(Bloom POV)
"Bloom?"
I lift my head up from watching my hands resting in my lap while sitting in Ms Faragonda's office. She looks at me softly, eyes cautious on how to approach what needs to be discussed.
"I'm sorry about the windows Ms F, I'll fix them with-" I am cut off.
"No need, we were going to replace the glass soon anyways with stronger magical protection windows. You just did the first part of the job." She says waving it off.
"You're not just saying that to make me feel less guilty?" I ask.
Faragonda sadly smiles" Well… that was the magical protection glass, yes, but it proves that we might also need protection from the inside as well as the outside." Her smile softens. "I don't think we really need to go into detail on that now Bloom, that is not my business."
"Then why am I here?" I question, a bit confused.
"You seem a bit lost, I thought we might discuss your future." She leans a bit.
"Ms F, I don't think I can keep going on like this…" I speak softly because I am so tired.
"Bloom, we can do some more research on-" I interrupt.
"No Ms F, I'm done" I say shortly. Faragonda doesn't really look like she knows what to say. "Today, the reason I did what I did, the way I exploded like that was because for so long I have been angry and depressed because of this search I have been on. I could have really hurt…him today. It's over…"
"Bloom, I understand how hard this is-"
"I appreciate it Ms F, but I was raised on Earth. No magic, no royal life or powers. I just want to go back in time and maybe changes things…" I feel so hopeless all of a sudden. So out of place, I guess the reason I was searching for a way to restore Sparks is so I could feel like I belonged somewhere. The only place I felt not like a fish out of water was Earth.
"I understand Bloom" Faragonda says, like she truly does." You have been through a lot, more in your life time and more then you deserved. I'm guessing this means you want to go home?"
I nod, and Faragonda does it in return." Well I am going to miss you, I'll tell everyone you went home."
We both get up from our seats and Faragonda makes a portal through her mirror.
" You know you can always come back Bloom, if you ever want to teach again, the girls really loved you." Faragonda says with a sad smile, she looks pretty upset.
"You'll see me again Ms F , don't worry." I say softly and she hugs me. I known her for as long as I've been here, she's like a grandmother to me. A fairy god mother.
And with that I turn back and give a wave before entering the portal and going home.
2 months later…
It's snowing outside Gardenia. It's a couple days till Christmas and my mother and father are happy for me to be home to celebrate with them. Last time I was here for the holidays was with… Sky.
3 and half years ago…
"Kiko, what are you doing?" I yell after him in the snow cover park in Gardenia. He runs to our favourite tree , where we usually sit when we came bike riding around the park for fresh air.
"Kiko!" I am starting to get annoyed, my black boots are starting to get wet from the think snow coverage. Kiko stops under the tree and he looks a little confused before he goes around the base of the truck to where I can no longer seem him. I sigh heavily.
I walk around the big tree trunk and find someone with my naughty rabbit.
"Sky?" he's leaning against the tree trunk staring at me with those ocean blue eyes.
"Hi beautiful." He says and a great big smile finds its way to my lips. I walk up to Sky and throw my arms around him. I wasn't expecting to see him here of all places.
"I don't get it, how you even here?" I question pulling away a bit and leaning my forehead on his. His arms clasping around my waist. Right now I don't care if my toes are freezing off.
" I just got board of meeting after meeting, so I thought it might me nice to see my girlfriend." He shrugs it off , but I give him an exhausted look and laugh, not going into the exact details of how he escaped his father.
" So what- ow!" Sky starts to say then looks down to my little rabbit looking very cross, with hands on his hips.
"Kiko" I hiss, annoyed for interrupting.
"No, no its okay I promised him something." Sky says , letting go of me and bending down to Kiko. He gives him a carrot and Kiko's eyes light up." How else was I going to get him to lead you to me?"
"You bribed him?" I look down at Kiko trying to munch on is frozen carrot." Where did you get that anyways?"
"Found it on some balls, made out of snow to look like some weird creature." He sounds utterly confused as he tries to explain.
"You stole it off a snowman!" I give Sky a cross look." Some poor kid made that and you gave it to a rabbit that has eaten his lunch already."
But Sky doesn't look the least bit sorry, he has a face where he is trying not to laugh." A snow, what?"
I growl at him and pretend to storm off. I get about 10 meters away and crouch down pretending to be upset. What I am really doing is creating a snowball.
"Bloom, sorry I didn't know that-" I get up quickly, turned around and throw the snow ball at him. It gets him right in the chest and he raises his arms up and looks at me with a scowl.
I bite my lip trying not to laugh, but then his face lights up with a mischievous grin. OH NO! I'm in trouble.
After that we have a massive snowball fight. Kiko tries to help me out by making me snowballs but they are the size of a walnut. In the end, Sky sneaks up behind me and manages to turn me around and throw me over his shoulder.
"Sky put me down!" I yell punching his back, this is very uncomfortable .
