Chapter 22: Well, This is Happening Now

                                    

                                          
"Okay, okay," Thomas freaked out slightly. He grabbed a large book and put it over the cup that he was holding. "Now to find some paper or something."
                          
"Hey!" Logan shouted, startling Thomas. "What the heck! Let me out! This is an extremely small space!"
                          
"H-hello...?" Thomas hesitantly asked, feeling his heart start to pound hard.
                          
"This is very rude!" The fairy sighed, crossing his arms. "You know what, fine."
                          
Thomas screamed when the cup and book suddenly were blasted in the air. He looked at where the bug was, and was surprised to find a small human with wings. Small human with wings? Like a fairy! Oh my god, he trapped a fairy in his home! It had to be angry with him, angry fairies are bad right?
                          
Logan frowned when the human's skin turned a shade paler. "Uh, are you- oh my..." he tried to ask, only to watch the human pass out. "Well... this is not ideal."
                          
He flew down from the counter and landed next to the giant. Logan wasn't even as big as the human's head! And he's tall for fairies standards, being six inches. The name giant was no exaggeration.
                          
"Um... hello? Human?" he asked, lightly poking his cheek. "Well, laying on the floor is hardly hygienic at all."
                          
Logan wasn't quite sure what to do. Should he leave the human here like this? Well, that seems a bit rude, even if the human did just trap him in a giant cup.
                          
He really should try to find Patton and Remus, they both seemed very worried about him and he would hate for them to be scared. But if he found them, then they would force him to go home, and he'll never have a chance to talk to the human again.
                          
Logan sighed, hoping that he wouldn't get in trouble for everything that was happening. Well, if he's going to stay then he should find some way to move the human off of the floor.
                          
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"Let me go!" Roman shouted as he struggled to get out of the vines that his brother had tied around him before slinging the crown prince over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
                          
"Remus!" Virgil screamed, quickly following after them while jumping from branch to branch.
                          
"In a moment!" Remus told them. "Now hurry up, you're falling behind!"
                          
"Just let him go!" Virgil jumped at Remus, but only managed to grab his leg, making the three of them drop a moment before Remus was able to fly a bit higher again.
                          
"Ow! Rude! Stars, you're both heavy!"
                          
"Then go to the ground!" Roman told him. "And then let us go!"
                          
Virgil hugged Remus's legs tight, already regretting his decision to jump. "Please! Do that!"
                          
"We're almost there!" Remus said. "Just hold on tight!"
                          
"I have no choice, you're really high!"
                          
"That was your own fault!"
                          
Just as Remus promised, they were soon at where he wanted them to be. In front of Patton and Janus's house, Patton stood with his head bowed low in shame and Janus with his arms folded and his foot tapping. The sick fairy had a red nose and puffy eyes, but he looked ready to go.
                          
As soon as Remus lowered himself closer to the ground, Virgil jumped down and Roman was let go.
                          
Janus flew forward and grabbed Remus's ear, making him shout in pain for a moment.
                          
"What the h*ll were you guys thinking?!" he scolded.
                          
"Ow ow ow sorry!" Remus told him.
                          
"What is going on?" Virgil asked when he was done making sure Roman was okay.
                          
"Logan was kidnapped by a giant," Patton mumbled loud enough for them to hear. "We went across the river and found a giant's home, and we went inside."
                          
"You did what?!"
                          
"Remus, how could you?!" Roman joined in. "Why didn't you take me with you?!"
                          
"That's what you're upset about?!"
                          
"Look, we need your help saving Logan!" Remus told them. "And not tell anyone what we did because we could get in big trouble."
                          
"Okay, we will!" Roman immediately stepped in.
                          
"What?!" Virgil shouted in protest.
                          
"No way, we are not doing that!" Janus agreed.
                          
"Are you crazy?! Do you have a death wish?!"
                          
"We are going to go straight to the king and queen and tell them what happened!"
                          
"No!" Remus begged. "You know they'll just call a meeting with the elders, and they'll make us leave Logan behind!"
                          
"That's crazy, the king and queen won't allow that! Besides, Annabelle is Logan's mother! She wouldn't agree to such a crazy idea!"
                          
"Magnis and Ignis would! They'll insist on it, and convince dad and maybe even mom! And Annabelle won't have any choice but to agree to it because she would be outnumbered! Or if they don't, by the time we go back to find Logan, he could already be dead! Our best shot is to go now, what if he's already hurt?!"
                          
Janus thought about it for a moment. Remus was right, they didn't have time. He found himself blinking tears out of his eyes and nodded.
                          
"Fine, but we're doing this my way," he said.
                          
"Yes! What about you two?" Remus asked Roman and Virgil.
                          
"I-I don't think it's a very good idea-" Virgil started to say, only for Roman to interrupt him.
                          
"We're going! I'm going, and you're my guard so you have to come with me!"
                          
"Yay...!" the borrower groaned.
                          
Janus whistled loudly, startling Virgil for a moment. Of course, just when his heart calmed down, something loud came pounding it's way over and soon a large doe came over. It bowed down and sniffed Janus, who gently set his hand down on her nose.
                          
"We need some help, can you give us a ride?" Janus asked in a soft voice.
                          
It raised its head back up and Janus smiled. He waved for the others to follow him before flying up to one of the antlers and sitting down.
                          
"Wait, are we actually going to ride that thing?" Virgil asked, taking a step back in fear.
                          
"It'll be alright," Roman promised, picking the borrower up before he could escape. He flew up to the other antler and set Virgil down, who immediately held on as tight as he could.
                          
"I don't like any of this."
                          
"Hold on tight!" Janus warned as Remus and Patton got on. They all got good grips on the antlers so they wouldn't go flying off. "Okay, take us to the river," the guard told the doe.
                          
The deer took off at that, jumping far and high and making everyone shout at the rush it brought, Virgil screamed mostly in fear. If they survive this, he swears he'll never ride on any wildlife ever again.
                          
A/N: Hey guys, I haven't really been feeling very motivated as of late so updates may be slower! It's just a bit harder to write chapters lately and I'm falling behind, hopefully I'll get over this soon because I am excited for some plans I have for this story. Plus, school will be starting up for me in a few weeks, idk how that will affect this since I usually spend a lot of my free time in school writing so it might actually help, we'll see. I hope you're all having a good day/night!