(AN: Yep, I jacked the rating to PG-13. But you're all mature anyway, I think. I'm tired of writing the disclaimer. You should know it by know. I still own nothing except the characters I've thrown in here that have sprung out of my mind. And once again, thanks very much for all your nice reviews. (Commander: They like me! They really like me! Katie: Shut up, Commander!) Yes, I talk to myself. And I answer myself. And now, I shall dedicate this chapter to CosmoGal14, because she stalks me. Muah ha ha. Just kidding. But I'll dedicate the chapter to her, anyway. And now I shall apologize to her, since she gets mixed up with my story and JediWanda's story. And I'm not surprised, actually. I'll apologize to JediWanda, too, because our stories really are similar. I've had this story mostly mapped out in my head for a long time, now, but she got to writing a similar one down first, and so I'm sitting here all uncreative. Oh, what the heck, I'll dedicate the chapter to JediWanda, too, cuz her story is more awesomer (uh… is that a word?) than mine. Hopefully it'll be extra long so you girls don't have to fight over it.)
Castle's muffled cries temporarily interrupted Wanda's story. She flew over to her daughter's cradle and picked her up. Timmy sat on his bed, grinning.
"Ha! I knew it! You and Cougar had to get serious sometime!"
Wanda waved her wand and poofed up a bottle for Castle, whose cries were becoming louder. "Of course! I mean, what could you NOT like about Cougar? He was sweet and fun and cute and…"
"Basically, like a smarter Cosmo?" asked Timmy.
"Well, Cosmo's funnier. And actually, he's even sweeter than Cougar was… you know, they're a lot alike, but I don't really like to compare them. I'm thankful for my relationship with Cougar, and I loved him a lot, you know. Part of me still does…"
"Oh great, an adulteress," muttered Timmy loudly over Castle's cries that gave way to her suckling on her bottle. He wasn't worried about his parents hearing them, because a few months ago he had wished that every time his parents had heard Castle cry, they would think it was Timmy's video game. And sure enough…
"Timmy! Turn that video game down!" cried Mr. Turner. "How will I hear your mother if she goes into labor this very second?"
"I think you'll be able to tell, dear!" said Mrs. Turner testily.
"I am NOT an adulteress!" cried Wanda, also sounding a little testy. "I love Cosmo dearly and I would never cheat on him, and marrying him was the best decision I ever made! But…" Wanda sighed. "Some people say that you only have one true love in your life. I don't really believe that. I loved Cougar dearly, too. And I still do… more in a very good friends, nostalgic way, though."
"Wanda, I was just joking," said Timmy with a sigh.
"Oh… I knew that," said Wanda, blushing a little. She sat back down on Timmy's bed, rocking the suckling Castle gently.
"So… what happened after that?" asked Timmy. He was really getting involved in Wanda's story.
"Well, the next school day was very awkward," said Wanda, a dreamy, nostalgic look on her face…
***
"I must be the luckiest girl ever," said Wanda dreamily, gazing up at the ceiling. Her fork picked at her food unconsciously, and she was oblivious to all the fairies eating around her in the cafeteria.
Well, she might have been oblivious, but she DID notice the silence of two particular fairies. Wanda looked Cosmo and Leslie in the eye crossly. "Alright, what is the problem with you two? Aren't you happy for me? I'm your best friend!"
She sighed inwardly. Both Cosmo and Leslie shifted their gazes towards their trays, with downcast looks etched on their faces. Wanda reached over and patted them both on their shoulders. "Look, you guys, I'm sorry. Why are you two so upset? You can tell me. I'm your best friend." She rolled her eyes slightly at the redundancy of that phrase.
Leslie looked up and sighed in resignation. "Okay. Look, I don't know why Cosmo's sad. And I'm not really… all that sad," she said quickly, although Wanda could tell Leslie was lying through her teeth. "I'm just kinda jealous of you. I mean, don't think I'm going to steal Cougar, cuz I'm not. I just wish I could have meaningful romantic relationship like that. I mean, look at me! You two are the only ones who really care…"
Wanda knew the real reason behind Leslie's sadness. She wanted Cosmo. Wanda cleared her throat, trying to think of something to say. "Leslie, it is great to be in a relationship like that, where you love someone with all your heart and he feels the same way about you. But you don't have to have one. Like my mom told me, a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."
Cosmo looked up from his tray. "Huh?" he asked in confusion.
"It means you don't need one," said Wanda. "Your turn, Cosmo. Why are you sad? Do you long for a meaningful, romantic relationship?"
Cosmo's eyes grew wide and his lower lip trembled. He looked so helpless that Wanda had to fight a strong urge to fly over to him and hug him, as a mother would hug an upset child. With a loud wail, he cried out, "YEEEEEEEESSSSS!" and started sobbing uncontrollably. Naturally, the whole cafeteria stared at him in silence.
"Idiot," Randy finally muttered. (AN: Remember him? Well, you'll need to… hint hint.)
