I Scored Myself A Mate

"Someone please explain to me why did we leave one of our carriages and told the driver to return?" Ares asked with a disappointed expression. They were incredibly cramped at the moment. They had just left the troll swamp a few hours ago greeting their new allies. Unfortunately, Allias had given the other for the one of the three carriages to leave and return to the palace. Right now, Ea, Allias, Theseus and Ares were cramped inside the carriage two three big elves each of them almost two meters tall hovering over the small Ea. The short haired elf sighed and he couldn't see the ceiling of the carriage anymore and closed his eyes, knowing that soon they would start to bitter. 

"Because I don't want us to draw the eyes. Two carriages are enough as it is. It would be even better if we only had one." Allias explained and the Disee prince scoffed. 

"Of course. Bring another big demon in here but let's not forget the dead body we are carrying, we will even light a bonfire and roast marshmallows." He joked and Theseus looked at him confused. 

"What are marshmallows?" he asked.

"Didn't you learn anything from the human world? They are those little fluffy candy that they roast in the fire. Seriously Theseus you can't be always late to the trends." He told his brother and crossed his arms over his chest with a mocking gaze. Theseus frowned. 

"Trends?" he whispered, staring at Allias and the king laughed. Not only it was funny that he was confused but it was hilarious that he was trying to whisper when they were literally on top of each other. Allias caressed his thigh and shook his head, telling him that it wasn't really necessary for him to know and the white haired general pouted. 

"Where did you learn all that anyways?" the king asked. 

"Well when we were in all these hotels Ea still didn't want to have sex with me so I watched TV all night. It was fun. Can we get one of those boxes in the palace too? With the click of a tiny button…" Ares said showing with his fingertips the size of the buttons a remote control had. "…you have a whole play with humans. Quite powerful magic indeed." He continued and scratched his cheek. 

"It's not magic it's electricity." Ea said. He was resting on his seat, his eyes still closed as he talked and Ares turned to face him, practically wondering where he had ended up knowing something like that. "While you watched TV I read books. It's clear who has the brains in this couple." He mumbled with a faint smile and Ares gasped dramatically. 

"I am very disappointed in you." He said and faked that he was crying, turning his body to the opposite side and Ea chuckled. "My husband doesn't love me." He whined and pretended to wipe his bitter tears. 

"I don't blame him." Theseus said with a grin and Allias shook his head. He always liked to throw oil into the fire. 

"You too brother?"

"Yes, yes. But let's talk about something more important. What are we going to do with the chaos witches?" Theseus asked and looked at Allias. These women were truly terrifying, no one that had seen them had come out alive and they were more of a legend rather than true people. Necromancy was one of the worst types of magic someone could face, it was rotten and distorted, changing people from their core. It was natural for them to approach them with extreme cautiousness. 

"I honestly don't know much about them. Our books were vague." Ea said finally opening his eyes since he was finally interested in their conversation. He had tried to do some research while they were in the palace but the small elf hadn't found anything valuable. All the stories were horrid, filled with distraction but that only made him worry more rather than find some comfort. 

"Yes, I mean we can go to them. Be respectful and not say anything stupid." Theseus said staring at his younger brother with a warning expression and Ares mimicked his words in squeaky voice, wanting to make fun of him. Theseus though remained stern and silent, making the younger prince retrieve. "Then we will talk to them. They seem to do what you ask if you're willing to pay the price they set."

"The true question is, are we really willing to pay? We have no idea what they could ask of us." Ea told them, once more being the voice of reason. 

"I will, you won't have to do anything. I will pay the price. No matter what it is. Mark is my friend and I see myself partially responsible for what happened. I will do everything." Allias told them and the general sighed. 

"Allias…" 

"Why not make the demon do their bidding?" Ares interrupted them. 

"I do not trust him. I can see that he loves Mark. He feels bad about what happened, it's obvious but I can't have a demon trying to outwit them. The worst case is that we all end up curse or something and I really don't want that to happen." 

When they had left the troll swamp it was early in the morning, the breeze was blowing pleasantly and they could hear the singing of birds as they traveled. Now it was noon the sun was right above their heads heating the carriage and Ares had many times complained about it. He was ready to do it again as he wiped some sweat from his face when suddenly the sky darkened as if a sudden night had come. All of them seemed to be alarmed, wanting to look outside. Theseus pulled the curtain and all of them peeked curiously outside. They were entering the Valley of Fear where the sister's lived. Allias scanned the area with his eyes. He had never seen anything like it before. 

"Now everyone stop talking. We have reached the Valley of Fear." He told them and it wasn't just a proposal. It was an order.