You know what ? After my computer just deleted the last chapter and I had to write it all again, from the beginning… He just gave it back to me. Haha.

And I discovered something even worse : for some reason, they changed the Pixies of Musa and Tecna… for no reason. Like what the hell ?! Tune and Digit were the best ! I like Cherie but Cara is just not my thing. And I don't think they go that well together… If anyone understood why they felt the need to remove the best pixies, let me know lmao

VampireNinja1706 : I'm happy you liked the chapter ! I think you might like this chapter too ^^

Winx4Ever : hihi ^^

Heato-Kun : alors elle se rends compte qu'il y a Valtor, c'est plus qu'elle n'a aucune notion de danger quand elle le voit (il faudra peut-être que je réécrive ce passage pour qu'il soit plus clair). Et Valtor l'exorciste, j'adore XD Bloom a eu son Charmix en ne s'énervant pas, mais en réglant les choses calmement (contrairement au reste de la saison où elle s'énervait dès qu'elle n'aimait pas quelque chose). Pour ce qui est de Lockette et Amore… attendons un peu, leur intervention est prévue ^^ Par contre Winx En Concert avec leur Valtor brun tout pourri non merci XD Mais oui, là il arrive en force ! Enfin, j'ai envie de dire mdr (et oui, je ne me remet toujours pas de la fin XD).

Saramus92 : Hm well I can't really tell you… I don't think you'll be disappointed, but it may not be what you imagine.

The Winx Club, minus Flora, made their way to the cafeteria together.

Conscious she needed to eat more, Bloom tried her best to eat as much as she could under the careful eyes of her friends. Musa proposed she took some tea at the end of the meal, and the red head gladly obliged.

But try as she might, she couldn't ignore the sensation in her stomach.

It was like a snake, or a giant slug against her backbone, turning round and round inside her. It was eating her slowly, and she had to force herself to finish her cup of tea with a composed face. She honestly had no idea how she could've ignored it for so long, but was finally certain that Valtor and her friends weren't joking around.

When the girls finally explained to her what happened the night before, Bloom couldn't help but feel bad when she realized her friends had to go behind her back to help her. Because she forgot everything that wasn't about her professor.

Yet, as she stole a little glance at him, she couldn't help but think there was a misunderstanding somehow. He helped for so long, and it took so much of his time that surely, he couldn't be a bad guy. He saved them, and taught them so much.

He caught her looking at him, and sent a little smile her way. He probably thought she was wondering when he would have finished.

'Bloom, you're sure you want to be alone… with him ?'

She nodded immediately.

'Nothing will happen, I promise.'

Stella's eyes showed her worry, but the read head ignored it.

She wanted answers, and needed to get them as soon as possible.

Her teacher finally got up, and stopped by her side. She nodded towards her friends, and without a word followed him to his office.

Whereas some hours earlier there had been a desk occupying the middle of the room, there were now green sofas around a little table. Her eyebrows shot up, surprised at how quickly he changed the room, before following him to his personal desk.

She took a seat as he sat down in front of her, and she waited.

'Is everything alright ?' He asked while sitting down, his eyebrows furrowed in worry.

'Yes professor, I'm just tired,' she answered with a yawn.

She wasn't lying. Her adventures of the day had taken their toll on her, and she felt the need to go under her covers. She wanted to forget about the world and her responsibilities for a moment.

'Well then, what can you tell me about what you saw ?'

She thought back to what Valtor said. That she might have made up those things.

She shook her head, and stared at the man in front of her.

He would be the one with the answers.

'I didn't see much,' she admitted. 'But I did hear my mother's voice sing her lullaby, and then she argued with my sister about something. I also heard a battle far away, and then my sister said something to me before putting me inside the portal towards Earth.'

'Well that is simply amazing Bloom ! Congratulations, you're having a lot of results !' He said with a big contagious smile.

She nodded frantically.

'Do you want us to try again right now ?'

She stopped breathing.

Of course, she could accept, and maybe learn a little bit more about herself.

Or, if her friends and Valtor were right, this teacher was the one who put this disgusting thing in her, and she would feel it now that she was aware of it.

In the end, she would know the truth.

'Yes, I would really like that,' she finally nodded.

'Very well… Just take a seat in one of the sofas, I won't take long.'

She stood up and followed his directions, as he searched for his wand.

Making herself comfortable, she smiled when he approached.

Some part of her refused to believe he could somehow want to hurt her. His eyes showed nothing but kindness, and he was always attentive to what she had to say. Other students had also fallen for his good looks, or were simply relieved that his lessons made some kind of sense.

