Timmy blinked, staring at the kid in front of him. Cosmo and Wanda, had brought the boy to a party in Fairy World. There were lots of kids, with their Fairy godparents...
but one girl was sitting all by herself... looking lonely. Timmy decided to cheer her up... and wished he hadn't.
"Wait, Wait, Wait." The girl appeared startled. "You actually believe you got a Fairy, just because you're miserable?" The girl was gaping. "You're literally the mortal descendant of Jorgen Von Strangle. Like how I'm a descendant of Luna. Both are 'Royal Fae', whom make a point of having their anti-bodies, look after their mortal children."
"Antibodies?" Timmy tilted his head.
The girl just looked at him... her expression both kind, while clearly thinking him an idiot. "That's what your fairy godparents are... literal antibodies for General Von Strangle. They are tiny organisms, that inhabit his dimensional body. Acting independently, while still part of his body, they keep him healthy. While doubling as his servants."
"... Dimensional Body?"
Now the girl was looking at him with flat out annoyance, "Didn't you ever, ASK, your fairies, where they come from?"
"Of course I have!" Timmy insisted. "They just told me 'Fairy World'."
The girl sighed, obviously forcing herself to be patient. "The Fae City, is where General Von Strangle lives. It's a massive, interdimensional, cross section. Where your fae originate, is the city sized pocket dimension, inside Jorgen."
"Smartholomew Mouthitcus!" What kind of gibberish was that!?
A fairy quickly glided over... He had blue skin, black hair, pointed ears... and bat wings... He even looked a lot like Cosmo... just kinda... evil... "What have I told you, about calling the Royals by name."
The boy flinched, "Sorry, A.C." His fairy gave him a stern look, before flying a short distance away. Enough to see the pair, while still giving them privacy.
"Soooooo, Smartholomew?" Timmy tried to switch gears. "Thought you said your name was 'Susan'."
The girl blushed. "I have a lot of names." She said, cryptically. "Smartholomew Mouthitcus, is Gallifreyian for 'Cheeky Word Smith'. You humans do love to simplify our language."
"riiiiiiiiight," Timmy was even more confused.
Smartholomew sighed. "My guardian thought he was being clever, giving me a defiant name like that. So I chose the name 'Susan Foreman'. Which is kinda the opposite... it's my promise to be obedient and helpful... Pran-father 'Other' was very pleased by that name."
"You mean 'Grandfather'?" Timmy tilted his head.
"Nah," The girl waved off. "A 'Pran-Father' is the progenitor of a clan. Their true immortals, whom serve on the High Command. My people don't actually have a word for 'Grandfather'... as our family's work different then humans.
"We are a genetically engineered species. With children born in clutches, a few thousand at a time. We are raised by the whole clan. With the head of the clan called our 'Father'. While the other adults called our 'Aunts' or 'Uncles'.
"I'm a bit weird... cuz I do have a grandfather, but he's not so much my parent's parent... as more then my father. A 'Grand' Father, ya get it. He adopted me, and personally raises me."
Timmy... really didn't understand. He understood the words, but he'd never heard of a culture like that. Was genetic engineering even possible, on that level?
"I'm from a different dimension then yours," said Susan... errrr Smartholomew? Not sure which to call her. "The mortal kids here, are from all over the multiverse. This is kinda a Cosmic playdate. To celebrate our Fae Pran-Parents. It's one of the few times we meet other people's fairy ancestors. Normally we just interact with our own."
Timmy slowly nodded, then couldn't help but ask. "You're fairy is pretty strict with ya, huh?"
Smartholomew sighed, "Way too much, General Luna even gave him permission to spank me."
Timmy blushed, "Why'd she do that? Fairies are supposed to make our lives better, right?"
"Where Jorgen only looks after, the truly miserable of his descendants," The girl explained. "General Luna looks after us all. It helps she doesn't have as many kids as Jorgen. I hear he was quite... charming, in his day."
"Timmy!" Wanda finally found the boy in the crowd. Cosmo right behind her, as always. As they approach, The blue Cosmo flew over to meet them.
Timmy's Cosmo spoke to the girl's fairy. "Sorry about this Anti-Cosmo."
"For the last time, my name is Anthony Cosmotious," The fairy scoffed, adjusting a monocle. "I may be your interdimensional counterpart, but kindly stop lumping us together."
Cosmo hugged the blue fairy, "I love you to!!!"
