AN//: I have 5 labs due on the same day, halp X'(

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Upon entering the boys were led into the living room, needless to say, the inside of Fairy Godmother's cottage was... peculiarly captivating.

For one thing, it was far larger that it appeared to be and yet the wooden interior still held an air of it being both charming and snug. The floors and walls were particularly neat and clean, almost as if brand new. However, the sigil designs that decorated the walls were fearsomely archaic. As old fashioned as everything seemed, standing in the left of the living room was an open section where various mannequins were draped carefully with rather stylish modern fabrics, sewing tape-measures and half made clothes. In the living room itself, had a small pink sectional sofa and a matching chaise set opposite each other. Such a style contrast should be able to give anyone whiplash but the Fae's arrangement somehow made it work.

Before any more observations could be made, the Fairy was in front of them, in front of Thomas.

"Ah, Master Thomas! I have to say, I never expected to see you personally in my lifetime" , she smiles brightly and then curtsies, "what an honor it is to meet you dear Host"

Thomas' cheeks colored, "Um...", he quickly looks beside him silently asking the others for assistance. Surprisingly, or unsurprisingly really, the Manifestor gets help by means of Roman, Remus and Remy. The three of them immediately motion into a gentleman's bow; quickly Thomas does the same. "Thank you for having me...? And well, us?" He chuckles nervously.

Fairy Godmother laughs gently as she rises. "But of course!"

She walks to Roman, Remus and Remy, smiling knowingly at them, "glad to see that you three haven't forgotten your manners"

Roman and Remy shrug, smiling themselves, but Remus reaches out as he bows proper to press a kiss to the back of Fae's hand. "But of course~", he purrs. The Duke then semi-whispers something, likely in Latin, causing his brother, his cousin and his best friend to facepalm. The Fairy laughs, as he rises, slapping his hand away goodnaturedly. Remus grins, pulling back his hand, only to frown in confusion and then smile in glee as in his once empty palm now sat a shiny green button. Giddily, he goes to show it to Deceit, who still has one of his upper hands pressed to his face; the Serpentine Side sighs and smiles gently at him, patting the Duke on his shoulder.

Shaking her head, Fairy Godmother, moves to greet Patton and Logan. "It is also an honor to have our Prominent and our Secondary with us I believe! Come now, do have a seat"

Patton, Logan and Roman squinch together and sit on the sofa, while Anxiety and Thomas sit opposite on the chaise. Remy having nowhere to sit shrugs and simply forms a gold beanbag chair out of his Sand and drops down onto it.

"As for you two", the Fae says as she turns back to the last two Sides remaining, "I believe I owe you both an apology"

The Duke tilts his head in confusion, but Deceit says nothing, though he does cross all three pairs of arms.

"I'm not sure if they had informed you of this but I was attacked while fetching the herbs for Remus, which is why I was unable to heal him myself, though, he's thankful safe.

"Now, now FG, you should know that I'm anything but safe!" cackles Remus with a grin.

The Fae chuckles, " true, but just in case, may I check the state of your Core?"

Remus shrugs, holding his arms open wide, while she was poking and prodding at his chest.

The interaction goes well, that is until the Duke whispers a crude remark and surprisingly FG responds back causing Remus to laugh and Deceit to shake his head.

The Fairy then turns to the Snake."Well, his Core is stable and since healing Remus is no longer necessary, perhaps i can switch that favor and heal you instead, hmm?"

Deceit steps back and narrows his eyes, suspicious about what she knew.

She smirks at him knowingly, "I'm Fae my dear, do you honestly expect illusory abilities to work on me?"

"...right..."

"Remus dear, would you be so kind as to take him to the room?"

The Duke's eyes widen for a bit, as he glances to Deceit then back at the Fairy and then nods. It's paramount then, when Remus reaches over and gently, tugs the nearest yellow gloved hand.

Deceit, now very worried about what he just got himself into, looks back between Roman and Remy. The Prince offers him a sympathetic wince, while the Dream Keeper and his shaded eyes simply shrugged and mouthed 'good luck'.

When the two Dark sides are gone, the Fairy turns to the group, zeroing between Remy and Roman. "Now dears, I can accept our injured Serpent and even the Duke on the basis of a favor owed. I can accept Master Thomas on that he is the Host. But...for the lot of you, there is a price"

At that Anxiety tensed visibly beside Thomas, unintentionally causing Morality and Logic to do the same.

Fairy Godmother simply raised her brow . "You came here for sanctuary did you not?"

Thomas nodded skittishly.

