Arcadia Zoe: Episode Seven
[DW3] AZ-07 If Wishes Were Horses.
By Darrel Vanwinkle (Lord Pouchlaw)
05/15/2020
Chapter One
Blackwater, Virginia; Five Years Ago...
Hanging on to Michelle and Marsha, Arcadia made the time jump into the past to prevent a demon trick from ruining a good friend's life. From the time stream, Marsha commented that she was detecting Roger Rogers in Blackwater, Virginia sitting off by himself feeling sad about something that is affecting him deeply. "I don't detect a demon yet." That was when she saw the disguise that Arcadia had magicked up to wear for when she was to confront Roger. Arcadia was wearing the ensemble of Glenda the Good Witch of the North from Oz. "Marsha, you and Michelle land just out of sight while I appear to Roger in the same way Glenda appears to Dorothy. And here I go..." And she leaped out of the time stream causing a glowing orb of light to surround her as she slowly glided down to land just in front of the very depressed young man whom was Roger Rogers.
"Why are you crying, young man?" asked Arcadia to the past version of Roger Rogers. He was wearing a Unicorns Rock tee-shirt and khaki summer shorts and sneakers.
Roger without bothering to look at the female replied, "My birthday is in two days and my parents are moving me out of town to a place I've never heard of. All of my friends are here in Blackwater. Instead of a birthday party, I'm being moved out of town. My parents hate me."
Landing some distance away in the woods, Marsha and Michelle landed softly in the leaves. Marsha quietly said, "Stay put while I monitor a time disturbance near here. And for God's sake, please stay out of trouble. You told Arcadia that you wanted to do something good before your punishment happened in the Summer."
Michelle said, "You do your Time Trekker job and I will stay right here. I gave my word to Arcadia already." But I ain't promising you anything.
The moment Marsha had taken her eyes off of Michelle to focus on the time disturbance in the time stream, Michelle stepped away from that spot and crouched down in a dry ditch that ran along the back of the forest and she pulled out her cellphone and she dialed her own cellphone number. Surprisingly when the call was answered on the other end, she heard her own younger voice. "Make it good. My dad is mad at me again." "Michelle, you may not believe this, but I am your counterpart from another dimension. I am about to tell you how you can get out of the trouble with your dad so he doesn't find a way to change you into a cow for an entire Summer. I just went through a punishment like that and I don't want that to happen to a nice tomboy like yourself." And she proceeded to explain the event that her younger self was in trouble for and then she said, "Find your father and tell him that you didn't mean to have that result happen. You saw a trespasser and when you went to make him leave the cattle farm, you accidentally bumped the" item " over on its side. Your dad will believe this because he would have seen the stranger himself by the time you speak to him. And now for one last bit of information to help you get ahead of life in Richfield. You know a guy called Kevin McVann?" "Yeah, but no one in town seems to like him much. His parents are rich snooty snobs." Michelle then said to her younger self. "His parents hate him and he is very lonely. The parents shower his sister with all manner of praise if she manages to succeed at the littlest thing. But what little he does scores him nothing with the snobs. It would make him feel special if you asked him out on a date. And then carry through with the date. He really needs you and any other friends. I got to go now, Michelle. Be sure to heed my warning. Be honest to your father and then be a hero to Kevin. You won't regret it. If you continue to be a problem to your dad, he will call Augusta to come in to escort you back to Idaho. So be good for a change and you will come out on top. Bye and good luck."
Michelle then ended the call and put her cellphone away. "That should prevent my getting punished in the future." She was about to climb out of the ditch but then she saw the demon unicorn buck arriving just down the ditch from where she was sitting. "Now to keep my word to Arcadia. Better me than Roger." And she trotted down the ditch line toward the unicorn.
Back with Arcadia, she reached out and lifted Roger's head up so he could see what she looked like. "A nice boy like you should have a birthday party even if your parents are not the ones to give it to you."
Roger smiled. "I didn't know you could come out of Oz for a nobody like me. But what's the use... no one is going to give me a birthday party this year. I wish I was dead."
Arcadia held Roger's hand and said, "What are three things you have always wanted, handsome? You tell me your desires and I will make sure you get them for free. Birthday wishes may not have been granted to you before, but that was before I learned that you were depressed. So lay it on me, my friend. What have you always wanted?"
