Heyy people. I decided to post this story since you didn't seemed much interested in Darkness anymore. I'll keep writing it, the next chapter's already halfway done, but I wanted to give this one a try. This story's also based on the show Once Upon a Time. First thing you should know is that Nabu will have never died, so there will be Aisha X Nabu scenes. Daphne will be a part of it too. This story will take place in season 6, so some scenes will be taken from the episodes. I think that's all. Hope you enjoy!
It was a beautiful morning, the sun was shining and the weather was pleasant. In the planet known as Domino, three figures were sitting on the table having breakfast, as usual. Queen Marion sat near a window, her long red hair in its usual style. She was happily looking at her youngest daughter, Bloom. The princess of Domino was telling her parents about the party they had been planning to welcome home her older sister, Daphne. Daphne had been cursed to be a spirit, a soul without a body, for over twenty years, but now she was finally free. Their family was reunited and they were all happy about it.
Things hadn't been easy ever since Daphne had come back home. She had been used to being invisible and able to pass through walls and doors, so it had been hard for her to get used to being corporeal. Bloom had tried her best to make her sister feel at home, but she wasn't there yet. After all, it had only been two months since Bloom had broken the Sirenix curse and she had been brought back to life.
Just as Bloom was about to mention to her parents how she thought Daphne just needed more time to get used to being her old self, they heard a stomping sound and then a groan. Bloom quickly ran towards the door to check out what it was and she found Daphne. The blonde haired fairy was wearing green pants with a shirt of the same color and a light green scarf. Bloom helped her up and led her to their table.
"Good morning, sweetheart." Their parents welcomed their oldest daughter. Daphne returned their smile, but it soon disappeared when she tried to sit on the chair assigned to her and ended up falling to the ground, again. Bloom quickly helped her up and told her it was okay, but she didn't seem to think it. She ran towards the door and managed to open it after a few tries and then she was gone.
"I just don't understand what's going on with her." King Oritel told his wife and daughter, looking confused.
"I think I do. I'll go talk to her." Bloom told her parents and then she ran after Daphne. She found her older sister at the balcony outside her room. Daphne was leaning on her arm as she stared at the landscape before her.
"Daphne." Bloom made her presence known. Daphne looked at her and sighed before avoiding her eyes.
"I'm really sorry, Bloom. I just can't get used to it." Bloom walked towards her and put a hand on her shoulder.
"I know this is still all new to you, but you'll get used to it in time. You shouldn't be so upset about the mistakes you're making, everything will be alright." Daphne sighed once again.
"I just don't see how it will be. I think that I've lost my powers and without them, I don't know who I am anymore." Bloom understood her sister's concern. If she ever lost her powers, she wouldn't know who she was either.
"I understand that. But right now you should focus on having fun at the party we're planning for you today." At the mention of the party, Daphne groaned. She was in no mood to party.
"Come on!" Bloom persuaded her." It will be fun. Everyone's gonna be there, the royals of all the Magic Dimension and the Winx and Specialists. They came all the way here just for you. They all want you to be happy, Daphne." This time Daphne couldn't help but smile as she thought of how amazing Bloom's friends were. Flora, Stella and Aisha had visited them during the summer and they all treated Daphne like an old friend. They talked, joked, laughed and taught her everything there was to know about fashion, nature and sports. Flora, specially, was really kind to her and she soon learned that she was caring and loving by nature.
She was broken from her thoughts by a loud noise and when she looked up, she saw a huge spaceship and 6 flying motorbikes. "Come on, Daphne." Bloom urged her and they both ran out of the balcony, down the stairs and towards the gate of the palace. Just as they arrived, the Winx started walking out of the ship.
Stella walked out first, wearing her blue ball gown with her golden hair loose. She immediately ran towards her now fiancée, Brandon, who opened his arms wide and embraced her. The couple shared a passionate kiss before pulling apart. Then she looked around at the rest of the specialists and Daphne. "Hey there, Daphne. Ready to party?" She excitedly asked Daphne and the other girl smiled at her. Soon all eyes were caught to Aisha.
