Hello my fellow Winx Club lovers, darksoulrose here just wanted to say thanks for checking out this story after I more than likely dissapointed you cause of the last story I posted that is on a very much prolong break...(and for you who have no idea what I'm talking about check out my other story on my profile, even though you'd probably be better off not reading it at all). Anywho, without any further ado I would like to introduce my latest work 'Parent Trap'. ENJOY!
Ch 1: Starting A New Life
"Come on mom! If you don't hurry up I'm going to be late," A rather impatient magenta haired girl complained.
"No way, Melody" the girl's mother argued. "You wouldn't let me do this last night so you get to face the consequences today." The girls just sighed and crossed her arms. "Now hold still…" Melody's mother said as she went over to fix her daughters outfit slightly. Melody had chosen her ensemble for this special day very carefully. Her outfit was comprised of a one-shoulder blue shirt, a white denim mini skirt, a pair of magenta flats, accessorized with a gold bubble cuff bracelet, geometric gold hoop earrings, and last, but most certainly not least, the hearts pendant she had had since Melody was a baby that was engraved with a 'M' for Melody. Her magenta hair was styled in a high ponytail that reached to her back with bangs hanging just over her eyebrows.
"And there, all done," her mother said as a bright flash went off and she put her camera down.
"Finally," the Melody exclaimed. "Can I go now?" she asked; not waiting for her mother's reply as she started to head out to the door.
"Wow, I wish I had as much enthusiasm as you have now on my first day to Alfea," Melody's mother chuckled as she followed her daughter to the car that was waiting to take Melody off to start her new life at her new school.
"And I wish you would stop reminiscing so much," Melody murmured to herself as she opened the front gate to reach the car.
"What was that sweetie?" Melody's mother asked, knowing full and well what she had said thanks to her supersonic hearing.
"Oh, nothing Mom," the girl answered nervously, also knowing that her mother had heard her, but decided to play it off.
Instead of reprimanding her for being impatient, the woman pulled her daughter in to a hug, which the girl happily accepted knowing she wouldn't see her mother for a while.
"I know that you're going to have a wonderful time at Alfea, just like I did."
"Thanks mom," Melody said pulling out of the hug to look up at her mother's face, "for everything."
"I love you sweetheart," the woman said cupping her daughter's face in her hand.
"I love you more," Melody answered back.
"I love you most," her mom finalized as she pulled her daughter back into a quick hug and kissing her on the forehead before letting her go out into the world by herself.
As the woman watched her daughter's car go off into the distance, she heard footsteps coming up behind her and turned around to see an elderly man standing behind her.
"She'll be fine Musa," the man said reassuringly "you brought her up the way a young lady should be brought up and now there's nothing more you can do. She must go on and shape her own life."
"Wow Dad. Is that the same thing you told yourself when you sent me off to Alfea?" Musa smirked and looked over at her father as he came up to see Melody's car turn the corner.
"More or less the same thing, but that's only because the two of you are so alike,"
"Not too alike I hope," Musa sighed looking out to the street watching people pass by. Just as her father was about to speak he was interrupted by another voice.
"Excuse me, Princess Musa, and Lord Hoboe" the man bowed in their presence.
"Yes Vincent?" Musa said acknowledging her most trusted servant and friend.
"I have your schedule for today laid out and we must go now if you want to be on time for you first appointment of the day,"
"Thank you Vincent," Musa nodded as Vincent returned to the house. She then turned to her father. "I will see you at lunch daddy."
"Very well my dear. But please try not to worry yourself too much." Hoboe advised "Melody is young and bound to make mistakes, but if she is as much like you as I know she is then she will overcome every single obstacle thrown her way." With that, the elderly man returned to the house.
Musa smiled at her father's advice and decided that he was right. She would try not to worry as much, even though it was the job of a mother to worry about her children. But, Melody was a strong-willed individual who would let nothing stand in her way. With this new found reassurance Musa went inside to start her day off, but not without saying a silent prayer to ensure her daughters safety at school and her safe return.
"Harmony, get your butt down here now before I drag it down here myself," an angry father yelled up the stairs at his daughter. Unfortunately the threat was met with the sound of a slammed door, which was followed by the sound of a clicking lock. Then man rolled his eyes at his daughter's defiance. His thoughts of going through with his earlier threat were interrupted by the sound of chuckling. The man turned around to see his housekeeper/nanny/the-only-woman-he-knew-who-would-put-up-with-his-crap carrying a basket of clean laundry. She was actually only a five years younger than Riven making her 31-years old. She had light brown hair and that was always pulled up into a messy bun and she would just usually wear a white tank top underneath a loose fit pastle blue collared shirt, a pair of dark washed straight legged jeans and some comfy house shoes.
