Note: I do not own the Tinkerbell series

A new day had dawned for the Mainland. The sun was shining in the blue sky that seemed to stretch on forever in all directions. A gentle cool breeze blew through the air and the green leaves on the hundreds of trees scattered about the many fields and woods below them blew with it. The grass swayed in the breeze like tall spears. This was a perfect start to a summer day.

High in the sky above the Mainland below, two stars, though only just visible as they followed the Sun through it's natural travel through the day, shone brightly in the air. If anyone did manage to spot them, it would be almost impossible to know that the second star on the right, which was lower down than the other, was the home of the fairies of Neverland. Every season, the fairies would come down to the mainland to bring the season of that time of the year to the mainland. For the fairies, it was a great time of year to come to the Mainland.

A wave of gold light seemed to sweep down from the second star, only rather than spreading out and crashing down like a normal wave would, it came down in a kind of line that swivelled and turned sideways several times as it approached the surface. Then, it suddenly made a sharp left and went dead straight towards a large tree just a few hundred metres in front of them. As it moved towards the tree, the long thin gold line of light passed over a small cottage placed near a small dirt road, a tiny spot of gold light came to a halt. A few more spots of gold light also came to a halt in mid-air and flew back over to the first.

These spots of gold light were actually fairies themselves. The first of the fairies, the first that had stopped, was early adult looking with blonde hair that was tied up in a bun at the back of her head, blue eyes that looked like the colour of the sky and a pretty face with a small nose, soft cheeks and small red lips. She was wearing a green dress that had been a leaf and on her feet were small green slip on shoes, both of which had a small cotton-like ball at the end of them. Her name was Tinkerbell.

For a moment, Tinkerbell hung in the air above the cottage, a feeling inside her telling her to go down to it, but before she could even think of what to do, another group of fairies flew over to her.

"C'mon, Tinkerbell," one of them, a red haired, which was thick and came into a kind of curl at the top of her back, fairy with green eyes and who spoke in a kind of southern accent and was wearing a dress that was actually an upside down rose in different shades, said in a motherly kind of way as if she was a mother pulling her child away from a sight they found awe-inspiring. Her name was Rosetta. "We do have work to do y'know,"

"I know," Tinkerbell replied in a slight kind of desperate voice. She sighed. "I just really want to go and see them quickly,"

"Don't worry, Tinkerbell," another of her fairy friends, an African early adult woman with black hair that braided into a bun at the back, amber coloured eyes and was wearing a yellow dress made out of sunflower petals with a sun flower seed placed on the front of the chest part of her dress and had yellow slip on shoes on her feet, reassured her, resting a hand on her shoulder. Her name was Iridessa. "You'll be able to soon,"

"Yeah, you're right," Tinkerbell agreed, heaving a heavy sigh.

"Don't worry, Tinkerbell," another of the fairies, a woman with a kind of dark orange coloured strap on shirt with a brown skirt around her waist and dark orange leggings going down her legs to her feet where she had orange slip on shoes on her feet, amber coloured eyes and short light brown/orange hair which had a long ponytail cascading down to the centre of her back and a kind of dark green twig as a headband, piped up. Her name was Fawn. "Now, c'mon. Race you guys to the tree!"

Before anyone could reply, Fawn took off in the direction of the tree after everyone else.

"Oh no you don't Fawn!" the last of the fairies, an East Asian early adult looking woman, who was wearing an upside green/blue lily dress with blue slip on shoes and had black hair that cascaded almost down to her feet, and brown eyes, exclaimed eagerly as she took off after her. Her name was Silvermist. The rest of the fairies took off after Silvermist and Fawn towards the tree.

As they approached the tree, they saw a small circular clearing on the ground near the base of the tree. Several other fairies, both male and female, were waving leaves, one in each hand, in the air to show the doves, which some fairies were riding on but most had large boxes made out of leaves and twigs tied to them, where to land. One-by-one, the birds, large to the fairies, landed in the clearing and the supplies they were holding were taken off by other fairies. Fawn landed on the clearing, Silvermist and the others close behind.

