Chapter 23
"I can't wait"
Dimitri's magical core was going crazy. He could feel it, the darkness approaching. He could easily sense the three witches' aura. It seems like they were finally unleashing the final wave. He quickly went to inform the three headmasters.
"Take your position everybody, the witches are coming! With an even bigger army." Faragonda ordered. Darkell chose to stand next to Griffin and Faragonda. They might need his help if they wanted to create a force field. They all waited, tension filling the air. Flora and her friends were a few meters away. They were all transformed and ready to fight. Again.
The gates were forcefully opened by a humongous purple beast. Had the monsters doubled in size?! Probably. From then on everything became a blur of adrenaline for Darkell. He would be helping some students having difficulties or helping the teachers cast protective enchantments over the school. He barely noticed Bloom and Sky joining the battle nor Bloom flying off to fight Icy in a one on one battle. Then it was the winx's turn to challenge Darcy and Stormy. He was relieved to see that they were faring off very well against the two witches.
However his heart almost stopped when he saw his nature fairy being sucked by one of Stormy's powerful tornadoes. She was trying not to fall unconscious from the lack of oxygen inside the tornado. He was about to fly to her rescue and give a beating to that frizzy haired witch. But Faragonda reached out a hand to stop him.
" Don't do it. Look." She calmly said to him while pointing at the fighting girls. Stella, Tecna and Musa had grabbed Flora's hand and they were now forming a magical circle around the tornado. Not bad. He thought to himself while they knocked out the two evil sisters with their combined magic.
"Now it's our turn." He informed the two ladies next to him. So the two falling witches were instantly captured in a big purple magically created ball. When that was done, Darkell approached the four exhausted fairies sprawled on the ground.
"You did good, girls. That was a really impressive spell." The girls smiled at his praise. But they only made the effort to stand up to hug their red haired friend who had come back victorious from her fight against lcy. At the sight of the latter unconscious and defeated, the crowd cheered in joy and in relief. Some people hugged, others high fived. They were all just glad that it was over.
"Tomorrow will be your last day here, you will be sent back to your homes and families to rest for your summer break. But tonight let's have a party to celebrate our victory!" Faragonda declared in front of all the students. They clapped in joy and went to rest and prepare for the evening.
It was only 6pm, but the party was in full swing. The winx and their friends were sitting around a table joking around and making toasts. Flora was having a grand time. She was really happy to see her friends having fun. It was cute to see them interact with the boys. She swore she saw Tecna blush when Timmy complimented the new program she had created. Next to them Riven and Musa were discussing their favorite playlists. Stella, Brandon, Sky and Bloom were having fun by telling each other their most embarrassing moments. The two girls had on beautiful outfits picked of course by Stella.
Flora looked around her and was happy to see that they weren't the only one having fun. Even the teachers were having a blast. She was surprised to see that they were encouraging Saladin to taste some kind of beer. While the scene was happening a pair of familiar eyes caught her attention. Dimitri was wearing a very casual outfit that looked really good on him. A simple long sleeved shirt and some jeans. He lifted up his pint of beer in her direction as a silent and long distanced toast. She smiled and returned his gesture. Suddenly a small area of the table in front of her turned red. A piece of paper appeared in front of her. She quickly picked it up before any of her friends could notice.
With her hands hidden underneath the table, she read it and a smile appeared on her lips.
I convinced Faragonda to let me travel a bit outside of Magix. Of course I won't be allowed to use my powers. I'll have to ride one of those horrific flying machines. I despise those things. I'll be leaving really early in the morning. I just wanted to wish you a nice summer break. And see you next year.
PS: Don't worry I didn't forget that I owe you dinner. I'll definitely take you out somewhere nice in September. Be ready.
She tried to keep the red from going to her cheeks. When she turned around to face him, she was slightly surprised to discover that he was still looking at her. It took her a few minutes to try and find a way to answer him. She finally remembered a month ago when he had come to her apartment to ask her phone number, she had discovered his vast knowledge about flowers' meaning.
flashback
Flora was packing her last things in her bag while humming a melody that her mother used to sing to her. She had bought some gifts for her parents and her little sister and she was carefully placing them in her bag but before she could close everything up, someone knocked at the door. She wondered who it could be. All the girls had already left except Bloom, Musa and Stella who had probably gone out to spend the day in town. Maybe one of them forgot something. But when she opened the door, in front of her stood none other than her history teacher.
"Professor?" she asked, half shocked and half curious.
"Hello, Flora. I was wondering if I could talk to you." He asked her.
"Yes, yes of course." A few minutes passed, with only the two standing and staring at each other. The awkward tension was finally interrupted by Darkell.
"May I come in?" he asked with a raised eyebrow. A small lift of the corners of his lips at the view of nature fairy's embarrassed blush.
She hurriedly opened the door to let him in. the first thing he noticed was the huge number of plants littering the floor and shelves. It shouldn't have surprised him.
" Do you want something to drink?" she asked him shyly.
"Do you have coffee ?"
" Yeah." She answered.
" I'll have some please. " She hurried to the kitchen to prepare a cup for him.
Darkell was looking at the different flowers that were sitting on the counter. He thought he should try to start up a conversation with the girl to fill the awkward silence.
"You have beautiful Amaryllises." He said while pointing to a pot filled with beautiful red flowers.
"Oh those were my gift to Stella for her birthday not long ago. I chose them because they represent... "
"Splendid Beauty. " he said while reaching out for his cup. Her eyes widened in surprise.
" You know their meaning!? Do you know what other flowers mean too?" She asked curiously.
" I know most of them, I read a book about it not a longtime ago. "
They spent a half hour talking about the flowers he had read about. They both had a really nice time.
She knew what to do. She lifted her hands to her lips and a few magical seeds in his direction and they landed not far from him where he could easily see them.
Darkell didn't think she would actually answer his little letter. So he was quite surprised when he noticed a small group of flowers grow and bloom unnaturally fast. They were Anemones. The flowers of anticipation.
When he looked back at her he could swear he saw her mouth : "I can't wait"
And that brought a real smile to his lips. And that smile was only meant for her.
