Chapter 4: Riven are you opening up?

I couldn't stop crying, I really love Riven. I didn't want any of this to happen. I sat on a corner and wrapped my arms around my knee; I had my head on top of my knees so my voice wouldn't have to echo out.
"Riven" I whispered. "Why? I really love you but why did you do this to me?" Tears won't stop falling, I felt my cheeks get hot and my collar getting wet.

I looked up at the sky letting out a sigh "Riven you idiot" I couldn't stop thinking about him. I hated it so much. I remembered every memory we made, I felt my heart getting crushed. Did I deserve this? I thought after standing up. I walked to the edge of the balcony, I heard the girls laughing in the common room. Their conversation penetrated the door of the balcony "I can't wait for the week to start! I heard the guys will stay in the school they chose for a week." Stella screamed happily.
"You know what that means, right?" Layla mumbled to Bloom.
"SUNSHINE!" Bloom cheered with a huge grin on her face.

Everyone laughed, and Stella screamed "SHUT IT BLOOOOOOOM!" but this made them laugh more. I couldn't help but smirk; at least I know my friends will be happy.

"That's really nice stella, Brandon being all sweet with you. It's true love." Flora calmly said.
"What about you and Helia, huh? I saw that spark in your eyes! You're way more excited than me" Stella hissed while giving Flora a smug.
Flora shyly blushed and giggled, Helia always made her happy. Everyone went on about their stories until Flora said something that glue me to the door, I know, eavesdropping isn't right but I was curious.

"Do you think Riven and Musa are ok?" Flora whispered, but I had great hearing so it wasn't that hard to understand.
"Ofcourse they are! Musa's just sick so maybe Riven wanted her to rest" exclaimed Layla.
"But... Hmm... Tecna, do they talk at night?" Flora turned her attention to the Technology fairy.
"No, not really" said Tecna while fixing her new debugger.
"See!" Excalimed Flora.
Everyone was in silence since no one was used to Flora shouting.
"Flora, calm down. Maybe Stella's right, Riven is the protective type and he cares a lot for Musa. Maybe he just wanted her to get better as fast as possible" said a concerned Bloom.

How could I let this happen? Flora snapped because of my problem, I started to cry again. My friends didn't have to worry about this! I clenched my fist and placed it on my chest; I really hated myself for this. "Sorry Flora" I whispered to myself.

After a few more minutes I didn't hear them anymore so maybe they went back inside their rooms, so I screamed. "I HATE THIS!" I couldn't take it anymore, my friends... And Riven. I wanted to bury my head on my pillow but I can't let Tecna see me, I decided to go out for a while. Maybe a walk through the forest would help me calm down. I peeked inside and saw Flora; she was looking at me with teary eyes.
"Musa." the nature fairy said in a whisper.
"I'm sorry, did you... uhmm..." I was a bit shock, did Flora hear me scream?
"You can tell me anything musa, I really want to help. But if you keep pushing me away then I can't do anything but watch you like this." Flora turned her head away.
"Flo, I'm fine. I'm just upset about this cold, it's gonna ruin the week. I've been trying to get better but with all the stress it's been a bit hard. But I'm fine, don't worry about me. I know you're there when I need you, and I'll go straight to you if I can't handle problems" I hated myself more, I lied again. I'm really sorry Flora; I'll talk to you soon. I thought as I walked up to her for a hug,
"Ok, Musa." Flora looked disappointed, she knew I was lying.
"I'm gonna head out to clear my head" I smiled at her and left the room.

-Red Fountain-

Brandon POV
"Riven! We have to go soon!" Sky kept banging his door.
"Man, we should just leave him. He seemed so uninterested ever since he came back from his date with Musa 2 days ago" I didn't want Sky's effort to be put to waste.
"Well... He should still listen! Cordatorta will be pissed at him, and that means we get involved." Sky argued. He had a point; every time Riven did something we would also get blamed.
"Sky has a point man; we should at least try to geyt him out of there. Poor Timmy here can't pack his clothes because of Riv." said Helia. I looked back at Sky who was really pissed; he continued banging Riven's door. "RIVEN! OPEN THE DOOR!"

