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Just to be sure that you all know that Eros will be played by Wade Poezyn, Flora will be played by Taylor Hill and Kat will be played Nina Dobrev. You can imagine all the characters as real people so that it looks realistic. I sometimes prefer that.

The Skyline

Chapter 4: the History is a Mystery

"The ultimate mystery is one's own self."

(Listen to 'Ride' by Cary Brothers for this chapter)

Flora

The winx and I were sitting in Miss Faragonda's office looking at her face while she was quiet. After a moment of silence she ordered Griselda to leave just the seven of us in the room. We knew it was something serious because Miss Faragonda doesn't just call us out of blue. "Is something wrong, Miss Faragonda?" Bloom asked her and she sighed heavily. She put her glasses on her desk and looked at all of us with an unreadable expression. "Yes, Bloom, I'm afraid there is a problem."

The girls and I exchanged some looks and looked back at Headmistress. "Does any one of you know where I come from?" she asked us. For a moment, the room was filled with utter silence and then Stella decided to break the silence, "Umm… Magix?" she said.

Headmistress laughed lightly and said, "Not quite," she continued while Bloom and I looked at each other, "I come from a far away land, Slenane. It was once a beautiful land, my brother was the lord of the land but because of his cruelty, the land was destroyed by the two that he affected." All of us were surprised by the revelation. None of us thought that Miss Faragonda was once a princess of a land. "I'm sorry to hear that." Bloom said out of pity. Bloom of all people should know what it felt like to be taken away from your home. We never really looked at her background. She was just a wise lady, who was our mentor.

"We're all sorry to hear that, Miss," I continued and the rest of the girls nodded in agreement, "Tell us if we could do something for you."

"Actually, that is why I wanted you all to be here. I need you to go the wastelands of the royal palace of Slenane. You have to find a magic totem that is very important for this universe." Headmistress replied.

"What is it that you want us to retrieve?" Layla asked. Miss Faragonda opened a file that was lying on her desk. She opened it and passed it to Stella who was the nearest to her.

Stella looked at the file and raised an eyebrow, "You want us to retrieve a vial from the ashes of nothing?" she said bluntly. I slapped her arm and mouthed, 'say sorry' and took the file from her."I'm sorry." Stella said who was now filled with guilt. I observed the photo that the file contained; it was a picture of a crystal looking vial. The handle was made up of what seemed like gold. I observed it and passed it on to the others.

"What is it, exactly?" Bloom asked while examining the picture. Miss Faragonda looked so much worried at the time. She was haunted. But, I get it; anyone would be haunted to talk about your destroyed home.

Headmistress sighed, "It's a cure." she informed.

"A cure for what?" Musa asked.

She looked up at us said, "A cure for immortality. In Slenane, there was a coven of witches, all with pure hearts, whose powers were becoming unstoppable and they created a spell that helped them live forever. The cure created because it wasn't fair by the laws of nature. They were cheating death. The cure took the person's power away forever. My brother wanted them dead."The girls are I was startled to hear that there was a cure for all this. We could be humans and lead a normal life without all the magical drama. But, I didn't want it; I mean why would you wanna take such thing?

"That's crazy! There is no cure for that! It must be a myth. And why is it even called a cure? A person would be giving up their powers!" Bloom said. The girls nodded in agreement.

"Are you sure it even exists?" Tecna asked.

"Yes, I'm sure, because I'm the one who created it along with my brother." We couldn't believe it. Why would Miss Faragonda of all people created a cure? But, how?

"But, why would you do such a thing? Those witches were good. I mean, they could've helped your kingdom prosper." I asked.

"I'm afraid that I don't know myself. I was young and naïve and my brother took advantage of that. He needed it for his own personal purpose that led him to his death. And I believe that you're the only ones that could get it back. You all are going to Slenane right now. The specialists are waiting for you outside. Good luck." she said.

Something was wrong with Miss Faragonda. Usually she would b enthusiastic but this time she was… different. "Did someone else notice how weird she was acting?" I asked the girls as soon as we got out.

"Yeah, but she's not the only one acting weird these days." Stella said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked her. But I knew very well what that meant. She was talking about my weirdness since Kat of all people showed up at my birthday.

"Let's just not talk about that. We have to find that vial before someone else does." Bloom declared. How are we supposed to find a vial in wastes of nothing? Stella was right. If Miss Faragonda wanted it so badly why didn't she tell us beforehand about it?

