Farrah in Fairyland by B.R. Stranges Page B

back a
laugh.
    Once again
calm, Samantha ran up to Farrah and forcefully took the pouch that
Farrah attempted to squish into her pocket, but it was too full.
Samantha undid the string and looked inside.
    “Hmmmm, what
do we have here?” Samantha peeked into the pouch, being careful not
to touch the gold dust.
    “Give that
back!” Shouted Farrah and she jumped off of Bella’s back and
charged Samantha.
    “Ah, ah, ah,
not so fast.” Samantha had walked to the edge of the mountain and
threatened to drop it.
    Fearful of
losing her prize, Farrah backed away.
    “ Silly
girl, won’t you ever learn? Only Tooth Fairies can perform spells
with this dust, and
looking at those weeds you call wings, you are clearly no Tooth
Fairy.”
    A tear formed
in the corner of Farrah’s eyes. She quickly swept it away with the
back of her wrist, not wanting to give Samantha any
satisfaction.
    Unexpectedly,
Samantha threw the pouch back to Farrah. She caught it with her
left hand and held it tightly.
    “Go ahead and
take the darn dust. It is useless to you- an Ordinaria anyway.
Plus, when I report this to the King, it’s better if you actually
have the evidence in your possession.”
    With those
words, Samantha crouched ever so slightly before she took off
straight up into the air and instantly out of sight. Giuseppi had
joined Farrah on the ground and next to Bella. He placed a hand on
her shoulder.
    “Don’t worry,
Farrah, you know that Samantha is all talk.”
    Farrah sat on
the ground staring at the tiny particles of sand until it blurred
into a smear from her tears.
    “I know,
Giuseppi, I know.”

Chapter 16: You’re the Best
    As Farrah
huddled in her bed that night, she had a hard time trying to get
her heart to stop racing. After all the excitement at the Miracolo
cave and the obstacle of Samantha to deal with, getting some sleep
seemed impossible. Farrah went over the day’s events. She smiled as
she remembered the Securo Fairies with their goo stained mouths
scarfing down the enchanted muffins. Farrah also looked at her
finger with intensity. It was the same finger that she used in the
scan to get into the vault.
    Is this the finger of a Tooth Fairy? She asked silently.
    While
reminiscing about the Cambiato spell that turned her and Giuseppi
into the royal King and Queen, she finally fell asleep.
    The next
morning, Farrah barely went through the motions, as she helped her
parents with the baking in the kitchen. Twice, she mistook ground
dung beetle flour for pepper, which did not impress her parents.
She struggled through the entire day and then when it was 5:00, she
rushed out of the house. She hopped on Bella’s back and headed
straight for Giuseppi’s house.
    Giuseppi was
sitting in his unusual spot on the lush orange lawn of his home.
Every now and then, he gazed off into the distance at a group of
fairies that were playing Calcioball. It was evident that they were
all Superiora as none had any difficulty staying afloat. As Farrah
jumped off of Bella’s back, she noticed that her friend smelled
especially fishy, even for Giuseppi.
    “Pee-Whew.”
    “Oh, sorry.
Dad got in a shipment of Purple Googly Whales. Those things are
huge. I’ve got fish guts everywhere,.” said Giuseppi, as he picked
some green slime out of his ears.
    Farrah giggled
as she backed away from her funky smelling friend.
    “That’s okay;
you just make sure you keep your distance from me today.”
    “Fine.”
    “So, Farrah…I
suppose you want to go back to the Tooth Fairy Training Facility to
get your Veddo,” he said, sounding reluctant.
    “Actually, I
thought we’d go over to Samantha’s to see if she wants to play some
Calcioball.”
    “What?” asked
a stunned Giuseppi.
    “Just joking,
buddy. You guessed right the first time and we’ve got no time to
spare – it’s going to be dark soon.”
    “I know,
Farrah, but what happens if Samantha does show up again?” asked
Giuseppi as he nonchalantly swatted at a silver dandelion with