Sorry it's been a while since I update but I wanted to write some more on both stories to get everyone through the Christmas season and hopefully be able to update quicker :) Happy Holidays!
Formalities before chapter: I do not own Winx Club :( rights go to Iginio Straffi
"Winx! Winx! Winx!" the people in the crowd chanted demanding the Winx return to their performance.
The other guys stood in the crowd watching all of the angry fans demand the Winx's return.
"What should we do?" Timmy asked looking at all the fans.
"What can we do?" Nabu asked rhetorically. "These people came to see the girls, and without them on stage, nothing will make them happy."
"Whatever Flora is doing, it better be seriously important" Riven said seriously.
"Flora!" Musa yelled angrily as she stormed the place looking for Flora. "Flora, where are you!"
"Musa, calm down" Bloom said quietly. "We don't want the fans to get suspicious."
"And Flora running off stage in the middle of a performance is not suspicious" Musa rebutted sarcastically.
"I agree with Musa" Stella said pushing past from tree branches. "What Flora did was totally rude. I mean, I didn't even get a chance to hear the fans scream my name after my performance."
"Is that all you care about, Stella and Musa?" Tecna asked annoyed. "Flora ran off crying and all you two care about is the fans and the music."
"And Tony" Musa and Stella said together.
"He is going to be so mad when he hears about this" Layla agreed.
The girls walked through the grass pushing away branches as they walked. They searched back stage, her dressing room and the nearby park but Flora was nowhere in sight.
"Where could she possibly be?" Bloom asked getting worried.
They passed a few more trees and came across the lake. The moon still shone its light down on the lake giving light to the surrounding area. The girls looked around the place and saw nothing until they walked closer to the shore of the lake and saw two figures in the dark, only seeing their outlines from the moon's light.
"Flora!" Musa yelled angrily.
Flora parted from Helia's kiss when she felt the need to breathe again. She looked up into Helia's eyes and she couldn't see any more hurt or anger behind them. All she could see now was love and compassion.
"I love you, Flora" Helia said wiping the remaining tears from her face. "And I'm so sorry for acting like such a jerk to you. You needed me when you were in hospital and all I could think about was myself."
"Helia" Flora interrupted. "Don't say that. I should be the one who's sorry. You were right about Eric. I was just too blind and hopeful that people could change to see him for whom he really was. But I also want to thank you for being able to find me in time."
Helia gave her a small soft smile and pulled her into another hug.
"I never want to lose you again" Helia said as he wrapped his arms more protectively around Flora.
"I don't want to lose you again, either" Flora replied.
"Flora!" an angry voice yelled from the distance.
The couple parted from the hug and turned to face the trees behind them where the voice came from. The two of them saw a few figures walking towards them but where hidden from the darkness. As they came closer, the moon light slowly revealed them to be the other Winx girls.
"Musa" Flora said surprised to see her away from the stage.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Musa demanded when she finally met up with Flora and Helia.
"Well….I-I…."
"You ran off stage in the middle of a performance! What the hell were you thinking?"
The other girls met up with Musa now and were standing behind her watching the scene unfold.
"Musa" Bloom warned trying to get Musa to watch what she was saying.
"No, Bloom. She ran off stage in the middle of a performance and left us. That is not very professional" Musa yelled.
"You want to talk about being professional?" Flora questioned finally finding the nerve to stand up for herself. "You can talk! Do you call using your friends' personal life and feelings for your own gain professional? Do you call wearing skimpy outfits to impress fans professional? Do you call ignoring your friends and your own boyfriend professional?"
"Flora, this doesn't sound like you" Musa said softly.
"What? I have been saying this for a while; you just weren't listening to me. I have been saying it for ages and only now did I realise that I can change it and free myself from all of this negative poison" Flora replied.
"What are you talking about" Musa said confused. "All you said was you didn't agree with my song writing methods. You never mentioned about the outfits or ignoring people's feelings. Everyone else likes the way we're heading with the band. This isn't coming from you, Flora. It's coming from you!" Musa said pointing towards Helia.
"You, Helia, have been manipulating Flora's way of thinking from the start" Musa began.
"Wait, hold on" Helia defended but was interrupted by Musa.
"You never wanted Flora to be in the band in the first place, so you decided on nit picking things like the clothes, the working late, the fact that you guys don't get many dates with us anymore so that she can come back to you" Musa finished.
