Frotwoot's Faerie Tales (Book Two by Charlie Ward

Author:Charlie Ward
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0
Publisher: Charlie Ward
Published: 2015-03-20T00:00:00+00:00

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“The Glamour Squad,” said Golly, because Frotwoot had asked her what it was and apparently just repeating the name of it to him was supposed to answer the question. “You know, like… the squad that uses glamour?”

“I don’t know what that means.”

“Seriously?”

“Well, I thought so, yeah; but with the way you’re laughing at me now I don’t know. Maybe I’m kidding.”

“How have you not heard of the Glamour Squad?”

“I’m from a small town, remember?”

“Yeah, but come on…”

“Can you make fun of me later, maybe, and just tell me what it is?”

“Um… okay, I guess it’s like… the undercover branch of knighthood, basically.”

“Oh.”

“Didn’t you ever see that show about it?”

“I told you, I didn’t have a TV growing up,” Frotwoot kind-of-lied; the true part of that, of course, being that he didn’t have a TV capable of picking up signals from Seelie. “What was it about, knights pretending to be supermodels or something?”

“What? No. Why would it be about that?”

“Because… ‘glamour’?”

“I don’t get it.”

“Uh…”

“Like, a glamour’s an illusion. What do illusions have to do with—? Oh, wait. Yeah, oookay, I get it. Very funny.”

Frotwoot wasn’t aware he’d made a joke, but luckily Golly wasn’t there to see him looking all stupid and confused so he was pretty much able to just play it off like he had. Where she was was in an unmarked surveillance/communications coach somewhere, talking to him through the special earring-shaped earpiece and watch-shaped radio combo that had been hidden in the crumpled-up piece of paper that her dad had slipped into Frotwoot’s pocket. Golroc had been the one talking to him through them at first, telling him to make his way to Pixie Land while Golly and Pixley “got into position”, and it wasn’t until Golly had gotten into her position (i.e. the unmarked coach) that she’d taken over, saving them both from the most painfully awkward small talk that either of them had ever had to endure. That of course had led to him asking what the “Glamour Squad” was, and if you’d like a recap of what happened after that just go back to the beginning of the chapter and start reading it again. You might get caught in an infinite loop doing that, but at least you’ll know what’s going on. Or you could just keep reading from here. Whichever.

“So, uh … what made you change your mind?” asked Golly.

“What?”

“You know, about doing this.”

“Oh. Right. Um… how many extra points would I get if I said I was doing it for you?”

“You’d get negative points for lying.”

“What, really?”

“Really.”

“I’m definitely not doing it for you, then.”

Golly laughed. “Okay, then why?”

“It’s… hard to explain.”

“Could you try?”

Not without lying, Frotwoot thought, and regardless of “points”, and despite having to do it quite often, he hated lying to her. “Uh… maybe later. I’m almost there.”

“Where?”

“Pixie Land,” said Frotwoot, as Pixie Land indeed came into view. It looked a lot emptier now, and was certainly a lot quieter.

“Oh, right. Okay, let me, um… let me see if Pix is there yet.

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