Olive - The Chosen One (4 page)

CHAPTER 7

THE FAIRIES GO TO VEGAS

The romance between Luna and Dandy blossomed really quickly.  Luna became an excellent actor and had been offered a huge part as Robertus the Roman Centurion in a block-buster movie.  It would mean moving to Hollywood but, Dandy was with him all the way.  He quite fancied living in the Hollywood hills but, first it was off to Vegas and the whole family was going.

   Yes!  A Vegas fairy blessing was what the two boys had in mind.  A fairy jet had been hired.  The pilot was an Elvis look-a-like and promised to sing ‘Viva Las Vegas’ and ‘Love me Tender’ over the speakers whilst flying.  Champagne was on ice, everyone was excited even Cielo.  Cielo couldn’t believe how much fun and joy Dandy had brought into this family.  Sometimes he thought his body would burst from the laughter.  Destiny had gained a few laughter lines but, wasn’t too concerned because she knew that once the boys got to Hollywood, well that would all be sorted!  Luna had promised her when he received his first pay-cheque the botox would be taken care of plus Dandy had a little cleft on his chin he just wanted filling!  So all was well! 

  Olive and Willow giggled saying ‘‘
mamma
you’re a blast!!!!!’’

  Luna decided that it wouldn’t be a wedding without Sunshine and Rainbow.  They were just so much fun and even Johnnie was invited.  After all, he was very laid back and seemed to alleviate any stress.  They all were invited along with Dandy’s parents Dana and Federico.

    When the family and friends arrived to the fairy jet at Crystal airport the first thing that hit them was the picture of Elvis’s guitar which was painted onto the wings of the jet with the words ‘Fly high with Elvis!’  The air hostesses came to meet them, Priscilla dress alikes! 
Mio Dio! 
This pilot really is an Elvis fan. There was no further doubt when he greeted them in a studded white suit, jet black hair and a slanted smile singing ‘Welcome to my world.’ 

    Destiny thought that was a bit odd as that wasn’t an Elvis song but, thought it was sort of cute anyway!  The plane seats were Barbie pink and draped with Hawaiian flowers.  A cocktail was laid out for everybody. 

   ‘‘Climb aboard, take your seat, fasten your seat-belts and be prepared for the experience of your life’’ said Aaron the pilot.  Oh so his mother liked Elvis too!

    The take off was smooth.

    ‘‘Peace to the clouds’’ shouted Summer and Rainbow.  Everyone just loved the fruity cock-tails but, Cielo had a suspicion there was a bit of Tequila in there somewhere!

  ‘Love me Tender’ came across the air-ways along with ‘Crying in the chapel’ which to be quite honest was a bit inappropriate and ‘The girl of my best friend’ which was highly unlikely!  And ‘Wear a ring around your neck’ which Luna and Dandy did!  The fairies all knew they were approaching Vegas when Aaron sang ‘Viva Las Vegas’ and ‘Burning Love’.

    Through the customs they flew, fairy finger-prints were taken, web-cam photos were taken, Destiny was heard saying ‘‘make sure you keep the one of Luna because one day he will be a huge actor and become famous, just saying!’’ she said as she looked around to see fairies smirking and raising their eye-brows.

    ‘‘Peace to Vegas’’ said Sunshine and Rainbow putting their fingers up. 

  Two security guards came by.  ‘‘Excuse me you two fairies.  What are you doing with your two fingers?’’

  ‘‘Just sending peace and love’’ said the two of them in unison………

  Luna and Dandy had it all pre-planned. They would check into the Fairy Palace Hotel, the best in Vegas!  It even had gold lifts and silver toilets.  What more could you ask for?  They were having their civil blessing in the chapel of love and had decided to go for a themed Egyptian wedding.  Dandy was going to be carried in on a throne by four hunky Egyptians dressed only in a thong.  He was going to be draped in gold, wear a crown and would be carrying his vowels which would be written on a gold scroll.  He would look like a Pharaoh from the past.  Luna would be waiting for him at the altar in an equally appealing costume but decided that he wanted to dress in white as after all he was pure of heart.

    All the fairy guests sat in the chapel waiting and had dressed accordingly.  This was going to be a blessing no-one would ever forget in a hurry.

