A Little Miracle Named "Wanda" (Time to Go)

[Saltypaws]

Prologue:

My name is Amelia Loveland and live in Lunar Lakes.  This town is such beautiful place to live and having heard of so much sadness and turmoil in other parts of the country, I feel blessed to live here.  I am trying to fulfill my lifelong dream of becoming a rock star, but at the moment it is not going to well.

My boss knew I was having a rough day and come up to me and gave me a ticket to a ball game.  I didn't care for sports that much, but decided to try something new for a change.  I left immediately and headed for the stadium.  As I was watching the game, I happened to notice a tall, good looking and blonde player and I couldn't take my eyes of him.  I guess I had sat there for an hour mesmerized by this blonde cutie, when I felt an elbow in my side.  The woman next to me said, "cute, huh?".  I didn't realize I had been that obvious.  She continued by saying, "don't bother honey, he loves his women and you would just be another hole in his belt loop".  With that, she got up and walked away, which I realized that it was the end of the game and there was only myself and a few other people left in the stands.  Needless to say, I headed straight for the entrance and waited for this man, which I soon found out his name was Petre Stewart.  The name sounded familiar, but couldn't quite place it.  He finally came out of the stadium and he stopped dead in his tracks when he saw me.  I thought, what, do I have something on my face, a rip somewhere.  He came over and introduced himself and well, the rest is history, as you will find out.







For months we dated and I finally ask him to move in with me.  He didn't hesitate for a moment and life went on.  We were so in love with each other.
I knew this man and I were made for each other, but did he know it.  He knew I knew of his past romances and he swore those days were over, now that I was
in his life and the matter was dropped.

We each went to work and the days got longer and hotter, before we knew it, Leisure day was here and Stewart and I decided to go have some fun.


Macho man there thinks he is going to win, ha, I have news for him.


I am not sure what move that is, but I can't laugh with my mouth full.


Ok, Mr. Macho, feeling a little sick are we.  I beat him, but neither of us won the contest.  I was distracted, someone behind us kept writing something in a tablet.  I have to have some excuse, ya know.



After the excitement, I really wanted to go skating, but Petre had something he wanted to tell me.




I was not expexting this, but I already knew what my answer was, if ever he had decided to pop the question.


After all of this excitement, I started feeling a little faint and Petre caught me before I fell to the ground and proceeded to take me to the hospital, just in case.




The news wasn't good.  I had some type of infection, but, the doc gave me some medicine and told Petre I had to rest for the next few days. 
As soon as we got home, my phone rang and it was the hospital.  It was a very rude nurse that said, "sorry hon, tests results came back and you and hubby can't have kids of your own". *click* I just stood there, numb and Petre had to put me to bed.  I closed my eyes, but could feel Petre standing watch.  What a crummy ending to such a perfect day.

[Schipperke]

The eating contest was hilarious, as was "another hole in his belt loop"!

Lovely start, Salty. 

[RaiaDraconis]

I love the way that this is starting. Such a somber way to end an otherwise wonderful day. I hope that they can pull through this together.

[Saltypaws]

Our Lives Must Go On:


Petre

I knew I loved Amelia the first time I laid eyes on her and I have never said that about anyone, I had a reputation to uphold, ya know.

The next morning after we got the bad news, Amelia called the hospital just to confirm what that terrible nurse had told us and she filed a complaint against that nurse.  Unfortunately, the news was the right information.  I took a few days off with Amelia and helped around the house as much as possible. I did the cooking and cleaning to the best of my abilities and Amelia never complained.




She rested and worked on her paintings, she was getting to be a very good painter.



It was couple of days before fall and I thought maybe a wedding should be in order.  This was a big step for me, I thought I would never get married, but I didn't want to lose the best thing that had ever happened to me, so I thought I would bring it up to Amelia.  I guess I didn't get quite the reaction I was expecting.




She told me she couldn't give me babies and she thought I didn't want her, which I told her she couldn't be more wrong.  We finally got it worked out and I told her to go pick out the prettiest wedding dress she could find, but I didn't want to see it.

I closed my eyes, honestly I did.


