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Chapter Six: The Party for Summer
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Tinker Bell didn't tell any of her friends about the party she had been invited to. It definitely didn't seem right, as she wasn't sure if Rosetta, Iridessa, or Fawn had been invited.
For the rest of that day, she tried to figure out who had been invited, and why she would need a hat. After a day of probably failing, she donned a sunflower cap she borrowed from Lily, and dressed in her usual skeleton leaf dress, and flew for Havendish Stream.
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The moon beat down on the few tables placed around the stream, as Tinker Bell arrived.
She was the last one to show up. Looking around, she saw Terence, Lief, Wata, Silvermist, Twitch, and one fairy she didn't recognize.
The fairy was obviously a painter, as paint had been dropped on her pink rose petal skirt, her red rose leggings untouched underneath. She wore a brown leaf smock and her black hair was held back by a red headband. Her shy green eyes looked at Tinker Bell and a small smile came on her face.
Tinker Bell sat down with Terence and Silvermist, as Zazie and Sayo sat down with Lief. Twitch, Wata and the shy painter fairy sat together.
A serving talent fairy arrived, which Tinker Bell instantly recognized as Midna, her permanent smirk on, her black hair tied back in a bun covered by typical serving talent head wear. Her blue eyes were squinting from the force of her wide smirk, and she bore on her completely balanced hands, the meal.
After serving food to everyone, she sat down with Twitch and the others.
"So, how did you get into the party?" asked Silvermist as she ate some of her custard cake.
Tinker Bell smiled nervously as she ate some of hers. "I... kind of kept talking to Zazie..."
Terence and Silvermist laughed at her words as she chuckled nervously and fiddled with her dress.
The party went on as Tinker Bell thought it would. After they had all finished their amazingly good custard cake, Midna went back to the kitchens with the dirty plates and came back with some of Dulcie's Poppy Puff Rolls. After that tasty treat, Zazie stood from her seat and addressed the guests in a fashion similar to the Queen.
"Welcome, friends," she said in a professional voice, "we have come here to celebrate the coming of Summer, and some of us will be leaving tomorrow to make that happen."
Tinker Bell noticed that Sayo lowered her head slightly as Lief placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.
Zazie continued. "As we do every year for the celebration of Summer in this little gathering, we shall throw a special Water Talent dance for you all. Wata? Silvermist?"
Wata and Silvermist snapped to attention, Wata stretching his newly mended arm in an attempt to warm up. The two rushed to the sides of Zazie, and the three Water fairies flew to the stream. The other fairies stood from their seats to walk to the stream's edge, Tinker Bell following suit and sitting down next to Terence.
"They're going to dance?" she asked him, "Is that why we're wearing the hats?"
"Yup!" Terence answered with his trademark grin. "Sometimes Wata loses control of his water because he gets into the movements a little too much. Zazie does it too – but she does it on purpose."
Tinker Bell found herself laughing at the remark and turned to watch the dance that the Water talents had begun. Sayo came up beside Tinker Bell and sat down next to her, a small smile on her face. Lief didn't sit down. Instead, she flew over the audience, her harp in her hands. She played it softly while the Water Talents moved. Tinker Bell noticed that it was in ways similar to the dance that Zazie had done earlier with Sayo.
They danced with gracefulness and obvious expertise. As predicted, Wata's water sometimes escaped him, and it flung in random directions. But Tinker Bell didn't mind that she was a little wet, a little damp. She didn't mind that her hair was now in stringy sections due to being soaked. She was too into the movements of the dance.
She felt that the dance had ended too quickly. She felt that the party was too short. She wished that she could have stayed, but it was far too late for fairies to be up.
"Tink!" Terence called out as the others were flying to their home. Tinker Bell turned around to eye him with a smile.
"Yes, Terence?"
"Hey, um... Nice party, wasn't it?" he asked, a little shyly.
"Yes, it was!" Tinker Bell agreed.
"So... um... would you mind... um...." Terence wasn't sure how to say the words that he wanted to say. "Um... would you mind... um... sharing lunch with me in the tea room tomorrow?"
Tinker Bell smiled at him instantly, as she nodded. "Absolutely, Terence."
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The next morning called for the departure of the Fairies for Sumer's arrival. Tinker Bell watched as Rosetta, Silvermist and Iradessa left with Zazie and Wata for the mainland.
A sudden realization came to her mind as she remembered one thing.
Zazie was practically Sayo's only friend.
Once the thought came to her mind, she raced off for the Winter Woods to find the snowflake fairy.