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There is a Dragon...

3/22/2023

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Scotland was my home.  The land of magic and of brave tales... of which a dragon or two may be mentioned in them.  They could be relatives but I'll never know as my first awareness of the world was being in a little shop on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.  That is when I first saw "her".
She walked into the store, this American, and looked around.  In all the things in the store that was shouting to get her attention, she only heard me.  She couldn't resist my magnificent appeal.  She and the shop owner exchanged energy (money) which allowed me to come home with her.
The energy of American isn't as old and has a different flavor to it then what I was used too. But it was a palette that I could still get accustomed to as this lady believed in dragons and the magic of fairytales.
I was very happy as she gave me a lovely warm corner of my own to nestle in.  For I believe I am a fire dragon.  I had the lovely sunlight that brightened the day shining in on me as I took my responsibility of watching over the hearth (stove) very seriously. For six years I happily watched over and protected my corner of our world. 
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 No gremlins or goblins got past me!
Often I could hear her say how glad she was to have a dragon in her home.  But as any mage will tell you that a seventh year will always invoke the Energy of Change. 
This is when my lady came to me with her crisis but I was ready.  For the energy in the house had shifted and I felt a new calling.  My lady removed me from my tiny nook of the world and asked me if I was willing to change for her?  It did require me leaving my safe place but I was needed to watch over a new place and that if I took the request- a safe spot would be created just for me.
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This meant a metamorphosis of awakening of my water element that had been a hidden part of me that I hadn't even been aware of.  As soon as I tapped into this element the hot water rushed forth to shower a welcome to me and my new power.
The transformation to my new Dragon Grotto isn't totally complete yet, but I do believe I will settle in nicely in my new place.  The magic feels right and I can even let off steam once in a while too.
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Home is where the Heart is...

3/14/2023

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A home is a house that you have poured your heart and soul into and if you are lucky - also get to share it with someone as well.  
As the Realm of Wymsy is going through some changes I often find that my stories reflect what is going on within my life... what type of author doesn't do that? *smiling*  With that thought I decided to share with you another new eye opener for me. 
As I have mentioned I am redoing my bathroom, no biggie as remodeling is often done and it is considered an upgrade.  In our case we are trying to make our home more age awareness especially after my surgery a little more than a year ago that brought Age knocking on my door.  "You're not getting any younger Sweetie," says Age, "and if you want to stay safely in your house, you better make some changes."
"Got it!" I reply as I am always open to listening to my elders *smiling*.  That meant some changes to my purple bathroom.  I have always wanted a purple bathroom after growing up with a grandmother who had a deep burgundy one.  It was a rich looking one to my young eyes for it had a bathtub, sink, and toilet all in burgundy! They don't make those anymore (I wonder why? *smiling*). 
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  When we bought our house it had purple tile on the wall. Yippee!  I was on my way to having a my childhood dream come true.  But Age has a way of making changes whether you want too or not.   For example, the bathtub was well over 30 years old at least and had to go for many reasons, but I thought I should be able to keep the purple tiling.  We could work around it and still "upgrade" to a shower and seat.  Alas not to be!​
As the new contractors were taking out the tub and prepping the room, we discovered that the old builders weren't too bright.  Several bulbs missing in fact since apparently they had put my purple tile in the shower right on sheet rock.  No moisture preventative behind it let alone stability.  It's a miracle it has lasted as long as it has.
Now what to do!  With living in a small town there isn't many choices and I can definitely tell you I am not a big fan of black nor white.  But the part that hit me the most was that I was loosing my dream.  My fabulous purple bathroom was to be no more.  I know it is childish to feel this way but in some ways it was my magical spa for so many reasons which fed my soul.  How does one let go of a dream? 
First we made a mad dash into town (in the middle of a snow storm) to see what Fate had in store for me.  Fate can be very fickle you know.  By the time we also decided we needed to see what the stores had to offer since ordering anything wasn't an option (not going down that road of being without a bathroom for months again when the downstairs bathroom was torn up for almost a year!).  It was already late in the day, but we managed to get to the store before it closed.  Remember what I said about Fate being fickle?  We found some stone that would work in the bathroom but it was a close out special.  Meaning we only could get a 1/3 of the amount we needed.    So dashing off to another store I came up with a hair brain idea (which so many of mine are *lol* but my husband still calls them 'magical inspirations') and found something to go with this other stone we bought.  
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To answer my own question, how does one let go of a dream?  By making room for a new one.  This direction I am heading isn't at all what I had in mind when we first started.  As the contractors have stripped my bathroom to the bare bones, I will like working with them to see if they will be able to capture the magic of my new dream and bring it alive.
As Goodie4U would say, " With a pinch of magic in the batter, anything is possible".
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What's Buried???

