MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONEEEE! AND HAPPY NEW YEARRRR!
(Yes, this is a chapter. No, this is not just an A/N. I wouldn't do that to you guys, UNLESS it was urgent ;) )
Hello again everyone! Umm. My apologies for not updating in a while. I got really busy with getting presents for my brothers and school, cause I have a couple exams in Spring. I've recently been having an extra two hours of school at night (I'm homeschooled btw with my brother, and he has wayyy more exams than me but I'm schooled with him) which has been tiring me out and giving me less time to write. And now I have two hours of Saturday school as well as pets to clean out .-. (Not that I hate my pets. I LOVE THEM! :D!) And I had a tiny Christmas Holiday (Not sure if I've mentioned this before) Which was literally just Christmas Eve and Christmas. And the weekend. That was it. Yeah. Sorry about that .-.
I realized while re-reading the chapter when Theo was introduced it seemed to me as if Flora was the only person Theo wanted to talk to for some reason. So I'm gonna quickly say, Theo doesn't favor Flora. And Theo will not fall in love with any of the Winx nor visa versa. Just thought I'd get that out there. OH AND MY APOLOGIES BUT I MADE A TINY EDIT AGAIN and now the HS has been around for nearly 7 years instead of nearly 8. Because it's more convenient for me to make it seven
Oh but I'm just gonna say, ORIGINALLY this chapter probably wasn't gonna have any 'HS' action. I was originally gonna do a short-ish chapter where they just relax and stuff. But seen as I haven't updated in a while, I'm gonna try and do a looooong chapter which has info and does have 'HS Action' as I like to call it xD
In other news, the song soundtrack thing of Season 5 AND 6 has been released on the YouTube channel. I'm now a happy girl
But anyway, since I don't really have anything else to say, onto the reviews! I got four this last chapter :D;
PaladinJS' Review: Really? Well, it was a great guess! After re-reading my story, I've actually realized just how accidentally suspicious he seems O.O. Thank you, I've been trying hard to do good, and I'm glad you're enjoying it! :)
Dragonlover2002's Review: Am I right in assuming you're Dragonlover? Cause if so, nice to see you got an account :). Thanks, I've been trying to brainstorm a few ideas, but that actually seems like a more fun one than what I can think of. Though I haven't watched nor read (Is there a book of it?) A Christmas Carol (Is that the name? xD) in a while (I know the basic plot though) so I'll probably watch it to refresh my mind on it a little. Or I'll just wing it
Dragonlover's 1st Review: Ah, okay. I'm glad to know you don't mind the changes, cause I didn't wanna seem rude. And you're welcome btw. Also, cool idea! Can't wait to start reading it once you start writing :)
Dragonlover's 2nd Review: I think my jaw almost dropped off because of how big you're review is xD. I might not add the fairy pets, but sure about the Pixies! Again, thanks a lot for the idea. I'll be sure to use it (Though I may make one or two changes just to try and fit it in with a few of my own plans. Sorry again about that) so thanks a lot :D. Though I'm just gonna say, if you do wanna give me another suggestion or idea (Feel free), I won't be able to fit in a big one or one that takes a whole chapter, cause I now have everything else pretty much planned out. No offense meant or anything- Your ideas and suggestions have been a HUGE help! :)
And like last chapter, a big "THANK YOU!" to all you readers and followers, as well as everyone who has reviewed and favorited! Another "THANK YOU!" to Dragonlover for giving me really cool suggestions, which have been in previous chapters. So thanks for those suggestions Dragonlover ^^
Also, I'm writing this at half past 2 in the Morning on Christmas Day xD (Well technically I only wrote about a quarter of it on Christmas day. Now I'm writing the rest on the 8th)
Anyway, I don't really have anything else to say (That and I need to hurry up cause I'm writing this in Dinner Break and I wanna get at least half of the chapter done), sooo- DISCLAIMER TIMEEE! The Winx Club, and everything inside of that Cartoon Show, belongs to Iginio Straffi (Sorry if I spelt his name wrong). While everything else, unless I tell you all otherwise, belongs to Me!
On with the Story!
