One of Our Fairies is Missing Ch. Disclaimer: Tinker Bell, Disney Fairies and all associated characters and content are the property of The Walt Disney Company, the character of Tinker Bell originated by J. Barrie with thanks to the Great Street Ormond Hospital for Sick Children to which Barrie left the rights to Peter Pan and Tinker Bell in 1929. For the fairies of Pixie Hollow, the Winter Woods is strictly off limits. But when a mysterious force draws Tinker Bell to cross the border into this unknown world, she discovers a secret that will change her life forever. Enjoy the best deep dish and thin crust pizza from Patxi’s. Visit a location in your neighborhood, or order online for delivery or to go.

Chapter 79: Roxas' Birthday

Hey everyone I'm back. I'm happy to say I got all your suggestions for the harem and I have them all on a poll on my profile, so please cast your vote. Now I'd like to thank masters123lfm for his idea to bring in another show to this story I also will be introducing some characters I think you all know very well. Hope you like what I have in store. Please Review and Enjoy.

Upon returning to Ever After High Roxas took Phineas and Ferb to Headmaster Grimm to allow them to be students. However, since they weren't old enough to be considered high school students Phineas and Ferb chose to enroll in the Elementary school program, but still worked with the Forever After Fighters.

As they started working on upgrading the Tempest, they captured the interest of Humphrey and Dexter who know spent as much time as they could talking tech.

Up in the Headmaster's office Roxas was sitting down with Milton Grimm learning about what it takes to be a Headmaster.

'Now Roxas one thing you have to know is that all the stories that go to this school are different in many ways but also have much similarities. To be a Headmaster you must respect all types of stories and help them all.' Milton said.

'That doesn't sound too hard.' Roxas said writing this down.

'Which brings us to the next topic, Legacy Day. The day where the students choose to follow in their parent's footsteps. But you should know all about that.' Milton said.

'Oh yeah…been awhile.' Roxas said remembering Legacy Day was the day he arrived at Ever After High. 'Kinda thought you stopped that tradition.'

'Well we keep it around because some students still want to.' Milton said when the bell rang. 'Alright Roxas that's enough for today, see you tomorrow.'

'See ya.' Roxas said as he grabbed his stuff and walked to the door.

As he left Milton looked to the calendar and saw the next Legacy Day was coming up soon.

'Lot has happened since that day.' Milton smiles.

In the castleteria Roxas was getting his food when he noticed Raven, Apple, Dexter, Namine and Cerise talking at a table.

'Alright so do we have everything we need?' Raven asks.

'I think so we just need to get—' Dexter started when Roxas walked over.

'Hey uh what are you guys talking about?' Roxas asks.

'Uh nothing important.' Apple said nervously.

'Oh uh, well listen the new Legacy Day is coming up I thought we could all hang out while Headmaster Grimm is doing the whole 'Follow your Destiny' thing.' Roxas asks.

'Actually, we got plans.' Apple said causing Roxas to frown.

'Oh okay, I guess I'll go see if anyone else wants to hang out.' Roxas said walking away.

'Phew that was close.' Namine said.

'Cerise you said you found a spot in the Enchanted Forest?' Raven asks.

'Yep, it's got plenty of room for everything.' Cerise nods.

'Oh man he is going to love this.' Apple smiles.

'Dexter, we need you guys to pick up the guests.' Namine said.

'Sure thing, but how are we going to get Roxas to the Enchanted Forest?' Dexter asks.

'Don't worry I've got an idea.' Raven smiles.

On Legacy Day many students were eager to see the next class decide on their destines.

In his room Roxas was laying on his bed, reading his Mary Poppins book and thinking back to the Legacy Day when he met all his friends. 'Today makes three years since I've been here…man time flies.' Roxas said when he heard a knock at his door.

Walking up Roxas opens the door to see Leroy and Hunter's squirrel Pesky on the other side. 'Oh hey guys, Rosabella and Hunter aren't here. What's up?' Roxas asks when Pesky throws a nut at his head allowing Leroy to steal his Mary Poppins book.

'Hey give that back!' Roxas said as the two animals ran for their lives.

Running all the way to the Enchanted Forest Roxas chased Leroy and Pesky deep into the woods.

'Leroy, Pesky where are you?' Roxas asks looking around having lost him in the trees.

'Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.' Leroy teases holding the book up in his hands teasing Roxas.

