"Dusty are you even listening to me?" Rosetta asked waving her hand in his face.

Dusty only half was, the other half was making a list of excuses as to why Terence, or some other dust-keeper was going to have to take this route tomorrow and every other day for that reason. How come Terence never has these problems?

"Uhh…bumble bees?" he replied dumbly. Rosetta and Iridessa were bent over him, hands on there hips, annoyed expressions on there faces. Obviously he had said something wrong. He wished he could sink into the rock he had been forced to sit on.

"Just as I suspected." Iridessa said straightening up. "No edict at all. What do those dust-keepers teach you about manners?"

"Well I uh." Dusty groaned inwardly. This was the same question that had brought on the lesson the first time around. What did dust-keepers teach each other about manners?

The answer was nothing; dust-keepers had more important things to worry about the edict. They weren't nature talents after all, manners weren't a big part of there lives. Oh there was the usual "Fly with you" when greeting a fairy or "Fly with you later" when leaving them. And sure there was the "I'd fly backward if I could." When you did something wrong. And yeah he'd seen Terence use grand manners when addressing certain fairies and Fairy Gary knew them didn't he? But they were high ranking dust-keepers. He had always gathered they knew them because of there rank. Or is it possible they had to sit through this spiel eight times too?

"Now listen Dusty" Rosetta's voice was kinder, but there was a strain under it. Obviously she was holding her patience. "It's not that hard."

"But-

"No buts Dusty" Iridessa chastised "You don't even have that much to learn, your just a sparrow man."

That struck a nerve shallow fairies "What's that supposed to mean?" he snapped. Rosetta's eye twitched but her voice remained calm.

"That means your rules of edict are easier to learn then a fairy's." she replied. Dusty crossed his arms over his chest. Why me?

"Oh yeah? How so?"

"Well for starters a fairy has to know what to wear for every occasion." Rosetta started.

"Huh?"

"Like say today I got invited to tea with the Minister of Summer, well then what should I wear?" Rosetta continued.

"A dress?" Dusty guessed. Iridessa rolled her dark eyes, her face said stupid boy.

"Obviously, but what kind of dress? A short flowery one with thin straps or a long flowing one with a halter? And should it have ruffles and fluff or should it have a clean cut hem?"

"Well I w-

"And then a fairy has to decide what kind of persona she needs to put forth."

"Persona?" already Dusty's head was starting to hurt.

"The face they put on in public" Rosetta explained "At a formal ball a fairy must be kind but indifferent, give compliments lightly but always keep an air of unimpressed, be humble but at the same time encourage compliments."

"But at something less fancy like the Great Games day a fairy must be cool, level headed and calm no matter what the circumstances. Even if you get a mud pie thrown in her your face, by all of your friends." Iridessa took the time here to glare at Rosetta who giggled.

"What? It was great fun."

"But you made me-

"Why do you guys have to worry about all that stuff? I mean why do you have to behave like that?" Dusty butted in. The fairies turned to him.

"Isn't obvious?" Iridessa asked him. Dusty shook his head.

"What do they teach you about edict?" Rosetta muttered "And Terence has such good manners."

"Except when it comes to tea drinking" Iridessa reminded her, then answered Dusty's question "A fairy must do all these things if she wishes to be considered a lady."

"A lady?"

"Yes, a lady, a fairy of good breeding and proper raising who deserves to be given the respect of all around her."

"Is that so?" That's stupid.

"It sure is. You mean you've never heard some fairy or sparrow man say "She's a lady?"" Rosetta asked. Dusty shrugged, he never paid attention to much of what fairies or sparrow men said except for Terence, Tink and Fairy Gary.

"I once heard Terence say "she's no lady" but he was talking about Tink."

The two girls giggled at his remark. "To true" Iridessa rolled her eyes. "Tink is no lady."

"Indeed" agreed Rosetta, but she soon sobered. "That is why we must teach her."

"Yes we must." Nodded Iridessa her face also serious.

"So we must finish up here." Rosetta turned and pointed a slim finger at Dusty. "Now listen one more time Dusty, and this time pay attention!"

"There you are Dusty; I was beginning to worry about you." Fairy Gary called from his podium as Dusty flew in two hours later, rubbing a throbbing head and trying to fix his shaky vision. "You alright?"

"I think I'm going to be sick." He murmured. Fairy Gary arched an eyebrow.

"What happened?"

"Rosetta and Iridessa happened" he returned. Fairy Gary's face immediately morphed into understanding and he began to laugh.

"They got a hold of you huh?"

"Yeah"

"I'd fly backward if I could Dusty about that, I thought it was the day Iridessa took to Fawn's hangout in the mornings, guess not." Fairy Gary shook his head in sympathy. "Well I'll send for some of the Minister of Spring's tea, why don't you go lay down in the dormitory for a while?"

"Gladly" Dusty put his bag up on the racks and began to fly out. He turned at the last second though. "Where's Terence?" Fairy Gary made an embarrassed face.

"I uhh…..sent him looking for you a moment ago."

"Oh" Dusty shook his head and flew out of the mill. As soon as he was gone Fairy Gary groaned and called over one of his messengers. "Go send for the Minister's tea…..and go fetch Terence." The messenger nodded and did as he was told. Fairy Gary shook his head.

"I'm hope he's not to late. Terence has already been over Iridessa and Rosetta's lessons sixty five times."

Next Story-

Title: Flashback

Rating: K+

Characters: Lyria, Terence, Silver Mist, Tinker Bell, Rosetta, Fawn, Iridessa, Elwood, and Augustus.

Pairings: One sided Tink/Terence

Warnings: N/A

Summery: Lyria explains to Silver Mist how she helped Tink fail at her dewdrop task.