Summary: Bloom has become the Queen of Sparx and has begun restoration on the infamous planet… Unbeknownst to all of her people she has returned it to its full glory and is living there some of the time to keep it up and running… She had been working extremely hard at advancing her magic level, and is now almost as strong as she can become… Mrs. Faragonda noticed and is letting her graduate a year early… Bloom couldn't be happier, until Sky breaks up with her the day before her graduation; telling her that he had been cheating on her with one of her friends… But who is it? And why did he cheat? Or did he?
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(Alfea and the day of Sky's visit)
Bloom had been doing anything possible, to keep her mind off of Sky's visit… Her stomach was twisted and contorted into so many knots of worry… That she could hardly stand up for fear of it bursting. Finally she gave up on trying to clean the dragon statue that was in the center of her tower's receiving room.
She had been given the north-east tower of Alfea at the beginning of her sophomore year, she had loved it ever since for the simple fact that it was decorated ceiling to floor with the Dragon Insignia of her home planet Sparx… She just adored walking up the hundred flights of steps to the top where the bell scope was; and sitting on the ledge of the roof, to watch the rain fall down on cloudy days… And see the rainbows form through the mist; all the while pretending that Sky was sitting beside her with his head resting gently on top of hers and his hand slowly stroking through her long red hair.
Oh, how she missed him desperately… She hadn't seen him for three months now… Seeing that even though he had graduated from Red Fountain, she hadn't graduated from Alfea yet… The second he had left he had been bombarded by his princely duties, and forced to learn everything there was to learn about being a king.
But that didn't matter to her… Not as long as she was absolutely positive that his heart still belonged to her… None the less, they were still separated for weeks at a time now, more for the reason that she had some responsibilities on Sparx that were scheduled so that they didn't mesh with Sky's. The fact that it was returned to its full glory didn't matter; since she hadn't told anyone yet, and was thus, alone in running it… Even if no one lived there hitherto now.
They couldn't live there yet in the first place… For even if it was suitable, Bloom didn't wish anyone there until she had fixed the nasty five story abominable snow man problem… She had found a nasty hoard of the things, and it took a couple of hours for the S.O.E.B.P. (Society of Endangered Beast Protectors) to catch each one of them and take them back to a captive living home.
Bloom had insisted that she could just squash each of the things with a snap of her fingers, but then those people had interfered and messed everything up. Of course, she had had to say yes, but she was becoming tired of keeping the spell up that made other people see a waste land instead of the beautiful place Sparx was now.
She wouldn't think of those things today though… For today was special, today she would see Sky, (if he kept his promise this time and could actually show up) she would be able to come up to the bell scope; and hope it rained so she could sit there with him like old times.
But she still couldn't discard the sinking feeling about the day though… She couldn't put her finger on it but she had a weird voice in the back of her mind that kept telling her something was going to go wrong.
Bloom almost always felt like this before a supposed visit from Sky, and when she did feel like that, he usually never did show up…
The feeling she got was weird, it was like the feeling she always got before a big battle occurred or some magic was going to be used for a wrong reason. She just couldn't give up her hope today though… So she just sat there, hoping to high heaven that for once her conscience would be wrong and nothing would happen.
She was in the middle of wondering what his excuse would be this time if he went and decided he couldn't show up… But her thoughts were interrupted as she heard a rapping on the trap door that was the only entrance to the bell scope. She rolled her eyes heavenward and forced herself to get up --perturbed that one of her friends would bug her right before Sky showed up-- and pull up the wooden door and let down the ladder.
"Hey Bloom!" It was Stella.
"Stella, you know Sky is about to show up, why are you coming to bug me right now?" Bloom asked her friend, inwardly glad that she had come and now she could gush all of her thoughts to her.
"Oh, I know you silly! You're always feeling down when you know Sky is about to show up…" She thrust a carton into Bloom's face. "I brought ice cream!" Stella said, trying to bribe her friend.
"Now, when you put it that way…" Said Bloom, grabbing the tub of Triple Fudge Swirl from her intimate.
