Olive - The Chosen One

by Daisy L. Bloom

  She could see Dandy beginning to do his thing in the distance and decided to join him.

  Destiny pulled Cielo onto the dance floor with her. ‘Born in the Olive Fields’ they sang at the top of their voices, it was exhilarating.

  Brucie was a huge Elvis fan so shouted ‘‘who wants some Rock and Roll?’’

  ‘Me, me! I want to rock around the fairy clock’ thought Destiny.

  Dana and Fedi were really moving to the groove, Fedi threw Dana up in the air. Mio Dio - OMG! They really knew how to dance.

  ‘It was a refreshing change for Dana to be the one flashing her panties and not Destiny!’ thought the kids.

  A lot of champagne had been consumed during the party. The fairies eventually went to bed at 4.30am. It had been a blast!!!

  The fairies had a couple of days just relaxing by the pool, taking in some rays and laughing whilst they reminisced. They discussed what they had experienced over the last few days. Yes! Life was certainly for living!!!

  The biggest event of the evening at the Masked Ball was when Luna and Dandy announced that after being turned down as suitable adoptive parents, they were going to have a baby by a surrogate mother. Yes, they were pregnant! A fairy baby was due in just eight months and it was going to be the most loved fairy baby ever. Destiny was going to be the most glamorous fairy nonna that ever existed and nonna Dana was beyond excited.

  ‘‘We are going to be grand-mothers’’ they chanted as they strut their stuff across the dance floor.

  Dana started knitting little cardigans and jumpers for the baby fairy. Destiny was an artist at embroidery. She began to make little bibs and embroidered jackets ready for the arrival. Once the name was announced she would embroider this onto her creations. They were adorable, her hands created a work of art and to be honest, she was renowned for her embroidery all over Salento, in fact all over Italy.

  The boys had promised that they would take their family and friends to the Pride Festival. It was taking place on the last day before they were due to fly home. Who could miss that? It was rumored that the famous fairy Sharon Seaman was attending along with the beautiful fairy model Paris De Mare. Wow, exciting or what?

  The fairies from the olive fields of Salento were over-whelmed. They had never seen anything like it. Joan Jett was performing when they arrived.

  ‘I love Rock and Roll’ was booming out from the speakers. This was followed by ‘Love is all around me’ and it certainly was. It was like going back into the 60’s, it was certainly full of flower power. Sunshine and Rainbow felt so very much at home. There was little cutesy stores selling everything from love flowers to love candles. Big signs were displayed saying ‘Love and acceptance is the way forward.’ Sherbet fountains with liquorice were on sale everywhere, they tasted great and took them back to their childhood.

  Eventually the day arrived for the fairies to return home. No-one was ready but, all good things come to an end! Two private helicopters landed in the heli-pad at the back of Luna and Dandy’s house. They were ready to take them to the air-field where the private jet awaited them. They all made a pact to return as soon as the baby was born. They promised to keep stum which was quite difficult for the mammas as they were so very excited.

  CHAPTER 13

  RENESMEE PEARLA

  The surrogate mother of the baby was a lady who lived in Belgium. She already had two children and wanted to give something special to a couple who were unable to have children of their own. Obviously she wanted the money but, she also had a good heart. When she read of Luna and Dandy’s plight and all they did for charity, she decided that this was the couple she would help. She approached Luna’s management team and made her offer, signed a confidential contract and within three months she was pregnant. It all happened so quickly. She was going to be rich and they were going to be complete, so everyone was happy.

  The nineteen week scan was upon the three fairies before no time at all. Luna and Dandy flew to Belgium to be by the side of their surrogate mother who was called Oceane. This lady fairy was a stunner! She had the longest blond hair with sea-blue eyes. The boys were really pleased to think that maybe they would have a blond little angel fairy.

  The scan showed IT WAS A GIRL!

  All three of them cried, Luna and Dandy because they were going to have a daughter, Oceane because she felt the love in the room and she was going to be very rich!