3/7/2023

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As I am still buried under the snow of Winter here it is hard to be motivated.  I have several things going on - like Goodie4U is heading off to the kiln for her final firing into bisque, but she still isn't talking to me yet.  ​I am sculpting my Caroler for the International Art Doll Registry (IADR) Christmas Event coming up later in the year but she keeps eluding me too as she tries to find her balance.  Then there is also all the changes happening in the Realm of Wymsy.
With Hungry (oops - I mean Drai'ochtluan or 'Dree' to his friends) going through his metamorphosis and some of the Fae off to another dimension, there is all that chaos as well where no one is saying much yet.  
Then add to that I knew I needed a new Dragon since Dree (the new Moon Dragon) is hard to talk about until we know more about how he has changed and if I can't see him myself *lol*  then it is difficult as to what he looks like?  So yes, I started a new needlefelting character but again, he isn't ready to totally reveal himself either.  So that just leaves me *lol*.
It has been a while since I have popped in here to talk about myself and my journey, and with so many wonderful new followers I thought it might be the time to reintroduce myself.  

If you have read my bio you then know that my dollmaking adventures started because of my mother.  It was a way to stay connected with her and celebrate the magic she brought into my life as she passed away into a new dimension herself.  Though never realizing how the "curse" she placed on me by saying "Never buy what you can make yourself" would affect my journey *lol*.   That is how I got into making my first doll instead of just buying mass-produced dolls.  The special elements I can do by making my own - like one of my dolls having the hair of my four sons on it (for who saves more than a small clipping of hair - *smiling*).  Dollmaking is a way to bridge the gap of showing off the elements of history that I have acquired over the years and then displaying them in a way I can enjoy looking at them all year long.
Remember the blog where I shared about turning my mother's wedding dress into two outfits to dress a doll? One I shared with my niece and the other for a heirloom to pass to one of my granddaughters.  Just another way  dolls share their loving energy with us as they nurture and can be nurtured.
Even as I write this blog remembering some of my past challenges that I have overcome with my dolls, I look forward to the new challenges they will bring to me.  It is almost like the expectation of Spring.   
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​I don't know what will pop up as I never remember what I planted in the garden in the first place *lol*.  But it is exciting to see what manifests by Summer's end.  So yes, right now the energy is sleeping in a few more weeks and then Spring will burst forth in all her glory... if you call all the browns and greys until she shows up in all of her glory *smiling*.
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Mold by Boots Tyler
As I finish this blog, I also am thankful for all the wonderful friends and followers who have elected to join me on my adventures with my dolls.  I would have never met them or have this opportunity if the dolls hadn't come into my life.  So, not being a doll person but a frustrated portrait artist (trust me - that is one type of dollmaker),  I am glad I "listened" to my mother and opened that window of opportunity by making my first doll.
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What is a Moon Dragon???