"First place!" she exclaimed as the rest of the group landed.

"Only because you started it early," Silvermist replied.

Fawn shrugged. "Well," she said in a mock guilty voice.

Tinkerbell rolled her eyes. As she did, a particular dove that was coming in towards the clearing caught her attention. It was packed almost to the point of where it would not be able to fly with supplies and there were two other fairies on the dove as well. One was large and had black hair and amber coloured eyes. He was dressed in a large green top made out of a leaf and a pair of green shorts and a big pair of green shoes. He was called Clank. The other, sitting on his shoulders but was also hanging onto the rope that was keeping the supplies tied to the dove, was shorter than his friend with messy red hair on his head. He too was wearing a green shirt made out of leaves, but had a few tiny sews in it to repair past tears, and a pair of green trousers that went down his legs to just below his knees and a pair of green shoes. Over his eyes were a pair of large goggles and had water droplets to act as lenses. His name was Bobble. He was shouting something to his friend as he hung on for dear life, his accent being Scottish, and Clank, who had a Cockney accent, shouted something back in reply.

Better move out the way Tinkerbell thought and she stepped backwards.

The dove landed with a thud in the clearing and almost fell over sideways. Some of the boxes and other supplies fell off the dove onto the ground.

"Smashing landing, Clank!" Bobble said sarcastically.

"Thank you again, Bobble, Clank replied.

Tinkerbell chuckled. "I think you guys have over packed again like last time," she said.

"Yes," Bobble replied. He let go of the rope and fell off the dove to the ground. Luckily, a box that had fallen off broke his fall but it still hurt. "Oooowwww!" he groaned as she sat up and rubbed his head.

"You alright?" Tinkerbell asked him.

He nodded. "I'm okay," he replied and got up. "C'mon, Clank, we better get this stuff unloaded,"

"Right Bobble," Clank replied enthusiastically and the two began to set at work with unloading the supplies.

Tinkerbell sighed and walked towards the small doorway that led into the tree where the fairy camp was placed. As she approached it, she gazed around at the clearing. Another two doves landed nearby, one carrying another load of supplies and the other a large object that was covered with a large thick leaf. A group of fairies rushed over to help in unloading what had just arrived. She smiled. It was good being back on the Mainland. This was her second trip here in the summer, the last being the year before, and it was a really eventful one.

Tinkerbell pushed aside the leaf doors when she reached the entrance and gazed around at the enormous camp inside the tree. Everywhere, there was activity going on. A male fairy walked by, pulling a wagon of berries. On a branch not far above them, a fairy wearing a yellow dress was gathering spider silk that was placed between two smaller branches protruding off from the one she was standing on. To her left, Tinkerbell saw a fairy teaching a group of crickets to chirp. She smiled again. That was one sight that was not different to her. Every fairy had different talents. Hers, for example, was a Tinker, one who would build things for the fairies, and her inventions over the past year had really helped speed up bringing seasons to the Mainland. There were other talents as well, much as water fairies, which her friend Silvermist was or animal fairies, which Fawn was, light fairies, which Iridessa was and garden fairies, which Rosetta was. Every year, all of these talent fairies would work together to bring the season to the Mainland. Oh, it was good to be back.

"Hey, Tink!" someone exclaimed.

She turned to see a familiar face standing there. He was a man with short blond hair, blue eyes and an acorn cap on his head to act as a hat. He was wearing a kind of gold coloured shirt and a pair of red shorts, the top of them being covered by his shirt that draped down over the top of them. A belt was wrapped around his waist. He had a sleeveless red autumn leaf kind of jacket over his shirt and a pair of small boots that were made from the remains of old roots. He had a leaf bag with a strap around his shoulder.

