She was sitting next to a little river near the house. Her feet were hanging in the fresh water as she watched the birds singing and the grass moving after every breeze. She was watching her belly; it was growing rapidly. She was already in the 6th month of her pregnancy and she was showing as well as the others. Musa smiled as she thought about the first 4 months, which were really bad. Between mood swings, throwing up, hunger and restless nights, they always found their ways for training and learning new spells. They wouldn't give up on their training just because they were pregnant, but now they had to stop. She herself had decided to end their training until they'd give birth. Sure the trainer was pretty good and all, but she was no Faragonda.
She was thinking about him, like she used to do. Musa really loved Riven. Without even thinking about it, she would whisper randomly his name; that went for the others too. After they really got to talking and getting to know each other, she thought that they would be together forever. She took out the picture of them together that was in her pocket. It was a little crumpled and damaged, but she still took care of it.
She was humming a song that her dad wrote to her mom a long time ago, Magic in My Heart, as she was making her way back to the house.
Flora, Layla, and Tecna were walking down the little stone road and waved to her. Musa chuckled and waited for them to catch up. They were talking for a while when they saw Stella and Bloom as well. The sun was setting and the moon began to rise at the same time, giving a very beautiful image.
All of them walked silently to the house and prepared their dinner for the night. They finished eating, cleaned up and went outside to see the stars. Each of them lay down next to each other and looked up and stared at the wonders the sky was showing them. That is all they were doing…watching the sky, full of stars and silently asking if there was someone up there, if there was something to live for. As if their unborn children could here them, they started kicking. They all chuckled and went to bed.
It was Musa's turn to write Ms. Faragonda a letter that they did once a month. She lay in her bed and continued to write. She could have had a cell phone, but no…
As always she just told her about their conditions, training and work. Never would she write how much she missed Riven, or any of the girls missed them. No she wouldn't show weakness again. She had a reason to be strong, strong for her child, their child. Even if Riven wouldn't want it, she would protect it.
She called her father everyday too. So did the other girls, of course. When she first told him that she was pregnant, she, never before in her life, had heard so many curse words in one sentence. She wished she could have seen his face when he blew up like that; it probably turned all red and would have been priceless.
Stella's father did the exact same thing. Yelling and screaming was just common in that family. Her mother, on the other hand, couldn't have been prouder of Stella, which was incredulously weird. Stella figured the only reason her mother was proud of her was because she was in opposition of her father. Boy was that an endless fight to hear on the phone.
Bloom told her parents, or her Earth parents, the very next day. They were a little confused, as if she was telling them some sort of joke, but then congratulated her weakly. Her father was a little upset though and told her to grow up next time and to be the better person. She cried that night.
Tecna told her parents and they thought she had gone crazy. They told her that it was illogical for her to be pregnant at her age and that she had her numbers mixed up or something. It was hard for Tecna to get it through her parents that she was truly and indeed pregnant. It honestly took them a month to figure out that she was telling her the truth, but that was only after Tecna had sent a picture of the way she looked after a month and showed them the schematics of two heartbeats of her body.
Layla's parents freaked out. They didn't expect a grandchild so soon, because of their age themselves, and the third seat to the throne. Her mother was more furious than her father, surprisingly. She said that a princess shouldn't have been sleeping around like that. What freaked them out the most, though, was when she told them that it was Nabu that did it; it was like the end of the universe or something. Her mother was the one that set them up as well.
Well all of them had one thing in common…it was either that you are stupid or what were you thinking. And all of them agreed with Faragonda in deciding for them to live on Linphea for a while. Of course they agreed. They also asked them to tell no one, no one at all, especially if the boys ask or talk about them. They agreed, and certainly would not want to let it get out that the Winx Club was pregnant.
She looked at her clock; it was getting late. She would finish the letter tomorrow after her their checkup with Lacey. Lacey was a wonderful person and knew how to handle every situation that they were going through.
Now she knew why Faragonda and Flora said that she would be perfect during their pregnancy. Lacey didn't even get too mad when she found out that Flora was pregnant. I guess that when Lacey was Flora's age, she also got pregnant with her boyfriend. Luckily they both got married instead of being some sort of bet.
Musa sighed, closed the notebook with music notes all over it, and shut off her light and drowned in her sleep waiting for the next day.
