Chapter 6
Helia looked at the girl absolutely shocked; yep he was pretty much slacked jawed right now. He couldn't deny that there were similarities between them. Did she call me what I think she just called me? His aqua eyes watched the young girl walk up to him; she looked at him her eye wide green eyes he felt like hyperventilating those eyes, I know that color anywhere that means she, that means I, oh my god we,-
"Daddy, say something. You have a voice, right?" Lilac demanded, she tugged on his cape she felt very giggly she had no idea that her daddy wore such an outfit when he was well this age. But the whole time he had been silent in fact all her uncles were quiet too.
"Y-you're my future daughter?" Helia heard himself ask, honestly he felt like fainting because ohm gosh his child was here.
Lilac squinted her eyes at her daddy "Yeeaah," then she looked at him worriedly "you don't want me?" she asked. Her bottom lip began to tremble Oh my god, what will I do if Daddy doesn't want me?
Helia freaked out internally, he hadn't even if spent two minutes with her and he was already making her cry. "No, no I want you." he said reassuring the girl, his girl "Um Daddy's just surprised is all. I didn't know you were coming." or that in the future I have you….Or any children for that matter
She looked at her Daddy and smiled "Oh, okay I get it. How come no one told you I was coming?" she asked Daddy
"Um, why don't we get everyone settled in before we explain?" Miss Fargonda intervened; she and Miss Griselda were still in the middle of the doorway. She looked at all the men in this room they're were buggy-eyed and slack jawed. But she was impressed no one had fainted. Pah men...
She and Miss Griselda stepped into the room and closed the doors behind them, everyone gathered around Saladin's desk. Sky, Riven, Timmy, Nabu, and Brandon looked at the little girl with some awe and wonder, the importance of the mission took a new a personal level.
Lilac frowned when everyone started to crowd in front of the table she was very much shorter than them, or did they forget? She turned to her Daddy, she tugged on his cape when he looked down at her; she asked him "Can you pick me up? Uncle Sky is in my way."
Without warning, her innocent comment amused the entire room as soft chuckles escaped the mouths of people, Helia looked at his future daughter feeling a tad bit calmer than before and said "Certainly." his tone held amusement he picked her up and settled her on his hip.
Sky turned around to look at the little girl, she was looking at him expectantly "Sorry." he said, his tone contained a mixture of embarrassment and humor.
Lilac looked at her uncle Sky's blue eyes (they were his own shade of blue which was cool) "its okay." she said, she sighed happily in daddy's left shoulder and played with his long hair that was the same color as hers. And she happily ignored the adults talking about their business or some stuff.
Riven eyed Helia's daughter carefully he had to admit the kid was pretty cute as she played with Helia's long sissy hair he turned to Saladin "You didn't tell us we are going to protect your future grandchild." he said.
He, like the rest of his friends were thrown off by this piece of news a warning would have been nice.
"So, who's the future mother?" Timmy asked, he knew it was obvious, who it should be but there really was no way to confirm it without proof. Although the looks from the rest of the Redfountain boys minus Helia looked at him as if he were the idiot.
"Well she's-" Miss Griselda started
They heard a gasp; they all looked at the source of the sound which was none other than the subject of their conversation. Her eyes though were focused on the plant on Saladin's desk the poor baby! It was wilting from the lack of sunlight, she felt guilty she hadn't noticed earlier by being too excited with Daddy around. "Poor baby, I'll help you!" she declared she leaned forward ready to use what Mommy taught her
Which surprised Helia; actually it scared him out his mind when she so drastically decided to lean forward and out of his hold, as he quickly readjusted his hold on her. The group watched in amazement as her small hand gave a green glow as she waved it up and down the plant which steady rose and became radiant and then a step further by going into full bloom.
"Well, I guess that answers your question Timmy." said Brandon. He wanted to laugh to at the expression on Helia's face, it was filled with so much love, surprise, and happiness he was sure his friend would explode.
Saladin, was still in shock because there in his nephew's arms was technically his future grandchild, he knew that Flora's future daughter would be coming and he knew that his nephew was currently in a new blooming relationship with her, but he had no idea that it would eventually grow this far. That means later on that nature fairy will become my niece-in-law…
And suddenly he felt like he had aged by a great deal of years.
