Chapter 8

Crocker was tapping his forehead. The two toddlers inside his staff were floating down towards the bottom. Both of them were dowsing off into asleep. They hadn't eaten anything in hours. He turned his attention away from his thoughts. There was an uninvited intruder in his very own palace. The room had a golden hue to it...his eyes shifted towards his staff. Noticing that the two toddlers had drifted upwards their wings had gone into a tight formation. "Huh," he moved upwards. Timmy's eyes were sheepish, "Hi Wanda! Hi Cosmo!" He called out happily with a buzz. With that, he picked up his staff and sent a blast towards the two adult fairies location.

Which finally meant he found the children's parents. Though why he called him by their first name was lost on him. "Ah hello, my winged-friends," Crocker said with a giddy smile on his face. Walking towards a blue bubble of concealed magic that contained the two adult fairies. One of them was green in hair color which he guessed was Cosmo. The other he guessed was Wanda for some strange reason the two of them looked familiar. "Strange… you're like an old friend. A long-distance memory huh. Anyway. How are you? Nice day to bow down to the Crocker empire!" With that, he held out his staff and the two fairies were absorbed into the blue sphere.

"Are you two okay?" Wanda asked. Even if she already knew the answer it was rather soothing to see them again. "And next time we try to save you. Don't try and tell him we're coming." Timmy winced and looked down only to move into her arms and rested his head against her chest. Poof floated into her arms and Wanda could only roll her eyes. "Here Cosmo you take them." Cosmo nodded his head with a smile.

"Well now what do we do?" He asked.

"I don't know," Wanda admitted. Pulling out her wand she poofed the satchel which she rummaged through. To find the bottle that she had made earlier in the day. "Here Timmy drink this." The toddler raised his eyebrow at her.

"What do you think I am? A toddler. I'm 10," he said with a fume above his head. Wanda could only roll her eyes. It didn't help that he was half-asleep, angry, and hungry. "I don't need a baby bottle and Poofs too old." He said with a yawn. Crocker moved with a grin on his face.

"Please," Wanda pleaded with him. "It will make you feel better-"

"No, and that's final!" His agitation she sighed and wrapped her arms around him with a smile on her face. He snuggled into her chest she was going to fight him and carefully stroked his hair. Before Timmy could respond Wanda pushed the bottle into his mouth. "Woah this is smoothing," he replied with a sheepish grin. Closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep. Poof was asleep in Cosmo's arms and both of them were unsure of where to go.

"Cute," Crocker said. "Now then since you two are adults. Why isn't the boy's magic working? Second, what is your other son parasitizing magic from your first?" Wanda never responded, just tightened her grip. Not enough to disturb Timmy who was almost asleep...now all she needed to do was find a way out. "Not much of a talker are we? Well, I can fix that!" With that, he moved his giant hand into the round blue sphere that protected them. And snatched Timmy from her arms which left the bottle to hit the floor.

"Timmy!" Wanda screamed, "Let him go, he's just a baby!"

"Hmmm how sad," Crocker said. Tightening his grip around Timmy who eyes jolted up in anger.

"Let me go!" He yelled furiously. Wanda looked at Cosmo who had the same look on his face. "I said let me go!" He screamed with a furry, Wanda poofed up the other bottle she had prepared. As the brightest form of light filled the giant castle and suddenly the entire world turned back to normal. She and Cosmo were released from the bubble and she rushed over towards Timmy. Who floated down into her arms as she placed the bottle back into his mouth.

"You shouldn't have done that," Cosmo said. "Wanda's very protective."

"Cosmo hold Timmy will you," Cosmo looked at his wife, but took his other son. Wanda pulled out her wand and the yellow star turned to a bright red.

"Phooey!" Crocker said.