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A few days after her encounter with the pipe wielding reaper, Astra was still annoyed about the hole situation but not as much as before. She had shown who that ghoul was boss so she was hoping she wouldn't mess with the fae again. And if she did, she'd go all stabidy stab-stab.

For now she chose to push that aggravating incident away as she jumped about the undergrowth in the weeping woods. There were always yummy bugs here, and she was keen for a snack. They weren't always easy to find though, it took alot of looking and lifting of rotten logs.

As she lifted up one, a large white grub fell out, which she was quick to pick up, and sitting on the log she took a bite out of the squirming insect.

Omnomnom

The antenna on her head stood to attention, acting like two sensors that pointed in the way of the noise. She couldn't actually sense anything with them, but they liked to move at random intervals.

Quickly finishing off her grub, Astra hoped off the log and floated near the bush. Was it another bug to devour? Chances were low since it seemed too big to be a bug. Curiosity gnawed at her insides though, she wanted to find out what it was.

..Just as long as it wasn't a big fire breathing dragon.

For now though she peered into the bush before reaching in with a hand. Maybe she could pull whatever it was out of there....

Astra had managed to make a smal hole inside the bush, were she stuck her head inside to see if she could locate the thing. Though this wasn't the most smartest of things she had done, the fae wasn't going to leave until she knew what it-

"AAHHHHH!"

Oh, it was her.

She looked up with wide frightened eyes at first, but as the ghoul went to hug her she jumped back, and in a flash she was up the tree and holding onto a branch for dear life.

"You...YOU!: She squeaked, pointing a accusing finger at Ruth.

The fairy was practically shaking now, absolutely loathing the silent laugher that emanated from Ruth. Why did she always have to make such a fool of her?! Her shaking did not stop when it seemed the reaper wanted to know what was up with the bugs that crawled around the log and what she was doing.

"That was my snack" She said, clearly angrily but still gracing the ghoul with a response. "But I don't feel like eating them anymore. I hope they eat you, though!" With that she started pelting acorns at Ruth, before suddenly vanishing from sight. Or at least she hoped it would appear like that. In actuality she had hid behind the trunk, and quickly jumped to another branch. If she could get down to the ground without being seen, then she could extract some revenge on this little upstart...

While Ruth was trying to locate the fairy, said fairy was hiding behind a tree trunk that thankfully wasn't in the line of the reapers vision. For now at least. Her hands gripped the edge of the bark as she watched her quarry scan the area, wings tucked behind her back just encase Ruth was perceptive enough to know where she was just from her wing beats.

With one hand still holding on, the other dug through her pockets looking around for something else she could use. Her face lit up as she grasped a few FEAR candies, these were something she could use.

Taking carefull aim (and using as much math and wind direction as she could remember from class), Astra threw one candy in a arcing motion, watching it land somewhere away from her tree. She then did the same with the other fear candy in the opposite direction, and then let go of her tree to drop to the ground, her wings preventing her from going splat.

Quietly she peaked out from the tree to see how Ruth would react.

Chances are the fairy wouldn't be able to perform such feats of speed herself. Or at the very least she couldn't do it without making a ruckus and defeating the entire purpose of the candies, but non the less she had succeeded in that part. Ruth was more interested in her second projectile and did not realize just where she really was.

The next part of her plan was going to be far more difficult to perform. It required a hole new level of stealth that Astra didn't know if she possessed, but she was daring enough to see if she could.

Quietly she stepped through the forest undergrowth, taking great care not to step on any fallen twigs as she darted behind another tree. She paused long enough to look under the fallen log, hand grasping something as she took shelter behind the object, again looking up to see were the reaper was. She could tell she was closer to Ruth now. Only a few more steps and she would reach her, but had she been discovered?

Keeping a firm hold on the centipede she had just retrieved, she waited for the perfect moment.

Astra watched the reaper with rapt attention, tensing up as she stopped. Was this the moment she had been waiting for? She was about to jump out but stopped herself. Ruth had moved again, but now she had hidden herself behind a tree.

For a moment she frowned, fretting that the ghoul would be much harder to reach. But she soon realized that this was what she had been waiting for. Ruth wasn't going to move if she was hiding, right?

Again the fairy darted from her hiding spot. her steps light and quick as she flew behind each and every tree to get closer to the one Ruth hid behind, moving in a large circle until she was behind the big tree. A moments paused so she could catch her breath, before she made her move. Astra darted forwards, jumping right behind Ruth and letting the centipede drop hopefully down the back of her shirt, before she darted off again towards the closest tree she could find.

It was a complete success

Astra had darted up to a tree branch so she could watch the unfolding spectacle from above. And what a spectacle it was! She made no attempt to hide herself now, doubling over and laughing at Ruth's misfortune. And when the reaper had smashed herself into the tree she began to laugh even louder. Watching Ruth make a fool of herself was one of the best things ever..

"He he he!" Her giggles echoed around the forest trees. "Thats what you get for messing with me!" It felt so good to extract her revenge, and she hoped that her point had been made to the snot reaper. Astra would not tolerate Ruth and every time she tried to do, the fae would prove just how much better she was.