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In this story Joxer and Gabrielle have been married for a while and they have a little girl named Phaedra. They tell her their version of the classic fairytale Sleeping Beauty. This may be the last story for a while. I have others written down, but haven’t had time to type them up yet.

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JOXER AND GABRIELLE BEDTIME STORIES: SLEEPING BEAUTY
by Tonee Rhian Rose

Joxer and Gabrielle had been married for five glorious years. They had a beautiful little blonde haired, brown eyed girl named Phaedra who was almost four years old. When it was her bedtime, she would always ask, “Mommy, Daddy, can you tell me a story?”

“Sure honey,” Gabrielle would always reply. “What would you like to hear; a story about Hercules?” Phaedra would always shake her head no.

Then Joxer would ask, “How about a story about Xena?” Again, she would shake her head no.

“Well, what story would you like to hear?” Gabrielle would ask.

‘I wanna hear a story about a princess!’ exclaimed Phaedra this time.

‘Ok,’ said Gabrielle. ‘This story is called: The Sleeping Beauty. Once upon a time, there was a king and queen who wished very much for a child. One day, the gods blessed them with a beautiful daughter whom they named Aurora because she came with the dawn. To celebrate, they invited all the gods and goddesses; all except for Discord to a huge banquet party. The party went on for hours and everyone was having a good time; even Hera who was well-known for being a sourpuss. Soon it was time for the gods and goddesses to bestow gifts upon the child.

‘Artemis gave her the gift to understand all animals, Athena gave her a sharp mind and a sharp tongue to match, Ares gave her the skills of a warrior, Apollo gave her a fiery personality, Hermes gave her the gift of swiftness, Cupid gave her the gifts of love and beauty, and the Muses gave her the gifts of music, poetry, and eloquence. Just as Aphrodite was about to bestow her gift upon the child; Discord appeared in a ball of white lightning into the room.

‘“How dare you not invite me to this party?!” she shouted. “But that’s okay, I forgive you,” she said with an evil grin. “I too have a gift for the child.” She walked over to the child and said, “I have a special gift, the child will grow up with all the gifts my fellow gods and goddesses have bestowed upon her, but on the day of her sixteenth birthday, she will prick her finger on the needle of a spinning wheel and DIE!!!!” she said as she laughed maniacally. Then she disappeared in a ball of white lightning from the room.

‘The king and queen rushed over to baby Aurora with worried expressions on their faces. The queen picked her up and said tearfully, “Oh what a cruel fate our child has!”

‘Aphrodite said, “Chillax people, I haven’t yet bestowed my gift. Though I can’t exactly change what will happen except for the part about her dying.”

‘“Can you really do that?” the king asked.

‘“Totally, fer sure!” she said in her valley girl language. “True she will prick her finger on a spinning wheel, but instead of dying, she will fall into a deep sleep that will last a hundred years or until her one true love kisses her.”

‘This however did nothing to ease their worries. The king ordered that every single spinning wheel in the entire kingdom should be burned in a great bon fire. Then he decreed that no one in the entire kingdom shall own another spinning wheel until after this terrible day has passed.

‘The years passed by quickly and soon Aurora grew into a beautiful young lady. She had long dark hair and piercing blue eyes; just like Xena. She was a kick-butt, ask questions later sort of woman. She wouldn’t tolerate anyone bullying someone weaker than they were. Soon it would be her sixteenth birthday, unfortunately that day, the king and queen had to deal with some urgent business in one of the outer provinces. They kissed her goodbye and promised they’d be returning later that evening for her party.

‘While they were gone, Aurora decided to explore the castle. Soon she’d gone through every room except for the one in the highest tower. She started to climb the stairs and soon she’d reached the top. When she looked inside, she saw an old woman; who was really Discord in disguise. “Who are you?” she asked the old woman.

‘“My dear child,” Discord said in her sweetest voice, “I am your grandmother.”

‘“What are you doing there, grandmother?” Aurora asked curiously.

‘“I’m making this wool into yarn using this spinning wheel. Would you like to try it?” Discord asked.

‘“Oh, yes! I would like to very much!” exclaimed Aurora.

‘So Discord gave Aurora her seat. No sooner did she sit down and begin to spin; she pricked her finger on the spindle.’

‘What’s a spindle, mommy?’ asked Phaedra curiously.

‘It’s the needle of a spinning wheel,’ explained Gabrielle and she continued the story. ‘Now when she had pricked her finger, she suddenly became very dizzy. “What’s the matter child?” asked Discord who now had an evil tone to her voice.

‘“I don’t know grandmother. All of a sudden I don’t feel so good,” Aurora said weakly.

‘“Maybe I should take you outside for some fresh air,” Discord said, for she had seen Aurora’s parents returning to the castle and thought it’d be a nice bonus for her to see the reactions on their faces. So she helped her down the long spiral staircase. When she was in eyesight of Aurora’s parents, she let her go. Aurora fell to the ground as if she were dead.

‘The king and queen ran over to their daughter’s lifeless body. The king grabbed the old woman and shook her angrily. “Who are you?!” he demanded. She jerked free from his grasp and laughed maniacally as she changed back to her true form. “DISCORD!!!!” he bellowed. “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!!!”

‘Discord smiled an evil smile and said, “I warned you that this would happen; now you have to live with it!” Then she disappeared in a ball of white lightning.

‘The queen knelt down beside her daughter and held her while she rocked back and forth and cried. Suddenly, Aphrodite appeared in the courtyard in a ball of orange lightning. “Don’t be afraid, she is only sleeping,” she said.

‘“Really? Are you sure?” asked the sobbing queen.

‘“Totally!” exclaimed the goddess. Now take her upstairs and put her into her bed.”

‘The king picked Aurora up and carried her upstairs to her bedchamber and placed her on top of her bed. “Now what do we do?” he asked.

‘“Now get everyone in the castle into their beds. I’ll get Hypnos to put everyone to sleep so when she is awakened, she won’t be without her friends and family,” she said. When the king and queen had gotten everyone in bed, they went to their own bedchamber and lay down in their own bed. Aphrodite then called Hypnos down from Mount Olympus. He appeared in a ball of purple lightning. He was dressed in purple robes, had short white blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. She explained the situation to him and asked him if he could cast a spell and put everyone in the castle asleep.

‘“No problem,” he said yawning for he was always sleepy. “I’ll get right on it. When he was done, he disappeared in a ball of purple lightning.

‘Then Aphrodite called upon Flora to cover the entire castle in a thorny vine that would only part when Aurora’s true love came along for only he and he alone could awaken her. Flora had appeared in a ball of green lightning and she had long, curly red hair which was pinned back with a leaf shaped clip, and emerald green eyes. She wore a sleeveless, strapless dress; the top was a forest green colored velvet and the skirt was sea foam green colored lace which was divided into many leaf shaped pieces which overlapped each other. She wore an olive green colored armband on her right arm; which looked like a vine had wrapped itself around her arm. She was barefoot except for a green leafy anklet around her left ankle.

‘She faced towards the castle and lifted her hands. Slowly thorny vines with big beautiful blue roses grew up over the entire castle. When she was finished, she disappeared in a ball of green lightning. A short time later, Aphrodite disappeared in a ball of orange lightning.’

At this point, Gabrielle decided to stop the story there because she noticed that it was getting late. ‘Time for bed Phaedra,’ she said yawning. ‘Your mommy and daddy have to get up early to work the farm.’

‘But mommy, can’t we stay up a little longer? It was just getting good!’ pleaded Phaedra.

‘I’m afraid not honey,’ Joxer said. ‘Don’t worry; I’ll finish it tomorrow night.’

‘Okay daddy,’ she said as she kissed them both goodnight.

