Chapter 7: Flower Power
MUSA POV
I saw him, I'm sure it was him. I couldn't believe it; Riven was just outside of Alfea. He was looking straight at me, like he was watching my every move. My mind was going crazy, I couldn't think properly. Every memory suddenly flashed before me, it made tears fall again. I wanted to get away from all the guy stuff, but even if I left the girls with their stories I still couldn't get away from it.
I locked the door, sat down then I looked up the sky; I let all the water flow down. My heart was aching, it hurt so badly. I closed my eyes and placed my hands on my chest, I wanted the pain to go away. I love Riven, but he's really confusing me. I didn't know what to do, he doesn't even try to contact me but some of his actions really got me thinking. I opened my eyes and then stood up; I walked to the edge of the balcony and inhaled.
"!" I let all the pain out, tears continued to drop. I felt my enchantix powers rage through my body, my voice got louder and I let out a dark purple blast. My knees got weak, my head throbbed, and I was catching my breath. Everything was spinning and my vision was starting to blur, I grabbed the edge of the balcony to help my balance.
"Musa! Is everything ok?" I heard Bloom banging on the door.
"What's going on out there? Unlock this door Musa!" shouted Layla.
I didn't care anymore, the pain took over me. I stood up straight and brushed the tears away, I looked at the door but I still didn't have my vision.
"Girls, I'm.. I'm fine. I just saw something that startled me." I was panting, that blast drained my energy a lot.
"Musa, sweetie, you don't sound fine. Please open the door; we're getting really worried." said Flora.
"We also felt a strong magic blast a while ago, was that you? Come on! Open this door!" Stella banged. "If you don't open this... We'll... We'll destroy it!" she threatened.
I tried to say something but I felt my whole body shut down, the doors to the balcony bursted open. Stella went in then the rest of the girls followed; I watched them slowly walk towards me.
"Hey... Girls." I gave them a crooked smile. "What's up?"
"Musa, what did you do?" said Tecna, she grabbed my arm to help my balance.
The other girls were just looking at me, I felt horrible. I looked at Tecna and then darkness hit me.
FLORA POV
We all watched our friend suddenly collapse; the girls and I were still for a few seconds. We weren't sure on how to react, it just happened too fast. Layla then ran to Musa's side and carried her.
"We better get her inside, she really needs to get some rest." Layla then walked to the shattered door.
We all followed her in and went to Musa's room where Layla planted Musa on her bed, everyone was silent. I placed some flowers so that the room would have a calming aroma.
"Let's act like nothing happened." stated Layla.
"Why? We need to help her, she's hurting herself! The probability of this happening again is very high!" yelled Tecna, her hands were in a fist and she looked so worried.
"Calm down Tecna, it's just.. Musa needs some time for herself, if we force her to open up then she'll just push us away. We'll be here if anything happens again, just don't force her." Layla looked at Tecna to try to convince her more.
"Fine, but the next time this happens again I won't just stand here doing nothing." Tecna stormed out of the room.
Layla knew Musa more than any of us, and they always had this connection when it comes to problems. The rest of the girls knew that Layla was right but we couldn't help but be a little frustrated, we didn't like watching Musa like this. Our friend has a problem and we really want to help.
"It's getting late girls, we need to go and get some rest. Everything will be ok by tomorrow; don't forget what Layla said ok? Like nothing happened." said Bloom.
Everyone nodded and went to their respected rooms.
-Next day-
It was 9 30 am and all of us were in the common room, we were sitting in the silence. Everyone waited patiently for Musa to wake up, the air was uneasy and we just sat still. Stella was next to Bloom, Layla was sitting on the ground, and I was next to Tecna.
Minutes passed and it was 10 20am, the door behind us creaked open and we all turned. Musa was rubbing her eyes, she looked well rested.
"Good Morning." I greeted.
"Hey, Good morning. I see everyone's awake." yawned Musa.
"Yeah, we were waiting for you so that we could eat breakfast together." said Layla.
"I see, and you guys didn't even change?" chuckled Musa.
We looked at each other and saw that we were still in our PJs, we all laughed. We were too worried to even think about our appearance, but it seemed like everything was ok. Layla was right; Musa just needed some time for herself.
MUSA POV
I felt happy, like everything bad just disappeared. When I saw the girls I thought they would put me in the hot seat again, but it was like nothing happened. I looked at the girls again, they were laughing at each other. I had this nice feeling inside, it made me really happy.
"So, are we gonna get change? Or go down like this?" Stella stood up and twirled.
