Old Summary:
'14 Days. I will always cherish those days. I didn't think, didn't believe that those days would change me; but they did and I will NEVER ever forget those 14 days of fun, happiness and most especially, love.' 3 months ago, Flora had a horrible break-up, a traumatizing one. With her birthday coming up, the Winx think of having a 'break' together, to help Flora forget and move on. On the other hand, the Specialist are on a mission to convince an old student of 'Red Fountain' into coming back and staying. Will fate bring them together? Or, will this just another horrible break to remember?
New Summary:
I was changing because I was hurting. I was no longer the person that I used to know. On the other hand, he was a talented person, patient and caring. I never expected anything to happen; anything that would happen between us at least, but fate had a different plan for us, one that I will truly and always would remember.
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First of all, thank you for clicking this story.
It's my very first fanfic, so I'm really nervous about it.
Uhmm, I've been having this idea for so long, nearly 1 year now.
However, I have never had the chance to post it up because I am usually busy.
But, enough chitchat.
~Enjoy! :)
Chapter 1: The Announcement
Cold.
It's so cold yet, I'm still walking; searching. It's passed 11 PM when I sneaked out of Alfea. The sky was a blanket of black, waiting for hours until the sun would come and trade shifts with the moon. I focused on looking forward. 'It's probably important' I thought. 'Why else would he call me at a time like this?'
A slight movement caught my eyes. I could detect even the tiniest movement or sound made by an animal such as a bird; especially since I was deep in the forest. With me being here, my senses of hearing, sight and touch are a million times stronger than they were supposed to be. I paused and look to my right and found nothing. I sighed and started walking towards a tree. I leaned on it before I let myself sink to the bottom and buried my head in my knees, wrapping my arms around them wondering if he was alright. 'Where are you?' I thought. 'It's been an hour now; you're never late unless, unless something bad happened.' The last 3 words hunted me and suddenly, I rose from where I was sitting, preparing to trace my steps.
'What if, what if he happened to get lost while coming here?' I froze. No way. He knows this place in and out. There is no possible way that he would have gotten lost. I started to walk again when suddenly; I bumped into something hard, muscled-like.
"Sorry, something came up at the last minute." My eyes widen in shock as his voice registered in my head. Slowly, my hands warped around his waist.
"I missed you." I whispered as my eyes closed. I buried my head in his chest. Normally, his hands would warp around me but in this case, he just stood there. I looked up. "What's wrong?" I asked.
He smiled at me; only it didn't reach his eyes. "I need to talk to you. Come on." He then grabbed my hand and turned me towards the tree, both of us walking towards it.
"Is there something wrong?" I asked. He had a tired look on his face, and his eyes shown a mixed of anger, sadness and one I could not identify.
"Flora, we…we can't…I'm breaking…" He sighed, and then looked at me. I had on my confused face. He never stuttered, he only did that if he was nervous.
"Hey, what's wrong?" I said gently touching his cheek with my right hand. Suddenly he slapped my hand away. I gasped.
"I don't like you… anymore. I… don't want to see you… anymore, nor do I want to hear your voice. Goodbye." With that said he left; leaving me in the darkness of the forest that suddenly scared me.
I sat up with my eyes open, gasping. 'What a dream' I thought while rubbing my eyes only to find that it was wet with tears. 'I haven't had a dream like that in a while.' I looked around my room to find an empty bed, across from mine, empty. 'She must have had a date with Sky again.' I sighed and looked at my clock by my bedside; it read 10:30 am. 'Crap, I overslept again.' I mentally slapped myself in the forehead. As the fairy of nature and plants, I am usually one of the first people up, or at least within my group of friends, but in this case, I no longer hold that title. I slowly got up my bed, steadying myself before I looked at myself in the mirror. My honey brown hair or brunette, which some people call it, was in a mess. My jade-emerald eyes looked all puffy and red. Usually, I would be rushing to go to classes, but since it's a Saturday, I wasn't at all in a hurry.
