Ok so I know i've been on spring break all week and i promised updates. But unfortunately things did not turn out that way. I've spent most of the time doing homework and in my free time seeing my friends and playing the new pokémon heartgold game (I chose Totodile. ^^). Alright, and i also watched the Princess and the Frog but really, how can you buy a new movie and wait to watch it? Anyway I started this chapter before spring break so before I go out for the weekend and finish the rest of my homework I'm going to keep this going. For all of you who have been waiting in anticipation it's time to meet the one and only, drum roll please.... Fairy Godmother!
Disclaimer: I don't own the movies, characters, song, or anything.
Taylor stood in the middle of the main room staring at her ripped dress. As much as she would have loved to hit her stepsisters, she knew it wouldn't have done any good. Besides she couldn't even let herself do such a thing. She was too heartbroken. Her one chance to get out for the night and they wrecked it. There was no hope in even trying now. She was already behind so she might as well give up. She could do nothing else. Taylor turned around and just ran as far away from the door as she could. She rushed through the house, breathing heavily and trying to see where she was going through her quickly blurring vision. Exiting the back of the house, she rushed into the rather large backyard. She didn't care if anyone saw her, she just kept running. The only ones that even were seeing her run were Donny and Jimmie who were right near the stables, and the mice who were doing their best to follow her. But even though they were all hoping that Taylor was alright, they knew she wasn't. And there was nothing they could do to help. Taylor soon found herself unable to run any further and just collapsed onto a bench under a small tree. She leaned onto it and buried her face in her arms finally letting her emotions out. Taylor was never one to show how upset she really was. Even her animal friends saw her as a strong, brave woman. But in this darkest moment she couldn't have felt weaker. There was no sense keeping her emotions bottled up anymore. She just let everything out that she kept bottled up for so long, sobbing onto the bench.
"It's hopeless." she sniffed to herself, never feeling this down since her father died.
The mice watched by the back door sadly, unable to see their friend like this. Donny and Jimmie exchanged depressed glances before they looked back at her, not even taking notice to what seemed to be tiny sparkles floating in midair.
"It's just no use. No use at all."
Donny sniffed the air; looking around he could see a bit of a light that almost looked like it was coming from nowhere. He jumped, beginning to see the sparkles. What the heck were these things and where were they coming from? He backed away slowly, a bit afraid of the unknown substances. In the process he backed into Jimmie, who also jumped out of surprise. He looked down at Donny and then suddenly around. Something about this just wasn't right.
"I can't.... I just can't anymore."
Zeke and Jason, along with two other fellow mice slowly jumped down from the step in the back and approached just a little. While nearly overcome with depression, they were just as surprised to see the strange light as Donny and Jimmie were. They looked at each other in confusion before looking back at Taylor. Even though it was hard to believe, the light was coming from her. No, not from her...behind her? In front of her? But there was something around her. Whatever it was, it was what was causing whatever they were seeing. The rodents couldn't even think straight now because they were all so confused. Except for Jason, who was just trying to hit the sparkles like they were fireflies. Noticing it briefly, Zeke turned to his friend and rolled his eyes. Putting his hands on Jason's shoulders, he then turned Jason towards Taylor so he could see what was going on. Jason's mouth dropped now watching what the others had been. That was some creepy light...but pretty...but also creepy...in a very pretty way.
"Nothing can fix this now. It's hopeless."
Then suddenly, before the animals' eyes, a strange figure began appearing on the bench. It looked like a bright light shadow at first, but it slowly became what looked like a silhouette of a person. Then the person started being seen. And from the looks of it, Taylor's head was on a woman's lap not the bench. There was a blue robe...a long one that seemed to cover a woman's entire body. It was a light blue color and had a magenta ribbon at the collar. The robe went on to act like a hood, covering most of the woman's head. From what they could see of her, she was very short and young. But her hair was white and somewhat wavy. A pair of glasses nearly blocked her eyes but even the animals could tell that they were full of compassion and kindness. As she became more clear, one of her hands began lightly moving on Taylor's head, almost as though to rub her head and comfort her. But Taylor had barely even taken notice. She didn't even once lift her head when she felt something change.
"Nothing."
"Nothing dear? Now you don't really mean that do you?" the woman spoke, nearly causing the animals to become more spooked than they were. On the bright side, they knew they weren't all hallucinating.