  Everything was perfect. Perfetto! They decided she was going to be called Renesmee Pearla. They couldn’t wait for her to be born.

  CHAPTER 14

  THE WORLD IS FOR EXPLORING AND THE FAIRIES WANT TO SEE IT ALL

  The fairies returned home. They were elated with the memories that they shared in L.A. but, they were also a little jet-lagged. They had to be ready for another adventure much sooner than anyone could have expected.

  Olive always thought to herself ‘if only my fairy wings were stronger, I could fly anywhere I wanted.’

  She had read stories about the monkeys in the rain forest in Borneo. She decided if she had a chance to travel anywhere in the world, this would be her choice. There was just something about monkeys that she loved, the way the little monkey fairies clung to their mammas full of love. There was just nothing quite like it. Where Willow wanted to save the olive trees, she felt in her heart that her destiny was to somehow save and protect the wild-life especially in the rain forest as the monkeys were becoming extinct. Maybe she should talk to Willow and see if she wanted to go on an adventure with her.

  Willow was not just a lover of trees but, also of animals. The girls decided that as the school holidays were coming up, it was time to see if they could help the monkeys.

  As soon as Luna and Dandy heard about the girl’s plans, they offered their services. They said they would like to go with them. The four of them set off on an adventure.

  The girls got in touch with a monkey keeper. He lived in the rain forest. He was known as Rush, he rescued monkeys that were either sick or unable to fend for themselves along with his two helpers. They had even set up a breeding centre as they did not want the monkeys to become extinct. Once they were ready, they would be released back into the wild.

  The four fairies were given a wooden chalet to stay in. It was surreal sitting in the open rooms looking out into the woods, listening to the wild-life and having rain water showers. They felt they lived amongst the animals. The fairies thought that there was nothing quite like getting up in the morning to the sound of the forest and taking in the woody smell. It was quite humid and damp in the forest but, also invigorating, it made you glad to be alive.

  The first monkey that Olive and the fairies met was an orphan. This little monkey had somehow been separated from its fairy mummy and daddy. She was found alone and scared hiding in the trunk of a tree in the forest. It took a long time for the rescuers to coach this little monkey down. Eventually through sheer hunger, the little monkey who was christened Poppy let the rescuers take her back to their sanctuary. The poor little thing shook from the fear of it all but, after a few weeks of being looked after and fed, she realized that these fairies were really kind and would do her no harm. Poppy had huge brown eyes, she was adorable, and everyone loved her. It was strange but, Poppy liked to listen to Olive singing. She would rock Poppy to sleep singing her lullabies. It was the sweetest thing you had ever heard or seen.

  Another monkey had been rescued. She was heavily pregnant and the group felt that perhaps she would take Poppy under her fairy monkey wings. They hoped that maybe she would love her as one of her own once she had given birth to her babies.

  They were all out walking one morning when they heard a crying in the distance, a wallowing! It was all quite disturbing! They followed the sound and came across a poor trapped monkey. Somehow it had got caught up in a net.

  ‘Poachers must be around trying to capture the monkeys, they must be setting up traps so they can capture them and sell them. These people need to be stopped!’ thought Olive.

  They
freed the monkey and decided that somehow they were going to stop the greed of these cruel fairies.

  That night everything in the forest changed. A huge storm was approaching. Hurricane Mobo was coming across the rain forest. The fairies were warned that it was the strongest in 30 years. It would be best if they left the forest before it reached them. The fairies decided they would leave but, would return after the storm had passed. They flew away from the dangerous zone, leaving their new fairy friends behind feeling full of desperation and worry. They had to leave very quickly because already the winds were getting stronger. Everyone was afraid about what devastation was to come.

  No-one slept that night. The four fairies sat huddled around a fairy radio a few miles away. They couldn’t watch the fairy television as all power had been lost. The radio presenter was speaking in a very erratic voice, he said that after the hurricane had passed, he didn’t know if any of the animals would have survived. The storm was horrendous and that every fairy would need to pray across the world for the safety of everyone. A charity was set up to collect money to help everyone that was affected by the hurricane.

