In the Golden Afternoon/Befriending Spike and Wizardmon

*(In the mini-world of a flower garden in the woods, the group walked alongside Bugs, Daffy, Buster, and Plucky, getting to know one another)*

Bugs: So, you two kids are always the curious types, eh?

Arren: Yes.

Therru: One time, my sister, Kiki, and I were walking along the woods when we saw a strange looking worm. We took a closer look, and to our shock, it was a snake.

*(Surprised, Bugs' group got interested)*

Buster: Did the snake bite you?

Therru: Thankfully, no. It was just a harmless garter snake.

Daffy: So basically, you were terrified by a harmless garter snake. *(Scoffs)* Kind of ridiculous, if you ask me.

Arren: Daffy, we're more than just twerps or brats. We're just.... Well....

Daffy: Kids?

Arren: Exactly. And besides, we just want to know more about this world along the way. What more harm can it do? We're just curious.

Daffy: But haven't you heard the term...?

Arren and Therru: "Curiosity killed the cat?" We know.

Arren: But we're trying to be careful.

Therru: That's right.

*(They then stopped to rest for a while)*

Therru: Oh, this is very difficult to walk through all of this while we're this small.

*(Just then, the group looked up to see a group of butterflies with wings of bread with butter spread on each one fluttering by her and landing on a leaf nearby a grass blade)*

Arren: Why, curious butterflies.

Bugs: (Beginning to speak) Well, actually....

Female voice: You mean *bread and* butterflies.

Bugs: Exactly, hmmm?

*(They looked up and saw what appeared to be pony-like human figures standing like statues)*

Therru: Now, who do you suppose...?

*(Then a rocking horse with a red saddle, tail, and rockers and clear dragonfly-like wings on its back fluttered by her and the others, neighing)*

Therru: Oh! A horsefly!

Daffy: You mean a *rocking* horsefly.

Female voice: Naturally.

*(The group turned to see a teenage unicorn-like human girl with lavender skin, violet eyes, dark indigo hair with pink and purple streaks, and wearing a light blue short-sleeved shirt with a pink bowtie, a purple skirt with a pink star and five white stars, and purple and pink legwarmers with black dress shoes, who had just spoken to her)*

Arren: I beg your pardon, but did you...?

*(The female then spoke up)*

Female: Of course I spoke. My name is Twilight Sparkle.

*(She turned to the others, consisting six teenage pony-like girls, seven teenage pony-like boys, and two baby dragons, one male and one female)*

Twilight Sparkle: Come greet them.

