Amber's POV

I don't think I've ever flown this fast before. All I could see was the brown and green blur of the trees I passed. They were blurred even more so by the tears streaming down my face.

I just put my entire family, the people I grew up with, who always looked out for and cared about me, in danger. All because I don't belong here. I don't belong with them. I don't truly belong anywhere. It's my fault they were almost hurt, that Holly was almost killed.

That's not all though. I put my birth family, my entire realm, in danger. If it weren't for me and my powers my home never would have been attacked. My family and my people would still be alive.

Exhaustion finally overtook me and I had to stop. The events of the day became too much and I collapsed to the ground. I transformed back to normal and laid there. I don't know how long I was there on the ground.

I lost track of time until I heard my name being called. At first I stood to run thinking it was my family coming after me. I didn't know what their reaction would be, disgust, shame, disappointment, all three and more. Really, it was more a question of what would be first.

I was about to take off again when I recognized the voices. It was the Winx and specialists. I still thought about running, just being alone a little longer, but I was too tired to transform and they would catch up to me in no time so i sat back down and crossed my legs while I waited for them to get to me.

It didn't take long for them to find me and when they did I couldn't even make myself look them in the eyes. The specialists emerged from the trees and the girls landed back on the ground and tranformed back to normal. I just stared down at the ground with my eyes squeezed shut.

For a while they were silent too and just stood around me. Flora and Layla sitting on either side of me on the ground and wrapping their arms around my shoulders in a sign of support.

I couldn't hold it in anymore and started sobbing. "It's all my fault. If they never took me in then they wouldn't have been in danger today." I lowered my head to the ground once again as the tears ran down my face and splashed onto the dirt and grass.

"Amber this isn't your fault." Brandon said gently.

"Yes it is!" I shouted back. Riven, Nabu, Timmy, and Musa all tried to interrupt me but I didn't give them the chance. "The Trix wouldn't have come here if it weren't for me."

Flora rubbed my back as she spoke gently to me "Amber what the Trix do is not your fault you can't control what they do."

"Nobody could have anticipated that they would attack, it's illogical" Tecna continued followed by Helia. "Nobody was hurt Amber, you protected them."

I know they were just trying to help me and make me feel better but I just couldn't make myself believe what they were saying. "But they never would have come here if it weren't for me though. Besides, if you guys hadn't shown up the witches would have beaten me. I'm not strong enough to take them on myself. If you hadn't gotten there when you did they would have defeated me and my family could have gotten seriously hurt if not worse. I don't even deserve to call them my family! All I do is lie to and worry them. When the Trix kidnapped me and I first found out about my powers my parents were terrified and after that it seems like all Ive done is lie to the rest of my family. They don't know who I really am, my parents don't even know half of the things we've done."

Everyone went silent. Bloom started to speak then stopped herself and started again. "Amber, you can't blame yourself for not being able to tell them the truth. They're NMB's it's not allowed."

"Bloom's right" Nabu said "and you can't expect yourself to have the obligation of telling them everything about your life when your still figuring it out yourself."

"It's not just them though guys. What about my birth parents, my entire home realm. It was destroyed because the Ancestral witches wanted my powers. Yet somehow I was the only one to escape, the one who caused the entire attack."

"Stop it!" Layla raised her voice making me jump and causing everyone to look her way. "Amber listen to us! The Trix, the Ancestral Witches. They're all bad, evil, messed up people and we won't let you blame yourself for their actions."

"Your birth parents sent you away and saved you because they love you Amber and because they knew you were destined for great things. They did what every parent strives to do and gave you your best chance. Your adoptive parents did the same thing when they agreed to let you go to Alfea. Your families, both of them, love you so so much." Stella told this to me and looked me straight in the eyes trying to get her point across.

"Amber your family is really worried about you. They were about to come after you themselves before we stopped them. We thought it might be easier for you to talk to us first." Flora explained this to as Riven helped me to my feet, Nabu and Helia helping Layla and Flora.

"Yeah and when they found me they would be screaming and they would look at me disgusted and they would tell me to stay away and that I'm not welcome in this family anymore."

"No, Amber. that's the complete opposite of what they would have done. When we left them to follow you they were so worried. They wanted to find you and make sure you were okay. You almost died, they may not understand how an enchantix works or even what it is but it was plain to see that you were hurt." This came from Musa

Tecna, always the one to bring logic into the situation "There is a zero percent chance that they blame you for anything. They are confused about what is going on and scared FOR you but not of you."

I wanted so badly to believe them but I just wasn't sure. I hid who I was from them and have been lying to them for so long about just about every aspect of my life.

"Trust us." The girls all said this to me with the guys nodding from behind their girlfriends, and when the rest of the Winx come to a conclusion who am I to argue. "So" Sky started "Are you ready to head back?"

I smiled at them. Even if my adoptive family didn't want anything to do with me and even though I never got the chance to know my birth family, these people right here were my family. They were always there and always would be. Even if nobody else accepted me they would be there. They were my family.