The Amazing Land Of Fae A New Life For Safire Prologue The story continues with Ginger taking the queen of the Blue Fae, Safire to the diningroom. Safire doesn't want to live underground anymore so Ginger invited her to live in the palace with Alieta, herself and all the other girls. Ginger has to tell Safire about all the changes that have happened in Fae Land since the last time she came to the surface. The trickiest part will be telling Safire about God, Fillina and Lucifer that visit Fae Land most every day now. Ginger waits for the food to be served before explaining things to Safire... "Now this is what I am talking about," said Safire. "A big juicy cheese burgar with all the fixings and ice cream for desert. If I asked my cook to make me one of these, she would just look at me with a blank face and ask if I was nuts." Ginger smiled. "Well here you can order what ever you want. I keep the kitchen well stocked and our cooks are the best," said Ginger. "So Ginger, tell me about this guy that took you on a date," said Safire. "Where did he take you?" "We went to Paris France," said Ginger. "It is very beautiful there and the people are very friendly." "Hmm, never heard of the place, where is Paris France?" asked Safire. "Across the ocean," said Ginger. "What, is he some kind of wizard?" asked Safire. "No silly, it was Lucifer, you know and met him before," said Ginger. "Oh yes, the Devil but seems to be quite nice around the girls," said Safire. "Well he is not the Devil anymore," said Ginger. "God sent a bunch of archangels down to hell to take his place so that Lucifer could be with his family again." "Really, angels running Hell, sounds very odd to me," said Safire. "So Lucifer is the son of God, right?" "Yep and Fillina's son too," said Ginger. "Fillina? Now I am confused," said Safire. "Where did she come from, I never heard of her before." "None of us did seeing she dosn't get involved with people's problems. God created her after creating the universe as a helper and companion. She does most of the landscaping on the planets," said Ginger. Safire finished her cheese burgar and now started on the ice cream. "Okay so are you just making up a story to be funny with me?" asked Safire. "If God and this Fillina are in heaven then who told you all this stuff?" "They did," said Ginger. Safire froze, looking straight into Ginger's eyes. "I have know you for a very long time and in all that time you have never lied to me or anyone else for that matter but your eyes tell me you are telling me the truth," said Safire with a shocked look on her face. "I don't lie," said Ginger. "Once, a long time ago when I was young and lied about something, to a very good friend. That went very bad for me when the friend found out the truth and I lost that friend forever. I never lied again." Safire smiled at Ginger. "You can't lie anyways," said Safire. Those big beautiful eyes will give you away everytime. So when did God and his wife I guess you would call her come to see you?" "They come down to Fae Land every day now," said Ginger. "Fillina more so than God, she is a good friend of Ivy. They seem to do a lot together." Safire finished her ice cream and looked at Ginger's half eaten burger. "Are you going to finish that?" asked Safire. "What you are still hungry, these burgers are huge and that was a big bowl of ice cream," said Ginger. "Just a bit but waste not want not is what I always say, well this is the first time I've said that but are you going to finish it?" asked Safire. Ginger laughed. "Go ahead, help yourself," said Ginger. "I can never finish a whole burger. Safire grabbed the half eaten burger and finished it off. 01 illustration goes here "So do you want to have a tour of the new palace now?" asked Ginger. "Maybe a bit later," said Safire. "I'm stuff and want to relax and get some fresh air. The air up here is much nicer than underground." "Okay, lets go and sit on the couch outside," said Ginger. "Fillina made it for Alieta." "She can make stuff too?" asked Safire. "Well she is a God so yes," said Ginger. "Wow a God, what does she look like. I bet she is a looker," said Safire. "Lets see, she is tall, much taller than me but not as tall as God. She has long very pretty brown hair like Phonixa's and Repellia's hair. She likes to dress sexy like everyone here and she doesn't have to wear any make up," said Ginger. "Really, all girls like to wear make up to look prettier," said Safire. "Not her because she is gorgeous silly. What would you expect God to create for himself," said Ginger. "Ya right I suppose he would make the perfect girl for himself. Do you think God would make the perfect man for me?" asked Safire. "Umm, I don't think there is such a thing," said Ginger. "You will have to ask him yourself." "I have in prayer most every night. I guess your right," said Safire. "Okay, lets head out." They both went back outside and sat on the couch. Safire looked around at everyone walking around, going about their business. "You see, life up here looks so much better," said Safire. "Elves walking around doing stuff, fresh clean air and a nice warm sun in the sky. I wouldn't even care if it was raining, I would just lay on the grass and let the water soak me." "You have been down there for too long," said Ginger. "I go in when it rains." Just then Fillina appeared. "Good your up," said Fillina to Ginger. "Alieta wants you to see the new amusement park I made." "Really, where is it?" asked Ginger. "Just on the north end of Eden," said Fillina. Fillina looked at Safire that was staring at her. "Well hello, who might you be?" asked Fillina. "Safire stood up fast and tried to say her name but was speechless for the moment. "This is Safire, queen of the Blue Fae that lives underground," said Ginger. "Really, I heard God mention your name a few times," said Fillina. "Really, I hope it wasn't anything bad," said Safire finally. "No your in his good books. You pray for a perfect man. There is only one of them and he is mine," said Fillina with a smile. "Ya being underground for so long must have effect my brain," said Safire. "My you are so pretty." "Well thankyou and you are very pretty too being all blue and all. I like it, very exotic looking. Can you give me a moment and I will be right back?" asked Fillina. "Sure we are just relaxing," said Ginger. "Good, now don't move either of you," said Fillina then vanished. "My goodness, that was the first time I couldn't get a word out of my mouth," said Safire. "I was breathless I think they call it." "Told you she was georgeous," said Ginger. "Yes and very tall too," said Safire. 02 illustration goes here They waited for a few minutes then Fillina reappeared. "Sorry that took so long but once I told God my idea he loved it and wanted me to make the selection," said Fillina. "So you stand right here Safire and wait. God has to make a few enhancements then your prays will be aswered sort of anyways. Actually I think this is much better than what you were praying for. Okay, lets go Ginger, Alieta is waiting." Then they vanished. "I wonder what she did for me," thought Safire. "I just met her and barely said anything to her. What could be better than the perfect man?" Safire stood waiting and wondering then suddenly a flash of light appeared then Safire couldn't believe her eyes. "Hello Safire, I am for you. My name is Casper." "Oh my god, oh my god! You are for me like Tillia was for Sara?" asked Safire. "Yes that is correct," said Casper. "Tillia was the first special unicorn and I am the second. I can't run as fast as her but my horn is magical also like her's. If you want me, you have to get on my back so we can bond." "You bet I want you," said Safire then jumped on Casper's back. They both glowed blue for a few moments then it was done. "Now we can communicate with thought," said Casper. "Do you remeber how to ride a horse?" "I think so," said Safire. "Its been a long time since I have even been on a horse's back but I am sure it will be fine," said Safire. "I didn't know there was any blue unicorns." There wasn't, God just changed my colour for you," said Casper. "He made me special just for you. You are an amazing, fearless queen with great strength, kinda funny too. Do you still want to wish for the perfect man?" "I already got him right her," said Safire then hugged Casper's neck. 03 illustration goes here Zan walked out of the palace and saw Safire sitting on Casper. "I don't believe it, is that you Casper all blue now?" "Yep sure is Zan, nice to see you again," said Casper. "God made me for Safire. "Well you can't argue with God and Fillina is one heck of a girl," said Zan. "So how long have you two been bonded?" "Just bonded now," said Casper. "Okay, so have you told her yet?" asked Zan. "No I just told her that I can't run like Tillia," said Casper. "Tell me what Zan, what are you two talking about?" asked Safire. "Can I tell her?" asked Zan to Casper. "Sure go ahead, I was getting to it but wanted to bond first," said Casper. "What, is there something wrong?" asked Safire. "On the contrary," said Zan. "You are sitting on the only flying unicorn." "Casper is not as fast as Pegasus but he has some good speed. Much faster than a horse or even you running Safire." "He can fly, that is so awesome," said Safire. "Why don't you show your new companion," said Zan. "Well I am unfamilar with Fae Land," said Casper. "She will have to guide. me." "Well I have never ventured off the palace grounds," said Safire. "Who cares just go explore then," said Zan. "You see that mountain, just fly over it and head out to Eden. You can't miss it and that is where Ivy and most of the heros live." "Well I wouldn't mind seeing Ivy again," said Safire. "Then it's settled, Ivy's home is just past Sandy Lake," said Zan. "You may see Tillia and Pegasus there too. I'm going swimming with Tara and Avan so have fun you two," then Zan headed for the stable. "Okay so flying, I have never been off the ground before," said Safire. So do you want me to run then?" asked Casper. "No best learn how to fly with you," said Safire. Good, flying is faster and more fun," said Casper. "Just hang on tight with your arms and your legs and I will do the rest until you get the hang of things." "Okay, go for it," said Safire. Casper began to run then leaped up and flew high in the air. 04 illustration goes here "Wow, you can really see a lot from up here," said Safire. "Yep that is one of the good things about flying, said Casper plus you can get places faster." "Look down there by that tree, that looks like Viridian," said Safire. "Okay so do you want to go talk to her first?" asked Casper. "Yep, she lives with Ivy and Sara," said Safire. "I wonder why she is looking up at that tree." "One way to find out," said Casper then landed behind Viridian. "Hi Viridian what are you looking at?" asked Safire. "I just want to see if that coconut is ripe enough to pick," said Viridian without turning around. "Then I can get Ivy to fly up there and bring it down for me but I can't tell from down here. Too many leaves in the way." Safire jumped off Casper then walked up to the tree. "Safire! So nice to see you again. How are things underground?" asked Viridian. "Okay but I am going to be living in the palace now. I am sick of living down there," said Safire. "Well good thinking, I could never figure out why anyone would want to live down there when such a beautiful land was just above them," said Viridian. "Well I just started exploring Fae Land with Casper," said Safire. "So far everything looks amazing." "Casper, who is Casper?" asked Viridian. "I am," said Casper from behind Viridian. She turned around and saw Casper looking straight at her. "My goodness a unicorn, a blue unicorn at that. When did you get him?" asked Viridian. "Not long ago, God and Fillina sent him to me," said Safire. "Well then very nice to meet you Casper," said Viridian. "I wish Tillia was here to meet you but she is out playing with Pegasus somewhere." "I have known Tillia for a very long time," said Casper. "Pegasus too, we all used to play together. Tillia and Pegasus were always in love with each other until Tillia went missing." "Well they are back together now, said Viridian and are almost always together except when Hercules needs Pegasus for something." "So he is still with the big guy then. That is nice," said Casper. Well Sara and Hercules Hang out together a lot so Pegasus has lots of time to spend with Tillia now," said Viridian. "So is Ivy home? I want her to meet Casper," asked Safire. "Yep, she is in her room doing something on her lap top. That girl is always trying to learn about something new," said Viridian. "I will go get her for you and make it a surprise. Casper will be very unexpected to her for a change." Viridian went on the house. "What is a lap top?" asked Safire. "Beats me, those two words don't even go together to mean anything," said Casper. 05 illustration goes here "Ivy, can you come out here please," yelled Viridian. "Okay, just a second," said Ivy. "She shut down the lap top then went into the kitchen. "Yes Viridian what's up?" asked Ivy. "I have a surprise for you outside but I don't want you reading me or anything else to find out what the surprise is," said Viridian. "I won't, that would ruin your surprise," said Ivy. "I love surprises as long as they are good ones." "Well this is a very good surprise, actually two," said Viridian. "Now cover your eyes with your hands and keep your eyes shut tight and I will lead you by the arm. No peeking!" "I won't, you can trust me," said Ivy. Viridian led Ivy outside and stopped right in front of Casper and Safire. Then she back away. "Okay Ivy open your eyes," said Viridian. "Can I take my hands off my eyes too?" asked Ivy. "Yes silly," said Viridian. "Ivy opened her eyes then saw Safire and Casper. "Safire! Your here with a... blue unicorn?" She rubbed her eyes. "Yep I am not seeing things definately a blue unicorn," said Ivy. Viridian smiled then went back in the house. "Hi Ivy, long time no see," said Safire. "I want you to meet Casper. God and Fillina sent him to me." "Really, is he magical like Tillia?" asked Ivy. "Yep he sure is and he can fly also," said Safire. "No way, where are his wings?" asked Ivy. "Doesn't need any, must be the magic," said Safire. "We flew over here, Zan told me where you lived. Casper, say hi to my friend Ivy." "Hello Ivy, I have seen a lot of forest sprites before but you are the prettiest of all," said Casper. "Ivy is Queen of the forest," said Safire. "And that she should be but there is something else inside that I can't recognise," said Casper. "So you can read people too?" asked Ivy. "Yes I am very deep reader, it is one of my talents," said Casper. "Well what I see is a very beautiful unicorn," said Ivy. She began to pat Casper's snout. "So soft and magical, it is all around you just like Tillia," said Ivy. "This is a big responsibiliy for you Safire. You can't be going underground all the time now. "I won't be, Ginger said I can live in the palace," said Safire. "I got sick of living down there. Lots more to see and do up here." "That is good news," said Ivy. So has he told you what he needs from you?" asked Ivy. "No, we haven't been together for very long," said Safire. Well get comfortable on the grass and I will fill you in but first I bet Casper is hungry," said Ivy. "Let me get him something from the backyard." 06 illustration goes here Safire and Casper got down on the grass and Ivy came back with a bowl of fruit for Casper then sat down. "Yum fruit, my favorite," said Casper. "Veggies are my favorite too especially carrots." Ivy smiled. "Yep same as Tillia. Now first of all special unicorns do not eat like horses, said Ivy. They hate oats and grass and love people food except meat. They also got a love for sweets but they are treats only because sugar makes them hyper like a child." "Okay so I need to buy food then," said Safire. "Well not if your living in the palace," said Ivy. "Alieta will supply all the food that Casper needs plus Tulip always makes a bowl of food for Tillia when she is there which leads me to the next thing. Unicorns won't stay in horse stalls overnight. They can't stand the smell of horse poop I guess. A shelter has to be made like Tillia's at the stable but on the grounds inside the gates. When you are not around you won't have to worry about Casper at all. There will be a ton of elves in there, washing him and brushing his coat. Cleaning his hooves and making sure his teeth are clean." "Wow maybe I should live in the stable too," said Safire. Ivy laughted. "Casper will definately love all the attention but because you two are bonded now, all you have to do is think that you want him to come and in no time Casper will come and he can call for you in the same way. Unicorns also don't bother with horses because they don't talk and are not as smart, said Ivy. "I like talking to horses," said Casper. "Especially the mares. I can comunicate with them with my mind. Mares consider me to be very sexy." Ivy smiled, yes I imagine they would, just behave yourself as best as you can," said Ivy. "Remember most of the horses there belong to Alieta, the Queen of Fae Land." Casper went back to eating. "Okay so is there anything else I should know?" asked Safire. "Maybe but those are the important facts," said Ivy. "The flying thing is new to me so Casper can fill you in with anything else if needed. So where are you two off to next?" "We don't know," said Safire. "I have never explored Fae Land before." "Well it is very big and Alieta bought the land beside Fae Land so we are twice as big now," said Ivy. "You should ride around Eden first and let the heros living near by meet Casper. You could never see all of Fae Land properly in one day, even if you are flying." 07 illustration goes here "Anyways, right next door to us is Ktara's place," said Ivy. "She is usually outside tending her gardens or in the kitchen cooking something good. Just walk over past the two coconut trees and you will probably see her doing something." "Okay, thanks Ivy, just one question before we leave," said Safire. "Viridian said you were doing stuff on a lap top. What is that?" "It is a computer I brought back from Granada," said Ivy. "Of coarse, what's a computer?" Ivy smiled. Well it is a type of machine that has a key board like a type writer but can do so much more. I will show it to you the next time you come back," said Ivy. "Okay so is it call a lap top, why?" asked Safire. "Because it can sit on your lap and the top opens up showing the screen and the key board," said Ivy. "Okay, I get that part but not the computer part yet," said Safire. "Does everyone have one here?" "Nope, just me so far," said Ivy. "Takes a bit to learn how to use it. Go talk to Ktara, she's not into high tech stuff at all like me." "Okay Casper lets go," said Safire. "You ate that entire bowl of fruit?" "Yep and it sure was good," said Casper. "Thanks Ivy. "Well that should hold you for a while," said Safire. "Propbably until supper time," said Ivy. "Supper at the palace is between five and six o'clock." "Um, when is that?" asked Safire. "When the sun starts getting low in the sky, usually your tummy will let you know," said Ivy then went back in the house. Safire and Casper walked past the coconut trees and saw Ktara outside doing what looked like exercises. They walked over to her and Safire said hi. "Wow Safire, nice to see you here, who is that amazing looking unicorn with you." "My name is Casper, Safire is my companion." "Really, that is so cool. Another unicorn in Fae Land!" said Ktara. "Are you two hungry? I just made a big triple layer choclate cake. Not really, I ate at the palace with Ginger and Casper just finished a big bowl of fruit at Ivy's place," said Safire. "Ivy said it would be a good idea to tell everyone I will be living in the palace now." "Really, for good, that is awesome," said Ktara. "Well welcome to the family then, we are all a big family of friends here." "Thank you, so what were you doing?" asked Safire. "Just some exercisies to keep in shape. You never know when a handsome man may come around," said Ktara. "I used to pray for a perfect man but Fillina and God gave me Casper," said Safire. "Much better than any man." "I quess so, being able to ride on a unicorn is way better," said Ktara. "He flies too," said Safire. "Casper flies! That is amazing," said Ktara. "Being able to fly around would be so much easier and faster. But then again I don't go to very many places other than to the market. Well if you two are full then I am taking that cake over to Ivy's place. Sara will be home soon so we can all have a big slice each. Come by again when you are hungry, I love cooking for people. Go see Carmen and Zatsuky next, they are usually out sun bathing at this time. They live just west of here." Then Ktara went back to the house to get the cake. "My she was very nice," said Casper. "Everyone I have met in Fae Land is very nice," said Safire. 08 illustration goes here Safire got back on Casper and they took off west. "Okay that must be it," said Safire. "Two people laying on a blanket. Lets head down." Carmen saw them coming but wasn't sure who it was. "Look Zatsuky, looks like a flying blue horse with someone blue on it, headed right for us," said Carmen. "I wonder who that is?" "Who else do you know that is blue," said Zatsuky. "It has to be Safire but on a flying blue horse? That is new." They landed close to Carmen and Zatsuky then Safire jumped off of Casper. Camen and Zatsuky jumped up. "That is no flying blue horse, it's a blue unicorn," said Zatsuky. "Safire, where did you get such a magnificent being?" "Casper is a gift from heaven," said Safire. "All I had to do was pray for the perfect man for a long time and instead I got Casper." "Really, definately a couple steps up from a perfect man," said Carmen. "No man is perfect but I am the perfect woman." "You are not perfect," said Zatsuky. "You have lots of flaws." "Well close to perfect then," said Carmen. Zatsuky stared at her. "Okay so not that perfect but I am pretty, right?" asked Carmen. "Yes you are very pretty, said Casper, both of you are." "Oh I am liking Casper already," said Carmen." "Yep, me too," said Zatsuky. "So what's up with you Safire. You rarely come out of that place underground." "It's boring down there so I decided to live up here now where my friends are," said Safire. "Nice, so where are you going to live," asked Zatsuky. "Ginger said I can live in the palace with the other girls and Alieta," said Safire. "Excellent score," said Carmen. "Elves will do your laundry and you never have to do dishes or clean the house. You won't have to do any of that stuff." "Well I will find something to do there.I want to help out some way," said Safire. "Ya I guess, the girls there all do little things to help except Zan, she mostly sleeps," said Zatsuky. "I guess when you are a queen and been alive forever you get out of doing any chores." "Actually Zan cleans her own room and won't let the elves do it. She also tells the most amazing stories," said Carmen. "Yes Zan was one of the first sanctioned beings created, long before humans and even unicorns," said Casper. "She told me lots of fun stories until the humans came around and started hunting her kind. That is when the six special unicorns were made." "So there are six like you then?" asked Carmen. "Yep first was Tillia, then me, then Gracie, Tabby, Sandie and Elizabeth. Each has different main tallents but all of us have magical horns," said Casper. "So you are the only male then," said Safire. "Yep but there are regular male unicorns," said Casper. Most regular girl unicorns are very picky and take forever to matched up with a male unicorn. That that's why I like the girl horses. They find me very handsome and sexy." "You little devil. You brought down your standards a couple of notches and you scored big time," said Zatsuky. "Very smart." "Yep I know how to treat the ladies," said Casper. "So what are you two doing, just flying around checking things out?" asked Carmen. Ya sort of, we are just exploring Fae Land and seeing where everything is," said Safire. "You should get Casper to meet Sakura. You know what she is like," said Carmen. "Yes she is quite the little girl, said Safire. Very unique and very funny. How do I get to her place?" "Easy, just keep flying west until you get to the woods then hang a left and go to the elf village. They live in the first biggest house," said Carmen. "Okay that will be fun, said Safire. "Nice seeing you two again." Nice meeting you two," said Casper then Safire jumped on Casper then they flew off. "That was nice to see Safire again," said Carmen."Yes and Casper was quite nice also," said Zatsuky. "I wonder if the other four unicorns are taken." "Don't even think about it," said Carmen. "Do you know how much it costs just to feed a unicorn alone plus building a new separate shelter for it." "Oh ya, forget that," said Zatsuky. 09 illustration goes here "Okay so there is the woods so lets go left now and see where the elf village is," said Safire. "Look down there at those two small colourful houses," said Casper. "I wonder who lives there." "No one I know yet," said Safire. "Maybe Yeanny knows who lives in those two places." Who is Yeanny?" asked Casper. "Sakura's mother sort of. She created Sakura, she's a wizard," said Safire. "A wizard like Merlin? I like Merlin, he always made sugar cubes for me to suck on, said Casper." "Well much younger and prettier than Merlin," said Safire. " I hope she can make sugar cubes," said Casper. "Probably but you just ate," said Safire. "I know but they are just sugar," said Casper. "They are a treat and don't take up any room in my belly." "I suppose, okay this must be the elf village but all the houses look the same size," said Safire. "Maybe we pasted it," said Casper. "Yes probably, it's suppose to be the first big house," said Safire. "Turn around and this time lets pay attention. Okay there, just up ahead, Carmen should of said it was the very first house in the elf village," said Safire. "That house is twice as big as all the others, it must be the place, land in the backyard." They landed and Safire got off of Casper. Well let me check and see if they are home," said Safire. "I'll go around the front and knock on the door." "There is a door right there, knock on it," said Casper. "No best to knock on the front door. Back doors are more private," said Safire. She walked around to the front door and knocked on it. In a moment Yeanny opened the door. "Well hello Safire nice to see you again. How can I help you?" asked Yeanny. "Well I wanted Casper to meet Sakura and you too of coarse," said Safire. "Who is Casper?" asked Yenny. "My unicorn, God gave him to me this morning and we are just flying around exploring Fae Land and meeting people," said Safire. "I am kinda showing him off to everyone because he is so cool. Yesterday I was under ground and today I am flying around on my own unicorn. I haven't had this much fun since we fought all those orc a long time ago." "Okay, I get it and your excited so just relax," said Yeanny. "So you said Casper can fly?" "Yep sure can," said Safire. "Sure beats walking or running." "Yeanny laughted. "Well come in silly. Sakura just went out back with Lulu to play. "Oh oh, that is where Casper is," said Safire. "Well this will be fun to watch, said Yeanny. "Lulu acts almost exactly like Sakura. They are best friends and do everything together and both are very fast talkers plus naturally funny. "Okay this will be fun to watch," said Safire. "Yep, lets watch then from the kitchen door," said Yeanny. 10 illustration goes here Chapter 2 Sakura and Lulu just went out the back and saw Casper sitting on the grass talking to Chooka and Chokita. "Wow! Look Lulu there is a unicorn is in my backyard. "Ya I wonder where she came from," said Lulu. "It's a boy silly, can't you tell?" asked Sakura. "Oh ya, I see now," said Lulu. They both went over to Casper fast and began talking. "Hello, my name is Sakura and this is my best friend Lulu, your very pretty." "Boys aren't pretty they are handsome," said Lulu. "Well I think he is pretty anyways all blue and all," said Sakura. "Yep your right blue is a pretty colour," said Lulu. "I wonder if he will let me ride him?" "I don't know if you can," said Sakura. "If he is like Tillia then only one person is allowed to ride him." "Ya but he is here by himself," said Lulu. "Well the only blue person I know is Safire. She is a queen you know," said Sakura. "Really, I have never seen a blue person before," said Lulu. "Why is she blue?" "I don't know but she is," said Sakura. "There is suppose to be a whole bunch of Blue Fae that live under Fae Land," said Sakura. "That is wierd," said Lulu. "Must be dark down there. I wonder if he can talk." "Probably, if he is like Tillia but lets see," said Sakura. "What is your name? "My name is Casper, and yes I belong to Safire." "That is a really nice name, my name is Sakura and this is my best friend Lulu." "You already told him that silly," said Lulu. "Oh ya, I forgot," said Sakura. "My favorite colour is pink, yours must be blue." "My favorite colour is all the colours of the rainbow," said Lulu. "You can't have all the colours your favorite," said Sakura. "Yes I can, just like you have lots of best friends," said Lulu. "Oh ya, but you are my very best friend," said Sakura. Casper couldn't hold back anymore and started laughing. "What, did we say something funny," asked Sakura. "Why does everyone we first meet start laughing?" Because you two are funny and so cute together," said Casper. "I tried not to start laughing but couldn't hold back anymore." "So you think we are cute?" asked Lulu. "Of coarse we are cute," said Sakura. "You have seen yourself in my mirror." "Oh ya we are cute," said Lulu. "Me a cute little pixie and you a cute little pink Sakura." We are cute too, said Chokita. Yes you two are also cute, said Casper but it would be nice if you would get off my head now so I can see you." Oh ya, sorry, said Chokita. Sakura lets me sit on her head when Yeanny is talking to me. She is really tall,' Then she jumped off of Casper. "Umm we better go out there and save Casper before he goes nuts," said Yeanny. Four against on may be too much for him." "Ya we better," said Safire. They are very funny together plus I didn't know there were talking monkeys in Fae Land. They both walked out and and Yeanny said, "Okay girls that is enough of talking Casper's ears off." "What do you mean, his ears are still on him," said Sakura. "Casper started laughing again." 11 illustration goes here "That is just a figure of speach," said Yeanny. "It means you two are talking too much too fast." "Oh we do that a lot," said Sakura. "When we are alone together we can talk really fast and say a lot to each other," said Sakura. "Lulu says all the pixies talk fast to each other." "Yep pixies always talk fast and people think we are nutty because they can't keep up with what we are saying but actually pixies are very smart," said Lulu. "Pixies are still nutty though, just nutty smart." "Well why don't you two go and play with Chooka and Chokita so I can meet and talk to Casper," said Yeanny. "Can we go to the wishing tree?" asked Sakura. "Yes but remember, just one wish each and just a small wish," said Yeanny. Not us we are going to see if the banana tree has bananas on it yet," said Chooka then they took off to the woods. "Okay, lets go," said Sakura and the two of them flew off. "Now that those to have met you they will talk normal to you from now on. They just get all excited when they meet someone new," said Yeanny. "Well the four of them ver very entertaining," said Casper. "So there is a wishing tree here?" asked Safire. "Yes, Fillina made it," said Yeanny. "Actually it is part of a larger magical garden. She made a very magical cave too. I haven't gone in there yet. So Casper, how do you like Fae Land ?" "I haven't seen much of it yet but so far all looks great and the people are very friendly," said Casper. "Yes I noticed the same when I first came to Fae Land. It's a very magical place," said Yeanny. "And so are you being a wizard and all," said Casper. "I have only met Merlin, he always has sugar cubes in his pocket for me. I like him." Yeanny smiled and took the hint. "Well I don't have any pockets but here you go," said Yeanny. "She put out her hand and three sugar cubes appeared. "Wow, Good thing I am not a wizard. I would have sugar cubes everywhere," said Casper then gently licked the cubes off of Yeanny's hand. "So you can fly and I imagine you can heal with your horn," said Yeanny. "Anything else you can do?" "Yes I can read people but I have to be close to them," said Casper. "I was able to read Lulu a bit but Sakura, that girl has so much going on inside her brain and she doesn't always think in English plus lots of numbers." "I know she can speak some different languages but what do you mean lots of numbers?" asked Yeanny. "Math, she practices mathmatics . That is very unusual to be able to talk out loud to some one while thinking about something else," said Casper. "She tells herself jokes and riddles too, not sure if she made them up herself. She only said one in English." "Really, Ivy did tell me that a lot goes inside of Sakura. What was the joke?" asked Yeanny. "It was a riddle," said Casper. "Oh good I like riddles," said Safire. "What kind of room has no doors or windows plus no walls or a floor? The answer surprised me," said Casper. "Lets see, not a bathroom or any kind of room in a house," said Safire. "Ya that riddle doesn't make sense," said Yeanny. "A room has to at least have walls. "Do you give up?" asked Casper. "I do," said Yeanny. "How about you Safire." "I can't think or any kind of room like that," said Safire. "It is so simple but very clever," said Casper. "The answer is "A Mushroom". "Both Safire and Yeanny, looked at each other then began to laugh." Of coarse, it can only be a mushroom," said Yeanny. "One simple answer but the riddle is designed to make a person over think it." "Yes, that is very clever," said Safire. It's like that riddle Alexa solved in Wonderland," said Yeanny. "What was that riddle?" asked Safire. "Why do they say that forever is not time," said Yeanny. "Really, forever is a long time like how sprites live forever," said Safire. "What do you think Casper. "Not a clue, I am not good at riddles," said Casper. "Alexa's answer made them win the contest in Wonderland and they all got trophies to prove it," said Yeanny. "Okay so what is the answer?" asked Safire. "Simple like the mushroom," said Yeanny. "Forever has no ending so it is timeless." "Amazing, I would never of figured that out," said Safire. 12 illustration goes here "So where are you off to now?" asked Yeanny. "Actually I think we better go back to the palace. I haven't talked to Alieta yet, just Ginger," said Safire. "Hopefully they are back from the amusement park." "There is a amusement park here now! I love them," said Yeanny. "So Alieta doesn't know you are going to be living in the palace yet?" asked Yeanny. "Well I imagine Ginger told her at the park but neither of them know about Casper yet," said Safire. "Well you best go, I am sure there will be no problem with Casper but if there is you tell Alieta that I will pay for all the food for Casper. We can't have our magical blue unicorn going hungry. Or he can stay with me, I have no horses and can make a place for Casper." "Thanks but I am pretty sure once Alieta sees him she will love Casper. Just look at those big eyes," said Safire with a smile. "Yeanny giggled. "Yes quite the handsome stud. Just ride that way for a few minutes past the factory then go left. You can't miss that new big palace," said Yeanny. "Okay thanks, see you later Yeanny, said Safire then got on Casper and headed through the elf village. What they didn't know was the factory Yeanny mentioned was Jessica's candy factory. As Safire rode along Safire saw many elves waving and smiling at them. She waved back but didn't stop to talk to anyone. "What is that wonderful smell," said Casper. "I don't know but it smells great," said Safire. "I bet it is coming from that big building up ahead." "Smells like sweets to me," said Casper. "I wonder if they make sugar in there." "You have had enough sugar for now," said Safire. "Remember what Ivy said, sweets will make you hyper." "I know but we can stop and ask, can't we?" asked Casper. "Yes we can do that," said Safire. "They rode up to the factory and saw no signs anywhere. "Check and see if the door is open," said Casper. "The smell is definately coming from inside this building." "Okay might as well find out," said Safire then jumped off of Casper. 