(Grace:This is Mixed-Shades chapter now! Enjoy!)
A/N: Hiya there, everyone, Shadesy here! :D It is now my turn to write a random one-shot following mine, Midnight and Grace's lives outside of fanfiction.
Hope I can entertain you for a bit with a Wizard of Oz parody :P
Enjoy!
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"Hey guys, we could play truth or dare!" Grace suggested as the three girls and Patch gathered around the carpet of her bedroom.
"Hell yes!" Midnight agreed.
"Meow!" Patch said happily, which translated to "Let's get started!"
"Alright, me first!" Shadesy announced. "Grace, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"Hmm" the girl scratched her chin, deep in thought. "Have you ever eaten something from the ground?"
"Ew! No!" Grace squirmed in place and the others burst out laughing.
"Okay, your turn Grace." Ellie said.
"Alright. Midnight, truth or dare?"
"Dare!" she chirped in anticipation.
"Okay, I dare you to…"
They went on with the game, either telling embarrassing stories or being dared to do even more embarrassing things. After a while though, our girls started to feel the aftereffects of everything they've been going through and decided to turn in for the night.
Patch curled up beside Grace in her bed and Midnight and Shadesy both got into their sleeping bags and soon the Fantabulous Three fell into a deep slumber.
Or did they?
-AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT-
Shadesy opened her eyes to find herself in a strange place. Two full moons were shining bright up in the pink sky and the ground below her feet was oddly warm.
"Where the hell am I?" Shadesy asked no one in particular as she looked astonished around the endless rocky desert.
"Why, you're in Dreamland, of course." a high-pitched voice sounded, which made the girl jump slightly, surprised.
"What… who the hell is this?!"
"Oh, right where are my manners?"
Suddenly, a bright light appeared in front of the brown-haired girl and said in a sweet tone, "I'm your Fairy Godmother, dear!"
Shadesy blinked, looking at the little light flying in front of her. "My what?"
"Your Fairy Godmother!" the light repeated. "Everybody has one. We are the ones who protect you humans from all evil!"
"And you're a light?"
"Oh no, I just took this form so it'd make you more comfortable."
Shadesy raised an eyebrow. "Why? What's your true form?"
Then suddenly, the fairy switched into something that may resemble a crossbreed between a mutant rat and a sick butterfly. A buzzing sound emitted from said creature as it hovered above the horrified girl.
"Oh my god! Alright, the light's better, please change back!"
And just like that, the gracious light took the place of that disgusting creature. "I apologize for the fright, but one can't really help their looks, right?"
"Jesus Christ, I thought fairies were supposed to be pretty!" Shadesy complained.
"Oh, don't be silly, those teenager clothes-changers are nothing more than some animator's imagination."
"I wasn't talking about Winx, but okay." Shadesy murmured under her breath, and then said in a louder tone, "Say, do you know how to get out of here?"
"I'm afraid I don't, child." the fairy sighed. "But I bet the Grand Wizard does!"
"The Grand Wizard?" Shadesy repeated.
"Yes! He's in the Diamond Town!
"And how can I get there?"
"Just follow the hazel road!" the shining fairy pointed to a hazel-colored path ahead that disappeared into the pink horizon.
"Why does this sound like a half-assed version of the Wizard of Oz?" Shadesy asked, her arms crossed.
"Now don't be silly, child." Light said and gave her a slight push towards the road. "Just remember! If you want to get to Diamond Town, follow the hazel road!"
And as the Light-Fairy disappeared in thin air, Shadesy started her journey towards the Diamond Town – which was surely a rip-off of the Emerald City.
"Why do these things keep happening to me?" she wondered aloud as she passed by a blue cornfield, the corn being blue and the plants and leaves purple. She chose to ignore the sudden change in the sky's color to green.
"I ask myself that everyday." Shadesy jumped in place as a familiar girly voice sounded and she slowly turned her head to the right, widening her eyes as she came face to face with a smiling scarecrow.
"Wow, what the damn hell?!" she took several steps back as she stared the scarecrow up and down. It looked like a girl, dressed in a square-patterned red and white dress, though her hair and limbs were made of straw. Her face looked familiar, though.
"Hey" the scarecrow started. "You're not from around here, are you?"
"Hum, not really." Shadesy said, beginning to relax. "I'm Mixed Shades. Do you have a name?"
