"Those witches left me here so my time would run out, you have to help me soon or I'm going to die," she said fearfully.
"What do you mean, what did they do to you?" Daniel asked as he cut off the last of the vines on her arm. He started cutting the ones around her waist as she rubbed her wrist with a worried expression.
"They put a curse on me, one of a horrible nature. It will kill me if… if I don't… if I don't receive a man's seed," she said softly. Daniel froze in place then slowly glanced to her.
"What was that?" he asked with a raised eyebrow. The girl started to cry as she held her hands to her face.
"Those little monsters, they're so cruel. They put a curse on me that will take my life if I don't mate with a human soon. They tied me up here so my time would slowly run out, to torture me and make me die alone," she sobbed while shaking her head. Daniel looked at her with a stunned expression as the girl peeked at him through her hands.
"If I don't make love to a human I'll die any minute now. Please, I beg of you, help me," she pleaded desperately.
"I… uh…" Daniel stuttered as he looked at the girl with surprise. She trembled then buried her face in her hands again with a sob.
"You won't, you think I'm hideous don't you?" she whimpered. Daniel blinked and glanced at the girl from top to bottom, her lovely figure and beautiful wings seeming anything but hideous. Even with her bug antennae he couldn't see anything ugly about her.
"It's not… that. You're not hideous at all, really… it's just…" he said unsurely. She looked at him with timid eyes as she wiped her tears away.
"I’m… not?" she asked quietly. He shook his head as he showed a concerned expression.
"No, not at all. Really, it's just-"
"Do you… think I'm pretty?" she asked softly as she lowered her hands, gently running her fingers down along her chest and around her breasts. Daniel glanced down then back to her as she watched him with curious eyes.
"Well… yeah, you are… very pretty. But I can't-"
"What's your name?" she asked softly, once again cutting him off. He looked at her for a moment as she tilted her head slightly in wonder.
"Um, it's Daniel," he said with a small smile.
"Daniel," she repeated gently. She looked down then glanced back to him with worried eyes.
"Please, Daniel, don't let me die alone out here," she said softly. He stammered something for a moment then looked down with worry as she watched him closely.
"I…" he said hesitantly. After a pause he looked back to the girl with a worried smile.
"I can't do that. But one of my friends is a witch; she's very skilled with magic. Maybe she can undo the curse," he said hopefully, the boy then resuming to cut her free. She looked at him with a dull expression for a moment then with worry again as she shook her head.
"No! Don't take me to another witch; you can't trust those monsters at all. They did this to me, I'm not going to go near another one ever again," she said quickly. Daniel cut off a vine around her hip then started to cut on another with a determined expression.
"Don't worry, she's a good witch. She's been traveling with me for a while now, you can trust her. I promise I’ll help you with your problem," he assured.
"Please don't, Daniel, I don't have much more time. If I don't receive a man's seed soon I'll die a horrible death. Please, I beg of you, save me!" she pleaded desperately. Daniel cut the girl free with his dagger, the monster then quickly embracing him and burying her face into his chest.
"Please! I'll do anything you ask of me, anything! Just please, I don't want to die!" she cried out while holding onto his shirt. He dropped the dagger and slowly held her at the waist with a concerned expression. Her wings fluttered gently behind her as she shook her head.
"Don't let me die, Daniel, please!" she begged loudly.
"I… but…" he nervously stuttered as he held the girl. She trembled then leaned back from her embrace.
"I'm not asking you to marry me, I know such an idea would be horrific for you to consider. I'm just asking you to love me once and only once. You can pretend I'm somebody else, or do whatever you want to me. Anything, just please do me," she begged shakily. He looked at her with remorse then down, holding her gently as she kept her hands on his chest.
"My name is Falla," she said softly. He looked back to her as she smiled sadly with a tear dropping from her face.
"My life is in your hands, Daniel. Please, be my angel and save me," she said shakily. He looked at her with a gentle gaze, seeing her watching him with fear and hope in her eyes. After standing there in silence together she choked back a sob then looked down.
