Hey, people! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, because I sure did. Portugal is truly a beautiful country and I'm loving it.

It took a while, but here is the next chapter. Good news is that the next two are already partially written, so my next update will be by Wednesday, max Thursday. I started writing Flora's backstory and it's turning out great and crazy! I hope you're ready for some history!

So, this chapter continues where we left off and we'll have one of the last Will flashback. I decided to divide this chapter in two as well, since it was pretty big. This one's mostly fluff, so enjoy.

There will be a more lot to flashbacks to come once I'm through with the backstory, the adventure has barely began.

So, for the shoutouts:

AlexisPeaney: as usual, thanks so much for your review! :):) I really think that was a good idea and it fit. I was lucky that I was able to come up with many ideas that fit into this story. That bet thing was totally unplanned, but I thought it was cool. I'm still thinking of when I'll put it in the story. I certainly am enjoying my vocations!

winxkate: Thanks so much! :) You're so sweet. I'm glad you enjoyed the scenes. Sorry for not posting the next chapter of Don't Let Me Go, I was so excited about the backstory that I completely forgot.

dance76326: I'm glad you love this story! To tell the truth even I don't know where this is going. I mean, I have planned it well, but you never know.

Windrea: Easy there, girl! It's okay to be confused, everything's rather confusing when you don't have all the details. But don't worry, the truth is coming soon and (I hope) you'll be able to understand everything.

Anyways, hope you enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 9: 6X10

A girl with tanned skin and green eyes danced with a boy with same skin color and brown eyes. She wore a beautiful light green dress while he wore a black tuxedo. The two laughed as they were dancing to a beautiful french song. Suddenly, the guy accidentally tripped and fell to the ground, bringing the girl with him.

"Will." She complained as she got off him and tried to sit up.

"Sorry, you know how I am clumsy." The boy said nervously as he scratched the back of his head. She glared at him for a second before her face turned into a warm smile.

"It's okay. But I thought that you were 'an expert in dancing', as you so called it yourself." She raised her eyebrows at him and he laughed nervously.

"Well, I might've exaggerated a bit..." She gave him an incredulous look.

"A bit? From what I've seen, even Leith is a better dancer than you." He gave her a hurt look at the comment and pouted.

"Now I take offence. For your information, I am a great dancer." She rolled her eyes and stood up while he helped her. They started walking towards the red table in the right corner of the ballroom, which was filled with snacks for the two teens. They had taken only a few steps when Will stopped.

"Will?" The girl questioned as she looked at him. Worry filled her mind as she noticed that he was much paler than usual.

"Flora, I feel... I don't know..." He said slowly and lowly and then he collapsed on her. Due to his weight, Flora fell to the ground.

"Oh my god!" She screamed as she turned him around as she lay him in her lap and realized that something wasn't right. She looked around the room until she spotted the band that had played for them. "Please, someone get help!" She pleaded, but no one moved. It was as if no one could hear her and she started getting desperate. "Please, help me." She screamed louder, but there was only silence.

"Flora." Hearing her name, she turned to the half conscious man in her lap. He looked at her with a sad smile.

"Why's nobody listening to me?" She screamed in frustration as she looked back at the band.

"No one can help, Flora. It's too late for me." Will coughed as he said that and she gave him a look.

"No! Don't you dare say that!" She told him firmly, but even she knew that it was too late. His face was losing color by each minute and she could feel his heartbeat slowing down from her hand on his chest.

"But it's okay. You know that I'll be okay, happy." Her eyes glistened with tears as she looked at him sadly, desperately.

"I know, but I can't lose you too." She told him and he smiled sadly at her as she started to cry.

"I'm sorry, bouquineuse. Je t'aime beaucoup. (I love you so much)" He declared and then he was gone.

"Nooooo!" Flora awoke with a scream. She stopped once she realized that she was in Bloom's room, lying on the couch as the winx were spread along the room. She quickly sat up and tried to calm herself down and told herself it was only a nightmare. Same nightmare she had been having for the past six years. It had been a while since she had dreamt of it, though, so she wondered why now. However, she didn't have much time because all of the Winx ended up waking up due to her screaming. Musa was first and she gave Flora an worried look.

"Flo? Are you okay?" She asked and Flora looked at her apologetically.

"I'm sorry, it was just a nightmare." She said just as Aisha and Bloom woke up.

"A nightmare?" Bloom asked and she immediately sat up as she waited for Flora to explain her nightmare.

"It was nothing big. Just my fear of this battle against the Tric not going well." Flora lied flawlessly and the others gave her understanding looks.