3/1/2023

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Hewy, the Troll
Still feeling that everything that had happened was his fault, the re-born Dragon quietly moved to the back of the receiving room while the others talked about who the new Troll King would be.  He thought that Hewy, being one of his friends, would have been a good choice and was happy for him when the new Queen asked him to be the acting Troll King.   But he wasn't surprised when Hewy refused and another was chosen, which again made it feel that it was his fault.
"Something always seems to happen to my friends and it's because of me," the Dragon sniffled.  "Even my Spite (The CAT) was taken," he cried silently to himself.  "I should leave but where would I go?" the Dragon was thinking just before the tingling came over him.  Just like Ffion, the tingling started in his claws but was soon spreading over his entire body.  "What is this?" he thought.  Was it something else that would take away another one of his friends?
Almost as soon as it started, the tingling stopped and the Dragon was himself again.  "I need to be going now before something else happens," he told himself and started for the doors.  He had only taken a couple of steps before he was blocked by the Goodie sisters.  They had been watching him as if they already knew that he was going to leave.  "Excuse me," he said as he tried to get around one of them to leave, but they kept finding some way to always be in front of him.
Before the Dragon realized it, the Goodies had turned him around and two of the sisters were holding his paws as they lead him to the Queen.   As Goodiegood curtsied before the new queen she addressed Ffion saying.  "Queen Ffion, I would like to present to you someone you will come to know quite well.  During the time in the crystal with your father, a special transformation occurred on this Dragon.  This was part of the recipe (prophecy) that the Shadows' King was aware would someday come to pass.  It was also why he guarded the Dragon tablet for so many years."
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Releasing the Dragon's paw, Goodie4U continued where her sister left off.  "The prophecy told of two outcomes.  One for good and the other for evil.  The sacrifice of magic from a Nyte Shade was what was required for the mixture (transformation) to be complete.  Your father offered himself when we thought it would be from you, but in doing so, he also gave both you and Hungry (his old self)  a great gift."
As Goodie4U paused, Goodie2shues continued.  "You and Hungry have been magically joined just as a dragon was when a Nyte Shade sacrificed her powers to her friend.  This is what created the first magical Dragon.  We were not sure at first if the ingredients would mix (the joining), but when we saw both of you a few minutes ago surrounded by the blue aura, we knew it had happened."
Before the Queen or the Newborn Dragon could ask what it all meant, Goodiegood again spoke.  "My Queen, as both you and the Dragon's powers grow you will both find that future events will need the two of you jelling together.   What those events will be, we cannot say," as she looked at both Ffion and the Dragon, " but you also both share the magical powers of the moonflowers."
Now they were even more confused than before!!!  "We really don't understand what you just said," started the Dragon, but before he could finish the sentence Ffion did. "What you are telling us is that we are magically joined?" finishing the sentence.  Startled, the Queen and the Dragon looked at each other.  As one started to speak, the other would either nod their head yes or no.  Each one knew what the other would say. ​
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 As Ffion started to slightly blush, the Dragon quickly answered, "No!  I cannot read your mind.  I just know what you are going to say."  After another minute of staring at each other, finally they both started laughing.  "I think we will be good friends," said the Queen to the Dragon as they then hugged each other.
Realizing that another crisis was over, the Goodie sisters smiled at each other and started leaving to return to their cottage.  Before they could get to the door, this time the Dragon stopped them.  "Before you go, can you at least tell me what happened to me?  What am I?" he asked the sisters.
"Why you are one of the most powerful Dragons ever known.  Your transformation has changed you from being just a Wish Dragon but to a Moon Dragon," Goodiegood told him.  "As Hunter told you that if you ate the blue rose you would no longer be 'hungry'. He did not mean that you would not want to eat, he meant that you will change and become someone greater.  You are now Drai'ochtluan (pronounced - dree-ach-loo-am), the Magic Moon."
​"Cool!" replied the Dragon, "but I think I like to be just Dree to my friends", winking at the sisters and Ffion.
As the Goodie sisters left with some of the other guests, in walks the Baron with his faithful manservant, Fiddlefaddle.  Both were covered in travel dust and looked a little worse for wear, but still the gleam of adventure could be seen in the Baron's eyes.  Seeing his mother, the Dowager, he quickly walks up to her and stands by her as she is watching the Dragon and the Queen get to know each other.  "We couldn't find the Borrowers nor that darn Dragon tablet mother," he tells her.  "What did we miss?"  Smiling, she turns to him and says, "Once you get cleaned up I will tell you all about my new job."
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The Politics Begin ...