"I think we look great! Shall we show of?" joked Bloom.
Stella had a small white shirt and yellow shorts on with her hair in a ponytail, Bloom was wearing a pink sleeveless shirt and beige pants with her hair down, Flora was wearing her pink night dress with her hair wrapped in 2 buns on each side, Layla had her grey sweater on and white shorts with her hair in 1 long braid, Tecna's white shirt had 3 vertical green lines on the left side and she had light green shorts with her short hair down, I on the other hand had a small dark blue night dress and white shorts with pigtails on the bottom sides.
We all laughed and looked at each other, the girls and I smiled. We decided to go to breakfast as is, it wouldn't hurt to be a little weird first thing in the morning.
"Let's go!" yelled Stella, she was by the door.
Everyone giggled and walked, but I noticed that Flora was staring by the open window.
"Yo, Flo! What's up?" I asked.
"Look what I found!" Flora turned and smiled.
I looked at the girls and we went to Flora, we saw her looking at a really beautiful butterfly. It's wings were bigger than the average butterfly, it had bright colors, and it had unusual circular patterns.
"That's really pretty Flora, what kind is it?" asked Bloom as she got closer.
"I'm not sure; this is my first time seeing this kind of species." Flora then extended her hand.
The butterfly landed on her finger and Flora had a big smile on her face, she tried to touch it with her other hand but it flew to the door. Flora followed, it seemed like she wanted to learn more about it.
"Let's go girls! We need that butterfly for Flora." laughed Stella.
We ran out of the room and we saw Flora walking as she followed the butterfly, it went out and we still followed. We saw that they headed to the gate so maybe the butterfly was going to lead us to its home, we got excited and ran again.
We dashed through the forest and saw Flora sitting down by some bush; she was still admiring the butterfly.
"Hey! Flora!" I shouted to catch her attention.
Flora turned and waved at us, we slowly walked towards her to not startle the butterfly. We looked around and saw the beautiful forest, the flowers were blooming and the sun brightened the colors of the environment.
"Wow, this is something Flo." said Stella.
"Yeah, this is really beautiful." said Layla.
"Right? Nature is just so... Breath taking." giggled Flora.
As we admired the forest we all noticed the butterfly leaving again, we walked with it to catch more beautiful views of the plants. The butterfly then entered a gate-like plant with vines hanging on it, we all followed.
"Oh, WOW!" Flora gasped.
We saw a beautiful garden setting; there were tables by the trees and a huge fountain in the middle. On the right side of the garden there was a table full of sweets and tea, on the left was a great view of the open sky.
"Good morning beautiful princesses, may we take you to your seats." greeted a guy with long blue hair.
"Helia!" Flora blushed.
"Hello sweet Flora." said Helia, he got Flora's hand and landed a kiss on it.
"What's going on?" Flora shyly asked.
Helia smiled at her "Come with me." He then escorted her away.
We all giggled and 4 guys suddenly came out, they all bowed and we all chuckled.
"Please follow us ladies." Sky then lead the way.
We all sat down with smiles on our faces, we got the message right away. Flora's face was full of happiness, her cheeks were still red and she couldn't stop smiling.
"Here you go ladies, Bon appetite!" Brandon placed some food in front of us.
We all looked at Flora again and she was just excited, we all ate and finished our breakfast. Everyone had a great time; the guys gave us high class service and even entertained us.
"Hey Flora, heads up." I chuckled.
Flora looked up and saw Helia smiling down at her, she gasped and blushed again. Everyone laughed and we tried to push Flora off her seat.
"Cut it out girls!" whispered Flora.
"Go to him! Hurry!" whispered Stella.
"C'mon Flo! He's asking for you!" whispered Layla.
"Look at him!" I laughed and pushed.
Flora was really red, she held down on her chair trying to not fall. We kept giggling, she was just so adorable.
"Flora." Helia placed his hands on Flora's shoulder.
Flora looked at him "Y-yes?" she then smiled at him.
"Come with me." He took her hand and walked by the flowers
We all watched them settle; when both of them were face-to-face all of us leaned forward. Luckily for me, I had great hearing.
"Flora." said Helia, he placed his hand on her cheek.
Flora blushly tilted her head down; it was like she was feeling Helia's hand.
"My sweet sweet Flora." Helia smiled. "I want to ask you something." He then lifted her chin up.
"Yes?" asked Flora.
Helia didn't move for a while, he gazed upon her eyes and kissed her on the lips.