Taylor paused for a minute, knowing something wasn't right. She was the only person at home right now so there couldn't have been anyone else. While her instinct would normally have told her to look up and see what was going on, she just assumed that it was her imagination. She shook her head, "I do."
"You know that's not true." she replied, lightly lifting Taylor's head. "If you lost all hope, then I wouldn't be here right now. and here I am."
Taylor looked up at her and gasped. Where did she come from? This had to have been a dream or something...people just don't appear from out of nowhere. There had to be a logical explanation. Too stunned to open her mouth and speak, Taylor remained quiet and the woman continued talking.
"Cheer up now. After all, you can't go to the ball looking like that." she said.
Taylor looked down at her torn dress. "The ball?" That was the last thing on her mind now. There was no way something like that was even possible. What was left of her dress was all she had. There was nothing else she could wear. Even if she could go to the ball she'd never make it there in time if she left now. Whoever this woman was, Taylor thoguht it best to set her straight. "But I'm not going."
"Of course you are. Fairy godmother's orders." she answered.
Taylor raised an eyebrow. Now she knew she was dreaming. "Fairy godmother?"
"Well, Kelsi the fairy godmother if you want to get technical." she shrugged her shoulders. "But we usually just go by fairy godmother. Our names are just in the robes when we do laundry. Believe me, you do not want to grab the wrong robe when you come out to work. I accidentally grabbed the fairy godmother Monique's dress once..." she took a moment to shudder, "well let's just say red is very flattering on her, but me, not so much."
"But you're so young..." Taylor couldn't help but observe. She was still under the impression that this was a dream.
Kelsi looked up to her hair. "Oh this old thing?" She pulled her white hair off, revealing some very silky brunette bangs underneath. "It was part of an old Halloween costume. Part of a bet. But enough about that." She stuck the wig back on and turned back to Taylor. "We haven't got much time. Even miracles take a little time."
"Miracles?" Taylor quirked an eyebrow.
Kelsi nodded. "I'll show you." She rolled up her sleeves and held up her hand like she was holding something. She waved her fingers but nothing happened. Looking to her hand, Kelsi realized her hand was empty. "Now don't tell me I left it in the music room again! I could have sworn I grabbed it on the way out. I know it has to be around here somewhere." She began searching through her sleeves for the lost item.
"What are you looking for?" she wondered.
"My wand." Kelsi answered. "I always have it with me. But so much of my time is spent in the music room...someone always grabs it and uses it to play the drums while I'm on the piano. I thought I grabbed it before I left, though.... I was sure of it."
"Your wand?" Taylor repeated. Than her eyes widened, almost like a realization. She had no idea why, but something about that just made her believe she wasn't dreaming. "You are my fairy godmother!"
"Of course I am. I've got the wig and the blue robe to prove it." Kelsi shrugged as she continued searching for her wand. "Now where is that thing?" The she blinked and giggled. "Oh yes, that's right. How could I forget? I put it away." Then, almost out of thin air, she pulled out a small thin stick which was none other than the missing wand.
Taylor's eyes widened. The wand had been pulled from out of nowhere. If she wasn't seeing it then she surely wouldn't have believed it.
"Lookit what she did!" Zeke gasped to his mouse friends, pointing at the fairy godmother.
"But er um...how she do it?" Jason asked. "She a zombie?"
Zeke rolled his eyes and lightly bonked Jason on the head. "She a faiwy godmother, not zombie. Pay tention, dude."
"Alright, now we need to start somewhere." Kelsi said as she tapped her wand on her chin. "And I'd say that the first thing we need above anything is..."
Taylor lightly placed her hands on her dress in anticipation. Obviously she couldn't go to the ball without a new dress. Taylor was no girlie girl who fretted about her looks day in and day out like her stepsisters, but even she knew how important it was to look magnificent for an event of this caliber.
"A pumpkin!" Kelsi exclaimed, pointing her wand in the direction of a very big pumpkin in the back garden.
Taylor quirked an eyebrow and looked in the direction. The animals did as well, feeling just as confused. "A pumpkin?" she repeated.
"Yes of course a pumpkin. You've got to get to the ball somehow." Kelsi replied. "Now how did those magic words go again...? Oh yes, that's right." She tapped her wand a little to get what looked like some magic dust flowing out of it. The tip of the wand sparkled with the dust as she then waved it in the direction of the pumpkin. As Kelsi sang the magic words a long line of magic dust began flying towards the pumpkin, surrounding it and bringing it to life.
