Elf Pixie

Elf Pixie

They came in the wee hours of the morning, binding and blindfolding me, then taking me to what I assumed was a meeting hall. The ceiling was high, made of what appeared to be alabaster. Walls of oak and floors of flagstone, the room would be admired as a fine bank or corporate board room. These were definitely not the Halloween Fairies I imagined in my fantasies.

"First, the rules. No names, no questions beyond the subject requested. You are here solely because you never denied our existence or used our image to your own benefit." Red Hat, (my words, not his name,) pulled up a chair and asked me to sit. As the Fae are of the size of people, not tiny little winged creatures, the chair was quite comfortable. He soon had me at ease and ready ask questions and listen.

"As I asked in my request, your celebration of Samhain is what we call Halloween. What I would like to ask is how it began, and why." Red Hat stroked his beard, looked around the hall, took a deep breath, looked down and sighed heavily. When he looked up, his eyes were sad and filled with tears.

"We don't have a celebration," he said. "We have a memorial, a remembrance of those who were taken from us." His voice was breaking and becoming hard to understand. He took a few moments to recover, then continued. "Before there were people in Ireland, there were Fairies. Before there were Fairies, there were Preves. From somewhere far away came the Clinds. This was an evil race, large and powerful. They enslaved the Preves, killing many for minor reasons, maybe asking to visit an ailing child. Sometimes there was no reason at all.

"When the Fae heard about the troubles of these people a Great Council was called to decide if the Fairies should intervene. Elves, Trolls, Leprechauns, Goblins, Gwageth Anoons, Gwillions, every clan, every family agreed. The Clinds must be confronted. Evil of that magnitude would not stop at waters edge. As a whole, the entire Fae community left for Ireland.

"With potions and spells they came. With powers and special abilities they came. From North, South, East and West they came. From the sea, from the sky, from everywhere they came. They spread over the land, casting a veil between themselves and the Clinds, scouting and gathering intelligence for the coming disturbance. Strategies and tactics were discussed, refined, then gone over again. Plans were made, duties assigned, objectives defined. The call to action came on the last day of October.

"At the break of dawn Fairy leaders presented the ultimatum to the Clinds; 'free the Preves or deal with the consequences.' The reply was a vicious all out attack that left dead and dying Fairies lying about on the ground. Fairies retaliated with all the power at their disposal, and before sunset the only Clinds left alive were toads, slugs or dung beetles. The Preves were free.

"And terrified. They believed Fairies were more evil than the Clinds, and tried to hide if a Fairy approached. In a short period of time all had left Ireland, taking with them horror stories about Fairies that are told to this very day. That is why Halloween is a sacred, but very sad day for us, remembering those who died only to be cursed by those they died for."

I was once again bound and blindfolded, then taken back home. When I removed the blindfold no one was there. I sat down and began writing, feeling as if the world had changed. As I wrote my mind went back to the meeting and I remembered one Elf smiling behind his hand. At the time I didn't think much of it, but now I knew what was going on. Red Hat was a Pixie!

Randall Jett is a grandfather, environmentalist, advocate for animal rescue, supports strong family bonds and tries to live "green" but sometimes fails. He writes short stories for anyone who might enjoy them, but primarily for his grandchildren. His current interest is Fairies and other mythical creatures. For more on Fairies visit Halloween Fairies

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