Chapter 3

"Wasn't that exciting?" CM was bouncing up and down while still thinking of the events that had taken place this day. First their granted wish actually helped Ian from being punished by Irons because of disobedience. Then, still because of the wish, Sara invited Ian to her home and last she actually apologized for being a bitch at him all the time! Wow, one wish and so many effects!!!! CM just loved those kind of wishes. They were definitely better than those boring ones like 'Hey, can you make me rich?' Bah, giving somebody gold was for first-graders! She and her fellow fairies already held the degree of 'Grandmaster', nearly the highest degree for a working fairy. She was already trying to figure out Ian's second wish, she knew it would be an intelligent one as well. A wish that would really force her gang to use all of the knowledge and experience they had gathered over their long period of working in the Wish-Fulfillment-Department.

"Yeah, really exciting. WOULD YOU MIND???? Just stop this stupid bouncing!!!! It makes me sick!! And besides, we are in the room with the swords again! Remember? Sword? Long metallic thing with sharp edges that makes you go 'ouch'?" MB was angry again, CM ruined her nerves like she did every day, every hour...even every minute!!! CM was so.....yuk.... romantic, combined with a large portion of near-hysterical energy!!! Ah, a few days ago she actually flew over to Europe to watch a stupid marriage of a prince of....what was the name? One of these tiny European countries, was something like....Done-mark or Dang-mark....well, never mind. She actually returned and dared to wave a small red plastic-flag with a white cross on it in front of MB's face. Well, that was a BIG mistake. At last CM was able to flee after she had swallowed half of the flag, and luckily was able to get away before she was forced to swallow the stick as well.... 

(Here, the author would like to add a little comment for my American audience: 'Ladies, believe it or not, we actually have a nice little country called Denmark which lies between Scandinavia and Germany. The national flag is red with a white cross on it and for the (real!) wedding there were masses of flags in all sizes all over the country. The Danish people love their Royals...and I love Denmark!')

"Ladies, Ladies, Ladies, why is it that you always have to nearly kill yourselves?? Hmm??? What is it with you????" RE was feeling tired, she was the oldest of the three fairies and these... annoying... stupid... idiotic... quarrels were ruining her nerves.

CM felt as if she had to clear up an important misunderstanding "RE, please, do not think that I might be a danger for you or MB! I would never do anything to..."

"Never???? NEVER?????? Use your brain, dumbass!!! Don't..."

"MB!!! Shut up immediately! I will not allow such language while we are at work! You will apologize to CM!! AT ONCE!" RE had had enough of this stupidity.

"No, I won't!! She is lying, RE! Don't you remember Bunny-gate?"

"Uh oh... Bunny-gate... oooops... well... I actually forgot about that... but... it was a mistake!!! I did not do it intentionally!" CM was the smallest of the three fairies to begin with, but she was actually able to become almost invisibly tiny right now.

"You FORGOT? You dare to tell me you... FORGOT... Bunny-gate??? I do not believe it! MB, you don't have to apologize anymore! I start to understand and accept your actions! CM! Return to your original size at once!!"

"What is Bunny-gate?"

".......?!"

"Ian, you are awake? How long... I mean... did you hear everything we were speaking of?" RE tried to think back. Did she mutter some spells? Could he have heard the three of them talking about his... ahm... him, coming out of the shower? Uh-oh...

Meanwhile Ian was wondering why the Chief-fairy started to blush and actually became sort of nervous. Did he hear something he was not allowed to? He hoped it would not affect his wishes, or worse, make his last wish undone! The whole day was just like a dream, his Lady Sara talked with him, smiled at him and she even kissed him!! It was so unbelievable, so wonderful, just like being friends! He would not bear to lose all this again.

"I am sorry. Please, you are not going to undo your last spell, aren't you?" Ian's voice trailed away as he looked at RE.

"Oh, hush, no need to fret... you haven't done anything wrong. Everything is all right..."

"RE, he is not crying. He is a grown man and they are not supposed to cry! Ian, you wanna hear about Bunny-gate? Where our most stupid sister proved that she is even more..."

"That is enough, MB! I think he understands what you mean. Look, Ian, Bunny-gate is a very... painful episode... It would be better not to talk about it."

"Where is CM? Come out, you coward!! You know, Ian, in school we have a subject called 'Worst Case Scenario', and pupils who actually LISTEN to the teacher could learn things like: 'NEVER POINT YOUR WAND AT A MIRROR WHILE PRONOUNCING A SPELL!'" MB was looking around for CM while nearly shouting the last sentence. With a shiver she thought back of the nearly fatal catastrophe CM had caused once. She had to fulfill a wish from a wife who wanted her husband to be a rabbit. But she was not concentrating on what the husband was doing while she spoke her spell, so she noticed too late that he had opened the door of the wardrobe which had a mirror on it. The sparkle of the spell did reflect in the mirror and with a soft 'poof' RE and MB became tiny furry bunnies. But the worst thing of it was, that CM actually came flying by, grabbed the MB-bunny, cuddled it and said things like 'Oh, you are such a cutie....such a tiny winy cutie....ooh, and what beautiful ears you have...' and so on and so on. MB nearly vomited at the memory. The end of the story was  that CM was too stupid to find the undo-spell, so she had to bring RE and MB to the Wish-Repair-Department. It was soooooooo embarrassing!

Ian grinned. He was an intelligent man and he could just imagine what a mirror could do to a spell and why it then was called Bunny-gate.

RE cleared her throat and started to speak. "Well, we cannot rewind time, but we can learn from our mistakes... even CM! Ian, now we come back to our business... we are here this night to fulfill your second wish. You already experienced the first fulfillment, so you know you have to be careful. Do you already know what it is you want?"

"Well, I am not quite sure, but I think I have an  idea."

"Ok, go on then, say your wish and it will become reality."

"So, Ladies, my second wish goes as follows: I wish Sara to love me as deeply as I love her!"

"Oh Ian, that is such a romantic wish..." CM was there again, her curiosity having forced her to return to her habitual size, and only the mention of the word 'love' made her romantic feelings spill over. But before she could say anything further, she was confronted by a furious MB, staring her straight in the eyes "Don't you dare say ONE MORE WORD!"

"Ooops, well... ok... mouth is closed... see?" CM made a movement that looked like her mouth was being closed with a zipper and afterwards locked with an imaginary key.

RE carefully looked at the two of them, preparing herself to jump between them to prevent any further hostilities. After she was satisfied with the 'peace-agreement' between the two other fairies, she started to turn back to Ian. "Well, Ian. So now here we go. Ian Nottingham, in my duty as the eldest Grandmaster of the Wish-Fulfillment-Department I now declare your wish fulfilled. Tomorrow Sara will love you the way you love her."