"Yeah, I've worried about it too." Bloom commented. "But we can't think like that, we have to win, the fate of the Magic Dimension depends on it." Aisha had a serious look on her face that they assumed meant she was thinking about their mission, but truly she was wondering if what Flora said about her nightmare was true. She was well aware that Flora had lied about a few things, starting with the man in the portrait, but she couldn't assume that everything was a lie.

"God, what the hell is your problem?" An angry and sleepy Stella complained as she sat up. She gave them a killer look, but upon seeing her friend's expressions, it turned to worry."What? What's wrong?" She asked as she looked between Aisha and Flora.

"I had a nightmare, but it's no big deal." Flora said and Stella kept looking at her suspiciously.

"Are you 100% sure?" The sun fairy asked and Flora just nodded her head. Once again, Aisha knew she was lying. Tired of not knowing, she stood up and walked towards Flora.

"Flo, since we're awake, do you mind coming outside with me?" Flora gave her a confused look.

"Sure. Everything okay, Aisha?" She asked worriedly and Aisha gave her a fake smile.

"Yeah, I just wanted to talk to you." The others cast them worried looks, but didn't say anything.

With Aisha and Flora...

Soon, Aisha and Flora found themselves in a long corridor and they walked in silence until they reached the door that lead outside. It was past 5 in the morning and the sun was starting to come up. The scenery was beautiful and Flora felt glad to be there.

Both girls sat down in the grass and stared at it for a second before Aisha spoke up. "We've been friends for 4 years now and I trust you with my life." She said and Flora was confused.

"As I trust you, Aisha. But what are you trying to say." The fairy of waves sighed before she used her magic to make the picture appear. Flora's eyes widened and her face paled once she saw it.

"What? How?" She looked at Aisha in disbelief. "I thought Bloom had it." Aisha was surprised at her choice of words.

"You're not even denying knowing what it is?" She questioned and Flora lowered her head.

"What's the point? I'm so tired of lying." That was true.

"Then can you tell me who he is?" Flora looked back at the picture and she smiled sadly as she traced Will's face with her fingers.

"His name is Will. He is, well, he was my best friend." Aisha wasn't too surprised this time for she had expected this answer. There were many things she still didn't understand, though.

"Why didn't you ever tell us about him? Why hide his existence?" Flora sighed, not wanting to do this, especially after her nightmare.

"It's too painful, talking about him. He was very important to me and now he's just gone." Tears fell from her gorgeous green eyes and Aisha couldn't help but feel sympathetic. She understood Flora's pain, after all she was in a similar situation with her father.

"I understand that. You didn't want to talk about it because remembering him hurt, right?" Flora nodded.

"It hurts everyday, but ever since I met you guys, it's gotten better. With Helia, most of all, I can completely forget about the pain, even if for just a few minutes." At the mention of the specialist's name, Aisha went back to questioning mode.

"Does he know?" Flora shook her head vigorously.

"No. And I'd rather keep it that way. We're so happy now that we're engaged and I don't want to ruin that by bringing up Will." Aisha could understand that, but as Flora mentioned the engagement, another thing came to her mind.

"You said Will was very important to you." Aisha repeated Flora's words. "How important?"

"What exactly do you mean?" Flora had a feeling that she knew where this conversation was going.

"I saw you with a ring a few days ago, one that certainly didn't come from Helia." Aisha said and Flora sighed. "Was it Will's? Was he your fiancée?" The nature fairy already had a good answer planned in case this question came up.

"No, the ring belonged to my grandma. She gave it to me before she passed away." This time Aisha believed her explanation and as she thought about all that she had learned today, she realized that this wasn't her secret to tell.

"Okay, then. I promise that I won't say anything to the others." Flora gave her a surprised look.

"Why? Why didn't you tell them before?" She didn't understand why Aisha had kept such a huge discovery to herself.

"This wasn't my secret to tell. Besides, after seeing how much it hurts you to talk about Will, I know that it's better not to tell them right now. After all, this is in the past, isn't it?" She raised her eyebrows and Flora nodded her head.

"Yes, it is. And, as Miss. Faragonda says, we better leave the past where it belongs." Aisha smiled at her and the two best friends hugged tightly. They returned to Bloom's room and stopped at the door once they heard screaming. Sharing a confusing look, Aisha slowly opened it.

Back in Bloom's room...

"This is sooooo perfect!" It was princess Stella who screamed as she jumped excitedly. Musa and Bloom were scattered around the room as Tecna had yet to return from her date with Timmy. Flora and Aisha soon realized that the object of Stella's attention was a blushing Daphne, who sat in her sister's bed.

