A/N - For some reason, I haven't been able to log in on here for a while, but thankfully I can again, so I can submit more chapters!
It gets a bit more exciting in this chapter, and there are a few 'Meanwhile-s' because the characters are in different places at the same time!
Oh, and I changed the title from "For A Reason" to "Insignificant Half".
Also, thank you to my reviewers; Trixie21, bunnigal, and Watermelon! I love getting your reviews - I know I've said this before, but they inspire me to keep going and write new chapters!
Disclaimer - I know I keep telling you, but The Fairly Oddparents don't belong to me! No prizes for guessing who they do belong to…
Cosmo, Wanda and Jorgen arrived in Fairyworld, in the midst of chaos. Fairies were flying around in their hundreds, crying out in confusion, and demanding to know what was going on. The funny thing was, they all seemed to be couples…
A fairy with red hair and buckteeth cowered in a corner. Jorgen called to her; "HELENA! ARE ALL THE FAIRIES HERE?"
"Y-y-yes, Jorgen," she managed to stammer.
"GOOD!" he yelled. "NOW I CAN BEGIN!"
Helena whimpered, and poofed away, as Jorgen made his way to the top of the hall they were in. He took his place on the podium, and tapped the microphone. It squeaked horribly, and all the fairies clapped their hands to their ears.
"PUNY FAIRIES!" Jorgen began. "You are probably wondering why I have summoned you all here, away from your godchildren, on this seemingly ordinary day!"
A murmur arose from the hall.
"SILENCE!" yelled Jorgen. "I will tell you! But I will warn you - this is going to affect you ALL!"
----Meanwhile
"Destiny?" Brandon appeared in front of his girlfriend, with a worried look on his face.
Destiny sighed. "Whatever it is, could you make it quick? I need to get to work!"
"But, you're not even dressed!"
Destiny poofed herself into a pink suit, with a string of pearls around her neck, quicker than you could say "oh yeah! I forgot we could do that!" which happens to be what Brandon said a couple of seconds later. (He hadn't been particularly blessed in the brains department - however his abs more than made up for his lack of knowledge!)
"Ok, now, what was it!" Destiny asked, checking her watch.
"Did you hear the phone go just a few minutes ago?"
Destiny considered this for a moment, but couldn't remember the phone ringing at all that morning. But she figured it would be easier if she said yes, so that's exactly what she did.
"Well, that was my boss…" Brandon hesitated, then continued, slowly. "He… he told me not to bother coming in to work today."
Destiny gasped. "He fired you!"
Brandon nodded. "Now what are we going to do?"
His girlfriend hugged him. "I don't know, but we'll think of something," she said, through the tears that had started to cascade down her face…
----Meanwhile (Again)
The silence that washed over the hoards of fairies was spooky - almost deathly. They were all waiting for the announcement, knowing that it wasn't going to be good, whatever it was. Finally, after what seemed like a decade, Jorgen spoke.
"PUNY FAIRIES!" he said (again). "You have been called here today because of a BIG CHANGE in da rules!"
There was a sharp intake of breath from all the fairies, as they waited for the bomb to be dropped…
"Since not many fairies are applying to be godparents any more, and there are still hundreds of unhappy children out there, I have -"
The council - seated at a table behind Jorgen - cleared their throats.
"- we have come to the decision…"
All the couples grabbed hands…
"…that from today there will only be 1 godparent per child!"
Crying, screaming, wailing… so many noises erupted at that moment, that it was impossible to hear yourself think! Cosmo and Wanda clung to each other, sobbing. They had only been separated for tiny amounts of time since they were married - and they had never been assigned to different kids at the same time!
Helena floated up to the mic.
"Uh… c-could I have your attention, please?" she stammered. The noise continued. "Please…?" Nope. "OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD SHUT UP!" Helena screamed. That did the trick!
"Look, I'm sorry," Helena said. "I know you're upset -"
"Are you kidding!" one guy exclaimed. "This is the best thing that's ever happened to me! Finally I can get away from my controlling wife…"
His wife hit him with her handbag. "Quiet!" she snapped.
"Yes, dear…" he said, bowing his head.
"-I know you're upset, but could you please listen to how we're gonna arrange this?" Helena gave a half-hearted sigh. "What we're gonna do is - uh…"
Helena fumbled through the stack of papers she was holding, until she found the relevant information.
"Ok, well - what's gonna happen is, we're gonna, um, we're gonna reassign all the guys, ok? So, so all the girls can go back to your godkids now…"
Wanda sobbed even harder, as she wondered how she would break the news to Timmy.
"We are so, so sorry…" finished Helena, floating offstage.
----Meanwhile (Again, Again!)
As soon as school let out, Timmy ran home, hoping and praying that Cosmo and Wanda would be there.
When he got to his house, he ran straight past his parents, and upstairs, without even saying "hello!" Bursting into his bedroom, Timmy expected to see his two magic goldfish, swimming in their bowl, as was the norm. But, instead, he saw Wanda, lying face down on his bed, sobbing her heart out…
And that was when Timmy knew that something was seriously wrong…