💫Pix and Gabe actually did it! The Shadow Deception is a bronze winner in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards.
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'Bucket on a door is a classic prank, Gabe, but not as easy as it looks. You can't use any old gunk - you need to #purify the slug slime before poring it down your back, or you'd get a case of Acquired Antennal Syndrome!'
'You're SO thoughtful, Pixie.'
'I know, right?'
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'No, Mr Goblin! I won't betray Gabe. He's my BFF. Well... not BFF, but good friend. Or friend anyway. I mean, we live together. Or I'm made to. I guess in reality he's just my parole officer. But still, I won't #renounce him... is that a brownie. Well... perhaps I could!'
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'Pixie, my job is to #nurture you into the best version of yourself.'
'Congratulations, Gabe. You've succeeded.'
'Succeeded! You just pranked the Angel Council with whoopie cushions!'
'I know. And I couldn't have done it without sneaking in, hiding in your coat pocket.'
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'I #reckon, Gabe, with a few months training, & copious supplies, I could win the world record for brownie eating.'
'Pixie, if this is your way of telling me you've already eaten all your brownies, tough. I'm not buying more.'
'...I ate yours too.'
'PIXIE!'
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'I #hunger for wide blue skies, the song of a nightingale, crisp autumn evenings, the-'
'Yeah, yeah. Lovely, Gabe. But poetry won't fill our stomachs. You need to shop... unless you fancy sharing my last jar of pickled slugs.'
'Already on my way, Pixie!'
'Thought so.'
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'Gasp... amazing... I can't believe it...'
'Pixie, what are you reading?'
'A work of utter brilliance, Gabe. It's seized my soul & set my heart ablaze with #passion.'
'That does not sound appropriate for a youngster. Hand it over... 101 brownie recipes. Really, Pixie!'
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'It's my new mantra, Gabe. Before I #embark on any adventure, I must be prepared.'
'But, Pixie, we're only going to a tea party. Why do you need 3 suitcases?'
'Essentials, Gabe. I mean, who knows what might be served.'
'...Packed full of brownies! I should have known.'
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'Pixie, you can't just invite Neptune to stay without asking me!'
'But, Gabe, he'll owe you. If you ever hit #stormy seas he can save you.'
'I'm an angel. Feathers & sea water do not mix - I go all fluffy. I am NOT going near the sea.'
Giggle. 'This I've got to see.'
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'Pixie! What's happened? I thought you were meeting Peter, but your clothes are ripped, your hair mussed up, & is that mud or... chocolate?'
Sniff. 'There may have been a minor... #conflict between us, Gabe. You won't believe it. He... he tried to eat my brownie.'
Gasp.
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'Pixie, it's past curfew. Straight to your room.'
'But Gaaabe, I don't need a curfew. I've saved the world so many times, I should be a #Marvel character.'
'The curfews not to stop you saving it... it's to stop you nearly ending it again.'
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'Fine, Pixie! I'll take you out. Just stop swinging on my halo!'
'Oh, I don't want to go out.'
'But you've pestered me all morning—'
'To #explore your wings - they're bigger on the inside.'
'No way! Last time you sneezed them full of snot!'
Giggle. 'I'll bring a hankie.'
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'I live in fading hope that one day you will take life seriously, Pixie.'
'What? I take life very seriously, Gabe. You know the effort it takes to #sustain my position as Prankster of the Year. I mean, think of all the slug slime I've dropped on you this week alone!.'
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'Gabe! Wake up! It's time to #commence operation brownie. I've made a comparison chart: shops that sell brownies; distance from our house; opening times; & brownie tastiness rating.'
'Pixie, It's 5 in the morning. Go away.'
Wail. 'But we're down to our last dozen.'
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'Don't you love the #autumnal feel, Gabe? The bright flurry of leaves, the promise of frost, the scent of dragon smoke.'
'This better not be your way of telling me you've let my spare room to migrating dragons again, Pixie!'
'Of course not! They're in the loft this year.'
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'I don't know how you can be so #sanguine, Pixie. The world almost unravelled around us THREE times!'
'Chill, Gabe. It's not like we ran out of brownies.'
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'An angels taste is #esoteric, Pixie. You wouldn't understand.'
'I'll have you know I'm in an esoteric group, Gabe.'
'No, you're not.'
'Am too.'
'Fine. What is it?'
'It's secret.'
'Oh honestly. You're impossible, Pixie.'
Giggle. 'For people who can get under Gabe's skin.'
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'Oh, Angeline, angel divine,
My heart is a garden, & you the flower,
I think I have loved you... for over an hour.'
'Gabe's in love!' Giggle. 'Such #eloquence. Though some on FaeTube disagree.'
'What? You're streaming me? Give that here, Pixie!'
'Too late. You're viral.'
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'I suppose there is a certain charming #naivete to your joie-de-vivre, Pixie. Even if your pranks are annoying.'
'Gee, thanks, Gabe. Fraid there's nothing charming about your grumpy, strait-laced, rule-following self.'
'I take that as a compliment.'
'Thought you would.'
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'A joint family get together would be fun, Gabe.'
'Really, Pixie? More like a troublesome #mélange?'
'No. Imagine it. Your mama trying to keep control, your brothers & sisters strutting around in fancy clothes.'
'And your family raining down pranks on them?'
'Exactly.'
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'I'm telling you, Gabe, he's behind us.'
'I am not trusting your #intuition, Pixie!'
'Hey, my gut is never wrong.'
'Your gut is why we're being stalked by a dragon in the first place. I'm not listening to you again, Pixie. I'm going this way-'
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.
'Told you.'
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