Forever and Always

Chapter 1

"Born in laughter, clothed in cheer, happiness has brought you here. Welcome to Pixie Hollow." Queen Clarion began. Every fairy in Pixie Hollow was waiting to see the new arrival, especially the queen herself. After all, greeting new fairies was one of Clarion's favorite jobs.

In the crowd you could hear one or two groups of fairies arguing over what talent the new arrival might be. Tinkerbell was the first fairy to say something.

"Oh I hope he's a tinker! That would be just flitterific!"

"No Tink," Replied Slivermist "He's going to be a water talent, just like me!" she said glowing. During the group's bickering they didn't even notice that Queen Clarion had finished the ceremony. All the other fairies flew off back to work, and the only ones left were Tinkerbell, Vidia, Slivermist, Fawn, Queen Clarion, and Lord Milori.

"Hello there Clarion," Milori said as he walked up and wrapped his arms her. "You look beautiful as ever." Saying that made Clarion blush until her cheeks were a deep shade of red.

"Milori!" She exclaimed. Lord Milori was taken aback by her outburst. It wasn't like the queen, who was normally quiet and calm. He liked it though. "I didn't know you were going to be on the warm side today!" Clarion said this as she gently kissed his nose.

"Same ole sweet Ree" Milori thought to himself. "Well, I finished all my royal duties for the day so I thought I'd come to surprise you." Winter had just been delivered to the mainland so the Lord of Winter wasn't very busy.

"Oh how sweet! You certainly did surprise me!" Clarion said with a giggle. She reached up and pulled his head down for a kiss. And of course Milori kissed back just as passionately. The two were too wrapped up in each other to notice that Tinkerbell and her friends were still there.

Fawn almost fainted when she saw the kiss, and Vidia sarcastically made a puking noise. Clarion and Milori looked up shocked. They turned a deep scarlet red when they saw the group of fairies sitting there.

"Fly for it!" Slivermist shouted. She, Vidia, and Fawn flew away before Clarion could stop them, but Tink wasn't so lucky.

"Hold it Tinkerbell." Clarion said calmly, her face almost it's normal color. "How long had you girls been sitting there?" She raised one eyebrow at the tinker talent fairy.

"Well," began the small fairy, "We-we didn't know the ceremony ended. We ha-had been arguing over which talent the new fairy would be." She hung her head down in shame. "I'm so sorry Queen Clarion, Lord Milori." Right as Clarion was going to reply Lord Milori let out a small chuckle. The queen looked at him for an explanation.

"That's ironic Tinkerbell, because the new fairy Cash isn't any of you or your friends' talents." Milori said looking at both Tink and Clarion for a reaction. Clarion just laughed. Tinkerbell looked almost confused.

"Then what talent is he?" she asked.

"He's a Healing Talent fairy." The queen replied smiling. Tinkerbell hadn't notice but Lord Milori had slowly started to pull Clarion closer to him.

"Wow!" cried Tinkerbell, "That's so cool!" She began to blush slightly when she notice the Lord of Winter holding the Queen of Pixie Hollow. Clarion shot a look at Tinkerbell telling her she was off the hook, and in a blink of an eye Tink was gone. Milori saw this, smiled and thought "Clarion always had a way with the fairies" as the two kissed again.

Tinkerbell raced back home, where she found her friends sitting along with her sister Periwinkle. When she saw Peri she thought back to that day. Peri and all the other frost fairies had just saved Pixie Hollow from a deadly freeze. She remembered how her sister helped her fix her broken wing and how Queen Clarion let everyone know about her love for Lord Milori. She was drifting even further into thought when Vidia's yell brought her back to reality.

"Tink! Tinkerbell!" she hissed, like always. "What happened? Are you even listening?"

"What? Oh, sorry. I was thinking." Tinkerbell said with a smile. She couldn't help but smile whenever she thought of the cutest couple in all of Neverland. Every fairy couldn't help it, well except for Vidia.

