Archive of Our Own

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The streets of the faerie kingdom were bustling with people on this rather busy day. Everywhere you would look you could see countless faerie cookies doing their daily tasks with grace. Because it was a Thursday all the silver tree knights were out on duty, their silver armour was glistering in the light of the moon.

For the faeries, this was a normal and comforting sight to see, but for two cookies it felt like they were walking around with a dagger to their throats, ready to be killed the second they made a wrong move.

Neither of the cookies felt safe at the moment; they wondered why they had chosen this day for their arrival. But, no time to complain about it, they were here for one reason: to gather information and spread lies.
While both of them had decided that it would be better to get used to the kingdom first and not immediately start spreading lies, it became clear that it was too busy to calmly settle.

“Oh, it is so busy here” the smaller cookie said as she kept her voice low.

The taller cookie nodded but he didn’t look at her, his gaze was focused on the silver tree knights that had been eying them ever since they set foot in the kingdom.
They had come here in order of their master. Usually, he wouldn’t go on missions but right now he was forced to go.

The smaller cookie her shoulders were slumped as she tried to keep herself small. Her usual energetic behaviour was nowhere to be found.
The taller cookie finally lowered his gaze to look at her.
The disguise was working well, he could barely recognise her. Right now she was apple faerie cookie and not candy apple cookie.
He himself also had a disguise but he felt like it was much more out of place than the one of his companion. While she actually looked like a faerie cookie he could easily be seen as an outsider.

Candy Apple Cookie sighed as she took another step. She had already been here before, why had the older cookie insisted on taking a look around the kingdom first? Yes, it had been a while since she was last in this magical kingdom full of faeries but nothing had changed!

“Black sapphire cookie, can we take a break, my feet hurt” candy apple cookie said to her companion who once again turned his head to look at her.

“Don’t say my name out loud” he hissed at the cookie. Candy Apple Cookie already had a name for her disguise but he hadn’t chosen one so far. Not that his disguise was any good anyway, any cookie who took their time to take a good look at him would notice the lack of wings.

Candy apple cookie rolled her eyes at black sapphire cookie his complaint. She didn’t understand why he was being so careful, after all she knew that the faerie cookies mostly minded their own business. The secret folk wasn’t too keen on knowing other cookies their personal life or their conversations.

“But, yes, we can take a break once we find a suitable place to sit.” Black sapphire cookie said as he slowed down his pace to accommodate the steps of his younger companion.
Candy Apple Cookie let out a sigh of relief, her feet were killing her after all the walking they had done. She knew that it was because of the disguise it’s shoes, they were shoes of pure metal but they weren’t exactly comfortable.

As the duo continued to talk over the busy marketplace candy apple cookie her mind started wandering to her own private island inside of her head. She was looking at the ground and everything around her seemed to fade away. But she kept walking, following her older companion as he knew where they had to go.

She was getting quite annoyed with the fact that they had made zero progress in their mission so far. Normally they would have spread at least one rumour in the first hour of being in a new kingdom.

The smaller cookie kicked a small pebble that was lying on the ground and she watched as it hit a faerie cookie right on his wings.
The faerie Cooke had hissed in pain for a few seconds before looking around trying to find the cookie who had done it, but luckily for Candy Apple Cookie the marketplace was too busy so he gave up and continued his walk.

Black sapphire cookie was watching it all happen, the cookie had a grayish dough colour and eyes as blue as the sea. He also looked like someone not to mess with. He looked at Candy Apple Cookie who was avoiding his gaze.

“You really have to be more careful, you’re going to get us caught if you keep acting like this,” black sapphire cookie said in a stern tone, candy apple cookie kept avoiding his gaze and focused her gaze on a nearby stall filled with flowers and herbs.

The purple doughed cookie looked in front of him again and the pinkish doughed cookie let out a breath she didn’t realise she had been holding this entire time.

They continued to walk but their pace became significantly slower over time, their feet were starting to hurt, and every step they took felt like they were dragging boulders with them.
Black sapphire cookie never had a great stamina so he had to slow down his pace first, candy apple cookie only followed because she didn’t want to lose him in the busy crowd.

He kept looking around in the hopes of finding a place to rest, after all they had been walking for hours with no further steps taken in their plan. Taking a break wouldn’t hurt. He then saw an empty bench on top of a hill, he grabbed candy apple cookie by her hand and started dragging her with him, bumping into quite a few faerie cookies in the process.

“What are you doing!” Candy apple cookie said as she tried to get her stance back onto the ground but to no avail, she wasn’t able to do it.

“Dragging you to a bench obviously” black sapphire cookie said as he let go of her and started climbing the hill.
Candy Apple Cookie rolled her eyes and followed right behind him. The hill was rather steep but somehow it was still climbable.

The smaller cookie easily bypassed her companion and arrived at the top first, immediately taking place on the silver bench. Black sapphire cookie followed suit and let out a sigh of relief when he sat down. His feet were killing him, not having wings sucked, he now understood how candy apple cookie felt in her early years at the spire.

They both sat next to each other without saying a single word, the silence was unusual but they welcomed it with open arms.
Both of them were observing the faerie cookies flying and walking around. Candy Apple Cookie was the one who was the most observant, not in a good way though, she made snarky comments about the way they moved and looked.

Black sapphire cookie on the other hand was observing their behavior and taking mental notes, this was his first time going on this big of a mission. Sure, he had done small missions before but that was only to collect rumors and not spread them, that was candy apple cookie her part of the job. He had to admit that he did not dislike this. He may be tired and his feet were protesting against him but he was away from the spire and he would be for quite a while.

Candy apple cookie kept rambling on about how badly the faerie cookies were dressed and how ridiculous they talked. Black sapphire cookie wasn’t really listening, he was just nodding along hoping that his companion wouldn’t notice it.

After a while, he heard her stomach growl. He didn’t even have to say anything about it and the younger cookie had already jumped back on her feet.

“I'm going to look for something to eat, you stay here!” She said in a warning tone, the taller cookie just nodded and rolled his eyes at her, of course he wouldn’t just walk away, he had no idea what this kingdom was exactly.

Candy Apple Cookie walked back to the path and before he knew it she disappeared into the busy crowd of faeries.

“Finally some peace and quiet” black sapphire cookie mumbled to himself, he leaned backwards and put his arms behind his neck to support it. He wasn’t worried about candy apple cookie, she had been here before and she was used to busy places, she could handle a marketplace full of cookies she deemed as ridiculous.

He almost started enjoying the silence a little too much before he saw a faerie cookie fly to the bench, great, that was just his luck.
The faerie cookie seemed rather familiar to him, he couldn’t place why, after all, he had only been here for a few hours.

“Do you mind if I sit here?” The faerie cookie asked, his voice was soft yet commanding, he had never heard something like it before.
Black sapphire cookie his mind told him to scream and say no but that would make him suspicious, after all he had observed that the faeries were a very tight-knit community.

“Uhh no, go ahead” black sapphire cookie said with uncertainty, he had no idea what to say or do. He sat up straight again and lowered his arms back to his side. Lucky for him the faerie cookie hadn’t noticed the uncertainty in his voice or the way his eyes avoided him.

They sat in silence but this silence wasn’t comfortable at all, it was tense and felt more like they were screaming at each other. Only after a few minutes black sapphire cookie realized that this was the faerie that got hit by the pebble candy apple cookie had kicked. This only made him more uncomfortable. He had no idea what to do. Should he make small talk? Or should he just be quiet?

Black sapphire cookie didn’t say anything until he heard the sound of soft sniffles next to him. Was that cookie really crying?
He started to fidget with the bracelet he was wearing before he decided it was time to speak up.

“Are you alright?” He asked, the faerie cookie quickly wiped away his tears before looking up, nodding to him with an obviously forced smile.

“Yes, I’m fine, it’s just that the yeast spores are really bad this time around.” He said. Black sapphire cookie just stared at him in confusion but he didn’t reply to it.
Where was Candy Apple Cookie when he needed her? She knew how to talk with faeries and not sound like an outsider right away. Sure he himself had a smooth voice and knew his way around cookies but he was no expert in cultures and conversation manners.

After a few more minutes of the uncomfortable silence black sapphire cookie spoke up once again.
“So.... may I have the pleasure of knowing your name?” He said, he turned to look at the faerie cookie and he gave him a charming smile.

“It’s Silverbell cookie, loyal silver tree knight of the faerie kingdom” the faerie said.
Black sapphire cookie felt the annoyance creeping into his dough, he had simply asked for his name, not his occupation. But it was nice to know that he couldn’t mess with this cookie.
He was too deeply lost in thought to say something else. He only snapped out of it when he heard the faerie, whose name turned out to be Silverbell, asked him a question.

“And your name is?” He asked. Black sapphire cookie his eyes widened slightly before they returned to their original state, he hadn’t thought about this, he surely couldn’t tell him his real name, he would know that he was a henchman of deceit himself, but he also hadn’t thought about a name for his faerie disguise.

He frantically looked around which gave him a weird look from Silverbell cookie.
He then spotted a stall selling fresh grapes.
“It’s purple grape cookie” He said with fake confidence, secretly hoping the other cookie would just take it and luckily he did.
Black sapphire cookie thought that he was done with the questions but of course, he wasn’t.

“Are you waiting on someone?” Silverbell cookie asked. Black sapphire cookie could feel himself getting more annoyed with him, he couldn’t show that of course, especially now that he knew that he was talking to a silver tree knight.

“Uhh, yes I’m waiting on my.... my.... sister.” Black sapphire cookie said with a nervous smile on his face, it was a poorly formed lie with way too much hesitation. He saw that the cookie next to him raised one of his eyebrows in suspicion, but he quickly dropped it. The greyish doughed cookie put his bow to his side and looked up at the dark sky filled with stars.

“I’m on my lunch break, but I never really eat lunch, the food here doesn’t exactly fit my diet” Silverbell cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie felt himself getting more and more annoyed with him, why was he telling him all this personal information he had no business knowing, were all faerie cookies this open? Cause if they were candy apple cookie had some explaining to do.

Candy apple cookie was walking on the busy market looking for something that looked edible enough to her. She hadn’t gotten lucky yet, all the food she had seen looked like it would give her food poisoning from just smelling it. She was still quite hungry and the fact that she was in enemy territory wasn’t helping it. Usually, she would know her way around but it felt like in the time she was gone the faeries had decided to reconstruct the entire place.

Nevertheless, she continued to look for food. She passed by a small open field where young faerie cookies were flying around. Candy apple cookie scoffed, why were they flying if they had a perfectly good ground to walk on? Maybe she was jealous, after all, her wings weren’t real, they were purely there for her own confidence and to look more like her older brother.

“This is stupid” she mumbled as she continued her search for something to eat. The market was still very crowded despite it getting late, she sighed, and was thinking about giving up or grabbing something that looked like food poisoning in a bowl.

Black sapphire cookie could feel his hands starting to sweat due to his nervousness. The faerie cookie still hadn’t left him and worst of all, he was trying to keep the conversation going. The purple doughed cookie his mind started flooding with unpleasant thoughts. What if this faerie had found out that he was an intruder? Was his disguise really that bad? Or what this faerie just used to spot intruders due to the fact that he is a silvertree knight?

Black sapphire cookie responded in short, one-word answers only, even though it made no sense. Silverbell cookie caught onto that and started asking more specific questions that couldn’t be answered in a single word. He got rather annoyed by it, why was this faerie attempting to get information out of him? That was his job!
He crossed his arms over each other and turned his head to look at the faerie cookie.

He let out a hitched breath as he really took in the faerie cookie that had been talking to him for the past hour. He was absolutely gorgeous, he had this grayish skin but the most beautiful blue eyes. Black sapphire cookie quickly turned away once more and silverbell cookie tilted his head in confusion.

“Are you alright?” He asked as he leaned closer to him. Black sapphire cookie quickly leaned away from him. The faerie got a slight hurt look on his face and he quickly moved away.

“I should get going” he mumbled before standing up and flying away.
Black sapphire cookie let out a shaky breath and his body visibly started to relax again. Where was Candy Apple Cookie when he needed her? As a matter of fact, where was candy apple cookie? She still hadn’t returned. He couldn’t go and look for her, he had to wait here in case she returned. The worry seeped into his dough and he began to bounce his leg up and down. He couldn’t keep waiting on her, he would go and find her.
He stood up and started walking towards the market.

Candy Apple Cookie had given up looking for anything to eat, she was trying to find the way back but she couldn’t remember which way she came from. She was panicking slightly, these faeries had changed the layout of the market in the time she was gone and now she couldn’t find the way back to the bench.

“What am I going to do?…” she mumbled as she looked around, she didn’t want to ask some faerie for directions. She was getting mad at herself for not remembering the round or walking in a straight line. She walked to a more secluded area of the market, away from most of the faerie cookies.

Just as she walked past some bushes she suddenly felt two hands on her, she wanted to let out a scream but one of the hands was covering her mouth, she started kicking and trying to get away, that was until she noticed the black gloves on the hands. She immediately got an annoyed expression on her face and stopped kicking.

“Calm down brat.” Black sapphire cookie said through gritted teeth. He pulled her into the bush and he then dropped her next to him.
He looked annoyed but Candy Apple Cookie turned around.

“You could have just slapped me!” Candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie shushed her.

“Keep it down! We have to start our mission immediately, I have a feeling the silver tree knights, well one of them, is onto us.” Black sapphire cookie said, candy apple cookie her eyes widened. She sat up straight and leaned on her arms.

“Then.. we have to start early” Candy Apple Cookie said, she couldn’t believe it, how had they been caught so soon? Were they even caught or was black sapphire cookie overthinking once again?
“And how do you know that?” She said and black sapphire cookie looked away before taking a deep breath.

“Some silver tree knight talked to me for like an hour when you were gone, I think I messed it up.” Black sapphire cookie said and the smaller cookie covered her mouth to muffle a laugh.

“Finally working on your social skills?” Candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie slapped her. Candy apple cookie hit him back in response.

“I didn’t find any food and now the marketplace is closed,” Candy Apple Cookie said. Black sapphire cookie his eyes widened before he put a hand on her shoulder.

“It’ll be fine, we’ll find food tomorrow. Let's just focus on getting our mission done.” the taller cookie said and Candy Apple cookie nodded.
Both of them stood up and dusted down their clothes.

He had no idea if it would be fine, it probably wouldn’t be fine but he didn’t want to make Candy Apple Cookie worry more.

“I miss shadow milk cookie” candy apple cookie mumbled as she hugged herself. Black sapphire frowned slightly, he didn’t like it that she was bringing up their master but he understood that she was.

“If we’re lucky we’ll be back next week” black sapphire cookie nodded and candy apple cookie nodded sadly. It was too long for her, she loved their master and not seeing him every day hurt her.

“He gave us an important mission, we'd better not mess this up, only the witches know what will happen to us if we mess this up” he said and Candy Apple Cookie nodded, she hated this.

“Let’s find a place to sleep, I’m exhausted” he said and she nodded once again. Then she got an idea.

“What if we spread rumors over the night?” The pinkish doughed cookie suggested. Black sapphire cookie his eyes lit up at the suggestion.

“Well it seems that you’re finally using that one brain cell of yours” he said and candy apple cookie poured at the comment.

It would be a long night, but they were together so it would be fun. They just needed a plan and he could make it.

This would be an amusing job to do and he couldn’t wait for it to start.

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The two cookies had been sitting in the bushes for quite some time now. While the sky hadn’t changed they could easily tell that it was night time. The streets were quiet in comparison to the time that they had arrived. They hadn’t really thought about a plan yet, both of them were just cold, hungry and tired. But they didn’t complain about it, not this time at least.

Black sapphire cookie leaned back and put his weight on his arms, he had been staring at the sky for the past couple of minutes. Candy apple cookie had her arms and legs crossed, she actually looked quite thoughtful.

“So, what’s the plan?” Black sapphire cookie asked after a while, he hoped that candy apple cookie had thought of something because his mind had been empty for quite some time now.

Candy apple cookie her eyes lit up with excitement before she started to speak about her plan with so much enthusiasm that it was impossible for her companion to follow it. Black sapphire cookie didn’t even try to act like he was understanding it. He just stared. Quietly.

“And now without racing against oxygen” black sapphire cookie said, he was slightly annoyed and his voice gave him away. Sadly candy apple cookie did notice that and a small pout formed on her face.
The purple cookie rolled his eyes, he had no energy for this.
Candy apple cookie stayed silent for a few more moments before she started repeating what she had said before, this time much calmer and he could actually understand her now.

“So I thought: why not slip notes with rumours under the doors!” Candy apple cookie said as the enthusiasm creeped back into her voice and into body language. Black sapphire cookie stared at her, he didn’t talk, he just stared at her and occasionally blinked.

By the witches this is stupid, but it’s so stupid that it might work. That’s what the purple doughed cookie kept repeating to himself, after all she had done this before.

“But by the time they would read it it would be early in the morning and wouldn’t it be a little to suspicious that two cookies, who they have probably never seen before, are wandering around looking like they haven’t had a proper night of sleep in eons” he said as he put his hands on his hips, he wasn’t against the plan he just wondered how she had it in her mind.
Did she leave out an important part of the plan? Or was this simply the entire plan?

“Oh silly! Did you forget your brains at the spire? We can just teleport away!” Candy apple cookie said excitedly, that was true. He hadn’t thought about that fact , Maybe he really had left his brains in the spire, it was a stupid thing to think about.

“I’ll blame the lack of sleep for it” Black sapphire cookie said as he tried to keep his voice devoid of anything that might give away the slightest bit of emotion, if candy apple cookie noticed any form of it she would just annoy him with it and he wasn’t quite in the mood for it this time.

He looked up at the sky and noticed that it was still the same dark colour as a few hours before, the moon still being the main natural lighting source.

“Mhm, it seems like day and night are the same here” Black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie also looked up at the sky.

“I suppose so” she said, it didn’t really interest her. It wasn’t important to their mission so it wasn’t important to her. She just wanted to know if her companion was in with her plan.

“So? About the plan?” Candy apple cookie said and the purple cookie turned to look at her.

“I suppose we can do it, now let’s go before we have a silver tree knight pointing their weapon at us.” Black sapphire cookie said as he poked his head out of the bush to look around, when he didn’t see any cookie he stood up and stepped out of the bush. Candy apple cookie followed suit.

She quickly by passed him and took his hand, pulling him into a nearby neighbourhood. He didn’t try to stop her, he had no idea where she would get the pen and paper from to begin with but he just had to trust her.

When they entered the neighbourhood they noticed how different it was from different kingdoms they had been to in the past, while that wasn’t many for black sapphire cookie he had a great memory to remember the lay out of the kingdoms he had been before. The houses were small cottages which looked quite cozy and straight out of a fairytale movie.

“It looks so nice it almost makes me gag” black sapphire cookie said in a monotone tone. His companion seemed rather fascinated by the houses though, while she had seen them before they still amazed her with how cozy they looked. Black sapphire cookie paused in his track and blinked, he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

“Don’t tell me you like these houses!” He said a little to loud, luckily no faerie went to check outside of their houses. She didn’t reply which made him rather annoyed with her.

“Candy apple cookie!” He said, deliberately using her real name, and it worked, she snapped out of her little day well night dream to look at him with puffed up cheeks and an angry expression.

“I’m apple faerie cookie! Get it right!” She said, not caring if anyone heard it.
Black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes before he started to walk again.

“That’s what you get for ignoring me”

In one of the houses a very tired faerie cookie had just returned from his shift as a silver tree knight, no one was waiting for him. He was alone. The faerie put his silver bow in a corner and removed his shoes afterwards. His shoes were quite special, they were made out of metal. It was to protect their feet in battle but it was rather lightweight so it wouldn’t keep them down in battle, they also were quite comfortable.

“Finally, I’m home” silverbell cookie mumbled to himself as he walked into his living room, it was rather clean, the only thing out of place was an empty cup on the coffee table. He had forgotten to put it away before he had left for his shift in the early morning.

His house was small but cozy, it had one bedroom but he had turned the storage closet into a guest room when he first moved in. The living room and kitchen were directly connected to each other and the dining room was in the middle of it. The bathroom was right next to the bedroom and it was just big enough to fit the things needed.
It wasn’t big at all, but it was his and that’s all what matters.

Silverbell cookie walked to one of the many bookshelves he had, he loved to read, it got his mind of things after a busy day. He never really finished the books though because he would always find a more interesting book to read. He didn’t look at the pictures that were framed and placed around the entire house, old pictures had his face crossed out while new pictures hadn’t. He couldn’t bare to look at his old self, but he didn’t want to remove the pictures, they had his friends in them after all.

The faerie looked at the many books he had, he hadn’t bought any new books in a while and he also hadn’t borrowed them from the library. He read a few titles that looked interesting but when he read the back he wondered why he had chosen the book in the first place.

There were romance novels, murder mystery books , fantasy stories, name anything and he would have it.
Silverbell cookie grabbed a book from the shelves with the title “lonely nights” he didn’t remember what it was about, all e knew was that it is a cheesy romance story he stopped reading around chapter 20 because of a major plot twist.

The faerie cookie put it on the coffee table and he walked to the kitchen and grabbed a kettle. He began to fill it with water and once it was filled to the brim he closed the lid and put it on the stove. He turned the stove on and leaned back against his fridge.
Today had been a rather weird day, first that pebble that hit his rock and a few minutes after that the weird conversation he had with that purple doughed cookie.

“Something tells me I shouldn’t trust that cookie” silverbell cookie mumbled to himself, but that was nothing like him, he wanted to give everyone at least one chance. He would give them one chance and he was giving it to him when they were talking, he was weird that’s all, he kept telling himself. But isn’t everyone weird in their own way?

Candy apple cookie was still dragging her companion behind her, this time not to bring him into the neighbor hood but because they had been chased around it and he couldn’t handle it. They had been caught sneaking notes in people mail boxes by some old faerie who had apparently had been standing at the door for quite some time. Candy apple cookie was panting and her steps became heavier. Black sapphire cookie also was panting, but not because he was actively moving but because his stamina was so terrible he had worn himself running away.

“Oh you’re so heavy!” Candy apple cookie said in between pants, she was sweating and eventually just let go of him.
Black sapphire cookie grunted as his head his the ground, he sat up and rubbed his head.

“You’re just weak” he said and candy apple cookie kicked his side softly.

“That’s ironic coming from you. Didn’t you collapse after running 4 round around the neighbourhood?” Candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes and he slowly stood up.

“It was a big neighbourhood” he argued and candy apple cookie crossed her arms over each other.

“It’s only four blocks of houses!” She said and black sapphire cookie wiped down his clothes.

“I’m my defences that is a rather big neighbourhood, considering we got chased around by a faerie in his robes” he said. Then she grabbed his hand once again and dragged him towards the same bench they were at hours ago, she was tired and she had no intention to continue for the night but she had no idea what the night would bring.

“You can stop dragging me around like a cake hound” he said and candy apple cookie shook her head.

“Nope I quite enjoy this” she said and black sapphire cookie kept his mouth shut, if he just let her drag him she would shut up and he would get peace. All for a moment of silence.

Silverbell cookie had nearly fallen asleep while waiting for the water to boil. Only when he heard the whistling sound of the kettle he shook back to reality. He turned down the fire on the stove before grabbing a cup made out of silver. He grabbed some tea leaves and put them in a small bag before putting it in the cup and letting the boiling hot water spill over it.
When the water had turned a brown colour he removed the leaves and threw them in the trash can.

“Finally, that took long enough” The faerie cookie mumbled, he reached out to grab a plate and a bag of star jellies and he put some of them on the plate. He then walked to the living room and put the plate of star jellies on it before grabbing a coaster for his cup of tea. He sat down on the couch with a soft sigh. The events of the day were starting to weigh down on him so he grabbed the book and opened it where he had left the bookmark all those years ago.

“Well I certainly don’t remember how this one goes anymore, maybe I should just restart...” he mumbled to himself and he went back to the very first page of the book.

Borg Candy Apple cookie and black sapphire cookie were sitting on the silver bench. They both had gotten rather bored of skipping notes underneath the doors of the innocent faeries, there barely was any thrill to it. Well except that time they got chased around the neighbourhood, but that would stay between the two cookies of deceit, not even their master would know about this.

“Stupid faerie kingdom, stupid faerie cookies!” Candy apple cookie said as she swung her legs back and forth. Black sapphire cookie couldn’t help but roll his eyes, this had been the fifth time in five minutes that she had complained about the kingdom and her people.

“You are just saying that because you find it.... boring....” black sapphire cookie said. Candy apple cookie looked at him with annoyance and sleep in her eyes. She didn’t want to deal with his snarky comments right now.
Black sapphire cookie let out a chuckle and he leaned back.

“I would rather listen to you talk about shadow milk cookie than be here!” He said and that got him a slap from his younger companion.

“Ouch! Well that’s not nice” he said and candy apple cookie crossed her arms over each other.

“Well you’re the definition of mean! My stories are always very interesting!” She said before she puffed up her cheeks and turned away. Right now Black sapphire cookie didn’t care about it, he too was tired and wanted to go back to the spire of deceit. He knew that they couldn’t go back yet and that’s what was annoying him.

Candy Apple cookie yawned and she leaned back against the bench, her legs stopped swinging back and forth as she felt herself drifting into her slumber.

“Awww, already tired?” Black sapphire cookie said in an annoying voice, he leaned in closer so she could feel his breathing on her face.

“Says the one who almost crumbled running away from an old faerie” Candy apple cookie mumbled and that quickly silenced him. He pulled away again and rolled his eyes. He hadn’t expected her to bring that up once again, but she was right, his awful stamina had failed him once again.

“Are we done for the night or will we continue?” Black sapphire cookie asked his smaller companion. She sighed in response before pulling herself off the bench.

“Let’s just continue, the sooner this is over the sooner we can go back to the spire.” She said and black sapphire cookie nodded, she had a point there; if they pulled through for the night they could be home by the day after tomorrow.

Black sapphire cookie also got off the bench and followed her as she walked back into the quiet neighbourhood. They stopped at one of the houses and stood in front of it.

“So what rumour will we use for this poor little creature?” Candy apple cookie asked but she got no response, he was just staring at the house in absolute silence.

“Helloooooo? Reporting from the living world?????” Candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie shot out of his trance.

“Sorry, just have a bad feeling about this place, what if a silver tree knight lives in here, we should figure that out first because if it is a knight and they catch us it will be worse than running a few blocks.” Black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie rolled her eyes in response to it.

“You’re so boring tonight! If it is a knight they’ll either be asleep or are on duty right now!” She said and black sapphire cookie scoffed and turned away. Candy apple cookie repeated the gesture so they were standing back to back.

“Fine go check, but if that house is empty don’t complain to me and say I didn’t try to stop you!” She said before walking deeper into the neighbourhood leaving him behind.

“That little brat gets on all my nerves sometimes” he mumbled as he started to look around for any names. He then noticed a small, well disguised mailbox. He read the name on it.

“Silverbell..... now that feels oddly familiar” Black sapphire cookie said to himself before turning back to the house and looking through a small gap between the curtains, that’s when he saw two deep blue eyes staring at him with a curious yet suspicious look. He couldn’t help but stare for a few more seconds before quickly walking off.

No wonder that name seemed familiar it was the one of that faerie that had approached him in the afternoon, Oh he had made a grave mistake.

“Let’s just hope he didn’t notice me...” black sapphire cookie mumbled as he walked into the direction where candy apple cookie had gone to.

Silverbell cookie closed his book. He had gotten bored of it once again. He should have known it. It was nothing for him. He put the book on the table next to the cup of tea and stood up. A solid amount of time had passed in the time he was reading that book. The faerie yawned and his wings twitched.

“Well that’s a sign to go to sleep” Silverbell cookie mumbled to himself as he walked towards the window looking over his front yard. The curtains weren’t fully closed yet so he reached out to them. That’s when he saw something that made him pause; two black eyes with purple slits for pupils were staring at him.

He didn’t know what to do so he just stared back. He stared. And stared. He stared even longer. He only stopped staring when the eyes disappeared.

Silverbell cookie closed the curtains and walked to his front door. He opened it and looked around. The streets were empty. The street lights were on, fireflies were flying around but there was nothing unusual.

“I’m probably just seeing things” he said to himself before walked back inside and closing the door behind him.

Silverbell cookie walked into his bedroom and started removing his clothes, making very sure to avoid every mirror he had. As the clothes dropped to the floor he grabbed his sleepwear and put it on. The dirty clothes now laid on the floor but it didn’t take long before the faerie cookie picked them up and threw them on a pile in the corner.

He walked into the bathroom and brushed his teeth. His back was to the mirror and he was staring and the greyish tiled walls.

When he was done he walked back into the bedroom and made himself comfortable in his bed. That’s when the silence hit him. The light were off and everything was quiet.
The thoughts came flooding into his brain.

The thoughts were cruel and self deprecating.

“You will never be who you want to be”
“You’ll never be good enough!”
“They will always remember you as who you used to be”

He hated it. He hated those thoughts. He hated his voice. He hated his looks. He just looked so feminine. It reminded him of his past.

Tears started rolling down his cheeks so he put the blanket over his head to drown out the noise of his sniffling. Under the blanket the warmth was comforting but it wasn’t enough this time, he kept wiping away tears but they kept coming back. Eventually it had tired him out and he fell asleep.

In the living room the tea he had prepared now stood there unfinished and cold. In the morning he would see it and be disgusted by it. He would throw it out. He didn’t like cold tea.

If he drank it now the flavour would have been bland. The heat was gone so it wouldn’t taste as good anymore, maybe it was a good thing he had forgotten about it, after all, no one likes cold tea.

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¨oh by the witches that cookie was still awake¨ Black sapphire cookie muttered to himself as he was looking for candy apple cookie, she couldnt be far away from the neighborhood.
Black sapphire was still in his faerie disguise and it was getting rather uncomfortable, he has been in it the whole entire day because of this plan and now he couldn't even find candy apple cookie. She probably had tricked some other faerie cookies already, some that were crazy enough to go out in the middle of night.
Black sapphire just wanted to go to sleep or atleast rest a little bit, candy apple cookie probably still was very energetic like always.

¨why didn't we just wait until the morning¨ black sapphire cookie said to himself as he kicked a pebble from the ground. He was getting quite bored in this faerie kingdom, there was nothing interesting happening especially not at night when everyone was asleep, well not that one cookie he looked right into his eyes. His eyes were quite pretty he had to admit, blue like sapphires.

Black sapphire felt a small blush creeping on his face, what was he even thinking about, why was he thinking about some random faerie his eyes.
Was it from embarrassment? It must have been from embarrassment. He did get caught after all.
What would candy apple cookie say? Would she laugh at him saying he just had to go with her.
Black sapphire cookie sighted and pinched the bridge of his nose.

¨That little brat better keep her mouth shut¨ black sapphire cookie said under his breath as he continued walking.
Black sapphire cookie looked around a little, the neighborhood looked rather boring, cozy but boring.
Black sapphire cookie looked at the sky, day and night really didn't have any difference here he thought to himself.

¨How do faeries even know when to sleep and when to work¨ Black sapphire cookie mumbled. He then realized something, he was on his own in a kingdom he knew nothing about. He had to find candy apple cookie, she probably still had to be in the neighborhood, she wasnt that fast after all.
He wasn't worried about his own safety, he was worried about candy apple cookie. She always was way to reckless with their missions. She always was the one that got caught first, mostly because she actually did something.

¨where is that brat¨ black sapphire cookie said as he slightly upped his pace.
He was getting worried, he didn't want to admit it but he did care for candy apple cookie. He practically raised her, she was an annoying little sister he couldnt get rid of no matter how hard he tried to.
He needed her. If not for the mission than as emotional support. She was keeping him sane enough to keep going.

Black sapphire cookie was just thinking about yelling her name through the faerie kingdom. The only reason he didn't do it was because most civilian faeries were asleep and guards were awake. He didn't need to be seen as a suspicious cookie so soon. It hadn't even been a day since they arrived in the faerie kingdom and things were already going wrong.

¨I should have stayed with her¨ black sapphire cookie said as he took a deep breath to compose himself. He was afraid, normally he wouldn't be but he was afraid that she would get caught.
He had no idea where she could be.

Black sapphire cookie continued walking, he walked out of the neighborhood he was in.
His eyes then widened as he processed what he was seeing.

¨by the witches…..¨ black sapphire said in a soft whisper so no one could hear him.
He never had seen so many silver tree knights in one place.

After minutes of crying, silverbell cookie had finally fallen asleep.
He had the blanket tightly wrapped around him and was facing the wall. This was a normal occurrence for him. He would get home from a long shift, make some tea, get some food, read a book and then just get ready for bed and cry himself to sleep.

Silverbell never liked the silence, it left him all alone with thoughts he didn't want to have.
Thoughts he wished he never had about himself. Thoughts he rather not think about. But every night when he was in his bed trying to sleep those thoughts came back.
Sometimes he would just not sleep at all to avoid those thoughts.
He would just go to work tired and pray he wouldn't fall asleep half way through his shift.
He had fallen asleep once and got scared awake by mercurial knight cookie who suddenly was behind him.
Silverbell didn't want that to happen again, that was quite embarrassing for him.

In his living room the full cup of the was still on his salon table, it must be freezing right now. Silverbell probably will look at it with disgust in the morning and pour it down the drain.
Tea doesn't taste the same cold, it tastes rather weird.
Silverbell had learned some things in the past, cookies loved ice tea but the second it was cold tea it was disgusting. It was way different from what it was when it was warm. When it was warm it was loved but the second it got cold cookies hate it.

Maybe cookies didn't like big changes, maybe that is why cookies started acting differently to him.

Even though Silverbell cookie was asleep the tears were still rolling down his cheeks. He never slept that deep. The slighted movement of his blanket could wake him. The sound of the wind could wake him up with ease.
Silverbell cookie never got a good night's rest because of that. No matter how early he went to bed and no matter how his day went those thoughts came to him and the restlessness would ruin his sleeping schedule even more.
He had tried everything, from reducing stress to changing his room, his environment. Nothing seemed to work for him. Sometimes he was thinking that the changes just made his sleeping schedule worse. He didn't want to talk to the elder faerie about it. White lily cookie had left the kingdom a few days ago to go on an adventure with gingerbrave and his friends. Pure vanilla cookie also was with them. SIlverbel cookie didn't know much about love but white lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie seemed to be way more than just close friends in his eyes. Maybe he was wrong though and they were just very very close friends. The type of friends that could stab each other with their weapons and laugh about it for hours.

Silverbell cookie also didn't want to ask help from mercurial knight cookie. They were close but mercurial knight cookie barely showed any emotion so silverbell cookie doubted that he would understand it if he told him his struggles.

¨oh where can she be¨ black sapphire cookie muttered to himself. He had taken a completely different route just to avoid the silver tree knights. He had no idea where he was and he still hadn't found candy apple cookie. He just wanted to find her and find a place to sleep. It already was late and his legs and feet were protesting with every single step he took.
It felt like he was dragging a dozen bricks behind him. Twelve on both feet.

Black sapphire cookie just wanted to sit down but he knew he had to find candy apple cookie before he could rest. He had to find her. What if she got caught by the silver tree knights and she was thrown in prison or what those faerie cookies had.
His breathing became heavier as he continued walking.
He didn't know what to do. Should he just go to the silver tree knights and ask them if they have seen a small faerie cookie around? Would that pass as a normal question at midnight?

After contemplating his choices he took a deep breath and walked to the place he saw all those silver tree knights at. He approached one of them.

¨I am so sorry sir but have you by any chance seen a small faerie walking around¨ Black sapphire said to the guard trying to look and sound innocent.

¨We saw one walk past a few minutes ago, she had apples as hair¨ The silver tree knight he had approached said.

Black sapphire let out a sigh of relief.
¨Oh! that is my little sister, apple faerie cookie, can you please point me in the direction of where she was walking to¨ Black sapphire said, while his panic wasnt fully gone he felt more relieved now he knew that candy apple cookie wasn't caught by the silver tree knights.
The Silver tree knight pointed to the south-west.
¨she walked that way¨ he said.

¨well then i'll go look for her there, have a nice night gentleman¨ black sapphire cookie said.

¨You too¨ The silver tree knight said before black sapphire moved away.
He had to go to the south-west of the kingdom. He had walked through it, that was the neighborhood they started the night in. Had she gone back to look for him after he did not return back to her.

Black sapphire had indeed run deeper into the neighborhood after that faerie cookie saw him and stared right back at him. Maybe Candy apple cookie also got see and she had ran, if they were both looking for each other they would find each other fast right?

Black sapphire cookie readjusted his shirt collar trying to hide his growing panic for the night. Those guards maybe had just let him go but what if more faerie cookies spotted him. If they said that a cookie was walking around the neighborhood at midnight and gave a clear description of him they still could find him with ease and arrest him.

¨where can that cookie be¨ Black sapphire cookie muttered. He took on a slow pace as he walked around, maybe if he looked slowly he could see her.
He just started walking in the middle of the quiet sidewalk.
He saw some names on mailboxes, he could try to remember those, if he ever got lost again he could look where those mailboxes are and continue his path from that point.

After a few more minutes of walking he finally found her, He approached her.

¨candy apple cookie¨ He said and she turned around. Her face lit up when she saw him and she let out a sigh of relief.

¨ Where have you been¨ Candy apple cookie said.

¨well i can ask the same for you¨ Black sapphire cookie said, all the panic and worry he had felt just slipped right off him now he had found her.

¨i honestly thought you were able to find me very easily so i went to another neighborhood¨ candy apple cookie said sheepishly.

Black sapphire cookie chuckled softly.

¨You actually had me worried, I talked to a silver tree guard just to get your direction¨ Black sapphire cookie said.

¨you actually needed help to find me¨ candy apple cookie said putting her hand on her hips.

¨were in a kingdom we know no directions in of course i need help finding you¨ Black sapphire cookie said, He was glad he had found her but she was already annoying him.

¨by the witches how did i miss you¨ Black sapphire cookie said.

It took candy apple cookie a few seconds to process what Black sapphire cookie just had said.

¨hey!¨ candy apple cookie said before giving him a light hit against his shoulder.

¨ouch¨ black sapphire cookie said dramatically.

They both then tried to stifle their laughter trying not to laugh out loud and wake up an entire neighborhood of faerie cookies. That was the thing they wanted to do the least. They both were tired and done for the night.

¨how about we just go and find a place to stay for the night¨ Black sapphire cookie suggested.

¨ Yea that would be a perfect plan, all this searching and slipping notes underneath cookies their doors made me tired¨ Candy apple cookie said.

¨well then let's go¨ black sapphire cookie said as he started walking a little bit ahead of her before she caught up with him.

They would never admit it but they needed each other more than they thought they would.

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Silverbell cookie was stirring around in his bed, he was sweating. As he shook awake, he was trembling. His pillow case was full of sweat and his hair was damp. This wasn't the first time he had gotten these nightmares but they didn't get easier to sleep through no matter how many times he got them.
He looked around his dark room and fumbled around trying to find a light switch.
It was very difficult to find one because he had painted them a dark silver a couple of years ago to fit his silver painted walls.

After a while the faerie cookie had found it and turned the lights on.
Silverbell cookie took a deep breath trying to regain his composure. His breath was shaky and not calm at all. He grabbed his watch that was laying on his night stand shaking hands.

¨ Four am¨ Silverbell cookie mumbled to himself as he threw the blankets off him and stepped out of bed, He put his feet on the floor as he yawned.
The floor was freezing underneath his feet so he quickly went to put on some socks.

"Maybe I should just go to work early. Maybe I'll bump into mercurial knight cookie, haven't spoken to him in a while¨ silverbell cookie said.
He walked into his living room where he saw the cold cup of tea standing on the table.
Silverbell cookie his nose scrunched up in disgust, he hated cold tea.
He grabbed the cup and poured the tea through the drain.

¨I can not believe i completely forgot about my tea¨ silverbell cookie said as he grabbed a small,dry towel to dry his now empty tea cup with.
After the cup was completely dry, silverbell cookie put it back in one of his kitchen cabinets.
Silverbell cookie slowly walked back to his living room.
The book he had been reading the night before was still laying open on his couch.

Silverbell cookie grabbed the book and put a bookmark in between the pages before he closed the book and put it back on his bookshelf.

¨I should get ready if i want to see mercurial knight cookie¨ Silverbell cookie thought to himself.
He walked back to his room and grabbed his usual clothes: a white turtleneck shirt that looked like a silverbell flower with silver buttons and white pants.
He didn't put his armor pieces on yet since he technically was not on duty yet for another seven hours.
He brushed his hair and his teeth before putting on his metal shoes.

Silverbell cookie grabbed his house keys from the kitchen table and he walked out of the house.
He closed the door behind him and locked the door before shoving his keys in his pockets.

It was quite cold at the moment. There were dew drops on the flowers and the grass.
Silverbell cookie put his hands in his pockets as he slowly started walking.
The faerie cookie could fly and that's what he mostly did but this time he felt like walking to the silver tree.
His metal shoes clinked a little bit with every step he took.
The kingdom was quiet, Silverbell cookie wasn't surprised about that. It was only 4:30 am so almost all the other faerie cookies were asleep.

The faerie cookie was slowly making his way to the silver tree when he saw two other cookies standing in the middle of the streets. The tall one seemed rather familiar to Silverbell cookie but he could not place his face to any person he had met in his life. He also did not recognize the smaller cookie who was standing next to the taller one.

They both seemed lost, which was weird because all the faerie cookies knew how to navigate the kingdom with their eyes closed. But Non faerie cookies couldn't see the gates to the kingdom so they must have some kind of faerie cookie jam in them, Silverbell cookie thought to himself.
¨ Maybe they are half faerie¨ He told himself. Despite not being on duty something told him to kick those cookies out of the kingdom, that they were up to no good. But because he wasn't on duty he couldn't do anything about it. As long as he wasn't on duty he was just a normal faerie cookie, they weren't allowed to kick intruders out. That was the job of the silver tree knights and the guards.

The taller cookie turned around and noticed silverbell cookie staring at them.

¨ Are you seeing that candy apple cookie¨ Black sapphire cookie whispered.

¨what that, that creep is staring at us¨ the smaller cookie said as she looked up at black sapphire cookie.
¨I'm not blind you know¨ she said as she put her hands on her poofy dress.

¨well i doubt that sometimes¨ black sapphire cookie said.
¨ Do you think he found out about the fact that we are not faerie cookies¨ He said.

¨äll those faerie cookies look stupid, i don't think they can tell the difference between a big stone and a coconut so let alone spot non faerie cookies.¨ Candy apple cookie said as the cookie staring at them started walking away.

¨okay he's gone now you can stop overthinking now¨ candy apple cookie said giving black sapphire cookie a nudge.

Silverbell cookie backed off a little, he had been staring at them for too long. They probably had noticed him. The faerie cookie felt embarrassed. His face had turned a light shade of red.
He looked at the ground.

Silverbell cookie was taking another route to the silver tree. It would take some longer but at least he didn't have to walk past those cookies he was staring at.

¨ Maybe i should warn mercurial knight cookie about them, something about them seems off¨ SIlverbell cookie said to himself as he continued to walk his metal shoes feeling heavier than ever.
He had been embarrassed multiple times but he felt worse now. They could just be faerie cookies, they had to be faerie cookies. They got in the kingdom somehow and only faerie cookies can see the gates of the kingdom.
¨you're overthinking things silverbell get your act together¨ Silvebell cookie told himself.
They probably were new in the kingdom, had faerie parents who moved away. As long as they got into the faerie kingdom they had to be part faerie cookie.

silverbell cookie arrived at the silver tree which was surrounded by silver tree knights.
Even Elder faerie cookie was there.
SIlverbell cookie walked to the tree.

“silverbell. what are you doing here” Elder faerie cookie said.

“i couldnt sleep your majesty” Silverbell cookie said bowing a little bit out of respect.

¨and why didn't you just stay home? get some rest in another way¨ elder faerie cookie said.
He was like a parental figure to Silverbell, almost always looking after the younger faerie cookie.

¨I wanted to see mercurial knight cookie, i haven't seen him in a while and i know that he works around this time¨ Silverbell cookie said as he returned to his normal standing position.

Elder faerie cookie looked a bit sceptical but he knew that mercurial knight cookie and silverbell cookie were rather close. They didn't speak to each other very often anymore after mercurial knight cookie made the oath to protect the silver tree but the times they did speak to each other it was mostly stuff relating to the silver tree.

¨mhm, i believe i saw him at the south side of the silver tree¨ elder faerie cookie said and silverbell cookie showed a small smile.

¨thank you your majesty, i will be on my way. Have a good night¨ Silverbell cookie said before walking to the south side of the silver tree.

Elder faerie cookie showed a sad smile, despite the fact he treated silverbell cookie like a son did he still refer to elder faerie cookie as ¨his majesty¨ or other titles that clearly showed the difference between their status in the kingdom.

¨I should visit that boy once¨ Elder faerie cookie mumbled to himself as he turned back to the silver tree.
¨just to see if he is doing alright¨ He said softly so no one could hear him.

¨ Come on black sapphire cookie! We still haven't found a place to stay and my feet are getting tired!¨ candy apple cookie was complaining about that the entire time, it was true. They had been walking for hours now and the small breaks they took inbetween only made it worse.

¨These faerie cookies seem stupidly kind enough to let us in their house without further questioning. such a shame they all are asleep.¨ black sapphire cookie said his feet were also hurting badly but he didn't want to show it. He didn't want candy apple cookie to worry about him.

Candy apple cookie just nodded. NOrmally she would make some snarky comment trying to lighten up the mood but this time it was just pure silence.

¨not in the mood for a little joke?¨ black sapphire cookie asked.

Candy apple cookie shook her head slowly. Normally she was so energetic, practically bouncing from energy but this time it seemed like she just wanted to sleep, to take a nap.

¨you'll get your energy back tomorrow¨ black sapphire cookie said sighting, he missed her stupid jokes or rants about why their master shadow milk cookie is the best cookie in the whole entire world.

They walked very slowly in silence with only the occasional sigh to be heard.

Silverbell cookie finally arrived at the south side of the silver tree. It was guarded by at least 5 silver tree knights but luckily he was allowed to pass because he was a guard himself.

¨now where is he¨ silverbell cookie said as he was trying to look for mercurial knight cookie.
Silverbell knew that mercurial knight cookie had given away his flavor, scent and sound while he made the oath to protect the silver tree whatever it takes so it could be quite difficult to find him.

Silverbell cookie slowly walked closer to the tree and suddenly he got touched on his shoulder. He tensed up but with one glance over his shoulder he saw that it was mercurial knight cookie.

¨you startled me!” silverbell cookie said as he tried to laugh it off a little.

¨ Sorry, i keep forgetting that my wings don't make a sound.¨ Mercurial knight cookie said as he removed his hand from silverbell cookie his shoulders and slowly got to the ground, resting his wings a little.

¨It's fine, I'm just happy to see you again. But next time don't try to scare me.¨ silverbell cookie said.

Mercurial knight cookie nodded.
¨I'll try¨ he said.

¨Why are you even here so early in the morning? didnt you have the afternoon shift today?¨ mercurial knight cookie asked silverbell cookie.

¨yea i do but i thought it would be nice to surprise you!¨ Silverbell cookie said smiling.

Mercurial knight cookie just looked at him. He knew about silverbell cookie and his problems but didn't try to push him into talking about them. If he did he would listen, that was something he would do for his friend but he didn't try to get him to talk about that kind of stuff.

¨so when do you have a day off again¨ silverbell cookie asked mercurial knight cookie.

¨this Tuesday. Why do you ask¨ mercurial knight cookie said raising an eyebrow.

¨so we can hang out, like the good old times¨ Silverbell cookie said with a small sparkle in his blue eyes.

¨sounds perfect¨ Mercurial knight cookie said as a small, barely noticeable smile appeared on his face.

¨ Okay, I do have a shift that day but that's from 5 am till 11 am so after that we can just meet up¨ Silverbell cookie said.

¨ Where should we meet up?¨ Mercurial knight cookie asked.

¨maybe just at the town square. It's a tuesday so it won't be that busy unless something interesting happens.¨ Silverbell cookie said and mercurial knight cookie nodded. Silverbell cookie was right. The town square was pretty empty on tuesdays. It was the only day that there was not a single interesting thing going on. On Thursday they had a market. On fridays the market stalls were being cleaned up and on the weekend it just was very busy. On mondays most cookies did their groceries for the week and on wednesday a lot of younger faerie cookies found use the town square as a playground.

¨sounds like a good idea¨ mercurial knight cookie said.

¨okay then that is settled!¨ Silverbell cookie said with a hint of excitement in his voice. This was gonna be the first time in years that they would be able to hang out.

¨do you think you can be there at 1pm?¨ mercurial knight cookie asked and silverbell cookie nodded quickly.

¨yes that is a perfect time¨ he said as his wings started fluttering a little bit from excitement.

¨I should go back to work before elder faerie cookie sees me talking to you¨ Mercurial knight cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded.

¨Okay i'll see you tuesday have a nice night!¨ SIlverbell cookie said before walking off.

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¨oh i'm so tired¨ candy apple cookie said yawning. They had not slept for a day now and it was getting rather difficult for them to focus. Their legs were tired and their feet were aching.

¨lets just look for a bench¨ black sapphire cookie said, he himself also was tired but he had done this before when he gossiped for twenty-four hours straight on his gossip show. He didn't know why he did that looking back at it.

¨ My feet are killing me¨ Candy apple cookie said. She never pulled an all-nighter. She always slept at least six hours so this was difficult for her.
Every step they took felt like they were dragging a couple dozen bricks with them.
Their feet felt like lead. They were hurting and just felt heavy.

¨We should have just knocked on cookies their doors¨ Black sapphire cookie said annoyed. Normally if he was pulling an all nighter for his gossip show he was sitting, not walking around for hours.

Candy apple cookie usually was hanging around shadow milk cookie or trying to trick him and if she was sent to get information she never was gone for longer than ten hours. She always told black sapphire cookie that getting information was easy when you are ¨cute¨.
In black sapphire cookie his eyes she just looked like a rat. He would never say it outloud cause some people did indeed find her cute.

¨I don't wanna walk anymore¨ candy apple cookie said, raising her voice a little bit as she just stopped walking.
Black sapphire cookie sighted, he couldn't just leave her in the middle of the kingdom but he also had no energy to drag her along.

¨ Let's just sit under that tree¨ Black sapphire cookie said pointing to a big willow tree to their left.
Candy apple cookie just nodded as she took small steps to the tree. Black sapphire cookie just followed her pace.

When they got to the tree they just sat down.

¨finally¨ candy apple cookie said as she let out a small sigh.
She never felt so relieved to sit on the dirty ground underneath a tree.

¨we can't stay here for long, maybe we should take a five minute break and continue walking¨

¨no we can stay here for a while¨ candy apple cookie said.
¨just say that we are having a family picnic¨ she said.

It would sound like a believable lie, if they had food and drinks with them which they didn't have.

¨yea and our favorite food is air¨ Black sapphire cookie said jokingly.
He looked to his side and noticed that candy apple cookie had already fallen asleep.
¨great¨ black sapphire cookie said, plucking a small flower out of the grass and twirling it around in his fingers. It was quite a pretty flower. He had no idea what kind of flower it was though, he wasn't really interested in plants and flowers.
After a few minutes he just threw it to his side.

Black sapphire cookie looked at candy apple cookie who was still asleep.
He understood why she was asleep but it was quite boring without her annoying little voice.

Black sapphire cookie was looking at some other faerie cookies walking past. No one seemed to think it was weird for two cookie to be sitting underneath a tree and one was sleeping.
¨ Maybe this is normal here¨ black sapphire cookie thought to himself.
Despite he had gone to multiple kingdoms to spread gossip this was the weirdest one. They didn't even seem to talk about the notes he and candy apple cookie slid underneath their front doors. It felt like it was just a normal day for them and the notes were not anything new. Or they just didn't believe in the lie that was on that piece of paper. That was possible but if all of them thought it was fake it would be a massive failure for candy apple cookie and him.
Sure they had failed before but not this badly.

¨stupid faerie cookies¨ Black sapphire cookie scoffed.

After a few more minutes he himself also dozed off, he couldn't help himself he was just that tired.

Silverbell cookie was calmly walking around the kingdom. HIs shift officially had started so he also had his small armor pieces on now and he was carrying his bow and arrows. He practically did not need them because no cookie who wasn't a faerie cookie could enter the kingdom but if they did manage to do that in some way he was prepared.
He could just fly but for some reason he didn't feel like flying. He has had that a lot lately. His wings were just annoying him a little during it.
He didn't think too much about it because he still could fly if he really needed to do so.

¨just another peaceful day¨ Silverbell cookie said to himself as he continued to walk.
He made some small talk with some other faerie cookies

¨When I woke up and went to my front door there was this weird note on the carpet¨ an older faerie cookie said.

Silverbell cookie his eyes widened in slight shock.
¨oh well i don't think that is supposed to be there sir. Can you tell me what was on it¨ Silverbell cookie asked and the older faerie cookie nodded.

¨ Something about the fruit stall of the marketplace secretly sells rotten fruit¨ the older faerie cookie said.
This didn't seem like a postcard or a normal letter, silverbell cookie thought to himself. Sometimes the older faeries would see letters from their friends or family as threats but this didn't seem like a card from friends or family.

¨ Well I will assure you sir that we will try and get behind it if this happens more often¨ Silverbell cookie said and the older faerie cookie just nodded and flew away.
The faerie cookie let out a sigh, he loved his job but he hated telling important faerie cookies about what he heard that could be important.

¨it's just a note it can not be that important¨ Silverbell cookie muttered to himself but the more he talked to other faerie cookies the more he heard about weird notes right at their front door.
Maybe it were teenagers who were joking around. He had told some faerie cookies to calm down their nerves. It seemed to work and he hoped that nothing else would happen that would scare them. But he knew that he had to report this to the silver tree knights. He really didn't want to report it but it was part of the job.

Silverbell cookie flew a little off the ground and went to the nearest silver tree knight.
He only had to fly for five minutes before he arrived.

¨silverbell cookie¨ the silver tree knight said, giving him an acknowledging nod.
Silverbell cookie just waved back.

¨I'm here to report something i heard¨ Silverbell cookie said and the silver tree knight just nodded.

¨ Go ahead¨ The silver tree knight said and silverbell cookie got on the ground again.

¨I have heard multiple faeries talk about strange notes being found at their front door, they all found them when they woke up in the morning.¨ Silverbell cookie said making faint hand signals to describe it a little more.

¨mmm that does seem rather concerning, especially since the notes must have been spread at night¨ The silver tree knight said thoughtfully.
¨we don't have any knights or guards in the neighborhoods after some cookies threatening the silver tree.¨ She said as she looked at silverbell cookie.

¨does mercurial knight cookie know about this¨ the silver tree knight asked silverbell cookie.

¨I have no idea but maybe i can find him if im doing my round and explain what is going on¨ Silverbell cookie said and the silver tree knight nodded her head.

¨he has to know about this as soon as possible, this can have a connection to those cookies threatening the silver tree last month¨ The silver tree knight said as she put her spear on the ground.

¨how do you know that it's multiple cookies and not just one¨ silverbell cookie asked. He thought that they had just assumed it but something told him that they knew way more
¨ His majesty said that he might have an idea who those cookies are but he isnt letting go much more information than the fact that it's more than one cookie¨ The silver tree knight said and silverbell cookie nodded.

¨ Okay, well thanks for sharing that i should get going if i want to find mercurial knight cookie before my shift ends¨ Silverbell cookie said as he opened his wings again and flew up a little, waving at the silver tree knight who waved back a little.

As silverbell cookie was doing a bigger round than usual he landed in a neighborhood of the kingdom, the same where most of the notes were found. If mercurial knight cookie already knew about them he would probably be here or have placed a lot of knights.

¨so close to my own home¨ Silverbell cookie muttered. Was there also a note in his house? He didn't really check his floor in the morning. He was just rushing to work way too early to see mercurial knight cookie.
Silverbell cookie grabbed his bow off his back. He didn't grab any arrows yet, he didn't feel the need to. It were only some notes after all.
He was walking with the bow underneath his arm. He was calmly looking around the neighborhood. It always had been a quiet neighborhood despite some young faerie cookies flying around playing games with each other.

¨maybe i should check my house.¨ Silverbell cookie said to himself as he walked into the street he lived in. He was way too nervous. If there really was a note in his house it would be clear that this neighborhood was targeted.
As he got closer to his house he got his keys out of his pockets. He didn't have many keys but he still managed to get the wrong key almost every time.

Silverbell cookie walked into the small garden at the front of his house. His metal shoes getting a little bit dirty because of the dirt.
He fumbled with his keys for a few minutes before sticking the right one into the keyhole and he opened the front door.
He looked at his light blue carpet right in front of the front door but he didn't find anything on it.
The faerie cookie put his keys in his pocket and lifted the carpet up. Still nothing.

¨mm maybe they skipped me¨ Silverbell cookie said as he suddenly remembered the eyes he was staring into yesterday. Could it be that those were the cookies that put the notes underneath other faerie cookies their doors?

¨i got lucky¨ Silverbell cookie just said as he closed the front door and got his keys out of his pockets again to lock it.

Silverbell cookie calmly walked around the neighborhood. He walked past the big willow tree but paused when he saw two cookies sitting underneath it, sleeping.
Silverbell cookie raised an eyebrow.
He approached the two sleeping cookies.

It were those cookies he had bad feelings about earlier today.
¨maybe they are just visitors, come on silverbell you can't judge¨ he thought to himself as he looked at the two sleeping cookies.
He hesitated for a few seconds before slowly touching the shoulder of the purple doughed cookie.
They shock awake almost immediately.

As black sapphire cookie felt something or someone touch his shoulder he was shocked awake.
When he looked up he found a grayish doughed cookie with the most beautiful light blue eyes staring at him.

