here girl?”
“Yes the yellow lady was rubbing something into her marks on her back.”
Issy walked across to her sister and hugged her. “Samantha you said help would find us if we needed it. Apparently you must have been prepared for us as you had your cases packed before they got to you.”
“I was bringing the girls to meet you as I decided that loony man might come back. I did not want to stay there alone. I was scared at first when I saw the soldiers until I saw Isolde, and realised this must be the help that was promised. I noticed the White Rose on the Helicopters & I realised the troops must be official. I also thought you would not allow Isolde to go with strangers unless you trusted them. I had to come when I saw Isolde with apparent strangers.”
Gabriel looked at the two young women. “I remember you two you both hugged and kissed me when I entered and won the Triathlon. What can you tell us about this man who hurt you both?”
“Well we will try but I doubt we can tell you any more than what you have been told. We had just got off the bus and noticed a stranger walking up and down our row of houses. He appeared to be smartly dressed. We asked if we could help him. He came and had a drink of tea with us. He asked us some questions. He was looking for somebody who would be very old in our village. He got nasty when we told him there was nobody who fitted the profile he had. Well Isadora was due to go on her holiday & I told her to take the children & go. Then I had second thoughts and decided to join her so we packed our bags. As we left I noticed the bad man was in the church yard looking at gravestones. He appeared to be looking for somebody who was dead. He only got mad when he realised we could not help.”
Lucinder. “Well Agatha the Sea witch did her job. He did not recognise her and thought she was an old crone. By now he should be making his way to my realm. He though will get no satisfaction there as my helpers do not know where I am. The imps have been given permission to give him a nip or two until he leaves my realm.”
Gabriel. “Neptune & Oberon I expect the two of you to take joint care of these two young ladies. The children will also call Draconaris & Rombald Grandpa. I also think I know who the father of the children is. I am getting rather hungry. So I think we will go across to the Harbour fish restaurant.”
Nena. “Oberon & Neptune you both may like to order the specials for yourselves like your brothers & Titan Nieces. Us lesser Fae will order one to share.” With that they all took a seat. Before long the waitress arrived. She took the order from Oberon and he followed the advice given. Isolde found she was sat at a table with Gaby, Nena, Greta, and Brigid & Lucinder. There were also two vacant seats at the side of her.
Then she noticed Baby & Tiny scrambling on to them. Tiny gave the order & that she would like a special for 3 to share at. Greta ordered one for herself while the others ordered 2 to share. There was much joking during the meal. Shortly after they had finished the meal there was fire works in the sky.
Isolde. “Somebody is letting fireworks off in the daytime out at sea. Look there are men running to the lifeboat station. There is a tractor taking the lifeboat down to the sea.”
Neptune. “Gabriel I think the services of my daughters may be needed. I will ask the waitress if she knows what is going on.”
“Yes sir I know our chef has just gone to help. The cruise liner the Viking with 2000 people on board has been struck by another ship and is sinking fast. They have put out an all ship alert.”
Neptune and his daughters were off like a shot. They crossed to the harbour and boarded the helicopter. “Captain to the wreck as fast as you can.” Some of the other family members went to the warships in the harbour. Gaby along with her table went to the Yorkist.
Captain David. “There are many injuries. So far the Viking is still afloat the helicopters might be needed to take the injured to hospital. One has already gone with the Old Man and a team of girls. The sea was relatively calm and the Yorkist managed to get to the accident scene before the lifeboat. They started to pick up people who had fallen into the sea. As they watched the stern lifted up into the air and then the ship plummeted down to the depths of the North Sea. Other ships arrived and took on those in the lifeboats. The Yorkist off loaded their guests to one of the larger ships. Which then made for the port of Scarborough? Gaby then spotted Neptune surface. He signalled to them.
Captain David took the Yorkist across to him. Captain David was shocked as girls popped up out of the water each carrying a bundle. Isolde followed the example of the others and took a baby off the ladies. They dived back into the water and came back with a stunned woman. Captain David helped lift her into the ship and then started AR on her. A short while later she gave a cough and out of her mouth came some sea water. They wrapped the woman in blankets and the children in towels.
Isolde. “This lady must be my aunt look she has spots behind her ears like mum.”
Neptune. “David can you stop the ship I have spotted something that needs investigating.
Back on shore the survivors were receiving first aid at Scarborough General Hospital. Some of the more seriously injured got transferred to other nearby hospitals.
Alan De Merle was the chief reporter with the Scarborough News. He went to the hospital to get a report off somebody about what had happened. He soon found a very wet crew man from the Viking.