"Hey! What's with all the noise guys?" said a voice at our door. We all turned to see an old friend; we ran to him "NABU!" we all cheered.
"Miss me?" he chuckled.
"You wish!" Sky snickered.
"So? What's up? I heard all the noise from the halls." Nabu asked.
Our faces lit up, Nabu was Riven's closest friend. "What?" he asked again.
We grabbed him and pushed him in front of Riven's door; he looked back at us and gave us a confused look.
"Riven's being stubborn, can you get him out of the room? We need to leave for Alfea soon" asked an annoyed Sky.
"Ah... Why didn't say so?" Nabu smiled as he teleported himself inside the room.

RIVEN POV
Finally, they stopped all the noise. My friends never understood me; they should know that I just want to be alone. Lying down on my bed relaxed me; I took a pillow and placed it on my head. I just wanted to be alone, why can't they get the message?

"Riv" said a voice that I just ignored; I thought I was hearing things. "Riven..." The voice said again. I took the pillow of me and saw Nabu in front of my bed, I knew he teleported in but I was a bit surprised. What was he doing in Red Fountain?
"You ok?" He asked as he sat down near the window.
I didn't reply, I just gave him a nod. I wasn't in the mood to talk, I wanted to be alone but Nabu said something that confused me.
"I know what's wrong Riv, and I know you don't want me to help but I think I have the solution to your problem." he said smiling at me.
"What do you mean?" I was curious. He was one of my closest friends but I never told him about the problem with musa.
"Riven, it's written all over your face. Just talk to her and apologize, you seriously don't want to lose her right?" Nabu asked as he walked towards me.
My eyes widened, was it that obvious? No, Brandon and Sky didn't notice THAT much.
"And yeah, it's that obvious Riv. I'm your friend so I can read you" said Nabu.
He hit a bull's eye; I felt pain in my chest. I suddenly remembered the fight Musa and I had, I felt so dumb. How could I do that to her?
"C'mon Riv, tell me everything so you can let it out. I'll also promise you that I won't mention this to the guys, ok?" said nabu while patting my back. I felt my face heat up, so I did something which surprised me.

"Musa and I broke up because I beat up Jared." I looked at Nabu and his expression didn't change, it seemed like he understood me. So I turned my head and continued.
"I was jealous again, Jared threatened me and I got pissed. Musa was so scared when he saw Jared all drunk, I didn't like it. So my anger took over my actions and I beat up Jared, Musa didn't like what I did and she went to see if Jared was ok. I got so mad at her, I didn't like what she did, it made me more jealous. So I broke up with her, I was so mad at her for not understanding me." I looked at Nabu again and his expression didn't change at all.
He patted me on the back and said "Musa's a different girl Riven, you both need to understand each other. She knows how jealous you can get but she doesn't like seeing her friends hurt, maybe you should've just pushed Jared and left. I know you, and violence is in your system."
I couldn't believe it, he really understood me. Maybe I was too harsh, but... Musa should've known better to go near a drunken guy who used to like her... On the other hand I did beat him to a pulp, I'm really confused.
"Riv, go apologize to Musa and tell her that you were just scared in losing her and you reacted like that because you didn't like seeing her in that kind of situation. You just wanted her safe and your anger took over your actions, it's not like she'll want to change you Riv. She'll understand she is your girlfriend man." said Nabu and I just gave him a crooked smile, he knew what to say and it helped me think clearly.
"Yeah, maybe I will. Thanks man." I stood up and opened the door.

"FINALLY!" the guys said in sync. I forgot about them.
"Nice job Nabu! Now Timmy can pack and we can leave for Alfea!" said Sky while he pushed Timmy in the room.
"No problem guys, just hurry. Layla sent me a message asking where we were, and I haven't replied." said a laughing Nabu.

-Forest-

MUSA POV
It was getting late, but I still didn't feel like going back. I couldn't face Flora, but they'll be wondering why I left for a long time since I told them that I was sick. So I decided to go back to Alfea, I wasn't in a hurry so I took my time enjoying the air.

Maybe I should call him? No... Well... Probably.. Oh Musa! Get a hold of yourself! He left you, so get over him! I couldn't bear it, I just cant stop thinking about Riven. I stopped and looked at the moon; Riven and I loved doing this. I felt the breeze on my face and I started to remember the good times we had.