2/21/2023

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"It feels like it all just happened," said Awena as she took a moment to collect herself.  The others that were with her in the Shadows' King's receiving room all nodded their head in agreement.  It was in fact now several hours after Hunter, The CAT, and Druzzy had disappeared through the magical portal.  At first everything was mass confusion right up to the point when Ffion, finally realizing that her father may be gone forever, fainted.  It was Dulbbe who carried her inside of the castle to the receiving room as everyone followed him.
​Gently he sat her on one of padded chairs to recover as Awena continued.  "The question is, what do we do now?"  It seemed that no one had an answer.
Finally it was the newly re-born Dragon who spoke.  "It's all my fault," he said with a tear in his eye.  "If it wasn't for me none of this would have happened."  
"Nonsense!  Now listen everyone... this was but one of two possible outcomes from the moment the Dragon tablet was found.  With what it foretold would happen long ago, I am glad for one that goodness prevailed," said Goodiegood.  "It could have gone either with a new beginning or a recipe for despair and the ending of the Realm.  We should rejoice that the Shadows' King gave us a new beginning!"
Realizing that the Goodie sister was right, the Dowager decided it was time to start that beginning.  "Goodiegood is right.  The proper time for mourning will come when we know for sure that those who entered the portal are truly gone." ​
"In the meantime, we have lots of work to do," she said as she started over to where Dulbbe was tending to the princess.  As she approached, she noticed that Ffion was getting a little of her color back and was looking at her. "Princess," began Griselda, "in your father's absence you are now the Queen of the Shadows' Realm.  I will stay for a while to assist you, but what are your commands?" she asked as she slowly curtsied before the new Queen.  Seeing this, the others in the room also bowed down (all except the Hir'aeth, the Gooblin King of course).
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Both surprised and flustered, at first Ffion did not know what to say.  Seeing everyone bowing was a shock to her.  "This is an honor for my father, not me," she thought.  It is when she looked at Hir'aeth looking at her and seeing him nod his head is when she realized that she would have to make some decisions - she was  now the Queen of the Shadows' Realm!
Slowly raising from the chair, she started to speak but it came out more like a squeak.  After taking a breath and a few swallows (which also gave her another second to gather her thoughts) she began.  "I thank you all for your allegiance and your good wishes.  In the absence of the King, I will do my best to keep our Realm prospering.  My first acts are to make the Dowager Griselda one of my advisors and as my father had requested that Awena of the Sleeping Sisters be the royal tutor."
Deciding this would be the best time for him to act, the Gooblin King waited until the Princess (" I must remember she is the Queen now," thought Hir'aeth) had finished - he made his move.  "Queen Ffion.  With the absence of the Troll King, someone should take his place to guide his kingdom.  As the nearest monarch, I offer my services until his return."  
"Ah... the politics begins," muttered the Dowager.  As she was sitting near Ffion, it was only the new queen that heard her.  Being raised in a royal household, the new queen smiled to herself as she had learned quickly what to do from the many times of watching her father.
"Oh great King.  I thank you for the offer of your service, but another has already been selected to replace the Troll King.  A distant relative of Druzzy is already here in the room.  Hewy, I ask if you will be the acting Troll King until his return?" Ffion said as she looked at the startled troll.
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This was something that Hewy knew he did not want to do... "I am a musician," he thought as he slowly rose to his feet deciding how to decline.  He knew that if the Gooblin King became the acting ruler of the Troll Kingdom, it would take more than a Dragon to dislodge him when it came time to select a new ruler if Druzzy did not return.  "Your majesty, I must respectfully decline as another more suited and is closer in relation to the absent King is also here."  Now this surprised everyone!  Who was he talking about?  It was the Dowager who figured it out first.
"It must be Dulbbe!" she whispered so that only the Queen would hear.  Shocked at hear this, Ffion turned to look at Dulbbe who was still bowing and looking at the floor.  "Dulbbe, is this true?" she asked.
"Yes my Queen.  It is.  I am the younger brother of King Druzzy," the troll answered, still not taking his eyes off of the floor.  "Your father knew but he told me when he made me the keeper of his accounts that it was because of my skills with numbers and not because of who I was.  That is why I told no one else.  Hewy, being a troll knew because he often would perform at the Troll King's events and would see me there with my brother."
This revelation surprised even the Gooblin King, but before he could speak again, the Queen asked her question now to Dulbbe.  "Will you be the acting Troll King until his return?"  Not wanting to let her down and only now partially realizing that as a King he might actually have a chance at winning her heart, Dulbbe finally looked up at her as he told her "Yes, I will do as you ask."
At this announcement the crowd began to stand and clap as Dulbbe walked to Hewy and shook his hand, while Hewy, being the only other troll in the group, bowed to his new sovereign.  "Ahh, the fun begins anew," smiled the Gooblin King wondering how this adversary will 'add up' (accountant humor).
It was during the clapping and applause that the new Queen noticed a feeling that she had not felt before.  It first started as a tingling at her fingers which soon was covering her whole body like the magic that flowed through her when she was at the Goodies cottage.  Soon the others in the room also saw the glow forming around her as the room became quiet.  As all eyes were looking at her, one set of eyes was watching another who was having the same issue.  "As the prophecy stated - forever joined by the sacrifice of magic will they be," smiled Goodie4U as the glow slowly disappeared around Queen Ffion and the new Moon Dragon.
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The Sacrifice...

