The Amazing Land Of Fae Let There Be Music Prologue We left Penny and Josh walking back to the palace after meeting God in the center of New Eden. God told them that time moves much slower in New Eden and in the three hours that they were travelling in New Eden, over two days had passed in Fae Land. After God told them some very important facts, he sent back to where they started. Meanwhile searches for them have been on going all over Fae Land. Ginger and Alieta are heading out to continue looking for them not knowing the two of them are on their way back to the place... Chapter 1 Ginger and Alieta went to the stable and got their horses. They started out across the east side of the palace grounds then Alieta asked Ginger to wait a second. "We need a plan this time," said Alieta. "No use just randomly riding all over the place looking for clues." "Okay, how about we go to where Ktara found their tracks then do what they did," said Ginger. "And what was that?" asked Alieta. "They got off their horses and started to walk for some reason," said Ginger. "If we can do exactly what they did then maybe what ever happened to them will happen to us." "Well okay but what if what ever happened to them was bad?" asked Alieta. "Then at least we will know but we will be in Eden, God wouldn't let something bad be there," said Ginger. "Yes your right, said Alieta. Okay lets go." They both rode off past Sandy Lake then went west to where Ktara found the tracks. 01 illustration goes here They rode past Ivy's place, Ktara's place then Carmen and Zatsuky's house. Then they pasted the golden beacon tree and the new radio station that was ready to start operating anytime but Ginger forgot all about it. "Man I am slipping," said Ginger. "Merlin suggested to me that the twins would probably like to run this and play music for everyone. I just plain forgot." "Well a lot has happened in the last three days," said Alieta. "Right now lets stay focus on looking for clues." They kept going until they were getting close to Mika and Layla's place then Ginger stopped. "Okay this is where the horse tracks stop and the foot prints begin," said Ginger. "They got off their horses and continued on foot so lets do the same." They both got off their horses then Ginger slowly followed the faint tracks until they seemed to cross. "Okay something happened here," said Ginger. "Looks like they both walked left then right then straight ahead. Why would they do that I wonder. There is nothing straight ahead and that is where the foot prints stop." "Maybe they got lifted up by something," said Alieta. "Ya maybe but Ivy said that the feeling she had was strongest in Eden when she was walking around like us," said Ginger. She looked right and saw no tracks at all then she looked left. "Hey what is that over there," asked Ginger. "Has that big pink rock always been there?" "Not sure, I don't come out this way too often," said Alieta. "Ya me either but I didn't notice it just a minute ago," said Ginger. "Now the tracks look like they are heading towards that rock but the ground gets hard and I can't see any foot prints anymore." Ginger got down on her hands and knees and slowly crawled to the left looking close to the ground. "There! more tracks," said Ginger. The ground is soft here again and now the foot prints go straight to that pink rock." "Okay that makes sense, said Alieta. It is the only pink rock out here. I suppose they went to look at it." "Just like I am going to do," said Ginger. "She crawled up to the rock and saw writing on the rock. "Look Alieta, there is writing on the rock in elven." Alieta got closer to the rock. "I don't see any writing, said Alieta. Are you sure you are not just over tired." "No I can see it plain as day," said Ginger. I will translate it to english for you. "May the hand of God lead you to paradise. The hand of his child will show the way". "You can see that?" said Alieta. "Definately some magic going on here and only elves can see it. So what does it mean?" "Well Fillina has mentioned a few times about God's New Eden," said Ginger. "Maybe the Eden we see here is not the New Eden at all. Now lets see, may the hand of God lead you to paradise." "Is there a hand drawn there?" asked Alieta. Well yes sort of but it isn't pointing in any direction, said Ginger. It is just an open hand laying sideways under all the writing." "Okay so maybe if you put your hand on the hand on the rock, that may do something," said Alieta. "You are a child of God, I came from a ball of energy." "Okay, let me try it," said Ginger. Ginger put her hand on the rock where the picture of the hand was. Suddenly a loud hissing sound could be heard then a very bright light lit up to the right of them. Then the light went out. "Okay so what was that all about?" asked Alieta. "I don't know but that is the best clue I have found so far and I am sure now that they are in New Eden that must be through some kind of portal," said Ginger. "Your probably right but why isn't the portal opening for us?" asked Alieta. "That I haven't figured out yet, unless it has to do with Penny being with Josh," said Ginger. 02 illustration goes here Penny and Josh had just pasted the town with all the stores in it when Sakura came flying up to them. "Hi Penny who is the pretty boy with you?" "This is my friend Josh, said Penny. He is from Triland." "Triland, where is that?" asked Sakura. "About three days south by horse from here," said Penny. "Oh so far away," said Sakura. "Hi Josh, Penny is one of my best friends, do you want to be one of my best friends too. I have lots of best friends but my most best friend is Lulu, she is a pixie. Then Ivy is my next best friend." "Ya Sakura has lots of great friends here in Fae Land Josh," said Penny. "She is very special to all of us. So what are you doing out here?" "I am looking for clues," said Sakura. "Everyone is out looking for clues. Ivy asked me to look close to the ground for foot prints or pieces of clothing that belong to you. I haven't found any yet but I will. I have really good eye sight. When I do I am supposed to go right to the palace and tell someone." "So you are looking for pieces of my clothing and our foot prints right?" asked Penny with a smile. "Yep that's right," said Sakura. She paused for a moment. "Hey wait, you two are supposed to be missing," said Sakura. "The whole world is out looking for you two. Well maybe not the whole world but all of Fae Land, well not all of Fae Land but lots of people." "Well here we are, you found us," said Penny. "Okay but Ivy didn't tell me what to do if I found you," said Sakura. "Well there is our foot prints behind us so arn't you suppose to tell someone at the palace," said Penny hoping that Sakura would go to the palace and someone will bring a horse for them to ride. Sakura looked behind them. "Yep those are foot prints alright. I better go to the palace," said Sakura then started to fly away but stopped and flew back. "Yes Sakura, did you forget something?" asked Penny. "Almost but not now. I better bring you two with me so you don't go missing again," said Sakura. I will fly behind you so I can keep an eye on you two." Josh started to laugh. "Is she for real?" asked Josh. "Yep and adorable. She is just eight years old," said Penny. "Yep eight years and one month old," said Sakura. "Now lets get going, I feel like having some ice cream when we get to the palace. Sally always gives me ice cream. No wait she is out looking for you also. Good thing I know where it is kept in the kitchen." 03 illustration goes here "Well how about you walk with us instead of behind us," said Penny. "Don't you want to hear where we were?" "Ya that would be great, said Sakura but I think I know where you were." "Really, and where is that?" asked Penny. "You two were hiding somewhere in Eden kissing," said Sakura. "No, we were not kissing, said Penny." "Why not, isn't that what a boy elf and a girl elf do when they really like each other?" asked Sakura. "Well yes but we were on an adventure together in New Eden," said Penny. "Wow an adventure, I love going on adventures," said Sakura. "Where is New Eden, is it close to old Eden?" "Well sort of but come lets start walking and I will tell you more," said Penny. Josh had never met anyone like Sakura and was happy just having Penny do the talking. "So do you remember when that moving portal was taking some people to Granada?" asked Penny. "Yep sure do, said Sakura. It got me too and took me right to Olympia's kitchen in Granada. I wanted to stay for a while but nobody would let me for some reason so Gabriel took me right back home after I finished the bowl of ice cream Olympia gave me." "Well we found a portal like that," said Penny but this one was different. It made a very beautiful tunnel covered in vines and strings of pink and purple flowers." "Wow, that sounds very pretty," said Sakura. "Yes it was but that is only the begining," said Penny. "When we got out of the tunnel that sounded like the flowers were singing, we were at a place I have never seen before. There were plants and rocks in front of us and the land was greener and much bigger than the Eden we know of. Josh noticed a path so we followed it for at least an hour and guess what we found at the end of the path." "A big barrel of chocolate ice cream," said Sakura. Josh started laughing again. I can't help it, she is so funny," said Josh. "There is nothing funny about ice cream, said Sakura. Ice cream is serious business." "Oh okay, sorry," said Josh that was trying his best not to snicker. "Well that would of been nice but we found another beautiful area with plants and flowers everywhere plus a magical stream," said Penny. "As we walked in the stream it kept getting longer and longer so we kept walking to where ever the stream was taking us." "This does sound like an amazing adventure," said Sakura. Where did the stream take you?" "That is the best part," said Penny. "It stopped at another amazing place that had a stone pathway. We followed it and found the centre of New Eden plus a big man that first called himself The Care Taker but didn't take me long to figure out that he was really God." "God! You met God in New Eden!" said Sakura all excited now. "Yep and he was so nice to us and told us some things about New Eden," said Penny. Can I go please, I want to see God again and New Eden," said Sakura. "Well not yet because Fillina and him are not finished making all the areas yet and he told us not to tell anyone where the portal is and the answer to the riddles." "Okay then, if God said so then I will wait," said Sakura. "Do you think one of those areas will have ice cream in it?" "Probably, God knows how much everyone here loves ice cream," said Penny. "Now he also told us that time moves much slower in New Eden right now so during the three hours we were in there, almost three days had pasted in Fae Land." "Wow so you two were not lost or missing at all or in any danger like people thought," said Sakura. "You were safe and on an adventure made by God. Boy are you two ever lucky. Okay here we are but I don't see anyone. No Alieta, Ginger or any elves at all walking around. Kinda spooky." "I agree it is a bit past noon and there should be people all over the place," said Penny. Well I am going into the dining room to get some ice cream," said Sakura. I haven't had any today yet. Do you two want to come with me?" "No I think we are going to go in and have a shower in one of the empty rooms," said Penny. Then probably go to my place for some supper." "Woo, showering together? I bet you will kiss then," said Sakura. "No we will have separate showers," said Penny. "Oh, my way sounded like more fun, said Sakura. Okay see you two later" then Sakura ran into the palace. "What is with her fixation with ice cream?" asked Josh. "Well ice cream is very sweet and tasty and sugar is needed to keep people with wings energized," said Penny. "If they go too long without sugar then they can't fly very good." "Oh so it is not just a craving it is needed. Okay I get it now," said Josh. "Very amazing little girl I must say." "Yep and the thing about her is she is much smarter than you think," said Penny. "Everything I told her about New Eden she will remember and when people ask her some questions she will tell them which will save us from telling everyone. They will have to keep asking her questions but eventually Sakura will have told the entire story then the rest is up to the grape vine of elves and pixies. So lets get cleaned up then go to my place. Once Sally finds out I am fine and at home she will be first to come see us to see us. So it will be a supper for three." 04 illustration goes here Sakura went directly into the dining room and notice the small table. "Hey, that is new," said Sakura. "Looks way too small for me. Sally, who is the small table and chairs for," she yelled. Kandice came out of the kitchen. "Hi Sakura, Sally isn't here, she works the morning shift but she hasn't been working for the last three days so I am filling in for her and Mandy doing a double shift," said Kandice. "That table is for Koko and Trigger. Sally got it from a store in town and had it delivered a few days ago." "Oh that was so thoughtful of her. I like playing with Koko and Trigger." "So what are you up too?" asked Kandice. "Well I haven't had any ice cream today yet so can I have a bowl of chocolate ice cream please," said Sakura. "Okay, you need to recharge you wings so you can keep seaching I suppose," said Kandice. "Yep I need to get energized but I don't need to keep seaching," said Sakura. "Why not? asked Kandice. They need as many people as possible looking for Penny and Josh." "Not anymore, I found them," said Sakura. "What! You found them, are they okay?" asked Kandice. "Yep they are fine, just a bit dirty I guess," said Sakura. "Well where did you find them?" asked Kandice. "They were walking towards the elf village just past the town," said Sakura. "Josh is really pretty and thinks I am funny. He is going to be another one of my best friends. You are one of my best friends to you know and an even better best friend if you got me the chocolate ice cream." Kandice smiled. "Okay I will but first did they tell you where they have been for the last three days?" asked Kandice. "Yep, they were in New Eden on an adventure," said Sakura. Kandice figured she better get Sakura the ice cream then try and find out more from her. When she came back out she handed the bowl to Sakura that was sitting at the dining room table. "Okay now while you recharge tell me more about them, said Kandice like where is New Eden." "Oh it is through a portal that is a tunnel made of vines and singing pink and purple flowers," said Sakura. "Singing flowers, flowers don't sing," said Kandice. "Well that is what Penny said. She said it was beautiful." "Okay so that took them three days to go through?" asked Kandice. "Nope. That was just the begining of their adventure," said Sakura. "They found a path and followed if for a while that took them to a place that looked nothing like old Eden. Penny said it was greener with more flowers and lots bigger." "Okay so that took an hour, what happened next?" asked Kandice. "Well at the end of the path they came to another area in New Eden that was very beautiful with lots of trees and flowers. I think that took them about an hour to get to also, not sure though," said Sakura. "Okay so lets say it did take an hour so that accounts for two hours," said Kandice. "Then what did Penny tell you." "Umm they followed another path I think to a very pretty place that had a magical stream that they had to walk in," said Sakura. "What was magical about the stream, did she say?" asked Kandice. "Yep, as they walked in it the stream kept growing forward for a long time. But when it stopped that was the best part of New Eden that they saw," said Kandice. "Sakura, what did they see?" asked Kandice. "The very center of New Eden and God," said Sakura. "I wanted to go there too to see God again but Penny said Fillina and God haven't finished all the areas yet so nobody else can go in until they are done." "God, they met God in the center of New Eden. That is amazing," said Kandice. "So they talked to him for almost three days then." "Nope, Penny said they were in New Eden for just three hours but God told them time moves very slow in New Eden and three days had pasted in Fae Land," said Sakura. "Penny said God wanted to talk to them and gave them an amazing adventure but they are not allowed to tell anyone where the portal is and the answer to the riddles. That is all she told me until we got here at the palace." "Penny and Josh are here! Where are they?" asked Kandice. "Having a shower in one of the empty rooms. Penny said they were having separate showers but I told her showering together would be more fun and they could kiss," said Sakura. "They really like each other you know." "Yes I figured that but I am not going to check every room in the palace to find them," said Kandice. "I already found them and they are happy and had a great time," said Sakura. "They are going to Penny's place next to have supper." "I guess I shouldn't interupt them in the palace while they are having a shower but I better start letting everyone know that you found them and to stop searching," said Kandice. "Just go out side and call for Pippa," said Sakura. "She will tell the other pixies and in no time at all everyone will know. Pixies have the fastest grape vine of all. Alieta told me that." 05 illustration goes here "I have never called for Pippa before," said Kandice. "Why would she come to me and what should I say to get her here?" "She will come," said Sakura. "I don't know how she hears us but she does. Just yell out her name and say you have something important to tell her. Maybe say it is you first. That way she will know who is calling." "That is it, you really think she will come for me, she is a queen and all," said Kandice." "Yep she will come, just give her a minute to get here. Sometimes she is far away," said Sakura. "Can I have some more ice cream before you go outside?" "Help yourself, said Kandice. The kitchen is on self serve for now." Then Kandice left. "Oh boy, self serve kitchen. Lets go see what is in the ice box," thought Sakura. Kandice went out side and noticed there was not a sole to be seen anywhere. "Well that explains why is has been so slow today," she thought. Okay lets give this a try. "Pippa, it is Kandice. I have something very important to tell you about Penny". Okay that should do it I guess." She waited for almost a full minute then Pippa just appeared beside her. "Hi Kandice. I have never heard you call for me before," said Pippa. "So you have some information about our girl Penny?" "Yes big news," said Kandice. "Sakura found Penny and Josh walking towards the palace and found out they were on an adventure through a portal in God's New Eden where the time is much slower there compared to here. They are just fine and having a shower in the palace to get cleaned up then going to Penny's place for supper." Where is Sakura now?" asked Pippa. "In the dining roon eating ice cream," said Kandice. "So she told you all this about them?" asked Pippa. "Yep but in a bit more detail," said Kandice. Pippa smiled. "How many times did you have to ask her a question to find all this out about them?" asked Pippa. "Lots, I lost count. It was like pulling nails. Why didn't she just tell me everything at once?" asked Kandice. "Well because Sakura is not like any of us," said Pippa. "Her brain is wired differently for one plus she is very young. She won't tell you anything unless you ask a specific question. I bet Penny told her the story." "Yes, Sakura said that Penny told her all about the adventure they had," said Kandice. "Makes sense then," said Pippa. "You see, Penny knows Sakura a lot better than you. She sees her and talks to her every time she comes to the palace. Penny knows that Sakura will remember everything that she told her and will pass it on when asked the right questions. So was she excited when you first saw her about finding them?" "Actually she didn't say anything about Penny and Josh at first. She was just asking about the new little table in the dining room and wanted some ice cream," said Kandice. "It wasn't until I mentioned that she need more energy to go back out on the search that she said she didn't need to go back seaching, she already found them and stopped there. "Yep that is our Sakura alright. In her mind the problem was solved," said Pippa. She found them, they were safe and happy plus back home. Nothing else needed to be said at that time. Eventually she would of found Ivy or called me to pass on the news. Okay I will get the pixies all out there passing on the good news. It has been nice chatting with you Kandice. Call me anytime especially if you want to play. Us pixies love playing. Then Pippa took off like a flash. "Wow, that was actually fun. I better get back in the dining room and see what Sakura is doing. I probably shouldn't of told her it was a self serve kitchen," said Kandice. 06 illustration goes here Pippa went to to the pixie forset where she got the ball rolling. She told one pixie the good news and that was all it took. Within a minute over a thousand pixies were out flying around looking for people still searching for Penny and Josh to tell them they were found and okay. Pippa knew that Ivy was at the golden beacon tree so she flew over to tell her and talk some. "Hi Ivy, you talking to your tree again I see." "Yep, just checking on it plus taking a bit of a break," said Ivy. The sense I have for Penny is a lot stronger now so either I am very close to her of somebody finally found her." "Yep somebody did find both of them," said Pippa. "Sakura found them walking back to the palace. She told Kandice that God has made a New Eden where time goes much slower than here. They went through some kind of portal and were on an adventure God made for them. Kendra got to know Sakura better too after asking all those questions to her." Ivy smiled. "I am glad it was Sakura. She is the only one that wouldn't over react after finding them. So where are they now?" asked Ivy. Well acording to Kendra and Sakura they are either having a shower in the palace or at home preparing for supper," said Pippa. I am pretty sure Penny told Sakura the story so she would pass it on eventually so they could have time to get cleaned up then go home to eat. Everyone can wait until tomorrow to see them and get the full version of what happened." "So I expect you have the pixies spreading the news," said Ivy. "Yep, everyone will know soon," said Pippa. "Okay I have to go to Ginger now, I feel that she is hurting still inside so she must not know yet and she is with Alieta. "So Penny and Ginger are close friends?" asked Pippa. "More than that. Penny is Ginger's number one elf in the palace and one of her best friends, they nave been friends before Ginger met Alieta. Some how she thinks she is part to blame for their disappearence," said Ivy. "That part I don't get yet. Anyways come for supper at the palace in a bit. There with be lots of smiling faces there this time." "Sounds good," said Pippa then flew off then Ivy headed west where Ginger and Alieta were. 07 illustration goes here When Ivy got to where Ginger was she asked where Alieta was. "She headed back to the palace after hearing Penny and Josh were found and are okay," said Ginger. "Oh so you heard, why are you still here?" asked Ivy. "You see that pink rock over there, it is some kind of trigger for a portal or something," said Ginger. I read the writting on it and when I put my hand on the rock, a bright light appeared for a moment then went out. I must be doing something wrong." Ivy walked over to rock and when she looked at it she saw no writing. "What writing, I see just a plain old pink rock," said Ivy. "Well Alieta couldn't see the writing either, said Ginger. It is in elven plus there is a drawing of a hand on it. I guess just elves can see it." "Okay so what did it say?" asked Ivy. "May the hand of God lead you to paradise. The hand of his child will show the way. I figure it is a riddle of sorts. Yes that is something God would do," said Ivy. God, you think God put this rock here?" asked Ginger. "Yep, Pippa told me that Sakura said Penny and Josh went through some kind of portal and gave them an adventure in New Eden where time moves much slower," said Ivy. "Okay so why can't I open the portal?" asked Ginger. "Well I am not sure," said Ivy. Let me see if I can look deeper into this rock. I definately sense some very strong magic coming from it." Ivy stared at the rock for a few moments then got down on one knee and placed her hand on it. She closed her eyes and began to concentrate. Ginger watched as the rock around Ivy's hand began to glow some. In about a minute. Ivy took her hand off the rock and stood up. "Okay I got all I could but let me tell you this rock is not letting anyone in here right now," said Ivy. "Really, so what did you see? asked Ginger. "Not a lot but over there, it opens a very pretty tunnel," said Ivy. I couldn't see it very clearly but it was colourful. It seems that New Eden is just for elves for now but it is not finished yet. Then I saw God's face, he smiled at me then everything went dark. Best we leave it alone for now." "I suppose we have no choice," said Ginger. "I wonder why he is making a New Eden, there is nothing wrong with this Eden." "Your a smart girl," said Ivy. "Think about it, the rock says the portal will lead you to paradise. We have two male elves here so far with more coming soon from Triland. Where would be the best place for a couple to fall in true love and get God's blessing?" "Okay I get it now, said Ginger. New Eden is for romance." "Yep but I feel there is more to it than that," said Ivy. So are you going to go back to the palace now?" "Yep, I need to talk to Penny," said Ginger. "Not until tomorrow, said Ivy. "Pippa said they are home by now and getting supper ready. Best to leave them alone for now. You can talk to Penny tomorrow." "As usual you are right," said Ginger. "Plus I need to get some more sleep right after supper. This has been a hard three days for me." 08 illustration goes here Penny and Josh left the palace after having a shower and ran over to the stable where there was only one girl there attending the horses. Hi Penny, where have you been? asked the elf. On an adventure but I can't talk now, I have to go get supper ready," said Penny. "Okay, I see your in a hurry. You know where your horse is, said the elf. You must be Josh. I don't know which horse is yours." "I do, said Josh. Thanks for taking care of her for me." "You are very welcomed," said the elf. They both got their horse then rode off. "Now I get it," thought the elf. "If I had a man like that I would go missing for a week." They rode past the palace then past the candy factory. "Okay see that L shaped house over there, that is mine and the one beside it is Sally's," said Penny. "Nice and close to Jessica's candies." "Very convenient," said Josh. "Well there is Sally. I told you she would be over waiting for me," said Penny. "I wonder who is with her. "That is my brother Jaydren. I saw them walking together back to the palace after talking some under the apple tree. Looks like they hooked up." "Okay, dinner for four then," said Penny. I hope my ice box still has ice in it and the food hasn't gone bad." "They got off their horses and Penny ran over to Sally and they hugged. Josh walked over to his brother. "I have been so worried about you," said Sally. "Where have you two been?" "On an amazing adventure," said Penny. "I will tell you all about it inside." "So Josh, I am glad to see you are okay. I was getting worried about you." said Jaydren. "I can see why you disappeared though. Penny is quite the looker." "Oh ya and Sally is just as pretty," said Josh. "So I see you are with Josh's brother," said Penny. "Yes he is very nice to me and makes me laugh," said Sally. "Josh is very easy on the eyes too." "Hey what are you two talking about over there?" asked Penny. "Just you two," said Jaydren. "What are you two talking about?" "Just you two," said Penny. They all laughted. "Come lets get inside before anyone else sees us," said Penny. I have some things to talk about with Ginger tomorrow but today, it is just us four." "I'm with you grilfriend," said Sally and they all went in the house. 09 illustration goes here After everyone had finished supper at the palace, a lot of talk was going on about how Penny and Josh just appeared out of nowhere." "Pippa and Ivy were not about to start saying anyhing that they knew about them figuring it would just raise more questions that they had no answers to. Eventually the chatter died down and elves that normally didn't eat supper at the palace went home. The girls from the palace were just content to know Penny was safe and resting at home. Alieta talked to Ginger a bit before she went in to catch up on some sleep. "So do you feel any better now," asked Alieta. "Yes I do but I still need to talk to Penny tomorrow and say sorry for taking advantage of her," said Ginger. "That is still bugging me." "Well you my friend have way too much on your plate," said Alieta. "Do what I have done. You are in charge of the palace which takes a big burden off of me. "Ivy is in charge of keeping Fae Land looking beautiful. Something I can't do like she can. I would have to hire people to take care of all the trees and plants. Ivy has also taken charge of the fairie's cove and the fairies do what ever she asks them to do. Pippa now realizes that all the pixies consider her the queen of pixies and she has them keeping Fae Land looking beatiful with pixie dust plus she deals with any issues among them and has put some other pixies in charge of stuff. Now you did put Sally in charge of the kitchen so that is a step in the right direction. Dedicate authority and lighten your load some so you won't forget stuff anymore." "Ya your right. I do like all the responsibility but too much is not good for me," said Ginger. "Things are changing here very fast. I just can't keep up with everything like before. Okay I need to go to bed. I probably won't get back up until lunch time. Good night Alieta," then Ginger went into the palace. "Well that was a good talk," said Alieta. "Yes it was, a very good talk," said Fillina that just appeared. "You are always good at saying the right things. Your job here as queen is the hardest of everyones." "How is that?" asked Alieta. "Well first of all you are in charge of everyone that are in charge of other people and things," said Fillina. "But more important you have all of the people of Fae Land to keep happy which is a job just by itself and God says no one does it better than you anywhere. Now on top of that you have taken it on yourself to care for all the girls that live in the palace with you. You are like a mother to them and that is one big family you have here. I sure wouldn't want your job." Alieta smiled. "Yes but I love having them all as my family," said Alieta. I have no other family." "I know, you just have to stop worring so much about them all," said Fillina. "They are all adults now. You have taught them well. Now moving on to what God asked me to come talk to you about. New Eden that you are aware of now is something that God and I came up with together. This is something we have never tried to do before." "Okay so what is it? asked Alieta. "We have all been happy with Eden the way it is and it has been getting better over time." "True and it will always be there but New Eden is special and is being designed to be a paradise for those that are dating. God wanted to talk to Penny and Josh when they began to like each other. He decided to do a test run of the area of New Eden that is finished by letting them two come in and see how they would react together in a place neither of them had any knowledge of with magic all around them. He made it fun but not easy. He is the best at making riddles too. Say little but say a lot. He makes you use your head to be able to continue on a path to the center of New Eden where the magic is the strongest and there is a pool in that spot. Once the couple figures out the last clue, that pool will transport them to their paradise where they will find out if they should stay together. Those areas are not finished yet so he tansported them out." "So only a couple can go into New Eden?" asked Alieta. "Ginger tried but it wouldn't let her in." "Well yes but New Eden is closed right now," said Fillina. "There is still a lot of work to be done. He has slowed down the time in there so we can work faster in these different layers of paradise. Once we are done then time in Eden with be much faster than real time. A couple in paradise will spend three or four days there but when they come out, just one day has pasted in Fae Land. Pretty cool, don't you think." "Yes very, so New Eden is a place to test relationships then," said Alieta. "Yes but much more," said Fillina. As you know elves mate for life. It used to be like that here but the wars messed that up. When a couple makes a baby their combined love for that baby is very intense. Love is what powers the magic in Fae Land. The more loving families there are the more magic is made and that will make sure the magic in Fae Land never weakens. You must understand how much parrents love their children." "Yes I do," said Alieta. "I see it when I visit the human colony. Familes in the park with kids running around playing and doing things that make their parrent laugh. It is impossible not to love them." Yes the humans don't need to go in New Eden. Just being in Fae Land is their paradise," said Fillina. "So what about Penny and Josh, do they have to go back into New Eden to see if they should stay together?" asked Alieta. "Nope and neither will Sally and Jaydren," said Fillina. "After tonight, in eight months they are going to have their hands full and won't need New Eden. Besides we are not sure if New Eden will work properly without having a bunch of angels keeping watch over it. Like I said we have never tried anything like this on the surface. In heaven it is easy. Okay I have to go and get back to work. Keep all this stuff I told you to yourself." Then she vanished. "Babies, there are going to be baby elfs in Fae Land. I can hardly wait," thought Alieta. 