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I don't own Winx Club. It belongs to Iginio Straffi and is produced by Rainbow S.p.A.

Multi-part story

Summary:

Flora's past meets her present, but there are still some secrets left to be seen. Will Flora be able to rise above all the drama, or will the shadows of her past shallow her whole? What will happen to the Winx? And what are the Trixs up to?

You'll have to read to find out...

This is the second section of Nature's story.

Nature's Shadow
Part 2: Winter is Coming...
Next Morning in Flora's room

Flora woke up the next morning, and saw a pink and green wrapped box on the nightstand with a note attached. 'No flower could compare but this may come close.'

Inside the gift was a beautiful pendent. It was a mystic blue topaz stone (the same color as Helia's hair), wrapped in a silver metal that formed a wing (the same shape as her Harmonix wings). The ribbon of the pendent was gold, almost the same color as Helia's laser lassos. All in all, the necklace was breathtaking.

"Helia," Flora said, smiling. She quickly got out of the bed and ran over to her mirror. She slipped the pendent around her neck and smiled at her reflection.

"Prefect," Flora said, and then went quickly around the room looking for what she was going to wear today.

The one thing she failed to notice was the pendent glowing a dull purple.

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Later on at the festival grounds

Flora was looking around the crowds for the Winx Club and Specialists to show up. She was so focused on her searching, she didn't notice Darius coming up to her.

"Flora, I've decide to forgive you for the other night," Darius said, startling Flora. Yesterday, she was frozen with shock at the sight of him. Today, not so much.

"Didn't River tell you to leave me alone," Flora said, standing up straighter.

"Your father gave me permission to court," Darius said with a smirk, "So I think he outranks her."

"My father hasn't spoken to me in years, so his permission...let alone his opinion...don't matter to me," Flora said, trying not to let that new shock her.

"When he announces our courtship tonight at the ball, I'm sure you'll change your mind...not that it really matter," Darius said.

"Listen good, and listen well," Flora said, trying her best to channel River, "Not now, and not ever, will I be your again. Hell will freeze twice over before that...So you can get permission from my father, from the kings, even the gods; but as long as I breath air, I will never be yours."

"Flora, darling, I broke you once; and I will gladly do it again," Darius said, before turning and leaving.

"Do try and sing something pretty today. I'll be in the crowd," Darius called over his shoulder.

Flora wanted nothing more than to get as far from where she was as she could, so she all but ran to where the Magic Vines and the girls were waiting back stage.

She found them all there and broke down in front of them.

"That's it," Ash practically growled, moving to leave.

"No," Flora begged, grabbing his arm.

"Why not," Ash yelled.

"'Cause he'll just look like a victim. We need everyone to see him for what his is," Jasmine said.

"That will kill him," Camille said.

"And how do we do that," Dylan and Zach asked.

"I have an idea," Iris said, looking at Flora.

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"Alright, alright, alright," Ash said, coming out onto the stage with Dylan and Zachary.

"So one of our girls wants to dedicate a song to someone," Dylan said.

"Yeah...So we need a Darius Robbins to the stage," Zachary said into his mic.

Darius made his way up to the stage, smiling the whole way. Thinking that Flora, was final doing, in his opinion, her only job-listening to him.

"Flora, come on out," Ash said. Flora stepped onto the stage wearing a frilly medium-length dress and a pair of knee-high lace-up leather boots with heels, over which was a cropped jacket. Her accessories were a narrow belt and a hair ribbon. The whole ensemble is coordinated in dark purple and black

"Anything you want to say to him, Flora," Ash asked, as the boys moved off stage.

"I think the song will saw it all," Flora replied.

"What song are you singing to me," Darius asked, still smirking.

"Just listen...I think you'll hate it" Flora chuckled, as the music started. The Winx and Specialists showed up in the crowd at that time.

You had it all the day you told me (told me) you want me
I had it all but let you fool me (fool me) completely
Yeah I was so stupid to give you all my attention
'Cause the way you played me exposed your true intentions

Darius tried to go off the stage (whilst Flora sang) but got blocked by Jasmine and Camille. Flora pushed him into the middle of the stage and Iris and another girl blocked him from exiting on the other side. Darius turns towards Zachary and Dylan to try and go off stage.

