Time Heals: Pet Rock
More dark fun from the Time Heals-verse.
This one introduces Time Heals-Celeste and her favorite pet rock, golem!Kevin. Awww, yeah.
Enjoy!
Pet Rock
Evening had settled into an eerie and peaceful quiet.
Magical torches automatically lit themselves in sconces all through the palace garden. Birds sang quiet evening songs to each other as the sun dipped below the horizon. Flowers shut tight while several bioluminescent plants folded open along the various pathways of the garden.
Carefully, but purposefully, Celeste Morningstar made her way through the various pathways in search of her preferred golem.
“Come on, Kevin! We need to see where Mum went. She said she was going to see the golden lady again! Kevin? Kevin, where are you! You shouldn’t be naughty! You should come when your princess calls you!” the child called, stamping her tiny, jeweled shoe enclosed foot.
Celeste walked up and down the garden paths looking for her misplaced pet, but found herself unable to locate the humanoid golem. She frowned.
“I wonder where he’s gone to. He usually comes when I ask for him,” she thought out loud to herself.
She stopped in her tracks when she sensed a flicker of a mana signature in the bush. It wasn’t much of anything, really, just a normal human. It didn’t feel anything like her mother or father’s and was therefore, nothing for her to be frightened of. She turned to face the insignificant spark and raised an eyebrow.
“I don’t know you. You aren’t supposed to be here,” she stated, blue eyes narrowing, “Kevin! Come here! I need you to squash a bug for me!”
She waited for a moment, but there was no familiar crashing footsteps of her ungainly golem smashing through the undergrowth. Celeste scowled and her round, cherubic face turned dark. Her blue eyes flickered with magenta sparks. They never left the man in the shadows.
“Your pet rock isn’t coming!” the stranger growled cockily. The human man emerged from his hiding place looking smug. A pair of goggles sat on top of a bald head that was lined with jagged scars, a few of which looked like claw marks. He stepped out of the bushes with a kind of swagger that was better suited to someone who hadn’t just been discovered in the palace garden.
“You better not have broken him! Mommy will be cross! She only has one like that!” Celeste said, tiny brows creasing as she stared at the intruder.
The man pulled a gun out of his coat and aimed it at the princess.
“Shut up you little abomination!” he barked, moving the weapon so that it was pointed between the child’s eyes, “I’m going to be a hero! I’m putting an end to your family’s reign of terror!”
“Guns are dangerous. You shouldn’t wave them around like that. Daddy says so,” Celeste said calmly, as if her were waving a toy in her face. He might as well have been, in her eyes.
The man began to visibly sweat, despite the cool evening air. His eyes darted around him, as if searching for something. All he could see, however, was the little girl in the tiara and the dark purple cloak.
“What...what’s happening? What are you doing? Why is it so hot all of a sudden?”
“I might be young, but I don’t care for games. Where is my golem?” Celeste asked calmly.
The man dropped his gun and began to scratch at his flesh, leaving deep red scratches in it. His pores were openly visible and sweat poured out of every single one. He looked impossibly flushed and bloodshot.
Celeste pouted and squinted harder.
“I don’t like asking things twice, it is distracting,” she added, a smile twitching at the corner of her lips.
The combination of her smile and her intense gaze suddenly filled the man with terror and his eyes, blurry from sweat and salt, searched for an escape route. When there was none to be found, he launched himself at the girl, but before he could lay a finger on her, a stone mace struck him on the head, which caused his entire body to explode into a sloppy pile of flesh and bone. The smell of roasting meat filled the air. Gooey remnants dripped down the golem’s body. Celeste brushed a stray glob of it from her tiara as if she was swatting a fly.
“Took you long enough. I thought you could handle a couple of these mortals by yourself. After all, Daddy says you have to make sure they don’t find out about me just yet. I almost had to explode him. At least you showed up. I only cooked him a little instead of blowing him up all over. That would have been an awful mess,”
The princess motioned for the golem to pick her up and the creature complied. Celeste perched on his shoulder and hugged his cold, stone head. Mana fueled eyes stared forward indifferently.
“I’m glad those men didn’t break you. I’d miss you,” Celeste whispered into a stone ear before she daintily kissed his forehead.
The golem made no motion to acknowledge her affection, but stood stock still, awaiting her command. The princess seemed to sense this and she cleared her throat.
“Take me to Momma. I want to see the golden lady again,” she commanded.
