Hi! I'm so sorry for the late update! School just started and I don't want to be in the teacher's bad books already. I'm hoping for just 2 reviews for the next chapter because I'm feeling kind and I haven't updated in a while. Thanks to all those reviewers out there for supporting me!:) Now, with no further delay, I present to you... Chapter 6!
The Mythical Ancient Rose
"You...?" the King frowned, causing Helia to worry. What if he doesn't like me? Helia thought, his muscles tensing. After ten minutes, which Helia thought was a million years, the King spoke. "My daughter has such excellent taste in men! I hear you're Saladin's nephew, right? Oh I am absolutely delighted- not to mention honoured- that my daughter is dating a most kind, responsible, talented and smart young man! Oh... I can't wait till you two get married! I expect at least two grandchildren, got it? And-" the King was quite rudely interrupted when his wife gave a cluck of disapproval and annoyance.
"Ryan! They aren't even married yet! Now stop embarrassing the young man or you might get no grandchildren at all!" the Queen scolded her husband and whacked him on the head, hard.
"Ow... Dear, that hurt! You could at least be a bit more gentle!" the King complained while rubbing his head gently. "Well, you deserved it." the Queen replied snootily. "I did not! Come on, right?" the King said, putting on puppy dog eyes. "Okay, maybe. But just a bit!" the Queen said, giving in to the puppy dog eyes.
It was just then the couple realized the 11 people staring at their little love fest.
"As I was saying, you need it for many reasons. But beware, getting it won't be easy. You will only get the rose after you fight the guardians of the rose. You will find the guardians at the peak 0f Mount MagiCreep, the most dangerous mountain of all. 14 people went there on a expedition and never came back. Legend states that the plants that grow there are magical and can kill. The plants there will listen and obey only the guardians of the ancient rose and Flora. They obey Flora because she is the princess of nature and elements. She has more power than anyone! Even the guardians can't defeat her. Why, she can knock them out with a single shot!" the Queen exclaimed, giving them instructions on where they must go.
"Once you defeat the guardians, they'll give you the ancient rose. We would come with you but alas, our powers are weakened and we will only be a nuisance to you. But please, do heal our precious petal." the Queen said, stroking Flora's luscious long hair.
"Don't worry, Flora is our friend and we'll stop at nothing to heal her and her country." Layla exclaimed confidently, walking in the direction of Mount MagiCreep. "Wait! Layla, we can't carry Flora up all the way to Mount MagiCreep!" Bloom stopped her friend.
"Oh yeah, you're right, Bloom. Don't worry, I'll take care of it." Layla, told Bloom. Layla chant a incantation under her breath as a shape- shielded from eyes with a shield of red and green sparkles- began to form in the air. After the sparkles had faded away, the others could see what it was. "Tada! Wonderful idea, is it not? I made it so that it will follow us in the air, plus it has a protection bubble." Layla asked, admiring her handy work. "Yes!" the Specialists and Winx answered.
In the air was a beautiful pale green bed with a pale pink quilt that had red rose patterns at the edges. There was also a pale pink-with-green-swirls pillow and a matching bolster. From the head of bed there sprouted a pair of silver, pink and green wings. Surrounding the glorious bed was a pink protection bubble.
"Helia, tuck Flora in." Layla told Helia. Helia was just about to ask how to put Flora onto the bed when the bed was in the air with a bubble around it while he was on the ground when the bed unfurled a staircase on its side and opened a little hole in the protection bubble for Helia to go through. Wow, Helia thought. Very efficient. Helia walked up the stairs, through the hole in the protection bubble and tucked Flora into the bed.
As soon as Helia made his way back down the stairs, the bed drawed back the staircase and mended the hole in the protection bubble.
"Let's go!" Bloom called to everyone. "Be careful!" the King and Queen warned them.
3 Hours Later
"Yuck! My brand new heels!" complained Stella, pulling her foot out of a muddy puddle that was camouflaged by tall, unweeded grass in an area near a swamp. "Stella that's no big deal, after all, we told you wearing heels to a swamp wasn't a good idea." Boom told Stella curtly. "But I-" Stella was about to protest when Bloom shushed her. Pointing to a bush of tall, slinky grass, she frowned, "I remember Flora telling me something about those plants..."
"Who cares! They can't hurt us anyway!" Stella shouted scornfully. As soon as she said that, however, that tall, slinky grass Bloom had pointed out stretched towards Stella, slithered round her feet and held her upside up, dangling just above the swamp.
"Oh! I remember! Stella don't scream. Whatever you do, just simply don't scream!"Bloom whisper/shouted to Stella. "I'm trying but it's real hard so you better think of a way to get me down, fast!" Stella whispered/shouted back to Bloom.
"Icras dguh sudagure dannade, donshole sudeda we come in peace!" Bloom recited, and almost instantly, the grass loosened its grip on Stella who fell headfirst into the swamp. "My hair!" Stella sulked. The rest of them just rolled their eyes and carried on up the mountain, not noticing Sky had gone missing.
Slowly, so slowly that the Specialists and Winx didn't notice, one by one they disappeared. First was Sky, who was followed by Layla, then Stella who was continued with Brandon then Nabu and next, Musa then Riven followed by Tecna, Timmy next and Bloom till Helia was alone with Flora floating above him.
"Bloom, are we almost there?" asked Helia. When there was no response, Helia turned around to find he was the only one left. Worried, Helia began to walk a little faster, glancing up occasionally to check on Flora.
6 long hours later, Helia reached the top of Mount MagiCreep and saw two silver silhouettes waiting for him at the top. "Well, well, well Helia. We've been expecting you. You want the ol'rose eh? After a fight we will decide whether you're worthy of the ancient rose if not, you'll be thrown in with your friends." a rough male voice said. "What have you done with my friends?" Helia demanded to know. "Don't worry. After the fight, if we decide that you are worthy, we'll give you back your friends." replied a female voice.
"Let the fight begin, then!" Helia replied fiercely, holding close his laser glove. "As you wish." The two silhouettes stepped out and Helia saw a woman and a man. The man fired a blast at Helia who easily dodged and electrocuted the man with his electric gloves strings. The woman disappeared and reappeared behind Helia and punched him in the back.
Helia turned and kicked the woman in her stomach and punched her in the jaw which took the woman by surprise and knocked her out. The man recovered from the electric shock and now seized Helia by the shoulders and flipped him on the ground. Helia, thinking fast, reversed the situation, quickly pouncing on the man and twisted the man's arm. "Okay, fight over." the man said.
He walked over to the woman, healed her and when to a corner to discuss. Minutes later they came back to Helia. "You are full of love, courage and determination. We have decided you are worthy." The man mumbled something under his breath and cupped his palms together. Moments later, he opened his palms to reveal the rose. "Here." he said thrusting the rose into Helia's hands.
Now, it was the lady's turn to mumble something and the Winx and Specialists appeared. "Alright man, you got the rose." Sky said, thumping him on the back. But Helia wasn't listening. "Bloom, could you lower Flora down, please?" Bloom lowered Flora down and Helia held Flora in his arms."Let her smell the rose and she'll come back to life." the man told him.
Helia lifted the rose below Flora's nose and suddenly, her eyes opened and she stood up. "What happened to me?" she asked. "That doesn't matter now darling, let's save your country, now." Helia replied, giving her a kiss. "Not so fast! Give us the rose!" hissed a voice from the shadows. The Trix came into view. The Winx now complete with Flora transformed while the Specialist prepared for attack.
Cliff hanger! Hope ya liked it! I'll try and update soon but you can't expect it to early 'cause it's exam time. Bye!