CHAPTER ONE
Elina quietly hummed to herself as she poured warm tea into two cups. "I'm excited, too, Peony," Elina said when Peony hummed something. "I know Bibble definatily is." Bibble was circling around, hitting into random objects and muttering which wasn't like him. That was because Glee, another fairy apprentice and Elina's friend, was coming to visit Elina and Bibble. Bibble wasn't excited because Glee was visiting, although it didn't mean he didn't want her over. He was excited because Dizzle, Glee's puffball, was coming also. He and Dizzle were good friends and Bibble had a crush on Dizzle.
"Bibble," Elina said as he continued to bump into object. "Bibble!" Bibble's head snapped up to her. "Calm down! You don't have to be nervous about Dizzle. You know she likes you too." Bibble sighed and finally calmed down. Elina finished pouring the tea and placing a tray of muffins on the table.
Suddenly, Elina began to feel dizzy. Her eyelashes blinked a few times and she squinted as her vision started to blur and darken. "Bibble, I...think I'm going to go lie down..." Slowly, Elina walked to her bed. Before she could atleast sit down, Elina collapsed.
Bibble gasped and flew over to Elina. "Elinapoo?" he asked concerned. "Elinapoo!" he said louder, shaking her shoulder. Peony turned a darker color and made a sound that meant danger was coming. Bibble gasped and continued to shake Elina as he shouted, "Elinapoo!"
But Elina wouldn't wake up. Finally, Peony opened the flower petal that was a door as Bibble flew out hurriedly to find help for Elina. Glancing around, Bibble gasped. Every flower was wilting! Including Peony! And there was no sight of fairies for miles and miles as Bibble flew up as high as he could. Something was wrong, he could tell.
"Bibble!" gasps someone below him. Bibble glances down and see Dandelion, Elina's other friend and a flower fairy too, falling to the ground as she fails to fly up. Bibble hurries down. "Bibble! Is Elina alright?" Bibble shook his head and points urgently to Peony who's turning darker and darker. Bibble indicats that Elina's inside and he pretends to faint. Dandelion gasps. "Oh no!"
When Bibble asked what was wrong, Dandelion shook her head and buried her face in her hands. "It's awful, Bibble! None of the flower fairies can fly! And I suspect no other fairy in Fairytopia can either! Something's wrong!" Bibble began to shake in fear. This was as bad as all their past, dangerous adventures against Laverna and the fungi.
Dandelion blinked back tears. "Who're we going to tell?" she asked herself. "We need help!"
"Help? What help?" a voice suddenly asked above them.
Dandelion glanced up to see a purple colored fairy floating uncertainly above them with a purple puffball, glancing down at Dandelion and Bibble. "Who're you?" demanded Dandelion as Bibble gasped and flew over to the other puffball.
"I'm Glee, a friend of Elina's. What's wrong?" asked the fairy, Glee, getting straight to the question.
"We've lost flight!" Dandelion blurted, almost crying and not caring who the strange purple fairy named Glee was. She just needed someone to know about this catastrophy! The last time fairies couldn't fly was because Laverna's acid air made them weak. This time they weren't weak. They were just flightless. And it appears that only flower fairies couldn't fly since the strange fairy was flying smoothly.
"What?!" demanded Glee. Elina! Was Elina okay? She voiced her questions and Dandelion shrugged weakly, blinking back tears.
"I don't know. I was going to check on her when I lost my flight!" she choked. Bibble and Dizzle whimpered and hugged each other for protection. Glee frowned, concerned. "I'll be right back!" Glee said, flying off to a flower which she recognized to be Peony, Elina's flower. Peony was turning a dark shade of pink and drooping down. Unsure of how to enter, Glee knocked on the flower. Peony gave a sad hum and opens her door, letting Glee fly in. "Elina!" gasped Glee, hurrying over to her pale friend. "Oh no!"
Elina's wings were wilted and the rainbowy colors that decorated them turning darker. "Elina! Elina! Please wake up!" said Glee, panicking as she shook Elina's shoulders.