13 illustration goes here She went to the door and pulled on the handle and the door opened. "Hello, is anyone in there," yelled Safire. "Yes we are open, come on in," said a voice from inside. Safire went inside and the door shut behind her. An elf walked up to the counter then looked as Saphire. "Oh my, we have never had a Blue Fae in here before. What can I get you?" "Well what do you sell," asked Safire. "It smells great in here." "Well this is Jessica's Candy Factory and we sell lots of different kinds of candy plus chocolate bars," said the elf. "Candy factory, Casper is going to love that," said Safire with a smile. "Who is Casper?" asked the elf. "My unicorn that God gave me," said Safire. The elf stood still for a monent. "Umm a unicorn you said. Where is she?" asked the elf. "He is just outside waiting for me," said Safire. "Really?" She opened the door a bit and saw Casper smiling at her. "Oh my god, you have a blue unicorn." Then she went silent for a moment. "What is your name if I can be so forward?" asked the elf. "Safire, how much does it cost to buy some candy. Casper has a sweet tooth." "Safire, the Queen of the Blue Fae, I read about you in Alieta's books. Your amazing," said the elf. "Jessica is going to want to meet you, I am sure," said the elf, then she ran to the kitchen. "That's odd, she didn't give me a price," thought Safire. In a moment a pretty blonde sprite came out of the kitchem and walked up to Safire. "Hello, I am Jessica, my worker said your name is Safire and you own a unicorn? That is correct." Yep, do you want to meet him? He right outside," said Safire. "Sure but are you the famous Safire I have heard so much about?" asked Jessica. "Well I don't know about being famous but I am the Blue Fae Queen," said Safire. Jessica got a big smile on her face. "Yes I would love to meet your unicorn," said Jessica. They went outside and Jessica stopped right in front of Casper. "My he is gorgeous, my name is Jessica but a lot people call me The Candy Lady around here." Casper's eyes opened wide. "You make candy?" asked Casper. "Yes plus chocolate bars and other sweets," said Jessica. "Safire, I'm in love, she makes candy!" said Casper all excited. "Yes I know, the place is full of candy," said Safire. "Well would you like a sample box?" asked Jessica. "Yep sure would," said Casper. "She was talking to me Casper, mind your manners or I won't get any," said Safire. "Okay sorry," said Casper. Jessica smiled at Casper. "So would you like a sample box with four pieces in it or would you like a full box for two dollars?" asked Jessica. "Well all my gold is still underground. I haven't brought it up to the palace yet," said Safire. "Why the palace?" asked Jessica. "That is where I am going to be living now," said Safire. "Really, well that makes things simple," said Jessica. "I will just put it on the palace account. All the girls have an account there for buying stuff." Really, okay that works for me," said Safire. "Just one box though. As you can see Casper is a bit nutty when it comes to candy." "Well this is the best candy in Fae Land. I use fresh fruit from the Fae Land orchards and sugarcane as the sweetener. I'll go in and get you a box." "You see if you are nice good things will happen," said Safire to Casper. "She is probably a very important person here." "Well she is the most important to me but your right. I won't get out of line again, but I never heard of a Candy Lady before and that got me excited," said Casper. 14 illustration goes here Jessica came out holding a box of candy and handed it to Safire. "Now there is a good variety of flavours in there," said Jessica. "They are hard candies so best to suck on them and let them melt in your mouth. I have soft gummy candies too. It will be supper time soon at the palace and Tulip usually gives everyone ice cream for desert to those that want it so don't ruin your supper. Have you met Tillia yet Casper?" "I used to play with her years ago but I haven't run into her here yet," said Casper. "Well usually Sara brings her to the palace for supper so maybe you will see her there," said Jessica. "Okay thanks for the candy but we have to go, I have to talk to Alieta," said Safire. "Okay, come back again," said Jessica. "We open at ten in the morning and close at five, just before supper time." Safire got back on Casper and they headed straight for the palace. Out front Alieta was standing watching them come. "Now be very polite to Alieta," said Safire. She is the Queen and my friend. No reading her either. Actually don't read anyone here unless they say it is okay or you sense they can be dangerous." "I won't and I don't read people very often," said Casper. I prefere to talk and ask questions but Sakura and Lulu didn't give me a chance to talk." Safire smiled. "Ya they are quite the charaters," said Safire. When they reached Alieta, Safire jumped off of Casper and walked over to her. "Hi Alieta, we have been exploring some of Fae Land," said Safire. "I figured Ginger filled you in about me not wanting to live underground any more and Fillina must of told you about Casper." "Yes Ginger did say you will be living in the palace with us and that is fine," said Alieta. "You have always been welcome at the palace but Fillina just said that you were getting a surprise from her and God. So his name is Casper, I must say he is magnifcent. A blue unicorn, how appropriate for you Safire. That must of been some surprise." "You bet, I couldn't believe my eyes at first," said Safire. It wasn't until I got on him and we bonded that I knew I wasn't dreaming. "So is he the same as Tillia when it comes to needs?" asked Alieta. "Well Ivy filled me in with the responsibilities of owning a unicorn, said Safire. Now I have lots of gems and will pay for his food and shelter. I just have to go back underground to get a bag or two." "Don't be silly, we have pleanty of food for Casper and Tulip will build a shelter for him like like she did for Tillia," said Alieta. "Just where is the question. Well Ivy said at the stable but on the grounds, not in a stall," said Safire. "Really, I thought unicorns didn't get along with horses much," said Alieta. "I don't mind horses," said Casper. "I like them actually, especially the mares. It's just that most people don't groom their horses and clean their stalls enough for my sensitive nose. I can talk to them though thought." "Well our stable is kept very clean and the elves groom and clean the horses regularly," said Alieta. "The stable yard will be perfect then. The elves are going to spoil you, that is for sure. They spoil Tillia and Pegasus when ever they come to the palace. I see you have a box of Jessica's candy, have you tried one yet?" "No, we came straight here after buying it. Jessica said she charged it to the palace account. Is that okay?" asked Safire. "Yes, that is fine and once you bring some gems up to our treasurer, she will set up an account for you also. All the girls here have there own accounts now," said Alieta. "So Casper, welcome to Fae Land!" Casper lowered his head and said, "Thankyou for your kindness Alieta." So can I have one of those candies please, just one." Safire smiled. "He is a bit of a character Alieta," said Safire. "Perfect match then, so are you," said Alieta. 15 illustration goes here "Well supper will be in about twenty minutes," said Alieta. "I am going in to get Ginger so she can meet Casper too." Okay, that will give me time to run down the tunnel and get a bag of gems," said Safire. "It don't take me long to get down and up that tunnel." "So will you be okay out here alone Casper?" asked Alieta. "I will be fine," said Casper. "I will just sit on the grass and look around." "Good, now let me give that box a candy to an elf inside and she will put it in your room," said Alieta. "Okay, here you go, I won't be long," said Safire then took off to the tunnel entrance. "So would you like a candy before I take them inside?" asked Alieta. "Well Safire said I had enough sweets for now but she doesn't realize how big I am and eating three sugar cubes an hour ago won't make me hyper," said Casper. "So I'll take that as a yes then," said Alieta. I'll give you one but don't tell Safire. It will be our little secret." She took out a candy then put it on Casper's tongue. "Now just let it melt, that way it lasts longer," said Alieta then went into the palace. "Wow this is really good tasting, I should of asked for two," thought Casper. She sat down enjoying the candy then saw someone flying towards him fast. Tulip stopped just in front of Casper. "Hello, I am Tulip. Ivy told me all about you and I just had to come meet you. Your everything she said, a very handsome blue unicorn. Bigger than Tillia too." "Well males tend to be bigger in all species," said Casper. "I have only met a few fairies in my days and that was a long time ago. Fairies stayed hidden in the woods mostly except for Queen Guen. She used to come and play with the unicorns a lot." "Really, that's my mom," said Tulip. "Wow so you are a fairy princess then," said Casper. "Yep, I have five sisters but I am the youngest," said Tulip. "Are you and Safire staying for supper?" "You bet, Ivy said you usually feed Tillia when she is here," said Casper. "I eat anything except for meat." "Okay, not sure that Tillia will be here for supper though," said Tulip. "Sara usually goes home for supper with Viridian. They have lunch here most of the time though," said Tulip. Ivy also said you are a flying unicorn, you have no wings, so you must be very magical." "Well not as magical as you but I can fly pretty fast but not like Pegasus and I can run pretty fast too but Tillia is way faster," said Casper. "Well who needs to run when you can fly right," said Tulip. "After supper I will go to the stable and make you a nice shelter. My sister Lilly will help. She will make it look nicer. I make the structure then she paints and decorates it. When she meets you she will know exactly what you like. Okay it is almost supper time so I am going to set up the table. When the food making is done I'll make you what ever you want." "Okay thanks Tulip," said Casper then Tulip flew over to make the long table. 16 illustration goes here In the palace, Alieta told Ginger to go outside and see what Safire got as a surprise. "I'll be out in a few minutes." "Okay but what is it?" asked Ginger. "Is it a perfect man like Safire prayed for?" "No, way better," said Alieta. "Just go out and see for yourself." Ginger headed out and wonder what could be better than the perfect man. She got outside and saw Tulip setting up the table for supper then rounded the corner of the steps and nearly fell down. She grabbed the back of her head in disbelief. "Hello pretty elf are you Ginger?" asked Casper. "Um yep I sure are, I mean am," said Ginger. "Safire said you are the one that is in charge of the palace and will let me stay at the stable," said Casper. "You must be very important like Alieta and Jessica." "I guess so," said Ginger. "You think Jessica is important too?" asked Ginger. "Yep, she makes candy," said Casper. "She has a whole big building filled with candy. That makes her very important to me." Ginger smiled and began to relax. "Your funny, I suppose you have a sweet tooth then," said Ginger. "Yep sweet things make me fly. The sweeter the faster I can fly. Fruit is sweet too but candy is the best and Jessica's candies are amazing," said Casper. "You can fly too? That is so awesome," said Ginger. "Pegasus took me for a ride once. Man he can go fast and really high." "Well I can't fly like him but can get to places pretty fast," said Casper. "Safire is new at riding me so I don't go too fast with her on me yet. I watched her run to that tunnel over there. Man she can really move. Just as fast as I can run." "Yep all the Blue Fae are very fast runners and can jump high too" said Ginger. They live very deep underground where the gravity is much stronger than on the surface. They became very strong over the years and when up here they are like super elfs. Even stronger than Alieta and she is a hybreed sprite." "Really, Alieta is really strong? She doesn't look strong, just very pretty," said Casper. "All sprites are strong but she is the strongest. She doesn't brag about it though and never shows off," said Ginger. "I have seen her lift and move things that I can barely move and elfs are at least five times stronger than a human. Sounds like everyone is coming out to eat. Hope you are hungry. Tulip and Lilly always makes lots of food for everyone." "Yep Tulip said she will make me a what ever I want," said Casper. "That she will just don't over eat, I would hate to see you with a tummy ache," said Ginger. "Tulip is the best at making food and it tastes so good you don't want to stop." "Okay I won't. "Look here comes Safire with the gems already. Wow look at her go!" said Casper. Ginger smiled then went over to where Tulip and Lilly were. 17 illustration goes here Tulip And Lilly made supper for everyone then Tulip made a nice bowl of fruit and vegetables for Casper. After everyone ate, Ginger took Safire into the palace to set up an account with the treasurer. The girls gathered around Casper and took turns introducing themselves to him and asking questions. Phonixa and Repellia both kept stroking Casper's manes which Casper really liked. Casper then looked to his side and saw a white streak heading for him. "Okay girls it's Tillia's turn to get reaquainted with Casper," said Zan. "Move or get run over." "Tillia won't run us over," said Repellia. "I know but move anyways," said Zan. "These two are very old friends." Everyone moved back to the table where Tulip had made desert. Tillia stopped right in front of Casper. "Viridian just told me that you were here and Safire is your companion. I got here as fast as I could to see you and what you looked like with a blue coat," said Tillia. "So what do you think? Does blue suit me?" asked Casper. "Oh yes, very much. Very manly looking. The mares here are going to all love you," said Tillia. "I hope so, I will need someone to talk to when Safire is busy doing stuff," said Casper. "So how have you been? Ivy said her sister is your companion." "Yes God sent me down to Sara after many years in limbo. She is very strong and is perfect for me," said Tillia. "I am surprised you took a companion after that stupid king you decide to bond with a few centuries ago." "Well I was given a choice," said Casper. "Either stay out on my own with the regular unicorns or bond with the Queen of the Blue Fae that was extremely strong and could easily protect me if needed. When he said I would be living in the land of magic, that was the clincher. Besides Safire is really cool, a bit bossy but she is a Queen so expected." Tillia smiled. "Ya Safire can he very funny too, she really doesn't act like a queen when she is up here. Just another one of the girls," said Tillia. "Okay and a super fast runner," said Casper. "Well that too but wait until you see her jump, you won't believe your eyes," said Tillia. Tulip flew over and interrupted them. "Sorry you two but I need Casper. I am going to make his shelter in the stable grounds now," said Tulip. You can come too Tillia." "Okay that sounds like fun, said Tillia. Putting Casper in a stable with all mares will be interesting to say the least. Why, they are all horses and he is a unicorn," said Tulip. "They are all girls and Casper is a boy," said Tillia. "So what does that have to do with anything?" asked Tulip. "Never mind, lets go." said Tillia. 18 illustration goes here Safire came back out of the palace and saw Phonixa and Repellia talking to each other. "I think I will have some fun with those two," thought Safire. She walked up to them and said hi. "Hi Safire, awsome unicorn you have," said Repellia. "Yes, Casper will take some getting used to, as you know I have never even owned a horse before. So which one of you is Phonixa?" asked Safire. "I am, said Phonixa, can't you tell, I always wear red". "Actually you look more like Phonixa," said Safire. "No, I am Repellia, that is Phonixa." "Are you sure, last I remember you were Phonixa and you were Repellia," said Safire. "What! well you remember wrong," said Repellia. "Phonixa always wears red clothes and I usually wear blue but any colour will do with me." "Well maybe you switched clothes just to fool people," said Safire. "Why would we do that?" asked Phonixa. We are twins and everyone here needs to know which one we are." Exactly that is why it would be easy to fool people," said Safire. "Actually Phonixa might be just a bit prettier. Her hair looks nicer." "What do you mean, my hair is just like Phonixa's," said Repellia. "I thought you said you were Phonixa." said Safire. "Ya it is, I mean no, I'm confused now," said Phonixa. They both looked at each other and began fixing their hair. "Got ya!" said Safire. "I am just fooling with you two. I know the difference by the way you dress and stand." They both giggled. "Your still the same Safire that we always loved," said Repellia. "Can I make a suggestion to you?" "Sure, suggest away," said Safire. "Well seeing that you are going to be living in the palace with all us girls, maybe you should start dressing better," said Repellia. "What is wrong with what I am wearing?" asked Safire. "I have worn this outfit for years." "Exactly, it is out dated and makes you look like most the elves," said Phonixa. "The palace girls are kown as trend setters and always dress sexy and wear different styles of clothing. There is a high standard to uphold. That outfit just won't do." "Ya, you have to lose the elf look and take on the palace look," said Repellia. "Your kidding right?" asked Safire. "Nope we take appearances very seriously," said Phonixa. "Now there is a very big and well stocked wardrobe room in the palace and we are in charge of it. We can have you looking like a palace gang girl in know time." "Really, this outfit is that bad?" asked Safire. "Yep big thumbs down," said Repellia. "Come with us and we will fix you." Then the two twins grabbed Safire by each hand and pulled her back into the palace. 19 illustration goes here "Were you listening to those three over there?" asked Alieta. "Ya I couldn't help it," said Ginger. "Safire really had Repellia and Phonixa going for a while." "Yep she is still the same girl. Always having fun with people," said Alieta. "Ya but the sisters changed things around and now Safire is under their control and has to start wearing better clothes," said Ginger. "She is going to come out of that palace looking hot." Just then Fillina appeared. "Who is looking hot?" asked Fillina. "Safire is going to, we think," said Ginger. "The twins have her in the palace giving her a make over." "Yep it is going to be a new life for Safire living here," said Alieta. "Well that was the whole idea," said Fillina. "God has been trying to figure out a way of getting her out of the underground caves for years. Looks like nature took over though." "Nature,what do you mean?" asked Ginger. "Boredom finally took over," said Fillina. Safire is at her best when around people up here, now she is having the time of her life and she deserves it as you know. Now I came here to let you know some facts about Casper, that you need to know." "Okay, Casper seems fine and is fitting in nicely so far," said Alieta. "Yes and he will but he is not the same as Tillia," said Fillina. "Ya we know he is a boy," said Ginger with a smile. "Well that is a given and has something to do with what I have to tell you," said Fillina. "Now first of all Tillia has to have a companion to remain on earth or else she has to stay in limbo until God finds a possible companion for her and sends her back down to earth. Seeing she was the first and most powerful special unicorn created it was difficult to find anyone. Now Casper is the only male special unicorn and was the second created. He is very powerful also but requires sugar in his system to fly better, just like all winged beings but the main difference about Casper is that he doesn't need a companion to stay on earth like Tillia. It is up to him if he decides to have a companion and can break that bond anytime if he feels the choice turned out bad." "So Casper can break up with Safire if he gets mad at her?" asked Alieta. "That could be a problem seeing that Safire likes to goof around and play tricks on everyone." Fillina smiled. "Well that won't happen seeing they are connected metally and spiritually now. They can't trick or fool each other but Casper is a free spirit like me and can do what he wants but once the bond takes full effect, and Casper feels the power inside him that he has never felt before he will never leave Safire for anyone, including a girl unicorn. That brings me to the next thing you should know about Casper." 20 illustration goes here Chapter 3 "There is more, we know a lot about him already," said Ginger. "Yes but nothing bad or to be alarmed about," said Fillina. "This might not go over so easy with you two or maybe you will like it," said Fillina. Ginger and Alieta looked at each other. "Now in the palace stable you have seventeen mares in there at this time. The pure white one is Alieta's, there is one for Zan and two for the sisters and Miyo was given one from her former boss. Rose is not comfortable with horses for some reason but doesn't need one. That leaves twelve mares that are randomly used by the elves to run errands, is that correct?" asked Fillina. "Dead on," said Alieta. "Okay so when was the last time one of your mares gave birth to a foal?" asked Fillina. "Never I don't breed them with any of the ranchers," said Alieta. "I buy yearlings from them when a horse passes on or need another one." "Well I dought you will have to do that anymore," said Fillina. "Casper won't bother with mare unicorns. He finds them too into themselves, somewhat snobbish I think her put it. He does have a liking to mare horses and comunicates with them through thought. Your horses are all going to love Casper because they can talk to him and he is a very handsome unicorn and you know what that will lead too." Ginger looked at Alieta. "I better make plans for expanding the stable," said Ginger. "I have never seen a horse give birth." "Yes it is a miracle to watch, very similar to centaurs" said Fillina. "So what do you think about this Alieta." "I love horses and if we can make our own instead of buying them then that is perfect to me," said Alieta. "Good, so when they are let out to graze, make sure the elves don't try to break up their extra curricular activities so to speak," said Fillina. "It is all natural and horses do not mate and create familes like centaurs plus don't care when seeing Casper with an different mare, that is the nature of things with horses. Okay I am done, have a great day you two," then Fillina vanished. "Have you ever seen a horse give birth?" asked Ginger. "No I haven't, said Alieta. "I wonder if the mother needs special care when carrying the baby, I better read up on the subject," said Ginger. In the palace the sisters got Safire dressed in some sexy casual clothes. "Are you sure this looks good on me?" asked Safire. "I have never worn shorts before and you can see a lot of my boobs with this top." "You look perfect," said Phonixa. "We only have small boobs but they may get bigger." "Mine are bigger than Phonixa's though," said Repellia. "No they are not, they are exactly like mine," said Phonixa. "Anyways, there are dressy clothes in here too plus work out clothes. We have everything organized so come in here anytime. Bathing suits and lingerie are in the same spot. Now go outside and show everyone the new you and don't be shy, you look great." "I never get shy," said Safire. "I am the Queen of the Blue Fae." Safire headed down the hall. "I feel naked, maybe I am shy a little," she thought. She went outside and walked up to Alieta and Ginger and crossed her arms in front of her breast. "Wow, told you she would come out looking hot," said Ginger. "Yes much better," said Alieta. "Really, you don't think I am showing too much up top?" asked Safire. "Not at all," said Alieta. "Those are god given so show them off. Look at Ginger wearing that school girl top. and Zan loves to show off." "Yep all the palace gang dresses sexy," said Ginger. "We have a reputation to uphold." "That is what Repellia said or was it Phonixa," said Safire. "Honestly they even talk alike so it is easy to mix them up." "Yep us too but just remember, Phonixa always wears something red and she paints her nails red while Repellia always paints hers blue," said Ginger. "So that is the trick," said Safire. "Yep, most everyone in Fae Land gets them mixed up except us at the palace but they still manage to trick us sometimes by putting on socks and hands in their pockets," said Ginger. "But Repella likes all colours so when she paints her nails red too, none of us can tell which is which except Zan. She can read people some." "So I sense Casper is near by but I don't see him," said Safire. "The fairies are making the shelter for him," said Alieta. "Let them finish then you can go check it out. In the mean time have a seat with us and I will catch you up on all the things that have happened in the past year." 21 illustration goes here Tulip finished making the structure of the shelter then headed back to the palace. "Okay so what colour would you like it painted?" asked Lilly. "Actually I like it the way it is," said Casper. "It fits in with everything round it." "Yes it does but you still need a nice big comfy mattress to sleep and rest on," said Lilly. "What colour would you like it?" Dark blue I think," said Casper. "Sounds good, now just let me measure you," said Lilly. She walked around Casper and noticed all the horses were watching Casper closely. "My your a big one," said Lilly. "You will need a super king size matress." "She made her wand appear and created a dark blue matrees inside the shelter. "Hows that look?" asked Lilly. "Looks good to me," said Tillia. Yes perfect, much better than sleeping on the grass I bet," said Casper. "Okay is there anything else you can think of?" asked Lilly. "Nope that is good," said Casper. "Well the door opens both ways and has no lock on it so it will be easy for you to go in and out by yourself," said Lilly. "Tillia's shelter doesn't have a door but there are a bunch of horses here so best for privacy when you sleep." "If there is anything else you think of just tell me anytime." "We can go back to the palace now. "Actually I would like to stay and introduce myself to all these wonderful horses," said Casper. "You think they will understand you?" asked Lilly. "They are talking to me already," said Casper. "We communicate through thought. "All these horses are quite smart as horses go." "Okay then, I will let Safire know where you are, so see you again soon," said Lilly. "She already knows where I am, we are bonded and it is getting stronger every minute. We always know where each other is." Yep that is the same with me a Sara, said Tillia. "Really, so where is Safire?" asked Lilly. "Out front of the palace with Ginger and Alieta talking about her new clothes," said Casper. "Something about being sexy." Lilly smiled. "Okay off I go, say hello to all your new horse friends for me," Then Lilly flew off. "I am heading home Casper, great seeing you again," said Tillia. Come by anytime. Then she ran out of the stable. "Well hello girls, looks like we are all going to be living together," said Casper. 22 illustration goes here "So what have I missed in the last year," asked Safire. "The palace and this couch is new. As for the rest of Fae Land I really never left the palace area." "Well there is Avan and Tara that God created to kill all the devils on the planet for one." "Oh who are they? They must be very powerful to kill a devil," said Safire. "They are two sister she devils with the power of the heavens," said Alieta. You will meet them soon enough," said Alieta. "Then there was that mysterious moving portal that was taking people to Granada that is in a different reality." "I heard Ivy mention Granada. She said it was a land much more advanced that Fae Land," said Safire. "Yes it is very advanced with marvels we haven't even dreamed of yet," said Alieta. "Lets see, there was the invasion from outerspace. That was interesting." "Interesting, actual beings from another planet attacked Fae Land?" asked Safire. "No they were attacking the alternate reality where Granada is," said Alieta. "We sent our most powerful heros there to fight and man they kicked butt fast. Magic against techno weapons. They barely got a chance to use there weapons against our girls. They are heros in that reality now also." "Wow I did miss a lot," said Safire. "Anything else?" "Just little things like Kandice and Karman, two young elves that act a lot like Sakura and Lulu plus their mother Angela," said Alieta. "Very pretty untraditional elf. Mika and her father Zotac. Very interesting story there also. A lot of these events I have in my latest books. You should read them and get caught up." Lilly flew up to them. "Okay the shelter is all done and ready for Casper to sleep tonight." "Very good, thanks Lilly," said Alieta. "Now he is still there and not sleeping. Can you tell what she is doing?" asked Lilly. "Yes. she is talking to all the horses there and being very gentleman like," said Safire. "So it is true, you two can tell where each other is and what each of you are doing from a distance," said Lilly. "It seems like that," said Safire. "It's like I can look through his eyes and hear his thoughts." "Wow and they say fairies are magical," said Lilly. "Okay see you two tomorrow," then Lilly flew off. "Well you two just impressed a two hundred year old fairy princess," said Alieta. "Really, all I did was answer her question," said Safire. 23 illustration goes here "Well that's enough information for today," said Safire. "It's starting to get dark and it has been a very busy day for me." "I have to go in and see where my room is. "Yes you have been busy today and must be tired," said Alieta. "Just ask any elf inside to take you to your room." "Okay so what time is breakfast?" asked Safire. "Usually seven," said Alieta. "If you want to sleep in that is fine, the kitchen is open all day." "No I am not sleeping in," said Safire. "I don't want to miss another minute of what goes in here. Goodnight and thanks for everything." Then Safire went in the palace. "A few minutes later Ginger came out with the champagne and sat beside Alieta. "Here you go, I like this idea of having a glass of wine before bed. Makes me sleep great," said Ginger. "Yes me too," said Alieta. "Is that the same bottle?" "Yep, those big bottles last a long time," said Ginger. "It's getting down there now though. So any plans for tomorrow?" "Not really, I have learned making plans here never works out so I just go with the flow now," said Alieta. "Today was a good day and hopefully tomorrow will be the same." "I'll drink to that," said Ginger then they clinked glasses and had a sip while they waited for the pixies to come out. 24 illustration goes here The next day Safire got up and put on her new outfit and saw that her old outfit was cleaned and folded on the dresser. She opened her door to go have breakfast and found an elf standing outside of her room. "Good morning Safire, I hope you had a good sleep," said the elf. "Yes I did, very nice," said Safire. "I'm glad, is there anything you need done in your room while you are out like make the bed or rearrange some furniture?" asked the elf. "No I already made the bed and the furniture is fine," said Safire. "You don't have to make the bed," said the elf. "That is my job and the sheets get changed every three days." "Really, how nice," said Safire. "Do you do that for all the girls here?" "Well I am in charge of Alieta and your room," said the elf. "I am suppose to take care of Zan's room too but she sleeps late and gets up when it is time for me to go home. I just leave clean clothes and sheets outside of her room. She likes to clean her room herself anyways." "So it was you that washed my out outfit and put it on my dresser?" asked Safire. "Nope, the laundry crew does that. I just put them on your dresser when you were sleeping," said the elf. "I used to work in the laundry room but Ginger said I was doing a great job and promoted me so now I just care for the queens and any important visitors that stay over night in Fae Land. I make more money and work less hours now." "Is that why you don't dress like the other elves?" asked Safire. No I dress what ever way I like," said the elf. "Good for you, what is your name?" asked Safire. "Tiffany, it will be an honor taking care of your things. If you need something special just leave a note on the dresser and I will take care of it for you." "Okay I will, so who takes care of Ginger's room?" asked Safire. "No body," said Tiffany. "She is very picky and won't let anyone do stuff in her room. She just puts dirty clothes outside of her room at night for the cleaning crew to gather up. You can do the same bdfore going to bed and they will be nice an fresh for you when you get up in the morning. I put some night clothes in your dresser too. Ginger likes to work in the palace with all the elves in different departments when she is not outside with Alieta. She is very strong and a fast worker which makes things easier for everyone plus she tells cool stories while she works that makes the time go by faster. Ginger is the best!" "That's nice to hear, so is the kitchen open yet?" asked Safire. "Yep and Alieta is already down there having her coffee," said Tiffany. "Good, I always wake up hungry," said Safire. "See you later. This has been a nice chat." Then Safire left for the dining room. 25 illustration goes here Safire entered the dinning and saw Alieta drinking her coffee. "Good morning Safire, you look well rested," said Alieta. "Yep, I slept right through the night," said Safire. "Good, come have a seat beside me. Lets have the breakfast special," said Alieta. "Sounds good," said Safire and sat down. "Upstairs I met Tiffany when I came out of my room. Looked like she was waiting for me to get up," said Safire. "Yes I asked her to go wait for you," said Alieta. "She has never seen a Blue Fae before and wanted to meet you. What did you think of her?" "Very charming and polite plus doesn't really look like an elf that would be working in the palace," said Safire. "If it wasn't for her ears I would think she was a beautiful young human like Phonixa and Repellia." Alieta smiled. "Yes she looks like a princess, acts and talks like a princess and she is a princess," said Alieta. "What, she is a princess?" asked Safire. "Why have you got her working here then?" "Her choice actually," said Alieta. "When she ran out of money a couple of months ago she came to Ginger and I and told us her story. Kind of a sad one but she wanted to work in the palace and earn her way. She made us promiss not to tell the other elves she was a princess." "So what was her story?" asked Safire. "Well her mother and father and the rest of their clan got killed in a far away village about a year ago. The Tridents was the name of the clan, a very peaceful group but some how they got stuck in the middle of a fued between two other clans. Tiffany didn't get into any details about the whole thing. She was told by her mother to take her sister and flee north to a land they heard about that was very magical. Her mother gave Tiffany a bag of gold, put them on a wagon and sent them off to safety," said Alieta. "That is sad," said Safire. "So does her sister work here too?" "No, she is too young," said Alieta. "Only twelve I think. Tiffany is in her twenties. Ginger saw that Tiffany was a great help in the palace and made friends fast with all the other elves. Ginger decided she didn't want her cleaning clothes and doing dishes so she promoted her to take care of me and any other important visitors that come to the palace. She knows how to act among people of great importance and was brought up as a royal. She is perfect and she really doesn't do any hard work here anymore." "So that is why she looked happy to see me and kept wanting to do stuff for me," said Safire. "Well your a Queen and she feels very comfortable being around royalty," said Alieta. "In a bit I am going to ask her to move into the palace with us. Still work but I have good feeling about her and her little sister is cute as they come plus very polite for a girl her age. Just remember not a word to anyone." "I won't," said Safire. Cindy came out of the kitchen to take their order. "Okay we have another early riser here now. Nice to see you Safire. What can I get you two for breakfast?" asked Cindy. "The breakfast special please," said Alieta. "Why is it called the breakfast special?" asked Safire. It has been very popular for a long time and is always on special" said Cindy. "Okay so how much is it?" asked Safire. "It's free," said Cindy with a smile. "Now that is what I call a great special," said Safire. 