He also saved her from the Trix, and helped her get stronger. She learned so much from him, about herself, her magic or Domino in general. No one had ever done so much for her, and now she had to doubt him.

Although she knew she should trust Layla. She was a Princess, and tried to look out for her Kingdom. She didn't have something against their Professor, it wouldn't make any sense. She also wouldn't go to Valtor for nothing, she hated the simple sight of his face.

When she saw them all together standing in the same room, and Layla wasn't trying to destroy him already, she knew she would have to trust what they had to say. Because this was a huge effort on her part, especially after all the fights they had, and how close Valtor came to conquering her whole planet.

Bloom even had to admit that, although their friendship wasn't strong, she still had a place in her heart.

Layla was selfless, and would do anything for those she cared about. Bloom had seen it first hand when the Andros Fairy jumped into Lord Darkar's Fortress.

'Ready ?'

She caught the eyes of her Professor, and for a moment, she stayed frozen. Something inside of her started to tell her to run away, but it would be weird. Instead, she nodded, and forced her whole body to relax.

His eyes narrowed, she noticed, but he quickly turned serious again so she put the thought in the back of her head, and let the magic surround her.

As usual, it felt warm, and when she let go, she found herself in a grey fog.

For some time, she just wandered around.

She felt lonely, and suddenly scared at how uninviting this place truly was.

She overlooked that part before, because she trusted her professor fully, but now she couldn't help but believe there was something strange about all of it.

Like she did in the morning, she sang her mother's lullaby, but nothing happened.

It just kept getting colder, something she thought impossible in the realm of her mind.

This rang an alarm in her, and she suddenly knew she had to get back to the real world. Turning around, she quickly found the purple clouds and lightning, and immediately flew towards it.

Her professor took two steps back when she simultaneously opened her eyes and breathed in the air around her, but quickly recovered and took his place at her side, a hand on her shoulder. She didn't bother to brush it off, but registered how tense he suddenly looked, compared to when they started the session.

Although, she was more focused on the fact that she couldn't feel the dark thing inside of her anymore. She couldn't decipher what was her magic, the bit of dark magic she could use, and the slug she felt turning and moving inside her.

Layla had been right. Valtor had been right. Her friends had told her not to go back, but she ignored them, when they were right.

'Is there something wrong ?' He asked, worried.

She shook her head slowly, and put her head in her hands, avoiding to look at him.

'I just got frightened professor, that's it,' she admitted.

'Did you see anything ?'

She shook her head, sighing.

'No… it was just a feeling.'

He pursed his lips and nodded gravely.

'Maybe we should stop for some time ? It may be too hard onto your psyche.'

The old Bloom would've immediately refused such a proposition, but the present Bloom couldn't help but take a moment to think everything through. It tipped her professor off, she knew it as she caught sight of his eyes widening for a moment before she quickly looked away.

'I'll see how I'm doing by tomorrow,' she said with conviction

'Don't force yourself, alright ? Take the time you need to rest.'

With that sentence, he turned his back to her and went back to his desk.

A little shocked at how quickly she'd been dismissed, Bloom got to her feet and hushed a little "goodbye" to which he didn't answer, and got out.

She sighed, somehow more relaxed now that she wasn't in his presence, and walked to her shared bedroom directly. She noticed Valtor was truly gone as she went through the living room, vanishing before the barrier forced him to stay inside the school.

She expected to see some of her friends in her bedroom as they checked Flora's health. Although she knew the Pixies were already doing a very good job.

But she only found Layla, and a sleeping Pixie on the bed.

'You had another session with the professor ?' Immediately asked the fairy.

'How do you know ?'

Bloom was quite shocked at how easy it was for Layla to feel the dark magic her professor had seemingly used onto her, without having to even turn around.

She herself couldn't feel it, and it bothered her to know that it was obvious to someone else.

'The dark magic around you,' answered Layla as she shrugged.

'You can feel it ?' Immediately asked the red head.

It took the other girl a second. She blinked several times while looking at Bloom, before cocking her head to the side.

'Well, yeah, it gets more obvious every time. Don't you feel it ?'

They stared at each other, before the red head looked down and shook her head, letting her body rest against the wall.

'I don't feel anything,' she admitted in a hush. 'I don't feel the difference between my magic, and the one that the professor seems to put inside me.'

'What's happening ?' Interrupted Stella as she entered the room.

Bloom slowly turned around to look at her best friend, giving her a tired smile, and Layla hesitantly looked at the blonde too.