Recap; The Winx find the HS in the Library, and follow it into the forest, where they finally find out how to attack it despite it's dodges. It jumps off a cliff edge and into a forest below, and the Winx follow, finding a scrap of it's clothes and finding out that according to the Magic Database, it doesn't exist. Confused, the Winx decide to go back to the Palace, but on the way, witness an attemtped Kidnapping of James which was stopped by the HS. However, Theo was injured and knocked unconscious before the HS arrived. Flora is knocked out and taken, and the HS, Tecna, Musa and Aisha follow the man- But for different reasons. After a fight and a search, the HS finds Lilly and Flora, before disappearing. Tecna, Musa and Aisha take the two back to Bloom, Stella and James, who have been joined by Trystan and are knelt over an unconscious Theo. Aisha is having confused thoughts about the HS during this. Rosé and Lilac arrive after running to get there, and wait for the Doctor to arrive, hoping Theo wasn't too badly injured from the fight
Flashback; Many years ago
A ginger-haired woman laid on a Hospital bed, a little bundle in her arms. The bundle was a tiny and thin Baby Girl with a small tuff of blonde-gingery hair, who had yet to open her eyes and was half-asleep. A blonde-haired man sat next to the woman, smiling at the baby with overwhelming happiness
"She's beautiful..." he whispered, stroking the baby's cheek "What are we going to name her?" he asked, his gaze never leaving his child
The woman looked over to her husband, before back at the Baby, who slowly opened her eyes, revealing them to be a beautiful leaf green. The woman looked deep in thought
"Rosemary" she said, after a minute, "Like a Rosemary plant, she flowered in early December" *. The man nodded, agreeing
"Rosemary. Our dear, little Rosemary"
10th of December, Present Day. The Next Day
The Winx- Not counting Flora- woke early that day. They got up and ready to go out, as they planned on visiting Theo and Lilly at the Hospital, to see how the two were. When they last saw Theo last night, he was still unconscious, which worried them
Aisha, however, just couldn't help but think about the HS and be completely confused by it. If it was Good, why did the King have every guard on the planet on alert to capture on sight? But if it was bad, why did it help people instead of hurt or hinder them?
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, breaking them out of their thoughts and waking Flora up. She sat up in her bed and saw the others already awake
"I'll get it" said Bloom as she walked towards the door. Just as she reached it, the door burst open and all the pixies came flying in and towards their bonded fairies- So fast in fact that Lockette had even managed to cause Bloom to fall to the ground
"Bloom!" squealed Lockette in excitement, hugging Bloom
"Lockette? What are you guys doing here?" she asked, laughing a little "Well you see" Chatta began
"We were wondering where you were after searching THE WHOLE Whole school for you- And that took a while cause the school is BIG! And i mean B-I-G, we're TALKING huge big! Huge H-U-" the pixie swiftly stopped speaking when she saw the annoyed and impatient looks she was getting. she cleared her throat nervously, before continuing
"Annyway, we went and asked your boyfriend who also had no idea where you were, so we then went and asked Faragonda because we came to the conclusion that you were probably on a mission. So Faragonda then told us that you were on this planet called 'Womshire' or 'Wimshrine' or something and gave us a map to this place and a friend of hers called Bob, or Billy or- No no! He was called George!- and asked him to take us there in his ship. On the way, he told us how it was apparently strange how we wanted to come here because apparently the last time someone came here was Seven years ago today! -Weird, huh?- Well anyway, he told us as well that apparently all contact with the planet had been stopped nearly Seventeen years ago, and no one has heard of anything to do with this planet since! Not even it's allies or nearby planets! What a strange place, don't you think? Anyway, he took us here and then went back to Magix and Lockette used her magic arrow to find you guys- But seriously, you're living in a PALACE!? I can't believe it, it's so cool!" Chatta explained, hardly taking any breaths while speaking. The other Pixies looked at her with wide eyes, wondering how she managed that. Well, all the pixies except Piff. She had fallen asleep in Aisha's arms while Chatta was talking
"Well, believe it or not, it's true. The King has let us stay here for the time being, until our mission is done" Aisha confirmed, making Chatta's eyes widen "Whoa! Can you give us a tour? Pleaseeeee?" the pixie of gossip then did puppy dog eyes to her bonded fairy, who shook her head
"Sorry, Chatta, but we're going to the hospital to visit two friends of ours, who got hurt last night" Flora answered
"Speaking of which, we should probably get going, considering how we've no idea where the Hospital is and need to ask around a bit" said Musa, but Tecna spoke up "Well actually, I've gotten it up on my GPS. It's not far from here"
"Well then, let's go" said Bloom, and the twelve all started to leave the room. But after everyone else had left and Flora and Chatta were about to, Chatta stopped
"Hey Flora, look!" the pixie pointed to something poking out of a box underneath Flora's bed. Flora looked at it a bit confused "I don't remember even touching that box..." she wondered, curiously. She looked outside and saw that the Winx hadn't yet noticed her absence, so quickly went over to her bed and knelt down next to the box under her bed. Pulling the box out from underneath, Flora opened it, and a note, which had been poking out of it, fell to the ground. Confused, she picked it up and read it silently in her head
"To Whomever finds this,
Unfortunately, I am sure that I am going to die soon. My Husband, however, knows nothing of this, as if he did... I cannot say. I know that if I do, I will risk him finding this note and finding out. And if he finds out... I do not wish to think of what will happen. But no one but you may learn of this note
But although I'm going to die, not everything is as it seems. My Husband, I know, will be blinded by sadness, which will turn into rage and hatred towards someone. Someone who I haven't yet met, but I know I can trust and I know the name of. But again, I cannot say who, nor where they live. But, I know that one day the mystery of my death has to be solved, so I am going to leave behind this note, telling you of a book. A book, hidden in the palace somewhere which I have written, where perhaps only one person would know where to look. This, Sir or Miss, is to help you to figure out part of the mystery, and to realize the truth. The answer to where to look is in this poem, a riddle of sorts
"Right or wrong, we make hasty decisions
Only us, we thought, control our lives
Some of us though, have with us troubles
Even when we seem to thrive
Many problems though, no matter who
Are with all our lives, and know that we do
Right as the moment we realize that truth
You now must find it, and where to look
Gone may all hope be, until it clicks
Right where the clock ceases to tick
After realization, you may sprint
Can you, however, understand the hint?
