"Thank you kindly, for the ever so delicious tea Mrs Merletta, it's simply splendid!" Bethany chirped in response to the raven black stallion's generous pouring of her tea.
Mrs Merletta nodded her head, snorting in response before seating herself back down and smoothing over her midnight purple dress, shaking her head so her back curls left her vision.
She liked the small child, she reminded her much of one of her smaller daughters back in her mansion.
Bethany smiled, lifting her porcelain white tea cup decorated with multiple wildflowers to her peachy lips, savoring in its delightful taste.
For all of four seconds before a snow white bunny wearing a baby blue and violet toned jesters suit with ruffles and sporting a two tailed jesters hat spoke some..not very kind words..which shall not be said..which made the poor girl quickly whip her head to the side so she could spit out the tea without spraying anyone.
"Mister Rodney! How ever could you say such a thing! You simply must apologize to Mrs Merletta at once!" Bethany firmly set down her tea cup in a flash, hands placed atop her hips and glaring at the little bunny on behalf of raven black stallion.
However, the little bunny, clearly intent on being difficult and a rude little thing, merely folded his arms and turned his head aside.
However, Rodney had made the mistake of turning his head towards Miss Honey, for the black bear grabbed hold of one of his ears in her paws and began to scold the child.
"Now listen here young man, that is absolutely no way to speak to your elders, I've eaten strawberries bigger than you so don't you go thinking that you are bigger than everybody else and above being kind," As Miss Honey began to lecture the bunny boy he let out a squeal from the pain of having his ear tugged but she was far from done scolding him.
"I honestly have half a mind to tell your grandfather just how much of a naughty young man you've been-" Miss Honey was unfortunately not allowed the pleasure of finishing her spiel as the young bunny started flailing his arms about letting out squeals of promises of how he'd be good and begs to not tell on him.
Miss Honey let out a small annoyed growl and whacked the poor child upside the back of his head.
She was a widowed grandmother, she would not accept disrespect from her grandchildren or
"Young man, you do not interrupt your elders, if you have something you must say, you wait until I am finished speaking."
Before Miss Honey could further lecture the small bunny, Miss Merletta let out a soft neigh.
"Alright, since Miss Merletta has insisted upon it, you shall apologize to her and help sweep her front porch, and if you say another unkind thing during this tea party, I WILL be telling your grandfather!"
Rodney quickly nodded his head up and down as if he were a bobblehead and not a rabbit before squeaking apologizes to the raven black stallion.
Bethany giggled at the exchange, sunlight poured in through large glass windows overlooking the country, warming the crowd and an abundance of plushies and dolls.
The delicious taste of strawberry cake and sweet biscuits still lingered on the small child's tongue, mingling with the taste of the tea Miss Merletta brought with her when she'd arrived.
She glanced down at her tea gown, it was blush pink with little daisies scattered about, adorned with a cream white sailor collar and a long bow as well as a large matching cream bow tied around her waist. The lace at the edges of the petticoats and of her sleeves was cream white, matching the lace on her blush pink bonnet, keeping her brown curls tucked in neatly resting atop her shoulders, and hugging her pale neck.
Her lips tugged upwards on her rosy cheeks, watching her animal friends interact, the sunlight pouring into the room, enjoying sweet treats and steaming tea together in a paradise of lace, ruffles, frills, porcelain, stuffing and tresses.
Pretty soon her big sister and uncle would be joining her then she'd finally have all she wished for within this peaceful tea party.
"But what about your fathers?"
Bethany stilled, her once warm smile faltering.
"Don't you miss them as well?"
"W-What..?" Bethany murmured to herself, her shoulders tensing a tad, bringing her curls and the lace upon her collar as well as her cream neck bow up with her.
"They've done so much for you.."
"I-I" Bethany stammered, feeling as though an invisible force were grabbing her heart inside her chest and squeezing it.
"S-Sto-" Her animal friends began to appear blurry and far away but they seemed to not notice their small friend's growing distress, talking and laughing as if she wasn't there.
Bethany didn't answer, her chest pinched tight as her breathing grew faster and increasingly more ragged.
A sharp gasp escaped the small girl as her periwinkle eyes snapped open and she jerked awake back inside her bed, in her room, in the cabin.
Bethany lay there, still, for a few moments as she tried to reel in her racing heart and calm the tsunami that was her breathing as she clutched the poor kitten plush in her arms half to death.
The kitten was as long from Bethany's waist to her collar bone, so it was a good sized plush. It was snow white with a baby pink ribbon tied into a bow around its neck and the near end of its swirling tail and it's face was adorned with a baby pink triangular nose and two shiny black button eyes and a curved smile that made it look about as innocent and friendly as it was.
Though the plush was a bit worn from years of cuddles and playing, Bethany still loved Posey with all her heart.
Though, even after slowing her breathing to a much calmer amount, thanks to Posey Bethany thought, something still felt..off.
Usually the cabin felt homey, warm from the fireplace and the air, it usually felt so safe..being so far up the mountain and away from everything..
But now..it felt..still, cold, silent..you could hear a pin drop throughout the whole cabin in this kind of silence.
And it no longer felt as safe it did, it felt..like..it had gotten darker, sure it was stormy tonight but.. it felt as if the whole cabin were holding it's breath and though it were trying to conceal its inhabitants in darkness..
