I don't own the rights of Tinkerbell, they belong to Disney, but the gremlins are mine so back off!


Chaos ensured at the center of Grim Cavers, Majors and Chiefs couldn't find an accord on what to do about Vidia

"we cannot let her go, if their Queen finds out she was injured by one of us it will be war!" a male grey furred gremlin with brown eyes, probably one of the shortest of his race shouted out, he was Major Bilk of district twenty five.

"If we don't let her go and she finds out we kept her captive it will be even worse, this way we will have a chance to explain ourselves" a very tall female with black fur and golden eyes replied back, she was Major Tarlike of district twenty two

"She will never believe us!" Major Bilk protested then a frail looking female gremlin with light brown fur and cerulean eyes glanced at a well built male gremlin with a light blue fur and violet eyes

"ENOUGH!" Chief Taurus suddenly slammed his first on a rock and shouted out causing everyone to shut up, then the gremlin with golden fur took word, it was Major Adel of district seventeen.

"You are all too scared of causing a new war to see what great opportunity is presented to us, this fairy is our chance to start mending the rift we caused with Pixie Hollow" she paused before continuing

"Queen Clarion loves every fairy and sparrow man like a mother" she started

"excuse me Major Adel, I don't understand how this is relevant" Major Bilk interrupted but was silenced by a glare from Chief Taurus

"from what I heard this fairy has been there for months, Queen Clarion doesn't even know she is there or else she would have came to get her immediately, she probably gave her for dead and must be devastated for her disappearance if we bring her back to Pixie Hollow ourselves she will be eternally grateful to us" a loud laugh erupted in the room, it came from a fat male gremlin with green fur and grey eyes

"Major Adel you are hilarious" Chief Maxis started "like you said their Queen loves all her subjects like a mother, do you really think she won't jump to conclusions and start a war?"

"and what do you suggest Chief Maxis?" Major Adel asked

"I am just pointing out that maybe their Queen would be more inclined to trust us if we give her the responsible" this caused an uproar in the chamber

"Alsek has been evading the law for centuries, how do you suppose we catch him?" asked major Adel as they all started to tune down

"The criminal has showed a special interest in the fairy, we will simply use that against him" the fat gremlin said with a grin

"you want to use the fairy as a bait to lure him out? Are you out of your mind if something goes wrong there is going to be a war for sure!" Chief Taurus protested loudly, but Maxis shut him with a wave of his hand

"Nothing will go wrong, my plan is fool proof besides this is the only chance we have to get rid of that psychopath once and for all" the prospective of getting rid of Alsek was tempting to most of the representative to pass but the chance of having a war kept them from agreeing, however what Maxis said next dissolved any doubts

"even if my plan were to fail as Major Adel said the Queen thinks her fairy is dead and there is no way she could ever escape from the criminal to prove her otherwise" seeing practically all the representative agreeing with this made Major Adel cringe

"This is no sense, I am sure the fairy will never agree to it" Chief Taurus protested loudly trying to beat some sense in the representatives

"Actually I asked her and she agreed" Chief Maxis said simply "so let's put this to the votes, all in favor of returning the fairy now with the risk of causing another war stand up" only Chief Taurus, Major Adel and Major Tarlike stood up, but surprising all in the room Major Bilk stood up with an angry frown.

Major Bilk noticed all the starts he got and decided to explain his decision

"All of you know how unstable the criminal is by himself, but you all obviously forgot about Kael" he started "you all know too well how bitter he is towards the fairy Queen and how much he misses having fairies as pets" the major shocks his head in disapproval "I fear to think what the two combined could do to that poor fairy and I don't want any part on it" Bilk finished his speech and few gremlins rose, but they were not enough to make the majority.

After the meeting

"back there it sounded like you implied my plan is going to fail" Chief Maxis pointed out as they were going outside

"you are underestimating him, you are so proud of yourself that you cannot see your own flaws and correct yourself" Bilk said.

Some hours later

Chief Maxis went back to the hospital with a pair of guards and went to Vidia's room with a proud smile. The moment the fast flier saw him enter, she frowned a little and crossed her arms.