"Um, Miss Fargonda, and Miss Griselda why don't you fill in my boys about the situation?" he asked
Fargonda looked at the headmaster he seemed happily overwhelmed by this piece of information so she gladly took over from where he began. "Alright boys, all teasing and fun making aside we do have an issue on our hands."
The boys quickly turned away their attention from teasing Helia (who was a lovely rosy color) to the headmistress of Alfea.
"In the future, at some point the Trix will escape prison. From what we know they had attacked the future Flora and Helia at their home and during the battle it lead to a conversation of spells between Flora and the witches that landed on your future daughter," she looked pointedly at Helia from the look in his eyes she knew she had his full attention
"The combination of spells created a sort of portal of some sort causing her to travel to the past our time. We do not know why the Trix targeted you, or if they will travel back here if they find a way. Which is why we enlisted your services because one it is your concern; two we need all the help we can get." Fargonda said
"It is best we do stay on high alert, if the three witches in the future can challenge your future selves one can only imagine what they would be capable of doing to our present selves." Miss Griselda said.
The headmistress and assistant principle looked at Lilac who was enjoying herself in her father's arms "Dearly?" Miss Fargonda said catching the girl's attention
"Yes, Miss Fargonda?" Lilac stopped playing his Daddy's hair for moment and looked at her
"Don't you want to formally introduce yourself to rest of the group?" Miss Fargonda asked, throughout this whole time they allowed they boys to wonder about her identity
She looked at her daddy and her uncles and her pa-poo and she realized oh yeah I forgot to tell them my name. They don't know it yet silly. "Oh! Oppsie sorry. Hi, my name is Lilac." she said
The boys gave her their own greeting in their own unique way. Before continuing with business, "So what are the goals of our mission?" Nabu asked Saladin, everyone became attentive
"Your primarily goals are to protect Lilac from harm, and Timmy you will be working with Tecna in order to figure a way to send her back to the future. With your knowledge of portals and realms I'm sure you'll be able to do it."
"Yes, sir." Timmy said, and the rest of the Redfountain boys repeated his words
Lilac turned to Miss Fargonda "Does that mean Daddy and uncles are coming back with us? Cause we have to go back, Mommy promised me time to spend with her and aunties." she said
At the mention of the Alfea fairies the boys couldn't help but be curious. "So Lilac, how you know all of us in the future" asked Brandon
Lilac turned away from Miss Fargonda and looked at her uncle "That's cause whenever me and Auntie Stella go shopping you, Uncle Brandon hold our bags." She paused and looked up and down his face and suddenly the squire felt self-conscious "You look different without your face hair." she added
"Face Hair?" Helia questioned looking at his friend and he looked at Lilac his eyebrows raised silently asking for more explanation.
Lilac giggled as she grabbed the end of her daddy's pony tail to explain "Yeah, Daddy. Uncle Brandon has here," she put the end of his pony on his chin "and here," she placed the pony tail end underneath his nose which caused him to wiggle it funny when his hair tickled him she laughed "and also here" his hair basically was covering the area near his mouth.
"So you saying when I'm older I'll have a beard and mustache." Brandon said he looked pleased with the future development and was picturing himself with her description.
Lilac looked at her uncle she titled her head "Noooo, I said you will have face hair." she corrected him
Helia smiled at his future child's personality he softly corrected her "That's is what your uncle meant, a beard is face hair here and here," he pointed to the appropriate places on his face, his daughter looked at him carefully absorbing the new information "and a mustache is face hair right here." he said; pointing to the space between his nose and his upper lip.
The ladies smiled at this father-daughter interaction (gah it was so, so cute they could hardly wait to see the whole family with each other )
"So how do you know the rest of us?" asked Riven
Lilac looked at her uncles, she pointed at Uncle Riven "You give the best piggy back rides, next to Daddy."
She pointed to Uncle Nabu "You and Auntie Layla sometimes babysit me when Mommy and Daddy go out on a ….tate I think." Lilac turned to Miss Fargonda "What's the word for spending time to be mushy with each other?"