-Flashback-
"Look! Isn't that beautiful Riven?" I said as I grabbed a hold of a red rose.
"Yeah, that flower does look beautiful. Just like you, Musa" said Riven.
I turned back and smiled at him, he made me feel so loved.
"And you'll be there to take care of me so that I won't wither out, right?" I walked up to him and wrapped my arms around his neck.
"You bet princess, I'll make sure you'll be protected." Riven then grabbed my waist and aligned his face to min.
He gave me a kiss, and it was intoxicating. I hugged him tightly to send him a message that I wanted him more, he responded and kissed me more. I just love how his body heats up and make me feel warmth; I wanted to stay like this.
Riven pulled away and smiled at me, the smile that just made my body melt. I just love seeing that smile.
"Musa" he said.
I couldn't reply, I was to hypnotized by his smile. I gave him a hug so that he won't see how embarrassed I was.
"Musa" Riven chuckled. "I know you're blushing, you cant hide it from me" he laughed. It annoyed me. He manages to tease me, but at the same time I loved it. He was only person who can make me like this.
"Musaaa" he called again. I looked at him with my heated cheeks, I gave him a pout.
"Oh Musa." Riven laughed harder and kissed me again.
I couldn't stop blushing, I knew he liked this. He just loves it when I get embarrassed.
"Mu..sa" panted Riven trying to call my name again, I pulled away and looked at him.
"You're really something Princess" he said flashing me one of those smiles again.
"Well... You too..." I manage to say something but I was to embarrassed. Riven kept laughing and he kissed my cheek. "Let's go princess, we have a date to accomplish" and he turned away to walk towards his leva bike.
I ran to him and got a hold of his muscular arm.
-End of Flashback-

My chest ached, I really missed Riven. I wanted him back but he broke up with me and I made him feel like I didn't want things normal. Tears fell again; I just wished we hadn't had that misunderstanding.

"What's wrong fairy? Did everyone leave you already?" an annoying voice crept from above.
It was Darcy! "What do you want witch? Are you that miserable? You stalk me know? I told her wiping me eyes.
"You wish, I just happen to be in the neighbourhood and I saw a pathetic fairy crying. So I thought maybe I should end her misery!" said Darcy as she blasted her dark magic at me.
"Funny, I always remembered that you were the pathetic excuse" I manage to dodge her attack. "ENCHANTIX!" I exclaimed.
"Ohhh, I'm so scared. By the way, here's a little gift for you! Darcy sent dark spikes at me.
"Disco ball!" I shouted to shield myself. "You just love to give don't you Darcy, well this time I should give you something in return! Melodic Blast!" I yelled as I let out a supersonic blast.
Darcy took a direct hit and she fell to the ground. "Awww.. Was my gift was too much for you, maybe next time you shouldn't be to giving!" I mocked her.
"Very funny musa but maybe you'll be able to accept this!" Darcy disappeared and I felt a blast hit my back. Darcy teleported and hit me with one of her dark balls.
"How was that musa? Not enough right? This should help you! Toxic cloud!" Darcy raising her hands up.
I couldn't fly, Darcy badly hit my back.
"Where's your mouth now Fairy?" Darcy laughed.

FLORA POV

"Flo? Hey Flo." I heard someone, well I think I did. "Flora, wake up. It's me, Bloom."
"Oh... Hey Bloom... What's up?" I was still half asleep.
"Sorry to wake you up but have you seen Musa?" asked Bloom.
"Musa?" I looked at her a bit confused.
"Yeah, she's not in her room and it's getting pretty late." Bloom looking worried.
"Musa...? Oh! Musa! She went out for a walk awhile ago." I snapped into reality. "Wait, she isn't back yet?" Musa left around 4 pm and it was already 8pm.
"No, not yet." Bloom was a bit uneasy.
"Well lets go give her a call? Let's not jump to conclusions" I tried to stay positive for Bloom.
"Ok, let me just get my cell." Bloom stood up and went to table where her phone as placed, but before she could open it the door to our dorm was forcefully opened.

"We have a problem!" Brandon exclaimed.
Bloom and I were surprised, what was Brandon doing here and why were his clothes torn?
"What happened?" Bloom ran to him.
"Get the girls, it's Musa!" Brandon was still panting, he looked liked he just got out of a fight.