"Would the lovely Fairy of Nature accompany me to the Red Fountain Grand Ball?" Helia then got the pendant out of his pocket.
"Oh Helia.." Flora then smiled and gave him a hug. "Of course I will!" she then kissed him on the lips which surprised Helia.
"Flora?" asked Helia with wide eyes.
"I'm so happy Helia, I love you!" Flora giggled and then hugged Helia again.
Helia smiled and hugged her back.
The girls and I ran to Flora and Helia, we just had to congratulate them. We passed by the other guys who were still standing by the side, they were also looking at Helia and Flora.
"Flora! Hey!" Bloom waved at them.
"Girls!" Flora smiled at us.
"What's up Helia, we just saw the action! So sweet!" Stella tugged Helia.
Helia chuckled and scratched the back of his head.
The other guys suddenly appeared; they all had smiles on their face. I looked at each of them and again, no Riven. I didn't let this affect me; if he doesn't do anything then I won't do anything as well.
"So, how were your morning girls?" Brandon jokingly asked.
"It was amazing!" said Stella.
"Well, not as amazing as how you girls look." Sky then looked at the guys.
They were all snickering, the girls and I looked at each other and realized we were still in our PJs!
"OH MY GOSH!" shouted Bloom.
"Looking good Stell" Brandon then winked at her.
"I'm just fabulous, aren't I?" Stella then walked away giggling.
The guys laughed at us and we all turned red, this was really embarrassing. Helia and Flora were also laughing; we couldn't help but giggle a bit.
"Helia, putting aside our wonderful looks, where did the butterfly come from?" asked Flora.
"Oh! I asked Timmy to make a hologram of a butterfly, then I just designed it." Helia chuckled then looked at Timmy and gave him a thumbs up.
"That's really sweet of you, Helia." Flora then leaned over to Helia where she rested her head on his chest.
Everything was going great, but I suddenly felt a dark aura around the area. It seemed like the other girls didn't notice it yet, so I decided to go and check it out. I didn't want Flora's day to get ruin, I slowly backed away and tip toed to the entrance.
I ran around and felt the dark magic at its strongest by a water fall, the area was empty but everything about it was wrong. I scanned but nothing appeared, everything was just normal. But then I heard someone shout.
"Hey Fairy! Let's continue where we left off!" it was Darcy again! She blasted her dark magic at me. I manage to dodge it but I felt my ankle ache.
"Go away Darcy! I don't want to fight you!" I yelled, I didn't want to worry my friends again.
"Now you fear me? Well, too bad for you Musa!" Darcy laughed and sent out black tentacle like arms.
FLORA POV
The girls were with the other guys and I was with Helia, we all laughed and watched the view of the forest. Everything was perfect, I was really happy. The air was nice, everyone was happy and I heard some of the girls laughing. I looked at Helia then smiled, I felt so lucky to have him. Then I heard running in the background...
"Flora! Sorry to ruin the moment, but we have a situation." exclaimed Bloom.
"Huh? What is it Bloom? Is everything ok?" I asked.
"Its Musa again, she's gone. And Tecna felt dark magic around the area, we should really check on it." Bloom then turned to the other girls.
I looked at Helia and he nodded, I took his hand and then turned to the girls. We were about to leave when the other guys went over to a tree, it was like they were talking to someone.
"Flora, don't worry." said Helia.
I was confused; the guys are acting really strange. But I just let Helia's words calm me, I saw the other guys getting a bit mad. They were stomping on the ground and waving their hands up and down, they even yelled a bit.
"Let's just go!" Sky's voice echoed out.
"She isn't here and we need your help!" yelled Nabu.
The guys stopped their weird actions and a person stepped out the tree, it was Riven. We all gasped, why did he always do this? I was about to walk to the other guys but Helia grabbed my hand.
"Everything's fine, I'll explain things soon." said Helia.
"But.. What's going on?" I was getting really worried.
"In time, Flora." Helia then walked to the others with my hand on his.
Bloom and the other girls were talking to Riven who looked really annoyed, then Brandon joined in and it seemed like he was explaining something.
As I reached my friends I heard Brandon say "That's why Musa can't see Riven for now, but things will be ok soon. Just hide it from Musa for a while, ok?"
"Musa's having a hard time right now but we'll help you, just make sure they don't see each other. You remember what happened yesterday?" Bloom crossed her hands.
"Whatever, the sooner this ends the sooner I get Musa back." said Riven while he rolled his eyes.
"What's going on guys?" I asked.