"Date, dearly." Miss Fargonda said
"Right, date." Lilac said trying out the new word
She pointed at "Uncle Timmy and I play video games with each other, or sometimes I watch him lose to Auntie Tecna," she leaned closer to her Daddy's ear "she always beats him" she whispered, but not quietly enough. There were boats of laugher at this new information.
She looked at Uncle Sky "Mommy, Daddy and Me like to visit you and Auntie Bloom at your castle."
"Me and Auntie Bloom?" Sky squeaked
Lilac's eyes grew in excitement "Hey Auntie Bloom did that too, when I told her." she pointed out
When she fulfilled their curiosity she turned to Miss Griselda and Miss Fargonda "When are we going back? Mommy's waiting." she said
Looking at the young girl, Fargonda and Griselda realized that she was getting aggravated of being separated from Flora too long for her liking. "Right now, if you let go of your father." Miss Griselda said, she readjusted her glasses again and looked at the pair
Lilac hands suddenly clung to her Daddy's chest "I don't wanna leave Daddy behind." she complained "Or my uncles" she added
Sensing that she was on her way of throwing a temper tantrum, Saladin quickly provided the situation "They'll join you at Alfea, boys go pack your things you'll stay there until we can work out better living quarters." he ordered
Helia began to put Lilac down on her feet he looked at his future child "Go with Miss Fargonda and Miss Griselda; be a good girl okay." he said, making eye contact and keeping his voice soft
She looked her daddy in the eye and said "You're meeting me and Mommy later, right?"
Helia nodded, still trying to wrap his mind around the idea that every time she said "Mommy" she was referring to Flora. It frighten him, how badly he wanted it before, now he was horrified at the prospect that he could be asleep right now and he would wake up terribly disappointed. "Yeah, me and your uncles have to pack some stuff but you'll see us soon.' he reassured his daughter
Lilac nodded her head in understanding, she looked at her pa-poo though "Pa-poo are you goanna come with us?' looking straight at Saladin; the boys could not miss who that nickname was directed to.
The boys tried to keep their faces straight, Riven placed his gloved hand over his mouth trying to make it appear he was coughing, Timmy was trying to keep himself busy with his PDA, while the rest were focusing on different parts of the room. All an attempt to hide their laugher, smirks, etc.
Saladin looked at his granddaughter "Pa-poo?" he said questioning the term of endearment she picked out for him
"Daddy told me, to call you that. Or well, he will." Lilac explained to her pa-poo he kept making funny faces she almost wanted to copy them.
Helia allowed on breath of laugher to escape his mouth, "Ha, opps sorry." he apologized trying to keep quiet.
Miss Fargonda laid a hand on Lilac's shoulder "I'm sorry but your pa-poo," oh yes she was going to have fun teasing him about this for the rest of their lives "has to stay here to take care of this school."
Lilac frowned but she understood, "Okay, we can visit later, right?" she asked and was satisfied when Fargonda told her yes. She kissed her Daddy on the cheek and told him a 'see you later' and walked away with Miss Fargonda and Miss Griselda.
The men watched the ladies exited the office and waited for them to exit the building, Saladin looked at his nephew straight in the eye "You told my granddaughter to call me pa-poo?"
And with that being said, the boys unleashed their laugher, and all their amusement in the situation be known. Saladin sat there, with a semi tight expression on his face he would of have admit that the nickname was very funny had it not be bonded with him. He allowed his students to have their fun for five minutes before sending them off to their rooms so they could go get their belongings packed.
As the boys walked down the hallways the boys teased Helia about Flora and his soon future with her. "I wonder what she's going to tell Mommy." Riven mocked , he elbowed Helia in the side joking.
Both Sky and Brandon were laughing "Congratulations Daddy" they said between their laugher, the rest of them could hardly decipher what they were saying to them it sounded like
" D-Dahahahadddyyyyy! Hahaha."
"Thanks guys, I hope you look forward to having a castle with Bloom; Sky. And carrying Stella's and Lilac's shopping bags around; Brandon." Helia retorted, he honestly wasn't annoyed with them teasing him because it was their way of showing their happiness for him. But it was starting to get old, besides he had to get to Alfea as soon as possible with Flora and Lilac waiting for him, he really did not want to waste time.