I turned my back away from the mirror and went towards the bathroom. I was brushing my teeth when I noticed myself in mirror. Again, I notice how I looked. How much I changed in just a matter of 3 months. I quickly turned away from mirror and took a shower, thinking of what I should wear today, just to keep my mind occupied. After showering, I went out the bathroom and chose one of my favorite outfits. It was a green midriff top with puff sleeves and a skirt with strawberries printed on it. My hair was down and I decided to put my usual accessories on. After that, I went outside my dorm and saw my friends sitting in the couch with the TV on, only they weren't looking at it.
As if they have been waiting for me, they all stared at my direction. "Hey Flora, we were just watching some show and talking about having vacation, you know, since it's almost our spring break." Stella said. I looked at her weirdly. 'Really? Spring break already? It was only February, well, late February. But did that mattered? Spring starts in the month of April, which is about two months away.' Stella continued to talk "We've been busy lately with all the school work the teachers have been giving us and you've been through a lot after that guy dump you. Ugh. He's such a jerk by the way. H-." Stella suddenly stopped, and by the look of her face, she regretted saying that last sentenced. "Sorry." She said, barely audible.
"Anyways" said Layla, giving Stella 'the look'. "We've been working so hard with all the spells that were learning on that we decided we deserve to have a break. Plus, it's almost your birthday." Layla said, smiling at me.
"Yeah, I agree with Layla. We could all use some relaxation." Musa agreed turning to look at the door as if she was expecting someone to come. I, however, knew she did that only to avoid the 'questioning' looked in my eyes.
I thought about it. Sure, we could have a break, my birthday WAS coming up. But, I knew there was more than that 'break'. The Winx were doing this only to keep me from thinking of a certain 'someone' who had seriously changed me. "Sure whatever's going on, count me in." I said playing along. I didn't want to disappoint them; after all, they were doing all this for me right? To forget 'him'?
"Okay, so we were thinking of going to Solaria, Stella's home planet. Bloom said looking at me with a smile. "How 'bout it?"
"Sure." I said. "I haven't been there yet."
"Great! I think we should stay there for one week." She said, looking at everyone. "Agree?"
"One week!? That's horrible! We won't even have enough time to fully explore the Solaria Square!" Stella exclaimed.
Layla laughed, followed by Musa, Tecna, Bloom and then me. Although, mine was just a half-hearted one. "I agree… with Stella." Layla said, her face red with so much laughter.
"So what then?" Bloom said, trying to sound offended with the fact that Layla choose Stella's side. However, she failed miserably.
"Why not 14 days? Two weeks?" Musa said, her face turning back to its original color. "It's not too short, but it's not too long either. We can't have more than that since school work will build up. Remember? We only have one week for a break and then it's back to learning."
"I go with Musa." Tecna said. "Two weeks isn't long nor is it short." She looked at all of us and I found myself nodding in agreement.
"Great! Then it's set! Two weeks it is!" Stella said, and by the tone of her voice, she was extremely excited about the trip.
After some more discussing and arguing, we all went to the cafeteria and started eating. Since it was a Saturday we took our time eating and talking amongst others. I was eating a salad with fruit toppings sprinkled over with a bagel to the right of my tray while my other friends were eating scrambled eggs and bacon.
"-and, we can go shopping! They recently build a new mall in Solaria and I heard that it's quite popular! Correction, it is the MOST popular one!" Stella squealed.
"We haven't confirmed it yet Stella. We still have to inform ." Tecna stated.
"I know, but think...shopping, swimming, bars, games, and others!" Stella replied look at each of us.
"I think that'll be cool." Bloom stated.
"Yeah, I totally need a break." Musa said, agreeing with Bloom.
"And, we can bring the specialist!" Stella said, now overjoyed.
"Oh God. Please don't." Musa said. Just last week, she and Riven had gotten into another 'argument'.
"You're just sad because you and Riven got into a fight." Stella shot, her happy, excited mood now gone.
"Hey! No fights, alright? You can do that later, when were out of the cafeteria." Layla said, looking serious right now.
"Fine." Stella replied, with a hint of scarcasm.
I smiled. When things go out of hand, Layla is the one to calm things down, especially fights between Stella and Musa.
That night around 7, we all went talk to Ms. Faragonda about out vacation. When we managed to convince her, telling her that we deserved a break, I left her office, leaving the rest to my friends.
