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Strange Magic – ButterflyBog
by
Raven Diablo
Chapter 1 – The Day After
Part 1
It was a long celebration that lasted the whole morning, Bog and Marianne stood by the edge of the remains of the bridge as everyone from both kingdoms were still rejoicing behind them. They were a bit tired from flying and dancing above. Neither of them slept a wink the night before. He stood behind her with her hand in his. She turned to look up at him.
“So, I guess this looks like our kingdoms will be at peace with each other from now on?” Marianne asked.
“I was never really at war with your kingdom,” Bog said. “We usually kept to ourselves. Mostly it was the fairies and elves from your kingdom exploring in my realm.”
“What can I say? My people are a curious bunch,” Marianne said. “But there was the issue with you imprisoning Sugar Plum for all this time.”
“Yes, you are quite right and I am sorry about that,” Bog said as he clenched the fist of his free hand and said in a slightly angered tone, “I just became infuriated with her for not making a potion that worked. I wanted to keep her from spreading her love through the land, particularly my dark forest. But I didn't know the one I loved was in love with someone else, rending the potion useless. I didn't listen to Sugar Plum.”
“We found out it was an imp that wanted the potion and it was using it to spread love throughout your land,” Marianne said.
“Really? I don't understand. How was this imp not seen before?”
“First off, it's fast and hard to see. Second, it was another thing you didn't listen to Sugar Plum about. She knew about it,” Marianne said.
“So that is what was causing it, I thought it was the fairies all this time.”
“No, even though I must say we are pretty much guilty for spreading real love around...perhaps that is why you thought it was us,” Marianne said
Bog placed his arms around her waist and looked down into her golden brown eyes.
“You know even though I am standing here holding you, I can't believe it is true that I am holding someone as beautiful as you. Never in my wildest dreams I thought I would have a butterfly fairy be interested in me. I am not attractive in the least bit. I still don't understand how you find me attractive.”
Marianne turned around as she draped her arms around Bog's shoulders and said, “Well, I can see past your hard outer shell and unlike my ex, I find a softer side to you.”
Marianne then ran her fingers around in the inside of Bog's collar where he had skin. He closed his eyes and clenched his teeth and it almost seemed like he was fighting the good feeling of her fingers running around his neck. But he exhaled rapidly and said, “Oh, that feels so nice.”
“There are things about you that I find attractive. For one, Roland would have never did what you did. He's a coward. When I saw you standing there...so strong...holding up that enormous skull on you own, risking your own life so my sister and I can escape,” Marianne said as she now ran her figures along the soft area of skin around the inside of his elbows. “As you fell, I thought that's the guy I want, the one that would give his life for me.”
Marianne then rested her head on his chest and continued, “It is like you were saying in your great hall about how I was different. Well, you are different as well. You are so tough, fierce and strong on the outside, but inside I see a kind heart,” Marianne said. “I figured out the reason why you like that boutonnière so much is that my sister made it for you. Your reaction to when I stepped on it wasn't what I expected.”
Bog put his hand out and said, “Let's sit for while.”
The two sat down by the ledge and Bog took her hand and said, “I am the Bog King and with the exception of my mother, no one ever gave me a gift before. Your sister gave it to me and said, “It looks good on you.” She just looked at me with those big blue eyes of hers and I felt something strange in me that I have not felt in a long time. I then thought about some of the nasty things I said to her earlier and it bothered me. So I just told her, “Thank You.”
Marianne smiled and said coyishly, “Uh, huh. I am right about you. You have a good heart...you are not truly evil.”
“I don't know about that, I have done some pretty evil things in my life.”
“Sometimes people lash out and do bad things because they feel they were betrayed and not loved and they want others to suffer, which is wrong, I know.”
Bog shook his head in agreement as he looked to the remnants of what was left of Dawn's boutonnière.
“But if you were truly evil you wouldn't have responded the way you did to Dawn's gift.”
“It was the act of kindness that for a brief moment, it got me.”
“She is really a sweetheart though.”
“Yes, I could easily see that she could be one to be spreading love all around and I did have my moments where I squirmed just thinking about that, especially when she was singing those overly cheerful songs.” Bog said making funny gestures with his hands. He paused for a bit and looked back into Marianne's eyes. “But you are such a stark contrast from her. You are the tough girl. When you sing, your songs have grit and bite. I like your songs.”
Marianne started to blush a bit and she said, “Thank you, and by the way, speaking of singing, when you sang that 'Mistreated' song at the Fairy Festival, I have to admit, you carry a cool tune very well yourself. I guess that is another thing I find attractive in you. I love your songs AND your voice.”
“Really? You love my voice?”
“Yeah...you have a great singing voice, WAY better than Roland's.”
“Roland can sing?”
Marianne looked Bog in the eye and suddenly burst out laughing. Bog Joined her.
“Well, he can, but not very well,” Marianne said.
“You have a darker edge to you all around that I like...especially with your choice of music style. I have noticed that doesn't sit well with your father. I saw him pass out when you started to sing, 'Wild Thing.'
“Well, believe it or not, I wasn't always this way. I used to sing most of the songs my sister did and I was just as cheery as her,” Marianne said. “But I have always liked the harder and darker edged songs. It was only recently I started to sing them aloud and proud.”
Bog raised an eyebrow a bit in disbelief, “Hard to believe, especially when I first saw you, I could see that you were feisty and much the fighter. That was some nice hook you threw at me.”
Marianne laughed and said, “Sorry about that...Roland made me like this. I just was hurting so bad after I saw him with another woman that I didn't want to love again. I just let my anger and hatred for him drive me.”
“I didn't want to love again either after that night Sugar Plum mentioned. In fact I thought myself to be incapable of loving again, that is, until I met you.”
“Awwww, well it is nice to know that I affect you that way.”
“Just please stay this way, I like this 'new' strong and bold Marianne.”
“Oh, don't worry, Bog, I like the changes in me too much to go back. I am the eldest daughter of the Fairy King and next in line for the throne. I am prepared to run the kingdom...alone if I have to...but I would prefer someone special by my side,” she said in an almost hinting like fashion as she looked at Bog.
Bog just smirked at her remark and then looked down into the chasm below them. His face had the look of concern and to an extent sadness.
“My home...everything is gone. All the goblins and creatures that served me lived there. They have no home now,” Bog said with a concerned look on his face.
“Not everything, everyone got out safely including your mom. And,” Marianne changed to a more meek look on her face as she said, “Well, you have me.”
“Yes, you are correct. What I have lost I had gained 10 times over in finding you.”
“Awww, that's sweet of you to say,” She threw her arms around Bog and gave him a hug. But then her look became more stern as she continued. “Well, I am going to fix this.”
“How? I seriously doubt your dad is going to help me or my people.”
“Well, it was our fault that you no longer have a home and I want to fix this. Roland had no authority to destroy your castle.”
Marianne got up and walked back to the crowd with a brisk pace. Bog followed. She started to ask to the whereabouts of Roland. Sunny told her he stumbled on to him and he was with a bug.
“He ran off behind those boulders back there,” Sunny said pointing to a large group of boulders in the distance. He was sitting on Dawn's lap and had his other arm around her neck. He had several lipstick impressions on his face.
As Marianne and Bog left, they could hear Dawn and Sunny sing 'Three Little Birds' softly. They flew over to the boulders and sure enough, they found Roland in a warm embrace with a bug getting ready to kiss it on the mandibles.
“Oh! Oh!” Bog called out, “That just isn't right!”
His outburst frightened the bug and it flew off.
“Wait!” Roland shouted. “Please come back, my love!” He then looked to Bog angrily and said, “Look what you did, you scared her off!”
“Oh, shut it Roland,” Marianne yelled out as she pushed him up against the rocks
Roland let out a loud, “Uh!” and then yelled out, “Ow! That hurt Marianne!”
Marianne pressed her finger hard on his chest and her other hand was clenched in a fist behind her.
Bog raised an eyebrow and smirked. He liked how she stood up a guy that was much larger than she was. It was her stance...the look on her face. Her eyebrows on a slight downward angle showing her anger. She looked good to him, really good. He could feel that he was becoming increasingly more attracted to her. He just loved how bold and strong she was.
“There is a little matter we need to discuss about you destroying Bog's castle. That was not in any kind of deal and you were not authorized to do such a thing.”
“Well, what do you expect me to do about it, huh?”
“Replace it.”
“What?” Roland sneered. “Have you gone crazy, that's impossible.”
“No, it isn't. In case you are forgetting, I am the princess of this kingdom and you have to obey me and I am ordering you to find a new home in the dark forest for Bog and his people.”
“That could take weeks, or even months! Be reasonable, Marianne.”
