Then I see it. Alfea.
Chapter VIII: Home sweet… Bye bye home!
I let out a deep sigh and I go back to the front, to my friends.
"Does anyone now how late it is?" I ask
"It's 23 hours 46 minutes and 23 seconds" Tecna and Timmy say at the same time. They look at each other and they both blush.
"Aw" I can't help but say "You guys are so cute"
The ship lands and Layla walks out first, what a surprise! Should I avoid her as much as possible or should I talk to her? Those are my main thoughts and I don't have any clue what I should do. It's too late to think about that now anyhow. I grant Sky one short glance and I leave the ship.
Since Layla and I are the only ones without a boyfriend we are out off the ship firstly. So there we stand, two 'lovers' of Sky, Prince of Eraklyon. Impressive.
"Shouldn't you say goodbye to Sky?" I ask and I almost spit out his name.
"Bloom, you know we don't have anything, we never had." She pauses and bows her head "And we never will." Oh so I should feel sorry for her now?
"Well then, apparently we both don't have anything with Sky" I say and I decide to remain silent. I wonder if anyone heard us arrive, I sure hope Griselda didn't hear us. That woman makes me… I shiver. I should go inside; sooner or later I will have to talk to Ms Faragonda, and right now it's cold outside. I walk through the amazing hallways carrying my suitcases and with Kiko behind me and I enter my room. I don't even bother to unpack; I just fall on my bed without putting on my pyjamas or brushing my teeth. I just sleep.
Flora wakes me up at 11, because it's already late and I have to catch up on a couple of lessons. I can live with that.
"Flora, do you think I should go and see Ms Faragonda?"
"I am sure she was very worried so it would be very comforting to her if you would pay her a visit." She answers
"You always have an answer for me, don't you?" I ask and I hug her, smelling her flowery perfume.
"I am always here for you Bloom" she says.
"Thank you" I say and I really, truly mean it. I leave Flora alone with her plants and go to Faragonda.
I knock on the door and after hearing 'come in' I enter, not at all at ease.
"Hello Bloom" I hear her familiar voice say "I was wondering when you would come and see me."
"I have to apologise" I quickly say "I shouldn't have left, but everything was so messed up and… I couldn't handle it anymore" I ask an answer by looking at her.
"Running away from your problems isn't a solution; you should know that by now." She sternly says and continues "However, you learned your lesson and I am convinced you had a very good reason to leave and visit Sparx." She says more softly "I think you discovered some new things at your home planet"
"We have problems, but you already knew that. Darkar and the Trix have become a serious treat and it is our job to frustrate their plans. We have to form an alliance with the witches of Cloud Tower."
"Why are you telling me this?" I ask
"That doesn't matter, you just have to know. Collaboration is always better than working alone; we've already experienced that last year when the Trix attacked Magix. But this will be harder than ever. There has never been so much discord between Witches and Fairies as now; and I am sure the Trix will take advantage of that."
"Oh God, the Codex of Cloud Tower." I say, shocked. "They will…"
"Indeed. So; do you understand me?"
"Yes yes, completely and we will do our very best to stop the Trix. We will stop them." I boldly say.
"I am glad you feel this way about it." She says, and I stand up and leave, still astonished. I go back to my room and find Flora there, studying.
"I don't think we'll be studying that in a few hours." I blurt out.
"What do you mean Bloom?" she asks friendly as always
"I mean…" I can't tell her right? I mean, Faragonda only told me, I still think that's weird. She knows something, there's something she's not telling me. Oh God, what if she knows Sky cheated on me? What if she spied me on Sparx? She could've done that; maybe that's why my 'friends' came after me! I hit myself on the head; what's wrong with me? They are my friends!
"Bloom, are you okay? You just hit yourself." she worriedly says
"I'm fine, I'm fine; stupid thoughts, that's all." I quickly say "I have to go to the library" I stand up and walk towards the door.
"Do you want me to come with you?" she asks
"No, no, Flora, I am fine" I say and I emphasize the last word.
