Thousands of years ago, when the earth was very young, the first baby laughed for the very first time. The laugh blew one dandelion seed off of its flower. That seed traveled all the way to Pixie Hollow. It arrived at a tree that had pixie dust flowing out of it. The golden dust landed on the seed, and the seed changed. It became a fairy. The fairy had large, golden wings, and brown hair. The fairy was a female, and she had big, blue eyes. About 6 inches tall, this tiny creature had only just arrived in her world.
"Hello?" asked the fairy. She was greeted with emptiness. Suddenly, mushrooms popped out of the trunk of the tree, and they were all glowing. Each had a crown sitting on it. Some were leafy, and some were made of branches. Others had flowers, and still others had droplets of water. One had an ice crystal on it. Others were filled with the most rare jewels: Never pearls, fire opals, diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and all sorts of gems.
The fairy chose a simple crown with leaves and grass. It was golden, and had a sort of glow. The fairy put it on her head, and suddenly, a loud, beautiful voice boomed out.
"Welcome, Queen," it said. The fairy looked around in surprise. Where was the voice coming from?
"Am I the Queen?" the fairy asked, confused.
"Yes," the voice said again. "You are Queen Clarion. My name is Mother Dove, guardian of Never Land."
"Never Land?" the Queen asked.
"Yes, Never Land," said Mother Dove. "It is the land you are in. This part of Never Land is where the fairies should live. It is called Pixie Hollow."
"Where are you?" asked Queen Clarion. "And how long have you been here?"
Mother Dove chuckled. "I am as old as the earth itself. It has been a quite a few years that I have lived. You are the mark of the first baby human."
Queen Clarion looked confused. "What? What is a baby human? I don't understand."
"Come up to the top of the tree," Mother Dove said. "There you will find me."
Queen Clarion tested her wings. They flew nicely, and soon Queen Clarion found herself at the top of the tree. There was a dove sitting on an egg. The dove seemed to smile. It opened its mouth.
"Come into my nest," the dove said. For in fact, this was Mother Dove. Queen Clarion did so, and Mother Dove smiled.
"You have a lot to learn, young queen," said the dove. "I think that more fairies will come. But in the meantime, I will teach you all you must learn."
"How can I understand you?" Queen Clarion asked. For even though the queen had just been born, she already knew that animals could not normally speak.
"I am not an ordinary dove," Mother Dove replied. "I am a magical creature, and anyone can understand me. If you would like to meet a regular dove, then I will arrange that."
"Okay," the young queen said uncertainly.
A shrill sound came from Mother Dove's mouth. Quickly, another dove came. It spoke to Mother Dove in a series of chirps.
"This is Brother Dove," Mother Dove said. "He is my brother, but he is an ordinary dove. He cannot speak and be understood by everyone."
Brother Dove nodded his head. Then he motioned at his back and chirped.
"Brother Dove would like you to ride him," Mother Dove said. "Hold on tight!"
Queen Clarion got on, and immediately the dove was off! Riding a bird was quite different from using wings. It was much faster and more powerful. The queen struggled to hold on. Soon, Brother Dove was at the nest again.
"That was amazing!" Queen Clarion cried. "Could I ride you?"
Mother Dove shook her head. She shifted in her nest a little, and underneath her body was an egg.
"If this egg ever breaks, Pixie Hollow will be doomed," Mother Dove said. "As long as I sit on it, it will not break. But if I leave it, it will break," the dove said.
Queen Clarion frowned. "So you can't move?" she asked.
"No," sighed the dove. "But before I laid this egg, I flew around Never Land, viewing all of the things that make this place. I am not missing much, and if I ever want companionship, I can call Brother Dove."
Queen Clarion nodded.
"Now we need to do something with your hair," said the dove. "It would never do to have a queen with non-regal hair."
Indeed, the queen's hair was hanging loose down her back. Her bangs were over her forehead, and she looked very much like a non-royal fairy, except for her crown and golden wings.
The queen nodded, and Mother Dove told her to find some pixie dust. Queen Clarion did, and the dove wove it through the fairy's hair with her beak. The hair began to twist and spin, and within minutes, a very complicated up-do was in the queen's hair. She looked very queenly now, with the complicated design in her hair.
"Now, Queen Clarion, we will change your dress," Mother Dove said. "The dandelion fluff is not very queenly looking, and besides, dandelion fluff does not hold together for long."
"I'll get some pixie dust," Queen Clarion replied. She returned with a leaf-bag full of dust. Mother Dove instructed the fairy to sit very close to her beak, and then the dove tore open the bag. Pixie dust poured over the queen, and she began to glow brightly. In moments, her dandelion fluff dress had been replaced with a shimmering dress made of pixie dust.
Mother Dove held a piece of blue pixie dust in her beak. Queen Clarion picked it up and gingerly set it on the top of her dress. The pixie dust in her dress began to flow, making the pixie dust flow smoothly down the dress, before it disappeared at the bottom. The never-ending flow of dust ensured that the queen's dress would never run out.
Now, looking more regal than ever, the queen found a room in the tree and moved in. There was a flower bed and a curtain over the doorway. The queen, who was very tired by now, fell onto the bed and slept soundly.