Clarion awoke with a start! Tinker Bell was jumping up and down on her screaming her head off.
"IT'S MY BIRTHDAY MOMMA! GET UP!"
"Five more minutes…" Clarion waved her hand at her daughter to get her to go away. Tink had an evil idea to get her up…
"AH! Hawk!" Clarion's eyes opened up wide and she flew up from her bed! She grabbed Tink's arm and looked around frantically.
"Where?!" Tink fell to the floor laughing, but Clarion has not happy one bit. "Tinker Bell! That is NOT funny!"
"Well, how else was I supposed to get your lazy butt up?!"
"Oh, you better fly now!" Clarion flew after her daughter, Tink was laughing her head off as her mother flew after her around her room. Once she caught her she blew on her exposed belly. Tinker Bell giggled her head off, she had never been so happy in her life! After the two had finished goofing around Clarion made her daughter breakfast in bed. They ate and enjoyed the quite yet beautiful morning together. Clarion had decorated the old ballroom with her magic… or what was left of it… You see Clarion has a secret she has kept from everyone. A secret as old as Pixie Hollow itself.
"Mom hurry up!" Tinker Bell was so excited for her birthday party today. She and her friends were having a sleepover in the Old Ball Room. They would also be in fancy dresses and dancing the night away. Although, Tinker Bell was also hoping Zarina would come up with a way for the fairies to cross the bored. She desperately wanted her mother to be as happy as she was. She couldn't imagine a life without the one she loved.
"I'm almost ready, darling!"
"Okay, mother. Wait what are you going to wear to my party?"
"My Pixie Dust dress, why?"
"You can't wear that!"
"And why is that?"
"It's a party and we are all wearing fancy dresses!"
"This is fancy!" Clarion giggled through the door, all of a sudden Tinker Bell came right into her room! "TINKER BELL!" Clarion screamed and grabbed the blanket off her bed and covered herself. She was in her undergarments and was blushing immensely.
"We are both fairies! That's nothing I haven't seen before. Now let me go through your closet."
"Still! I am your mother, and why are you inside my closet?!"
"I'm looking for a sense of fashion!"
"Oh HA HA! I am the Queen, not a model I don't wear fancy dresses all the time." Tinker Bell came out of her closet holding an elegant Sapphire dress, someone had added golden flakes around the top of the dress. There were no straps and it was floor length with a train.
"Wow… Why don't you wear this?"
"Oh… I-Well I guess I will tell you…"
"Tell me what?"
"The love of my life made that dress for me… He said it matched my eyes. Ever since he left I haven't been able to even look at it."
"Oh… I'm sorry I didn't know…"
"Oh, darling." Clarion wrapped the blanket around her and hugged her daughter. "You know; it's been a long time since he was out of my life… I am going to be a big girl tonight for you and wear it."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive dear."
"Thank you."
"Your welcome darling. Now get out of my room so I can get ready!" Clarion laughed at her daughter as she put the dress down and flew out of the room, closing the door behind her. Clarion looked down at the dress, a single tear streamed down her face. She took a deep breath and wiped the tear away. "You can do this Clarion." She tried to reassure herself that she could make it through this.
At the same moment in another part of Pixie Hollow, Zarina was working hard. She had almost cracked the secret to Fairies wings. She could feel it in her gut this time it was going to work! She added the last ingredient, snow from the border of the Winter Woods… then all she saw was a glowing icy blue Pixie Dust…
Hours went by until all of Tinker Bell's friends had arrived at the Old Ball Room. When they went in they all gasped! The room was beautiful, full of greens and decorated in lost things.
"Oh, Tink! It's beautiful, you decorated this place great!"
"Dess I didn't do this."
"Then who Tink?"
"My mother did," Tink said with the happiest face she had ever made. It was truly perfect. All her friends let out a long 'aw'. They went into the ballroom and had the Music Fairies play song after song. They twirled round and round till they fell over giggling. Moments ago all was quiet, then the room was filled with the sound of a staff hitting the stone floor. This sound echoed throughout the grand ballroom. Three times this sound emanated through the halls. All of the Fairies and Sparrowmen turned to see the Royal Herald. The Queen's Royal Herald announced whenever the Queen enters a formal ball. Calico, the Royal Herald, cleared his throat and roared.
"Presenting, Her Illustrious, Queen of Pixie Hollow ruler of the Never Fairies and Mother to all Fairies and Sparrowmen. Her Majesty Queen Clarion!" All the fairies in the ballroom looked up as three balls of glowing Pixie Dust. They merged together in a grand glow of sparkling lights. Then Queen Clarion emerged from the glow of twinkling dust. Tinker Bell gazed at her mother, she was indeed the fairest of them all that night. She was wearing the beautiful blue and gold dress Tinker Bell had asked her to wear. Her hair was down and curled to perfection, and she was wearing a sapphire crown that dazzled her radiant blue eyes. Clarion blushed, everyone was staring at her beauty. She flew gracefully down to her daughter and her friends.
"Oh, sugarplum! – I mean Queen Clarion you look absolutely stunning!" Clarion chuckled and thanked Rosetta. "Please girls, tonight is Tinker Bell's birthday. You can all call me Clarion tonight if you wish." Everyone gasped and giggled as they all said "Thank you… Clarion." They smiled when they said her name.
The night went on and they all danced and had a blast. Clarion had a giant cake made for Tink's birthday and they ate till they had to puke!
"Presents now!" Fawn flew up and down in excitement. They all gave Tinker Bell her presents, assorted lost things and hair pins from Rosetta.
"So Clarion, what did you get her?" Vida asked in a sassy tone, Clarion pulled out a green leaf wrapped box. It was small, but it held much love.
"Here darling." Clarion handed her daughter the box, and Tinker Bell opened the wrappings. She gasped, there inside the box was a golden locket. The locket had an intricate design of a rose engraved on the cover. Bellow the Rose was the word 'daughter' also engraved into the front of the golden locket. Tinker Bell had the best birthday she had ever had that night. Later on, she will meet with Peri and she too had a present to give. A beautifully preserved snowflake from the mountains. After what seemed like hours of talking to each other the moon was almost about to change into the sun. Tinker Bell said goodbye and when she arrived back in her room she was greeted by a note on her bed. She opened it, her eyes drifting shut she read… 'It works' than like a light in the dark she drifted off to sleep.