Red Fountain
Helia had been at Red Fountain for a few weeks now and had found he had become very comfortable around the guys, even managing to control Riven with his cool attitude yet also being able to fire back smart retorts at the cherry haired specialists and keep him in line. Riven would never admit this but as much as it may annoy him he grew to respect Helia for having the guts to put him in his place.
Hand in hand with having the ability to control Riven Helia also gained the respect of Sky, Brandon, and Timmy who all had personal experience with dealing with Riven and admittedly Helia was better at it than they were. Riven never really listened to Sky since they met and the friendly rivalry they had going on didn't really allow Sky the opportunity to control him unless on a mission.
Timmy was never very good at controlling Riven but would get him onto a different topic if he went too far.
Brandon however was a unique case. Brandon was definitely the goofball of the group and because of that was nearly as bad as Riven in some respects. With that in mind Brandon didn't really have much of a place to tell Riven off if he was goofing around with them and only really stepped in if Riven went too far or if it was about Stella. Other than that Brandon would play along and it would often be a source of amusement for their squad mates to see the two squabbling back and forth like an old married couple.
This was one of those times where Riven and Brandon squabbled. Sky watched their exchange in amusement as the two argued while Timmy ignored them completely and typed away on his computer. Helia however had been in his and Riven's room trying to meditate but the sound was so loud he could hear them in the common room through the closed door. Helia tried focusing but whenever he was starting to focus he heard another yell or occasional bang.
Apparently some of the girls had gone to Gardenia, Bloom's home, for the day and Musa and Layla planed on finding a dance club. Helia couldn't, for the life of him, understand how this information turned into a debate but when it came to those two it was usually best not to think too hard on it. Long story short Helia could he the back and forth banter about which club in Magix was the best, not that the two pf them had ever gone if it weren't for their girlfriends wanting to go.
With a resigned sigh Helia stood and entered the chaos that was the common room. He calmly walked in between the arguing duo and to the door before turning around and giving off a high pitched whistle, effectively pausing the argument.
"Until you two have gotten over your little lovers spat her" –at this point he motion in their general direction- "I'll be in the forest trying to get some peace." At this point the pacifist turned to Timmy and Sky who had joined him by the computer at some point while still listening to the fight going on. "If you need me I have my communicator." Sky and Timmy nodded their heads while Brandon and Riven stared at him insulted by the 'lovers spat' comment.
With that said Helia walked out of the room, closing the door on his way out.
Back in the room the room Brandon turned to Timmy. "You're sure Flora's class is by the forest today?" he asked the ginger haired specialist. "Yup and he left just in time, at this rate he should just be getting there when her class gets out and there is a very high probability of them bumping into each other."
Brandon nodded and turned back to Riven. "I can't believe I'm saying this but you actually had a good idea Riven."
"Why's that so surprising squire?" Riven question rolling his eyes.
Brandon smirked at the opportunity his dear friend had just given him. "Well we all know Timmy's the smart one of the group. That makes Sky the leader, Helia's the peace keeper, I'm the looks, and that leaves only one thing left for you." Brandon chose not to tell Riven just what he was to build anticipation and it worked because Timmy looked away from his computer in expectation of the argument the was about to come, for real this time.
"And what may I ask am I then?"
"The hunter troll." Brandon replied simply before ducking just as a shoe flew past his head. Brandon was out the door in a flash with Riven hot on his heels.
Sky turned to Timmy when they were down the hall, voices echoing across the walls. "Why is it that whenever Helia leaves mayhem breaks out? Didn't we get along at all before he came around?"
Timmy was about to answer when Brandon's loud yelp was heard from down the hall. Timmy looked Sky dead in the eye as he answered his question. "No."
Forest
Finally having gotten away from the chaos that is his dorm Helia was finally able to relax. As he got closer to the clearing near the forest where he planned to meditate he noticed there were more fairies around than he usually saw but didn't think much of it. After all he only had eyes for one certain fairy.
Looking around for a few minutes Helia saw a large rock sitting in a patch of sun filtering in through the trees and decided that it was as good a spot as any for him to mediate. It was, after all, a definite improvement from any room that Riven and Brandon were stuck within five feet of each other in.
