9 Years into the Future

Chapter 1: The Mirror in the Attic

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The idea of setting this story in the future was inspired by another fan fiction I read a very, very long time ago. And I can't seem to find it again.

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It was spring vacation time at Alfea, and Bloom wanted to spend the time she had off with her parents. But when spring break is only a week long, the other Winx girls didn't plan on visiting their home planets. Instead, they planned to tag along with Bloom.

The next day, the day marking the start of their little spring break, Bloom, Musa, Flora, Tecna, Stella, and Layla set off to Earth. They spent the first day with Bloom giving the girls a tour of her hometown, Gardenia. Their first day on Earth was pure fun.

It wasn't until the next morning that Bloom's mother, Vanessa, would give Bloom a certain job that would begin a very large, very dangerous turn of events.

The girls had just set down for breakfast when Vanessa entered the kitchen, carrying a dusty pile of old books.

"Bloom," She called the attention of her daughter. "I need you to do a job for me."

"Okay, what is it?" Bloom asked, swallowing a bite of her cereal.

"Well, I was looking around in the house for my old cooking books—and I was looking everywhere—but I couldn't find them."

"But you did find them, right? You're holding them, aren't you?" Bloom asked, pointing to the stack of books Vanessa had in her arms.

"Yes. And guess where they were?"

"Uhmm…I give up."

"The attic."

"The attic?" Bloom repeated. "No one's been in there since forever."

"I know. It was the last place I looked, and I have no idea how it got there."

"Weird. So what's the job you want me to do?"

"Well, I don't think I have to tell you that the attic was a complete mess..."

Bloom frowned. "I don't like where this is going."

"I have a very important event at the flower shop today, and I need you to clean the attic." Vanessa finished.

"Ugh." Bloom slapped her forehead.

Vanessa smiled apologetically. "Please, Bloom? I know you want to show your friends around, but you can have the attic cleaned in minutes with magic, can't you?"

Bloom shook her head. "Miss. Grizelda told us before we left that we shouldn't us our magic on Earth."

"I'll help you, Bloom." Flora offered. The girls were silently eating their breakfast until now.

"Me, too." Musa said.

"And me!" Stella said, smiling.

"I'd be happy to help." Tecna said.

"We'll all help." Layla laughed.

"Oh, that's great! Thank you, girls!" Vanessa beamed. She looked down at her watch. "I need to get going, but I'll see you girls tonight and cook you a special dinner!" She winked.

"Sounds great, mom!" Bloom smiled.

"Bye, girls!" Vanessa left the kitchen.

"Well, we should hurry and finish breakfast." Flora said.

"Yeah," Bloom agreed. "So we can hurry and finish cleaning the attic."

Fifteen minutes later, Bloom led them up to the attic. The light was still on and the door was still open from when Vanessa was inside. Bloom was the first to go in.

"Yikes! Mom was right, this place is a mess!"

The small room was practically covered in dust. Cobwebs sheltered every corner and gap. Boxes that had fallen off the few shelves in the room spilled its contents on the floor.

"Ew…" Stella looked around. "This is your attic?"

"Yeah." Bloom said. "I don't even know where to begin."

Flora picked up a broom that was leaning outside the door; Vanessa must have left it for them, along with other cleaning materials.

"This will take forever to clean." She sighed.

"No use moaning about it now." Tecna shrugged.

"Yeah, we should just split the work." Musa recommended.

"Okay. Layla and Musa, you guys can sweep and dust. Stella and I will take the stuff on the floor and put them where they're supposed to be. And Flora and Tecna, you two can throw away all the old and broken things." Bloom said.

"Got it!" The girls got to work.

After two and a half hours of working, the girls had cleared all of the dust, and put away half of the objects that were on the floor. The shelves were wiped and the wallpaper was now proudly displaying its flowery design.

Bloom took an old and worn out Grandfather clock off the wall and moved it toward the pile of things to be thrown away. When she turned back, she gasped.

"What? What happened?" The other girls asked her.

There, leaned against the wall Bloom had just removed the clock from, was a long, wide mirror.

"Wh-Where did this mirror come from?" Bloom asked, stunned.

"What are you talking about, Bloom?" asked Tecna.

"This mirror, it just—came out of nowhere!"

"How is that possible?"

"Are you sure it wasn't there before Bloom?" Flora asked.

"Yes, I'm positive!" Bloom insisted.

Bloom touched the mirror with one hand. The mirror, acting like it was water, swirled at her touch, and turned white. Bloom gasped and snatched her hand back.

The other girls watched the mirror, mesmerized.

The mirror cleared to show a picture of a red-haired blue-eyed woman in her 20's.

To be continued…

Okay, well, I think that was good! :D

I also think I edited a lot more than I intended. xD

But at least I made it longer by…3/4 of a page. X) Anyway, I hope I made it better, and not worse! :D

This only took me and two hours to edit, so I should have the next one done soon! :D Oh, and I think I'll also be changing the chapter titles. Not by much, just word replacing. :)

Well, see you in chapter 2!! xD

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