(AN: Uh, I don't have much to say this time, believe it or not. The disclaimer is in effect throughout the whole story. And I still own all those before mentioned characters, as well as Todd and Cougar, who make their first appearances in this chapter. And on we go!)

"So you stood up to the bully and became some sort of class hero?" asked Timmy.

Wanda nodded. "At the time, I thought they were all being silly. I mean, I thought any one of them could have stood up to him if they wanted to. But he was pretty big and scary, now that I look back on it."

"What did he look like?"

"He was big. And bulky. He was only six, remember, so it was even freakier. And he had blue hair and… brown eyes, I think."

"Just a minute." Timmy stood up and opened the door again, very quietly. He sighed, closed the door, and sat back down. "Nothing."

"Timmy, if your mom goes into labor, I think you'll hear it," said Wanda.

"She'll really yell in pain that much?"

"Actually, I was thinking more about your dad," said Wanda.

"Yeah, good point," admitted Timmy. "He'll probably freak out so much… so, back to your story. Were you in Fairy World?"

Wanda's eyelids fluttered as if she were about to cry, but she quickly gathered herself. She still looked very sad, though. "No. Fairy World didn't even exist back then."

"Why are you so sad?"

"You'll find out later," said Wanda.

"Oh." Timmy looked curious, but decided not to say anything. "So, you lived on Earth then?"

Wanda nodded. "Yeah. We lived in little… uh, hovel type things. The humans… or at least, the ancestors of today's humans, were much more primitive than we were. I mean, their children didn't even go to school or anything. They were really jealous of us." Wanda gulped, and her eyes started blinking a little again.

"Something about this is going to lead up to something bad," said Timmy. "I can just tell."

"You're right, but not in this chapter," said Wanda. "Right now, I should probably tell you what happened that day after school."

Timmy shrugged. "Sure. So, what happened?"

Wanda laid back a little. "Well…"

***

Wanda sat outside the school, looking very bored. School had been let out half an hour ago, and yet there she sat, waiting for her mom to come get her. All the other students had been picked up, except for Leslie. Leslie sighed in boredom and looked at Wanda.

Wanda returned the sigh. "So, are your parents working too, and too busy to come get you?"

Leslie shook her head. "I don't think so. I just think they forgot about me. Sometimes I think they forget they have me. One time I heard them tell someone that they didn't have any kids."

"Do you think they're being mean to you?" asked Wanda.

"Not really," shrugged Leslie. "They're just forgetful and stupid, I think."

A poof came out of nowhere and startled the girls. They looked up and saw Sarah.

"Where's Mommy and Daddy?" asked Wanda.

Sarah shrugged. "Working, probably. Sorry, I would have come earlier, but I kinda forgot. And I thought they'd be off work by now, anyway. Be thankful I know where school is!"

"Can Leslie come too?" asked Wanda. "Her parents forgot about her."

"They forgot about you?" asked Sarah in disbelief. Leslie nodded. "Jeez, what wonderful parents," muttered Sarah. "Okay, I'll take you home too. I hope I have enough magic saved up to get all three of us back…"

Sarah waved her wand and poofed them back home. She collapsed into a chair with relief. "Whew! I was a little worried there!"

Leslie poked her head out the window. "I can see my house from here! I'll go now."

"Are you sure it's yours?" asked Sarah.

"Yep!" said Leslie cheerfully, flying home. "See you tomorrow, Wanda! And you are awesome! And really cool!"

Sarah looked at Wanda curiously. "Alright, what'd you do?"

Wanda looked up from the tower of blocks she was making. "Oh. This kid named Randy was being mean to the kids, so I told him to knock it off, and he did."

"Oh, really?" asked Sarah, an amused smile curling up her lips.

"Yeah," said Wanda, building her tower again. "I don't know why everyone's making such a big deal about it. Anyone else coulda done it."

"I doubt it," said Sarah, the amused smile still on her face.

Just then, Paula poofed into the room. She saw Wanda, and her blue eyes looked relieved. "There you are, Wanda! I was hoping that Sarah had gotten for you. I was looking for you at school."

"Yeah, well, you're the one who's supposed to pick me up, you know," said Wanda angrily.

"I'm sorry, sweetie," said Paula sincerely. "But your father and I had to work over time today."

Another poof appeared and Sarah and Wanda's father, Todd, appeared. He had short mahogany hair and mahogany eyes.

"Hi, girls!" he said to his daughters. Sarah and Wanda flew up to give him a hug.

