The Adventures In The Land Of Fae Nutty Keiko Prolog After supper Alieta called over Pippa. Yes Alieta, how can I help you? she asked. So this sister of Amelie, when do you think she will show up? asked Alieta. Oh Keiko, at least I think they are sisters, they sure act like sisters that is for sure, said Pippa. Okay but will she be here tomorrow? asked Alieta. Well when did Amelie get here? asked Pippa. Last night just before we went to bed and when Dr Shadow showed up, said Alieta. Hmm, let me think and do some calculations, so it is after supper now so that means Keiko should be here any minute now if she hasn't met anyone on the way here, said Pippa. Keiko will stop and talk to just about anyone she sees while chasing after Amelie. I f she is chasing after Amelie, why would she stop to talk to strangers, asked Alieta. She is in no hurry and she knows where she is all the time, some kind of inner connection I think so why hurry, said Pippa. But Amelie left here a while ago, why would she be coming here? asked Alieta. Well the best I can figure is she likes to meet everyone Amelie met, that is the true nature of a Garson fairy. Amelie is not being herself at least not like she used to be before most of the fairies became well protected in magic forests. I am not following why that would effect Amelie, said Alieta. Shouldn't she be happy now? Yep she should be but Amelie has lost her sense of being needed, so Keiko told me, said Pippa. Just think of what you would do or you Ginger if you were not needed anymore. Like I said these two are like opposites in some ways now, Keiko is still care free but Amelie went and got all serious and goes out on her own all the time which is very dangerous for the both of them. Why is that? asked Alieta. My you ask a lot of questions, said Pippa. Well if another Garson fairy is going to show up here for no reason that I can think of I want to know why and the facts behind it, said Alieta. Okay I get that but first you have to know Garson fairies always travel in twos and rarely go anywhere that far from each other. You see these fairies can heal each other much better and faster than they can heal themself if they get injured. If one Garson fairy gets injured badly and is going to die, the other Garson fairy cna heal her and save her life if she is in time. So do you get it yet why Keiko is following her sister not that far away? Yes I think so, said Alieta. If something very bad happened to Amelie and she was too far away from Keiko then she could die. Yep you got it and that would send Keiko into a deep depression and eventually she will mess up and get killed too, said Pippa. Amelie be fast and have a powerful wand but what if she comes up against an evil wizard or demon. She has no defence and has no chance of beating beating either of them. Just one blast from a wizard or demon will kill them, even just a cut from their black magic and neither of them can heal each other. That is what she may find around here and really knows little about them. Being fast, smart and having a deadly wand will not save her from a wizard or demon. That is why I don't get too personally attached to Amelia though I try to help her change her ways when I can. Now her sister Keiko, there is someone I love and she is a ton of fun and extremely friendly. Very nutty too like a fairy should be. You will like her though she has very little control over her reading skills that are very strong. So does she look like Amelie? asked Alieta. Yep sort of, Keiko is cuter in my opinion, amazing big green eyes. Amelie is the golden girl and Keiko is the green girl. She will be here soon, just keep Ivy close by, she will sense her coming. Keiko is never in a big hurry to get anywhere like I said. Ginger smiled. Now I really want to meet this fairy, said Ginger. Oh you will, said Pippa. In like a few minutes she will meet you two and everyone else here on the palace grounds and immediately make all of you her friends. She can sense goodness and evil like Amelie but better, almost as good as Ivy but not as deep or from as far away. I am sticking around for her entrance, said Pippa. She is a lot of fun to watch! 01 illustration goes here Chapter 1 Zippity Do Da Keiko Pippa went back to where Ivy was with Sara and asked Ivy to go stand by Alieta or Ginger. Why? asked Ivy. Well a good friend of mine is coming soon and I want you to meet her. You won't need to read her much but I know you will like her, said Pippa. Okay but is she a pixie or something? asked Ivy. Nope she is a Garson fairy but not at all like Amelie. She is funny, nutty and very friendly. You will see, said Pippa. Ivy smiled then walked over beside Ginger. Viridian came back dressed in regular clothes and walked up to the three of them. I'm back, nothing go on back home so I decided to hang out with you all, said Viridian. Good choice, said Pippa, things are going to get exciting around here. Why is that, asked Viridian. You will see, said Pippa. Hi, Pippa sent me over here to meet a friend of hers, said Ivy. Yes she said Keiko would soon be here, said Alieta. I suppose it is best you are here seeing you would come over and read her when she shows up anyways. Yep, always got to check out the new people, said Ivy. But if she is a friend of Pippa's then she should be okay so I wonder why she wants me to read her? said Ivy. Beats me, said Alieta but Pippa made her sound very interesting to us. Can you sense her yet? Nope nothing so far, said Ivy. Wait, now I do. She is coming then Ivy giggled. She is very funny inside. Not moving very fast though. Wait she stopped not far away. Where? asked Alieta. Close to here in the Bad Lands. Okay here she comes again, said Ivy. In about a minute Keiko showed up in front of the three of them. Hello, I am Keiko nice to meet you Queen Alieta, oh just Alieta you too Ginger and Ivy then took off towards Zan and the three girls. Then flew over to see Tara and Avan. Stopped there for a minute then flew over to where Tulip, Pippie and Lollipop were standing. Pippa flew back to Alieta and said told you, watch