Spring 2 of the new year seemed quite different than what they were used to. For once, it felt warm, and peaceful. They still waited for Kevin to come, but even though it was indeed the new year, they continued business as usual. They kept a watchful eye on Jin, who as far as Kevin was concerned was his closest confidante on the rainbows and the Goddess. They wanted to keep his confidence up, so they kept a watchful eye on him any time before 10 PM. However, today was not a day where this was necessary, as Kevin finally showed up to the goddess pond.
He had a gold fishing rod in hand, and walked up the mountain with confidence while they followed closely with Molly under cloak. He stood in the middle of the path and cast his line. Theoretically, he could have stayed for hours before he had to wake up, but by 10 PM, the three of them were already quite bored with it. "Do you see one anywhere, Gale?" Witch Princess asked telepathically. "Not quite, but we need to keep a close eye. It could be anywhere." They searched throughout the pond, but Molly stayed in a position not far from Kevin.
She liked this pond; it gave her a good feeling, a peaceful feeling, as if someone was telling her that everything was going to be all right. She looked into the pond, curious if Kevin could see her reflection and noticed a fish. It had to be the wood fish.
She waved her hands to signal the fish to head for his bob, as if it understood what she was gesturing. However, the fish did finally go towards the bob, and Kevin pulled with all of his might. Witch Princess and Wizard looked up to find Kevin doing so and ran towards him, ready help in whatever way they could. When he finally pulled the fish in front of him, he hopped and skipped and cheered all over. "Yes! Oh, but it's 11. I need to sleep, but I'll hand him this stuff tomorrow." He ran out of the pond, ready clearly to make his way to Alan's tree. The three of them held him to his word.
The next day, Witch Princess woke up Molly at 6 AM, and said, "It's eggs today. Freshly transfigured." Molly woke up, ready to eat and ready to watch a rainbow be formed. After about 2 hours, the three of them teleported to Alan's flower. Wizard remembered it well; the first starry night festival that didn't require him to go alone. He hoped he could do it again on Castanet.
The process of rainbow mixing was a slow and tired process that they understood perfectly well, and simply waited until the rainbow was complete. "Ready?" Wizard asked Witch Princess telepathically, "Lasso!" They roped him with two lassos to follow him efficiently. Witch Princess made her way up on her own, and Wizard held onto Molly as tight as he could while flying through the air as light as a feather.
When they landed on their two feet atop the mountain, they only saw a purple flower. Kevin's first reaction was to water that flower, and that reaction seemed a good way to go… that is, until they saw the sprite that was talking: Edge. "Oh good, the crybaby." Witch Princess told Wizard telepathically. He sobbed out the ingredients, which was the important part. While Kevin climbed down the rainbow, the three of them returned to the campsite.
"So where could he go for tuna?" Molly asked.
"Two places… either Gull Islands… or Cream Beach…" answered Wizard
"I could watch over the Gull Islands if you take the beach."
"That should work."
"Well, what about the honeydew?"
"I… guess we wait for summer then."
Witch Princess and Molly groaned. "So we spending a whole year here?" Witch Princess complained.
"We have to… it's the best way to fight it."
Molly sighed, and Witch Princess paced. "You sure we can't just transfigure something into a honeydew?"
"Positive… it can only harm progress."
Molly thought of something then, "You know, sometimes, I save crops after I harvest them so I can cook later. What if Kevin did that?"
Witch Princess looked to Wizard and said, "Are you suggesting we invade his privacy, ransack his refrigerator, all for the sake of finishing quicker? Because I am totally for it and we should do that right now."
"I can't believe I'm saying this… but we may need to do that… it might help…"
Before Wizard even finished his sentence, she was already gone. Only a few moments passed before she came back and announced, "He's got one!" Molly cheered, and asked, "Okay. Could you go back and check for a snowflake flower? He might have saved that too."
"That one might be harder…" It didn't even take her a second to mull the possibility over before she left. Once again, she came back announced, "Got that too!"
"So all we need is for his tulips to grow, to help him catch a tuna, and hope he catches a lapis lazuli." Molly concluded.
"Sounds about right." Witch Princess concurred.