CARNIVAL du MYSTIQUE
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 9
Sasporilla Bucket opened the Bubble World booth. It was very unlikely there would be any customers in the first few minutes, Sassy thought, so she took that time to familiarise herself with every nook and cranny of the booth.
Sassy checked on each wand in the rack. Checked the netting that made up the safety walls. She even opened the ticket box to make sure it was empty. After all, she didn't want to turn in any tickets to the office and claim her share of something she didn't work for. Mrs.Dumbleshire was of course entitled to her fair share! This was her booth. Sasporilla was of course, just lending a helping hand. Much to her surprise, there was an envelope inside simply marked 'In Case of Emergency'.
Sasporilla found the booth solidly in ship shape. Just in case of periods of where there were not many people interested in bubbles, Sassy brought with her all of the literature she had on housing options open to her for her stay at that University of Avalon. She had to many choices. The dorms, sororities, rooming houses, apartments, even vacant lots to set up her caravan on. Everything was expensive, and she had limited resources from her scholarship when it came to housing. The worst thing was her dead lines were coming up quickly to send in her applications and conformations. Life as an adult it seemed was less about freedom and more about forms. How she longed for the days when she was little and things were ever so much simpler.
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Layla was a big girl now at four years old. She'd saved up a bit of money finding a sickle here and a knut there, putting it all away for a rainy day or better yet a bright sunny one when there was something fun to do. A day when she could show her mum just how big a girl she was by treating them both to a wonderful day out at the carnival!
Layla and her mother took the flew network South Hampton Castle. Though the muggles walked by the bright red and white ticket booth, it stood right out to Layla who pulled on her mother’s hand excitedly pointing.
"There mummy there!" Layla insisted.
"Welcome to the Carnival du Mystique." The little man in the ticket booth said. "How many ladies?"
"Two please." Layla said holding two knuts up and putting them on the counter making the man lean out to look over and down into the girls smiling face.
The man handed down two tickets to Layla. "There you go Miss. You ladies have fun today."
Layla's mom picked her up and carried her through the stiff metal turnstiles. As they passed through, the outside world faded to purple and the Carnival faded in.
The sound of the calliope’s flutes, horns and whistles echoed as it played "The Greatest Show!" A song from a muggle movie that Layla just loved to listen to.
"What would you like to do first?" Her mother asked with broad smile. "You're treating. Remember you only have just so much money, so make your choices wisely if you want the fun to last."
Layla opened her small bag and, with the help of her mum, counted up her coins. After the small price of admission Layla still had almost seven galleons. Layla thought long and hard for a moment.
"Mummy." Layla said. "Let's look to see what's fun first."
"A wise decision my girl." Her mother smiled.
There were rides, and games, shows and food but there was one event booth Layla knew she wanted to play at, but would save for the very last.
"I have made my decision mummy!" Layla announced.
"Have you?" Her mother smiled.
"Yes." Layla insisted. "We will both need three ride tickets, as I would like to ride the rides with you."
Layla's mother was touched and put her hand to her heart with a smile. Choking back tears of joy. "You make me so very happy my big girl. I do believe the ticket booth offers a deal, three tickets for the price of two. Children’s tickets are half price. So that would be three galleons. That's almost half of what you have! You'll have much more left, if you go on rides without me."
"But then you won't have any fun." Layla said. "And I would be lonely on the rides. No, better to spend that bit extra I think!"
The first ride Layla chose was ALADIN'S CAROUSEL. Rather than horses that went up and down on a silly pole, this carousel had magic carpets that went up and down, in and out and some times right over top of the carousel itself! Layla sat comfortably and securely in her mother’s lap, wrapped in her loving arms as they flew on the wonderful magical adventure the carousel presented.
The next ride was the spinning magic cauldron ride. Layla and her mother climbed inside the big iron pot and took their seats holding tight to the handle that fell inside rather than out. The cauldrons spun with a large spinning outer plate. Layla laughed with her mum as they went around. Then, her mother grabbed the center of the cauldron handle and the large pot began to spin on its own. Layla screamed with delight as she grabbed her mum tightly. They spun and they spun until Layla thought they would spin right off the ride. Then the spinning slowed and the cauldron came to a halt. Layla and her mum laughed wildly as they waddled and staggered away their heads not yet ready to stop the spin.
