Title: A Fairy's Tale

Chapter Title: An Old Friend

Summary: §A lone fairy sits by the mermaid lagoon, dreaming of her prince. A secret surrounds her heart, and darkens her eyes.§ You're a fairy, who woulda thunk it?

Author: shasanixie

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Eventually, you left Peter's palm and followed him, flying. You could hear him laughing occasionally as you would flip or twirl in the air. And the odd thing was, it never felt so good to hear someone laugh.

Peter stopped, and you did as well, as he opened the door to the tree house. You flew in, the sight in front of you amazing. True, it was nothing like the palace you called home, but it was beautiful all the same. It was so simple, plain, and homey, that you'd rather have lived here your entire life than the kingdom you'd grown up in.

Peter flew over to a chair, and a light grazed over to him. He caught it, and smiled. He began to whisper something to it, and it twinkled brighter. You sat there, floating in the air, watching this exchange. You wondered if the light he was talking to was Tinkerbell.

Soon, Peter motioned you over, and you happily obliged. He looked miscievously at you, then presented you to the other light. You looked carefully at her, and your eyes widened as you recognized her.

Tinkerbell.

She flew to you and hugged you, both of you twirling around as you did. You began talking to the each other, your voices sounding like squeals to Peter, for he wasn't much concentrating on your words.

"Tink! I haven't seen you in forever!" you exclaimed as she looked over you. She smiled.

"You're beautiful! How old are you now again?" she asked, a curious glint in her eyes.

You smiled. "Thirteen, old enough to fulfill the prophecy my grandmother told me about," you replied.

She smiled. "That's great. I hope you find him," she said. "So Peter says you're staying?"

You nod, and she squeals. "Great! It'll be fun!" she said, hugging you and twirling you around again.

You nod and embrace your close friend again, laughing over the whole thing. However, Peter interrupts you both.

"Tink, show, oh, what's your name?" he asks. he obviously hadn't been too bothered with the fact that he didn't know your name until now.

Tinkerbell flies to him and whispers in his ear. He nods. "Well then, Tink, show Nelle where she can stay; you know more places for her than I," he said, laughing as he took off. "I'll be back once I gather the boys!" he shouted, and Tinkerbell began to lead you away.

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After you had gotten your sleeping area established, Tinkerbell sat by the water sprinkle as it poured down. You joined her, sticking your hand out to have it drip on your hand. It felt good.
"Peter's nice," you say, attempting to break the silence.

Tinkerbell nodded. She sighed, and placed her head in her hand. "I wish he saw me as more than a friend though," she said.

You stared at her. "You love him?" you questioned.

At your question, she snapped to attention. She blushed. "I know I'm a bit older, but he's so free-spirited and loveable, who couldn't fall in love with him?" she replied.

You laughed. She was right, unfortunately, for you felt you were falling for him as well, and you only knew him for less than an hour.

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aiight, there's the next chapter. if you're interested in 'you' fics, I have another, called among the fairies. I actually need people to review it since I updated, because I can't continue it until there my poll's answered. so, there ya go, and good wishes to all!

btw, if you can think of a better name for 'you,' feel free to suggest it!

--renee--