  ‘‘Please give what you can’’ were the last words the fairies heard ‘‘please give.’’

  The four fairies paced up and down, afraid of what they were going to hear and see next.

  7th Wish - The wish of renewal and Survival in the Rain Forest

  Olive paced up and down. She quickly decided if there was ever a time to use one of her wishes, this was it!

  She called on the other fairies. They went outside taking with them the little bottle they had fed Poppy from. They placed it in the middle of a circle of acorns. They all knelt down, Olive began chanting.

  ‘‘Calling Priscilla, calling Priscilla, your help is needed urgently!’’

  Within a flash and flap of her fairy wings Priscilla appeared.

  ‘‘Yes, my dear’’ she said ‘‘how can I help you? Are you ready to use your 7th wish?’’

  Olive could not contain her grief. She told Priscilla of the monkey’s plight in the rain forest. She told her about Rush and his two helpers who would be fighting for their lives.

  ‘‘Please make the hurricane stop, please bring calm and peace back into the rain forest. I beg you!’’ she said.

  Priscilla waved her magic fairy wand. Some peach sparkly fairy dust flew over the rain forest. The winds calmed down, the rain stopped and peace returned.

  As the fairies were not in the rain forest, they just had to pray it worked.

  ‘‘Please let Olive’s wish work’’ they chanted.

  Priscilla smiled to herself saying ‘‘of course it will work. I am your fairy God-mother and this is one of your wishes!!!!’’

  The fairies put on the radio and were pleased to hear that calm had returned. The radio presenter could not believe that such a strong hurricane had somehow just stopped in mid-air. All he kept saying was ‘‘I am pleased to report that calm and serenity has returned to the rain forest. I just don’t understand what has happened! One minute, the wind was swirling, ripping up trees, rain lashing down and then all of a sudden the sun was shining. It seems unreal! I am at a loss for words! The strangest thing of all is that the whole rain forest is covered in yellow fairy dust. It is as if some magic has happened.’’

  ‘Everybody needs a little bit of magic in their lives’ he thought to himself.

  The fairies decided they would return to the rain forest as soon as they were able. They wanted to reassure themselves that the monkeys had survived, especially those they were nurturing and that Rush was ok! They were fairy sick worried!

  They arrived to the fairy forest to discover that some rebuilding work would have to be done. The monkeys had scattered, trees had been pulled up, Poppy had taken shelter in Rush’s home and sat huddled in a corner. The pregnant monkey christened Maggie was looking distressed and Rush was no-where to be seen. The wooden chalet they were staying in had no roof, it had been ripped off. Olive and Willow began to cry.

  ‘‘We are too late, we are too late.’’

  ‘I need stronger fairy wings to fly through the forest. We all need stronger wings’ she thought to herself.

  She hesitated before calling Priscilla for her 8th wish. How could they help if they didn’t have the strength of their wings? How could they?

  8th Wish - Stronger fairy wings

  Olive gulped hard and called the other fairies.

  ‘‘I feel I must use another wish. If we don’t have stronger fairy wings, we cannot help the monkeys, we cannot find Rush, we need to be able to fly fast and furiously’’ she said.

  The other fairies agreed that this would not be a wasted wish.

  Olive and the fairies made a heart of love with fallen leaves and placed little Poppy in the middle. Poppy sat there, her huge eyes almost popping out of her small head. She clutched her little hands in her lap, wondering what on earth was going on!

  ‘‘Calling Priscilla, calling Priscilla’’ chanted Olive. Priscilla was surprised to be called back so quickly, she had only just settled back into her house. She was having a little nap as fulfilling wishes to the Chosen One took it out of her. She filled her wand with fairy dust and flew to where Olive and the other fairies waited in anticipation. She floated down to the rain forest and saw the fairies kneeling around a heart made of leaves. There was a little monkey sitting in the middle, she was quite moved by the sight of it all.

  ‘‘Ciao my dear’’ said Priscilla ‘‘I wasn’t expecting to see you so quickly, are you ready for your 8th wish?’’

