Back again with another update! Hopefully you'll enjoy this as much as I do :D

Disclaimer: I do not own anything but the plot line


"Where were you!" Mary exclaimed, all red in the face after her frantic searching for Snowflake. Being hidden in a high tree in the winter woods, as well as her clothes being white, was really hard to find. Snowflake kept her head down, apologising for her random disappearance.

"In all of neverland, I'd thought children would be easier to raise than this!" Mary sighed and added in a lower voice, "If Ree can't deal with them how are they ever going raise -"

"- Raise what Fairy Mary?" Redleaf interrupted, his eyes once again round with curiosity.

Mary sputtered, not intending the child to hear that. As her mind raced with what to cover herself up, she immediately thought of something better.

"How about we get some ice cream?"

The children cheered in excitement, running back to the tree where Mary held her promised ice cream. Putting on a small smile as they ran ahead once again, she thought about how the four would respond to this once they reverted to their normal selves. Chuckling lightly, she brushed the thought away, wanting to race the kids so that she could slip the potion into the ice cream before they ate it.


Snowflake ran beside Redleaf, for once letting her hair down. With the wind flying past their faces, her hair flew behind her in waves. Redleaf, still clutching the leaf that he had found, truly wanted to tell her how sorry he felt, but couldn't work up the nerve or the words to say so.

As they ran, he started to look down, staring at the leaf. Without another thought, he sidled up to Snowflake and handed her the leaf.

"Redleaf, what's this? Its awfully warm..."

"Its uhh... a gift... from me. I just wanted to say I'm sorry."

"You didn't have to give me something like this," she said, handing him back the leaf, "I should be the one saying that anyway"

They looked forward as they ran, wanting more than ever to reach the tree so they could avoid the current conversation as much as possible.


"Ree! Milori! We're back!" Mary cried as the four dashed in, jumping onto chairs as they awaited their ice cream. With Hyacinth sitting next to Sunflower, their hands still attached, Snowflake and Redleaf awkwardly moved into their chairs, avoiding eye contact.

Queen Clarion came into the room, her hair down and slightly ruffled. As she prepared the ice cream with Mary, Milori watched from afar, grinning at how casual she looked. Even though the four may be younger versions of themselves, she still trusted them with all her heart, so he thought. He also grinned for another reason, the one being why she was so dishevelled.

While the children were busy outside, they did some "adult like" things in their room. His grin became even wider with the thought of her, his face slowly turning from pale to flushed.

Slipping in the potion, they ate the ice cream, turning white once again. When the light died down, the four 8 year old children walked around the room, each finding something to do on their own. As predicted, Snowflake turned to books once again and Hyacinth aiming to get to the garden. Sunflower laughed merrily, finishing up the rest of her ice cream.

Strangely, Redleaf sat there, apparently in deep thought as his eyes turned to his leaf once again. His eyebrows scrunched up for a while, it finally dawned on him what he wanted to do. Going out, he looked for leaves, particularly green maple ones.


"Ree?"

"Yes Milori? Why do you look so worried?"

"I just thing there's something that we should be doing, something to help the children." He murmured, his hands resting on her this waist.

She smiled at his concern, he was right for a fact. Any fairy over 8 years in pixie hollow can become an apprentice, thus meaning that the four must start their training in order to get them back to normal.

"Alright then, I'll start training the other three while you train Snowflake. She won't be too much of a hassle right?" She smirked playfully.

"Not at all, though you should get Fairy Mary to help you at times..."

"Haha, of course dear."


Flying out to gather the three children, Queen Clarion stopped by the Spring preparations, asking for their progress. The flower ambassador's eyes darkened slightly to Clarion's notice.

"Bad news my queen, we cannot seem to get the animals to cooperate, neither can we gather the seedlings. Even our best talent fairies can't get them to work!"

"How far behind are you?"

"Just barely halfway through, unless some miracle happens, we may not be able to reach the deadline."

That stopped Queen Clarion in her tracks.

"What about Tinkerbell's inventions?"

"We're using them to their extent, but with the moving animals, there are still lots to be painted and done..."

Taking that into accordance, she promised she would try to find out the reason herself as she travelled to Summer and Autumn. Once in Summer, she noticed that there was no summer breeze and the flowers looked duller than usual. Autumn was no better, the most leaves had lost its red and orange hue, the ground spattered with paint as the leaves stayed green.

What is going on?


Milori travelled to winter, his mind concentrating on other things beside his walking. As he stepped into winter, he immediately felt water fill his shoe. Looking down, he saw that he stepped in slush, something besides the fairy Slush, could only make. The white winter wonderland was slowly melting, water dripping off the ice.

Travelling deeper into the forest, he realised that it was no heat wave that was causing this, a problem only the Keeper should know.

Breaking into full speed, he entered Dewey's library, only to see him clambering on top of Fiona, a worried look on his face.

"Dewey! The ice is melting!"

"I know!"

"What's wrong with Winter?"

"Its the Ministers! Without them or even an apprentice, the seasons will slowly deteriorate..."

"So... if we don't work fast, Pixie Hollow is ruined!"

"Quick, announce somebody as temporary minister of winter! Winter can't handle this melting for very long!"

Flying out and sounding an immediate meeting, he told the frantic fairies the current situation, as well as announcing Snowflake to be apprentice Minister of Winter. She looked up to him with confused eyes, unsure on what just happened. He did nothing to answer her questions, only to fly off and tell Clarion on what had to be done.


Yay! The Ministers are important now! :D I hate how they're always so overlooked in the series, Snowflake in particular. Even if they put Milori in the movies, they shouldn't have gotten rid of her... :(

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Sorry it took so long XD