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Breaking and entering

Same day
Aurianna's house
Willowbrook
Wisconsin

"Okay, I have here 4 teleportation crystals. Once you've gotten the wand, chew it and you should appear back here." Marcie said. "Who's going? You only made 4." Vlad said. "I know," Marcie said, "I made 4 because only 4 of us can sneak in without problems." The others looked confused. Marcie explained, "Tir Harsgarth is a dimension of its own. Usually to enter, the queen has to grant you permission so she knows who's entering her domain. Although there are spells you can use to open portals into Tir Harsgarth without the queen's permission, the queen will still know that someone just entered her world unless you have what witches like to call the fairytale factor. With it, you can slip in and out of Tir Harsgarth and the queen would never know, which is exactly what we want." "Okay, cool lecture. Which one of us has this fairytale factor?" Ivy said. Marcie gave a crystal to Danny, one to Cali, one to Pegasus and the last one to Jack. "Awwn," whined Thunder, "how come I don't have the fairytale factor?" Marcie rolled her eyes, "You don't just have it like it's some disease, you're born with it. The magic behind it is too complicated to explain tonight." She turned to the four of them with the crystal, "I'll open the portal that will send you to Tir Harsgarth. You go in, take the wand and get out. All you have to do is chew the crystal and don't worry, it is perfectly safe. The wand's in the royal treasury, according to Seren and I doubt if Queenie moved it, so it should still be there. Be careful, okay?" Danny nodded, "We'll be fine." Marcie nodded and raised her staff. She focused all her energy on the staff. A ray of light came from the staff and created a portal. Marcie dropped her staff, "Okay I'm done. Good luck." The four of them walked through the portal, anticipating what was to come.

*

The royal garden
The Imperial Palace
Canol
Tir Harsgarth

"Well, we have found the palace, the problem is how to enter." Cali said. The four of them were hiding behind a funny smelling berry bush. Danny then noticed a group of poorly dressed fairies pushing crates and entering the palace from behind. "Who are those guys?" Danny said, pointing at the group."They aren't royals, their clothes say that much, so what are they doing here?" Cali gazed at the group and made a hmm sound, "They are mine workers. Those things they are pushing are clearly crates. They are probably transporting minerals from the mine to the treasury." "The treasury huh?" Danny grinned. "I have a plan."

*

"Of all the plans you've ever had, this is probably the worst." Jack said. Danny had materialised rags for them to wear and they hid a little far away from the the other miners. "This actually might work. But how do we get a crate full of jewels?" Cali said as she adjusted the scarf she used to cover her hair. They all wore scarves, just in case the queen somehow recognised them-their parents weren't exactly unpopular. "You forget I'm part witch?" Danny said and materialised four crates filled with rubies, emeralds and other precious stones. Pegasus gave a low whistle, "Nice Ri. But I thought witches had a limit to the amount of jewels they can make?" Danny grinned. "Celestes don't have limits. But no time for chat, our friend needs us. Remember, lay low until we enter, then we'll spread out and look for the wand." The others nodded and took a crate each, pushing it to join the other miners.

None of the guards noticed that they were not fairies so they entered with no problem. The fairies didn't stay long before going out to get more jewels, so they hid until the set they came with left. "Okay," whispered Danny. "We need to spread out." "Wait," Pegasus held her arm, "I think I got something. The wand won't be here." "How do you know?" Cali asked. "I've been to my uncle's treasure room before," Pegasus said. "Well, less of a room, more of a set of caverns. There's a way he organised everything and I think that's what the queen did here. The semi-precious stones in the one of the outer cave, the more precious ones deep inside. Gold isn't as precious, so it's in the first few caves." "The more precious the object, the deeper it's kept," Danny said softly, "That means her wand is in the innermost cave."