"Flora! We'll tell you later, ok? Let's get going! I found where the black magic is located." exclaimed Tecna.
I nodded and we ran to the forest.
As we dashed through the trees we heard some laughter in the distance, we all recognized the laugh. It was Darcy, we all knew what was going on and we ran faster. Musa was really in danger.
"Sonic Boom!" we heard Musa shout.
"That's it little fairy? You're pathetic! Here's your old gift Musa. TOXIC CLOUD!" Darcy yelled, we all saw darkness fill the air.
All of us were shocked, things are getting worse. When we reached the area we saw Musa on the ground, she got a direct hit. We all looked at Darcy and she noticed us.
"Look who decided to drop by! I see you're here puppy dog." Darcy smirked.
"SHUT UP DARCY!" yelled Riven.
"Ohhh.. I'm so scared." laughed Darcy.
Riven looked at Darcy with cold angry eyes, the other guys also looked at Darcy with anger.
"Girls! Enchantix!" Bloom shouted.
We all transformed to our Enchantix and flew up to Darcy; we circled around her and kept a safe distance.
"Think you can defeat me? Ha!" Darcy confidently smiled.
"Don't think highly of yourself Darcy! Dragon's flame!" Bloom pointed at her and fire rushed towards Darcy.
She dodged it but..
"MAGIC WIDING IVY" I shouted as vines started to grab Darcy.
"What is this?" Darcy struggled.
"MAGNETIC STORM!" Tecna shouted and her power raised through my vines making it's way to Darcy.
"ARGGGHHH!" groaned Darcy.
"SEA OF LIGHT!" Stella made the darkness disapear.
"Too bright! URGGHHH!" screamed Darcy.
"PURE ENCHANTED MORPHIX" Layla's morphix then hit Darcy by the stomach.
"AHHHHH!" Darcy then fell to the ground. "You fairies won't get away with this!" Darcy snapped her fingers and disappeared.
We all cheered and hugged, but we heard a scream...
"Girls, we have a problem!" Brandon yelled.
We flew down and saw Musa screaming, it was like the time in the clinic. I looked at Bloom and nodded, she knew what to do.
"Riven, grab Musa's arms and pin her down!" said Bloom then she ran to the forest to go to Alfea.
"Where is she going?" asked Riven.
"To Alfea, she's going to get the medicine to calm Musa down. Just hold her so she won't hurt herself!" I was panicking.
Musa was being restless; she even pierced through Riven's skin. Blood came out but he didn't seem to mind it, Riven just looked at Musa with concern. Tecna took her phone out and played a song that sounded so calming, she placed the phone near Musa's ear.
"This helps Musa calm down before, she used to have bad dreams and whenever she couldn't sleep she listens to this." said Tecna.
"What is that song?" Stella asked.
"I think her mom sang it, I'm not quite sure. Musa just sent it to me, she said it could help when I would have bad dreams" said Tecna.
We looked at Musa again, her screaming stopped but she started crying, it was the same thing as last time.
"Riven.." Musa cried. "Riven.. Riven.."
We saw Riven's eyes water, he looked so hurt.
"Oh Musa, I'm so sorry." said Riven, he leaned over and gave Musa a kiss. Musa's tears started to fall again, it wouldn't stop. Riven pulled away and stared at Musa.
"Everything will be ok soon, I'm so sorry for hurting you." said Riven as he hugged her.
"Guys! I'm back! Here's the needle!" Bloom rushed to us.
Riven grabbed the needle and looked at everyone, it was like he as waiting for someone to talk.
"Do it Riven, but you have to leave right after." said Nabu.
"Don't worry; we'll take care of her." Layla patted his back.
"And I'll fix does wounds of yours." said Helia.
Riven was just quiet, he stared at the needle and then back at Musa. He then pierced the needle through Musa's skin, his eyes then let out a tear. Seeing his love one like this must really hurt, we didn't like this as well. Riven kissed Musa's forhead then gave her to Layla and stood up, he then walked away.
"Riv!" Helia ran to him.
"Stay Helia, I'll just... Take a walk" said Riven.
"Oh.. Ok then." Helia then turned back to us with sadness in his eyes.
MUSA POV
I could feel my head get hot, my hands started to tingle, and I tried to open my eyes. My vision was still blurry and I heard voices, I tried to focus my senses to see what was going on.
"Musa! Guys, she's waking up!" Layla shouted.
"Really? How is she?" I heard Tecna.