26 illustration goes here After they finished thier breakfast Cindy came out and took the plates away. "Well that was very good as always," said Safire. "So where is Ginger? Doesn't she come down for breakfast?" "Not yet, she likes to help the elves out and give them instructions," said Alieta. "She controls the palace and what she says goes but she doesn't act like a boss, just another elf with a job to do and everyone loves Ginger." "Of coarse, she is pretty and sexy plus those big eyes of her's could melt butter," said Safire. "Yep that is my Ginger alright," said Alieta. "So what are you going to do today?" "Well first I want to see the shelter the fairies made in the stable for Casper then I hear there is a wishing tree in a magical garden and a cave out there somewhere so we will fly around and investigate," said Safire. "Probably meet some more people too. Sort of play it by ear as we go." "Sounds like fun to me," said Alieta. "Now if you miss lunch here at the palace seeing it is hard to keep track of time when your in the middle of Fae Land just go to Ktara's place." She loves to feed people just like me." "Ya she did say come back anythime when we were hungry," said Safire. "Anyways, I am off to get this day started, I'll see you later today." "Okay, have fun," said Alieta. Safire left the palace and started heading towards the stables when she saw something big flying towards her. Tara was flying around to get some exercise when she spotted Safire on the ground so she headed down to talk to her and landed right beside her. "So you are what a Blue Fae looks like," said Tara. "I thought you people stayed underground." "Not me anymore," said Safire. "I live in the palace now." "Really so you are one of us now, the palace gang girls. My name is Tara what's yours?" "Safire, Alieta told me I would meet you soon. You have a sister right." "Yep Avan, she is my twin sister, just like the twins in the palace. So where are you going, to get a horse at the stable?" asked Tara. "Nope, going to get Casper my unicorn. We have a lot to do today," said Safire. "You have a unicorn?" asked Tara. "No way, your just kidding with me, right? Only Sara has a unicom here." "Well wait here and I will prove it to you," said Safire. "He just finished his breakfast and is all powered up." "How do you know he ate already?" asked Tara. "Beats me, I just know. I'll be right back," said Safire then took off like a shot. "Wow, man she can run fast," thought Tara. "Wait a second, Safire I know that name. Holy crap she is the Queen of the Blue Fae. I hope I didn't insult her, Alieta will have my wings if I did." 27 illustration goes here When Safire got to the stable she saw an elf taking away the empty bowl from Casper. "So how was your first night here?" asked Safire. "Very good," said Casper. "I introduced myself to all the mares here and they were all happy to see me. Then I had a great nights sleep on the mattress Lilly put in my shed. This morning the elves brought me breakfast and brushed my coat while I ate. I feel like a king in here." "Well I am glad everything is good for you here," said Safire. "I met Tara, one of the she devils and she doesn't believe I have a unicorn so I told her to wait and I would show her." "Okay, so what does she look like, all ugly like all devils?" asked Casper. "Not at all, she has a sexy tail and big wings, horns like a devil too but nice long hair and she is gorgeous," said Safire. "You will see, not your typical she devil at all." "Okay hop on and let me check her out," said Casper. Safire jumped on Casper then they both froze for a moment. "Did you feel that?" asked Casper. "Ya it was like energy flowing throught our bodies," said Safire. "Oh ya major power," said Casper. "I have never felt this powerful before. We must be a perfect match." "I feel that too, everything is so clear to me now," said Safire. "We better get going. Tara is waiting and she is a she devil plus a very powerful one." They took off like a flash out of the stable and headed towards Tara. 28 illustration goes here In a few seconds they were beside Tara that had an amazed look on her face. "Here he is Tara, Casper, my unicorn," said Safire. "Wow and he is a fast runner too like Tillia," said Tara. "Nice shade of blue too." "Blue is my favorite colour," said Casper. "Well I used to be white but God made me blue for Safire." "I see, so did I offend you or upset you in anyway when I didn't believe you had a unicorn?" asked Tara. "When you left, I remembered where I heard your name before. Your Alieta's friend and Queen of the Blue Fae. Royalty deserves respect." "No, all is good, said Safire and forget the royalty stuff. I am one of the palace gang girls now," said Safire. Underground I am the queen though. So Casper, I told you she wasn't like any she devil you have ever seen before." "She is beautiful and strong looking too," said Casper. Tara smiled. Well my sister looks just like me except her hair is a bit different so people can tell us apart unlike the twins in the palace," said Tara. They are remarkable looking. They could easily trick people if they wanted too," said Casper. "Okay Casper lets go find that wishing tree and cave," said Safire. "Talk to you later Tara and say hi to your sister for us." Then Casper leaped in the air and flew off. "Holy, a flying uincorn too! Safire didn't say anything about that and there is a wishing tree around somewhere. I think I will go see Alieta and ask her. I need to get out of the woods more often." 29 illustration goes here Tiffany had finished her shift at the palace then headed outside and went over to Alieta and Ginger that were out front. "Okay, I am heading home to see how my sister is doing, said Tiffany. If you need me for anything just send an elf over and I will be here in no time." "Everything is under control Tiffany," said Ginger. "We won't be needing you for the rest of the day so enjoy it." "Well you never know," said Tiffany. "No one can see into the future, anything can happen." "Yes that is true but I am sure Ginger and her elves can handle everything from here," said Alieta. We have pretty much seen and can handle what ever comes up." "Okay have a great day, see you in the morning," said Tiffany then headed on home. "I better ask her to move into the palace soon so she doesn't have to walk back and forth every day," said Alieta. "I agree and with her here all the time she will be even more useful if we get visitors during the day," said Ginger. I will talk to her tomorrow. Tiffany was walking across the palace gounds humming a tune to herself when she saw something move under the maple tree. "I wonder what that is," she thought then moved a bit closer. Suddenly something jumped up and looked way up at her. "My goodness I wonder where you came from," said Tiffany. "Your like a miniture dragon sort of. Are you lost little one?" "Koko," said the small dragon. "Koko, what does that mean? My name is Tiffany, do you have a name?" The dragon just said Koko again. Ivy was flying by and saw Tiffany crotched down on the grass by the maple tree so she flew down to see what she was doing. 30 illustration goes here Tiffany stood up. "Ivy, do you know what this is?" asked Tiffany. "I have never seen anything like it before." "Nope, me neither," said Ivy. "It can talk I think but all it says is Koko," said Tiffany. "Lets see then," said Ivy. "Well it is not dangerous at all, has no magic, white soul too so it is not an animal, I sense it really likes you and that is all I can see. I can't read it any deeper than that for some reason," said Ivy. "It likes me? All I did is come over to see what it was," said Tiffany. "It was hard to make out when it was laying on the grass." "Did you try asking what it's name was?" asked Ivy. "Koko," said the little dragon again. "See that is all it says, one word that means nothing to me." said Tiffany. "Ya me neither. Maybe it's name is Koko," said Ivy. Then the little dragon got up in it''s hind legs looking straight at Tiffany. "Okay Koko it is then," said Ivy. "Very cute what ever it is. Let me try one more thing. I hope it don't bite." Ivy got down on one knee and put out her hand. "I just want to read you and find out what you are," said Ivy. "I am not going to hurt you." Koko just looked at Ivy. She lightly took hold of one paw and started searching. Then Ivy's eyes opened wide for a moment. "Okay got it," said Ivy. "This is a Precious," said Ivy. "You should be able to talk to it now. Some kind of transfere happened that I had no control over. Try asking it something again." "Is your name Koko?" asked Tiffany. "Yes it is and your name is Tiffany, an elven princess," said Koko. "Hey that is a secret," said Tiffany. "I don't want people to know that. Just Ginger and Alieta know." "Your a princess? Well your secret is safe with me also," said Ivy. "Safe with me now too, I didn't know," said Koko. "I'm hungry, do you have anything to eat?" "Well not on me, but what do you eat?" asked Tiffany. "Anything, I am a tiny dragon if you can't tell." Ivy smiled. "Take her back to the palace and ask Ginger to fetch something for her. I have to get to the cove for a bit but I will be back soon," said Ivy then flew off. "I like her, she is smart and very polite," said Koko. 31 illustration goes here Chapter 4 "Look Tiffany is coming back," said Ginger. "She must of forgot something. "I don't think so," said Alieta. "What is that walking beside her?" "Can't tell from here," maybe a cat," said Ginger. "There are no cats or dogs in Fae Land and it is all green," said Alieta. "Okay so how about, I have no idea," said Ginger with a smile. "So who is Alieta and Ginger?" asked Koko. "Alieta is the queen of Fae Land and Ginger is in charge of the palace and my boss," said Tiffany. "Oh, important people, I will be good but I really need to eat soon'" said Koko. They both reached Alieta and Ginger as they looked at Koko in wonder. "Tiffany, what is that you have with you?" asked Alieta. "You don't know, you did say you have seen everything," said Tiffany. "I thought I did but not that," said Alieta. "Do you know Ginger?" "Nope but is it ever cute," said Ginger. "Yes but very hungry," said Tiffany. "Ivy was able to read Koko a bit and said that she is a Precious." "A Precious? I have heard that name somewhere before. In a book I think," said Alieta. "What does Koko eat?" "She said anything," said Tiffany. "I'm on it," said Ginger. "There is some left over stew in the ice box. "It will only take a minute to warm a bit up." Then Ginger ran into the palace. "So Koko, where did you come from?" asked Alieta. "Don't know where it is, just a different place," said Koko. "Okay, so why did you come to Fae Land?" asked Alieta. "I didn't come here, I just appeared here under that nice tree over there," said Koko. "Why is everyone so big here and only you have wings. Only the Queen and the nice girl with the green hair has wings?" "No, are sprites, all sprites have wings, same as pixies and fairies," said Alieta. "Ginger and Tiffany are elves, they don't have wings." "Fairies I like but never heard of the others," said Koko. Ginger came back out and gave Koko the bowl of stew. "Thank you" Ginger was all she said then dug in. "Ask her now," said Ginger. "Ask me what?" asked Tiffany. "Well I want you and your sister to move into the palace with us," said Alieta. "Ginger would like you here all the time in case we have visitors during the day. Being raised as a princess you know the proper ediquette around people of importance plus you are a good worker." "She's not a princess, that's a secret," said Koko, then went back to eating. "Really live in the palace, I don't know, does that mean I have to work all the time?" asked Tiffany. Ginger smiled. "Of coarse not. We don't get many visitors here. Mostly you can do as you like. Actually, I want you to be like the rest of the girls here," said Alieta. "I will have a palace account made for you and money will no longer be an issue with you. Your sister will have a limited account made until she gets older." "Umm, can Koko stay with me?" asked Tiffany. "She likes me and I like her. I will take good care of her, I promiss, so will my sister. Sabrina would love to have a pet to play with." I don't see why not but that would be up to Koko", said Alieta. Koko licked her lips and looked up at Alieta and Ginger. "That was really good, if there is food like this in the palace, I would love to be Tiffany and Sabrina's pet. Usually a Precious becomes a fairies pet but two princesses sounds better to me," said Koko. "Then it is settled. Go get you sister and any personal stuff you have and come back here," said Alieta. "Ginger will have some elves pack up the rest of your stuff and bring it to your room. The room across from Safire is furnished with two beds in it so everything is all set," said Ginger. Can I stay here and wait for you to come back?" asked Koko. "I have small legs and my wings are too small to fly much. I don't move that fast on the ground or in the air and besides I am afraid of heights." "Okay, I won't be long," said Tiffany then ran off home. 32 illustration goes here "Look down there Casper, I think that is it," said Safire. "Yep, I see it, tree with red leaves," said Casper. "Good lets check it out," said Safire. They flew down and landed beside the tree. Safire jumped off of Casper then went under the tree. "The leaves are heart shaped," said Safire. "Not a red maple tree that I first thought. I wonder how it works." "Maybe just make a wish," said Casper. "Okay, I'll try that," said Safire. "I wish for a bottle of water. Nothing is happening. "Maybe it only works at different times of the day," said Casper. "These leaves seem to be suspended and just floating around." Safire put out her hand to catch one but instead one landed on her hand and stayed there. "Maybe that is the trick," said Casper. "You need a leaf on your hand. Try wishing again." "Okay, let me try something different," said Safire. "Oh I know. I wish I brought a few of the candies I bought. The leaf vanished. "Okay so where are the candies?" asked Casper. "Hang on, there is something in my pocket," said Safire. She reached into her pocket and pulled out three of Jessica's candies. "Hey it worked," said Safire. "You try it now." "I have no hands silly but I would wish for you to give me one of those candies," said Casper. "Here you go," said Safire. See your wish came true too. Now lets go find that magical cave." 33 illustration goes here Back at the palace Alieta and Ginger got down on the grass so Koko didn't have to look up so much. "Koko, you said you came from somewhere else, what is somewhere else like?" asked Alieta. "Do you remember?" "Yes of coarse," said Koko. "Nothing like here that is for sure. Everything is much smaller and there are none of those sprites, elves and pixies anywhere, just fairies a bit bigger than me. There are lots of Precious anaimals too, playing together waiting to get picked." "Different types of anaimals?" asked Ginger. "Yep, tigers and lions, horses and foxes. You know regular animals," said Koko. "I am special though. I am the only dragon I think. Not sure what a dragon is but I am cute, that I know." "Yes you are but dragons here are much bigger and very dangerous," said Alieta. "They breath fire out of their mouth and eat people and anything else they can kill and find." "Stop it Alieta, your scaring Koko," said Ginger. "There are no more big dragons anymore." "Ya they do sound scary," said Koko. "I wouldn't want to meet one of them. "Well you won't," said Alieta. "Now you said that you small animals wait to be picked. I am assuming by fairies." "Nope, it doesn't work that way," said Koko. "Sometimes they end up with a bigger fairy and come back later but others just disappear and we never see them again. I guess I am one of them. All I know is I was told that I was for Jessica and Sabrina, mostly Sabrina before I fell asleep." "So who told you?" asked Alieta. "Beats me, just a voice in my head. When I woke up there she was all tall and pretty," said Koko. I wasn't scared of her and knew some things about her and Sabrina too." "You said Sabrina mostly," said Ginger, "Why, because she is smaller and yonger?" "Not sure about that either," said Koko. Something about broken hearts that are not healing properly. All I know is that I lucked out." "Why do you say that?" asked Alieta. "Well I get to live with two pretty princesses in a palace that makes great tasting food," said Koko. "Sounds lucky to me." "Well here comes your two princesses," said Ginger. "Quick hide me I want to surprise Sabrian," said Koko. Alieta stood up and Koko hid behind her. 34 illustration goes here "I'll go in and get a couple of elves to head over to their place," said Ginger, then she went in the palace. "So we are really going to be living in the palace now?" asked Sabrina. "Yes and I want you to be on your best behavior," said Tiffany. "I hope this will make you happy again." "I know but I can't help it. I miss Mom and Dad. I dream about them at night and wake up and they are not here. Then I start crying," said Sabrina. "Yes I miss them too," said Tiffany. "It takes time to heal but I have a surprise for you." "Really, what is it?" asked Sabrina. "It's a surprise silly, you will see." When they reached Alieta, Tiffany looked around for Koko then noticed her tail behind Alieta. "Here she is, a bit relcutant to leave at first," said Tiffany. "Hello Alieta, thankyou for letting us live in the palace. I will be good, I promiss," said Sabrina. "I am sure you will and it is my pleasure having you two living here," said Alieta. "So where is the surprise you mentioned Tiffany?" asked Sabrina. "Right here," said Koko as she jumped out from behind Alieta. "Wow what are you?" asked Sabrina. "You have very big eyes." "This is Koko," said Tiffany. "She is our pet now and will be living with us." "Yep living with the pretty princesses," said Koko. "I'm not a princess anymore," said Sabrina. "My Mom And Dad are dead." "Okay but once a princess always a princess," said Koko. "You know there is a piece of your Mother and Father in you and will always be there." "Really, some of Mom and Dad is in me? asked Sabrina. "Yep all parents leave a bit of themself in their children," said Koko. "That way they are always with you no mater where you are. Their love for their children is forever lasting." "Really?" asked Sabrina. "Yep, I never lie cross my heart," said Koko. Sabrina got a big smile on her face then grabbed Koko, picking her up and hugging her. "I am going to take good care of you. Come in the palace and I will show you how beautiful it is inside, then she ran in with Koko in her arms." "Well that went well," said Tiffany. "That is the first time she has smiled since I had to tell her our parrents were dead. Made feel good inside too." "Well I don't know much about Koko's kind but she was completely correct about your mother and father," said Alieta. "There is no magic stronger than the parents love for their children. Now go in there and show them your new room." "Okay, thanks for everything Alieta," said Tiffany then she ran into the palace. "Well the palace is really begining to get character now with Safire and these two princesses and Koko, where ever she came from. I know I read somewhere about Precious beings some where. Maybe the librarian knows where that book is." "No need for that Alieta. I will tell all you need to know about Precious animals," said Gabriel that appeared out of nowhere as usual. 35 illustration goes here "Okay, I thought God may of been behind all of this," said Alieta. "Nope, not him at all. This is all me and nobody else," said Gabriel. "Really, so God didn't have to give you permission to make Koko appear here," said Alieta. "Nope I told him my idea and her approved but said it was all mine and nobody elses," said Gabriel. "I got the ideal from witches with there pets that they call their Familars. Differences is my Precious animals can't change into human form. I have only been doing this for about two hundred years. Back then there were more people dying than being born so there was a surplus of souls available for me to use." "Okay so where is this mystery land that Koko mentioned?" asked Alieta. "Well that you will have a hard time understanding," said Gabriel. "Try me, I am all ears," said Alieta. "Okay, it is nowhere and everywhere, It is a place of fantasy inside of fantasy," said Gabriel. No one can ever go there and only I can let someone out. It is my secret place where I can go and be with some of the cutest and most loving beings you will fine anywhere." "Your right, I don't understand where it is but I do get that is it your happy place," said Alieta. Gabriel smiled. "Yep, it is a very magical place made from love," said Gabriel. "Back then I had never seen a real fairy before so I made my own from the dreams of little girls on earth. I made them very young and much smaller than the fairies here, just like little girls dream them to be like. They were the perfect playmates for the animals and could make food for them that is needed or the animals would fall into a deep sleep that only I can wake them from or they will awaken when the person that they are intended for gets close to them." "Okay that part makes sense now," said Alieta. "The first thing she wanted was to eat and wasn't picky what she wanted. I wondered why such a small being was so concernerd about food." "Yes, you see it is the nurishment that makes them real and active," said Gabriel. I can't create a new sanctioned being with a soul but I figured a way how to do the next best thing. I created fakes, you might say and gave them souls. The fairies are fake too in this fantasy realm and can never leave it but they use heavens magic to make food for the animals and themselves.Once on the surface a Precious pet will bring joy, love and luck to who ever gets one. The luck is the side effect of the process but a good side effect I would say." "So it was you that made Koko appear here," said Alieta. "Yes, now that there are so many angels talking care of things, God isn't the only one that can get back to doing what we love," said Gabriel. "Sabrina is such a good girl and lost faith in god when she found out her parents were dead. Tiffany was stronger and immediately took care of her sister and had faith that things would get better one day. Sabrina stopped praying but Tiffany prayed even more and all about forgiving and saving her sister. That is when I decided to send Koko to them, my most unique Precious I ever made, as perfect as perfect can be in my opinion. Now I have to go check on them but make sure Koko never goes hungry for too long or else if she goes into that sleep she will forget everything and have to start over when I or one of the two girls wake her. She needs at least one meal a day. So will she stay awake all night? asked Alieta. No, she will sleep like anyone else if fed properly. That shouldn't be a problem here at the palace," said Gabriel. The unexpected visit from Ivy brought back most of Koko's memories when she did a deep read on her. Kind of worked out for the best I think. It usually takes a few hours for a Precious to remember how to speak properly but they never forget their purpose. So just call if you have any questions," then Gabriel vanished. 36 illustration goes here "Well keeping people fed is not a problem with me but Gabriel didn't tell me how often Koko needs to eat. Koko is small so she won't eat much at a time. I guess when she finds out where the dining room is she will go there herself. All this talk about food has made me hungry. Time for a snack I say." Then Alieta went in the palace. Sapfire and Casper were flying across Eden looking for the Fantasy Cave. "Hey Casper, I think you just past the cave, go back," said Safire. "Really okay but why do you want to go look at a dirty old cave?" "Just to find out where it is and I heard it was magical," said Safire. I used to live in an underground cave so I just want to check it out." "Okay, I get it, lets go look at it then," said Casper. They flew back then down landing at the mouth of the cave. Safire then looked into the cave. "Wow this is a big cave with a wide tunnel," said Safire" "And very dark inside too," said Casper. "We can use your horn to light the way," said Safire. "We could but why bother," said Casper. "You seen one cave you have seen them all." That's not true at all," said Safire. "Wait a minute. You don't want to go in there, your scared of caves." "Well just look in there all dark and spooky looking," said Casper. "That's okay, we don't have to go in. I just wanted to have a look at it and it doesn't look that magical anyways," said Safire. Lets go have a look at that waterfall we saw from above instead." 37 illustration goes here "No, you want to go inside and explore so we will do that first," said Casper. "They say one should face there fears and I will do that. Just don't go running off and leave me alone in there." "I won't, we are a team remember. Besides I can handle myself," said Safire. "Okay lets go in and see what this cave is all about. "They started to walk into the cave for a bit. Look the walls just got brighter," said Safire. We don't need your horn to light the way." "Yep and it is nice a cool in here," said Casper. "It is always cool in caves," said Safire. "That is why we all wanted to live underground. Long time ago it was always very hot on the service. Over a hundred degrees every day. Now we have Mother Nature, controlling the weather and she makes sure it doesn't get that hot all the time." "She sounds like a nice woman, have you seem her?" asked Casper. "Yep, she is pretty and older sister to Tempressa the ice queen," said Safire. "Hey what is that up ahead?" asked Casper. "I don't know, lets get a closer look," said Safire. They walked up further into the cave until they came to a table. "Interesting, looks like someone had a party in here. Empty bottle of wine and two empty glasses," said Safire. "Maybe it was ghosts," said Casper. "Don't be silly, ghost don't drink wine," said Safire. Suddenly the the table and stool faded away along with the bottle and glasses. "You were saying?" asked Casper. "Ya your right, this cave is pretty spooky," said Safire. "Lets get the heck out of here. I can't fight against ghost." They both took off fast out of the cave. 38 illustration goes here "Well that was kind of freaky," said Safire. "There must me a logical explaination for what we saw." "Ya, the cave is haunted," said Casper. "There are no such thing as ghosts," said Safire. "Yes there is, I have seen them before," said Casper. "They are lost souls that didn't go up to heaven when they were suppose too." "Really, well I have never seen one before," said Safire. "Anyways lets head out and check out that waterfall. It is not far from here." They took flight again heading for the rock wall waterfall when Safire spotted someone on a horse riding along the grassy plains. "Lets go see who that is," said Safire. "Okay, we can warn them about the haunted cave," said Casper. "I am pretty sure it is not haunted," said Safire. "Well I am sure it is," said Casper. "Regardless lets go down," said Safire. They landed in front of the rider and stopped her. "Tempressa, is that you, I barely recognized you," said Safire. "Yes Safire, Lilly fixed my hair for me a while back," said Tempressa. "Well I like the new look," said Safire. "You have a unicorn now? When did that happen?" asked Tempressa. "Yesterday, I decided not to live underground anymore which was the best decission I have ever made and now I live in the palace and have a unicorn," said Safire. "Casper, say hello to Tempressa." "What, who, oh, hi Tempressa. Sorry, I was just telling Tempy how pretty she is," said Casper. "You can talk to horses?" asked Tempressa. "Yep, through thought. Makes me very popular among the mares," said Casper. "I bet it does, said Tempressa. "So Safire called you the Ice Queen and Mother Nature's sister. I would love to meet Mother Nature," said Casper. "You must know a way of contacting her." "Yep I can call her when ever I want," said Tempressa. She will come if she is not busy doing weather stuff. Lets see. Mother Nature, Come see what Safire has. Give her a minute, she will come." 39 illustration goes here Both Tempressa and Safire dismounted waiting for Mother Nature to appear. "So a flying unicorn, talk about being lucky," said Tempressa. "Looks like quite the stud too. "I bet he has made lots of baby unicorns." "Nope, "I don't like mare unicorns," said Casper. "They are too stuck up. Besides when unicorns mate and have a child they become a family. I am not into the whole family thing. That is why I like mare horses better. They all like me and think I am sexy and when they have a baby they take care of it them self until it is about a year old." "Okay so you are a stud," said Tempressa. "Did any of the babies have a unicorn horn?" "Nope, that can't happen with horses, Iit takes two unicorns to make a baby unicorn," said Casper. Just then Mother Nature appeared. "Sorry it took so long but I was dealing with a tornado. Those suckers are tough to control," said Mother Nature. "So what does Safire have?" "Look behind you," said Tempressa. "Well look at you, a blue unicorn, how appropiate. What is your name?" asked Mother Nature. "Casper, you are very pretty like Safire said. "Well thank you," said Mother Nature. "Being immortal does have it's benifits." "Casper can fly too Sis," said Tempressa. "Really! I never heard of a flying unicorn," said Mother Nature. "I'm the only one," said Casper. "Now that I have a strong companion I can fly and run much faster." "So your special and have your perfect match like Tillia and Sara. I see you have your horse Tempressa. Where are you off to?" asked Mother Nature. "Going to the palace and see if anything new is going on. All the action happens there it seems," said Tempressa. "Yes I am due to visit Alieta also. Everyone there is very nice," said Mother Nature. "Safire lives in the palace now too," said Tempressa. "Really? So no more living underground now. Are the rest of the Blue Fae living on the surface now?" asked Mother Nature. "Nope just me. I like it better up here and there is a lot more to do," said Safire. "Good thinking, you will like staying in the palace. Alieta treats everyone there like family," said Mother Nature. "Well nice meeting you Casper, I have to get back to untwisting that twister." Then Mother Nature vanished. "She was very nice," said Casper. "Yep my sister is the best, A lousy cook though," said Tempressa. "Ever since I learned to cook good she visits me more often now, right around supper time." "So she is smart too," said Casper. "We should go see Ktara now. I am getting hungry," said Safire. "Good choice, Ktara always has something cooking," said Tempressa. "Anyways I will see you two later. Say hi to Ktara for me." Then tempressa got back on her horse and rode off. "So Safire, why do you call Tempressa the ice queen? She was very nice and pleasant," said Casper. "And very powerful, said Safire. She can turn anything into solid ice by just pointing at it. So can Mother Nature. "Really! Now that is powerful magic," said Casper. "Okay lets go see Ktara now," said Safire. She got back on Casper and they took off. 40 illustration goes here Back in the palace Tiffany was fixing the pillows on the two beds when Gabriel appeared in their room. "Tiffany I see and angel," said Sabrina. "That's nice, say hi for me," said Tiffany. "No really, there is a pretty angel here," said Sabrina. "All angels are pretty silly," said Tiffany as she continued to fluff the pillow. "Hello Miss Angel, my name is Sabrina." "Yes I know," said Gabriel. Tiffany turned around fast. "Oh my God there is an angel here." "Yes Dear, my name is Gabriel, I just came to check on you three. Koko, come over here please. This concerns you also." "Okay Gabriel," said Koko. "Now first of all you two have been given a very special gift from me so take good care of Koko and make sure she eats regularly. About two times a day is enough but one full meal is good enough." "But I like to eat three times a day," said Koko. "Yes I know but the minimum is once a day," said Gabriel. Now Koko loves to play and listen to people. That is how she learns about things and also learns more words." "I learned a lot from Ivy when she read me," said Koko. "She is smart." "Yes so you got a good head start on things then," said Gabriel. "Now, in this palace Alieta is the Queen but she is more like a mother to all the girls in here. Her love is unconditional. What she says goes. Ginger runs the palace so consider her second in command. Ginger is not very bossy but has her own way of getting things done and getting her point across. That is all I needed to say, so are there any questions?" "Yes, what happens if Koko misses a meal or two?" asked Tiffany. "You made it a point to tell us something that is natural to us. "Well Koko, is not natural as you can see and if she goes an entire day without eating she will fall asleep and only I or sometime one of you can wake her up again but all her memories will be gone and you will have to start over all again including teaching her to talk," said Gabriel. "Oh, that is bad," said Tiffany. "First thing we do Sabrina is show Koko the dining room." Gabriel smiled. "Good thinking. So take care you three and enjoy, your parrents will be watching from heaven, where I am going now." Then Gabriel vanished. "Wow a real angel," said Sabrina. "Yes so are you going to start saying your prayers again?" asked Tiffany. "Yep sure am," said Sabrina. "Good now lets show Koko the way to the dining room," said Tiffany. 