CHAPTER TEN
"Boy, I thought I left this kind of thing behind when I became a fairy", Fairy Timmy grumbled as he used a cleaning cloth to clean the bathroom inside the fishbowl's castle.
"Think yourself lucky that Jorgen Von Strangle didn't get wind of it, or else you'd be doing this to all of the bathrooms at the academy", Wanda replied.
Timmy nodded and got on with his punishment chore. All things considered, he did get off easy.
The evening had finished with a good deal of money collected by new Timmy's organ grinding. After new Timmy donated the money to a local charity, Cosmo and Wanda POOF-ed them all back to the Turner Residence. His fairy godparents erased Vicky's memories between her grabbing new Timmy, and the end of the charity fund-raiser, and now Vicky was asleep in the sofa in the living room.
New Timmy was back up in the bedroom playing cards with Cosmo, while Wanda took Fairy Timmy back to the fishbowl for his punishment chore.
"You did a good job, Sweetie", Wanda said after inspecting Fairy Timmy's work, "so here is your wand back. Remember in future; hold the magic until you're proficient with it. Understand?"
"Yes, Mom", Timmy replied, "I am sorry for letting my emotions run my thinking".
Just then, new Timmy called out, "My folks are home, so you'd better wake up Vicky".
Wanda and Fairy Timmy POOF-ed back into new Timmy's bedroom. After rematerializing, Wanda POOF-ed Vicky awake.
"Huh? What?" Vicky mumbled as she woke up. She looked at the clock.
"Drat!" she fumed, "I missed the fundraiser!"
She stood and headed towards the stairs with the intention of giving new Timmy some grief, but before she was half way up the stairs, she heard the front door open.
"We're home!" Mr. Turner called out.
Silently fuming, Vicky pasted a smile on her face and came back down the stairs to meet the Turners.
"Everything is okay, Mr. and Mrs. Turner", Vicky said.
As Mr. Turner paid Vicky her half-fee, he asked, "So you'll ensure your constant presence at your subsequent babysitting gigs?"
Vicky nodded as she looked at the smaller-than-usual cash for the evening.
"In that case, have a good night, Vicky", Mrs. Turner said.
Muttering "Good night", Vicky left the house for home.
"Boy, looks like she's going to take out her frustrations on her parents and Tootie", new Timmy commented as he looked out the window.
Fairy Timmy looked worried, but Wanda noticed his demeanor and said quietly but firmly, "No, Dear".
"Fairy Timmy reluctantly nodded, but said, "I wouldn't like to be in their shoes when Vicky gets in".
"Well, maybe there is something that I can do if you can't", new Timmy said, looking at Cosmo and Wanda.
"What do you want to do, Sweetie?" Wanda asked.
Timmy made a simple wish. Nodding, Wanda and Cosmo waved their wands. POOF.
As she neared the Finnegan Residence, Vicky was really fuming. She wanted to take out her frustration on somebody, and her family seemed to fit the picture. But just as she turned the corner and saw her house, she noticed several black government sedans parked outside.
"What's this?" Vicky muttered as she approached the cars. As she got closer, she noticed lettering on the car's doors.
"Uh, oh!" she said, paling at what the lettering spelt out: INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
She took one look at the Flannigan house, another look at the cars, and then decided to use her babysitting money to stay at a hotel for the night. She took out her cell phone and called her house.
"I'm going to stay out tonight", she said to her mother, who answered the phone, "I'll pick up my school books in the morning. Okay?"
"As you like, Vicky", Mrs. Flannigan said, sounding somewhat relieved. Wondering why she decided to stay out, she hung up the phone. Vicky clicked off her cell phone, and then ran past the house, hoping that no one would see her.
"No harassing by Vicky tonight, family", she announced to Mr. Flannigan and Tootie.
As they cheered, new Timmy wished that the government cars he had wished up vanished. He had watched what had happened through the crystal ball that he had used earlier that morning.
"I thought Icky Vicky had a few tax skeletons in her closet", new Timmy commented as he put the crystal ball on his nightstand. Just then, a knock came on the door.
As Wanda, Cosmo, and Fairy Timmy POOF-ed back into the fishbowl as goldfish, Mr. and Mrs. Turner came into the room.
"We just wanted to say goodnight, Son", Mr. Turner said, "I trust you and Vicky stayed busy".
"Oh, we kept busy all right", new Timmy replied with a smile.
"Excellent. Well, you get to sleep, Timmy. You have school tomorrow", Mrs. Turner said.
"Okay Mom, Goodnight", Timmy replied, "Goodnight, Dad".
As Mr. and Mrs. Turner left the room, Wanda turned to Fairy Timmy.
"Good point, Sweetie", Wanda said, "You'd better get some shut-eye too. You've got Jorgen tomorrow".
"Oh, okay Mom", Fairy Timmy said, kissing Wanda on the cheek.
"Goodnight, Dad", Fairy Timmy said to Cosmo.
"Goodnight, Son", Cosmo replied. As Fairy Timmy swam into the castle, Cosmo turned to Wanda.
"Well, that's our first weekend with our Son", he commented, "I love being a real parent!"
"Me too, Cosmo", Wanda said, "but don't forget our godchild either". With that, she turned her attention to outside of the fishbowl.
She called out, "Goodnight, Timmy". New Timmy – who had gotten into his pajamas and climbed into bed, turned to the fishbowl.
"Goodnight, Cosmo, Goodnight, Wanda", he said. Turning out the light, he settled in his bed and drifted off to sleep.
As Wanda and Cosmo prepared to do likewise, Fairy Timmy was settling in his bed to go to sleep. As he drifted off, he thought about this first full weekend as a fairy.
"I got to be Timantha, have quality family time with Cosmo and Wanda, made a monkey out of my twin – and more importantly, Vicky, and cleaned the bathroom. Interesting way to spend a weekend", he thought.
He was right. It was an interesting way to spend time as a fairy. The first weekend in a now-endless life. Tomorrow, it would be back to the Fairy Academy for another week of instruction, but there would be more weekends to follow…
THE END.