"Sala-gadoola-menchicka-boo-la-Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
Put 'em together and what have you got?
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo"
The pumpkin began approaching the girls moving only on its leaves and roots. In a very cartoon-like manner it came closer and closer, causing the mice to run out of the way as to not get splatted by the vegetable. The pumpkin stopped just short of the girls, slightly moving to the sound of Kelsi's contagious magic. It was no wonder this fairy godmother spent so much time in the music room.
"Sala-gadoola-menchicka-boo-la-Bibbidi-bobbity-boo
It'll do magic, believe it or not
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo"
The roots and leaves on the plant began spreading and growing out, twisting in numerous circles. It began surrounding a small portion of the backyard, going past the girls and animals. Taylor watched in amazement as Kelsi just waved her wand and the mice were still trying to make sure that they wouldn't get hit. None of them had any idea what this pumpkin could be used for the ball, but there had to be something or else why would Kelsi be using all this magic on it?
"Now sala-gadoola means mechicka-boolaroo
But the thingmabob that does the job is
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo"
Jimmie and Donnie nearly ran away as the pumpkin began growing bigger. The mice ran even further away as the vines and roots grew and twisted. Kelsi began waving her wand numerous times and as she did, the pumpkin grew even bigger in size. With each flick of the wand, the pumpkin began to glow and lost its color. Instead of a hallow orange food, it was beginning to form some sparkling blue, voluminous...thing. The vines were even turning blue themselves, almost looking as though the twists they were making were turning into wheels.
Sala-gadoola-menchicka-boo-la-Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
Put 'em together and what have you got?
Bibbidi-bobbidi bibbidi-bobbidi bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
Before their very eyes, the pumpkin had become a magnificent coach. It had the very same form as the pumpkin, but was now used for transportation. The light blue coloring of it was still coated in the fairy dust and it was a little more than twice the size of the girls. In the front where the coachman would sit, the seat looked very much like a blue leaf, but a very comfortable leaf. There was a single door on one of the sides which seemed to have an almost golden boarder and some very nice light red curtains on the inside. The only way to describe such a ride was magnificent. The mice approached the coach and began exchanging glances, trying to figure out how Kelsi really did that and if it was really a ride. Jimmie approached it with a confused look and Donnie began sniffing the object out of curiosity. Taylor began circling the coach in complete disbelief and amazement.
"It's beautiful!" she exclaimed.
"Why thank you." Kelsi giggled. "I've had a lot of practice." She then glanced at the horse standing beside her. "Don't you think it's a lovely ride, too?"
Jimmie smiled and nodded happily. No one ever asked for his opinion on something before. He felt so special!
"No an elegant coach like this just can't go without..." Kelsi thought aloud.
Jimmie grinned and cleared his throat. It would need a horse to pull it, now wouldn't it? What a coincidence! Jimmie was a horse. She'd be asking him to pull it and ride his friend off to that fancy dance in no time.
"Mice!" Kelsi finished.
Jimmie's eyes widened and his jaw dropped.
The mice who were now under the coach tilted their heads. Jason looked at his friends, even more confused than they were. As usual. "Mice?"
Kelsi had heard that. "Oh yes, four brilliant mice just simply need to lead this coach to the ball. It can't go anywhere without mice." She then began waving her wand to let the magic flow once again. "Just a wave of my stick to finish the trick..." She watched as the mice slowly began coming out from under the coach, most likely as to try to avoid being seen. But then Kelsi waved her wand and the magic surrounded them...or, at least three of them. "Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!"
Sala-gadoola-mechicka-boo-la-bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
Now sitting in place of the stunned Zeke and his two companions were three gorgeous horses. Their fur was almost a blue-grey color as to match the shade of the coach and their manes were short but in a lovely white. Their tales matches the white of their manes but were longer and absolutely fluffy. Their reigns were almost as shimmering gold as the coach's door and resting in their manes were a nice pink feather. The mice - or rather now horses - were looking at each other and their now bigger and fitter bodies in shock. Whoa, that was some magic!
"See, now that's what I'm talking about. Absolutely perfect." Kelsi said. "Wait a minute..I was sure there was one more...." She began looking around to find the missing Jason. Shining her wand around, she soon enough found him hiding behind one of the wheels. "There you are."
