And already, I'm back !

I'm really happy this story piqued your interest ! I didn't really think people would be interested in it to be honest, so thank you for proving me wrong !

Anyway, here's the new chapter, I hope you like it.

PLEASE read the text at the end. I'm talking about my next fic on Sparxshipping and I would like to have your opinions.

Guest from chap 2 : They'd be cute right ? I think that, if it hadn't been a kid cartoon, something could've happened between them. Like, in the beginning, he ask her to join him. He even saves her (on Andros, when he reveals his identity, I don't think it was planned, cuz' I don't see Icy agreeing to a plan where she would've to work with Bloom afterwards). You should create an account, this way you could receive an email every time I update (and I would know who you are if you ever wrote another comment). I most certainly will not stop writing it, and the story should be over soon anyway… but I already have another story in mind (focused on our two lovebirds, of course).

Getting to Sparx had been an easy trick for him, being a master of portals by now. As for Bloom, she'd seemed wary to follow him, but did it anyway, not asking any question. And as he stepped on the planet's ground for the first time in years, he couldn't stop his eyes from widening.

It used to be beautiful, and green, with all kinds of animal running and singing, while people traveled and laughed. Now, it looked like the outside of Omega, where snow and ice were kings. A planet in which almost nobody could survive. It's as if, when the people disappeared, the planet itself started mourning.

He immediately straightened his back when he heard the red head get out of the portal, and just like him, let out a shudder when the cold wind suddenly hit her.

"Now, where to, Princess ?" He asked, turning to her. She ignored him, and focused on conjuring the mask of her sister. He was about so make some sarcastic remark, but she spoke first.

"With it, I'll be able to see Sparx as it was and… Oh it's beautiful !"

He let her be amazed for a moment at what she saw, before calling her name, bringing her back to their mission. She frowned at the tone he used, but didn't say anything. "I know where to go. Just follow me !" She ordered before transforming. He grind his teeth, not being used to be pushed around, but executed himself.

The search wasn't hard. Although, once he recognized the bird, Baltor didn't feel as confident. "You're sure this is the right library ?" He asked, not letting his nervousness show.

"What, you're scared ?" She let out, not sparing him a glance, only flying higher until she clearly saw what they were looking for.

"No, but I'd like our mission to succeed," he answered, now getting angry from her comment. Hearing from this sentence that his mood had suddenly changed, she turned to him, her brows furrowing.

"Why are you acting like this, all of a sudden ? It's just a library," she stated, shaking her head.

"No, Princess, it's not just a library. The mountain you see is actually a bird, a mythical creature of Domino, called The Roc," he explained as he gestured at the pile of rocks. "And it would be foolish of us if we did not take our precautions."

She simply nodded, and motioned for him to lead the way. He smirked, and slowly took off. She followed him suit.

They slowly made their was to the entrance of the library, and she laughed while opening the gates. "Very dangerous, indeed."

Let her have her fun, he thought, trying hard not to break his promise by casting a spell behind her back.

When he entered, a flow of memory assaulted him : in his younger years, it was a place he loved to go to, even though he always had to hide. So much knowledge was contained inside those books, things he learned behind the back of his Mistresses, and that any magical creature should know.

He had wondered if this beautiful place had fallen too, in his time trapped in Omega.

He followed Bloom as she entered a maze of books and woods, until they walked in a dead end, a book sitting lonely in the middle of the circular room. The blonde man didn't recognized this room, as it was one of the most well-guarded place, in a previous time. And he never tried breaking into it, in order not to alert the royalty of his presence, nor his Mothers.

"The Book of Fate…" she whispered as she walked up to it.

Because Baltor was behind her, she missed the worried look in his eyes that appeared the moment she uttered those words. He knew of this book, and he was reminded of the reason why this place was on a mystical bird, and why this room was guarded.

She opened a page under his careful eyes, and the wizard prepared himself for the moment where she would tell him she knew the truth.

Which, surprisingly, didn't come. Instead, all he saw was the red head turning the pages faster and faster, not reading anything. He frowned. Something was very wrong, so he asked.

"I don't know," she answered, not happy at all by the turn of events. "I can't read anything that's written in this book ! I don't know this language !"

He approached at her outburst, and looked at the pages. She stepped behind him, leaving a lot of space between them, her desperation not letting her forget who he really was. He smiled internally as he noticed that, and went on to examine the pages.

He recognized the language, but it was so old and complicated he couldn't have learned it without some help. Which he didn't have. But all members of the royal family, and to a certain extent, the court, knew this language and could read it.