“Well sir it was foggy or at least a sea mist had descended. We where preparing to call in to Scarborough. Now that the port has been enlarged. I heard a siren and the bump threw me into the sea. Then the mist cleared and I could see the ship was sinking. The helicopter was first on the scene a man & some girls dived into the sea and started to help some people into the life rafts. Then the Yorkist arrived and they started picking up those still in the sea. They then transferred the people to some of the other ships that arrived on the scene. The Yorkist was still on the scene of the accident when the other ships brought me here.”
The reported got similar reports from other survivors. He headed back to the office to get his report in. He prepared it and the editor read it and instructed him to get down to the Harbour and interview the crew of the Yorkist. The Yorkist was still at sea when he got down to the harbour. The lifeboat was being hauled back into the Lifeboat house by the tractor. The reporter decided to interview the crew.
Lifeboat Captain. “The Yorkist managed to get to the site of the collision before us. They where picking up people thrown into the sea. They off loaded some to us and the other ships. Before you ask I can confirm the Yorkist appeared to be crewed by her majesty Queen Gabriel & friends.”
The reporter dictated his latest report to the paper.
The Editor. “Are you sure about the facts?”
“Well the captain of the Lifeboat said it was crewed by Queen Gabriel & Friends. Sir it is her personal run-around and even if she was not on board some of the other princesses must have been.”
On board the Yorkist the young woman opened her eyes. “Oh my babies are they all ok?
Captain David looked at the young woman. “We thought we had lost you. I had to give you AR. The girls are looking after your babies.”
“Oh so you breathed air into me. I am not the most normal of females. It was the bump that knocked me out.”
Greta. “David only discovered your gills after he gave you AR. As look would have it he is immune to most of your charms. You though might find you are expecting again. Now my cousins are feeding your babies. Uncle Neptune wants a word with you.”
“Oh he is real then. I thought Ariel was still in a different world. I found her years ago on the sea shore. She had a head injury. I took her to the local clinic in Rotterdam. She told them she was swimming and received an injury from a jet ski. They bandaged her up and I took her to my home. I tended to her wounds. As you will have gathered by now I was Male at the time. One day Ariel was fit and left. I never saw her again although I thought I had spotted her in the sea. I realised I must be dreaming because I was a long way out at sea at the time.”
After Ariel left I missed her greatly. I did my job as a male. However I took to dressing in her clothing she had left behind once I was home. I started to notice changes to my body. All my body hair vanished and the hair on my head changed to blonde. Then I went to the doctor who did a blood test on me. He informed me my body was destroying my Y chromosome and replacing it with an X chromosome. The doctor sent me to see a gender specialist. He informed me that I appeared to be like certain fishes that can change sex from male to Female. The doctor gave me a certificate that allowed me to change my documents. I got some teasing at work from some of the staff. I had to explain it was my body that had a problem and was changing me. One of the men said, he kept guppies and the same thing happened to them and other live bearers he kept in tanks. We soon became great friends. We kissed but never had sex. I had booked a holiday to England. After the ship set sail I started to look like a beached whale. I lay down in the cabin & thought I could hear Ariel. The next minute there was a great pain in my tummy and I thought I was going to break wind. I must have passed out and when I awoke next I had a cabin full of tiny girls. Shortly after that our ship collided with a large ship and I was knocked out.”
Neptune. “I take it that you had no idea that the girl you helped was a maid of the Sea.”
“Sir to be honest I thought she was delirious when I heard her talking in her sleep asking for her father Neptune. I also would have liked her as my wife.”
Neptune. “Ah that explains a few things. When she returned home her mind was all over the place as she kept saying I have to get back to Charles. Then she kept passing out. It was also Ariel who led us to you. There was only one reason she could be sure you were there. Mermaids are super swimmers and divers. Ariel knew exactly where you happened to be on the ship.”
“I go by the name of Charlotte these days sir after I changed. I presume somehow I got infected by Ariel. All I ever did was kiss her. I never went any further I can assure you of that sir.”
Gaby. “Neptune and his daughters all know about you and what you did for Ariel. Ariel left because she was in love with you. She realised that you were getting closer and what would happen should you ever make love to her. She did not envisage you wearing her clothes. However I have to ask you some personal questions. This man with the tropical fish has you ever kissed & cuddled with him or gone any further with him or any other person?”
Charlotte. “No we never did anything. I still tend to think of myself as male. How the little ones came about I do not know. I certainly never had sex either as male or female.”
Ariel. “We when in the sea do not wear clothing. I presume the clothing you wore because you missed me had my essence on and that transformed you. Had you embraced me in the water I would have been pregnant & you would have become my sister instantly. I presume wearing my clothing had a similar effect on you over a prolonged period. As you became more female your male cells got replaced with my cells. In effect you made yourself pregnant as you changed.”