Everyone was looking at me and I was still a bit confused, I tried to move my hands but I couldn't even feel them. I felt so worn out, like my whole body got beaten up.
"Hey sweetie, how are you feeling?" asked Flora.
"Flora? W-What happened?" I asked.
"Well, Darcy. But everything's ok now so you don't have to worry." said Flora.
"Wait... OH MY GOSH!" I suddenly sat up realizing that I ruined the day for Flora and Helia. "Ouch! Uhmm.. Flora, I'm sorry." I placed my hand on my stomach, I could feel pain.
"For what?" asked a confused Flora.
"For ruining your day!" I felt so guilty, I tried to prevent this but I failed.
"No, don't think that. Everything is ok Musa, don't worry about it." Flora gave me a hug and helped me stand up.
I looked at the others and they all smiled at me, I ruined this for them. I felt pain around my body but I didn't care, I really need to make it up to them.
Flora handed me to Brandon and Sky; they both helped me walk back to garden. I thought of something that could probably make Flora and Helia happy.
"Hey, Brandon." I whispered.
"Yeah?" he answered back.
"I've got a plan for Flora and Helia, but I need everyone's help." I said.
Brandon smiled "Ok, I'll call them."
I explained my plan to everyone; Brandon was distracting Flora and Helia.
After a few minutes Brandon lead the two back to the garden and saw the rest of the guys and girls standing by the entrance.
"What's going on?" asked Flora.
Everyone smiled "WELCOME BACK!" they all greeted.
"Ok guys, what are you doing?" asked Helia.
Brandon escorted Flora and Helia to a table; they both looked at each other thinking what they were up to.
"Presenting! A musical number from Musa!" Brandon announced.
I came out with my flute on my hand; I winked at Flora who giggled. I started to play "Canon" it was one of the most peaceful piece I ever played, I wanted everyone to forget all the bad things that happened today.
After the piece everyone clapped, I was a bit relieved that my injuries weren't that serious so it didn't affect my performance.
"Oh Musa, that as wonderful!" said Flora. She then walked towards me and gave me a hug. I felt so happy, at least I made it up to her a bit.
"Thanks Flo, I'm really sorry about awhile ago. But how did you guys defeat Darcy and help me wake up?" I asked.
"Well, teamwork of course. And Bloom got the needle from Alfea, do you remember when Bloom and I stayed with you in the clinic? We talked to the plants to ask about your condition, and they told us that the nurse gave you shots to help you calm down. Since we were quicker this time you only needed one shot." Flora smiled.
"Oh, needles..." my body shivered. "Thanks Flo." I then hugged her.
The day ended with us still in our PJs and the view of the sunset, I laid down the grass and closed my eyes. I heard the girls giggling, so I opened my eyes to see them looking at me.
"What's up?" I asked.
"Let's enjoy the sunset together!" Layla cheered.
"Where are the guys?" I sat up.
"They're just about to leave, c'mon! Let's enjoy this day together." Stella exclaimed.
I looked around and saw the guys gathering their things; they went to the opposite direction as to where the entrance was. That was pretty odd, maybe their ship was hidden. I saw them walk away and a familiar face suddenly popped out, I wasn't sure with what I saw but... It looked like Riven. I stood up rubbed my eyes and saw the guys leaving; maybe I was just seeing things. I just didn't mind it, so I went to the girls and sat next to Flora.
"Hey!" greeted Flora.
"Great view, right?" I looked at the sun set.
"Yeah, makes you forget all your problems." said Flora.
I just nodded to feel the breeze.
"OHH! My skin just loves this!" Stella raised her arms up and looked at her hands.
"This feels great!" Bloom did the same thing.
"Yeah!" Flora giggled and also did the same thing.
Tecna rolled her eyes and laughed.
Layla chuckled and lay on the grass.
I looked at the girls and stretched my arms as well, but to my surprise I saw blood stains on my nails.
"Girls, why do my nails have blood stains?" I asked.
They looked at each other and then looked back at me, they had worried faces. Layla sat up and patted my back, it really confused me.
"Well, you got a little out of hand a while ago. So we had to pin you down, and you kinda pierced through someone's skin" said Layla.
"Who?" I asked again.
"I'm not really sure, maybe you could ask the guys soon?" Layla gave out a nervous chuckle.
"Oh..." I couldn't ask her again; maybe I should just let this slide. And I could just ask the guys. "Ok then." I smiled and lay on the grass.
As the night came we all headed back to Alfea, I was still very curious on who I hurt. I felt guilty that someone was wounded because of me.
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