"That's the problem" she blabs. I turn around and ask "What do you mean?"
"I am sorry, I… I shou-shouldn't have said that."
"No Flora, tell me." I say "Please?" I add
"It's just, you're here and we're happy that you're here, but that's all you know; you're present. Like you said; you're fine, but that's all; you're never feeling ecstatic or incredibly happy. You're just fine."
"Oh Flora" I say and I can't believe her concern.
"It's not just me, you know, it's all of us; even Layla sees it." She says, sobbing.
Correction: their concern
"Flora, I'll live, I just need a little more time. I just caught one of my best friends sleeping with my now ex-boyfriend!"
"I know that Bloom; but you are always the strong one in our group; the impulsive one, the brave one…" I interrupt her "Hey, are you trying to seduce me?" she lets out a sob mixed with a laugh.
"Every boy would be crazy not to" she says and she hugs me. Oh God, now I have to cry too!
"Look at us" I say sobbing "Now we are both crying!" and we both laugh
"I could stay here for a while, you know" I offer but she shakes her head
"I know this is important to you." When I open the door to leave, I see Faragonda standing in front of me.
"Hello Bloom" she says politely "Can I come in?" she asks. Huh. What a surprise. What is she doing here? Okay that's not very polite, but jeez! Why is she here already? Then it hits me, we're probably already leaving today! No!
"Could you call the others Bloom?" she asks and that is what I do. She tells them about the same as she told me, but less personally; she doesn't emphasize the whole collaboration thing between the Winx and the Witches so much, but she does call attention to the teamwork of the Winx, just the Winx. I hadn't thought of that yet. Things have changed, how will we handle this? Someone is talking to me right now and I am so not listening
"What?" I say absent-minded to nobody actually; I don't even now who I am talking to. Restrain Bloom, restrain. Control. I take a deep breath.
"Bloom, do you understand everything?" Faragonda asks
"Yes off course Ms Faragonda." I reply. Polite Bloom. Nice. After Faragonda leaves, Stella is raging.
"I mean, can you believe that? We have to spend time to those victims of evil fashion? Don't you all look at me like that! You know that's what they are! I can't believe this!"
"Stella calm down" I say "everything is gonna be just fine."
"Says the girl that didn't even pay attention to Faragonda's speech. What were you thinking about anyway?" she asks curiously
"Stella, let it go" Flora says. Thank you! I flash Flora a quick thankful smile.
"Hold it Flowergirl; I think I already know what it was! Was it blond with blue eyes?" she asks. Can't she shut up for… Is murder also a crime in Magix?
"Stella, that is definitely not who I was thinking about. That would be someone else." I say and look at a certain fluid fairy.
"Girls, let's all chill. We all agree this assignment truly sucks" Musa says and we all chuckle
"The way you say it Musa, makes it sound even more beautiful" I say and continue packing.
"Seriously" Tecna says "This is a very important assignment. We have to devote ourselves to it."
"Devote? Tecna please! From which era are you?" Stella practically shouts
In 2 minutes there's a huge fight between Stella, Musa and Tecna. Flora, Layla and I shake our head in disbelieve. Do I have to do something now?
"Shut up!" Layla yells "What are you doing? Didn't you listen to Faragonda?! What's wrong with you guys? We are a group, come on!" That certainly was an unexpected outburst. I should save her before they all attack her. Just as the 3 of them want to abuse Layla I say loud enough "Is everybody ready?" everyone nods. "Off we go then!"
We have to go by foot. Ugh, that sucks.
Then we're standing in front of it; the school of witches.
"Cloudtower" I sigh and we all enter.
A/N: maybe you have noticed I am continuing the story from here. Is everybody okay with that? Don't worry you know; because the story will not be literally copied. It will be a little different… and shorter. I want to have time enough for let's say… other stuff. ) Thanks for the reviews! I really really really want to know your opinion about this chapter, since (for me) it was a long one. Just that little button? Please? Thank you thank you thank you!!!