her. Keiko then saw a couple of elves headed towards the palace and flew over to them. The elves started laughing then Kieko flew over to where Sara, Viridian and Tillia were. She will stop there for a minute to talk to Tillia. They know each other, said Pippa. Keiko then looked around and saw Pippa. She zipped over fast then gave her a big hug and kissed her on the cheek. Pippa, my favorite pixie ever. Nice to see you again, said Keiko. So nice entrance as always, said Pippa. Yep had to make friends with everyone, said Keiko. Lots of nice people here, Even the two sister she devils Tara and Avan, they are very powerful but very nice too, said Keiko. So you finished flying around for a bit so you can to talk a bit with Alieta, the queen of Fae Land? asked Pippa. Yep the queen and a very good one too. Hello very nice and pretty Alieta. Great people here and in Fae Land. How are you? Oh you are very cute Ginger and look here a forest sprite, very strong inside too but can't see nothing else, what is your name super pretty girl? Okay Keiko slow down some please, said Pippa. Okay sorry, I am just excited to meet so many nice people at once, said Keiko. 02 illustration goes here Alieta smiled. So Keiko, Pippa told us a bit about you and how you work with Amelie, said Alieta. Well she works, I don't at least not the way she does things, said Keiko. She is all about work, work, work. Not me, just get the job done then find someone to play with, said Keiko. Ivy here is my best friend, said Pippa. You two have some things in common. Oh that is her name, such a good name for a forest sprite. She is a good blocker but not as good as me. I am sure there is nothing bad in you I think. Ivy laughted, well there is nothing bad in you either, a nice white soul but always worried about Amelie. You can see in me, nobody can do that, said Keiko. Ivy can do a lot of things Keiko that regular forest sprites can't said Pippa. Oh okay, so I feel Amelie was here not to long ago and went that way, said Keiko. Where is she going now? Oh I sent her to another forest where there is a cute boy pixie that would love to meet her, said Pippa. Keiko smiled. That was nice of you Pippa, she needs to lighten up you know, said Keiko. That girl is going to get herself killed if she doesn't change. Well lets hope for the best, said Pippa. Okay I need a snack, said Keiko then her wand appear and made an ice cream cone. Ivy smiled at her. Anyone else want one? asked Keiko. No we just ate, said Alieta. I will, said Ivy, never too full for ice cream. You got that right girl, said Keiko. I like the way you think then made Ivy one also. Ivy sat down on the grass and so did Keiko. So Keiko, you were moving around pretty fast meeting everyone here. You got to know everybody that fast. Yep, first I tell them my name then read them and ask their names. I say something funny then move on, said Keiko. Making friends is lots of fun. Yes it is, said Alieta. So are you going to leave soon to meet up with Amelie? asked Alieta. Nope not if you tell me too. You are the queen you know, I can tell she is not far away and I can get there very fast if I sense she is in trouble. Not into talking to her right now. More fun here and lots of people to meet, said Keiko. It is okay if I stay here right? It feels really safe in Fae Land. How did you know this is Fae Land? asked Alieta. Did you read it in us? Nope I saw it on that very still grey lady standing on that rock over there, said Keiko. There is nothing inside her. Both Alieta and Ginger smiled. Well that is a statue, said Ginger. Yep I know that now unless she is really good at standing still. Well yes dear, you can stay as long as you want, said Alieta. Oh good, now you are my favorite queen, said Keiko. Nice and kind, very strong and I love your wings, said Keiko. Well thank you you are very lovely too, said Alieta. Nope I am very cute. Not as cute as Ginger, she is super cute but I am close, said Keiko. Everyone says I am very cute, said Ginger. No one says I am pretty. Oh you have to be pretty to be cute you know, said Keiko. Cuteness has to do with more than how your face looks. It has to do with your hair, how you stand and sit plus the way you talk to others plus the type of clothes you choose to ware. You can't be cute if your not pretty. See Ginger, when someone is saying you are very cute it is a very high complement, said Alieta. Yep it is, said Keiko. Unless it is your mother, she will say that no matter how her girl looks. 03 illustration goes here Both Ivy and Keiko finished their ice cream cones then stood back up. So now my wings are energized again, said Keiko. Is Fae Land big, is there lots of people her to make friends with? Yes Fae Land is very big and thousands of people live here, said Ivy. If it is okay with Alieta. I can tale you to see a hew of my friiends. Sure go have some fun you too. We still have a few hours of light left, said Alieta. Okay good, said Ivy. I know Ktara, Carmen and Zatsuky would love to meet you but not so fast this time, most of my closest friends have a lot about them that makes them special, said Ivy. Okay, you are the boss, said Keiko then off they flew. So that is Keiko, said Alieta. Yep, quite the girl isn't she, said Pippa. Bet you have never met anyone like her before. No not really but Sakura comes a close second, said Alieta. Oh those two will have a great time together, said Pippa and the fairy nymphs too. That is a party with just them all together playing. Well the girls are out of school now so maybe they will meet up with them, said Alieta. Viridian came over and said I am heading back home now. Very interesting girl that Keiko is. Talks fast too, like Ivy used to. Seems she knows Tillia pretty good also. Ya so Pippa told us. Ivy is taking her on a bit of a tour of Fae Land and getting Keiko to meet some of her friends. Well that would be funny to watch but I got to relax some now, it has been a very interesting day, said Viridian. Yes that it has been, said Alieta. Then Viridian left to go home. Well another new visitor, said Alieta. Ya well this