It was a few days later when Matthias contacted Shadow, and requested he gather the girls at his palace so Matthias could come get them. Shadow sat with the ladies in a side sitting room, relaxing and waiting for Matthias to make his appearance.
Since clothes were essential in meeting the Fae, Shadow wore blue jeans and a black t-shirt. On his t-shirt in white writing was the word WRITER written all in capital letters. Bella chose a white sundress with yellow floral patterns on it, and Sophia wore a gray long-sleeved dress.
Ivy wore blue jeans, a red flannel shirt, and black boots that she never went anywhere without. Sammy wore blue jeans, a black tanktop, and a long-sleeved blue shirt that was slightly see-through.
They all sat in the sitting room, discussing their lives in the cam world, and comparing best and worst customers that they'd had. Shadow was obviously among the best, but he wasn't the only good customer to talk about.
A moment or two later, Matthias walked into the room, dressed like he was ready for a formal party. He wore a black tuxedo with a black bow-tie and a crisp white button-down shirt. To add to all this, we wore white driving gloves, and he looked very pleased with himself.
"Here you all are, I've been looking all over the palace for you," Matthias said, smiling good-naturedly, but also with relief.
"Are we underdressed?" Shadow asked with a smirk, nodding at Matthias' tuxedo.
"Nope, I'm trying to impress a female of my kind that's going to be at the meeting," Matthias said simply. "I do look styling though, if I do say so myself."
"So, where the fuck is this meeting," Bella asked, raising her eyebrows. "Are we going to Fairy Land or something?"
"A neutral zone between the world of the Fae and your world, actually," Matthias replied with a shrug. "It'll be a quick transport to it from here, and I'll get you back just as easily."
"Okay, what time is the meeting at?" Shadow asked. "I know it's probably afternoon in the U.S. right now, but other then that, time has no meaning here."
"The Fae are meeting among one another all day today," Matthias explained with a smile of satisfaction. "You all can make an appearance whenever you get there, basically."
"Are we ready, ladies?" Shadow said to his submissives.
"Yeah, let's go fuck with some Fae," Ivy said with a devilish smile.
"I'm down," Bella agreed, to which Sammy and Sophia nodded their agreement.
"Come gather around me then, please," Matthias said.
Shadow and the ladies stood up from their seats and gathered around the wizard. The bright light that they'd all grown accustomed to surrounded them and they were transported.
When the bright light vanished, Shadow, Matthias, and the ladies stood in a large corridor that trailed off down a long hallway. As if to set an ethereal tone, the corridor and hallway were illuminated by fiery torches placed schematically on the walls. It was made of stone, but still looked crisply clean and orderly. The essence of ancient magic perforated the air but was not overwhelming. It was as though something was welcoming them, but at the same time cautioning their actions in the place.
"I'm guessing you brought us to the entrance of the place," Shadow said to Matthias, looking their surroundings over candidly. "Why didn't you just transport us straight to the meeting room?"
"I thought I was transporting us straight to the meeting room," Matthias said looking confused. "It's been a while since I've been here, I must've misdirected the spell."
He looked at the corridor as though trying to get his bearings. The weight of the magic in the air seemed to gain in mass, but still was far from overwhelming.
"I'll try again," Matthias said and started lifting his arms.
"Where in here is the meeting?" Shadow asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Just down the hall and on the left is where it's supposed to be," Matthias said, in the middle of lifting his arms.
"Fuck it, we'll just walk, dude," Bella said, and moved forward as if to lead the way.
"Okay, but I better go first since I'm part of this world and you all technically aren't," Matthias said and hurried past Bella to be the one first going down the hall.
The ladies looked at Shadow, but he simply shrugged his shoulders and followed Matthias. The ladies, in turn, followed their master.
As the humans walked along the hallway with the wizard, they noticed that different doors lined either sides of the hallway as though they were walking in a hallway for a castle or labyrinth. Some of the doors looked modern, others ancient, varying from rectangular to triangular at different places. The length between the doors varied as well, making Shadow at least curious what kind of rooms or whatever were behind them.
As they were walking past one of the various rectangular doors, this one larger and wider than the others, the door swung in and green light glowed from within. A sweet kind of music such as from a flute played faintly, and they then realized that Ivy was walking right towards the door as though entranced by the melody and light.
"Whoa, girl, I wouldn't do that," Sophia said to her fellow submissive, grabbing Ivy by the arm and steering her back towards the others. "You don't know what's in there and it might not be friendly just because it sounds nice."
"Yeah, I don't know what the fuck came over me," Ivy agreed allowing the brunette to lead her from the door. "I just felt like I had to go in there."
Then the torches went out and the humans all turned to where Matthias had been standing. They were about to start yelling at him when the flames in the torches returned just as suddenly, and even Matthias was looking alarmed.
"What the fuck is going on, Matthias?!" Bella hissed at the wizard, who blinked once to regain his focus.