The dark skinned fairy had some trouble coming out of the ship due to her large stomach. She wore a beautiful yellow gown with matching heels. Nabu, her husband, quickly walked over to her and helped her. She gave him a grateful smiled which soon turned into a grimace as she moaned in pain while holding her stomach. "Aisha, are you sure you're okay?" Nabu worriedly asked as he looked deeply at her. She had been feeling pain for a while now and he was really worried. She breathed once the pain stopped and looked smiled at him, trying to ease his worries. " I'm okay, Nabu. These fake contractions suck, that's all." She told him and he looked suspiciously at her but then decided to let it go.
Next came Musa and Tecna. The blue haired fairy wore an orange gown while the pink haired fairy wore a light green one. Being the closest friends amongst the group, Tecna had spent a few weeks at Musa's house, on Melody. Both girls had had a great time on the musical planet and they had fun watching their boyfriends try to get along. Said boyfriends were now smiling at the two fairies as the two couples met each other. Musa and Riven kissed just as passionately as Stella and Brandon, much to everyone's surprise. Their relationship was a complicated one, but after he changed his attitude and sang a song to her declaring his feelings, they had become closer. Tecna and Timmy had never had much relationship problems, so everything was good between them. They hugged each other tightly, not liking to show much affection in public.
Flora was the last one to come out. Wearing a turquoise gown with her hair let loose, she looked beautiful. She smiled at her friends a warm, kind smile. Daphne felt warmer, happier and less nervous just from that smile. It was amazing how the nature fairy had the ability to make others feel better with just a smile. Her now fiancée, Helia, looked at her with love and adoration. He walked towards her and then kneeled in front of her. At first she seemed surprised at his actions, but then she smiled and shook her head.
"My lady, you look absolutely ravishing." He complimented her and she laughed at his formal tone.
"Why thank you, sir. I must say you look very handsome yourself." Everyone stopped whatever they were doing to watch the adorable couple. Some laughed at their antics, but mostly watched. The two were barely conscious of the people around them, so lost in each other. His blue eyes bore into her emerald ones before he took her smaller hand in his and kissed it. After that, he stood up and they hugged each other tightly.
"Okay, I can't take it any longer!" Stella screamed, startling everyone. Flora and Helia pulled apart and gave her a confused look as well as the others. "I need to see that ring!" The blonde cheerfully said as she approached Flora.
"Yeah. I had almost forgotten about it." Musa commented as she, Tecna and Bloom approached the nature fairy as well. Aisha followed them a few seconds later, after another fake contraction.
They had all heard the news that Flora and Helia had (finally) gotten engaged, but since they were busy with their own lives, hadn't talked to the couple about it yet. Truthfully, it had been only about two weeks since the proposal and the couple themselves were still getting used to it.
"Wow!" Stella said as the girls crowded around Flora to check out the ring. "It's beautiful." Aisha told her. The ring was silver with a small pink flower. It was perfect for Flora and the girls were pleased at Helia's choice. After gushing about it for a few minutes, they went to congratulate Helia and threaten him in case he ever hurt Flora. The specialist had been friends with them for years, so he was used to them being protective of each other.
A round of congratulations from everyone followed and then their attention turned to Daphne, star of the evening. "My goodness, Daphne. There's no way you can go to this party like this." Stella complained and the girls shared knowing looks. It was time for fashion. Stella grabbed Daphne's arm and led her inside the castle while the girls followed her. The specialists went to the ballroom where the party would be held in an hour.
Reaching Daphne's room, Stella finally let her go. The nymph sat on her bed and looked a bit confused at the six girls. "Okay, so what would be the perfect outfit for you?" Stella muttered to herself as the Winx watched her with amused expressions on their faces.
"What's wrong with this outfit?" Daphne asked as she stood up. Stella gave her an incredulous look and then a horrified expression came to her face. "Are you kidding me? Don't you know anything about a royal party?" Then she shook her head and went back to muttering to herself.
"Here, this will be your new phone. It has everything you'll need and you won't believe the apps!" Tecna told Daphne as she handed the nymph a purple cellphone. Daphne barely had time to look at it before Stella once again grabbed her arm and forced her to stand up. There was a flash of light and then Daphne found herself wearing a beautiful green dress with a blue skirt.
