(AN: (flops onto keyboard and starts sobbing uncontrollably) I'm sooooooo sorry for not updating soon, my wonderful reviewers! It's same old, same old--too busy, writer's block, all that. Also, ff.net is depressing me lately--too many flamers, and I hardly know any of the new writers, and I'm too lazy to get to know them. But I am updating now because I am EXTREMELY happy! Mainly for two really really great things that happened to me--1. Butch Hartman (or someone claiming to be him, hee hee) left me a very very good review on "A Fish Called Wanda" and 2. I've been recommended for some youth leadership training in Washington DC and I'd get to meet the president! And you all know how obsessed I am with presidents. Sooooo… Gaah, I don't deserve to be this happy! Anyway… I own nothing except my original characters… thanks for not suing me, Butch. (laughs and continues with her long-delayed story))

The people all bustling around Dimsdale hardly noticed a youngish looking bespectacled woman with her long messy brown hair pulled into a sloppy half ponytail, wearing a flared sleeved T-shirt and baggy pants. She was, of course, Katie, but she was disguised as a human. She looked in control of herself, for the most part, unlike Cosmo and Wanda.

"I can never quite get the hang of this walking thing," exclaimed Wanda, tripping and falling over on top of a mailbox.

"It's not that difficult," said Katie, trying to hold back her laughter.

"But I'll tell you what IS difficult," cried Tim. "How the heck are we supposed to find Castle if we have no clues as to where she went?"

"Isn't that a clue?" asked Terri, pointing to a bright red line painted on the road (right where the evil guy's van had gone, in fact) that had a huge sign by it that said, "CASTLE WENT THIS WAY!"

"That could be a clue," said Cosmo thoughtfully.

"That was easy enough," said Wanda. "Although I can't quite figure out why. Commander, what did you do that for?"

"Well," said Commander, sounding sheepish, "I couldn't make it too easy but I couldn't make it too difficult either."

"Do you understand her?" Terri asked Katie.

Katie shook her head, looking exasperated. "No. I honestly don't know what I was thinking when I created her."

"We should follow this line," said Wanda, desperately trying to get back on track. "And it would be quicker if we were all birds." With a wave of her wand, the five humans disappeared and five birds took their place--one with pink feathers and eyes, one with green feathers and eyes, two with brown feathers and blue eyes, and one with brown feathers, gray eyes, and glasses.

"Well, we certainly look non-conspicuous," said Tim sarcastically. "But anyway--FOLLOW THAT LINE!"

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The still unamed evil guy… we'll call him Henry… had reached his headquarters in a secret place of which I cannot disclose, and now had Castle, Charlotte, and Crocker in his throne room type thing. (He obviously either thought he was supreme ruler of the universe, or wanted to be.) He sat down in his chair and inspected the three, while his guards kept their guns, axes, clubs, spears, really really big sticks, chainsaws, pickaxes, or whatever weapon they could find aimed straight towards their heads, ready to fire (or hit, or whatever) if they even tried to escape. Finally Henry spoke.

"Take the two adults to the dungeons and lock them up. They are of little use to me. Just make sure they don't cause any trouble."

All but one of the guards rudely pushed Crocker and Charlotte towards the door. Charlotte looked absolutely furious, but Crocker just looked impressed and slightly jealous of the evilness of Henry's lair.

Only one guard was left with Castle, and his weapon was a mere butter knife. Castle rolled her eyes.

"Random evil guy," she said to Henry, "I don't really think a butter knife is going to keep me from escaping."

But before she could even take one step towards the door, Henry suddenly grabbed her in a tight death grip. Castle gulped.

"What do you want with me?" the young girl asked helplessly. "I don't want to be supreme ruler like Crocker. I…I just wanna go home to my mommy and daddy."

"Well, little girl, I don't think you'll be seeing your mommy and daddy for quite some time," hissed Henry. Castle, terrified, attempted to shrink back.

"You think that I captured you three just because I heard that 'Crocker' or whoever saying that he wanted to be supreme ruler?" Henry laughed. "It's amusing, how little you know, Castle Leslie Uhsmith."

Castle looked confused. "How… how do you know my name?"

Henry grinned at her evilly. "I know all about you, Castle."

Castle gulped.

"I know how much you love cheese. I know that your best friend is Terri Turner, and you're better at jumping rope than her, but she's better at one-on-one basketball than you are. I know that a week ago you were riding your bike too fast, fell, and scrapped your knee, and cried for ten minutes straight."

"It was nine minutes," said Castle, still sounding terrified. "But it really really hurt…"

"And I know about your…parents," hissed Henry. Castle gasped. "I can see both of them in you, you know," continued Henry, grinning evilly. "You've got your mother's courage. Any other little girl your age would've probably fainted by now, due to my greatly evil presence. And you're fairly smart…although you lack common sense, just like your father."

Castle winced. "Why did you find all this out?" she whispered.

"You've got a lot of energy harnessed in you, you little fairy," said Henry. Castle felt tears spring up in her eyes, knowing now for sure that he knew her secret. "More than you or anyone else knows. I've been looking for someone like you for YEARS. There was a prophecy made, you see, thousands of years ago. The prophecy said that one day, a fairy would be born with powers far beyond anything this world had ever seen. And it said she would have hair white as snow and eyes silver as…"

"Silver?" offered Castle.

"Oh yes, silver," said Henry. "Anyway, I've been looking for that fairy for years. I feared that she had either already been born and died, or that she would be born after I died. But I finally found you--and not in Fairy World, as I was expecting. That's why it took me six years. But finally, finally I can harness your energy to help me rule the world!"

"It won't work," said Castle, finding her voice and trying to sound sure of herself. "Crocker already tried it. It didn't work."

"He doesn't know how to harness your energy," said Henry, laughing rudely. "He knows as much about fairies as the author of this story knows about sports teams, or that I know about being a nice guy."

"That's not much," whimpered Castle.

"He was too SOFT on you," laughed Henry.

Castle gasped. "You're not going to kill me, are you?"

Henry shook his head, looking surprised. "Of course not, dear little Castle. I can't use your magic if you're dead! Now then--" Henry dragged Castle to the wall, where there was a chain hanging off of it. He clasped it tightly on Castle's wrist. "You can just stay here."

Castle looked a little confused. "Why don't you just use my magic now? Why are you waiting? Not that I don't mind, of course…"

"Well," said Henry, looking a tad bit sheepish, "my machine which will make the maximum use of your powers isn't quite working yet."

"Which gives my mommy and daddy enough time to rescue me!" said Castle happily.

"I doubt it," said Henry, smiling a terrible, evil smile. "This place is so secret, no one knows where it is!"

Of course, as he said that, five "birds" were hovering above his lair right then, formulating a plan on how to get in…

(AN: End of that chapter. Why? Because I have writer's block again! Gaaaaah, this story is about fifty times worse than A Fish Called Wanda… I wonder if I'll ever be able to write like that again. Oh well. See you at chapter 6, mis amigos!)