Yay! New shipper :3 It's time for your initiation ceremony *hugs lauraotaku22* There. You're initiated :3

Alright, for this chapter, we have Tink. I couldn't do one with Peri being jealous becuase this one takes place during The Lost Treasure, but I might do that another time. That being said, let's get started :3


Just what's up with this Aaron Stone? Why does everyone love him? And by everyone, I mean everyone.

What, you don't believe me? Just say the name Aaron Stone and you'll see every fairy on a 50 miles radius swooning. Or maybe I should say every fairy except me.

Yeah, I know, you might say everyone loves him because he saved Pixie Hollow and all that, but there have been many others who have done that and I don't hear too much about them. In fact, how about that time when I saved spring? I actually worked together with him and I don't get anywhere near as much attention as he does.

But to be fair, I was part of the problem back then. And It's not like I have anything against him. After all, he saved me from that hawk and helped me rehabilitate my reputation after I messed up. I just think he's overrated.

Or do I? Why am I giving so much importance to this?

Oh, right. Because now I have to work with him and his squad to build the Fall Sceptre. Or more like be supervised by them. I guess it's fair. I kind of am a hothead who flies off the handle, I'll give Fairy Mary that. But still, did it really have to be the guy in front of whom I embarrassed myself by putting Pixie Hollow, not to mention the Mainland, in danger?

Jingles. Someone's at the door. It doesn't take a genius to figure out who. I got up from my chair and opened the door. Sure enough, the three were right there.

"Tink" I heard Aaron say. "It's...been a while"

I chuckled nervously. "Yeah. Who would've thought we'd work together again?"

"I was actually looking forward to it" he replied

His tone seemed unexpectedly friendly, given all the trouble I had caused two seasons ago. But then again, why was that so unexpected? He was a nice guy.

And what a nice guy. Maybe that's why everyone admires him. Not only does he protect Pixie Hollow, but he also has time to make others feel better about themselves. Or at least he had time to do so in my case.

I really had no reason to dislike him. I just didn't like the situation I was in. You know, the whole spring incident. But maybe there was another time to think about that. I have work to do.

I led the three inside. I picked up my tools, ready to start working, when Aaron decided to compliment me for some reason.

"I've seen your work before. If that's anything to go by, I think it's safe to say this'll be one Fall Sceptre to remember"

I don't know whether he knew how I was feeling and was trying to make me feel better or he was just being nice to me like always, but something felt weird. The good kind of weird. "Uhh...thanks"

I admit, it felt good to know he didn't hold a grudge against me after all that. Or at least I hope he didn't. But no matter what I hope, what I did was still serious, so it'd probably be safe to assume that we were still on bad terms to some extent.

I sat down at my table and proceeded to work on some components. For some reason, I was curious about something. "So...what's up with you?"

"What?" he asked

Pots and kettles. I couldn't have made this sound worse even if I had asked Sil to say it for me. "All the fairies who are going crazy about you. What's with that?"

"No idea. Not that I minded, though. A little attention is nice"

"You call that a little?" I asked, trying to lighten up the mood

"No joke" Stark replied. "You should've seen the fairies from the Pixie Dust Delivery Depot"

"Don't remind me" Aaron complained

"You surely have a way with fairies" Stark added, smirking

I've noticed. The whole time while I was working, I couldn't help but think of that day. That day when I thought my life was over. And then he showed up. Without him, my life would probably be over. I feel like I owe so much to him.

But I don't, right? I mean, that's what heroes do. They save you and don't expect anything in return. Maybe that's the problem. Why do I feel like I owe something to him?

Maybe I was just overthinking it. Or was I? What if I didn't even feel like that? Maybe it really was that Aaron Stone charm every fairy was talking about. I had just failed to realise it. Or maybe I was deliberately denying it. And the fact that he reminded me so much of one of my best friends didn't help at all. On a separate note, how curious was that?

"Say, how comes you look so much like Sonic? Are you related or something?"

"I've never really thought about it. I usually focus on the task at hand and don't have time for small things like this. But maybe we'll think about it when the right time will come" he answered

It seems he's never thought of many things. This, the fangirls...but as he said, he always focuses on the task at hand. And I know he's doing a great job at it. He managed to make a Tinker fairy feel better about herself, didn't he?

Jingles, Aaron. You surely have a way with fairies.


Happened or "what if?": "what if?". Well, sort of

I can't tell you which of these events themselves happened in the Sonic the Sparrowhog continuity and which didn't, because that would be a spoiler for IsonicfanI's fics, but here's what I can tell you: after the spring incident, she felt weird because she had messed up that badly, just like she said in the 6th paragraph. But that's it. Not in love with Sonic, no confused feelings, nothing as deep as what you read here.

Okay, who's next?