The Magic Drink

Eilish was almost back to the castle and was singing, but then she stopped at a candy store.

“Hello! What would you like today?!” the store owner politely greeted Eilish for obviously not the first time.

“Any candy’s fine, but I want the biggest bag of candy in this store. How many do you have?” Eilish asked.

“The biggest bag we have is titled Uncle Tavish’s Purse Goodies. They are very good for storing in a purse or pouch and they are tasty,” the store owner told Eilish.

“How many do you have?” Eilish asked.

“About fifty bags, we just restocked,” the store owner said.

“How much would it cost to buy them all?!” Eilish asked excitedly.

“About fifty bucks, one buck a bag. It’s a great deal considering that it should’ve cost five bucks a bag,” the store owner said.

“I’ll buy it all!” Eilish said as she reached into her purse, “Here,” she handed the store owner forty-nine bucks, “Oops! I’m one buck short!”

Eilish started to cry.

“You still have enough for forty-nine bags!” the store owner told Eilish.

“Oh,” she said and took forty-nine bags and went to the castle.

“Why do you have forty-nine extra large adventure pouches?” Malcolm questioned Eilish when she walked in the door.

“I dunno,” Eilish lied.

She turned around and ate some candy.

“Those look an awful lot like the purse Uncle Tavish carries around,” Malcolm stated.

“That’s a coincidence!” Eilish said.

“Really? ’Cause Uncle Tavish carries lots of candy in his purse!” Malcolm said.

Eilish changed the subject, “Today I met a talking wolf.”

“Wolves don’t talk, next you’ll be saying it had the mark of bravery on its forehead,” Malcolm said.

“It did,” Eilish said.

“But only one certain family line inherited it, and they live all the way in Fairwood Kingdom! That must have been a fake!” Malcolm yelled.

Eilish turned around and ate more candy.

“What are you eating?!” Malcolm asked angrily.

Eilish’s mouth was stuffed with candy when she mumbled, “Nothing.”

“You got candy didn’t you?!” Malcolm asked.

“No...” Eilish lied.

Malcolm frustratedly took a cup of ice water outside before he started screaming.

“Um...” Eilish said and ate lots of candy.

“Hey, Eilish! Check out this neat statue I found!” Pàl called.

“Where?” Eilish asked.

“Behind the castle!” Pàl said.

“Cool, let’s go!” Eilish said and ate some candy.

Pàl took her out behind the castle to show her. The statue was of a golden diamond with four wolves on it, one golden wolf, one black wolf, one gray wolf, and one white wolf.

“Pàl, what is this statue of?!” Eilish asked.

“It’s a statue that tells the story of the time when four wolves saved this kingdom together. The black one is a random wolf named Lillian, the gold one is named Timber, the gray one is named Fraizer, and the white one is named Sìneag,” Pàl explained.

“Hey, I know Timber!” Eilish said.

“There is a whole legend about her and Fraizer,” Pàl said.

Eilish quietly said, “I’m glad she got back home.”

“She is legendary! She had helped Fraizer save our kingdom! Also, she was the one who bared the mark of bravery,” Pàl said, “That meant she came all the way from Fairwood Kingdom just to help us.”

Eilish was munching candy, “I love candy! Want some, Pàl?”

“Maybe just one piece...” Pàl said.

Eilish handed Pàl a handful of candy. Pàl politely took it and put all but one piece in the bag he had tied to his belt.

“Eat all of it! Sugar rush is magical!” Eilish said and ate a lot of candy.

“I’m sorry, I really would like to keep my reputation,” Pàl said calmly.

“OKAY THEN, BUT IT’S YOUR LOSS!” Eilish said.

“Alright,” Pàl said.

Eilish was running around in circles screaming, “WEEEE! I LOVE CANDY!”

Pàl calmly walked down the courtyard towards the castle entrance. Eilish followed Pàl.

“Hey Malcolm, you might want to stay away from Eilish for awhile...” Pàl was saying before he got interrupted by Eilish.

“HI MALCOLM!” Eilish screeched.

Malcolm mumbled under his breath, “Oh gosh, no!”

“WANT SOME CANDY?!” Eilish asked Malcolm.

“No! Oh my gosh! No!” Malcolm yelled.

“WELL, MORE FOR ME!” Eilish said and started jumping up and down shouting, “WEEEE I LOVE CANDY!”