¨Sir?¨ the faerie cookie said.
¨ Are you and your companion alright?¨ He asked
Black sapphire cookie nodded.

¨ Yes sir we are, we are just uhm visiting our birth kingdom and we didn't have a place to stay so we decided to sleep underneath this beautiful willow tree¨ Black sapphire cookie said flashing a quick smile.

¨Oh!¨ Silverbell cookie his eyebrows shot up, maybe he was wrong about those cookies all along and they just were faerie cookies who moved out of this kingdom.

¨maybe it's a better idea to look for a hotel, must be more comfortable than the ground¨ silverbell cookie said chuckling softly.

¨yea maybe we should do that for tonight¨ black sapphire cookie said.
Hotels freaked him out. Last time they were in one staff walked in when he and candy apple cookie were out of their disguises and they immediately had to flee.
¨though i doubt we are able to find one on such a short notice¨ Black sapphire cookie said slowly standing up.

Silverbell cookie took a small step back.
¨Most of our hotels just turned into apartments because we don't get many visitors, only faerie cookies can see our beautiful kingdom¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded.

¨that explains why no one knew what we were talking about¨ he said before taking a deep breath.

¨I know that you just woke me up but is there any way that we can sleep in a guest room in your house, if not me than just my little sister¨ black sapphire cookie said in a sweet, seemingly innocent voice.

Silverbell cookie was a bit sceptical but when he saw the smaller cookie sleeping he thought that one night couldn't hurt.

¨ Okay that is possible, i'm going to finish my shift first so i'll be back here in three hours¨ silverbell cookie said smiling softly at the other cookie.
¨ Well thank you sir.¨ black sapphire cookie said.

¨i don't think i have heard your name before¨ he asked silverbell cookie.

¨ It's silverbell cookie, and what is yours?¨ silverbell cookie asked as the other cookie smiled sheepishly.

¨Such a beautiful name for a cute little cookie¨ Black sapphire cookie said and a small blush formed on silverbell cookie his face, he wasn't used to receiving compliments.
Before he could say something about him the purple doughed cookie started talking again.

¨ The name is purple grape cookie¨ Black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie's eyes widened a little bit, that was the name of the cookie he sat next to on that bench during his shift yesterday.

¨ Pleasure to meet you¨ Silverbell cookie just said.

¨and I can say the same¨ Black sapphire cookie said with a charming grin.

¨that little cookie laying on the ground asleep is c-¨ he caught himself just on time
¨apple faerie cookie¨ He corrected himself hoping that silverbell cookie didn't hear him mess up.

Silverbell cookie nodded.

¨i'm gonna finish my shift and then i'll be back, see you later purple grape cookie¨ Silverbell cookie said walking away and black sapphire his grin fell.

¨I chose the most stupid name ever.¨ he said to himself letting himself fall back on the ground.

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Black sapphire cookie was sitting on the ground as candy apple cookie was making a flower crown.
It had been a couple of hours since Silverbell cookie had said he would come back.
Black sapphire cookie was wondering if he even would come back.
Candy apple cookie seemed to be content enough with the few hours of sleep she got laying on the ground.
Black sapphire cookie looked over at her. She had been making a flower crown for the past hour but had been struggling with it.

¨ Do you need help?¨ Black sapphire cookie asked and candy apple cookie looked up.

¨no¨ she said, her tone dead serious.

Black sapphire cookie just shrugged, he didn't really want to help anyways. Making those flower crowns was way too difficult for him.

He looked around, the streets were quite calm for a friday or maybe they just looked more calm in comparison to yesterday on that busy market.
He hadn't told candy apple cookie about silverbell yet and that they had a place to stay for the night cause he was nervous. Something inside him was telling him it was taking silverbell cookie way too long to return back to them.
¨maybe he has a long shift¨ black sapphire cookie thought to himself.
¨didn't he say it was three hours¨ He thought.

Black sapphire cookie took a deep breath as he went to adjust himself to sit more comfortably. It was a pretty nice day, not too cold, not too hot and there wasn't any rain.
This kingdom seemed to be perfect. Other kingdoms he and candy apple cookie had spread lies and gossip in either were so cold their icing froze or so hot that it was melting.
The only downside was that day and night were the same here. It just didn't feel right.

¨I give up¨ candy apple cookie said placing the half finished flower crown next to her.

¨Why?¨ black sapphire cookie asked as he carefully grabbed it from the ground.

¨I just don't want to finish it, it takes too much time¨ candy apple cookie said shrugging.

¨ Then why don't you make a bracelet out of it?¨ black sapphire cookie said as he grabbed candy apple cookie her arm.

¨It might not be complete and it isn't perfect but that doesn't mean you should just throw it away. It can be used for other stuff, like a flower bracelet.¨ black sapphire cookie said to candy apple cookie as he put the bracelet on her wrist.

¨it fits perfectly¨ candy apple cookie said as she looked at the flower bracelet with a soft smile on her face.

¨told you it has a different way to be perfect¨ black sapphire cookie said smiling.
Sometimes he could handle candy apple cookie, when she wasn't being annoying and she was annoying most of the time. Candy apple cookie smiled.

¨I'm going to make one for you¨ She said as she stood up and excitedly started picking more flowers.

Black sapphire cookie just smiled softly.
Then he saw a figure walking to them, it was Silverbell cookie. He seemingly just had gotten back from his work.

¨hey¨ black sapphire cookie said as silverbell cookie got closer.

¨Hello! sorry it took me so long i was talking to his majesty¨ Silverbell cookie said smiling. He looked at candy apple cookie who had just finished getting more flowers for another flower bracelet.

¨I see your sister woke up¨ Silverbell cookie said.

¨yea she woke up right after you left¨ Black sapphire cookie said as he stood up.
Silverbell cookie was shorter than him by at least half a head.

¨okay well my house is not far from here so lets go before it becomes night¨ silverbell cookie said.

¨oh yea, apple faerie cookie!¨ Black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie skipped over to him.

¨yes?¨ candy apple cookie said.

¨We got a place to stay¨ Black sapphire cookie said as he nodded his head to silverbell cookie was still patiently waiting on them to follow him to his home.

¨finally¨ candy apple cookie said, her shoulders hunching a little.
¨lets just go¨ black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie nodded.

¨lead the way¨ Black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded.

They started walking to Silverbell cookie his house.
it wasn't too far away from the willow tree they were sitting under.

¨ Day and night are the same here it's rather weird¨ Black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded.

¨ Well for me it's normal since i was born and raised in the faerie kingdom but i can understand that it is rather weird for faerie cookies who moved away!¨ Silverbell cookie said.

¨and how do you all know what time of the day it is¨ Black sapphire cookie said, he actually was wondering that.
¨i think that it's just our natural instincts but we do have a lot of clocks in the kingdom to tell the time¨ silverbell cookie said pointing to a delicate silver clock that was hanging right underneath a light post.

Black sapphire cookie nodded, that did indeed make sense.
Candy apple cookie was just walking along and not asking many questions.

It wasn't a far walk until they all arrived at Silverbell cookie his house.
Silverbell cookie got his keys out of his pockets.

¨ My house is quite small but it's big enough to fit you two¨ Silverbell cookie said as he opened the door and walked inside. He stepped aside so black sapphire cookie and candy apple cookie could walk in.
Silverbell cookie removed his shoes so the other two cookies just did the same thing and put them next to each other.

¨You two can just sit in the living room while i prepare some tea¨ silverbell cookie said and he walked to the kitchen.

¨This is awkward¨ Black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie nodded. They were not used to being in other cookies their houses, especially not while on a mission.
They both slowly walked to the living room. It did look rather cozy.
They both sat on the couch. Candy apple cookie was sitting in the right corner while black sapphire cookie was sitting in the middle.
Silverbell cookie walked into the living room.

¨I forgot to ask but what kind of tea do you want¨ The faerie cookie asked his guests.

¨oh i don't mind¨ Black sapphire cookie said looking at silverbell cookie and candy apple cookie just started into the faerie cookie his soul.

¨okay and i think your sister also doesn't mind¨ Silverbell cookie said with a slight tremble in his voice. He didn't particularly like other cookies staring at him.

¨no she also doesn't mind, please just ignore her she had a rough day yesterday and barely slept. She is way nicer when she is well rested¨ Black sapphire cookie said as he gave candy apple cookie a small nudge which made her look away from silverbell cookie.

¨She can take a nap in the guest room if she wants to, I didn't exactly prepare it yet but I believe that there are already some blankets and pillows on the bed.¨ Silverbell cookie said and candy apple cookie stood up.

¨thank you sir, do you mind telling me where it is¨ Candy apple cookie said in an even higher voice than she already had.

¨oh yea its just to your left if you walk to the hall¨ Silverbell cookie said and candy apple cookie nodded and walked away.
Great, black sapphire cookie thought. Now he was all alone with this faerie cookie and only the witches knew for how long.

After a few minutes silverbell cookie came back to the living room holding two cups of steaming hot tea. Black sapphire cookie noticed him and placed two coasters on the table so silverbell cookie could put the cups down.

¨thank you¨ Silverbell cookie said as he put the cups down.

¨no thank you¨ black sapphire cookie said.
¨You have been so polite to let two complete strangers in your house¨ Black sapphire cookie said.

¨well i couldn't just leave you two outside¨ Silverbell cookie said as he put some sugar in his own tea.

Black sapphire cookie just softly smiled.
¨no really i don't think my sister and i ever met someone so trusting in us¨ He said and silverbell cookie just looked down.

¨I don't think people are supposed to judge people just because they don't know them, sure what i did may seem weird but i don't think it would be normal for me to leave you two out in the kingdom without a place to stay¨ Silverbell cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie just nodded.

Silverbell cookie picked up his cup of tea and started stirring his tea. Ithad cooled down enough to hold without burning his hands.

¨ What kind of tea is it?¨ Black sapphire cookie asked as he looked at his cup on the table.

¨strawberry¨ Silverbell cookie said.
¨ Do you need anything in it?¨ he asked and black sapphire cookie shook his head.

¨no thank you¨ Black sapphire cookie said as he slowly picked up his cup, the warmth of it was rather calming.

They sat there in silence calmly sipping their tea.

¨so purple grape cookie, you seemingly are a faerie cookie since you did enter the kingdom¨ Silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie paused and held his breath. He couldn't say that the illusion he had made was the reason candy apple cookie and him were able to enter the kingdom.

¨uhm yea my mother is a faerie cookie¨ Black sapphire cookie just said and as silverbell cookie nodded black sapphire cookie let out the breath he had been holding.
The faerie cookie had believed yet another lie of his.

They continued to drink their tea in silence. It was rather comforting, No talking, no questions, just sitting in silence enjoying the warmth of the tea and each other's company.

¨ Do you want something to eat?¨ Silverbell cookie asked in a soft voice.

¨no thank you¨ Black sapphire cookie said as he put his empty tea cup back on the coaster.
Silverbell cookie nodded as he took the last sip of his tea before also placing it back on the coaster.
They ignored each other for a few moments, not even looking at each other.

¨Are you okay with going to the grocery store with me or do you want to stay here with your little sister?¨ Silverbell cookie asked as he slowly stood up.

¨mhm i can go with you, knowing apple faerie cookie she will be out for a while¨ Black sapphire cookie said standing up and facing silverbell cookie.

They both looked at each other's eyes and a slight blush formed on their faces before they both looked away and silverbell cookie walked to the hall to put his shoes on.

¨by the witches that was embarrassing¨ black sapphire cookie said before following silverbell cookie.

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Silverbell cookie and Black sapphire cookie were walking to the local grocery store. Black sapphire cookie didn't understand why he had chosen to go with the faerie cookie, he could have gotten so much information if he had stayed at his house. Atleast candy apple cookie still was there and if she would wake up when they still were gone she probably also would go to find information.
Black sapphire cookie also still was embarrassed about that blushing. Luckily silverbell cookie wasn't talking about it. He wasn't talking at all. They were walking in silence.

¨I just want to thank you again for letting me and my little sister stay at your house.¨ black sapphire cookie said, looking down at silverbell cookie.

¨It really is no problem you don't need to thank me¨ Silverbell cookie said looking at black sapphire cookie. Black sapphire cookie nodded. He wasn't used to this type of kindness. Normally cookies wouldn't even look at them.
They continued to walk to the grocery store and silverbell cookie his metal shoes made a soft clicking sound.

¨ Do you always wear those?¨ black sapphire cookie asked as he pointed at silverbell cookie his shoes.

¨Oh! yes i do they are pretty comfortable to walk in¨ silverbell cookie said.

¨They don't look comfortable¨ black sapphire cookie said.
¨they're metal shoes made for combat¨ he said and silverbell cookie chuckled.

¨everyone who doesn't wear them thinks that but they actually are pretty light. They don't restrain us from flying or pull us down, the metal is just an illusion¨ Silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded.

¨ That makes sense¨ He said as they continued to walk. The streets still were quite quiet but there were more faerie cookies now. Some just walking, others doing groceries.

¨It is way less busy than the day before yesterday¨ Black sapphire cookie said looking around.

¨Oh! yea on thursday we have a market and all of the faerie cookie take a look around it, most of the guards are on it too to make sure everything goes without any problem.¨ silverbell cookie said.
¨ Last time i got a pebble thrown at my wings but i couldn't find who did it¨ SIlverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie is breath hitched, it was candy apple cookie who had kicked the rock and it had landed on silverbell cookie his wings by accident.

¨w-who would do such a thing¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie shrugged.

¨It probably was an accident. the little faerie cookies don't really watch what they are doing nowadays.¨ Silverbell cookie said.

¨You sound like an old man¨ Black sapphire cookie said.

¨well i kinda am one, faerie cookies just age way slower than normal cookies. but i was born way before the dark flour war¨ Silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie choked on his own saliva.

“BEFORE THE DARK FLOWER WAR?!” Black sapphire cookie said shocked.

“Yea” silverbell cookie said as they walked inside the grocery store.

“Cool” black sapphire cookie just said, he had no idea how to react to that.

“Well I was an adult when the dark flour war started” silverbell cookie said grabbing a basket.

“Did you fight in it?” Black sapphire cookie asked.

“Well I was with elder faerie cookie and white lily cookie trying to keep the seal of the silver tree closed,” silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie his eyes widened.

“Heard that it failed,” black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie sighted.

“The seal indeed broke open and the beasts escaped but were working with the ancient heroes to get them back in the silver tree for the best of earth bread.” Silverbell cookie said. Black sapphire cookie just nodded.

They walked to the vegetable aisle.

¨i have to do groceries for three now¨ silverbell cookie said.
¨ Do you or your little sister have any allergies?¨ he asked and black sapphire cookie shook his head.

¨no, well at least not that we know of¨ black sapphire cookie said.

¨that will do¨ silverbell cookie said as he put some tomatoes in the shopping basket.

¨What are you gonna make for dinner?¨ black sapphire cookie asked.

¨probably just some tomato soup¨ silverbell cookie said.
¨I like cooking it myself¨ He said and black sapphire cookie nodded.

¨ That's nice, I can't cook to save my life¨ black sapphire cookie said.

¨don't worry i'll teach you!¨ Silverbell cookie said as he put onions, carrots, garlic and stock in the basket.

¨You can better learn a fish how to walk¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie laughed.

¨ Is that a challenge?¨ silverbell cookie asked. Black sapphire cookie smirked.
¨yes¨ black sapphire cookie said.

¨game on¨ silverbell cookie said excitedly as he put some star jellies in the basket.
it were plain star jellies, nothing special.

¨are those also for the tomato soup?¨ black sapphire cookie asked jokingly.
silverbell cookie shook his head.

¨nope just for by the tea¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded.

¨and you pick the plain ones¨ black sapphire cookie said. He didn't particularly like the plain star jellies. They tasted like plastic to him.

¨Those are the best ones!¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie shook his head.

¨your taste buds are broken old man¨ he said and silverbell cookie pouted his cheeks.

¨One! I'm not that old and two they taste good!¨ Silverbell cookie said, crossing his arms.

¨okay okay calm down faerie¨ black sapphire cookie said.
¨ Can you maybe get the ones with extra sugar? at least they don't taste like plastic¨ he said and silverbell cookie rolled his eyes.

¨fine¨ silverbell cookie said as he also put those star jellies in the basket.
black sapphire cookie didn't expect him to actually agree to it, he was just joking. Of Course he liked those more than the basic ones.

¨he i was just kidding¨ black sapphire cookie said trying to grab the star jellies out of the basket.

¨no really it's fine, i think i would like a change for a while¨ silverbell cookie said as he softly slapped black sapphire cookie his hand away.
Black sapphire cookie his eyes widened. He didn't expect silverbell cookie to actually consider buying them.
He didn't want the faerie cookie to buy them just because he told him he did not like the plain ones and that he preferred the ones with extra sugar.

They went to the cash register and silverbell cookie paid for the groceries and greeted the cashier before putting the groceries in a shopping bag.
They walked out of the store.

¨ So do you drink a lot of tea….¨ black sapphire cookie asked. He immediately felt stupid for just asking it. It sounded weird.

¨yea like six cups a day¨ Silverbell cookie said. That is quite a lot.

¨ Do you drink coffee?¨ black sapphire cookie asked and silverbell cookie shook his head.
¨nope i don't drink coffee¨ Silverbell cookie said.
¨mm that would make the six cups of tea sound better than if you also drank coffee with it.¨ black sapphire cookie said.
Silverbell cookie seemed like a relatively calm cookie. He didn't talk much. Or maybe he was uncomfortable around other cookies.

¨quite the nice weather¨ black sapphire cookie said trying to make small talk.
Silverbell cookie just nodded as he shifted the grocery bags in his hand to the other.
Black sapphire cookie looked at it.

¨I can carry one if you want to¨ black sapphire cookie said.

¨no need to but thank you for offering it¨ silverbell cookie said. Black sapphire cookie just grabbed one of the bags.

¨Hey!¨ silverbell cookie said. Black sapphire cookie just looked at him and flashed a charming smile.

¨I insist ¨ black sapphire cookie said.

¨well then i guess it's alright.¨ silverbell cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie said and they continued to walk to Silverbell cookie his house.

¨do i have to share a room with my annoying sister¨ black sapphire cookie asked.
He really did not want to share a bed with candy apple cookie. she was a wild sleeper and would just kick him in her sleep. It had happened before and black sapphire cookie was sore for days afterwards.

¨You can sleep on the couch¨ silverbell cookie said. Black sapphire cookie nodded.
Everything was better than to sleep in the same bed as candy apple cookie. he loved her but he rather not risk getting kicked in the back of his neck at three am.

¨that will do, thank you¨ black sapphire cookie said smiling.

¨no problem¨ silverbell cookie said, returning the smile.
Now he just had to find extra pillows and blankets. He probably would have them underneath his bed. SIlverbell cookie just had to dust those off outside.

¨so have you been a guard for long¨ black sapphire cookie said. He was curious about that since silverbell cookie had been born before the dark flour war.

¨yea, usually i am just placed to make sure no non faerie cookies get close to the kingdom or help them if they get breathing problems because of the yeast spores. But right before the seal of the silver tree broke I started fighting a little bit with the silver tree knights alongside his majesty¨ silverbell cookie said. Black sapphire cookie was even more shocked. This cookie probably was way older than he looked.

¨wow that's some serious dedication¨ black sapphire cookie said.

¨i think it's not about dedication i mean look at his majesty he has been guarding the silver tree since the beast cookies corrupted. He barely leaves the silver tree and if he does it's to sleep and even then hundreds of silver tree knights are around the silver tree.¨ Silverbell cookie said.
¨I call that dedication¨ He said and black sapphire cookie said.

¨so he was practically baked to guard the silver tree¨ black sapphire cookie asked and silverbell; cookie nodded.

¨it's his soul purpose¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded.

¨He made this kingdom to protect the silver tree at all cost and most faerie cookies are prepared to give their lives to the silver tree in case of an emergency¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie held a breath. This meant that it would become difficult for him and candy apple cookie to even come close to the silver tree. They were sneaky but not that sneaky.
They were still walking but had slowed down their pace a lot.

¨so it's practically impossible for intruders to get to¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded.

¨ Our kingdom is not on the map and non faerie cookies can't even see the gates. Also most of them who try to find it get annoyed by the yeast spores and go back to their own kingdom. The only non faerie cookie we let in was white lily cookie. sure i got in some trouble but later when she closed the seal on the silver tree after his majesty wasn't able to she was allowed to stay and come back whenever she wanted, even her friend but they never showed up to our kingdom.¨ silverbell cookie said. It all was a lot of information for black sapphire cookie to take in all at once so he just nodded along and dropped the occasional ¨yea¨ and ¨oo¨ in there to make it seem like he understood what was going on.

¨ So if friends of white lily cookie show up you would let them in?¨ black sapphire cookie asked and silverbell cookie nodded.

¨ Yes, like the ancient heroes are always welcome here in the faerie kingdom! but only white lily cookie visits us once in a while. I believe she started dating pure vanilla cookie.¨ silverbell cookie said.

¨ That's nice for them¨ black sapphire cookie said as he stepped in a small puddle of water making a small splash.

¨yea! His majesty and white lily cookie used to have something before that but they broke up on good terms after they decided that they were better off as very good friends. His majesty was just too busy and white lily cookie traveled a lot so that's why they broke up. No hard feelings between them¨ SIlverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded as he put his left hand in his pocket and gripped the grocery bag more comfortably

¨That's good to hear, I don't think this kingdom would have taken it well if they started hating each other!¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded.
¨Trust me then this kingdom would have been broken down!¨ Silverbell cookie said while he chuckled a little bit.
¨but i'm happy they still are good friends¨ silverbell cookie said.

¨same¨ black sapphire cookie said. He honestly had no idea what silverbell cookie was talking about but it seemed appropriate enough to say ¨same¨ to.

They arrived back at silverbell cookie his house and he opened the door, walking in. Black sapphire cookie followed. They put the grocery bags on the kitchen table before removing their shoes and putting them in the hallway.

Silverbell cookie unpacked the groceries and put everything in the fridge.
¨I'm gonna check on my little sister¨ Black sapphire cookie said.

¨Okay!¨ silverbell cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie walked to the guest room and slowly opened the door.
Candy apple cookie was still asleep. There even was drool on the pillow.

¨I'm definitely sleeping on that couch. Ew¨ Black sapphire cookie said before turning back and closing the door behind him.
He walked back to the kitchen where silverbell cookie had just finished putting all the groceries away.

¨ Do you want some tea?¨ Silverbell cookie asked with a soft smile on his face.

¨yes please¨ black sapphire cookie said smiling back as he walked to the living room and sat down on the couch as he waited on silverbell cookie to come and join him.

Seven minutes later silverbell cookie walked into the room with the steaming cups of tea and put them on the flower like coasters on the table. He then sat down right beside black sapphire cookie.

¨i chose lemon tea this time i hope that's alright¨ silverbell cookie said.

¨That's fine. I like lemon tea¨ Black sapphire cookie said.
He actually hated it but he did want to tell that to silverbell cookie.
He felt like silverbell cookie had done so much for him and candy apple cookie already without asking anything in return so he didn't really want to complain about what kind of tea he had in front of him.

¨hey didn't you promise me that you'll learn me how to cook¨
Black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded.

¨then don't just sit here but follow me to the kitchen, i think that after today we all could use an early dinner¨
Silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded as he stood up right after silverbell cookie and followed him to the kitchen.

Yet again the tea was forgotten about and was left to turn cold.
But this time it wasn't the same cold feeling from the inside because it was slowly being warmed up by the two cookies for just being around each other.

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¨so lets see¨ silverbell cookie said as he got out the ingredients for the tomato soup.

¨I am gonna burn the soup¨ black sapphire cookie said as he washed his hands.

¨how can you even burn soup..¨ Silverbell cookie said as he paused to think.

¨It's a joke¨ black sapphire cookie said as he dried his hands.

¨ah okay¨ silverbell cookie said.
¨ We're gonna make tomato soup for tonight. It is pretty easy to make so I don't think you can mess it up¨ Silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie snorted.

¨Trust me faerie, I can and will mess it up¨ black sapphire cookie said as silverbell cookie grabbed a cutting board and some knives. The faerie cookie then grabbed a pan and put it to the side.

¨You can wash the tomatoes¨ silverbell cookie said as he shoves the tomatoes towards black sapphire cookie.
He picked one of them up and looked at it.

¨oh and remove the green part¨ silverbell cookie said.
¨just pull it off¨

Black sapphire cookie did just that and then put them in the sink and put the faucet on to wash the tomatoes. He put them on the cutting board after he was done with washing them. Silverbell cookie started cutting the skin of them before cutting them into cubes and throwing them into the pan.

¨ Okay why don't you just mash them until you get a paste, i'll throw the needed ingredients in it while you're mashing the tomatoes.¨ Silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded as he started to mash the tomatoes with a spoon. Silverbell cookie threw some olive oil and salt in it while the purple cookie was mashing the paste together.

¨okay just keep doing that¨ silverbell cookie said as he started to cut up some carrots.

¨Carrots?¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded slowly.

¨i like it that way¨ silverbell cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie in fact did not like carrots at all.

¨i hate carrots¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell looked up at him as he paused cutting the carrots.

¨well then i won't use them in the soup¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie immediately felt guilty.

¨what no i didn't mean it like that! i hate them but that doesn't mean we don't have to use them for the soup!¨ black sapphire cookie said in a fast pace. His cheeks became red out of shame.

Silverbell cookie chuckled softly.
¨it's fine really! We can just use more tomatoes! I'll go get them from the store¨ Silverbell cookie said as he walked away. Leaving black sapphire cookie alone in his kitchen.

¨ Yea leave a stranger all alone in your house making a tomato paste¨ black sapphire cookie muttered. Then he paused and looked at the spoon in his hands. Why was he actually doing it? Why was he helping a stranger cook?

¨by the love of the witches what am i doing¨ black sapphire cookie said.
He never did stuff for cookies who weren't shadow milk cookie. Then why was he making tomato paste for some random faerie cookie with pretty eyes?

¨why am i thinking this?!¨ black sapphire cookie said as he let go of the spoon. It fell into the pan but black sapphire cookie didn't try to grab it back.

¨sure he gave us a place to stay and all but i should be looking for gossip!¨ black sapphire cookie said to himself. He had no idea what he was doing anymore. He was confused.
He walked to a chair at the dinner table and sat down on it. He buried his face into his hands and at that moment candy apple cookie walked in.

"Wrong moment?” She asked.

¨no¨ black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie raised an eyebrow.

¨okay sure i believe you immediately¨ candy apple cookie said sarcastically as she walked to the kitchen counter and stood on her tippy toes to see what was in the pan.

¨ Is it supposed to be black¨ Candy apple cookie said.

¨WHAT NO¨ black sapphire cookie said as he stood up quickly. Knocking over the chair he was sitting on in the process.
He looked over into the pan and the tomatoes had indeed burned.

¨i didn't know that faerie cookie had already put the gas on¨ Black sapphire cookie said.

¨clever¨ candy apple cookie said, rolling her eyes.

¨don't you have somewhere else to be¨ black sapphire cookie said. There was a slight hint of annoyance in his voice.

¨don't we both.¨ candy apple cookie said.

¨We are in a random house of a random faerie cookie because we couldn't find a place to stay.¨ candy apple cookie said. She was right. Their mission wasn't going as planned and that clearly annoyed candy apple cookie a lot.

¨It's just for a night. or two. okay maybe a week¨ Black sapphire cookie said. Mostly their missions lasted two days but he already knew that this one would last way longer.

Candy apple cookie pouted.

¨why don't you just go read a book¨ black sapphire cookie said as he pointed to the organized bookshelf in the living room.

¨no i would much rather watch you fail at cooking¨ candy apple cookie said.

¨you know that the stove is still on right¨ candy apple cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie his eyes widened as he quickly turned off the stove.
He could lie all he wanted to but he had clearly burned the tomato paste.

¨not my fault i told him i couldn't cook¨ Black sapphire cookie said.
Candy apple cookie just looked at him.

¨weren't you supposed to just keep stirring it.¨ candy apple cookie said as she made a small gesture to the pan.
¨where even is the spoon!¨ candy apple cookie said.

¨in the paste of burned tomatoes.¨ black sapphire cookie said.
Candy apple cookie just looked at him. Not even blinking once.

¨I'm going back to that guest room. I am still way too tired to deal with this.¨ candy apple cookie said as she walked back to the guest room.
Black sapphire cookie knew something was off. Normally candy apple cookie would joke around, laugh at him. Normally she was one big ball of energy.

¨This feels weird¨ black sapphire cookie said as he looked into the direction where candy apple cookie walked to.
¨ I actually miss her annoying voice and energy¨ he said crossing his arms.
Just then the door opened again.

Black sapphire cookie his eyes shot back to the pan of burned tomato paste. He had to explain this to silverbell cookie.

¨I'm back¨ silverbell cookie said. Black sapphire cookie looked up and looked straight into his eyes.

¨I burned the tomato paste¨ Black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie his eyes widened.
He slowly walked to the kitchen counter and put his shopping bag on it. He then looked into the pan.
¨how¨ silverbell cookie said.

¨i didn't know that the stove was on¨ black sapphire cookie said sheepishly and silverbell cookie sighted.
¨ It's alright it's my fault. I left you here alone to take care of it while I know that you can't cook.¨ Silverbell cookie said as he grabbed the handle of the pan and put it in the sink.

¨no it's mine i should have been more careful¨black sapphire cookie said. What was he doing? Why was he apologizing?

¨i don't have enough tomatoes to make a new paste¨ silverbell cookie said more to himself than to black sapphire cookie. He opened his fridge and looked inside. He didn't have enough to feed three cookies. He could throw all the stuff together and hope that it was edible.

¨do you need help?¨ black sapphire cookie said as he moved to stand right next to silverbell cookie.
Silverbell cookie shook his head.
¨no i don't need help im just looking if i can throw some things together for dinner¨ silverbell cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie found his voice rather soothing. Like the sound of the rain.

¨I can clean that pan if you want to¨ black sapphire cookie said.

¨Oh! Yes, that would be perfect. you can do that if you want to.¨ silverbell cookie said looking up.

¨It isn't so much work. it's the least i can do after almost burning your house down.¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie laughed softly.
Black sapphire cookie got a slight blush on his cheeks and quickly turned away.
He grabbed a sponge that was laying next to the sink and put some dish soap onto it.
He started scrubbing the pan. It was quite difficult to clean it. The burned tomato paste had become solid and it wouldn't go off.
Black sapphire tried to rinse it off with water but that also did not work.

¨uhm i cant get it off¨ black sapphire cookie said. Silverbell cookie walked to him.

¨let me see¨ He said before he grabbed the sponge from him. Their hands touched briefly before silverbell cookie also grabbed the pan and tried to scrub it off.

¨mmm i think i'm gonna need a new pan¨ Silverbell cookie said. Now black sapphire cookie felt even more guilty for burning the food. He didn't understand why he felt this way just because of some faerie cookie. A cute faerie cookie but still a faerie cookie.

¨oh¨ black sapphire cookie said as he looked at the pan.

Silverbell filled the sink with water and put some dish soap in it before putting the pan into it.
¨let see if this works. If it does i can clean it tomorrow morning¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded.

¨let's wait a while before we start attempting to cook dinner again¨ silverbell cookie said as he dried his hands with a paper towel and throwing it away afterwards

¨yea that sounds like a good plan¨ black sapphire cookie said.

Silverbell cookie walked to the living room. Black sapphire cookie followed right behind him.

¨ If you want you can grab a book from the bookshelf to read. I've started reading all of them but never finished so you can take out the book mark if you want to.¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded and grabbed the most random book from the self.
SIlverbell cookie grabbed the book that he had been reading yesterday and sat on the couch.
Black sapphire cookie sat right next to him.
Silverbell cookie didn't seem to mind as he just opened his book and started reading.
Black sapphire cookie opened his book and tried to read it but he was way too focused on how close he was sitting to the faerie cookie.

He never had these kinds of feelings before. especially not to a stranger. Sure they had laughed together but they knew each other for less than a day.
Black sapphire cookie looked up from his book for a second. He looked at silverbell cookie who was still calmly reading his.

Just then candy apple cookie walked in. She seemingly was back to her energetic self.

"¨hello!" she said and silverbell cookie looked up and smiled.

¨hey im glad to see that you are finally awake¨ Silverbell cookie said and candy apple cookie smiled.

¨I was out like a rock!¨ she said before climbing onto the couch next to black sapphire cookie.
They all sat there in silence before silverbell cookie announced that he was going to make dinner out of some scraps and walked away.
Black sapphire cookie groaned.

¨What is it this time¨ candy apple cookie asked and black sapphire cookie looked at her.

¨I don't know candy I really don't know. but every time i look at that stupid faerie i feel different¨ Black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie grinned.

¨oh you're in looooveee¨ she said in a teasing voice. Black sapphire cookie his face turned a shade of red.

¨no, yes, maybe i don't know it anymore¨ black sapphire cookie said as he laid the book next to him on the couch and leaned back.

¨I want to kiss his stupid faerie face¨ black sapphire cookie said.
¨you just made it more obvious¨ candy apple cookie said as she scooted closer to him.
¨tell me tell me tell me tell me i need to know everything that you are feeling¨ candy apple cookie said. She had a sparkle in her eyes.

¨okay okay¨ black sapphire cookie said.
¨i know that we just met him but he's just so…. cute.¨ black sapphire cookie started.
¨ Those eyes just are so full of life¨ black sapphire cookie said.
¨He has the most beautiful wings i have ever seen¨ he said.
¨the way he carries himself.. I just like it, ¨ black sapphire cookie said.

¨someone got a crush!¨ candy apple cookie said excitedly and black sapphire cookie shushed her.
¨sssst not so loud what if he hears it!¨ black sapphire cookie said.

¨ Just go help him with making dinner.¨ candy apple cookie said and black sapphire nodded and stood up. He took a deep breath and walked to the kitchen where silverbell cookie was cutting multiple vegetables.

¨hey i wondered if i could help¨ Black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded.

¨yea! you can set the table if you want to. i'm almost done with just making a simple salad.¨ silverbell cookie said as he washed some lettuce.

¨okay just tell me where the plates and cutlery are¨ Blacksapphire cookie said and silverbell nodded.

the plates are in the left cabinet and the cutlery is in the right drawer.¨ silverbell cookie said as he started cutting the lettuce.

Black sapphire cookie grabbed the plates first. It were simple white plates of stone. nothing really special. He grabbed three of them and put them down on the table before grabbing the cutlery. He neatly arranged them on the table but then noticed that he was missing a fork.

He turned around to get one but he tripped over his own step and out of pure reflexes he grabbed into silverbell cookie who gasped and fell with him.
They both were laying on the ground. Black sapphire cookie was laying on top of silverbell cookie.
Black sapphire cookie was blushing like crazy and he used his arms to get off silverbell a little bit but he still was hovering above him.

The two cookies looked each other right in the eyes. Both their faces were red.
It was quiet for a long time.
Silverbell cookie didn't push black sapphire cookie off him but black sapphire cookie also didn't get off him.

After a few more moments of silence black sapphire cookie spoke up.

¨okay i don't care anymore¨ he said before giving silverbell cookie a kiss on his lips.
Silverbell cookie his eyes widened. this was the thing he was expecting the least.
After a few more seconds silverbell cookie returned the kiss.
Black sapphire cookie smiled softly against the faerie cookie his lips.
They broke apart a few seconds later and black sapphire cookie stood up before helping silverbell cookie stand up.

They both didn't say a word. They both were blushing like crazy but continued with their task.
Black sapphire cookie finished setting up the table and silverbell cookie finished making the salad.

¨I'll go get my sister¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded as he put the salad on their plates.

Black sapphire told candy apple cookie that dinner was ready and they both went to the kitchen and sat down.
They all ate in silence and after they were done candy apple cookie walked back to the guest room.

Black sapphire cookie helped silverbell cookie clean up.
Silverbell cookie said doing the dishes and black sapphire cookie was drying them.

¨You know, if you really don't want to sleep with your sister you can sleep with me in my bed.¨ Silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie his eyes widened for a brief moment before he smiled.

¨I would like that¨ he said.

¨I have an extra set of pyjamas for you¨ silverbell cookie said as he finished washing the last plate and gave it to black sapphire cookie to dry it.

¨thank you i really appreciate that¨ black sapphire cookie said.

After a few more hours of reading and doing absolutely nothing they all got ready for bed.
Luckily Silverbell had a lot of toothbrushes he had never used in his entire life.

Black sapphire cookie noticed how silverbell was facing away from the bathroom mirror. He didn't say anything about it but he didnt discard it.
Silverbell cookie gave candy apple cookie one of his shirts and she went back to the guest room.

He gave black sapphire cookie a clean pair of pyamas.¨ You can change in the bathroom if you want to.¨ silverbell cookie said but black sapphire cookie just started changing when silverbell cookie was turned around while putting his own pajamas on.

After that they both got in the bed.
They again were very close to each other.
Silverbell cookie liked the warmth.
Finally he could focus on something else but his thoughts.
He felt at peace for the first time in years.
He slowly closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Black sapphire cookie turned to face silverbell cookie.
When he noticed that the faerie cookie was already asleep he also closed his eyes.
He had a small smile on his face, They both would never forget this day.

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Silverbell cookie shook awake in the middle of the night. Not because of a nightmare but because he felt something moving beside him.
He looked to the side and saw black sapphire cookie laying right next to him, asleep.
¨oh dear witches purple grape cookie and i kissed¨ silverbell cookie said to himself as the memories from last evening flooded in. It had felt right, good even but he only knew this cookie for a day. He had seen him walking around the kingdom before but didn't trust him.

¨maybe we should start off as friends…. yes i'll tell him tomorrow¨ silverbell cookie said. He could get out of bed but he found it rather comfortable, the warmth of the other cookie seemed to help with his late night thoughts.
Silverbell cookie moved closer to black sapphire cookie and slowly fell back asleep.

In the guestroom, candy apple cookie was wide awake.
¨How stupid was black sapphire to not sleep throughout the day¨ she said to herself as she got up and started snooping around the room.
¨he could easily snoop around if he did¨ candy apple cookie said rolling her eyes.
She opened a few drawers in the room but nothing was found.

¨mm he's not entirely stupid¨ candy apple cookie muttered.
She then opened a drawer and found an old photo.
On it were 3 faerie cookies, elder faerie cookie was the only one candy apple cookie could name.
¨mm thats elder faerie cookie… thats a silver tree knight i believe… But who is that girl….¨ candy apple cookie said.
¨she's pretty¨ she said before putting the photo in one of the pockets on her dress.
She could show this to black sapphire cookie. Candy apple cookie knows that he refuses to sleep in the same room as her so he probably was sleeping on the couch.

Maybe I should snoop around in that faerie his living room. there must be more interesting things in there.¨ candy apple cookie said.
She softly opened the room of the guest door and kept it open to make sure that silverbell cookie wouldn't hear it close. She had learned from when he and black sapphire cookie went to do groceries that the door would make a loud noise even if you closed it very softly.
That sound would surely wake her up if she heard it so candy apple cookie thought that it would also wake up silverbell cookie.

Candy apple cookie walked to the living room. There still were two tea cups on the table.
Both still had tea in them. It had cooled down a lot.
She didn't pay attention to it too much as she started by looking at the many bookshelves in the living room.
everything was in the faerie language. Candy apple cookie couldn't read it.
¨ Come on why do they need to have a whole different script¨ candy apple cookie complained as she looked through the books to try and find one that could be used in her plan.

¨all sappy romance novels¨ candy apple cookie said rolling her eyes.
She saw it because of the books their covers.
It looked poorly drawn, she wondered why a boy would even pick these books up.
But maybe faeries liked these kinds of books, she knew that her master shadow milk cookie wouldn't touch them unless he was forced to.

¨faeries are weird¨ candy apple cookie said as she picked up a book from the lower shelf.
She looked at the title. This one was surprisingly in the script she could read.
¨under the stars.. ew even i wont read this¨ she said as she opened the book.
It even had some cheesy quote on the first page.
¨I am not going to waste my time on this¨ candy apple cookie said as she closed the book and placed it back on the self.
She kept scanning the selves in the hope she would find something interesting but with no success.

¨okay this faerie either has a cleaning obsession or is good at hiding stuff¨ candy apple cookie said annoyed. She slowly and quietly walked back to the guest room but then remembered about the door.
If she closed it, the silverbell cookie would wake up. That would be a problem and if black sapphire cookie woke up.. he would understand what she was doing.
¨o i hate this door¨ she said as she slowly closed it and a loud sound was heard of the door clicking back in the lock.
Candy apple cookie rushed back into the bed and pretended she was asleep.

Both black sapphire cookie and silverbell cookie woke up from that noise.
¨what was that?¨ black sapphire cookie asked, he was still half asleep.

¨i don't know¨ silverbell cookie said rubbing his eyes.
He reached over to his nightstand and put on a bedside lamp, lighting up the room a little.
Black sapphire cookie closed his eyes.

¨ A warning would be appreciated next time you put on a light.¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie sighted.
¨ sorry i'm not used to having someone in my room and well especially not in my bed¨ silverbell cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie then looked down. He then remembered what happened last evening.
¨ah.. I now remember¨ black sapphire cookie said as he pulled the blanket more to his side.

¨ Yea it all happened rather fast¨ silverbell cookie said with a slight laughter.
Black sapphire cookie smiled.
¨you just were too pretty to resist¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie blushed.

¨thank you! but i think we should first be friends¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded slowly. He was rather disappointed to hear that but he did understand it.

¨that's fine i completely understand it¨ black sapphire cookie said before he turned to face silverbell cookie.
¨I am not leaving this bed though¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie laughed.

¨you don't have to! I find this rather calming¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie smiled.
¨It is indeed pretty warm here¨ he said.
Silverbell cookie nodded before he put on a pair of socks that were laying next to his bed.

¨I am going to check out what that noise was. you can stay here if you want to.¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded.
Silverbell cookie put on the socks and left the room.
Black sapphire cookie waited until he was sure that the faerie cookie was down the hall.
He let out a deep sight.

¨I don't know why that hurted so much. he just said that he wants to be friends first.¨ black sapphire cookie said to himself. He understood why but it still hurted.

Silverbell cookie was walking to the hallway from where he had heard the noise.
He knew that it was a door because the doors in his house were very loud. He needed to fix them but he kept forgetting about it.
He was wondering which door it was.
It could be the room which separated the hall from the hallway. Silverbell cookie always forgets to close that one.
The faerie cookie yawned.

¨I will just look tomorrow morning¨ silverbell cookie said as he walked back to his room where black sapphire cookie was still sitting wide awake on his bed.

¨Oh! i thought you would have gone back to sleep¨ silverbell cookie said as he removed the socks and put them in a corner where more dirty clothes were laying. He was going to wash them yesterday but then black sapphire cookie and candy apple cookie showed up.

¨I just had some thoughts¨ black sapphire cookie said as he looked away. He couldn't get himself to face silverbell cookie.
Silverbell cookie looked at him with a knowing look.
¨i have been there¨ silverbell cookie said as he got back in bed.
He looked at black sapphire cookie and grabbed his hand.

¨It's best if you try and focus on anything else¨ silverbell cookie said smiling.
Black sapphire cookie looked down at his hand.
Silverbell cookie his greyish dough looked pale in comparison to his purple dough.

¨You know, if you really can not sleep because of those thoughts just wake me up.¨ silverbell cookie said as he slowly released black sapphire cookie his hand.
Black sapphire cookie nodded. He didn't want to tell what he was thinking to silverbell cookie right after he had told him they could better start off as friends first.
Black sapphire cookie kept thinking how stupid he was for kissing silverbell cookie earlier.
But silverbell cookie did not seem to mind it at all. He thought to himself as silverbell cookie laid down on the bed again. pulling the blanket over himself.

Black sapphire cookie looked at silverbell cookie and smiled softly.
¨he's pretty cute for a faerie¨ black sapphire cookie said very softly so only he himself could hear what he had said.
Black sapphire cookie noticed the clock. 1:32 am.
He sighted. It was this early in the morning and he was laying in someone else his bed.
Black sapphire decided to get out of the bed. He was going to check on candy apple cookie, just to see if she had gotten her good old personality back.
The second he put one of his feet on the floor he felt just how cold it was.

¨this is why he put on socks¨ black sapphire cookie mumbled as he quickly got up and started walking. Silverbell cookie his bedroom door was open. Black sapphire cookie had noticed that. Silverbell cookie hadn't closed it since candy apple cookie and he had arrived.

¨How can he sleep peacefully with an open door?¨ black sapphire cookie said as he walked out of the door. He walked to the hallway and just opened the guest bedroom door.

¨hey brat are you awake¨ black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie sat up and looked at him with wide eyes.
¨don't close that door.¨ she said in some kind of whisper scream.

¨okay okay i won't. you can talk some louder the faerie is asleep¨ black sapphire cookie said as he sat on the bed.
¨why are you awake¨ he said to candy apple cookie who just looked at him.

¨I slept when it was daytime so i could sneak around at night. I thought that you also were bright enough to understand that but seemingly you get along way to good with that faerie cookie¨ candy apple cookie said as she put her hands above the blanket.
Black sapphire cookie looked thoughtful before he spoke up.

¨ Yes that does indeed sound like a better plan than the one we had¨ Black sapphire cookie said.
Candy apple cookie gave him a slap.
Of course it's a better plan but you are too busy having a crush on the enemy to think logically¨ candy apple cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie put his hand on the place where she had slapped him and chuckled.

¨i wouldn't call it a crush¨ black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie looked at him with an expression he couldn't quite place in a category.

¨You told me yesterday how much you like him.¨ candy apple cookie said in an emotionless voice.
¨ Well that was just uhm a cover for if he heard us talking¨ black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie rolled her eyes.
¨sure and i am a pear cookie instead of an apple cookie. nice try¨ candy apple cookie said.

¨fits our characters doesn't it¨ black sapphire cookie said as he flashed a charming smile.
¨ That smile is stupid.¨ candy apple cookie said before looking down at the bed.
¨get off my bed.¨ she said and black sapphire cookie just laid down.
¨nope¨ he said and candy apple cookie gave him a kick.

¨ouch! okay okay i'll go back to my room¨ black sapphire cookie said as he stood up and walked away. He left the door open.
When he got back in silverbell cookie his bed he noticed that the faerie cookie was asleep.

¨ I still wonder how he can sleep with his door open¨ black sapphire cookie said.
When he wanted to go back underneath the blanket he had to share with silverbell cookie he paused.
He didn't want to sleep. He wasn't tired anymore.
Black sapphire cookie noticed a book on the floor.
He grabbed it and opened it. It was written in the faerie script but maybe he could learn it tonight.
It looked like musical notes. He knew something about those.
His master shadow milk cookie liked classical music and once threw a piano sheet to him.

¨well this is an f and that's all i know¨ black sapphire cookie said to himself.
He then noticed that it seemingly went on for more than the original music notes.

¨I give up¨ black sapphire cookie said as he put the book back on the floor and went to lay down. Silverbell cookie had most of the blanket put there still was enough space for him to also be covered with the blanket.
He looked at silverbell cookie one more time and smiled softly before going to sleep.

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Black sapphire cookie woke up because he was feeling rather cold. He tried to pull the blanket over himself but he couldn't find it.
¨oh for the love of the witches.¨ black sapphire cookie said annoyed as he sat up.
He opened his eyes and saw that silverbell cookie had pulled the entire blanket over himself.

¨great¨ black sapphire cookie said in a hushed tone. He noticed that the door was still open. Black sapphire cookie looked at the clock and noticed that it was 7 am. He got out of the bed and walked to the living room. The floor was still freezing but he didn't want to grab the socks of someone that wasn't him. He sat down on the couch and started removing the dirt underneath his nails to pass time.
The silence was deafening in the house. Black sapphire cookie wasn't used to it. In the spire shadow milk cookie always woke them up with one of his jokes. He always woke up at 5 am to prepare stuff. Though he was clumsy and couldn't go a minute without dropping something.

After a few minutes black sapphire cookie noticed a calendar in the corner of his eyes.
He walked to it but again it was all written in the faerie script. Luckily the times were normal.
12-11 etc.
¨probably work schedules¨ black sapphire cookie mumbled before sitting back down on the couch. He was getting quite bored. There was nothing to entertain himself with and he couldn't just grab his microphone out of thin air because of the fact that silverbell cookie could walk in at any moment. He let out a sigh and stared at the ceiling.
It was more of a calm morning than he ever had at the spire but he missed the chaos.
Black sapphire cookie wondered if candy apple cookie had fallen back asleep after he had left the room in the very early hours of the morning.

¨why not find out¨ black sapphire cookie said as he stood up and walked to the guest room in a dramatic way.

¨ohhh candy apple cookie¨ black sapphire cookie said as he stuck his head in between the door opening. He saw that candy apple cookie indeed had fallen back asleep.
His smile quickly faded as he turned around and went back to the living room. He didn't close the door behind him because pretty much all the doors were open. The only two doors that were closed were the front door and the back door. He sat down on the couch and leaned back. Before he knew it he had fallen asleep again. The couch was quite comfortable.

He only woke up at around ten am because of silverbell cookie his alarm going off.
He heard rustling from silverbell cookie his room. He heard the closet door open and close. After a few minutes Silverbell cookie walked into the living room in his guard uniform.

¨good morning¨ silverbell cookie said as he started boiling water for tea.

¨morning¨ black sapphire cookie said.

¨I have to work today from twelve till eleven so you and apple faerie cookie can go explore the kingdom during that time¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded.
¨we will¨ he said smiling.
¨oh and if you dont mind maybe get some groceries. I believe that I have a grocery list on my fridge but you do have to buy extra¨ silverbell cookie said.
great. black sapphire cookie though. Now he is giving me chores like I'm his maid.
¨oh yea sure¨ black sapphire cookie said with a fake smile on his face. He didn't particularly like doing groceries and with his luck the list would be written in the faerie script.

¨ill go when cand- mean apple faerie cookie is awake¨ black sapphire cookie said. he was hoping that silverbell cookie didn't notice his slip up. He couldn't mess this up. It was just going to take some longer. Candy apple cookie could go back to the spire if she wanted to but only after a week. They had to stay in a kingdom for a week to spread gossip and jokes. Just some rule they had gotten from shadow milk cookie if they went out of the spire for a mission.

Silverbell cookie quickly made some breakfast for himself.
The water was boiling so he made a cup of tea.
¨ Do you also want a cup?¨ silverbell cookie asked to black sapphire cookie.
He shook his head.
¨no thank you¨ black sapphire cookie said as he stood up from the couch to stretch his legs.
¨ I'm going to look if apple faerie cookie is awake¨ black sapphire cookie said as he walked to the guest room.
He knew that candy apple cookie had been awake for a while.

¨hey brat you better be awake that faerie is leaving for work soon¨ black sapphire cookie said as he removed the blanket from the bed. Candy apple cookie indeed was awake and already dressed.
¨oh calm down i have been up since 5 am¨ candy apple cookie said as she got out of the bed with a small jump.
¨so why dont you get ready instead of trying to get me to get ready¨ she said and black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes.
¨yea yea. That faerie is in the kitchen making breakfast. ask nicely and maybe he will give you something¨ black sapphire cookie said. He turned around and walked back to the kitchen where silverbell cookie was eating a bowl of cornflakes with a cup of tea next to him.

¨i am going to change¨ black sapphire cookie said before walking into silverbel cookie his room and grabbed his clothes from yesterday and went into the bathroom to change.
When he was halfway through changing he heard the front door open and close.
A few seconds later he heard candy apple cookie say.
¨the faerie is gone¨
Black sapphire cookie quickly finished getting into his clothes and walked to the living room where candy apple cookie was already snooping around.

¨ Let's wait a minute with that what if he forgot his keys¨ black sapphire cookie said before he looked at the clock. It only was 11 am. Silverbell cookie his shift didn't start until 12. Why did he leave an hour early?
¨weird, who would want to be this early to their job¨ black sapphire cookie said. Candy apple cookie didnt listen to what black sapphire cookie was saying as she kept looking around.

¨I swear this faerie has nothing interesting enough to spread gossip about¨ candy apple cookie said as she closed the drawer.
Black sapphire cookie looked at the bookshelf.
He had already looked at all the books briefly but they all were in the faerie script.
¨dont bother with those¨ candy apple cookie said.
¨i already checked them. Nothing interesting enough.¨ she said as she let herself fall down on the couch.
¨ If only we could read faerie script¨ black sapphire cookie said. He walked to the couch and sat right next to candy apple cookie.
¨I am not going to learn a new script for this¨ candy apple cookie said.
¨ Let's go to the library¨ she suggested.

Silverbell cookie was flying through the kingdom.
His shift didn't start for another hour but he wanted to start early. If he did he probably was allowed to leave earlier.
He went to the silvertree where elder faerie cookie was standing.
Elder faerie cookie never left the tree for long. 3 hours a day max and in those 3 hours the tree was heavily guarded by silver tree knights.

¨ Good morning your majesty¨ silverbell cookie said as he landed next to elder faerie cookie.

¨ Good morning silverbell, I see you are early once again¨ elder faerie cookie said as he ruffled silverbell cookie his hair a little.
Silverbell cookie smiled.
¨I have guests over so i thought that if i started earlier i could leave earlier¨ silverbell cookie said and elder faerie cookie looked at him.
¨I suppose that can be arranged¨ elder faerie cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded.
¨ I'll ask if someone wants to start an hour later and work till an hour later¨ silverbell cookie said.

¨no need to do that silverbell.¨ elder faerie cookie said and silverbell cookie looked confused.
¨You have been working so hard the past couple of years. I think that this is the least that you can ask for¨ elder faerie cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded slowly.
¨Okay your majesty ill just end my shift an hour early¨ silverbell cookie said and elder faerie looked at him.
¨end it at 4 pm¨ elder faerie cookie said and silverbell cookie his eyes widened.
¨your majesty that is seven hours earlier i can not do that¨ silverbell cookie tried to argue but elder faerie cookie stopped him.

¨ It's an order¨ the elder faerie cookie said and silverbell cookie slowly nodded.
¨You deserve some time off, maybe take the week off next week. We have enough silver tree knights to fill the gaps¨ he said.
Silverbell cookie nodded slowly almost like he was expecting it to be a joke.
¨okay well i will start my shift now¨ silverbell cookie said and elder faerie cookie gave him a nod and silverbell cookie flew away.
He was allowed to leave work seven hours earlier than normal.
That was a pretty big amount of time to be one guard short but nothing really happened here anyways.
Today silverbell cookie was placed at the north gate of the kingdom. Even though only faeries could see it he had to guide cookies away. Mostly because of the yeast spores. He was immune to them. He started breathing them in the second he was baked but other cookies didn't handle it so well.
If they stumbled across silverbell cookie and they were having trouble with the yeast spores silverbell cookie could help them go back to crispia with a path that barely contained any yeast spores.
He didn't like this part of his job because one time a small cookie almost crumbled right in front of him because of the yeast spores. Silverbell cookie had personally brought that boy out of beast yeast but then got a scolding for leaving his post.

¨Why do we have to buy groceries.¨ candy apple cookie said annoyed as they walked through the supermarket.
¨i have no idea but i dont like it¨ black sapphire cookie said. rolling his eyes as he put a loaf of bread into the cart.
Silverbell cookie had written the list in the normal script to both his and candy apple cookies relief.
" Maybe it's because we got a bed and food¨ black sapphire cookie said.
Candy apple cookie grabbed some eggs and carefully put them in the cart.
¨he just didn't want to do the groceries¨ candy apple cookie said.
¨thats a valid reason i also dont want to do this¨ black sapphire cookie as they continued to walk.
They walked around five laps around all the aisles before they had everything and went to go to the cashier.
¨nope were teleporting away i forgot the card¨ black sapphire cookie said.
¨stupid¨ candy apple cookie said as they got out of the line and walked to the back of the store.

¨ Just make some fake money and we can call it a trick¨ candy apple cookie said.
¨perfect plan¨ black sapphire cookie said as he let fake money appear into his pockets.
They got back into the line and paid for the groceries with the fake bills and walked out with the groceries.
¨ That was easy¨ candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie looked at her.
¨We are never doing that again.¨ he said and candy apple cookie nodded.
¨yea yea we wiont¨ she said as she walked in front of black sapphire cookie making him almost trip.
She laughed about it.

The north gate was just as peaceful as it normally was. Silverbell cookie only had to guide one cookie to the right path. The day went fast and at 4:12 pm silverbell cookie flew home.
When he opened the door he saw that black sapphire cookie and candy apple cookie still hadn't returned. He didn't think much of it. They could just be exploring the kingdom or found a nice place to take a rest.
¨they will get back soon¨ silverbell cookie said to himself as he removed his shoes and put them to the side.

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Candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie both were calmly walking back to silverbell cookie his house.
Black sapphire cookie was carrying the grocery bags and candy apple cookie was walking beside him.
It was quite the peaceful evening in the kingdom.
The streets were quiet.

¨ Should we go back to that faerie cookie his house?¨ black sapphire cookie asked.
Candy apple cookie nodded.
¨yes. We can sneak out during the night as long as we dont close the doors when we leave.¨ candy apple cookie said and she suddenly remembered the picture she had found.
¨wait, i found this while snooping around¨ candy apple cookie said as she showed the picture to black sapphire cookie.
¨ Well that is elder faerie cookie. that's a silver tree knight and that some random faerie female¨ black sapphire cookie said while he looked at the picture.

¨ Yea I can also see that but why would he have a picture of a random silver tree knight and a faerie female in his house.¨ candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie stopped in his path as he thought about it.
¨well¨ he started.
¨Silverbell cookie is a guard so the silver tree knight is most likely a friend¨ he said as he looked at the picture again. The face of the female faerie did seem familiar.
¨ Well I think that the other faerie probably is another friend of silverbell cookie¨ Black sapphire cookie said as he got back to walking.

