Bloom Pov

I still can't believe Darcy was willing to forgive Icy so quickly, but I guess the way she said her apology was so genuine, it made even me feel sorry for her. She agreed to go back to Light Haven, but Darcy asked if she could be forgiven without punishment. It took everyone by surprise, but after several months of sorting and countless piles of paperwork, Darcy got her wish.

I still can't believe Daphne came to us with such a plan to get Icy on our side. I thought she had disappeared when she gave me the knowledge aboout the Dragonfire. She told us that thee witch deserved a second chance, so long as Darcy was willing to forgive her. Despite all that happened, she was. Darkar had been unexpected honestly, but it was a nice bonus to the effect. As of next school year, Icy shall be joining us as a junior here at Alfea. Darkness would be a sophomore, so he still had three years left as opposed to all of our two years.

Wait a minute, where will he go for the summer? He has no home, so he has no place to go. Of course! I can take him home with me, since he is my twin brother. That was my new plan.

"Darkness, how about you come with me? Mom and Dad know about you, and would be more than happy to let my brother stay with us." I asked him as we left Alfea for the summer.

"Thank you Bloom, but Flora's parents have invited me to stay on Linphea with her. They want to meet me anyway, so it seems like the best choice." He told me. He was going to meet her parents by staying in her home for the whole summer? I prayed they didn't kill him. I knew he wouldn't do anything to anger them, but Flora's dad has a large dislike of any boy when it involves his daughter. I really hope this isn't just a trap.

Flora Pov

I hope Dad isn't planning on using Darkness as fertilizer. I knew Mom would be happy to meet my first boyfriend, but I worried about what Dad would do. We arrived at Linphea quickly, Darkness carrying his stuff via a dark portal, and came to the gates of my family's palace. I prayed to every single person I could think of that this would go well.

We entered and stepped into the garden surrounding the palace. It filled our noses with numerous aromas, but Darkness had to remain in the air, away from most of the plants as best he could. It was sad, but he could never truly enjoy our garden.

We came to front doors where Mom and Dad waited for us.

"Flora Sweety! We are so glad you made it home safely." Mom told me as she gave me a big hug. "You must be the boy who has made my Flora so happy."

"It is a pleasure to meet the parents of Flora. My name is Darkness. I ask your forgiveness, but can we not stay in the garden?" He answered. They knew about his powers, and we rushed inside where the plants were not. Dad remained silent.

"So you are Bloom's long lost brother? Very interesting." Mom continued.

"Yes, Musa discovered it. It was a surprise for all of us." He answered. We made it to the dining hall where we sat down to enjoy my return celebration. I was greeted with a lot of praise and enthusiasm, but not one of our servants so much as looked at Darkness, stepping away and noticeably avoiding him. We sat down to eat, with Darkness and I sitting next to each other.

We were given salads, some soup and eating utensils. Our servants did give Darkness anything though.

"Are you not going to briing our guest a meal?" Mom asked them.

"We shall not serve one who kills plants." They announced, and left the room.

"Honey do something." Mom told Dad, but he just stayed silent, watching darkness intently.

"It is alright. I do not eat much anyway, so it's not a problem. I'm not hungry anyway." Darkness told her. He stayed standing.

"Why don't you at least take a seat?" Mom asked.

"I would not want to ruin such beautiful furniture. I would only rot it away. I apologize." he answered. She seemed to geet the message, and continued eating silently. Dad finally spoke.

"So you wish to be with my daughter, even though you kill what our kingdom cares for most with your very presence? Doesn't that seem like abit of an oddity?" he asked. I stared at him angrily, but to no effect.

"Yes. I care greatly for flowers and plants, although I can only care for a singe one." he answered.

"You have managed to care for a plant without killing it?" Dad asked in surprise. I never told them about the rose!

"Yes. A single black rose I have kept safee since the day I met your daughter. It is hard, but I have managed to keep it a,ive and healthy." He told them. He opened the portal, and removed the rose with his magic. Dad was taken aback by this, and seemed to change hiss opinion on Darkness.

