Surprised Tara clutched Parne's arm tighter, the voice didn't seem that threatening but Parne had just warned her that things were not always what they seemed.  She needed to remember that!  Her eyes scanned over the sunlit dappled leaves, unable to spy anything.<br/><br/>"Do not try to toy with us big one! You know very well who we mean!"  Many, many small giggles erupted all around them, and it was clear that the twosome were surrounded completely.  "What bring you to pay for traveling through our wood!  We care not for which side you swear your allegiance to."  With that a small, white, almost translucent creature stepped out onto a branch.  Shimmery, lace like wings fluttered at her back, her eyes were black and large in the tiny face, the form was perfectly formed and only a band of those same star like flowers served as her garments.<br/><br/>Tara almost gasped in shock.  The fae she had supposedly seen so far seemed more 'human' than this creature.  "Your pardon," she managed to stumble out, "It was my mistake I think that brought us here. I asked the forest... I think....which way was the right way, and it sent us here."  By this time Tara's black as coal hair, looked like it had snowed upon her, small flowers caught all around her, even in her eyelashes.<br/><br/>"We're going to go take care of..."  She hesitated and looked up into Parne's handsome face, realizing she might be saying too much but not sure where to stop.  Tara didn't see how he could fight these tiny creatures, so at least for the moment just hold on tightly to his arm, relishing the feel of warmth and stability in this odd world.