The next night, as promised, Joxer continued the story. ‘Year after year went by and many princes tried to get through the vine, but none succeeded. Some tried chopping it with their swords; none of their efforts even made a dent. Some tried tying a rope to it to pull it out; they couldn’t budge it an inch. Some even tried to burn it, but they couldn’t even get a spark going. This was some tough stuff, let me tell you!’ he said as he winked at Gabrielle and Phaedra. Phaedra giggled. He just smiled and continued on with the story, ‘One day, a prince who was as big and strong and handsome as Hercules came along the road to the castle.

‘In the town just outside the castle, the prince stopped at the local tavern. “Can I get a mug of mead and a room for the night?” he inquired.

‘“The room is ten dinars and the mead is two dinars,” said the burly bartender. “Say, stranger, you’re not from around here. Where are you from?”

‘“I am from Corinth,” said the prince as he paid his twelve dinars.

‘“You wouldn’t happen to be a prince, would you?” the bartender asked as he handed him the mug of mead.

‘“Yes I am, why do you ask?” he asked the bartender while eyeing him suspiciously.

‘“Oh, no reason really, it’s just that there’s a castle at the end of this road and legend has it that there’s a princess that lives there and she’s been cursed by the goddess Discord to sleep until her prince comes to wake her,” he said.

‘“Maybe I could be the one to wake her,” said the prince.

‘“Many have tried and failed, uh… What is your name?” asked the bartender.

‘“It’s Theodoros,’ said the prince.

‘“Well, Theodoros,” said the bartender, “let me tell you, it’s not an easy task. There’s a thorny vine that covers the entire castle. It can’t be chopped, pulled, or burned.”

‘“I see,’ said Theodoros thoughtfully. “Nevertheless, I must try. Perhaps I can think of something no one else has.” With that said, he bade the bartender goodnight and climbed the stairs to his room.

‘He lay down on his bed and he thought and thought. Suddenly an idea came to him. “If I can’t chop it, pull it, or burn it, perhaps I can simply tunnel underneath it. It’s brilliant!” he thought. The next morning, he went to the blacksmith and purchased a shovel and headed towards the castle. When he reached the castle he was all ready for some rigorous digging, but the vines parted allowing him to gain entrance. As he walked through the gate, the vines came together so as to allow no one else to enter.

‘As he searched through each room, he noticed that every person and animal was sound asleep. He searched high and low for the princess and finally, he came to her bedchamber. There she lay on her bed wearing a beautiful blue dress and a single red rose clutched in her hands. “She is so beautiful,” he thought. “Perhaps a kiss will awaken her.” He leaned down and tenderly kissed her on the lips.

‘At that moment she began to stir. She slowly opened her eyes. “Who are you?” she asked when she saw the prince.

‘He bowed to her and said, “I am Prince Theodoros of Corinth. You have been asleep for a very long time; the unfortunate consequences of a curse, but I have broken it.”

‘The princess smiled and said, “Thank you! My name is Aurora.” They talked for a while about this and that and eventually they got around to the subject of marriage. He proposed to her and she said, “Yes, of course I’ll marry you.” They walked down the stairs hand in hand, and found that everyone was waiting for them. Aurora and Theodoros announced to everyone that they were getting married to which everyone cheered.

‘That night they had a huge celebration. They invited everyone in the town. They celebrated until well after Midnight. Soon afterwards, Princess Aurora and Prince Theodoros were married and they lived happily ever after. The end.’

‘That was a good story mommy and daddy,’ said Phaedra. ‘Can you tell me another?’

‘Not tonight sweetheart,’ said Gabrielle as she tucked her in and kissed her goodnight.

‘Perhaps tomorrow,’ said Joxer as he also kissed her goodnight. ‘Now it’s time for bed.’

They told her many more stories afterwards, but the next one will have to wait till later.

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Chapter 3

Soon, they were at the cottage. Guarding the entrance were two minotaurs. ‘Joxer, you go save those girls. We’ll hold them off,’ said Sola.

‘But they’ll beat me to a bloody pulp!’ exclaimed Joxer.

‘No they won’t! Not as long as you hold those flowers! Now GO!’ she shouted.

Joxer took off towards the cottage. The minotaurs charged towards him, but they couldn’t get within five feet of him for there was a barrier around him. Joxer went inside.

Hercules fought the larger of the two minotaurs and Sola fought the smaller using her sword and shield. Xena had taught her how to do flips. She did a no-handed cartwheel; kicking him in the face. He stumbled backwards.

Meanwhile, Hercules was punching the other one in the face. Soon, Sola and Hercules were back to back. They turned slightly to look at each other. Sola smiled at him in agreement for she knew what he wanted to do. They’d done it before against another pair of minotaurs when they were searching for the Sword of Veracity.

They linked their arms and Hercules flipped Sola over his head. She kicked the smaller one in the face and landed a kick on top of the larger one’s head knocking them both out. Then they went inside the cottage to look for Joxer. They found him surrounded by the girls. He had them singing,

‘Joxer the Mighty
He came to set us free
We were transformed into birds
But he listened to Gabby’s words
She told him to never fear
Should he ever shed a tear

Flower power set us free
Cause of Joxer’s love for Gabby
He’s Joxer, Joxer the Mighty!’

Sola started laughing. ‘Looks like Joxer’s got quite a following, wouldn’t you say?’ she said to Gabrielle.

‘Yes, I’d say so. I’m just glad this whole ordeal is over so we can go home,’ she said.

‘It’s not over yet,’ said Hercules. ‘We still have Hera to deal with.’

‘Can’t you talk to Zeus? You know, get her to tone it down just a bit? I mean this is ridiculous, even by her standards,’ said Sola.

‘You know what he’s like. Sometimes he’ll listen, and sometimes he won’t,’ he said.

‘Well, what do you propose we do then?’ she asked.

‘We’re going to raze this cottage to the ground and destroy her vineyard by salting the earth so nothing will grow here again. If she wants a vineyard, she’ll have to grow it someplace else,’ he said.

Sola said, ‘I’ll run back toCyrene’s and get the salt and some torches.’ She was off like a flash. She ran as gracefully as a gazelle. She burst in through the door which surprised Xena.

‘What happened? Is everyone alright?’ she asked.

Sola smiled and said, ‘Yes, everyone is okay. Joxer set all the girls free. I’m just here to get some salt and torches cause we’re gonna burn the cottage, and destroy the vineyard. You guys are welcome to come and help us. The forest is no longer enchanted.’

Xena and Iolaus went with Sola back to the cottage. Soon it was on fire. Sola had brought a couple of baskets, and she picked as many grapes as they could hold, before they burned them too. Then they took the salt and spread it all over the ground.

Two days later, Joxer and Gabrielle were married by Amphion. They went on to have many, many children, and they lived happily ever after.

The End

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Chapter 2 

Sola had followed him back to the tavern. When she discovered that he’d locked the door, she softly tapped on it and said, ‘Joxer? Are you okay?’ She got no answer. ‘Joxer, please talk to me? I completely understand what happened. My father explained it to me once that if a person doesn’t get enough sleep that their dreams can bleed into reality. They start seeing things that aren’t there. C’mon, please open the door?’

Joxer slowly opened the door and pulled her inside. ‘I don’t know what’s happening to me. I keep getting these images in my head that I’m never going to see my beloved Gabrielle again,’ he said as he began to cry.

Sola took him in her arms and said, ‘Joxer, you mustn’t think those thoughts. We will get her back. As soon as you feel ready to go, Hercules and I will come with you to help you. Do you remember what I said to you when you decided to tell her how you felt?’

Joxer said, ‘Yeah, you told me that as long as I was happy, then you’d be happy.’

‘And I meant it. Joxer, you are my very best friend and I love you very much, so that’s why I’m going to help you get her back. Now get some sleep and we’ll set off in the morning, okay?’

Joxer nodded his head. As she was leaving, Joxer called out, ‘Sola?’

She popped her head back in and said, ‘Yes, Joxer?’