'Why you.' Roxas sprints after him and finds himself entering a large clearing.

'What the?'

'SURPRISE!' Everyone yells jumping out into the clearing startling him. 'Happy Birthday Roxas!'

'What the?' Roxas looks around to see all his friends from Ever After High, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Mickey, Riku, Kairi, Lea, La, Hayner, Pence, and Olette.

Hayner was now wearing a red and black vest, jeans and a white vest with a skull on it. (Google KH3 Hayner)

Pence was black pants, a black and white Dog Street shirt a black headband, and an orange bandanna around his neck. (Google KH3 Pence)

And Olette was wearing a black shirt with red and black shorts. (Google KH3 Olette)

'Guys what's going on?' Roxas asks not sure what was happening.

'Well Roxas since this is your first year existing we thought it was only right that you have birthday.' Raven said.

'And we decided that the best day to celebrate it was the day that you came into our lives.' Apple said.

'Thanks you guys.' Roxas smiles.

'Well what are we waiting for? Let's party!' Sora cheers as the party started.

With Crystal's magic snow came down allowing them to have snowball fights as well as Struggle Battles and snowboarding.

As Roxas was drinking some soda he noticed Lea and La walk over to him.

'Happy Birthday Roxas…wow I never thought I would say those words.' Lea chuckles.

'Hello Roxas.' La said making him flinch.

'Don't worry buddy she doesn't bite.' Lea smirks.

'Much has happened since we last met.' La said.

'I've been teaching La to use her powers for our side.' Lea said as a faint blush appears on her face.

'Yes and he has proved to be quite the teacher.' La said.

Great…you don't have anymore of that powder that makes us guys fight each other?' Roxas asks nervously as La giggles.

'No Roxas I don't have anymore. I'm learning a new magic.' La said causing Roxas to sigh in relief.

As Roxas walked away Lea and La looked at each other and smiled softly before joining the party.

At the snack tables Pence was reaching for a slice of pizza when his hand ended up touching the same piece Blondie was about to grab.

'Oh hey Blondie.' Pence said.

'Hey Pence, enjoying the party?' Blondie asks.

'Yeah, this place is amazing. Thanks for inviting us. Hey by the way I've been watching your Mirrorcast, great footage.' Pence said.

'Thanks, it's not easy controlling all those camera droids.' Blondie said.

'You think you can show me sometime?' Pence smiles.

'I'd love to.' Blondie said as the two of them talked tech enjoying each other's company.

Nearby Olette was playing snowballs with the others when she accidentally bumped into Hopper.

'Oops, sorry.' Olette said.

'Hey there I uh.' Hopper ends up getting tongue tied and turns into his frog form. 'Oh curses.' He said as Olette giggles.

'So Hopper want to team up with me? I could use another set of eyes.' Olette asks picking him up.

'It would be my pleasure fair Olette.' Frog Hopper said.

An hour later Roxas was standing in front of a table where Apple, Raven, Ginger, Lizzie and Briar had each set up a cake.

'Wow they all look great.' Roxas said examining them.

'We decided to have a little bake off to help figure out which cake you would want for your birthday.' Raven said.

As Hayner looked at the cakes he noticed Kitty up above on the branches just above the cakes.

'What is she up to?' Hayner whispers when Kitty sprinkles something onto the cakes but nobody seemed to notice.

As Roxas walks up to Lizzie's cake he saw that it had red frosting with watermelon sticks sticking out of the top to resemble candles.

'Mm this looks good.' Roxas said as Lizzie cut a piece.

'Here you go.' Lizzie said handing him a piece.

Roxas was about to take a bit when Lizzie's cake started to shake. 'Uh is that supposed to—'

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Before Kairi could finish the cake exploded in Roxas' face surprising everyone.

'Oh my goodness Roxas I am so sorry.' Lizzie said as Roxas tasted some that was stuck to his face.

'Mmm not bad.' Roxas said.

As Kitty appears back behind a tree someone taps her shoulder startling her. Turning around she saw Hayner standing behind her.

'Busted.' Hayner smirks as Kitty narrows her eyes.

'Well what are you going to do?' Kitty asks.

'Well since that cake was on Roxas it only seems right that this one is on you.' Hayner reaches behind his back to reveal a slice of cake and shoves it into her face.

As Hayner burst into laughter a small smile appears on her face as she laughs softly.

