Ch 9

hey, there has been a lot of crazy stuff going on in the world lately and I just want to know if you all are okay. Please send a little message or something just saying "okay" or really anything. Stay safe everyone.

"I thought you left me alone in that dark scary dimension." Concordia and I walked in normal teenage clothes along the sidewalk of Gardenia.

"Never." She placed a hand on my shoulder with a genuine smile. "We are both Amalgamate Fairies which connects us to one another. Although, I don't have my powers anymore."

"Any idea how I can stop them. I mean, I was in my full form in Domino and they still came out of the portal after all of us." It was just the two of us. Everyone else was waiting on Eraklyon.

"You're only strong once you've accepted who you are. Your mind and body must come together as one. You're still doubting yourself." She explained. We now stood in front of the fruiti music bar. Instead of walking in, we headed towards the beach.

"I'm not doubting myself. I just don't trust it or others for that matter." I answered.

"Why does it matter what others think of you? As long as the ones you care about accept you, the opinions of others shouldn't matter. Correct?" Our eyes met until I reluctantly looked away, my hands shoved in my pockets.

"I guess so." Neither one of us said anything after that.

"Briana," I turned and saw Bloom sadly smiling at me.

"What's up?" I asked. Concordia gripped my arm, nodded and walked away towards the music bar.

Bloom slowly approached me. Now that we were almost about the same height, it was much easier to look up at her. "I've just really missed you."

Briefly, I looked down at my feet and rubbed my eyes. "I really missed you too." My lip quivered, but I tried to stay together.

Instantly, she wrapped me up in a big hug. We just stood there for who knows how long just embracing one another. There weren't many words to say, which was fine with me, I just enjoyed being with my sister.

To my dismay, she pulled away and smiled lovingly at me. "We can do this together. I know we can. Eraklyon has already agreed to join the fight."

"We'll need more help than that." I sighed, turning my head towards the crashing waves.

"We are already working on it little sis." She winked at me causing me to slightly grin at her.

Once we returned back to Eraklyon, our current safe house, we were met by many other Kings and Queens of other planets. They were already discussing business with my parents and Kyle's.

"Briana," my father called causing me to mentally moan. "Please, come over here." I did as was told and stood next to my mother, my hands tucked away in my pockets.

"Her?!" The man exclaimed in dismay. My eyes narrowed at him. "She's a child. She hasn't even been raised properly and you want us to follow her?!"

They had heavy accents and personally, the king looked like a girl. Yet, he is the one judging me.

"How dare you." My father growled. As I looked around I noticed many of these other rulers where already doubting me because I was a child and such.

"Dad, it's fine. This isn't the first and won't be the last." I shrugged. He took a deep breath and wrapped his arm around me. "Some things just aren't worth it." As I freed myself from his grip I hurried and stood up on a chair where everyone could see me.

"Attention please," I politely yelled through the room. Everyone continued to argue with one another.

"EVERYONE, SHUT UP!" Stella yelled which quickly silenced the chatter.

"Thanks," I gave her a thumbs up. Now everyone was looking at me. I pushed my fears to the back of my mind and took a deep breath. "I know you are all afraid and that's why you are doubting me to save the entire dimension. I can't guarantee any of this will work. After all, I am a child. Yes, I may not have been raised properly, but that's what makes me better. I don't follow the rules because that's what everyone expects. I didn't have a family until almost a year ago and then I lost them for a little while because I wanted to save them like they saved me. Things haven't been easy for me and I realize now that they never will be. But right now, innocent people are counting on us, not just me, to save their friends and their families and I will not let them down whether you decide to help me or not. The bottom line is, I'm scared just as much as you are, but I'm willing to die for the ones who can't protect their families. The real question is, are you?"

The room was silent for a minute while everyone just stared at me. 'Please say I'm wearing pants still.' I thought to myself. Then suddenly I roaring applause knocked me off the chair. A pair of arms caught me and I looked up to see Josh. Cheers were still singing through the room while we just smiled at one another as he set me on my feet again.

"You came back?" I asked. Usually when he runs off it takes awhile until I see him again.

"Couldn't let Kyle have all the glory in winning a war. I felt left out." He sheepishly grinned. "I also brought help."

"Not them!" The winx whined. The trix appeared behind Josh and the applause was quickly replaced with the chirping of a single cricket.

"Quit your whining. We made a deal and we intend to keep it." Icy snapped.

"We promised we wouldn't do anything to you...yet." Darcy almost choked on her words.

"Did that hurt?" I mocked with my arms crossed. She looked away and slightly nodded.

"Look, the deal is we help you defeat all those traitors and then everyone carries on with their lives and we go back to terrorizing them." Icy stated.

Everyone looked at me. "Eh, good enough for me." I said simply.

Hey, the more the merrier, right?

The royals hesitantly accepted their assistance while I stood back and watched. Bloom and Daphne came up behind me.

"Are you sure about this?" Bloom whispered.

I nervously laughed. "No, not at all. I am so dead." Then, I briefly fainted.