The Fae's voice dropped into a lilt, saccharine enough to send shivers down their spines "I will provide you with such, but the rules of the Gentry forever apply; favor for a favor, or favor for a price-"

Remy and Roman rolled their eyes- with a sigh that clearly stated that they've heard this many times before- Sleep created a hefty bowl sized bag of Dream Sand and Princey conjured up various rolls of colorful threads and yarns; both presented their items to her simultaneously.

Fairy Godmother pouted, crossing her arms, "You two are no fun!"

Remy shrugs, stretching slightly before easing back down on his bean bag chair... it is noticeably smaller than it was before. "Sorry FG, but tbh, we're a little too tired for fun right now"

"Very well", the Fae sighs, but collects the items with a wave of her wand, they float up and are carried into the area with the mannequins and placed on a conveniently available table.

"Since you want to ruin the mood", she jests, as her tone returns to normal, "do make yourselves comfortable, whilst I assist my new patient; however when I return, I expect a full explanation"

Roman nods, standing to thank the Fairy, but she simply smiles and pats his hand. "I would hate to over-step Fairy Godmother, but is it possible for us to borrow one of your maps?"

She pauses for a moment, head tilting ever so slightly in question, "of course, for which Kingdom?"

The Prince sighs bitterly. "Prime"

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In the Living room Roman spreads the map over a coffee table he summoned.

The cream parchment is-

"Uh Roman, the map is completely blank", pipes Thomas from his position opposite the Prince.

"That's because I haven't asked it for a location yet...watch", says the Tertiary Personality as he speaks to the map. "Prime Kingdom"

The map glows, but remains blank-

"The entirety of Prime Kingdom", tries Roman again.

This time the map glowed and immediately pictures of different locations appeared. There was even an 'X' marking the spot where the cottage was located.

Roman felt a bit pleased with himself as his Host stared in awe. The moment, however was short lived, they still had work to do after all. "Alright Specs, we got a proper map and for now a solid roof over our heads, what we need is a plan, think you can come up with a good one?"

"Or y'know, one that gets us killed the least Princey", intones Anxiety with a half shrug.

Roman rolls his eyes at his Opposite, though a small smile did grace his lips, he turned his attention back on Logan, "Specs?"

Logic blinks, apparently having been lost in thought. "Apologies, I was thinking- never mind... it's not important-"

Morality questions with a concerned sound. "What's not important Lo? It's gotta be at least interesting for you to be spaced out like that, right?"

"She had mentioned 'the Gentry' and that reminded me of what one of my students said, that's all really-"

"Well, all that it reminded me of was that Fae can be trippy as all hell", cuts in Anxiety, with a one handed gesticulation. "She said favor for favor, Pat and I did a favour by taking care of her garden, so why did you guys have to 'pay' for us?"

Roman sighed, "that's the thing, Rudy Gloom, she was joking. FG is not like other fae. I mean you still gotta pay a price, but generally the price is pretty cheap. Some fabrics, buttons, whatever you can use to sew with-

"Or in my case, Dream Sand"

Patton frowns, confused. "What does she want your Sand for Remy?"

The Aspect shrugs. "Usually for her potions, especially the healing ones-"

"Wait", interrupts Logan, "glancing at the Guardian, " your Sand had healing properties? I've heard of the term Healing sleep before but-"

"Yeah, no. See my Sand can only heal me and at only the rate I can produce it. I can't heal anyone else but that healing sleep thing? Def true, I can't heal you personally but I am able to knock you out deep enough to get you there."

Patton pouts. "That- that still doesn't really explain how that helps in the healing potions-"

Remy shrugs, turning to Roman, who also shrugs.

Sleep sighs, shaking his head, "welp, we dunno babes, it's magic. Just know that the potions work and that Scales is guaranteed K.Oed by one right about now"

The floor suddenly began to shake.

Immediately Anxiety stands, placing his arm across from Thomas, his Shadows rising up and ready in defense. Remy's Dream Sand rises, bean bag disappearing as Sleep stood up; it had split, half of it merging with the Shadows and the other half forming a large hand behind it's Master. Roman's Katana was at the ready and both Patton and Logan had their hands glowing brightly.

"How fascinating!" The group turned to look at Fairy Godmother entering the living room. She seemed completely unperturbed by the shaking, "... the lengths any unit would go to protect the Host, truly it's impressive. Though there is no danger here, I can assure you"

As she spoke, various large vines popped out of the floor, yet there was no hole to be seen. More vines emerged followed by a stem, leaves and then a mouth-

The Fae shakes her head, "Cael na Fifi. They're still here"

Said plant fully appeared, vines retracting as it scanned the room. It spotted Anxiety and Thomas and Immediately tackled them onto the chaise. Once they were in a 'sitting' position, Fifi crooned, flipping over and laying backwards on their laps.

