The Royal Gardens of Monoreal were always beautiful. But Maddie, Beth & Cheshire found little comfort in it.
"What will we do?" Beth asked, in slight despair.
"I don't know," Maddie replied, "but, I think I'm starting to lose my abilities. I can barley hear you, Narrator."
I know.
"You can hear narrators?" Came a sudden voice.
"Who said that?" Cheshire asked.
"Ow." Beth felt someone poke her. "Who did that?"
I'm not saying.
Beth stuck her tongue out. A giggle was heard.
"Little Girl, would you please reveal yourself." Cheshire announced.
"How did you..." Maddie started.
"I can vanish at will." Cheshire said as he disappeared, then reappeared beside Beth. "It would be odd if I couldn't see others who could do the same."
Maddie & Beth simply looked at him strangely. Before any of them could speak, a fairy girl materialized. She had long strawberry blonde hair that was done in a fancy updo.
"Hello." She said, "I'm Rebecca, but most people call me Becky."
"Hello." Maddie managed to say.
"What are you doing here?" Beth asked.
"I'm visiting with Grandmother. She's been called in to help the Queen with some matters. But, she should've called my Great-Grandmother, or Great-Great-Grandmother. They don't have to time travel to get here."
"Time travel?"
"Yes. I'm from the next millennium." Becky's statement made everyone's jaw drop.
"Our jaws are still perfectly attached to our bodies, Narrator." Beth said.
I didn't mean that. I meant that your mouths opened wide in astonishment.
"Well, why didn't you narrate that?"
It's easier to narrate. Back to the story.
"Can you hear all narrators?" Becky asked the three.
"I can't hear any." Cheshire stated. He then disappeared, then reappeared on Maddie's hat. "But these two can. But I'm about to, we just need some help getting some ingredients."
"I can help!" Becky was clearly eager. "What do you need?"
"A petal." Maddie said.
"From talking flowers," Beth continued.
"Who are protective & aren't the friendliest in the world." Cheshire finished.
"Can they detect invisible things?" Becky asked.
"I don't think so." Beth answered.
Cheshire floated towards the fairy. "I've tried taking their petals before, but I can't pluck thinks while I'm invisible."
With a sneaky grin, and the closing of her eyes, Becky disappeared in a magical swirl. A moment later, Maddie's hat was plucked from her head, and a freshly picked flower took it's place "I can." The fairy's voice came from the air. It was a bragful low voice that seemed to surround them.
"How did that happen?" Maddie asked.
"Magia, Princessas y raro gato." Becky's voice came again.
"What did you just say?" Maddie asked.
There was laughter. Becky appeared in a magical swirl, flying above them. "I said, 'Magic, Princesses & rare cat.' In Spanish."
"Why?" Beth asked.
"Cause I felt like it." She turned to Maddie, "Here's your hat back." She tossed the hat to it's owner.
"Thanks." Maddie replied.
"So, when do we start?" Becky asked.
"Now." The three said in unison.
The flowers sang their own songs, immersed in their own worlds. Our four heros stood idly by, watching them.
"Stalking them?" Maddie asked in a quiet voice.
"She said 'watching them.'!" Beth answered. "We need to make the potion right away."
"I agree." Cheshire agreed. Maddie merely nodded as she handed Becky the bag the petals would go in.
With a smile, Becky turned invisible and flew towards the flowers. She took a deep breath, and began to sing. Her song made the flowers slow down and move about as if in a dream. They couldn't fight back. Becky kept on singing, as she plucked a petal from each of the flowers and placed them in the bag. Becky didn't stop singing until she was back to her companions.
The moment after she stopped singing, she became visible again. The flowers took awhile to compose themselves. They started talking about what had happened.