For some reason, this chapter was hard to write- probably because I had writer's block last weekend for no reason whatsoever. :( Just for your information (though you probably don't care) I saw a list on Disney Wiki of similarities between Periwinkle and Elsa, and I realized it was similar to the list I've been posting.- I am not plagiarizing the list on Disney Wiki, I made my list without even looking at that one.
Also, just in case anyone was confused, Elsa found Periwinkle last chapter and Anna found Tinker Bell. It might seem like Anna picked up another fairy from the way I wrote it, but that is not the case.
Some people were asking when the action in this story is going to pick up. I can say there will be action later- especially around the end (maybe even a fight though it'll be a while until then.) Since I'm trying to make this story sort of long, major events won't happen back to back- things are still happening, they just might not seem super important.
Periwinkle awoke as she felt her body being shifted and set on the soft snow. She didn't open her eyes at first, she simply lay their, happily noticing that she was no longer being pelted with hail. She felt much better than she had before. Although she had gotten bruised from the hail, she had mostly fallen asleep due to exhaustion, She didn't even feel any pain at the moment, which hopefully meant she hadn't gotten beaten up by the hail too badly.
Finally opening her eyes, Peri gazed at the gray sky above, from which it was still snowing heavily, though she didn't mind it at all. Actually, she enjoyed heavy snow, except for the fact it was hard to see when it was snowing this hard. She let out a tiny smile as the snow rested on her cheeks and eyelashes, enjoying the comforting cold it brought and reminding her of the Winter Woods back in Neverland.
Peri had a brief moment where she couldn't remember when or where she'd fallen asleep in the first place, but her memories returned after she spent a few panicked seconds wondering if she had amnesia or something. The events of the day came flooding back to her; her talks with her sister and Lord Milori, working on changing the seasons, getting scared when she couldn't make snow and then fleeing and losing track of Tink.
Tink! Peri sat bolt upright as she remembered she was supposed to be looking for her twin. Scrambling to her feet, Peri started beating her wings quickly, and she gradually ascended. Just as she was about to dart upwards and scan the sky, she saw the girl and remembered that she had crashed into Elsa and eventually fallen asleep in her arms.
Elsa wasn't looking at Periwinkle. Instead, the eight year old was on her knees, digging through the snow with her hands and muttering about there not being any food. Periwinkle stared at her for a moment. She'd love to find out if Elsa really was her laugh or not, but she had to look for Tink. Who knew what was happening to the tinker-talent at this moment?! All sorts of horrible images of Tink's frozen, dead body filled Peri's head, and she knew she had to go look for her sister.
Okay. Now was her chance to leave. Elsa wouldn't notice her go, she'd just notice later, but Peri wouldn't be around then. Peri seized her chance, she turned around and started flying away from Elsa, hoping the girl wouldn't notice and make her feel guilty about it. But really, finding Tink was more important than whatever connection she may have with this girl. That plan was dashed when she heard a voice from behind her shout "Wait!"
Turning back around, Peri saw Elsa get to her feet and approach her. Peri waited there, her mind was telling her to fly away but for some reason her body wasn't obeying. Just as Elsa was about to cup her hands around her did the frost fairy fly away. Elsa chased after her, shouting to be heard over the increasing distance between them "Why are you leaving? Come back!" As Peri picked up speed and Elsa began to fall behind, the hail started falling again, and the wind picked up. Periwinkle looked back and saw Elsa, though barely. Peri grimaced as a hailstone hit the back of her hand, leaving the skin slightly red.
Great, just what she needed. Periwinkle had already discovered she couldn't fly in hail, and this was made painfully clear again as some hailstones smacked her body. How on earth was she supposed to find Tink when she couldn't even fly. Until the hail let up, both Peri and Tink would be stuck walking, and Tink would still be stuck walking as long as there was winter weather- except for her minute-long flying bursts. The odds of Peri and Tink finding each other on foot were astronomical, because fairies couldn't walk very quickly due to their small size (unlike some bugs- Peri had no idea how something tiny like an ant seemed make better progress on foot than a fairy). It could take Peri or Tink weeks just to cross a small section of the woods without flying, especially if they were being walloped by hail the whole time.
