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Green Wearables for the Baby in Your Life

Starring Walda the Baby Kacheek, Naydeen the Baby Korbat, Berrilana the Baby Lutari, and Christine, their owner!

by _brainchild_
The Ecology of Neopia

"The land of Neopia is vast and wondrous, with countless mysteries waiting to be solved and incredible discoveries happening every day. Welcome to another edition of “Science with the Seekers,” where scientists from around Neopia share their expertise with the world."

by parody_ham
Illusen's Plan, Preparation, and Get Ready

"Have you ever wondered how I, Illusen, plan, prepare and get ready for Illusen Day?"

by pixie_tea
Top 10 Illusen Day Foodie Items

"Hello and welcome! On this episode of Top 10 Items, we have a theme dedicated to the one and only Illusen!"

by smeehoo27126043
Six Ways to Decorate Your Home for Illusen Day

"And as the sun breaks, it finally arrives – Illusen Day! As ever, it’s an exciting time for the entire Neopian community, as this day is dedicated to celebrating the kindness and generosity of the beloved freckled Faerie, Illusen."

by daschuffita
Springtime in Neopia

Our top things to do this spring.

by zoooomz
Illusen's Lament

"The field of flowers seemed to go on forever. Tiny creatures flitted from flower to flower, pausing for pollen before moving on. Two faeries sat in the field looking around."

by kaioti
 
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"Bright Glade, Shadowed Forest" by cookybananas324
Illusen sat at her table, studying a vase of blue flowers. She hadn’t been offering quests at her glade for very long; she’d started relatively recently, after hearing that Jhudora had started out giving quests back in Faerieland. But Illusen was already feeling so… tired. That afternoon, a little Kougra girl had come to the glade with her big sister. She’d been adorable—maybe four or five years old—and she’d brought Illusen a gift: a big bouquet of freshly-picked blue flowers. And Illusen had smiled politely, and thanked her, because she was so young, and she couldn’t have known that Illusen had personally planted those flowers and had been planning to harvest them later, on the full moon—but they’d been torn from the earth too soon and were now useless for the potion she’d been planning. It was Illusen’s fault, really, for planting them too close to the path to her cabin, where a child might see them and be tempted. If she’d built a garden bed, with a fence around it, perhaps her sister would have stopped her. But Illusen hadn’t wanted little wooden boxes with neat rows of plants. She’d had plenty of that growing up in her mother’s house in Faerieland. Her mother’s garden was beautiful, without doubt, but it was also very much a garden. The girl had seen a patch of wildflowers, had picked them because they were pretty and blue, and she’d given them to Illusen because she wanted to be kind, and that was a good thing, surely.




Other Stories


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A Missing Invitation
"A sour, noxious smell followed the purple and green clouds that rolled like fog into Illusen’s Glade..."

by emma_manatee

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A Symol Matter
How do you handle Symols at the farm?

by kadface

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The Royal Thief Unbound
"Work from the shadows rarely gets recognized..." Collab with breakeven

by k3l26

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A Hero's Journey: Seasons (for issue 975)
"O Faerieland, Faerieland, hard shall you fall..."

by precious_katuch14

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Don't tell Illusen about the other Holiday!
"Should I tell her?" Collab with bymoonlit

by kimpossibleluvr

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The Off Season - Illusen Day
You should be glad us earth faeries are very patient!

by pokemon_master_a74



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