“Reasonable? Oh, just like how cheating on me was reasonable?”
“No, but I apologized already for that.”
“Uhhggghh!” Marianne blurted out as she turned her head to the side and rolled her eyes. “Let me put it another way. That nice four story chalet my father set you up with as an engagement gift? I will be putting Bog, his mom and everyone else that lost their home last night up in there until you find something.”
“But where am I going to stay?”
“That isn't my problem,” Marianne said in stern tone while crossing her arms across her chest.
Roland started to pout as it looked like he was near tears as he said, “I am going over your head and telling your father, you are going too far.”
Roland started to fly off. Bog gritted his teeth and was ready to go after him, but Marianne held him back.
“No, Bog, don't. I know you are angry with him, but if you hurt him...as much as he deserves it...then that is another thing my father will hold against you. What I want to do is talk to my father and make him realize that Roland acted on his own and wasn't following orders. He was only ordered to bring back Dawn and myself...not destroy your home. If I can make my dad see that Roland disobeyed an order, then he might see things my way.”
“Alright, we will do it your way...for now.”
“Good. Wait here while I go to the palace. Roland has a head start and the sooner I get to my dad, the better.”
Marianne was ready to fly off when Bog put his hand around her slender arm and said, “Marianne, I want to thank you for what you doing for me. Thank you for standing by my side.”
“Of course. I love you and I want to do what is right.”
“I lo...love you too, my dear, please don't be too long,” Bog said getting hung up on the word, love.
“I see you are going to have trouble with that word, huh? Don't worry, I shouldn't be too long, my boyfriend!” She said giggling.
Marianne then threw her arms around Bog's neck and planted a firm kiss on his lips.
“Hmmmmm,” he hummed out loud.
Marianne broke off the kiss and said, “Good, huh?”
“Yes, very much so.”
“All right then...TTYL!” she said and waved as she flew off.
As they waved to each other, Griselda came around the group of boulders and said, “There you are son. I thought I heard voices over here. Also Dawn said you would be here.”
“Oh, hello mother, how are you doing?”
“Oh fine. The strangest thing. After all this time feuding with Plum, now her and I are talking as we are best friends. She saved my life back there. She just picked me up and carried me out of the castle before it came down on top of me. Speaking of which...what are we going to do? The castle was our home.”
“Marianne is taking care of that as we speak, mother.” Bog said. “She's hoping her father might help.”
“Ahhhh, I knew it!” Griselda said waving her finger at Bog. “She's a good girl, I knew it the moment I saw you two together. I thought maybe with the blond, but she was under a spell. But when you and that Marianne started to talk, I could see it in her eyes. She's the one. She's gonna be your wife, I tell you.”
“Mom, for now that is still a dream. I just still can't believe it that a woman that beautiful wants to have anything to do with an ugly guy like me.”
“Oh stuff it, son, that isn't true. You are very handsome, just like your dad. What that girl sees in you is the best kind of love imaginable. She can see into your heart. That's a good girl,” Griselda said. “You make sure you hold on to that one...and you are right, she also happens to be very beautiful.”
“I am just worried I am going to become infatuated with her just like what happened with that other girl and I end up chasing her off. That is what started the whole mess with the love potion in the first place,” Bog said.
“Take it easy, son, and just take things one step at a time. Best thing right now is to communicate with her. Talk to her a lot and build up the trust between you and her and do fun things together. You keep her happy and she'll always be by your side.”
“Thank you, mother.”
“No problem. You are never too old to take advice from your, mom. You just have to listen. Besides, I can see already what affect she is having on you. You are becoming very polite and more like a gentleman by the hour.”
“Well, I just want to be a good gentleman for her. I want to show my best manners in her presence.”
“Right you are, my boy,” Griselda said.
The two returned where the others were gathered.
Griselda returned to talking with Sugar Plum. Bog noticed that Dawn was standing by herself off to the side as Sunny was explaining the past night's events with the other elves.
Bog stood next to her and looked on as Sunny was talking.
Dawn said, “So where's my sister?”
“She went to see your father.”
“Oh, OK,” she said and then looked down to the boutonnière and said, “Oh my you can get rid of that if you want.”
“I don't want to. Despite that you were under the spell of the potion, I...I thought it was rather nice that you gave me something. As weird as it may sound, I do like it.”
“Well, I did mean what I said, you do look good with it and that isn't the potion talking anymore, but here...let me at least fix it up for you,” she said.
Dawn then put two fingers in her mouth and whistled loudly. In a matter of moments her three pixie helpers came. She took the boutonnière from Bog and gave it to them and said, “Here, see what you can do with this.”
The three pixies took the boutonnière and disappeared behind a nearby bush with it.
“Just give them a few moments and they will have it all nice and fixed up for you.”
“Thank you, Dawn. I do appreciate it.”
“Ummm, I am hoping you didn't mean what you said back there when I was in the dungeon. You really wouldn't have ripped my wings off now, would you?”
“No, of course not. I know I come off as bad and evil, but I am not so mean and sadistic to ground a creature of flight. Let alone harm a woman as lovely as you are.”
Dawn giggled as she shrugged her shoulders, “Thank you. You are different than I imagined, not evil at all.”
“Well, I am mostly misunderstood.”
Just then the pixies came back with the boutonnière all fixed up and it looked better than it did when Dawn first gave it to Bog. Dawn thanked them and said, “Here you go, all fixed up!” Dawn said as she pined the boutonnière back on Bog's chest.
“Thank you. I will take better care of it this time,” he said.
“Oh, you're welcome. Any friend of my sister's is a friend of mine.”
Both looked on to Sunny as he continued to tell his story. When he was finished the group of elves dispersed and Sunny came to collect Dawn. He was still a bit skittish around Bog as he had a meek grin on his face as he tugged on Dawn's hand to lead her away.
“I'll see you later, Bog.”
Bog smiled and nodded to Dawn as Sunny gently pulled her away.
Moments later Marianne returned.
“Well, I have some good news and...Wow! That boutonnière looks a lot better now. Dawn fixed it up for you, huh?”
“Yes, she has,” Bog said as he pushed his chest out a bit in pride.
Marianne laughed, “Well it certainly does look great on you. I will have to make you one of my own one day.”
“That would be nice, but what was it that you were about to say?” Bog asked.
“Oh yes! Well, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that I did get my dad to see that what Roland did was wrong he did agree that since I am not marrying Roland he would allow the chalet to be used to provide a temporary home for those that were living in your castle.”
“Well, that was nice of him to do,” Bog said scratching his head. “So what is the bad news?”
“He isn't offering much assistance in helping to rebuild your home, only a few men at best.”
“Oh, that certainly does complicate things. Also, not that it matters, but if Roland was living in the chalet, where is he going to stay?”
“Roland would be temporarily staying at the palace. But it will not be permanent, so I have a funny feeling we have to find a place fast,” Marianne explained.
Bog put his hand on his head and shook it, “This is an utter disaster.”
“I'm sorry, but it did take some doing for my father to admit Roland's mistake. But when it comes down to it, he did see it that Roland was not following orders. I even managed to get Roland to see the err in his ways.” Marianne explained.
“Really what changed his tune?”
“Oh...Just a little blackmail on my part. I told Roland that if he didn't cooperate with me that I would tell father of his little incident with Dawn back in the castle.”
“Oh hooo hoooo! I like the way you think. You certainly are a tough cookie,” Bog said as he shook his finger at Marianne and laughed.
“Uh huh. I don't fool around,” Marianne said a little bit on the seductive side.
“That I can see,” Bog said as he slowly reached forward and wrapped his long fingers around Marianne's narrow waist and he pulled her close to him and rested his chin on her head as he continued, “Thank you. However, I clearly heard you say 'we'”
“Well, I want to help you. I am going to go with you to find you a new home and will help you rebuild.”
“Oh, no, you don't have to.”
Marianne leaned up against Bog and began to run her hand across, his chest. He sighed.
“I know, but it is something I want to do and I think it will be fun. I do want to see more of your land with you. I had so much fun flying around in the forest with you last night before Roland showed up and crashed our little party with his army,” Marianne said.
“Oh, about that, I am sorry I doubted you and tossed you into a spider web. I know now that you had nothing to do with it. I...I hope I didn't hurt you.”
“No, you didn't, and I want to thank you for preventing Roland from dousing me with the love potion that first time. That was real valiant of you.”
“Oh, that, well, it was nothing, I just acted on instinct as I saw the effect the potion had on your sister and I didn't want to see you singing, dancing and getting all ughhhh with that creep.”
Marianne shuddered and shook her wings at the thought and exclaimed, “Nothing?! Oh, I would say that is a BIG something. That certainly is an ugly thought you saved me from. But when you did that I just felt a wonderful feeling that you would protect me from anything.”