‘Thanks for being my friend. I don’t know what I’d do without you,’ he said as a tear rolled down his cheek.

Sola walked over to him, hugged him and said, ‘I’ll always be there for you, you know that. Now get some sleep, we have a busy day ahead of us.’

The next morning, Joxer, Sola, and Hercules set out for the vineyard. Xena desperately wanted to go with them, but Hercules and Sola explained to her that because she was mortal, she’d get turned into a bird like Gabrielle did, and that because they were both half-gods, that the magic probably wouldn’t effect them. Xena agreed, and they left.

When they got to the spot, Joxer was finding it difficult to move. Sola sent Hercules off to scout ahead. ‘Joxer, now you’re gonna have to cry. When your tears touch the ground, a red flower will spring up. When that happens, I will pick it and when I touch you, you should be able to move. This will also keep Hera’s harpies from attacking us, but you must hurry before she appears.’

No sooner had she said those words, a pair of peacock feathers shaped like eyes appeared in the sky. ‘SOLARIS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?’ boomed the voice of Hera.

‘I’m here to put a stop to you enchanting this forest and to release those poor young women you’ve changed into birds,’ Sola shouted back.

At this point, Hera came down from the clouds. She set Joxer free and then she released her harpies upon him. Joxer ran as fast as he could, and Sola was right behind him, with the harpies in hot pursuit. Hera was laughing maniacally. Sola came to a screeching halt. ‘Hide behind this tree!’ she shouted at Joxer.

She turned to face the harpies. She had three weapons which were designed by Hephaestus. The first was a sun shield which she used to block the harpies stone-like feathers which they threw at her like darts. One feather grazed her left leg.

‘Are you alright?’ asked Joxer concerned.

‘Yeah, it’s just a scratch,’ said Sola. ‘Just stay there behind the tree.’

He nodded his head in agreement and continued to watch with great concern and admiration for his friend. The second weapon was a crossbow that no matter how bad her aim was, it would always find its target. With a twang! whoosh! thud! she managed to pin the five harpies to trees. With her hypnotic powers she’d inherited from her father Morpheus, she put them in a trance. With the third and final weapon; a lunar sword that glowed blue like the moon whenever Hera’s harpies were near; she cut off each of their heads.

She turned to Joxer, ‘You can come out now, it’s safe,’ she said as she slid her sword back into its scabbard, strapped her shield to her back, and took her crossbow in her right hand.

‘Are you sure?’ asked Joxer as he emerged cautiously from his hiding spot. ‘There might be more of them.’

Sola laughed and said, ‘Yes, my dear friend, I’m sure, but just in case, I have my trusty crossbow.’ She took hold of his hand and said, ‘We’ll need to hold hands so we don’t get separated.’

They started walking back towards the vineyard. Soon it was getting difficult for Joxer to move again. ‘You need to cry Joxer!’ she said.

‘I don’t know if I can,’ he said.

‘You’re going to have to if you want to save Gabrielle!’ she shouted. ‘Quickly, here come the harpies!’ She shot at them with her magic crossbow. Each time a bolt left it, another would appear in its place like Cupid’s bow.

Joxer thought about how he’d never be able to see Gabrielle again, about how he would never hold or kiss her ever again. Soon, tears were flowing down his cheeks. As they splashed upon the ground, blood-red flowers with dew drops the size of a pearl magically grew. Sola promptly picked them, and the harpies disappeared. When she touched Joxer, he was able to move.

Hercules came walking towards them. ‘What’s taking you two so long?’ he asked.

‘Well, for starters,’ Sola explained, ‘Hera sent her harpies after us, and I had to fight them. Then I had to get Joxer to cry; which is not as easy as you might think by the way; while I held off more harpies so we could get these magical flowers.’

Joxer said, ‘Now let’s go save those girls!’

Sola handed him the flowers and said, ‘You need these to keep Hera’s harpies at bay, and to set the girls free. You’ll have to touch their cages.’ She turned to Hercules and asked, ‘How far is it to the cottage?’

‘It’s about an hour from here,’ he said.

‘Well, what are we waiting for?’ asked Joxer, ‘Time’s a wastin’’

End of Chapter 2.

This story is the sequel to Gabrielle and the Three Brothers. It is loosely based on the Brother’s Grimm story Jorinda and Joringle. 

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Gabrielle and Joxer
by Tonee Rhian Rose 

Author’s note: These characters don’t belong to me. Only the characters Solaris and Neona are my creations. 

Chapter 1

Once there was a small cottage with a vineyard in Amphipolis, Greece. It belonged to Hera who had enchanted it. Anyone who came within one hundred paces of the cottage, he was made to stand still until she set them free, and when she did that, she’d set her harpies loose on the poor fellow who would then be torn apart. Any maiden who came close to the cottage would be changed into a bird and then shut up in a gilded cage and placed inside a room in the cottage. She had about five hundred rare birds.

Joxer and Gabrielle were celebrating their engagement with their friends Xena, Hercules, Iolaus, Jason, Iphicles, Amphion, Leah (his wife), Princess Diana and Prince Philemon, Priestess Leah, Salmoneus, Falafel, Autolycus, Minya, Meg, and Gabrielle’s sister Lila at Xena’s mom, Cyrene’s tavern. They decided they needed some alone time to talk about their wedding plans, so they went for a walk in the forest. They had been walking for what seemed like hours when they came upon a fork in the road.

 ‘Which way should we go?’ asked Joxer.

 Gabrielle thought for a moment and said, ‘Let’s go to the left.’

 After a while, Joxer was noticing that it was getting difficult for him to move. ‘What in Tartarus is going on?’ he asked as he tried to pull his legs free. When he looked back up, he discovered that Gabrielle had disappeared and flying in her place was a beautiful bluebird. ‘Gabrielle! Where are you!’ he shouted.

Suddenly, the bird started to sing this little song,

‘I am just a little bird
And you can see me fly.
Though I’m just a little bird,
My love for you will fill the sky.

The enchanted hour, remember love has power, 
So never fear, should you shed a tear,
Remember the red flower.
Your love’s magic
Lies in flower power.’

Hera, who was watching all this transpire, came down from the clouds and shut Gabrielle up in a gilded cage. Then she set Joxer free and called her harpies to chase him down. He took off running back towards the tavern. The harpies threw their stone-like feathers at him, but luckily he was able to avoid them by running in a zigzag pattern. When he looked back to see where the harpies were, he tripped over a large tree root, hit his head, and fell unconscious.

Hearing Joxer’s cries for help, Hercules, Iolaus, and Xena came running out of the tavern. When they saw him lying on the ground about to be attacked by harpies, they took action. Xena drew her sword and threw her chakram. It smashed against several trees and chopped a couple of their heads off before returning to her outstretched hand. Iolaus drew his sword as well and swung it at them cutting off a couple of their wings.

The three remaining harpies flew into the air. They launched their stone-like feathers at them. All three dived behind the trees. Xena threw her chakram one more time. It clipped all of their wings and they fell out of the air. Hercules emerged from his hiding spot and smashed their heads in killing them. Then they gathered Joxer up and carried him back to the tavern.

They placed him on a bed, and a young girl named Solaris, who worked there, tended to his wounds. He’d been clawed badly by the harpies’ sharp talons and he had a large lump on his head from where he had hit it. She had met him a long time ago when she was traveling with Xena and Gabrielle. She used to travel with her cousin Hercules, Iolaus, and her identical half-sister Neona; who was Iolaus’ girlfriend, but she left them shortly after meeting Xena.

She had dated him for several years, even though she knew that he’d loved Gabrielle from the beginning, it didn’t matter to her. However, after Gabrielle had been crucified by Caesar, and then brought back to life by Eli, she encouraged him to tell her how he felt because he might not ever have another chance. Even though it meant that they might no longer be together, Sola; as she was called by everyone; still loved him and would do anything to see him happy, even if that meant that she could no longer be with him.