-Alfea Clinic-

"Snukooms! What's going on?" Stella asked as we enter the clinic.
All the guys were sitting down, well, all except for Riven who was nowhere to be found.
"It's Musa" Brandon stated.
"What happened? And how'd you guys find her?" Layla asked them.
"Well-" Sky was cut off by the nurse. "Boys, please come in now. I'll have to fix your wounds so things won't get serious. As for your friend, she is now stabilized and currently resting."
"We'll talk to you girls later, ok? We'll visit your rooms later to fill you in the details." said a very injured Sky.
"Sky.." Bloom whispered worriedly.
"I'll be fine Bloom, don't worry. I'll see you later, ok?" Sky landed a kiss on her forehead.
"Ok, Sky" sighed Bloom, everyone was worried for the guys. But as of now, we can't do anything but wait.
We watched the guys who were badly injured enter the clinic; I couldn't help but tear up when I saw Helia. His right arm was completely visible and it had a large wound, I wanted to help but my magic isn't strong enough.

-Dorm-

The air was cold and everyone was very uneasy, the suspense was killing us. Bloom was walking in a circle with her hands crossed, Stella kept tapping her nails on the table, Tecna made clicking sounds with her pen, Layla's teeth kept grinding as she tried to find a good position to sit, I on the other hand couldn't stop sighing. We all waited for an hour and a half till...
"I can't take it anymore! Can we go check on them? We need to know what's going on!" Stella exclaimed.
We all looked at each other, we knew Stella was right but we can't go.
"Stell, calm down. We'll get answers, we just need to be a bit more patient" said Layla trying to help Stella sit.
"But.. Snukooms, Musa, and the other guys are really hurt. How can we just sit here? I need answers now!" Stella angrily stormed to the door. As she was about to leave she saw Riven who was about to knock. "Hey.. Stella." he was a bit surprised.
"Riven? RIVEN!" Stella said with glee.

He entered the room with bandages covering his left arm and body, there were still blood stains on them. His face had bruises and his left leg had a huge bruise near the knee, he just stood near the door and crossed his arms.

"How are the guys? How are you? How's musa?" Bloom asked.
"We're all fine; I came here to tell you girls that you can see the others now. But not Musa, she's still stabilizing" Riven calmly explained.
"Oh, well maybe we should visit tomorrow? You guys need to rest and get your strength back" Bloom sounded a bit disappointed but she knew what was right.
"It's ok to visit tonight, we're all fine. The medicine will give us back our strength by tomorrow, so it'll seem like nothing happened." Riven then looked at the door, it was like he was telling us to go and see the guys.
"Well? What are we waiting for then? Let's go girls!" Stella charged to the door.

-Clinic-

"Knock, knock." said Bloom as she peeked in the door.
We saw all the guys in their beds, they were covered in bandages. It wasn't really the best way to start the Red Fountain week but at least we know everyone's safe.

"Bloom!" We heard a voice from the left end of the room, it was Sky. He smiled at us and tried to raise his arm to signal Bloom to go to him.
"Sky! I'll be right there!" said a happy Bloom.

Bloom ran to Sky and sat next to him.

"Sunshine" another voice but this was in the right end of the room.
"BRANDON! SWEETIE!" Stella ran to him all giggly. "How I missed you! Are you alright?" She shouted.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry." Brandon assured Stella.

Stella then hugged Brandon; she was really scared with what happened.

"Tecna! Hey!" waved a guy just next to Brandon.
"Timmy!" Tecna rushed over to his side.
"Are you ok? Did you hit any vital organs?" Tecna was really worried; she knew Timmy wasn't really made for combat. He was more on intellect.
"Yeah, I'm fine. My plan went well so no one was badly hurt." said Timmy who started to scratch the back of his head.
"Well, I'm just glad you're safe." Tecna then leaned over and gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Tec.. Na.." Timmy blushed.

They weren't that used to physical contact but Tecna was really happy that Timmy was safe.

"Nabu!" Layla saw him resting next to Sky.
"Oh.. Layla!" Nabu looked like he just woke up from a nap.
"I'm so happy your safe Nabu! I couldn't think straight not knowing your status in this clinic, but now at least everything is fine" Layla then hugged Nabu.
"My sweet Layla" He landed a kiss on her forehead.

Layla just cuddled with Nabu, she tried to be as gentle towards him. He had all those bandages covering his chest.

I scanned for Helia, and I saw him next to Riven's bed. I walked to him and saw him still sleeping, so I decided to make some herbal tea.

"Hey... Flora." I turned my head and saw Riven trying to sitting up.
"Yeah? Do you need anything Riven? I can call he nurse." I thought he was in some kind of pain, he looked like he was going to collapse.
"No, I just.. Thought maybe.. I could have some tea as well?" Riven then looked away. "Sure thing, I'm making for everyone." I said while finishing the tea. Riven nodded and went back to lying down.

