Now in mid winter, Fawn and Hal have become closer than ever. Their relationship mirrored that of a mother and son. Now that her friends knew Hal, Fawn was able to spend regular time with them. When she and Hal would sneak out of Pixie Hollow, Tink and the others tagged along often, much to Fawn's delight. Tink and the others also grew a liking towards Hal. The young hawk also began calling them auntie.
Rumble however, couldn't have been more annoyed with the constant attention Fawn was giving Hal. Glimmer convinced him to keep Hal a secret, but the closeness of the animal fairy and the hawk was getting to Rumble. The two have an odd relationship. Glimmer thinks of Rumble as a hero and respects him no matter how harshly he treats her. Rumble sees Glimmer as nothing but a meek follower, though he does tend to take her advise every now and then.
"Rumble's getting reeeeal sick of this!" Rumble groaned while he paced in his room.
"Oh calm yourself, how can you blame her, Hal's so cute."
"CUTE!?" Rumble snapped. "You only had one sneak glimpse of the little devil!"
"You're just jealous." Glimmer scoffed.
"Listen you bitch!" Rumble hissed. "Rumble doesn't get jealous, there's no one to be jealous of, understand!?"
"Yes Rumble." Glimmer responded softly with a sigh.
"I'm going out!" Rumble shouted as he made way for the door. "Try not to do anything stupid while I'm gone, alright!?"
Glimmer sighed softly before she responded. "Yes Rumble."
With that, Rumble flew off, heading for Pixie Hollow's most popular restaurant; Le Pixie Dust.
Meanwhile, at Fawn's house, Fawn was just returning home from work when she noticed scattered berries all over her floor.
"Hal!" Fawn called.
Hal flew in, now slightly larger than before, and able to speak fluently (though, being so young, he behaves like a seven year old).
"Yes mommy?"
"Can you please get your berries off the floor, this is the third time this week." Fawn said sternly.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry." said Hal with a smile as he ate up the berries.
Fawn smiled with joy at how Hal came through. At first, she intended on keeping him for a few weeks tops, but after spending so much time with him, Hal became the center of her life.
Tink and Vidia flew to Fawn's door to invite her to a night out at Le Pixie Dust with the rest of them.
"Fawn, wanna head over to Le Pixie Dust for some dinner?"
Now that Hal was older, he was able to stay home alone, and understood that he was meant to be a secret.
"Sure why not." Fawn responded, grabbing her satchel.
"Hal, I'm going out!" Fawn yelled. "Do you want anything to eat?"
"Can I have more berries?" Hal asked.
"Hal, I just bought for packs of berries yesterday." Fawn said with a sigh.
"Pretty please with berries on top." Hal pleaded.
Fawn couldn't help but smile.
"Alright, alright." surrendered Fawn with a smile.
"I'll see you when I get back!" said Fawn.
Fawn kissed Hal on his head and headed out. Fawn, Tink, and Vidia met up with Rosetta, Iridessa, and Silvermist and headed off to Le Pixie Dust. The restaurant was packed with many of Pixie Hollow's residents. Clank, Bobble, Terence, Lyria, Prilla, and Beck was only a few of the familiar faces there that evening. Fawn and her friends sat in the center of the restaurant, and began to conversation as they waited for their waiter.
"So, you and Hal seem to be pretty close now, huh?" Iridessa asked.
"Well, yeah. I know this is crazy but, I love that kid. It might sound a little cheesy but, he's my whole world now."
To Fawn's friends, it was beautiful to see Fawn's face light up when she talked about Hal. It was plain to see she loved the hawk, loved him like her own son.
"That's beautiful." said Silvermist with a tear.
"You know, we really shouldn't be talking about Hal in public like this." said Vidia sternly.
"Yeah, you're right." Fawn replied.
Just across from Fawn and her friends sat Rumble at a table alone. He was busy checking himself out in his spoon to notice Fawn and the others at first, but when he did, he decided to pay her a visit.
"Fawn!" Rumble greeted. "Fancy meeting you here."
"Who invited thunder bolts?" Rosetta hissed.
"Rumble doesn't need invitations, he knows he's wanted." said Rumble as he scooted Rosetta aside to sit next to Fawn.
"How you been Fawn?" Rumble asked.
"Rumble, if you don't mind, me and my friends are trying to enjoy ourselves." said Fawn with an irritated look.
"But Rumble's enjoying the company of your friends too." said Rumble as he eyed Fawn's breast.
The moment Fawn noticed this, she didn't hesitate to punch the storm out of his chair. Rumble went straight to the floor, and a passing waiter accidentally tripped over him, spilling his bowl of punch all over Rumble. The entire room bursts out in laughter.
The embarrassed Rumble quickly got unto his feet and fled the restaurant. Tink and the others were too busy congratulating Fawn on her sweet revenge to notice just how furious Rumble was. This little moment could just have sparked the end of her and Hal.
Back at Rumble's house, the arrogant storm sparrow man was having a temper tantrum. From outside, fairies and sparrow men were able to see bolts of lightning being shot out every window of Rumble's house, and a dark storm cloud hovering above it.
"WHO DOES THAT LITTLE BITCH THINK SHE IS!? Rumble shouted to himself as he paced in frustration.
"Rumble, please calm down!" Glimmer shouted nervously.
"Calm down? CALM DOWN? That little WHORE embarrassed me tonight! In front of EVERY FUCKING BODY!"
"Well, it kinda serves you right. You've been sexually harassing Fawn for months, it's about time she got her payback." said Glimmer with a slightly annoyed tone.
Rumble was shocked by Glimmer's disrespect towards him, and he immediately became more furious than before. He flew in front of Glimmer and brutally grabbed her by her neck.
"Who do you think you're talking too you pathetic peace of shit!?"
Glimmer was struggling to break free of Rumble's grasp but it was futile. With the power of his fist around her neck, Glimmer could hardly breath.
"If you ever disrespect Rumble again, I swear to Clarion I would make your life a living hell! YOU GOT THAT BITCH!?"
Rumble released Glimmer and began to head for the door. While making his way for the door, he grabbed a shank knife out of his draws and looked back at Glimmer to speak again.
"You better keep your mouth shut alright!?" Rumble hissed.
Glimmer nodded weakly, and Rumble was gone. The storm fairy was traumatized by what just happened. She knew Rumble had a slight anger issue, but never seen it so forced. Instead of getting pissed at Rumble, Glimmer's anger was directed towards Fawn, who Glimmer believes was the cause of this unbearable moment.