The Fairy Story Chapter 1: A small boy has a disastrous occurrence which changes his life forever... Chapter 2: A small boy makes a very odd and unusual companion and mentor. Chapter 3: A picnic creates an unwanted disturbance in both our unfortunate heroes lives... Chapter 4: A small boy makes a new friend, and his odd companion is not quite sure of the situation... Chapter 5: A small boy creates quite a mess of trouble for his odd companion. Chapter 6: A month of happiness, but not as it should have been...... Foreward: This story is not entirely explained as well as it should be: not until the very end, and I’d like you to have a rough idea before you embark on it. This entire story takes place in the subconcious mind of a small boy. In this boys mind (the part that doesn’t house his thoughts) there is a town made up of ‘fairies’, but who really look and act, except for occasional pointy ears, like eighteenth centuary Londoners. When the children that live in this town are old enough, they are ‘named’ an emotion. When the small boy which they ‘live’ inside feels that emotion strongly, that fairy has an experience in which he speaks, or consoels to the boy, and example of how he might do this is through a dream. For instance, the main characters name is Charlie MacGrenal; then he is named Coward. Now he is referred to as both ‘Charlie’ and ‘Coward’. This can be confused because some characters have TWO names, and just be on the alert, if I’ve been referring to a character as an emotion, chanses are he has a ‘baby’ name to. ;) I feel an impulse to talk a piece about the brain box behind this one, as it is quite a tale. Fortuanatly, I’ll spare you the large version. This story was derived from the countless medival/sci-fi fantasy books I’ve been reading for most of my life. Most of these storys involved around a Quest, which an unluckly hero, or at least one from a sleepy little town embarks on with a bunch of sidekick friends to ‘save the world!!’. I want to tell the story of a promising youth seeing the face of the Quest rise its ugly head- and seeing what would happen if it was turning down, wasen’t embarked on; ie. The hero was to scared to go. I wanted it be covered and titled as a ordinary fantasy book- luring in all those people that, like me, only read one type of book- and cheesy, usualy looooong, fantasy books were it. When I’d suckered them in, originaly I intended to feed them a stereotypical beginning- then startle them with the rebuttal of the Quest, and therefore, presumably, the rest of the plot line. Then I’d feed them this delicous peculiar little story, radicaly different from what they might be used to. Obviously, I failed in a lot of places. And that’s not just being modest: The beginning is anything but stereotypical, and not written in the style I wanted, and the Quest does not even rear its head, instead it turns into a house fire, and not really a quest at all…basicly an excuse for him to be ‘Named.’ This brings me to another uncomfortable confession. And I’ll put it in a different font so those that are skimming can pick it out. This is basic background knowledge that might help you out if you get confused- sorry about all this! Just one last note: I have this primal fear that someone I know is going to read this and think that I based the character of Hate apon my self, and think me some physco, manic-depressed teenager. Although the appearance may be similar, I didn’t do this- honest! Another unfortuante thing with that subject is that I wanted him to be a sort of serious, vunerable character, and he got the name Moby Dickson. I just thought it sounded good! Theres no connection with whales! Whew, now that I got the off my chest….. Email me: piercy@albedo.net