    Destiny saw her son standing before her in his white tunic, he looked angelic and happy.  She particularly liked his false eyelashes as they were studded with diamantes.

  ‘I wonder where he got those’ she thought to herself.  Willow had brought Birch along, they were becoming closer and closer every day.

    There was a harpist in the corner who was playing Egyptian music very softly.  Dandy made his entrance on his throne. 

  Cielo did think to himself as he looked at the throne carriers ‘those boys could have put a bit more on!!!!’

    The boys had decided that they were happy for an ordained belly dancer to marry them and so this is what happened.  This wedding will go down in history as one of the best ever, it will be talked about in the fairy forest and olive fields for years to come.

    The wedding dinner was going to be something to be remembered.  The boys had decided to take the family to The Fairy Forum and sit in the restaurant by the big fish aquarium.  It was huge!  A diver was there at the time feeding the mini sharks.  It was quite a sight to see.  Everyone decided they wanted either lobster or steak. Cielo offered to pay as this was going to be a huge expense.  After all it was Vegas and in The Fairy Forum where you paid the price of a bottle of wine just for one glass.  Good job Cielo was feeling generous!!!!  And what a tantalizing meal it was.  Everybody was so happy.  Well-wishers would stop by the table and wish them all a happy partnership thinking ‘fairies certainly know how to live it up and enjoy life.’

    Caesar walked through the hotel with Cleopatra on his arm all adorned in gold.  It was all very theatrical and fun.  Fairies would shout ‘Hail Caesar’ and hold up their hands.  It was a fairy hoot.

    The following evening the boys had decided that their one big wish was to see ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ at ‘The Venetian Hotel.’  Everyone was so excited, they just couldn’t wait.  The fairies chosen for the main singing parts in this production were the best in the world.  They arrived to this splendid hotel which was based on beautiful Venice in Italy.  Both Luna and Dandy were looking forward to visiting the real thing as they were planning to go to the Venice carnival in February the following year.  They were planning to dress as fairy pirates.  They decided that there was nothing more romantic than to take a Gondola ride before the big production.  The Venetian Hotel had small canals with even a make-shift bridge in the grounds.  It all looked very spectacular.  They knew there was nothing  quite like the real thing but, for now this would be a very special ride to celebrate their union.  They chose the wedding Gondola which was adorned in red velvet with flowers and was guided through the water by a fairy Gondolier.  He sang ‘
Ho sole mio’
in Italian which means ‘Oh my sun’ as he weaved the Gondola under the bridge.  The boys broke out into ‘Just one Cornetto.’

  Cielo, Destiny and the girls were in the boat behind and also broke out into Chorus.  You could hear Sunshine and Rainbow shouting ‘
Pace e Amore
’ - ‘Peace and Love’ to the fairy Gondoliers.  It was the ride of a life-time well until the real thing!  The boys were thinking ‘Venice here we come……..’

    It was then that Dandy saw the most beautiful denim fairy jacket of his life.  It was adorned with diamante crystals, diamante buttons and had a huge picture of a Gondola on the back in red and black crystals with the Venetian Hotel written in italic letters.  It was amazing!  He knew that Luna would just love it but, how was he going to buy it without Luna seeing? 

  He took Destiny’s arm and said ‘‘well mother-in-law, I would like to take you for a little fairy bonding chat.’’ Cielo took Luna’s arm and said ‘‘come on son, let’s go mask shopping.’’

  Dandy took Destiny to the sparkly shop ‘Diamantes are Forever’ and said ‘‘please buy this jacket and pretend it’s for you without showing it to Luna.’’

  He slipped her a couple hundred dollars and went mask shopping with the boys.  They decided that if you were going to get a mask then it had to be an authentic one from Venice otherwise it just wouldn’t be the same, they would buy something after the show instead to remind them of this fabulous day.

    The show was due to start in half an hour.  They made their way into the auditorium. 
Mio Dio
!  What a sight!  No-one had ever seen anything like it even on the film set where the famous fairies Brad Renate and Valentina Burleau sang their hearts out and made the love story of the century.  The whole place was adorned in gold.  There were huge gold statues.  The huge chandelier hung dangerously from the ceiling with its crystals shimmering.  Red velvet seats with gold trimming adorned the auditorium, all very
stravagante
!  Every one shouted
bellissima, bellissima, bellissima
!!!!