The night before the wedding, the doorbell rang and it was like, 1:00am, who in the world would come to visit at that time of night.  It looked like the same man we saw at the festival and what did he want.  He leaned in and told me, "you are going to get an unexpected surprise very soon" and then he was gone.  Ok, I was too tired for riddles and I had a wedding to look forward to and I am not telling Amelia about this, so mum is the word.
The next day, Amelia was all a flutter, I would have been surprised if she still knew her name.  She had called one of her dear friends to help her with setting things up and it was outstanding.

[Saltypaws]

The Wedding:

Amelia:

We had only invited a few people from where Petre and I worked, but it was still formal and I felt like a princess.  Petre had been so wonderful through all of this and I was very happy.  We had discussed adopting children, but we decided we would go as far as our careers would take us and discuss it again, but now, I have to get married.  I will not go into alot of detail, so I will just let the pictures do the talking, enjoy.










Sorry, I got carried away.  It was a great evening, just as we were doing our slow dance, it started raining and I don't think either one of us cared at the time.

Only thing is, I am not sure who that man in a blue martial arts outfit was.  He was taking notes and pictures.  I asked Petre and he got weird look on his face and said he didn't know who it was, hmm. Something is fishy here and it is not fish.

[Saltypaws]

The New Arrival:

We had only been married a couple of days and for some reason the tension was rising.  I am not sure if it was the fact we had been together 24/7 or almost a week now.  Petre has been wonderful but I think we both need to get back to work.  We had been arguing about something, I am not even sure what, when the doorbell rang.  We both went outside, but no one was at the door.  However, in the yard, was this little toddler and she had wings, of all things.  She was the most precious thing I ever saw.



She had the most strange pink eyes.  I wasn't sure if I wanted to pick her up or if I was dreaming this whole thing.  She reached up for me and I picked her up.  She wanted to play, so I tickled her and then I thought, maybe we had better go into the house, this did look a little strange.  No one else in town had wings and someone might call someone on us, not sure who they would call and besides, would anyone believe it.




We came up with a name and I think we will call her "Wanda".  I think Petre instantly fell in love with little Wanda.  They hit it off so well, I decided to look on the computer and see if anyone had put out a missing person ad.  We could call the police, but if we say she has wings, they might call someone in the white coats to take us away.  Doesn't matter, right now, we have a little girl to take care of, but how did she get here and who brought her??

[Louise56]

I love your story Salty. I can't wait to find out more about Wanda.

[Magz from Oz]

I just stumbled across this story and I love it.  Great start, great characters and lovely theme.  I'm definitely bookmarking this.

[Tilia]

Oh, goodness, Wanda is beyond cute.  Can't wait for more.

[Saltypaws]

I sat in front of the computer, what seemed like for hours, to see if there was anything about a missing child.  I was still a little worried to get attached to our little miracle, in fear of losing her.



Petre took over teaching Wanda to walk.  From what I have seen about toddlers, it usually takes them a while to learn, but it didn't take Wanda hardly anytime to learn.  She was such a joy to be around.



After finishing up on the computer, I took over teaching Wanda how to talk and use the potty chair.  She was done in no time and proceeded to play with this strange looking little doll, I assume she had it with her, but she seemed to pull it from thin air.




All sorts of things went through my head about that little doll.  I have read alot of fantasy books when I was young and I thought maybe, it was her little guardian angel, but that sounded so far fetched, that I decided to keep that little bit of information to myself.  We decided to go for broke
and make Wanda her own room, even though it would mean reshaping my house, oh well, she is worth it.



Another strange thing Wanda does, is to float in the air.  I find this fascinating to watch.



After a full day of skills, Wanda was getting sleepy. Petre gave her a bath and then we put our little angel to bed and she fell right to sleep. We stood there and looked at each other and made a vow to protect Wanda.




But, there was something in the back of my mind that kept nagging at me, I just wish I knew what it was..

[Schipperke]

Wanda is such a little sweetheart!  And yet, and yet - what is this mystery that hangs over her?  Looking forward to more!

[azokka361]

Wanda is adorable! I can't wait to find out where she comes from.