"Shut up!" yelled Leslie. The hum of voices filled the cafeteria once more, as Leslie seized this opportunity to be affectionate to her secret love. She pulled him into a tight hug.
"It's okay, Cozzie, it's okay," she murmured gently.
Cosmo dried his tears while still clinging to Leslie. "Yeah, it's no big deal… I guess a man without a woman is like a bicycle without a fish!"
"That makes sense," said Wanda.
"But that's not the main reason why I'm sad," said Cosmo abruptly, pulling away from Leslie.
Leslie looked surprised. "Well then, what is it?"
"Well, it's two things," said Cosmo, holding up three fingers. "The first thing is that my teacher says that if I don't do better in class, she's gonna kick me out into the military academy."
Wanda and Leslie gasped. The military academy! Sure, some fairies went there because they wanted that profession, but the brunt of the actual wing soldiers (which are basically like human foot soldiers… get it? Ha ha… yeah) were outcasts, delinquents, and mentally challenged "wastes" of fairy society.
"I don't know what that is," continued Cosmo, unaware of the fate that possibly awaited him, "but I don't wanna be separated from you two! And the second thing is…it's about the dance."
Wanda noticed a hopeful look growing in Leslie's eyes. "What about the dance?" she asked, a little too quickly.
"Well, when I went to it… I, uh, asked my dad if I could go, because I knew he would let me. But I didn't even tell my mama, cuz I knew she wouldn't let me go. And when I got home she freaked out at me! I told her that Dad let me go, but…"
"Why won't your mother let you go to a simple school dance?" asked Wanda in disbelief. "You're twenty-one years old!"
"She doesn't want anything to happen to me!" cried Cosmo. "Also, she doesn't trust me around other fairies too much. Sure, just because I turned my dad into a fly a couple of times… only about once a year! And she can always change him back!" Cosmo slumped down a little. "So she told me that I can't go to any more dances."
Wanda rolled her eyes. "Cosmo, you're twenty--one years old. You don't have to listen to your mother anymore. You're an adult!"
Cosmo gave Wanda a strange look, one that was half glowing awe and appreciation, and half that clearly thought Wanda was off her rocker. "But I always do everything my mama tells me to!"
"Mama's boy," said Leslie with a chuckle.
"She doesn't have to control you," said Wanda.
Cosmo nodded vigorously. "Yes she does!" he cried. "And she won't even let me see you girls out of school anymore! Actually, she wanted me to not even see you in school, but Dad talked her out of it--"
"Why that demanding little--" started Wanda.
"Sounds like you could use a buddy with you 24/7," said Leslie. She waved her wand and created a medium sized, white plush teddy bear. "Here you go, Cosmo."
Cosmo gasped. "Oooooohhhh, he's so cuuuuute! Thanks Leslie! You're a great friend!" He raised his wand in the air.
"Cosmo, wait!" cried Wanda, knowing what usually happened when he tried to create something.
To her surprise, however, Cosmo materialized a bouquet of gorgeous, colorful flowers. Leslie gasped even louder than Cosmo had. "Oh my God, Cosmo! They're gorgeous! Thank you!" She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.
Cosmo grinned at her, then turned towards Wanda. "Here you go, Wanda! You should get some flowers too!"
Another bouquet appeared in front of Wanda. Leslie smiled. "And a teddy bear," she said, poofing up another teddy bear.
"Well, you two deserve something too," said Wanda, blushing furiously. She waved her wand and, simultaneously, a bouquet of flowers appeared in front of Cosmo and a teddy bear appeared in front of Leslie.
"Awesome!" cried Leslie. "These can be tokens of our friendship." The bell rang at that moment.
Xavier flew by. Although he was kind of in a different group than our main three, he did talk with them occasionally, and was about the only other fairy who seemed to tolerate Cosmo. "What's this, the dating game?" he asked.
Leslie grinned. "Just tokens of our friendship!"
"Cool! Well, I'd better get to class. See you later." Xavier flew off.
Wanda stood up quickly. "Cosmo, I'll walk you home today after school, okay?"
Cosmo looked delighted. "Sure!" he cried.
"Can I come too?" asked Leslie, a flint of jealousy kindled in her pink eyes.
"Of course," said Wanda, grinning. She could understand Leslie's suspicion, but Wanda had no intention of stealing Cosmo. No, she had another idea…
***
The three friends flew to Cosmo's house after school that day. Cosmo looked nervous. "Uh, you girls had better leave now… my mama doesn't want me with you…"
"It's okay, Cosmo," said Wanda reassuringly. "Just think about cheese."
"Mmmm! Cheese!" cried Cosmo happily, his apprehension forgotten. In fact, he even started flying in little flips through the air.
"Look over there," Leslie said to Wanda. Wanda followed Leslie's gaze. Three small human children were watching the fairies in awe. Leslie grinned. "Human children are so cute." She waved at them.
Wanda sighed. "Yeah, too bad they grow up to be suspicious adult humans."
Leslie sighed too. "Wanda, you are way too cynical." She looked forward again. "We're at Cosmo's house now. Could you please tell me what you're going to do?"