  Olive looked like she had been crying. All the fairies were subdued. She explained the situation to Priscilla and explained that without stronger fairy wings for all of them, there was no way they could help everybody.

  ‘‘I wish for stronger fairy wings for all of us. Please, please, please.’’

  Priscilla waved her magic wand over the four fairies, turquoise dust fell over them, this was the colour for strength and growth.

  ‘‘Your wish is granted my dear. You will be able to fly anywhere in the world your heart desires quickly and without any effort.’’

  Priscilla flew away smiling to herself thinking ‘yes, Olive was definitely the right choice to be given the gift. She was the chosen one for a reason. The fairy Gods just knew what they were doing.’

  The fairies thought maybe they should just try their new wings out. They appeared to be a little heavier and seemed more powerful. Olive lifted herself off the ground. She lifted high into the air, she felt exhilarated.

  ‘‘Mio Dio - OMG!’’ they chorused ‘‘let me try.’’

  What an amazing feeling to be able to fly fast and furious without any effort. They were all so glad that they were fairies and blessed by Olive’s presence.

  ‘‘AMEN for Olive!’’ they shouted.

  Olive and Willow decided that the best course of action was to stay around the surrounding area for the rest of the day and to rise bright and early the next morning.

  Luna and Dandy went for a half hour exploration. They were amazed that so much destruction had been done in such a short time. Trees were uprooted, animals had fled trying to find a safe place to hide, ponds and rivers had overflowed. There was an eerie silence throughout the forest. Luna and Dandy wanted to find Rush. Where was he? They kept calling his name ‘‘Rush, Rush! Answer if you can hear us.’’

  There was no answer!

  As they returned back to the other fairies, they heard a groaning sound. They swooped down to try and find where it was coming from. They saw someone trapped under a huge fallen tree, they couldn’t see who it was until they got closer.

  ‘‘Rush, is that you?’’

  There were two bodies on the ground. One was trapped under a tree and the other one lay whimpering between some leaves. They saw that one of Rush’s helpers was trapped beneath a big trunk and it looked like his legs were crushed. The fairies knew that there was no way they could move the trunk on their own, they just weren’t s
trong enough but, at the least the fairy was still conscious. They took him some water. They put the water cooler to his lips, he drank thirstily. Rush looked like he was unconscious but, began to stir slightly as he heard voices. Luna flew to his side and said they would be back as soon as they could but, they needed to get a fairy stretcher and some help to move the tree trunk so they could rescue the other fairy whose name was apparently Lucky!

  ‘Not so lucky’ thought Luna and Dandy in unison but, after all he was lucky to be alive. They could both have been dead or eaten by the wild animals of the rain forest.

  Luna and Dandy flew quickly back to get a stretcher or at least get Rush to safety. The fairies didn’t know how they were going to save Lucky. They just weren’t strong enough to move the huge tree trunk on their own. They managed to get Rush to safety. Olive and Willow prepared him a light meal and fed it to him. He was very weak but, all he could think about was Lucky and the monkeys.

  By now, it was beginning to get dark. They were afraid to leave Lucky all by himself for another night in the rain forest. They called for the help of the fairy Rescue Service. A rescue helicopter arrived but dusk had fallen. What could they do? No-one could see and they needed to get strong ropes to try and lift the tree trunk so that Lucky could be freed. Luna and Dandy flew back to comfort Lucky along with all the essentials, they told him they would stay with him in the forest until the sun rose and help could come.

  Lucky felt extremely lucky at this point. Who else would sacrifice so much for him apart from Rush? He was happy that Rush was safe. Luna and Dandy set up a bonfire and made some beans and coffee which they fed to Lucky. They were unable to free his legs but, made him as comfortable as possible in the circumstances. They decided to tell Lucky some of their recent adventures in Hollywood and Lucky even managed to laugh through all the pain. They gave him morphine patches which had been given to them by the paramedics of the rescue helicopter. These helped to ease the pain and sent him off to sleep.