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Chapter 8: My White Knight
The very next morning the girls and I were called to report to Miss Ferogonda's office.
"Good Morning, girls." Miss Ferogonda greeted.
"Good Morning Miss Ferogonda." We greeted back.
"Sorry for calling you girls so early in the morning but I have a mission assigned for you, it seems like the old castle in Magix got a threat for an attack yesterday. I want you girls to go and keep an eye on it for the day; the castle had some attacks but only minor attacks. I need everyone to protect it at all cost; the castle has been standing in magix for more than a thousand years. So please do your best and stay safe." said the Head mistress.
We all nodded and left the room.
It was around 11am when we left Alfea, we rode on a bus headed to Magix. All of us slept in the bus, we were still tired from yesterday's event. I was seated next to Flora, Tecna was with Layla, and Boom was with Stella.
When we arrived at magix we saw that every shop was closed, it looked like an abandoned place. We saw the castle and it was beautiful, there were vines around the grey bricks and the castle bridge looked old and worn out.
We looked around and a small, stout man came towards us.
"Hello ladies, you must be the Winx Club from Alfea." he greeted.
"Yeah, were you the one who reported about the treat?" answered Tecna.
"Yes I am, I'm Lord Oden." he said while bowing. "I own the old castle; just a few days ago I received a letter saying some person will destroy my castle. I didn't belive at first but I've been attacked already, some bandits planted bombs as a sign of a warning." said Lord Oden.
"Did they mention why they're doing this?" asked Flora.
"Yes, they mentioned something about my ancestors Red Ruby; they want me to give it to them. That Ruby has been in my family for years, this is why I asked help from Alfea. Maybe you girls can help me stop them." Lord Oden then turned around and tilted his head down.
"Don't worry Lord Oden, we'll do everything just to protect that Ruby." said a very determined Bloom.
"Oh thank you! Please, come in the castle. I'll show you around and all of you can settle." Lord Oden walked towards the closed gate and then waved his hand twice, the gate opened and we all entered.
The castle was huge, everything looked so fragile. The ceiling had small arches, the walls had paintings of the royal family who used to live here, the floor was covered in red carpet, and the doors were all made with maple wood. Mostly all the doors were open, but there was this particular door that caught my attention. It was painted Red and the handle looked broken; the door had burn marks all over it.
"Excuse me, Lord Oden." I said.
"Yes?" he answered right away.
"What's inside that door? I mean, did the bandits do that." I pointed to the Red maple door.
"Ah, yes. That door contains our injured guest who risked their lives protecting our castle, the latest attack was yesterday afternoon." said Lord Oden.
"Injured guest? May we check up on them?" asked Flora who overheard our conversation.
"Why of course." said Lord Oden.
Flora turned to me and said "I can give them some medicine, Musa will you come with me?"
"Sure thing." I answered.
After we told the girls, Flora and I headed towards the room. Flora reached for the handle and looked at me, I gave her a nod and she pushed the old Maple door.
We saw 4 guys sleeping and another one just sitting upright looking at the window, he looked so familiar. I walked towards him and he turned to me as he heard me heels echo out the large room, I looked at him more closely and then it hit me.
"Beat!" I exclaimed.
"Musa, what are you doing here?" asked Beat.
"Well my friends and I were called out for a mission here, but how about you? How'd you get here?" I asked, I never expected to see him here.
"We got into a bit of trouble yesterday, my band and I were headed for a concert and we got into an accident." said Beat, he was also pointing to the 4 guys sleeping.
"Accident? But, this room is for the guest who saved this castle yesterday from the bandits." I said.
"Well... Uhhh.. YEAH! That was us... Uhhh, yeah." chuckled Beat. "You see Musa, we got into an accident but we didn't get any serious injuries. The people here took care of our wounds and uhh.. The bandits.. Yeah, the bandits also showed up. So we just did the right thing and helped, this is why we're here."