41 illustration goes here Chapter 5 "Now pay attention where the dining room is and how to get there," said Tiffany. The kitchen is open from first thing in the morning until just before bed time." "Wow, so some one will bring me food if you two are not with me?" asked Koko. "Yes, and anything you want," said Tiffany. "Just ask for the menue to see what the specials are." "Okay but I can't read," said Koko. "I will teach you," said Sabrina. "I am a good reader." "Well until you learn, just ask the waitress what the specials are," said Tiffany. "They will be happy to tell you. Okay here is the diningroom, said Tiffany. Will you remeber how to get here?" "Yep, but if I get lost I will just follow my nose," said Koko. "It smells great in here. "Okay, so sit at the table you two and I will get the waitress," said Tiffany. "No need I heard you talking," said the waitress. "My name is Sally. What can I get you Tiffany and Sabrina? "Um, Koko, where are you?" asked Tiffany. "Right her beside Sabrina. You told me to sit," said Koko. Sabrina giggled. "She is too small to sit at this table," said Sabrina. "Well stand then," said Tiffany. "Koko stood on the chair and now Sally could see her. "My goodness, arn't you the cutest little thing I have ever seem," said Sally. "Koko is our pet," said Sabrina. "Gabriel gave her too us." "How sweet, we have never had a pet in the palace," said Sally. "A talking one at that too." "We live in the palace now so you will be seeing a lot of Koko and me now," said Sabrina. "Yes I know, news gets around very fast in the palace," said Sally. "So what would you three like to eat then?" "I'll just have bowl of strawberry ice cream for me," said Tiffany. "I don't want to spoil lunch." "Me too but chocolate," said Sabrina. "Okay and you Koko?" asked Sally. "What are the specials?" asked Koko. "Well the breakfast special is over now but we have the club sandwich special with a side of fries and the cheese burgar special with a side of fries also, plus the roast beef sandwich with dipping sauce and fries," said Sally. "There is more stuff, would you like to look at the menu?" "Koko can't read yet," said Sabrina. "I am going to teach her." "That's okay I will just have what Sabrina is having," said Koko. "I just wanted to see what you had for later." Sally smiled. "Okay I will be right back with the ice cream. Then I will see if we have a taller chair for the next time you come in." "Yeah ice cream when ever we want," said Sabrina. "Ice cream must good then," said Koko. "You never ate ice cream before?" Well your in for a real treat," said Sabrina. 42 illustration goes here Sally came back out with the three bowls of ice cream and served it to them. "Okay just call if you need anything else," said Sally. "Now eat it slowly," said Tiffany to Koko. "It is very cold." "Yep you don't want to get brain freeze," said Sabrina. "Okay so you eat it with a spoon?" asked Koko. "Yep, or you can just lick it," said Sabrina. "How about I lick off my spoon?" asked Koko with a smile. "Your funny, that is a good way to eat ice cream too," said Sabrina. Tiffany watched as the two of then talked and played with the ice cream together as they ate. She had never seen her sister so happy before. "Okay all done," said Sabrina. "So what do you want to do now? "Well I am going to see if the elves have delivered the rest of our stuff yet so why don't you two go outside and play but don't leave the palace grounds," said Tiffany. "Okay we won't," said Sabrina then they both left the dining room. Sally came out to gather the bowls. "It is nice to see your sister smiling," said Sally. "She is so much prettier with a smile on her face. She looks like a little princess." "Yes Koko has made a big change in her," said Tiffany. "Thanks for the ice cream, I am going to see if the rest of our stuff has arrived." "Okay see you all later," said Sally. Out side Alieta and Ginger were talking together. Sabrina and Koko walked over to them. "Hi Alieta and Ginger. My sister said we could come outside and play, maybe over there, is that okay?" asked Sabrina. "Yes of coarse," said Alieta. "Is it okay with you too Ginger?" asked Sabrina. "Well yes you can always come out here and play," said Ginger. "Okay, just checking," said Sabrina. "Gabriel said you were second in command. Lets go Koko, the two bosses said it is okay." Alieta smiled. "Young children can say the funniest things sometimes. It's going to be nice having her here all the time now and watching her grown," said Alieta. "Yep and she she just gave me a promotion to second in command," said Ginger. "Well you are in command of the palace," said Alieta. "Here comes Sakura, this may be fun to watch. She has already met Sabrina but not Koko." "This will at least be interesting," said Ginger. "So what do you want to play?" asked Sabrina. "We can play catch my tail," said Koko. "I played that with the faries." "Okay how to you play catch my tail?" asked Sabirna. "Well you have to get down on the ground like me first, then try and grab my tail," said Koko. Sakura saw Sabrina outside with something else so she flew over. "Hi Sabrian, who is your friend?" asked Sakura. "This is Koko, my new pet. Isn't she cute," said Sabrina. "Yes she is," said Sakura. "What is a pet?" "You know like cats and dogs are peoples pets and they take care of them," said Sabrina. "Oh okay, so do pets play?" asked Sakura. "Yep we sure do," said Koko. "Do you want to play catch my tail?" "Okay sounds like fun," said Sakura. "Okay both of you get on your hands and knees then try and get my tail," said Koko. "They both got down on the ground then started scrambling around after Koko. "What are they doing over there," asked Alieta. "Beats me but they are laughing and having fun," said Ginger. "Do you want to go play with them?" "No you can go," said Alieta. "No, I was just kidding. It is fun just watching them," said Ginger. I'm not getting my knees covered in grass stains." "They don't seem to mind," said Alieta. "They are kids. The dirtier they get the more fun they are having," said Ginger. 43 illustration goes here Once Safire and Casper reached Ktara's place, Safire jumped off Casper. "Okay, let me see if Ktara is home," said Safire. "I hope so I am starved," said Casper. Safire knocked on the door and Ktara opened door. "Safire, welcome back. I hope you are hungry, I just finished a batch of spaghetti and meatballs," said Ktara. "Actually we are hungry and everyone said to come here when we got hungry exploring," said Safire. "Perfect, have a seat on the grass and I will bring out a plate for all of us," said Ktara. "Okay Casper, Ktara is bringing out food for us. Get down on the ground." "Great, I am so hungry I could eat a horse," said Casper. "Ha, ha, very funny," said Safire. In a couple of minutes Ktara came out with the food. "Okay here we go. A plate and fork for you Safire and the same for me and just a big plate for Casper," said Ktara. Smells good, what is it?" asked Casper. "Spaghetti and meatballs with a slice of garlic bread," said Ktara. "Meat balls? I don't usually eat meat," said Casper. "That is what Tillia first said before she tasted my meatballs," said Ktara. "Now she keeps coming over asking when I am making more." "Well if Tillia likes them then so will I," said Casper. "So how is the exploring going?" asked Ktara. "Have you gone in the fantasy cave yet?" "Yes and we ran out," said Casper. "It's haunted." "No it isn't I been in there with Ivy and Carmen and Zaysuky went in also," said Ktara. "What makes you think it is haunted?" "Well the walls glow and when we got pretty deep inside, we found a table and bench," said Casper. "The table had an empty wine bottle and two glasses on it. When we got close, it all faded away to nothing. We figured ghosts made it vanish like that." Ktara laughed. "That was the table and wine that Carmen and Zatsuky had in there," said Ktara. "It seems when you think of something that you want, it appears. That must of been the cave resetting itself so that you two can think of something new." "See I told you there is no such thing as ghosts," said Safire. "Yes there is," said Ktara. "We had to chase a bunch of nasty ones out of a town with the five angels of the apocalyspe and Gabriel back into the hanted forest where the came from a while back. We found out they were lost souls being controled by a wizard I think.Or was it a demon, can't remember. Anyways you have met the angel Cindy right?" "Yes she is a very nice and pretty angel," said Safire. "Well she was one of those ghosts and became an angel after Gabriel heard her story," said Ktara. "The entire story is in one of Alieta's books called The Haunted Forest. So how do you like the spaghetti and meat balls?" "I love it, said Safire. "And you Casper? Best darn food I have ever tasted," said Casper. "Even the garlic bread tasted great." "Good, I am bringing the rest to Carmen and Zatsuky. Neither of them are good cooks," said Ktara. 44 illustration goes here At the palace Sabrina, Koko and Sakura were having a ball together making up new games to play. Ivy flew back from the cove to see how things were going with Tiffany and Koko. When she saw Koko, outside with Sakura and a little girl she never met before, she flew down to see who it was. "Hello Sakura and Koko, who might be this cute little girl you are playing with?" asked Ivy. "You don't know Sabrina?" asked Sakura. "She is Tiffany's little sister. I thought you read people that you never seen before." "Normally I would but she was playing with you and Koko so I didn't want to invade her privacy," said Ivy. I only read new people when I sense they have magic and may be a threat. So you are Sabrina that your sister did tell me about. I am Ivy and happy to meet you." "You are pretty like Tiffany told me but not as pretty as my mother was," said Sabrina. "She was the prettiest woman in the world. She watches over Tiffany and me now with my Dad. Gabtriel said so." "Ivy smiled. "Yes your mother had to be that beautiful to have two beautiful daughters," said Ivy. "How about me, am I beautiful too?" asked Koko that was up on her hind legs. "Your cute silly," said Sakura. Just like me." "Oh okay, cute is good too," said Koko. "So where is Tiffany?" asked Ivy. "She is in the palace, putting away the rest of our stuff in our new room," said Sabrina. "That room is bigger than out whole house was." "Oh so you two are living in the palace now," said Ivy. "That is nice." "Us three," said Sabrina. "Koko is our pet and lives with us too. Gabriel gave her to us." "I see, so what were you three playing?" asked Ivy. "Well you missed the best game, catch my tail, then we played crawl around tag but now we are playing word games because our knees are starting to get sore," said Sakura. "Yes and dirty too," said Ivy. "Can I play the word game with you?" "Yep, I am teaching Koko new words through riddles. I hope you are smart and can help Koko answer riddles," said Sabrina. "You can be her partner. "Sakura is my partner, she is really smart and can make up good riddles." "Okay, I think I can manage," said Ivy then winked at Sakura that was about to say something. As they started playing, Lilly flew over to where Alieta and Ginger were standing. 45 illustration goes here "Hi Alieta and Ginger, is that a Precious playing with Ivy and Sakura? I don't know who the other girl is," said Lilly. "Yes that is Koko," said Alieta. "You know what a Precious is?" asked Alieta. "Well I don't know what they are but I met one before a long time ago, a bit before Tulip was born," said Lilly. They are hard to read but lots of fun to have around. The one I met was like a little tiger cub with big eyes like that one." "So how did you meet that Precious?" asked Alieta. "Can't remember exactly but, I think I just saw it playing with a girl somewhere," said Lilly. "I could read the girl a bit and she was very sad inside." "So did you find out why she was sad?" asked Ginger. "Yep, I found out a lot of things about her," said Lilly. "I stayed around for a few weeks. Back then Mom was still trying to find a forest that she could make a cove in. We were pretty far south from here." "So what did you find out if you don't mind me asking?" asked Alieta. "It's okay, I think everything worked out," said Lilly. I think the girls name was Elizabeth, some kind of elven princess, pretty young too, about the same age as that girl over there. Looks a bit like here too. Anyways she was sad because her father the king got killed in a battle and her mother was having a hard time managing things as a queen with no king by her side. Elizabeth told me that Trigger was a gift from heaven and she had to take care of her." "Tigger was funny and always wanting to play like the pixies here but she sure did need to eat a lot. Like every few hours. Such a little thing with a huge appetite." "Well that girl is Sabrina and her older sister is Tiffany, they lost there parents in a feud and made there way here," said Alieta. "They live in the palace now." "Really, they must be two very special girls then to get a Precious to take care of. I have only seen one and none of the other fairies ever saw one including my Mom. I was yonger then and everyone thought I was just playing make believe with them. Can I go and talk to them before Tulip gets here to start lunch?" asked Lilly. "I suppose so, said Alieta. "Just what you see in her keep to yourself." "I will, she does remind me so much of Elizabeth, hair is a bit different." Alieta called for Ivy and Sakura to come see her. Then Lilly flew over to Sabrina and Koko. 46 illustration goes here "Hello, my name is Lilly. I am here to make lunch for everyone with my sister. "Oh my a fairy! Tiffany told me there were fairies here but we have never seen one before," said Sabrina. "I have seen lots of fairies but you are much bigger than the faries I played with," said Koko. Lilly found hard to read Koko but was very surprised to see what she saw in Sabrina. "You know Sabrina, you look so much like a little girl I knew a long time ago," said Lilly. "Really, was she an elf like me?" asked Sabrina. "Yes and about your age too," said Lilly. "The girl I knew, didn't have an older sister though." "Tiffany is the best," said Sabrina. "She took the place of my mother after she died. That's why I try to be good all the time and grow up faster for her," said Sabrina. "That way she doesn't have to worry about me so much." "Your mother, was she pretty like you?" asked Lilly. "Yep super pretty," said Sabrina. "I want to be as pretty as she was when I grow up." "You are already pretty," said Koko. "I am cute and only twelve years old," said Sabrina. My Mom was over a hundred years old and glowed with beauty when ever she walked into the room." "What was your mom's name?" asked Lilly. "Mom, silly, didn't you hear her say that," said Koko. "No she means the name everyone else called her," said Sabrina. "Queen.. I mean just Elizabeth. "Very pretty name," said Lilly. "So what would you two like for lunch? You must be getting hungry by now." "I want a cheese burgar with fries," said Koko. Sally in the dining room makes that, what ever it is." "You will like it," said Sabrina. "I will have that too and my sister likes burger and fries also." "Sounds good. When Tulip gets here I will make it for you three." Then Lilly flew back to Alieta and Ginger. "This is remarkabe and can not be just a coincidence. It all lines up, the time and the name," said Lilly. "Okay so what are you trying to say Lilly?" asked Alieta. "Well it is like the past repeated it's self almost," said Lilly. "Their mother's name was Elizabeth and was around a hundred years old when she had Tiffany then Sabrina. Sabrina almost said Queen Elizabeth but stopped and corrected herself," said Lilly. "She was very beautiful too. I bet Tiffany is pretty too." "Oh ya, that girl is gorgeous," said Ginger. "When she smiles her entire face seems to light up." "Sabrina said something similar about her mother," said Lilly. "So you think these two are the daughters of the girl you met over a hundred years ago," said Alieta. "Yep, I am certain of it now," said Lilly. "They are elven princesses and they have a Precious just like Elizabeth did. I wonder what happened to Trigger? Anyways here comes Tulip so get ready for lunch." 47 illustration goes here "Thanks for the nice lunch Ktara," said Safire. "Do you want us to help you bring some to Zatsuky and Camen's place?" "No that is for their supper and I am just dropping off two servings," said Ktara. "I am having roast beef at Viridian's place for supper. She is a pretty good cook also." "Okay so have you been to that rock wall waterfall yet?" asked Safire. "Yep, I go there sometimes to cool off and shower," said Ktara. "The water there is very refreshing. You don't even need soap when you are under the falls. Cleans the hair too. Just go a bit north from here and you can't miss it." "Okay we will go check it out next," said Safire. "Okay see you later," said Ktara then took the empty plates into the house. "So do you want to fly or run?" asked Safire. "Run, I am nice and strong now and need to burn off some of this energy," said Casper. "Okay lets go, full speed ahead," said Safire. "Really? Okay hang on," said Casper and took off like a flash. "Here we are, pretty fast now arn't I," said Casper. "Holy, I think I left my stomach back at Ktara's place," said Safire. "That took like three seconds." "Yep the bond has fully clicked in now," said Casper. "Plus the spaghetti and meat balls helped too." "So this looks nice," said Safire. "Small waterfall just the right height for showering under." Casper began to walk out into the water. "Hey where are you going?" asked Safire. Just want to have a drink," said Casper. "Running makes me thirsty." "Okay have a drink then lets get up in the air and look for somewhere else to go," said Safire. "I just want to get to know most of Fae Land so that when people are talking about a place I know where they are talking about." "Okay I'm done, very nice drinking water here," said Casper. "Okay up we go, hang on!" 48 illustration goes here "So which way do you want to go?" asked Casper. "Look way over there by those three trees. There is someone over there alone," said Safire. "Lets get closer and see who it is." They flew closer and lower and Safire recognised what is was. "That is one of the fairy nymphs," said Safire. "They don't usually come out of the Untamed Forest by them self usually." Untamed Forest, where is that?" asked Casper. "You see that long strip of forest just east of Eden, that is the Untamed Forest," said Safire. "Are there wild animals in there?" asked Casper. "I guess, there are sqirrels and turkeys and rabits and other things," said Safire. "Well those are not dangerous," said Casper. "I didn't say anything about dangerous animals," said Safire. "They are animals except the turkeys and they are wild and untamed." That's why they call it that?" asked Casper. "I guess so but it's not dangerous in there I have been told and a bunch of fairy nymphs live in there," said Safire. "Do you want to go meet one? They are really cute and smaller than regular fairies but not as magical. Mostly they make plants and flowers." "Okay, I like fairies, didn't know there was different types," said Casper. They flew down and Safire recognised the fairy nymph to be Nessie. "Hi Nessie, what are you doing way out here by yourself?" asked Safire. "Hi Safire, my Mom told me to make some flowers out here, she is making flowers too somewhere else," said Nissie. "Hey did you paint Tillia blue?" Safire smiled. "No this is Casper, my unicorn." "I didn't know you had a unicorn too," said Nissie. "Well I just got him yesterday, said Safire. "Say hello to Nessie, Casper." "Hello Nissie, Safire told me fairy nymphs make flowers." "Yep and plants without flowers too but Mom told me to invent a new plant with flowers," said Nissie. I am really good at making tulps, daisies and roses but when every I try to make a new kind of flower, it doesn't end up looking like I pictured it to look like. I'm not a very good fairy nymph yet." "Well do the plants you created have flowers?" asked Casper. "Yep but not the shape I wanted them," said Nissie. "Are the flowers colourful and smell nice?" asked Casper. "Yep, I am good at making different colours and making them smell good," said Nissie. "That part is easy." "You did say that ou are suppsed to make new types of flowers," said Casper. "Sounds to me that is what you have done already." "Hey your wright, said Nessie. Want me to make one and you tell me if it is good?" "Plese do, I love seeing fairy magic," said Casper. "Okay here goes," said Nessie. "Lets see, okay got one. She waved her hand at the ground then suddenly a fairly bushy plant came out of the ground then bright yellow, blue and red flowers grew on the branches. "Okay that was not what I was thinking of at all," said Nissie. Casper bent down and smelled a few of the flowers. "That is amazing," said Casper. I have never seen flowers like this before and different colours on the same plant is very rare plus each colour of flower has a different smell." "I think what Casper is telling you Nessie is that you just did what your mother asked of you," said Safire. "Can you make more just like this one? "Yep once I make one I lock it in my brain like Alexa told us to do when she was teaching us and then I can make them when ever I want," said Nessie. "Well there you go," said Safire. "I would say you are a very good fairy nymph. Maybe one of the best." "Really! I am so excited, I have to show Mom. Bye Safire, bye Casper, see you later." Then Nessie flew off. "So that is a fairy nymph," said Casper. "Well that was a very young one. I think about three years old I think," said Safire. "Really and out here alone? That is very young," said Casper. "Well nothing out here is going to hurt her and I am sure her mother isn't that far away," said Safire. "I must say that is a very impressive plant she just made," said Casper. "Well expect to see a lot of them soon," said Safire. "Ivy told me that when she first learned how to make tulips, a good part of Eden was covered in them." "That's funny, God bless her little heart," said Casper. 49 illustration goes here At the palace Tulip started to to set up the table then Lilly told Tulip what she found out. "Really, a Precious you said. Do they do any magic?" asked Tulip. "I don't think so, said Lilly. The one I met a long time ago didn't. They all want burgars and fries so I will make that for them and you make lunch for every one else, okay?" asked Lilly. "Sure, after I want to meet them also," said Tulip. Lilly walked over and saw Tiffany was with them now. When she got close enough she couldn't believe how much Tiffany looked like Elizabeth's mother. "Hello, I am Lilly and I promissed to make you three lunch. Sabrina figured you wanted a hamburgers and fries." Yes that will be perfect," said Tiffany. "Okay have a seat on the couch other there, unless you want me to make you a table to sit at," said Lilly. "No the couch will be fine, we can sit on the ground too," said Tiffany. "Nope, your new to the palace so you get the couch," said Lilly. The three of them got on the couch then Lilly made her wand appear. "Okay so three deluxe burgers with fries plus a bit of fruit and salad. How does that sound?" asked Lilly. "Sounds great what ever all that stuff is," said Koko. "That sounds perfect," said Tiffany. Lilly's wand began to glow then three plates of food appeared. "Wow, that was so cool," said Sabrina. "Yes I've never seen magic before," said Tiffany. "I have never see such good looking and smelling food before," said Koko. "Well in Fae Land, magic is all around you and there are some very magical people here too," said Lilly. "Enjoy and I will be back when you are done." So what did you eat at that place you were before?" asked Tiffany. "The fairies their were lots smaller and just made bowls of vegetables," said Koko. "I guess bigger fairies can make better stuff." "Maybe, lets eat," said Sabrina. "I am starved after playing so much." Koko grabbed his burger first and took a big bit. "This is so good. If you two can't finish yours I will gladly finish it for you," said Koko. "I think your eyes are bigger than your stomach," said Tiffany. "I don't know, I have pretty big eyes you know," said Koko. They both laughed then started eating also. 50 illustration goes here After everyone had finished eating, Lilly went back and asked how the burgers were. "Very good," said Tiffany. "Thank you." "Yep best burger I every had," said Koko. "Actually the only burger I have ever eatten." "Well I am glad you all enjoyed them," said Lilly. Would you like some desert?" "Not me, I am full," said Koko. "My eyes must be bigger than my stomach." Lilly giggled. "Okay," then she made her wand appear again and made the dirty dishes vanish. "Now stay put for a bit. My sister Tulip wants to meet you three," said Lilly. "Okay it would be nice to meet her too," said Tiffany. "Can I get off the couch, not sure if I can my bum is getting numb," said Koko. Lilly smiled. "Yes you can of coarse, your so funny like Trigger was," said Lilly. "What you know Trigger?" asked Koko. "Trigger is my friend, at least was before I came here. She was gone for a long time but when she came back, Gabriel did something to her that made her not have to eat so much. Man that girl could eat!" "You know Gabriel the angel?" asked Lilly. "Is that what you call her?" asked Koko. "All of us call her Mother." "So Trigger is okay, that makes me feel good," said Lilly. "Now I have to go back to the fairy forest but I will see you all again." Then Lilly flew off. The sisters made themselves comfortable on the couch then Koko jumped off the couch. Tulip came over and introduce herself to them. "So we have new girls here at the palace," said Tulip. "Your going to love it here. "Yes we will but we just got here," said Tiffany. "I still work here in the mornings but I don't have to walk home every day anymore." "And you have what Lilly told me is a Precious named Koko," said Tulip. "I have never met a Precious before, I am the youngest fairy princess. I am only a hundred and nineteen now I think. How old are you Koko?" "Beats me, where I come from there is no time like here," said Koko. "Really? Time is everywhere," said Tulip. "Not in Gabriel's place sort of," said Koko. "I guess there is some kind of time but I think it passes differenly then here. I haven't been here long enough to tell yet." Tulip smiled. So Gabriel made her own place with you wonderful beings in it. That is good to hear," said Tulip. "Well she told us that a guy named God helped her make her place," said Koko. "I don't know who that is but he must be very nice to help Gabriel." "Yes God is very nice as you put it," said Tulip. "Well I best get back to work in the fairy forest for a bit more. Always lots to do in there. I will see you all at supper time." Really! What's for supper?" asked Koko. "Anything your heart desires," said Tulip then flew off. "I like her too, she talks a lot and has pretty wings. Well that was fun," said Koko. "What do we do we do now?" "I take Sabrina up to our room and run a bath for her," said Tiffany. "She is all dirty." "Okay, what is a bath?" asked Koko. "It is lots of fun," said Sabrina. "You get into a tub of warm water and wash the dirt off yourself and play with the water. Do you want to have a bath with me?" Um maybe," said Koko. "Yes you need a bath too Koko," said Tiffany. "Best to be clean before bedtime. But it is only lunch time," said Koko. "Yes I know but if you both get dirty again before going to bed then both of you will have another bath," said Tiffany. "So what about you? Do you have baths?" asked Koko. "Yep every morning," said Tiffany but I try to stay clean all day." "Hm, that doesn't sound like your having enough fun," said Koko. "I have a feeling that fun is going to start becoming part of my life again," said Tiffany. "Now get your butts in the palace and get washed up. I will scub your backs." 51 illustration goes here Chapter 6 Safire and Casper were flying around just checking areas out from above when they saw the new amusement park that Fillina made. "Now that I need to have a closer look at," said Safire. "Okay, I haven't seen a park like this for a long time," said Casper. They flew down to the front entrance first. "It doesn't look done or finished yet, usually there are more rides and booths all over the place," said Casper. "Okay so what is that big round thing?" asked Safire. "It's a ride, said Casper. Not sure what it is called though. The rides I have seen were nothing like this one." Lets get closer and have a better look at it," said Safire. They rode into the park and got closer to the ferris wheel. "Okay looks like it spins with people sitting in those baskets, "said Casper. Looks kind of boring to me, I like riding you much better and we actually go somewhere," said Safire. "Not everyone has a flying unicorn, this looks like something Fillina would build," said Casper. "Well nothing is happening here, lets head back to the palace and see what is going on there, said Safire. "Sounds good to me," said Casper. "I wouldn't mind talking to a few mares in the stable. Maybe the elves will brush me again too. It feels so good when they do that." "I bet it does, okay lets go and not super fast this time please," said Safire. 52 illustration goes here "Lets go to the stables first then I will walk over to the palace," said Safire. "Why don't you stay a bit and let the elves brush you," said Casper. "I don't want elves to brush me", said Safire. "Does it look like I have hair on my body?" "You got a bunch on your head and it is all messy from the wind," said Casper. Safire used her fingers to fix her hair some. "Hows that, better?" asked Safire. "Yep but a brush would do better," said Casper. "Just go talk to all your girls friends," said Safire then she walked out of the stable. When she reached the palace there were two girls outside that Safire hadn't met before. "Hello, I'm Safire, where is everyone?" "Inside doing stuff," said Olympia. "I am Olympia and this is Miyo. We live in the palace too." "So when they said Blue Fae, they really meant blue," said Miyo. "Yep, nothing is wrong with being blue," said Safire. "Oh I didn't mean anything by that, it is a very nice shade of blue," said Miyo. "Thanks, who wrote on you?" asked Safire. "Where, what do you mean wrote on me?" asked Miyo. "Right there on your tummy and foot," said Safire. "No silly they are tattoos, don't you like them?" asked Miyo. "They are body art". "I suppose, I guess there was no paper around when they drew on you." "Your kidding right Safire. Ivy told me that you liked to kid around a lot," said Olympia. "Ya I know they are tattoos. Nice ones too but you won't catch me with one," said Safire. "Nobody is sticking me with needles. So anything going on here at the palace? Casper and I finished flying around Fae Land." "Were is he? I would love to meet a blue unicorn," said Olympia. "Me too," said Miyo. "He is hitting on the mares at the stable," said Safire. "Miyo giggled. Sounds like there will be baby horses in a while. Probably but those stalls are pretty small for two," said Safire. "Well everyday a bit after lunch the elves let them out to graze and get some exercise," said Miyo. "Lots of room out in the meadow. We are going to to town," said Olympia. "Do you want to come with us?" "What to go shopping?" asked Safire. "No, Miyo is going to show me where the dance club is," said Olympia. That is where all the boys hang out." "Oh, I think I will pass this time," said Safire. "I'm not looking to hook up with anyone yet." "Okay, your choice," said Miyo. "Sabrina and Koko should be out soon. Tiffany is giving them a bath." "I gather Sabrina is Tiffany's little sister but who os Koko?" asked Safire. "Koko is there pet," said Olympia. "Really, what kind of pet, a cat?" "Nope, looks like a small dragon kind of," said Olympia. Really cute looking. Anyways we have to go and get our horses before the elves let them out to graze. See you latter Safire, nice meeting you," said Miyo then they headed to the stable. "Hm a little pet dragon. Who would want a dragon for a pet?" thought Safire. 53 illustration goes here "Well I best make good use of this couch and wait to see who comes out first. It's a nice day, this is a nice couch, I am a nice Blue Fae that is a nice shade of blue. Of coarse it is a nice shade of blue and what is it with pretty human girls getting tattoos anyways. It must hurt a lot and bleed." "Hello, who are you talking too?" asked Sabrina that just came out of the palace. "Oh hello, you must be Sabrina, Tiffany's sister," said Safire. "Yep she just gave us a bath," said Sabrina. "Well I was just talking to myself there was no one out here so I think out loud. Don't worry I am not crazy, just a bit nutty sometimes," said Safire. "That's okay I do that all the time too," said Sabrina. "What do you do all the time?" asked Koko that just came around the corner of the steps. "Talk out loud to myself," said Sabrina. "I do that all the time," said Koko. "I talk to trees and flowers that don't talk back so I am always right. I play by myself and try to catch my tail. Haven't caught it yet but I will one day." "And what would you do with it if you ever did catch it?" asked Safire that had a look of surprise on her face. Koko jumped up on the couch beside Safire. "Well, I don't know. I never thought of that," said Koko. "I'll figure it out when I catch it. Who is the pretty blue elf Sabrina?" "I don't know but she knows me and my sister," said Sabrina. "My name is Safire. "I live in the palace now." "Oh, okay Tiffany told me you are the queen of the Blue Fae. We have the room right across of yours," said Sabrina. "Okay so that makes us neighbors," said Safire. "That means I can come over and borrow a cup of sugar then." "I guess so, said Sabrina. "I don't think we have any sugar in our room." "I'm kidding, it means we can visit each other," said Safire. "So where is your sister?" "She is cleaning the batroom," said Sabrina. "We kind of made a mess in there." "Yep we started splashing water at each other and some water got on the floor then when I jumped out I shook my body and wings and water went every where then I tried to lick it up but it tasted soapy. That is when Tiffany told me to stop and put clean clothes on Sabrina," said Koko. "Yep she told us to go outside while she cleaned up but not to get dirty again," said Sabrina. "Okay so how did you get dirty in the first place?" ask Safire. "Sakura and I were playing catch Koko's tail," said Sabrina. I caught it once but it is slippery and I couldn't hang on to it." Safire started to giggle. "So Koko, I haven't seen anything like you before. What are you?" "A Precious, Gabriel made me and sent me to Fae Land to be Tiffany and Sabrina's pet," said Koko. "They have good food in the palace and Lilly made us burgers and fries. This is way better than where I was before." "Where was that," asked Safire. "Why does everyone ask me that? Land of small fairies that just make veggies to eat I guess," said Koko. "Ask Gabriel, it's her place." "I don't care where Koko came from, I am just glad she is here now," said Sabrina. "Your right, doesn't really matter," said Safire. Tiffany came out of the palace and saw Safire talking to her sister and Koko. 54 illustration goes here "Hi Safire, I see you have met my sister and Koko," said Tiffany. "Yes they are both adorable," said Safire as she got up off the couch. "Sabrina get up on the couch with Koko," said Tiffany. That way you won't get dirty." "She's just a kid, said Safire. Kids get dirty, that is just part of being a kid." "Ya I know but I have to look out for here now and at least try to keep her a bit cleaner," said Tiffany. "You should of seen the colour of the bath water when they got out of it." "Ya Koko said they made quite a wet mess," said Safire. "That doesn't bother me, I like cleaning. I never had to do it when my parents were alive. It shows I have done something good," said Tiffany. "I get it though I am not big on cleaning," said Safire. "Underground is all dirt and rocks. I would just jump in the water to clean up." "Well we can't do that here," said Tiffany. "You kinda can, all the girls here go to Sandy Lake to cool off and swim plus lay on a towel and sun bathe. The water isn't very deep at all. I went there once with Alieta and Ginger. Very pretty place with the mountain waterfall," said Safire. "Really, where is it?" asked Tiffany. "You see those small moutains over there, that is where it is," said Safire. "You can walk there and in that lake they can splash all they want." "Well she is still very young, I will have to keep a close eye on here still," said Tiffany. "I am twelve and will be thirteen in ten months," said Sabrina, "Then maybe I will grow some boobs like you." "What are boobs?" asked Koko. "Something I don't have yet," said Sabrina. "Your right, the two of them are adorable together," said Tiffany. "You never saw her before she met Koko. Never smiled and hardly talked plus stayed in the house all the time except when I made her come to the palace with me. I truley believe a Precious was created by Gabriel to bring the life back into sad people especially young ones." "And what about you? Has Koko effected you?" asked Safire. "Well when I first went to her laying under the maple tree and she opened those big eyes of her's and looked right at me and smiled, I felt my heart become lighter and nothing seemed to matter anymore for a moment. I just smiled back at her. It was like seeing a new born baby open it's eyes for the first time and looking at you. Sabrina did that to me when I was holding her in my arms," said Tiffany. "Wow, that sounds like an amazing feeling," said Safire. "Something like when I cut off the head of an orc." Tiffany smiled. "You are a nut sometimes, arn't you." "Yep, we all are here in Fae Land," said Safire. "Some more than others." "Well lets all go in and have some ice cream," said Tiffany. "Yeah, I love ice cream. We need to get some sugar for our room anyways," said Sabrina then Koko and her ran into the palace. "Sugar, what's that all about?" asked Tiffany. "I'll tell you later," said Safire. 