Green Fairy
dark heroA young lady wearing a green beret and a simple green dress that seemed to blend with the natural forest behind her was impatiently waiting for her father while playing with her red hair, she looked like a green nymph.
“Come one father, hurry up, brother is waiting!” said the young lady giving a cute smile.
“Slow down Segu he won’t run away from you. We are just waiting for someone before going”
“Hm.. someone? Who?” said Segu in a confused look.
“He is an old acquaintance of mine, Doc Smith”
“And why do we need a doctor?” asked Segu, still confused.
“Well he is not a normal Doc, he is a psychologist and a neurologist, I want to see if he can find out what is wrong with your future brother, don’t worry it won’t hurt him it will probably be fun for him”
“Really? Can I take the exam too? If it’s fun for brother it’s fun for me”
“Haha.. now that’s a nice idea, you left me curious about how you will compare with each other,” said Jon amusedly.
“On other matters, why do you look like a giant lettuce today?” said Jon, pointing to Segu’s dress and beret.
“That’s… that’s because it’s the same color as brother’s eyes, i want to welcome him this way, and I’m not a lettuce I’m a fairy, hmph ” pouted Segu.
“Haha, okay, it doesn’t matter… Even if you were an ugly caterpillar, I’d still love you,” said Jon, bending down to plant a big kiss on his daughter’s forehead.
“Doc is finally here. Let’s go!”
A man who looked like a slim version of Santa Claus, dressed entirely in white and carrying a large white bag, silently entered a black sedan with tinted windows. Segu and Jon closely followed and got into the car as well.
They started their travel to the orphanage without anyone talking. Jon eventually broke the ice saying “Long time no see, Smith, I have another request to ask you, can you also test my daughter together with my future son?”
Doc Smith frowned while answering in an annoyed manner “Another one? I’m only here because you assured me that I would have advances in my research of the human brain”
“If I called you, you can be sure that will happen, and I’m pretty sure my daughter is also not as normal as she appears. I know how busy is one of the best world neurologists, I would not request a favor from you if I wasn’t 100% certain that you would find something that would surprise you”
“If, you say so I will trust your judgment if you are wrong you can forget to ask me for more favors in the future”
“Hello there young lady, I guess we are going to work together today” presented Doc Smith himself to Segu, changing his previous annoyed expression to a friendly one.
“Hello Mr. Smith, I’m Segu nice to meet you, let’s have fun today” Segu politely presented herself.
“Do you like games Miss Segu?”, while saying the word games Doc Smith noticed a slight change on Segu’s happy face, his test had already started but she didn’t know.
Segu sighed before replying “Yes I like them… unless it’s against brother”.
“It’s not fun playing a game that you know if you are going to win or lose before it even starts, and that’s how games work with brother.”.
“Is your future brother that amazing?”
“Yes!” instantly replied Segu. “You will see when you test him, how smart he is”
“I’m getting more and more interested Jon, this kid sure looks out of the ordinary,” said Doc Smith while changing the conversation back to Jon.
“You and me, my friend, you and me”.
This was the last conversation they had before arriving at their destination.
Segu was the first to step out of the black sedan, grinning like a Cheshire cat. She did her best not to run toward the orphanage door after all, she was still a bona fide young lady from a powerful family, and she had to try to contain her emotions in public.
“Trying” was the key word, because anyone who looked at her could tell something unusual was happening. Her happiness was so contagious that even a brief glimpse of that green fairy could warm your heart.
Segu arrived at the entrance hall where ‘Mama’ was already waiting, for the group.
“Miss Sarah can you call Nezu please?” said Segu excited almost jumping around.
“He was helping in the kitchen, but when I saw your car I already called him, he should be on his way”
Segu leaned against the wall, waiting as her father and the doctor calmly made their way to the orphanage.
When Mr Brown arrived he greeted Miss Sarah “Good morning, Miss Sarah this is Doc Smith he will examine Nezu to see if he can find out what’s wrong with him”
“As long you don’t hurt him and he agrees fine by me, use this room”.
“Smith, you have the green light, go ahead, I’m going to talk with Miss Sarah in another room”.
Smith and Miss Sarah left the entrance hall leaving Segu and Doc Smith waiting for Nezu.
A short time later Nezu arrived, and before he could talk to Segu, doc Smith talked “Are you Nezu? Follow me please.” ordered Doc Smith, Nezu was confused not knowing what was going on, so he looked to Segu who gave him a slight nod indicating that everything was ok.
Once inside the room, Doc Smith asked, “Nezu, can I run a small test with you? I heard you like games—and this test is just a bunch of games.” He opened his large white bag, revealing a collection of games Nezu had never seen.
“Sure, sound fun let’s go” replied Nezu grabbing Segu’s hand. “Let’s do it together”.
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