"Oh, ok then." I gave Beat a crooked smile, he was acting all nervous.
"Ahem, would you like some medicine? My herbs can easily cure your wounds." Flora extended her hands and showed Beat her herbs.
"Yeah, that'd be great." said a still nervous Beat.
I watched Flora rub some of her medicinal herbs all over Beats injured body, I got to admit, it was hilarious. Flora didn't know how to react whenever Beat would jump because of the pain; they reached an hour before Beats whole body got covered.
"We better go now, you rest up and we'll check on you later." Flora waved and headed towards the door.
"Thanks for the medicine doc!" Beat waved good bye as well.
"Get well soon Beat!" I then ran towards Flora.
"See you Princess." I heard Beat say.
I looked back and smiled at him, I couldn't help but blush a bit.
It was 2pm, Flora and I saw the girls roaming around the castle.
"There you guys are! What took you so long?" asked an angry Stella.
"Sorry, when we checked the room we saw that guy again. Remember? Beat? The guy that helped Musa in the beach when she fell." said Flora.
"Oh, nice one Muse." winked Stella.
I rolled my eyes and said "Shut it Stell, it was just a coincidence. Besides, he's just a friend. You guys know that I love..." I felt my cheeks get hot.
"Love? Continue Miss Muse." grinned Bloom.
"I have no time for this! We're on a mission and we need to... Stand guard!" I stormed away from the girls.
"Musa wait!" laughed Layla.
"Yeah, we were only kidding." chuckled Bloom.
"Besides, we know Riven is the only man in your life." Stella wrapped her left arm around my neck.
My face felt hotter and I could feel my heart ache, I had this mixed feeling of pain and joy. "Whatever, let's just go." I said.
The girls laughed and we headed to the middle area of the castle.
"Ok girls here's the plan, Layla and Musa you two guard the east wing, Tecna and Flora you two guard the west wing, while Stella and I guard here." ordered Bloom.
"What about the back?" Florra asked.
"Don't worry; Lord Oden's guards are there. He assigned us to watch the front area, so stay alert girls." said Bloom.
We all headed to our assigned areas, we all stayed by the front window so we could see if anyone would get near.
"I don't with you but I am tired, those bandits better get here fast." complained Layla.
"Why don't you do a perimeter check, just scout around the east wing? That'll keep you busy." I said.
"Fine, but this'll be the shortest perimeter check. Look at this place, it's a small yet tall wing." joked Layla, she flew to the door and made her way.
I looked back at the window and nothing interesting was happening, maybe the bandits weren't coming. I heard Stella and Bloom's laughter echo out the halls, I heard the loud buzzing of Tecna's trackers and I notice the fragrance of Flora's sweet rosy petals. I then heard some footsteps from the door, I assumed it was Layla but to my surprise it wasn't.
"Hey princess." Beat peeked through the door.
"What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be resting?" I asked, Beat had his whole left arm in a bandage but everything else seemed fine.
"Yeah, but knowing that your here made me uneasy. I just had to see and talk to you again." Beat bowed and chuckled.
I giggled a bit; he was being funny and sweet. "I told you remember? You don't have to bow; I don't like the whole royal thing."
"Sorry princess." smiled Beat.
"You better go back; I'll talk to you soon." I pointed to the door.
"But I just got here; besides, I really want to know more about you." Beat came closer and flashed me a grin.
"Well... Maybe some other time? I'm really busy, and my friend will be back soon." I stepped back and leaned at the wall.
I was getting pretty nervous, Beat was just walking closer. I could feel my heart race and my legs shiver, I didn't know if I was scared or aroused.
"Musa!" Layla yelled behind Beat.
"Layla! Thank goodness you're here.. Uhhh.. You remember Beat?" I ran to Layla's side with relief. "We were just talking and he said that he was about to leave, right Beat?" I looked at him.
"Yeah, I was gonna say good bye since my band and I are leaving." Beat walked passed us and I felt shivers down my spine.
