The trouble with Fey Relations

Szoldar leaves it to you as his presence would only make it harder as they fey magic seems to shield her from the local villagers. You begin a circuit around the village seeking her hut or any signs of the strange creatures.

The pair of you set out, repeating the process taught to you by the local woodsman, feeling a bit odd but hopeful that it will indead work now that he is gone. You continue to search as the sunlight fades. The sun is well below the hilly horizon but there is still enough light in the sunset sky to see when you feel that you are being watched and followed.

Not being too obvious about it you increase your caution and alertness as you continue your search till you spot a decent spot to confront your watcher.

Moving to the middle of the clearling you wait, searching the nearby woods for any signs. You wait several minutes and are about to move on when you hear movement. Then more movement and after another moments a couple forms slip out of the trees to face you.

The first is lean and about 4' tall with blotted grey and brown skin. Atop it head and down its back small plants, mushroom and grass grow, like a mane of hair.

The second is about 3' tall but has a full belly with wings that flap constantly to keep it aloft. As they move into sight the two whisper back and forth, glancing at the both of you They stop advancing when they are about 20 feet from you.

The lanky grey figure hunches a bit as it stops moving so its hangs touch the ground and it settles into a squat. You are new. What are you looking for. The voice is surprising, sounding more like that of a human girl that what you had expected.

I am Miriam and he is Brady. We came from the village but after we agreed to help the hag find her daughter we became like this and our parents forgot about us.

I know we look different but we remember our family. Everytime we try to convince them they scream and try to attack us. the voice of a young boy on the verge of tears comes from the hovering fey.

The pair explain they don't know what to do and just want to go home. The villagers all attack them. The hag helps them but says she can't break their transformation until she has her daughter. There are 2 other children working with the hag but one keeps getting confused and the other still believes the hag and wont leave until they find out what caused all of this.

By the end of their tail both children(?) are crying and siting on the grass huddling together.

None of the adaults will talk with us. Most of the kids run away but I got my cousin to talk with me. sniff sniff Brasy says wiping away some tears anc a copious amount of snot She said that the adaults all told their children that we were working with the hag to steal more children but I could tell she wasnt sure.
She wont talk anymore but she still leaves me treats some times. She knows I like rasberrries. and a sad smile crosses his face.

We can take you to the hag but you have to promise not to attack her. Some villagers hired a hunter we did not know and he tried to catch her after we took him to her. She got really angry and scolded us the girls looks downcast Now she wont let any adaults near her house. If you want to meet her you have to go to a faerie circle then we will go get her.

The two guide you away from the paths. As they do they explain that Miriam is 11, she is one of the oldest children with the hag, and Brady is 7. After severla minutes, not too far from where you met the children, you find another clearing. This one is smaller and near the middle is a ring about 5' across of tiny mushrooms mostly hidenunder the soft grass. The children tell you to step into the circle, but not to touch the mushrooms, then wait for the moon to light the clearing. The hag will come talk with you then.