“I caught the look on your face and you were smiling at me and yes, I felt like I could protect you from anything.
Marianne looked around to make sure they were still alone. She looked up to Bog and had a very content look in her eyes. She reached around his neck and proceeded to give him a kiss. This kiss was different as it was very deep and passionate. Both of them started to breathe very deeply. She increased the suction on her lips and then suddenly Bog stumbled a bit and they broke off the kiss. Marianne giggled as she held on to Bog's chest to keep him steady.
“Whoa! That was some kiss.”
“Oh, you ain't seen nothin' yet, Bog. I am just warming up,” she said as she grabbed a hold of his staff, pushed herself away and broke into another guitar riff and began to sing;
(You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - BTO)
'I met an evil bad man. And he took my heart away
He said I had it comin' to me, but I wanted it that way
I think that any love is good lovin'
And so I took what I could get, mmm
Oooh, oooh, Then I looked at him with my big brown eyes
And said,
You ain't seen nothin' yet
B-B-B-Baby, you just ain't seen nothin' yet
I'll give you something that you never gonna forget
B-B-B-Baby, you just ain't seen nothin' yet'
Bog just stood in awe as he just listened to Marianne break out into another amazing song. When she was finished she tossed him back his staff.
“That was another amazing song! I love your music!” Bog exclaimed as he clapped his hands loudly.
“Well, thank you,” Marianne curtsied. “It is like you said, I am different and so is my taste in music. I really am not one for all those fleety flighty songs that most of the fae sing,” Marianne said poking fun at the type of songs the fairies would normally sing. She made flying motion with her hands. “I just want something with a good beat that you can really move to. Something a little more gritty and grungy,” she said, clenching her fists.
“Very impressive.”
“Thank...”, Marianne said as she was interrupted by a large yawn that overcame her and she gracefully put her hand over her mouth. “Oh, sorry! We've been up all night and I am starting to get tired.”
“Yeah, I am getting tired myself, I better get going and start to look for a new place.”
“What?! That might take hours, or even days. You need to get some sleep too,” she said poking her finger into his chest.
“Hmmm, no, not really, I have a place in mind,” Bog said.
“Really?”
“Yes, but you go on back to the palace and get some sleep.”
“But, I want to see it too.”
“I guess you are not taking no for an answer, huh?”
“Nope!”
“Alright, tough girl, I will show you,” Bog said offering his hand to Marianne.
Just then Dawn and Sunny came back and said, “Are you two coming back to the palace? Dad invited everyone for something to eat and finally get some sleep!”
“No, Dawn, I am going to go with Bog deeper into the woods, he says he knows of a place that he could turn into a new castle. I want to go with him and see it,” Marianne said. “Just tell Dad so he doesn't worry.”
“Will do!” Dawn said and then pointed a finger at Bog and said, “And you make sure my sister stays safe.”
“Always,” Bog replied as he bowed.
“Say, you are turning out to be a nice guy after all,” Dawn said before she and Sunny headed back.
Marianne smiled and raised her eyebrows at Bog and then jumped up and took to wing excitedly. Bog also took to wing and then flew ahead of Marianne. She followed as they flew over the chasm where Bog's castle once stood. They only flew for a little while before they came upon a small creek that ran through the bog of the forest. Deeper in the dark forest very little daylight entered and it had the look of dusk. It had a foreboding look as the trees seemed to be more gnarled and twisted here. The nearby trees formed an intricate web of roots that all found their way to the creek. Marianne was getting an uneasy feeling and flew by Bog's side and held out her hand.
He took her hand and said, “Don't worry, everyone knows me here and I am the scariest thing in these woods anyway. They will not mess around with us.”
“Well, I can handle myself, you know,” Marianne said swallowing hard.
“Of course...tough girl.”
Marianne smiled.
They followed the creek deeper into the forest until they came upon a tall cliff like structure ahead. The area here actually seemed a bit brighter, but not from the light from the sun, but some of the plants themselves had given off a cyan glow. Other plants gave off a purple and green glow. Surprisingly there seemed to be many colorful plants this deep. But the plants were deep colored; blues, maroons, purples and even some greens.
“It's actually very beautiful here,” Marianne said, “I would have never known the dark forest can be beautiful.”
“Yes, the forest does have some areas that are very easy on the eyes. On the outside, it seems to be a dark forbidden place, but when you get to it's heart, it is beautiful indeed.” he said and then he pointed ahead of them. “This creek leads into a large cavern ahead.”
The creek split off to the left and then continued into a grotto like opening that led into the cliff. The cliff had many willow trees on top and their branches hung down low and obscured part of the opening.
The two flew through the branches and into the opening. Inside the the river then made an angled turn to the right and headed deeper into the cavern through another gaping opening. Many stalactite formations hung from the ceiling and the river bank actually sparkled below them. The two came in for a landing on the river bank. Like many parts of the forest outside, the inside walls of the cavern had those same plants that a cyan glow. Also hanging from the ceiling were those glowing yellow plant like structures that were in Bog's castle, these illuminated the ceiling. The two colors overlapped about mid way up the wall and stalactites to form a green hue. Bog led Marianne to a protrusion that had spaced openings and formed sort of a view block to the rest of the back of the chamber.
“I envision this as the great hall and towards the back there I could have my throne,” he said. He then pointed towards the top and he continued. “Up there is a great vantage point for my guards, they can see everything up there.”
Marianne just looked in awe. The two took to wing again continued following the river through the other large opening. They entered a chamber even larger than the first. Lining the walls going up there appeared to be many pockets or alcoves. Marianne flew up to one of the pockets and bog followed.
He said, “I call these...”
“...rooms,” Marianne finished his sentence.
Bog had an amazed look on his face as he said, “Yes, rooms. It is amazing how we...”
“...think alike.” Marianne finished his sentence again and continued. “Those with great minds usually do think alike.”
“Not only are you amazingly different, you very intelligent too.”
“Thank you. I can also say the same of you, you are breath of fresh air compared to that air head, Roland. And to think I was going to marry that imbecile.”
Bog burst out laughing and said, “I agree, that wouldn't have been a bright move.”
Marianne thought back to the previous night and laughed. She said, “You should have seen the look on your face when you said, 'That is the guy?'” She mimicked Bog's look and voice.
Bog laughed even harder this time and Marianne joined in. When he calmed down he said, Well, I was surprised. He didn't seem like a good match for you. I thought you could do far better than him.”
“In a way I am glad I caught him cheating on me, I think I would have had a miserable life with him.”
“I am happy too, somehow that chain of events brought you to me. Finally someone I can feel free to talk to. Someone with a good head on her shoulders. Someone that likes music with some kick to it,” Bog said as he kicked a stone over the edge.
Marianne smiled and then continued to look around. “I can see it. Homes can be made around these rooms.”
“Precisely. This chamber would be the living quarters for staff and servants.” Bog said. “Come, there is more.”
Bog flew down and Marianne followed as he lead her up the creek, this time through a much smaller opening into yet another chamber. This chamber was not as large as the other two, but it had a striking feature in that the creek terminated into a waterfall pool. The water cascaded down from a large opening in the ceiling that lead outside. The opening had many thin roots covering it, making it a natural screen. The bottom of the waterfall formed a large pool at it's base. The 'rooms' in this cavern were different. They were larger and faced inward. Some rooms faced the waterfall. Some sunlight managed to find its way into this area through the opening above the waterfall. As with the other chambers it was lit up the same way. It was clearly the most beautiful chamber of the three.
“Royal suites for you and your mom, correct?” Marianne surmised as she held her hands behind her back.
“Correct, and it comes with a pool!” Bog added pointing to the base of the waterfall.
“Oooo, I think that is an open invitation to a water fight?”
“Heh heh! You're on!” Bog answered. “I think we are going to have a lot of fun here.”
“Yes, we certainly will,” Marianne said as she looked around. “This is a beautiful place, Bog, why haven't you moved in here long ago.”
“Primroses. They kept me from moving. The castle was close to the border so it was easy to watch over it. However, when my mind was overloaded and I needed a place to clear my head, I would come here. I knew this place would make a nice new castle, but the Primroses tied me down. So I just fixed up that old castle the best I could,” Bog explained.
“Well, you didn't do too bad of a job with it. Some parts of the castle were nice. I was amazed that you put my sister in a rather nice cell. I saw you gave her a nice bowl with fruits for her to eat and she had a nice bed. I even saw a nice table with a chair.”
