Hi guys! So I saw this musical called "Fly By Night," and I absolutely loved it, so I grabbed some inspiration from the musical for this. Fly By Night isn't very well known, but it's so so good and heartbreaking at the same time, so I thought it might be fun to write this with Milarion with a somewhat similar plot to the musical. You probably won't know this musical, so you're definitely in for a ride ;) I still plan on Milori breaking his wing later (I know, it's sad), and just a warning: the ending will be sad. But we'll cross that bridge when we get there! In this musical, it's set in the 1940s/50s, I don't remember the year exactly, and has the huge east coast power outage later in the plot so it might seem kinda weird for Pixie Hollow to have a "power outage" but hear me out (when the time comes). Also, if you have seen Fly By Night, note that I'm not sticking to the plot of the musical at all because 1. I didn't write that musical and 2. I wanna have fun with it, I just grabbed inspiration from it. Okay, I'll shut up now :D
I don't own Disney or the Disney Fairies.
Princess Clarion was out on her nightly walk around Pixie Hollow, breathing in the crisp spring air. She couldn't stand being in her huge, lonely bedroom anymore, so she started walking. The Pixie Dust Tree got quite lonely. Sure, she had the other ministers, but they were always too serious or knee deep in work to have fun.
Every night starting at sunset, sometimes for hours, Clarion just went where her feet - or wings - would take her. Clarion liked the feeling of walking, the grass squishing between her toes. Her favorite spot, though, was the border where spring touches winter. Clarion could spend forever there, just looking at the way the moonlight reflects off the snow. She'd never admit it to anyone, except maybe Mary, that winter was her favorite season.
As Clarion walked along her familiar trail to the border humming a tune to herself, she came upon a little hut she had never seen before. It looked occupied by a fairy - there was a light shining through a window. Clarion shrugged, maybe it belonged to a new arrival. As she turned and continued to walk, a voice called out her name.
Clarion shot around to see a fairy dressed in dark purple and blue, with black hair pulled into a braid. "Are you Clarion?" she spoke almost in an excited rush.
"Y-yes? Who are you?" Clarion answered hesitantly.
"Oh! Sorry, I'm Isabel. I'm a psychic fairy. Nice to meet you!" Isabel flew forward and shook Clarion's hand.
'This fairy is very fast paced,' Clarion thought to herself and shook the fairy's hand. "I didn't know there were psychic fairies," Clarion replied.
Isabel's wings drooped ever so slightly. "That's because I'm the only one… But never mind me, my crystal ball, it lit up when you walked by. That means I have something to tell you, although I don't know what yet," Isabel trailed off.
"Um, that's nice but I really should be going, I-I have somewhere else to be right now…" Clarion said, stuttering.
"No you don't, come on!" Isabel grabbed clarion's hand and dragged her inside.
They were seated at a table with a beautiful crystal ball in the center. It was glowing blues and pinks and purples. "What is all of this?" Clarion asked, still confused as to what was going on.
"I've never felt a force this strong before!" Isabel exclaimed. "I had a feeling something was going to happen tonight. Now, focus your energy on the ball."
Clarion cocked an eyebrow, but did as she was told. 'What am I doing,' she thought.
"Oh, I have good news! Tonight, you're going to meet your soulmate…"
"W-what? I am? That's not-" Clarion tried.
"Wait! There's bad news… This man will be completely off limits," Isabel whispered.
"Oh…"
"Wait! Shh! I'm seeing a map! You leave my home, close your eyes and spin, then you fly with all your might. But then you stop and listen to a voice deep within, somehow you'll know which road is right," Isabel said, sing-songy.
"Um, these instructions are not very clear," Clarion chimed in.
Isabel continued. "The road forks… You won't know what to do, but don't be frightened, you won't have far to go! Just look above and you'll see a star that will lead you in the right direction."
"What?" Clarion asked confused.
"I don't know, but somehow you'll know! Wait - I'm seeing something…" Isabel gasped.
"What? How would I even know it's him?" Clarion asked doubtfully, rolling her eyes.
"I'm seeing three signs… Now pay attention, they might fade away!" Isabel almost yelled. "The first is in the form of a question, 'what does it look like when time stops.'"
"What… does it look like when time stops?" Clarion repeated. "This makes no sense!"
"The second comes in the form of numbers… Five, two, seven."
"What do these mean?" Clarion asked, growing frustrated.
"I don't know! But somehow you will know! Now the third, wait, I'm not seeing it! I'm… I'm hearing it?" Isabel asked to no one in particular. "It's… It's a melody…" Isabel said and hummed it.
Clarion froze. That was the melody she was humming earlier. "How did you…" The crystal ball faded and stopped glowing.
"Well, I guess that's it," Isabel stated as if this was completely normal for her. Clarion blinked a few times and stood up rather quickly. "I- I have to leave!"
Clarion quickly flew out the door and paused. "This is insane," she whispered out loud. But she couldn't seem to shake the feeling in her stomach that was telling her to follow the signs. Clarion closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She spun a couple times. Clarion rolled her eyes and flew off in a random direction.
Clarion gasped when she came to a fork in the road. She looked up to see a star, the brightest star she'd ever seen, right above the road to the left. Clarion sighed and flew down the path, not knowing what she was doing. "This is ridicu-" Clarion began to say outloud but stopped when she realized where she was. She was hovering right above the border where spring touches winter.
I bet you guys can guess who her soulmate is going to be ;)