And one day I'll have you beggin' on your knees for me
Yeah one day I'll have you crawlin' like a centipede
You mess with me and mess with her
So I'll make sure you get what you deserve
Yeah one day you'll be beggin' on your knees for me

Camille, Jasmine, Iris, and the other girl started dancing around Flora. They created almost a human wall between Darius and Flora.

So watch your back 'cause you don't know when or where I can get you
I've set the trap and when I'm done then you'll know what I've been through
So oh, Mister Player, do you feel like the man now?
And I bet you're nervous 'cause this song makes you freak out

One of the lighting guys puts the spotlight on Darius. He went across the stage and tried to exit the other end but Ash stop him from doing so.

And one day I'll have you beggin' on your knees for me
Yeah one day I'll have you crawlin' like a centipede
You mess with me (yeah) and mess with her (yeah)
So I'll make sure you get what you deserve (yeah)
Yeah one day you'll be beggin' on your knees for me

The Winx and the Specialist were dancing to the song, when Darcy, disguised at a random fairy walked up behind them.

I know I'm being bitter but I'mma drag you under
'Cause you just don't, don't deserve "Happy ever after"
For what you did to me after you told me you never felt that way
It was only just a game
(You had it all)

Darcy whispered out, "Take these friendships that I see. Love is gone, unhappy shall they be. Knots of discord. Knots of hate. Soon to part is their fate. I curse their love to come undone, and this spell shall not be done, until the gift is removed. Heartache and sorrow follow through."

The Winxs and Specialist glowed a dull purple for a moment that went seen by the crowd.

(And one day)
And one day I'll have you beggin' on your knees for me (beggin' on your knees for me)
Yeah one day I'll have you crawlin' like a centipede (crawlin' like a centipede)
You mess with me (yeah) and mess with her (yeah)
So I'll make sure you get what you deserve (yeah)
Yeah one day you'll be beggin' on your knees for me

Flora finishes singing, Ash put my hand on Darius's shoulders. "Ouch" Ash says, and the Darius jumps of the stage from the front.

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Flora ran over to the Winx and Specialists, after the performance.

"Did you like the song," Flora asked, smiling as she hugged Helia.

"No," Helia said. Flora thought he was joking, so she pulled back and looked at his face. He was glaring at her.

"What," Flora said, confused.

"You know, writing a song for someone who you say your over, makes me wonder," Stella said.

"Stella," Flora said, shocked.

"Don't get mad at her for speaking the truth," Aisha said.

"You guys are really not being funny, if that's what you all are going for," Flora said, trying to rationalize what was going on.

"We're not being funny. We're telling you the truth," Bloom said.

"Truth?...And what's that," Flora asked, her temper starting to rise.

"That you're acting like a little slut," Helia said.

"And you're ditching your real friends for a bunch of nobodies," Musa said.

"Excuse me," Flora gasped.

"You heard them," Riven said.

"You all feel like this," Flora said, looking around, "Come on. Don't hold back now."

"Completely...You're dressing like them...sluts," Stella said.

"You've changed," Brandon said.

"You're not acting like Flora," Bloom said.

"You've not the same," Skye said.

"You've been keeping so many secrets," Tecna said.

"Statically for you to have lied to us so much, we shouldn't trust you," Timmy said.

"How can you blow us off for them," Aisha said, and Roy nodded.

"I said my piece," Musa said.

"I agree with Musa," Riven said.

"You're not my flower," Helia said, "You've become something rotten from what you were."

Hearing Helia and her friends...people she cared about saying these things to her-well, that caused Flora to snap.

"You're right. I'm not your damn flower, and I guess I'm not the same Flora," Flora said, clenching her fists, "The old Flora would be crying and begging you all to forgive me for whatever you think I did...But that Flora's not here. That Flora went away when you all forgot about her...when she spent her birthday alone...when you, Helia, decided to go out with Krystal for our anniversary."

"You're being-" Stella said.

"No," Flora yelled, "You said your piece, and now I will say mine...You seem to want nothing more than to have some quiet, little, go-along-with-anything-you-say puppet. Someone you can make into what you want. And I blame myself for not seeing it. I thought you all were different. I thought you were people I could trust and believe in and love...But I was wrong."

"I don't know if you are all just being hateful, stupid or whatever," Flora said, "But I can't deal with it anymore. And I'm starting to realize I don't have to." She finished and turned and walked away.

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