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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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Dulbbe the Shadows King's scribe
​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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The Crack of Doom...

1/10/2023

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As Goodiegood rushed into the Shadows' King's garden she spied the first small group of gathers there "Are we late?"  Knowing that her and her sister's powers would be needed, even if they were late for the beginning of the Dragon's transformation, they were where they needed to be now.
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Looking around the garden she saw the Sleeping Sister, Awena, standing by Griselda, the Dowager, with their heads bent together in quiet conversation.  
Off to one side was Hewy, the Troll,  who was busy giving the Gooblin King, Hir'aeth, the evil eye as the Gooblin King wondered to himself where had Druzzy, the Troll King, snuck off too?  Efem, the Tree Mother, was huddled with Dewin by a small bench and waving her hands in the air trying to make a point as she tried to get his complete attention. While Dewin was trying also to see where the Troll King had wondered off as well as try to keep one ear open to listen to Efem.  ​
Things were certainly tense and confusing.  It was then, as Goodiegood was looking around at everyone, that she noticed the large crystal-like egg in the the middle of the garden.  "I doubt that has been here very long," she asked without expecting much of an answer.  She realized what it was as she looked closer seeing something blue swirling around inside of it.  
Turning to her sisters she said, "It looks like what we feared has happened.  The Prophesy has begun with the Last Wish Dragon being lost.  Now we must find out who sacrificed their magic for this to have happened."  As the three sisters started looking around the garden to see who might be missing from the vision they had earlier, Goodie2shues finally hollered to the crowd, "Everyone! We don't have much time so listen up!  We need to talk to Ffion or the Shadows' King.  Does anyone know where they are?" 
As the crowd stopped what they were doing and all looked at the Goodie sister, it was the Dowager who spoke first.  "Ffion was rushed out of the garden by the King's scribe, Dulbbe, when the King and Hungry vanished!"
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When the Dowager finished, Goodie4u mumbled loud enough for only her sisters to hear, "Now we know who sacrificed their power, as the King and Ffion being Nyte Shades are the only two beings strong enough to give up their power and not be swayed by the Darkness or Greed."  Realizing that speed was now needed, Goodie2shues spoke again to the crowd.  "We need to speak to Ffion immediately!  The Realm depends on it!"
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All of a sudden, a loud 'CRACK' echoed in the garden startling those standing next to the large egg-like crystal.  Goodiegood looked at her sisters with concern in her eyes.  "Goodie2shues, you go and grab Ffion!  Goodie4u, get Scarlet to ready the Nytemares," she continued as she pointed to the King's Farrier.  "You both know what we need!  Time is the most important thing now and we don't have any to waste!"
As her sisters disappeared, Goodiegood quietly mumbled to herself, "The best thing we can do now is get Ffion back to our place so we can whip up our 'Surrogare' recipe before this egg fully hatches.  The Ntyemares are the best choice to fly us home in time."
As the other two sisters flew off to do her bidding, Goodiegood thought about trying to explain to Awena and the Dowager what was happening, but there just wasn't enough time.  All she could do was shout out "Trust ME!" as she ran to follow her sisters.
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Doing the Right Thing...

12/6/2022

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"It's only a couple of days walk to get to where we are heading, but if I have to listen to the Wysp complaining anymore, there might just be a wysp that never gets there," grumbled Arnie to herself as the four travelers followed the trail.  None of them spoke (other than the complaining Wysp) as each was thinking of what they needed to do next.  Swirling through Arnie's mind was the last things the Goodie Sisters told her before they shooed her out of the kitchen door.
"You must make this right," Goodiegood had told her.  "What will be served all depends on your preparations now."  Before Arnie could ask her questions or say "Why me?", Goodie2shues added her two sheckles worth.  "Where you take the Dragon tablet will set the table."  Not to be left out as they were pushing Arnie out of the door, Goodie4u finished by saying, "Sometimes you must wash the dishes before you can dine again."  "Grrrhh," the Borrower thought, "I hate these cooking references!  It might mean a lot to them but it doesn't tell me a thing."
Still waiting for her when she had left the Goodies were her other three traveling companions too.  It was the Wysp who spoke first as it bobbed around in the air in front of Arnie.  "What did you take?  Can you show me?  Do you think they forgive me?  Let's go do something?"
Ignoring the Wysp (which wasn't easy as it kept flying up to the Borrower's face), Arnie started to tell Dulbbe and Drat some of what the Sisters had shared with her.  She realized though that she could not trust either of them completely as they must have designs of their own about the Dragon tablet.  "Just how much they know and what do they really want," she thought as she continued to travel the path.  
​"So, what are you going to do now?" asked Dulbbe.  Trolls are not usually known for their subtly and for some reason, Arnie liked this one (other than she also thought he was kinda cute - for a troll that is).  "If you are asking others for guidance or advice, I suggest we see the Shadows' King.  He would know what to do."

