Sick Bloom!

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and this idea was sent to me by a fellow author Roxy Fan 4 Eva in a PM. Being frozen in a slab of ice couldn't leave Bloom with just the chills no it had to make her sick too, although she did keep it hidden from her friends until one day it became too much. AU OOC some bashing maybe!)

Bloom of Earth gave her friends a fake smile as she came out of the bathroom and walked with them on their way to the next class of the day, Ms. Griseldas tactics class. She didn't mention that she wasn't feeling good, and hasn't been since a week ago when Icy of the Trix had frozen her solid. Bloom had kept it to herself because she didn't want her friends to worry but she was getting worse, and it showed because it was starting to get harder to hide it. Especially since she coughed when she was in the bathroom and was startled when blood came up…

"Are you feeling okay sweetie? You've been coughing and shivering a lot in your sleep lately." Her roommate Flora asked breaking Bloom out of her thoughts on the blood she had coughed onto her hand just a moment ago.

"I'm fine Flora. I just felt colder than normal for some reason. Don't worry bout it." Bloom said grinning slightly at Flora, and inwardly wincing at how easily the lie had slipped out of her mouth. She inwardly winced again at Flora's nod in acknowledgement, was she really that good of a liar or did Flora just trust her enough to believe her without question? Either way it just didn't sit well within Blooms chest. Something else was wrong inside her chest too but Bloom ignored it, and the fact that it was suddenly getting harder for her to breathe.

"Yo wonder what Ms. G is gonna have us be doing today?" Musa asked in her usual Musa way as she walked slightly behind Bloom who's vision began to swim as something began to thrash around in her stomach and chest.

"Logic dictates that it should be the continuation of yesterday's lesson." Tecna said shrugging her shoulders slightly from her spot beside Musa while Stella led the group towards the classroom confidently.

"Are you okay Bloom? What's wrong?" Flora asked immediately concerned when Bloom put a hand on the wall next to her to remain upright as her vision continued to swim in and out. Blooms other three friends quickly stopped and gathered around their red haired friend who shook her head slightly to rid herself of cobwebs, although it only made her nauseas.

"I'm fine. I just got tunnel vision for a second there." Bloom said giving them another fake smile as she came up with the excuse on the spot and removed her hand from the wall, despite the blackness slowly creeping over her field of vision. Bloom took a few more steps forward as if to prove she was alright, but only worried her friends more when the girl could barely walk two steps before pausing for a second. Just before they got to the classroom door the four girls worry skyrocketed when Bloom suddenly hit the floor with a 'thump' before anyone could catch her.

"BLOOM!" The four shouted causing Griselda to rush to the classroom door to see what had happened, only for her heart to nearly stop when she saw one of her girls seemingly unconscious and breathing heavily and slowly.

"What happened?!" Griselda demanded instantly pushing her way past a worried Stella and Musa in order to kneel at the red heads side and look over her vitals.

"I don't know! She mentioned having tunnel vision a second ago and then she just passed out!" Flora nearly yelled in a panic as other students and nearby teachers came to investigate what was going on.

"Someone run and go get Ophelia! She's having trouble breathing and her pulse is fading fast!" Griselda yelled at the assembled students, some of who ran off as soon as the words were out of her mouth, while the teachers fought their way through the gathering crowd of students to kneel at the red heads side as well.

"Every time she breaths I can hear her chest rattling. Something is wrong with her lungs." DuFour said cocking her head to the side as she used her vampire hearing to listen to the girls heartbeat and picking up on the rattling as well.

"Noted. How's her heartbeat sound?" Palladium asked while Faragonda began to run a few basic healing spells on her to try and keep Bloom stable until Ophelia got there.

"Her heartbeat is faster than it should be but also weaker. Usually it's slightly slower and slightly weaker than a normal heartbeat but not so much so as to cause concern. Whatever is wrong with her must be taking its toll on her heart as well." DuFour said frowning in concern at how erratic the girls heartbeat was, it also made it slightly harder than usual for the silver haired woman to keep herself from sampling the girls blood. For some reason DuFour didn't know Blooms blood smelled intoxicating to the silver haired woman, and if she were to see the girl bleed she didn't think she could stop herself from drinking the spilt blood. That was around the moment when another scent caught DuFours attention and the woman lifted Blooms right hand and sniffed it just to be sure.

"What is it Carlotta?" Faragonda asked catching that action while Griselda had pulled Blooms head onto her lap as Wizgiz and Palladium ran what few healing spells they knew.

"Bloom must have been bleeding recently. There's a fresh scent of her blood on her hand." DuFour said causing Griselda and Faragonda to look up at her sharply, wondering if she would lose control due to the intoxicating smell that she had told them about.

"How can you tell it was Bloom's blood?" Palladium asked forgoing his usually timid demeanor as it seemed his student was very injured and needed medical attention ASAP. Damnitt how long did it take for those girls to run and get Ophelia?

"Bloom's blood has a unique and very intoxicating smell that is all its own. I never have smelled anything like it before which is how I know that the blood that had been on her hand had been hers, and not someone elses." DuFour answered quickly and yet still politely as she focused on keeping her vampire side yelling at her to just take a sip of the girl's blood in check.

"Nice…to…know…my…blood…smells…good…"Bloom panted out causing the teachers to exchanged startled looks while the students at the forefront of the crowd looked shocked, they thought the girl was unconscious.

"I'm…fine…just….gonna…take…a…nap…" Bloom managed to mutter out through her gasps for air before she slipped back into blissful unconsciousness just as Ophelia managed to push her way through the crowd of students.

"Good you're finally here Ophelia! We've narrowed it down to something with her lungs that is affecting her heart as well. Ms. Flora relayed that Bloom said something about tunnel vision before collapsing. She woke up for a second and barely managed to get several words out before she slipped back into unconsciousness. DuFour said that Bloom had been bleeding on her hand recently." Griselda said glancing up at the blond nurse who finally managed to kneel down near the red head as well with her medical bag in her hand.

Blooms back suddenly arched as she let out a heavy cough, and a spurt of blood came up too. The blood splattered against Griselda and DuFours cloths as well as Blooms own as the girl began to cough harshly, blood coming up with each cough much to the students disgust and horror.

"This isn't good at all." Palladium muttered to himself while Griseldas eyes were staring down at the coughing girl wide in shock and horror before they snapped over to DuFour in alarm.

DuFours eyes had turned blood red at the sight of the blood that was now coming up as she reached a slender finger down to her Blooms face and wiped up some of the blood on the girls chin. The students backed away disgusted and terrified when DuFour licked the blood off of her finger and gave a pleased purr.