2/14/2023

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As the crystal holding the Shadows' King, Hungry, and The CAT begins to crack more, allowing the blue haze to dissipate into the air, the others outside the crystal abruptly stopped singing with even a few starting to step back away from the collapsing crystal.  "What is happening to them?" whispered Arnie loud enough for  Goodie2shues to hear.
"This is where we see if the recipe is right," answered the Goodie sister, "and if all goes well, the Wish Dragon will have undergone a transformation.  This is rare and if enough magic is not released to finish the recipe, then the mixture will fail."
It was then that enough of the haze had disappeared that everyone could see what was happening inside the egg.  Both Hunter and The CAT were standing near the Wish Dragon, but the little Dragon had changed.  Hungry had grown and turned blue!  From the top of his head to the bottom of his claws - even his eyes were now a shade of blue.  As most were looking at Hungry, it was the Goodie sisters that noticed the small magical portal opening behind the Dragon.  "It will need more magic," each of the Goodie Sisters thought, but it would take more than they possessed to finish the transformation.
It was then that Dulbbe looked at Ffion and realized she was still glowing blue from the Goodies magic - the same color as the Wish Dragon.  With his time in the Shadows King library and listening to the green Dragon orb, he suddenly put some of the pieces of this puzzle together.  "No," he uttered as he rushed to her side.  "You can't do this!"  ​This act did not go unnoticed by the Shadows' King.
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He had been watching Ffion through the crystal egg and already saw that his beloved daughter was approaching closer to the egg with the blue lights glowing around her.  It was the time for him to act or lose his daughter forever.  There had never been a choice, he knew what he must do.  Stepping to the edge of the crystal egg, he started pushing his magic into it!  Slowly, as as his magic swirled around in a circle, it began to expand... larger... and larger... and finally large enough to reach his hand through it.
"Daughter, a young fae sacrificed herself to give magic to the dragons, I will not have you do the same," pleaded the King to Ffion.  He reached out his hand taking hers.  As soon as that happened the blue lights flowed into Hunter's hand turning him blue.
"Hungry," Hunter told the Wish Dragon, "The Portal requires magic for magic.  This was what was required for the young fae that first gave her magic to the dragons and why I told you the tale.  When I step through the portal it will finish your transformation and begin your destiny.  If I don't, you and the magic in the Realm will perish!"
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At first Hungry was scared.  It was The CAT that saved the day.  "Come'on... If you perish, I'll be out of a job," said The CAT to Hungry as he took the Dragon's paw.  Suddenly there was a small commotion outside the egg that occurred in the crowd.  It was Druzzy, the Troll King!  He was clutching his crown, trying to hold it on to his head, though he looked like he was being pulled by it as if it was trying to enter the egg.​
"Ah, that's where the Dragon tablet went," thought Dulbbe as he stood behind Ffion's with one hand keeping her from going to the portal.  For when the portal appeared, she had been slowly pulled towards it.  If it wasn't for Dulbbe holding her back while the King held her hand, by this point she too might have entered it with the Dragon.
"No!  You can't have it!" yelled Druzzy.  "I need it for my revenge," he screamed as he continued to cling to his crown with the Dragon tablet hidden inside as it pulled him towards the egg.  Even the Gooblin King was startled by what was happening.  "Let it go Druzzy," hollered Hir'aeth.  "It's just a thing... let it go!"  Glaring at the Gooblin King, Druzzy just smiled as he continued to clutch his crown, "Don't you wish.  I will win this round!"  It was then that three things happened all in a blink of a Dragon's eye.  The Shadows' King let go of Ffion's hand and with a wave pulled the Dragon tablet towards him.  He then stepped through the portal with the tablet following him... with a Troll King still holding on while the crystal egg shattered in a bright glittering glow like fireflies dancing in the evening.  As Druzzy was being pulled into the portal, grabbing anything to stop the pull of the King, he grabbed The CAT's tail which pulled the CAT in as well.
As Ffion watched her father, she saw him giving her one final look as he whispered "I love you" as the blinding flash occurred.
When everyone could see again, standing alone where the crystal once was, is Hungry, the Wish Dragon... but no longer a Wish Dragon as he has completed the transformation.  The Shadows' King had said that when Hungry ate the blue rose he would no longer be hungry and now he wasn't.  He was now a Moon Dragon, the rarest and most powerful Dragon that ever lived.
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The CAT'S Tail...

2/7/2023

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We know what was happening outside - but what was happening inside of the crystal?  When the Goodie sisters had run off with Ffion to their cottage to begin the ritual and the others who were at the great transformation were staring at the large crystal in the garden wondering where Hunter, the Shadows' King, and Hungry, the Wish Dragon had disappeared too - The King and Hungry were keeping each other company inside the egg.
"Hungry," Hunter whispered to the little dragon, "Don't be afraid as I am here to help you."  The king continued, "First, let me tell you a story about how dragons got their terrific powers... where it all started..."  As the Shadows' King told Hungry how a Nyte Shade had given her powers to her dragon friend he also was trying to keep the Dragon calm so that he would not realize that the two of them were subtly changing and trapped inside of a large crystal.  As the tale was being told, the Troll King, Druzzy, was standing by a tree and thinking of ways to get out of the garden with the Dragon tablet he had hidden under his crown.
"The power this tablet has," thought Druzzy.  "If it can even make the Shadows' King disappear and a Dragon, I can't wait to use it for my revenge!"  Most everyone else in the garden was still looking at the crystal and wondering what the Goodie sisters were up to, but not everyone.  Dulbbe had noticed that the Dragon tablet was no longer where it was supposed to be.  "It has to be with either the Troll King or the Gooblin King, no one else would  have taken it," Dulbbe thought to himself. 
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​The problem was he did not know which one did and a lowly bookkeeper does not accuse a King of taking something.  "I will have to make sure neither leave with it before this is over," he realized.  Making sure of how to do that was simple he quickly decided.  Walking over to the Gooblin King he whispered, "Did you notice how King Druzzy keeps looking around.  I wonder what he is up to."  This started the Gooblin King to watch the Troll King even more than normal.  "Now all I have to do is keep an eye on the Gooblin King," thought Dulbbe, "since then he will be watching the Troll King."
By the time Hunter finishes his tale to Hungry,  the Goodies had returned and were beginning their ritual with Ffion and The CAT.  It is then that the Wish Dragon realized he was trapped inside of a crystal cocoon surrounded in a blue mist.  At first startled, he stood up hitting his head.  That is when the crack appeared throwing off the Goodie's spell and causing the release of the blue ooze.   "Ouch!" Hungry yelled as he reached for the top of his head.  Trying not to smile, Hunter took one of Hungry's hands and told him to relax.  "This crystal shell will not last much longer. Look, there is already a crack in it," Hunter said as he pointed to the crack.  As they were looking at it, something else started to appear inside of the crystal with them.  Whatever it was looked like it had been stretched quite thin and shoved through the small crack.  As they both moved back as far as they could, The CAT appeared (not looking too pleased ) in front of them.  "I don't ever want to do that again!" The CAT growled when he fully materialized.
Happy that his Spite was with him, Hungry moved up to give The CAT a hug.  Too surprised to get away, The CAT let the Wish Dragon hug him (but only briefly) before telling him that was enough.  "Not in front of the King," he whispered in Hungry's ear as he was being squeezed.
Hunter only watched them, trying to hide his sad smile, before either saw it.  "If things go right, then you two will be both be changed forever," thought the King.  Also knowing that if things did not go right, all of them would be changed forever but not in a way each would have liked...
Outside of the crystal and in the garden, Ffion, the Goodie sisters, and Hewy have joined hands as Hewy begins to sing.  Soon, the others joined the circle and as the music became louder, everyone was holding hands and singing as they circled the large blue glowing crystal.  Even Druzzy had to join in as Hir'aeth had grabbed his hand so he could not disappear.  
Inside the crystal, The CAT, having the keenest of hearing, all of a sudden perked up his ears.  "Do you hear that?" he asked the others.  Before they could answer he continued, "Hewy is singing."  In a minute all three of them could hear the singing since it no longer was just Hewy.  "It sounds like a whole bunch of Twitter Birds," thought the Dragon and he soon was tapping his foot to the beat of the music.  Things were going along smoothly until Hungry accidently tapped too hard - on The CAT's tail!  Leaping into the air, The CAT startled Hungry who stood up completely and again hit his head on the crystal ceiling in their cocoon causing the crack to start getting even bigger and spreading.
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"Now it either begins or ends..." thought Hunter as the crystal cocoon started to crumble and the blue haze around the hidden inner portal dissipated out the crack.  For the King knew that it was going to take all of his power to help the Wish Dragon transform into his destiny.  Just as told in the tale of old, a sacrifice would need to be made.  But could the King do what was required of him? 
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In the belly...

