" We are close," Zephyr said
" What are you talking about?" I thought up
Just then, we heard clip-clop sounds as the person ran escaping from our field of vision.
" Wait!" Sasha shouted
" He's fast," She said and walked towards where he hid.
"Hun!?" Sasha exclaimed as she stared at the ground. Upon seeing her reaction, we all ran to her seeing that she bent down observing the trails he had left.
" Isn't this.....?" I was shocked now, we all were whereas Zephyr was just hovering around casually. " Isn't this the time where you'll come up and speak?" I thought, I was certain that she was aware of our confusion but just chose to pretend not to.
What surprised us was that we saw fresh trails of hooves on the path that he trod.
" But it was definitely a man's face that we saw there and we heard him running so this was definitely his," I thought
Zephyr seemed to enjoy our astonished and confused state as she stared with a smile as we attempted to understand what took place. Standing up, Sasha looked forward and saw that the trail leads to a somewhat different path, most of the paths here were filled with plants and were only suitable for small animals to pass through whereas this one was wide enough for two people to pass through.
" The sound he made as he ran wasn't human, it sounded like hooves of some beast," Germaine said, as expected of him, he picked up a reasonable point over that short period.
" Perhaps it was a beast with a man's face" He proceeded.
" That's likely" I replied, others seemed to be in support of this as well. Zephyr on the other hand seemed happy that we were curious and showed interest in everything around us, the other fairies as well felt proud of their abode.
" What do you think Miss Zephyr?" Belle asked.
" You all seemed to be enjoying yourselves so I chose not to interfere but since you asked now, I have no choice but to answer however you'll receive your answers soon"
" We are close to their community, we should check on them," She said
We all strolled down the path and from the distance, we could see huts with tall creatures on four legs either galloping or treading and sounds of hooves hitting the hard soil could be heard.
" What are those?" Belle said.
" Wow, they got them here too!" Germaine said.
" I had my suspicions earlier, these are centaurs!" Germaine said and put on an exciting look
" Centaurs?!" I thought I have heard that word somewhere but I just couldn't put my hand to it.
" Yes!" Jake responded
" They are beasts said under Greek mythology to possess a horse's body and man's torso and head in place of the neck and head of a horse" Jake responded.
" Greek Mythology? what's that?" Zephyr asked looking curious.
" You wouldn't understand" Jake replied.
" I see, well you're right on everything else"
We were close now and they had noticed us. After walking a few feet forward, we arrived at the entrance of their village however, they didn't seem to mind. I guess Zephyr's and her fellow fairies' presence assured them that we weren't Invaders. Up close now, we could see that they were all naked and truly half-horse half-man beings. Most of them had long hairs and outlook that every hard steeled Warrior had, the females amongst them had their chest part exposed and had no qualms about it.
Just as we step into their village under Zephyr's guidance, we could see a bunch running over excitedly, most seemed to be the young ones amongst them.
" Just what do they want?" I said however I wasn't scared as I was assured of our safety since Zephyr was here. They hoarded over us and now many could be seen around us staring up at the sparkling winged being hovering above, it was Zephyr, they all rushed over to welcome her. Many made weird noises that suggested that they were excited, others spoke and Zephyr replied, She was like their mother, and with a smile, she responded to them all happily glistening and hovering about like one huge bug, they all loved and respected her. Luckily, none of us got trampled over by these beasts in excitement, we all stood right in the middle as they circled us
A few moments later, older-looking ones approached us and as they appeared right in front of us, they bowed. Apparently, they were paying their respects to the Second in command over this land, the excited kids around followed suit seeing that the other ones did this.
" Seems like we underrated Miss Zephyr," Belle said.
" Yeah" others agreed as we looked forward to a bunch of beasts on their knees with their heads bowed to this Fairy.
They all stood back up in unison after Zephyr had said some words. At the moment at which they all stood uniformly, a robust and much older looking one slowly approached.