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I had just married Jane, Amy, and Frala and really wanted to rest and forget the world for a time. Instead I stood and said, "I would love nothing more than to make love to all of you, but there are some wood Fae I must speak to and try to guide them back into the right path," I said looking around. Without waiting, I returned to the woods and looked at the pair of women. Kneeling before them I said, "Can you tell me how you managed to fall so far?"
When the pair didn't reply I sighed, "What am I to do with you? Should I erase your race? Start over? Fighting damn sure is not your way so again I ask what the fucked happened here?" Again no one spoke, "Give me a reason to save you. Give me any reason because to tell the truth I do not wish to watch your race die out."
Still they didn't speak. "I see," I said standing. Looking down at them I said, "If and when you come up with a reason let me know." I went to the mesa and stood looking out at the vista a long time alone before breaking down and crying.
"Sometimes you have to make hard choices and then live with them," Maradith said softly from behind me. "Over the years I have turned and created many daughters. But there was one, one woman who resisted everything I threw at her. Each time we met, she stood up to me. First in a hotel room then in my brothel, not once but twice, and even in public in a park at night. It was dumbfounding. Here was a young woman who stood up against me and then saved my life and called me friend. I knew she would die if I did not heal and change her." She paused a long time and then said, "I always wondered if she forgave me for saving her."
"I'm sure she did and came to see you as her mother," I replied softly.
"I've said it before, but of all my creations, she was the one I loved and yes I thought of her as my daughter. It troubles me when I see her hurting and hiding from those she loves and who love her." Maradith paused and then came up to stand beside her. "How can I help her? How can mother make it better Samantha?"
I turned and threw myself into her arms as I cried. "Oh mom, I messed up so bad this time. I know how to restore but not fix the problem."
She let me cry, stroking my back and cooing softly as her wings waved. Finally, when I had slowed down she said, "Start from the top and tell me everything."
We talked for what seemed like eons as I told her about finding a water and forest fairies. When I got to the point of removing the soulless androids and asking the two humans for a reason I stopped. "Mother, they knelt mute. How can I save something when I can't come up with a reason? I can't let their race die out, but I don't know how to make it right."
Instead of replying to me Lilith replied and they began talking in the old language. I never understood how everyone who was succubae could speak it without problem, but to me it was gibberish. Two other women showed up. One was not much older than I and the other ancient though she looked as if she were in her late teens. The four started talking in low tones. I turned away and walked to the edge and looked down.
"Long way down," Jane said from beside me.
"It's not the fall that kills you, it's the knowledge that yes you are that stupid and the sudden stop at the end," Jason said from the other side of me. "I talked with the pair in question. They thought they were doing the right thing. Then their god comes along and takes the one sister who had told the world to fuck off as her wife. If that wasn't enough, the god returns and tears into them. Sam, they didn't answer you because they were in shock."
"The ones I removed were soulless machines without love or compassion in their hearts." I looked back at the argument happening behind me. Instead of four women, there were nearly a fifty fae, all dressed in greens and browns, all talking angrily to each other in gibberish. "Dare I ask?"
"Your mother is tearing into Lilly about her finding you clinging to the edge of sanity while your wives are off doing other things. That led the other two and then their followers into the argument. Hearing the noise and knowing your pain, I came with Jason to help you in any way we can." Jane paused and then said, "I can give you a reason if you really want one little sister."
"So can I. Do it because it is the right thing to do. Screw someone saying I want to hug trees and bunny rabbits, do it because it is right," Jason said. He paused and then said softly, "The Sam I know would have known that answer already. Have you lost yourself so much?"
"No, I just needed to be reminded now and then," I replied. Glancing at the pair still fighting I added, "They can't be in the same room without fighting can they?"
"Aunt Maradith and Lilly both have strong views as to what is best for you. Maradith is coming from a mother's viewpoint and wants to keep you safe. Lilly on the other hand is coming from a lover's viewpoint and wants you to do as you damn well please. One coin, two sides." Jane said not looking at them. "Both are right and wrong."
I walked over and listened to them for a minute. "Do you two think you can keep from fighting long enough to take it somewhere else?" I said finally. When they turned to me I continued, "I love you both, but your fighting is not helping and in fact making it worse. I know you both think you know what is best for me and will fight for what you believe in. But can you least drop it to a dull roar?"
Without waiting for their reply, I went over to the mass of women, "Enough!" That got everyone to shut up. I felt out and saw that they had all been human before. "A human comes into the forest with an axe. He is cold and needs a fire to warm up. What are you going to do about him?" The women looked at each other and then me not speaking. "Come now, you are supposed to be protectors of the forest. Why can't you answer a simple question?"
I was in the process of turning away when one woman said, "I would help him gather dry and dead wood for his fire. In the process I would help him see that green wood, living trees, will not burn worth a darn and help him in any way I can while protecting the forest." She looked at her sisters before turning back to me.
"Now if you can get all of your sisters to see the same thing, I would love to know how you do it." I replied. Looking at the others I said, "We are all in this together. You must have love in your heart and compassion in your soul." I looked at the pair with Maradith and Lilith and said, "I ran across several wood Fae in a Texas grove. Being machines, they were all about protecting the forest but they did not have any compassion for others. In the end I removed them."