"Terence!" Tink exclaimed and the two ran to each other and hugged. "It's good to see you,"

"You too," he replied. They released each other. "I've just gotta go and deliver some pixie dust," he said to her.

"I'll come with you,"

"Alright then,"

They walked from the entrance into the busy camp. They passed a fairy working on the bee liner machine and watched as a one of the bees passed into the tiny gap between the two cotton pain tops, both soaked in black paint, and the fairy spun the machine and painted the bee pattern on the bee hovering in the middle of the machine. They passed another two fairies that were loading grapes and nuts into two more wagons.

"So how have things been with working on the pixie dust?" Tinkerbell asked him.

"They've been okay," Terence replied. "Fairy Gary's been bossy with everyone about making sure you take the right amount, but other than that, it's been okay. And what about those two Humans we all met last year? Have you seen them?"

"Not yet, but I'll try to later on. I wanted to earlier, but the others reminded me of coming here first,"

Terence chuckled slightly. "Trying to keep you busy,"

Tinkerbell shrugged. "Probably,"

The two came to a halt outside a large wooden sphere-like building with a circular hole in the front. A fairy was standing behind the hole and Terence handed him the bag.

"Here's the first week's supply," he said.

"Thanks," the fairy replied and he pushed a small leaf to him and took the bag of pixie dust into the building.

Terence signed a little signature on the bottom of the leaf. "Right, I've got to deliver the next supply to the other fairy camps," he said to Tinkerbell. "I should be back soon today,"

"Okay," she replied and gave him a quick hug. "Take care of yourself, Terence," she said.

"You too, Tink," he replied, returning the hug before they released each other and Terence flew off, disappearing into the leaves above them.

Tinkerbell sighed. There was not really a lot for her to do at the moment. Her friends were probably busy with their work. Probably the only thing she could do at the moment was go and help Bobble and Clank unload the supplies.

Suddenly, as she began to fly off towards the entrance, a sudden loud bang from somewhere outside filled her ears. A few other fairies noticed it but quickly went back to work. Upon hearing the noise, Tinkerbell smiled and shot up towards a hole in the leaves above them. She poked her head up from underneath the leaves and looked out in the direction of the cottage. A small dot from far away on the left approached the cottage. As it came closer, she saw it was a car, or a carriage as she and the other fairies called it. Sitting in it were two familiar Humans she smiled at upon seeing.

One of them was a tall man with brown hair, brown eyes and was wearing a white shirt with a tie, a green sleeveless top that looked like a dinner jacket and a pair of grey trousers and black shoes. His name was Martin Griffiths. The other Human, a young girl of about ten with short brown hair and green eyes and was wearing a pink shirt, a white vest-like top over her pink top with a white skirt and a small pair of red slip on shoes, was called Lizzy Griffiths. Tinkerbell knew both of them very well. Last year, (her first year on the Mainland), she had been captured by Lizzy, but had befriended her and tried to get her father to believe that fairies were real. In doing so, one of Tinkerbell's friends, Vidia, had been captured by Martin and he had taken her to London. It was only by the speed of the fairies and Lizzy that saved Vidia from probably being cut up and ending the secret of the fairies' existence.

Tinkerbell watched as the car came to a halt outside the cottage and Martin and Lizzy got out.

"Oh, I'm so glad to be back, father!" Lizzy exclaimed as she ran over to the gate and opened it. "I find it absolutely lovely!"

Martin chuckled heartily at his daughter's excitement. "Me too, Lizzy," he replied.

He opened the trunk of the car and took out a small suitcase, but almost dropped it as he pulled it out of the trunk.

"Ofph!" he grunted. "Your mother has really packed this heavily," he said.

Lizzy was smiling up at the cottage, her happiness of coming back here for the summer, sweeping through her like water on rock. However, when she heard her father mention her mother, she felt the happiness come to a halt within her and then fade out. Her gaze saddened a little and she looked down at the ground.