Candy apple cookie put the picture back in her pocket and fell back into black sapphire cookie his pace.
¨okay but then why was it hidden¨ candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie shrugged.
¨maybe they aren't friends anymore.¨ black sapphire cookie said as he shifted the grocery bag to his other hand.
¨okay but then why did he put the picture in the guest room” candy apple cookie said.
¨Why do you keep asking me all these questions? i dont know why he hid them¨ black sapphire cookie said as they walked into the neighborhood where silverbell cookie lived.

They opened the door and saw silverbell cookie his metal shoes standing in the shoe rack.
He was already home.
Candy apple cookie calmly removed her shoes and put them next to silverbell cookie his shoes.
She wears one long striped sock and one sock that reaches her ankle.
Black sapphire cookie put the grocery bag down and removed his own shoes.
He picked the bag back up and they both walked to the living room where silverbell cookie was reading a book.

He didn't notice them walk in so candy apple cookie decided to make it clear that they were back.
¨We are back!¨ she said loudly and silverbell cookie flinched a little.

¨okay. Can you just put the grocery bag on the table? ill unpack it later.¨ silverbell cookie said as he looked up from his book.
Black sapphire cookie walked to the kitchen and put the bag down on the kitchen table.
Candy apple cookie had already disappeared into the guest room.
Black sapphire cookie knew that she was going to take a nap so she can snoop around later when silverbell cookie is asleep.
Black sapphire cookie walked to the living room and sat down next to silverbell cookie.

¨what are you reading?¨black sapphire cookie asked as he leaned over silverbell cookie his arm to look at the book.
He didn't understand what was written but he tried to act like he knew what the page was about.
¨oh this book is called a starry night. It is pretty good.¨ Silverbell cookie said as he flipped the page. To black sapphire cookie it just looked like a page of odd symbols.
¨and you can read that?¨ black sapphire cookie asked.
¨ Of course i can¨ silverbell cookie said.
¨ All faerie cookies can¨ he said as he looked up at black sapphire cookie with a confused look.
Black sapphire cookie knew that he slipped up and tried to make something up.
¨OH well you know im only half faerie, i grew up in the hollyberry kingdom.¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie looked at him skeptically.
¨ My mom always told me and my sister that the faerie script wasn't important to learn since we only visited her side of the family once a year, ¨ black sapphire cookie said as he slowly blinked.

¨okay…¨ silverbell cookie said as he turned back to reading the book.
Black sapphire cookie let out a sigh of relief. He had saved himself once again. He should really watch out with what he was saying. One more slip up and he was done for.
¨ It's not that difficult¨ silverbell cookie said.
¨It is the basic musical notes but we made new ones for H to Z¨
silverbell cookie said.
¨ah that explains why i could only make out some letters.¨ black sapphire cookie said.
¨ If you really want to read something i believe that i have a book in the normal script somewhere on the shelve.¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie stood up and walked to the book shelf.
He looked over the books and indeed found one he could read. The title seemed pretty cheesy: ¨sea of roses¨ .

When he opened it a picture fell out.
He looked at it fall before calmly picking it up and looking at it.
It was the same girl from the other picture candy apple cookie had. It seemed like it was taken while she didn't notice it.
Silverbell cookie looked up from his book and saw black sapphire cookie looking at the picture.
He panicked from the inside.
What if he figured out that that girl was him a couple of years ago.
¨hey who is this girl¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell stuttered.
¨uhm t-that u-uhm is¨ silverbell cookie said but he looked at black sapphire cookie and couldn't get himself to lie to black sapphire cookie.
¨ That was me¨ Silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie his eyes widened.
¨years ago..¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie just shrugged and put the picture on the shelf and sat down on the couch with the book.

¨okay cool¨ black sapphire cookie said as he opened the book and started reading.
Silverbell cookie his eyes widened.
¨You don't mind?¨ silverbell cookie asked.
Black sapphire cookie did not look up from his book.
¨mind what?¨ he said as he flipped the page.
¨that i used to be a female¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie looked up from his book.
¨ That would be a stupid reason for me to walk out. If you are happier this way then why should i say something mean about it. It's not my life.¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie smiled.
¨i guess that it is pretty stupid¨ silverbell cookie said.

¨The only thing that i dont respect are these books¨ black sapphire cookie said as he closed it and laid it down on the coffee table.
¨I am not 4 pages in and the main character already mentioned five boys¨ he said and silverbell cookie laughed. After a while black sapphire cookie also started laughing.
¨oh i bought that book years before you were baked!¨ silverbell cookie said.
¨It was quite normal for romance novels to mention multiple boys at the start to mislead the reader¨he said and black sapphire cookie stopped laughing and looked confused.

¨mislead?¨ he said and silverbell cookie nodded.
¨yea mislead. to think that the main character will end up with one of them but at the end she ends up with her tutor!¨ Silverbell cookie said as he put his own book down.
Black sapphire cookie smiled.
¨ Well now you just spoiled the end for me¨ black sapphire cookie said.
¨oh like you were actually gonna read it¨ silverbell cookie said as he gave black sapphire cookie a playful swat.
¨I would lie if i say that i was going to read it¨ black sapphire cookie said as he gave silverbell cookie a swat back.

¨oh i forgot to tell you this but i promised to go back to work at night.¨ silverbell cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie frowned a little.
¨you have to leave again?¨ black sapphire cookie asked.
¨ Yea I told his majesty that I would be at the silvertree tonight, i have no idea why but i feel like i have to work some longer¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded.
¨okay well ill just go to sleep if you leave¨ black sapphire cookie said.
He was wondering why silverbell cookie had to go back to work and especially to that silver tree.

¨You can just sleep in my room again but dont forget to keep the doors open i still have to fix those¨ silverbell cookie said before looking at the guest room.
¨ Is your sister always asleep so early and for so long?¨ silverbell cookie asked and black sapphire cookie nodded quickly.
¨ Well she keeps doing that lately, she's probably growing¨ Black sapphire cookie said.
If silverbell cookie kept asking more questions he would run out of believable lies to tell.

After a few hours silverbell cookie went back to his job and black sapphire cookie walked into the guest room.
¨ Wake up he's gone¨ he said and candy apple cookie slowly sat up. She yawned.
¨ Do you mean that he's asleep?¨ candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie shook his head.
¨no he had to go back to work or something¨ black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie got out of the bed.
¨even better. we can now snoop around without him worrying that he wakes up¨ she said.

¨oh i found out who the girl in the picture is¨ black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie her eyes widened.
¨ Come on, tell me! Tell me!¨ candy apple cookie said.
black sapphire cookie leaned against the open door.
¨its silverbell cookie himself¨ black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie her jaw dropped.
¨you mean that that stupid faerie is this beautiful girl¨ she said and black sapphire cookie nodded.
¨Well was.¨ he said.

¨ Well that does explain why he didn't look so happy¨ candy apple cookie said.
¨but back to why you woke me up in the first place. I'll snoop around in the kitchen and living room and you'll do the bed and bath room¨”she said and black sapphire cookie nodded.
¨sounds like a plan¨

Silverbell cookie had arrived at the silver tree where elder faerie cookie was waiting on him.
¨ Good evening your majesty!¨ silverbell cookie said.
¨ Good evening silverbell¨ elder faerie cookie said back.
silverbell cookie noticed that most of the silver tree knights weren't close by.
He didn't think much of it. Most of the time they were spread out, unless there had been suspicious activity on a specific side of the tree.
¨why did you say that i have to come back¨ silverbell cookie asked as he walked closer to elder faerie cookie.

¨to talk. I have noticed that you seem more sad lately. almost tired¨ elder faerie cookie said and silverbell cookie paused.
He hadn't thought about the fact that elder faerie cookie could read him like he was on open book.
¨nothing is wrong your majesty im just tired that all¨ silverbell cookie said and elder faerie cookie looked at him, raising an eyebrow.
¨silverbell i know you longer then most of the silver tree knights. i practically raised you¨ elder faerie cookie said.
It was true. Elder faerie cookie had always looked over him when he was a small cookie.
He used to love hanging around the silver tree. He had made a little bow out of the fallen branches.
He remembered how he always used to play around the silver tree with mercurial knight cookie. Though back then he was called mercurial faerie cookie. They used to pretend like they were also protecting the tree for hours a day. Even when it was raining they could be found at the silver tree. They would be more at the silver tree then they would be at home.
And all those times elder faerie cookie would keep an eye on them. He saw them grow up.

¨you can tell me if something is bothering you. I don't want to see one of my best guards view themselves as worthless.¨ Elder faerie cookie said as he placed his hand on silverbell cookie his shoulder giving it a soft squeeze.

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Silverbell cookie took a deep breath as he went to face elder faerie cookie.
¨i don't know.¨ silverbell cookie said. ¨I dont know whats wrong with me.¨ He said as a tear slid down his cheek.

¨ouch!¨ candy apple cookie said as she bumped her head against a kitchen cabinet.
She had not found anything interesting since she started searching. She had started in the kitchen and while that wasn't the best room to look in she did find out that silverbell cookie liked tea.
She rubbed her head, messing up her hair icing in the process.

¨thats gonna leave a bump¨ candy apple cookie said wincing as she touched the spot on her head.
A tear formed in her eye.
She opened the fridge and grabbed a packet of ice cubes.
She slowly put it on the forming bump and winced.
At that moment black sapphire cookie walked in.

¨what happened to you¨ he said as he fixed the collar of his shirt.

¨I bumped my head against the kitchen cabinet.¨ candy apple cookie said as she slowly removed the icebag to show black sapphire cookie the bump.
Black sapphire cookie winced in sympathy.
¨ouch¨ he said.

¨well i havent looked around much.¨ black sapphire cookie said.
¨lets just do his room together i dont think ill find anything in the kitchen¨ candy apple cookie said as she grabbed a chair from the kitchen table and sat down.

¨ Let's take care of that little bump you got on your head first¨ black sapphire cookie said.
He didn't want candy apple cookie to get some kind of concussion. Not when he was planning to set some more traps and gossip in the faerie kingdom.
He had found out that most of the faerie cookies hadn't been outside of beast-yeast.
If they just told one little lie about the kingdom they could easily turn the citizens against each other.

¨ill be fine but lets take a little break¨ candy apple cookie said as she readjusted the icebag.
Black sapphire cookie pulled out a chair and sat on it.
This was taking longer than he had expected.
He did not really mind it.
Silverbell cookie was… perfect in his eyes.

He crossed his legs and looked at candy apple cookie.
Like him she still was in her disguise.

Elder faerie cookie looked at silverbell cookie who now was struggling to keep himself together. He knew that something was bothering the other faerie cookie but he didn't know that it was this bad. Silverbell cookie had talked about how he cried himself to sleep every night thinking that he wasn't good enough.
How he would never be who he truly felt like and that his past would always be with him.
No matter what he did. Every time that he looked into a mirror he still saw that female faerie staring back at him.

¨I dont know what is wrong with me your majesty but I want it to stop.¨ silverbell cookie said as he tried to stop his tears from coming.
elder faerie cookie pulled him into a soft hug and silverbell cookie immediately started crying more.
Elder faerie cookie had no idea what to say but something inside him told him that it was best for him to keep quiet and just let silverbell cookie cry it out.

¨just.. let it all out¨ elder faerie cookie said calmly.
Elder faerie cookie had expected silverbell cookie to cry. That is why he had sent all the silver tree knights to the other side of the silver tree.
he hadn't expected it to be this bad.

He couldn't leave the silver tree for long but he knew that he had to take silverbell to a more private place.
Silverbell cookie pulled away from the hug, wiping away his tears.
He clearly was still upset.

¨ I'm sorry¨ silverbell cookie said.
¨no need to apologize.¨ elder faerie cookie said as he took a step back to give silverbell cookie some space.

¨im just overreacting this shouldnt be as big of a problem¨ silverbell cookie said as he fumbled with the hem of his shirt.
His wings were flapping and his ahoge was drooping slightly.
He wanted to go home. He didn't want to talk about it. It made him feel bad for troubling others with his problems.

¨Silverbell, you aren't overreacting at all.¨ Elder faerie cookie started as he led silverbell cookie to a nearby bench, far away from the silver tree knights but close enough to intervene quickly if something happened at the silver tree.

They sat down and elder faerie cookie turned to silverbell cookie.
¨I am here to listen. We can sit here all night in silence if you want to. I am not leaving until you feel better¨ elder faerie cookie said.
He put his sword to his side and folded his hands over his lap.
He looked up to the sky and was completely silent.

Silverbell cookie his wings stopped with flapping as he realized that he wasn't forced to talk.
He shifted slightly trying to sit more comfortably.
No matter how he adjusted himself it didn't feel right.
He had talked with elder faerie cookie before but he had never talked about how he felt.

The silence was deafening.
Every little sound that they normally wouldn't notice was louder than ever.
Silverbell cookie was staring at his own shoes.
He never noticed how dirty they actually were. He never thought about it.
But now he was sitting in silence he noticed it.

Elder faerie cookie had been staring at the sky for a while. The same sky he had been looking at for ages. Every night since he was baked he had taken a look over the sky.
It was calming to him.
He was used to the silence but this time it felt different.

¨have you found anything interesting yet¨ black sapphire cookie said.
He was leaning against the bathroom door while checking his nails and cleaning the dirt from underneath it.
Candy apple cookie and he had taken a break from looking around to make sure that candy apple cookie didn't suffer a major head injury. Luckily she just had a nasty looking bump on her head and nothing serious.

¨no¨ candy apple cookie replied.
She walked out of the bathroom to black sapphire cookie and stood next to him.
She crossed her arms and puffed her cheeks up.
She always did that when she was upset or annoyed.

¨you look stupid¨ black sapphire cookie said as he looked down to look at her.
He understood why she was acting like this. The last few days had been rather boring for her. They had not done anything useful for their mission and he knew that they couldn't find anything in this house.

Black sapphire cookie pushed himself off the wall and stretched a little.
¨ Let's go out then. Look in the kingdom for something intresting¨ Black sapphire cookie said as he walked to the front door.
Candy apple cookie smiled and followed him.
They grabbed their shoes, put them on and walked out.
Black sapphire cookie closed the door behind him.

The air was chilly and the only sounds they heard were their own breathing and bugs doing whatever they were doing.
Black sapphire cookie put his hands in his pockets and they started walking.

¨remember when we got chased¨ candy apple cookie said snickering.
Black sapphire cookie gave her a soft punch to her shoulder as his face turned a shade of red.
He looked away and did not answer her.

They walked through the kingdom but since it was night they could do much.
It was nice to finally be out of that house without having to do chores.
They continued to walk and weirdly enough didn't find any silver tree knights or normal faerie guards.
¨hm i thought that this would be surrounded by guards again like last time¨ black sapphire cookie said as he readjusted his sleeves slightly.

¨We should go to the silver tree!¨ candy apple cookie said. Black sapphire cookie looked a bit sceptical.
He knew that something wasn't right if there weren't a lot of guards walking around.
Since the silver tree had to be protected at all times there surely would be some silver tree knights there and of course elder faerie cookie.
¨I dont know candy apple cookie¨ black sapphire cookie said as he looked in the direction of the silver tree.

Candy apple cookie stopped in her path.
She looked at him before she spoke up.
¨just for a visit, we will do nothing bad i promise!¨ candy apple cookie said in an overly sweet voice, clasping her hands together.
Black sapphire cookie looked at her.
¨ Other cookies might fall for you tricks but i know better¨ black sapphire cookie said.
candy apple cookie smiled and shrugged.

¨worth the shot¨ she said as she wiped down her skirt and followed black sapphire cookie once again.
They then heard something.
They both stopped and looked at each other before looking around them to try and figure out what the sound was.

¨sounds like…. crying¨ black sapphire cookie said after a while. Candy apple cookie nodded.

¨and talking¨ she added. They slowly walked to the sound and hid behind a bush when the sound was pretty loud.
Candy apple cookie poked her head out to look what was going on.

¨isnt that silverbell cookie¨ candy apple cookie said and only then black sapphire cookie shot up to look, pushing candy apple cookie aside.
It indeed was silverbell cookie and he was crying.

¨and everytime i look in a mirror i cant help but see who i used to be¨ silverbell cookie said crying.
He had finally broken the silence a few minutes ago and was talking to elder faerie cookie.
Elder faerie cookie was listening. He wasn't talking but nodded along.

Silverbell cookie was stumbling over his words so badly that he had to stop talking. He wrapped his arms around himself and tried to take a few deep breaths in an attempt to calm down.
It was not working at all.

¨take your time¨ elder faerie cookie said putting a hand on silverbell cookie his shoulder.
Silverbell cookie turned his head to look at elder faerie cookie.
He didn't see one bit of annoyance in his face. Just concern and understanding.

¨you dont have to talk more if you dont want to.¨ Elder faerie cookie said. He noticed that silverbell cookie was getting more uncomfortable with himself with every word that he spoke.
Silverbell cookie nodded and looked down once again.

¨was this why you had me come back after my shift¨ silverbell cookie asked and elder faerie cookie nodded.
¨ Yes, this is the reason. I felt like you needed someone to talk to. And I am right but you don't want to tell me everything which is understandable.¨ Elder faerie cookie said. He looked over at the silver tree before returning his gaze back to silverbell cookie.

¨I have to go back to the silver tree. If you want you can come along.¨ Elder faerie cookie said as he grabbed his sword and stood up.
¨I think that mercurial knight cookie is working right now¨ he said and waited for silverbell cookie to stand up.

¨yea ill come¨ he said as he wiped his tears away with his sleeves.
He didn't want to return home. Not yet.
They walked back to the silver tree and with one faint signal all the silver tree knights went back to their original place without any complaints.

Silverbell cookie kept standing right next to elder faerie cookie as he watched over the kingdom.
Only a few lights were on. It was quite a beautiful sight to see.
He calmed down a little more.

¨I thought that all the faeries would be asleep by now¨ silverbell cookie said and elder faerie cookie smiled slightly.

¨ Well they probably couldnt sleep¨ elder faerie cookie said as he looked into the kingdom.
He always saw those lights but it never made him stop thinking.
They could be awake for many reasons and he would never know exactly what reason.

¨thank you for listening¨ silverbell cookie said.
elder faerie cookie kept looking over the kingdom.
¨ It's the least i can do¨ he said before turning back.

¨ I believe that mercurial knight cookie is somewhere down the hill¨ elder faerie cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded.

¨okay thank you your majesty. I'll see you tomorrow¨ silverbell cookie said as he slowly started walking off the hill.
Elder faerie cookie smiled softly before returning all his focus back to the silver tree.

Black sapphire cookie and candy apple cookie had watched everything in shock. They both hadn't expected silverbell cookie to feel this way.
They could use this against him but they both didn't want to.
They were bad but they were not that bad.

¨ Let's keep this to ourselves, ¨ black sapphire cookie said as he slowly stood up.
candy apple cookie followed and nodded.
¨yes¨ she said and then they suddenly felt something sharp pointed in their backs.
They froze as they heard.

¨stay where you are and oblige¨

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Black sapphire cookie his eyes widened as he froze in his place.
he was holding his breath and slowly focused his gaze on candy apple cookie who also seemed to be frozen in her place.
The sharp point of the weapons were digging into their backs.

¨slowly turn around and keep showing us your hands¨ the voice said and both candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie turned around.
Black sapphire cookie tried to hide the fact that he was very nervous while candy apple cookie seemed more annoyed.

When they were fully turned around they saw two silver tree knights.
Both holding glaives.

¨Why were you two spying on his majesty?¨ One of them said and black sapphire cookie slowly raised his hands.

¨We were just looking at our friend silverbell cookie¨ Black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie quickly nodded.
¨yes we were worried about him!¨ she said.
One of the knights took a step forward.

¨oh and where do you know silverbell cookie from¨ he said and black sapphire cookie took a step back before answering.

¨We are living with him currently! uhm our mother is a faerie cookie and we just wanted to go to the kingdom our mother was born and raised in. We couldn't find a place to stay so silverbell cookie took us in.¨ black sapphire cookie said and the knights both raised an eyebrow.

¨that does sound like silverbell¨ the one standing on the left said and the other one nodded.
They started whispering to each other and candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie were standing a little too far away to understand what they were saying.
Black sapphire cookie undid one button on his shirt, he was sweating. Not because of the heat but because he was so scared that they would get caught and sent out of the kingdom or worse.

Then one of the guards left and the other one walked back to them.
¨mercurial knight cookie is on his way to check your story. If he finds out that you were lying, You two are in big trouble.¨
He said and black sapphire cookie his breath hitched.

He had never been so nervous about getting caught. Normally he would brush it off. Go on with his life but now he was just thinking about silverbell cookie.
He didn't want him to know that he was actually from the spire of deceit.
He had won too much trust from silverbell cookie to suddenly reveal it.
Candy apple cookie was tapping her foot on the ground.
Her arms were crossed and her cheeks were puffed up. She clearly was more annoyed than scared about all this.
Mercurial knight cookie was flying over the kingdom to look for silverbell cookie.
He knew that silverbell cookie would let other cookies he barely knew stay at his house but something seemed off about the story the purple cookie had told.
He couldn't exactly think of what was off but it just did not feel right.

He looked down and eventually saw silverbell cookie walking.
He slowed down and slowly got to the ground.

¨hey silverbell cookie¨ mercurial knight cookie said and silverbell cookie looked up.
His eyes were still red from the crying he had done.

¨hey mercurial knight cookie¨ silverbell cookie said smiling as he stopped in his path.
¨How are you doing?¨ silverbell cookie asked as mercurial knight cookie landed right next to him.
¨I'm doing fine.¨ mercurial knight cookie said.
¨ Are you doing alright though?¨ mercurial knight cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded.

¨oh yea im doing fine.¨ silverbell cookie said. His wings started flapping a little again.
Mercurial knight cookie knew that he was lying. He knew silverbell cookie for quite some time and ever since he can remember silverbell cookie his wings would start flapping if he was telling a lie.

¨are you sure¨ he said and silverbell cookie nodded as he put his hand behind his back.
Mercurial knight cookie decided to not question it any further, at least not right now.

¨i have a question¨ mercurial knight cookie said.
Silverbell cookie his wings immediately stopped flapping and his whole body language suggested that he was way more at ease with the switch of the topic.

¨o yea go ahead you can ask it¨silverbell cookie said as he put his hands in his pockets.

¨is it true that you recently took two cookie in your house¨ mercurial knight cookie askedand silverbell cookie nodded.

¨yea purple grape cookie and apple faerie cookie.They are nice cookies. Apple faerie cookie mostly sleeps though but I'm sure that she's just as her brother¨ silverbell cookie said and mercurial knight cookie nodded.

¨okay so that counts out. Have they done anything weird since you have taken them in?¨ Mercurial knight cookie asked but silverbell cookie just shook his head quickly.
¨oh no they are pretty calm! despite the fact that purple grape cookie burned the tomato paste even though all he had to do was stir¨ Silverbell cookie said as he looked to the side a little with a small smile on his face.
Mercurial knight cookie raised an eyebrow.

¨how do you manage to burn tomato paste.. well it doesnt really matter¨ mercurial knight cookie said. He trusted silverbell cookie a lot so if his story matched the one of the purple cookie everything should be alright and they were indeed just looking out for silverbell cookie and not spying on elder faerie cookie.

¨okay thank you¨ mercurial knight cookie said and silverbell cookie just smiles softly.

¨always a pleasure to help¨ he said and after that came a silence for ten seconds.
¨ So do you wanna go for a cup of tea at my house?¨ silverbell cookie asked and mercurial knight cookie shook his head.

¨no im still on duty, maybe next time¨He said and silverbell cookie nodded.
Mercurial knight cookie was on duty most of the time but he and silverbell where going to catch up on tuesday.

¨ But about purple grape cookie and his sister, they indeed are staying over at your house?¨
Mercurial knight cookie asked again just to have it be confirmed for sure.
Silverbell cookie nodded, he was swaying on his feet a little.

¨ Yea they have been for two days now and purple grape cookie is pretty cute¨ Silverbell cookie said as he blushed a little when he said the last part.
Mercurial knight cookie sighted but nodded.

¨okay that is all that i needed to know thank you silverbell cookie¨ mercurial knight cookie said. Silverbell cookie smiled and mercurial knight cookie flew off.

He never had seen silverbell with eyes so red when he was fine.
He knew that he had been crying but he didn't have time to ask him about it, he had to continue with his job and his colleague was waiting on him to confirm the story.
He flew over the streets of the fairy kingdom again.

He landed a few minutes later next to his colleague.

¨They are speaking the truth.¨ Mercurial knight cookie said.
The other silvertree knight nodded as he lowered his glaive.

¨i still do not trust those cookies though¨ mercurial knight cookie said.
He had a bad feeling about them. It felt like they did not belong in the faerie kingdom at all.
the other silver tree knight noticed his unease and nodded.
¨ I'll give them a written warning.¨ he said and mercurial knight cookie nodded.
that would be for the best. If they had some kind of brain left they would lay low for at least a few days.

The silver tree guard wrote on a piece of paper the clear warning and walked to black sapphire cookie and handed it to him with a serious expression on his face.

¨this is your first and last warning. If we have to hold you again you two will be kicked out of the kingdom and refused entry at all times.¨ he said and black sapphire cookie slowly grabbed the paper and nodded.

¨yes sir¨ Black sapphire cookie said as he looked at the paper carefully.
The two silver tree guards flew up into the sky and flew away.
black sapphire cookie showed the warning note to candy apple cookie.

¨okay and?¨ candy apple cookie said. She put her hands on her dress and looked up from the paper.

Black sapphire cookie put his hands on his hips and bent down a little to reach candy apple cookie her eye level.
¨we messed up badly¨ he said and candy apple cookie rolled her eyes.
She grabbed the piece of paper from black sapphire cookie and crumpled it before putting it in her pocket.

¨ If we get caught in this disguise we just switch to another one¨ she said.
Black sapphire cookie looked thoughtful. He indeed hadn't thought of that.

¨o yea that warning means nothing¨ black sapphire cookie said before leaning against a tree.
He looked up at the sky before speaking up again.
¨Those silver tree knights seem very emotionless¨ black sapphire cookie said.
Candy apple cookie nodded as she let herself fall down on the ground.
¨mystic flour cookie probably smiles more than them¨ candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie let out a laugh.
¨i dont think you can call that a smile¨ black sapphire cookie said through his laughter.
Candy apple cookie also started laughing. Black sapphire cookie his laugh was funnier than the joke itself most of the time.

¨why are you laughing this actually aint so funny¨ black sapphire cookie said as he suddenly stopped laughing.

¨i dont know i started laughing because you were laughing¨ candy apple cookie said.
They both looked at each other with wide eyes for a few seconds before candy apple cookie spoke up.
¨ Do you have a crush on silverbell cookie.¨ she suddenly asked in a serious tone.
Black sapphire cookie got caught off guard, she said it to random he had no time to think of a good reaction. He was standing there with wide eyes and only one answer.

¨I take that as a yes¨ candy apple cookie said. Black sapphire cookie was blushing a little but couldn't look away.
He just had been caught with one simple question. He could have just said no or maybe. But he was standing there like he lost his tongue.

¨okay maybe a little¨ black sapphire cookie mumbled as he put his hands in his pockets and looked away.
He was embarrassed. He had fallen in love with someone he barely knew and also was considered the enemy.

Candy apple cookie smirked.
¨I knew it.¨ she said it like it was some kind of bet they made and she just had won.
¨ I'll just use it for the plan. He basically has access to the silvertree. He's just a pawn in shadow milk cookie his plan for us¨ black sapphire cookie quickly said. He had just realized that silverbell cookie was indeed of use in the plan and they would most likely succeed with him. Though if he found out that they were traitors they would be in big trouble, Especially now they got those warnings.

¨ Well then make him usefull¨ candy apple cookie said.
¨you saw that he is close with that elder faerie¨ she said.
She paused to think. Silverbell cookie indeed was more important than she liked to admit.
Black sapphire cookie having a crush on him just made it easier for them.

¨all you have to do is get in a little relationship with him and then we will have all the information we need to bring this kingdom down¨ candy apple cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie pushed himself off the tree and started listening with his full attention.
¨if you get him to date you, you will immediately open more doors for us to complete this task with success. you can always dump him at the end¨ candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded slowly.
He became deep in his thoughts.

It indeed would open a lot of doors for a successful outcome but at the end he would need to betray silverbell cookie.
He did not like the last thing he had to do. He then reminded himself that it could also just not work out for them. If the relationship would end like that it would be a lot less suspicious.

¨ I'm thinking about it¨ black sapphire cookie said.
Candy apple cookie slowly got off the ground and wiped her dress down.
She looked a black sapphire cookie but kept silent.

Black sapphire cookie was heavily considering it.
It would at least take a few weeks. Maybe months but he would spend all that time with silverbell cookie. He liked that.

¨ Okay fine ill do it but we are taking it slow at first i cant just walk up to him and say ´he do you wanna be my boyfriend´ that is weird¨ Black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie rolled her eyes.

¨ Fine, let's do it the slow and boring way.¨ candy apple cookie said. She started walking and black sapphire cookie followed behind her in a slower pace.
He still was deep in thought.
He would be dating silverbell cookie but it would all be an act and eventually he would have to drop him like a puppeteer losing interest in one of their puppets.

He knew he had to choose eventually. If the plan worked he would have two choices. Choices that were already haunting his mind.

¨love or loyalty¨

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¨mm doesnt look too bad¨ black sapphire cookie said.
He reached in his pocket and grabbed a handkerchief before slowly pushing it against the Black sapphire cookie and candy apple cookie were walking through the streets of the faerie kingdom.
Candy apple cookie kept talking about their new plan. Black sapphire cookie still wasn’t fully convinced that it would work.
He was deeply in his own thoughts.

“Hey! Are you listening!” Candy apple cookie said as she waved her hand in front of his face.
Black sapphire cookie shot out of his own thoughts and looked at her.

“No,” black sapphire cookie said.
Candy apple cookie rolled her eyes.
The purple cookie put his hands in his pockets.
He looked up at the sky.

¨ This plan is going to take a while¨ black sapphire cookie said.

¨well yes but it is going to work¨ candy apple cookie said.
She jumped up and grabbed his shoulders.
¨ It's going to be so much fun!¨ she said in a high pitched excited voice.
Black sapphire cookie smiled softly, he removed his hands out of his pockets.

¨well it probably will¨ black sapphire cookie said as he stopped in his path.
¨get down before you fall¨ he said and candy apple cookie got down and tripped over her own feet. Falling face first on the ground.
Black sapphire cookie winched.

¨ouch that must hurt¨ black sapphire cookie said as he extended his hand to help candy apple cookie up. He helped her sit up straight and crouched down beside her.
She had a small wound on her head which was dripping jam.
wound.

¨ Just my luck¨ candy apple cookie said. Black sapphire cookie laughed a little.
He removed the handkerchief which now had a jam stain on it and put it back in his pocket.

¨ I'll wash it at silverbell cookie his house¨ he said and candy apple cookie nodded.

¨maybe he also has some band-aid¨ candy apple cookie said as black sapphire cookie helped her up.
They both wiped down their clothes and continued to walk.

¨silverbell cookie told me that he wanted to start off as friends¨ black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie looked at him.
She raised an eyebrow and black sapphire cookie looked away and took a deep breath before he explained it.

¨When we first got in his house, I believe it was the second day i kissed him¨ black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie her jaw dropped.
She stopped in her path to look at him.

¨and you didn't tell me earlier?!¨ she said as she grabbed his shoulders and shook him slightly.

¨I thought you already knew! you were literally in the living room!¨ black sapphire cookie said as he pushed her away slightly.
Candy apple cookie looked at him.
¨I cant look through walls.¨ she said as she crossed her arms over her chest.
Black sapphire cookie looked away from her before continuing.

¨later he told me that he wanted to start off as friends. He didn't know me well enough, ¨ black sapphire cookie said as they walked to a bench under a tree and sat down.
Candy apple cookie had to jump on the bench and her feet couldn't even touch the ground.
¨tell me more¨ candy apple cookie said as she turned around to face black sapphire cookie.

¨There is nothing more to tell.¨ black sapphire cookie said.
He adjusted his hair a little.
He knew that candy apple cookie thought about this plan as a twisted chess game. She couldn't even play chess.
Black sapphire cookie thought about everything that happened that night, he had slept in silverbell cookie his bed even after he was told that they could better start as friends.
He really liked silverbell cookie.

More than he dared to admit. He knew that it was wrong. He was in love with someone they saw as the enemy.
And now it was being used in some sick plan of trying to take over the faerie kingdom.
If shadow milk cookie found out about the fact he actually had feelings for silverbell cookie he wouldn't be happy at all.

¨You just made an important move too early!¨ candy apple cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie looked in her eyes.
¨care to explain?¨ he said and candy apple cookie stood up on the bench.

She put her hands on her hip and spoke up.

¨You kissed him in the first week that we showed up in his house! You should have saved that for later! good move just done way too early¨ candy apple cookie said as she looked down to look at him.

¨you sound smarter than you actually am. Get down off that bench before you get another wound on your head, you already dirtied my handkerchief.¨ black sapphire cookie said.
Candy apple cookie rolled her eyes and slowly sat back down on the couch.
her feet dangling off it.
Silverbell cookie had walked back to the silver tree. He didn't want to go home just yet. He had found it a beautiful sight to look over the kingdom.
To see the light of other faerie cookies their houses.

He saw elder faerie cookie looking at the silver tree.

¨your majesty¨ silverbell cookie said as he approached him.
Elder faerie cookie looked at silverbell cookie and gave him a small nod.

¨back so soon?¨ elder faerie cookie said as he turned to fully face silverbell cookie.
Silverbell cookie nodded. He could have just gone back home after his rather suspicious talk with mercurial knight cookie but he chose not to.
He was wondering why mercurial knight cookie kept asking those questions about those cookies in his house.
They were nice for as long silverbell cookie knew them.

Silverbell cookie blushed a little as he thought about the kiss he and black sapphire cookie had shared. His lips were warm and soft…
His eyes widened as he caught himself thinking about it and got back to reality.

¨couldnt sleep¨ silverbell cookie said.
Elder faerie cookie nodded.
Elder faerie cookie never asked too many questions. Silverbell cookie liked that.
silverbell cookie sat down on the floor and looked around.
He looked at elder faerie cookie who was calmly walking around the silver tree.

¨ Is there something on your mind?¨ elder faerie cookie asked after a while.
silverbell cookie slowly nodded, not looking up to face elder faerie cookie.
elder faerie cookie slowly put his sword down on the ground and lowered himself so he was close to silverbell cookie.

¨you wanna talk about it?¨ Elder faerie cookie asked as he sat down on the ground next to silverbell cookie.
He was hoping that silverbell cookie would tell more than a few hours ago.

¨a little¨ silverbell cookie said as his wings started fluttering a little.
Elder faerie cookie nodded, he was happy that silverbell cookie was willing to open up more now. He knew that everything would have to go in small steps. He didn't care how long it would take, he just wanted silverbell cookie to feel happy again.

¨go ahead ill listen¨ elder faerie cookie said and silverbell cookie took a few deep breaths before he started to talk.

¨ A few days ago I invited two other faerie cookies into my house. A brother and a sister¨ silverbell cookie said and elder faerie cookie nodded.
silverbell cookie continued.

¨i didnt know them but they seemed nice enough. They had introduced themself as purple grape cookie and apple faerie cookie¨ he said and elder faerie cookie smiled softly.
That did sound like silverbell cookie. always helping others even if he did not know them.
He had done the same with white lily cookie. While she had helped him he immediately brought her into the faerie kingdom. Elder faerie cookie wasn't so happy about it at first but white lily cookie was just like one of them. Just without the wings. She even helped him reseal the tree. From that moment on she always had been welcome in the faerie kingdom. She was treated like some kind of goddess that came to them in a moment of need.

Silverbell had continued to talk. Elder faerie cookie hadn't heard everything but he had heard enough to keep nodding along with the story.

¨and then he tripped on me and kissed me!¨ Silverbell cookie said blushing, he threw his hands up.
Elder faerie cookie his eyes widened. This wasn't something he was expecting at all.

¨ That's quite the story¨ elder faerie cookie said. He noticed how silverbell cookie his wings were fluttering.
¨and how did you feel about that?¨ Elder faerie cookie said and he noticed how red silverbell cookie his cheeks became.
¨it felt pretty good¨ silverbell cookie mumbled and elder faerie cookie smiled.
Elder faerie cookie grabbed his sword again and stood up.
He looked at silverbell cookie who was looking at the grass with wide eyes as the realization hit him hard.

¨oh witches i think im in love¨ silverbell cookie said with a gasp.

Candy apple cookie was happily chatting about the great plans of shadow milk cookie.
She was making gestures so excitedly that black sapphire cookie and to remind her to calm down and lower her voice.
No one could know that they were shadow milk cookie his henchmen.
Candy apple cookie was standing on the bench as she told black sapphire cookie how big and great shadow milk cookie is.
He himself already knew that. He knew that she also knew that he knew.
But he didn't stop her from talking about him.
He never understood why she was this excited about their master.

¨and he's gonna get his soul jam back one day!¨ candy apple cookie said right as a silver tree knight walked by. Black sapphire cookie quickly pushed candy apple cookie back on the couch and covered her mouth.
Nervous sweat was dripping on his face as the silver tree knight looked at them.
They had no expression on their face like usual but black sapphire just had a feeling that the knight found it weird what he just saw.

¨good evening¨ black sapphire cookie said as he was blinking rapidly
The knight looked at them weird and quickly walked away
Black sapphire let out a deep breath.

¨we almost got caught again!¨ he said as he removed his hand from candy apple cookie her mouth and wiped it down on his pants.

¨your breath stinks¨ black sapphire cookie said as he stood up and candy apple cookie kicked him.
Then she ran away, laughing.
Black sapphire cookie his eyes widened in pain, she hadn't exactly kicked him softly like usual.

¨hey you brat come back!¨ black sapphire cookie said as he was rubbing the spot where candy apple cookie had kicked him.
He winched a little.

¨thats gonna leave a bruise¨ black sapphire cookie said before running after candy apple cookie.
She already had run far away from him.
She was laughing and challenging him.

¨Catch me if you can!¨ she said as she turned around and stuck her tongue out at him.
After a while black sapphire cookie had caught up with her.
He was panting and sweating. He had the stamina of a stone and candy apple cookie knew that.
She was jumping around him as he tried to catch his breath.

¨haha i win!¨ she said excitedly.
Black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes as he slowly regained his breath.
¨yea okay you win this time. you got lucky¨ black sapphire cookie said as he took one deep breath in and out.

¨ I always win¨ candy apple cookie said as she started to walk again. Black sapphire cookie regained his composture and followed right behind her.

¨ Let's go back to that faerie his house¨ candy apple cookie said. Black sapphire cookie nodded.
They walked towards that direction but then black sapphire cookie tripped over a stone and grabbed candy apple cookie her dress as some kind of support to keep standing, taking her down with him in the process.
They fell face first in some flowerbeds and a lot of other faerie cookies who were walking or flying to work walked over to look at them.

Black sapphire cookie looked up, he had multiple small cuts and bruises on his face.
The cuts were leaking jam and they stung.
He saw that a lot of faerie cookie were staring at them.
Asking if they were okay.

¨great this is my luck.¨ Black sapphire cookie muttered under his breath as he slowly stood up.
He took his hand over his face and saw the jam on his hands.
He sighted. This did explain why it stung.
Candy apple cookie was still face first into the concrete. Some small faerie cookie who was being brought to daycare looked at them, especially to candy apple cookie with big eyes.
He pointed to them and then looked at his mother.

¨ Mommy why do they look weird¨ the small faerie cookie said and the mothers face became red from embarrassment as she quickly shoved her son the other way and kept pushing him until they were far away from the scene.

¨Ouch that kid was too honest. He could learn from us¨ black sapphire cookie said.

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Candy apple cookie lifted her head up from the ground and spit out some dirt.
She also had some bruises and cuts. The cut she had gotten earlier that day had reopened again and jam was leaking out of it.
She groaned as she sat up.

¨are we cursed¨ candy apple cookie said as she looked at black sapphire cookie who was trying to stand up.

¨I think that we are.¨ black sapphire cookie said. He tried to stand up but his leg was hurting badly. Normally he would just teleport but they were surrounded by faerie cookies so he couldn't.
Black sapphire cookie winched a little as he tried to stand up once again.
Candy apple cookie noticed his struggle and quickly stood up herself before walking to him and offering herself as a support point.
With her help black sapphire cookie was able to stand up.
He tried to stand on his leg but a sharp pain shot through it.

¨nope i am not doing that¨ black sapphire cookie quickly said.
Candy apple cookie looked worried.
Black sapphire cookie never accepted help from her for long.
But now he was leaning on her like she was his only support point.

¨ Let's go to Silverbell Cookie's house. I don't need more faerie cookies looking at me¨ black sapphire cookie said as he put his teeth on each other to try and ignore the stinging pain in his leg.
Candy apple cookie nodded.

¨ Yea let's get out of here before they think we are more pathetic than we already look like¨ she said and she helped him walk.
Candy apple cookie hadn't expected black sapphire cookie to be this heavy. She knew that he was older and bigger than her but it felt like she was moving a stone that wasn't meant to be moved.

Every time that pressure came on the leg on black sapphire cookie he winced.
Candy apple cookie knew that something was wrong.
She wasn't a doctor but she didn't need to be one to know that something was wrong with black sapphire cookie his leg.

They slowly walked to Silverbell cookie his house. Candy apple cookie was hoping that the door was left unlocked or that silverbell cookie was already home.
Neither black sapphire cookie or her had a key.
Maybe black sapphire cookie had one. She didn't know since it was normal for him to keep secrets from her.

She hated that and always tried to figure them out but more of the time she failed and got caught by him. That wasn't fun at all.
One time she had found out that he had eaten the last left overs and she had hid in his room to scare him but he never showed up to his room that day.
It was almost like he knew that she was there.
He always knew when she was going to pull a prank on him.

Black sapphire cookie winched.
¨oh this hurts¨ he said and candy apple cookie tried to support him even more.
She stood on her tippy toes to get as tall as possible.
After a few agonizing minutes of walking to silverbell cookie his house they found out that he wasn't home.

Black sapphire cookie groaned and lowered himself to sit down on a flower pot.
Candy apple cookie tried to open the door hoping that it was unlocked. It wasn't. They were stuck outside until silverbell cookie got back home and they both had no idea when he would come home.

¨why didnt we just take a key!¨ candy apple cookie said throwing her hand up in the air from frustration. She was annoyed at herself and worried about black sapphire cookie.
Normally he wouldn't feel so much pain. Mostly he would do it as an act in front of a lot of people but he hadn't dropped it when they had gotten out of the crowd.

¨are you alright?¨ candy apple cookie asked as she approached him.
Black sapphire looked up at her with a pained expression on his face.
¨no im not!¨ black sapphire cookie said through gritted teeth.
Candy apple cookie finched and took a step back, she hadn't expected this response from him.

¨ Where is that faerie when you need him!¨ black sapphire cookie said as he tried to bend his leg.
Candy apple cookie saw that he couldn't even bend it.
She stepped back to him and got on her knees to take a closer look.
She pushed black sapphire cookie his pants leg up to take a look at the leg.
Other than the healed cuts from other falls it looked normal until she got to his knee.
There was a crack in his dough.

¨Oh witches!¨ candy apple cookie said with a shocked expression on her face.
Black sapphire cookie looked down to take a look. When he saw the crack his face became pale. Neither him or candy apple cookie were healers.
He didn't think that silverbell cookie was one but even if he was it could take hours for him to come home.

Candy apple cookie looked at the streets and then back at black sapphire cookie.
She was contemplating. She could go and look for a healer but she didn't want to leave him alone now that he was in pain.
But on the other hand he would get more pain if the crack was just left like this.
She also didn't want to go to every cookie asking if they were healers. That would take ages.

She took a deep breath before looking at black sapphire cookie.
¨ I'm going to look for a healer. Don't teleport away¨ she said before running off.
This time not to annoy him but to look for help.
Silverbell cookie was still looking at the ground. He hadn't said anything for a few minutes and elder faerie cookie was just standing next to him.
The silence started to become rather awkward.
Silverbell was still processing everything he had just said.
¨I cant be in love with purple grape cookie¨ he thought to himself.
He had only known him for a few days and even thought that he was weird at first.
He even told him that he wanted to start off as friends.

That was something he still thought was best.
Silverbell cookie sighted and elder faerie cookie looked at him.
He knew that silverbell cookie was having some debate with himself and he decided to just let him figure it out himself.
Silverbell cookie his foot was tapping on the ground.
He had puffed his cheeks up and was concentrating on a small bug.

Silverbell cookie was thinking about what he could do.
On one hand it still seemed like the best plan to keep him as a friend but on the other hand he was falling hard.
He gently grabbed the bug and put it on his hand.

¨have you ever been in love?¨ Silverbell cookie said as he looked up at elder faerie cookie.
Elder faerie cookie lifted up his eyebrow and turned to look down at silverbell cookie.
Elder faerie then went to look at the kingdom again.

¨two times¨ elder faerie cookie said.
¨only dated once¨ he said as he loosened his grip on his sword.
Silverbell cookie nodded. He was curious who had won over the heart of elder faerie cookie all those years ago.

¨ If i can ask, who were it?¨ silverbell cookie asked and elder faerie cookie sighted a little.

¨white lily cookie..¨ Elder faerie cookie said. He put his sword to his side and turned to face silverbell cookie.
He didn't want to tell who the other person was but he knew that silverbell cookie would keep asking.
He ran a hand through his hair.

¨and the fount of knowledge¨ elder faerie cookie said. His mood immediately changed when he said that name.
He got annoyed every time he thought about him. He hated recounting the memories.

Silverbell cookie his jaw dropped. He hadn't expected the second name.
He understood white lily cookie. Her and elder faerie seemed close. They still seem close but white lily cookie had started dating pure vanilla cookie so some thing had shifted between them but they were still close friends

¨you mean…. Shadow milk cookie¨ silverbell cookie said as he slowly turned his head to look at elder faerie cookie in shock.

Candy apple cookie was looking around for a healer. She had walked all the way to the market place which was quite busy. She had asked around but she either got ignored or got told that there wasn't a healer in the kingdom.
Candy apple cookie kept asking around. She had never done anything like this before. Normally she was putting tricks all over the kingdom and scare people their socks off.

¨excuse me sir!¨ candy apple cookie said as she touched a male on the shoulder. He turned around and it was none other than pure vanilla cookie.
Candy apple cookie paused. Completely in shock. Her masters biggest enemy was here. She should crumble him or atleast take his soul jam but right now she had a choice. She knew that he was a healer but she didn't want him to help black sapphire cookie. But he also was the only healer she had stumbled across on in the past hour.
She took a deep breath and just started talking.

¨my brother, he fell and he had gotten a crack in his leg. Can you please help him!¨ candy apple cookie said in an overly dramatic voice.
This felt wrong, really wrong.

¨Oh! yea sure lead the way¨ pure vanilla cookie said as he waited for candy apple cookie to walk. She turned around and started to walk. She hated that she was so close to the enemy and wasn't doing anything that would hurt him or work in her master his favor. At least she knew that her disguise worked.

¨Oh thank you sir! he had fallen earlier this morning and I haven't found a healer beside you!¨ candy apple cookie said. Pure vanilla cookie smiled softly.
¨no problem. It's the least I can do, you lead the way¨ pure vanilla cookie said and candy apple cookie felt like throwing up. He was overly sweet and she hated it.

Silverbell cookie still couldn't wrap his head around the fact that elder faerie cookie had a crush and possible was dating shadow milk cookie in the past. He was walking home but every step felt heavy.
He wasn't focusing and bumped into someone.
¨oh im sorry¨ silverbell cookie said, the person turned around and it was white lily cookie.
a smile formed on his face. He hadn't seen her for quite some while.

¨white lily cookie!¨ he said and white lily cookie returned the smile.
¨ Long time no see silverbell cookie¨ white lily cookie said.
She ruffled his hair a little.

¨ Have you seen pure vanilla cookie? I lost him in the crowd. I know that he can't be far but I swear he just disappears the second he sees something that interests him¨ white lily cookie said as she closed her cape a little to get warmth and ignore the slight breeze.

¨no sorry, i came from the silver tree so i havent seen many people.¨ silverbell cookie said.
Pure vanilla cookie was one of the few non faerie cookie accepted into the kingdom.
When white lily cookie had closed the seal of the silver tree she was allowed in and they made a rule that all her friends also were allowed in faerie kingdom. Though they had only seen pure vanilla cookie here so far.

¨i wouldnt be surprised if he saw some flowers and walked off. Ill talk to you later¨ white lily cookie said as she walked off in the direction of the market place.
Silverbell cookie started walking again.
He knew that he still had to make dinner but he didn't feel like it, normally he would skip it and just eat more breakfast than usual the following morning but now he had guests over.

He walked home where he saw black sapphire cookie sitting on a flower pot with his leg stretched.
¨What happened?Silverbell cookie asked as he got closer. Black sapphire cookie scoffed and tried to play it off.
¨ Oh nothing big, really you should be so worried about me!¨ he said putting his hand on his chest. He was looking at silverbell cookie with big eyes.
Silverbell cookie looked sceptical and right at that moment candy apple cookie came walking back with pure vanilla cookie.

Black sapphire cookie nearly choked on his own spit and silverbell cookie looked at him worried.

¨let me take a look¨ pure vanilla cookie said as he put his vanilla orchid staff closer to black sapphire cookie his leg. A thinking expression formed on his face and he slowly put his hand on the crack. A small yellow light appeared.
Black sapphire cookie was looking away, he wasn't comfortable at all. But he had to admit that the pain was becoming less and less.

Pure vanilla cookie pulled away.
¨This is all I can do, the crack is closed but take it easy for a couple of days¨ he said and black sapphire cookie nodded. Silverbell cookie suddenly remembered that white lily cookie had been searching for pure vanilla cookie.

¨ oh pure vanilla cookie, white lily cookie is looking for you. she walked to the market place¨ silverbell cookie said and pure vanilla cookie nodded.
¨thank you for saying that ill go there right now¨ pure vanilla cookie said as he walked away, leaving them three alone again.

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black sapphire cookie was still sitting on the flower pot while both candy apple cookie and silverbell cookie were staring at him.
Silverbell cookie his eyes darted to candy apple cookie before turning back to black sapphire cookie.

¨I am going to ask again, what happened!¨ Silverbell cookie said with a worried tone in his voice.
He touched black sapphire cookie his cheek and lifted his head up to look at the cuts.
He pushed black sapphire cookie his head softly to the side to look at a rather deep cut.

¨we fell and this happened¨ candy apple cookie said as she looked away from what was happening in front of her.
Silverbell cookie let go of black sapphire cookie his face and turned to candy apple cookie.

¨Are you alright?¨ he asked her with a gentle tone and candy apple cookie nodded slowly, twisting her foot a little and avoiding looking straight into silverbell cookie his eyes.
¨okay good¨ silverbell cookie said as he got his keys out of his pockets.
He fumbled around with his keys for a while, not because he was nervous or uncomfortable but because couldn't find the key he needed to open his front door. He had a lot of keys, most of them were not in use anymore but they all looked the exact same.

Black sapphire cookie and candy apple cookie their eyes widened and they turned to look at each other.
They had seen a lot when traveling to kingdoms for their mission but they never had seen a cookie with enough keys to fill a small flower bed.
They both turned their heads back to silverbell cookie who was still struggling with his keys.

¨what in the…¨ black sapphire cookie said in a low voice right as silverbell cookie found the right key.
He put it in the key hole and opened the door.
Candy apple cookie quickly walked inside not even waiting for silverbell cookie to remove the key from the key hole.

Silverbell cookie paused and blinked before removing the key and turning to black sapphire cookie.
He put the keys back in his pocket.
¨should i carry you inside?¨ silverbell cookie asked black sapphire cookie.
Black sapphire cookie looked up and scoffed.
¨no need to i can walk perfectly fine¨ black sapphire cookie said as he went to stand up.
He felt the sharp pain return in his leg.

His knees buckled and silverbell cookie caught him right before he fell.
¨gotcha¨ silverbell cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie blushed, more out of embarrassment than anything else. He had expected that since the crack was healed the pain was also gone but he was wrong.
Silverbell cookie then fully lifted him up, bridal style.

Black sapphire cookies hadn't expected him to be this strong. He also hadn't expected to be carried inside by a faerie cookie he would have to use for their plan.
Silverbell cookie carried him inside and set him down on the couch.
He grabbed a pillow to elevate black sapphire cookie his leg a little and went to sit down next to him.

¨We should disinfect those cuts soon¨ silverbell cookie said. Despite the faerie kingdom being relatively clean, there were a lot of yeast spores around which could irritate the cut and cause an infection.
Black sapphire cookie nodded as he slowly put his injured leg on the pillow.

¨You were lucky that pure vanilla cookie was here because we dont really have healers here in the faerie kingdom¨ silverbell Cookie said as he stood up to get some disinfecting spray.
Black sapphire cookie looked down at his leg and nodded.
¨ Very lucky indeed¨ he said with a sarcastic tone in his voice. Luckily silverbell cookie didn't hear it.

black Sapphire Cookie found it rather stupid that there weren't a lot of healers in the faerie kingdom. Most faerie cookies never left the kingdom and ones that did were guards guarding the gates that were invisible to non faerie cookies. He had expected for the kingdom to have more healers walking around. Or at least cookies who knew how to heal others.

Silverbell cookie came back with a disinfecting spray and walked to black sapphire cookie before bending down slightly so that he could see his face clearly.

¨okay close your eyes, this might sting¨ silverbell cookie said as he shook the bottle and removed the cap.
Black sapphire cookie closed his eyes and braced himself, he knew that it was going to sting.
Silverbell cookie sprayed the spray on black sapphire cookie his face and he hissed.
Not only did this sting this burned badly.
Silverbell cookie sprayed some more on a deeper cut before putting the spray bottle on the coffee table.

¨okay you can open your eyes again¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie slowly opened his eyes. It felt like he had just been bitten by a thousand small fire bugs and they had entered the wounds to crawl inside them and make a nest.

¨You never told me that it stung this badly¨ black sapphire cookie said as his eyes filled up with tears, one of the cuts was close to his eye so he felt it irritating his eye so badly it watered up.

Silverbell cookie shrugged and grinned sheepishly.
¨well i also didnt tell you that it wasnt going to sting¨ silverbell cookie said as he sat next down black sapphire cookie on the couch carefully avoiding his leg.
black sapphire cookie looked at the ceiling before answering.

¨true¨ he said as he adjusted himself to sit more comfortably. his mind kept drifting to the moment that silverbell cookie had lifted him up and carried him inside as if he weighed nothing.

¨You are quite strong¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie smiled.

¨Only in my arms! I guess that is what you get after hundreds of years of being an archer!¨ he said as he stood up to walk to the kitchen.
Black sapphire knew that he was probably going to make tea.

He was once again reminded by the fact that silverbell cookie is way older than him. Silverbell cookie looked way younger than him and even acted more childish than him.

¨that faerie is something else¨ black sapphire cookie said to himself as he shook his head.
He knew that he was falling hard for silverbell cookie but he didn't really mind it. It even was useful for the mission. He still felt nauseous just thinking about it.
How he eventually had to betray him if the plan even worked.

Black sapphire cookie was looking around the room for about ten minutes before silverbell cookie came back with 2 cups of tea and a small bowl of star jellies.

¨ Sorry that it took so long, I couldn't reach the jar of star jellies¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie looked confused.
He looked silverbell cookie up and down before speaking up.

¨you have wings¨ black sapphire cookie said, holding his hands out to point at them.
Silverbell cookie looked at his wings and nodded.

¨yea i do but i dont fly inside my house.¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie could understand that.
¨o yea that makes sense¨ he said.
Silverbell cookie put the cups of tea down on the coffee table and sat back on the couch.
He sat the bowl of star jellies between them.

¨so…¨ black sapphire cookie said.
He looked at his leg once again before looking up at silverbell cookie.
¨ Since i cant really walk away how about we just talk¨ Black sapphire cookie said in a charming voice.
Candy apple cookie walked into the room right at that moment and sat on a chair next to the couch.
She didn't say anything or look at either of them.

¨i think she is in a bad mood dont mind her¨ black sapphire cookie said as he leaned forward a little.
He rested his head on his hand and just stared at silverbell cookie.

¨okay..¨ Silverbell cookie said as he looked away and took one star jelly out of the bowl and ate it.
Black sapphire shot a look at candy apple cookie who just shrugged at him before turning away again.
Black sapphire cookie frowned. He had expected to just get close to silverbell cookie, ask some questions. But now candy apple cookie was here he didn't want to talk anymore.

¨you know what, how about we just go and read, you have a book in the normal script right?¨ black sapphire cookie said as he put a fake smile on his face.
Silverbell cookie nodded and stood up.
¨ Yea I believe that i do have a book that you can read¨ silverbell cookie said.
He walked towards the book shelf. Black sapphire cookie turned to candy apple cookie.

¨What are you doing here.¨ he said through gritted teeth.
Candy apple cookie looked at him and flashed that little smile of hers.
¨I wanted to make sure that you didn't ruin the plan¨ she whispered before she leaned back in the chair.
Black sapphire cookie looked annoyed.

Silverbell cookie came back holding two books.
He gave one with a red cover to black sapphire cookie.
¨i honestly have never read that one, i believe that i got it years ago when i became a guard and had to learn the normal script.¨ silverbell cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie opened the book and it had big letters and there was a lot of space between each word.
It clearly was written for someone who had difficulties reading.

