Hello, faithful readers. Once again, let me thank you for all of your amazing reviews and for helping me achieve my goal! You're all awesome. Now, we're so close to the end of this story that I'm starting to get sad when writing it, but I am so excited to get started on The Price of Love. It will be awesome, I can feel it. We only have about two more chapters after this one.
This chapter will focus on tying up the loose ends and we'll have closure with plots like Aisha's father sickness and Tecna's illness too. There will be many Flora X Helia scenes, as usual and a surprise is coming. A big one that I don't think anyone saw coming.
First, with the shoutouts:
LostMirage: Ah, okay. Thanks for the info, I really didn't know. I'm glad you liked the ending, I thought it would be sweet. We have more TxT scenes here. Flora and Helia are going through a hard time, but everything will get settled in this chapter. As I said, tying the strings.
winxkate: I'm glad you think so. It's on my favs list, though it's not a very happy chapter. I love writing baby scenes, if you can't tell, I am obsessed with them. It sure makes more sense, but it's way deeper and sadder. I know, this guy can't catch a break. Tecna will be fine from now on, only cute TxT scenes.
Flora: I wouldn't say that she was cruel, but she was mean. I hope you understood her reasons for being so. No, they can't. But these last few chapters have been mostly happy scenes. I love Timmy and I think that he's a sweetheart, but since he's so shy he doesn't show it very often. I'm glad! Ever since I wrote Flowers I've seen Krystal as an indirect obstacle in FXH relationship and more as misunderstood than "evil". Have you read it?
Alemara: Yeah, she'll be fine from now on, only cute TXT scenes. So can I, I'm sure that she'd be impossible. You'll see...
CherryMuser: Yeah, no more worries for Tecna. From now on there will only be cute TXT scenes with their baby girl.
Alexis Peaney: Yeah, she'll be fine from now on. You should be, it was a great idea! Ah, I so didn't know that. When does she have a daughter? I'm still in the beginning of S3. You wanted more MuRi scenes? Then you'll love this chapter. When you say whump, you mean angry/kinda jerk, right? If so, then I agree with you. Helia's meant to be the sweet one.
Once again I want to thank everyone for voting for the baby names! It was a hard decision to be made, but I am satisfied. Now, happy reading!
With Aisha and Nabu...
The Andros couple followed Krystal to Limphea where they took the same path that the Winx had years ago. Aisha was nervous about being there once again, remembering how they had been attacked by the Trix and Flora had almost died, but she pushed it aside. She knew that her father was more important than her fears and he needed her, so she kept going. About 20 minutes later they arrived at the passage that led to the Black Willow.
"Here we are." Krystal said with a bright smile.
"This place is gorgeous." Daniel commented afterwards while he stared at the waterfall. Having lived his entire life in Magix, he wasn't used to such beautiful natural landscapes. However, he sure had a love for nature, having been raised by a nature fairy who had left Limphea for reasons he never knew. So when he met Krystal and found out that she was the princess of the planet of nature, the two had connected immediately. It hadn't taken very long for him to get the courage to ask her out and for her to accept. Now, 3 months later, they were happier than ever.
"I couldn't agree more. I've been to Limphea a couple times, but this place is clearly the most beautiful." Nabu agreed with the blonde specialist and little Lana, who rested in his arms, laughed.
"There are actually more waterfalls just as breathtaking, but none of them have magic properties like this one." Krystal told the two boys and Aisha gasped once she remembered something.
"Hey, weren't Flora and in Helia in one of these when he proposed?" The fairy of waves asked and Krystal's face lightened up.
"Yes! I recall when Helia came to me asking for ideas on how to propose. I told him that the waterfalls were the perfect scenario." The princess of Limphea said and her boyfriend smiled proudly.
"That's my girl, always helping out with the romance." He said and everyone laughed.
"Did anyone bring a bottle or something?" Aisha asked once the laughter stopped, seeing that they had arrived at the Black Willow.
"Oh, no, I completely forgot." Krystal said and Nabu smiled at them before he used his magic to create a purple bottle.
"There we go." He told them and Aisha smiled at him, mentally facepalming herself for not thinking of it. After that, the wizard handled Lana back to Aisha before he picked some water very carefully before they used magic to teleport themselves to Andros. Arriving at the palace, they were met by frantic guards running everywhere.
"What's going on?" Aisha asked worriedly and Nabu, as usual, smiled reassuringly at her.
"Maybe there's a party we didn't know about, you know how people get when there are parties here." He suggested and the fairy of waves didn't buy it. She walked fastly towards a nearby guard who greeted her with a bow.
"Excuse me, is everything okay?" She asked and the guard had a sorrowful look on his face.
