"I finally arrived to the nearest town! Oh my gosh, I didn't think it would've taken until morning to fly here," I murmur to myself.
I transform out of my fairy form and pulled my hood over my head. I begin to walk into town; am I sure glad that nobody will recognize me in this get-up.
Marion and I barge into Hannah's room; we couldn't believe our eyes..Hannah was not in her room.
As I was standing there in shock and despair, Marion wandered towards her bed.
"Oritel, dear, you might want to come over here," Marion called me over holding a piece of paper.
"What does it say?" I ask with concern.
"Dear Mom and Dad, I'm sorry to have hurt your hearts. I shouldn't have said those miserable things, especially to Dad...I'm sorry for what I've said after the party...once again..I'm really sorry.. With love, Hannah," Marion read aloud and threw herself into my arms.
"Mom? Dad? What's wrong?"
We spin around and see Bloom standing in the doorway.
"Bloom, sweetie..it's about your sister.." Marion tried to speak clearly.
Bloom rushes over to us, "What about Hannah? What's wrong?"
"Bloom," I place my hands on her shoulders, "Hannah left a note on her nightstand. She-"
"She ran away?!" Bloom interrupted in shock.
Marion and I exchange glances, then Marion speaks up, "We're afraid she has, sweetheart," She looks to each of us, "Do we have any idea where Hannah may have gone?"
"There are numerous places Hannah could have gone, your majesty," Elizabeth replied.
"What places exactly, Elizabeth?" Marion asked urging her to continue.
"She could've gone into town or Glaiza to see Pyra," Elizabeth replied thinking where Hannah could have gone.
"We will reach out to King Aster of Glaiza to keep an eye out for Hannah," I declared.
"I will let the Winx know to be on the lookout for Hannah," Bloom chimed in.
I nod, "As for us, we will go out on the town in search of Hannah."
They nod towards me in agreement.
Bloom returns to her room to notify her friends; Marion and I begin to reach out to Princess Pyra and her family.
"Floral Boutique, Sálon Róckét, and Frying Pan Café..." I murmur to myself as I walk through the town square.
"Please..I need this loaf of bread for my baby brother and mama.."
I spin around to see a little girl in front of Brock's Café. I look at her empathetically.
"Sorry, little girl, but you know you have to pay more than a dollar," the store clerk replied grabbing the loaf from the girl and placing it back on the shelf.
"B-but I promise to pay as soon as I have the money..I-" she tried to reason.
"Hold your tongue, lass. You're holding up a line behind you," he interrupted pointing at me.
The little girl sadly turns to me, but I shook my head, "Oh no, sorry I was just looking around and couldn't help but notice you're giving this girl issues," I reply turning my head towards the girl.
"What's your point, miss?" the man asked rudely.
I narrow my eyes downward; after a few seconds, I reach for a five dollar bill in my pocket, "I wouldn't mind paying for the girl today," I slap the money on the counter, "You can keep the change.
The girl stares at me in awe; the clerk reluctantly took my money and gives the girl her loaf of bread back.
She happily grabs the loaf and turns to me, "Thank you so much, miss!" she hugs me tightly, "Will you come with me back home? Mama would want to thank you for what you've done!" the little girl asked tugging on me.
"Of course I will," I reply giggling.
"Awesome! Follow me!" she exclaims dragging me to the direction of her home.
I smile and glance behind; I open my eyes wide and quickly face forward.
"Mom and Dad are looking for me..hopefully, they didn't see me.." I thought to myself.
"Here we are, miss! Home sweet home!" the girl stated pointing at the house between another café and a pet shop, "Let's come inside!" she opens the door and invites me in.
"Rosemary!" I hear a woman exclaim, "Who is this? Why is she here?" she turns to me.
"Mama, this girl helped pay for a loaf down in the square!" Rosemary replies.
"Is that so?" her mother studies me, "Thank you for paying, miss. I hope my daughter wasn't bothering you too much."
"Oh! No worries! It was no bother at all, really!" I answer sweetly.
"By the way, miss.." Rosemary tugs on my hood, "What's your name?"
I take a deep breath and pull my hood off my head, "My name is Hannah," I answer hearing a gasp from Rosemary's mother.
"Princess?!" she exclaims surprised.
"You can call me Hannah, miss," I softly spoke up.
"O-of course, sorry, my name is Evelyn," she introduced, "I hope you don't mind me asking, but what are you doing away from home?"
"I'm just taking a stroll out on the town," I responded gently. I don't want them to know I ran off. Suddenly, I hear familiar voices near Rosemary's house, "Oh! I'm so sorry! But I have to go!" I turn to exit.