*(They came to life. The first teenage girl is a pegasus-like human with sky-blue skin, magenta eyes, rainbow colored hair with bangs hanging in the right side of her face, and wearing a blue short-sleeved button up shirt, a white short-sleeved shirt with a rainbow lightning bolt on it, a tight fitting black biker shorts underneath a pink and white skirt, rainbow colored bracelets, matching knee socks, and light blue and white converse shoes. She is Rainbow Dash, the competitive member of the Mane Seven. The second teenage girl is a pony-like human with ivory yellow skin, teal eyes, and light pink hair, which was held in a butterfly hair clip, wearing a white tanktop, a grass-green skirt with three white and pink butterflies on it, a pink skirt lace with white polka dots, matching knee-high socks, and grass-green boots with white frills on them. She is Fluttershy, the shy voice of reason of the Mane Seven. The third teenage girl is an earth pony-like human with a brown cowboy hat, tan skin with white freckles on her face, green eyes, tied up blonde hair, a Southern-accent, and wearing a white and green short-sleeved shirt, a brown belt with a red apple, a blue denim miniskirt with two pockets and a light blue skirt lace, and brown boots with three apples on each of them. She is Applejack, the tomboy of the Mane Seven. The fourth teenage girl is a pony-like human with pure white skin, dark blue eyes, royal purple hair which is combed in wavy curls most of the time, a Mid-Atlantic accent, and wearing a short-sleeved pale blue shirt, two gold bracelets, a lilac skirt with blue and violet accents and three cyan diamonds on it, a blue triple-diamond barette, a violet designer belt and lilac boots with cyan diamonds on them. She is Rarity, the beauty queen of the Mane Seven. The fifth teenage girl is a pony-like human with pale pink skin, light blue eyes, curly magenta hair, and wearing a white short-sleeved shirt with a pink heart on it, a blue long-sleeved jacket, two matching bracelets, a pink skirt with two blue balloons and a yellow balloon on it, and blue boots with pink bows on them. She is Pinkie Pie, the hyperactive member of the Mane Seven. The last teenage girl is a pony-like human with light amber skin, cyan eyes, red hair with yellow streaks, and wearing a magenta halter shirt with a red and yellow sun on it and a black halterneck strap on her neck, and orange skirt with a yellow stripe and a purple stripe on it, black wristbands with magenta studs on each of them, and black boots with magenta flame markings on them. She is Sunset Shimmer, the Mane Seven’s newest member and best friend. The first dragon with them is a baby male with purple scales, green eyes, and light green horns and underbelly. He is Spike, Twilight Sparkle’s assistant and the Mane Seven and Dazzlings’ best friend. The second dragon with them is a baby female with cyan scales, brown eyes, and pale blue horns and underbelly. She is Ember, Spike's girlfriend. The first boy is a teenage pony-like human with pale yellow skin, pale blue eyes, short pale blue hair, and wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with the sleeves rolled up underneath a green knit vest with a blue shooting star in the middle, aqua blue watch-like wristbands, bluish gray pants, white socks, and blue and white converse shoes. He is Comet Tail, the leader and brains of the Stallion Seven and Twilight Sparkle's boyfriend. The second boy is a teenage pony-like human with pale blue skin, green eyes, short dark blue hair that is swept at the top, a yellow short-sleeved shirt underneath a blue jacket with two yellow stripes on the shoulder part of the sleeves and a winged yellow lightning bolt on the side of his jacket, white pants, white socks, and blue and yellow strapped shoes with white straps. He is Soarin, the competitive racer of the Stallion Seven and Rainbow Dash's boyfriend. The third boy is a teenage pony-like human with medium blue skin, yellow eyes, and short wavy white and gray striped hair, and wearing a pale blue short-sleeve shirt with light purple rims, a gray pin with a purple heart symbol on it underneath a gray hoodless jacket with the sleeves rolled up, purple wristbands, dark blue pants, and purple shoes with white rims and shoelaces. He is Pokey Pierce, the romantic member of the Stallion Seven and Pinkie Pie's boyfriend. The fourth boy is a teenage pony-like human with light gold yellow skin, blue eyes, and short blue hair, and wearing a white short-sleeved shirt with a blue shield and yellow lightning bolt in the center underneath a slate gray jacket with a red and white stripe around the torso and shoulder part of his sleeves, blue pants with the bottom rim rolled up, and slate gray shoes with white markings. He is Flash Sentry, the fast jock boy of the Stallion Seven and Sunset Shimmer's boyfriend. The fifth boy is a teenage pony-like human with pale gold yellow skin, green eyes, and short neck-length orange hair with pale orange streaks, and wearing a brown cowboy hat, an orange long-sleeved button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a brown leather vest with an apple symbol on the side, a brown belt with a purple apple buckle, blue pants, and brown cowboy boots. He is Braeburn, the rodeo rider of the Stallion Seven, Applejack's cousin, and Fluttershy's boyfriend. The sixth boy is a teenage pony-like human with slate gray skin, pale yellow eyes, and short pale cyan hair with pale gray stripes, and wearing a red short-sleeved shirt underneath a black short-sleeved jacket with a white lightning bolt and gray cloud on the side, black wristbands with a white stripe, a pale yellow belt with a white buckle, light blue pants, and black and white sneakers. He is Thunderlane, the brawny member of the Stallion Seven and Rarity's boyfriend. And the last boy is a teenage pony-like human with gold yellow skin, blue eyes, and short brown curled hair, and wearing a yellow short-sleeved shirt with three horseshoe symbols on the front over a pale yellow long-sleeved shirt, pale tan brown pants, and yellow shoes with dark yellow rims. He is Caramel, the fun-lover of the Stallion Seven and Applejack's boyfriend)*

Pony-like humans: Hi there!