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Flashback:
The guys went to Alfea to talk with Ms. Faragonda. Faragonda sat at her desk and Griselda was standing right next to her. Faragonda and Griselda had a really distasteful look upon their faces, and the guys were actually kind of scared.
"Uh Ms. Faragonda, we haven't seen much of the girls lately and we were wondering if you knew where they have been?" asked Sky. Faragonda knew what they had done to them, for Bloom told her in private, and sort of glared at them.
"I sent them on a mission," she replied plainly, trying not to make so much eye contact, while looking at some notes.
"What kind of mission? And why weren't we informed to go with them?" asked Brandon.
"Sorry, but I can not tell you. It is a secret mission that only they will be on. They asked me specifically not to tell anyone, especially you," she said again.
"When are they coming back?" asked Timmy.
"I don't know," she said, lying to their faces.
"Are they even coming back?" asked Riven, deciding to ask a stupid question as he was getting really annoyed.
"No," said Griselda, totally lying. Griselda also knew what they had done and she was not going to let her brightest students be taken down by these boys. Faragonda looked at an amused Griselda and decided that it was ok that she had said no.
"Can you at least tell us what the mission is about, even just a little information?" asked Helia.
"I am sorry, but I have already told you too much. You are dismissed from my office," Faragonda said coldly.
They left with Riven slamming the door.
End Flashback:
The guys were sitting at a Magix eating area, eating some lunch while enjoying themselves. They were out of school, but Saladin gave them jobs as instructors at Red Fountain for the time being. They went on missions and helped the young kids to show them how things work and get the job done. All of them had apartments next to each other in Magix that were really nice and had a great view. They were on a lunch break watching the busy streets.
"That kid of yours is really starting to bug me Sky," said Riven while taking a sip of his drink.
"Hey it's not my fault he is one of my students. You're just going to have to get over it Riven," replied Sky.
"The day Riven gets over anything is the day I cut my hair," joked Nabu.
"Very funny, but seriously, that little shit is getting on my nerves. Do something about it or I will, and we all know how that will end if I do something," Riven said again, talking about the freshman at Red Fountain under Sky's supervision.
"Fine, I'll talk to the kid. Just don't send anyone to Magix Hospital yet man. We are getting excellent training ourselves by doing this," said Sky
"For what?" asked Timmy.
"I don't know, I was trying to make up an excuse for Riven to shut up for once in his life. But it keeps us at Red Fountain and I don't know about you guys but I am certainly not ready to take the throne just yet," said Sky.
"Oh yeah, because it would totally be a shame being a king on the most prosperous planet in the world," said Brandon sarcastically.
"You guys know what I mean, I do not want to see my parents any time soon," he said. "All they would do is talk about my future, plans for Eraklyon, and if I have a bride yet…" he silently sort of silenced himself after those words left his mouth.
"That's the real reason," said Helia, leaving the mood down for everyone. "You're waiting for her to come back." Sky didn't want to look them in the eyes.
"I think that is the reason for all of us," said Brandon kind of quiet, but still loud enough for everyone to hear. None of them wanted to admit it but all of them were staying at Red Fountain because they were waiting for them to come back. It was still their last year at Alfea, so they had to come back during that time…right? That was the true and the real reason why all of them stayed in Magix.
"How long has it been?" asked Riven.
"6 months and two days," said Timmy.
"Why would Faragonda send the girls on a mission with out us?" asked Nabu, still remembering when he went to Tides to talk about Layla to her parents. They said nothing to him, only giving him a disgusted look. In fact, her parents said and did the same exact thing as Faragonda did. He just didn't understand anymore.
"I don't know man, but this place just isn't the same without them here," replied Brandon, looking around Magix.
Magix had become quieter without the Winx Club around and some how very uncomforting. Everyone was kind of dull and not as peppy. Usually morning commute topics would be about how the Winx Club did another thing to save the universe…but no such luck came to mind anymore. Now…Magix just wasn't the same. Even people sometimes came up to them, asking them where they had gone. All they could do was nod their head no and say that they will be back soon. It just wasn't the same…there was nothing.
No laughing, no smiles, nothing.
No Bloom.
No Stella.
No Musa.
No Tecna.
No Flora.
No Layla.
No more joy.
"When do you think they'll come back?" asked Helia, still not believing what Griselda had said.
"I don't know, probably never," said Riven smugly.
