Prologue

Ivy's party was a big success and when it began to get dark everyone started to slowly return home plus the pixies and sprites headed back to the forest. Samantha was happy seeing she got five sprites that wanted to learn how to be defenders so far and figured more would join after they saw the homes that would be built for them. Now she just had to get the carpenters from town to get started on them. After supper at the palace Sara went home with Tillia and Yeanny went home with Sakura that was really tired after such a busy day. Phonixa and Repellia asked Alieta if she thought Gwyneira would come back tonight. Alieta told them it was very doubtful seeing it was her first party and would probably go straight home. Okay might as well go to bed then, said Phonixa and they both went into the palace. All was nice and calm again in front of the palace so Alieta and Ginger sat on the steps and talked. Alieta was wondering how the party went for Ivy. At least Samantha has got lots of pixies now so that forest of hers should get covered in pixie dust a lot faster now. When Tempressa got home she decided to have a get together tomorrow with her friends down town and let them know about all she saw today. She now figured she best go there at least once a week or maybe twice a week just to keep up with the news. Either that or move to Eden where it is a lot closer to the action...

A Golden Surprise

The party was over and the three fairies had everything cleaned up. Samantha thanked them for doing such a great job. "Well it is real easy to have a party," said Ivy. "Especially when you have friends that are fairies." Samantha laughed. "Yes they truly were good at entertaining everyone," said Samantha. "Well time to go home said Ivy but first I will go and see if Alieta and Ginger are on the palace steps. They sit there every night you know," said Ivy. "Really?" asked Lilly. "Why do they sit there when no one is around?" "That is why they sit there, they like the peace and quite at the end of the day," said Ivy. "I go there sometimes and join them. It is nice to look out at the stars and watch pixies flying by. They said I am part of the palace steps gang now Ivy said with a smile." "Well I am going home," said Tobias. "I am dead tired." "Well we have some extra rooms, just sleep here and leave in the morning," said Samantha. "Oh good idea," said Tobias. "Can I come with you Ivy and see the palace steps gang and watch the pixies?" asked Lilly. "I have never seen them at night, we are always in the forest when it gets dark." "Yep okay, said Ivy. Tulip and Pippie had already left so both Ivy and Lilly took off to the palace.

When they reached the palace, Ivy saw the two of them sitting on the steps. "I told you, every night they are sitting out there," said Ivy. They landed in front of them and Ivy went and sat beside Alieta, Lilly just sat on the grass in front of them. "Well hello you two. It is unusual to see both of you at night," said Alieta. "Yep, Lilly wanted to see the palace step gang and I figured you heard I had a party at Samantha's place so I came to tell you it was a great party and everyone had fun," said Ivy. "Oh good," said Alieta. "I was a bit worried seeing it was your first party but I suppose Lilly here plus Tulip and Pippie were a great help." "Yep they were and Lilly saved a little girls life too," said Ivy. "Well we both did," said Lilly. "Really, what happened?" asked Alieta. "Well nothing happened. It was just a family that had a little seven year old girl and she never talked and was always sad. Doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. I found something in her head and Lilly healed her. Very cute girl named Kimberly," said Ivy. "Lilly said she would of died soon if the thing called a tumor was not removed. "Oh brain tumors, hard to detect and no cure for them yet either," said Alieta. Not unless you have super fairy magic Lilly there. That is what Kimberly said about Lilly," said Ivy. "Turn around Lilly and watch the pixies fly by and the stars twinkling. It is very restful," said Alieta. "Okay," said Lilly and turned around. They all just sat back and enjoyed the quiet and the cool night air together but then Ivy spotted something odd in the sky. "Look over there. Looks like a weird shooting star or something." They all looked and could see a yellow streak zigzagging across the sky. "Well shooting stars don't do that," said Ginger. "Ya and it is getting closer what every it is," said Alieta. "Can you sense anything yet Ivy." "Nope too far away yet and moving too fast back and forth," said Ivy. "Look now there are two of them one red one yellow and getting close fast," said Alieta. Lilly ran behind Alieta as everyone stood up. "Okay now there is only the yellow one again, said Alieta and coming straight at us. Got anything yet Ivy?" "Yep," said Ivy. Not bad, but has magic, I think she is tired also. That is all I can read until she stops moving so fast."

In a few moments a winged golden coloured girl landed in front of them with a wand in her hand glowing yellow and asked, "Did he come here, did you see him?" "No just you is all we see now but we did see two different colours of light streams in the sky," said Alieta. "Ya that was us fighting," said the golden girl. Lilly pulled on Alieta's arm. "Yes Lilly, what do you want?" asked Ivy. "She is a Garson Fairy. They can be scary," said Lilly. "Oh you have a fairy behind you. How nice," said the golden Garson Fairy. "Don't worry I won't hurt her, now I know why he came here." Ivy, anything now?" asked Alieta. "Yep, she is okay, but her wand is nasty and powerful," said Ivy. "Oh sorry," she said and made the wand disappear. "There is that better?" "Yep," said Ivy. "So who are you and what were you fighting," asked Alieta. "Well my name is Amelie and I am a Garson Fairy. I was chasing Dr. Shadow that is a type of evil sorcerer. Pretty tough one to catch too." Lilly then moved over behind Ginger. Amelie smiled. "So if you are good like Ivy says you are then why is Lilly here still afraid of you," asked Alieta. "Well fairies rarely come out from their protected forests but the few that have seen us, it has been from a distance and we were fighting some thing bad. "It is really nice to see a fairy not hidden in a forest though. My she is so cute," said Amelie. Lilly smiled. "So you won't hurt me, you better not because I got big and powerful friends," said Lilly. "Yes I hope you do Lilly but us Garson Fairies defend and protect your type. You all can't defend yourselves at all, it is not allowed for some reason," said Amelie. "So you can fight back then," said Alieta. "Oh we don't fight back we attack and get rid of the threat. That is our job and it is allowed," said Amelie. "So you are like a friend?" asked Lilly. "Yes we are but we can never get in your protected forest because of our wands. It is also a weapon and it is part of us whether you see it or not," said Amelie. Lilly smiled. "Ya ours is kind of connected too, but it only does good white magic, said Lilly. "Ya mine does good magic too. I am still a fairy you know. Kinda cute too being all golden if I don't say so my self," said Amelie. Ginger giggled.