"I'm just going to talk with Cosmo's mom," said Wanda. She knocked on the door.
Cosmo stopped doing flips in the air. "What are you doing?" he asked in alarm.
The door opened. Wanda smiled. It was obviously Cosmo's father. "Hi, uh, Cosmo's dad. I'm Cosmo's friend Wanda, and this is our friend Leslie."
"Nice house," said Leslie sincerely.
"Hi Dad!" said Cosmo happily, his caution forgotten again.
"Hi Cosmo!" said Cosmo's dad. "And hi Wanda and Leslie. I recognized you, of course. Cosmo tells Cosma and I a lot about you. My name's Pluto."
"Pluto and Cosma?" asked Leslie in shock.
"Yeah," said Pluto, grinning a little. "If Cosmo had been a girl we would have named him Pluta."
"Cute," said Wanda. "Well, the reason I'm here is because I want to talk to--"
"Hi Mama!" cried Cosmo, because guess who just entered the doorway? (Dun dun dun! (That was supposed to be creepy music)) MAMA COSMA!
"How's my little Cosmo-lolo?" said Cosma affectionately, hugging her son tightly. She then turned to Wanda and Leslie. "And who are you two?" she asked a little frostily.
"They're Wanda and Leslie, dearest," said Pluto. "You know, Cosmo's friends that he's told us so much about."
"I see," said Cosma, her lips tightening.
"Uh… the reason I'm here, Mama Cosma, is because I wanted to talk to you," said Wanda.
"How ironic!" cried Cosma. "Because I wanted to talk to you two! Pluto, Cosmo, get inside." She pushed her husband and son inside the house and shut the door.
"Yes, Mama!" cried Cosmo from inside.
"He really IS a mama's boy," said Leslie with a laugh, stopping when she remembered that Mama Cosma was standing right in front of her.
"You're quite right!" cried Cosma angrily. "He's my joy in life, my one true happiness, and I will NOT have you girls taking him from me!"
"Cosmo's twenty-one years old!" cried Wanda. "He's not a baby anymore! He can make decisions by himself!"
"What Wanda's trying to say," cut in Leslie in a sweet and gentle voice, "is that Cosmo does have a life outside his family. Wanda and I care about him as much as you do. He's our best friend, and we see all the good things in him that you do. Unfortunately, we're some of the only people who do. Cosmo's very special, and because of that he's kind of isolated as school. Only Wanda and I--and Xavier, to some extent--understand him. Cosmo told us that you don't want us seeing him anymore, but if you want your son to be happy, then I beg you, let us continue to be friends!"
Wanda breathed a sigh of relief. If she had continued on with that temper of hers, Cosma would have certainly banished them from seeing Cosmo again.
However, as good as Leslie's argument had been, Cosma still looked unbending. "I know what you girls want! You're going to take him away from me and date him and then break his heart!"
"What?" laughed Wanda. "Look, Cosma, I already have a boyfriend, with whom I am in a very happy relationship. Leslie and I are just Cosmo's friends, nothing more." Wanda knew she was lying, of course, but saying that Leslie was actually madly in love with Cosmo wasn't going to help this situation.
Cosma fumed. "Just--don't ever come here again!" With that, she poofed herself back into her house.
Wanda gritted her teeth. "Why that good-for-nothing--"
"Uh, come on Wanda, let's go home," said Leslie quickly.
***
Timmy chuckled. "I see that Mama Cosma hasn't changed all that much either."
"Actually, she's gotten worse, after Pluto…" Wanda hesitated.
"After he what?" asked Timmy.
"I'll tell you later," said Wanda quietly. She looked down at Castle and smiled. Castle had also been listening intently to her mother's story, as if she could understand everything that Wanda was saying.
Timmy sighed. Waaaaaay too many cliffhangers here, he thought. "Okay. So, how were things with you and Cougar?"
Wanda grinned sheepishly. "Well, we, uh…"
"What?" prodded Timmy. Wanda didn't answer. Timmy sighed. "Look, Wanda, I'm eleven years old. I know about the birds and the bees stuff. If it's something like that, I'm old enough to know."
"Oh, alright! We had sex!" cried Wanda. Timmy gasped and threw himself on the ground.
"Virgin ears! Virgin ears!" he yelled. Wanda sighed. Castle, whose ears were much more virgin than Timmy's, just laughed.
"Okay, I'm over that," said Timmy quickly, getting back up on the bed. "So, you two seriously…"
"Only twice," said Wanda quickly. "We tried to contain ourselves, and usually did. And while I'm talking about this, I would like to tell you that I strongly disprove of premarital sex--"
"Oh great, now you're a hypocrite," muttered Timmy.
"Experience is a great teacher," said Wanda quickly. "I mean, I am ten thousand, two hundred eighty-one years old. I have had more experience than you."
"Okay, okay, enough with the sermon, I get it," said Timmy. "So was it fun?"
Wanda smiled dreamily. "Yeah," she said. She quickly shook out of it. "I mean, yes."
