I took a step back; they were unnerving me."What's going on, guys?" I asked.
"Who's. Your. Boyfriend. Bloom?" Stella asked menacingly.
"A guy." I said cautiously.
"Which guy?" She asked again through gritted teeth. She prodded me in the chest. I knocked her hand away.
"If you could kindly let me get to my destination, I might be able to explain." Their eyes followed me as I crossed to the lounge and sat on the couch. They were all angry. Even the usually calm, fair Flora was frowning a little. Tecna and Musa were frowning hard. Layla was probably the angriest out of all said girls. But no-one, absolutely no-one, could have been angrier than Stella. Her eyes were turning red, she was shaking, her fists were clenched hard and her ears were steaming.
"If you don't explain within the next two minutes, I will burn you alive with solar power." She threatened. I knew it wasn't the right thing to do considering the circumstances, but I did it anyway. I burst into laughter.
"Stella, you're forgetting that I am the Fairy of the Dragon Fire. Heat doesn't affect me since I have fire burning away in my heart. Heat is my life."
"You haven't explained, Bloom!" Stella warned, completely ignoring my statement.
"My boyfriend is..." I started. Stella clicked her tongue impatiently. "You have no right to know considering you threatened me." I brushed her off.
"I didn't threaten you; I have every right to know." Layla countered. She held a finger to her chin. "Except, we know who he is." I jumped. Flora seemed to have calmed down and sat next to me.
"Bloom, why? Why him out of all the boys-" Flora started. She was interrupted by Stella.
"Or girls." She interjected in another menacing tone. Flora glared at her. Finally, I had my best friend back.
"Anyway, why him, Bloom? Why your bitter enemy?"
"We're not enemies anymore, OK!" I snap. How dare they bad mouth him?
"I. Can't. Believe. You'd betray us like this, Peters. Our friendship is over!" Stella turned away from me and crossed her arms.
"Stella!" Musa scolded. Again, another ally in the battle. Yay!
"Stella, that was just plain mean. Bloom might not like Brandon but she puts up with him for your sake." Tecna told her. I had my friends back! Well, most of my friends.
"I don't care! Baltor is our enemy! If you guys wanna side with him then go ahead. Bloom and I are not friends anymore! Live with it!" She stormed off. I hung my head.
"Bloom, we're sorry. Really sorry. We should have trusted you." Musa crouched in front of me and looked me in the eye. "If you feel you can trust him, then so can I." She declared. I smiled at her.
"Me too." Aisha said.
"Me three!" Tecna agreed.
"Me four!" Flora smiled.
"Thanks, you guys. I really appreciate your trust." I smiled at them in turn. I look towards the door.
"We'll talk to her, B. You can count on it!" Musa winked.
"I seriously don't know how to thank you all." They smiled.
"Come here." They surrounded me in a group hug.
"Girls, I said I'd try and see him later so I'd thought about now." I said.
"You go ahead. I need to catch up with Riven." Musa ushered me.
"I need to see Helia." Flora agreed.
"I'll video call Timmy. I don't really want to leave campus right now." Tecna mused.
"I'll go get Brandon and Nabu and go find Stella."
"Bye guys!" I called.
I walked back to Cloud Tower for the second time today. Right outside their door, I teleported myself to the 'headmaster's' office. I opened the door a crack. "Baltor?" I whispered.
"Hey, Bloom." He stood up as I entered the room. "Did you explain?"
"They found out somehow. Stella didn't take it too well. Correction: she didn't take it at all." I threw my arms around him. I brought my lips to his.
"And the others?" He maneuvered us to his chair and sat me on his lap.
"They... were angry at first but then they softened up." I curled up against him.
"What did Sunshine say to you?" He asked as he ran his fingers through my hair. His voice was dripping with venom as he said 'Sunshine'.
"She said and I quote, "I don't care! Baltor is our enemy! If you guys wanna side with him then go ahead. Bloom and I are not friends anymore! Live with it!'," I mimicked Stella's tone. He frowned hard and mumbled something under his breath.
"I never thought such an up-beat girl could be so rude!" He mused aloud angrily.
"Stella was brought up as a spoilt posh princess. Of course she'll be rude." I remembered what she said about us and frowned.
"But what about the Tides Fairy? She was brought up as a posh princess."
"Posh. Not spoilt. There's a difference." As soon as those words left my mouth, I felt a strong negative aura flow through the air. "Did you feel that?"
"I sure did. C'mon. Let's go check it out." I reluctantly got up. Baltor followed suit. I transformed into my Charmix and flew out the window.
Outside Cloud Tower, there were two people waiting: a man and a woman. "Hello," the man chastised darkly.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"That's not important. Right now, I'm interested in finding the Dragon Fire." He smirked and I gulped. My real enemy was in front of me. "Wizard Boy, just move aside. This will be much easier if you just hand the fairy over." Baltor moved in front of me and his hands lit up, his Dragon Fire swirling at his fingertips.
"Never! Keep your hands off my property!" He yelled. The blue ball in his hand grew bigger and bigger.
"Fine then! Have it your way! Attack!"