I’m a Human among Fey

Popping up on top of a very big bed that's almost four times as big as the one I share with mama and daddy, I see a woman with sheep horns, sheep ears, platinum blonde hair and skin that looks…Just like a regular caucasian persons', sleeping under a big blanket.

We seem to be in a room that has multiple censers emitting soothing scents in it and the area surrounding the bed is filled with fresh food of different types. It looks quite high quality.

Looking at me, Dave says, "Now~ How about you go ahead first, I'm interested in what will happen."

"Uhhh…Okay?"

Floating towards Lula, I suddenly find myself in our bedroom back at home.

"Huh?"

There's no one here…

"Mommy!?"

No answer.

"Daddy!? Maggie!?"

No answer.

Wait a second…Something is strange.

Looking toward the window, everything is pitch black outside. I can't see anything.

This…Wait…Is this like the dream cabin? Then…Mommy should be on the other side of the door, right?"

Floating toward our bedroom door, I open it and see a black void in front of it. Floating through it, I see a field of grass and flowers under a blue cloudy sky with multiple sheep walking around.

"Woah…"

It's been years since I've seen such colorful nature…

Floating around a little, I notice that the vegetation I go close to starts dying and the sheep close to me turn black and angry and begin running around chasing the white sheep.

That's…Weird…

Floating around some more, the weather turns from cloudy and sunny to snowy and dark.

Something that looks like a large sheep standing upright, then flies toward me at high speeds, stopping just a few feet away from me, mid-air.

A kind of grating sheeplike voice speaks up, "The fuck you think you're doing here?"

"Uhhh…I'm not entirely sure. I was supposed to meet Lula."

"You met her…What do you want?"

I cog my head, "I dunno. Say hi?"

A red, constantly shifting mass of lighting, vaguely in the shape of a humanoid adult, then appears next to us. The plants and sheep surrounding it, instantly mutating, growing, dying, duplicating and reappearing at seemingly random.

In a voice that doubles in on itself and sounds like multiple people of all ages and genders talking in unison, the being says, "Hi~ I came here to introduce your new sister."

It looks around.

"She had quite the fascinating impact on your dream world. How interesting!"

Crossing its sheep leg arms, the floating sheep asks, "Is this a joke, dad?"

"It is not~ Though I do recommend you wake up soon. I can feel something approaching."

"What? What do you-"

"Ah…It's already too late."

"Too late? What do you-"

In the distance, an ever expanding night sky rapidly approaches, destroying everything within its wake. As it gets closer, I can see the sheep start to form different weapons out of nothing and-

Wait…Is that mama!?

"Mama!"

Flying towards her, multiple projectiles, vines and explosives fly past me towards mama but quickly disintegrate before they can hit her. Mama then hugs me tightly and-

"Eh?"

I'm suddenly back in the room with the large bed.

The woman seems to be asleep but tossing and turning as if she had a nightmare and Dave… Just smiles at me, "Where do you want to go next~"

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Meanwhile within the dream of Lula, Ellaine has destroyed and engulfed everything except a small piece of grass from which Lula is desperately trying to push her back while Dave just watches in silence.

"I-I can't do it, dad. It's like, it's like trying to grab air, I have no contr-AAAAAGH"

Getting swallowed up by dozens of tentacles, an endless number of eyes and mouths spawn from the stars.

All speaking in unison the mouths say, "You insolent brat. Do you really think you could control me!? I am the very essence of what you can barely control and alter," the tentacles now start to pierce into the sheep, "If you wish for your daughter's mind to remain unshattered, bring me back my daughter. NOW!"

Dave answers, "Go ahead. I can't beat you in the astral plane. You might be able to shatter her mind but ultimately I still have your daughter and your kingdom would fall if I ally with the other two forces. If you wish to provoke me into doing so, be my guest."

The tentacles inside of Lula, while still pulsating, now stop moving.

"Why do you want my daughter? What do you gain out of all of this?"

"I believe I told you before, I do what I want, whenever I want, unless I do not want to. Your daughter simply piqued my interest enough for me to wish to adopt her~ Unlike your friend the White Queen, I am no schemer with some dark master plan. It is as simple as I say it is. I wish no harm to your daughter. Is one day a year with me guaranteeing her safe return truly such a bad deal~"

There is a bit of silence before Ellaine answers, "I wish to amend the contract."

"Oho~ In what way?"

"I wish for you to add the clause that she has to willingly come visit you and she must not be under duress by you or people associated with you to drive her into that decision."

"Hmm…A sensible addition. I am willing to accept under the condition that she is allowed to visit me, or the rest of my children, whenever she wishes and you or your husband are not allowed to forebay her from doing so or punish her for visiting."

There is a long pause, followed by Ellaine answering, "I have talked to my husband. We agree to these conditions."

