"That was me," Silvermist answered.
"Oh. Oh, good." She looked up and noticed Tinker Bell was scrutinizing her. "What's wrong, Tink?"
"Huh? Oh. You just...you look younger."
Zarina grinned. "Maybe it did work! Sil, you have got to show me where the queen is."
"Okay."
They flew away, taking Zarina's four new friends, Clank, and Bobble with her. Alone with Fawn, Tinker Bell paced nervously. "Oh, Fawn, this could be it. This could...I-I might be able to see Peri again."
Fawn gasped and then squealed. "I might be able to see Gruff again!"
Tinker Bell stared at Fawn, biting her lip and trying not to cry.
Fawn hugged her. "Good luck."
"Good luck," Tinker Bell echoed.
-x-
Silvermist led Zarina to the water lily and hovered above it, manipulating the water and carrying the lily pad quickly to shore. Zarina and her friends lifted the queen into the air and carefully deposited her into the wagon.
Zarina reached into one of the bags hanging at her waist, and covered herself in purple pixie dust. "I'll meet you there," she said mysteriously. She put two hands on the wagon and suddenly she was gone.
"Whoa!" Lyria exclaimed. "What - how did she - "
"She made fast-flying dust," Silvermist answered. "Come on. I want to see if this works!"
They began flying after Zarina. "Hang on, hold on. What do you mean she made fast-flying dust? That's never been done before."
"She's a pixie dust alchemist. She can do anything; even switch talents."
"How do you know?"
"She switched mine. And all my friends'."
"You serious?" Bobble asked.
"Yup. Let me think. I was a fast-flying fairy. Tinker Bell was a water fairy. Vidia was a tinker. Um...oh, Rosetta was an animal fairy, and Iridessa was a garden fairy."
"Wow," Clank gasped.
"She even made another pixie dust tree. It was actually pretty cool, but I was glad when she switched us all back."
"Bobble! Bobble! How great would it be if she switched be with you?" Clank asked, and then paused. "Oh. Uh, dever bide."
Bobble chuckled.
When they reached Zarina's hideout, they were gladdened to see Queen Clarion speaking in her gentle, no-nonsense manner with Zarina.
"I'm very sorry to hear about our losses," Queen Clarion was saying, "And the winter fairies' losses as well."
"But you were dead too, Queen Clarion. And I can bring them back. All of them."
Queen Clarion was shocked into silence.
Something crackled behind Zarina and she turned. One of the Scouts, Chase, stepped out of the bushes lining Pixie Hollow. "You want to bring Periwinkle back?" she asked nervously. "That...might be a challenge."
"It's a challenge I'm willing to face." Zarina looked at Clank and Bobble. "For Tinker Bell."
"For Tinker Bell," they echoed.
Queen Clarion looked at Chase. "After all we've been through, what challenge could possibly be too big for us?"
Chase gave a nervous laugh. "It's a...funny story."