I don't own the rights of Tinkerbell, they belong to Disney, but the gremlins are mine so back off!
Vidia was lost in her thoughts. She had no idea how much time had passed, but she knew she had to get back to Pixie Hollow as soon as possible to prepare for Summer! However she didn't know the way out and couldn't even stand on her own feet because her leg hurt too much.
"Hey, how are you today?" Mila asked coming inside. The sound of her voice made Vidia jump.
"I've got great news for you," the gremlin said with a huge smile. She held her hand behind her back. The fast flier looked with suspicion at her savior, "Today we start therapy!" Mila said and revealed a wooden crutch.
"Therapy?" Vidia questioned.
Fifteen minutes later...
Vidia gripped the crutch with both hands. She was barely standing up and it hurt. The gremlin stood close by her.
"Come on, take a step. Don't worry I will catch you if you fall." Mila tried to reassure her, but Vidia didn't move an inch. The gremlin looked at her for a moment.
"Well, since you can't walk maybe I should start digging a house for you," Mila said in a daring tone. Vidia answered her with a glare and took a step, but the moment she placed her left foot on the ground an excruciating pain erupted in her leg. The fast flier gripped the crutch harder.
"H-how many?" she asked trying to mask the pain she felt. Mila gave her a worried look and answered.
"…just nine," Vidia took a deep breath and took another step. The gremlin followed every move with attention, ready to catch her should she fall. Vidia did fall, five steps later.
"Okay, that's enough for today." Mila said as she picked her up and noted that she was sweating a lot.
"How about we take a nice warm bath? I am sure that will make you feel much better," Mila added.
"Put me down!" the fast flier harshly said. This made the gremlin stare at her uncertainly. "I am not finished put me down!" she added and struggled to get free from the gremlin's gasp. Mila let her go and watched with a proud smile as the fairy ended her task.
"You are tougher then I thought, little one." Mila said as she carefully sat the fairy on a stone and proceeded to ruffle her hair.
"Stop calling me that…and don't touch my hair!" Vidia protested, at this the gremlin put a hand under her chin, seemingly deep in thought.
"You are right… How about I call you Ivy?" she asked.
"How about you call me my real name?" the fairy asked back, but Mila didn't listen.
"Oh don't be such a fun spoiler, Ivy," she said and ruffled the fairy's hair again, which brought a grunt of frustration from Vidia.
"Can't you show me the way out?" Vidia asked. Mila looked at her in disbelief.
"You will never make it back to Pixie Hollow like that," Mila replied a little irritated, "You were exhausted just walking ten steps." she added.
"Summer is coming soon and I still haven't done my part. Fast flyers are rare and they will not make it without me," Vidia answered, ignoring Mila's protest.
"You can't work like this!" Mila pointed out.
"Fairies of all talents depend on me. I can't stay here playing around!" she exclaimed with pride.
"Then fairies of all talents will have to manage without you, because I am not showing you the way out untill you can stand on your own feet!" the gremlin exclaimed and picked up the fast flier.
"I can fly you know," said Vidia.
"Without pixie dust?" Mila quickly asked in response.
"Listen, I am a fast flier. We are a very rare talent and I happen to be the most powerful," the fairy tried to reason with the gremlin.
"I don't think you will be of much help like this!" the other replied back with a frown.
"You don't understand, there are some tasks that only I am capable of doing and there will be serious consequences to the climate if I don't do my part!" Vidia exclaimed in a warning tone.
"There will be serious consequences to the climate if you don't take a bath right now," Mila said, leaving no room for argument. Ignoring the warning, she earned a glare for the jest.
The two of them did not speak with each other again for weeks. During that time Vidia could stand on her feet and walk around with the aid of a staff. Her leg still hurt, but she didn't tell Mila.
The gremlin had noticed this despite the fairy attempts to cover it up. It was for this reason that she didn't let her leave, but Vidia was fed up with waiting.
Soon Vidia couldn't wait any more. She had to get out of there and back to Pixie Hollow. She was concerned about Wisp. The young fast flier had the bad habit of putting herself in constant danger, like that time she wanted to prove her speed by challenging a hawk, or when she was convinced that she could end a fire with her winds. Instead she had gotten trapped by the fire.
