Chapter Summary: Prilla decides she wants to wake up Clarion, much to the queen's dismay(she's not a morning person). Then Clarion tells Prilla to wake up another fairy, much to the dismay of that fairy.

Couples: None

Characters: Clarion, Prilla, Rhia, Vidia and Viola.


Prilla walked through the Pixie Dust tree, happily. She just loved the mornings. She also loved walking around inside the beautiful old tree. She didn't understand why more fairies didn't do it. Maybe they're afraid they'll get in trouble. But really, what did they expect Clarion to do, go 'No you aren't allowed in the Pixie Dust tree! Only me and my helpers can be in here!"

Plus, even if she wasn't allowed in there, Clarion was in much to good of a humor to care about it. Besides, Prilla loved helping out around the place. And they always seemed to like her help. In fact, she could see Rhia, one of the queen's helpers, now.

"Fly with you, Rhia!," Prilla said, trying to use the fairies formal greeting with each other. Although she has gotten better at not saying clumsy phrases, she still had to watch what she said.

"Oh, hello Prilla!," Rhia said, looking up from the table she was polishing. "Fly with you! You here to help out?"

Prilla paused. Sure, why not? She loved helping other fairies. "I sure am!," she said enthusiastically. Rhia beamed.

"That's great! In fact, I already have something you can do," Rhia told her. Prilla nodded, happy about having something to do. "Usually the queen is awake at this time but she seems to be trying to sneak in extra hours of sleep because it's Christmas eve."

Prilla nodded.

"As you can see, I can't really go wake her up now," Rhia said, holding up her gloves and rag covered in wood polish. "You mind waking her up for me?"

"Sure!," Prilla replied. She had only been to the queen's room a few times, several to help out the maids with the bed sheets and once even to help Vidia clear her name for a crime she had been blamed for (long story). She approached Clarion's door and knocked quietly.

"Um, Queen Clarion?," she called, unsure if the queen was in fact still asleep or just staying in her room for some alone time. She didn't receive a response and she could hear the faintest noise of snoring in there. What should she do now? Was it proper of her to try to just wake up the queen. Well... Rhia did send her over here to do just that. Opening the door, Prilla tip-toed in quietly.

"Queen Clarion," Prilla whispered, shaking the queen's shoulder. The queen remained asleep. Prilla shook the shoulder a bit more forcefully.

"Clarion...," she began. Why didn't the queen just wake up? "Queen Ree! It's time for you to get up!"

Clarion moaned, and tried to shove Prilla away. "Just a little bit longer..."

"No, you've already had, 'a little bit longer'. It's time for you to start your day," Prilla said. She waited for a response. The only response she got was the queen's snoring. She had fallen back to sleep.

"Boy, the queen must sure be tired...," Prilla thought. Now, how was she ever going to get her up? Prilla lit up, having thought of an idea. Climbing on top of the bed, she started to jump up and down.

"Time. To. Wake. Up!," Prilla said each word in sync with her bounces. Clarion woke up again, groaning.

"Isn't there someone else you can wake up? Milori perhaps?," she asked the pink fairy. The young fairy just shook her head.

"No, I have to wake up you. Besides, it's not proper for a lady to be in a man's room," she told the queen, as she continued to bounce.

"Oh, really?," Clarion asked, in a mildly amused tone. Prilla paused for a second.

"But it's alright for Milori to come wake you up, right? Vidia says he's probably already in the room with you anyways," Prilla said to her. Giving a growl of anger, Clarion grabbed hold of the sheets Prilla was standing on, and pulled them. The young fairy tumbled backwards off the bed.

"Hey! Don't get angry with me! Vidia said it," Prilla told her, sticking out her tongue like a little clumsy child. Clarion sighed.

"Since it seems I'm awake now, do you mind helping me up?," Queen Clarion asked. Not sure what to make of this, Prilla just nodded. She walked over beside the queen and pulled her up by pulling on her hand. Only then, did she realize how pale the queen was.

