Oliver hummed as he dipped a tea bag into a cup of hot water repeatedly to help mix and distribute the flavor. When he was satisfied that the tea was now full of the most flavor, he drops the tea bag in his mouth, cuts the string with his teeth, then takes a long sip from his tea cup. Chewing the tea bag before letting be washed down his throat with another long sip.
"Ahhh, there's nothing like a warm, minty sip of tea before bed." Oliver says as he places a night cap on his head and a cover over his eyes and climbed into bed. Almost immediately he is snoring away, unaware that Andrew had broken the seal to the trailer and was messing with the freight.
Andrew climbed into the trailer and knelt down in front of the front row of cages.
"So, that lady we just picked you guys up from, Broomhilda— is a witch?" Andrew asks.
"Yes! A very evil witch!" Larry Locomotie seemed to be an older, male fairy wearing a steam train operator outfit— just baggy, brown overalls. "She trapped us and took us from our families!"
"And because we're not considered people", Teenie chimes in, "she isn't breaking any laws in America by kidnapping and murdering us!"
"So wait a minute", Andrew says, "How do you know they're murdering you guys when you get to the distribution factory?"
"Because the tea is made with fairy wings as the main ingredient!" Larry Locomotie says, "Everyone knows that a fairy without their wings is a dead fairy!"
"Shit, I didn't know that…" Andrew thought for a moment, trying to empathize with the poor fairy creatures.
"There is witches running that fairy murdering factory", Teenie says, "and I bet they're eating them after plucking their wings!"
"That'd be crazy if that was actually true", Andrew says.
"It is true!" Teenie stomps her foot. "I haven't been able to prove it, but I'm sure of it!"
"So what exactly do you guys plan on doing if all this is true, and witches were murdering and eating fairies?" Andrew asked.
"My nephew, Rocky Railroad, is serving as the attorney of Fairyland and is scheduled at the supreme court tomorrow." Larry Locomotie says.
"We're going to gather as much evidence of cruelty to our race as we can", Teenie slams her fist into her other hand. "While Rocky convinces the supreme court that we are people and are worthy of citizenship, rights and to be treated as such!"
"If Rocky convinces them", Larry continues, "and we win, they'll be convicted of human trafficking, mass murder, and probably even attempted genocide!"
"Please! You have to believe us and help stop them!" Teenie pleaded.
"Don't worry, I believe you", Andrew assures. "But my trainer, he's kind of a dick. He's gonna want to get paid for the load no matter what's going on, and…I kinda want to get paid too…"
"It's ok", Teenie says, "I have a plan to make sure you are compensated for helping us. Just continue driving to the factory and we'll find those evil witches!'
"Sounds like a plan! Let's git rollin!" Andrew stands up and all the fairies in the cages cheer.