Nena. “It looks like you will have to join our special club. We are nearly back in Scarborough.”
“All my clothing and money has gone down with the ship.”
Neptune. “It appears I have acquired another daughter and several grand daughters. As for your clothing I presume Ariel & sisters will let you borrow a few items until we get you a new wardrobe.”
Gaby. “We should have some dry clothing on board for you and your sisters as none of you can come off in your wet clothing. Everybody laughed when I had these lockers filled with extra clothing. I will have to remember to get them restocked. Once we get ashore I think it is time we got you Charlotte and the babies a wardrobe.”
David took the Yorkist into the harbour and there appeared to be a crowd waiting. For her to dock. The reporter Alan De Merle was among those waiting. “Your majesty Queen Gabriel we understood you had been helping in the search.”
“Yes I had just finished eating my lunch when we saw the distress flares. Some of my companions who are good swimmers went off in one of the helicopters. While I went with another group to the Yorkist. As luck would have it we got there before the Lifeboat. We started picking up people who had got thrown into the North Sea. Some of my friends managed to recover several people who got knocked out by the impact. We off loaded those people we recovered on to larger ships. The helicopter continued to search the area and as far as we know everybody has been recovered. We also had to collect my friends who dived into the North Sea from the Helicopter.”
David Starky took hold of Gabriel. “I think her majesty has had a long enough interview. If you have anymore questions she will be glad to answer them at the Royal.”
The Rolls Royce drew up alongside the Yorkist and Gabriel got in it along with the Captain.
“Gaby what is this about me being immune to mermaids?”
“Ah well it is true in a way. You already are infected with Fae blood. As to how long you will remain male I have no idea. So it might be a good idea to bring your marriage forward.”
The driver spoke. “Well since meeting you all in Harrogate I have had an interesting time.”
“Lucinder I was thinking about you. I looked up Egyptian goddess of Truth. Guess what I discovered she is called Ma’at & according to the history books she is the daughter or Ra. She apparently was feared by most of the other gods for the way she brought balance and Justice.
“Ok so Dr Payne found a temple of Ma’at in his digging. Those references to King Arthur sure put all those know alls in a panic. They have been swatting over their history books to see it those times were the same? As for the academics they have only just realised what was discovered. There will be an official announcement tomorrow. Dr Payne will have to go back to Egypt for the official opening of the new temple.”
David. “I am more up on the Celtic and Roman gods. There are some of the Egyptian gods I have heard about Like Ra, Horus, and Troth. Isis & Set. The last one had a nasty reputation. Is Ma’at the same as Justice? Or is it a different god all together?”
“David across the planet I go by many different names. Those are just two of my many names. As for Set he has always been my opposite number. While he may not intend for evil to come from his acts it usually does. That is why he is the desert god of storms and chaos. After he killed his older brother Osiris and dismembered him he became the enemy of Isis and Horus.”
“So Set could almost be like Loki of the Germanic gods who killed Balder. Now if you exist then the Barguest could also exist. Quite a while ago a passenger on what was my boat was telling me that he lived near Appletreewick and they had legends of fairy rings and the Barguest. He informed me the Barguest was one of Odin’s killer dogs or to be more precise a Hell Hound.”
Gaby chuckled. “Lucinder the car can go in the multi-storey at the Brunswick centre. David you can accompany us. The others will have taken Charlotte shopping.” They soon found Neptune, Oberon & Rombald sat down in the centre chatting away. “Hi Uncles we have shaken off the press and brought David shopping for his wedding attire. He wants to go Hell Hound hunting at a place called Trollers Ghyll.”
Isadora. “Did I just hear you mention the Barguest? Please do not go looking for it. If you do then you need charms to protect you.”
Oberon. “David will be safe enough if I am there. The Hell hounds are supernatural creatures and will obey me or my brothers. After spending some time shopping the Tinys wanted to return to the beach. By now the tide had turned and was going out again. Sadly only the sandcastle Gaby’s group had made was still standing. Some of the others there was still a trace of. As not all of the tide had gone out the girls worked on the top sections and they followed the tide as it retreated.
Charlotte looked at the tinys quite happy all playing away on the sands. “Gabriel did they all change to be Tinys like I changed to a Mer”
Wee-Wee who appeared to be happily playing in the sands spoke. “Some of us where born tiny to the grand daughters of Lord Draco. Others where females who wished to be his companions. Some are the daughters of Lord Oberon. Those with the bright red hair are all his daughters regardless of if they tall and skinny or just small.”
