A long awaited chapter. Sorry it took so long. Forgive me!
Luna sighed heavily. She was depressed and trying very hard to hide it. She wondered how many people believed there was nothing wrong with her, when she couldn't even convince herself when she looked at her reflection. All she saw was a doll, a beautiful doll that stared back at her with empty eyes. Andros didn't break up with her, he had just hurt her feelings, and proved to her that he wasn't prepared to stand up to their Queen with her.
"Are you alright Luna?" Terrence asked, bringing her depressing thoughts to a halt.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She replied, giving him a small smile.
He returned her small smile as he brushed a tear away, "You can't tell me that as tears are falling down your face."
Luna broke down crying, shaking her head as Terrence pulled her into his arms and hugged her. "If he had stayed, I would have known he was prepared to stand up to my mother with me. I would have known that he was ready to be with me forever, even if I were to be banished or disowned."
"You don't know that he doesn't want that too. You were only gone a few days right?"
Luna shook her head, "Andros and his unit were gone for months. He was due to return home the same day I was sent here, but mother wanted me here immediately. I never got to see him until he stopped by yesterday."
Terrence hugged her before stepping back, "Everything is going to be alright. I saw the way he looked at you. Andros didn't want to leave you. He loves you."
Luna nodded and wiped her tears away. "Feel better?" the pixie dust fairy asked.
"Yeah. Now, what were you going to wear again?" Luna asked, effectively changing the subject.
Terrence's expression was a combination of a grimace and anxiety, "You mean I can't wear my usual clothes?"
Luna shook her head, "You wouldn't wear that to a formal gathering would you?"
The blonde fairy averted his gaze and Luna's eyes widened, "You would."
"We don't really have formal gatherings, well we do, but, uh, define formal?"
"Alright don't panic. Why don't you go to work, yeah, that should keep you busy, and I'll figure something out. I promise."
"Well I can help. It would make me feel better." Terrence offered.
The moon fairy shook her head, "Nope. I'll do it. Now go. Shoo!" "Did you just 'shoo' me?" Luna cracked a small smile as she shoved her friend out of his own home and slammed the door. Terrence just sighed in defeat and headed for the Pixie Dust Tree.
Luna sat quietly for a moment after throwing Terrence out of his own home, something she felt slightly guilty about. "Alright, I know I can't do this alone. Mother always said I couldn't sew a straight line, let alone figure out how to work a needle. Then again I was never meant to be a tailor. Ugh, I need a fashion forward fairy. Oh! I could ask Rosetta! She might have some ideas!" Luna fluttered around the room in excitement, before flying out of Terrence's home.
Tink was explaining to her friends what happened after they left.
"He just left? Hadn't he just arrieved?" Rosetta asked.
"Yeah, what was his rush?" Iradessa asked.
"Something about Luna, he just freaked out and took off." Tinkerbell sighed.
"Why don't you just ask her if she's interested in him?" Fawn suddenly asked.
"She can't do that sugah! Maybe if it was a misunderstanding to begin with, this could open a door Luna hasn't considered yet." The garden fairy broke in.
"Rosetta? Rosetta are you here?"
The fairies turned around to find Luna heading towards them. The moon fairy smiled brightly when she saw the group and flew over to them. She landed beside them and her smile widened, "Good morning everyone."
"Morning." "Hi!" "Good Morning!." "Morning hun." "Morning." They replied back, one fairy more solemn than the rest.
"You were looking for me sugah?" Rosetta asked the raven haired fairy.
"Yes! Terrence informed me that he doesn't have anything formal to wear when he meets the Goddess, and I told him I would take care of it so he could go to work today. I was wondering if you might have any ideas? You seem like the fashion forward type of girl."
Rosetta smiled, "Why thank you. I don't mind helping. Tinkerbell here is the genius with creating things though."
Luna's silver eyes met the tinker fairy's and she smiled, "Really?"
Tink returned the small smile with one of her own, "Yeah, I'm pretty good."
"Why does Terrence need a formal outfit?" Silvermist asked.