S O M E T H I N G T H A T S H O U L D N ' T
Bethany lay still, afraid almost to breathe but, she glanced at the clock in her bedroom, squinting to see in what sparse light was left in her bedroom.
Lightning struck, making the small girl's body jolt but ultimately she was greatful, despite it giving her a little scare, because it allowed to see the time if only for a moment.
Her sister should have closed the shop and been home by now, if something has really got in then she had to make sure sissy was alright!
Or even go check the shop to see if her sister was still there and make her come back home because it was too late to still be down there, especially during a thunder and lightning storm!
So, taking a deep breath and gathering what little courage the child had within her, Bethany slowly peeled her blankets away from her little body.
Careful not to make a single sound just in case, she slowly planted her feet atop the cold wooden floor before easing herself out of bed.
Bethany would have liked to take Posey with her for comfort but ultimately decided on leaving the kitten plush atop her pillow, silently instructing it to guard her room and keep it safe for her while she was out.
Then the small child silenly inhaled and exhaled for confidence and, silent as a mouse on Christmas night, she tip toed to her bedroom door, easing it open before slipping into the hallway.
After emerging from her bedroom, the small girl silently padded over to the railing, placing her hands atop it and cranned her head downwards, squinting in the dark, to allow her to peer down into the living room.
Now that she was closer, though still far enough away to not be able to see every little detail she could make out some hushed voices, one she recognized as her big sister!
But there were two other silhouettes down there with her, Bethany furrowed her eyebrows in confusion and leaned her head further down to try to make out who they were.
Before she could be confused any longer Bethany noticed the glint of a sharp object on the ground, the glint of metal near where both the arms of the two figures should've been, the drooping of a mages hat as well as the glint of a jewel hanging off the end of it, and .. something poking out of the other person's head, something that looked like..wait .. r a y s
The absolute millisecond Bethany realized who the two were, her big sister's eyes flicked to her and widened in horror.
They stood staring at each other like that for a moment, two girls realizing the situation the other was in and both equally terrified for themself and the other.
Then the one with rays noticed her sister's look, uttering a nickname she hadn't heard for years in a inquisitive tone before turning their attention to her line of vision before she could avert it in an attempt to divert their attention away from the younger.
It felt like both of them nearly stopped breathing in terror.
It was then, in that moment, their head turned and met Bethany's eyes, from atop the railing.
In that moment, Bethany didn't think she could've been more terrified than she had been for years as her wide stricken periwinkle eyes met crystal blue optics.
Those glowing blue eyes..that were staring at her in such shock, felt as though they were piercing through her very being, pining her in place.
She couldn't move, couldn't breathe, it felt like the entire earth stopped spinning in that moment because..a predator finally found its prey it'd been searching for all this time..
It seemed as though it were broken though, the very instant they took a single step in her direction, murmuring her own nickname in almost deprived wonder, reaching a hand toward her smaller figure, a sharp gasp escaped her and she quickly took a step backwards, stumbling towards the floor and landing on her bottom.
Though as exclamation of surprise and chides to be careful left them, Bethany wasted no time, quick on her feet as she scrambled up and raced back to the direction of her bedroom.
The small child practically flew through the door, slamming it shut with her trembling body, though the sound of thundering footsteps up the stairs quickly led her to lock the door, racing back to her bed to retrieve Posey, with her periwinkle eyes darting across the room in search of a place to hide.
Bethany had little time for a hiding place as, in a matter of moments, the doorknob was rattling before glowing yellow engulfed it and it creaked open.
Posey was tossed at a yellow face, engulfed in shadows as it crept towards her, with the small girl scrambling backwards into the very corner of the wall, trembling arms covering her head with her knees up to her heaving chest in an attempt to conceal herself.
It did little to hide herself from the monster though because before Bethany could even think of running away to somewhere safe, somewhere no one would find her, somewhere the only guardians she'd have are her animal friends in her imagined safe world, she was brought against a metallic chest covered in frills.
Bethany's legs slung over a lap so familiar, an arm wrapped around her torso, keeping her close and secure against his chest, the other arm around her other side with its hand petting her hair in an attempt to soothe but it did little to remind her of everything she should be afraid of.
"Shh..don't worry my precious sweet little daisy, Daddy's here..papa and I won't be going anywhere anytime soon..it's all okay now.." Bethany hiccuped as soon as those words that were meant to be comforting were uttered.
Her chest rapidly moving up and down with the small child's ragged breathing as tears poured down her cheeks out from her blown wide eyes.
'This can't be real no no no no no no no'
Bethany clutched the frills against the metallic chest in tiny, trembling, fists, hiccuping while gasping for breath.
'p-please just- just let this be a horrible horrible nightmare..'
She couldn't help but beg as her breathing began to slow, her eyes slowly drooping as she heard one last thing.
"You're safe now..both of you are.."
Yeah..just a dream..just a horrible..
Bethy exists in uh the emperor dads fic au!
Emperor dads and the fic their from by my online big sis who I shall be tagging!
You guys SERIOUSLY gotta go read that fic and all her other fanfics too!
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I actually had multiple other ideas for this au from other scenes in ur fic that I wanna write out too so look out for those too!
I'm so excited to write them!
But I am sleepy and wanna sleep so imma go do all that good stuffs hehe
Goodnight or good morning everybody have sweet dreams and a good day, wish you all the best and cya!