"Sure I do! Don't we all?" she chirped happily, before her face fell slightly. "The problem is, I don't remember mine."
"Oh gee, that's too bad." Shadesy said sympathetically.
"So, where're you heading?" the scarecrow girl asked again cheerfully.
"Hum, I'm going to the Diamond Town to ask the Grand Wizard to send me back home."
"The Grand Wizard?!" she quickly left her filed and jogged towards the human girl, a newfound confidence suddenly taking over her features.
"Yeah, my Fairy Godmother said he could send me back to my friends, so…"
"Do you think I can go with you?" the scarecrow pleaded. "I'd love to ask him for a brain so I could get all my memories back."
"Sure, dude, the more the merrier." Shadesy shrugged and the scarecrow girl squealed in glee, which left the human girl chuckling.
"Thank you so much, Miss Shades!" the scarecrow said, elated.
"Just call me Shadesy." the girl dismissed with a friendly smile. "And I have decided to call you Grace in the meantime."
The scarecrow girl looked confused. "Why?"
"Because you were the first citizen of this strange land I met, just like Grace was the first person I met in the Fan Fiction world." Shadesy explained. "Besides, you kinda look like her."
"I have no idea what you're talking about, but okay!" Grace-crow nodded happily.
Both girls soon restarted the walk down the hazel road towards the Diamond Town.
They walked for a long while, with no stops and always doing idly chat. Even without a brain, Shadesy came to find out that Grace-crow was as nice as the real Grace. It looked like some good would come out of this crazy dream. She just hoped she wouldn't have to fight some wicked witch anytime soon.
As the two girls rounded a corner, Shadesy's eyes caught sight of a wooden cabin in the middle of the woods ahead of them, making an effort to ignore the yellow trees around it.
"Hey, there's a house over there. Maybe we could rest for a while?" Grace-crow suggested.
"Great idea, Grace." Shadesy said, not really thinking the house would be occupied. It looked like an abandoned dwelling anyways.
As the two girls made for the house, however, the human tripped in something metallic and fell face first into the dirty ground.
"Shadesy! Are you alright?" Grace-crow quickly came to aid her new friend, who was groaning slightly in pain.
"I'm just peachy, Grace." she sighed as she got up and brushed dirt from her clothes. Shadesy glared down at the metallic object that made her fall, but widened her eyes at what she saw.
"Oh you have got to be kidding me." It looked like she was in a Wizard of Oz parody, indeed.
Lying on the ground was a rusty tin girl, gripping her axe against her metallic chest, and not making any movements except shifting her surprised yet alert gaze from Shadesy to Grace-crow.
"Oh, it's a tin girl!" Grace said, crouching down beside the tin girl. "Hiya there, little buddy! What's the matter?"
The tin girl only made unintelligible sounds as she tried to move from her position, but it was obvious she was stuck.
"I'll be right back." Shadesy announced, quickly slipping into the cabin. The tin man needed oil, so where is it? She thought to herself as she began looking for a can of oil.
"Ah-ha! Found it." Shadesy declared happily as she grasped a can from one of the cupboards and wasted no time in sprinting back outside to aid the poor girl.
"How did you know that's what she needed?" Grace-crow asked Shadesy as she began oiling the fallen tin girl.
"When you watch certain classics countless times, you learn a trick or two." the human girl winked and stepped back as the tin girl sighed in relief and began sitting up.
"Aaah, thanks guys, I owe you one." she said, flexing her stiff limbs.
"You're welcome." Shadesy nodded with a smile.
"So, who are you? I don't think I've ever seen you two here before."
"I'm Grace, and this is Shadesy." Grace-crow introduced them both.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Midnight Shimmer and I'm a woodcutter."
"Do you live here alone, Midnight?" Shadesy asked, once again having that déjà-vu sensation.
"Yeah, I'm not really good with people. Well, ever since I've become like this, that is." she gestured to herself.
"What happened?" Grace asked, worriedly.
"Well, there was a fire in my house a few years ago and the only way I can get around now is through this tin suit." she sighed. "It's not that bad, I'm stronger than I was and I don't have to eat or sleep anymore, but I really miss having a heart, y'know? I'd give anything to feel emotions again."
"Well, we're going to the Diamond Town to see the Grand Wizard." Shadesy said. "Wanna come with us?"
The tin girl's face suddenly lit up. "Oh my god, really?! That'd be awesome!"
"Well then, let's go!" Grace declared and took each her two new friend's hands. "To the Diamond Town!"
