Hello, fanatical fanfic reader peoples! My apologies... I would have put up this chapter sooner, but I'm having some technical problems with the computer. Sorry in advance that the chapter is awfully short, but I need some time to think about the next chappy... and because I need to let the computer 'heal'.

And now without further ado... the chappy!

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In a splenderous flash of light, Timmy, Cosmo, Wanda, Rickstardo and Sparkle were back in the snowy Dimmsdale Park. Everyone cheered and hugged, relieved to be out of the heat of the underworld.

"Man, am I glad to be home!" Timmy cried out happily. "I wonder if the Jedi- goddess down there knows what to do with that wand, exactly..."

"I doubt it," Wanda said to him. "Not if she wants something specific, anyhow..."

~*~ DOWN IN LIMBO ~*~

"Come on, stupid starry rod! Gimme my prize!"

In the magical cloud of dust the word *PRIZE* appears and behold...

"...rice? Meh, close enough." Jedi sits down to eat.

~*~ BACK TO THE STORY ~*~

"Speaking of the wand," Timmy continued, "what are you going to do about your wand now, Wanda?"

Wanda sighed sadly. "I don't know... I can't share one," she looked over at Cosmo, who hid his wand away from her.

"No, it's mine!" he said.

Another wave of compassion came upon Rick. He glanced at his own wand. 'Do I really need this, anyway?' he thought to himself. He wouldn't need need his wand for a good four decades later...

"Then take mine," he said to his mom. He held it up for Wanda to take, leaving Wanda speechless.

"Aww! That's so cute!" Cosmo commented.

"Oh, but Rick! I-- I... I couldn't..." Wanda said to him pushing the wand away.

"No, no, no! You need it, I don't," he said giving it back. Wanda clutched it and smiled joyously at her futuristic son. They hugged tightly and a tear of happiness rolled down Rick's cheek. He felt so close to his mom again and now he knew everything was back to normal back home in his time.

"Thank you so much," Wanda said to him.

"Alright, alright, break it up!" Cosmo said, pushing Rick away from his spouse. "My turn!" he declared as he hugged Wanda.

"So everything should be just fine now, right?" Sparkle asked.

"I'm sure it is, sweetie," Wanda said. "If the Grim Reaper was correct, we died because of what Crocker would have done to us if we would have entered that warehouse without percaution..."

"We died?" Cosmo wondered out loud.

"And thankfully, everything should be over now. We all--"

"Oh, no! Wanda! I'm too young to die!!" Cosmo cried out, embracing Wanda and almost choking her. "Get off!" she yelled and slapped him.

"Can we go now?!" Sparkle said to Rick in a whiny voice.

"In a minute!" Rick hissed at her. He turned to Timmy. "Thank you for helping us... I'm sure if you wouldn't have come along, we wouldn't have found a way to get out of this mess. Sorry for any trouble this brought you today... I know you wanted to go home and do whatever you were gonna do but- -"

"Yeah, sure. It's not like it was anything important... compared to his." Timmy smiled. "It was nice metting you, Rick."

Rick and Spark shook hands with Timmy again.

"Aw, what the heck. Group hug!" Timmy cried out.

"YAY!!!" Cosmo and Sparkle declared and everyone hugged each other.

"NOW can we go?" Sparkle said.

"Fine. Let's go," Rick grabbed her sisters arm and waved off.

"Bye, Jimmy!!" Sparkle said as they disappeared.

"It's TIMMY!!!" the boy shouted, but the fairies were already gone.

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Oh, gosh! I'm almost done with the fic! In the next chappy, we'll see the aftermath of it all. I just hope I post it on time...

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