Soon everyone was gathered around Roxas singing Happy Birthday as he blew out the candles causing them all to cheer.

'Now comes the fun part.' Apple said.

'What's that?' Roxas asks.

'Presents.' Sparrow said on his guitar.

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'Here this is from us and Ienzo.' Olette said as she walked over with a box.

Roxas reaches in and opens it to reveal several small blue devices and a CD inside it.

'What are these?' Roxas asks taking one out.

'They're for this cool new game that just came out called Digimon.' Hayner said.

'Those things are called Digivices and you use them to play the game. We got a bunch so you all could play.' Pence said.

'Hey is there one for me in there?' Sora asks.

'Sora, this is Roxas' gift not yours.' Riku smirks.

'Here you go.' Roxas said passing one around to each of his friends and when they touched it a faint blue light shined from each of them.

Roxas smiled happy to see everyone having a good time when in the trees Roxas noticed the Fairy Queen smiling at him.

Standing up Roxas walks over to her.

'Hello Roxas.' She said.

'Your majesty, what are you doing here?' Roxas asks.

'Why I came to celebrate your birthday. You've come a long way since we last met.' The Fairy Queen said.

'Yeah, thanks for everything. It's thanks to your advice that I was able to figure out how to get my heart.' Roxas said.

'I just told you where to start you took it from there.' She smiles.

'Well thank you.' Roxas said.

'Your welcome and I want to give you a gift.' The Fairy Queen said taking out her wand. 'A little something to help.'

'What is it?' Roxas asks.

'There are a few people, three to be exact who see all but they themselves are never seen. Would you like to meet them?' Fairy Queen asks.

'Yeah they sound interesting.' Roxas said.

Waving her wand a light surrounds Roxas, but when it fades away Roxas looks around to see if anything changed.

'I don't think it worked.' Roxas said.

'Just wait.' She said.

'What was that thing the Fairy Queen just did to Roxas?' A female voice said surprising Roxas.

'It appeared to be a magical enchantment of some sort.' A male voice said as Roxas looked around.

'Who said that?' Roxas asks.

'No way, Roxas…can you hear us?' A younger female voice said

'Brooke please there's no way that's possible.' The male voice said.

'I can hear you.' Roxas said as the voices gasp.

'No way, this is so amazing. You're like Maddie and Kitty now. You can hear me and my parents. I have so much I want to ask you.' Brooke said.

Roxas looks to the Fairy Queen amazed by this.

'Happy Birthday Roxas.' She smiles.

'Uh listen uh voices how about we talk later?' Roxas asks not sure what was happening.

'You got it I would love to—'

'Brooke! What have we said about interfering with the stories.' The female voice said.

'But mom.' Brooke whines.

'This gift is either gonna be really good or really bad.' Roxas said when he suddenly felt a small pain in his chest.

Reaching up he felt the pain near his heart, but after a few seconds it went away.

'What was that?' Roxas asks before walking back to the party.

Little did he know deep in the forest Mira Shards walked out of a dark portal with a grin on her face.

'Uh oh. Mira Shards is back at Ever After High. This isn't good.' Brooke said.

'Brooke, we completely agree.' Her father said afraid of what was to come.

One of Our Fairies is Missing Ch. 1

Disclaimer: Tinker Bell, Disney Fairies and all associated characters and content are the property of The Walt Disney Company, the character of Tinker Bell originated by J. M. Barrie with thanks to the Great Street Ormond Hospital for Sick Children to which Barrie left the rights to Peter Pan and Tinker Bell in 1929 . This fan fiction is not intended for profit or monetary gain and exists solely for the purpose of fan entertainment.

~O~

'Wake up everyone,' Fairy Mary shouted as she flitted by each house in Tinker's Nook. 'Wake up. We have plenty of work today.'

Tinker Bell woke up to sounds of Fairy Mary's voice and sleepily crawled out of bed. She looked at her clock and noticed that it was earlier than usual. The sky outside was just barely dawn, with the first rays of sunshine peaking out over the horizon. She opened her door and asked her supervisor, 'What's wrong Fairy Mary?'

Mary replied, 'We had a good rain last night.' Tinker Bell remembered the sounds of distant thunder as she went to bed the night before. 'One of the streams went over its banks and washed out the kitchens. We have to put everything right as quick as possible so the cooking and baking fairies can prepare meals for us.' Tinker Bell noted how rapidly Fairy Mary was talking. 'All other projects are to be set aside, this comes first. I want all tinkers in the quad in fifteen minutes.' Fairy Mary then flew on sounding the alarm to everyone who was still asleep.