1/31/2023

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The bright flash of light was still blinding to those standing around during the magical transformation that was happening in the Shadows' King's garden.  Suddenly, swirly sparkling blue flames surrounded The CAT.  Being the little Wish Dragon's Spite with a loud whoosh he was pulled from the joined hands of the Goodie sisters and into the crack of the large crystal egg.  
As Goodiegood regains her balance she notices Goodie2shues off to her right but can't see her other sister.  "Where is Goodie4U?" she yells to her sister Goodie2shues. The youngest sister shaking her head as she is still confused by what has happened with their spell, shrugs her shoulders and just looks at her sister.  Realizing that she doesn't know either, Goodiegood continued, "We have to get these blue flames under control for if they spread to those helping us here, it will drive them into become Creatures of Chaos!"  
​As the two sisters were trying to decide what to do, the blue flames starts to flow from the cracked crystal and slowly spreading out landing on the others in the garden.  Soon it is in their hair, gliding over their feet, and starting to creep up their legs which starts them to snarl and growl at each other.  As the blue flames continue to spread, Goodie4U appears from across the garden.  She has noticed that it appeared that her sisters were still unaffected by the blue flame but it would only be a matter of time before that would change.  Deciding to take the chance, she starts walking very fast toward them.  She couldn't run to their side as she was holding the solution to the problem and didn't want to drop it.
"It was a good thing that I listen to my dreams," thought Goodie4U, "when I saw something like this was going to happen."  Since the second Goodie sister had the good luck to know what might happen at this ritual from her dream,  she had already stashed away what she needed in order to beat out the flames of Chaos.
​"One of the most frustrating parts of being a Seer is that one must keep quiet about the future and let it play out in order not to change the events,"  Goodie4U grumbled to herself.
She had known - even to the point of not being able to tell her sisters - that in order for them to bring their recipe for success together she could not say a word to any of them.  As soon as the sisters had started their spell, Goodie4U knew she hadn't any more time than what it took to lick a spoon before chaos was going to burst forth.  She had dashed off to where she had hidden her supplies and then ​reconstituted them into what she now held... a Moonflower cake!
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As Goodie4U approaches her sisters with the cake in her hands, calmly she tells them, "This is a Moonflower cake that we can use to fight off the 'moon sickness' that had escaped from the cracked crystal and has begun to infect everyone."  Quickly all the Goodie sisters start slicing and serving.  Once everyone had eaten a bite and were no longer hangry (a combination of angry and hungry), they all  turned to the Sisters for guidance.    
Goodiegood, as the eldest sister, spoke first.  "We have gone down into the belly of Chaos and overcame it.  The prophecy of the Realm being destroyed has passed, but we still have a new life needing our help to come forth for the wellbeing of our Realm."
​​As soon as Goodiegood finished, Goodie2shues turns to Hewy and continues.  "Hewy, please sing your song of hope as this is a time of renewal for all of us."
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And to complete the circle,  Goodie4U continued the request as she turned to the rest of the crowd.  "And for those trapped inside of the crystal egg.  They must hear all of us, so sing with Hewy and let your voices be heard!"  As Hewy started singing, the others soon joined in filling the little garden with song - loud enough for the others not to hear Goodiegood whisper to herself, "For it is lying just beneath the surface, waiting to burst forth."
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A Spell Goes Wrong...

