Wedding!
All the Winx feel it when Bloom teleports back to Alfea - but, twenty minutes later, she hasn't come to find them. They track her down to her room, where she's staring out the window in shock with Ember sitting on her shoulders. Daphne gets worried, her sister isn't really one for staring out at a window for very long unless she's looking for something specific down there, and asks "Something wrong, Bloom?"
Bloom doesn't even look at her, and says "No…"
That sends alarm bells ringing in Daphne's head, and she walks over and spins Bloom around to face her - with wide, blue eyes full of shock. "Bloom. What happened?"
"Sky, he…" Daphne's about ready to tear Sky a new one, right up until Bloom finishes "He said he didn't want to wait around for the Trix to go into hiding and lick their wounds. Said he didn't want to wait for our lives to settle down long enough to set everything up. And he already asked two years ago…"
"Bloom, you're not making any sense here. What did he ask you two years ago?" Instead of saying anything, Bloom holds her hand up to show Daphne the ring on her finger.
Stella screeches in excitement, busting the rest of the Winx - who were absolutely listening on the other side of the door with a spell of Musa's - and says "Bloom! Boutique! Now!"
Five minutes later, All the Winx are in Stella's room and there's a bunch of bright white wedding dresses floating around everywhere. Musa and Flora are humming the Wedding March while sitting on Stella's bed, Daphne's all smiles and excitedly telling their parents over the phone, then holds her hand over the phone and asks "Bloom, did Sky say anything about his parents?"
"He said he ran it by them…"
Aisha says "Snap out of it, Bloom! Come on, you're getting married!"
"You ever feel like you're in a waking dream, Aisha? And if you focus on it, it'll all crash and burn in front of you?"
Stella says "Well, it's not! And if you try to suggest ceremonial armor like on Asgard, I'm going to spell your mouth shut until you say 'I do' - got it?"
That gets most of the girl's laughing, and Bloom says "I kinda figured that, Stell."
Stella claps her hands, and says "I've sorta been working on ideas for wedding dresses for us for a while, actually. Ta-da! What do you think, girls?"
Bloom's in a satin sheath dress with an off-shoulder neckline and her hair is tumbling down her back like a waterfall of fire. The dress is glittering with small jewels, and is colored diamond white - and there's a circlet in Bloom's hair with the same small diamonds and pearls. There's a bracelet on Bloom's wrist that's like a smaller version of the circlet, and a necklace of pearls sitting around her collarbone.
Two hours later - two hours that feel like two minutes to most everyone else - they're all in Domino's courtyard and waiting for Bloom and Daphne to arrive. Sky's fidgeting with his suit, tugging at the cuffs and trying to hide exactly how nervous he is.
Brandon says "Sky, man, relax. You look like you'll snap, you're so tense."
"Yeah, well…"
"Dude, she's going to say 'I do.' You know that."
"Yeah, well, something about big events just has the effect of making you feel like it's all going to go wrong."
"Thinking of the Millennium Party again?"
"How could I not? You think Bloom's thinking of it?"
Daphne's watching her sister pace frantically, her magic sparking off her skin and making small explosions in the air. "It's all going to fall apart, Daph. It'll be just like the Millennium Party. Everything will be going perfectly until something'll go wrong. Diaspro will get free and destroy everything. The Trix and Selina will send something to ruin it. I'll trip and fall halfway there in these ridiculous heels!"
"Bloom, calm down! Your wearing Kitten Heels, for Dragon's sake! Nothing's going to go wrong, your just nervous. Nervous enough for your magic to react."
"I usually have a lot better control over my magic, Daph. I'll set something on fire and it'll all burn to the ground! I can't go out there! Can't I just send a piece of paper out there instead with the words 'I do' written on it?"
Daphne chuckles inwardly, and says "No, sis, you can't. And Stella will be furious if you don't walk down the aisle with Sky in that dress, you know."
"I know, but…Daph, I'm a fighter, not a model! I know how to not be scared in a fight, but.."
"But this isn't a fight. So it's outside your comfort zone."
"This doesn't even see my comfort zone!"
Daphne walks over and pulls her younger sister into a hug, saying "Bloom, everything will go right. Diaspro's locked up, her magic stripped from her, and there's no way for her to get free. I'll be walking you up the Aisle, as the King and Queen of both parties in a royal marriage will already be standing to either side, so you won't trip. Now, calm down."