"Ssssoooo," Stella started. "Tell me all about your doubts this time…" She sat down on the bell scope's railing.
"Just the usual." Bloom lied.
"It can't just be the usual Bloom," Stella replied, pointing to the tub of ice cream, and the spoon that was halfway up to her friend's mouth. "You've already eaten a quarter of that thing."
Bloom nodded and looked down at the stuff, knowing she'd been caught out. "Well, I've just got this sinking feeling; like something bad is going to happen today."
"Do you think Sky won't show up again?" He had blown her off a week before (the last week of summer before her senior year).
"No, I think he will, but…" Bloom trailed off.
"Come on darling, tell Stella all about it." She batted her eyes.
"It's just that I don't think he's been himself lately, like something is really bugging him or something, and he usually tells me about these things and, well, I'm freaking out."
"Have you talked to him about this yet?" Stella asked.
"No, I didn't feel it was my place." Bloom mumbled, her eyes going back to the ice cream tub.
"Well of course it's your place darling! If you're worried about your man you've just gotta tell him."
"I mean, what if it's that he wants to break up with me or something?" Bloom admitted her concern.
"Oh, no blithering idiot would break up with you! Besides! You're too good for him and he knows it sweetie! Now, when he comes up to you today, just tell him your worries and if that goofy Prince doesn't tell you otherwise; then old Stella here'll come down and give him what's for."
Bloom smiled and hugged her friend. "Thanks Stell', you always know how to make me feel better! Or at least how to make me laugh…"
"I'll say! There is not one drop of ice cream left in that thing for me!" Stella joked, then gazed out over the balcony and said, "Speak of the devil! There's Sky now! That worry's gone now, my dear!"
Bloom hugged her again and jumped down through the trap door to run and meet Sky, but Stella had other ideas. "Get your butt back here! I haven't given you a once over yet!" Bloom popped her head back up through the trap door and Stella looked her up and down, then nodded her ok.
Bloom rushed down the ladder again, and ran down the steps to Alfea's courtyard. Stella stayed for a second and shook her head in the wonder of Bloom's changing moods, she then shimmied down the ladder and out the door herself, then headed towards her own dorm.
The Queen had reached the bottom of the steps when Sky caught her eye as he got off of his leva bike. "SKY!" Bloom yelled. "What took you so long? I missed you so much." Sky laughed and folded his arms around the girlfriend he hadn't seen for two months. "I missed you to Bloom, but now that I graduated I've got a lot of responsibilities on Eraklyon."
"Oh, don't you be telling me about responsibilities PRINCE," Bloom retorted. "I am the QUEEN of Sparx, those duties, mixed with trying to master my powers, is a bad thing!" Among other things… She thought.
"All right, all right, you've got me there! You made your point, but remember, I'll be King in three more years." Sky said sarcastically.
"Well, sorry I deflated your princely ego a little bit, Your Highness," Bloom said teasingly and poked Sky in the chest with her index finger; and with finesse… Knocked him flat on his butt, without the use of magic.
"Little stinker," Sky said as he got up with astonishing agility, and tried to kiss Bloom on the lips but instead got her cheek as she dodged him.
"You're the stinker," Bloom said and then decided to give him his kiss.
"I missed you Bloom!"
"I know you did." Bloom said, totally forgetting to ask him about her apprehensions (obviously not knowing how much she would soon regret that, for it would of saved her a lot of trouble in the very near and far future). So she took him up to the bedroom portion of her tower so they could sit and talk (or do other things) privately.
"Guess what, Sky" Bloom said.
"What?" He replied, all the time smiling, his arms around her waist…
"Mrs. F, is letting me graduate now!" She leaned towards him and gave him one of the smiles that were rarely seen now that she had so many responsibilities.
"Aw Bloom! That's awesome, but how come?" He rapped his arms tighter around her and gave her a lingering hug.
