Title: Busy as a Bee
Rating: K+
Characters: Bobble, Fawn, Rosetta, Dusty, Iridessa, Silver Mist, Fairy Mary and Clank
Pairing: N/A
Warnings: N/A
Summery: Why Tink and Terence prepare the scepter, Dusty and Co have preparations of there own.
"My, my what a buzz it is today" Fawn observed as she and Bobble landed at Harvest Promenade, pumpkins in arms.
"Aye, but can you expect any less with the Autumn Revelry underway?" Bobble replied as he lead his animal talent friend delicately around the masses of fairies crushing flowers, carving out pumpkins, organizing gathered light crystals, placing pollywogs in shells filled with water, and so on and so forth. Bobble was right of course; with the Autumn Revelry barely three days away it was no wonder that the Promenade was such a mess of disorganization and activity. Fawn who was a sucker for excitement and being in the middle of bustling activity had no problem, neither did Bobble who was used to it spending whole days in the equally busy Tinker's Nook but other fairies' were not so happy about being stuck here.
Rosetta was one of them, when she found them stacking the pumpkins for the light talents she tugged on Bobble's sleeve. "Honestly sugarplum what genius thought of shoving us all into this tiny space." She began to fan her self "Someone could faint from heat stroke with all these bodies packed in together"
Bobble gave his friend a sympathetic smile, but he had no answer to her question. Ever since he was around this was the way the Revelry had been. Fawn on the other hand was miffed at her friend's complaints.
"Rosetta were in Harvest Promenade, in Autumn Forest, how is anyone going to faint of heat exhaustion?"
Rosetta then made a point that if Fawn had spent less time drawing pictures with Terence (Fawn corrected her saying they were playing hang fairy) and more time listening to the lesson at Fairy Class that month she would have known that fairies give off body heat, and when you pack a lot of fairies into tiny spaces it gets hotter and hotter because of the body heat. The entire time Fawn listened with a half annoyed half amused expression.
"Rosetta your just Closter phobic aren't you?" she said at last. Rosetta looked highly offended.
"Me? Afraid of small spaces? Now, now don't be silly tiger lily"
"Is that so" Fawn snickered.
"Well I guess it doesn't matter if she is or not, what matters is that we have to be here to work, or the Revelry will never be ready, so lets stop dawdling and get to work" Bobble interjected knowing that the girls could go on like this forever if they weren't stopped.
Rosetta who was the more mature of the two agreed with his statement and helped them to stack the pumpkins without further complaint. Fawn on the other hand kept making faces at Rosetta and taunting her silently.
Honestly they were like a family Bobble thought to himself as he watched the two. Rosetta, Fawn, Silver Mist, Iridessa, and Tink were all like sisters. Rosetta would have been the eldest, and by far the more sensible and logical and motherly of the five. She watched out for everyone, and took responsibility for every mishap they got into, doing everything in her power to help them out of it. Silver Mist who was the second oldest was there peace maker. She wanted everyone to be friends with everyone and for that reason tried to smooth over every argument they had, usually with some clever tactic that no one thought her capable of. Iridessa was one who kept everything in order. Making sure everyone had done there job, and done it well, before engaging in more leisurely activities. Fawn the second youngest was by far the most childish. She was always up to pranks, jokes, games and other nonsense and it took forever for her to really take anything seriously. Finally Tink the baby of the "family" was just that, the baby. Tink was spoiled by the other girls who had a hard time saying no to her. No doubt Bobble was part of this family, more the brother he gathered. He was older then Iridessa, Fawn, and Tink, but he was younger then Rosetta. He and Silver Mist had arrived in the same season only three weeks apart. He liked to keep all the girls happy but also tried to keep them in line. There was no doubt in his mind he was fondest of Rosetta who had been the first to go out of her way to befriend him, but he did love all of them for there quirks. Clank would fit in there too as a brother. Clank like Sil enjoyed when everyone was getting along, but he wasn't exactly a peacemaker. Instead when problems arose he snuck off, usually to Satin's, till Sil handled it.
And really it would just absolutely ridiculous not to include Terence in there too. Terence was the reason they were all friends in the first place. He was there undisputed oldest brother, since he was even older then Rosetta. To say he was there leader would be wrong, since that usually landed in the hands of Rosetta, but he did mean a lot to all of them. When they came up with plans they usually unconsciously looked to him for approval. It was a very big dysfunctional family, but Bobble wouldn't have it any other way.
"Bobble" Rosetta was saying jerking his from his reverie. The garden talent was pointing to a tree stump where the dust keepers stood polishing crystal chalices that was to hold the dust. "I don't see Terence, have you seen him lately?"
"Aye" Bobble nodded "Saw him just a few moments ago with Clank; he was asking where to find a sharp thing-a-majiggy" the tinker chuckled to himself at the memory of Terence scared out of his wits by a swinging Clank. "He's helping Tink again today."
"Typical" Fawn said playfully "Can't be bothered to help his own talent" she flew over to the Dust Keepers and not knowing what else to do (for they had finished stacking pumpkins) Rosetta and Bobble fallowed after her.
Fawn was speaking to Dusty when they arrived.
"No its alright really" Dusty was saying with a laugh "He comes for his morning shifts and we have to many of us as is for him to be much use to us."
Bobble could tell that wasn't the truth, there wasn't enough Dust Keepers to keep up with all the work. Though the only real part the Dust Keepers had in the ceremony was the chalices (there were only eight) they did help with small measly tasks as well, and Pixie Dust was almost always needed for one task or another and Dust Keepers were called in.
