Title: Autumn Start
Rating: K+
Characters: Rosetta, Silver Mist, Iridessa, Fawn, Tinker Bell, Bobble, Clank, Terence, Lyria, Dulcie, Qana, Fairy Mary, Elwood, Vidia, Queen Clarion, and Minister of Autumn.
Pairings: N/A
Warnings: N/A
Summery: Autumn is on its way and that means two things!
Autumn was on the way! At least that was the conclusion Rosetta came to when the trip to the mainland proved to chilly for her usual summertime dress.
The Fairies took the news with profound happiness, and rightly so Rosetta thought for autumn meant two things.
"Polliwog bubbles and misty mornings?" Silver Mist guessed.
"Fireworks and sun beams?" Iridessa tried.
"Sleepy skunks and geese training?" Fawn shrugged.
"No, no and no" Rosetta replied breezily that afternoon as they sat at there table sipping tea and munching cookies "Any other guesses?"
The three fairies exchanged glances.
"New boots and boleros?" Iridessa asked.
"New hairstyle and pedicure?" Fawn wrinkled her pert nose.
"Dancing?" Silver Mist quipped.
"No, no and your getting there Sil." Rosetta smiled charmingly.
"Oh! Oh! The Queen's Ball!" Iridessa exclaimed hitting the table top repeatedly. Rosetta winced. What lady-like behavior.
"You got it sweet pea…..and….?"
"The Autumn Revelry!" Fawn added. Rosetta nodded proud of her little sproutlings for figuring it out.
"Oh it nearly slipped my mind!" Iridessa chuckled "With all this trying to get the light just right I sometime skip breakfast."
"Oh sweetie" Rosetta cooed motherly like, she reached forward and patted her friend's hand. Fawn and Silver Mist murmured there sympathies.
"Well with all these events coming up" Silver Mist observed "I'll need new clothes" she laughed a little "Now I know to tell Satin to make me a blue dress…..or wait did we decide on silver? Yes I think it was silver…no blue…..or silver?"
"Hey guys what's flappin?" Tinker Bell asked as she sidled up to the table with Bobble and Clank. The three took there usual seats, Tinker Bell beside Fawn, Clank beside Silver Mist and Bobble next to Rosetta herself.
"We, or rather Silver Mist, is having heavy debate over what colors she looks good in." Rosetta teased. Sil looked up from her deep thought surprised.
"I was!" No I wasn't I simply was deciding which colors look best on me!"
"I stand corrected"
The others laughed much to Sil's confusion.
"Actually we were discussing autumn" Fawn explained. Bobble's blue eyes widened.
"Oh my favorite time of year!" he exclaimed.
"I thought spring was" Tink challenged. Bobble blushed but said.
"Nay Miss Bell I said spring was my favorite season, autumn is my favorite time of year, there is a big difference you know."
"Honestly Daisy Top, the difference is like the difference between a rose and a briar patch." Rosetta teased. The others joined in.
"An earthworm and a fox" Fawn giggled.
"A rainbow and a lightning bolt!" Iridessa chimed.
"A hammer and a saw" Tink snickered. With each poke Bobble's glow turned pinker.
"Turquoise?" Silver Mist suggested. The others burst into laughter.
"But honestly" Bobble chuckled nervously "I do enjoy autumn, it brings such festivities like the Queen's Ball and-
"The Queen has a ball?" Tink asked, curious. Sil looked interested.
"What color is it?" she asked.
"Blue" Bobble sneered playfully.
"No silver" Silver Mist corrected "Or maybe blue….most likely silver or blue."
"She means the Queen's Ball Sil" Fawn clarified "You know the dance?"
"Oh!" Silver Mist laughed "Why didn't you say so."
"Any way what is the Queen's Ball?" Tink inquired. Typical Tink wouldn't leave anything alone. Fawn began
"It's a dance to-
"Oh honestly Fawn it's not a ball it's that ball!" Rosetta exclaimed just as Terence was walking by.
"What ball?" he asked.
"The blue ball!" Silver Mist said solemnly "The Queen's blue ball that she dances with."
"Uh-huh" Terence replied with a bewildered expression.
"She means the Queen's Ball" Iridessa explained. Terence's expression immediately cleared up.
"Ah"
"Do you plan on going Terence?" Tinker Bell asked hopefully.
"No" Terence replied and then moved on to the Dust Keeper Table.
"He's such a downer lately" Tink grumbled "I wish I could figure out why."
Sometimes she was as clueless as Silver Mist.
"Summer loving had me a blast! Summer loving happened so fast!" Lyria's beautiful haunting voice alerted the crowed to the story-teller's arrival. "Hey little golden leaves what's up?"
"Gold!" Silver Mist squealed "That's it!"
"Gold?" Fawn said wearily.
"Yeah!" Silver Mist nodded.
"Oh water lily" Rosetta tutted "Gold would not do a thing for your complexion at all."
"Yeah" Bobble agreed "You need to keep to cool colors."
"Like blue or silver" Lyria suggested trying to be helpful.
"Blue?" Silver Mist blinked "or silver? But which one was it?" she huffed and put her chin on her open palm of her propped up arm and stared blankly at the wall.
"She's been thinking again hasn't she?" Lyria asked the gang. The all nodded. The story teller sighed "Tis a shame, she's going to fry her brain one of these days doing that."
