I don't own the winx club. Biggest wish but it's not true. If I did own winx club the witches would have been defeated a long time ago. Please review. Gentle flames only. Reviews welcome. I know Flora is a little out of character and I wouldn't normally put her through the pain she's going through in the story but what my hands write goes in the story.
Previously in Falling in Love for the First Time: "Mention the time when that bastard cheated and chose his girlfriend over me one more time and I swear Nabu." I growled. I twisted loose of Riven's grip which was pretty strong. Riven and Helia exchanged panicked looks.
"Girls, do something!" Nabu yelled as I ran at him and he ran out the door. The girls ran after me and Helia ended up tackling me to the ground.
"Flora, calm down. What the heck has gotten into you? Did Julian try to do something to you when I wasn't with you?" He demanded.
"Don't say his name!" I growled. Musa ran over to us and helped us up.
"Helia, you may want to get used to it. It's that time of month for her." Bloom told him.
"Great. Mood swings." Helia thought.
"Hey my mood swings are not that bad!" I retorted. Wait, did I just hear his thoughts?
I didn't have time to think about it because my beloved tiger: Rose Petal came tearing down the street. "Rose Petal, I told you to stay home!" I said sternly. Then I noticed the blood. "Oh shit! Nabu, check on the palace now! Rose Petal is bleeding and she only gets wounded if there's someone attacking the palace and snuck up on her." Nabu paled.
"MOM AND DAD!" We yelled.
"LET'S GO ENCHANTIX!" I yelled. I transformed and took off with Nabu following close behind me on the ground. I flew through the air and landed at the palace. I spotted the three people I didn't want to deal with at all. "WINX CLUB GROUP TOGETHER!" I yelled. That was our signal for the witches are attacking. The girls were next to my side in less than 5 minutes. "Where are the guys?"
"Being slow as always."
"Pay attention more blondie." Riven shot at her.
"Cool it! Witches, palace, parents to protect. Priority is to protect and beat the god damn daylights out of those bitches." I told them from the air.
"Watch your language Flora." Nabu warned me.
"Nabu, our parents could be injured because of the witches and your telling me to watch my language? News flash bro, our parents are in danger!" I yelled at him.
"She's pmsing." Riven muttered. I landed and walked over to him.
"Riven, that comment was not needed. If she attacks you I am not saving your butt again." Musa told him from the air.
"Flora, you need to focus." Nabu reminded me. I hissed and whirled on my heal. "Okay, stop doing that. You'll end up hurting yourself."
"Powerful vines, hear my command. Protect the palace and the rulers of this realm. Go, protect the innocent and defeat the evil that dares show their faces!" I shouted with my hands raised. I floated over to the witches. "What the hell do you want witches?"
"It seems the flower freak has gone sassy on us sisters."
"Well, we can't stand for that now can we Stormy?"
"Don't underestimate the guardian fairy of nature." Layla warned them.
"Oh come on Layla. She's nothing but a weak, pathetic, innocent fairy."
"I'm far from innocent." I growled. "Enchanted, fast growing Oak!" I blew a seed onto the ground below the witches. "Fast growing vines!" I blew more seeds onto the ground. They grew rapidly and soon enough the witches were trapped. "Enchanted tree before me, hold these three as prisoners for all eternity!" I shouted. The bark hardened and I smiled. "Now for a protection spell so that no one can disturb their rest. Come on girls." The girls flew to my side. We linked hands and began to twirl in a circle in the air. We chanted a spell that would last for eternity. We landed and I ran inside to find my parents fatally wounded. "Mother! Father!" I shouted. "Nabu, get me the first aid kit. Bloom, my herbs are in my bag in my room." I turned to a servant near by. "Go get some clean cloth and make it quick. The king and queen are in danger!" The servant ran off. I ripped off parts of my skirt to bandage their wounds until better bandages could get here. The servant returned at the same time Nabu and Bloom did. Riven took some of the cloth and started tearing them into strips. Bloom knew many of the potions I used to help heal wounds when I helped in the hospital wing of our school so she started mixing some and handed them to me. Nabu helped with the minor wounds while I took care of the major ones. "Mom? Dad?" I asked suddenly. They hadn't spoken or reacted to our caring of their wounds. Riven came over and took a pulse. His eyes widened and he looked away from Nabu and I. I knew what it meant. I stopped my work and stormed outside. I walked past the barrier and straight to the tree. I cracked my knuckles. I slammed a fist into the bark where Icy's face was. I did the same to the two areas where her sisters were. I jumped and kicked their faces. "You bitches took my parents from me. What have we ever done to you besides stop you from doing evil? We never attacked you unless you attacked our school, us or our boyfriends. You were always the ones to start the battle. You would send out monsters to distract us and then try to hurt our boys or the schools!" I yelled at them as I hit the tree in every way imaginable. "No more will the realms suffer from humiliation by defeat. No more will they have to deal with your foul stenches polluting their worlds. No more will the schools worry about preparing for a battle that can only be won if they are united. No more will we suffer from betrayal by spell. No more will we deal with your hatred, your foul stench, or you in person. No more!" I yelled. "Do you hear me witches? You're done for! You're nothing now! You're nothing, you mean nothing, you are nothing but trapped in this tree for all eternity!" I heard Helia walk through the barrier with the others close behind him. He pulled me to him but I still growled at the tree. "You'll pay for taking my parents from me!" I yelled at them. As I said that it started to sink in. I turned in Helia's arms and let the tears fall. "Holidays will never be the same." I cried into his chest.