"He'll be meeting the Moon Goddess and her court; he'll have to be properly dressed for the event. Unfortunately his normal clothes would not be suitable." Luna explained.
"Oh." Rosetta handed Tinkerbell a sketchbook and pencil, "Tell Tink what you'll need hun, and maybe I can add to it."
"We can all help." Fawn added.
The moon fairy beamed, "Alright!"
Tink was a little reluctant to help the fairy, but this was for Terrence, and she didn't want him to get in trouble with the Moon Goddess. "Alright, where do we start?" Tink asked.
"Oh, how about pants! Black is a good color, most males where those, we don't like to wear all silver or white."
"You guys wear white?" Rosetta asked.
Luna nodded, "Only on certain occasions. For this occasion, Terrence would be better off wearing black pants, we consider it a neutral color."
Tink began to sketch out Terrence and drew some black pants.
"Shoes?" "Oh make those black and silver." Rosetta pointed out.
Tink drew them. "Should he wear a silver shirt? What about blue?" Silvermist asked.
Luna's eyes lit up for a moment as she thought about it, "What shade of blue?"
The fairies were silent for a while before Iradessa suggested, "What about the shade the Winter fairies wear?"
"I didn't really pay attention. Does their color look silver?" Luna asked.
Tink listened to the fairies for a while before sketching out a shirt for Terrence, it was long sleeved and a silvery blue that the tinker fairy thought might bring out his eyes. She was staring at her work and didn't realize that Luna was looking over her shoulder until the fairy cheered, "I love it!"
"I wanna see!" Rosette and the other girls surrounded Tinkerbell to see what she had come up with.
"His hat isn't going to match that though." Fawn pointed out.
"I think he can forgo the hat." Luna replied.
Tinkerbell erased his hat from her drawing, "How does that look?"
Luna nodded after studying the picture for a while, "Perfect! It just needs to be made before tonight. Can you guys sew? I can't do it to save my life."
"I can." Tinkerbell replied.
"We'll help her." Fawn added.
"You guys are amazing. How much time do you need?"
"A few hours, not long." Rosetta replied.
Luna nodded, "Alright, I need to speak to Queen Clarion. Thanks so much."
The fairy waved and flew off. Tinkerbell sighed and looked at her handiwork again, "I can't believe I got through that."
"Luna doesn't seem bad, and she doesn't seem over attached to Terrence." Iradessa replied.
"Why don't you go visit Terrence and we'll work on this, alright sweetie?" Rosetta offered.
"I don't want to leave you guys here to work on this." "Go, you haven't really spent time together." Silvermist urged as she took the sketchbook out of her friend's hand. Tinkerbell grinned and rushed off to find Terrence.
Luna flew to the top of the Pixie Dust Tree and found Queen Clarion staring out at Pixie Hollow.
"Queen Clarion?"
The beautiful queen turned to face the fairy, "Hello Luna. How have you been?"
"I'm alright, a little homesick, but Terrence has been a gracious host and he's becoming a very good friend. I don't know what I would do without him."
The queen smiled, "He's good person, always has been."
Luna nodded, "He really is."
"Is there something in particular you wanted or needed?" Queen Clarion asked.
"Do you remember the Lunar Festival?"
"I did. I was just thinking about it. I know this is last minute, but I was about to send word out to be ready by moonrise."
"Yeah, anyway, I wanted to make a suggestion this time."
"Yes?"
"Can we keep the first half of the Lunar Festival small? Terrence is already very nervous, and I don't want him to be even more upset."
The fairy queen smiled, "You care about him a lot, don't you?"
Luna nodded, "He's becoming the best friend I've ever had."
"Won't this upset the goddess?"
"I'll take full responsibility for it. The second half of the festival can be standard issue, it's the first half I'm concerned about, for Terrence's sake."
Queen Clarion studied the young fairy before her, noting the determined fire in her silver eyes and the straight line her mouth was set in. "Very well. Are there a particular few you would like to be there?"
Luna smiled, "I have a list."
End! I know this was not posted as soon as I promised, I ran into some issues. (AKA College, work, and writer's block). I hope you liked it! Already working on the next chapter!