(AN: Sooooo sorry for not updating sooner. My life has been busier than I ever thought it would be lately! I'm almost busting with ideas for this story, but I don't know where to begin! Thus, I have writers' block! But I did think of a title, which alludes to Charlotte Roosevelt. You know her great-great grandfather's saying, "Speak softly but carry a big stick…" Anyway, here's chapter three! Thanks for all the reviews, everyone! (gives all her reviewers hugs) That firehose really woke me up, I must say…)

Castle pushed her way through the crowd of older kids, trying to make her way to that very familiar looking green rabbit. "What do you want?" sneered a third grader.

"I want… to calm it down!" said Castle hastily, finally reaching her father and picking him up in her arms. "He's just a poor, defenseless rabbit and you're all being mean and scaring him!"

"What are you going to do with it?" Terri asked, who had managed to find her way to the front of the crowd.

Castle gave her father a reprimanding look, and Cosmo shrunk sheepishly in her arms. "I'm going to let him go," Castle said. "Nobody follow me, you'll scare the bunny again." Castle walked across the street and around the corner behind a house, where no one could see her.

"Daddy!" she hissed. "What are you doing?"

Cosmo poofed into fairy form. "I had to check up on you!"

"But you might blow our secret!"

"But what if you were in trouble?"

"How could I be in danger at school?" asked Castle. "Besides, I can take care of myself."

Cosmo suddenly grabbed Castle and hugged her tightly. "But you're my daughter, my only daughter whom I love so very much, and when you were just a little baby I promised to protect you--"

"Daddy, I'm no weakling!" said Castle, but she laughed and hugged Cosmo back. "I love you too, Daddy, but you really have to go. People will get suspicious of me if a green rabbit follows me all day."

"Well… okay…" said Cosmo dejectedly.

"Go home to the castle," said Castle (wow, redundant!). "I'll be there after school. See you later!" Castle turned around and went back towards the school.

Terri--and Katie--were waiting for her. "What took you so long?" Terri asked.

"I, uh… was looking for a carrot to give him," stammered Castle. "But he's gone now."

"Or not," muttered Terri, looking past Castle. Castle turned around and saw Cosmo, as a rabbit again, slowly hopping up.

"I TOLD you to leave!" said Castle to Cosmo, trying to giggle as if she were talking to someone who couldn't answer her back.

"I think he likes you," said Terri with a smile. "Why don't you take him home and ask your parents if you can keep him? You know, as a pet."

Castle barked out loudly with laughter, imagining THAT scene--"Mommy, can I keep Daddy as a pet?" Terri stared at her. Castle collected herself. "Oh sorry, I just… well, he's GREEN!"

Cosmo looked hurt. "Not that there's anything wrong with green," Castle quickly added.

"Maybe he ate too much broccoli," suggested Terri. "But anyway, he's obviously not leaving. You might as well keep him. I mean, I'm keeping this mouse," she added, pointing to Katie.

"Well… for a little bit," Castle finally said slowly. Cosmo grinned and twitched his nose.

One of the teachers yelled that it was time to come in, and all the students rushed in the building.

Mr. Crocker watched Terri and Castle. "Hmm, Turner seems to have found herself a mouse. I wonder if that mouse is actually her FAIRY GODPARENT! And Uhsmith has… a green rabbit? Rabbit's aren't normally green. There can be only one explanation… Uhsmith has a FAIRY GODPARENT!"

On this last FAIRY GODPARENT! Crocker happened to be right next to the trash cans, and when he had his seizure like twitch, he ran into the trash cans and…

"AAAAAAAHHHHH!" cried Crocker, being heard quite clearly over the crash and bang of the cans.

***

As the class settled back down, Castle raised her hand. "Yes, Castle?" asked her teacher.

"May I go to the bathroom?" asked Castle.

"Why didn't you go during recess?" said her teacher with a sigh.

