"*Giggle* *Giggle*, *Giggle*" came an annoying sound of a giggle as Annie kept her eyes shut and she groaned when the giggling came again.
"*Giggle*, *Giggle*, *Giggle*" came the giggling again as Annie groaned.
"Can you shut up please??!" asked Annie in annoyance and she suddenly opened her eyes as she gasped when she realized that she was not sleeping in her bed at all, in fact she wasn't even in her and Maddie's room, she was back to her dreams again, and to make things worse, the awfully, annoying giggling came again.
"*Gasp*, you!" said Annie as she looked at her magic who smiled at her and giggled as if everything was peachy and normal.
"Hiya" said the magic as she smiled and she giggled as she waved at Annie.
"Oh no, oh, no, no, I have to wake up from this" said Annie as she stood up from the grass that she was laying on as she walked around in a circle as she ranted and she pinched herself as she did not want to be here.
"Oh relax Annie, pinching yourself won't wake you up, only hurt you" said magic as she smiled.
"Oh you shut up, I have to get out of here" said Annie as she could not deal with this right now, her magic was as annoying as annoying could be.
"Aww Annie, don't be in such a rush to leave, you just got here, why won't you even say that you miss me?" asked Magic as she pouted.
"Okay firstly, you are the one who is so annoying, how come I only see you now? I see you once and that's it? What sort of magic are you? I don't even know why I am stuck with you" said Annie as she ranted.
"I see, and I hear all your frustrations, but, you can't really blame me" said magic as she popped some bubbles that started to appear next to her.
"And how come?" asked Annie.
"Well I haven't been able to talk to you because you have been so stressed, your thoughts are so clouded, and apart from that there has been some sort of interreference, and I know what caused it, anyway, now is when I have finally am able to talk to you" said magic as Annie sighed.
"Oh Annie come on, I missed you, sit down, we need to talk" said magic as she smiled and Annie sighed as she sat down on the grass reluctantly and magic moved closer to her.
"Yayy" said magic.
"Okay, why am I wearing this?" asked Annie as she noticed that she was wearing some kind of white dress, which her magic was wearing as well.
"Well because that's what we were in our dreams, anyway, how have you been?" asked magic as she smiled.
"Look magic, I really don't have time for your illusions and going up and down, if you contacted me, then you want to tell me something, just tell me already" said Annie.
"Straight to the point, I like this new side of you" said magic as she smiled.
"Yeah well, it's because I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to get you back" said Annie.
"I know, I know, anyway, I am here today to clear your doubts, because I have good news" said magic as she smiled and she poked Annie's nose as a purple butterfly came out as Annie sighed, she hated the fact that her magic looked exactly like her, but with longer hair, it was weird, and annoying.
"What is the good news?" asked Annie.
"Well you will get me back if you drink from the eternal waters" said Magic as she smiled and Annie sighed in relief, that was one doubt removed from her mind, now she knew that they were actually on the right track, she feared so much that them coming all the way up here would be a complete waste of time.
"Oh thank goodness" said Annie as she sighed in relief.
"I know" said magic as she smiled.
"Wait, if you knew this from the start, then why didn't you tell me? Did you know just how worried I was that we were searching in the wrong place? All the anxiety, the worry, and you only tell me now?" asked Annie in disbelief.
"I told you, I couldn't reach you" said magic as she looked at her nails and she changed the colour from blue, to green to purple, which she smiled at.
"Well you could have tried harder, or something, do you know how much worry you could have saved me?" asked Annie.
"Chill Annie darling, chill, you worry too much, let me do your nails" said magic as she held Annie's hand and Annie pulled her hand away from her.
"No, just stop, stop" said Annie as she could not take this at all.
"Wait, wait a minute, you are my magic, and you are connected to me right?" asked Annie.
"Yes" said Magic as she nodded her head.
"And Curtis Is connected to me as well right?" asked Annie.
"Well yes" said magic.
"Then how come you never talk to Curtis? You two should be connected together as well?? You should speak to him, and tell him everything that you are telling me" said Annie.