“Please, oh gosh! Make her stop!” Malcolm pleaded.

Eilish was running around in circles, “I LOVE SUGAR RUSH!”

“Seriously?! You let her do that again?!” Mungo asked.

“WANT SOME CANDY?!” Eilish said and started running back and forth.

“Nooooooooooo!” Mungo screamed.

“BUT SUGAR RUSH IS MAGICAL!” Eilish whined.

“And so is this!” Mungo said and used magic to push her onto the couch.

“WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!” Eilish asked.

“You wanted magic so I showed you magic!” Mungo said.

“I WANTED THE MAGIC OF CANDY!” Eilish said and started bouncing on the couch, “WEEEE!”

Sìneag came into the room and put a sign up on the wall.

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT’S THAT?!” Eilish asked.

Sìneag read the sign out loud, “Do not destroy castle property, it cost a lot of money.”

“WHY WOULD I DO THAT?!” Eilish asked.

“Well, you are jumping on my couch,” Sìneag said.

“OOPSIES!” Eilish said, but she was still jumping on the couch.

“Get off the couch! The leather will split if you keep doing that!” Sìneag commanded Eilish.

“AWW, OKAY!” Eilish said and got off the couch to eat some more candy, “OH NO, MY FIRST BAG IS EMPTY!”

She threw her bag on the ground.

“Hello! I am going to recycle your bag! Did you know that I am a castle guard?!” Uncle Tarish said.

“WHO ARE YOU?! YEAH YOU CAN HAVE MY BAG!” Eilish yelled.

“I am Uncle Tarish, Fraizer’s uncle! Oh, why do I have so many nephews?!” Uncle Tarish asked, “How did I forget I had four of them?!”

“I DUNNO?!” Eilish replied.

“Fraizer! I got purse goodies for my favorite nephew! Peachie rings!” Uncle Tarish called.

“I LIKE CANDY CAN I HAVE SOME CANDY?!” Eilish asked.

“You already have four dozen bags! Forty-Eight bags of candy should be enough,” Uncle Tarish replied.

“AWW...” Eilish said sadly.

“Fraizer McNeill! Come get candy from your favorite uncle!” Uncle Tarish called.

“Okay,” Fraizer said.

“Hold out your hands!” Uncle Tarish told Fraizer.

Fraizer held out his hands. Uncle Tarish slipped a peachie ring onto each of Fraizer’s fingers.

“Thanks,” Fraizer said.

“You’re welcome Fraizer! Come find me if you ever need something!” Uncle Tarish said.

“Bye,” Fraizer said to his uncle.

Uncle Tarish quickly headed downstairs before the king found him missing.

“DANG IT!” Eilish called out.

“What’s wrong?!” Jamie asked.

“I have an extra bag and no one to give it to...” Eilish said.

“Oh no! How can we help?!” Jamie asked.

“Are you kidding me?! Shut up, Jamie!” Malcolm snapped.

“I know, I will give it to you!” Eilish said.

“Me? Really?” Jamie asked.

“Of course, here!” Eilish said and held out the bag.

“Yay! Thank you!” Jamie said.

“You’re welcome!” Eilish said and handed a bag to Jamie.

Jamie took the candy and started eating it. Eilish grabbed her forty-seventh bag of candy and started eating it.

“You guys are going to get a stomachache! No one could eat forty-eight bags of candy in a row! That’s very unhealthy!” Pàl warned.

“I once ate a whole cake then I was very sugary!” Eilish said.

“That’s what Scotty did earlier...” Mungo moaned.

“Okay, but if you suddenly need the doctor, I can’t help you!” Pàl said.

“I LOVE YOU, CANDY! JAMIE, HAVE YOU GOT SUGAR RUSH YET!?” Eilish asked.

Jamie was munching on candy.

“I LOVE SWEETS!” Eilish said and started running around.

“Me too!” Jamie said and ate more candy from the pouch.

“WEEEEEEEE! WHO ELSE WANTS CANDY?!” Eilish asked.

“Noooo! Take the candy from her! I don’t want to hear this anymore!” Mungo complained while covering his ears.

“I DON’T WANT ANYBODY TO TAKE IT FROM ME BUT I WILL GIVE SOME TO SOMEONE!” Eilish said and started jumping again.

Mungo was covering his ears and had his eyes closed, “Enough!”

“WHAT’S THE MATTER?!” Eilish asked.

