Isabel could not believe that she had to go to the dentist on her birthday. She should be going out with her friends, not sitting here in the dentist chair getting the last of her baby teeth surgically removed. They promised her that everyone would get together next weekend for a blow out bash but this still sucked. But here she was, counting backwards from 100, eyes drooping off to sleep from the anesthesia. As the blackness came for her, Isabel swore she saw a figure standing in the corner. A beautiful woman, with glittery gossamer wings, carrying a wand....
"Are we awake?" The voice of the dental assistant brought Isabel's consciousness back into focus. The fog quickly left her brain and she looked around the room, searching. "Is everything alright, dear?" the woman asked her, concern in her voice.
"Yeah, jush wondrin where she ish."
"She who?" asked the assistant.
"The lady with the wingsh." came Isabel's slurred reply. She was so certain that she had seen the woman that she couldn't get her out of her mind. The ethereal beauty that Isabel had seen. She would give anything to see it again.
The assistant laughed. "Dear, the anesthesia does play tricks on your mind. People see, hear and say the darndest things. I was seriously thinking of writing a book when I retire. Oh, here." The DA handed Isabel a sealed bag with her three baby teeth inside. "You asked for these so passionately while you were under that the doctor said to just give them to you." Isabel took the teeth, looking at them. For some reason she couldn't fathom, she new that they were important.
A half an hour later, Isabel was walking out the door, catching a cab back to her apartment. As a freshman attending college outside her home state, she was so grateful that her parents agreed to pay her rent for the year. She had made some real friends in college and was happy to hang out with them. But, tonight when she opened the door, the quiet loneliness hit her. She was still tired from the anesthesia and didn't feel like eating. So after taking a nice hot bubble bath, Isabel decided just to turn in for the night and get a fresh start at being 18 tomorrow. She went through the pockets of her jeans, removing any loose change and the tube of lipstick she kept in there. Her fingers closed around the plastic bag she had crammed in as she left the dentist's office. Isabel slowly withdrew it, studying the teeth intently. Opening the bag, she poured the three teeth into the palm of her hand. Almost on impulse, she went to her bed and placed the teeth under her pillow. Oh, this is stupid Isabel thought to herself. What the hell did she expect? Three dollars magically appearing from the tooth fairy? Donning a fresh pair of panties, Isabel climbed into bed and started counting back from 100. She was out before reaching 89.
Isabel awoke with a gasp. Something had startled her. Then she noticed the tingling in her lips, the kind of feeling you get when someone kisses you intensely. Isabel knew she wasn't alone. Pulling her blankets up to her chin, like a shield, she looked around the bedroom and noticed a figure standing in the corner. Then the figure moved. The moonlight streaming through the window caused the room to light up in glittery brilliance when it touched the woman's wings. WINGS! Holy...Wow! The woman walked over to Isabel's bed and sat down beside her giving Isabel a good chance to see her. She was dressed in all white, the moonlight giving the clothing an ivory hue. The shirt, cut at the midriff, barely covered her ample breasts and the skirt was so short that Isabel could glimpse the woman's panties, even though her legs were together. The face had an other-worldly look behind it. Like one of those fantasy pictures of an elf but no artist could ever capture this beauty. Then there were the wings. Delicate, glittering in the light, they changed colors depending on which way she turned, going from an abalone white to a muted pink pastel. The lady reached out to Isabel. Delicate fingers grazed her jaw and Isabel felt the lingering pain from the surgery disappear.