There were several rides that Layla was not yet big enough to ride on, as much as she wanted to, her mum had to say no as it was for her own safety. There was a ride however on the far side of the children’s midway she wanted to try, but something else caught Layla’s eye first.
"Look mummy," Layla pointed towards a small booth with a big cup on top filled with light icey goodness, "Icey Butterbeer!"
"Oh my yes." Layla's mother smiled.
"We'll get one." Layla insisted. "With two straws, too share!"
"That sounds nice." Her mom smiled.
The frozen butterbeer slush was sweet and cold and everything wonderful about a day at the carnival. Layla and her mum both tried to drink up as much as they could before the other got more. They laughed as they slurped and shoved at each other playfully. The only regret was that momentary cold head pain both got after they finished, from drinking just a bit to fast.
The Magic Caterpillar was a small simple round track ride with tiny hills about as high as the livingroom couch. Layla and her mum climbed into to the caterpillar car and snuggled in together as the safety bar locked down in front of them.
The car rolled forward and began to build up a bit of speed as it rolled up and over the low rolling hills. Layla and her mum hung on to the safety bar tight but would, occasionally, throw their hands into the air as they went over a hill yelling "Weeeee!"
The caterpillar car came around a bend in the track tipping just a bit to the left, pushing Layla tightly against her mother as they went into a dark tunnel.
"Oh mummy!" Layla said holding her mother tight as the dark gave way to bright rainbow lights all around them. As the caterpillar car left the tunnel Layla realized it had changed to a butterfly!
The butterfly car leapt from the track and with a mighty flap of its large new wings took off into the skies above the carnival. Layla and her mum squealed with delight as the butterfly swooped and fluttered around the rides and games. It buzzed just above the heads of the crowd. The butterfly circled the carnival then fluttered down back onto the track where they started, turned back into a caterpillar car and tolled to a stop.
"Oh what fun that was mummy!" Layla laughed.
"Yes it was." Her mother agreed. "I believe this is just about the most fun I've ever had at a carnival."
"Me too." Layla smiled looking up at her mother, taking her hand. "I think it's just about time for lunch."
"Are you hungry Layla?" Her mother asked. "What would you like to eat?"
"Hot Dogs!" Layla smiled.
"At a carnival?" Her mother asked with a playful look of concern. "Do you think we can find HOT DOGS here?"
"Mummy! Really?" Layla said putting her hands on her hips in playful irritation.
As it turns out, hot dogs were rather easy to find at just about every food booth. Hot dogs in buns, on sticks, deep fried in batter on a stick, served chopped up in beans, small hot dogs, big hot dogs, foot long hot dogs even hot dogs a full meter long!
For four sickles and three knutts Layla and her mum got two hot dogs, a packet of salty crisps and two small fizzy burpey pops to drink. They had a wonderful lunch at a small picnic table. Giggling about funny things and telling jokes they'd heard lately. Even making up some new ones. Most of all, they laughed every time one of them burped, because of the fizzy pop.
At first they were small embarrassing burps that called for a wide eyed "excuse me." Soon they became outlandishly funny, long winded high and low pitched burps. Some even sounded musical! You didn't dare hold one in either for it would work it's way out the other end and lift you off the picnic bench at least two feet!
After lunch Layla took her mother by the hand and lead her to the one place in the Carnival du Mystique she was most anxious to go, the Bubble World Booth.
Layla looked up into the smiling face of a pink haired witch who looked down from a booth and smiled at her.
"Hello ladies! Welcome to Bubble world!" The pink haired witch said. "Would you like the joys and wonders that can only come from bubbles???"
Layla smiled shyly and nodded handing the young woman a children’s event ticket. The pink haired witch opened a small door in the counter and let Layla and her mother in.
"All children under six must be accompanied by an adult, free of charge." The pink haired witch smiled.
"Oh!" Layla's mum smiled. "Thank you very much."
The witch with pink hair pulled a wand with a circular end from the rack and handed it to Layla.
"This is your bubble wand!" The pink haired witch said. "To cast bubbles hold it up and say bubbley into the circle."