"Will you be back in town, Hannah?" Rosemary innocently asks.
"Of course, Rosemary," I answered kneeling down.
I get back up and pull my hood over my head. I walk out the door and close the door behind me.
"Excuse me, miss?" I hear a voice from behind me.
As soon as I recognize the voice, I freeze.
"May I ask you a question?"
I squeeze my eyes shut and bit my lips wondering how I will get myself out of this situation.
"Answer the question truthfully and respectfully, please," I hear Dad speak up.
An idea suddenly sparks my mind, I temporarily change my appearance from brown hair to blonde and hazel green eyes to aqua-green eyes.
I turn around, "What is it you want to ask?" I ask not in my tone of voice.
"Have you seen our daughter?" Dad asked me, "Our youngest daughter, Hannah?"
"I'm sorry your majesties, but I have not," I softly reply. I look over Mom whose studying me.
"Dear, would you mind pulling down your hood?" Mom gently asks. I sigh and do as I'm told, "Thank you, miss," she continues to try to recognize me.
I spoke up, "Though, I may have an idea to where she's gone."
Mom and Dad turned their eyes to me, "What's your idea?"
She could've gone to Glaiza or Magix," I reply, "May I be on my way?"
"Hold it," Dad stops me, but I make a bold dash towards the forest, "Hey! Wait!" Dad darts after me; Mom and Bloom follow suit.
I ignore Dad's call and make a sharp turn behind a bush.
I'm hiding inside the bush when I hear footsteps approaching.
"Miss, we know you're in there. Come on out," Dad tells me, but I sit still silently and scotch myself farther back.
"Hannah, sweetie, I know it's you," Mom spoke softly to me.
"Hannah? You're saying this girl is Hannah?" Bloom asked.
I softly sob holding my knees to my chest.
"Mmhm," Mom kneels down to the bush, "Come on out, Hannah."
I can hear Dad kneel down and rustle through the branches. I stare as Dad is rummaging his hand through the leaves.
I'm praying that I'm far enough back, "Please..no.." I think to myself squeezing my eyes shut.
"I can't reach her," Dad said gloomily.
I silently sigh.
"Hannah can't stay in this bush forever," Bloom speaks up, "Why don't we wait her out?"
Mom and Dad agree with her and decided to sit near the bush.
"Great. How will I make it out now?" I think to myself.
An idea suddenly flashed through my mind. I wrote down a quick note and slipped it out of the bush. I then teleport myself out of the bush and appeared in front of the forest.
Without looking back, I whisper to myself, "I'm sorry Mom and Dad," and entered the forest.
"Hm? What does this say?" Bloom asked up a paper. Bloom read aloud, "I'm sorry Mom, Dad, and Bloom. I love you all."
After Bloom read Hannah's note, we see a blinding light from the bush. I frantically rush over to the bush and search thothroughly for Hannah. I hit the shocking realization that Hannah was no longer in the bush.
"We lost Hannah again!" I threw myself into Oritel's arms.
"Don't worry, Mom," Bloom reassured me, "I have an idea to where Hannah may be."
I look up at Bloom, "Where do you think, sweetheart?" I asked urging her to continue.
"When Hannah bolted away, where do you think she was headed?" Bloom asked.
Oritel and I look at each other for a moment and then turn back to Bloom, "You're saying she's headed for the forest?" I answered.
Bloom nodded; Oritel and I quickly exchanged worried glances to one another.
"Mom? Dad? What's wrong?" Bloom asked with concern.
"We have to go to the forest immediately," Oritel responded as we stood back up.
Bloom nods in understanding whilst we make a mad dash for the forest.
"Augh!" I grimace in pain.
As I was sprinting through the forest, I tripped and fell on, what looks to be, a newly sprouted root. I stood back up and tried to walk forward only for me to catch myself from falling on my face again.
"I must have sprained my knee when I fell. I better be more careful the further I go," I whisper to myself.
I'm limping into the forest until I have reached a clearing with two other paths.
The left path looks as though no one should enter at their own risk; the right path looks as though most people choose this path for exploring. Although I worry way too much about literally everything, I chose to go down the left path.
In the amidst of the forest, there's seemingly no path I can see, but as I approach the edge, I look down into a deep valley.
"Golly, that is one steep hill," I whisper to myself, "One slip and I plummet down."
I carefully continue to look around for a safer way down.
"You won't be part of my world."
"Huh? Wha-ah!" I shriek loudly as a pair of hands shoves me down the hill.