Jason gasped and tried to make a fun for it.
"Bibbidi-"
Nearly running into the cat, who smirked and held a tea cup over Jason's head, Jason gasped and tried to scurry in the opposite direction.
"Bobbidi-"
Ryan pounced on Jason, covering him with the teacup under the assumption that he was captured just as Kelsi waved her wand to finish the job.
"Boo!"
Ryan gasped as he suddenly felt himself suspended in the air. Before he knew it, he was sitting on something. Raising an eyebrow, he lifted the cup and looked for Jason underneath it. But he wasn't under there. Ryan screatched his head and looked around to see what was going on. But then he realized something he didn't really want to realize. He was sitting on a horse's butt. Ryan slowly turned his head to see the face of the animal, knowing it couldn't possibly be Jason. But just from looking at his eyes, it couldn't be any other mouse. And he looked very angry. Jason neighed right in Ryan's face, causing the cat to be quite frighted. He fell into a small pond of water and then dashed as fast as he could back into the house. Jason laughed and went with his friends to the front of the carriage where they were all standing.
"Oh that poor cat." Kelsi sighed shaking her head. She then shrugegd her shoulders, "But he deserved it I suppose. Anyway, where were we...?" She scratched her head with her wand and then nodded. "Oh yes. You just can't go to the ball without..."
Taylor held her dress again. This had to be it, she was going to get a new dress now.
"A horse."
Taylor's face fell. "A horse?" But the mice had already been turned into horses. How many more could they need?
"Yes yes, a horse!" Kelsi nodded as she turned to a now eager Jimmie. "Now normally you'd be on the front end of the reigns wouldn't you?"
Jimmie nodded.
Waving her wand, the magic then began lifting Jimmie in the air. It took him closer and closer to the coach, going over Kelsi and the mice-horses. "But tonight you'll be sitting in the driver's seat. No, not as a horse. But a coachman of course! Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!"
As soon as Jimmie was seated on the front seat, he was automatically turned into a human. He was a little on the short side, but he kept his messy brown hair which was now nearly covering one of his eyes with bangs. His skin was a normal shade, similar to Kelsi's, and he was wearing a shirt with a picture of a tuxedo on it. The hat on his head almost looked like a ski cap, but fit his head just like a normal hat. Jimmie looked to Taylor and smiled, revealing that the one thing he still had after going from animal to human was a pair of buck teeth.
"Well that should do it, I believe." Kelsi said. "Hm...except for one little thing to finish the job."
Taylor closed her eyes, preparing to be covered with the magic dust. This had to be it now, it had to be time for her new dress.
"Yes Donnie, that's right! You're playing footman tonight!" Kelsi exclaimed as the dust made its way to the dog, hopping him over to the coach door. "bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!"
The coach door opened as soon as Donnie got there. Donnie looked at himself over in complete surprise. Well he was sure no dog anymore. His skin was closer to the shade of Taylor's, but he was about the same height as Jimmie. His black hair was mainly covered by a small hat and his outfit was only a little better than Jimmie's, having a shirt and velvet black pants with a sports jacket. Talk about some transformation.
"Now you have to hurry up and go to the ball, we can't waste anymore time." Kelsi told Taylor.
"But..." Taylor started, almost not having the heart to tell her fairy godmother, the one that had just given her all this, that she couldn't leave in a destroyed dress.
"No, no, no, no need to thank me." Kelsi shook her head.
"I wasn't." Taylor replied. "I mean...I mean I do. I do thank you. But it's just that..." Now what was the most polite way to put this? "...don't you think my dress-?"
"Yes, it's a lovely dress. The best dress that anyone could ever ask for...." Kelsi said until she opened her eyes and actually looked at the dress. "Oh my god! You can't go to the ball in that!"
Taylor held in a sigh of relief. Finally, her fairy godmother noticed the one thing that Taylor had known from the start that she would need. Merely smiling, Taylor shook her head in response.
Kelsi approached Taylor and rested her wand against her, almost as though she were measuring her. "I'll have to see what I can do here. I mean, fancy dresses aren't exactly my style...my last fairy goddaughter went to a dance looking like a ballerina, you know." She shook her head before circling Taylor, almost surveying the perfect dress for her. "Now if we just measure your size.... And get something that will go good with the shade of your eyes.... Oh those are very nice eyes. Yes, definitely a very warm shade to match them. Or maybe just a light color. Hm.... Alright, just leave it to me, what a gown this will be!" Kelsi backed away just a little to let her magic work and smiled. She then did her thing, allowing the magic dust to engulf Taylor in its sparkles. "Bibbidi-bobbidi...bibbidi-bobbidi...bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!"
