Okay so I know it has been a crazy long time since I updated but I've had a lot going on with school and such. Then when I went to go and work on the chapter (which I had half way done before things got crazy) my flashdrive that I store all my fics on broke and I lost everything. So this would have been out sooner except I had to start all over. I have everything on a new (sturdier) flashdrive now so hopefully when I actually do get a chance to update now that won't happen again.
Once the girls were out of sight the heroes put their full attention back to the monsters. It was clear that there were too many for them to defeat all of them with only their single squad and more creatures constantly coming but they would give the girls as much time as they could to get to Bloom.
Their focus, for now, had to be on the monsters currently attacking them. Helia took a quick scan of his surroundings. Timmy was still in the ship blasting the ones that could fly before they got too close to everyone else. Riven was a couple of yards to Helia's left and Sky was now standing back to back with Brandon farther to his right.
Lastly he saw another Red Fountain ship speed by them. Back up had come but who? Whoever it was didn't seem to be there to help them as they flew around a corner presumably to go after and assist the girls.
Helia didn't dwell on this as he dodged out of the way of a blast sent from somewhere above him and prepared himself as several of them jumped down from the ledge they had been waiting on and prepared to attack. Helia jumped into action and tied one of them up with his laser string glove before swinging it into two other effectively knocking them away from the fight and getting them out of the way.
This continued for a while until Helia came to a conclusion as he backed away from one of them as it stalked after him. "All these monsters are doing is wasting our time." Helia continued backing up until he came to the edge of the landing he had been on and lost his footing. He fell and landed flat on his back several feet below. The monster still coming after him, Helia let loose his laser gloves just as it jump and shocked as it got caught in the strings. He then rolled out of the way as it landed in an unconscious heap where he had just been.
"Helia's right!" Sky called out to everyone. "These monsters are no threat, let's go catch up to the girls."
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go." Brandon added is two cents and they all set off into the caves blasting any shadow monsters that still tried to stand in their way.
Not far into the castle they found out just who their mystery back up was when they saw Codatorta, Faragonda, and griffin fighting monsters themselves.
There was no time for pleasantries and with barely an acknowledgment of their presence the teachers were ordering them to continue on and help the Winx Club.
They ran in and followed what seemed to be the main path until they heard fighting up ahead along with Tecna's and Digit's voices.
Timmy sprinted ahead of the others at the sound of Tecna yelling something indiscernible to assumedly a monster. But where were the other girls?
The boys turned a corner just in time to see Tecna take out her opponent and, upon hearing their entrance, turn around ready to fight them. Tecna quickly realized who she was about to blast and let the magic energy she had been about to send flying at them fade away as Timmy ran to her side and grabbed her up in a tight relieved hug. "Tecna you're okay." Timmy stated the obvious feeling better to have said it out loud.
"Where are the others?" Brandon asked.
"I told them to go ahead and find Bloom while I held these guys off." The technology fairy replied gesturing to where she had just finished up with the last monster.
"We're running out of time, we have to catch up with the others and find Bloom." Sky said.
"Hang on, let me track them." Timmy and Tecna requested at the same time. They looked at one another surprised but quickly focused on the situation.
"I Can pin point their location but it's going to take a few minutes." Tecna told them pulling out some gadget.
Helia looked behind Tecna and Timmy and smiled in relief at what he saw. "There's no need to waste your energy."
Tecna looked at him in confusion. "Huh?"
"Why, what's up Helia?" Brandon asked.
Helia simply pointed behind Tecna. Everyone turned and saw a paper crane on the floor that had definitely not been there before.
Brandon glanced at Helia cautiously. "Okay so a weird paper bird shows up, which is kind of creepy by the way, but how does that help us?"
Helia smirked as he walked past the others and toward the crane. As it sensed his presence the paper crane rose to float beside him.
"What is that?" Riven questioned as the bird flew off and everyone chased after it.
"It's a messenger crane." He told him not taking his eyes off of the folded paper in question.
"Cute you to teach Flora that?" Brandon asked from beside Helia.
"Yeah. Luckily she picked up on it pretty fast."
"I'll say." Sky agreed with the raven haired specialist as they continued running through the halls.
It wasn't much longer until they ran into Flora and Musa who had also just finished fighting their own adversaries when back up arrived. Seeing their allies coming Musa and Flora dropped to the ground to meet up with them.
Riven went to Musa's side and asked her if she was okay while Helia pulled Flora into his arms.
"So I take it you found the crane?" she asked, smiling into her boyfriends chest. Helia nodded while smiling down at her.
"Okay love birds time to break it up." Musa stepped in and gently nudged them apart. "Layla and Stella went on ahead. Follow us." Flora nodded as she and Musa led the way into the main chamber. As they entered they saw the pixies and pixie elders holding open some kind of portal.
"Thank goodness you're here." Ninfea told them. "The others have already gone inside. They need your help."
Without any kind of acknowledgement Flora, Musa, and Tecna flew into the portal with the boys coming in close behind them.