"Stella, will you please stop screaming? You'll wake up everyone!" Musa warned her as she covered her too sensitive ears.

"What's all this excitement about?" Aisha asked and all eyes were on her and Flora.

"Oh My God, they have no idea!" Stella screamed once again, stopping after Bloom glared at her.

"Daphne and Thoren had their first kiss last night." The redhead stated with a huge smile and Flora and Aisha were surprised and happy.

"Really?" Flora asked Daphne and the blonde nodded her head while still blushing. "That's so great, Daphne! I'm so happy for you." Flora said while smiling before she walked towards Daphne and sat down on the bed next to her. The two hugged as Daphne drank in the warmth and comfort Flora offered.

"Yeah, that's great." Aisha told her after she had pulled apart from Flora's hug.

"Now that everyone knows, tell us what happened. With all the details." Stella said excitedly as she sat in the couch Flora had previously occupied. Daphne gave them a huge smile as she told the tale. By the time it was over, the sun had already risen and the light illuminated the faces of the six excited and happy girls.

"I didn't know that Thoren was so sweet." Musa said pensively.

"Yeah, I guess he has been spending too much time around Helia." Daphne joked and they all laughed. Their laughter was interrupted by the slow opening of the door and Bloom, who was closest to it, immediately stood up and got ready for an attack. After all, it were the early hours and they were all there.

"Wow, easy there, Bloom. It's just me." A tired looking Tecna said once she closed the door behind her. She stared at the others in surprise. "I didn't expect you to be awake at this hour." She commented and the girls noticed that she was trying hard not to smile.

"Hmm, I take it that dinner with Timmy's parents went well." Stella said with a smirk and Tecna blushed a bit.

"Yeah, it was great. His parents are actually really great." Tecna said and she smiled as she sat down on the couch near Stella. It was her turn to be the center of the attention.

"Soooo... How did it go?" Musa asked.

"It went well. The food was great and I was able to connect with his parents in a way that I didn't expect." Tecna said happily and the girls smiled at her.

"That's wonderful, Tecna. I'm glad that everything turned out alright for you." Bloom told her.

"Indeed. But there's something else." Stella smartly said as her eyes over analyzed the technology fairy.

"It's just that... Remember what you said last night?" Tecna asked the sun fairy and she gave her a look.

"I said many things last night, you'll have to be more specific than that." Stella replied and Tecna decided that it was better to show them than try to tell them. So she pulled out the necklace that had been hidden in her shirt and showed them the beautiful diamond ring in it.

"Oh My God!" Stella screamed excitedly and this time no one glared at her. All eyes were on the rock as they stared at it.

"This is just amazing!" Musa added and Aisha and Bloom nodded, unable to say anything due to the shock.

"I'm so happy for you, Tec! Congratulations!" Flora told her with a huge smile that Tecna easily returned.

"I know! I still can't believe it. He totally took me by surprise." Tecna said with a dreamy look on her face as she recalled Timmy's proposal.

"So, how did he do it? I mean, weren't you supposed to just meet his parents?" Bloom asked curiously and the girls quieted down as Tecna started explaining it.

"As it turned out, the whole reason for this meeting was so that Timmy would propose to me."

"How so? His parents didn't even know you before!" Stella asked confusingly.

"Not in person, but Timmy had been corresponding with them for longer than I knew. Last year, remember when we went on that huge date?" There were nods and smiles as the girls remember what they had called 'The Perfect Date'. "Well, it was then that Timmy realized that he wanted to marry me. So he contacted his parents and started telling them everything about me, sending pictures and videos. In Zenith it's all about technology, as you know, so they didn't demand to meet me before."

"Now it makes sense." Stella said.

"So why did they want to meet you now?" Musa questioned.

"Because Timmy told them about the proposal a few weeks ago, so he wanted them to meet me before he proposed. He did it after dinner ended and it was just perfect." The girls stared at her with smiles as she said the last words.

"But how exactly did he propose, what did he say?" Stella asked rather impatiently. Tecna smiled at the blonde before continuing.

"Well, after we asked for our desserts, he disappeared for a while, claiming to be in the bathroom. I was starting to get worried when he took a good while to come back, but his parents told me everything was fine. By the time my petit gâteau came, Timmy came back with a bouquet of orchids, you know these are my favorite flowers. So I was totally lost until I noticed that the ring in the cake. There were also a few tabloids in the restaurant that had a video of us."

"That's soo romantic!" Flora said as she recalled how her own fiancée had proposed to her.

"I didn't know that Timmy was romantic." Musa recalled and Tecna laughed.