"Shush. I'm right here." He whispered soothingly.
"Helia, I'm only 18. I can't take the throne so soon."
"I know love. I know." The others came over and Nabu walked over to us first. My eyes were buried in Helia's chest.
"How's she taking it?"
"Not too good. She's worried that she'll have to take the throne."
"We'll both have to. I'm sure the court will tell us that she'll have to get married before she can take the throne. We'll both have to get married. Stella, looks like you get to have a bit of fun after all. Even in this dire situation." I heard the others come over and felt the girls take me from Helia. They surrounded me and gave me a group hug. I heard Nabu explain to the other boys and Layla what would have to happen. Just then one of my parents' trusted advisers came out.
"Your majesties?" He questioned. Nabu and I stepped forward.
"Yes?" Nabu answered as he was the elder one.
"We just found your parents in the dining hall. I was sent to inform you of their deaths."
"We know. Flora was the one to discover them." Nabu said with a straight face. "Rose Petal came tearing down the street bleeding. Why weren't my parents protected?"
"The three women attacked so suddenly. They were injured before we could reach them. I assume you both know what this means."
"Yes we do." I answered. "Nabu and I have chosen worthy people to help us rule." Nabu motioned Layla and Helia to step forward. They came to stand next to us. The advisor examined them and nodded with satisfaction.
"They are of high status I presume."
"Yes, Layla is princess of Tides and Helia is the grandson of Headmaster Saladin." The advisor frowned. "I'll have you know Headmaster Saladin is a well known headmaster and his grandson is one of the best fighters I know aside from the other boys." Nabu told him. "Flora will have no other man besides Helia and I will have no other woman besides Layla." He added briskly.
"Very well your majesty. I'll have the wedding planners informed and the seamstresses informed to have wedding material ready for sizing and sewing."
"We'll be inside shortly." Nabu answered.
I smiled and pulled Helia to the gardens. As we were entering my favorite part none other than the two devils themselves showed up. "I had you trapped in that cave." I growled.
"You think your magic is strong enough against the most powerful dark wizard? It was pathetic and your vines were easy to break."
"We'll see how strong your powers are against the power and union of song. HEY MUSA!" I shouted with my hands cupped over my hands. "Get the band instruments. We've got some wanna be's to teach a lesson!" I yelled again. Musa and the girls appeared in the air with the instruments. I smirked at my two enemies. Musa tossed me a microphone and I caught it easily. "Okay boys, you know the drill." I told my friends. "Let's teach these idiots a lesson they won't soon forget." Musa and the others started with the instruments while I tapped my foot to the tune. "You think you can make me come running into your arms after what you did to me? Well guess what fool, you're so wrong it's pitiful. I went to school, I've got an education. I've got friends and a boyfriend who love me more than you ever did. You said you would love me for all eternity. Look where we ended up. I'm higher than I dreamed while you're down in the dumps. I'm a princess, a soon to be queen. And I'm never going to look back on what could have been! You lied and you cheated. You bit and you fought. You turned to the dark side when I wouldn't listen to your orders. I knew when I saw that gleam in your eyes, my dream life with you was exactly that. Nothing but a dream. Look at me now. I'm a guardian fairy and more powerful than you ever dreamed. I can heal every plant. I'm a nurse when my friends are sick or injured. You think you can take me back well you're going to have to work a lot harder to earn back my trust! When you cheated you lost everything you had with me. Everything. I'm so damn glad I didn't have my first kiss with you because now I've found the right man and I will stay loyal to him forever and always!" I twirled around and smirked. "When you say you love someone you're supposed to mean it with every ounce of your being. You said you loved me and then you went and cheated on me from behind my back. Well hear me now; I'm no longer the girl you used to see. I'm not the timid, easily frightened girl no more. I'm a fully fledged fairy. I'm the caretaker of the earth around me. I care about everyone and everything except those who betray me and laugh and scorn me. You never knew what you really meant to me before you went and cheated on me. You were my life, my whole world, now you're nothing but a piece of dirt beneath my feet. That's all you'll ever be from now on. So hit the road, stay away from my kingdom and don't bother coming back. I've got friends who can easily break your neck. They've always got my back." I ended the song as Riven set his instrument down and started for Julian. "I hope you're scared because no one's going to stop him from bring you down. Not after the pain I've suffered. Like my song said, your nothing but a piece of dirt beneath my feet and that's all you'll ever be." I told my enemy. I handed the microphone to Musa, flipped my hair over my shoulder and went over to my tiger. "Come on Rose Petal. Let's get those wounds taken care of." I tried to pick her up but she was unusually heavy. "Nabu, Rose Petal gained some weight. That's not good for her."
