Chapter 8: Giving up
"Musa, it's ok" Flora comforted Musa as she cried her eyes out on her bed
Everyone was in their rooms fast asleep because it was late at night by the time they got back but Flora had noticed that Musa was upset so she went to make sure she was ok
"Flora, he tried to kiss me but...Cameron interrupted and then he kissed me...it wasn't supposed to happen, I don't want to hurt Riven" Musa sobbed on Flora's shoulder
"It's not your fault..." Flora said soothingly and laid Musa to sleep, "Get some rest sweetie, your wedding is after tomorrow"
"I don't think I can carry this on up until then, Flo" said Musa and wiped her tears off her flawless face
"Musa you planned this and now you're giving up?"
"I don't want Riven to get hurt or be upset" Musa said and Flora kissed her forehead goodnight, "But if he knows I don't understand why he let Cameron kiss me..."
"Maybe he doesn't know...Stella never told us if she told the boys or not" Flora told her
Musa sighed and let Flora tuck her in, "Goodnight, Flo" Flora smiled and then walked out
Musa lay in bed awake for the whole of the night thinking about Riven, she was hurting him alot just by taking her revenge, but the capturing wasn't supposed to happen and the fact that Cameron was there just made it worse
She hated Cameron for kissing her in front of Riven and for reminding her of their previous relationship that she hadn't told Riven about
That night Musa cried herself to sleep and tossed and turned while she dreamt of Riven
Musa's dream
"Riven, it was all a joke, trust me!" she cried
"It wasn't funny! I don't care if you wanted your revenge!" Riven shouted hurt
"I didn't mean to hurt you..."
"Tough luck, because you did and I don't want anything to do with you!" Riven cried angrily and turned away from Musa
"Riven please...don't leave me" she begged in tears
"Sorry Musa, you just went a little too far" Riven said sadly
"I love you, Riven" Musa whispered hoping it would bring him back to her
"It's over Musa, we can't have a relationship with secrets..." then he slowly walked away into the darkness
"Riven, wait! Come back, I can explain!" Musa cried frantically as she chased after him
But he was gone, he disappeared into the darkness and she was left all alone crying...
"NO!" Musa screamed as she sat up in her bed in shock
She breathed hard and rubbed her forehead with her fingers to get rid of her headache
"It's ok Musa, it was just a dream...a really bad dream" she assured herself that it wasn't a vision
She swallowed hard and lay back down, she reached for her bedside table to find her music player and put on the head-phones and let music fill her ears until she was fast asleep
Musa walked through her palace gardens and sighed deeply
All the fake decorations were being put up just for her to get her revenge on Riven, she felt like Riven had already suffered alot and she wanted to blow the whole thing off
Musa didn't care about if the boys knew it was a prank or not, she needed to stop this right now
"Musa, where are you going?" Layla asked, she was setting up the chairs with Flora and Tecna
Musa turned her head to face her and then sighed, she thought her friends deserved to know what she was going to do because they did help her with her plan and Layla, Flora and Tecna were her closest friends
"Girls, I need to ask you something" Musa said as she approached them, Flora and Tecna came over to Layla and Musa
"And what is that?" Tecna asked curiously
"Do you guys think I'm doing the right thing?" Musa asked shyly and fidgeted with her fingers
"No, but it's totally fine after what Riven did to you!" Layla laughed knowing how Musa felt
"Yeah...but the more I think about it the more I think it's wrong and what Riven did to me was on April fools and mine isn't" Musa told her friends what she was feeling
"Well, I'm not waiting till next year for revenge!" Tecna pointed out laughing
Flora put a comforting hand on her shoulder, "It's your choice if you want to call it off, Musa"
"Yes but all's fair in love and war..." Tecna said logically, "And it isn't that bad because the boys could know about this because Stella could have told them?"
"Yeah Musa, Tecna is right! It is funny to watch and he so deserved it, you were in tears after what her did!" Layla exclaimed and hugged Musa
"Musa don't listen to them, it's your choice so don't let anyone stop you if you want to tell him" Flora reminded her gently
Tears were Musa's eyes, she was about to go crazy, Flora was right but then so were Layla and Tecna so she didn't know what to do
"I give up!" Musa said throwing her hands up in the air and then she started to cry
"Musa what's wrong?" asked Bloom as she approached her friends, she wrapped Musa in her arms and let her cry on her shoulder
"Bloom, do you know if Stella told the boys or not?" Musa asked and stopped crying because she didn't want to look weak
"I'm sorry no, she hasn't talked to me properly after we came back from rescuing you" Bloom said shaking her head
"Bloom, what do you think? Should I call this thing off and Riven everything?" Musa asked Bloom because she knew that Bloom always had the right decision, "Flora says yes and Layla and Tecna say no..."
"Sweetie, I didn't say yes I just told you to do what you think is best!" Flora explained and gave Musa a warm smile
"Yeah Flora's right, ask your heart...you could always carry on for awhile and if it gets really bad then call it off" Bloom winked and then the five girls had a massive group hug
Musa sighed and finally made up her mind, "I'm gonna take Bloom's advice and you know...go with the flow and then stop everything if Riven can't take it"
"Alright! I so wanted more drama" Layla said excitedly
"Well nothing else has to be done apart from the wedding and that's when I'll have my ultimate revenge!" Musa said and smiled but then she remembered her dream
"What's wrong?" Flora asked when the others went on their way to carry on preparing for her fake wedding
"Flora...I had this dream, about Riven leaving me..." Musa started and then looked up at Flora with teary eyes
"...Because of this?" Flora asked finishing Musa's sentence, "No, no Musa, he loves you too much to leave you" Flora assured Musa when she started sobbing
"I want to tell him Flora but I don't want to disappoint you guys" Musa cried
"Go...go and tell him, Musa! It's killing you and I can't see you like this! Go!" Flora said and pointed to where she would find Riven
Musa nodded quickly and hugged Flora before she left running towards the orchid
"You fools, how could you let her escape?"
"We're sorry, sir. It won't happen again" said the servant who was involved in captured Musa
The man who was talking to then scoffed, "There won't be a next time; we've lost our chance!"
"She kicked us and ran away, we tried to catch her but her friends knocked us out" explained the other servant
"You should be ashamed of yourselves, a princess kicked you...I thought you were stronger than that!" the gruff voice spat
"What are we going to do now?" asked one
"We aren't going to do anything, I'm going to do something, now!" said the man and walked out of the dark cave
The man walked through the forest towards the palace silently thinking about his plan
"Riven?" Musa called as she approached the orchid
Riven wasn't anywhere to be seen, the orchid was empty and Musa was very confused by this, she looked behind every tree to see if Riven was quietly sitting underneath it avoiding her
"Flora told me he was here...where is he?" Musa asked herself and walked into the forest which connected to the orchid
Suddenly she heard some rustling in the nearby trees and her hairs on her neck stood up
"W-who's there...?" she asked trying to make her voice sound brave, although she was terrified because the last time she was alone she had got captured
There was no answer, but more rustling and some footsteps came running towards her
She couldn't see who it was because the forest was really thick therefore there was hardly any light
"Please don't hurt me...!" Musa cried terrified
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Musa has finally given up and now all she has to do is break it to Riven...
Who is the man who was talking to her captures? Is it Riven?
And will her dream come true? Was it even a dream or wasit a vision?
Ahhh too may questions but so little time...wait and find out!
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