A few days later, Celesta was attending Dimmsdale Elementary. While Crocker was being his crazed self, Todd felt a little jealous that Tommy was eyeing Celesta. Harmony pulled him off to the side one afternoon, tired of his jealousy.

"What is it, Harmony?" Todd asked, looking at her.

"Why are you so jealous of Tommy?" Harmony asked straight out, a small blush on her face.

"I'm not jealous." Todd defended. He looked to Rose and Poof, whom were both Harmony and Todd's notebook respectively. "Am I?" He asked the two fairies.

"Well..." Rose started to say.

Todd interrupted her, crossing his arms in front of his chest, "See? I'm not jealous." He turned to Poof and added, "C'mon Poof, we promised Pa we be back for dumpster diving tonight."

"Uh...right..." Poof agreed, awkwardly. The two boys left, Poof whispering a quick goodbye to his girlfriend.

...

Later on that night, Chester and Todd were finished dumpster diving. Poof was hidden as Todd's bag. They had just finished off their dumpster diving. Chester was collecting usable trash to use at the recycling plant. There were a few things that they couldn't use: a few baseball hats, a lava lamp, and a small bit of torn blankets. Chester looked over the torn blankets, frowning a bit.

"Hey Dad?" Todd asked, gaining his Dad's attention.

"Yes son?" Chester answered, looking at him.

Todd sighed, "Do you think I'm jealous of Tommy?"

Chester paused for a moment, considering the question. While it had been obvious his son had a small crush on Celesta, he knew it would pass. But his son, right now, needed guidance. He saw the lava lamp near his foot and tossed it at Todd. Todd caught it in his hands rather easily. Unlike his father and grandfather, he had some decent talent at baseball.

Chester spoke wisely, "Listen to old man, son. Sometimes life is hard. And that's okay. As long as you always have your friends, your spunk, you will be alright. You have to let the cards fall as they lie."

With that, Chester headed off. Poof appeared to Todd, whom was in deep thought. He felt a bit frustrated and started to rub at the lamp. Suddenly the lamp twitched violently in his hand. Todd got spooked, nearly dropping the lamp. Poof covered Todd, knowing that this was no ordinary lamp. Out came a girl genie. She looked like a kid, however. She had dark brown curly hair that was pulled back by a golden cuffling, purple eyes, she had gold earrings in her ears and bracelets on her upper and lower arms. She was wearing a teal stone necklace, a teal two piece outfit, revealing her bellybutton. The lower half of her body was floating in the air, it was teal as well. She stretched, yawning out of boredom. She had a teal cell phone in her left hand.

She complained, "Geese what is with humans nowadays? Why do they have to rub my lamp so hard and make my life so boring...?"

Poof raised an eyebrow and asked her, "You are a genie right?"

She rolled her eyes, "No, I'm a Pixie. Of course I am a genie!"

Todd took a look at her and questioned, "Uh... aren't you a bit young to be one?"

"Just because I'm 10,000 years old doesn't mean I can't kick you across the street!" She huffed, getting into Todd's face.

Poof got in between them and stated, "Alright, settle down both of you!"

Todd ignored Poof as he hissed, "Who do you think you are anyways?!"

The kid genie seemed to have giggled as she asked sarcastically, "Who am I? That's a dumb question." She snapped her fingers as some teal smoke came up from her lower section, covering her completely. Then she emerged from the smoke, a teal neon sign above her head that read 'Ski: The Genie'. She rocked her hips back and forth, placing her hands together as she performed a belly dance. Her lower half were changed into teal like legs. She introduced, "Some call me the princess of genies. Some call me the rascal of deception. But you, my dear sweet isolate fool, can call me..." She stopped dancing, the smoke completely clear. "Ski." She finished. Both Todd and Poof coughed a bit, as the smoke had been cleared in their direction. She had returned her lower section of her body back to normal as she hovered above the two. She asked sounding bored, "So what do you wish, human?"

Poof questioned, "Wait one minute here... why are you sounding so bored? Mom and Dad told me once... actually a thousand times not to trust a genie."

Ski brought out her phone, starting to push a few times on the touchscreen before she finally noticed that Poof had said something. Returning her attention back to what she had been asked, she rolled her eyes.

"Typical fairy. Why can't you accept that some genies are different?" Ski asked sharply.

Poof lost his temper a bit, "Because my Mom and Dad got hurt years ago by someone of your kind! Someone named Norm!"

Ski immediately dropped her phone in shock as she breathed, "Wait, how do you know of my father?"

"Your father?!" Poof furiously repeated.

Todd, on the other hand, looked completely confused. "I thought fairies couldn't die. Like they were immortal?"

Before Poof could fully explain, Ski grabbed him by the shirt collar, bringing him face-to-face with a very angry kid genie.