Sola was a half-goddess. Her father was the god Morpheus; the god of dreams, and her mother was a mortal named Helia after the sun god Helios. She had inherited a power she called dream walking. She could go into a person’s dreams and help them. She asked to be alone with Joxer, and everyone left. She placed a hand on his forehead, and instantaneously she was transported into his dream. What she saw broke her heart.

 Gabrielle was transformed into a bluebird who sang this song,

 ‘I am just a little bird
And you can see me fly.
Though I’m just a little bird,
My love for you will fill the sky.

The enchanted hour, remember love has power, 
So never fear, should you shed a tear,
Remember the red flower.
Your love’s magic
Lies in flower power.’

Joxer was helpless to stop it. ‘GABRIELLE! NOOOOO!’ he shouted.

Then he started running from the harpies. At this point, Sola stepped in and slew them.

Joxer collapsed and started crying, ‘Gabrielle, I’m sorry! I failed you!’

Sola crouched down beside him and said softly, ‘No, my dear friend, you haven’t. There’s still hope to save her. All you have to do now is wake up.’ With that, Joxer opened his eyes. There stood Sola smiling down at him. ‘You gave us quite a scare,’ she said. She called everyone back into the room and left to get more clean cloths and fresh water.

Xena asked, ‘What happened to you out there? Where’s Gabrielle?’

Joxer replied, ‘I’m not exactly sure what happened. I can sort of remember being chased and bumping my head, but not much else.’

Sola said, ‘I can help you with that. When I was in your dream, I saw Gabrielle transform into a bluebird and she was singing this song,

“I am just a little bird
And you can see me fly.
Though I’m just a little bird,
My love for you will fill the sky.

The enchanted hour, remember love has power, 
So never fear, should you shed a tear,
Remember the red flower.
Your love’s magic
Lies in flower power.”

 ‘I’ve heard rumors of a certain part of the forest being enchanted by Hera cause she owns a small vineyard on the edge of it. Any man who comes within one hundred paces of it is made to stand still until she wills him to move, but any maiden who comes too close is transformed into a bird. She then locks the bird in a cage and keeps it in a cottage on the property. What she does with them, I have no idea. After she sets the men free, she calls her harpies to chase them down and rip them to shreds, so it’s a good thing you got there when you did.’

 Hercules said, ‘I’ll go and rescue Gabrielle and these other women.’

 Sola said, ‘No, it has to be Joxer. Only his love for Gabrielle can set them free. However, he isn’t well enough to travel just yet, so I’m afraid that she’ll have to stay there for the time being.’

 ‘Sola, how do you know all this?’ asked Iolaus.

 ‘My father is Morpheus, the god of dreams. He’s why I have the power to “walk” into anyone’s dreams. Gabrielle’s song tells you everything you need to know. Only a blood-red flower with a dew drop the size of a pearl can free these girls,’ she said.

Hercules said, ‘Tell me where I can find such a flower, and I’ll go and save these girls!’

‘My dear cousin, you don’t understand, only Joxer’s love for Gabrielle can produce such a flower. When his tears of love touch the enchanted ground, a flower will appear and that will break the spell. However, as I said, he is in no condition to go anywhere just yet.’

Weeks went by, and Joxer’s dreams were plagued with nightmares of Gabrielle being transformed into a bird and of being chased by Hera’s harpies. One day, he was helping Sola pick strawberries. Suddenly, he got an image of Gabrielle and he leaned over and kissed her, but when he opened his eyes and discovered that it was Sola he had kissed instead of his beloved Gabrielle, he became embarrassed and dropped the basket of strawberries he was holding.

He ran back to the tavern and locked himself in his room. ‘What am I doing?’ he thought as he hung his head in shame. ‘How could I kiss someone else?’

End of Chapter 1.

I wrote a series of Xena Warrior Princess fan fics based around Joxer and Gabrielle. They’re also loosely based on fairy tales. This one is based on Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

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GABRIELLE AND THE THREE BROTHERS
by Tonee Rhian Rose

Once upon a time, there lived three brothers in a wooden house with a straw roof in the woods in Athens, Greece. Their names were Jett, Jace, and Joxer. One day for lunch, they were each cooking a chicken. Jett cooked his until it turned black on the outside. Jace used all kinds of spices on his chicken. Joxer on the other hand roasted his chicken on a spit over an open flame. They sat down to eat, but their chickens were too hot so they decided to go out for a while.

Jett had been hired to assassinate the warlord Patronus so he went to do that, Jace went and performed a couple of songs at Meg’s tavern, and Joxer decided to go for a swim in the river behind their house. On the way there he could be heard singing… “Joxer the Mighty roams through the countryside, he never needs a place to hide. With Gabby as his sidekick, fighting with her little stick. Righting wrongs and singing songs. Being mighty all day long. I’m Joxer, Joxer the Mighty. Oh, Joxer the Mighty, he’s really tidy. Everybody likes him cause he has a funny grin. Joxer! Joxer the Mighty!”

Meanwhile, Gabrielle was walking through the woods sulking because Xena had left her behind. ‘Am I always going to be an expendable sidekick?’ she thought. Suddenly she came upon the brothers’ house. ‘I wonder who lives here,’ she said to herself. She could smell the aroma of chicken. ‘I sure am hungry. I hope whoever lives here will share their meal with me,’ she said. She knocked on the door and called out, ‘Hello? Anybody home?’ She went around to the side of the house and peered through the window. She could see the three chickens sitting on the table, but no one was around. ‘I’m sure they won’t mind if I took a little bite,’ she thought to herself as she climbed through the window.

Once inside, she went over to the table. She took a knife and cut into Jett’s chicken first and took a bite. ‘Blech! Who would eat this?’ she exclaimed. Next she cut a piece from Jace’s chicken and took a bite. In seconds, she was fanning her tongue and yelling, ‘Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot!’ She then got a drink of water. ‘Whoo! Boy, that was spicy!’ she exclaimed. She approached Joxer’s chicken with some caution. She took the knife and cut a small piece from it and took a bite. ‘Mmmmm! This is excellent chicken!’ she said. She then proceeded to consume the entire thing leaving only the bones behind.

Then she decided to rest in the living room. She first sat in Jett’s chair. Suddenly she sprang to her feet with an ‘Ouch! That hurt!’ ‘Whoever sits in this chair must have some really tough skin!’ she exclaimed. Next she sat in Jace’s chair, but it was a little too soft for her. Next she sat in Joxer’s chair. It was just right, not too soft and not sharp like the others. After a few minutes she was getting tired so she decided to go upstairs to take a little nap.

Then she went into Jett’s bedroom and lay down on his bed. ‘This bed is too hard, and no wonder! The whole thing is made of wood including the pillow,’ she said. Then she went into Jace’s room. His bed had a canopy with a pink curtain. She opened it and climbed into bed, but all the feathers tickled her nose, so she decided to try another bed. She soon found Joxer’s bedroom. Inside was a pile of straw and a wool blanket and a pillow. She was used to having to stay in barns sometimes on her travels with Xena so she lay down and went to sleep.

Meanwhile, the brothers were returning from their outings. Jett said, ‘That bastard Patronus got away! I must be slipping!’

Jace said, ‘I went over big at Meg’s tavern.’

Joxer said, ‘I had a refreshing dip in the river.’

When they went inside, they noticed that their chickens had been touched. Jett exclaimed, ‘Someone took a bite from my chicken and when I find out who they are, I’m going to kill them!’

Jace said, ‘Someone has taken a bite from my chicken too!’

Joxer saw what happened to his chicken and burst into tears. ‘Someone has eaten my chicken and left me nothing but the bones,’ he sobbed.

Jett said, ‘Oh quit being such a crybaby!’

Joxer said, ‘Oh sure you say that cause they only took a tiny bite from yours, but they entirely consumed mine!’

