The Anti-Fairy Tales The Giant And The Fish Part Four

 The Power Of The Fish

She woke up at an early hour. She took her last sip of the potion. She put her clothes on. She made her way to the kitchen. She took out a knife and started to gut the fish when Engleman walked in. He looked at her and smiled. She could feel him, watching her. She placed the fish's guts to the side. Then worked on cutting the bones out. She, to her surprise, spotted that they were the colour of emerald! Yet she did her best to cut the bones yet as she put each bone aside she spotted that they were not just the colour of emerald, they were emerald!

No wonder he wants them so bad!

No time, continue working.

She cut the bones carefully making sure that she cut as much meat off the bone as she could.

"Good girl, thee cut that well."

"Thank you my master. Although, I do have to ask why do you use thee and thou or thine?"

"Well, it is our way of speaking, when thou humans started to use you, we, on this land, decided not to."

"And hath?"

"Is our word for have or has. Art means are in thine tongue."

She nodded.

"Thank you for the insight."

"Thine art welcome. Now, Alex, I will be heading out to gather the herbs and other ingredients to make thine potion."

"Thank you, I will have the fish ready when you arrive."

"Good girl. However I warn thee, do not eat a single piece of that fish."

"Right."

"I mean it. If I find that thou ate a single piece I will eat thee alive!"

"Understood." She said as he left.

Like that isn't a lie.

She thought as she put the fish in the pan and started cooking.

Oh well as if it isn't any of my business. Just keep cooking, just like how that demon taught you!

She could feel the heat as time went by, yet she noticed that the fish was not coming normally.

How strange. I wonder if there is more to cooking this fish than like all the others I cooked. Either that or this fish takes longer.

She waited and waited, yet it still did not seem to cook. She wondered if there was something wrong so she put her finger on it to see if it was cooking. She felt the heat flair up and she had to put the finger in her mouth. Yet she could taste and felt the fish on her tongue. It tasted like a sweet lamb. Then the moment she swallowed she somehow knew that she would have to kill the giant the moment that he returned.

But how?

There is a weakness in the centre of his eyes. If you are able to get there you should be able to kill him.

How?

Use the weapon.

What weapon?

The one you have when you access the power of Wolfox.

But that will corrupt my soul!

Not unless when you access them you keep your soul strong and you should slow the corruption comfortably.

Right.

She looked at the time she could see that her hope was almost up. She could feel herself shrinking already. She knew that regardless of what happens now, she would have to fight. She closed her eyes to focus. She soon forced herself to get into the mind that she would be in when she would use the power. She soon felt that power course throughout her body. She could feel the dark joy that works fine with it.

Then she heard the door open. She took the pan off the hob, knowing that it was already cooked. She also knew that the fire would come in handy in the fight.

"Alex?"

She looked up at him. He looked down at her, his eyes widened as he sniffed and then smirked.

"I thought that I could smell the Demon King on thou. Now I know why."

She rolled her eyes and jumped up. She rose higher than a normal girl would have done.

"What? Thee think thou can kill me?" He mocked.

He pulled out a pan and went to bring the base down upon her. She raised her legs and ran under the base of the pan, using the gforce to stop her from falling. She then reached the handle and ran up the sides and onto the giant's hand. She brought down the blade as hard as she could. The giant let out a slight grunt, but he seemed to be unaffected by this. Seeing this she then drove the blade deeper and deeper into his flesh. She then turned the blade as she pulled it out. She then slashed again and again, yet to her shock the giant was laughing the entire time.

"Keep going girl! That tickles!" He laughed.

She tried to ignore this as she continued. She looked up and saw that he had his eyes closed. She then reached the bone and she slashed through it. Soon his thumb fell. He dropped his pan.

"Thou witch!"

He then went to whack her with his hand and she stabbed him right in the palm of his hand. She then ran along the hand and slit the wrist, where the bones met. He drew back. He then pulled out a fork and drew it down upon her. She quickly moved out of the way, she noticed that she was moving faster than a normal human should. But she knew that she did not have time to dwell upon it. She then ran up his arm and he drove it back down again but she had already ran on before he could even get close to her, causing him to stab himself in the process. 

He then flung her away and she flew off his arm. She then spotted a cupboard in front of her. She flung her feet out in front of her and pushed off from the door propelling herself to the giant. He then swatted her away like a fly. She then hit the kitchen table. She felt her shoulder break as she rolled again and again. She had no time to focus on the pain and had to push through it. She soon flipped back on her feet.

She looked up to see the giant took out a wooden rolling pin and drove it down to her. She dived out of the way. He then brought it down again and again and she ran out of the way again and again. Then he brought it down upon her again and she was about to run out of the way but he swung it to her. She knew to hit her so she spun back and sliced the thing in half faster than she could blink. 

She then jumped up and ran along the arm again. She then jumped up and threw the blade right into between the eyes. It soon dug in deep and he fell backwards, his head crashed into the fire behind him. He let out a scream as the fire ate deep into his flesh, soon reaching his brain. His body went limp. 

She looked at the dead body with a satisfied smile.

Now get the others. You also need to get out of here as soon as you can. You are not ready to face Wolfox yet. 

But-

Eat the rest of the fish, it will heal you.

She ran on and jumped on the table and pulled a chunk of the fish off and ate. She soon felt satisfied and her body soon healed and she felt a surge of energy flood her.