Peri groaned. She couldn't keep up this flight much longer, and who knew when this hail would let up. Worried that the hail might rip her wings, Peri reluctantly decided that it would be best to return to Elsa. She started back the hundred or so feet between them, flying quickly in the hopes that it would be harder for the hailstones to hit her. The flight back was still tough. She only narrowly avoided tree branches she hadn't been watching for, and after she dipped down close to the ground to avoid such problems, she almost flew straight through a prickly, rather sinister-looking looking bush as she scanned the sky to anticipate where the hail would hit the ground.
Finally, she reached Elsa. Maybe now she'd be safe from the hail, since Elsa had somehow protected her from it before. However, Elsa was curled up in the snow, moping or crying or something (Periwinkle couldn't really tell) and didn't seem to notice her. Peri a felt a twinge of guilt for trying to abandon her in the first place, though looking for her twin was still more important in Peri's mind. But if it was going to keep hailing, being with Elsa could pay off, because she could travel a lot quicker than Periwinkle could in it. Granted, she couldn't fly, but then again Peri couldn't either at the moment.
Periwinkle made up her mind. It was better to try to get Elsa to help look for Tink, or even just hitch a ride on the girl, than it was to be battered by hail and exhausted all the time.. Periwinkle hoped that Tink would understand, and guessed that she would because Tink couldn't fly long at all when it was this cold, and that was when there wasn't any hail. Peri hoped that she wasn't abandoning Tink or something, and she wished with all her heart that Tink was all right (or at least that she wasn't in a horrible condition, it was hard to be all right when somebody was lost in freezing cold woods).
Periwinkle reached Elsa, who still didn't notice her, and debated how to proceed. She settled on flitting over to Elsa and using Elsa as a shield from the hail- all she had to do was lie down right next to Elsa, and the girl's body blocked the fairy from the hail. Elsa didn't seem to notice Periwinkle brush up against her, since she too was getting hit by hailstones (though they didn't hurt her) and snow was brushing up against her face and arms.
Elsa looked so miserable, and Peri hoped that maybe she wouldn't be quite as sad if she knew she had company. Peri had felt better when Elsa found her than when she was flying around alone. Peri greeted Elsa loudly with the typical fairy greeting "Fly with you.". Really, she could have said anything, because Elsa couldn't understand her. Peri could have insulted Elsa, and Elsa would have just heard bright, cheerful bells (to somebody who couldn't understand fairies, it was hard to distinguish happy or sad or angry fairy speech).
A couple seconds passed before Elsa looked at her. Once she saw the frost fairy, a bit of the sadness and fear left her eyes, and she even gave a small smile. "I'm glad you're back." Elsa stated, her voice low and hoarse, as if she was worried she might start crying. "But... I l-lost my sister. Anna was behind me when we were running, and then she wasn't there!" Now she was crying. She burrowed into the snow, wrapping it around herself like a blanket.
To say Periwinkle was surprised would be an understatement. As she pressed closer to Elsa to avoid the hail, which had started falling faster, she pondered over what she'd heard. Elsa had lost a sister too? It looked like they were in the same boat now. Even if Elsa wasn't her laugh, they were still remarkably similar. Peri hadn't heard of a Clumsy who was immune to the cold, like the winter fairies were (Periwinkle really hadn't met any humans. Sure she'd seen a few, but she didn't know any. From what she'd heard, Clumsies, were not only flightless- hence the term clumsy- they were also rather inept at coping with the elements, especially things like the harsh hail that was falling now). So even Peri noticed that it was odd that Elsa seemed to be reveling in this weather.
