I don't own Tinker Bell or the Tinker Bell franchise. This is just for enjoyment and I only own the plot.
Ah, another chapter in. How sweet. I think it's because I'm having a good day. Enjoy your chapter, readers.
Silvermist scurried to the border and waited impatiently as the frost fairies covered her wings. Racing through the forest, Silvermist made it to the Keeper's Cove within minutes and looked around anxiously.
A snowball hit her in the back of the head and she looked around to see a familiar shadow disappearing behind some books. Following, Silvermist came out into an open space between the books and felt something push her against a stack of ice-covered tombs. Glancing up, the water fairy found herself staring into two darkened blue eyes and a devilish smile. Periwinkle began kissing at her neck, leaving small nips every few kisses.
"That feels... good." Silvermist moaned, her hands landing on the frost fairy's back and pulling her closer.
"I missed you last night." Periwinkle purred.
"I know," Silvermist agreed. "It felt like I would never see you again."
"But you're here with me now." Periwinkle breathed, her lips inches from the water fairy's.
"Periwinkle! Silvermist!" a deep voice called. The girls broke apart and nervously turned to see Lord Milori striding toward them.
"What is this?" he demanded calmly.
"Um, Silvermist is my... my dustfairy, Lord Milori." Periwinkle told him, standing protectively in front of Silvermist.
"There is a law against that, Periwinkle." Lord Milori explained gently. "The temptation is too great to resist. You two must separate before it becomes unbearable. Understood?"
"Yes, Lord Milori." Periwinkle replied sadly. When he walked off, Periwinkle turned to an upset Silvermist.
"He said we needed to break up." the water fairy pouted.
"He didn't say now." Periwinkle said slyly. "Just before the temptation becomes too much."
Silvermist brightened and pulled Periwinkle in for a kiss. "You're a hawk, you know." she chuckled.
"Yeah, but you love it." Periwinkle teased.
"Yes, I do."
The two spent the rest of their company kissing and talking about themselves, leaving the earlier discussion with Lord Milori to be addressed another day.
The next day, Silvermist was gathering water droplets for the upcoming Annual Water Talent Dodge Drop Tournament while Fawn tried to calm an overly jittery ladybug that just wouldn't stay still.
"Silvermist." The water fairy glanced up and promptly dropped her dewdrop. Queen Clarion stood a foot away with a stern expression upon her face.
"Yes, Queen Clarion?" Silvermist asked politely as, behind her, Fawn finally got the ladybug to settle down.
"Lord Milori told me that you and Periwinkle are dustfairies.
"Yeah." Silvermist gave a dreamy sigh at the thought of the frost fairy.
"I want you to break up with her now."
Silvermist gasped in horror. "What? But Queen Clarion-."
"No Silvermist. The danger is too great. You will break up with her before noon tomorrow, understand?" Silvermist nodded and sniffed.
"Y-yes, Queen C-Clarion."
The gold-winged fairy gave a curt nod and flew off. Silvermist glanced back to see Fawn quite a few feet away, wrestling with the ladybug again.
"Fawn!" she called.
Fawn's ears flicked and she instantly knew something was wrong; Silvermist sounded hysterical. "Sil, what's- Silvermist?!" The water fairy had fallen to her knees, clutching her chest. Fawn sped to her side, forgetting all about the ladybug.
"Queen Clarion... Queen Clarion ordered... ordered me... me to... to..."
"To what, Sil? What's the order?"
"I have t-to break up w-with Periwinkle!" Silvermist sobbed.
"What? But you two are so in love with each other!" The animal fairy held the water fairy close as the black-haired girl bawled into her shoulder. That's how Vidia, Iridessa and Rosetta found them several minutes later.
"What's wrong with Silvermist?" Iridessa asked worriedly.
"Queen Clarion ordered her to break up with Periwinkle!" Fawn spat, half angrily half sadly.
"How could she do such a thing?" Rosetta demanded, horrified.
"Can't she see how happy they are together?" Iridessa cried.
"Surely it was to keep them safe." Vidia tried.
"Why are you always on the queen's side?" Rosetta shouted.
"Because someone has to be with you four and Tink always ganging up on her!" Vidia retorted.
"L-Lord M-Milori is on her s-side!" Silvermist hiccuped, trying to sound furious, but simply coming off as broken.
