Chapter Eleven: Free to Fly
Tecna opened her eyes to see Timmy still lying on the bed beside her. His eyes were wide open, but he was calm, his heart was no longer racing as he just stared at her.
"Timmy, did you sleep at all last night?" she asked him.
"I couldn't, not if I was going to have those dreams again." he sighed, "I wasn't going to lose you then, and I'm not about to now."
"I thought you said the dreams didn't matter." Tecna reminded him.
"I was trying to be logical, Tecna." Timmy replied sadly, "But no amount of logic is going to cover up the pain of losing you."
"You're not going to lose me," Tecna reassured him, "believe me, just trust that the dreams are nothing more than subconscious illusions."
"If they were just that, then why do I have one every night no matter how great my day has been?"
"They're just dreams, Timmy." Tecna smiled reassuring, "Look at me; I'm not hurt at all." Then Timmy pulled Tecna close to him again, just the way he had done the previous night.
"I'm just scared you're going to get hurt." He whispered, "I promised you no one was going to hurt you again." his hands began to shake and sweat, and he hoped Tecna wouldn't notice. However, she did, and began to worry increasingly for the man who would do anything for her safety.
Tecna got dressed in a hurry that morning; she had to tell Chrysalis about what was going on within Timmy's subconscious. She felt time was of the very essence as she raced down the stairs to the main hallway only to find Feah and Ariette.
"What's the matter, Tecna?" Feah asked.
"It's Timmy, have you seen Chrysalis, it's important?" Tecna asked hastily.
"She's in the dining hall." Ariette answered her.
"Thank you." and then, the technology fairy didn't hesitate to head straight to where Ariette said she would find Chrysalis.
"Chrysalis?" Tecna called as she opened the doors to the dining hall. Just as expected, Chrysalis was sitting there sipping tea from a coffee mug.
"Tecna, what's wrong?" she set the coffee mug down and ran to her, "Come sit down." After catching her breath from running, she took a sip of water from the cup that Chrysalis had got for her.
"It's Timmy." Tecna began, "He told me that he's been having horrible nightmares about everything that ever happened to me… His latest one was a scenario in which Bloom and Sky were too late to save me from the convict attack in the Omega Dimension."
"Oh…, that's terrible, hon." Chrysalis's eyes widened, "He told you these dreams are reoccurring?"
"Yes." Tecna answered her hesitantly.
"I could never lie to you Tecna…, but…, the Dark Alliance knows your location. They know you're alive."
"What!" Tecna thought she was going to panic, "That's the last thing Timmy wants to know!" She didn't have her wings and couldn't transform in order to defend herself. She was reassured that the whole reason for her being in Nanotroplis was so that she didn't have to fight anymore.
"I know, but I promise you that I will do everything in my power to keep you from being hurt."
"Timmy promised me the same thing." Tecna sighed sadly. Now she knew that he'd be heartbroken when he hears that there's a threat to her safety.
"Well, if it helps ease your mind, I have a few surprises for you," Chrysalis replied, "Follow me."
Chrysalis took Tecna to the medical wing of the castle, where the specialized doctors who treated her before met up with her again.
"Now Tecna, I know this is very painful, but in order to get your surprise, you'll have to transform again." She told her.
"We'll be right here with you." Feah and Ariette had joined up with Chrysalis and Tecna on their way to the medical wing. Preparing for the immense discomfort of transforming without wings, Tecna sat down on the bed. She remembered that the last time she de-transformed, she had passed out in the end.
"Okay," Tecna took a deep breath. She concentrated her hardest to transform back into her Believix, but it hurt her so much without her wings. She began groaning loudly, and suddenly crying out in serious pain. Timmy had been told to go to the medical wing to meet up with the other fairies, but was reassured that what was happening was a good thing for Tecna. However, when he heard agonized screams coming from down the hallway, he instantly recognized who it was that was screaming.
"Tecna!" he ran into the room breathless, "What's happening!"
"It'll be okay, Timmy." Chrysalis told him calmly, "She's just trying to transform back in to Believix form."
"Keep going, Tecna." Feah encouraged her warmly as she placed a gentle hand on her shoulder.
"I can't!" Tecna protested with tears of agony in her eyes. It had been so long since she had felt so much pain and it was unbearable. Seeing the pain in Tecna's voice, Timmy immediately sat next to her on the bed.
