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Silvermist snoozed happily on a lily pad beneath the warm summer sun. A certain Winter fairy had taken up residence in her dreams ever since their second encounter.
"Come on, Silvermist!" Periwinkle called, flying only a foot or two in front of the water fairy.
"I'm coming, Wink!" Silvermist laughed. The two fairies fluttered down to sit on the iced river before dipping their feet into the flowing side.
"This feels nice." Periwinkle sighed contentedly.
"Warm and cold." Silvermist agreed. "Just like you and me." The two fairies glanced at each other and slowly moved closer.
"Kiss me, Silvermist."
The water fairy felt her heart flutter as she moved to do just that. As their lips made the barest contact, a loud shout startled Silvermist out of the dream.
She sat up so fast that the lily pad she was on flipped her over and dumped her into the river below. She floated back to the surface and looked around, spying a guilty looking Fawn and a laughing Vidia. Swirling some water together, Silvermist tossed the ball of liquid at Vidia and hit her square in the chest. The fast flying fairy stumbled slightly and now Fawn and Silvermist were the ones laughing.
"Very funny." Vidia grumbled.
"Yes, it was." Fawn chuckled.
"Why did you wake me up?" Silvermist asked through lingering giggles.
"You were talking in your sleep." Fawn replied.
"Did you hear what I said?" Silvermist asked nervously.
"Nope, we were too far away." The water fairy let out a silent breath of relief.
"Also, Tink says we're going to go see Periwinkle and the frost fairies today." Fawn fluttered about happily. "I want to try that ice sliding thing Tink told us about."
Silvermist jumped for joy at the thought of going to see the object of her affections. "When are we going?" she asked, trying to keep her voice neutral.
"Tink said at noon." Vidia told her.
Silvermist stopped herself from whining about taking so long to go over, but if she went over early and alone, Fawn would guess that she was crushing on a Winter fairy and her first guess would probably be right. So, nodding in agreement, Silvermist kept quiet and returned to her lily pad to 'think'.
In reality, she was fantasizing about Periwinkle. Again. The frost fairy was just so... enchanting... with her snow white hair and musical laugh and playful inquisitive attitude. Tinker Bell also had these qualities (aside from her hair being blonde), but she didn't attract Silvermist the way Periwinkle did. The black-haired fairy was so focused on the image of Periwinkle in her mind that she didn't see the hand waving in front of her face.
"Silvermist!" The sudden voice made the water fairy jump backwards and tip the lily leaf over, dumping her into the water again. Sputtering slightly, Silvermist climbed back onto her leaf and wrung her hair out.
"Yes?" she called. Fawn, Vidia, Tinker Bell, Rosetta and Iridessa stood on the bank of the river, laughing their heads off.
"It's time to go." Fawn replied, watching as the water fairy shook the object of her talent from her wings.
"Coming." Silvermist told them. Grabbing a nearby cattail, Silvermist rowed to shore and dismounted the cursed lily leaf.
"Let's go." she told them cheerfully. All of the girls were about to take off when hands made of water grabbed them and pulled them down towards the river's surface.
"After you apologize for laughing." Silvermist smirked, watching as they squirmed, trying to keep their wings from getting wet.
"We're sorry!" the five fairies chorused. Silvermist snickered and set them all back down safely on shore.
"What are we waiting for?" she called to her laughing comrades. The six of them flew carefully to the border to pick up a set of coats to keep warm before meeting two frost fairies inside the Winter boundary. With their wings frosted over, the girls began walking through the Winter Woods.
Silvermist looked around in wonder. The falling snowflakes never ceased to amaze her with the pure whiteness and soft fluffiness. Following the others deeper into the Winter Woods, Silvermist paused frequently to catch snowflakes.
"Come on, Sil!" Silvermist glanced ahead to see Fawn and Iridessa eying her.
"You'll freeze if you don't hurry." Iridessa told her.
Silvermist nodded and slowly flapped her wings, finding a speed good enough not to shake off the frost. She flew up to return to her friends as they came upon the winter hollow. They watched the Pixie Dust fall for a moment before Tinker Bell led the way to Periwinkle's house. On the way, Spike and Gliss caught up to them and the two frost fairies engaged the warm fairies in friendly conversation.
"So what brings you girls here?" Spike inquired.
"Well, I wanted to come see Peri, Rose wanted to see Sled, Dess and Fawn wanted to go ice sliding, Vidia wanted to talk to you, Spike, and Sil... what ARE you here for, Silvermist?"
The water fairy froze, but her mind worked quickly. "I don't know. I just figured I'd get lonely if all of you were over here and I was still near the river."
Tinker Bell nodded at the excuse and, while Spike and Gliss took Iridessa, Fawn and Rosetta, Vidia said she'd come see Spike later and followed Tinker Bell and Silvermist to Periwinkle's house. From inside, the three friends could hear humming and things scraping.
