Hey everyone! Two chapters in a row… in one day! It's been a while since I did that… plot bunnies just wouldn't leave me alone.

I won't keep you waiting… I know you're just as anxious to learn about the new arrival as me… oh wait, I already know all about her… ;-) Ok, I'll just write the chapter.

Disclaimer: Same as previous chapter. Don't own Tink or related material… do own Andromeda, Quicksilver(shared with my bestest buddy Bella), Lysander, Nemesis, and other dark fairies.

Random Fun Fact: Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

Chapter 2!!!

As fairies and sparrow men alike began to gather in the courtyard, Terence began to get nervous. He really did hope, even though he knew he was setting himself up for disappointment, that this newcomer would be a dust talent, like him. It would be so nice just to have someone to talk to. Rosetta was wonderful, and she had been coming to see him a lot. She'd even brought her other friends from time to time. He had a sneaking suspicion she was trying to keep him from getting too lonely. He appreciated her for it, but he still felt as though something was missing.

He sighed, then jumped slightly as he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned, and bowed slightly when he saw that it was Queen Clarion, ruler of Pixie Hollow. "Are we ready for tonight, Terence?" she said in her calm regal voice. He nodded, not trusting his voice right now.

He looked up and saw Vidia, another fast-flying talent fairy guiding the tiger lily blossom down toward the altar. She was looking disappointed that she had to be doing this. It wasn't that Vidia didn't like having power over the creation of most fairies in Pixie Hollow, it was just that a few seasons ago, this very act had created Tinker Bell… and Vidia and Tink certainly didn't get along well.

Terence looked to where the other fast flyers sat, and Quicksilver waved at him. He smiled back and nodded to the chalice, silently telling her why he could not wave back. Quicksilver was one of the few fairies who had bothered to get to know him. She'd only been in Pixie Hollow for about a hundred years, but she had always made time for Terence, and for that he respected her. Quicksilver grinned at Terence, shook her head, then pointed back at the altar. Terence turned and saw that the beautiful pink and orange tiger lily was making its final descent. As it gently touched down, Terence rose and flew over it. He gently poured the entire chalice of dust over the beautiful flower, then landed a few inches away and watched as the flower transformed into a beautiful fairy.

She was hunched over, but she slowly began to straighten up. As she stood, every fairy and sparrow man in Pixie Hollow looked on in wonder. There was something incredible about watching a fairy come into existence. As the new fairy stood up, Terence looked at her, really looked. She had long blonde hair that fell down her shoulders in soft curls, pale skin, and small dainty hands.

She stood up, and she happened to turn in Terence's direction. As she turned to look at him, he saw her stunning sapphire blue eyes, and he smiled shyly at her. She smiled back, and he blushed.

"Welcome, little one," said Queen Clarion. "Born in laughter, clothed in cheer, happiness has brought you here. Welcome to Pixie Hollow. I trust you found your way all right?"

"Yes," said the new fairy. Her voice was like music, bright and lyrical, but sweet and spunky somehow. "Now," said Queen Clarion, "let's see about those wings." The Queen gently took the tips of the new fairy's wings and gave them life. They looked large for such a delicate fairy, but she handled them well as she flew around the queen in a small circle. She landed and smiled, pleased with herself.

All around the new fairy, mushrooms began popping out of the ground. "Fairies, bring forth the talents."

Several fairies flew to the mushrooms and placed their talent objects upon them. The new fairy looked nervous, and turned back to Terence. He smiled reassuringly at her and gestured to the mushrooms. She spoke again, and said, "What do I do?"

Queen Clarion smiled. "Go to the mushrooms, little one. Find your talent."

"How will I know?"

"You'll know."

The new arrival took a deep breath to steady herself and began to walk the circle. But unlike every other fairy he'd ever seen, she walked counter-clockwise, not clockwise. A few other fairies noticed this, but they didn't say much. The new fairy passed the flower, the whirlwind, the ball of light, and the snowflake with no results. Terence gasped. She was nearing the dust-talent mushroom. She might actually… but Terence shook his head. No, there was no use in setting up the disappointment. When she came to the cup of pixie dust, she smiled. Terence held his breath. She bent over to look at the substance, and as clearly intrigued, but it didn't move up to encircle her and lift her off the ground like it had with Terence.