Twilight Sparkle: These girls are Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Sunset Shimmer, and they and I are the Mane Seven. The male dragon with us is Spike. The female dragon is Spike's girlfriend, Ember. And these boys are our boyfriends, the Stallion Seven. They are Comet Tail, my boyfriend, Soarin, Pokey Pierce, Flash Sentry, Braeburn, Thunderlane, and Caramel.

Arren and Therru's group: Nice to meet you.

Rarity: We waited for someone so long to talk to for a while.

Pinkie Pie: (Giggles) And talk about!

Applejack: And we sing as well!

"You do?" Olivia asked them, walking over to the centaurettes. She then heard a voice answering her, "Oh, yes."

It came from Abigail Gabble, who was with Amelia Gabble and Aurora. "Would you like to hear "Tell It To the Tulips"?" asked Abigail

"No! Let's sing about us!" the gossiping elephants said.

"We know one about the shy little violets." Sis Rabbit added, as she, Tagalong Rabbit, and My Melody were hiding their faces bashfully.

"Oh, no! Not that old thing!" Belle said, holding her nose with her hand.

"Let's do "Lovely Lily of the Valley"." Snow White said.

"How about the daisies?" Jasmine and Giselle added. They were shoved by Tiana, who declared, "She won't like it at all!"

Aleena tapped her conducting wand, which had the form of a small rose, and raised her arms up to stop the disagreements between the other female characters.

"Girls!" she said, stopping the feud, "We shall sing "Golden Afternoon". That's about all of us."

With a smile of delight on her face, Olivia took a seat on a three-leafed plant that was like a chair to her.

"Sound your "A," Snow White." Aleena ordered Snow White. Snow White let out a joyous and beautiful "La," and the centaurettes joined in with a unified "Mi, mi, mi." Then Snow White then added an energetic "la la la," and Jessica emitted a beautiful "Ah, ah, ah, ah" from her mouth. Lastly, Eeyore finished the intro with a "Dum du dum dum."

As most of the female characters started to sing their notes in a beautiful unison, the bread and butterflies fluttered away from the leaf and above the tulips that were bobbing back and forth in a joyous way. They then passed by Mulan and Pocahontas who had just woken up from their soothing slumber.

Female Characters: *Little bread and butterflies kiss the tulips*
*And the sun is like a toy balloon*
*There are get up in the morning glories*
*In the golden afternoon*

Aleena waved her wand with a merry smile on her face as she turned to the left. The bread and butterflies fluttered by J.C., Joanna, Rebecca, Marty, Cody, and Mimi. Cody smacked J.C. with his paw. Olivia was mimicking the conductor’s movements as her choice to join in the lovely serenade the flowers were singing altogether. Miss Kitty gave Tiger an affectionate kiss, making it let out a lovable purr to his sweetheart.

Female Characters: *There are dizzy daffodils on the hillside*
*Strings of violets are all in tune*
*Tiger lilies love the dandy lions*
*In the golden afternoon*
***The golden afternoon***

Aleena continued to wave her wand before the rocking horsefly landed on it, and she swiftly shook her wand and shooed rocking horsefly the away with it.

Meanwhile, two caterpillars in the form of Toby and Felicia were clashing with one another like a cat and a dog, whereas the rocking horsefly by Rapunzel, who was yawning lazily. Merida was resting on a hammock made out of a spider's web when the rocking horsefly swarmed around her, only to be swatted away by the sleepy Scottish girl's hand.

Female Characters: *There are dog and caterpillars and the copper centipede*
*Where the lazy daisies love the very peaceful life*
*They lead*

Olivia and Aleena were also yawning for a short time, before they got back to enjoying the song.

Female Characters: *You can learn a lot of things from the flowers*
*For especially in the month of June*

Aleena resumed her conducting as the other female characters continued to sing, before her focus turned to a Norwegian girl named Anna, who was underneath a drapery of cobwebs sparkling in dew.

Anna: *There's a wealth of happiness and romance*

Female Characters: *All in the golden afternoon*

Olivia swiftly turned her head and saw pink flowers in the shapes of bells ringing, which were made by the bubbly Cinderella. A set of four snapdragons and a set of white snapdragons let out flute sounds as the shadow of the conducting female hedgehog appeared next to them. Three yellow orchids in the forms of tubas let out unified tunes that blended well, and they sounded on-key. Jessica strummed a yellow lily in the form of a harp, which sounded like a string bass.

