As time goes by.
Aracklion
It had been five years since Sky had been killed and no one had been able to find out what had exactly happened that day. There were a lot of leads that had been checked out but in the end everyone concluded that Sky and his guards were surprised by either warlocks or witches gone wrong. Bloom was depressed for a while but her daughters helped her to get through it. Now she was at the point in her life that she had to tell her eldest child the truth about her past. Icy was never told that she was adopted nor told that she used to be the evil witch she used to be. As Bloom entered her office, which used to be Sky's, she looked at the ice statue that Icy in all her anger created after they were told that Sky had died. Every time Bloom looked at it she wondered how it was possible that Icy created such an exact copy of her late husband. He always seemed to smile at her even though he never said anything.
"Well Sky," Bloom said to the statue "It seems like only yesterday we decided not to tell Icy she was adopted by us. She really believes that she 's our daughter but after today I wonder if she 's going to trust me ever again. I wish you were here right now but we both know that will be impossible."
She then sat down behind her desk and pulled out the file she had on the Trix. She had written down everything she could remember in the first year after she had adopted Icy and had added pictures of her and her friends. Bloom felt the tears in her eyes as she looked at the photos while she thought of the things they had done to one and other. It seemed like it was only a few days ago Bloom was iced by Icy and now Bloom was raising her to become a different witch than she used to be. Suddenly Bloom heard a knock at the door.
"Enter." she answered looking up. As soon as the door opened she saw her ten year old daughter Icy appear.
"Hey mum, what is it you want to tell me?" she asked.
"Well, there is something I never told you because you were too young to understand. You see Icy... I 'm not really your mother. Ten years ago I adopted you and since then I raised you as my own child." Bloom told Icy who looked up at her with a surprised look on her face.
"So this means that I 'm not a princess either" Icy reasoned.
"Unfortunately no, but there is more." Bloom said as she opened the file she had on her desk "You have grown up before I adopted you. You were known as one of the Trix, a trio of evil witches who wanted to destroy the universe. They fought me and my friends back then but in the end we were able to stop whatever they had in mind for us. After the last time we defeated them their leader cooked up a forbidden potion in order to take us down. While on their way to use the potion on us, the jar in which it was contained exploded and they got sprayed with the potion. The end result was that two of them became babies and one of them regressed to become a six year old. You were one of those babies Icy. I found you inside your blouse or what remained of it. You 're actually three years older than I am."
"Am I a witch?" Icy asked making Bloom nod.
"Yes you are but you are now different from the witch you used to be. You grew up as my daughter in the past ten years so I taught everything I know about witchcraft but that will not be enough to make you become the witch you used to be. You were a very powerful witch back in the day but now I 'm not allowed to let you attend classes at Cloud Tower so I have decided that if it is possible that you can take classes at Alfea. Off course it will all depend on what the elders of Magix decide and what the teachers at Alfea decide."
"So I do get to go to fairy high after all." Icy interrupted happily.
"Maybe,...but then you 'll have to prove them you earned that right." Bloom told her.
"How?"
"By doing as everyone expects you to and don't stray from the path." Bloom said.
"How did I use to look when I was grown?" Icy asked. Bloom then pulled a photo from the file and gave it to Icy.
"Wow, I was a beauty back then." Icy admired the picture of herself before the accident with the potion "but mum, if I were as evil as you told me then why did you adopt me after all?"
"Well, at the time you were pretty helpless and I felt it was my duty to raise you again. The things you and your friends have done didn't change the fact that you were a cute baby. Since the moment I picked you up I felt a connection between us, a bond. Maybe it was meant to be, I don't know but the fact remains that I did want to adopt you. I forgot about most of the things the three of you did." Bloom answered.
"Who are the other two witches that were with me back then?" Icy asked and Bloom then handed her another picture.
"That's Stormy," Icy recognised one of them immediately "and the other girl is cousin Darcy. Does this mean that Stormy, Darcy and I were the Trix?"
"Yes the three of you were. I 'm sorry that I didn't tell you that sooner."
"It 's all right I guess" Icy responded still looking at the picture.
"I hope that some day you understand what I told you today and I hope you won't hate me for not telling you everything. If you have questions you can always ask them."
"Who are my real parents?" Icy asked.
"We don't know who your father was but we do know that one of the Ancestresses was your mother." Bloom answered the question making Icy look up to her.
"I am a daughter of one of the witches that destroyed the realm of Sparkx?? And still you would want to raise me again? Why?"
"Because you were still a child when Sparkx was destroyed and I do believe that somehow you will grow up to be different from the Icy that I used to know." Bloom said as she put her arms around the girl who was about to cry. Bloom then took her daughter on her lap and comforted her.
"Mum, who was the leader of the Trix?" Icy asked.
"You were the leader of the Trix but from what I heard from Stormy before she had completely regressed to her six year old self you had warned them not to come after you when you knew the potion was becoming dangerous. You flew away from them to be sure that you would be the only one who got hit by the potion. Unfortunately Darcy thought that you wanted to use the potion al by yourself on us and while Stormy tried to hold her back the potion exploded. You and Darcy got hit fully whereas Stormy just got sprayed enough to regress into her younger self." Bloom told her.
"In other words, I was doing something good for a change."
"You took responsibility for your actions but Darcy didn't realise that. That is what all great leaders do, taking responsibility for their actions."
Icy started to feel better after that comment even though she now knew that in a way she was responsible for finishing the Trix. She just laid her head on Bloom's shoulder and let everything she was told go through her mind.
"Mum, do you love me?"
"I love you as much as I love your little sister. You are my daughter and nothing will change that fact." Bloom reassured Icy who then hugged her mother.