1/24/2023

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"Oh!  I see the missing ingredient!"  shouts out Goodiegood as she starts running after it.  The Goodie sisters and Ffion had just arrived back in the Shadow's King garden after having left the Nytemares to Scarlet to take back to the stables.  Ffion was still glowing blue from the ritual they had performed on her back at their cottage and the others were still standing around in the garden now staring at Ffion in amazement.  
​"We need to hurry!" replied Goodieg2shues.  "Go grab him!"
"Him???  Him who," thought The CAT who had been prowling around the edge of the garden, wondering about the magical mayhem that was going on here.  He had felt the energy shift and no longer could feel Hungry, the little Wish Dragon.  Being the Spite of a Wish Dragon was still a new experience for The CAT.  It took another Spite, Sprigg'n Mac-talla, to teach him that as a Spite he was supposed to watch out and help (well maybe not quite as much) keep his Dragon out of trouble.  Again, wondering why he could not feel Hungry, is when Goodiegood ran up to him and grabbed his paw.
Goodiegood looked into The CAT's eyes and said, "Hungry needs you now like never before.  You are that missing ingredient.  We can't save him without you."
"Do WHAT???" replied The CAT.
"You are Hungry's Spite and we need you to help finish the ritual we began with Ffion at the cottage.  You are all connected,"  Goodiegood answered.​
As The CAT was deciding, Goodie4U is shouting over all the chatter that the rest of the crowd is making in their confusion of trying to understand what is happening.  Only one is not saying anything, Druzzy, the Troll King.  He has been standing in the background trying to figure a way out of the garden without anyone noticing him leave since he was still hiding the forgotten Dragon tablet under his crown.  "I have got to get this tablet away from here," he was telling himself.  "The power it will give me!"
"We need to finish this ritual that began with the Dragon tablet and the Shadows' King before it's too late.  Hewy, you know the music you need to sing.  Feel it inside and let it flow around us."
Goodiegood directed Ffion, her sisters, and The CAT to stand around the Crystal Egg.  As they joined hands, the egg started to crack a little more.  "Hurry Hewy with the music, it will calm the beast inside," Goodiegood yelled back to the Troll who was still trying to figure out what he would sing.
When the sisters joined hands with Ffion and The CAT, the blue light that had been glowing around Ffion started leaving her hands.  It glowed and flowed around the egg like a snake circling around it's prey.  Up and around, always moving, curling around until the crystal explodes into a blast of blue light.  "Oh No!" exclaims Goodie2shues looking at Goodiegood.  "Our spell has gone wrong!" replied Goodiegood.
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"The blue ooze is chaos," yelled Goodiegood as her ears were still ringing from the spell exploding, "and if it spreads it will contaminate the others and turn them into crazy mad creatures!"  
"There must be some way to fix this!" Goodie2shues yelled back.  "Where is Goodie4U?"  she continued.
Since Goodie4U is the sister who knows "what" is going to happen when she is 'seeing'... do you think she might have cooked up a way of fixing this???
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The Circle of Snakes...

