Chapter Seven
"She invites me there and doesn't even tell me why I'm supposedly connected to this Ignatius feller!" Pyro rambled angrily while hovering with Fairy Mary towards Tinker's Nook. "I mean, C'mon!"
"Aye, I know it is strange Pyro, but do know the queen has only the best intentions in mind," Mary replied "Even I don't want to explain this to you."
"Then why did you accept?" Pyro said, confused and curious.
"Because it's the queen! There's no way I am saying no to her!" She said, trying to offer a sarcastic grin.
"Now listen closely", she began. "I'd say, about a hundred and fifty years ago, when queen Clairion was born. Pixie hollow was ruled by mother dove! And she did quite possibly the best job as leader of the hollow ever. However, before her there was, Ignatius!"
Pyro began to give his full attention to Mary; he wanted to get the best out of this story, so he can fully understand why he is linked to Ignatius.
Fairy Mary continued. "He was cruel, and evil, and everything in between. He might have been the ruler of the hollow, but he certainly wasn't a good one. He would punish fairies and sparrow men by forcing them to fight each other, or sentencing them to execution. Even for the little mistakes.
"But one day he learned a new ability, he learned to control fire!" this got Pyro really interested. "He began to intimidate his subjects with it, or burn them if they disobeyed him. He truly was the worst kind of sparrow man."
"How did he end up in the volcano then?" Pyro asked.
"When mother Dove came to pixie hollow, she saw the evil in his ways, and devised a plan to rid the hollow of the unnecessary evil it was controlled by. She figured out that he could only control fire, not lava or magma, so when she had the chance, mother Dove contacted the spirits of the world, and asked them to help defeat Ignatius and imprison him, away from everyone else."
"Why not just kill him?" Pyro questioned.
"Because then we would be no better than him, and even though he may have killed some fairies himself, killing him would be wrong, and the spirits would not like that. So they used the spirits power to subdue and trap Ignatius in the volcano that he is in now." Fairy Mary finished.
"So, is he still there now?" Pyro asked.
"I don't know dear, nobody does", she replied.
Pyro looked off into the distance, thinking about Ignatius. Is he the first fire talent, but everyone just wanted to forget about him so they claimed Pyro to be the first?
He continued to think about the evil man, until he noticed a group of fairies flying towards him and Mary. It took him a little while but he noticed that it was Tinker Bell and the gang approaching him, and he felt a glimmer of happiness shine within him.
"Pyro! Fairy Mary!" Tinker Bell shouted.
"Tinker Bell! Girls, what are you doing, didn't the minister of Autumn tell you to go protected your houses?" Fairy Mary said concerned for her tinker fairy.
"Well, we were going to but", Tink began.
"We didn't know where Pyro was", Silvermist continued. "We had to look for him.
"Yeah, we can't leave our new friend behind!" Iradesa exaggerated their cause.
"Even if he is dangerous", Rosetta said sarcastically, offering a small smile towards pyro, signifying her forgiveness for his "accident".
This made Pyro realise something, these guys actually were his new friends. It's only his second day on the hollow, and he has got friends. He thought his episode with the fire may have caused to think ill of him, but they have actually done the exact opposite. He has friends who have disregarded orders from the ministers to look for him; he definitely has to pay them back for this.
"Well he is here with me", Fairy Mary said. "And he is going to help us fortify tinker's nook. It's the last place Ignatius is going to look for him."
"Who?" Tinker Bell asked.
"Oh no!" Rosetta said.
"You don't know?" Pyro asked them.
All except Rosetta shook their heads. Since Rosetta is the oldest of the gang, she knew about Ignatius and his uncivilised ways.
"Look, he is a really bad man, and we need to make sure you girls are protected", Pyro said to the four girls. "Wait, where's Fawn and Vidia?"
"Fawn's gone to help some animals find shelter, and Vidia said she was going to board up her home", Tinker Bell reassured him.
"Ok!" He said looking towards Silvermist. She turned and blushed. "Let's get going".
At Tinkers Nook, Pyro and his friends were helping with the fortifications of all of the houses and buildings. Tinker bell's, Clank's and Bobble's houses were all done and they were working on Fairy Mary's.
"It looks like the entire Nook is done Fairy Mary!" Clank said.
"Aye! Good", Fairy Mary responded, clearly tired from the work. "Thank you all for your help".
"Not a problem", Pyro said. "It's not like I've got a home to protect yet anyway".
"You shouldn't be smiling about that", Silvermist said, concerned for his safety. "You'll get one eventually though.
"So, Fairy Mary. Where am I staying anyway?" Pyro asked her, also sore form the work.
However, she did not have time to answer him. She noticed behind him was an unfamiliar sparrow man. He had fiery brown hair and flame red eyes. All she could manage to say was "Oh no!"
Pyro was confused, and he noticed the others begin to look frightened, it wasn't until he heard the heavily Scottish accent speak that he too realised what was wrong.
"Boardin' your windows?" He said. "Now don't you think that's a bit extreme?
Pyro turned around, showing little fear of the man behind him, and he instantly knew who he was. He could tell just from his aura.
Ignatius was here!