Paula flew into the dining room. "I know it's a little early for supper, but are you girls hungry?"

"Yeah!" cried Wanda.

"Oh, definitely," said Sarah, grabbing her stomach. "I'm starving!"

"I am too, you know, if my opinion counts for anything," said Todd.

"Well, I figured you were, dear, since we didn't even have a lunch break today." Paula waved her wand and supper appeared on the table. The family sat down and started eating.

"Oh, hey, good news!" said Sarah. "Tony and I got back together. I guess he figured that little sisters can get kinda meddlesome."

"That's great," said Todd.

"Yeah, I thought that was kinda a silly thing to break up over. So how was school today, Wanda?" asked Paula.

Sarah laughed. "Wait till you hear."

Wanda fumed a little. "It's not that big of a deal!" she cried.

"Well, dumpling, what was it?" asked Todd. "Just out of curiosity, of course."

"This kid was being mean to the other kids, so I grabbed a toy wand and told him to stop, and he did. What's so weird about that?"

"That was very brave of you, Wanda," said Paula proudly. "But you're right, I don't see why Sarah thinks it's so funny."

Sarah smiled again. "What was this kid's name, Wanda?"

"Uh, Randy," said Wanda, a little confused. "Why?"

Sarah leaned over the table to be able to talk to all three of them better. "Alright, I've got this theory. I think that Randy's got a crush on Wanda!"

"Eww! No way!" cried Wanda.

"Think about it!" laughed Sarah. "If he had a crush on her, he wouldn't want to hurt her. So he just let you win. And, by the way, I also think that Wanda approached Randy like that because she has a crush on him, too. She just won't tell us."

"I do not!" cried Wanda, glaring at her older sister.

"Alright, girls, that's enough," said Todd, motioning for his daughters to sit down. Wanda glared at her sister, but continued eating.

~She's wrong!~ thought Wanda. ~I don't have a crush on Randy!~

***

Timmy listened intently, but then sat up suddenly. "Hey! Why is there another interlude with us?"

"Because Commander wants a transition, and this was the best one she could come up with," explained Wanda.

"She's kinda a lousy author, isn't she?" muttered Timmy.

"Oh, be quiet!" yelled Commander. "That might be true, but you do not insult the author, you hear? I can control you, you know!"

"Pickled herring," said Timmy.

"Sasquatch," said Wanda.

Castle sat up and said, in a very deep and masculine voice, "Oh babe, I got da blues!"

Timmy glared at Commander. "Alright, that was creepy! Don't make us do that again! Especially Cassie!"

Wanda looked confused. "Sasquatch? What is that, anyway?"

"BACK TO THE STORY!" yelled Timmy.

"Oh, right," said Wanda quickly.

"So, did you have a crush on Randy?"

Wanda rolled her eyes. "You're as bad as my sister. No, I didn't!"

"Did he have a crush on you, then?"

"I'm not giving it away. You'll just have to find out in a later chapter."

Timmy sighed. "This story's going nowhere."

"Well, it will now. I'm going to when I was twenty and in my eighth year at the fairy academy."

"Your eighth?" asked Timmy.

Wanda nodded. "Fairies start school when they're twelve, right when they get their wand. I almost didn't get mine, actually."

"Why not?" asked Timmy.

"Well, Cosmo's birthday is only two days ahead of mine," said Wanda with a laugh, "and when he got his wand, he kinda blew up where the wand ceremony took place. They got it fixed in time for me, though."

Timmy laughed, too. "Typical Cosmo!"

"Yeah, he's been the way you know him his whole life," said Wanda with an amused smile. "Well, anyway, I was at the fairy academy that one day, and it was lunch time…"

***

Wanda sat down at the table where Leslie was, setting her plate right across from her. "Is the food any good today?" she asked.

Leslie stuck out her tongue. "Not so great. How were your classes today?"

Wanda sighed. She had taken archeology as her major, and enjoyed studying it, but… "My teacher makes my class a living hell. How about your hair styling classes?"

Leslie smiled. "Fun, as usual." Leslie was very creative with hair. Her own pink hair was in a bun, with a ponytail sticking out of it. "But I'm glad we've got our general classes together this afternoon."

"Yeah, me too," said Wanda.

Leslie looked up. "Hey, look, Wanda, it's your boyfriend."

Wanda looked and saw Randy walking by. She glared at Leslie. "For the last time, he is not my boyfriend, and will never be my boyfriend!"

