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Chapter 4: first mission

It was a sunny, beautiful day here at Alfea. The students were gathering in small groups, chatting and laughing. As the light was playing with the building, a young fairy was walking toward a room she knew and loved. The wind was playing with her hair and her calm, peaceful green eyes were looking around, looking for a friend. The girl finally spotted her.

"Hello Mirta! How are you doing today?"

"Hey Flora! I'm doing great! So we are going to take care of the flowers today?"

"Yes, they need water and it's a long time since the last time I did it."

As the two girls were walking, a group of students casted a quick glance to Mirta and they started to giggle. The ex-witch blushed and Flora frowned. Of course she had heard the rumors, but she didn't ask to her friend if it they were true, she didn't want to bother Mirta after all. But if people were going to make fun of her…

"Hum… I'm sorry to ask Mirta, but it seems people are laughing at you and I think it's because of those rumors. Could you tell me what happened?"

Her friend looked at her. "What did you hear?"

"Well, I have heard that you are in a relationship with a boy and that you were both going to have troubles because of it."

"What? Who told you that? It's a lie!"

"Please Mirta calm down! I'm not going to judge you. I think it's a wonderful thing to find a person and to care that much for her."

"I'm sorry Flora but nothing happened. I was being bullied by Christina and her friends when a boy came to my help. He told me his name, Matt, and he took me back to the school. That's all."

The nature fairy sighed. Christina was known to be aggressive, probably because even if she was a crowned princess she came from a realm far from the glory of Solaria, or the fame of Eracklyon. Tulius was a realm considered by many as a third class realm. It was famous for its exportation of ore, but such activity was considered to be a peasant activity. In fact, some nobles of the most important realm looked Tulius and its people as if they were some kind of rednecks, unworthy of their place but useful, and so they were tolerated.

Of course Flora tried to speak to Christina, to go beyond their differences in order to help the girl to feel better, but it didn't work. The girl was too stubborn and the fact that Stella reminded her of how low her realm was each time the two fairies saw each other didn't help at all.

"So how was that boy?"

"Nice, and pretty cute. When he looked at Christina I thought for a moment he was really going to hurt her but in the end she left and we talked a little."

Flora smiled, amused.

"So you do like him? It sounds like you have a crush on him."

Mirta blushed. "Absolutely not! He helped me once and I never saw him again! Why every time a boy speaks to a girl people think it will end with a love story?"

The nature fairy laughed. "Fine Mirta! I won't bother you with that anymore."

When the conversation ended, the two girls had reached the room they were looking for. They took a watering can and started to water the plants. After a couple of minutes a girl with red hair entered the class.

"Hello Flora, Mirta! How are you doing with the plants?"

"Hey, hello Bloom! We are doing just fine. Do you want to join us?"

"Sorry but I must find Stella. Oh, by the way Mirta, good luck with that boy!"

And bloom left as the poor ex-witch tried to hide behind her watering can under the sorry look of her friend.

Meanwhile, in her office, Miss Faragonda was speaking to Saladin. The old woman wanted to know if Red Fountain had detected any kind of activity from users of dark magic, outside of Cloud Tower of course. In the room, the hologram of Saladin sighed.

"No, Faragonda, everything is calm. Too calm for my taste but I think it would be unfair to complain about that. But it really feels like the calm before the storm."

"I see. And tell me, how is doing our new friend?"

The hologram smiled.

"Actually he's doing great! We gave him private lessons and he took them seriously. I think he really wants to go back home. He is on an escort mission right now."

"Is he working with the winx's boyfriends?"

"No, the mission didn't need a full group. He met the boyfriends of your girls at several occasions though. I think he wants to stay alone, or maybe he doesn't want to be involved more than necessary."

The headmistress was surprised. "He doesn't socialize?"

"Oh he does. But he keeps his distances."

"Hum… That's not very good for him. Could you try to speak with him? To know if something can be done to help him to enjoy his situation a little more?"

"I'll try something Faragonda."

Meanwhile, on a far away realm...

A beautiful young girl, with long golden hair and crystal blue eyes picked a flower along the way in the huge garden. It was full of flowers and noble trees with emerald green grass. She was wearing a long sleeveless dress, as white as the snow, and she smiled slowly as she smelled the flower.

"I love this time of the year, the flowers are so gorgeous. Do you have that kind of flower on your realm Matt?"

She asked that question to the young man who was following her. He was wearing the specialist uniform with a small difference: the cape was black.

"No princess Laty, there is no such flower on my realm. Flowers are not even my favorite hobby."

Laty was the crowned princess of Aldamos, an important realm. Her family has numerous enemies and because of this the king Atlarus had requested the services of Red Fountain, demanding that one of their best students was send to act as a bodyguard. The princess was never leaving the palace and its garden, and it was heavily guarded. But better safe than sorry as they say, and so the king had made his demand. Matt was chosen because the probability on an attack was low. And also because, should it happen, the boy was fully capable of defending himself and the princess.

The young girl looked at her bodyguard. He wasn't very talkative, not even very friendly, but he was polite. But given his behavior, always looking around, staying close to her, ready to attack, she genuinely thought he would be able to protect her. Plus, he looked strong.

"Tell me Matt, why did you join the Specialists? I mean you no offense, but you do not look like a hero."

"None taken princess. I joined them because in this universe there are people who think they can do whatever they want because they can, and someone needs to put them in their place. And by place I mean jail."

"I see. But tell me, I do not remember black was a specialist color. How did you get this cape?"

Matt smiled. "I asked the teachers if I could choose the color, and since it was possible and this color was not forbidden, I took it. And you princess, I guess you love the color white?"

It was the princess' turn to smile slowly. "Yes, I was born in winter and this color is so calm and pure… I just love it."

Matt was about to say something when a movement in the left extremity of his field of vision got his attention. It was too fast and too subtle to come from an animal.

"Behind me princess, we have unwanted company."

As the girl looked scared, three people dressed in black suits and hiding their faces behind masks jumped from the vegetation. They had blades, and the lust for blood in their eyes was clear.

The tallest assassin made a step forward.

"Well well well, the little whore has a pet! It matters not, you will both die!"

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