55 illustration goes here Ginger came out of the palace after helping some elves set up a few more rooms for guests. She was about to sit down and rest when a woman carrying a staff rode up on her horse. She jumped off the horse and walked up to Ginger. "I am Princess Aiko of Triland. I have traveled for three days and three nights to reach a place that I heard was a land of magic. Do you know where it is and if it exsists?" "Yes I do but do you always introduce your self like that to someone you just met with out saying hello first?" asked Ginger. "Well yes I do, that is the way I was taught," said Princess Aiko. "Do we have a problem?" "No not really, you have to excuse my tone. You see I just finished helping three of my elves set up three more rooms in the palace and was about to rest on the couch when you showed up," said Ginger. "Okay so you are a worker then," said Princess Aiko. "No I just like to help seeing I am much stronger then them," said Ginger. "I am in charge of the palace." "One person is in charge of this entire palace?" asked Princess Aiko. "I have never seen such a huge palace." "Yep just me, my name is Ginger of Fae Land. This is the most magical land in the world. Excuse me while I get someone that will properly greet you. Greeting royalty isn't my thing." Then Ginger went inside to get Tiffany. "I hope I didn't upset her," thought Princess Aiko. "She must quite remarkable to be in charge of this entire place." 56 illustration goes here When Ginger got into the palace she heard talking a laughing coming from the diningroom. When she looked in there she saw Safire, telling Tiffany, Sabrina and Koko, jokes. "Sorry to interrupt you four but I need Tiffany to talk to a Princess Aiko that is outside," said Ginger. "Really, she is here?" asked Tiffany. "I wonder what she wants?" "Well that is for you to find out," said Ginger. "I am not good around royals that think they are above others," said Ginger. "She actually called me a worker! She changed her tone when I told her I was in charge of the palace." "Yep, Ginger is second in command," said Sabrina. Ginger smiled. "I did say sorry for snapping at her. I was tired and needed to rest on the couch after helping the elves." "Okay but Princess Aiko is from Triland. That is one of the clans that was attacking where I lived," said Tiffany. "I have never seen her though, did she look dangerous?" "Not really but she was holding a staff that looked magical," said Ginger. "Now if she so much starts to point that at you, the sprites above you will fire there arrows and kill her. Our sprites never miss a target." "There are sprites flying above?" asked Tiffany. "Yep all day and night," said Ginger. "Okay so should I get changed first?" asked Tiffany. "I wouldn't bother," said Ginger. "What you are wearing looks much better than what she is wearing but that tiara on her head is very pretty though." "Okay lets go then," said Tiffany. "Not me, just you," said Ginger. "If she was to say anything bad about you I would probably punch her in the nose." "Okay, you better stay here then just in case," said Tiffany. Then Tiffany left. When she got outside she saw the princess patting her horse. "Hello, my name is Tiffany. Ginger told me you are Princess Aiko." "Yes that is correct," said Princess Aiko. "I think I made her mad at me. If I did I am very sorry." "Yep she is a bit upset after you called her a worker, even though she does like to work," said Tiffany. "She is second in command here in Fae Land." "Oops, I really goofed, didn't I," said Princess Aiko. "She will get over it," said Tiffany. "So what can I do for you?" "Well like I told Ginger, I have traveled for three days to find the land of magic. Ginger said this was Fae Land, the most magical land in the world so I guess I finally found it." Her arm was beginning to relax and the staff was slowly begining to point towards Tiffany. "You best not let that staff point at me or the armed sprites above us will shoot you dead," said Tiffany. Princess Aiko looked up and quickly leaned the staff up against the couch. "Wow you people don't fool around, you must be very important here too," said Princess Aiko. "Everyone in Fae Land is important," said Tiffany. "We are all equals here, just with different jobs to do." "Exactly, that is what I tried to tell my parrents but nope, they have to be above everyone else and rule," said Princess Aiko. "Can we sit and talk? You sound like a very level headed person." "Sure, that would be fine," said Tiffany. 57 illustration goes here They both got comfortable on the couch and Tiffany called over an elf. "Hi Tiffany, what's up?" asked the elf. "Could you please bring this horse to the stable and have the stable hands wash her down and brush her?" asked Tiffany. "Yep sure can, follow me horsey," said the elf but it didn't move. "Something is wrong with your horse, it is not listening to me." "Talk in elven," said Princess Aiko. "Oh okay," said the elf then said the same thing in elven. Now the horse followed her. "So you haven't told me why you traveled so far to get here," said Tiffany. "Well I had to get away from all that stupid fighting and killing because of this staff. It wasn't so bad when they were just feuding with swords," said Princess Aiko. "Someone gets hurt then they retreat and got patched up. Very few people actually got killed." Tiffany was remembering back when she was still at home and that was how it was for years. "Then my dad bought this staff off of a wizard because he decided that it was time for him to rule over all three clans," said Princess Aiko. "I saw him use it for the first time from my palace window. It scared me so much, I ran to the other side of the room and hid behind my bed." "What happened?" asked Tiffany. "Well he pointed it at a group of attacking elves then beams of light came out of the big ball on top and killed all of them instantly," said Princess Aiko. "Then he ordered his troops to advance. Elves can live for hundreds of years and he just ended them with no regard for life at all." "Okay, so how did you end up with it?" asked Tiffany, that was beginning to feel uneasy finding out it was Aiko's father that probably killed her parrents. "I stole it," said Princess Aiko. One night before I went to bed I prayed to God to stop my father. Then I went to sleep and had the most vivid dream I ever had of me stealing the staff and some gold then a voice said ride north to the land of magic. I woke up abruptly and got out of bed. I took my mother's war outfit while they were sleeping and a bag of gold coins from her dresser then snuck downstairs and saw the two men guarding the staff were asleep. I suck up quietly and grabed the staff and then went to get my horse. No one was around so I just road out of Triland as fast as I could." "So you did all of that because of a dream and a voice in your head?" asked Tiffany. "Yep, wouldn't you do the same to save lives? asked Princess Aiko. "That dream seemed so real." "I sure would," said Tiffany, "You are more than a princess, you are a hero also." "Well a tired and scared hero maybe. That staff scares me," said Princess Aiko. 58 illustration goes here "Come in the palace with me," said Tiffany. "You have to tell that story to Alieta." "Who is that?" asked Princess Aiko. "She is first in command," said Tiffany with a smile. "Alieta is the Queen of Fae Land. "The Queen! I can't meet the queen looking like this," said Princess Aiko. "We can get you cleaned up and changed later," said Tiffany. They both got off the couch and Princess Aiko grabbed the septer then Tiffany took her into the palace and to the dining room. "Okay so how did it go Tiffany?" asked Ginger. "Very good," said Tiffany. "I need her to meet Alieta. She has a story to tell her. Well she is in her den right now and said she didn't want to be disturbed," said Ginger. "Ginger' I am so sorry if I offended you and made you mad," said Princess Aiko. "I was tired too after that long trip. I now know how very important you are here." "Oh okay. I had some ice cream and listened to Safires's jokes," said Ginger. "I am fine now. So she has a story to tell Alieta you said Tiffany?" "Yep one close to my heart," said Tiffany. "Well just knock on the door and let here know it is you," said Ginger. "She won't mind being disturbed by you." "Okay thanks," said Tiffany then they left. "Well she seemed nice enough," said Safire. "Pretty hair too." "Ya I guess I misjudged her," said Ginger. "Now tell us another joke." "Now Alieta doesn't like being addressed as Queen Alieta, just Alieta she likes," said Tiffany. "Okay you can drop the princess and just call me Aiko like every one did at home." Tiffany smiled then knocked on the quite nooks door. "Who is it?" asked Alieta. "Tiffany, I have someone you need to meet and she has a story to tell you," said Tiffany. "Well come on in then, I like to hear stories," said Alieta. They went in then Aiko saw Alieta then looked at Tiffany. "She's a hybreed sprite, I have only heard about them," said Aiko. "They are very powerful." "Yep and this one is very friendly too," said Tiffany. "Put that septer beside the fireplace for now." Alieta got up out of her chair. "Well who have we got here?" asked Alieta. "This is Princess Aiko from Triland but she likes to be called just Aiko. She has a story that you need to hear that hit home with me," said Tiffany. "In my eyes she is a hero," said Tiffany. "A hero you say, well please tell me the story," said Alieta. "Hero stories are the best." Then Alieta sat back down. Aiko told the entire story she told Tiffany almost word for word. When she was finished Alieta stood up again and looked at Tiffany. "Close to home you said Tiffany. Do you two know each other?" asked Alieta. "No I only heard about her back home," said Tiffany. "You heard of me, how is that possible?" asked Aiko. "Well I am Princess Tiffany. I always wanted to meet you but my parrents wouldn't allow it." "You are Princess Tiffany? I head of you too and wished I could meet you also," said Aiko. "My dad forbid it. "Well you two are together now by God's will from the sounds of things," said Alieta. "So that wizard staff is a nasty weapon then." "Yes but I don't know if it can be distroyed," said Aiko. "I tried throwing at a rock wall but didn't even scratch it." "Of coarse you couldn't destroy it but I know who can," said Alieta. "I definately don't want that staying in my palace. "Merlin, I need your help. It is extremely important". "There he will take care of it when he gets here." 59 illustration goes here "Who is Merlin?" asked Aiko. "Do you know who he is Tiffany?" "Nope, not a clue," said Tiffany. "Well you two are in for a treat," said Alieta. "He is the most powerful wizard in the world and very good friend of mine. Sometimes it takes a bit for him to get here though. He is getting pretty old." "Old, who is old," said Merlin that just appeared. "Like Ivy says you are only as old as you feel and I feel young." "This girls is Merlin," said Alieta with a smile. "My my who are these two very pretty young woman you have here Alieta?" asked Merlin. "Well Tiffany is the blonde girl and Aiko is the newest member to Fae Land," said Alieta. "I see and more than just pretty girls," said Merlin. "Your both princesses. Two new princesses in the palace now." "Three, said Tiffany. "My little sister is downstairs in the dining room. She is just twelve." "Oh a little precious one," said Merlin. "Yep she is with Koko too plus Ginger and Safire," said Tiffany. "Pardon me, who is Koko?" asked Merlin. "You know a Precious, said Tiffany, she is our pet." Merlin looked at Alieta. "You mean one of Gabriel's Precious animals is here? I haven't seen one of them for about two hundred years," said Merlin. "Trigger I think it was called." "Yes we sure do," said Alieta. "Very cute and commical." "Fasinating, I have to see this new Precious," said Merlin. "What was it that is important that you need help with?" "That against the wall," said Alieta. Merlin turned around and saw the septer. "An old wizard's septer, that can be very dangerous in the wrong hands. Looks like a fire septer." PIt already was in the wrong hands," said Aiko. "I stole it from my father that was killing evles with it." "Oh my, you must be a very brave princess also to do something like that," said Merlin. "We need you to destroy it," said Alieta. "I don't want it in the palace." "I guess you wouldn't," said Merlin. "He picked up the staff then said some words and waved his hand at it, and tossed it up as it burst into flames then vanished. "There, gone for good now," said Merlin. "So is there anything else you need me to do?" "Nope that pretty much covers it," said Alieta. "Okay then can see Koko now?" asked Merlin. "What kind of anaimal is she?" "A little dragon," said Tiffany. "They are probably all outside by now. I have to take Aiko to my room to have a bath and get her some clean clothes to wear." "So that leaves me and you Alieta," said Merlin. "Care to join me?" Alieta smiled. "Sure, why not, I want to see the look on their face when you do some magic tricks for them." "Yes the young ones like my tricks the best," said Merlin. Everyone left the den together. 60 illustration goes here Tiffany brought Aiko through the hallways of the palace, heading towards her room. "This palace is so beautiful inside also," said Aiko. "My father's palace is nothing like this, very old and dusty everywhere." "Well this palace is fairly new but Ginger makes sure it is spotless all the time. She will even clean something herself that her elves missed." "You always say her elves, are they her servants?" asked Aiko. "No nothing like that," said Tiffany. "The elves that work in the palace are like her family. There are a lot of them and she knows each one of them personally. The elves all love her like their mother and never question anything she asks them to do. Ginger is very old and has been in Fae Land longer than Alieta. Actual Penny told me Ginger is responsible for Alieta becoming queen of Fae Land. Alieta and Ginger are the best of friends and are together most of the time when they are not working." "Okay well she seemed to forgive me in the dining room," said Aiko. "That blue elf that was telling the jokes, is that the palace jester?" Nope, Safire is the Queen of the Blue Fae and owns a blue unicorn now named Casper," said Tiffany. "What, another queen? Man I am not being very good at judging people today," said Aiko. "Good thing you told me ahead of time." "Okay here we are," said Tiffany. "This is our first day living in the palace so there isn't a lot of stuff in it yet." Once inside Aiko was amazed at how big the room was. "This is huge," said Aiko. "You could fit four of my old room in this one room." Ya the rooms in the palace are very big," said Tiffany. "Now through that door is the bathroom. There is running water here through out the palace so just turn on the hot tap for a bath." "Your own bathroom and running water! This is like a dream palace," said Aiko. "Yep, pretty cool," said Tiffany. "I will go get you some nice clean clothes from the wardrobe room." "When Tiffany came back with the clothes she found Aiko sitting on the bed with just a towel rapped around her. "Okay, I brought you a nice top like mine, just a different colour and a short skirt to show off your long legs." "Ya my chicken legs my friends used to call them," said Aiko. "They look fine to me," said Tffany. "Your friends must of all been short and jellious of your height." "Yes they were all shorter," said Aiko. "You are being so nice to me for someone you just met. How old are you?" "Twenty one, my sister is just twelve," said Tiffany. "Well I am older than you, I am twenty two, almost." Tiffany laughed. "Here put these on silly then lets go outside and see what is going on," said Tffany. "Aiko put on the top, skirt and panty then walked over to Tiffany that was sitting on her bed. "Okay, how do I look. Isn't this too sexy for wearing at a palace? My parents would never let me wear anything like this." "You look perfect, said Tiffany. "The saying here is the sexier the better. You will see when you meet the other girls that live here. Come lets go, maybe Merlin is still here." 61 illustration goes here Chapter 7 As soon as they got outside Tiffany saw Phonixa and Repellia were standing off to the side of the steps talking. "Look at those two, talk about dressing sexy," said Tiffany. "Their twins and very beautiful," said Aiko. Yes and their names are Repellia and Phonixa," said Tiffany. "Really, those are odd names," said Aiko. "Well they suit them, they are not normal human girls" said Tiffany. "Come and meet them." "Hi Tiffany, who is the new girl," asked Repellia. "This is Aiko, she is from the area where I came from," said Tiffany. "Well nice to meet you, my name is Repellia." "Nice to meet you also, my name is Phonixa. I love your skirt, you are tall for an elf." "Ya like Zatsuky and Viridian," said Repellia. "So are you living in the palace now or just visiting Tiffany?" "That I don't know yet," said Aiko. "I don't have much money left but maybe I could rent a room." You can't rent a room in the palace. It is free to live here. You just have to help out a bit from time to time," said Phonixa. "Free! That I can afford but I don't know what I could do yo help out," said Aiko. "My parrents wouldn't let me do any of the work back home." "Really, what are you a princess of something?" asked Repellia. "Yes I am, the Princess of Triland," said Aiko. "Really, your an elven princess, we have never met an elven princess before," said Phonixa. "What do you mean, Tiffany is a princess too from the town beside Triland," said Aiko. "That was supposed to be a secret," said Tiffany. "Only Ginger and Alieta knew that and Ivy of coarse, you can't hide anything from her." "Wow you are a princess too! That means that Sabrina is a princess also," said Repellia. "Oops I messed up again," said Aiko. "It has not been a good day for me. First I called Ginger a worker and got her mad at me, then I thought Safire was the palace jester and now I just let out Tiffany's secret." Both Repellia and Phonixa started to laugh. "That is so funny and hot completely wrong," said Repellia. "Ginger loves to work even though she is in charge of everything and Safire does not act like a queen at all. She is always joking around making people laugh. So is that crown you are wearing real?" "What do you mean my tiara?" asked Aiko. Ya is it real gold with real gems?" asked Repellia. "Yes it is, why?" asked Aiko. "Well it must be worth a few thousand dollars", said Repellia. "Sell that to the palace treasurer then you can go shopping with us in town plus flirt with all the boys." "Repellia, if you were a princess and owned a tiara, would you sell it to just go shopping?" asked Phonixa. "No your right, I would never sell it," said Repellia. "Sorry Aiko, my bad. But you can still come shopping with us, we have a palace account." "Well not now, I just got here, said Aiko, but there are boys here?" "Yep, just human boys but they are fun to flirt with," said Phonixa. "What do you mean just human boys. You two are humans," said Aiko. "Yes but we are special humans," said Phonixa. "I can make fire balls appear in my hands and throw them and my sister can move things with her mind." "See very appropriate names," said Tiffany. "Anyways you two we need to go see what is happening out front. I told Alieta we would meet them out here." "Okay, we are just waiting for Kandice and Karman, then we are going to town," said Phonixa. 62 illustration goes here Tiffany and Aiko went around to the front of the steps and Alieta stopped them. "I need to ask some important questions to Aiko," said Alieta. "I would like you to stay also Tiffany now that your secret is out." "You could hear us talking from over there?" asked Tiffany. "Yep, hybreed sprite ears much longer range than elf ears," said Alieta. "So you saw how Repellia and Phonixa reacted when they found out you two were princesses." "Ya, they looked surprised for a moment then they just talked to me like I was their friend already," said Aiko. "They wanted to take me shopping." Alieta smiled. "Yes those two love to shop but rarely but anything. They like looking and teasing the boys," said Alieta. "We have queens here and fairy princesses too and we all get along as equals. Now Ginger brought it to my attention that you may be in danger." "Danger why?" asked Aiko. "Well you stole a powerful weapon from your father," said Alieta. Don't you think he will want it back." "Ya but it has been distroyed," said Tiffany. "He doesn't know that," said Alieta. "Well I left while everyone was sleeping," said Aiko. "He doesn't know where to look for me. It took me three days to reach here." "Have you ever heard of trackers? People that can find just about anything or anybody no matter how far away they are," said Alieta. "We have one such person here that has tracked a person though the entire Bad Lands and found kid napped pixies miles away. You must of realised that by wearing that tiara, people would remember you when a tracker reaches here asks some questions." "I never thought of that," said Aiko. "Plus you probably left a money trail too, stopping to eat, feed and water your horse," said Alieta. "Oh no, so you think my dad is on his way here now?" asked Aiko. "Most definately," said Alieta. "Now these are things that Ginger brought to my attention and asked me to do my job as Queen." "Ginger cares that much about me," said Aiko. "We hardly know each other and our first meeting didn't go so well." "Yes she told me and feels very bad how she acted towards you especially after I told her your story," said Alieta. "The thing about Ginger is she has a huge heart and the smartest elf I have ever known. She is my best friend and the only one that can tell me to do my job and when she tells me that, I better do it or something bad is going to happen." "So what is it you are going to do as Queen? asked Tffany. "I am going to make sure nothing happens to this precious girl that save hundreds of elves lives and sacificed her own life style to do it. You are going to live in the palace. You can have your own room or share the room Tiffany has with her sister and Koko which I think would be more fun for all of you." Tiffany and Aiko smiled at each other. "As for your father he will be no match against the defences in place here, even if he brings an army with him," said Alieta. "Personally I would like to have a word with him and tell him the staff has been distroyed. Hopefully he will raise his sword to me and we know what will happen to him next." "Yep shot dead from the air by your sprites," said Aiko. "Then my mother will be free of him too and take over as ruler. She is nothing like my dad." "So I take it you want to live in the palace," said Alieta. "Yes yes please!" said Aiko all excited. "Good so with the powers given to me as queen I hereby welcome you as the newest resident of Fae Land," said Alieta. How was that for doing my job?" "Wonderful, said Aiko then she grabbed Alieta and gave her a big hug. "Oops, sorry, was it okay I hugged you?" asked Aiko. "Just fine, said Alieta. "There is nothing wrong with bringing two hearts together." 63 illustration goes here "Lets go tell my sister and Koko the good news then we need to get you some more clothes from the wardrobe room plus something for sleeping in," said Tiffany. "Do you think Sabrina won't mind me sharing the room with her?" asked Aiko. "She won't mind at all," said Tffany. "We just have to get you a bed to sleep in." "Ginger already sent two elves to put a bed in your room," said Alieta. "No one ever refuses living in the palace and she knew a bed was needed. You will have to share a dresser for now though. We need Lilly to come and create one for you. She will be here at supper time." "Okay no rush," said Tiffany. "Sabrina and Koko, come with us. Aiko is going to be staying with us and we need to get her set up." Both Koko and Sabrina walked over to them. "Is that Aiko?" asked Sabrina. "Yes I am Aiko. Wow you are pretty and really tall," said Sabrina. "I like your tiara!". "Well you can wear it if you want, we can share it," said Aiko. "Really! Okay Koko lets go, our family just got bigger," said Sabrina then grabbed Aiko's hand and took her towards the palace. "Very cleaver of Aiko," said Alieta. "Not really, every girl loves to wear a tiara," said Tiffany. "We both had one with diamonds and rubies but we will never see them again. Anyways I better catch up to them. Neither of them know where the wardrobe room is." Then Tiffany took off after them. Alieta walked over to Ginger. "So how did I do?" asked Alieta. "Just as I expected and even better," said Ginger. "So do you really want the father killed?" "He killed elves for greed and power," said Alieta. "He is no better than an evil wizard or demon. It sounds like he wouldn't think twice killing this own daughter and wife also." "Okay, I did the math and if I am right he will be here either late tonight or more likely some time tomorrow," said Ginger. "Really, that soon?" asked Alieta. "Well it took Aiko three days to get here and she has been here for over half a day now." "The father would of noticed the staff missing when he woke up along with his daughter and her horse missing. "From what you said about her leaving a trail, he won't even need a tracker to find her, just ollow the fresh horse tracks leaving the town then asking questions at every town he comes to. He won't come alone and I bet there will be at least thirty of them with him." "Wow you are smart, even smarter than I thought" said Alieta. "That math sounds correct." "Well actually I did no math except knowing how long Aiko said it took her to get here," said Ginger. "I filled Jasmen in and she took two of her fastest fliers to see where they are. She came back and told me where they were and how many. I'm just a worker, remember, I know nothing about war and battles." Alieta smiled. "Well worker yes but lots more than that," said Alieta then rubbed Ginger's head. "Hey, did you mess up my hair again?" asked Ginger. "Well I tried too but it looks the same to me," said Alieta. "Ya I rarely have to bush it," said Ginger. "Just shake my head and that is good enough. Maybe I have magic hair." "No you have trained it over the years, that's all," said Alieta. 64 illustration goes here After Tiffany and Aiko picked out some clothes in the wardrobe room they all headed to the bedroom. "These will do for now," said Tffany. "Tomorrow we can go shopping in town." "Can I go too?" asked Sabrina. "You have to stay here and keep Koko company," said Tiffany. "Open the door for us Sabrina, our hands are full." They all went in and Tiffany started putting the clothes away in the dresser. "I don't remember that being here before on the chair," said Aiko. "Looks like a stuffed animal. Is that yours Sabrian?" "Nope, I didn't get a chance to bring my dolls and fluffies with me," said Sabrina. Aiko walked over to the chair and sat on the side of the bed. "Very cute looking, it's a stuffed tiger cub, "said Aiko. "Maybe one of the elves in here left it for Sabrina." She went to pick it up but as soon as Aiko touched the cub, it's eyes opened then jumped up on all fours. "Um. it's not stuffed, it's alive," said Aiko. Koko ran over to the tiger cub standing on the chair. "Trigger! When did you get here?" asked Koko. "I don't know, where is here?" asked Trigger. "This is our bedroom," said Koko. "Hi Koko, you live in a bedroom now?" asked Trigger. "No, we sleep in here at night," said Koko. "Your in Fae Land now!" "Okay, where ever that is," said Trigger. "I was suppose to say something when I got here. I can't remember a lot of stuff other than you and the fairies plus playing a lot. Oh ya. Oh am for Aiko and something else. I can't remember the rest, what's a Aiko?" "I'm a Aiko, I mean my name is Aiko. You are for me?" "Yep, that is what Gabriel told me before I fell asleep," said Trigger. "I don't understand," said Aiko. "I'll tell you latter," said Tiffany. "Looks like we just got another Precious to stay with us. Hello Trigger, my name is Tiffany and that is my little sister Sabrina. Welcome to our family." I am part of a family now, does our family have a fairy to feed us. I am really hungry," said Trigger. We have something better," said Koko. "We have a dining room that makes really good tasting food, better than the fairies made us. Can I take Trigger there, please? Trigger is my best friend." "Well as long as you stay there until we come down to get you two, then we need to let Alieta know about Trigger," said Tiffany. "Okay lets go Trigger, follow me," said Koko. "Sally is really nice and will bring us what ever we want." "Really, is she a fairy?" asked Trigger. "Nope she is an elf waitress, way better than the small faires we used to have," said Koko. "Come on before you fall asleep and we have to start all over again." "Okay lead the way Koko," said Trigger then they both ran out of the room. "So Trigger is for me," said Aiko. "How did that happen. "Well it is a bit of a long story but a Precious come to those that lost something important to them like us two that lost our parents," said Tiffany. "Well my parents are still alive but I wish my father wasn't and I am worried about my mother," said Aiko. "Yes I know but I think Trigger is more for Koko seeing they were best of friends before they appeared here," said Tiffany. "Losing a best friend can be hard too. I think you are just her care taker. You just have to make sure she eats a couple times a day and doesn't get hurt. You know, just like a pet." "Oh, I can do that," said Aiko. "So Gabriel is the angel Gabriel wright?" "Yep she sure is, said Tiffany. I think it is going to be fun living here where there so much magic and wonders everywhere," said Aiko. "I just got to get used to it." I don't think we ever get used to it," said Tiffany. "Now lets get the rest of these clothes put away before those two drive Sally crazy." 65 illustration goes here Koko and Trigger went into the dining room that was empty at the moment. "Okay here we are, smells good in here doesn't it," said Koko. "Ya now I am even more hungry," said Trigger. "Well get up on a chair," said Koko. "We have to stand on them seeing they are made for big people. Everybody here is big that I have seen so far." Sally heard voices in the dining room so she came out of the kitchen and saw the two of them. "My goodness, there are two of you now," said Sally. "So what is your name little tiger cub?" "Trigger, Koko said you are better than a fairy and make real good food here and I am very hungry." "Yep a Precious has to eat as soon as they wake up after Gabriel sends them somewhere," said Koko. "What are the specials Sally?" "Well you are too late for the lunch specials and too early for the supper specials but I do have an idea that the both of you should like." "Well as long as it is not veggies again," said Trigger. "That is all the fairies could make with their wands. I am a tiger and Koko is a dragon. We are meat eaters at least I think I am, I can't remember right now." "Yes tigers are meat eaters and will eat just about anything else," said Sally. "What about I put a plate of speghetti and meat balls together that you both can share. You don't want to eat too much because it will be supper time soon and Lilly and Tulip will use their wands to make a nice big supper for everyone." "Okay, meat balls sound good but never heard of speghetti before," said Trigger. "Do you know what it is Koko?" "Nope but it must be fun food with a funny name like that," said Koko. Sally giggled. "Yes it is fun to eat and is very good for you also," said Sally. "I just have to heat a bit up and I will be right back." "Trigger try saying speghetti fast three times." "Are you kidding," I can barely say it once," said Trigger. "I can say meat balls three times fast though. Meat balls, meat balls, meat balls, meat balls". "That was four times," said Koko. "Oh, told you I am hungry. You know that name Lilly sounds familar to me," said Trigger. 66 illustration goes here Tiffany began to walk towards the dining room door when Koko said, "All done." "That was great, said Trigger, thanks Sally." "Yep super good, said Koko, thanks." "Well your both welcome," said Sally." "See very good manners." "Yes and look at the plate," said Tiffany. "Sally picked up the plate then looked at the table top. "Wow this plate is spotless, not a bit of tomato sauce anywhere and same with the table. You two must of been hungry," said Sally. "Well Trigger ate the most," said Koko. "She needed it the more but when it comes to food we don't waiste any. Not even crumbs." "Well then all I have to do is give the table a quick wipe and rinse the plate off then I am done for the day," said Sally. "So will I be seeing you two in the morning?" "Yep if it is okay with Tiffany and Aiko," said Koko. "Okay lets go outside now," said Tiffany. "You have to meet Alieta now." "Who is that?" asked Trigger. "She's the queen," said Koko. "Very nice and very tall too." The three of them headed out of the palace and found Sabrina and Aiko talking to Alieta. "Here they come now Alieta, how were they in the dining room?" asked Aiko. "Actually they were well mannered and I think Sally loves them both," said Tiffany. She gave them spaghetti and meatballs and they licked the plate clean." "Trigger looked at Alieta then looked at the steps. She ran up the steps then jumped on the stone pillar. "There now you don't look so tall to me," said Trigger. "Wow you are the biggest fairy I have ever seen." Alieta smiled. "Well I am not a fairy, said Alieta. "I am a sprite and sprites have wings too but we don't do magic." "Oh, okay, said Trigger. "Tiffany said I had to meet you, do I look okay? Can I stay? I want to stay, I like Sally too, she made really good food. Koko and I are best friends so I really want to stay." "Alieta smiled again. "Yes of coarse you can stay," said Alieta. "I am sure Tiffany just wanted me to see how cute you are," said Alieta. Looks like this family just grew at a fast pace. Do you all have enough space in that room?" "It's a real big room," said Aiko. "We have lots of room." The Precious pets don't take up much space at all." "Good, now tomorrow morning I need you all to stay in the palace. Have breakfast but go back to your room after," said Alieta. "There is going to be some trouble out front." "It's my Dad right?" asked Aiko. "Yes but don't worry, everything is under control," said Alieta. "My sprites are already keeping an eye on them and say they are about a days travel away yet." "So you were right, I did leave an easy trail to follow," said Aiko. "Yes and it is a good thing you did," said Alieta. "After tomorrow you won't have to worry about him again." "Your going to kill him?" asked Aiko. "Not if we don't have to," said Alieta. "I will give him pleanty of chances to leave peacefully." "That word isn't in his vocabulary," said Aiko. "He loves war just like his father did and his father before him. The only reason my mother got married to him was to save her people from being killed when they invaded the town. One thing about my Dad is he is a man of his word and never hurt anyone in my Mom's town. The town did have to become part of Triland that made his territory bigger." "I have dealt with his type before so just remember stay in the palace no matter what you hear," said Alieta. "Ginger will come and let you know when it is safe to come out. In the meantime stay out and enjoy the day. I am sure everyone is going to love to meet Koko and Trigger. Oh that reminds me. There is a fairy here named Lilly that said she knew a Precious named Trigger years ago. Does that name ring a bell with you? "Lilly is here! I remember now, she was very good at making tasty food with her wand and loved to play," said Trigger. "Well you will see her at supper time. Both her and Tulip make great food together," said Alieta. 