Peri gazed sadly at the crying girl. Periwinkle was regarded by some fairies (mostly Tink and Gliss) as one of the kindest fairies in all of Pixie Hollow- both the warm section and the Winter Woods. She tried to do something that would make Elsa feel better. Peri tried to make her voice sound as comforting as possible as she patted Elsa's cheek, and Elsa cupped the fairy in her hands and simply held her for a while. Periwinkle felt herself relax in Elsa's embrace, and despite the fact that she wanted to hurry and look for her twin, she simply waited for Elsa to finish crying. Eventually Elsa had calmed down, and she released Peri, who hovered in front of the girl, wondering when the hail had stopped, because she hadn't noticed until now.
For a tiny bit of time, Peri toyed with the idea of darting off now that the hail had let up and she could fly without being bombarded, (proving that she wasn't really the nicest fairy ever) but she nixed it fairly quickly. For one thing, that would just be cruel. Also, if she ditched Elsa and it started to hail again, she wouldn't have any protection from it.
Elsa spoke up. "Have you seen my sister? Her name is Anna, and she's five and has red hair." "I'm looking for my sister too." Periwinkle told Elsa, before remembering that Elsa would have no idea what she just said. Indeed, Elsa had a blank look on her face, and Peri groaned. Clearly, she was going to have to find some other way to communicate besides speech.
Thinking of a way to convey the message without talking, Peri hovered uncertainly, but then an idea struck her. Charades (Tink had used it to communicate with Lizzy, but apparently Clumsies played it as a game, too). Actually, Peri attempted was more like charades crossed with a crude sign language. Well, hopefully Elsa could figure it out.
Periwinkle waved her arms to get Elsa's attention, and then dramatically pointed to herself.
Elsa just stared at her, and Peri pouted, thinking As if this wasn't hard enough. She thought for a few more seconds, and then pointed at herself again, this time talking in exaggerated, slow chimes. After a bit, understanding gleamed in Elsa's eyes as she realized the fairy was trying to sign something to her, and the eight-year old even guessed the first word correctly- "I".
Peri grinned at her. Finally, they were getting somewhere. She debated how to do the next word. After pointing at her eye failed (Elsa guessed "I" again, and Peri knew she didn't mean eye when the girl said that she'd gotten that word already), the frost fairy began to fly around and pretended to look for something. It took longer this time, but Elsa did figure out the word was "look"- technically, the word Peri was looking for was thinking of was looking, but it was close enough. Grammar really didn't matter now, anyway.
The next one was easy. Peri held up four fingers, and Elsa almost immediately said "four" (given that four and for sounded the same, Peri assumed the girl would eventually figure out it was the latter).
The next two words "my sister" were going to be a pain. The only idea Peri had for my was the same thing she did for I, so she pointed at herself repeatedly. Elsa kept guessing "I" and Periwinkle kept shaking her head in the negative, annoyed. Then Periwinkle started drawing an m in the air, and after a couple tedious minutes and the word "me", Elsa finally guessed "my".
After what seemed like forever, Elsa finally deciphered what Peri was trying to tell her (though the word sister took almost five minutes. Peri had crudely drawn hugging fairies in the snow, and even had to start writing the word sister before Elsa got it). Thankfully, Elsa had filled in the grammar and interpreted the whole thing correctly, so she'd guessed the whole sentence as "I'm looking for my sister, too." instead of "I look four my sister two."
"I didn't know you had a sister! Is she lost in the woods, like we are?" Peri nodded, and then Elsa said "I know! We can look for our sisters together." Twirling in the air, Peri gave the girl a thumbs up to let her know she approved of that idea.
They got up, and Peri rested on Elsa's shoulder as Elsa started walking. Soon, Elsa's stomach was growling, and Peri was feeling pretty hungry, too. However, neither saw any food anywhere, as everything was covered with snow.