Jace said, ‘That’s enough my brothers. We need to find this person and confront them.’

So they searched the house and noticed that their chairs had been disturbed. Jett said, ‘Someone was sitting in my chair! Look they left blood all over it! If I find them I’m going to kill them!’

Jace said, ‘Whoever it was sat in my chair as well! There are blood stains on it too!’

Joxer said, ‘Yes, there are blood stains on mine as well!’ They followed the blood trail and it led upstairs to the bedrooms. They went to Jett’s room first.

Jett noticed that his leather blanket had been disturbed. ‘Someone has been sleeping in my bed! I’m really going to kill them now!’

Jace said, ‘You really need to stop all this death talk. It’s not healthy.’ Then they went to Jace’s room. He noticed that the curtain had been opened. ‘Someone has also been sleeping in my bed!’

Joxer decided to go on to his room ahead of his brothers. When he saw his beloved Gabrielle sleeping in his bed, he quickly woke her up. ‘Gabrielle! Wake up!’ he exclaimed gently shaking her.

She slowly opened her eyes. ‘Joxer! What are you doing here!?’ she asked confused. ‘Did Xena send you to find me?’

‘No, I stay here with my brothers Jett and Jace when I’m not out gallivanting the countryside with you and Xena. You must hurry up and leave here because if my brother Jett catches you, he’ll kill you. He’s an assassin you know. I’ll meet you out in the woods after they’ve gone to sleep.’

Joxer took his blanket and lowered Gabrielle out the window. He pulled the blanket back in just seconds before his brothers entered the room. ‘No one in here!’ Joxer said nervously.

Jett looked at him suspiciously and said, ‘You’re hiding something brother, I can always tell. Are they hiding in the straw?’ He picked up the pitchfork and started poking the straw hoping to strike something.

Joxer said, ‘See, I told you no one else was in here. Whoever it was must’ve left a while ago.’ Jett and Jace then left.

Later that night, Joxer snuck out and met Gabrielle in the woods. ‘Well, now you know where I live. Why did you eat my chicken?’ he asked.

Gabrielle said, ‘Well, I was hungry and it tasted so good.’

Joxer said, ‘Well, you could’ve left me some.’

Gabrielle said, ‘I’m sorry, how can I make it up to you? You just name it and I’ll do it.’

Joxer smiled and said, ‘Anything?’

‘Yes, anything, but make love to you. I mean I like you and all, but just not in that way.’

Joxer got a disappointed look on his face and said, ‘Alright, but can I have a kiss anyway? Please?’

‘Ok, but no tongues. You’re so cute when you beg,’ she said smiling. She took his face in her hands and gave him a little kiss on the lips. Needless to say, he left smiling. When Xena found Gabrielle she was smiling too.

‘What are you smiling about, Gabrielle?’ she asked.

‘I think I’m falling in love with Joxer. He’s such a sweet guy. I don’t know why I never noticed it before,’ she said with a dreamy look on her face.

‘Well, you be sure to tell him the next time you see him,’ said Xena.

‘Don’t worry I will,’ she said. And she did, and they went on to become engaged, but that’s another story.

 The End

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Chapter 4

As Ellette came out of the vortex, all of the bad memories washed over her. She remembered all of the broken promises and all of the times they made her cry and the threats of bodily harm if she didn’t stop. They made her feel stupid and unloved and unwanted. ‘Well, it ends here!’ she thought. ‘Today they’re going to learn that I’m not going to take any more of it!’

She wouldn’t kill them, oh no, but they’d be in so much pain that they’d beg her to do it. She’d leave them in anguish to wallow in their misery forever. All she had to do was find the replicate that had been captured and absorb her back into her body like she had done with the others just before she came here by shouting ‘Unitum!’ which is the spell for unity.

She so desperately wanted to be a whole person again. Out of all of her newfound powers, she hated replication the most because it left her vulnerable. She could feel everything they felt, though not as strongly, but nonetheless, she could feel it. She could sense that her replicate was in pain. They’d broken her legs so she couldn’t run away. All it felt like to Ellette was muscle stiffness from not exercising enough. Ellette hoped the pain would subside when she absorbed the replicate.

Her thoughts often wondered back to her bird Charlie and her new best friend Noel. Would Charlie be alright without her? Would Noel take as good care of him as she had? ‘I hope Noel’s as strong as he looks!’ she thought. ‘Cause he’ll need all his strength to pull me back.’

She looked around the corner, and there sat her replicate along with her father Emery. Her mother Eris and her brother Elroy were nowhere in sight. Suddenly she found herself in total darkness. A bag had been placed over her head and someone grabbed her around the middle pinning her arms at her side. She couldn’t fight them off and she couldn’t use her PK ability either. She soon passed out. The rope had been removed and she was placed in a locked room.

On the other side of the vortex, the rope fell limp on the floor. Panicking, he pulled with all his might. When the rope came back to him with no Ellette attached, his heart sank. ‘I knew I shouldn’t have let her go alone!’ he lamented. ‘Now I’ll never see her again!’ ‘What should I do?’ he thought. ‘Should I jump in and save her and break the promise to her, or keep my promise and risk losing her forever?’ He decided to flip a coin. ‘Heads I jump in and Tails I stay here,’ he said out loud. He flipped the coin and it landed Heads up. ‘YES!’ he yelled hoping no one had heard him. He grabbed the rope and tied one end to one of the legs on his desk and the other end tightly around his waist and jumped in the vortex. ‘Hold on Ellette! I’m coming for you!’ he said to himself.

He’d never been much of an adventurer or a hero, but he was about to be. He rounded the corner of the hallway where he ran into Emery. ‘Where is Ellette?’ Professor Zachary demanded to know.

‘She’s in a place you will never find her.’ said Emery. I’d suggest you go back the way you came or you might just find yourself in a similar fate as she.’

‘We will see.’ he said. ‘ELLETTE! ELLETTE! CAN YOU HEAR ME!’ he shouted.

‘Noel?’ she said just returning to consciousness.

‘ELLETTE! IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, USE YOUR POWERS!’ he shouted again.

‘What POWERS? She HAS NO POWERS!’ said her father.

‘That’s what you think,’ said Professor Z with a sly grin.

‘What’s that supposed to mean?’ asked Emery. No sooner had he uttered those words, he felt himself raise high off the ground and flip upside down. ‘What the…’ said Emery. The he was dropped on his head, knocking him unconscious. Luckily they’d left Ellette’s hands untied.

Professor Zachary grabbed the keys and set Ellette and her replicate free. She absorbed the replicate by shouting ‘Unitum!’ and then they made their escape after dragging her father to the room she had been held in and relocked it. They made their way back down the corridor hoping like hell that they didn’t run into Eris or Elroy.

Just as they were ready to enter the vortex Eris and Elroy showed up. ‘YOU GO ON AHEAD NOEL!’ she shouted over the noise of the vortex. ‘I’LL BE RIGHT BEHIND YOU! I JUST HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF SOMETHING FIRST!’

‘NO!’ he shouted. ‘I DON’T WANT TO RISK LOSING YOU AGAIN!’

‘I’LL BE FINE!’ she shouted. ‘NOW GO!’ ‘GO!’ she said again more firmly.

He placed both hands on either side of her face and kissed her. ‘I LOVE YOU!’ he shouted over the noise.

‘I LOVE YOU TOO!’ she shouted back as she pressed her forehead against his and stared in his beautiful blue eyes hoping this wouldn’t be the last time she saw him. ‘NOW GO!’ she said even more firmly this time.

He handed her the rope and jumped in the wormhole. She turned to face her mother and brother. ‘Oh how touching!’ they sneered. ‘Ellette has a boyfriend!’ they mocked as they laughed a devilish laugh.

‘SHUT UP!’ she shouted angrily. ‘WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? YOU NEVER CARED!’

‘Why because my dear Ellette, it’s just so much fun torturing you!’ said Eris.