Timmy rolled his eyes. "Admit it, Wanda, you've still got a thing for him."
Wanda scooted closer towards her godson and put her arm around his shoulder. "No, I don't," she said sincerely. "It's just the memory of it and how much I loved him that makes me happy. Memories are a great thing, you know."
Timmy smiled and hugged Wanda, being careful not to crush Castle, who was still in her mother's arms. "I believe you, Wanda. I was kinda joking there, too. And every day I can tell how much you love Cosmo."
"And you, I hope," said Wanda, kissing Timmy on the cheek. "Cosmo and I love you like you were our own son."
"But you have a daughter, not a son," said Timmy.
"Uh, it's an expression, dumpling," said Wanda.
"Oh. Well, I love you, too," said Timmy, hugging Wanda again. "You and Cosmo. You two are the best godparents I could ever have!"
Castle looked up at Timmy with her big, silver eyes. Timmy touched her cheek. "And you're the best god sister I could ever have! But enough with this. Continue with your story, Wanda."
"Alright. Let's see, where was I?" Wanda sat in deep thought for a moment. "Alright, about nine months after that--"
"Were you still going out with Cougar?" asked Timmy.
"Yep. Anyway, Leslie and I were in our general fairy classes when…"
***
Wanda sat her textbook down with a sigh. "I honestly don't care about the small group of humans who had magic qualities and were the ancestors of today's fairies."
Leslie grinned. "Well, Wanda, if it weren't for them, we wouldn't be here, you know."
Wanda smiled at Leslie.
BOOOOOOM!
***
A few minutes later…
Wanda regained consciousness and looked around her in shock. Many other students around her were doing the same thing. Leslie stood up, looking a little woozy. "Oooooh… what happened?" she asked.
She and Wanda managed to fly up in the air, Leslie still looking disoriented. Then Wanda heard a familiar voice…
"See? I told you I could make flowers!"
"Cosmo, this is the last straw! Thank goodness no one was killed, but if they were, it would have been on your account! You're too destructive and stupid to stay here. You're going to military academy!"
Wanda gasped. Leslie looked around her, still confused. "Alright, what punk blew up the school? Just wait'll I get my hands on him--"
"Leslie, it was Cosmo! They're sending him to military academy!" said Wanda in hardly surpressed shock, anger, sadness, and confusion.
"They can't!" gasped Leslie. She and Wanda flew over to where Cosmo was getting the reprimanding of his life.
"You can't take him!" they both yelled, flying up to his teacher.
Cosmo stood on the ground below, his lip trembling. When he spoke, it was in a tight, frail whisper. "I don't know what I… I just… I didn't mean to…" Finally his voice broke completely, and he wept bitterly.
Cosmo's teacher pointed to the rubble that had once been their school. "He tried to make a flower, and instead he did this. I can't take that stupid little fairy anymore! He needs to be sent to a place where he can be kept in order!"
"Cosmo is not stupid!" cried Leslie.
"And he can make flowers!" cried Wanda. "He made some for me nine months ago! Real ones! And they're still alive! The flowers I make only stay alive for about two weeks!"
"He hasn't shown me he can do anything like that," said his teacher. "And I don't want to have him try again!" She waved her wand, and both she and Cosmo poofed out of sight.
Leslie kicked a rock in anger, then sank to the ground, sobbing. "They took him away from us!" she wept. "And how will we be able to see him with Mama Cosma getting in our hair?"
Wanda didn't say anything. She just stared into space sadly. One of the teachers looked at the mess. "Well…I guess you can all go home… there obviously won't be any more classes today…"
Leslie sat on the ground in silence. Wanda floated off to her house, not even looking at Leslie. When she got there, she opened the door and floated in.
"Mom? Dad?" she called out. She then noticed a note on the table:
Wanda, your mom's in labor. We're at the hospital. -Dad
Wanda gasped. "Oh my gosh…" She tore out of her house, heading straight for the hospital.
The lady at the front desk looked up at Wanda distractedly. "May I help you?"
"My parents," said Wanda breathlessly, "their names are Paula and Todd, my mom was in labor, are they here?"
"Oh yes, them," said the lady. "Room five."
Wanda speed towards the door and listened. She could hear a baby crying from the inside…
She knocked. "Mom, Dad, it's me!" Can I come in?"
The door flew open, and Sarah grabbed Wanda's arm. "Come see him! Come see him! Come see our baby brother!"
Wanda flew over to her mother, who was holding a small baby with purple hair and blue eyes, much like his mother's. Wanda gasped in amazement.
"Wow, Mom, he's so… perfect," said Wanda. "What's his name?"
Todd smiled. "David. But we'll probably call him Davy for short."
"Uh, Mom? Dad? There's something I have to tell you."
"What is it, sweetie?" asked Paula.
"And shouldn't you be at school?" asked Todd.
"That's what I have to tell you. Cosmo blew up the school."
Paula, Todd, Sarah, and even Davy all stared at Wanda.