And so, the three girls strolled happily down the hazel road and into the woods.
As the sky suddenly changed its color to a chocolate brown as the darkness of the night settled in. The howls and chants of woodland critters rang throughout the dark forest as our heroines tried to dodge the several trees' sharp thorns, which were sticking out in random directions. This place suddenly looked like some horror movie scenario, and the girls felt an unnerving sensation of being watched.
"I am kinda waiting to be jumped by a werewolf at any moment." Midnight commented as she looked around fearfully.
"Are there werewolves here?!" Grace-crow gasped in fright.
"Well, there are wizards and fairies, right?" Shadesy reasoned. "It wouldn't surprise me if a werewolf appeared."
The girls walked fearfully yet alert to any suspicious activity. The last thing they wanted was to get jumped by some creep in the middle of the night. A rustling sound caught their attention and the three girls turned their heads towards a nearby bush as it shook slightly.
"Who's there?" Midnight asked, her voice wavering a bit. The rustling noise loudened as whatever was behind the bush jumped towards the other side of the hazel road.
"Holy hell! What was that?!" Shadesy exclaimed.
"I have no idea!" Grace-crow replied wide-eyed.
"I'll take care of it." Midnight said, though she didn't look too sure of herself as she began approaching the bush, her axe raised in the air.
The bush shook violently with each hesitant step she took. Once Midnight was almost close enough to touch it, the creature behind the bush flew out of it and landed in the middle of the hazel road. The three girls shrieked and huddled together in fear.
"What the hell is that thing?!" Shadesy shouted.
"I think it's a lion!" Grace-crow said.
"Meeeeow!" the loud mewl suddenly broke through the scary night and two red orbs glowed in the dark.
"Oh god, it's gonna kill us!" Midnight screamed.
"Meeeeow!" the mewl sounded like a protest as the creature slowly approached the three scared girls. The double moonlight shone over it and our oh-so-brave heroines could finally make out what it was exactly.
"Aw, it's just a cute little kitten." Grace-crow gushed as she approached the cat now standing in front of them.
"You call that a little kitten?" Shadesy raised an eyebrow. It was everything but little, this cat.
"Oh look, it has a collar! Maybe it belongs to somebody." Grace-crow pressed the little button on the token hanging from the collar and the cat mewled again, but this sound made the scarecrow girl jump back in surprise.
"I don't belong to anybody, girl, I'm my own master!"
"Oh, fantastic. A talking cat." Shadesy massaged her head. "Lemme guess, you're scaredy little kitten and you'd like to ask the Grand Wizard for some guts."
"Watch your tongue, girl!" the cat snapped, which immediately silenced Shadesy. "Don't talk about what you don't know!"
"So, you don't lack courage?" Midnight asked.
"Hell no! I'm the bravest cat in all the land!" he bragged, before sighing heavily. "That's the problem."
"What do you mean?" Grace-crow prodded.
"Well, since I'm so tough all the other cats are afraid of me." he looked at each girl in the eye. "I'd like to ask the Grand Wizard to give me a sense of dread so I could fit in with my kind."
"Well, then come with us, uh…" Grace-crow started, indirectly asking for his name.
"You can call me Patch."
"Alright Patch, welcome aboard!" Grace-crow smiled happily. "I'm Grace, and these are Shadesy and Midnight."
"Nice to meet you." he nodded.
"Well, if we're done with this fantastic acquaintance party, I'd like to keep going so I can get back to my world sometime before the next ice age." Shadesy said sarcastically, clapping her hands together.
"Yeah, I can't wait to have my memories back!" Grace-crow chirped.
"And I can't wait to feel again." Midnight sighed happily.
"And I hate to be the one to disappoint you all, but you're going in the wrong direction."
The three girls blinked. "Excuse me?" Shadesy asked.
"The Diamond Town is that way." Patch pointed forwards, towards the path behind the girls.
"What? But my Fairy Godmother said I just had to follow the hazel road!" the human protested.
"And you still managed to get lost in it. Impressive." Patch said sarcastically, which made her frown.
"Alright, we'd better get going then." Midnight sighed as she and her new friends turned around and restarted their walk towards the Diamond Town, this time in the right direction.
-TO BE CONTINUED-
-Hosting Q&As by day along with randomness and accepting secret missions the other knights don't know about by night from Yen Sid, the Top Dog