As each guy made their way to their respective dorm room each guy packed what he found necessary for the stay over. A few civilian outfits, another school uniform, their personal gear, and a few personal items depending on their person.
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Flora was standing at the gate of the school waiting patiently for her daughter to arrival with Miss Fargonda and Miss Griselda. She had sent the rest of the girls back to their classes so someone could take notes. She however promised that she would wait, and waiting she was.
Besides it hasn't been so long since they left, really what was an hour or so in the grand scheme of things anyway?
She sighed, by being by herself out here she began to muse on the possible choices or really just choice that Lilac's father could be. Flora was not stupid, she could put two and two together.
Lilac's hair color was obviously under the influence of her father, furthermore she knew a certain artistic love interest of hers had the exact same hair color. But it was still scary, she couldn't assume that automatically Helia was the father-how horrifying would it be if he wasn't.
And what was she suppose to do, if he was? Flora's worrying thoughts continued to dig, and dig a deeper mental hole until
"Mommy we're back!"
She brushed a golden brown lock of her out of her face, as she watched Lilac give her a smile that Flora returned. Flora opened her arms wide for the little girl as her daughter ran up to those open arms to be carried into a warm embraced.
Flora brushed some of long, raven blue (his raven blue she swears) hair out of Lilac face, she smiled "Welcome back. Did you have a nice trip?"
Lilac nodded her head enthusiastically. "I got to use my powers two times. And I saw Daddy, and my uncles. And oh! Daddy said he's coming by later!"
If her father goes to Redfountain, than oh my god… it has to be…..
Flora nodded, hiding most of her shock from Lilac she turned to Miss Fargonda, and Miss Griselda "Welcome back. I take it, that the Redfountain boys will be helping us?" her arms were still loosely wrapped around her daughter as she talked to the adults.
Miss Griselda nodded her head "Yes that is correct. Am I correct in assuming that you were here waiting for us to arrive instead of going to class?" she said
Flora blushed but it quickly faded "Well, I promised." she trailed off
The adults understood, with Flora's personality they were not surprised by this course of action however they would later having to discuss schooling with her and perhaps the other Winx girls as well. "You should head inside," Miss Fargonda said, and then she whispered into Flora's ear "I think the little one is tired, a nap would do her some good."
Flora nodded her head and gave them an 'I understand' look, they watched the mother-daughter pair walk into the building, they were having a conversation and the last thing they heard was "so you have powers?" from Flora
Flora looked at her daughter carefully, there was traces of sweat (most likely from the heat and using her powers), and she had a difficult time keeping her eyes open for longer than five seconds. Without saying anything, she paused in her footsteps she ignored the curious glance from Lilac when they stopped. Flora went from holding hands with her, to picking her up and carrying her before proceeding to their dorm.
They had fallen into a comfortable, intimate silence for the remainder of the walk, Flora sensed that Lilac was beginning to fall asleep at her shoulder, she smiled it was adorable "Hey don't fall asleep just yet. I'll give you a bath then you can take a nap." she said
Lilac rubbed some sleep away from her eyes "Okay," she placed her head in the crook of Mommy's neck and watched the passing scenery amused how there was a slight up and down motion. Well Mommy always did have a little extra in her steps…
Knowing that Lilac was fairly tired Flora speed up her walk for the rest of the way, so they arrived at the dorm in no later than five minutes. She opened the door with one hand; skillfully keeping her daughter in the other arm. She made her to Bloom's and her part of the dorm; quickly grabbing a fresh set of clothes she took Lilac in the bathroom.
She sat Lilac on the toilet seat, and placed the new set of clothes on the counter, turning the faucet on she waited for the water to get to the right temperature before plugging the bathtub.
As they waited for the tub to fill at what Flora thought was an appropriate depth for Lilac, she turned around to face her daughter who seem exhausted with the events that occurred today. "Lift your arms please." Wordlessly her daughter followed instructions and Flora took off the mint green dress with the pink bows. They continued this cycle until Lilac was bare of all clothing and by the time that happen the tub was at the appropriate level.