time nothing bad was going on, said Ginger. Well I am heading back into the woods, said Pippa. Tell Keiko to stay there for the night when she gets back, bye for now and off Pippa flew. Okay, I guess we should wait until they get back, said Alieta. Shouldn't take long for Keiko to get to know some of Ivy's friends. Ginger smiled. Nope not long at all. 04 illustration goes here Chapter 2 Keiko Spreads Her Joy Ivy brought Keiko to Ktara's place first. They landed outside her house. Hope she is home, said Ivy. Usually she is outside doing stuff. Hey look over there. Palm trees and what looks like pineapples. What are they doing growing here? asked Keiko. They are normally found in the tropics. Well that is a bit of a long story, said Ivy. Never seen Pineapples grow like that either, said Keiko. Well this is Eden, the most magical place around, said Ivy. Ivy knocked on the door but there was no answer. Maybe she is at Carmen and Zatsuky's place, said Ivy. Just then an elf walked up to them. Hi Ivy, who is your friend? This is Keiko, she just got here and I wanted her to meet Ktara but she is not home, said Ivy. Oh I was hoping to get some treats from her, said the elf. Oh do you want a snack, said Keiko. Okay sure, said the elf. Keiko made her wand appear and made him an ice cream cone with chocolate chips. Wow my favorite, she said. Yep I know, said Keiko. I figure Ktara is at Carmen and Zatsuky's place so we will go there to meet them all at once, said Ivy. Okay, Ktara I will come back later to pick up the treats she made for me, said the elf then left. Hmm you didn't have much to say to her, said Ivy. Well you told me to go slow, said Keiko. She is nice though and good with the bow and arrow. Pretty good cook too. Ivy smiled then they flew over to see the girls at Carmen and Zatsuy's place. Now they have a nice big place but they may be having supper so lets just say hello and come back later if they are, said Ivy. Okay, your the boss, said Keiko. Ivy knocked on the door and Zatsuky answered it. My look who it is Carmen, Ivy is here, said Zatsuky. Well tell her to come in, said Carmen from another room. You heard her, come on in, said Zatsuky. My who have we here? asked Zatsuky. Oh this is Keiko. She is new to Fae Land, said Ivy. Oh okay then both of you come in, Carmen and Ktara are in the livingroom, said Zatsuky. Ivy brought a friend Carmen, her name is Keiko. Oh Keiko stands for happy child, said Ktara. Well I am happy most of the time and act like a child too sometimes but really I am pretty old, said Keiko. Yes most fairies are, said Carmen. 05 illustration goes here So Keiko is a good friend of Pippa's and I am just bringing here and around Fae Land a bit to meet some of my friends, said Ivy. So Keiko, tell us a bit about yourself, said Ktara. Keiko looked at Ivy and asked if it was okay. Yep go for it, said Ivy then smiled. Well I am a Garson fairy but not like Amelie that works too much. I defend fairies and other defenseless people from bad stuff and can kill things with my wand plus I can fly very fast and get very small almost invisible and can sense things like Ivy sort of. I love the colour green as you can tell and I can see very far away and even magnify things making them closer to see even in the dark which Amelie can't do plus I can speak to animals and are friends with most of them. I love playing and eating ice cream, that is my favorite food. Especially chocolate ice cream. Keiko took a breath then stopped talking. Wow that was an ear full, said Zatsuky. You have some very amazing talents and you said your wand can kill things too? Yep it turns them to dust but not everything bad like wizards and demons. I stay way from them because they can kill me, said Keiko. No wizards or demonds here to worry about. Well there is Yeanny, but she is a good wizard, said Ivy. Oh, good wizards are okay then but still have to be careful, said Keiko. A blast from a wizard or demon will kill us fairies, even a hit on the leg or arm. Our wands can't heal the wound and it will slowly kill us. Well Yeanny would never hurt you, said Zaksuky. So you also said you can see and magnify things far away, said Carmen. Yep, makes it easier to find bad stuff hiding, said Keiko. Okay lets test you, if that is okay? asked Carmen. Yep okay, sounds like fun, said Keiko. Okay you stand on the other side of that couch and I will go over to the other side of the room with one of Alieta's books. Then you start reading the first chapter, said Carmen. Now the print is pretty small to start with so I will be very surprised if you can read any of it form that far away. Do you think you can do that? asked Carmen. I think so, said Keiko. Carmen went to the other side of the room then opened the book to the first page. Okay, ready? asked Carmen. Yep, said Keiko. Okay start reading. Keiko focused on the book then started reading. Chapter One The Disappearence. In the province just north west of Fae Land there is a small dairy farm where they produced milk, ice cream, butter, eggs and other dairy products. Their business was family owned and the two parrents had three unidentical triplet girls named Janet, Kimberly and Ambrosa and a younger brother named Jeff that help them run the farm. One day when the children were off duty they went to the small woods next to the farm to play hide and seek. Jeff was made to hide his eyes and count to fifty as the girls went off to hide. Carmen looked at the page in disbelief. That was amazing and you didn't miss one word. Yep and can do it in the dark too, said Keiko. Well that was good enough for me, said Carmen. So telescopic eyes and night vision, said Ktara. That would be useful for me. Yep you are a very good tracker, great cook too, said Keiko. I have two irises and pupils that are very big. I don't think anything else alive has both of those features, said Keiko. 