“Uhhhh, that was actually my second bedroom. If we had prisoners I wanted to keep a close eye on, I would stay in that room and keep a handle on things. But since the room did have a gate, it nicely doubled as cell. And...I didn't want to risk a war with your father, so I made sure Dawn was taken well care of.” Bog paused and then continued. “There was something else too. Sugar Plum would sometimes sing songs down here. Some of her songs were very good. On nights I had trouble sleeping I would go down to that room and listen to her sing. One song in particular would put me right out.”
Marianne asked, “What was the song if you don't mind my asking?”
“I don't know it's name.”
“So what was the song about?”
“It was a romantic song about a couple dancing, the woman wearing a beautiful red dress the guy likes. It is kind of mu...mushy. Neither your's nor my style.”
Marianne had a puzzled look on her face, “Mushy, huh? Not like you to like a song like that.”
“Normally no. But it wasn't as irritating and annoying like most mushy songs.”
“Could you sing part of it for me?”
“No! Sorry, I don't really recall all the words.”
“Could you hum part of it or...”
“Marianne please,” Bog said closing his eyes and turning away and held up his hand.
“Okay, I am sorry, I didn't mean to pry, perhaps another time then?”
“Yes, another time. I am feeling tired now. Come,” Bog said as he flew up to the top most level of the cavern. The last room on the end had a makeshift bed. Many twigs were piled on top of one another and then feathers were piled on top of the twigs. The bed was fairly large and could easily hold two people.
“Oh, you made a bed here! So then you did come here and sleep often.”
“When I wanted peace and quiet, yes. Sometimes those that I live with...even my mom gets on my nerves and I just need a place to clear my head.”
“I understand. I have a few places I go to as well in the Fairy Kingdom to 'cool off' when I am in a bad mood. As you can see, I have a temper.”
“Gee, I really hadn't noticed,” Bog said sarcastically.
Marianne giggled and said, “I like it when you make me laugh.”
“I like watching you laugh.”
Bog put his hand out and offered for Marianne to lay down on the bed. She crawled into the bed and Bog covered her with a large feather.
“Tucking me in?”
“Well, no not really, I was...just...” Bog let out a long sigh and said. “Yes, I was.”
Marianne smiled as she said softly, “Thank you.”
“You're welcome.”
He then removed a smaller feather from the side of the bed and proceeded to lay down on the floor next to the bed.
“Bog! What are you doing? The bed is big enough for the both of us,” Marianne said hanging her head over the edge of the bed.
“Oh, well, I didn't want you to think that...well, we just met and I didn't...well, I just wanted to...” Bog found himself stammering again.
“Oh Bog, you are just trying to be a gentleman.”
“Yes”
“It's OK, you can come into the bed with me. Besides, with everything that has went on since yesterday, I do want someone to cuddle up with,” she said with a little seductive look on her face.
“Are you sure it's OK?”
“Bog...I know you that wouldn't take advantage of a situation.”
“Oh, no, absolutely not. I don't want to ruin a good thing with you.”
Bog gently climbed into the bed, but kept a good space between himself and Marianne. She looked over her shoulder and shook her head. She then rolled over to face him, put her arms around him and pulled herself close. Bog's eyes widened.
“I said I wanted to cuddle,” Marianne said sternly looking deep in his eyes.
“Oooo, feisty. You know I like that,” Bog said.
“Uh huh.”
Marianne looked to be in deep thought and after a few moments, she said, “You you know, that is another thing different about you.”
“What is?”
“You have professed your love for me, but yet, you have not once ever made sexual advances towards me. Had you been Roland right now, he would have immediately jumped into the bed and started to press himself into me and would say, 'C'mon baby lemme give you some gooood lovin'” she explained, changing her voice to sound like Roland's and gyrating her hips in a lewd manner.
Suddenly Bog burst out laughing and Marianne joined in.
“Really? He actually said that to you? When?”
“On our first date!”
“Wha? Didn't you get a hint that this guy was trouble making a lewd comment like that?”
“At the time, no not really. I didn't think to much of it as I thought he would think twice about hurting me since my dad would straighten him out. But as it turns out my dad initially took his side even after I told him Roland cheated on me. Seemed like no one was on my side and I just felt like I could just wither and die.”
“So your dad just saw a big pretty boy that would probably make the best looking son in law and future ruler for the Fairy Kingdom, without taking into consideration that he cheated on you and hurt your feelings.”
“Exactly! See, you get it, but no one else does. I had to remind my own dad of that. Makes me wish I would have met you long ago. My life was so close to being ruined if I didn't catch Roland yesterday. He would have cheated on me all the time. Once a cheater is always a cheater. My Dad just doesn't get that and I don't know why.”
“Perhaps he will come around, as it is, you are his daughter.”
Marianne shook her head in agreement.
Another thing, he can't sing that well either. I never liked his voice. Now you are like, wow! What a singing voice you have. Ahhhhhh!” Marianne swooned. “You can sing for me all day.”
“Thank you, you have a beautiful voice yourself.”
Marianne yawned aloud as she pressed herself deeper into Bog's body.
“Thank you. I feel so safe with you right now.”
“I feel very good too, I never thought a woman would ever cuddle up with me, let alone one as beautiful as yourself.”
“You're flattering me,” Marianne said with a little giggle. “Thank You.”
Marianne turned around and pressed her back into Bog's chest and he put his arm around her waist.
“You're welcome, sweet Marianne. Have a pleasant sleep.”
“And you as well, my Bog King.”
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It was later on in the day when Marianne awoke to find that it was much darker in the chamber and when she looked up to the opening in the roof, it was much darker outside as well. She turned over to wake up Bog, but he was gone. She suddenly started to panic as a feeling of abandonment came over her.
“Bog!” she anxiously shouted.
“Down here, my dear.”
Marianne breathed a sigh of relief as she thought, 'Oh, he didn't leave me alone.'
She then got out of the bed and flew down. As she descended, she could see that Bog made up a makeshift table and seats out of some of the rocks that were near the waterfall. He was arranging some items on the 'table' as she landed before him.
Bog looked up and said, “I woke up before you feeling hungry and figured that you were hungry as well, so I decided to fix us a little something to eat.”
Marianne got a good look at the makeshift table. Bog used a large green leaf as a table cloth. In the center he had two small amber orbs that lit the whole table up.
He pointed to the items on the table and said, “Fruits to eat and nectars to drink. I hope it will be to your liking as it is the best I could do with what I could find outside of the cavern.”
Marianne looked in shock at the table and the calm serene look on Bog's face. She was amazed to find that not only he was a gentleman, but also somewhat of a romantic. She couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed. She was ready to come out with a sweet outburst, but then she decided to play coy.”
“AwwwwwwAre you being romantic with me, Bog?”
“Oh, What, me? Romantic? Naw! It was like I said, I just threw this together real quick,” he said as he adjusted the stone closest to her and then took her hand and made gesture for her to sit.
“Please, have a seat.”
“Oh, Bog, this is so nice!” Marianne said as she looked at how orderly everything was set up. “You sure can set up table nicely. How did you learn how to do this?”
“You forgot that I live with my mother? It was one of the things I picked up from her.”
Marianne laughed a bit as she went for a grape which was cut in half. Bog sat down across from her and also took a bite from his half of the grape. She looked around at how the chamber was now mostly lit by the luminescent plants that adorned the walls of the chamber. That and the waterfall did make for a very romantic setting and Marianne couldn't help herself as she leaned across the table and gave Bog a kiss.
“That's my thank you for setting this all up,” Marianne said.
“You're very welcome.” Bog replied.
As they continued to eat, Marianne and Bog were looking around the chamber and they envisioned what they would do to remodel it to create a home. They figured that his living space would be right were there would be plenty of space to create homes in the adjacent chamber. Bog also pointed out that behind certain 'rooms' there was access to a network of tunnels that connected the chambers together and they even went to other parts inside the cliff.
“Wow, this is really going to be a big project,” Marianne said.
“However, I think it can be done in a reasonable time. Obviously I am not going to let my guys loaf around.”
“Oh, I think it will be spectacular. I want to help so bad!”
“Well, thank you. I do appreciate your offer to help. But we can plan more tomorrow, it will be dark soon and I best be getting you back to the palace before you are missed.”
Marianne reluctantly nodded in agreement as she said, “If I wouldn't be missed, I would have loved to stay all night here with you.”
“I know, I would love to stay here with you too. But I do want to get on a right foot with your father and get you home.”
The two took to wing and proceeded to follow the river back down and out of the cavern. It was near dusk and the bioluminescent plants shown even brighter now making the forest even more beautiful.
“This is so amazing! I am so glad you are picking this spot for your new home.”