“I’ll be leaving if you don’t stop! In fact, I’ll go to Scotty’s Tower!” Mungo said.

“BYE!” Eilish said, waving.

“Bye bye!” Mungo said and left the castle.

Eilish returned to running around, “WEEEE!”

“Look! You are driving your friends away!” Malcolm pointed out.

“THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I GET CANDY!” Eilish screamed.

Jamie was sleeping on the bag of candy. Eilish stopped running and watched Jamie.

“Why don’t you follow Jamie’s example and take a nap?” Pàl suggested.

“I don’t think that’s a good idea cuz people told me that I talk in my sleep when I get candy!” Eilish said.

“Oh yeah, but at least it wouldn’t be as disruptive as what you are doing now,” Pàl said.

“True...” Eilish lay down and used a bag of candy as a pillow.

“And it would be wise to stay on the other side of the room...” Pàl stated.

“I’m not the wisest person...” Eilish said and got up to lie down on the couch.

“Good night! You need to sleep off your sugar high,” Pàl said.

“Night,” Eilish said.

Sìneag played her violin to make Eilish sleep.

Eilish fell asleep and soon started dreaming about weird stuff, “No, that’s not how you run! You grab the giant bowl of soup and eat it!”

Malcolm was videotaping this.

Eilish continued dreaming, “You’re fired! That’s not how you run, I told you to drown the soup! You ate it, now you don’t get your raise! I’ll eat it!”

“This girl is ridiculous!” Malcolm commented.

“Get out, you were fired! I’m eating your candy now!” Eilish said.

“Well excuuuuuse me!” Malcolm said.

Eilish was still sleeping, but appeared to respond to Malcolm, “No, I’m sorry; I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings. But you’re still fired.”

" ...” Malcolm was unamused.

A few more minutes passed and Eilish was still dreaming about weird stuff, “I still get your candy! What the! You ripped me off! This is living candy! Now I can’t eat it... Aww, you’re gonna go get me a new worker or you’re fired.”

“But I was already fired?!” Malcolm said, confused.

“Don’t make me send them after you again, Mr. MacNevin!” Eilish said.

“My name’s not MacNevin!” Malcolm yelled.

Eilish said, “MacNevin, don’t make me! I may be new, but the candy is in the soup!”

“I give up!” Malcolm said and stopped the recording and stormed away.

“I told you and told you! MacNevin, if you don’t leave, I’ll send the kitty cops after you so now you get it!” Eilish said.

Eilish woke up a few minutes later.

“Hello!” Jamie said.

“Hi! Oh good, my sugar rush is gone!” Eilish smiled.

“You were dreaming about candy! I heard you while I was sleeping!” Jamie said and laughed.

“Sugar rush gives you weird dreams...” Eilish said.

Jamie ate candy from his bag.

“You can have the rest. I...err...never mind...” Eilish said.

Pàl was secretly eating the candy he got earlier.

“I’m bored, now what?” Eilish said.

“Let’s play a game! Right, Pàl?!” Jamie suggested.

Pàl looked up from the small amount of candy he had still.

“What game?” Eilish asked.

“How about hide and seek!” Jamie suggested.

“I love that game! Not it!” Eilish said.

“Not it!” Jamie called.

“Pàl’s it!” Eilish announced.

“What number should I count to?” Pàl asked.

“I dunno? I stink at math,” Eilish said.

“How about I count to twenty?!” Pàl suggested.

“Okay!” Eilish agreed.

“Okay, you better hide! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten,” Pàl started counting.

Eilish hid in the closet.

“Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen...” Pàl continued counting.

Eilish sat down and backed up.

“Twenty! Ready or not, here I come!” Vio hopped down from his hammock.

Eilish was silent. Pàl walked towards the kitchen. Eilish lay down. Pàl pulled the lid off a pot and found Jamie. Eilish was still silent.

“Okay Jamie, let’s find Eilish!” Pàl said.

So the two brothers went to find their friend. Eilish was good and remained silent. Pàl leaned against the closet door that Eilish was behind and unwrapped a candy. Eilish heard Pàl unwrap the candy.

“This candy looks tasty! Too bad Eilish is locked in the closet because I’m standing against it!” Pàl said.

“Wait! You knew I was in here?” Eilish asked and stood up.

“Yep, I just knew you were!” Pàl said.

“Let me out!” Eilish begged.

Pàl stepped away from the door and said, “Here you go!”

