AUTHORS NOTE:

Okay so this is the second chapter. It's a bit short.

juudjv in answer to your question, yes Lord Milori will have a role in the story, but a bit later on.

Enjoy!

"This is her? The fairy with no talent?" The Minister of Spring circled around me. "But her parents had the most defined talents!" He suddenly shrieked. I jumped.

"Ignore his sudden mood changes. He's very...jumpy.." The MInister of Summer told me. I was bewildered by it all.

"How has this happened?" The Minister of Spring gestured towards me. I turned to him. I am here you know, my mind hissed. "Queen Clarion, how did you find this thing?!"

"I had been alerted to the fact that five fairies were killed in the hawk attack and I had gone to check that everyone else was alright. I noticed that Vixen was not at the scene so I was heading to her home to check if she was there. I found her along the way. Minister, Vixen is not a thing. Use her name, please." Queen Clarion responded.

"I do not understand how this has happened," The Minister repeated.

"You don't have to understand it, Hyacinth," The Minister of Winter snapped. I was surprised. I didn't think the Ministers had names. "Vixen," she addressed me, "do you know what your talent is?"

"No," I replied quietly. A wave of unease filled me. Where it came from I couldn't say. It just appeared. "Well, surely this has happened before?" The Minister of Summer asked.

"No," Hyacinth huffed. My eyes darted around the room, searching for the cause of my unease. I could see nothing. But, I could hear something. Very faint, but it was definitely there. The sound of heavy breathing. It wasn't my own and I watched each Minister and Queen Clarion carefully. It wasn't them either. It got louder, until it sounded like it was right by my ear. I turned around. There was no one there. My eyes were drawn to the window. Flying over I glanced around. No one. I didn't understand.

Oddly enough, rather than feeling panicked and alarmed, I felt normal. This - whatever this was - felt normal to me. "Perhaps we could find her talent the traditional way, Your Highness?" The Minister of Autumn suggested.

"Yes, perhaps that would work," Queen Clarion agreed.

After the rather harrowing experience, it became quite clear that my talent had yet to be discovered. Not one of the talents had glowed and I had made no indication that I felt a connection with any of them. The Ministers had wanted to continue the search for my talent but Queen Clarion had thankfully decided that we had done enough for one day and sent them to their seasons. "Vixen," She called me over to her. "The rest of the day is yours. The only thing I ask is that you are back here before sunset," Queen Clarion had effectively dismissed me.

I spent most of the day thinking. If I didn't know what my talent was, how could I control it if I ever used it? I was constantly sensing things throughout the day, but it had become second nature to me now so I wasn't too bothered by it. Flying through Springtime Square, I noticed that the Everblossom was open, which meant that spring was due to be delivered to the mainland. I don't know why it caught my eye, but it had. It was then that I noticed how dark it had gotten. Queen Clarion! My mind went into panic mode as I remember that she had wanted me back at the Pixie Dust Tree before sunset. Wait.. It's not sunset.. Looking up, there was a black cloud hanging over Pixie Hollow. Other fairies had stopped working and glanced nervously at the cloud. I felt a sudden urge to go to the Pixie Dust Tree. It felt like something was wrong, but I couldn't place it. "Vixen do you know where Queen CLarion is?" The Minister of Spring asked.

"No. Why?"

"Well she should be here for her review of spring but as you can see she's not here.." His voice trailed off. An uneasiness filled me. I needed to get to Queen Clarion.

Almost immediately after arriving at the Pixie Dust Tree, I knew instantly something wasn't right. My eyes were drawn to the balcony that was hidden by the branches high above me. Something felt different, inside myself. Without being fully conscious of what was happening, my wings were lifting me up. Within moments I was outside the balcony doors that led into Queen Clarion's bedroom. The doors were shut and I landed silently in front of them, cocking my head to the side as I listened intently. A muffled cry of, "Stop!" echoed through my head. "I can't… Please… I…" It was definitely Queen Clarion who was speaking. Although it sounded more like she was begging, gasping. I blinked, and I was in the room. How the - my mind began but immediately the thought was vanquished at the scene before before me. Blazing anger was the only thing in me, roaring, coursing through me.

Queen Clarion was being pinned down to her bed, a rather large sparrow man straddling her. I could see her legs kicking out as she fought back. Moving ever so slightly, I could see he had his hands around her throat, and she was trying in vain to claw them away. "Stop!" She cried weakly. There was a tingling in my hands. Looking down, a green swirling substance was surrounding them. I looked back at the sparrow man and raised my hands up, palms facing the ceiling. He began to rise off the bed, to my annoyance with his hands still attached to Queen Clarion's throat. I hissed, blazing inside. The green substance was surrounding him, and it began to choke him. I was vaguely aware that I was doing that, but to be honest, the anger I felt wasn't allowing any space for rational thoughts. His hands suddenly flew to his throat as he struggled to breath. flicking my right hand, he went soaring through the air into the opposite wall, head first. There was no movement from the bed, no noise. Nothing. The sparrow man was out cold, and I would have been happy to continue, if it wasn't for the fact that Queen Clarion was lying on the bed not moving. I rushed over to her, the green substance disappearing from the sparrow man. She wasn't breathing. She looked peaceful, relaxed even. Almost like she was sleeping. For some reason, I wasn't panicking. My body seemed to be calm. I raised my hand to my mouth, palm facing upwards, and released some form of golden dust, that wasn't pixie dust. I blew it over her.

A few seconds passed before Queen Clarion bolted upright, coughing and spluttering, heaving in oxygen. She looked at me whilst she gulped down precious air. I stayed silent, but I smiled at her. I felt a whole lot better that she was alive. I glanced over at the sparrow man who began to stir. I growled, my smile disappearing as I stood in front of Queen Clarion. He sat up, looked at me fearfully and bolted. I sighed, rolled my eyes and turned back to Queen Clarion. Her breathing had steadied and she stood gracefully, her regal manner returning. She smiled at me, looking like nothing had ever happened. "I think," She spoke calmly, "you've found your talent."

Yup. It's short. I hope you enjoyed it and leave a review about what you thought. Always helps :)