67 illustration goes here "Sabrina, why don't you take Koko and Trigger over there and play," said Tiffany. Just no catch my tail, I don't want to give you another bath today." Okay, come on you two lets figure out something to play that won't get me dirty," said Sabrina. "Is that possible?" asked Trigger. "I don't know," said Koko. "If she gets dirty you can lick her clean like you always do to yourself." "Okay, good thinking," said Trigger. They then followed Sabrina. "I know she will get a bit dirty but at least she will try some to stay clean," said Tiffany. "Well the palace has lots of hot and cold water so don't worry about us running out," said Alieta. "When Lulu comes by she checks all the levels and fills them back up if needed. Her wand can make water unlike the fairies." "Lulu, who is that?" asked Aiko. "Here have a seat and I will fill you in with some of the amazing people that live in Fae Land," said Alieta. Safire was flying back from Eden with Casper when she spotted everyone outside of the palace. "Good there is some action happening at the palace this time," said Safire. "The new girls are there with Koko." "You haven't met them yet so lets see them first." Okay, Koko is the small green one on the ground right? asked Casper. "Yep, she is a Precious like I told you about," said Safire. "So is the little tiger a Precious too?" asked Casper. "Um, I guess so, I have never seen that one before," said Safire. They flew down and Safire jumped off of Casper. "Hi Sabrina. I brought Casper over for you to meet." Both Koko and Trigger ran behind Sabrina. "What is that? It is huge and has a pointy horn on it's head," said Trigger. "No need to be afraid," said Sabrina. "That is Casper and he is a unicorn. A unicorn won't hurt you." I never seen a real unicorn before. You are so magnificent looking." "Thankyou dear you are very pretty too," said Casper. Casper layed down on the grass so the two small animals would be less nervous. "Okay so if a unicorn won't hurt anyone then what is with the sharp horn?" asked Trigger. "That is for magic," said Safire. "Casper is very magical and can fly as you saw." "I like magic, said Trigger. I can fly too," said Koko. "Not that fast and not very high. My wings get tired fast, they are only little wings. Good for flying up onto a tree branch though and looking around." Koko whispered something into Trigger's ear that made her eye's open wide. "What did you tell her?" asked Safire. "Not much, just that you are the Queen of the Blue Fae and are super strong," said Koko. Koko said you were funny and told jokes too," said Trigger. "Can you tell me some jokes?" "I can, I love making people laugh," said Safire. Sabrina went beside Casper and began to pat him as Safire started to tell jokes. 68 illustration goes here "Tiffany and Aiko are looking over here so we better go over and let them meet you also," said Safire. "Okay," said Casper. "It was nice meeting you two, said Safire. We will be seeing a lot of each other now, my room is across the hall from yours." "Really, Casper has a bed in there too?" asked Trigger. "No silly, horses sleep on the ground," said Koko. "Have you got a nice soft carpet in your room like ours?" Safire smiled. "Actually Casper stays in the stable over there at night," said Safire. "Casper is too big to fit through the palace door." "Oh, I was wondering about that," said Koko. "What is a stable?" "Never mind Safire. I will take them over and show them," said Sabrina. That way they can see all the horses and I won't get dirty doing that." "Horses are in a stable?" asked Trigger. "Big ones like Casper?" "Yes but lets just go see and stay beside me. No running off," said Sabrina. "We won't," they both said together. Safire and Casper walked over to where Tiffany and Aiko were waiting with excited faces. "Here he is, said Safire. Just don't try and get on him, only I can ride Casper." Safire stood back and watched these two princesses adoring Casper. "Hm, mabe if I grew a horn I would get the attention that Casper gets," said Safire. "Not such a good idea, devils have horns and you don't want to look like a devil," said Tiffany. "Have you ever wished you had a unicorn?" asked Tiffany to Aiko. "I think every little girl wanted one and a fairy," said Aiko. "It's like a fantasy land here." "Well Fae Land is a land of magic and fantasy," said Safire. "You will see the most remarkable things here. It's never boring here that is for sure." Alieta want to talk to Safire about the up coming small army approaching so she called her over. 69 illustration goes here "Yes Alieta, what's up?" asked Safire. "I just wanted to let you know that there is going to be some trouble here in the morning," said Alieta. "Trouble, what kind of trouble?" asked Safire. "Well early this morning when Aiko first arrived she had a wizard's staff that she stole from her fater the King of Triland, said Alieta. Her father was using it to kill other elves from different clans. This made Aiko very sad and before going to bed she prayed to God to make him stop. Aiko said she had a dream that night and a voice told her to take the staff and bring it to the land of magic. Now I had Merlin distroy the staff but it took Aiko three days to get here and she didn't realise she was leaving a trail that could be easily followed." "Okay so if the staff is gone, there is nothing to worry about," said Safire. "Yes that is true but Aiko's father does not know that and put a small army together to get the staff back from his daughter once they reached here," said Alieta. Aiko never heard of Fae Land before and neither did her father so he probably is thinking that his daughter will be hiding in a small village." Safire smiled. "He is going to get a big surprise when he gets here," said Safire. Yes but Aiko said her father is very war like and won't believe the staff was distroyed seeing only a wizard can distroy it," said Alieta. "Jazmen has heen tracking them with a few other sprites and will be up above me when we meet. Jazmen will shoot him dead if he even raises a sword to me. Hopefully when the king is dead the army of elves will go back home. I will not have my sprites kill any elves. Jazmen will scare them off if they try to attack with two hundred armed sprites." "Look at you being your old self again," said Safire with a smile. "What do you mean?" asked Alieta. "Back during the great wars you lead and planned many battles and never lost and spared as many as you could," said Safire. Now you are doing it again and not using any of the heros to scare them off, just your winged army like the good old days." Alieta smiled. "There is one favor I ask of you. I want in on the plan," said Safire. "In what way?" asked Alieta. "I want to be standing beside you in my elf outfit with a nice shinny sword," said Safire. "I will say nothing but if Jazmen misses, I will cut off his head like an orc's." "Jazmen never misses," said Alieta. I know but at least I will have a sword to hold and look mean and dangerous and keep giving him dirty looks," said Safire. Alieta laughed. "Yes you can be by my side," said Alieta. "You could take care of all of them by your self but like I said I don't want any other elves killed." I know and would never hurt an elf. There is no elf alive that could even touch me anyways, including my own elves underground," said Safire. 70 illustration goes here Chapter 8 "Hey Casper, wait out here. I'm going in the palace to pick out a nice sword," said Safire. "It will be supper time soon anyways." Then Safire ran in the palace. "Aiko walked over to Alieta. "Is it true what you said about Safire?" "You could hear us talking from over here?" asked Alieta. These may not be hybreed sprite ears but they are elf ears and can hear good too," said Aiko. "So what about Safire did you over hear me saying?" asked Alieta. "The part about her being able to take care of the entire army by herself," said Aiko. "Well yes that is very true," said Alieta. "Safire is the strongest of the Blue Fae. She is at least twenty times stronger than a male human and is an expert with a sword plus extremely fast on her feet. I have seen her in action a couple of times. The latest was when we were being attacked by an army of Orcs. Must of been over a thousand of them. I sent a messenger down the tunnel to get Safire's help and she came out of the tunnel with all of the Blue Fae. They hate Orcs with a passion and she ordered me and my troops to stay out of the battle and let them have their fun." "Fun! Fighting Orcs was fun to her?" asked Aiko. "They are huge." "Yes and slow compared to the Blue Fae, said Alieta. "I watched her and her army running and jumping all over the place amoung the Orcs. Heads were flying off everythere. In less than thirty minutes the Orcs tried to retreat but Safire yelled no mercy, kill them all then they chased them down and cut the heads off every last Orc. Once I saw Safire jump up and spin cutting off five Orc heads at once. When all was done we had a celebration and I had food brought out for those that didn't go back down the tunnel. Safire stayed the longest telling her jokes to everyone and from that day on we became very good friends." "That is an amazing story, said Aiko. "So with her standing beside you and sprites above, you are in no danger at all," said Aiko. "True, don't even need the sprites but I don't want Safire killing an evil elven king, that is the job of the winged army. Safire is fearless and when you are friends with her she will stop at nothing to eliminate the threat and can do it fast," said Alieta. "Well I am going to sleep well at night knowing she is just across the hall from us", said Aiko. "I have to tell Tiffany that story." Then she ran back. Alieta walked up the steps some and sat down. She saw Lilly flying over so she called Trigger over. "Yes Alieta, you called?" asked Trigger. "Look who is coming, do you recognize her?" asked Alieta. "Trigger looked up just as Lilly was landing. Lilly looked down and saw Trigger staring at her tilting her head back and forth. "Trigger, is that you?" asked Lilly. "I remeber now, your Lilly that makes the good food with her wand," said Trigger. "Do you still like to play?" "Well yes but now I am older and have lots if things to do with my sisters," said Lilly. "I wondered what happened to you. "One day I came to see you and I was told you just vanished." "Ya, after my care taker didn't need me anymore Gabriel sent me back to where the little fairies lived. That is where I met Koko, we became best friends," said Trigger. Lilly looked at Alieta and saw Koko laying beside her. "Looks like she is keeping an eye on you," said Lilly. "Yep we do everything together," said Trigger. "We have new care takers now. They are princesses like you." "Well I will make you two anything you want for supper," said Lilly. "Um, I am not hungy. Koko and I ate a big plate of spaghetti and mearballs together not long ago in the dining room," said Trigger. That will do us until morning. "Really, you don't have to eat every few hours anymore?" asked Lilly. "Nope Gabriel fixed me, only have to eat twice a day now," said Trigger. "I'm hungry yelled Alieta, what's on the menu today?" "Tulip asked me to set up the table and it is going to be a surprise. It will be good what ever it is," said Lilly. "I am sure it will be," said Alieta. 71 illustration goes here After Lilly made the table appear, Tulip showed up and made something different this time. "These are called chicken wraps," said Tulip. "Ivy showed me them on her cell phone and seemed easy to make and easy to eat. Inside each thin bread wrap is chunks of chickem, lettus, chopped up bacon, cheddar cheese and a special white sauce. Two should be enough for each of you. I will make sundaes for desert." "Those sound yummy," said Tiffany. "They are, my mother made them all the time for me," said Aiko. "You have to keep one hand on the bottom though or else when you bite into it some of the insides will end up on your lap." Everyone grabbed a plate and took two each plus Lilly made fruit drinks for everyone. Lilly watched Trigger and Koko walking around saying hi to everyone eating and of coarse they got peices of chicken from everyone. "They said they were full," said Lilly. "They are really good, of coarse they are going to have some," said Tulip, "Try one." "Lilly took a bite from one and agreed they were very good." After dinner was over and everyone that wanted desert was finished, everyone went and welcomed Aiko to Fae Land. Trigger stayed right beside Aiko showing everyone that they belonged to each other. The rest of the day went by without any problems and as it began to get dark everyone started to go in the palace and get ready for bed. Safire went in with Aiko and the two sisters plus their pets. Once they reached their rooms Safire said good night to them and went in her room. Inside their bedroom, Tiffany gave Sabrina a camisole to wear then Aiko and her went to the other dresser and took out two bigger camisoles. When they turned around Sabrina was already fast asleep on her bed with Koko sleeping beside her and Trigger was sleeping on Aiko's bed. "Well that didn't take long," said Aiko. "It has been a busy day for everyone," said Tiffany. "Are you worried at all about what is going to happen tomorrow?" "Not really," said Aiko. "With super elf standing beside Alieta, she wont get hurt and if my Dad ends up dead which I hope he does, then my Mom will become the ruling queen of Triland. She will change things very fast to the better." "Your going to miss your mother, I can tell," said Tiffany. Yes I will but I made the decision to steal the staff and come here so I will live with that decision," said Aiko. "Besides I have lots of friends now and a new family." Tiffany smiled. Your mother will always be family and besides we have Pegasus here and he can fly you home to visit in a couple of hours," said Tiffany. Pegasus is real and lives here too? asked Aiko. Yep plus Hercules and a bunch more amazing people, said Tiffany. Okay lets get some sleep. Breakfast is at seven but I have first dibs on the shower." "How if the first one up showers first," said Aiko. "Okay, I can live with that," said Tiffany then they both went to their beds and fell asleep. 72 illustration goes here The next morning at day break Safire got dressed in her elf outfit then grabbed her sword that she cleaned up nicely the day before then went to the dinning room where she found Alieta sipping on her morning coffee. "Okay Alieta, so how do I look?" asked Safire. "You look like Safire in elf clothes," said Alieta. "Ya but I got a sword now," said Safire. "Don't I look scary now?" "Not to me," said Alieta. "I have seen you many times with a sword." "How about now, as Safire tried to make some scary faces." "Alieta started to laugh. Stop it Safire your going to hurt your face. Sit down and have a coffee with me." "Okay, I guess when your as good looking as me, a scary face is out of the question," said Safire then sat down. Now remember you are there just as backup and a scare tactic," said Alieta. "I know but I can't make a scary face," said Safire. "Just stand at attention with a plain face and stare at the king and don't move your eyes off of him. That will intimidate him a lot. Slightly move your sword some as if you are ready to defend me," said Alieta. "Hey that is good," said Safire. "You really know your stuff. Just then Jazmen entered the dining room. "There are four messengers or scouts on their way," said Jazmen. "The king and the rest of the troops are holding back and it looks like the queen is with them." "Okay see what they want," said Alieta. "I need that King in front of me and Safire." "Cool, Safire is joining in on the fun too," said Jazmen. "Yep and I got a sword, do I look scary?" asked Safire as she pointed it at Jazmen." Jazmen smiled, "You always look scary Safire," said Jazmen then she left the room. "She didn't mean that, did she," said Safire. "Nope, we all know and love you Safire. You can't scare us," said Alieta. Outside Jazmen waited for the scouts to get close to Fae Land then flew down and ordered them to stop. "Who are you, we are under orders from the King of Triland to get who ever is in charge of this village and bring them for an audience." Your kidding right," said Jazmen. "You have never heard of Fae Land, the most powerful nation in the world. As for me I am the general of Fae Land's massive army." The elves all looked at each other then one said, "Well maybe the leader can come out here and we will tell the king and queen to meet out here." Nope, Queen Alieta only has audiences in front of her palace. Tell the King and Queen to come to her and not to ride their horses past that point over there. Horses are not allowed on the palace grounds," said Jazmen that was trying his hardest not to laugh. "Wow, lots of rules," said one of the elves. "Okay we will be back soon but our King is not going to like this." Then they turned and headed back. "Poor elves have no clue what they are up against," thought Jazmen. 73 illustration goes here Jazmen went back to the dining room where Alieta and Safire were just getting up to leave. "Okay, they are going back to get their King and Queen," said Jazmen. "I told them horses were not allowed on the palace grounds and you only do meetings in front of the palace so they will be on foot. I am pretty sure I scared the heck out of those four elves." "What you scared them? How did you do that?" asked Safire. I need to know." "I just kept saying no to their demands then told them my rules and kept looking back and forth at each of them," said Jazmen. "I got the feeling they didn't want to be here especially when they saw the size of the palace." "That is all you did to make them scared of you?" asked Safire. "Look my friend, you can be very scary at times and I have seen you scary, said Jazmen. When you see an Orc, man look out. Just hearing the word Orc puts a very mean scary look on your face." "So just think of that King as an Orc," said Alieta. "That will make him scared of you." "Okay I will try that," said Safire. Man I hate Orcs!" Then the three of them headed out. Jazmen flew over to the edge of the Bad Lands and saw that the king was bringing his entire small army of elves with him. She flew back and let Alieta know then flew up above her where there were several other sprites hovering above Alieta and Safire. I a few minutes they saw the King and the Queen walking towards them. "Oh good he brought a aword," said Alieya. "Now remember let Jazmen kill him if he raises that sword at me." "I know, I can follow plans too you know," said Safire. When they reached the two of them they stopped about four feet from them. "Hello I am King George of Triland and this is my wife. We are looking for our daughter that stole something valuable to me. Have you seen her. She looks a lot like my wife." "Yes I have," said Alieta. "Oh so do you know where she is?" asked King George. "Yes I do," said Alieta. "So where is she," asked King George. "In the palace having breakfast with her friends," said Alieta. A smile came on the Queen's face. "Tell her to come out here and bring that staff with her," said King George. "No," said Alieta. King George got an angry look on his face but kept looking at Safire that was staring at him looking very angry. "You have no right to refuse me. That is our daughter and it is my staff that she stole. I demand you bring her out now!," said King George in a loud voice. Then he looked at Safire again that gave Alieta a chance to gester to the Queen to look up. When she did that smile came back on her face. "First of all she told me all about how you have been killing elves with that wizard staff. I should have you put in irons and put on trial for murder," said Alieta. Fae lives are sacred and anyone found killing one is just as bad as an evil wizard or demon." "What you have no authority to do that to me." I will bring in my army in here and have them seach every corner of this palace until I find her and my staff. Anyone tries to stop us we will kill them." "Alieta had him good and mad now but still he hadn't raised his sword at her. "Well there is no staff anymore," said Alieta. "I had it distroyed." "I don't believe you," said the King. "That staff can't be distroyed. The wizard that sold in to me said so." "Believe what you want but it is gone and turned to ashes." "That's it, I am tired of dealing with a smart ass sprite. We are coming in," said King George. Look at the size of this palace, said the Queen. "Don't you think she has an army many times bigger than yours." "Shut up woman, said King George as he smacked her on the face knocking her to the ground, then turned to walk away. Safire jumped over to help the Queen up but not before putting her leg out tripping the King making him fall on his face. "You will pay for that you blue freak, Come wife he ordered." "No, I am staying here to see my daughter," said the Queen. "Have it your way," said the King, "You will die with the rest of them. Then he walked away. "Are you okay" asked Safire. "Ya I will be fine, said the Queen. "That is not the first time he has hit me." 74 illustration goes here "Well I did my job. I am going in and changed back into my normal clothes," said Safire. "Nice to meet you Queen. Beleive me it took everything I had to stop from ripping his head off with my bare hands when he hit you," Then Safire ran in the palace. "That girl, I sensed is special some how, can she really do what she said?" asked the Queen. "Yes she is special," said Alieta. "She is my friend and the Queen of the Blue Fae. A very powerful and strong race of elves. Safire is the strongest and fastest of them all and could very easily do as she said." "A queen! Well she sure was scary looking, I am Queen Katilina." "Well just call me Alieta. I don't like titles, around here, we are all equals in Gods eyes and mine. I just do my best to take care of everyone." Just then an elf came running toward them carring the crown." "Queen Katilina. The king is dead, shot through the heart by just one arrow from above. He saw some sprites flying above us and ordered everyone to fire at them. They were out of range and there was like a hundred of them. We refused to commit suicide so he grabbed a bow and started shooting arrows at them. Suddenly he fell to the ground and when I turned him over there was the arrow, a perfect shot." The elf got down on one knee and raise the crown to Queen Katilina. "You are our Queen and ruler now. God bless the Queen. Queen Katilina went to take the crown then stopped. "Wait," she said then turned to Alieta. "You are the Queen yet you don't wear a crown, why is that?" asked Queen Katilina. "I only wear my crown during weddings and special gatherings," said Alieta. "A crown represents more things than I like and besides it messes up my hair." Queen Katilina smiled then turned back to the elf. "I don't want it. Take it back to the palace," said the Queen. "But we need you to rule," said the elf. "Oh I will rule but not with that crown, I will rule with my heart. And no more Queen Katilina. adress me as Katilina only." The elf smiled then stood up. "What should I tell the others?" asked the elf. "Well Alieta, this is your land, can they come in and rest for a while?" asked Katilina. "We have been traveling for three days barely stopping to rest or eat." "Yes you all may come and be my guests," said Alieta. "You are so kind," said the elf then ran back to tell the others. "So my daughter, she is here correct?" asked Katilina. "Yep, she sure is," said Alieta. Alieta waved to Ginger that was looking out the window. "She will be out in a few moments. I hope she will stay with us seeing I made her a citizen of Fae Land plus she has new friends here and a pet." "A pet, what kind of pet?" asked Kailina. "A Precious pet given to her by the angel Gabriel," said Alieta. 75 illustration goes here "Here she comes now," said Alieta. "I will give you two some space to talk." Aiko saw her mother and ran over to her followed by Trigger. "Mom, I missed you so much. Tell me is he gone for good?" asked Aiko, "Yes, dead as a door nail," said Katilina. "My darling daughter, I have been so worried about you," said Katilina. "What you did was very brave but very dangerous too." Well I think it was God that guided me to do it and brought me here," said Aiko. My, who have you got with you?" asked Katilina. "This is Trigger," said Aiko. "She is a Preicious and very special tiger cub that an angel sent to me. I am her care taker." "So I heard from Alieta but I wasn't expecting something so exotic and cute," said Katilina. "What does exotic mean?" asked Trigger. "My goodhess, she talks," said Katilina, "Yep, does she ever and can be quite funny too," said Aiko. "You are exotic Trigger, wild jungle animals are called exotic." "Oh okay but I am not wild, just playful," said Trigger. "Does your Mom like to play, she is tall like you, very pretty tp like you, can I call you Mom too?" Katrilina smiled. "Yes you can. Maybe Koko would like to call you Mom too said Trigger. She is my best friend." "Koko, who is that?" asked Katilina. "You see those two girls over there, they are sisters," said Aiko. "The little dragon beside them is Koko. Theire parents are dead because of Dad. They were able to get away and traveled here and Alieta took them in and now me too. We all live together in a big room with three beds and stuff. We are like a family." "I see, so I take it you want to stay here," said Katilina. "Well I will leave with you if you ask me too but look around you Mom," said Aiko. There is magic everywhere here with fairies and unicorns. Lots of elves and sprites. So many other things that I haven't seen yet. It is like a wonder land of fantasy here in Fae Land. Have you ever seen anywhere so beautiful." "Well I can safely say I haven't, not even close and it is oviously safe here," said Katilina. Yes you can stay but I will come and visit from time to time once I get things settled back home." "Your the best Mom, said Aiko then gave here mom a hug. "Now you go back with your friends so I can talk to Alieta again," said Katilina. "Tell her I want to talk a bit more." "Okay," said Aiko. "I can stay, I can stay!" she said as she skipped back to Tiffany and Sabrina. "Can I stay too Mom, asked Trigger that was still standing at Katilina's feet. "I would love to take you home with me but I am going to be too busy to take care of you and you belong here so yes you can stay also," said Katilina. "Yeah, I can stay too," said Trigger that tried to skip back like Aiko but was not so good at skipping with four legs. Katilina started laughing. 76 illustration goes here Alieta walked over to Katilina. "Aiko says you want to talk," said Alieta. "Lets do that on the couch." They both sat down and Katilina started. "There are a few things about you that I have never seen in a Queen before and some of them confuse me some," said Katilina. "Well being a Queen has never been my main interest," said Alieta. "Before being crowned Queen here I was the leader of the winged army of sprites. At that time things were very different everywhere and I had never even seen a Queen before so when I became Queen I just continued acting the way I did with my fellow sprites and elves." "And what way was that?" asked Katilina. "Well with love and respect," said Alieta. "As armies, mostly human, tried to invade Fae Land over and over again I led the most powerful army of sprites that could attack from the air out of range of any weapons. I refused to let any people in Fae Land to get hurt so even though there was an army of elves that were experts with the bow and arrow, I made them stay just on the borders of Fae Land in case someone got through. As time went by my army of sprites got bigger, from all the sprites in Cumberland where most sprites came from. After many battles word got out that Fae Land had an invinsible army and could not be defeated so the attacks stopped. Not one sprite or elf ever got injured or killed over all those years." "My goodness, no wonder the people here wanted you as their Queen, said Katilina. "Well that was mostly Gingers' doing, said Alieta. Which one is that, Is she out here?" asked Katilina. "Yep, that very cute elf patting Trigger," said Alieta. "She has a soft spot for animals." "An elf is responsible for you becoming queen, how so?" asked Katilina. "Well she is no ordinary elf, said Alieta. She befriended me back when the battles were going on and always made sure I had food and water to keep up my strength alond with my army. Just lately I found out that she is one of the oldest elves around and unkowingly is responsible for many amazing things that we all take for granted. After the attacks stopped Ginger didn't want me to go back to Cumberland so she gathered a bunch of elves together and had them bring the old palace back to life after being empty for over a hundred years after the prior queen died. Fae Land had no queen for that long." "Why is that?" asked Katilina. "Well that I am not so sure of and before I came to Fae Land, but that is why the human kings wanted to take over Fae Land that is very rich in minerals and food," said Alieta. After the palace was cleaned up inside Ginger secretly sent out messengers, both elves and sprites, to spread the word that a vote was needed by everyone to make me Queen of Fae Land. The next day Ginger sent Jazmen to come and get me and made up some excuse for me to go to the palace grounds. When we reached the palace grounds I saw something that I will never forget. There were hundreds of people all gathered in front of the palace including my entire army. Ginger was on the steps and I flew over to see what the heck was going on. When I stood in front of all these people that must of been every person that lived in Fae Land, everyone went silent. Then Ginger looked at me with those big eyes of hers and smiled. Then she looked at the crowd and started to speak and said. "Today we the people of Fae Land are gathered here to vote for a new Queen. I looked around and saw no one else around except Ginger and I. Then she said "I have nominated the most amazing person that in my opinion that is best suted for this job and will never let the people of Fae Land down. She has the biggest heart I have ever seen and has an undying love of life for all. All those that want Alieta, captain of the winged army to be our Queen, say I and raise your arms and hands. The entire crowd yelled I and all arms and hands reached for the sky. Ginger turned to me and said, "The people of Fae Land love you Alieta and trust you with their lives. Will you take the job?" That is when it happened," said Alieta. "What happened," asked Katilina. "I started to cry, I had never cried before and I felt this amazing feeling in my chest. "Well," said Ginger. "We are all waiting. I looked at Ginger that was smiling at me. You are a sneaky one and I love you with all my heart. Yes I will take the job, I said to her. "Good now tell them," said Ginger. I looked out at everyone then yelled, "Yes I will take the job. I will be your Queen". The crowd went nuts cheering and jumping, hugging each other. Then Jazmen got on the steps holding the crown and placed it on my head. Then said, "With the power invested in me as second in command of the army. I make you Queen of Fae Land. Long live the queen". The crowd all started chanting long live the Queen over and over again. I looked at Jazmen and said. "You were in on this too?" "Yep, your the best Alieta and look they all love you," said Jazmen. And she was right. They were all so happy I was now their Queen. Then Ginger said, "You know what happens after a corrination?" Yes I do and I turned to everyone and yelled out, "Let the party begin!" That was my first party followed by many more. Katlina was all teary eyed and looked at Alieta. That is the most amazing story I have ever heard," said Katilina. You didn't inherit the title you were chosen by the people. That is very special and not heard of anywhere. "So is there any other things you want to know about me?" asked Alieta. "No, that pretty much answerd my questions and cleared any confusion I had," said Katilina. 77 illustration goes here Katilina stood up. "Well here comes my elves, I better go over there and tell them they can rest for a while here," said Katilina. "lieta saw Ivy flying to the cove and stopped when she saw everyone out here. "Wait for a few minutes, I want you to meet someone very dear and important to me," said Alieta. "Really who?" asked Katilina. "Ivy, she is a very powerful forest sprite and is the Queen of the forest and plants of Fae Land. "I have never seen one before but I was told that they just live in the forest and talk to the trees," said Katilina. "Ivy is so much more than that plus extremely smart but she keeps that hidden from most," said Alieta. "I was told that her inner engery is at it's maximum now." "Energy, what kind of energy?" asked Katilina. "Not completely sure but she is very magical unlike any other sprite of any kind." Ivy flew down and said hi to Alieta. "Hi Ivy, what brings you here so early?" asked Alieta with a smile. "Me, what about all these people," said Ivy. "I was on my way to check on the magic in Eden when I saw everyone out here and lots more close to the stable. Usually just you and Ginger are out her at this time." "Well we had a situation this morning but thanks to Jazmen, Safire and myself, it has been all taken care of." "Oh okay, so who is your friend?" asked Ivy. "Have a look at her," said Alieta. "Tell me what you see." "Well is it all right with her. I already can tell she is okay. Can I look?" asked Ivy to Katilina. "Sure, of coarse you can look at me," said Katilina. "No I will look into you," said Ivy. "I am already looking at you silly." "Look into me, sure why not I am game," said Katilina. Ivy, read Katilina for a few seconds then smiled and said done that is enough. "I told you she was okay." "Ya I know I am okay," said Katilina. "Tell her what you found out," said Alieta. "Is that okay with you Katilina?" asked Ivy. "I didn't go that deep and skipped over the very personal stuff, well most of it anyways but I won't say that stuff out load." "Well you can read minds some I see," said Kayilina. "You know my name, go ahead what else did you find out about me?" Well you are the Queen of a place called Triland and just very recently became the ruler like almost now. Your husband died with an arrow in his heart, you hated him anyways." Katilina was shocked. "Go on, this is unbelievable," said Katilina. "Well you have one daughter that you love with all your heart. Her name is Aiko and she is here now. You came here to find just her and cared nothing about some staff ,even though your husband didn't want you to come but you threatened to cut him off what ever that means. You are very pure and clean inside with no secrets except that you are in love with a man named Prince Charles. He is very manly and charming. You consider him the most handsome man in the world. Okay I better stop there, said Ivy. I think I said too much already." "No, that was fine and remarkable," said Katilina. You only looked in me for a few seconds and you saw all that." "You are magical, like Alieta said." "Yep,and I can disappear at will plus fly very fast, faster than all other sprites except Alieta, she is a hybreed sprite and the fastest of all of us, strongest too. So can I go meet your daughter, she is the same age as me? That is her over there beside the new Precious, right?" "Yes please do," said Katilina. 