06 illustration goes here So you read me I can tell so what did you see about Carman and Zatsuky. Oh already read them. It is kind of automatic with me, can't help it, said Keiko. Okay go ahead tell me what you saw, said Carmen. Ya me too, said Zatsuky. Okay well Carmen is amazing with a sword and used to be a dragon slayer. She is also very fast on her feet plus is Zatsuky's best freind. You are very into looking great all the time even on adventures and you have been on a lot of them. You wash your hair every day and you make sure that you always look pretty. Very girly like for a dragon slayer I would say. Everyone started to laugh, Yep that is my Carmen, said Zatsuky. Okay my turn. Well you are a very interesting elf that used to slay dragons also with Carmen but in a place called Tazia. You were called the Crimson Dragon Fighter. You have a powerful magic sword that was given to you by an elder elf and later enhanced by someone named Merlin. You and Carmen traveled a very long ways to get here that I think took like three weeks. Wow that is some ways to go, especially when you really didn't know Fae Land exsisted. Now you are on a team here that defends Fae Land and so is Carmen. Your favorite colour is red and favorite food is what ever you don't have to cook. Everyone laughted again. Bang on, said Carmen. So this Amelie you mentioned, where is she? asked Ktara. Oh they haven't see her yet, said Ivy. That was yesterday when Dr Shadow that is a sorcerer was trying to steal a fairy. She didn't have to do much though. Maybe a bit more information Ivy please, said Zatsuky. Okay well Alexa came up with a plan to trap Dr Shadow. Tillia was the bait seeing her horn was more of a prize to him than a fairy. Sara and myself sat down with Tillia and so did Alexa while Viridian was invisible. We waited for about an hour but I couldn't sense him yet. I figured he was still afraid of me so I moved away and hid at first. Um why would he be afraid of you Ivy. Oh the night before he showed up looking for Lilly that Amelie took back to the forest. He threatened to kill us if we didn't bring Lilly back. I think I said something that made him mad so he pointed his cane at me but I went translucent and a beam shot out and went right through me. As he was wondering what went wrong I went crazy mad at him and grabbed him them smashed him down to the ground. He disappeared before I could grab him again. You were able to grab and throw down a dangerous sorcerer? asked Zatsuky. Yep pretty cool don't you think. Well he was going to kill us all, at least that is what he said, said Ivy. Okay back to the trap now, said Zatsuky. Oh ya, now once I went behind the bush I went translucent again plus invisible then came back out. Both Viridian and me could see him coming but he couldn't see us. When he went to steal Tillia's horn I grabbed him from behind but he was hard to hold so Alexa helped. Viridian couldn't get a clear shot at his cane so suddenly Sara jumped up and grabed his cane and tried to take it from him but earlier Amelie told us that the cane was part of him so it won't come loose. Sara got really mad because it looked like he was going to get away so she gave one big yank and said got it. She had it alright plus his hand that was connected to the cane. Amelie used her wand on the cane and Viridian cut Dr Shadow into pieces. Wow, everyone said at once. That is some story, said Zatsuky and Sara ripped the cane and hand right off this sorcerer. Yep kinda gross though plus Viridian slicing him up but she said that was nothing like what you can do to demons and wizards with your sword, said Ivy. Well glad you two dropped by, said Zatsuky. This has been a very interesting and informative meeting. Ivy can go translucent and invisible, Garson faries can use their wand to kill and Sara is strong enough to rip the hand off of a sorcerer. Yes very good meeting for sure. Oh by the way, there are a ton of tulip plants all over the place out there so grab some for you vases at home if you want some, said Zatsuky. Ivy just smiled then said okay. 07 illustration goes here Okay we are going to see where Yeanny lives next. Oh I think they live just south of the town, said Ktara. Just look for the first big house. Okay thanks, said Ivy then Carmen let them out. That was some story that Ivy told us, said Carmen. Do you think it is true. Probably, Ivy doesn't lie from what I was told, said Ktara. Probably is true, Sara is very strong, even stronger than Alexa. Really? That is strong then, said Zatsuky... Ivy and Keiko took off across Eden and saw Hennie down on the ground with Nessie. There is Hennie and her little girl, said Ivy. Lets go see them first, said Ivy. They landed and Ivy said hello. Hi Ivy, who is that with you? asked Hennie. This is Keiko. She is new to Fae land. I am just showing her around, said Ivy. Well hello Keiko, you look like a fairy of sorts. Yep, a Garson fairy. You two are fairy nymphs, nice to see some still around, said Keiko. Oh so know about us then, said Hennie. Yep, first there were fairy nymphs, then Triffies followed by fairies I think, said Keiko. Then humans came along and other creatures and animals. So where does Garson Fairies fit in there? asked Hennie. Oh after unicorns and when man started to hunt Triffies and fairies, said Keiko. We are the protectors of fairies. Oh wish you were around back when we all got attacked by dragons, said Hennie. Ya we heard about that but we were much further south protecting the fairies. Sorry but there is only two of us around here, said Keiko. Only two? That is odd, well we are safe now with twenty of us living in the forest just across from Eden, said Hennie. So how is Nessie doing? asked Ivy. Well she has tulips down now as you can see them all over the place here, so we are working on daisys today. She is doing very good for a ten year old, said Hennie. Mom who is the pretty girl with the green hair and wings? asked Nessie. Oh hello Nessie my name is Keiko, I see you are doing very good at school too. Yep, Alexa is teaching us stuff, said Nessie. You are really good at drawing too, said Keiko. Yep, but not as good as Sakura, she is the best, I copy her sometimes, said Nessie. Well that is a way of learning too, said Keiko. Well we are drawing the fairies now and Alexa said