Bog just smiled as they flew down stream. Once the past the cavern area, things in the dark forest became very dark and dank. This area certainly seemed to look the scariest and it was much darker than any other part of the forest. Not much sunlight came through the canopy in this area. Marianne swallowed hard and then turned to Bog.
“It is kind of spooky here,” she said.
“Kind of like a natural shield, huh?” he said. “Any outsider would have to pass through here. Most would turn away not knowing what beauty lies behind,” Bog said as he swung his staff back pointing to the area they just left.
The river turned away and then the ground dropped before them as they approached the area where Bog's castle used to stand. This area started to get a bit brighter. Soon they reached the border and exited the Dark Forest. The sun caught their eyes as it was just starting to touch the horizon.
Bog stopped suddenly and Marianne shot passed him a bit and then stopped herself to look back and said, “Why are we stopping?”
“Well, I guess this is goodnight, you know your way to the palace from here. I am going to go back.”
“No Bog, I want you to come to the palace with me.”
“I don't think it will be appropriate given your father's reaction to me.”
“Well, he is just has to understand that I am old enough to make my own decisions on who I go out with.”
“Tomorrow, perhaps as I have to discuss my plans with your father. But tonight it is best if I stay in the Dark Forest.”
“Well, at least see me to my front door, that is the appropriate thing to do after a date,” Marianne said in a stern tone.”
Bog smiled, “That I will do.”
The two flew back to the palace gates
As they approached they could hear one of the guards yell out, “She's here open the gates!”
“Well, I guess this is it,” Marianne said rubbing her hands nervously. “I really don't want you to be alone in there tonight.”
“I think it is better that I go.”
Marianne shook her head and said, “No, I am next in line for the throne and my word has to mean something. Wait here.”
Before Bog could answer Marianne flew into the palace. Through the main gates Bog could see many fairies and elves moving about. They looked like they were preparing something.
It took a little while, perhaps a little longer than a little while, but Marianne returned and her face was glowing.
“My dad said it was OK! You are invited to dinner. He also wanted to tell you that your people will be taken care of they were also invited to dinner!”
Bog seemed to be puzzled by Marianne's answer and he was thinking as to why, all of a sudden, was the king so nice...to go as far as to even provide food for his people.
But he just took it like a gentleman and responded accordingly, “Thank you.”
“Come! Come! They will be ready soon,” Marianne said as she held out her hand.
Bog took her hand and the two flew off together into the palace.
The palace was a stark contrast to his own castle and Bog was amazed with it's opulence as they flew down the main hall. The ceiling was vaulted and very high here and many fairies darted to and fro. Some were carrying things. Some flew slow, others flew fast. It seemed like it was a busy area of the castle. They didn't have to fly far as Marianne stopped by a set of double doors and landed with Bog.
“This is the dining hall,” Marianne opened the doors slowly and they walked in.
The dining hall was very grand and had several tables and one long table in the middle. There was an open area in the middle and the floor was made from wood. Obviously the dining room was also a place for dancing and other entertainment. The longest table was obviously the royal table and in the middle was a very ornate throne like chair. Obviously this was where the king sat. Next to the large throne there were two smaller thrones flanking the large one. Bog surmised that those were the thrones for Marianne and Dawn. There were other tables that were closer to the walls, but a few were not used. One of the tables was much smaller physically, but also very long. This was were the elves were sitting. No sooner had she entered the room, Dawn practically flew right into both of them.
“There you are! Where have you been? You had Dad and I worried!”
“Dawn, I can handle myself and I was with Bog,” she raised her hands to Bog giving him a smile. “He's the Bog King and no one is going to mess around with him.”
Bog just smiled back at Marianne.
“Well, we are just about to have dinner. Dad figured we would have a big feast tonight since those of the Dark Forest are invited. Did you two find a place?”
Marianne looked to Bog and he gestured for her to answer, “Yes, as a matter of fact, we did. It is the most beautiful place too. Very natural. It is much nicer than his old place.”
“Oh really? Where is it?”
“It is deeper in the forest within a cavern that a small creek flows into. There are chambers with rooms and the walls glow,” Marianne explained with excitement in her eyes.
Dawn stood holding her hands on her chest and her eyes grew wider with each moment as her sister described the new spot that Bog picked out.
“It does sound wonderful, can I see it?”
“Yes, tomorrow when we all go.”
“Great! Now let's eat, I am hungry!” Dawn exclaimed.
As they all headed to the dining room table Marianne was puzzled that there wasn't enough place settings at the royal table. She was hoping there would be a place for Bog next to her spot, but instead, Roland was sitting in that spot. He seemed to be in an rather unhappy mood as he kept looking in their direction and giving Bog a sneer. His cronies were sitting along the length of the table on the left side. Other members of the guard were sitting on the right side.
Just then the Fairy King came in and there was an announcement. Everyone including Bog bowed.
“Arise everyone!” The King announced. “We have special guests dining with us tonight from the Dark Forest. The Bog King himself and his fellow subjects.”
The Fairy King gestured to one of the tables was off to the side and Bog saw that Stuff, Thang, Brutus and his Mom were sitting at the table along with some others from his castle. At the head of the table there was a slightly more ornate chair. Bog surmised that was his spot.
There was a lukewarm applause and no one on the side of the royal table where Roland and his men were sitting were clapping at all. The king, Dawn and Marianne sneered at them and they slowly clapped.
“My apologies, Bog...er a, your excellency, for the less than ideal place settings, but it was the best I could do on short notice,” The King said.
“Understood, your highness.” Bog replied.
“Daddy, can I have a word with you?” Marianne asked.
“But, of course, my dear. I always make time for my girls,” the Fairy King said.
The two walked off to the side where no one could hear.
“Why have you set them so far off. By right Roland and his men should be sitting off to the side for what he has done to me and the Dark Forest folks should be sitting with us. Also why are Roland's men in armor...for dinner?”
“Marianne, my dear, we barely know them, we don't know their true intentions,” The Fairy King whispered and then added, “Frankly, I don't share your enthusiasm for the Bog King and I am taking precautions.”
“I can assure you he is a gentleman and you are making him feel less welcome. This is embarrassing.”
“Well, everything is set up and can't be changed now. At least I offered them food, drink, and a place to stay.”
“Thank you father, but I want to make them feel welcome,” Marianne said.
Bog and the Fairy King watched curiously as Marianne grabbed a chair from one of the unused tables and proceeded to drag it. Roland looked to her and had a puzzled look on his face. She continued to drag her chair over to the table where the Dark Forest creatures were sitting and placed it next to Bog's seat.
She said looking to everyone at the table, “I personally would like to welcome you to the palace and I will be joining you as your host for dinner. As you all know, I am Marianne eldest daughter of the Fairy King and next in line for the throne. You are all guests in the Fairy Kingdom and I do hope you enjoy your meal tonight. If there is anything you need, just let me know and I will take care of it for you.”
Griselda said, “Oh, thank you, you are such a sweetheart, young Marianne.”
The others at the table just nodded or grunted.
Griselda continued, “Oh, don't mind them, I am sure they also appreciate being here tonight, they are just not used to such kindness.”
The Fairy King just looked away in a bit of a huff and took his seat at the table along with Dawn. Bog sat down at his table and said, “Good evening folks,” the then turned to his mother and said, “Mother”.
Everyone replied, “Good evening, Sire.” Griselda replied, “Good evening, son.”
Bog turned to Marianne and said, “You didn't have to do that, you could have sat with your family.”
“No, Bog, I don't like that my father pushed all of you in a corner and that bastard Roland is sitting next to me. I wanted to sit next to you and that is what I am going to do.”
“Well, thank you. I do appreciate it.”
“Besides, I wanted all of you to feel welcome here and if am the one to do it then so be it.” Marianne said.
Bog made an upward gesture with his head and everyone stood and said in unison, “Thank you, your grace.”
“Awww! That's OK. Please sit, you don't have to go nuts with formalities. I am not big on them. Just call me Marianne.
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I have zero respect for Marianne and Dawn's father. The Fairy King can barely even fly, and letting Roland treat his daughters like garbage is OKAY to him apparently, as long as he looks PRETTY. Their mother must be rolling in her grave somewhere.
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I was a bit taken aback by that as well. TRUST me...I did semi-slowly change his attitude for the better. If you read the whole of Chapter 1, you will see that I depict the Fairy King in a far different demeanour than the movie does. I very rarely develop strong feelings for animated characters. But I have bonded with Marianne and absolutely love her both inside and out. She has such a wonderful personality. But I know what you mean. Had I been her father, I would have reamed Roland a new one, no matter if I could fly or not.
Well, I hope you are enjoying the story so far and continue to read it. I am not finished with it, but I am on the 2nd to last chapter now (It is going to be 12 chapters long and I have 10 written already).
