Random Winx Idea

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and this just popped into my head at random…don't ask me why. AU OOC Bashing and femslash all possible and likely.)

"It's amazing how long the people from the Magix realms live. I wouldn't have known that Miss Griselda was over a hundred years old if you hadn't had told me." Bloom said to her friends, shaking her head in disbelief as she walked with them in Magix.

"How long do earthlings live Bloom?" Musa asked her attention immediately and completely on the red head who tilted her head to the side ever so slightly.

"I read in a medical journal once about how Earthlings only live to be about 70 years old on average. Some live longer, some don't make it to 70 but that's about the average age." Bloom said after a moment of thinking about it, causing all of her friends to stop and stare at each other for a few minutes.

"Tecna…what's that in Ma-" Stella hesitantly asked Tecna who was swallowing heavily since she had automatically done the math in her head.

"Roughly 23 years and about three months." Tecna whispered her voice a bit choked and making Bloom furrow her brow.

"I forgot that time on Magix moved differently than time on Earth. Is it different for each planet in the realms or do they all go by Magix time and Earth is the odd one out?" Bloom asked causing her friends, who were looking horrified, to look at her and Flora had tears in her eyes while Stella wasn't too far off. Musa was just opening and closing her mouth without saying anything as she stared at Bloom, Tecna…well Tecna had turned away and Bloom was certain she had just seen Tecna wipe her eyes.

"Bloom…Earth is the only one like that. All of the magical realms have the same year and dates as Magix does." Stella finally said after she had blinked away the tears that had gathered in her eyes. She couldn't show Bloom the tears. There was no telling how the child would react to seeing her caretaker start crying for a reason that she probably didn't understand.

"Wow that's going to take some getting used to." Bloom said shaking her head slightly before she looked at the others and decided a change of subject would probably be a good idea.

"Come on. You guys were going to show me something right?" Bloom asked with a smile as she grabbed Stellas' and Floras' hands and began walking away, causing them to blink before indulging her as Flora wiped away her tears.

"Should we tell her?" Tecna quietly asked Musa as they followed their friends down the street.

"No. I think the knowledge would only hurt her. But…we should probably tell Miss G and Miss F about how short the Earthlings lifespans are." Musa said shaking her head slowly and keeping her voice quiet.

"Did you hear when she said that some Earthlings don't even live to be 23 Magix years? What if she's one of those? She's only 5 and that's already one fifth of her lifespan gone if she's on Average." Tecna said her voice but a whisper as her eyes stayed glued to the red head who was smiling up at Stella for something the blond had said that Tecna hadn't been paying attention too.

"Forget that for the moment. We'd better stop them before they start something. The witches don't know how old she is." Musa said noting the three Senior witches, the Trix, nearby and how they had caught sight of Stella and Bloom and Flora.

"Hey don't. Trust me you don't want to do that." Tecna and Musa rushed over to the witches when they saw Icy narrow her eyes at Bloom and some magic began to gather around the three.

"You think you two can stop us?" Stormy asked with a sneer while Musa looked directly at Darcy who was admittedly the smartest of the witches and the one who had the most common sense.

"Bloom doesn't know about the time difference between Earth and Magix. One year on Magix is Three Earth Years. Bloom is 16 in Earth years, she's barely over 5 in Magix years. Run a scan on her if you don't believe us." Musa said causing Darcy to look surprised but glance over at the red head who had noticed the confrontation and was moving as if to walk over towards it. Casting a quick scan on the girl, Darcy caught the paper that formed and her mouth dropped open when she confirmed the girls age.

"They're right. She's only five." Darcy told her sisters wide eyed and causing their eyes to widen while the both of them paled drastically. They had been planning on attacking a child? Not even the Ancestral Witches ever went after a child, not unless it was to get ahold of the Ultimate Power known as the Dragon Fire, since children were just as precious and even rarer to witches than they were to fairies!

"What the hell is a child doing without her parents?!" Stormy asked her voice a pitch or two higher when her sister confirmed what the fairies were saying.

"On Earth she's at the perfectly reasonable age to be left to her own devices, they probably don't even realize how old she is in Magix and considering that most of Earth's population dies by around the age of 23 in Magix she's already around a fifth of the way…" Tecna choked off her words when Bloom and the other two came closer although Stella was slightly in front of Flora and Bloom protectively and ready to shield them while Flora was ready to grab the child and run if she had to.

"Everything okay Musa? Tec?" Bloom asked peering around Stella who refused to let her any closer to the confrontation.

"Yeah Bloom. Everything's okay. We were just clearing something up is all. Come on you need a new ice pack don't you?" Tecna said moving closer to Bloom immediately and her eyes scanning the girl, as was her Omnidex which indicated that Bloom's pain levels were beginning to rise.

"What does she need an ice pack for?" Icy asked speaking for the first time as she stared at Bloom.

"Earthlings apparently bleed for five straight days as a way to shed unused eggs for child bearing. Sometimes it makes her uncomfortable and an ice pack helps." Musa quickly summed up causing Icy to huff slightly as she approached Bloom and pulled the girl to her side, her naturally cold body and aura easing Bloom's discomfort.

"Should have just said so to start with. I'm better than any ice pack." Icy said picking Bloom up in order to use her power better without overloading the little fire child, causing everyone to look at her surprised except for the rest of the Winx.

"Well this is different." Bloom said dryly since none of the others moved to take her from the ice witch who was actually being gentle with her.

"Stupid dykes." One Red Fountain boy nearby said with a sneer causing Bloom's face to go completely flat in a heartbeat.

"Where's that knife? I'm feeling very stabby right now and I've got a target in mind." Bloom asked looking at Flora and Musa who exchanged winces as Flora held out the knife they had bought for the red head.

"What?" Stormy asked trying to look innocently confused when everyone stared at her, of course she did kind of deserve the stares since she had punched the boy with a lightning charged fist.

"If I hadn't had done it then the little fire starter would have and if we take her away from Icy she'll get uncomfortable again." Stormy said innocently and making the others all look at each other and then nod slowly.

"Thanks." Bloom said blinking at the storm witch in surprise while said witch just grinned back as Darcy began to fret and fuss over how scrawny Bloom was.

Bloom was actually starting to feel as if she was missing something with the way the others were treating her as if she were a child or some kind of exotic pet to be pampered. But she quickly shook that thought aside when she remembered how they went through time differently than she did.

Magicals were just plain weird.