"Are you sick?," Prilla asked, concerned. Clarion shook her head, wearily.

"No, I'm just... tired," Queen Ree replied. And Prilla believed it, too. She could hear the fatigue in the queen's voice.

"Why are you tired?," she asked the queen. Clarion just shook her head.

"It doesn't matter. I'll be fine," Clarion reassured her. Then she paused. "You mind waking up Vidia for me? Since she has a lot of things she needs to get ready for Christmas, I think she'll really appreciate it if you were to wake her up."

It sounded reasonable enough to Prilla. "Anything else?"

"Yes, I'd like you to wake her up with a horn."

Prilla frowned. She knew Vidia wouldn't like that.

"That's for me," Clarion said, giving a weak smile. "And if she gets mad, just say I sent you."

"Um, ok...," Prilla said, flying off. Clarion sighed. She sure felt exhausted. It must be a side effect from the spell. Like donating your blood, your body needs time to get use to the sudden change. She hoped she'd be feeling better by the time of the ball. Then, remembering what she had sent Prilla to do, she gave a little smile.

"I hope Vidia likes her wake-up call," Clarion thought. She was still sore about that comment she heard Vidia had made. For the past year, she's noticed that Vidia has actually made a lot of comments like that. Her patience for that had run thin, especially since she was tired and irritable this morning. It had been spiteful of her, but Vidia had been asking for it for a long time...


"Viola!," the queen's messenger heard her name called out, by Prilla, none of the less.

"Can I help you Prilla?," she asked. Prilla landed in front of her and nodded.

"Queen Clarion had asked me to go wake up Vidia with a horn. Can I borrow yours?," Prilla asked. Viola paused, but only for a second.

"Sure, I love the idea of waking up Vidia with a horn," Viola smiled at the thought of how the Fast-Flyer would react. Like most who served the queen, she didn't like Vidia that much. In fact, she didn't like Vidia at all. "And if her Majesty has asked for it, how can I refuse?"

She handed Prilla the horn.

"Make sure you return it after you are done," Viola told her.

Smiling and nodding, Prilla said, "I will. Thank-you!"

Then she flew out the door, not even realizing she had just used a clumsy term. Viola shook her head and chuckled quietly. So typical of Prilla...


Vidia lied on top of her bed, snoring louder than any fairy Prilla has heard before.

"So it's true, Fast-Flyers are the loudest snorers," Prilla thought to herself. Crouching beside Vidia's bed, she put the horn beside the Fast-Flyers head. She took a deep breath and blew. The terrible scream that erupted from Vidia's throat was enough to make Prilla's blood run cold. Before she could do anything, Vidia was on top of her, strangling her.

"AAAAHHHHHH!," Prilla screamed, blindly. This continued on for a few seconds until Vidia finally realized it was only the Mainland-Clapping talent, she got off.

"WHAT NEVERLAND DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!," Vidia screamed bloody murder at her. Prilla scrambled back, trying to get away from her.

"I-I... Queen Clarion told me to do it," Prilla said hastily. The look Vidia got on her face clearly said that Clarion was going to get it later. Vidia took a shaky breath, trying to get control over her anger.

"Just... leave. I'll come get you when I need you later," Vidia hissed. Prilla wore a blank look.

"You need me later-?"

"GET OUT!," Vidia yelled, pointing to the door. Prilla scrambled to her feet and ran out. Vidia moaned, putting her hand up to her head. If there was anything she hated more, it was being woken up early. When she dropped by to talk to Clarion today, she planned to make sure he queenliness got it...


There's another chapter! Although it's not essential to the story, it was a pretty enjoyable chapter for me to write. It was so mean of Clarion to do that. Also, I just thought that Vidia would be extra vicious if she was woken up early. She's already pretty mean in general, just imagine if someone woke her up before she wanted to be up. We all hate when that happens, don't we? My reaction isn't to different from Vidia's, like when my mom tries to wake me up on a school day. Anyways, you know the drill, comment or review.