Eilish got out of the closet, “Thanks, but why’d you lean against the door if you knew I was her?”

“I don’t know!” Pàl replied and then he started running around crazily.

“Um, Pàl?” Eilish asked.

“What?” Pàl asked.

“Um, did you eat that candy?” Eilish asked.

“Yes! Yes I did!” Pàl announced and smiled.

“Um, why?” Eilish asked.

“I was hungry!” Pàl said, laughing and falling over rolling on the ground.

“I know what to do! Oh wait, no I don’t... Just try to calm down...” Eilish said.

Pàl sat down with big wide eyes and a huge smile plastered onto his face, “How can I keep calm?! I’m feelin’ very happy! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!”

“I’m I this annoying whenever I eat candy?” Eilish wondered out loud.

“Aha! Aha! Aha! Ha! Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! Hee! Hee! Hee!” Pàl laughed.

“Least he’s not screaming...” Eilish said.

“WHAT DID YOU SAY?! I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER MY VOICE! Wah! Ha! Ha! Hee! Heh! Heh! I NEED CANDY AND COOKIES AND CAKE AND DOUGHNUTS! WHAT HAPPENS IF I STAB MYSELF WITH MY SWORD?!” Pàl screamed.

“Noo! Don’t!” Eilish cried.

Pàl drew his sword from the sword case that was strapped to his back and cried out, “THIS COULD BE FUN! I WANT TO JAB MYSELF AND WATCH THE JUICE FLOW OUT! MAYBE I HAVE CANDY INSIDE TOO! LIKE A PIÑATA! I NEED MORE CANDY! THAT SMALL HANDFUL ISN’T ENOUGH!”

“Please, Pàl! Don’t, it hurts!” Eilish begged Pál.

“CANDY FIRST! PAIN LATER! I WANT CANDY RIGHT NOW!” Pàl jabbed his arm really hard. “Owwwwwwwwww!” he screamed.

“You idiot!” Eilish cried out and grabbed Pàl’s sword.

A hole was torn through his skin, blood was trickling out.

“NO CANDY?! WHAT THE HECK?! THAT HURT SO BAD!” Pàl said. He was still lying on the floor in pain.

Eilish threw Pàl’s sword on the ground, “Pàl!” She ran to Pàl’s side and dropped to the ground on her knees and started to cry, “This is all my fault I should’ve never gave him candy.”

The sword’s blade was stained in blood. Pàl was left speechless staring at the bloody mess he caused. Eilish’s face was stained with tears.

“Pàl, please don’t die! Please! Jamie, go get someone!” Eilish said.

“Sìneag! Pàl has injured himself!” Jamie called.

“What?!” Sìneag asked.

“Pàl stabbed himself with his sword and is bleeding!” Jamie explained.

“Why?!” Sìneag asked.

“He went crazy! We have to help him!” Jamie said.

“He went mental?! How?” Sìneag asked.

“I have no idea! It was so sudden and it started out harmless!” Jamie said.

Sìneag ran into the room.

“DIE, MONSTER! YOU STOLE MY CANDY AND HURT MY ARM! HA! HA! HA! BEST DAY EVER!” Pàl screamed.

“Oh my!” Sìneag said.

Eilish cried, “Please, Pàl, don’t die!”

“WHO SAID I WAS GOING TO DIE?! RIDICULOUS! I AM VERY HEALTHY!” Pàl said.

“You hurt yourself Pàl, why?!” Sìneag asked.

“Oh, I might have over reacted... I just can’t stand blood...” Eilish said.

“I WANTED CANDY TO COME OUT OF MY ARM! BUT ALL I GOT WAS A HOLE PUNCHED THROUGH MY ARM! I NEED SOME CANDY TO RECOVER FROM MY INJURY! GIVE ME THE CANDY!” Pàl said.

“Candy will not help,” Sìneag said.

“I knew I shouldn’t have given him candy...” Eilish said.

“I NEED MORE SUGAR! I NEVER THOUGHT IT COULD BE SO GOOD! GIVE IT TO ME!” Pàl begged.

“What are we gonna do?!” Eilish asked.

“I know,” Sìneag said suddenly.

She pulled out her violin and started to play the same lullaby from before.

Pàl yawned, “Monster! Give me my sword back...”

Eilish grabbed his sword and went to the opposite side of the room to drop the sword; she then walked away and lay down.