"Well yes, but it's not that easy, it's complicated, I can't communicate with Curtis directly, especially since I'm not with you, inside you" said magic.
"You know that Curtis isn't well right?" asked Annie.
"I do" said Magic.
"You know what I don't believe you at all, I doubt that you actually know what you are talking about, you are only trying to trick me, how can I even trust your words? How can I know that I will actually get my powers up on Caligo?" asked Annie.
"Yes, yes, and yes, well you have very valid questions, and if you don't believe me fine, you can see the truth for yourself" said magic as she smiled.
"How do you mean?" asked Annie as she looked at her.
"This" said Magic as she smiled and she touched Annie's hair.
"What about my hair?" asked Annie in confusion.
"You hair is an indicator, the closer you get to the eternal springs, the more your hair will grow, it's pretty cool actually" said magic as she giggled and Annie was sceptical.
"Magic, don't play with me, I beg you, I'm already as stressed enough as it is with everything going on" said Annie.
"I know" said magic.
"Wait, Azazel… is he… where is he?" asked Annie.
"Oh my darling, I can't tell you that" said magic.
"What? Why not?" asked Annie in confusion.
"Ooops, well look at the time, it's time for you to go now, see you next time" said magic as she smiled and she waved.
"Wait, what?? Wait a minute don't … *Woah*" said Annie as suddenly the ground started to move as she felt like she was tumbling down a hill until she saw nothing but darkness.
"No!" said Annie as she opened her eyes and she panted as she woke up in her room and she sighed.
"Stop doing that!" said Annie out loud to herself, she hated it when her magic made her exit that way, it was annoying.
"Good morning sleepy head, I made you some breakfast" said Maddie cheerfully as she opened the door and walked into their room as she laughed, Annie had decided to sleep in today, it was funny.
"Good Morning Maddie" said Annie as she groaned and she got out of bed as Maddie gasped.
"*Gasp*, Annie what happened to your hair?" asked Maddie in shock as she looked at Annie.
"What do you mean what happened to my hair?" asked Annie in confusion.
"It's… longer…" said Maddie in confusion.
"What do you mean longer?" asked Annie.
"I mean, seriously, longer, like yesterday it wasn't this long" said Maddie as Annie started to touch her hair in confusion.
"Here, look" said Maddie as she removed everything from the tray and she showed Annie her reflection as Annie looked at it in shock, her hair was grown, past her ears down to her neck, and it was weird, because her hair hadn't grown in such a long while, she thought that it would remain like this.
"Oh my gosh, you are right" said Annie as she quickly rushed out, she had to find Curtis.
"Curtis, Curtis" called Annie as she walked to the kitchen where Curtis, Matt and Ollie were.
"Good Morning Annie what's…" said Curtis as he was cut off.
"Curtis, I saw my magic again" said Annie as Maddie entered after her.
"You did?" asked Matt in surprise as Annie looked at him and she nodded.
"What did she say?" asked Curtis as Annie looked at him.
"She said a lot of things, I don't know, but she also said that the eternal waters will allow me to get my powers back, and she said that my hair would grow the closer we get to it or something, but I asked her about Azazel, and she cut me off" said Annie.
"I see" said Curtis as he seemed to be thinking.
"But why would she only reach out to you now? After such a long time?" asked Matt.
"I have the same question as well, she could have saved us a lot of stress by telling us that from the beginning" said Maddie as she sighed.
"That's exactly what I told her!, but she said something about being unable to reach me or whatever" said Annie as she sighed.
"Wait a minute, hold on, what?" asked Ollie in nothing but confusion, he had been here, listening to all of them speak about magic, which he did not know about.
"Ahh well Prince Oliver, I forgot that you were here" said Annie as she looked at Ollie and she smiled.
"It's Ollie" said Ollie as he had grown tired of having to repeat that over and over again.
"And also, no worries, but who is this magic that you are talking about?" asked Ollie.
"Well since I lost my magic, I can sometimes see her in my dreams, she talks to me, and tells me things, it's confusing sometimes" said Annie.