"I didn't have to till now!" cried Castle. She let out a pitiful moan. "And it can't wait…"

"Alright, go, but come straight back!" said Castle's teacher. Castle, still holding Cosmo, ran to the girls' bathroom, locked the stall, and glared at her father.

"I'm not leaving till you poof back home," she said, her arms folded across her chest.

Cosmo tried to object. "But--"

"No buts. I can stay in here all day. You need to go NOW. If you really care about me, you'll go so people don't suspect that I'm actually a fairy!"

"Fine…" moaned Cosmo.

"Now. Lift up your wand and poof back home!"

Cosmo sadly grabbed his wand from somewhere on his rabbit self… and suddenly stopped. "Are you sure you'll be okay?"

"Daddy, I'm six years old. I'm not a baby anymore!"

"But… but you're my baby girl!" said Cosmo, his lip quivering.

Castle continued to glare, but then softened. "I'll see you in three hours, anyway. I'll be fine, I promise. Now just GO."

With a sad POOF, Cosmo was gone. Castle walked out of the bathroom… and right there in the hallway was Mr. Crocker.

"UHSMITH! Where's that FAIRY GODP-I mean green rabbit that you had?"

Castle winced. She KNEW that her dad would blow it! "I let him go," she stammered.

"Hm, well, you shouldn't have let that rabbit in school anyway! There's a strict 'No green rabbits in school' rule!" said Crocker with a rather evil grin. "So you have an hour's detention after school today!"

"But… but I didn't know about that rule!" cried Castle.

"Ignorance of the law is no excuse, Miss Uhsmith! See you after school!" With that, Crocker went off, chuckling evilly and saying something about a "new world order".

Castle trudged back into class and sat down gloomily. "What's the matter, Cas?" Terri asked.

"Crocker gave me a detention after school today," muttered Castle.

"Crocker?" asked Terri in shock. "He's not even your teacher! Timmy's told me some weird stuff about that guy--"

"I've heard it," said Castle. "Could you tell Timmy to tell my parents that I'll be late coming home?"

"Sure thing," said Terri, turning back to the teacher, who was giving a lesson.

***

Castle sat in Crocker's classroom at 3:30 that afternoon, looking sadly out the window. Crocker got right to the point. "So, Uhsmith, tell me about your FAIRY GODPARENTS!"

"I don't have fairy godparents," said Castle with a sigh. "I know that's why you're keeping me, but I swear that I don't. Can I go home?"

"Explain that green rabbit, then!" cried Crocker.

"Uh… he ate too much broccoli? You know how rabbits like their vegetables."

Crocker grabbed Castle's bookbag. "I'd better search this!" he cried, dumping it over and examining the contents that fell out. A few broken pencils and a piece of American cheese, still in its wrapper, was all that came out. (It was the first day of school, you know--she didn't exactly have much time to accumulate much in her bookbag.)

"No fairy godparents in there," said Castle. "Can I go now?"

Crocker picked up the cheese. "You like cheese, don't you, Miss Uhsmith?"

Castle nodded, a little confused.

"In fact, as I understand, you had nothing but cheese and various cheese products for lunch today." Crocker looked at Castle. "And no normal child has hair that white or eyes that silver…" Crocker suddenly gasped in realization. "You don't have a FAIRY GODPARENT, you're a FAIRY yourself! Which means…"

Crocker reached behind his desk and pulled out that scepter thing from Abra-Catasrophe that he kept Wanda in and laughed. "It means that I can harness YOUR fairy energy to create my NEW WORLD ORDER! HEH HEH, HEH HEHEHEHAHAHAHAAAAAA!"

Castle shrieked and ran out of the door, with Crocker right behind her…

***

Tim, with Wanda disguised as a bird flying next to him, waited by the door of his house for Terri and Castle. He was surprised when only Terri came up. "Hey, Ter, how was school? And where's Cassie?"

"School was okay," said Terri. "And Castle had to stay after school, she told me to tell you that."