"Yeah, and I bet Spike is on his side." Vidia told her. "Because they're the only ones who know for sure what happens and don't deserve to have the whole world against them when they're just trying to do the right thing!" The conviction in her voice made the others, even Silvermist, stare at her and Vidia sighed. "I'm just saying. Try seeing it from their point of view; they're just trying to keep us safe."
"No!" Silvermist moaned. "I don't want to be safe! I want to be with Periwinkle!"
"I know Sil." Fawn sighed. "Did she say a specific time?"
"N-noon t-tom-mor-row."
"Tomorrow?" Iridessa gasped. "But that's barely a day. It's already almost sundown!"
"Iridessa, stop talking!" Vidia hissed, watching Silvermist crumble even more.
"I-I can't d-do it!" Silvermist sniffed. "I can't do that to her!"
"But if it's an order..." Iridessa trailed off, not wanting to finish.
"I can't. Think of what that would do to her. She'll never take me back and probably never speak to me again for as long as I live. To Tinker Bell, that would be ending our friendship forever and I like being Tink's friend. We go on so many strange and exciting adventures."
"I'm sorry, Silvermist, but it is an order." Rosetta sighed, gently touching the water fairy's shoulder before flying off. The gesture was soon imitated by Iridessa and, quite some time later, Vidia.
Fawn took Silvermist home with her and held her while the water fairy fought with herself over whether to obey the order or stay loyal to her love for Periwinkle. In the end, she figured the consequences would be higher if she didn't follow the order.
Looking up, she sniffed, "Fawn?"
"Yeah?" Fawn replied quietly.
"I'm going to break up with Periwinkle."
Fawn nodded and watched as Silvermist sent out a weasel message to Periwinkle. When the weasel was gone, Silvermist climbed into Fawn's arms and cried for the rest of the night.
The next day, Fawn bid Silvermist good luck and headed to work.
The upset fairy made her way to the Winter Woods and sat on the border to await Periwinkle. The frost fairy hurried to the border, moving as fast as her wings would carry her.
In her hand, she clutched a leaf saying, 'Periwinkle, I have something important to tell you and it's urgent you meet me at the border at noon. Don't be late. Silvermist.'
Reaching the border, the frost fairy gave a whoop of relief at seeing the water fairy unharmed.
Rushing forward, Periwinkle called, "Silvermist! I got your leaf message. What was so important?" Periwinkle watched the water fairy's eyes dull and wondered who had died.
"Periwinkle, I... I... we need to break up."
"What?"
"I don't want to be around you anymore."
"Silvermist, what are you talking about? Why are you doing this?"
Silvermist could feel the tears coming and knew she had to hurry and finish. "Please, just leave me alone."
Periwinkle stared in shocked horror as Silvermist fluttered back over to the warm side.
"No!" she shouted. "Silvermist, please! I can't lose you. I can't lose you!"
She flapped over to the warm side after her dustfairy. Almost immediately, she felt the heat hit her, but she wouldn't give up. She had to make Silvermist understand how much she needed her. The water-talent fairy had a head start on her, but Periwinkle was fast. Fairies and animals all watched in wonder as the frost-talent fairy zoomed past.
Suddenly, she heard someone calling her name, but she ignored them, staying focused on Silvermist. The heat was beginning to get to her, sweat dripping down her face as the sun, which seemed brighter than before, beat against her eyes. Silvermist was getting farther and farther away and Periwinkle felt as though something were weighing her down.
"Peri, what are you doing here?" The frost fairy recognized Tinker Bell's voice and tried to speed up. She couldn't feel her wings to be sure they were flapping, but she also couldn't lose Silvermist. The wind was suddenly picking up speed and as this registered, so did the fact that she was falling. Slamming into the ground, Periwinkle groaned and stared up wearily at the sky.
"Peri, you shouldn't be so far in here without any ice near you!" Tinker Bell scolded worriedly.
"Silvermist." Periwinkle breathed.
"Vidia can you help me?"
"Tink, she said something about Silvermist."
"Yeah, we can address that in a sec. We need to get her to safety first."
Vidia took one arm while Tinker Bell took the other and the two fairies flew quickly toward Winter. They stopped to grab jackets to protect their own wings before running Periwinkle deep into the cold woods.
"Healing... fairy." Periwinkle said softly. "Northeast... from here."
The two warm fairies hurried to get their friend to the cove. When they arrived, they found Lord Milori waiting for them with Sled, Gliss and Spike.
"Peri!" Gliss shouted in dismay.
