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Faragonda called Pixi village later that evening. She rubbed her head in frustration, knowing that even with Lockette now getting ready to set out tomorrow morning there was still so much to sort out. She turned her chair to look out over the campus, taking comfort from the stillness. There was usually so much hustle and bustle, and even during the holidays Faragonda hardly had a break. Now the only woman to have ever caught her attention in such an intimate way was going to be taken away from her. Although she had to grin at the sheet reluctance to even think of dating another. Griselda and the twins had spent the last three hours trying to coax her into agreeing to a relationship. Faragonda had left half an hour ago vaguely amused, but mostly feeling slightly nauseus. She wanted to be the one that Bloom chose to help her through this difficult situation. However, she had never been good with romantic notions or how to approach possible suitors, and Bloom had wormed her way into the elder woman's heart. This had surprised the elder woman, and yet at the same time she knew looking back that she should have seen it coming from day one of meeting Bloom. Hindsight was a wonderful thing. Unfortunately, it was one skill she did not possess. She was distracted out of her thoughts by Griffin and Saladin poking their heads in through the door.
"It is considered polite by most to knock before entering." She stated, however it lacked any real bite and by the grins on their faces as they sauntered into the room, it was obvious that the two knew this.
"Come now 'Fara, that's no way to treat concerned friends." Griffin snipped, causing the fairy to sigh in exasperation as Saladin watched the two. She knew that since he was so quiet this was going to be a sensitive conversation. Bloom had long since pulled the elder man out of himself.
"Just say whatever you have to say." The two exchanged glances as Faragonda calmly waited for them to say whatever it was that had brought them to her office. Saladin held out the second cup of tea he had brought as a peace offering, not seating himself back down until the fairy headmistress had taken it from him.
"You should be the one to bond with her. She is clearly terrified for whatever reasons she is choosing not to divulge about getting close to another. You love her, and have done for a few years now. You could help heal her, as well as physically saving her. How would you feel about seeing her mate to another?" Saladin asked, cutting straight to the point. He knew his friend was far too mentally and emotionally drained to have a subtler conversation, and so he chose to the more tact root. His companion however did not have as much tact.
"Especially if they were to harm her? Or use her? Could you even stand to be around one of us if we were to offer our assistance?" Griffin smirked triumphantly as she saw the fire ignite behind the usually kind fairy's gaze. Were Bloom was concerned it did not take allot to push her buttons. The two watched as Faragonda's energy pulsed violently before she took a deep breath and stood, rushing out of her office.
"In less than a minute you successfully managed to unlock Faragonda's darker nature. Well done, I must say that was your most impressive time yet." The elder man snarked, standing with a sigh and beginning to follow the raging woman. Griffin snickered as she remembered the amount of times she had successfully drew out Faragonda's repressed dark side. Out of the entire family she knew that her fairy friend was the most successful at hiding it. However once unleashed chaos usually ensued. At this thought she frowned, maybe unleashing the darker aspects of themselves had not been such a clever idea at all.
"Let's go make sure she doesn't do anything stupid." She muttered to her silent companion who smirked. Although the witch had been heavy handed with her approach he sensed it had given the previous fairy godmother the kick needed to claim what she wanted. Fireworks regardless. That was why he had brought her along. No one would suspect him of slyly plotting the conversation how he wanted it to go. Barring these two women who likely wouldn't realise what he had done till the morning. Then he would be in for a world of trouble. However his friend's happiness was worth more than a bit of discomfort from whatever hexes would be sent his way by the two women. As they arrived at the teachers living room they could see a confused Bloom pulled onto Faragonda's lap, her magic seeping out and around the small space as the other family members watched from the sofas.
"So what did you do this time to make her like this?" Zarathustra asked grinning from her spot beside her twin. The headmaster and headmistress both sighed, watching as Faragonda refused to speak, simply tightening her protective hold on the fire fairy. Said fire fairy was torn between the occasional curious poke to the nose and trying to soothe her previous headmistress.
"We simply encouraged her to follow her hearts desire." Griffin stated proudly causing them all to snort barring Bloom who looked up at the elder witch curiously.
"What has her hearts desire got to do with me?" She asked, tilting her head to the side. Griffin paused midstep, sweat beginning to gather on her forehead.
"That is something you should ask her when she calms down." Saladin told the red head softly as he guided Griffin to a seat. The fire fairy looked at them all for a moment before nodding, and going back to patting the elder fairy's head.