"I'm afraid not, your highness. The king just had a heart attack." He told them and the fairy of waves gasped while standing there in shock. It took a while for her to understand what the guard said, but once she did, she could feel her heart breaking.
"Aisha?" It was Nabu, worried about how pale she looked. Her arms were weakly trying to hold little Lana, who was slipping. Thankfully, the others noticed it and Krystal was quick to pick up the little girl while Nabu tried to comfort her. "Hey, it's okay. I'm sure that your father will be fine."
"Could you for once not be so...positive?" She yelled angrily while glaring at him and he was surprised, but he understood that it was her sadness talking. So he gently took her hand and lightly kissed it.
"Let's go find him." He told her and she sprinted towards the castle with him following her closely behind. Krystal and Daniel walked slower since they were with a child. Baby Lana didn't stop crying ever since her parents were out of sight and nothing the gentle princess did managed to calm her down.
"Father? Father?" Aisha yelled while running along the corridors. Upon seeing a familiar face, she stopped.
"Aisha, darling. I didn't expect you back here yet." Queen Niobe told her daughter, her face was pale and her eyes were red.
"Mother!" Aisha hugged her tightly and Nabu could see that the queen was barely able to hold herself together.
"I'm so sorry to hear about what happened, your majesty." He gently told her after she and Aisha had pulled apart. Niobe sent him a grateful smile.
"How is he?" Aisha asked worriedly and fearfully and her mother sighed.
"Not well. They were able to revive him after his heart attack, but he's too weak. They don't... He probably won't survive, dear." Was her heartbroken reply and she was surprised when, instead of crying like she expected, Aisha gave her a determined look.
"I won't let that happen, mother. I promise." The queen smiled sadly.
"I'm afraid that there's nothing any of us can do." She replied and Nabu smiled.
"But there is, princess Krystal has found a way to cure him." He told her and Niobe's eyes went wide before she gave them a hopeful look.
"Truly?" Aisha smiled at her mother.
"Yes. But we must hurry." So the three of them ran towards the king's room. The best doctor in Andros was there along with Astrid.
"Good afternoon, princess." They greeted Aisha formally and she barely nodded as her attention was focused on her father, who looked worse than ever. She sat down on the bed by his side and took his cold hand in his. His colorless face and slow breaths concerned her greatly.
"Hurry, Nabu." She told her husband, who quickly sat down on the king's other side before picking the bottle and opening it. He slipped some of its content in the king's mouth and everyone waited with their breaths caught in their throats.
"Aisha." King Therendor smiled once he spotted his only daughter.
"Daddy!" The fairy of waves said before she broke down into sobs and he slowly sat up, with Nabu's help, so that he could embrace her. Niobe approached the bed slowly while she watched their interaction with a smile.
"My love." Therendor turned to her once he pulled apart from Aisha and the fairy of waves stepped away from the bed to let her parents have their moment. The king and queen of Andros met in a tight embrace, each crying like never before, though this time it were tears of happiness and relief.
"Looks like everything worked out for the best." A smiling Krystal said once she and Daniel entered the room with baby Lana. Aisha walked towards her to pick up the little girl.
"Thank you, for everything." She told the princess of Limphea with a grateful smile.
"I'm glad I could help." Was Krystal's response before she looked back at Aisha's parents with a bright smile. The couple pulled apart only so that they could share a passionate kiss and Aisha couldn't keep the smile off her face upon seeing her parents finally happy.
"Aisha, dear, come here." Therendor called for her after they pulled apart and the fairy of waves gladly walked towards the bed and sat down between them. Both her parents hugged her tightly."Thank you." The king whispered in her ear and she only hugged him tighter. Everything felt so right in that moment, like all the pieces were falling into place.
With the Winx...
They arrived at the clearing a few minutes later, but they found no sign of the totem. "It's not here." Stella said confusingly.
"That's odd." Musa asked just as confused.
"Remember what Eldora told us, the totem and the silver spear only exist in the Legendarium world." Daphne told them determinately.
"We don't have much time." Helia said once he joined the group, many werewolves following him closely. Next thing they knew, they were surrounded. So they formed two circles, the fairies on the air and specialists on the ground. Helia stood in the far corner, near an oak tree. One of the beasts attacked him and he handled him well until he tripped on one of the branches and fell.
"Need a hand?" Someone asked him and he barely looked, attention focused on fighting against the monster.
"I've got it." He replied after he kicked the beast, sending him unconscious. "Icy!" He exclaimed once he saw who his "helper"was.
"Surprise!" She said with a wicked grin before she used her magic on him.