“Curse you... Monster...” Pàl mumbled before falling asleep.

Eilish also fell asleep though.

Pàl was asleep, but like Eilish, he begun to sleep talk, “I hate you, Monster! You ruined my life and took away all my candy! And then you made me jab my arm! Die, Monster! Die!”

Pàl wiggled around uncomfortably, waking Eilish up in the process.

“Dude... Oh...” she said when she noticed Pàl talking in his sleep. She giggled and walked toward Pàl, “Who’s Monster?”

Pàl was still asleep, “Evil demon tiger!”

Eilish started laughing, “Demon tiger. So would that be demon kitty?”

Pàl was asleep, “Gummy Monster! I’m very hungry! Feed me, the Monster gelatin!” Pàl laughed hysterically.

“Um...” Eilish said, unsure of what to make of that nonsense.

Pàl then said, “Noooo! Don’t bite me, Monster! I don’t really want to eat you, but you could solve world hunger!”

“This is creepy...” Eilish said.

“Ahhhhhh!” Pàl screamed, still asleep.

“Meow! Meow!” Eilish said, in hopes of waking Pàl up.

Pàl did indeed wake up. He was breathing heavily.

“Do you still have sugar rush?!” Eilish asked.

Pàl stared at the hole in his right arm, “The Monster really did bite me! Help! Help! Jamie! Malcolm! Fraizer! Mungo!”

“Calm down... You did this and I took your sword and you’re not getting it back,” Eilish said.

Pàl was frightened and he said, “All I remember is The Monster stabbing me! I don’t remember what happened before!”

“That was a dream,” Eilish said.

“This is proof that it was real!” Pàl said and pointed to the bloody hole in his arm.

“You did that because you ate candy,” Eilish explained.

“I don’t eat candy! But I’m hungry right now!” Pàl said.

“No candy!” Eilish said.

“How about a chocolate chip cookie?! I love those!” Pàl suggested.

“No sugar!” Eilish said.

“Why can’t I have a cookie?! I’m starving!” Pàl said.

“Because when you had sugar rush you nearly killed yourself!” Eilish said.

“Why haven’t you bandaged my arm? I could easily get an infection and lose my arm!” Pàl complained.

“I’m sorry!” Eilish said and started to cry, “I don’t want you to lose your arm!”

“Could you call a doctor for me?” Pàl asked.

Eilish was still crying, but she said, “Okay,” and pulled out her blue cell-phone.

“Eilish, I’m going to be fine! You must not worry about me!” Pàl said calmly.

Eilish was on the phone with the police reporting, “Hello, my friend stabbed himself with a sword and he might die!”

“Okay, we will send an ambulance to pick him up. He’ll probably be in the hospital for awhile if it’s that bad,” the operator said.

“Pàl, would it be okay if you were in the hospital for a while?” Eilish asked.

“As long as I heal, I’m fine!” Pàl said.

“Okay, send the ambulance to the castle,” Eilish said into the phone.

“Okay, the vehicle should arrive shortly,” the operator told Eilish.

“Okay, bye,” Eilish said and hung up the phone, “Okay, they’re coming, just stay calm.”

Pàl smiled a little despite the pain and whispered, “I’ve always been the calm one.”

“Calm? You were not calm last night!” Eilish said.

“Well, I’m calm now!” Pàl said, still smiling.

Outside, a carriage, drawn by two white horses with red crosses painted on, stopped at the door.

“Oh, sweet! They’re here, bye Pàl,” Eilish said.

“Okay, young man!” one of the guys said and picked Pàl up, carrying him away.

Eilish waved.

“I hope Pàl will be alright...” Eilish said.

“He’ll be fine! Knowing him, he’ll heal faster than expected!” Jamie said.

Eilish hugged Jamie and said, “Thank you.”

Jamie was smiling.

Eilish blushed and asked, “I like you, do you like me?”

“Yeah...” Jamie said, he smiled while blushing.

“Yay!” Eilish said and hugged Jamie tighter.

“Aw, cute!” Fraizer said and snapped a picture.

Eilish was blushing and let go of Jamie.

“How long were you here?” she asked.

Fraizer handed her the picture and ran off.

“He didn’t need to run off... Am I that scary?” Eilish said and looked at the picture, “Here Jamie, you can have it.”

“Thanks!” Jamie said and put the picture in a photo album.

“You’re welcome!” Eilish said and smiled.