"Fry!" Iridessa leapt to her feat in a sudden fright. "Oh I completely forgot I promised Luminara today. Oh I didn't mean to leave them out this long! She warned me too, if I didn't they would fry!"
"What would?" Tink asked but Iridessa didn't hear, she tore out of tea room in a fret nearly knocking Dulcie over who had a pile of cookies on hand, and scaring Qana who was just entering the tearoom. They both gave the table quizzical looks but the table just shrugged in answer.
"I think her brain already is fried" Lyria observed. The group snickered a bit at her comment. Dulcie and Qana both came to there table.
"Where's the fire?" Dulcie joked. Fawn's eyes widened.
"Oh fire." She groaned "I promised Nollie I'd go help her get those rabbits to help clean up the mess the fire left behind, after all those rabbits caused it." Fawn rose apologetically "I better go, fly with you all later."
"Fly safely" everyone called after her. Lyria then looked to Qana
"Sweet thing sure is strange to see you here all out by your lonesome."
Qana blushed slightly "Well….I uhh…" she stuttered.
"The cooking fairies needed her to come chill some food for dinner tonight." Dulcie explained. "Speaking of which we better get going" she nodded to the fairies "Fly with you later" she and the snowflake fairy took there leave.
Lyria stood from her seat "I should get going too, my turn to perform tonight at-
"Ahh Lyria!" a voice made Lyria's green eyes widen in fear and then the story-teller groaned.
It was rumored that at one point Fairy Mary thought Lyria a ruffian and was always trying to shoo her away from Tinker's Nook, whether that was true or not fairies were doubtful. For now Fairy Mary simply worshiped the ground the story-teller walked on. She rapturously came to Lyria's side and took the story-teller's hand.
"I can hardly wait for tonight's performance my dear" the head of the tinker fairies trilled "I'm sure you'll be stunning."
Lyria forced a winning smile "Not if I don't get to practice Fairy Mary" she said charmingly, making Fairy Mary laugh.
"Oh quite right, quite right, you are a clever fairy Lyria…well then go…go practice away my dear!" she waved overly enthusiastically as Lyria made her hasty exit from, what she considered, the worst possible torture.
As soon as Lyria was gone the smile on Fairy Mary's lips faded and she turned to give her tinker's stern looks.
Bobble, Clank and Tinker Bell all gulped in fear.
"What are you three doing her chattering about like a couple of wee mockingbirds in spring? There is too much to be doing in Tinker's Nook to be dawdling and gossiping about so."
"Oh right" Bobble stammered "Well you see-
"We were….." Clank tried to explain but his fear of Fairy Mary rendered him at loss of words.
"Clank means we are" Bobble corrected.
"Yes…yes are of course" Clank gave a very nervous half laugh.
"We are going to umm" Bobble scratched his neck. Tink sighed and rolled her eyes.
"We'll go right now Fairy Mary." She stood from her chair and grabbed both Bobble and Clank's hands, yanking them to there feet. The two were too relived to be saved to fight her.
"Yes, yes that's what we were going to say." Bobble added, Clank nodded enthusiastically.
"Well it took-
"Fairy Mary!" The Minister of Autumn appeared in the doorway of the tearoom "May I have a word?"
"What?" Fairy Mary blinked and then narrowed her eyes "Yes of course Minister, just a moment" she turned back to her tinkers.
"Get to work tinkers" she made the I'm watching you motion and flew off to join the Minister. Giving quick good-byes the trio of tinkers flew off to do there work. Now it was only Rosetta sipping her tea idly and Silver Mist staring at a wall in thought. Rosetta was tempted to try and speak to Sil when she observed Vidia and Elwood speaking to each other as they entered the tearoom.
"Dearie, think before you speak, honestly sugar why do I put up with you?" Vidia sneered. Elwood shrugged unabashed.
"I'd fly backward if I could…..actually I can…can you Vidia?"
"Can I what? Be as dense as you?" Vidia asked.
"No, fly backward" Elwood clarified. Vidia snorted rolled her steely blue eyes and saw Rosetta looking at them. She gave the garden talent a sugary smile as she passed. Rosetta diverted her eyes quickly. She may have been older then most fairies but Vidia still scared her.
A bit later Queen Clarion came in with Lyria which surprised everyone because everyone knew how much Lyria hated Queen Clarion and how much Queen Clarion did not enjoy Lyria's company. Rosetta strained her ears to listen into there conversation. She didn't catch much of it just words like "mirror" and "story" and "brat" then a few sentences floated her way.
"The Minister of Autumn is consulting with her right now on that subject" Queen Clarion was telling Lyria. The story-teller nodded making a curious face.
"I see, who do you think she'll pick?" she asked. Queen Clarion laughed
"Isn't the choice obvious?"
"Ahh" Lyria's face lit up and she joined in Queen Clarion's laughter. Just then Terence came by there table again.
"Hey Silver Mist" he said jerking the water fairy back to life. She blinked rapidly and turned her attention toward the handsome dust keeper. " I solved your problem"
"Really?" Sil grinned. Terence nodded, Rosetta eager to hear this miracle solution leaned forward.
"Why don't you wear a dress that's blue and silver?"
"Brilliant"
Next Story-
Title: Busy as a Bee
Rating: K+
Characters: Dusty, Rosetta, Fawn, Silver Mist, Iridessa, Bobble and Clank
Pairings: N/A
Warnings: N/A
Summery: While Tink and Terence work on the Autumn Scepter, Dusty and the gang have there own preparations.