Flora looked at her friends with a smile since they were winning the fight against the werewolves. Once she saw her frozen boyfriend and Icy, it faded. "Oh, no, Helia." She exclaimed before she picked her mythix wand and pointed it at Icy. "Let him go!" She demanded angrily and the ice witch only laughed.
"And give up my chance at revenge on you two? Not a chance." Flora sent a spell her way, but she easily avoided it. "If you want to see him again, you'll have to go to the Legendarium World." And then she was gone.
"Then I guess I have no choice." Flora said before she transformed into her mythix form and went into the Legendarium World. She barely heard Bloom yelling at her to wait. Soon she found herself in a world filled with ice and she sighed. "Great. What is this place?" She muttered and she was surprised when she got a response.
"Only the coolest place around, the domain of the snow queen." Icy responded while she floated in the air.
"You? The snow queen?" Flora was confused, but there was no time to dwell on it. She quickly sent a powerful spell towards the ice witch, but it seemed as if this wasn't a good aiming day.
"Here, let me show you what a real spell is like." Icy scoffed before she sent an ice spell towards Flora. The nature fairy was able to form a barrier to protect herself and she knew that she was being played.
"Where is Helia?" She demanded and Icy laughed before an ice sleight came his way.
"He's coming to pick up his queen." Was her wicked response before she climbed onto it and Flora could see her frozen boyfriend holding the ropes. "This sleight was built for two, sweetheart, I'm afraid that you'll have to clear the way." Icy said next before the sleight moved forward, almost knocking the nature fairy.
"This so isn't my day." Flora muttered before she started following the ice witch closely, hoping to rescue her boyfriend. "Don't worry, Helia, I'll save you." She promised, though she doubted that he wanted to be saved by her right now.
Back at Alfea...
Tecna and Timmy broke apart from their hug a few minutes later, though the ginger specialist kep an arm wrapped around her shoulder, afraid that she would vanish if he ever let her go. The technology fairy looked around the room with confusion, clearly lost.
"Where are we?" She asked him curiously.
"We're at the infirmary, at Alfea." He responded calmly and her eyes went wide.
"At Alfea? But just a few minutes ago we were at Tir Nan Og." She whispered confusingly and Timmy sighed.
"It weren't just a few minutes ago, Tec." He told her gently while taking one of her hands in his and caressing it. "Actually, it's been seven days, 6 hours and 34 minutes since we got back." Her eyes went even wider and she gasped.
"What? How come I don't remember any of it?" She questioned, exasperated and her hands started running down her hair, an old habit when she was stressed.
"You were unconscious, Tec. You fell into a comma, as Dr. Cameron told us." He told her sadly.
"Oh God." She whispered as the realization of just how much pain she had caused him made her feel terrible.
"I was starting to worry that you'd never wake up, that I'd never see your beautiful eyes again or hear your voice."He started telling her, voice hoarse from the tears threatening to fall. "The doctors said it would take time, if it would even happen at all. I was so lost and scared, but now that you're alright, I feel happier than ever." He finished with a smile and she cast him a sad one.
"Oh, Timmy. I'm so sorry I put you through this." She apologized gently and he shook his head.
"No. You don't need to apologize, this is definitely not your fault." He said firmly and she was a little surprised by how rough he sounded. "Anyways, what matters now is that everything's okay and we're together once again." He added more gently and she smiled while looking at their intertwined hands. Suddenly there was a loud cry and Tecna looked around in concern before realization hit her.
"Is that...?" She asked and Timmy nodded before he stood up and walked towards the crib. The baby girl with pink hair and teal eyes looked back at him, falling silent once she saw him there.
"Come here, baby girl." Timmy gently told the newborn child before he picked her up. With her safely in his arms, he made his way towards the bed where Tecna looked at them with anticipation and curiosity. "Do you want to take her?" Timmy asked her and she nodded her head, eyes still mesmerized by the little girl. As soon as she picked her up, the baby's tiny hands started reaching towards her own and she laughed at her daughter.
"She's so amazing." Tecna mused while staring at her adoringly.
"Indeed. She's the only thing that's helped me get through this past week without you." Timmy told her while sliming at their daughter.
"It must have been so hard for you, I can't even imagine." She told him, her smile suddenly fading.
"Let's not discuss this now, okay? We should enjoy this time we have with our daughter." He told in a gentle tone yet leaving no space for discussions.
"Our daughter. Now that's something I didn't expect to be saying so soon." She replied and before gasping once ittle girl was finally able to grab her hand and began playing with her little finger. "Look at this." Tecna exclaimed and Timmy laughed.
"She's a real grabber, Aisha told me. Whenever she's with Flora or Stella she always grabs their hair, it's a bit hilarious." He explained and Tecna laughed.
