I really felt that the whole "conceal it, don't feel it" thing spoke to Tecna's personally as a Winx character in the first season before she learned to embrace her emotions later. That's probably why I thought of this story.
Chapter Two: Growing Up Alone
On a beautiful snowy day in December a few years later, Elyssa decided to attempt to try and get her older sister to come of her bedroom.
"Hey Tecna," She called out, "Do you want to build a robot?" She knew that it was the only thing that could get Tecna to come and play with her, "Come on, come out and play with me! I don't see you anymore, we used to be so close and now it's almost like you're non-existent."
"That's a good thing Elyssa, I'd like to keep it that way!" Tecna yelled through the other side of the door, "it's best if you just leave me alone!"
"But why?" Elyssa asked, "Please come out Tecna, we don't even have to build that robot. We can do something else!"
"I said go away!" Tecna snapped, and Elyssa just lowered her head in disappointment, sulking as she walked down the hallway.
Tecna sighed sadly as she looked through the keyhole to see her sister's sulking form walk away. As she placed her hand on the doorknob, it just gave her a slight shock, causing her to pull away. This was a reminder of why she needed to be isolated, even at the risk of sounding cold and heartless towards her dearest younger sister.
"I really want to be able to play with Elyssa.., it was so much fun.., but I can't because of these stupid powers!" She yelled, and suddenly all the lights in the room began flickering on and off.
"These gloves should help," King Electronio advised, he had been standing there watching her yell at her younger sister, only wishing to be set free, " just remember Tecna, conceal..."
"Don't feel, I know dad." She continued. Her father knew how much she wanted to go out and be normal for once in her life. He wished as much as anyone that he didn't have to keep his sweet daughter pent up like this.
"Stay thinking logically, and you'll do fine." The king encouraged his oldest daughter, he wanted to give her a supportive hug, but he knew it would only make her emotions stir up even more.
Another year had passed, and once again Elyssa tried many times to get Tecna to leave her room, but to no avail. She let her sister know that she was getting very lonely, she missed spending time with her and was trying everything to keep herself occupied during the day. One day, when she was about to try, she overheard her older sister panicking from the other side of the door. Elyssa also knew that her parents spent most of their time with Tecna, for some reason. And something else was strange too, the lights down the hallway close to Tecna's bedroom were flickering on and off like mad, it was almost creepy for Elyssa and she didn't know what was going on. Though because she loved her sister, she would stop at nothing to see her again. The conversation going on in Tecna's bedroom only confused her as she listened in.
"Mom.., dad, I'm scared..," she could hear Tecna's voice trembling with every word, "my powers are escalating at an excessive rate!"
"Please calm down, sweetheart," Magnethia encouraged her daughter softly, "emotions only make it worse."
"I can't!" Tecna cried out, completely panicked as her parents tried to get closer to her, " Don't touch me! The last thing I want to do is hurt you!" There were tears in her fragile teal eyes, and electric energy searing from her fingers, she had no idea what to do.
"What powers..?" Elyssa questioned, "and emotions make them get out of control?"
Tecna was now sixteen, and Elyssa was fifteen, by that time, Elyssa had given up trying to convince Tecna to come out of her bedroom. King Electronio and Queen Magnethia were going on an inter-realm spaceship to attend a grand festival in Solaria, and Elyssa gave them a big hug before they left. This was the first time Tecna had left her bedroom in years, she stood at the bottom of the huge staircase with her parents right beside her.
"Do you have to leave me?" She asked quietly.
"You'll do fine, Tecna, just remember what we've said to you." Electronio insisted.
"Conceal, don't feel, and keep a logical state of mind." Tecna answered emotionlessly.
"That's right, sweetheart, we'll see you girls in two weeks." Magnethia told her daughter as they all parted. Unfortunately for the two sisters, on their way to Solaria, the ship was bombarded by asteroids and other debris. It was so intense that no one on the ship survived, and once the two young women got word that their parents had died, Tecna continued to isolate herself in her bedroom, knowing the emotions were too great for her to control out in the open. She knew she would be a danger to the outside world in this state of mind, and decided to wait until she had completely forced all emotion to the back of her mind and destroyed it. Elyssa attended their parents' funeral and memorial service, only to see that Tecna didn't show up, she didn't know why, but she had a hunch. After the service was over, she knew where she could find her older sister, Elyssa knocked on Tecna's bedroom door quietly, knowing she too, was upset by their loss.
"Tecna, I know you're in there. Please come out, everyone's asking where you are." She begged, "they say that fear is a part of courage, and I have a lot of fear right now.., and I know you do too. So.., if you just let me in, I can be with you, and even if you don't.., I'll still be here for you no matter what. We only have each other now and we've got to stay together." With no answer from the opposite side of the door, Elyssa slid her body down into a sitting position leaning against the door, sulking. Inside the room, the lights were completely broken from so much impact, every electrical device in the room had been overexposed to the point of crashing, and poor Tecna sat leaning against the door opposite to her sister on the other side. She desperately wanted to hug her but she was so afraid to let her younger sister get hurt because of her, now she was completely alone.
"I want to be with you, Elyssa.., we are all alone now but.., I just can't hurt you. Please forgive me." She sobbed quietly, burying her head in her knees.