She settled Lilac in slowly, allowing her to get use to the water's temperature in order not to cause any harm. Realizing she had forgotten the necessary shampoos and soaps, she snapped her fingers beckoning them to come here with her magic. A few seconds later they arrived, there were a few different bottles of shampoo she opened one individually to get a whiff of each scent.
The first bottle she opened smelled minty, somewhat like peppermint
The second bottle she opened contained a more tropical scent like the Earth fruit mango, perhaps
The third bottle she opened smelled very sweet, it was vanilla scented
"Lilac, which one do you prefer?" Flora asked moving the floating bottles in front of her so she could select a bottle.
Lilac sniffed all three bottles before selecting the one in the middle she grabbed it and handed it to Mommy "This one, please."
Flora took the bottle from Lilac's hands, and motioned the other bathing supplies to move out of the way. Squeezing a dollop of shampoo into her palm she started to work it on Lilac's scalp-being careful not to let it run to her eyes.
Lilac closed her eyes, she enjoyed the sensation of her Mommy's long fingers massaging her head.
They continued the bath in this familiar and quiet manner.
Thirty minutes later, Flora was done bathing Lilac and instructed her to carefully stand inside the tub, and before her daughter could start shriving from the cold air in contrast to the warm water; Flora wrapped her inside a warm, fluffy towel and lifted her out of the tub.
Lilac watched her Mommy pull the drain from the tub, "Mommy I'm cold" she said in a small voice, the towel was nice but she would very much like to be in clothes right now.
Flora quickly dried Lilac with the towel before putting clothes on her daughter, she dressed her daughter in a pink dress with a purple flower design on the front, and it had long white sleeves where the flower design extended and ended. In order to save time, Flora used magic to get rid of the excess water in Lilac's gorgeous hair making to mostly dry.
Flora looked at Lilac in adoration, there she was all nice and clean with her eyes curiously looking at her, her face still in babyish form, and her hair becoming wavy and curly at the end just like her own hair when it was drying. Such a cute baby, she'll grow up to beautiful..
She smiled at Lilac and asked "Are you ready for nap time?"
Lilac smiled at her Mommy and loudly declared "More than ready!" she skipped out of the bathroom hearing her mommy giggle behind her.
Flora watched her daughter exit the bathroom, before cleaning up when everything was in its rightful place she made her way to her bed. She looked at her daughter lying on the bed, tired but her eyes weren't shut "I thought you were ready for nap time?"
Lilac smiled at Mommy (it's really easy to smile at Mommy) "I'm was waiting for you." she watched her Mommy smile at her; she scooted over to the left to give Mommy more room. When she was lying down next to her, she gave her mommy a kiss on the cheek and cuddled into her arms. "Sweet dreams Mommy."
"Sweet dreams, my little petal" Flora murmured into her daughter's hair, the scent of her daughter's fruity hair was lulling her to sleep. She closed her eyes and missed the radiant smile that Lilac gave her.
Lilac's heart soared to the skies when she heard the younger version of her Mommy call her by what to her was already a familiar term of endearment. She snuggled closer to Mommy it really doesn't matter that I'm in the past everyone still is the same….
Both nature fairies fell asleep in the comfort of each other's warmth.
"So Miss Fargonda, is it true that the guys from Redfountain are coming here?" asked Bloom
Miss Griselda had found them talking in the hallways and ordered them to follow her. When Musa attempted to get more information out of the strict assistant principle they heard a gist of her sentence "red…in…..min…..er….soon"
And now the rest of the Winx girls followed their headmistress outside where they were supposedly waiting for their guest to arrive. The question was left unanswered though, when they could see a Redfountain ship come into view. The girls began to feel bubbles of excitement when the ship began to land.
Their eyes watched it landed safely on their school grounds, their eyes watched the small entrance of the ship open and extend to the ground, then they watched their dearly beloveds exit the ship.
"Shnookums!" Stella exclaimed as her ran to the open arms of her loving man, she held tight
Brandon smiled at her, his warm chocolate eyes looked at her softly "Heya Stel." he kept his hands around her waist as they walked back to Miss Fargonda so the others could exit and reunite with their love ones.