no coping but I copy Sakura some, she does back grounds and everything. Am I going to get in trouble? asked Nessie. I Don't think so, you are too good inside for anyone to get mad at you, said Keiko with a smile. Then Nessie smiled then went back to making flowers. Oops sorry Mom, another tulip. I forgot, daisys, right? Yes dear try again, said Hennie. She is a gem, said Keiko. Very pure and kind hearted. Yep she is my little girl, said Hennie. Just then Yeanny and Sakura appeared and Keiko jumped behind Ivy. 08 illustration goes here Hi Ivy, nice to see you here. Who is that hiding behind you? Keiko, what are you doing. I told you she is a good wizard, said Ivy. Oh ya still they tend to scare me when they just appear like that, said Keiko. Check her out, see for yourself, said Ivy. Oh no, I never read wizards, they are way too powerful for me, said Keiko. Sakura flew up to her then circled around. You got nice green hair and wow big green eyes too. Cool outfit too, do you like to play? Nissie, Fettie, and Setta like to play with me, we became sisters yesterday, just for fun though, Mom why is she hiding? asked Sakura. Now this is a girl that enjoys life, said Keiko. Can't tell what she is though. She called you Mom though, said Keiko. Yep Mom made me so that makes her my Mom, Hennie says so, said Sakura that was still checking Keiko out. Okay Sakura enough now get back here and behave, said Yeanny. Okay Mom. Sorry about that, she gets excited when meeting new people, said Yeanny. Oh that is fine, she is a lot like myself, said Keiko. Ivy told me to slow down when meeting her friends though. But Sakura I see is only seven years old and lots of happiness and fun going on inside her. Very artistic too I saw a picture of one of the fairies she is drawing, can't remember which one though. It's Tulip, she is very important and has the pink dress, said Sakura. I love pink, even my eyes are pink see, then she batted her eye lashes at Keiko. Keiko started to laugh, this one has me beat that is for sure. Cute, pink and naturally funny. How ever you did it Yeanny you did a good job, said Keiko. Well kind of happened by accident but a very good accident, said Yeanny. There Mom, is that a daisy, asked Nessie. Yes it is dear except daisys are yellow and sometimes white, not purple, said Hennie. Oh sorry, said Nissie. Purple is good too, said Sakura, make a pink one next. Okay I will try, said Nessie. Actually purple does look pretty good, said Hennie. Well you all do make new types of plants so why not new colours for exsisting plants, said Ivy. Yes that is true, Fae Land will be the only place in the world with purple daisys, said Hennie. Pink too now Mom look, said Nissie. Yep purple and pink daisys now, said Hennie. Okay Nessie that will be enough for today. Don't want to confuse Mother Nature. Go play with Sakura. Okay and off the two of them flew. 09 illustration goes here So Keiko, show us some more of that telescopic something seeing you did back at Carmen's place, said Ivy. Well out here you won't be able to see what I can and we don't have a book for me to read but if you look closely at my eyes I can show you how I do it, said Keiko. You can see things far away? asked Yeanny. Oh not only that she can make things look closer to her, said Ivy. She read part of a book from across the room that Carmen was holding. I couldn't make out the first word and I have very good eye sight. Okay so show us, said Yeanny. Okay get close and look at my eyes and watch what happens when I change to telescope mode, said Keiko. Ivy and Yeanny got close and watched her eyes. Suddenly a extra iris appeared as a second ring around the pupil. Now the further away something is I just focus the two irises until it gets nice and close plus clear. At night time my pupil gets bigger so I can see good when it is dark too. No shadow sorcerer can hide from me, said Keiko. Cool, said Ivy. So what is so special about a shadow sorcerer? asked Yeanny. Oh not a lot other than they like to capture fairies and can hide in the shadows, plus like all sorcerers they can go invisible. They all carry a cane that is part of them and is a weapon also. My wand can get them though even when they can't be seen, said Keiko. How's that, asked Yeanny. Oh the wand can emit a redish coloured light and makes it so I can see them some at night. Then I just blast away. No more shadow sorcerer, said Keiko. Cool, said Ivy. So Amelie can't do that? Yep she just can't see like I can but she can see good at night though, said Keiko. Look at those two, not a care in the world just playing and having fun, said Keiko. Yes to be a kid again, said Hennie. So Ivy is there anyone else that you want me to meet? asked Keiko. Well there is the centaur family plus Titus and Paisley. Tempressa, Alexa and Diego with Angus and Sivia. Wow that many? asked Keiko. Yep, those are just my closest friends, said Ivy. Keiko went very silent and still for a few moments. Oh no. Amelie is in trouble and she is hurt, got to go then she flew off like a shot. I am going to follow her and see what is going on, said Ivy then flew off after her. Sakura and Nissie came over. Where did they go? asked Sakura. Not sure but Keiko's friend is in trouble, said Yeanny. 