Disney's Tinker Bell in Storybrooke
A Disney Fairies / Once Upon A Time Crossover
Season 1, between episodes 7 and 8

PIXIE HOLLOW, NEVER LAND (The Glorious Revolution on the Mainland)

Vidia was enjoying a nice drink at the fast flyer's tavern. Most of her guild was in attendance celebrating another successful season. The nature talents had returned from bringing autumn to the mainland. It was Vidia's first trip there. A magical moment for her.

The culmination of her first foray to mainland came when she turned a powerful westerly wind to the east. History would record that a change in the winds from the west to the east in the autumn of that year allowed William of Orange to sail from the Netherlands to invade England during what became known as The Glorious Revolution, the bloodless restoration of a Protestant monarch to the throne of England.

Vidia had no interest in the religions or politics of the humans. In fact, she wasn't even aware of the events which were occurring on the mainland at this time. None of the fairies knew. She was merely doing her job and enjoying herself in the process. Vidia was excited to be on the mainland because she was finally able to put her talents to use beyond just gathering pollen and practicing whirlwinds. Many of her friends came by to congratulate her afterwards.

"Hey, Vidia. Good job back there," one told her.

"Nice work," another said. "Can't wait to see what you do for spring."

The young fairy was so proud of herself. Full of herself may have been the better phrase for it.

At the height of the revelry Fairy Kelly entered and banged a pair of acorn cups on the table to get everyone's attention. "Good evening, everyone," he began.

Kelly opened with a short speech in which he offered his best regards to all of the guild for their hard work leading up to the season. He singled out several for their efforts. Conspicuously, Vidia was overlooked. She felt slighted, particularly since her first outing was such a rousing success. She would soon learn why.

Fairy Kelly then moved on to another subject. "In the spirit of forgiveness and unity, this guild overseer has decided to put an end to the enmity that this guild has held against its former members. Today we reconcile with our lost brothers. Please welcome back into the guild Swift and Festus."

The members of the guild cheered the decision. Despite their attempt to improperly influence the queen, the two were still held in high regard within their own guild. Their message of superiority had met with a good deal of acceptance. Not everyone liked the idea, though. A few were suspicious of this move. Vidia, for one, had always kept her distance from them. Her hatred for the two was quite well known throughout all of Pixie Hollow.

"Before anyone objects," Kelly stated, "Swift and Festus are not the same sparrow men you remember. They have given up their wicked ways and promise to never again act as they had before. No insurrections shall be attempted and they will offer their full respect and fidelity to the queen."

A rousing cheer filled the tavern. A handful offered restrained applause, they did not like the pair, but were willing to give them a chance to prove themselves. Only Vidia was unwilling to welcome them back into the fold, even conditionally. Fairy Kelly continued to vouch for the returning twosome. "Queen Clarion has seen fit to allow them to return to our world. We should follow her example and embrace them with open arms."

During the cheering and festivities, Vidia stormed out of the hall. Her big night had been upstaged by the two people she hoped to never see again. She flitted back to her apartment and tried to get some sleep. Her anger and fury, though, kept her up most of the night. She enjoyed only fitful rest until morning arrived.

STORYBROOKE, MAINE

The alarm rang in Claire's bedroom. She turned it off and went back to sleep for a few minutes more. Then the alarm rang again. She had pressed the snooze button. Claire felt empty, fatigued, despite a solid eight hours of sleep. Mrs. Kensington had overslept by a good half hour and needed to get ready for work and another long night by her injured daughter's side.

Brushing her teeth she remembered that Clarence had promised to return the house keys to her at the hospital, but never came back. He at least had visited the house and done what he had promised. Clarence's work always meant getting up before almost anyone else in town. He must have gone home to sleep.

Claire dressed, then woke her youngest. "Tina, sweetie. Wake up. We need to go to work today."

The little girl stirred and moaned. She was almost as bad off as Claire was. The mother could easily sympathize. "Tina, get up. We need to get ready."

"Okay...," Tina finally mumbled. She sat up, then flopped back into the bed. "No, no, no. Get up."

Tina groaned and at last rolled out of bed. "Mom, we have messages."

Claire looked at her telephone. It was blinking, a full cue of messages. She pressed the play button. There was a call from Sydney Glass, the reporter looking for a statement. Another from Hartley saying he would meet her at the hospital. Two more Sydney. Another from Desiree, the host of the town's popular morning show wanting an on air interview. There was even one from the Mayor herself. She called to offer her sympathies and hoped that Valerie would recover soon. Mayor Mills then allowed Claire to take the weekend off from work to be with her injured girl.

"Thank goodness," Claire breathed. Now she could spend the entire day at Valerie's side.

Tina had fallen asleep again. "Wake up," she said, shaking the lump in the bed. It was too soft to be a person. Claire pulled up the cover and found just pillows. She then heard sounds coming from the common bathroom in the hallway. "Good girl."