"And what are you laughing?" he asked in a tone that no normal person would ever dare to defy, but annoying her boss is what she lived for.
"Oh, you know just the fact that you can't even get your own daughter out of bed without the makings of a war being an unfortunate side-effect. And Riven, you don't pay me enough to clean up the wars that go on between you and Harmony."
To that Riven had no verbal response. Instead he just waved his hand up the stairs, as to suggest that the woman try and accomplish that which he could never do, awaken the beast. From years of experience the both of them knew she was much better at these kinds of things. The woman shook her head at Riven, gave him the laundry basket she'd been holding and smirked at him, a very contagious mannerism in this particular household.
"They need to be folded and put up," she simply said before climbing up the stairs to awaken the annoyed teenager from her slumber.
"Thanks Abby," Riven called as the woman continued to ascend the stairs.
"Yeah, yeah whatever," Abby replied with a knowing smile. She knocked on the door of the teenager and was met with silence.
"Come on Harmony," Abby said leaning against the bed frame and spoke softly to the girl behind the door. "You can either open up this door or I can go downstairs and tell your dad about that little party you went to last weekend." Abby waited a couple of seconds before she heard the sound of the door being unlocked and opened to reveal on midnight blue eye peeking out of it.
"Sometimes, I find it scary how much you know," the voice behind the door said. Abby just laughed at this as she pushed the door open all the way an entered in to the girl's room.
"Well, sometimes you just make it too easy," Abby said as she sized the teenage girl up seeing that she was still dressed in her pajamas. "Please tell me that's not what you're wearing to school."
"Oh, of course I am," Harmony said sarcastically while going into the small bathroom that was connected to her bedroom. "Don't you know that pajama chic is all the rage in Magix?"
"Yeah, just like how leaving your room a mess is an acceptable way of living," Abby countered as she looked around Harmony's room to see piles of clothes, magazines, sheet music, and other teenage belongings scattered all around the floor. "I may be the housekeeper, Harm, but if you think I'm cleaning up this mess you have officially lost any sense that was previously in that thing you like to call a mind."
"It's all a part of my master plan," Harmony said, peeping her head out of the bathroom, currently holding a toothbrush in her hand.
"And what master plan might this be?"
"Since I know that you're too lazy to actually clean," Harmony said to Abby, effectively getting a shoe thrown her way, which she easily dodged and continued on with her explanation, "I want my room to be as messy as it usually is so when I get back from Alfea it'll practically be like I never left in the first place. It's genius." Harmony explained as though her reasoning made all the sense in the world. Returning to the bathroom Harmony continued to brush her teeth and prep for her first day of school. Abby just sighed at the girl; she knew that Harmony was feeling sad about leaving home for so long, even though she'd never admit it. She was prideful, just like her father
"So what do you think?" Abby didn't hear Harmony come out of the bathroom, but the girl had always been light on her feet. Harmony had laid out her outfit of choice for her first day at Alfea on to her bright red bed sheets. It was a deep red graphic t-shirt with a hanging neck line and a laced back, a pair of black velvet skinny jeans, black lace thong sandals, a gold cuff bracelet, a pair of feather trimmed drop earrings, and lastly her gold heart locket that was engraved with an 'H' for Harmony.
"It's perfect, Harmony," Abby complimented sincerely.
"Thanks." Harmony said, beaming with pride. "It took me about two hours to decide on this one, but if you ask me it was totally worth it." Abby just shook her head at this comment and pushed Harmony lightly on the shoulder as a gesture of endearment.
"Well it had better not take you that long to put it on, because I've already got breakfast ready downstairs and if you don't step on it you're going to have to leave for school without eating one of my gourmet meals before you leave," Abby teased as she left Harmony's room.
As the door to Harmony's room closed there was a moment of silence in the bedroom. Harmony was never one for sentimentality, but with this being the first time she would be going away from home for so long it almost seemed required. Harmony took a couple of seconds to look around her room and then went over to her vanity and looked at her reflection. There she was a midnight blue-haired beauty with stunning violet eyes and skin the color of cream. Harmony was always told by her father that she took after her mother. Just the thought of the fact made her smile.
