A/N: So I think the book is coming to an end. I hope you all are enjoying it. Again, I am sorry for the very very long wait for these chapters. College really takes over your life. Anyway, I am hoping for another update this weekend, but I am making no promises. So I hope you enjoy. Please comment and Review! Love Ya! I love hearing from you guys.
"Viola!" Flora turns Viola's attention back to her. "Do you remember?"
"Remember what?"
"The promise."
"What promise?"
Viola stares at Flora with her tears that have stopped falling down her cheeks. Flora walks towards her and places Viola's hand on her chest. Viola listens to Flora's heart beat as she looks into Flora's eyes.
"You promised that you would never kill anyone." Flora whispers to Viola in return. "Remember…"
Viola listens to the silence in the room as she closes her eyes to remember. She watches the happiness she felt when Flora came to see her every once in a while until it stopped after a few years.
Viola slowly starts to recite what Flora told her so long ago. "Because death is a painful thing. You are so beautiful that death doesn't deserve someone like you. You have to show your beauty to the whole world and tell them about the balance just like you told me."
Viola slowly opens her eyes to see the tears forming into Flora's eyes again. She tilts her head towards her shoulder with a smile on her face.
"That's correct." Flora answers her. "You are the balance between us all."
"Why didn't I die though when I killed those guards?" Viola wonders to Flora.
"The guards killed everyone in your village without a single reason. Hundreds were slaughtered, and to equal that balanced you gave them all graves and produced flowers. That same day I bet four lives were born making those four deaths equal to the four births. Its just a hunch though." Flora answers Viola. "Nature is life. Which meant that the flowers that are growing over their graves is equal to their lives."
"A flower for a life." Viola shakes her head. "I don't want to think about that."
"So you are no longer going to kill the King?" Flora finally asks her as Viola slides her arm down from Flora's chest. "You no the balance that needs to be kept. You need to show others and tell them about it. Maybe we can see if a class can be put together for the students."
"Never!" The King yells with frustration now. "She is evil! She will kill as many people as she can! She needs to be killed!"
"What about you King!" Flora returns his argument.
"Father…" Crystal walks into the room with worry in her voice. "Is it true?"
"Daughter." The King speaks with shock before he glares at Viola. "This is all your fault."
The King takes one of the syringes on the table and slams it in Viola. He told the guards to place them there because he knew that Viola would be there. He really didn't think that she had a real body though. Viola has no time to react before she starts to feel a burning sensation in her body.
"Ah!" Viola screams with pain before falling towards the ground.
"Father!" Crystal screams in panic before Flora grabs Viola in her arms. "What have you done?"
"She has to be stopped!" The King answers her. "Everyone get Ms. Faragonda now!"
"I am right here," Ms. Faragonda stands in the hallway as she walks past the students. "I saw everything."
"Ms. Faragonda! You are alright." Crystal says with happiness.
"What happened to you?" Bloom asks her from the doorway.
Ms. Faragonda looks at Viola on the floor, struggling in pain. She falls to her knees and places a hand on Viola's head. Viola stops struggling and calms her breathing. She lays in Flora's arm a sleep. She gets up from the ground before glaring at the King.
"You are no longer allowed at Alfea!" Ms. Faragonda orders him. "I will not allow you to harm anymore of my students!"
"Excuse me!" The King yells in reply to her.
"You heard me! I thought Viola was going to kill or harm Crystal, but I intervened to protect me students. However, it seems that Viola wanted to show Crystal the harm and pain that you have placed on Viola and her village. I saw everything, and I mean everything!" Ms. Faragonda stares at the King with fire boiling in her eyes. "Viola is a student at Alfea, and I believed you over her when she attacked you. Now that I know what really happened, I am happy that I was unable to end her life. I am so happy that I only had the strength to banish her to Alfea because if I would have killed her. I would never forgive myself."
"What are you talking about?" The King argues with Ms. Faragonda, trying to get her back on his side. "She attacked me!"
"She wanted you to understand the pain of watching her baby sister be killed right before your eyes. She wanted you to feel just a little bit of suffering of the pain that she experienced." Ms. Faragonda calls in the guards now. "Please take your King back to Lynthea. I will call the council to explain the situation."
"What?" The King struggles in the arms of the guards. "What about my daughter?"
"She is a fairy of Alfea. I will protect her with my life just like I protect this school with my life." Ms. Faragonda looks over towards Crystal who is sitting next to Viola and Flora. "Good-bye, King!"
"You Can't do this!" The King screams down the hall before Ms. Faragonda looks over towards Viola now.
"Will she be alright Ms. Faragonda?" Flora wonders to her headmaster.
"I hope so." Ms. Faragonda picks her up and places her on the bed to rest. "I don't know what the King placed inside of her. So we will have to wait and see."
"Viola…" Flora whispers before places her hand over Viola's hand. "You will be able to make it through this."
Three days later:
"How are you?" Helia asks Flora as they walk towards the forest outside of Alfea.
"I am still waiting." Flora whispers in return.
"Waiting for what?"
"A reply." Flora answers him when she places her palm on the trees. "They spoke to me the other day. It was very quick so I really didn't hear it."
"So you are waiting for them to repeat it." Helia answers her with a giggle as he picks a flower on the ground and hands it towards her. "You are amazing, you know that right?"
Flora releases her hand from the trees and takes the flower that Helia has offered. She smells the beautiful fragrance as she lays her head on his shoulder. He places his on her head as they stare out into the trees.
"Nature is so beautiful." Flora whispers to him with a tear falling down her cheek.
"Yes," Helia glances at Flora. "It is."
Flora closes her eyes as they stand there feeling the breeze hit them. She listens to his heart beat as she waits. She wants to hear the trees speak again. She wants to feel the nature around her.
"She will make it." Flora says with a smile. "She will be back..."
"FLORA!" Bloom yells, running towards Helia and Flora.
"Yeah, Bloom?" Flora wonders what is up.
"You have to come with me!"
"What's wrong?" Helia wonders to Bloom as well now.
"It's Viola!" Bloom answers as she pushes them towards the college.
"What?" Flora turns to Helia with fear forming into her eyes. "Viola..."
They all run towards the college. Bloom darts through the door as Helia comes in behind her. Flora stops at the door for a moment. She takes a moment to breathe in quickly before opening the door to a bright light in front of her. She slowly turns to see small orbs of light floating around Viola. Some are white lights while others are dark black ones.
"What is happening?" Flora wonders to Ms. Faragonda as she walks over towards the orbs.
"They started forming yesterday. We don't know what is happening." Tecna answers Flora.
"Ms. Faragonda..." Flora doesn't reply to Tecna. She just looks at Ms. Faragonda. "What is happening?"
"I have only seen this once." Ms. Faragonda starts to answer Flora. "It was with another Fairy that I knew."
"What happened to them?" Aisha asks their headmaster.
"They..." Ms. Faragonda looks away from the girls. "They didn't make it after. The orbs are their life force almost. The black ones are the ones that are dying while the white ones are the ones that are trying to fight the dark ones."
Flora turns to the orbs as she sees that there are six black ones compared to the 4 whites ones. Flora slowly places a hand on top of Viola's. She watches a tears fall down her eyes and hit Viola's hand.
"You made a promise to me..." Flora whispers to Viola. "You can't break that promise, Viola."