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The palace hummed like a disturbed beehive. Mendy stood in the throne room, shuffling through scrolls, when a sound like crunching caramel filled the air. She spun around. Chester stood in the doorway. His wide smile stretched from ear to ear, and his fingers, as if stained with icing, twitched nervously.

"Mendy, my dear!" he sang, dancing on the spot . "I know you're bored here. I decided you needed a holiday!"

"Chester," Mendy's voice rang with steel , "if you turned the guards into frogs again, I'll kill you."

"Oh, no!" the jester waved his hands, revealing his completely empty palms. "This is something better. Just... a little experiment with transformation."

Mendy narrowed her eyes. She didn't believe a word of it. At that moment, the air around her thickened. It smelled of burnt sugar and popcorn.

"Chester, stop it!" she shouted, trying to take a step back.

But it was too late.

Chester snapped his fingers. The sound was dry and loud, like a candy cane cracking. The next moment, Mandy's world turned upside down. She felt a strange lightness in her waist and a sharp, painless vibration in her legs.

She tried to look down—and froze. Her legs… they were gone. From her hip down, the space was empty, save for the candies falling from the cut area. But that wasn't the shock.

She began to fall forward, losing her balance. But Chester, as if he'd been expecting it, was there in an instant. His strong arms roughly caught her, pressing her against him and preventing her from falling to the floor. Her head was right in front of his grinning face.

"Look!" he exclaimed joyfully, holding it aloft. Chester pointed downwards with his free hand.

Mendy looked down and felt her world crumble. On the floor, where her feet should have been, a chaotic pile of multicolored lollipops lay. They shimmered with neon colors: pink, purple, blue, yellow.

"You..." Mendy's voice broke and trembled. "ARE YOU CRAZY! Take it all back! This isn't funny, you idiot!"

Tears gushed from her eyes. It was fear for herself .

Chester: A cheerful, unpredictable guy dressed as a jester with a cap. He calls Mandy his "best friend," though his antics often drive her crazy.

Mendy: A girl with long, sea-green hair. She has a calm, yet capricious and domineering personality. She values ​​order and sales above all else, which often leads her to lose her temper with Chester's endless jokes.