Happy Holidays!
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I love it! 
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Thank you very much.
I have taken the story out to five chapters now. Four chapters I have posted already and the fifth one is nearly completed. If you are enjoying the story I would recommend putting my page on a watch this way whenever I post something new, such as subsequent chapters...you will automatically get it.
Rave.
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Cool! I look forward to more
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Great! I am glad you are enjoying it. Did you read all four chapters already?
I know my setup is a bit weird because my chapters run longer than the word limit for DeviantART. So I have my chapters set up as:
Chapter 1 - Part 1
Chapter 1 - Part 2
Chapter 2 (only one part for this chapter)
Chapter 3 - Part 1
Chapter 3 - Part 2
So on and so forth. Also, I do have separate mature parts. One happens at the end of chapter 2 and another happens towards the end of chapter 4
So I just wanted to let you know that this is all ONE fanfic, ONE story. Not separate ones.
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Ok great! Thanks for explaining!
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Oh yeah, there is definitely more to the story. Go over to my gallery and when you click on that, the columns on the left tell you where to go. If you click on my Strange Magic fanfic, the chapters are in REVERSE order, because that is the way they are posted, newest to oldest. But it is in order, so start at the back where Chapter 1 is and work your way forward.
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This is just too darn cute! Lovely work and a solid start for a 'test' story. I think you write very well. I'm hooked
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Thank you so much for your kind comments. It is comments like these that do motivate me to keep going. It feels good to get a fan base and many people like my stories.
Since I wrote this as a 'test' chapter, the fan response has been excellent and I HAVE decided to continue the story. I am not sure if you noticed, but I do have chapter 2 posted and I am currently working on chapter 3, which is nearly complete. If you put me on a watch, then you will receive a message anytime I upload something, so this way you will never miss a chapter.
Glad to hear you are enjoying the story so far.
Rave.
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Awesome! Actually I did end up reading the second chapter too. I eagerly await the next one. Thank you for continuing this story, I can't seem to get enough of Strange Magic. It's just such a charming tale!
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It is a nice story, it is a shame that Disney has given it the Treasure Planet treatment and downplayed it because THEY didn't like it. I think Lucas did a fantastic job with it. My only complaint was that the story seemed rushed, especially near the end as there seemed to be too little bonding time between Marianne and Bog. THATs why I am writing my fanfic in the first place. I basically want to pull the time out and show more 'bonding' between Marianne and Bog while lengthening the story at the same time.
Oh, you're welcome. I know I labeled this as a 'test' chapter because I really didn't know how the response would be. I was amazed that this one chapter was quickly gaining ground in popularity as my much larger Maleficent / Diaval story. So I knew that once I finished that story, I was going to come back and add some more chapters to Strange Magic.
Chapter 3 is almost completed. I am just going through it right now and doing some editing here and there making some more improvements on it. I think you will like it.
Thank you again for your support and kind comments...it is what keeps me writing.
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Yeah I loved the movie but I definitely felt there needed to be more! It ends too early! I'm happy that a lot of people felt the same and created their own ideas of what happened next. Also interesting to see different versions of the story too. I'm glad my comments do some good but I'm just very appreciative of your writing
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Yes, that is what I mean when I say Strange Magic seemed 'rushed'. Not that Lucas DID a rush job, but they (the characters) were rushing through things. You think about in one night Marianne punches Bog in the face and the next morning she's kissing him in the face, head over heels in love. That's just a WEE bit far fetched.
Yes, I have noticed that Strange Magic is getting quite a few entrants on Fanfic.net. Last time I looked it was over 80 fanfics. When I started writing for Strange Magic, there was only 44.
Of course, your comments (as well as those of others) do good. I know I have followers and that does motivate me to continue.
Chap 3 is coming along well. It is already done, but I am just refining it a bit. It turned out WAY larger than I expected. I think it will be a 3 parter here on DA.
Thank you and have a good day!
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Woo! Chapter 3! Can't wait
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Yes, Chapter 3 is pretty much done. I am just making refinements.
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The fact that you're consistently updating this is frankly awesome. I've gone through pretty much all Strange Magic fanfictions stories at this rate. Many of which have been incomplete for a year :/
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Yeah, I got into a writing streak lately. Coming off of my Maleficent/Diaval fanfic and completing that, I have decided to go back to Strange Magic. At first I just was going to have the one chapter as a stand alone story, but then I got quite a bit of a positive response towards it. I was hoping for a couple dozen people, but ended up getting twice as much. With that much support behind it, I decided to continue it.
Writing does take quite a bit of time...as any form of art does. Life also happens to get in the way of that time. So I believe that is why so many writing projects get left behind. Either the author's come back to them later or they just get forgotten about.
When it comes to writing I do strive to complete the story.
I will be posting chapter 3 very shortly.
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That's true and I was so inspired by this story I did some writing too. I don't normally write..never felt I was very good at it honestly. Also wonderful work on the newest chapter! You've certainly outdone yourself and it was a pleasure taking the time to read them today. Maybe I'll even draw a few scenes of your story! If you wouldn't mind the fanart.
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Yeah, same here. The movie seemed to be rushed and many loose ends were not tied, especially towards the end and that kind of left the door open for fanfic writers. I didn't think I was any good at writing either especially prior to my Maleficent story, since I had not written since high school. But, I just got into it and wrote. I thought what I wrote was decent and OK, but nothing too great. But when I was told otherwise by my readers, that just motivated me to do more. I strived to do better too. The positive feedback from those here on DA and on Fanfic.net is really what keeps me going.
Thank you, I am glad that you like the new chapter, please comment on them. Leave a comment in each part if you like. I like to know what you think.
You want to draw a few scenes of my story? Ohhhhh! I feel so honored! I would love to have a few art scenes from my story that I can post on my chapter-part covers. As you have seen from Chapter 1, I have used art on the cover. I would love one in which Marianne and Bog are lovingly looking into each other's eyes with the riverboat in the background for Chapter 3. I have so many other ideas for you too. But I am also open to your ideas as well. Perhaps we could stick our heads together on this and collaborate. I think we are going to have fun with this.
Let me know what you think.
Rave.
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I will certainly try my hand at your suggested concept! I'm not too great at drawing boats but all the more reason to practice. I love drawing couples and when I get free time I practice drawing more complicated poses. Tell you what, once I've got the rough sketch down I'll post it so you can see it. If you like it I'll flesh it out better and add color!
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Thank you I do appreciate that. A rough sketch sounds good.
I have written you a note that gives more details. I realized that we are discussing this on Chapter 1. I don't want to put story critical details here and potentially give away details, so I sent you a note.
Thank you again, I appreciate it very much!
Rave.
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Awesome I'll check it out!
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Awww This is beautiful! I love that someone actually had such an amazing idea for a continuation from the movie. Im so glad I found your story. Ive kinda become obsessed with Strange Magic since I first saw it a few weeks ago. I do hope there is more to this story. This is amazing. ^_^
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Thank you. I am glad you liked it. Yes, I kind of felt I was left 'hanging' at the end of the movie. In the movie the events just happen so fast that more often than not, the movie seemed rushed. In the end you were left with many loose threads. The biggest one is that where is Bog and his goblin friends going to live now that Bog's castle was destroyed. So I wanted to fix that.
Another thing I wanted to fix was Marianne's Dad's attitude towards Roland. That was something I felt was wrong from the get go. So I fixed that as well. There were some other issues I fixed as well.
I too became very interested in the Beauty and the Beast style romance that Marianne and Bog share. I also do admit that for an animated character I do find Marianne very attractive. She has a wonderful personality and a very beautiful face. I love her 'mussed' hair style. Her hair and eye color are amazing and I like her overall look. Her 'tough girl' attitude just makes her even more attractive.
As for Bog...I find I can relate to him as well. Not one to win any awards in the looks department myself, I happen to be a gentleman and a die hard romantic and that certainly helps when it comes to writing material like this.
Overall this chapter was a 'test' to see how many people I would get interested in my Strange Magic fanfic. If I received enough interest, then I would continue it. As it turned out, I received an excellent reception to this story and I have since continued it. So YES! There is more.
Recently I posted a second chapter. It is shorter, but I still follow the same format:
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I am also putting together chapter 3 as we speak. So if you like to read more of this story, put a watch on me and you will automatically be updated whenever I post something new.
Thank you again for the kind words. It does mean quite a bit when someone thinks something I created is amazing.
