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Chapter 2: Healing Powers

Bloom was suddenly in an unknown place, it looked like a moon, not a planet and at first she thought she had been sent to the wrong place when a young woman walked up, she wore a blue gray toga-like dress, with silver accents.

"Hello you must be Bloom," the woman said smiling in a grateful way. "My name is Melody, I am the attendant to Princess Artemis."

"So her name is Artemis, that's so pretty," Bloom said smiling. "I take it Ms. Faragonda told you about me?"

"Yes, and we are very grateful that you are willing to stay with us, because the royal vizier would notice if you were to teleport back and forth." Melody said her face suddenly holding a look of disdain. "Let me show you to the tower,"

"Tower?" Bloom asked surprised. "Like Rapunzel?"

"Who is Rapunzel?" Melody asked an eye brow cocked as she helped Bloom pull her luggage in the right direction.

"She's from a fairy tale on earth," Bloom said blushing slightly. "She was a princess locked in a tower until her true love rescued her,"

"Oh, how strange," Melody said an amused smile on her face.

"May I ask why it looks like a moon out here?" Bloom asked.

"Because we are actually on the moon of Nyx because of the planet being uninhabitable." Melody explained, as they came upon a large stone tower.

"Wow, impressive." Bloom said.

"Ever seen a castle like this being from earth?" Melody asked.

"Oh I'm not actually from Earth, I originated on Sparks, and was sent to earth to protect the Dragon Fire," Bloom said.

"Oh so you're that Bloom," Melody said awed as Bloom nodded her cheeks pink. "Well through this door and up the stairs to the top room, and there you'll find the princess." Bloom nodded and enchanted her luggage to carry itself up the winding staircase.

When she reached the top room, she was a bit winded. "Wow that's a lot of stairs."

"Tell me about it, its torture when you have to pee in the middle of the night," Bloom looked up from her bent position and saw a girl with long pink hair, and strangely enough two different eyes one teal the other black and a black crescent shape on her forehead. "I'm Artemis, please don't call me princess I hardly feel like one due to being up here my whole life,"

"Your whole life?" Bloom asked shocked.

"Since I can remember," Artemis replied sullenly. "I've never really ventured outside this tower. I'm not allowed."

"Well that stinks." Bloom said hands resting on her hips. "So um, where do I put my stuff?"

"Follow me," Artemis said and lead her through a door to the right, and into a slight hallway. "The room on the left is mine, and next to that is where Melody sleeps, your room will be on the right."

"Ok thanks," Bloom said leading her luggage into the room. Inside there was only a bed, a wardrobe and vanity. She placed her stuff next to the wardrobe, and walked back out to the main living area where Artemis sat in a window seat staring at the bustling world below.

"Do you know how frustrating it is to see all these people outside my window and not be able to even say hello to them?" Artemis asked bitterly. "Melody won't allow it, because Samil might discover I've talked to a commoner."

"Sounds frustrating." Bloom said empathetically. "I wouldn't really know, I've only been a princess for about four years,"

"I don't feel like a princess, I feel like a prisoner." Artemis said.

"Ok, how about I see your Winx transformation," Bloom said deciding to change the subject. Artemis nodded and closed her eyes in concentration, in a flash of light she was now in her Winx attire. "Have you figured out your powers yet?"

"No." Artemis said. "I don't know how I'd do that,"

"Well you were born a fairy so you've always had powers, has anything weird happened to you that you can't explain?" Bloom asked.

"I killed my mother the night I was born," Artemis said with no emotion. "But that's for a different reason,"

"Really?" Bloom looked completely shocked.

"Yeah, I should tell you now no contact with me, or you'll die to," Artemis replied. "I've been cursed, whomever I touch I steal their life energy away, its not something I can control."

"Well anything that's helpfully unusual?"

"Well when I was eight, I fell off my bed and broke my wrist, Melody freaked out, and when she went to get the doctor, my wrist had somehow healed all on it's own," Artemis explained. "Like that?"

"Yeah, from what it sounds like you may have some sort of healing powers," Bloom said. "I wonder how far they extend,"

"What do you mean?"

"Well my friend Flora, she can heal plant life," Bloom replied. "But if you can heal yourself, I want to see what else you can heal."

Bloom walked over to a potted plant in the room, and snapped off a branch, wincing as she did so. "Sorry Flora. Do you think you can heal it?"

"I can try." Artemis walked over to the small tree and placed her hands on the broken part, and closed her eyes in concentration. Suddenly a teal colored light emitted from her palms, and when it stopped the branch was healed.

"You did it!" Bloom said excitedly.


"Hey Sky, man it's been awhile," Sky looked over to see a young man, who looked very similar to him except his hair is shorter and his eyes are brown instead of blue.

"Stephen its great to see you." Sky said smiling as he clasped hands with his younger brother. "So have you seen any of the girls they picked yet?"

"No none of them have arrived, but I don't think I'll like any of them," Stephen said rolling his eyes. "I wish I had the freedom you do, I mean I can't even go to Red Fountain because they need at least one of us trained as a prince," he crossed his arms sulkily. "It's not fair."

"It's not, but that's how it's gotta go," Sky replied placing a hand on Stephen's shoulder.

"So how's Bloom doing?" Stephen asked, as the two walked into the gardens to catch up.

