Fairly Oddparents copyright Viacom

Thanks to Crazyfairy for the inspiration

Chapter 7: Lucas Believes

Written: 8 Jan 2005-11 Jan 2005

Posted: 12 Jan 2005

"Cosmo, I've been wondering…"

"Yes, Marie?"

They were following Lucas down the stairs, which circled gently to their left, to his basement-cellar. And Cosmo was beginning to think that he didn't want to hear the question.

"Cosmo, just when did Butch and I ask a couple of fairies to be our Timmy's godparents?"

Cosmo rubbed the back of his head. "Now, there's a funny story behind that."

He was saved from answering when they reached a door at the foot of the stairs. Lucas turned and faced them. "Some things in here you might not understand. But it's all for the best. Really."

Cosmo swallowed. "If you say so."

"I do say so."

Marie nodded in silence. It was about all she could do. She knew even less about this than Cosmo did.

Lucas nodded back. "All should be in order than." He produced a key, unlocked the door and opened it. "I would request that you didn't touch anything while you are here."

His guests agreed. They weren't going to touch a thing.

"Excellent. Walk this way, please?" Lucas opened the door. Cosmo beheld what was inside. And was amazed.

In a underground chamber hidden by a seemingly ordinary wooden door was a circular pool of blue… something surrounded by four pillars at each corner. It seemed to be from some other world. Beyond Fairy World even.

"What is it?" Cosmo asked.

"It's a gateway."

Cosmo blinked a couple of times. "But where does it go?"

"I'm not really sure."

"You're sure?" Marie asked mildly. "Is this your basement?"

"I suppose." Lucas shrugged. "I just found this buried staircase that led to a underground chamber and built a house on top of it."

Marie shrugged. "Sounds good to me."

"How does that help our problem?" Cosmo demanded.

"It doesn't," Lucas agreed. "What we're looking for is beyond the mystical portal." Apparently, he saw the looks on their faces, as he continued. "Don't worry. I flew over it many times without incident."

Marie nodded grimly and followed Lucas into the air. Cosmo hesitated before he realized he had no real choice. He launched into the air after Lucas and Marie.

They flew over the mystic cerulean portal.

-OOO-

Mr. Turner heard a knock on the door to his office. "Come in," he said at once.

"Mr. Turner," a familiar voice which for some reason he had trouble placing said, "do you know where your wife is?"

He looked up. And dropped the pencil was just writing in a report with. It was Vicky, his babysitter. "Yes, she should be at her realty."

Vicky looked at her feet. "I'm sorry to tell you this, Mr. Turner. But I've just been there, and they told me that she hadn't shown up." She looked up with sympathy in her eyes. "Is everything alright at home?"

Mr. Turner stood boldly up on his chair. "Of course everything is alright at home. I suspect it was foul play perpetrating by none other than… Dinkleburg!"

"Of course it was," Vicky agreed whole-heartily. But Turner did find it was strange that she was laughing. Oh well. He had no time to solve that mystery. He had to boil some answers out of his co-worker.

-OOO-

Lucas led them to a very strange looking machine. It was arranged on a tower that was two large spheres below and above a smaller one, and sticking out in every direction form this center sphere were many arms holding a veritable hardware store's wealth of tools.

"What does it do?" Marie couldn't miss the raw lust in Cosmo's eyes.

"You like it?" If Lucas noticed Cosmo's coveting of his toy, he didn't show it. "It's my own invention. It helps me with my studies."

"What studies would those be, Lucas?"

"Fairy-human relationships."

"How fortunate for us then."

"Yes. I suppose that's why you came here."

"Actually, it was Cosmo who brought me."

"Hmm, yes." Lucas went silent for a moment. "Assuming for a second that you were this Marie Turner person-"

"Which I am."

"-and that you switched bodies with Wanda-"

"Which I have."

"-then what do you hope that I can do for you?"

Marie looked uncertainly at Cosmo. "I'm that you would know, Cosmo."

"Wanda would come here to get help with all sort of problems," Cosmo shrugged. "Don't know why though."

"We knew each other very well, Cosmo. Didn't you know your own wife's family?"

Cosmo frowned. "Why? Is that important?"

"I'm her brother."

"Ah."

"So you would know Wanda if you saw her," Marie asked.

"I of course I would, Wanda."

"Well, as I've told you before. I'm not Wanda. I'm Timmy's mother, if that means anything to you."

"Oh, it does." Lucas pulled out a hidden drawer underneath the mechanism. "But I have run a few tests first." He pulled out a silver-serving fork.

"What good will that do?"

"You see," Lucas replied, examining the fork. "Once when both very little," he sighed, "I stabbed Wanda in the butt with this very fork." He looked Marie straight in the eye. "I guess be that Marie person, since you didn't recognize this fork."

Marie nodded. "You mentioned a test. Was showing me the fork it?"

"Actually, no. I have to compare this fork to any scar that may be on your butt. You know, so that I can tell for sure that is in fact Wanda's body you are in."

Marie sighed. "Oh, all right. It's not like this is my body anyway." She turned around and dropped the pants she was wearing to her ankles. She shivered. It still felt like her body. "Would you hurry up, Lucas. I'm starting to feel a little uncomfortable here."

"That's alright, Marie," Lucas said. "So am I. Just a little longer just to be sure." Several moments passed. "Okay, you can pull up your pants now." Marie did. "I believe your story.

"Even though it does seem rather impossible."