"Cassie had to stay after school?" Tim repeated. "What did she do?"

Terri shrugged. "I dunno. She didn't tell me. All I know is that Crocker's the one that gave her the detention."

Wanda and Tim gasped. Terri stared at them. "Did that bird gasp?" she asked.

"Uh… it's a mimicking bird, it does whatever I do," said Tim quickly. "Are you serious? CROCKER?"

"Yeah," said Terri. "Poor Cas. I've heard all those stories you've told me of him." Terri grabbed Katie and showed her to Tim. "I god a pet mouse!"

"That's nice," said Tim offhandedly, hardly noticing Katie. "I've gotta go inside." He ran inside, Wanda right behind him

"Cosmo!" cried Tim and Wanda as they burst in the room.

Cosmo swam lazily out of the fish bowl castle. "What?" he yawned.

"Crocker's got Castle!" they both yelled. Cosmo immediately leaped out of the fishbowl and poofed into his fairy self.

"WHAT? I KNEW I couldn't leave Castle all alone at school! She's captured, and it's ALL MY FAULT!" gasped Cosmo between huge sobs.

Wanda turned into her fairy form too and tried to calm Cosmo. "It might not be that serious, dear…"

"But what if Crocker realizes that she's a fairy?" cried Tim. "Although maybe he won't. He might just THINK that she has fairy god--"

Tim stopped short. Wanda looked at Tim. "What is it?" she asked.

"Terri's mouse," said Tim quietly. "Did you see it?"

"Not all that well, why?" asked Wanda.

"It had a crown," said Tim. He looked at Cosmo and Wanda. "Turn into fish. I'm going to see Terri and I'm brining you too with me."

***

"I wonder why Tim was so upset?" asked Terri.

Katie, still as a mouse, shrugged. "This Crocker guy's a psycho teacher?"

There was a knock at the door. Terri put her finger to her lips to silence Katie and said, "Come in!"

Tim came in, holding his goldfish bowl with his two goldfish in it. "Why did you bring your fish in?" Terri asked.

"Terri, I know that you have a fairy godparent," said Tim.

Terri gasped, but tried to stop herself. "…What do you m-mean that I have a fairy godparent?" Seeing the look on Tim's face, she groaned in sadness. "Why did you have to find out, Timmy? I only had her for one day! HOW did you find out?"

"It was the crown," said Tim quietly. "It's the same crown that my fish wear."

Terri stared at Cosmo and Wanda. "You don't mean…"

"Yes," said Tim, "I've got fairy godparents, too."

Katie poofed into fairy form. "I was hoping you two would figure it out," said Katie. "It's so much easier that way."

"There's a really big problem," said Tim. "Crocker knows about fairy godparents. And if Castle has to stay after school with him, she could be in big trouble."

"Why?" asked Terri. "Does Castle have fairy godparents too?"

Tim shook his head. "No… she IS a fairy."

On cue, Cosmo and Wanda poofed into their fairy selves. Terri gasped. She had met Castle's parents before, but she had always assumed they were… human!

"You're Castle's parents?" cried Terri. "And Castle's a… fairy?"

"See why this is a problem?" said Tim. He looked at Katie. "And who are you, anyway?"

"I'm Katie, I'm a loner, and I don't talk much. And I'm obsessed with presidents. But aren't you going to get a plan formulated?"

"Well, yeah… how did you know that?"

Katie grinned. "The author of this story is one of my personas."

"Don't tell them that!" hissed Commander.

"Ashamed of me, are you?" Katie asked with a grin. "I did create you, you know."

"Anyway though, Katie's right," said Wanda. "Let's get a plan!"

(AN: Long chapter! Ha, I'm really into writing this now! Charlotte will feature prominently in the next chapter. I know she's not in this one, but don't worry, she's about to become a maaajor character! See you at chapter four, and have a Merry Christmas if I don't see you till after then!)