This was also a problem back in the Winter Woods. In Neverland, the winter fairies had to send snowy owls to the warm section of Pixie Hollow, where the warm fairies would pack up food and send it back via owl. Obviously that wouldn't work here, so they had to think of something else.
Trying to ignore her stomach, which was growling now, Peri contemplated some other way to get food. Suddenly, she remembered the Pixie Dust that Tink had described to her, and remembered with glee that Tink had said that Zarina made it to be eaten. Grinning broadly, she reached down for a satchel, only to discover she hadn't actually gotten one.
Peri's smile abruptly fell as she remembered that Tink had kept all of the edible Pixie Dust. The frost fairy groaned, and rubbed her growling stomach. Elsa was doing the same thing. Peri cast around for something to eat, but saw nothing. She sighed. Why did all the potential food have to be covered up by snow?!
Wait a minute, Peri thought that's it. Snow. Okay, eating snow wasn't that great of an idea, because it wouldn't give them any energy, but at least it would fill their empty stomachs, which would have the same effect as drinking a ton of water before a meal and then being full and not wanting to eat anything. Really, it was only a short-term solution and they'd have to worry about it later, but it was better than not doing anything.
Peri darted down and started eating, imagining how ridiculous she must look. However, once she offered some to Elsa (to let her know she should be doing this too), Elsa joined her and soon the two were feasting on snow.
When they were done, Elsa continued walking. She occasionally talked to Periwinkle, who had resumed her position on Elsa's shoulder. Eventually, they came across a path in the snow. Elsa knew she hadn't made it, because she had simply been leaving footprints instead of kicking the snow out of the way. So obviously it belonged to someone else. That meant it was either Anna or the Duke's guards who had made it, the latter of which she didn't want to see.
Elsa eventually decided to follow the path, and she stepped into the middle of it, with half food snow banks on both sides of her. Hoping that she'd encounter Anna and not the guards, Elsa set off.
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Anna had been rather glad when the hail had stopped falling. She had gained the tiniest spring in her step, just because it was nice to not have to peer out between her fingers while she covered her face with fuzzy gloves. However, her slightly happier walk was almost unnoticeable, because her situation was still rather depressing.
Anna had no idea what time it was. Being only five, she hadn't really learned how to tell time yet- even if she had known how to tell time on a clock, it would not have helped because she didn't have one. Normally she could tell what time it was by what she was doing, because her days normally followed a schedule of boring lessons (another annoying thing about being a princess). She could sometimes tell what time it was by how high up the sun was, but the sky was completely gray because every inch of it was blocked by clouds. Time was very confusing- sometimes it seemed to disappear and sometimes it just dragged on. Playing with Elsa had seemed to go by really quickly, but then some parts of the day, like all this walking, seemed to go by really slowly.
Anna had been enjoying the lack of hail, but then it had started again. She sighed, and she heard a similar sound come from underneath her chin, except it sounded like bells at the same time. Anna looked down (peeking between her fingers again), expecting to see the fairy, but apparently the fairy had slipped down so she was completely covered by Anna's coat.
Somehow Anna felt lonelier when the fairy was burrowed down in her coat, despite the fact she was still there. The fairy hadn't said much, other than that her name was Tinker Bell, but she'd simply said that automatically after Anna introduced herself (though Tink didn't know that Anna could understand her speech). Anna thought that name was funny and pretty at the same time. She had made small talk with Tink, not really expecting the fairy to answer- after all she'd only said two things, and Anna hadn't directly responded to either of them (which was why Tink didn't know that Anna knew what she was saying).
Anna had continued following the path, hoping it was Elsa's. She was thinking about how the day could have gone differently. Anna started to wish that she hadn't woken Elsa up early, but then she realized they wouldn't have gotten to build Olaf the snowman. Well, maybe it would have been better if they hadn't gone outside. But then they wouldn't have seen the fairy chariot. Anna eventually realized the only thing that would have been nice to undo would be getting lost. But then she wouldn't have met Tink. Why was it the worst part of the day that she wished hadn't happened (getting lost) was attached to the best part of the day that she would never want to erase (meeting Tinker Bell, a real, live fairy).