When I went to the dorm I shared with Bloom, I started packing some of my favorite shirts and shoes along with some bathing suits and everything else I found important. I made a mental note in my head to cast a spell on my plants to feed and water itself while I was away.
A wave of exhaustion hit me and I decided that what I packed for today was enough, at least for now. I lie on my messy bed and thought about the vacation. I didn't think about it that much when we discussed it that morning. I didn't want to that time; but because I was alone now, I let Stella's words sink in. All of this was all for me, I'm aware of that. They knew I went through a lot these pass 3 months, that's why they were trying to help me, by the means of relaxing and having fun. I smiled what great friends I had. In a spur of a moment, the door opened and in came Bloom.
"Hey, are you okay?" She asked, curiosity and sympathy evident in her voice.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be? We're having a vacation!" I said, smiling at her.
Immediately, she smiled back. "I was just worried; you left after Ms. Faragonda agreed. I though you were crying or something." She replied.
I laughed. "Sorry, I just wanted to be alone for a while." I said.
"You know," She started, as she went to sit on my bed. "If you need anyone to talk to, I'm here. Okay?" She said, giving me a reassuring look.
"Thanks Bloom." I said as I went to hug her, holding back the tears. I trust Bloom, but some things are better off keeping to yourself.
She hugged me back." You're welcome Flora. Oh! By the way, while you left, we all decided that vacation starts tomorrow! Isn't that great? " She asked as my eyes widen.
"Tomorrow?" I squeak. "That means we only have this night to prepare!" I exclaimed. 'Well,' I thought 'That wasn't much of a problem since I already packed some things already.'
Bloom nodded. "Isn't that great? Fourteen days of relaxation, two weeks of complete fun!" Obviously, Stella had gotten her already, for Bloom was nearly as excited as Stella was.
Later that night, around 9 pm, we all gathered around Stella's room. Bloom and I were the last ones, since I was still recovering from the news she had to give me.
"Vacation time starts tomorrow, so get ready with all your things. No, you don't need to bring that much of anything because we are going SHOPPING!" Stella said, yelling the last word in a high pitch voice.
"But, tomorrow? Why so fast?" I asked.
"Sweetie, it's because your birthday is two weeks from now, if we leave tomorrow, we'll be able to celebrate your birthday around the last day of our vacation." Stella answered, now less hyper.
I thought about. 'Were they really serious?' I didn't want to disappoint them anymore. To be honest, I was acting like some emo childish brat these past three months, but they still put up with it.
" – and there's this new music store near our hotel." Stella was saying." and there's a nice view of the ocean where we could swim and go para-sailing. Plus, a greenhouse they just added 2 weeks ago, perfect for you, Flora."
"Oh yeah sure, I'd love to see the plants there." I said trying to catch up with whatever she was saying. "By the way what is the hotel were staying at?" I asked.
"Sunnyville Paradise" Stella cheered. "It's one of largest and biggest places there in Solaria, not to mention, it's located in the Solaria Square. Also, because I'm the princess of Solaria, I manage to get reservations for all 11 of us! Oh and don't worry about the transportation because the specialist agreed to come and they got permission to use the ship!
'Wow. Already? That was fast.'
"Eleven? Who is the other one?" Layla asked in a suspicion way.
"A friend of the specialists. The specialists are on a mission to try to convince him into staying at Red Fountain. Saladin's orders."
"Oh dear" Tecna mumbled. "I sense a fight coming soon."
I giggled.
When our little meeting had finally finished, it was pass 10 already. I had already pack most of the things I wanted, including my toothbrush, hair brush, and other necessary things. After that, I went to bed. I looked up the ceiling and smiled. Even though I haven't fully recovered from my horrible break-up, I still had my friends. Even though I had my cranky, emo, pushy side, they still ended up being there from me. So even though I didn't agree whole-heartedly with the trip, I was willingly to go with them, even though I was perfectly aware that something would happen; something I wouldn't have expected at all.
Whoosh!
First chapter done.
I hope you loved it, or liked it.
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It's 1 in the morning from where I live, and I'm sleepy as hell.
Okay, what a lie, I'm suppose to be doing homework since I have online classes.
But anyways, I promised myself that I would post this story BEFORE my birthday.
So yeah,
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