Chapter 3: Talent Searching.
Tinker Bell led the girls to the kitchen and they headed inside. The cooking fairies were at work, flittering about, getting things ready for tea that night. However, when the fairies saw Prilla, they stared for a moment.
Prilla: (Blushing nervously) H-Hi, everyone. Just came in to see what the kitchen was like.
The fairies nodded and went back to work.
Tinker Bell: I wonder what that clatter was.
The friends looked around, and there was the source. Shattered China, and spilled soup all over the floor.
Silvermist: I don't suppose you could repair that, could you Tink?
Tinker Bell: Afraid not. Putting that back together would be like putting the moonstone back together. It'd be impossible.
A cleaning talent fairy came into the kitchen.
Cleaning talent fairy: Don't worry. I got this.
She swept up the china into a dust pan and put it in the bin. Then, she mopped up the spilled soup into the bucket and took it away.
Prilla: Thank you!
Tinker Bell: I'm going to check around for any other things that may have been damaged.
Rosetta: You do that, girl.
Tink flies around, and she showed a bit of pride when she looked at some things she had mended, including a steamer from last week, a pressure cooker that had given her endless trouble, and a circular tube pan that had kept going oblong. She waved to them all, causing her friends to laugh a little bit, except for Prilla, who gave the girls a confused look.
Vidia: Don't ask, child. Tink can be a bit tricky to get along with at times.
Tinker Bell: (Overheard the comment) Yeah, look who's talking.
This time, it was Vidia's turn to look a little embarrassed, but the girls, Vid included, still went along with the joke.
After the joke ended, the girls got back on topic.
Iridessa: If Prilla has a talent for anything in here, it would show in her face.
Rosetta: Yeah. She'd be very excited about doing whatever it is she's talented at.
Fawn: I wonder if she's getting that impression…
But, the girls look at Prilla, her eyes seemed to have a glassy, far off look.
Silvermist: Prilla?
(On the mainland, Prilla was on the windowsill of a human girl's bedroom. There was doll furniture everywhere on the floor. A large doll was sitting at a chair on the kitchen table, and a smaller doll was nearby.)
Prilla: Heh, what beautiful dolls.
(The human girl was looking for something in a paper bag.)
Prilla: Ooh, look at that toy stove. (She flies over to it and pretends to be cooking, hiding her wings, and dimming her fairy glow.) Heheheheehhe! Oh, this will be hilarious.
(The little girl looked up.)
Girl: Oh, I can't find it. I wish I… (She gasps when she sees Prilla.)
(Then, Prilla flashes herself back to Pixie Hollow. The six fairies were trying to get her attention.)
Fawn: Yoohoo? Prilla?
(No replay.)
Fairies: PRILLA!
Prilla: (Jumps in the air) WHOA! (She catches herself on her wings, and flies back down.) What's with the wake up call there, girls? I wasn't asleep.
Tinker Bell: (Shocked) What were you…
Vidia: Deep breaths, Tink.
Tinker Bell: Ok. (She takes a deep breath, and calms down.) Thanks, Vid. (Back on topic) Never mind. Now then, Prilla, you don't see anything your talented at, do you?
Prilla: I… I don't know. Maybe?
Tinker Bell: (Sighs) You'd know, Prilla.
Rosetta: Just give her more time, Sugar.
Dulcie, a baking talent fairy, flew to them with a basket of poppy puff roles.
Dulcie: Try one, girls.
Each of the girls took one politely and started eating.
Iridessa: I love these rolls, Dulcie.
Silvermist: You put so much effort into them.
Dulcie: Just doing my talent as a baking fairy. (She notices Prilla amongst the group.) Is she the new girl?
Prilla: Uh… yeah.
Dulcie: Fly with you. I'm Dulcie. (She notices Prilla biting her own roll cautiously.) Is the roll too salty?
Prilla shook her head.
Prilla: No. It's… great. I love it. (Thinking) It's so good. It's a joy to be eating this… wait, joy? The girls had said it about the scout. Maybe…
Dulcie: Oh, I'm glad to hear it.
Prilla: (outloud) I have a talent. Girls, I have one. My talent, is eating.
The six friends and Dulcie stared at Prilla.
Fawn: Uh… eating's not a talent, Prilla.
Rosetta: Everyone loves Dulcie's rolls. Her talent is baking.
Prilla: Oh. Uh… my fault.
Dulcie: (To the other girls.) It's true then. She doesn't know what her talent is.
Tinker Bell: Don't worry, Dulcie. She'll get there soon.
Just then, another fairy called out.
?: Tink, Ro, Dess, Sil, Fawn and Vid, are you over there?
Silvermist: Yes, we're here.
The girls flew off in the voice's direction. Prilla followed, and she crashed into another fairy with a bag of hayseed flour, both of them were covered with flour.
Prilla: Oh, I'd fly backwards if I could.
Cooking fairy: Hey, it's alright, girl. Er, Prilla, yes?
Prilla: Yeah. Uh, just catching up with my friends.
Cooking fairy: Oh, you mean Tink and her pals? They went that way.
Prilla: Eh, thanks.
(She zips in the direction the cooking fairy had pointed.)
Cooking fairy: (Sighs) Too bad that newcomer isn't a cooking fairy.
