Well, she was right. They were in the gaping maw of a cartoonish blue whale. Sitting atop the whale statue, smiling and pointing off into the distance, was Pinocchio, his wooden features frozen in plaster and fiberglass.

"'Scuse me, ladies!" A little girl in pink overalls stepped around the girls to rush into the whales mouth, followed by her two friends. Ash and Puck stepped aside, and the kids paid them no attention as they screamed and cavorted inside the whales jaws.

Isiea looks around.

Lise walked around the girl, following Ash and Puck. She definitely didn't want to see the msin character from one of the scariest movies she's ever watched.

"Interesting place," Puck mused. It seemed we had stepped into the middle of a fantasyland. A giant pink shoe sat a few yards away, and a bright blue castle lay beyond, with kids swarming over both of them. Between park benches and shady trees, a pirate ship hosted a mob of miniature swashbucklers, and a magnificent green dragon reared on its hind legs, breathing plastic fire. The flame shooting from its mouth was an actual slide.

"So now what?"

" are we at a theme park or fairground? What is this place? "

"Let us go," Grimalkin said, leaping onto a giant pink mushroom. The cat's tail bristled, and his eyes darted about. "The oracle is not far, but we should hurry."

"Why so nervous, Grim?" Puck drawled, gazing around the park. "I think we should stay for a bit, soak up the atmosphere." He grinned and waved at a small girl peeking at him from behind a cottage, and she ducked out of sight.

"Too many kids here," Grimalkin said, glancing nervously over his shoulder. Too much imagination. They can see us, you know. As we really are. And unlike the hob over there, I do not relish the attention."

There was a short faery playing on the shoe with several children. He had curly brown hair, a battered trench coat, and furry ears poking from the sides of his head. He laughed and chased the kids around him, and the parents sitting on the benches didnt seem to notice.

" huh. " She said, watching the hob. She turned back to the group. " Lets go find the Oracle. "

(Don't you just love how much Lise gets ignored)

(xD yeah its like me irl. But shes used to it)