Chapter 14: Flowers And Fairies Alike

It was the beginning of spring in Triforce, Vicki began to smell the flowers of spring. She saw the butterflies fluttering around the flower patch. Robert was eyeing on her while he was busy taking care of his veggie garden. He realized that their "get-together" anniversary was approaching in few days. Because Vicki and Robert had been together in almost three years since they first met in the former town called StarLily. They finally got engaged the day before Triforce's first anniversary last summer.

The island representative needed to think of a way to give his fiancée a present. So, he took out his smartphone and looked up some products online. It took him several minutes to find a good item as a gift for Vicki. Until he found one, it was a product that has two fairies flying atop the big flower. He made a purchase online fast before Vicki showed up. She carried the bouquet of spring flowers and saw Robert checking up his smartphone.

"Hey Robert!" Vicki called, waving her hand at him.

"Hi there, Vicki!" Robert called, as he waved back at her. "How's the day going so far?"

"It's going splendid, thanks to the season of spring! And yours?"

"Terrific, as always!"

Robert quickly put his smartphone away and rushed to carry Vicki before he spun around with her in his arms. She giggled joyfully while she was embracing him tightly, like she was having fun. Few moments later, Sammy and Jimmy were back to their usual selves after their depressions subsided. Since they and the girls, Claire and Sonia, were finally back together, they grimaced at the duo.

"Hey there, Vicki and Robert!" said Sammy. "You two seemed to be very happy to each other! So, what are your plans?"

"Yeah, what are your plans?" Jimmy asked.

"Oh, it's just that we're thinking about a day when we first met," Vicki answered. "So, I don't think it will interest you both at all."

"And why is that?" Sammy asked, with the strained smile.

"Because it's the day of our anniversary," Robert replied, while Vicki nodded along.

"Oh, so that's it, huh?" said Jimmy. "Oh yeah, before we forget, Claire and Sonia announced that there's a neighborhood going on that involves with flowers and fairies, I think?"

"Yeah, you got that right, Jimmy," said Vicki. "Since they're back working in the Paradise Planning, their clients and mine are very happy about their vacation homes that we just set up."

"Now, that's something I want to check it out!" said Robert excitedly.

"And so do we!" Sammy and Jimmy chimed in as well.

The next day, the six humans were riding on the boat with Niko as a driver and were heading to the land where Vicki, Claire, and Sonia made the vacation homes for their clients. There were five houses in total, two of them were focused on the "fairy" style while three of them were mostly focused on the flowers. The only animals lived in this land were Ursala the pink bear, Maggie the orange and yellow pig, Maple the brown bear cub, Diana the white deer, and Lily the light blue frog.

"Hey ladies!" Claire shouted, waving at the female animals.

"Hey there, if it isn't the girls from the Paradise Planning, grooomph," said Ursala, "and they brought the dudes with them!"

"We have names, you know," said Sammy flatly, with the weak smile.

"Uh anyways, Vicki, why don't you and Robert take a look around the area while the rest of us check out the houses?" Sonia asked.

"Sounds like a good plan!" Vicki answered, tagging along with Robert. "Come on, Robert, let's go!"

While Sammy, Jimmy, Claire, and Sonia were looking around each animal's vacation house, Vicki and Robert were looking at the beautiful flowers in the garden. They saw the beautiful hydrangea bushes planted by Lily who was sprinkling them with water. Next, they saw the different varieties of flowers, which they belonged to Maggie. Finally, they saw the dried flowers decorated around the house where Ursala lived.

"Mm, all those flowers smell like springtime!" said Vicki, as she was smelling the scent of flowers. "Hey Robert, let's check out the inside of the vacation houses! What do you say?"

"Sure, I will love to check them out!" Robert replied.

After the two pairs were heading outside, Vicki and Robert entered each and every vacation house. They both knew the intentions of Lily, Maggie, and Ursala; but for Diana and Maple, their intentions were different. Inside of Diana's vacation house, she had a picture of the fairy fluttering around the flower. When they entered Maple's vacation home, hers was different, compared to the deer's. The bear cub has a picture of the fairy flying around the log hideout. There was a difference between this picture and Diana's. The white deer's picture was the spring version while the brown bear cub's picture was the autumn version.

