My Secrets and Horrors

Chapter 22 – Truths

Previously

Memories once again flooded back to her, which seemed to be happening quite a lot but with so many memories hidden in the brain, stored away it was time some of them began to break free and resurface. Flora closed her eyes and let the memories flow, the good and the bad, but little did she know someone was going through their thoughts on Flora, more precisely…her weaknesses.

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Flora opened her eyes and blinked away the sleep from them, the weight on her arm was still there and her arm was beginning to feel it. Pins and needles tingled in her fingertips and it became too much for her to handle. Flora gently started to pull her arm back, while trying to lay Riller back down onto the bed without disturbing her. But she sadly failed.

Riller opened her eyes and looked up to see Flora staring at her with a warm smile on her face, "hello Flora, did you sleep okay? Did I wake you up? If I did I'm sorry"

"You didn't wake me, what happened?" Flora asked as she noticed the drip in her arm and the pain in her stomach.

"You fell unconscious in the ship, I carried you into the school and got you some help. The nurse said that your cut was caused by a poisoned knife, we took some blood to test for what the poison is but we didn't know at the time so she put you on a drip with antibiotics in it to fight it off, and it seems to be working."

"The knife was poisoned?"

"Yes it was, it was horrible the cut had begun to turn green. You're lucky to be alive Flora, you really are. I was so scared I had lost you"

Flora smiled softly as she stared at Riller, "It takes more than that to get rid of me, I'm here for good." Riller laughed lightly as she stood up and sat on the edge of the bed and hugged Flora as a few tears rolled down her face.

"I could kill you about now for making me so worried." Riller responded playfully.

"I'm sorry for making you worried, you know I didn't mean to."

"I know you didn't, now do me a favour and stay alive."

It was silent for a minute as the two girls was sat there just happy to be alive, until Flora broke the quite with a question. "So what do we do now? The master probably knows that I helped the intruders and that I have never actually killed anyone. He will be out to kill me, send assassins, and hire guys to track me down."

"We will make it through this together, anyway we are in Alfea one of the safest places in the universe. We are safe."

"He will find us eventually, you know that"

"Yes but by then we should have a plan on how to defeat him. And finally get out freedom."

Flora smiled at Riller once more, "your right, as always. You have always been there for me, through everything."

"I'm your friend Flora, of course I will be there for you."

"Your weren't always just my friend…" Flora added softly "I hurt you"

Riller quickly took hold of Flora's face, "Flora don't even begin to think like that, people, people move on its part of life…"

"But I hurt you"

"You fell in love, I can't be mad at you for that" Flora sighed

"I don't know who I love anymore…."

"You have time to figure it out Flora, I better leave you to rest or I'm going to get chased out by that nurse." The comment caused Flora to laugh lightly. "I will see you later Flora, rest well." Riller stood up and placed a soft kiss upon her forehead before leaving the room.

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Flora stared at the ceiling as she sieved through her mind trying to figure everything out, she was in love she knew that for sure but she was confused on who she was in love with. They both had different qualities that she loved about them, and it was just trying to figure out which one if either did she love the most.

Riller had known her since they were young, they grew up so close depending on each other for support when needed. It wasn't till they were both fifteen that they realised their feelings went deeper than friendship. It was the day Riller was accidently shot during shooting practice in the range, the bullet had bounced off the metal surround of the target and flew back to hit her in her shoulder.

Flora felt her whole world stop there and it was then that she realised she felt something for her friend but being the shy girl she is she was too shy to admit it and tell. Riller however wasn't shy and admitted to liking Flora and immediately the two began to date. Riller and Flora had been together for a while, they went on dates. A smile grew across Flora's face as she remembered all she loved about Riller.

She loved the fact that Riller would always stand up for her, even when she knew she was wrong, how she held her tight when she was being bullied and then beating up the boy who did it when Flora was asleep. She loved how Riller would always drop anything she was doing for her if she was troubled with any problems.

And of course there are her physical attributes, the way her curves mirrored identically each side of her body and the way her clothes hugged her body. The way her hair framed her face and her eyes seemed to stare into her very soul. She loved Riller she knew that.

But Helia also had her traits, Flora was happy with her mission at Alfea, it was easy and she was happy to be having an education in a proper school and not taught on the base in a grey room with only a few students. It was the second year when the mission got harder, the day Helia saved her from the monster. She saw something in him that spoke out to her, it was his eyes they seemed to melt her soul. The way he always sent her sketches of herself, poems and notes… a constant reminder of his love for her.

