Chapter 3
The handsome, young artist twisted and turned his bed sheets were wrapping and trapping him in their grasp. Suddenly, his body bolted straight up into the upright position, his blue raven hair curtained his face as he tried to calm himself down but taking shaky, deep breaths. As his eyes adjusted to the darkness of his room he glanced at his clock.
3:47 am
He mentally groaned at how early he woke up, his aqua eyes traveled to his hands-they were tightly clenching his bed sheets. He relaxed his grip on them and ran his left hand through his hair. Helia flinched at the sound of his phone going off, in the middle of the night it seem to blare obnoxiously.
The light the cell phone emitted made his eyes sore, he thought about hanging up the phone or allowing it to pass until it stopped, however his mind was instantly changed when he saw that it was Flora calling him. Why is she calling at this time? Wait, why is she awake at this hour?
Feeling more awake he answered his phone. "Hello? Flora?"
"Hey, I'm sorry to call you at such an early time. I'll just-"
"Flora, what is the matter?" Helia asked her voice contained a lot of tension. 3 in the morning or not, he would be there if she needed him.
"Helia, is there something wrong? You sound stressed out." Flora replied, she completely avoided the question. Perhaps he was not the only one to have an unpleasant dream this night.
"Answer my question first." he gently said, to coax her inner turmoil out of her so he could make it better
"I had a nightmare." Flora said, her voice was soft and her tone was hesitant. Helia recognized that she was feeling very vulnerable, his hands itched to wrap her in his arms but instead he could only use his voice.
"Do you remember what it was about?" Helia asked
"No, not really. It was more of being overwhelmed by negative emotions that made me want to call you."
Ah, so his assumption was correct, they both experienced an unpleasant dream this morning. Knowing that there wouldn't be a point to talking about it, he concentrated on making her feel better instead. "Hey Flora wanna play 21 questions?"
He heard her soft laugher, and the tenseness in his body had disappeared "How do you play?" she asked
"Well, you pick something-anything that. And I would ask twenty one yes or no questions in order to figure it out. So would you like to play?"
"I would love to, so who goes first?"
The pair engaged into the game and along the way their attention was diverted from the uncomfortable feelings that a dream stirred to warmth and comfort that one provided for the other. So their game was forgotten as they flowed into regular conversation where their subject was nothing to everything.
Helia chuckled softly "Oh is that so?"
"Yes, it so-oh my look at the time?!"
He did a glance at his clock and it was….
5:15 am
Oh, wow how did they talk for almost two hours and not even noticed it? Although he personally did not mind that he lost some time to sleep (nothing could ever beat spending time with Flora) he felt bad about the negative consequences that a lack of sleep might have on her.
"I assume we should go to bed and get whatever sleep we can." Helia said
He heard laugher on the other side "Your assumption is correct, alright good night Helia."
"Don't you mean good morning?" He teased
"Oh, you know what I mean," he could practically feel her smile on the other line "sweet dreams Helia"
"Sweet dreams, Flora" He said, they hung up at the same time. Helia adjusted his bed sheets and lay down; he replayed their conversation on their phone in his mind and allowed the memory of her voice lull him to comfortable dream.
(I wanna be loved by you Just You and nobody else but You I wanna be loved by You Just You and nobody else but You)
The sound of her alarm made her groan, keeping her head on the pillow her elegant hand blindly searched for the source of the agonizing noise. Just let me sleep…
Bloom looked at her roommate as the sleepy fairy pressed the snooze button and drifted off to sleep, she glanced at the clock, class would start in a while but they had to eat breakfast. As her bright blue eyes sparkled with mischief, dear Flora happily was ignorant to what Bloom was about to do next.
"Good Morning Flora!" Bloom yelled loudly and she sprinted onto Flora's bed, bouncing up and down disrupting whatever peace the nature fairy had.
"Sweetie not so loud." Flora whined
Bloom grinned and pulled off the covers off Flora "Morning, no more time for sleeping in. Class will start soon and we have to meet the others for breakfast." She saw a pair of green eyes peak out at her, there were traces of very mild annoyance and some amusement.
