One night, while little Elvar was lying in his cradle, a gust of wind blew a small flurry of snow into his bedroom. The sudden chill in the room rose him from his slumber, and he sat transfixed by the swirl of white above him. A single snowflake landed on his nose. The boy scrunched his face, then smiled, and finally a giggle bubbled up from inside of him. This giggle grew into a laugh and floated up from his cradle and out over the streets below.

     The laugh took it's time, meandering around the frozen meadows and winding through the bare woods towards the docks. as it passed the shoreline dotted with sheets of ice, it passed through a falling snowflake. The extra weight pulled the laugh down for a moment, and it skimmed the chilly water below. It danced along the surface out to sea, a certain star that seemed to call for it. Floating over the sea and periodically resting on the waves, the laugh traveled southwest until the black sky began to lighten. Just as dark blue faded into light pink, an island came appeared through the mist. The laugh parted from the water's surface one final time and took to the skies, fluttering over rolling green hills and bright red forests. It traveled further inland until it began to descend on a large tree.

     As the laugh swirled down to rest in the center of a circle in the branches of the great tree, fairies and sparrowmen began to gather, curious of the new arrival. A fairy carried a cup of pixiedust to the laugh and poured it over the snowflake. Its icy details started to shift and adjust until there was a small figure curled up where the laugh once was. He lifted his head from where it laid on his hands, and rubbed his eyes with the brightness of his new sight. The fairies and sparrowmen warmly welcomed her with a chorus of intermitant "hello"s and "Hi"s. The new fairy looked up at them a little nervously and smiled in reply.

     He turned away from the crowd as little lights flew out and collided to form the bright form of Queen Clarion. The Queen opened her arms and said "Welcome to Pixie hollow. Why don't we see to your wings?" The new fairy watched the Queen drift behind her. The Queen liftend the young fairy's wings from base to tip, and a puzzled look crossed her face. The young fairy's wings appeared to consist of three pairs of forewings instead of the normal pair of long forewings and small circular hindwings. The puzzled look on her face passed once the wings began to glow and the young fairy fluttered and raise himself gently off the ground. The Queen drifted away as flat mushrooms began to pop up around the outside of the circle. The fairies and sparrowmen began to bring small objects down to place on the mushrooms.

Queen Clarion announced, "One of these will lead you to your talent. Follow you heart and let your talent find you." The young fairy wandered around the circle, curious to which one was his. The fairy stopped at a glowing light floating on one of the mushroom pedestals. The fairy reached her hand out but the moment she touched the light, it darkened. She walked around more until she found a floating drop of water. He cupped his hands around it, and it held its shape in his hands. Just as the fairy began to feel she made the right choice, the drop of water slipped through her fingers and pooled on the mushroom. The fairy closed his eyes and waited a moment, letting himself feel which direction was calling to him. He felt something to his left, so he turned and walked towards  a pedestal bearing a floating snowflake. As she reached out for it, the snowflake began to glow with cool light. When the light died down, Queen Clarion announced. "Pixie Hollow welcomes Nyra, our newest Winter Fairy!"