Dusty wiped sweat from his brow. He had changed a lot since his first arrival. Bobble hadn't paid much attention but he found now how painfully obvious it was. In his mind Dusty was still the chubby-ish, chipmunk looking youngster. But the Dusty in front of him was now as tall as Bobble, with perfectly proportioned wing bottoms and just the littlest bit of adjusting would be needed till his nose would be right. The freckles could only be seen though Bobble's goggles, or in the sunlight. His shoulders were broader and his jaw more square. What had once been new arrival fat was now the muscle Dust Keepers often developed from hours of hard work in the mill. And in his eyes was the sparkle of adulthood.
It gave Bobble a bit of a bitter sweet feeling, proud that the young Dust Keepers was almost ready to strike it out on his own, with no more help from his teacher, but also sad that there would be no more big eyed Dusty listening with adorable intentness as Terence taught him the many uses of Pixie Dust.
I'm getting old. Bobble thought to himself with a chuckle.
"Hey you guys!" Iridessa called from where she was preparing light crystals to be mixed with flower pigment. The four went to her.
"You guys actually have time to just stand around?" she asked worriedly "I'm as busy as a bee mixing crystals with flower pigment and putting glowworms in the pumpkin lanterns and…..and….." she sighed in exasperation "So much more!"
The fours exchanged eye rolls, they knew how much Iridessa liked to exaggerate.
"Well" Fawn rubbed her chin thoughtfully "I'm just waiting for the others to come back with the butterflies so I can practice the twenty one butterfly salute"
"And I" Rosetta "Am on a break from crushing flowers, Basil is doing it for me now currently"
"My arms' are going to fall off if I continue polishing those chalices for one more moment" Dusty added. Iridessa looked at Bobble expectantly.
"I'm waiting for Clank to get here with the Fireworks launcher so we can work on it."
"Fireworks launcher?" Iridessa asked with mild interest as she went back to work.
"Yes, Clank's idea, it's going to be spectacular I'm sure when it's finished."
"If it's finished you mean" Iridessa corrected "If anything's finished by the time the Revelry gets here"
Bobble and Rosetta exchanged looks. There was always that fret every year and every year it proved unnecessary for everything worked out swimmingly. Somehow.
"Guys! Guys!" Silver Mist landed beside them with a pale face and scared eyes.
"What is it dear?" Rosetta asked immediately rushing to the water fairy's side and taking her arm.
"Have any of you seen Tink lately?" she asked worriedly.
"Well" Bobble thought for a moment "No I haven't actually"
"Because….well I was creating ripples on the pond and I saw Terence and he looked really mad and that bothered me because Terence is like never mad, except for those times when Bobble decided to-
"Get to the point Sil" Iridessa humphed.
"What? Oh right. Well anyway I went and talked to him and he said that Tink exploded!"
There were gasps all around, Iridessa dropped her light crystals.
"He said that?" Fawn exclaimed.
"Well not exactly that, he said that he and Tink were working on the scepter and there was an accident and she exploded!"
Rosetta laughed "Oh Sil my sweet blossom, he didn't mean actually exploding! He probably meant Tink got really mad and yelled at him or something. You know that temper she has."
"Well..Yeah…he said that too, they got into a fight, but I mean what if she did explode?"
"Then Terence I assure you would not just be down by the pond being mad" Fawn remarked "He'd be flying around here in wild circles screaming the news to the whole fairy population."
That seemed to ease Sil a bit; she chuckled at her own feather brain thoughts.
"So they got into a fight?" Iridessa asked, drawn form her work for the moment by gossip. Silver Mist nodded her face sobering.
"Yeah, he seemed pretty upset about it, I saw him throwing rocks, and when I first spoke to him he snapped at me!"
That was more shocking to the group then Tink exploding. Tink exploding was more plausible then Terence snapping.
"You are pulling our wings!" Rosetta exclaimed. Silver Mist shook her head sadly.
"No I swear I'm not, he snapped at me when I asked if he was alright."
"He must be really upset" Fawn observed. The others nodded.
"We should go check on both of them" Dusty suggested. They all agreed with this statement but another voice stopped them.
"Oh no you don't!" Fairy Mary exclaimed bustling over to them, Clank fallowing pulling the Fireworks launcher behind him. "No one is going anywhere! Rosetta get back to crushing flowers this instant!"
"Yes Fairy Mary" Rosetta saluted daintily and then flew off to find Basil.
"Fawn the animal talents have all the butterflies I expect them to be trained by the Revelry"
"Yes Fairy Mary" Fawn said glumly and slunk away.
"Silver Mist, pollywogs don't train themselves"
"Yes Fairy Mary" Silver Mist nodded her head resignedly and flew off.
"Good Iridessa working as usual." The tinker's boss threw a withering glare at Bobble
"Phineas I wish I could say the same for you."
Uh oh, she had used Phineas, she meant business.
"Yes Fairy Mary." He flew to join Clank at the launcher, hearing Fairy Mary chastise Dusty for wasting time and what would Gary and Terence think?
"How's the launcher?" Bobble asked Clank. Clank sighed in disappointment "Still needs work" he admitted. With a smile Bobble offered his help to his friend.
Tinker Bell and Terence would have to wait; they all had more pressing matters to attend to.
Next Story-
Title: The Revelry
Rating: K+
Characters: Tinker Bell, Vidia, Fairy Gary, Lyria, Queen Clarion, Terence, Bobble, Blaze, Rosetta and Silver Mist
Pairings: Rosetta/Bobble
Warnings: Non cannon pairing
Summery: After the ceremony, that's when the real fun begins.