AN: A quick note before you start reading this fanficiton. I have been starting out at Tinker bell and the Pirate Fairy, and later it will go with a mix between that and Peter pan! You might notice I will take some of the Atmosphere from the film Hook, in there as well. But I hope you will enjoy it! Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters or universe.
I Hope you will enjoy!
Chapter 1 – Revenge is a dish best served with magic
Fingers ran over Zarina's body, making sure to touch every inch of her bare skin. Cunning dark eyes locked onto her muddy green ones. She was sitting in front of Captain James, human, naked, but why? As she looked up at him she noticed a mischievous grin appear on his face. A shiver went down her spine.
"It is our anniversary, for the first day that we met; tell me my dear, do you ever miss my company?"
Zarina opened her eyes wide as she woke from her sleep. It was that blasted dream again. About James. Even though years had already passed, James had continuously been a part of her mind. When awake and conscious, Zarina was filled with all the hate she had toward the man she once knew. But when asleep, her feelings were always a different story. Yes, she thought to herself; I do miss you, you stupid pirate.
A loud knock sounded on her door and Zarina turned to look in the direction of the noise. She sighed deeply as she rubbed her temples before making a weak attempt to get out of bed. Her throbbing head was weighing her tiny body down, and the headache seemed overwhelming and never ending. The banging on the door reappeared which made Zarina cringe in pain. It was a long and hard progress to sit up, and as she stretched her thin velvet-like wings she finally managed to fly to the tiny wooden door. Angrily she opened the door, glaring at the fairy who dared to wake her up at this hour. Wait, was it afternoon already?
Zarina squinted her eyes and covered flippantly for the light that shone brightly on her tired face. When her eyes had adjusted at last to the brightness she noticed Tink, Rosetta and Iridessa standing outside of her door.
"Zarina!" exclaimed Tink, before the three of them managed to squeeze through. Zarina closed the door, mainly to keep the light out. She wondered if she could ask Dessa about turning off the light for a moment. Probably not.
"What?" Zarina growled irritably.
"Fairy Gary is furious, you overslept again. That's the fifth time this month, girl. You better get hold of yourself. And what is that in your hair? Darling, you're a mess!" Rosetta pointed out as she removed some thick, black, gooey stuff that was stuck in Zarina's wild and untamed hair.
"Oh by all means, that's so gross!" Rosetta cried out and rapidly abandoned her futile attempt, trying to clean her hands instead.
"Sorry, I was working late again last night." Zarina said calmly as she began fiddling with her own locks to get the alien stuff out of her hair. How it had gotten there in the first place, was a mystery. Once she had removed most of it, she looked over at the three girls who stood with arms now crossed over their chests. Two of them seemed worried; Rosetta however, wore a far more displeased expression.
"Don't say you've been working on that ridiculous project again." Rosetta sighed and Tinker Bell tried to push herself forward a little to talk to Zarina.
"It's not ridiculous. I am this close to actually succeeding." Zarina said, holding her fingers up to indicate just how close. "I was working on it last night," she began as she made her way to her desk and took out a large bucket that held a bright glowing liquid.
"Is that... Liquid pixie dust?" Iridessa asked worriedly, taking deep breaths to prevent panic. "How have you been able to turn the pixie dust into liquid?"
"Alchemy." Zarina replied with a smile widely spread on her lips. "Look at this." With a small pipette, she sucked up some of the yellow substance. She gave it a gentle squeeze. As the drop of liquid hit the plant's leaves, a rumble shook the room before the plant sprouted into an enormous version of itself, just barely contained in the room without breaking through the ceiling. The girls behind her watched in awe - or perhaps fear - as the plant grew.
"And that's just one drop!" Zarina exclaimed, laughing triumphantly. "It only works temporarily for about ten minutes, but I reckon that if I mix the liquid with some blue fairy dust, its effects will last much longer."
"This is madness!" Iridessa said resting a hand over her chest as she tried to calm herself.
"That's what you said when I tried to create coloured pixie dust." Zarina mentioned as she put away the bucket again.
"But that's different. Back then you experimented for a good cause. This is something much bigger, and it's for your own pleasure. Please, we're starting to get really worried about you." Tink started out as she walked up to the wild-haired pixie. "You're only doing this so you can get back at James. Get over it, we have already given him what he deserves, he's gone, out of your life. Why can't you just settle and enjoy your life?"
"You don't understand!" Zarina raised her voice slightly, claiming silence from the other fairies. "James was my friend; he was the first one to ever accept me for who I am, despite his many lies." Her voice grew full of sorrow. "You don't know how much it hurts to be betrayed like that." A large sigh escaped as she sat down on a thimble, her eyes looking sadder than ever. "If I make myself big enough, I'll be able to get back at him and make him wish he was never born."