"I see…" said Ollie as things were just getting weirder and weirder.
"Yes, Curtis what do we do?" asked Annie.
"Well now that we are certain that this is where we are supposed to be, then we will have to wait for the storm on Caligo to clear, so we can continue on" said Curtis.
"That's easier said than done, we've been here for two weeks already" said Maddie as she sighed.
"Yes, but we just need to hope that everything will clear up soon" said Curtis.
"*Gasp*" said Annie as she gasped and everyone looked at her.
"What is it Annie?" asked Maddie.
"Katarina is going to be back soon, and she can't see me with my hair like this, she will ask many questions that we can't answer" said Annie.
"That's true" said Matt.
"Wait, she will be back soon, any moment now" said Ollie.
"I have to cut my hair, it's the only way" said Annie.
"Alright, I will help you Annie, come on, let's go" said Maddie as Annie nodded and she followed after her as suddenly the back door of the kitchen opened.
"I will take care of that" said Ollie as he walked to the door.
"Good Morning Katarina" said Ollie as he smiled at Katarina.
"Hmm, Good morning Ollie" said Katarina as she looked at him.
"Where are Annie and Maddie?" asked Katarina.
"Ahh well Annie just woke up and Maddie went to give her breakfast, anyway, I have something to ask you Katarina" said Ollie as Katarina looked at him in suspicion.
"You do?" asked Katarina.
"Yes, I have many questions about the colony, how long has it been existing, where do you get all your resources from? And most of all who are your leaders?" asked Ollie as he smiled.
"Ollie, why are you asking me all these questions all of a sudden?" asked Katarina.
"I am just curious" said Ollie as Katarina did not trust him at all.
…
"How short do you want it?" asked Maddie as brought out a dagger.
"As short as it was before" said Annie as she took a deep breath, she never thought that she would want to cut her hair willingly.
"Alright, stay still" said Maddie as she held Annie's hair and she started to cut through it with the dagger as it was difficult.
"Umm Annie…" said Maddie.
"What is it Maddie?" asked Annie.
"Your hair isn't cutting, I'm trying as hard as I can, it's like it's made out of steel or something" said Maddie.
"What??" asked Annie in shock as Maddie stopped trying to cut her hair.
"I don't think that cutting it will work" said Maddie.
"Oh wow, just great, the one time I actually want to cut it, and it becomes resistant to blades, what are we going to do?" asked Annie.
"I have no idea, maybe try hiding your hair or something" said Maddie.
"How long can I do that for?" asked Annie.
"Annie, Maddie, what are you both doing in there?" asked Katarina as she walked to the door and in the same moment Maddie turned around and hid the dagger behind her back as Annie did not know what to do.
"Oh Good Morning Katarina" said Maddie as she smiled.
"Hmm Good Morning, what is going on in here? And why is Ollie acting weird?" asked Katarina.
"Weird? I didn't see him acting weird, although he can be annoying" said Maddie as she laughed and Katarina looked at Annie.
"What happened to your hair Annie?" asked Katarina as Annie did not know what to say.
"Oh it grew" said Maddie.
"Really? Because yesterday it wasn't like that" said Katarina as she looked at Maddie.
"Well you must not have been paying attention, Annie's hair naturally grows really fast, anyway, I was only trying to help her find something to do with it" said Maddie as she smiled.
"I see" said Katarina.
"Yes" said Maddie as she smiled and Katarina did not trust her at all.
"Anyway, one of my other rules, no eating in the rooms, it draws out mice, if you want to eat, go to the kitchen" said Katarina.
"Alright Katarina" said Maddie as she smiled sweetly.
"Okay" said Annie as Katarina looked at her briefly and then she walked away.
"*Phew*, that was a close one" said Maddie as she sighed in relief and Annie nodded, of all the times that her hair should have grown, why did it have to be now? When Katarina did not even trust them at all, she was still very much suspicious about them.
"Come on, let's go eat now" said Maddie as she hid her dagger.
"Okay" said Annie as she nodded her head.