I sighed and took a deep breath, that really freaked me out.
"You ok?" asked Layla.
I looked at her and nodded with a smile on my face. "Don't worry." I assured her.
"If you say so, just take it easy on the stress bar." Layla walked over to the window and peeked.
I sat down to clear me head, Beat seemed a little weird. I just hope that I won't see him again; my body can't handle all these injuries and stress.
After I got myself back I saw Layla starring at the window, it was like she was looking at something. I stood up and took a little peek, I then saw 5 knights riding on horses and a sorcerer by their side. Layla and I looked at each other and ran to the other girls.
"Bloom! Stella!" shouted Layla. We saw the both of them looking out the window, looks like they know about it.
"You saw?" asked Bloom.
"Who wouldn't?" I said.
We heard the door to the west wing open "Guys! Did you see those people outside?" said Tecna.
"Are those the bandits?" asked Flora who ran behind Tecna.
"We're not sure, they're dressed as knights so they couldn't be the bandits" said Stella.
"Do you guys want to find out or what?" said Layla who was already by the door way.
We ran down the huge castle, passing by the beautiful halls; we all made our way out. There we saw 6 people by the edge of the gate, they haven't moved yet so we walked towards them with precaution.
We were only a few feet away from them and we decided to confront them from a safe distance.
"Excuse us!" shouted Stella as she waved her hand. "But who are you guys?" she asked.
They remind silent but the armored knight in the middle stepped down from his horse, he walked over and we all took one step back. The guy lifted his hands up to show us that he doesn't have weapons on him; we all kept accepted him but still kept our guard up. The knight had light blue armor on, we looked at the others and they had different armors as well. There was one with brownish-orange armor, another with very light purple armor, the next one had black armor, and the last knight had white armor. The sorcerer was covered with a huge silk like robe, it had beautiful yellow patterns but his face was covered with a hood.
As the light blue armored knight reached us he bowed then walked closer to Bloom.
"What?" a nervous Bloom asked.
The knight raised his visor and we all bursted out laughing.
"Hey." he greeted.
"What are you doing Sky?" laughed Bloom.
"Well, I wanted to ask you a royal question. What better way to ask with the whole princess and knight theme, right?" chuckled Sky.
"Tell me my knight, what is this royal question you wish to ask?" Bloom tilted her head up and smiled.
The girls and I ran to the other knights to give the two some 'privacy'
"My beautiful Princess." Sky knelt down on one knee. "Would you accept this humble knight's request..." Sky then took a pendant out of his shiny pocket.
Bloom's eyes widened and her smile grew.
Sky continued. "in become my date for the Red Fountain Grand Ball"
Bloom stood in front of him with a huge grin and watery eyes, she opened her mouth but nothing came out.
"Bloom?" Sky stood up and grabbed her hands.
Bloom then nodded and tears fell from her eyes, her face was bright red and she couldn't stop smiling.
"Yes? Yes? YES! She said yes!" Sky grabbed Bloom by the waist and carried her around.
"Oh sky!" Bloom exclaimed.
Sky placed her down and gave Bloom a peck on the lip, he turned to us and gave us a thumbs up. The girls and I waved at them and giggled, then we looked back to see the other knights raising their visors.
Timmy was wearing the brownish- orange armor, Brandon was wearing the Black armor, Helia was wearing the very light purple armor, and Nabu was obviously the sorcerer. I looked at everyone and they laughed at their boyfriends.
"Timmy? Is that really you?" asked Tecna, she was on her knees laughing.
"W-what? I can be a knight you know" said an embarrassed Timmy.
"Brandon! You look really good!" said Stella, she was hugging Brandon.
"I AM your knight sunshine." chuckled Brandon.
"Hey Nabu, I didn't know you'd look good in a dress." teased Layla.
"It's a robe my sweet Layla." Nabu turned red and then grabbed Layla to give her a kiss on the forehead.