In no time at all, the torn dress that Taylor had been wearing for what felt like so long was replaced with the most extravagant gown Kelsi could conjure up. It was a stunning light blue, almost like a sky blue or periwinkle shade. The sleeves were incredibly short but also a little big, which matches the style of the waist line on the gown. The gown suited Taylor's figure perfectly, highlighting her curves in the right places. From the waist down the gown wasn't thin but it wasn't too poofy. A pair of long gloves that nearly went to her elbows matches the dress color and a black choker was around her neck suiting as the perfect accessory to match her hair. Her hair had been raised into a loose bun, only helping her appear slightly taller, and a few bangs were tilted towards one side ever so lightly. A headband to match the shade of the dress kept every strand just in its place. Taylor looked at the dress in awe, completely star-stricken by her fairy godmother's work.
"This is such a beautiful dress!" Taylor gasped, lifting the bottom so she could freely twirl around in it. Upon doing that, the silkiness and softness of the gown's material was only highlighted. "Have you ever seen such a dress?" she asked her friends. That's when she realized that wasn't all she got. Taylor lifted one of her feet and pointed at the footwear. "Glass slippers, too!"
Zeke and Jason smiled and nodded, only proving how amazing Taylor looked. Jimmie and Donny on the other hand...well, their jaws would have literally dropped to the ground if they could have. That's how shocked they were at her beauty. Even more than usual.
Taylor then went back to her fairy godmother. "It's like a wonderful dream." she realized. "A wonderful dream come true." After all that dreaming and hoping she'd been doing all these years, it was finally coming true. No drawbacks or anything. Well...at least nothing like what her stepsisters had done before. Taylor would have never believed that something like this could have ever been possible. Not to this degree. But it was. Everything was finally paying off for her.
"Well I'm very happy for you, really." Kelsi promised. "But there is one thing you should know. Because...well, like all dreams.... I'm afraid they can't last forever. the magic can only take you so far. It will last until midnight." Kelsi hated telling her this after getting her hopes up so high, but it had to be done. And it was the truth. She just hoped that she wasn't bringing this girl's dreams down because it could only be lived for a few hours.
Taylor shook her head and went over to Kelsi. "Alright. Until midnight. I've got it."
Kelsi stepped in front of Taylor. "You have no idea how important this is. Please listen, alright? On the stroke of twelve, the spell will be broken. And everything will be just as it was before."
"Oh I understand." Taylor promised. She wasn't one of those crazy party girls who would try to be out until five a.m. partying and doing who knows what else. She was responsible and knew exactly when to be home by. This was just like a curfew; and she knew very well how to abide to that. "But all of this...everything.... This is all more than I could have ever hoped for. Thank you so much."
"It's nothing, really. Don't you go..." Kelsi assured her, then stopped with a gasped. "Now wait a minute what are you still doing here? It's getting late! Hurry up dear, the ball can't wait!" She lightly pushed Taylor towards the coach and the young woman climbed in. Now you have a good time! Hurry, go and be happy! Dance, have fun! You're on your way!"
With that, the mice-forses began pulling the carriage and rode off on their way to the ball. Taylor briefly poked her head out of the coach window and waved to her fairy godmother.
Kelsi waved back with her wand and waited until they were out of sight before pulling out a pair of bongos and chop sticks. "This was also part of that bet." she mumbled lightly before poofing away in a small cloud of magic dust.
Bibbidi-bobbidi Bibbidi-bobbidi Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!
Hm...I was expecting this chapter to be a little longer. Maybe it's because from the first time I watched it and looked at how long the scene was. Oh well. The important thing is that the chapter turned out well. I was going to upload it yesterday but as soon as I finished typing it I had to run out and didn't get a chance to. Anyway, as we know now, Kelsi is the fairy godmother. I was trying to invoke her with the spirit of Cinderella's fairy godmother. Who doesn't love that character? She's so silly like and funny. xD And now it's thanks to her that Taylor can go to the ball. You all know you've been waiting for that chapter. ^^ I will try to get it up - or at least started - as soon as I can. Hope you all enjoyed the magic of this chapter!