Hello everyone! Here is the 7th chapter of Crystal Tears! I have been writing it on my phone... which I didn't think I'd lost! No! What are you saying?! Hee...hee? Well, anyway, I found it :) YAY :)

By the way, under the request of Guest A, I have changed Josh into Harry!

Flora had left the previous night, to go to Linphea. Now, it was afternoon, and the Winx and Specialists (minus Helia) waited anxiously in front of the screen. Ms Faragonda had called them into her office to watch the Reaping, the ceremony where the boy and girl from each village in Linphea were chosen at random to fight to the death in an arena. The watched in silence. "Welcome, and happy Games of Fire! And may the odds be ever in your favour! Ladies first!" Exclaimed the escort. The young adults were now tense with fear. They watched as the escort pulled a tiny slip of paper out of the ball. That slip could change the course of their lives forever.

The escort pulled apart the slip and called,

"Miele, Fairy of Flowers!"

Miele had fear in her eyes, like Flora, her mother, and the Winx. Miele hesitated, before walking up the aisle. Flora ran out behind her as the guards led her up to the stage.

"Miele, Miele!" Shouted Flora.

Miele turned around as Flora ran at the guards who blocked her.

"I volunteer!" She screamed. "I volunteer as tribute."

Flora ran up to Miele and they shared a hug. As Flora released, she said,

"Miele, get out of here!"

"No!" screamed Miele.

"Go find mom!"

"NOO!"

"Go find mom!" She said more firmly.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"I'm so sorry!"

As Miele was refusing to leave, Flora's childhood friend, Liam, ran up the aisle, carrying the crying, screaming Miele to her mother, who was shaking.

The Winx now had silent tears running down their faces.

"What drama that was!" Exclaimed the escort. "And who might you be?"

"Flora, Guardian Fairy of Linphea, Fairy of Nature." She replied weakly.

"Well, I'll bet my coat that was your sister, wasn't it?"

"Yes..."

"And now for the boys!" The Winx were confused. How could this lady stay so cheery, having to pick out names of children to fight to the death for her city's entertainment?

She picked out one more slip of paper, from a different ball. "Harry, Wizard of Trees!" She trilled. He walked up stage.

"Now we have our male and female tributes, Flora and Harry! Let's have a round of applause!" Silence. That's because everyone else were showing the farewell symbol of Village 12, kissing the three middle fingers of your left hand and holding them up in the air. Flora and Harry did the same. They both looked close to tears.

"Now, shake hands!" trilled the escort. They both shook hands reluctantly. They were then taken into the Village Building to get ready to say their farewells. The Winx were now in tears, their boyfriends holding them close.

"W-we should g-go and say..." Musa didn't want to continue, but everyone knew what she meant.

"Transportus!" Shouted Stella, and the next thing they knew, they were inside Linphea, in the Village 12 Building, getting ready to say goodbye to their best friend. Miele and her mother went in first. The Winx and the Specialists could hear cries of, "You promise you'll win?" and, "Nooooo!" when they were pulled out by the guard.

They were next up. Flora looked in shock at them and pulled them all into a hug. "I'll miss you all so much!" She choked.

"You still have a chance of winning though, right?" Asked Stella.

"Yes," Flora replied. "but there are 24 of us guys, and only one comes out. By the way, where's Helia?"

"Oh, he didn't watch the Reaping at all, even though he knew about it." Explained Brandon, who got a punch in the arm from Stella. "Hey! I wasn't finished! Now, I think he feels guilty for breaking up with you."

"He could have at least come to say goodbye..." whispered Flora. Musa felt really guilty for all the trouble she had caused between the two, it had travelled as far as not saying goodbye when Flora could be dead in two weeks' time! She pulled them in for one more hug.

"Goodbye!" They all said.

"Alright, time to go!" Said the guard. They were all pulled out, with the Winx in tears.

Next in went Flora's childhood friend, Liam, who had gone up to take Miele away. The Winx were allowed to stay outside the door until Liam had come out, as he was the last visitor. They heard things like, "You're stronger than they are!" and, "Try and get you hands on a bow." Flora began to protest at this. "If they don't have one, make one."

The Winx and Specialists were confused as to why Flora would want a bow. She had no skill in using one, as far as they knew. They heard one last sentence just before Liam was pulled out, which made their hearts drop.

"Liam, please, don't let them starve!" Flora sounded as if she was in tears.

"OK, everybody out!" Said the guard, pushing everyone out of the building with their best friend inside, maybe never to be seen in person again.