The Announcement of...THE WINNERS!!!

This is it y'all, the moment you've all been waiting for. (And no, I am not talking about COVID-19 being over, so sorry about getting your hopes up if that's what you thought.) It is time for...THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS!!! *echoes* *throws confetti* *cheers and applause heard* Yes, that is right. I have decided the very special winners for this contest!!!

Right now, I want to make sound effects, but unfortunately, I cannot...because this is a blog post, not a YouTube video.

Before I announce the winners, big shoutout to everyone that participated!!! It really meant a lot to me. :)
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Now, the third place winner of this contest is...*drumroll*

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Issabelle's right, this is fun.
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Congratulations, Issabelle!!! *confetti shoots out of nowhere* You are our third place winner for this contest!!!
Your prizes:- A sneak peak at Mute and a collage made by me for the story you entered!
You should get your prizes by next week! If you don't, please let me know!!! :)


​Now, the second place winner!! *drumroll*
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I don't wanna stop. XD
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Maybe I should stop now...
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How about now?
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Okay, okay, I'll stop
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Congratulations, Alexa!!! *confetti, once again shoots out of nowhere* You are our second place winner for our contest!!!
Your prizes:- A sneak peak at Mute, a collage made by me for the story you enter, and a customized email signature!!
You should get your prizes by next week!! If you don't, please let me know!!! :)


Now, last but definitely​ not the least, the first place winner of this contest!!! *drumroll*

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I should do this more often. XD
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I'm gonna do more than before...just for the sake of suspense.
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Should I stop now...?...Nah!
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Congratulations, Katherine!!! *confetti shoots out of nowhere* You are our first place winner for our contest!!!
The prizes:- A guest posting on my blog, a sneak peak at Mute, a collage made by me for the story you enter, and a customized email signature!!!
You should get your prizes by next week!! If you don't, please let me know!!! :)

Congratulations to all of the winners! I loved your stories!! And once again, THANK YOU to all of you who participated! This contest would be nothing without y'all! :)

Now, I will share Katherine's story with y'all! Here it is~

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The Missing Wand: A Fairy Mystery
“Have you seen my wand?” I asked Evergreen when he found me in my garden.
He sat on a toadstool. “Do I look like I’ve seen it?” he asked, raising his honey-colored
eyebrows.
I let out an exasperated sigh. Evergreen may have been my best friend but he wasn’t
always helpful.
“It’s missing, Evergreen! Someone stole it!”
“You probably misplaced it.” He shook his head.
“That’s what I thought early this morning,” I said as I continued searching the ground.
“Until I found clues that led me to believe it was stolen.” The end of my flower-petal dress got
caught on a twig. I tried to get it loose but it didn’t work. If I had my wand it would make it
easier to get my dress unstuck.
“Pineapple,” Evergreen called my name as he came over to help me. He waved his wand
and my dress broke loose from the twig.
“Thank you,” I said.
Evergreen nodded his head then continued talking, “Why would anyone want to steal
your wand? All the fairies have their own wands already.”
Why wouldn’t anyone want my wand? It’s intricate design was one of the finest for
wands. Not to mention it’s gorgeous golden color.
“I don’t know for sure,” I replied, “but I need to get my wand back.”
“Alright, I’ll help you. What were the clues you were talking about?”
“The first clue I found was that the plants had been trampled on.” I pointed around my
garden where certain places of the grass and plants were smushed.
Evergreen’s eyes were wide like he didn’t notice that earlier.
“The other clue was long, bright-red hairs lying everywhere.” I picked up a hair that was
underneath my feet and showed it to Evergreen.
He took it in his hands and inspected it for a long time. Finally, he looked at me and said
in a firm voice, “I know who took your wand, Pineapple.”
“YOU DO?” I shrieked. “Who is it?” I stood on tiptoes and anxiously waited for his
answer.
He nodded his head. “The person who took your wand was a human.” Evergreen gazed
around, probably to see if he could find where the human was now.
“How do you know it was a human?”
Evergreen looked back at me. “This is human hair. I can tell because it’s not as fine and
soft as fairy hair. Logically speaking, whoever took your wand was probably a little girl who was
excited to find an actual fairy wand.”
I let out a deep breath. “How am I going to get it back?”
Evergreen thought for a moment. “Alright, I’ve got a plan. You make a replica of your
wand while I track down the human who took it.”
I nodded in agreement. Evergreen began searching for footprints or anything that would
lead him to the culprit. I grabbed the twig that had gotten stuck on my dress earlier. Then I went
inside my tree-stump house to forge a fairy wand.
First, I sanded the twig so it would be smooth. Then I carved a design that was similar to
the one on my wand. Carving the design was not easy though. I got a couple of scratches from it.
Once I was done with the carving, I painted the twig gold.
After a while, Evergreen came back.
“Is the false wand ready?” he asked.
“Yep!”
“Great! Follow me and I’ll show you where the girl is.”
I raised my eyebrows. “So you were right? It really was a human girl who took my
wand?”
Evergreen nodded. Then he turned to lead the way to the human girl.
Evergreen and I flew for what felt like forever before we reached a white house with a
girl playing in the backyard. We landed on a tree branch not too high above the girl.
Sure enough, the red-headed girl, who looked to be about six-years-old, was waving my
wand in the air. I wanted to fly straight down there and get my wand back, but Evergreen held
me off.
“Here’s what we’re gonna do,” he whispered. “I’m gonna distract the girl by making a
bird-call sound. Then you’re going to switch wands.”
“Alright. That will work . . . except for one thing. What if she doesn’t put down my
wand?”
“I’ve got to distract her well enough for her to put it down,” Evergreen said and then flew
to another tree. He whistled his bird call and the girl immediately turned her head to the sound.
He continued and the girl walked toward the sound. With her curiosity increasing, she
tried to climb the tree that Evergreen was in.
In doing so, she dropped my wand and I seized my opportunity. I flew to the ground,
replaced my wand with the false one, and flew back to the tree I had come from.
Evergreen stopped his bird call and flew to my tree. We watched the girl realize the
“bird” was gone and climb down from the tree. She then bent down, picked up the forged wand,
and happily skipped away.
I was happy to have my wand back. But I was even more thrilled that I could make the
little girl happy.

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I hope y'all loved her story as much as I did!! Once again, congrats to the winners!!! I love ALL of your stories!

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Hope y'all have a wonderful day, today! The next short story contest will start tomorrow so stay tuned! :)