Zarina (also known as The Pirate Fairy) is the titular character and initially an antagonist of the Disney Fairies film The Pirate Fairy. Zarina is a curious and roguish dust-keeper fairy who is intrigued by blue pixie dust. She wonders at its endless possibilities and many magical properties. Though Fairy Gary tells h. Zarina returns the blue pixie dust to Tink and her friends, before preparing to leave. However, Tinker Bell offers her a chance to return to Pixie Hollow and she accepts, helping her friends sail the ship back to Pixie Hollow, where the other fairies are waking up with no recollection of what happened.

Just a fun idea I'm playing with. There's always been this off sweetness between Zarina and James. So I decided to go with it and try something new.

After watching it one too many times, I've developed a headcanon that James could hear portions of what Zarina said. I'm going to go into that later but it's all theory.

~Takes place about 7 months after the events of The Pirate Fairy~

Enjoy!

Zarina sighed as she strolled through the grass. She was out of dust again, just like old times. Her hair rippled in the breeze as she admired the familiar scenery.

'Could it really be true!?'

'Yes I know what we saw! PIRATES!'

Zarina's head snapped in the direction of the whispering fairies. 'What pirates?'

The two water fairies frowned at Zarina. They looked more frightened than mice being chased by a hawk.

'W-we saw a ship…on the coast…' The boy squeaked.

'by the lagoon!' The girl added.

'Ya it was really really big! Like that one you guys brought back to the festival.'

'BIGGER!'

Zarina nodded. 'Did you see any of the pirates?'

'N-no…not really'

'We kinda saw one…he had a big red cloak on.'

Zarina scowled. The two young fairies cringed. She must have looked really scary.

'Who else have you told?'

'J-Just Tinkerbell!'

'Where is she?' Zarina crossed her arms.

'She went looking for you.'

Zarina nodded. 'Thank you.' She tossled her hair and broke into a sprint. She needed to get some pixie dust and head to the coast.

'ZARINAAAAA' Tink banged on the door.

'Right here!' Zarina came joggin up to the house.

'There you are! I heard some water fairies say-'

'Yes I know James was spotted on the coast. I'm on my way now.' She pushed past Tink and opened the door.

'What do you mean?!' Tink followed her inside.

'I'm going to scout the coast. Make sure those pirates aren't planning on locating Pixie Hollow.'

'I'm coming with you! You can't go alone.'

'Not this one Tink.' Zarina sprinkled dust onto her wings. 'I need to do this one alone.'

'But what if they capture you?!'

Zarina took her old sheath out of her wardrobe. 'I can handle it.'

'Zarina you can't do this alone.'

'I'm sorry Tink, but this one is my mess. I gave him all of his knowledge about the blue dust. I even taught him how to fly…'

'Him…?' Tink raised an eyebrow. 'oh…oh Zarina…'

She was already out the door. Tink frowned as a trace of purple dust was left in the doorway. There was no catching up to her now.

Zarina held her breath as she reached the coast. A small lifeboat was just reaching the shore. Inside were pirates she didn't recognize, along a few from James' crew. She bit her lip as she laid eyes on Captain James. He looked different than he did seven months ago. Not that I've been counting or anything…

His youthful face was covered in a five-o-clock shadow, his dark hair strung back into a messier ponytail. He looked older and much more terrifying. Not at all like the gentlemen who lured Zarina into his plan. She clenched her fists as anger washed over her. She felt betrayed, more than anything. He had spent months talking about the other world and how beautiful it was, and how they could plunder it together.

With my plan and your pixie dust, we can rule the world Captain!

His enticing words had spiraled through her mind for months. Even as she got caught up in her Alchemy studies, his voice, his smile, and the smells of the treats he had baked her distracted her constantly. Damn him…

It took all she had to not zip straight into his face as he trudged onto the beach.

'ALRIGHT YOU BIGLE RATS, SCOUT THE TERRAIN!' He shouted at the group.

A chubby man in a striped shirt came to his side. 'S-sir! What are we looking for again?'

They walked away from the group into the edge of the woods. Zarina adjusted her crouched position to hear better. She wouldn't risk flying when they were this close.

'Clues Mr. Smee. Scattered lost things, overgrown flowers, tampered animal nests.'

'What will the clues lead us too?'

Zarina's heart sank into her stomach as James whispered. 'Pixie Hollow…Mr. Smee…home of all the faires and their dust.'

'Don't they also have your old ship?'

James grimaced. 'Yes…they do…and I'd like it back.'

Zarina couldn't help but admire the young captain in the moonlight. He was still as handsome as the day she met him. As the day he betrayed you. She hit the branch she was sitting on in anger. She shouldn't be thinking about how handsome he is. WAS!

There was a flutter of bird wings. Zarina turned to her right slowly. A sparrow was perched five feet from her, staring at her like she was dinner.

'Oh stars…'

The bird lunged. 'NO!' She shrieked as she fell to the ground. She tumbled roughly into the grass. She stood and went to lift her wings. no no no no this isn't happening.

She was out of dust. Using little purple dust she had in her house was just enough to get her to the coast. She forgot to grab actual pixie dust.

Zarina sputtered a flurry of curses as the sparrow flew off.

'Well that's not very lady-like'

Zarina stumbled back and fell back onto her butt. She glared up at the sneering James.