10 illustration goes here Chapter 2 The following morning Ginger woke up as soon and the sun came up. She tried to go back to sleep but couldn't. "I guess that was enough sleep, she thought. I do feel well rested." She got dressed and figured she would go over to Penny's place to talk with her but first she wanted some breakfast to start the day off right. When she got to the dining room she found Koko and Trigger sittng at the small table. She turned her chair around and sat facing them. "Good morning, is anyone in the kitchen yet?" asked Ginger. "Yep Sally is but she said to wait a minute, she is getting things turned on," said Koko. "Yep we are going to get the breakfast special," said Trigger, Kandice is not as good a cook as Sally and didn't know what the breakfast special was. She did her best though," said Koko. "It wasn't really that bad." "I guess so but Sally is our favorite," said Trigger. "Well Kandice was just filling in for Sally. She normally doesn't work in the kitchen," said Ginger. "Sally came out and saw Ginger talking to the pets. "Well look at you three. Here already, said Sally." "Yep we heard the search was over so we knew you would be back," said Koko. Yep we sure did miss you," said Trigger. "Well I missed you two also," said Sally. "So two breakfast specials for you two correct." "Yep you got it," said Koko. "And what would you like Ginger?" "I will have the same. I want to go over to Penny's place to talk to her so I want a good breakfast too." Well Penny is here," said Sally. "We both came to work together. After we had dinner together with our men yesterday. I went back to my place with Jaydren to get some sleep. We had some fun then we both fell asleep. That was the best sleep I have ever had. Penny told me she had a great sleep too on the way here. This is going to be a glorious day, I just feel it. Okay I will be back with your breakfast in a few minutes," then Sally went back in the kitchen humming some song. "Well she seems really happy," said Ginger. "I guess she is happy Penny is back," said Trigger. "Ya I guess your right, I am happy too," said Ginger. 11 illustration goes here After Ginger finished her breakfast she went back up to her room to take off her running shoes seeing she won't be riding her horse to Penny's place. She could hear someone in the hallway singing as she began to leave her room and saw Penny looking very happy and singing. "Penny, why are singing? People may still be sleeping." "Oops, sorry, I am feeling so happy today. Had the best sleep ever and am ready to get some things done that I have been wanting to do for a while now," said Penny. "Okay, about that I want to talk to you about something that has been bothering me for a while now," said Ginger. "Okay, I need to talk to you too but you go first," said Penny. "Well first I want to say I am sorry for giving you things to do that I had no business doing. You are your own boss in here and don't need me adding to your load. Second Alieta told me that I have too much on my plate and should dedicate people to take over some of the duties I have to do. Thing is I have tried my best to help out around here but because I have so much on my mind, I am forgetting about things." "Like what?" asked Penny. "Well the new radio station for one. It has been ready to go for a while now but I forgot all about it. I know I ordered radios and batteries but I don't even know where they are." "I do, said Penny. I put them in the storage room for now. I was going to get some of the radios to a few stores in the two towns after I found some one to run the radio station." "So you have been taking care of that then?" asked Ginger. "I was but been busy doing stuff for you lately," said Penny. Don't get me wrong, I like doing things for you, you have been my friend forever." "Yes I figured that but that is just me being lazy," said Ginger. "I will not bother you with little tasks anymore. So what did you want to talk to me about?" "That pretty much covers it," said Penny. "I'll do my thing and you do your thing. Now what am I to do with all those boxes gadgets that look like the one you carry around all the time?" "You mean cell phones?" asked Ginger. "I guess, there are a bunch of boxes I put in the storage room that are labled Alma's Store. "Oh my God, I forgot all about that too," said Ginger. "Ivy paid for the end store in the west town and put a deposit down on the apartment above the store. I hadn't heard from Alma so I forgot all about it." "Well I don't know of any Alma," said Penny. "Is she human? Yes but from Granada. I bet she is still there waiting to be transported here," said Ginger. Man I am really screwing up." "Well you are going to have to figure that one out," said Penny. I know nothing about Granada other than some of our people ended up there due to that portal thing a while back. Now I have a good idea of who would like you work in the radio station." "Really, I figured the Twins," said Ginger. "Nope they are not into music as much as is needed to keep working there and it only takes one to operate the station and those two do everything together," said Penny. "Miyo would be perfect. She loves mucic and sings great. Also Tiffany would probably love it too. I have heard her singing and she has a nice voice also. That way we have an elf and a human broadcasting." "Wow you sure do have a good handle on the radio station," said Ginger. "Okay you go talk to Mya and Tiffany and get them to work with you and I will figure out how to get Alma here. Seeing we are doing our on thing now, we should get together once a week and tell each other what we have been doing." "Okay, good plan," said Penny. Just then Tiffany can around the corner humming a song. 12 illustration goes here "Tiffany, can we talk to you for a minute?" asked Ginger. "Ya sure," said Tiffany as she walked up to them. "How would you like to work with Penny instead of working for me?" asked Ginger. "Well working for you isn't that hard," said Tiffany. "Just getting up so early is a bit hard. What does Penny do?" "Go ahead Penny, tell her," said Ginger. "Well I need some help reorganizing the radio station," said Penny. "What is that?" asked Tiffany. "Well it is a place where someone plays music and talks into a thing called a mirophone that gets sent out over the air waves and can be heard on a radio that will soon be in most peoples homes," said Penny. "Wow that sounds like magic," said Tiffany. "It sort of is," said Penny. The magic of science I call it." "Okay I can help do that with you, said Tiffany. When do we start?" "Today we will get things set up but once it is ready to go and we get the radios in some stores, how would tou like to be one of the girls playing the music and talking in the microphone. You will be able to talk to people all over Fae Land and maybe further," said Penny. "Okay that would be great but how do I play music to people. I don't play any instruments and only sing a little bit," said Tiffany. "No you don't have to play the music, said Penny. It is already recorded on round discs called records and cd discs. I will show you how it works." "Wow more science magic right?" asked Tiffany. "Yep it sure is and so is the radios," said Penny. Now I am going to ask Miyo if she wants to play music for everyone too." "For sure she will, said Tiffany. She loves music and owns a guitar too. We sometimes sing some songs together." "I figured she would want to," said Penny. "Go outside and I will be out soon and then we will go to the radio station." "Okay, this is going to be fun," said Tiffany. Then she ran down the hall and down the stairs. "Well that worked out well for you. I hope I have as much good luck finding Alma," said Ginger. 13 illustration goes here Ginger went outside and found Alieta walking back from the sun dial. "Hello Ginger, I thought you were going to sleep to lunch time today," said Alieta. "I thought I was going to but when the sun came up I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep," said Ginger. "So how do you feel today?" asked Alieta. "Much better, I went for breakfast and found Koko and Trigger sitting at their small table then saw Sally was back working in the kitchen," said Ginger. She told me that Penny was already here at the palace so after I ate I found her in the hallway by my room. We had a very good talk and now things are the way they are supposed to be." "Well I am very glad to hear that," said Alieta. "You know, both Sally and Penny seemed very happy," said Ginger. Even happier than usual and they both said they had the best sleep of their life last night." Alieta smiled. "Well, Fillina told me not to tell anyone what she told me yesterday but she didn't say I couldn't give you hints and then you guess why they are so happy," said Alieta. "Okay so there is a good reason why they are both so happy then," said Ginger. "Oh yes a very good reason," said Alieta. Now you know that Penny and Josh were together in New Eden and went to Penny's house for supper and Sally found herself a nice male elf too before Penny and Josh went missing." "Yep and Sally said her and Jaydren had supper with them," said Ginger. "Did she say anything else?" asked Alieta. "Just that after dinner, Jaydren and her went back to her place to go to bed, they had some fun then fell asleep," said Ginger. "So do you know now why they are so happy today?" asked Alieta. "Not sure, Sally and Jaydren went back to her place to go to bed, they had some fun then fell asleep, thought Ginger. Oh my god, they did it didn't they and Penny and Josh must of too!" "Give the girl a cigar," said Alieta. "Now guess what we are going to see in about eight months from now." "No way, two baby elves! said Ginger. There hasn't been a new born elf in Fae Land for around two hundred years!" "Pretty exciting isn't it, said Alieta. "And if Katilina comes through with other male elves, their may be lots more to follow. Things are definately going to change around here once these babies start to walk and talk." "Have you ever seen a new born elf? asked Alieta. I haven't." "Yes, mamy times long ago," said Ginger. They are born with their eyes wide open and look so beautiful and innocent plus they don't cry like human babies. They grow fast and can walk at usually six months but begin talking sooner than that. We are going to have to build play areas in the elf village for them and start bringing in children's toys for them." "Well I think you may be getting a bit ahead of yourself," said Alieta. "Nope not at all, You don't know Alieta," said Ginger. "Once Penny and Sally find out they are pregnant, they will be shopping for baby clothes and diapers plus a crib for each child right away. The mother instinct will click in. Your right things are going to change around here more than you think." "Wow I wasn't expecting that, so what are you doing today?" asked Alieta. Well first I want to know where Sapphire the fairy nymph is. I haven't seen her since she brought Olympia here. "Why do you want Sapphire for?" asked Alieta. Well I goofed up again and forgot all about Ivy's friend Alma from Granada was supposed to set up shop in town selling cell phones. I thought Sapphire was suppose to bring her here but Penny brought it to my attention that boxes of cell phones are in the storage room. She must be still in Granada waiting to be transported. This definately all my fault," said Ginger. Yes it just may be," said Alieta. "Sapphire stays tiny and hidden most of the time and usually very close by. "She will come when I call out her name though but she always thinks she is in trouble when I call or Gabriel calls for her." "Why is that?" asked Ginger. "Just the way she is, said Alieta. She did used to get in trouble a long tome ago doing naughty things but she is older and different now. "Sapphire, I need you to come see me at the front of the palace please. Now watch this." 14 illustration goes here Sapphire appeared in a few seconds. "Yes Alieta, am I in trouble, I have been trying my best to stay out of trouble and be good," said Sapphire. "Your not in trouble Sapphire, Ginger just needs your help," said Alieta. "Oh okay, that's good then, said Sapphire. "You got here super fast this time, where were you? "Oh I am living on the top floor of the palace. Once Lulu made it so big I figured no one would come up there for awhile. I created everything I need there. That is okay right?" asked Sapphire. "Yes of coarse, I haven't even been up to the third floor yet," said Alieta. "You can come out and visit if you want, you can be very useful to all of us. Well you can call if you need something special, I like the peace and quite plus I visit Olympia all the time and some of the other girls when they are with her. I told them to keep it a secret incase I wasn't allowed up there but Phonixa said that you wouldn't mind at all, Ivy come by sometimes too and she swore not to tell anyone also. I just don't want to get in trouble, that's all. Okay but you are not going to get in trouble Sapphire, everyone here thinks you are awesome," said Ginger. Okay, I will think about it so what did you need?" asked Sapphire. "Do you remember that girl from Granada named Alma that was suppose to come here and sell cell phones?" asked Ginger. "Yep sure do, said Sapphire. Nice girl that wanted to start her own business here. What about her?" "Where is she?" asked Ginger. Her cell phones are here in the palace but she hasn't come for them yet." Well I do remember bringing the boxes of phones and some other stuff here," said Sapphire. Took three or four more trips to bring all her stuff to the palace. I was almost out of time before the last portal was going to close permanently. Umm, I think I forgot to bring her here. Oh no, now I am in real trouble. Ivy is going to be mad at me, you are mad at me and especially Alma is mad at me plus now I am mad a me. This is bad. This is real bad. I got to go fix this fast. Hey wait, now I remember the portal was closed when I went to get her so I called Gabriel and she told me not to worry about it she will find her and bring her here. Now Gabriel is in trouble not me this time." Gabriel, I need to talk to you fast." Then Sapphire vanished. "Okay, what just happened?" asked Ginger. "Well first we just found out that this wasn't your fault and second the most powerful of all fairies talked herself into being in trouble then talked her self out of trouble and now is going to give Gabriel heck and tell her she is in trouble. Did you follow that?" asked Alieta. Sort of, she is quite the character that is for sure," said Ginger. "Well I think we are going to be seeing Alma soon," said Alieta. "So how long ago was she supposed to be here?" "Right after Olympia arrived I thought," said Ginger. "Yep this is bad, said Alieta. Poor girl, I hope she is okay." "Okay, how can she be okay, she had to sell everything she had and use all the money she had in the bank to buy all the stuff for her store here," said Ginger. "She is probably homeless and broke." "Ya that is bad," said Alieta. "But Sapphire did say she was going to fix things and when she says that she will fix it good, prpbably give Gabriel an earful too." Now that I would like to watch," said Ginger. "Yes so would I," said Alieta. 15 illustration goes here When Penny and Tiffany reached the radio station, they got off their horses and walked over to the building. "Okay here it is, said Penny. I have done some work inside already and removed a couple of walls that made it much more spacious in there. Thing is we have to keep the control table where it is because all the cables from out here that run undergound are connected to the equipment on that table." "Okay, I get that but what is this very tall tower for?" asked Tiffany. That is the antenna that sends the music signals out to all the radios," said Penny. I think it has something to do with those cell phones that Ginger and the other girls use. Ivy told me Tulip made the tower and Lulu made the building. The equipment all came from Granada and Merlin got some men from Granada to set everything up. This entire project was Ivy's idea and found out everything that was needed to bring music and news to everyone in Fae Land when she was in Granada." "Wow, Ivy must be very smart then, said Tiffany. She doesn't act super smart though." "Ivy is extremely intellegent and loves to learn. Ivy is not one to boast or show off. She is very beautiful but considers herself just like everyone else here. You will never find another person so beautiful inside and out anywhere. Now lets go inside and get to work," said Penny. The south door there is where you go in and will be given a key for it. The north door is for visitors and guests. We will worry about the visitors wating area later so lets do some cleaning then I will show you what I know about getting everything to work" 16 illustration goes here In a couple of hours Penny and Tiffany had the inside of the radio station all cleaned up and reorganized. Penny told Tiffany to sit in the chair and adjust it for her height. "Now I will tell what each thing is on this table," said Penny. "To your left is turn table one. That is where you put the round records on that have music recorded on them. Don't ask me how that is possible because I don't know. To your right is turn table two. Now the reason there is two turn tables is while you have one song playing on number one you can set up a different record on number two. That way you can play the second song right after the first song is over with out there being a long pause between songs. They call a long pause when there is nothing being transmitted "Dead Air". You don't want that to happen." "Okay so what is this big box with all the knobs and buttons for?" asked Tiffany. "That is the main power control box and mixing controller," said Penny. Each button is labled and the slide bars adjust how the music sounds. There are also other controls on it that plays funny special effect sounds like bells, whistles and even animal sounds," said Penny. "On that box of records is the instruction manual for everything in here. Best you read it and try stuff yourself. Those big boxes up on the wall are the speaks where the sound comes out." Ya I definately will need to read the instructions," said Tiffany. "What is that on the other table?" "That is what Ivy called a lap top computer," said Penny. "She set it up to a place where all kinds of different songs can be downloaded then played with out using the turn tables. Talk to Ivy and she will show you how that works but she said there is all kinds of differnt types of music including country, jazz, classical plus rock and roll." "Wow this all seems realy complicated," said Tiffany. "Well that is why I picked you to work in here," said Penny. You are smart and young and Ivy assured me that once the instructions are read and you get familar with the controls, it will become easy and a lot of fun. Now push the button on the top of the main box that says "Power". Tiffany pushed the main power button then eveything came on making little lights and the lap top come on. "Wow, it's like tiny Christmas candles every where," said Tiffany. Penny smiled. "Ya I thought the same thing when Ivy showed me," said Penny. "Now I will show you how to play a record." Penny went to the box of albums and pulled out one she already listened to. "Okay, you pull out the record slowly doing your best not too get finger prints on it then place it on the turn table making the little post in the middle go through the center hole on the record. Now as you look at the center of the record it lists the names of each song on this side of the record. The other side has different songs on it but all from the same band. Now I really like this song that is called "I Am Just A Country Girl". It is preformed by a group called The Marauders but the song was written by Sally that is a country girl in Granada and sung by our own pixie Ginger. It is song number two so when you look at the record you will see a wider space between the grooves. That is where one song ends and another one starts with a breif pause between songs. So line that arm up with the tiny needle on it to the start of the second song then pull that small lever down then the needle arm will slowly drop onto the record." "Okay, like this?" asked Tiffany. "Yep perfect now push the button that says "Speakers", said Penny. In a moment the song began to play. "Wow, that is Pixie Ginger singing, she sounds great." "Yep and just wait when the song really starts to rock," said Penny. Those two knobs marked "Left" and "Right" adjust the volume of each speaker. Now when the song goes over you just moved the lever back up and the arm with raise off the record. Then you can push the button that is labled "Microphone", then you can talk into it telling people what the name of the song was and the name of the band plus if you have any new news that you want to share with everyone then go for it but keep it short and sweet because people want to hear music mostly." "Okay, so I will be in control of what everyone hears then," said Tiffany. "Yep you and Miyo will but first you learn how everything works then you show her," said Penny. "Now let me switch things over to the lap top. Ivy downloaded a play list of twenty songs from different artists that will keep playing over and over again until I stop it." Penny set it up and the first song started. Then she pushed the transmit button. "Okay that is now being sent out," said Penny. "Now we are gong back to the palace to get a bunch of those radios and lots of packages of batteries. Then off to town and start selling them to some store owners." "So you think they will buy them seeing no one has ever heard of a radio before?" asked Tiffany. "Don't worry, I have a plan that will not fail. Trust me," said Penny. Then they both left the radio station leaving the music broadcasting. 17 illustration goes here Back at the palace Ginger was waiting outside on the couch to see if Sapphire and Gabriel was able to find Alma after leaving her stranded and homeless for so long in Granada. After about fifteen minutes she appeared with Alma and Gabriel. Her she is, said Gabriel. Now Sapphire, you take good care of this girl and do as Ginger says. Once again I am very sorry for bringing you here right away but everything is fixed now for the most part. Now stop hiding in the palace, you have friends here that would like to see you and there is new girls plus others will be on the way soon. Remember you are a fairy and fairies love to do magic and make people happy. And please stop saying your sorry, at least this time it was my turn to say sorry." Then Gabriel vanished. "Hello Alma, my name is Ginger, I have to appoligise for what happened." "Oh you don't have to, Sapphire must of said sorry a hundred times, to me and kept giving that nice angel heck," said Alma. "I am here now so all is good." "So what did you do all this time with no money and nowhere to live?" asked Ginger. "Well after I saw it was getting dark I called Sparkle on my cell," said Alma. "She was in Fae Land at the time but told me to go to The Sparkle Parson Foundation and she would set up everything for me. When I got there they were so nice to me and gave me a nice hot meal then gave me a room to stay in for as long as I needed it. "I wonder why Sparkle didn't tell me what happened," said Ginger. "Well I think Sparkle didn't know who Sapphire was and when I said she was expose to take me to Fae Land I guess she figured I was a bit nutty. That is probably why the people at the foundation kept asking me how I felt." "So they all thought you were nuts," said Ginger. "Yep I guess so but they sure did provide for me there," said Alma. I was in my room when Sapphire appeared with that beautiful angel. I had never seen a real angel before. That is when Sapphire started saying sorry to me and giving the angel heck. I had to check out of the foundation which was hard to do at first, until Gabriel appeared beside me and said I was with her and taking me to Fae Land. Sapphire then started saying sorry to all of the staff there. I think she just likes the sound of that word. Anyways once I did the paper work I thanked everyone there then Poof, I appeared here now. So this is Fae Land." "Well this is Fae Land's palace and palace grounds," said Ginger. "This is just the most southern tip of Fae Land. So now I need to get you set up," said Ginger. Sapphire do you know where the corner store is at the north end of town?" "Yep sure do, said Sapphire. Good then start transporting all those boxes in the palace storage room labled Alma to that store, said Ginger. When done, wait for us to get there. You have some things to make there. Alma will tell you what is needed to get her store up and running, then I will take you upstairs to her appartment where you will furinsh the place and fill the ice box and pantry with food. That is the least we can do for her." "What is the most we can do for her?" asked Sapphire. "Sapphire, stop joking around and get to work," said Ginger. "Okay boss sorry, I mean I am on it," said Sapphire then she vanished. "You know she is kinda funny," said Alma. "Ya all fairies are a bit nutty at times," said Ginger. "Now do you know how to ride a horse?" "Nope, never been on one," said Alma. "Okay come with me to the stable and you will have to ride with me," said Ginger. 18 illustration goes here When they got to the stable Ginger saw Casper eating his breakfast. "Is that a unicorn? Sure looks like one," said Alma. "Yep that is Casper, Safire's unicorn," said Ginger. "Sapphire has a unicorn too?" asked Alma. "No a different Safire that is Queen of the Blue Fae. Would you like to meet Casper?" asked Ginger. "You bet," said Alma. They walked up to Casper and Ginger said good morning. "Hello Ginger, good morning to you too," said Casper. "Wow he talks too," said Alma. "Yep I sure do, said Casper. What is your name?" "Alma, I just got here." "Well then welcome to Fae Land then," said Casper. "Yep she is going to be selling cell plones in town, said Ginger. I got Sapphire delivering the boxes of them now to her store." "Really, I sense she is still sleeping," said Casper. Ginger smiled. "No this is a different Sapphire," said Ginger. "I suppose it can be confusing sometimes when people have the same names. There is blue Safire and there is fairy nymph Sapphire. "Oh okay," said Casper. "So did you have a good sleep?" asked Ginger. "Yep very good, said Casper. I had some fun with one of the mares over there yesterday while we were out grazing." "Really, which one?" asked Ginger. The cute one looking at us over there," said Casper. "That is my horse," said Ginger. "Oh well I suppose you might be having two horses in a while," said Casper with a smile. "What was with yesterday? Baby making day or something," said Ginger. "Beats me," said Casper. "She is a nice horse and really likes you." Ginger shook her head. "Well that is good to know," said Ginger. "Okay we got stuff to do, see you later Casper." "Okay bye," said Casper. "Do the horses here talk too?" asked Alma. "No but Casper can comunicate with them all," said Ginger. "Okay lets get my horse and head to town now, said Ginger." 19 illustration goes here After Penny and Tiffany went to the stable, Penny hooked up her horse to a cart. They then went to the palace. "Okay I will he right back," said Penny. "I will grab just one box of radios for now and a box of batteries." "Do you want some help?" asked Tiffany. "No I can handle it," said Penny. She went in the palace and in a couple of minutes came back out with a big box then put it in the back of the cart but took one radio out and stuck batteries in it then changed the tuner. She came around the front and handed the radio to Tiffany then jumped back up in the cart. "Okay turn it on," said Penny. Tiffany pushed the power button and mucic began to come out of it. "Wow, is that the music from the station?" asked Tiffany. "Yep and that music will get these radios in stores, said Penny.You watch and see." They rode across the palace grounds then headed towards town. "Now this is what we are going to do" said Penny. "We will go in the general store first and I will talk to the owner. I will tell her about the radio station and that it is operating now. Then you will turn on the radio when I tell you. That will surprise the owner then I will tell her how much money she can make selling them. You just got to keep smiling and moving a bit to the music." "So you think that will do it?" asked Tiffany. "Well I have to tell them the terms and stuff," said Penny. "You will see, everyone loves music." 