Winx Club Beta AU

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and what if when Bloom is found out to not be Princess Veranda in Season 1 instead of Faragonda and Griselda catching them it was Faragonda and Palladium because Griselda was busy? A couple of very crude remarks from Palladium caused Bloom to run from Alfea in tears…AU OOC and Femslash and some Bashing)

"Wait Miss Bloom!" Faragonda yelled reaching out to grab the young red head that had just been so cruelly insulted by the normally timid and shy Professor Palladium. They had just confronted the girl on whether she was really Veranda of Vallisto or not and learned the truth that her name was actually Bloom and she was from Earth. This had prompted Palladium to call her a liar and when they realized Bloom really was from Earth he said several uncomplimentary things about her being abandoned there and having a…street walkers job to put it nicely.

Bloom didn't even turn back to glance at them as she crossed the courtyard and was out of the gates and in the surrounding forest in record time, tears falling down her face the whole way.

"You Palladium are hereby suspended without pay until this has all been resolved! I don't know why you were so cruel to her but that was far beyond uncalled for! You are not to be alone with any of the students nor are you allowed to teach class without one of the other teachers supervising!" Faragonda almost roared as she spun and glared at the shocked looking elven teacher.

"B-But Miss Faragonda! She would have tarnished Alfea's good reputation! I was only-"

"I don't care about the reputation of the school at the moment! Thanks to you there is a hurt and most likely scared young lady who can't control her rather strong magic on her own in the forest where a great many things can injure and even kill her!" Faragonda really did roar at him this time, drawing attention from the formerly sleeping students and teachers.

"What is going on Headmistress?" Griselda asked rushing to the scene along with the other teachers at the sound of their normally calm and kind headmistress so angry. Even back when they were in school together Griselda had never heard the woman sound so angry.

"The girl who introduced herself as Princess Veranda of Vallisto turned out to be a young girl named Bloom from the planet Earth. When Palladium and I confronted her about this, Palladium said some rather uncalled for words that caused young Miss Bloom to run off in tears! She is now somewhere in the woods!" Faragonda said glaring at Palladium while many of the teachers gasped at the mention of Earth.

"What did you say to her?" Griselda asked growling as she whirled around to face the Elf who looked confused as he repeated what he had said, causing Griselda and DuFour to snarl at him. No one, especially not a child, deserved to be called such things!

"I don't see the problem with what I said. I was just telling the truth and trying to protect the schools repu-"

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"Go Miss G!" Musa finally said after about two minutes of dead silence as everyone stared at the brown haired woman who had just decked Palladium mid-word. She had hit him dead in the mouth hard enough to knock him on the ground and knock him out with his mouth bleeding.

"Thank you Miss Musa. Now if you all will excuse me I have a student to go find and bring back." Griselda said straightening her dress slightly as she turned on her heel and stormed towards the gate to look for Bloom who can't have gone too far.

"Griselda…Where is Ms. Bloom?" Faragonda asked worriedly the next morning when Griselda dragged herself through the gate alone.

"…I'm afraid I don't know. I saw her for a few minutes and tried to chase her to bring her back and let her know no one agreed with Palladium but…she escaped me by jumping into the trees and jumping from limb to limb." Griselda said sighing as she hung her head slightly in defeat and slight shame.

"I'll keep looking for her, you go get some rest Griselda." DuFour said placing a hand on Griselda's shoulders reassuringly and smiling at the brown haired woman before turning and taking off through the gate.

For two full weeks the teachers and a variety of students would take turns looking in the woods for Bloom, Faragonda even called in Saladin and some of his boys to help search for the red head but even their tracking experts couldn't find her.

Finally after another two to three weeks Faragonda called Griffin the day before the Day of the Royals.

"I was wondering when you'd call Faragonda." Griffin said immediately after her hologram appeared in the room.

"You knew I would contact you eventually." Faragonda said, it certainly wasn't a question that was for sure.

"Of course. I'm guessing it has something to do with that mysterious red head the twins and some students saw in the woods a few weeks ago. She told them that she had tried to go to Alfea but one of the teachers had been a right asshole so she decided that the woods would be a better place to be." Griffin said causing Faragonda to straighten up.

"And you didn't call me? Where is she now? Over there at Cloud Tower? Is she alright? Was she injured?" Faragonda asked worriedly and causing Griffin to hold her hands up in mock surrender.

"Slow down before you blow a gasket Faragonda. I didn't call you because she apparently wanted to stay away from Alfea, not get associated with it again. I have a vague idea of where she is now but I'm not a hundred percent sure. She's not here though. She looked perfectly fine according to the twins, and they didn't see any injuries on her. Can't say how she is now because that was the only time they saw her. Some of my girls have been going out into the woods regularly to try and recruit her to the 'dark side' I believe some of your girls call it, but none of them had seen so much as a glimpse of her yet." Griffin said causing Faragonda to sigh slightly.

"And before you ask. No I won't help you locate her. It was your teachers that had hurt her so badly, it's your teachers that should try and fix the issue." Griffin said causing Faragonda to nod, she really hadn't expected anything different from her old friend but it never hurt to try.

"You might want to bring your teachers along to the Day of the Royals tomorrow though. You all might get a bit of a…surprise." Griffin said with a chuckle of dry amusement, causing Faragonda to look concerned. Anything that made Griffin laugh or even chuckle could not be good for her…or her teachers for that matter but she couldn't see how this request could hurt anything.

"I hear a girl referred to as the Princess of Beta will be there alongside her adoptive grandmother, Headmistress Sylva." Griffin said with a smirk and causing Faragonda to frown, she had heard some rumors of a girl titled as the Beta Princess but she had merely thought they were idle gossip.

"I wasn't aware that Sylva adopted a granddaughter." Faragonda said causing Griffin to shrug.

"I only heard about it through Ediltrude who's 'friends' with one of the teachers at Beta." Griffin said using air quotes when she said friends and smirking a bit.

"So Ediltrude finally got together with someone?" Faragonda asked smirking as well when she realized what the air quotes meant.

"Yep. Zarathustra is dating the teacher too, poor woman. You know those two." Griffin said shrugging her shoulders with an even wider smirk. Her two friends were hellions plain and simple.
"They share everything even girlfriends. That poor woman indeed." Faragonda said shaking her head fondly. She was more than aware of how bad the twins could be, she had been in school with them after all.

"Luckily for the woman, she has twin sisters too so she knows what she's getting into and she can handle them both easily." Griffin said chuckling and causing Faragonda to chuckle as well. It wasn't often someone could handle the twins at the same time, but it was always amusing to see them both fawning over the same woman.

"So… are we going to sit together this year or act like we still hate each other?" Faragonda asked after a minute as she stared softly at the slightly younger woman whose face softened at the question.

"Together. I don't think I can go much longer without you by my side." Griffin said looking at her shorter wife softly and giving her a small soft smile.

"Nor I without you." Faragonda said with a warm smile of her own that caused Griffin to blush slightly.

"…Love you Fara." Griffin said softly, hesitantly, she had never been good at saying those words aloud. Often times she didn't have too, it showed in her eyes, actions, and in the mate bond. The absolutely radiant smile that Faragonda gave her for it though…she'd definitely have to say the words much more often.

"I love you too Griff." Faragonda said softly, much more easily than her counterpart had. She didn't say the words as often as she thought she should because she knew of her wife's insecurities with feelings but…the almost blinding smile Griffin grew and tried to hide at hearing them made her determined to say the words much more often now.

"I still won't protect you from what's going to happen though. Not unless they take it too far." Griffin said after a comfortable moment of silence between the two, causing Faragonda to snort slightly as the mood was broken.

"I would expect no less from you dear."