#anywhere

"Yup."

"They're just greedy bullies."

"And they try to own all the trods "

"Right!"

And the door to the bedroom opens slightly

"Hello?" Alert.

a sniffling sound

A wet nose pokes in.. Sniff

"...Hello?"

"Wuff?" and in comes Azul... the Fae hound

He wags his tail

"Puppy!"

"Hello puppy!"

The puppy gambles up and wagging furiously, for little people are dogs people!

"oH MY GOSH HE'S ADORABLE"

yes, satyrs speak in caps

"HE IS!"

Positive attention and love? Oh hey yes... Lick!

Giggles and lots of petting!

Oh he's a antention hog yes he is

and the girls even forget about princesses

Well, of course. Puppy!

"He's a fae hound but not like the ones at the farm he's.. oooo fuss fuss fuss "

"He's a big handsome baby!"

his tail whappy so happy

The satyress laughs loud and open. She is not one to hide emotions at her age and kith

With a new friend, and a dog, in a pretty room full of ruffles and dollies... it's easy to forget and be seven.

----- and a close, but only to this chapter

Somewhere... Constance and Coy sit down to have a wonderful meal at last. They get to date so rarely that...

"Pardon, Constance, the Countess, she needs you again" The boggan says

The scribecloses her eyes, then takes a breath "Of.. course. I'll be right there"

................

"So which one is the dark haired princess again?" Ash asks

"This one is Belle, and she likes books."

"And her father is a nocker, I think. He invents things that don't work."

Ash smirks

"Well, Belle seems very intelligent" A nod

"She IS! She's the smartest one!"

"She's older than Ariel, and Ariel would be smarter than she seems but she got some bad advice from a bird" Ariel says holding the mermaid close

"That can happen in our world" Ash agrees

"Ariel is very brave though."

"She is" Ariel smiles "And so is Rapunzel, in fact, today Rapunzel and Ariel saved the princes!"

"They did?" brows go up

"Oh yes! They were trapped by an evil witch and put in a tower!"

"Yes, the EVIL witch, not the standard good witch. It's very important you qualify"

"There are good witches. The Baroness was mostly good, I think."

"But all Eiluned are witches, that's for sure."

"That's my experience as well" Ash agrees "But be careful how you use the term"

"Oh?"

"Some might take it as an insult" She says