Cosmotious sighed, "Yes yes, good show old boy, and whatnot. Now kindly take your ruffian elsewhere. He's annoying Susan. She's just to shy to voice it." That was definitely her "uncomfortable rambling". Not her more gleeful "Info Dump", like when she was excited by a topic.
"WE SHOULD SET UP A PLAY DATE!!!" Cosmo screamed, eagerly.
Cosmotious just sighed, "Very well, but later."
Wanda spoke up, "Yes, thank you for keeping an eye on Timmy. Come along, sweetie."
Timmy left Smartholomew's side... having not meant to make the girl uncomfortable... she was just such a fountain of information.
"Are you alright, Timmy." Wanda began to fuss over the boy.
"How come you didn't tell me I was related to Jorgen?" Timmy cut to the heart of it.
Both his fairies shared a look.
Wanda explained, "Fairies don't tend to teach their charges, about stuff like that, until they turn 12."
"That kids 12!" Timmy demanded. "she's shorter then me!!!"
The fairies shared another look, before Cosmo sighed "She's actually 34-"
Before his Fairies could explain more, Timmy eagerly jumped in with, "Did she use her Anniversary Wish, to give herself eternal youth?" Timmy had honestly been debating the same. It was against, "Da Rulez", but the Anniversary Wish was rule free.
"No, much worse then that bit of childhood mischief," Wanda sighed. "She's actually... sorta... an alien. Her people just age slower then humans, so she has trouble relating to most of her fellow Fae descendants."
Timmy Slowly processed this. Then asked, "How come her Fairy looks like Cosmo."
Wanda just sighed. "Let's find Jorgen."
After the girl "spilled the beans" about Timmy's own Fairy ancestry. Cosmo and Wanda brought the boy to the best fairy to answer his questions. They brought Timmy before Jorgen, and explained what Timmy wanted to know... and where he got the first tidbits of info.
"You really are my most troublesome descendant," Jorgen groaned. "You're great great grandmother, never gave me this much trouble." he grumbled. Then muttered. "I'll be having words with Luna... She tolerates far too much from that girl."
Then gave Timmy a lesson, the boy was surprisingly eager for.
Fairies:
• Royal fae are a giant water bear, made of clouds. Although they can create Avatars to interact with "mortals", that look more humanoid.
Their insides are actually a pocket dimension. Roughly the size of a city.
They are a Cosmic Parasite, that latches onto larger dimensions, to feed on a "Cosmic Force". Which they absorb through mortals, they collected.
• Smaller Fairies, are really the fae's antibodies... and servants. Organisms that manifested inside them, from the moment they were conceived. Caring for their dimensional body, and keeping them healthy just by following their instincts... and living their lives.
• Fae antibodies were born with their Royal Fae. And couldn't die of old age. There were very few things that could kill them at all. They were immortal, and couldn't naturally reproduce. Looking after the royal fae's mortal descendants, for the sake of their Royal... and to fill their own void at being sterile.
• All Mortal Fae, have a rare "fae gene", that manifest within the first face, of every 7 Generations.
These mortal fae have light bending, telekinesis, conjuration, and longevity.
If exposed to enough Fairy magic, from their Fairy Godparents, mortal fae may ascend into Royal fae. Which is actually why Royals breed with mortals, to increase their own numbers.
It was rare, and skipped most generations, but mortal fae could be born from any family line exposed to a royal... even a few trillion generations later.
• While fairy wishes were no "Monkey's Paw", Fae Antibodies don't actually have the power to affect reality.
Rather they guide the children's own abilities, as a living dimension, to create a complex illusion, filled with mirror images of the people they knew.
Fairies antibodies can use permanent conjuration, to create near any object, and are grand master Illusionist, but that's the limit of their powers.
If the child wanted something world altering, they would just make a fantasy, for him to play in... that would use "Tough Love" to teach him a lesson, according to Fae Morality.
These fantasies would teach all descendants, to understand the fae, and be worthy of their power. But in a safe... although painful, environment.
• As a Royal Fae was a living dimension. They are extremely magically powerful.
• While royal fae do collect mortals, they often pamper these individuals. Treating them like treasured pets. While their Fae Antibodies, help care for them.
"Satisfied?" Jorgen grunted. Although feeling strangely pleased with how focused Timmy was, paying wrapped attention to the impromptu lesson.
Looking at how the boy absorbed the nature of the fae, it was shocking to think he was a straight "F" student. Maybe Jorgen should check in on his more unworthy descendant. It wouldn't do, for the forced mortal to abuse the fae in training.