"We'll have the vet look her over. You never know sis, Raja might have mated with her."
"Good point. Help me get her inside to my room." Nabu came over and easily picked up my beloved tiger. I followed behind him as he carried her to my room. "Set her on my bed."
"Where will you sleep? The floor's not an option. Not with your asthma." Nabu told me when I started to say something.
"Fine, I won't sleep on the floor but I'm not leaving this room."
"I'll bring in the cot." He left the room and I sat on the edge of the bed next to her.
"Raja!" I called to our second tiger. Our second tiger came bounding into my room and instantly jumped on my bed to curl up next to Rose Petal. Helia came into my room and sat down in the chair next to me.
"Was it just me or are we able to hear each other's thoughts?"
"I think we can hear each other's thoughts."
"That's both good and bad." I squeaked. He shot me a questioning look. I blushed and focused on my two tigers. My brother finally came back with the cot and I hurried to get my spare blankets and pillows. How am I going to keep my thoughts secret now? I questioned.
Flora, I just heard your thought question. If that makes any sense which it probably doesn't. Helia thought to me. I regretfully made eye contact with him and I blushed even redder. I'm kind of starting to like this connection between us. I can say things that I don't feel comfortable saying out loud around your brother through our thoughts.
"Flora, Helia, what's going on?" Nabu's voice broke through our thoughts.
Should we tell him or no? I thought to Helia. He shrugged.
"Flora?" Nabu snapped his fingers in front of my eyes.
"Sorry Nabu. I was daydreaming about the old days." I said quickly. We're not telling him yet. Not until the funerals are taken care of and Nabu takes his place as king of Andros.
Don't you have to take over Linepha? Helia questioned.
Yes. But I'm not 18 yet so Nabu will have to go back and forth between the two planets until I'm of age.
"Flora, you're doing it again." Nabu growled.
I let out a startled squeak when he growled at me and quickly stood up and ducked behind Helia. "Nabu, you know me. I often get lost in my thoughts when I'm worried." I frowned at him.
"Sorry I growled at you sis. It's just with mom and dad suddenly going and then Rose Petal getting injured and possibly expecting a cub I kind of got worried that you were beginning to doubt yourself like when we were younger."
"Don't mention that around Helia!" I hissed at him. I pulled him into my walk in closet. "For heaven's sake Nabu, don't mention how I used to put myself down all the time. Do you know what Helia's reaction will be? He'll go all 'what caused you to put yourself down?' and that kind of shit."
"If he does…"
"To hell you will. Do you realize how the fight that you and Helia had affected me? How would you have felt if it was me and Layla arguing? It's a damn good thing Riven got me out of there when he did. I'm also really glad that he's my best friend."
"I thought Layla or Musa was."
