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Water fairy time. I worked my wing muscles to see if I could make myself wingless, like Rani, but no such luck—yet. I would do it, eventually.

I adjusted my blue dress that was similar to those that Rani and Sil wore. It was very pretty, and it was the typical outfit of a water fairy. Of course, I still stood out because of my wings, which, as I mentioned, I could not seem to change.

"Alright…" said Silvermist thoughtfully, and then turned to Rani. "What should we teach her first?"

"Um…" replied Rani. "How about…how to make dew?"

"Yeah!"

"Um…what?" I asked.

"Okay…pick up some water," said Rani, "in your hands, like this."

She walked over to the edge of the river we were near, and took a drop. I followed.

"Hey!" said Sil. "You can hold it without bursting it!"

"Um…yeah?" I said. I didn't see how anyone could pop one of these; it was so easy to carry it around.

"Okay…you know how we call them dew drops?" asked Sil.

"Oh no…not this again…" said Rani.

"What?" I asked. "Yes, what Sil?"

"Well, it's not. It's a don't drop. I made that one up myself," she said proudly.

"She told the same joke to Tinkerbell," said Rani.

I giggled. "It is kinda funny, though."

Anyway, with step-by-step instruction, I carried drop after drop to the grass and sprinkled it out. It was long work, but it was a lot of fun. I doubted anyone but a water fairy or a shape shifter could enjoy it, though.

After that, we took dew (or don't) drops to a spider web and spread them out along the strands. When we finished, it looked beautiful.

"Don't you just love a dew-covered spider web?" asked Rani.

"Yeah," sighed Sil and I dreamily.

The sun had just started setting, and it looked beautiful behind our spider web and glistening grass. Wow, I thought. Being a water fairy was hard work, and it took a lot of patience, but it was very worth it.

I told Sil and Rani, "I have to go. I have to be at the castle by sunset for dinner and then to sleep. Oh, joy," I added sarcastically. I would have liked to have a sleep over again.

"Alright," said Silvermist. "See you next Monday, then."

"Bye!" added Rani.

"See you," I said, and flew off in the direction of the castle.

When I arrived, a guard fairy at the door said, "Miss Varia," and held open the door for me.

"Thank you," I told him, to which he responded, "It is my pleasure to hold the door for such a lovely young lady like yourself, Miss Varia."

I blushed and walked meekly in past the guard, flashing him a smile as I did.

I walked to the dining hall. I had learned my way around the castle this morning before heading to the river.

"Good evening," Queen Clarion greeted me.

"Hello," I replied.

Just then, I felt a slight tugging sensation somewhere in me. I think Queen Clarion felt it too, because she looked up. She turned to a nearby guard and said, "gather everyone to home tree, please."

He flew off immediately.

"What's going on?" I asked her.

"You are about to see a new fairy come home," she said warmly.

So it was no cause for worry. What a relief.

Soon after that, I was with Queen Clarion, near the home tree.

"You need to know how to make an entrance," she told me. "All your magic comes from the pixie dust that accumulates in your core." I remembered going to see Terrence at the Pixie dust fountain this morning with Sil and Rani to get our daily dose. "Well," she continued, "If you close your eyes and concentrate, and look within yourself, you can make yourself into light, which makes travel easier. Tell me when you are ready to go."

I remembered how she had entered when I was born. I heard gasps as a new pixie was born. I knew it was now or never. I looked into myself, closing my eyes. I could see a pulsating glow right in my center, and I focused on that glow, coaxing it to grow, to engulf me…

"Ready," I told Queen Clarion.

"Then let's go," she replied.

I let the light engulf me. I became a ball of light, and followed Queen Clarion (who was three balls of light) to the home tree. I heard the whispers of, "Queen Clarion," and from a few pixies, "Princess Varia!"

I released the light once I saw Queen Clarion become a person again. I became a body once more. That had reminded me of when I had been born. Only that time, I had been a flower petal, not a ball of light.

I followed Queen Clarion toward the new fairy; a girl. She wore white, and she looked lie someone who had been a daisy petal. I don't know how I could tell, but I could.

"Hello," said Queen Clarion.

"He—hello," replied the girl timidly.

"I see your journey was easy. Let's see about your wings, shall we?"

"O…okay," the girl said nervously.

Everyone gasped in awe as Queen Clarion put her fingers between the girl's shoulder baldes and drew her wings out to their full length. The looked like all the other fairies' wings.

"Now, it is time for you to find your talent," said Queen Clarion, waving an arm. The toadstools appeared. This was strange, seeing what had happened to me happen to someone else.

The other fairies and sparrow men brought over their talents. I saw Terrence bringing over some pixie dust, and he waved. I smiled and waved back. He beamed at me. He had a really, really nice smile.

The girl looked around confused, and then up at Queen Clarion, who gestured toward the toadstools. The girl started waling towards the ball of water. She reached out to touch it, but it burst. All of pixie hollow seemed to be holding its breath as she walked to the next item; a flower. It withered in her fingers.

She next walked to a ball of light, which I had seen Dessa put there, and it didn't fade. Instead, it grew brighter, and brighter, until it was so blinding I had to squint. Then it faded into its normal self, a small ball of light.

Queen Clarion waved her arm, and the toadstools disappeared. "Light fairies," she said, "Come welcome your newest member; Aloni."

The light fairies flooded forward and engulfed her in their midst. I noticed that Terrence was fighting his way through the crowd towards me.

"Hey," he said upon arriving, "So, that's what most arrivals are, which is why yours stood out. Neat, huh?"

"Yeah. Really neat," I replied.

"do…uh, I mean…you want to…go out sometime?"

"Do I? Do I?" I was ecstatic. "I wouldn't miss it for the world, Terrence!"

His face instantly took on a happy, relieved expression. "Great!" he said. "How about tomorrow night, since you're going to be with me all day anyway?"

"Perfect!" I said. "See you tomorrow!"

I wasn't even sure I had woke up from that sleepover at Fawn's—for all I knew, I was still dreaming.