Musa, kept her hands in pockets as she hesitantly walked up to when she was comfortably in his personal space "So I guess you're here on official business right?"
Riven, felt a tad bit awkward but he responded "Of course I am." His magenta hair shined in the sunlight, as he crossed his arms
"So if that's all you're here for, I guess I should get out of your way." Musa said, swiftly turning around an attempt to walk away from him, when she felt a warm hand stop her in her tracks.
Riven almost had the urge to roll his eyes or scream at her stubbornness; couldn't she see how much he actually cared? He pulled her into his chest and hugged from behind "Official business is not all I am here for." he said allowing his words to trail off to convey the silent message I'm here for you too, I'm here for you
Musa smiled at the hidden message and leaned into his hug.
"Hey Sky!" Bloom said, she had run up to her loving boyfriend and laughed when he picked up and twirled her around.
"Hey Bloom." Sky said, without much more being said they interlaced fingers to walk back to the others
Layla and Nabu were waiting for the rest of the group to walk back to where they and the teachers were waiting. Both were grinning and happily talking to each other during the wait, neither adult pointed out exactly how close they were in each other's personal space.
Helia looked at the rest of the group, each being paired up; all lost in their surreal bliss. He bit his lower lip in agitation when he saw that Flora and Lilac were not present in the group. He looked at his friends, it looks like they could be there forever, which he did not want to wait.
He turned to the headmistress "Where are Flora and my child?" he asked. His eyes briefly widen in surprise that those words had flown oh so naturally from his mouth
The headmistress looked at him very amused "I believe they are in the Winx Club's dorm room taking a nap" she informed him, knowing she could trust Saladin's nephew "you may go there to wake them up, and bring them here."
Helia nodded, he listened to her instructions on how to find his girls and left the group to proceed following them. It wasn't until he reached the stairs he realized that he had mentally referred to Flora and Lilac as his girls.
Then for the rest of his walk to the dorm, he became nervous did Flora know he was the father? What was her reaction? Was she happy? Scared? Horrified?
He opened the door of the girls' dorm room and stepped inside and quietly closed the door behind him. What would it mean for their current relationship? How would it change? Was it going to change?
He reached the section of the dorm that belonged to Flora and Bloom and opened the door to see something that made his breath stop. There on her bed was Flora and Lilac both sound asleep their long hair was intertwining on the large pillows. And Lilac was snug in Flora's arms.
Helia felt as if suddenly his heart had grown too large for his chest, he stared as such a beautiful picture for a long period allowing it to soak in his mind but burn its imprint in his brain forever.
What he really wanted to know was; were he and Flora going to be okay? Were they going to be okay? Would they hold?
He walked slowly to the bed, keeping his steps light willing the two females to stay asleep as long as possible. His gentle eyes looked at Flora with such a deep level of care; he removed the glove from his right hand and pushed some ultra, soft honey brown locks out of her face.
Had he not being a hero a training, Helia imagined that he would of skyrocketed to the ceiling when Flora opened her eyes those beautiful, radiant eyes..
They held a silent conversation with their eyes each one curious if the other was the parent of the child.
Are you the….?
Yes I am….
When both of them received the answer they were hoping for, a proverbial weight was lifted off both of their shoulders.
Flora smiled at him it wasn't an 'I'm happy to see you' or 'Isn't life grand?' smile it was 'I truly adore the fact you're in my life' smile. He realizes he probably would want to invest in an oxygen tank at the rate he was going. "Hey" she whispered
It wasn't what she said, but the delivery of what she did say that one whisper contains a full scale of emotion it was filled with: trust, passion, happiness, shock, understanding, but the most important of all love. Being the sensitive artist he was, Helia easily picked out all the emotions in that whisper.
And it was right then, whatever doubts or fears each teenager had about their relationship were utterly erased, vaporized, it was like they were never there. Although neither one of them could predict what would happen, they at least knew….
They would hold.
"Hey"
Aw I enjoyed typing this chapter very much. By far it was longer than I expected by the words just escape like that.
Alright so we know who Lilac's parents are and more importantly THEY know who Lilac's parents are.
Wait for me at the next chapter, my loves
(btw so sorry about the long wait.)
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