Winx Club Past AU
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and I'm making this a story!)
"I don't want to hear anything from you of all people." Faragonda growled at Mavilla with betrayed and tear filled eyes when the woman demanded to know what she had done with the book she had taken from the headmistress' office.
"Young la-"
"Shut it! I don't want to hear anything from the woman who abandoned me with that sorry excuse for a male and then didn't even bother informing me that I was her daughter! You…you abandoned me and didn't want anything to do with me…so don't try acting like a mother now." Faragonda cut off Mavilla sharply making Mavilla's eyes widen as her breath caught in her throat.
"You know?" Mavilla asked quietly and making Faragonda snort.
"Of course I bloody know. I saw the picture on your desk when I was in your office, my so called father has one just like it at his house. It didn't take much to put the clues together even before your fairy animals told me! You wanted me to prove myself? For what? So you wouldn't be ashamed of having a weak hybrid daughter?" Faragonda demanded glaring at Mavilla with tears in her eyes as the woman looked shocked and stricken.
"Of course not. I would never be ashamed of yo-"
"THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?! WHERE WERE YOU?!" Faragonda nearly screamed at the woman while Bloom sighed as she stepped up behind Faragonda and knocked her on the head softly.
"Tone it down and calm down a bit there squirt." Bloom said knocking Faragonda back to her senses and making Faragonda breath heavily.
"Take a deep breath." Bloom ordered making Faragonda nod and do as told.
"It doesn't matter. You didn't want anything to do with me…why would I want anything to do with you? You made your choice years ago." Faragonda said while furiously wiping the tears from her eyes, she wouldn't cry over this woman. Not anymore.
"Faragonda I sw-" Mavilla reached out and grabbed Faragonda's shoulder as the girl turned to walk away. With speed and reflexes that surprised everyone except Bloom, who just winced, Faragonda spun around, dislodged the hand on her shoulder and punched Mavilla square in the jaw.
"Don't touch me. I may not have been allowed to practice my magic with the man I call father but I had a hell of a lot of practice with fist fighting. Did you even know that he sealed most of my magic because he was scared of how strong it was while I was a child? Did you even know he never removed the seal? Did you even care?" Faragonda demanded making everyone's eyes widen further, she had a seal on her?! That would explain why she was so clumsy and seemed to have trouble with such simple things!
"What am I talking about? Of course you didn't know, you weren't there. I'm pretty sure you didn't care either. You know what? Fuck you. I'm not dealing with this bullshit right now." Faragonda said shocking everyone further with the easily said curses as the brown haired girl turned and marched away, the students making a path for her.
"…Well…I did warn you…and I didn't even tell her anything." Bloom said watching Faragonda go before looking at Mavilla without any sympathy as the woman knelt on the ground holding her jaw and trying to hold in her tears.
"I'll go talk to her, see if I can at least make her hear your side of the story…but you have to admit…it doesn't look good for you." Bloom said sighing as she turned to go after Faragonda, it was easy to follow the girls dark tinted angry magical signature.
"Hey there squirt." Bloom called to alert the girl to her presence when she finally found the brown haired girl sitting at the highest peak of the school.
"…Hi…" Faragonda said after sensing the warm protective aura from the red head. The girl was like a sister to Bloom and right now that warm aura was soothing her irritated and almost dangerous aura.
"You alright there? I'm sure this is a pretty big thing for you. I know it was for me when I went through something similar." Bloom said smiling as she sat down beside Faragonda, her legs swinging over the edge back and forth.
"…You went through this kind of thing too?" Faragonda asked looking over at the older girl who smiled warmly at her.
"Well it's different but sort of similar. See my home planet was attacked…and I was sent to a magicless one by my older sister for my own safety and my magic didn't wake up until I was almost 18. I…never knew I was adopted…" Bloom went on to explain her story to Faragonda, pointing out the times where she felt as if her parents wanted her to be something other than who she was or if they were expecting a lot from her just for being…her.
"…You're not here to convince me to forgive her are you?" Faragonda asked from where she was resting against Bloom, her emotions shot to all heck from today.
"Nah. Forgiveness is up to you. She could have reached out and tried to contact you. She could have said something when you became a student. She could have done a lot of things differently. What I want you to do…is keep an open mind." Bloom said making Faragonda frown and sit up, looking up at Bloom confused.
"Come again?" Faragonda asked making Bloom snicker, normally she would have said a joke that would be dirty but she didn't for two reasons. One, it would be very inappropriate and inconsiderate at the moment…and two…Faragonda probably wouldn't have gotten the joke.
"Well there's always two sides to every story. For example, earlier when I got in front of you and Griselda to stop those feathers. There's your side of the story where you never saw the feathers hit me, only saw them in my body and me healing from the wounds. Then there's my side of the story where I could feel every individual feather slice into my body and be unable to see out of one eye because it had been pierced. Both stories hold a different account to paint the overall picture." Bloom explained making Faragonda frown but nod slowly.
"So you want me to give her a chance and hear her side of the story as to why she abandoned me." Faragonda noted making Bloom nod in agreement.
"Yeah that's pretty much it squirt. I'm not saying you have to believe what she tells you, or immediately forgive her for never reaching out to you. Just…hear her out and then think on it for a few days. When you've had some sleep and food and time to digest what you heard and paint an overall picture of what actually happened based on both the story you already know and the one you don't. Honestly? I think you'll find that they're very conflicting accounts of what happened." Bloom said making Faragonda nod slowly as she absorbed that information and advice.
"And it'll be up to me to look at the facts of what happened…and decide whose story is more accurate. Hers…or my fathers." Faragonda said making Bloom nod.
"Yes…and it will likely suck but you have to be very thorough and careful about it. Something like this…I won't say you only get one shot but you should be careful because it's like a mirror. Easily breakable and sometimes easily fixed but…pieces can go missing even easier." Bloom said sagely and making Faragonda blink and frown confused.
"It'd be very easy to break my bond with one of them, and I can probably fix it if I try hard enough but it'd never be perfect or fully intact again." Faragonda finally translated making Bloom grin and nod at her.
"…Fine…I'll go talk to her in an hour or so. She's probably pissed at me for punching her like that…I don't like being grabbed." Faragonda said frowning slightly as she relaxed against Bloom again. The older girl was so warm…
"Give it a little time for tempers to cool off a bit yeah…but honestly I think some of your words and her own guilt are hurting her worse than your hit did. Nice job on that by the way but next time don't put your thumb in your fist. That's a good way to break it." Bloom advised making Faragonda chuckle wearily.
"…You're a good big sister. Wish I had one like you…" Faragonda trailed off making Bloom smile down at her.
"Well you do now! Like I said…the Winx Club is a unit. We're all sisters. That includes Griselda and you…and even when the others and I have to leave back to our place…you'll still have Griselda and it wouldn't be goodbye. Never goodbye because we'll see each other again. It might take a while for you to recognize us or us to recognize you…but we'll see each other again." Bloom said making Faragonda smile slightly as she burrowed into the warmth the girl exuded without meaning too.
"That's alright. Long as I have my sisters…I'll be alright. Love you sis." Faragonda murmured as she drifted off into a quick nap against Bloom's shoulder. Bloom just smiled down at her future headmistress.
Oh did this explain a lot and would this be fun to deal with back in the future!
"Love you too squirt."