AN: I want to say sorry for my lack of updates this whole year. I was looking through my documents and found this chapter, it was uncompleted , but i quickly edited it and sent it straight to FF because i know i have some readers. My writers block is starting to form and i need some new ideas. When you finish this story, please give me your thoughts ideas and reviews. I wont be updated for quite a while again, because as i read through the other chapters i felt that is was very bad writing. So i will be rewriting for the summer. THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT.
All of Flora
The Fifth Chapter: Prince Flora…
Previously:
"Are you trying to apologize?"
"Yes. And telling you that I would do anything for you… even if it risks losing my life."
… Nothing was heard, it was silent. Then a muffled sniffle was heard. Helia looked down to Flora and whipped the tear away. "Flora-" said then hugged Helia into a tight embrace with her head against his chest.
"You're the second person who said that to me." It was quiet but Helia heard. Her arms squeezed Helia even tighter, "Helia -sniffle- I love you too. Just don't leave me."
"Flora..." He returned the hug and held the crying nature fairy in his arms. What are you hiding that causes you this much pain?
All throughout the next day, Flora had tried her best to avoid Helia. She couldn't stop thinking about almost spilling out the truth-more like sprinkles of clues- but still! Helia being slightly aggravated that Flora would ignore him during the day. Both of them couldn't even see where their relationship was heading.
As the end of the week grew near, Flora was called backed to the Palace. She had made an excuse to her friends saying that she was busy with family matters that day. The sun rising signaling an early morning, Flora had put on blue colored contacts, even though she was covering for her twin brother they stilled had some major differences. She was lucky the Clovis had not been a very muscular male, or then she would have had problems. Flora wrapped her breast bindings around her to flatten her chest and added a button up shirt. She then placed her brother's formal coat with metals and gold rims on the shoulders and hem of the jacket. Flora tied her hair to the side like how her brother said he wore it. After dressing, she hurried outside to the limo that was waiting. She then headed towards the Linphean Palace.
"Hello, little brother." Flora turned to the voice only seeing it to be Julius. When their eyes met, he winked. That just made everyone who caught that, shudder. Even Flora had shivers traveling down her back, but still, she shrugged it answering, "Yes, I'm back Julius."
"You have some duties to finish, some lessons to make up and an audience to Father." He smiled as he watched Clovis take a parchment handed from a side worker. Julius also praised himself; Flora looks exactly like Clovis, a little more feminine if you knew the guy really well.
"I see you like making thing difficult for me Clovis." Flora muttered under her breath, as she read over the parchment handed to her. She looked up to Julius who had chuckled. Flora sighed, "I guess this is what I get having brothers."
Throughout the day, Clovis attended meetings, read over documents and went to lessons. By the end of the day he had gotten no rest before seeing his father.
'What if dad sees right through the disguise?' he continued to ponder on the thought of being caught, 'that would be just great!' he thought sarcastically. Running a hand through his hair he sighed and walked towards the thrown room in deep thought. He was suddenly jerked from his mind back into reality.
"Ah…" The man bowed, using his eyes to glance up, "Prince Clovis."
He bowed his head in recognition, avoiding eye contact and trying his best to make his voice deep he responded, "Prince Garnia."
"How was your vacation? I heard your sister's back."
"It was fine, and yes, she had arrived a while ago. I am surprised you have yet to seek her out."
"Yes tell her that I will be visiting sometime this week."
Clovis stiffened, as much as he loved the guy, he can be too mysterious. Garnia saw this and smirked, "unless, Princess Flora is around the Palace."
Clovis snapped his head up with his eyes widened in shock. 'Had he found out? Figures, the guy is too smart.' He quickly recollected himself and put on the emotionless mask that she new too well. "I have yet to see her come around. I must go, please, enjoy your evening."
As Clovis turned to leave, the prince had grabbed onto his wrist and turned his body around. Garnia looked down and noticed a small but thin pink scar.
"When you do see Flora, send her my regards." He then let go of the young prince's arm and headed in the opposite direction. Flora let out a breath she never knew she was holding. Flora continued to the throne room, shrugging off another bad and worried thought that was continuously eating her inside.
"Son, you have returned. How was your little vacation?" The king of Linphea sat there with a tall and intimidating posture with his cool expression. He was not happy to hear of Clovis's little stunt, and ran off. The Queen had sat next to him. Flora saw that she had not been healthy, with the paleness of her skin and dark circles under her eyes; she tried to cover her make up with.
"I enjoyed it; it was relaxing and relieved me of my stress father. You should try it one day." Flora hoped she had sounded like her brother. Just hoped that Julius's little lesson on Clovis's Speech worked.
"I will, when I retire from my position giving it to you and Prince Julius." The King sighed, "Just right now is a tough time. After your sister, Princess Flora, had disappeared, her duties piled up. Then you, I had to take care of them on top of my own work."
Flora had felt a little guilty, just leaving the Palace like that. "I will continue my duties and I have a feeling that Princess Flora will, return soon. She cannot run forever."
"I have heard some news over my little flower of all different things. And I do not know what to believe. What is she running away from?" This time it was her mother who spoke. The Queen's voice sounded shaky and lost.
"I cannot tell because I am not for certain." Prince Clovis stated. Even though she was Flora underneath the clothes and contacts, she could not tell.
The meeting had gone longer than he/she had thought. Flora tried to answer all the answers her brother usually gives, and right now it seem to work. The talk went on about Flora's disappearance and she knew her mother knew that Clovis did know. Her father had stated the events that needed to be finished.
Flora arrived at the mansion where she and her friends currently reside late that night. Her bones were sore and her eye threatened to close on her. The lights of the hallways were turned, however, moonlight light up corridor making it possible to see.
The nature fairy raised her eyebrow at the light coming from a room up ahead. Forgetting everything on her mind, she opened the door with a creek and notices her friends talking with movie credits playing in the background. Popcorn and candy rappers were all over the floor with coke bottles scattered across the table and four pizza boxes in the corner. "This room is a complete mess."
Everybody looked to the direction of the voice.
"Flora!" Stella got up to hug her nature friend, "You were suppose to be here hours earlier. Wanna watch a movie with us. We finished one, but we all voted to watch another…"
"Sure let me freshen up a bit. I will be back in ten."
"Sure sweetheart, we always have to look out best." Stella stared at Flora. She felt like there was something different about her nature loving friend. "you look different." Stella said as she assessed her friend.
"Like I said, I will be right back ehehehe…." The brunette haired fairy hurried to her room. Undressed and put on a tank top and silk pj pants. She quickly looked her self in the mirror and headed out the door. She ran right back in whispering, "Contacts, contacts, contacts."
…..
When walking into the room, it was all agreed upon watching a chic-flick seeing as the watched an action movie while Flora was away. More popcorn and candies were eaten, contributing to the pile of garbage around them.
The Next Day…
"Argh, my stomach hurts so much." Bloom rubbed her stomach in a circular motion as she walked into the dining room, "Who made me eat al those gummy bears last night?"
"I feel horrible." Stella walked hunched to her seat.
"You look horrible." Layla yawned while starching. Stella sent her a glare.
As each member of the Winx and Specialist joined the dining hall more comments were said, "my head is spinning." Or "I feel deprived of my sleep." And "I'm dead."
"Well, besides feeling a little sleepless, I'm fine." Rose said while skipping in with a huge grin covering her face. Everyone just stared at her with thoughts on the lines of 'Who can have so much energy in the morning?' and 'She is just crazy.'
Rose tilted her head, "Are you guys ok, stop looking at me, it's scary."
Ding-Dong! Ding-Dong! Ding-Dong!