"No, they're close to best friends but they're not. When you and the others were away on missions and I had to stay at Alfea with Tecna, Timmy, Riven and Helia do you know how worried Riven got about Musa? Hell, he paced Musa's room every chance he got. I'm usually the one to calm him down and that's why he and I are so close. Helia is usually helping Timmy and Tecna with their gadgets and often talking to the teachers about extra lessons he could take to make sure he's able to protect me if needed. This leaves me and Riven in the dorm room worrying our heads off about you and the others. When you and Helia argued I felt like my whole world was going to crumble. The one thing I fear worse than losing you is you forcing me to break up with Helia just because you and Helia argued. The second thing that I fear worse than those two things is losing Helia. In so many ways Helia is the most important person to me and in my life. You come in second and Riven comes in third. If I lost Helia I would become a hermit and I would refuse the throne. Yes, you've been there when I was upset or frustrated but never in the way that Helia is there for me. You can take me in your arms and calm me down as a brother but to me Helia is more than just a boyfriend. I have this connection with him. He can hear my thoughts and I can hear his. Our connection is deeper than a boyfriend girlfriend relationship. It is way deeper. If I was told I could never see him again I would probably kill myself!" Nabu raised his hands in surrender.
"Alright I get your point sis. You'll tell him those things on your own." He started to leave but then whirled towards me. "Did I hear you right just now? You said you can hear each others thoughts right?"
"Yes; why?"
He furrowed his brows like he always does when he's thinking hard. "I've got to do some research. I'll be in the library if you need me." He left my walk in closet and then left my room after stroking our tigers. I was confused as I came out of my walk in closet.
"You okay Flo? You sounded pretty mad at Nabu in there."
"It's nothing, just a friendly sibling argument." I played with a strand of my hair.
"Flora, it was more. From the tone I heard you use you were pretty dang mad at him. And you're playing with your hair, a telltale sign you're hiding something because you only do that when your holding something back."
"Am I that open?"
"Yes, you're actually really easy to read." He scanned my face. "I didn't hear what you guys said but just now Nabu came out with his brows furrowed. Why?"
"He only furrows his brows when something confuses him or he's thinking hard." I told him. I could feel a headache coming on. "I told him about our connection and how we could hear each other's thoughts unintentionally. I told him that our connection is way deeper than a boyfriend girlfriend relationship. I also said if I was told I could never see you again I would probably kill myself. He said something else and then he started to leave but then he whirled back towards me and asked if he had heard me right and then asked if I had said that we could hear each others thoughts. I said yes and asked why. And then he furrowed his brows and then he said he had to do some research and that he would be in the library if I needed him. Right now I'm majorly confused."
"That makes two of us." I walked over to the two tigers. I softly stroked Rose Petal's fur.
"Raja, you take care of Rose Petal. I'll be back soon. You roar is some thing's wrong with her alright?" I told my brother's tiger. He growled in reply. I rubbed his ears before motioning Helia to follow me. We walked out of my room and I led him to the library. I found Nabu with 3 piles of large books around him. "Nabu, what is going on?" I demanded as I went around the table to face him.
He jumped and his head shot up. "Sis, you know better than to scare me like that!"
"It's payback for my childhood." I smirked at him.
"I didn't scare you that often." He shut the book he was reading. "What do you need?"
"What I need is an explanation of why you walked out of my room with your brows furrowed which only happens for two reasons: your confused or your thinking hard. In this case I think it was both. Are you going to explain or do I have to do the sister torture?"
"Aren't you a bit old for the sister torture?"
"You really want to go?" I asked with my eyebrow raised slightly. I glanced over at Helia who was calmly watching us from the doorway. "You should know what I'm capable of big brother."
"Don't remind me. I was stuck in bed for 2 months thanks to you."
"Someone needed to teach you to stop flirting with the servant girls in front of your younger sister."
"I was not flirting with them."
"Pfft. You could have fooled me."
"Don't start." Helia warned us.
"It's too late Helia. We already have." I told him. I moved around the table and tackled my brother out of his chair. "You were too flirting with the servant girls and you mostly did it when I was with you!" I told him as I tackled him.
"Your forgetting I'm a wizard sis." He reminded me as he said a simple spell and I was lifted off of him.
"Your also forgetting that I'm the fairy of nature." I snapped and vines from the plants near by caught his hands and held them at his sides. Helia knew where this was heading and walked over.
"Flora, calm down love." He whispered. I pouted in his arms. "You know that doesn't work on me."
"Fine, but this will not be forgotten." I growled.
I think it will if I have my way. He thought to me.
That's unfair! I yelled back at him through my thoughts. I whispered a spell and my vines released my brother. You may have won verbally but you will not win here. I told Helia.
"Okay Flora, if you guys are going to communicate through thoughts please do it when I'm not around. It's bloody creepy when you make eye contact with each other and no words are said." That reminded me of why we had come to Nabu in the first place.
"Are you going to explain or do I need to use a truth spell on you?" I demanded again.
"Oh alright. You two might want to sit down first."