"In that case, I shall see you tomorrow, your Highness. The contract has been altered, all you need to do is sign it."

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Looking at Dave, I ask, "Where did mama go?"

"Home~ You can see her again tomorrow."

"Why can't I see her now?"

He shrugs, "It's just the way it is, would you like to meet another of your siblings now?"

"I-I don't know. What about Lula?"

"She is currently having a nightmare but I am sure it will work out~" he summons the wheel again, "There are only three more to go~ As for Melchior, Arachne and Lula…We'll meet them at dinner time."

"Uhm…Okay?"

I spin the wheel once more and now we appear in what seems like a loud bar full of different people. They all seem to be wearing very extravagant and highly colorful clothes and while some of them seem similar to the people I have already met, none of them have tails with heart shaped tips. I'd say a good amount of them look like regular people with skin colors in various colors, one or two horns and tails with different kinds of shapes. But there are also people who look like Faunites in their Hybrid form and small imps of sorts walking around. It seems like the imps are mostly in charge of cleaning though.

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Just a few seconds after we arrive in this bar, the music stops and all the people in it go down to their knees, lower their heads and prop themselves up by their fists, similar to a pushup. Most of them look terrified and many of them are trembling.

Walking over to a room, guarded by two purple skinned guards kneeling on the ground, Dave and I enter inside where we find a guy in his underpants making out with two women, while two scantily clad men are sleeping in front of him.

Similar to Lula, he has a skin color like a caucasian Human and platinum blonde hair. His body looks well toned, he has a long and very thin tail with a heart shaped tip, obsidian black horns that point up in an O-shape and his face looks like that of a Hollywood star playing a handsome millionaire in his mid thirties with a well groomed beard.
Somehow, after seeing everyone else, he looks the most boring though. There isn't much that makes him unique.

When the women making out with him notice us, they too fall to the ground, trembling and bowing which makes the guy look toward us.

"Oh, sup dad."

Holding me up, Dave says with a smile, "I got you a little something~"

Looking at me unimpressed from his seat, he answers, "I don't enjoy fucking kids. Too tight for me."

Feeling really uncomfortable, I whisper to Dave, "That…Was a joke, right?"

"Of course~ Dante is great with children."

"Kay…"

He looks to Dante, "This is your new sister~ Her name is Sammy."

Still unimpressed, he answers, "Yeah…Don't care."

Dave sighs, "We're having family dinner today."

"Kay…Do I have to go?"

Dave looks at me before answering, "Nah…It's fine."

"Great, may I go back to partying now?"

"Of course!"

Dave then takes out a golden coin, it has his face on one side and his tail on the other.

"There you go, go and flip it."

Taking the coin, I flip it and Dave catches it mid air, "Tails, huh. Time to visit Salazar!"

Appearing in a red, dimly lit room next. I see a being that looks like an amalgamation of different Humans woven around a sickly man in its middle with white hair, pale skin and flesh surrounding him. The flesh around him is seemingly taking a form similar to a five legged creature, with each leg standing inside a pool of soul blobs slowly absorbing them and growing new people in the flesh that moan in agony while others grasp for air before being swallowed up completely by the flesh.

"What is that…"

"It's your brother Salazar! You two are the closest in age so I'm sure you'll get along. Salazar come here."

Turning around, the five legged mass of flesh slowly strides to the rim of the pool where we're standing.

The gray haired person, who's torso is hanging out of the middle of the flesh, now looks at me and gives us a weak smile, "He-Cough-llo dad…Wheeze What brings Cough you here? Wheeze"

"I wanted to introduce you to your new little sister, Sammy! Congrats on not being the youngest anymore~"

Moving its flesh encased torso closer to me, the person smiles, "Hello Wheeze, I am Cough Salazar. I'm glad to Wheeze meet you."

Concerned, I ask, "Are you okay? You look like you're in pain."

"Haha Wheeze ha, that's because I am. I Cough have the ability to purify Wheeze souls inside my body. By absorbing both the souls and Wheeze Chaos energy directly, I can Cough absorb exponentially more power than by just Wheeze consuming purified souls. Though it does Wheeze make me quite sick while I purify."

Flying out of Dave's arms, I put my hands on the man's cheeks, "That's no good! Even if it makes you stronger, don't torture yourself!"

Looking at me surprised, he starts laughing, coughing and wheezing, "You are a kind soul. But I'm Wheeze fine."

I'm sure he's lying but if these are souls my soul seeing eyes should be able to tell if it's bad or not. Mama will hopefully not notice.

Turning my soul seeing eyes on, I-

"UGGHHHH!!!"

Flashes of hundreds of people's last moments blow by me, followed by glimpses of their lives all in unison, so many thoughts, so many memories, so many feeli-

A voice, "Elleanor."

"Elleanor! Remember who you are!"

