Pixie Hollow was a busy sight. Every fairy and sparrow man was zipping around, getting ready for the big event that night. Fairies and sparrow men were decorating the Pixie Dust Tree with colorful streamers, banners, and flowers. Others were getting the fireworks ready. Many others were cleaning and making everything was neat for the special event that night. Once everything seemed ready, everyone went off to get dressed for the event.
However no one noticed the seed floating around. It wandered around houses, through the grassy meadow, and over streams, practically everywhere in Pixie Hollow. Still not one single fairy or sparrow man noticed the seed.
The moon was shining brightly in the night sky and everyone started flying out to the Pixie Dust Tree. Fairies and sparrow men gathered with friends and chatted, waiting for midnight to arrive. Everyone was dressed in their best, new clothes and they were complimenting each other. They discussed about their day, hoping to waste more time.
Meanwhile, the seed made its way to the Pixie Dust Tree as well. It circled around the tree slowly.
"Can I have everyone attention?" asked Queen Clarion, her voice projecting throughout the whole tree. The conversations died and everyone turned their attention to the queen. "I just want to say good job to everyone on another year of bring each season to the Mainland. Yes, there are several complications along the way, but we worked through them. I want to thank each of you for your hard work and dedication. May another, wonderful year be headed our way."
Everyone clapped and cheered once Queen Clarion finished her speech.
"Come on everyone," a sparrow man shouted. "The countdown is about to begin."
"Ten," everyone chanted. "Nine, eight, seven..."
The seed made its way through the branches and leaves.
"Six, five, four, three, two..."
The seed approached the Pixie Dust well, slowly. It hesitated before touched it.
"One! Happy New Year!" everyone cheered. The fireworks went off and everyone stared in awe. Then they started giving hugs to one another, wishing them a 'Happy New Year'.
Queen Clarion looked around at the smiling bunch when she noticed a kneeling figure on the floor. She squinted her eyes and saw that it was a fairy. A newborn fairy. She let out a small gasp and the other minister asked what was wrong. Instead of answering, she flew over to the girl.
Everyone noticed the queen's movement and froze. They stared as Queen Clarion approached the new fairy. The fairy looked up and Queen Clarion greeted her with a kind smile. "Hello, little one."
The fairy smiled and answered, "Hello." She slowly stood up and everyone stared. The fairy was as tall as most fairies and had a thin figure. Her skin was a light tan and she had long, dirt-colored hair. She had short bangs over her dark brown eyes. Her bangs, however, were extraordinary. The tips of her bangs were a light blue, almost like frost.
"Let me see your wings." she told the fairy. The fairy obeyed and turned around. Queen Clarion took the tips of her wings and raised them up slowly. She saw that her wings were long, thin, and they were shimmering unusually bright. Queen Clarion frowned slightly at her wings, wondering why they were already glowing if the hadn't poured the usual cup of pixie dust.
"Now, we don't usually expect fairies on days like this." Queen Clarion told her. "So, we weren't prepared for your arrival." She turned to the crowd of fairies and announced, "I want everyone to pretend like this is a usual arrival day. Now go on and get everything ready. Then, we'll continue with our celebration."
Murmurs were heard throughout the crowd, but they did as they were told. Everyone sat with their talent-groups and one of each talent had an item that represented their talent in their hands. Queen Clarion called over a dust-keeper-talent fairy, who carried a cup of Pixie Dust. She dumped it on the newcomer, who just stared. She started glowing like everyone else and her wings started fluttering. Queen Clarion noticed that her wings were still glowing but they seemed brighter than the fairy's own shimmering body. She ignored it and glanced around, noticing that everyone was ready.
"Alright little one, time to see what your talent is." she waved her hand and little tables popped out. One of each talent came up and set their item on one the small tables. "Go on," she whispered to the fairy.
The fairy stared at the floating tables and walked to the center. She glanced around and noticed each item. Then something unusual occurred.
All the items started floating higher and glowing brightly. They floated over to the newcomer, surrounding her until they slowly merged into a clear, crystal orb. The newcomer grabbed the orb and it disappeared a few seconds later.
"What was that?", "What just happened?", "Did you see that?" and other remarks were heard throughout the crowd.
Queen Clarion eyes widened and stepped up to the new fairy. "Come along, little one." she whispered. She then turned around to everyone else and said, "Continue on with the celebration."
She guided the newcomer to her office. The other Minsters followed behind them, whispering about what had just happened.
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