The silence after Zarina's final words crept in like a shadow, enveloping the ladies within. Tink's sudden sigh seemed like a sword slicing through the thickness of the morning fog.
"You really liked him, didn't you?"
Tink's question lingered in Zarina's ears. Liked him, she thought to herself. I adored him. I thought he was the one who would finally accept me for who I was at last. He is the wholeheartedly reason for why I wished to become human. Making him swim for dear life is not enough punishment for what he did to me. Zarina replied with a silent nod at Tink's question.
"But it's been almost fifteen years since you saw him last and we made a fool out of him. Why are you so intent on holding grudge against this guy?" Rosetta asked. "Just get over him, forget him, do your job and live on."
Zarina took a deep breath as she pulled her hair up. "I can't do that." She needed to make him feel just the way he made her feel. She wanted to find something he longed for, wave it in front of his face, and at last crush his dream like a boot crushing an ant. The best way to do that was to meet him at his level, and go undercover.
Tink sighed deeply, "Well, I guess we can't make you. I'm just worried, what if this, er, potion will backfire on you? What if you can't turn into a fairy again? Would you really live the rest of your days like a human? We need you here, you're one of the best dust keeper fairies there is." Tink added again, watching hopelessly on the side as Zarina began packing up her desk.
"In the end, I reckon it would be worth it." She replied as she turned her back to the girls.
"You can get yourself killed! Have you even thought of that?" Tinker Bell said as her voice grew stronger, her face starting to turn pink with anger. "What if your plan doesn't work and James decides to kill you? James is a very deceitful man-"
"Yeah, I kind of noticed that." Zarina added sarcastically.
Tink sighed angrily before she continued: "Don't come to us if your head gets chopped off by a pirate sword." Tink made a gesture with her finger across her neck, resembling decapitation. Although it was hard for her to continuously stay mad at Zarina once she turned to face them. Her eyes weren't the usual joyful once that Tink used to see when Zarina strutted around happily in the woods. Every corner of her eye told the same story, and the darkness underneath certainly illustrated how she had worked day and night on her project. Her eyes glistened with sorrow and that was when Tink could do nothing but sigh and agree to this arid mission of hers. "We're just worried for you."
"I get that," Zarina said, the corner of her mouth turning into a small but genuine grin. "I'll be fine. I have met worse circumstances, there's no need to worry Tink."
The fairy of light grabbed the locks of her curly black hair. "But you can't steal any blue dust. I heard Gary is already quite suspicious about all the flying dust that has gone missing." Iridessa crossed her arms and lifted a brow at Zarina.
"I won't need to steal any from the vault. The blue harvest moon will be rising over pixie hollow tomorrow, I'll be able to sneak some of the dust with me home and finish the project." Zarina paused for a moment as she turned on her heel, looking at the three of them. "I would really appreciate it if you didn't go telling the other fairies about that."
"Wha-" Iridessa was instantaneously caught off guard by Rosetta who covered her mouth with her hand.
"Sure, we won't tell anyone dear," said Rosetta as Iridessa's hands were flying frantically.
"We won't, right, Iridessa?" she said again looking at the frantic fairy who nodded resignedly and released her once she had calmed down.
"Thank you, guys. I really appreciate that." Zarina smiled kindly at them as she escorted them to the door. "Tell fairy Gary that I'm sorry, I will go do some extra work at the tree tonight, I promise." The fairies nodded at Zarina's words before they all flew off. With a heavy sigh Zarina closed the door behind her before she leaned up against it. She gently banged the back of her head against the door, growling curses at herself. What if they were right? What if this was a stupid idea? Perhaps there was something about it. But in the end, they always thought her ideas were stupid. Well, her last project seemed to work out just fine. With the accomplishment of talent fairy dust, then why wouldn't this work? With the thought still filling every corner of her mind, Zarina opened up her closet to find her old pirate rags hanging beside the various dresses designed by Hem. With a swift move, she stepped out of her other clothes and went to the shattered piece of a mirror, standing up against the wall. Smoothly she slipped into her old pirate rags, grabbed her hat and adjusted it. She smirked at herself, swaying her arm in the air, as if pointing a sword, against the mirror.
"What's that, James? Would you like me to give you quarter? Oh, good sir, I'm afraid I can't do that." She laughed maniacally. "You tried to kill me. You have no idea whom you messed with. Now, how will your Eton education save you now, huh?" Looking down, Zarina noticed a white piece of a feather sticking out at the rim of her boot. Lazily she stretched her arm to grab it. She turned the down carefully between two of her fingers for a brief moment; James's feather. She frowned as she threw it to the ground, then stepped on it, grinding her foot.
"And that's how we roll in pixie hollow."
Grah! It's been a bit of a struggle to publish this. BUT I did it! That was the first chapter! Let me know what you think!