"Your sister seems to think that you'll be married someday," said Leslie, laughing.

Wanda grinned slyly. "Well then, how's your boyfriend doing?"

Leslie bit her lip. "Look, I like him, but can you really see us together? I mean…"

"Better shut up, here he comes," whispered Wanda quickly. Just after she said that, Cosmo flew up to them.

"Hi, Wanda! Hi, Leslie!" their childhood friend said.

"Hey, Cosmo!" said Wanda. She grinned at Leslie. Leslie gave her a look, but then smiled at Cosmo sweetly.

"Would you like to sit here, Cosmo?" she asked, motioning to the seat next to her.

"Sure!" said Cosmo, sitting down next to Leslie. Leslie looked curiously at his tray.

"Uh… you got nothing but cheese?" she asked.

"Yeah!" cried Cosmo. "I LOVE CHEESE!" He started scarffing down his food.

Wanda chuckled. Leslie and Cosmo were her best friends, and although she didn't know many of Cosmo's secrets (he probably didn't have many, anyway) she certainly knew a lot of Leslie's, like how she had a huge crush on Cosmo. Wanda didn't see why she didn't just tell him, but Leslie would always just say, "I'm not as brave as you."

Yeah, well, what did that mean? That Leslie was scared of Cosmo?

"Hey."

The three fairies turned around. There was an older male fairy hovering in front of them, with slightly long, wavy golden-blonde hair, and honey colored eyes. Wanda and Leslie's mouths dropped open. He was… soooooo handsome…

The fairy pointed to the empty seat by Wanda. "Is that seat taken?" he asked.

Wanda and Leslie continued to stare. Cosmo swallowed his cheese and said, "Actually, my friend's going to sit here."

"Oh, okay," said the stud, flying off to another table.

Wanda glared at Cosmo. "What friend?" she yelled. "We're the only friends you have!"

Leslie gasped and glared at Wanda, even though she knew that what she said was true. No one else could put up with Cosmo's… weirdness.

Cosmo didn't seem offended at all, though. "I told Xavier he could sit with me."

"Oh," said Wanda, calming down a little. "Sorry, Cosmo, I seriously didn't know he was your friend."

"Well, duh!" cried Cosmo. "You two are my best friends, though."

Wanda took a bite of her chicken fried steak and almost puked. "Ugh, this stuff tastes terrible. I'm going to dump it." She got up and flew her tray to the garbage.

She dumped her tray and was about the head back when he came up. He saw Wanda and smiled at her. Wanda could feel her knees buckling.

He dumped his tray and smiled at her again. "Nasty, isn't it?"

Wanda nodded dumbly.

He extended his hand. "My name's Cougar, by the way. What's yours?"

"…Wanda," Wanda managed to say. She grasped his hand and shook it.

"So, Wanda, are you a younger student here? I haven't seen you around, but not that I'm very observant."

"I'm twenty," said Wanda, managing to talk again. "How old are you?"

"Forty-two," said Cougar. Wanda grinned a little. He was older than her sister! But then again, he wasn't too much older than her. It's not like he was ten thousand or something. And some fairies actually did have relationships with fairies that far apart in age. Considering how long a fairy lives, it's not all that surprising. "I'm probably going to graduate this year," he continued.

"What's your major?" asked Wanda.

"Archeology."

"Really? That's mine, too!"

Cougar grinned. "Really? Small world! So, uh, I was wondering… are you doing anything tonight?"

Wanda gasped. She couldn't help it, but still… here was this really hot guy, asking her out! She couldn't believe it. "…no, I'm not…"

"Well, then, wanna meet me at seven? Like, outside this building or something? We could decide what to do and where to go from there."

"Okay," said Wanda, smiling widely. "See you then!"

"Yeah, see you!" said Cougar, going to sit back down with his friends.

Wanda zipped back to her table, where Xavier had joined Leslie and Cosmo. "GUESS WHAT YOU GUYS?" she cried.

"What?" they all cried.

"Remember that hunk who wanted to sit here?" asked Wanda.

"Of course!" cried Leslie.

"He asked me out!"

Leslie flew up in shock. "Oh my God! You said yes, right?"

"Yeah! We're going at at seven tonight. His name's cougar!"

Xavier stared at them. "Girls," he said with a sigh. "I mean, who dates a guy named after a feline?"

Cosmo looked a little annoyed too. "I didn't think he was that hot…"

(AN: Sorry it's so long again. Maybe next chapter will be shorter. Probably not. But see you then, anyway.)