Linphea
For months Flora had been preparing herself for this day and still she wondered if it was the right time. She knew she had to tell Darcy the truth but was afraid of how she might react to that. Since Darcy was already convinced that she was a fairy the harder it would be to find out she was actually a witch. Flora felt that she should have told her the truth sooner but never had the heart to do it. Helia had been pushing her to tell Darcy as soon as possible and it was really time for the truth to come out. She was told earlier that day that Bloom had already told Icy who was at first devastated to find out she was not a fairy but a witch. Flora went over to the living room with the file she had compiled about the Trix to tell Darcy about the girl's past. As she entered she told her younger daughter Violet to go to her room since she had something really important to about with Darcy. When Violet had left the room Flora sat down next to Darcy.
"Darcy, there is something you need to know about yourself." Flora started "Ten years ago I found a baby at the gates of Alfea wrapped in a shirt. I took her with me inside and started to take care of her and ended up adopting her. She was the most beautiful baby I have ever seen. That baby was you."
"Are you saying that you aren't my real mother." Darcy said as she looked at Flora.
"That's exactly what I'm saying. The first time I met you you were a very dangerous witch and you were also a few years older than I was."
"What are you saying, mum?" Darcy interrupted.
"Well let me start at the beginning. When I started my first year at Alfea my friends and I met you and your friends in Magix. We fought you and your friends because the three of you had hurt Bloom. At the time you were a member of the Trix. Three evil witches that wanted to take over the entire universe and rule everyone as they saw fit. After a lot of battles we though we had beaten them once and for all. It was then that Icy brewed this potion that she wanted to use on us in order to defeat us once and for all. Unfortunately the potion was a very volatile mixture and if it hadn't reached us before it blew other people would become the victim of that potion. In the end it did explode right and you and Icy were turned into babies whereas Stormy regressed to a six year old again. We had found Icy first in the forest where the accident had happened but Stormy and you weren't around at the time so we went back to Alfea and started to take care of her first. A few hours later we heard something at the gates of Alfea to find you there. The moment I picked you up I felt something that I had never felt before. You touched my heart in a way I never imagined so over time I decided to adopt you. And look at you now, you 've grown up to be a very lovely girl. I know for sure that you will grow up to be a very beautiful woman." Flora told Darcy as she opened the file she had in her hands. She pulled out a few photos and handed them to Darcy who took a good look at them.
"My god, is this us?" she asked Flora who nodded "I did really look good then but was I always wearing purple clothes?"
"Yes you were but now you have expanded your choice in colours. To be honest I like you better in that yellow dress you 're wearing now." Flora said as she put an arm around her daughter.
"Mum, why did you adopt me? You told me that I was an evil witch and probably I would have hurt you and your friends too." Darcy asked.
"Well at the time I felt it was better for you to be raised in a different environment than the one you were raised in before. As time progressed Bloom, Stella and I found out we were right about that. The three evil witches are growing up to be good witches some day."
"Maybe, who says that I won't change back to the way I was ten years ago?"
"There is always that possibility but I have the feeling that it won't happen. Don't ask me how I know but I do know that." Flora assured her daughter.
"Well, now that I know that I'm actually a witch that also means I 'd probably have to go to Cloud Tower instead of Alfea. I so wanted to go to Alfea." Darcy sulked.
"You are no longer allowed in CT but the elders of Magix are deciding if you could be allowed to go to Alfea since some of them think it might be good for you." Flora informed Darcy who then started to get hope that she still could go to the school she really wanted to go to.
Solaria
At the royal palace Stormy was packing her suitcases to start her first year at the Alfea school of Magix. It had been a long struggle with elders of Magix to let her go there. Now she was going to enter Alfea as the crown princess of Solaria and not as the storm witch. She looked over the last details in the suitcase and then closed it.
"Good morning Stormy, are these the suitcases you are going to take with you to Alfea?" Stella asked her as she looked at the two suitcases and the backpack that Stormy had packed.
"Yes mum, is there something wrong with it." Stormy answered.
"There couldn't be much in there."
"Some clothes, some accessories, some shoes and a credit card is all I need for now. I 'm not like you when it comes to the fashion department, mum."
"It certainly shows." Stella said looking at the jeans and pullover Stormy was wearing.
"Mum, we 've been over this: these clothes are easy to travel. Besides you wouldn't want me to wear singed clothes at school, do you?" Stormy pointed out.
"You assume that you will be attacked on the way over to Alfea." Stella stated.
"Well it happened to you. And as far as I know, I had some involvement in that ambush" Stormy remembered from her history lessons. "who says that there wouldn't be someone else toying with the same idea."
Stella then smiled at her daughter and agreed that there could always be someone who wanted to get their hands on the princess of Solaria. She looked at Stormy and couldn't believe how much she had grown up since she adopted her. It seemed like yesterday she had taken in this severely traumatised girl that now was on her way to Alfea all on her own. Her powers had also grown over the years and Stella hoped that she would become even more powerful as she had been in the past. Stormy then turned around facing Stella who was about to cry.
"What is it, mum?" Stormy asked.
"I was just thinking about how much you have grown since I adopted you. You have grown up to be such a lovely girl and soon you 'll be an Alfea student. I start to feel old."
"You 're not old, mum although I thought I saw a grey hair over there." Stormy teased Stella who started to laugh while she let her fingers run through her long blond hair.
"People never notice grey hair in blonds. You on the other hand will be grey by the time you reach my age."
"Yes, grey hair can be spotted easily amongst all that black hair of mine." Stormy sighed as she let her hands run through her long curly hair. Then Stella hugged her daughter and wished her a safe trip.
Magix
In the Magix library an elder woman was reading a book. She was looking for something specific for some time and she had found it now.
"Oh no, this potion has been used before in the past." Griffin said as she looked up from the page "I have to warn Bloom, Flora and Stella about the dangers of this potion."