"So lets get back to this sorcerer that you were fighting or chasing or what ever you two were doing up there," said Alieta. "So what is he doing here?" "He wants to capture a fairy," said Amelie. "This particular kind of sorcerer called a Shadow Sorcerer, tries to capture them and bring them back home. They force them to make stuff for them with their wand like food and other things that a sorcerer can't do himself." Oh oh, I better get back to the forest then," said Lilly. "Oh don't worry Lilly, he won't come near you with me standing here. I would turn him to dust in an instant," said Amelie. "So if he knows that, why does he still try when you have spotted him?" asked Alieta. "Just his nature I suppose. Shadow Sorcerers are not human like most sorcerers, they are something else but I am not sure what. He is very clever and figures he can trick me somehow, but Garson Fairies are not clever, we are very very smart and intelligent. They can hide in the shadows and disappear plus uses a cane to fire energy beams out but us fairies are very fast too and can get nice and small. He hasn't a chance against a Garson Fairy. The only problem is he is here somewhere hiding and that means fairies here are not safe outside of the forest until I get him," said Amelie. Just then Zan came out. "What is all the noise about, I am trying to sleep. Ginger smiled and said "Sorry but Amelia is here trying to get a shadow sorcerer." Oh, hi Amelie, tracking another are you," said Zan. "Yep, a tricky one," said Amelie. "Oh you will get him, you always do sooner or later. Just keep the voices down, I don't want to have to sleep past noon tomorrow. Say hi to Keiko for me" Then Zan went back in. Alieta shook her head. "You know Zan? Yep she is really cool, good to see she survived the man hunters," said Amelie. "Back then us Garson fairies had a lot more work to do. Fairies used to live in regular forests. If it wasn't for Guen then a lot of fairies would of got killed or went missing, she made the first magical forest." "Guen is my mother," said Lilly. "Oh really, small world isn't it. So a fairy princess, strongest of all fairies. I better get you back in your forest fast, he will definitely want you," said Amelie. "Okay," said Lilly then they both flew off.

"Well that was interesting," said Alieta. "Now we have something else to worry about." "Well Zan didn't seem that worried," said Ginger. "Ya I saw that but the surprising thing was they knew each other and neither of them seemed happy to see each other," said Alieta. "Ya I found that odd too, said Ginger and who is Keiko?" Not sure but I have a feeling we will find out soon," said Alieta. Ivy looked up. "Something bad is coming fast," said Ivy. Just then a very weird looking dark man appeared. "Where did she take the fairy?" he asked. "Somewhere safe, Dr. Shadow," said Alieta. "Oh you know my name, well she can't stay in there forever but if you go get her for me I spare your lives and if not I will kill you all if you don't bring her back right now," said Dr. Shadow. "Well if you kill us all, who is going to get her for you?" asked Ivy. "Ivy shut up," said Ginger. "Oh a smart one, I have ways of dealing with you." said Dr. Shadow. "I just asked you a logical question but it don't matter I sense you are not that smart," said Ivy. "Ivy you are not making things any better," said Ginger. "Enough, I will make an example with you green one," said Dr. Shadow. He pointed his cane at Ivy but she went translucent. The red beam shot right through her having no effect. "What the heck!" he yelled.

Ivy jumped at him and grabbed his cane. "Let go what every you are," said Dr. Shadow. Ivy tried to take the cane from him but it wouldn't come loose no matter how hard she pulled. Alieta went to help Ivy but Ivy said stay back then she threw him down to the ground letting go of the cane and got very angry and scary looking then went to grab him again but he vanished. Just then Amelie showed up. "I saw that," said Amelie. "How did you manage to grab him and throw him down like nothing?" Ivy looked at her. "No one hurts my friends plus I have been doing exercises to impress Samantha," said Ivy. Ginger giggled. "Ya but his energy beam went right through you, that should of killed you," said Amelie. "Yep, a present from Alexa, a magic bracelet," said Ivy. "Well you all best go inside now, I will be around to see if he comes back but I think this very pretty forest sprite scared the heck out of him," said Amelie. "We should be good for the night." "Yep that is our Ivy, she never stops surprising me," said Alieta. "Ya to bad Sara wasn't here. She would of ripped his arms off," said Ivy. "Who is Sara?" asked Amelie. "My sister," said Ivy. "She is super strong." Amelie just shook her head. "This is the oddest place I have ever been," said Amelie. "No the most magical," said Ginger. "Okay every one lets call it a night. Maybe Alexa can come up with a plan for us in the morning," said Alieta. "Who is Alexa?" asked Amelie. "You will see," said Alieta. Then everyone went inside. "So why are you not going inside?" asked Amelie to Ivy. "Oh I don't live here, said Ivy. "I live by Sandy Lake." "Is it far from here?" asked Amelie. Not the way I fly then Ivy flew off and disappeared in a few seconds. "Wow, it seems like these people don't even need my help," Amelie thought to herself. "I better stick around just in case." Then she flew off towards the woods."