It was finally time for the fairies of Pixie hollow to came back to Neverland, and just like the previous time, the Minister of Spring led the way.

They arrived around nightfall and all the fairies and Sparrow men celebrated their return.
"Welcome back, my fellow fairies," the Queen said with a warm smile. Then turning to the minister, she added, "I assume everything went well?"

"Of course your majesty, there have been no accidents!" he quickly assured. Clarion slowly nodded.

"Good, excellent work like usual," she approved. The minister bowed.
"Thank you, your majesty," he said and left. The Queen looked around, trying to catch a glimpse of someone in particular.
"She is probably still out hunting for that last thistle," she thought with worry, the fast flier had been pushing herself too hard during the past few weeks. She remembered a discussion she had with Fairy Mary about it.

*Flashback*

Few days ago

"Queen Clarion, may I speak with you for a moment?" Fairy Mary asked in an extremely concerned voice as she stormed into the palace. The queen looked at her with worry.
"Did something happen to the Summer preparations?" she asked back, the tinker supervisor quickly shook her head.
"No, no, it's about Vidia," Clarion frowned a little and urged the fairy to continue. "I saw her this morning and she didn't look good. I am afraid she is overworking herself."
"What do you mean?" The Queen questioned in a worried tone.
"I saw several rope burns on her hands and I don't think she is getting enough sleep or eating properly. I tried to get her to take a day off, but she didn't listen to me," Fairy Mary explained, this made the queen frown.
"How many Thistles are still missing from Needlepoint Meadow?" she asked as she paced around the room.
"Only two of them your Majesty" Fairy Mary answered.
"If she has not finished by the time they came back from the Mainland, I will make sure she gets some rest," said queen Clarion.
"But your Majesty…" the fairy started to protest but was cut off by the queen.
"Vidia doesn't want to be seen by the other fast fliers, that's why she's been overworking herself," she explained and let out a sigh before adding,"if I were to stop her before they come back, she might take it badly and do something stupid."

*Flashback ends*

There is still a Thistle missing.
"Viola!" Clarion called out, instantly the summoned fairy flew to her.
"Your majesty," she greeted with a bow.
"I need you to summon Vidia first thing in the morning," the queen commanded.

The next day Viola checked for Vidia all around Pixie hollow three times, but the fast flier was nowhere to be seen and no one had seen her anywhere.
The Summoning fairy had no choice but go back to the Queen with the bad news.

Vidia lay face down on the cold stone, her right leg pulsing in pain with each breath. She didn't know how much time passed since she got trapped there. She could only guess by the cramps of hunger and insatiable thirst that more than a day passed.
"S-someone up there must really hate me," she said as she lifted herself up with her elbows.
"Only some-one?" a voice inquired, startling her. Vidia began to crawl in its direction.
"W-who is there?" Vidia asked looking around but no one answered. Suddenly her hand hit something wet.
"Water!" the fast flier exclaimed before she began to drink it with greed, not caring if it didn't come from a clean source. She hadn't had any water in days and she was desperate enough to drink even mud.
"Look who is pathetic now," another voice said. When Vidia heard that sound she rolled on her back with grunt of pain. She knew that voice, it belonged to Windbreak, a fast flier just like her.

"What you mean you can't find her?" Clarion questioned Viola, who lowered her head in shame
"I am sorry to disappoint you, your Majesty, I looked everywhere around the hollow and I even asked around, but she is nowhere to be found," the queen didn't like this news one bit.
"Call all the scouts except those who are looking out for Hawks," she said without a single after-thought.

"Windbreak, where are you? Do you know a way out?" She asked trying to locate the owner of the voice.
"Why should I tell you and ruin the party for everyone? We are all better off without you around," said the voice. Silence filled the cave and the fast flier was truly hurt by the words. Windbreak was not known for being so mean.
"Y-you are not really t-there," Vidia started slowly, "This is just my mind playing tricks on me."

"So what? is not like this fact makes my words a lie," came the harsh reply.

Tinkerbell was walking around the Tinker Nook thinking of a new invention when suddenly a shadow fell over her. She looked up and saw a large amount of scouts going towards the palace.
"Something bad must have happened if the Queen called so many scouts." Tinkerbell overheard Fairy Mary say. Curious about what she had overheard, she decided to follow them hide near a window.
"Your majesty," the scouts said and bowed. Queen Clarion looked at them with a worried expression.
"You may wonder why I called you all here," she started "Vidia is nowhere in Pixie Hollow." The tinker gasped but then quickly covered her mouth. "She probably ran out of pixie dust while being outside our borders and she might be injured. I need all of you to divide in search groups of five…" Tinkerbell didn't hear the rest.

I hope the thistles are giving her a bad time. She remembered saying those words and regretted it

Tinkerbell flew across pixie hollow looking frantically to the left and right, trying to spot Vidia but she really was nowhere to be found. She decided to look for her friends. Surely they would know what to do.
"Rosetta, Silvermist!" she shouted out as she saw the two fairies.
"Hi Tink!" Silvermist said
"Hey Sugar what's wrong?" Rosetta asked noticing her friend's panicked state.
"Vidia is missing, I can't find her anywhere!" Tink exclaimed getting worried looks from the other two.
"So that's why Queen Clarion called the scouts," the water fairy said.
"We must do something!" Tinkerbell exclaimed. Then Rosetta put her hands on her distressed friend's shoulders.
"Tink calm down, the scouts know what they are doing. I am sure they will find her by nightfall," she said.

A week passed and there was no trace of the fast flier.

AN: They finaly noticed Vidia missing but they can't find her, however don't worry Tinkerbell will find a solution like she always does

However let's all thank FluffyFluff for beta reading all the chapters ^_^