  Every little fairy felt like they were flying on fairy clouds.  It felt like sparkle dust was literally everywhere.  The music started up.  The main theme tune of the Phantom bellowed out.  You could hear the audience tremble from the sheer excitement of it all.  The music rumbled throughout the auditorium.  Everyone would remember this experience for the rest of their lives.  It would be engrained on their brains.  It was a show-stopper!

    Whatever could top this?

    The boys had booked an adventure honeymoon to the Grand Canyon for the following day and they were taking everyone with them.  Cowboy rooms were booked for all the fairies but, Luna and Dandy decided they would like to be real Indian fairies and sleep in a tee-pee.  They thought ‘if you are going to a Cowboy/Indian reservation, let’s do it right!’

  They had to be up the next morning really early but, first they thought ‘let’s hit the roulette wheels.’

  Cielo and Destiny were always very sensible as far as money was concerned.  They didn’t always have it in the early days of their marriage so they said ‘‘we are willing to lose 20 dollars and no more!’’

  They believed that you should not gamble more than you could afford to lose because let’s face it no-one comes out a winner where gambling is concerned as you just put it all back.  However, what fun and it was the wedding night. 

  ‘Ok, let’s choose our lucky numbers’ thought the boys.

  Both of Luna’s sisters were born on the 22
nd
so for him that was a lucky number so he chose that.  Dandy was born on the 25
th
so that was another lucky choice. Low and behold both 22 and 25 both came up. 

  ‘
Mio Dio
’ thought the boys ‘we are on a fairy winning roll!’

  They took all their winnings and placed it on number 13 as this was always lucky for Dandy.  Number 19 came up so all was lost!

  ‘Well’ thought Cielo ‘this is Vegas, what’s a few dollars.  That’s what life is all about, winning and losing!’

  You can’t always be a winner!  Wasn’t that just the truth?  After all, the boys were winners in love and that is what made their world spin.

    They were up bright and early the next morning to catch the fairy helicopter from the Vegas helipad.

‘This is beyond exciting’ they thought.

  Because there was so many of them, they had ordered two fairy helicopters.  The two girls wanted to go with Luna and Dandy along with Dandy’s parents.  Cielo, Destiny, Sunshine, Rainbow and Johnnie went in the other. 

  ‘Great’ thought Destiny to herself ‘it will be peace to the mountains all the way!  On the other hand Sunshine was so much fun.  There was never a dull moment when she or her daughter was around.  As for Johnnie, he always had a very dreamy far-away look on his face.  The helicopters took off.  It was an amazing view over the roof-tops of Vegas.  They couldn’t help think it would be equally unbelievable to take this ride at night time when you could see the lights of the strip.  They glided lightly through the air, just hearing the slight whirring of the helicopter blades.  They each wore a head-set so they were able to talk to the fairy pilot at all times.  He would point out places of interest to them.  The Grand Canyon was a huge space of rocks and deep crevices.  No-one had ever seen such a place in their lives.  They were surprised to see little houses spotted about on the way in.  People actually lived amongst these rocks. 

  ‘Wow!  It must be just so cool’ thought everyone.  When they landed, a cowboy horse-drawn carriage awaited them, they all managed to squeeze onto one.  A cowgirl fairy sat opposite everyone and told them stories as they were taken along a very bumpy road to the reservation.  Little wooden houses were set in a little cluster with a couple of tee-pees for the adventurous.    ‘‘Tonight after your dinner, we will all sit around the log fire and we will share some true fairy cowboy stories with you.  We will have a sing-song so if you have any instruments with you, please feel free to bring them along.’’ said the cowgirl fairy.

  ‘Hello!’ of course they did.

  They had brought along a mouth-organ, a banjo and a pair of castanets.  They were surrounded by trees and the joys of the forest.  They could hear animals in the distance, owls hooting and maybe a Coyote howling. It felt a little eerie but, living a little on the edge was always exciting……