Thinking of her mother, Harmony went to her suitcase to quickly unpack a small tin box decorated with things she had acquired over the years. Inside this box were Harmony's most prized possession; one of those possessions was a photo of her mother. It was taken when her mom was only 19 years old and her father was 20. Although the picture was old and torn righ down the middle so Harmony could only see the side her mother was on and not her father, looking at the picture gave Harmony a sense of peace as well as sadness.
"I miss you so much Mom," Harmony said speaking to the picture, feeling chocked up at the thought of her mother. If it weren't for the fact that Abby was now currently yelling at her to come downstairs, Harmony might have started crying. Regaining her composure and giving the photograph one last look, Harmony put her memento box back into her suitcase and went to get dressed.
"Wow, Harm," Harmony heard her father say as she went downstairs to the kitchen greeted by the smell of chocolate chip-strawberry waffles, bacon, and coffee. "When you told me that you wanted to go to Alfea I thought that meant you wanted to learn how to be more of a well-mannered lady. Last time I checked well-mannered ladies don't usually slam and lock their doors when they're told to wake up."
"Well, maybe I'm a special breed of lady, yet to be discovered," Harmony responded smartly while reaching for some bacon off of her plate. "Besides Dad, aren't you the one who told me, and I quote 'You'd better not turn into one of the prissy little princesses while you're there, or else I will not hesitate to disown you,' end quote."
"Well, now that I think about it, that might not be so bad," Riven said thoughtfully, as if he was actually contemplating the idea. Harmony just looked over at Abby and gave her a look that asked 'Is he serious?', which was rewarded with a laugh from her nanny, as she returned to her breakfast.
"Hey Harm, aren't you going to do anything with your hair before you leave?" Abby asked.
As long as Abby had known Harmony, she knew the girl to be rather…eccentric, especially when it came to her hair. Harmony had gotten her hair spelled into so many different styles and colors that most people didn't know even know what her natural color was. And yet today, the day that Harmony was to start a new school, and practically a new life, she simply had her hair looking…well, normal. It was a straight, evenly-cut, hairstyle that ended a little bit above her hips and school-girl bangs covering her forehead.
"You know Abs, I decided that if I'm going to a new school that I want to start off with a clean slate. Nobody knows me at Alfea and I don't want to stand out too much so I decided to keep my look pretty simple," Harmony explained as she played with her midnight tresses. Abby just eyed her rather strangely, but didn't push the subject. Abby knew for a fact that if there was anything that Harmony loved to do, other than make music, it was to be different, push the envelope, to go where no person has gone before (well in clothing style at least).
"Harmony, you don't have to change who you are just because you're going to new school," her father advised as her took another sip of his coffee.
"Dad, just because I'm changing my style up a bit, doesn't mean that my wonderful personality is changing along with it. You have nothing to worry about." Harmony reassured her father.
"Whenever you tell me not to worry is when I worry the most." Harmony playfully glared at her father before giving him a love-punch to the shoulder.
"You hit like a girl," Riven said playfully to his daughter.
"Correction, I hit like your girl," Harmony replied to her father with a smile.
"Well, as much I hate to break up heart-warming moments like this," Abby said from behind the kitchen counter where she was cleaning up breakfast "But, I do believe that it is time for our lady-in-the-making to get to her new school." Abby pointed up at a clock on the wall that read forty minutes past 7; Alfea's freshmen orientation started at 8:00. Harmony knew she would be cutting it a little tight, getting to the school, but since she lived in uptown Magix Harmony knew she wouldn't be too late.
Harmony looked back at her dad and smiled "Well, I guess that's my cue."
Riven returned his daughter smile with an equally warm one. "Remember what I always tell you Harm,"
"I know I know, 'always say please and thank you'," Harmony joked, knowing that this wasn't what her dad was really talking about.
"Well, there is that, but I was talking about the other thing, 'Don't give 'em hell…" Riven said starting off their traditional father-daughter saying.
" 'Give 'em Harm,'" Harmony said pointing to herself and laughing before pulling her dad into a hug, and then reaching out to Abby to pull her into their group hug.
This was their family, although it was small, they were all that each other needed to be happy. And no matter how far Harmony would be away from them, they'd always stay close to her in her heart. Harmony remembered this as she picked up her suitcases and walked out of her home and on to a new chapter in her life.
Well ladies (and whatever gentlmen who might read this). That's the first chapter, tell me what you think or else I will come after you like a rabid dog (you probably think I'm kiding, but I'm not...lol yeah I am...or am I?) And on a side note I'll only update once a week (even that might be a bit of a stretch for me, but hey it's summer what else do I have to do, really?).