"He's just shy, but he is romantic. He wouldn't have been able to pull off something like this on his own, though. The specialists helped him, mainly Helia. He had the idea for the flowers and the video." Flora laughed at the last part.

"Of course he did. He's an expert when it comes to flowers, even better than me." The girls gave her surprised looks.

"Really?" Bloom asked curiously.

"Yep. I might be the fairy of nature, but he's the flower expert. Most of what I know was told by him." Now that was a big surprise.

"That's surprising. But anyways, back to Tecna." Stella said and all eyes went back to the technology fairy.

"Well, after he saw that I noticed the ring, he knelt down and proposed. I have it on video, it's better than if I tell it." She told them before picking up her phone. Using her powers to enlarge the video, she showed it to them.

(scenes in bold are of the video, just making clear.)

The first scene was of Tecna and Timmy's parents sitting on the desk at the restaurant as they chatted. Soon a waiter appeared with a huge chocolate cake with ice cream. The ring was right on the center, where usually a cherry would go. Tecna was seen thanking the waiter for the dessert and then she would look over at Timmy. The ginger haired specialist was dressed in the same tuxedo from Daphne's Coronation as he walked towards the table while holding the flowers. Stella and Musa couldn't help but laugh when he tripped on one of the guest's feet and apologized nervously as he blushed. As he reached Tecna, her eyes were no longer on him and instead on the cake and the tabloids that were spread across the restaurant.

"Timmy? What's going on?" An oblivious and confused Tecna asked.

"Don't worry, Tecna, everything's okay. I just... There's something I need to say." Silence followed that statement, so he gulped before continuing. "5 years ago we met on our first day at Alfea and I was so glad to have someone understand me. You were the first person, the first girl I met that also enjoyed technology and was rather shy and reserved. It didn't take me long to fall for you." The camera zoomed on Tecna's face and she was intently looking at him. "On our second year we had trouble because you thought I was a coward and I treated you like a machine instead on a real person. But we got through them and came out stronger than ever."

"That we did." Tecna said and Timmy's smiled became even larger.

"A few weeks ago, Helia asked me what was the moment that I realized that I was in love. You know how he is, always the romantic, he was been doing a super sappy and cheesy video of the specialists and I was the first one he interviewed. Anyways, when he asked me that, I started thinking and that moment, when I knew that I truly loved you, was after the Omega Incident." Both had tears as they recalled such a hard and desperate moment.

"That was, without a shadow of a doubt, the hardest moment of my life. The single thought of losing you hurt me more than any weapon could and that's when I knew that I loved you. And I do, so much. That's why I want to marry you, Tecna. You are so beautiful, smart and caring and I am 100% sure that you are the perfect match for me. So, will you marry me?" Tecna was too shocked by such sweet words coming from him and it took her a while to respond. A huge smile came to her face as she cried tears of happiness.

"The only logical answer is 'of course.'" She said and Timmy had the biggest smile on his face as knelt down to his level and hugged him tight. Soon he lost his grip and both fell to the ground, laughing. The camera showed the intense look that crossed between them before they kissed, something they would rarely do in public. After that, Timmy gave her the ring and she put it on her finger and showed it to his happy parents, who gave her a thumbs up.

"You are so sneaky, Timmy. I had absolutely no idea." Tecna told him in the next moment and he gave her a smile.

"I guess I can be pretty good at keeping secrets when I need to." The couple laughed and shared another kiss before the video ended.

"This was just perfect. I have nothing else to say." Bloom said and the girls nodded.

"I think that maybe we didn't know Timmy as well as we thought." Musa said.

"I guess there are always things that we don't know about our friends." Aisha said with a glance at Flora, who felt terribly guilty.

"That's normal, though. My earth parents always said that the more you knew someone, the more there was to know." Bloom said and she smiled as she recalled something. "There's also a saying on earth that was created by an ancient philosopher. It goes: 'the knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing'." Tecna gave her a smile.

"Whoever said that was very smart. I might not agree completely, but I know that's true." Stella gave her a devious look.

"So I guess the reason that you didn't come back was that you spent the night with Timmy?" The sun fairy asked with a smirk and Tecna blushed.

"Yes, I was. But really that's none of your business, Stella." Tecna said firmly and Stella just shrugged her shoulders.

"I never would have guessed that Timmy would have proposed to you tonight. I guess you two joined the engaged team." Musa said and the girls didn't miss the bitterness beneath that statement.

"I'm sure Riven will propose to you soon enough, Musa." Flora told her friend with a confident smile.

"I doubt it. He doesn't seem like he ever thinks about it." She complained.