Ever wondering, you may be, hidden and locked away you'll find me
'But why?' may your mind wonder
Since I know that you will ponder
Ring through your head though will where to look
Only you can find the book
Only where I'm hidden and locked away
May you find what I have to say"**
You may figure it out, and you may not, what I mean to say to you. But I hope that you will know what to do, where to look, and then will figure out who to talk to. Please. Find out the answer and stop my husband from doing something I know he will regret, blinded by sadness, anger and hatred. Stop him from doing this. From
Yours Truly,
Rosalina Tulip Grace"
When Flora saw the signature at the bottom, her eyes widened and she gasped in surprise. The Queen knew she was going to die...? And what would the King do, blinded by sadness, anger and hatred, that he would regret? Chatta also had read it, and whispered "Maybe there's a hidden message in the poem..." Flora nodded in agreement, whispering "That's what I was thinking..."
But before the two could think anymore on the strange note, they heard Aisha calling them "Flora! Chatta! Aren't you coming?"
"Coming!" Chatta shouted back, about to fly towards the group waiting for them. But Flora stopped her and looked her in the eye
"Chatta" she began, whispering "Promise me not to say anything about this note. The Queen said in it not to tell or show anyone it. Promise me?"
Chatta nodded, making Flora smile a little. Usually, the Pixie of Gossip would talk non-stop about things like this. But even she knew when to keep her mouth shut, and always kept promises about this sort of thing. Flora put the note back into the box and pushed the box back under the bed, before getting up and running out the door and to the group, with Chatta
After following Tecna's GPS, the twelve arrived at the Hospital. Aisha explained how they were friends with Theo and Lilly to the receptionist, and requested to visit him. Thankfully, the receptionist was a nice and understanding woman, and let them, giving them directions
Now, they were all outside of the door. Slowly, and quietly, Flora opened the door, in case Theo or Lilly were asleep. Inside, though, she clearly saw that they weren't
Lilly was sat in her bed. James was on it too, hugging her protectively while they and their parents, Trystan and Lilac, spoke to each other. Theo was also sat up in his bed, having a quiet conversation with Rosé. Lilac now had her left arm in a proper cast, but didn't look like she had any other major injuries. Theo had a bandage around his head*', which slightly misplaced a bit of hit fringe, but he also didn't seem to have many other major injuries, thankfully
Hearing the door a little, Theo looked up and saw the Winx. He smiled softly "Hey" he said, causing everyone else to look and see. The Winx walked over to Theo, while the Pixies flew over to Lilly. When Lilly saw them, her face lit up and she gasped in amazment
"Pixies!" she shouted, happily, as they flew around her
"I'm Chatta! And this is Cherie, Cara, Amore, Lockette and Piff! And you are?" Chatta introduced, pointing to each pixie as she said their names
"I'm James! You are so coooool! And this is my twin sister Lilly!" shouted a now excited James, and Lilly looked even more excited. As the two started to talk joyfully with the pixies, their parents chuckled and giggled a little at the twins, and shook their heads with smiles on their faces
With Theo, the Winx sat around the bed
"How are you feeling, Theo?" Aisha asked, concerned
"Well, I've got a bad headache, but otherwise I feel okay. Apparently the injury wasn't bad enough that I'd have to stay in here for the next week. I have some painkillers perscribed to me, but otherwise I'm allowed to go if I want to. I just need to have a check up each night to see how my head's getting" Theo explained
"Well, at least you're allowed out" said Flora, optimistically. Theo nodded "Yeah, I still need to find something to get for Rosé, and we need to get the Christmas Tree*''. I was planning on doing it today, to be honest"
"Really? Can we come with? I have loads of questions I wanna ask about this planet! Oh, and could you show us around as well?" questioned Stella, excitedly
"Well..." Theo looked at Rosé, who slowly nodded "Alright" "HURRAY!" shouted the Princess of Solaria
Outside
The Winx, the Pixies Theo and Rosé were now all outside. Lilly and James, as much as they wanted to come, had to go home with Lilac and Trystan, but Theo promised to bring them back a gift. Theo was wearing an orangey-yellow jumper with a dark grey 'X' on the front and back which connected to itself. The Jumper looked just like his T-Shirt, only made of wool and with longer sleeves. He also had on a dark green scazf and dark green gloves. Rosé was now wearing a lilac-pink jumper with her golden-yellow ribbon now tied back into a bow on top of it, pink mittens and a red scarf
"Theo, before we get on to shopping, I have a really important question that I want to ask!" Stella began, and Theo held in a groan. "Here we go again..." he thought
"So we went shopping before, but I'm confused. No matter where I looked, I couldn't find a single pair of High-Heels for sale!" she complained
Theo scratched his head. This was important? "Well... That's more of a question for Rosé to answer" Rosé frowned at her cousin, who just shrugged sheepishly
"Well..." Rosé began, quietly "Well. There's something about Wimshirians that I don't know if you've noticed or not, but it's true. You see, Wimshirians u-usually stop growing at the age of about 17-22. N-No one actually wears them, because no one needs them. For an example... If... If Aunt Lilac wore High Heels, she would be much taller than Uncle Trystan" she explained
