Hi! I was just re-watching the first season (4Kids dub) and when Palladium said to Bloom that he would protect her, the fanfictioner in me screamed "ONE-SHOT! ONE-SHOT WITH PAIRING!" So, yeah. I obeyed the call. Hey, it was either this or a random story where Palladium and Darcy get together. Which would you rather have?

Bloom stood in a corner, Kiko curled up in a ball in her arms as she cradled him. The Army of Decay was attacking all around her, destroying her new school.

But none of the monsters touched her, even though she had no powers and could not fend off the beasts. No, her wonderful, auburn-haired potionology professor stood about five feet away, slashing at the incoming monsters with his long red sword.

As Bloom watched him fight, she realized how she felt about him. His kindness to every student, his understanding when Bloom and the rest of the Winx had been late coming to the clearing in Black Mud Swamp and he had given them a grade over one hundred, his shyness that Bloom saw adorable, and his voice.

Despite it being feminine, she loved his voice.

His high, almost girly voice was full of kindness. As she thought more and more about his voice, she remembered something, something from long ago...

Bloom was lost in her new school, late at night. She had insomnia, and no matter what she had done, she could not fall asleep. She had started to mindlessly wander, then realized she was not where she thought she was. She had spun around, only to find crossroads.

Unfortunately for the red haired fairy, she took the wrong path.

She was walking in, unbeknownst to her, the faculty quarters' hall. But as she passed the last door, the last one on the right, she stopped, hearing something-or someone.

The teacher who occupied that room was singing, and their voice was so fair it rivaled anything Bloom had ever heard- even the Earth singer Annie Lenox.

She pressed her ear up to the door so she could hear better. The words almost seemed to dance in the air to reach Bloom's pierced ear-

"Yéni ve lintë yuldar avánier mi oromardi lisse-miruvóreva andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni ómaryo airetári-lírinen."

Bloom gasped. She recognized the language-Elvish-and then blushed, realizing that she was standing outside Professor Palladium's room-and he was, most likely, in the shower. Bloom's mind started to think very naughty thoughts, then she shook her head, and walked quickly up a flight of stairs, and she knew where she was.

Soon, Bloom was back in her bed, Flora sleeping soundly across the room. But Bloom could not get the image of Palladium undressed that her mind had conjured up out of her thoughts.

That night, she dreamed that Palladium was all hers... Just like she wanted.

Bloom shook herself out of her memory as she saw Palladium's auburn hair flying. A large claw swung out at him, aimed for his chest, but he quickly dodged, only earning a cut on his leg. He ignored it and kept on fighting.

After what seemed like only a moment, but was actually a few minutes, the attacks started to die down as the witches called back their attackers. Palladium turned to see if his student was okay, and when he saw that not a hair on her beautiful head was hurt, he smiled.

Bloom ran up to hug him.

"Thank you for protecting me, Professor! That was so brave of you," he heard, her voice muffled by his shirt. He just smiled again and wrapped his arms around her, returning the embrace. He just wished they could stay here forever.

His one true love in his arms.

Okay, I do not own Winx or Galadriel's song of Eldamar. Other people do. If I did own them, I wouldn't be writing FANfiction. It would be fiction.