It was a beautiful night in Pixie Hollow. The fireflies were happily flying through the sunflower fields whilst the garden fairies were closing up the last of the flowers. The sounds of crickets and frogs ribbiting could be heard for miles. As the hour grew late, all the fairies were preparing for a good night's sleep, except for one.
Deep in the Fairy Library, Tinkerbell was rummaging and searching through book after book after precious book. She had spent mostly all of her time in the library since the affair with the Red Fairy, trying to find out what she could about this mysterious fairy named Vareena. She searched all kinds of books on Fairy Mythology and Tales, but no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't find anything. Through more and more failed attempts, Tink grew more and more frustrated.
"Oh, jingles! Nothing! Absolutely nothing!" Tinkerbell shouted in frustration as her face turned beet red.
In anger, Tinkerbell banged on the bookshelves, causing them to fall on her. After emerging from the piles of books, she caused one book to open in front of her. Upon close inspection, Tink was intrigued and enamored with the contents of the book. She had to show whatever was in this book to her friends, remembering that they were taking care of some last minute work on the mainland. She quickly grabbed the book, closed it and flew out of the library towards the mainland.
Meanwhile, as the last of the residents of Pixie Hollow were going to sleep, a mysterious, dark figure loomed over the hollow, letting out a sinister chuckle as it flew towards the hollow, carrying what looked like a small bag as it made its way to the Life Tree. From out of the bag, the figure, which resembled a fairy, took out some tiny seeds and planted them around the tree. But it didn't stop there. The figure planted the seeds everywhere in the hollow. From Needlepoint Meadow to Tinker's Nook to the Winter Woods, the figure planted them piece by piece, around every corner.
What exactly was this mysterious fairy's purpose and why was it planted these seeds?
After the last of the seeds were planted, the fairy flew to the sky until she as just above the hollow. Suddenly she pulled out what appeared to be a small wand and waved it around. From out of the wand came a sea of pixie dust that the fairy poured all over the hollow. The fairy chuckled as plants began to grow from where the seeds had been planted.
What had emerged from the ground were large, purple flowers. The flowers had a strange glow coming from them. These were no ordinary flowers.
The mysterious fairy waved her wand again and the flowers released what looked to be pixie dust, but it was different. Instead of the usual golden glow, this dust was...black. It was as black as the night; so much so, that it almost couldn't be seen.
The black dust quickly spread across Pixie Hollow from all the flowers planted. As the fairy looked on, she laughed evily, for she knew, her work had been done. Not wanting to take any chances, she departed and headed on her way, knowing that in no time at all, the dust would spread all over Pixie Hollow.
Who was this fairy? What was her purpose? And why would she want this "black pixie dust" to spread all over Pixie Hollow?
As the mysterious fairy departed, the black pixie dust quickly consumed the hollow.
In the mainland, Silvermist, Fawn, Rosetta and Irridessa were nearly exhasted from finishing their work.
Irridessa was guiding the last of the fireflies to their homes. Fawn was putting the birds to sleep. Rosetta was wrapping up the last of the flowers while Silvermist was calming the ducks.
The four fairies had been so busy with their work, that they failed to notice how late it was.
Rosetta let out a big yawn. "Oh, rose petals. It's late," she said.
"Oh, yeah. I had lost track of time," said Irridessa.
The last of the work for the mainland was pretty much finished, so with a hard day's work completed, it was time for the fairries to head on home. But just as they were about to head off, they were greeted by Tinkerbell.
"Hey guys!" Tinkerbell said as she flew towards the other four fairies.
"Hey Tink," the four fairies said.
Tink opened up the book and showed the contents of it to her friends. "You are not gonna believe what I just found," she said enthusiastically.
With interest, Rosetta, Irridessa, Fawn and Silvermist along with Tinkerbell peeked into the book.
Meanwhile, the mysterious black dust was still spreading around Pixie Hollow. It spread to every little inch, every lake, every pond and every single little house and flower.
Vidia, who had arrived back from the mainland, noticed the dust and spotted one of the flowers nearby. "What's going on here?" she said.