As I poured tea to each cup I saw the girls, they didn't like this but they were happy that the guys were ok.

"HEY! Could you guys explain what happened? We're dying to know why our boyfriends are beaten to a pulp." Stella screamed.

Everyone was silent..

"Well.."
We all drew our attention to Riven.
"Well? Could you please tell us about your fight and as to what happened to Musa?" Stella tried to sound as calm as possible.
"Well... We were on our way here since we chose Alfea for that Grand ball thing. We were on our leva bikes, as we reached the middle part of the forest we saw a big flash not far from where we were. So we decided to check it out since it might be someone in danger, we drove as fast as possible to save up some time..." Riven then sat up and continued. "We then heard someone laugh, it was Darcy. She just knocked Musa out, we saw her on the ground unconscious. So we ran to fight Darcy and help get Musa out of the area."
I saw Riven's eyes; they were full of pain and guilt. I knew something bad had happened between him and Musa.
"So? What happened to Darcy? And what was Musa's condition when you saw her?" Bloom asked.
"We were able to defeat Darcy but it wasn't easy, she had the advantage since the area was all dark and gloomy. We had to take a few blows from her but still, we manage to beat her." Riven then clenched his fist. "Musa... She looked so worn out. Darcy got her good, she had wounds all over her body and her breathing was off. She hit her head pretty hard and a lot of blood was on her head and right arm." Riven looked down and grinded his teeth.
"Hey man, at least we got her out on time. That's what's important." said a tired Brandon.
"Yeah... Whatever." Riven then laid back down.

Everyone understood why Riven was like that, we just didn't know how to help him.

I sat down and looked straight at the window, I saw the stars. They were beautiful. How I wished things would go back to normal.
"Flora?" Helia had awakened.
"Helia!" I gave him a hug, I felt teary when I saw him sit up. I was so worried for him.
"Hey, where am I? And what happend?" Helia was still trying to wake up.
"You're in Alfea, you guys ran into some trouble when you were on your way here." I gave him a smile.
"Oh" he chuckled. "Well, I'm kinda glad I fell asleep. I get to wake up to a beautiful Nature fairy" Helia teased.
I couldn't help but blush; even if he's injured he manages to make me smile.
"Here, drink some tea. It'll help with the healing" I then gave him the cup and he smiled.
"Right now, Flora. Just being with you helps my healing process." Helia then took a sip.
"Helia.." he was just so sweet, I smiled with joy.
"I'll... I'll just give the others their tea." I was so nervous.

The boys fell asleep after they drank the tea, so we decided to go back and get some shut eye as well.
On our way out we saw Musa's room, we wanted to go in and see how she was.
"Can we girls?" Layla asked.
"We can't. But.." Tecna whispered.
"Maybe we should?" Bloom suggested.
"What about Griselda?" Stella worryingly asked.
"We can see Musa tomorrow girls, we need to get some rest" I didn't want us to get in trouble.
"Maybe you're right Flo" said a bit disappointed Layla.

We turned and walked away, but a loud scream in Musa's room exited the doors. We ran and saw our friend screaming. We were shocked, Musa was tossing and turning.

"Musa! Wake up! It's us!" said Bloom who was shaking Musa
"AHHHH!" Musa screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Sweetie, it's us. Please wake up, you're having a nightmare." I tried to calm her but nothing.
"Musa! Shh... Everything's all right, we're here." Layla tried as well.
"Girls! Try playing some music! Maybe that'll calm her down" suggested Tecna.
"Great idea Tec! I have my phone! Here! Bloom!" Stella tossed.

Bloom then played the video recorded of musa's song in the concert; she was singing Magic in my Heart.
"Look!" Stella pointed at Musa. She calmed down, but she had tears running down her cheeks.
"Aw, musa... Sweetie." I patted her forehead; we didn't expect her to cry. Everyone just sat there trying to help me calm her more.
"Musa, get some rest. Ok?" assured Bloom.
"We'll see you tomorrow, so don't cry." Stella said trying to act like it didn't bother her.
"R..." Musa moaned.
"What?" Tecna noticed.
"What is it Tecna?" Layla asked as she turned back.
"Musa's trying to say something." said a concerned Tecna.
We all turned to our unconscious friend, tears started to fall again but this time we all heard what Musa had to say. "Riv... Riven"