Layla raised the wands circle to her mouth and said bubbley. A small bubble formed in the circle and floated up. Layla giggled.
"Bubbley." Layla said quietly making a smaller bubble.
"BUBBLEY!!!" Layla yelled making a bigger bubble which plopped to the white sandy floor.
"Oh mummy this is such fun!" Layla insisted. "Bubbley, bubbley, bibbely, bubbley. Bibblidy, bebbledy, bubbledy, boo."
Bubbles flew from the end of the bubble wand and much to Layla's mother and the pink haired witches surprise bubbles came out in all fun shapes and colours and formed into a bubble butterfly that flew up and up into the air as Layla clapped her hands with joy.
With a mixture of words, and volume Layla made bubble after bubble forming everything from animals like dogs and deers, an elephant and fish to muggle things like a car and a fire truck. She even cast enough bubbles that she was able to form a dragon that circled the bubble world booth blowing plooms of bubbles instead of flames until they finally all popped.
'Poppity, poppity, pop, pop, popity, pop!" Went the bubbles.
Layla fell onto her back laughing wildly. Oh what fun this all was. She saw how complex she could make her bubbles. She saw how simple. She saw how small she could make her bubbles but wondered just how big she could make one.
Layla put the circle of the bubble wand close to her mouth and took a very deep breath and in a very long slow deliberate manner Layla said,
"Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuubbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbblllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The bubble started small enough. It soon grew to a medium size then to a big size. After a short time it became quite impressively large. Then one end of the bubble plopped out of the wand as it kept growing and growing. Soon it became bigger than big, it became huge, swallowing Layla and her mum. As it grew and became gigantic it popped out the top of the bubble world booth and lifted off into the air. Layla and her mum were being carried away as the bubble grew even bigger.
The pink haired witch reached into the ticket box and pulled out the envelope she had seen marked 'In Case of Emergency' and tore it open. Inside was a small blow gun and a pin.
"Why not." The pink hair witch shrugged, loaded the pin into the pipe and blew with all her might towards the bubble high above.
The small pin punctured the magic bubble. The pink haired witch readied her wand to catch the girl and her mom if they fell, but the bubble didn't pop! Instead it made a most rude sound as it expelled air and shrunk down, returning to Earth with Layla and her mum safe and sound. As they touched down the bubble loudly went POP! Layla and her mum laughed as they walked back over to the pink haired witch.
"Thank you Miss Pinky Bubbles." Layla said handing the young witch the now spent wand. "I had the most wonderful time!"
"You're very welcome." The pink haired witch said smiling.
"I see your looking at housing for Avalon University." Layla's mom said to the young witch. "The best affordable deal is the dorms. What are you taking?"
"Wand design." The pink haired witch said.
"Ah you'll been in the arts then." Layla's mom laughed. "My friend Dina is head of arts and design there. You'll have one or two courses with her. She's amazing. She'll change the way you see shape, form, colour and chocolate frogs."
"Come on mummy!" Layla said anxious to get to her very last target.
"Linz." The woman smiled.
"Sasporilla Bucket." The pink haired witch said shaking the young mother’s hand. "Thanks for the tips."
Layla pulled her mum to a booth not far from the front gate where the calliope still played joyfully. The booth was bright white and had a big swirly rainbow coloured ice cream atop it.
"This is the very last thing I want to do today mummy." Layla smiled.
"Ice cream?" Her mother said surprised. "After all that butter beer slush, hot dog, crisps, and fizzy pop, aren't you full?"
"No." Layla said with a quiet burp. "I just want a small one. We can share it!"
Those big wide eyes pleaded in that way that Layla knew her mum just couldn't say no too.
"Ok!" Layla's mum gave in with a sigh. "Just one! A small!"
"Ok." Layla said. "I do it by myself!"
Layla ran over to the ice cream booth as her mum sat at a near by table and admired her big girl. She was growing up so fast. She saw Layla reach up to put her money on the counter. Not many mothers can say their children treated them to a full day put at the carnival.
Layla's mothers eyes went wide when Layla turned with an Ice cream that stood nearly three feet high! The rainbow ice colours of the ice cream shifted and changed as it shifted and jiggled.
