Chapter Three: Homecoming

From the time of their birth to the current age had been sixteen years. Azura, Azrael, and Ashley had all grown into beautiful young girls who had begun to live as humans, not knowing that their parents were fairies. Tootie had finished her college achieving a degree in biology and business management and sociology, and had been given a well-paying job within the local park; she did, however, still return home every night to Cosmo and Wanda.

With the girls going to school now, Wanda had more spare time and could take a job of her own instead of being reliant upon Tootie and Cosmo for income. But she still liked to prepare dinner for the family every night, providing the best human food she could with as little magic as she could. Tootie changed out of her work clothes and sat down at the table across from the three girls. She sometimes tried to discern which one she had birthed, but could not and she concluded that was probably for the better.

Cosmo came in through the door and, as usual, threw his dirty work clothes on the floor. Wanda came up and kissed him on the cheek, "How was work today Sweetie?"

"Well first I was a fireman," Cosmo said.

A flashback came across with Cosmo on a ladder trying to get down a cat, "Come on down, no one's going to hurt you." He said, only to have his ladder ignite into flame.

"Then I was a fry cook," he said. The flashback shifted to Cosmo trying to talk burgers down from the ceiling only to have the restaurant catch on fire. "And then I was a doctor!" Cosmo said. The flashback shifted toward Cosmo in scrubs and holding a scalpel and trying to talk a patient down from a cabinet, only to have Cosmo's surgical instruments ignite.

Wanda rolled her eyes and hung up Cosmo's clothes as he sat down for dinner. At the table, the girls were bickering. "Mom! Azrael keeps kicking me!" Azura whined.

"I am not!" Azrael said, before kicking Azura again.

Ashley was too busy doing her nails to pay attention to the antics of her sisters. Each one of the girls had their own way of going about things, which made them unique. Azura was particularly fond of ballet, the flute, and fencing but had difficulty socializing; Azrael was always the wild child, a bully, but a soft spot for the outdoors; Ashley was vain and entitled, even though she received no more spoiling than her other sisters.

Wanda, Cosmo, and Tootie loved them all but kept in secret their parentage and the knowledge that two of them were fairies. This was accomplished by Wanda casting a spell over them shortly after birth which caused them to develop like humans, not grow wings, and only bare physical traits present in her and Cosmo, thus maintaining the illusion that they were triplets. The trio of parents had decided that when the girls were old enough, they would be told where they came from and what they were.

As was tradition before dinner, Tootie would ask that all six of them bow their heads as she recited, "Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech h'olam ha motzi lechem min ha-eretz. Ameen." A prayer she had been taught to by her parents and had wanted to pass down to her children. Cosmo and Wanda did not explicitly understand her motivation for saying the prayer, but kept silent out of respect.

After dinner, they found themselves encountering yet another surprise visit by Vicky. Surprisingly, Vicky was quite fond of her little 'nieces' (not aware that one of them was her actual niece) and spoiled them rotten. In fact, Vicky popped in at least three times a week, much to the chagrin of Cosmo, Wanda, and Tootie.

Vicky always allowed Azura to perform her newest technique for her again and again, then she would rough house with Azrael for a while, before finally providing Ashley with the latest in fashion. Cosmo and Wanda would go to bed earlier than the rest and cautioned Vicky to have the girls in bed by nine, but they were always in bed no earlier than eleven.

Tootie, while not participating in these escapades always stayed awake and watched the girls play with their 'auntie' while reading a book. Tootie was occasionally dragged into the rough housing or the board games, but she tried to keep her distance. She was also well aware of Vicky never putting the girls to bed on time, but said nothing, appreciating her sister's presence.

On this particular night, sixteen years and six months had passed by since Timmy and Poof were kidnapped by Jorgen. A storm cloud rumbled and the rain hit hard. Tootie made her bed nicely and insisted that Vicky spend the night, not wanting her sister to fall victim to the ill weather. Vicky, however, had already fallen asleep on the couch with all three girls in a close cuddle with her.

Tootie smiled and turned out the living room lights before heading up stairs, the thunder and rain boomed in the background. As she brushed her teeth, she turned the faucet on and much to her surprise a lightning bolt came through the faucet and thrust her up against the wall.

As she came to, she heard footsteps coming toward her. She also heard the distinct sound of her family's footfalls coming up to see her. But what they saw were two hooded figures carrying Tootie into her bed and tucking her in.

Tootie opened her eyes, sore from the lightning. "Sorry about that," the shorter hooded figure said.

"Who are you?" Tootie asked.

Suddenly a baseball bat smacked the taller figure on the head! Cosmo, the one wielding the bat, began to hit the figure mercilessly. "Hey! Hey!" The figure said, pulling his hood down, "It's me!"

Timmy Turner revealed himself to his family as Poof revealed himself to be the second figure, "I'm home," Timmy said.