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I verry much agree I adore your little fixes, it fits and feels right. and I also like the Beauty and the Beast style as well. I grew up with that one and loved it more then most of the other child hood movies I grew up with because I felt a deep connection with Belle since I also am one massive book worm, sure my father is a bit overbearing, but I know he cares for me since Im the only girl in his family other than his mother. So I kinda was over protected and spoiled, yet I still managed to get myself into trouble once in a while, usually due to defending myself. So to be honest Strange magic gives me hope that even I can find something true at some point despite all the crap Ive been put through emotionally already.
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Thank you. Yeah, usually when I am inspired to do a fanfic it usually is because I felt there was something missing from the story. Strange Magic was a very good story, mind you, but it was rushed. So there were many little fixes I felt were necessary. Oh yeah, I always liked BATB myself. Very nice story even though there were many times I would have loved to take a fist to Gaston's face myself.
A massive book worm, huh? Yeah...I managed to worm my way into a rather large book collection myself. Most of it technical stuff though. Ahhh, Daddy's little girl, huh? It was like that in my family too. My dad always sided with my sister and I took my mother's side. But later on I did develop a close bond with my sister. Ahhh, so you had a slight rebellious streak in you? Tough girl like Marianne?
Strange Magic is a good movie because it deals with real feelings and how important true love is. It is like when Marianne and Bog talk about using the love potion and say that had it worked...nothing would have been real. It also brings the point across that sometimes a true gentleman doesn't always look like an Adonis. And the Adonis often is the one with the heart of stone. (In the case of Roland, he also had a head of wood).
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Yeah, I know that feeling. Well, if you want to discuss it privately in a note, I will be more than happy to lend an ear.
BTW, it is nice meeting you. I am enjoying our little chats so far. It has been a good day, for I think I have found a new friend.
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I had to have that tough streak, I was bullied endlessly as a child I always ended up chasing those bullies down and getting in trouble for that or I got in trouble for climbing trees. XD and I agree our chats have been delightful my new friend.
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Oh, I hear you there. I was in the same boat. I got picked on often as a kid too because I was 'different'. Even though as I got older, the bullying stopped, that switched over to being used. I found that I was only wanted when someone needed something from me. But when I wanted help from someone, no one is around. I went through that stage for a very long time. ...I think we should switch over to a private note on this one as everything we write is public. FYI.
Yes, I been having fun with our conversations and it is always enjoyable to meet a new friend.
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I LOVE THIS SO SO SO SO MUCH. The movie put me off at first because I generally do not enjoy musicals, but it realed me back in with Bog and Marianne's relationship. They're so sweet together. They smooth each other out. It's adorable.
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Thank you. I mainly did the chapter as a one off to complete the ending. But I have gotten just as big a response to the story as my Maleval (Maleficent Diaval) story, that I WILL continue it (after I finish the aforementioned story).
Yeah, it pretty much is a play on both a Midsummer Night's Dream and Beauty and the Beast. It does have its endearing moments, but I felt much of it was rushed. There really wasn't that much 'bonding' time. I am trying to go back and put more of that missed bonding time back into my story. So yes there will be more you will see going on between Marianne and Bog. I am also going to go as far as intimacy between the two, but I am going to handle it differently than with 'I'm Alive' (my Maleval story). I want to make any intimate scenes optional reading so this way for those that do not want to read those parts, it will not take away from the story. Strange Magic will be a harder story for me to work on because of the musical element. It is always tough choosing the right song for a particular moment and is it any wonder why it took Lucas 15 years to sort the music out!
So just put a watch out on me and keep an eye on what I post. Strange Magic will be my winter project and I do aim to knock out about another 2 or 3 chapters.
Thank you again!
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Yeah it did feel rushed. :/ I feel like the movie should have been longer, and I wish we would have seen more of Marianne and Roland because of the heartbreak, ya know? And I agree with the bonding time. The whole time I watched the movie I couldn't help but think how great it would be to read the story and get more character depth. I love how you portray them. I could definitely see Bog being as sweet as you portray him. He just seems like the kind of guy who puts a lot of thought into things. So sweet.
Omg I love Maleval. Im going to have to read that.
And no problem! It's refreshing to find a good writer such as yourself :3
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The trouble was that the movie was aimed at young girls and as such, Lucas didn't want to make the movie too long. There was certainly quite a bit of content in that movie and Marianne doesn't meet bog until about halfway into the film, so there really wasn't that much interaction and thus it does seem a bit far fetched that they fell in love so quickly, especially considering it isn't a love at first sight scenario. You can clearly see in the beginning, Marianne isn't the least bit attracted to Bog. But then she finds out he does have a good personality, but then things just snowball into a romance. Just a bit too fast for me. BUT it's a movie and there is only so much you can fit into it.
Hmmmmm, Roland was covered OK. Yeah there could have been more but there was enough for you to get the idea that Roland wasn't a nice guy.
Yeah, if there was a book or original screenplay, I certainly would like to read that as there would be more content. I found that out with Maleficent. I bought the book because of my fanfic. There is so much more information in the book that was left out in the movie.
Thank you. Yeah, I figured that Bog was wronged, betrayed, unloved and as the song says, 'Mistreated'. I suspect that was always the case with him and he became more gruff and adopted a more evil persona...much in the same way that Marianne did after Roland betrayed her. I think there is more to Bog than just the fact that he was rejected by someone he had eyes for.
Well Bog is a king, a ruler, so as the movie shows and also with my thoughts, he is a natural thinker and a planner. He is a take charge type person and this is a quality he also likes in Marianne.
Given that the movie shows that Bog is capable of loving, it had me thinking that his evil persona is just a facade, it is a wall he put up so he doesn't get hurt. So he locked his heart away for a long time. But now that he is with Marianne, he slowly (by my context...not the movie...everything went too fast there) lets Marianne see what is in his heart. She sees a true gentleman and that quality she finds very attractive, and slowly he appears more and more attractive to her.
As for the cutesy stuff...neither Marianne or Bog are into that. But as you seen at the end of the movie, Bog does take to Marianne's cute side. He lets her be who she wants to be and that is another reason why Marianne fell for Bog.
Naturally I paid attention to all of these details and worked from there to flesh out the story a bit more. The main reason I wrote the story is that OK, Marianne and Bog fell in love, but her people put Bog out of a home along with all his goblin minions. So that was left open and I didn't like that. So I fixed it with my fanfic.
Yes, my other story is basically my retelling of the movie, Maleficent, with an emphasis on the budding romance between Maleficent and Diaval. The story took me a year and a half to write (off and on) and I am finally wrapping things up this week. Yeah, I am on the last chapter. I do warn you that the story is very long and the intimate stuff happens much later on. The story is also very dramatic and there is much going on. It starts off more as a drama with little romance and then later on it switches to more romance. Overall I am very happy with how the story came out. While I have written in the past before, there was a long hiatus before I wrote my Maleval fanfic. It was also the first time I did a romance. I do admit that some of the intimate scenes are very racy.
Oh, thank you. That was kind of you to say that. You made my day
I am probably going to continue my Maribog story once I am done with the Maleval one, so you might want to keep a watch on my page.
Have a good day and Happy New Year!
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Very true, and little kids don't really look for that stuff. haha. And yeah, I can definitely see how you're slowly putting more and more of Bog's true personality in the story. That's an element that would have been cool to see in the movie, but it is only a movie. And I like having Bog's untied end of the story taken care of, even if it's not canonical. I feel like I have closure now. heh.
And I'm fine with that. I actually really enjoy content heavy fanfics. It's hard to find those. A lot of people just rush things together, but a lot of that is the fact that those writers are quite young and are just now starting to find their voice, their style, and their tone, not including everything else that comes with writing. I'll definitely be looking into your maleficient story. (I didn't know there was a book! I need to check that out!) And I like the idea of how far in the romance is. A lot of writers just jump into it. Needless to say, I'll be reading your Maleval story. (and I definitely understand the hiatus thing. life gets busy sometimes, sometimes we don't have the inspiration for it, and so many other factors.)
No problem. I meant it.
You too!!
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Well, one of the reasons why I liked Strange Magic so much was that I can relate to Bog very well. I found him not much different from myself, in fact. Sometimes I come off as gruff and standoffish in real life. But deep down inside, my heart is larger than I let on everyone to believe. I think Bog is the same way, but he has forgotten the good, gentleman side since he has been ruler of the goblins and other Dark Forest creatures for such a long time. He doesn't want to show he is soft or has a heart...especially in front of his minions. But he isn't really evil as he says he is. He has feelings and he has desires to love, which is evident when he explains the first female creature he fell in love with.