His eyes landed on Bloom, for a moment. The girl with a blue top, a skirt and high heels. A girl that had turned eighteen, and only discovered three years ago she was part of a royal family that didn't exist. A girl that had many friends to help her out, to fight evil or to find her parents. A girl so close to match him in power.

A girl from a royal family incapable of reading her own tongue.

"I can't help you out, it is too old, even for me. Only a member of…" he trailed off as he watched the writing beginning to fly above the pages, before a blinding light made him walk back. Out of instinct, he lifted his right arm bin front of the red head, and prepared himself to cast a spell from his left hand.

But the light only turned into a man. And old man. A very familiar man. Who did not seem to be happy about his presence.

"You !" Said the ghost in anger. "What are you doing here ? How did you even get in here ?!"

Baltor raised an eyebrow, and let his arms fall at his side. "Good to see you, Bartelby." The entity opened its mouth to talk, but when he saw Bloom, he closed it immediately, his eyes widening.

"Hello. My name is Bloom, daughter of King Oritel and Queen Marion. I would like to ask for your help," she said. The blonde was surprised at the authority in her voice. It was the first time she was being so sure of herself in his presence.

"What would our Princess do with a traitor at her side ?" Asked the ghost, completely lost.

She only gave a little, sad smile. "He was the only one I could trust to help me."

Baltor smirked when the old scribe turned to glare at him. "I don't know which lies he fed you with, but you cannot trust this… creature ! He fooled everyone on Domino, and will not hesitate to do the same with you !"

"What do you mean ?" Asked the fairy, her eyes widening, and her stance clearly showing she prepared herself to fight him off. The blonde only shrugged, and smiled. All the scribe could tell her, she would've guessed it by now.

"He was responsible for the weakening of Sparx's defense ! He used his powers to make guards do what he wanted ! He convinced people that our King and Queen were not as loving as they seemed ! He-" Bloom sighed and stopped him by raising her right hand.

"I know that he was responsible for the destruction of our realm, but I need him. For now. I have no idea if the ones I call friends… really are. I don't know if the ones that were supposed to protect this realm really did. For now, he's the only person that made his intentions clear," she explained, her head high. "I was the one to ask for his help. As unhappy as I am, he really is the only one I can trust, and ask for help in my… quest." The old man only shook his head, and bowed lightly to the Princess.

"I will trust your judgement Princess. Now, why are you here ?" He asked, while purposely ignoring the wizard. Who did not really care, and just watched the scene as it unfolded.

"I need to know what happened to my parents, where they are," she said in a desperate tone, and Baltor could only guess the hope shining in those big blue eyes of hers.

The scribe went on to show pictures of her happy family, of her and her sister, of the Company of Light. She seemed genuinely delighted to see all those people in younger versions of themselves. And just when he thought he would finally be rid of the girl, because she would find out the truth about her parents, all his hopes were crushed.

"It seems, Princess Bloom, that they are trapped in the Obsidian Dimension," he said carefully. She immediately asked if they were still alive, but the scribe could only shake his head, once again. "I do not know, I'm afraid. Even the book cannot reach them now."

Baltor sighed. "What about her future, old man ? Surely something is written about our dear Princess here," he asked. The scribe eyed him warily, but still made the pages turn, looking into it.

"It doesn't appear to be so. Only one prophecy, passed from elder to elder, is related to our Princess Bloom," he explained, as Baltor just looked up in the air, already knowing that only rubbish would come out of his mouth. "At the crossroad of the endless roads, demons of stone lead to the abyss of the caged people. A king without a crown will save another King of a lost kingdom, and the six of the fellowship that defends light will shine with dazzling strength in the evil darkness. And what was lost, will finally be found once again."

The wizard thought about it for a second, but was quickly interrupted in his thoughts when he felt another dark energy. "We cannot stay here, Princess," he suddenly said, trying to identify what he felt. "Something is coming. Fast."

She stared at him for some time, and finished her talk with the elder, before he grew too tired and disappeared. The red head then turned to him. "What is it you're talking about ? I can't feel anything."

"I wouldn't expect otherwise, it's a very dark energy, and it's trying to hide," he explained.

"So why can you feel it ?" She asked. But he decided their safety came first, and when he felt the thing enter the library, he chose to create a portal that would lead them right back to Alfea, by the lake where she once defeated him.

When he grabbed her arm, she struggled a little, her defenses coming up in an instant, but he did not let her have the time to cast a spell. He threw her inside the portal, and jumped into it right as the presence entered the room.

Bloom was on the ground when he landed, and he closed the portal as fast as he could, before offering a hand to the fairy to help her get up. Which she did not accept, and he was, again, confronted with a very angry red head.

"What was that ?! She asked angrily.

