Honey filled her party bag with golden fairy dust from a bubbly sugar fountain, then she took the girls to her own stockroom. It was piled high with boxes and jars of fairy candy. “Let’s see…Fizzy Fairies, Strawberry Sparkles, Peppermint Pops, Chocolate Bubbles …” Honey mumbled, loading boxes into the girls’ arms.

“May we have some toffee, too, please?” Kirsty asked, suddenly remembering the errand her mom had sent her on. It seemed like such a long time ago!

“Of course!” Honey smiled. She waved her wand, and ajar of toffee appeared on top of Kirsty s pile.

“Fantastic,” Rachel exclaimed, looking at all of the amazing candy in her hands. “Now Mrs. Twist is going to have a wonderful party for her last day!”

Home, Sweet Home

“Time for me to take you home to your own world,” Honey said, once the girls’ arms were full. She waved her wand again. Rachel and Kirsty found themselves surrounded by amber sparkles. Fairyland seemed to melt away before their eyes, there was a delicious smell of honey, a whirl of colors, and then…

“Girls? Have you found the candy?” Mrs. Twist was calling.

Honey, Rachel, and Kirsty were back in the stockroom of the candy store. And the girls were back to their normal size, too.

“Coming!” Kirsty called, out of breath.

“I’ll just clean up this mess before I go,” Honey said. She pulled a handful of fairy dust from her party bag and threw it into the air. For a moment, the whole stockroom glowed with golden light—and then the fun began! The gummy worms started wiggling their way back to their jar. The jawbreakers bounced into their jar and whizzed around inside it with a noisy rattle. The gingerbread men hopped into their box, one by one.

As soon as all the jars and boxes were full, they flew back onto the shelves and lined up neatly.

Kirsty realized her mouth was wide open as she watched the fairy magic at work. “I wish I could borrow your fairy dust to clean up my bedroom,” she joked. “Honey, that was amazing!”

Honey gave a little curtsy in midair, then flew over to hug both girls good-bye. “I have to go back to Fairyland now,” she said. “But thank you for saving me and my party bag from the goblin.”

“And thank you for all this fabulous candy,” Rachel replied.

“We’ll see you again at the anniversary party,” Kirsty added.

Honey looked serious for a moment. “As long as those goblins don’t mess everything up,” she said. “Good-bye!” And with a final twirl of her wand and a stream of golden sparkles, she was gone.

Kirsty breathed in the smell of honey, which was all that remained of their fairy friend. She hated saying good-bye.

“Come on,” Rachel said, seeing Kirsty’s wistful face. “Let’s take these to Mrs. Twist.”