"What was that about my kind again?!" She roared.

Todd saw this and quickly got in the middle. "That's enough, knock it off Ski!"

Ski was about to say something to Todd when her teal stone necklace started to glow. She quickly let go of Poof, groaning in a bit of pain. Poof had landed on the ground, safely. She floated back away from them, her hand near her necklace.

"Stupid thing!" She hissed.

Poof floated back next to Todd, who was in awe.

"What just happened?" Todd asked her.

Ski caught her breath, pointing at the teal stone necklace around her neck.

"This... this is a genitie. Usually, it is a symbol of a genie fading from the light of Genie World." Ski explained.

Poof added, "Whenever a fairy, anti-fairy, or a pixie reaches the end of their magical lifespan; they become a star, a black comet, or pixie dust."

Todd nodded in understanding as he asked, "But wait, if that's the case, then why did it just hurt Ski?"

Ski answered, "Ever since my father attacked Poof's parents a long time ago at Fairy Idol, Nina's mother had it for the genitie to be something to reel in genies. To make sure that they would never do something like that ever again."

Poof protested, "But Nacey never did such a thing! She was against doing that!"

Ski pointed out, growling a bit, "She did! You saw what happened, the curse is real!"

Poof started to float towards her, making Ski a bit nervous. She closed her eyes, expecting something bad to happen. When nothing did, it made her a bit confused. She opened her eyes, seeing that Poof was hugging her. She couldn't believe it: a fairy was hugging a genie. She returned it slowly, whimpering a bit. The last time she got a hug was when...

"Ski?" Ski looked, seeing that Poof was removing the tears from her eyes. "You okay?" He asked her.

Finally, unable to hold it in anymore, Ski started to cry. Poof hugged her even more, Todd joining in. She hiccuped badly. Never in her immortal life did she ever think that this would happen.

...

The two boys took the lava lamp home, Ski having to quietly ride inside. She was in deep thought about what all had happened today, looking up at a picture of her, her father, and her mother together. She looked outside of her lamp, seeing that Todd had arrived home and was in his room with Poof. She waited quietly for him to rub the lamp. When he didn't, she came out on her own. She looked at Todd, whom had a smile on his face.

"What? What is it?" She asked.

Todd explained, "Well, Poof and I were talking. And well, we agreed that it isn't fair that you get pushed for something happened 30 years ago. So... my first wish... and I guess my final one would be for your freedom and for the curse to be lifted off of your genitie."

Ski turned to Poof for confirmation. Poof nodded, smiling. Ski's jaw dropped to the ground, literally and figuratively. She brought it back up, shocked.

Poof added, "We want you to be free, Ski. Even I can tell that you are so different than your father. Sure you do get bored easily but you haven't tried to harm Todd in anyway."

Ski was in shock, "Y - you do that for me...?"

Todd told her, "On the condition that you don't tell anyone what I did. While it is true we can trust you but I don't know about the other genies. If they found out, they might want to hurt you or Poof. And I don't want that happening."

Poof started to say, "And that goes double for my parents too..."

Ski hugged them both, the tears in her eyes. "I promise, I promise!" She sniffled.

Todd chuckled as he wished, "Very well then, I wish you were free of your lamp and your curse!"

Ski snapped her fingers as the teal smoke covered her for a moment. The lava lamp turned into multiple colors, before finally dulling itself out. The teal smoke cleared, revealing Ski without her wrist bracelets and her lower half was now teal legs. She picked up the lava lamp, in shock still.

"I - I'm free..." She breathed.

"You are free!" Todd gushed.

Just as he was about to hug Ski, a portal opened up next to them, revealing Nina.

"Nina?" Poof asked, a bit surprised to see her.

Nina ignored Poof for a moment, walking over to Ski specifically. Ski held her breath, thinking that she was in big trouble. Imagine her surprise when she felt the magical being hugging her. Ski was stunned again but this time, she saw that she wasn't the only one. She saw Poof was as well. Nina pulled back, whispering something in Ski's ear. Ski's eyes went wide. She nodded, waving to Todd and Poof before vanishing.

"Ski?" Todd asked, a bit stunned that she wouldn't say goodbye. He turned to Nina and asked, "Hey Nina, what was that all about?"

Nina just smiled as she headed back to Fairy World, leaving both boys puzzled.

"What was that all about...?" Poof asked, mostly to himself.

...

Meanwhile, unknown to them at the time, a bus was riding into Dimmsdale. It had come all the way from NYC.

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Wishmaker1028: Sorry for the delay guys. I'm hoping to update this story whenever I can. I was thinking about doing a story where Norm did come back to torture Todd. But I wanted to do this right here to show that not all genies are alike. Don't worry, we will Ski again soon. Please read and review! And always think outside of the box!