Chapter 9: Fairy Godmothers:
Dragon King's POV:
"Places, everyone, places," I said, "almost showtime! Show me the sparkle, Babbo!"
"Must I, sire," I asked in embarrassment.
"Come on. Sell it," I said with excitement.
"Do we both have to be fairy godmothers," asks Babbo, "couldn't one of us be a fairy godfather?"
"You know I don't have enough man's clothes," I said. And you readers better not judge me!
"Look at my little wand," says Benbo. "I'm adorable!"
"Alright, Benbo, less is more," I said.
"She's never gonna buy this," says Babbo. "Does this even look like an enchanted forest?"
"If you believe it, so will your audience," I said, "here are the new sides. Try not to step on each other's lines. Keep the scene contained. I only had time to poison one dress. Don't ask me why I got out so many ball gowns. It was a thing. The toxin should only take a few moments to knock her out cold. Remember, the dress in the light is the one that's right, if it's hidden by night, then it is a big fright!"
"Okay. If the dress is the light, then, uuuuuuuuummmmmmmmm, uuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh..."
"It's the one that's right," I said.
"Oh yeah," says Babbo, "so definitely not that blue one!"
"Yes," I said, "exactly the blue one!"
"But blue and white are different colors," says Benbo.
"No, not the color," I said, "I lit it up for you, see?" They're not getting it. "Still nothing?"
"So, it's a glowing dress," asks Benbo.
"Exactly," I said, "wow. And once she passes out, I'll grab the stone and you two will grab her- oh, here they come. Everybody back to one. Hit your marks. And let's have some fun out there."
Benbo's POV:
I then knocked the light down. "Whoopsie-daisy!" Luckily, I remembered that the dress is supposed to be blue. Then I saw it, but I don't remember it being an azure blue, with a cloak of kingfisher feathers and golden slippers. Oh well. I shined the light on it.
Ye Xian's POV:
Hyun-Ah took me to this forest. Then these strange looking fairies came.
Benbo and Babbo: Behold this magic garden
Full of magic nature
It's the Enchanted Forest
We are your Fairy Godmothers
And we live in this enchanted forest
Which is definitely real!
"I don't know why," I said, "but I think I can trust them."
"Oh yeah," says Hyun-Ah.
Benbo and Babbo: Sweet little child
We're your fairy godmothers
And we can give you incredible beauty
Benbo: Time to go wild
Babbo: So, wear a poison dress...
I mean the loveliest is the glowing dress
Benbo: Hopefully
I then picked up the dress and I tried it on. "It's beautiful," I said.
"Or maybe it's this dress!"
The two then start arguing.
Dragon King's POV:
"Stick to the pages!"
Ye Xian's POV:
The short one then tries that other blue dress on, and she starts acting strange. "The dress in the dark-"
"What's wrong with her," I asked.
"-has a bite that's worse than its bark!"
"That seems suspicious," I said.
"He's fine- I mean she's fine!"
Dragon King's POV:
"No improv."
Ye Xian's POV:
We then picked her up, but then, whatever was on the dress got to us too.
Dragon King's POV:
"What?!" I said as Benbo was getting infected too.
Ye Xian's POV:
"I feel good."
"Me too," I said. There were hippos dancing with alligators all around us. We then hugged.
"Maybe you should just sit down."
"Hey! Buzz off, Lady! Mind your own..."
"Beeswax?"
"No! Beeswax."
"Clear the stage and come with me now!"
"Hey, I know you," I said, "oh your skin's cleared up. You are gorgy! You must be from the Dang Dynasty! Hey, pick up this lady!" I then handed her to him.
"No, you idiot! He's wearing the poison dress... pretty, little one. Who wants to take a bath with me?"
"I do," I said.
"Yay!"
"We're hot tubbing with the Dragon," I said. But the three got in the tub and drove off without me. "Awe, I love those guys! Those... those were good people. But the two of you are my best friends. No. No, no, no, no. We're not friends. The three of us, we're family." Now I'm out cold.
Hyun-Ah's POV:
"What just... what just happened?"
To Be Continued
In the next chapter, Ye Xian goes to the festival.