78 illustration goes here "Wow, she is something else," said Katilina. "Very beautiful too." "Most people here say she is the prettiest girl in Fae Land, said Alieta but she says everyone in Fae Land is beautiful and she is not special." "She is modest too then," said Katilina. "Well Ivy has a magic to her that she doesn't realise she has," said Alieta. "Really, what is that?" asked Katilina. "She has a way of making a person feel very good about themselves and it stays with them. It may just be the way she talks to everyone she meets. Ivy never lies. I believe she can't. If she does lie at first she comes clean right away. It's like she talks with her mind, heart and mouth at the same time. To me that must be magic because I can do it for a bit but Ivy does it all the time," said Alieta. "Yes she did make me feel very good when she told me all those things about me," said Katilina. "So this Prince Charles, what is the story about him?" asked Alieta. "Charles is a very handsome man my age, said Katilina. We were dating until the a-hole forced me to marry him. I plan on marring him and having lots of babies. Aiko will love having brothers and sisters. Okay I best go, my elves are getting restless. Well tell them to put the horses in the stable and my elves will feed and water them and I will get Ivy to tell a fairy to come and make some food for them," said Alieta. Then you come back here and we are going to have a royal breakfast together in my dining room." "Really, a royal breakfast," said Katilina. "Well that is what Sally calls it. She is amazing in the kitchen and I put her in charge of it but she still likes to come out and be the waitress," said Alieta. Ivy walked up to Aiko and introduced herself. "Wow I love your hair Aiko," said Ivy. "Really, thanks," said Aiko. "Your a forest sprite correct." "Yep sure am, I take care of things here," said Ivy. "Are all forest sprites as beautiful as you?" asked Aiko. "I guess so, everyone here is beautiful,said Ivy and you Sabrina, did you grow a bit since yesterday?" "I don't no, you think I grew some? No boobs yet and still messy hair though," said Sabrina. "Well the boobs will come soon but your hair looks perfect to me," said Ivy. "Very natural and qute pretty. Frames your pretty face perfectly." Sabrina smiled. "I like you forest sprite Ivy. You make me feel good," said Sabrina. "Well I never lie, I found that if you lie, eventually the truth comes out and then you have a real problem to deal with," said Ivy. "And this must be Trigger, my you are a cutie too like Koko." "Yep Koko is my best friend," said Trigger, "I remember you now, said Koko, You are the girl that read me and made me remember how to talk again." "Yes that was me and where I first met Tiffany. Where is she anyways?" asked Ivy. "Ginger wanted her help to set up a room for Aiko's mom. She figures Alieta will ask her to stay the night," said Sabrina. "Ginger figures right, said Ivy. She went down on one knee then began to scratch under Trigger's neck that made her start to purr. "I'm next, said Koko. That looks like it feels good." "Oh ya it feels purrrfect," said Trigger. 79 illustration goes here "Well I best be going to the cove and check on things," said Ivy as she stood up. "Ivy can I see you before you go?" asked Alieta. "Okay, be right there," said Ivy. "Now I will be back and we will play some and I know of some toys that you two will like." "Toys, what are toys?" asked Trigger. "Very fun things, you will see," said Ivy then walked over to Alieta. "Isn't she wonderful and she likes to play too," said Trigger. "Ya and she is going to bring toys with her what ever they are," said Koko. Sabrina turned around to Aiko. "We have two nuts for pets, don't we," said Sabrina. "Yes, it seems that way," said Aiko. "Ivy Katilina's elves have been traveling for three days and I want you to ask a fairy to come and make them some food to eat," said Alieta. "I know it is early but they are hungry and thirsty." "Okay I will find someone," said Ivy. "You know fairies are always ready to please." Thanks Ivy so will we see you at lunch time?" asked Alieta. "Yep I promissed Koko and Trigger I would come back and play with them. I think they really like me," said Ivy. Then she flew off to the cove. "Everyone really likes you Ivy," said Alieta. Katilina came back and said every thing is organized now. "They are very happy with me being their Queen now and even happier to know food is on the way." "Good, afterwards they can all rest and take a nap if they like," said Alieta. "Now follow me into the palace and lets eat. I missed breakfast and I am starving." They both went into the palace then down the hall to the dining room. "This place is huge inside and so clean," said Katilina. "My palace is small and dusty. George was too cheep to hire enough elves to keep things cleaner." "Okay here we are," said Alieta. Have a seat and I will call for Sally." "Sally heard her name called and came out to see who it was. "Hi Alieta, must of missed you this morning," said Sally I see you brought a quest." "Yes I had something to take care of early this morning," said Alieta. "This is Katilina, the Queen of Triland. "Wow, Aiko's Mom, very nice to meet you," said Sally. "Very nice to meet you too," said Katilina. Alieta told me you are very good in the kitchen." "Yep, I know a thing or two about cooking," said Sally. "So will it be the royal breakfast special Alieta?" "You bet and double up on the bacon," said Alieta. "Okay, the girls were down here earlier and all had the regular breakfast special," said Sally. Koko and Trigger both had the same and didn't leave a crumb. I just haven't figured out how to make it easier for them to eat in here. The table is too high and they have to stand on the chairs just to reach the plate. They are very polite and very cute so I don't want to feed them on the floor." "Why don't you buy them a children's tea table set," said Katlina. Aiko used to love her's until she grew out of it." "That is a great idea, said Sally. I wonder why I never thought of that." "Well have you been a mother?" asked Katilina. "No, never," said Sally. "Well when you have your own children you will get familar with the things available for little people," said Katilina. "Oh it would be so nice to have my own children" said Sally. "Anyways, two royal specials coming up." Then Sally went back to the kichen. "She sounded like it was unlikely she would ever have children," said Katilina. "Well there are next to no male elves here and those that are here are taken," said Alieta. "Well that is definately a problem," said Katilina. "There are pleanty of male elves among the three clans back home. Mostly single due to the fueds that have been going on. Leave it with me and let me get this fueding stopped first. From what I have seen so far there lots of very pretty girl elves here." "Yes like Ivy says, everyone in Fae Land is beautiful." "What are they fueding about?" asked Alieta. "Actually, I don't think they remember anymore," said Katilina. "They have been feuding for so long now, it has just become a part of life to them." Sally came out with their breakfast. "Here we go, enjoy. Did I hear you correctly. You have boys where you are from?" asked Sally. "Yes we do, said Katilina. You have good ears." "Yep elf ears. I don't care what he looks like, he just has to be nice to me and love children," said Sally. "I am not getting any younger you know." "Sally, your not even a hundred years old yet," said Alieta. "I know, but I am still not getting any younger," said Sally. "Wait until I tell my friends boys are coming. Then she went back into the kitchen. "Um does she have many friends," asked Kayilina. "Oh yes, tons," said Alieta. "Well I better move fast with this then," said Katilina. "Me and my big mouth." "No, it was your big heart talking," said Alieta. "Okay lets eat, this looks great." 80 illustration goes here Chapter 9 "Well that was very good," said Katilina. "I almost finished all of it." "Ya me too," said Alieta. Sally believes too much is better than not enough." Well there are thirty of my elves out there. Can one fairy feed all of them?" asked Katilina. "No problem," said Alieta. "Just Tulip and Lilly used to keep food out all day during the Harvest Festival when we used to have it," said Alieta. "There would be over a hundred people there at any given time." "Well then thirty elves will be no problem," said Katilina. "Now you said to Sally, that she is still young at one hundred years old. To me that makes her just under half her life span. How long do the elves live for here? You talked about Ginger being one of the oldest elves but she looks not a day over twenty five." "Well you see, in Fae Land there has been white magic coming from Eden for many years," said Alieta. "The magic has been getting stronger and spreading for just as long. White magic is God's life essence made from his love. People that live in Fae Land will start to feel the effects of this magic in a very short amount of time." "So this magic is like a fountain of youth or something?" asked Katilina. "More like something," said Alieta. "You see the pure white magic effects the body in many ways. First is you will never get sick, not even get the common cold. Next is your body will heal it's self very quckly except for broken bones that need to be set back in place first. A cut will be healed in one day. A fractured bone or reset bone in three days." "Wow, that is amazing," said Katilina. Yes but the best part is the magic gives long lives to mortals extending their lives many times over and a person stops physically aging at around twenty five give of take a year or two. Ginger is older than me and has spent most of her life here even before Fae Land was named Fae Land." "So how old are you then, if you don't mind me asking?" asked Katilina. "Well not exactly sure, I lost track a long time ago but over a thousand years old, probably longer but sprites are everlasting and will never die if they are not killed or have a deadly accident." "Ginger is more that a thousand years old!" said Katilina. Sally came back into the room. "Excuse me you two but I heard there are thirty elves outside being fed by a fairy," said Sally carring a tray with a big jug of water on it. Yes that is correct, said Alieta. "Well fairies can't make water and your girls will need water to wash the food down plus water is the giver of life. A person can live for a week with no food but after two days with no water, you are sure to die from dehydration. Candy, Beth and Jill are in the kitchen so if you need anything else just call for them. "They know I am outside then going to town to see if I can find a child's tea cup table and chairs set." Then Sally left. "Didn't she say my girls will need water?" asked Katilina. "Yes she did," said Alieta. "Well over half of my elves are men and very strong good looking ones, said Katilina. All single too. Those boys get a look at her and she is going to become very popular among them very fast." "What about the girl elves you have. Are they not single?" asked. "Yep they are but very tough and rough looking, far from as beautiful as your Sally. I have a feeling one of my elves will not be travelling back home with me." Alieta started to laugh. "Sally wanted to meet just any guy no matter how he looked and now she is walking into a big group of handsome men that are single," said Alieta. Talk about having ones prayers answered in a big way." "Ya that is funny how that happened so quickly," said Katilina. "It's like God was listening to us here." "Nope not God, me," said Fillina that just appeared out of nowhere. "I made sure she could hear you two talking. A little volume adjustment you might say." 81 illustration goes here When Sally got outside she saw that the elves were not all out front of the palace like she thought they would be. Instead she saw them all sitting down over by the stables. "Okay take my time and watch my step, I don't want to trip," Sally thought to herself. She started walking slowly towards the stable and saw Lilly was there making food for them all. She was getting closer now but the tray with the jug on it was getting heavy now because of the way she had to hold it. Her foot hit a small rock and she almost tripped spilling a bit of water from the jug. "Wow that was close," thought Sally. An elf saw Sally and that she was having some difficulty carring the jug and tray so he got up and ran over to her. "Here let me help you with that," said the elf and took the tray from Sally. She looked at him and said, "Your a boy elf." "Yes last time I looked," said the elf with a smile. "And you are a very beautiful girl elf." Sally started to blush. "You think I am beautiful?" asked Sally. "Of coarse, you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. My name is Jaydren, yours must be Goddess." "No silly my name is Sally, short for Sally-Anne." "Well Sally thanks for bringing us all some water. Would you like to join us for some brunch?" asked Jaydren. Um is there more boys there?" asked Sally. "Yep but don't worry about them, just sit beside me and they won't bother you. Everyone is watching Lilly and are amazed to see a fairy for the first time." "Okay, if you say so," said Sally. They got to the circle of elves and Jaydren put the tray down in the middle of the circle. Okay all, self serve water here when you want some." "Lilly can you make a bunch of plastic cups for them. I couldn't carry anymore," said Sally. "You got it Sally," said Lilly. She then went to the jug and made a couple stacks of cups. 82 illustration goes here Jaydren took Sally by the hand and brought her where his plate of food was. "So what would you like to eat?" asked Jaydren. "Lilly will make what ever you want." "I know but I am not hungry. I am in charge of the kitchen in the palace and have already eaten," said Sally. "Oh so you can cook then. I am not so good at cooking," said Jaydren. "Yep I love cooking for people," said Sally. "Making food for them makes them happy which makes me happy too. Why does everyone keep looking at me?" "Well look at the other girl elves here. They are nowhere near as pretty as you," said Jaydren. "Sally looked around and saw that most of the girls were very hard looking with messy hair. The guys on the other hand were all pretty good looking." "Okay, a shower and a shampoo, and they would look better," said Sally. "It would take more than that, said Jaydren. "These girls love to fight for some reason. Well I have had enough to eat. Let me thank Lilly then have a drink then we can go over there by that apple tree and talk some more before you have to go back to the palace." He brought his plate with him and placed it beside the jug of water then had a drink. Thanks for the food Lilly it was very good," said Jaydren. "Your very welcome," said Lilly. "Would you like some desert?" "No I am full," said Jaydren. Sally and I are going to talk more beside the tree over there." Lilly looked and saw the tree and didn't remember seeing it there before. "Okay be nice to her, she has lots of friends and is one of the special ones." "What do you mean special ones?" asked Jaydren. "She can cook and likes to feed people," said Lilly. "Don't you think that is special?" "Yes that is very special," said Jaydren. And that makes you special too then." Lilly smiled. He walked back over to Sally. "Okay lets go over by that apple tree there and we can talk with nobody looking at you," said Jaydren. How do you know that is an apple tree?" asked Sally. "I see no apples." "I will tell you when we get there'" then Jaydren took Sally's hand again and led her to the tree and they sat down. "So you see I know a lot about fruit trees," said Jaydren. My Grandfather used to own a orchard and I helped him with it. He taught all about the different types of fruit trees and how to lell them apart." "So you are a fruit tree expert then," said Sally. "Yes I guess I am," said Jaydren. I cam tell by the shape of the leaves and if you take a leaf and crack the stem open you can smell the hink of apple." "Wow I didn't know that." said Sally. "How would you like to come with me to town? I have to find a children's small tea table set," said Sally. "So you are married with kids?" asked Jaydren. "No not me, there are two adorable Precious pets that live in the palace and they love to eat but the table in the dining room is too big for them. Katalina told me a chilfrens table set would be perfect for them." "Okay I get it. Give them their own table to eat at," said Jaydren. Yep, that's the plan," said Sally. "Come let me get my horse from the stable and we can go." "Well my horse is being fed and watered and looks like groomed too," said Jaydren. Sally smiled. Ya us elves treat horses with respect," said Sally. "We can't fly like sprites or pixies so treat them right and they will treat you rright. We can both go on my horse. You can drive." They went and got Sally's horse then took off across the palace grounds. 83 illustration goes here Alieta and Katilina both stood up. "So it was you that made it so Sally could over hear us talking?" asked Alieta. "Yes sure did," said Fillina. "Katilina is right, Fae Land does have a problem here. God did what he could to try and get more male elves here like there is in the human population but places with male elves are too far away. And over ninty percent of the elves here are girls. They can't make babies by themselves you know. You Katilina have all the male elves that are close enough to help solve this problem. God figured I would be better at getting things going than him because I am a woman and know how women think. Plus I knew all about your area with all the clan fights." "Um who is this woman Alieta?" asked Katilina. "Well brace yourself but this is Fillina, God's helper and girlfriend," said Alieta. She is a god also just not as powerful as the creator." "What, there are two Gods and you are God's girlfriend? That is hard to believe." "Well it is true," said Alieta. "So what is going on with my Sally," right now? "You don't have to worry about her," said Fillina. "She just met the most beautiful male elf named Jaydren. Wonderful boy with a heart of gold. I made a small rock appear under her foot which almost made her trip with the water, while walking over to the stables. Jaydren saw her and came to her rescue like I knew he would. They are on their way to town now, both on Sally's horse to try and fine a children's tea set table but they may not find one because there is no call for one here. They would have to go to Cumberland to find kid toys or maybe in the north town where most the human women shop. Just get a fairy to make one for Gabriel's little Precious pets. Sally has been praying for a long time to have her own family so I answered her prayers and many other elves here want the same thing. It took me a lot to get the ball rolling with Aiko. But all is working out perfectly now. I can make a pretty good God too you know." "I have to sit back down," said Katilina. "This is a lot to process." "Well let me help you said," Fillina. "Once King George obtained that staff, that we had nothing to do with. God got very angry with him but he can't interfere with free will but I can. I was going to strike him dead as soon as he began killing elves with it but God said I needed to be smart about what I was to do which if you have talked to God he never comes straight out and tells you what to do. Now once I heard Aiko's prayer to stop her father from killing, it all came to me like a huricane crashing into the coast. I wispered to her in her dream to steal the staff, take her mother's armour and money in her top dresser drawer then head north to the land of magic. Now she was never in any danger with me watching her every step but I made sure King George would be following her trail and you Katilina finaly stood up to him and made him take you with him. Unfortunately some girls got drafted into the small army he put together but I made sure Jaydren got included. He is the smartest of them all and will be very useful here later on. Then I let Alieta take over and do her thing with Aiko and I figured she would come up with a way to get rid of King George the next day. By the way he his in hell now. His soul didn't even raise up an inch to be judged. God just pushed him straight down. So that is where we are at now and the ball is in Katilina's court now. Have you got any questions?" "Um just one. If you are down here doing all this stuff, where is God?" asked Katilina. "He is working on another project far away, it is a big world you know, said Fillina. We meet every night in heaven at tell each other what we did during the day. He is such a sweat heart and always lets me go first. You will meet him soon enough." "I will meet God! What will I say to him?" asked Katilina. "Start with "Hello" that is a good ice breaker," said Fillina. "Okay I am off and going to check on the two love birds. See you two later," then Fillina vanished. "You know Alieta I think I need a drink and not fruit juice," said Katilina. "I got just the thing, said Alieta in my wine cellar." 84 illustration goes here Sally and Jaydren were in town going from store to store looking for a childrens table with not too much luck. "I should of guessed there would be nothing for kids in this part of town, said Sally. No children so why sell things for them." "You mean there are no kids in Fae Land?" asked Jaydren. "Well not elf children," said Sally. "There are lots in the human colony but they all go to Cumberland and the north town to buy most of there stuff. That is too far away to go to right now. Well I might as well go in the grocery store and pick up a few things for home." "They went in the store and began to look around. Jaydren saw the girl behind the counter watching him closely. He looked beside the counter and spotted a small table set. "Sally, look over there, is that what you are looking for?" asked Jaydren. Sally looked and saw the table and chairs then ran over. "This is perfect," said Sally. "Miss is this table for sale?" "It is Mrs. and yes it is," said the lady. "It used to be my daughter's but she is too big for it now." "How much is it?" asked Sally. "Give me an offer, said the lady. "Okay, how about ten dollars no twenty dollars," said Sally. "Twenty is a bit much for it," said the lady. "Don't matter I want it and it looks like new," said Sally. "Okay then, twenty dollars it is then," said the lady. "One problem Sally, said Jaydren. We have one horse and there is a table and four chairs that need to be transported." "Well I can have it delivered for another five dollars," said the lady. "The elven village isn't that far from here." "No it has to be delivered to the palace dining room," said Sally. "Really, I was unaware there were children living in there now," said the lady. "There isn't, this is for two Precious pets that live in the palace now. They are so adorable and funny," said Sally. "They are very polite and never leave anything on their plates." "They can talk? What kind of pets are they?" asked the lady. "I told you, Precious pets," said Sally. "One is a small dragon and the other is a small tiger cub. Gabriel the angel sent them down from heaven I think." The lady turned to Jaydren. "Has she been drinking?" asked the lady. "Nope and if Sally says they came from heaven then that is where they came from," said Jaydren. She is in charge of the kitchen in the palace and I dought they allow drinking this early in the day there. "Hmm, you must be the girl that gives the list of items needed for the kitchen to Ginger," said the Lady. "She says you are the best cook and server they have ever had. In that case, all deliveries to the palace are free anyways, this will be put on the palace account seeing it is for the dining room. It will be there a bit later today." "Perfect, Koko and Trigger are always the first ones down in the morning for breakfast. They will be so surprised and happy to see there own table," said Sally. "Okay lets go, I'll treat you to a milkshake at the Pancake Shop down the street." Then they left. "Now that is one very handsome man she has there. I wonder where he came from, thought the lady. Those two are going to have beautiful babies together." 85 illustration goes here Alieta sent one of the girls from the kitchen down to get one of her bottles of champagne from down in the wine cellar then bring it outside to couch for them along with a couple of glasses. "It is a nice day so lets go outside and enjoy it," said Alieta. "We can watch what everyone is doing out there and you may get to meet some more people here." "Okay, you lead the way," said Katilina. They went out side and got comfortable on the couch then the elf came out with the bottle and glasses. "Where should I put these," asked the elf. Fillina appeared and made a table in front of the couch. "Right there will be fine," said Fillina. The elf smiled then went back in the palace. "Fillina, your back," said Katilina. "Yep, I figured I would join you two for a day cap," said Fillina. "A day cap, what is that?" asked Katilina. "The opposite of a night cap of coarse," said Fillina. "So what do you have there Alieta?" "This is that very good tasting champagne that we got from Granada," said Alieta. "Ginger and I like to have a glass every night before going to bed." "Oh yes from that wine shop there. Big store with hice girls working inside," said Fillina. "The only wine I have drank is God's wine. A bit too dry for my liking." "Well this wine is sweet and bubbly and goes down easy," said Alieta. "Thing is I forgot to ask her to bring the cork screw." "Who needs one," said Fillina then pointed her finger at the bottle and the cork flew up into the air and Katilina caught it. "Good catch girl, said Fillina. Now I need a chair and a glass." She made herself both then sat down. "There so do the honors Alieta seeing it is your champagne." Alieta poured out three glasses and gave them each a glass. Fillina stretched out her legs onto the table. "Okay cheers everyone," said Alieta then they all took a sip. "This is good, said Fillina. "Yes I like it too especially the bubbles," said Katilina. "So Katilina, I realise I threw a lot of stuff at you in the dining room but I was in a hurry to catch up with Sally and Jaydren which by the way actually did find a small table and chairs. Talk about luck," said Fillina. "Well yes I figured you were telling the truth seeing you knew every fact of what happened but, meetng a God, the creator's girl on top of everything just happened today was a bit much all at once." "Yep, hence the wine to let it all sink in," said Alieta. "Yep grapes was one of the first fruits the Fairy Nymphs made once they got it right, God made sure that these plants became available all over the world," said Fillina." "After that he created apple trees himself but we had to move on to bigger things so he let the Fairy Nymphs make new trees and plants for him. Besides the Triffies only had veggies to eat so fruit was a welcomed treat." "What are Triffies?" asked Katilina. "The very first beings God created on earth," said Fillina. "I thought Adam was the first then Eve, said Katilina. That is what the bible says." "Ya I know and writen by humans, How would they know what happened at the begining of life on earth. Humans came much later after many trials and errors. The second part of the bible is more acurate but still hyped up a lot. Take the start of that book. Humans have no clue how the universe was created. It starts off saying God first created light and saw it was good. That is very wrong. First came God then came the vast empty universe. Then he created the first super sun that exploded and sent plasma and magma everywhere. Then he created me to help him reshape the universe and get planets started. Let me tell you the entire universe didn't get created in seven days. More like millions of years and he is still working on it with the overlords. That wine was good, can I have another glass Alieta." "Yep help yourstelf," said Alieta. Ya I need another glass too," said Katilina. "Look girl all this stuff is way above you and all other mortals," said Fillina. "Just believe what you want and know that God loves you and will do his best to make sure good things happen to the deserving. I simplified the events for you that's all and don't ask me what are overloards, that all happened befor her created me." Katilina smiled. "Well what you said sure makes more sense," said Katilina. "Yep I was there and saw it all happen," said Fillina. "Now the key to peace and long life is with elves." "Really, how is that, asked Katilina. "Well you don't know about the other reality where Granada is that Alieta mentioned. There are no elves there and never were, just humans. You have no idea how messed up things got there over and over again for centuries. Humans tend to forget how bad things got in the past after a few generations and make the same mistakes over again. Now when God created this reality with elves in it he gave them long life and much more durable plus smarter than humans. When elves mess up they never forget it and pass that knowledge to their children and they do the same. You will never see armies of elves from one part of the planet trying to take over the world. Elves are family oriented and are content living simpler lives in peace with each other. The mother and father of an elf family will never leave each other and split up the family like humans tend to do." "Hey I was told that elf fathers only stay with the family until the child is old enough to go out on there own then the two go there separate ways, said Alieta. Well here yes because almost every male elf got killed during the great wars until you came along with your winged sprites. What men were left had to move on you keep the DNA pool spread out." "It's true Alieta. Elves where I come from mate for life," said Katilina. "Yep and you watch as elves start making families here in the most magical and safest land anywhere, there is going to be so much love here which keeps the magic strong. "You are one heck of a girl, arn't you and not that scary at all," said Kayilina. "Well at one time I tried to be a bit scary but that didn't work out seeing I am so flipping gorgeous, even with my big black wings showing," said Fillina. "Ask Alieta. she saw them." "Yep not scary at all," said Alieta that was really enjoying the conversation between these two. "You have wings too, what do they look like?" asked Katilina. "Like this," said Fillina. She stood up and made her wings appear. "They are black angel wings," said Katilina. "Very beautiful too, you can't scare anyone with angel wings." "Ya I kinda figured that out when I came here," said Fillina. 86 illustration goes here "Well I have to go, I hear God calling for me. He must need some help with something," said Fillina. "Thanks for the wine Alieta and remember Katilina, elves are the key. Your elves back home are already re-adjusting with King George not there." Then Fillina vanished. "What did she mean by re-adjusting?" asked Katilina. "Not sure, she talks like God sometimes," said Alieta. "Says little making you figure it out." "Well she sure said a lot today so far," said Katilina. "Ya she does have the gift of gab but it very interesting to listen to," said Alieta. "Come with me back into the palace, "I have an idea that I think you will like." "Really like what?" asked Katilina. "A new look, those clothes make you look like a warrior. You need to look like a good queen now and I have the perfect outfit for you. Put down your glass, this won't take long." They both headed back into the palace and met Safire coming out. "Safire could you please do us a favor and make sure no one drinks all our wine outside?" asked Alieta. "Guard the wine, got it Alieta, said Safire. "I will guard it with my life," then went outside. "What a nut, see she is, not scary at all," said Alieta. "Nope and sure doesn't act like a queen," said Katilina. "Well only when she needs to," said Alieta. Alieta took Katilina to her room and opened her closet. Now this is what a queen's room should look like," said Katilina. "I am going burn the bed in my room and buy all new stuff." Alieta smiled then pulled out a dark red outfit. "Now put this on," said Alieta. "This was given to me by a nobleman years ago. I like the style but red isn't my colour." Katilina changed into the new outfit then looked at herself in the mirror. "Wow I look great in this," said Kayilina. So you like it then, said Alieta. "Very much, now all I have to do is somethimg with my hair," said Katilina. "Well we can work on that later but now go back out and make sure Safire hasn't drank all the wine," said Alieta. "I need to use the washroom then I will get another bottle out of the kitchen's ice box. Champagne tastes best cold." Katilina went back outside and found Safire on the couch and Ivy sitting on the chair. "Hi Katilina, no one touched the wine," said Safire. "Ivy wanted to but I told her I had to guard it. She has just been sitting there staring at that bottle. Nice threads by the way." Katilina picked up her glass then looked at Ivy. "Are you okay Ivy?" "Yep, I am just trying to bring that bottle closer to me with my brain like Repellia can," said Ivy. "It's not working though." Katilina laughed. "I have never met three queens before like I have here. So relaxed and laid back." "Well there was a time when we all had to be serious but not anymore," said Safire. "Now we can relax and have fun for a change and not have to worry about being attacked by anything." "That gives me a great idea," said Ivy. "What?" asked Katilina. "A little party," said Ivy. Alieta came around the corner with the new bottle of champagne. "Did I hear someone say party?" asked Alieta. "Yep Ivy said it not me," said Safire. "I am just the guard." Alieta giggled. "So what about this party Ivy?" asked Alieta. "Lets all go to my place and have a party of then four Queens," said Ivy. "I can put down my big beach blanket and we can sit and relax on the ground outside. "Viridian can bring us snacks and stuff. "Do you think Viridian would mind us all making her work making snacks?" asked Alieta. "Of coarse not, Viridian loves company and hosting four Queens will be even better. She won't really be hosting but she will definately want to bring out snacks for us espesially id Ktara is there too, you know what Ktara is like." "Ya that is an awesome idea," said Safire. "We can all tell some of our stories to Katilina so she gets to know us better. Ya and she can tell us all about this Prince Charles that she is planning on having children with," said Alieta. "Drink up Katilina and hand me that cork. I'll get an elf to bag this stuff up and get another glass and bottle." 