20 illustration goes here Chapter 3 Penny pulled up in front of the general store. "Now remember what I told you, keep smiling," said Penny. "Now turn off the radio for now and when I tell you turn it back on." "Okay got it," said Tiffany. They walked into the store and went to the front counter where the store owner was standing. "Hello Penny and Tiffany. Here to order some supplies for the palace?" asked the lady. "Usually Ginger does that." "Well today we are here to sell you something," said Penny. "Really, what could you possibly have that I would be interested in buying?" asked the lady. "I buy everything I need here and at the clothing store." "Well this is for you to sell in your store and I highly recommend you add it to your inventory," said Penny. "Really, so what is it that you are recommending?" asked the lady. "Well Ivy research a new science when she was in Granada and found a way to bring music to every home in Fae Land. Together with Lulu, Tulip and Merlin they built a radio station and transmitting tower in Eden. "Really, this is Ivy's idea?" asked the lady. "Keep talking I am listening." "Well the radio station has recorded songs inside that when played, they get transmited though the air to this black box that Tiffany is holding," said Penny. "How is that possible, Eden is quite a ways from here," said the lady. "Well the power to do this comes from the magic in Eden and will reach all the way to Cumberland or even further," said Penny. "I dought that," said the lady I would have to see that to beleive it." "How about hearing?" asked Penny. "Tiffany, turn on the radio please." Tiffany hit the power button and a very nice soft rock song was playing. "My goodness, that is amazing, said the lady. All that wonderful music coming from such a small box," said the lady. "Something like that must be expensive." "Nope, Ginger and Alieta bought boxes of them plus lots of batteries that power the radio and got a great deal. So we can sell them to you for just fifteen dollars each and Ginger recommends you sell them to your customers for twenty dollars," said Penny. "Really, that sounds very reasonalble," said the lady." How many did you bring with you?" "Well we only brought one box with us today but if you take just eight for now and best you take twice as many packages of batteries because eventually they will loose their power and need to be replaced with new ones." "Oh so return sales too," said the lady. That Ivy is one special girl. Okay, it's a deal!" "Good, we will also give you the same payment plan that you give the palace," said Penny. The lady smiled. "Can I buy that one from you for myself? I want to leave it on the counter playing music so people will see how amazing it is." "Well if you keep it going all day then the batteries will run out in a couple of days," said Penny. "It does have a cord at the back where it can be plugged into a wall socket but you need electricity for that." "I have it!, said the lady. "Ivy had Merlin make a couple of those magic circles at both ends of town and some men have been working setting up each store. Not all the stores are done yet but they finished my store yesterday. I wasn't really sure what good it would be for but now I know! So how long does the music play for?" "We have these twenty songs looping continuously but starting tomorrow morning Tiffany will be doing the morning shift playing songs and talking some then Miyo will take over and do the evening shift," said Penny. "When they are not here new songs will be playing all night looping like these songs." "So twenty four hours. Good I can tell my customers that," said the lady. Tiffany handed the lady the radio she was holding then they both went out to fill her order. 21 illustration goes here When Ginger and Alma got to the store they found Sapphire there sitting on one of the boxes waiting for them. "Okay there are a lot of boxes," said Ginger. "Yep one box has all my clothes in it and another one has all my personal nick nacks and stuff in it," said Alma. "The rest are all for the store. Each box is labled." Alma check all the boxes to make sure they were all there. "Okay this one and this one goes to my appartment," said Alma. "Okay Sapphire can you take these upstairs please and while you are up there make a bed and dresser plus fill the icebox," said Ginger. "Okay," said Sapphire then took the two boxes up to the appartment. "Now this box that says store preset is all the stuff I want to put on display first," said Alma. "The rest can go into a storage room if there is one." "Yes there is, just a small one where the bathroom is," said Ginger. When Sapphire gets back down here I will head back to the palace unless you want to come also." "No I have to start setting everything up," said Alma. "Well you just tell Sapphire what you need in the way of tables and shelves and she will make them for you." "She will be back down any second now." "Already, she can do all that stuff that fast?" asked Alma. "Yep Sapphire is one powerful fairy," said Ginger. "She likes to goof around but when she gets serious nothing is too hard for her." In a moment Sapphire reappeared. "All done plus there was a second bedroom so I set that one up too," said Sapphire. "Good I am going to head back to the palace," said Ginger. Alma needs some shelves and tables in here, she will tell you everything that is needed." "Okay and when I am done, what next?" asked Sapphire. "Then you can do what ever you want," said Ginger. "Okay see you later and good luck with the store." Then Ginger left. "So what is next?" asked Sapphire. "Well I need these boxes put in the storage room first," said Alma. "Okay that is easy said Sapphire then moved them with a wave of her hand. There now what?" asked Sapphire. "I need shelves on that wall and two tables over there plus one where people pay for stuff," said Alma. "I want it to look like the store I worked at in Granada but not as big." "Okay so do you remember where every thing was there?" asked Sapphire. "Yep every last thing, said Alma." "Okay, let me do this the fast and easy way, said Sapphire. Put out your hand please." Sapphire took hold of Alma's hand and read her then let go. "Okay got it. I don't know what all that stuff is but I know where it all goes," said Sapphire. She opened the big box on the floor, put out her arms and waved them around then suddenly the store was transformed into a shop ready for buisness. "Holy, you did it exactly how I imagined it," said Alma. "Yep when I said I was going to fix everything for you I meant it, said Sapphire. So anything else?" "No that is it, said Alma. Okay then, call me anytime if you need something else," said Sapphire then vanished. Wow, now all I have to do is set up the program on the cashout lap top. She went to the counter and noticed that there were some electrical outlets on the wall. Perfect now I can charge everthing up then I am ready for business! 22 illustration goes here Penny and Tiffany went to another store and had no problem selling another eight radios. "Now we may have to go to the north town to sell these last eight," said Penny. "Okay, I have never been there before," said Tiffany. "That is where all the big stores are," said Penny. "They started on their way but they noticed the corner store looked open now. There was a hand writen sign in the window that said, "Gadgets And Cell Phones". "A radio is a gadget right?" asked Tiffany. "Yep it sure is," said Penny. "There is someone behind the counter in there so lets go in. Grab a radio, this might be an easy sale." Tiffany took a radio out of the box the put the four batteries in it. "Then they went in the store. "Wow customers already," thought Alma. "Hello, welcome to my gadget store," said Alma. "Here I sell cell phones, lap top computers, earphones and cases for the cell phones." "Penny was about to start her sales pitch when Alma saw the radio. "A radio and cd player! Does Fae Land have a radio station?" asked Alma. "Yes we do," said Penny. Tiffany and Miyo will be running it in the day," said Penny. "This is amazing," said Alma. "I though I was going to have go without my music when I came here." "Where did you come from?" asked Tiffany. "Granada, It took a bit to get here but all is good now," said Alma. "Do you have more of those? "Yep we have eight in total counting this one," said Tiffany plus a bunch of batteries for those that don't have electricity yet." "I'll take them but I don't have any money right now," said Alma. "Well you have thirty days to pay for them," said Penny. "When you run out you can order more from the palace. Ginger will be in charge of them." "Perfect, said Alma. Now if you are going to be playing music," you will definately need a phone," said Alma. "Really, how come?" asked Tiffany. 23 illustration goes here "Well how are listeners going to call in and make requests if you don't have a phone?" asked Alma. "You can look up the weather and see what it is gong to be like outside each day. A cell phone can also tell you breaking news but that will be mostly for Granada right now." "It can do all that?" asked Tiffany. "Yep and so much more, said Alma. You two can call each other or just text if you need to talk about something. Ginger has one also and so does Alieta and Ivy. A cell phone is a must when running a business." "This really isn't a business, said Tiffany. I just play music and talk sometimes." "That is where you are wrong," said Alma. "Having a radio station is big business. Store owners will call you asking if you can advertise sale items for them. You can charge money for that and play it several times a day. That is how the station makes noney." "Wow I didn't realize that," said Penny. "We better get three. Miyo will need one too. So can you show us how they work?" "Sure can, it is quite easy," said Alma. "Pick out what one you want over there on that table, are lots of different colours then bring them to the counter and I will progam them with phone numbers first. Each phone comes with a charger too. The phones are already fully charged but depending on how much you use them you will need to recharge them. To do that you just plug the big end into a wall socket then plug this small end into the bottom of the phone." Once Alma had the phones programed she showed them the basic functions. Then Alma turned on the radio. "Okay lets get you the box of rados on the cart," said Penny. "By the way how much do these cost? Twenty dollars a month each with the first payment starting in thirty days," said Alma. "That is a good deal," said Penny. "Yep I aim to please," said Alma. 24 illustration goes here When Penny and Tiffany got back to the palace grounds they dropped off the horse and cart at the stable then walked to the palace where Ginger was standing. 'Ginger look what we got," said Tiffany all excited. "Alma sold us cell phones." "Really, she must be a very good sales woman," said Ginger. "Well everything she told us made sense," said Penny. "She said running a radio station is big business and a phone is a must for Tiffany and Miyo." "Really, why is it big business?" asked Ginger. "Store owners will pay to advertise stuff they sell and special sales," said Penny. "When people hear it over the radio they will go to the store and buy stuff. We make money and the store makes money." "Okay I get that but we need to get some radios our there first," said Ginger. "Oh we already sold a box of them," said Tiffany. "That's twenty four radios so far. They we really easy to sell once I turned on the radio. "What, you have the radio station running already?" asked Ginger. "Yep, Ivy created a play list of twenty songs that just keep looping," said Penny. "Tomorrow Tiffany and Miyo will start working in there. Tiffany has the morning shift and Miyo has the afternoon shift." "Well sure sounds like you have this all figured out," said Ginger. So you are going to be in charge of the radio station then?" Ya if it is okay with you," said Penny. "Yes please be in charge of it," said Ginger. "I don't know anything about running a radio station. "Well you have to take care of the sales of radios," said Penny. The store owners will pay you and re-order through you. You have always taken care of the money here." "Yes I can do that but who is going to deliver the radios? ask Ginger. "Well I am going to bring a few more boxes to the north town tomorrow," said Penny. I was thinking maybe the twins would like to make a bit of extra money. You know how they like to shop. I will ask them later on but if they don't want to I am sure a couple of elves would from the village." "So I best get your phone numbers so I can call you and you can call me," said Ginger. "Okay, where do I find my phone number?" asked Tiffany. Ginger smiled. "Here let me show you, said Ginger. Hand me your phone." Ginger took Tiffany's phone first and inputed her number on her phone then did the same to Penny's phone but added Alieta's number to hers too. "There now all I have to do is call each of you and you will have my number. She called Penny's phone first. "Okay it is making a sound, now what do I do?" asked Penny. "Just tap that button at the bottom of the screen then say hello," said Ginger. "Penny tapped the button then said hello. There, it is that simple," said Ginger into her phone then ended the call. "Do me next," said Tiffany. Ginger called Tiffany's phone also. "This is so cool," said Tiffany. "Yes it is, said Ginger. Now you and Miyo will be getting calls from store owners too so your contact list may get pretty big. I will have a couple of elves make up a bunch of flyers with your phone numbers then have them deliver them to all the stores. All the stores, that is a lot of stores, said Penny. Yes it is but I have a feeling that this radio station is going to be good for Fae Land and all the people here," said Ginger. 25 illustration goes here Well I am going give Miyo her phone then find Repellia and Phonixa to see of they will help me tomorrow," said Penny. "Well I am going to show Sabrina and Aiko my phone," said Tiffany. Then they both went in the palace. "Well more contacts, that is good, and Fae Land now has music. Things are looking up," said Ginger. "Tiffany went to her room and found Sabrina on the floor playing with Koko and Trigger. "Where is Aiko?" asked Tiffany. "She slept in and is down getting something to eat," said Sabrina. "She said she is not used to getting up too early." "Oh okay. Come and see what I got now," said Tiffany as she sat on the floor with them. "Wow, what is that?" asked Sabrina. "This is a cell phone that lets me call other people that have one," said Tiffany. "Can I see too?" asked Koko. "Me too, I want to see also," said Trigger. "Sure but there isn't much to see, it is for talking to people," said Tiffany. "When I turn it on it lights up really pretty though, see." "Wow that is pretty," said Sabrina. "What are those buttons on the bottom for?" "Well this one is for making a phone call but I don't know what the other ones are for yet," said Tiffany. "Try one and see," said Sabrina. "Push that one that says Apps, that is a funny word." "Okay, can't hurt to try it," said Tiffany. When she tapped on it the screen changed to a long lists of apps. "Okay so there must be more to this phone then just taking to people," said Tiffany. Sabrina got closer and watched as Tiffany looked though the list. "That one, the one that says Tic Toc, that sounds like it may be for kids," said Sabrina. "Maybe, lets find out," said Tiffany. "What's it doing?" asked Sabrina. "It says downloading application," said Tiffany. Downloading from where?" asked Sabrina. "Beats me, maybe outer space," said Tiffany. "Really that is so cool," said Sabrina. In a few moments the screen changed again and there was a girl telling jokes. "Hey, she is funny, said Koko. How does she fit in that phone?" "This is a recording, said Tiffany. She is not in the phone." "Oh okay. That makes more sense I think," said Koko. "Okay that is enough for now, you three should be outside playing and not in here," said Tiffany. I want to show Aiko the phone too." "Okay," said Sabrina and the three of them ran out of the room. Well that didn't take much. "Okay those jokes were definately not for kids. Aiko will like them I bet." 26 illustration goes here When Tiffany got to the dining room Aiko had just finished her breakfast. "Hi Tiffany that was a very good breakfast," said Aiko. "More like brunch, said Tiffany. It is almost eleven o'clock." "Ya I know but the bed was so comfortable and I always used to get up at nine o'clock." "Well I took Sabrina down for breakfast at a little after seven, Koko and Trigger both had finshed their breakfast," said Tiffany. "Sally said they are always the first ones there waiting for the kitchen to open. Anyways look what I bought today at the new gadget shop in town." "What is it?" asked Aiko. "A cell phone that lets me talk to people that have one also." "Not too many people have them yet though," said Tiffany. "It also has apps that play recorded stuff. Sabrina picked Tic Toc but I found the jokes the girl was saying were not suitable for a girl her age." "I am old enough, play it for me," said Aiko. "Okay, said Tiffany then put the phone on the table then tapped the Tic Toc button. "Okay there is that girl again. Listen to her jokes. They listen to the comedian and started laughing. When done it started over again. Now that was some funny stuff," said Aiko. It says Swipe at the bottom, what does that mean?" "I don't know, try it," said Tiffany. Aiko swiped the screen then it changed. "Okay a bunch of girls playing volley ball on the beach wearing bikinis. "That is nice," said Aiko. "Oh my now it turned into a girl fight. Your right this is not good for Sabrina to watch but I like it. How can I get one of these?" "At the gadget store in town," said Tiffany. It is the last store on the main strip. "Is it expensive?" asked Aiko. "Nope, only twenty dollars a month and you don't pay for the first thirty days. "That is a good price," said Aiko. I am going to get one today, Just then Tiffany's phone rang. She picked it up then tapped the answer button. Hello, what's up Penny?" "Oh okay, I will be right down," then she ended the call. "What was that about?" asked Aiko. Ivy is out front of the palace and wants to talk to me and Miyo." "Okay am going now to buy one of those." Then Aiko ran out of the dining room. Wow talk about being in a hurry, thought Tiffany. Better go see what Ivy wants." 27 illustration goes here When Tiffany got outside she found Ivy talking to Miyo. "There you are, said Ivy. First thing first I need your phone numbers. We are going to need to stay in contact. If there is something that confuses you, I am just a phone call away." They both gave Ivy their numbers. "Now tomorrow I will be working with you Tiffany first, said Ivy. I will show you some things that Penny can't show you like how to talk on air." Just then an elf came up to them. "Hi Ivy, sorry to interupt but do you you know where Ginger is?" "Inside the palace probably, said Ivy. What do you need to see her about?" "Well I was in town just looking around when I notice a new store at the end of the main strip. I looked in the window and the lady inside waved me in." "Okay so that was Alma, the cell phone lady, said Ivy. Did she sell you a phone?" "No but she had this music box on the counter that was playing amazing songs I have never heard before. She told me the price of a radio that was cheap in my eyes but she was out of stock and wouldn't sell me the one on the counter but said if I go to the palace and tell Ginger that Alma needs another eight radios or more then if I deliver them back to her, she would give me fifteen dollars for helping her." "What Alma sold all those radios already! It hasn't even been an hour yet," said Tiffany. "Well that is not all, said the elf. On my way back I stopped in the variety store to buy some candy, said the elf. She had one of those music boxes also, playing on the counter but only had one left for sale. I bought that one and some batteries then she loaded the batteries in for me and showed how to set it to 101.5 FM. I was about to leave when she called me back. She offered me twenty dollars to go to the palace and see Ginger about getting more radios, as many as she was allowed, then delivering them back to her. I agreed seeing now I was going to make thirty five dollars which is a lot of money to me." "She sold all of her radios, too!! exclaimed Tiffany. "Yep but then when I went in the general store to buy some apples, I love apples, said the elf. She had a radio playing on the counter also but was sold out too. I told her that I was going to see Ginger about getting more radios for two other stores. I asked her if she wanted me to get more for her too. She got all happy and offered me thirty dollars for delivery. I went home first to drop off my radio first then realized I forgot to buy apples and candy. I didn't care seeing I just made sixty five dollars. I am rich now!" Ivy smiled. "Tiffany, how many radios were delivered to these three stores today?" asked Ivy. "Well we took a box of twenty four with us," said Tiffany. "So over twenty were sold in one hour. Okay change of plans," said Ivy. "Miyo, you go get your horse and head out to the radio station. You can't miss it, just follow the big green tower. I will take Jenna in to find Ginger. I will meet you at the station when I get things set for for Jenna with Ginger." 28 illustration goes here Ivy took Jenna into the palace and sensed Ginger was with Alieta in the den. "Okay she is in Aleta's den," said Ivy. It is just one floor up." "So Alieta will be there too?" asked Jenna. I have never met her face to face before. Maybe we should come back when Ginger is alone." "Well those two are rarely appart, said Ivy. Don't worry Alieta is really nice." They went upstairs and into the den where Ginger was talking to Alieta. "Hi Alieta and Ginger, this is Jenna, a wonderful elf I just met," said Ivy, She has some news to pass on to Ginger. She has never met you before Alieta so she is a bit nervous." "I haven't met Ginger either," said Jenna. "Well just talk slowly and tell them why you are here," said Ivy. "Yes dear take your time," said Alieta. "Well three store owners are paying me big money to put in more orders for radios then deliver them. They all want more than they had the first time so I am going to have to borrow the stable's cart," said Jenna. "You mean they have sold all those radios already?" asked Ginger. "Yep, Tiffany said twenty three have been sold I think," said Jenna. "I bought one too." "So how many do they want?" asked Ginger. "Here I wrote it down," said Jenna. She handed Ginger the piece of paper. "Store one, more than before, store two lots and store three lots." Ginger smiled then handed the paper to Alieta to read. "They didn't tell me an exact number so I figured Ginger would figure that out," said Jenna. "Yes Ginger figure it out, said Alieta. You should go with her on these deliveries." "Does that mean I have to share the sixty five dollars with her? I have never had that much money before at once?" asked Jenna. "No Ginger will not be taking any of your money," said Alieta. "So is this a one time thing or would you like to work for Ginger being the delivery girl for her? She has to go this time anyways to deliver the proper paper work. You will make much more money that way." "Really! That would be awesome," said Jenna. "Good that is settled then, said Ivy. I am going to the radio station where Miyo should be by now. We are going live for the first time once I show Miyo how everything works The faster you two get the radios into the stores the more listeners we will have, said Ivy. Are we done here?" "Yes I think so, said Alieta. Then Ivy took off. "Bring one of those radios in here. I have to hear this", said Alieta. 29 illustration goes here Once Ivy got to the radio station Miko was there waiting. "Are you ready to rock Fae Land?" asked Ivy. "You bet, lets do this," said Miyo. "Now don't let all the equipment in there scare you, said Ivy. I will go through each item and tell you what they do." "Okay so looks pretty hi tech," said Miyo. "Yep very high tech," said Ivy. Ivy opened the door then went to the control panel and showed Miyo where the on off button was. She pushed the button and lit up the main board. "Wow! Now that is energy," said Miyo. "That, Miyo is the energy created by the magic in Eden. It doesn't get more powerful than that," said Ivy. "Now that main power button turns on everything except the microphone and the lap top. The microphone you turn on when you want to talk to the people. The lap top is separate so when you finish your shift you can leave it on playing the loop of songs I downloaded but you can turn off the main board." Ivy continued to show Miyo all the switches and what they did. She told her about the turn tables and speakers on the wall. "Okay, now the only way you are going to see how all this works together is to watch me," said Ivy. "I am going to start things off but you are going to close at the end of your shift." "Okay I am pretty sure I can do it once I watch you," said Miyo. "Good, now let me get a coupe of albums cued up, I am familar with most of them from when I was in Granada, said Ivy. Soon you will be too. Grab that chair over there and have a seat. You won't be needing your cell phone either so put it on the table. That is for personal use. I will be getting one for the station that will stay here. Okay time to rock Fae Land." Ivy turned off the looping songs then turned off both speakers. She turned on the microphone and began. "Hello everyone in the magical Land of Fae, this is Ivylynn coming to you from 101.5 FM playing the best music from around the world. This is a twenty four hour radio station with record music playing in the evening and night but we have two pretty girls that will be playing songs for you all during the day. Tiffany has the morning shift from nine to one and Miyo that is sitting beside me waiting to take over will be doing the afternoon shift from one to five, then the record music can start. Those with cell phones will be able to call in and make requests starting tomorrow. Enough talk for now, here is a song from one of the bands in Garanda's reality. The bands, name is Led Zep and the song is called Staircase To Heaven. Starts off slow but really kicks it in a bit." Ivy put the needle down on the record then turned off the microphone and turned on both speakers. "You are really going to like this song, said Ivy. Every song on the album is great but Led Zep is a hard rock band so best to space their songs out." "What is the other record you have on the other turn table?" asked Miyo. "A funny song called She"s Got Legs by ZZ Top. I figure I will dedicate it to Fillina. She is very tall and has long gorgeous legs, well everything about her is gorgeous," said Ivy. 30 illustration goes here Chapter 4 After Ivy played a couple more songs she asked Miyo if she was ready to take over. "You bet, said Miyo. This is going to be fun." "It sure is but just remember when that song goes over, turn off the speakers then turn on the microphone, said Ivy. Best you introduce yourself and let people hear what your voice sounds like, remind them that you sang with pixie Ginger at last years harvest festival. That will give people a visual of you. Everybody went to that festival. Now I am heading out to Alma's store to get a cell phone for the station. I won't be long but you have my number if you need me. I have another song set up called Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd, a very progressive rock band." Ivy got up out of the chair and Miyo jumped in it. Ivy smiled. Like I said I won't be long," said Ivy then left. "Alright, now I am in the captain's seat playing real modern music," said Miyo. When Ivy got to the gadget store Alma was dealing with three customers, all human. She sold the first girl a radio and the other two cell phones. "Ivy you sounded great on the radio, we just had to get cell phones when you said we could call in requests and stuff, what's the number?" asked one of the girls. "Well that is why I am here, to get a phone for the radio station, said Ivy. Miyo will annouce it when I bring it back." "Great, said the girls then left. "Well Alma, buisness looks good," said Ivy. "More than good, said Alma. Just great, I have sold almost thirty radios and thanks to you mentioning cell phones on the radio I have sold fifteen of them. Well make that sixteen now," said Ivy. "I need one for the radio station. I don't want the girls giving out their personal numbers over the radio." "Of coarse not, said Alma. Now I have the perfect thing for the station. It's a buisiness cell phone. I bought three of them just incase they were needed." Really can I see one?" asked Ivy. "Yep let me go in the back and get you one," said Alma. In a minute she came back out with the phone. "Here we go, now it only comes in this one colour and as you can see it is bigger, said Alma. Now this phone has ten times the memory so you can download lots of songs on it too but the best thing about this phone is that I can program it with four phone numbers. "Four numbers on one phone, why is that needed?" asked Ivy. "Well in business you don't want to miss a call, said Alma. Radio stations use them for contests, call in requests and especially for talking up to four people at once. This phone comes with a cable that can plug into your control panel then the conversation will be heard on the radio. That is great for debates or doing an interview over the phone. That way people don't have to come to the radio station to do an interview or tell a story." "Perfect I want one," said Ivy. "I thought you would, said Alma. Now this phone cost a lot more than regular phones." "Well four times more right?" asked Ivy. "No, much more than that, said Alma. The basic charge is the same at twenty dollars a month for the network but the phone plus the cables and power adapter costs three hundred dollars up frontbut that is a one time cost." "That is more expensive but I want it anyways," said Ivy. Can I put it on my palace account?" "You have a palace account, how does that work?" asked Alma. "Yep I get paid by the crown for all the work I do in the fairies cove and all over Fae Land. I get paid a lot," said Ivy. "You must be a busy girl then," said Alma. "Yep but I love what I do. Wouldn't you love it if you could control all the magic in Fae Land and make trees and plants grow healthy and fast?" asked Ivy. "Wow that is just too much for me to undertake even if I could do anything like that, said Alma. You can really do all that stuff?" "Yep sure can. So let me fly home and get the money for you." "No need for that, you can bring it to me later, said Alma. "Just let me program the four numbers into it then put this back in the box for you that has the cords and power adapter in it. The first three numbers is the same as everyone elses but the last four are just for buisness phones. So 2001 to 2004. Now these are not mobile phones. They are like land phones and do not need to recharge. You plug in the power adapter and it stays on all the time. Make sure you read all the instructions though. There are features that I haven't mentioned yet." "I will, Miyo is going to love this phone when I show it to her," said Ivy. "Yes that Miyo has the perfect radio voice, very pleasant, nice to listen to her talk and the that music she is playing is the best. All from the top bands and albums in the world," said Alma. "Yep Olympia gave me fifty of her albums when I was in Granada to bring back here. She said they were the best of the best in her opinion," said Ivy. "Well so far I have to agree, said Alma. Let me get this packed up for you so you can be on your way, seeing you are such a busy girl." "Yep that is me, busy Ivy." 31 illustration goes here Alma packed every thing up for Ivy and handed her the bag. Here you go and enjoy the latest technology in cell phones," said Alma. "I will, thanks for hooking me up with it," said Ivy then left. When she got back to the station she unpacked the phone then showed it to Miyo. "Wow, that is a big one," said Miyo. "Yep it is a business phone, that has four phone numbers," said Ivy. "Really, why four numbers?" asked Miyo. "Lots of reasons but the best one is this phone plugs into the control panel then who ever calls can be heard on the radio for interviews or when Alieta wants to address the people of Fae Land instead of sending out messengers all over the place," said Ivy. "I don't know how that works yet, that is why I have to read these instructions." "That is a lot of instructions," said Miyo. "Yep, that is because it does so many different things," said Ivy. Let me read this and you keep doing your thing, your doing a great job, I heard you at Alma's store. She said you have the perfect radio voice." Miyo smiled. "Well I am a singer," said Miyo. "Yep I know. That is probably why," said Ivy. She sat down and started to read. It took her a while to read all the instructions but when finished she began to set the phone up. She plugged in the adapter into the wall under the table first