"Whoa... How are you all not like...Nine foot or something?" Stella wondered "We grow like normal people! I've read men usually stop growing around 16-18 or something around that anyway, but women at about 13-17. So it's just enough added years so we grow tall but not giants, I suppose" Rosé guessed
"Rosé, before we do anything, I'm curious. Last night, why was Lilly with Theo and James but not you? And where were you?" questioned Aisha
Rosé looked at her, before smiling a little "Oh that. I met up with Theo to drop Lilly of, like we arranged. He and James were gonna go home and I had to drop some groceries and percriptions off at Aunt Lilac's parents' house. I meant to only stay a bit, but ended up being convinced to have a drink of tea and a cookie or two." she began, but was cut off by Theo whining "Aww, you had one of Grandma's cookies? I'm jealous!" he complained, but Rosé smiled and pull a box out of the rucksack she had, saying in her soft, shy and quiet sounding voice "Well actually... I was told to give you these". At this, Theo grinned and gave her a thumbs up, taking the box and eating one of the cookies, passing them around to each of the Winx while Rosé continued,
"I went home, expecting to see Theo and the twins there, but they weren't. I asked Aunt Lilac and Uncle Trystan, and they said that they thought he was with you. When we phoned Theo, he wouldn't pick up. After the second try, we went out searching, and split up. I went with Aunt Lilac, because I don't have a phone, and so if we found Theo and the twins I wouldn't know. After a while of searching, we got a call from Uncle Trystan telling him that he found Theo and James, but Lilly was still missing. He told us where, and we ran as fast as we could, and you know the rest" she finished, taking a breath
"So that's how Mr and Mrs Jaqualina knew how their children were missing..." realized Bloom. The Pixies, however, just looked at each other in confusion, before shrugging. They hadn't a clue what the others were talking about
"Well enough of last night! I have no idea where we're going or where anything is. Could we perhaps have a tour? To save us from Stella tormenting us- I mean taking us shopping?" asked Musa, making the others- With the exception of Stella, who huffed in annoyance, and Rosé who didn't really know what she was talking about- laugh at her comment at the end
"Sure, I'd be happy to talk you all on a tour. There are a lot of sights- Outside the city especially- which are brilliant to view!" Theo nodded, and the Winx and Pixies looked excited, and Rosé even more-so
During the tour, the Winx questioned about the places they visited, and some other bits of history is Wimshire. Surprisingly, it Theo answered barely any! Every time they asked a question about the history, Rosé's eyes seemed to brighten up. She would explain it in fine detail, and would sometimes add on a theory or two made by some historians, or myths or legends
They came to a Museum along the way, and decided to go inside. Tecna noticed on one of the walls, deep inside, was a picture, with a boy and a girl stood next to each other. The name on it read;
"Princess Violet Rose Grace and Prince Ajax Jenson Grace"
The girl in the picture was a very pretty girl. She had beautiful ocean blue eyes and dark brown hair, which reached the middle of her back and was in two pony-tails. She had a lilac pink hairband with a scarlet red ribbon with a bow wrapped around it. She wore a dark short-sleeved v-neck violet dress which went below the knees with a violet ribbon with a bow at the back and a thick white rim at the bottom of the dress and the sleeves and around the v-neck
The boy had bright ocean blue eyes like the girl and scruffy blonde hair, which went just above his shoulders. He wore a light-green normal-neck T-Shirt with dark green rims around the bottom of the shirt, sleeves and around the neck and also wore brown trousers with a belt and sheath. His hand was holding onto the handle of a sword, which had a white hilt with blue on the edges and beautiful designs of wind, plants, fire and water on both it, the handle and the blade, which was glowing a golden yellow. There was also another sword in his sheath on the other side, which looked the same
Rosé noticed the fairy of Technology's gaze, and followed it. When she saw the picture, her eyes widened a little, but she walked towards Tecna anyway, stood by her, and glanced up at the picture herself
"That, is Princess Violet and her twin brother, Prince Ajax. They were probably the best, kindest and most well-known rulers of Wimshire, but also very powerful. They were born 537 years ago this year. There was a huge celebration in Spring, as there normally is on their Birthday" she said out-loud, starling Tecna a bit. Hearing this, the others came over to have a look at what she was talking about
"But even though they were loved by most, they still had enemies" the ginger-blonde haired girl began "And one day, two of those enemies came to fight the twins
"Why? What happened? Who were they?" questioned Chatta. Rosé looked over at her, and then back at the painting before being to tell the tale
"Their names were Jacob and Guinevere, best friends and future lovers. As little children, they were kind and caring, and everyone seemed to love them. But then something happened. No one knows exactly what, but it turned their hearts dark, and made them grow a want for power. They grew jealous of Princess Violet and Prince Ajax, their best friends. They devised a plan. '*'