Nena. “Charlotte this group started out as a bonding exercise for the Team Appolonaris. Most of the juniors and a large number of the seniors did not realise they had Royal Bloodlines or that they also had fae blood in them. The bringing together of the group must have triggered something. Your changes started at the same time we were united.”
“My doctor in Holland thought I had got hold of illegal hormones and was altering myself. He asked me outright if I was a transsexual who was using hormones and did not know how to ask him. He even arranged for me to take a polygraph test and that showed I was telling the truth. I was sent for a battery of tests. After I got the results that only told me what I already knew. I got a compelling feeling to come to Scarborough. I did not know why.”
Greta. “I was about 300 miles away in Scotland. You felt the pull of the Fae magic like I did. The Fae large or small are still coming to meet their Queen & Empress. I also got a mate out of the deal as did my sisters and cousins. You though had already chosen your mate long before you changed. Look here comes your mate cousin Ariel with your army of daughters. If you are thinking that cannot be they were only babies a short while ago. Mer babies grow rapidly once they have tastes Mer milk.”
“Mummy, Mummy aunt Ariel says we can play with our tiny cousins and help them build the sandcastle. The old man has gone with Aunt Lorelie to get us all we need. Apparently today is called a play with the tinys day.”
Ariel. “I am sorry. I was hoping that I had not infected you. That is why I left you. I and my sisters felt you come on line. I then knew I had to collect you.”
Charlotte. “Ariel there is still a tiny bit of my mind that is male and it still wants to embrace you. That male bit still in my mind also prevents me from looking at males as partners. I look at you and all I want to do is sleep with you.”
Greta giggled. “You still have a bad case of Arielitis like I got a bad case of Solomonitis. I managed to cure my case of Solomonitis.”
Charlotte looked across at Dr Solomon’s. “I think I heard you talk on standing stones at Amsterdam University sir. There are several sites I would like visit while over here. Will you also change like I did, by consorting with the daughters of Titans?”
Greta. “No Sam is quite safe at the moment. He has too many of us who require his services. He will discover he is aging a lot slower than normal mortals and his stamina & strength will increase with time. Shortly it will be Inga’s turn. Gaby Dr Payne asked me about borrowing a helicopter. Apparently she has just heard some news from a friend in Skipton concerning standing stones and a stone circle at Bradup on Rombald’s Moor.”
Sam. “I would like to go tomorrow with her and check the site out if that is possible.”
Gaby. “Those who wish to stay here and play on the beach again can. However I and my father along with the two doctors, Oberon & any who wish to come will go to the sites David & the doctors wish to visit.”
Draconaris. “Hello I need to speak to all the tinys. I noticed Ken Diddy is on at the Futurist theatre tonight. Who would like to go to the show?”
There was a united reply of, “Me, Me, Me.”
“In that case it is a good job I bought lots of tickets.”
Tinkerbell one of Oberon’s daughters. “Uncle Draconaris are we also invited or is the offer open to only the Tinys?”
“Tinkerbell we all will be going. You and your sisters might have to sit with the tinys as I could not get us all together. You and the tinys will be in the stalls while the rest of us will be in the Boxes and balcony. So I expect you to look after them all as if they were all your little sisters.”
Meanwhile in Thailand.
The adverts on the internet had attracted a lot of interest in Europe and America. The Hospitals in Puket were being kept busy with enquiries about the new procedure. They were all told the same story that they would become complete child bearing women with the new procedure. They also got some enquiries from others who had previously undergone surgery to change sex. They were informed by the hospitals they could be dealt with immediately for a slightly cheaper price. Plane after plane landed bringing much needed Dollars and Euros to Siam.
The Mikado and group had left Thailand. The great liners that carried them had made good time and they found themselves in the Gulf of Aden. They were making for the former British protectorate of Aden. Aden would be the last stop before they sailed into the Red Sea and then the Suez Canal. A pilot boat came out to guide them into the port of Aden.
As the great liners got closer they could see three flags were flying. The flags of Northumbria, Nippon & Yemen all flew side by side. In the VIP lounge members of the ruling Yemen government waited bedecked in the traditional garb of an Arab country. The stop in Aden was only very short before the liners sailed into the Red Sea. However the Mikado had all his people instructed in the correct way to behave in an Arab country.
One of the major differences the Princesses noticed straight away was that the Yellow & Brown races of Asia had been replaced with the Black & White races. The Mikado was offered a tray with two sheep’s eyes on it. He took them and promptly swallowed them. The Arab princes were delighted he had not refused them. All too soon the short break was over and the group continued on their journey.