"I see… I understand. Who am I kidding; I was doomed from the start. No human could ever… want to make love to a disgusting monster… such as me," she cursed with a pained expression. Daniel looked at her with remorse and shook his head.
"You're not a disgusting monster, Falla, honest. You're very beautiful," he said gently. She looked at him with adoring eyes and leaned closer to him.
"Do you mean it?" she asked softly. He nodded as she smiled slightly, her wings fluttering behind her.
"Please, you're my only hope. Save me, Daniel, before it's too late," she said with a worried smile. He looked at her speechless as the girl leaned closer to him, her lips almost touching his.
"I'll do anything you want, Daniel, I'll be your faithful little butterfly for all time. So please, offer me your seed," she said hopefully.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Triska yelled out from nearby. Daniel and Falla jumped a bit then looked over to see four girls staring at them with wide eyes near the trees.
"What is this? Who is she?" Triska yelled out with shock and anger. Falla looked at them worriedly then held onto Daniel with a whimper.
"Triska, girls, this… this is Falla. She-" Daniel started before Alyssa growled and aimed her staff at the butterfly girl.
"Get away from him right now! Let him go!" she yelled out.
"Daniel," Falla breathed out as she clung to him fearfully. Squeak and Specca glared at the girl as Triska reached back and unsheathed her sword.
"What's going on here, Daniel, who the hell is that? And did we just hear her asking for your seed?" Triska demanded with anger.
"I need it, I'll die any minute without it," Falla pleaded.
"You're going to die any second now if you don't back the hell off from him this instant!" Alyssa yelled out. Squeak brought out her pickaxe as Specca looked at Daniel with worried eyes.
"Wait, it's not what it looks like," Daniel said waving his hands around in front of him. He paused then looked up thoughtfully, the boy then looking back to the girls with a nervous smile.
"Well, actually it sort of is, but…" he said unsurely as he looked down to Falla, the girl watching the others with worried eyes. Triska marched up towards them along with Squeak while Specca and Alyssa followed after.
"Get off of him now or I'll hack you into pieces! Like bloody hell you're going to get anything from him!" Triska yelled out. Squeak narrowed her eyes as Falla trembled while holding onto Daniel. Falla glanced to Alyssa as the witch was glaring at her then to Daniel.
"These are your friends? They're so mean, please make them go away," she whimpered before burying her face into Daniel's chest, the boy looking at her with a nervous expression then back to the other girls.
"You haven't seen mean yet, girl, but you're going to!" Alyssa yelled out as her staff glowed with an orange hue.
"Stop, Alyssa, you're scaring her," Daniel said looking down to Falla, the girl trembling while holding onto him for dear life.
"What is going on here, Daniel? Just who the hell is this and why is she asking you to have sex with her, as if I didn't already know," Triska said accusingly at the butterfly girl. Falla shook her head and looked back to her with pleading eyes.
"You don't understand, if I don't receive a man's seed I'll die any minute now. Please, I just want to live," she said nervously.
"What are you tal
king about? Why would you die?" Specca asked cautiously.
"She says some witches cast a curse on her, one that will take her life if she doesn't mate with a human soon," Daniel explained with concern. The girls just looked at Falla with accusing glares as she nodded.
"Really? You don't say," Triska growled as she gripped her sword tightly. Daniel moved Falla behind him then looked to the other girls.
"I found her tied up here in the vines, she was calling for help. She told me that some witches cursed her as they passed through, and that she'll die if… well…" he said before glancing back to her.
"Witches?" Triska asked glancing to Alyssa. The witch looked at Falla carefully then down.
"Those other witches we saw earlier, did they do this to her?" Specca asked. Alyssa showed a puzzled expression then looked back to Falla.
"I never heard of that kind of curse before," she said carefully.
"You think I'm making this up? My life is hanging in the balance, please; I just don't want to die!" Falla cried out as held onto Daniel's shirt while behind him, burying her face into his back as she whimpered. The girls looked at her carefully then to Daniel as he was glancing back at the butterfly monster.
"Alyssa, is there anything you can do for her?" Daniel asked looking to the witch. Alyssa watched Falla with a close eye then looked down in puzzlement.
