Tale of the Fairy Tales - Chapter 3

"My what?" said Diki, astonished.

"Your Fairy Godsister," answered Faef, smiling. "Actually, I can tell you why you are here, but..."

"But?"

"But you look stressed. So I thought it would be better if we talk over some coffee."

"Coffee?", and Diki felt his body was instantly energised by the sound of that word. It was better than milk, though sometimes he likes to drink 'teh-tarik ice'.

"Yes," Faef signalled one of her maids, and the maid went away swiftly.

Within a minute, the maid returned with an expensive, floral patterned china set. Steam curled out of the mouth of the teapot in wisps of seductive white fingers. The aroma of the coffee filled theentire room. Diki looked at the coffee as if it was some kind of big afro hair he longed for.

Ajin took over the tray and poured coffee for each of them.

"How many sugar? Whipped cream? Nutmeg? Cinnamon?"

"Just one sugar will do. And no whipped cream and any of the spice powder. I am on a diet," said Faef.

"I'll have two sugar, no whipped cream too. Thanks," said Diki.

For a moment, there's only silence and the sound of coffee sipping in the room. Diki felt like he was floating in the sky, lying on fluffy white clouds and watching blue birds flying over the rainbow. He thought he would never feel alive again. The coffee was really rejuvenating.

Then, Faef spoke, "Feeling better?"

Diki nodded curtly.

"Okay, good. Now I'll tell you why you are here. You have been sent by certain someone to this world t accomplish a mission. And it's a tough one," she paused as if trying to rearrange her next sntence.

"You, Diki, have to go make the fairy tales right. All the stories have gone crazy lately. And you will regain some of your memories on the way. I know it sounds impossible, but it is true. Don't wory, I'll guide you along.

"Who is this certain someone?"

"You will find out eventually. So, are you ready? We can start now."

"Okay," and he realised that all his wounds were healed magically.

"That's the effect of cat saliva, speeds up healing like crazy," winked Ajin.

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"So, lets get started. Ajin, you know where Hobbes is?

"Sure, why?"

"Because we can find Kelvin then. They are like always together."

"Ooh, I don't think so. Kelvin and Hobbes are kind of separated now, you know, ever since he got his new Toshiba. He grew out of Hobbes, Faef. So Hobbes now just stays in the newspaper archive reading the comic strips about them when they were together. Very nostalgic, he says."

"Do you know where Kelvin is now? We need to find him quick."

"Of course! Ajin knows where everybody is! Don't you remember? He is just right here in the Milk house now. Why Kelvin anyway?"

"He could help us get started. The instructions are in my FaceBook," she said, standing up, "his Toshiba will help us get online."

Ajin led the party out of the room and back to the milk house, where there are less people now. However, there is one teenage boy stood out among the crowd. He was lean and tall. He is bespectacled and was typing furiously into his laptop. His hair was cropped short, and he was wearing a pair of jeans and an orange T-shirt that says "Summer Prosperity" written in Chinese calligraphy.

"That's Kel," Ajin said, pointing to that boy.

Faef took a few steps forward, and asked "Kel, may I borrow your laptop for just a sec? I need to go online for awhile, its urgent."

"Sure, just let me finish typing my lab report. Here," he said, finally looking up and turned his laptop towards Faef. He noticed Diki standing there, and smiled warmly to him. Diki returned the smile.

Faef was typing on the keyboard when she cursed "Dammit! Kaybeeyou have blocked FaceBook, and YouTube too apparently using the Matrix system. Worse still, it's the Augmented Matrix! The probability of beating the Augmented Matrix is almost 0, unless Gaussian is here to eliminate the unknowns and variables. I did not see this coming. Why on Auzzmatt would Kaybeeyou block these websites anyway? Like there are lots of people wasting their time on these things. Great, just great. Now I cannot get the instructions," she said, then stopped and then started to smack her hand on her forehead, and laughed "Oh, I am so used to my FaceBook that I forgot that I made a backup file in my email. I will download it in a sec...Done! Here it is,"

Diki looked into the screen, and the message says:

"Ursa Mother Drowned Cerealis. Boiled Remains Served to Family. Spouse Grouse Over Serving's Temperature is Daily Ritual. Blonde Trespasses Ursa Domicile While Ursa Family Promenaded Amongst Pristine Foliage. Gluttony and Lethargy Brought Havoc. Ursa Family Returned, Shocked. Ursa Father Irated. Blonde Fatally Mauled."

"Well, looks like it's a clue to one of the fairy tales. Guess?" Ajin asked the rest.

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