Flora groaned as she put her head in her hands, she loved them both… and she wanted them both.

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Helia was walking through the forest surrounding the schools, Saladin had released the boys and they were free to go back to Alfea. While the other boys went to see the girls Helia decided he needed some time to think and was now wandering aimlessly through the trees.

Riller was crouched on a branch high up on one of the trees watching Helia walk beneath her, curious she followed Helia using the tree tops as cover. Jealously flowed through her but she held nothing of it against the man but she couldn't help but wonder… what did he have that she did apart from the obvious physical attributes. She followed him for at least twenty minutes, observing him as he made his way through the forest, eventually he came to a clearing filled with clovers and wild Daffodils, he found a stone and sat down onto a rock overlooking the fields.

Helia sighed as he placed his head into his hands, tears began to fall down his face and through his fingers and hit the ground. Riller stared with a pang of guilt, she could see on his face and the way he acted that he loved Flora with all his heart and it hurt him to know that Flora had been lying to him, but he still loved her after everything that had happened, and with everything to come.

Deciding that she had watched him enough Riller jumped down from the tree and walked over to Helia, her weapons hanging at her side. "Helia, may we talk" Helia spun around quickly as he stood up, he started to fall before he caught his balance.

"What do you want? What more do you want?" Helia asked slightly worried for himself.

"Calm yourself Helia, I just want to talk to you that's all. Just you and me."

Helia stared deep into Riller's eyes before nodding slowly, "Shall we sit or stand?"

"I think it will be better to sit, after all my legs do ache a little, I don't know about yours"

"Sit it will be better" Riller spoke as she took a seat on the grass, followed by Helia.

"What do you want to talk about…" Helia asked getting straight to the point, causing Riller to sigh deeply.

Riller looked at Helia staring into his eyes, "I want to talk about Flora, I know Flora loves you…"

"Where have you been, Flora loves you I can see it in her eyes." Helia retaliated back in a sharp tone.

"You never let me finish Helia, I know Flora loves you and I also know that she loves you. She loves us both for different reasons… Helia Flora is Bisexual she is capable of loving all but she is torn on who she loves the most. Helia I think it will break Flora if she has to choose." Helia looked at Flora a little confused.

"What do you mean?" Helia asked confused.

"What I am saying is Flora loves us both equally but she doesn't want to choose…"

"Are you saying what I think you are thinking?"

It was silent as Helia thought it through, he looked away from Riller and stared out over the field, "Helia what I really want to know is are you strong enough to let Flora go or to even share her…"

"But isn't that wrong?"

"Some places see it as wrong but Linphea does not, there are loads of successful love relationships that contain more than two people, it is not uncommon…. Look Helia I love Flora and I'm not prepared to let her go… you better think about how much you love her and what you are willing to do for her."

Riller turned to leave and left leaving Helia alone in the forest, with only his thoughts for company. She walked through the forest heading back to Alfea, her feet crunching the twigs beneath her feet as she walked briskly.

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Two days have passed since Flora had her talk with Riller and her mind was still on the issues with her love life, she knew she couldn't choose one of them so she decided to let Riller and Helia figure it out for her and just go for their choices, she just hadn't told them yet.

Flora was no longer bed ridden but it was still painful for her to walk around too much after all her wound was still sore and healing. Flora had sat herself up on top of the bed covers and was doodling on a notepad in her lap. The door opened and the nurse walked into the room a smile on her lips, "Hello Flora, how are you today?"

"I'm okay thank you, do you have any more news yet?"

"Afraid not Flora, we have checked your blood and the poison is there but we can't find what kind it is and therefore we cannot figure out the cure. The antibiotics are working at keeping it at bay but I'm worried that if we take you off the drip the poison will run free through your body again causing it to shut down."

"So I'm stuck like this for now?"

Flora sighed and stared at the pad of paper on her lap, "so I have to be tied up to this IV for ever…"

"No, not forever just until we find the cure…" The nurse replied quickly, she hated to see the fairy stuck in the bed but there was nothing that she could do.

"Which could take forever"

"Flora your friends are looking into it, they think they are close you just need to hang in there for a little longer." The nurse spoke softly.

Flora sighed as she continued to stare at the bed, the nurse sighed and turned around and left the room, leaving an eerie silence in the air.