10 illustration goes here Chapter 3 The Evil Wizard Ivy was trying her best to catch up with Keiko but she was flying much faster than her. She could sense her but that was all. She could tell that Keiko wasn't heading in the direction of the forest where Amelie was suppose to be. Back in Eden Yeanny was trying to locate them. Can't you just pop over there and help? asked Hennie. No I have to wait until Ivy lands then I can lock onto her but she is still in the air, that I can tell, said Yeanny. You take Sakura to the palace and tell them what is going on. Okay, said Hennie then they took off. Yeanny teleported home fast. Ivy could tell that Keiko had landed now and something very bad was near them. She flew as fast as she could until she saw them on the ground plus Kevin was there too and looked hurt, laying on the ground not far from them. Ivy went translucent then flew down to them. What are you doing here? asked Keiko. You think I would let you take off like that and not follow you, said Ivy. I suppose not but now Amelie has put all three of us in danger, said Keiko. Look over there it is a wizard and a very bad one. I thought he was just a normal guy walking around so we flew down to see what he was doing, said Amelie. When we got closer to him I could see he had evil red eyes and markings on his body. He shot something at me and hit me on the arm. My wand won't heal it so that is when I knew he was a wizard. Wizards can kill us and we can't heal a wizard charge. Kevin ran to me but he shot him too and sent him back over there. He is not moving so don't know if he is still alive. I think he said something about taking Kevin's wings for the dust. Oh look what we have here, A forest sprite too, more dust for me then he started to walk towards them. Kevin is just hurt, said Ivy. He will be okay and he can't hurt me now. I will stall him as long as I can until help comes. But no one know where we are, said Keiko. Yeanny will find us, she is very powerful, said Ivy. Ivy yelled over to over to Kevin. Kevin, can you walk? Nope he shot my leg, what is he, we didn't do anything to him. He is a bad wizard so keep quiet and try to crawl over to Amelie and Keiko. The wizard was getting closer to Ivy. Ivy picked up some rocks then threw them it at him. The wizard raised a hand and made it explode. Oh so the forest sprite is throwing rocks at me, said the wixard. You are going to have to do better than that. Yeanny appeared and said, Oh I will do better, then sent out a blast that hit the ground in front of him making him step back a bit. 11 illustration goes here Okay Ivy I got this go see how Amelie is doing. Ivy ran back ahd helped Kevin over to where both Amelie and Keiko were on the ground. What have we here? asked the wizard. You look like some type of amazon woman. Nope try again if you dare, said Yeanny O don't want to kill you so leave now while you can, said Yeanny. You kill me, you have guts, that I will give you woman. Now prepare to die. He sent out a very strong blast but Yeanny put up a shield but still pushed her back a bit. Ivy you all still okay? asked Yeanny. Just Amelie, I think she is dying. Keiko now had tears in her eyes. The wizard threw a few fire balls at Yeanny but the shield held strong. Hmm, you can't keep the shield up forever, said the wizard. Can't fire at me either so how about you give up and let me have those wings of theirs and I will leave, said The wizard. Not a chance, said Yeanny. She saw he was right and she couldn't fire anything at him with the shield up, she saw that the boy was slowly moving across the ground behind her. The wizard blasted her a few more times and now she could feel the shield weakening. She looked up and saw the sun. That gave her an idea. She kept looking up and started thinking fire and more fire, bigger and bigger and hotter. Soon a massive fire ball appeared in the sky. The wizard looked up and said "What the heck?" Yeanny thought shoot and the huge ball of fire came crashing down on the wizard. Haha, good try she could hear the wizard say but there was too much smoke and fire everywhere to see him yet. In a bit the smoke started to clear and Yeanny saw two familar figures standing in front of her not far away. Okay Yeanny, good job but we got this now. Get them back to the palace, they are waiting for you all. 12 illustration goes here It was Tara and Avan and they looked real nasty with wings spread wide open. Now what, said the wizard. She devils, where did you two come from? None of your buisness idiot. You hurt our friends, now you deserve to be punished. Ya right, you can't hurt me, I am a great and powerful demon then transformed and got big. Oh so you are not a wizard after all, your bad luck, said Tara. You see you two, that isn't a wizard at all it is a demon that was in disguise. That explains why she is fading fast, said Keiko that now was crying. Quick Yeanny, Tillia might be able to save Amelie Okay hang on you three, said Yeanny then Amelie,Keiko and Kevin all vanished with her. Ivy flew off fast and the demon sent a blast at here but missed her by a lot. Okay Tara lets ash his thing fast. Something is very bad with Amelie. They both raised their arms and turned the demon to ashes then flew back to the palace. 13 illustration goes here Yeanny appeared in front of the palace and saw Tillia was there with Sara. Tillia come help fast, she is dying. Tillia got up fast and ran over, Sara ran after her. What happened? asked Tillia. A demon blast, can you heal that? Maybe, said Tillia. Hurry she is almost dead, said Yeanny. Tillia bent her head down and the horn went very bright. Alieta and Ginger ran over to see what was happening. It is not working fast enough, she is fading faster than I can heal her, said Tillia. Sara saw that Keiko was now crying full out. My poor silly Amelie don't leave me, she kept saying. Sara grabed Tillia's horn and squeezed hard. The horn got even brighter. So much that everyone had to turn their heads. Then suddenly the horn went dim again. Then back to normal. Okay now she is in Gods hands, said Tillia. Amelie was breathing properly again but still not awake. They watched as the wound quickly disappeared. Then Amelie started to open her eyes. Tillia went to Kevin next and said this will be easy, he is just wounded and healed him right away. Amelie coughed then sat up and asked what happened. You almost died on me that is what happened, said Keiko. You almost got all of us killed because of your stupid need to work and be better than me. 14 illustration goes here Ginger went to say something but Alieta elbowed her and shook her head. I have had it with you, I am tired of chasing you all over the place tring to make sure that nothing bad happens to you. You are like a sister to me yet you don't care about me one bit. I want you to leave and never come back. I am never going to chase after you again, I have had it. Go far away from me