"You little monkey!" Layla's mother gasped. "I said a SMALL ice cream!"
"Well I thought about it," Layla explained, "today is our special day and a small ice cream isn't very special is it?"
"No I guess it is not!" Layla's mum smiled at her daughter’s naughty attempt at logic.
"And we don't have to eat it all." Layla said. "Though as Daddy says, not to finish it would be a waste of money."
"Is that what daddy says?" Her mother said.
"Oh yes mummy." Layla said very seriously but with that touch of cuteness. "You say it often too mummy!"
"Yes I do." Her mother said the smile fading from her face. "I also said a small ice cream. Monkey!"
"Mad?" Layla pouted a bit.
"No." Her mother smiled. "You bought it with your money. This is a day of treats. We'll have a go at it."
The best part of magical ice cream is that it neither melted easily nor fell over to hit the ground easily. Layla and her mum each took a lick of the ice cream. It was smooth and creamy.
"Mmmmmm Chocolate." They both said and laughed and had another lick.
"Mmmmmmm blue berry." Laylas mum said.
"Mmmmmm vanilla." Layla said.
Mother and daughter looked at each other curiously and took another lick.
"Strawberry.'" Layla laughed.
"Butterbeer!" Laylas mum laughed.
The rainbow ice cream didn't just shift its colours but it changed its flavours with every lick. Besides all of the standard flavours, they found such surprises as pistachio, bog nut, wozzen berries, Beef gravy, sweet spagetti, yardmelon, and dog fruit!!!
No matter how hard they tried, Layla and her mum just couldn't get much farther than about the first foot of ice cream. They were just so full they thought they would bust.
"I full mummy." Layla said.
"Me too." Her mum smiled taking her daughters hand as they walked away putting the rest of the ice cream in the bin.
"Carry me mummy." Layla said.
"You carry me!" Her mum said.
Layla and her mum laughed all the way home. Layla could hardly wait to tell her daddy about the wondrous day her mum and her had at the Carnival du Mystique!
Sasporilla Bucket opened the Bubble World booth. It was very unlikely there would be any customers in the first few minutes, Sassy thought, so she took that time to familiarise herself with every nook and cranny of the booth.
Sassy checked on each wand in the rack. Checked the netting that made up the safety walls. She even opened the ticket box to make sure it was empty. After all, she didn't want to turn in any tickets to the office and claim her share of something she didn't work for. Mrs.Dumbleshire was of course entitled to her fair share! This was her booth. Sasporilla was of course, just lending a helping hand. Much to her surprise, there was an envelope inside simply marked 'In Case of Emergency'.
Sasporilla found the booth solidly in ship shape. Just in case of periods of where there were not many people interested in bubbles, Sassy brought with her all of the literature she had on housing options open to her for her stay at that University of Avalon. She had to many choices. The dorms, sororities, rooming houses, apartments, even vacant lots to set up her caravan on. Everything was expensive, and she had limited resources from her scholarship when it came to housing. The worst thing was her dead lines were coming up quickly to send in her applications and conformations. Life as an adult it seemed was less about freedom and more about forms. How she longed for the days when she was little and things were ever so much simpler.
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Layla was a big girl now at four years old. She'd saved up a bit of money finding a sickle here and a knut there, putting it all away for a rainy day or better yet a bright sunny one when there was something fun to do. A day when she could show her mum just how big a girl she was by treating them both to a wonderful day out at the carnival!
Layla and her mother took the flew network South Hampton Castle. Though the muggles walked by the bright red and white ticket booth, it stood right out to Layla who pulled on her mother’s hand excitedly pointing.
"There mummy there!" Layla insisted.
"Welcome to the Carnival du Mystique." The little man in the ticket booth said. "How many ladies?"
"Two please." Layla said holding two knuts up and putting them on the counter making the man lean out to look over and down into the girls smiling face.
The man handed down two tickets to Layla. "There you go Miss. You ladies have fun today."
Layla's mom picked her up and carried her through the stiff metal turnstiles. As they passed through, the outside world faded to purple and the Carnival faded in.