Wanda sighed. "Today wasn't very good. Let me explain."
(AN: Okay, that was long. And yes, Davy is named after my little brother. Yep, Wanda and I have a lot in common, and one of those things is haveing a little brother named Davy! I would've named a fairy after my older brother, but since his name is Tim, I'd probably get him confused with Timmy. Actually, I do anyway. (As I watch FOP: That's my brother! Wait, no it's not.) I guess I should dedicate this chapter to my brother Davy, too, who is also a dedicated FOP fan. Well, goodbye until the next chapter!)
Castle's muffled cries temporarily interrupted Wanda's story. She flew over to her daughter's cradle and picked her up. Timmy sat on his bed, grinning.
"Ha! I knew it! You and Cougar had to get serious sometime!"
Wanda waved her wand and poofed up a bottle for Castle, whose cries were becoming louder. "Of course! I mean, what could you NOT like about Cougar? He was sweet and fun and cute and…"
"Basically, like a smarter Cosmo?" asked Timmy.
"Well, Cosmo's funnier. And actually, he's even sweeter than Cougar was… you know, they're a lot alike, but I don't really like to compare them. I'm thankful for my relationship with Cougar, and I loved him a lot, you know. Part of me still does…"
"Oh great, an adulteress," muttered Timmy loudly over Castle's cries that gave way to her suckling on her bottle. He wasn't worried about his parents hearing them, because a few months ago he had wished that every time his parents had heard Castle cry, they would think it was Timmy's video game. And sure enough…
"Timmy! Turn that video game down!" cried Mr. Turner. "How will I hear your mother if she goes into labor this very second?"
"I think you'll be able to tell, dear!" said Mrs. Turner testily.
"I am NOT an adulteress!" cried Wanda, also sounding a little testy. "I love Cosmo dearly and I would never cheat on him, and marrying him was the best decision I ever made! But…" Wanda sighed. "Some people say that you only have one true love in your life. I don't really believe that. I loved Cougar dearly, too. And I still do… more in a very good friends, nostalgic way, though."
"Wanda, I was just joking," said Timmy with a sigh.
"Oh… I knew that," said Wanda, blushing a little. She sat back down on Timmy's bed, rocking the suckling Castle gently.
"So… what happened after that?" asked Timmy. He was really getting involved in Wanda's story.
"Well, the next school day was very awkward," said Wanda, a dreamy, nostalgic look on her face…
***
"I must be the luckiest girl ever," said Wanda dreamily, gazing up at the ceiling. Her fork picked at her food unconsciously, and she was oblivious to all the fairies eating around her in the cafeteria.
Well, she might have been oblivious, but she DID notice the silence of two particular fairies. Wanda looked Cosmo and Leslie in the eye crossly. "Alright, what is the problem with you two? Aren't you happy for me? I'm your best friend!"
She sighed inwardly. Both Cosmo and Leslie shifted their gazes towards their trays, with downcast looks etched on their faces. Wanda reached over and patted them both on their shoulders. "Look, you guys, I'm sorry. Why are you two so upset? You can tell me. I'm your best friend." She rolled her eyes slightly at the redundancy of that phrase.
Leslie looked up and sighed in resignation. "Okay. Look, I don't know why Cosmo's sad. And I'm not really… all that sad," she said quickly, although Wanda could tell Leslie was lying through her teeth. "I'm just kinda jealous of you. I mean, don't think I'm going to steal Cougar, cuz I'm not. I just wish I could have meaningful romantic relationship like that. I mean, look at me! You two are the only ones who really care…"
Wanda knew the real reason behind Leslie's sadness. She wanted Cosmo. Wanda cleared her throat, trying to think of something to say. "Leslie, it is great to be in a relationship like that, where you love someone with all your heart and he feels the same way about you. But you don't have to have one. Like my mom told me, a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."
Cosmo looked up from his tray. "Huh?" he asked in confusion.
"It means you don't need one," said Wanda. "Your turn, Cosmo. Why are you sad? Do you long for a meaningful, romantic relationship?"
Cosmo's eyes grew wide and his lower lip trembled. He looked so helpless that Wanda had to fight a strong urge to fly over to him and hug him, as a mother would hug an upset child. With a loud wail, he cried out, "YEEEEEEEESSSSS!" and started sobbing uncontrollably. Naturally, the whole cafeteria stared at him in silence.
"Idiot," Randy finally muttered. (AN: Remember him? Well, you'll need to… hint hint.)
"Shut up!" yelled Leslie. The hum of voices filled the cafeteria once more, as Leslie seized this opportunity to be affectionate to her secret love. She pulled him into a tight hug.
"It's okay, Cozzie, it's okay," she murmured gently.
Cosmo dried his tears while still clinging to Leslie. "Yeah, it's no big deal… I guess a man without a woman is like a bicycle without a fish!"
"That makes sense," said Wanda.
"But that's not the main reason why I'm sad," said Cosmo abruptly, pulling away from Leslie.
Leslie looked surprised. "Well then, what is it?"