"Flora. How is she? Last time I saw her, she was unconscious." Her expression turned to worry and sadness and Timmy gave her a reassuring look.
"She's alright, Bloom easily healed her. I'm more worried about Helia, he was so broken when he found her. The poor guy has been through enough." Tecna nodded in agreement after sighing in relief. "Him and Flora were acting strange today, I think they had a fight earlier."
"What about the others? How are they doing?" She asked and Timmy had a thoughtful expression before he replied.
"Well, Bloom and Sky are doing fine, no news with them. Ah, there's Daphne and Thoren, they've just decided to move in." Tecna looked surprised and happy.
"That's great! Those two certainly deserve to be happy. What about Stella? How's her pregnancy doing?" Tecna curiously asked, already imagining how impossible the sun fairy must be.
"She's impossible, I don't know how Brandon can handle the mood swings." He told her while laughing and Tecna joined in.
"Poor Brandon." She said afterwards. "And Aisha? How's her father doing?" She expected his smile to fade away, but it only grew.
"Krystal found a way to cure him, so they've gone to Andros." He told her and she smiled too.
"That's good. How will they heal him?" She curiously asked and Timmy picked the bottle from the bedside table.
"These are the tears of the black willow. Do you remember?" She nodded.
"Of course. What a brilliant idea." She mused while looking at the small bottle, understanding that he had used it to heal her.
"So Aisha, Nabu and little Lana are fine. The only ones who aren't in best terms are Musa and Riven." He told her afterwards and Tecna sighed.
"Why am I not surprised?" Was her sorrowful reply.
"But this time is different. Riven's been ignoring her because he has a surprise planned and he fears that he'll tell her all about it if he's around her. Too bad she thinks that he reverted back to moody, aggressive Riven." Timmy was quick to explain the situation regarding the music fairy and her boyfriend.
"So it's a good surprise?" She asked and Timmy smiled brightly.
"It's the best one. The specialists and I helped him organize it, we sure hope that she will like it." timmy confessed and Tecna smiled at him while the little girl in her arms let out a cry, calling for their attention. "I think she might be hungry." Timmy said before he walked towards the cabin and picked a purple baby bottle.
"Can I do it?" Tecna asked once he extended his arms so that she could handle the baby to him. At first he was surprised, but then he smiled.
"Of course. It's not that hard, I learned it pretty easy." He told her proudly and she laughed.
"I'm sure you did just as I'm sure that you've been an amazing father." She replied with a proud smile and his smile enlarged. He gave Tecna the bottle and she gently put it on the baby's mouth.
"You were right, it's not so hard." Tecna mused while the little girl drank the milk. "There you go, baby girl." She told her before she frowned.
"What's wrong?" Timmy asked, suddenly worried.
"I was just wondering, have you named her? Cause I've been calling her baby girl and it sounds weird after so many times." She asked him and he looked relieved.
"No, I haven't. I knew that you'd want us to name her together, so I've waited." He replied and she looked at him with amazement.
"You're amazing, you know?" She asked him and Timmy just shook his head.
"No, I'm just a decent person. You're her mother, you should be the one choosing her name." She couldn't help herself and she brought him closer by the neck so that she could kiss him passionately. He responded with as much passion and the baby girl in her arms cried in protest as Tecna's arm had dropped the bottle. The couple pulled apart to look at the angry little girl and they laughed.
"Sorry, sweetie." Tecna apologized after their laughter died down before she picked the bottle and fed her again. "So, do you have any ideas on what we should name her?" She then asked Timmy, who looked absolutely surprised.
"I do, I've thought of a few names that mean wisdom and intelligence, since we know that she's going to be a little genious." He told her and she gave him an encouraging look. "What do you think of Olivia, Livie for short? " He asked and she smiled.
"I like it. Olivia. Sure sounds like a smart little girl." She told him and he smiled too.
"It's settled then. Welcome to the world, Olivia." They looked back at their daughter and wondered how it was possible that they could have so much love for someone they had met for only a few days or minutes, in Tecna's case. Being finally happy, together and with her felt like a dream and both wished that things would keep falling into place in everyone's lives.
In the Legendarium World...
Flora followed Icy and Helia for a good while, managing to overcome the ice spells sent her way and the suddenly overgrown ice trees. She knew that she needed to get this over with or else she would forever be trapped in the Legendarium World with Icy, so she started forming a plan to rescue Helia and get out of there. Suddenly, she saw it. It was huged and blue, with a silver spear on top.
"The totem." She whispered to herself and she stopped mid air. Icy seemed to notice that she was no longer following her because she too stopped the sleight.
