"How are we going to coax him to the island, Witch Princess?"
"Simple: I'm going to fuse your mind with someone else's."
"Again?"
"You're tough, Molly. You can handle it. I'll get Wizard to relieve your pain again after we're done, and if he can't help him get a saury soon, I'll do it. But who hangs out by the… ah-HA! The old guy with the funny hat! He offers a ferry to the bird island, doesn't he?"
"I guess…"
"Ready?"
Before she could answer, Witch Princess already held her hands to her temples in a pink glow, and before she knew it, she was in the fish shop. Not far off from the one in castanet, she had a good idea of how to get around. She walked out the door, and did what she thought Pascal would have done; she walked outside and went to his boat. She saw Kevin fishing, probably for the saury, and by him stood Wizard.
Wizard was enchanting the waters nearby him to attract saury, but there weren't many. While doing so, he looked up and saw Pascal. What's he doing here, he thought, he should be indoors. I hope he doesn't come over here. However, he was unaware that Molly was in Pascal's body, so he started to panic internally when he watched Pascal come to him. "Hello, Kevin. Fishing for anything specific?" Kevin answered without breaking concentration, "Nope. Just fishing for the fun of it." Fake Pascal nodded, and said, "You know, Saury usually come around during this season. I see a lot of them quite a bit around now and Winter." Kevin nodded and said, "I'd like one if I could. They're pretty good fish."
"Yes, yes, they're pretty popular." Molly said, winking to Wizard. Wizard was confused by this; who was Pascal winking to? There's no way he could see him… could he? "Hm… is that one over there?" Kevin looked over and saw what he meant. "I hope so…" Wizard looked, and coaxed the fish towards the bob as best as he could. Kevin felt it come and finally fished one out to his excitement. "Yes!" Fake Pascal laughed and said, "Yes, it's always exciting to catch one." Kevin held it like a trophy with excitement, and put it away in his rucksack quickly. Afterwards, he looked to Pascal and asked, "Say, Pascal, do you know where I could find a banana?" Fake Pascal raised his eyebrows with fake intrigue, and replied, "Interesting question. I believe you can find them easily on Toucan Island, and I do offer a ferry to it if you need one. Just to ask, why do you need it?"
"Let's just say it's for a recipe."
Molly wanted to grin as she knew perfectly well what he meant, but continued looking relaxed and said, "All right. Well, I can take you there if you need to go." Kevin nodded and said, "Great! When do we depart?"
"If I can have a few moments here, we'll leave immediately after."
Kevin ran for the boat, and fake Pascal turned to Wizard and told him, "Don't worry. I'm trying to take him to a banana for the recipe." She turned around and headed for the boat.
"Witch Princess."
He flicked his wrists and returned to the campsite to find Witch Princess hovering her hands over Molly. "You fused her with Pascal?!"
"You did it with Jin earlier."
"Move over, and let me monitor her condition. You watch over the situation." After Wizard prepared his magic, Witch Princess relinquished control. "What were you thinking?! I… I shouldn't have even done that with Jin. No one's mind… can handle being fused so much." Witch Princess sighed and focused her mind to the boat. "As soon as she gets to the island… I'm releasing her. You can control Pascal."
Molly felt a blunt pain in her head and Kevin asked if she was okay. "Oh, it's nothing. Some pains that come with age." She may have lied about the age, but the pain was the truth. She felt her body ache, particularly in her head. She wondered if this is a side effect to mind fusing. "I see the island, just ahead. We should be there shortly." She gritted her teeth, trying to hide the fact that his body felt like it was crumbling. It felt like she was being pressed down by weights a thousand times heavier than her.
"Her mind is starting to break. She's probably… in a lot of pain right now… oh, no…"
On the boat, Molly felt as if she couldn't breathe anymore, like the weights doubled down on her chest.
"She's in cardiac arrest. Stop watching, and help." Witch Princess brought her mind back to it and prepared her glowing hands to look into her body. It took a few moments of cellular reparation and movement to bring her heart back to normal, but eventually, they fixed the problem.