When we got out we saw the guys were already there with a ship. The guys were standing outside. Stella immediately jumped on Brandon giving him her signature hug as we all laughed. I made my way towards Helia and he gave me a hug. Usually, I return them but this time it didn't feel like it. I didn't wrap my arms around him and he just backed away with awkwardness all around.

He looked at me with worried eyes, "Flora, are you okay? What is it that you wanted to tell me about? Is that is what is bothering?" he asked me. He grabbed my face in his hands and looked straight into my eyes. For some reason, I searched for the light blue ones instead. I blink trying to avoid memories of Eros and just hugged Helia tightly just so I don't try to find Eros in him. Helia was better. I guess.

I buried my face in his chest while he was stroking my hair. I didn't know what was happening to me. I'm always happy to see Helia but this time I didn't feel the rush that I usually do. I sighed, "I'll tell you. Not now, please."

I got out of the embrace and he kept a hand on my shoulder keeping me close to him. We got into the ship and I sat close to him all the time.

"I just can't believe that there is a cure created by none other than Miss Faragonda. I mean she is how old?" Stella asked filled with annoyance.

I kept resting my head on Helia's shoulder for the rest of the time. "I far as I know, Slenane was destroyed by two of the trusted courtiers. Apparently, they all died when Slenane was destroyed meanwhile, Miss Faragonda was a student at Alfea and completing her first year." Helia said.

"How do you know all that?" Stella asked.

"Uncle Saladin told me, actually that was his version of bedtime stories," I let out a small laugh and he continued, "I can't quite remember their names but they were pretty strong, the courtiers that betrayed Miss Faragonda's brother; Nicholas who was murdered in cold blood because was trying to save his one true love in all the chaos. All of Faragonda's family members were murdered as well, but they left your Headmistress." That story was haunting. All of us were pretty silent for the next ten seconds but you can always rely on Stella to break the silence.

"Okay, sad love stories aside, you guys, what do you think of my nails?" Everyone groaned at that statement.

It took us a while to reach Slenane. In the time, I kept talking to Helia. It was like I was losing the reasons to love him. But talking to him brought the reasons right back in my heart. "So, what was it that you wanted to tell me?" Helia asked me.

"Umm… can we just not talk about it here… first, take me somewhere far, far away from here." I sighed and Helia just lightly laughed.

"Okay, guys, I guess we're here. Welcome to the ruins of that was once Slenane." Sky said that made all of our heads shoot up. "Okay, so here's the plan; there are 11 of us, so two groups of 4 and one group of 3 might work."

We all agreed to the grouping. We landed on a barren place with no sight of greenery, anywhere. I immediately felt weak because of the lack of nature. The wind blowing was very fast and hot. The place was very uncomfortable and I was trying to figure out how to channel my powers.

"According to this map Miss Faragonda gave us, we're at a place that used to be grassland," Tecna continued while we all listened carefully, "Well, clearly that has changed. So according to Miss Faragonda, the cure was last seen in a tomb under the royal palace. I say, the best chance to get it back is to search that area. It will take us about 30 minutes to reach there. We can split in the tomb, it's pretty big."

When we reached the royal palace, we were startled. The palace was untouched. Everything in the planet was destroyed except the palace. It was weird, why would you leave the palace untouched when it's the place where you can get the royal treasure. When we entered the palace, it made me sick. All the guard's skeletons were still there with weapons stuck in their bodies. The walls were blood struck.

Other than the guards, there were no bodies. We made our way to the tomb and split up like we decided. I was with Musa and Helia. "This place is like, super creepy." Musa said as we walked along the narrow paths in the tomb. The tomb was carved with tales, I presume. It seemed pretty old but was still strong as hell.

We searched about half of the area when I heard Bloom call us, "Guys! Over here! Look what I found!" she shouted and her voice echoed throughout the tomb. We went towards the place from where the Bloom's voice came, I heard a whisper as I walked along the path, "Help me…" the whisper said.

I turned my head towards that direction but no one was there. "Did you guys hear that?" I asked Helia and Musa. "Hear what?" Musa asked me. I just shook my head and went towards Bloom.

We saw Bloom standing near the entrance of a room. She looked haunted and Stella, Brandon and Sky were also there. Nex and Layla also arrived.