The first thing they saw when they entered was Bloom conjuring what they assumed to be the ultimate power in some dark form of her winx outfit but the most unsettling feature wass that her eyes were no longer their calming blue but a sinister gold-yellow color. The next thing they saw was Stella and Layla stuck to the ground and Darkar standing over them about to send a spell at Stella. Brandon saw the danger she was in and withdrew his phantom-sword and ran in front of her. "Not so fast Darkar!"
"Brandon!" Stella called out in relief.
"Are you guys okay?" Tecna asked as she made her way over to them.
"You mean aside from being stuck to the ground and covered in this goop?" Layla questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"Right, bad question." Tecna admitted.
During their little talk Darkar had flown back away from them, not prepared for them all and angry that they had all managed to get past his monsters and get into realix.
"This is ridiculous. I have no time for these little games!" Darkar waved his hand and dark energy sent all the guys and Tecna flying across the ground and landing on their backs where his magic held them there in an attempt to keep them from assisting the rest of the winx.
"No!" Musa and Flora called out as they hit the ground. Seeing as they were the only ones left not trapped or spelled Flora and Musa flew in front of the specialists and tecno fairy and threw up shields to protect them from Darkar's next attacks.
Seeing that dividing his power amongst the two of them was not working Darkar focused on Flora and the fairy of nature was sent flying back farther than the others had been, only stopping when she was knocked into a rock and crumpled on the floor in pain and without enough energy to get back into the fight.
Helia was horrified at what had just happened. "Flora!" he called out, breathing a small sigh of relief when she was just able to lift her head in his direction. At least she was still conscious.
Turning his attention back to the danger Helia saw Musa shaking in rage. "I'm going to make you pay for that darker!"
Darkar only laughed. "How are you going to do that when you don't exist anymore?" Darkar conjured his strongest blast yet and let it fly. Helia watched once again in horror but Musa wasn't hit. Instead, in his rage, Riven managed to force himself up and launch himself in front of Musa taking the blow instead of her. "No Riven!" Musa cried as she ran to him.
Darkar laughed and made some comment about Riven's loyalty but Helia wasn't listening. His eyes were wandering from Layla and Stella a couple of yards away from them, to the others surrounding him, to Musa and Riven, and Finally locking his eyes on Flora who was trying to pull herself up into a crouch but kept wincing as she tried to do so.
His eyes were only torn from her when he heard a new voice join them. Looking to where the voice came from Helia saw an incredulous sight. Somehow the trix had merged their powers and Icy now had all of that power or so it seemed from the new form she had taken on. She had her hair in two long pigtails and had all three of the witches gloomix bling and then some but the strangest part was that she resembled something of a shadow. Helia couldn't even begin to make sense of it but at the moment they were actually doing them a favor by distracting Darkar.
"Do you think she has a chance?" Layla called over to them as she and Stella worked on pulling the goo from their wings so they could stand.
"It looks like it but that chance is small." Tecna told them.
"Well whatever her chances are as long ass she's fighting Lord Creepy she's buying us time." Stella said standing up.
"Then we can't waste that chance," Flora agreed as she finally managed to pull herself up into a sitting position catching her breath for a moment before standing. "But what do we do if she actually manages to beat him?"
"If either one of them gains complete control of the ultimate power it doesn't matter who wins there will be no way to stop them." Tecna informed them all gravely.
Helia surveyed his surroundings again. Layla, Stella, and Flora were all standing now but he and the others were still stuck. Musa had Riven cradled in her arms still unconscious but he seemed to be stirring though it didn't look like Musa noticed.
Once again Helia's attention shifted when Bloom announced it was time to take the ultimate power.
"No Bloom! NO!" Sky shouted in agony.
The others girls started calling out similar statements.
"If I can talk to her then maybe I'll be able to break the spell." Sky thought out loud as he, like Riven, force himself to stand. The rest managing to at least sit up now that Darkar's focus wass not on keeping them contained.
They all looked at Sky as he walked closer to Bloom. "Sky?" Brandon called out questioningly. Not sure if this was a good idea but also knowing that Sky didn't care whether it was or not. Sky kept on walking until he was face to face with Bloom only a few feet separating them.
"Listen to my voice Bloom, It's me your boyfriend. Darkar put you under a spell." To everyone's surprised relief Bloom seemed to pause at this but then ignored him once again but Sky didn't give up. "This is not you Bloom. You are not evil." Bloom listened again and seemed to be going through some kind of inner turmoil if her eyes were anything to go by. "Please Bloom. I- I love you." Sky tried one last time before tears started to fall from his eyes.
The next couple of minutes everything seemed to go by in a blur. Everyone gasped at Sky's admission and then the dark energy around them became too much for Sky and he collapsed. Darkar was about to destroy all of them for good when Bloom started doing something. She and the ultimate power began glowing brightly. When the light faded the ultimate power was gone and Bloom was back to normal.
"Bloom what are you doing? What have you done with the ultimate power!" Darkar roared.
"I sent it back where it belongs." Bloom turned to smirk at him as she said this.
Darkar went into a rage at this newly acquired information and lost his focus on the still trapped teens completely, freeing them.
"Woah." "How did she do it?" Layla and Stella commented and questioned respectfully.
"She used the power in her heart to fight the darkness and she won." Flora explained with a smile seeing her roommate back to normal.
