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When we got back to Fawn's house, none of us really slept. Well, at least I didn't and I don't think Tink did either. I couldn't help but wonder what Terrence was doing now. Probably sleeping. Or maybe he was as happy as I was.

"Tink?" I asked. "Are you awake?"

"Yeah. Are you?" she giggled quietly.

"Nope. I'm sleeping. I must be dreaming, because I just kissed Terrence."

"What?!" that was Rani. Apparently Tink and I weren't the only ones awake.

"Rani!" I said. "Why didn't you say you were awake?"

"You didn't ask," she said innocently, then added, "You know, when you just can't sleep, maybe it's because you're in someone else's dreams."

I couldn't help but smile in the dark, even though no one could see it.

"And besides," she went on, "You never said that you kissed Terrence!"

"Yeah," I said, "Well, now you know."

"Ooh!" squealed Tink. "This is soooo romantic!"

I glared at her, but she couldn't see me in the dark.

"You know," said a voice, which I recognized as Dessa's. "You know I could light it up in here."

"Dessa!" That was me and Tink.

A light showed up, and we could see each other. On the positive side, as far as I could tell, the four of us were the only ones awake. That's a relief, I thought.

We continued our disscussions long into the night, until Rosetta woke up and said, "Now, now, peach blossoms, we all need our beauty sleep. Dessa, put out that light!"

Dessa had obeyed, and we all laid down and went to sleep. My dreams were filled with Terrence.

In the morning, we were awoken by a knock at the door. I rose to open it, stretching myself out and pausing for a second to fix my hair in the polished glass mirror.

When I opened the door, and official looking sparrow man stood there, and he said, "You are the new fairy, correct?"

I saw him looking at my odd butterfly wings. I nodded.

"Then you will come with me. Queen Clarion wishes to see you."

I looked back into the living room, where only Prilla was just waking up. She nodded, and told me she would tell the others why I wasn't there.

I stepped outside into the bright sunlight. The official sparrow man took off, and I followed.

We flew for a while, past the stump I had been born on (last night, I had been told it was called Home Tree) and eventually arrived at a large castle-like tree. It was hollow, and I could see through window and door-like openings.

He flew up to a big door-opening in the front. He said, "Go down this hall, and it's the seventh door on the left you're looking for."

I followed his instructions. When I stepped into the room, I closed the door quietly behind me. I turned around, and there was a little table with two chairs, one of which was occupied by Queen Clarion. She pointed to the other, and I sat on it. It was very comfortable.

"How did you sleep?" she asked me in that motherly way.

"Very well, thank you," I said politely.

"No need to be formal," she said, "considering that you are to be living here from now on."

"What?!"

"Well," she continued, "You are a princess; it's the only explanation. Well—not exactly. You are a shape-shifter, and only those can become Queen, as the Queen must know and perfect every talent, so that she can fairly rule over Pixie Hollow. And you have every talent. Also, you have the wings of a shape-shifter, too. Of course, you could always just shape shift so that your wings are the same as everyone else's. and one more thing. Your name is Varia. It means change."

I could just stare at her. When I regained the ability to speak, several seconds later, I said, "Varia…but—I—I mean, I don't know how to…"

"Of course. I will teach you."

"Really?"

"Really. But before you can learn that, you must learn the other talents. Here—"she waved her hand and a scroll appeared "—is your schedule. You will spend a day with each type of fairy, and then return here for the night. You will find, in your room, all the uniforms and work clothes you will need to do each talent job."

"My…my room?"

"Yes…I will have someone show you the way."

As if on cue, the same official sparrow man stepped in and said, "follow me."

I did. He led me to a beautiful room. It was large and high-ceilinged, and there was a big bed with soft leaf covers. The official fairy left, and I explored. I found a polished-glass mirror on the wall, and a doorway that led into a closet. It was filled with different clothes. I chose a plain but pretty white dress that came down to my knees. I looked in my mirror, and fixed my hair again, this time with a hairbrush I found on a table.

After that, I flew back to Fawn's house.

When I arrived, the girls were all awake.

"Pet!" they called.

"Not Pet anymore," I told them, "Varia." My new name sounded odd to me.

"I like that name," said a voice I knew only too well.

"Terrence!" I cried.

"Good guess." I saw him inside the living room, sitting on a couch. The girls had already cleared all the leaf blankets we had slept on.

I went and sat next to Terrence, and the other girls came in and sat with me.

"What happened?" asked Rani.

I relayed the story. I finished by pulling out the scroll, which I had stuck in my pocket. It said,

Shift Rotation

Monday: Water

Tuesday: Art

Wednesday: Pixie Dust

Thursday: Fast Flying

Friday: Garden

Saturday: Clapping

Sunday: Light

Once all talents have been learned, you may learn to shape shift

With love, Queen Clarion.

"wow," breathed the girls.

"Yay!" cried Rani. "You get to learn Water first!"

"Ooh!" this was Sil. "We start tomorrow!"

I knew one thing—I was about to become very busy.