#5: The Fairy & the Funny (Rating: K)

Dark Palace, Enchanted Forest

4 Months Prior

Tessa yawned and blinked at the light coming from the windows. They had stayed up late the night before, following another possible clue regarding Ollivander. Which, like all other previous clues and hints, had lead to nowhere.

With a groan she turned over in bed and covered her head, hoping that she could go back to sleep again. Just ten more minutes, she thought, then she would be fine.

"Good morning!"

The cheery voice, which she supposed came from one of the servants in the castle, caused her to groan again.

"Go away", she muttered. "Sleep. Need to sleep."

Something tinkled, making her frown and slowly remove the cover from her head. The next moment she sat up with a startled squeal.

In front of her, above the bed, was a small human female with wings; a fairy. She had blonde hair tied up in a bun on her head and wore a bright green dress.

"Good morning", she said again, smiling widely.

"Do I know you?" Tessa asked.

"Maybe", the fairy replied.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Just that; maybe", the fairy said and landed on the bed. The next moment she was surrounded by a lime green shine, which expanded and grew, and suddenly the fairy was the size of a regular human. She shrugged and her wings disappeared.

"I'm Tinker Bell", she said and held out her hand towards her, "though most people call me Tink."

"Seriously?" Tessa replied. "You're actually Tinker Bell?"

"Yeah."

"Why do you sound Australian?" Tessa asked. Tinker Bell cocked her head to the side.

"What's Australian?"

"It's a nationality", Tessa explained. "My nationality. Your accent sounds like mine."

"So if I was human I'd be an Australian?" Tinker Bell asked.

"People would think you were at least", Tessa said. "What are you doing in my bedroom?"

"Waking you up", Tinker Bell replied with a wide smile, "because you seemed really nice when I saw you yesterday. I really want to be your friend."

"A fairy wants to be friends with me?" Tessa said with a frown. "This has got to be a dream."

"Also, I'm going to let you in on a little secret", Tinker Bell said and leaned forward. "The Blue Fairy, the boss of all the fairies, she thinks you've got some fairy blood in you. Not much, but a little."

"What? Why? How?"

"I don't know", Tinker Bell replied, "but I have a feeling we'll find out soon."

Storybrooke, Maine

Present Time

"Tink!" Tessa called as she rushed towards the monastery. "Tink!"

The nuns, or fairies, scattered around her as she ran. Some simply shook their heads, some muttered things about it not being customary for a human to scream a fairy's name like that. Tessa ignored them all and ran up the stairs to the chapel.

"Tessa!" came the shout just as she was about to open the big double doors. She immediately spun around and managed to trip over her own feet, sending her stumbling forwards until she managed to brace herself on a bench. The next thing she heard was Tinker Bell bursting out laughing.

"I'm alright, thanks for asking", Tessa said as she straightened up.

"Sorry", Tinker Bell said and came up to her. "I should have recognized you sooner, Tessa."

"We were cursed and had no memories of meeting; not exactly easy to recognize someone then."

"But I recognized you back then as well", Tinker Bell protested. "I knew who you were; you're the girl I brought to Hog's Castle before I went to Neverland."

"So you know about the prophecy?" Tessa asked.

"Yeah, but since it's Ollivander's prophecy, Blue does not want to talk about it", Tinker Bell responded, "but now that the Curse is broken and she knows you all originally came from the Enchanted Forest, she has agreed to look into your parentage. We should be able to find whatever fairy that turned human and caused you to have fairy blood."

"Quick question; shouldn't fairy blood make me a bit more..."

She was interrupted by a crash coming from the garden.

"Sorry!" came a female voice. "I didn't see the rock."

"Nova", someone else groaned, "now we have to clean all of this, again."

"Graceful", Tessa finished off. "Maybe not."

Tinker Bell giggled.

"Maybe not."