then plugged the other end into the bottom of the phone that came on right away. "Okay this cord is only long enough to go under turn table two then plug into the controller labled "Input". Now this phone always stays on. It has a battery backup in case the power goes off but I can't see that ever happening. Now the instruction say you don't have to pick it up to listen and talk into it like we do with our phones. It is very sensitive. You read the instructions also seeing you will be using it. Alma wrote the four numbers on the back of the instructions. Leave it out for Tiffany to read also. I will let her know about it when I see her at the palace. In the meantime I am going to the cove to see what is going on there. Keep up the great work. There are lots of radios out there now and everybody is loving you." Then Ivy left. "Miyo cued up another record then told everyone the name of the first song and what band it was. "I like this song. Good for dancing, thought Miyo. She got out of the chair and began dancing. Now this is what I call a good job. Listening to music, dancing and talking to people. Much better when I was working in the corner store in Cumberland, said Miyo. 32 illustration goes here Back at the palace Alieta was sitting on the couch enjoying the music Miyo was playing when she saw Jazmen flying toward her so she turned off the radio and stood up. Jazmen landed in front of her. "Hi Jazmen, is there a problem?" asked Alieta. "No I don't think so," said Jazmen. "Okay so what's up?" asked Alieta. "Well I was at home resting on the couch seeing there is not much going on since I got rid of that bad king when Jessica came home all excited," said Jazmen. "Okay so what was she excited about?" asked Alieta. "She told me two girls came into the factory to buy a box of candy, One was holding some kind of gadget up to her ear and talking to it and the other had a black box that was playing music," said Jazmen. "She wanted me to come see you and see if you knew anything about it." Alieta reached over and turned the radio back on. "This is a radio Jazmen and our Miyo is playing the music from that new radio station in Eden," said Alieta. "Wow no wonder she was all excited, said Jazmen. Jessica loves music, she wants one." "Well Ginger is in the storage room filling some more orders, so go see her and get one, said Alieta. Just put it on your crown account. The other girl had a cell phone that lets you talk to people and other stuff. If she wants one of them then she needs to go to the last store on the main street in the west town to buy one." "Well I don't think she wants one of them but I am getting her a radio." Then Jazmen ran into the palace. "Well she probably will," thought Alieta. Then she sat back down. 33 illustration goes here In a few minutes Jazmen came back out with a radio. "Now this will make Jessica really happy, said Jazmen. You said Miyo is playing all the songs?" Yes she is working the afternoon shift and you know Tiffany, the pretty girl from Triland with the yonger sister," said Alieta. "Yes I have met them a couple of times on the palace grounds," said Jazmen. "Well she is doing the morning shift," said Alieta. Between the two of them they will cover eight hours then the station will play pre-recorded songs all night." "That will be good to listen to when going to bed, said Jazmen. Just put the volume down low then drift away. I am going to try that tonight. So Ivy's plan to bring music to Fae Land is really working." "Yep when Ivy sets her mind on something she follows it through to the end," said Alieta. "Jazmen smiled then flew off. In a few more minutes Alieta saw Sakura heading for the palace but made an abrupt turn and darted to the couch and knelt down with a confused but happy look on her face. "You have a magic music box like the one Pixie Ginger has," said Sakura. "That isn't the song she played on it though." "No this is a radio and the music is coming from the radio station where the tall green tower is, said Alieta. Miyo is in there playing songs for us." "Wow she plays good music," said Sakura. She went to touch the radio. "Don't touch Sakura," said Alieta. Why, is it hot, must be that hot music," said Sakura. Alieta chuckled. "No it is not hot but if you move the dial then the music will stop, said Alieta. It has to be kept set at 101.5 FM." "Oh okay. Can I get one please?" asked Sakura. "I suppose, just ask your mother to buy you one," said Alieta. A bunch of stores in town are selling them." "Okay but not now, can I go inside and have some ice cream?" asked Sakura. "Yes but don't you have any at home?" asked Alieta. "Yep lots but I don't have Sabrina, Koko and Trigger at my place. They are my best friends too you know," said Sakura. "Everyone you meet here becomes your best friend," said Alieta. "Yep, God said I am really good at spreading love around Fae Land," said Sakura. "Yes that is true but what if you meet a bad person?" asked Alieta. "Oh I know how to defend myself," said Sakura. "Really, and how is that? asked Alieta." I get very small then fly away fast," said Sakura. "Alieta laughed. "Yep that sure will work for you," said Alieta. "Okay I'm going in now but will be back with Sabrina, Koko and Trigger," said Sakura then went in the palace. "Well it looks like I am hanging out here for a while," thought Alieta. 34 illustration goes here In a bit Alieta stood up to stretch her legs. She stretched her arms up too then saw what looked like Tulip, flying towards her fast. "I wonder what she wants, thought Alieta. She already did lunch for us." Tulip landed in front of Alieta. "Hi Tulip, what's up? You already finished lunch for everyone," said Alieta. "I know but not everyone, said Tulip. When I saw Ivy in the cove she told me that the radio station was now up and running and Miyo was playing music for everyone." "That's right, the radio on the couch is playing the music now. "Yes I can hear that now, said Tulip. I had a big part in making this happen by making the tall tower which I had no idea about what she was talking about with all that technical stuff other than it will make Fae Land better. She had all the drawings so I figured she knew what she was talking about plus Merlin was with her so I made it. I just had to come and hear for myself and look, it does work just like Ivy said it would. She has gotten very smart lately, I mean super smart." "What do you mean by that?" asked Alieta. "Well in the cove she doesn't even have to touch the overveiwer anymore. She just looks at it and if anything needes adjusting she just thinks about it and the pond does it for her. She turns to the pond and thanks it then goes for a walk through the paths she made. While she is doing that the pool is bubbling, meaning Ivy is fixing things on site and not close to the pond at all. She has so much power over the cove's magic it is amazing. I can't do what she does and I helped build it." "Well Ivy doesn't seem to have changed much, said Alieta. She seems like the same Ivy I have always known." "That is Ivy, said Tulip. Super smart, super powerful and super modest. I think she is really happy with the gifts she was given for her birthday and just wants to make everyone as happy as she is." "Yes, making other people happy definately makes her happy," said Alieta. "Well she also told me Miyo was getting hungry seeing she took her away before lunch time and asked me to go and feed her," said Tulip. "All the way from the cove to Eden and she could tell Miyo was getting hungry. I have to touch the person to know that. That is where I am going now." Then Tulip flew off. "Yep God was right, we have a super forest sprite now," thought Alieta. 35 illustration goes here When Tulip got to the radio station she could hear the music playing from outside. She went inside and found Miyo dancing. "Hi Tulip. Do you want to dance with me?" asked Miyo. "Well you seem to be having fun," said Tulip. "Yep tons of fun," said Miyo. She turned down the volume and sat down. "So what can I do for you?" asked Miyo. "Ivy sensed you we getting hungry so she asked me to come and make you something to eat," said Tulip. "Boy she is good," said Miyo. "You have no idea," said Tulip. "Something simple like a burger and fries, said Miyo. Not a big burger though, a medium one." "Okay what about a bacon cheese burger, they taste better," said Tulip. "Okay, sounds good," said Miyo. "Put out your hands then," said Tulip. She then made her wand appear and made a plate of burger and fries for Miyo. "Looks great, thanks," said Miyo. Tulip looked at all the stuff on the table in front of Miyo with lights flashing and turn tables spinning. "You know how to work all this stuff?" asked Tulip. "Yep I do now, said Miyo. Ivy explained to me what each dial was for then she played the first few songs and talked on the microphone. I watched her very closely then when she left I jumped into the captain's chair and took over, said Miyo. I read some of the instructions and found out more stuff that can be done that Ivy didn't mention. Once I got used to everything I found it easy and a lot of fun. Pick out an album and I will play it for you." "I don't know nothing about this modern music," said Tulip. "Don't matter. Ivy said all the bands that recorded those albums are the top in the world and every song on them is good," said Miyo. "Okay, let me see." Tulip leafed through a few albums then pulled one out. "This one might be good, said Tulip. It has a picture of four guys on it crossing the street on the front. On the back it just says Beatles Abby Road. "Let me see it, I must of missed that one," said Miyo. Tulip handed her the album. "Well someone put five stars on it so it must be pretty good, said Miyo. What song should I play? The first one sounds appropriate, said Tulip. Okay this song is almost over so let me cue it up on the turntable," said Miyo. "When the song was over she turned on the micophone and turned off the speakers. "Okay hope you all enjoyed that, I sure did. Now I have a song that we are hoping is good picked out by our own Tulip from the fairy forst. The song is called Come Together by The Beatles. It should be good seeing the album has a five star rating. You all judge for yourselves." Miyo dropped the needle down then turned off the microphone and turned on the speakers. "Wow how do they make that sound?" asked Tulip. "Beats me but I like it," said Miyo. Then the singing started. "Okay I like this, has a good beat, said Tulip. You eat and I will dance." Miyo smiled then went back to eating her burger and fries. 36 illustration goes here Meanwhile back at Paisley's place where Sparkle was staying when she was in Fae Land. She came in after being in town with a present for Paisley. "Look what I got for you Paisley," said Sparkle. "What is it?" asked Paisley. "It's a radio but more precise it's called a boom box," said Sparkle. "So you can play music on it?" asked Paisley. "Yes but I don't have to, said Sparkle. When I was in town I notice a lot of people walking around with these radios. Some had them on and some were off. I asked a girl where she bought it and she said the general store but if you want one you better move fast. They are almost sold out. Best music ever. I figured Ivy figured a way to get Granada's radio station to play on radios in Fae Land but then it hit me. The radio station here must be working now. I asked if anyone said who is playing the music? Yep a girl named Miyo and she just put on a song by The Beatles that Tulip picked out, awesome song. I said thanks then ran to the store and bought one. Very cheep too about twenty dollars. This same radio in Granada would cost over a hundred dollars." "So they finally got it working? Is it playing now?" asked Paisley. "Yep, where is Titus?" asked Sparkle. "He is in bed, he always go to sleep after we go for out run together. Not even I can wake him up now," said Paisley. "Okay get ready for this, said Sparkle, she is playing some amazing songs from my reality." 37 illustration goes here Sparkle moved a chair out of the way then put the boom box on the table. Come and sit at the table and listen to this," said Sparkle. She sat down then pushed the power button. "Okay that is definately Miyo talking, said Paisley. I'd know that pretty voice anywhere. Who is Rush?" "Just one of the best hard rock band in the world," said Sparkle. She said Closer To The Heart, that sounds like a nice song," said Paisley. "Oh yes, the number one song for a long time, said said Sparkle. Hold on to your chair, this song rocks big time!" The song started then Paisley looked at the radio and opened her mouth wide. "Oh my God, all that sound coming out of that small box, I have never heard anything like that before. Paisley sat back and listened to the song that she was really getting into. That girl singer sure has a high pitch voice," said Paisley. "Yep but that is a guy, said Sparkle. A lot of people thought the same thing when they first hear the band on the radio." "A guy? I would of never of thought that, said Paisley. Okay now that you have told me it does sound like a guy with a high pitch voice." The song started to come to an end when Titus came into the kitchen. "Where is that music coming from?" he asked. "Come dear, have a seat and see what is going on in Fae Land now," said Paisley. 38 illustration goes here After Ivy did what was needed in the cove she flew over the palace and told Tiffany about the new phone and to read the instructions in order to know all the new function it does. Then she walked over to where Alieta and Ginger were standing. "Everything is good in the cove, said Ivy. Now I am heading out to the human village to check on my other golden beacon tree and talk to Cathy, she is expecting me." "You have another beacon tree in the human village? I didn't know that," said Alieta. "Well all the construction should be done now so they are going to need electricity there too, said Ivy. It was too hard to divert magic from Eden there with the overviewer. So I planted a new cutting from the tree in the fairy forest in the middle of their village. Now that tree is drawing the magic to the village that really should be called a town now. If all is good I will get Zotac to set up magic circles and transformers there soon like he is doing in the elf village right now." "Okay, lets step back a bit, said Alieta. Last time I was there, all I saw were small homes many run down and maybe a hundred people living there." "That was over a year ago, said Ivy. There are close to three hundred people there now counting all their wonderful children." "Okay, so the construction being done is building new homes then right?" asked Alieta. "That part is done now, said Ivy. They were working on a place called a Steampunk Tavern where people can get together and meet, have beverages and and eat. The town they built is way better than the elf village big time. Humans are very smart and inventive plus share a variety of skills. They are competitive that keeps them wanting to improve things. You have to go spend more time with them, they love you but they don't feel like they are a full part of Fae Land being so far away from all of us. That is changing now though. I have had Hercules and Pegasus there helping all the workers. I asked Hennie to create some unique flowering plants for all the planters they were made. Nessie goes with her all the time and has made friends with a lot of there children. Cathy was voted in to be the town's embassador and councelor. Super smart and pretty. That girl don't take crap from nobody. Anyways I have to get going, Cathy is waiting." Then Ivy flew off. "Wow, do you know what just happened here?" asked Alieta. "Ya, I think Ivy just told you in her sly and polite way that you have to go see how important the human's comunity has become to Fae Land," said Ginger. "You mean a town now and I think she is saying I am not doing my part there, said Alieta. Plus they got an ambassador now?" 39 illustration goes here When Ivy got to the human's town, Cathy was standing in the main courtyard close to the beacon tree. "Hi Cathy, how are things?" asked Ivy. "Just great, said Cathy. Look at your tree, it has grown so fast." "Yep, I told you it would. It came from a very magical tree in the fairy forest, said Ivy. It is doing it's job now and pulling lots of magic here now from Eden. Once Zotac is finished setting up all the magic circles in the elve's villiage, I will get him to start here next." "This is so exciting, said Cathy. Magic and electricity, people here are so much happier now because of you. We feel like part of Fae Land now." "You always have been, just better now, said Ivy. Look at this place, your people have done such a good job changing a village into a beautiful town. Hennie made some very pretty plants for you that adds colour to the place I see. Just keep an eye on her daughter Nessie, she is just six and has different ideas where flowers should be. She will plant tulips and daisys all over the place like she did in Eden until her mother told her to stop." "Ya we know, said Cathy. We wait until they leave then the women go out and dig them out and put them in pots for indoor plants. It is funny to watch her when she comes back and see's a flower she made is gone. She scratches her head then scruggs her shoulders then just make a new one. She is so adorable and all out kids love her." Ivy smiled. "So is the tavern finished yet?" asked Ivy. "Yep Hercules and the carpenters did the finishing touches yesterday then he took off with Pegasus for a rest, said Cathy. I had a friend of mine in Cumberland deliver kegs of beer and bring in other beverages to get things started so it is up and running in record time. Lets head over and you can have a look at it then we can have a beer." "Sounds good to me, I do love a good cold mug of beer," said Ivy. 40 illustration goes here Chapter 5 After they walked around past the homes at the south end of the town Cathy showed Ivy the tavern. "Okay here it is, our local tavern, said Cathy. The sign above the doors have no name on it yet because we haven't figured out what to name the town yet." "Yes, I suppose it does need a name, said Ivy. We can't just keep calling it the human town tavern." Cathy opened the door and they went in. "This is a big bar, way bigger than the one I know of in Granada," said Ivy. "Well this is a tavern not a bar or pub, said Cathy. It can easily hold a hundred people. I can have town meetings in here also. Most of the tables and stools are up against the walls for now until it opens to everyone tomorrow. Today though just you and me get to drink for free." "Free is always good, said Ivy. So tell me about that stuff over there." "Well first this is a streampunk tavern, said Cathy. That means the upright kegs use vertical taps that are kept at a constant pressure by that small boiler in the corner. The kegs on their side are gravity tapped but slightly preasurized too. Now that big tank on the right wall is a beer distiller so we make our own beer here too. On the left wall is a whisky distiller." "Wow this is quite the operation you have here," said Ivy. "Well I convinced a brewmaster and distiller from Cumberland to move here and run it, said Cathy. It didn't take long when he saw the town and all the great sunlight we get in Fae Land. Most of Cumberland is forest. I got a great deal on a variety of different kegs beers from the brewery in Cumberland, to get us started. So lets grab a mug from the cabinet over there then just pic a beer you want. Each keg is labeled. Today it is self serve!" 41 illustration goes here "Okay so which keg is the regular beer I drank in Granada? asked Ivy. I really liked that one." Well that was probably domestic beer, said Cathy. I like that one too. There is also dark beers and ales plus different flavoured beers. I tried the rasberry flavored beer and it was pretty good too. The shipment of wines hasn't arrived yet but should be here by tomorrow." Ivy filled her mug with domestic beer and so did Cathy then they sat at a table. "So tell me where did all the money come from to build this place and have so much stock already?" asked Ivy. "Mostly donations, said Cathy. There is a very nice wealthy woman here that has been helping families here long before I arrived a year ago. She donated over a hundred thousand dollars to get the town started. She wanted to build a shopping stripmall but I convinced her the housing was a more pressing issue. I was told she almost died giving birth but the queen here Alieta had something to do with saving her life." "Yes I remember that, said Ivy. You have never met Alieta, she is very nice. She will come soon, that I know for sure after I told her about what you all dod here." "Really, that would be great, said Cathy. Some of the wealthier familes chipped in too but the biggest surprise was from an anonymous donation that appeared in a box out in the courtyard that must of been delivered at night, said Cathy. A worker gave it to me and all it said was a little help from a friend then said The Ice Queen. I never heard of an Ice Queen before so I figured it was a fictional name or something." "No that is Tempressa, said Ivy. She is one of the heros and can turn anything into ice." "Wow, powerful magic then," said Cathy. "What was in the box?" asked Ivy. "You won't believe it but it was filled with precious gems, rubies, emeralds, diamonds and gold coins, said Cathy. I took it to the Cumberland jeweller and had it all appraised. Over one million dollars was in that box. I went to the broker and set up an account then that is when I was able to hire more tradesmen and women that sped things up big time." "That Tempressa is always surprising me and it is hard to surprise me," said Ivy. "There was one more thing in the box, said Cathy. A note that I haven't completely figured out yet. Here have a look, I carry it in my pocket everywhere." She handed Ivy the note. "So do you know what it means?" asked Cathy. "Yep, sure do, said Ivy. "If you build it we will come". Tempressa is a very powerful elf and has friends all over Fae Land now. Sprites, fairies and pixies have all loved to watch her do her ice tricks at gatherings. How would it go over with the people here if those types of magical people began to visit here? Especially pixies, they are the most playful and drop pixie dust everywhere off their wings." "They would all start coming here now? asked Cathy. We would welcome them with open arms of coarse. You and Hennie are the only two magical people I have seen. Well Nessie too." "Magic attracts magic and now with the golden beacon tree doing it's job, it will attract pixies at night, said Ivy. All it takes is one pixie to see the big change here and in one day every pixie in Fae Land will know. They will come at night and spread the pixie dust everywhere making the human town just a magical as the rest of Fae Land. Saying human town bother's me a bit, we are all people. How does New Haven sound?" asked Ivy. "Not bad, but we are not all that new here, just many of the buildings are, said Cathy." Well then just Haven, said Ivy. The Town of Haven in Fae Land, it has a nice ring to it," said Ivy. "Yes it sure does, said Cathy. Haven means a place of safety and refuge. I like it! I am sure the rest of the people will too. Lets drink up and fill up another mug." 42 illustration goes here Back at the palace, Alieta was starting to feel uneasy. "What's going on Alieta? asked Ginger. It looks like something is bothering you." "Yes something is, said Alieta. It is what Ivy said to me." "Well it is great that they have been working on making the human town better now and there are more people living there, said Ginger. They even elected an ambassador, that is all very good." "I have know Ivy since she first came here and so have you, said Alieta. She has a very polite way of telling me things without making it look like she is not happy with me." "Oh you mean when she wanted you to get off your butt and go to the town and meet Cathy," said Ginger with a smile. "So you figured that out too then," said Alieta. "Yep, I can tell by the way she is standing if she is just talking to you or trying to tell you something without over stepping her bounds," said Ginger. "Really, by the way she is standing?" asked Alieta. "Yep, like this she is just talking, said Ginger. Nice and relaxed but like this with a leg out to the side and a hand pointed at you plus eyes fixed just on you, she is definately tring to get you to do something." Alieta smiled. "Yep, that is exactly how she talked to me, said Alieta. I have to go, you take charge." Then Alieta flew off. "Well she is getting better, thought Ginger. It only took her twenty minutes this time." When Alieta arrived, she landed by the beacon tree. "Well there is the tree," she thought to her self. She looked around. Holy, what a change, it is so pretty and organized here now and very clean. I wonder where everyone is?" The cute little Liza came running out of her house singing a song and nearly bumped into Alieta. "Oops sorry," said Liza. Then she looked up. "Alieta! I missed you. You still look beautiful. Mom says I have grown some, what do you think?" "Yes you are a bit taller now, said Alieta. So where is everyone?" "It's the weekend and everyone is at the park celebrating." "What are they celebrating?" asked Alieta. "All the constuction is done, said Liza. Looks really nice here now, dosn't it?" "Yes it is wonderful now," said Alieta. "Do you know what I saw on the way here to change my clothes into something cooler?" asked Liza. "No what?" asked Alieta. "A pixie! she was flying around the golden tree then saw me. She flew down and smiled then touched my nose with her finger then flew off really fast." "Really a pixie was here, you say. It must of sensed the tree here." "I guess, said Liza. I have to get back to the park now. Mom bought a radio and so did some other people, we are all dancing and stuff." "Okay but before you go, have you seen Ivy here at all?" asked Alieta. "Nope but when she comes here she always talks with Cathy. Maybe they are in that new big building at the end of that path. The adults are very excited it is finished for some reason." "Okay thanks, said Alieta. You go and have fun and say hi to your mother Grace for me." "I will," said Liza then skipped off towards the park. 43 illustration goes here Alieta flew up above the buildings and saw the place Liza was talking about. She flew over then looked in the window and saw Ivy and Cathy talking at a table. "It's a tavern and a big one, said Alieta. No wonder the people are so happy to know it is finished." She opened the door and walked in. "Hi Alieta, said Ivy. Come over and meet Cathy." "That is Alieta? She is gorgeous," said Cathy. "Yep the prettiest of all sprites," said Ivy. Cathy drank the last mouthful of beer in her mug then stood up to meet her. "Hello Alieta, it is a pleasure to finally meet you," said Cathy. "Oh the pleasure is all mine Cathy, said Alieta. I am very impressed what I have seen here so far. You managed to take an old barely a village with old weather worn houses and change it into a thriving neighbourhood that has been upgraded to a town. So clean and organized. I couldn't believe my eyes when I first came here." "Well everyone did this," said Cathy. "No it takes a great leader to get results like this, said Alieta. Great leaders are hard to come by. This is a magnificent Tavern. The largest I have ever seen." "Well we needed a big place because of all the new people that came to work here and just wanted to stay, said Cathy. After we got that big donation from the Ice Queen I was able hire lots not trades people that sped things up a lot and most of them stayed also." "The Ice Queen, Tempressa donated money?" asked Alieta. "You bet Alieta, said Ivy. Over a million dollars in valuable gems." "Wow, that much! She sure can surprise me at times," said Alieta. "Yep surprised me too, said Ivy. Sit down Alieta and drink with us, today the beer is free for us." "Really, free is good, said Alieta. Cathy smiled at Ivy then went and grabbed a mug from the cabinet and filled it up for Alieta then refilled Ivy's and hers too. 44 illustration goes here Okay so cheers everyone, said Alieta and because I had no idea you were here and what you were doing, welcome to Fae Land." "Tempressa left a note in the box with the gems that said If you build it we will come," said Ivy. "Really, do you think she was talking about this tavern?" asked Alieta. "I think she was talking about everything but mostly here," said Ivy. "Pixies will be here soon with the beacon tree working now and the heros sure do like to drink during gatherings." "Well a pixie has already been here, said Alieta. I met Liza when I first got here and she saw one." "Perfect, said Ivy. Tonight the dusting will start." "What does that mean? Ivy mentioned sonthing about spreading dust around," said Cathy. "Well pixies are very magical, said Alieta. They can get super small and fly faster than the speed of sound, they cannot do magic like a fairy but the dust on their wings that makes them so fast is extremely magical in that when it lands on trees, plants and the ground, it makes all it touches grown healthy and fast." "That is amazing, said Cathy. "Yes but the dust also heals, said Alieta. Got a cut or scrape, just put a bit of pixie dust on it and in a few seconds it is healed completely. It can heal big areas too and after a while it will be in the air you breath getting into your blood, removing all impurities, cures anything that may of been wrong with you and so long as you stay here, you will never get sick again." So I will never get sick and neither will anyone else living here?" asked Cathy. "Same with everyone in Fae Land, said Ivy. It also rejuvinates the body constantly. All the internal organs, muscles and brain." "So what does that mean? asked Cathy, sounds really good." "Very good, said Alieta. Those that are not everlasting like elves, it gives them longevity. Slows down the aging process many times over. There are elves in Fae Land that are hundereds of years old, some well over a thousand." "What a thousand years old! Can humans live that long?" asked Cathy, "I don't know. Humans are a more recent to Fae Land but some of the earliest ones are over two hundred now and still look like they are in their twenties," said Alieta with a smile. "I am really going to like living here," said Cathy. "Just don't get killed or have a fatal accident. You are still mortal," said Alieta. "Moving on, we came up with a name for the town," said Ivy. "Really, what is it?" asked Alieta. "Haven, said Cathy. Ivy's idea that I like and am sure everyone else here will too." Haven, yes a place of peace and safety, said Alieta. Indicates lots of love too. Perfect name, I will tell my records keeper when I get back." They stay and talked more and each had another beer. When it started to get dark outside, Alieta said goodbye to Cathy and flew back to the palace then Ivy soon had to leave too seeing she was getting very sleepy. Cathy put the empty mugs on the bar then headed home after locking up. 45 illustration goes here Slowly everyone at the park began to pack up and head home. Celebrations were done for the day. The same was happening at the palace and the elf village. Alieta told Ginger all about the the new name Haven and how amazing it look now. Ginger told her she planned on going there tomorrow. Alieta was too tired to watch the pixies tonight so she went into bed. Ginger sat by herself for a bit watching the coluorful light show the pixiels were putting on as they flew around doing their thing. In Haven everyone was now safelty at home getting ready for bed. After the last candle was blown out and all was still outside, it began. Hundreds of tiny pixies appeared out of nowhere, slowly flying around the becon tree plus all other trees and plants. Above the houses too making sure to not miss a spot. They knew Ivy planted the golden tree here so they gave the entire town an good first dusting. No one was up to see all the beautiful dots flickerling and changing colours as they flew around except one small girl watching from her bedroom window with a big smile on her face. When the pixies were finished they all quickly moved on to the next area that needed dusted, then Liza went to bed. 46 illustration goes here In the morning Tiffany got up at seven AM sharp that was two hours longer than she usually got up. She had her shower then woke Sabrina and put out clothes for her. Brushed her hair then went downstairs to the dinning room to have breakfast leaving Aiko to sleep in again. Koko and Trigger were already there eating. Ginger was there also waiting on her pancakes from the kitchen. "Good morning Ginger, hope you slept well," said Tiffany. "Yes I did, said Ginger. So you ready for your big debut this morning." "Yep, I am going to get there early to read the instructions on the new radio station phone Miyo told me about, said Tiffany. It is suppose to have some extra features like doing interviews over the phone that gets broadcasted live." "Really, so if I was to call in, I can be heard by everyone with a radio?" asked Ginger. "Yep if you wanted or I can keep it a private call. I have to read up more on it," said Tiffany. "Did Miyo tell you what the number is?" asked Ginger. "Yep, it is an easy one to rememeber, 777-2001. There is suppose to be four numbers, said Tiffany. I will figure it out when I get there." Once everyone was finished eating Tiffany brought Sabrina and the two pets back up to their room. "Now you three be good, I have to go to work now, said Tiffany. I will be back a bit after one o'clock. Aiko will be in charge so if you need anything just ask her." "Okay I will, said Sabrina. Tiffany then headed out to the stable, said good morning to Casper then headed out to the radio station on her horse. Once there she had a look at the instructions for turn tables and main controller to refresh her memory. First thing she notice was the two turn tables didn't seem to be positions like in the diagram. These are backwards, she said. She unplugged turn table one and gently turned it around then plugged it back in. That is better, easier to reach the needle when it is at the front. She then did the same to turn table two. Now she read through the buisiness phone instruction manual. There were some things in it she didn't understand like downloading songs from certain websites that can be played directly from the phone. She did learn how the call-ins worked and how to conduct interviews with up to four people at once. Just five minutes left and Tiffany had to go live. She picked out two albums and cued them up. When the cell phone's clock showed exactly nine o'clock she swithched off the play list on the laptop, turned off the speakers and turned on the microphone. "Good morning everyone in Fae Land, she started. I hope you all had a great sleep. My name is Tiffany coming to you at 101.5 FM that plays the best songs ever recorded from around the world. I will be playing music for you all until one PM then Miyo will take over. Today's morning wake up song is Satisfaction from a band called The Rolling Stones. She droped the needle on the record, turned off the microphone and swtched the speakers back on. "That went well, she thought to herself. Now let me have a look through all these albums to see what I have to work with." 47 illustration goes here Sparkle got up before Paisley and Titus and used her orb to teleport back to her room in Granada. She went through her very big record collection and began sorting through them, deciding what ones she was going to bring back with her and donate to the radio station in Fae Land. She managed to pick out fifty albums and fitted them in a box. She knew that they were going to be heavy and hard to carry, but that she would figure out when she got back to Fae Land. She teleported back, directly to the kitchen where Paisley was getting ready to make her morning coffee. "Hi Sparkle, what do you have there?" asked Paisley. "Records for the radio station, said Sparkle. These one are from groups Miyo didn't play yesterday. Can you give me hand putting them on the chair. I don't have the muscles you super heros have, fifty albums is very heavy." "Okay though Titus is the one with the big muscles but the two of us should be able to manage it," said Paisley. Together they lifted the box onto the chair. "So what makes you think they need more records?" asked Paisley. "Well I noticed Miyo was starting to play songs near the end of her shift from bands she played earlier. Same band but different song, said Sparkle. With these albums they will have a bigger selection. Now I just got to figure out how to get them to the station." "No problem sweety, Titus, get your butt out here, we need your muscles!" yelled Paisley. 