Prilla: Man, Tinker Bell and her friends are so lucky to have a great reputation around here. I wish I could get a better one.
Prilla then saw the six fairies embracing a seventh fairy in a coconut shell tube, and weeping.
Her name was Rani. Like Silvermist, she was a water talent fairy. She was at the top of her talent, second only to Sil herself. On her arrival day, Silvermist started teaching Rani all the tricks, and the two fairies bonded very quickly. After this, Silvermist introduced Rani to her friends (Which, at the time, were Rosetta, Fawn and Iridessa), and they bonded well too. Sil introduced Tinker Bell to Rani a few days after they came back from bringing Spring to the mainland, and when after the day Vidia started changing her ways for the better, Rani bonded with her as well.
Rani: (Through her tears) The coating cracked.
Prilla hovered behind the group of fairies.
Tinker Bell: What…
Rani: (Finishing off her sentence) …Cracked?
Tinker Bell: (Shaking her head) …Did you do to your wings?
Prilla: Huh?
Iridessa: She has a habit of finishing off fairies…
Rani: …Sentences.
Prilla: Point taken. (She looks at Rani's wings.) Huh?
Rani: It's only egg. For waterproofing.
Iridessa: Oh, Rani. Were you trying to swim again?
Rani: (Blowing her nose with a leafkercheif) Yes. Now, my wings have to be washed, and I won't be able to fly tonight. I persuaded a baking talent fairy to coat my wings with beaten egg, and I thought that would waterproof my wings. When the egg was dry, I tried them out in the tub. At first, it worked, but when I moved a wing, the egg cracked.
Rosetta: Oh, Sweet-Pea. You know a never fairy can't swim.
Vidia: Believe us, we've seen Zarina nearly drown as a result.
Prilla: Drown?! That's scary.
Tinker Bell: Luckily, we managed to save her when I, still as a water fairy from the talent switching, pushed the water back and the others pulled the lantern out. When then got her to shore after we got her out of and abandoned the empty lantern.
Prilla: Oh, that's a relief.
Fawn: It sure is. (Turning to Rani) Well, Rani, at least you didn't use…
Rani: …A balloon! (She starts laughing so hard she was weeping again.)
Water fairy tend to cry easily, sweat easily, and their noses run easily. This was because, like their talent suggests, they are as full of water as a watermelon. Being water fairies, both Rani and Silvermist were prepared with a number of leafkercheifs.
Rani: I'll never try to swim with a balloon again.
Vidia: (Chuckling) Maybe not a balloon.
Rosetta: (Chuckling) That is a silly thing to swim with.
Fawn: (Pretending to puff up her checks and talking in a silly voice) I'm a balloon, and I'm going to take a dip.
Silvermist: (Carrying on from Fawn's 'story') Uh oh, I think I've become a water balloon.
The girls all laughed together, and even Prilla couldn't help but give a quiet laugh.
Tinker Bell: But you'll try something…
Rani: …Else. Probably.
It was at this point that Rani noticed Prilla.
Rani: You're the new fairy, right?
(Prilla nods)
Rani: Just in time for the celebration. (Then, something occurs to her.) Why aren't you with your talent, trying out new things?
Rosetta: Uh… long…
Rani: …Story?
Rosetta: Yeah, that. Don't want to talk about it now.
Rani: I understand. (To Prilla) I'm Rani. Fly with you. Everyone is so glad you've come.
Prilla: Fly with you. I'm… Prilla.
Prilla braced herself for the talent question.
Rani stepped out of the tub.
Rani: (Sighs) Sometimes I wish I wasn't a water talent fairy.
Silvermist: Oh come on, Rani. We are lucky to be water fairies. It's such fun, you know.
Prilla: What do water fairies do?
Silvermist: Come on, we'll show you, Prilla.
(Prilla and he two water fairies approached the tub.)
Silvermist: Watch us.
(She and Rani bend down and pick up some water. To Prilla's surprise, the water didn't run through the girls' hands, and it stayed in balls.)
Prilla: Wow… that's amazing.
Rani: You haven't seen the fun part yet.
The two water talent fairies pull the water and pinch it every so often, until they took the shapes of fish with gaping mouths.
The other five girls smiled too. Iridessa used her light talent to make the fish gleam gold and their eyes become iridescent.
Silvermist: Nice touch there, Dess.
Iridessa: Happy to lend some light.
Silvermist: (To Prilla) This water fish making takes practise.
Rani: This too. (She balls up her own water fish and tilted her hand. The ball dropped into the tub, but stayed a ball. She rose her hand a little, and the ball rose to meet it.)
Rosetta: You and Sil are so good at this sort of thing, Rani.
Rani: Thanks, Ro. (She bounced the water ball in the tub. Then, she threw the ball and caught it a few times before she dropped it, and it landed by Prilla's feet, the new fairy backed away a little.)
Silvermist: Try picking it up. If you have a talent for water, you'd be able to.
She bent over, and reached for the water ball.
Both Dulcie and Rani, like Prilla, are book only characters. In the books, Vidia has a soft spot for Prilla, despite the fact that she doesn't have a complete heel-face turn like in the movies. I may give that role to another character instead. Don't know who yet.