"The fairies of spring and autumn are so cute!" said Vicki gleefully. "I can't decide which one is the best, but I seriously like them both!"

"I knew you would say that," Robert grinned. "But anyways, Vicki, about the day of our anniversary, what do you want to do for both of us?"

"Hmm? What do I want to do for each other? Well, let's see..."

Vicki tried to think of a way of what to do for her and Robert's anniversary. Suddenly, her thoughts were interrupted by the loud screams. They came from outside, and the duo rushed to see of what's going on. They saw the ox demon, Magnus stealing the dream life forces from five female animals before they were turned into nightmare monsters. Sammy, Jimmy, Claire, and Sonia screamed in panic while the monsters began to rampage. Vicki and Robert quickly ran behind one of the vacation houses and began their transformations.

Sammy, Jimmy, Claire, and Sonia rushed to the boat that Niko was in charge. The white monkey couldn't understand of what the commotion was all about. They told him that they wanted to leave right away, but Niko just tilted his head in confusion. Until the nightmare monsters were reaching them, he started to screech in fear and told the humans to get on the boat now. So, they did in a big hurry before one of the monsters spread the poisonous dried flowers at them. Suddenly, this attack was blocked by the wind magic. They all turned to see of where the wind was coming from, and it was none other than the Duo of Justice.

"Enough fussing around in the spring, will you?" Phantom Angel argued, pointing at the demon.

"Don't you know that spring is all about flowers are blooming and trees are sprouting new leaves?" Masked Swordmaster asked.

"And so...The Duo of Justice are now springing into action!" said the dynamic duo in unison.

"Ha, big deal!" Magnus exclaimed. "Sheesh, you and your puns these days...Monsters, get them now!"

"Hey Niko, take everyone back to the islands now and hurry!" Phantom Angel urged.

"W-Wait a minute now, w-what about Vicki and Robert?" Sonia asked. "They didn't show up yet..."

"Uh, don't worry about them," Masked Swordmaster replied, as he came up with an excuse as he could to cover things up. "They'll be alright, we're sure of it. So, if you all don't mind, let me give you a push."

After Masked Swordmaster literally pushed the boat Niko and the others were on, most of them almost lost their balance because the boat was rocking pretty fast. Phantom Angel grimaced at her beloved ally, and he told her that's the best he could do. To put that aside, the monsters were attacking the Duo of Justice. The two winged-monsters were aiming at Phantom Angel and used their dark fairy powers to annihilate her. The hero of melody and purity dodged their attacks and used her feather tornado attack to block their view. Finally, she used her heart compact mirror to reverse the nightmare monsters' gravity.

Masked Swordmaster dodged one of the nightmare monsters' attacks that used dead flower vines. Another monster used hydrangea bombs to defeat him. When he immediately dodged them, the bombs exploded and made a big hole on the ground. The third monster spread the man-eating flowers and aimed directly at him. Masked Swordmaster used his dream rescue sword and added the fire power to diminish the flowers. Finally, he unleashed his fire power on the ground and heated up the nightmare monsters' feet until they surrendered.

"Now's your chance, Phantom Angel!" said Masked Swordmaster.

"Right!" said Phantom Angel confidently, as she readied her dream rescue staff. "Dream healing refresh!"

After Phantom Angel turned the animals back to normal, Magnus disappeared along with the dream life forces. Masked Swordmaster tried to stop him, but he was too late.

In the shadow realm, Noelle was dancing around with the stolen dream life forces and cackled heartily. Magnus appeared before her and sent out five more dream life forces to her collection.

"Now, this is incredible!" Noelle laughed happily. "Once we gathered all the dream life forces, I'll be the powerful nightmare mistress no matter what!"

"Everything is working in progress, Lady Noelle," said Magnus, being impressed.

"Indeed, it is! With all the dream life forces in my command, I'll be a lot stronger; and the guardian of the dream will become weaker! Ha ha ha!"