"No" Helia yelled back. "I supported Flora from the very start, excuse me. I kept my opinions to myself up until I saw the danger with this band when she ran into Eric again. Eric was dangerous and all of you were too blind to see it. I kept my opinions until I saw Flora in danger and even then, you all were too preoccupied with the band, especially you, Musa, to see Flora's safety in jeopardy. I mean, even when we broke up I was the one who still cared about Flora to help her with Eric. I was the only one who knew where she went to and the only one to help her."
"But you broke up with her while she was in the hospital, not very gentlemanly if you ask me" Musa rebutted.
"I have apologised for that and this is not about our relationship, Musa" Helia yelled back. "This is about Flora voicing her own opinions and you aren't listening to her. That is why she ran off stage."
Musa went quiet as she stared at Helia. She then turned her attention to Flora.
"Is that true, Flora" Musa asked.
"Musa" Flora began softly. "I love you like a sister, but this band is not fun anymore. You've turned it into a chore. There is betrayal and tears in here and I can't take it anymore. Helia is right, he supported me through this whole thing until he saw my life in danger. I mean, you and Tony were so focused on the band that I was influenced to think that everything we were doing was right. Like you using Stella and I's personal events and feelings for songs, betraying us to sell more tickets, you've pushed Riven away, you have pushed us so much that we never see the guys anymore which is why Tecna and Timmy almost broke up, why Stella and Brandon broke up"
"I broke up with Brandon because he cheated on me" Stella interrupted.
"But that wouldn't have happened if you got to see him more" Flora rebutted causing Stella to remain silent. "I was influenced so much that I didn't see that I was losing Helia, that I was losing my awareness of danger around Eric, and that I was losing myself with all the fame and glory."
"What are you trying to say, Flora?" Tecna asked gently.
"I'm saying, I quit. I quit the band" Flora replied.
The girls gasped in horror.
"This is all your fault" Musa said to Helia.
"Here we go again" Layla whispered to the other three girls.
"No, leave Helia out of this" Flora said to Musa. "I have been fighting this for ages, and it wasn't until I saw Stella sing about revenge while Brandon was in the audience that I realised that this atmosphere is poison!"
"No, but Helia said that he wouldn't take you back unless you quit the band" Musa said. "You're only quitting so you could get back together with Helia."
"Yes he said that and no that's not the reason. You're doing it again, Musa. I'm telling you why I'm quitting and what I'm feeling and you are completely ignoring it" Flora replied.
"I am not ignoring it. I know you, Flora. You were so hurt when you and Helia broke up and you thought about what is more important to you and obviously it is Helia, and not us and the band" Musa said.
"Musa, that's not what she's saying" Bloom said to Musa.
"I do care about you girls, I don't care about the band anymore. It is changing all of us into something we're not. You all can't see it, but I do. We're all changing and not for the better. The only difference is that I'm the only one now who can see it. And if you think that I don't care about you Musa, then that just proves that you're changing for the worse too. I'm going" Flora said and she took Helia's hand and started walking off.
"But what about the concert, Flora?" Stella called after her.
"I don't care. You all can play instruments" Flora yelled back and continued walking away.
The girls were all silent for a few minutes thinking about what had just happened. Did Flora really quit the band? Was it that bad that she needed to escape it all?
"What do we do now?" Tecna asked quietly.
"We continue on with the show" Musa replied and start walking back to the stage.
As the girls made their way back towards the stage, the chanting from the crowd became clearer.
"Winx! Winx! Winx!" the crowd chanted.
"I guess we were missed" Layla joked trying to release some of the tension.
There was no response from Layla's joke and she decided to remain silent. The girls made it to the back of the crowd and looked around seeing them chanting waiting for their return. A body guard walked up to the girls and was about to lead them when someone called out Stella's name.
"Stella" a voice called.
The girls stopped and turned to look behind them. Stella searched the crowd to see who was calling her name. She was about to turn back around when she saw Brandon run up to her.
"Brandon" Stella said displeased to see him.
"Hi Stella" Brandon said a little awkward.
"What are you doing here?" Stella asked not noticing the girls leave them alone to talk and waited a few paces away.
"I came here to see your performance" Brandon replied.
