Book Three: Chapter 59

“This one’s got fire in his veins.”

“Not like the others.

“And he’s much cuter.”

“What others?” Mike asked. “Have you seen my friends?”

“The one with one eye?”

“Or the green one?”

“Or the one made of stone?” When the last voice spoke, three colorful balls of light rose from behind the stones around him. One red, one green, and one blue. They circled him, pulsating gently in rhythm with one another.

“Please. Please hold still.” They were making Mike dizzy. “You’ve seen my friends?”

“Oh, for sure!” The three lights landed on one of the bigger stones, flaring brightly to reveal three tiny women. Each one retained their colored aura, and stood roughly nine inches tall. Mike puzzled over their nature until he saw the fluttering wings behind their backs.

“Oh. You’re fairies,” he said.

“Indeed we are.”

“Oh, so clever.”

“Glad to hear he isn’t blind.” Mike knelt down for a closer look at them. The red fairy had tiny blac