"Are you all right, Pascal?"
At first, she wasn't, but the pain suddenly lessened, and fake Pascal turned to him and said, "Yes. I just got a little winded somehow. Don't worry. We're here." Molly docked the boat and allowed Kevin off. "Good luck with your banana hunt, Kevin."
"Are you sure you're going to be okay for the ride back?"
"Perfectly fine. Now, go on. Don't just look for bananas either. There's fantastic fish on this island as well, and you could probably do to make some gold, don't you think?"
"Right. Thanks, Pascal. I'll be back soon."
Molly waved goodbye, and sat back down. The pain that dulled for a second seemed to be coming back, but before it could reach its former intensity, she found herself staring at the sky again. "This is starting to become a pattern." Wizard hugged her again, and told her, "We shouldn't have fused your mind so much. I'm sorry." Witch Princess knelt down and said, "I'm sorry too, Molly. You went into cardiac arrest while you were gone, whatever that is, and so you probably felt a lot of pain. Did you get him over there okay, at least?" Wizard scowled at her, but Molly replied, "Yes, but he seemed worried about me. I'm glad you guys pulled me out of there." Wizard told her, "You need rest. Your mind can really take a beating. Fusing a mind twice could theoretically kill a person. I'll take you to your tent." He helped Molly up, and ordered Witch Princess to control his mind, but she was already on it.
As Witch Princess discovered, when he said soon, he meant it. He came back with a banana in hand, and they returned to the island. She found that controlling a boat was not much unlike controlling a broom, and liked doing so. Some time passed before they returned, and fake Pascal sent him off, and walked back in. She relinquished her control over Pascal, making sure he didn't remember anything that happened.
After letting go of the captain's mind, she teleported to where Kevin was to see his actions. He climbed the rainbow, and since she couldn't do so, teleported to the island ahead of him instead. He ran towards the flower at the end of West Gull Island with a watering can, and watered it. When she realized what he was about to do, she teleported to Wizard's location, only to find their faces close together, almost kissing. She could feel passion from where she stood. It made her sick. Were they about to kiss, she thought.
"Uh, sorry to interrupt, but Kevin's about to make a new rainbow, and thought you might want to watch."
Wizard reluctantly stood up and said, "You should stay and rest, Molly."
"No. I want to come."
He helped her up from her bed, and Witch Princess cloaked her and teleported the three of them. They watched as Collin mixed all the ingredients together and created a beautiful, fully functioning rainbow that married the two Gull Islands together. For once, they watched the sprite give him a rainbow badge. He took it with great pride, and strutted to the other island, and after a few moments, came back with another badge in hand. It must have been Ben's.
He ran back to Waffle Island, and as the sun was setting, the three decided to return to the campsite. Once they arrived, Wizard guided her to her tent, and said, "I'll bring you food." As he walked away, Molly said, "Wait!" He turned and said, "About earlier… I'm sorry. It must have been… awkward for you." He smiled and replied, "Don't worry. It only seemed really…awkward when Witch Princess… interrupted." Molly chuckled and set the guideline, "So nothing happened." Wizard was a little saddened by this, but agreed, "Nothing happened."
He walked out the campsite, and sighed a little bit. He walked to the campsite only to be bombarded by questions from Witch Princess. "Sooooo, were you guys about to kiss? Were you sweet talking her? Was she sweet talking you? Did you finally tell her your feelings—"She gasped loudly, "Did you tell her your name?!" He turned around and said sharply, "Nothing happened." Witch Princess seemed stunned, and he repeated slower, "Nothing… happened." Witch Princess simpered a little, and Wizard announced, "I'm going to catch dinner." Witch Princess replied, "All right. See you when you get back, lover boy!" He teleported out of the campsite quickly, clearly annoyed.
"Damnit, Vivi," cursed Wizard under his breath.