"Oh great" Stella said sarcastically.
"You don't have to sound so sarcastic, you know" Brandon said annoyed.
"Hey, you don't have the right to tell me how I can sound."
"Sorry"
"What are you really doing here, Brandon?"
"I told you"
"Yeah, well I don't believe it. You came here to see if I have forgiven you, haven't you?"
Brandon didn't reply.
"Haven't you?" Stella repeated with more force.
"Okay, yes, I was hoping that maybe I could talk to you."
"Oh, you want to talk to me. What haven't we talked about, Brandon? How about how I trusted, about how I loved you, about how I felt when I found out you cheated on me with Ellie."
"Stella"
"No wait, we did talk about that. We talked about it all last night" Stella yelled.
"Stella I just want to talk to you. You shouldn't have sung that song about us. You can't use our personal events to use as a song."
"Excuse? Who are you to tell me what I can and can't do?"
"I can when it is part of my personal life too"
"I didn't even use your name."
"That's not the point. You shouldn't have done it. That really hurt me, Stella."
"Good!" Stella yelled in his face. "Because the pain that you felt through my revenge song, quadruple that and you get half of what I felt when I found out you cheated on me!"
"Stella, I didn't just come here to talk about the song. I came to see if we could clear some of the air too."
"Clear the air? You cleared the air, Brandon, last night! You weren't being satisfied since we barely spent any time together since this band started so you found someone else."
"No, that is not it" Brandon said a little angry.
"Oh so tell me Brandon, was she better? Because I think that is the only thing we haven't talked about."
"How about I only did it because I was drunk and I was vulnerable."
"No, you did it because it was a quick and easy solution to your problem" Stella said spitefully.
"That is not true!"
"No, you right. It was probably slow to get that drunk so that you didn't have any guilt coursing through you what so ever."
"Stella, that is not true! I was drunk and couldn't think straight. I thought I had lost you and I was caught in a vulnerable state. I'm sure you have been in a vulnerable state"
"Yes I have been and it was last night!" Stella yelled.
Brandon instantly went silent.
"But I didn't do anything. I didn't sleep with the first guy that caught my eye. You think you know me so well, don't you, Brandon? After all these years of us being together you actually believe that I could be capable of sleeping with someone after a break up? You are such a know-it-all and you think that you now me, but you actually don't know a thing about me. You know Brandon, this whole thing has just made me realise that we're completely different. See I wouldn't get drunk after a "break" or go sleep with the first person around me. I would stay at home and think about it. But you, no you had to get whatever you thought you felt out of your system and find some way to get back at me. That's why you did it."
"Okay, maybe I did it to get back at you for breaking up with me-" Brandon began but was interrupted by Stella.
"It wasn't even a break up! It was a break, where we don't see each other so that we can take a breather and figure out if we still want the same thing, being together. Obviously, we wanted different things. I still wanted to be with you, and you wanted to be with Ellie, so you did! And didn't you just say that you slept with her because you were drunk and vulnerable? Now you're lying to me Brandon? Should I even believe you now? You have done a lot of things to me Brandon over the years, lying being the main thing, but I never thought you would be capable of doing this. I expected this from prissy stuck up Princes and Dukes, I thought you were real, someone I could share my life with, but no, you go and mess it up. You don't know what I'm going through, you don't know how badly I'm hurting, so don't even try to deny that what you did was wrong. Don't be a know-it-all Brandon. It doesn't make you look good with the lying cheating jerk that you are" Stella said and she turned around and started making her way through the crowd.
The girls looked at Brandon before the hurried off following Stella.
"Stella, are you okay?" Bloom asked when they caught up with Stella.
"Yes, but I think I just need a few more minutes to myself" Stella said and she walked into her trailer and slammed the door shut.
Stella knew that they already kept the audience waiting for Flora, she didn't want to keep them waiting for her now, but she had a brain spark when she was yelling at Brandon and she had to write it down. She sat at a small desk, picked up some pieces of paper and started writing like crazy.
The girls sat outside the trailer for ten minutes waiting for Stella. They could see the audience getting really anxious and angry waiting for them.
"Stella better hurry up" Musa said looking at the crowd.
As soon as Musa said that, the door to Stella's trailer opened and Stella walked out holding sheets of music in her hand.
"Stella? What were you doing?" Layla asked curiously.