The sound of the calliope’s flutes, horns and whistles echoed as it played "The Greatest Show!" A song from a muggle movie that Layla just loved to listen to.
"What would you like to do first?" Her mother asked with broad smile. "You're treating. Remember you only have just so much money, so make your choices wisely if you want the fun to last."
Layla opened her small bag and, with the help of her mum, counted up her coins. After the small price of admission Layla still had almost seven galleons. Layla thought long and hard for a moment.
"Mummy." Layla said. "Let's look to see what's fun first."
"A wise decision my girl." Her mother smiled.
There were rides, and games, shows and food but there was one event booth Layla knew she wanted to play at, but would save for the very last.
"I have made my decision mummy!" Layla announced.
"Have you?" Her mother smiled.
"Yes." Layla insisted. "We will both need three ride tickets, as I would like to ride the rides with you."
Layla's mother was touched and put her hand to her heart with a smile. Choking back tears of joy. "You make me so very happy my big girl. I do believe the ticket booth offers a deal, three tickets for the price of two. Children’s tickets are half price. So that would be three galleons. That's almost half of what you have! You'll have much more left, if you go on rides without me."
"But then you won't have any fun." Layla said. "And I would be lonely on the rides. No, better to spend that bit extra I think!"
The first ride Layla chose was ALADIN'S CAROUSEL. Rather than horses that went up and down on a silly pole, this carousel had magic carpets that went up and down, in and out and some times right over top of the carousel itself! Layla sat comfortably and securely in her mother’s lap, wrapped in her loving arms as they flew on the wonderful magical adventure the carousel presented.
The next ride was the spinning magic cauldron ride. Layla and her mother climbed inside the big iron pot and took their seats holding tight to the handle that fell inside rather than out. The cauldrons spun with a large spinning outer plate. Layla laughed with her mum as they went around. Then, her mother grabbed the center of the cauldron handle and the large pot began to spin on its own. Layla screamed with delight as she grabbed her mum tightly. They spun and they spun until Layla thought they would spin right off the ride. Then the spinning slowed and the cauldron came to a halt. Layla and her mum laughed wildly as they waddled and staggered away their heads not yet ready to stop the spin.
There were several rides that Layla was not yet big enough to ride on, as much as she wanted to, her mum had to say no as it was for her own safety. There was a ride however on the far side of the children’s midway she wanted to try, but something else caught Layla’s eye first.
"Look mummy," Layla pointed towards a small booth with a big cup on top filled with light icey goodness, "Icey Butterbeer!"
"Oh my yes." Layla's mother smiled.
"We'll get one." Layla insisted. "With two straws, too share!"
"That sounds nice." Her mom smiled.
The frozen butterbeer slush was sweet and cold and everything wonderful about a day at the carnival. Layla and her mum both tried to drink up as much as they could before the other got more. They laughed as they slurped and shoved at each other playfully. The only regret was that momentary cold head pain both got after they finished, from drinking just a bit to fast.
The Magic Caterpillar was a small simple round track ride with tiny hills about as high as the livingroom couch. Layla and her mum climbed into to the caterpillar car and snuggled in together as the safety bar locked down in front of them.
The car rolled forward and began to build up a bit of speed as it rolled up and over the low rolling hills. Layla and her mum hung on to the safety bar tight but would, occasionally, throw their hands into the air as they went over a hill yelling "Weeeee!"
The caterpillar car came around a bend in the track tipping just a bit to the left, pushing Layla tightly against her mother as they went into a dark tunnel.
"Oh mummy!" Layla said holding her mother tight as the dark gave way to bright rainbow lights all around them. As the caterpillar car left the tunnel Layla realized it had changed to a butterfly!
The butterfly car leapt from the track and with a mighty flap of its large new wings took off into the skies above the carnival. Layla and her mum squealed with delight as the butterfly swooped and fluttered around the rides and games. It buzzed just above the heads of the crowd. The butterfly circled the carnival then fluttered down back onto the track where they started, turned back into a caterpillar car and tolled to a stop.
"Oh what fun that was mummy!" Layla laughed.
"Yes it was." Her mother agreed. "I believe this is just about the most fun I've ever had at a carnival."
