As morning light filled the lotus in the glowing spring, it gently drifted towards the shore while unfurling its’ petals. From within came a vocal yawn from the faerie as she rose up on her bed, followed by a joyous laugh as she looked over at her companion.
No longer could it, or rather, she, be described as simply a spider. Rather, she was now an Arachne. While her lower body was still very much that of a spider, she now resembled a doll-like little girl from the waist up, with porcelain skin and pure white hair. While her facial features looked distinctly humanoid, her forehead was slightly taller than typical, with additional smaller pairs of eyes set above her human features. While she also possessed rather sharp and long canines, all of her features were exceptionally elegant.
Faerie caught Arachne in a hug, whilst Arachne’s snow white face took on a hint of pink. After Faerie released her, Arachne took a moment to examine her changed body. With the addition of the humanoid torso, she now stood 12cm tall, with straight white hair hanging down to waist. Her arms were lean with a hint of defined muscle, and while her hands looked as delicate as the rest of her, each of her fingers could become a vicious claw at any moment.
Having made Faerie’s dress days before, Arachne decided to make herself some clothes as well, weaving herself a loose-fitting top with billowing sleeves that suited her quite well. As she looked at her reflection in the spring, a small smile came to her face.
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While Arachne was weaving herself clothing, Faerie was greeting all her friends throughout the glade, and was filled with delight when she saw the new blossoms covering the vine wall. While the majority of the blossoms were white, at various points along the wall, streaks of crimson could be seen in the petals.
Faerie was feeling quite happy with Arachne’s transformation, and was thinking about how wonderful it would be to have more companions to enjoy her garden. Currently, she was still quite young and inexperienced, but when she thought about how happy her flowers made her, and how Arachne helped her with making clothes and protecting her garden, she felt like it would be wonderful to have even more friends.
Just as she was thinking this, the was a crashing sound coming from outside the wall, and streaks of red began to spread through some of the blossoms. The sound continued, along with howls of pain, which left Faerie feeling quite alarmed. She flew over to the vines and sang to them to be strong, and to protect the garden. With this melody, vines began snaking their ends beneath the soil before pushing outward.
Meanwhile, on the outside, the wall of thorns grew more wicked. From beneath the ground, thorned vines exploded forth wrapping around the intruders, before pulling them down into the soil. Soon, things became quiet outside the Thornwall, as any creatures nearby did not dare approach it. Within the glade, new crimson blossoms bloomed along the inner side of the Thornwall, and Faerie’s anxiety faded. She sang thankfully to the vines before returning to near the glowing spring.
Faerie spent some time singing to Arachne, who would make small sounds in response, as they discussed Faerie’s wish for more companions. After the two chattered back and forth for a while, Faerie left the spring with a smile on her face, and flew high up towards the trees at the edge of the glade.
The sky was growing dim and Faerie still had not found the object of her search, but she did come across a nut that she thought was quite pretty. She approached it with a soft tune, and to her delight, the nut dropped from the branch where it hung into her hand. As she returned to the glade carrying it, she continued to sing to it about her garden where she lived with her friends.
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After reaching the glowing spring, she dug a small hole near the shore before singing encouragement to the nut, and placing it in the hole. Finally finished with her business for the day, despite not finding what it was she was looking for, Faerie had a happy smile on her face as she went to look for Arachne before heading off to sleep.
As always, she and Arachne each drank from the spring before boarding Faerie’s lotus to rest for the night. The lotus itself had gotten bigger as the days passed, ensuring there was enough space for both Faerie and Arachne within. While Faerie laid herself down on the bed of petals with the pillows Arachne had made her, Arachne wrapped herself in a blanket she had made during the day, and settled down beside Faerie, before both of them drifted off to sleep.
As the night wore on, the nut planted by the spring by Faerie began to sprout. It inched a root towards the spring, and after taking in a bit of the glowing water, in seemingly no time at all, it pushed above the earth as a sapling with a white-silver hue.
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The next morning, Faerie awoke to find Arachne lying facedown nearby, seemingly having undergone another transformation. Now, instead of a spider's lower body, her form was humanoid, with a set of eight spider legs now able to extend and retract from her upper and lower back respectively.
After gazing at Arachne's still sleeping new form momentarily, Faerie rolled over and snuggled up to her and rubbed her face against her doll-like companion's silky hair. Much to her surprise, Arachne rolled onto her back, grabbing onto Faerie and trapping her in a hug whilst she squeaked briefly in panic.
While Faerie was still squirming in Arachne's embrace, the latter's eyes slowly opened. Arachne looked at Faerie blankly for a moment before snorting lightly and proceeding to tickle her mischievous friend with her nimble spider legs.
After Faerie managed to extricate herself from Arachne’s arms, she was pleasantly surprised to see that the nut she had planted had now become a sapling, roughly 1 meter tall with shining silver-white bark and sterling leaves. Much to her delight, Silver waved its branches at her when she came over to look more closely.
Perhaps due to the influence of Silvers’ roots directly drinking from the glowing spring, it was much more aware of both Faerie and its’ surroundings, in addition to growing quickly. Faerie herself could not have said whether or not anything in her garden was peculiar or unusual, though. The only thing in her mind was her love of her beautiful garden.
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Faerie had decided she would continue her search today while Arachne made herself some more clothes to suit her now humanoid form. After her morning rounds through the glade, singing to her flowers, Faerie once again flew high up and into the jungle in search of her new companion to be.
After several hours of searching the area, Faerie came across a rather large hive with many bees swarming about, and headed off to various destinations. As she approached the hive, the bees eyed her cautiously, but seemed to relax when she sang to them.
Shortly after her song, a young new queen crawled from the hive, and Faerie danced in delight upon seeing her. For a colony this size, it was not uncommon for new queens to be born to branch off on their own. Faerie sang to the new queen about her garden, and how she had wonderful friends there and wanted to share it with more companions. In no time at all, Queen took to the air circling Faerie.
Chiip~ Chiip~
Queen made several small chirps, following which, a small group of bees scuttled out of the hive and flew over to her. Queen surveyed her small swarm briefly before flying over to bump her tiny head into Faerie’s cheek, and finally landed on her shoulder. Faerie gave a light giggle before fluttering her wings and turning back toward her garden with Queen’s subordinates in tow.