"Well, it's two things," said Cosmo, holding up three fingers. "The first thing is that my teacher says that if I don't do better in class, she's gonna kick me out into the military academy."
Wanda and Leslie gasped. The military academy! Sure, some fairies went there because they wanted that profession, but the brunt of the actual wing soldiers (which are basically like human foot soldiers… get it? Ha ha… yeah) were outcasts, delinquents, and mentally challenged "wastes" of fairy society.
"I don't know what that is," continued Cosmo, unaware of the fate that possibly awaited him, "but I don't wanna be separated from you two! And the second thing is…it's about the dance."
Wanda noticed a hopeful look growing in Leslie's eyes. "What about the dance?" she asked, a little too quickly.
"Well, when I went to it… I, uh, asked my dad if I could go, because I knew he would let me. But I didn't even tell my mama, cuz I knew she wouldn't let me go. And when I got home she freaked out at me! I told her that Dad let me go, but…"
"Why won't your mother let you go to a simple school dance?" asked Wanda in disbelief. "You're twenty-one years old!"
"She doesn't want anything to happen to me!" cried Cosmo. "Also, she doesn't trust me around other fairies too much. Sure, just because I turned my dad into a fly a couple of times… only about once a year! And she can always change him back!" Cosmo slumped down a little. "So she told me that I can't go to any more dances."
Wanda rolled her eyes. "Cosmo, you're twenty--one years old. You don't have to listen to your mother anymore. You're an adult!"
Cosmo gave Wanda a strange look, one that was half glowing awe and appreciation, and half that clearly thought Wanda was off her rocker. "But I always do everything my mama tells me to!"
"Mama's boy," said Leslie with a chuckle.
"She doesn't have to control you," said Wanda.
Cosmo nodded vigorously. "Yes she does!" he cried. "And she won't even let me see you girls out of school anymore! Actually, she wanted me to not even see you in school, but Dad talked her out of it--"
"Why that demanding little--" started Wanda.
"Sounds like you could use a buddy with you 24/7," said Leslie. She waved her wand and created a medium sized, white plush teddy bear. "Here you go, Cosmo."
Cosmo gasped. "Oooooohhhh, he's so cuuuuute! Thanks Leslie! You're a great friend!" He raised his wand in the air.
"Cosmo, wait!" cried Wanda, knowing what usually happened when he tried to create something.
To her surprise, however, Cosmo materialized a bouquet of gorgeous, colorful flowers. Leslie gasped even louder than Cosmo had. "Oh my God, Cosmo! They're gorgeous! Thank you!" She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.
Cosmo grinned at her, then turned towards Wanda. "Here you go, Wanda! You should get some flowers too!"
Another bouquet appeared in front of Wanda. Leslie smiled. "And a teddy bear," she said, poofing up another teddy bear.
"Well, you two deserve something too," said Wanda, blushing furiously. She waved her wand and, simultaneously, a bouquet of flowers appeared in front of Cosmo and a teddy bear appeared in front of Leslie.
"Awesome!" cried Leslie. "These can be tokens of our friendship." The bell rang at that moment.
Xavier flew by. Although he was kind of in a different group than our main three, he did talk with them occasionally, and was about the only other fairy who seemed to tolerate Cosmo. "What's this, the dating game?" he asked.
Leslie grinned. "Just tokens of our friendship!"
"Cool! Well, I'd better get to class. See you later." Xavier flew off.
Wanda stood up quickly. "Cosmo, I'll walk you home today after school, okay?"
Cosmo looked delighted. "Sure!" he cried.
"Can I come too?" asked Leslie, a flint of jealousy kindled in her pink eyes.
"Of course," said Wanda, grinning. She could understand Leslie's suspicion, but Wanda had no intention of stealing Cosmo. No, she had another idea…
***
The three friends flew to Cosmo's house after school that day. Cosmo looked nervous. "Uh, you girls had better leave now… my mama doesn't want me with you…"
"It's okay, Cosmo," said Wanda reassuringly. "Just think about cheese."
"Mmmm! Cheese!" cried Cosmo happily, his apprehension forgotten. In fact, he even started flying in little flips through the air.
"Look over there," Leslie said to Wanda. Wanda followed Leslie's gaze. Three small human children were watching the fairies in awe. Leslie grinned. "Human children are so cute." She waved at them.
Wanda sighed. "Yeah, too bad they grow up to be suspicious adult humans."
Leslie sighed too. "Wanda, you are way too cynical." She looked forward again. "We're at Cosmo's house now. Could you please tell me what you're going to do?"
"I'm just going to talk with Cosmo's mom," said Wanda. She knocked on the door.
Cosmo stopped doing flips in the air. "What are you doing?" he asked in alarm.
The door opened. Wanda smiled. It was obviously Cosmo's father. "Hi, uh, Cosmo's dad. I'm Cosmo's friend Wanda, and this is our friend Leslie."
"Nice house," said Leslie sincerely.
"Hi Dad!" said Cosmo happily, his caution forgotten again.