Both times Vidia had barely managed to save the fearless fairy and she was the only one Wisp actually listened to since then. She really hoped the young fast flier hadn't gotten herself killed while she was gone.
She also couldn't help but feel a little worried for Prilla, the only hand clapping talent of Pixie Hollow.
Prilla was thought to be the only fairy of Pixie Hollow without a talent, so most of fairies picked up on her. Vidia simply ignored her like she did with any fairy, who wasn't a fast flier, and carried on with her work till the red head ran away from the hollow to hide in the roots of her Sour Plum Tree at that point ignoring her became harder, especially because she never stopped crying after a while Vidia practically snapped and told her to get a grip as there was no such thing as a talent-less fairy. Then Vidia rudely grabbed her arm and brought her to Mother dove, who revealed her unique talent.
Since that day Prilla relied on Vidia every time she had a problem she couldn't solve herself and frequently searched her company, Vidia didn't find it hard to imagine the fairy crying in her absence.
Vidia made a decision, a really risky one.
Mila entered the guest room she had kept Vidia in with the intention of having a heart-to-heart talk with the fairy. Her father told her to try to make peace with her and compromise before Vidia did something stupid.
"Ivy, I know you want to go home but you are still too weak. You will only injure yourself if you…" Mila started but stopped half way when she noticed that the room was empty.
"Vidia?" Mila exclaimed and looked around for the fast flier. Then she cursed, hit her forehand with her palm and ran off to look for her.
A female gremlin sat on the ground, she has a pitch black eye and a violet one. Her fur was a deep blue color and she was very thin.
She was dressed in long black robe with violet borders which she wore pants underneath.
The gremlin looked at a rounded clock in her clawed hand and then back at a metal device.
The device looked like a spider but it had a set of three legs. Its central part was ellipse shaped and it was open on the top where moving gears could be seen.
Its legs were all round a rock and gripped tighter around it as time passed and stopped only when completely close, like the fingers of a closed first, which left the rock in pieces.
"From five hours to three," she said and stood up to collect the machine. "Grandfather will be pleased with the progress."
"What should I be pleased for, Amine?" a rough voice asked from behind her. It belonged to a hideous gremlin with pitch black eyes and grey matted fur. Amine immediately turned and knelt before him.
"I successfully reduced the amount of time requested for the device to destroy a rock by five hours to three, Grandfather," she said. The other gremlin didn't say anything. Instead he just went over to her and kicked her in the face, which sent her on the ground with a bleeding nose.
"You fool! How dare you ruin my creation?!" he shouted at her.
"I don't understand, the device is more efficient this way," she exclaimed in confusion. Her Grandfather looked at her with a crazed eyes.
"I want that Clarion to suffer till she begs for death," he spat out the words with such hate, that Amine found herself shivering. "Where is your brother?" he added.
"He went to the city. I suppose he wants to see the fairy the doctor's daughter found a while ago," she answered and regretted it when she saw the old gremlin's face lit up in a creepy grin.
"Oh there is a fairy down there? Did they mark her yet?" he asked and frowned as his granddaughter shock her head.
"Ah those youngsters don't even know how to act like real gremlins!" the grandfather said in disgust but then grinned again.
"I guess I have no other choice, but show them how," he exclaimed with glee, "When Alsek comes back, I want both of you to come to me. We have a lot to discuss," he added.
"Yes Grandfather," Amine assured and bowed to him. He turned to leave but stopped to snap at her once more.
"Fix my creation to be like it was before!" He ordered.
AN: Those of you who read the books may have noticed I altered some events, for example Wisp got trapped in a fire because she accidentally revived a drying fire while she and Vidia were having a race, Vidia had the common sense to stop, she did not.
The reason I felt the need to change the event is that I had to make it fit in the movie continuity, which is much different, one of the major difference is the fact that fairies don't bring seasons to the Mainland.
Quoting Vidia I am a fast-flying fairy, a true rare talent meaning there aren't many fast fliers around and Vidia is the best out them, having her suddenly gone for a long time will have severe consequences as not even Tinkerbell can create a machine to control the wind.
There we have the main villan, a nasty old gremlin obsessed with killing Queen Clarion in the most painful way possible, you will really hate him and Alsek, who might be even worse than him.
Amine isn't really much of a villan, she only wants to stick with her family.
I thank my beta reader FluffyFluff