Chapter One ‘Isn’t it great to be going back to Glitterwings?’ said Twink Flutterby to her best friend, Bimi Bluebell. ‘I can hardly wait to see everyone again!’ Twink’s lavender wings blurred as she did a quick somersault in the air. Bimi smiled in agreement as the two fairies flew through the misty winter morning. ‘We had a fabulous holiday, though, didn’t we? I can’t believe it’s over already.’ Twink nodded, eyes shining. ‘It was completely glimmery! You’ll have to come to stay with us again this summer.’ Bimi had stayed with the Flutterby family for the last week of the winter holidays, and the two friends had had a wonderful time. Twink’s family lived beside a stream in a grassy meadow, and she and Bimi had gone skating on the frozen water with Teena, Twink’s younger sister – first flying overhead to get their speed up, and then touching down and shooting across the ice like rockets, screaming with laughter. Brownie, the Flutterbys’ mouse, had cavorted with them, skidding and sliding across the frozen surface.