¨thanks¨ black sapphire cookie said.
He looked up from the book one more time to look at silverbell cookie. He had already started to read.
Black sapphire cookie looked back at the book and started to read it.
For him it was the easiest thing in a while but he could understand that it would be difficult to read if you didn't grow up with the script.

After black sapphire cookie had read a few pages he saw a note.
His eyes widened when he realized what it was.
It was a note with the full alphabet translated, from the faerie script to the script he was used to.
He knew that this would come in handy so he looked around before putting the note in his pocket.

The room was completely silent except for the sound of pages turning and slow breathing.

Silverbell cookie grabbed his cup of tea and took a sip before placing it back on the coffee table.
Black sapphire cookie was still reading the book.
Despite the book being made for learning it was a quite interesting book.
The book was about a girl trying to find her life purpose, trying to find out what she should do in her life.

¨This is quite interesting¨ black sapphire cookie said as he broke the silence.
Silverbell cookie looked up from his own book before leaning over to take a look while carefully avoiding black sapphire cookie his leg.

¨It does seem interesting, i should finish reading it one day¨ silverbell cookie said before closing his own book and standing up.
He put his book on the coffee table.

¨ I'm going to start making dinner. And no i do not need help i learned my lesson¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie let out a laugh.
He dramatically leaned back and put his hand on his heart.
¨o that hurts my feelings silvie¨ he said in an over exaggerated voice and silverbell cookie looked at him and his cheeks turned a slight pink.

¨Silvie?¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie paused mid sentence as he realized what he just had said.
Candy apple cookie looked rather amused seeing the scene unravel

¨I mean silverbell!¨ black sapphire cookie said as he tried to save his face.
Silverbell cookie turned away to walk to the kitchen before he said.

¨i dont mind that nickname at all¨ and walked away.
Now black sapphire cookie was flustered. He put his hands in front of his face.

¨that was the smartest thing you have said in a while¨ candy apple cookie said sarcastically and jumped off the chair to walk to black sapphire cookie.
¨keep your mouth shut it just slipped out¨ black sapphire cookie said as he composed himself.

¨but look what i found¨ he said as he got the note out of his pocket and handed it to candy apple cookie who grabbed it and took a look at it.
Her eyes scanned over it before she handed it back.

¨This is very useful, okay i admit it. You are not fully useless.¨ candy apple cookie said smiling.
Black sapphire cookie looked at her with no emotion on his face.
He knew that she was just joking around but he wasn't really in the mood for it.

¨you just go look what silverbell cookie is cooking¨ black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie smiled.

¨dont you mean what Silvie is cookie¨ she said and she batted her eyelashes.
Black sapphire cookie groaned and threw a pillow at her.
He was going to get followed by this one nickname he gave Silverbell cookie for quite some time.
He grabbed his cup of tea from the coffee table and downed it. It already had cooled down enough to do so.
He used candy apple cookie as support to stand up.
¨okay lets see what he is cooking¨ He said and they both walked to the kitchen.

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candy apple cookie was helping black sapphire cookie to get to the kitchen.
He was stumbling even with her support.
His leg was still hurting pretty badly.

They could smell silverbell cookie cooking dinner. It smelled rather good.

¨you're heavy¨ candy apple cookie said as she struggled to support black sapphire cookie.
Black sapphire cookie turned his head to look at her.
¨no you’re just weak¨ black sapphire cookie said scoffing as they walked into the kitchen.
Candy apple cookie looked at him with an annoyed expression.
“I'm going to drop you if you say that again¨ candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie laughed.
¨oh you’re getting feisty¨ he said.

They walked into the kitchen and black sapphire cookie went to sit on a chair.

¨mhm what are you cooking silvie¨ black sapphire cookie said in a teasing voice, he was in a pretty good mood. He had decided to tease Silverbell cookie a little with the nickname, despite being told he could call him that.

Silverbell cookie paused for a moment, His wings were betraying him. He was trying to play it cool but his wings fluttering were probably a sign that he was flustered.

¨just some spaghetti¨ silverbell cookie said as he tried to stop his wings from fluttering, he hated his wings sometimes.
Black sapphire cookie smirked.
¨oh and should i help¨ black sapphire cookie asked.
Silverbell cookie his eyes widened and his wings stopped flapping, he remembered the last time that black sapphire cookie helped him cook. He had lost a perfectly good pan that day.

¨no thank you!¨ Silverbell cookie quickly said.
He continued to cook, he threw some extra vegetables into the pan of the sauce and he started stirring it.
¨oh why not silvie¨ black sapphire cookie asked.

Candy apple cookie also had sat down in the kitchen. She was looking at black sapphire cookie like he was crazy, she had no idea if he was doing it for their plan or because he actually liked silverbell cookie.
But either way it was a little too much for her. Candy apple cookie covered her own ears, she pretended that she was fixing her hair icing so if silverbell cookie turned around and saw what she was doing he wouldn't find it suspicious.

¨no particular reason¨ silverbell cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie knew that he was lying, he could hear it in the faerie cookie his voice but he didn't want to say it. He found it way more fun like this

¨oh but i really want to help¨ black sapphire cookie said.
Silverbell cookie took a deep breath in and out before turning around to face black sapphire cookie.
¨ill do the cooking alone, if you have the ability to burn tomato paste i dont want to know what you are able to do with a spaghetti sauce¨ silverbell cookie said in a soft voice.

Black sapphire cookie pouted. He tried to keep that pout but slowly a smile was coming onto his face. He found this way too funny.
¨also your leg isn't in the greatest condition, you should listen to pure vanilla cookie his advice and rest it¨ silverbell cookie said as that worried tone crept back into his voice.

Black sapphire cookie blushed, that worried tone did something to him he couldn't place. It made him feel warm from the inside.
¨okay fine¨ black sapphire cookie said as he hid his face with his hand and turned away.

Silverbell cookie turned back to the kitchen counter. He had noticed black sapphire cookie blushing and now his cheeks were also warming up.
He reminded himself that he wanted to find out more things about black sapphire cookie but he also knew that he had feelings for him and the feelings were mutual.
Silverbell cookie shook his head and went back to stir the sauce.

It looked like it was almost done cooking and the water was boiling so silverbell cookie put the spaghetti in the pot with boiling water.

¨dinner is almost ready¨ silverbell cookie said softly as we looked at the wall right in front of him.

Candy apple cookie lowered her hands from her ears and looked to her side.
Black sapphire cookie was hiding his face. She rolled her eyes and went to look at silverbell cookie who was grabbing three plates from the small cabinet full of white plates.
Candy apple cookie found the plates rather boring, there was no design on them, just plain white stone.

And just then one of the plates slipped off the neatly organized pile and fell to the ground, shattering in a million pieces.
silverbell cookie gasped in shock.
He almost dropped the three plates he was holding.

¨ Okay no one move ill get the broom¨ silverbell cookie said, he softly put the plates on the kitchen counter and flew over the porcelain shards laying all over the floor.

Black sapphire had looked up when the plate fell, the noise had startled him quite a bit. He wasn't paying attention and was in his own little world when the plate fell.

¨oh you're so clumsy silvi- silverbell¨ black sapphire cookie said, he avoided using the nickname, he felt like it wasn't the best time for that.

Silverbell cookie walked back with the broom in hand and he was wearing his shoes.
He carefully swept all of the shards together.
Some of the shards were so small they were barely visible.
He thoroughly swept the kitchen and put the shards on a pile in the corner.
He would clean it up later but right now he had to plate dinner before it would burn.
Silverbell cookie put the broom against the wall and put some spaghetti and sauce on the three plates before placing them on the table.

Candy apple cookie got her plate first and when she looked at it she realized that this was vegan.
She looked at silverbell cookie before speaking up.

¨Are you vegan?¨ candy apple cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded.

¨yea i am! though most of my friends aren't so if you guys would prefer meat by your dinner next time i can just cook it, i probably have some left in my fridge¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie and candy apple cookie looked at each other before turning their gazes back to silverbell cookie.

¨No well be fine, we will just eat what you serve¨ black sapphire cookie said as he put his hand in front of candy apple cookie her mouth to stop her from saying anything.
Silverbell cookie looked at them with one raised eye brown before he sat on himself.
Candy apple cookie just started eating.

She was surprised by how good it tasted. The last vegan meal she had tasted like dirt and she knew how dirt tastes like from the many times she had fallen on the floor.
Black sapphire cookie also was surprised, he had told silverbell cookie that they would just eat what he served but he hadn't expected it to taste this good.

¨well i have to admit you are a great cook¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie smiled.
¨aw thank you¨ he said as he got a little flustered, a lot of people complimented his cooking skills but now black sapphire cookie did it it felt different.

Silverbell cookie took a bite of his own food before he remembered that he had the night off. Elder faerie cookie had forced him to take it off after the talk.
He had told him how for a week he wouldn't work at night anymore.
Silverbell cookie had tried to stop him but when elder faerie cookie said that it was an order and not a request he knew that it was a lost battle.
An order was an order and he always had to follow those, no matter what they were.

¨ I'm glad you two are enjoying it¨ silverbell cookie said before taking another bite.
He already was feeling rather full, he wasn't hungry when he started cooking and he still wasn't but he knew that since he had guests over they were his responsibility and he couldn't just let them starve until breakfast.

¨ Yea it's very good!¨ candy apple cookie said in a cheerful voice.
She almost finished eating her entire plate and she was still eating.
That surprised black sapphire cookie.
Normally candy apple cookie wasn't a big eater but right now he wouldn't be surprised if she would ask for seconds.
Silverbell cookie smiled.
¨thank you, that is nice to hear¨ silverbell cookie said as he pushed his food around his plate.
Black sapphire cookie noticed it and spoke something about it.
¨why aren't you eating?¨ black sapphire cookie said and a worried tone slipped out.
Silverbell cookie looked up from his plate.

¨oh im not hungry, i normally dont really eat dinner but i couldnt let you guys starve¨ silverbell cookie said as he pushed his plate away.

Black sapphire cookie looked at silverbell cookie with uncertainty in his eyes.

After dinner silverbell cookie cleaned all the dishes and candy apple cookie walked back to the guest room leaving black sapphire cookie and silverbell cookie alone in the kitchen.

¨soo do you have any hobbies?¨ black sapphire cookie asked silverbell cookie and he nodded.

¨ Yea I do have a couple of hobbies¨ Silverbell cookie said as he put the last plate away and grabbed two juice glasses.
Black sapphire cookie noticed that silverbell cookie grabbed the glasses and he couldn't help but ask.

¨ Are you planning to drink?¨ he asked and silverbell cookie paused.

¨ Just one glass of juice cannot hurt right, do you want one?¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded, silverbell cookie had already grabbed the glass and he wouldn't say no to one glass of juice.

Silverbell cookie filled the two glasses and put one in front of black sapphire cookie.

¨thanks¨ black sapphire cookie said.
Silverbell cookie sat on a chair next to him and took a sip of his glass.
Black sapphire cookie broke the silence and asked about silverbell cookie his hobbies again.

¨soo what are your hobbies exactly¨ Black sapphire cookie asked and silverbell cookie put his glass down on the table.
¨ Well it's my job but i do enjoy archery a lot. I like cooking, reading and I'm not really good at it but I play piano¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie actually got really interested.

¨what about you¨ silverbell cookie asked black sapphire cookie as he leaned on the table.

¨uhm well i have a podcast¨ black sapphire cookie said trying to smile it off.
Silverbell cookie leaned a little closer.

¨o and what is it about¨ silverbell cookie asked with a small smile on his face.
Black sapphire cookie awkwardly smiled back as he thought about something.

¨history..¨ black sapphire cookie said with an unsure tone.
silverbell cookie his eyes lit up with excitement.

¨That's so cool!¨ silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie lifted his juice glass up and took a sip.
He smiled before he looked at silverbell cookie again.
¨i know¨ black sapphire cookie said smiling.
He was getting rather comfortable with silverbell cookie and he could feel and see that silverbell cookie was also comfortable around him.
They talked for hours.
One glass of juice turned into five glasses and a lot of laughter.

¨and then my sister just fell¨ black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie laughed loudly.
They both were a little tipsy, they weren't used to the amount of juice they drank in 3 hours.
Silverbell cookie looked at the clock.
It was already 11:30 pm. Tomorrow he would finally meet up with mercurial knight cookie again and he knew that it was better if he would get some rest but he didn't want to stop talking to black sapphire cookie.

He didn't know if it was the juice or the fact black sapphire cookie was in front of him looking as handsome as ever even when tipsy but it suddenly got very hot in the room.

¨I should go to sleep¨ silverbell cookie said as he stood up.
Black sapphire cookie quickly followed but forgot about his leg and the pain shot through it again.
Without thinking he grabbed silverbell cookie for support.
He accidentally touched silverbell cookie his wings and silverbell cookie let out a sharp gasp.

¨Oh please watch out for the wings, they are sensitive!¨ silverbell cookie said as he adjusted black sapphire cookie.
¨sorry¨ he mumbled and they started walking towards silverbell cookie his bedroom.

Silverbell cookie opened the door and led black sapphire cookie to his bed.
He got the pyjamas off the floor and gave one to black sapphire cookie.

Silverbell cookie turned away as he undressed himself and got into his sleep wear.
Black sapphire cookie couldn't help but stare for a while before quickly getting into the pjs himself.

Silverbell cookie put the clothes he wore today in a small laundry basket he had in his room and grabbed black sapphire cookie his clothes too.

¨ill wash them for you tomorrow,you can tell you sister that when she wakes up in the morning.¨ Silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded.

He went to lay down on the bed and silverbell cookie stumbled over his own feet as he walked to the bed.
He laid down next to black sapphire cookie.
The faerie cookie yawned and quickly fell asleep.

Black sapphire cookie looked at silverbell cookie his sleeping form.
He pushed some of his hair behind his ear with a gentle movement and leaned down to kiss his forehead.

¨sleep well silvie¨ he said as he laid down again and slowly drifted to sleep himself.

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Black sapphire cookie saw jam dripping down the walls.
He looked around but only saw the crumbled corpses of cookies laying around him.
Every step he took he felt himself being dragged down by those crumbled bodies.
He couldn't escape them.
When he got away more showed up.
He was being followed by them and he couldn't escape.

Black sapphire cookie was panting as he tried to run away.
He tripped and fell right into a puddle of jam. He was covered in it.
He saw a vague silhouette with wings standing in front of him before he felt a sharp pain in his left arm.
And then he shot awake.

Black sapphire cookie sat up covered in sweat.
He looked around and saw silverbell cookie sleeping beside him peacefully.
His own pyjamas were drenched in sweat and he could feel that his pillow was damp.
He sat up straight and buried his face in his hands.

“by the witches what was that dream” black sapphire cookie mumbled. He took a deep breath to try and calm himself down. He was shaking. Sure he had nightmares before but they never were as bad as the one he had just woken up from.

He turned to silverbell cookie who had managed to wrap himself in the blankets in a way where he would be fully covered but his wings were out.
Black sapphire cookie smiled slightly as he saw silverbell cookie his wings twitch a little.

Only the sounds of their breathing and the ticking of the clock could be heard.
Black sapphire cookie leaned back against the bedframe.
He looked around the room.
It was quite neat.
Multiple bookshelves were placed next to each other and the room was adorned with flowers and plants.
A small desk placed in the corner with quite a few papers stacked on it.

Black sapphire returned his gaze back to the sleeping faerie cookie next to him.
He looked so peaceful, so calm.
Black sapphire cookie sighted.
He knew that it was best for him to go back to sleep but he was uncomfortable in the sweat drenched pajamas he was wearing.
He didn't want to wake silverbell cookie up for something so unimportant.

Black sapphire cookie laid down and tried to go back to sleep.
If he only could get one more hour of sleep it would be enough for him. He had been asleep for quite some time so he would have enough energy to survive the day.
Plus he couldn't do much now his leg was hurt.

He sighted as he closed his eyes.
But he hadn't had them close for long before snippets of the nightmare came flashing back into his mind.
This time he was them more clearly.
Most of the bodies were from cookies he had spread rumors about.
He even saw candy apple cookie her crumbled body on the ground, it was covered in jam and her hair icing was messed up.
One of the candy apples on her hair was broken.

Black sapphire cookie quickly opened his eyes again. He was panting.
He looked around the room once again but it hadn't changed from the last time.
He looked at the clock.
“3:46 pm” black sapphire cookie said to himself.
He had only had his eyes closed for around half an hour and the nightmare came back.
More vividly than before he could make out the faces of all the crumbled bodies.
He even saw candy apple cookie.

Black sapphire cookie suddenly felt very nauseous.
He got out of the bed and the pain in his leg came back almost immediately.
He gritted his teeth and limped to the bathroom.

every step felt like he was being stabbed in his knee.
He got to the bathroom door and opened it.
He slowly walked to the toilet bowl and lowered himself in front of it.
Black sapphire cookie was staring at the floor hoping that the nauseous feeling would just go away without him having to puke.

It was quiet, way too quiet.
He had expected candy apple cookie to be sneaking around again but apparently she was tired enough to actually sleep through the entire night. Black sapphire cookie reminded himself that it wasn't even 4 pm yet. And here he was, awake and sitting in front of a toilet bowl hoping that he wouldn't throw up.
Black sapphire cookie sighted.

“Great, just great” black sapphire cookie said with an irritated tone in his voice.
he ran his hand through his hair icing which had gotten messed up during the few hours of sleep he had gotten.
He felt the nauseous feeling go away.
At least that was one thing he was getting lucky with this night.

Black sapphire cookie stood up slowly with support of the sink.
He leaned heavily against it as he already started dreading the walk back the bedroom
It would hurt but he didn't want to stay in the bathroom until candy apple cookie or silverbell cookie would have to go.

He slowly stepped forwards and started making his way back.
He leaned a lot on his other leg.
He was limping heavily but he made his way back to the bedroom where silverbell cookie was sitting up straight looking right at him.

“i already wondered where you were” silverbell cookie said and he noticed black sapphire limping.
silverbell cookie looked concerned and quickly got out of bed.
He walked to black sapphire cookie his side to support him.

“You should just have woken me up if you needed to go to the bathroom” silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie leaned on him. He looked away before speaking just loud enough for silverbell cookie to hear him.
“i didnt want to wake you up, you looked so peaceful” Black sapphire cookie said.

Silverbell cookie giggled a little.
“You can always wake me up. I am not exactly a deep sleeper” silverbell cookie said as he got black sapphire cookie back into the bed.
“yea well i made it to the bathroom myself” black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie rolled his eyes playfully.

Silverbell cookie got into the bed again next to black sapphire cookie and he leaned forward.
Black sapphire could feel silverbell cookie his breath on his face. He blushed and looked away awkwardly.
He gripped the blanket with his hands.

“for a half faerie cookie you didn't get the faerie looks” silverbell cookie said clearly pointing out the fact that black sapphire cookie lacked the wings in his faerie disguise.
He froze. That was one thing he had forgotten about when thinking about his disguise.

“Yeah, my sister got those,” black sapphire cookie said.
“but you know, i got the good looks” he said trying to regain some control over the situation.
Silverbell cookie chuckled. He smiled while he looked straight into black sapphire cookie his eyes.

“You surely got those” Silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie blushed even harder.
He hadn't expected this. especially not at 4 am in the morning.
“You dont look so bad yourself too” Black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie blushed. His wings started fluttering a little.
Black sapphire cookie noticed that and smiled.

“Your wings are betraying you silvie” black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie tried to turn in a way so his wings wouldn't be visible but he failed.
“They are quite beautiful. make you look rather cute” black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie blushed even harder.
He tried desperately to hide his wings but failed once again,

“Stop talking or you're sleeping on the couch” silverbell cookie said turning his face away and black sapphire cookie laughed softly.

“We both know that you don't want that.” black sapphire cookie said as he reached out to push silverbell cookie his face back.
“We both know that you want to be way more than just friends with me but something is holding you back” black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie his wings started fluttering even more.
“So tell me silvie” black sapphire cookie said as he smiled softly at silverbell cookie.

“Tell you what” silverbell cookie said stuttering as he was forced to look into black sapphire cookie his deep black eyes.
Black sapphire cookie chuckled.

“What is holding you back, what is holding you back to just confess to me” black sapphire cookie said with a flight pout on his face.
Silverbell cookie his breathing became heavier. He had gotten his wings to stop fluttering but the other signs of attraction were still there.

“My job” Silverbell cookie said as he pulled himself free from black sapphire his gentle grasp.
Black sapphire cookie his smile now fully faded.
He had expected that silverbell cookie would just confess his feelings and they would start a relationship but here he was talking about how he found his job more important.

“ow poor silverbell cookie do you really think that elder faerie cookie would mind if you just started dating me” black sapphire cookie said with a mocking tone in his voice.

Silverbell cookie backed off even more.
“uhm i have an early shift, ill see you later”
Silverbell cookie said as he got out of the bed and grabbed his bow. Not even bothering to change his clothes.
He left the room quickly and the sound of the front door shutting was heard.

Black sapphire cookie gritted his teeth.

“that piece of s-” he said but then he stopped mid sentence as he heard giggling from underneath the bed.
He recognized the giggle.
Candy apple cookie.

Black sapphire cookie leaned over the side of the bed and immediately saw those big eyes of hers.
“oh you screwed it up again! even worse than last time!” candy apple cookie said giggling.

“you really think he would fully confess so easily?” candy apple cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie his eyes widened.

“And now you gotta start from the very beginning” candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie saw her face features twisting.

He felt something grabbing his leg and then he shot up.

He looked around. Nothing. Silverbell cookie was still peacefully asleep next to him.
The clock hadn't changed much. It only was around half an hour later.
Black sapphire cookie now was full on panicking.
He had no idea if this was real or just another nightmare.

“What is happening to me” black sapphire cookie mumbled as he propped up his pillow and leaned against it. He didn't want to go back to sleep. He knew that he probably should get some more sleep but he didn't want to have those nightmares again.
He took a deep breath before lightly tapping silverbell cookie on the shoulder.
Black sapphire cookie didnt want to wake up silverbell cookie but he had to make sure that he wasn't stuck in a nightmare once again.

“hey silvie” black sapphire cookie said as he slightly shook silverbell cookie who stirred a little and opened his eyes.

“yea” silverbell cookie said as he rubbed his eyes.
Black sapphire cookie looked uncomfortable. More with the fact that he just had woken Silverbell cookie up from seemingly a rather deep sleep.
“I'm sorry for waking you but-” black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie sat up straight.

“mm dont worry about it” silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie now felt even worse. He felt like his nightmares were such a useless thing to wake the faerie cookie up for. He was a grown cookie and still he was looking for comfort.

“I know that it sounds stupid but I keep having nightmares.” black sapphire cookie said as he pulled the blankets up to his chin.
Silverbell cookie his gaze softened and he slowly reached out to put his hand on black sapphire cookie his shoulder.

“That's quite annoying isn't it. I know that feeling all too well” silverbell cookie said.
He got a little closer to the purple doughed cookie.
Black sapphire cookie looked to his side and smiled softly.

“It indeed is quite annoying” black sapphire cookie said before looking up at the ceiling.
“Very annoying” black sapphire cookie said.

“Tell me about it.” silverbell cookie said as he went to stare into the void in front of them.
“they keep returning but don't get less terrifying. You know what is going to happen but it still scares you.” silverbell cookie said as his hand trailed down to black sapphire cookie his hand.
He grabbed it softly before he continued to talk.

“It's preparing us for what is going to happen in the dream. but still we are never ready. We never are ready for things that are being shown to us. Images we would rather forget” silverbell cookie said as a small pout formed on his face.

“When I was just a little faerie cookie me and the others were told that nightmares are dreams that will happen in the future and they won't disappear until you've accepted them or changed your future” Silverbell cookie said.

Black sapphire cookie looked at silverbell cookie who was still staring into the void of the dark.
“In other words, we have to deal with them until we accept them or find out what is causing them and change the future” Silverbell cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie nodded.
He had no idea what silverbell cookie was really saying but it seemed like a not so comforting lie young faerie cookies were told to try and change for the better or just deal with nightly terrors.

“And they still tell that to small kids?” black sapphire cookie asked and silverbell cookie shook his head.
“no it pretty much disappeared until some older faerie cookies realized that it was messing with a child's brain.” silverbell cookie said. Black sapphire cookie gave silverbell cookie an look of ‘are you kidding me right now’

“Yeah, I wonder why” black sapphire cookie said.
Silverbell cookie chuckled softly.
“yea i do wonder why” silverbell cookie said as he leaned closer to black sapphire cookie and leaned a little against him.

Black sapphire cookie his heart pounded in his chest. He was holding his breath, he didn't know how to react.
Black sapphire cookie looked at silverbell cookie was looking around the room, only moving his eyes.

“ Do you want to go to sleep or should we stay up for a while” silverbell cookie asked and black sapphire stuttered a little as he tried to find his voice back.
“Let's stay awake for a while” he said.
Silverbell cookie nodded as he rested his head on the other cookie his shoulder.

Black sapphire cookie was really wondering if he was dreaming again. He didn't mind this dream so far if it was one. It was rather soothing.

“Do you have plans tomorrow?” Black sapphire cookie asked and silverbell cookie nodded softly.
“yea me and mercurial knight cookie are catching up again, it has been a while since i spoke to him when he was off his job” silverbell cookie said as he put some hair behind his ear.

Black sapphire cookie looked a little disappointed. He had hoped that silverbell cookie would be free. So they could actually talk without candy apple cookie interrupting them.

“Okay well you can go to sleep if you want to” Black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie adjusted himself so he sat more comfortably.

“no need to. I'll stay awake until you fall asleep”. Silverbell cookie said as he looked up at black sapphire cookie.
“Do you want to talk about it?” silverbell cookie asked and black sapphire cookie paused.

“no thank you. ill be fine” black sapphire cookie said as he looked at the clock. It was just past 4 am. It would be a long night if he didn't go back to sleep.

“When does your shift start?” black sapphire cookie asked and silverbell cookie answered almost immediately.

” 6 am. I'll be done at 11 am, around that time it really depends but I'll be gone until late so i hope that you have the ability to warm up a meal.” Silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie chuckled softly. He ran his hand softly through silverbell cookie his hair and he could feel the faerie cookie leaning into his touch a little.

“I think that that is something I can handle. And I'm pretty sure apple faerie cookie knows how to warm up a meal so we will be fine” black sapphire cookie said as he looked at silverbell cookie.
He smiled as he saw the faerie cookie struggle to stay awake. Silverbell cookie his eyes fluttered close as his body completely relaxed against black sapphire his body.

“well i expected that” black sapphire cookie said as he continued to stroke silverbell cookie his hair.
Black sapphire cookie leaned back a little.
He was sure that this wasn't a nightmare, if it was it would be too nice. Too sweet. Black sapphire cookie sighted. He didn't know what to do anymore.

Candy apple cookie was in her room wide awake. She had been awake for quite some time.
She kept getting a nightmare, a nightmare where she was on the brink of death. Laying on the ground surrounded by bodies in a big pool of jam. She shivered as she recalled the nightmare. She had woken up crying because of it. She didn't want to wake up black sapphire cookie.

Silverbell cookie was slowly falling asleep again. He had been sleeping restless since he had closed his eyes hours ago. He had a nightmare. One where he was walking over a pile of dead silver tree knights and other guards. His wings had been injured so he had to walk. His bow was broken on his back and he was only holding one of his arrows as he walked to a shadowy figure.
He was glad that he was finding some comfort on the shoulders of the cookie he shared his bed with. He could finally rest for the hour he still had left before he would have to get ready for work.
He was excited that he would finally meet up with mercurial knight cookie after it again without one of them being on duty.

Little did the three cookies know that they all had the same nightmare. Just from different perspectives.

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“I give up” candy apple cookie said as she sat up straight in her bed. She hadn't been able to fall asleep again and it was annoying her. She threw the blanket off her and shivered. It was cold.
She heard the beeping of an alarm clock and she got out of the bed and sneaked up to the sound.
It led candy apple cookie to silverbell cookie his room whose door was slightly open.
She peaked through the gap and saw silverbell cookie stopping the alarm clock and sitting up.

He yawned as he slowly got out of the bed. He was floating a little off the ground as he went to look for a pair of socks to put on.
Candy apple cookie peeked even further into the room. She grabbed the doorpost and peeked her head through the door opening.
She saw another figure on the bed. Hidden underneath the blankets. Silverbell cookie flew to his closet and candy apple cookie was apple to get a better look at the figure.

She removed the hair icing in front of her face and took a better look.
“what…….” candy apple cookie said as she recognized the figure. It was black sapphire cookie.
Her eyes widened and she slowly backed away from the door.
She slowly walked back to the guest room. Her feet were freezing from the cold floor.
“I could have expected it” candy apple cookie said to herself. She crossed her arms over each other and slipped through the door opening for the guest room.
She then made the mistake of closing the door.

The loud sound of the door closing was heard throughout the entire house.
“That damn door……..” candy apple cookie said as she quickly jumped back into the bed and threw the covers over herself and faced away from the door.

Silverbell cookie was putting on his pants when he heard the loud bang.
Black sapphire cookie shot awake and hit his head against the bedframe.
“OUCH F-” black sapphire cookie said but he stopped himself from cursing.
Silverbell cookie turned around with a worried expression on his face.

“Are you alright?” silverbell cookie asked and black sapphire cookie nodded.
“Yes, I'm fine,” black sapphire cookie said as he rubbed his head.

Silverbell cookie peaked out of the door opening but didn't see anyone.

“it probably is just the door. I should really get those fixed” silverbell cookie said as he walked back to his closet and grabbed his undershirt.
Black sapphire cookie groaned. He probably had one of the most unlucky week in his years of living. His leg was still hurting. He had gotten around two hours of sleep and he just had hit his head.

Silverbell cookie put the last part of his outfit on and sat on the side of the bed.
“I have to go and work but I think that you would be fine alone right?” silverbell cookie asked and black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes.
“I'm not a dough baby anymore, I know how to survive one day without help” black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie looked at him and put his hand on the purple cookie his shoulder.
“you almost burned my house down, cracked your leg and just hit your head. It has only been around three days!” silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie paused and looked at silverbell cookie.
“Okay thats true” black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie stood up.

“I'll be back late so don't wait for me, I made some dinner. It is in the fridge and you know I hope how to use a microwave” silverbell cookie said and he walked out.
Black sapphire cookie flinched as the loud slamming of the door was heard throughout the house.

Black sapphire cookie got out of the bed. The second his feet touched the floor he pulled them back up.
“This floor is colder than the snowy mountains!” black sapphire cookie exclaimed.
He jumped out of the bed and walked to the living room.
He kept the door open behind him and he paused as he stood in front of the guest room door.
It was closed. Black sapphire cookie sighted and opened the door.

“candy apple cookie get ready we’re going out” black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie sat up straight.
“You aren't even dressed yourself!” candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie just clapped in his hands and got into another disguise of him. Still a purple cookie but now he looked like a merchant.
Candy apple cookie her jaw dropped.

“You have two disguises?!” candy apple cookie exclaimed as she threw the blankets of her.
Black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes.
“yes i have two disguises and luckily i can hide some think of leg support on this cause that pure vanilla cookie didn't heal me at all!” black sapphire cookie said as he crossed his arms and leaned against the doorpost.

Candy apple cookie got out of the bed.
“Of course he didn't heal you, he's just the stupid enemy. I shouldn't have trusted him but this stupid folk doesn't have any healers working on monday apparently!” Candy apple cookie said as she got in front of the mirror and fixed her hair icing.

“I'm waiting in the living room hurry up” black sapphire cookie said as he walked away, stumbling a little bit.

candy apple cookie grabbed one of her dresses and put it on.
She quickly put on some socks to get off the ice cold floor.

Candy apple cookie walked to the living room and saw black sapphire cookie eating some berries. Candy apple cookie grabbed one of the berries and put it in her mouth. It tasted bitter.

“ew” candy apple cookie said as she swallowed it.
Black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes and took another one.
“they aren't so bad” Black sapphire cookie said shrugging and stood up.
Candy apple cookie almost gagged.

Silverbell cookie flew to the north gate of the faerie kingdom. He only had to work six hours and then he would be able to hang out with mercurial knight cookie.
He put his bow on his back and took his stance and the north gate.
He looked around, it was quite peaceful. It wasn't anything strange because it was only six am but silverbell cookie had seen some strange before.
Once he had to guide a group of cookies away from the faerie kingdom who had drunk a little bit too much berry juice and were convinced that silverbell cookie was the tooth faerie.

Silverbell cookie kicked a rock and watched as it rolled away.
He sighted, he found guarding the gates the most boring part of his job. Especially if he had to do it in the morning. The cookies he would encounter would either curse at him for refusing to tell that the faerie kingdom was a real thing or straight up drunk cookies who were convinced that all the faerie cookies were tooth faeries.

He leaned against the gate of the faerie kingdom and looked up at the sky. It was dark like usual and the stars were visible.

“hey cookie” silverbell cookie heard a voice say.
Silverbell cookie looked at the mysterious cookie before he slowly spoke up.
“how can i help you ma’am” silverbell cookie asked.
The cookie standing in front of him gave him a weird feeling. The cookie had blue dough, a light blue hair icing and was wearing a black and blue dress.

“oh well my children recently got into the faerie kingdom to escape from their father” the female cookie said with a worried tone in her voice.
Silverbell cookie now took a more focused stance and his hand slowly went to his bow.
The female cookie her smile never dropped. It was almost creepy.

“so ma’am you can see the faerie kingdom..” silverbell cookie said and the female cookie nodded.
“Well of course i can dearie i was born here” the female said and silverbell cookie only got more sceptical.

“well i guess that if you can see it you are indeed a faerie..” silverbell cookie said as he went to turn around. He opened the gates and let the female cookie in.
She smiled even more creepily before she slowly walked into the kingdom.
The gates closed behind her and silverbell cookie sighted.

“i have a feeling that this is coming back to haunt me one day….” silverbell cookie said as he leaned against the gates again.
At least this one actually was a faerie cookie. He hoped that she was a faerie cookie. He couldn't let a non faerie cookie in once again. While he had luck with white lily cookie he didn't have that same feeling of comfort he had when he brought white lily cookie into the kingdom.
He glanced at the hidden clock.
It was 7 am. Only 5 more hours to go, he thought.

Black sapphire cookie and candy apple cookie walked out of the house. Candy apple cookie closed the door behind her and suddenly they were pulled back by something into a bush.
When black sapphire cookie looked back he saw a female cookie who looked a little too familiar.

“okay listen up you two.”” The female cookie siad. It was shadow milk cookie.
Both candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie their eyes widened. They hadn't expected him to be here, especially not dressed like a woman. Though they both weren't weirded out by it.

“It's taking a litt;e bit too long for my liking” shadow milk cookie said.
He released candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie before he spoke up again, his voice low so only they could hear him.
“That guard didn't even question me” shadow milk cookie said as he peeked out of the bushes before stepping out of them.
Candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie followed.

“Well I'm going to see how elder faerie cookie is doing~” shadow milk cookie said in a singy female voice before walking off leaving candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie behind.

“I'm not even surprised” black sapphire cookie said as he turned to look at candy apple cookie and she shook her head.
“i wouldnt be surprised if he somehow manages to get some kind of relationship with elder faerie cookie” candy apple cookie said as she leaned against black sapphire cookie

“ive never slept this bad in my entire life.” candy apple cookie said groaning and black sapphire agreed with her.
“Agreed. I kept getting some nightmare” Black sapphire cookie said as he pushed candy apple cookie off him and she stumbled a little before regaining her balance.

“Let's just walk around. Maybe pick up on some of this stupid dialect” black sapphire cookie said as he started walking towards the kingdom center.
Candy apple cookie followed him. Black sapphire cookie was still stumbling a little as he walked.
“and maybe find you a better healer. you look stupid” candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes.
“I'm going to find tape for your smart little mouth” black sapphire cookie said as he started leaning more and more on his good leg.
Candy apple cookie rolled her eyes and she walked behind him.

“Listen sir i dont know what you are talking about!” Silverbell cookie said as he tried to explain to an old cookie that there wasn't a faerie kingdom.
The older cookie only got more angry.
“but you have wings!” he said and silverbell cookie took a step back.
He was used to getting some angry cookies at the gate but they never really scared him.
“Sir, it is part of my uniform to keep the dream of little dough kids alive”” silverbell cookie said and the man got closer to him. Silverbell cookie grabbed his bow but he couldn't reach his arrows on time.
The man pushed him on the ground and started pulling on his wings.

Silverbell cookie his face confronted in pain. It felt terrible. He had never been in so much pain before.

“OUCH OUCH LET ME GO” Silverbell cookie yelled as he dropped his bow.
No one heard him. No one really came near the north gate.
“I KNEW THAT YOU WERE LYING” the older cookie said and silverbell cookie could hear a ripping sound and it was followed by an immense amount of pain. Tears shot in his eyes as he tried to kick the attacking cookie away.

“LET ME GO” silverbell cookie yelled crying.
The older cookie just pulled on the wings more and silverbell cookie only heard more sounds of ripping.
Silverbell cookie screamed out in pain. His wings were the most delicate part of his body.

Then voices were heard from close by and the older cookie let silverbell cookie go and ran away.
Silverbell cookie was crying. He had never been in so much pain before. His vision was blurry and he couldn't move his wings. They felt heavy but also like they weren't on his body anymore.

“Ouch” silverbell cookie said softly, "It came out in a pained struggle.

He tried to stand but it felt heavy.
He grabbed the nearest tree and pulled himself up.
The faerie cookie looked to his side and saw one of his wings dragging on the ground next to him. Barely hanging onto his body,
His vision was blurry and he couldn't keep his balance.

Tears started flowing down his cheeks even more when he realized that he couldn't move both his wings anymore.

Silverbell cookie looked at the hidden clock. He couldn't make out exactly what it said but he guessed that it was around 10 am. He had to stand there for more than two hours. He had to make a choice. Leave his stance or suffer.
Eventually Silverbell cookie opened the gates for himself and stumbled through them.
His body felt heavy and the feeling of his ripped wing dragging on the ground was worse than the pain itself.

Silverbell cookie his legs gave up and he dropped on the floor and felt his consciousness slip away.
He tried to drag himself as a final resort of getting himself into the kingdom center but he failed. The last thing he saw was a patch of dead grass.

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Mercurial knight cookie was waiting at one of the many coffee shops in the faerie kingdom.
He had been waiting for quite some time now, and Silverbell Cookie had not shown up. It wasn't like him to not show up without informing him.
Mercurial knight cookie looked at one of the clocks in the store. 1 pm. He knew that silverbell cookie had to work until 12 pm but then he would be here at around 12:30 pm. The faerie cookie looked around and tried to think of scenarios of why silverbell cookie could be late
Maybe Silverbell cookie had gone home to change, took a little bit too long about it, and is just running late.
Maybe Silverbell cookie had bumped into elder faerie cookie or white lily cookie since she was in the kingdom with pure vanilla cookie.
Silverbell cookie was known to forget time while talking. Once he was late for his job because he got stuck talking to elder faerie cookie for two hours before elder faerie cookie reminded silverbell cookie that he had to work.

Mercurial knight cookie sat down on a chair and ordered a black coffee.
He hoped that Silverbell cookie had just gotten stuck talking to someone.
He sighed and leaned back in his chair.

“Come on candy apple cookie” black sapphire cookie said as he tried to get some leaves out of candy apple cookie her hair icing.
“OUCH THIS HURTS” candy apple cookie yelled as she tried to pull away from candy apple cookie.
Black sapphire cookie groaned and pushed her away. 
The kingdom square was getting busy with faerie cookies doing their daily things.
“Like they only come outside after 12 pm” Candy Apple Cookie said as she removed the leaf from her hair icing herself and black sapphire cookie just gave her a small hit on the back of her head.

“Next time try to remove it yourself first before deciding to bother me with it” black sapphire cookie said and he crossed his arms.
Candy Apple Cookie rolled her eyes and stuck out her tongue.
“No” she said and black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes.

Shadow milk cookie was walking around the kingdom's square. He hadn't been recognized yet which he had expected since he was in a female disguise. He got looked at multiple times but no weird looks, it were more of “who are you” looks. He sighted and kept walking around the town square and bought some things to put in his basket. He brought some apples and grapes before looking at the silver tree.

“Well, I might as well go and visit my darling ex” Shadow milk cookie said smiling as he walked to the silver tree with a smile on his face.
Seemingly a lot of the silver tree knights weren't as focused as they had to be because he could sneak past the guards with ease.

“Mhm I remember this being a lot harder to get through” Shadow Milk Cookie said as he walked up the final hill to get to the silver tree.

“Where is he!” Mercurial Knight Cookie mumbled in a worried tone. It had been one full hour now and Silverbell cookie hadn't shown up yet or canceled the meeting which he wouldn't do even if he was sick.
The gray cookie stood up and threw his empty coffee cup away before walking out.
He flew up and started flying to Silverbell Cookie's house.
He wouldn't be surprised if Silverbell cookie was at home, he had told him that there were two cookies staying with him so maybe he was talking with them.

Mercurial knight cookie flew over the kingdom and landed in Silverbell cookie his neighborhood. The neighborhood was peaceful and quiet, just how Silverbell Cookie liked it.
He walked to silverbell cookie his house and knocked on the door. 
He tapped his feet on the ground as he waited. No reaction. Mercurial knight cookie knocked on the door again, no reaction.
He then remembered the hidden key. He looked for it and found it in a different spot.
“mhm maybe to keep those cookies outside of his house when he is not home.”
Mercurial knight cookie said as he opened the door and walked inside.

The guest room door was closed which was weird since Silverbell Cookie had told him that he had to get the door fixed and wouldn't close it until he did.
First, he thought that silverbell cookie had fixed it but then he saw that his bedroom door was open.

“Silverbell?!” Mercurial Knight Cookie said in a loud tone.
As he looked around the place.
He looked in silverbell cookie his room, bathroom, living room, and kitchen.
He still couldn’t find the faerie cookie anywhere.
Maybe he was stuck talking to someone at work, if he remembered correctly Silverbell Cookie was working at the north gate today. Which was rather far away but with his speed Mercurial Knight Cookie could make it there in twenty minutes. He walked out of the house and locked the door behind him. As he flew up he suddenly thought about those two cookies he had heard Silverbell cookie talk about. They weren’t in the house so they were somewhere in the kingdom. 

“Jeez, what are we even doing here” Candy Apple Cookie said as they went from stall to stall on the market. Black sapphire cookie leaned on his good leg as he looked at a stall of flowers.
“To pick up on the language so we don’t get even more suspicious” black sapphire cookie said as he picked up a white rose. He spun it around in his hand and the thrones pricked his hand.
“Mhm I prefer black roses” black sapphire cookie said as he put the rose back down and walked away.
Candy apple cookie followed him and she looked around. She did find it quite annoying that a lot of the faerie cookies were flying. Almost none of them were walking only small faerie cookies where walking.

Shadow milk cookie had gotten back up on the hill and saw elder faerie cookie standing there, he wasn’t in his armor and his sword was nowhere to be seen. His wings were closed behind his back. Nothing like the last thing shadow milk cookie saw when he looked out of the tree. The faerie that had betrayed him. Lied to him. Hurt him. He was now standing there like nothing was wrong.

Shadow milk cookie scoffed and rolled his eyes before walking up to him. Elder faerie cookie looked up and immediately got into a protective stance.

“Why are you here at the silver tree ma'am” elder faerie cookie said and shadow milk cookie paused, elder faerie cookie was failing at his disguise.

“Oh! Well sir I got lost! You see it has been quite some time since I last was here” shadow milk cookie said in a high-pitched female voice.
Elder faerie cookie raised an eyebrow but got closer.
“Well, you’re not supposed to be here. My knights failed to detect you so it would be the best thing to just go back to the kingdom square” elder faerie cookie said and shadow milk cookie nodded as he put on a sweet smile.

“Well thank you sir” Shadow Milk Cookie said as he turned around and walked back off the hill.
Normally he wouldn’t let himself get sent away but something was telling him that he had to lie low for a while especially since his henchmen weren’t doing their job fast enough.

“Stupid faerie. Hasn’t changed one bit” shadow milk cookie mumbled as he walked past the knights again who now did look at him but let him go.
He felt like the same cookie he was years ago. When he had picked up elder faerie cookie for the first time. At that time he was just faerie cookie and shadow milk cookie hadn’t been corrupted yet.

He looked to his side and saw a small vision of him and elder faerie cookie running off the hill. No silver tree in sight.
Shadow milk cookie looked sad for a few seconds before masking it with a scoff.

“I hate that faerie.” He said as he looked away and continued walking.

Silverbell cookie woke up with a throbbing pain. He looked around weakly and still only saw the dead patch of grass and a puddle of jam around him. No one had found him yet. Maybe no one was even looking for him. Tears filled his eyes as the pain hit him again. 
The faerie cookie hadn’t expected that his wings could bleed but they had been ripped out of his back so that left a wound.
 
“B-by the witches” silverbell cookie said in a pained whisper.
He tried to prop himself up with his arms.

“SILVERBELL” he suddenly heard a familiar voice yell, he couldn’t make out exactly who it was but he felt relieved that someone had found him. He felt himself being lifted up slightly and with the thought that he was saved he closed his eyes again.

Mercurial knight cookie was holding silverbell cookie in his arms ignoring the jam staining his clothes. He had seen a lot of cookies injured before but he had never seen a faerie cookie with his wings almost fully ripped out. 
Silverbell cookie his wing was hitting the ground even while lifted.
“What happened to him!” Mercurial knight cookie said to himself as he flew up with the unconscious faerie cookie in his arms.
He knew that pure vanilla cookie was somewhere in the kingdom and hr was the best healer he knew, he could at least close the jammed leaking wound on silverbell cookie his back. 

Mercurial knight cookie looked down at the massive crowd of people before he finally saw the distinct yellow clothes of pure vanilla cookie. He was sitting by a tree and he would not be surprised if white lily cookie was with him.
“This will be awkward” Mercurial Knight Cookie said to the unconscious silverbell cookie.

Pure vanilla cookie and white lily cookie were having a small date underneath one of the many trees of the silver kingdom. 
“Isn’t it a beautiful sight!” White lily cookie said and pure vanilla cookie nodded. His vanilla orchid staff was right next to him against the tree so he could see the amazing view.
“It’s quite peaceful” pure vanilla cookie said smiling and white lily cookie got closer to him. She leaned against him and closed her eyes.
Pure vanilla cookie his smile became bigger and he put his arm around her waist.
It all seemed so peaceful. So perfect. Like there wasn’t a war happening. 
Just then they heard a voice.

“Pure vanilla cookie I need your help!” It came from the sky and both white lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie looked confused until white lily cookie looked up at the sky and saw mercurial knight cookie holding the injured silverbell cookie.

“O MY WITCHES!” White lily cookie said as she shot up from he ground.
Pure vanilla cookie sighted, by the sound of it something wrong was happening. Something is very wrong. 
“WHAT HAPPENED” white lily cookie said as mercurial knight cookie landed and carefully laid silverbell cookie on the floor with his backup. When white lily cookie saw the ripped wing her entire face became white.
“I’m gonna be sick.” She said as she turned away and pure vanilla cookie got closer. It was bad, really bad. He could stop the bleeding and close the wound but he had no idea how to put back a ripped wing.

“I can close that wound but that wing is something I do not know how to fix” pure vanilla cookie said as he started with his healing magic. Silverbell cookie groaned slightly but kept still.
“We can stitch it together again” white lily cookie said as she was turned away. 
Mercurial knight cookie nodded.
“That is possible but it hurts” Mercurial Knight Cookie said but they went through with the plan.
While pure vanilla cookie was healing the wound white lily cookie and he were stitching the wings back to his Body. 

“He hates it when cookies touch his wings” Mercurial Knight Cookie said as they finished making the stitches and they grabbed some makeshift bandages.
“This has to do” pure vanilla cookie said as he wrapped silverbell cookie his back in the bandages leaving only a small amount of space over for his wings.

“Let’s just let him wake up in peace” white lily cookie said as they all sat down again. 
Mercurial knight cookie looked rather uncomfortable. He never showed emotion or let it hear in his voice but both white lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie knew that he was worried about his best friend.

“He will thank you for finding him, no one knows how long that poor faerie had been lying there injured and alone” pure vanilla cookie said.
Mercurial knight cookie nodded.
“We need to place more guards or people at the north gate.” He said and white lily cookie nodded as she learned against pure vanilla cookie.
“But who could have done this to him” white lily cookie said just as Silverbell cookie slowly woke up.

“W-where am I” he said weakly as he tried to sit up but pure vanilla cookie stopped him.
“You are safe now. Mercurial knight cookie found you at the north gate, we fixed your wing and closed the wound it might feel sensitive for a long time but you’re not in danger anymore” pure vanilla cookie said and silverbell cookie let out a choked sob.

“I-it was so scary. I was just lying there after being attacked for just doing my job I thought I would die there” silverbell cookie said crying and white lily cookie carefully hugged him.
“We’re getting you home” 

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White lily cookie carefully supported silverbell cookie as the rest walked behind them.
She was still recovering from the shock she had felt when she saw her faerie friend covered in jam and his wing dragging on the ground. She was glad that Mercurial Knight Cookie had found Silverbell Cookie and had brought him to pure vanilla cookie and her.

“I just found him lying on the ground” Mercurial Knight Cookie repeated. He didn’t show it but it was clear that he was worried about silverbell cookie.
“When he wants to talk he will tell us the story” pure vanilla cookie said as he put his hand on mercurial knight cookie his shoulder.

“Yeah, he will talk eventually” white lily cookie said. She looked at Silverbell Cookie who was looking at his own feet while taking small steps. She was hoping that he remembered anything about the attack, anything that could help them find the attacker, but knowing that it happened at the north gate that chance was slim.

“This dialect is stupid it sounds like singing” candy apple cookie said as they were walking over the market.
Black sapphire cookie had bought some things, things they didn’t need but had caught his eye for no particular reason.
“Are you saying that because you can’t sing” black sapphire cookie said as he put a black stone necklace in his pocket and walked away from the stall.
Candy Apple Cookie didn’t look surprised anymore. Black sapphire cookie had stolen more things in the few hours that they had been walking through the bustling market of the faerie kingdom.

“You’re going to get caught” Candy Apple Cookie said in an annoyed voice. She was so done with the taller cookie at the moment.
Black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes.
“These faerie cookies won’t notice it.” Black sapphire cookie said in a hushed tone.
“Plus, it’s only small things” he said, and Candy Apple Cookie scoffed.
“Explain that to the guards if they catch you” she said to herself.
Black sapphire cookie raised his eyebrow and turned to look at her.
“What did you say?” He asked her.

“Nothing”

White lily cookie put silverbell cookie on his couch and pure vanilla cookie saw mercurial knight cookie remove his boots.
“Well, he sure is a neat freak” pure vanilla cookie said with a small laugh as the eye on his vanilla orchid staff looked around the neat place.
“Yeah, he always has been” Mercurial Knight Cookie said as he walked into the living room.

“I can hear you guys, you know that right?” Silverbell Cookie said and white lily cookie nodded as she looked at the faerie cookie with a synthetic look.
“We know silverbell cookie” she said as she sat next to him on the couch.
Pure vanilla cookie sat down on one of the chairs but it was lower than he expected and he almost fell.

Everyone looked at him, White Lily Cookie was almost laughing about it.
“Well, this chair is small even for me” pure vanilla cookie said. He was quite short for a cookie.
They all turned to face Silverbell Cookie again who was trying to move his bandaged wings.
“OH silverbell cookie don't do that!” white lily cookie said in an almost motherly voice.

“The bandages are annoying!” Silverbell Cookie said in a frustrated voice.
White lily cookie ran her hand through silverbell cookie his hair.
“I know Silverbell but your wings have to heal,” she said and pure vanilla cookie nodded,
“We worked hard to get your wing attached to your body” pure vanilla cookie said and mercurial knight cookie stood up.
“I am going to make some tea.” he said with no emotion as he walked off into the kitchen.

Mercurial knight cookie walked into the kitchen and opened the kitchen cabinet to grab four teacups.
He himself preferred coffee but Silverbell cookie hated it and since he was in his house there wasn't any coffee.
He grabbed the kettle out of the sink, it seemed to have been used not long ago.
Mercurial knight cookie looked confused. It was nothing for Silverbell Cookie to leave dishes in the sink. Especially not his beloved tea kettle.

“You can tell us what happened silverbell cookie” white lily cookie said softly.

Silverbell cookie sighted.
“Some older cookie attacked me by the north gate, normally I would just grab my bow and shoot an arrow but he was too fast. I couldn't grab an arrow in time” he said as tears formed in his eyes.
Pure vanilla cookie his own eyes opened in shock and the one on his vanilla orchid staff closed.

“That's terrible!” pure vanilla cookie said as he put his hand in front of his mouth. White Lily Cookie nodded.
“Pure vanilla cookie is right, this shouldn't have happened to you.” she started as she carefully put her hand on the faerie cookie his shoulder
"You were simply doing your job! I think that elder faerie should make stricter safety rules for you and the other guards” white lily cookie continued as she gave silverbell cookie his shoulder a slight squeeze.

“You will be okay, you're stronger than you look” white lily cookie said, and silverbell cookie smiled softly.

Candy apple cookie was sitting at a table in a small restaurant while Black sapphire cookie was trying to figure out what stood on the menu.
“I don't understand this” Black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie rolled her eyes.
“Well then just ask for the recommendation!” she exclaimed. Black sapphire cookie just handed the menu over to her.
“I'm done with this!” he said and some of the faerie cookies sitting in the restaurant looked at him.

“I'm sorry about my brother! He just came back from a long trip!” Candy Apple Cookie quickly said to try and diffuse the situation that black sapphire cookie had created.
All the faerie cookies turned back to their own meals and continued their conversations.

Candy apple cookie kicked Black sapphire cookie underneath the table.
Black sapphire cookie winced in pain.
“That was my wrong leg” he said as he grabbed his leg and pulled it closer to him.
He looked at candy apple cookie with a pained expression on his face.
“I warned you” she said as she called out for a waiter.

Mercurial knight cookie came back into the living room carrying four steaming cups of tea.
White Lily cookie quickly stood up to help him out.
Mercurial knight cookie gave her a small nod after she had taken over two of the cups.
They put the cups on the coasters on the table and they sat back down.

“Mercurial knight cookie, did you ever have a problem at the north gate? I'm assuming that you have worked there before” white lily cookie said and Mercurial Knight cookie nodded.
“Yes, not a lot of cookies go there so if something bad happens you are all alone in the hope that your shift gets taken over quickly” Mercurial Knight cookies said as he turned to look at Silverbell cookie who was drifting off to sleep.
His face contorted in shock as the realization dawned on him.

“Are you saying that….” Mercurial Knight Cookie said and before he could finish the sentence white lily cookie nodded.
“Silverbell cookie got attacked at the north Gate, he had probably been lying there for a while before you got to him” white lily cookie said mercurial knight cookie looked away.

“I knew that the two-guard rule had to be a thing for the north gate but no they didn't listen” Mercurial knight cookie said, he seemed disappointed at himself.
Pure vanilla cookie got closer to Mercurial Knight cookie and put a hand on his shoulder.

“Do not worry too much about it. Silverbell cookie is here now and he is still alive. That is all that matters at the moment” pure vanilla cookie said with a soft smile on his face.
“Exactly!” white lily cookie said as she stood up from the couch.
“I'm going to get a blanket for Silverbell cookie” white lily cookie said as she walked to Silverbell cookie his bedroom.

She opened the door further and noticed 2 sets of clothes lying on the bed.
Silverbell cookie his white-light blue clothes that he wore if he was off duty and a purple-black Victorian-looking suit.

“Oh! Well, that is something I hadn't expected!” white lily cookie exclaimed. She looked rather shocked, she knew that Silverbell cookie wouldn't wear those clothes so they had to be from another cookie.
She smiled before grabbing the blanket off the bed and taking it with her, being careful not to close the door behind her.
The white haired cookie walked back the the living room where Mercurial Knight cookie was standing in front of the bookshelves and pure vanilla cookie was drinking his tea, his eyes closed despite his vanilla orchid staff lying down with its eye on the floor.

“The floor must be quite beautiful since you're staring at it” white lily cookie said as she draped the blanket over the sleeping silverbell cookie.
Pure vanilla cookie opened his own eyes again.
“Oh don't be silly my lily” pure vanilla cookie said as he reached out his hand to touch her face, white lily cookie guided his hand herself.
Pure vanilla cookie his smile infected white lily cookie as she also started to smile.

“Okay, that was a stupid thing to say” white lily cookie said as she leaned against pure vanilla cookie his hand a little.

Mercurial knight cookie cleared his throat and white lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie quickly snapped out of their loving gaze at each other.
“If you two want to act all lovey-dovey then get in the guest room.” Mercurial knight cookie said.
He was holding a book under his arm.

Candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie were walking back to Silverbell Cookie's house.
They had eaten at the restaurant but the food wasn't exactly good.
“I would much rather have silverbell cookie his cooking” candy apple cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie nodded
“For a restaurant, the food was so bad! I mean the food at the Spire isn't great at all but this was below that!” Black sapphire cookie said as he was limping slightly.

“Does your leg still hurt?” Candy Apple Cookie asked and black sapphire cookie just stared at her.
“It didn't until you kicked it” Black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie just looked at him sheepishly.
“Hehe sorry for that” she said in a fake innocent voice.
Black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes as he got out the keys he had gotten from Silverbell cookie.
They got to the front door and before black sapphire cookie could open the door he heard voices from inside the house.