Suddenly, the flock of bread and butterflies fluttered passed by Aleena and came to Olivia, delighting her. Then they tugged on the skirt of her dress and the ends of her tan fur-hair and carefully brought her over to the centaurettes as the female characters all sang their next line.

Female Characters: *All in the golden afternoon*
*The golden afternoon*

Once Olivia had made her way to the centaurettes, the bread and butterflies flew away from them and it was her turn to sing. Aleena had a warm smile on her face and she started conducting again as Olivia sang the same line the female characters and Anna sang earlier.

Olivia: *You can learn a lot of things from the flowers*
*For especially in the month of June*
*There's a wealth of happiness and romance*

Olivia's line was suddenly cut short, as there was a brief break in her voice, and she placed a hand on her mouth and her eyes widened in shock. Her singing voice had made Jessica shake her head and Cinderella form a surprised look on her face, but Aleena didn't mind the small mistake Olivia had just made.

All of the female characters sung out their final line as Aleena continued to conduct, their voices blending into a beautiful mixture of song and the daffodil tubas blaring triumphantly.

Female Characters: *The golden afternoon*

Princess Peach was playing drums that were made up of chrysanthemum buds with her paws that were flashing lights in the colors of magenta, blue, and yellow, as Princess Daisy lifted two yellow daisies in the form of cymbals. Aleena lifted her wand up, and Daisy slammed the cymbals together, making a loud crashing noise to end the song. Aleena took a bow with her wand on hand, as Olivia was clapping in praise of the beautiful melody she had just heard.

"Ohh, that was lovely!" she said to Aleena, who leaned in toward her.

"Thank you, my dear." Aleena replied to her kindly, gently patting Olivia on the head.

"What kind of garden do you come from?" Cinderella, placing the tip of her left index finger on the left side of her face.

"Well, I don't come from any garden." Olivia answered, making Cinderella gasp in surprise.

"Do you suppose she's a wildflower??" Cinderella asked Jessica, shoving her roughly. Jessica had a curious expression on her face.

"Oh, no. I'm not a wildflower at all." Olivia said to Cinderella.

"Just what specie or, should we say, genus are you, my dear?" Aleena asked Olivia.

"Well, ummm...I suppose you would call me a genus humanus, Olivia!"

"Ever see an Olivia with a blossom like that?" Cinderella asked, a humorous smile forming on her face.

"Come to think of it," Jessica said, "Did you ever see an Olivia?"

"Yes! And did you notice her petals?"

Cinderella leaned in toward Olivia, examining her closely. "What a peculiar color!"

Jessica sniffed Olivia's tan fur-hair for a second and added, "And no fragrance."

Cinderella leaned in toward Olivia and lifted the skirt of her dress, revealing her bloomer-clad thighs, and observed her legs carefully. "Why, just look at those stems!" she exclaimed.

"Rather scrawny, I'd say." Jessica added, as Olivia formed a disgruntled frown on her face and pulled her dress away from Cinderella's grip.

"I think she's pretty." Angel said, only to have her mouth covered by Lady's paw.

"Quiet, Angel." Lady soothingly told her.

"But I'm not a flower!" Olivia exclaimed to the female characters, surprised and unhappy with their assumptions that she was a flower rather than the mouse she actually was.

"Aha!" exclaimed Jessica, "Just as I suspected.!" She then leaned in toward Aleena and whispered in her ear, saying, "She's nothing but a common movable vulgaris."

"Ohhh, no!" Ariel's sisters exclaimed in unison.

"What?" Olivia asked, looking around in confusion.

"To put it bluntly, a weed!" Jessica observed sternly.

"I'm not a weed!" Olivia objected, folding her arms.

"Well, she wouldn't expect to admit it," Abigail said to Amelia and Tiana.

"Can you imagine?" Aurora said to Snow White, who nodded to her.

"Goodness!" Cinderella exclaimed, as the female characters were all gossiping about Olivia being the weed they had detested so much.