"Hi Cosmo!" said Cosmo's dad. "And hi Wanda and Leslie. I recognized you, of course. Cosmo tells Cosma and I a lot about you. My name's Pluto."
"Pluto and Cosma?" asked Leslie in shock.
"Yeah," said Pluto, grinning a little. "If Cosmo had been a girl we would have named him Pluta."
"Cute," said Wanda. "Well, the reason I'm here is because I want to talk to--"
"Hi Mama!" cried Cosmo, because guess who just entered the doorway? (Dun dun dun! (That was supposed to be creepy music)) MAMA COSMA!
"How's my little Cosmo-lolo?" said Cosma affectionately, hugging her son tightly. She then turned to Wanda and Leslie. "And who are you two?" she asked a little frostily.
"They're Wanda and Leslie, dearest," said Pluto. "You know, Cosmo's friends that he's told us so much about."
"I see," said Cosma, her lips tightening.
"Uh… the reason I'm here, Mama Cosma, is because I wanted to talk to you," said Wanda.
"How ironic!" cried Cosma. "Because I wanted to talk to you two! Pluto, Cosmo, get inside." She pushed her husband and son inside the house and shut the door.
"Yes, Mama!" cried Cosmo from inside.
"He really IS a mama's boy," said Leslie with a laugh, stopping when she remembered that Mama Cosma was standing right in front of her.
"You're quite right!" cried Cosma angrily. "He's my joy in life, my one true happiness, and I will NOT have you girls taking him from me!"
"Cosmo's twenty-one years old!" cried Wanda. "He's not a baby anymore! He can make decisions by himself!"
"What Wanda's trying to say," cut in Leslie in a sweet and gentle voice, "is that Cosmo does have a life outside his family. Wanda and I care about him as much as you do. He's our best friend, and we see all the good things in him that you do. Unfortunately, we're some of the only people who do. Cosmo's very special, and because of that he's kind of isolated as school. Only Wanda and I--and Xavier, to some extent--understand him. Cosmo told us that you don't want us seeing him anymore, but if you want your son to be happy, then I beg you, let us continue to be friends!"
Wanda breathed a sigh of relief. If she had continued on with that temper of hers, Cosma would have certainly banished them from seeing Cosmo again.
However, as good as Leslie's argument had been, Cosma still looked unbending. "I know what you girls want! You're going to take him away from me and date him and then break his heart!"
"What?" laughed Wanda. "Look, Cosma, I already have a boyfriend, with whom I am in a very happy relationship. Leslie and I are just Cosmo's friends, nothing more." Wanda knew she was lying, of course, but saying that Leslie was actually madly in love with Cosmo wasn't going to help this situation.
Cosma fumed. "Just--don't ever come here again!" With that, she poofed herself back into her house.
Wanda gritted her teeth. "Why that good-for-nothing--"
"Uh, come on Wanda, let's go home," said Leslie quickly.
***
Timmy chuckled. "I see that Mama Cosma hasn't changed all that much either."
"Actually, she's gotten worse, after Pluto…" Wanda hesitated.
"After he what?" asked Timmy.
"I'll tell you later," said Wanda quietly. She looked down at Castle and smiled. Castle had also been listening intently to her mother's story, as if she could understand everything that Wanda was saying.
Timmy sighed. Waaaaaay too many cliffhangers here, he thought. "Okay. So, how were things with you and Cougar?"
Wanda grinned sheepishly. "Well, we, uh…"
"What?" prodded Timmy. Wanda didn't answer. Timmy sighed. "Look, Wanda, I'm eleven years old. I know about the birds and the bees stuff. If it's something like that, I'm old enough to know."
"Oh, alright! We had sex!" cried Wanda. Timmy gasped and threw himself on the ground.
"Virgin ears! Virgin ears!" he yelled. Wanda sighed. Castle, whose ears were much more virgin than Timmy's, just laughed.
"Okay, I'm over that," said Timmy quickly, getting back up on the bed. "So, you two seriously…"
"Only twice," said Wanda quickly. "We tried to contain ourselves, and usually did. And while I'm talking about this, I would like to tell you that I strongly disprove of premarital sex--"
"Oh great, now you're a hypocrite," muttered Timmy.
"Experience is a great teacher," said Wanda quickly. "I mean, I am ten thousand, two hundred eighty-one years old. I have had more experience than you."
"Okay, okay, enough with the sermon, I get it," said Timmy. "So was it fun?"
Wanda smiled dreamily. "Yeah," she said. She quickly shook out of it. "I mean, yes."
Timmy rolled his eyes. "Admit it, Wanda, you've still got a thing for him."
Wanda scooted closer towards her godson and put her arm around his shoulder. "No, I don't," she said sincerely. "It's just the memory of it and how much I loved him that makes me happy. Memories are a great thing, you know."
Timmy smiled and hugged Wanda, being careful not to crush Castle, who was still in her mother's arms. "I believe you, Wanda. I was kinda joking there, too. And every day I can tell how much you love Cosmo."