"Flora, hey." Helia walked over to Flora.
"Hi Helia, you look really nice." Flora shyly said.
Everyone was still laughing and I noticed that one of the knights was missing, I scanned the area but he wasn't there. I then felt a tap behind me; I looked back and saw a white knight standing a few inches away from me.
"Hi" I greeted.
He didn't say anything, he replied with a bow. He got closer to me; my cheeks started to feel hot and my hands started to shake, Riven's image kept popping out. The white knight is him, I'm sure of it. I raised my hands to his visor and slowly opened it, but the knight grabbed my hand and shook his head.
"Why?" I asked. "I know it's you, please talk to me."
Again, he shook his head.
"I miss you, I need you, say something.. Riven." I tried to open his visor again, he wasn't that quick but he managed to grab my hand again. I only saw his mouth, but that was enough for me to be 100% sure. "If you don't want me then tell me right away, I can't handle all the pain anymore!" I yelled.
But I got no response, he just looked away.
"Fine! If you're going to be like this then so be it!" I stormed away to the forest.
FLORA POV
We all saw what had happened to Musa, the guys started to approach the white knight. He then took his helmet of and looked at the path where Musa ran off to. The girls and I walked to the guys, Sky and Bloom ran towards us as well.
"What happened?" asked Sky.
"It's Musa, but don't worry. We'll handle it, it was just a misunderstanding." said Layla.
Everyone looked at Riven, he was just staring at the forest.
"I'll go talk to her, don't worry about it." I patted his back and smiled.
"Sure." Riven replied back.
"Bloom, the guys will go soon so enjoy this afternoon with sky." I said.
Bloom and Sky looked at each other and went inside the castle.
"Guys, let's give Musa some space. She needs it, we'll go after her later."said Layla
"She'll be ok, we're in Magix so no monsters are in the forest." Tecna assured everyone.
We all headed back to the castle and we saw Bloom and Sky talking.
"So, you girls can stay here for the night. I already arranged everything, and don't worry about the bandit story. That was just a story we made up to make you girls come here." laughed Sky.
"I kinda got the message after seeing you" giggled Bloom.
All of us walked towards them.
"Hey Sky, nice job." Stella slapped Sky's back.
"Ow! Thanks Stell." Sky was rubbing his lower back.
"Sky." I tapped his back. "Can I ask you something?" I asked.
"Sure thing Flora, what's on your mind?" he answered back.
"You planned everything right? But did you also get those people from the beach involved?" I was a bit confused.
"Guys from the beach?" Sky asked. "I only got Miss Ferogonda, some shops in Magix, and Lord Oden involved."
"But Musa and I saw those guys from the beach again, you know, the one that helped Musa when she tripped." I looked around and saw that Riven was listening to our conversation.
"You mean that guy who carried Musa?" asked Sky.
"Yeah, that same guy." I saw Riven walking towards us.
"I didn't really know that he was gonna be here, although Lord Oden told me that their letting some people stay because of a car accident." said Sky.
I looked a bit surprised; Beat told us that he helped save the castle. Was he trying to impress Musa or did Lord Oden talk to them?
"Hey! What are you guys talking about? I heard Musa's name." demanded Riven.
"Chill dude, its nothing." said Sky.
"What nothing? I heard you two talk about Musa, tell me what's it about!" Riven's voice echoed out.
"I was just asking Flora about Musa's ankle." Sky then looked at me.
"Yeah, since you guys weren't there when Musa left the tent Sky was just making sure that she was ok." I said.
Riven looked away and left, he seemed pretty annoyed.
It was around 6pm and the guys decided to leave, all of us said our goodbyes and left the castle to look for Musa.
We looked around and got deeper into the forest, I used my powers to ask the trees about Musa and to my luck they saw her running not far from where we were.
"Over there girls!" I pointed to the east.