He only sighed. "It has entered the library. I decided it was better to flee then try to fight it. It seemed pretty strong." Baltor explained, his arms crossed.

She mimicked his stance. "I didn't feel anything !"

"Of course you didn't. You're too full of light to be able to notice something so dark," he told her as he shrugged.

She sighed. "At least, we know where to look now."

The wizard sat on the ground, obviously drained from all this energy he'd used.

"What is this Osbidian Dimension ?" She asked, to change the subject.

He sighed. "The worst place in this universe, as far as I know."

"Worse than Omega ?" She said while raising an eyebrow.

"Much worse. Omega is cold, but you can survive to it. The Osidian Dimension is... made of darkness, and evil. It corrupts everything it touches. It makes you mad, and delirious..." he trailed off, as he raised his eyes to watch her fairy form. "And for a fairy like you, who needs light to survive, it would kill you without a doubt. You wouldn't survive a day in it."

She frowned, as an ugly feeling started to raise its head. "So my parents..."

He looked beyond her now, staring off in the distance. "Maybe they're dead, but maybe they survived it, one way or another. Although I do not know if they will be the same people as before. Darkness may have bewitched them."

She sighed. The red head still believed there was hope, but Baltor's words made that feeling diminish again and again. If what he said was true, maybe she would find horrible versions of her parents, tortured by the darkness of the dimension for seventeen years. Left alone, struggling to simply survive a terrible fate.

"We should get back," she announced.

"Yes, Princess, but, alas, I am in no condition to get us anywhere."

As she took in his physical appearance, she noticed the bags under his eyes, and the way his eyes only half opened now. She just shrugged, and decided they could stay there and rest. He didn't object, and finally lowered his guard, while closing his eyes.

Time passed, and she lost herself in her thoughts. Until she felt a presence. Someone was there.

She immediately turned to Baltor, but he must've sensed it too, because he was already up.

Before any of them could move, a flash of light was thrown at him, right into his chest, and he was sent flying into a tree. She immediately prepared herself to fight off any enemy, but when she saw the familiar figure come out of the woods, she immediately lowered her arms.

"Stella ?" She asked, surprised. Her friend seemed angrier than ever, and her eyes were strained on Baltor. The man struggled to get up, and the fairy of light prepared herself, ready to throw another powerful spell. The wizard was able to protect himself this time, and looked at the red head with a meaningful glare. "Stella wait !" Screamed Bloom, before putting herself between her friend and he enemy.

"No, Bloom. This ends now !" She yelled. "Why aren't you dead yet ?!"

She threw herself in the air, and Bloom had no other choice but to help Baltor shield himself this time. Opening a portal would weaken him. But opening two portals would only leave him with the bare minimum of magic to survive. Even Domino's heir could feel the lack of power in him. "Stella, stop !" She cried out again.

The other fairy, shocked beyond words at the sight of her best friend protecting their worst enemy, slowly came back onto the ground. "You'd better have a good explanation Bloom. This demon destroyed countless lives ! Why are you protecting him ?!"

Slowly, the two fairies lowered their arms, while Baltor used the tree behind him to get back up on his feet.

"It's complicated Stella… He's the only one I could trust," she told her blonde friend.

Her friend froze, and the Sun fairy's hurt expression made Bloom realize what she just said.

"Not this way Stella !" She immediately told her friend, who seemed to have a hard time breathing. "But I have doubts about someone, and I could not put you into this ! I do not want you to be into this ! It could hurt you !"

"And so what ?" Spat the blonde fairy as she regained her composure. "You go to our worst enemy instead ? Because you can trust him with this and not your best friends ?! Because as far as I know, this monster only tells lies !" Bloom faltered at those words. She knew it would be complicated to convince her friends if they ever discovered the truth, but her friend did not even want to hear any explanation. She only wanted to see the man gone. "We came to your house to wish you a happy birthday this morning, did you know that ?" She informed the red head. "And, when you didn't come down, we decided to go into your room. What a surprise it was when we only found two empty beds !" She yelled accusingly.

"I know it seems weird, Stel, but-"

"Let me finish Bloom !" Interrupted the other Princess, putting a hand in the air. "Do you know what happened when we asked your parents where you and Sky could've gone ? Because, you know, as we saw boys clothes, we thought it would be him. But no. No, actually, your parents told us it was a man that went by the name of Baltor." She continued, her head turning to the same color as the hair of her friend's. "At first we thought it was a joke. Or a mistake. A weird coincidence maybe. So we followed the traces the portal left. A portal made of dark energy."

The tears rolling down on her reddened cheeks made Baltor wonder how weak fairies could be. But he made a point not to show his disgust, or really do any movement at all. He did not want the crazy girl to come back after him.