'Sir! What is it?'

'Nothing Mr. Smee, go gather the men. I think we should head back to the ship.'

'Sir?'

'That's an order Smee.' The man scurried away, not noticing Zarina in the grass.

'I'd imagine you would be the type to fly away, but you seem to be missing something.'

Zarina wrinkled her nose. 'I'm out of dust you filthy piece of scum. So leave me be!'

'It's a shame I can barely understand your blasted language. I'm starting to hear more jingles than words.'

What the hell?! He'd always been able to hear her…for the most part. He understood her that's how they could communicate. That's not supposed to change…right?

Zarina panicked as he reached down to scoop her up. She went for her sword, but gasped when she found her belt lacking a sheath and sword. She cursed again as he lifted her up, pinning her arms to her sides to keep her from moving.

'But this little language barrier won't be an issue when I'm done with you.'

'What are you talking about?' Zarina struggled in his grip.

He chuckled darkly and stuffed her into a small burlap sack. Zarina began beating against the fabric immediately, but tumbled as she felt the sack become airborne. There wasn't a hole in the sack for her to look through.

He must have been expecting to find me! Damn trickster.

Zarina struggled to stay upright as the captain carried her away from the mainland onto a boat. She could hear the waves and the shouts of men boarding the boat. The sack was dropped roughly.

'DON'T TOUCH THAT!' James snapped. A female voice muttered an apology. 'Not until we're in my quarters old woman.'

Old woman?! Zarina slumped against the bottom of the sack. She wrapped her arms around her knees and sighed.

What was that Tink said…don't go alone? You need to start taking advice from tinkers Z.

Tinker Bell never flew so fast in her life. It'd been two hours since Zarina went to scout the coast. Fawn's sparrow had already come back distressed. Something was wrong.

'QUEEN CLARION!'

She zipped into the queen's meeting hall. She and Milori were seated at the table whispering softly to each other. Tink's individual snow maker floated above Milori's chair, dropping snow over both of them. They both looked up upon her arrival.

'Tinker Bell? What's wrong?'

'It's Zarina! She's in trouble.'

Zarina's eyes snapped open as the strings were loosened and she was dumped into someone's palm. She glared up at James. He sneered at her and held her out to the old woman.

'She's out of dust, so she can't fly. You're sure this can work?'

'As sure as I've ever been, Captain. It's a simple spell.'

'Make it quick.' With that, he dropped her onto the tabletop and left the room.

The old woman loomed over her.

'My my…aren't you a pretty little thing. Once he gets what he needs maybe I can have you.'

Zarina started to run away from the woman, but she was grabbed by the legs and tripped. She hit the wood and winced in pain.

'Now now…don't run. It'll only make this more painful.'

Painful…why would it be...

Zarina watched as the old woman lifted a handful something away from her and began to chant. Whatever was in her hand began to pulse, sending a wave of magic throughout the room. The old woman pinned Zarina to the table and began to sprinkle black dust over her.

Zarina coughed violently as the woman's chanting intensified. Her limbs began to feel tight, like she had been working for an entire day. A sharp pain shot through her back, making her arch her spine and scream in pain. She felt like she was being torn limb from limb.

The old woman cackled and stepped away. 'It'll all be over soon.' She disappeared behind the curtain just as Zarina blacked out.

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Tink bit her lip as her friends were gathered in the meeting hall. It was late and no one had any leads on Zarina.

'She couldn't have just…disappeared.' Silvermist pouted.

'The sparrows have no other leads. They're searching the coast now.' Fawn shook her head. 'There are traces of human footsteps.'

'Pirates…' Queen Clarion frowned.

Rosetta gasped. 'She must have been kidnapped.'

'Then what do we do?!' Vidia threw up her hands.

'We have to help her!' Tink leaned onto the table. She was restless with worry, but also exhausted.

'There's nothing we can do tonight Tink…we could barely fight pirates in the daylight.' Vidia crossed her arms.

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'WE CAN'T GIVE UP!' Tink glared back at the fast-flyer.

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'Tinkerbell…' Queen Clarion put a hand on her shoulder. 'We're not giving up. We'll send out large search parties first thing tomorrow. What we need now is our rest.'

'But Zarina could be hurt!'

'This is Zarina we're talking about Tink! She can handle herself just fine!' Rosetta tried to be enthusiastic, but Tink could see the truth in her eyes. They all knew Zarina was no match for her former pirate friend, not without blue pixie dust.

Zarina woke up with a splitting headache. In fact every inch of her body ached. She groaned as she opened her eyes.

'Ah finally awake I see.'

Zarina's gasped and sat up. She yelped as an actual blanket began to slip off her. How was she using a blanket?

She turned her head and froze. James was standing across the room looming over one of his maps. Something was off…very off.

'I'm a little surprised you haven't reacted yet.' He said sarcastically.

'Reacted to what?!' Zarina tossed the blanket aside and gasped.

She was wearing a long white shirt that barely passed her mid-thigh. She caught James glancing at her and pulled the blanket back.

'What the hell is happenening? Did you shrink?!'

He chuckled and crossed the room. He was the same size as her. How is he fairy size?!

'Hate to break it to you this way dear, but I didn't shrink.' He leaned down until their noses were inches apart.

'You grew.'

Let me know what you think! If you like it I'll start another chapter asap!