Flora dragged herself out of her comfortable, warm bed and got dressed for the day, while Bloom was waiting for her on her bed. She looked out the window and was pleased by the clear, sunny weather but she couldn't help but feel that something was off. Shaking off the feeling she turned to Bloom and smiled "So shall we?"
Bloom looped her arm around Flora "Yes, we shall."
They exited their dorm, walked through the hallway and finally saw their other friends enjoying breakfast at the long tables.
"Look who decided to arrive fashionably late this morning." Stella said her eyes were twinkled as she teased her two best friends. There was a chorus of soft laugher ranging in different tones.
As they sat themselves down, Tecna looked at Flora she seemed a tab bit distracted today and there was some exhaustion drifting in her eyes. The pink haired fairy wanted to question her friend but right now everyone was busy with eating.
"So, did everyone remember to study for that quiz we have in master's potions class?" asked Musa, she stuffed a piece of scrambled egg in her mouth and chewed.
"That's today?!" asked Stella, she ran a hand through her long, silky blond hair and pulled the ends "Arrggg why did no one tell me?" she questioned
"We did, but you were too busy deciding what you should wear on your date with Brandon this Saturday." retorted Layla, her curly brown hair was tied up to pig tails and they gently shook when the Tides princess shook her head dismissively.
"That darling will always be important. But speaking of dates; ladies spill" said Stella, her honey eyes looked pointedly at Bloom and Flora.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." said Bloom, a light red color covered her cheeks as she found the surface of the table to be very interesting.
"Blooommmm." Musa dawned, playing with a long lock of her enchanted midnight blue hair. Curious eyes looked at the dragon fire beholder.
"It was very romantic." Bloom fawned
"You should provide more details then that, we could already inference that from the look of your face." Tecna pointed out.
"Well, we spent the whole day with each other. It started with breakfast, then we did some went to the mall'"
"Hey! Why wasn't I with you?!" Stella interrupted, complaining about her lack of shopping spree
"Stella shut it; Bloom's giving us the juicy details." Musa retorted
"We went to see a movie, afterwards we went to the ice rink they have on the second floor the rest we spent cuddling at their hot chocolate café." Bloom summed up
"It sounds very romantic. And you look very happy." Tecna said, she nodded her head approving of the details her friend provided her.
"It was, and I am" Bloom gusted, she gave her friends a brilliant smile. As she leaned on to Musa, she looked at Flora who was gazing out the window-she had been quiet for practically since they arrived at the table. "So, Flora how was spending the day with Helia like?" she questioned. That got the attention of the dazed fairy, she blushed and looked down at her hands (they became suddenly so very interesting).
"Ohhhh, you have something good and fuzzy feeling to tell us." Musa cheekily said
"Uh well I…"
Ms. Griselda strolled by their table, her eyes gave an annoyed twitch, these adolescent fairies had not been keeping track of time "Ladies, do you realize that class we start in about ten minutes and you are nowhere near the appropriate class room?" she said, interrupting whatever Miss Flora was about to say.
"Yes, Ms. Griselda" the girls chorused
"Honestly, that Ms. Griselda is so uptight. All she needs is some R n' R and a makeover and she wouldn't be this high-strung." Stella complained, making large hands motions to empathize what she thought
"Well, if you think about she is only looking out for us. She could have allowed us being late to class and miss whatever is being taught and fall behind." Bloom said
"I agree, with Bloom. Ms. Griselda's actions do show she has the best interest in her students' well fare."Tecna said
"Besides, we all know that the reason why you don't want to go to class is because you're unprepared for the quiz today." Layla added
Majority of the girls had laughed, in their conversation and jokes no one had mentioned the apprehensive nature fairy and her off behavior. Flora looked at the window as she walked with her friends half listening to what they were saying.
She didn't notice how they arrive in their class or that she even sat down, deep in her instinct she could feel worry twisting around. But, why? Why do I feel so anxious? I don't believe I have a reason..
