"You'll see me." She replies and hangs up. And I know.
Chapter XVII: Down, down, down
Okay I have to come up with a plan before the others find one, especially before Sky arrives.
What does Darkar want? Or more importantly, what does Darkar want from Stella? Does he want her ring? It' not her fashion advice, though he could definitely use that. I keep thinking these useless thoughts for more than 15 minutes and I realize it's time to get ready. I create some kind of bubble, in which I can still feel the air and smell everything, but that protects and holds Kiko, my suitcases and me together. Off course I had to transform to do that; so here I am in my fairy outfit, waiting for Sky. Maybe he can't see me. But he's Sky; he has to see me! My insecurity wins it from my confidence and I start to enlarge the bubble until it has a radius of about 30 feet. That ought to make me visible. Suddenly there's this voice in my head telling me that I'm overreacting, but I won't listen to it.
I see a ship approaching, so I kind of relax. But then hear that voice again and I want to stop it so I say
"Stop" This makes me lose my concentration, so the bubble shrinks.
"Damned" I curse, causing the bubble getting even smaller and I feel the stream of oxygen is cut off.
This has never happened before; I quickly toss out Kiko and my suitcases in the direction of the ship after I put a small spell on them so they'll land safely in the ship. In the meanwhile, my bubble keeps getting smaller and I'm seriously panicking. Okay I have to take a deep breath and summon all my force. I take a deep breath, close my eyes and focus on breaking the bubble. It's a rather primitive way of magic; but it usually works. Suddenly I hear a big 'WHAM' in my ear, as if it's blown to pieces and I fall down because of the blow. Luckily Sky sees me, so he flies under me with the ship and I fall flatly on my butt on the floor of the ship.
I'm completely shocked and out of and on top of that, I start to hyperventilate. Sky turns around worriedly from his seat and he wants to come over to me; but I put my hands up as a 'no'. Slowly I calm down again and then I think of something.
"Kiko?" I suddenly ask
"Yeah, he landed softly in contrary to you" he puts the ship on automatic pilot, comes standing next to me and pulls me up.
"What…?" he tries but I interrupt him
"Just a second" I say and I let go of everything. Sky sees a golden flash and there I am again in my normal outfit.
"Much better" I say and I look at a flustered Sky. This must seem weird to him 'cause one second I'm a fairy and the other one I'm just Bloom, and without being naked!
"What the hell happened?!" He asks out of the blue
"I have no idea" I reply and I am completely honest.
"Oh ok you don't know?!" he exclaims sarcastically. He grabs both of my wrists and looks into my eyes.
"Are you crazy? You could've killed yourself!" Oh! Aw that's so cute! I'm going to do something now that I won't regret. I softly press my lips on his and hell he looks surprised.
Sky's POV:
She kissed me! Wohow! I want to jump around but I can't because of you know, my reputation and the whole attitude thing is just lost then. Why did she…? But she already answers my unspoken question.
"That's step one" she says and winks at me. That was the most adorable wink I've ever seen. I feel the urge to squeal, but again I won't do it. Great; I'm on my way now! During the rest of the trip she explains the whole situation about Stella and Avalon. I knew it! That Avalon guy is no good!
"Don't dare to say 'I told you so' because nobody knew, not even Faragonda!"
"I wasn't going to!" I say indignant. She looks at me skeptically.
"Okay, maybe I was thinking it." I admit. She shoots me another look like that. Damned!
"Fine I wanted to say it." I eventually say
"But you won't" she say satisfied. She looks calm and beautiful. I sigh. She talks about Sparx and a special room though I feel she's hiding things, but hey; who am I to question her?
Bloom's POV:
Talking with Sky in the ship was just like the old times. I know I'm a little too young to be nostalgic, but it felt great. I told him about the orb, but off course I didn't tell him that I saw him too! I think he knew I let some things out but hey, who is he to question me?
We have arrived! Finally! Not that I don't like being alone with Sky, but it's just not safe and besides there isn't much time left! I get out together with Sky at Alfea and I see everyone is there: Musa, Flora, Layla, Tecna, Timmy, Riven, Helia and Brandon. Once I have solid ground under my feet I walk over to Brandon and hug him. Maybe that's girly; but that's what he needs right now and I doubt any of the guys would give him a big hug. No one says a word, Riven doesn't even mock me when I hug Brandon.
"So did you already think of a strategy?" I ask, hoping they haven't found one yet. I want to figure out a plan myself; after all I am the cause of this whole situation.
"More or less." Timmy says
"We have decided to go to the tunnels that surround Darkar's castle and after that well we'll see." Tecna says
"So basically; we don't have a plan." Brandon says angrily.
"Brandon don't say that. Timmy and Tecna will look for a plan the whole way to Darkar's castle." Flora says, trying to console Brandon, though I know she won't be able to do that. No one will be.
"He's right" Riven says and looks at me. I sigh and look away.
"Let's just go" I say and we all get in the ship. I know this is the time for me to come up with a plan of my own; 'cause I see Tecna and Timmy are working really hard; but I am not that intelligent!
I just have to think logically. When I was asking myself what Darkar wanted from Stella, I wasn't really thinking hard. I know now. He doesn't want her; or he doesn't want anything from her. This was an act of desperation and he knows it. I know what he wants; he wants the same thing as he wanted in the Wildlands, when he sent the Trix after us.
He wants me. And that's what he'll get.
A/N: Uuuh! What's Bloom's plan? I don't think it's any good! But hey, who am I to question her right? ;)