Farrah in Fairyland by B.R. Stranges Page A

Monni.”
    Farrah could
hardly believe her eyes. A smoke rose with Giuseppi evaporating
into the ground. Within seconds, he reappeared as the Queen of
Fairyland. By Giuseppi’s reaction, the spell seemed to work on
Farrah as well.
    “Your
Majesty,” reacted Giuseppi almost automatically as he got down on
the ground and bowed to Farrah. She had transformed into the King
of Fairyland or at least the spitting image of the royal king,
robes, crown and all. When Giuseppi stood up to shake Farrah’s hand
however, his hand went right through hers.
    “What
the…”
    “Oh, sorry,
Giuseppi, I forgot to tell you that we have just been transformed
into the holographic image of the Fairy King and Queen. So whatever
you do, don’t let anyone touch you.”
    Giuseppi was
having a little fun with his holographic body. He swiped his fist
into the wall a few times, amused by how it disappeared into the
thick rock.
    “Okay, enough
playing, Giuseppi. I’m not sure how long this spell will last so
we’ve got to get going.”
    “What do we do
now, Farrah?”
    “We are just
going to walk right past them.”
    “What if
they...”
    However, it was
too late. Farrah had already walked out of the vault. Giuseppi
quickly caught up to her. His heart pounded as he approached the
two disgruntled, starving Securo Fairies. Upon seeing them, they
quickly dropped their head and bowed as they always did when in the
presence of their royal highnesses.
    “My King.”
    “My
Queen.”
    Farrah gave a
little wave and continued past the two Fairies. Giuseppi followed
behind her. Not turning to look back, they headed straight out the
exit of the cave. The ten Securo Fairies, who had been huddled
around the dead carcases of the two watchbeasts, turned in their
direction as they walked out. In unison, they all dropped to the
ground and bowed.
    “Your
Majesty,” they repeated altogether.
    Once again,
Farrah and Giuseppi gave a little wave. They walked past again and
rounded the mountain and out of sight.
    “How the heck
were the King and Queen able to get past us without any of us
noticing?” asked one of the Securo Fairies as he got back up to his
feet.
    “Shut-up,”
commanded the Head Securo. “When we were fighting over the muffins,
they must have walked straight in.”
    “But...”
    “I said zip
it. If the King ever found out that we left our post unattended, he
would behead us. Plus, I’m still trying to think of how I’m going
to break it to him that two of his prized watchbeasts battled to
the death over one of those muffins. Something fishy is definitely
going on here.”
    Fearing for
their jobs, the Securo Fairies retuned to their posts, trying to
stand extra still. Meanwhile, Farrah and Giuseppi were back at the
top of Mount Michelutz. The spell had worn off as they had mounted
Bella. They were about to take off when someone stepped in front of
Bella, blocking her path. Farrah squinted her eyes to block out the
dust that floated up from the ground. When the dust subsided, she
realized instantly that it was Samantha.
    “Well, well,
well. What do we have here?”
    Farrah glared
at Samantha, who seemed unfazed by her attempt at intimidation.
    “Get lost,
Samantha, we’re just up here catching a glimpse of earth. We
thought we heard a nuclear bomb or something…”
    “Don’t lie to
me!” Samantha shouted.
    “I saw the
whole thing – you got into the Miracolo Cave.”
    “No we
didn’t!” Responded Giuseppi as he leaned over Farrah’s shoulder to
get a better look.
    “You are such
a horrible liar, Giuseppi, but that topic is for another day. Right
now, I have two questions. One, how did you make it past the Securo
Fairies and get into the vault and two, why did you want into the
cave in the first pace?”
    Farrah didn’t
say a word, but her facial expression must have given something
away.
    “Don’t tell me
you wanted to get your hands on some…Tooth Fairy dust?” guessed
Samantha, barely able to get out the words as she held