"Gosh Tinkerbell! Could you at least tell me what our punishment is?"

"Yeah!", shouted Fawn and Slivermist.

"We aren't being punished." Said Tinkerbell trailing off.

"Wait, what did you guys do?" Periwinkle asked.

"We accidently watch the Queen kiss Lord Milori." Fawn explained.

"Aw! They are so cute!" cried Peri. All the fairies but Vidia nodded their heads in agreement.

"They kissed again when I was leaving!" Tinkerbell told them as they squealed from excitement. Vidia sighed, she knew Tinkerbell was going to go on and on about what happened. And she did just that.

Chapter 2

"Milori shouldn't you be heading back? It's almost too dark to see." Queen Clarion asked her love nervously. She didn't want him to go but he couldn't stay either. There wasn't a single home open in Pixie Hollow and all the rooms in the Home Tree were taken. If it got too dark Milori would have to stay with her. Clarion smiled at the idea "How I would love to have Milori, the sparrow man I love with all my heart, sleep next to me and keep me warm!" She quickly dismissed that idea. The fairies wouldn't react well to it if they found out. Even though everyone knew about the couple, it still seemed weird to some fairies. Clarion knew she shouldn't let him stay.

"Clarion, I can't go home. The hawks have been out all day, and not to mention the rain that threatens the Winter Woods. I would never make it home." Milori replied trying to convince her to let him stay. They've only been reunited for a few months but he knew their love was stronger than anything else on Neverland.

"There's no place for you to stay dear." She sighed. Clarion knew Milori wouldn't give up that easily. He walked over to her, so close they were almost touching. She didn't want to look him in the eye; she knew that if she did she would cave. She could never say no to his big silver eyes. Milori slowly put his hand under her chin. As he lifted her chin up, he slid his other hand around her waist. They were touching now, her small frame up against his larger muscular body. He looked deep into her sapphire eyes and whispered into her ear.

"There's your room Ree." Clarion shivered. She loved it whenever he used her nickname; it made her feel like a normally fairy. Only now he used it to propose an idea she was so unsure about. He gently kissed her lips as he waited for an answer. He was hoping she say ok. As he kissed her Clarion did something she had never done before. She opened her mouth and let her tongue run along his lower lip. Milori opened his eyes shocked. Then he slowly opened his own mouth. They kissed like that for a few minutes as darkness fell around them. Clarion pulled back. Follow me was all she said before heading towards her room. Milori raised an eyebrow. He couldn't believe that was his Ree.

When they entered the Home Tree, Clarion very carefully sneaked Milori to her bedroom on the top floor.

"Milori nobody can know you stayed with me." Clarion told him has she shut her bedroom door. She sighed a bit "No turning back on this now," She thought.

"Of course my love." The last thing Milori wanted was to upset Clarion in any way. He turned to see her grab her nightgown and head to her bathroom. He looked around the room. It had a king size bed in the middle, with a golden blanket covering it. Her pillows where a royal blue. "Those remind me of her eyes." He let a small laugh escape his mouth. He continued to look around. A desk was on the opposite wall. There was also a small sitting area near the windows. The windows had long sparkling golden curtains covering the way to her balcony. He was just about to walk on to it when she came out of the bathroom. Milori gasped. He had never seen her in anything but her gown or winter coat. Seeing her in this thin, sliver night gown was new and exciting.

She fluttered to her bed and turned just in time to see him staring at her. She laughed and the most beautiful smile appeared on her face.

"Is something wrong Milori?" she asked in a joking manner.

"Um…No. Nothing!" Milori stammered out blushing hard. Clarion pulled back the bed sheets and motioned for Milori to come lay down. "Are you sure about the Ree? I can sleep on the couch or in one the of the chair-" He was cut off by Clarion's kiss.

She pulled him into bed and whispered "You can sleep right here." As they kissed the only word that came to Clarion's mind was magical.