Any lingering remnants of Darkar's magic were over powered by Blooms and on top of everyone being freed from his spell keeping them stationary Riven woke up in Musa's arms. Causing the musical fairy to crawl back and hide her face in embarrassment much to Riven's confusion having not remembered what exactly happened.
As Sky stood and Bloom flew down to meet him Helia focused on another fairy and raced over to Flora.
"Are you okay Flora?" He questioned. Flora nodded her head.
"I'm okay just a little bruised." She assured him. "I'll be fine." Helia accepted her answer and hugged her tight. "Please don't scare me like that again. You seem to have a habit of it." Flora giggled but stopped when the three professors appeared and Codatorta started giving orders.
There they are! Hyperion formation boys!"
The boys all called out in sync "Let's go!" before moving into action.
Darkar was growling now, completely enraged. "it doesn't have to end this way. Give me Bloom and I'll spare you."
He went mostly ignored as the girls prepared to fight and the boys pulled out their weapons. The only answer he did get was a resounding "No" from the blonde specialist. And Layla's comment of "I'm really looking forward to taking this guy down."
The girls quickly made a plan behind them, realizing they would need to use all their powers at once in a charmix convergence and once this was established flew up and got into their own formation with the boys covering them and Faragonda and Griffin distracting Darkar.
The girls had a little pep talk and summoned their charmix. They all held hands in a circle and closed their eyes in concentration. "Winx Club charmix convergence!" they all called out as one and their magic energy combined into one spell that they proceeded to send straight for Darkar. There wass nothing he could do. Once the spell hit him he was done.
They may have defeated Darkar but now the force of their magic caused a shift in the balance of Realix and everything began shaking as rocks crumbled and fell. They had to get out of there and fast. Everyone either flew or ran for the portal making it out just in time. The portal closed only seconds after the last fairy flew out.
"Is it over?" Chatta asked?
"Yes." Faragonda sighed with a smile on her face. The pixies and all the teens sighed in relief at the statement being made out loud.
Though the calm didn't last for long as everything began shaking and rocks and pillars collapsed.
"Let's get out of here!" Layla yelled.
Everyone began running as Codatorta and Timmy each took out a gadget and called the ships to their location. The professors got on their smaller ship while everyone else got in the other.
The girls immediately sank into seats in exhaustion with their bonded pixies staying close by them. The guys went straight to piloting the ship out of the under realm and once they were in the clear they too allowed themselves to relax as Timmy put the ship on auto pilot back to Alfea.
Helia made his way over and sat next to Flora putting an arm over her shoulders as she leaned into him. They didn't speak and at the moment there was nothing that needed to be said. All they needed was the peace the other provided them.
When they arrived at Alfea Helia kissed Flora and told her he would stop by tomorrow.
Once the boys saw the girls inside the school they headed back to Red Fountain to get some well deserved rest.
The next couple of weeks until the end of the year went by without a hitch. No one was kidnapped, nothing was stolen, and nobody tried to take over the magical dimension.
The only thing worth being noted was how close Flora and Helia had gotten. They made a point to go out at least once a week whether it was to dinner, a movie, or a walk in the park.
The girls also had their monthly slumber parties and of course spent the majority of the week hanging out.
By the time the end of year school mixer came everyone was excited and without a care in the world. Students from Red Fountain, Alfea, and even Cloud Tower were in attendance.
When the boys got there the couples all went off on their own, the pixies having already disappeared somewhere. Layla mentioned something about them wanting hot cocoa and Layla herself went to tear up the dance floor.
Helia and Flora headed over to the gazebo and for a while sat together watching the moon and stars and talking.
"Flora, did I ever tell you why I decided to transfer back to Red Fountain." He looked into her eyes as he spoke.
Flora blushed slightly but answered him. "No." She was curious now.
"It was because of you." He still hadn't taken his eyes off of her so he saw the slight widening of her eyes and chuckled causing her to blush a shade darker.
"Really?" she asked him not understanding why he would make such a big decision because of her.
"Yes. Flora from the moment I met you I knew there was something special about you and I was willing to come back here because I wanted to find out more. I wanted to know you Flora and I am so glad that I did. I love you Flora." The sincerity in his voice left no room for doubt and Flora smiled.
"I love you too Helia." The two shared a kiss and when they separated smiled at the other.
They sat in a comfortable silence until Flora stood to go lean against the railing. Helia took this opportunity to sketch her, his muse. He had just been finishing the drawing when Flora turned to him and he lost his focus on the paper when faced with the beauty in front of him, not even realizing when the pencil rolled out of his hand.
"Come on let's go dance." Flora tugged his hand and dragged him off back to the party where the music could be heard and their friends were in sight. They danced with each other and with their friends. Each of the guys dragging Flora away from Helia at some point. They cheered as Musa performed before she demanded all the Winx join her and they all sang a few songs before letting the DJ take over again.
In the middle of their partying Timmy called everyone over to take pictures and everyone piled in. They got a lot of photos some good, some bad, and some downright hilarious like the one where Sky got knocked over by sugar high pixies.
The one thing all the pictures had in common was that they captured a night that none of them were soon to forget.