"She's fine, she's been called to another planet to train a new fairy, who can't leave her tower." Sky replied. "I'm hoping she'll call and tell me how things are going so far, but I don't wanna get my hopes up."

"A new fairy, is she a princess?" Stephen asked.

"Yeah on some planet named Nyx," Sky answered, just as his video phone began to ring. He answered and Bloom's face appeared.

"Hey Sky, my ears were ringing were you talking about me?" Bloom asked good naturedly.

"Yeah, Stephen asked about you." Sky said smiling as he pointed the phone at Stephen.

"Hi Bloom, I would love to actually meet you in person." Stephen said waving at his brother's fiancé. "I heard you're training a new princess to be a fairy,"

"Yeah and so far we've figured out that she has healing powers." Bloom said, the camera moved until it landed on a girl with long pink hair, eyes closed concentrating on a broken book.

"Bloom….I can't…..do it," the girl said panting slightly.

"Ok you can take a rest." Bloom said moving the phone back to her face, as Sky did the same. "I think in a couple weeks I'm going to try and sneak Artemis out of here so she can have a taste of some freedom," Bloom whispered conspiratorially. "Mind if we come visit in a couple weeks, how long are you staying Sky?"

"Mother said he should stay for at least a month in order for me to get to know all the choices picked for me," Stephen said, before Sky could answer.

"Oh good, well in three weeks I'll try and come there, maybe if I'm lucky I can teach Artemis a teleport spell." Bloom said. "Well I should go, I'll talk to you later."

"OK, bye Bloom," Sky said.

"Bye." And the line disconnected.

"Man that other girl was pretty cute," Stephen said in a smiley dazed voice.

"So was that your boyfriend or something?" Artemis asked, as she slumped onto the couch, now back in her regular clothes. Her out fit consisted of a purple tube top and teal Capri's, with a pair of purple pumps.

Bloom reddened slightly at the girls question. "He's actually my fiancé,"

"Oh really, when's the wedding?" Artemis asked. "Excuse me if I'm being a bit forceful, but I've never had any friends other than Melody."

"Oh that's fine," Bloom said smiling sweetly. "We're actually waiting for a bit until Sky finishes his training at Red Fountain."

"Oh that's cool," Artemis said. There was a knock at the door, so Artemis went to answer it. "Oh hey Mel, do you have dinner?"

"Yes," Melody said walking into the room, and over to the dining area and put a large tray down on a dark mahogany table. "It's your favorite dish Artemis,"

"Oh awesome," Artemis said hurrying over to the table. She opened the cover of one of the platters. Bloom walked over to see what it was, it turns out its steak with a loaded baked potato, steamed carrots and a pink colored drink.

"Ooh looks pretty good," Bloom said sitting across from Artemis, as Melody handed her a platter.

"It's the best," Artemis said. "The cook, Sandra always makes me what I'm in the mood for,"

"Sounds like an awesome cook." Bloom said smiling as the three woman began to eat. Bloom took a drink of the pink liquid and discovered that it's pink lemonade.

When they'd finished eating, with some idle chit chat, Melody cleared the table and placed the tray outside the door for one of the cleaning maids to take.

"So what did you learn today Artemis?"

"Well I learned that I'm a healing fairy, but my powers aren't very strong yet." Artemis said sullenly, as she sat on the couch with a book in her hands.

"Don't worry you'll get better, it just takes some time," Bloom reassured her student. "Even I had trouble harnessing my power when I first got it, the Dragon Fire is a strong force, and hard to control at times."

"You're the keeper of the Dragon Fire?" Artemis asked eyes wide in awe. Bloom nodded her head smiling. "Wow,"

"So how'd you find out about Alfea?"

"Oh I gave her a magazine, and she thought it looked pretty neat," Melody said as Artemis began to read her book.

"Well tomorrow we'll work on concentration, and get your powers under control." Bloom said.

"Ok," Artemis let out a tired yawn. "Man today sure has been exhausting, I think I'm going to head to bed," she closed her book after marking her place and went to her room.

"She's very lonely, being stuck up here all day and night, never getting to leave." Melody said turning to Bloom a sad look on her face. "The night her mother died, I was given the task of watching over her…..she was curse after she was born,"

"Do you know what kind of curse it is?" Bloom asked her brow furrowed. "Maybe fairy dust can help."

"I don't know I have a limited amount of magic," Melody said. "I'm only ¼ fairy,"

"Well I'll give it a go in the morning," Bloom said, giving a yawn as well. "I'll see you tomorrow Melody, good night."

"Good night Bloom." Melody said as the young woman went to her borrowed room.

"So she has a Winx as her tutor, this will make things more difficult." Samil muttered to himself. "And she has realized her healing abilities."

"Sir what are you planning on doing with this girl?" his personal attendant and friend named Aza'zel asked.

"Well first off, so as not raise any suspicion with the council, I want a guard near the tower at all times," Samil said narrowing his eyes. "The king was trouble enough, I don't actually want to kill the girl, if I could get her to join me we would be unstoppable. With my power of destruction and her healing abilities, we'd be a force to be reckoned with."

"I'll station a trustworthy guard outside the castle tonight," Aza'zel said bowing to his master.

"Good do that," Samil said, as Aza'zel faded into the darkness.