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Chapter Four: Tremors in Pixie Hollow

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"That was a complete waste of my time!" Sayo fretted, as she moved her hand through her hair as she flew by Zazie, who was looking forward to tonight. "I think we should do extra practise tonight, what say you?"

"I agree," Zazie confirmed, as they turned towards Havendish Stream.

"I froze my tea," Sayo admitted. "I'm sure Ree and Terence felt me use the Dust... I didn't mean it."

"I understand," Zazie assured. They landed at Zazie's usual spot, and Sayo sat on her lily pad, watching Zazie make dewdrops.

"Why would the Minister of Winter have that sort of a dream?" Sayo pondered. "I'm not that violent. I mean, sure, I throw snowballs at most of the Snowflake fairies, but... it's fun."

Zazie giggled a little as she decorated the spider web. "She's overly insecure."

Tink was flying by with Sil, Rosetta, Iradessa, and Fawn when they all paused and went to watch. They had all heard Zazie giggle.

Sayo flew up to watch Zazie closer. "And seriously... we both know that she's a complete worry wart, but having erotic dreams like that?! I think she's lying!"

Zazie shrugged as she grabbed another dewdrop. "It's understandable as to why she would, but I cannot see the Winter Minister having that much of an imagination."

They both giggled with inside humour.

Tink gasped, causing Iradessa and Rosetta to cover her mouth.

Sayo stopped giggling first, and pondered what was going on. "For that meeting, why would the Queen want Terence there at the conference? It made no sense to me. I mean, all they wanted was us, right?"

Zazie smiled sweetly at Sayo, her differently coloured eyes appearing to both be the same colour now that the sun was setting. "I'm sure there had to be some reason."

Sayo nodded, though still a bit unsure. "Still..."

"His Talent did not fit the situation? Yes, it bugs me as well. The Queen must have had some reason to keep him there, but I'm sure it has no concern to us." Zazie put the dewdrop on the spider web now, moving it around the web.

Tinker Bell and her friends were now interested in two things. Number one was how different the two usually quiet fairies were like when they were alone with each other. Why did they act so differently? Number two was the same question that was bugging Sayo and Zazie now. Why would the Queen want Terence at a conference concerning something about the Minister of Winter and Sayo and Zazie?

Zazie grabbed another dewdrop, only to drop it when someone zipped past them with unthinkable speed. Irritated, she turned to the intruder, to see a Fast Flying talent zip back.

She was even more irritated when she found out the Fast flying talent was the sparrow man named Twitch.

So named by Queen Clarion because of the constant twitch of his wings, Twitch arrived to Pixie Hollow about a year after Sayo and Zazie. He loved mentioning it; hoping his youth towards them would get him out of trouble. Twitch usually wore clothing similar to Vidia and Elwood, and his wavy black hair going wild around his face. It was clear that, unlike Elwood, Twitch has never had honey in his entire life – which was strange, considering his hyperactivity. He was so over enthusiastic as well – even his twitch changed depending on his mood.

Twitch flew back to Zazie and Sayo, his wings flapping overly fast with anticipation, and his hands twitching with excitement.

"Well, howdy, Zazie and Sayo! It is a definite pleasure to see you this grand afternoon; I sure hope that you have been to the tea house, because their sandwiches are overly fantastic, today! That's for sure! Reuben worked strangely hard this afternoon, didn't he?" Twitch greeted. "Well, that's not at all why I'm here, in fact, the Queen wishes to see you again, seeing as how the Ministers have finally left her alone this time, and she wishes to see you in private! Oh my!"

At this, he turned ecstatically to his right, after a large "clink!" sound had been made, instantly drawing the attention of the short attention span of Twitch.

"What was that?"

"Thanks, Twitch," Zazie thanked, and her and Sayo left.

Tinker Bell angrily glared at Twitch from the bushes. They were getting somewhere good.

Rosetta and Iradessa sighed. Now they'll never know unless they ask.

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Zazie and Sayo entered the gazebo of the Queen once more. Now having a constant chattering noise in the ear from when Twitch rambled on about Reuben and his really good tea sandwiches, they entered the room, and patiently awaited the Queen.

She entered, and she was carrying Sayo's tea cup from before. She placed it on the table, and looked up.

"I have come to a pressing decision on my part – and I require your help."

Zazie and Sayo were stunned as the Queen said this.

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Meanwhile, a great tremor arose throughout the Pixie Hollow, not so great so that it would be noticed, but great enough that it reached one side of the Hollow to the next, hitting every corner and ever blade of grass.

The only few who felt it looked up in worried shock.

Tinker Bell's invention even fell to the ground. Looking up, she felt the tremor.

Wata, a water talent Sparrow man with a broken arm, was playing with a small rope of water when the tremor came by him, and his rope broke apart. Getting up, he looked around.

Mirage, a Painter fairy, was painting her latest masterpiece. She was thankful she didn't have the brush in hand when the tremor came by her, but her other paintings did fall to the ground.

Lief was practising her harp when the tremor came by her and caused a couple strings of her harp to break. Scared, and upset, she got up and looked up to the sky.

Jayden was still fixing his kettle. When the tremor came by him, he was so startled he hit the kettle to hard, causing a dent. Angry, he threw the hammer to the ground and looked up at the sky.

Zazie, Sayo and the Queen were in her gazebo. They were the first to feel the tremor. And they were the first because they were right with the Fairy Dust Well.

It was the Fairy Dust Well that caused the tremor.

Time was running out.

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Tink was racing towards the gazebo of the Queen Clarion. She knew that, whatever that tremor was, the queen would know. She made it to the gazebo to see the Queen talking with Zazie and Sayo.

"And that is why I need your help..." the Queen had finished saying.