Stella smiled and she handed out sheet music to the girls.
"You wrote a song in ten minutes?" Tecna questioned thinking it was impossible.
"Just the lyrics, I'm hoping that we could sing them with the music we were going to use for our next song. Use those chords but use these new lyrics. I tested it out, all you have to do is play the same chords, I'll sing the lyrics. That's all I want" Stella explained.
"It's a bit risky Stella" Musa said unsure.
"Please, Musa" Stella begged looking at Musa. "My argument with Brandon gave me a brain spark and I need to sing this. He hurt me badly and now he acted like a know-it-all, and that stung worse. Better than revenge was great revenge to him for cheating on me, but I want this one to be revenge for the things that he just said. Please."
Musa had made her decision and the bodyguards led the girls through the crowd when they returned and they walked back on stage. Musa put on a smile and walked up to the microphone.
"Hello city of Magix" Musa said with a smile.
The chanting ceased and then turned into cheering and clapping for the girls.
"Sorry about the technical difficulties. There are some things that are out of our control and unfortunately Flora is too sick to continue singing tonight" Musa lied.
The crowd seemed unfazed by Flora's disappearance and they continued to cheer. Musa back at the girls who all wore fake smiles as well and questioned the audience's unchanged attitude.
"Well for our second song, it will also be sung by our girl Stella who also wrote the song" Musa said and left the microphone to pick up her guitar.
"Thanks Musa" Stella said into the microphone holding no instrument. "This is also dedicated to a certain someone tonight, and I wrote this song all by myself. I hope you all enjoy."
As soon as Stella said that, Musa started strumming her electric guitar and then the drums started slowly following in.
"Mr Know it all" by Kelly Clarkson
Stella: Mr Know It All
Well ya think you know it all
But ya don't know a thing at all
Ain't it something y'all
When somebody tells you something 'bout you
Think that they know you more than you do
So you take it down another pill to swallow
Mr Bring Me Down
Well ya like to bring me down, don't ya
But I ain't laying down
Baby I ain't going down
Can't nobody tell me how it's gonna be
Nobody's gonna make a fool out of me
Baby you should know that I lead not follow
(Chorus)
Stella and Bloom: Oh you think that you know me
Stella: That's why I'm leaving you lonely
Stella and Bloom: Cause baby you don't know a thing about me
Stella: You don't know a thing about me
You ain't got the right to tell me
When and where to go, no right to tell me
Acting like you own me lately
Yeah baby you don't know a thing about me
Stella and Bloom: You don't know a thing about me
Stella: Mr Play Your Games
Only got yourself to blame
When you want me back again
But I ain't fallin' back again
Cause I'm livin' my truth without your lies
Let's be clear baby, this is goodbye
I ain't comin' back tomorrow
(Chorus)
Stella and Musa: Oh you think that you know me
Stella: That's why I'm leaving you lonely
Stella and Musa: Cause baby you don't know a thing about me
Stella: You don't know a thing about me
You ain't got the right to tell me
When and where to go, no right to tell me
Stella: So what, you've got the world at your feet
And you know everything about everything
But you don't
You still think I'm comin' back but baby you'll see
(Chorus)
Stella and Tecna: Oh you think that you know me
Stella: That's why I'm leaving you lonely
Stella and Tecna: Cause baby you don't know a thing about me
Stella: You don't know a thing about me
You ain't got the right to tell me
When and where to go, no right to tell me
Stella: Mr Know It All
Well ya think you know it all
But ya don't know a thing at all
Yeah baby you don't know a thing about me
You don't know a thing about me
Brandon stood with the guys after returning to from his horrid talk with Stella and watched as Stella again used something personal between them for a song.
"She just said that to me ten minutes ago" Brandon thought to himself.
If Stella was using all of these things to get back at Brandon and get revenge on him, he slowly began understanding just how much pain she was in and how badly he had hurt Stella. Brandon looked away from the stage as he felt a dagger had just hit his heart.
"Is this what Stella has been feeling? She did say it was four times worse" Brandon thought. "Because if this is only half or a quarter of what she is feeling, there is no way that she's gonna forgive me any time soon. Will I even be able to forgive myself?"
Well that was Chapter 15! Please review and tell me what you think! Thanks for reviewing!
~AngelAlexandra~