Here it is people, the sequel to The Gift of a Fairy's Life. So, who's ready for the power of Astral? R&R, PM, and Enjoy!
Chapter 1
The fairies and sparrow men had just arrived at the Pixie Dust Tree, carrying loads of blue pixie dust however they could. They carried it up to the center of the Tree, where a pool of pixie dust was and began to pour it in. For the time had come for the Autumn Revelry, the start of autumn, and also when the time comes to replenish the Pixie Dust Tree's strength with the blue pixie dust. Among the group of fairies and sparrow men was Tinker Bell, the one who was selected to make this Autumn Revelry's scepter. Even though she had broken the moonstone by accident, her quick thinking allowed her to make a scepter that created more blue pixie dust than any other scepter before it. She was currently by the pool of pixie dust, pouring some of the pixie dust into the pool with the help of Terrence, a Dust-talent sparrow man.
Tinker Bell sighed, a sad look on her face, and Terrence asked her what was wrong.
"It's just..." she reached into her bag, pulling out the glass butterfly. It remained dim ever since David sacrificed his life to save the Tree. "I just wish David were here to see this." A single tear fell off Tinker Bell's cheek, falling into the pixie dust pool. Terrence knew that Tinker Bell liked David, but since his sacrifice, he had tried to cheer her up.
"I'm sure that wherever he is," Terrence said, placing a hand on her shoulder, "he's happy and smiling." Tinker Bell smiled a bit too, a few more tears falling. Terrence looked up at the Tree, and noticed something near the spout where the pixie dust came out. "Hey Tink, what does that look like to you?" Tinker Bell looked up to where Terrence said, and squinted her eyes. Circling the flowing pixie dust, there seemed to be a clump of blue pixie dust. The other fairies took notice as well, and Tinker Bell strained to see what it was. The clump began to fall, slowly circling around.
Queen Clarion came up beside Tinker Bell and Terrence, and silently said, "It can't be." The clump left its orbit around the pixie dust flow and went closer to the three. Tinker Bell noticed the glass butterfly began to glow. She held it out in front of her, the glow growing brighter and brighter as the clump got closer. The clump of blue pixie dust touched one of the glass legs, and a brilliant light flashed, causing everyone to shield their eyes, and Tinker Bell to drop the glass butterfly. Once the light had finally gone down, Tinker Bell looked down and noticed the butterfly was still intact, but now it was filled with blue pixie dust. She picked it up carefully, afraid it could break if she dropped it again. She looked inside the glass butterfly, noticing the blue pixie dust swirling inside.
Suddenly, a sound was carried through Pixie Hollow by the wind. A baby's first laugh. "Everyone, head to the arrival chamber. I will be with you shortly." Everyone began to leave, and Queen Clarion sat at the edge of the pixie dust pool. She placed a hand on the surface, closing her eyes. She moved her hand over the surface of the pool, and her eyes shot open. She quickly flew to the arrival chamber, where all new fairies and sparrow men go to find their talent. Queen Clarion arrived just as the petals of a Myosotis sylvatica, Forget-me-not, fell to the floor. The petals shifted, and a sparrow man lifted his head up. Queen Clarion calmed herself, and went over to the sparrow man.
"Welcome to Pixie Hollow, I am Queen Clarion," she said. The sparrow man turned to her, and she almost gasped. 'Same clothes, same eyes, it can't be him.'
The sparrow man stood up, and said "Nice to meet you Queen Clarion." Queen Clarion nodded and moved behind him.
"Now, let's see those wings," she said, then thought to herself, 'I won't be certain until I see his wings.' She placed a hand on his back, and surprisingly, there weren't any wings. "It seems you have no wings. This has only happened once before. For now, let's find your talent." She extended her hand, and the same ten mushrooms grew again, but different fairies came down this time. There were still the Tinker, Animal, Garden, Fast-flying, Dust, Light, Ice, and Water-talents, but instead of Nursing and Storytelling, came Storm and Music. "These items represent a certain talent. All you have to do is walk up to one of them, and if it is your talent it will glow. If it isn't, the item will lose it's glow and you may try again."
The sparrow man took a step forward, and many of the talents already lost their glow, evaporated, or fell apart. Everyone gasped, and Queen Clarion thought to herself, 'Now for the true test.' Only two remained: the Storm's Thunderbolt, and the Tinker's Hammer. He moved to the Thunderbolt, and extended a hand towards it. The Thunderbolt reacted, branching out to the sparrow man's hand. The sparrow man was shaking a bit, and the Thunderbolt exploded into several smaller ones. The sparrow man looked up at the Storm-talents, noticing some of them were shaking their heads.
He sighed, and turned to the Tinker's Hammer, right next to where the Storm's Thunderbolt was. He stepped over to it and grasped it. It began to glow, and the sparrow man smirked. He looked up to the Tinker-talents, noticing Tinker Bell. He winked at her, who blushed, and turned his attention back to the hammer. To everyone's surprise, the hammer lost its glow, and the sparrow man dropped it. Queen Clarion's expression turned grim, and she flew to the sparrow man.
"Again, this has only happened once before. For this to happen twice, it is almost impossible."
The sparrow man smiled, and said, "I believe we both know what my real talent is." He turned to the Tinkers and focused on Tinker Bell. He pointed a finger at her and said, "T'ifractal l'trevial (tea-frack-tuhl le-tree-vee-ahl)!" Tinker Bell's bag suddenly began to float, and dropped into her lap when the glass butterfly came out. It slowly floated over to the sparrow man, who extended his hand and grabbed it out of the air. He turned to Queen Clarion and smirked, and Queen Clarion knew who this sparrow man was.
"David?"
The sparrow man's smirk grew, and he crushed the glass butterfly in his hand.
Which David has Queen Clarion identified? Will it be the David we all know and love, or will it be the David who uses Shadow Magic? Leave a review, get a shout out. R&R, PM, and hope you like it.