“Didn't Silverbell cookie say that he would be back late?” black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie nodded.
“Yeah! Wasn't he meeting up with a friend after work?” she said and black sapphire cookie nodded as he slowly opened the door. He walked inside first and Candy Apple Cookie followed right behind him. They removed their shoes and carefully walked into the living room where they saw White Lily cookie, pure vanilla cookie, and mercurial knight cookie sitting there and silverbell cookie was underneath a blanket.

“Silvie?” black sapphire cookie said confused and white lily cookie was the first one to look up.

As white lily cookie looked up she saw two cookies. The taller cookie was wearing purple and black clothes. That must be the cookie that the clothes on the bed were from. She then suddenly remembered that those were the two cookies that had needed and sought out help from pure vanilla cookie.

“Oh! Well, we have met before!” white lily cookie said as she lifted pure vanilla cookie his vanilla orchid staff from the floor.
Pure vanilla cookie got the hint and closed his own eyes so the staff could open its.

“Well, that is quite the surprise!” pure vanilla cookie said.
“How is your leg doing?” pure vanilla cookie asked black sapphire cookie.

“It's healing slowly” black sapphire cookie said but he didn't really process what was being said. All his focus was on the sleeping faerie cookie.
“Is he alright?” black sapphire cookie asked in a worried tone and white lily cookie nodded carefully.

“His wings got ripped off, well, almost. He is still alive pure vanilla cookie healed him but the wings themselves have to heal themselves” white lily cookie said and black sapphire cookie his face confronted in shock.

“WHAT!” he said as he rushed towards Silverbell Cookie and sat on the ground in front of him.
Candy Apple Cookie also looked a little bit worried but kept standing in her place.

Black sapphire cookie carefully touched silverbell cookie his face and he opened his eyes slightly to look at black sapphire cookie.

“Everything will be alright Silvie, I’ll make sure that you won’t get hurt again” black sapphire cookie said with a sad smile on his face, and silverbell cookie closed his eyes once again.

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“PLEASE STOP”

Silverbell cookie shot awake, drenched in sweat and full of pain. He looked around and found himself lying on the couch wrapped in a blanket. He saw black sapphire cookie lying on the floor right next to him, holding his hand loosely.
Seemingly the purple cookie was asleep.
Silverbell cookie tried to sit up but he only felt a sharp pain shooting through his back.
The faerie winced as he laid back down again.

He looked at the table, where five empty teacups were neatly on coasters. He only saw a black sapphire cookie, so the others must have left not long ago.
He slowly pulled his hand away from the sleeping cookie.
Black sapphire cookie his arm fell on the ground next to himself but the cookie stayed fast asleep

White lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie were walking around the north gate of the faerie kingdom.
They had only recently left silverbell cookie his house. The faerie cookie had been sleeping ever since that purple Cookie was comforting him.
White lily cookie quickly put two and two together and figured that the clothes on silverbell cookie his bed had to belong to that cookie.

“Maybe we can find some trace of the cookie that attacked Silverbell cookie” pure vanilla cookie said.
White lily cookie nodded.
“I really hope that we do find a trace. What was done to him looked terrible!” white lily cookie said as she clutched her staff close to her.
“It even felt terrible” pure vanilla cookie said.
“I can only hope he makes a quick recovery” he said in a calm but worried voice
.
They arrived at the north gate and it really looked like a ghost town, only one guard was there.

“Excuse me miss!” white lily cookie said as she walked to the guard at a fast pace.
The faerie guard looked up and smiled.
“Hello Saint Lily” she said and bowed slightly.
Pure vanilla cookie stood behind white lily cookie and he opened his own eyes. The word immediately became a shadowy mess for him.

“Are you the only one working here?” white lily cookie asked and the faerie guard nodded.
“Yes I am.” she said quickly before a cookie walked to the woman and asked some questions, from what white lily cookie could see the cookie was asking for navigations which the guard gave him happily.

They both looked as the cookie walked off.
Pure vanilla cookie took a step forward and then suddenly felt a cold, wet sensation underneath his bare feet.
His eyes widened and he looked down, he could clearly see that a spot was darker than the rest of the ground.

“My lily…..” pure vanilla cookie said and white lily cookie turned to look at him.
Pure vanilla cookie pointed to the ground.

“OH MY WITCHES!” white lily cookie screamed as she quickly pulled pure vanilla cookie out of the puddle of pure jam.

“By your reaction, I don't think that I stepped in just water” pure vanilla cookie said as he got a small expression of disgust on his face.
“It was jam. Probably silverbell cookies.” white lily cookie said with a grave expression on her face.

Black sapphire cookie woke up and his back immediately started aching.
He looked up and saw Silverbell Cookie awake and staring right at him.
“Well, that's a sight to wake up to,” black sapphire cookie said as he got up and stretched.
"Couldn't sit up straight and I didn't want to wake you. You looked cute sleeping” silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie his face became red.

“Stop it,” he said as he helped silverbell cookie sit up straight, his hands being used as support.
“Thank you” Silverbell cookie said as he looked away with a somber expression on his face.
“It's my pleasure” black sapphire cookie said as he grabbed the empty tea cups and brought them to the kitchen.

Silverbell cookie looked outside the foggy window. He hated not being able to do things himself. He felt useless. He felt like he had failed everyone in the kingdom by getting wounded.
It was stupid, if only he had gotten his arrow out a second earlier he wouldn't have been in agony.

“Where are the others” Silverbell cookie asked as black sapphire cookie walked back into the living room.
“White lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie are at the north gate and mercurial knight cookie is getting elder faerie cookie” black sapphire cookie said.

“And apple faerie cookie?” Silverbell cookie asked.

“In the guest room like usual” black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie sighed. He looked so sad that black sapphire cookie also started feeling sad for him.

“Hey, it's alright” black sapphire cookie said as he sat next to silverbell cookie, being careful not to touch his back.
Silverbell cookie didn’t look at black sapphire cookie, not even for a second.

“I failed” Silverbell Cookie said and tears formed in his eyes.

“No I hadn't seen it Saint Lily” the guard said as white lily cookie pointed to the puddle of jam on the ground, pure vanilla cookie was attempting to wipe the jam away from underneath his feet.

“Well, I also didn't notice it until pure vanilla cookie stepped in it” white lily cookie said thoughtfully.
She looked down at the puddle of jam and it was dried out a little bit.
“Maybe we can see some more outside of the gate” white lily cookie said as she grabbed pure vanilla cookie his hand.

“I don't see anything” pure vanilla cookie said and white lily cookie looked annoyed.
“Close your eyes” she said and pure vanilla cookie before closing his eyes.
The eye on his staff opened again and the world became clear for him again.

“Your majesty.” Mercurial Knight Cookie said as he landed next to the silver tree.
Elder faerie cookie looked up.
“Ah, mercurial knight cookie” elder faerie cookie said as he took a step back so mercurial knight cookie could land.

“How was the meeting with Silverbell cookie” elder faerie cookie asked and mercurial cookie looked at the older cookie with no emotion in his eyes.

“He didn't show up, he got attacked” Mercurial Knight Cookie said. Elder faerie cookie his posture immediately tensed up and his eyes widened.
“He got hurt?” elder faerie cookie asked and mercurial knight cookie nodded.

“His wings got almost got ripped off, I had found him lying unconscious and bleeding out right inside the kingdom at the north gate” Mercurial Knight Cookie said and Elder Faerie Cookie looked away uneasily.
“Well we can only hope for his fast recovery” elder faerie cookie said before he paused and looked to the north side of the kingdom. It was less populated than all the other sides of the kingdom.

“I want to talk about that two-guard rule, I feel like if silverbell coolie had been with another guard he wouldn't have been hurt this badly” Mercurial Knight Cookie said and Elder Faerie Cookie nodded.

“I'm listening” he said and Mercurial Knight Cookie continued to talk.
“Maybe we should even place the silver tree knight there. Or faeries who use weapons other than bows, don't get me wrong Silverbell cookie is exceptional with his bow but it just takes too long to get armed” Mercurial knight cookie said and Elder faerie cookie immediately nodded.

“I'll consider this” elder faerie cookie said.
“I think the part of placing two guards there is something that I have to do” he said.

“If only I had grabbed my arrow first I could have just stabbed that cookie!” Silverbell cookie said crying and black sapphire cookie tried to calm him down.
“You did nothing wrong Silvie! You did what you had trained to do!”
Black sapphire cookie said as he grabbed silverbell cookie his hands.

“Please Silvie just look at me” black sapphire cookie said as he squeezed the faerie his hand tightly.
Silverbell cookie turned to look at the purple cookie, even in his moment of pain and self-doubt the cookie still looked beautiful to him.

“It isn't your fault that you are hurt” black sapphire cookie said in a calm voice.
“You did everything you knew how to do and sure it didn't go as planned but no one could have prepared you for this situation” he said and he gave Silverbell Cookie a small smile.
Silverbell cookie didn't smile back. He just looked sad, defeated.

“Why don't we go to bed, I'll go with you” black sapphire cookie said with a worried undertone in his voice.
“Sounds good” Silverbell cookie said softly.

Black sapphire cookie stood up and held out his hand for silverbell cookie.
The faerie cookie took it and slowly stood up.

Black sapphire cookie his leg still was hurting, but helping silverbell cookie was his number one priority. He could live with the leg pain for a couple of weeks but Silverbell Cookie couldn't live in agonizing pain without any assistance.

White lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie were out of the gates of the faerie kingdom. They were looking for some kind of trace that silverbell cookie his attacker could have left behind.

They saw jam drops on the ground and against the left side of the gate.
“He must have been standing there” white lily cookie said and pure vanilla cookie nodded.

“Though I have seen much worse this feels so much more personal” pure vanilla cookie said and white lily cookie nodded.
“Same for me, I have done so many bad things, I have seen so many crumbled bodies and jam but this is silverbell cookie, we actually know him” white lily cookie said as she took a step closer to the scene.

She saw a shiny silver arrow lying on the ground.
“He was trying to protect himself” white lily cookie said as she lifted up the arrow
“He wasn’t fast enough” pure vanilla cookie said as he looked at the arrow.
A lot of thoughts started flooding through him.
Just the thought of his friend being in so much pain for only the witches know how long before Mercurial Knight Cookie had finally found him bleeding out.

“I never understood why this part of the kingdom wasn't populated” white lily cookie said. She held her lily staff next to her and she gave the arrow to pure vanilla cookie.

“I just hope that hissings will heal back correctly” he said and white lily cookie looked at pure vanilla cookie.

“You’re the best healer in all of Crispia and beast-yeast of course his wings will heal perfectly, it will just take some time.” White lily cookie said and pure vanilla cookie smiled.
“Oh I’m not that good”

Black sapphire cookie slowly undressed silverbell cookie being careful not to hit the still sensitive spots.
“It looks nasty” black sapphire cookie said as he saw the state that silverbell cookie his wings were in.
“I know” Silverbell cookie said sighing.
“Makes you even more unique” black sapphire cookie said smiling.
Silverbell cookie couldn’t help but also smile a little despite the circumstances.

“There is that beautiful smile, I was missing it” black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie smiled even brighter.
Black sapphire cookie carefully removed the bandages which were soaked in jam and replaced them with new ones.
“That must have been uncomfortable” black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded.
“It was” he paused.
“Thank you for taking care of me, I know that you are the guest but I wasn’t expecting this!” Silverbell cookie said as that worried tone crept back into his voice.

“Hey hey, it's fine” black sapphire cookie said before he got a cold shiver all over his body.

“Let’s get you in your pajamas, it is freezing!” Black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie nodded.
“Yeah, it is!” Silverbell cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie touched the cookie on his face and slightly tilted it so he was looking at him.
Silverbell cookie blushed and looked away but his eyes kept drifting back to black sapphire cookie his face.

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“You're so pretty” black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie only blushed more.
He couldn't get over his words anymore as he tried to compliment black sapphire cookie back.
The purple cookie chuckled.

“You don't have to say anything, Silvie,” black sapphire cookie said as he put a strand of hair behind silverbell cookie's pointy ears.
“Let's get you in your pajamas and into bed” the purple cookie said.
He let go of silverbell cookie his face and he stood up.

Black sapphire cookie grabbed the pajamas from the bed. They looked tight. He had never noticed that before, but now that Silverbell Cookie was wounded, they just looked like they would put a strain on Silverbell Cookie's wings.

“Do you have any loose-fitting clothes?” black sapphire cookie asked as he walked back to Silverbell cookie. He looked up and shook his head.
“No,” he said.
Black sapphire cookie sighed and he put the pajama down next to silverbell cookie.

“I just feel like these pajamas would be annoying,” Black Sapphire Cookie said as he took a look at Silverbell Cookie's bandaged wings. The bandages had spots of jam on them again. He knew that he had to change them, but he didn't want to do it alone; he was afraid to hurt the faerie cookie even more.

“You can cut the back off,” Silverbell cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie looked confused and silverbell cookie explained it.
“Just make the holes on the back for my wings bigger I will buy a new pajama when my wings have healed” Silverbell cookie said as he grabbed the pajama and unfolded it to hold it up. There were two holes in the shirt where the wings would stick out.

“I have scissors in my bedside drawer” Silverbell cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie leaned over to open the bedside drawer.
It was quite the mess but he quickly found the scissors.
He looked at the blade and he saw dried-up jam on it.
He looked at Silverbell Cookie who was inspecting the pajama.

“I need a new one anyway” he said, he threw the pajama shirt at black sapphire cookie.
“Yeah okay” black sapphire cookie said as he tried to ignore the jam on the blades.
He cut the back of the shirt so the two holes were one big hole.
He put the fabric in his pocket, he needed a new handkerchief anyway.

“Okay, here you go” black sapphire cookie said as he threw the shirt at silverbell cookie.
It landed on the faerie cookie his lap.
Silverbell cookie tried to put it on, the second he lifted his arms up to put on his shirt a grueling pain shot through his back.
Tears sprang into his eyes and he froze.

He didn't dare to make another move.
“Purple grape cookie, can you help me” Silverbell cookie said as his voice broke.
Black sapphire cookie his facial expression changed into a more somber looking one.
“Of course, I can Silvie” black sapphire cookie said as he walked over to the struggling faerie cookie.

He grabbed the shirt from Silverbell Cookie and gently put it over the faerie cookie's head while being careful to avoid the wings.
It was quite the task since Silverbell Cookie would wince at only the slightest touch to his wings.
“Sorry” black sapphire cookie said as he accidentally touched the bandaged wings.

After a few minutes black sapphire cookie finally got the shirt on silverbell cookie.
He didn’t look comfortable at all.
“Are you alright?” Black sapphire cookie asked as he sat down next to the gray cookie.

Silverbell cookie looked down, he wasn’t replying to black sapphire cookie at all.
“Listen, if you want me to leave I’ll go” black sapphire cookie said in a rather calm tone.
The faerie cookie didn’t look up but in a shaky voice he said “Yeah, I want to be alone”.
The purple cookie stood up without another word and walked out of the room.

When Silverbell Cookie heard black sapphire cookie his footsteps getting further away tears started flowing down his cheeks.

“I see no other signs of the use of a weapon” white lily cookie said as she turned to pure vanilla cookie.
“I also haven't found anything other than silverbell cookie his jam” pure vanilla cookie said as he took a step further away from the kingdom gates.
He was feeling rather bad about the fact that he hadn't been able to fully heal Silverbell cookie.

White Lily Cookie looked at him with a worried gaze.
“Is there something on your mind?” she said as she walked closer to pure vanilla cookie.
He could feel her hand on his shoulder, it was a gesture that always managed to get him to calm down.

Pure vanilla cookie took a deep breath before he turned to white lily cookie.
“We can talk about that later. Let us focus on finding silverbell cookie his attacker first” he said with a small smile on his face.
White Lily Cookie couldn't help but return the smile.
She leaned in and gave the blind cookie a quick kiss on his cheek.

“You are right, let's continue. Mercurial knight cookie probably also has some new information” she said and a blush crept on pure vanilla cookie his face.

“Very well, I will now require that the gates need to be guarded by two cookies” elder faerie cookie said.
Mercurial coolie sighed, it took way longer than he had expected to get elder faerie cookie to agree with him.
“Also I will pay silverbell coolie a visit later this week” elder faerie cookie said and mercurial knight cookie nodded.
“I will tell him that your majesty” Mercurial Knight Cookie said as he bowed down before flying off.

He decided to go look for pure vanilla cookie and white lily cookie first. They were going to the north gate to look for any trace of evidence so he flew in that direction.
The closer he got to the north gate, the less populated the kingdom was. He didn't work at the north side of the kingdom much but just from flying over it he knew that it wasn't the most pleasant spot to work at.

Mercurial knight cookie had only worked there once, he had switched shifts with silverbell cookie because he had been rather curious, all the guards who worked there regularly had told him that it was a terrible place to work. Even Silverbell Cookie had complained about it, now he had an even bigger reason to hate it.

He looked down and saw the small figures of white lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie walking back into the kingdom.
Mercurial knight cookie got closer to the ground, white lily cookie noticed him, and made pure vanilla cookie stop walking so the faerie cookie could land beside them.

“Have you two found any leads?” Mercurial knight cookie asked.
White Lily Cookie looked him in the eyes.
“We have found silverbell cookie his jam and an arrow but there is no trace of the attacker” she said and pure vanilla cookie nodded before he spoke up.

“Though it looks like the attacker didn’t use a weapon that that silverbell cookie was a second too late with drawing his bow and arrows” pure vanilla cookie said and mercurial knight cookie nodded.
He looked at the two older cookies with his usual emotionless expression.
“I have always found it strange that they put an archer as a gate guard, don’t get me wrong Silverbell cookie is the best archer in the entire kingdom but he would never have been on time with drawing his bow” Mercurial Knight cookie said.

It was true, Silverbell Cookie was exceptional with his bow and arrows, once he had shot an enemy from miles away. But if the attacker was close which they were he would never have been able to draw his bow on time and shoot the arrow.

Black sapphire cookie was sitting in the living room with his leg on the couch rest, he had been ignoring the pain for hours just to help silverbell cookie but now he wasn’t doing anything the pain crept back and it felt so much worse than before.
He looked around the living room, he was getting rather bored but he wasn’t interested in the countless books sitting on those wooden bookshelves, he couldn’t read them anyway.

“Same language different script” black sapphire cookie mumbled. He wasn’t happy that Silverbell Cookie had just told him to get out, sure he had suggested it but it still hurt.
Black sapphire cookie kept telling himself that silverbell cookie was in a lot of pain and wasn’t mad at him but mostly likely at himself.

He stared at the wall and then Candy Apple Cookie walked into the living room.
“Okay, enough lying around” candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie groaned, he didn’t have to motivation to deal with her right now, and he really didn’t want to make another rumor for all of cookie kind to enjoy. He had found himself quite content with his situation, minus his leg and silverbell cookie his wings.

“No I’m tired it’s night” black sapphire cookie said.
Candy Apple Cookie crossed her arms over her chest.
“You should have slept in the afternoon” the smaller cookie said and black sapphire cookie ran his hands through his black hair icing.
“I did and that’s probably why I feel so tired right now” black sapphire cookie said.
He wasn’t tired at all, he just wanted to stay with Silverbell Cookie, to make sure that he was doing all right despite not asking for his help in any way possible.

“Mhm okay” Candy Apple Cookie said, she really wasn’t falling into his lies, she could see right through them but she also had lost any kind of motivation to go out and help black sapphire cookie with his podcast.
She could think of so many better things to do, she could fix her hair icing, make a new disguise. Create a whole new identity to fool even more faerie cookies.
She could go look for shadow milk cookie if he was still in the kingdom.

“Don’t you need to go to your lover?” Candy Apple Cookie said in a half-joking half half-teasing voice.
Black sapphire cookie his face became a bright shade of red and he sat up straight.
“Silverbell cookie is NOT my lover. I don't know where you got that information from.” Black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie laughed loudly.

“I was just playing with you! You should have seen your face. Makes me realize that maybe you really do feel something for our pawn” Candy Apple Cookie said and black sapphire cookie his face only became redder, not because of him being flustered but because of anger. He knew that candy apple cookie was trying to get on his nerves and it was working.

“Okay so there are going to be multiple guards at the north gate from now on” white lily cookie said and Mercurial Knight cookie nodded, he had just told pure vanilla cookie and white lily cookie about his conversation with elder faerie cookie.
They had asked some questions like if he knew where the attacker could have gone to and Mercurial Knight Cookie had been thinking about that for quite some time now. The oaths from the north gate were full of yeast spores so they would have had quite a hard time if they suddenly ran away.

The attacker could be close by or already outside of Beast-yeast.
Deep down Mercurial Knight Cookie knew that they would never find the attacker but he was also relieved that he didn’t have to face the man who hurt his best friend so badly for no reason.
Silverbell cookie was just doing his job and he was attacked for it.

If only he had been there to protect Silverbell Cookie from all of this. If only he had gone to look for him earlier than maybe Silverbell Cookie wouldn’t be at home right now in excruciating pain.
There was nothing he could have done about it and it was eating him alive.

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Black sapphire cookie was sitting on the couch, looking down at the floor. He had no idea what to do; he felt like he had failed Silverbell cookie—not because the cookie had gotten attacked but because he wasn’t accepting his help.
He wanted nothing more than to help the faerie in pain.

“Are you even listening?!” Candy apple cookie said as she slapped the back of his head making black sapphire cookie snap back into reality.
He looked up from the floor fixing his gaze on the wall before him.

“No” black sapphire cookie said.
Candy apple cookie crossed her arms over her chest and leaned against the neatly placed cushions.

“You annoy me” candy apple cookie mumbled.
Black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes.
“The feeling is mutual” he said back in an exaggerated voice.
Candy apple cookie her eyes widened and she shot up to hit black sapphire cookie.

“Go to your boyfriend” she said and black sapphire cookie finally turned his head around to look at her.
“He’s not my boyfriend! He’s just a pawn in our mission! I have to keep him close, use your brain for once” black sapphire cookie said as he hit her back, candy apple cookie gasped as black sapphire cookie his hand connected with her shoulder.

“Ouch!” She whined out and she stood up to move to the chair.
Black sapphire cookie watched as she tried to sit comfortably on the worn-out chair that Silverbell cookie had.
“I’ll go check on him” black sapphire cookie said as he stood up and walked out of the living room.

He walked into the hallway full of open doors, he hadn’t gotten used to it yet but he would rather have those doors open than hear the slamming of the doors every time someone closed them.

He arrived at the door of Silverbell Cookie's bedroom and he took a peek inside it.

Tears were flowing down the faerie cookie his cheeks as he looked at the floor, he wasn’t crying because of the pain, he was crying because of the embarrassment he felt.
Silverbell cookie tried to wipe his tears away but they kept flowing.
He couldn’t move his wings at all. He knew that it would take time to recover fully but he felt incomplete without his wings.

“Oh witches give me the strength to do this” silverbell cookie mumbled as he tried to lie down. He normally always slept on his back, despite his wings always being sore when he woke up. He couldn’t comfortably sleep in any other position, he developed that habit when he was still a little faerie and his wings were still developing.

Despite his bedroom door being open he heard a knock.
Silverbell cookie looked up and saw black sapphire cookie standing there, his hand still on the door.
“Can I come in Silvie?” He asked and Silverbell cookie nodded as he quickly wiped his tears away.

Black sapphire cookie sat right next to silverbell cookie on the bed. He gently touched the faerie on his shoulder.
“You know, you don’t have to be strong right now. I would be pretty emotional too if my wings were ripped off my body while I was working” black sapphire cookie said as he put his hands behind himself to lean on them.

Silverbell cookie just mumbled something inaudible.
Black sapphire cookie raised his eyebrow but didn’t say anything about it.
He thought that maybe Silverbell cookie just wanted some silent company while he was in his own thoughts.
“I’ll just be here, you don’t have to talk” black sapphire cookie said but silverbell cookie sighed before speaking up.

“It's just like I am so used to using my wings that not being able to move them feels weird.” Silverbell cookie said and followed it up with a dry chuckle.
“If only I had drawn my boy a second earlier I wouldn’t have been hurt” Silverbell Cookie said.
He was punishing himself for the accident, not the cookie that did this to him.
“Hey please don’t say that” black sapphire cookie said as he sat a little closer to silverbell cookie.
He slowly grabbed one of the cookies’ hands and made him look up at him.

“You never could have expected this, if someone is at fault it’s the cookie that attacked you” black sapphire cookie said.
Silverbell cookie just looked at him with tears in his eyes, they looked even more sad than usual, they missed the gentle shine that went through them.

“Pure vanilla cookie said that it would take time for your wings to fully recover but don’t let that stop you! You’re an amazing guard! You are way to nice for your own good and you are welcoming. Don’t let this drag you down silvie” black sapphire cookie said as he carefully pulled silverbell cookie into a hug. He was being careful to not touch the recovering wings.

“I know that you’re trying to make me feel better but it isn’t working” silverbell cookie said. Black sapphire cookie his eyes also got that sad look in them, he really had hoped that his presence would cheer silverbell cookie up a little bit but he understood that it has been a rough time for silverbell cookie and he needed time to deal with everything.

“Why don’t you go to sleep” black sapphire cookie said as he slowly pulled away from the hug.
Silverbell cookie readjusted his pajama shirt.
“I can’t find a comfortable position to fall asleep in”
Silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie nodded.
“Should I also go to bed, maybe that would be more comfortable, you know with the extra warmth” black sapphire cookie said, he was born to lie but right now his ability to lie flew out of the window.

“Go ahead” silverbell cookie said as he slowly laid down on his side.
Black sapphire cookie stood up and quickly stripped down of his clothes and put on the pajama. He neatly folded his dirty clothes and put it next to the pile of dirty laundry.
“What about I do the laundry tomorrow” black sapphire cookie said. Silverbell cookie looked at black sapphire cookie while he laid down.

“That would be nice” silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie got in the bed beside the faerie cookie.
It immediately felt a little warmer in the bed. Silverbell cookie still laid uncomfortable but atleast black sapphire cookie was lying next to him.

“I don’t think I’ll be able to fall asleep” silverbell cookie said,
Black sapphire cookie had his eyes closed but he replied in a calm voice.
“You don’t have to sleep, just get a little bit of rest, read a book or just lay there. As Long you don’t move to much your body will rest.” Black sapphire cookie said as he pulled the blankets higher over himself.

Silverbell cookie slowly rolled over while being careful to avoid putting any strain of his wings, he grabbed her book from the bedside table and opened it.
He had forgotten that he had even purchased this book. It wasn’t a romance book like most of the books he owned.
It was in the faerie script but seemingly the pen of the writer of the book ran out of ink around page 253 chapter 32 because it went from blue ink to black ink.

Black sapphire cookie had fallen asleep and was softly snoring and drooling slightly.
“Oh wow” silverbell cookie said as he looked over at black sapphire cookie.
“You were even more tired than I am weren’t you” the faerie cookie as a small smile formed on his face.
He leaned down and gave black sapphire cookie a kiss on his cheek.

Black sapphire cookie stirred a little, pulling up the blanket even more in the process.
Silverbell kept looking at him with a sweet smile on his face despite the pain he was in.

“Mercurial knight cookie, can you help me? We have to go even further outside the kingdom and pure vanilla cookie can’t handle the yeast spores that well.” White lily cookie said and mercurial knight cookie shot out of his thoughts.

“Yes, I will go with you” mercurial knight cookie said.
He turned around to walk out of the gates where pure vanilla cookie and white lily cookie were waiting on him.

“So pure vanilla cookie will stand here to look after this guard here and be as alert as he can be for when we need help.” White lily cookie said and pure vanilla cookie smiled softly as he nodded along.

“Okay, that seems like a good plan” mercurial knight cookie said. He could look in the sky while white lily cookie could look on land.

White lily cookie and him walked further into the yeast filled forest.
He always had wondered how white lily cookie, a non faerie cookie, could handle the yeast spores as well as faerie cookies. It couldn’t be because of her souljam since pure vanilla cookie couldn’t handle them.

“How are you not choking right now” mercurial knight cookie asked and white lily cookie looked rather confused.
“Choking?” She said as she turned her head to look at mercurial knight cookie.

“The yeast spores, I see that you have no trouble whatsoever with them. How is that possible” mercurial knight cookie said and white lily cookie looked thoughtful herself.

“I never really thought about it, I never had difficulty with them, not even when I arrived for the first time” white lily cookie said. Mercurial knight cookie just nodded.
“Maybe you’re part faerie” he said and white lily cookie smiled softly.

“Maybe” she said.

Pure vanilla cookie was standing by the north gate with the guard on duty. It would probably take a few shifts before the “two guard rule” would be applied. He couldn’t handle the yeast spores that well so he thought that it would be better if he stayed at the gates with that guard.

He kept his own eyes closed and the eye on his staff kept looking around. He didn’t see anything weird enough to be concerned about. The guard next to him had a spear, much more practical for a guard than bow and arrows. Even silverbell cookie, one of the best archers he knew, wasn't on time when the cookie attacked him.

Pure vanilla cookie kept his mouth shut, he didn’t want to distract the guard who looked way too focused.
Even the mild yeast spores here were quite annoying for him.

Not even five minutes later an older cookie approached the guard.
“This is the silver kingdom right” he said and the guard calmly replied.

“The silver kingdom is just a myth sir” the guard said to the man who got rather frustrated.

"Then why do you have wings.” The man said as he took a closer to the guard who calmly took a step to the right.

“Its to keep the magic alive for little dough children” the guard explained as the grip on her spear got tighter. Pure vanilla cookie also took a small step forward. He had a bad feeling about this cookie.

“If you need help getting out of the forest I can he-“ the guard didn’t even get to finish her sentence before the cookie jumped at her, with one swift motion she thrusted the spear in the cookie.

Pure vanilla cookie his own eyes shot open out of shock, the eye on his staff closed. He hated that, especially now. He quickly closed his eyes again and walked in a fast pace to the guard and the cookie.

“Keep the spear in” pure vanilla cookie calmly said to the guard, she nodded and let go of the spear. The cookie fell to the ground, jam spewing out from the wound on his chest.

“You’re lucky for your spear young lady. I’ve ripped the wings of one of your coworkers off and I would gladly do it again” the cookie said and pure vanilla cookie his face immediately darkened. This was the cookie that had done this to silverbell cookie.
He was conflicted, he didn’t want to heal the cookie anymore now he knew that this was the bastard that had almost ripped silverbell cookie his wings off.
On the other hand, if he healed the cookie he could be punished for his actions.

“Bring him inside the kingdom. I’ll heal them and after that you guys will arrest him” pure vanilla cookie said and the guard nodded curtly. She grabbed the jam dripping body of the ground and carried him inside, being careful to avoid any faeries, she didn’t want to give the cookie the satisfaction of proving him right until he was arrested and charged.

Just at that moment white lily cookie and mercurial knight cookie came jogging back.
“We heard a scream! Is everything alright?!” White lily cookie said as she got to pure vanilla cookie first and inspected his body for any kind of injury.

“Don’t worry white lily cookie, it was just the cookie that hurt silverbell cookie” pure vanilla cookie said as he febrile pushed white lily cookie away.

“You found them?” White lily cookie said.
And mercurial knight cookie walked closer to them.

“Yes, and the guard on duty stabbed him. He’s inside the kingdom to get healed and after that he will be charged” pure vanilla cookie and and mercurial knight cookie let out an emotionless chuckle.

“Our punishments are rough and unforgiving. Knowing what he has done he would probably be killed in the end anyways.” Mercurial knight cookie said before he opened the gates to walk inside of the kingdom again.
Pure vanilla cookie and white lily cookie followed right behind him

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Black sapphire cookie stirred awake when he felt the warmth beside him disappear.
He opened his eyes and the side next to him was empty.
“Silvie?” Black sapphire cookie whispered as he slowly sat up.
He saw silverbell cookie standing in front of the mirror.
He was turning around, his face never leaving the mirror.

“Silvie what are you doing” black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie looked at him, quickly hiding something.
“Oh, just looking how the wounds look,” Silverbell Cookie said. Black sapphire Cookie stood up, and he felt that the pain in his leg was almost gone.

“Just go back to sleep, you need to rest.” he said as he walked closer to Silverbell Cookie.
Silverbell cookie sighed and nodded.
“I know I need to but I can't sleep” Silverbell Cookie said as he started rubbing his arms to keep himself warm.
“Well at least get underneath the blankets you are freezing!” black sapphire cookie said. Silverbell Cookie smiled softly.

“You are so worried about me aren't you?” Silverbell cookie said, black sapphire cookie his eyes widened and he got a blush on his face.
He tried to speak up about it, to tell the faerie cookie that he was worried because of the fact that he almost got his wings ripped out, not because of anything else but all sound that he was able to make was him stuttering.

Silverbell Cookie laughed before tears shot in his eyes.
“Ouch,” Silverbell Cookie said.
The movement of the laughter was pulling on the base of his wings.

“Are you alright Silvie?” Black sapphire cookie asked as he got his composure back.
Silverbell cookie nodded as he smiled through the pain, he didn’t want to worry black sapphire cookie even more.
The purple cookie just nodded along, he knew that the faerie cookie was lying, after all he was the henchman of deceit himself.

“Why don’t you just go back in bed” black sapphire cookie said as he carefully led silverbell cookie back to the bed.
He saw a closed book lying on silverbell cookie beside his drawer
“You don’t have to sleep, why don’t you finish that book?” He said.

Silverbell cookie sat down on the bed and looked at the book, he had finished that book a few moments before he had gotten out of bed.
“Already finished it” the faerie cookie said and black sapphire cookie put the blanket over silverbell cookie his lower half.

“Then I’ll get you a new one, I’ll be right back” black sapphire cookie said as he turned around to walk to the living room.

Silverbell cookie looked around his own room, so familiar yet so foreign. A place he loved but also hated, a place where he discovered himself all those years ago but also a place he didn’t want to leave because he was scared.

He sighed and looked to his side. The bandages were full of jam again, he knew that it wasn’t good. That it wasn’t good for the bandages to be soaked already.
The faerie cookie decided to wait for his house guest to come back into the room and ask him to change the bandages.

Black sapphire cookie was standing in front of the bookshelves, looking for a story that would interest silverbell cookie enough to distract him from the present. Though he had only been at the faerie his house for a few days it already felt like home, more than the spire ever felt. Was it because he actually felt appreciated and welcome here? Or was it all because of the faerie cookie that had clearly stolen his heart?

His hand ran over the countless books as he walked past the shelves. All these stories, stories that cookies wrote to entertain others, to bring emotions and amusement.
Stories that he knew were too good to be true, the hero doesn't always get a happy ending, sometimes the villain does but most of the time it felt like they both lost.

Stories are too good to be true, they all wished that one day they would find their prince/princess charming, get a happy ending, and live a long and healthy life but they couldn’t choose their life, they made choices that made impacts, not knowing how those choices would impact their lives. Life is just one big gamble where the jackpot is another day of waking up and living.

Black sapphire cookie shot out of his own thoughts and grabbed a book with a forest green cover from the shelves.
“A rewrite of the stars” black sapphire cookie mumbled out the title. He thought about it for a while but decided that this was a perfect book for Silverbell cookie.
When he opened the book and flipped the first page he noticed that it was written in the original script and not the faerie script.
He smiled softly, this must have been one of the books Silverbell Cookie learned the original script from.

He closed the book and put it underneath his arm before he started making his way back to the bedroom.
He heard soft snoring coming from the guest room, candy apple cookie had finally fallen asleep at a reasonable time.
Black sapphire cookie smiled with his eyes as he recounted the moment when he first met her.
She was just a dough baby found close by the spire, shadow milk cookie had taken her in but never paid much attention to her.
Black sapphire cookie had raised her like she was his own.

He loved her like a mother would love her child but also hated her like a big brother with her being the way too energetic little sister.

He walked back into the room where Silverbell Cookie had already fallen asleep. Black sapphire cookie smiled, he hadn’t been gone for that long and the faerie had already fallen asleep.
He gently covered his entire body with the blanket while being careful of the wings.
He placed the book on the nightstand on his side.

Black sapphire cookie got into bed himself and pulled the blanket over himself. He grabbed the book from the nightstand and flipped through the first few pages before he started reading the first chapter.

The book had a calming effect, reading the words made it feel like you were being comforted by the writer themselves. Black sapphire cookie kept reading, he had never been invested in a book before but this book made him want to continue reading it.
He especially didn’t like romance books but this was the perfect mix between romance and emotion.

He wasn’t paying attention to his surroundings; all his focus was on the book in front of him.
The only sounds that were heard were the sound of him flipping pages and silverbell cookie his sleep talking.
Before he knew it he had finished the book, it didn’t have a happy ending like he had expected but it felt refreshing.

Black sapphire cookie looked at the clock: 3:21 am.
He realized that he had continued reading the book despite the late hour. He put it aside again and laid down.
Silverbell cookie was turned to him, his mouth slightly open while sleeping.
The purple cookie couldn’t help but find it adorable.
He closed his eyes and before he knew it he fell asleep.
His breathing became more controlled and his body fully relaxed.

Nothing was bothering the two anymore, at least not while they were asleep.
Their breathing seemed to be in sync and they were almost cuddling. Nothing could disturb them now.

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The next morning black sapphire cookie woke up, this time the warmth was still there. He opened his eyes and saw silverbell cookie still lying next to him. His eyes were still closed so black sapphire cookie assumed that he was still asleep.
He sat up and prepared himself to get out of bed. The second he removed the blanket from himself the cold air hit him and brought him back to reality.

He stepped out of bed and stretched.
He then walked out of the room and went to the kitchen. He looked at the clock: 8:43 am.
He had woken up quite early for the late night he had pulled just hours before, he didn’t need the sleep anyway.

Black sapphire cookie grabbed the kettle and put water in it before setting it on the stove and letting it boil.
At that moment Candy Apple Cookie walked into the room, already dressed in her disguise.

“Good morning!” She said as she jumped onto a chair with her usual excitement.
Black sapphire cookie smiled softly before turning to her.
“Morning, I’m making tea. Do you want some?” Black sapphire cookie asked and candy apple cookie nodded enthusiastically.
"As long as you put loads of sugar in it!” She said before adjusting her position on the chair so she was sitting on her knees.

Candy apple cookie always has had a sweet tooth. From the moment she was allowed to eat solid food she stole black sapphire cookie his sweets.
“That you aren’t a sugar cube yet surprises me” black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie laughed.
“As long as I’m super sweet I don’t mind what I am!” Candy apple cookie said, she sounded so proud of herself.
Black sapphire cookie chuckled.

“You’re the sweetest cookie I know but not in the behavioral way” black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie stopped laughing and suddenly looked very serious.
“As long as my icing stays sweet I don’t care how evil I am” candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie backed off a little.

“Okay sugarcube, don’t get all serious now that face scares me” black sapphire cookie said before he turned his back to candle apple cookie to get the kettle of the stove which now had boiling water in it.
He poured the water into the two cups he had grabbed before and chose from the many tea bags.
“I think that berries are the sweetest flavor he has” black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie pouted.
Black sapphire cookie looked in the cabinets but silverbell cookie didn’t really have any sugar or sugary items. The only thing he could find were the star jellies with sugar that Silverbell Cookie had bought on the second day of their stay because he told him he liked the ones with sugar more.

“I guess that I can put some star jellies in the tea, they also dissolve in water I think” black sapphire cookie said as he grabbed and opened the bag, he grabbed a couple of star jellies out of the bag and put them in the cups, he put around five in candy apple cookie her cup, if she would have done it the entire bag of star jellies would have ended up in her cup.

He grabbed two spoons and stirred the tea until the star jellies dissolved. He hadn’t expected it to work, but sometimes the most unexpected solution works better than the first plan.

Black sapphire cookie put the cup right in front of candy apple cookie.
"It's hot” black sapphire cookie warned her. It didn’t matter much because she took a sip right away, not making a sound despite the tea being boiling hot. Black sapphire cookie always told candy apple cookie that her special talent was eating and drinking stuff that had just been cooked or boiled.

“Why do I even bother with warning you” black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie shrugged.
“Because you are forgetful” Candy Apple Cookie said as she moved to sit on the table.
Black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes as he put his cup down and waited for the tea to cool down.

This scene felt like he had traveled back in time. Not a few days but years ago when he first discovered that candy apple cookie could drink boiling tea without burning her throat and intestines.
She had been around 4 years old and black sapphire cookie had put her on the table next to his full tea cup, he had turned away for a second and when he turned back candy apple cookie was drinking the tea. He had panicked before he realized she was fine.

The moment felt the same, but now it was in a different scenery, one that he preferred.
It would have been perfect if silverbell cookie had also been there, but he needed the rest and black sapphire cookie was glad that he was finally getting it

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Silverbell cookie slowly woke up. He didn’t see black sapphire cookie lying next to him anymore but he heard soft spoken voices from the living room.
He slowly sat up, being careful not to put a lot of strain on his wings.
The pain was unbearable, it was even worse than yesterday.
Silverbell cookie groaned. He slowly got out of bed, his feet touching the cold floor, and he immediately remembered why he had flown out of bed instead of walking out of bed.

“Oh, witches I hate this” silverbell cookie mumbled as he slowly walked into the living room. Even that made the pain worse.
When he walked into the kitchen he saw Candy Apple Cookie and black sapphire cookie drinking some tea.

“Morning” silverbell cookie mumbled sleepily.
Black sapphire cookie looked up and smiled at silverbell cookie.
“Good morning sleepy head!” Black sapphire cookie said and silverbell cookie grabbed a chair and sat down.

His hair icing was messed up from the night's sleep.
“You are quite the bed head today” black sapphire cookie said laughing. Silverbell cookie just mumbled something inaudible back in response.
Black sapphire cookie his smile dropped. Everything from the faerie's body language to his facial expression told him that he was uncomfortable.

The purple cookie looked at candy apple cookie who had already drunk her tea.
She looked back at him and then at silverbell cookie. Her facial expression didn’t change and she just shrugged before giving her attention to the empty tea cup in front of her.

“Why don’t you go back to bed, you need all the rest you can get” black sapphire cookie said as he kneeled in front of Silverbell Cookie. The faerie cookie looked away.
Black sapphire cookie looked worried, he grabbed silverbell cookie his hand.
“Silvie, just listen to me. You need the rest, you’ve taken care of us for a couple of days now, it’s time we take care of you.” Black sapphire cookie said with a soft spoken tone.

“I'm fine purple grape cookie” silverbell cookie said, he wasn’t facing black sapphire cookie, he wasn’t looking at candy apple cookie, he was just staring at the floor.
Black sapphire cookie pouted a little.
“No you are not.” Black sapphire cookie said.
He slowly reached out to grab silverbell cookie his chin.
He slowly pushed silverbell cookie his face so he was looking at him.

“You don’t have to act like it is okay right now, I’ve already told you that.” Black sapphire cookie said.
“You must be in a lot of pain, why don’t you just go back to bed and I’ll go out to get some pain killers” black sapphire cookie said as he got up from the floor.

He held out his hand and silverbell cookie hesitantly grabbed it.
Black sapphire cookie helped him up.
They walked back to the bedroom.
Silverbell cookie didn’t say anything.
Black sapphire cookie mirrored his response, he didn’t want to upset silverbell cookie even more.

He helped Silverbell Cookie get back into bed and under the covers.
He left his back uncovered because of the wings.
“I’ll change the bandages later” black sapphire cookie said.
Silverbell cookie nodded.
Black sapphire cookie waited next to silverbell cookie for a few minutes before standing up.

“I’ll get the pain medication, I’ll take my little sister with me so she won’t barge into your room. Since I can’t close the door and stuff” black sapphire cookie said, chuckling a little. Silverbell cookie was just looking at him with those sad, tired eyes.
Black sapphire cookie immediately got uncomfortable and started fidgeting with his sleeves.

“Okay, I’ll just go” the purple cookie said as he walked outside the room.
Silverbell Cookie sighed and grabbed a book from underneath his pillow.
It was one of his favorite books and it was a gory romance story. He had always been impressed by the writing style.

Black sapphire cookie walked to the kitchen and pulled candy apple cookie from the chair.
“Okay brat we are going back to the spire I need to get my pain medication” black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie rolled her eyes.

“As long as it means I get to see our master shadow milk cookie again!” Candy apple cookie said excitedly and black sapphire cookie hit her.
“Don’t say his name out loud stupid!” Black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie his him back.

They walked out of the kingdom, it had been quite some time since they left the kingdom. The guard who was standing there actually acknowledged them this time.
“We will be gone for some time but we will retire soon” black sapphire cookie had told the guard and they believed him immediately and let candy apple cookie and him leave the kingdom.

The yeast spores immediately got thicker and it was getting harder to breathe.
They walked for a while before they got deeper into beast-yeast.
They hid behind a big tree and got out of their disguises.

Black sapphire cookie his leg immediately started hurting again. In his disguise, he had made a support system but it wasn’t there in his normal outfit.
Candy apple cookie stretched.

“Oh, it’s great to not have wings!” Candy apple cookie said.
“Yeah, I don’t think silverbell cookie thinks about it that way” black sapphire cookie said, chuckling and candy apple cookie stared at him.
“Black sapphire cookie you can’t say that,” she said before bursting out in laughter.
“Oh, I’m just kidding!” Candy apple cookie said and black sapphire cookie couldn’t help but let out a laugh himself.

“I see that you are back to being your old self,” black sapphire cookie said as they started walking in the direction of the spire.
“Oh wait. We can teleport” black sapphire cookie said after a while of walking. Candy apple cookie paused in her path.
“Oh yeah, I forgot” she said.
Black sapphire cookie just clapped in his hands and they appeared in front of the spire.

The atmosphere immediately became less welcoming.
Black sapphire cookie swallowed as the gates opened up.
What would shadow milk cookie think? They hadn't collected much information about the faerie kingdom and the plan they had planned wasn’t working because some other cookie decided to rip off their pawns' wings.
Candy apple cookie seemed excited though.

“Oh, I can’t wait to see master shadow milk cookie!”
Candy apple cookie said as she ran inside the spire.
Black sapphire cookie followed suit.
The other doors opened and in the middle of the first hallway shadow milk cookie was standing. He looked just as terrifying as when they left.

“Welcome back my dear henchman!” Shadow milk cookie said with that fake grin on his face, candy apple cookie still fell for it but black sapphire cookie knew better. Still, he had to act like he knew nothing about it if he wanted to keep his life.

“We are only back for a little while, it is quite difficult to get information about the faerie kingdom, it's even harder to spread lies! The community is just so tight-knit!” Black sapphire cookie said. Candy apple cookie had already figured out a way to annoy shadow milk cookie. It wasn’t too difficult for her to do, but he was getting bored with her antics.

Shadow milk cookie his grin dropped as he walked closer to them.
“And you think I give a damn about how difficult it is to get information. I don’t care what kind of information you guys get! If you can use it to bring someone down USE IT” shadow milk cookie yelled and back sapphire cookie flinched, he had never gotten used to shadow milk cookie his sharp tongue.

“Yes sir” black sapphire cookie said as he stood up straight and shadowmilk cookie turned his back to him.
“Now get what you need and leave. I don’t want to see your face or that annoying brat her face until the silver kingdom is down. And if it isn’t in a few months I will personally come there once again and do the job myself.” Shadow milk cookie said with a clear threat in his tone.

Black sapphire cookie ran to his room and opened the door. His room was quite the mess but it was an organized mess. His podcast scripts were all over his desk and his makeup was on his nightstand, along with it stood a small bottle of pain medication. Black sapphire cookie used them if he had gotten hurt after a mission. They were quite strong so they could help Silverbell Cookie get rid of his pain for a few hours.

He put the bottle in his pocket and quickly grabbed his earrings from the desk. He had forgotten to put them on the day he left to go to the silver kingdom.
He stood in front of the mirror and put the earrings in.
They fitted his aesthetic perfectly. He smiled at himself in the mirror before he turned away.

He walked out of his room and closed the door behind him. He walked down the hallway to Candy Apple cookie her room. The door was open so he just walked inside.
She was sitting on her bed hugging one of the puppets' shadow milk cookie made in his free time.

“Are you almost done?” Black sapphire cookie asked candy apple cookie who looked up at him.
“Yeah, I am done I was waiting on you” candy apple cookie said, and black sapphire cookie put his hands on his hips.
“Yeah, sure.” Black sapphire cookie said.

“Actually, can we stay here for a little while more, I’ve missed the spire, my own room, and especially shadow milk cookie!” Candy apple cookie said squealing.
Black sapphire cookie thought about it for a short while.
He knew that he had to get back to the silver kingdom because of silverbell cookie but seeing Candy Apple Cookie happy after a few days of her being bored out of her mind was something he didn’t want to end.

“Ten more minutes, after that we will go back.” Black sapphire cookie said, he paused and looked at the puppet.
“You can take it with you if you like” he said and Candy Apple Cookie nodded excitedly, there was no spoken answer needed for black sapphire cookie to understand that she liked what he had said.

“I’ll be in my own room” black sapphire cookie said as he walked back to his own room.
He walked into his room and sat down on the chair right in front of his desk.
He lifted some of the papers.
They were all scripts of his deceitful podcast.

He read one of the titles.
“Hollyberry kingdom, fake juice?”
He looked at the paper in disgust, he hadn’t thought about what he was doing when he wrote it. He still didn’t really care about the lives he ruined but the title was just bad.
Nine out of ten times he wrote the scripts at midnight.
It was a time he felt the most comfortable, the moon shining through the window illuminating the dark room. His stained glass windows made it look like the moon had a lot of different shades.

The picture on the glass had been custom-made, something Shadow Milk Cookie has decided to be a thing. Black sapphire cookie had the moon and candy apple cookie had the sun.
Shadow milk cookie told them that it was to show the other people in the spire that those were important rooms but black sapphire cookie wasn’t baked yesterday.

Candy apple cookie was the sun because she was always shining, she was always excited no matter what happened.
Black sapphire cookie was the moon because he needed the sun to shine, he didn’t see the good in things as fast as she did.
But he didn’t get the sunlight he needed when he was in the spire. The sun was more focused on the earth, shadow milk cookie.

It had taken him a long time before he had figured out that metaphor, he still wished he hadn’t found it out.
He hated that he was trapped there, he loved spreading lies and making his podcasts but not in shadow milk cookie his grasp. He wanted to be on his own, a dream he had always wanted to make reality.

But it had never been as close as it was now, now silverbell cookie was in his life and he secretly wanted to choose him over shadow milk cookie if the time came.
But black sapphire cookie couldn’t think about leaving candy apple cookie alone, alone in the grasp of the beast.

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Black Sapphire sighed; he was walking to Candy Apple's room to pick her up again.
It had been more than ten minutes but he didn't want to go back.
He hated being in the spire but it also felt rather comforting.
The smell calmed him down so much that his nerves began to disappear.
He couldn’t keep silverbell cookie waiting though.

The lights of the spire suddenly started flickering.
Black sapphire cookie didn’t bat an eye. It had been a normal thing ever since Shadow Milk Cookie was back. The spire was his body and acted along with his emotions.
Black sapphire cookie knocked on candy apple cookie her door.

“Candy, get out of your room we have to go back” he said and it took a few seconds before he heard footsteps. The door opened and Candy Apple Cookie walked out.
“Okay let’s go!” She said excitedly.

They slowly walked out of the spire, the last thing they wanted was to upset their master.
The spire's lights were out so Shadow Milk Cookie either was out or asleep, he never really slept though so he probably had gone outside.

“Are we going to walk back?” Candy apple cookie asked as they left the spire.
Black sapphire cookie thought about it while they were walking.
“Let’s teleport until a tree, then get in our disguises and walk the rest of the way” black sapphire cookie suggested.
It would be rather suspicious if they immediately teleported back into the faerie kingdom.

“You know, we have enough time let’s just walk” Candy Apple Cookie said, which was rather weird. She hated walking.
Black sapphire cookie raised an eyebrow.
“Okay, sure” black sapphire cookie said.

The forest of beast-yeast was quiet. The only routes that were there were made by other cookies who had followed this path before them.
The air was getting thicker as the duo got deeper into the forest.

“I’m still not used to these yeast-spores” black sapphire cookie mumbled as he grabbed his handkerchief out of his pocket. It was just the fabric he had cut from silverbell cookie his shirt but it worked. He put it in front of his mouth and he continued walking.

Candy Apple Cookie didn’t seem to be struggling as much, she had been in the faerie kingdom multiple times before.
Shadow milk cookie always sent her out on expeditions to get more information about the kingdoms but on big missions like this one black sapphire cookie also got dragged along.

When they got deeper into the forest candy apple cookie covered her mouth with her sleeve.
Seemingly the yeast spores were also getting too much for her.

“Let’s take a break under that tree” Candy Apple Cookie suggested, the sound of her voice being muffled.
Black sapphire cookie nodded, his eyes were tearing up because of the yeast spores in the air.

Once they were under the tree candy apple cookie lowered her arm and took a deep breath in. The yeast spores weren’t as prominent as they were a few meters ago. Black sapphire cookie removed the handkerchief from his mouth and put it back in his pocket.
“This is way better” black sapphire cookie said as he put his handkerchief back in his pocket.

Candy apple cookie nodded. She sat down underneath the tree and picked up some sticks from the ground.
“Let’s just get used to the yeast-spores again” Candy Apple Cookie said. Black sapphire cookie nodded and he lowered himself to the ground.
The grass was slightly damp but not overly wet.

White lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie were walking to silverbell cookie his house. They both were worried about their friend, especially since pure vanilla cookie wasn’t able to fully heal silverbell cookie
“I hope that he is okay” white lily cookie said. She hadn't left the kingdom since the attack, elder faerie cookie and her had been talking about a punishment for the cookie but elder faerie cookie his methods were rather old school and or gruesome. Pure vanilla cookie had suggested to just let the cookie go, that being captured was enough of a punishment but that only gave him weird looks from the other cookies. He was too nice for his own good.

They had asked Mercurial Knight Cookie what he thought was the best punishment for the cookie but he immediately said that the death penalty was the only punishment they were supposed to be having in their minds.
Elder faerie cookie had agreed with that immediately but white lily cookie told them that she wanted the cookie to suffer for as long as they could breathe.

Pure vanilla cookie didn't feel safe during those conversations but he knew that they wouldn't do that to him.
They were stuck between the death penalty or a lifelong imprisonment.
The cookie had been locked up ever since they had caught him and the guards who were guarding his cell had special wing protection.

“Maybe Silverbell cookie is sleeping. Do you think that we should come back later?” White Lily Cookie said as she rang the doorbell for the fifth time with no one answering.
Pure vanilla cookie nodded.
“he does need his rest so I think that we should come back later” pure vanilla cookie said. He had a small smile on his face as he looked at his beloved.
The last few days had been rather stressful for them and they hadn't gotten much sleep. Pure vanilla cookie reached out to put his hand on white lily cookie her shoulder but she turned away.

“Let's go to Elder Faerie Cookie! Maybe we can finally decide that cookies punishment!” white lily cookie said.
Pure vanilla cookie sighted, this was the white lily cookie that he knew and loved, if she wanted something to happen she wouldn't stop until it happened.
“Okay, then we will go to the silver tree” pure vanilla cookie said as he followed behind white lily cookie.

Silverbell cookie was lying in his bed, he had ignored the doorbell. He didn't want to stand up to answer it, if it was someone important they would know that there was a spare key underneath the biggest flowerpot. He had finished the book and he had been staring at the ceiling for a while now, waiting for his guest to return, if they even would. He sighted. He had gotten rather bored and the ceiling was still the same colour as it was a few minutes ago.

“Why does it take so long” Silverbell Cookie said to himself.
His wings were aching and the bandages were full of jam.
The faerie cookie sat up slowly. The jam had gotten on his mattress.
Silverbell cookie looked at it with no emotion on his face, he had gotten used to the sight.

He took a deep breath and got out of bed. He stumbled into the living room. There was no one there so whoever was knocking on the door didn’t know where the keys were.

The living room was a mess, he hadn’t cleaned it ever since the incident, which was only around two days ago but he used to clean the house every day.
Silverbell cookie sat down on the old chair, being careful not to let his wings touch it.

He heard the sound of the door opening.
Were his guests finally back?
“Silverbell?” The voice sounded, it wasn’t black sapphire cookie or candy apple cookie. It was elder faerie cookie.

Silverbell cookie his eyes widened, he hadn’t expected that.
Elder faerie cookie walked into the living room, he wasn’t in his armor or had his sword with him.
“Your majesty?…..” Silverbell cookie said.
Elder faerie cookie held up his hand.

“No need for formalities” he said as he walked to silverbell cookie.
He touched silverbell cookie his shoulder.
“I heard about what happened, if it makes you feel any better we have the cookie who did this to you in captivity” elder faerie cookie said, silverbell cookie didn’t reply. His gaze was emotionless.

“White lily cookie and I haven’t decided on which punishment yet” elder faerie cookie said.
“Pure vanilla cookie and her are at the silvertree right now, I can stay as long as you want” elder faerie cookie said as he grabbed a chair out of the kitchen.

“Just sit on the couch” silverbell cookie said.
Elder faerie cookie chuckled.
“Well, I think the closer I am while changing those bandages the better” elder faerie cookie said as he came back carrying a chair.
“Are the bandages in the bathroom?” Elder faerie cookie asked.

“Yes” silverbell cookie just said.

Elder faerie cookie stood up and walked to the bathroom door, weirdly enough it was the only door in the house that wasn't closed.

Elder faerie cookie opened the door and what he saw shocked him.
The mirror was broken, the shards of it lying on the ground, and on some shards there was jam.
“What in the name of our creators….” Elder faerie cookie said to himself. He looked at Silverbell Cookie who had followed him.

“Silverbell.” Elder faerie cookie said. Elder faerie cookie had no idea what to say.

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Right after his guest left, Silverbell Cookie stood up. Ignoring the pain in his back.
He walked to the bathroom, and when he got there he used the sink as support.
His world was blurry and the only thing he felt was the pain.