"Don't go to seed here!" Belle scolded Olivia, frightened by Jessica's assumption that Olivia was a weed.

Olivia felt herself being pushed by one of the female characters, who told her to go on, and she stumbled into the centaurettes.

"Please, girls!" Aleena begged the other female characters.

"We don't want weeds in our bed!" the centaurettes all said in unison, as one of them pushed Olivia up. The Scottish-British girl mouse then scurried away from the centaurettes, only to be pushed by the hand of Tiana, who told her to move along.

As Olivia made her way through the garden, the pink and purple snapdragons blared in her ears, and Tiger and Miss Kitty meowed and hissed ferociously at her, and even Tiny was barking at her.

"All right!" Olivia yelled with a stern tone of voice, "If that's the way you feel about me, then here's what I have to say to all of you: If I were my right height, I would pick every one of you if I wanted to! Then I guess that ought to teach you a lesson about treating a lady with respect!"

Rebecca and Mimi were giggling to one another, as if they had something in store for Olivia. They pushed down a blade of grass with a drop of water on it like a bucket, and the water spilled onto Olivia, causing her to fall over and ride on an orange leaf as if it were a small boat. The female characters started to laugh at her as Olivia then grabbed hold of a small weed's stem and squeezed the skirt of her dress to get rid of the water. Her wet fur-hair was covering her face as she then muttered, "You can learn a lot of things from the flowers. Hmph! Seems to me they could learn a few things about manners!"

Once she took off her hair-bow, Olivia shook her head rapidly like a dog getting out of a bath to remove the water before fixing her fur-hair with her fingers and placing her hair-bow back behind her ear. When she was all dried up, Olivia then made her way to find Dijon...if only she knew where he would be going next in this odd world she was in.

Male voice: *A, E, I, O, U*
*A, E, I, O, U*

Olivia looked up to see a long line of misty letters in the colors of pink, blue, and green, and she followed it as she was walking through the tall jungle of plants and grass. She then heard someone's singing voice coming from a nearby distance, as she then spotted a large, slightly obese owl with purple feathers, thick white eyebrows, yellow feet, a black cape with a red interior and collar, wears a monocle on his right eye, green eyes. He was the Grand Duke of Owls, and he was the one who was singing the vowels A, E, I, O, and U while pressing the black knit squeezer of a large blue perfume flask that had released the mist of the vowels.

Grand Duke of Owls: *O*
*U, E, I, O, A*

Olivia made her way over to the Grand Duke of Owls and climbed atop a small mushroom that acted like a step to the larger mushroom. Her hands were placed on the edges of the mushroom, and she was standing on her toes to give herself enough height to see him, before she placed her elbows on the mushroom and her hands on her face. She had a curious smile on her face, as she wanted to talk to him.

Grand Duke of Owls: *A, U, E, I, A*
*A, E, I, O, U...*

Once he stopped singing, the Grand Duke of Owls inhaled the thick mist of his perfume, and exhaled slowly in delight of the wonderful aroma that had shrouded the two like a fog. He then turned his head to Olivia and jolted, widening his eyes in shock and dropping the squeezer onto the mushroom.

"Who...are...you?" he said to her, leaning in toward her face with one eye looking at her and the other shut tight. With each word the Grand Duke of Owls would say, the mist of the perfume would form a letter that must match the ending of the word. The letters "O," "R," and "U" had formed and faded into Olivia's face. She could smell an oceanic air from the fragrant blue mist, and then she knew that it was the exact scent the Grand Duke of Owls had breathed in a moment ago.

"I- I- I hardly know, sir," Olivia replied to him, nervous by the Grand Duke's frown that had just formed on his face due to her presence. "I changed so many times since this morning, you see..."

"I do not see," the Grand Duke of Owls said, cutting her off. As then, the blue mist was sprayed once again, this time forming the letter "C." "Explain yourself."

"Why, I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir," Olivia said to the Grand Duke of Owls, as she felt the misty letter spinning around her right wrist before fading away. "Because I’m not myself, you know."

The Grand Duke of Owls turned away from her and said to her, "I do not know."

"Well, I can’t put it anymore clearly for it isn’t clear to me."