Tinker Bell rubbed the drowsiness out of her eyes and quickly changed for work. This was going to be a long and difficult day, she told herself. When Tinker Bell arrived in the quad most of the other tinkers had arrived and had grouped into their cliques with close friends and workmates. They were all chatting and talking and some were speculating why they had been roused from their sleep so early in the morning. Tink's two workmates, Clank and Bobble were hovering together above the muddy ground. They motioned to her to join them. She floated down and took her place next to Bobble. 'What happened?' he asked her. 'The rains washed out the kitchens,' she told him. That was all she knew.

'If the kitchens are washed out what will we have for breakfast?' Clank asked his friends. Bobble couldn't answer. Instead he looked around as they waited for the rest of the tinkers to join the assembly. Lucinda was the last out of her house, as usual. With only a couple of minutes left before Fairy Mary was to address the group Terence arrived. He quickly found Tinker Bell and descended to her. 'Here,' he said quietly. He handed the three a single honeycomb. 'Hang onto this for later, you may need it.'

'Where did you get it, Terence?' Tinker Bell asked.

'I always stash a little aside for when I have to deliver to the scouts on the mainland,' he replied. That was Terence, always practical. Tink, Bobble and Clank broke the honeycomb into thirds and each took their piece and stowed it into their clothing. If Terence was bringing this to them then he must have thought that lunch may not be served today. Which made sense to Tinker Bell if the kitchens had been washed out. Terence would have known this since he was always one of the very first in Pixie Hollow to wake up. Only the cooking and baking talents, guild supervisors, the ministers and the queen were up earlier. Most of the Hollow slept well until the sun had risen and bathed the island of Never Land in its warm and rejuvenating light.

'I have to go now, Tink.' Terence gave his girlfriend a quick peck on the cheek before leaving. He flew up and out of Tinker's Nook.

Fairy Mary flitted out in front of the assembled tinkers and addressed them. 'Tinkers, last night a heavy rain soaked the island and pushed a stream over its banks. Rain water washed out the kitchens and precious little food remains for today.'

The tinkers gasped as no one had yet eaten their morning meals. Several cooking talent fairies flitted into the nook carrying freshly picked fruits and nuts and a few portions of bread and pastries. These were the remains of yesterday's baking and were being rationed out to the entire population of Pixie Hollow. Everyone received a piece of fruit, a few bits of a nut and a small chunk of pastry or bread followed by a glass of water. More food was kept in reserve for a lunch break, but it was a pitifully small amount.

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Fairy Mary kept speaking as the food was being passed out to everyone. 'Our job is to restore the kitchens, tea house, dining hall and baking area, as well as to clean up the huge mess left behind by the flooding. Each of you will receive your assignments to one of these areas and it is up to you to restore our food preparation by the end of the day. If you don't there will be no food for tomorrow.' Tinker Bell now understood the greater importance of Terence's gift. He could have kept it all to himself, but he chose to share some of his reserves with her and her friends. Tinker Bell couldn't help but love him even more.

Once everyone had eaten, dust keepers arrived, Terence among them, and distributed their daily rations of Pixie Dust to each member of the Tinker guild. When Terence handed Tink her bag, she held his hands just a little longer and smiled at him. The young dust keeper smiled back, reciprocating her unspoken message.

'Move it along, Terence,' Fairy Mary called out. Terence slowly moved his hand from Tink's letting his fingers gently caress hers as they parted. She smiled more, giggling just a bit as he moved to Bobble and handed him a bag of dust. Fairy Mary then began to hand out assignments to everyone. Tinker Bell and her friends were to return the ovens that had been washed out by the flood waters.

~O~

Upon their arrival, Tink, Bobble and Clank found that several light and fast flyer talents were already on site. They were working in concert to dry out the ground. The fast flyers, led by Vidia, were creating breezes while the light talents, under command of Iridessa in her first project lead, were adjusting sunbeams to heat the ground. Tinker Bell waved hello to her friends before following Clank and Bobble to the kitchens for what she knew would be a long and hard day.

