Chapter 13: A Step Back In Time
(Hope this helps to piece everything back together. A brief snapshot into Elizabeth, Nola and Ms Faragonda's past and a bit more about the girl's confrontation with Elizabeth. SECOND LAST CHAPTER! Hope you like it!)
Elizabeth and Nola Sinery, sisters – 4 years before Winx
"Liz!" exclaimed a small maroon haired girl. "Look at what I made!"
A tall brunette, about twelve years old, rushed over to her little sister who was crouched down next to a tattered painting. It didn't look like much, only the sort that a small nine years old, like that herself, would make.
"Wow Nol!" Elizabeth exclaimed, softly, "That is so pretty…honest!"
Nola grinned at her sister and ran to give her a hug. Elizabeth smiled at her touch and hoisted Nola up onto her shoulder. The little girl giggled as Elizabeth rushed to the kitchen, while Nola clung onto her shoulder.
Mira Sinery was standing in the kitchen, washing the dishes carefully. Elizabeth sighed and rushed to her mum's help, firstly dropping Nola off on a comfy beanbag close by.
"Mum!" Elizabeth protested, "You really do over-work yourself…you go read a book and I'll do the dishes, okay?"
Mira smiled at her sweet daughter, who really was very kind. "You sure sweetie…I really would love some quiet time today, your little pooch York bugged me all morning. I just can't sing him to sleep like you, Liz!"
Elizabeth grinned as her mum trudged away, holding Nola's hand. The girl turned back and waved at her older sister, smiling. Elizabeth waved back, before going to do the dishes.
After she had finished, she was met by a cranky York. York was a Pomeranian and a really cute one too. York pawed Elizabeth's shoes and she assumed that her little dog must be really hungry.
She started to go towards the treat section near York's kennel, when the doorbell rang. Elizabeth scooped up York in her right hand, making the dog yap happily. She ruffled his hair, before heading towards the door. When she reached it, she put York down with one swift move.
"Hey Liz!" exclaimed a bounce tan haired girl, "Have you seen Nol?"
Elizabeth smiled at the girl's bouncy attitude, "Yeah…I think she's upstairs with my mum. She won't be down until a few minutes. Hey, I'll get you some orange juice and we can play Wii until she arrives!"
"Sure," Marnie replied, happily, "As long as it's Mario Kart, I always beat you in that one!"
"Okay!" Elizabeth shouted from the kitchen, "But you can't count on that line every time!"
As Elizabeth poured the orange juice, she couldn't help wondering that she really did have the perfect life!
Ms Faragonda and Delia of Delphino – Around the same time as the previous scene
"Yes?" Lilli asked anxiously.
She was standing in front of Delphi's mountain in the land of Delino (Delino – land of dolphins). She had been called here for some 'urgent' business, something containing the Council of Magix, which was very rare as they didn't like to get messy.
Delphi stood in front of her, with her long blue hair reaching to her hip. She was a witch, but not ones like Icy, Darcy and Stormy. She used her powers of witchery for the harmless act of fortune-telling. She read out prophecies from The Great Lords and she had so far, never been wrong.
"Ms Lilli Faragonda of Zenth, land of peace, is that you?" asked Delphi.
Lilli nodded and Delphi slowly continued, "I came here to tell you about a prophecy one of the Lords has told me. It is by far the most important one I have received, and it is indeed concerning you. He said, and I quote: 'There will be students of Alfea which will graduate of the highest standard. Their headmistress, Lilli, will be their mentors and she'll be able to sense their emotions. They will be the greatest fairies of all time…the legendary Eight.'"
"But I thought that the legendary Eight consisted of Milla, Yuna, Sinell, Bella, Winy, Janis, Tuta and Haley. They're already deceased!" Ms Faragonda protested, but Delphi had already levitated herself halfway up the mountain.
---
"What do you mean you know, Nola?" Ms Faragonda asked, surprised.
Nola looked away, playing absentmindedly with her hair. "I have this sister…right? She goes to Enchants College and she hates the Winx Club and is always plotting against them. She's done a gazillion things to sabotage their life and she tells me all of it, because she thinks that I'll be proud of her."
Stella looked over to Nola, cocking her head to one side. She thought of something and instantly her eyes started to glaze over again. She looked at the maroon-haired girl, who was cowering back a bit and the sun and moon fairy looked at her, her own eyes growing very cold.
