Submitted for your approval, my latest story The Wee Folk. It's raw so keep that in mind it will get a decent edit when I get the time! Not sure if it will in here so I may have to put it up in segments? Be that as it may...
The Wee Folk
Ernest Stewart
His name was Albert Higglemier Esq and herr Higglemier was half of the
Higglemier and Richter law firm, well know lawyers of Strausbourg. Herr
Higglemier had recently acquired a chalet through a tax foreclosure in the
Forrest just outside of Bad Peterstal for a song. With the heat of late June he
decided to spend a few weeks there in the peace and quiet of the deep, dark,
forest. the cities heat and hustle and bustle he looked forward to getting
away as he had with his parents every summer of his youth, so off to the woods
he went.
Herr Higglemier headed east in a new Porsche Macan Turbo that he bought
for the trip as some how his Mercedes seemed out of place in the deep woods.
And deep woods they were he thought as he headed south away Bad
Peterstal he came upon his turn about minuets later and followed a curving
road down a driveway until he came onto a clearing in the woods
where sat the chalet. He parked the Porsche at the top of the circular driveway
and stared at his beautiful chalet.
Herr Higglemier couldn't believe his , the property had looked like a good
buy on the internet, but now that he was here it look like a great buy how he had
obtained it for such a low price had him amazed. He walked around the house
before he went inside and it all looked Wunderbar!
He was thinking that must be terrible on the inside and prepared himself for
the worst as he opened the front door. However the inside was as beautiful as
the outside was. He was prepared to spend $,000 Euros to fix the place up but
what he could see he would not have to spend a single Euro cent!
He had bought the property for back taxes the former owner apparently had
driven away one day and never came back, his loss was my gain thought herr
Higglemier. The house was completely furnished and he went room to room
and looked into the closets he found that they were still full of clothes, coats,
shoes, towels and blankets and such, even his suitcases were still there! Herr
Higglemier didn't know what to make of that but since it had been a drive
the city and he was tired, he decided to unpack his car and try to get settled
in and relax.
A half an hour later his living room was full of his luggage, boxes and bags
and bags of groceries in his kitchen. He put the groceries away first but again the
shelves were full of can goods and his freezer full of frozen food but the
refrigerator was full of spoiled food which he quickly threw out and then spayed
the refrigerator with a can of germ killer he had found under the sink. He put his
few groceries away once the smell had died down. Why would the former owner
take off and leave everything behind he wondered and if there was one thing herr
Higglemier loved, it was a good mystery!
He popped a dinner into the microwave as he popped a bottle of champagne
to celebrate his good fortune. He poured almost half of the bottle of Bollinger
Grand Annee into a large water glass and drank it down; how he needed that to
quench his thirst. He refilled the glass and then drank the rest of the bottle and
put it in the garbage can and wondered how to dispose of it, or at least, how to
get it out of the kitchen. He found a pair of steel garbage cans outside the back
door and put the foul kitchen bags inside one of them.
He then returned to the kitchen and retrieved his dinner the microwave
and his glass the table and made his way into the living room. He took a
seat on the couch placed the glass and dinner on the coffee table and tried to
turn on a near by lamp but couldn't find the switch, but by accident found out that
all he need do was touch the base. Just in time too as the sun was beginning to
set.
He found the flat screen controller and tried to tune on the tv but the batteries
were dead. He had brought his lap top and decided to play a couple of old Beat
Club disks and he suddenly returned to the days of his youth as he had grown up
watching Beat Club and before he had watched the second disk he had fallen
fast asleep on the couch.
He awoke to a stiff neck and bright sunshine pouring through the windows.
His head was a bit hung-over the bottle of Bollinger but a second cup
of expresso he felt much better and decided to put his clothes and such away. He
spent the morning changing sheets and moving the former owners clothes and
stuff in general to a spare guest bedroom down the hall the master-suite.
By the time it was done it was noon and he decided to go to town for more
groceries, spare batteries and find out what were the cable companies, the day of
garbage pick up etc. He stopped at the police station to find out what he could
about the former owner. All they knew was about a year ago they were notified
by Deutsche Post that the mail box was overflowing and there was at least three
months of mail in the mail box. He learned that former owner was Ernst
Schneider who was a banker Düsseldorf. He asked about herr
Schneider's personal effects, had he any family where he could send them. ,
like Albert, Ernst had never married so he could keep them throw them away
as he liked. When he bought the property everything on it was his.
