It was either Tinker Bell was very resilient or she just wanted to get out of her house, or both. She was ready to work first thing in the morning as usual. She quickly found a way to sit comfortably and was glad the chairs at the work tables didn't have any backing to them.
"Tinker Bell!" A plump fairy flew to her side, her hands on her hips. "What were you thinking! Going out that late at night! We were all worried sick!" She managed to get a look at Tinker Bell's still purple back and gasped. "You just can't do that, it's too dangerous! Next time, you need someone to come with you."
"Sorry, Fairy Mary," Tinker Bell said, tapping a kettle in front of her.
"Oh, it's alright. I was just worried," Fairy Mary said with a smile. "Now, those kettles won't mend themselves."
"Feeling better already, I see, Miss. Bell!" Clank flew to his work table, quickly followed by Bobble.
"Yup! I'm gonna be all better in no time!" Tinker Bell agreed.
"That's the spirit, Tink," Bobble said, placing his hand on her shoulder, then he turned his attention to Clank. "We better get goin' now before there's a line."
"Where were you two going anyway?" Tinker Bell asked.
"Gettin' our pixie dust rations, of course!" Clank answered.
"Oh, right! I almost forgot!" Tinker Bell tried to fly from her work table. Her left wing worked fine, but her right was much slower. Instead of going upwards, she just flopped to her right. "Oh...right. I almost forgot..."
"Cheer up," Clank said, "like you said, you'll be all better in no time."
"I guess...," Tinker Bell muttered. Then, she got an idea. "I can just get double rations from Terence! If I get enough pixie dust, I'll be able to fly without using my wings!"
"Erm, I don't think that'd be a good idea," Bobble muttered.
"How will you move? With just dust, you'll float," Clank added in.
"Then I'll...then I'll make a backpack with a propeller in it! It'll move me forward!" Tinker Bell exclaimed. "I'm sure I have everything in my room!"
Tinker Bell got up and began to run in the direction of her house, but she was quickly stopped.
"Tinker Bell, I understand you want to fly, but we are behind in our repairs," Fairy Mary stated. Tinker Bell concluded she had eyes on the back of her head or super hearing. Tinker Bell sighed, knowing it was best to do her job first, after all, all of the fairies depended on her talent.
"Yes, Fairy Mary," Tinker Bell said, returning to her work table.
"If you finish fixing those kettles quickly, you'll be able to go on a delivery!" Fairy Mary called out after Tinker Bell. That raised her spirits.
Bobble stared at the leaf with the orders written on it. Again and again he read over it, but it was the same each time he read it. Whoever took the order must have made a mistake.
Cheese obediently stopped once he reached the garden fairies. Cheese raised his pink nose into the air to smell all of the flowers. It always seemed to calm him.
"What do we need?" Tinker Bell asked, reaching into the wagon.
"Well...it says a special order for Rosetta...three kettles," Bobble said.
"Huh. I didn't know she liked tea that much," Tinker Bell muttered, grabbing three kettles.
"Oh, there you are!" Rosetta flew to the wagon. "About time you showed up!" Rosetta's tone changed. "Ah, now Tinker Bell, your wing looks so hurt...and that bruise! Remind me to get you some jewel weed leaves. That'll make that nasty bruise go away." The caring part of her went away again. "Now, if y'all excuse me, I have a plant problem to fix."
"What kind of problem?" Tinker Bell asked.
"A horrible flower! Worse than the thistles!" Rosetta said, dramatically placing her hand on her forehead.
"Can I come too?" Tinker Bell asked. She looked towards the two sparrow men.
"Sure. Get back to Tinker's Nook soon, though," Bobble said, looking back to his list.
"Wait, no! You're coming with me! Please? We can do the orders later," Tinker Bell said.
Bobble and Clank exchanged expressions. Why did she have to have such adorable blue eyes? She was impossible to turn down.
"Cheese, stay!" Clank ordered the mouse. Cheese nodded and curled up to take a nap.
"Alright. My garden is just over here," Rosetta jumped into the air and flew over the flowers bordering the road.
Tinker Bell looked expectantly at Bobble. She turned around and put her arms out, then glanced at him over her shoulder. "Ahem."
Bobble put his arms through hers and lifted her off the ground. She was light. Surprisingly light. Maybe it was because she was so tiny. She was warm, too, he concluded. She smelled like cedar and pine...granted, every other tinker fairy did as well, but she was different. Realizing he was completely focused on her, he decided he needed to say something.
"Don't make this a habit, Miss. Bell," Bobble said jokingly.
Tinker Bell laughed. "Don't worry. Once you stop carrying me around, I'll get Clank to."
Bobble set Tinker Bell where Rosetta landed in front of a garden of tulips and they saw what the problem was.
I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Random flower fact time, jewel weed doesn't actually help with bruises, but it does help relieve the pain of stinning nettle. The seeds are also fun to pop, they're like fireworks!