The fast flying fairy flew down towards the flower. From the appearance, she could tell something was not right about it. Its eerie purple glow gave her a weird feeling, but still, a bit of curiousity caused her to inch her hand towards it. As she touched the flower, it let out its black dust onto her.
Suddenly, a feeling a immense pain overtook Vidia. Her skin began to turn pale white and black stripes covered her face. She coughed and coughed, holding her throat, her eyes turning bloodshot red, and then she quickly fell to the ground.
Elsewhere, Queen Clarion was asleep in her quarters when suddenly, she was awoken by the sound of the fairies screaming in pain and coughing. She quickly flew over to her window and shocked by what she saw outside.
"By the second star," Clarion said in fear and shock. She knew what the black dust was that was spreading around Pixie Hollow and she knew she had to act fast.
Clarion flew out of her quarter and flew to the center of the hollow. Using all her strength, she unleashed a sea of golden pixie dust that swept away the black dust. But even though she had gotten rid of it, she knew the effects of the black dust had to have affected some, if not most of the fairies. She quickly flew to the quarters of the other minister fairies.
"Wake up! We have a very serious emergency," Clarion said.
Meanwhile, Tinkerbell, Rosetta, Fawn, Irridessa and Silvermist arrived back at the hollow, all of them pretty tired.
Tinkerbell let out a yawn. "Well, goodnight girls," she said.
"Night, Tink," said Fawn.
"Goodnight," said Silvermist.
"Till morning," said Irridessa.
"Goodnight, ya'll," said Rosetta.
While the five fairies headed to their respectives homes for some hard earned rest, Queen Clarion and the other ministers were checking the houses around the hollow too see if anyone had fallen prey to the black dust. Pretty much all of the houses had been hit. Almost all of the fairies were pale white with red eyes and black stripes. Terribly ill.
The Minister of Winter went over to Silvermist's house and saw that she was fine. "Looks like it didn't hit here," she said.
Next, The Minister of Summer checked in on Rosetta. "This place looks fine," she said.
The Minster of Fall checked in on Fawn's place. "Nothing bad over here," he said.
The Minister of Spring looked on Irridessa. "This place is OK," he said.
Over in Tinker's Nook, Queen Clarion checked in on Tinkerbell. "Tinkerbell also appears not have been affected by the dust. Thank goodness," she said.
Clarion and the ministers gathered in the sky. "We must get the affected fairies medical attention at once," Clarion said.
The next day, Tinkerbell headed into Tinker's Nook for some early work. She had her tools and everything ready, but when she arrived, she found that no one was there. Not a living soul in sight.
"Hello?" Tinkerbell said, calling out. "Hello! Where is everybody?"
The same thing occured near Fawn's area. There were no other animal fairies to be found. She searched in the trees and the logs, but there was no one.
"Where did everyone go?" Fawn thought.
Over in the sunflower fields, Irridessa could not find any light fairies at all.
"Oh, this is bad. This is really, really BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!" she screamed.
Meanwhile, Silvermist could not find any other water fairies anywhere.
"Hello? Anybody home? Are we playing hide and seek? Hmmmm, they are really go at this," Silvermist said.
As Rosetta was opening the buds, she found that there were absolutely no garden fairies.
"Now you know this is just plain weird," Rosetta said, confused.
The five fairies did not know what was going on. Pixie Hollow, that was usually so full of life was now quiet...too quiet. Something strange was going on, but what? They gathered together in a nearby area near the lake.
"I couldn't find a soul anywhere," said Rosetta.
"Neither could I. Tinker's Nook was completely empty," said Tinkerbell.
"Guys, I'm getting a little scared here," said Silvermist.
"Me too. I've got a bad feeling about this," said Irridessa.
"But what could cause something like this?" asked Fawn.
"Well I don't know but..." Rosetta said when she suddenly spotted one of the purple flowers.
The others fairies soon noticed it too.
"What kind of flower is that?" asked Tinkerbell.
"I don't know, but it looks strange," said Silvermist.
Rosetta carefully examined every inch of the flower.
"So Ro, what up with the flower?" asked Fawn.