Roger said, "Okay, I'll give you a chance, Miss Witch. I have always wanted to be able to meet non-human hoofed mythical creatures, whether one-toed hoof or cloven hoof; it doesn't matter to me. I have always wanted to be friends with a few young dragons, one of which has to be male. And I would really like to be able to learn real magic from someone I would meet in the future. Since my desires have never been granted, I guess I've stymied you because I don't see the first desire appearing in front of me."
Arcadia then said, "My how fast you give up. Your parents don't know this, but the town they are about to move you to has all three of the things you are desiring. The town is what the special folk call a nexus town where fantastic and mythical things dwell in hiding from normal eyes. I know there are Centaurs, Satyrs, Fauns, and Unicorns living in that town; some in the nearby woods. There are also several dragons living in that town but when you meet them, they will be wearing their human disguises. And if you speak to Kevin McVann and school counselor Lorenzo Stancliffe about magic, you may learn something wondrous. Just remember to keep an open mind to everything that goes on around you in that town and you will have more friends than you can possibly imagine. Besides, you can always write to your old friends or call them on the phone. Friendships are forever, young man. I think you should go home now; I have to go find the Wicked Witch of the West before she gets herself into some serious trouble."
Roger was excited. He didn't know that dragons could hide in human forms. Now he really wanted to go meet some new people and see if he could identify mythical people. "Thanks." And off he trotted toward his home neighborhood.
In the meantime, Michelle spoke to Lord Tarcornis in private about a request. "There is a goddess in the area watching over the normally naive boys locally. But I'll make you a deal... You give me a magical medallion and when I encounter a naive boy in my travels, I can touch the medallion and then I can ask him what is the one thing he has always wished for. You will be listening through the medallion, of course, when the boy makes his wish, you can arrange to meet with the boy later. I will be your go-between in exchange for a request that I really need done for myself. Heck, I am already slated to receive a punishment from my dad when I get home." Tarcornis rubbed his chin and said with a smile. "That would be a far better way to meet boys without running into the planar law. They make it harder to make a decent living. Especially with that anti-recruiting law that they passed in Hell. What is your request, young lady?" Michelle replied, "I wish that just before something occurs that would lead me into getting a punishment, fate intervenes and puts me back on the better path." Tarcornis hummed. "You ask for so little, young tomboy. The medallion is now yours; if you don't guide me to naive boys, then I will change you into a boy, before teleporting you to my realm."
End of Chapter One
[DW3] AZ-07 If Wishes Were Horses.
By Darrel Vanwinkle (Lord Pouchlaw)
05/15/2020
Chapter One
Blackwater, Virginia; Five Years Ago...
Hanging on to Michelle and Marsha, Arcadia made the time jump into the past to prevent a demon trick from ruining a good friend's life. From the time stream, Marsha commented that she was detecting Roger Rogers in Blackwater, Virginia sitting off by himself feeling sad about something that is affecting him deeply. "I don't detect a demon yet." That was when she saw the disguise that Arcadia had magicked up to wear for when she was to confront Roger. Arcadia was wearing the ensemble of Glenda the Good Witch of the North from Oz. "Marsha, you and Michelle land just out of sight while I appear to Roger in the same way Glenda appears to Dorothy. And here I go..." And she leaped out of the time stream causing a glowing orb of light to surround her as she slowly glided down to land just in front of the very depressed young man whom was Roger Rogers.
"Why are you crying, young man?" asked Arcadia to the past version of Roger Rogers. He was wearing a Unicorns Rock tee-shirt and khaki summer shorts and sneakers.
Roger without bothering to look at the female replied, "My birthday is in two days and my parents are moving me out of town to a place I've never heard of. All of my friends are here in Blackwater. Instead of a birthday party, I'm being moved out of town. My parents hate me."
Landing some distance away in the woods, Marsha and Michelle landed softly in the leaves. Marsha quietly said, "Stay put while I monitor a time disturbance near here. And for God's sake, please stay out of trouble. You told Arcadia that you wanted to do something good before your punishment happened in the Summer."
Michelle said, "You do your Time Trekker job and I will stay right here. I gave my word to Arcadia already." But I ain't promising you anything.