After they had left the sheik called his daughters. “Well what did you learn?”
“Well they are all the brides of a dragon lord. There are at least a thousand of them. Some have already been sent by air. They tried to be proper and correct. One of the Princesses was heard to say. Those outfits those girls wear are very pretty I wish I had one like that. Another said those girls in those outfits would make good companions for the dragon lord. Another of my sisters heard the girls talk that Isis and Ma’at had turned up in the North of England.”
At this news the sheiks present all paled. “Father what is wrong?”
“Our ancestors did not make any deals with the Dragon lords. They did though make a deal with certain gods to protect them from the Lord of Storm & chaos also known as Set or Seti. Then other ancestors became Muslims and worshiped the one.”
“Father from what the girl’s say even those goddesses kneel before the divine child.”
The Sheiks called the Imam and asked for the interpretation of the divine child. The Imam smiled. To Jew, Christian or Muslim the meaning is the same. I suggest you my princes send the tribute required to the divine child. And thus ensure our protection from the worshipers of Seti.
In China the government had looked at the area suggested by the Mikado’s’ doctors. They discovered some towns had a 50-50 male to female ratio while others had a 90-10 ratio. They sent a medical team into that area and at the same time they started broadcasting that the government had started a dating and marriage agency for single people. One of the stipulations was applicants had to have a full medical before they were allowed going on the register. There was a bonus in that the government would give any couple who got married through their agency a cash hand out to start them out on their new life together.
The government though had chosen the town because of a factory and the effects working there had on the male staff. Not one of these males was married and so they would be the first of the general population to get transformed after coming in contact with hormones for a considerable time. The doctors reported all 4000 males working there had been transformed and were now on the books of the marriage agency. They also informed the government that there would now be 4000 jobs going at the factory and they would check the new staff in four months time.
Back in Scarborough at the Royal.
Gabriel & Nena along with the others had eaten their evening meal and had gone to their apartments to change. The Tinys along with their Fae sisters all wore gowns of green satin. While the daughters of Neptune all wore blue gowns. Ally found she was also in a green dress. Brigid, daughters & sisters were all in Yellow with the Exception of Lucinder who stuck to bright red. Kiko and her sisters all wore a traditional Kimono. The groups made for the sea lift and descended down to the sea front and the Futurist theatre. Two of Ken’s diddy men were watching the audience arrive through a peep hole. They both dashed off to see Ken while two more diddy's took their place.
“Ken, Ken, Ken we have a full house tonight even the Royal box is taken. You will never guess what I saw going into the audience and they are sitting in the front stalls.” Ken switched on the close circuit television he had in his room.
“Oh I see we have a sea of Tinys. It appears we also have the Queen of Northumbria and the two princesses of York. We had best put on a good show tonight.”
Wee-Wee had gone into the stalls with Constance was sat on her knee.
At the start of the show the National Anthem of Northumbria was played. All the Audience stood with the exception of Gabriel.
Ken came on with his Diddy men. “Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen. Tonight is a special night for me as I noticed Queen Gabriel is present along with a selection of Princesses. My Diddymen are also excited as the Diddy Queen had come all the way from her home in Knotty ash and by the look of it she has brought all the Diddy’s from the treacle mines.” The spotlight pans to Gabriel and then to Wee-Wee who waved to the audience. “Now I was informed there was another 2 very small Diddy Queens in the Audience. Will all of you come down here please?”
Wee-Wee. “Actually there are four of us now as Tiddler is with us.” The four all dressed alike walked to the stage and clamoured up the steps.
One of Ken’s diddymen held out a microphone.
“Tell me how you are enjoying your holiday in Scarborough,”
Tiddler. “I am having a great time with my sisters and cousins. We have to make sure the giants you have here do not stomp on us.”
“Giants? We have no giants here.”
Wee-Wee. “The diddy king is a giant in comparison to us as we are only Tinys.” This brought laughter from the audience.
“So what have you been doing today?”
Baby. “Well we have had a busy day. We played on the beach and built sandcastles but the tide washed them away. We went to a café and to the shops then we went back to the beach after the tide turned.”
“We saw the fireworks and then Queen Gabriel left in the Yorkist to help the poor people in the sinking ship.”
(Note the Barguest is reputed to roam the area of Trollers Ghyll near Appletreewick in Yorkshire and is supposed to be a harbinger of death. There are reports of a dog and a pack of dogs that are black with shaggy coats and bright red eyes roaming that area. The area they roam is close to Devil’s Bridge where the devil is said to claim a number of souls’ every so often in payment for building the bridge.)