"I've got a plan, Jacob" said Guinevere, as she approached her best friend. Jacob grinned
"Do tell"
The plan wasn't as smart as you would imagine. Jacob would get Violet to fall in love with him. After they married, Guinevere would start a fire and kill the twins, and then would marry Jacob, as they were in love with each other
However, the twins were much smarter than Jacob and Guinevere had first thought. Violet and Ajax both caught on to his flirts, and Violet told Jacob she only loved him as a brother, even if they weren't related. This angered Jacob and Guinevere
"I'm sorry Jacob. But I just don't see you that way. But we can still be friends" Violet offered, with her soft kind smile. Jacob was furious inside, but hid it and gave her a smile "Of course"
Jacob left the room and met up with Guinevere, while Ajax went up to his younger-twin sister and put his hand on her shoulder "He'll be back" he told her. Violet nodded sadly
"I know. But I'm afraid he will come back with bad intentions"
One day, when they were 23 and the twins were 20, the two came to the Violet in the middle of the night. They threatened to kill her if she did not marry Jacob and hand over the kingdom. But Ajax overheard this, and jumped in to help his sister
"Leave my sister alone!" shouted Ajax, causing Jacob and Guinevere to jump, and turn around to face him
"Ajax... How are you?" asked Guinevere, laughing nervously. Ajax narrowed his eyes and while they were distracted, Violet shoved past Jacob to try to get to her brother. But her arm was grabbed, while Jacob was getting up off the ground
"You're not going anywhere 'Princess'!" shouted Guinevere. Ajax unsheathed his sword as Jacob got up, and attempted to try to fight Guinevere. But Jacob got out his sword and blocked his attack
"GUARDS! The Princess is in trouble!" Ajax shouted loudly, to alert the guards. By this time, Violet had managed to get her arm free, and was now fighting Guinevere with her powers
"Oh did we forget to mention? A little this, a little that, a small spell and all the guards are asleep!" laughed Jacob. Ajax growled, and swung at him while he was distracted
A fight broke out. The Prince called the guards, but to no avail, as they had been put to sleep by Guinevere's magic. Ajax and Violet fought strongly, but they could not get the better of Guinevere and Jacob, nor visa versa. But all four of them were tiring
"I-I can't keep this up for much longer, Ajax" panted Violet, as she backed up near her brother after avoiding one of Guinevere's attacks
"Neither can I" he agreed "There must be something we can do to get the upper hand..." he wondered, and suddenly, Violet thought of something, and whispered it into her brother's ear
"I'm not sure if it'll work... But..." Violet began, but Ajax looked at her "I'm sure it will. I believe in you"
Eventually, the two twins came up with a plan. Ajax gave his two swords to Violet, and she ran towards Guinevere and Jacob, as fast as possible
"You can do this. I know you can"
Violet ran towards Guinevere and Jacob, who were about to attack again. She leaped up into the air, both swords glowing in her hands, and swung
She fired her most powerful attack, using the swords to enhance it
"...al Strike!" shouted Violet, swinging the swords and firing out her attack as she was in the air
There was a bright light. After it faded, Ajax saw his sister passed out on the floor, the two swords by her side. But he could not see Guinevere or Jacob anywhere. But despite this, he was sure he could hear Guinevere's voice one last time
"...We may be trapped, injured and drained of power... But we will return one day... And we will have revenge on you and your descendants... That... I promise!"
Ajax, on instinct, grabbed his swords and got ready to attack. But none came. So he looked to his sister, sheathed his swords, and picked her up gently
Some believe that this killed them. But others believe that Guinevere managed to put up a shield before it hit, and it absorbed some of the attack, so she and Jacob did not die, but were only severely injured, drained of power, an possibly trapped somewhere"
"But only the Royal Family knows whether this is true or not" she finished
"What are those swords?" asked Bloom
"Those swords that Prince Ajax has. It is said that they has been passed down through generations, and are now the current King's. One of them is named 'Regalo' which means 'Gift' in English. The other, is named 'Dovere', which means 'Duty'. They were given to him by his Father on his thirteenth birthday, so that if anything happened, he would be able to protect himself and his sister" Rosé explained
"Why do they glow golden?" questioned Musa
"Because" Rosé began simply "They also have power. The power of the four elements, Wind, Water, Earth and Fire. '**'. But apparently, from what I've read, you can only actually use the 'power' to full extent if you have trained long and hard enough. It's said that they take a while to master"
"Your cousin sure does know a lot about this planet and it's history" Flora commented, to Theo, who shrugged
"Her Dad deemed it necessary for her to learn as much as possible about this planet and it's History, it's legends and other things. Rosé actually took a huge liking to the it, and began to actually read about the history and legends, even in her free time" he explained "She knows loads about the planet; In fact, I think she knows almost as much as the King! And he knows almost everything!"
