It’s a real fairytale now

Wendy and Poppy had Kelly and the others wait in the other room while they made the potion together. Kelly sat nervously, his legs crossed like how Poppy had told him to sit, but his leg wouldn’t stop bouncing.

This was all a bit much wasn’t it? What would giving him wings like theirs do? Would he just actually be a fairy instead of a human?

Kay gave his hand a tap, smiling.

“I’m so glad for you, Kelly. It must be a relief to be getting your wings back.” She grinned wide.

Cece gasped, halfway through making a braid crown though Kelly’s hair. “Kelly! You never told me what color your wings are! I could have messed up your color coordination on all the clothes I made for you!”

Kelly paled. Color? He panicked, just picking a color not matching anyone else’s.“They were…um…yellow? Poppy didn’t say if my wings would be the same as before.”

Mina made a small noise. “Aww…that’s so sad. I bet they were really pretty.”

Kay nodded, folding her arms. “That dumb wizard’s gonna pay for messing with our new cutie. Maybe we should get a bunch of our toad friends to get warts all over his heartless face.”

Kelly couldn’t help let out a little laugh at the thought of Lazaro flipped over onto his back while toads jumped all over him.

Mina’s eyes brightened. “She finally smiled…your smile is so pretty.”

Kelly’s cheeks flushed.

“Alright, you may now clap for we are geniuses!” Poppy burst into the room, a small glass in hand. It shimmered in the sunlight, a bit of steam rising off its surface like a cup of coffee.

Wendy followed her in, lifting the googles she wore up to her forehead. “No, really. If my grandmother wasn’t the witch she was, we wouldn’t have a recipe for growing fairy wings.”

Poppy shoved the vial into Kelly’s hands, grinning wide. “This is it, girl. Ready to fly?” There was a bright twinkle in her eye, one that Kelly couldn’t help noticing.

Kelky was going to be able to fly? That almost made all of this anxiety and worry worth it, such a wild fantasy that was and he was about to achieve it!

He just wished it wasn’t while wearing a skirt.

Cece let his hair go, satisfied with the look. She stepped around to the front, nodding approvingly. “And she looks as lovely as she should for her return to her old self!”

Kelly couldn’t resist another little laugh at how far off that statement was.

However, Kelly nodded slowly, bringing the vial to his lips. Despite its questionable appearance, it smelled sweet, almost like honey.

Kelly tipped it backwards, feeling the warmth of it descend into him. The warmth seemed to swirl around inside him, bouncing around until it lingered at his back, crawling up his spine to his shoulder blades until he could feel something change.

Mina gasped, her hands pressing together. “They’re beautiful!”

Kelly blinked, tilting his head over his shoulder.