Chapter Four: Truth and Fiction

Cosmo slowly flouted down the sweets of Fairy World. His heart ached, but he could not yet understand why, only knowing that the day would hold ill news. The home he shared with his wonderful wife sat quietly before him, but he dared not open the door. Something lay there that would break him, but what it was he did not know. But his hand still reached out, still gripped the cold metal to the knob, and the door opened.

His wife was inside, lying on the couch. Cosmo could only look on in something akin to horror, as he watched his wife and her ex-boyfriend make out on his couch. Surely, surely it was some horrific nightmare, which would vanish if he could only awaken. The two seemed to notice they were being watched, and Wanda caught his eyes. There was no sorrow in her eyes, only that of being caught. She offered him no apologies, only watched him back with sad eyes.

Cosmo took a step back, back out side, only to see them return to ignoring him.

He fled, heart broken. There was only one place left to go. He banged heavily on the doors to his mother's house, desperate to escape the pain. But these doors would not move. He tried magic to enter, but nothing worked. In the window, he could see her, but she only shook her head, and turned away.

He screamed out to her, but no sound escaped. The silence was deafening.

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Wanda sensed the emotional turmoil plaguing her husband and she jumped up. Something had to be done! She dug though her mind, trying to think of any way to track down Anti-Eclipse. The more she pondered it, the more outrageous ideas came, until - "Timmy!"

He'd been snoozing on the couch, only to jump to full attention.

"I have an idea!"

The others in the room looked at her curiously, and she beamed at them "Crocker has all kinds of gadgets to track fairies!"

As much as he disliked anything to do with his stupid teacher, Timmy was glad they finally had a next course of action.

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It was fairly easy to distract Crocker, they just let J.J. loose on the crazy man's house, before Me-Chan grabbed him and took off. The man gave chase, letting Timmy and Wanda easily go through his stuff.

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Anti Cosmo glared fully at this new Anti, as a major head ache began to form.

"Now, every other time I've done this spell, I've never really used it as an emotional weapon. What do you think, chap. How's it working?" Anti Eclipse grinned at the other, his sarcastic remark amusing him to no end.

The other remained eerily silent.

Anger, Eclipse turned the fairy wand on its owner, blasting the hanging one. Cosmo screamed, his consciousness harshly drug back to reality. At the same time, the Anti winced as he felt the blast connect with his other.

"You don't have to talk to me, if you don't want to."

"What do you want, Nitwit?"

"Come off it. You're only smarter than me by a smidge." He blasted Fairy Cosmo again, this time hitting the Fairy's arm. Once done the right arm was left uncovered, burning and bleeding, the smell on toasted flesh wafting around them. Unconsciously, Anti-Cosmo had gabbed his own arm in pain and was hissing out a violent string of what he was going to do to the other Anti.

"Now now, my fellow Anti. You try anything, and all I have to do it wave my hand. Bibbidy, bobbidy, boo, ya know?"

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How many people got tricked by that opening? be honest! does anyone not get it?

well, I wanted to write more, but anti-cosmo seems... well... VERY out of character so I stopped before I mutilated him.... what do you all think?

I'm heading home for Christmas, where computers are very rare; so don't expect anything until mid January... That, and I REALLY need to work on my other stories....

Thanks To:

Lil Cosmo (yeah)

anticosmosgurl (was it who you thought it was?)

Dragonslayergal (I'm glad you like, and are sticking with me!)

lucyrocks73(I wasn't sure how to make something bad happen to Timmy... I just don't like him enough, I guess.)

ElfLady (well, tell your friend I said thanks for suggesting this. I'm glad you changed your mind about it being stupid, and I hope I don't let you down.)

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Sentra

2004/12/18