"Wow" was all Flora could say
"But anyway" the ginger-haired boy said, loud enough for everyone to hear "I think there's one more place we need to go to before we have to go and get our tree"
The Winx and Pixies wondered what it could be, and Rosé had a small feeling she knew where
Theo and Rosé were walking through the forest, with the Winx behind them
"Where are we going again? It's so far!" Stella complained "It's a surprise" Theo answered, chuckling a little. She was the one who asked for a tour, after all
"Besides, we're nearly there" Rosé told them. In actual fact, she was happy about where they were going. Soon, they came to a cliff edge. One the Winx knew as the one the HS had gotten away at. Rosé walked near the edge and pointed to what looked to be a huge Mountain in the distance
"That over there. That, is Montagna Dei Quattro Elementi**'. Or, in English, "Mountain of the Four Elements"" explained Rosé. Tecna looked at it in curiosity
"Why is it called the "Mountain of the Four Elements"?" she questioned. Rosé simply looked back to the Mountain "Simple. I has all four elements. It's a Mountain, the biggest on the planet; Earth. It also has Lava pits inside, so I suppose you could class it as a Volcano that never erupts; Fire. It has a Lake that goes all around it, forming a ring of sorts; Water. And it has extremely strong winds, but almost magical ones. Ones which... seem to sound almost like a melody; Wind. That's why it's called "The Mountain of the Four Elements"" she explained
"Wow. That does make sense" the pink haired girl concluded. Rosé looked at her "That's not all. Legend has it that there are Four Dragons who live inside of it. Fuoco, the dragon of Fire, Acqua the dragon of Water, Vento, the dragon of Wind and Terra, the dragon of Earth. No one dares to go in and see if this is true, because if it is they know that they would probably be attacked. It is said that they are protecting the mountain, stopping anything from coming in or out. But now one knows exactly what they're protecting" the scruffy blonde told her
"And so concludes the Jaqualina Tour of this part of Wimshire. We would love to show you the whole planet, but somehow I don't think we would be able to do that in a day" joked Theo
"But anyway, we best be getting our tree, right, Rosé?" he asked, and Rosé nodded "See ya" he said as the two began walking off
"Wait, one question" Tecna suddenly asked, causing Theo and Rosé to stop and look at her "Yeah?" the ginger-haired boy asked
"If I were to jump down this cliff edge, would I survive?" she asked. Theo raised his eyebrow "You do realize that that drop is enough to kill someone, right? So why would you want to jump down it?" he questioned
"I don't. I was just asking what would happen if I were to" she answered "You would most definitely die. Why?" the ginger-haired boy looked at her in confusion. She shrugged
"No reason"
Theo was utterly confused, and so was Rosé "Ooookayyyy... Well we're gonna go and get out tree.. Umm... Don't go jumping off random cliffs. Seriously. Don't" he advised her, as he walked off, now utterly confused, with an equally confused Rosé
Tecna looked at the others
"Well, now we know for sure that the HS couldn't of survived that jump, we know that it must've had a trick up it's sleeve" she concluded
"But what is all I wonder" Musa wondered
"We need to find out then" said Bloom
Hours later. 8 in the Evening
"Come on Stella! We need to go, it's getting late and the shop's closing in about twenty minutes!" Aisha shouted, getting annoyed at how long the fairy of the Shining Sun was taking
"Okay, okay fine! I'm coming!" the fairy in questioned huffed in annoyance
"Finally, we get to... Go home" yawned Chatta, tiredly, after Stella had paid for her mounds of clothing
"Agreed" agreed Flora, as they were walking out
But once they got outside, Bloom stopped
"Hey... do you guys smell that?" she asked, causing the others to stand still and sniff the air
"I smell something... It smells like smoke!" shouted Chatta
"And smoke means fire!" realized Musa, her eyes widening
"The shop! It's on fire!" shouted Bloom, pointing at the shop, which was indeed on fire. The fire was growing quickly. Some women ran outside among many others and all the staff
"Help! Our children our somewhere trapped inside!" one shouted
"How many children are there?" asked Aisha
"Four girls and four boys" answered another of the mothers. "Please, we can't get them out"
"We're on it. Pixies, stay here. Winx, transform!" ordered Bloom
"Winx, Believix!" shouted all the Winx, before transforming into Believix and flying inside
Inside, the Winx were trying to search through all the smoke
"Guys! I found some of them!" shouted Stella, pointing to five children, two girls and three boys, all who looked around 11 and 12
One girl had long blonde hair and sky blue eyes and was wearing a red dress with red shoes and was hugging a boy. The boy also had blonde hair which was short and messy and sky blue eyes and was wearing a red shirt and blue trousers with green and white shoes.
