Bloom practically collapsed against her bedroom door at the end of the day. She was starting to wonder how she had put up with this school full of idiots for so long. Her and Flora had been trying to get one of the others on their own all day but every time they had come close they had been interrupted. Why did fairies have to be so bloody nosy!

Bloom jumped out of the way when the door shifted behind her. "No luck then?" Flora asked after she had shut the door again behind her.

"None" Bloom said, "We'll have to sneak into Stella's room after everyone else is asleep."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Flora asked, "Stella isn't exactly a pushover."

"None of them are" Bloom pointed out, "But Musa and Techna are roommates so we will need both Stella and Layla to get them without causing enough noise to wake the school."

Flora just nodded absently.

Bloom put a comforting arm around her friends shoulder. "Is something wrong Flora?" she asked.

"Well..." Flora began before hesitating, "It's just that..." Bloom could see the worry written all over the other girls face. "Never mind" Flora said at length.

Bloom frowned slightly but decided to let it drop. She had no doubt Flora had misgivings about helping Bloom infect others with her new virus. In fact now that she thought of it Bloom wondered why she...but that didn't matter did it? All that mattered was first ensnaring Stella then Layla. From there it would be simplicity itself to bring the whole school under her control.

Then, then, well of that Bloom wasn't quite sure, but whatever it was would be, what was the right word? Glorious, yes that was it, glorious. It sounded kind of absurd in even just thinking those words. Almost like they weren't really blooms to begin with, but then there wasn't really any other way to say it was there. Bloom mentally tested the word again, glorious, it sounded so sweet all of a sudden. Yes that would do, glorious.

"I did have one question though" Flora said, snapping Bloom out of her thoughts. "What about the pixies?"

Bloom frowned, the pixies were away at their village for the moment so she hadn't thought much of them. "They should be gone for at least another week" Bloom said, "which is a good thing because I think my virus only works on humans."

"What about Kiko?" flora asked indicating the rabbit who was, at the moment, napping on the end of Bloom's bed. "He cant talk but he could probably get the message across if he noticed something was going on."

"He won't" Bloom assured Flora, "I put him under a spell that keeps him from waking up at night. Its why he hasn't been woken up while we've been talking. Speaking of noticing things is anyone in the common area?"

Flora peeked out the door and shook her head. "it's pretty late so everyone has probably either gone to bed or is studying."

Bloom snorted. "Knowing our friends it's probably the former."

"Especially Stella" Flora said in between giggles.

"That's what I'm counting on, let's go."

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Okay a short one but I wanted to post something at least before the next school week kicks in and I likely forget. University takes up a lot of time. Anyway if I find time the earliest I'll have a chapter up is Wednesday with the weekend hopefully being the latest.