The ovens had been washed clear out of the kitchens and were standing or lying in the mud a good distance from the wall where they normally stood. The trio of friends set to work. Tinker Bell built a sled to carry the ovens back into the kitchens. Bobble found a water talent to wash out the ovens of mud, while Clank helped the baking talents to clean their kitchens before their equipment could be returned. By the time the sun was at its peak in the sky the kitchens and ovens were clean while Tink and her friends were covered in mud from head to toe. The baking talents were so grateful that they set out to make some desserts that didn't need to be baked for their rescuers.

Meanwhile, Tinker Bell and Clank lifted the first of the terra cotta ovens onto the sled. They then pulled and pushed the sled into the kitchen where the three of them set the first oven into place. Bobble then flew up and connected the oven vent to the exhaust. Tink and Clank had to push the heavy oven just a bit so that Bobble could make the connection. With that done the three brought another oven, repeating the process for each one.

While sliding one of the ovens off the sled, Clank lost his grip and and it dropped into the mud and right onto Tinker Bell's foot.

She howled in excruciating pain. 'AAIEEE! Get it off of me! Get it off!'

Bobble and Clank quickly grabbed the oven and lifted it from the ground just high enough for Tinker Bell to slip her foot from under the heavy object. Once free she danced on one leg while grabbing her injured foot screaming 'OW OW OW OW!'

The two boys helped Tinker Bell to a spot where she could sit. There she removed her slipper and checked her toes. None of them were broken or hurt. Bobble examined Tink's small foot and checked for any broken bones. She even laughed when he wiggled her toes.

'Good news, Miss Bell,' he said. 'It looks like your foot sank into the mud. No harm done.'

'I'll take you to the hospital if you like,' Clank offered, very concerned for her well being.

'I'm okay, Clank, thanks,' she answered him kindly.

'I don't mind,' Clank replied.

Tinker Bell put on her ballet slipper shoe and stood on the smooshed foot. There was only a tiny bit of residual discomfort. 'I'm fine, really,' she said.

'Okay, but if you start to feel anything strange, like feeling woozy or something, just let me know, I'll take you to the doctor right away,' Clank offered once again.

'Clankie, she got her foot stuck under an oven. She didn't hit herself on the head,' Bobble said, berating him.

'Oh, right. Sorry,' the large tinker replied with a sheepish grin.

'That's okay, Clank,' Tinker Bell told him. 'I know your just looking out for me.'

'Okay, okay, let's get back to work,' Bobble yelled. 'We've got lots of ovens to put back in order.'

The trio returned to their back breaking work.

~O~

The heat of the day was making things worse. Soon all three were soaking wet in their own perspiration. Things got so bad that Tink had to undo her bun and let her hair down just to stay cool. A water fairy came along and drenched them in refreshing waters, but the relief was sadly short lived.

'Why can't we just use Pixie Dust to move these ovens?' Clank asked.

'We can't use up all of our dust, Clankie,' Bobble said. 'Look at all of the ovens we have to move.'

'Exactly, Bobble, there are so many ovens that we will be working until tomorrow morning,' Clank replied.

'I'm with Clank on this one,' Tinker Bell said remembering her foot, 'we need to speed this up.'

'But we don't have enough Pixie Dust for the three of us and all of the ovens,' Bobble protested.

'Oh, boo! My back is hurting, Bobble,' Clank added.

'Wait a minute guys,' Tinker Bell interjected, 'why don't we ask the animal fairies to lend us a mouse to help move these ovens?'

Bobble and Clank just stared at each other, marveling at the simplicity of her solution. Clank and Bobble took a quick break while Tinker Bell flew out out to the mouse stables to talk with Fawn. Tink and Fawn were good friends and she would be the most receptive to Tink's request.

It wasn't long to wait when Tinker Bell returned to the kitchens riding Cheese.

'She did it, Bobble!' exclaimed to Clank. 'She brought us some help.'

'Well done, lassie,' Bobble told Tinker Bell. 'Now lets hook up Cheese to your sled and we'll be finished before dinner time.'

If there was a dinner to speak of tonight, Tinker Bell thought. The two boys seemed to be thinking the same thing for as Tinker Bell reached for her piece of honeycomb that Terence brought, Clank and Bobble did the same, each nibbling on it as they continued.

~O~

With the help of Cheese the work load was much lighter than before. Using the mouse's size and strength they were able to pull the usually heavy ovens into place with great ease. By the late afternoon the brilliant yellow sun had turned a sickening yellow-orange color. The otherwise welcome warmth was turned into an oppressive heat from all the water that the light fairies had successfully been evaporating.

