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and Di led the first hawk directly into his path!
    The two hawks collided and then flew away together.
    Fawn looked around panicked. “HANNAH? HANNAH!”
    As she was searching the trees, the third hawk came in fast and close and tried to grab her in his talons. Fawn barely escaped.
    Below her, Tinker Bell was getting the animals into a space to hide. “Go! Get inside! Hurry, go!” A baby bear got stuck in the small hole, and Tink tried pushing his backside.
“Come on!”
    Suddenly, Tink felt a shadow fall over her. She turned to find the large hawk hovering above her. She was trapped. The hawk opened his beak wide—
    WHACK!
    Nyx swooped in at the last second and wedged her spear into his beak and propped it open. Then Chase dove in front of him and threw a weighted rope around his legs. Shade and Fury swooped in and
helped drive the last adult hawk away.
    With the three adult hawks gone, Chase trapped Hannah in a net.
    “Wait!” Fawn rushed forward. “Everybody calm down! I promise, she doesn’t even like the taste of scout fairy.”
    “Babies are such picky eaters,” Silvermist whispered to Rosetta.
    Nyx stepped forward. “Get away from the hawk, Fawn. Let us handle this.”
    “There’s nothing to handle, Nyx,” Fawn said.
    “I said stand down, Fawn!” Nyx ordered.
    Just then, Queen Clarion arrived. “Is everyone all right?”
    “Yes, Queen Clarion—this time,” Nyx reported. “But how am I supposed to keep us safe if Fawn keeps bringing dangerous animals into Pixie Hollow? Last time it was rats and
a snake!”
    Fawn corrected her. “Actually last time it was a vampire bat—”
    “Fawn’s just got a big heart, that’s all,” Tinker Bell cut in. “Hannah needed her help.”
    Fawn squeezed Hannah’s face and said, “Does this look like the face of a dangerous predator to you?” No one agreed. “C’mon, back me up, guys,” Fawn
begged.
    The animal fairies said nothing. Queen Clarion moved in close to Fawn. “Fawn…” she began.
    Fawn sighed. “I know, I know, Nyx is right—I’ve done this once or twice…or several times…before.”
    “Yes…” the queen began again.
    “Maybe harboring a baby hawk…wasn’t the best idea,” Fawn said.
    “Fawn, I know you,” added Queen Clarion. “You’ve always let your heart guide you, which is admirable, but—”
    Cutting her off, Fawn finished the thought. “But…I also need to listen with my head.”
    The queen nodded.
    “Next time, I promise I will,” Fawn said as she moved quietly toward the net. “Well, Hannah-Banana, I’d say come back and visit, but probably best to keep this a
long-distance thing. Now let’s give that wing a try.” Fawn yanked away the net and Hannah flew free.

T he next day, Fawn was back at work. “Good morning, students! Beautiful day for a fresh start, don’t ya think?” Her students were
three baby bunnies named Calista, Nico, and Paige. “All right then, let’s see that hopping.”
    The bunnies began to hop around as Fawn playfully tossed them a couple of berries. “Nice work, Nico! Perfection, Paige!” Calista needed some more practice. “Ooh,
Calista—remember, it’s hopping, not walking.”
    Calista looked at her teacher.
    Fawn said, “What, haven’t you heard? I’m strictly by the book now. Yep, we’re talking model citizen all the way. Looking for the definition of responsibility? Look no
further than this girl!”
    Fawn was interrupted by a loud moan echoing through the forest. Fawn’s head swiveled.
    “Well, that was…interesting.”
    Fawn turned back to her class to find that Nico and Paige had already run away. And before Fawn could speak, Calista darted off, too.
    “Now that’s hopping,” Fawn said, watching her go.
    But she couldn’t forget about the noise. Cautiously, Fawn followed it. “What was that?” She looked down the path toward the mysterious sound. “Hello?”
    When she pushed through a bush into an area of broken branches, she saw a rock with fur