"And you, I hope," said Wanda, kissing Timmy on the cheek. "Cosmo and I love you like you were our own son."
"But you have a daughter, not a son," said Timmy.
"Uh, it's an expression, dumpling," said Wanda.
"Oh. Well, I love you, too," said Timmy, hugging Wanda again. "You and Cosmo. You two are the best godparents I could ever have!"
Castle looked up at Timmy with her big, silver eyes. Timmy touched her cheek. "And you're the best god sister I could ever have! But enough with this. Continue with your story, Wanda."
"Alright. Let's see, where was I?" Wanda sat in deep thought for a moment. "Alright, about nine months after that--"
"Were you still going out with Cougar?" asked Timmy.
"Yep. Anyway, Leslie and I were in our general fairy classes when…"
***
Wanda sat her textbook down with a sigh. "I honestly don't care about the small group of humans who had magic qualities and were the ancestors of today's fairies."
Leslie grinned. "Well, Wanda, if it weren't for them, we wouldn't be here, you know."
Wanda smiled at Leslie.
BOOOOOOM!
***
A few minutes later…
Wanda regained consciousness and looked around her in shock. Many other students around her were doing the same thing. Leslie stood up, looking a little woozy. "Oooooh… what happened?" she asked.
She and Wanda managed to fly up in the air, Leslie still looking disoriented. Then Wanda heard a familiar voice…
"See? I told you I could make flowers!"
"Cosmo, this is the last straw! Thank goodness no one was killed, but if they were, it would have been on your account! You're too destructive and stupid to stay here. You're going to military academy!"
Wanda gasped. Leslie looked around her, still confused. "Alright, what punk blew up the school? Just wait'll I get my hands on him--"
"Leslie, it was Cosmo! They're sending him to military academy!" said Wanda in hardly surpressed shock, anger, sadness, and confusion.
"They can't!" gasped Leslie. She and Wanda flew over to where Cosmo was getting the reprimanding of his life.
"You can't take him!" they both yelled, flying up to his teacher.
Cosmo stood on the ground below, his lip trembling. When he spoke, it was in a tight, frail whisper. "I don't know what I… I just… I didn't mean to…" Finally his voice broke completely, and he wept bitterly.
Cosmo's teacher pointed to the rubble that had once been their school. "He tried to make a flower, and instead he did this. I can't take that stupid little fairy anymore! He needs to be sent to a place where he can be kept in order!"
"Cosmo is not stupid!" cried Leslie.
"And he can make flowers!" cried Wanda. "He made some for me nine months ago! Real ones! And they're still alive! The flowers I make only stay alive for about two weeks!"
"He hasn't shown me he can do anything like that," said his teacher. "And I don't want to have him try again!" She waved her wand, and both she and Cosmo poofed out of sight.
Leslie kicked a rock in anger, then sank to the ground, sobbing. "They took him away from us!" she wept. "And how will we be able to see him with Mama Cosma getting in our hair?"
Wanda didn't say anything. She just stared into space sadly. One of the teachers looked at the mess. "Well…I guess you can all go home… there obviously won't be any more classes today…"
Leslie sat on the ground in silence. Wanda floated off to her house, not even looking at Leslie. When she got there, she opened the door and floated in.
"Mom? Dad?" she called out. She then noticed a note on the table:
Wanda, your mom's in labor. We're at the hospital. -Dad
Wanda gasped. "Oh my gosh…" She tore out of her house, heading straight for the hospital.
The lady at the front desk looked up at Wanda distractedly. "May I help you?"
"My parents," said Wanda breathlessly, "their names are Paula and Todd, my mom was in labor, are they here?"
"Oh yes, them," said the lady. "Room five."
Wanda speed towards the door and listened. She could hear a baby crying from the inside…
She knocked. "Mom, Dad, it's me!" Can I come in?"
The door flew open, and Sarah grabbed Wanda's arm. "Come see him! Come see him! Come see our baby brother!"
Wanda flew over to her mother, who was holding a small baby with purple hair and blue eyes, much like his mother's. Wanda gasped in amazement.
"Wow, Mom, he's so… perfect," said Wanda. "What's his name?"
Todd smiled. "David. But we'll probably call him Davy for short."
"Uh, Mom? Dad? There's something I have to tell you."
"What is it, sweetie?" asked Paula.
"And shouldn't you be at school?" asked Todd.
"That's what I have to tell you. Cosmo blew up the school."
Paula, Todd, Sarah, and even Davy all stared at Wanda.
Wanda sighed. "Today wasn't very good. Let me explain."
(AN: Okay, that was long. And yes, Davy is named after my little brother. Yep, Wanda and I have a lot in common, and one of those things is haveing a little brother named Davy! I would've named a fairy after my older brother, but since his name is Tim, I'd probably get him confused with Timmy. Actually, I do anyway. (As I watch FOP: That's my brother! Wait, no it's not.) I guess I should dedicate this chapter to my brother Davy, too, who is also a dedicated FOP fan. Well, goodbye until the next chapter!)