‘WELL THAT ENDS TODAY!’ shouted Ellette. ‘I’M LEAVING AND THERE ISN’T A DAMN THING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT! IF YOU TRY TO FOLLOW ME THROUGH THE VORTEX, I’LL DO TO YOU WHAT I DID TO HIM!’ she shouted as she pointed to Elroy.

Her mother and brother started to move towards her. They tried to grab her. ‘DID YOU NOT THINK I WAS SERIOUS?!’ Ellette shouted as she grabbed them both by the throat lifting them high in the air. Their eyes were wide as saucers as they looked at each other then back at her. She smashed their heads together knocking them unconscious. She dropped them in a heap on the floor. Then she jumped in the vortex. On the other side anxiously awaiting was Professor Zachary. He looked like he’d been crying. When he saw Ellette, he let out a shout of joy. This time he didn’t care who heard. She closed the vortex.

‘I thought I was going to lose you!’ he said with tears streaming down his cheeks.

‘I thought I was going to lose me too,’ she said in jest trying to cheer him up. She smiled up at him and he smiled back. They embraced and kissed passionately. She broke the kiss and stared back at the place where the wormhole had been.

‘I have to seal off my wormhole to keep them from following me here again. I can’t keep worrying that they’ll someday try to get me again. They’re not ones who give up easily,’ she said.

She reopened the wormhole. She noticed that the once purple hole was now a bright red one. ‘I don’t know why I never noticed this before,’ she said. ‘Well to close this one and return it to normal I guess I have to think blue thoughts. Blue is the color of happiness. The blue mixed with the red would turn it purple. When I first imagined the vortex up I guess I was thinking red thoughts. Red is the color of anger.’ She concentrated hard trying to think of something that made her happy, but she just couldn’t think of anything other than Charlie, but that just wasn’t enough. She needed something more.

‘I just can’t think of anything that makes me truly happy.’ said Ellette sadly. Thinking quickly, Professor Zachary wrapped his arms around her. That made her very happy. Suddenly the wormhole turned a very bright purple. ‘We did it!’ shouted Ellette. ‘Thanks so much for your help, Noel!’

‘You’re welcome,’ he said as he grabbed and kissed her.

She broke the kiss and smiled. ‘Ok, now I need your help moving my things. I’ll have to create my replicates again,’ she said. She cast the spell she had cast before. ‘Separatus Multiplyum!’ she said.

‘Ok form a circle around the pile,’ she commanded. She took Professor Z’s hand along with the hand of one of her replicates. She concentrated hard. A barrier formed around them. They all disappeared in a ball of blue light and ended up in Professor Zachary’s living room. She had the replicates and Professor Zachary help her move her things into the spare bedroom. She then reabsorbed them by shouting ‘Unitum!’

She then got her bird Charlie ready for bed. It was well afterMidnight. She fed him and gave him fresh water and then she covered him up with a cloth. She got ready for bed herself. As she snuggled up close to Professor Z, and fell asleep in his arms, listening to his heart beat, she thought to herself, ‘I sure do like it here, no scratch that I LOVE it here. I can’t wait to see what lies ahead of me.’

The End

Well that’s all for now, but until next time…These are Strange Days at Blake Holsey High.

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Chapter 3

‘I’ll use my teleportation powers to teleport us both to your office in the school, then I’ll open the wormhole and send copies of my self by using replication to create my replicates to gather my things. I figure about six will do. You and I will then gather the things on this side and pile them in a neat little pile. It’s just all my books, movies, my keyboard and the rest of my clothes and the birdseed that I forgot to bring this morning. Also there are my computer disks and recipes and other papers that I don’t want them to get their hands on. Then we’ll transport these things by using my teleportation powers again. This could be dangerous though cause there’s a chance that my replicates will only last a short time if at all on the other side and what if they were captured? I’d have to go get them back; otherwise I don’t think I’d survive. Promise me if that happens, you’ll take care of Charlie. He means everything to me Noel.’

‘I promise,’ he said still unsure of the girl in front of him.

‘Ok,’ she said. ‘We’ll need a 50 foot rope.’

‘Ok,’ he said. ‘What’s that for?’

‘The rope is for just in case I have to jump in to rescue my replicates,’ she explained. He got the rope she asked for. ‘Ok take my hand and hold on tight and whatever you do don’t let go or you may end up unstuck in the universe and I won’t be able to get you back,’ she said.

He grabbed her hand and as soon as he did that, they disappeared in a ball of blue light. Seconds later they appeared in Professor Z’s office. She used replication to create the replicates. ‘I’ll have to cast a spell. I figure since this is from my imagination, any spell I make up should work. I saw this on TV before,’ she said. ‘Separatus Multiplyum!’

They instantly appeared. She gave them instructions on what to do and she willed the vortex to open with her mind. One at a time, they all jumped in. They started throwing her things in the hole and she and Professor Z gathered them up. Everything was working according to plan. Just as they had gathered the last of her things, the replicates jumped in the vortex. She counted them as they came out, ‘One, two, three, four, five, and si… Where’s number six?’ she asked the others.

‘Oh it’s awful!’ they cried in unison. ‘She got captured by your brother Elroy! He said that if you didn’t come in one hour, he would kill her!’

‘What do I do?’ she lamented. ‘If I don’t go he’ll kill her and we may both die, but if I do go, he’ll probably kill her anyway, but of course if I got to her first… They might have her well guarded, but they don’t know that I have these new powers except for the replication. This could work.’ she said with a devilish grin. ‘I figure I probably have about an hour before my powers wear off on the other side.’

‘I don’t know Ellette. This might be too dangerous. I should go with you,’ said Professor Z who looked more concerned now than ever. She took his hand gently in hers and held it against her chest.

‘I appreciate your concern Noel, I really do, but I need you to stay here. Besides you promised me you’d take care of Charlie if this happened and I expect you to keep that promise. If I get into trouble, I’ll tug on the rope and you can pull me back here.’

‘Ok,’ he said.

She smiled at him and gave him a kiss. ‘Thanks!’ she said. ‘Just remember that if I don’t make it back that I’ll always love you.’ She gave him another kiss which they both hoped wasn’t goodbye and then she jumped into the vortex. ‘I’ll always love you too, Ellette,’ he said out loud with a single tear running down his cheek.

End of Chapter 3.

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Here’s where our story left off. Our lead character Ellette Nigma who wished very much to have a friend like Professor Zachary has had her wish come true. She travels to the land of her fantasies through a wormhole she created in her mind. She had just been hired as the new science tutor when her evil brother Elroy comes to wreck her happiness.

(Yes every person in the Nigma family has a name that starts with the letter E and it was a rule that all the males marry women with names that started with the letter E so that their first initial combined with their last name created the word Enigma which means puzzle. Will Ellette be the one who solves the puzzles of Blake Holsey High? Wait and see.)

Chapter 2

‘You’re coming with me!’ he said with an evil grin on his face.

He grabbed her and she let out a scream, ‘THE HELL I AM! I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE WITH YOU!’

She elbowed him in the stomach and he let her go. Then she reached behind her and grabbed him around the neck and flipped him over her shoulder. (A move she’d seen a hundred times before on Hercules the Legendary Journeys and Xena Warrior Princess.) He got up and he ran towards her and she hopped up on Professor Zachary’s desk, stuck out her foot and kicked him between the legs. He went down on his knees in agony. She then got to her feet and grabbed him by his hair dragging him towards the wormhole. Then she grabbed him by the throat and using only one arm, she lifted him up high above her. She was amazed by the strength she possessed here. She could’ve never done anything like this at home.

‘I don’t know what you thought you were doing here, but you FAILED! You go home and tell your mother and father (they weren’t her parents any more since he came along they basically disowned her because she was a girl, at least that’s how they made her feel) that if they come here they’ll get the same treatment as you!’ she yelled.