please, said Keiko that was still crying a bit. Amelie started to cry now too. But I don't want to go away from you, I need you. You are always there for me, I promise not to work anymore or take off on you, please don't send me away Keiko. I don't know where to go with out you close by. Please let me stay Keiko, I promise to be good like you. How can I trust you? asked Keiko. Well a promise is a promise and I promise to be good and I love it when you make me laugh and talk to the animals plus all the silly things you do and how fast you make friends, said Amelie. Keiko smiled. Now that is the old Amelie that I knew and loved, talking like me again. The two of them hugged. Ivy, Tara and Avan arrived and asked if everyone was okay. Yep all looks good now, said Alieta. Sakura came over and asked, "Is she going to be okay Mom?" Yes dear looks like it, said Yeanny. Who is the cute pink girl? asked Amelie. That Amelie is the one person that has me beat hands down. She talks circles around me and you can't help but laugh. Now everyone else started to laugh. Does that mean that Keiko likes me, I like her you know and she likes green but I still think pink is better but green is not bad either, like Ivy. She has real nice eyes but so do I. Does anyone want to play? asked Sakura. You see I told you hands down, said Keiko. 15 illustration goes here Chapter 4 Winding Down Well I better get back to my forest, said Kevin, Everyone will be wondering where I am. Okay, bye Kevin sorry about what happened, said Amelie. Um I thought you two were getting together, said Ivy. No we were just hanging out together, he is a nice guy and all but it took me a while to convince hime to fly around with me, said Amelie. Ya I like staying in the forest to play, said Kevin plus all my friends are there. Oh okay, said Ivy. Keiko and Amelie stood up and Keiko asked how she felt. Much better just bit hungry though. Okay here you go and Keiko made her a strawberry ice cream cone with her wand. Perfect my favorite flavour, said Amelie. Hey what about me, I like chocolate ice cream, said Sakura. Better give her a cone before she starts talking again, said Yeanny. Okay, said Keiko and made Sakura a cone fast. Thankyou, Keiko. Everyone split off into their groups then Tara went over to Alieta and Yeanny. So how did you find us so fast? asked Yeanny. Are you kidding, that huge fireball could be seen for miles, said Tara. We got there just in time to see it smash down on that idiot. Nice shot girl, you got some major power going on there. Well I figured if Ivy was brave enough to take off after Keiko to help then I better get there too and help out. She was doing pretty good too being translucent throwing a rock at him. Kept him busy long enough for me to put up a shield between us, said Yeanny. Your kidding, she was throwing rocks at a demon? asked Alieta. Well at the time she thought it was a wizard but yep, pretty good shot too except he blew it up before it hit him, said Yeanny. She definately doesn't like people messing with her friends, said Yeanny. Yes I am seeing that lately, said Alieta. okay I am off, nice meeting you all, said Kevin then flew off. 16 illustration goes here After Sakura and Amelie finished their ice ream cones Ivy was about to leave when she saw someone coming towards the palace. It was Kendra and she landed beside Ivy. Hi Ivy, Kevin tild me what happened to him, is everyone okay here? asked Kendra. Yep everyone is fine now, said Ivy. Good would want anything to mess up the three musketeers, said Kendra. Who are the three musketeers? asked Sakura. Kendra, Kevin and I were, said Ivy then tried to mess up Sakura's hair but it just looked the same. Hey watch the hair, do you know how long it takes me to get it just right in the morning? Well not long it just sort of does it's own thing but how would you like me pulling on your braid, oh never mind they are too pretty to mess up. Anyone want to play? asked Sakura. Ivy and Kendra smiled. Not right now, said Ivy. I have been doing a lot flying today so I need to rest. I wanted to talk to Ivy, said Kendra. Man, I better get back with my three pretend sisters, said Sakura. Yeah, said Nissie, I will play. Oh no you won't. It is time for bed, said Hennie. Oh Mom, why I made purple and pink daisys for you today, said Nissie, Yes and they are very pretty but you have school in the morning, said Hennie. Oh ya, I forgot, said Nissie. You too, said Yeanny to Sakura. Okay guess it is bed time, said Sakura. Good night everyone. Okay nite all, said Yeanny then transported the two of them home. Wish I could do that, said Hennie. Okay goodnight all then they flew off together. Ya we are heading out too, said Sara. Come on Tillia lets see how fast we can get home. Sara got on Tillia then took off like a flsh of light. Wow can they every move, said Keiko. Yep Tillia finally found a good companion, said Amelie. You know it is really nice here with lots of nice people, I think we should stay here for a while. Yep, Alieta did tell me I could stay as long as I wnated, said Keiko. Well we can sleep in the woods for now, said Amelie. I found a really nice tree with good branches to sleep on. We have to shrink down a bit that is all. Okay lead the way, said Keiko. See everyone in the morning then they flew off to the woods. Zan was looking sleepy and walked over to Alieta and Ginger. Time fo me to turn in, said Zan. So what do you think about Keiko and Amelie being here now? asked Alieta. Well if Amelie does as she promissed then it is going to be pretty fun here at the palace, said Zan. Wait until you see the two of them together after a good nights sleep. They are very funny when together and fun to have around. Just let them do their thing, you will get used to them. They like to get involved and see everything plus very curious like all fairies. You should know you had the princesses living in the palace for a while, not much difference between the two types of fairies except these two are nuttier. Extremely smart but still nutty. Okay good night, said Zan and went in the palace too. 