She was still looking at the magical dust when he heard a soft sigh of a broken heart. She looked up from the cup and saw Terence, almost on the point of tears. Her heart went out to this sparrow man, even though she did not know him, nor did she know the cause of his sadness. She stood up and went to help him, but on her way she passed the leaf that marked the healing talent fairies, and the dewdrop of the water talents. Both began to follow her and glow brightly. At the unexpected light behind her she turned around and both talent objects intertwined and moved to her hands, where they shone white.

Fairies and sparrow men alike began to buzz with whispers. Two talents? Queen Clarion went to the new fairy and took her hand. "Today is an extraordinary day after all. This new arrival has a talent I have not seen for many centuries. She is indeed a healing talent, but she can use the power of water to aid her, and she will be gifted in difficult healings, some which may never have been attempted." At this, Queen Clarion turned to the new fairy and said, "You will be a great asset to us all, Andromeda."

Andromeda smiled at her name. She instinctively knew it meant protector of men, an apt name for a healer, she thought. As the healers and water talents came forward, she looked back over her shoulder. She wanted to make sure the sad sparrow man was all right. Her eyes found him quickly. He smiled at her, but it didn't quite reach his eyes. Before she could go to him, fairies and sparrow men from other talent guilds had come to meet her and pay their respects.

Out of the corner of her eye, Rosetta saw Terence off to the side, picking up his chalice and other things, getting ready to fly back to the well. Oh no you don't, she thought. She quickly landed by his side, and said, "Terence, just where do you think you're going?"

Without looking up, Terence replied, "I'm going home." Before Rosetta could answer, he said, "Rosetta, this isn't for me. She's new, everyone else is dying to meet her, she'll see me soon enough tomorrow morning."

"But you're dying to meet her too, daisy top! Don't give me any of that, I saw the way you were looking at her during the ceremony. And don't tell me you look at all new fairies that way. And don't tell me that you weren't wishing for her to be a fairy-dust-talent like you. And don't—"

Terence put up a hand. "Rose, you've taken away any possible argument I could have given. I know you don't like it, but I know from experience how it would turn out. Please, I can't take the disappointment anymore." Before Rosetta could say anything else, Terence turned and took off for home.

I'll fix that, thought Rosetta. She made her way over to Andromeda and exchanged pleasantries. Rosetta stood by her side as she met countless fairies and tried to remember all their names. Rosetta smiled as Quicksilver came over and introduced herself. After the two had met, and others approached Andromeda, Rosetta pulled Quicksilver aside and told her about her plan to get Andromeda and Terence together. Quicksilver knew how lonely Terence was, perhaps better than anyone in Pixie Hollow, ad she heartily approved. She too had seen the way Terence looked at Andromeda.

As the receiving line ran down, Andromeda sighed. Quicksilver smiled, and said, "Bet that was tiring."

"Sure was. I never thought there were so many fairies in Pixie Hollow."

Quicksilver grinned. "But there's one you didn't meet."

"Of course," said Andromeda. "The sparrow man who was standing near Queen Clarion. The one who looked sad." Rosetta and Quicksilver exchanged glances. Andromeda remembered Terence out of all the fairies in Pixie Hollow. This was good, perfect for their match-making scheme. "We can take you to meet him," said Rosetta. "We know where he lives."

"Why was he so sad?" asked Andromeda. Quicksilver frowned. "That he'll have to tell you himself."

Andromeda nodded.

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Terence was extremely angry with himself as he put away his cups and chalices from the day. "How could I have let myself get so hopeful? So excited? Of course she wouldn't have been a dust keeper like me, they never are. And how could I even let myself think about her like that? After Tink I thought… but I guess I'll never learn, will I? Stupid, stupid, stupid! Ouch!" Terence had kicked the wall of the tree in his anger and instantly regretted it. The kick sent a jolt of pain through his ankle and knee, causing him to jump backward and knock over his chair.

A voice sounded from behind him, and hearing it and knowing the owner, he groaned. "Well, I do think kicking a tree was kinda dumb for someone your size, but I wouldn't exactly call you stupid," said Quicksilver. She frowned. "Then again, I probably would, but that's just the kind of fairy I am."

"Hello Quicksilver," said Terence, grumpy. "And to what do I owe this visit?"

"You didn't meet the new arrival yet."

No, he thought. She could not have said that… Andromeda couldn't have seen that pratfall… worse, she couldn't have heard what he said… unless all of Never Land was out to get him… Andromeda wasn't really here…

"Are you all right?" said a sweet musical voice. Of course… she's here. Terence turned a bit to face her, and saw her pretty face wrinkled in concern. "I'm all right, just a little upset, that's all."