(I wanna be loved by you Just You and nobody else but You I wanna be loved by You Just You and nobody else but You)
Meanwhile…..
In the outskirts of the forest near Alfea, a young girl laid on the ground a butterfly flew by and landed on her nose. The slight touch was enough to stir the girl she opened her eyes to see the tiny creature staring back at her. "Why, hello there butterfly?" she said, she giggled when the butterfly flapped its beautiful rainbow wings as if it was replying
She sat up, and looked around "Where am I?" The trees, the grass, and the animal life it was different from her home. It wasn't scary, just different "Butterfly, where should I go? I don't want to get lost." Lilac asked. Mommy had always taught her to trust the voice of nature if a fairy allows her instincts to be open to it, she couldn't be steered wrong.
The butterfly took off from its place on her and started to flutter forward, Lilac watched it go until she realized "Oh, hey wait up!" Her short legs ran to catch up with the colorful butterfly, it landed on a branch up ahead of her. When she finally was close enough to start to see the details on the wings she started to slow down. But as she did that the butterfly took off once again and started to fly towards her left.
Lilac pursued the butterfly allowing her long hair to swish back and forth behind her, she noted as she was running that the forest was getting clearer and a path was becoming more visible. Then she spotted the butterfly it was a few feet away from her. "There you are, you're lucky I can run fast otherwise I would of lost you."
The butterfly flew up to her face again causing her to look forward, and then she realized she was in front of a building-a really large building it seemed very interesting with it pastel colors mainly pink and lavender as the color scene. "Oh, is this where I should I go?" she asked the butterfly
It flapped it wings once before taking off to disappear into the forest, Lilac giggled "Alright, thanks!" She proudly marched passed the gate and proceeded to go into the building Mommy would be so happy to know that nature helped me!
She found herself wandering the vast hallways of the building, she looked back and she looked forward where is everybody? More importantly where should she go in this building? She could get lost forever! And that wouldn't be good, cause she had to find a way to get to mommy and daddy. They were probably super worried about her!
"Excuse me? But what are you doing in the hallways?"
A stern voice interrupted her racing inner rant; she looked up to see a tall lady with glasses, her left foot was tapping the floor indicating she was waiting for her to respond. Lilac suddenly felt shy towards this stranger "Um, I'm lost I don't know where to go." she said in a small voice
Lilac grabbed some of her long locks and twirled it around her small hands in a nervous manner as she waited for the lady to respond. The lady's face soften and her thin pink lips relaxed "Well then, I'll take you to see Headmistress Fargonda, she'll know what to do. Follow me." The lady started to walk forward.
Lilac smiled at the lady's back she jogged a little bit in order to fall into step with her she slipped her small hand into the lady's thin but larger hand "Thanks, Miss…huh I don't know your name." she said
The lady smirked at her, her eyes were filled with amusement "I am Miss Griselda" she said
(I wanna be loved by you Just You and nobody else but You I wanna be loved by You Just You and nobody else but You)
Riven looked at his friend a noted that the silent artist was a little bit err dreamerish, no that wasn't the right word distracted? Yeah it seemed to fit, he obviously wasn't listening to the lecture going on (hell he hardly listened but it was a true wonder how he was still one of the best students in their year). But what was strange was that Helia wasn't even doing what he normally did when he wasn't listening.
He was not doodling on the paper in front of him.
Nor was he writing some awfully fantastic poem about Flora.
He just sat there looking out the window in mild contemplation; his thin eyebrows were drawn towards each other, his mouth tense and facing the floor. Something is bugging him, but what?
Helia was lost in his thoughts well no that really weren't the right term it was more like being lost in his own feelings. Although the conversation with Flora earlier this morning (very early) had improved his mood, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.
Well no, that really wasn't the right term either; it was more that things didn't feel right. He was unsettled and he couldn't for the life of him figure out why.
Ha looks like things are picking up in the plot so when will all the characters meet? Who knows (only the author)
Till I post something up again!
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