There was the part in the movie when Marianne and Bog are talking after his mom makes up a romantic setting in that one room of the castle when he says to Marianne in regards to Roland. She says, "He didn't let me be..." and Bog finishes her sentence by saying "you." Naturally I feel Bog is also the same way. Having had his feelings hurt. He put up an evil facade. But as Marianne and Bog get to know one another, they see passed each other's facades. Marianne finds out that Bog is actually a gentleman and very intelligent. Bog finds out that Marianne truly doesn't want to be alone, she does want a companion...but only if that companion really truly cares about her and loves her for who she is. Marianne already starts to let her guard down in response to Bog's early gentleman like ways. She's very much attracted to that. Instead of most men that were after her because she was the heir to the royal throne or because she was pretty, Bog likes her for her and who she is. The movie just goes through this very fast though and I did watch it a few times before I couple pick up on these details. My goal in the fanfic was to expand on the relationship and pace it better. So once I do continue the fanfic you certainly will see much more details in terms of the interaction between the relationship between Marianne and Bog. Being a romance fanfic, I certainly will also touch up on intimacy between the two, albeit, making those sections optional reads.
Yeah, I initially made the story to go either way. It is stand alone and I could continue it. I was basing that on public response. But as it is I have almost as many readers of my short Strange Magic story as I have for my huge Maleval story, so I decided to continue Strange Magic.
That is one thing with me. I am very detailed oriented and prior to my writings here, I used to write when I was in high school and even my teachers said that I was very detailed with my writing. For me it was a lost art as I have not written anything since then and all of a sudden last year (well now 2014), I started to write my Maleval story. I liked the response I was getting with the story and I just kept writing and writing and writing. But now it has been a year and a half later and I feel it is finally time to end that story.
I have seen others write well too, but I have also seen what you mentioned. Sometimes people just throwing something quick together...or they don't give enough depth to the characters. But I have seen others that have written beautiful stories.
As with my Maleval story...yeah, I bought both books. The black Maleficent Movie book is better, but it is already out of print. Then there is the 'junior' version which has nice illustrations in it. It is also a good read, but lacks the details of the black book. I think you can get the black book if you have a Kindle reader.
www.amazon.com/Maleficent-Eliz…
www.amazon.com/Curse-Maleficen…
On the second book I have personally spoken to the illustrator. He is here on DeviantART too.
Well, I couldn't have jumped right into the romance because my story follows the movie plotline. I start it at the point where Maleficent meets Diaval in the movie. From there I take it to the end of the movie and beyond. So it does parallel the movie very much, but I have done my own take on it. So there are some more twists and other issues that I wanted to correct that I didn't like about the film. Everything is taken from a point of view that shows how Maleficent and Diaval become attracted to one another and eventually fall in love. They deny this love at first, but then as events go passed the movie plotline, then it starts getting very romantic.
Well, I hope you do enjoy the story, but do set aside some time for it as it is rather huge.
Thank you again, and if you like the style of how I presented Marianne and Bog in my Strange Magic fanfic, I think you will really enjoy my story. It is called, 'I'm Alive.' The inspiration for the title comes from the Celine Dion song of the same name:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF4r4p…
Here you can start at the very beginning:
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All the chapters are in my gallery. I have to learn how to separate my stories from everything else as it is kind of mixed up. If you have a fanfic.net account, the story is presented better there. It is just that there I don't have the graphics on the chapters as I do here.
Have a good evening and Happy New Year!
Rave.
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This is fantastic! You write them so well! (though I wouldn't expect anything less) and lol...Roland singing yeah right hahaha good one there! Also LOVED getting to see her get the better of him over destroying Bog's castle...*bristles fur* You are really doing well with how they are figuring each other out and figuring out how to do this 'ruling' business. I love it! Keep it up buddy!
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Thank you very much for the kind words. I was hoping you would read the story. Good news is that Strange Magic hasn't hit cable yet and I already got more than 20 hits on Fanfic.net and some here too. So this means I WILL continue the story. I am almost done with I'm Alive as well, I am a little more than halfway through on the last chapter.
Well, Roland does sing in the movie, so that was enough. I just had to fix certain things because I didn't like the fact that Marianne's Dad sided with Roland. That just didn't seem right. I turned it around so that it appeared that he hoped things would work out between Marianne and Roland, but once he saw Roland for the true monster he is...he kind of thinks that he was a bit hard on his daughter. He becomes more accepting of Bog. While in his eyes, he isn't the handsomest fellow, the fact is he stands by Marianne and he IS a king. Further united the Fairy and Dark Forest kingdoms was something he longed to do.
Now, I have a homework assignment of which I might post to DA. I need a name for Marianne's Dad, The Fairy King. I can't keep calling him The Fairy King through the whole story. So he needs a name.
Well, as you see Bog is getting a new home and pretty much that is where I plan to take the next chapter.
Thank you....there will be more to come!
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Aw yay I'm happy to hear that! I know the fandom will be more than happy to have you!
Ah yes very true and those were good choices you made there I agree!
Yes please give him a name he should have one weather I like him or not.
And this is a warning - have at least one very bloody disturbing drawing of Vivian coming up. It's just a symbolism piece but it is going to look pretty horrifying I probably won't post it till next week but just wanted to warn you.
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Yeah, I have been getting quite few people that like the story. Some are even crossovers from my Maleval story.
I am happy that you do like the plot. BTW, I have made MANY stills of Marianne from clips. I could send some to you if you like.
Actually I was asking you if you might have some suggestions for a name. Like I said, I don't want to keep calling him "The Fairy King, or Marianne's Father" the whole story long.
Uh Oh. Is is that bad? Did she kill someone (knowing that temper of her hers)?
Oh, no...don't tell me that is of her 'significant other' prior to her marriage to Alex.
Well, thanks for the 'brace for impact'. I have a feelling this will be a heavy blow.
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I'm glad, you deserve it!
and well...I have plenty (I downloaded the movie on my iPad and have excellent Screencaps I made myself, in fact I was going to send them to you lol.)
oh hum...I may come up with something but I am creatively DEAD at the moment and he's definatly not a character I'd feel inspired to work on but if so,etching comes to me I'll let you know.
She didn't kill someone, quite the opposite. But yes it will be rather terrible.
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Thank You,
Really? Yeah, I certainly will take a peek at your screencaps.
Oh, Ok. I think I might make it a DA / Fanfic 'collective' choice. But if you come up with a cool name, wing it by me.
She SAVED someone?!?!? I would figure that would be a good thing. BUT I have been wrong before.
Speaking of dead, I am DEAD tired myself. I JUST came home from taking the boys to Adventureland today (the local amusement park). They have a new roller coaster called Turbulence, but it was FULL. Figured as much for a brand new ride that opened this year, let alone it is a roller coaster. We were there for almost 6 hours, so it was a nice day. The boys tried out three new rides this year: Ferris Wheel, Bumper Cars (they were finally tall enough to ride), and some water 'whip' based ride called Crocodile Run in which they have to avoid getting wet. So they have those under their belt. It is a good thing too because they are right at 54" tall and they were on the cusp of growing out of kiddie rides. So next year they are going to try out some adult rides.
So that was our action packed day. How was your day, or weekend for that matter?
When they are a little older I am going to take them to Busch Gardens.
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This is really good! Please, do keep the music numbers. Btw, the popular name of this ship is Butterflybog.
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Thank you very much! I am probably going to continue it, albeit with less musical numbers though. It takes a while to pick out the right songs. Is it any wonder that it took George Lucas 5 years to pick out the right songs for Strange Magic.
Yeah someone mentioned that to me as well. But I might go against the grain for a while as Butterflybog doesn't sound any better than Maribog.
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You're right about the music, so I get it if you want to use less songs. And I personally like Maribog better too, to be honest...
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Yeah, I want to make the story in the same style, but I am not going to go nuts like I did with the first chapter. I probably will have about 2 songs a chapter.
Yeah, I kind of like it too as it follows more the relationship name style using parts of the name. Butterfly Bog doesn't do that. Now you are going by species and by right then the name would be ButterMant...as Bog is some what of a mix based on a praying mantis. Of course Marianne is a butterfly fairy.
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I think you did a good job capturing the interaction between Marianne and Bog - the banter and light teasing, the shy compliments, and their compatible thought patterns.
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Thank you. Yeah I saw the movie three times through and tried to get the main characters down. The two will continue with their light teasing and play fighting. I do have another 'fight' sequence planned for them, but it is just that, play fighting. That is, of course, if I intend to continue the story. I figure if I get 10 good followers between Fanfic.net and here, then it would be enough to continue.
Yeah, they do think alike and I tried to capture that as well. They do finish each other's sandwiches...erhhh uuuhhh...sentences (rather).
I am on the fence about including intimate scenes as well. I do have one in mind already. It was going be an optional third part to the one chapter I posted, but I figured I would leave it as is for now with a 'T' rating.
Glad you like! Thanx again.
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