'We're just talking,' she eventually answered.

Stella didn't seem to buy it immediately, but pursed her lips and nodded. She wouldn't force answers out of her friends when there didn't seem to be a big problem. Instead, she chose to change the subject.

'Well, how's Flora ?'

Layla sighed.

'As good as can be, I guess. She woke up some time ago, and was really tired but that's it.'

'Does she need anything ?' Asked the red head, feeling guilty.

'No,' answered Layla. 'Tecna and Musa are bringing her some snacks, and I already gave her some water. You need to rest too.'

This last sentence made Bloom's heart miss a beat, before tears started appearing in her eyes. Something switched in her, and she knew what she had to do.

She had to change something. Being in a cold war with Layla would never help her. She needed her by her side. She wanted her to be her friend, and not just a roommate.

The two other girls immediately panicked, and rushed to her side.

'What is it Bloom ?' Asked the blonde.

She shook her head, and smiled.

'I'm just happy I have you, that's it,' she laughed off.

Then, looking at Layla, she took a deep breath in.

'I have to tell you something,' she said seriously, with tears rolling down her cheeks.

Her eyebrows shooting up in surprise, Layla nodded.

'I… made a promise, to Valtor,' she admitted.

The Princess immediately frowned as she started to step back, before closing her eyes, and shaking her head.

'I promised I would help him destroy the Ancestral Witches, and immunity from Domino,' she said with a nod.

Stella gasped, and the other fairy simply narrowed her eyes.

'What did he promise you ?'

'Well,' started Bloom, her eyes going to the floor as the words refused to get out of her mouth. 'I made him promise to… stop his attacks on Andros. On everyone. And he promised to help me find my parents.'

She was honestly scared of Layla's possible reaction.

On one hand, she could thank Bloom, and everything could go well. Or, and that was the most plausible scenario to the red head, she would get angry because it had only taken a few words from the red head to bring back peace over the whole Magical Dimension.

Bloom wouldn't blame her. She blamed herself already. If she'd known that it would be that easy to stop Valtor's attacks and evil plans, she would've done it as soon as she could. She even asked herself why she didn't try it immediately after she read about the damages the wizard was doing.

She kept her eyes down, avoiding the eyes of the Andros Fairy in fear of what would eventually happen. That's why she missed the little smile appearing on Layla's lips, after a few seconds of shocked silence.

'I knew we didn't scare him away like my family wanted to believe,' she said with a little laugh. 'And in this case I must thank you, Bloom. It's good to have my people back.'

Her heart missed a beat again.

'I'm just… so sad we can't seem to get along !' Cried Bloom, never looking up as she clenched her fists. 'All we do is fight o-or ignore each other, and I just can't live with that anymore !'

Two arms wrapped up around her, the perfume of her friend surrounding her, as a chest was pressed to her own and she heard a little sob in her ear.

'I'm just like you ! I just want to be friends ! I was wrong to take my anger out on you because honestly I would've done the same, if I'd been you ! I wasn't thinking straight and I'm just so, so sorry my mistake led up to this mess !'

'My mistake made a lot of victims, I think I'm the one who should apologize,' laughed Bloom as she returned the hug.

She felt free, in that moment.

For the first time, it felt like she actually shared something with the Fairy, and it felt good.

'You know what,' said Layla as she broke the hug to take a step back. 'Let's promise each other to talk things out, instead of keeping everything to ourselves.'

Bloom stared at her friend for some seconds, before a huge grin appeared on her face.

'Yes !'

They laughed and hugged once again, before a flash of light made them both shut their eyes closed and groan.

Two other Fairies entered the room at this precise moment with surprised faces.

'What is going on ?' Asked Tecna.

'It's love,' said the little pixie as she clasped her hands and put them next to her cheek.

'I would call it friendship Amore,' said Chatta with a raised eyebrow.

'It's love too.'

'If I'm correct, I would say these were Charmix,' said Musa.

Layla's smile got bigger, while the red head simply looked around in confusion.

'What's a Charmix ?'

They turned to her with widened eyes, before Stella snapped her fingers.

'You weren't in class that week !' She exclaimed. 'But Griselda explained that it's our quest of the year ! But basically, when you overcome one of your personal flaws or a fear that's holding you back, you earn your Charmix !

'And what does it do ?'

'It makes you stronger,' nodded Tecna. 'I'm surprised you remembered that Stella.'

The blonde laughed.

'A magical accessory ? Of course I'd remember it !'

They sighed together, a smile on their lips.