"You know, I'm starting to think that maybe you and your useless boyfriend should be together." The ice witch said with a contempt. She sent another spell Flora's way and the nature fairy managed to hide behind a tree, though she noticed that she was so cold that her wings were starting to free.
"This cold...It's all around me." She muttered, starting to panic as she realized that she needed to get out of there before she turned into a popsicle.
"Better get used to it, cause you'll be staying in here forever." Icy laughed evilly and Flora used her last bit of determination for a powerful spell that would buy her enough time to get out of there.
"Life essence." The reindeers that carried the sleigh suddenly were brought back to life and they ran away quickly, leaving the sleigh to fall and Icy, caught off guard, was thrown into a tree.
"Helia!" Flora screamed once she noticed that he had fallen as well. She used her wand to put a barrier around him and carry him to the totem before landing next to him. From the corner of her eye she saw a mad Icy coming their way. "Don't worry, Helia. We'll be out of here soon." Were her last words before she used her magic to teleport them back to Fear Wood. She barely heard Icy's outraged scream before she left. "It's not over yet."
Back in Fear Wood...
The Winx and Specialists found themselves surrounded by werewolves and they were unsure of how to proceed. "As far as I'm concern, this party's getting a bit too crowded." Stella commented from her spot behind Brandon, who had stayed in front of her to protect her and her child. The two of them weren't in the best terms that night since he had tried to convince her not to come, afraid for their child's life, she had set her foot down.
"We need to break the curse." Thoren said firmly and Daphne looked worried.
"The sun will only rise in many hours, so I don't think that's possible." She replied and Musa was next.
"I wonder if a moon rise would do the Trix." The fairy of music joked and Stella glared at her. Suddenly, there was a bright green glow and everyone stepped away, unsure if it was good or bad. It faded away to reveal Flora and Helia.
"Flora, Helia, you're back!" Bloom happily exclaimed and she was worried when the nature fairy didn't respond.
"And you bought the totem." Sky added while pointing at it and Daphne's previous worried expression was replaced by a relieved one.
"It will surely break the curse of FearWood." She told everyone and sure enough they felt a powerful energy and all of the werewolves started turning back into their human forms.
"I'm so glad you're okay, Flo." Bloom told the nature fairy with a relieved smile and Flora looked at her sadly.
"But Helia isn't. He was frozen by Icy and he isn't responding." Was her heartbroken reply as she placed her hand on his neck to search once again for a pulse. "Now I'm starting to understand how horrible he felt, this pain is something I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemies." She added while the tears began cascading down her face.
"Isn't there anything you can try to bring him back?" Musa asked her and she looked unsure.
"My nature spell. It worked in the Legendarium World." She said before standing up and using it on her frozen boyfriend. The spell worked and soon Helia was standing up unsteadily and looking around in confusion.
"What?" He muttered and Flora looked at him with a bright smile before hugging him tightly.
"Helia, I'm so glad that you're okay." She was surprised when he didn't hug her back, but she assumed that he was still mad at her for her earlier words.
"Not now, Flora." He replied coldly and she took in a sharp breath, but her request to ask to speak to him was interrupted by the appearance of Eldora.
"Eldora!" Bloom exclaimed happily and the fairy godmother looked at them proudly.
"Winx, I am so proud of you. You've managed to find and bring here the totem that contains the final object that we will need to form the Legendarium key." She told them while smiling.
"It was all Flora's doing." Bloom told her while casting her friend a smile and Flora sent a small one their way.
"Shall we take out the silver spear?" Eldora asked them and they nodded. Flora walked forwards and used her magic to retrieve the spear before giving it to her while Bloom handed the emerald as well. "Now, stone and metal will become... a key made of emerald and silver." She chanted and soon a key appeared.
"Wow." The Winx and specialists stared at it in amazement.
"Here, I'll entrust it to you, Bloom." Eldora said next before she handed the key to the fairy of the dragon flame.
"So, what do we do now?" Musa asked and they looked lost in thought before a brown haired man approached them.
"Dear strangers, I am the mayor of this town and I've come to thank you. We used to live in fear, but now that the curse is broken, we can finally be at peace." He told them with a grateful smile.
"It's no problem. Breaking curses is kind of our thing." Musa replied and some of them laughed.
"Now you can celebrate outside, at night." Stella said excitedly and Bloom, Musa and Flora shared looks, knowing where this was going. "How about we have a party tonight?" The sun fairy asked, as her best friends had expected.
"Sounds like a lovely idea." Was the mayor's response before he left, probably to warn the citizens.
"Guess we're going to celebrate." Brandon said while smiling at his girlfriend and Helia scoffed.
"Parties are lame." He said with disdain and the others started getting worried. Sure, he had been acting like a jerk before, probably due to his fight with Flora, but this time he sounded like a completely different person.