"Thank you, Stella. It's beautiful." She told the sun fairy, who smiled at her. Then her attention went back to Flora.
"So, Flo, now that everyone's ready for this party, it's time for you to tell us everything." She screamed with excitement and then sat down by the nature fairy's side.
"Tell you what?" Flora gave her a confused look.
"About the proposal, of course. How did it go?" Musa asked her. Everyone then crowded around her, Bloom and Stella sat by her side on the bed and Tecna, Musa and Daphne sat on chairs they had conjured. They looked at her in anticipation until a moan reminded them that Aisha hadn't sat down.
"Aisha, are you okay?" Bloom asked her worriedly. The dark skinned fairy was once again with her hands on her stomach as a pained look was on her face. This time she didn't try to ease their worries.
"You know, I'm starting to think maybe these aren't fake contractions anymore." She told her friends as she sat on a chair once the pain was gone.
"Wait, so what you're saying is that you think that the baby's coming?" Stella asked with wide eyes as she stared at her friends. They all started freaking out.
"I don't know. It's just that they're coming with less time apart than usual." Aisha told them after they managed to calm down.
"You're right. Their time apart has been about 10 minutes, while usually fake contractions should come every 30 minutes." Tecna told them as she looked at her phone.
"Then maybe we should take you to the nurse." Bloom said and Flora and Musa nodded their heads in agreement. Aisha didn't.
"No, girls. Even if I am having the baby, this will take a while, so there's no use in going to the nursen yet. Besides, I don't want you to give up on this party to keep watching me, because I know you will. We'll just go the party and have fun and I'll ask Nabu to keep an eye on me." They agreed to that and then the conversation went back to Flora and Helia's engagement. The nature fairy had a dreamy look on her face as she recalled the romantic night when Helia asked her to marry him.
Two weeks earlier...
Helia had been staying at Flora's house for a few weeks. Ever since they had rekindled their relationship after the Krystal issue, things had been better than ever. Helia had followed her home and they had spent wonderful weeks together and with her family. Her parents had always loved him and Miele happily accepted him, though she hadn't been there. She had spent her summer at Limphea College, where she would soon start studying to become a fairy. Flora and her parents were proud of her for managing to go there and they missed her like crazy while she was away.
One night, while her parents were out for dinner, Flora and Helia had gone on a romantic picnic near the famous Waterfalls of Limphea, one of the most beautiful sceneries on the planet. They had eaten a wonderful dinner with chocolate covered strawberries for dessert. She hadn't been surprised, after all, Helia was always romantic. She was used to his sweet words, poems, drawings and small gifts. But she had felt that something was different that night. She knew him well enough to realize that behind his smile he was nervous. She didn't understand why, though.
"Hey, is everything okay?"She had asked him and he told her that he was fine, but she didn't buy it. Something was wrong and she started getting worried.
"So, would you like to dance?" He then asked her and extended his hand. She gladly took it and they danced to the sounds of nature. She had always enjoyed being close to nature, it wasn't just her power, it was a deep part of her since she was a child. But even nature couldn't distract her.
"Seriously, Helia, I know that something is not right. Could you please tell me because I'm getting worried here?" She asked him and he smiled at her.
"My love, I can promise you that everything's alright."He told her firmly.
"Then why do you seem to be so nervous? Are you okay?" He laughed and she started getting a bit angry. Why was he hiding something from her?
"You are such an amazing person, Flora. Not just because you're beautiful and kind, but you always pay attention to the smallest details and you're always willing to help others. That's one of the things I love most about you." Her anger was gone with such sweet words. How could he know exactly what to say?
"I appreciate the compliment, but you still haven't told me what's going on." He laughed once again at her unusual impatience, but after everything they had gone through her worries were completely justified.
