Is Love Really Forever?

By: LadyNightSky

A/N: Thanks to EVERYONE who reviewed, especially those of you who reviewed every chapter and told me how I was doing. You guys really made me want to update twice in three days(: .

Also thanks to my dearest friend Shay, a.k.a Godess of the Past, who would not allow me to delete this story when I was frustrated, created an account to review me:) , and issued death threats regularly to keep me posting.

-Wipes away grateful tears- Enough of my note, ON WITH THE STORY!

Disclaimer: MUHAHAHAHA! I OWN WINX CLUB! Not.
Chapter Five: Diffido ac Abominor
January 27, 2006; Make Out Session In Progress

Bloom giggled as Ares lightly tickled her ribs, laughing. She caught his mouth in hers, and kissed him. His hands moved to her waist as he deepened the kiss, and she dropped down onto her bed; Ares on top of her.

"Your Highness! I- oh, my." Said a voice.

Ares and Bloom instantly broke apart. Bloom felt her cheeks flame red as she noticed her chambermaid standing in the doorway.

"Yes, Ancilla?" she asked pointedly, fighting down another blush.

Averting her eyes abashedly from Bloom's half off clothes and mussed hair, Ancilla said "Miss Occisor wants to see you in the West Wing AV room."

Bloom nodded, casting a glance at Ares. She then dismissed Ancilla with a wave of her hand, and started out the door.

Bloom reached the heavily barred door at the end of the Central corridor quickly. If Bellus Ocissor, her Head of National Security, top General, and closest Sparxian friend didn't come to her directly, something was seriously wrong.

She glanced around the hallway, making sure it was deserted. This AV room contained top secret information, and few were privy to its inner-most chambers.

As she turned back around to open the door, she heard a noise.

It wasn't a loud noise, but Bloom's ears, honed from Bellus's agent training, caught the small squeak of shoes on a highly polished hallway.

She whipped around, her clenched fists already starting to heat up with fire. Anyone who was in this corridor, which led only to the AV room, was trouble.

She gasped as she spotted Ares, her fists cooling down again.

"WHAT are you doing here?" she asked. "I nearly attacked you!"

"Well, I decided to follow you, since I have nothing better to do." He responded, with his usual sparkling grin.

"Go back," said Bloom, shaking her head. "Even you can't be here, it's top secret."

Bloom ignored the pout he'd pasted onto his face, and gently shooed him back around the corner of the hallway.

Turning around once again to the door, she punched in the password, then presented her pupil for the eye scan.

"Queen Bloom Archos of Sparx." The door's mechanical voice said, it's heavy energy proof titanium steel door swinging open. Bloom quickly slipped through, then bolted the door from the inside.

He glared at the door she'd just disappeared through. Shit, he'd almost made it. He knew he couldn't break through it; it looked like enough to stop an angry dragon on a rampage. Stupid bitch, he fumed silently. He was going through way too much trouble for this mission.

After she heard what he knew her Head of Security was going to tell her, she'd be on high alert, and then he'd have to find a new way. Goddamned bastard that Nocen Proditor was, he'd passed the job along to his nephew, who had much better things to do then sit around Sparx waiting for something that wasn't gonna happen anytime soon.

As Bloom walked down the dim passage behind the barred door, an uneasy feeling tortured her.

What had Ares really been doing in the corridor? She had the distinct feeling that his intentions weren't what he said they were.

Stop it! she scolded herself. Now you're being paranoid. What else could Ares have possibly been doing? Despite her self-assurances, she couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.

Bloom unlocked another heavily armored door at the end of the passage, this time manually undoing the numerous padlocks. Inside lay the Headquarters of Sparx's security force.

The enormous circular room was dimly lit by the gentle glow of the hundreds of computer screens lining the walls and arranged into rows spanning the width of the room.

They ranged in size from miniscule laptops to huge squares of metal holding information capable of destroying whole planets at a time. A projection screen was installed on the portion of the wall directly across from the door.

"Bellus! You here?" called Bloom. It was impossible to find a slender figure among the maze of computer terminals and equipment.

The projection screen blinked on, and the face of Bellus Occisor appeared. Only her large, almond shaped, black lashed violet eyes were visible above the surgical mask and cap she wore.

"Took you long enough," she said, her voice muffled by the mask. "What were you doing?"

Bellus's eyes swept Bloom head to toe, taking in her ruffled appearance.

"Never mind, don't answer that."

Bloom let out a small laugh.

"So, Bellus, what's wrong? And why are you wearing a mask? The maid rather er…startled me with your summons."

Bellus's eyes grew serious.

"There's been a huge earthquake on the southern side of Sparx that triggered chemical spills from several local factories. I'm at the site right now. Tons of damage was dealt to the surrounding forests and small villages. There may be chemical contamination there for hundreds of years. We've recovered twenty people so far that have been injured. Luckily, none of the injuries are critical, just broken arms and such. I just got wind of it a few hours ago."

"A few HOURS? Why wasn't I notified?" asked Bloom angrily.

"Because there's something I needed to tell you myself. I've uncovered evidence that the earthquake…the earthquake might not have been a work of Mother Nature."

A/N: First, let me apologize for the short chapter (it's really short, I know). What's coming next is still in it's planning stages, so I wasn't sure how much I should say in this chapter. So, moving on.

Let me explain the names in this story…which are a bit more than names:

The maid's name, 'Ancilla', literally means 'maidservant' in Latin. (Hey, I couldn't think of anything!)

'Bellus Occisor', Bloom's Head of Security, General, and close friend's name literally translates into 'beautiful assassin' in Latin. The full meaning of her name will come later in the story, at which time I will remind you of this author's note(: .

'Nocen Proditor' translates into 'evil traitor' in, you guessed it, Latin. Yup, evil traitor…who doya think this traitor will be? No, I will not tell you.

'Archos', Bloom's last name, means 'ruler'.

And last but not least, the title of this chapter: 'Diffido ac Abominor' means 'distrust and hate'.

I wasn't feeling very imaginative when I wrote this chapter, so I just used Latin words; hope no one minds.

TaTaForNow, Bee.