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“Honestly, I don’t knohat Cinderella is thinking! What in the Fairylands are we supposed to do about Anastasia and Drizella? The fairies are not in the business of helping the likes of thes twitched violently as she waited for her sister to respond
Of course, the Fairy God to her Lately, Nanny had been in the Fairylands much more often than usual She had spentto return to help her sister when the fairies were in great peril But that is another story, one that you can find in the book of fairy tales This story finds the sister fairies in the Fairy God down for their afternoon tea when they were interrupted by the queen’s e
“Cinderella is your charge You have to go to her She’s asked you for your help!” said Nanny, giving the Fairy Godht that her sister would be more pleasant to be around if she s eyes She was a round, cute little woman, with powdery soft skin that felt like vellum paper She was far older than the Fairy Gode as often as it pleased her, including bossing the Fairy Godmother around
The Fairy Goditated, as her sister went on They were in her garden, after all, and Nanny was fussing at her, as usual
“Aren’t you the least bit interested why Cinderella is so upset? Somethin
g awful must have happened to Anastasia and Drizella to have her so worried And you are fairy duty–bound to go to Cinderella if she calls you I don’t think this is sonore,” said Nanny in her usual superior fashion, which the Fairy Godrown to detest evenso much time in the Fairylands
The Fairy God her nerves since their latest ordeal They had just survived an attack in Fairyland by the Odd Sisters And before that an attack by Maleficent
“Here we are, hardly able to catch our breath after the near destruction of the Fairylands at the hands of your old charges, the Odd Sisters, and now you’re trying to drag us into another battle I can’t go flying here and there just because Cinderella is worried about her stepsisters They’re not fairy-worthy,” the Fairy Godmother said Her hands shook as she poured herself a cup of tea to cal so rattled by all this, especially in front of her sister, but she couldn’t help it From thefor help, her heart had not stopped fluttering She was now regretting sharing the neith Nanny
“Well, I don’t see you have any other choice! Cinderella has asked for your help, and it’s your job to do just that! And why exactly are you so rattled by the Treical and hardly a threat,” said Nanny, eyeing her sister in a way the Fairy Godmother hated
The Fairy Godmother cleared her throat, steeled her nerves, and spoke in the slowest, sternest voice she could muster “I will not help Anastasia and Drizella, and that is the last word on this topic, Nanny Now, if you’d like to continue having our tea, I’d appreciate it if we could talk about so else The subject of Cinderella and her wicked stepsisters is closed” The Fairy Godently on the saucer, never taking her eyes off Nanny “Besides,” she continued, “I knohat this is really about You feel guilty about everything the Odd Sisters have done, not to mention the sacrifice Circe had to doms”
Nanny looked as though the Fairy Godot up fro her chair tonoise on the cobblestones in the Fairy Godarden
The Fairy God, do, and rather eccentric for a fairy (After all, she hated wearing her wings, and only did so begrudgingly at the Fairy Godmother’s request The Fairy Godlorious and their fairy-given right and honor) Still, she loved Nanny and felt sorry for bringing up a topic that hurt her
“Nanny! I’? I shouldn’t haveI am so sorry!” she said, but Nanny didn’t answer, and the Fairy Godmother could tell she’d broken her sister’s heart, even with her back turned to her Nanny’s wings were hanging low
The Fairy Godht up the debacle That’s what the Fairy God it And that’s exactly what it was, a debacle And as far as the Fairy Godmother was concerned, Circe and her mothers, the Odd Sisters, were perfectly fine where they were, in the Place Between, far away frodoms, where they couldn’t hurt anyone It wasn’t her business if Circe chose to go beyond the veil with herafter she said her tearful goodbyes to those horrible witch mothers of hers This was a er their concern As long as the Fairylands were safe and as long as the Odd Sisters were as far away from them as possible, she was content Oh yes, there was so them back if they chose, but the Fairy Godht choice For all Circe’s failings, the Fairy God woman She had, after all, sacrificed her own life to stop herthe Fairylands Circe had saved the Many Kingdorateful And the Fairy God the Odd Sisters back into the world again So as far as she was concerned the hten up ranks and ain, even if thatthe fairies with the likes of the Treree, and as usual she was Hades-bent on flying theer