"No way" he says and I punch harder. I can just imagine that sexy smirk on his face. Then somehow Sky slips on some ice and we go tumbling into the mounds of snow. I land back first, all I can say thank god for the snow. Sky on the other hand lands face first. Serves him right.
"Bloom, crap, are you okay?" he asks frantically as he gets up and walks over to me still one my back, nearly almost burred in the snow. I just laugh.
"Yeah , I'm fine." I say through the giggles and Sky reaches out his hands and offers them to me. I get up with his help and then feel the coldness and wetness of the snow set in. I think Sky does to.
"Want to change back at my place." I request, pointing to my house behind me and Sky nods with a shiver. "Can you stay for dinner, Its Christmas today so mums made the best food you can hope for."
Sky furrows is eyebrows." Christmas, is that the holiday you told me about. Like gift giving, trees and lights or something…"
"Yep, you'll see." I say with a wink.
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We made it to my house, Kiko waddling in first, his fur nearly ice .
"Mum, I'm back." I yell as we get through the front door, I tell Sky to hang our coats on the hooks beside the door.
"Finally, seriously that rabbit of yours needs a leash or something." My mum says I hear from the kitchen.
"Mum do we have enough food for someone else." I say loudly and Sky and I take off our boots. Our hair dripping wet including my beanie.
"Honey, every year we have enough food to last us the next…why?" My mum questions before I hear her walking from the kitchen to the front door area. She stops, and looks as her eyes widen and she smiles.
"Sky!" she beams " Bloom didn't tell us you were coming."
My mum comes to give him a hug, but then realises he's a bit wet." Oh, well I decided to surprise Bloom, I didn't realise it was a special holiday here, I hope I'm not intruding."
"Of course not, the more the merrier." My mum says then looks between us." Why are you wet."
"We got into a snowball fight…" I murmur and my mum shakes her head.
"Oh Bloom, every year. Nothing's changed has it…Well you two better have a hot shower, Bloom, Grandpa Bill and Grandma Rose will be here in an hour or two." My mum says and leaves back to the kitchen and my mum shouts to dad." Mike, set up another chair at the table, Sky's here."
"Really?" My dad yells back.
"Yes Mike, really." She laughs and I start leading Sky to the stairs.
"You have Grandparents?" Sky asks, I guess it really never came up.
"Yeah, I don't see them that much, only Christmas when they travel down from England." Sky gives me another weird look." It's another country, I'll explain later." I wave off.
We walk up the stairs, me guiding him as he holds my hand. We make it to the landing and I am about to keep going but my mum calls from the Kitchen. Her and her amazing ears, knowing when I reach the top of the stairs.
"Honey, don't forgot to look up." She reminds me and I look up to see a piece of mistletoe hanging from the ceiling above where we are standing. My mother…
"You have to kiss me." I say to Sky and he gives me another weird look. I feel bad for bombarding him with all this knowledge about earth stuff. But to be fair there's a lot of stuff in the magical dimension he bombarded me with so I guess were even.
"It's a tradition, If you are standing under the mistletoe, you have to kiss the person. It's a Christmas thing." I say and Sky smiles widely, stepping closer to me. His arms locking around my waist to bring me closer.
"I like these earth traditions…" he smirks before planting his lips on mind, my nerves exploding into pleasure. My knees go a bit wobbly from the intensity of it.
We reluctantly pull apart and then I have to drag Sky to my room.
"I think I have some of your clothes from last time you were here." I say while I make it to my room and go through my closet to find Sky's old jeans , shirt and jumper. I pull them out and hand them to him.
"Is this all right, I mean, I am meeting your grandparents." He asks and I laugh.
"Its fine, it's either this or one of my dad's itchy, ugly Christmas sweaters with penguins wearing Santa hats."
"I'll go with these" he says and I laugh at his expression." So, I'll wait here while you go have a shower."
Sky, always the gentleman, offering to wait. But I have other plans. " I don't think that's necessary" I say with a smirk, and Sky takes a while to understand before grinning. I lead him down the hallway.
"What about your parents?" Sky asks as I hold his hand and lead him to the bathroom.
"Don't worry, My mum won't leave the kitchen and my dad will be watching TV like usual." I answer.
"And besides" I open the bathroom door and turn to Sky "This is your Christmas present."
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!MERRY CHRISTMAS !
I hope you all have fabulous holidays and get amazing gifts.
I thought I might do a nice flash back scene with Bloom and Sky, with a nice Christmas twist. I don't know about you but I have been missing the love.
I also wanted to say, what a wonderful year and thank you to all the readers and followers to my stories. I never thought I would get this much support and I've had for my ideas of Winx Club.
And so I would like to do an Ask the Author segment. So you can ask me about the stories I have wrote. The Last Year and The Lost Year. Also if I get a good amount of questions I might give you some info on what the ending to this story will be.
So Comment or PM about you questions and I will answer them in an update.
Again, love you and Merry Christmas.
Cassy!