It was a very happy moment when Bloom heard her mother was awake, she couldn't sit up yet but that smile was enough for her. At the moment Bloom was sitting next to her, she didn't know what to say and was babbling about anything that came to mind. Even the incident with Mitzi, than things became awkward.
"You drank?"
"Only because of peer pressure," Bloom said trying to worm her way out of it.
"And had sex, when you were 14 or so?" Vanessa gave her daughter a look that said, "if I could move I'd smack you right side your little pointy head."
"It has to come from father's side somehow," that's what she had to say. She looked around the room a second than asked, "where's Stormy?"
"She's out with some alone time," she tilted her head a little. "I guess she wanted to find her family before they leave again."
"That's sad, I hope you at least get to say goodbye."
"Don't worry," Bloom said. "I have her phone number, she gave it to me before leaving. Plus I can always reach Stella to help transport me to her place."
The rest of the visiting time was spent on talking about anything (and Vanessa kept bring up Mitzi again and again once in a while).
Mitzi laid in bed, her body was in extreme pain after the events of the other day. She was silently cursing that woman for causing this to happen, and she also cursed out bloom in a more whispering manner. In the past she remember having, a thing for the redhead when they were friends. It was one night they shared that ruined everything between them, because Bloom was "just experimenting".
Now she has a new girlfriend in her life, a person she had begun taking notice in.
The pain lighten up, just enough so she can get up and pretend nothing is wrong. She was lucky her parents were on their usual business trips, she could lay in bed all day if she wanted to.
But she preferred to stand, she needed to stand up. She can't go through life weak, like a loser.
She used the walls for support as she wonder down the hall, she enter the entry hall when she noticed something laying before the front door. She could tell it could be a letter as the object was rectangular and black, when she picked it up she opened it carefully in case it blows up or something else very nasty.
It was just a letter, as she expected.
A letter that was saying she was excepted to the Gardenia School Of Mystical Arts, a school for magic.
Mirta looked up at the tall building, she never really like hospitals. Especially when she was young, but that has to be placed on hold for now as she has a book to deliver.
Just her luck, Bloom was walking out the front doors at the moment. When she called her name the redhead seemed lost in thought for a moment before becoming confused, her face already was asking the many questions that she wanted to get out but couldn't even form the words right. The witch stepped forward, reaching into her book bag while trying to explain herself.
"It has been a long time, hasn't it?" Mirta smiled a little, "I bet you're wondering how did I become human again."
"Yes, a bit but what is that?" Bloom pointed at the book that Mirta was holding, she took it as the witch handed it over. The title was in ancient Japanese, she seen it before while visiting relatives overseas in a museum. She couldn't tell what it read, "it looks old."
"It is old, very old in fact." Mirta shifted nervously, "it's the type of thing that was locked away in a very secret vault. Mrs. Griffin wanted me to give you this, she didn't explain why."
Bloom look at the book, opening in public was a bad idea in any sense; a lot of strange stuff could happen and there was too many people that could witness it. She instead handed it back to Mirta, "can you hold one to this. I'll take you back to my home where we can read it." Mirta nodded as she placed the book back into the bag, the moment was pretty silent for a few seconds.
"How did you became human again?"
"Teacher found me and sent me back to Cloud Tower, pretty simple." Mirta laughed lightly as they began to walk away, "helps when you know some teachers in high places."
"Do I really want to know who they are?" Bloom asked and watched Mirta shake her head no.
She had her reasons for sending Bloom the path to the mouth of the cave, mainly she could see potential in the child as a witch; even if she was a bit goody good doer around the edges there was hidden potential in her. What she had done at the day of the royals was proof of that, it would also be funny to go around shoving the fact she has one of the most powerful fairies under her control.
The path to the mouth of the cave would bring out much of her potential more than she and Faragonda could ever hope for, or drive the child utterly insane.
"I have to warn you, Bloom. What is inside the path of monsters drove some students crazy, what is in here..." Mirta stopped for a moment, her hands were shaking a bit but she swallowed hard before continuing. "Many don't even return, and if they do they are forever changed."
"I see" Bloom looked down at the old tome, she pick it up and open it up to flip through a few pages. There was strange form of Japanese within the pages, there also many sketches on many of the pages. "May I ask why is this written in Japanese?"
Mirta took a seat next to her on the couch, "I heard it was made in Japan by Seibei No Abe himself. It came to Cloud Tower when Alfea banned any use of magic from earth and witches covens."
Bloom stood up, the book in hand she looked over at Mirta. "What do I have to do to go through it?"
"What! Why?" Mirta was on her feet quickly and reaching for the tome but stopped, "Bloom... I guess there's no talking you out of this, is there."
"I have my reasons," Bloom watched as Mirta preformed a spell that cause the tome to turn to ash which floated into the air and formed into a circle with a pentagram, on each point an element lit up as Mirta muttered some chant. Stepping aside Bloom walked into the hole in time and space, Mirta sighed as she hope that Bloom would have a safe return soon.
Stormy had just arrived to see Bloom go into a cosmic portal that she had gone through when she became a senior, her stomach dropped as her knees became weak while her mind was hazy.
"What, Stormy!" Mirta jumped into a defensive position as the older witch used the doorway for support. "You won't hurt Bloom, I won't let you."
Stormy fought down bile as she stumbled onto the couch, Mirta was standing in front of the portal nervously waiting for any actions. "She's in there?" Stormy pointed at the gateway, "please tell me she didn't go in there."
"She did," Mirta was slowly lowering her guard as Stormy looked up. "She'll be out, I know it."
"I hope so," Stormy said out of characterly.