"Don't forget your fairy house, darling," Martin said to her. She did not reply, which he quickly noticed. "Are you alright, Lizzy?" he asked, a hint of concern in his voice.

Quickly Lizzy snapped back into reality. "Oh, yes! I'm okay, father,"

Martin was not so convinced. Being a father, he knew when Lizzy was feeling down.

"Now c'mon, Lizzy," he said, setting the suitcases down on the ground and walking over to her and kneeling down on one knee next to her. "Tell me, what's wrong?" he asked her.

Lizzy sighed. "It's…well, it's…" she began, but kept pausing, finding it difficult whether she should tell him about why she was a little sad. "It's mother, father," she said finally.

"Oh," Martin replied, his voice dropping a little. After a moment, he sighed and rested a hand on her shoulder. "Look, Lizzy, I know how you feel about me and your mother no longer being together, but…we still talk to each other. It's not like we hate each other or anything like that,"

"I know, father, but…I thought you and mother would try and be together again,"

"We will, Lizzy, don't worry," he smiled at Lizzy to try and cheer her up. She responded with a small smile, not a very big smile but good enough. "There we go," Martin embraced his daughter and she hugged him. "I just think your mother and I still need a bit more time from each other before we try and start again, Lizzy,"

Lizzy nodded a little. She did accept her father's, and probably her mother's, reason as well for not being together, but she still wished they could just finally make up and they could all be together again.

This had all started a few years ago when Lizzy was about seven. Her father had grown very interested into the research of British wildlife and very quickly he became induced in it. So much so, his wife, Rebecca, became worried about him and the fact that he was spending a lot of time studying wildlife rather than being with his family. Eventually, she decided that it was best they were no longer together until he had changed. He had bought a house out here in the country away from their home in London and they had agreed to let Lizzy visit him in the summer.

"Don't worry, Lizzy, I promise you, we'll be back together soon," martin reassured her again.

Lizzy smiled a little more now. "I hope so, father,"

"That's the spirit," he said as he released her and stood up. "Right, let's get your things inside. And don't forget your fairy house. You never know who might turn up to stay with us,"

Lizzy smiled and ran over to the back of the car and picked up a small round box whilst her father picked up the two suitcases and carried them through the front garden towards the door. Lizzy ran ahead of him and pushed it open and let her father go in first. Just as she was about to step into the house, Lizzy looked over at a large tree about a hundred metres away. She smiled, thinking that somewhere in or around that tree, her old friend was looking back at her.

"I hope you come here again, Tinkerbell," she muttered to herself before walking inside.

At the tree, Tinkerbell smiled. Oh, she felt the urge to fly over to the house and meet them again. But before she could fly off…

"Hey, Tinkerbell," someone called from below and she looked down to see Silvermist, Iridessa, Fawn, Rosetta and another fairy flying up to her. The last fairy had black hair wrapped in a kind of ponytail with a violet coloured band, light blue eyes and was wearing a sleeveless violet coloured vest with a pair of violet coloured trousers and slip on shoes that were the same colour. She was a fast flying talent fairy and had been a rival of Tinkerbell in the past, but last year when Tinkerbell came to the Mainland for the first time, she saved Tinkerbell from being captured by Martin, but had gotten herself captured in the process and had only just narrowly been saved by Tinkerbell and the others, including Lizzy. She and Tinkerbell were much better friends now and Vidia was not as self-centred as she used to be.

"What are you doing up here?" Silvermist asked her.

"Lizzy and her father have just arrived," she replied. "I'm gonna go see them,"

"Hold on there, sugarcane," Rosetta said all of a sudden, flying in front of Tinkerbell. "You're not going over there-"

"Oh, c'mon, guys!" Tinkerbell pleaded, interrupting Rosetta mid-sentence. "I thought you all liked her and her father and I thought you'd come and see her with me,"

"We know that, Tinkerbell," Rosetta said to her. "I was just going to say you're not going over there without us,"

Tinkerbell smiled. "Oh," she said, blushing a little with embarrassment. "Well then let's get going!" and she flew off towards the cottage, the others following close behind.