We ran and heard music, it was Musa's flute. While following the sound we all walked in silence, we didn't want to startle Musa.
As the music got louder Layla ran to a tree, and then she smiled at us.
"She's here!" Layla waved.
Musa was sitting by a tree, playing her flute. She looked at us and smiled, she seemed pretty ok but her eyes were puffy. Tecna walked towards her and extended her hand, Musa grabbed it and she stood up.
"Sorry about that girls, I just got so annoyed at Riven. I knew it was him but he was making it hard for me." said Musa.
"Don't think about him Muse, he's just an attention seeker. I say we head back to the castle for some pillow party!" Layla grabbed Musa and walked away.
"Yeah! You're right!" laughed Musa.
The rest of us laughed and ran after them, it was getting pretty late but the fun was just about to start.
When we arrived at the castle we saw Lord Oden with keys in his hands, he each gave us one.
"Those are keys to your rooms, have a great time here ladies." said Lord Oden.
We all thanked him and said our goodbyes, Lord Oden left the castle and we ran upstairs to check out the rooms.
Bloom's room was next to Stella's, at the next hall way was Tecna's and Layla's room, at the last hall way were my room and Musa's room. Everyone went to their rooms to change; I finished quickly so I went over to Musa's room.
"Musa." I knocked.
"Come in!" she answered.
"Hey." I peeked and entered.
"What's up?" asked Musa.
"Uhmm.. I want to talk to you." I sat down on her blue bed.
"What's on your mind Flo?" Musa then sat next to me.
"Well... Do you think you can tell me how you've been? I'm just really worried, everyone has been worried." I looked at Musa and she let out a sigh.
"Ok then, I think I'm ready. You see... Riven and I broke up, he was just so... Violent. The last time we went on a date we ran into a very drunk Jared, he yelled at Riven and I got scared. Riven didn't like it, he got so mad at him so he beat him up. I know Riven is like that but something about him snapped, I saw Jared and he wasn't looking good. I thought Riven would kill him, which was when I got more scared. I slapped Riven and I checked if Jared was ok, and again Riven didn't like it." Musa's eyes started to water, I placed my hand on her shoulder and she continued her story. "Ever since that break up I've been more scared, I've been more confused, and I've been madder. I thought Riven and I were officially done, but he keeps coming back and I just hurt more. I really don't know what to do." Musa suddenly cried, I gave her hug and she let out more tears.
"Oh Musa, sweetie. You know Riven so well, and you know his feeling more than anyone else. Right now you should forget about the pain, I know it'll be hard but your friends are here to help you. I can promise you that everything will be okay soon, Riven loves you. Maybe he's doing this because he feels guilty; he realized that what he did really scared you. You also know that Riven has a temper problem, just be a little patient and everything will be ok." I pushed Musa and saw her tears flowing down, but this time she gave me a smile.
"Thanks Flo, and I'm really sorry about the lies." Musa then gave me a hug.
"It's ok Musa, I understand."I hugged her back.
Musa wiped her tears and stood up, she looked at me and smiled.
"Let's go Flo, we can't keep the girls waiting." said Musa.
"Yeah." I stood up and walked to the door.
We reached Stella's room and we didn't hear any of them talk or laugh, so I pushed the door wide open.
"GET THEM!" yelled Stella.
Musa and I were being thrown with pillows; we laughed and shielded ourselves to enter the room. I got a hold of Blooms pillow and took it from her; Musa jumped on Tecna and started to hit her with the pillow. Stella on the other hand threw more pillows at us.
"What took you two so long!" chuckled Stella.
"Sorry! Flora and I talked a bit." said Musa, she was still hitting Tecna.
"Well, prepare yourselves!" yelled Bloom.
After the intense pillow battle we all layed by the feather covered bed, we were catching our breaths and laughing a bit. Musa started to open up to everyone and I looked at Layla, she smiled at me knowing I got Musa to open up. I gave her a thumbs up and she did the same.
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