"Me too." Layla smiled looking up at her mother, taking her hand. "I think it's just about time for lunch."
"Are you hungry Layla?" Her mother asked. "What would you like to eat?"
"Hot Dogs!" Layla smiled.
"At a carnival?" Her mother asked with a playful look of concern. "Do you think we can find HOT DOGS here?"
"Mummy! Really?" Layla said putting her hands on her hips in playful irritation.
As it turns out, hot dogs were rather easy to find at just about every food booth. Hot dogs in buns, on sticks, deep fried in batter on a stick, served chopped up in beans, small hot dogs, big hot dogs, foot long hot dogs even hot dogs a full meter long!
For four sickles and three knutts Layla and her mum got two hot dogs, a packet of salty crisps and two small fizzy burpey pops to drink. They had a wonderful lunch at a small picnic table. Giggling about funny things and telling jokes they'd heard lately. Even making up some new ones. Most of all, they laughed every time one of them burped, because of the fizzy pop.
At first they were small embarrassing burps that called for a wide eyed "excuse me." Soon they became outlandishly funny, long winded high and low pitched burps. Some even sounded musical! You didn't dare hold one in either for it would work it's way out the other end and lift you off the picnic bench at least two feet!
After lunch Layla took her mother by the hand and lead her to the one place in the Carnival du Mystique she was most anxious to go, the Bubble World Booth.
Layla looked up into the smiling face of a pink haired witch who looked down from a booth and smiled at her.
"Hello ladies! Welcome to Bubble world!" The pink haired witch said. "Would you like the joys and wonders that can only come from bubbles???"
Layla smiled shyly and nodded handing the young woman a children’s event ticket. The pink haired witch opened a small door in the counter and let Layla and her mother in.
"All children under six must be accompanied by an adult, free of charge." The pink haired witch smiled.
"Oh!" Layla's mum smiled. "Thank you very much."
The witch with pink hair pulled a wand with a circular end from the rack and handed it to Layla.
"This is your bubble wand!" The pink haired witch said. "To cast bubbles hold it up and say bubbley into the circle."
Layla raised the wands circle to her mouth and said bubbley. A small bubble formed in the circle and floated up. Layla giggled.
"Bubbley." Layla said quietly making a smaller bubble.
"BUBBLEY!!!" Layla yelled making a bigger bubble which plopped to the white sandy floor.
"Oh mummy this is such fun!" Layla insisted. "Bubbley, bubbley, bibbely, bubbley. Bibblidy, bebbledy, bubbledy, boo."
Bubbles flew from the end of the bubble wand and much to Layla's mother and the pink haired witches surprise bubbles came out in all fun shapes and colours and formed into a bubble butterfly that flew up and up into the air as Layla clapped her hands with joy.
With a mixture of words, and volume Layla made bubble after bubble forming everything from animals like dogs and deers, an elephant and fish to muggle things like a car and a fire truck. She even cast enough bubbles that she was able to form a dragon that circled the bubble world booth blowing plooms of bubbles instead of flames until they finally all popped.
'Poppity, poppity, pop, pop, popity, pop!" Went the bubbles.
Layla fell onto her back laughing wildly. Oh what fun this all was. She saw how complex she could make her bubbles. She saw how simple. She saw how small she could make her bubbles but wondered just how big she could make one.
Layla put the circle of the bubble wand close to her mouth and took a very deep breath and in a very long slow deliberate manner Layla said,
"Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuubbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbblllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The bubble started small enough. It soon grew to a medium size then to a big size. After a short time it became quite impressively large. Then one end of the bubble plopped out of the wand as it kept growing and growing. Soon it became bigger than big, it became huge, swallowing Layla and her mum. As it grew and became gigantic it popped out the top of the bubble world booth and lifted off into the air. Layla and her mum were being carried away as the bubble grew even bigger.
The pink haired witch reached into the ticket box and pulled out the envelope she had seen marked 'In Case of Emergency' and tore it open. Inside was a small blow gun and a pin.
"Why not." The pink hair witch shrugged, loaded the pin into the pipe and blew with all her might towards the bubble high above.
