The Little Fairy Goddess
by Lyn Santos

I open up my sleepy eyes to the bright sunlight that falls thru my Dora-the-Explorer window curtains. I feel the warmth of the sun on my sleepy face and can’t wait for this day to start. A nice cool breeze also enters my room and I feel very lively.

Jumping out of bed I almost trip over my cat Blue who is resting peacefully on the soft blue carpet on the floor beside my little blue bed. I love the color blue.

I look out my window and the sky is a light blue without a cloud in the sky. It is going to be such a great day!

You see, I am a fairy goddess named Iona who can turn little kids into very weird creatures. I know you probably don’t believe me but I really can.

I even have a magic wand that I made out of tinfoil. It didn’t take too long to make and to me it’s perfect for turning little kids into weird creatures. Just a little flip of my wrist and presto – they turn into a Girturtle or an Allicougar.

A Girturtle is a mix of a giraffe and a turtle of course and an Allicougar is a mix between an alligator and a cougar. I have other creatures that I can turn kids into and they don’t even know it.

To me it is so funny to see my friends walking around looking weird. I laugh out loud at them and they just don’t seem to get the joke. Actually, most of my friends think I am very weird so it is odd that I even have friends.

I do have a best friend named Jonathan and he is the cutest little boy I have ever seen in my life! I call him Pumpkinhead because one year his parents dressed him up as a pumpkin and ever since then the nickname has stuck. He doesn’t mind when I call him Pumpkinhead. I think he has a secret crush on me.

Pumpkinhead is the only friend that I never turn into a weird creature. He is my bestest pal in the whole wide world and he always sticks up for me when others tell me that I am weird. I would do anything for Pumpkinhead.

I skip breakfast and decide to go hunt down Pumpkinhead to see if he can help me pick some kids to turn into weird creatures. I know breakfast is the most important meal of the day but I am way too excited to use my magic wand.

Knocking on Pumpkinhead’s door I hope he is home. I would be sad if I didn’t have my best friend with me to use my magic wand. I hear the door opening and it is my best buddy and pal!

“Hi ya Pumpkinhead!” I exclaim with great happiness. “Can you come out with me to turn some kids into weird creatures?”

“Sure Iona, let me go tell my mom,” he says.

Oops, I forgot to tell my mom I was going out. Oh well, she won’t miss me anyway. She is probably going to be busy with her flower garden.

Pumpkinhead leaps out of his front porch step with a big jump. He is just as excited as I am. He is wearing his favorite outfit of blue jeans and his black Old Navy shirt. He has the sleeves rolled all the way up so that he looks cool.

“Who should we get first with the magic wand?” I ask.

“I dunno, how about that one kid we can’t stand, Jeremy?” he replies.

“Great idea!” I yell.

We set off to find Jeremy, laughing and joking the whole walk to his house. My shoes have holes in them and I can feel the wind blowing through my feet. I hope they don’t stink because I don’t want Pumpkinhead not to like me anymore just because of the way my feet smell.

My magic wand is ready for action. I grip it a little tighter because of the wind blowing. If my wand were to blow away I don’t know what I would do. I guess I could make another one but there is nothing like this one. It is so powerful and magical.

Jeremy is outside of his house playing catch with his little brother Billy.

He spots us and stops throwing the ball midair to yell at us to go away and to leave him and his little brother alone.

Before I know what I am doing, I wave the magic wand towards him and yell, “Jeremy, you are now a Rhinokey!”

All of a sudden a huge horn appears on Jeremy’s nose and his back is the shape of a donkey. Both Pumpinhead and I start cracking up as Jeremy gets really mad.

“Iona, you are a psycho case!” Jeremy screams. “I am not a Rhinokey and you don’t have magical powers!”

At that moment, I look again and it’s just Jeremy standing there shaking his fist at us. Oh no! He’s right. He isn’t a Rhinokey.

I turn to Pumpkinhead and he looks at me all sad.

“Iona,” he says, “I never wanted to hurt your feelings so I never said anything to you about your magical powers not really being real. I just went along with it because you are so much fun to be around and I love laughing with you.”

I learned a very important lesson that day. You know who your true friends are. And with that I let go of the magic wand and watched it blow away among the dandelions and the green grass until it blew far away down the street until I couldn’t see it anymore.

THE END