Descending the stairway, Claire heard noises from the downstairs. Who would be so insensitive to break into this house, she asked herself. Taking one stair at a time, Claire wanted nothing more than to find out who it was that had invaded the sanctity of her home.

In the living room, the air was filled with the aroma of coffee and bacon. "Huh? Their cooking?"

The door opened from the kitchen into the dining room. Claire looked through the open double doors and spied Clarence. She sighed loudly. "Clarence, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, hi, Mrs. Kensington," he greeted her. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier. I decided to come back early this morning and make breakfast for you. Thought you might like a helping hand."

"What about…, about your job at the post office?"

"Today's my day off," he answered.

"You gave it up for us?"

He nodded with a smile. "Yeah, I like you, Mrs. Kensington. I like your whole family. My, uh…, my parents passed away when I was young so I never got a chance to know them. You are the closest thing I have to family, I guess. Well, besides the gang at the post office. They're like my brothers. I hope that doesn't scare you."

"No. No not all, Clarence," she said. "I just wish you had told me sooner. You could have saved me a good fright."

"Sorry, ma'am. Would you like some coffee? It's fresh."

"Please!" she replied with emphasis. He brought out a cup of the hot, dark liquid. Claire took a nice sip. It tasted so good. A few more sips and soon she felt revitalized. "What did you do? It tastes different."

Clarence told her about a special blend he would buy at the market. It was rather expensive so he usually bought it only as a treat for himself and the guys he shared a house with. He brought it over today. A nice way to start after a terrible day and night at the hospital.

Claire found him to be so thoughtful. Or possibly a stalker. Or a thoughtful stalker. Either way it was nice to have someone else do all this work for once. Claire had always performed this as a labor of love for her family, but any labor performed long enough can be depleting. Today was like a vacation for her.

When Tina walked into the kitchen she was as surprised to see Clarence. After everything had been explained, Claire watched as her girl and the young boy sat next to each other. They chatted and laughed. Tina even blushed once or twice. Claire got the idea in her head that maybe he didn't do this for them as a family, but for Tina. Clarence and Tina had gone out a few times. She even accompanied him to his prom, but Claire had always assumed it was just as friends. Watching them together right now, she began to notice that it could be more. Could her little girl be growing up right before her very eyes?

Claire thought she was going to lose Valerie. Maybe it was Tina she was losing instead.

PIXIE HOLLOW, NEVER LAND (The Glorious Revolution on the Mainland)

The next morning Vidia was called in to meet with guild overseer Fairy Kelly. The scout fast flyer who escorted her only mentioned he was quite cross with her behavior last night.

"Humph, who isn't these days," Vidia grumbled. Though more acerbic and superior than ever, Vidia still maintained good relations with her guild mates and other fairies and sparrow men of Pixie Hollow. Her attitude, though not always welcomed, could sometimes be laughed off as a shtick. Though she was quite serious about her sense of superiority. Vidia could do what no other fairy in Pixie Hollow could, not even members of her own guild. Her talent level was simply that great.

Upon arriving at the tavern high up in the trees, Vidia was escorted to the back office where she met with Fairy Kelly. He was flanked by Swift and Festus, the two sparrow men he had just allowed to return to the guild.

"You wanted to see me?" she asked the overseer.

Kelly was indeed upset with her early departure last night. "These two fine young men returned to our flock and you were too caught up in your own little world to even offer them a smidge of respect."

Vidia glared at the two. She still fumed over what they had done to her. Kelly was aware of their history. "Put it behind you, Vidia. They've changed."

"No," she spat. "And you cannot force me to like them or be close to them. It's called freedom of association."

"I know what it's called," Kelly replied. "There is no changing your mind on the subject?"

"None," she answered harshly.

"How sad to hear that."

Swift then walked towards her. "You really had us going last time. We honestly thought you were one of us. The show trial revealed your treachery against our movement, Vidia. I can it ever happened, if you choose to rejoin us."

His words floored her. Swift and Festus had no intention of changing their ways. They had flummoxed the queen and the entire guild into believing they were humble, changed fairies. She looked at Fairy Kelly with such confusion. After all, he was the one who had acted as the queen's spy.

"Oh yes, Kelly has been working for us the entire time," Swift confessed. "The little run in you and Fairy Morrison had with the hawk was just the opportunity we needed to gain absolute control of the guild from under Clarion's nose."

It was explained that during their absence, Kelly continued to recruit and turn many more fast flyers to their cause. It was done so quietly that not one person suspected. Especially since the interim leader was none other than the trusted Kelly, spy to the queen herself.

"How did you manage to fool the queen?" Vidia asked.

"We counted on the fact that Queen Clarion is a soft headed idiot," Festus told her. "She wants to believe in the best in everyone so much that she ignores the dark side of people. It makes her weak."

"All the more reason to be rid of her," Swift said to his brother in arms.