However, when they were about half-way to the house, Vidia suddenly dived down away from the group and into the fields. Tinkerbell quickly noticed this and stopped in mid-air, only just managing to avoid the others from flying into her.

"Whoa! You okay, Tinkerbell?" Fawn asked.

"Yeah, but where's Vidia going?" she asked, pointing down at her. Vidia was flying over the fields, bringing a breeze behind her that made the grass sway.

"Why's she down there? I thought she'd come with us," Iridessa asked.

"So did I," Tinkerbell replied. "You guys go on. I'll go talk to her,"

"You sure?" Fawn asked and Tinkerbell nodded. "Okay, see ya in minute," and the rest of the group flew off towards the cottage. Tinkerbell flew down to the grass after Vidia, who had come to a halt after creating a breeze in another part of the field.

"Hey, Vidia," Tinkerbell called and Vidia turned to face her.

"Hey, Tink," she replied. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah," Tinkerbell replied in a bit of an uneasy tone as she came to a halt in front of Vidia. "We were going to see Lizzy and her father. Aren't you coming?"

"Oh, uh," was Vidia's reply. A slightly worried expression came upon her face and her eyes quickly darted towards the cottage and then back at Tinkerbell, who quickly noticed this but said nothing. "I…I have to…finish making a breeze in the fields. Yes, I have to that first Tinkerbell. Maybe later I might join you,"

"Um, okay," Tinkerbell replied, again in an uneasy voice. "I'll…uh, see ya later then,"

"Yeah, see ya, Tinkerbell," Vidia said and flew off across the field.

Tinkerbell watched her go, a mixed feeling of worry and shock filling her like water filling up a tank. Why did she not want to go and see them? She was good friends them. Maybe she was busy, but the way her eyes had darted to the house and then back to Tinkerbell and that quick worried expression on her face made Tinkerbell think otherwise, but she decided to put it to the back of her mind and flew off towards the cottage. As she approached it, she saw that Lizzy bedroom window was open and she flew towards it. When she reached the window, she saw Lizzy showing the others her small dolls house.

"This is the bath," she was saying and the others flew up to the makeshift room in the doll house and gazed it at, obviously amazed by this thing they had never seen before.

Lizzy, who was kneeling down by the front of the open dolls house, heard a jingling and she, along with the other fairies, looked up at the window to see Tinkerbell hovering towards them. Upon seeing her, Lizzy smiled.

"Tinkerbell!" she exclaimed and Tinkerbell flew over to her hugged her cheek, which Lizzy replied by placing a hand over her in a type of hug as well. "I'm so glad to see you again," she said.

"Same here, Lizzy," Tinkerbell replied, even though it was a jingle to Lizzy but she got the feeling of what she was saying.

"I was showing your friends the doll's house you were in last year," Lizzy said, placing Tinkerbell in the room where her friends were gathered around the bath.

"Didn't you say you sat in this, Tinkerbell?" Iridessa asked.

Tinkerbell nodded. "That's right, and it's really comfy. Try it,"

Iridessa climbed into the bath and laid down in it, the others watching intently. As soon as she did, she felt a relaxing feeling as her body rested against the bottom of the bath. She sighed relaxingly.

"Oh, this is great," she sighed. "I can't believe we didn't try this last year,"

The others chuckled and Iridessa got out of the bath and Rosetta laid down in it. She was also entranced by the relaxing feeling inside it.

"Well, I take it you'll want to know how to build one of these," Lizzy said, laughing a little and Tinkerbell nodded.

For most of the morning, Lizzy and Tinkerbell showed her friends around Lizzy's room and the cottage, amazing them with her toys, her fairy house and, which Tinkerbell jumped at the chance, the car outside. They had to leave by the early afternoon, but it was the best first day they had had of summer so far and this was only the first day. They would be visiting Lizzy more often.