Here ! A new chapter already ! We're in the movie already, when the Winx (minus Bloom) receive their certificate.
BTW Bloom isn't as good or innocent in this story. She's still a good person, and won't turn into a bad girl… but she may be a little more bitter (especially now that she doubts Faragonda, Hagen, and everyone who knew Domino before the war).
I won't upload everyday, that's for sure. And I won't choose a day on which I upload… But I'll try to stay regular (like, not going a month without news).
Also, I'm a French person. English is not my first language. So if you notice any mistake, or sentences that seem funny… let me know, because it gets a bit messy sometimes for me.
IrisTurner : Je suis ravie de savoir que cette histoire te plaît ! Le Sparxshipping est mon ship préféré et malheureusement, il n'y a pas tellement de fanfics dessus… Donc j'ai décidé d'écrire la mienne, parce que ça fait longtemps que j'y pensais. J'espère de tout coeur que cette histoire te plaira ! Je ne sais pas encore combien de chapitres il y aura… mais bon, l'histoire va être assez compliquée (trouver des indices sur ses parents, la confiance entre eux à construire, blablabla…) donc ça devrait aller ^^
Panterusca : I'm glad you liked it ^^ I can't tell you if he'll keep it or not… but he won't be a good person entirely. He's a bad guy, after all, and has been for many years. And yes, I don't know how many yet, but there'll be more chapters. Also, I don't take beta readers yet… I'm not sure about this story… maybe when it's a little bit more developed. I'll keep it in mind ^^
Guest : I'm happy you liked it ! I hope the rest of the story will be to your liking
At first, she thought it had been a mistake. She made a deal with him out of desperation, and because she'd been tired. She didn't really think about the consequences of her actions. But now, seeing her friends as they became Guardian Fairies, she couldn't help but doubt herself.
She wanted this title, of course, but she knew she couldn't have it just now. What would she guard ? But furthermore, maybe she didn't deserve it after all. She'd let a war criminal, who had committed a thousand crimes against almost everyone in the Magical Dimension, live. For selfish reasons.
She clenched her fists, and she felt her anger getting out of control. Before anyone noticed how the heat was growing around her, she left to her room. No one stopped her, they were all too amazed by her friends.
Once in her shared bedroom, that would soon be for some other fairy, she started packing.
She told her friends she had to leave quickly.
She felt bad for that : the girls had followed her all the way to Hagen's home, braving the storm and an army of… magical robots ? They almost lost their lives for her, and now she was leaving them behind, with no explanation.
But she didn't know if she could tell them what she thought about their mentor right now. She knew the girls had Ms. Faragonda in high esteem, and she didn't want them to think she'd gone berserk, or that one of them would take it upon herself and talk to their headmistress without telling her first.
Plus she now suspected Hagen. Even though he seemed honest, she couldn't stop the thoughts in her head telling her that, maybe, he didn't fight the Ancestresses just for her parents. It seemed like a very selfless move, from someone who would've killed her and her friends simply because they wanted to talk to him.
And the way he reacted when the headmistress arrived, as if her simple presence was a message. An order. At first he'd seemed surprised, but not in a good way. Nor was it bad. He just seemed surprised she would show up for someone. And that's what ticked her off : Ms. Faragonda was a good, loving and giving fairy. So why would anyone be surprised if she was protecting someone ?
Her friends hadn't noticed anything, and Hagen had soon put a smile on his face. But he didn't tell her anything more than what she already knew. He'd been understanding, but that had been the end of it. And it angered her.
When she finished packing, she opened a portal, and went straight to her home.
She only sighed when she found her ex-sworn enemy lying on her bed, a book before him. One she knew all too well.
"Is it interesting to you ?" She asked, while casting a spell to make her clothes go in her dressing.
"Humans have… a very interesting point of view on magic," he said, a mocking smile on his face.
"Well, it's a surprise they still have an idea of what magic is, considering any memory of it was removed."
She'd discovered all about earth fairies, when he'd asked why she had so many 'fake stories' about fairies. She learned about the Black Circle, the fairies they had killed, and how the Magical Dimension thought fit to deal with the situation.
"Yes, a surprise really…" he trailed off, laughing at whatever was written.
She rolled her eyes, and started unpacking the rest of her things when someone knocked on her door.
"Darling, are you home ?" Asked her mother.
"Yes, just arrived," she answered. "You can come in."
Baltor sighed, and let the book alone, deciding sitting on the bed was a better position to greet the woman.
"Oh, seeing all your things in this room is a bit weird, it's been so long since you were gone," she smiled as she pulled her adopted daughter into a hug. She then noticed the man, dressed in strange clothes, sitting on her daughter's bed. "Hello Baltor, I didn't know you came back too," she said, suddenly more reserved.
