The Magical Mysteries

MISSION 1:MISS SWEET

Nothing seemed odd but the washing machine in the bar. It didn't fit the bar, and it's not like you usually wash clothes in the bar. Leyla just started at it with confusion.

"You are probably confused about that washing machine. It's not just a normal washing. It's a portal", Cher said and pointed at the washing machine.

Leyla was even more confused. How can something so small be a portal? How can someone even fit in that little thing? Leyla thought of how it would be to go inside it, and her whole body hurted just from the thought.

"I know that it's small, but don't worry. You will fit in it, and when it spins you won't feel it. So should we talk about the first mission. So there have been trees with cotton candy growing around here. It may not seem like a big deal, but it makes every other tree rotten. So we need to check it out. Are you ready to go to the portal?". Cher looked at the washing machine. Leyla badly didn't want to go in the washing machine, but she didn't have any choice.

Leyla nodded and they went to the washing machine. Cher went in first.

"So first this button shows which year, month and day you want to go to. Then this button shows where, and you need to specifically exactly where. So I will already fix it, and you won't need to. But just know for the future". Cher pointed at the different buttons, and showed Leyla how to do it.

Lelya understood and Cher went inside. He clicked on the on button. and after some seconds he was gone. Leyla couldn't understand her eyes. Of course she knew that magic existed, but it still felt crazy.

She pressed the on button and went inside. She closed her eyes and counted to three.

When she opened her eyes she was in a field. She had a bit of trouble walking and Cher helped her.

"Dont worry. You'll get used to it. But here we are".

She saw all the cotton trees. It felt like a child's dream, cotton candy everywhere. You almost couldn't see anything else. There were some people everywhere that looked sad. Probably because they didn't get anything but the cotton candy.

"Hello, are you the chief here? Please tell me again what had happened?". Cher shaked hands with an older man. He must be the chief of the village.

"Yes. So some months ago. A cotton candy tree appeared. It was already grown. We all thought it was weird, but didn't think much of it. The kids loved it, so we took it down and took all the cotton candy. Then all these past months more and more cotton candy trees have appeared. And we can't get rid of them. All the other trees have rotted down. And we can't get any food but cotton candy, we can't live like this".

"What about the field? You can't grow anything on it?". Leyla questioned.

Cher gave her a thumbs up, to show she did a good job.

"Yes we tried, but it didn't work. Some days later they would rot, and in some places of the field cotton candy has gotten out of the ground".

The three of them walked to the places in the field where cotton candy grew. And it really was true. Pink fluff all over. It was like walking on pink clouds.

"Okay. We will look around and see what the problem is. Don't worry we will help you with this okay". Cher put his shoulder on the chief to comfort him.

The two walked away and looked around.

"Do you have any idea?", Cher asked Leyla.

Leyla wasn't ready to get asked that. She was silent for a moment, trying to think of a possibility.

"Maybe there is a cotton candy monster somewhere close. And it's making it so only cotton candy can grow here". Leyla closed her eyes, not wanting to meet Cher's eyes that probably looked at her like she was the biggest fool.