Dear pixie-fairy things

The pirates are leaving and going back to the mainland, we overheard them talking about it. They say the "Dark One" has returned. Mr. Smee is letting us stow away on their ship.

From,

the lost boys

"This isn't good, this isn't good," Hyacinth, the minister of spring, cried as Dewey read the letter aloud.

"We must tell Lord Milori," Redleaf, the minister of autumn, stated.

"Doesn't he already have enough to worry about?" Snowflake, the minister of winter, replied.

"He's going to need to find out at some point, and he won't be happy if he finds out we kept this from him,".

"Would you two stop it! I finally understand what Hyacinth means by, 'You two are like a married couple'. I'll tell him, you ninnies!", Fairy Mary interrupted. She grabbed the note and flew off.

"You guys are pathetic!" Sunflower, the minister of summer sighed, annoyed, shaking her head and rubbing her temples.

000

Milori stood beside Clarion, who was still unconscious lying down on Milori's bed. Across from him stood Glimmer and Rumble. "You're sure that this lightning can't be made by any storm fairy?" he asked. The other two nodded. He glanced down at Clarion, he felt helpless, unable to save her, or even protect her for that matter.

"Lord Milori," Fairy Mary called.

He turned towards Glimmer and Rumble, and nodded to them, then the two were off. Then he turned to Fairy Mary, who then handed him the note. As he read the note the sadness wasted away and turned into anger, his face hardened. "You think this is his doing?".

"It very well could be,". Milori glanced back at Clarion and let out a sigh. "Lord Milori, he is targeting the tree, and if something happens to the tree," Fairy Mary trailed off, unable to say the sad truth.

Milori had forgotten, but now he remembered, if the tree dies, so does Clarion. "Send a sentry to check on the tree make sure they notify me if anything happens,".

"Will do,".

"I can do it," a voice interrupted. The two turned to see Tinkerbell standing distantly behind them. Milori glanced back at Clarion then to Fairy Mary.

"She would definitely get the job done, and she is trusted by Queen Clarion," Fairy Mary whispered to him.

He glanced back at Clarion once more then nodded. "Very well then,".

"Yes!" Tink cheered in an almost whispered tone, but not quite. Fairy Mary and Milori stared at her. "I'll be going now," and Tink was off.

Milori could only watch Clarion, hoping she would be ok as he kneeled beside her, holding her hand. He began to shiver again. Dewey, who had moments before silently entered the chamber, set a coat down beside him. Milori hadn't even seemed to notice him, or even that both Dewey and Fairy Mary had left. All he did was feel guilty about what happened.

000

"Vidia! Vidia!" Tink called.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Vidia replied.

"I need your help with something,".

"Like what?".

"I need you to come with me to the tree and...".

"You know we're not allowed to go near the tree, Lord Milori said so,".

"I know, I know, but he asked me to do something,".

"What are we doing?".

The two of them flew on over the border back into the Autumn Wood. It was significantly warmer but neither of them shed a layer. When they reached the tree Vidia began to inspect it. Tink flew on past the tree. "Tink where are you going, we're supposed to be making sure the tree is ok!". She didn't reply and continued on. "Tink!". Vidia let out a sigh and went after her.

"Tink! What are you doing?".

"It's gone!".

"What's gone?".

"The metal thing, it's gone!".

"You mean that thing that we were carrying here, when we got hit by that lightning?".

"Yeah and this is where we got hit, and it's gone!".

"Maybe that was more than just a piece of metal,". Tink stood silent. "Tink, what do we do?".

"We need to tell the others,".

"Shouldn't we tell Lord Milori or someone,".

"Dewey!".

"What?".

"We need to find out what it was and he'd be the one to tell us or at least help us figure this out,".

"Tink, what if it's something dangerous?".

"Well we won't know until we find out,".

"We have to tell Lord Milori something, we can't lie to him,".

"We'll tell him the tree is fine, we're not technically lying, we're just not giving him the whole truth,".

"Tink! We can't do that!".

"Sure we can, what harm could it do?".

"Ugh, I hope you're right,".

000

Tink and her friends sat in the library searching through books to figure out what the metal rod was. "Hey Tink, I think this is it?" Rosetta called over to her, she was pointing out a picture in a book. Everyone raced over to her. Silvermist hadn't quite mastered the whole fast flying thing and shot past them into a pile of books. Everyone stopped a moment and laughed.

"What's with all the ruckus?" Dewey asked when he came over. He then noticed the book they had, "What are ya doing with that book?".

"Could you explain to us what this is," Tink asked and handed the book to him, pointing at the picture.

"That's the wand of the Dark One, but why would ya want to know about that?".

Tink bit her lip and the others looked at her expectantly.

"What aren't ya tell'n me?".

"Tink someone has to know," Vidia stated.

Suddenly Sled burst through the doors. "She's awake!".

"We'll talk about this later, and with Lord Milori present,".

"Great, now look what you got us into Tink. We should have told Lord Milori in the first place!" Vidia exclaimed.

Everyone stood quietly behind Dewey as Helena checked out Queen Clarion. Lord Milori and Queen Clarion were sitting side by side on the edge of Lord Milori's bed. Clarion was still weak and very tired. The ministers and Fairy Mary stood off to the side. Helena took a step back, "She should be fine, nothing broken, not sick or anything. She'll need rest, I suggest not testing yourself too much, until you're fully rested,".

"Thank you," Milori replied. Helena then left the chambers and for just a moment everything was peaceful.

"Lord Milori, there is something you should know, something you should all know," Tinkerbell began.