Fairy in Danger by Titania Woods Page B

ESCAPED!’ howled Timmy from the bedroom.
    Glancing back, Twink saw him hanging out of the window, glaring right at her. ‘You tricked me!’ he bellowed, shaking his fist. He vanished abruptly, and Twink heard his bedroom door bang shut.
    Moonbeam let out a little moan of terror, clenching her eyes shut. ‘Oh, I knew this would happen – I just knew it –’
    Twink gave her a shake. ‘Stop that! Come on and fly , or neither of us has a chance!’
    Midnight appeared, putting her arm around Moonbeam’s other side. ‘Come on, I’ll help,’ she said. ‘Fly, Moonbeam! We can’t let Timmy capture us again, after all the time we spent in that wardrobe!’
    Feebly, Moonbeam began to fly, with Twink and Midnight helping her along. Most of the other fairies were already far ahead of them, barely visible now in the twilight.
    â€˜Mum! I’m just going out in the garden for a bit!’ yelled Timmy’s voice. He shot out of the back door, shining a torch and looking wildly about him. Twink’s blood ran cold as she saw that he had a jam jar in his hand.
    â€˜Keep high, so that he can’t reach us!’ she hissed.
    But Moonbeam’s wing strokes were becoming weaker and weaker – and though she wasn’t very large, it was difficult to fly while supporting her. To Twink’s dismay, they were losing height by the second.
    An explosion of light burst around them, and Twink winced. Timmy had found them with his torch!

    â€˜It’s you I want,’ said Timmy, scowling at Twink. ‘You’re the one who can do magic and summon the sparkle fairies!’
    He jumped up in the air, trying to scoop Twink into the jam jar. She shrieked and jerked backwards, fluttering as hard as she could to hold on to Moonbeam.
    â€˜Twink, go on!’ shouted Midnight. ‘It’s not us he wants – just go, get away!’
    â€˜Aaarrgghh!’ yelled Twink as the jar whistled towards her once more. Then she was hurtling through the air in a confused rush, flattened against its glass floor. She had been captured again!
    â€˜Ha! Thought you’d escaped, didn’t you?’ crowed Timmy.

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    Chapter Eight
    Twink stared in dismay as Timmy screwed the lid on tightly. No! This couldn’t be happening!
    She could just make out the tooth fairies. Drawn by the commotion, they had flown back again, and were now watching the scene with horror on their pale faces.
    Timmy turned away again, heading back towards the house with Twink. ‘We’re going to have lots of fun, Pinky,’ he said. ‘Now that I know you can do magic, I can get you to do all sorts!’
    â€˜No!’ shouted a voice behind them. Suddenly Twink could see a fairy fluttering in front of Timmy, beating her wings in his face. It was Midnight!
    â€˜Let her go!’ she screamed, kicking his nose with her pixie boot. ‘You’ve no right! Come on, you lot – are you going to let him take her after she helped us to escape?’
    Twink saw the tooth fairies glance fearfully at each other. ‘She’s right!’ cried Moonbeam, clutching her sore wing. ‘Help her, everyone, help her!’
    The fairies hesitated – and then seemed to decide all at once. As one, they started flying at Timmy, darting in his face as Midnight had done. He took a step back, looking alarmed. ‘Hey! Stop that!’
    â€˜Let her go!’ ordered Midnight. She yanked hard at a lock of his blond hair.
    â€˜Ow! Get off!’ Swatting at his head, Timmy started to run. Twink shrieked, jolted about in her jar like a twig in a stream.
    â€˜Stop!’ called a different voice. ‘Grab his trouser legs, everyone – hurry!’
    There was a confused blur as several new fairies darted on to the scene, zooming past Twink as they joined the tooth fairies. ‘Yes, there!’ shouted the voice. ‘One, two, three – PULL!’
    â€˜OOF!’