​​Arnie almost blurted out that she had come into the Shadows' King garden when she had found the tablet, but before she could, Drat interrupted.
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"I don't know if we should be so hasty... hmmm.  I know the Shadows' King is currently busy with a problem of his own and something as small as this might only be a distraction to him.  I suggest we go and see my boss, the Troll King.  He knows something about magical items since he has been collecting them for years.  He isn't very far from here and I can get you right in to see him.  You might have to wait a while before the Shadows' King is available."
It was at that moment Arnie and her fellow travelers arrived at the crossroad in the path to take them whichever direction she decided.  This was the moment that could possibly change the Realms forever. "Where to go," the Borrower thought.  It was then that she remembered the last thing that Goodiegood had said, "You must make this right."
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"Both are about as equally far from here but in opposite directions.  My mind tells me to see the Troll King because he might tell me to keep the tablet, but my heart tells me that I must face the Shadows' King and return to him the tablet," Arnie realized.
"Dulbbe, if we go to the Shadows' King, can you get me in right away to see him?"
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We're Out Here!!!

10/11/2022

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After Goodie2shues hugged her bunny slippers one more time, she slipped them on her dainty feet.  Arnie slowly sunk back down in the chair.  "This place is really weird," she thought as she noticed the bunny nose wiggling on the slippers.  By this time Arnie was so baffled she had totally forgot about her traveling companions who were still outside and wondering what was happening in the cottage...

​​When Arnie had been invited into the cottage, Drat had hoped to follow her in.
He too wanted to hear what the Goodies had to say and maybe learn something else about the Dragon tablet for the Troll King.  The problem was that when Arnie crossed the threshold of the door, what looked like a circular bundle of sticks over the doorway turned into a tangle of snakes!  Since rats and snakes don't get along very well together (unless one knows he is invited to be the dinner which doesn't usually turn out well for the rat), Drat jumped back from the doorway just in time to hear Goodie2shues tell Arnie to close the door.  "Ugh!  I hate snakes," shuddered Drat as he heard the lock on the door click shut.
Knowing he was now locked out of the cottage did not slow Drat down though.  Quickly he started walking around the cottage trying to peek into the windows to see if he could at least see what was going on.  But as he approached every window either they closed their shutters or the curtain hanging over it blew together tightly.  "Oh Drat!" muttered the rat.
As the rat was thinking of what to do next, he heard laughter from the other travelers.  Glaring at the troll and wysp, he growled, "What are you two laughing about!"