[Saltypaws]

I pushed any thoughts of who Wanda was or where she came from for the time being.  We were just enjoying our time off with her.  Not knowing when she was born or anything about her, we were not really sure when her birthday was, so we made one up.  I was doing some shopping for our little party, when I saw the strangest thing........



Now that is a new one on me.  Could it be, no, it can't be, but I think I saw a witch.  There are no such beings as witches.  Wait, what was I saying, there was Wanda.  Hmm, I wonder if there is some kind of connection, since I have never seen this witch before. I guess there is only one way to find out and that is to follow her..

She must have known I was following her, ya think, because she invited me in her house.  Strange things in this house.  I found out her name is Cindy and she was new in town and she is very beautiful.



And, being the nosy person I am, I wanted to find out what else was in this house.  I found a room with only a door from the bedroom, but I still explored.  When I got close to this funny looking pot, it made noise.



That can't be good.  I heard Cindy call me from the other room and I thought I had better leave well enough alone.  When I returned to the living room, she asked if she could tell my fortune.  Of course I had to fiddle with the chrystal ball too and I don't think Cindy liked it too well.




I didn't particularly find what she had to say very enlightning.  She said there was sadness and to beware.  Ok, beware of what, maybe beware of her?  I asked her what that meant and she said, she only reads fortunes, she doesn't always know the meaning, but she did ask me if there was a new arrival in my life.  I didn't answer, so maybe I thought she might just forget about it.  She said she had a doll that could protect me from any harm and of course being kind of dumb about these things, I told her to go ahead and use it.





Well, that was a little weird.  I don't remember a thing, just an evil laugh.  I finally just came out and asked Cindy what or who she was and why she was here.  She told me she was witch and all she knew she was sent by someone higher up to find a fairy child.  The child was special and she needed to return home with her own kind.



I told Cindy it was nice meeting her and I needed to go home now, (more like run).  I just wasn't sure what to make of any of this.  When I got back, Wanda was all ready for bed, but Petre said she would not let him put her to bed, so he figured Wanda wanted me to put her bed, which was strange.
When I put Wanda in her crib, she didn't want me to leave and kept putting her arms out to be held.  I just reassured her everything was alright and she finally went to sleep.



I have got to talk to Cindy again and find out more about what she told me, but I just can't get the thought of losing little Wanda out of my head, we just couldn't lose her, she was part of our life now.  Think I will do some research of my own, maybe there is something I can do....

[Saltypaws]

The next morning, I knew I had been dreaming, but I didn't remember what I had dreamed.  I knew it had been about witches and fairies, but I just couldn't remember.  I felt overwhelmed and I wasn't sure what to do about it.



When I was little girl, I always had a doll house and I remember whenever I felt scared, I would play with my doll house, sooooo....



I realized it didn't help as much being an adult as when I was a child.  Well, I didn't have time to feel sorry for myself, we had bought a birthday cake for Wanda, even though we didn't know when she would turn into a youth, we still wanted to do this for our little girl.  Petre brought Wanda to her cake
while I made some noise. It looked like it scared her at first and then she saw daddy wasn't scared, so it was ok.




I wasn't quite ready for what happened next, Wanda whirled around, turned into a youth and proceeded to grab a piece of cake and sit down with Petre at the table.  Ok, what was that!!!?



After the initial shock, I assumed, that wherever fairies come from, that is how they aged up.  Wanda gave us both a hug and went into her room.  A little while later, I went to check on her and she was sitting on the floor with that little doll and I could swear she was talking to it and the doll understood what she said.




A noise coming from outside the window startled me and when I went to look, it was nothing.  Whew, my nerves are jumpy today.



I guess I need to get a grip and start doing some research, but in the meantime, Wanda and Petre seem to be getting along really well.  I feel a little bit jealous, she has only been youth a short time and already, I believe she has confided in Petre about a few things, not sure what yet.  She loves to play fairy games with him and he
gets so enthused when she does this.




I think there is more to Wanda than we probably will ever know.  I just wish I knew what the story was..

[Louise56]

I just hope the witch don't find Wanda! There must be a reason why she choose them and why was she scared? Awesome updates