On the Other Side of the Tracks
"The personalities of the Winx Club girls have been extended to be somewhat maniacle, and may offend viewers. Viewer Discretion is advised."
The Bright Side of Things
"Mmmmm..."
Flora breathed in the spiritual tranquilness. The sun was shining, the flowers growing..Flora was in tuned with her body and mentally stable. She was in the lotus position as her mentor Brother Shawn awakened from her meditation.
"Alright everyone! That's it for meditation hour." the bronzed man said rising from his yoga mat and smiled as he looked towards Flora. "You are amazing Flora, I never seen someone so dedicated to meditation in my life."
"Thank you Brother Shawn." Flora murmured, blushing a bit as she got up from the lotus position and began to fold up her yoga mat. Shawn shook his beautiful blond locks and moved towards Flora, his bare chest exposed.
"Please..call me Shawn." Shawn remarked sweetly. Flora flushed completely as she looked at his bare chest.
"(Giggle) Okay.." Flora stammered. "Shawn."
"Why don't you join me for dinner in the mess hall?" Shawn offered, motioning to the barnlike log cabins over the hill. Flora blushed at the invitation, someone so handsome as Shawn would actually ask her out.
"Um...not really." Flora said sweetly. Shawn looked dejected as Flora tried to cover it up. "I'm more in love with the meditation and being in tune with my surroundings. I'm much too busy."
"So you're not coming to lunch." Shawn asked. Flora relaxed back on the yoga mat and lowered her bandana which the camp gave everyone and shook her head.
"Mm. Mm. You go ahead." Flora said lulling her head with the bobbing flowers with dancing in the wind. Shawn shook his head, he never could get to that girl. Flora seemed happy as ever even without Shawn guiding him in yoga poses.
It had been a couple months that Flora joined the Positive Reflections Camp, in the solar system Grenomia..she loved it there. It was always perfect cloudless days, greenest grass and sweetest smelling flowers. It seemed better and more relaxing than her school life, she failed to get a job that summer getting out of Alfea and the stresses of work and being all tense and worried about nothing put her into very bad shape. She even had to spend a little time with a "head" doctor trying to recover from those interviews from Galactic Pizza Hut. Her shrink analysed her problems and suggested the camp. Now Flora seemed as healthy and able minded than ever and for once in her life...at peace.
"Oh my goody goodness. What a wonderful day!" she exclaimed happily, she nuzzled her nose in a daisy. She closed her eyes for a well deserved cat nap. Suddenly, noises of grunting and panting came to her ears and a looming shadow crept over her.
"Psst. You awake?" a voice whispered in her ear. Flora just winced her eyebrows and rolled over. "Hellooo..Flora?"
"I told you..not now Shawn!" Flora muttered in her sleep. The shadow seemed to puzzle.
"Shawn?" the shadow asked loudly. Someone touched her lips to Flora's ear. "WAKE UP FLORA!"
"GHAAK! What's wrong with you?" Flora jumped as she woke up. "Can't you just like chill for a sec?"
"Flora it's me.." the figure replied. "It's me Layla!"
"Layla?" Flora muttered as she looked at the poor creature that stood before her. It seemed like Layla had been through rough times and in a mud pile since flecks of dirt dipped her face, she could see her ocean blue eyes through the mess of dark wavy brown hair with pieces of hay or something in it. She was wearing some animal furs which Flora thought seemed cruel over a t-shirt with a pink symbol saying "Bounty Girl". Flora's green eyes twinkled as she ran over and hugged her friend. "Layla!"
"What are you doing around here, Flora?" Layla asked curiously, as she looked at the scenery.
"Do you like it? I love it." Flora sighed as she tip toed beside her and spread her arms with blithe. "It's so refreshingly green and delightful!"
"Seems boring." Layla said her eyes half masted. Unimpressed.
"Well it's very peaceful around here at Positive Reflections." Flora said a bit hurt.
"Positive Reflections?" Layla looked to Flora in horror. "That's a rehabilitation camp!"
"So? I think of it as therapeutic." Flora said with a deep breath.
"Flora! What have they done to you?" Layla said aghast. "Don't tell me you're on medication!"
"No way, Layla. My therapist offered them, but I said 'it must be botanical or environmentally healthy for my overall well being or I'm not doing it!'" Flora answered she crossed her legs and went into a very bizarre yoga position.
"Flora, I've come to ask you for your help.."Layla said determined to get to the non-medicated fairy she knew. "You know, those witches we fought in Alfea? The ones who always tried to kill us...GHAA! Don't do that!"
"Sorry.." Flora said as she stood up after bending over backwards and snapped her pelvis back in place.
"Yeah. You know those witches back from Cloud Tower.." Layla continued before the pelvis swaying incident. "I read an article, that they somehow got to be in a really bad condition, and was locked in Cloud Tower for safety reasons. Now someone from work calls in and says that they escaped.."
"Oh no!" Flora said.
"It's worse than that." Layla told her old friend, she took out a photograph and gave it to Flora. "When the witches escaped, there was one person there that night that went with them..."
"Musa." Flora cried as she took the photo. She looked up at her old friend. "What should we do?"
"Come with me..." Layla said grabbing Flora's hand. "You need to help me.."
"B-bbut." Flora spurted.
"Get away from all this." Layla ordered, Flora bowed her head. "This isn't life, Flora."
Flora just looked down saddened.
"You need to go back to reality sometime, Flora." Layla remarked softly, "Just don't do this for yourself. Do it for me..do it for Musa. She needs our help."
Flora looked back at all the calmness and splendour around her. She shook her head and remembered the troubled old friend. "Alright. I'll go with you."
Layla saw the sadness in her floral happy friend and gave her a hug. As they looked into each other's eyes Layla nodded and conjured a portal.
"It's going to be alright sweety." Layla consoled and with one last look at her carefree life. Flora went into the spinning portal and vanished into the antiquity.