The small pin punctured the magic bubble. The pink haired witch readied her wand to catch the girl and her mom if they fell, but the bubble didn't pop! Instead it made a most rude sound as it expelled air and shrunk down, returning to Earth with Layla and her mum safe and sound. As they touched down the bubble loudly went POP! Layla and her mum laughed as they walked back over to the pink haired witch.
"Thank you Miss Pinky Bubbles." Layla said handing the young witch the now spent wand. "I had the most wonderful time!"
"You're very welcome." The pink haired witch said smiling.
"I see your looking at housing for Avalon University." Layla's mom said to the young witch. "The best affordable deal is the dorms. What are you taking?"
"Wand design." The pink haired witch said.
"Ah you'll been in the arts then." Layla's mom laughed. "My friend Dina is head of arts and design there. You'll have one or two courses with her. She's amazing. She'll change the way you see shape, form, colour and chocolate frogs."
"Come on mummy!" Layla said anxious to get to her very last target.
"Linz." The woman smiled.
"Sasporilla Bucket." The pink haired witch said shaking the young mother’s hand. "Thanks for the tips."
Layla pulled her mum to a booth not far from the front gate where the calliope still played joyfully. The booth was bright white and had a big swirly rainbow coloured ice cream atop it.
"This is the very last thing I want to do today mummy." Layla smiled.
"Ice cream?" Her mother said surprised. "After all that butter beer slush, hot dog, crisps, and fizzy pop, aren't you full?"
"No." Layla said with a quiet burp. "I just want a small one. We can share it!"
Those big wide eyes pleaded in that way that Layla knew her mum just couldn't say no too.
"Ok!" Layla's mum gave in with a sigh. "Just one! A small!"
"Ok." Layla said. "I do it by myself!"
Layla ran over to the ice cream booth as her mum sat at a near by table and admired her big girl. She was growing up so fast. She saw Layla reach up to put her money on the counter. Not many mothers can say their children treated them to a full day put at the carnival.
Layla's mothers eyes went wide when Layla turned with an Ice cream that stood nearly three feet high! The rainbow ice colours of the ice cream shifted and changed as it shifted and jiggled.
"You little monkey!" Layla's mother gasped. "I said a SMALL ice cream!"
"Well I thought about it," Layla explained, "today is our special day and a small ice cream isn't very special is it?"
"No I guess it is not!" Layla's mum smiled at her daughter’s naughty attempt at logic.
"And we don't have to eat it all." Layla said. "Though as Daddy says, not to finish it would be a waste of money."
"Is that what daddy says?" Her mother said.
"Oh yes mummy." Layla said very seriously but with that touch of cuteness. "You say it often too mummy!"
"Yes I do." Her mother said the smile fading from her face. "I also said a small ice cream. Monkey!"
"Mad?" Layla pouted a bit.
"No." Her mother smiled. "You bought it with your money. This is a day of treats. We'll have a go at it."
The best part of magical ice cream is that it neither melted easily nor fell over to hit the ground easily. Layla and her mum each took a lick of the ice cream. It was smooth and creamy.
"Mmmmmm Chocolate." They both said and laughed and had another lick.
"Mmmmmmm blue berry." Laylas mum said.
"Mmmmmm vanilla." Layla said.
Mother and daughter looked at each other curiously and took another lick.
"Strawberry.'" Layla laughed.
"Butterbeer!" Laylas mum laughed.
The rainbow ice cream didn't just shift its colours but it changed its flavours with every lick. Besides all of the standard flavours, they found such surprises as pistachio, bog nut, wozzen berries, Beef gravy, sweet spagetti, yardmelon, and dog fruit!!!
No matter how hard they tried, Layla and her mum just couldn't get much farther than about the first foot of ice cream. They were just so full they thought they would bust.
"I full mummy." Layla said.
"Me too." Her mum smiled taking her daughters hand as they walked away putting the rest of the ice cream in the bin.
"Carry me mummy." Layla said.
"You carry me!" Her mum said.
Layla and her mum laughed all the way home. Layla could hardly wait to tell her daddy about the wondrous day her mum and her had at the Carnival du Mystique!
*Original photo of Layla and her mother Linz is their property. Really, you didn't think even my imagination could make up two people that cute did you????
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