Chapter 14: Fern's Hair-tastrophe

Fern Hood being a descendant of Rapunzel had very long hair. Her brown and purple hair was a good four feet long, and she wore it in three braided pigtails. Though there were times where her hair got in the way like when it got stuck in doors.

When she got tangled in it, and when it needed to be washed, combed, and brushed. But Fern didn't mind, she loved her long hair, and liked taking care of it. To Fern her hair was what made her, herself.

However all that was about to change. It all started one day when she started scratching her hair a lot. "Gee, Fern what's up with you?" asked Luke. "I don't know, but my hair's super itchy." said Fern.

After a couple of days, all the kids were scratching their heads. Mrs. Godmother was trying to teach one morning, when she noticed that her students weren't paying attention because they were all too busy scratching.

"Children, I think I know what's causing your scratching." she said. "What?" asked Ava. "To be sure, we better go to the nurse's office." said Mrs. Godmother. The kids left the classroom, and followed their teacher up to the nurse's office.

There Lilly Bo Peep stuck a tongue depressor in everyone's hair. "I'm afraid you were right, Mrs. Godmother." said Lilly. "Right about what?" asked Kit. "I'm afraid you kids have head lice." said Lilly.

"Head lice?" asked all the kids. "What're head lice again?" asked Rose. "They're little parasitic bugs that like to make their home in your hair." Lilly explained. "Gross." said Jake. "Gross indeed, Jake. Now go get your backpacks." said Lilly.

"Why?" asked Maisie. "I'm afraid with head lice you'll have to be quarantined at your homes for a while." Lilly explained. So the kids got their backpacks, and Lilly called their parents. Their parents arrived as soon as possible, and Lilly instructed them on what to do to get rid of the lice.

"I can't believe we have bugs in our hair." said Fern, as Poppy took her and Griffin home. "It's every hair stylist's worst nightmare, sweetie." said Poppy. "Can you get rid of them, Mom?" asked Griffin.

"Don't worry, your father and I have lots of remedies for lice." said Poppy. Little did the kids now, Poppy got a worried look on her face. When they got home, Sparrow took Griffin upstairs to help gather all his clothes.

"Fern, sweetheart, I need to talk to you." said Poppy. "What is it, Mom?" asked Fern. "(Sighs), I have some bad news for you." "What?" "Well, lice are extremely hard to get rid of when you have long hair. So I'm really sorry to have to say this, but...I'm gonna have to give you a haircut." said Poppy, placing a hand on her daughter's shoulder.

Hearing that word made Fern's pupils shrink. "What?" asked Fern in disbelief, as she grabbed her hair. "I'm sorry sweetie, I don't want to do it, but it's for you own good." said Poppy. Fern's eyes filled with tears, and she ran upstairs to her room.

She cried into her pillow for hours, this had to be the worst day of her life.

A while later, Sparrow came down with all his clothes. "Here's all Griffin's clothes, ready for the dry cleaner." said Sparrow. "Great." said Poppy. "From Fern's crying I assume you broke the news to her." he said.

"Yes, I hate to do it, but it needs to be done." said Poppy. After helping Fern gather all her clothes, it was time for her haircut. She reluctantly went downstairs to the kitchen where her mom was waiting for her.

"Ready, Fern?" asked Poppy. "As ready as I'll ever be." Fern answered simply. Poppy then took loose her pigtails, brushed and combed her hair, and finally she took the scissors and began cutting. Piece by piece Fern's hair fell to the floor.

"There, all done." said Poppy, handing Fern a mirror. When Fern looked in the mirror she was absolutely shocked. Her long hair was gone, and her hair was now no longer than her a few inches, and was down to her shoulder in a bob-cut.

"Oh...my...spell." she finally said. Griffin then came into the room looking for a drink, and when he saw Fern his jaw dropped. "Whoa, who's this?" he asked playfully. "Knock it off, Griffin." said Fern.

"How do you know my name, this can't be my sister. Her hair's way too short." he continued. "Griffin." said Poppy, giving her son a stern look. "Sorry, Mom, sorry Fern, you really don't look that bad." said Griffin.

"Gee thanks." said Fern. Then the door opened, Sparrow had just returned from dropping the kids clothes off at the cleaners with Zack in his arms. "Wow, Fern honey, you look beautiful." he said when he saw her.

"Thanks, Dad." said Fern quietly, and she went upstairs. "I guess she still just needs time to get used to it." said Poppy. That night after getting some nits combed out of their hair, and putting on shower caps, the two went to bed.

As Fern brushed her teeth, she stared blankly at herself in the mirror. "I don't even look like myself." she thought.

The next day since the kids couldn't go to school, they decided to talk by video chat. "Hey guys." said Griffin. "Hey, Griffin where's Fern?" asked Maria, on the screen. "She doesn't want to be seen right now." Griffin answered.

"Why, is she okay?" asked Owen. "She's fine, but because of the lice our mom had to something she really didn't like." "What was it?" asked Maisie. "She had to cut her hair." said Griffin. Everyone gasped and looked shocked.

"Cut her hair, how short?" asked Gabriel. "It's down to her shoulders." "What does she look like?" asked Luna. "Okay, stay put, I'm gonna see if I can get her to get online." said Griffin. He set the laptop down, and went to Fern's room.

Fern at the moment was looking at herself in her mirror, she still couldn't believe her hair was gone. Suddenly there was a knock at her door. "Who is it?" she asked. "It's me." Griffin said. "Oh, come in."

Griffin opened the door, and walked in. "Hey, Fern I'm video chatting with everyone, and they want to see you." "What, no way." said Fern. "Come on, sis. So your hair's short, what's the big deal?" asked Griffin.

"The big deal is without my long tresses I don't even look or feel like Fern Hood." Fern explained. "(Sighs), Fern just because you look different on the outside doesn't mean you've changed inside, you're still my sister, mom and dad like think you look nice like that, and our friends want to see you." Griffin said.

Fern thought about it for a moment, if she was going to be stuck with her hair like this for a while, she might as well enjoy it. "Okay, let's go video chat." she said. Back on the laptop, everyone was surprised to see Fern's new hair do.

"Gee Fern you look so different." said Kit. "But in a good way." added Ava. "Thanks guys." said Fern. Over the next few days, Fern got used to her short hair. It was easier to get the nits out, it didn't get caught in doorways, and it didn't take long to wash and brush.

Even though she kinda liked having her hair short, she couldn't wait till her long tresses would grow back.

That's chapter 14, plz review