Sky woke up on the couch the next morning. It was a dreary morning and the realization of Mary being gone made her sad. She went into the nursery to check on Jane and Michael, and when she did, they were still asleep.
She knew when they'd awake, they'd find the gifts Mary Poppins had left them, and they would cry, hoping she hadn't left them, but who knows, she might just return.
Sky looked on the dresser and two small packages were there, one said Jane, which looked like either a necklace or bracelet, and the other said Michael, Sky couldn't tell what it looked like.
"Jane sweetie, wake up." Sky said sitting on the bed next to her.
"Huh? What is it?" She asked as she lifted her head.
"There is a gift here for you, from Mary Poppins." Sky said.
"Really?" She asked as she shot up and looked around.
"Here." She said as she took the small package and handed it to her. Jane opened the package and inside was a locket and inside the paper was the word 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' and when she opened the locket, sugar came out.
"What does that mean?" Sky asked herself.
"A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down." Jane replied as the sugar dispersed.
"Hmm strange, well lemme get your brother up." Sky said getting up and going to wake Michael up.
Michael also did the same thing and when he opened up his, there was a compass in it and there was a not inscripted on the back.
"If you're ever lost, look North and you'll find your way."
"She left you poor kids some weird presents." Sky said examining them.
"Where is she?" Jane asked innocently.
"She's... she's gone Jane. She left last night." Sky replied.
"She didn't say goodbye?" Michael asked.
"Why did she do that again?" Jane asked about to cry.
"Well, she seems to be getting married." Sky said.
"WHAT?!" The two yelled in unison.
"You don't know what that means?" Sky asked flatly.
"Yes we do and oh my goodness! I knew they liked each other!" Jane said hopping up and down on her bed.
"Wait, you all ready have figured out who she's marrying?" Sky asked.
"Bert of course! We knew it all along." Michael replied smiling.
"Oh, I guess I underestimated you then." Sky said as she got up.
"What are we going to do today Sky?" Jane asked as she jumped off the bed and landed on her feet with a tiny thud.
"I don't know, what do you wanna do?" Sky replied as she looked out the window and it was raining.
"Hmm, there really isn't anything to do." Michael said as he got out of bed to.
"Hmm in a snap things can change." Sky said snapping her fingers, and suddenly the beds made themselves up and the papers in which the gifts were wrapped in were in the trash can.
Sky looked down at her fingers, still in the snapping postition, in wild eyes. Jane and ichael smiled at each other and then they both snapped their fingers and the room began to clean itself.
The rocking chair stood straight up and three books flew over to the bookshelf, the dolls and the toy soliders all "danced" their ways into the toy box, and Sky was still staring at her fingers in sadistic shock.
"STOP!" Sky yelled, and everything, maybe even time itself stopped.
"Woooowww." Jane and Michael giggled.
"OK we gotta find that freaky nanny like right now!" Sky said as she threw some clothes for Jane and Michael to wear on the bed.
The two children laughed hysterically as Sky raced out ofthe room and ran into the bathroom.
She stared at herself for a few moments and then washed her face.
"Now where could she be?" She asked herself as she changed her clothes and wrapped the cape around her shoulders.
"We're ready." Jane said knocking on the door.
"OK, make sure you're ready to run because we'll be doing a lot of it." Sky replied opening the door.
"We like running, it's what we do best." Michael joked.
"Yeah, well let's get going before the rain gets any worse." Sky said taking Jane's hand in her right, and Michael's hand in her left.
They opened the door and the wind made air fly in through the door, they rused out from under the safety of the porch and down the sidewalk.
Admiral Boom wasn't at his post, so they had no need to stop running, so they rushed past the Cherry Tree Lane sign and onto Cherry Blossom Street, where there was a group of people furiously trying to get into the door to the town hall.
"What is going on?" Jane asked.
"They killed Archduke Ferdinand!." Someone yelled.
"Sky!" A voice yelled, it was the chimney sweep boy.
"How do you know me?!" She asked over the roar of men arguing.
"Mary Poppins told me!" He shouted back.
"We have to get away from here!" Sky shouted as Jane and Michael clutched to her legs.
"C'mon I know where to go!" He said grabbing her arm and pulling them out of the mob of people.
They moved slowly through the people, knocking over a fat man and two buisnessmen, but finally they made it out.
"God, that was Hell in itself!" Sky yelled as she rubbed her head.
"I forgot to tell ya my name, it's Robert, but friends call me Rob." He said as he offered his hand and Sky shook it.
"Gotcha, so Rob, you know Mary Poppins?" She asked.
"Do I?! She came and saw Bert everyday, well almost, now I can't find Bert anywhere." Rob replied kicking at the street.
"Yeah, I know where he went, him and Mary Poppins is gettin' married." Sky replied.
Rob's eyes began to twinkle. "Lucky ole' Bert!" He shouted and then hushed himself.
"Yeah, well now I gotta find her, because, wel watch this." She said and she snapped her fingers in front of his face and it was clear of all the soot.
"Wow! So you got the Spoonful of sugar power eh?" He said.
"The what?" She asked confused.
"Spoonful of sugar, it means any problem you have, can be fixed someway." He answered back.
"Whatever!" She snapped and just then, the rain began beating down on the 4 of them again.
A low growl raised in Sky's throat, this day wasn't going well at all, and it wasn't about to get any better.
"Well you go find her, and I'll talk to you later, I better hang around here, knowing Bert's curious mind, he'll be here soon." Rob assured the them.
