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The Future Story 2

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Chapter 12 – Dodo's New Life

"She's out."

Now, all people at the examination booth could see as the unconscious Dodo in her adult form flew out from the mentioned box. She then reverted back into her little fairy form, and surprisingly, her two hair buns were loosened while her dress' color was changed into a softer tone.

"This is the synchronizing process for you and Dodo," explained Teki to Fami even before she had any chance to ask, "Once the process is over, her appearance will be like you."

"Should she?" asked Fami as she noticed that the pink fairy's hair color was also changed into a softer tone as well and the bangs' style was changed, "Does it mean that her memory with my grandmother will be gone from her mind? Will she forget it?"

"Of course, she will. All fairies who can have new owners after their old owners left them will lost all of their memories with their old owners."

"Eh? But… I want to ask her some questions about my grandmother," Fami bowed her head, "Does it mean that I can't ask her anything about my grandmother?"

"Well, honestly I didn't want to say this, but I should say it to you," Tekipaki sighed, "Even though it's still possible for her to remember it, I should remind you that it's a very rare case. Usually, the fairies will forget anything which happened in their past life."

"No way,"

"You should accept it, Fami," Teki smiled sadly, "She'll be fully yours."

"Alright then, now I don't know if I should be happy about this or not," the pink haired girl shifted her attention to her fairy in her 'new look', "Anyways, I'll take care of her from now on."

The long haired soft pink fairy then opened her small eyes, which surprisingly had different colors. Her right eye was soft pink while her left eye was still in its regular color, magenta.

"Wow, I often see some cats which had different eye color like this, but I never see it happen with fairies," commented Nozomi, "Even so, it makes me wonder. What does it mean?"

The mentioned fairy looked around and then stop her gaze at Fami while she innocently asked, "Fififi?"

"Hey, so her name is also changed, eh?" Fami whispered as her eyes widened. She then answered her fairy's question as if she understand what her fairy said, "Yeah, I'm your new owner."

"Fifi!" the small fairy quickly flew up so that Fami could hug her small body in her hands. She greeted happily, "Fifififi!"

"I see. Nice to meet you too, Fifi," replied Fami. Her tears was starting to drop, "My cute fairy."

Several minutes later, Fami broke her hug, let Fifi flew away from her and joined in the other fairies' 'conversation' (it seemed like they started to chat with each other right when Teki arrived with the box where Dodo fell asleep in these few weeks)

"Nonono!" the green fairy greeted her and hold her hands, "Nononono."

"Well, we can't really see their mouths though, I think Nono and the other fairies want to accept Fifi to join with them with smile on their face," Nozomi smiled, "and Nono wants to be near with Fifi. She wants them to be near like us, Fami-chan."

"I think so," said Fami, agreed with what her cousin said. She swept her tears before she added, "I hope our fairies can get along with each other."

The others also smiled while they saw the six fairies flew around together happily.

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Later, at Maho-dou…

Surprisingly, right when Fami and the others were going to leave the old shop, Nono signaled to Nozomi that she wanted to follow both Fifi and Zuzu to Izumi's house.

"Eh? Nono, don't be like that. I have promise with Rizu-chan that I'll stay at her house now," Nozomi tried to explain, "However, we'll meet Fifi and Zuzu here everyday, along with the others, so you don't need to follow them home."

"Nonono!" Nono insisted. She hugged both Fifi and Zuzu closer to her and shook of her head, "Nonononono."

"Hey, Nono! How impolite you are! Nozomi-nee is also my cousin, okay, and she promises me to stay at my house. You should understand," protested Rizuko, "Moreover, you won't ever be alone at my house. Don't you want to get along well with Kiki there?"

"Kikikiki," the mentioned fairy immediately added, seemed disagree with what her owner said before. She looked at Rizuko's face and then said to her, "Kikikikiki?"

"Wait, so you want me to let them do what they want, right?"

"Kikiki!" this time, she nodded, "Kikikiki?"

"Hmm… this is really tough," Rizuko thought, "Actually, I want to be near with Izumi-chan, but in the other hand, I just rarely meet with my own parents, so I want to spend this weekend together with them and Nozomi-nee at our house, as a family."

"Ki…" the soft purple fairy sighed and bowed her head, didn't know what to do.

"Fififi," suddenly, Fifi asked Nono to break her hug. It seemed like the pink fairy tried to persuade the green fairy to go home with her owner, "Fifififi."

"Nono…"

"Fififi!" the pink fairy tilted her head while closed both of her eyes, signaling that she was smiling to Nono, "Fififififi."

"Alright, I'm confuse. What are they talking about?" Nozomi raised her eyebrows, "Does Fifi want to persuade Nono to do something?"

"Hmm… I'm not really sure, but… I think Fifi tries to persuade Nono to go home with you, Rizu-chan and Kiki," guessed Fami as she listened to the fairies' conversation carefully, "It seems like, Fifi was saying 'Alright then, go home with them' at first."