"After that, and seeing it led to Sparx, the others started to voice their opinions, but, silly me thought she knew better and told them to stop, that you couldn't have done that ! And I was clearly wrong !" Baltor had to use all the might left in him not to snort. "So, we land on a deserted and cold planet, and follow the magical trails you two left behind, before stopping in front of a giant mountain, surrounded by an army of insects ! We thought you were trapped inside, so we started fighting them… Did you know the library was on a bird ? After the fight, we had to fly after this… thing and when we got in, you weren't in it either !"

He felt the magic of a portal be opened, and knew her little friends would make an entrance in a matter of minutes. Bloom must've felt it too, because she got closer to him. Slowly, but she did. He only prepared to reach for her in case things went wrong.

"So Tecna and Timmy, yet again, had to research where you went ! And, when they did, I decided I would go on my own, because it would take too much time and energy for me to make everyone appear here… And, do you know what I find Bloom ?"

"Stella… It's not what it seems to be, I promise," she said, reaching a hand out toward her friend.

"Explain yourself, because judging from both of your attitudes, you felt that the others will be here soon," she told them, making it clear she knew they both thought of fleeing instead of fighting.

"I… I don't know if we can trust Mrs. Faragonda," simply announced the read head. Her friend just laughed.

"So, what, you go to Baltor ? Because he can be trusted but not the headmistress who always protected us ?"

"That's the thing Stella. When has she ever protected us ?" Asked the blue fairy, finally able to tell what she really thought. "She always made us rush forward in the battle. She always encouraged us to go and fight the enemy, and has never once stopped us. She made it our responsibility," she explained. Baltor saw the eyes of the blonde showed she started thinking, but she didn't uncross her arms, or showed any sign of believing her best friend. "I could understand for the Trix, after all, they were after me. But, for Aisha and Lord Darkar ? Maybe I was a target in the end, but any army could've dealt with him, and better than us, little school girls." Stella narrowed her eyes. "And for Baltor ? Why hasn't any army come up to help us ? Why is it always our responsibility, and the only help we have on the battle field comes from our boyfriends ?"

Stella seemed to think for a moment, and nodded. Bloom let a sigh escape from her lips, and continued.

"But you know what's the most infuriating ? In our first year, I did research on my sister, the Nymph Daphne. And, after that, she removed all the books talking about her," revealed Bloom.

"Why did she do that ?" Asked a skeptical Stella.

"I have no idea. To this day, it's still a mystery. But there's also the fact that she never told me everything I needed to know about my past, only the most obvious details. Hell ! We had to wait until Baltor showed up for her to even tell me there was another magical being that could use the power of the Dragon Flame !" She finished in a yell. It was good to tell her friend all of that, all that she'd been hiding for months, only being able to talk with some monster who did not care one bit.

Only a second ticked by, before one of them moved.

"Oh girl !" Said Stella before going into her arms. "You should've told us ! It totally makes sense !" She stated, before caging her friend in a hug. "I knew you wouldn't betray us !"

Bloom let her tears fall on her cheeks, and Stella laughed it off. That was until screams could be heard from the trees, and the blonde saw Baltor ducking as fast as he could behind Bloom, a vague of Morphix hitting the tree.

"Watch out !" Said Aisha as she prepared another spell, only to be, just as Stella was moments ago, bewildered by the two fairies creating a shield to protect the demon.

"What's going on ?!" Asked a very angry Prince Sky, his sword raised and ready for battle.

Bloom started telling the whole story, once again. And, even if they didn't look convinced, they understood why she hesitated to go to them. They weren't thrilled, of course, and it seemed to be a pretty big hit, but they trusted her decision.

Only then did Bloom notice that two persons were missing.

"Where are Musa and Riven ?"

A loud explosion was her answer.

Aaaaand cut !

If there are any mistakes or tippos, PM me, leave a com', I don't know but just tell me ! I cringe every time I read a chapter twice, always finding new mistakes. I try to correct them as much as I can but help is welcomed.

So, you can probably guess it isn't my thing to make a lot of people talk. Or when there's more than two people in the same area.

But anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter !

AND did you know I found another fanfic I wrote a while ago ? Well, mostly started. But it's good, and I had so much ideas for it ! It was another Sparxshipping fic, but there would be another "book" after it, and there would be another season focused on a "new" Winx Club. Second characters that I found very interesting, but sadly, we did not have time to see them evolve.

So… yeah, I feel like this fic is going to end pretty soon, seeing at how fast I seem to be writing it… and because I already know when and how it will end

See you… in a few days XD