Elina gave a small, painful moan. She squinted as she opened her eyes and blinked for a few moments. "G-Glee?" she asked uncertainly as Glee helped her sit up. "What happened?" Elina said, faintly, rubbing her sweaty forehead.
"I don't know, Elina," said Glee, holding her friend. "I was flying over to find you when I saw a fairy crying for help. She told me the flower fairies lost flight, or that's what she thought. I don't know what's wrong." Elina gasped, sitting straight up.
"What?" she cried. The flower fairies...lost flight? "We have to tell Azura, or The Enchantress! Now!" Glee could tell Elina was hiding something very important from her.
"Elina-" she started to say uncertainly but Elina cut her off.
"I'll explain later. But it's an emergency! We need to tell the Enchantress!" Elina quickly stood up and wobbled. "Whoah!" she gasped as Glee sprang up to keep her steady. "I'm okay." Glee nodded and slowly loosened her grip on Elina's arm, but didn't let go, just in case.
Elina and Glee hurried out, Glee helping Elina down to the grass since Elina could no longer fly. "Elinapo!" cried out Bibble, follow by Dizzle. Elina laughed softly as Bibble flew in to her arms. If he were larger, he could have crushed Elina. "Elina!" another voice cried out. The mysterious person launched her self on her best friend. "Elina! I'm so glad you're okay!" Dandelion said as Elina pulled herself away.
"What happened?" Elina asked Dandelion, still trying to find answers to her loss of flight. Dandelion shrugged and suddenly gasped. "What!" asked Elina, startled.
"Y-you're wings!"
Elina glanced back at her wings and covered her mouth after gasping, much like Dandelion. Glee looked at her feet, sad for her friend. Elina's wings were starting tear a bit after wilting and loosing color completely. "My wings!" whispered Elina, tears flowing down her eyes. Dandelion's were still okay. It was as if Elina got the worst case.
"Elina!" That seemed like the only thing Elina was hearing today. Elina's head snapped up to see Azura struggling to fly over to them. "Elina!"
"Azura!" Elina called back. "What's going on?" she asked, her voice cracking as Azura landed. Azura blinked for a few moments, staring horrified at Elina's wings.
"Oh, Elina, I'm so sorry for your wings-" Azura started before Elina cut her off with a "Forget them now!" Uncertainly, Azura began again. "Elina, something is wrong in Fairytopia. Flower fairies and sparkle fairies are loosing flight! There must be a disease or poison spreading all over Fairytopia and soon flight will be a myth! We need your help!"
"M-my help?" stuttered Elina.
"Yes! You've saved Fairytopia three times! You were an apprentice! You did the Spring Dance and you understand the danger!" Azura said. Her words angered Elina.
"Oh, you want me to help save Fairytopia, just because I've done it a few times before?You don't even care what my thoughts are! And not because you actually think I can do it or because you need me! And there were other apprentices! Why not ask them, huh?" fumed Elina, her face turning red. It was very unlike Elina, who was usually calm and wanted to help.
Azura blinked and back up a few steps. "Elina, are you alright?"
"Of course I'm alright!" Smoke was almost coming from Elina's ears. Dandelion gulped. She had only seen her friend once before like this when fairies made fun of how she didn't have wings and it was scary to look at her. "It's not like I've been flightless and unnoticed my whole life and I've just gained wings and suddenly people want me to save them all the time! And that I'm again loosing wings but no one cares!"
Glee glanced at Azura nervously before taking Elina's hand and guiding her away to talk to her. "Elina," she started quietly. "I know what you're feeling. I know you're mad and furious, but Fairytopia needs you! We need you!" Elina's breathing was slowing and calming and her face was turning back to the normal pinkish color, although Glee noticed it was paler than usual. "Please, Elina." Elina closed her eyes and pondered her thoughts. One gloomy, scary thought remained in her mind.
"Fine. I'll try to save Fairytopia."