Layla and Bloom faced each other again, happy to realize they were on the same page. Hopefully, their pointless fights would stop now.

'I'm sorry to interrupt your little chit-chat,' intervened Chatta with her arms crossed. 'But Flora needs something to eat.'

Musa immediately took the bag she brought to the side of her friend's bed, while Tecna sat on it. The flower fairy opened her eyes, obviously extremely tired but still had a little smile on her lips.

'Hi, how are you feeling ?' Gently asked the pink haired girl.

'I'm fine,' she answered with a little cough. 'I just need to sleep a little more.'

Musa helped her sat up, before bringing a glass of water to her lips.

'What happened to me ?'

'Valtor,' answered Layla. 'He was trying to do something to Bloom… and you just happened to be affected as well.'

Flora's eyes widened.

'Girls ! I never told you what I-'

'It's okay !' Said Tecna as she put her hand on her friend's shoulder. 'Mirta told us.'

Flora calmed down, and gave them a little smile, taking a little cookie Musa had put on the bed.

'What's important is how you feel,' said the blonde Pixie. 'You can rest, we have everything under control !'

Eventually, they left one by one, until Bloom was the only one left in the room. She watched her friend from the corner of her eyes, as the flower fairy slowly tried to eat.

She felt bad that, once again, she was responsible for her friend's state. Even though she wasn't really aware of their little excursion, it was for her that they went and tried to take down their professor.

'Bloom ?'

The voice got her out of her thoughts. She hummed happily in response, looking at her friend.

'Are you okay ?'

Happily, their Pixies were asleep. Bloom tried to laugh as quietly as she could.

'Shouldn't I be the one asking you that ?'

'I'm okay. Just tired, I swear.'

The red head nodded and walked up to her friend, imitating Tecna earlier and sitting on the edge of her bed.

'I'm okay Flora, don't worry. A bit tired, like you, that's it.'

'You know, I'm scared.'

Bloom blinked, and once again, she felt bad.

'I mean, last year we had to fight third year witches. Now, we have to worry about our professor, and the biggest villain of all time is on the loose,' she explained, her eyes staring at their window. 'It's been so long since there has been any kind of… threat.'

'I know. It's my fault. If you weren't my friend, you wouldn't be in so much danger.'

Flora blinked.

'Of course I'd be in danger,' she said as the red head tilted her head in surprise. 'Without me, how would the Winx succeed in defeating the Trix ?'

They both stayed quiet for a moment, and then laughed it out.

'You're right !' Nodded Bloom. 'We couldn't do anything without you.'

'But seriously Bloom, don't ever think you're the reason things are so wrong. It's the Trix' and those criminals faults. You're a victim, as much as I am.'

With a little smile, the red head nodded and put her hand on the flower fairy's hand, preparing to thank her when said friend immediately removed her hands and gasped, as if she'd been burnt.

'I-I'm sorry ! Did I-'

'No ! It's… It's just that you're… burning.'

Bloom inspected herself, but shook her head.

'I feel fi-You didn't feel cold.'

They stared at each other, the good mood ruined by the little incident.

The red head eventually asked if her friend needed anything, before making her way back to her own bed, preparing herself to sleep.

Only to be rudely awakened in the night by an almost screaming Stella.

'What ?' She asked harshly.

'Finally !' Said Musa.

Looking around, the Fire Fairy had the pleasure to discover that all the Winx and Pixies were in the room, looking at her.

'What's the matter ?' She asked groggily.

'You were transforming in your sleep,' informed Tecna, her arms crossed.

Bloom shook her head.

'I wasn't dreaming of my sister.'

'You weren't in your blue clothes either,' said Stella.

'What do you mean ?'

Silence fell over them, and eventually it was Lockette who flew up to her, finding her place in the crook of her neck.

'You were in dark clothes,' she explained. 'It looked scary.'

They stayed silent, looking at each other and completely unsure of what to do.

'We'll go to the infirmary tomorrow,' decided Flora from her bed. 'They'll think we're both sick because we live in the same room.'

'I'll also bring Valtor back,' said Stella. 'I really don't know what this is all about, but we need him for this.'

'Or maybe you girls should tell Miss Faragonda about all of this ?' Intervened Tune, blinking slowly at them.

They all looked at each other.

'Will she believe us ?' Wondered Layla aloud.

'She already knows we have something against Professor Avalon, I'm not sure that we can fully trust her,' conceded Tecna.

'But we can try,' said Bloom. 'I don't feel like going to Valtor every time something wrong happens.'

They slowly nodded, one by one.

