Chapter 2
Bloom woke up clutching her blue evening gown with her right hand. Bloom sat up so quickly that she sent Kiko flying off of her bed. Kiko stood up and looked up at Bloom seeing her staring off into the distance. He jumped up to try and get Bloom's attention. After a few moments of jumping Bloom finally looked down and picked the little blue bunny up.
"I'm sorry Kiko." Bloom whispered as she picked him up and placed him on her bed.
Bloom stood up after petting Kiko for a few moments and then walked over to the window of her bedroom. Looking outside she could see that the sun was just starting to rise in the distance. She then looked over to her left and saw that Flora was still sleeping. Quietly she crept over to the closet to get her clothes for the day before she walked over to the door. After opening the door and stepping out she turned back and looked at Flora before she quietly closed the door. After changing into her polka dot shirt with a heart emblem on the front and a blue puffy skirt and her blue and pink heals in the bathroom Bloom walked out to the living room of the apartment.
As Bloom entered the living room she saw that no one was there. She walked over to the kitchen and pulled out a frozen breakfast biscuit. She used her magic to warm it up so that she did not wake anyone up. Before Bloom left for a little morning walk she left a note for everyone else telling them that she would see them at Love and Pet later in the morning.
Bloom walked down the streets of Gardenia watching the sun rise. As she neared the next street she was thinking of what happened in the dream that she had just woken up from. Not looking where she was going Bloom did not notice that she was now walking in the middle of the street. A car horn made her look up just in time to avoid being hit by the car.
"You stupid girl watch where your going." The driver of the car yelled as he slowly drove by Bloom.
Bloom jumped back and watched as the car pulled away from her. After a few moments she turned and continued to walk the same direction that she had just been going. After walking a few more blocks Bloom entered the park that she was heading toward. Finding a quiet area she sat down on one of the benches and stared off into space. She never even noticed the person walking up.
"Hello mind if I sit down?" The person asked.
Bloom turned her head and saw a young pale skinned woman with blue eyes and light purple hair that reached the middle of her back tied up with a red ribbon standing near by. She was wearing a black dress with a red belt. She had on a pair of red boots with white toes and grey soles.
Bloom slid over to make room for the young woman. After the girl sat down she stretched her legs out to a more comfortable position. She smiled and waved at some kids that where playing in the park not far away.
"Oh I forgot to introduce myself." The young woman said as she turned her head to Bloom, "My name is Raquel."
"My name is Bloom." Bloom said without moving her head.
"You seem to be deep in thought." Raquel said after a few minutes of silence.
Bloom just sat there quietly. Raquel turned her head to look back at the kids playing in the distance.
"You don't want to talk about it do you?" Raquel asked.
"No." Bloom said.
"It's better to let things out instead of bottling them up." Raquel said turning her vision back to Bloom.
"I just want to think quietly for a little bit." Bloom said with anger in her voice.
"Sorry if I made you mad." Raquel said.
Bloom stood up and took a few steps away from the bench before she stopped. She turned around and looked at Raquel for a few minutes.
"I'm sorry for getting angry at you." Bloom said.
"That's fine." Raquel said as she stood up.
"If you still want to talk later you can find me at Love and Pets." Bloom said.
"I might take you up on that offer." Raquel said, "I might be by later."
Bloom nodded her head before she left the park. She walked down the street in the direction of work. As she neared the intersection she heard a motor scooter pulling up behind her and stopping.
"Bloom tell that friend of yours that I am going to take Brandon away from her." The voice on the scooter said.
"Mitzi I don't want to deal with this right now." Bloom said without looking back.
"I don't care what you want." Mitzi said as she got off of her motor scooter.
Mitzi walked over and grabbed Bloom right shoulder and began to turn her around. Before Mitzi could react she was hit in the chest by a fireball that Bloom had been creating. The blast was strong enough to knock the helmet out of Mitzi's hands. Bloom looked at the girl now flying through the air and a small smile developed on her face as she sent repeated fireballs at Mitzi. There where no ashes left of Mitzi by the time the helmet landed near her scooter.
Bloom stood there for a few minutes before she dropped to her knees and tears began to fill her eyes.
"What have I done?" Bloom yelled out.
Bloom stayed there in her knees for a few minutes crying. She slowly stood up looked at the scooter sitting at the side of the road. A small smile began to grow on Bloom's face again.
"Why do I feel sad for her?" Bloom asked herself quietly, "She was trying to steal Brandon from Stella again. Now Stella; does not need to worry about losing him to anyone." Bloom began to giggle as she looked at the scooter again, "Stella might even thank me for this."
Bloom turned and walked down the street away from the scooter. Before she reached the end of the street she turned back and sent a fireball at the scooter. As the scooter went up in flames she began to laugh.
Bloom turned back around and continued to walk the way that she had just been going. As she neared Love and Pets she could see the line of people waiting outside the shop.
Flora noticed Bloom as she entered the store. She rushed over to her friend and noticed the redness around Bloom's eyes.
"Are you ok Bloom?" Flora asked.
"Yeah I'll be fine." Bloom said.
"It's not like you to leave like you did this morning." Stella said as she walked by.
"I know and I need to talk to all of you about that." Bloom said.
"Should we close up for the day then?" Flora asked.
"No it can wait until after work." Bloom said.
The day at the shop went by fast. Bloom told the last person to have a god night as they left. After shutting the door she joined the others as they gathered together near the middle of the shop.
"So why did you take off this morning?" Musa asked.
"Yeah did we do something to upset you?" Layla asked.