Tinker Bell halted now, and hid beneath the balcony. She watched as Queen Clarion, Sayo and Zazie flew out and towards the Dust Well.

"This is most concerning," Sayo breathed, a tremor going through her entire body.

Zazie only shivered.

The Queen collected a ball of pixie dust, and spread it across the two fairies. "You may come there and back as much as you need, however I would prefer that you find the lake soon. You understand, correct?"

Zazie let go of a breath. "We definitely know the stakes at cost here..."

"Come back soon." The Queen then watched as the two strange fairies flew away, heading towards the Mermaid Lagoon. She sighed as she looked down.

For some reason, it felt to her this was going to be one strange year.

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"WHAT?!" cried out Silvermist, Cera, Rani, Rosetta, River, Fawn and Iradessa when they heard Tink's news.

"You heard me!" she sighed.

Cera was frustrated. Of all the water fairies the Queen could ask for something to be done, she had to ask Zazie? And least of all, Sayo?! "What's up with that??"

Sil shrugged. "I don't know... Maybe the Babbling Brook might know something!"

At this, the four Water fairies, Rani, River, Cera and Sil, flew over to a Brook behind them (or, in Rani's case, ran). Instantly, they began listening to it, and waited.

The others stayed behind.

"What if it's something major? Like... what if she banned Zazie and Sayo from Pixie Hollow temporarily?!" Dess fretted. She then gasped and cried out. "What if they're exiled?!"

"That will never happen." Rosetta assured Dess. "It's never happened before."

Fawn shrugged and casually leaned onto her right leg. "Well, there's a first for everything, but I highly doubt Queen Ree would do something that major. They'd have to have done something terrible for her to take that kind of a measure."

Tink shrugged. "Whatever it was, I suspect it had to have something to do with this tremor I felt! It knocked over my mining machine."

"Tremor?" Ro, Dess and Fawn asked at the same time, each sounding equally confused.

Tink nodded as Cera flew over in defeat. "Just something about Midna having a crush on Prince..."

"Wow, really?" Fawn asked, sounding interested.

Sil flew over now. "Something about Reuben having made today's sandwiches, believe it or not."

"Wow... They were actually kind of good today!" Rosetta commented.

Rani walked over. "The Babbling brook mentioned something about a tremor."

"We were just talking about that!" Tink added with a smile on her face.

River flew over in shock. "Sayo froze her tea when she saw the Queen earlier!!"

"WHAT?!" It was now everyone's turn to cry out in more shock than before.

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Wata walked around Summerglade almost looking defeated as he headed off to the Nursing Tree to see if his arm was healed at all. His light hair swayed in the wind and his beautiful blue eyes played with the light, making them appear to turn green. His blue leaf button-up shirt and blue leaf pants were sort of loose on him, but he didn't mind. His mind right now, was on the tremor he had felt earlier, and the news of Zazie and Sayo going out on their own didn't help him much.

In truth, he liked both of them. He had known Zazie since she had arrived, and he knew most of the secrets that the two had together. He promised he wouldn't tell anyone but the Queen, but he was still wondering how to tell her – and that was a long time ago.

Wata sighed as he entered the Nursing Tree.

He had a feeling this was going to be a weird year.

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Tinker Bell and her friends now sat around her worktable in Tinker's Nook, now with the added company of Clank and Bobble behind her. Rosetta started the meeting.

"Here's the facts we have: A tremor, Sayo and Zazie leaving Pixie Hollow under the rule of the Queen, and Sayo freezing her tea," she began. "The tremor must have something to do about it..."

Tink was looking bored as she laid her head on her table. "I remember something about them having to find a lake, and they were heading towards Mermaid Lagoon..."

Fawn thought about it. "Well, when you consider the facts..."

She was interrupted by Iradessa.

"Oh my gosh! What if the whole thing is them being banned from Pixie Hollow?! What if Sayo did freeze her tea?! And the Queen was so mad at Zazie and Sayo that she banned them from Pixie Hollow, and she was so mad that she caused the tremor?!"

River was looking oddly at Iradessa as she ranted. Next to her, Silvermist smiled.

"She does that all the..."

"Time," Rani finished. "It soon turns to awkwardness, to amusement, to annoyance."

River giggled.

Cera sighed. "That seems understandable."

Bobble and Clank looked at each other before looking at a clock and then the opening to the Work hall.

"That's odd," Bobble mentioned.

"What?" Tink looked up at the two.

Clank shrugged. "Usually someone comes in by now."

"And not just someone," Bobble added, as he lifted a hand with a pointed index finger, "but Terence!"

Tink gave a gasp of astonishment, and the group got up from the seats, and those that could fly, raced to the Pixie Dust Well.

Rani grumbled to herself as she walked briskly out the door, and gave a whistle, calling Brother Dove.

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The Queen sat at her desk, holding before a block of dust wood from the Home Tree. She was inspecting it, since she could barely remember how to make a new dust measuring cup. Sighing, she got up, and skimmed through her books on her shelf, finally finding the one that would help her.

She could only hope she was not too late.

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Sayo and Zazie raced to the Mermaid Lagoon. They were silent as they flew, and only spared a moment and a half of rest between their flights. Neither of them dared to speak, as they worried of what sound would erupt from their vocal cords. They weren't even sure of what to say to each other, and that had never happened before. Finally, Zazie turned to Sayo.

"Do you think the lake is still there?"

Sayo was startled, and almost ran into a tree. "What do you mean?"

"The Queen said she was there the last time this happened... but she didn't specify when."

"She doesn't need to," Sayo mentioned. "I'm sure it's still there. Neverland never changes."

"Much..."

At this, the two giggled as if it were an inside joke.

"True!"

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