Chapter Two: The Fairies' Plan
Musa watched the burning spinning wheels in the fire from a high tower.
"This is nonsense!" she shouted irritable.
"Come on, Musa, have some tea. Try to calm down." Flora offered, making cups and a teapot appear in thin air.
"Well burning every spinning wheel is the kingdom isn't going to stop Cassandra." Bloom replied.
"Of course it won't, but what will?" Musa asked,
"Maybe if we just try and reason with her-" Flora though aloud.
"Reason?" Musa interrupted.
"With Countess Cassandra?" Bloom added.
"Well she can't be that bad… can she?" Flora asked quietly.
"Yes she can Flora." Musa told her evenly.
"I'd want to burn her to a crisp." Bloom huff.
"Bloom, that isn't a nice thing to say." Flora scolded.
"Even if we could, Cassandra is way too powerful for the three of us combine." Musa pointed out as they continued to sip tea, "but there must be a way… I've got it!"
"What is it Musa?" Flora asked her fairy friends.
"We're going to… wait, you never know what tricks Cassandra will have up her sleeve." Musa whispered. Then she looked out the window, and miniaturized, signalling the others to follow her. Flora followed her lead, but Bloom was curious as to what they were doing, and as she figured it out, she miniaturized as well. Then they hid in a jewellery box as Bloom closed the door.
"I'll turn her into a flower!" Musa concluded.
"Cassandra?" Bloom asked in curiosity.
"No, Princess Stella." Musa laughed
"Oh, she'd make a beautiful flower!" Flora thought aloud.
"And a flower can't prick itself." Musa added, "She'll be completely safe."
"Until Cassandra finds out and sends frost." Bloom replied worriedly.
"Oh no… you're right, and she'll be expecting us to do the typical fairy spell anyway." Musa sighed.
"What doesn't she expect, she knows everything that goes on in the kingdom of Solaria." Bloom huffed.
"She doesn't know everything, Bloom." Flora pointed out, "She knows nothing about love, kindness and the good of helping others."
"That's it!" Musa finally sprung from her seat, "It's something she doesn't understand and would never expect… now we have to plan this with caution ladies, for the princess's safety… there's a cottage in the woods of Solaria… and King Radius and Queen Luna will object to this, but if we tell them it's the only way to protect Princess Stella…"
"Tell them what?" Bloom asked Musa.
"About three woman, raising a child deep in the forest of Solaria." Musa whispered.
"Oh that is so sweet… who are they?" Flora asked. And with her magic, Musa turned them into regular middle aged woman, "It's us!"
"Uh huh." Musa smiled.
"You mean we get to take care of Princess Stella?" Flora asked.
"Yes Flora." Musa assured her as Bloom turned her orange outfit into a blue one in the small jewellery box mirror.
"I loved that idea, Musa!" Flora cheered.
"Yes but we would have to feed her and change her and…" Bloom protested.
"And bathe her and sing to her and rock her to sleep." Flora cooed.
"Do you really think we can?" Bloom asked doubtfully.
"If humans can do it then we can do it too." Musa encouraged Bloom.
"But we'd have our magic to help us." Bloom thought.
"No magic, absolutely not!" Musa protested, "In fact, let's all hold out powers in this sphere."
"You mean we'll live like humans for eighteen years?" Bloom asked, but the fairies set all their magic free into the enchanted sphere that Musa owned despite Bloom's protest, "We don't know how."
"And that's why Cassandra will never suspect a thing." Musa pointed out.
"But how will we do all the chores?" Bloom asked yet another question.
"We'll all do them together." Musa told her.
"I'll take care of the princess." Flora offered, finally speaking up. Then, Musa heard the king and queen calling their names.
"Come on, we have to tell King Radius and Queen Luna right away!" Musa then used the little magic she had left for her and the others to turn to normal size.
Well I guess these chapters aren't going to exceed my 1,000 word mark, sorry guys.