"Why?' she asked as Rosetta helped Terence off the floor. Quicksilver opened her mouth to answer. Terence paled, and before Quicksilver could say anything, he said, "Because I kicked a tree, and it fought back." Andromeda laughed. It was a beautiful sound. Terence would have gotten lost in the beauty of it if he had not chosen that exact moment to put his hurt foot on the ground.

"Yeow!" He yelped in pain, and fell backwards again, but this time Quicksilver caught him. "Here big guy, why don't you rest for a while, and keep off that foot." Terence groaned. "This'll take days to heal."

"So just call a healer," said Rosetta.

"They've all gone to bed, Rose. And you know how this stuff works. If they can't get to it early, they can't help."

"Well, I can think of one healer who hasn't gone to bed," said Andromeda with a smirk. At their blank looks, she grinned. "Me, guys. I can fix this." Terence blushed. He knew healers needed direct contact with skin to heal, and he was already embarrassed enough after his fall. "No, I can't ask you to do that, I'll be fine."

Andromeda shook her head. "No, you won't. At best, that's a bad sprain, but it looks like there might be hairline fractures in a few of your ankle bones, maybe a tear in a ligament that connects to your knee. You need that fixed." The three stared at her. "How do you know all that?" asked Quicksilver. Andromeda smiled. "It's kind of my specialty." Terence knew he wasn't going to get out of this, and it really did hurt. He knew the risks of an injury healing improperly, and knew that it was better to get the embarrassment over with as quickly as possible. "All right," he said.

She knelt by his ankle at the side of his chair and used her delicate hands to her advantage in gently removing Terence's boot. He barely felt a thing. She rolled up the leg of his dark red trousers. It was lucky for Terence that she was looking at his ankle, because his face was about the same shade as his pants. Her quick fingers moved lightly over his ankle and calf, telling her where the trouble spots were. He completely forgot Rosetta and Quicksilver, which was also lucky, as they had left after only a few minutes, wanting to get the two alone.

"By the way, I'm Terence."

Andromeda looked up from his ankle and smiled that beautiful smile of hers. "Andromeda. But you already knew that."

"I did. Everyone knows you."

"Except you. You didn't stay. Why?"

There were many questions there, the ones she asked and the ones she didn't. Terence decided to be honest and tell the truth. At least most of the truth. "I'm the only fairy-dust-talent in Pixie Hollow. I guess I hoped you'd join me. I always hope the new arrival will be like me, and I'm always disappointed." Terence sighed. "But I guess it's a good thing you're a healer, right?" She grinned. "Right. I'm sorry I'm not a dust keeper like you, but I can try to make it up to you."

"You already are."

"No, I mean I'll come and see you so you won't be so lonely."

"Have you been talking to Rosetta?"

"No, well, yes, but not about you. As a healer, I'm sensitive to emotion." She looked at him seriously. "I know you've been hurt Terence. I wish I could fix that too."

"What do you mean?"

"The heart. The one place I can't fix. Your ankle on the other hand…" She gently but firmly placed her hands on either side of Terence's ankle and concentrated. The broken bones resealed and the ligament stretched itself and reattached. Terence rotated his ankle. "Wow. Thanks, this is incredible. Queen Clarion was right about you." Andromeda blushed. "Thanks Terence." She looked around and saw that her two friends had left. "Well, I… I should probably go and… you know, get some rest. I'll probably have a busy day tomorrow."

Terence spoke before he knew what was happening. "Can I take you home?" He bit his lip. He shouldn't have said that, he shouldn't have said that, He shouldn't…

"I'd like that."

Barely aware of what he was doing, he took her arm and they flew together away from the dust well toward the healer's grove. Terence let her lead, as he knew she would not have to be told which house was hers. She knew, and they touched down just outside the door. "Thank you, Terence."

"Thank you, Andromeda. Without you, I wouldn't be standing here right now." Then Andromeda did something Terence never would have expected in his wildest dreams. She seemed to think about it for a split second, then she stood on tiptoe and threw her arms around his shoulders in a hug. It only took a second for Terence to realize what was happening, but as soon as he did, he hugged her back. His mind was telling him that it was a bad idea, but his arms didn't listen, and his heart didn't care.

Her cheek was touching his, and she whispered in his ear, "Call me Andy."

"Mmhmm," he sighed. After a moment, they both let go. "See you tomorrow, Terence."

"See you tomorrow, Andy."

They waved, she went inside, and Terence flew back to his home in the Pixie Dust tree, looking forward to tomorrow for the first time in a long time.