48 illustration goes here Ginger and Alieta were outside enjoying the morning air. Ginger had he cell phone out and was looking something up. "What you looking for Ginger, something new to order?" asked Alieta. "Nope, just looking for that store I ordered the radios from," said Ginger. "We need more radios already? asked Alieta. We bought five hundred." "Ya and I delivered three hundred and fifty yesterday, said Ginger. That was day one when the radio station just started. Now that most everyone knows about it we will need twice as many now. You said that even the humans were buying them up." "Yes that is true, said Alieta. Seems that once one girl bought one and showed her friends then everyone wanted one." Yes and you told me there is over three hundred of them now in Haven, said Ginger. There is well over two thousand elves and about three hundred sprites. Man that is a lot of possible radio sales. I sure hope the pixies don't start buying them too! Now I was thinking after I talked to Tffany this morning in the dining room that told me the new phone at the station can do interviews over the phone that will be heard on everyone's radio, maybe you would like to tell everyone about Haven." "Really so I don't have to go there to speak to the people," said Alieta. "Nope, sit right here on the couch and talk away," said Ginger. "Okay I would like to tell everyone about Haven and some other things too, said Alieta. Wait until you go there today and see the huge difference." "Let me set it up for you with Tiffany first, said Ginger. You can do it just before lunch time, say eleven thirty. She gave me the number and it is a real easy one to remember. Didn't even have to write it down." Ginger punched in the radio station's number and Tiffany answered. "Fae Land Radio, Tiffany speaking, how can I help you?" "Hi Tiffany, it's Ginger. I would like to setup a time for Alieta to call and address the people of Fae Land." "So what time, asked Tiffany. Eleven thirty would be best, said Ginger. That will give you time to anounce a few times that Alieta wishes to speak to everyone. You won't be interviewing her, it is just a public anouncement." "Okay got it, said Tiffany. I'll make sure everyone knows." Then she ended the call. "Okay, all done, said Ginger. "This will be your first pubic anouncement over the radio. Make it a good one." "Oh it is a good one, said Alieta, don't you worry." 49 illustration goes here When eleven twenty five came around Alieta sat down on the couch with Ginger then call the radio station. "Hi Tiffany, it's almost time, said Alieta. Is everything ready." "Yep all set, said Tiffany. Now just make sure your radio is not or nearby, that will make your voice echo." "No problem, radio is off, said Alieta. I will try and keep it short but there is a lot I need to address." "Take what ever time you need, you are our Queen and I am sure lots of people are waiting to hear what you are going to say," said Tiffany. Over at Yeanny's house Zotac and Yeanny were sitting at the table with the radio on waiting to hear what Alieta was going to talk about. "This must be important, said Yeanny. Tiffany told people to listen after every couple of songs." "Yes I am wondering too, said Zotac. Might just be about the new wish tree garden and magic cave." The song went over then Yeanny called Sakura over. "Coming," yelled Sakura. Tiffany made the introduction then Alieta took over. "Hello everyone in Fae Land, I have some important news to share with you all. There are a number of things I have to cover so bare with me. First I would like to tell those that haven't noticed yet that there is a new mystical garden in Eden with a magical wish tree in it that will grant one simple wish per person. Just put out your hand and a leaf will fall in your hand then make your wish. There is also a magical cave with a long tunnel. In that tunnel you will see and experience the unexpected. The rock wall waterfall that is a bit further north is a good place to cool off and have an outdoor shower. The water comes from the Pixie Forest making it very soothing and good for your skin. One more thing that is not quite finished yet is the new Amusement Park. You are welcome to enjoy the park and have a picnic just the rides are not ready yet. Now moving on to more exciting things." "Those were pretty exciting to me," said Sakura. "Yes I know but keep listening," said Yeanny. "Some of you may know that a little while ago we were visited by a group of elves and their Queen from Triland. Now Triland has three or four times the number of male elves than female unlike us that have none. The queen of Triland has promised to send more male elves here soon, those that wish to meet one of these male elves and possibly liking each other then if all goes well then hopefully we will be seeing baby elves in Fae Land next year, something I have never seen since I became queen. Those that own stores should start stocking baby supplies and clothing, plus cribs. Ginger told me when a mother first finds out she is pregnant they don't wait five or six months to begin buy supplies. They start right away, shopping most every day stocking up on diapers, clean clothes and blankets, baby wipes and so on. No reason for our elves to go all the way to Cumberland." "That's true you know. The mother instinct kicks in fast," said Yeanny. "I was never a baby though," said Sakura. I know but you will always be my baby no matter how big you get," said Yeanny. "Now I have one more thing to address and it is a big one, said Alieta. Those of you that ever ventured to the human village will remember it as a place with run down, weather worn homes with around a hundred people living there. The only recreation was going to the park on the week end. Well that has all changed, there is well over three hundred people there now and growing. They have invested their own time and money plus donations to rebuild the village. Ivy has been working closely with the new elected ambassador named Cathy. Ivy planted a branch from the magical tree in the fairy forest in the center court of the town that has grown fast with Ivy's help and is drawing in magic from Eden. That is right, I have upgraded this village to a town and they have named it Haven. The word Haven means a place of safety and love where all are wlcomed. Haven is now a very beautiful place to visit with new buidlings and courtyards covered in plush grass, perfect for barefeet. The people are extremely friendly and have created a thriving community. There are two things Haven has that the rest of Fae Land doesn't. One is they have lots of wonderful children that love to play." Sakura's head perked up. "And second is they have built the biggest steampunk tavern I have ever seen that can hold well over a hundred people at once. There are many different types of beer and they also brew their own plus make their own whisky. You have to see this place to believe it and all this was done in just one year. Cathy welcomes all and said the first beer to newcomers is free and we all know free is good. So thanks for listening all. Have a wonderful day." Then Alieta hung up. "How was that Ginger?" asked Alieta. "You did it again Alieta. You brought tears to my eyes," said Ginger. "Did you hear that?" asked Sakura. "Hear what," asked Yeanny. "Haven has lots of children that love to play, said Sakura. Can we go please, please, please." "What do you think, Zotac, want to go for a couple pints of beer?" asked Yeanny. "You bet, I definately want to check out this steampunk tavern, I have never seem one before." "Yeah! That means yes right," said Sakura. "Yes but you have to wait for us, we have to get changed," said Yeanny. 50 illustration goes here Chapter 6 Once Yeanny and Zotac came out of the bedroom changed, which to Sakura seemed to take forever. They decided to fly to Haven. "Now no flying ahead of us Sakura, said Yeanny. We are a family so we will stick together at first." Okay Mom, lets just get going," said Sakura. The three of them went outside then flew off. "Look down there Zotac. Seems like a bunch of elves have the same idea as us," said Yeanny. "Well that was good speech Alieta made, said Zotac. She made it hard for people not want and come check things out. So do you remember where it is? I have never been there before." "Me either but it must not be hard to find," said Yeanny. "I know where it is, said Sakura. I came here once but just to the park. Just follow the pixie forest then when you see a bunch of houses turn right and there is the park." "When were you here last?" asked Yeanny. "I don't know, Lulu and I fly all over the place sometimes, said Sakura. A nice lady in the park gave us some ice cream. The park always has people in it." "Well just up ahead looks like the place and that is no park, said Zotac. That was not far at all." "Look at the size of this place, said Yeanny. This is definately very new. There is the gold beacon tree, lets start there." They went down and landed beside the tree except for Sakura that was checking out the tree. "Now this is what I call a town, said Zotac. Very well taken care of, the grass perfect too." Cathy came out of her house and saw the three of them so went over to greet them. "Welcome to Haven, my name is Cathy. Sakura flew over fast. "Hi my name is Sakura, you are pretty like my mom." Yeanny cut her short. "Sakura, Cathy is like Alieta at the palace. She is in charge here," said Yeanny. "Oh, okay," said Sakura and stood in front of Cathy. "Hi, nice to meet you," said Sakura. Cathy smiled. "So Ivy told me a bit about you Sakura. She talked very highly of you. She conciders you to be one of her best friends," said Cathy. "Ivy is one of my best friends too but she has more than me, I am catching up though, said Sakura. Where are the children that love to play?" "They should be out soon, said Cathy. Everyone went in to have lunch. So you two must be the wizards and very powerful ones Ivy told me. Yes I am Yeanny and this is my boyfriend Zotac." "Well nice to meet both of you. I bet you two came to see out tavern," said Cathy. "Yes, I have never seen a steampunk tavern before," said Zotac. "Just then Liza came out of her house wiping her mouth with her hand. Sakura looked at her but didn't move. "Go ahead Sakura. Go talk to Liza. Looks like she just finished eating." Sakura walked over and they began to chat. "So why don't us adults go to the tavern. There is already some people in there," said Cathy. "Yes and more on the way, said Zotac. We saw some horses heading this way." "Well then we better grab a table then," said Cathy. "Is it okay if Sakura stays here?" asked Yeanny. "Yep, the kids here all run around where ever they want, said Cathy. They are all well mannered and know the rules." "What rules are they?" asked Yeanny. "Stay out of trouble and be good," said Cathy with a smile. "Ya I suppose kids are the same everywhere," said Yeanny. "Come lets let them play, the rest of the children will be out soon, said Cathy. Sakura will have plenty to do while we enjoy some beer." 51 illustration goes here "Hello, my name is Liza, you have very pretty pink hair and eyes. Pink wings too so are you a pixie?" "Nope I am a Sakura and my name is Sakura too. There is only one of me," said Sakura. "Well there is only one of me also, said Liza. No other Lizas here, at least not right now. Do you want to know what I saw last night? It was amazing." "Sure what was it?" asked Sakura. "Well when I was laying in bed saying my prayers, I thought I saw something flashing outside through the crack in my bedroom window curtains, said Liza. I got out of bed and opened my curtains all the way and saw maybe hundreds of tiny flashing lights of all different colours flying a round the golden treen and everywhere else." "Wow, what happened next?" asked Sakura. Well suddenly a little pixie flew to my window and smiled at me then waved. Her wings were flapping fast changing colours then she flew off. I watched for a couple of minutes then they all flew off somewhere else." "Really, it was tiny pixies making all those coloured lights. I have never seen that before but I always go to bed early and get up early," said Sakura. Just then a bunch of kids ran across the back pathway. "Come on Sakura, we are all going to play Simon Says," said Liza. "I have never played that game before," said Sakura. "It is fun and easy, said Liza. You just have to do what Somon says but if Simon doesn't say to do it then don't." "Who is Simon?" asked Liza. "We all take turns being Simon, said Liza. After we will all go to the park and play soccer. You can be on my team. We are the best." Sakura smiled then they both ran off. 52 illustration goes here When Sparkle and Titus reached the radio station they got off their horses and walked over to the door with Titus carring the heavy box of records. "Now we have to wait until the music starts, said Sparkle. She is talking in the micophone right now and it will pick up us coming in and talking. Are you okay holding those records for a bit?" "No problem, they are light, said Titus. I have picked up heavier things than this." When the the music started, Sparkle opened the door for Titus then they walked in. "Hi Tffany, we brought some more records for you to play, said Sparkle. Where do you want them." "Wow, beside the other ones I guess, said Tiffany. Titus put down the records then looked around. "Quite the place you have in here, said Titus. Very techical looking." "Yep but I have it all figured out, said Tiffany. Did you two hear Alieta's anouncements?" "No we were riding here I suppose. What did she say?" asked Sparkle. "Lots of things but mostly about the human town that is called Haven now and they have a huge tavern there now," said Tiffany. "A Tavern you say. Now that is somewhere I would like to take Paisley, said Titus. Can anyone go there?" "Yep, everyone is welcomed and the first beer is free," said Tiffany. "Perfect, I will buy the first round then she can buy the second," said Titus. "Hey the first round is free," said Sparkle. "Ya I know, I was just kidding, said Titus. Okay I am going back home to have something to eat. Can't drink on an empty stomach you know. Then off to Haven for some long missed beer drinking." Then Titus left. "Wow that was a very good looking man," said Tiffany. "Ya he is quite the hunk but when you meet Paisley you will see why he never fools around on her," said Sparkle. 53 illustration goes here "Can you help me put this box of records on top of the other one? asked Sparkle. I should of told Titus to put it there in the first place." "Okay sure, said Tiffany. Wow this is heavy even for me, said Tiffany. He must be very strong, he was holding it like the box was empty." "Yep, he is one of the heros and can pick me up with one hand, said Sparkle. He is very handy to have around." Sparkle pulled out an album. "Here play this one next, it is from a group that isn't around that much anymore but all the songs rock, said Sparkle. Play the first song. It is good for today." She pulled out the album and handed it to Tiffany. She looked at it and smiled then cued it up on turn table one. The song playing one turn table one went over so Tiffany turned off the speakers and turned on the microphone. "Okay everyone, Sparkle just donated a box of her own records from home and gave me this song to play next. The band is called Lover Boy and the song is called Working For The Weekend. It is Sunday so still the weekend. She says it rocks so turn up your radios and lets enjoy the rest of the weekend. Tiffany turned off the mic then lowered the needle and turned the speakers back on. "Now that song does rock," said Tiffany. "Yep, most of my records are by classic rock bands, said Sparkle. When I have some of my friends over we all go to my room where I play records on my sound system. We dance together until we can barely stand anymore." "Now that sounds like fun, said Tiffany. Yep, girls have to have fun, said Sparkle. That song is on one of the albums too. Anyways I am off to see my friend Mika. She lives in that big house just west of here. Mika and her stepsister are from Granada too. Mika is half elf and half wizard. Her dad is Zotac the wizard that is dating Yeanny that is also a wizard plus Sakura's mom." "You sure do know a lot of people here," said Tiffany. "Yep, but not everyone yet like Ivy. That gorl knows everyone it seems. Anyways talk to you later." Then Sparkle left. "Man I have to get out more and meet some of these people, said Tiffany. I have been hanging around the palace way too much." 54 illustration goes here Back at Haven Cathy walked with Yeanny and Zotac while heading to the tavern. She talked to them about some of the hardships they had when they first started building the new town. "It was so hard getting started, said Cathy. The land was uneven and very rocky. If it wasn't for a farmer bringing his horse drawn grater in to scape the land then used big water filled rollers to flatten everything down we would never of continued. Then we had to start doubling up familes and tearing down old houses. The wood was so old it was only good for burning. I went to Cumberland and hired a stone smith and along with the carpenters we had here, construction of the first house began. It took a week but with everyone working together the first house was finished that gave hope to us all. Construction went faster after that when the stone smith brought in more people of his trade and more carpenters came from Cumberland to help. Ivy got Hercules and Pegasus to help that sure sped things up too. Once all the buildings were done and everyone had a new place to live. I had to go back to Cumberland and hire people to take care of the ground. Everthing was just dirt and I wanted grass. Wagon loads of top soil was brought in and I don't know how many bags of grass seed. Once all the seed was down Ivy called to Mother Nature somehow and had her make it rain just over our town. I was so amazing to see rain coming down just on us yet the park just beside the town where everyone went was completely dry." "So Ivy was helping you ll the time?" asked Yeanny. "Yep she was here every day doing what ever she could to help, said Cathy. Then Ivy did her magic and walked all over the wet ground talking in some language I didn't understand. In less than a few hours the grass started to grow everywhere. She brought in Hennie to make trees and flowers. Nessie came too. She was adorable to watch making tulips and daisys where ever she wanted. Just four days ago Ivy planted that magical golden tree from a twig. She stayed with it for hours, talking to it and touching it making it grow and grow like I have never seen a tree grow before. In one day it was six feet tall with gold leaves forming. The next day she did the same and it doubled in height with lots of leaves open on all the branches. On day three Ivy said it was ready then went to a place she called the cove. I don't know what she did there but suddenly the tree began to shake and all the leaves started to glow. When she calme back she hugged the tree and said something to it then turned to me and said all is done. The magic is here now and will grow. She had me touch the trunk of the tree and man I could feel it. Strong magic running through my hand and up my arm. Ivy told me that now we are the same as the rest of Fae Land. That girl has some powerful magical power in her." "Yes we know and not even us two can do what Ivy does, said Yeanny. "We do magic by altering matter around us. Ivy's magic comes from her heart and soul." "Okay so here we are. Haven's tavern. Looks like some people are in there already so lets go inside and have a look, said Cathy. The three od them walked in and saw just for people there so far. "Good lots of tables are open. Two elves sitting together, we have never had elves here before. A sprite too talking to one of our girls. Sprites we have only seen from high in the sky." Few more people walked in. "How about we take that table in the center near the bar," said Cathy. "Sounds good to me," said Zotac. 55 illustration goes here They all sat down then the waitress came over and dropped three mugs of beer on the table. "Hi Cathy, it is starting to get busy in here now. Three more elves just came in plus Jim and the boys just took the end table." "Well let me know when you need more tables set up and I will help you," said Cathy. "Okay thanks," said the waitress then left. "So what do you think Zotac of a bar run by steam, said Cathy. Us humans can get very inventive when it comes to making beer and whisky. You two are human also, just magical ones. I bet you two have invented some amazing things." "Yes we have but not as big as this other than the teleporter I made years ago," said Zotac. "We all figured a big watering hole would be needed. We all like to eat and drink and after go home and make babies, said Cathy. Humans are very good at making babies. It was sad to hear that there were next to no male elves around. I didn't know that but it is good to hear that will change soon. So when are you two going to have a baby. Not right away, said Yeanny. Sakura can be a bit of a handful at times." "I dought that. She was a perfect little angle, just excited to be here, said Cathy. All kids get excited. You want to hear about a handful, Beth that has been married for some time now has five kids ages one to twelve and she is planning on having another one." "Wow how does she do it?" asked Yeanny. "She doesn't have too, the kids take care of themselves mostly, said Cathy. The girls help with the laundry and cooking, the boys help dad with the chores around the house. When everthing is done they all go out and play. If there ever gets to be a dispute amoung them, dad steps in with some logic that they can't argue with then Beth gives everyone ice cream. Ice cream solves so many things in a big family. The food of love Beth calls it." "She sounds like a very smart woman," said Yeanny. "Yep she is and still looks just twenty something years old and not one stretch mark, said Cathy. Just a bit wider hips. We need some music on in here, Jamie can you turn the radio on. Not loud just for background music please." "Okay Cathy," said Jamie. "I bet Ivy had a lot to do with bringing music to everyone," said Cathy. "Yes she did in a big way," said Zotac. "That figures, that girl has an uncanny way of figuring out how to make things better, said Cathy. She said that you will make it so we will have electricity her soon too." Yes I just finished making all the magic circles and transformers for the elf village and men are working on hooking up all the houses there, said Zotac. Then I need to add two more magic circles at the back of the palace. That building is huge but then I will come here and get to work but what ever you do keep the steam punk as it is, this is very unique. Just use electricity for lights and electrical outlets for other things. Sometimes the old way is the better way." 56 illustration goes here After a while and a few more beers Sakura came into the tavern and walked over to Yeanny. "Hi Cathy, Mom it is starting to get dark out and I am getting tired, said Sakura. Can you take me home." "My is it that late already? asked Yeanny. Yes dear of coarse, you must be hungry." "No Liza's Mom made me supper. She is a good cook too," said Sakura. "How nice of her," said Yeanny. "Yep children never go hungry here," said Cathy. "Well Cathy and thankyou for the fun time. We will come back. It is time to go home," said Yeanny. Zotac put some gold coins on the table. "This will settle our bill and give what is left over to Jessie as a tip," said Zotac. "Well you three have a safe trip home, said Cathy and thanks for coming." "Okay Sakura lets go. We will teleport this time," said Yeanny. Then the three of them vanished. "Wow, now that is the way to travel, said Cathy. Such a nice family too, they have to start making kids soon." When they got home Sakura could barely keep her eyes open so they went straight to her bedroom. "So are you going to say your prayers first?" asked Yeanny. "Too tired, I will talk to him in my dreams, said Sakura. I wanted to stay awake and see the tiny colourful pixes tonight like Liza saw last night but maybe tomorrow night." She closed her eyes and fell asleep. "Do you know what she was talking about?" asked Yeanny. "Not a clue. Probably over tired, that's all," said Zotac. She is a perfect little angel isn't she, said Yeanny. What would you think of having a baby?" "I would love to have another daughter or a son," said Zotac. "Me too. Lets start trying now," said Yeanny then they left Sakura's bedroom and closed the door." 57 illustration goes here Early the next morning, just as the sun was rising four horsemen rode into Fae Land then dismounted. "This must be it guys, said one of the men. Katilina said it was right after the Bad Lands. Looks like everyone is still sleeping here." "Well over there is a big stable, maybe someone is in there," said another man. Do you want me to go have a look?" No Katilina said not to be forward towards the girls here, they are all very smart and will come to us when they are good and ready." "Looks like she is good and ready, said the blonde man. Look at her, she is gorgeous. you talk to her Nathan. I am too nervous." Nathan came out front and put out his hand to greet the elf. "Hello, my name is Nathan. Over there is Cole, beside him is Jayce and the blonde elf's name is Malakia. Katilina sent us from Triland and said that we were needed here and could stay if we liked Fae Land and raise a family. This is Fae Land correct." The elf looked around and saw four very handsome male elves all smiling at her. "Yes, this is Fae Land. My name is Carling and I am one of the girls that tend the stables. Now you four stay right here. I have to go tell someone you are here." Then Carling ran towards the palace. "Wow what a beautiful girl, said Nathan. Not a blemish or wrinkle anywhere and such a pretty smile. I am in love already!" 58 illustration goes here While Carling was running towards the palace she saw Alieta coming out, about to check the sundial. "Alieta, Alieta, yelled Carling. We have quests, I mean visitors, I mean men, I don't know what I mean." "Settle down Carling, what are you trying to tell me? asled Alieta. Take a big breath then talk." "Okay, said Carling. I was getting ready to get Casper's breakfast ready when I noticed four horsemen were out a bit from the stable. I went up to them and guess what, they were all gorgeous male elves. One of them came forward to greet me and took my hand. I got goose bumps everywhere. He said his name was Nathan and told me the rest of their names but I forget what their names were right now. I was captivated by Nathan's blue eyes as he talked to me." "Okay so what did he talk to you about?" asked Alieta. "Well he said that Katilina sent them from Triland and if they liked Fae Land they could stay and raise a family! Real men wanting to have families, I am so excited. I think Nathan likes me." Alieta smiled. "So what should I tell them?" asked Carling. "Just go back there and tell them to come over here to talk to me. You bring their horses into the stable then feed and water them." "Okay, one of the horses is a black stallion." The rest were mares. "A black stallion you say. Interesting," said Alieta. "Yep jet black and big," said Carling. Then she ran back. "Well looks like it is starting and Katlina is making good on her word," thought Alieta. 