"Does her name happen to be Elizabeth Sinery?" Stella burst out.
The other girl slowly closed her eyes and nodded, sadly. Stella's face grew with fury as she breathed out shallow breaths, trying to rid herself of the horrible anger that was growing inside of her. That…that girl was responsible for everything going wrong in her life…
Bloom saw her best friend's temper and place a hand on her shoulder to calm her down. She then turned to Nola, her hair almost the same colour as Stella's once-radiant face. She quietly asked the frightened girl, "Could you explain it in detail?"
Marnie whispered something into her friend's ear and Nola instantly nodded towards her tan-haired friend. She turned to the other Winx girls, who were waiting rather impatiently. Nola gulped and refused, "I'm sorry but I think it would be better if you asked Elizabeth herself."
Flora nodded and they were about to leave, when Nola added, "Please can you try not to be harsh on her? She really didn't mean it! I mean sure, sometime she's a bitch, but she's really nice when you get to know her. All she wants is to be your friend, give her a chance please?!"
Flora nodded and said, softly. "We'll try Nola."
20 minutes later…
Elizabeth tapped her foot, patiently. She was waiting for the line in the cafeteria to clear up, but it didn't seem to move an inch ahead. She sighed and looked at her empty tray, feeling the pits of her stomach rumble up. She had to eat something…fast.
She waved her hands and chanted a food spell, causing a greasy hamburger to appear. She winced, it didn't look that inviting, but it would have to do. She had to find some way to salvage her hunger! Elizabeth quickly took a bite before she could regret the choice.
As she slowly ate her burger, the latest activities flew through her mind. She might not have regretted the burger, but she regretted even trying to get revenge on Stella. Elizabeth sighed; she had never been this mean before. She had always been the sweetest girl in the class, the angel.
She had the greatest relationship with her sister, Nola, but now they didn't even talk to each other….all because of the desire to get revenge on Stella. She'd even stolen Stella's boyfriend, but even though she regretted it, she still wouldn't go back to change it.
I just wish, she thought, they would forgive me.
Suddenly she felt a tug on her hand and before she knew what was happening, she was in a dark valley. She looked around to see the six members of the Winx Club, standing in front of her. They all had their arms crossed and didn't look very pleased.
"Look…" Elizabeth started, "Just listen. Stella, remember the summer before freshman year?"
Stella shook her head, becoming less angry by the second. Elizabeth sighed and told her story. How she felt when Stella hadn't recognised her, how angry she'd been and what she'd done to them. In between her explanation, she'd apologised ten times.
"I'm really, really sorry and I regret it! I guess I just wanted to be like you…to fit in! I know you probably won't forgive me, but I wish you would. I let revenge get the best of me and in the process I ruined my connection with my sister!" she cried, almost in tears.
Then Stella did the most surprising thing of all – she ran and gave Elizabeth a tight hug. Elizabeth was shocked and the girls quickly ran to hug Elizabeth as well.
"It's not your fault, it's mine," Stella said, sadly, "I'm sorry if I hurt you! But I guess we're even, right? Do you think we could start over…as friends?"
Elizabeth sniffed happily and nodded. Musa cried out, "Welcome to the Winx Club!"
---
Dear Diary,
I can't believe that they could just accept me like that after all the things I did to them! It was so…sudden! I thought they would hate me forever!
I asked Flora about that later and she told me this…
"In the Winx we are just like girls,
We all make mistakes!
We know what you went through,
We understand you and we're
Willing to give you a second chance,
That's what Winx is about!
And we could already see
That beneath all those
Stuff you did, you're
A great and loyal friend,
So we're all willing to
Forgive and forget,
Including Stella,"
Me! A great friend…nobody has ever said that to me!
Though I did tell Stella that I'm not breaking up with Brandon because we're friends, and she that it's fine and she's over it. I really think that's nice of her! I really like him – not just for revenge against Stella. I think he likes me too…
*grin*
Well, the girls suggested we celebrate the new member of the Winx (ME!) and that the headmistress said that I could share a room with Bloom, Stella and Flora. They're great, right?
xxx Elizabeth
PS: I can't believe it!
______________________________________________________________________
A/N:
The story is almost over…one chapter left! Then the sequel which (one foot out the door this answers your question) explains everything else. That's when action and adventure start to come in. I might get a beta reader next time but it's a bit late now! *smile *
Well, hope you enjoyed!
Skylar
