My Secrets and Horrors

Chapter 24 – Arrival

Previously

Riller sighed, "I know, I trust you… you get that flower and I will protect the home front, I know they are coming, It's just a matter of when they will strike."

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Riller was sat in the corner of the room, her foot resting on another chair as her fingers traced the patterns on her hand pistol her eyes focused on Flora who was asleep in her bed. Flora did not know that she was constantly being watched but Riller had to do it, she didn't know what she would do if anything happened to Flora, so she was not going to let anything happen.

The moon shone through the window lighting up Flora's face, causing her hair to shimmer in the light. Her chest rising gently as she breathed in her sweet slumber, a small smile on her face as she turned over face Riller still sound asleep. A smile forced its way onto Riller's lips at the sight of the fairy, she let out a sigh before focusing her attention back onto the gun in her hand.

Riller shook her head in a small attempt to shake the tired feeling that had begun to creep up on her slightly, she had to stay awake, at least until morning, once morning hit she would be able to sleep and the nurse would keep her eye on her. So many years had passed since her and Flora met that day, so many good memories were in their minds but also bad ones.

Riller's smile grew at the memories flew through her head, sleepovers and lunches, days out and nights in. So many good times and so many laughs had happened over the years and Riller hoped that many more would follow.

Hours passed and the moonlight was slowly replaced by the sunlight, dawn was approaching over the forest that surrounded Alfea. The sunlight lit up the caramel in Flora's hair and the honey of her skin. The site was enticing for Riller, and she just couldn't get enough but after being awake for more than 48 hours her eyes were starting to fail on her, and she struggled to keep them open. "If I was you I would go to bed before you fall asleep and land on the floor." Riller's eyes snapped open and she saw Ofelia standing in front of her smiling softly.

"I'm sorry, I just…"

"It's okay Riller, she is safe now, and you can rest."

Ofelia noticed that Riller's eyes glanced over at the fairy who was still asleep still in the bed. "Okay Riller if I told you that you could stay in here would you promise me you will sleep. You are not going to be able to look after her if you are tired." Riller sighed knowing that the nurse was right, she was no use to Flora knackered.

"Your right, I'm no use to her like this"

"I will set up a bed next to Flora's, you can use that for the time being"

Riller smiled "Thank you, I appreciate it, I truly do."

"It is perfectly okay Riller". Ofelia replied as she waved her hand and a bed appeared on the other side of the room opposite Flora's complete with fresh bedding and a set of fresh folded clothes. "Get some rest Riller you need it" Ofelia spoke softly as she left the room leaving the two girls once again alone.

Without any delay Riller stripped off her clothes and put them underneath the near bed after she got herself changed into the white pyjama set that the nurse had given her which was identical to Flora's, a plain white t-shirt and a pair of white shorts. With her gun safety under the pillow of her bed the young love struck girl slowly made her way over to the sleeping fairy and stared as she slept before leaning in and placing a soft kiss upon her cheek before she retired to bed for the day.

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The girls were stood out in the courtyard waiting for the specialists and their transport to arrive, each had a single bag at their feet except Stella who with much nagging from the girls had managed to fit all her clothes into two bags, a big difference from the six she originally wanted to take. It was silent between them, suspense and worry was in the air, though they knew that Riller would protect Flora no matter what it took but that didn't stop them from worrying.

Soon enough they heard a low hum over the trees signalling the girls that their transport was ready. The ship landed about fifty meters from where they were stood, and a familiar group of boys walked out including Helia which in truth did shock the girls a little bit. "Hey are you girls ready?" Sky asked and he pulled Bloom into a hug, planting a soft kiss on her forehead.

"Yer we are ready Sky, are you?"

"We are all good to go baby."

Stella walked over to Brandon and eloped him in a hug while the other girls went to their respective partners leaving Helia standing a little awkwardly next to the ship. "We better go" Helia spoke causing the group to look at him "the sooner we go the sooner we can save Flora"

"Your right Helia, we better go" Timmy spoke as he took Tecna's hand and led her towards the ship. The rest of the gang followed and they were quickly on their way to the realm of Melody.

Musa was sat reading a book which was out of her character and did cause Riven to look at her strangely. "Musa what are you doing?"

"I'm reading Riven what does it look like I'm doing."

"I'm sorry I just don't think I have actually ever seen you read anything other than magazines before." Riven replied as he sat next to her.