17 illustration goes here Okay that leaves just us here now, said Alieta. So do you know how the girls are doing in school with Alexa? asked Alieta to Ginger. Oh yes, they are in the grade three lesson book and supposidly they are working on portraits of four fairies. The elf there said they are amazing looking so far, said Ginger. Oh good, glad to hear they are doing well with Alexa, said Alieta. So Kendra how are things in Samantha's forest? Well everything is good there but that is why I came here to talk to Ivy, said Kendra. Okay, is it private? asked Alieta. No not really, it is just that most of the sprites are joining Samantha's group of winged archers and she is having homes built for them all so that is leaving me pretty much alone in the forest with a lot if pixies, said Kendra. Now I like pixies but they can drive me a bit crazy sometimes plus I finally got to see Ivy again and I would rather be here around her than with a bunch of nutty pixies all day and night. Well I don't think Ivy has any room at her place for you to live, said Alieta. Nope but she could stay in the fairy forest, said Ivy. I go there every day with Sara and I know the fairies would love to have a forest sprite living with them and they make food so you would be all set up in there. Really, live with fairies in a magical forest, do you mean it? asked Kendra. Yep and there is a swimming pool and sauna plus other stuff in there and at lunch time we can all come to the palace for lunch then do things together, said Ivy. There always seems to be something going on at the palace. Okay I would like that, said Kendra. Well it is settled then, go with Ivy and let her tell Tulip and the other fairies that you will be staying there now then Ivy can tell you about the rules she has set up in the forest. Really, you still making the rules like you used to with all the games we used to play? asked Kendra. Yep but these are rules for safety mostly, said Ivy. Most of them don't apply to forest sprites though. Come lets go before it gets dark so we can find you a good spot. Maybe Lilly will make you a nice bed to sleep on. What is a bed? asked Kendra. Just the greatest invention next to ice cream, said Ivy. Come lets go and we will show you. Then they both flew off to the fairy forest. Well looks like Ivy has her old best friend back agin and looks very happy, said Ginger. Yes that is good to see, said Alieta. Lately she has been surprising us by defending her friends and saving lives. Yep and same with Sara, said Ginger. Must be that sister power Tillia mentioned. Well lets call it a night, we may need the rest when we get up and see Keiko and Amelie in the morning. Yep just like Ivy said, lots of stuff happens here at the palace, said Ginger. Now aren't you glad I had this palace built and got you to live in it. Yep, best place anywhere to live, said Alieta then they both went in the palace. 18 illustration goes here Conclusion After Alieta and Ginger had their breakfast the next morning they went out to check the weather on the sun dial. They saw Keiko and Amelie looking at it. Well you two are up early, said Alieta. Yep always, said Amelie, lots to do today. So what is this thing called? Well it is a sundial that tells the time of day plus it shows the weather, said Alieta. Oh okay but how does it know the weather? asked Keiko. Mother Nature magic, here let me show you, said Alieta. She showed the two of them how to use their fingers on the dial to show the weather at different times of the day and night. That is so cool, said Keiko. Never seen anything like this before. So you said you two have lots to do today. What are your plans? asked Alieta. Well not sure yet but it is a big place and we have never stayed in one place for very long before so maybe talk to some people first then explore. Exploring is always fun, said Keiko. Oh okay, do you want someone to show you around? asked Ginger. Nope, exploring is better when you don't know what one will find, said Amelie. Is there any dangers that we should know of? Well not in Fae Land and most of the surrounding area, said Alieta. Okay, that is good. Are we allowed to talk to anyone we like or should we stick to just Ivy's freinds and the people here at the palace? asked Keiko. Well I suppose anyone you like. There are humans in the northern areas of Fae Land. Lots of pixies in the big Fantasy Forest. Everyone loves fairies here so have fun, said Alieta. Okay, humans are easy to make laugh and pixies are fun to play with too. How many pixies in this forest? asked Keiko. Well it is called the Fantasy Pixie Forest and over a thousand or two I think Pippa told me. She goes there a few times a day to check on things, said Alieta. A thousand or two! Wow that is going to take us a bit of time to meet them all, said Keiko. At least an hour anyways. That is all one hour to meet over two thousand pixies? asked Ginger. Yep, we make friends fast, said Keiko. Yes I saw that yesterday with you Keiko, said Alieta. Well we are gong to go back inside for a bit, Ginger has things to do and I have to start planning for the harvest festival. A feastival! That sounds like fun, said Keiko. Oh it is and this one is going to last for ten days. Nine in the morning to nine at night eveyday, said Alieta. Wow, this has to be the most fun place to be anywhere, said Keiko. We think so, the main festival is here on the palace grounds but everyone has there own celebrations all over the place too, said Alieta. Now hang around here or what ever. Usually Tara and Avan come out first then Phonixa and Repellia and probably Tabitha if she has finished packing. She starts school soon. Eventually Zan comes out around eleven. Okay see you two later, said Keiko. Alieta and Ginger headed back towards the palace. Hmm, this years festival may be quite different with those two here said, Alieta. Oh what can just two fairies do? asked Ginger. They seem to be very nice now. We will see, said Alieta. Anything can happen during the festival. Remember that is when we first met Carmen and Zatsuky. The End 19 illustration goes here