With so much humidity in the air it became difficult to breath much less cool off through perspiration. Even with the help of their mouse friend, the work was debilitating and tiring in ways none of the three had ever known. While they worked the baking fairies tried to keep them fresh with cool drinks and desserts, but with so little food available portions were small. Tinker Bell spotted Vidia overhead and flew up to her. She asked the fast flyer for a refreshing breeze. It felt wonderful.

When the orange-red sun began to sink into the distant horizon the job was nearly done. Only five more ovens remained and it was a welcome sight. While they worked Tinker Bell overheard a rather pointed conversation coming from the baking talent's kitchen.

'What are you doing, Ambrosia?' one female voice said irately.

'I'm trying to come up with a new dessert, Dill,' another, sweeter, female voice replied.

'Again? When are you going to just give up?' Dill said, quite upset. 'You've been trying this every season since you got here and you have never been able to bake anything that didn't taste like some watered down version of something else.'

Ambrosia began to cry.

'Oh, I'm sorry, Ambrosia, I wasn't trying to be mean,' Dill said with a compassionate voice.

'I just want to make one new dessert,' Ambrosia said through her tears. 'Something, anything that I can put my name on and call it my own.'

'Is it really that important to you?' Dill asked perplexed.

'Yes,' Ambrosia replied, sniffling, 'I don't want to be the only baking talent who couldn't make anything new. Even you created a unique confection once and everyone loved it.'

'Oh, it's okay, little one, you don't need to invent anything, you will always be one of us no matter what. Now listen, there is no shame in just being able to follow the recipe. You're a baking talent, you can measure and mix and fold and bake to perfection. No other talent guild can do that. Not even Vidia or Tinker Bell, the strongest talents in Pixie Hollow can do that. That's why I'm sending you to the mainland this year. I just want you to learn to be happy with what you can do. Okay?'

'Okay,' Ambrosia said, still crying.

Wow, what was that all about, Tink asked herself.

~O~

Finally, it was complete. Every oven was returned to its rightful place in the baking talent's kitchen. The trio felt more exhausted than they ever had before. Heavy lifting, mixed with the heat of the day and the extra humidity combined to make this day one all of them wanted to forget. Clank, Bobble and Tinker Bell sat in the dining hall. They were amazed at how spotless the room looked. The other tinkers who had been assigned this room did an impeccable job of cleaning it. No one would know it had been covered and crusted with mud just a few hours ago.

The three sat at a table, the room all to themselves. They each caught their breathes and drank some iced chamomile tea. It never tasted so good.

'I'm going to take a bath until the sun comes up, I am,' Clank announced. 'Then I'm going take another one just be sure I'm clean.'

'Aye, I've never smelled so rank in my life,' Bobble said.

'I feel like something Lizzy's cat threw up,' she quipped. Neither Bobble nor Clank flinched at the image she drew with her words. They all just raised their glasses and drank.

'Aye, ain't that the truth,' Bobble said before gulping his tea. The two boys and girl engaged in idle chatter, talking about how long they were going to sleep in the morning, how they were going to spend their days off (sleeping, of course) and how much food they were going to eat once their stores of food had been replenished.

'I'm so hungry, I could the eat a whole mushroom all by myself, I could,' Clank said.

'I believe it,' Tink answered with a grin. 'But I could eat two of them.'

The two boys laughed at her remark. Tinker Bell was a little different ever since she returned from her adventures with Peter Pan. She seemed a little more world weary than before. Her innocent charm was tempered by the experiences she had with that human boy. Before leaving she would never have engaged Clank and Bobble in such low humor. Now she participated with them quite readily.

Tink, who had always kept a maybe, maybe not relationship with Terence finally admitted how much she missed and loved him. A frightening brush with death could do that to a fairy, she once told Clank and Bobble. A rather oblique reference to nearly getting blown up by Captain Hook when she saved Peter Pan's life. It made her realize fully what a fool she had been to run off with Peter like that.

She wanted adventure and excitement in her life and thought Peter could offer that. At first it seemed like he could. Unfortunately, Peter had a bad habit of using her and then ignoring her. She became increasingly disillusioned with their adventures. She wasn't his pal or sidekick. She was a tool he pulled out whenever he needed it then tossed aside when he didn't. When Hook tried to kill Peter he exclaimed that Tink meant more to him than anything, but it didn't last long. Soon Peter was the same old Peter Pan again. So she left him and the Lost Boys and came home.