"She needs help." Tinker Bell told them. "We found her almost across the Summer border."
Lord Milori took a look into Periwinkle's eyes and found them unfocused and half-lidded. "She'll need to stay in this cove for at least a day to recover." he explained. "She is nearly to the brink of what we call melting. It's when it's too warm for a winter sparrow man or fairy to live and his or her life starts fading. Had she made it to Summer..."
Tinker Bell gasped and clutched at Vidia desperately, afraid for her sister's life.
"But why would she go so far in?" Spike asked, concern coloring her expression.
"She said something about Silvermist." Vidia responded softly.
"Yeah, Silvermist is her dustfairy." Gliss nodded. Then, it dawned on all five why Periwinkle had gone so far.
"She wanted to see Silvermist." Sled and Gliss exclaimed.
"But Fawn told us that Silvermist said that she was going to break it off." Vidia said.
"That's why Peri went so far; she was too stubborn not to try reasoning with Silvermist." Spike pointed out with a sigh.
"Poor Periwinkle." Gliss sniffed, watching as two healing fairies held ice and snow to her friends wings, chest, stomach and forehead.
"Poor Silvermist." Tinker Bell added. "This must be eating at her. But why did she break it off?"
"It was an order from Queen Clarion." Vidia mumbled.
"What?" Tinker Bell gasped.
"To protect them from turning into Pixie Dust."
"Oh no." Tinker Bell's wings wilted as she gazed at her sister. After a few more moments, the two warm fairies bid their winter friends goodbye and headed back home.
"Let's go see Silvermist." Vidia told the blonde gently. The pair flew to the river to find Silvermist sobbing quietly in Fawn's arms.
"Sh, Sil, it's going to be ok."
"It h-hurts." the water fairy whimpered.
"I know, Sil. I'm sorry I can't help."
"Silvermist." Tinker Bell called, stepping forward. The black-haired fairy started and turned frightened eyes to the blonde. "We just finished a visit to Winter-."
"I'm sorry!" Silvermist shouted. "Tink, I didn't want to, honest! It's just that Queen Clarion made it an order and if I didn't obey there would be consequences. Please, I'm so s-!"
"Silvermist!" The water fairy fell silent. "I know. Vidia explained it while we were at the Healing Cove."
"Healing Cove?" Silvermist interjected. "Why were you there?"
"Well," Vidia sighed. "After you broke up with her, Periwinkle decided to follow you back here to Summer. Of course, before she could make it, she fell from the sky and Tink and I had to take her back home. She was really close to being dead-."
"What?!" Silvermist shrieked, getting paler by the minute, her breathing shallow and her eyes wide. Fawn shot Vidia a vicious glare as she had the water fairy kneel and take deep calming breaths.
"I knew it was a bad idea!" Silvermist squeaked. "I should have stayed with her!"
"No, Sil, she's ok. She's not dead... right?" The last part was a demand directed at Vidia from a peeved Fawn.
"Yes!" Vidia stated quickly.
"She was being tended to when we left." Tinker Bell added. Silvermist nodded and curled into the animal fairy's embrace.
The next day, Silvermist couldn't concentrate on any of her droplets. None of her tasks got done, she was jittery and snappy and the only thing she could think about was Periwinkle. None of the other water fairies wanted to go anywhere near her for fear of getting a spray of water directed at them just from breathing. All were happy when Fawn stopped by at lunchtime.
"Hey, Sil." The quiet voice made the agitated fairy glance up and give her best friend a small half smile.
"Hey Fawn."
The animal fairy sat and dipped her feet into the water. "How's work going?"
"Horribly." Silvermist replied bitterly. "I've gotten nothing done."
"I'm sorry to hear that. Here, I picked you a flower to cheer you up." She handed Silvermist a small purple and white flower. The water fairy stared at it blankly before turning a black-eyed glare to Fawn. The animal fairy gasped in shocked fear.
"You picked me a periwinkle?" Silvermist growled angrily, scaring Fawn even more. "As if it weren't bad enough. Why?"
"I'm sorry! I'm not as good with flowers as Rosetta. Maybe I can pick you a different one?"
Silvermist shook her head and sat back. "I just... want to see her again. Feel her arms wrapping around me in a hug. I miss her."