"What are you so happy about?" she asked. The green gremlin smiled wider.

"All the parts of my plan are in place. Now we just need to put you in place to set it in motion," he answered. Vidia raised an eyebrow.

"Put me in place?" she questioned.

"We are putting you in a house near our city borders. Alsek won't resist the temptation, and he will try to capture you. As soon as he shows up, my guards will arrest him!" Chief Maxis proudly said. Vidia didn't know what to make of this plan it looked too simple and if that creepy gremlin was able to lift a whole cart, could a bunch of guards really be able to stop him? Maxis noticed the fast flier did not look convinced by his plan.

"Twenty of my most talented guards will be watching the house. You have nothing to be afraid of," he tried to reassure her, but Vidia still didn't look too convinced.

"How are you going to bring me to this house? I can barely move," she pointed out.

"We will secure you on a scorpion's back. It might be a little uncomfortable, but I am sure you don't want to fall off," the chief answered. Vidia gave him a glare for that.


Meanwhile in Pixie Hollow

Since the failed attempt at rescuing Vidia, Queen Clarion had become overprotective of her fairies. She had decided that going outside the borders of Pixie Hollow was too dangerous, so she made some new arrangements.

When a fairy or sparrow man wanted to go outside the borders they had to submit a request to the Queen. Such request must include the exact place they want to go, the amount of time they would be gone, and the reason.

The request would be rejected if the reason was not something that absolutely could not be done in the Hollow, or the location was too far from the border or was unexplored.

It was really rare for a request to be accepted.


Old deposit

Fairy Mary was sorting out some old documents and books helped by Clank, Bobble and Tinkerbell. Tink couldn't help, but feel annoyed by the new rules because it was really hard for her to get a hold of lost things outside of Pixie Hollow. Fairy Mary had noticed this and tried to reassure her.

"Relax Tinkerbell, Queen Clarion just feels very guilty about the accident I am sure everything will be back to normal in no time," she said. No sooner had she uttered these words, then a thud was heard. They both turned to the noise and saw Clank leaving.

"Clank, what are you doing?" Bobble asked, visibly worried for his friend. He tried to reach for him but he was pushed aside. No one else tried to stop Clank as they were too shocked by his behavior to do anything.

"Bobble! Did you and Clank argue or something?" Fairy Mary asked some moments later, trying to make sense of the sparrow man's odd behavior.

"of course not!" the sparrow man quickly said, horrified by such a notion.

"Then why did he storm off like that?" Tinkerbell wondered. At this Bobble lowered his head.

"I don't know, he hasn't been himself lately" he said worriedly.


Clank's house

The Tinker had entered his house in hurry and quickly slammed the door shut. Then he went to his work desk, pulled out an old looking scroll from his vest, and opened it.

The scroll was an ancient map of Never Land. It dated back before the war with the gremlins and their home town, Grim Caves was marked on it. Clank couldn't help but notice how close it was to where Vidia disappeared.


Meanwhile in Grim Caves

Vidia was outraged, saying that riding tied to that thing was a little uncomfortable was an understatement. This was pure torture, almost worse than Clarion's lectures!
It took them three hours to get to their destination, and that bastard of a gremlin didn't take even a single break. As a matter of fact, Vidia almost passed out twice and he didn't even blink an eye.

The fast flier spent the first few days looking around for any signs of danger. The fact that she was practically bed ridden didn't help either as she had nothing else to do besides stare around the room. She also wondered how Mila was doing, but the guards wouldn't talk to her and no one else was allowed to come near this house.

Sometime later Vidia started to think that maybe Alsek wasn't really so interested in capturing her, but she didn't dare to lower her guard.


Time passed

Vidia soon lost track of how long she stayed in that house, but since she was all healed up (even if her leg still hurt a little if she overdid it) she estimated at least a month. She began to wonder how much time had passed since she woke up in Mila's house, and that's when the fast flier realized that she had been down there far too long. She needed to get back to her duties as soon as possible before the climate gots out of control!

Unfortunately, the guards won't let her leave.


AN: sorry for the long wait, I was busy with exams.

I thank my beta reader FluffyFluff