Calavera Island
The Winx and Daphne teleport to Calavera Island, Stella having changed their outfits to light sundresses and flats, and find the place is a gorgeous beach a lot like Paradise Bay - without Tritannus messing with the ecosystem, thankfully. And then, perfect timing as usual, the Owl shows up with a group of familiar and very welcome boys.
Timmy looks like his brain melted on sight of Techna, Helia is staring at Flora similarly, etc. At least Riven, for once, is focused on Musa and not his boomerang weapon.
Sky takes Bloom by surprise as she's scanning the island for any signs of locals, spinning her around from behind and kissing her. When they break, she mumbles "I really like this way of saying hello, you know that?"
"Couldn't resist, not with you looking this amazing."
Bloom kisses him again, and they only stop when Aisha and Brandon have to pull them apart - looks like Bloom's all hormonal again.
Aisha says "Looks like things just got a lot more interesting. Focus, Bloom." She doesn't even turn that red, much to Musa and Flora's teasing.
When they get into town, Daphne asks some locals about a cave that is their best lead - one 'Baho-Mundo Cave.' Legends say pirates hid a great treasure horde there - Bloom's not one of those people that wants to dig through a heap of metal to find an emerald, but she's more than willing to do so in order to lock the Legendarium.
Unfortunately, the mere mention of the cave scares the locals - must be a bad legend tied to it. And Eldora did warn them that the Emerald wouldn't exist in the real world - they'll have to go to the right location in the real world, and then bring the items back from the Legendarium World. One of the local kids says they need to talk to the wise woman of the island, so the Winx go talk to her while the guys stay in town and keep looking for any other clues.
The Wise Woman tells them that a pirate ship known as the Occulta sank in front of Baho-Mundo Cave, and even in death the pirates refused to abandon their treasure. Daphne recognizes the pirates as the most feared group of thieves and murderers in the seven seas, which the Wise Woman confirms. She tells them the cave is off the coast of an island in the archipelago with an old lighthouse on it, and then warns them that when the fog rolls in the pirates of the Occulta come with it.
Stella asks "With fog comes pirates? That's just a little too hard to believe."
Bloom mutters "So's my life, Stella. Don't think something's too crazy just because it sounds hard to believe."
The Wise Woman nods, and says "Tis true. With every legend comes a bit of truth."
That unsettles everyone more than they'd admit - or like to admit - and they head back down to town to meet up with the boys. They quickly spot what must be the right island, and then Timmy and Techna build a raft to get there.
It's a bunch of wooden logs tied together, with a sail - Aisha says it looks primitive, and Nabu adds "And a little slow, no offense."
Bloom clears her throat, and says "One word. Swimming. We're heading underwater anyway, after all. And we could have been halfway there already."
Aisha makes some surfboards with sails attached, and most everybody likes the idea. Techna and Timmy stick with their own raft, out of sheer stubbornness - taking a cue from Bloom and defending their hour-long project. Stella changes their outfits to swimwear, then adds lifejackets for everyone but Bloom - because her look of amusement said she'd take it off at once.
Five minutes later, everybody's out on - or in, in Bloom's case - the water. And Bloom, despite being the one putting in the most effort, is easily out in the lead while everybody else competes to get to the island first - the girl can move it! Running, swimming, handstands, hand-to-hand combat, if it involves movement, Bloom can do it and do it faster and longer than most everybody else. As Anagan learned the one and only time he went with Bloom on her morning run on Pyros.
And as it is, Bloom can feel multiple eyes on her - underwater and when her head is above it for air. When she comes up for air once again, she half-casually, half-teasingly asks "You all gonna say something, or are we back to practically stalking me?"
It takes another full minute before she hears Anagan's voice ask Why am I not surprised?
In lieu of answering, she gives a grin that shows her slightly glowing throat and dives back underwater.
Right, that's why.
What, did you forget the night you surrendered that easily?
Ogron's voice says Haha, very funny, Bloom. You're the only person, fairy or otherwise, that would be swimming when everyone else is on something.
Well, its so much more fun like this. Besides, we've got to go underwater anyway. Why put it off?
Aurora's voice says I give up. You win, Gantlos! She really is that laid-back about her own survival.
Bloom nearly bursts out laughing, and has to swim to the surface to get some air in. "You should see the raft Techna and Timmy built. One good bump, I even flick it, and it'll fall apart."
Speaking of which, get down.
She dives underwater, just in time for Techna and Timmy's little raft to go overhead - and then hit a rock and fall apart instantly.