59 illustration goes here "Look she is coming back, said Nathan. No staring at her like you have never seen a girl before, We don't want to scare her off. Well we haven't see a girl like her before. Just the nasty looking girls in Triland, said Jayce. Well do your best," said Nathan. "Hello again Carling, so can we stay?" asked Carling. "Yes of coarse, everyone is welcomed in Fae Land," said Carling. "Now just walk over to the palace. Alieta needs to talk to all four of you. I will take care of the horses and there is no need for swords here. I will have them put in the armory." "Yes Alieta, that is who Katilina said to be very nice too," said Nathan. "Well she is the Queen of Fae Land so nice will be good," said Carling. She went to gather the horses when Nathan said excuse me. "Yes, what is it? asked Carling. "Would it be too forward of me to ask when you get off of work?" asked Nathan. "Well no, not at all. I work until noon," said Carling. "Then is it okay if I meet you here and take you out for lunch, there must be a nice place to eat here," said Nathan. "You mean on a date?" asked Carling. "Well yes, a lunch date," said Nathan. "Okay, but meet me in front of the palace at one o'clock, said Carling. I need to shower and get rid of the horse smell. Now go, Alieta is waiting." The four of them walked towards the palace. "You talk to the Queen Nathan, said Malakia. I get nervous talking to important people." "You get nervous talking to anyone," said Nathan. When they reached Alieta that moved away from the steps as not to be interrupted by anyone coming out of the palace, Nathan came forward. "Hello, I am Alieta, Queen of Fae Land. I welcome you all." Thankyou Alieta. "I am Nathan and these are my friends Cole, Jayce and Malakia. I have a letter that Katilina asked me to deliver to you." Then Nathan pulled the letter out of his pocket and handed it to Alieta. Alieta read the letter to herself. "Here are the first four young men from Triland. They are all very healthy and very single. I will send another four next week. Just send a messenger if you have enough for now but keep in mind there are hundreds of them here just like them. All is doing well here and please tell Fillina that I planted that orb where she told me. Say hi to my daughter for me. Things are too busy for me to visit just yet. Sincerly Katalina." "So was the letter to your liking?" asked Nathan. "Yes it was a very nice letter, said Alieta. Okay so first thing first you four need to go in the palace and have a shower and have your clothes cleaned. Food will be brought to your quarters so make sure you are wearing the bath robes provided. Just go behind those steps and you will see the doorway into the palace. An elf will take you to your rooms. One more thing before you go. Which one of you owns the black stallion?" "That would be me," said Malakia. "Would you be interested in selling it to me. I will give you two thousand dollars in gold for it plus you can pick anyone of my horses in the stable for free except for mine." Two thousand dollars for a two year old horse! You have a deal," said Malakia. "Good, I have a very dear friend that has been wanting to own a black stallion for as long as I can remember, said Alieta. They are hard to find and even harder to catch. What is it's name?" "Black Magic, said Malakia. The fastest running horse I have ever ridden. So fast it is almost magical." Perfect, now go inside and get cleaned up," said Alieta. They went in the palace looking very happy. "Ginger is going to be so surprised. I finally found a black stallion for her and this one came to us," said Alieta. 60 illustration goes here Chapter 7 Alieta flew over to the stable to have a look at the horse she just bought. Carling was brushing down Black Magic. "Hi Alieta, look at this amazing horse. Isn't he beautiful." "Yes he sure is, said Alieta. I just bought him." "You did? Off that blonde elf? What was he crazy. A horse like this is very rare," said Carling. "No he got a good price for it and I gave him one of my horses too. I bought it for Ginger. Has Black Magic been feed yet?" asked Alieta. "Yep, just finishing up grooming him," said Carling. "Well can you bring him over by the tree out there and keep him calm. I am going to get Ginger and surprise her with him." "Okay, that will be easy, this horse is very tame and calm," said Carling. "Good I will be right back," said Alieta then flew back to the palace. She asked an elf to go in the palace and get Ginger for her. In a few minutes Ginger came out. "Hi Alieta, what's up?" asked Ginger. "Now I don't want you to ask any questions, said Alieta. I want you to close your eyes and cover them with both hands. I have a surprise for you." Ginger smiled then closed and covered her eyes. "Now no peeking, I don't want you to ruin my surprise. I am just going to take you by the arm and lead you to where the surprise is." said Alieta. "Okay I guess," said Ginger. Alieta took her arm and started to walk towards the stable. "Where are you taking me?" asked Ginger. "Never mind, you will see soon enough," said Alieta. When they reached Carling and Black Magic, Alieta turned Ginger so she was facing the horse. "Okay you can open you eyes now," said Alieta. "Ginger opened her eyes and saw the horse. Her mouth opened wide. Oh My God! A black stallion. Where did you ever find him?" "I bought him from one of the male elves that rode in this morning," said Alieta. "Wow, he sold you his horse. This is not a normal black stallion, it is a thoughbred Mustang. The rarest of all black stallions plus very fast and smart, said Ginger. Hardest of all horses to break if you ever can. "I know, so do you like?" asked Alieta. "I love it," said Ginger and gave Alieta a hug. "The horse's name is Black Magic and Malakia said it is the fastest horse he has every riden. So fast it is like magic," said Alieta. Ginger started to pet Black Magic. "That is the perfect name for the perfect horse, said Ginger. Look at the muscle tone on you. "Well he is just two years old," said Alieta. "Really, he is still a baby," said Ginger. "A horse like this is worth well over twenty thousand dollars, probably a lot more in some places." "Go ahead take him for a ride," said Alieta. "Yep he is already fed and watered so go for it Ginger," said Carling. "Aliright, I am going to show him off to everyone," said Ginger then jumped on the horse. 61 illustration goes here "Hows he feel Ginger?" asked Alieta. "Great, he didn't even stir when I jumped on." Ginger bent down and whispered something in Black Macic's ear. Black Magic raised his head up and made a horse sound. "Okay here we go," said Ginger. She nudged Black Magic with her heels then Black Magic went up in this hind legs then took off like a shot! "There she goes, probably won't see her for a good part of the day," said Alieta. "Man she can really ride a horse," said Carling. "Oh yes, that girl can ride, said Alieta. She loves horses and much as she loves people, maybe more, said Alieta. Well I better get Casper's breakfast ready then start grooming the rest of their horses, said Carling. Then I have to shower and get ready for my date with Nathan." "You have a date already?" asked Alieta. "Yep he asked if he could take me on a lunch date. There was no way I was going to say no. He wants to meet a nice girl and have a family. I am a nice girl and I have waited long enough to have a family." "Yes your right, said Alieta. Just make sure he doesn't try to hurt you. I dought he will but I have lived in Fae Land most of my life and him just thirty minutes. I can knock him down and hold him down," said Carling. Alieta smiled then flew back to the palace. 62 illustration goes here Tiffany was outside of the palace holding her cell phone. "So you already to start off the week for everyone with some more music?" asked Alieta. "Yep all set, said Tiffany. Was that Ginger I saw on a black horse running past the palace? Yep I bought her a black stallion," said Alieta. "Okay, I tried to take a picture of her going by but it just looks like a black blurr streaking by,: said Tiffany. "Ya Ginger likes riding horses fast and that is a very fast one," said Alieta. "I guess so. I can kind of make out the horses eyes and tail, said Tiffany. So I heard there are four new male elves here from Triland." "Yes, they are inside getting cleaned up," said Alieta. "That's cool, I am too busy right now to bother with them, said Tiffany. Besides I am not interested in hooking up with anyone for a while. I am too young and have lots to do yet before raising a family. I want to enjoy life as a single girl, watch my sister grow up. Stuff like that, to me I already have a family to raise." "I get that, said Alieta. Though there are girls here that haven't been in a relationship for hundreds of years. They figure that is long enough to be single." "Wow that is a long time, said Tiffany. Even still I will wait, maybe date some and play the field." "Well there isn't much of a field right now, said Alieta. Two are taken, another one is going on a date with Carling so that leaves just three and they will probably get scooped up soon too." "Oh well, there will be more coming. If you every saw what the female elves looked like in Triland, you would see why. They were pretty when they were young but as they got older they started getting tattoos and doing weird things with there hair, nose percings too. They think they look cool, I think they look stupid. Not me though. All natural and not even peirced ears." "Well Miyo has some tattoos," said Alieta. "Ya I know and they look good on her, professionally done but still that is not for me. Anyways I have to get going," said Tiffany then she headed for the stable. "Well she definately knows what she likes, thought Alieta. Good head on her shoulders." 63 illustration goes here Ginger rode over to Ktara's place where she found her outside doing some gardening. "Wow, look at you on a black stallion, said Ktara. A Mustang too, where did you find that treasure?" "Alieta bought him from one of the new male elves that arrived today," said Ginger. She jumped off Black Magic and walked up to Ktara. "Do you have a bowl of water for Black Magic? asked Ginger. I have been pushing him to see what he can do." "Yep give me a minute and I will fill a bowl for him." She went in the house then came out with a big bowl of water. "There you go Black Magic. That is a cool name for a black stallion, said Ktara. Mustangs are wild horses and the hardest of all to break. From what I read, a Black Stallion Mustang would lead its herd of mares and defend them to the death. Something different must of happened with this horse to be so tame and ride-able." "What do you mean different? asked Ginger. Well maybe it was taken from the mother at a young age or was born and raised on a horse farm, said Ktara. That wpuld make more sense. A horse like that would cost a small fortune used mostly for racing. So is he fast?" "Fastest horse I have ever been on, said Ginger. He likes to run free and straight and will only turn when I slow him down. He seems to know what kind of ground he can run fast on and on soft ground or rocky ground he slows down with out me telling him." "Very smart horse then, said Ktara. So where you off to next?" "Haven. I promised Alieta I would go check it out and see all the improvements they have done there," said Ginger. "Ya I heard on the radio, said Ktara. Alieta spoke very highly of them there. I think I will go with Viridian soon. Make it a good outing." "Okay water is all done, said Ginger. That should hold him for now. Thanks Ktara and thankyou for all the info." Ginger got back on Black Magic then rode off. 64 illustration goes here Ginger headed north but was taking her time even though the grassy plains was perfect for running a horse. She would stop and show off Black Magic to everyone she met on the way to Haven. She mostly met up with human woman going the other way to do some shopping. In a bit Ginger could now see the front builds of the town. "My God look at the size of this place now, said Ginger to herself. No wonder Alieta upgraded it to a town." When she got to the town she jumped off of Black Magic and looked around. "Look at his place boy, isn't it beautiful," said Ginger. A boy and a little girl ran up to Ginger and said hi. "Hello, you have a nice horse. Can I ride him?" asked the little girl. "You are not big enough to ride that horse, said the boy. It is huge and even too big for me. Very nice looking horse Miss. Are you looking for someone?" "Well yes, the embassador Cathy, I would like to meet and talk to her," said Ginger. The little girl tugged on the boy's arm. "What is a embassador Colin," she asked. "Beats me, said Colin. Maybe she is talking about the Cathy that is in charge here." "But we have a bunch of Cathys here," said the little girl. "Yes the one in charge," said Ginger. "Oh okay, do you have an appointnent?" asked Colin. "Well no, do I need one?" asked Ginger. "Nope I was just kidding around, said Colin. Lets go fine embassador Cathy for her Candy. You go that way and I will go this way and last one to find her is a rotten egg." Then they both took off. "That was kind of entertaining," thought Ginger. She saw some more kids run across the far pathway. In a bit, Ginger was about to leave, figuring the two children couldn't find Cathy and just went back to playing when Cathy came around the corner. "Hello there, Colin and Candy said you wanted to talk to me. How can I help you?" asked Cathy. "Oh they did find you, I thought they gave up and went back to playing," said Ginger. "They probably are now, said Cathy. All the kids here make a game about everything while they are outside burning off all that energy they have in the morning." "Oh okay, I am just not used to seeing children that much. My name is Ginger and I am in charge of the palace and just about everything else that goes on in Fae Land." "Okay, Alieta's friend, she talked to me about you when we were in the tavern, said Cathy. She said you would be coming by soon. So how to you like the place?" "It is amazing, said Ginger. I had no idea that you were doing so much work here. Anyways Alieta up graded Haven to a town but a town also needs to have some stores in it to qualify for being a town, said Ginger. I just want to know if you need some help building some stores here." "Not really, we already have some, said Cathy. Over there is the bakery and down the court is a seamstress, very handy for mending the children's clothes. Around the corner there is a girl that makes pottery, we have a black smith in the stable and there is the tavern where we make our own beer and whisky. That is all we need here." "Oh okay, that works then," said Ginger. "You see Haven is in the perfect spot for shopping, said Cathy. It is twenty minutes to the west town, twenty minutes to the north town and twenty minutes to Cumberland's first town. We can get what ever we need from them and they all deliver." "That is handy, said Ginger. So basically you all seem to be able to take care of yourselves." "Well yes mostly but Zotac will be coming by soon to set up magic circles so we can all have electricity, said Cathy. I am not the technical type but we talked yesterday in the tavern and he said it would give us indoor lights and we can start using some of those new small appliances that run on electricity sold in Cumberland." "Wow, it sounds like you really have it together here," said Ginger. Yes but we all work as a team here, I am just the go to girl, said Cathy. Look your horse seems to really like Ivy's tree. Magnificent looking horse." "Well his name is Black Magic and they say magic attacts magic," said Ginger. "Yes so Ivy told me. We are working on the park right now so that is why all the kids are playing in town. It is off limits until it is finshed," said Cathy. "Well that is all I needed to talk to you about. If you ever need any money from the crown just let me know. A town has access to lots more funding than a village, said Ginger. Come Black Magic, lets go visit Alexa. I haven't seen her in a while." Ginger jumped up on Black Magic then she took off. "Wow nice girl on a fast horse. I wonder who Alexa is, thought Cathy. I'll ask Ivy when she comes by later." 65 illustration goes here Tiffany was sorting through the records Sparkle brought yesterday when pixie Ginger walked in. "Hi Ginger, I haven't seen you in a while at the palace," said Tiffany. "We just finished our Canadian tour with the Marauders, said Ginger. It was a lot of fun playing and singing in front of so many people but I prefere just recording new songs and stuff in the studio. When we got back there was a box of these CD's at Shirley's boyfriends house Jim. He said it is at the top of the charts in Granada right now so I teleported back here with a bunch of them to give to my friends. I knew there were radios here with cd players because I transported them here with me. What I didn't know was the radio station was working now." "Yep just for a few days but everyone is buying radios and listening in, said Tiffany. Thing is I don't have a radio with a cd player here at the radio station right now." "Well you have a lap top, said Ginger. Most lap tops have a cd player built into them." "Really, where?" asked Tiffany. "Let me show you," said Ginger. She walked over to the lap top then pushed a button on the side of it and a drawer opened up. "There, see, kinda hidden but now you know where it is, said Ginger. Just place the cd on the tray like this then push the button again and the drawer closes. A window opened saying "CD Player Ready". Now just click on the search button and now it shows you all the songs on the cd." "Okay, that is easy enough, said Tiffany. I already have a Marauders record with some of your songs on it." "Well this cd is different. It is Shirley and me doing solo recordings in the studio. Most of these new songs haven't been heard yet, said Ginger. There is a solo version of "Just A Country Girl" too that I think is way better." "Wow, thanks Ginger, I will go through it quickly the make it the feature album of the day, said Tiffany. Miyo and I decided to start doing that seeing we have so many records now." "Okay I am heading back to the palace and see what else new is going on." Then Ginger left. "Nice, local talent now also," thought Tiffany. "Oops song is almost over, time for that one by Boston now." 66 illustration goes here At the palace Nathan waited patiently outside. It was a bit after one-thirty and he was beginning to get worried that Carling wasn't going to show up for their lunch date. Carling came out of the palace and saw Nathan standing there with arms folded looking back and forth. She snuck up behind him and poked him on both his sides. "Gotcha", she yelled that made Nathan jump forward. "Wow you sure did, said Nathan. I was beginning to think you weren't going to show." "I'm a girl silly, I had to shower then change my clothes then brush my hair and teeth, said Carling. Put a bit of makeup on, just a little to highlight my eyes, and do my nails. All that takes time you know. So how do I look?" "Beautiful," said Nathan. "Good answer, said Carling. Okay let's go get my horse. You drive and I will navigate." They went to the stable and then rode past Alieta at the palace. "There she goes, on her first date in I don't know how many years," thought Alieta. When they got to town they jumped off the horse then Carling told the horse attendant to put it on the palace account. "You have a palace account?" asked Nathan. "Yep, all the girls that work at the palace have accounts, said Carling. Alieta takes good care of her girls. Okay just down this street some and we will be there." As they walked on the sidewalk passing people they all said hi to Carling. "You have lots of friends," said Nathan. "Yep, be nice to others and they will be nice right back, said Carling. Okay, here we are, my favorite place to eat, The Pancake Shop. They make the best pancakes anywhere and amazing milkshakes too." "Sounds good to me," said Nathan. He opened to door for her then Caring went in and sat at the front table. "I was going to pull your chair out for you," said Nathan. "That's okay, this is my spot. I always sit here, said Carling. You really don't have to try so hard to impress me." "Well, my father taught me that a pretty woman is a gift from the heavens and should be treated with respect and love. A girl that you take care of will take care of you even more." "Your father is a wise man," said Carling. "Yep married thirty-five years to my mom and he still opens the door for her and pulls out her chair," said Nathan. "Wow, now that is love," said Carling. The waiter came over and said hello to them. "What are you having today Carling? The house special as usual?" asked the waiter. "Yes please two of them please. Nathan is new here and I want him to see how great your food is," said Carling. "Very well then, I will be back shortly with your order." Then the waiter left. "Nice fancy eatery, said Nathan. Nothing like this in Triland." "Ya they do really good here, said Carling. Not many choices to eat in this town. All the big eateries are in the north town all the way to the other end of Fae Land. Too far to go for lunch." In a bit the waiter came back with their order, placed everything on the table for them and said enjoy then left. "Wow that was fast and look at all the food, said Nathan. Good thing I didn't eat at the palace." "Yep the pancake special, comes with all the fixing and a glass of milk then a milkshake comes after," said Carling. "A milkshake too. We better get eating or it is going to be supper time before we are done," said Nathan. "That's okay, I am in no rush," said Carling with a smile. 67 illustration goes here Ginger was on her way to Alexa's place when she saw her riding towards her. "I wonder where she is going," thought Ginger. "Hey Alexa, where are you off to? I was on my way to your place." Alexa came to a stop. "Hi Ginger, just going to town to see if I can find one of those radios, said Alexa. Tempressa and I have been hanging out a lot and she loves to go shopping. Mostly window shopping but she is always looking for a good deal. She may be rich but she is very smart about her money. Anyways we saw a girl with a radio and it was playing music from the radio station here. I asked her where she bought it because we didn't see any in the stores here. She said in the west town. Tempressa gave me some money to buy one for her also but wanted to go home and have a nap. So what did you want to talk to me about?" "I just wanted to show you my new horse Black Magic," said Ginger. "Yes I saw that, beautiful black stallion you have there. Where did you get him?" asked Alexa. "Alieta bought him from one of the four male elves that got here this morning," said Ginger. "Four are here? I thought there was just two of them," said Alexa. "Well six now and more coming, said Ginger. Alieta made an anoucement on the radio yesterday about the male elves from Triland and about the human's town Haven." "Well Haven I know about, said Alexa. Tempressa has kept me updated with what is going on there. She puts on a hat to hide her ears then rides over and plays with the kids talks to the mothers. Totally out of character for her but she always comes back happy." "Weird, wonder why she needs to hide her ears," said Ginger. "Beats me but she must have her reason, said Alexa. "Well I better head back to the palace. I forgot to order more radios this morning, said Ginger. If they have none left in town come to the palace. There are some still in the storage room." "Okay will do," said Alexa then they both went their separate ways. 68 illustration goes here When Ginger got back she took Black Magic to the stable and asked the elf to give him a good wipe down. "No problem, said the elf. He looks a bit sweaty." "Ya I was in a hurry to get back because I forgot to do something before I left," said Ginger. When Ginger got to the palace, Alieta was sitting in the couch. "I forgot to order more radios before I left," said Ginger. "I know, Janna came by saying the stores are all out of stock, said Alieta. I told her to take the day off. Being out for a day will put a bigger demand on them. Besides there is only one box left in the storage room." "Okay good, I told Alexa to come here and get one for her and Tempressa if they were sold out, said Ginger. I have to get some in the north town also. Okay lets see how fast I can get them here." Ginger called the number to the warehouse. "Hello, this is Ginger from Fae Land. I would like to place another order for the cd radios, the small ones. Now many? Five hundred please. Really, how long will it take to get the rest of them there. Wednesday afternoon? That is as fast as you can get another two fifty there. I guess that will have to do. Account number? No I will be picking them up and paying cash. Pardon me, tomorrow morning now. Okay that is much better. Just call me when they are all boxed up." Then Ginger hung up. "Well money sure talks in Granada. Paying cash magically speeds things up." "Will it cost more?" asked Alieta. "Nope same price as before," said Ginger. "So how did Black Magic do today?" asked Alieta. "Great, I just had to find out what he would do and and what he wouldn't do. Super fast going straight ahead but I have to slow him down to turn. Kyara said he was probably born and raised on a farm for racing horses. They probably couldn't train him to run a oval track full out. That is probably why that male elf ended up with him. No good for racing. Perfect for me though!" "Good, so now we wait for Alexa," said Alieta. 69 illustration goes here "So where are these four new male you told me about?" asked Ginger. "Well one is on a date with Carling, said Alieta. Two are over there beside the steps talking to each other about something. I can't hear them from here. And Malakia, the guy I bought the horse from is sitting way over there by himself. I felt that he was shy around people." "Really, he doesn't look like the shy type," said Ginger. "Well, why else would he be sitting out there by himself," said Alieta. "Well maybe he won't be by himself for long, said Ginger. Here comes Phoebe. She must have finished grooming Black Magic and it is the end of her shift. She is a bit on the shy side too. So do you think she will stop and talk to him?" asked Alieta. "Not sure, let's watch and see," said Ginger. Phoebe was walking slowly towards the palace. She saw a guy sitting on the ground by himself which seemed odd to her. She figured best not to bother him so she walked right past him. She walked about ten feet then stopped. "Maybe he just needs someone to talk to," she thought. It can't hurt to say hi. She turned and walked back to him. Malakia saw her coming and became very uneasy-looking. "Hello, why are you way out here by yourself?" asked Phoebe. "I just like sitting alone when there are so many new people around, said Malikia. New people make me nervous." "Ya I feel the same way around new people, said Phoebe. That is why I like working in the stable. I love feeding and grooming the horses. They don't talk and never ask much from me other than to be fed and watered. They don't expect big things from me." "Ya, I get that, people see that I am big and strong-looking and expect me to do the hardest work and be a leader. I don't want to be a leader," said Malikia. Phoebe smiled. "Can I sit with you for a bit? I will try not to bother you." "You're not bothering me, yes please sit," said Malakia. Phoebe sat down close beside him. "My name is Phoebe, what is yours?" "Malakia. See a stupid name too." "I don't think so, it is a very strong name, said Phoebe. My name is weird, what is Phoebe supposed to mean anyway." "I like it, sounds magical," said Malakia. "Really, my name sounds magical to you, said Phoebe. You are so sweet to say that. So why did you come to Fae Land?" "Well, to find a nice girl and raise a family but I can't see that happening too soon," said Malikia. "Why not?" asked Phoebe. "Well, Katilina our queen told us not to be too forward with the girls here. They are smart and pretty and will come to us if they are interested," said Malikia. "Well, I don't think I am that smart but do you think I am pretty?" asked Phoebe. "Oh yes, you are very pretty," said Malikia. "Well, you weren't forward at all and I came to you. Isn't that what your queen told you to do?" asked Phoebe. "Yes it is," said Malakia. "Did your queen say it was okay if a girl wanted to give you a kiss on the cheek?" asked Phoebe. "She didn't say anything about that," said Malakia. "So can I give you a kiss?" asked Phoebe. "Okay that would be nice," said Malakia. Phoebe leaned over and gave him a nice long kiss on the cheek then Malikia kissed her back. "Look Alieta, they are kissing. Isn't that so romantic, said Ginger. I guess shyness attracts shyness too, just like magic attracts magic." "Ginger, you can be such a nut sometimes," said Alieta. "Ya I know," said Ginger. 70 illustration goes here Chapter 8 Malakia and Phoebe got up off the ground and walked towards the palace holding hands. When they reached Alieta and Ginger, Phoebe smiled at Alieta. "Where are you two going?" asked Ginger. "Malakia is going to introduce me to his friends," said Phoebe. "Before you go, can I ask you a question Malakia?" asked Ginger. "Sure, what do you want to know?" asked Malakia. "I was talking to a friend about black stallions and she said that it was next to impossible to catch one, said Ginger. I was wondering how you aquired Black Magic." "Well I needed a new horse seeing my other one went lame and had to be put down so I went to the horse farm where they raise race horses but always have some for sale for a very good price that are no good for racing or too old. I saw Black Magic running around with the other horses and figured that horse wouldn't be for sale but I asked about him always. The owner said take him, he is no good to me and is just costing me money feeding him. Two hundred bucks and he is yours. I asked what was wrong with him and he said the horse won't turn on the track. He just keeps running straight off the track and onto the grassland then stops. We tried everything to fix him with blinders and different riders but nope that stallion has a mind of it's own and can't be changed. Real pitty though. Black Magic comes out of the gate so fast and gets over ten lengths ahead of the other horses on the first straight away then goes off the track at the first bend. It's like he figures why bother embarasing the other horses and just stops to watches them go by. Well I didn't want a race horse and two hundred bucks was a great price for a stallion, so I bought him and was able to ride him home. So he is your horse now?" asked Malakia. "Yep, super fast horse," said Ginger. "Oh ya, fastest ever but I if you want him to turn and not slowdown all the way, just tap him on the side of the neck and say left or right in elven, said Malikia. He understands what you say and will start to turn slowing down just a bit then straighten him out and it is full speed ahead again. That horse has stanamia like no other. Try talking to him and see for yourself. He understands what you are saying to him, I am sure of it, he even watches closely what other people are doing or saying. Too bad he can't talk but that would of put the price up big time." "Okay enough horse talk, said Phoebe. Take me to meet your friends then I will take you to see some of mine. Then they walked to the other side of the steps. "Wow so Ktara was right, he was no good for racing, said Ginger. I am going back to the stable and try talking to him like Malakia said." Then Ginger ran back to the stable. "Well looks like Ginger found her boyfriend and Phoebe has a good grip on Malakia, thought Alieta. Just two more to go. Man love is really moving fast today in Fae Land." 71 illustration goes here Alexa showed up at the palace and found Alieta sitting on the couch. "Well Ginger was right, all the radios are sold out in town, said Alexa. Ginger said there was some in the storage room that I could buy for Tempressa and me. Is she around?" "She is in the stable talking to Black Magic," said Alieta. "That horse can talk too?" asked Alexa. "No but the past owner swears the horse understands everything that is said to it, said Alieta. "Oh okay, most horses can understand some of the things that is said to them thought that horse seemed to be listening to every word I was saying to Ginger, said Alexa. Anyways can I get a couple radios?" "Yep, lets go in the palace and break into that last box of them," said Alieta. As soon as Alieta stood up Trigger ran over and jumped on the couch. "Who is your friend Alieta. Does she like to play?" "What have you got here?" asked Alexa. "This is Trigger and she is a Precious pet that Gabriel sent down, said Alieta. There is another one around somewhere named Koko." "Yep Koko is with Aiko and Sabrina talking to Tiffany over there, said Trigger. I think they want to go shopping or something. So what is your name?" "Alexa, I live at the other end to Fae Land." "Is that far away? I have only been on the palace grounds," said Trigger. "Yep pretty far away I would say. You wouldn't want to walk there," said Alexa. "Okay we have to go in the palace and get a couple of radio's for Alexa," said Alieta. "Can I come too, I am bored," said Trigger. "I suppose so," said Alieta. "Can we get some ice cream too?" asked Trigger. "Oh another ice cream lover, said Alexa. I always have some ice cream when I come to the palace." "Okay first the radios, then the ice cream," said Alieta. Okay, said Trigger then jumped off the couch and followed them. "So Alexa you are not as tall as everyone else her and I like that, how often do you come to the palace?" asked Trigger. Both Alexa and Alieta smiled. "Cleaver little devil isn't she," said Alexa. "Nope I am a tiger, said Trigger, What's a devil?" "Never mind Trigger just come with us," said Alieta. 