Without a word, the golem began to march forward into the night.
This one introduces Time Heals-Celeste and her favorite pet rock, golem!Kevin. Awww, yeah.
Enjoy!
Pet Rock
Evening had settled into an eerie and peaceful quiet.
Magical torches automatically lit themselves in sconces all through the palace garden. Birds sang quiet evening songs to each other as the sun dipped below the horizon. Flowers shut tight while several bioluminescent plants folded open along the various pathways of the garden.
Carefully, but purposefully, Celeste Morningstar made her way through the various pathways in search of her preferred golem.
“Come on, Kevin! We need to see where Mum went. She said she was going to see the golden lady again! Kevin? Kevin, where are you! You shouldn’t be naughty! You should come when your princess calls you!” the child called, stamping her tiny, jeweled shoe enclosed foot.
Celeste walked up and down the garden paths looking for her misplaced pet, but found herself unable to locate the humanoid golem. She frowned.
“I wonder where he’s gone to. He usually comes when I ask for him,” she thought out loud to herself.
She stopped in her tracks when she sensed a flicker of a mana signature in the bush. It wasn’t much of anything, really, just a normal human. It didn’t feel anything like her mother or father’s and was therefore, nothing for her to be frightened of. She turned to face the insignificant spark and raised an eyebrow.
“I don’t know you. You aren’t supposed to be here,” she stated, blue eyes narrowing, “Kevin! Come here! I need you to squash a bug for me!”
She waited for a moment, but there was no familiar crashing footsteps of her ungainly golem smashing through the undergrowth. Celeste scowled and her round, cherubic face turned dark. Her blue eyes flickered with magenta sparks. They never left the man in the shadows.
“Your pet rock isn’t coming!” the stranger growled cockily. The human man emerged from his hiding place looking smug. A pair of goggles sat on top of a bald head that was lined with jagged scars, a few of which looked like claw marks. He stepped out of the bushes with a kind of swagger that was better suited to someone who hadn’t just been discovered in the palace garden.
“You better not have broken him! Mommy will be cross! She only has one like that!” Celeste said, tiny brows creasing as she stared at the intruder.
The man pulled a gun out of his coat and aimed it at the princess.
“Shut up you little abomination!” he barked, moving the weapon so that it was pointed between the child’s eyes, “I’m going to be a hero! I’m putting an end to your family’s reign of terror!”
“Guns are dangerous. You shouldn’t wave them around like that. Daddy says so,” Celeste said calmly, as if her were waving a toy in her face. He might as well have been, in her eyes.
The man began to visibly sweat, despite the cool evening air. His eyes darted around him, as if searching for something. All he could see, however, was the little girl in the tiara and the dark purple cloak.
“What...what’s happening? What are you doing? Why is it so hot all of a sudden?”
“I might be young, but I don’t care for games. Where is my golem?” Celeste asked calmly.
The man dropped his gun and began to scratch at his flesh, leaving deep red scratches in it. His pores were openly visible and sweat poured out of every single one. He looked impossibly flushed and bloodshot.
Celeste pouted and squinted harder.
“I don’t like asking things twice, it is distracting,” she added, a smile twitching at the corner of her lips.
The combination of her smile and her intense gaze suddenly filled the man with terror and his eyes, blurry from sweat and salt, searched for an escape route. When there was none to be found, he launched himself at the girl, but before he could lay a finger on her, a stone mace struck him on the head, which caused his entire body to explode into a sloppy pile of flesh and bone. The smell of roasting meat filled the air. Gooey remnants dripped down the golem’s body. Celeste brushed a stray glob of it from her tiara as if she was swatting a fly.
“Took you long enough. I thought you could handle a couple of these mortals by yourself. After all, Daddy says you have to make sure they don’t find out about me just yet. I almost had to explode him. At least you showed up. I only cooked him a little instead of blowing him up all over. That would have been an awful mess,”
The princess motioned for the golem to pick her up and the creature complied. Celeste perched on his shoulder and hugged his cold, stone head. Mana fueled eyes stared forward indifferently.
“I’m glad those men didn’t break you. I’d miss you,” Celeste whispered into a stone ear before she daintily kissed his forehead.
The golem made no motion to acknowledge her affection, but stood stock still, awaiting her command. The princess seemed to sense this and she cleared her throat.
“Take me to Momma. I want to see the golden lady again,” she commanded.
Without a word, the golem began to march forward into the night.