"Ok, well I'll see you later I supose." Sky replied.
"I hope." He said and he rushed off to the town hall and into the mob of people, without a second glance.
"Umm, Sky, he likes you!" Jane squealed.
"He does not, now come on, we gotta find Mary now!" She retorted and she grabbed Jane's hand, who grabbed Michael's and off they went down the street, hopefully to find Mary somewhere around.
Sky rounded a corner and Jane and Michael were not to far behind when they found a little dog, with a slicker on.
"Andrew!" Jane and Michael said.
"Andrew?" Sky asked and then she heard the dog reply "Yes?"
"What the heck?" Sky asked.
"You said my name, what do you want, I am here to help." He asked.
"Um, where's Mary Poppins?" She asked, still uneasy.
"Her Uncle Albert's just a few blocks south of me number 13." He said and with that, he walked away.
"What did he say?" Jane asked, to her and Michael, he was only barking.
"Uh, Mary that way!" She yelled stupidly as she pointed down a street and then she took off at a run, she was really confused now.
As she glanced at the numbers on the doors, she found the one she'd been looking for, and without knocking opened the door and yelled "POPPINS!" Which scared Jane and Michael and the sleeping Uncle Albert and there was a crash from the kitchen.
"WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU?! Mary shouted as she came out of the kitchen.
"What is happening to me! And what the hell is this Spoonful of sugar magic crap about?!" Sky shouted at the nanny, who kept her composure the netire time.
"You're obviously getting your magic that was bestowed on you when you were little." She said.
"OK, explain to me what's going on, right here and now!" Sky said angrily.
"The locket you are wearing, holds your powers, and even if you throw the locket into the river, it'll still be with you." She said softly.
"What else can I do? Next you'll be saying I can fly!" Sky said.
Mary looked down at her feet and tried not to laugh.
"Oh noooo, I may be a theif and may claim not to be afraid of anything, but heights is my weakness." Sky snapped.
Jane and Michael gasped and Sky had wished she could turn the tables and stop herself from saying that.
"You're a theif?" Michael asked.
"Why Sky?" Jane said hugging her brother close as they started to cry.
"Oi vey. I needed money ok? I stole from your father's bank one time, and I am deeply sorry." Sky said hanging her head.
"Mary Poppins, should we forgive her?" Jane asked.
"Hmm well I would, but I'd also never trust her again." Mary replied and Sky made a funny face and was all ready close to killing the nanny all ready.
Before Jane could speak up, Bert came through the door and he barely noticed the children and teenager looking rather sad.
"Mary, may I talk with you?" He whispered and Mary nodded and they went into the kitchen.
"You're what?" All of them heard Mary ask, even Uncle Albert, who'd walked into the room a few seconds later.
"Mary, I feel I 'ave to." Bert replied.
"Yeah, well I feel that I won't be waiting for you if you come back." Mary snapped and then she ran out of the kitchen and up the staircase in tears, she never cried, or so everyone thought.
"Poor Mary Poppins." Uncle Albert said as he blew his nose.
"Yes, poor Mary Poppins." Jane said.
"I'll go talk to her, I'll be back." Sky said as she headed toward the stairs.
"Maybe you ough to let someone she trusts do it." Michael said rudely.
"Michael." Jane said and Sky had to wipe the moisture from her eyes with the back of her hand.
"You know what, fine, you wanna do it, go ahead." She said as she lept over the two stairs she had climbed and walked out the door and slammed the door shut.
Sky walked through the streets as more and more people rushed to try and find out what was happening in Austria-Hungary.
"Now we be an awsome time for the flying to kick in, maybe I could fly to Austria-Hungary and get killed, that's about the way I feel now." Sky said as she sat down on a street curb.
"Oh come on, then who would I have to talk to." A familiar Irish voice said.
"Lilli?" Sky asked looking around.
"Open the locket." The muffeled voice said.
Sky looked around and when she opened the locket, she could see a reflection of her chalk drawing friend.
"OK first question, why are you in a necklace?" Sky asked.
"Because, someone close to you will be there for you no matter where you are." Lilli replied.
"Very cliche, especially in a locket!" She said.
"Well, you needed someone to turn your bahookey around and get back to that house!" Lilli snapped.
"I can't!" Sky pleaded.
"Why? What happened?" Lilli angrily asked.
"They found out Lilli, Michael and Jane, and Michael snapped at me and I left and I'm never going back." She replied about to cry.
"Hey now Lassie, you'd better go back and stand your ground. Mary Poppins needs your help, because within the next three days, she's gonna need it." Lilli replied.
"How do you know?" Sky asked.
"Uh-oh, gotta run, me family needs me, now go help yours before you regret it." Lilli said and with that she was gone.
"Wait! What do you mean? Lilli! I don't have a family!" Sky yelled, but Lilli was no longer in the locket.
Sky screamed at the top of her lungs and when she stopped, she realized that the little fox had made a point, Mary, Bert, Jane, and Michael were her family, and one was in trouble and she needed to help, but what would the next three days bring?
As Sky began sprinting back towards Uncle Albert's, the same question raced through her mind, could something happen to Mary, she let the thought rush from her mind as she came to the door one more and took a deep breath and knocked.
Wow, this is the longest chapter I've ever written! 2,325 words, I am so proud of myself (Steps back, sniffs, and comes back) Anyway, I hope you liked this one, it was retarded with Lilli, but I thought it was like a Disney thing, not that Disney's retarded, he was the awsomest man who ever walked the Earth besides Jesus, who was first. R and R!!
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