Just then, Professor Zachary entered the room. He’d heard the screams and fighting down the hall. She looked over her shoulder at him and said casually with a nervous twinge in her voice, ‘Oh, hi Noel. I’ll be with you in one sec. I just have to take out the TRASH!’ Then she walked over to the wormhole and dropped Elroy in. It then promptly closed.

Professor Zachary’s mouth hung wide open and his eyes were wide as saucers. ‘Well now that that’s finished, how ‘bout you help me move all my things to your house, hmm?’ Ellette said.

He still had the shocked look on his face. She reached up and closed his mouth. ‘Your tongue’s getting all dusty,’ she said in jest.

That brought him out of his trance. ‘Wh…What the heck happened here!’ he asked still a little shocked.

‘Oh that? My stupid little brother Elroy thought he could drag me back home through the wormhole. My parents obviously sent him to find me. They probably saw me jump in the wormhole back home. They can’t stand the fact that I might actually be happy here. I honestly don’t know where I got that strength from. It must be this place and your wormhole. While yours is created from the energy from the qigong ball, mine is created by my imagination, sort of like a tulpa. Maybe it’s the combination of the two that my fantasies came true cause I’ve always fantasized about doing that to him, and now it appears that I have. I’ve also always fantasized that I have six special powers. They are teleportation/time travel, psycho kinesis or PK for short, replication, psychic abilities, dream walking, and telekinesis or mind reading. I can’t wait to try these powers out, but now I just don’t have the time to cause I still need you to help me move these things to your house,’ said Ellette.

‘Ok,’ he said still not sure of what happened in his office.

She grabbed her CD player and the birdcage and he grabbed her bag. ‘Damn! What do you have in here? Bricks?’ He asked straining to pick it up.

‘No,’ she said beginning to laugh. It’s all my favorite books, CDs, and movies. Maybe I should carry that and you can carry these.’ They exchanged what they were carrying. The bag seemed lighter. ‘Must be my newfound strength,’ she thought. ‘It sure was heavy this morning when I packed it.’

Out in the parking lot, as they were loading her things in his blue Chevy Nova, Vaughn Pearson appeared behind Ellette. ‘Hello Miss Nigma. Welcome to Blake Holsey High,’ he said.

‘Thanks, Vaughn; I’m glad to be here. Any time you need help in science just come and see me and I’ll help you understand it, ok?’ she said. ‘Oh yeah, before I totally forget, Stew was looking for you Noel just before the incident in your office. You should probably go find out what he wanted. I’ll wait here with Vaughn.’

While they were waiting, they talked about everything from their favorite music to what their favorite subject in school was which was science of course. He also asked her why she was wearing all blue and she told him it was because of a certain character on one of her favorite shows (Joxer from Xena from the Episode Fins, Femmes, and Gems. If you’ve seen the show you’d know why.)

‘You ready to go, Ellette?’ said Professor Z.

‘Yeah sure,’ she said. ‘Well, I guess I’ll see you tomorrow Vaughn. It was nice meeting you.’

‘You too, Miss Nigma,’ said Vaughn. She gave him a hug as she climbed into the passenger side of Professor Zachary’s car. The first 15 minutes of the ride were uneventful. Then she turned on the radio. The song that was playing was The Beach Boys’ ‘Good Vibrations’.

‘OH I LOVE THIS SONG!’ she said excitedly.

‘Me too!’ he said beaming at her.

‘Finally he’s starting to relax around me,’ she thought. ‘I was afraid I’d scared him away after what he saw.’

They started to sing the song together. They made perfect harmony.

When the song was over she said, ‘I’m hungry. Can we stop somewhere and grab a bite to eat?’

‘Sure!’ he said. He stopped at a burger place nearby and ordered two burgers with a side of onion rings for her and fries for him. As they sat eating she told him about a lot of the lousy things her family had done to her like the time they took her movie shopping and then turned around and told her that she wasn’t going to get anything and how she had to basically embarrass them by crying in public.

‘I shouldn’t have had to do that Noel,’ she said with tears in her eyes at the memory. ‘But of course they shouldn’t have made a promise to me that they had no intentions of keeping either. I should’ve just walked over to the anti-theft device and set off the alarm and then told the security guard that they’d pay for it,’ she said laughing.

‘Yeah!’ he said now laughing too.

‘Well, now I won’t have to go through anything like that again now that I’m here,’ she said. ‘I think I’m going to like it here. And if Elroy or Eris (the mother) or Emery (the father) comes back here again I’ll be ready for them. They’re not going to hurt me ever again.’ she said. He was starting to look concerned. She saw the look on his face and quickly grabbed his hand to comfort him. ‘Don’t worry; I’m not going to kill them if that’s what you’re thinking. I’ll just make them think twice about coming here again.’

‘Oh, ok,’ he said still giving her that look of concern.

‘Besides I’m more worried that they’d try to hurt you just to get to me and I won’t ever let that happen,’ she said. ‘I’m going to need your help tonight. I want to test out some of my powers. I’ll start out with the PK ability just to make sure that this is going to work.’

‘Ok,’ he said. ‘What do you want me to do?’

‘I’ll tell you when we get to your house,’ she said.

They arrived about 45 minutes later. They unpacked the car and took her things inside. ‘Do you have a spare room I could put these things in? My bird needs to stretch his wings as he’s been in his cage most of the day. I also need a couple of pieces of newspaper. I wouldn’t want him doing his business on your floor,’ she said.

‘Sure, there’s a spare bedroom three doors down on the right and I have some newspaper in the recycling bin. I’ll get it for you,’ he said. She placed her things in the room and let her bird out of his cage.

‘There is that better?’ she asked her bird. He let out a chirpy sound that sounded something like ‘Thank you!’ He couldn’t really talk even though she’d tried to teach him how for four years and yet she always knew what he meant. He even had these cute little songs that he’d sometimes sing. One even sounded like a squeaky toy. ‘You’re welcome!’ she told him. ‘Ok Noel let’s do what we talked about in the car. I need you to get me something soft like a pillow so nothing gets broken.’

‘Ok, where do you want me to put it?’ he asked.

‘The couch will be fine,’ she said.

He placed the small pillow on the couch. ‘I’ll need complete silence to be able to concentrate,’ she said.

‘Alright,’ said Professor Zachary.

She stared at the pillow trying to move it with her mind. Nothing happened. ‘Move damn you!’ she thought. Just as she was giving up she waved her hands in defeat and the pillow flew across the room. ‘Of course!’ she exclaimed. ‘Why didn’t I think of this before?’ She waved her hands in front of her and the pillow levitated off the floor and floated towards her. She snatched it out of the air. She was ecstatic now. She jumped into Professor Z’s arms and gave him a kiss. ‘Yes! My powers work!’ she said laughing hysterically. She let go of him and told him her plans to get the rest of her things from the house before they destroy them.

End of Chapter 2.

This was the first story I ever wrote. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did writing it. Let me know what you think of it by commenting down below, click like, and also pass it on to your friends. Follow my blog so you can get an e-mail notice when I post another one. Thanks for reading my stories in advance.
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PURE IMAGINATION
by Tonee Rhian Rose

Author’s note: This story is about a girl named Ellette who uses her imagination to find a real friend.

This story is about how wishes can come true if you wish long enough and hard enough.

Disclaimer: The Strange Days at Blake Holsey High characters do not belong to me only the girl Ellette and her family does.

Chapter 1

Once there was a girl named Ellette Nigma. She wished very much that she had a real friend that she could talk to and share things with, for all she had were her imaginary friends that she’d created from all of her favorite TV shows. She never had any real friends that lasted for very long for every time she got one sooner or later they always let her down. Also she had a horrible family that made fun of her favorite shows (Especially Strange Days at Blake Holsey High) and music artists and that wasn’t the half of it. She had a pet cockatiel named Charlie whom she loved more than anything in the world and they were always talking about taking him away from her.