"What is it?" Nex asked in an annoyed voice. We looked over to the room and saw a statue of a woman with a flower right next to her. A dagger made up of stone was driven right through her heart.

"Well, that's weird. Are you sure that we're the only ones here who are here the retrieve the so called cure?" Musa asked.

"Pretty sure." Tecna said while arriving at the place with Timmy.

I went over to the flower and tried to channel it; it showed me a memory. "The flower was placed here about an hour ago. Someone was here and I'm pretty sure that the person was not here for the cure." I said.

"How are you so sure? I mean…" I cut Nex off before he could display more of his stupidity, "Why would you place a flower near a stone or statue, whatever you'd like to call it in a place that has been abandoned for 84 years? I don't think Miss Faragonda mentioned that people knew about its existence. Maybe a survivor?" I said.

"Okay, so this proves that someone was here. The person may know about the cure. Did anyone find it? Any other clue?" Bloom asked us.

"We searched this entire god damned place but still, no signs of a cure. Well, today was a bust." Musa said. We all agreed; we couldn't find the cure. It could've been anywhere. It was such a big place. We tried to find it, but we couldn't. We all got out of the tomb and I took the flower with me. When I was about to get out I heard the whisper again, "Please, help me…" the whisper said. It was definitely a guy's voice but I ignored it and got out.

"Why did you bring the flower with you?" Brandon asked me as he sat beside me.

"I thought that when we would go back and I'm powerful with the help of nature, I could gather more information about. Like who kept it there." I told him.

He nodded his head and spoke, "Why wasn't that so called cure kept in a beautiful crystal box with light shining around it like in that Beauty and the Beast movie?"

I chuckled, "How do you know about Beauty and the Beast?" I asked.

"Well, when you're dating Stella for the past five years, you'll know how."

"I guess I'll never know." I said with a smile and Brandon returned the favor. I looked at Helia who was talking to Sky. He noticed me looking at him and smiled and so did I.

When we reached Alfea, Miss Faragonda was already outside and waiting for us. We told her that we couldn't find anything related to the cure. But, we did tell her that someone left a flower there, not an hour ago. She seemed interested in that small happening and told us that she will keep looking was the cure. She was sure disappointed that we didn't bring it back; she trusted us.

The girls and I entered our dorm room and I jumped on my bed after I put the flower in a glass full of water. Then, I finally gathered the courage to stand up and go to shower. When I got out, all the girls were already there in their pajamas with a comfortable place built with pillows and blankets. Stella was already there with a lot of popcorn, pretzels and soda.

"Okay, what is happening over here?" I said jumping on the pillow-cave and landed on Bloom shoving her down, making it hard for her to breathe. I grinned at her reaction which was shouting, 'Ahhh!'

"We're having a girls' night. With all the creepy drama at that place, which I'm never going to visit again, I thought that we needed to take the edge off." Stella said.

I nodded and got off of Bloom. "Okay, so what are we gonna do about the Movie situation?" Tecna asked holding a box of CDs.

"How about 'the Notebook'?" I asked with an eager voice.

"Flora, how many times have you seen that movie?" Layla asked me. My head shot up, "That is so not the point!" I said. The girls laughed at my reaction.

"Okay, we're watching 'Pitch Perfect', and that's final!" Stella declared with her mouth filled with pretzels.

"Perfectly sums up the movie, it is equally beautiful and sad."

"That is fascinating."

All of our eyes were glued to the TV screen as Jesse and Becca were setting relationship goals.

"I just love Jesse's character; he's so sweet and wise." Stella said while swooning over Jesse.

"Wise?" Tecna said with a laugh. I couldn't help but relate his character to someone and spoke up without thinking, "You know, when I first met Eros and he showed me the skyline he also said something this wise." I said without taking my eyes off the TV and little did I know what kind of dumb move I just made.

"Wait, did you just a say, 'Eros'?" Musa, who was sitting right next to me asked.

"What? No, I said Helia." I lied with such good expression. They should've bought it.

"No, you said, 'Eros'." Musa told me.

"Slip of a tongue." I said looking back at the TV. Musa also dropped the event. After a good girls' night party and some girl talk, we all went to sleep at 3 AM. We were so tired to get up that we all slept in the pillow-cave Well, tomorrow, I'm gonna find out what that flower was doing there.

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