1 hour later...
The party was in full swing as everyone was having their fun. Stella, Bloom and Musa were doing a race competition while Flora watched them from afar. The fairy of nature was too worried about her boyfriend to have fun, specially after she was unable to convince him to talk to her. He stood on the other side of the street, hanging with Riven and acting like she had never seen.
"Maybe you should go a little easy on them, Thoren." Daphne was telling her own boyfriend, who was up against Sky and Brandon in a game of ropes not far from where the Winx were competing. The brown haired man was easily holding of the two specialists, who panted as they tried to pull the ropes back to their side.
"Go easy? What's the fun in that?" Thoren joked before he used his strength to pull the rope and the two specialists fell face down. Daphne rolled her eyes at him before she approached him.
"You're a true winner." She told him sarcastically and he cast her a charming smile.
"Of course I am, I won your heart." He replied and Daphne couldn't keep the smile off her face at his sweet words.
"It is yours, forever. I love you, Thoren." She confessed and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"I love you too, Daphne." He told her before they kissed.
"I can't believe it! I won!" They could hear an excited Stella exclaim and the couple broke apart to look at the sun fairy, who jumped up and down while Bloom and Musa were knocked on the ground. "And now, I have a fun idea for our next game." Stella conjured colorful balls and binds to keep the two fairies from seeing anything.
"Now what are you up to, Stel?" Bloom asked cautiously.
"You just have to burst the orbs of light and you'll get a fantastic surprise." Was the sun fairy's excited response and the two fairies decided to play her game, though they didn't have much fun. After a while, Musa was able to burst one of the balls and a magic spell coming from it made Bloom turn into a small dog.
"What a ridiculous game." Riven scoffed as him and Helia approached the fairies. The maroon specialist seemed to be in a terrible mood and Musa's anger grew.
"Really? Then let's see if you can do any better." She told him before using her own magic to create more orbs and blindfold him and Helia. Flora's phone rang, so the nature fairy walked away for a bit to see who it was and she missed the fight that started between the two specialists.
"Hey, Timmy." She greeted the caller.
"Goodnight, Flora. I'm just calling to tell you that Tecna's okay now, don't want to get in the way of your mission." He replied with happiness and Flora's eyes went wide.
"She's okay? That's so amazing." The nature fairy exclaimed and next thing she knew, Tecna was speaking.
"I'm better than ever, Flo. How are things in Canada?" The technology fairy asked and it took a while for the shock of hearing her speak again to wear off.
"It's going well, we've already formed the Legendarium key." Flora replied proudly and she heard them sigh in relief.
"That's good. So, when will you be back?" Timmy asked and Flora was about to respond when there was a loud scream. Looking back, she spotted Helia and Riven fighting and by the look on the blue haired man's face, she knew that he was deadly serious.
"Probably later tonight. Look, guys, I gotta go. Riven and Helia are causing trouble." She told them worriedly while walking towards the two specialists.
"Of course, Flo. See you soon." Tecna replied before the call ended.
"Helia, that's enough." Flora arrived just as he was about to stab Riven and she put herself between them. He cast her a look filled with coldness and hatred that hurt her.
"Get out of here, Flora." He said venomously and she stepped back in surprise. Her intervention had given enough time for Brandon and Sky to approach them and they held off Helia, who kept struggling. "Hands off." He angrily told his friends and they were even more surprised.
"I've got this now. Rest and be still."Daphne approached them and used her magic to calm down Helia. Then she examined him, trying to figure out what seemed to be wrong with him. "Oh, God."
"What is it?" Flora asked her worriedly and she cast the nature fairy an apologizing look.
"His heart, it's still frozen." Flora gasped and Bloom, having just been turned back to her human form, spoke determinedly.
"Then I'll melt it." Daphne shook her head.
"I'm afraid it cannot be reversed by fire. But we must find another way to break this spell or else he'll freeze completely." She told them gravely and Flora looked back at her boyfriend, eyes filled with tears.
"I have to save him, no matter what. I owe it to him." She vowed before she stepped away from him and her friends surrounded her, Bloom and Musa comfortingly placing their hands on her shoulder.
"Everything's gonna be alright, Flora." Musa reassured her before they heard a familiar evil laugh.
"No so fast, Flora!" Icy said while she floated in the air.
"Icy! How could you?" Bloom asked angrily and the ice witch only smirked.
"I'm just here to get my revenge. Besides, you know that I like my boys cold hearted." She responded and the Winx wasted no time in transforming.
"I prefer everything warmer, so get ready to be burnt." Bloom fought back and she sent a powerful spell her way. Icy seemed to be expecting it, though, because she easily avoided it.