The moment Marsha had taken her eyes off of Michelle to focus on the time disturbance in the time stream, Michelle stepped away from that spot and crouched down in a dry ditch that ran along the back of the forest and she pulled out her cellphone and she dialed her own cellphone number. Surprisingly when the call was answered on the other end, she heard her own younger voice. "Make it good. My dad is mad at me again." "Michelle, you may not believe this, but I am your counterpart from another dimension. I am about to tell you how you can get out of the trouble with your dad so he doesn't find a way to change you into a cow for an entire Summer. I just went through a punishment like that and I don't want that to happen to a nice tomboy like yourself." And she proceeded to explain the event that her younger self was in trouble for and then she said, "Find your father and tell him that you didn't mean to have that result happen. You saw a trespasser and when you went to make him leave the cattle farm, you accidentally bumped the" item " over on its side. Your dad will believe this because he would have seen the stranger himself by the time you speak to him. And now for one last bit of information to help you get ahead of life in Richfield. You know a guy called Kevin McVann?" "Yeah, but no one in town seems to like him much. His parents are rich snooty snobs." Michelle then said to her younger self. "His parents hate him and he is very lonely. The parents shower his sister with all manner of praise if she manages to succeed at the littlest thing. But what little he does scores him nothing with the snobs. It would make him feel special if you asked him out on a date. And then carry through with the date. He really needs you and any other friends. I got to go now, Michelle. Be sure to heed my warning. Be honest to your father and then be a hero to Kevin. You won't regret it. If you continue to be a problem to your dad, he will call Augusta to come in to escort you back to Idaho. So be good for a change and you will come out on top. Bye and good luck."
Michelle then ended the call and put her cellphone away. "That should prevent my getting punished in the future." She was about to climb out of the ditch but then she saw the demon unicorn buck arriving just down the ditch from where she was sitting. "Now to keep my word to Arcadia. Better me than Roger." And she trotted down the ditch line toward the unicorn.
Back with Arcadia, she reached out and lifted Roger's head up so he could see what she looked like. "A nice boy like you should have a birthday party even if your parents are not the ones to give it to you."
Roger smiled. "I didn't know you could come out of Oz for a nobody like me. But what's the use... no one is going to give me a birthday party this year. I wish I was dead."
Arcadia held Roger's hand and said, "What are three things you have always wanted, handsome? You tell me your desires and I will make sure you get them for free. Birthday wishes may not have been granted to you before, but that was before I learned that you were depressed. So lay it on me, my friend. What have you always wanted?"
Roger said, "Okay, I'll give you a chance, Miss Witch. I have always wanted to be able to meet non-human hoofed mythical creatures, whether one-toed hoof or cloven hoof; it doesn't matter to me. I have always wanted to be friends with a few young dragons, one of which has to be male. And I would really like to be able to learn real magic from someone I would meet in the future. Since my desires have never been granted, I guess I've stymied you because I don't see the first desire appearing in front of me."
Arcadia then said, "My how fast you give up. Your parents don't know this, but the town they are about to move you to has all three of the things you are desiring. The town is what the special folk call a nexus town where fantastic and mythical things dwell in hiding from normal eyes. I know there are Centaurs, Satyrs, Fauns, and Unicorns living in that town; some in the nearby woods. There are also several dragons living in that town but when you meet them, they will be wearing their human disguises. And if you speak to Kevin McVann and school counselor Lorenzo Stancliffe about magic, you may learn something wondrous. Just remember to keep an open mind to everything that goes on around you in that town and you will have more friends than you can possibly imagine. Besides, you can always write to your old friends or call them on the phone. Friendships are forever, young man. I think you should go home now; I have to go find the Wicked Witch of the West before she gets herself into some serious trouble."
Roger was excited. He didn't know that dragons could hide in human forms. Now he really wanted to go meet some new people and see if he could identify mythical people. "Thanks." And off he trotted toward his home neighborhood.
In the meantime, Michelle spoke to Lord Tarcornis in private about a request. "There is a goddess in the area watching over the normally naive boys locally. But I'll make you a deal... You give me a magical medallion and when I encounter a naive boy in my travels, I can touch the medallion and then I can ask him what is the one thing he has always wished for. You will be listening through the medallion, of course, when the boy makes his wish, you can arrange to meet with the boy later. I will be your go-between in exchange for a request that I really need done for myself. Heck, I am already slated to receive a punishment from my dad when I get home." Tarcornis rubbed his chin and said with a smile. "That would be a far better way to meet boys without running into the planar law. They make it harder to make a decent living. Especially with that anti-recruiting law that they passed in Hell. What is your request, young lady?" Michelle replied, "I wish that just before something occurs that would lead me into getting a punishment, fate intervenes and puts me back on the better path." Tarcornis hummed. "You ask for so little, young tomboy. The medallion is now yours; if you don't guide me to naive boys, then I will change you into a boy, before teleporting you to my realm."
End of Chapter One
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