87 illustration goes here Alieta walked over to where Ginger was talking to Tiffany and Sabrina. "Ginger, can you get an elf to do me a favor? asked Alieta. It's not a normal request." "Sure what is it?" asked Ginger. "Well the four of us are going to Ivy's place to have a little party among us four queens," said Alieta. "This was Ivy's idea and a good one seeing we can tell Katilina some stories about Fae Land and we can find out more about her." "Okay sounds like a good idea, said Ginger. What do you need done?" "Well take this bottle and get a another cold one from the ice box in the fridge and replace it with that part full bottle on the table over there," said Alieta. "Have them put in a bag along with four clean glasses then have them delivered to Ivy's place." We are going enjoy the day on her front yard. We are just going to walk there seeing it is not far." "Okay I can get Penny to take care of that for you," said Ginger. "Now make sure Tulip and Lilly give our elven guests a big feast so they will get nice and sleepy after supper," said Alieta. "They just ate not long ago so they won't need any lunch I think. Make sure they have plenty of water too." "Okay consider it done," said Ginger. "One more thing. No one will be leaving here today so have Tulip and Lilly make tents for them, ten or twelve should be enough," said Alieta. "Well you have thought of everything," said Ginger. "When will you be back? "We will eat at Ivy's place I am sure Ktara will hear us and come over too and you know what she is like, Ivy thinks she may be there already," said Alieta. "Yep, no one will go hungry that is for sure. Anything else?" asked Ginger. "Yes, you are in charge while I am away," said Alieta. Ginger smiled then called over Penny. "Okay everything is all set, said Alieta. Lets head out to Ivy's place." "We are walking there?" asked Katilina. "Yes it is not far, just on the other side of Sandy Lake. Leave your cape here too, it is too hot today for that." Penny started cleaning off the table with Ginger as they walked away. "So a party for four Queens, said Penny. Nice to see Alieta having some fun again. Yes she is letting her hair down today," said Ginger. "Katilina should let her hair down litterly," said Penny. All her hair up like that with a silly bows really don't suit her." "To each their own," said Ginger. The four of them rounded the corner of Sandy Lake then they had to stop to let Katilina have a good look at the lake and the waterfall. "This is beautiful, said Katilina. Nothing like this back home." "I come here a lot and go swimming, said Ivy. The water is always at the perfect temperture." It does look very peaceful here," said Katilina. "Okay just a bit further around the corner and we are at my place," said Ivy. "I will fly ahead and get my blanket and tell Viridian that you are coming." Then Ivy flew off. "Now once we get there we will be at the south east corner of Eden, said Alieta. Eden is where most of Fae Land's magic comes from. The magic there is much stronger than at the palace so you will feel the magic all around you." Yep and the magic of that wine will be nice too, said Safire. 88 illustration goes here In a couple minutes they reached Ivy's front yard where Ivy had the blanket spread out already. "Come and sit everyone," said Ivy. Viridian came out and said hello to everyone. "It is so nice to have company here," said Viridian. "Four queens at once too! Now Ivy told me not to go nuts making food, just tasty snacks that would go good with wine. So what is the occasion?" "Well we want to tell Katilina some things about Fae Land and find out more about her," said Alieta. "She is the queen of Triland further south from here." "Yes Ivy told me that," said Viridian. "Triland sounds familar to me though. Can't quite remember right now though. Well Ivy put the wine in the ice box when it gets here, I am going next door to get Ktara to help me whip up some snacks for everyone. She will know better than me as to what to make that goes with wine." They all sat down just as Penny came around the corner on her horse. Ivy walked over to her and took the bag from her then brought it in the house. "Okay everyone have fun," said Penny. "I have to go get fresh water for our elf guests." Then she rode off. "Doesn't that sound familar to you Alieta," said Katilina. "What is familar?" asked Alieta. "Well a very pretty elf is going to be walking over to pick up a water jug with a bunch of handsome male elves watching her," said Katilina. I wonder how many elves will be coming back home with me?" "Well none today," said Alieta. "I'm getting tents made for them so they can sleep over night and you are staying in the palace tonight." "Oh good, I really didn't feel like leaving today," said Katilina. Ivy came out of the house with a bottle of champagne under her arm, two glasses in each hand and a cork screw sticking out of her mouth. "Hey Ivy, you look a little screwed up there," said Safire. Ivy spit out the cork screw at Safire. "Very funny Safire. Now you get to open the bottle." 89 illustration goes here Penny got back to the palace grounds then went to the stable to drop off her horse. She came out and walked over to where the jug of water was and saw there was very little left in it. "Well this needs to be filled up," she thought. She then noticed a lone tree that she was certain wasn't there before. She picked up the jug then start to walk towards the tree. "Hey Miss, where are you going?" said someone behind her. She turned around and saw a very handsome elf walking towards her. "Hello there, I am just going to refill this jug but noticed this tree," said Penny. "I am sure it wasn't here yesterday. Did you want some water now? It is warm though." "No I am fine for now but you are right about that tree," said the elf. "It wasn't there when we first got here but I noticed it when Jaydren walked over to it with a pretty elf. After they took off on a horse I went and checked it out. I felt a leaf and it was real enough then scraped the bark with my thumb nail and smelt it. It's an apple tree." "Really, we have apple trees in our orchard but how the heck did this one get way out here I wonder," said Penny. "Must of been magic," said the elf. "We were told this is a land of magic. Maybe one of thoses fairies made it." "No fairies can't make anything living including plant life," said Penny. "They can seed the ground then make things grow fast but not this fast. Maybe Fillina made it for some reason. Anyways I need to fill this back up. Nice meeting you." Then Penny started to walk towards the palace, realizing she just walked away from the best looking man she had every seen." "Wait," said the elf and ran up to her. Penny turned around. "You haven't told me your name," said the elf. "Mine is Josh." Penny smiled. "Well Josh, my name is Penny." "That is a very pretty name," said Josh. "Can I ask you a favor without being too forward?" "Sure ask away," said Penny. "It is really boring here with these elves," said Josh. "We all grew up together and didn't really want to join this army but we had no choice. Except for the girls, they are nuts. Can I hang out with you for a while? I don't get to be with such a pretty girl too often. Actually never." Penny was about to say that she was working and couldn't but stopped herself. "Yes you can Josh. I am working right now but you can keep me company." "Your working, what do you do?" asked Josh. "Well I am Ginger's number one elf and do odds and ends around the palace for her," said Penny. "Who is Ginger?" asked Josh. "She is in charge of the palace and lots of other things here," said Penny. "Oh so she is like the general and you are her captain," said Josh. "Sort of but there is no fighting going on," said Penny. "Come, filling this jug was one of the things she asked me to do." 90 illustration goes here Chapter 10 "Here let me carry that for you, said Josh. I want to look like I am helping you to the other's." "Okay, here you go," said Penny. "I saw our queen leave on foot with three other girls not long ago," said Josh. "Do you know where they went?" "Yep, that is where I was coming from. Ginger asked me to deliver the wine and glasses to Ivy's place. They are having a four queen party there," said Penny. "Four queens, you mean they were all queens that left with Katilina?" asked Josh. "Yep, Ivy is a forest sprite and she is the Queen of the forest and land, Safire is the Queen of the Blue Fae and Alieya is the queen of all of Fae Land," said Penny. "That is where you are now, in Fae Land," said Penny. "Really and they all three Queens get along with no conflicts," said Josh. You would think having that many queens running things there would bound to be diffrence of opinions." "Well each queen is in charge of different stuff," said Penny. "Besides they are all good friends, there are other queens here too, like Pippa and Hennie. Everybody has their own talents and jobs to do. Okay you stand here, I am going to tell Ginger why you are here with me." Ginger was looking at her cell phone when Penny walked up to her. "Hi Ginger, what are you doing?" asked Penny." "Just searching things on the internet," said Ginger. "It is so easy too. I just ordered fifty pounds of mangos and fifty pounds of passion friut from a orchard in South America. I will need Fillina to take me there to get them. So I see you hired a helper." Penny giggled. "No but he wants to hang out with me for a while," said Penny. "He is bored sitting out there. "Bored nothing, he is into you in a big way. I saw you two out there talking and flirting," said Ginger. "Well he is very handsome and has blonde hair plus gorgeous green eyes," said Penny. I couldn't tell him he couldn't hang out with me. What would you do?" "Me, I would take him home and never let him out," said Ginger with a smile. "Just joking of coarse but it is almost lunch time so take him inside to the dining room and get one of the other girls to bring the jug of water back. You sit and talk with him and get to know him better. After lunch take him to the candy factory and pick up ten boxes of mixed candies for the palace. After that do what ever you want. Alieta put me in charge so I am going to enjoy it while she is gone." 91 illustration goes here They both went onto the palace and Penny took Josh into the dining room. "Okay I'll take that jug now," said Penny. "Have a seat at the table and I will get a girl to fill this and bring it back. Are you hungry at all?" "Not a lot, said Josh. "We all ate not that long ago. Ya I know but that was almost two hours ago," said Penny. "Sally made a clocolate layer cake this morning. Do you like chocolate?" "Who doesn't, I could eat a slice," said Josh. "Good, I can too," said Penny then took the jug into the kitchen. A minute later an elf came out with the pitcher and smiled at Josh then left the dining room. Shortly after Penny came out with two plates of the cake and sat down across from Josh. "Here you go, Sally is a great cook," said Penny. "She makes the best food in the palace. That is why Ginger put her in charge here." Josh took a forkfull of the cake and tasted it. "Now this is good, I mean really good," said Josh. "Moist and very chocolatety. Best cake I have ever tasted." "Yep I told you so," said Penny. "So tell me a bit about yourself Josh. I told you what I do now it is your turn." "Well before I got drafted into this army by King George I was a carpenter by trade," said Josh. "There is a long line of carpenters in my family. Most of the buildings and houses in Triland were built by me and my family." "Nice, I am not that great at building things but I am good at taking them apart," said Penny. "Okay then you take stuff apart and I will put it back together again," said Josh. "That way I will never run out of work." Penny laughed. "Your funny," said Penny. "So you have a big family then." "Yep very big, said Josh. "Two brother's and three sisters plus tons of cousins. Jaydren is my younger brother. He is not a carpenter though. He took over our grandfather's orchard farm when he passed away. Unfortunately King George took that from him and made it his. I am so glad he is dead now. That man was a tyrant. Doesn't seem like anyone here is like him." "Nope everyone in Fae Land is like one happy family," said Penny. "So you have lots of friends then and family here then?" asked Josh. "Well not blood family but yes I know every elf here by name and we are all friends. I know all the sprites too." Wow you must have a good memory then but why no family?" asked Josh. "There is no single male elves in Fae Land," said Penny. "There hasn't been for over two hundred years." "So you are single and all those elves I have seen walking around are all single too," said Josh. "Yep but we make do," said Penny. "That is just not right, it is the opposite in Triland," said said Josh. "Lots of single guys but very few single girls, at least ones a man would like to make a family with." "Well eat up now, Ginger asked me to go pick up some boxies of candy from the candy factory for the palace," said Penny. "There is a candy factory here too! How does everyone stay in such good shape?" asked Josh. "The magic, it is everywhere, No one gets fat here or sick. After I get the candy for the palace I will take you to a place where the magic is strongest," said Penny. There you will feel it." "Feel what?" asked Josh. "The most wonderful feeling you have ever felt," said Penny. 92 illustration goes here Back outside at the palace, Ginger was about to call for Fillina to see if she could take her to go pick up the order of friut she made from the South American orhard when she saw Safire running towards her. "Oh good, your outside, said Safire. I don't have to go looking for you in the palace." "Ya, but I was just about to go somewhere," said Ginger. "What are you doing here? I thought you were having a party." I am, I mean we are but Alieta wanted me to ask you to get me another bottle of champagne for us," said Safire. "What you all finshed both bottles already?" asked Ginger. "No, just one," said Safire. "You see when we finished the first bottle that didn't take that long seeing that four of us were drinking it plus Viridian and Ktara wanted to try a glass too, Ivy went back into the house to get the other bottle from out of the ice box," said Safire. "Okay that is good that she was keeping the second bottle cold," said Ginger. "Yep but she was taking a long time coming back out so I went to see what was taking her so long," said Safire. "Go on, I am listening," said Ginger. "Well just as I was about to go inside Ivy opened the door and I startled her making Ivy drop the bottle, that smashed on the front step. Man it made a loud sound when it exploded but looked really cool with pink foam spreading on the steps and ground until Viridian and Ktara cleaned it all up." "Okay accidents can happen," said Ginger. "So why didn't Ivy just fly here and get more. She knows where it is kept." "Well Ivy said she doesn't drink and fly and Alieta said the same thing," said Safire. Katilina would of taken too long but probably would of got lost seeing she had a good buzz going on, actually we all have a good buzz. That is good wine! So they elected me because I can run so fast. What a bunch," said Ginger. Well it sounds like everyone is having a good time." "Yep we sure are. Everybody has a funny story to tell plus Ivy is telling us all about her adventures when she was in Granada. Did you know she got shot in the arm by a guy trying to rob the place she was in." "Really, no I didn't, said Ginger. "Well she did but took care of the guy fast by pushing him down and sitting on him. She called for the other Sapphire and she healed Ivy's arm. Anyways, can you get me another bottle please?" "Yes of coarse. I better give you two just in case," said Ginger. "In case of what?" asked Safire. I case another bottle gets broken silly," said Ginger. "Oh ya, don't worry Viridian is in charge of the wine now," said Safire. 93 illustration goes here "Now the candy factory is not that far away," said Penny. "Pretty close to my place and Sally's. We are neighbors and work the same hours at the palace so we hang out a lot, do our shopping together and stuff. We are kind of like sisters. She is younger than me though by about a hundred years." "A hundred years, how old are you?" asked Josh. "Well it is not polite to ask a girl her age but in Fae Land the magic makes it so people can live for a very long time," said Penny. "When we go to Eden you will feel it." "Okay that big building up ahead is the candy factory. I'll pop in fast and get the candy so we can get back deliver the candy then my I am done for the day. Then on to Eden." "So is this the Eden the same as they talk about in the bible?" asked Josh. "I don't think so, God calls it his new Eden," said Penny. "At least that is what Fillina said." Penny jumped off her horse then ran into the factory. "Well hello Penny, I haven't seen you in a while," said Jessica. "Anything new happening at the palace?" "Yep, we have visiters from Triland staying overnight," said Penny. "There is about thirty of them I think." "Wow that is quite a crowd," said Jessica. "So what can I get you?" "I need ten boxes of mixed candies, or was it twenty," said Penny. "Jeez why can't I remember what Ginger said." "You must have something on your mind," said Jessica. "I will get you twenty." Better more than not enough." "Okay, sounds good," said Penny. Jessica put the candy in a bag then handed it to Penny. "So tell me more about the people from Triland," said Jessica. "I can't right now I have Josh waiting for me outside then after we bring these back to the palace I am going to show him Eden," said Penny. "Josh, that is a boy's name," said Jessica. "Yes, he is one of the men from Triland. He is hanging out with me today," said Penny. Okay, so is he a human?" "Nope, an elf, a very handsome one too," said Penny. "Okay got to go." "Oh no you don't, not until I get a look at this handsome elf that you are taking to the most magical and romantic place in Fae Land," said Jessica. "Okay I guess," said Penny. They went outside and Penny asked Josh to come meet Jessica. Josh jumped off his horse and walked over. "This is Jessica, she owns this candy factory," said Penny. She makes the most amazing candies anywhere." Josh put out his hand and gave Jessica's hand a light shake. "It is very nice to meet you," said Josh. "A girl that makes sweets for a living must be very sweet herself." Jessica smiled. "Well it is nice to meet such a fine gentleman like yourself," said Jessica. "You take good care of my friend Penny. Now off you go, I will not take up any more of your time." Penny smiled at Jessica then they both got back on their horses and rode off. "Well would you look at that, Penny nabbed herself a man. No way she is going to let him go back to where ever Triland is. No wonder she couldn't rmember what Ginger told her. Hormones have clicked in big time!" 94 illustration goes here They both rode back to the palace and Penny jumped off her horse. "Okay I will be right, back," said Penny. As she began to walk into the palace she met Safire heading out. "Hi Safire, did you see Ginger in here?" asked Penny. "Yep but she is gone now," said Safire. "Gone, where did she go?" asked Penny. "She left with Fillina to some place called South America," said Safire. "I got to go, everyone is waiting for me at Ivy's place. See you later." Then Safire ran off. "Man this is turning out to be a very unusual day," thought Penny. She put the bag of candy in the kitchen then came back out. "Okay we can go now," said Penny. "That Blue Fae Queen can really run fast," said Josh. "I have never seen anyone go that fast on foot." "Yep she is fast and very strong," said Penny. "She was going back to Ivy's place. Now I am free to do what ever I want. Come with me and I will show you where Eden is. Shouldn't take more than ten minutes to get to the west end. We have to go around those mountains." Okay, lead the way," said Josh. They rode to the end of the palace grounds then turned right. "Who lives in all those houses over there?" asked Josh. "That is the elf village," said Penny. "All the elves live there and most of the sprites too. The elven village is the biggest village of all. Just up a head is the town with all the stores in it. Some people live there also in apartments above the stores. Now hang a right with me and just past that big house is the begining of Eden. We will go on foot once we reach Eden. I come here with Sally a lot to take walks and smell all the flowers." "They past Mika and Layla's place then in a few minutes Penny stopped. "That is odd, I don't remember that big pink rock being there before, said Penny. Lets go check it out, there is something writen on it." "They both walked over to the pink rock. "Okay it is in elven," said Penny. "May the hand of God lead you to paradise. The hand of his child will show the way". "Okay that sounds very nice. I wonder what it means though," said Penny. Well maybe there is more around the back," said Josh. "This is like a riddle maybe. I don't think there is more but let me check," said Penny. She put her hand on the rock and leaned forward. Suddenly a very bright light came out of the gound making both of then turn their heads away. When light faded they looked at where there used to be just grass and bushes, was now a beautiful tunnel made of vines and flowers. "Well looks like we solved the riddle," said Josh. "This is definayely made by the hand of God and you being one of his children, touched the rock with your hand. Do you think we are supposed to walk through there?" Well It did say the hand of God would lead us to paridise," said Penny. "What do you think we should do?" "I say lets go for it," said Josh. It, doesn't look dangerous in there." "Ya it looks very pretty, said Penny. Okay lets do it." 95 illustration goes here The two of them began to walk to the enterence of the tunnel and could now smell the strong aroma of flowers. I wonder what kind of flowers these are?" asked Penny. "I have never seen them before or have I smelled any flower with this kind of scent." "Must be some kind of tropical vines but there is nothing like these back home either," said Josh. "Well lets go in and see what is at the end of this tunnel." Josh took Penny's hand and they began to walk through the tunnel. When the got half way in they heard a sound and stopped. What is that buzzing sound?" asked Josh. "I hope it is not wasps, I don't like wasps. Bees I don't mind, you don't bother them and they won't bother you." "There are no insects in Fae Land," said Penny. "It sounds more like a humming sound. It might be coming from these long strings of flowers. Look they are all moving ever so slowly." Josh put his finger in his mouth then stuck it above his head. "Well there is not even a small breeze in here so they must be moving on their own," said Josh. "There are some plants in the tropics that if you touch a leaf it will close." "Well we are not touching them," said Penny. "I wonder what happens when they do get touch, said Josh. Let me try." He walked to the side of the tunnel and tried to grab a string of flowers but couldn't. They just kept moving out of the way of his hand. These are more than just vines with flowers," said Josh. "They are alive and don't like to be touched." "Well just looking at them and smelling their scent is good enough for me," said Penny. "The magic is begining to get much stronger now. I can feel it." "Ya I feel it now too," said Josh. "There doesn't seem to be anything different at the end of this tunnel though. Just grass, bushes and rocks like at the begining." "Well only one way to find out, said Penny. Lets keep going." 96 illustration goes here They both walked though the rest of the tunnel that seemed to be almost singing to them. When they stepped out of the tunnel, Penny looked around. "Well this is very pretty out here," said Josh. "I wouldn't call it paridise but it is nice." "Yes but this is all different," said Penny. "None of this was here before. Not these plants or rocks, even the horizon is different. This is definately not the Eden I know." "Really, so the Eden you know is better than this?" asked Josh. "Well not better, much different. We should be able to see Carmen and Zatsuky's house from here but no sight of it. Everything is even greener here for as far as my eyes can see," said Penny. "Interesting, did your Eden have a path like that over there?" asked Josh. Penny looked to her right and saw a long stone path. "No it didn't," said Penny. "Well lets follow the path then," said Josh. "The rock said that the tunnel will show us the way to paridise not bring us right to it. Looks like we have to do a bit of work first." Penny smiled at him. "You are really enjoying this, aren't you," said Penny. "Of coarse, I am with a beautiful girl showing me things I have never even dreamed about. We are surrounded by magic that seems to be giving me energy and we are on an adventure together. Life doesn't get better than this! I haven't had this much fun ever." "Your right, this is a lot of fun," said Penny. "Okay, lets continue on our adventure and see where the stone path takes us." 97 illustration goes here They both followed the stone path for what seemed like an hour. During that time Penny told Josh about some of her adventures and that she used to be an archer in the army during the wars plus when Jazmen promoted her to captain of the land troops. "Okay that makes sense now," said Josh. "Most girls I know would be super scared after seeing the tunnel appear and the moving vines but you seem to have no fear. Army life toughened you up." "Well I wouldn't say I am fearless," said Penny. "I just react differently then most people to scary things. I found that turning and running from someone or something is not the best plan. Turning your back to danger leaves one defenseless and blind to the damger. Best to stand your ground at first, look for your optiions, then make a move. Sometimes you have no option to run for the hills though, especially when dealing with flesh eating creatures. As for being tough I can say that for an elf I am very strong. Not as strong as Ginger but nobody will mess with me, neither man or woman." "So you think you are stronger than me then?" asked Josh. "Being a carpenter makes me very strong." "Well do you want to find out with a simple hand squeeze?" asked Penny. "When you have had enough just say uncle." "You seem sure you can beat me, sure I am game but it won't be me saying uncle," said Josh. "Josh put out his hand and Penny took hold of it. They both began to squeeze but Penny could tell that Josh was holding back. "Come on give me all you got," said Penny. "Really, okay then," said Josh. He squeezed his hardest and Penny still wasn't saying uncle. Then Penny tighten her grid more. "Holy crap, uncle, uncle," said Josh. Penny let go of his hand. "Man you are like a super girl," said Josh. "Well you have only been in Fae Land for less than a day and the magic is just starting to effect you," said Penny. "I have lived in Fae Land all my life surrounded by the magic. I do like the super girl thing though." "Okay so the longer a person is here makes that person stronger?" asked Josh. "Yep and many more things," said Penny. Up ahead they saw what looked like an oasis in a field that the path was heading straight for. "Looks like that is out next stop," said Josh. "I'll race you there," then he took off. Penny smiled then ran after him making sure not to pass him. "Now this is begining to look like paradise," said Josh. "Trees and flowers plus a stream. I could use a drink, the water looks clean." He walked into the narrow stream then crouched down and cupped some water in his hands and drank. "Very good water, come and have some Penny. Water feels good on the feet too." Penny joined him in the stream. Josh walked around the corner of the stream and saw that it ended with no run off. "That is odd , what is keeping this water fresh if it isn't coming from somewhere and not going anywhere?" asked Josh. "Must be the magic," said Penny but even Sandy Lake has the waterfall then the water runs off in a small river." Josh walk towards the end of the stream to see if there was an undergound run off but as he got close to the end the stream got longer. "Hey check this out Penny. The stream just got longer," said Josh. "What do you mean?" asked Penny. "Watch as I move towards the end," said Josh. As he moved closer the end of the stream it moved away again but this time a lot furher. "This place is awesome, it's like we are playing a game to find paradise," said Josh. "I bet we have to walk in the water and follow this stream now." "Well so far you have been right so lets do it then," said Penny. "At least now my feet will feel better in water for a while." 98 illustration goes here The stream was narrow so Penny had to walk behind Josh. They were walking in the water for quite some time now but they were passing the time by talking. Josh kept moving forward and the stream kept moving away from him but now it took a bit of a turn to the left. A few minutes passed then suddenly the stream stopped moving foward. "Looks like the end of the line," said Josh. "I don't see anything. "Wait, over there, it's another pink rock." They both ran over to it. Written on it in elven was "Welcome To New Eden. Here you can find your paradise." "Okay, another riddle?" asked Josh. "Maybe not," said Penny. "You touch the rock with your hand this time." "Josh leaned forward and put his hand on the rock. Once again a very bright light rose from the ground and when it went out they saw an amazing scene with trees and flowers everywhere. There was a Bridge that lead to another section of plants and trees plus a round pond. Then they saw someone move behind a bush. "Hello sir, are you okay?" asked Penny. The big man stood up from behind the bush then looked at Penny. "Yes my child, I was just planting a few more plants. I don't usually get my hands dirty but this is kind of fun getting close to the ground, digging a small hole then dropping in a seed and covering it up with soil. I can see how Ivy takes please doing this," said the man. "Okay so who are you?" asked Penny. "Well right now I am the care taked of New Eden Penny. My helper is around somewhere doing something that I am sure will look wonderful," said the man. "How did he know your name?" asked Josh to Penny. "Just like I know your name Josh. I know all my children's names," said the man. "Your not an elf, we can't be your children," said Josh. "Besides, my parrents are back in Triland. "Yes, Triland, a place of big change. It will take awhile but the magic will spread there too," said the man. Penny began to smile and saw Josh was about to say something but put her hand over his mouth. "Your helper, her name wouldn't happen to be Fillina?" asked Penny. "Yes it is, such a wonderful girl and so loving. I don't know what I would of done with out her help over all this time," said the man. "Your no care taker, said Jenny. Your God the creator." Are you sure Penny?" asked God. "Yep one hundred percent," said Penny. "I can feel you in me and it is so strong now plus Fillina told me lots about you." God smiled at Penny. "Josh how did you like my little game I set up. I got the idea from you," said God. "What do you mean?" asked Josh that was not quite sure what was happening. "Well you love games and solving riddles," said God. You have never been in a real adventure before so this was the best way for me to meet you two instead of me just showing up out of nowhere. What do you two think the last riddle means? "Well something about making our own paradise," said Josh. "This place looks really nice but I wouldn't call it paradise." Yes, the kind of paradise people think of is mostly being on a sandy beach in the tropics but many people think of paradise to be something else, each with their own verson of paradise, said God. "Here I have created several areas where some one can go and relax and enjoy themself. They are not quite finished yet but won't be too long from now if I can manage to make it work here on the surface. That type of paradise can only be found in heaven but trying new things is what I love doing. Now you two have been in here for about three hours after passing through the tunnel which was Fillina's doing. Such a created girl she is. Time in this realm moves much slower than what you two are used to." "Okay so how much time has passed in Fae Land?" asked Penny. "A little over two days," said God. "Two days! I have missed work and Sally is going to be worried sick about me," said Penny. "Yes I know," said God. "You see, people need to be reminded at how much they love you and not just the person that can do things for them without questions. People will expect things from a person without concidering what they want to do. Like Ginger, she gets you to do stuff that she can do herself." "Ya but she is my boss," said Penny. "No she isn't, Ginger has you working in the palace because you are good at doing things without being told. You have know Ginger for a very long time and you are one of her close friends along with a few of the other elves that you also know, her love for you took a bit of a turn to taking advantage of you but not anymore. She has been out searching for you ever since you went missing. So has Sally and Jaydren plus Ivy. Ivy's love never gets lazy and she will not stop searching for you because she can sense your essence very faintly. She has every pixie searching at night and the entire winged army searching during the day. You Josh are staying here In Fae Land. Katilina is already gone with the troops and almost home. Now it is time for you two to go back before Alieta starts sending out all the ground troups to find you two also." "Really that many people are looking for me?" asked Penny. "Well of course," said God. It is the same as if Sally went missing that makes so many people happy with her cooking or Ginger, Jazmen, the sisters Jessica the candy lady and the list goes on. You all are family and the love of a family is the stongest of all. Now don't tell anyone the answers to the riddles. Let them find the rock and figure it out them selves but it won't work until we are finished in here for now. If I can't make this New Eden realm work then I will leave Fillina's tunnel there for people to enjoy. I'll give you a bit of help and send you back to the first pink rock. With that suddenly they appeared where they started. "Well oviously our horses are not still waiting for us," said Penny. "Looks like we are walking." "Well I will carry you if you want," said Josh. "No I can walk," said Penny. "That's right, your my super girl," said Josh with a smile. 99 illustration goes here Ginger was outside talking to Alieta before setting out to search some more for Penny and Josh. "Your going out again?" asked Alieta. "You were out almost all night and you have only had a few hours of sleep. Let the search teams do their job and you rest some more first." "Nope, I can't sleep another wink," said Ginger. "So long as Ivy say's she can sense Penny, even if it is very faint, I will not stop looking." "Well we are running out of places to look," said Alieta. "Every inch of Eden has been searched. Ktara was able to find their tracks but the tracks just vanished. Ivy has Pippa sending out pixies every night. She got Jazmen to take the entire winged army to Cumberland and search there and now she has them searching the North East Province. Ivy is with Sara searching all of Paxon with Pegasus and Safire on Casper as we speak." "Well I can't just sit here and do nothing," said Ginger. "I feel that I am partly responsible for this happening, some how." "This is not your fault Ginger," said Alieta. "I know it is not my fault, I just feel bad inside for taking advantage of Penny for so long," said Ginger. "You know I brought her into the palace to help out. She doesn't need any guidence as to what needs to be done. She just went out on her own and did her thing." "Well yes, and she is really good at doing new stuff here," said Alieta. "Well not for a while," said Ginger. "I have been giving her things to do like I do with the other elves. I am not her boss and I had no business telling her what to do. She is her own boss. I even offered to give her a couple elves to help her but she said no, she likes to work alone." Okay I was unaware this was happening," said Alieta. "Yep, stupid me took advantage of the best hard working elf in Fae Land. "I should be punished for doing that," said Ginger. "I would say you are doing a good job of punishing yourself," said Alieta. "Okay then if you are going out again, I am going with you. Lets go get our horses." Continued... 100 illustration goes here