"Big mistake, Bloom. You better be ready to be frozen just like him." She pointed towards Helia with a smirk and Flora lost it. With a distressed groan, she flew high in the air and started sending spell after spell towards the ice witch, who looked like she was enjoying herself.
"Well, well. Look who it is." She gave Flora a wicked grin.
"Lilac vortex." Flora's powerful blow hit the shield that Icy conjured just then.
"Now, I'm going to teach you never to mess with the Trix again." She told the nature fairy before she started glowing blue. "Goodbye, nature fairy." She sent a spell Flora's way and since she was distracted by anger and fear, Flora didn't have have time to put up her shield and she was hit hard. The spell froze her wings and she felt herself falling down with no way of stopping it. She screamed loudly before she closed her eyes and embraced herself for the impact, while praying like her mother had taught her to do when she was only a child. The contact with the cold, hard ground never came, though. Instead, a tree reached out almost as if to soften her fall and so she felt no pain.
"Helia. He needs me, my friends need me. But how can I help them if I can't fly?" She whispered brokenly and it felt like everything was falling apart once again.
Back with the Winx...
"Flora!" Bloom screamed worriedly.
"You'll pay for this, Icy." Musa yelled after Flora disappeared in the forest.
"Now that she's taken care of, it's time to deal with the rest of you." Icy said, sounding uninterested. She used her newfound powers to freeze the entire village and the Winx were caught by surprise, so they weren't able to stop it. Thoren, Sky, Brandon and Riven found a safe place to hide with the latter carrying Helia. They knew that this wasn't a fight they could take, so they decided to wait for the Winx to finish it.
"I'll take you first." Icy looked straight at the music fairy before sending a powerful spell her way, one that she was unable to block and she was thrown back, hard.
"Musa!" A worried Riven screamed and he almost left their safe hiding place, but Sky put an arm around his shoulder and sent him a warning look.
"That's enough! There's no ice that my flame can't melt." Bloom determinedly said before she sent her dragon flame towards Icy. The ice witch only smirked as she sent her own powers to meet Bloom's. For a few seconds, the two powers met and started consuming each other, but since Icy's powers came from the Legendarium, she was able to win the fight and Bloom was thrown back as well. Only Stella was left now and the fairy of the shining sun was terrified for her child and herself, a hand unconsciously placed on her stomach.
"Oops. Looks like you're left all alone. This is too easy." The ice witch prepared to send a spell towards her.
"No, she's not. I think it's time we settle this once and for all." Flora emerged from the forest, looking more determined than they had ever seen her.
"I couldn't agree more. Are you sure that you want to compete against the snow queen?" Ice glared at her before she smirked, sure that she would win this fight as well.
"Try me." Flora dared and Icy used her powers to make the storm worse and freeze everything faster. "Well, since you want a competition, check out this out." The nature fairy took out a white rose that she had picked, remembering how Musa had told her that it could increase her powers a lot. "Spring shower." She cast the most difficult spell she had ever used, with the rose's help and the results were satisfactory. Icy's shield was unable to block it and she was sent away, hopefully never to return, and her spell was undone.
"Helia!" Flora flew towards her newly conscious boyfriend, who looked at her proudly.
"Flora." He muttered before snaking his arms around her for a hug.
"Oh, Helia, I was so worried." She melted into his hug, loving the feeling of his arms around her so warmly. It was a nice change from the way he had treated her before.
"You never gave up on me, Flora, you never lost hope." He told her gently, his hand caressing her cheek.
"And I never will." She vowed before sighing. "I'm so sorry about what I said earlier, it was a horrible lie." He looked surprised and relieved.
"So you don't believe that I would make a terrible father?" He asked her and their friends gasped, but they ignored them. This was their moment, their chance to fix things and everyone understood that.
"Of course not. I know that you'd be an amazing one, which is why I think that we should break up." He wasn't surprised this time.
"Because you don't want to have children." He stated sadly.
"It was my final decision, but after almost losing you tonight I realized that I can't live without you. So I am willing to change my mind, in the future, if it meant that I get to be with you. I just... I need more time." She told him and his expression turned to a happy one.
"So what you're saying is that you might want them?" He asked just to clarify.
"I't was never that I truly didn't want them, I'm just scared. I watched both my parents lose their children and that's the kind of pain I never want to go through. So, I'm not planning on having children, but if it happens, I will look on the bright side and be happy." She explained and he smiled.
"That's good enough for me." She was surprised by his reply.
"Are you sure that you want to give up something you've always wanted just to be with me? That's a big sacrifice." She asked him unsurely and he looked at her adoringly.
