CHAPTER FOUR
While Timmy was cleaning up the dishes with Tootie (Timmy really didn't have much of a choice in the matter because Mr. Flannigan – before the adult Turners and Flannigans left - had placed onto Timmy's ankle a similar shock bracelet and left the remore in the care of Tootie), up in Fairyworld, Cosmo was conferring with Dr. Studwell (That's Dr. RIP Studwell).
"Cosmo," Dr. RIP Studwell began, "I've got some…. good news, and I've got some…. bad news".
"Please give me the good news, Dr. RIP Studwell," Cosmo pleaded while watching his wife in the travel cage. Wanda was not too happy at being couped up and she was poofing up anvils, but as Dr. RIP Studwell had magicked up a steel cover over their heads, neither of them were getting hit by them.
"The good news is…. your wife Wanda will soon be over…. her time of the month", he began, "and I'll be able to resume…. my golf game of the tenth tee", he announced.
"And the bad news?" Cosmo asked next.
"You won't be able to take…. this steel shield with you and you'll be clobbered with anvils until she is over it", he replied.
"Oh, my aching head!", Cosmo moaned.
"Oh, my aching body!", Timmy complained.
Timmy and Tootie had finished up their dishes, and now at Tootie's 'insistence' (thanks to the shock-bracelet), he was up in Tootie's room playing 'Fairy Princess'. However, Timmy was being the Fairy Princess this time as she made Timmy play dress-up in a fairy costume (complete with wand and wings) while she added Timmy's boy clothes to her Timmy love-shrine.
"This – is – so – embarrassing", Timmy moaned looking at himself in the mirror while Tootie giggled and took photos.
"After so long without the pleasure of your company thanks to Icky Vicky," Tootie said gleefully, "I finally have you all to myself".
Timmy fervently hoped that either Cosmo and Wanda would appear and get him out of this mess, or that the embarrassment would kill him before his parents came to pick him up.
Vicky, for her part was hoping that somebody would come along and kill her before her parents started using the shock bracelet again. How on Earth did they manage to become so brave and strong all of a sudden, she wondered? Not only those, but to deactivate all her weapons, find out where her blackmail stash of photos was and confiscate them? Her hold over them was gone, and now not only was she at their mercy, her life savings had been 'held hostage' by her parents as a future guarantee of good behavior. How could it get any worse?
"How could this get any worse?" Timmy also thought as he raced home in his fairy princess costume, trying to avoid the streetlights. Mr. And Mrs. Flannigan had come home and informed Timmy that his parents had gone straight home, and that he was free to go home now that Tootie had had the pleasure of his company. However, Timmy could not get his clothes back because Tootie wanted to keep them and – as Mr. Flannigan said: "What Tootie wants, Tootie gets!". Besides, Tootie had super-glued the toy wand to Timmy's right hand so he was rather stuck.
Smooching him a "good night, Timmy, See you in the morning!", Timmy was shown out the front door (though the ankle bracelet was removed beforehand by Mr. Flannigan). The next few minutes of trying to get back unseen in his costume took a lot of concentration. Finally, he made it back.
Sneaking up the stairs, he got into his room and closed the door, just in time to see Cosmo and Wanda poof in. Wanda had still looked annoyed at Cosmo for taking her to see Dr. RIP Studwell, but then they saw Timmy and broke into laughter.
Timmy seethed as both of them laughed themselves hoarse.
"Timmy, you look so cute as a girl fairy. Why though didn't you go to the trouble of wishing yourself as one instead of wearing that costume?" Wanda said between laughs.
"Even Kevin is laughing!", Cosmo said, pointing to the rock on the window sill.
"Tootie did this to me!" Timmy snapped, "I wish I was out of this costume, and this toy wand unstuck from my hand!".
As the wish was granted, there was a knock on the door. Wanda and Cosmo immediately poofed back into their fish tank. Mom and Dad came into Timmy's room. Timmy was glad that at least he was back in normal clothes.
"I hope you had a good time, Short-stuff," Dad said, "because the Flannigan's and ourselves enjoyed the movie".
"Time for you to go to bed, Sweetie," Mrs. Turner said, "You've got school tomorrow".
"But – but – but", Timmy tried to speak.
"No buts, Son," Mr. Turner replied, "Get to sleep". With that, they walked out of the room.
After they left, Wanda and Cosmo poofed back into their fairy form.
"That bravery wish has dealt with Vicky, but that parental love wish for Tootie is resulting in nothing but my being in the clutches of Tootie. I wish that my original wish was undone!".
Cosmo and Wanda raised their wands, but the wands fizzled. The large book called DA RULES suddenly appeared and opened to a particular page. Wanda read through the relevant passage and then looked up at Timmy.
"Uh, oh, Sport. Tootie's newfound love for her parents and vice-versa has meant that we can't undo the wish!", Wanda said.
"Oh no!", Timmy exclaimed, "Now what do I do?".
That was the same question that Vicky was asking herself as she rode home on her bike after finishing her baby-sitting gig. Something had to be done!