1/17/2023

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Riding on the backs of the Nytemares, the Goodie sisters and Ffion quickly arrived at the Goodie's cottage.  It was as if the Nytemares knew what danger the Realm was in and had decided to give their best to help the princess.  Barely aware of the speed, Goodiegood was thinking about what they needed to still have done when they arrived home.  "Lot's to bake and no time to pre-heat the stove," she mumbled to herself.  "I hope the missing ingredient will be waiting for us when we return to the garden or everything will be lost."    
As Goodiegood was thinking about the missing one, Goodie4u was thinking about the ritual they needed to do.  "Ffion has reached the age where she should be able to survive the ritual.  I just hope that the Crystal Egg will wait until everything is mixed and ready." 
The third sister, Goodie2shues, was busy keeping an eye on Princess Ffion.  The shock of her father's, the Shadows' King, disappearance was still evident.  Ffion did not do much more than watch the countryside as the Nytemares sped her to where the sisters were taking her to.  "I hope she can take what is soon to be dished out to her," thought Goodie2shues as the Nytemares stopped in front of the Goodie cottage.
Quickly Goodiegood and Goodie4u opened the small wooden door to their cottage and disappeared inside as Goodie2shues helped the princess from the Nytemare's back and ushered her to go inside while she talked to the Nytemares.  "Please wait for us as we won't be long," Goodie2shues told the Nytemares.  She knew they agreed when they all bobbed their heads and knelt on the ground.
Still a little confused, Ffion started into the cottage and almost jumped back outside when she noticed something moving above her head.  Hanging over the door frame was a circle of twigs twisted together making her think of a bunch of writhing snakes interwoven together.  "Did they just move?" Ffion thought to herself.  She  slowly entered into the cottage as ​Goodie4u, standing by a table, motioned the princess to sit in the chair by the table that was placed in the center of the room.  Goodiegood rushed around the kitchen picking up this and looking at that.
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As a teapot floated in the air over the table,  it poured a hot spicy tea into a red flower cup for the princess.  Meanwhile Goodie4u put a sugar plum cookie on the edge of the cup's plate.  "Please princess, eat a little something and this cup of tea will help you too."
As Ffion sat, she noticed Goodiegood now standing in the kitchen, mumbling to herself as she held a small bouquet of moonflowers.  As she watched, the flowers suddenly glowed brightly with a blinding flash causing Ffion to jump up from her chair seeing bright spots before her eyes.  As she blinked several times to clear her vision, she saw Goodie2shues entering in the doorway where the wreath was hung.  Suddenly it looked like the Goodie sister appeared to turn into a green snake and was now sliding in and out of the circle of branches.  Startled, Ffion rubbed her eyes and when she looked back up, saw that Goodie2shues was back to normal and no longer a snake.     
As Goodie2shues approaches, Ffion shrinks back and squeaks "What did you just have me drink?  You were a snake!"  Goodie4u, realizing that Ffion being a Nyte Shade, must have seen the magic of her sister combining her energy with that of the Circle.  Goodie4u answered"  We only gave you a healing brew, so you don't need to worry about it, but Goodie2shues needed to strengthen the energy of the Circle of Snakes for the ritual."
"So why did I see her as a snake?" asked Ffion as she continued to move backward away from Goodie2shues until she bumped into the table.  ​Goodie4u, standing near the princess, told her "Please Princess, calm down.  We are trying to protect you. What Goodie2shues did was like a snake shedding it's skin.  She left a layer of herself behind to add to the magic of the Circle."
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"Why would you do that?  Snakes are scary and evil," Ffion said incredulously.  Quickly Goodiegood, who had put the moonflowers down on the table, spoke up.  "No, they are not.  Snakes are a symbol of transformation and change.  That makes them seem scary because we don't like to change but they are not evil."  
Before Ffion could say anything, Goodiegood continued.  "​The Circle of Snakes is actually a circle full of love by those that have gone before us to create this foundation of protection.  We are simply adding to it so we can help you now.  That is why you are here."
"Ffion, you are a Nyte Shade," said Goodie4u interrupting Goodiegood.  With a brief look of irritation Goodiegood continued, "What you do not totally understand yet is what it means to be a true Nyte Shade.  You are now part of that history and ritual which seems to be needed again.  For a Nyte Shade once gave it's power to a dragon which made the Dragons the powerful creatures they are today.  Our magic is lesser than the Nyte Shade since we are part witch and part fae.  We can cast spells and help by way of ritual, much like the wizard, Devin, but we can only assist."
"Yes," piped in Goodie2shues, "Your ancestors giving that magic to the Dragons, mixing with the dragon blood in their veins, made the dragon's power so great that some can grant wishes, even open doorways around the world and some of the rare ones can even shift time.  That is why we need to help you create a bond with the Dragon.  You will be forever linked just as your ancestor was which is why you needed us to help you."
Ffion sat back down in the chair stunned.  She had never even thought to ask her father more about what it meant to be a Nyte Shade when he had told her.  Before she could start asking more questions from the Goodie sisters, Goodie2shues spoke.  "Time is of the essence and we must hurry before this recipe of disaster is completed and we are truly cooked! ​
"Ffion, you will need all of the magic your forebearer's had to help the Wish Dragon survive what is to come.  Will you trust us to show you what your part in this mix requires?" asked Goodie2shues as she looked into Ffion's eyes.  
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Deciding she had little choice, Ffion slowly nods her head and replies.  "The others back at the castle must have trusted you to let you take me away.  Plus the Nytemares would not have taken us here if they didn't trust you too," she told the sisters.  "Yes, tell me what I must do."   Goodiegood approached Ffion and took one of her hands while the other sisters joined their hands to complete the circle.  Together the sisters looked at the candle in the middle of their circle as it suddenly flared to life while calling on the powers they needed to complete the ritual.  The room began to shimmer and Ffion took on a blue glow.   With that the Goodie sisters  knew that they had completed the ritual.  They had provided all the protection they could even though Ffion looked more haggard and distracted than she did when her father had disappeared.  The Goodies had opened a portal through Ffion and now they needed to finish the transformation by heading back to the crystal egg.  Goodiegood lead the others back to where the Nytemares were waiting.  As they left the cottage, Goodie2shues whispered to Goodie4u, "Do you think the portal is draining her?  We need to hurry if we are to help her as well as what is in the egg."  In the meantime, Goodiegood helped the princess to slide on the back of her Nytemare and soon the four were rushing to the Shadows' King's castle and the crystal in the garden.
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