It was midnight when they landed the jet. The Specialists put up the tents while the Winx collected stones and firewood. Everyone was working in silence. They only had eight days to find Tecna. Fairies had gone into this forest and vanished. They were never seen again. They were all afraid that Tecna would be the newest victim in a history that went back for centuries. Bloom had a private fear of her own; what if all them disappeared?
Tecna had fallen asleep. She was curled up on the floor tears still streaming down her face. She was awaken by a soft creak. She sat up instantly, ignoring the cramps in her arms. The large oak door swung open and the prince walked in. He looked down at her and smiled. "The love of my life. It's wonderful the future dark queen has awoken from her slumber."
"F-F-Future Q-Queen?" Tecna stammered.
"Why of course" the prince said. "Why do you think are wearing a wedding dress? And the ring?"
"I can't marry you!" Tecna cried. "I love someone else! If you really loved me, you'd want me to be happy."
The prince shrugged. "You will have to learn to be happy with me."
Timmy had a plan; has soon as everyone else was asleep, he'd run away to find Tecna. This whole mess was his fault after all. These woods were dangerous. He didn't any of the rest of his friends to disappear. It didn't take long for the rest of the Specialists to nod off.
But just to be safe, Timmy waited several minutes more before silently crawling out of his sleeping bag. He made his way over the other Specialists and left the tent. The fire was dying down, but even in the almost total darkness he could make out a shadow. "Who's there?" he whispered.
"Timmy?" Was that... "Flora? What are you doing" "The same thing your doing" the fairy of nature responded. "Tecna is my best friend. Your not the only who wants to find her alive. And if your looking for her, I'm going with you." Timmy grinned. He secretly glad he wasn't alone." Then what are we waiting for?" Timmy asked. "Let's go."
With a ball of light carefully balanced in her palm, they began to walk north. "So, what's the plan?" Flora asked.
" I guess we keep walking north until we find Tecna or we turn back at dawn" Timmy said.
" Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye!" came a loud voice. "Prince Edward, at long last, has found a bride. The wedding will take place tomorrow at twelve o'clock. Attendance is mandatory! Step forward to receive your invation!"
Flora and Timmy began to run towards the voice. Flora had no doubt that she and Timmy were both thinking the same thing; the wedding was were they would find Tecna. The voice was repeating itself. As they got closer, Flora could smell smoke and could see flames not too far away. Minutes later, they could see an ogre holding a box that was undoubtedly filled with wedding invations. "Ten please" Flora said. The ogre gave ten envelopes and ten black cloaks. "What are the cloaks for?" Flora asked. "The prince's bride is reluctant to marry him, so prince insist that everyone is required to wear a black cloak, so that his bride can focus only on him." Flora took the items. "By the way" Flora said. "I'm looking for someone. We were camping with a few friends a couple miles back. Me and my friend took a hike and we were attacked by a demon wolf. We were separated. She's a fairy with super short pink hair and green eyes."
The ogre tapped his chin thoughtfully. "No I haven't seen her. And your not the first one who's asked about her. A few hours earlier, I had three girls ask the same question and they gave almost the same description. The only difference is that they said she had severe burns on her arms,legs, and face. They also said that they were camping with her."
Flora had a pretty good idea of who those girls were. "Did the three girls who approach you accept cloaks and invitations?"
The ogre nodded. "Well thanks" Flora said. "I've got to go now."
She flew back to Timmy and repeated her conversation. "The Trix are also looking for her. We have to find her first" Flora said.
" You mean we're going to find her first" Timmy said.