"Ssh, Tecna." Timmy replied softly as he cupped her chin in his hands, "Just take some deep breaths. I'll be right here. Listen, you can do anything you put your mind to. I've known you to look danger in the eyes and face any kind of pain. That's what scares me, but I love that about you. You will go through anything as if it was nothing. You're so brave Tecna, remember that." While Timmy rambled on and on, Tecna closed her eyes and concentrated on his voice, as if it was dulling the pain of transforming without wings. There was a blinding light, and Tecna tried not to cry out, when suddenly, she was back in Believix form. Just the way she had last time, she had passed out on the bed, completely exhausted. Timmy buried his face in his hands after witnessing just how agonizing it was for his beloved to transform without wings.
"Oh Cupcake…, no matter what I do, the love of my life is always going to be in danger. I thought Tecna wasn't going to suffer anymore." Timmy's rambling was cut off by a hand on his knee.
"Timmy," Chrysalis's voice began as he lifted his head from his hands, "Tecna's going to get her wings back."
"Really, how?" Timmy asked in astonishment. He never thought Tecna would be able to fly again.
"Once the Trix discovered your location, we intersected with them and fought for Tecna's wings." Feah continued to explain for Chrysalis, "We also managed to find a couple friends." She and Ariette took Timmy out of the room to for him to reunite with a friend he thought he'd never see again.
Once the doctors in the Nanotroplis castle had Tecna set up to restore her Believix wings, Chrysalis slipped out of the room and met up with Timmy, Layla, Musa and Riven.
"Thank you so much for saving them Chrysalis!" Timmy exclaimed, "This is going to make Tecna so happy."
"Danika, Feah and Ariette were the ones who found them." Chrysalis told him.
"So.., what's happening now?" he asked her worriedly.
"They're just stitching her wings back on." Chrysalis hesitated with an unsettled look on her face, "She won't be flying for a couple weeks yet."
"It'll be worth the wait!" Musa cheered, "I bet she misses being able to fly."
"We're just glad she's safe and alive." Layla added, "I can't wait to see her again."
Tecna opened her eyes after a peaceful sleep to see two faces she thought she'd never see again. She thought she was still dreaming, and tried to lift herself up.
"Careful." a doctor informed, helping her up, "we don't want those stitches to fall out."
"Stitches?" Tecna asked, feeling a familiar weight on her back, her wings were back, "My wings…, I have my wings! I could fly again."
"Not for a couple weeks still." the doctor told her.
"We're so glad you're okay, Tecna!" Musa replied, "We missed you."
"Musa…, Layla, is it really you?" Tecna asked in surprise. Then, they all gathered for a group hug.
"Ow… easy, I have stitches in my back." Tecna informed uncomfortably when Musa squeezed just a bit too hard.
"Sorry." Musa smiled.
"I can't believe it, my friends are here with me now… Well some of them anyway." Tecna sighed.
"I'm sure Bloom and Stella would've loved to see you too," Layla told her, "But things are getting too dangerous in the rest of the Magical Dimension and they have to help form an opposing alliance to battle the enemies."
"What about Flora?" Tecna inquired.
"Helia took Flora back to his realm to go into hiding." Musa told Tecna, "He didn't want to see the same thing that happen to you happen to her."
"Was she hurt?" Tecna asked worriedly.
"No, Helia wasn't going to wait until she was to leave. He left shortly after Timmy took you." Musa explained further.
"I'm glad she's okay." Tecna heaved a sigh of relief.
"We're glad you're okay." Layla told her, "We were so scared that you'd actually die… We'd go crazy if you did."
"I missed you too." Tecna couldn't help but smile widely at her friends.
Two weeks later, the stitches removed on Tecna's back had completely dissolved and now her wings were fully healed. Timmy, Danika, Layla and Musa, and a few doctors were going to watch Tecna try her wings for the first time in months.
"Are you ready?" the doctor asked Tecna.
"If anything goes wrong, we'll catch you." Timmy reassured her sweetly.
"Nothing's going to go wrong." Tecna smiled, kissing Timmy on the cheek, "but I love you for it." Then she began to flutter her gorgeous wings again, going higher and higher. She flew all around the Nanotroplis castle, feeling the wind in her hair.
"Girls, come join me!" she called as Musa, Layla and Danika transformed and flew towards her. They flew joyously around the castle, catching the attention of Chrysalis and the rest of the Nanotroplis council.
"Tecna has her wings back!" Ariette cried out joyously.
"To celebrate, let's threw a party tonight!" Chrysalis announced, "This is a momentous occasion!" The flying fairies returned to the front of the castle where Timmy and the doctors waited.
"Tecna finally has her wings back." he smiled as Tecna lowered herself down to touch his hand. He swung her in the air as she floated backwards, happy and relaxed.
"Yes!" Danika called, landing beside Timmy, "Tecna's free to fly now, she sure missed it."