​By this time the Wysp was laughing so hard that tears were falling from its eyes and even Dulbbe, who had lost his normal Troll demeanor, was bent over laughing and trying to catch his breath.
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Watching the two laughing so hard finally got the rat to start smiling and even he started to snicker.  "All right, fun time is over.  Now what was so funny?" again asked Drat. 
"You are!" answered the Wysp.  When you said 'Drat' we thought you were talking to yourself until we realized you were frustrated... When Drat finally figured out what the Wysp was telling him, he just shook his head from side-to-side and groaned, "I have got to get different traveling companions."
With the three waiting on the doorsteps discussing what they were going to do now (especially with two of them hoping to get another chance at the obtaining the Dragon tablet), and Arnie inside the cottage, the Dowager over at the Shadows King's castle was planning her next steps also.
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​It was relatively simple for Griselda to  work out how to be invited to spend a few days at the castle.  All she had to do was offer to teach Ffion more about the flutterby that had stayed with the princess.  At first the Dowager wondered why the flutterby had stayed, but now that she knew that Ffion was a Nyte Shade, it all made sense sort of.
"Since an ancient Nyte Shade had given their magic to the dragons it made sense that the flutterby could feel the Dragon magic in the princess," Griselda realized.
​Soon she was in one of the guest rooms and was preparing for her next conversation with Ffion.  "I must see how much the princess knows about her heritage and if she is aware of the connection with the Dragons," thought Griselda.  "But first, I must get a message to Awena."
Realizing that using a flutterby to send a secret message might not be the best option at the moment (especially if they were attracted to Ffion), the Dowager decided to use the next best thing.  Quickly she took out a small package that she had been carrying with her and began her message.   Opening a window in her room, she soon spotted a small Bee-G buzzing around a strange looking flower (it was in fact B-Glad who had been sent by Cornelia for some pollen from one of the plants that only grew in the Shadows King's garden).  She waved the package in the air so the Bee-G could see it.   
Alerted that a post needed to be delivered, B-Glad quickly flew to the Dowager's window.  After buzzing the package for a second to confirm that it was an actual Petal Post, it sped away to get a Sleeping Sisters' delivery bird.  It did not take long for a large magpie to fly up to the window frame, pick up the package, and fly off again.  "Those birds do come in handy for delivering Petal Posts," the Dowager thought as she closed the window and started out of her room to find the princess.
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Arnie is not a Happy Camper!!!

8/22/2022

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As Arnie, Drat, Dulbbe, and the Wysp walked down the trail to the Goodies cottage, Arnie stood a little ways away from the rest of the group.  Partly so she could try to ignore the constant chattering of the Wysp, but mostly because she was not happy with the arrangements.  Grumbling, she muttered under her breath, "Borrowers work alone" as she stomped ahead of the rest.  "Who do they think they are to hide out in my bushes and now think they can come with me?" continued Arnie.  This is not what she thought would happen when she picked up that mysterious tablet in the cave she had fallen through when out 'borrowing' (which really means appropriating stuff that doesn't belong to her but of course always leaving something else behind).
At the moment when she thought about the tablet, it suddenly disappeared from her pocket.  "Oh no, where did it go?" as the panic set into Arnie's mind.  She reached for her pocket to find it truly empty and quickly searched other pockets to make sure she had not accidently put it into a different one.  Turning around to reach one of her back pockets that required a bit more of a stretch, she saw the tablet in Drat's hands! 
"What are you doing with MY tablet?" Arnie demanded of Drat and instantly marched up to him and grabbed it back.  Drat just stares at her with his beady red eyes as he couldn't believe that he had actually held the tablet in his hands for all of a few seconds.  "Where did that come from?" he thought before he realized something else.  "Oh Drat!  To think I could have accomplished my mission for the Troll King if I had ran when I had it" he mused to himself as he watched Arnie stuff it into her pocket again and walk away.  
​Arnie, turning to continue on the trail to the Goodies' home, tried to ignore those following her.  Quickly she realized that she was going to have to be even more on her toes that before as she understood that she wasn't the only one that was trying to figure out more about this tablet.  Just dawning on her she thought, "That is probably why these two were waiting for me."
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Reaching to the pocket again just to reassure herself the tablet was still there she quickly finds out that it has disappeared again!  "This has got to quit!" she growls as she stomps her feet and turns around expecting Drat to be holding the tablet again.  But No!  Now Dulbbe seems to be staring at the tablet in his hands.
Dulbbe, as he looks up to see Arnie glaring at him, quickly put up his hands and replied " I didn't do anything!  It just showed up."  It was then that Arnie heard a little giggle near her ear.  Of course - the WYSP!!!  That mischievous little blue imp was playing with her.  
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Turning towards the Wysp, Arnie continues her glare... "Remember Wsyp, I have a bottle ready for you.  If you continue these games, I won't hesitate to use it and that's a promise!"
Reclaiming the tablet yet AGAIN, Arnie turns around and continues stomping down the hill muttering "And this is why Borrowers work alone!" over and over again to herself.
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Arnie Stops for a ...