Terence tried waiting for her, but when too much time passed he gave up and began to look for companionship elsewhere. Silvermist was his usual dating partner, but the chemistry wasn't the same. Not like he had with Tinker Bell so it went no where. When she returned, everyone could see the fire in his eyes come roaring back. They have been inseparable ever since.

Bobble and Clank finally excused themselves so they could wash up before the baths closed. Tinker Bell bid them farewell this night. She would sit and rest a little longer. Tinker Bell hurt all over, but none more than her foot. It throbbed, but nothing she couldn't deal with. Something a soak in warm water followed by a good night's rest would help.

She sat alone in the cavernous room. Her thoughts going no further than how good it would feel to sleep until midday tomorrow. Providing Fairy Mary let them. This emergency meant that the entire tinker guild was behind schedule by an entire day. She might wake them up extra early and make everyone work a second shift tomorrow. Tink wasn't sure her body could take it.

'Here you go,' a sweet, female voice said. Tinker Bell looked up at a pretty fairy girl. She set down a plate with a muffin, fruit compote and piece of sweetbread along with a glass of mouse milk. She was petite with dirty blonde hair that curled gently as it fell down her back and over her shoulders. Her skin was a beautifully, rich flesh tone, but her deep green eyes were puffy where tears had been streaming down her face. Tinker Bell noticed that the fairy had several minor burns on her hands and arms. Most were older and healing, at least one or two were recent.

'I saw you sitting alone and thought you could use some food and drink,' she said. Tink immediately recognized the voice as belonging to Ambrosia. 'Thanks for pushing all the ovens back into place; I just hope we can be ready for breakfast tomorrow. I'm sure everyone is going to be famished after today.'

Ambrosia walked to another table where another plate and cup were waiting for her. The tinker fairy picked up her food and walked to the other table. 'May I join you?' Tinker Bell asked.

The baking fairy smiled sweetly and nodded. Tink sat down with the food and began to pull pieces off the muffin Ambrosia had provided. 'Did you bake this,' she asked.

'Yes,' Ambrosia replied.

'It's fantastic, best muffin I've ever tasted.'

Ambrosia smiled. 'Thanks, but all I did was follow the recipe. I couldn't bake anything original if I wanted.'

'Hey I can't bake worth a darn, and believe me I've tried,' Tinker Bell said trying to lift her spirits. One day, long ago Lizzy spent an afternoon with her father trying to bake biscuits. She asked Tinker Bell to help as best as she could. By the end of it Tink had more flour on her than there was in the biscuits.

'It was a disaster,' Tinker Bell told Ambrosia. 'They were positively inedible.'

'That bad, huh?' the sullen baking talent asked.

'Oh, it was worse than bad. I asked some friends to try a few pieces I brought back. Each and everyone of them said it was the single worst thing they had ever tasted.'

Ambrosia began laughing.

'Rosetta even suggested I use them as doorstops.'

Ambrosia began laughing harder. 'Oh really, doorstops?'

'Oh yes, in fact, I have a few pieces still in my home right now,' Tinker Bell continued. 'If anyone tries to break into my house they'll get conked in the head by one of those things.'

'I bet if you took them to the Winter Woods the cold fairies could use them to play ice hockey,' Ambrosia suggested.

'That might not be a good idea. My little biscuits could turn into deadly weapons if they were frozen solid,' Tinker Bell answered.

Ambrosia laughed so hard tears poured from her eyes. She even had to cover her mouth to avoid annoying those still working in the kitchen. A moment later the baking talent fairy took Tinker Bell's hand in hers and said, 'Thank you, Tinker Bell. I haven't felt this good in a long time.'

The two fairies kept talking and eating their food. Tinker Bell kept telling stories about herself and her friends Clank and Bobble, and Ambrosia kept laughing at every single one of them. After a while Dill popped her head out of the kitchen and told Ambrosia to get back to work.

'We need to finish prepping for tomorrow,' Dill said. 'We're going to have a multitude of hungry fairies in here early in the morning.'

'On my way.'