Next to them was a boy with chocolate brown hair and hazel brown eyes who was wearing a green hoodie and red trousers with blue shoes, and a girl with black hair in a pony-tail which went down to mid-back and grass green eyes, who was wearing wearing a light blue shirt and a blue skirt with sky blue shoes. There was a boy who was hugging her, with short black hair that went just above his shoulders and grass green eyes. He was wearing a dark blue shirt and trousers with light blue shoes
"W-Who are you?" asked the girl with blonde hair, coughing a little
"We're the Winx, and we're here to help you" said Flora as she came near them
"I just did a head count, there's only five. We're three short" announced Musa, before asking "What are your names?"
"I'm Joe, and this is my sister Ally" introduced the blonde haired boy, pointing to the blonde haired girl
"I'm Jenna and this is my little brother Trey" said the black haired girl, pointing to the black haired boy
"I'm Ollie, but my little sister Annabell and her friends are somewhere else" announced the chocolate brown haired boy
"We'll find them, don't worry" Aisha reassured, before looking at the others "I'll get the others"
"I'll come too" said Bloom, and Flora nodded in agreement
"We'll take them back to their mothers" said Stella, picking up Ally and Joe "What are their names?" asked Musa as she picked Jenna and Trey up
"Annabell, Ben and Molly" answered Ollie
"Alright. Thanks for the help, we'll get them as quickly as possible" Bloom answered, as Tecna picked up Ollie, and flew out with Musa and Stella. Bloom, Aisha and Flora then flew further into the burning shop, calling out the names off the three children
"Annabell! Ben! Molly!" called Flora, and as she did so, there was a response
"W-We're h-here..." coughed out a voice, that sounded like a young girl
"This way!" shouted Aisha, following the voice
Huddled up were three children. There was a girl with brown hair and deep blue eyes, who was wearing a sky blue shirt and a dark blue skirt and red shoes. Next to her, was a boy with black hair and chocolate brown eyes, who was wearing a red shirt and brown trousers, with yellow shoes, and a girl with green eyes and curly brown hair, who was wearing a light pink dress with a purple flower in her hair and pink shoes. The three all looked around 10 years old
"I-I'm Annabell" coughed out the girl with curly brown hair
"I'm B-Ben!" the boy tried to cough out
"And so you must be Molly" Bloom worked out, looking at the other girl, who nodded
"We're here to help you. Your friends and family are outside, waiting for you" Flora explained, and the three children nodded, letting the three adults come near and pick them up
The fire began to rage closer, nearing Flora, who Annabell hugged closely, not liking the fire "It's alright. We'll get you out of here" the fairy of nature whispered reassuringly
The three flew off, trying to get out the way they came. But as the were flying, a strangely familiar voice cried out
"WATCH OUT!" it shouted, as part of the room collapsed. Bloom and Aisha quickly sped up, just missing the wood, but Flora wasn't so lucky. She was trapped underneath, but her arms, head and part of her upper back were peaking out
Thankfully for Annabell though, Flora had somehow managed to get her out of the way "Flora!" cried out Aisha
"Y-You go, take Annabell. I'll be fine, don't worry. Just get the three to safety" shouted the fairy of nature, handing Annabell to Aisha
"But-" she tried to argue "MOVE! MOVE!" shouted the familiar voice again, and Aisha and Bloom once again quickly jumped to safety, as another part of the roof collapsed
"NO!" shouted Aisha, and Bloom looked at her friend with a reassuring look "Flora's strong, don't worry. She'll make some vines to protect her from the roof, I'm sure of it. But we need to get the children to safety" said the fiery red-head, and Aisha reluctantly nodded, and flew outside with Bloom
Meanwhile, with Flora, she was still trapped underneath the wood, now half-unconscious due to all the smoke and the heat. A shadowy figure began to walk towards her, and knelt down when it came to her
The figure then turned its head towards the wood on top of Flora, and got up, before grabbing hold of it at an area where it had no fire. It pushed with all it's strength and managed to get one large piece of wood off the fairy of nature. The figure then repeated this for all the other pieces of wood, quickly. Afterwards, the figure wiped its forehead, mostly from the heat
It looked at Flora, who now had no wood covering up, and sighed "Please don't be too heavy..." it hoped to itself quietly, before picking the fairy of nature up in it's arms, and looked at her "Hospital... I need to get her to the hospital..." it muttered, turning to go back the way it came. However, it had also been blocked off
"Snap!" groaned the figure, now looking for another way out. The only way it could see was a window, but in the way was a fire almost acting as a fence
"Why me..." it stepped back a little. It planned to go and find another way out.