72 illustration goes here Miyo was getting right into picking out records to play and looking at the cd that pixie Ginger left for them to play. The phone rang which starled Miyo a bit because that was the first time it rang on her shift. "Hello, 101.5 FM, Miyo speaking." "Hi Miyo, you don't know me but I heard a really cool song yesterday that I would like to hear you play again today. Is that okay?" "Yes it is, what was the name of the song?" asked Miyo. "Sign Of The Gypse Queen by a band called Queen. That is an awesome song." "Okay I will have a look for it and play it as soon as I find it," said Miyo. "Thanks your the best," then she hung up. "Okay Queen, where did I see that album before. She started going through all the albums one by one. "Man we need a better way of doing this, thought Miyo. I think it was a red album. Here it is, Queen, side two Sign Of The Gypse Queen." She took out the record then set it up on turn table one. If all these albums were in alphebetical order by band name it would be way faster to find them. Something I can do after my shift is over. The present song went over and Miyo turned on the microphone. Okay all we have a request from one of our listeners. Sign Of The Gypse Queen by Queen. Awesome song so get ready to rock. She dropped the needle and the song started. She looked at the phone and it showed the last calllers phone number. "Hey I thought all the numbers in Fae Land start with 777, this one is 259, that is weird. 73 illustration goes here Ivy flew out of the cove and was headed to the palace when she felt something very bad which made her stop and land. She tried to get a better read on it but she couldn't. "Must be too far away," she thought. She saw some sprites flying by and waved them down. One of them was Jazmen and she came down alone and landed beside Ivy. "What is it Ivy?" asked Jazmen. "I just started to feel something very bad," said Ivy. "Really, where?" asked Jazmen. "Not exactly sure but far away in the west," said Ivy. "We just came from Paxon and didn't see anything out of the usual," said Jazmen. "Maybe a bit further west of Paxon, said Ivy. It is kind of foggy." Well if it isn't in Paxon or Fae Land then there is no threat to us," said Jazmen. "Bad is evil plus evil is attacted to magic and Paxon is being charged with magic now," said Ivy. "Okay so what do you want to do, tell Alieta?" asked Jazmen. "Not yet, I have to find it first," said Ivy. "Okay but you are not going alone, I am coming with you," said Jazmen. "Okay, follow me then," said Ivy then took off fast. Hey wait up! yelled Jazmen. 74 illustration goes here Ivy kept flying west and Jazmen followed her. Then Ivy stopped and said that way. Now they were going southwest and soon left Paxon. "Look down there, said Ivy. What is that?" "Can't tell from up here, said Jazmen. Let's go down and have a look." They flew down in front of an archway with two closed gates. "What is this place?" asked Ivy. "This is a graveyard and a very old one from the looks of it," said Jazmen. "So dead people are buried out there?" asked Ivy. "Well, they are all decomposed by now but humans bury their dead and mark the spot with a gravestone," said Jazmen. "There is lots of bad stuff out there," said Ivy. "Maybe they were all bad people," said Jazmen. "I am not sensing people, said Ivy. Something different and lots of them." "Do you mean ghosts? asked Jazmen. Well, ghosts are just lost souls, they can't hurt you or even move anything. They just float around lost with no purpose." Suddenly the two gates began to open slowly making a creaking sound. "Um I thought you said they can't move anything," said Ivy. "They can't, there must be some ropes or a spring trigger that made them open," said Jazmen. "I don't see anything connected to them, said Ivy. This is getting spooky." "Ya a little bit, said Jazmen. Let's go in and have a look at one of the gravestones and check the date on it. You go in, I will guard the gate," said Ivy. "Really you are scared to go in a graveyard. Dead people can't hurt you,: said Jazmen. "I can feel them but can't see them and they are very bad," said Ivy. "Never mind I will check those ones over there myself," said Jazmen. 75 illustration goes here Jazmen walked over to the tall tomb stone but saw no date or name on it. Just some scription etched into the stone in an unknown language. She walked over to a smaller grave stone and bent down some. "Died Oct 10 1869. Aged 60 Years. William Catney. Over a hundred and seventy years ago," said Jazmen. Suddenly Jazmen felt something grab her ankle. She looked down and saw nothing. She tried to shake loose but the grip got tighter. "Ivy help, something has hold of my ankle and won't let go!" yelled Jazmen. Ivy flew over fast but saw nothing. "I don't see anything," said Ivy. "Well something has me and it is beginning to hurt," said Jazmen. Ivy went invisible and then saw a dirty decayed hand holding on to Jazmen and a head was coming out of the ground. She started stomping on the hand but it wouldn't let go. She gave the head a hard kick with her foot and the head came off and rolled to the side. The hand let go and they both flew up. "I thought you said dead people can't hurt you," said Ivy. "I was wrong, lets get out of here," said Jazmen. They started to fly up but something was trying to hold them down. "Flap faster Jazmen!" yelled Ivy. Ivy had hold of Jazmen and both of them flapped their wings as fast as they could. Then they broke free and flew up higher. "What the heck was that?" asked Jazmen. "Pure evil and not the strongest here, said Ivy. Look over there, a big house, that wasn't there before." "Your right but lets put some distance between us and that grave yard," said Jazmen. "Good idea, lets get up high and do a fly by then we will go back and tell Alieta what is out here," said Ivy. "Okay," said Jazmen that was still dealing with a sore ankle. 76 illustration goes here They got nice and high the flew towards the house. As they got closer they could see all the first floor windows were boarded shut including the front door. There were no lights on inside and the big old house looked abandon. Suddenly lights inside started to flicker, first like candle light but then a bright red like the place was on fire inside but there was no smoke. "What was that?" asked Ivy. "Where?" asked Jazmen. "In the second floor windows, I saw what looked like people moving," said Ivy. "I really don't want to find out, said Jazmen. My foot is really sore now and turning red. I need to get back to the palace now." Ivy looked at Jazmen's foot and it was very red and swollen. "Okay lets move it," said Ivy. As they flew off they could hear screaming coming from the house. They both ignored it and flew as fast as could back to the palace. 77 illustration goes here When they reached the palace there was no one outside. "Where is everyone? asked Ivy. Jazmen get on the couch, I am getting Lilly. That foot is getting worse fast." "You're telling me, hurry up, I can barely stand the pain," said Jazmen. Ivy flew as fast as she could to the cove and in record time came back with Lilly. "What the heck happened to your foot?" asked Lilly. "We will tell you later just heal it," said Ivy. Lilly made her wand appear and started healing the foot. It looked like it was healing but when she stopped went all red again. "What the heck is going on here," said Lilly. She tried again but the same thing happened. "This isn't working, said Lilly. I can't heal this. I don't even know why it is like this." "You can't heal it, but you can heal anything," said Ivy. "Not whatever this is, said Lilly. Fairy magic has little effect on it. I can hold the wand on the foot to keep it from spreading more but that is it. What happened?" "A dead person in a grave grabbed her ankle and wouldn't let go," said Ivy. "A dead person, well maybe an angel can fix it, said Lilly. That is all I can think of." Ivy stood up and yelled for Gabriel. "Gabriel come fast Jazmen is hurting bad. It is an emergency". In a few moments, Gabriel appeared. "Oh my goodness what happened here?" asked Gabriel. "We were investigating a big graveyard just outside of Paxon when a dead guy in a grave grabbed her ankle and wouldn't let go I was able to break Jazmen free when I went invisible," said Ivy. "I see, touched by pure evil then. Your wand is no good against this Lilly, said Gabriel. Where is Alieta?" "Don't know, probably inside," said Ivy. "Okay, Lilly go inside and find Alieta while I take care of this," said Gabriel. "Okay," then Lilly ran into the palace. 78 illustration goes here Gabriel got down on one knee then lightly took hold of Jazmen's foot. She closed her eyes then slowly the red began to fade and the foot went back to it's normal size. She opened her eyes then took her hands away from Jazmen's foot. "There all done, said Gabriel. You will need to stay off this foot for a couple of days but after that, it will be just fine." "Thank you Gabriel, your a miricle worker," said Jazmen. "Well I am an angel and that is what we do," said Gabriel with a smile. "You said she was touched by pure evil, said Ivy. I did sense evil there but all over the place. I guess we shouldn't of gone there in the first place." "Really, you sensed something bad and would ignore it, said Gabriel. I dought that would of happened. You did what you had to do and brought some one you trusted to go with you. You did the right thing and now we know where it is." "Well I am sure it wasn't there before when we were searching for Penny, said Ivy. Plus a big house appeared out of nowhere, a real spooky one." "Yep, you found the Land Of Pure Evil, at least that is what we call it," said Gabriel. Very hard to find even for me. It moves to a place taking it's victims then moves some where else." Just then Alieta and Alexa came running out. "What happened, Lilly is in tears saying she couldn't fix Jazmen, said Alieta. "Well she did good, she used her wand and stopped the evil from spreading, made my job easier," said Gabriel. Now stay away from there for now as I go get the only person that can battle this kind of evil. Fill Alieta in, she looks very confused." Then Gabriel vanished. 79 illustration goes here "Okay Ivy, what the heck happened here?" asked Alieta. "Well here Lilly first tried to heal Jazmen's foot but couldn't so I called Gabrilel and she healed her," said Ivy. "Yes Ivy, that I already know, what caused Jazmen to get hurt?" asked Alieta. "Well it is very spooky to talk about, said Ivy. You tell her Jazmen." "I will tell her until we got to the grave yard then you take over, said Jazmen. You were able to see it and break me free." "What are you two talking about? asked Alieta. One of you speak up." "Well I was flying with a couple of sprites and was coming here to give you a report when I saw Ivy on the ground waving me down, said Jazmen. I flew down and she said she felt something bad but it was pretty far away. We decided to go together and find out what it was. We flew across Paxon then to the south west corner just outside of the Paxon border I think and we found a grave yard." "Yep Jazmen said it was very old, said Ivy. Tell her about the gates." "Well Ivy never saw a grave yard before so I just told her that human buried their dead in graves and there was nothing to be scared of because dead decayed people can't hurt anyone, said Jazmen. Even if there were ghosts there they can't touch or move anything. That is when the front gates opened by themself. Kind of creepy but I still believed ghosts can't hurt anyone so I went into the grave yard by myself because Ivy was too scared to go in past the gates, to read one of the grave stones. The person buried there died like a hundred and seventy years ago. That is when it started. Okay take over Ivy." "Okay what happened Ivy, old grave yards are very common all over the place," said Alieta. "Not like this one, said Ivy. Jazmen started to call for me to help her because something had hold of her ankle and couldn't get loose. I went there fast but couldn't see anything but Jazmin was really struggling to get loose and you know how strong she is. I went invisible then saw a gross looking rotting hand holding on to Jazmen's ankle, so I went translucent also then began to stomp on the arm to break it loose but it wouldn't budge. Then a head began to rise out of the grave and man it was ugly. I gave it a few kicks with my foot and the head came off and rolled to the side. Then Jazmen was ahble to break loose so we tried to fly away." Hey that is what I used to do, said Alexa. Cut off the bad guy's head and that makes sure they were completely dead." "Yes we know, said Alieta but it sounds like this thing was already dead. So what happened next? You said you tried to fly away." "Yep we did but something was holding us back, said Ivy. It took both of us hanging on to each other, flapping out wings as fast and hard as we could to finally break free and that is when we saw the house not that far away and that house was not there when we first got there. We decide to get up nice and high and do a fly by just to check it out but as we got closer we could see the bottom windows here boarded up and then the lights inside began to flicker then glow red. We got the heck out of there but heard screaming from inside the creepy big house. Then we came here." "Now that would make a good start to a very good ghost story, said Alexa. A grave yard, the living dead and a haunted house. People write books about scary things like that." "Yes but those stories are fictional, said Alieta. This really happened. So now what do we do?" "Well I am going home to lay on the couch, said Jazmen. Gabriel told me not to use my foot for a couple of days." "I am going to my place and see if there is anything about a town of pure evil on the internet," said Ivy. "What about you Alexa?" asked Alieta. "I am staying right here to see what happens next. That is the most exciting thing I have heard about in a long time," said Alexa. Alieta smiled and shook her head. 80 illustration goes here Chapter 9 When Ivy got home she went to her room and grabbed the laptop off her dresser and put it on the bed. She booted it up and then went to the search page. She typed in town of pure evil but got a long list of things related to evil and towns but not what she was looking for. "Okay let's try this," she thought. She typed in ghost town. Again she got a long list of places thought to be ghost towns or just abandoned towns. Advanced search she saw on the screen that listed variations of the ghost town search. There were real ghost towns, ghost town locations, and mysterious ghost towns. She clicked on that last one and came to another page listing mysterious ghost towns. She looked through them and didn't see anything that matched what she was looking for except one called The Land Of The Dead. "Okay now we are getting somewhere," thought Ivy. She brought up the page and there were no photographs, just some hand drawings. "This is the place. That is the house and graveyard we saw," said Ivy. She read what it had to say. "Not really a town but a hideout for ruthless evil villains back in the early eighteen hundreds in central Texas. Very little was known about what went on inside the big victorian style house on the seven square acre plot but it was reported that some of the villains would go to neighboring towns to rob banks and stores and always took at least one hostage with them that was never seen again. It wasn't until the late eighteen hundreds when a joint effort with the state troopers and a team of experts from the armed forces raided the property seeing over a hundred unmarked gravestones. They proceeded to break into the big old house and a great battle took place but eventually all the evil villains were killed. They were all buried in the graveyard then they left. A year later it was ordered by the court to burn down the house and exhume the unmarked graves to look for all the missing people's bodies on that property. When a team of men went to the location they were surprised to see nothing but barren land where the graveyard and house used to be." "Wow, so the entire place vanished. Now that is scary, said Ivy. Oh, there is more." "Soon after the disappearance, it was reported that a mysterious graveyard and house appeared out of nowhere in different parts of North America. Those who were curious and went to check out the graveyard or house were never seen again but when the police went looking for the missing people the graveyard and house were gone. There have been several reported sightings of this mysterious place over the last hundred years. It got to be known as the Land Of The Dead but many called it A Land Of Pure Evil. Only one person ever escaped the grasp of something holding onto his leg in the graveyard. He had a shotgun and blew its head off but a couple days later he died in the hospital of unknown causes. "Holy crap so it does move around, said Ivy. I have to tell Alieta about this." She added the website address to her phone, then headed back to the palace. 81 illustration goes here Ivy flew back to the palace. landed beside Alieta and said, "I found it". "Found what?" asked Alieta. "The Land Of Pure Evil, it was under the Land Of The Dead," said Ivy. "Okay, so what did it say about it?" asked Alieta. "I have the website saved on my phone. Here have a look," said Ivy. "I want to see it too," said Alexa. She jumped up on the couch and leaned over. "Look there is the house we saw and there is the graveyard," said Ivy. "Wow that is a creepy house, said Alexa. Read it out loud Ivy." Ivy read the entire story to them from start to finish then turned off the phone. "Now that is super spooky, said Alexa, I love it! "Well there is no way you or anyone else is going near that place, said Alieta. We just have to keep everyone away from it so no one else gets hurt and wait until it vanishes and goes somewhere else." "No, we won't wait and Ivy is coming with me, said Fillina who just appeared out of nowhere. 82 illustration goes here "Okay Fillina, your turn to explain, said Alieta. Why is Ivy going with you yet what she just read to us said that anyone going there is never seen again. Ivy and Jazmen barely got out alive themselves." "Really, well they were not with me, said Fillina." "So is Gabriel coming with us?" asked Ivy. "Nope, she already did her part sending the bad souls to hell and letting the good ones into heaven, said Fillina. She can't do anything against these nasty things with no souls that are just the essence of the evil that they used to be. Evil can be very hard to defeat if you're not a higher power like me." "So you have fought against something like this before? asked Alieta. Yes, but not this many at once, it will take a bit of trickery and timing to get rid of this evil. A while ago a evil essence was in a house and was tormenting the family that lived there. I was in the area at the time and overheard some people talking about how that house was haunted. I just had to go over there and confronted it. Stupid thing thought I couldn't hurt him and even tried to possess me. Like I am going to let anything take over this body. I just yanked it out of me, threw it against the wall then blew it into ashes then sent the ashes to hell as a safty measure. Evil has a way of resurfacing no matter what you do but i really did a numger on that one. It is never coming back. End of story." "Very good story too Fillina, said Alexa, I love ghost stories." "Well, thank you Alexa. Why are you standing on the couch?" "I am shorter than Alieta and Ivy and I wanted to see what they were looking at on Ivy's phone," said Alexa. "And what did you see?" asked Fillina. "The haunted house and the graveyard plus Ivy read us the story to us that went with the pictures. "Really, Ivy can I see that story?" asked Fillina. "Yep here it is," said Ivy. Fillina quickly read the story and then handed the phone back to Ivy. "Okay so this is going to be a bit harder than I thought," said Fillina. "How so, asked Alieta. Well, there are a lot of them, not just in one place and they are very old so they have learned to do things together over the years including transporting seven acres of land all over the place, said Fillina. Only one way to deal with this. Ivy we are going in nasty and mad. You have to put on that scary face and think like someone is trying to hurt your friends. Can you do that?" "Yep, I am already mad that they hurt Jazmen," said Ivy. "Good keep that thought, said Fillina. Take me where you found the place, hopefully, they haven't relocated already and no Alexa you can not come with us even though you can go translucent and great at cutting heads off. I have strict orders to take only Ivy." Then both Ivy and Fillina vanished. "Darn I really wanted to go help, said Alexa. I could have done some serious damage." "I know you could of, said Alieta. Now get down off the couch, I am not used to looking up at you." "Oh okay," said Alexa. 83 illustration goes here Fillina teleported with Ivy to the center of Paxon. "Okay, which way from here Ivy?" asked Fillina. Southwest, right on the corner of Paxon," said Ivy. "Okay let's fly there from here, said Fillina and she made her wings appear then they flew off. Shortly they reached the graveyard from above. "Okay there is the gate to the graveyard, said Ivy. Looks like the gate is closed again." "Okay let's land in front of it," said Fillina. They landed and Fillina made her wings disappear. "I don't want anything here seeing my wings or they may not show themselves, said Fillina. Okay so this is one big graveyard, can you sense the evil now?" "Yep, lots of it. It's like we are being watched by a hundred eyes," said Ivy. "Good let's give them something to see then, said Fillina. Put on that scary face now and go translucent. It is time to put the scare on the scary." "Like this?" asked Ivy. "Yes but now get good and mad, said Fillina. Ivy thought of Dr. Shadow. "Now that is perfect, you're even scaring me. Now step aside a bit and let me open these gates before they do," said Fillina. She put up her arms then blew the gates right off the hinges and went flying off in two different directions out of sight. "There now they have something to look at and I bet we have all their attention," said Fillina. "That was awesome Fillina," said Ivy. "Thanks but the show is just starting, said Fillina. Time for you to go invisible too now. I will need you to tell me where they are as they come out of the ground." "So you can't see them?" asked Ivy. "Not like you can, all I can see is a bit of shimmering like glass, said Fillina. I will be able to see you so you point them out and then I can focus on them better. Remember these are not ghosts or zombies even though they may look like the walking dead. They are just the essence of the evil they used to be when they were alive. They have no substance like you are used to but they can walk around and move things with there energy. All they want to do is absorb our essence and convert it to more evil. Okay, let's move to the first group of graves." 84 illustration goes here They both moved into the graveyard and Fillina checked out the first gravestones she saw. "Very old graves, can't even read what is on the stones, said Fillina. No names at all. See anything yet Ivy? "Nope not yet," said Ivy. "Maybe they are afraid to come out and play, said Fillina. This will wake them up. Fillina sent a blast of energy out hitting the ground, making a loud noise. "Okay that did it, one just came out of the ground and is walking towards you on your right and looks like more coming out of the ground to your left, said Ivy. Man they are moving slowly and very ugly." "Okay, I see this one. They have no real muscles so they can't move fast. They depend on fear to be able to shock someone then grab and bite their prey, said Fillina. Looks like these ones are just dead bodies possessed by the evil." Fillina walked towards the walking corpse. "Hello ugly, do you want a piece of me, take this then," said Fillina. She waved her hand and it turned to dust then a small cloud remained and she blasted it too. "The other two are getting close behind you," said Ivy. "Okay I see them," said Fillina. With one wave of her hand, they both turned to dust then two clouds formed that she blasted also. "Now where, Ivy?" asked Fillina. "I don't see anymore yet, said Ivy. Just what looks like steam coming out of all the graves everywhere." "Okay, can you tell if the clouds of steam are gathering together or moving somewhere?" asked Fillina. "Looks like they are all going in the same direction, said Ivy. Look way over there. That creepy house is appearing again. That is where all the steam is going. "Okay good that makes sense, said Fillina. They must have a collective consciousness. They figured I was too strong for them out here in the open so they are either going in the house to hide or possibly there is a boss that called them to where they are the strongest. Let's follow them." "Okay, you seem to know what you are talking about," said Ivy. "I am just making logical guesses, said Fillina Evil comes in many forms and can be very unpredictable." "Well so far you have been right and now I sense great evil mixed with fear," said Ivy. "Okay we better move fast then, said Fillina. We don't want them to relocate before I am done." 85 illustration goes here They both followed the streams of steam that all went into the house through the top windows. Fillina and Ivy landed close to the house, a little too close for Ivy's liking but she stood her ground. The lights inside all began to flicker again then started glowing red. "So do you think I should go knock on the door and see if anyone is home?" asked Fillina. "No, are you nuts, look at the place, it is obvious there is something in there," said Ivy. "Well, at least I am getting rid of all those planks. Must be there to keep someone in or keep someone out. Regard less Planks Be Gone," yelled Fillina and all the planks flew off the house and turned to ash. Suddenly everything inside the house went bright red like fire was burning on every floor. "Now you did it, you made the house mad," said Ivy. "Fillina giggled, that is funny. Houses don't get mad, said Fillina. What is inside it probably is. The front door began to open slowly then a dark figure stepped out. "Do you see it Fillina, that thing on the porch?" asked Ivy. "Oh yes I see it very clearly, said Fillina. You better move back quite a bit. I have a feeling things are going to get very nasty soon." 86 illustration goes here The dark being walked slowly down the stairs towards Fillina making grunting sounds. Fillina backed up a bit putting some space between her and this dead-looking thing. Then she saw lots of streams of evil particles coming out of the house through the windows, going directly into the being making him grow very large until he was about thirty feet tall. "What's up big guy, Fillina yelled up to him." "You are not welcome here," it said in a deep voice. "Really and you think you and all your friends in that house are welcome to be here, said Fillina. You are trespassing on holy land." "This is not holy land, said the being. The holy land wouldn't let us land on it. Just threw us here instead." "Oh, so white magic doesn't taste so good to you then, said Fillina. Regardless of where you landed, you are not welcome and I am going to make sure you can never leave and torment anyone else." "What do you mean we are not welcome yet you won't let us leave, said the being, How can you stop us?" "Your lack of a brain makes it so you are not capable of understanding and knowing what I mean, said Fillina. I am going to destroy all of the evil here and then destroy all this land." The being began to laugh. "No one on earth can destroy us, said the being. I will kill you now and then the hidden one with you," said the being. "He knows I'm here," said Ivy, that kept walking backward. "Don't worry Ivy, I got this, said Fillina. The being threw two energy balls at Fillina that she easily dissipated. "Now it is my turn, said Fillina that grew twice the beings size. She sent out two blasts that blew off both his arms. "How do you like the power of the heavens creep?" asked Fillina. "What are you?" asked the being. "Like I said you have no brain to figure it out," said Fillina. "I am a God from heaven and the creator's helper. Time for you to be gone forever. Fillina began sending multiple energy blasts at the being, tearing him apart and continued until all the evil in him was destroyed too. "See Ivy nothing to it, said Fillina. Now first let me burn this house to the ground and kill whatever evil that may still be inside." 87 illustration goes here Fillina went back to her normal size then started sending fireball after fireball at the house starting at the bottom and working up. Soon the entire house was enflamed and screaming could be heard inside. "Boy they knew how to build houses back then," said Fillina. She sent out one more huge fireball that got the house burning even more and the screaming stopped. The house was mostly made of old dried out wood and quickly burnt down to it's foundation. She then blasted everything left made of brick and metal until there was just a big black hole in the ground full of ash. "Okay Ivy, fly out to Paxon about two miles.Things are going to get very wild and windy here with stone and dirt flying all over the place," said Fillina. 