Chapter 3

The next morning Clarion awoke next to Milori. She smiled remembering the night before. "Why hadn't I let him stay sooner?" She asked herself as she drifted back to sleep, her arm and legs wrapped around his.

"I love him so much. I hope he knows that. I really do." She thought to herself smiling. That smile quickly turned into a frown when she felt his broken wing. "His wing. That all happened because of me. Because he had to save me! If only I was more careful, if only I didn't let him cross…" She began to tear up as she thought and soon tears were running down her cheeks on to Milori's shoulder. As soon as he felt her tears he awoke worried.

"Dear, Clarion? What's wrong?" He looked into his lover's eyes concerned someone had seen them.

"Nothing Milori." She simply stated trying to calm her tears.

"It's not nothing Clarion. What's wrong-" He cut himself off. He could feel her touching his broken wing. "Clarion," he began, pulling her into a tight embrace, "You know I don't blame you for anything. Not a single thing." He spoke in a stern yet loving voice that instantly calmed Clarion. "This wing was my fault and you know it. So please, Ree, stop blaming yourself for it. I hate seeing you like this."

"But Milori, if I had only-" She tried to speak only to be stopped by a gentle kiss.

"Clarion, I blame you for many, many things, but this wing is not one of them." Clarion shot straight up and glared at him when he said that.

"Well then! What do you blame me for?" She asked in almost a mocking tone. Milori just laughed and went on to explain.

"I blame you for the jealousy of other fairies because they know they would never be as beautiful as you. I blame you for the blush that rises in my cheeks when I get caught staring at you. And those are just the things that I could think of off the top of my head." He grinned and pulled Clarion in for a kiss. He got an uninspected amount of laughter from Clarion as a reply. He looked at her confused.

"That's what I blame you for." Ree giggled and just as they were to kiss again there was a knock at her bedroom door.

Chapter 4

They both heard the knock on Clarion's door. Thinking quick Clarion pulled the sheets up over Milori, signaled for him to hush, then called in a collected voice for whomever to enter. Tinkerbell and Fairy Mary walked in. Clarion tried to hide the blush she could feel on her face.

"Queen Clarion, are you ok?" Tinkerbell asked concerned.

"Yes dear. I'm just fine. What do you need?" Tinkerbell lowered her head and stared at the floor. Fairy Mary gave her a small nudge on the shoulder. Clarion raised her eyebrow at the blonde fairy after noticing Mary's push.

"I was testing an invention of mine and it went haywire and caused a little mess in Springtime Square." Tink bowed her head again in shame. Milori rolled his eyes to himself.

"How little of a mess?" Clarion asked sitting up. She could tell that both Mary and Tinkerbell knew she was hiding something.

"Well it start flinging nuts and it knocked a few baskets over and a couple of mice got free from there charts." As Tinkerbell went on Clarion tried hard not to laugh as she remembered how the same thing happened to herself and Fairy Mary. Tinkerbell noticed the laughter and look sadly at her queen.

"Tinkerbell, it's ok. You're not in trouble. I've caused the same problems in my younger days before I was queen" Tinkerbell smiled at this. "Now I'll meet you down there in a few minutes to help clean up." Tinkerbell took her cue and flew out. As soon as she was gone Mary busted out in questions.

"What are you hiding Ree?" She exclaimed. Clarion sheepishly smiled at her best friend and pulled the sheets back down, reveling Lord Milori. He shyly waved and smiled at Mary. "QUEEN CLA-RION!" Mary screamed. Clarion flew out of bed and slammed her hand of Mary's mouth. After getting her friend to hush Clarion turned her attention to Milori.

"Milori! I want you to sneak out my window so no fairies see you." Clarion was talking faster than normal. Milori was about to jump out of her window when Clarion cried out. "Milori!" She ran over and handed him his cape, then kissed him on nose. "I love you, forever and always."