As she had pondered over how her day could have been better, or worse, the hail had eventually stopped falling. Finally! She pulled her hands away from her face, and skipped just the tiniest bit, her pigtails bouncing behind her. Anna felt Tinker Bell repositioning herself so she could climb out the collar of Anna's coat. The fairy emerged, and tried to fly, but instead shivered and fell to the ground.
Anna knelt down and asked "You can't fly?". Tinker Bell shot her a glare and replied, in a tone that could rival Vidia's "Well, normally I can, but it's too cold for my wings." She then added, rather nastily "But you can't fly at all."
Anna looked slightly depressed and replied "I know. I can't even make snow like Elsa." Tinker Bell stared at her in shock. Two things ran through the tinker fairy's mind. How on earth can she understand me. The only other people who can are Peter and Hook. I don't even know how they understand me. The other thing Tink was wondering about was who Elsa was. Maybe she was a frost fairy. Really, that was the only logical conclusion, because only frost fairies could make snow. But then wouldn't the answer be obvious- that Elsa could make snow because she was a fairy and Anna couldn't because she was a Clumsy.
Tink decided not to say anything about it and moved on to more pressing matters, like getting warm again. She tried flying up to Anna's coat collar again, but she barely rose off the ground. Fortunately, Anna picked her up and deposited her there. Although Tink was grateful, it was sort of annoying that she was stuck in one place, and her arms were rather uncomfortably pinned to her sides.
She then asked Anna, in her sweetest and most polite voice, if she had anything she'd be willing to sacrifice to make a fairy coat. Anna hadn't known what sacrifice meant, so Tink had to explain that Anna would have to pick something that she wouldn't mind breaking (or more likely ripping if it was cloth). Tink had debated whether to tell her this or not, but she decided to explain sacrificing because, if she had simply taken something of Anna's and destroyed it, whatever happened after would not have been pretty. (Visions of Anna stomping on Tink had appeared in the fairy's head).
Anna searched her pockets, and discovered a glove that she had outgrown anyway. She offered this to Tink, who accepted it. Anna watched as Tink proceeded to rip the tips of two of the fingers off. Anna had no idea how Tink managed to do so, because Anna wasn't sure she could do it, and she was a lot bigger and stronger than any fairy. Tink than ripped off the middle finger entirely, creating a hole for her head, and she ripped holes in the back for her wings. She then shoved her arms through the pointer and ring finger sections, which were now the sleeves, and carefully slid her wings out the hole in the back, before sticking her head out the top.
Tink didn't even have to see herself to know she looked utterly ridiculous. The thumb and Pinky sections of the glove were just dangling, and her arms were stuck up in the "sleeves". Bending her arms at a natural angle, so they were pointed down, felt enormously awkward in this makeshift coat, because the finger slots on gloves aren't supposed to bend that way. At least this glove was rather flexible, though. Anna couldn't help laughing at the sight.
Tink perched on Anna's shoulder, glad to be out of the confining coat, but equally glad that none of her friends could see her. Especially Vidia. Vidia would never, ever stop teasing her about this if she saw it. If anyone else had been around, Tink would have immediately flung her makeshift coat off and gone back to hiding in Anna's coat. However, she didn't have to worry about that, so instead she simply knelt on Anna's shoulder, occasionally responding to something the girl said, and hoping the gut feeling she had that they were heading towards Periwinkle was right.
Well, there's chapter 7. Nothing really exciting happened, but I hope it wasn't boring. This chapter was all minor stuff, but important things will happen soon, so please don't abandon this.
The Pirate Fairy comes out in less than two days (yay!) but once it does, the Zarina in this fic may be majorly out of character :(
I'm not sure when my next update will be, it might be a couple weeks, but I hope it won't take that long.