"After all this time, after everything we've been through, do you really believe that there's something that could make me chose not to be with you?" He asked with raised eyebrows and she smiled.
"I just want to know that you aren't doing this for me, that you truly believe that you can be happy." She replied, still unsure and insecure.
"I know that I can be happy as long as I am with you. And I respect your decision not to have kids as I understand it. I won't pressure you, Flora. Whenever you're ready, if you're ready at all, we'll think about having children. For now, I'll just enjoy the company of my two favorite nieces." His heartfelt confession earned him a passionate kiss that made their friends clap for them and Riven even yelled "Nice one, man."
"You guys are impossible." Flora said after they broke apart and she looked at her smirking friends.
"And you two are so adorable, I hope you don't contagiate my child." Stella joked and Musa rolled her eyes.
"Helia, man, I'm so sorry for you know, fighting you and all. You might have had your heart frozen, but I have not excuse for acting like a jerk." Riven apologized and Helia cast him a reassuring smile.
"It's okay, man. I know why you did it." He replied and the Winx were curious by the knowing look the two shared.
"Do you? Because I would love to know why he has been acting like a jerk." Musa said while crossing her arms and Helia cast Riven a good luck look.
"I guess that I should start by apologizing. Musa, I'm so sorry that I've been ignoring you and treating you badly. I shouldn't have, but I was afraid that my nervousness would make me tell you about the surprise I've been planning for the past few weeks." He confessed and her face softened, though her arms were still crossed.
"This better be an awesome surprise." She told him and he smirked.
"I'm sure that it will take your breath away. Now, before I get started, let me apologize once again and tell you that I love you and you've literally been the light amongst all of the darkness in my life. You were there for me in ways no one else was, like when my mother died. You make me happy, Musa, and I want to spend the rest of my life doing the same for you." With his last words, she started picking up on what he meant and her arms fell to her side while she stared at him in disbelief.
"Come on, guys." He called the specialists and Bloom used her magic to conjure some instruments, per Sky's request. The blonde specialist and Brandon grabbed the guitars, Helia the keyboard and Thoren went to the drummers. Riven went to the microphone and he smiled brightly while looking at Musa.
"This is for you, Musa. The most talented and beautiful singer in all of the magic dimension. " He said before the specialists started doing a performance of "Marry Me" ( by Bruno Mars). The Winx clapped and cheered during the song, each smiling brightly towards their partners. By the end, Riven kneeled down and pulled out the beautiful ring that he had picked with Helia's help.
"So, what do you say? Will you marry me?" He asked her and the music fairy went back to crossing her arms.
"You are... unbelievable!" She exclaimed angrily and his smile faded. "You ignored me for weeks, made me worry that I had done something wrong or that I was mistaken to think that we were in a good place."
"I see. If it's a no, can you tell me in advance because this is really uncomfortable." He said after taking a deep breath and she looked at him with annoyance.
"You're seriously the most annoying, irrational and difficult guy that there is." She yelled angrily before her face softened. "But you're my annoying guy and for some strange reason, call it fate or God, I fell in love you. So that's a yes." She told him and everyone clapped while he stood up. "Now let me see that ring." She demanded and he approached her speechlessly. She looked at the silver ring where instead of a diamond there was a music note and she smiled. "I'm impressed. It's so... perfect." He smiled at her compliment.
"And so are you. Thank you for accepting my proposal, I was starting to get worried there." She laughed at his expression before placing her arms around his neck.
"Can I assume that you've already asked for my father's permission?" She asked him and he nodded. "You were right before, your surprise did take my breath away."
"I love you so much." He confessed before they kissed passionately. Afterwards, the happy couple turned back to their friends, who congratulated them and both felt happier than ever. Everything felt so perfect, so right, like it was all falling into place.
So, what are your thoughts? Did you enjoy Aisha X Nabu + Krystal + her parents? Are you happy that Therendor didn't die? I'll confess that I intended to kill him at first, but I decided against it. There are so many characters that I decided not to kill in the end.
What about TxT scenes? Weren't they sweet? And MuRI? Were you expecting a proposal coming from these two? I had it planned for a while. Hope you enjoyed it.
And of course, what about FXH? Do you think that Helia's decision was fitting to his character? At least these two will have some happy moments from now on.
Now, for the baby name. I know most people voted for Sophie, but I had my mind set on Olivia. Besides, with what I'm planning for the last chapter, it's best for this one to be called Olivia. That's right, there are more babies coming and someone will be named Sophie. I promise.
The next chapter will take a while because this week will be all about The Price of Love and I'll be travelling with a friend next weekend, so I won't write much. I might post it on Friday, but I won't make any promises. It will most likely come next week.