"I had a nightmare last night and I needed to clear my head before I told you all about it." Bloom said as she looked down at the ground.
"It must have been some nightmare to make you leave like you did." Tecna said.
Bloom nodded her head before she looked up at her friends. She sat their telling them what happened during the nightmare. As she told them what happened during the nightmare she witnessed each of her friends having a shocked face.
"That sounds like it was a horrible dream." Flora said.
"It was." Bloom said, "When I woke up it I didn't know what to do, I just did not want to bring this up at the beginning of the day."
As the girls sat there quietly looking at one another someone began to knock on the door of the shop. Stella stood up and walked over to the door and opened it up slightly. She looked at the young woman standing outside for a few seconds.
"I'm sorry but we're closed for the night." Stella said.
"I know I could tell from the lights." The woman said, "Bloom said to meet her here though."
"What's your name so I can ask if she wants to talk?" Stella asked.
"My name is Raquel." Raquel said as she looked at Stella.
"I'll be right back." Stella said as she shut the door.
Stella walked back over to the others and looked right at Bloom.
"Bloom a Raquel is outside saying that you told her to meet you here." Stella said.
"I did tell her to meet me here." Bloom said, "Go ahead and let her in."
Stella walked back to the door and let Raquel into the shop. Before she took more then two steps into the shop she sat her bag and the wooden sword that she was carrying with her down.
"Sorry came over after Kendo practice." Raquel said.
Raquel walked over and joined the others where they where sitting. She looked at Bloom. Bloom looked up and smiled at Raquel. When Raquel looked at Bloom's face she could still see redness around her eyes.
"Everything ok?" Raquel asked.
"Yeah." Bloom said before looking back at the ground.
Raquel then looked at the others around the small area smiling at each person. Flora looked at Bloom before she looked back at Raquel with a smile.
"My name is Flora." Flora said with a smile, "It's nice to meet you."
"Hello Flora, it's nice to meet you." Raquel said.
"Let me introduce the rest, you know Bloom, this is Stella, Musa, Layla, and Tecna." Flora said as she pointed to each person.
Raquel nodded at each girl as Flora named them.
"So when and where did you meet Bloom?" Musa asked.
"I meet her this morning at the park." Raquel said, "She seemed distracted about something, I asked if she wanted to talk about it but she said that she did not want to so I left it like that."
Raquel looked at Bloom before standing up; she walked over next to Bloom and bent down next to her.
"Listen like I said it is better to let things out instead of bottling them up, I can see that you have great friends and they would listen to whatever you would want to talk about." Raquel whispered before she stood back up, "But if there is something that you don't want to talk to your friends with I will listen to anything that you would like to say."
Bloom lifted her head back up to look at Raquel. When her sight met Raquel's face she saw a compassionate smile. A small smile grew on Bloom's face before she nodded her head.
"Like I said it was nice to meet all of you but I need to go." Raquel said.
"Let me walk you out." Flora said as she stood up.
Both girls walked over to the bag and sword the Raquel had sat down. After reaching the door Flora opened it for Raquel to leave. Before she took more then two steps outside Raquel turned back toward Flora.
"Is she truly ok?" Raquel asked, "I can tell that she has been crying quit often today."
"We asked her a few times what was wrong but she would not tell us." Flora said, "But she will tell us when she is ready."
"Ok." Raquel said as she pulled out a piece of paper, "Here's my phone number, give me a call if you need help with anything." Raquel handed the paper to Flora.
"Thanks." Flora said as she accepted the piece of paper.
Flora closed the door and walked back over to where the others where. She sat down with the rest and quietness overtook the shop.
"She seems like a nice person." Tecna said after a few moments of silence.
"Did I contact you a bad time?" A voice called from over at the computer.
Everyone walked over to the computer. When they arrived, an elderly woman with white hair and a purple dress was on the computer screen.
"It's good to see you Ms. Faragonda." Musa said, "What did you need?"
"I need all of you to come back to Magix." Ms. Faragonda said.
"Is something wrong?" Bloom asked.
"I'll tell you when you get here." Ms. Faragonda said.
"Should we go and get the specialists?" Stella asked, "This seems like it might be important."
"Saladin is contacting them as we speak, they will meet you all here." Ms. Faragonda said.
"Ok see you soon." Bloom said before Tecna shut the computer off.
"Winx Believix." Each girl yelled out.
After transforming the girls used their Zoomix wings to transport to Magix. After arriving in the city of Magix the girls flew off to Alfea. When they arrived they saw a girl that they had not seen for the last few months.
"It's good to see all of you again." Roxy said as the girls landed.
"How has it been here at Alfea?" Musa asked.
"It's been fine." Roxy said as they all entered the front door of the school.
"Do you have any idea what Ms. Faragonda wants?" Bloom asked.
"No she wouldn't tell me." Roxy said.
As the girls entered the waiting area for Ms. Faragonda's office a young woman with a freckled face with gray eyes and short burgundy hair sat at the reception desk. She was wearing a frayed white shirt with a pumpkin decal in the middle and a black vest; she had on a black skirt being held up by two belts on white and the other dark red. She had on black knee high boots with gray straps on them.
"Mirta it's great to see you." Flora said as she ran over and gave her friend a hug, "What are you doing here and where is Griselda?"
"Ms. Faragonda asked if I could help out while Griselda is on leave. One of her family members is very sick." Mirta said, "She also told me to have you wait until the specialists got here before you went in." Mirta smiled at the rest of the Winx Club, "You might as well take a set they should be here soon.
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