"You?" the Grand Duke of Owls repeated, asking Olivia the same question when he first saw her. The letters "O" and "R" had formed from the blue and green sprays from the Grand Duke's perfume, and Olivia ducked underneath each of them. However, she could smell the ocean air from the blue mist and eucalyptus from the green mist.

Olivia started to say something only to be sprayed in the face by the pink letter "U." "Well, don’t you think that you should tell me..." But she coughed and squinted her eyes, though she could smell the scent of cherry blossoms from the pink mist that faded away. "Who you are first?"

"Why?" the Grand Duke of Owls said, pressing the squeezer again and releasing a yellow mist that formed the letter "Y." The yellow mist had the smell of sunflowers, which was also a delightful aroma the Grand Duke of Owls loved so much.

"Oh, dear!" Olivia said, before kneeling down on the small mushroom, "Everything is so confusing."

"It is not."

"Well, it is to me."

"Why?" Once the Grand Duke of Owls asked her why again, the letter "Y" was formed by the blue mist with the sea breeze. With a tedious expression on his face, he laid on a purple leaf that was on a stem next to the mushroom.

"Well, I can’t remember things as I used to," Olivia answered, shaking her head a little. "And..."

"Recite." the Grand Duke of Owls cut her off.

That snapped Olivia out of her worries, and the girl stood up to him, replying to him with a short curtsey, saying, "Hmm? Oh! Oh, oh, yes, sir."

She took a moment to clear her throat, before trying to remember which recitation she had heard of before. Once she did finally come up with one, she then began reciting.

Olivia: Um
*How doth the little busy bee*
*Improve each shi...*

"Stop!" the owl commanded, cutting her words short. He rose up from the leaf he was laying on and landed back on the large mushroom, unimpressed by what she had just started to say.

"That is not spoken correcti-cally,” he said to her. "It goes..."

He then took a short breath before starting to say the correct recitation.

The Grand Duke of Owls: *How...*

Just as he pressed the squeezer, he widened his eyes in surprise. He pressed the squeezer rapidly many times, a red vein popping up on his head and growling in frustration. The owl then noticed that his foot was holding the thin black tube that would lead the perfume from the bottle to a small opening on the cerulean cap. He then patted his foot with his wing harshly, causing it to release the tube.

Olivia was giggling at the owl's small mishap, and a smile had formed on her face. The Grand Duke of Owls, on the other hand, cleared his throat and pressed the squeezer again, and this time, a green mist was sprayed out of the bottle. It then formed into a crocodile walking on all four legs.

The Grand Duke of Owls: *How doth the crocodile*
*Improve his shining tail*
*And pour the waters of the Nile*
*On every golden scale*

The green mist faded away as the owl climbed onto another lavender leaf with his wings holding the squeezer.

The Grand Duke of Owls: *How cheer...*

Just as he was about to say the next line, however, he suddenly opened his eyes and widened them in surprise.

The Grand Duke of Owls: *How cheer...*

He then tried to say it again, but he was cut short once more and looked down to see his feet wiggling off the edge of the leaf. Annoyed by this, he let out a short growl and swiftly placed his feet onto the leaf.

Olivia let out another giggle in reaction to the owl's mishap, but she saw his frown and stopped in order to avoid adding fuel to his anger. The Grand Duke of Owls then laid his head on the stem and finally recited the next few lines of the recitation.

The Grand Duke of Owls: *How cheerfully he seems to grin*
*How neatly spreads his claws*
*And welcomes little fishes in*
*With gently smiling jaws*

"Well I must say, I’ve never heard it that way before." Olivia said to the owl.

"I know," the Grand Duke of Owls replied, deeply inhaling the scent of eucalyptus through his beak and exhaling through his mouth. "I have improved it."

With that said, two "O's" in the smoky mists of pink and green formed and flew into Olivia's face just as she was about to say something to the owl. "Well..." She coughed and squinted her eyes tightly again, even though she smelled the aromas of eucalyptus and cherry blossoms.

"If you ask me..." she finally said, as she opened her eyes and frowned at the owl.

With a tedious expression on his face, the Grand Duke of Owls turned to Olivia and replied, "You?"