One day as she was watching her favorite show Strange Days at Blake Holsey High, she saw her favorite character Professor Zachary or Z for short. He was the very handsome tall blue-eyed high school science teacher that all the students loved.

‘I wish he could be my friend.’ she thought. All of a sudden, a wormhole appeared in the middle of the floor. ‘This is my chance to find a real friend and to escape my lousy rotten family. I’ll take Charlie with me through the wormhole. They’ll never find us there.’ thought Ellette as she packed a few of her favorite things in her duffle bag. She then grabbed her CD player and the cage containing her bird and jumped into the wormhole.

When she came out on the other side, there stood before her the tall, blue-eyed, very handsome science teacher from the TV. ‘He even looks more handsome in person than he did on the TV,’ she thought. She put down the cage and the CD player and dropped the very heavy bag on the floor. ‘YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! I can’t believe that actually worked!’ she screamed as she fell on the floor laughing.

‘Are you alright, miss?’ asked the concerned man.

‘Who me? Oh yeah, sure, I’m fine now Professor Z,’ she said still laughing.

‘How did you know my name, when clearly I’ve never seen you before in my life?’ he asked.

‘Oh, I came from a parallel dimension where I see you all the time, so naturally I’d know who you are. I even know a few things about your world that none of you know, but I’ll get to that later. I also know who Principal Durst, Josie Trent, Corinne Baxter, Marshall Wheeler, Lucas Randall, and Vaughn and Victor Pearson are too,’ she said, ‘though the Janitor is still quite a mystery to me. I still have no idea where he came from or even his name.’

‘Ok, so you know who we all are, but who are you and what are you doing here?’ he asked.

‘My name is Ellette Nigma and this is my pet cockatiel Charlie. I came here to escape my horrible family. They were trying to take him away from me. Plus I wanted to find a real friend. I never had any real friends that lasted long cause sooner or later they always let me down, but I sensed you were different from what I saw that you’re always loyal to your friends. The only friends I ever had were the pretend one’s that I created from my favorite TV shows. I’ve never even had a boyfriend and I’m 24 years old! So when I saw you, I wished as hard as I could that something would bring me here, then all of a sudden, a wormhole appeared and here I am,’ she said.

‘I see. So, where do you intend to stay? I mean you can’t stay here because you’re too old to be a student and you’re not a member of the staff,’ he said.

‘Well, I was kind of hoping I could stay at your house. I could cook and clean for you and tell you wonderful stories from all the books I brought,’ she said giving him her most innocent look. ‘As for me not being a member of the staff here, you could talk to Principal Durst and ask her if she would hire me as a science tutor. Please Z? I can’t ever go back to my world.’

He thought about it for a few minutes and was just about to give her an answer when Principal Durst barged in the room. ‘Professor Zachary, there’s a meeting in just two minutes. That’s two minutes Professor Zachary!’ she bellowed. As she turned to leave the room, she spotted the girl. ‘And just who is this young lady, Professor Zachary?’

‘She’s uh… She’s uh…’ he stammered.

Thinking quickly Ellette came up with a plausible story. ‘I’m one of his former students from the Toronto, Ontario School for Girls. I was thinking of moving here and I heard that Professor Zachary was teaching here at Blake Holsey High, so I decided to pay him a visit before I went to look at houses. I hope that’s not a problem that I’m here, is it?’ she asked.

‘No, it’s not, miss uh…?’

‘Nigma, Ellette Nigma. Professor Z was telling me how much he could use a good science tutor for some of his students such as Vaughn Pearson and Stewart Kubiac just to name a few and I told him I’d be willing to do it if it was alright with you. So is it ok if I start tomorrow? Professor Z said he’d keep my pet cockatiel Charlie at his house until I found a house of my own since I know you don’t allow pets.’

‘Sure, that’d be fine,’ said Principal Durst.

‘Alright, thanks!’ said Ellette. Principal Durst then left, but not before reminding Professor Z just once more about the meeting that they were both now late for. Ellette then turned to Professor Zachary and said, ‘Thanks so much Z! You were going to let me stay with you, weren’t you?’

‘Well, I guess I have no choice in the matter, now do I?’ said Professor Z.

‘Nope I guess not,’ she said smiling at him. She then wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a big kiss on the lips, which was something she’d been dying to do the moment she slid out of the wormhole. He was the first person she’d ever kissed like that in her whole life and it felt good. She felt his warm breath against her face and she never wanted it to end, but she knew at some point it had to.

As they broke the kiss she whispered in his ear, ‘You won’t regret it.’

‘I’m sure I won’t,’ he said smiling down at the 5’4” girl who was wearing all blue clothes.

‘You’d better get to your meeting before you get in trouble,’ she said.

‘What about you?’ he asked. ‘I’ll be fine. I’ll just wait here for you until you get back. Don’t worry Z. I have plenty of things to keep me entertained; besides I have Charlie to keep me company,’ Ellette said. She gave him another kiss for good luck and he left for the meeting.

‘By the way, you can call me Noel if you want,’ he said.

‘Ok, that’s good to know,’ she said.

As Ellette looked for a place to plug in her CD player, her bird Charlie let out a scream in alarm. ‘Boy you have a big voice for such a tiny little bird,’ she said. ‘What’s the matter, hmm?’ He then let out another scream, that’s when she noticed a figure at the door. She opened the door and there before her stood 6’6” tall Stew Kubiac. ‘Yes, can I help you, Stew?’ she asked.

‘Yeah, I’m looking for Professor Z. Have you seen him? Hey, how’d you know my name?’ he asked with a puzzled look on his face.

‘Professor Z told me a lot about his students. He told me that you were the tallest person in the school, so that’s how I knew it was you. Professor Z just left for a staff meeting, but you’re more than welcome to wait here with me. My name is Miss Ellette Nigma. I’m a friend of Professor Zachary’s and I’m going to be your new science tutor,’ she said. Charlie let out yet another scream. ‘That’s enough Charlie! We’re perfectly safe here! Close the door, will you Stew?’

‘Sure Miss Nigma,’ he said. She then made sure all the windows were closed as well before taking her bird out of his cage along with his favorite yellow mirror.

‘I think he’s a little jealous that you might try to take me away from him cause he sees me as one of his girls. He has several mirrors six to be exact and he thinks they’re all females. Either that or it’s because of how big you are cause he never said a word the whole time I was in here with Professor Z,’ she said jokingly.

‘Yeah it’s probably that then,’ he said.

‘Would you like to hold him? I bet he’d be more comfortable with you if he saw how nice you were,’ she said.

‘Sure, why not?’ he said.

‘Ok,’ she said. ‘Hold your arm at a 90 degree angle like this and make sure your sleeve is rolled up past your elbow so he doesn’t get his claws stuck in the material.’ She showed him how to do it. ‘Then gently take the mirror between your thumb and index finger with the glass facing you.’ She then let Charlie climb onto his arm. Charlie started making kissy faces at the mirror. ‘That’s a good sign that he’s totally comfortable with you. He doesn’t do that with just anybody,’ said Ellette.

‘Cool!’ he exclaimed. ‘Well listen Miss Nigma, I have to go or I’ll be late for football practice,’ he said.

‘Ok,’ she said as she put her bird back in his cage. ‘I look forward to tutoring you in science. Be sure to tell Vaughn that whenever he needs help in science that I’ll be here for him too. I’ll explain everything tomorrow in science class.’

‘Ok Miss Nigma. I’ll tell him when I see him at practice.’ he said as he left.

‘I can’t wait to get started tomorrow,’ thought Ellette. ‘These are a great bunch of kids.’ ‘Now where’s that electrical outlet?’ she said aloud. Suddenly the wormhole opened and to her horror out popped her evil brother Elroy.

‘You’re coming with me!’ he said with an evil grin on his face. He grabbed her and…

End of Chapter 1.