Tinkerbell awoke to see Silvermist in front of her. "What happened?".
"I don't know," she replied as she helped her up.
"Is everyone ok?". Tinkerbell saw everyone flutter towards them.
"Oh, my outfit!" Rosetta cried.
"Your dress," Tinkerbell stated to Silvermist.
"And that's my dress,". Silvermist pointed at Tinkerbell.
Tinkerbell gasped, "Do you realize what this means?".
"Somebody switched our heads!". The others gasped.
"No, no, no, somebody switched our talents!".
"Look at all this water!" Iridessa exclaimed. Everyone turned towards the huge waterfall behind them. "How are we going to get home?".
Tinkerbell walked up to the waterfall and poked it with her finger. Immediately Well,a column of water shot out at the others. "Hey!" they all cried as they were drenched with water.
"But, I didn't do anything, I just...". Then she poked the water again and another column of water shot out at the others.
"Well, then can you stop not doing anything, before we drown," Vidia barked.
Silvermist held out her hand to the waterfall. She then shot up hitting the rocky ceiling. "You're a fast flying fairy!" Tinkerbell stated.
Iridessa yawned and leaned up against the rocky wall. Suddenly the grass shot up into the air. "And I'm a garden fairy," she squeaked.
"Ew! Ew! Ew! Get 'em off! Get 'em off! Get 'em off... Get 'em off!" Rosetta squealed. Bugs were crawling all over her. She scooped one off her head and it kissed her on the nose. "Guess I'm an animal fairy,".
"Then you must be a light fairy Fawn, and Vidia, you're a tinker!" Tink exclaimed.
"What no! I can't be a tinker! Anything but that!".
"Serves you right, for insulting tinkers all the time," Rosetta stated.
"Guys can we just focus on getting home?" Fawn interrupted.
"She's right, we need to get back and warn everyone!" Tink agreed.
"The only problem is, where are we?" Vidia asked.
"I actually think I know where we are," Silvermist stated. Everyone looked at her with a confused look. "The tadpole pond has a waterfall just like this one and every spring I come here to bring them to the main land,".
"So you know how to get back?".
"Of course, we just need to get on the other side of this waterfall,". Everyone turned to Tink.
"What?" she asked, confused at why they turned to her.
000
Lord Milori stood beside his owl, supposedly supervising the border crossings. What he was actually doing was looking at the tree. He had seen another flash of lightning earlier that morning, but when he had seen it, it wasn't near the tree. As if it were targeting something. This concerned him even more, but mostly he worried if Clarion would be safe.
As he continued to stare at the distant tree, something gripped his attention. He thought he had heard someone. "Lord Milori!" a voice called. Lord Milori turned his gazed towards a group of nearing fairies. For it was Tinkerbell who had called for his attention, her friends close behind her. Their faces showed distress, and there was something noticeably different about the group.
"What happened?" Milori asked with great concern.
"We don't know, but our talents switched!".
Suddenly two more fairies flew up to them. "Lord Milori, something's wrong with the tree!".
Milori leaped onto his owl and the two were off towards the tree. The warmth of the other seasons already beating down on him. Closer and closer the tree was getting as the owl soared through the air. Would Clarion be all right? Would she be safe? The thoughts raced through his mind. He wasn't paying attention and his owl let out a sudden screech. They both fell, landing near the tree opening.
An old memory appeared in his mind, Clarion, face to face with the crow from all those seasons ago. It was speaking to her, but this time Milori actually understood the crow. "If and when you choose to love him, you will face great consequences,". Then the bird looked towards him, and flapped away, exactly like it had happened the first time.
His vision blurred and he saw a white blob in front of him. When his vision cleared, he realized the white blob was his owl who also was beginning to stand. They were just outside the opening of the tree. Milori then ran into Clarion's room, where she was collapsed on the floor. Her dress was now the teal color of a frost fairy's, faded into gold in some places. He picked her up carefully and carried her to his owl. Once he was on, he held Clarion close with one arm, and held the rein with his other hand. The owl leaped into the air, and soared on towards the border.
As they grew nearer to the border, Milori realized that he no longer felt the heat of the warm seasons beating on him. He hadn't noticed his suit was now golden, faded into its original teal. When the owl crossed the border there was a rush of cold air. The owl landed and Milori slid off, still holding Clarion in his arms. The fairies who had still been waiting at the border gasped, and Fairy Mary and Dewey rushed over. "I need a healing talent fairy," Milori stated and then shivered.
"Helena!" Fairy Mary called.
"What you need is a coat, Lord Milori," Dewey stated.
"No, she is more important" Milori grunted. Dewey nodded and backed down. Helena raced over. She held two fingers to Queen Clarion's neck. Her skin was cold, but she was still alive. Clarion opened her eyes a moment, then they fell shut once more.
"Queen Clarion! Something's wr..." Summer began as she and the other ministers raced over. They too had their talents switched, Autumn and Winter were switched, and Summer and Spring were switched. A shocked expression came upon each of the ministers' faces when they saw her.
Everyone was silent, hoping Queen Clarion would be all right. "There's nothing I can do, all we can do is wait, and hope she is all right," Helena stated sadly. Milori filled with regret, and hopelessness. He saddened at the feeling that he was unable to protect her, and the thought of losing her.
"Lord Milori?" Dewey spoke with great concern.
Milori rose, still carrying Clarion. "No one is to go near the tree," he stated, then turned and walked on towards the North side. Fairy Mary, Dewey, and the ministers followed, then many other fairies as well. Milori's owl leaped into the air and flew on ahead. Tink and her friends, including Peri, Spike, Gliss, and Sled, were left, about to follow the others, when Peri saw something.
"Hey, what's that?". Peri was pointing at something bobbing in the water.
Sled flew down towards it. A bottle was bobbing in the stream, caught in the ice. "It's a bottle," he called back, "and there's a note of some sort inside!".
