Ch 1
Zebedee was in his house in the Enchanted Village. He then got a letter. It was from far away.
Dear ZebedeeI've not seen you for many years so I'm coming for a visit. I gope you're still the same as ever.
Love
Your cousin Arduro.
It read.
Zebedee smiled. He remembered his cousin. He loved using his magic to do fun things too but he loved to talk in Spanish as well as English. "I can't wait to see him again." He said to himself. He then bounced off to the Village square. He stopped at the Roundabout. Mr Rusty was looking confused at him. "What's wrong?" he asked him. "Didn't you have purple skin before?" he asked him. "What're you talking about?" Zebedee said to him.
"There was somebody who looked like you but different. Maybe I was dreaming." Mr Rusty told him. He then heard Florence and the others laughing and bounced over to them. Aduro was playing ball with them. "Cousin Zebedee I'm happy to see you!" he said bouncing over and hugging him. He had purple skin, a black moustache, green eyes and wore a frilly shurt and had a spring like his cousin. "Hola Adruro! How are you finding the Enchanted Village mi amigo?" Zebedee replied as he broke the hug and tickled him. Dougal was amazed. He never knew Zebedee had any other family as well as the others. Arduro laughed at his shock. "Yes he has family but they live far away in the Land of Magical Springers but we never see each other. But we still love him for the magical prankster he is." he told them in his Spanish accent. Sam then came over to them. Arduro smiled at him as he made presents appear for everyone. Dougal laughed as he bit into a mountain of candy, gob stoppers and pies. Zebedee felt a weird feeling in his stomach but knew it was bad.
He watched as Florence and the others walked off with Arduro. "I thought you wanted to be my friends. I thought we were going to play." he whispered sadly as he vanished in a haze of light. Sam wondered where Zebedee was as he and the others were having a picnic. "It's okay. I'm sure he's having some himself time. Maybe you should talk to him." Arduro told Sam. "You're right. Besides he's my best friend. I'll talk to him." he replied. Arduro watched as Sam marched off. He hoped his cousin wasn't upset. Sam then found Zebedee in his house eating a sandwich. He seemed sad. "I missed you at the picnic. Arduro is nice. He'll never replace you. Come on. Let's join the others." Sam said to him. "Okay if that's how you feel." Zebedee answered as he followed him but he saw Florence, Brian, Dylan and Ermintrude in the air on a flying carpet with Arduro holding onto the side. "Hola cousin! Want to join us?" he yelled as he saw Zebedee and bounced off but landed on the grass on his spring. "This is fun, way more fun than anything Zebedee comes up with!" Coral whooped as they landed on the ground and stepped off the rug.
Zebedee then boumvrf off sadly. "Where're you going?" Florence asked him. "I'm going home! You guys can stay here and have fun with Arduro if you want but count me out!" he told them as he vanished. Arduro wondered what was wrong with Zebedee. "Never mind. I'm sure he'll figure it out later. I hope he's not angry at me." Arduro told them.
Dougal had an idea of what was going on with Zebedee and decided to talk to him. He had a feeling it was something to do with Zebedee's cousin...