In the past, Chiara and Harris flew around the village. They took care of assignments ordered from their Queen Merida. The two approached their secretary as she handed them the papers.
“Your mission today is to make crafts and materials and head to this village,” the secretary pointed out. “When you’re done, go to the Pilkon village and pick up cargo there.”
“Again?” Chiara lowered her head and huffed a sigh.
“Didn’t we do that the other day?” Harris added, slumping his shoulders.
“No complaining,” the sprite secretary retorted, tapping on the papers. “We’ll have you know those guys are our regular customers.”
“We’re aware,” Harris replied with a nod.
“Hey, can we transform?” Chiara suggested. “We can get to our destination faster if we turn into something fiercer and faster—”
“No, we can’t risk getting caught by outsiders, so approach it with caution.”
“Aww, alright.”
“Don’t forget to collect the payment this time.” The sprite told them.
“Got it...”
.-.-.-.
Harris and Chiara sighed in defeat as they fluttered out of the village. There had to be more for them to do in life than menial tasks.
Chiara couldn’t help but complain.
“It’s not fair!”
“Calm down, there’s no point in whining about it now,” Harris assured her.
“But we’re sprites that can shape-shift, but shouldn’t we be doing something more than just menial tasks?”
“Look, I know it’s repetitive and tiresome, but we can’t disobey the Queen’s orders.” Harris looked toward the horizon. “I’m sure we’ll get our chance. Someday, we need to push on a little longer.”
“Alright, if you say so...”
The two ran to the exit, making sure no predators were nearby. After the coast was clear, they made a portal for them to use.
They disguised themselves as Pilkons before heading out.
Once they arrived, Midoricha, Akapin, and a bunch of other Pilkons floated over with bags on their heads. The groups exchanged goods and collected half of the payment. Harris talked to Midoricha while Chiara examined the bag’s weight on her head.
“Hold on, why did we only get half?”
“We’ll give you the other half if you do the rest of this job.”
“What? Why? How long have we been helping your service by this point?”
“This is a dangerous job, though. These items are special. If they get into the wrong hands...”
“Hmm, what’s inside these, anyway?” Chiara plopped the bag down and nudged her head to open the flap. To her astonishment, the aqua light shone out as a spherical form shined and reflected off her face.
“Whoa...”
“Can you please take them to their intended destination?” Akapin pleaded.
“Ok, we’ll get this done, just you watch,” Harris replied, confidently nodding. “Come on, Chiara, let’s get going.”
“Oh, roger that!”
.-.-.-.
Back in their true forms, Harris and Chiara carried the bags out of the portal and through the forest. They stopped when they came face to face with a dark castle. A chill ran down Harris’ spine as Chiara checked the coordinates to where they needed to deliver the objects.
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“This seems to be the place.” She confirmed with a nod.
“Are you serious?” Harris quivered and gulped. “I hope this place is friendlier than it looks.”
Two inconspicuously trod down the entrance. They placed the bags (containing the items) on the doormat and pressed the doorbell before hiding. Chiara ushered her and Harris to stay and observe what the item in the bag could do. They hid behind a bush and watched the door creak open as a tall woman stepped out from the shadows. Benjamin found the figure familiar despite looking younger than before.
“Alright, they’ve arrived!” the older lady exclaimed, adjusting her glasses. She picked up the bag and closed the door behind her.
Harris and Chiara trudged toward the windows and peeked their heads into the office corridors. The older woman took out the sphere and one of her weapons. She combined the two as a flash of light emanated through the area. Harris and Chiara covered their eyes to avoid being blinded by it. Once they opened them, the two couldn’t believe their eyes. The weapon had transformed into something greater, more powerful. Crystals formed around the area before dissipating.
The sibling sprites exchanged glances, their jaws practically reaching the floor.
“Did you see that?” Harris asked.
“Yeah!” Chiara did her best to keep her voice down, and contain her excitement. Those items had more power than they thought. “If we could get our hands on those, we can do whatever we want!”
“We won’t have to obey anyone anymore. We can be our own boss!”
“Now, how do we get them?”
The two thought about it for a while before Harris snapped his fingers.
“I got it! Let’s wait for that lady to leave, then put on a disguise and sneak inside to snatch the rest of those orbs.”
“That’s a great idea, but what should we turn into?”
“Hmm, how about—”
A beam of light shot out from the sky. Another light flashed before their eyes as the world around them shrunk. When they came to, the duo found their wings no longer on their backs. Grass crunched beneath their paws as- wait, paws?
Harris and Chiara looked down at their paws and gasped.
“Huh? What happened?” Chiara panicked.
“I don’t know!” Harris exclaimed. “What are we supposed to be?!”
“Whatever this is, I doubt this transformation will help us out here.”
They jumped up and down, trying to turn back to their original forms, but to their surprise, neither of them could figure it out.
“This is ridiculous. What are we going to do now?” Harris asked, slumping to the ground in a huff.
A taller shadow loomed over the two. He turned at the sound of more grass crunching. The figure in front of him and Chiara appeared to be a magician, one with short brown hair.
‘Is that me?’ Benjamin inquired to himself upon seeing his past self.
“Huh, who are you?” Harris inquired.
“I was going to ask you the same question. What are you supposed to be?”
“Hey, we asked you first.” Chiara brought up.
“Well, I’m Benjamin, the great dark magician who’s going to attend the academy over there,” he explained, pointing at the dark castle. I was practicing my spells from afar when I heard screams and came over to investigate. Are you guys alright?” Harris glared at him, and Chiara nodded. Now, why can you talk despite being ordinary house pets from Earth?”
“So, that’s what our form is?” Chiara murmured. Harris whispered to his sister that he had a plan and that she should follow his lead.
“We may look ordinary,” He said. “But we hold tremendous powers.”
“Really?” Benjamin asked, leaning closer.
“However, we can’t seem to change back to our original form. So, how about we do each other a solid?”
“Ok, I’m listening...”
“If you can change us back, then we can help you with your goals, whatever they may be.”
“Did you want to do anything else besides attend the academy?” Chiara added.
“I want to conquer every world I see fit. If you help me accomplish that, I might be able to conjure the right spell to change you back!”
“That’s great, so it’s a deal then, Master?”
“Ooh, I love the sound of that...”
.-.-.-.
Past Benjamin led the two familiars to his bedroom as they discussed their plans. Later on, Benjamin left to go to the bathroom. While he was away, Harris and Chiara had a private chat.
“Are we doing this?” Chiara asked. “Do we help him?”
“Of course, we can stick around a little while longer.”
“Hey, won’t the Queen find out?”
“As long as we keep a low profile and stay hidden and in disguise, I highly doubt they’ll catch us anytime soon. It’ll take a long time for Benjamin to succeed, so I doubt he’ll get to his goal before we do.”
“And what do we do once we get our goal done before him?”
“Well...” Harris thought about it before responding. “He has goals similar to us, right? We make each other’s lives easier, right? Once we succeed in our goals before that guy does, he won’t be of any more use to us, right?”
“Ooh, I like where this is going!” Chiara chirped, clasping her hands together.
‘No. All this time...’ Benjamin shook his head as he buried his face. ‘Stop, I don’t want to watch this. I can’t take it anymore!’