"I came back recently too, and some book caught my attention," he answered with a sweet smile. Vanessa smiled back, and told them dinner would be served at eight. Both Dragon Flame's keeper nodded, and the brunette went away, closing the door behind her.
"Your adopted mother's nice. I didn't know your parents would let me stay here as easy as that," he said, raising an eyebrow at her.
"She trusts my decisions. If I say you're okay, then you are okay," she told him, her tone harsh after realizing what he suggested.
"But I am not, am I ?"
She decided to change the subject, as she knew he was right. And she wouldn't let him have the satisfaction of hearing her admit it.
"I found Hagen," she muttered as she sat beside him, leaving a lot of space between them.
"You don't seem too happy about it," he said, putting his head in one of his hand, and his elbow on one knee.
She told him about Hagen and his incapability to tell her where or how to find her parents, only telling her about the way he 'desperately tried to find her parents'. She told him how he was ready to kill her, simply because he did not want to talk to her. And she told him the strange reaction he had when the headmistress of Alfea showed up.
Baltor seemed to be thinking, but in the end, only shrugged.
"We cannot assume anything yet. He's been away from civilization for so long, seeing the face of an old friend could've surprised him a lot."
She looked at him for a moment, and nodded.
"Yeah… Seems logical, but I prefer to stay on guard," she sighed. She saw him stare at her from the corner of her left eye. "What ?"
"What are you gonna do now ? I made a deal, and I'd like this mission to be over soon," he answered. Her gaze could've killed him.
"Believe me, I don't want to be around you either. I don't even want you to be in this house !" She said, keeping her voice as low as she could bring herself to. She didn't want her parents to worry. "But we don't have much of a choice, do we ? There is no clue about Ms. Faragonda, or any other members of the Company of Light. Except Griffin, they all seem… perfect ! The only people that could tell us the truth are my parents !"
He laid back on his elbows, and watched her intently. "Yes, but finding them will be a little bit complicated. No one knows what happened to your birth planet. Even I don't have any idea about what went on for it to be… turned to what it is now."
She felt the anger and stress get to her head. It was all she felt in the past few days. Only being able to talk about her doubts to someone she hated was really getting to her. She felt like she was going crazy.
Baltor must've felt the tension rising, because he resumed to reading the book he left a moment ago. As for her, she went downstairs, not wanting to spend another minute in his company, and instead tried to enjoy some time with her parents.
They seemed to accept Baltor's presence pretty easily. It seemed he could behave, when he wanted to. Maybe a little too much, Bloom realized, when Mike started saying how nice and serving he was. She only frowned at that, and let it slip.
The time for dinner came, and it was eaten in silence. Maybe because Bloom felt like murdering the person in front of her. Maybe because the person in front of her felt like murdering her. Maybe because the smiles on her parents' faces showed exactly what they were thinking.
But they didn't try to make them talk, and Baltor got out pretty quickly, leaving her to enjoy a meal with her parents. And it was nice. She could finally take her mind off from all the problems she was facing.
Finally, tired from her day, she decided to go to bed.
Baltor had already conjured a bed for himself, as far as he could from her own bed, but his presence was still noticeable. The dark energy she felt from him making him impossible to forget. She only hoped she would get a restful sleep.
Which didn't happen, of course.
She should've expected it.
She woke up in her dream, and found herself face to face with her sister.
Happiness filled her. Even if she didn't know her very well, Bloom couldn't help but think that, if her sister survived, there was hope for her parents, and her whole planet. And as they talked, hope for them just kept rising.
So, when she really woke up, a grin was on her face. When she held Daphne's mask, she knew there was really hope for their family.
It was a smiling Bloom that greeted Baltor the moment he opened his eyes.
"I know where to begin our research," she simply stated.
And he couldn't help but worry.
So ! Here is the next chapter… what do you think ? I need the story to go on, and… well, it's just not the most interesting part of the story.
I only want time transitions to happen from a chapter to another so that's why there's not much going on in this chapter... but I thought it was a pretty important chapter : Bloom goes on an adventure on her own, with our favorite bad guy. Which is weird, and I felt the need to explain why she did it, instead of jumping into the action right away.
Maybe you wonder why Bloom made Baltor stay in her house (in her bedroom like… what the hell ?). The answer is quite simple : she cannot afford an apartment, and I'm pretty sure making money with magic must be forbidden by some magical law, and he cannot take a job yet, seeing as they have a lot of adventures to go through. He couldn't just disappear like that.