Fawn touched her shoulder tenderly and sat with her until lunch was over. Vidia stopped by for a sec and, when Silvermist turned her back for a second, the animal fairy whispered, "Angry Silvermist is not something to mess with. She's scary." Vidia snorted, but wholeheartedly believed it. The sweet ones usually had the biggest tempers.
Going back to work, Silvermist tried to do her job once more. But now, the thoughts of Periwinkle were more persistent. No matter how hard she tried, the water fairy couldn't get the frost fairy out of her mind.
Silvermist finally gave up, throwing her hands into the air. "I can't do this anymore! I miss Wink. I have to see her again, no matter what Queen Clarion says."
Flying to the border, Silvermist saw a gold outline appear on her wings. Looking across, Silvermist saw Periwinkle sitting in a tree on the winter side, looking glum.
"Periwinkle?" the water fairy called.
Periwinkle perked up and grinned when she spotted Silvermist, walking toward the winter side. The two flew at each other and met at the boundary line. Periwinkle pulled Silvermist into a hug, holding her close. She breathed in the scent of summer as Silvermist relished in the cold that emanated naturally from the frost fairy.
"I can't be without you, Wink." Silvermist breathed.
"I can't be without you either, Mist." Periwinkle told her, holding her close.
They looked into each other's eyes, Silvermist's deep brown eyes staring almost dazedly into Periwinkle's ice blue ones. Their faces gravitated together, Periwinkle leaning up a bit since Silvermist was slightly taller. Gold outlined their wings as their lips met and Silvermist moaned.
"I've missed you." she gasped.
"I know, Mist. I feel it too."
Periwinkle wound her fingers in the silky black hair and both moaned, moving closer to get more contact. Silvermist wrapped her arms around Periwinkle's waist as Periwinkle's wings fluttered slightly in her excitement. "Mist, this feels so..."
"Right." Silvermist finished, gazing into the other fairy's eyes lovingly.
"Stop!"
The shout startled both girls and they pulled away from the kiss they were about to share. Behind Periwinkle stood Lord Milori with Gliss, Slush, Spike and Sled. Behind Silvermist stood Queen Clarion with Rosetta, Fawn, Tinker Bell, Iridessa and Vidia.
"Silvermist, I thought I ordered you not to be with her any longer." Queen Clarion called sternly.
"Queen Clarion, I love Periwinkle." Silvermist appealed to the Queen.
"That may be so, Silvermist, but an order is an order."
"Please, Lord Milori, don't do this." Periwinkle pleaded.
"Periwinkle, you know how dangerous it is. Do not make this mistake."
"Choosing Silvermist was not a mistake!" the little frost fairy snarled angrily. "She's the best thing that's ever happened to me and I refuse to let her be unhappy because of another dumb rule. Have you learned nothing from Tinker Bell's broken wing?"
"This is different." Queen Clarion told her. "This is a matter of life and death."
"I'm not living anymore unless I'm with Periwinkle, Queen Clarion." the water fairy explained. "It's like she is my life. I don't want to be without her."
"And I won't be without Silvermist." Periwinkle agreed, taking her love's hand in her own and smiling at her.
"Enough of this!" Lord Milori boomed. "Gliss, Spike, grab Periwinkle so we can leave."
"Fawn, Iridessa, bring Silvermist back home." Queen Clarion ordered.
"But Queen Clarion!" Tinker Bell gasped.
"No Tinker Bell. I've let this go on long enough. Some rules are to be followed completely."
"Or not at all!" Periwinkle shouted, clutching Silvermist to her.
"Enough! Separate them!"
Gliss and Spike's wings wilted as they moved forward to bring Periwinkle back to Winter, their postures mirrored by Fawn and Iridessa who took hold of Silvermist.
"No!" Silvermist cried, clinging desperately to Periwinkle.
"Please!" Periwinkle sobbed.
Fawn began crying as she and the light fairy dragged a struggling Silvermist back to the warm forest. Periwinkle fought off her friends and raced for the border. Before she reached it, she was caught around the waist by Sled, who threw her over his shoulder while his head hung low.
"Why?" Periwinkle and Tinker Bell shrieked simultaneously.
"Because I can't lose another fairy!" Lord Milori and Queen Clarion thundered together.
All present gasped and the two struggling fairies froze, giving Sled, Fawn and Iridessa time to take them back to their separate habitats. The two fairies stared sorrowfully as they were taken farther and farther away from each other. And, even though no one said it aloud, all present could swear they heard cracking resounding through the air before the obvious sound of something breaking.
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