It was a flower. It was green after all and it had a stem, some leaves and it went into the ground, but it had no petals. Instead, it had a green head. The only reason why it resembled a head was its mouth. It waved from side to side, snapping at everything around it. It had rows of green leafy teeth. The other tulips around it were leaning away, in fear of being bitten.
"See? Worse than the thistles!" Rosetta said, pouting. "I don't know what's wrong with it! It just won't tell me! I've tried watering it, giving it extra dark soil, but nothing! It doesn't like the sun or the shade."
"What is it?" Tinker Bell took a step closer and tried to touch it, but it violently snapped at her hand and she quickly pulled back.
"I don't know. No one does. If I had my way, it'd be floatin' away in the ocean by now, but I can't even touch it and look at my poor tulips! They're scared and how will I ever get any seeds for the mainland?"
"Maybe...maybe you won't have to touch it...," Tinker Bell said, getting a plan.
"I know, I was thinking about moving my tulips, but it's hard to move plants once they've grown up," Rosetta said.
"No...not that. Everything can stay. We just need-"
"Tink!" Out of nowhere, Fawn landed in front of Tinker Bell. She was coming in too fast and skidded on the ground, heading towards the plant. "Whoa!"
Fawn readied herself to get bitten by the plant, but it didn't happen. She stopped moving and realized Clank grabbed onto her shoulder. She sighed with relief.
"Thanks, Clank!" Fawn said, hovering over Tinker Bell. She gasped at the large bruise, then smiled. "Whoa, Tink! That's so awesome! Can I touch it?"
"Uh...I guess- ow!" Tinker Bell exclaimed when she felt a sharp pain go through her back.
"Guess not," Fawn said sheepishly. "Sorry, Tink!"
Fawn then hovered over the plant, making sure she wasn't too close to it. Her long braid waved in front of its mouth and it tried to snap at it. "Rosetta, that's not a plant. It's an animal. It has a head and a mouth."
"Fawn, that is clearly a plant!" Rosetta retorted.
"Nu-uh," Fawn said. "Animal." She lowered her hands to the plant. She began talking to it in almost a whisper. For once, her playful smile was gone and she was serious, trying to calm the plant. She managed to get a hand onto the plant. It didn't feel like a plant. Plants had silky stems, leaves and petals. This one had really short hair all over it. It felt almost like velvet on her hand. "See, nothing to be upset over. We just wanna help. What do you need?" The plant seemed to calm down even more. "That's right. That's it, just- ow!"
Without any warning, the plant turned and snapped at Fawn's hand. She tugged, trying to get her hand out of its mouth. Even though its teeth were made out of leaves, they still hurt. Finally, it let go of her hand. She glanced at it to see it was lightly bleeding. Fawn's sweet face turned sour.
"Son of a-" Fawn lunged at the plant, flailing her arms and legs at it, but Rosetta restrained her.
"Alright! Anyone else have ideas about this plant? Something less dangerous?" Rosetta asked, trying to laugh the situation off.
"We can make a cage. Once it's in there, it can't bite any of the plants," Tinker Bell suggested. "We'll need some wood for the bars, and something sticky to keep it together. Honey!" Normally, she would jump into the air and fly off, but she knew she couldn't. Instead, she spread her arms and stared at Bobble again.
"We're gonna get in trouble from Fairy Mary, ya kno'," Bobble said, lifting Tinker Bell into the air.
"No. We're tinker fairies and tinker fairies help others and that's what we're doing," Tinker Bell exclaimed.
"If you say so, Miss Bell," Bobble said, sighing. To be honest, he didn't really want to go back to Tinker's Nook or land at all. He just wanted to fly with Tinker Bell in his arms.
"Hey! This is fun!" Fawn exclaimed. Next to Bobble and Tinker Bell came Clank and Fawn. Fawn had her arms spread out like Tinker Bell's. Fawn's face glowed with delight as Clank carried her, swerving and spinning. The two were snorting with laughter. Tinker Bell couldn't help but feel jealous of her friends. She had to be carried around while Fawn could fly on her own.
"Where to?" Bobble asked.
"Terence. I think he'll be able to give me double rations of pixie dust. I think I could move by kicking, kinda like swimming," Tinker Bell explained.
"Oh."
Tinker Bell jumped out of Bobble's arms when she spotted Terence, nearly falling on the dust-keeper.
"Tink! You're all better!" Terence exclaimed.
"Not really," Tinker Bell looked to her wing.
"Oh, my gosh!" Terence put his hands to his mouth and slowly walked to her back. Terence gently put his hand on her wing, slowly tracing the shape of her dented wing. Tinker Bell looked at him admiringly. Suddenly he's the hero now, just by touching her wing. Did Terence find her? Did Terence check on her every hour when she was unconscious? Did Terence fly her around? Bobble just stared at the two, looking as if he just ate a lemon. Suddenly, he jumped into the air and flew to the direction of Tinker's Nook.
"Bobble?" Fawn asked as he silently flew away. She looked up at Clank and the two shrugged, then followed him.
"Is somethin' the matter?" Clank called to Bobble.
"No," Bobble said sharply. "We're just behind on our orders."
Clank wasn't the brightest fairy in Pixie Hallow, but he certainly knew when something was bothering his best friend. No secrets were kept between the two and he was sure Bobble would tell him what was bothering him later in the day.
The fairies went back to Tinker's Nook.