A/N: I'm happy to announce that Chapter 10 is up! Enjoy:)
Queen Clarion opened the letter Viola had delivered and quickly read it.
"Lord Milori is on his way back from delivering winter to the mainland as are the rest of the winter fairies and sparrowmen." Queen Clarion told them with glee.
"I can't wait to see Peri! and Rosetta will so happy to see Sled." Tink said.
"Yeah, it'll be nice to see Spike again too because its been so boring here without her. don't get me wrong, hanging out with you and Sil and Fawn and Rosetta and Dess was great right up until Ro tried to do my make-up and get me into a dress and now I just want to hang out with Spike for a while." Vidia said with a look of horror at the thought of being all girly.
"I didn't know you wore dresses, Vidia." Fairy Mary joked.
"I don't but little miss Tinkerbell and the rest of our friends thought it would be funny to see me quiver in fear at the thought of wearing a dress so they cornered me and tried to smother me in frilly material and lace and stuff. I'm scarred for life." Vidia hissed dramatically. "Scarred for life? Really Vidia, don't be so over dramatic. I think you'd look good in a dress if you'd ever put one on." Queen Clarion told her with a giggle.
"Thats easy for you to say, all you ever wear is that pixie dust dress. You've never worn anything but dresses so how would know?" Vidia said dryly. Tinkerbell rolled her eyes at Vidia's last comment. "I wouldn't know but I just thought you would look good all dressed up and you're right, I've never worn anything but dresses and my winter coat. you need to learn when to take a compliment Vidia." Queen Clarion said.
The four of them were having so much fun talking and laughing that they didn't even realize how late it was.
Tink looked out the queen's window to see it was nearly dark out and decided it was time for her to go home.
"Wow, we've been so busy talking, we didn't even realize we've been here all day. I think I should start heading home before it gets too dark and the owls fairy for their midnight snack." Tinkerbell explained.
Queen Clarion nodded and gave Tink a hug.
"Okay. Fly safe, Tinkerbell and thank you for keeping me company." Queen Clarion told her. Vidia rolled her eyes and said "Yeah, I better be going too. Um, thanks for lunch and everything." Vidia said awkwardly and turned to leave but stopped short.
"Hey, Queen Clarion, Wow, I can't believe I'm saying this but you're um... you're not so royally annoying after all but if you tell anyone I said that I'll deny it." Vidia said.
Queen Clarion smiled knowingly and nodded. "Goodnight Vidia. I hope we do this more often, did anyone ever tell you how much fun it is to have you around?" Queen Clarion asked.
"They have now, Goodnight Queen Clarion." Vidia groaned.
Queen Clarion shook her head and giggled "Oh, Vidia." she thought to herself.
"Well Mary, what have you got planned for the rest of the night?" Ree asked her friend.
"the only thing I've got planned Ree is to go home to bed. I'm exhausted after listening to those girls all day, honestly, they'd talk your ears right off if they could. and what about you? hm, what does her majesty have planned?" Fairy Mary asked playfully. Ree giggled.
"I'm just happy to have had a break from being all queenly today, I mean being queen isn't easy when I feel like people only respect me because they have to. I want them to respect me because they want to, not because they have to. I feel like when people look at me they don't see me, they just see the crown but I want them to see me for who I really am. they don't see me they only see the crown and the title but I'm not the title. the title of queen does not define who I am, everyone all the time 'Queen Clarion' but what if I just want to be Clarion?" Queen Clarion asked her friend.
"I know Ree but if everyone thought so informally, they'd think they could walk all over you and get away with it. it would be chaos and then where would you be." Fairy Mary explained. "I suppose you're right as always. What would I do without you Mary?" Queen Clarion nodded.
"Milori should be back tomorrow. what are you going to do when he arrives, hm?" Fairy Mary asked.
"I have no idea but I hope its not royal duties or something like that. I miss him, Mary and he hasn't even been gone that long yet somehow it feels like forever. I miss him so much. is it horrible of me to wish he was here now instead of tomorrow?" Ree asked.
"Not at all." Fairy Mary said with a smirk.
A knock on the door sounded and Queen Clarion raised an eyebrow. "Who could that be at this hour?" Ree thought out loud.
Clarion got up from her chair and walked to the door to awnser it, she opened the door and before she even realized who it was, she was being kissed passionately. Clarion tried to fight them off but they were holding her tightly.
when the kiss broke, Clarion didn't even think before she slapped them across the face only to realize who it was.
Clarion gasped. "Milori? what are you doing here? I thought you weren't going to be back til tomorrow?" she asked surprized to see him. "I wasn't but I missed you so we came back early instead of making camp for the night. when you opened the door and I saw how beautiful you look tonight, I couldn't help it and kissed you without warning so I guess I deserve that slap." Milori chuckled.
"No, that was my fault. I and Mary were talking just before that and I was focused on our conversation. I opened the door without really looking to see who it was so when you kissed me my reflexes kicked in and I slapped you. I'm so sorry Milori. are you alright, did I hurt you?" Clarion asked softly.
"Clarion, I'm fine. really, sweetheart I'm okay. I love you and I've missed you so much." Milori assured her with a smile. "Oh Milori, I love you too. I've missed you my love." Clarion said as he wrapped his arms around her waist.
Fairy Mary cleared her throught. "I'll give you two some time alone. I'll see you tomorrow Ree." Fairy Mary said and left quietly.
Queen Clarion and Lord Milori just stood there looking into each others eyes. Queen Clarion stood on her tippy toes and kissed her beloved Milori passionately. They truly had missed each other.