"Oh, but he sure does." Flora told her and they all looked at the happy nature fairy. "I probably shouldn't tell you this, but Helia told me last night that Riven asked for Helia's help in making a poem. He did help and from what he told me, it seemed like the poem was about you." Stella had a rather confused look.

"So he wrote a poem. What does that have to do with him thinking of marriage?" She asked and Bloom looked at her with raised eyebrows.

"Come on, Stell. We're talking about Riven here. He wouldn't write a poem to save his life. For him to be writing one it must be a very important occasion." The redhead said and everyone laughed, Musa ringing of a phone startled them. Bloom picked it up and answered it.

"Good morning, Bloom. I apologize in advance for waking you and the Winx so early." It was Miss. Faragonda and the girl's could see her image through the hologram.

"Good morning, Miss. Faragonda. It's no problem, we were already awake." The headmistress gave her a smile.

"That's good. I'm afraid that I need you and the Winx to come back to Alfea with me." The Winx were confused since they weren't expected to come back to the school for 3 more days.

"Why? Did something happen?" Stella asked worriedly.

"There are some things that we need to discuss, regarding the Trix." The Winx understood that it was serious business.

"Okay, then. We just need a little time to get ready." Bloom said and the headmistress smiled at them.

"Could you meet me in the palace gates in an hour and a half?" She asked the girls, knowing that some of them would need a good while to get ready.

"Sure. See you soon." Bloom replied and the call ended. "Okay, Winx, let's get ready." The others nodded and Stella immediately ran to the bathroom as everyone laughed. Daphne gave Bloom a hug before going to her own room to get ready. She already knew what this was all about for she had talked to Miss. Faragonda before. They had reached a decision that she hoped was wrong, but the facts were right in front of them. She looked into the mirror once she was ready, dressed in her usual teacher outfit, and sighed. The knowledge that the Trix were in possession of one of the most powerful objects in the Magic Dimension worried her, but she was sure that they would be able to defeat the witches. They had to.

At Cloud Tower...

Selina and Catherine watched as the Winx and Daphne entered the ship to go to Alfea. They already knew the reason behind the headmistress' request and they were worried.

"She knows about the Legendariun." Selina said, giving Catherine a worried look. The blonde woman was impassive, her face looked like stone.

"It was a matter of time before they figured it out." She said simply, still not moving from her spot in the couch. She kept staring at the crystal ball that she had conjured to spy on Miss. Faragonda and the Winx.

"But now that they know about it and Eldora, it won't be long until they find out about me." Selina said.

"Then we must prevent that from happening." Catherine said and she stood up immediately. She looked at Selina for a moment before her hands glowed green. Soon the young girl's body was also glowing green and she felt magic course through her.

"What did you do?" She asked once the glow vanished.

"A spell that will conceal you in case the Winx come here. You can undo it easily with your own magic." Catherine explained boredly and Selina smiled.

"That's good. Thanks." Catherine gave her a smile that didn't reach her eyes.

"It was nothing, Selina. Now, we need to come up with a plan to stop the Winx before the discover everything." She said before sitting back down.

"What are your thoughts?" Selina asked curiously.

"Well, we already established that I'll be sending them to a place where they won't be able to defend themselves. In order to do that I'm gonna need to have them all together, because this spell takes a lot of magic, so I should only use it once." Selina was still wary about this part of the plan, but she trusted the older woman.

"Okay. So we need an occasion to put them all together."

"There was the party last night, why didn't you do it then?" Catherine frowned.

"I hadn't thought of it then, remember? I actually believed that those good for nothing witches would be able to get rid of them."

"So now what?" Selina asked exasperatedly.

"Now we wait. The perfect opportunity will come soon, I can feel it." Catherine stood up once again before saying that. Then she gave Selina a wicked look. "Now I just have to pay a little visit to our friend, Eldora." With that she disappeared once again. Guilt filled Selina as she thought about the woman who had taken care of her for so long, who was her closest friend. She wondered if Catherine would truly go as far as killing her, but she didn't know the woman well enough to guess that.

So, what did you think? Did you like the sweet scenes with Tecna and Timmy? Those were totally unplanned. I wasn't even gonna make them get engaged till like the last chapter.

What about Flora's dream and her talk with Aisha? Do you believe her when she said that the ring belonged to her grandma? Next chapter everything will change. The revelations will be on chapter 11. Be ready!

ALSO, REMINDER: THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO TELL ME YOUR THEORIES ABOUT CATHERINE, SO GO AHEAD! I know that I didn't give you all the facts, but I'll give you a hint: she has a connection with Flora that goes way back, like over 18 years back.