Seeing as there was no more 'danger', everyone else relaxed. Roman, Patton and Logan sat back down. Remy however, stayed standing holding control over the Sand that had merged with the Shadows. He held them back for fear of the Shadows accidentally attacking in defense of their Master. Thankfully as the Younger Personality relaxed, so did his Shadows. Once they retreated, Sleep pulled back his Sand and immediately reformed his bean bag chair, to which he dropped onto instantly.

Once Anxiety caught the breath that was inadvertently knocked out of him and he checked that Thomas was ok, the Personality sighed and gave the plant its much wanted belly rubs. Thomas even joined in. Fifi's purrs grew louder.

"Seems Fifi really likes you", grinned Fairy Godmother.

"Apparently so", shrugs Anxiety.

"So...where did uh, Fifi come from anyway?" Pipes Remy curiously from his bean bag, "I can figure you've got more, but last time I was here you didn't have giant killer flytraps"

"Ah, well yes, they're a rather recent addition. I had them planted in my Lune garden, but they were normal plants then-"

"Um, what's a Lune garden?" Asks Thomas, accidentally cutting off the Fairy.

Thankfully, she didn't seem to mind, in fact she seemed quite excited to explain.

"Ah, it's a Fairy garden with magic holding herbs and celestial flowers. The uses can range from ingredients for healing potions, to poisons, to fabric stretching materials and dyes. It depends"

Logan perked up, "interesting! And I'll hazard a guess, but is the rest of your garden invisible as your cottage?"

Fairy Godmother smiled as the Teacher, "indeed it is, but after I was captured by the Ink, the time shifted into two months and my magic leaked; my garden was the first thing affected"

Patton blinks, "which is why you asked Anxiety and I for help, right?"

"That is correct dear Prominent-"

The Aspect of Sleep, suddenly sat up straight and tensed up as if he just remembered something. "Hey FG", he started, "this Lune garden of yours, did the Girls help you plant it?'

The Fae beamed. "Why, yes! They even came up with the design. Honestly, it was more their garden than mine really. They planted almost everything in there!" She then waved her hand and the image of two very distinct flowers appeared in midair. One a beautiful Gold color and the other a Silvery white. " They Planted all except the Gold Suns and Silver Moons. I did those myself~!" She then shrugged, though, more to herself than anyone's else, " they weren't planned but I added them in because they reminded me so much of our lovely ladies. The Gold Suns were for Patience and the Silver Moons were for Serenity, fitting don't you think?"

From his seat, Remy placed a hand in his Jacket pocket, feeling the two items within it; Patience's barrette with the Gold Sun and Serenity's silver bracelet with the Moon and stars. Gritting his teeth, he re-formed back the blade. "Yeah, fitting"

No Side nor Host said anything, all their eyes were trained on the Aspect.

All except the Fairy who was delightfully unaware and oh so very pleased that her comparisons of her garden companions were deemed accurate.

"Well then", she clapped, "I believe an explanation is in order, is it not?"

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AN//: Fifi lovers come get y'alls juice XD

Hooly shite though, i'm really sorry this chap is so short. It got cut into three because i was doing literally everything except my report because procrastination and I really don't want to do it. It's due today lol. Writes fanfic at 2:30 am instead, mercy.

COMMENT OF THE WEEK:

By thegayarchives

"you know deceit was already one of my favourites even before the latest video

and i am very worried about him rn

i've never broken anything but a broken rib is no joke

and he's so exhausted from worrying about remus and all the illusions and just

i wouldn't be surprised if he's gotten just about as much sleep as remy

also btw i don't understand how one can be as creative and consistent as you, holy shit

you may be using characters that already exist but you've come up with a whole different world and your own characters as well

(by the way patience and serenity broke my heart)

i don't know if i can last waiting until sunday

(but also don't try and hurry to get it out bc you need to take care of yourself more than i need to read, especially during this pandemic)

(be sure to not burn yourself out, okay? i love your work but i care more about your wellbeing and ik you've been through a lot of shit lately)

(so again, please make sure to care about yourself first, okay?)

edit: i can't believe i didn't say anything about fifi. add me to the club of people that love fifi"

Just KNow that reading this comment had made my day.

Also

There is SO many peeps in the "I love Fifi Club" XD

Anyway, see Y'all in the comments section! :)