Sitting down and crossing his legs Helia focused on his mediation and lost himself in it for several minutes. He was only brought out of it when he heard a familiar voice. "Helia"
Helia opened his eyes and glanced to his left and saw in front of him an angel on earth. This was Helia's opinion anyway and he was close. She had wings but instead of an angel the girl before him was a fairy. More specifically the girl before him was Flora, the fairy of nature.
She looked shocked for a moment and dropped the book she was holding. Helia stood up and walked toward her as they hit the ground. By the time he was in front of her she had already begun to gather her things back into her arms. "Hey Flora, let me help you."
"Umm uh." Flora stuttered with a light blush starting to form over her cheeks. Helia knelt down in front of her and picked up a letter that had been tucked in between her books. Her eyes widened slightly as she realized what he was now holding. "That's just uh"
Helia answered for her "The crystal flower of love"
She looked shocked for a minute. "You know it?"
"It means this letter's for the one who has your heart.
"Well yes but uh" at this point the slight pink that had covered her cheeks turned into a deeper shade of red.
"Well I have to tell you whoever is getting this letter is really a very lucky guy." Helia couldn't help but hope that it was meant for him and that his hint about the lucky guy told her how he felt about her without actually straight out saying it.
"Well actually, i-it's for my parents."
This surprised Helia. "Wow, that's very sweet, here." And Helia handed Flora the letter back.
"Well I'll see you later." Flora said her shy demeanor coming out very strong in that instance.
"Bye." Helia said to her and turned to head back to Red Fountain. As he was walking away he heard Chatta's voice behind him speaking to Chatta but couldn't quite make out what was said. Something about an "opportunity"?
Red Fountain
Helia had just arrived back to the school and was walking down the hall to his dorm. Cautiously he opened the door, unsure of what would be awaiting him inside. Sensing no immediate danger he pushed the door all the way open and stepped in. A quick survey around the room told him that Sky was lying on his bed reading a magazine, Timmy was tinkering with one of his gadgets and Riven was polishing his levabike helmet. The only thing that seemed amiss was the fact that Brandon was absent.
"Where's Brandon." Helia glanced around one more time to make sure he hadn't missed him somewhere.
Timmy shook his head while Sky had a small smirk grace his lips and Riven chuckled to himself. Helia was now worried.
"well since, apparently, when you're not around our squad turn barbaric, Brandon called Riven a Hunter Troll so Riven chased him out of the school but Riven lost him somewhere between the dragon stables and the mess hall. I'm sure he'll be back soon though, he's probably just trying to give Riven enough time to cool down before he comes back."
Timmy as usual was right, for as soon as he finished catching Helia up to date the dorm room was thrown open with a bang and Brandon sauntered in and flopped down onto his bed like nothing had ever happened.
"Oh hey Helia, you're back. So how was your mediation?" Brandon asked as if he just realized that he was in the room and as if he weren't part of the reason Helia had left in the first place.
"Fine…" Helia replied not trusting the look in his eye but deciding that after what he and Riven had done that day he didn't want to involve himself at the moment.
"I'm heading down to the cafeteria for dinner. You guys coming?" Sky asked standing up and stretching his back. The rest nodded and they all left the room and walked down the hall.
"Hey do you guys know if Flora writes to her parents often." Helia asked in an attempt to be casual but his friends saw right through him though they didn't know where that exact question had come from.
"I think she usually magic messages them, once in a while she'll send a letter to her little sister Miele just because she like getting mail but her parents like her to use a more immediate form of communication after everything that happened to the girls their freshman year with the Trix and all." Brandon told him.
"Why do you ask?" Sky questioned him.
"I just ran into her in the forest today."
"Oh really?" Timmy said casually (and succeeding) "And what does that have to do with how she talks to her parents?" Riven questioned him, starting to think that all the paint fumes had begun to get to his roommate.
"She dropped her books and when I helped her pick them up she had a letter that had the crystal flower of love on the envelope and she said it was for her parents. I was just curious is all." Helia tried to get them to drop the subject now.
"Don't worry man, if you're afraid she's seeing someone she's not." Brandon said laughing as he walked ahead of him and into the cafeteria.
Helia followed lost in his thoughts.