"I'm not sure, I've never heard of such a curse," she said in thought.
"Please don't let me die, Daniel, I'm begging you. You promised you would help me, you promised," Falla whimpered as she held onto him from behind. He looked at her with concern then to the others.
"Daniel, tell me you weren't actually going to do that with her. You weren't really considering that, were you?" Triska asked carefully. Daniel shook his head as Falla peeked up and watched him closely.
"I didn't want it to come to that, I was hoping Alyssa would know of a way to undo the curse," he said defensively.
"You mean… you're going to let me die? You're not going to help me? But you promised!" Falla cried out as she choked back her sobs. Daniel looked back to her as the butterfly girl shook her head with tears falling.
"Falla, we're not going to let you die, I do promise you that. There must be some other way of saving-"
"I'm begging you, Daniel, I need your seed or I'm going to die any minute now. Please!" Falla pleaded as she held her arms around his chest and kept him close.
"Let go of him. He's not going to be doing anything of the sort with you," Triska said sternly. Falla buried her face into Daniel's back and whimpered.
"It doesn't have to mean anything; I'll leave you alone for the rest of your life afterwards if that's what you want. Please, you can't just let me die like this!" she cried out.
"You're going to DIE?" a girl's voice shouted out with horror. Falla looked up with a jump as the group looked around quickly at the sound of the voice.
"What was that?" Specca asked looking around through the trees.
"No, not again," Falla said weakly. She and Daniel looked over to the side in time to see a figure flying towards them, who instantly tackled Falla to the side and rolled over into tumble onto the grass. Everybody looked over to see another butterfly girl hugging Falla who was on the ground looking up with a dull expression on her face. The second butterfly girl looked to be Falla's height and age, almost like her twin. She wore brown sandals and had green ribbons that were wrapped around her lower legs and ankles. She had a light green skirt that looked like it was cut out of a leaf along with a green vine with leaves on it tied around her waist. Her bra was similar to Falla’s as well, being made of light blue petals with the green straps going around the back of her neck. She had short dark hair like Falla and green eyes along with a pair of bug antennae on her head. Her butterfly wings were the same size and shape as Falla's, except hers were bright blue with yellow spots around the edges and had the middle segments being a soft white.
"PLEASE DON'T DIE, SISTER! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!" the girl cried out while hugging Falla tightly, the red eyed butterfly staring up at the sky with a dull gaze while the group watched with puzzled expressions. Falla's hands were lying at her side while she slowly shook her head.
"What is this, who is that?" Triska asked pointing her sword at the new girl.
"Don't die, sister, please don't leave me all alone in the world!" the girl sobbed while hugging Falla on the ground.
"Sister?" Daniel asked curiously. Falla growled loudly then tried to push her sister off of her.
"Dammit, Luna, get off of me! What the hell is wrong with you?" she yelled out. Luna held onto her with a tight grip as she shook her head.
"Why didn't you tell me you were dying? How could you keep that from me, you know how much I love you, sister!" she cried out, the girl sobbing loudly while the group just watched with curious eyes. Falla thrashed around then knocked Luna off of her, the red eyed butterfly girl stumbling back onto her feet as she growled loudly at her sister.
"I told you to wait back home, Luna, what the hell are you doing out here?" she yelled out. Luna leapt off the ground and embraced her sister with a tight hug once again, crying loudly as she rested her head on Falla's shoulder.
"I got lonely waiting so I came looking for you! Oh, Falla, I'm so sorry! I should have been here to help you, please forgive me! I wasn’t here to help you and now you’re going to die because of it!" Luna sobbed as she held onto her sister. She cried loudly into Falla's ear as the others watched with puzzled expressions. Falla growled loudly then tried to push Luna off of her again.
"Stop shouting in my ear, Luna! I'm not dying, ok? I'm not dying, now get off of me!" she shouted. The group looked at her cautiously as Luna choked back her sobs, the butterfly girl leaning back and looking at Falla with worried eyes.
"What? You're not?" she asked softly.
"You're not?" Daniel asked carefully. Falla yelled out with frustration and pushed Luna off of her.