“ In the name of our godly creators, where is it….” Silverbell cookie mumbled as he looked around the bathroom. His painkillers weren’t there. He barely used them but he always had them on him.

Silverbell cookie took a deep breath. He pushed himself up using the sink.
He lifted his head and looked in the mirror.

He looked at himself, he hadn’t done that for quite some time. After a few seconds, the reflection was changing, right before him.
Silverbell cookie kept staring.
After a few minutes, he only saw his past self.
Tears welled up in his eyes, the past couldn’t be changed, this was how others saw him.

Without thinking he punched the mirror, which immediately shattered under the pressure.
The shards fell on the ground, some were cutting him and they got covered in jam.
He didn’t care, the pain wasn’t worse than the pain he was already in.

He grabbed a glass shard that fell in front of him.
He rolled up his sleeve, and he held the glass shard against his dough. He had no emotion in his eyes as he slowly made a deep cut in his pale dough. It immediately started dripping jam.
He lifted the glass shard off his arm before he did it again on a different spot.

A few minutes later jam was dripping on the floor. Silverbell cookie dropped the glass shard on the floor and he rolled his sleeve down again.
He didn’t feel any better, the solution was only temporary just like usual. The pain of the cuts wasn’t enough to make him forget what happened.

He walked out of the bathroom and closed the door behind him, it was a loud bang but he ignored it.
He walked back to his bedroom and laid on his bed.
Grabbing the book and continuing to read. Tears were flowing down his cheeks.
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Elder faerie cookie looked at silverbell cookie.
He saw no emotion on the smaller cookie's face.
Elder faerie cookie took a step forward.
“Silverbell…” elder faerie cookie said as he reached out to touch the cookie.

Silverbell cookie turned away.
“The bandages are next to the towels” Silverbell Cookie said before he walked back into the living room.
Elder faerie cookie didn’t walk after him.
He carefully walked further into the bathroom to grab the roll of bandages.

The glass shards were everywhere, in the shower, underneath the sink. The entire bathroom floor was covered in them.
He grabbed the bandages and carefully walked out again.

In the living room, Silverbell Cookie was staring at the bookshelves.
“Okay, silverbell” elder faerie cookie said as he walked to the kitchen to fill a bowl with warm water.
“Mhm” silverbell cookie mumbled.

Elder faerie cookie let the water get warm before he filled the bowl with it.
He walked into the living room with the bowl of hot water.
Silverbell cookie was still staring at the bookshelves.

“Okay son let's get you cleaned up” elder faerie cookie said.
Silverbell cookie didn't respond to it.
Elder faerie cookie sighed. He had no idea how to get the cookie to talk, when he seemed to be getting better this happened.
“Arms up” elder faerie cookie said.
Silverbell cookie slowly lifted his arms but it was clear that I put a lot of strain on his back.

Elder faerie cookie carefully removed silverbell cookie his shirt.
Under it, there were a lot of bandages that were soaked in jam.
He carefully untied them.
Elder faerie cookie pulled the jam-soaked bandages off silverbell cookie his body.

The sight underneath it was horrifying. The wings were stitched together and there was a massive wound.
Elder faerie cookie put a clean cloth in the warm water.
He squeezed the water out of the cloth and gently put it on silverbell cookie his back, cleaning the dried-up jam around the wound.

Silverbell cookie tensed up with almost every touch. Elder faerie cookie could only imagine what pain silverbell cookie was in.
The wings looked bad and the wounds were deep.

After a while elder faerie cookie finally was done with cleaning silverbell cookie his back.
He had looked for some kind of disinfecting spray but he couldn't find any. He reminded himself to bring one over tomorrow.

He bandaged silverbell cookie his back with fresh bandages.

“I will be staying here for the night” Elder faerie cookie said.
Silverbell cookie nodded.
Elder faerie cookie paused before he spoke up again.

“Why don't you show me your arms.” elder faerie cookie said.
Silverbell cookie his eyes widened, he felt himself getting nervous.
“Your majesty I don't think that it's needed” Silverbell cookie said and he tried to stand up but the pain was too much.

“It wasn't a request” elder faerie cookie said as he sat down on the chair.

“I'll be here all night” Elder faerie cookie said.

Silverbell cookie said there in silence, he didn't want to reply. It wasn't worth telling his secret to Elder Faerie Cookie, even if he had already guessed it.

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“Get out.” Silverbell cookie said with a shaking voice.
Elder faerie cookie stood his ground and looked silverbell cookie right in the eyes.
“Show me your arms Silverbell.” Elder faerie cookie repeated as he took a step closer.
Silverbell cookie immediately took a step back in response.
“Get out of my house,” Silverbell Cookie said as his hands went to look for something to grab for balance, the pain was getting unbearable again.

Elder faerie cookie knew that pushing silverbell cookie now would only make him hurt himself even more.
“Fine” elder faerie cookie said as he turned his back to the younger cookie.
“I’ll be at the silver tree if you need me,” he said as he walked out, leaving Silverbell Cookie standing alone in the living room.
The faerie cookie immediately felt guilty about what he had said, he had never shown that level of disrespect towards elder faerie cookie before.
The level of disrespect was something that usually wasn’t tolerated from guards, but elder faerie cookie had just walked away.

White lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie were guarding the silver tree. They weren’t doing much except for talking to each other.
“I still think that a life imprisonment is the best punishment” white lily cookie said as she put her lily staff to the side.

“Uhm yeah sure dear” pure vanilla cookie hesitantly agreed with her, at least it was better than what elder faerie cookie had suggested.
“But maybe elder faerie cookie was right” white lily cookie said and pure vanilla his own eyes opened wide.

The world immediately became a white fog for him.
“No no no let’s not resort to violence” pure vanilla cookie said.
White Lily Cookie put her hands on her hips.
“You’re too soft pure vanilla” she said in a teasing voice.
Pure vanilla cookie crossed his arms over his chest.
“I’m not deaf remember” he said, and white lily cookie giggled.
“Maybe I wanted you to hear it” she said as she took a step closer to him.

“Okay love birds quit it,” elder faerie cookie said as he walked up the hill leading to the silvertree.
White lily cookie quickly backed off and pure vanilla cookie kept his eyes open on purpose so he wouldn’t have to see elder faerie cookie.

“I just got back from silverbell cookie his house and I don’t think he’s doing well” elder faerie cookie said with a serious tone.
White lily cookie her flirtatious smile dropped quickly.
“His guests also weren’t there” elder faerie cookie said as he leaned against the silvertree.

“Why are we even protecting the silver tree, the beasts already escaped” pure vanilla cookie asked and both white lily cookie and elder faerie cookie looked at him like he had just said something diabolical.
“What?” Pure vanilla cookie said.

“I have a feeling that you two are staring at me but I can’t see it” he said. White Lily Cookie sighed.
“We are” she admitted. She grabbed her lily staff again holding it tightly in her hand.

“Mercurial knight cookie and I still think the death penalty is the best option,” elder faerie cookie said, shrugging.
“NO” white lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie said in core.
Elder faerie cookie laughed a little.
“Just kidding” he said as he pushed himself off the silver tree.

“Well, letting him go surely is not an option” white lily cookie said thoughtfully.
“We have no idea how dangerous he is” she said.
Pure vanilla cookie nodded, he uncrossed his arms and let the rest at his side.

“Knowing he almost ripped out silverbell cookie his wings, I can conclude that he is rather dangerous, not only to faerie cookies but to all of us” pure vanilla cookie said with a worried laugh following it.

Elder faerie cookie nodded in agreement.
“Silverbell cookie is one of my best guards, we surely have to keep the suspect in captivity, whether we kill him or not” elder faerie cookie said.

White Lily Cookie sighed.
“Oh I hate this,” she said, she never tried to be involved in crimes after she woke up again after her soul was split in half.
Elder faerie cookie had shared his soul with her, he had been weak for a long time but he had recovered from it. Though he was never the same after it.

“We know you do my lily,” pure vanilla cookie said.
“I also hate this” he said and elder faerie cookie turned around to look at the silver tree.

Maybe his old friend was right, cookies like their suspect didn’t deserve solidarity.
Elder faerie cookie slightly smiled at the memories he had made with his dear friend.

Black sapphire cookie and Candy apple cookie started to make their way towards the silver kingdom. While they walked Black sapphire cookie started to talk, his voice unsure each time he started a new sentence. He doesn't know what he's going to say or what the outcome of it would be.

"How are we even going to spread the rumors?" He asked Candy apple cookie.
After a moment of silence, Candy Apple Cookie spoke up.
"I don't know, we could try to become friends with some of them and sneak lies into the conversations?" She offered.

Black sapphire cookie sighed.
“We already have silverbell cookie and I don’t think we will be getting any more than that,” he said and candy apple cookie pouted,
She realized that he was right, no one really trusted them.

“Well, slipping notes underneath the door definitely didn’t work,” Candy Apple Cookie said, black sapphire cookie choked in his own spit as he remembered what they had tried a few days ago.
He still remembered being chased around the neighborhood by a faerie cookie that had caught them in the act.

“And we are not trying that again, my stamina still is the same as that rock over there,” black sapphire cookie said as he pointed to a nearby rock.
Candy Apple Cookie let out a high-pitched laugh.

Black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes.
“It wasn’t even that funny,” he said but candy apple cookie full on ignored him.
Her laughter was getting on his nerves but he couldn’t say anything about it.

The yeast spores were getting rather annoying again but they were getting close to the kingdom.
They could already see the silver gates.
Black sapphire cookie was relieved that they could see it, shadow milk cookie had granted them that ability after the first time he had sent candy apple cookie to the silver kingdom, she wasn’t able to find it or get in.
Shadow milk cookie had quickly figured out why and had fixed the problem.

“To which gate are we going?” Black sapphire cookie asked the smaller cookie after she had calmed down and stopped laughing.
“The west gate, the guards over there don’t care about who can enter, if you can see the kingdom you’re in” Candy Apple Cookie replied as they got closer to the kingdom with every step they took.

Black sapphire cookie nodded in response. They had entered from that gate the last time they entered the kingdom and the guards really didn’t care. They had been too busy with their own thing to notice that candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie didn’t even look like faeries.

Silverbell cookie was sitting on his couch staring at the book in front of him, the jam from the cuts was staining his sleeves and dripping on the white pages of the book.
He wasn’t focused on the book at all, it was just a distraction.
He was still waiting for his guests to come back, he missed their company dearly, he never realized how alone he had been until they came along.

The faerie cookie still felt guilty for kicking elder faerie cookie out of his house but there wasn’t anything he could do about it now. Elder faerie cookie surely wouldn’t be mad at him and if he was it wouldn’t take long for silverbell cookie to convince elder faerie cookie to forgive him.

He suspected that elder faerie cookie had accidentally taken the key with him since he heard knocking on the door countless times. Or it were cookies who didn’t know where the key was. If it was the second option it weren’t important cookies to Silverbell cookie anyway.

Silverbell cookie looked up from the book to look outside his window.
It was a window to his garden, the flowers had been getting a little bit too much water since it had been raining the entire afternoon.
They would grow back, silverbell cookie thought to himself, it wasn’t like the flowers were dead. They still were in great shape, just soaked.

Candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie had gotten into the kingdom without any trouble, the guards weren’t even close. The gate was left unattended.
“Those faeries aren’t really smart,” Candy Apple Cookie said as she pushed the gates open.
Black sapphire cookie quickly agreed with her, he knew that they also weren’t the smartest cookies but at least they would never leave the spire unattended. If none of them were in the spire the other servants of shadow milk cookie would never leave the spire, they couldn’t leave the spire they were bound to it for their entire life.
Which was in shadow milk cookie his hands.

He created them and could crumble them with a single clap of his hands.
Black sapphire cookie had always felt some sense of security knowing that he and candy apple cookie were baked by the witches and weren’t created by shadow milk cookie. At least their master couldn’t crumble them that easily.
They couldn’t go down to him without a fight.

He doesn't even remember how he got in the spire but he knew that Shadow Milk Cookie had found candy apple cookie right in front of the spire one night and took her in.
He wasn’t the greatest master but he gave them a roof above their head and a purpose in life.

Maybe that was why the spire felt so comforting to black sapphire cookie.
It was his house, his safe place despite all the chaos happening within it.

“Okay so let’s just go to silverbell cookie his house” black sapphire cookie said to Candy Apple Cookie who just nodded instead of saying something back.
It had been a long day and she most likely was tired of all the walking they had done.

Black sapphire cookie just wanted to see the faerie cookie again, he felt guilty about being away for so long but the comfort of the spire had delayed them and of course, the yeast spores which made it so they couldn’t breathe at one point.

They had taken countless breaks just so their lungs could get used to it. And in one of the breaks they even fell asleep, they only woke up after they had felt the cold water of the rain pouring down. They had to run to get underneath a tree big enough to shelter them until the rain stopped.

Both candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie had forgotten that they could teleport.
It would take too much energy anyways.

“Okay so if Mercurial Knight Cookie agrees with it the punishment would be a lifelong imprisonment in the darkest chambers of the silver kingdom” elder faerie cookie said in a collected voice, after hours of talking they finally had agreed on a punishment.
Sadly they hadn’t been able to find Mercurial Knight cookie anywhere although he was on duty.

“Yes,” white lily cookie said in a steady voice, and pure vanilla cookie nodded along.
“We will go and look for him um well not like pure vanilla cookie can see anything,” she said, pure vanilla cookie rolled his eyes, he had forgotten his vanilla orchid staff at white lily cookie her place so he had been blind the entire day, only seeing the light and vague shadows.

Elder faerie cookie nodded and white lily cookie walked away and called for pure vanilla cookie to follow her voice, he walked in the complete opposite way so white lily cookie grabbed his arm and pulled him with her.

Elder faerie cookie smiled as he saw them and he couldn’t help but be reminded of his past.

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Black sapphire cookie and candy apple cookie opened the door to silverbell cookie his house.

“Dear witches, it smells musty in here,” Black Sapphire Cookie said, and the two cookies removed their shoes.
The house was completely silent and there was no light shining.
Black sapphire cookie walked into the living room first, when he saw that it was empty he called candy apple cookie her name and she walked into the living room.

The room was messy and all the curtains were closed, there was no light on. Black sapphire cookie immediately felt uncomfortable, he looked at candy apple cookie who was carefully walking behind him.

“This is way too dark even for me” black sapphire cookie said as he walked to a wall and felt around for a light switch. Candy apple cookie stayed closely behind him the entire time.
Black sapphire cookie kept feeling around for a light switch but he couldn’t find it.

“I could swear that it was here” he mumbled as he took a step forward, his hands remaining on the wall. Candy apple cookie also tried feeling around for the light switch after she realized that black sapphire cookie still hadn’t been able to find it.
She stood on her tippy toes to get a higher reach.

Candy apple cookie then felt a hole in the wall.
Something shocked her and she took a step back.
“Ouch!” She said, making black sapphire stop for a second to look at her.
“Don’t look at me like that! Something shocked me!” Candy apple cookie said, black sapphire cookie raised an eyebrow. He crouched a little and felt around at the same spot that candy apple cookie had been inspecting.
He also got that same shock. Black sapphire cookie let out a gasp before he realized that the light switch used to be here.

“Great.” He said as he quickly pulled his hand away to prevent another shock.
“What” candy apple cookie said as she looked around the dark room.
“The light switch got pulled off” black sapphire cookie said and candy apple cookie her eyes widened, and she took a step closer to black sapphire cookie.

Black sapphire cookie carefully took a step forward towards the window.
Candy apple cookie was close behind him, never losing sight of black sapphire cookie, not even for one second.
Black sapphire cookie almost tripped over the massive mess.
“I don’t remember it being this messy when we left” black sapphire cookie mumbled as he opened the curtain to let some moonlight into the house, he turned away again but candy apple cookie kept staring at the window.

“Is something wrong?” Black sapphire cookie asked before he slowly and unsurely turned around again.
There was jam on the window and it had been shattered.
Black sapphire cookie his eyes widened, his kind immediately jumped to silverbell cookie.
Was he alright? Was he even inside the house at the moment? A million questions raced through his head.

“Let’s just go to the bedroom” black sapphire cookie mumbled as he slowly pushed candy apple cookie back.
“WHAT NO WHY!?” Candy apple cookie yelled as she tried to make it impossible for black sapphire cookie to move here.
“Then do you want to stay here all on your own?” Black sapphire cookie said.
Candy apple cookie paused.
“No” she said and black sapphire cookie continued to push her towards silverbell cookie his bedroom.

Once they arrived they saw that the door was shut.
Black sapphire cookie immediately got an unpleasant feeling in his stomach, silverbell cookie wouldn’t close a door and the faerie cookie had explained to him why.
“Black sapphire cookie, I don't think that this is a good idea” candy apple cookie said, her voice was shaking and she was clinging around his leg, preventing him from taking a step.

“Let’s go find one of those others” black sapphire cookie said. He didn’t want to admit that he was too scared to open the door himself.
“B-but he can’t just get pure vanilla cookie! He’s our enemy!” Candy apple cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie looked at her.
“I am not suggesting that we- never mind” black sapphire cookie said as he started walking to the front door, candy apple cookie again followed closely behind him.

It was difficult not to trip over the mess especially since the moonlight wasn’t doing much to illuminate the house.
Candy Apple Cookie paused when she heard a noise from the bedroom.
She turned around to look but there was nothing there and the door was still closed. Her entire body shivered and she ran to black sapphire cookie who had continued to walk to the front door.
He was already putting on his shoes.

“I think there is someone in the bedroom, I heard something in there” Candy Apple Cookie said, black sapphire cookie looked up.
“Maybe you are just hallucinating things, I didn’t hear anything” black sapphire cookie said,
Candy Apple Cookie looked at the floor before grabbing her own shoes.
She was terrified, black sapphire cookie was standing up straight and looking around but she still didn’t feel safe.
She finished putting in her shoes.

“Okay, let go” Candy Apple Cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie opened the door and waited until candy apple cookie walked out first before he followed behind her.
Candy apple cookie basically ran away from the house.
Black sapphire cookie closed the door behind him and just slowly walked away.

“Hurry up!” Candy apple cookie said. Black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes before he sped up his pace a little.
The neighbors were standing outside of their houses, worry on their faces as they looked at candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie.
One of the neighbors approached them.

“Do you two live there?” He asked,
Black sapphire cookie shook his head.
“Kind of, we are guests of the owner but…. It doesn’t look so great inside the house.” Black sapphire cookie said. The neighbor his face looked grim.

“Last night we heard screaming, shattering of glass, and crying for about 3 hours” the neighbor started.
“When we went to check the door was locked and no one was opening, there wasn't any light on either” he said.
Black sapphire cookie nodded along.
“All the curtains were closed and the light switches were ripped off the wall” black sapphire cookie said.

“We also don’t have flashlights so we can’t see anything” black sapphire cookie said, candy apple cookie was already pulled away by some smaller faeries to explain the same story.
The neighbor looked thoughtfully before speaking up.

“Well the resident of the house has to have one, he’s a silver tree guard so he’s forced to have one” the neighbor said. Black sapphire cookie put his hands on his hips.
“And where can that flashlight be? The house isn’t even that big” black sapphire cookie said and the neighbor shrugged.

“I’ve been inside that place once and it was neat but that was years ago” the neighbor said.
Candy apple cookie had finally been able to get away from the kids.
She walked to black sapphire cookie, most of the neighbors were getting into their houses again.

“Are we going to get the others now?” Candy apple cookie said, black sapphire cookie looked at her before speaking up.
“You can go already I’ll catch up to you” black sapphire cookie said, candy apple cookie nodded and walked off. She had calmed down a little and was now less scared.

“It must be in a drawer or something” the neighbor said.
“Thanks” black sapphire cookie said, the other cookie nodded and flew off.
Black sapphire looked at silverbell cookie his house one more time before walking off to go to candy apple cookie who had walked surprisingly far.

He caught up with her after a few minutes.
Candy Apple Cookie looked at him before she continued her path, they were going to the silvertree. If there was someone who would be brave enough to open the door it would be Elder Faerie Cookie, and they didn’t want to ask one of the ancient heroes for help.

The kingdom square was busy once again, and it was difficult for them to move through it.
“By the love of the witches, which cookie decided to place a stall in the middle of the path!” Black sapphire cookie complained as he barely avoided the impractical placed stall.
“I told you that faerie cookies are stupid” Candy Apple Cookie said as she held black sapphire cookie his sleeve in her hand so she wouldn’t lose him in the busy crowd.

They pushed through the crowd and came to the hill where the silvertree was on, and like usual it was heavily guarded.
Black sapphire cookie scoffed.
“How will we get through this” he mumbled, candy apple cookie shrugged.
Then a silver tree knight landed beside them.

“Ah, did something happen to silverbell cookie?” It was mercurial knight cookie.
Candy Apple Cookie let out a sigh of relief as she realized that they weren’t in trouble.
Black sapphire cookie nodded.

“We think so, his house is just a mess, and uhm we both are too scared to open the bedroom door” black sapphire cookie said.
Mercurial knight cookie raised his eyebrow.

“Mhm let’s go to Elder Faerie Cookie, if you two get stopped tell them you’re with me” mercurial knight cookie said as he flew up the hill.
Black sapphire cookie groaned.
“Great just great” he said, candy apple cookie just grabbed his arm and pulled him up the hill with her.

“No time to lose! I want to go back to master shadow milk cookie!” She said while pulling him.
Black sapphire cookie wasn’t even surprised anymore, that cookie would do anything just to see their master.
Luckily they weren’t stopped by any guards and made it to the top a few minutes later.

Candy apple cookie let go of black sapphire cookie and he smoothed out his clothes.
Mercurial knight cookie and elder faerie cookie were staring at them.

“Well tell us what happened” elder faerie cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie hated that he had to recall what they had seen once again.
“We got back from our walk, went inside the house, it smelled muff and there was no light so we searched for the light switch and then Apple Faerie Cookie got shocked, and then I got shocked and we found out that the light switch was gone. Then we opened the curtains and saw that the window was smashed and there was jam on them” black sapphire cookie was explaining and elder faerie cookie stopped him.

“I know enough” elder faerie cookie said.

“Mercurial knight, guard the tree I’m going with them” elder faerie cookie said and mercurial knight cookie nodded and took his stance.

Elder faerie cookie walked off the hill, black sapphire cookie, and candy apple cookie followed him.

Elder faerie cookie had his sword with him, he wasn’t afraid, not really but if it wasn’t silverbell cookie in the house he would have to act.
The walk to Silverbell Cookie's house was a silent march, they were careful and didn’t make a single sound.

At the front door elder faerie cookie grabbed the key from underneath the flowerpot.
It was getting rusty but it was still in good shape.
Candy apple cookie was clinging to black sapphire cookie his coat.

Elder faerie cookie opened the door.
“Oh this smells” he said as he walked in first, the two smaller cookies followed him, they didn’t remove their shoes and walked into the living room.

Elder faerie cookie pulled a flashlight out of his pocket and shined it.
The sight was even more horrible than it had felt, the living room was a mess and there was a spore of jam droplets leading to the bedroom.

Candy apple cookie gagged at the sight. Black sapphire cookie his face became pale.

Elder faerie cookie continued to walk towards the bedroom. He grabbed the handle and tried to open the door but it wouldn’t budge, not even a little bit.
He slammed his shoulder against the door and there came only a crack in it.

They heard a sound from the other side of the door.
They couldn’t make out what it was or who was making the sounds but it was confirmed that there was someone or something behind the door.
Elder faerie cookie grabbed his sword.

“Stand back” he said to Candy Apple Cookie and black sapphire cookie who quickly took a step back, with one swift movement of his sword Elder Faerie Cookie sliced the door in half.
He pushed the upper part of the hinges, letting it fall to the ground, he shined his flashlight inside to see what the state of the room was.

“Oh by the name of the witches..” elder faerie cookie said as he took in the sight, black sapphire cookie took a deep breath and stepped forward, and looked into the room.
The smell was disgusting and the sight was even more terrifying. He quickly turned away and tried to keep himself from throwing up.

Elder faerie cookie climbed over the lower part of the door and walked deeper into the room, black sapphire cookie and candy apple cookie stayed back.

“You don’t want to see that candy, we will stay here” black sapphire cookie whispered to candy apple cookie.

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"What did you see?” Candy apple cookie asked, her voice was shaking and so was the rest of her body.
Black sapphire cookie shook his head.
“You don’t want to know” black sapphire cookie repeated as he pushed candy apple cookie even further away from the door.

“By the witches, I’m going to throw up” black sapphire cookie said.

Elder faerie cookie his flashlight started flickering.
He took a step forward. The flashlight wasn’t helping as much as he had hoped would.

“Silverbell cookie put that down” elder faerie cookie said as he got closer.

Silverbell cookie was sitting on the floor, covered in his own jam, with a knife in his hand. His eyes looked empty and he had tears streaming down his face.

Elder faerie cookie lowered himself next to the crying cookie. When he sat on the floor the flashlight flashed one more time before it went out.
Both the cookies were now completely blind.

After a few seconds elder faerie cookie heard the clattering noise of the knife falling to the ground.
Elder faerie cookie let out a sigh of relief.
He felt Silverbell cookie grab his arm.

“Let’s go outside” elder faerie cookie said as he pulled the other cookie up with him. He felt around and guided Silverbell Cookie out of the house.
Once they were outside Elder Faerie Cookie saw the real extent of the damage Silverbell Cookie had done to himself.
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Silverbell cookie paced around his house, it had been a while since he had kicked elder faerie cookie out. The feeling was weird, was it from guilt or from disrespect? Maybe it was just the feeling of his wings, which he now noticed more than ever before.
He stopped in his path and looked around the room, everything looked brighter than usual, it was messier than usual.
Silverbell cookie wrapped his arms around himself, his skin was feeling itchy and he could feel the jam dripping over his skin.

“Where are they?!” Silverbell cookie mumbled as he turned around to look at the front door, his guest still hadn’t come back, did they leave him? Silverbell cookie was getting annoyed by the lights, so he turned them off, even though he couldn’t see a thing.
It still didn’t calm him down, the lights could be turned back on by anyone, without thinking silverbell cookie grabbed a knife and shoved it behind the light switch, it got off easily.
He let it fall to the ground as he moved on to the second one.

He did that to all the light switches in the house. It wasn’t enough, the room was heating up, Silverbell Cookie walked to the window and grabbed his bow which was lying on the couch. With one swift motion, he smashed the window with his bow.
The cool air hit his face, and Silverbell Cookie felt like he could breathe again.

“Dear witches what was that” he said, his voice shaking.
He closed the curtains.

“I’ll fix that tomorrow….” He mumbled to himself as he walked to his bedroom. Silverbell cookie was blindly walking around, hoping that he wouldn’t stumble over anything.

“I should change my bandages again” Silverbell Cookie said to himself.
He carefully walked further but against all his hope he tripped over something, he could make out what it was but he couldn’t catch himself in time.
He fell backwards, right on his wings.

Silverbell cookie let out a scream of pain. He sat up, his wings were throbbing and he felt even more jam drip down his back.
He stood up despite the pain he was in and walked to his bedroom.

Tears were flowing down his face as he opened the door and slammed it shut behind him, he collapsed on the floor. His body felt heavy, it hadn’t been so heavy before.
“By the witch's name what did I do to deserve this” silverbell bell cookie said stuttering.
He laid on the floor on his stomach, he still couldn’t move his wings but now he also didn’t have the desire to do so anymore.

The last thing Silverbell Cookie remembered was hearing voices inside his house and grabbing a knife for protection before he passed out.
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Elder faerie cookie looked at the now crooked wings of silverbell cookie, it looked bad, really bad.
“You’re not staying alone ever again” elder faerie cookie said. Silverbell cookie just looked at the ground and nodded.

Black sapphire cookie and candy apple cookie also walked outside of the house, black sapphire cookie had just finished throwing up, he had no idea where exactly he threw up, all he knew was that it was inside of Silverbell cookie his house.

“I’m never staying with you again” Candy Apple Cookie said and black sapphire cookie wiped his mouth clean with the back of his sleeve.
“Well if you saw it you would throw up too” he mumbled before he looked up to see Silverbell Cookie, his wings looked just as terrible as when he saw them in the room, but now that he was in the moonlight he looked way less threatening.

“I’m going to get pure vanilla cookie” elder faerie cookie said as he noticed candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie.
Black sapphire cookie walked to silverbell cookie quickly and elder faerie cookie walked off.

“You scared me! Uhm us! No everyone!” Black sapphire cookie said as he gently grabbed silverbell cookie his shoulders.
Silverbell cookie flinched but black sapphire cookie didn’t pull away.

“Sorry” silverbell cookie mumbled as he looked away. Black sapphire cookie got tears in his eyes, the shock was finally catching up to him.
Tears started flowing down his cheeks and he carefully pulled the faerie cookie into a hug.

Silverbell cookie tensed up, his eyes wide.
“Wait, no don’t cry I’m fine!” Silverbell cookie said as he tried to calm him down. He wasn’t doing fine at all but he had to calm his friend down.

Candy Apple Cookie looked rather uncomfortable watching the scene before her unfold, she had never seen black sapphire cry so openly before.

Silverbell cookie was still trying to calm down black sapphire cookie, gently stroking his back as the cookie continued to cry.

Elder faerie cookie looked around the kingdom for pure vanilla cookie. He was hoping that he was still in the kingdom alongside white lily cookie.
He went to the silver tree where only mercurial knight cookie was standing.
Elder faerie cookie looked confused, he had asked white lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie to find him, and they had done that but where were they?

“Where are the lovebirds?” Elder faerie cookie asked as he walked up the hill.
Mercurial knight cookie saluted quickly before answering the question.

“They walked off just a few minutes ago your majesty, I believe it was because pure vanilla cookie forgot his staff” Mercurial Knight Cookie said.
Elder faerie cookie nodded as he stood next to Mercurial Knight cookie.

“Silverbell cookie isn’t doing so well” elder faerie cookie started.
Mercurial cookie his grip on his glaive tightened.
He looked to his side and elder faerie cookie continued.

“His wings are crooked now, might give him some trouble flying in the future” elder faerie cookie said, mercurial knight cookie unconsciously held his glaive closer to himself as he listened.

“It’s a hazard to leave him on his own, I think that his guests are enough but they have to stay with him at all times. He became a hazard to himself once again” elder faerie cookie said and mercurial knight cookie lowered his gaze.

This wasn’t the first time Silverbell Cookie had become a hazard to himself, the last time Mercurial Knight Cookie had stayed with him until he was on the right path again.

“Now, where did the love birds go to, I need pure vanilla cookie to heal silverbell cookie” elder faerie cookie asked. Mercurial knight cookie pointed to his right.
“Over there your majesty, they shouldn’t be so far” he said, elder faerie cookie nodded and walked off.

Black sapphire cookie was finally calming down, and silverbell cookie was still holding him tightly.
The purple cookie pulled away from the hug and wiped his tears away with his sleeve.
“Sorry” he mumbled.
Silverbell Cookie smiled softly at him.
“It’s fine, if any of us should apologize it’s me” Silverbell Cookie said.

Candy Apple Cookie stood to the side, her arms crossed over each other.
She sighed and walked off, she could walk around the kingdom five times before they would notice she was gone.

“Stupid love birds, they should kiss already” candy apple cookie mumbled as she walked around the corner.

Elder faerie cookie found white lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie standing in front of her house, pure vanilla cookie had his staff again.
“White lily cookie, pure vanilla cookie” elder faerie cookie said.
White lily cookie looked up and waved while pure vanilla cookie closed his own eyes so the one on his staff would open.

“Silverbell cookie needs help again, mind if I lend pure vanilla cookie for a few minutes” elder faerie cookie said, white lily cookie laughed.
Pure vanilla cookie looked confused.

“Of course! But, I’ll go too. I want to know if he is okay” white lily cookie said, elder faerie cookie nodded. They walked behind him as they walked to silverbell cookie his house.

Black sapphire cookie and silverbell cookie were inside the house, they were in his bedroom since that was the only room in the house with a working light switch.
Silverbell cookie sat on his bed and black sapphire cookie sat beside him.

“Sorry it took me so long, I got the pain meds” black sapphire cookie said as he laid back on the bed.
“Mhm, I’ll take them later” Silverbell Cookie said as he leaned back a little.

His hand and black sapphire cookie his hand touched. They both blushed and looked away.
“So…..” black sapphire cookie said.

Silverbell cookie just put his hand on the other cookie his mouth.
Black sapphire cookie blushed even more.
He looked up again to see Silverbell cookie lingering above him.

The faerie cookie was blushing as they looked into each other's eyes.
Silverbell cookie moved his hand from the cookie his mouth to his cheek.
Black sapphire cookie could feel his face heat up even more.
He sat up again, silverbell cookie slowly removed his hand from his cheek.

They were staring into each other's eyes for a few seconds, both not saying a word or moving an inch.
After those few seconds, silverbell cookie leaned forward, black sapphire cookie blushed even more, his hands were sweating, and he had never felt this way before.

Silverbell cookie gently grabbed black sapphire cookie his face.
Silverbell cookie felt so unsure about this, what if black sapphire cookie would pull away like he himself had done before. There was only one way to find out. Silverbell cookie thought to himself as he slowly leaned in and captured black sapphire cookie his lips into a gentle kiss.

Black sapphire cookie blushed and tensed up. He was shocked, he hadn’t expected this at all. Maybe a little because of the movement but he didn’t expect Silverbell Cookie to go through with it.
The faerie cookies’ lips felt soft against his own.
After a few seconds black sapphire cookie returned the kiss, he could feel silverbell cookie smile against his lips.

They fell back on the bed but didn’t break the kiss.
Black sapphire cookie gently put his hands on silverbell cookie his hips.
Silverbell cookie put his arms around black sapphire cookie his neck as he deepened the kiss.

He had no idea what he was doing but it just felt right.
Black sapphire cookie pulled silverbell cookie closer to him, the world around them seemed to fade away. Only they mattered right now.

That was until someone walked in.
“Hey silverbell cookie i brought pure vanilla coo- okay no I’m not doing this” elder faerie cookie said as he saw the love struck cookies making out, he turned around and walked out of the room.
White lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie took a peak and couldn’t help but smile at the scene.

Silverbell cookie pulled away from the kiss, both him and black sapphire cookie were blushing, even more than they were before.

Both the cookies smiled at each other, they knew what they were thinking and it felt right.
Without a second thought silverbell cookie kissed him again.

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Elder faerie cookie, white lily cookie, and pure vanilla cookie were standing outside the bedroom.
Elder faerie cookie was looking down as white lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie attempted to fix the light switches.

“Let’s just look if he has candles” white lily cookie said to pure vanilla cookie. He nodded in response as they walked to the kitchen.

In the bedroom, black sapphire cookie and silverbell cookie finally pulled away from the kiss.
They looked at each other with love in their eyes.

“So?” Black sapphire cookie said, silverbell cookie smiled.
“I liked it” Silverbell Cookie said as he slowly sat up.
Black sapphire cookie smiled softly as he saw the faerie cookie wipe his lips.

“I do need those painkillers now,” Silverbell Cookie said, and Black Sapphire Cookie laughed as he grabbed the bottle out of his pocket.
“Here you go silvie” he said and Silverbell cookie grabbed them.
The faerie cookie opened the bottle and took a few pills.
Black sapphire cookie stared at him dreamily, silverbell cookie looked perfect to him, even with his wounds.

“So….. do you want to go on a date with me…? I mean inside the house since Elder Faerie Cookie is forcing you to stay inside” black sapphire cookie said awkwardly, he looked away trying to save himself from the embarrassing situation.

Silverbell cookie laughed sweetly.
“Of course I will” the faerie cookie said with a slight blush on his face.
Black sapphire cookie smiled, while he knew it could be used for the plan he couldn’t be happier as the faerie cookie accepted his request.

Elder faerie cookie was walking around the house, cleaning up what he could while holding a small candle.
He was happy for silverbell cookie but he hadn’t expected to walk into it. Especially with the sight he had seen just a couple of hours ago.

White Lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie were doing their best to fix the light switches, being careful not to get shocked.

“Why did he even rip the light switches out!” White lily cookie said, she was getting frustrated after pure vanilla cookie had given up on it altogether.

“Maybe it is for the best if someone does it who has any knowledge of this” pure vanilla cookie suggested and white lily cookie stopped her work.
“Oh, that’s indeed a better plan” white lily cookie said as she took a step back.
Pure vanilla cookie couldn’t help but smile at her.

They walked outside the house to find anyone who could fix it for them.

Candy apple cookie was walking in the middle of the faerie kingdom, and no one had noticed that she had walked off.
She sighed.
She was hoping that black sapphire cookie had made a move to get silverbell cookie into their plan, but knowing him he wouldn’t have done anything.

Candy Apple Cookie walked into the market once again. It was just as busy as she remembered. But now she was alone. Black sapphire cookie wasn’t next to her to pull her back if she wandered off too far.

“Excuse ma’am” a faerie cookie said to candy apple cookie.
Candy apple cookie looked up, she had never seen that cookie before and it looked like a faerie cookie.

“What” candy apple cookie said, the faerie cookie looked around before she grabbed candy apple cookie by her arm, showing a badge for a split second.

“You’re coming with me” she said, candy apple cookie her eyes widened and she swallowed.
She hadn’t done anything illegal, so why were they taking her?
Where was black sapphire cookie when she needed him the most?

Pure vanilla cookie and white lily cookie were walking around the stalls of the market in the hope they could find an electrician.
White Lily Cookie was in the lead because she knew the kingdom on the back of her thumb.
“Maybe we should go to the other side of the market, last time there was a technician there” white lily cookie said and pure vanilla cookie nodded.

“I’ll just follow you my lily” pure vanilla cookie said,
They continued walking over the busy market at a slight pace.

Elder faerie cookie had put most of the stuff on a pile in the corner of the room so it wasn’t as messy anymore.
Elder faerie cookie his flashlight started working again. He put the candle on the table and used the flashlight to see.

After a while he knew that he had to leave, he had to go back to the silver tree. He did trust Mercurial Knight Cookie to guard it but he never felt comfortable if he was away from it for too long.

He looked into the bedroom and saw the two cookies asleep.
He decided that he trusted the unfamiliar cookie enough to leave silverbell cookie alone with him.
He stood up and left without a second word.

Candy apple cookie was thrown into a holding cell.
“What did I do wrong!” She yelled at the officer who ignored her.
She grabbed the bars of the holding cell and the officer walked away.

Candy apple cookie let go of the bars and looked around, there weren’t any visible cameras but she had no idea what cameras even looked like in the faerie kingdom.

“Shadow milk cookie will cover for me” she mumbled before teleporting out of the cell right to the spire of deceit.

“Well well well, only one of the two” shadow milk cookie said.
Candy apple cookie tensed up from excitement, she hadn’t seen her master in a couple of days and she had missed him.

“Shadow milk cookie!” She squealed.
Shadow milk cookie rolled his eyes.

“I just know you two don’t have useful information, where is the other one” Shadow Milk Cookie said as he put his hands on his hips.
Candy apple cookie her smile faltered a little bit before she composed herself and got it back.

“Well, I just decided to visit! You know tell another plan me and black sapphire cookie have made” candy apple cookie said as she twirled around.

Shadow milk cookie looked at her with a thoughtful expression on his face.
“Okay go ahead” he said as he teleported both of them to the table.
Candy Apple Cookie started talking about their plan.

“So black sapphire cookie will date that sober tree guard, get information from him, then we will use that information to bring the kingdom down and then the faerie kingdom will belong to you!” Candy apple cookie said while making exaggerated movements.
Shadow milk cookie nodded along, his mind was somewhere else. Somewhere he would never admit.

“Well you can not show up to the kingdom anymore in that disguise, stay here and only teleport to the kingdom if necessary, I’m not letting you go back” Shadow Milk Cookie said as he rested his head on his arms.
Candy apple cookie nodded, she wanted to go back but this meant that she could spend more time with shadow milk cookie!

“I’ll be in my chambers” Shadow Milk Cookie said as he levitated up and teleported himself to his room.
Candy apple cookie pouted and she jumped off the chair before walking outside the spire.

Shadow milk cookie got into his chambers, it was filled with circus equipment, cards, puppets, and other stuff. He grabbed a picture from his desk.
He looked at it, and it was an old picture of him and elder faerie cookie, back when he still was the fount of knowledge.

Tears filled his eyes and he threw the picture against the mirror, it shattered into pieces and he looked into them, he saw multiple faces staring back at him, all his disguises, all his personalities. But no face felt like his own.

He turned around and walked to the other side of the room.
The moon was shining through the stained glass window, he had liked the idea of it when he first found his henchmen, but now it looked stupid, still, he didn’t want to get rid of it.

Shadow milk cookie looked at his bed which was neatly made, he didn’t need to sleep so he barely slept. The made-up bed was for his peace of mind.
He sat on the bed and sighed, he hid his face in his hands as tears started flowing down his blue skin.

Elder faerie cookie walked up the hill, just as he had expected mercurial knight cookie was still there, guarding the silvertree.

“Ah, thank you mercurial knight cookie” he said, mercurial knight cookie nodded and stood down.
He didn’t leave though.

“Silverbell cookie is doing alright now. He kissed that purple cookie” elder faerie cookie said and mercurial knight cookie his head snapped to elder faerie cookie.

“I don’t trust that cookie at all, I also didn’t trust his so-called sister so I had her arrested and she escaped from the holding cell” Mercurial Knight Cookie said as he lowered his glaive.

Elder faerie cookie sighed and ran his hand through his icings
“You trust no one but me or silverbell cookie, I am sure that the cookie is fine, and for the sister, maybe another knight let her go because of lack of evidence” elder faerie cookie said, mercurial knight cookie his grip tightened on his glaive.

“Those cookies aren’t from here! Just trust me! They are no good!” Mercurial knight cookie said, his emotionless voice had a slight tremble in it.
Elder faerie cookie looked at him, he saw the genuine worry in his eyes.

“I’ll look into it” elder faerie said and Mercurial Knight Cookie calmed down a little.

Pure vanilla cookie and white lily cookie had stopped their search after a while, the market was closing down and they hadn’t found a single electrician.

White lily cookie had gotten so frustrated that she snapped at pure vanilla cookie, who also didn’t take that so well because of the events of the last couple of days.

White lily cookie had left him standing there in the middle of the market. She told him that she didn’t want to see him anymore, pure vanilla cookie had replied with the same cold tone.

“Why is she so difficult sometimes…..” pure vanilla cookie said to himself as he walked over the paths in the kingdom.
He didn’t exactly know where he was going but he knew that the faerie cookies had made all the paths lead to the kingdom square.
His staff made a soft noise every time it touched the ground.
Multiple faerie cookies greeted him but they found it weird that white lily cookie wasn’t with him.

White Lily cookie was already at the kingdom square, she had calmed down and deeply regretted what she had said to her boyfriend.
Her braid had come undone and her long white icing looked messier than ever.

Faerie cookies all greeted her with the familiar “hello Saint Lily!” But it stayed at that. Older faerie cookies stayed out of her way and the kids weren’t allowed to get close. Her mistakes of the past kept haunting her, even in the kingdom she called home.

Sometimes she wondered what would have happened if she never gone to the witches’ banquet and just had stayed with elder faerie cookie. Her life would be so different, golden cheese cookie wouldn’t be mad at her.
She would still she the other ancients beside pure vanilla cookie and they would still be her friends.

The past was something she couldn’t change and it was bothering her more than she told pure vanilla cookie.
He told her that no matter how much she changed he would always love her, but it felt like a lie. He started acting different after finding out she was dark enchantress cookie.

He was more careful around her. Maybe it was because she only had half a life, but white lily cookie knew better, he was afraid of her.

“So…. Are we something now” black sapphire cookie asked as he was holding silverbell cookie close and stroking his icing.

Silverbell cookie smiled and lifted up his head to look the purple cookie in his deep black eyes.

“Only if you want to” silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie smiled back as he leaned in and gave silverbell cookie a soft kiss on the lips.

“I would love that”

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Shadow milk cookie arrived right in front of the faerie kingdom in his disguise.
Candy apple cookie hadn’t been able to finish his plan and black sapphire cookie surely wouldn’t either.
He had to do everything on his own.

He grabbed a mirror out of the pocket of his dress to check his appearance to make sure he wasn’t as recognizable.
He smirked as he saw his reflection in the mirror, it had become more flawless than before.

He took a step closer to the faerie kingdom but noticed that the north gate now had two guards in front of it. Shadow milk cookie raised an eyebrow but didn’t think too much of it.
Like usual he got into the kingdom with ease.

“Now where is that annoying show host?” Shadow milk cookie mumbled as he walked onto the market.
It was busy, busier than usual.
He saw way more guards and knights.
“What is happening?” He mumbled as his grip tightened around the empty basket.

Either this was because of candy apple cookie or it was because of a heavy crime that was committed.
Shadow milk cookie bumped into a cookie.
He wanted just to walk it off, until he saw who the cookie was.

“Pure vanilla cookie” shadow milk cookie said, his voice cold and sharp as he quickly regained his stance and wiped his dress clean.
Pure vanilla cookie didn’t seem to notice him.
Shadow milk cookie looked annoyed but quickly walked away without apologizing.

Why was he here, what was he even doing here without that traitor by his side?
Shadow milk cookie thought.
He picked up his pace to make sure he was as far away from the blind cookie as possible.

Shadow milk cookie got off the market through an alleyway and found himself in one of the many parks.
At least it was the park that guards avoided most of the time.

He let out a sigh before slowing his pace down.
He had to find black sapphire cookie as quickly as possible, if there was a cookie that would be able to identify him even in the disguise it would be pure vanilla cookie.
Maybe even white lily cookie and definitely elder faerie cookie.

His heart skipped a beat as he thought about elder faerie cookie. It was a name he didn’t like thinking about.

“Forever my ass….” Shadow milk cookie mumbled as he sat down on a bench.
Memories that he didn’t want to remember came flooding back. Tears filled his eyes which he quickly wiped away.

“Stupid faerie cookie. They are bigger liars than me”
Shadow milk cookie leaned back.
The view wasn’t that bad after all.
If he had to compliment the faeries on one thing it would be their parks.
It was quiet, he didn’t see many cookies.

The moon was still shining brightly and it illuminated the pond beautifully.
“I guess they do have some style” shadow milk cookie mumbled.

After a while he stood up and started walking again, he decided to take it slow, it would make him less suspicious and it was not like he had a lot of things to do besides this.

Elder faerie cookie was standing at the silvertree. He had thought about what Mercurial Knight Cookie had said and he had to agree with one thing, those cookies weren’t natives from the faerie kingdom.
He was wondering how they got into the kingdom, half faeries barely existed since most faerie cookies stayed in the kingdom their entire lifetime.

Even if they wanted to leave the guards didn’t really let them.
The only ones who could enter were the ones who had a connection with the kingdom somehow.

Elder faerie cookie his eyes widened slightly as he thought about something.

“No it can’t be, that would be impossible” elder faerie cookie said to himself.
He took a deep breath in and let it out.
“He wouldn’t send someone else to do his work for him”

Shadow milk cookie had walked back onto the market, it was around lunch time so the streets were less busy but the restaurant and food stands were packed.

This was one good thing about not needing to eat, shadow milk cookie thought to himself as he continued to walk over the market.

The paths were familiar, nothing really had changed. He saw some familiar faces, luckily they didn’t recognize him.
His heels clicked against the pavement. In front of a crossing path, he paused.
He knew that one of the paths led to the silvertree.
The other path seemingly led to a neighborhood.

He looked to his left and right, a look of doubt on his face. He took the path that led right to the silvertree, he didn’t care anymore. Black sapphire cookie could wait.

Shadow milk cookie walked up the hill with big steps, knights tried to stop him but he ignored them and continued walking.

Elder faerie cookie was leaning on his sword, he heard some commotion close by, but he did not check on it, there were a lot of knights who knew what to do.

He returned his attention to his sword when he heard a familiar voice.

“Well well well I figured you would be here!”
The figure said, it was shadow milk cookie disguised as a female.
Elder faerie cookie put his sword in the ground and crossed his arms.
“I figured you would be back” elder faerie cookie said and shadow milk cookie grinned.

“I guess I never was able to surprise you” shadow milk cookie said.
Elder faerie cookie took a step closer to the silvertree and shadow milk cookie followed suit.

“I assume you send your minions here.” Elder faerie cookie said, shadow milk cookie laughed.

“Of course I did! But they can not do the job properly, one got caught” shadow milk cookie said, elder faerie cookie his eyes widened, this meant that….. Mercurial knight cookie was right.

“So another one of your minions is still walking around here.” Elder faerie cookie said, his face darkened.
Shadow milk cookie his grin widened, it looked like his face was split in half.

“I won’t deny it” shadow milk cookie said.

Elder faerie cookie felt his heart sink.
This meant that Silverbell Cookie had taken in the minions, what information could they have, and even worse: Silverbell Cookie had fallen in love with one of the minions.

“Did the jelly cats grab your tongue” shadow milk cookie said laughing, his voice sounded more disturbing than usual.
Elder faerie cookie grabbed his sword again.

Shadow milk cookie raised his hands in a mocking gesture.
“Bring us back to old times doesn’t it, darling”

Black sapphire cookie woke up, he looked beside him and saw that silverbell cookie wasn’t in bed anymore. He stood up and stretched before walking to the living room, silverbell cookie was sitting on the worn-out chair with a cup of tea in his hands.

“Morning” black sapphire cookie said, silverbell cookie smiled softly at him.

“Morning!” Silverbell cookie said before taking a sip of his tea.
Black sapphire cookie couldn’t help but smile back.

“How are your wings doing?” Black sapphire cookie asked as he sat down next to silverbell cookie.
The faerie cookie sighed before answering.
“They are painful but the pain meds are helping” Silverbell Cookie said, be than looked up with slight confusion on his face.

“Where is your sister, I haven’t seen her since yesterday” Silverbell cookie said, black sapphire cookie his eyes widened.
Silverbell cookie was right, he also hadn’t seen candy apple cookie since yesterday.

“Uhm she told me she wanted to go back to our parents” black sapphire cookie said, silverbell cookie looked a little skeptical but took the answer he was given.
“I’ll change your bandages soon” black sapphire cookie said. Silverbell cookie took another sip of his tea before nodding.

“Don’t call me that” elder faerie cookie said as his stance became more protective.
Shadow milk cookie his grin became even wider, like his jaw was dislocated.
“Why not, don’t you miss the good old days, the days when we were still together?” Shadow milk cookie said as he took a step closer.

“Back off beast. You are not the cookie I fell for” elder faerie cookie said as his grip tightened on the sword.
Shadow milk cookie his eyes turned completely black and a laughing sound came from him, despite his mouth being shut.

Elder faerie cookie felt his heart racing, he knew that all the beast cookies had a different form, but he never expected them to be this uncanny.

“Don’t you miss it elder faerie! Don’t you miss us!” Shadow milk cookie said, elder faerie cookie tried to keep his cool, and lifted his sword to point it at shadow milk cookie.
“I’ve locked you up once and I’ll do it again” elder faerie cookie said and the laughter became louder.

“Oh, you never did it alone! Two traitors working together, such a tragic story not even I would make up” shadow milk cookie said as he took a step forward.
Elder faerie cookie felt a cold sweat dripping down his face.

“You’re a bigger liar than me!” Shadow milk cookie said, his grin dropped into a just as big frown within a second.
“Till death do us part! For I will love you no matter how much you change!” Shadow milk cookie said as he took another step closer to elder faerie cookie, who took a step back in response.

“But no! For I saw your face when I got locked up in that tree! While I also saw silent salt cookies, yours hurt the most! While tears flooded my eyes you looked away with no shame or remorse!” Shadow milk cookie said as he suddenly took a deep breath and returned to his normal cookie form.

“Leave the kingdom. I’ll find that minion of yours and kick him out. I know exactly where he is” elder faerie cookie said. Shadow milk cookie his arm suddenly shot out, attempting to grab elder faerie cookie who narrowly avoided it.

“It’s like history is repeating itself. Your minion is dating my knight.” Elder faerie cookie said and shadow milk cookie his eyes widened.

“No.” Shadow milk cookie mumbled. This couldn’t be happening, but didn’t Candy Apple Cookie mention something about it being for the plan?

“This will not happen,” shadow milk cookie said, he also had to make a plan right on the spot and he knew that he wouldn’t like it.

“Let’s work together one more time, to get them away from each other.” Shadow milk cookie said, extending his hand. Elder faerie cookie didn’t take it but he nodded.

“I won’t make a deal with you, for the fact that you are the beast of deceit” elder faerie cookie said, shadow milk cookie scoffed and rolled his eyes.

“Fine, but that doesn’t mean you’re not getting rid of me” shadow milk cookie said, elder faerie cookie lowered his sword again and turned his back to shadow milk cookie.

“As long as you stay in that disguise and keep away from white lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie you will be fine, most of the faerie cookies you knew are too old for them to remember you” elder faerie cookie said as she went to look at shadow milk cookie who was pretty much unrecognizable.
A small smirk formed on his face.

Perhaps his old lover was still somewhere in the beast that he had become.

“Only my radio host is in the kingdom, throbbed one got caught and she’s in the spire” shadow milk cookie said.

“He’s gone under the name of purple grape cookie, silverbell cookie is too kind for his own good, he’s one of my best knights, and I dare to say he’s my best archer. He just trusts too easily” elder faerie cookie said.
Shadow milk cookie took a step closer.

“His real name is black sapphire cookie, I’ve practically raised him, he’s a show host for a podcast but doesn’t go on adventures most of the time. So he is quite new to it” shadow milk cookie said.

“Let’s just see for a while how it goes, silverbell cookie his physical and mental state are too weak to suddenly separate him from his lover.” Elder faerie cookie said as he turned back to face shadow milk cookie.

“Once he is ready we’ll separate them, do you promise to keep this promise till the very last second?” Shadow milk cookie asked as he put his hands on his hips, his eyes focused on the ones of elder faerie cookie.

“This time I won’t break it, no matter what happens to you or me. I won’t make that mistake again”

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“Come on black sapphire cookie!” Candy apple cookie said excitedly.
Black sapphire cookie was panting as he ran after her. He had returned to the spire for the New Year's celebration.
Candy apple cookie was more excited than ever, shadow milk cookie was finishing up with the last preparations. He had gotten the other beasts so far to come over, they probably only agreed so they could tie him to a set of fireworks and launch him into the air with them.

“Oh, I can’t wait to see cloud haetae cookie again! They are so fun!” Candy apple cookie said as she jumped down a set of stairs.

“Calm down candy we still have an entire night” black sapphire cookie said.
He wasn’t excited about it, he wanted to stay in the faerie kingdom with Silverbell cookie. The faeries had happily invited him to the New Year’s party after Silverbell Cookie asked them to. But of course, their master wanted them back for one time.

Shadow milk cookie finished with the last preparations, the fireworks were stashed to the side and he had made the main hall of the spire empty.

“CANDY APPLE COOKIE! BLACK SAPPHIRE COOKIE GET HERE!” Shadow milk cookie yelled before pausing and just clapping in his hands, and in a second candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie were in front of him.
Black sapphire cookie looked shocked but candy apple cookie fell right onto her face mid-air.

“Oof” black sapphire cookie said with a sympathetic tone.
Candy Apple Cookie immediately stood up and wiped down her dress.
“I’m fine!” Candy apple cookie said as she put her hands behind her back.

Shadow milk cookie couldn’t help but smile.

“Silverbell cookie can you get the flowers over here?" Elder faerie cookie asked, silverbell cookie nodded, and grabbed the flower bouquet. He walked over to the middle of the town square and gave them to elder faerie cookie.
Elder faerie cookie took the flowers from him with a smile.

“Thank you silverbell cookie, I am grateful that you still offered to help even with your wings” elder faerie cookie said, silverbell cookie smiled widely.

“It’s not a problem, your majesty! I need to get back to my normal routine anyway and purple grape cookie had to go back to his family so I would be home alone anyway.” Silverbell cookie said as he took some napkins from another guard.

“Take it slow silverbell, you’re strong but even the strongest people need rest” elder faerie cookie said, silverbell cookie sat down on one of the chairs and put the napkins on the table.

“I’ll just fold the napkins, I took pain medicine so if you need me for something else I would be more than happy to help, though I still can not fly” silverbell cookie said as he started to neatly fold the napkins, he didn’t like doing it but at least he wasn’t doing nothing, he could still help everyone with the preparations.

“No that’s the wrong colour! Grab your staff you are no good when you can’t see!” White lily cookie said, she had been rather stressed, and pure vanilla cookie was pissing her off.

“Calm down my lily, there is no need to get mad. If something is on your mind we can talk, I’m here for you” pure vanilla cookie said as he reached over to grab his staff, when he got it he closed his own eyes making the eye on the staff open.

White Lily Cookie sighed, she hid her face in her hands.
“I’m sorry” she mumbled, pure vanilla cookie put his hand on her shoulder.
“It’s fine my lily, why don’t we go to the kingdom square. Everyone will be there, I’ve heard that silverbell cookie also will be there” he said and white lily cookie smiled softly.

“I think that’s a good idea”

“Welcome my dear friends!” Shadow milk cookie said in a dramatic voice.

“Don’t call us that.” Burning spice cookie said as he pushed him aside. The rest of the beast cookies walked inside with their minions.

“I see our silent knight didn’t show up” shadow milk cookie said.

“He too understood that this is a waste of time” mystic flour cookie said, cloud haetae cookie already ran off to candy apple cookie.

“I wanted to look at my other half the entire night! I even invited her to my garden! But all I got was a note with a rejection” eternal sugar cookie said as she wrapped her arms around herself.
Pavlova cookie immediately flew off.