The tinker and baking fairy stood up from the table, Tink walked her new friend to the kitchen door. She finally decided to ask about the burn marks on the baker's arms. The gleaming smile on Ambrosia's face faded quickly and was replaced with a look of disgrace.

'Oh, it happens in there sometimes,' Ambrosia confessed. 'I'll put something in to bake and I'll accidentally touch the side of the oven and burn myself.'

'Well it happens to tinkers, too, y'know,' Tink said trying to comfort the little baker. 'Look what happened to my foot earlier. I'll bet my toenails are going to be black and blue for a month.'

Ambrosia grinned at this. Apparently finding out that the most talented fairy in all of Pixie Hollow could be as klutzy as herself was comforting in a way. But the grin receded quickly and Ambrosia was downtrodden again. Tink could sense that Ambrosia didn't want to go back into that kitchen.

'Look, you're just trying too hard,' Tinker Bell advised. 'You're too nervous that your recipe will be a failure. It's making you uptight and causing mistakes. Just relax. Take a few deep breaths, maybe step away from your work for a bit to let your mind calm down. Just let your talent flow naturally.'

'Easy for your to say, Tinker Bell,' Ambrosia replied. 'You're the greatest talent in Pixie Hollow. It all comes so easy for you.'

'No, it doesn't,' Tink admitted. 'Let me tell you something. I've been working on a project for years and I still can't solve one tiny problem that makes it virtually unusable as intended.'

She told her about The Pixie Dust Express. A high speed pixie dust delivery vessel she designed to help the dust keeper fairies take large amounts of dust to the scouts on the farthest shores of Never Land in one easy trip. The problem Tink was having was that it would lose control in Hydro Drive, the super speed mode in which the boat would skim along the surface of the water on two water skis. Her first attempt went up a tree. The second kept pulling left. The third just launched into the air and shook apart. The fourth smashed into a log and the fifth was still sitting on the shoreline waiting for Tinker Bell to devise a another solution.

'Nothing I've tried works,' Tink said. 'Even with help from my friends in Tinker's Nook I can't solve the problem.'

This shocked the baker fairy. Even the greatest talent in all of Pixie Hollow, in the history of Pixie Hollow was stymied by a simple invention. Still, Tinker Bell had a long list of inventions to her name. Ambrosia had none.

'That doesn't change the fact that I have a weak talent. The weakest in my guild,' the baker replied. 'When I arrived in Pixie Hollow and learned what my talent was the glow from my guild artifact was pretty dim.'

Ambrosia turned to go into the kitchen with her head held low. Tinker Bell grabbed her and spoke sternly.

'Hey, look at me. LOOK AT ME!' Ambrosia did as told. 'Your talent is only weak if you let it. I'm going to tell you something I learned from my friends a long time ago. There are three rules for being successful. Anyone, even those with least bit of talent can be great if they follow these three simple rules.'

Ambrosia listened, but didn't seem hopeful at first.

'Rule number one: Recognize good opportunities. Rule number two: Take action. Rule number three: Never, ever give up; no matter what. Follow them and you will create a new confection that will knock the wings off of anyone who tries it.'

'Do..., do you really think so?'

'I know so. Don't let some dim light tell you how good you can or can't be. You make that decision for yourself. You keep trying, no matter how long it takes. And when you put together that winning recipe with the most delicious flavor ever I will be the first in line to sample it. Guaranteed.'

'Guaranteed?'

'I'll even make a banner telling everyone how great it is and fly it over Pixie Hollow everyday for a whole season.'

Ambrosia laughed. 'First in line with be fine.'

Dill called out to Ambrosia again, this time with an angry edge to her voice. 'I had better get going, Tink. Thanks.' Ambrosia was about to turn into the kitchen door when she suddenly wrapped her arms around a shocked Tinker Bell. She was sniffling and tearing up again. 'You're the only one who has ever said anything like that to me. I promise I won't give up. I will make you so proud of me.'

Then she released her tight embrace and fled into the kitchens.

'Don't worry about me,' Tink said under her breath. 'Just make yourself proud.'

I'll be updating this whenever I can. I'm still focusing on Vidia, Interrupted. I just needed a break.

If this sounds familiar to anyone, it is the bad story idea that was originally a crossover with the tv show Psych (the bad idea part) as can be read under my entry SNOWBALLS. This has been fully converted into a pure Tinker Bell story. Don't worry, I kept the good stuff and removed that bad. Please review. Thanks.