"Well I don't know about you guys, but I said to Saladin that I would stay as long as I wanted too, and that is just what I am going to do," said Sky, referring that he would stay by Red Fountain until the girls arrived back.
Silence fell among them as they continued to eat and watch the blue covered sky filled with clouds above them and thought about the future.
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"Stella! Would you hurry up! We are going to be late with Lacey!" yelled Layla as Stella was doing her makeup.
"Well excuse me! Beauty and perfection don't form in two seconds ya know!" replied Stella. Layla sighed and went out of the door.
"So where is she?" asked Musa.
"Doing her makeup of course, what else?" said Layla.
"I am right here! Jeez! You people really need to be more patient!" said Stella coming out of the door
"Well you were taking like an hour!" said Layla.
"Guys, guys, guys, calm down. My mother won't mind, really. Let's go now and hurry and we will be on time," said Flora. They walked a little down the road to Flora's parents house and saw Lacey in the front waiting for them.
"Hello girls. My, you girls are looking bigger and bigger every day, aren't you?" said Lacey.
"Don't remind me," said Stella looking down at her stomach. Lacey chuckled.
"It's ok, practically all women go through it. Come inside to the baby room," she said as the others followed. Inside the room, it looked like a hospital.
"Now who wants to go first?" she asked.
"I will," said Bloom.
"Now, you girls are still sure that you do not want to know the gender of you child," she said.
"No mom, we don't want to know. We want it to be a surprise, and don't you tell us either," replied Flora. Lacey lifted up Blooms shirt and Lacey put her hands on her stomach. She said a spell and opened her eyes.
"Your child is doing great Bloom. Very healthy, is looking excellent, and it is a"-
"Don't you dare say it Lacey!" yelled Bloom while covering her mouth with her hand.
"Oh! But why? People should know the type of child they are going to have the rest of their lives," replied Lacey.
"As you can see, my mother does not like surprises at all," said Flora, smiling at her mother.
"Well I don't need someone to tell me what my baby is going to be!" said Stella.
"Here we go," said Tecna.
"She will be a girl! She will have long beautiful blond hair, brown beautiful eyes, and we will go shopping together every day. She will have my fashion sense, of course, and she will be gorgeous!" said Stella. All of the girls rolled their eyes and started to laugh a little. "Yes, she will be perfect."
"Knowing your luck you'll probably get a boy," said Musa while the other girls laughed.
"You can know right now if you want to," teased Lacey.
"No way, I am sticking with my friends on this one," said Stella.
"Well Stella, how about you next?" she said. Stella simply nodded and lifted up her shirt as Lacey put her hands on her large belly. "You are doing excellent too Stella."
"Well with you by our side Lacey, I don't really see how any of them could get hurt,' said Bloom. Lacey merely smiled and checked the rest of the girls. All of them were good to go as well.
"Have you girls thought of names yet?" she asked.
"I have thought of some," said Flora.
"Me too," said Musa.
"Well go ahead, spit them out. What are you thinking?" Lacey asked again.
"Not going to tell you Lacey," smirked Musa.
"Neither am I," said Flora.
"Oh come on! You girls just won't let me do or know anything these days," she said.
"Well who came up with your name Lacey?" asked Layla
"My mother of course. She always loved how the vines laced around together, making them look twisted."
"Well I'll tell you one thing… I was going to name, if it was a girl, her Melody, but how lame would that sound? 'And now introducing… Princess Melody of Melody!' Lame!" joked Musa making the girls laugh. "But I do have other things in mind."
"So what are we going to do today, Lacey?" asked Tecna.
"Well, I am going to show you how to take care of a child, and then to brush you girls back on your Alfea training, some potions that you can make with the plants around you."
"At least we are not training for real this time. That Ms. Alvarez chick Faragonda sent was getting on my nerves," said Stella.
"Stella, I think any teacher gets on your nerves," said Tecna.
"True…maybe it was because of my mood swings."
"Hey, it's ok. I didn't like her either," said Musa.
"Yeah, like how you accidentally hit her with that spell," said Bloom.
"I still think her spell backfired and hit herself in head," replied Musa.
"Yeah, and then she was out cold for three days," said Layla.
"I don't know why you girls make fun of her, she was a really nice woman," said Lacey.
"Please, you only liked her because she wouldn't stop complimenting on your garden," said Flora.