8/16/2022

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Arnie was keeping a close eye on the tricky little Wysp who was leading her to the Goodies cottage.  She did not trust the Wysp but she was desperate and needed a guide - even one who never seemed to stop talking.  "... and then there was the time that me and some of my friends tricked this Gooblin into..." continued the Wysp as it floated in the air in front of Arnie.  
​Something in what it had said, (Arnie wasn't really listening but it did remind her she needed something before seeing the Goodies) made her interrupt the Wysp.  "We have to make a short stop before seeing the Goodies," Arnie told the Wysp.  "My place is just ahead and I need to pick up a couple of things".
"Your time is my time," smiled the Wysp.  That comment alone made Arnie a little more nervous.  First with the Wysp offering to help and now being friendly.  "I will also have to pick up another magical  bottle just in case," thought Arnie.  "That sneaky little Wysp is up to something so armed with more than just one bottle might be a good idea."
As they entered the grove of trees where Arnie lived, just before walking up to the door, Arnie stopped the Wysp and told it to stay outside while she got her things.  "I haven't clean in a while and I don't want you to see how messy my place is..." the Borrower had told the little blue Wysp.  In actuality, Borrowers are neat freaks and Arnie would be mortified to think that her place had been left in a mess.  Stepping up to her door and standing with her back to the Wysp to block it from seeing how she opened the locks to get in, Arnie was too busy to realize that the Wysp was no longer even watching her.
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It had found something else to keep it occupied.  "Two other victims to trick," giggled the Wysp as it spied both 'victims' hiding in the bushes.
As Arnie opened her door she was surprised!  The place was a mess!  "What is going on here?" she thought.  "This isn't how I left it..."  After walking through the chaos, she soon realized that someone else had been in her home and must have been looking for something.  "Why do I have a feeling they are looking for the tablet?" she asked herself.  In all of the years she had been 'borrowing', she had never had anyone enter her home.  "What is on this tablet?" she whispered to herself.
While Arnie was going from room to room to see if whomever had searched her home had found all of her secret nooks and crannies, the Wysp decided to check out the watchers.  "First the rat," she thought.  Flying over to where Drat was hiding she hoovered over him and started its questions...
"Whatcha doing?  Why are you in the bushes?  Your eyes are red, does that mean you are tired?" and many more.  Drat knew that he had been spotted, so he did what he figured was the best approach and swatted at the Wysp which it easily avoided.  "Go away!" he growled at the little blue fae.  "Can't you see I am busy?"
In a bush several yards away, Dulbbe had been day-dreaming about the crystal ball and all that it had taught him about the Dragon language.  "Who would have ever known that both numbers and music were required to read Dragon," he thought.  "I must see Hewy as soon as I get the tablet back from the Borrower."  As he was thinking about how Hewy might be able to help him, he finally noticed the Wysp and Drat in the bushes close to him.  "Where did they come from," his eyes popped open in surprise.
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"Since you are not being very nice, I will go over and talk with the other one hiding in the bushes," said the Wysp to Drat.  "Maybe he will be more talkative."  Flying over to the bush where Dulbbe was hiding, it started asking more questions.  "What are you doing in the bushes?  Wouldn't it be more polite if you came out where others could see you?  Is there something special in the there?  Can I see?..."  It was then that the Wysp could see who was hiding.  It was that stupid Troll that made her answer the Shadows' King questions!  "What are you doing here!" the Wysp growled at Dulbbe but before he could answer, a thought occurred to it.  
​"We are going to see the Goodies, do you want to come along?" the little Wysp evilly smiled.
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The Mice & Birds Are...

7/12/2022

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​While Ffion is running around naked in her room, trying to get the birds and the mice to help her dress, (for every princess should have mice and bird friends to sew their clothes and clean their houses).  Alas, she has only me.

​Sew (oops...) So, its time for me to warm up the sewing machine, dig out some silk material, and put on my tailor outfit.​
Now I am afraid I don't let mice into the house and the birds are my hubby's domain, but I do enjoy playing with colors.  ​

Especially my favorites of blue and purple here in Ffion's fabric.  A little bit of spray and a whole lot of color... meanwhile...
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Dulbbe had been making his way down the tunnel where he discovered a key.  

At first he almost missed it, but then he saw a tag attached to it because Borrowers are very possessive and hate to lose anything - especially keys.  So they always have a 'return to owner' tag on all their keys.