“Uhm I had nothing to do” burning spice cookie just said.
“I am just here to see stuff being destroyed by the fireworks!” Burning spice cookie said laughing.
Nutmeg tiger cookie walked to black sapphire cookie. Both looked like they didn’t want to be here.

Shadow milk cookie didn’t stop grinning.
“Well, you guys showed up anyway!” Shadow milk cookie said.

Silent salt cookie paused as he stood in front of the faerie kingdom. Salt cellar cookie was beside him like the loyal knight she was.

“Silent salt cookie, let’s enter. You were invited” salt cellar cookie said, silent salt cookie nodded.
He walked to the gate and salt cellar cookie followed.

Elder faerie cookie helped Silverbell cookie put all the napkins on the tables higher up.
White lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie walked to them and they brought some food.

When silent salt cookie walked into the kingdom square.
Elder faerie cookie smiled and called him over.

Burning spice cookie tied shadow milk cookie to a couple of fireworks, mystic flour cookie was holding the lighter, and eternal sugar cookie was laughing.

“Come one guys…” Shadow Milk Cookie said.
Candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie were being held back by the other minions

Eternal sugar cookie started counting down.

10
9
8
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5
4
3
2
1

“Happy New Year!” Burning spice cookie yelled and he snatched the lighter from mystic flour cookie and lit the fireworks.
Shadow milk cookie just sighed and teleported away as the fireworks were in mid-air.

“Happy New Year!” Silverbell cookie said cheering.
Silent Salt Cookie removed his helmet to eat.
All the faeries started eating while watching the fireworks from afar.
Silverbell cookie his wings were twitching but all he was focused on now was the happy moment surrounded by his friends.

White lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie smiled at each other before pure vanilla cookie spoke up.
“New year's kiss?” He suggested.
White lily cookie smiled and kissed pure vanilla cookie on his lips, pure vanilla cookie returned it.

Silverbell cookie walked off into the park.
He looked up at the sky and smiled.

“Happy New Year purple grape cookie, maybe next year you will be with me”

Black sapphire cookie escaped from all the commotion.
He walked to his room and opened the window.
He looked in the direction of the faerie kingdom, there were beautiful fireworks coming from it.

“Happy New Year Silvie, next time I’ll be with you. I’ll give you the new years kiss and make you feel like the most special cookie in the world”
He muttered to himself before turning back and walking to the crowd again.

The end of the year had a lot of surprises for everyone.
But black sapphire cookie wouldn’t want it to change, not for all the money in the world.
He was happier than ever, even if it was just for the plan.

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“Come on, Silvie, I have to change the bandages!” Black sapphire cookie said, silverbell cookie held his hands in front of him.

“No, don't touch me!” Silverbell cookie said as he held his eyes shut.
Black sapphire cookie was standing in front of silverbell cookie with all the supplies he needed to change the bandages and disinfect the wound.

“You’re being really difficult right now!” Black sapphire cookie said as he tried to get closer to silverbell cookie.
“That spray hurts!” Silverbell cookie said as he opened his eyes to look at black sapphire cookie who looked rather annoyed.

“Come on silvie! The spray only hurts for a few seconds! It’s that or you’ll get an infection!” Black sapphire cookie said. Silverbell cookie shook his head and stood up from the couch and started walking towards the window.

They weren’t in silverbell cookie his house since that was being renovated after the damage he had done to it.
“Silvie no!” Black sapphire cookie said before walking to the faerie cookie and grabbing his wrist and pulling him towards himself.

Silverbell cookie gasped but didn’t resist.
“Silvie let me just change the bandages and clean the wound its for your own health” black sapphire cookie said with worry in his voice.

Silverbell cookie pouted before he sighed and walked to black sapphire cookie.
“Fine” he mumbled as he hugged the purple cookie.
Black sapphire cookie showed a small smile at the action of the faerie cookie.
“Mhm let’s go then”

“My lily!” Pure vanilla cookie said with a smile on his face as white lily cookie walked to him.

White Lily smiled back as she upped her pace a little.
“Silverbell cookie his house is almost fixed again! They only need to repair the door elder faerie cookie cut down” white lily cookie said and pure vanilla cookie his smile became bigger.

“That’s amazing news! I still can’t believe it got fixed this fast!” He said.
White Lily Cookie nodded.
“He must be a very well-respected member of the community! Everyone showed up to help” she said.

“I’ll go and talk to elder faerie cookie” white lily cookie said and pure vanilla his smile dropped into a little frown.
“Why?” He asked in a soft voice.

“I got something on my mind, nothing serious it’s just a question” white lily cookie said as she looked up at the sky.
Pure vanilla cookie nodded.
“Okay, I’ll be in the kingdom square if you need me! Those little faerie cookies are so reckless!” He said laughing.
White Lily cookie put her hand in front of her mouth as she chuckled.

White lily cookie walked away to the silver tree, she expected elder faerie cookie to be there but when she arrived she saw mercurial knight cookie and some other silver tree knights standing in front of the tree.
“Mercurial knight cookie” white lily cookie said, mercurial knight cookie gave her a nod in acknowledgement before turning to the other silver tree knight to say something before flying to her.

“How can I help you?” Mercurial knight cookie asked white lily cookie.
She had her lily staff clutched in her hands.
“Where is elder faerie cookie?” The white-haired cookie asked.
Mercurial knight cookie thought about it for a second.

“I believe he went to the underground prison, to the cell of that cookie that hurt Silverbell cookie” Mercurial Knight Cookie said.
White Lily Cookie nodded.
“Then I’ll be going, thank you mercurial knight cookie” white lily cookie said as she waved and walked away.

“Oh I hate those underground cells” white lily cookie mumbled to herself as she shivered.

Silverbell cookie was sitting on the bed while black sapphire cookie prepared a bucket of warm water.
“But seriously where is your sister… she would have told you if she left right?” Silverbell cookie asked back sapphire cookie.
Black sapphire cookie sighed.

“Don’t worry about her, she has the habit of suddenly going back home” he said as he brought the bucket of warm water to the bed.

Silverbell cookie looked a little confused.
“You could just have grabbed a bowl” Silverbell cookie said. Black sapphire cookie paused for a moment.
“Yeah to think of it that would have been smarter….” He said and Silverbell cookie laughed a little.

Black sapphire cookie put the bucket of water next to them on the bed.
“Arms up” he said and Silverbell Cookie calmly complied.
Black sapphire cookie removed silverbell cookie his shirt revealing the bandages underneath it. They still looked rather clear which was a good sign.
“Well, at least they are less bloody than yesterday.” Black sapphire cookie said as he grabbed the scissors.

He gently cut the bandages off and put them to the side. Silverbell cookie shivered as the cold air hit his dough.
“Mhm the wound looks clean” black sapphire cookie said as she grabbed a wet cloth out of the bucket.

White Lily Cookie walked down the stairs leading to the cells. The cold air immediately hit her dough and she shivered slightly.
“Oh I hate it here” she mumbled.
She walked further down the stairs and she could feel the eyes of countless cookies on her.
She never knew that the faerie kingdom had so many cookies captive.

“Halt” a silver tree knight said.
White Lily Cookie paused and slowly turned around.
“What are you doing here saint lily.” The silver tree knight said.
White Lily Cookie relaxed a little as she realized the guard wouldn’t hurt her.

“I’m here to talk to elder faerie cookie, got a problem with that?” White Lily Cookie said in a stern tone.
The silver tree knight immediately shook his head.

“No of course not Saint Lily, his majesty is at cell number 426” he said and white lily cookie nodded before walking past the guard.

She immediately saw elder faerie cookie standing against a wall with his eyes closed and his arms crossed over each other.
He looked annoyed yet thoughtful.
White Lily Cookie walked closer to him.

“Elder faerie cookie, can we talk” she said and elder faerie cookie opened his eyes and looked at her.
“Of course white lily cookie” elder faerie cookie said.

Elder faerie cookie took one more glance at the cookie in the cell, he felt no remorse for him. Not a single bit like he had with the other prisoners.
“Wait for me outside, I’ll join you soon” he said, white lily cookie nodded and started to walk up the flights of stairs again.

“Why couldn’t he just have told me that before I walked down these countless stairs” she mumbled to herself.

“I hope you rot.” Elder faerie cookie spat at the cookie. The words seemed unfamiliar to even himself. He had never felt this much disgust looking at a cookie before.
He started the walk up the stairs and started wondering about what white lily cookie wanted to talk to him about.
She never asked to talk to him if she knew he was doing something. Not like he was doing much other than being disgusted by that prisoner.
A small stone fell down the stairs, elder faerie cookie looked at it before he looked back up and continued to walk up the stairs.

White Lily Cookie walked outside again and let out a sigh of relief. She hated the underground cellars more than anything. To see cookies deprived of their freedom didn’t sit right with her. She knew it was for the best but still, it bothered her.

Elder faerie cookie also walked out.
“What did you want to talk about” he said as he stood next to her.
“Maybe it is better if we aren’t close to other faeries” white lily cookie said and elder faerie cookie's eyebrow shot up.
He looked confused and tried to look for a joking expression on white lily cookie her face. He saw none.
“Mhm, I assume we can go to my chambers” elder faerie cookie said as he closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

White lily cookie nodded and waited for elder faerie cookie to start walking and she followed behind him.

Pure vanilla cookie was walking around the kingdom square. Little faerie cookies were playing, flying, and laughing the entire place sounded like music to pure vanilla cookie.
“Ah I have always loved the bustling kingdom squares” he mumbled to himself.
A sad smile formed on his face as he remembered how lively his kingdom once was.
Before the dark flour war.
Before he failed to save his people.

Black sapphire cookie finished with cleaning silverbell cookie his back and started wrapping it in with fresh bandages.
“See I told you the spray wasn’t that bad” black sapphire cookie said chuckling.
Silverbell cookie rolled his eyes before also laughing himself.

“Okay, you were right” Silverbell Cookie said as he fumbled with the blankets.

Black sapphire cookie his movements were almost mechanical. He knew how to wrap bandages properly after all candy apple and him were clumsy.
His mind wasn’t on the task at hand. It wasn’t even on silverbell cookie.
It was on candy apple cookie, why did she disappear all of a sudden? She couldn’t just have gone back to the spire, shadow milk cookie would’ve sent her back immediately.

His mind started racing with bad thoughts, what if she was caught and he didn’t notice it because he was too busy with silverbell cookie?
Maybe this wasn’t a good idea after all. What if this plan wouldn’t work one bit?
He would get himself in a lot of trouble and he wasn’t sure if he could get out of it this time.

He looked at Silverbell Cookie who was still sitting still looking at the wall.
Black sapphire cookie tied the bandages so they couldn’t get loose.

“All done silvie” black sapphire cookie said.

Elder faerie cookie opened the door to his house, it was almost empty and it didn’t feel like home at all. After all, he barely left the silver tree.
“What did you want to talk about” he repeated in a calm tone.
White Lily Cookie took a deep breath.

“Why did you accept me into the faerie kingdom without a problem, I was simply an outsider trying to find answers” white lily cookie said and Elder Faerie Cookie froze.
He couldn’t just lie to her that wasn’t like him. But telling the truth would hurt and maybe not only for him.

“You remind me of a person I held very dear” elder faerie cookie said as he put his hand over his heart.
“You two are one whole soul, you are just as dear to me as him”
White Lily cookie looked confused, who could he be talking about, was it dark enchantress cookie? She technically was her other half…. It couldn’t be.

“Who are you talking about” white lily cookie said as she took a step closer to Elder Faerie Cookie who had his back turned to her.

“I’m talking about the knight of solidarity.” Elder faerie cookie said. White Lily Cookie froze, her eyes widened in shock.
“You mean silent salt cookie” she said.
Elder faerie cookie walked to the window as he looked outside.

“I suppose that is what you cookies call him now” elder faerie cookie said.
“He too came to the faerie kingdom eons before you were even baked. But he wasn’t let in by Silverbell cookie like you were” elder faerie cookie said.
He opened up the window.

“He saved us and so did you. Both of you were outsiders, yet you two did things I wasn’t able to do.” Elder faerie cookie said.

“You two came here for a reason, both of them didn’t end as you wanted them to,” elder faerie cookie said.

“But in the end silent salt cookie did wait for you, even after all your mistakes, all your sins” elder faerie cookie said.
White Lily Cookie took a step closer to him.

“It was the trail of getting my souljam all over again. But now I knew that I couldn’t fail. Not because I wanted to pass myself. But because I knew that if I lost there would be no going back!” White lily cookie said.
Her lily staff was tightly gripped in her hands.

“I cannot be saved for a second time! I have to look at my past and learn from my mistakes. The mistakes that started all the problems. You couldn’t stop me” white lily cookie said.

Elder faerie cookie looked up at the moon, his face deprived from any emotion.
“And I knew I couldn’t stop you, I hadn’t been able to stop silent salt cookie too. You two have more in common than just the souljam.” He said.

“But why didn’t you try to stop me” white lily cookie said.
“All of this could have been avoided”

“Tell me white lily cookie, if I had stopped you would you have sneaked to the witches’ banquet anyways” elder faerie cookie said as he turned around to face her.
White lily cookie paused. The tension in the room was heavy.
She looked away as loosened her grip on the lily staff

“Yes.” She answered truthfully.

“And there you have it, I wasn’t able to do anything” elder faerie cookie said.

“Curiosity killed the jelly kitty, didn’t it” elder faerie cookie said.

White lily cookie her eyes widened, he was right. She was too curious at that time. She wanted to know why cookies were made so fragile and when she finally found out how she wished she could have avoided it.

“I’m the only one to blame” she whispered to herself.
“I’m the only one to blame for what I have done, I don’t deserve forgiveness. Not from you, not from my old friends and especially not from golden cheese cookie and the others I have hurt”

“I’ve ruined kingdoms, families. I don’t deserve this second chance!” White lily cookie said.

“You have the chance to set things right, it might take long but you have forever or at least thousands of eons” elder faerie cookie said.

“Fix your mistakes white lily cookie and don’t forget that even if you don’t get forgiveness you can get a second chance” elder faerie cookie said as he turned back to the open window.

The moon shined brightly just like that faithful night.
“And I believe that he will also get a second chance”

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All the lights were off in the faerie kingdom. The moon shone brightly, and almost everyone was asleep.
The silver tree knights were standing in their position and Elder Faerie Cookie was at the silver tree once again.

Outside of the kingdom there wasn’t a sound to be heard.
The guards at the gates were being rotated, and that was all the activity near the kingdom.

Deeper into beast yeast the spire of deceit wasn’t as quiet.

“Oh master shadow milk cookie why are you leaving so late!” Candy apple cookie said, she had been sleeping until shadow milk cookie had woken her up with the announcement that he would go get black sapphire cookie out of the faerie kingdom.

“Because it’s safer to go now than in broad daylight” Shadow Milk Cookie said as he got into his disguise. He looked unrecognizable in it, well to most cookies.

Candy Apple Cookie yawned as she went to rub the sleep out of her eyes.
“Can I come along?” She asked. Shadow Milk Cookie immediately shook his head.

“No, we can’t have you getting caught once again.” He said in an annoyed tone. Candy Apple Cookie normally was so sneaky so he was rather surprised when she came back to the spire with the news that she had been caught.

Candy Apple Cookie pouted and crossed her arms over her chest.
“It’s not fair!” She protested but shadow milk cookie quickly shut her down.
Candy apple cookie her eyes widened but she quickly stopped talking.

Shadow milk cookie turned his back to her and grabbed his basket.
“I’ll be going, make sure the spire doesn’t become a mess” shadow milk cookie said before he took off into the forest.
Candy Apple Cookie stood there, her mouth slightly open as she watched him leave.

“Stupid faeries!” She yelled as she stomped off to her room.
The spire now also grew quiet as Candy Apple Cookie locked herself in her room.

Black sapphire cookie sat awake in the bed.
Lying next to him was Silverbell Cookie who seemed to be in a deep sleep.
The room was dark and quiet, only the faerie cookie's even breathing could be heard.

Black sapphire cookie threw the blankets off himself. As the cold air hit his dough he shivered a little bit. He turned to sit at the side of the bed, the silence was too much for him.

Usually, he liked the silence but this time it was bothering him more than anything else.
Was it because of candy apple cookie her disappearance? It had to be.
The purple cookie decided to get out of the bed and take a walk outside to clear his mind.

The floor was cold but he didn’t put on socks.
He grabbed a pair of shoes and slipped them on, they weren’t his so he assumed that they were from his lover. Lover? He still wasn’t sure what he was to silverbell cookie and what silverbell cookie was to him.
He was just a pawn to be used right? To be used and discarded once his master's shadow milk cookie had enough information.

His heart ached at the thought. The faerie cookie had grown on him in a way he didn’t want to admit. But he couldn’t betray the cookies he called family, not after all they had done for him.

Black sapphire cookie put on his jacket and went outside. The air was warmer than he had expected, it was almost pleasant.
The streets were quiet and he got reminded that they weren’t in the neighborhood they used to be in at the start.

After silverbell cookie his mental breakdown which followed in the destruction of his own house they had gotten a temporary residence.
Black sapphire cookie couldn’t help but be reminded of burning spice cookie, after all his corruption started with that.

The purple doughed cookie continued his walk. His thoughts were racing at multiple miles an hour.
The street lanterns were on dimly, just enough to illuminate the paths.
He kept thinking about candy apple cookie, if she really was caught had she escaped already or was she still stuck in the dark prisons the faeries had.

He couldn’t get his thoughts off her, he didn’t think he would worry about her that much. After all, she was just annoying most of the time. But maybe a piece of him actually cared about her.

In the forest of beast yeast shadow milk cookie was walking around in his disguise. Despite his past, he still had no exact idea where the faerie kingdom was located.
His heels barely made a sound against the dirt road made by cookies that came here before him.

He could feel that it was getting more difficult for him to breathe. He had never gotten used to the excess amount of yeast spores that were near the faerie kingdom, but at least he knew he was close by now.
In the distance, he saw a few dimly lit lights.

The blue-doughed cookie smirked as he realized he had finally reached his destination once again. He was one of the few cookies that could see the kingdom outside of the faerie cookies.
He assumed it was because of his past as a virtue.

As he got closer to the kingdom he took one deep breath, and he reminded himself that he was only here to take black sapphire cookie back to the spire for a while. After all one of his minions had been caught and the other one was playing with someone’s heartstrings.

As usual, shadow milk cookie slipped past the guards without a problem.
As he walked into the dark, quiet kingdom of the faeries he couldn’t help but look at the silvertree. He remembered the deal he had made with elder faerie cookie.

He looked away and started his search once again.
Secretly he hoped that his minion was outside, he had no energy to start knocking on multiple doors in the hope that his minion was in one of them.

He took a few steps forward before he paused, he hadn’t been paying attention and he had almost bumped into someone.
He wanted to scold them to watch their path but before he even could open his mouth the cookie beat him to it.

“Master shadow milk cookie?!” Black sapphire cookie said in a whispered scream.
Shadow milk cookie immediately paused and quickly regained his composure.
The two cookies looked at each other for a few seconds before shadow milk cookie spoke up.

“I am glad you’re outside” he said.
Black sapphire cookie straightened his posture as his master spoke. Why was he here, he was supposed to be at the spire waiting for their return.

Well, his return, candy apple cookie had been caught.

“Before you go and cry about that other little brat I want you to know she’s at the spire” shadow milk cookie said. He put his hands on his hips and looked at black sapphire cookie with an annoyed expression.
Black sapphire cookie his shoulders relaxed immediately and breathing felt much easier than before.
The gentle breeze of the wind flew through their hair.

Shadow milk cookie didn’t look too happy, he took a step closer to the shorter cookie who immediately tensed up again.
“I’ve heard about your little “lover” for this plan” shadow milk cookie said. The word lover was almost said with disgust behind it.
Black sapphire cookie could feel the jam drain from his body as he heard the words of his master.

“It’s nothing I swear.” He said as he tried to compose himself.
He started to fumble with his sleeves as he avoided his gaze.
Shadow milk cookie suddenly grabbed black sapphire cookie by the chin and forced the younger cookie to look at him.

Black sapphire cookie had fear in his eyes. A cold sweat dripped down his face as he was forced to look into his master's eyes.
“Faeries disgust me, you know what disgusts me even more? Traitors. This better be a good plan black sapphire cookie.” Shadow milk cookie said with malice in his voice.

Black sapphire cookie didn’t dare to say anything back.
The grip on his chin only tightened as his master continued to speak.
“That faerie can not give you anything. You only need me and candy apple cookie. I don’t like what you are doing kid. But remember who took care of you when you were almost dead. You don’t have a choice. It’s only me” shadow milk cookie said as his face darkened.

With that last sentence, he released black sapphire cookie his face and pushed him black.
Black sapphire cookie his face was filled with panic. He hadn’t been scolded like that in eons. Shadow milk cookie took a step back again and crossed his arms over each other.

“You'd better know what you are doing” shadow milk cookie said.
Black sapphire cookie nodded as his hand reached up to touch his chin.
“Yes sir. I would never choose him over you. I don’t even love him it’s all for the plan” black sapphire cookie mumbled as he looked away once again.

A satisfied smile formed on shadow milk cookie on his lips.
“I need you back in the spire tonight. So you’ll be going with me” he said. Black sapphire cookie his dough paled but he nodded.
He had no choice but to go with him. He would explain it to Silverbell Cookie later, if later was even a thing.
When shadow milk cookie was mad “later” was a question they didn’t have an answer to.

Black sapphire cookie couldn’t even say a word and shadow milk cookie had already teleported them back into the spire.
The halls were dark and quiet but they never felt this dreading before.

“Go to your chamber.” Shadow milk cookie said before he teleported away.
Black sapphire cookie took shaking steps toward the hall were candy apple cookie and his chamber were.
He was looking at the tile floors, not once looking up. He knew what kind of terrifying things he could see if he did.
‘Twisted figures straight out of their nightmares’ shadow milk cookie had told them if they ever dared to look at the painting they would see their worst nightmares even more disfigured.

Neither him or candy apple cookie had ever tried to look up at them. It was also only in their chamber halls, the rest of the paintings were safe to look at.

Black sapphire cookie looked to the side of candy apple cookie her chambers and saw a light underneath it.
He paused in his path and decided to knock on her door.
3 times. Always knock 3 times. In that way, she would know it was him and not Shadow Milk Cookie.

He heard the sound of the door being unlocked and the footsteps of someone walking back. He quietly opened the door and stepped inside before he closed it behind him.

“You’re back” candy apple cookie whispered excitedly.
Black sapphire cookie looked up again and smiled.
“Well of course I am back I wouldn’t suddenly continue our plan without informing you first”
He whispered back.

Candy apple cookie climbed up her bed which was filled with shadow milk cookie plushies.
Black sapphire cookie walked to her makeup table which was filled with stuff for arts and crafts.
Candy apple cookie was amazing at making arts and crafts.
She always made things that would shock even him.

“Shadow milk cookie is pissed, I think it’s better if I go back to my own chambers soon” black sapphire cookie whispered.
Candy Apple Cookie nodded as she crossed her legs and started undoing her hair.

They always whispered if they were together, they knew that shadow milk cookie had eyes and ears everywhere in the spire. They never felt completely safe but their chambers had some kind of privacy. Not fully because they could see the eyes peaking out from behind the decor.

Black sapphire cookie walked forward and gave candy apple cookie a quick hug before he walked out of her room to his own chambers. As he walked he could feel a thousand eyes on him, following him wherever he went.
He picked up his pace as he reached his own chambers he quickly opened the door and got inside.

Black sapphire cookie looked at the mirror but didn’t see a reflection, he was used to it. He walked to his bed and he collapsed to his knees. He buried his face in the covers and his body started shaking in silent sobs.

Tonight was a terrible night.
He looked up, his eyes were full of tears. He looked over at his nightstand were a bottle of pills was standing, everything in the spire came back after 24 hours even if it was taken miles away. He snatched the bottle and opened the cap.

Without hesitation, he grabbed a couple of pills and put them in his mouth. He grabbed a water bottle from underneath his bed, not caring how long it had been lying there, and took a sip. He swallowed the pills without thinking and took a deep breath afterwards.

This wasn’t how he had expected his life to be when he was baked. He was promised a life, and while he got it this wasn’t what he wanted.

Black sapphire cookie his breathing slowed down heavily, his dough got a reddish flush on his cheeks and his legs felt weak as he tried to stand up.
He collapsed on his bed with a soft thud.

Tomorrow is another day.

Chapter Text

All the lights were off in the faerie kingdom. The moon shone brightly, and almost everyone was asleep.
The silver tree knights were standing in their position and Elder Faerie Cookie was at the silver tree once again.

Outside of the kingdom there wasn’t a sound to be heard.
The guards at the gates were being rotated, and that was all the activity near the kingdom.

In the faerie kingdom, the only others that could be seen were the slightly dimmer lights of the lanterns.
The streets were clean, and the only cookies outside were the silvertree knights on duty.

Inside a small cottage, there were two cookies asleep.
It wasn’t their house, just temporary.
The house was quiet, and just the gentle sound of breathing was heard.

Black sapphire cookie woke up; his thoughts were racing, and he couldn’t stop them.
After a short while the purple doughed cookie sat up.
He buried his face in his hands and sighed.
The thoughts were consuming him whole, he had never felt so much fear in his life. Fear that maybe he would never see candy apple cookie again because he wasn’t careful enough.

All because he had been distracted by the faerie lying next to him. He was supposed to be a mere pawn in the plan, but now he felt like an obstacle.
But a question also kept returning in his mind.
Was this love or something else, was he just following orders for his master?
Either way his “lover” felt like an obstacle.

Black sapphire cookie removed his part of the blanket and stood up and walked out of the house.

Little did he know that the faerie also had been lying awake next to him.
Silverbell cookie sat up straight, his wings didn’t ache as much anymore, maybe it was because he had gotten used to the constant pain, or the painkillers were still working.
Either way, he didn’t mind it anymore, anything was better than being in pain.
The faerie cookie also sat up, he looked to the empty side of the bed. The cold felt dreadful, just like it used to be before he met his lover.

Was it the silence that brought him back to his thoughts? Or the loneliness? Would it even matter what was causing it? The thoughts were too much to handle. Silverbell cookie could feel his wings twitching, it didn’t hurt like usual. It felt more like an annoying itch he couldn’t scratch.
A constant reminder of what happened, even if it had turned into background noise for him.

Silverbell cookie pulled the blankets higher so they would cover his upper body.
The warmth felt welcoming. He looked at the clock beside him, it was only 3 am.
He wondered why his lover had suddenly left.
Was it all an act? He still didn’t know what to think about his guest, especially now that one had disappeared and one left. Would he come back right? He had to.

The silence was deafening, he hated it.
The fact that he wasn’t in his own house also bothered him.
White Lily Cookie had told him that his house was almost fixed again, that almost the entire kingdom showed up to help fix things and replace the broken stuff.

The kingdom knew about his struggles now. They knew about them once again. Silverbell cookie could feel himself getting anxious again. What if they would see him as weak once he recovered? It was like he stepped back into the past, different problems, same thoughts.

The faerie cookie looked at the bedside drawer again, there was nothing but a clock on it. He hadn’t taken anything with him but a set of clothes. Now he was wondering why he hadn’t taken a book with him, was it because he wanted to leave that place immediately? To run away from his problems once again?
How long could he keep running? How much time did he have left before he would fall? How much time did he have left until he couldn’t stand up anymore?

Silverbell cookie threw the blankets off him and stood up immediately. The thoughts were getting too bad once again. He walked out of the bedroom into the living room.
He heard the front door close. Had the other cookie just left the house?
He felt his stomach drop out of fear, did he just walk away from him? Was he leaving him all alone?
Silverbell cookie gagged slightly before covering his mouth with his hand.

He looked down at the floor as his eyes started filling with tears, his vision became blurry and he started to hear a high-pitched sound.
He stumbled slightly as he tried to walk forward.
Was this the moment he would collapse? Would the eons of running catch up to him?

Just as he felt like he couldn’t breathe anymore he heard a knock on the door followed by the sound of a familiar voice.
“Silverbell cookie? Are you awake?”
The voice was soft and gentle, it made Silverbell Cookie look up. The faerie cookie could feel himself calm down slightly, he wasn’t alone after all.

“Yes, give me a second pure vanilla cookie.” Silverbell cookie said, his voice was shaking and so was his entire body.
At least someone was there, even if it wasn’t the cookie he wanted to see and hear.
The faerie cookie slowly walked towards the door and opened it.

Outside of it the blond-haired cookie was patiently waiting, he didn’t carry his vanilla orchid staff so his eyes were open. Not that it helped in any way, he was blind. He could detect light but it was night so that was of no use.

“I’m sorry for the inconvenient timing of my visit” pure vanilla cookie said, his voice was as smooth as butter and it had that comforting effect on silverbell cookie.
Silverbell cookie his hands were still trembling and his cheeks were still wet because of the tears but now someone was here he could talk to.

“Oh it is not a problem, please come in.” Silverbell cookie said as he stepped aside for the older cookie to enter.
Pure vanilla cookie nodded and stepped inside the house.
The faerie cookie quickly turned on the lights.

Pure vanilla cookie smiled slightly as he saw the lights and shadows of the furniture, he didn’t have to worry about bumping into anything.

Silverbell cookie led him into the living room, and he noticed that white lily cookie wasn’t with the blond-haired cookie which was weird, if they were in the faerie kingdom together they couldn’t separate.
Not because the faeries didn’t want them here but because of pure vanilla cookie's visual problems, he tended to be quite forgetful so he rarely brought his vanilla orchid staff if he didn’t need it.
Since the kingdom was safe and heavily guarded there was no need for him to carry it around so he didn’t.

That’s why his lover was at his side during their trips to the faerie kingdom, pure vanilla cookie didn’t know the kingdom's layout yet, he had been practicing but the kingdom had a lot of weird paths that weren’t marked on any map.

Pure vanilla cookie sat down on the couch and silverbell cookie took place on the seat next to him.
“Again my excuses for the late visit” pure vanilla cookie said as he put his hand on his heart.

Silverbell cookie looked away, he didn’t want to look at the cookie that had saved his life right now, it was just another painful reminder of what had happened.
“It’s fine I was awake anyway,” he mumbled.
Pure vanilla cookie smiled a sad smile as he heard the resignation in Silverbell cookie's voice.

“The past few weeks have been tough haven’t they?” Pure vanilla cookie said.
Silverbell cookie nodded before he remembered that the other cookie couldn’t see this gesture due to his blindness.
“Yes,” he said in a mumbled voice.

Pure vanilla cookie nodded as the smile disappeared from his face.
“Is purple grape cookie not here?” Pure vanilla cookie asked. Silverbell cookie paused, he had hoped that pure vanilla cookie wouldn’t ask this question. Not because he had no idea where his lover was but because he wasn’t allowed to be alone.

“No, I mean he's just asleep.” Silverbell cookie said quickly, he was hoping that his lie wouldn’t be too obvious.
“Well that sounds about right, it is late after all.” Pure vanilla cookie said as he leaned back on the couch. The faerie cookie just stared at him, his nerves were through the roof.
He could feel that his hands were getting sweaty.
He still wondered why white lily cookie wasn’t here, was she asleep or did she meet up with elder faerie cookie? But she wouldn’t let pure vanilla cookie wander around alone without a good reason.

“I’ve come to talk.” Pure vanilla cookie said after a minute of silence, silverbell cookie immediately sat up straight.
“About what” he said as the nerves crept into his voice.
What could possibly be so urgent that pure vanilla cookie went to visit him at 2 am?
Pure vanilla his blind eyes gazed off into the distance. He folded his hands into his lap before he spoke up.

“It’s about your, how do I say this? Guests.” Pure vanilla cookie and silverbell cookie eyes widened. Why was it always about his guests, always about his lover and his lover's sister?
“I don’t think they are who they say they are, I just have a really bad feeling about them.” Pure vanilla cookie said and silverbell cookie turned his head away.
Even pure vanilla cookie had a bad feeling about them, why did no one trust them? Was it because of their sudden arrival and their random disappearances?
Or was it because of how they looked? They didn’t fit the mold of typical faerie cookies but they got into the kingdom which meant they had to be part faerie cookie.

“They are just normal guests,” Silverbell Cookie said as his voice became defensive and cold. Pure vanilla cookie paused and a sad smile formed on his face once again.
“And I wished that I could believe that, I hear that they make you happy but it just brings me a sinking feeling in my gut.” The older cookie said and silverbell cookie his face softened slightly but the annoyance was still clear.

Pure vanilla cookie reached out to touch silverbell cookie his shoulder.
The cookie his touch felt warm and comforting, just what silverbell cookie needed.
Pure vanilla cookie squeezed his shoulder slightly.
“White lily cookie and I just want you to be safe, I hope you know that.” Pure vanilla cookie said.

Silverbell cookie couldn’t help but smile at pure vanilla cookie.
“Well, I should probably go back before white lily cookie wonders where I am” pure vanilla cookie said. Silverbell cookie couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Yeah, you don’t want to get her mad.” Silverbell cookie said as he stood up, pure vanilla cookie followed suit.
“I’ll let you out” Silverbell cookie said as he walked to the door, the older cookie followed him.

As silverbell cookie waved pure vanilla cookie goodbye he couldn’t help but stand in the door opening for a little while longer. The sky was full of stars and there were fireflies flying around.
It was such a beautiful sight to see.
His smile fell as he remembered that his lover was gone and still hadn’t returned.
Did something happen? Or was he simply taking a long walk? The silver tree knights were more alert than usual so they would have spotted him.

Silverbell cookie became nervous again, what if he wouldn’t return?, What if he left him? What if he was just being used? The faerie cookie didn’t want to think about it.
He took a step outside and let the cold air hit him. It felt rather good. He saw the fireflies flying around creating beautiful patterns in the sky.

He smiled once again, the nature of beast yeast was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen. Not that he had seen any other form of nature but he just knew nothing could top this.

His lover wasn’t on his mind anymore, he was distracted by the beauty of nature.
Maybe things would be alright in the end. Things could still change.
A book doesn’t end till the main character succeeds, until a happy ending is secured.
Right?

Chapter Text

The spire was dark and quiet, no one was awake or if they were they didn’t make a single sound.
The sun was rising, and the birds outside began chirping.

Black sapphire cookie was lying on the floor, all sprawled out. His curtains weren’t closed so the sun could freely shine through his window, shining right on his face.
He groaned as he slowly sat up, rubbing his eyes.
“B-by the witches” he mumbled as he reached up to touch his temples.
He opened his eyes and was immediately blinded by the bright light of the sun.

When he looked around he was reminded that he was back in the spire and the events of last night came crashing down on him. He hadn’t told Silverbell Cookie that he was leaving, he didn’t even know if he had to stay in the spire today. All he knew was that he had a massive headache and he was still very tired.

He then realized that he didn’t hear any sound coming from the hallways. Was everyone still asleep? That was impossible, shadow milk cookie never slept and he would wake them up the second he decided he needed them.
“What the f-“ he mumbled as he stood up and walked to the mirror, he still saw multiple faces in it, but this time one had been added, his faerie disguise.
Only the important things became his reflection, like the merchant disguise he had.

He quickly shook his head and turned away from the mirror. The thoughts were racing through his head which only worsened his headache. He grabbed the water bottle from his bed which was still neatly made up since he had passed out sitting on the floor. He opened it and took a big sip from it. His mouth and throat still felt drier than usual.
He didn't even hear Candy Apple Cookie squealing and fawning over Shadow milk cookie.
Black sapphire cookie looked at his clock. 6:34 am. That did explain the silence, they had to be quiet before the clock struck 7 am. That was a rule shadow milk cookie made even though he didn't sleep.
His head was hurting and his legs were trembling from exhaustion. He started to regret the pills he took yesterday. He tried closing his eyes to hopefully catch 30 more minutes of sleep but every time the purple doughed cookie closed his eyes the face of his “lover” appeared. The thought of him made him sick.

Black sapphire cookie groaned and he lifted his head once again. The clock had only gone forward a minute but it had felt like hours. Why had Shadow Milk Cookie called him back all of a sudden? Was it because of his poorly done mission? All he knew was that he wanted to be back at his “lover's” house, maybe he just wanted to be in his “lover's” arms, the thought was bittersweet.

He bit his lip and looked around the room, it was dark and the only source of light was the moon. Why did he keep thinking about that faerie? And why were all the thoughts lovey-dovey?

Back in the faerie kingdom the faerie cookie woke up. A frown formed on his face as he realized that his lover still hadn’t returned.
Was he really not coming back?
He decided not to let the thought get to him, he had more things to worry about. Like moving back into his own house and thanking all the cookies who helped him.
His lover could wait, after all, it wasn’t like he was lying next to him.

Silverbell cookie sat up and slightly stretched, being careful not to put too much strain on his still sensitive wings.
He couldn’t feel them or notice that they were healing but the pain was significantly less than it was the first week. That had to be a good sign.
As he reached out to flip the light switch he looked to his side once more, just to make sure it was really empty.

When he confirmed that it was indeed a cold, empty space next to him he turned on the lights and let his eyes adjust to it before he stood up and walked to the living room.
He had tidied it up before he had returned back to bed in the early hours of the morning. It felt nice to be leaving this place, despite it being a great house with everything he needed in it he would always prefer his own place, the very place he had destroyed. The faerie cookie tried to think of something else but when he tried to do that the face of his lover showed up. Not that he minded it, his beloved was quite handsome after all.
But it also brought an uneasy feeling to him, he couldn't exactly explain what was causing it or why it was happening. He decided that it would be better if he returned to his own place already, he could help them clean up the final bits, if they would let him of course.

Silverbell cookie put on his shoes and opened the door before closing it behind himself.
It wasn’t as cold outside which was a delight. The faerie cookie started walking towards his house, the path he had walked countless of times now seemed like a walk back into the past. He became uneasy and he could feel his dough crawl. He tried stepping forward but it felt like he was glued to his place.
He could feel that it was getting more difficult for him to breathe, what was happening? It wasn’t like he was in unfamiliar territory. He looked to his side and saw a dried-up trail of jam, tears sprang in his eyes as he suddenly remembered where he was. The faerie had dragged himself to this side of the kingdom when his wings were almost completely gone.

Silverbell cookie couldn’t move his body anymore, every crumb in his body was filled with dread, where were the cookies when you needed them?

Black sapphire cookie had managed to pull himself back onto his feet and he stumbled to his desk. Around twenty minutes had passed but he still didn’t hear any noise from the other rooms. Candy apple cookie usually woke up before everyone else, already getting dressed way before sunrise so she would be ready when shadow milk cookie called for her. Sometimes he wondered how that small cookie could have so much admiration for their master.

He grabbed his eye pencil but his hand was trembling too much to actually apply it in a straight line, it just looked like a toddler had scribbled it onto his face.
He paused as he looked at himself in the mirror, he was a mess, the eyeliner was somehow far above his eyes and the dark circles underneath them didn’t make it better.

“What am I doing..?” Black sapphire cookie mumbled to himself and he looked down at the eyeliner in his hands. He put it back down and reached for his makeup wipes, right at that moment he heard multiple knocks on his door.

“Come in” he mumbled and the door opened and the smaller cookie walked in, softly closing the door behind her.
She was already fully dressed and ready, he wondered why she hadn’t annoyed him earlier.

Candy Apple Cookie looked around the room, it was quite the mess. On the floor, countless scrips were scattered around and the purple doughed cookie his desk wasn’t any better.
She avoided stepping on any of the paper as she walked closer, she noticed that the taller cookie his eye liner was just as straight as he was, not at all.

“Is that the straightest line you could make?” Candy apple cookie said giggling. Black sapphire cookie gave her a side eye as he got a makeup wipe out of the packaging.
He felt terrible and wasn’t in the mood for her antics, but, she hadn’t been as energetic as usual. Did something happen? Or was she simply too tired to be her usual self?

“No, I just lost my grip” black sapphire cookie mumbled as he began to remove the black lines on his face.
Candy apple cookie jumped onto his desk and sat down on it, not exactly being careful about avoiding any important items.

“You look terrible! Did something happen?!” Candy apple cookie said as she reached out to grab the eye pencil and she looked into the mirror.
Black sapphire cookie got a slight frown on his face, he didn’t know why he felt this way. The pills he had taken surely worked with it but that couldn’t be the only reason why he was feeling like this.

“Nothing happened, candy, I am completely fine! I just had a bad night” black sapphire cookie said with a slight annoyance in his voice. Candy apple cookie puffed up her cheeks and looked away as if she was offended by his tone.
Black sapphire cookie rolled his eyes as he snatched the eye pencil back from her.

Candy apple cookie just sat back as she watched him reapply the eyeliner, it still wasn’t neat but it was good enough to make the taller cookie satisfied with it.
She knew something was off, he had been acting weird ever since they got into the faerie kingdom, and not that they were out of it he acted even weirder. Could it be because they failed the mission? After all, shadow milk cookie had randomly picked him up after candy apple cookie her arrest.

She tried thinking about something that could possibly upset her “brother”. It couldn’t be something she had done, after all he was used to her being annoying and her arrest hadn’t really put any eyes on him inside the kingdom. Not that she knew of at least.
Was he mad at shadow milk cookie by any chance? That was also a possibility that the pinkish doughed cookie could think about.

Candy apple cookie looked up at him again, he was still applying his eyeliner but it still wasn’t a perfect line.
Normally he did not have a problem with applying it, even if they were in a rush he would always manage to do it flawlessly.

She kept thinking about things that could have happened to him that were making him act like this.

“Wait….” Candy apple cookie said as her eyes widened in realization.
Black sapphire cookie paused and turned to look at her, then she burst out laughing.

“This is about that faerie cookie isn’t it?!” She said as she clutched her stomach.
Black sapphire cookie his dough turned red and his grip on the eye pencil tighter and it snapped in half.

Candy apple cookie kept laughing and a tear got in her eye. Black sapphire cookie felt embarrassed that she was laughing about it but also because it was true, all this was happening because he couldn’t stop thinking about that damned faerie cookie.
He had left him in the middle of the night with no warning. He could think that he wasn’t coming back and maybe he wasn’t, black sapphire cookie felt fear seeping into his body.
This indeed was all about that faerie, had he actually fallen in love? He had thought that it was just temporary like usual but no, the feelings were still there.

“It is……” black sapphire cookie mumbled and his voice broke. He had never felt this powerless before, like he was tied up with his own heartstrings with no way of escaping.

It felt terrible.

After a while, Silverbell Cookie felt himself calm down again, and all the fear suddenly vanished.
He found it weird but didn’t question why and quickly moved forward, he didn’t want it to happen again, not when no one was near. He felt like he had gotten lucky this time with snapping out of it on his own, maybe he wouldn’t be as lucky next time.

He arrived at his old place where white lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie were fixing up the last few things.
The two cookies were so indulged in their tasks that they didn’t notice that the faerie cookie was standing right in the doorway.
Silverbell cookie didn’t announce himself, he quite liked seeing the scene play out like this. Pure vanilla cookie had placed a vase onto the coffee table and turned away to grab something else. Not even three seconds later white lily cookie had grabbed the vase from the coffee table and put it onto the kitchen table.

Silverbell cookie couldn’t help but smile. He waited a few more seconds before he announced himself.

“Hello!” He said with a smile on his face, both the cookies looked up from their tasks and waved at him.
“Oh come in silverbell! We are almost done.” Pure vanilla cookie said and white lily cookie nodded.

The faerie cookie stepped inside and removed his shoes before walking in further, the place was clean and some of the furniture had been replaced or moved to a different spot, still, it felt more comfortable than the place he had been staying at for the past few days.

Home sweet home, he thought.
His smile disappeared as he realized that his lover wasn’t here, had he actually left him? Without a goodbye? Or was he simply visiting his family again? But he could have said that, Silverbell Cookie would have understood that.

Maybe, love really wasn’t for him after all.

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The faerie cookie walked around his house; it was cleaner than ever, all thanks to his friends' help. Pure vanilla cookie and White Lily cookie had really outdone themselves this time. The two older cookies were still in his house, cleaning up the last bits, and maybe planning to stay a little longer. He wouldn't mind it, the company was something he much needed. He kept thinking about his lover, if he could even call him that after all, he was nowhere to be seen. At that moment the room felt cold and empty again. He had no idea why he felt this way, after all he had only been gone for a few hours, he would return, he had to!

At that moment White Lily Cookie walked in, she was holding a cup of hot tea and she had a warm smile on her face.
“Why don't you join me and pure vanilla cookie, after all, it's your house.” The white-haired cookie said followed by a soft laugh.
Silverbell cookie nodded, his body relaxed a little again and the room didn't feel as dreadful anymore.

“I would love to.” Silverbell cookie said as he turned his back to the wall. White Lily Cookie started walking towards the living room again, but he didn't follow her immediately. He didn't want to leave his room just yet, but it also didn't feel right to stay in it. He had no idea what to do or what to think. He tried to think about some of the happy memories before Mercurial Knight Cookie and he became silvertree knights, they had already been best friends since they started school. Of course, they also had a lot of happy memories together after they became knight but it felt different.

Thinking about his childhood didn't make him feel any better, he was just reminded of who he was before. Silverbell cookie shook his head as if he was trying to stop the memories from flooding in. He quickly started walking towards the living room, maybe he really needed the company of these two ancient heroes if he didn't want to lose his mind.

“What. You're not joking.” Candy Apple Cookie said, her eyes were big with surprise and shock. She had been joking around with this cookie she saw as her brother, she didn't realize that maybe his feelings for that faerie were actually dragging him down that dark path.
Black sapphire cookie was hiding his face in his arms and the only sound that he made were the soft sobs that escaped his lips every now and then. Candy Apple Cookie looked surprised, she had seen him cry before but not over a cookie. Now she felt bad about teasing him, almost, her remorse was far-fetched.

“Well… I was just joking… You can stop crying now.” Candy Apple Cookie said, there was no laughter in her voice anymore, just… her normal voice filled with the smallest bit of remorse.
Black sapphire cookie looked up slightly to face his sisterly figure, his eyes were filled with tears and his eyeliner was ruined once again.

“You look terrible.” Candy Apple Cookie said as she scooted over to him.
Black sapphire cookie let out an emotionless chuckle and he buried his face back into his arms.
“youre not helping” black sapphire cookie mumbled and candy apple cookie placed her hand on his shoulder before speaking up in a voice dripping with fake sweetness.

“i wasnt planning on” she said and she jumped off the desk. She paced around the room before jumping onto the neatly made bed, crinkling the sheets immediately. The purple doughed cookie didn't look and the sound of his bed creaking, he was too busy soaking the table in his own tears. He could feel his tears staining his dough, he hated it, he hated crying, it made him feel weak.

Candy Apple Cookie stared at the ceiling as she listened to his sobs. After a few minutes she couldn't take it anymore, she had to intervene if she wanted him to stop crying. Candy apple cookie laid in silence for a few more minutes before she sat up groaning.

“Either you're getting dressed in your disguise and start walking with me to the faerie kingdom or I'll drag you to it in your pajamas.” Candy apple cookie said as she jumped off the bed and began to grab a set of clothes from black sapphire cookie's closet.

Black sapphire cookie looked up. Candy Apple Cookie held out his clothes.
He reached out to them, his hand was shaking. Candy apple cookie thrust the clothes into his hands before she turned away.

“Now get dressed!” Candy apple cookie said as she once again jumped on the bed, facing the wall to give him some privacy, not that he had anything to hide from her.
He had no idea what she was planning but if she was dragging him to the faerie kingdom then it could only mean one thing, she was taking him to Silverbell Cookie, but why exactly?

White lily cookie placed a cup of tea on the coffee table in front of silverbell cookie. He didn’t reach for it immediately, it was too hot for that. But he also simply didn’t want to. Pure vanilla cookie and white lily cookie were sitting on the couch across from him. They both weren’t talking but their company was more than enough right now.
The two cookies across from him had a worried expression on their face but neither of them said anything, it was like they sensed that he wanted the silence.

The silence was neither comfortable nor uncomfortable, it was just there.
White Lily Cookie opened her mouth to say something but she closed it again before she said it. Pure vanilla cookie cookie put a hand on her shoulder in a gesture of silent support.
White Lily Cookie spoke up right after that.

“Why don't I go and look if Mercurial Knight Cookie can come over?” White Lily Cookie said as she stood up from the couch. Silverbell cookie didn’t look up from his cup of tea, he was avoiding their gaze.
He simply nodded as an answer.

Black sapphire cookie had changed his clothes and was attempting to do his makeup once again, he had stopped crying after a few minutes, and now he just felt numb. Candy apple cookie was still sitting on the bed, waiting for him to finish getting ready so they could sneak out of the spire and hopefully not get caught by shadow milk cookie, the last thing they wanted to do was anger their master.

“Are you taking me to Silverbell Cookie?” Black sapphire cookie said, his voice was soft and u certain.
Candy apple cookie rolled her eyes before she turned back around to face him.

“No I’m taking you to an early grave. Of course I’m taking you to see that faerie!” Candy apple cookie said with annoyance in her voice. Black sapphire cookie felt rather stupid for asking that question, of course she would bring him to his “lover” after all he was crying because of him.
He was letting his guard down.

Black sapphire cookie finished trying to look as presentable as he could after such a massive breakdown. Candy apple cookie jumped off the bed, grabbed his hand, and started pulling him towards the door.

“Now let’s go before he realizes we are planning something!” Candy apple cookie said in a low but demanding tone.
Black sapphire cookie just let her pull him to the exit of the spire, he trusted her completely with avoiding their master. She knew where he was at every moment, but then again, they always had eyes on them, he was always watching them.

The first few halls were an easy pass, almost no one was in them and the eyes on the walls seemed to be closed which meant that they weren’t being spied on which felt…. Odd..
Candy apple cookie herself had a sibling feeling in her guts, something was off, the eyes were always open even if shadow milk cookie was gone.

Black sapphire cookie felt that Candy apple cookie was getting nervous, she had never gone against shadow milk cookie, not even if it was to help him. He could feel a slight tremble in her hands and her grasp on his hand tightened a lot.

“Are you alright candy?” Black sapphire cookie whispered, he was using the nickname in the hope of calming her down, he had never seen her this scared since the day she joined the spire.
Candy apple cookie shook her head and she stopped pulling him and stood still, black sapphire cookie now also started feeling the nerves creep into his dough.

“He’s right behind us” candy apple cookie mumbled and she took a step closer to him.
Black sapphire cookie could feel a cold sweat dripping down his forehead, he heard a small gush of wind and before he could blink something was breathing down his neck, they were caught and it wasn’t a servant.

White lily cookie walked towards the silver tree, she was worried sick about silverbell cookie his refusal to talk, pure vanilla cookie had told her that he had talked to him but then why wouldn’t he talk to her?
She had left to go and get mercurial knight cookie and hoped he could get through silverbell cookie to try and figure out what was wrong.
She had no idea if Mercurial Knight Cookie was working today, that’s why she was walking to the silver tree, elder faerie cookie would know if he was.

As she got closer she couldn’t help but think back at their last conversation.
‘I couldn’t stop you both’
What was that supposed to mean? Had he failed to save someone before she came along? And what was their plan? Was it just as selfish as the plan she used to have? Was it dangerous? And most importantly, what happened to that cookie?

White lily cookie her mind was working overtime once again, a feeling that was a familiar one. She shook her head and got her focus back on the present, find Mercurial Knight cookie and get silverbell cookie to talk.

Candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie were trembling, the breathing had become heavy and they both were too afraid to look back even though they knew exactly who was standing behind them, shadow milk cookie, that’s why the eyes were closed, he was close enough to keep them in his own two eyes.

The breathing got further away and they heard a manic laugh.
Both cookies looked at each other and turned around to face their master.
The jester was floating in the air, clutching his stomach as he laughed. Black sapphire cookie looked down at his own clothes, right, he had already been in clothes that could fit with his faerie disguise and that’s probably what gave them away.

“Did you two think you could leave?” Shadow milk cookie said as the laughing came to an abrupt stop.

“We just wanted to continue our mission” black sapphire cookie said with a tremble in his voice, candy apple cookie nodded and she quickly let go of the cookie his hand.
Their master's eyes felt like they were scanning through their minds, trying to figure out what they were actually doing, lying to him was useless, he would sense it immediately.

Candy apple cookie took a step closer to black sapphire cookie who was frozen in fear.
This wasn’t the time to lie, shadow milk cookie would figure that out immediately, but were they really lying? Black sapphire cookie started “dating” silverbell cookie for their mission, he had just fallen in love with him during it and that wasn’t part of the plan but they didn’t ruin that part of their mission.

“Well then let’s go with the three of us” Shadow Milk Cookie said with a grin on his face, he sharp teeth were on display and his eyes seemed more empty than usual.
Both cookies only dared to nod in agreement, it would go faster that way, maybe this all just had to be over for everything to return back to normal.

Maybe he just had to fall out of love and shadow milk cookie could surely help with that. But would that be worth it? Would he choose loyalty over love?
He had to. He had given him everything and the love wasn’t as deep yet, after the mission he could leave the faerie and return to normal.
But, it would hurt, it would hurt so badly but even if he chose love he wouldn’t want to leave Candy Apple Cookie behind.

Not with that monster they called their master.

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“Very well,” black sapphire cookie said through gritted teeth. Candy apple cookie her eyes widened and she grabbed the taller cookie his hand once again. Black sapphire cookie gave it a slight squeeze of encouragement before he pulled his hand away.
Shadow milk cookie grinned and with the clap of his hands he got in that female disguise once again.
Black sapphire cookie and candy apple cookie just stared at him with an emotionless expression on their faces, they were used to it at this point, their master's gender was as fluid as water and they just dealt with it.

Candy apple cookie also got in her disguise but she did it with way less energy than him, it was almost unnoticeable. 
Shadow milk cookie walked in front of them, he didn’t wait for them to follow, he just expected that they did. Candy apple cookie looked at black sapphire cookie with an unsure glance. Black sapphire cookie noticed it and just gave her a nod before he started walking towards their master.

Candy apple cookie took a deep breath before she slowly started following the two men. She had no idea what shadow milk cookie was planning, but it couldn’t be anything good, he never helped with missions. 

“Hurry up!” Shadow milk cookie snarled at his two followers. Both of them quickly fastened their pace to catch up with him.

“I have a bad feeling about this” black sapphire cookie mumbled and candy apple cookie nodded, she reached out to grab his hand once again. Black sapphire cookie noticed it and held out his hand. She quickly grabbed it and she looked up at him.
There was no emotion on his face and his eyes were devoid of any light. She swallowed and quickly looked down again, she had never seen him like this before. Was he scared? Did something happen while she was gone?

Black sapphire cookie could feel his heart pounding in his chest. Whatever was happening right now couldn’t be good, not in the slightest. Their master was planning something and they would have to help. At least he would go to the faerie kingdom once again and see him. Even if it was just for a slight glimpse. 
 Shadow milk cookie was walking in the front, yapping their ears off but neither of them listened. They had no idea what they were planning and they were terrified. Candy apple cookie for once she wasn't swooning over them, she also looked rather scared. The deeper they got into the forest of beast yeast, how closer they got to the faerie kingdom the more uneasy they became. 

“Sorry for interrupting you shadow milk cookie, but what exactly are you planning?” black sapphire cookie carefully asked. They stopped in their path and turned around.
The female appearance didn't make them look less threatening to them.
They took a step forward and then they lowered them self to be face to face with the purple cookie. 

“you’re a noisy little thing today aren't you?” shadow milk cookie said laughing, why did they laugh about everything, this wasn't even funny.
Black sapphire cookie took a step back and lowered his gaze to the ground.
“nothing, my apologies.” he mumbled and shadow milk cookie turned away and went back to walking. The cookie could feel the sinking feeling in his guts becoming worse. This meant no good news. He had to get to the faerie kingdom before them. But candy apple cookie would never voluntarily go with him and leave their master behind. Did he really have to leave them? Leave the cookie he viewed as a sister with that beast they called their master or stay and watch the faerie he viewed as his “lover” loose everything? loyalty or love, once again the choice was there. 

“oh witches…. don’t make me regret this” black sapphire cookie mumbled as he slowed his pace down without a warning, candy apple cookie looked at him with wide, shocked eyes. He simply shook his head and she nodded, waving him off. Black sapphire cookie quickly rushed into the bushes. Shadow milk cookie heard the noise and turned their head around.

“that little gnat!” shadow milk cookie yelled and candy apple cookie felt her breath catch in her throat.
she had to make a choice quickly.
“he had to grab something at the spire!” she said quickly, shadow milk cookie took a deep breath and turned back around.

“I know when you lie. candy apple cookie, you can't fool me. But mark my words, if he doesnt come back then ill make sure both him and you never get to see the light of day again” They said and candy apple cookie nodded. She put her arms around herself in an attempt to comfort herself. It didn't work, she couldn't help but feel a sense of worry for the cookie she viewed as her brother. She didn't care what would happen to her, she would still be with her master in the end but he wouldn't be with his love, he would have to live with knowing who he abandoned. 
“oh please black sapphire cookie come back” she mumbled.

Black sapphire cookie was running through the forest, he had gotten multiple scratches and his clothes were torn from running past sharp branches that got stuck in the fabric. He had to get to the faerie kingdom before them, he had to see his “lover” once more, even if it meant risking his own life. He wasn't planning on warning him, that would mean revealing his true self and risking getting killed, he didn't want that, not yet. Black sapphire cookie kept running he didn’t stop, teleporting seemed like it would be more time consuming than runnning. 

“Where is that damned kingdom!” Black sapphire cookie said in frustration, his stamina still wasn’t as good as it should be and he started to feel a burning sensation in his lungs. Breathing became more difficult and it started to hurt, but he couldn’t give up, not now he was this close. His pace slowed down significantly but he didn’t stop moving. The air was getting thicker as he went deeper and deeper into the forest of beast-yeast. The yeast spores in the air weren’t helping him at all. Breathing became almost impossible for him.