88 illustration goes here Ivy had no problem flying back away from the dark pit and graveyard. She flew back about a mile then turned so she could watch what Fillina was going to do next. When Fillina saw Ivy was far enough away, she moved to the center of the graveyard. She put both arms straight out and then began to spin. Faster and faster she spun, rising off the ground. Soon Fillina was just a blur then the air around her began to spin around her picking up dirt. The air was moving very fast now creating a big tornado funnel that began sucking the land and gravestones into it. The sky got dark then lightning began shooting through and around the tornado blasting everything in the tornado to dust. The tornado turned a reddish colour then got bigger and bigger sucking every gravestone and all the land into it. When the entire seven acres of land was all in the tornado that was very huge now it suddenly shot up into into the sky then into deep space leaving just bare barren land and Fillina standing on the ground where the tornado was. She brushed herself off and then looked around. She waved both arms and all the land flattened out and got covered with green grass. "Okay, job well done, that is the end of that," she said then flew over to where Ivy was in Paxon. 89 illustration goes here "Okay all done, said Fillina. We make a good team." "What do you mean, I hardly did anything. You did most everything," said Ivy. "Not true, said Fillina. You showed me where the place was, you sensed the evil and you could see who was coming at me and told me where they were. Then you saw all the evil going to the house and I followed you to make sure that is where they were going. After that things got kinda scary but you stood your ground and did as I asked. Any one else would of ran away when that dummy got big or even peed their pants." "I think I did a bit," said Ivy. "No you didn't, besides you don't wear pants," said Fillina. "So how did you like the suction tornado I made, pretty cool don't you think. Sucked eveything up and shot it into space." "Now that part was really cool, said Ivy. I have never seen a real tornado before. Just pictures of them on the internet. Ya that internet is an amazing thing but you can't believe everything you see and hear on it," said Fillina. "Why not?" asked Ivy. "Because people will lie, make up stories create fake images just to get their five minutes of fame, said Fillina. Just use your common sense and if it looks not quite right or the story is unbelievable then it is probably fake and a lie. Anyways you get back and see Alieta. She is worried sick about you. That girl loves you more than she loves herself. I am going to report to God. He will be happy that it is all over." "Why didn't he take care of the evil? asked Ivy. "Because he is all about forgiving and love plus creating things, said Fillina. He knows that I can kick butt and gets me to do all the evil killing and stuff. He knows I like doing that for him. I can get very nasty when provoked you know." "Yep I saw that, you sure did kick butt," said Ivy. "Yep, just doing my job and impressing God too. I like making him happy and keeping everyone here safe. Anyways, see you later," said Fillina then vanished. "Okay so back to the palace with an amazing story to tell, need some ice cream first though, thought Ivy. 90 illustration goes here Chapter 10 When Ivy reached the palace she saw Alieta sitting on the couch by herself. She first flew into the palace to get an ice cream cone. Alieta saw her coming and wondered why she didn't come to talk to her first. When Ivy came out she walked over to Alieta licking her ice cream cone. "Ivy, what the heck, I've been worried about you. Couldn't you of come to see me first? asked Alieta. "Sorry Alieta, I have been doing a lot of flying and stuff. I needed to get some ice cream first to recharge," said Ivy. "Okay, I can understand that I guess. So what happened?" asked Alieta. Oh, I have an amazing story to tell you. So where is everyone?" asked Ivy. "Not sure, probably inside doing stuff, said Alieta. Never mind about them tell me your story." "Well, Fillina can really kick butt when she gets going, said Ivy. She said we made a good team. I was invisible and translucent and told her where the creepy evil guys were so she could turn them to dust. Then we followed the streams of steam that rose out of the ground and went into the creepy old house. She blew all the planks off the windows which made all the evil things inside really mad. You know she is fearless, I was a bit scared but I knew Fillina wouldn't let anything happen to me." "Okay that is good to hear, said Alieta. Then what happened at the house?" "Well, this dark being came out of the house then a bunch of evil steam streams started going in this thing making him grow really big. Fillina just started making fun of him and calling him stupid with no brain. This made the creepy being mad and fired two energy charges at Fillina but she just made them disappear. Oh, I forgot. First, the thing told Fillina that she was not welcomed and Fillina said do you think you and your evil friends are welcomed on holy land. It said they tried to land close to the magic but it wouldn't let them and threw them just outside of Paxon." "Interesting so the magic in Paxon protected itself," said Alieta. "Sort of Fillina said white magic left a bad taste in their mouth or something like that, said Ivy. Anyways that is when Fillina told me to move back some because things were going to get nasty. She grew twice his size then started blasting him into little pieces then turned him to dust. Then she fired fireballs at the house that was made mostly of wood and burnt it to the ground. After she did something else to the foundation of the house that I couldn't see from where I was standing. Then she told me to go back into Paxon about two miles because it was going to be getting very wild and windy. That is when the coolest part started." "Okay so did she kill all the evil there?" asked Alieta. "Yep, looked like she was having fun doing it too," said Ivy. "Yes, I imagine she would be having fun being a god and all," said Alieta. "Yep she can get very nasty and very dangerous when she gets going," said Ivy. "Okay tell me what happened when you were two miles away," said Alieta. "Well, I only went one mile into Paxon because I wanted to see what she was going to do next, said Ivy. I have real good eye sight so I could see her clearly until she started spinning real fast creating a tornado with loghtning that sucked up all the gravestones and land then shot up into outer space leaving all the land barren with no more evil. Then she made the land nice and flat and green. She flew back to me then she told me to come here because you were worried about me but I had to get some ice cream first to be able to tell you the story. Pretty cool story, don't you think." "Yes extremely cool, said Alieta. So where is she now?" "Reporting to God. She likes to make him happy," said Ivy. "So will you remember everything you just told me when Alexa comes back with Tempressa? asked Alieta. Alexa was very interested in finding out more." "I won't have to I recorded everything I just said on my cell phone tucked in my top. I will just play that for them." Alieta smiled. "You never stop amazing me girl. I am so glad you are back safe and sound." Yep and I am glad your not worried about me anymore, said Ivy. I don't like making you worried you know." "Yes I know Ivy," said Alieta. 91 illustration goes here Miyo had finished sorting all the records after her shift which took longer than she thought would take. She came outside and locked up and saw Alexa and Tempressa on their horses headed her way. They stopped to say hello. "I thought your shift was over an hour ago," said Alexa. "Ya, it was but I had to sort all of the records in alphabetical order which took forever," said Miyo. "Oh okay that makes sense," said Alexa. "Yep missed supper so I am heading to the dining room, said Miyo. Where are you two going?" "To the palace also, said Tempressa. We want to hear how Ivy made out with Fillina." "Why, what were they doing?" asked Miyo. "They went to kill evil spirits in a graveyard and a haunted house near Paxon, said Alexa. We are hoping they are back now." "Really a true ghost story?" asked Miyo. "Yep sounds like it. Ivy and Jazmen saw the graveyard and barely escaped and they said screaming was coming from the house, said Alexa. We both love ghost stories but this one is a real close to home one." "This is awesome, said Miyo. If Ivy would tell me what happened it could be my first news broadcast." "Yes if Alieta will let you tell it, said Alexa. When I left she was sitting on the couch worried sick about Ivy. If the tale is too scary she may not want you to scare everyone in Fae Land." "Ya we will see but I still want to hear, said Miyo. My horse is around back so wait for me. I don't want to miss one word." 92 illustration goes here When the three of them reached the palace Ivy was talking to Ginger about her adventure and Alieta was sitting on the couch. "Good Ivy is back but I don't see Fillina," said Alexa. "Doesn't matter, Ivy is good at telling stories and she never lies," said Tempressa. "Okay lets put our horses in the stable then come back and talk to Alieta first," said Miyo. You don't have to bring the horses there, just point at the stable and they will go by themselves," said Alexa. "Really, they will do that?" asked Miyo. "Yep, they know where the food is, said Alexa. Just watch." They all got off their horse then Alexa pointed to the stable then the horses started walking towards the stable. "That is so much easier," said Miyo. "Yep horses are smart," said Tempressa. "Hi Miyo, your late getting back," said Alieta. "Ya I had to do some stuff after I turned on the lap top songs," said Miyo. "So I see Ivy is back can she come over and tell us what happened?" asked Alexa. "Even better than that, said Alieta. She recorded the story she told me on her cell phone so she wouldn't have to keep repeating it." "Looks like she is telling Ginger about it," said Tempressa. "Ya well she is excited and she is giving everyone the short version but the story she told me is the best." "Wow she recorded it. Can I record it on my cell phone off of her's then make a news brodcast tomorrow?" asked Miyo. "Well lets see, Nobody got hurt and Fillina got rid of all the evil then sent the entire haunted land into outer space so I guess so as long as you don't try to spice it up to make it scarier," said Alieta. "I won't, promiss," said Miyo. "Okay there are some funny parts in the story too so make sure you included them too," said Alieta. "Ivy, bring your cell phone, these three want to hear the story you told me." "Okay, said Ivy. I'll be right back Ginger." Ivy dropped the phone off on the couch then Alieta and Ivy walked over to Ginger. Miyo found the recording and started it and used her phone to record it. They all gathered around the phone on the couch and listened to the full story. 93 illustration goes here After Miyo recorded the entire story Ivy had on her phone she went to go to the dining room to have some supper. She met Tiffany talking to Koko. "Hi Tiffany, I have a great news story to tell over the radio tomorrow, said Miyo. Alieta said it was okay so long as I didn't try to make it spookier." "Spooky, what is it about?" asked Tiffany. "It's about how Ivy and Fillina went to a land of pure evil and got rid of it and a haunted house just outside of Paxon," said Miyo. "Really, is that what Ivy was talking to Ginger about? asked Tiffany. I thought I heard the word evil beings and haunted house but that's all." "Well here listen to this, I recorded the story off of Ivy's phone." Miyo played the recording for Tiffany. "Wow, that is so cool," said Tiffany. A real ghost story." "What is a ghost?" asked Koko. "It is a lost soul wandering around with usually no purpose," said Tiffany. "Why is it lost?" asked Koko. "Not sure, probably because it didn't rise up to heaven to be judged by an angel," said Tiffany. "Well these were not ghosts really, said, Miyo. They were evil beings or something from the past. Just the evil part stayed and not the soul." "I don't get it," said Koko. "Well, it is hard to believe but if Ivy said it all happened then it did," said Miyo. "Ya, you don't have to worry about it Koko. All is fixed now," said Tiffany. "Good, I don't like anything evil," said Koko. "So are you just going to play the recording over the air?" asked Tiffany. "No I am going to memorize it, then tell the story myself probably at one thirty tomorrow after everyone has had lunch, said Miyo." "Okay I will announce a few times that you have breaking news but not say anything else, said Tiffany. That should get everyone wanting to hear the news story." "Perfect, said Miyo. Okay, I have to go in and eat now. I missed supper because I was sorting all the records at the radio station. It took a long time." "That is great, said Tiffany. I was thinking of going in early to do that but then I wouldn't of been able to have breakfast with my sister." You have breakfast with Trigger and me too," said Koko. "You two are always done eating when we come down," said Tiffany. "Yep, first come first served, said Koko. Then we can go back to our room and wake up Aiko. Today she woke up laughing." Really why?" asked Miyo. We tickled her feet, she is tall and her feet always hang over the end of the bed," said Koko. "You two are so nutty sometimes," said Tiffany. "Yep, nutty and like to have fun," said Koko. 94 illustration goes here In Granada, Maggy was having a slow day at the Barefoot Bar. Just Kevin, the leader of the Marauders band was there having a beer. "So Kevin, how did the tour go in Canada?" asked Maggy. "Great tour, sold out every place," said Kevin. "The two girls were great but I could tell Ginger really didn't like performing in front of so many people but she still did great. They made a solo album that is out now so you will be hearing their music soon." "Really, let me turn on the radio and see what is playing," said Maggy. "Okay, same old songs as usual. I am getting sick of this station playing a mix of soft rock and country all the time. There must be another station that plays different songs." I don't think so, said Kevin. You have to be close to the big cities to get good rock stations. You might get something if you put the antenna all the way up." "Ya, good idea," said Maggy. "Okay Granada's station is 108.2 FM. Let me scroll down and see what I find," said Maggy. There is one but too much static. Must be New York's station." "It is the one with the strongest signal," said Kevin. "Well let me go down further, and check, said Maggy. I will listen to just about anything that is different. Maggy began to turn the knob faster figuring she wasn't going to find anything better. She past the low 100s and there was a quick loud sound as the dial passed it by. "Go back, Maggy. That sounded like a stronger signal," said Kevin. "Okay, let's see, said Maggy. She dialed back and hit 101. "Wow that is coming in very strong, said Maggy and that is Rush playing. Granada radio never plays Rush, they are too hard rock for them." "Your right, leave it there, and let's see what else they play, said Kevin. Must be a new Granada station." The next song that came on was by April Wine then a song by Alice Cooper. "This is an amazing station, said Kevin. I haven't heard a DJ or commercial yet so these songs must be all prerecorded." The Alice Cooper song went over then a recorded girl's voice came on. You are listening to nonstop music from 101.5 FM, Fae Land Radio playing the best music from around the world. Tune in between 9 am to 4 pm to make requests and talk to our two DJs Tiffany and Miyo. Now back to the nonstop music. "No way, said Maggy. How are we getting music from a place in a different reality?" asked Maggy. I didn't even know they were capable of having a radio station. "Beats me but you heard her say Fae Land Radio, said Kevin. Now a Genesis song is playing. This is the best station I have ever heard." "Me too, said Maggy. I bet Ivy had something to do with this." "Who is that?" asked Kevin. "An amazing forest sprite that is very smart and very strong. She even took down a burglar that was trying to rob the bar." "A sprite, you mean the one that was on stage at that charity concert at the beach?" asked Kevin. "Yep that is her, said Maggy. "Wow she looked gorgeous on TV," said Kevin. "Well, you should see her in real life. The most stunning girl I have ever seen and has a way of making you feel so good about yourself when she talks to you. Really likes to drink wine and beer too." "Sounds like the girl of my dreams," said Kevin. "Girl of everyone's dreams, said Maggy. I am calling all my friends and telling them about this station." 95 illustration goes here Sparkle was helping to clean up the dishes after dinner when her cell phone rang. "Hello, Sparkle speaking. "Maggy, what are you calling me about, is something wrong? asked Sparkle. Really you can hear Fae Land Radio. Are you sure it is Fae Land radio? Yes, Miyo and Tiffany are the two DJs. That is amazing. I just dropped off a big box of records to the station for them to play during the day. Well yes, Ivy was a big part of getting it going. I am going there now to tell her. Well, I am in Fae Land right now. Yep, that was Ivy too, she has really changed things around here. Okay, I will. Bye." "Who was that Sparkle?" asked Paisley. That was Maggy who owns a bar in Granada, said Sparkle. She is calling everyone she knows so that they can get our radio station in Granada and listen to it. Best radio station she ever heard." "Really how is that possible?" asked Paisley. "I don't know but I am going to Ivy's place to find out," said Sparkle. "Okay say hi to her for me," said Paisley. Sparkle rode over to Ivy's place and saw her heading towards her house. "Ivy, wait, I have to talk to you," yelled Sparkle. Sparkle got off her horse and ran up to Ivy. "Hi Sparkle, what's up?" asked Ivy. "I just got a phone call from Maggy at the Barefoot Bar in Granada. Do you remember her?" asked Sparkle. "Yes of course, a real nice woman that sells good tasting beer and wine," said Ivy. "Well she just told me that they can hear Fae Land Radio in Granada," said Sparkle. "Really, it must be the white magic in Eden we are using as a power supply, said Ivy. Strongest of all power sources. Okay, that makes sense but she was surprised that she could call me from Granada to Fae Land and so was I." "Well yes, of course, said Ivy. That is why I had Tulip make the satellite dish on top of the station, said Ivy. I read all about cell phones and radio station towers and what is needed to make them work in Fae Land when I was in Granada. We can all get the internet on our phones too." You had a satellite made by a fairy? That is amazing, said Sparkle. What is the name of the company that makes the satellite in space?" Telecom Communications," said Ivy. That is the biggest communication company in the world. Do you know what that means," said Sparkle. "Yep I can get free internet access now," said Ivy. "Really, free? No, what I mean is whatever satellite you are bouncing off also sends that signal to another one of their satellites until it has hit all of them that circle the entire world," said Sparkle. "Okay that sounds cool, I didn't know that," said Ivy. Well, that also means Fae Land Radio can be heard all over the world and no matter where you are you can use your phone to call people," said Sparkle. Wow, we better not tell Tiffany and Miyo then, said Ivy. If they know that everyone in the world can hear them, they will probably get nervous. I wonder if it also has something to do with that satalite dish I download from the website when I was at Olympia's place in Granada. I figured we needed a big one being in a different reality and all so I downloaded all the images and design construction of it. Later Alma told me that dish hasn't even been made yet and is supposed to be used for space exploration. She figured if someone was on Mars they could call home. Sparkle smiled then just shook her head. "You really don't sound that excited," said Sparkle. "I am but I had a very big day and just want to lay down and get some sleep," said Ivy. "Oh, okay, do you know the WIFI password for the internet before you go?" asked Sparkle. "Yep, 01faeland, said Ivy. See you tomorrow Sparkle," then Ivy went in the house. "Unbelievable, she even was able to get free internet access worldwide. Wait that dish on the radio station is for space research and it is powered by white magic. Remarkable, wait until I tell Mika about this." 96 illustration goes here Earlier in Haven all the rest of the playground parts arrived early than was expected so most of the adults spent almost all day assembling everything. There was a lot to do with the latest items made for a children's playground. Most of the items were made of very hard plastic and snapped together fairly easily with bolts holding them together. There were slides and tunnels for the kids to climb through a sheltered eating area even a big sand box plus climbing apparatus and benches. Eventually, the entire playground was set up in the park beside Haven and everyone went home except for Cathy and Grace. "So what do you think Grace? Will your daughter like what we all just built?" asked Cathy. "Like she will love it, said Grace. I will have a hard time getting her to come home." "Well now all the kids will be here in the park playing and we will know where they are until it is time to go home and eat," said Cathy. "You know, Liza told me pixies are coming here every night now, said Grace. They are tiny and very colourful." "Well I haven't seen a pixie yet but Ivy told me they spread magic pixie dust everywhere every night and are very playful," said Cathy. Maybe they will be the first to try out the playground. That would be fun to stay up and watch," said Grace. "Come to my place for a nightcap. We deserve it. That sounds like fun to me." said Cathy. Yes I am with you there," said Cathy then they both headed out of the park. 97 illustration goes here In the morning after everyone had their breakfast and Tiffany headed out to the radio station plus Ginger went with Fillina to pick up the big order of radios, Alieta had a bit of time for herself. A sprite flew down and told Alieta that a woman on a horse was headed this way through the Bad Lands but was moving very slowly. "Does she look to be in distress?" asked Alieta. "No, she is just riding very slowly and looking around," said the sprite. "Okay just keep an eye on her, said Alieta. I will talk to her and see what she wants when she gets here." "Okay, said the sprite then flew back up. 'So a visitor is coming," thought Alieta. Just then Ginger came back with Fillina and a lot of big boxes. "So you are sure you don't want me to send these all to your storage room?" asked Fillina. "Nope, I have to load a bunch of them on the wagon then I will get some elves to take the rest to the storage room," said Ginger. "Okay, bye for now," said Fillina then vanished. "That is a lot of boxes," said Alieta. "Yep, that is what five hundred radios look like in boxes, said Ginger. Half of them Janna and I will be taking to the stores first in the West Town then we are going to the North Town. If there are any left then we will take them to Cumberland but I doubt there will be enough left to go there today." "So you two will be gone most of the day then," said Alieta. "Yep probably, why did you need me for something?" asked Ginger. "No not really, said Alieta. Just that there is a woman on a horse headed this way through the Bad Lands. She is moving slowly but I can talk to her when she gets here." "Okay that sounds good, said Ginger. Here comes Janna now. I'm going to help her rig the horse to the wagon. See you later," said Ginger then headed to the stable. 98 illustration goes here After a few minutes, Ginger and Janna rode up and loaded a bunch of boxes into the wagon then rode off. Alieta turned around wondering when this woman was going to show up. In about five minutes, she saw her ride in by the stable and get off her horse. An elf came out to take her horse into the stable. The lady gave the elf a gold coin and then started walking towards the palace. Again she seemed to be in no hurry, looking around as she got closer to Alieta. In a couple minutes, she finally reached Alieta. "Hello there, I am looking for Alieta, the Queen of Fae Land. Would you happen to know where she is? My you're a sprite correct and a very pretty one I must say." Alieta smiled. "Yes I am a sprite and I am Alieta. How can I help you?" asked Alieta. "How fortunate I am to of found you. Just the second person I saw not including the one flying in the sky above me. How can you help me, good question. Not sure just yet, said the lady, you decide. My name is Mirela, many call me the Gypsy Queen. At least that is what everyone likes to call me but I am not really a queen. If that makes them happy calling me the Gypsy Queen then who am I to tell them different. Seeing that makes them happy then Queen I will be." Alieta saw that this woman was a very unusual person. "Okay Mirela, I saw you gave my elf a coin. You don't have to do that here. They get paid good money to take care of the horses," said Alieta. "That is very good to hear, said Mirela. She was so nice to me and said she was going to feed and water my horse and then brush her down. Very delightful girl. To me, that was worth a tip and when she smiled at me, and such a pretty smile it was, it made me feel happy inside under all these clothes. To me that alone was worth giving her the coin, don't you think?" "Well yes I suppose so, said Alieta. So why are you dressed so warmly on such a nice warm day?" "Well, I was told Fae Land was in the north, said Mirela. So I figured it would be cold here. I had nowhere to put my coat while riding so I just kept it on. How was I to know that Fae Land wasn't all that far in the north. I am not Mother Nature you know. Such a wonderful girl she is. We have talked a few times over the past couple of years." "Really you know Mother Nature? asked Alieta. She is a very good friend of mine and her sister lives here in Fae Land." "Yes I know and she is very proud of Tempressa too, said Mirela. Can I put my coat on this nice couch of yours? It is not that dirty." "Better still let me have an elf take it from you and give it a good cleaning," said Alieta. "Really she would do that for me? asked Mirela. How nice." "Yep and you don't have to tip her either, said Alieta. It is her job." Alieta called over an elf and told her to take Mirela's coat to the laundry and have it cleaned. The elf helped Mirela off with her coat. Alieta saw that Mirela had the body of a young woman and not the older lady that she first thought she was with her coat on. 99 illustration goes here "Here can you take my shoes too, they are killing me, said Mirela. I hate wearing shoes. I need to keep the skirt on though. Not wearing any underwear. I hate wearing underwear too." The elf smiled and then took the coat and shoes into the palace. "See another pretty smile, said Mirela. You are so lucky to be around so many happy people." "Yes I do consider myself lucky, said Alieta. If you don't mind can I ask you how old you are?" "Don't mind at all. Twenty-eight, said Mirela. That is okay right. Mother Nature said most of the people here were very old but looked young. I can dye my hair grey if you need me to look older. I think that would help." "No, you are fine just how you are, said Alieta. It's just that you looked older with your body hidden under that coat and you move around so slowly." "Okay good, didn't want to change the colour of my hair anyways, said Mirela. I like to look at everything around me when going to different places. All the trees and plants, the sky and ground. Everything is so beautiful if you really look at them. I love to walk barefoot on the beach and even in the woods where I can meet small animals like squirrels and rabbits. Nature is full of wonders." "Yes it is so I suppose you only eat vegetables," said Alieta. "Are you kidding I love a good steak or burger, said Mirela. Chicken soup and pork chops. People are originally meat eaters. If you stop eating meat then the skin will go pale and the body will get weak. People have to eat what their body needs. You look like you take good care of your body too." "Yes I do, said Alieta, three meals a day. Are you hungry now?" "Yes sure am. Haven't eaten since I left the golden forest with the yellow people living there," said Mirela. Well go with this elf and she will take you to the dining room. All the food made in the palace is free." "Free is very good, I like free," said Mirela. "I will join you in a few minutes. I have to talk to someone first," said Alieta. Alieta called over another elf and told her to take Mirela to the dining room. When they were inside, Alieta called out for Mother Nature. "Can you come and see me if you have some free time. I need to ask you some questions". 100 illustration goes here In a few moments, Mother Nature appeared. "Hi Alieta, you haven't called me for a while. What can I do for you?" asked Mother Nature. "I just met the most unusual yet a very kind person that I have ever had the pleasure of meeting that just rode in here on a horse from who knows where, that looked like an older woman at first by the way she dressed and walked so slow but I found out she is just twenty-eight," said Alieta. "Well she sounds nice then. What was so unusual about her?" asked Mother Nature. "Not completely sure, it is just the way she talks and looks at life I think, said Alieta. She sees the beauty in everything, some kind of a naturalist but loves to eat meat and told me why meat is needed in the body." "Maybe she is a naturalist doctor then," said Mother Nature. "No, she is a gypsy and people call her the Gypsy Queen even though she is not a queen at all. She knows you and her real name is Mirela. Is she for real or is it all an act?" asked Alieta. "Mirela is here, where is she? I love that girl," said Mother Nature. "She is in the dining room having something to eat, said Alieta. What is her story?" "No story really, said Mother Nature. She is a real gypsy from the south somewhere. A gypsy really doesn't have a permanent home. She just loves nature with a passion. Kindest and most gentlest person I have ever met in a long time. She loves to make people happy too. She told me when a person smiles it also makes the heart happy too. You are right, she is unusual but in a very good way." "So how did you meet her?" asked Alieta. "I was coming back from a place down south that a hurricane hit. I was seeing what damage was done. I saw her sitting on a rock looking up with her mouth wide open in the pouring rain. The poor thing was soaked but seemed to love it. I stopped the rain just around her and asked her if something was wrong. She looked at me and smiled and said, No, just drinking God's gift. Water is the giver of life. I sat with her for quite a while and found her to be very smart and told me some stories of her travels. I told her about Fae Land and how wonderful everyone was here and some stories about my sister. I met her a couple more times over the next couple of years always a bit further north. You have to keep her here as long as you can. She is perfect for the people here. She is like Ivy in the way she makes you feel so good about yourself when she talks to you. There is a magic about her that can't be explained." "So she is a real gypsy, you said. Does she tell people's future like I read about?" asked Alieta. Mother Nature smiled. "I asked her the same question and she said nobody can see the future not even God. I just ask lots of questions about the person and then come up with a few possibilities of what might happen. It is up to the person to choose the correct path to follow. Usually, my logic reaches them and a good choice is made. That girl has a gift, that I am certain of and to end up here, talk about God's will. So can I go in and see her now. I haven't seen Mirela the Gypsy Queen in a while." "You call her a Gypsy Queen too? asked Alieta. "Yep, she should be, said Mother Nature. She is the real thing and doesn't use tricks or props like a crystal ball that other gypsys use." "Sure, let us go in together. I told her I would be in shortly," said Alieta. "Good, I am kind of hungry too," said Mother Nature. Then they both went into the palace. The End... 100 illustration goes here