On his first stop home he stopped at the mail box and pulled all the mail out
and put it into a spare bag and drove around the house and parked
next to a three car garage and fumbled around looking for the key to the side
door and eventually found it and went inside. What he found inside was truly
amazing.
What he found sitting next to the door was a like new 39 Mercedes-Benz
W31 type G4 staff car and sitting on the other side of that was an car, a
36 Auburn boat tailed speedster 852 and on the other side of that was a 2 year
old Audi Q7. Could be a million Euros worth of cars that were suddenly his. Herr
Higglemier was stunned by his good fortune. He had paid $25,000 Euros in back
taxes the house alone was worth times that and now the cars. Truly the gods
were smiling down on him!
He decided for the time being the Porsche would have to live outdoors as he
carefully locked the garage door, then began unloading the car and opened the
back door of the house and went in. He put his bags down on the table then
turned and locked the back door. He spent the rest of that day and evening
putting things away and bagging up the former resident's things in preparation for
going to the local dump, on the morrow.
One hundred meters back in the woods many had been watching
Albert's every move. About quarter of the tribe of local dark fairies took copious
notes for the tribal council meeting that would soon come when the moon was
full. They had literally made a killing of the former resident, taking all of his gold
and then inviting him out to their village to have him for dinner and not in the nice
way either!
Whether or not Albert would join Ernst was up to the fairy King and Queen to
decide. It wouldn't do to get the police involved by making it too obvious that
there was something going on, like a former King and Queen had done by killing
a Schutzstaffel Obersturmbannführer and gotten the Gestapo involved like they
had those many ago. The end result was that most of the colony had been
wiped out with the few survivors running for their lives. , many lessons were
learned of the mistakes that were made, mistakes that would never be repeated
again!
They watched Albert's every move until he went to sleep and then they walked
the mile back to their village in the deep, dark, woods. As they reached the
village another crew went to take their places to watch over Albert until they were
relieved by the first crew just sunrise. They would keep a 24-hour watch on
Albert until the day of the full moon.
Albert, meanwhile, was unaware of his stalkers and went about relaxing and
exploring the local villages, sometimes walking down the shaded lanes for miles
on end. While he was gone the dark fairies took advantage of these sojourns to
investigate every aspect of Albert’s house, garage and grounds. By the time of
June's full moon they knew everything they needed to know. Since the full moon
fell on the summer solstice there would be much magic in the air. Trouble was,
their cousins, the "light fairies" would be all over the place. Indecent creatures
that never wore a stitch of clothing, flying around in the all together for all to see.
It was almost more than a dark fairy could stand.
Not to mention the light fairies were vegans, eating only honey and fruit with
nary a bite of meat. I mean, how was it possible to go through life without tasting
those incredibly delicious humans. There were other meats and they would eat
them if they had too. Back during the aftermath of the Gestapo raids there were
no humans to be found and they had to make do with squirrels and hares, those
were bleak days indeed. They moved what was left of their village and what was
left of their clan a full twenty miles away to it's current location, deeper into the
forest.
They had their gardens but they grew mostly garlic, onions, herbs and spices,
things that would enhance the flavor of meat. The occasional yam or pumpkin for
festivals and celebrations and a score of apple trees for the making of hard cider,
their favorite drink.
On the day of the full moon and summer solstice an old friend of Albert’s,
Hannah Mueller called to say she was in the neighborhood and wondered if she
could stop by for a visit. Albert had been head over heels in love with Hannah
when they had been at university together but hadn't kept in touch over the
so Albert was in mixed emotions about her, but curiosity got the better of him and
he invited her to stop by. She said she'd be by about threeish and got directions
to the chalet. As it was almost noon Albert decided to do it right and made a dash
to town for a lavish meal and a few bottles of Bollinger's Grand Annee and had
everything ready when fraulein Mueller arrived.