Who I…Am? Who…Who am I?

"At first you were Samuel Gardner,"

Memories come flooding back to me.

"Then you became Sammy and suffered dismemberment, burning, fear and hunger-"

Images of past horrible events return to me as I see countless lives in front of me.

"But you also found love in Hildegard, friendship in Pavel and eventually your parents and sister Maggie."

Breathing heavily, a red room comes into view.

"You then finally became Elleanor. You grew up in a loving family and yesterday you encountered your grandmother who was torturing your mother and after becoming corrupted while trying to save your mother, ended up here, in hell."

Seeing how time has stopped, I answer in my mind, Thank you, White Queen. What happened?

"Your mind nearly shattered because you were looking directly at thousands of souls, that were removed from their bodies, at the same time. My first warning right now is, under no circumstances must you turn around right now."

Alright, why?

"Because your mind would not be able to comprehend directly looking at the king of hell's soul, even I get a headache from it. He has consumed an insurmountable amount. Now heed my second warning, you are currently distracted by me directly talking to you and putting your mind into the Twilight Realm. The moment this communication stops, you will be bombarded again by the souls in front of you," she sighs, "This is exactly why I wanted you to train by using your eyes more often early but that stubborn child refused you that practice. Regardless, I am going to teach you what you need to do and slowly, inch by inch, will slow and fasten time again until you have control over it. This could take a very long time, are you prepared for it?"

Well…I don't really have a choice so…Sure. Let's do it.

"Great. The most important thing I want you to remember is, who you are. Remember back when I taught you how to move out of your body and become one with winter? We're trying to the opposite here, think of yourself as a stalwart being and surround yourself in a barrier of arrogance. There is no way you would lose yourself, right?"

Right.

"You need to believe it. You are you and nothing will change that. Like that saying you used to say, cogito ergo sum."

Right!

"Great! For now, you must reject those memories. They aren't yours. Tell me who you are!"

I am Elleanor, Crownprincess of winter, Archduchess of the Unseelie, Duchess BEEatrice of Hive one, Master hide and seeker and I will be the one to brave this trial like I have all others! To adventure! Huzzaaaaaaaaaah!

Time now moves again and my mind instantly goes blank from all the noise.

"Too weak. Your resolve is too weak! Who are you!?"

I'm Elleanor!

Time moves again and once more I get overwhelmed instantly.

This cycle repeats rapidly for what feels for forever until I hear, "Alright. Let's take a break. You managed to increase your endurance to one tenth of a second."

Just one tenth!? For how long have I been trying!?

"In experienced time? About four hours. In Hell time, about one second."

Wow…How long do I need to be able to last?

"There are three win conditions in this. Either, we manage for you to get full control, which I find unlikely, just manage for you to last long enough so you can turn your eyes off again or we stall for the Hellking to notice something is wrong, assess the situation and decide it is best to help. He enjoys letting his children struggle and only intervening at the last second. So, depending how well you do, the longer it will take for him to act. My assumption however is, that provided we do not achieve full control, he should intervene within 30-45 seconds in Helltime. So as long as you keep improving as you have, we should be done in about three hundred tries."

Great…Let's continue then, I want to get this over with.

"No, your mind needs some rest. How about I tell you some stories, then forcibly induce a sleep-like state in you for a bit?"

Uuuh…What kind of stories?

"I have been compiling some children's stories that I believe to have good educational and entertainment values."

Uuuuh…In that case, sure!

"Wonderful. Try to relax, 'In a land far far away…'"

After some nice stories, the White Queen makes me fall asleep and when I wake up again, we continue our training.

After some more hours, she says, "Alright…Let's stop here. By now, you can endure for about a second and a half. That is long enough for you to turn your eyes off. Also, it seems like your quick progress has intrigued the King rather than made him worried, so it is unlikely he would stop you as of current."

Finally! So I can stop now!?

"Yes. You managed to increase your control by quite a lot. Congratulations Elleanor. Let's train again in the future under less taxing circumstances."

Sure! Thank's for helping, White Queen.

"You are quite welcome. Well then, prepare yourself I wil-"

By the way, may I ask you a question?

"Sure?"

Do you have a name?

She seems confused, "What?"

Well…I always call you 'White Queen' but that seems more like a title than a name.

"You are not wrong. I do not wish to share whether or not I have a name though on account that it could be used against me."

Aha! So you do have a name!

"I will neither confirm nor deny."

Well, even if you don't want to share, I still want to call you something other than White Queen.

"I am not interested. Prepare yourself, I will return you now."

Why? Can't we-

Seeing time slowly speed up again, I concentrate and block out the memories.

SOUL SEEING EYES OFF!!!

For the first time in days, I can now feel myself breathing again and I am able to move my-

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Passing out, Eleanor gets caught by Dave.

"Quite fascinating! You did well."

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