"Whoa, you know it that well!" commented Nozomi, "Then, what did they say next? I just noticed that Nono said 'Even so…'."

"Fifi smiled to Nono and said 'It's okay! We can meet again tomorrow', I think."

"Wow, you're great, Fami-chan. No wonder if you become our leader now."

"Anyways, what should we do now?" asked Rizuko, "My parents wait for me at home."

"Well, we just need to go home. I stay at Izumi-chan's house and Non-chan stay at your house, Rizu-chan," replied Fami. She then asked Nono, "So, Nono, would you mind if Non-chan still wants to stay at Rizu-chan's house tonight? You still can meet Fifi and Zuzu here tomorrow."

"Nonono…" the green fairy sighed, but then she flew and landed onto Nozomi's head, "Nononono."

"Hey, Nono, flew into your crystal ball. How if some strangers see you outside there?" said Nozomi. Nono then obeyed her and flew into the green crystal ball which was hanging at Nozomi's belt right now, while the other fairies also flew into their own crystal balls.

A few minutes later, they were separated. Fami and Izumi went home to Izumi's house while Nozomi and Rizuko went home to Rizuko's house and the others went home to their own by themselves.

When Fami and Izumi arrived at Izumi's house, their family greeted them. All of them then talked about the first exam while enjoyed some late snacks.

Fami (re)introduced Fifi to her father, her grandfather, Himawari and Pop, "How do you think about her? Is it necessary for her to be synchronized with me?"

"Well, there will be some moments when she should disguise as you, so it's necessary for her to have similar appearance with you," opined Pop, "I just can't believe that she should have a new name."

"Even so, why does she have different eye color like that?" asked Fami, "Honestly, I keep thinking about that since Fifi opened her eyes and greeted me."

"Hmm, her eyes, huh?" Pop thought for a moment before added, "Does it mean that her past memories were still there, in her left eye?"

"Probably," Fami sighed, "but still, I can't ask her about my grandmother."

"It's okay, Fami-chan. You can ask me anything about your grandmother, anyway," Pop assured, "If you want to know more about your grandmother, you can ask anyone. You can ask your grandfather, me, and also, don't forget with the others' grandmothers. We know her so well."

"Alright then. I know that all of you can help me."

"You know, Fami-chan, when I see Fifi here, she reminds me with my own fairy, Fafa," Pop shifted the topic, "Their color is similar though… I noticed that Fifi's tone is a bit darker than Fafa."

"Really?"

Pop nodded, "You'd ever seen her before, right?"

"Ah, I remember now. She came to my house when… all of these began, if you know what I mean."

"Alright alright, just look forward and keep moving on. Now, Dodo have her new life as Fifi, and we can't change that. It's a fate."

"I know it," Fami smiled, "Anyways, I think I want to see Fafa again. How will she react once she meet Fifi?"

"I wonder…" Pop smiled back, "She was really near with Dodo in the past. Maybe, she'll assume Fifi as her younger sister."

"I'm glad to hear that," Fami then remembered something and asked, "By the way, how about Magical Stage? Majorika said to me and the others that if we passed our first exam, we could unlock the Magical Stage which we can use for some difficult spell, but… she haven't explained further about it yet."

"Don't worry. I think she'll explain it to you all tomorrow," replied Pop, "She just wants to see you all go home on time tonight. However, all of you need enough time to try casting the Magical Stage."

"Even so, could she just explain a few things about it? I'm so curious."

"You're really just like your grandmother, aren't you?" Pop shook of her head, "Alright then, if you really want to know about it, maybe I can explain a few things about the Magical Stage that I know."

"Really? Tell me, Granny Poppu."

"So, Magical Stage is a special spell which can be used together by at least three people or more," Pop started to explain, "and with Magical Stage, you can strengthen your magic power by two levels. For example, now all of you are the level 9 witch apprentices. When all of you use Magical Stage, your magic power will be like a level 7 witch apprentice."

"Where did you know about it, obaachan?" asked Izumi who apparently shifted her attention from Zuzu to Pop's explanation about the Magical Stage, "Did Majorika tell you about it?"

Pop nodded, "She told me."

"Did you often use Magical Stage that time?"

"Well… firstly, I rarely used it, but when I had my own team, we often used it to unite our power…" said Pop with sad face, "Sometimes we also used it to collect those magical herbs…"

"Ah, I'm sorry, obaachan. I think you'd ever done it with Fami-nee's grandmother and her best friends…" Izumi apologized, "I don't know if you mostly did it with your team."

"It's okay, Izumi-chan. You don't need to apologize," Pop smiled, then said to Fami, "However, your grandmother and her best friends used Magical Stage so often."

"I understand now. So, it's when we combined our power so that we can use magic in the higher level, right?" Fami concluded.

"You're right, Fami-chan. That's the meaning of the Magical Stage," the old woman nodded, "and believe it or not, Magical Stage can also strengthen your friendship."

"Wow, it sounds interesting," Fami smiled, "I can't wait until tomorrow."