When Hannah rang the front door bell, Albert sprang to answer it and with the
first look the intervening melted away and to Albert it was yesterday
when they had been lovers and friends in school.
"Please, won't you come in Hannah," said Albert as he led her into the living
room. "Let me look at you, you haven't changed a bit, you are just as lovely as I
remember you our school days!"
"You are too kind Albert, but you always were," Hannah said. "It quite a place
you have here," she added.
Yes, I got the most amazing deal when I bought the chalet, I bought it for
delinquent taxes. The old owner left without a word and never came back. I got
not only the house but three magnificent autos out in the garage too. Tell me
Hannah, how have you been and what have you been up to, oh and can I get you
something to drink, a glass of ice water or a glass of champagne," Albert asked.
"As hot as it is, either would do, I'll leave it up to you, Albert, Hannah replied.
Silly girl, thought Albert, champagne it is. "Please make yourself comfortable
and I'll be right back," Albert said as he made his way to the kitchen to retrieve
one of the bottles of Bollinger's, two glasses and a bucket full of ice.
When he returned she ask to use the rest room and he showed her the way.
He then returned to the living room and popped the cork on the Bollinger and
poured them both a flute full.
When she returned and was seated he proposed a toast to old times and they
both drank the flutes right down. Over the rest of the bottle they talked about old
times and brought each other up to date on their lives. He then took her on a tour
of the house and then grounds, and the autos in the garage, and she seemed
very impressed by it all. When he asked if she would stay for dinner she replied
she would stay as as he liked!
This statement sent his mind reeling, as Hannah was always remembered as
the one who got away, the girl he should have married. She was probably the
reason that he never married as other women could hold a candle to her.
When he came back to reality he found himself holding hands with her as they
strolled along the property and decided they would have a picnic in the shade of
the forest as they did when they were at school.
Of course, this time around, it wouldn't be just frankfurters and potato salad,
this time he'd do it right, and he did.
They dined on a small salad, fine marbled steaks, asparagus and a
Schwarzwälder kirschtorte for dessert, a local favorite! They also managed to
polish off another bottle of Bollinger's and then lay down upon the blanket side by
side and talked again of old times.
A hundred meters away their every movement was watched over by the dark
fairies. They wondered what the arrival of the human female, would mean to the
King & Queen and when Hannah and Albert got up and made their way back to
the chalet the fairies left and headed back for their meeting with the King and
Queen and the rising of the solstice moon.
When Hannah and Albert got back to the chalet, Hannah excused herself to
use the rest room and Albert put away the remains of the picnic. The only thing
he saved was the Schwarzwälder kirschtorte of which they had only eaten half.
disposing of the rest Albert ran up stairs to use the master bedroom
bathroom and then returned to the living room to await Hannah's arrival.
By this time the sun had almost set so he turned on two of the lamps but
turned them all the way down low for a romantic setting and wonder how Hannah
felt about ...
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and wonder how Hannah
felt about that. He didn't have to puzzle that as Hannah came out of the rest
room in the nude and walked over to Albert, pulled him to her, and gave him a
, slow, wet, kiss, that seemed to last forever. When she let him go she
started to unbutton his shirt and a few seconds later he was as naked as she. He
started out slow to make love to her with a lot of fore play the way he
remembered she liked and by the time they were through, Albert felt like he was
25 old again!
They both walked to the rest room and got into the shower together, just like
they used to and washed each others bodies and when they were through they
toweled one another dry. They didn't get dressed but Albert led her into the
kitchen and grabbed another bottle of champagne, took out the Schwarzwälder
kirschtorte and cut it in half which he gave to her as he grabbed a couple of flutes
and the bottle and led her out to the front deck where they set together on a
coach cuddling, as the full solstice moon rose over the trees turning the tree and
shrubs in the front yard into a fairy land.
There were lightning bugs everywhere or at least they thought they were?
There were some lightning bugs but there was something else glowing in the
dark too. As the lovers watched dancing before their were little naked
people too about 70 millimeters !
"Albert, what a magical place you have, I believe those are light fairies." said
Hannah with joy.
"Had you asked me this afternoon if I believed in fairy magic I would have
laughed, but now I'm a believer! I always thought that light and dark fairies were
old folklore! But look at them all, this ist wunderbar, wunderbar, he exclaimed!