Just when he wanted to give up and take the route back to the spire he saw the shining silver gates of the faerie kingdom. He let out a sigh of relief and his body visibly relaxed as he stopped running and walked to the gates.
The silver tree knight didn’t bat an eye as he walked through them unlike last time when they had been on his heels the entire duration of his stay.

Black sapphire cookie quickly walked towards the direction of Silverbell cookie his home. He just hoped that he was there and wasn’t mad at him for leaving.
He had to come up with a good lie if he wanted to get himself out of this one.

“Oh come on black sapphire cookie think!” He mumbled to himself as he put his arms behind his head and he took a deep breath in.
The closer he got to the neighbourhood the more nervous he became. Lying was the thing he was good at. Lying was his purpose in life! He never felt bad about it, after all; earthbread was build on lies. But why did it feel like a sin right now? He didn’t want to lie, he wanted to confess everything to his “lover” but he couldn’t, he just couldn’t if he wanted to keep his relationship.

“He’s just a pawn, you’ll loose feeling eventually! Just lie about where you have been! He’ll understand!” Black sapphire cookie said as he arrived at the house. He lifted up one of the flower pots and underneath it were the spare keys to the house, at least they hadn’t touched that.

The second he stepped inside he felt dread seeping into his dough. He wanted nothing more to go back to the spire but he knew that if he would return he would never forgive himself.

In the living room pure vanilla cookie was attempting to cheer Silverbell cookie up with the stories from his past but nothing seemed to work. That’s when they heard the door open and close.

“Lily?” Pure vanilla cookie asked in confusion.
“Back so soon?”

Black sapphire cookie froze, why was the truthful one here?! Now he really had to put up a great performance if he wanted to save himself.

“Oh no, it’s me; purple grape cookie” he said trying to put on an innocent voice.

Silverbell cookie almost looked relieved as he heard the voice of his lover, he really had returned. Pure vanilla cookie looked rather sceptical about it but he kept his mouth shut.

“Oh! You actually came back!” Silverbell cookie said in a cheerful voice, his mood had changed drastically now the cookie he loved was back. Pure vanilla cookie stood up and wiped his robe down.

“I’ll get going, you two would want some... privacy.” He said as he walked past black sapphire cookie but not before pausing.

“You’re full of lies” he whispered so only black sapphire cookie and him could hear it. Black sapphire cookie immediately tensed up once more and pure vanilla cookie walked off.

He was caught, and by his masters other half no less. Maybe he didn’t know exactly who he was and just knew he wasn’t who he said that he was. He hoped that was the case but he was afraid that it was not.

Black sapphire cookie walked into the living room where Silverbell cookie was sitting with a smile on his face, maybe it would take less convincing than he originally thought.

“Oh Silvie I missed you so much” he said as he got closed and threw his hands around the faerie, still being careful of the wings despite the fact they were almost fully healed by now.

“I also missed you purple grape cookie” Silverbell cookie said as he returned the hug. Black sapphire cookie grinned slightly.
This would be easy.

“I went back to my own house because I couldn’t find apple faerie cookie! I should have told you but you were sleeping so peacefully I didn’t want to wake you.” Black sapphire cookie said as he pulled back from the hug to look into the sparkling eyes of the faerie cookie.

Silverbell cookie his smile softened and his gaze became more gentle.
“It’s fine really, but next time tell me” Silverbell cookie said, he wanted to get this done with. The mistake had been made and he had felt so unlovable and insecure about it but his lover was back now. He had only left because of his sister. Family before anyone else right?

Black sapphire cookie smiled and nodded before he leaned in to give the faerie cookie a soft kiss against his lips.

“I promise, are your wings okay now?” Black sapphire cookie asked, his voice was dripping with fake sweetness but he couldn’t help himself, lying felt bad right now but it is his thing, the thing he was baked to do. With or without orders of his master he would continue to lie, even if it meant living a double life.

Silverbell cookie nodded.
“My wings are healing perfectly, pure vanilla cookie told me I should be able to move them again sometime in the next few days” he said and black sapphire cookie smiled at him.

“That’s perfect silvie”

White lily cookie was wandering around the kingdom, her talk with elder faerie cookie hadn’t brought up much because mercurial knight cookie wasn’t at the place he told her that he should be and now she couldn’t find him at all.

“White lily cookie!” A familiar voice said, pure vanilla cookie!

“Oh, pure vanilla cookie, I thought you were going to stay at Silverbell cookie his place” she said and pure vanilla cookie nodded and turned his head away.

“That was the plan but then that cookie walked in, Silverbell cookie cheered up almost immediately” he said and white lily cookie took a step closer an put her left hand on her hip.

“Isn’t that a good thing? Now I don’t have to spend hours looking for mercurial knight cookie!” White lily cookie said with a small hint of relief.

“Yes and no, I already had a bad feeling about that purple cookie and now I’m for sure, he isn’t a faerie, he isn’t being truthful and he for sure knows what he’s doing and that it’s hurting our dear friend!” Pure vanilla cookie said frantically and white lily cookie sighed. She reached out to touch his face and gently turned it towards her.

“Maybe you’re just sleep deprived, if he wasn’t a faerie he wouldn’t be able to find the kingdom without help of one and they wouldn’t like outsiders in. Even I was an exception all those eons ago.” White lily cookie said and pure vanilla cookie shook his head.

“No white lily cookie! I know you want to choose your own path but trust me on this one! That cookie isn’t who he says he is! And that sister also surely isn’t! She gets arrested and she disappears! Doesn’t that ring any bells for you?!” Pure vanilla cookie with pure frustration, he was used to her not listening, after all she wanted to choose her own way most of the time, form her own opinions on matters after observing them. But this time she was wrong and he could feel it in his jam.

White lily cookie sighed but didn’t let go of his face.
“Maybe we should leave the kingdom, you’re clearly not handling the yeast spores well” she said and that’s when pure vanilla cookie pulled away from her touch and turned his back to her.

“I am serious white lily cookie! Mark my words, that cookie may as well be a henchman of deceit and we are not leaving until I am sure that he either is or isn’t!” He said with determination and frustration in his voice.

White lily cookie couldn’t help but smile at the determination her lover was showing.
“That’s the side of you I like to see, very well, we’re staying.” She said and pure vanilla cookie smiled, he had done it. He had convinced his stubborn girlfriend to stay.

Shadow milk cookie and candy apple cookie got closer and closer to the faerie kingdom. Candy apple cookie had tried to distract them multiple times but every single attempt had ended up in failure.

“Oh shadow milk cookie can I really don’t know what you are planning” Candy apple cookie said in a high pitches voice. Shadow milk cookie his face has this annoyed expression on it. This is why they never went on the mission with their minions, this is why they send candy apple cookie most of the time. He hated her yapping! She could yap more than them and that must be some kind of world record.

“No, you can not.” They said through gritted teeth. Candy apple cookie frowned but didn’t give up, she kept pestering her master until they snapped and teleported off to only the witches would know where.

Mission succeeded, she did feel rather bad about it but she had no time to complain, she had to go to the faerie kingdom to warn her companion. No idea what shadow milk cookie was planning meant nothing good and they both knew that, but shadow milk cookie telling them nothing meant they might not survive whatever was going to happen.

“Oh I’m going to regret this” she mumbled to herself before taking of running in the direction of the faerie kingdom.

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“Those pesky little gnats will pay! I’ll make sure of it!” Shadow milk cookie said out loud. No one was near them to hear them complain but that didn’t matter, their minions had formed some plan of their own, one he didn’t like.
They were walking back and forth, talking to themselves as if someone was listening.
Then they paused, they had made a deal a few weeks ago with no one less than the leader of the faerie kingdom.

“Well well Well, seems like they can be useful after all~”

Candy apple cookie had arrived at the faerie kingdom not long ago, finding it had been no problem because of her earlier visit. No that wasn’t the hard part. The hard part was actually getting in. The silver tree knights were still after her so she couldn’t use the gates. Climbing the walls also wasn’t an option because of the extra security they had placed after he incident involving Silverbell cookie.

“Now how will I do this.....” Candy apple cookie mumbled to herself as she looked around trying to look for ideas.
She didn’t exactly see much. That wasn’t a surprise since even if there were cookies here they couldn’t see the kingdom. Then she saw a puddle of mud and a pile of leaves. She swallowed before walking to it and getting on her knees.

“Am I really doing this right now?” Candy apple cookie said with a grimace on her face. She closed her eyes and then put her hand in the mud before wiping it on her dress.

“Oh I hate this!” She said as she reopened her eyes to see what she was doing.
“Black sapphire cookie better appreciate my effort to help him” she said as she put more mud onto her dress. Her idea was to make herself look as dirty as possible, she hoped that none of the silver tree knights would recognise her and instead just see her as a young faerie cookie who just played in a puddle of this disgusting mud.
Once her dress and legs were covered she knew she had to move on to her face and hair.

“Oh I hate this”

Silverbell cookie had calmed down significantly now black sapphire cookie had returned to him, still something felt off. He mad been acting strangely ever since pure vanilla cookie had said something to him.

“What did Pure vanilla cookie say to you?” Silverbell cookie asked and black sapphire cookie tensed up once again. He had hoped that it wasn’t to noticeable but he was wrong.

“I assume it wasn’t anything nice by the way you are acting. Which means you really did something wrong because he’s nice to everyone!” Silverbell cookie said and black sapphire cookie turned away and put his hands in his pockets.

“It’s nothing silvie he simply was mad at me for leaving you alone with out any sign of coming back” black sapphire cookie said. Silverbell cookie crossed his arms over his chest, something told him that he was lying. He didn’t know if it was because his body language had changed drastically or the fact that pure vanilla cookie wouldn’t have said anything like that. Pure vanilla cookie wouldn’t have said mad, he would have worded it as disappointed.

“Okay” Silverbell cookie said sighting before he stood up. His wings felt so much better now, he still wasn’t able to move them but at least he wasn’t in excruciating pain every time he tried to move his body.

“I think that I’ll get rid of the bandages today, I really don’t think I need them anymore.” He said and black sapphire cookie nodded in response.

“Yeah if you think that you don’t need them anymore you could remove them, I can help if you want me to” black sapphire cookie said as he quickly stood up and walked behind the faerie.

Silverbell cookie couldn’t help but smile at his request. Maybe he wasn’t lying after all and just had his own troubles, having family that lives outside of the kingdom must be hard and he simply hadn’t adjusted to managing it yet. Maybe he just needed a little bit more time.

“I would appreciate that” Silverbell cookie said. Black sapphire cookie smiled slightly. He hadn’t been caught. Not yet. But he wasn’t out of the danger zone. The faerie was suspicious of him. He could feel it.

The sound of heels clicking against cobblestone could be heard. It sounded angry. How could a sound be angry? No idea. But nothing was too weird for the master of deceit themselves.

“Elder faerie.” They said as they reached the top of the hill. Not once did they look at the grandiose tree behind him.

“I wondered when you would return.” Elder faerie cookie said. He sounded annoyed.
The blue cookie let out a laugh. It sounded cruel and cold.

“Don’t act like you didn’t miss me” they said. Their ego was big. Everything had to be centred around them. Even tragic stories.

“I may or may not have overheard a thing or two.” Shadow milk cookie said. The sickening grin on their face only got wider. The faerie didn’t budge. He was used to it.

“Silverbell.” The jester said. Elder faerie cookie tightened his grip around the handle of his sword.
“How do you know that name.” He spoke through gritted teeth.

The jester their grin only became wider.
“A-ha So I am right!” They said. A slight look of confusion appeared on the faerie his face. Right? Right about what?

“Well I am sorry to break it to you but; that little faerie isn’t as innocent as he looks.” Shadow milk cookie said as he moved forward. Elder faerie cookie didn’t move. He didn’t speak. He just stood there.

“He and my trusted partner are in a re-la-tion-ship.” They said in an exaggerated tone. The faerie scoffed. Shadow milk cookie his eyes widened. They hadn’t expected that reaction.

“I am not stupid. I already knew.” He said.

“Well well Well, you caught me of guard! That deserves a reward.” They said. They could expect a lot from their old lover. But this? This was something he hadn’t seen coming.

“It was not rocket science. None of my people wear black and purple.” Elder faerie cookie said. Shadow milk cookie paused. Oh. He thought. That was something that has slipped their mind. Black sapphire cookie had been standing out like a sore thumb.

“Don’t forget the behaviour of them.” He said. Shadow milk cookie could feel their facade crumbling.
Had his minions been sabotaging this mission since day one? Or were they simply bad at their job? Either way; it wasn’t good.

“I must say, slipping notes underneath doors is a new one.” Elder faerie cookie said. The blue cookie could feel their face heat up. While they hadn’t done anything it seemed like their henchmen had been doing stupid things.

“Slipping notes.” Shadow milk cookie stated. Elder faerie cookie nodded. Stupid. They thought to them self. They had expected more than this.

Black sapphire cookie busied himself with removing the bandages his “lover” was wearing. They had been quiet for a while. No words were being said. Just the sound of their breathing could be heard. Still, he didn’t feel comfortable. Had he failed? Not only as a minion but also as a boyfriend?

The silence seemed to last forever. They had nothing to say. Nothing they could tell. He pulled away the last piece of cloth. The wound had healed but a scar was made. It was nasty. He didn’t like it.

“So, it has indeed healed.” Black sapphire cookie said. He didn’t mention the scar. He couldn’t. Silverbell cookie let out a sigh of relief.

“Finally.” He said. He had been done with doing nothing. He stood up and stretched. The purple cookie leaned back, staring at him. The faerie didn’t seem to notice. Or maybe he had but didn’t say anything of it. He could feel his cheeks heating up. Stupid faerie. Stupid feelings. He thought to himself.

Silverbell cookie felt so much more free now. His wings were healed. His love was with him and he could go back to work soon. He missed his job. He missed helping people. And he missed the late night talks with mercurial knight cookie. Speaking of his friend, wasn’t white lily cookie looking for him? He brushed it off. She would find him after a while. She always did. But he had to admit that mercurial knight cookie had a talent for disappearing.

“Why don’t I go and make us some tea?” Black sapphire cookie said. He gave the faerie a charming grin.

“That would be nice.” Silverbell cookie said in response. Tea did indeed sound nice right now. Even if he already had a cup of it in front of him. That was cold by now. Cold tea. He still hated it.

Candy apple cookie, now covered in mud and leaves skipped into the faerie kingdom. Not unnoticed. But not stopped and that was good enough. She felt dirty. She was. But now she had entered the silver-clad kingdom it felt like a dead sentence. Faeries stared at her. She tried not to care. After all, she was here to warn him. Not to impress them. She quickly walked towards the house she could almost call her own with the amount of time spend in it.

“Oh please be there” she mumbled. She didn’t go through this effort for nothing. She needed to tell him what was going on. And a bath. She really needed a bath.

“So why did you come here?” Elder faerie cookie asked. The jester leaned in closer. He could feel their breath on his dough. Disgusting.

“For a favour” they said. They were enjoying this. Making him uncomfortable. Using him.

Elder faerie cookie leaned back. He took a deep breath.
“What kind of favour.” He replied.

The grin of the blue cookie widened. This was perfect.
“Just a small one my love.” Shadow milk cookie said. Elder faerie cookie almost gagged at the nickname. He hated it.

“You see yourself in him don’t you?” Shadow milk cookie said. The faerie his eyes widened.

“They remind you of him and you. Before corruption.” They said. Their tone got more menacing.
“You don’t dare to separate them. Because, you were once in his shoes.”

Elder faerie cookie quickly looked away. He could feel sweat-beads forming on his forehead.
“I have no clue what you are talking about.” He replied.

The jester laughed.
“Don’t pretend like you suddenly got amnesia” they said before reaching out to his face.

“Silent salt cookie and you, or should I said the salt of solidarity and you?” Shadow Milk cookie said. Elder faerie cookie lifted up his sword and pointed it at the jester his throat.

“Keep his name out of your filthy mouth.”
He said. His voice was cold, leaving no room for further jokes. The blue cookie didn’t care. He never had. Not after that fateful day.
They laughed. They enjoyed this. They enjoyed seeing him suffer mentally. And it wouldn’t be long before that would turn physical.

White lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie were walking to a secluded place with in the faerie kingdom. They wanted to talk. Away from the others. Luckily for them white lily cookie knew the perfect spot. Or so she thought. When they arrived they spotted mercurial knight cookie sitting there. Staring at his own reflection.

“Well there you are! I searched the entire kingdom for you!” White lily cookie said. Mercurial knight cookie shot out of his thoughts. He had been thinking about something for quite a while now.

He looked up and faced the two ancient heroes.

“I think Silverbell cookie is in danger” he said. White lily cookie looked surprised. Pure vanilla cookie nodded. He wasn’t the only one. Such a relief.

“I agree.” The blind cookie said. He took a step forward.
“ that cookie isn’t who he says he is. Even if he isn’t someone dangerous he is manipulating our dear friend” he said. Now the white haired cookie also looked thoughtful.
Maybe they were right. For once, for once she didn’t know if her first thought was correct.

“Then we’ll have to find out more, maybe he’s just the black sheep of the faeries” she suggested. Pure vanilla cookie nodded but mercurial knight cookie shook his head.

“No.” He said firmly.

“I’ve never seen him around before that day. He is an outsider but no one believes me. And so is that other one. They are no good.” He said and pure vanilla cookie couldn’t help but agree.

“I have a bad feeling about them both” he said. White lily cookie sighed. She was alone on this one. Alone. Alone in her trust. If pure vanilla cookie didn’t trust a fellow cookie then something really was off.

“Let’s go warn elder faerie cookie” she said. The two male cookies quickly agreed. And off they went. To the silver tree.

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A sword at their throat. Laughter coming out of their mouth. Mocking him even in a dangerous situation. Was this why he had left them in the first place? Why he betrayed them? Why he broke his promise?

“So I am right!” Shadow milk cookie said. He didn’t back off. He got closer. Elder faerie cookie didn’t respond. The sword was held high and the tension between them became thicker.

“My minion and your guard! Like you are looking in a mirror of the past!” They said laughing. As if it didn’t get enough the jester opened his mouth again.

“Or! Should I say third time is the charm?!” Laughter escaped their mouth. The faerie his wings spread almost automatically. Never. Never in his eons alive he thought this would happen. Sensing danger. Holding a sword. Being humiliated by the cookie he once loved.

“Don’t. Keep my past out of this.” Elder faerie cookie snarled. This only drew more amusement to the jester.

“Your past is my past.” They said. Only now they took a step back. Not out of fear. Not out of regret. But out of pure spite.

“What happened to; “Oh I will love you forever.” Or “I’ll never do anything to you.” Lies? Yes.” The jester said. The faerie locked gazes with them. He had to admit. His past wasn’t pretty. He had lied. Lied to the cookie he swore to cherish and love.
For cookiekind. For earthbread.

“Your corruption was something the world couldn’t handle. My duty before love.”

Duty or love? Black sapphire cookie was sitting on the couch, nursing a cup of tea. That question. The one that had been haunting him. It kept returning. More than ever now. Silverbell cookie had been talking. He didn’t listen. He couldn’t. The words flew over his head.

“Sorry. Can you stop?” Black sapphire cookie said. Silverbell cookie his mouth was open but no sound came out. What? Why did he switch up all of a sudden?

“Excuse me?” The faerie cookie said, he clearly was offended. He put down his cup, which now only contained a small amount of tea, on the table. Black sapphire cookie paused. Damn it. Why did he say that?

“Sorry, I haven’t slept so well And I have a headache” he lied smoothly. He didn’t have a headache. He simply didn’t want to hear him anymore. Silverbell cookie nodded. He didn’t complain. He didn’t argue back. Just accepted it.

“It’s alright” he mumbled. He crossed his arms over one an other and leaned back against the chair. Black sapphire cookie didn’t feel bad. He felt nothing. No love. No anger. No relief. How could he? Knowing the choice came closer every day. Where was candy apple cookie when he needed her? She was annoying, that something he knew for sure, but she gave good advice.

Candy apple cookie was still walking. She was lost. She had no idea how. She had been here multiple times before, how did she get lost this time? Was it the stress? The fear? Whatever it was it wasn’t good. Shadow milk cookie must have already arrived at the kingdom. They weren’t alone anymore. They were being watched. Every move. Every breath. Their punishment awaited them. The mud had already started to dry. The leaves were falling off like she was a tree entering autumn.

“Where is it? Why am I lost?!” She said with a slight panic in her voice. She couldn’t ask anyone for help. They would recognise her, or worse; they would ask why she was covered in mud. She felt her ability to lie slip away with each passing second. The nerves were getting to much and all of a sudden she was that small, helpless cookie again. No. She couldn’t be. She had to focus. Get back on track and walk in a straight line. That would lead her to the kingdom square. From that familiar point she could probably find her way around.

That’s when she bumped into three cookies rushing into the direction of the silver tree.

“Watch out!” She snarled. The cookies stopped in their tracks.
The grey cookie lifted up his glaive and pointed it at her.
“You.” He spat. Candy Apple cookie put her hands in the air. Was this the end? No. It couldn’t be.

“Who me?” She batted her eyelashes and took a careful step back. She wouldn’t go down without a fight. The grey cookie raised one of his eyebrows in confusion. He took a step forward as a response.

“Yes, you” he said, the glaive was now dangerously close to her neck. She could feel the sweat starting to form. Why did she go here all alone? At that moment the white haired cookie spoke up.

“Leave her alone. She might be useful.” She said. The knight obeyed without a second thought and lowered the glaive.
“Now. Reveal your true self”

The smaller cookie her face fell. She wouldn’t give up. Not this easily. For shadow milk cookie. For her duty. Lie until you can’t anymore. Deceive them until they believe you. The truth will come out eventually, you can just get them off it for a little longer.

“I am faerie apple cookie!” She said in an overly cheerful tone. Lie. Lie until they know you are. Until it’s already to late. The world was build on lies. It could handle a few more.

All three of the cookies looked sceptical. It felt wrong. She wasn’t who she said she was but they just couldn’t prove it.
Pure vanilla cookie his grip on his staff loosened. He knew. He knew who she was. But she didn’t seem to pose any danger. She was lost.

“I assume this little faerie is lost” he said. White lily cookie and mercurial knight cookie turned their heads to look at him with a confused expression.
“Why else would she be out here? Covered in dirt and leaves.”

Candy apple cookie was really confused. Was he helping her? Helping her. The henchman of his other half. His polar opposite. Was this a good sign? A sign that he had no idea who she was? Or was he simply fooling her?

“Oh yes sir I am!” She said quickly. She hoped that he would help her get back to the kingdom square. Maybe he could even guide her to Silverbell cookie his house. She had a feeling that black sapphire cookie would be there. He had to be. That’s why they went here in the first place. Well, kind of. That was the plan before shadow milk cookie had caught them attempting to sneak out. They had no privacy in the spire. Shadow milk cookie was watching their every move. She was convinced that even now, now they were split up in the faerie kingdom, he was spying on them.

Pure vanilla cookie nodded. He didn’t give it a second thought. She didn’t seem to pose any harm. Not right now.
“Then why don’t we bring you to the kingdom square” he said. Candy apple cookie nodded quickly. She took a step closer to them completely ignoring the angry looks of the other two cookies.

“You wouldn’t.” Shadow milk cookie said. The sword was once against close to their throat. They were right. He wouldn’t. He couldn’t. He couldn’t kill him. He couldn’t hurt him. It just felt so wrong. Maybe he just was a coward, clinging onto the past and the happy moments they once shared. Now those were lost in time.

“Get out of my kingdom.” Elder faerie cookie snarled. The jester didn’t budge. They weren’t afraid. They knew he wouldn’t hurt them.

“Not before I get to ask my favour~” they said in a teasing tone. That’s when he knew that he had lost. They wouldn’t leave until they had gotten what they wanted. He had seen it before. It wasn’t anything new.

“Then tell me, fool, what it is that you so desire.” Elder faerie cookie said. The girl on shadow milk cookie his face widened.

“Nothing for myself I am afraid. I want you to ask to keep a close eye on my dearest minions.” Shadow milk cookie said. Elder faerie cookie raised an eyebrow. What were they planning with this? Was this a trap?

“You just confirmed that you have spies here.” He said with a monotone voice. The jester shrugged. They didn’t care. One day they would have figured it out anyways. With or without his help.

“Well, yes, but they seemingly have chosen to get off their plan and betray little old me!” Shadow milk cookie said. Elder faerie cookie held back his laugh. This was the amusement he had been waiting for since eons. Two cookies of deceit stopped a mission because one had fallen in love. Could you even all it love? Elder faerie cookie didn’t think so.

“Very well, but I won’t hesitate to do the same thing I did all those eons ago.” Elder faerie cookie replied. Shadow milk cookie snorted.

“Like you would hurt your knight! He would be heart broken!” The jester laughed. Elder faerie cookie lowered his sword and looked away. They were right. Sort off. He would hate it to see Silverbell cookie hurt. But, once again, duty before anything else.

“And he would understand. He’s strong. He’ll heal.”

“Why don’t we go outside?!” Black sapphire cookie said as he clapped his hands. The silence had been deafening. He had gotten quite uncomfortable with it. Silverbell cookie looked up. His eyes met the ones of the purple cookie. They looked so sweet, so full of love.

“I mean you can move your wings again! Sort of” black sapphire cookie said. Silverbell cookie let out a soft laugh. Black sapphire cookie and him stood up and walked towards the front door. Not only was the entire place cleaned they had also fixed the door problem. Nice. Silverbell cookie had thought, that was one less task for him to do. He still didn’t know why black sapphire cookie had told him to shut up. Had he said something wrong? Something offensive? He hoped he didn’t, that was the last thing he wanted to do.

“I was thinking to go to that park, I mean it would clear our heads” the purple cookie said. The faerie only nodded in response. For some reason it felt weird. Not in a good way. He felt bad for thinking about his lover this way. Was it a bad thing? It must be. But something told him to run. Well. Get away from him.

They put on their shoes and went out. The air was chilly like usual. Silverbell Cooke was used to it but black sapphire cookie shivered a little. That was one thing he found weird, all faerie cookies were used to the cold, even the young ones. But he had mentioned that he grew up outside of the faerie kingdom but he had a mother from here..... faeries didn’t leave the faerie kingdom! If they did they would always return, it was their path to keep this place hidden so they wouldn’t reveal themselves. Of course he had done that multiple times before because he is a silver tree knight. But the civilians weren’t supposed to, most of the time they weren’t even allowed outside of the kingdom.

“Hey purple grape cookie, you told me you’re only a half faerie right?” Silverbell cookie questioned. Black sapphire cookie tended up once again. What was it with all these questions?

“Yes, I am, my mom is a faerie.” He responded back smoother than he expected, the nerves were getting to him. Maybe this was a wrong idea, a wrong move in their plan. Silverbell cookie nodded and became silent once more.

Black sapphire cookie let out a soft sigh of relief. He didn’t want to explain it. He didn’t want to reveal himself. He didn’t want to mention the danger they could be in. Maybe that was for the best. If he didn’t know the relationship would continue. He simply had to act more like a faerie and that’s exactly why he was taking him to the park, to observe and copy. Not in one go of course, that would be obvious, but slowly, very slowly he would fit in. He would stay in the faerie kingdom and live with Silverbell cookie.

He hoped that would be the outcome.

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The walk to the park was awkward. Silverbell cookie had reached out to grab his lovers hand but he had pulled away. Why? Silverbell cookie could feel himself getting more suspicious of him. He didn’t want to. But, he couldn’t help it. First he was gone for days, then he came back and now he’s distant. He had to speak about this to someone. He just had to be sure. Sure of his love. Sure of his feelings. But who?

Mercurial knight cookie couldn’t help. While he was his best friend emotions weren’t his thing. Elder faerie cookie was busy. Lately he had been more focused on the silver tree than usual. Training knights. Pure vanilla cookie would be a good choice. But, he would be to soft. Silverbell cookie was left with one choice; white lily cookie. He put his hands behind his back and looked away from the path. She is in a relationship so she knows what love feels like. She also has an ex. But most importantly: she was honest. Even if it was harsh.
~
Black sapphire cookie had pulled his hand away when he had felt the hand of his “lover” brush against his. He now felt guilty about it. Why had he done that? It wasn’t a reflex because candy apple cookie also always held his hand. Then why did he pull away? This wasn’t good.
He didn’t even know why he had done that. Maybe it was the stress. The last few days hadn’t been easy. Especially not that one night.... his mind started clouding with dark thoughts. Thoughts he couldn’t ignore. Voices. It weren’t thoughts. It were voices.

“Just leave him!”

“Go back to the spire!”

“Would you really betray your master for love?!”

“Maybe he should have left you to rot.”

Black sapphire cookie could feel a sweat breaking out on his forehead. He looked at Silverbell cookie who was looking at some flowerbeds while walking. He could feel his breath become heavier and his legs felt like led.

“Why don’t we take a break” he said quickly. Silverbell cookie looked at him and nodded.

“We can go to that bench over there” Silverbell cookie said as he pointed at one of the many silver benches. He didn’t want to sit there with Silverbell cookie. That would only make it worse.

“Actually I forgot something at your place, wait here I’ll be right back” he walked off before Silverbell cookie could even respond.
Silverbell cookie just stood there, his expression hurt and confused. What was happening? Was this a nightmare? If so, he had to wake up. Quickly. Maybe it was time to look for white lily cookie. Her advice was much needed. Even if it would be harsh.

~
Black sapphire cookie was walking back to Silverbell cookie his place. The voices kept getting louder. His head started to throb. Why was this happening? The further away he got from the park the guiltier he felt. He had left Silverbell cookie standing there. All alone.

“Stupid.” He muttered to himself.

~

Candy apple cookie was walking with the group. They hadn’t said a word to her but they also didn’t try to attack her. Still, she didn’t feel comfortable. Not because she was covered in mud, no she had gotten used to that feeling, it was because of how pure vanilla cookie was acting. She had seen quite the share for lies in her life, after all she was created to lie, but this didn’t seem like a lie. Not even close to one.

“You guys haven’t seen my brother around have you?” Candy apple cookie said. Mercurial knight cookie glared at her and she quickly looked away once again. She just asked a simple question, why was he getting so annoyed over it?

“No, we have not. But I’m sure you’ll find him” Pure vanilla cookie said. She nodded. This still sounded like a genuine promise. That calmed her nerves down a little, at least black sapphire cookie hadn’t been caught. Maybe he was and pure vanilla cookie was just a great liar.
That would be a comedic sight to see, even for her.

“Where do you think you are going?”

“Did you really think you could leave me?!”

“I took you in when you were nothing!”

Candy apple cookie her face paled as she heard those sentences in her head. She recognised those sentences all to well.

Shadow milk cookie.

He was in the kingdom. Close by. And he was pissed off.

Candy apple cookie gulped. She hoped the group didn’t notice her upcoming nerves. She didn’t want to , she couldn’t explain why she was nervous.

But she knew for sure; shadow milk cookie was in the kingdom and he meant no good.

~

Shadow milk cookie was still at the silver tree. Elder faerie cookie had lowered his sword after a while. He didn’t lower his guard though. He still didn’t trust that jester one bit.

They were sitting on the ground, completely ignoring the faerie his presence. They looked like they were zoning out, staring into the kingdom. That’s why Elder faerie cookie had lowered his sword. But they weren’t zoned out. Not at all.
The jester was slowly getting into the minds of his minions. They wanted them back. They tried to get them to break by giving them negative comments, but, neither of them had shown up. They were starting to get annoyed again. Why. Why didn’t they show up. This always worked. At least it did on Candy apple cookie.

“Don’t you have better things to do” Elder faerie cookie said after a while. Shadow milk cookie rolled their eyes. No. They had not. But his ex didn’t need to know.

“Well I simply loooovveeeee to annoy YOU!” They said in an exaggerated tone before floating up again. The faerie didn’t even look surprised anymore, he had seen it all throughout the eons he had been alive.

“I am sure there are more cookies you can annoy” Elder faerie cookie said. The blue doughed cookie immediately shook their head and pouted.

“Noooo only you are worthy of being annoyed by me! Shadow milk cookie!” They said proudly. Elder faerie cookie then slapped his hand in front of their mouth.

“Ssssh. I don’t think my knights would like to hear the name shadow milk cookie being used around me.” The gray doughed cookie said. Once again did the jester roll his eyes.

“Well then your knights don’t know how amazing I am! Just like burning spice cookie, eternal sugar cookie, mystic flour cookie, silent salt cookie and the witches.......” every name they said came out more broken than the last. They got back on the ground and looked down. They looked almost.... vulnerable.......

“Even you. Even you betrayed me.

~

Silverbell cookie was sitting on the silver bench. He was still waiting on black sapphire cookie. It felt like a waste of time. Waiting. Waiting for a cookie that might not even return. That’s when he heard the familiar voice of his best friend.

“Silverbell.” Mercurial knight cookie said as he walked to him. Behind him there where three cookies, white lily cookie, pure vanilla cookie and candy apple cookie, but of course they knew her as apple faerie cookie.

“Oh! Hello! I was actually planning on going to you all later this afternoon!” Silverbell cookie said before he stood up from the bench and met them in the middle. He then looked at candy apple cookie who smiled and waved.

“Have you seen my brother? When we were at our house he kept telling me how badly he wanted to return to you! So he went back here but I got worried about him so I went to look for him! I sadly got lost though....” Candy apple cookie said in her sweetest voice. Silverbell cookie smiled softly, maybe black sapphire cookie wasn’t lying. Maybe he really was just stressed and tired.

“Oh! Apple faerie cookie! Yeah I actually saw him! He’s back with me, he’s going to my house right now, he had forgotten something” the blue haired faerie said.

Candy apple cookie nodded excitedly.

“Thank you! I’m glad to hear he’s okay!”

~

Black sapphire cookie arrived at Silverbell cookie his house. The voices were still there. He tried to ignore them but that seemed to be impossible. The sentences only became more personal and hurting.
He grabbed the key out of his pocket and gently opened the door. The house was empty. He removed his shoes and walked further inside. He turned on the lights before sitting down on the couch.

Black sapphire cookie put his head in his arms and started breathing in and out heavily.

“Remember who took you in when you were nothing.”

“If you betray me I’ll make sure you’ll never forget about it.”

Tears were now dripping onto the wooden floor and soft sniffles could be heard. He couldn’t handle it anymore. Why was this happening to him? He only wanted to be with the cookie he loved. But now he didn’t know if this was love or just an other dirty plan. He was lost. Lost. Lost in his own mind, in his own choices.

Had he made a mistake by coming here in the first place?

~

“Even you betrayed me.” Shadow milk cookie said. Elder faerie cookie turned his back on them. He didn’t want to be reminded of it. What he had done was wrong. Wrong for his feelings. Right for the existence of cookiekind.

“I had no choice.” The faerie said in a cold voice. He couldn’t show emotions now. He couldn’t be weak. Being weak meant letting them in. And letting them in meant war.

“You had one. And you chose the wrong one.”

~

The group had been talking to each other for a few minutes. Candy apple cookie had been quiet but no one seemed to notice. The voices became worse but she had gotten used to them. This wasn’t the first time she had heard them. No. Not the first time. She now knew that it was a degrading and manipulative way shadow milk cookie was able to mess with them. Oh how she loved him but how she hated it when he did this.

Her master. Her shadow milk cookie. How could he be this cruel to them. His own minions, the one he took in and cared for since they were small dough babies.

“Hey white lily cookie, can we talk? Somewhere where it’s just us?” Silverbell cookie asked. White lily cookie nodded in response and gently guided him away from the group. Pure vanilla cookie looked up confused but didn’t follow them. He had been with white lily cookie long enough that following her meant listening to some crazy story or life lesson. Or easier said; nothing that was meant for his ears.

~

The two cookies walked of to a somewhat secluded spot not so far away from the group. Silverbell cookie had already started talking about his situation the second he had been guided away.

“And then he just disappears for days and acts all cold! And the excuses!” Silverbell cookie said annoyed.
White lily cookie looked at him apologetic, she knew what he was talking about. She hadn’t experienced it with love. Luckily. But she knew how it felt like because it sounded like her.

“And what are some of those excuses?” She asked and Silverbell cookie started naming them one by one.

“His sister was gone. He forgot something. He needed a break. He didn’t sleep well. He had a headache, etc!” He said before crossing his arms over one an other. White lily cookie winced, that sounded exactly like the excuses she used to give the cookies around her.

“Oh no I’m tired, no I’m studying, no I can’t come I forgot something in my dorm” her excused came flooding back into her mind. She never was good socially. But, pure vanilla cookie had seen through that. He had taken his time by slowly getting through the walls she had build for herself.

“Maybe, you need to give him some time, you know, slowly get through him” white lily cookie suggested. Silverbell cookie looked at her like she had just told him he was crazy. She put a hand on his shoulder and squeezed it slightly.

“I know that’s probably not what you wanted to hear. But I was just like him. Pure vanilla cookie took his time with me and now we are a perfect companion for each other” white lily cookie said. She didn’t mention the fact that she didn’t trust that purple cookie one bit, that clearly wasn’t what Silverbell cookie wanted to hear.

“Why don’t you just call him your lover.” Silverbell cookie said as he sat down on the ground. White lily cookie copied his actions and sat right beside him.

White lily cookie looked up at she thought about it. He was right, pure vanilla cookie was her lover, he had been for a few eons now. But, he also was her best friend, her adventure buddy, her guiding light.

“Lover is such a small word, it means partner, someone you love and hold dear. I surely hold pure vanilla cookie dear but he’s so much more than just my lover. I think that’s why I call him my companion. We share and do so much together. I wanted a bigger word to describe that.” White lily cookie said after a while.

Silverbell cookie his breath got caught in his throat, that was the sweetest thing he had heard all week disguised as a lesson.

“That’s.... actually so sweet” Silverbell cookie said. He put his hands in his lap and looked at white lily cookie who was still staring at the sky.

“I’ve called more than one cookie my lover, but I’ve only ever called pure vanilla cookie my companion. And that’s what makes him stand out for me.” She said and Silverbell cookie nodded.

“Thank you for sharing this with me, maybe you are right. I just have to give purple grape cookie some time. He can be under a lot of stress. Or he had gotten betrayed in the past, that could also explain this.” The faerie cookie said as he now also looked up at the sky.

He had all the time in the world, he could earn black sapphire cookie his trust. Even if he already called him his lover. Maybe he could turn into a companion and be just as special as pure vanilla cookie is to white lily cookie.

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Tears were dripping on the wooden floor and sniffles could be heard throughout the entire house. He couldn’t handle it anymore. Every sentence was more hurting than the last. Was this a sign? A sign that he had to return to shadow milk cookie? If he did, it would most likely stop. But, if he did would he be able to come back? Even if it was just for a mission. 

Who was this voice in his head?! It sounded so familiar yet so strange. Why was this happening to him? Was candy apple cookie struggling with this too?

~~

Candy apple cookie was picking some flowers. Her small hands weren’t being careful with picking them. A few minutes ago, maybe even half an hour ago now, white lily cookie and Silverbell cookie had walked away from the group. They didn’t say why. She thought it was stupid anyways. Why talk to one cookie when you got two more you can trust? 
She looked at the flower in her hands and frowned. They weren’t as pretty now. They were already staring to wither. 
Why did flowers wither so quickly here? 

The smaller cookie threw the flowers back in the field where she had picked them from. That’s when she saw Silverbell cookie and white lily cookie walking back. Finally. It had taken them long enough. Should she say it? Say that they had returned? No. Not her business. Maybe it was. A little. Maybe. 

~~

Silverbell cookie and white lily cookie were walking back. They didn’t talk. He had been thinking about her words, really thinking about them. She was smart enough to know what she was talking about but still, it felt so wrong. It sounded like easy advice. Advice that he could have come up with himself. Why did he need help with it? 

“Well, good to know the rest of the group waited on us!” White lily cookie said as she spotted them in the park. The faerie nodded. He hadn’t expected otherwise. It still felt nice though, having cookies waiting on you while you were gone for a while. Even candy apple cookie was still there. Standing alone, away from pure vanilla cookie and mercurial knight cookie. Lonely. That’s how he felt sometimes. 

~~

The jester sat on the ground, his limbs shaking with anger and grief. The realisation had hit them harder than before. They weren’t liked by anyone. Not by his fellow beasts. Not by his ex. Not by them-self. Were his minions also growing a dislike to him? Did they look at him with disgust? Was that why they had left him? 

Elder faerie cookie was standing at his side, yet, he did nothing to comfort them. Maybe they didn’t want it. Maybe it was not what they needed. 

The conversation about his choices had ended quickly when the jester broke down. They had been crying about their past. They never cried. Barely. So that’s why even this was a shocker to him. In all his eons alive, his many eons, he hadn’t seen them cry. Only saw them shed one tear when silent salt cookie and him had locked them up in the silver tree. 

“Are you okay now?” Elder faerie cookie asked. Shadow milk cookie scoffed and crossed their arms over their chest. 

“Yes I’m fine leave me alone” They snarled. Elder faerie cookie sighed.

“Even you should know that you can not lie to me.” He said. Shadow milk cookie turned them-self away, their back to the faerie, and kept their mouth shut. He was right, they couldn’t lie to him, he had seen their lies since the start of his corruption.
The only one they were fooling with this was them-self.

~~

The group got together again and they continued to walk. Silverbell cookie didn’t go with them and candy apple cookie had stayed with him.

“No really it’s fine, I have to wait on purple grape cookie!” He had said. White lily cookie nodded with a small smile on her face that gave a knowing look. Candy apple cookie had tried to speak up but then mercurial knight cookie had stared her down so she had decided to keep her mouth shut. 

“Your friend is scary, he doesn’t like me.” The smaller cookie said to the faerie who chuckled in response.

“Mercurial knight cookie seems scary until you get to know him. Don’t worry about the not liking part, I’m pretty sure he doesn’t like anyone who doesn’t seem like the typical faerie, it’s part of his duty as a silver tree knight to keep an eye on those different.” Silverbell cookie asked before realising how wrong that sounded. He wanted to apologise but candy apple cookie didn’t seem to mind it at all, or she just didn’t say anything of it. 

“Fair enough” she said. Silverbell cookie let out a sigh of relief, she hadn’t picked it up as wrong, she just saw it as a valid point. 

They stood next to each other awkwardly for a minute before she spoke up.

“I don’t think he’s coming back. Let’s just go back to your place, in the worst case we bump into him in the middle of the path.” Candy apple cookie said. Silverbell cookie agreed and off they went, back to his house.

~~

The trio walked away from the other two cookies. They were going to the silver tree, this time for real. No more distractions. Now they knew that both of them were in the kingdom they had to alert elder faerie cookie. He would know what to do. White lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie could also act on it, but, they preferred to leave t with elder faerie cookie. After all, he was the leader of the faeries. They would listen to him with out a second thought.

“Why did Silverbell cookie want to talk to you?” Mercurial knight cookie asked. White lily cookie looked up. She thought about it. Should she share it? Share their conversation?

“About that purple doughed cookie.” She responded.
“Nothing serious, don’t worry about it.” 

Mercurial knight cookie looked sceptical but accepted the answer. Pure vanilla cookie on the other hand didn’t.

“Lily, I think it’s better if you tell us the whole story. We can then tell it to elder faerie cookie.” He said. White lily cookie looked away from their eyes. She didn’t want to tell the full story. It would shatter Silverbell cookie his trust. The blonde haired cookie put a hand on her shoulder.

“It’s important for if we want to help him.” He spoke. White lily cookie shook her head.

“This wasn’t important enough. It wasn’t anything serious. Trust me.” The white haired cookie said. Pure vanilla cookie still didn’t accept that answer but this time he kept his mouth shut.

“Let’s just hurry up” mercurial knight cookie said.

~~

At the silver tree the air was thick with tension. Shadow milk cookie was still sitting there. Elder faerie cookie did nothing. Just, silence and unfinished business. 

“All this could have been avoided. If my stupid henchman didn’t fall for your knight.” The jester snarled. The faerie sighed and pinched himself, hoping he was just having a nightmare. Nope. It was all real. 

“I don’t think this would be avoided since you have been coming back into my kingdom for eons. You escaped the silver tree, why come back.” Elder faerie cookie said. His voice was cold and full of annoyance. He didn’t understand why they kept returning. Even when they though they were being sneaky he knew exactly when he was in the kingdom. 

“Because I want to see you! I don’t know why! I don’t know in which way I want to see you either! Hurt maybe? Or perfectly fine?!” Shadow milk cookie yelled as he shot up from the ground. Elder faerie cookie his eyebrows raised in shock and he took a step back, raising his sword once more.

~~

Candy apple cookie and silverbell cookie were walking to his place. He had gotten her to talk after a while. And boy she could talk.

“And then he dropped me!” Candy apple cookie explained. Silverbell cookie laughed. She had been telling a story about black sapphire cookie and her when they were just little cookies. Of course she kept the part that they saw shadow milk cookie as a parental figure out of it.

“Oh he may be annoying but he’s my brother” candy apple cookie said.
“And that’s all that matters”

~~

The voices suddenly stopped. Without a warning. Black sapphire cookie lifted his head. Finally. The silence he so yearned for was finally there.

He wiped away his tears and took a deep breath.
“It’s over, finally” he exclaimed as he leaned back.

He looked at the clock. 7pm. Only about an hour had passed. It felt like days though. The voices. The tears. Everything. It had been dragging him down. That’s when he realized; silverbell cookie was still waiting for him. He had left him there in the park.

“By the witches…. How could I forget…” he groaned. He didn’t want to go. He didn’t want to stand up and walk back to the park. He still had no idea where candy apple cookie was too.

Black sapphire cookie ran a hand through his hair. What was happening to him. Had silverbell cookie changed him? No. It couldn’t be! It hadn’t been that long since they met.

“The more I think about it the more I realized this plan is rushed” black sapphire cookie said out loud. As if the plants could hear him complaining.
“I mean how could that faerie be so stupid, we only knew each other for what? A few months? And he already started to date me”. This is deserved. I am just doing my duty.” He paused and looked around. Right. There was no one. Just him, himself and he.

“I am going crazy”

~~

White lily cookie, pure vanilla cookie and mercurial knight cookie were walking to the silvertree.

“You two were right over silverbell cookie his guest, I now see why you don’t trust them” white lily cookie said. Both pure vanilla cookie and mercurial knight cookie looked at each other. Right. She now knew but the stuff she spoke with silverbell cookie about was nothing serious.

“Right. Took you long enough.” Mercurial knight cookie said as he looked back into the direction of the silvertree. White lily cookie looked offended.

“Well atleast I had some trust in them!”

~~

Elder faerie cookie looked to his left as he heard the familiar voices. He then looked back at shadow milk cookie, who was now floating around in the air.

“You should hide” elder faerie cookie said quickly. Shadow milk cookie paused their mid air activities to look at the faerie. They looked confused.

Elder faerie cookie sighed.
“I hear mercurial knight cookie approaching us.” That’s all he had to say and suddenly the jester disappeared. Great. Peace at last. But he knew that it wouldn’t be for long. He hadn’t just heard Mercurial knight cookie. He had heard white lily cookie too. And if he had heard white lily cookie then the chances were big that pure vanilla cookie was with them.

“Oh please let this be quick” elder faerie cookie mumbled as he put his sword against the silvertree. He then heard little bells, it werent silverbells. That’s when he looked up and saw the jester upside down in the branches of the silvertree.

He sighed and just looked back down.
This was nothing new. Even if it was he wouldn’t have been surprised. In his many eons on earthbread the only thing that would surprise him was a cakehound flying on the dream train.

~~

Silverbell cookie laughed. Candy apple cookie continued to tell the stories. They became more personal by the second.

“And that’s when I realized that I was still wearing my pajamas!” She said. She had been making up so many stories. But, it was fun. It was a different kind of deceit. One that didn’t hurt. One that didn’t break cookies. She liked it. Maybe. Just maybe deceit really was her thing. She just had been practicing the wrong kind.

For shadow milk cookie. For shadow milk cookie I will continue to lie! I will make him proud!

A smile formed on her face as she thought that.
She would return to her master. With or without black sapphire cookie.

Chapter Text

Black sapphire cookie was hanging on the couch. He had no energy to go back to the park. He was exhausted. The voices had stopped, but now the silence felt uncanny. He wondered if candy apple cookie was here. That energetic cookie had enough to do. Swooning over shadow milk cookie, annoying the spire staff, spread and collect lies, the usual.

“She’s probably back at the spire” he mumbled to himself. His eyes closed as he tried to drown out the silence with his thoughts. Usually he welcomed the silence with open arms. Silence meant he could work on his broadcasts. The quietness of his room at the spire was one thing he missed dearly. Yet, now he had silence and it felt wrong.

He opened his eyes again when he had voices approaching the house. That was Silverbell for sure and...? Candy apple cookie?!

The second he heard that annoying voice he sat up straight. Candy apple cookie was here! She hadn’t gone back! Had she chosen him?

The door opened and the two cookies walked in.

“Purple grape cookie? Are you in here?” Silverbell cookie called out as he removed his shoes.

Black sapphire Cookie groaned quietly before replying.
“Yes silvie I am here!”

He stood up and begin to walk to him. Soon enough he also saw candy apple cookie in the hallway, struggling to remove her shoes. A smile appeared on his face. Only now he had realised how much he actually needed her.

“I’m so glad you two are back” Black sapphire cookie said before he embraced Silverbell cookie.
The faerie happily returned the hug. It felt soft and warm. Comforting. It felt right. And yet he didn’t fully trust it. He was letting his guard down. Something he was taught not to do. Or at least not this easily.

“Purple grape cookie and Silverbell cookie sitting in a tree, k i s s i n g” candy apple cookie mocked, the two cookies quickly pulled away from each other.

Black sapphire cookie punched her arm. Not as soft as usual but not hard enough to cause real pain.
Silverbell cookie gasped.

“You can’t do that!” He said and the purple cookie waved him off.

“She’s used to it” he just said.

Candy apple cookie nodded and she rubbed her arm.
“Yeah, I am” She said through gritted teeth. The smaller cookie looked straight into the eyes of her companion with pure malice. Black sapphire cookie gulped but didn’t show any other reaction. He would get it back. He knew it.

“Okay......” Silverbell cookie said cautiously. Whatever this was it seemed to be normal for them. Weird. But it didn’t matter, it was just sibling banter, it didn’t scream “Oh we are not who we say we are.”

“I’ll go make some tea” Silverbell cookie said as he walked off. That’s when black sapphire cookie got the punch back.

“Ouch!” He screamed in a whisper. She pouted and turned away.

“You deserves that one” candy apple cookie said. She looked over her shoulder to see black sapphire cookie rubbing his arm, right where she had hit him. Unlike him, she hadn’t punched him softly.

“Maybe you should go back to your Prince Charming in white” candy apple cookie said teasing, holding her hands up to her face with a sickening smile.

Black sapphire cookie his mouth fell open.
“Don’t call him that! He still is just a pawn.” He said. Candy apple cookie didn’t believe it one bit.

“Mhm, that’s why we are here right now”

“Oh shut up”

Silverbell cookie walked into the kitchen. He was confused. Why was his lover here? He hadn’t come looking for him. He seemed bored. Very bored. Did he even care for him? He shook his head. He didn’t want these thoughts. Why would he question the cookie he loves? Love? Why was it called love? It was just a feeling he had. He didn’t feel like white lily cookie had described it to him. Seeing your lover as more than that. To see him as a companion, a good friend. He couldn’t.

“Stupid. He deserves more than me.” Silverbell cookie said as he grabbed the kettle. What he didn’t know was that his guest were talking in the other room.

~

Candy apple cookie and black sapphire cookie were having a conversation in soft whispers. They didn’t want Silverbell cookie to hear it.

“What do you mean.” Black sapphire cookie said. He didn’t want to believe it.

“I came here for you. To get you back.” Candy apple cookie said. Tears were forming in her eyes and her body tensed up. She hadn’t told him yet, she hadn’t told him that she would go back to the spire with shadow milk cookie, to go back to her old life.

“I know... and I should go back but I’m so afraid this faerie means more to me than just a pawn.” Black sapphire cookie said. His voice broke and his shoulders sagged. No longer was he the snarky one. Now he just was a cookie caught between love and duty.

The smaller cookie held her breath. She didn’t know what to say.
“It’s okay if you don’t come with me today.” She mumbled after a while. The taller one nodded and he got a small smile on his face.

“Thank you candy apple cookie, don’t worry I’ll return. Shadow milk cookie is our one and only master. I’m just having some fun right now” Black sapphire cookie lied. Candy apple cookie looked at him with suspicion written over her entire face and etched into her body language. She didn’t believe him, not for a moment, she had seen him lie before.

“Okay, ill just go look for them.” Candy apple cookie said as she walked passed him to the door. She paused right in front of it and turned around.

“Tell that twat I’ll be back, don’t want him to think I’m missing again.” She scoffed and closed the door behind her.

Black sapphire cookie flinched as the door closed. Why had she gotten this irritated all of a sudden? He felt terrible about it. This wasn’t supposed to happen. She wasn’t supposed to get annoyed by every move.

He heard the kettle boiling in the kitchen. Right, Silverbell cookie was making Tea. He was getting rather bored of it, he just wanted a cup of coffee. Something to keep him awake for the night. He didn’t want to go to sleep, what if the voices came back?

He sighed. If only he knew what was going on in the twisted mind of his master. His life would be a lot easier. Maybe if he wasn’t abandoned when he was a dough baby this wouldn’t have happened.....

“Purple grape cookie! The tea is ready!” Silverbell cookie his words snapped him out of his thoughts. He mumbled something inaudible and made his way to the kitchen. His steps were slow and felt heavy, the lack of sleep combined with stress didn’t help with the case. His head was throbbing and he could feel himself getting drowsy.

“Stupid. Stupid stupid faeries.” He complained just soft enough for Silverbell cookie not to hear him. He walked into the kitchen and immediately was hit by the now sickening smell of tea. This faerie didn’t even switch the flavours, it was the same boring tea every day.

Silverbell cookie looked up and smiled. He had already prepared three cups of the warm liquid. Right. He hadn’t told him about candy apple cookie yet. He had an irritated expression on his face. Not because of Silverbell cookie, no not because of the faerie, he was irritated at the fact candy apple cookie had left him once again.

“Oh, yeah I forgot to tell you that apple faerie cookie went back home.” Black sapphire cookie said as he leaned against the fridge. His face was hidden by his black hair and he had never been so grateful for it until right now.

Silverbell cookie didn’t say anything about it and drained one of the cups.

“That’s not a problem.” Silverbell cookie said. His blueish hair was falling around his face in a way it hadn’t in a long time.
The other cookie blushed slightly and turned away.

“I’ll be in the living room.” Black sapphire cookie said and he started to walk away. That’s when he felt him grabbing his arm.

“No no. You’re taking your own tea cup to the living room with you. You’ve been here long enough.” Silverbell cookie said. Both cookies stared at each other before black sapphire cookie snorted and broke out laughing. Not soon after Silverbell cookie also broke out laughing.

For the following ten minutes the only sound that could be heard in the house was the laughter of the two cookies.
When it calmed down the house became quiet once more.

“Oh why did we laugh about this” Silverbell cookie said as he wiped away a tear. Black sapphire cookie fixed his hair and shook his head.

“Oh I have no idea but I needed that.”

~~

The jester was hanging in the tree as elder Faerie Cookie was talking to mercurial knight cookie and the two heroes.
Boring! He wondered where his two minions were. They probably err just as bored as them.

“No, I don’t see any reason to kick him out” Elder faerie cookie responded for the Fifth time on the same question.

Mercurial knight cookie had his usual emotionless expression on his face but white lily cookie and pure vanilla cookie looked annoyed.

“He isn’t good for Silverbell cookie!” White lily cookie tried to explain. It was to no use. Elder faerie cookie didn’t budge and his answer also didn’t change.

“You three worry too much. Silverbell cookie can handle himself, don’t forget that he’s a silver tree knight after all.” Elder faerie cookie explained. Well white lily cookie didn’t exactly calm down. She was worried and pissed at the same time. How could he say this?! Wasn’t he worried about him?

“He is right” Pure vanilla cookie said. He placed a hand on white lily cookie her shoulder and gently squeezed it.
“Silverbell cookie is quite capable of defending himself.”

Mercurial knight cookie hesitated but nodded anyways.
“He’s right, I guess we took this to far anyways. Silverbell cookie is a respectable silver tree knight and he knows how to protect himself if anything happens”

White lily cookie calmed down. She didn’t agree with them, not on the Silverbell cookie part since she knew that he was capable of defending himself, but she didn’t agree with the fact that they were just..... leaving it like this. Silverbell cookie was like a son to her. A child. Her little boy. After all, he was the one that helped her right after she helped him. He never saw her as the odd one out, he just saw her as a new face.

“Yeah... I suppose”

~~

Candy apple cookie was walking around the kingdom, happily whistling one of the folks songs. The apples on her hair bounced with every step and she actually looked joyful. No shadow milk cookie, no black sapphire cookie, no rules and most importantly: no Silverbell cookie. Oh how she hated that cookie. What he stole from her. She was supposed to be her brothers main focus. Not him! This was a mission meant to bond with him! Not loose him to love!

This wasn’t why she convinced shadow milk cookie to let them go back to the faerie kingdom.

~~

The two cookies were in the living room, sipping on their tea. The conversation between them rolled like butter. As if they trusted each other completely.

“My wings are healed, just a little crooked but they don’t hurt anymore!” Silverbell cookie said. Black sapphire cookie smiled and leaned in closer, resting his head on the faeries shoulder.

“I’m glad silvie I really am.” He mumbled. His eyes became heavy and before he knew it he had drifted off. The tea cup was still in his hand but he managed to keep it upright.

When Silverbell cookie noticed that his lover had fallen asleep he got a sweet smile on his face.

“Sleep well darling” he said before he planted a kiss on the cookies forehead and he mumbled in response.