"I'm just nervous about something." She stared at him, waiting for an explanation, but nothing came. Instead, he turned around and walked away from her. Now she was getting mad again. Why had he left her? The answer came a few seconds later when he came back with a beautiful bouquet of white roses, her favorite flower. He handed her the bouquet and she eyed him suspiciously before taking it. She smelled the flowers and smiled as the sweet perfume filled her with peace. Then as she looked closer at the bouquet, she noticed something right in the center. Her heart started beating fast as she realized it was a ring. She turned back to Helia in order to ask him about it and noticed he was kneeling in front of her. She stood there frozen as he started to speak.
"For three years you have made me happier than I ever was. I knew from the first moment I met you that you were special and I decided that I had to know you. I was absolutely right, you are special. Your kind heart and undying love for your friends and family are something I had never seen before. You have taught me to love, Flora, and I'm grateful for it. Everyday I think about how you've stolen my heart with just a single glance the day we first met. I want to make you as happy as you make me and I want us to spend the rest of our lives together. Being a romantic myself, I have always believed that there would be someone who I was meant to be with and I have no doubt that that person is you. You are my life, my soulmate, my everything. Will you marry me?" Tears streamed down her face as she felt her heart jump. She was used to sweet speeches from him, but not like this. It took her a few moments to answer his question for she was lost in her own emotions.
"Yes." The word was so silent he barely heard it. He laughed and stood up. Taking her smaller hand in his, he placed the ring there. Both stared at the piece of jewerly for a moment before looking back at each other and smiling. This moment was so perfect and romantic, just as he had wanted it. They kissed passionately, lovingly and happily under the stars.
"Wow. Helia's so romantic!" Bloom said as she looked happily at her friend. Flora hadn't stopped smiling the whole time she told them the story, she felt like she was living a dream.
"It's not as if we didn't know that, but this time he outdid himself." Stella told them. "I should ask him to give my Brandon some advice, because he sure knows how to make a girl happy." The others nodded.
"I think Riven could learn a thing or two from him. It's true that our relationship has been better than ever, but he's not exactly the romantic type." Musa commented, a bit sadly. She wasn't much of a romantic either, but every girl likes a guy that can pull off sweet gestures like Helia's proposal.
"I'll ask Helia to talk to them. It's amazing how well he knows me, he did it exactly the way I would've liked." Flora said with a dreamy look on her face.
"Oh god. Girls, look at the time." They all looked at Tecna, who held her phone as she had a worried look on her face. She showed them the phone where they read it was half past one. The party had started half an hour ago.
"We have to go." Bloom told them exasperatedly as she grabbed Daphne and all of them left the room. Flora, however, stayed on the bed. Aisha, being the last one to leave, noticed that the nature fairy was still there and looked at her a bit concerned. "Flora, aren't you coming?" Her words were punctuated by sharp breaths as she was hit with another contraction.
"Yes, I'll be there in a few minutes. You can go." Flora reassured her and Aisha knew that meant she wanted to be alone for now. So she gave the nature fairy a smile before leaving the room to find Nabu and warn him that their child was coming sooner than they expected.
Once she was alone in the room, Flora stood up and went to the balcony. She looked outside and the smile that was on her face as she thought about Helia disappeared. She sighed before taking off the necklace she was wearing. It was silver with a red heart in the middle. She had told the girls that she had gotten it from her parents a long time ago. It wasn't a complete lie, she thought as she opened the heart. Inside there were two pictures. She looked closely at the one on the right. It was a picture of a young man with short blonde hair, brown eyes and caramel skin. He was smiling in the picture. Her eyes filled with tears as she thought of him, how much she missed him.
"Oh, Will, I miss you." She whispered to herself. It was so heard to deal with this alone, having no one she could talk about it. Of course she trusted her friends, but these secrets she had kept could destroy their relationship and she didn't want that. She stayed there for a few more minutes, silently crying and remembering things until she decided it was enough. She put back the necklace, dried her tears and walked back int the room and then towards the ballroom.
Little did she know, the truth would be exposed soon and everything would change.
So this is the end of the first chapter. I'll let you know that I don't know much about pregnancy, so if some things are incorrect that's why. What did you think? What is Flora hiding? Who's Will? And what will happen next? Leave your thoughts in your reviews.