"I see. Well as long as that plant remains healthy and alive, and only dies due to age, I have no problem with you." Dad said, and remained silent the rest of the day. So our relationship hung in the balance by the healthiness of a single rose? Why did this seem familiar?

We headed towards our rooms when Mom told us no room ha been prepared for Darkness, so he would have to stay in mine. I began to say something, but she put her finger over my mouth, winked and walked away. Darkness was busy removing is stuff from dimensional storage, so he didn't notice anything.

"I guess you get to see my room." I told him, blushing deeply I'm sure.

"Yes. I guess." He answered turning bright red himself. I opened my door, and revealed my bright green, nature style room. It wasn't a greenhouse like back at Alfea, mainly because we had other places for that, but it did have a plant theme. I turned to see him, still holding his stuff between dimensions, turn around and put all but the rose back.

"What about your stuff?" I asked.

"I think it cans stay where it is. Besides, clothes can be removed separately, and I don't wish to intrude any further." He said. I wanted to protest, saying it was no intrusion, but he seemed to really dislike the idea of placing his things with mine. I knew it wasn't out of irritation, but because he didn't want to clutter my room.

"How about we put your stuff in here?" I told him, showing him a storage space just down the hall.

"Thank you." He answered putting everything inside. When we finished, we headed back to my room, and sat down. I wondered what we could do? Actually, it was more so what should we do first. There were so many great things I could show him here on Linphea, that I was sure it would take more than just the summer. We could go see the carnivourus forest, or maybe the medicinal herb jungle, or maybe even the lake of flants(plant fish). They were just the beginning.

Hold on, he can't enjoy them. They are in packed areas. Areas where his powers would kill things, whicch would hurt him deeply. This could prove to be a problem. I thought about anything on Linphea that he could see without hurting something and himself. No, not the venus fly pits. Not the plains of giant lilies. I couldn't think of anything.

"Flora, I know you want to take me to a bunch of fun places here, and I will go anywhere here. As long as I can spend time with you, nothing else really matters. As long as you enjoy it, I'll go anywhere." He toldd me, breaking my train of thought at first, but giving me an idea as I saw his ocarina. That's it.

"I know where we can go." I told him.

"Where?" He asked, curious to what i had planned.

"The Fields of Moonlace." I told him. That was his favorite flower of all. I don't blame him. It reuquires nothing more than moonlight and water, and is more beautiful than any other flower either of us have seen, and I've seen alot. I pulled him up, lead him out of the palace and towars the fields. They were about a mile away, and we could look at them from the air. He picked up on that, picked me up, and flew us to where I directed him.

He stared in awe as we came over the fields, whole square miles of just moonlace. He smiled, pulled out his ocarina while letting me down so I could fly on my own, and began to play a new song. This one affected the area even more, and seemed to affect me differently. Instead of harmony, I felt a sudden unity with everything around me like never before. I flew slowly to the ground, and watched as he played into the night, eventually coming directly between the moon and I, making it seem like he was apart of it. It even began to sway to the very gentle tone of the song.

This was a very different melody, creating unity among everything instead of just harmony. I felt like I was connected to every single living thing around me, as I never had before. It was such a beautiful feeling. It went on well into the night, until the sky began to brighten with the first light of morning. He came to me, taking me in his arms, those cold, strong, but so gentle arms, and embraced me tightly.

"I love you so much Flora, so please never leave me." He whispered in my ear.

"I love you just as much, and I wouldn't even consider it." I whispered back. We both began to tear up. "What was that song?"

"The Nocturne of Unity." He told me.

"It's beautiful. When did you learn how to play it?" I asked.

"I didn't learn it. I wrote it for you, my love." He told me.

He wrote a song that carried even greater power than the last for me. I don't know if this feeling of love is as strong for the others, but I think mine could never be greater. I could feel he was struggling to hold me, drained from the song, so we flew back home. I placed him on my bed, turned out the light, and fell asleep in his arms once again.

We went on to visit all the places I wanted to show him, keeping to the less dense areas, allowing him to enjoy them more easily. This summer had been the best of my entire life. He played that song for me at the fields each full moon, falling into the same position with the moon each time. That will always be my favorite part of this summer. Our Nocturne of Unity.