"And what is to stop me from telling Queen Clarion of your new conspiracy?" Vidia asked, anger palpable in her voice.

Fairy Kelly brought out a few papers. He laid them on the table. "These are signed testimonials, Vidia. They prove that you lured Fairy Morrison out there just so he could die."

"Everyone knew how much you had come to hate him," Swift added. "He was always belittling you for your attitude. He rode you harder than any other member of the guild. You just had to get him out of the way."

Swift continued. "His bitter desire to engage the hawk was no secret. You played that against him. Put him in a situation where he had the opportunity. You made him angry enough through your own actions and words, then let it spill over when the bird appeared."

"Humph, how could I control a predator?" Vidia correctly asked. "It's not like we could come to an accord. It would eat me."

"Yes, but the hawk had been sighted in that part of Pixie Hollow recently. So it wasn't like you were playing a hunch," Swift answered her. "It was a carefully planned murder of which you could never be fingered as the perpetrator. Except you never counted on others giving enough testimony for us to put it all together."

Fairy Kelly then approached her. "It was a long and difficult investigation into his death, and the results were quite difficult to accept. Yet here we stand. It would be a shame for these reports and testimonials to find their way into Queen Clarion's hands."

"You know his death was his own fault," Vidia growled. "I had nothing to do with it."

"Oh, of course we know you're innocent," Swift replied, a satisfied grin on his face. "But it isn't what we think, but what the queen thinks. Once she reads these doctored testimonials and reports, why then you would be banished from Pixie Hollow."

"So that's it, then," Vidia said, defeated. "I follow your orders and keep my mouth shut."

"Not exactly," Swift replied.

Fairy Kelly then dropped the hammer. "You see, Vidia. You're continued air of superiority can no longer be tolerated in our happy little guild. We've moved past that. You haven't. Why, even Festus and Swift have renounced their once mad plans to control the monarchy. You are the last public vestige to an older point in our history. If you cannot change with us, then you are not wanted."

He then began to speak in a formal tone. "Vidia, you are hereby cast out of the fast flyer guild for your poor attitude and unwillingness to accept equality of person by rule of law. From this day forward you are to live in the sour plum tree. You are no longer a fast flyer."

Vidia's was crushed. She had been betrayed yet again. This time her whole life had been destroyed. Now she was no longer welcomed even in her own guild. And the very people who deserved to be the outcasts controlled the guild. If she went to the queen, the results of the investigation would make it sound like sour grapes. No one would believe her. And with so many in her guild now willing followers, it would be many voices against hers alone.

That was what she had become. Alone. An outcast. The unwanted. Fine, she didn't need them, either. She was still the most talented fairy in all of Pixie Hollow and no one could take that away from her.

~O~

The conspiracy to overthrow the crown was ferreted out before it got started. One of the fairies Kelly had recruited informed the queen and presented enough evidence that the evening before the insurrection was to take place Swift, Festus and Fairy Kelly were all seized into custody. Following a new trial all three were summarily banished forever from Pixie Hollow. Many of their followers, dedicated to their ideal willingly left with them, never to return.

This left the fast flying guild depleted. Vidia's banishment was overturned by Queen Clarion and she was invited back to the nest by the new guild overseer, Fairy Randolph. Vidia, however, declined. In her short life she had been lied to and betrayed so many times by so many she refused to trust anyone ever again. Her heart now beat with anger and resentment enough for ten fairies.

Many in Pixie Hollow, even those from her own guild learned to clear a wide path with Vidia. New arrivals often learned the hard way.

"Hello," a rather portly looking sparrow man dressed in tinker green said to her. He was a recent arrival. Vidia looked at him with such disdain. His demeanor made him appear dim, his eyes were narrow and his long hair only added to the dull impression. Worse, this huge sparrow man had an irritating tendency to giggle. "My name is Clank. What's yours?"

She said nothing in return.

"Aw, don't be that way. I just want to be your friend. See, I've brought you pollen pots. You can't finish your work without us tinkers, you know."

Vidia was offended by this. She descended to him and gave this fat tinker an awful tongue lashing. "I am a fast flying fairy. A true, rare talent. I work up in the sky. You work down in a ditch. And by the looks of it, you eat from one, too. Now why don't you run along and take a bath, I could smell you since you left Tinker's Ditch. Now leave me to my highly important work."

"Well my work is important, too," he answered back. "Everyone in Pixie Hollow depends on tinkers.

"Sweetie," she said, her voice dripping with contempt. "The only thing that depends on tinkers around here, are the flies who can't get enough of your stinky armpits."

"Just let her go, Clank," a skinny tinker sparrow man named Bobble told the new arrival. "She's not very sociable."

"Humph, I can be plenty sociable," Vidia sneered. "But you have to be a rare talent for that honor. And you two are just too common and ordinary for me to waste my breath on. Goodbye."

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