The owl pressed the squeezer again, and the green mist formed in the "U" shape once it was sprayed out of the perfume bottle, then morphed into the "O" as he leaned in toward Olivia's face. The blue mist formed in the "R" silhouette, and a red mist appeared in the "U" contour as he asked her again, "Who are you?"

As all the letters had been sprayed into Olivia's face, she shut her eyes again and coughed once more, though she could smell the ocean from the blue vapor, the eucalyptus from the green, and strawberries from the red. The red mist then changed into the pink cherry blossom fog.

Suddenly, Olivia's nose tickled by too much perfume.

"Ahh...Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah-CHOO!"

She let out a big sneeze, only to fall backwards off the small mushroom. Olivia swiftly rose up, still frowning at The Grand Duke of Owls for giving her a perplexing conversation and spraying his multi-scented perfume in her face so many times. She had quite enough of him! And with that, she started marching away from the owl, and the pink mist formed on her right foot. It gradually faded away with every step the Scottish-British girl mouse took, though she noticed it and stomped on the ground at a rapid pace, then lifted her foot and shook the mist off of it. Then Olivia opened two small leaves and entered through them, just as the Grand Duke of Owls started to have second thoughts about making her leave with his actions.

"You there! Girl!" he called out to Olivia. "Wait! Come back!"

Then Olivia opened the leaves again once the owl's shouting grabbed her attention, though she was still worked up by her discomfited talk with him.

"I have something important to say!"

"Oh, dear!" Olivia said, before slinking back in the tall grass and crawling her way through it. "I wonder what he wants now."

Olivia went over a small root and walked through the jungle of plants and grass, before returning to the Grand Duke's large mushroom.

"Well?" she said to him, folding her arms crossly with a stern look on her face.

"Keep your temper." the Grand Duke of Owls replied to her, spraying an orange mist at the blue and white circles. The white mist had the fragrance of Egyptian cotton, and the orange one had a citrus scent as all the circles and the dot disappeared into thin air.

"Is that all?" Olivia asked, her hands placed on her hips as she moved two steps forward to the mushroom.

The Grand Duke of Owls placed his wings in front of him and moved his head over backwards. "No," he answered her, before placing his wings on the very end of himself. "Exacti-cally what is your problem?"

Green, pink, and yellow mists were sprayed out of the perfume once the owl asked Olivia, having a mellow expression on his face.

"Well, it’s exacti—" Olivia started to say, struggling to say the peculiarly long word the owl just said to her. "Exactic—Well, it’s precisely this. I would like to be a little larger, sir.”

"Why?" the Grand Duke of Owls asked, pressing the squeezer. The pink spray was released from the bottle and it formed into a question mark.

"Well, after all, three inches is such a wretched height," Olivia answered. "And..."

The Grand Duke of Owls swiftly rose up, glaring at Olivia angrily in reaction to her answer as he pressed the squeezer many times, releasing a silver mist that would represent his rage. "High?! I am exactically three inches high," he boasted, turning red and leaning in toward Olivia before swiftly returning to his position. "And it is a very good height indeed!"

The silver fog had the scent of firewood, and Olivia could smell it as the mist engulfed the red owl right before her very eyes.

"But I’m not used to it. And you needn’t *shout*!" she snapped, blowing the silver fog away. Once the fiery vapor cleared up, however, the Grand Duke's molted feathers, along with his cape and monocle, were scattered all over the mushroom. Luckily, his perfume bottle was still there.

"Oh, dear!" Olivia said, picking up his monocle with her fingers.

She then dropped it when she heard a new voice saying to her from above, "By the way, I have a few helpful hints."

Olivia looked up to see that the Grand Duke of Owls had transformed into a small, slender red Chinese dragon with blue horns, a gold mustache, a yellow underbelly, a dark red nose, claws, tail tuft, and spikes on his back, and black eyes named Mushu. He stands about 1½ feet in height. She observed him fluttering in the air and gasped in shock.

"One side of the mushroom will make you grow taller! And the other will make you grow smaller!"

"But which side will do which?" Olivia asked him.

"You’ll see," Mushu replied to her. "It’s only a matter of time before you try two pieces of the mushroom, one on each side! The effects depend on which of the sides you pick!"