"Well it's a book about the flower we are going after, I thought it may be best to do a bit of personal research on this mission after all no-one knows Melody like I do."

Riven wrapped his arms around her and leaned over her shoulder to see what she was looking at, he saw a picture of the flower and a lot of words. "That is a good idea Muse, find anything good?"

"Nothing that we don't already know"

"Well I'm sure you will find something eventually"

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An hour later and the ship was landing in a deserted field outside the forests on Melody, the sun was setting over the horizon lighting the field up, making the field appear to be on fire. "Well here we are ladies, Melody" Nabu spoke as he stood from his seat,

"Well it will be too dangerous for us to go out now looking for the flower, it will be dark in a matter of 30 minutes, we can't risk anyone getting hurt." Brandon spoke, Stella looked like she was about to argue back but when she caught the look in her boyfriends' eye she knew that he was right.

"Okay we wait till morning but as soon as the sun is up I'm going to go and look for a cure for my friend."

The specialists got busy pitching the tents around the ship, six in total while the girls set up the camping fire and started to cook up a meal. An hour later they were all sat around the camp fire eating a simple meal. "This is really good girls" Sky spoke as he ate the last of his food.

"Yer good job babe," Riven spoke as he placed a kiss on her head.

"So what is going on tonight?" Layla asked as she snuggled into Nabu's arms.

"We are going to take it in turns on watch duty while you girls get some rest" Riven replied

"That way you have the rest you need for your magic." Timmy finished.

The girls decided it was best not to argue, and half an hour later they decided to retire for the night after all they needed to be up early for the morning. The boys decided that Brandon would take the first shift, followed by Sky, Riven, Timmy, Nabu and finally Helia, who was sat silently in front of the fire, and with that the girls and guys went their own ways being sure not to travel to far from the safety of the ship.

Tecna and Timmy had retired into the ship to use the realm wide web for a little bit of fun before settling for the night. Timmy was sat opposite Tecna and kept stealing glances over the top of his PDA, his hair covering his glasses slightly. Tecna looked up and caught Timmy staring at her, his eyes widened in shock and he looked back down at his PDA, a blush all over his face.

A smile spread over Tecna's face at the man in front of her, though he was not as well built as the other boys but he was as cute and as sweet as he could be. Tecna looked back at her PDA and noticed that she had a new message, curious she opened it to find that it was from Timmy.

Hey Hun,

Just a quick message to say I love you

Timmy

Tecna could not keep the smile off of her face at the message, and she looked up to look at Timmy once again to see him looking at her. "You are so sweet Timmy, thank you"

"You are beautiful Tecna, especially in this light" Tecna smirked and put her PDA down before crawling along the floor of the ship towards the shocked specialists.

"And you are…" Tecna whispered seductively feeling braver as she stopped right in front of Timmy "So handsome"

The specialist tried to talk but found that his words were stuck in his throat as he stared at his girl in front of him, slowly he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer into his body. Tecna giggled and took hold of his face in her perfect hands before leaning in and placing a soft yet passionate kiss upon his lips, the two of them melting into each other's embrace.

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Bloom smiled as she stared up at the moon which shone brightly that night with all the stars coming out to play. "What's on your mind?" Sky asked as he sat beside her wrapping his muscled arm around her shoulder silently offering his shoulder to her, to which Bloom gladly took.

The two sat there staring up into the sky, the specialist waiting patiently for the answer but none came. "Bloom are you alright?" Sky asked slight concern in his voice as he looked into her bright blue eyes.

"Yes Sky why do you ask?" Bloom asked softly as her gazed moved from the moon to her boyfriend.

"You just seem a little spaced out that's all."

"I was just thinking of Flora, and everything, I'm sorry" Sky gently used his finger and tilted Blooms face up to face him.

"You have nothing to be sorry for Bloom, I understand it is a hard thing to come to turns with. Your best friend has kept this massive secret from all of you. We just have to keep calm and see how this plays out." Sky spoke.

"You are right Sky, as always" Bloom smiled as she captured Sky's lips with her own, wrapping her arms around his neck and settling into his side, the only sound being the hoot of the odd owl and their breathes.

The figure stood in the trees watching the group from afar, again taking notes of anything and everything they saw or thought would be useful. The binoculars hung from their neck, as they dropped them, with a small sigh she stood and looked around before jumping from the tree and heading back to her master with any information she had on the group, just hoping that it was enough, or it was there head.