"Flora! Floraaaa!" shouted some voices downstairs. It was the Winx. The figure looked to the window and then towards where the voices were coming from, and sighed. It took one more step back, for a run-up, and began running as fast as its feet could take it and jumped as high as it could
"Flora! Let go of her!" shouted Aisha, seeing the HS with her best friend in it's arms. The figure- The HS- had managed to jump over the fence of fire, but its foot had caught on fire and it had to stand still to try to get rid of the fire. Hearing Aisha, the HS nearly jumped and dropped Flora, but managed to stay still. It turned to the Fairy of Waves, before running and jumping out the window
"The HS Has Flora! After it!" announced Aisha, flying after the HS, using her speedix wings, the others not far behind
The HS winced as it ran, it's foot now aching from being burnt, but kept running anyway. All it was thankful for was that the shop was only two stories, so it didn't have to jump very far on it's aching foot
Picking up the pace, the HS began to loose Bloom, Musa, Tecna and Stella, who weren't too fast nor used to the quick twists and turns it was taking. But Aisha was, and so kept flying strong towards the it
"This isn't going to work... I'm never going to loose her at this rate!" the HS complained. Coming into a clear street with many escape routes, it skidded to a halt and put Flora down on the snow, and Aisha landed next to her, getting an attack ready, annoying the HS further
"Listen here. I don't care if you don't trust me, or if you don't understand why I'm doing any of this. All I care about is you letting me help all these people without constantly firing attacks at my back! Just get her to the hospital if you don't trust me enough to do it!" it shouted, finally saying some words it had been holding back, surprising Aisha
"Just think about something. Didn't you notice how there wasn't anyone there to help people get out or put the fire out, and guards only came when they found I was there? That fire was no accident. It was on purpose. But you didn't chase me to hear this, so the Hospital is second right straight forward then third building on your left. Now goodnight. I have better things to do than be attacked" it said, before running off
Aisha did look surprised, and picked up Flora, taking its words into consideration. She replayed all the encounters she had had with the HS, and the words it had just said over and over in her head, before finally coming to a conclusion
"The HS is good" Aisha whispered to herself
So. Yeah. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Pfft, I wrote the first half of this around 2 in the morning on Christmas and I ended up finishing it now on the 25th of January one entire month later. Wow. BUT HAPPY NEW YEAR AS WELL!
Yeah there is a lot of trivia and filler bits in this chapter. My apologies
Now, concerning the flashback. I may not have introduced a character named 'Rosemary' yet, but rest assured this isn't the last you'll see of her. In fact, this is just the beginning ;)
If it seems more like a mystery than before, it's because I've been watching shows like Father Brown where there's a murder and it's an investigation and mystery as to who did it, and playing Professor Layton which has I think ten main mysteries in each game, and about 120 or OVER puzzles in it! Yeah. I took your advice Dragonlover :). Oh and speaking of Dragonlover, the fire bit and the idea of the pixies coming are both His/Her idea! The kinda boring filler part in the middle and everything else is mine, but so is the whole Violet and Ajax stuff :P. But I have a question, Dragonlover. I'm a little confused with your inital review-suggestion why Annable, Molly and Ben had dragons. I was kinda confused by that, and so decided not to add it
I'm tired xD. But hey, onto the *'s! (Because there are billions of them this time round O.O)
*- I had actually hoped that something like that would be what a Rosemary plant did. So I went ahead and did a little research. You guys must be so proud of me- I did research! :D xD
**- Okay. I wanted this to Rhyme. And I wanted it to make sense on what I was trying to hint at. So I worked really hard on this... Yeah. If some bits don't rhyme well, I apologize. Poems and Riddles and just things that Rhyme in general aren't really my forta. But I tried anyway. I didn't have much time to edit it further
*'- Not completely covering the top half of his head, but like Sky's bandage after he lost his memory in Season 5. Just on Theo instead of Sky
*''- Yeah, yeah, I know. It was shown in Season 5 that only people on Earth supposedly know about Christmas. Well, I don't care. It's a fanfiction, afterall. So I'm making it that Christmas is celebrated on all planets, cause Christmas. Sorry if you want me to follow canon, but I like Christmas too much to do that :P
'*'- Okay, for this part, it might be a little confusing. So Italics and Underline means that it's Rosé who is speaking and narrating. But Italics ONLY means that it's a visual of what happened (No the Winx and co cannot see it). It's just to let you guys know more detail
'**'- Umm. What I'm going for is basically, like Thoren's Earthquake Hammer and Nex's Wind halaberd (Ehh... Word). So the swords are like those, but with Wind Water Earth AND Fire
**' - Yes, this is Italian. No, I cannot speak Italian. Yes, I used Google Translate. My apologies for if it's not correct, cause Google Translate isn't always 100% accurate
Oh and if anyone could tell me what channel on the TV Season 7 is on or where I can watch it, that would be greatly appreciated cause I have yet to watch it. Thanks in advance =]
Anyhow, I'm not gonna drag on any longer. So remember to review, be it an insult, criticism, suggestions or just an opinion, and tell me what you think! And I'll see you all in the next chapter!
BYEEEE!