They sat transfixed by the light fairies watching their flights and their games
until the sun rose and they all flew away.
When the fairies had left they finally snapped out of the spell only then
realizing they had sat for some 7 hours never saying a word, nor touching the
Schwarzwälder kirschtorte or the unopened champagne.
They were quiet for a moment until Albert said, "Let's have some breakfast as
I'm starving, how about you Hannah?"
"Yes, please I could eat something," she replied.
As Albert cooked breakfast, neither said a word as they went over in their
minds what they had seen. They even questioned was it all real, but they knew in
their hearts that it was. When breakfast was prepared they both broke into
conversation that lasted half an hour!
Over in the dark fairy compound, all the fairies assembled in the great house
where the King and Queen sat reading the latest reports on Albert and Hannah.
Then they questioned in detail all that had been watching the chalet before
whispering amongst them selves before coming to their conclusion, announcing
that upon the Autumnal Equinox they would move on Albert, and Hannah too if
she were still there, as the prison escapee they had killed on the Spring Equinox
and placed in their ice cave would last the tribe until then.
Hannah spent the next two weeks at Albert’s chalet before retuning to her
town house in Munich. On the night before she left Albert went down on one knee
and proposed to Hannah. She excepted and they set a wedding date of
September first, the date that Hannah's parents had married.
While Hannah headed home to Munich Albert headed back to Strausbourg to
tell the news to his business partner Hermann Richter and to buy Hannah an
engagement ring and a wedding band. To Hermann he said he would be gone
arranging the wedding and other things and probably wouldn't be back until late
October at the earliest. In fact, Albert was thinking of selling out his half of the
partnership and retiring to his chalet.
He was thinking of selling the 39 Mercedes-Benz W31 type G4. As one of
only 57 ever built it should bring a pretty pfennig and the Audi Q7 could go too as
he needed the space for his and Hannah's car. He would keep the 36 Auburn
boat tailed speedster 852 for himself and would also sell either his Mercedes or
the Porsche. The Mercedes was nicer, but the Porsche was more practical. He
would keep the chalet and probably sell his house in Strausbourg.
When Hannah's rings were ready, he drove to Munich to Hannah's townhouse
and got down his knee again and placed the engagement ring on the third finger
of her left hand. He arose and gave her a kiss that she would never forget and
when he open his eye tears were streaming down her face while she had the
biggest smile that he had ever seen, they were tears of joy. She took his hand
and took him to her bedroom where they made love for at least an hour. In the
glow he told her of his plans for his house and automobiles and ask if she
would live with him in the Forrest. When she heard this she started crying
again and told him she would love to live there, of all the places on Earth the
chalet was her favorite, and so it was settled.
Albert stayed with Hannah in Munich for a fortnight as she settled her affairs
and met with her parents, they heartedly approved of Albert. Then it was off to
Strausbourg to meet Alberts parents who were overjoyed that Albert was finally
getting married, and to such a lovely girl. While they were there Albert sold his
house and his half ownership of Higglemier and Richter at a good price. He sold
his Mercedes-Maybach S 560 4Matic, the 39 Mercedes-Benz W31 type G4
and the Audi Q7 for slightly more than $3,000,000 Euros. Alberts working days
were over, perhaps he'd garden as a hobby and Hannah would continue painting,
not for the but for the joy that it brought her. So towards the end of July
they returned to the chalet and set up permanent housekeeping. They decided to
have their reception at the chalet and were busy renting a floor of rooms at the
local hotel, their parents would stay at the house along with Hannah's sister Anna
and her . the reception Albert and Hannah would fly to Hawaii for
two weeks on Maui before they returned and settled down.
They had missed the July full moon, but on the rising of the August full moon
they were once again sitting naked on their front deck with a bottle of
champagne for themselves and an offering of a bowl of fresh fruit for their guests.
As the moon rose there came the light fairies who once again did their magic
dance. It wasn't too before they notice the bowl of fresh fruit which they all
flew around but didn't touch, then a male and female fairy flew over to Albert and
Hannah and hovered and motioned to the bowl of fruit and Albert said, "Ja, meine
Freunde, die alles für dich sind, helfen dir bitte!"