"Every time… every goddamned time I'm close to finally getting a man you always ruin everything!" Falla screamed out. Luna looked at her puzzled while Falla growled loudly at her with desperation.
"I was so close; I was so close this time! I almost had one and you wrecked it! I'm never going to get pregnant if you keep getting in my way like this!" Falla cried out. Luna looked at her for a moment then over to Daniel, then back to Falla, then back to Daniel, then once more back to Falla. After a pause she looked up thoughtfully while Falla trembled with frustration.
"So… you're not dying?" Luna asked curiously looking back to her sister.
"No!" Falla shouted out. Luna looked at her for a moment then hugged her tightly while laughing hysterically, having a very twisted smile as Falla looked ahead with a dull expression.
"MY SISTER'S GOING TO LIVE! JOY OF JOYS, HAHAHAHA!" Luna shouted, once again right into Falla's ear. Daniel and his group watched with dull expressions as Luna laughed wildly while hugging her sister.
"You were lying? Everything you said was a lie?" Daniel asked with discontent. Falla glanced to him and raised an eyebrow as Luna continued to laugh out of control while hugging her.
"No, I really am cursed. Do you not see this lunatic holding me right now?" she pointed out flatly.
"What the hell are they anyway? Specca?" Triska asked as she kept her blade at the ready, glancing back to her nixie friend. Specca studied them as she adjusted her glasses then glanced up in thought as the group watched the two butterfly sisters carefully.
"Let's see. Ah yes, I remember. Monster class: Giant Butterfly. Normally found in grasslands or large meadows, these monsters are generally very peaceful and gentle like their insect counterparts. They rely on using the allure of beauty or deception to entice or trick wandering humans into breeding with them. They are rather harmless however as far as monsters go, with no real physical strength or magical abilities," she educated in a professional tone. Triska glanced to her then back to the butterfly sisters as Falla again pushed Luna off of her.
"
Get off of me, Luna! Why do you have to follow me around everywhere I go? Why?" Falla cried out. Luna giggled playfully and shrugged with an innocent smile. She blinked then looked over to see Daniel staring at them with a dull expression. Luna looked at him curiously then pointed to him with a gasp.
"It's a male human! He's a male!" she shouted with wide eyes. Daniel looked at her with a raised eyebrow as she stared at him with awe. Falla looked at her sister with frustration as the other girls watched her with puzzlement. Luna cheered with a hop then ran towards Daniel, embracing him in a hug as she smiled at him. A smile that was very twisted as her eyes were wide still.
"LET'S GO MAKE BABIES! LOTS AND LOTS OF BABIES! PRETTY PLEASE, CAN WE?" she shrieked before laughing wildly, all while Daniel and his group stared at her with shock.
"What the hell is wrong with her?" Alyssa asked shaking her head.
"How much time do you have?" Falla muttered flatly.
Daniel stared at the crazed butterfly girl with wide eyes then slowly shook his head.
"Um… no," he said shakily. Luna stopped laughing instantly then looked at him curiously as all fell silent around them.
"No?" she asked softly. He shook his head again as the girl watched him with worried eyes. She sniffled then let go of him, then looked down as she whimpered.
"He won’t do me. Why won't anyone knock me up, what’s wrong with me?" she whined before she started crying. She sobbed as she held her hands to her face while Daniel watched her with a bewildered expression, not sure of what to say. He looked to his friends with a shrug then over to Falla as she was watching her sister with a dull stare. After a moment Falla shook her head then looked back over to Daniel with an accusing glare.
"Whatever, you still promised you would help me. So let's get to it," she said with her hands at her hips.
"Get to it?" Daniel asked puzzled.
"Yes, I need you to make a baby with, so let's get started," Falla said expectantly.
"What? I never promised to do such a thing with you," Daniel said waving his hands around in front of him. Falla growled and pointed to him with narrowed eyes.
"Yes you did! You called me beautiful and promised to help me. Well I need your help getting pregnant, so let's go," she declared firmly. The other girls looked at her with surprise then to Daniel.
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