Is this really the end?
Chapter III: Restoration
It hits me. This isn't the end. I remember now what my share was in the titan we created against Darcy's monster in the simulation room.
"Courage" I whisper. I have courage, what the hell, I am courage. Layla may have been the basis, I was courage, I gave it life. That's what I am.
I have to return to Sparx and I will restore it. I want to do that for Oritel, Mariam and Daphne.
That will be my gift to them, they gave me life and the Dragon Fire and I will give them Sparx back. There's only one problem: How do I get there?
I can't fly, it's to far and way to dangerous and I can't go with the girls. Not now. I can't face any of them right now. It's not like I did something wrong; but I just need to be alone. Deep down, I know I am giving Layla time to win them over; but I really need this. I have to think very hard to find a suitable solution. I could try to create a portal but I haven't done that before. I should be able to do that, having the Dragon Fire. I concentrate really hard and I see a hole appearing in front of me, it's like a tornado of fire. But I am not afraid of fire. I look at it and I want to enter it, but it disappears.
"Damned!" I curse. I have to try again; I can't go to Red Fountain to borrow a ship, although that would be easier. 'I could always steal it' pops in my mind for one second; but that's one second to long for me. There's no way I would do that; where did that come from? It's dangerous to hate Sky; I know hate leads to the dark side; and that's a place where I definitely don't want to end up. I will go to Sparx and after that I will meet my friends again, talk to Layla and I… only hope I will be able to forgive her, or even talk to her. In the prospect of seeing my friends again I renew my strength and I try to create portal again. This time I picture my destination first, because I hope that the Dragon himself will lead me to his final resting-place. I concentrate, I think, I create and I open my eyes.
"Nice" I say, when I see that the portal is much stronger now. I go in the portal, still thinking about home, Sparx and I arrive at my cold destination.
"God, I am so stupid" I say, when I realize I didn't change my outfit. I am still wearing my mini-skirt and my top with short sleeves. I look around because I hope I can see the castle to hide myself there, you never know if there's a monster again. This would go so much faster if I could… fly off course! I am so slow today! Seriously! I transform and I put a spell on my suitcases and Kiko so they follow me in the air during my search. I fly around for about 10 minutes and then I see it. My former home. It almost makes me cry. Almost.
I land neatly with both feet on the ground, followed by Kiko and my luggage.
"So…" I say to Kiko "This is going to be our new home for a while" he just looks at me in horror
"Don't worry," I say, when I see his face. "I will fix things, you know me." He nods and I stroke him. I enter the castle easily, since the door is broken because of the pretty snow monster we (well, not me) 'slew' here. That was the day Sky and me sort of admitted our feelings. I couldn't keep smiling that day. I sight. That was then, this is now. I decide to explore the castle not in Winx form, that just takes too much energy. I reach the dining room and I am amazed by the beauty of it, though it's heavily affected by the ravages of time. I find a stairs and I wonder where it leads to, I hope to the bed rooms. It would be amazing to find it. I go upstairs and in the hallway I see more than 10 doors. The hallway is beautifully decorated with torches and statues. As I pass, the torches magically lit themselves. Suddenly I notice a magnificent door. I never knew something simple like a door could be so stunning. The door attracts me in a certain way and I go towards it. When I stand in front of it, it suddenly disappears.
"What is this" I say out loud. Why did the door disappear? Was it imagination?
"You saw it too right?" I ask, Kiko. The bunny shake his head. I don't believe I imagined it. Is was real; and I will find out what it was; in the meanwhile I will explore the castle some more. I stand still in front of a gigantic wooden door decorated with the same symbol on my medallion. The shield of our family. This is my parent's room! I enter it carefully and what I see there doesn't disappoint me. The room is furnished with beautiful wooden closets, a gigantic canopy,a masterpiece of a make-up table and a crib, all decorated with red and orange diamonds.
I look at the make up table, touch it and I look at the jewels on them. They are still there, a bit dusty, but still. I see a golden ring with a beautiful big ruby and some other orange stone in it and slowly slide it on my ring finger. It glows for 3 seconds and then it's just there, looking beautiful on my finger. I notice the huge bed and realize my parents once lay there and that I was made there. Ew! I suddenly have the urge to leave the room. I will return another time.
I decide to enter the room facing my parents room. As I enter it, I know immediately that this is where Daphne used to sleep, before she moved to the Lake off course. It's completely in gold, I wouldn't have expected less of here. I chuckle; this is exactly how I had pictured her room.
What I want to do now is just find a place to sleep 'cause it's already past eleven and this was an exhausting day. Nonetheless, my curiosity wins and I enter one last room, next to the one of my parents. It's painted in the colour of a sapphire, in the colour of my eyes. There's a huge red-orange dragon painted above -I assume- my bed and also one on the door across the bed. All the walls covered with orange and red paintings, though there's still enough left blank to see the sapphire walls.
"Waw" I say, amazed. This is a beautiful room and I will residence it. I put my suitcases on the old light-coloured parquet. I open a closet and to my surprise I see there are still clothes in them. I see it are baby clothes and they are very fragile; but I also see a chest. I try to open it, but it's locked.
"Open" I demand, but the lock remains stubborn
"Great" I mutter but then I see the ring on my finger. It has a strange shape, maybe it's…
"A key" I whisper, and I hold the ring to the lock; first nothing happens but after 15 seconds the chest opens itself. I look in it and I find… my crown. The crown I saw here in the palace that I even placed on my head. It's here. I create a box with my magic and I put the baby clothes in it.
I look at the sheets in the bed and I say
'Bellum ad somnium' and they become clean enough to sleep in. they'll do for now. I doze off, not thinking about the horrible things, but about my family, about the palace and those are beautiful thoughts.
A/N Sorry I waited a few day to update, but I had to finish my other story, pick up my report; you know how it goes. This was an 'exploring' chapter. In the next I guess I will let Bloom… nah I am not going to tell you! D