'Tomorrow, we go to her,' decided Layla. 'But I have a bad feeling about this.'

'Everything about this gives a bad feeling,' shrugged Stella.

The next morning, the girls made a beeline towards Miss Faragonda office, and were received immediately.

The Headmistress showed her surprise, before inviting them all to sit down.

'We think Professor Avalon might be doing something to Bloom,' blurted out Stella.

Replacing her glasses on her knows, Miss Faragonda nodded before encouraging them to keep talking. Her eyes, however, clearly expressed how much she doubted their words.

'He's putting dark magic inside of me, and I don't know why,' explained Bloom. 'He's doing it during our… sessions. An-and I transformed in my sleep again, but not in my reg-'

'Bloom,' stopped the Headmistress as her eyes closed. 'How can you be certain that there is dark magic inside of you ?'

The red head blinked, and glanced at her friends.

'Well… I felt it.'

'You felt it ?'

The both of them stared at each other, before Layla cleared her throat.

'I felt it too.'

'It was especially strong when Professor Avalon brought her back to our dorm,' nodded Flora, still extremely pale.

Miss Faragonda sighed, before looking at the girl one by one, a look of disapproval on her face.

'It's too early for this kind of joke girls-'

'It's not a joke !' Suddenly said Stella, slamming both of her hands on the desk. 'Flora touched his pendant, and she's been almost dying because of the dark magic inside it !'

'How did she come across it ?' Asked the Headmistress, her eyes narrowing.

Flora looked down, embarrassed.

'I was… with the girls that night. But I stayed behind to… investigate. His room. Alone.'

'And why didn't you go to the infirmary, if your situation was so critic ?'

It took a moment for the six girls to register her words, and none of them could come up with the right answer. Stella eventually pushed herself back up, her shoulders going down as if she lost the little hope she still had.

'I'm sorry girls,' said their Headmistress as she shook her head. 'But you can't come in here and expect me to believe that one of our best professors is trying to do… something to you.'

'But Miss, if you just checked Bloom for-'

'I will not encourage such an improper behavior,' said the older Fairy. 'You should all go back to class, and stop this nonsense. I don't want to hear about it anymore.'

Clenching her fists, Bloom felt the pain of the betrayal go through her suddenly, and she turned on her heels and exited the office, closely followed by a fuming Stella and an angry Musa. Tecna made sure to help Flora get up, while Layla casted a last glance at their director before closing the door.

'How can she-'

'Not here Stella,' said the Andros Fairy, leading them all to the cafeteria.

Silently, they followed and sat down without uttering a word, letting the happy voices of the other students fill the air.

'I-'

Musa casted a dark glare at Stella when she felt the blow in her leg, before said blonde looked down and a shadow was casted onto their table.

Turning around, she saw Professor Avalon looking at them with regret in his eyes, before he sighed and made his way to the teachers table. Bloom felt paralyzed, while Flora put her head in her hands and Stella gritted her teeth.

'She told him everything,' said a little voice from under the table.

'Lockette !' Hushed Bloom when she realized her Pixie had been there all the time.

'How can you be sure ?' Immediately asked Musa.

'Because we listened to their entire conversation,' said another little voice.

'Digit, but how could you-'

'The computer Tecna,' answered the Pixie with a smile. 'I was able to get into Miss Faragonda's system thanks to Lockette, she found the password in less than a minute ! We were able to listen to everything !'

'And ?' Pressed Stella.

'It was really weird,' said Lockette. 'They said that they needed to find a way to make sure the plan worked correctly, if they didn't want their Lord to be unhappy.'

'Their Lord ?' Repeated Flora.

'As in Lord Darkar ? Or did Valtor pick up a new name ?' Tried to guess Layla.

'It was really quick. Miss Faragonda just said he would have to be more careful, especially of Flora,' explained Digit. 'And then she dismissed him.'

They sighed and exchanged a look.

'Just what the heck is going on ?'

Stella's question was never answered.

Soooo… I hope you like it.

In the end, Valtor wasn't there. It was just too cliché this time XD

I'm going to try and involve the Pixies as much as I can. Honestly, as a kid, I never really liked them and now that I'm older, I understand that it's because they aren't really useful. Even if they do have their really good moments (like Lockette kissing Bloom's cheek to bring her back), they also are really just something made to have more things to sell to kids.

So I'm keeping Digit and Tune (obviously), maybe Cherie and the other one will make an appearance but I'm really not a fan of them and don't understand the sudden change.

So… yeah. Comment, I always like some good critic !