"Peri?" Tinker Bell called through the open door.
"One minute!" came the excited reply. A few seconds later, Periwinkle appeared and invited them in. "Tink, it's so good to see you!"
Periwinkle hugged her sister before turning to the other two fairies present. Her eyes fell on Silvermist and her breath caught. Silvermist's eyes were half closed, as was her usual look, but because Periwinkle didn't know this, the effect was almost alluring. She had white snowflakes making a contrast against her black hair and her cheeks were rosy as she looked around Periwinkle's home.
"Peri?"
The frost fairy was suddenly brought out of her staring by Tinker Bell's voice. "Yeah?"
"I was saying that since I haven't introduced them properly yet, I would now. The others went off with your friends, but this is Vidia. She's a fast-flying fairy since she doesn't like it when I just say wind."
Vidia moved forward and shook Periwinkle's hand. Periwinkle just barely returned the shake as she approached Silvermist.
"And this is-."
"Tink,, wait." Vidia whispered.
"Why?"
"Just watch."
Tinker Bell and Vidia watched Periwinkle as the frost fairy stood in front of Silvermist nervously. "Do... do you like it?" she asked shyly. "I decorated it myself."
Silvermist turned to her with a slightly deeper blush. "It's gorgeous." she murmured softly.
Periwinkle almost melted at the sound of her voice and held out her hand. "Hi, I'm Periwinkle."
The water fairy gave a wide smile and shook the proffered hand. "Silvermist."
"Your name is beautiful."
"Thank you." Silvermist ducked her head and Periwinkle took a step closer.
"You're... you're b-beautiful too." she whispered.
Silvermist's eyes sparkled as she moved to stand directly in front of Periwinkle, their chests almost touching. "So are you." Periwinkle blushed as she gazed into the large brown eyes opposite her own ice blue ones.
"No way!"
The shout made the two fairies jump apart and all eyes switched to the door where Fawn was practically jumping for joy. Behind her, Rosetta, Sled, Iridessa, Gliss and Spike peeked in with knowing smiles.
"Hey guys." Tinker Bell called. The other fairies and sparrow man filed in and Fawn rushed Silvermist, lifting the water fairy in a hug.
"And you said it was nothing!" she shouted. "I knew you were crushing, I just didn't know on who. Tinker Bell's younger sister? Are you kidding? If there's anyone I know would be good for you, it would be Periwinkle. Sil, I'm so-."
Silvermist slapped a hand over the animal fairy's mouth and stared at Periwinkle in horror. The frost fairy was watching her in surprise and the water fairy began panicking. Streaking out the door, Silvermist didn't pay attention to the fact that the frost was dropping from her wings. she was nearly to the border when her wings froze over and she dropped from the sky. Crashing into the snow, Silvermist moaned and glanced around. The border was a few feet away and she began running for it. A voice behind her, stopped her and she turned to see Vidia, Tinker Bell and Periwinkle following her with the others a little ways behind. Silvermist pushed on, reaching the border as Periwinkle reached her.
"Silvermist, please wait!"
"She shouldn't have said that!" Silvermist cried. "I'm sorry, Periwinkle. It was so nice to see you again, but I really should go."
Without waiting for a reply, Silvermist launched herself across the border and took off for the river. Periwinkle watched in dismay as the black-haired fairy disappeared. "Silvermist." she whispered. Turning to the other fairies, her wings wilted slightly.
"Way to go, Fawn!" Vidia hissed.
"How was I supposed to know?" Fawn squeaked, defending herself. "I thought they were about to kiss!"
"It was so cute." Iridessa crooned.
"Never thought Silvermist would be the type to run, though." Tinker Bell stated in a somewhat shocked voice.
"Yeah, she usually sticks around to see what happens next." Rosetta agreed.
"Do you think she'll come back?" Periwinkle asked slowly, shooting another sidelong glance at the warm woods as if to go in after the water fairy.
"Of course she will, Sugar. Just leave that up to us." Rosetta smiled kindly down at Periwinkle and the frost fairy halfheartedly returned it.
"You guys should be getting home." Gliss said, looking at the position of the sun.
"See you soon?" Tinker Bell inquired, grinning at her sister.
"You know it." Periwinkle nodded, giving her sister a goodbye hug.
The warm fairies waved to their winter friends and headed home. After returning their coats, Vidia turned to Rosetta.
"How do you plan on getting Silvermist to go back over there?" she asked with a raised eyebrow. "She looked terrified when Fawn blabbed about her secret crush on Tink's sister."
"Well," Rosetta began, giving her a glare. "I'm not sure how we're going to get her to go back over, but we'll think of something."
"Wait!" Tinker Bell exclaimed. "I've got an idea!"
"This should be good." Vidia snickered, moving with the others to form a circle around the blonde fairy as she outlined her plan to them.
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