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. 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. "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. 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." 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. 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" 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. 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. 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." 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."
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