Bloom manages to suppress her laughter and says "The water's great, guys! Don't know why you didn't come on in sooner!"
Techna shivers and says "It must be sixty degrees! And the air temperature must be a hundred!"
"That just means the water feels better. Come on, lets catch up to them! Oh!" Sky came up from behind and scooped her up onto his board.
After a minute, they break the resulting kiss and Bloom asks "Want to see how fast this thing goes?"
"You sure we'll be able to balance?" Her grin is all the answer he needs, and he pulls the sail so that they speed up. And then Bloom immediately figures out what to do and gets them going as fast as the board will go. "Woah!"
"Don't you remember that surfing competition your father walked in on?"
"You mean the one where Brandon and I wiped out almost instantly?"
"Maybe."
Show off.
Jealous?
No.
Liar. I can tell, even when I can only hear your voice.
Shut it.
Shut the spell off.
Bloom suppresses a snicker at hearing the multiple voices grumbling, laughing, etc. and steers the board towards their destination. Sky's arm wraps around her waist, and he whispers "We should come back out here after everything's done. At least this time we know for sure the Trix or Selina won't surrender."
Bloom turns around, maybe three centimeters from Sky, and says "I'll try to make the fight quick."
Riven's voice suddenly sounds "Cool it, you two! Or you'll boil the ocean again!" In response, Bloom dips a toe in the water and the water around Riven's board starts bubbling and steaming. "Not cool, Bloom!"
Aisha takes one look and says "You asked for it, Riven. Bloom is literally incapable of 'cooling it' you know."
Bloom grins and says "Part of having fire powers. Can't feel the cold, can't really produce it either. And I've heard people with fire powers tend to be passionate about things."
Sky leans down to her ear and whispers "Do you hear laughter?"
Bloom flares orange for a microsecond, and says "Nope."
"Right. Where were we?"
Bloom turns back around and says "Right here."
She presses her mouth to his, and Musa says "Guess what time it is, girls!"
Flora teasingly says "Time for Bloom to stay away from Pyros for a few weeks!" Bloom doesn't even pull back to give a sarcastic response.
They finally get to the right island, Bloom and Sky having broken for air, and Bloom says "This must be the right place. Everyone ready?"
Musa grumbles "Here ends the part where we stay dry. Let's go girls."
Bloom dives in without hesitation, Sky following mere moments after.
The rest of the Winx and the guys go after, Thorin asking Daphne what in the heck is going on with Bloom. "Remember what we said about Bloom being part dragon?"
"Yeah…"
"Well, sometimes that has a few consequences. Like when it's time for the dragons to mate on Pyros."
"What?!"
"Bloom's affected to, but she's human enough to love exactly one person. Sky."
"Right, so instead of becoming a hormonal dragon with the intent of having offspring no matter what…"
"She just gets really…distracted, let's say, whenever Sky's around. In eyesight, to be specific. And getting her attention is impossible when they start kissing, apparently."
Thorin starts laughing, he can't help it. The idea of Bloom, the girl who seems to have a plan for everything and a fist for everything else, being controlled by her own emotions and hormones is too funny by far.
When they get into the cave, its massive - and massively empty. Not even a single coin to be seen - and Bloom reminds them that the Fantasy Emerald is currently located in the Legendarium World. Unfortunately, the wands can only take them - no extra passengers.
The guys and Daphne say they'll be in Calavera Island when they get back, and then the Winx get their Wands out and transform into their Mythix forms.
AN: Hey, everybody! Sorry about the wait! Life just has a way of happening so that I don't get much time to write chapters for all the stories I'm working on sometimes. Sorry! At any rate, I can guarantee you all the story will be completed, promise. Just be patient, I'll get more chapters up - I just have to write them first, guys. Been working on 'Psychic Watcher' for a bit, trying to pass some time between IW 1 and 2 - and then I saw it, and now know exactly where I'm headed for. PS. as a recap, Thanos is incapable of getting all six Infinity Stones. I had Bloom obliterate the Aether with a spell that drained her dry while the Dark Elves were attacking. Malekith and Kurse were fighting Frigga, Bloom was saving Jane's life and destroying the Aether/Reality Stone. I can already imagine the look on his face, and its pretty funny actually. Anyway, enjoy! More chapters coming soon! PS. got a new puppy, so he's one reason why I've been busy lately. He's adorable, named Bandit - a fitting name, we've discovered, as he takes my other dog's chew bones right from her mouth and my cat's hunting prizes and runs off with them on his tiny little legs - and he's a Mini Australian Shepherd. Almost 12 weeks old, and frickin' ADORABLE.