Dulbbe now knew who had been in the tunnel, but now just needed to find out where this Borrower could be.  Hopefully the return address on the back of the tag would help... meanwhile...
Arnie, having made her way out of the tunnel through the hole she had found when she first discovered the Dragon tablet, threw her hands up in the air and was slowly figuring out that she might just be in over her head. Mumbling to herself, "If I knew what was good for me, I would just go and get rid of this tablet."  The problem was that Borrowers really have a hard time letting something go without at least trading up, and that this was the first thing she ever had that wasn't owned by someone else (well at least through the Borrower's Chain that is).  
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Her friend Squirrel, hearing her mumbles, sat on a tree branch and looked down on Arnie as she climbed from the hole.  "Funny you should mention one of the Goodies' sisters.  Why not drop by and visit with them.  You know the Goodies are always good for something.  After all, they are the biggest gossips in the Realm... even more than the Twitter birds.  They supposedly know something about everything."

At this point Arnie was willing to try anything!  Soon she was heading off to see what goodies she could discover with the Goodie Sisters.
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Summer School... Really???

6/28/2022

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The King had ordered Dulbbe to follow whomever had been in the tunnels behind the waterfall in their garden.  "If it is the mysterious Borrower with the Dragon tablet, bring both to me at the castle.  No, change that, whomever you find, bring to me.  I have some questions that need to be answered," the King had ordered.
While Dulbbe was searching the tunnel, Arnie, the Borrower, was feeling pretty gloomy.  She wasn't getting any help finding out what it was that she had found and felt like she was just running around in circles... or actually very long tunnels.  She realized that she needed to find someone, and soon, who could get her out of this mess she was slowly finding herself in.
In the meantime Hunter, the Shadows' King, after revealing to his daughter, Ffion, what he knew of the book that was in the tunnel before the Borrower had removed it, thought maybe it was time for her to meet the Sleeping Sisters.  (That story was available to subscribers only - but it is never too late to sign-up or by sending me an email to read it).
Hunter then sent out his messenger, Meen, the Pkysee, to summon Awena of the Sleeping Sisters for an audience at his castle.  "Tell her to hurry!" he had told Meen as he sent her off on the mission. 

The problem was that Awena was busy with the Dowager and her son, the Baron, trying to figure out what they could about the Borrower who had the Dragon tablet.  Plus, who did Hunter think he was "summoning" her to show up.  "Humpf!" she thought as she heard the message.
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Even annoyed about the message, Awena did know of her responsibility as a Sleeping Sister to teach Ffion of her heritage.  While Meen waited in the receiving room for her response, Awena started pulling out books and scrolls to send back with Meen until she could come to Hunter's castle herself to meet with Ffion.  "This will have to do until I arrive," she decided after putting another book in the small pile.  Realizing that there might be too many books and scrolls for Meen to carry, Awena sent for a small satchel to put them in for the trip back to the castle.  Now if Hunter had been more willing to communicate with her or if Awena hadn't felt like she could solve the problem of the Borrower on her own, a lot of confusion could have certainly been avoided, but then that would have shortened the story (*smiling*). 
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Meen found that the satchel she received from Awena slowed down her hopping and jumping, especially after she accidently ripped the bag hopping over a tree stump. But she also knew that the King was waiting for her return and did not seem to be in the best of moods.  For once, she headed (mostly) straight back to the castle.

When Meen entered the King's waiting room with all the books and lessons she received from Awena for Ffion to start studying, Ffion walked out to hear the message from the Sleeping Sisters.  Poor Meen was trying to hold on to all of the books, lessons & scrolls since the satchel had finally ripped all the way open, that some of the scrolls fell to the floor and started to unroll.  
​Ffion picked up the one that fell closest to her which was titled 'Awena's Primary on the Language of Flowers'.  Now this could be interesting.
​Then she heard Meen tell the King, "Sire.  The Sleeping Sisters are not available to come now, but sent these books and scrolls so that Princess Ffion may start her schooling immediately until they are available to come to answer your summons."

"Schooling!  It was "summer" - who wanted to be doing schoolwork when there was fun to be had out in the Realm!" screamed Ffion in her mind.  She watched to see what her father's reaction from the Sisters message would be.  When he jumped up from his throne, a small smile escaped her lips... that was until she realized that the King was demanding Meen to find the Royal Tutor to begin her lessons.  "Oh no.  There goes summer!"
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