"I...I couldn't tell ya. I've never seen a flower like this before," Rosetta said as the flower was glowing its purple glow. "But it seems to have a strange energy comin' from it."
As the other fairies examined the flower, Queen Clarion was flying around the hollow. She and the ministers were trying to get rid of the purple flowers. Just then, she spotted Tinkerbell and the others near the flower.
"Girls! Stay away from that flower!" Clarion shouted.
Tinkerbell and the other got out of the way as Clarion cut the flower in half.
"Queen Clarion! Why'd you do that?" asked Tinkerbell.
"That flower is dangerous!" said Clarion.
The fairies all gasped. What was a dangerous plant doing in Pixie Hollow. Sure, they had the sprinting thistles, but those were just reckless plants, not deadly or dangerous.
Suddenly, The Minister of Spring approached the fairies. "Your Majesty, we found another one," he said.
"Oh dear. Girls, come with me," Clarion said before she flew away with Tinkerbell and the others close behind.
Tinkerbell and her friends followed Clarion to the Pixie Dust Tree. There they found the horrifying sight of diseased fairies.
"Oh my gosh!" Fawn said in shock.
"This is terrible," said Silvermist.
"Sweet Magnolias," said Rosetta.
Just then, The Minister of Fall arrived with another victim. It was Vidia.
"Vidia!" Tinkerbell exclaimed as she ran to Vidia. "What's going on here? What is happening to everybody?"
Clarion and the Ministers eyed each other and agreed that they had to tell them.
"Girls, I'm afraid that Vidia along with everyone else in Pixie Hollow has been infected...with...black pixie dust," Clarion said.
"Black pixie dust?" Tinkerbell asked.
"What's that?" asked Irridessa.
"It is like regular pixie dust, but different," said The Minister of Fall.
"It's not golden, but instead is black," said The Minister of Spring.
"And...it's poisonous," said The Minister of Winter.
The five fairies gasped.
"Those who touch it end up like this," said The Minster of Summer.
"It's a dust that only comes from a rare fairy plant known as the Purple Night. When a fairy comes in contact with it, they are unable to fly, they cannot use their powers and are virtually helpless. They become very, very sick," said Clarion.
Suddeny, Tinkerbell flew up to Clarion and grabbed. "Clarion, please! Is there a cure? There has to be a cure!" she said.
Clarion gently lowered Tink's hands off of her. "There is. But I'm afraid it is impossible to get," she said.
Irridessa, Rosetta, Fawn and Silvermist flew up near Tinkerbell.
"Why?" asked Silvermist.
"Because it is located far beyond Pixie Hollow...in the Forbidden Hollow," Clarion said.
Irridessa, Silvermist, Fawn and Rosetta all gasped, but Tinkerbell was confused.
"What's the Forbidden Hollow?" asked Tinkerbell.
"Oh, it is a terrible place, Peach Blossom," said Rosetta.
"It is a dark and terrifying hollow located miles and miles away from here," said Irridessa.
"Perhaps I should explain," said Clarion. "The Forbidden Hollow is a dark and shadowy place, where forgotten and banished fairies dwell. There is almost no life and no magic. It is filled with dangerous traps and it is the only place where the Purple Night grows. No one who has gone to The Forbidden Hollow has ever come back...alive."
"Going to The Forbidden Hollow is just plain suicide, Tink," said Irridessa.
Tinkerbell turned to look at Vidia. As she looked, she thought about how Vidia had risked her life to save hers. She knew she had to return the favor.
"I'm going," Tinkerbell said with resolve.
"What?" Rosetta, Fawn, Irrisdessa and Silvermist said in shock.
"I have to save Vidia and the others," said Tinkerbell.
Seeing the determination in Tikerbell's eyes, Clarion couldn't help but let out a smile. She knew of course that once Tink's mind was set on something, nothing was gonna stop her. "Very well, but please be careful, Tinkerbell," she said.
Tinkerbell flew off towards her home in Tinker's Nook to prepare for the journey. Her friends was of course very much worried, for who knows what kind of danger she mght run into at the Forbidden Hollow.