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WCNG: Too Long
Chapter Eleven:
Memory is a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small pebble it will pick up and store away among its treasured things.
-Pierce Harris, Atlanta Journal
Remember the past. You should never forget it. One day, in the future, you might think, 'why did I do such a thing?' to what ever you are doing right now, yesterday, or sometime in life. Memory is something everyone has. Some people don't have as good a memory as others.
Remembering is something that can bring us joy and happiness, but it doesn't bring that to us all the time. Sometimes it brings tears, regret, hate, sadness. Memory can be both good, and bad. It all depends on the situation.
Why am I bringing up this? What does this chapter have to do with memory? Why do you need to remember the past? Things that happen in the past might be useful in the future. Almost nine years ago, the Winx thought they had defeated the Trix. That's what they remember. What they think they remember. During that last battle, the Winx, all bumped there heads, hard, too hard to remember what exactly had happened that day. The Trix didn't die. All three of them managed to crawl away from the scene, alive, with no major injuries.
Icy, Darcy, and Stormy had hid themselves from the Winx. If they were going to fake their own death, they couldn't be seen. They were going through a plan. A plan they knew was going to take some time. They wanted power, great power. And that is soon to be given to them.
What exactly happened the night that the plane crashed? For some strange reason, the ship stopped working. Was it an accident? Or was it not? The Winx and the Specialist have no knowledge of what had happened that night, or the fact that their enemies were alive.
The Winx plus Riven, sat at the table with the kids as they were all eating breakfast. Everyone was silent, the kids were terrified of what would happen to them, Alyssa was afraid of being blamed on, and the adults, had no idea what to say. Finally Brooke managed to get the words out.
"It's Alyssa's fault." She said after taking a bite of her toast. Everyone looked at her.
"What do you mean it's Alyssa's fault?" Layla asked her daughter. "She was the one who behaved and didn't run off."
"She locked us out of the house. We had no way of getting in." Aiden replied.
"No I didn't!" Alyssa shouted as she got out of her seat." I did no such thing! You guys are complete liars! Maybe you shouldn't have decided to run away because of how much you hate this new life!" Then she stormed out of the room, towards the kids' room. She slammed the door shut.
"Mom," Narcissus said to Flora. "Alyssa's lying. She locked us out of the house, forcing us to have no choice but to run away, so we wouldn't get into trouble."
"Alright kids," Riven said. "You know what; just forget about this little accident. It never happened, alright? The thing is that you are here, safe."
"The reason we did come back safe was from the nice men that brought us home." Oriana said.
"WHAT?" Everyone in the room, besides Stella and the other kids asked.
"Three men bought us ice cream before brining us back here." Oriana said. "They knew mom, she told us to come inside and go to bed, so she could talk to them, alone."
Bloom, Flora, Layla, Tecna, Musa and Riven all turned to look at Stella. To Stella, yesterday was a horrible day. She wished that today would have been better. It was the complete opposite. It was even worse than yesterday. She felt bad that she wished that the kids were still missing. Compared to what Stella was going through now, it would've been a lot better if they were still wandering around Magix.
"Uh…kids why don't you go and watch TV. We need to talk to Stella for a moment." Flora said. "If you behave, maybe after lunch, Uncle Riven will take you guys outside to play for a little bit."
"Really?" The kids asked, with excitement in their voices.
"Yeah, sure, I'll take you all outside after lunch." Riven said, surprised at what Flora had said. And then the Winx and Riven all walked into the kitchen, and shut the door.
"Why didn't you tell us about these three strangers buying our kids food, and walking them home?" Tecna asked Stella, full of rage. Her face was all red whisper yelling into the blonde's face. "They could've been killed you know? And what if they come back? What if they kidnap the kids or kill us? It would be your fault you know? All your fault!"
"Tecna!" Bloom said, pulling her away from Stella. "I'm sure Stella has a very good reason why she didn't tell us, right Stel?"
"Urg, look at them! I can't believe the survived the plane crash, and the fact that they had gotten off that island." Stormy said as the three sisters, watched the winx, standing in their kitchen, talking among themselves, about the three men that took the kids home.
"Well, obviously Stormy," Darcy said, "That storm that you conjured up, wasn't as powerful as you wanted it to be. If it was, no one would've been able to survive that accident. But no, you didn't put all your strength in it. That's why they landed on that island, and survived."
"The boys, and Stella didn't land on the island, and they survived!"
"Stella was washed up onto the island!"
"Hush!" Icy said to the two. "It doesn't matter that plan A&B failed. But we still have plan C; and plan C will never work with you two bickering all the time. Now let's get to work!"