Bloom blushed but continued despite her happiness… "Well, she says that I've surpassed even the highest magic course in all of the schools. And furthermore, that I should go back to Sparx and return it to its full glory!" Bloom could hardly keep herself from bouncing off of the walls with the good news and the fact that her boyfriend had shown up for once. All the while snickering in her mind that he hadn't realized Sparx was already fixed.
She was so excited in fact that she didn't notice Sky's eyes flash a deep gold for about five seconds as something, that could only be a spell, overtook him. Or the fact that his arms loosened around her. "That is great Bloom," Sky said with a little less enthusiasm then she had expected, thus bringing her out of her excitement induced hyper-ness.
"Is there something wrong Sky?" Bloom said, her concern returned full force, like a jet slamming into her stomach.
"Nothing." He replied, sounding a bit like he was hypnotized… Bloom either didn't notice or really care about such a tiny change in his voice.
"Sky, we've been together for four years, you can't hide anything from me." She looked at him suspiciously. Her arms falling down from his neck to cover her stomach, as if she could keep the tremors of fear from starting.
"I was going to wait a little bit longer, but I guess I can't." Sky said, looking at her sheepishly. "Bloom, I'm… I'm…" Something seemed to be holding him back, trying to stop him from saying the next words… But it lost considerably… For Sky was nothing compared to the spell… "Breaking up with you."
"What?" Bloom screeched. Sweat breaking through on her forehead…
"I think it's time to see other people..." Again the thing trying to stop him…
"But..." Bloom trailed off as a wave of emotion hit her. "Why?"
"There's someone else Bloom." Sky's true self lost the battle then and there and the spell took him over fully.
"What?" Bloom whispered, her tears of pain suddenly dried up as the Dragon Fire flicked on inside of her and made them rise off of her cheeks in tiny wisps of steam. "What do you mean someone else? Who… When... What... Where? And most importantly! HOW LONG have you been betraying me!" Bloom yelled and got up to start stalking towards him, with each step she took turning into a puddle of flames the second her foot left the ground.
"Bloom… wait! It's Layla, and it has been since last summer, at the Dragon Festival." Even the spell knew it was time to be cautious, and act a bit more like the true Sky.
"LAYLA! LLLLLLLLAAAAAAYYYYYYYYLLLLLLLAAAAAA! You deceived me with one of my friends!" Bloom screamed in her fury, holding on to it while it lasted so that she wouldn't break down in front of him.
"I am sorry Blo…" Sky was stopped in mid-sentence by a furious retort.
"SORRY! Sorry! I am way past being so stupid as to accept an apology after this, I would never forgive a bastard like you, especially not after what you did!" Her voice rose an octave on every word. So with that said Bloom ripped open a glowing orange fire portal to Sky's realm and was about to push him through but thought of one last thing that she needed to say to him before she could be fully satisfied for the moment.
"I never want to see your face again Sky Turanella, and so help me… If I do, your planet may cease to exist!" And with that she shoved him into the portal, without a care in all of Sparx where he landed. What was funny was the fact that she didn't notice that he seemed to be happy she didn't care either, as if he had planned for her to do this… Or someone else had…
(Bloom's point of view, two seconds later)
Bloom closed the portal as soon as she could and collapsed onto the ground in grief and contemplated what had just happened; a thought kept repeating in her head.
Just this morning I couldn't wait to see him, now I couldn't care less. And what's worse is the fact that my suspicion was right…
And so she continued on thinking that until one more thought ran through her mind: I just had my heart ripped out with a cold and cruel hand, yet the only thing I can feel is hatred… Revulsion for the man I once loved. Tell me then if I can't feel anything… that it feels as though my life is now hanging by a single thread… That was once a rope as thick as the Great Wall of China is wide? So that is how she came to think the thing that would change her life forever. Once I leave this place, I am never coming back, because this place is no longer my home and nothing here matters anymore…
Sky! ONE DAY I WILL AVENGE MYSELF! THEN YOU"LL BE SORRY!
I hope that chapter is better now that I've redone it, I agree with the person who said they didn't like the first version, so thanks! I do think it sounds better and fits into the story better now!
-Winged Rose