The pair bowed to Albert and Hannah and Hannah and Albert bowed in return
and in a high pitched voice the male fairy said something and all the other fairies
hovered over the bowl until the pair made their choices and when they had the
rest joined in the feast as Albert and Hannah made a toast to the fairies saying,
"Zum Wohl."
As before the fairies flew all around them, sometimes holding hands and flying
in a circle. Albert and Hannah, as before, sat amazed but this time holding hands
and when the fairies eventually landed and then paired up and went making love
Albert and Hannah join them making love on the coach. When they came out of
their love trance all the fairies were flying around them and watching their every
move. When they sat up they heard what must have been a fairy cheer. What
Hannah didn't know at the time was that she was now pregnant.
As before they sat and watched the fairies until the sun rose, but this time
before they flew away they flew over to Albert and Hannah and all bowed to
them, and, of course, Albert and Hannah returned the bow and said we wish you
happiness and peace. And the fairies as one said the same thing back to them,
but this time, Albert and Hannah heard them distinctly.
Before September first came and Albert and Hannah were married and
hosted their reception at the chalet. A great time was had by all including the light
fairies who kept well hidden but enjoy the festival as well as the humans. 0
meters away on the edge of the forest the fairies observed everything as
well, In about three weeks time they would make their move on Albert and
Hannah and would secured enough food to last them not only through the winter
but through the next Autumnal Equinox.
An hour so during the reception, Albert and Hannah made their escape and
headed for the Munich airport, caught their airliner and awoke about an hour
before they landed in Hawaii. They spent their first week flying here and there,
seeing many things but they spent their second week laying on the beach under
the shade of palm trees, with a Mai Tai in their hands watching the tide come in,
and go out, the perfect honeymoon!
They arrived back in Germany the week before the Autumnal Equinox to find
their house was in pristine condition as their parents and friends had cleaned up
the mess and had set their garbage out and even collected their mail and
trimmed the lawns. They spent most of that week going between their parents
houses and . On the day before the Autumnal Equinox they returned to
the chalet and as the sun was setting a delegation of dark fairies headed by their
King and Queen approached Albert and Hannah and invited them to a feast
tomorrow night at their village.
Unlike the light fairies they were all dressed in business suits and
dresses and their voices could be clearly heard. It was their harvest festival and
since Albert and Hannah were their new neighbors they thought it would be a
friendly gesture to invite them to their feast.
Knowing only the light fairies, Albert and Hannah said they would be happy to
attend and it was agreed that an hour or so before sunset they would return and
guide them to their village. And so it was set.
The very next day Albert and Hannah were all excited about going to their
fairies feast. What a wonderful place they had here in the forest, and wearing
their best formal attire they eagerly awaited the coming of the dark fairies.
When the sun was in the low horizon they saw the same fairy delegation
emerge the woods so they walk up to meet them. When they entered the
woods they came upon a well worn path and they followed it a mile or so until
they came to the fairy village. As they enter the village all the fairies walking
in front of them move to the sides of the street just as a tree limb suspended buy
ropes came swinging down and stuck them behind knocking them down
where upon the fairies sprang on them with ropes and tied them down.
Soon all the fairies were dancing around and around them, chanting
some rhyme. This went on for several minutes until the King and Queen came
out of the house and made their speech to their subjects about how their
food supply was guaranteed for another year. Then they call for the executioners
to come forth and slay the humans.
That was the last thing the dark fairy King and Queen ever said as all the light
fairies attacked and killed them both as well as the executioners. While this was
happening both Albert and Hannah were set free their bonds and were
guided out of the forest while the fairy slaughter carried on. When they
were through there wasn't a single fairy alive. By the time the sun rose the
entire village and all the dead fairies had been thrown onto a funeral pyre
and turn to ashes.
By the time the full moon rose both Albert and Hannah had been to the
doctors and were in perfect shape, except for Hannah who found out she was
pregnant. So when the moon rose and the light fairies came they had a feast and
celebration like other. And on the summer solstice Hannah gave birth to her
son, Hans, and they all lived happily ever !
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