Bloom takes a deep, shuddering breath, and says "Alright…"
Sky nearly jumps out of his skin at a voice casually saying "So, this is what you wanted to talk with Bloom about."
All the other guys jerk and whirl around to see Loki standing there in a suit. Thoren says "Jeez, you are too quiet. How'd you even get here?"
Loki smirks - reminding them all of Bloom's smirk, guess now they know who taught her that - and says "I'm not. It's magic, Thoren. And Thor got a rare break from running Nine Realms, so he's watching as well. In amazement, to be honest."
Sky asks "Where's Bloom?"
"Our sisters are coming. Daphne simply had to convince Bloom that she couldn't send out a piece of parchment with the message 'I do' written on it - something about nerves. Thor's saying that you all had to devise a ruse in order to get the two of you alone two years ago for something similar to this."
"Right…"
Brandon says "See? Told you, Sky."
Loki smiles this time, and says "Born last, wedded first. Our sister truly is something special."
Sky asks "And you're not here to warn me not to hurt her or anything?"
Loki actually rolls his eyes, and eventually says "Thor assures me he gave you that speech two years ago. Besides, I can read people and I can tell you wouldn't. I am here, however, to watch my sister get married."
His expression flickers with annoyance for the briefest instant, and Helia asks "Something wrong?"
"Thor being Thor. Nothing new. The Bifrost doesn't reach all the way to the universe you're in, and would likely hit a few planets or stars even if it could. Theoretically, Thor could fly there - Asgardians can withstand the vacuum of space, after all - but even if he didn't get hopelessly lost it would take him far too long to get there."
"Which is why you've been using the Scyring Bowl so much."
"Well, I do like to keep in touch with Bloom. For years, she was my only sister - or so Thor and I thought."
Suddenly Amorae says "There they are!" She points up to a carriage pulled by a flying horse, and everyone can clearly see Bloom's hair flying in the wind - it's impossible to miss, actually.
Sky quickly says goodbye to the others, and hurries up to the stage where he's supposed to be when Bloom and Daphne land. When Bloom steps out of the carriage, his brain immediately turns to goo in his head - she looks like a goddess standing there…and he's supposed to speak coherently while staring at her?
Her hair is hanging freely down her back, curled slightly and shining like a gemstone, her makeup is perfect, and he doesn't even have the words to describe the dress accurately. He suddenly gets why its bad luck for the groom to see the bride in her dress before the actual wedding - he'll lose any and all brain function, miss the wedding altogether, and then they'd have to start all over.
Bloom's trying to wait out Eldora's speech about how this is a glorious day, feeling Loki, Thor, and Hela watching her through the Scrying Bowl, when suddenly a new voice whispers into her ears.
Bloom!
It's Selina's voice, and Bloom purposely blocks her out.
Bloom, I know you probably hate me, but I'm in trouble. Acheron is free, and he's very dangerous. He trapped the Trix in the Legendarium…forever.
She's two seconds away from shutting down Selina's scrying of her, when suddenly Acheron's voice says You got that right. And now it's time for me to rule the entire Magical Dimension!
A few seconds later, a wave of powerful magic sweeps through the universe…and then, everyone but the Winx loses their magics!
I knew it! Bloom quickly says "Alright, looks like we're out of time! Sky, do you take me to be your wife?"
"I do. Uh, Bloom? What are you doing?"
"And I take you to be my husband! You may kiss the bride!"
She pulls him close and kisses him for a moment, and Erendor asks "What just happened? Did Princess Bloom just marry herself to my son?"
Oritel says "Yes, I believe she just did, Erendor."
Bloom says "Selina just freed Acheron. And I'm betting he betrayed her."
Eldora says "From what I know of him, he's strong enough to take away the magics of anyone - except for those of the Dragon Flame. In the entire Magical dimension, only you six, and Acheron himself, have any magic now!"
AN: Yeah, I finally got around to updating this story again - sorry about the wait, I've been having trouble with math class lately. As for the story, I simply found it hysterical that Bloom would be the type to speed things along. And that she'd have a massive case of nerves right before she got married - she's stared down certain death plenty of times without blinking, so why not? Anyway, enjoy! More chapters will be coming soon - just...maybe closer to Christmas, what with my math troubles. Plus, I had an idea for a crossover with HTTYD, but I want to finish at least one of the stories I've already got going before starting a new one. Enjoy! Reviews much appreciated!