"That may be, but you better start liking her because once you girls give birth, she'll be coming straight back her to train you again," said Lacey
"We'll just give her the same hell as we did last time," said Layla.
"Ok, enough gossiping. Let's get to your potions and then later we'll have dinner at my place tonight…my treat," said Lacey as they went outside.
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"I can't believe I actually learned something," said Stella while looking at her orange mixture. Lacey was making dinner in the kitchen and the girls were in Flora's old room.
"My mother usually puts two and two together. Whether she told you or not, she actually taught you how to make good sick remedies and medicines for the baby," said Flora.
"Well this will definitely be going down my child's throat if it starts coughing," replied Stella. Bloom got a little jolt of excitement. Everyone turned to look at her.
"It's ok guys, it is just kicking," smiled Bloom. "Go on, feel it." The girls felt Bloom's stomach and felt the little kicks of a tiny foot. The girls smiled. Then for some reason the girls became sad, each of them sitting there quietly, thinking of their children…and then their fathers. Each of the felt their stomachs and began thinking about what they had discussed today. Is it a boy or a girl? What will it look like?
"What do you think they'll look like?" asked Layla
"Like us of course," said Tecna.
"Will they look like them?" asked Flora.
"Don't talk about them," said Musa.
"I know, I know, but when we go back, they are going to see some similarities," replied Flora.
"We avoid them as much as possible when we go back," said Musa. "Who knows? Maybe all of them left Magix already."
"They probably already forgot about us anyway," said Layla.
"Probably still lingering with some sluts at night clubs or something," said Stella, checking her nails quietly.
"Can we change the subject?" asked Bloom as she started to form tears in her eyes. "This whole day I haven't thought about him once until now. Can we just…just stop?"
"I think that is a good idea," said Musa as she put a hand on her shoulder, forming tears herself. "We still have a long way to go guys, just think about now and not the future." On that cue, Flora's little sister Rose walked in and gave Flora a big hug.
"Hey Flora! Glad to see you joining us for dinner!" Rose said.
"Oh hey Rose, I didn't see you come in," Flora said, whipping a tear from her eye.
"Are you ok?" asked a concerned Rose.
"Yeah, I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?" Flora tried to put on a smile for her little sister. She would have told her the truth, but she was just too young to understand.
"Oh ok. So what are your names for the baby?" Rose asked.
"Did mom send you in here?"
"Maybe…"
"I knew it. Look, I am not telling anyone. I haven't even told my friends yet," said Flora.
"It's true," said Musa.
"And they also haven't told me anything. Besides, we have only three months to go, I think you can wait for that short of time," said Flora
"Don't remind me," said Stella, thinking of the pain.
"You know my mom can give you guys pain spells, right?" said Rose.
"I know, still just thinking about it…"
"I think dinner is almost ready guys. You should head out," said Rose, leaving the room. The room fell silent again. Everyone knew what each other were thinking.
"Do you think we'll ever see them again?" asked Stella.
"Who knows Stella, who knows," said Musa.
"I hope not," said Layla, knowing that she would see him again because he resided on Tides. "I will convince my parents one way or another…" she sort of whispered to herself.
"We are going to be gone for five years…I think they would have left by that time," said Tecna.
"Then they are probably already gone then. Last year was their last year at Red Fountain," said Flora.
"Good, I hope that they are as far away as possible from Magix. I never want to see him again," said Bloom, knowing deep down she did want to see him again.
"At least we still have each other girls," said Flora. That put a little tiny smile on their faces.
"We sure do Flo, we sure do," smiled Musa, feeling her baby kick as well.
This is your life…are you who you want to be?
Well that was chapter two. Good right? Well I hope so. I hope you guys are enjoying it. It is actually kind of depressing, but I still think it is good for all of the people who like that kind of stuff.
Again, Flora mom stuff is totally made up…so don't get too mad if it sounds completely stupid.
And OMG! Seriously guys, half of my reviews were only asking if I could put in more Stella action in the story. I like Stella, I really do, so she WILL be in the story. She is definitely the humor of the story, so she will always have her say in things. You saw in the second chapter what it was like. Trust me, I was not going to have Musa narrate the whole story, how boring would that be?
But yeah, this is the way it goes…hope you enjoyed it and look for the third chapter coming up soon!!
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