A/N: Thank you all so much for reviewing! I can't thank you all enough for all your support and for voting! The poll results are pretty interesting! Lol. So I´ve tried updating as soon as I can.

Things are getting pretty intense, and there´s more to come! I´m open to criticism, R&R!

Chapter 27: Feelings

Valtor returned Diaspro´s kiss just as fervently. He placed his hands around her waist as she wrapped hers tightly around his neck. He knew it was Diaspro, but his mind insisted on believing it was Bloom…hisBloom…

The fire in the chimney was still burning, lively. The cabin was warm against the cold afternoon winds.

She continued kissing him passionately, her embrace on him was strong , she pushed him toward the couch, without breaking their kiss. And he let her take control. If his mind allowed him to believe, even for a brief moment, that it was Bloom he was holding in his arms, than he would let it.

Bloom´s cheeks were a deep pink against her light skin. Despite it being a small realm, it was also chilly.

They were…kissing! But she wouldn't stand for it!

"They´re in there Stella…they´re together…they lied to me!" she cried, feeling lightheaded.

"Who is, sweetie? What are you talking about?" Stella asked, disconcerted.

"Valtor! With…with Diaspro!" she shrieked.

"Diaspro? As sad as it is to say, it doesn't surprise me. Not after what she did to you, Bloom", Brandon said, harshly.

"They won't do this to me! I´m done with deceptions!" she said fiercely, about to knock the door down.

"Bloom wait! I know this sounds crazy, but you have to stay calm. You may not be able to face them in this state" Brandon said to her,

"Bloom, listen to Brandon. There must be a better way to do this, let's analyze this, okay?" Stella pleaded. Bloom hesitated, her hand was placed on the door, but it wouldn't budge.

"Those two will get what they deserve Bloom, but for now, we should get back to Domino before anyone notices our absence",

Just as Stella finished her sentence, Bloom´s cellphone went off,

"Who is it?" she asked. Bloom took her phone out of her pocket and looked at the screen.

"It´s Daphne…" she said, looking at them worriedly.

"Well isn't that fantastic, she must´ve noticed we´re missing. I just hope she doesn't tell anyone else", Stella said, wearily.

"Hopefully not, but just to be safe, we should get back", Brandon insisted, taking Stella´s hand. Bloom sighed.

"Come on sweetie, look, now that we know where Valtor is hiding out, we can plan ahead. We´ll come up with a strategy, just the three of us if you really don't want anyone else to know. What do you say?" Stella asked, placing an arm around Bloom´s shoulder.

"You´re right, I´m sorry I ever put you both in danger", she said glaring at the door. What angered her even more was knowing who was behind it. Two people who laughed in her face and nearly destroyed her dreams. They knew, they planned this together…and they´ll pay. And she couldn't cry, she wouldn't. She would take her place as the princess of Domino and give them a fight they would never forget.

"Let's get out of here. I think we´ve accomplished what we came here for, I saw what I needed to see",

"Hagen! My friend, so good to see you again!" Oritel greeted him. Hagen hugged his best friend, expressively.

"Oritel, it is satisfying to see you alive and well, after so many years!"

"It's been a long journey, but my family and I are finally reunited and ruling Domino once again",

"Oritel there´s something I must apologize for", he said solemly. Oritel looked at him quizzically.

"What would you possibly have to apologize for?" he asked, chuckling.

"Oritel, as soon as you and Marion were freed from obsidian, I sensed your sword. It took me time to figure things out, but eventually I arrived on Domino in search for you. And I was shocked to see that everything was perfectly normal, it was almost as if that dreadful event had never happened. But I discovered…that there was an intruder in the palace" he said sadly,

"Hagen, you…you mean Diaspro? You knew who she was?"

"I discovered her lie and immediately tried to tell you. But unfortunately, I had an encounter with her and she attacked me",

"Hagen, why didn't you contact me afterwards? If I had known the truth before, I would've been able to find my daughter, Bloom wouldn't have gone through everything she did",

"Oritel you must understand, I was gravely injured. But there was someone who came to my aid, I had to ask him of course not to say a word until I was fully recovered. Seeing what Diaspro was capable of, I feared for his safety. I had planned on revealing the truth to you myself. But I was told that the truth alone was discovered",

"You´ve been well informed. Bloom found her own way home. It was she who discovered the truth, and I have to say it caused her great pain", he said, indignantly.

"I understand the pain it must have caused all of you, my dear friend. All I can ask of you now, is not to hold a grudge against me. Please try to understand my situation", he said, sadly.

"Hagen you are not at fault. You are still and will always be my best friend. We were an excellent team in combat, you were always faithful, even until the very last of the battle. And for that, I will always be in debt with you", he said, smiling, and continued.

"The worst is over my friend! Now all that is left is to look ahead. We have our daughter back now, and that's all that matters", he said, shaking Hagen´s hand.

"It´ll be my honor to fight by your side, once again", Hagen declared.

They arrived back on Solaria, thankfully, before the meeting ended. Brandon, Bloom and Stella walked quietly back towards the palace, trying to go unnoticed.

"Great, the door´s closed! If we go in now, everyone´s bound to notice", Stella groaned. Of course everyone would notice if the princess of Solaria walked in mid-meeting coming from who knows where.

"You´re right, maybe we should just wait out here before-"

"Before?"

"Ahhhh!" they screamed, in surprise.

"Seems you have quite some explaining to do", Oritel said sternly.

"Dad?!"

"You-you scared us, your highness" Stella said breathless, Brandon nodded,

"We apologize, my lord"

"Princess Stella, shouldn't you also be inside?" he asked, sounding like her own father.

"Dad, Stella and Brandon didn't do anything, it was my idea" Bloom explained.

"And we´ll have plenty of time to talk about your ideas later, for now, you must all return to the meeting. A very important part of it involves your safety", he said, in a stern voice. Bloom simply nodded as the guards opened the door for them and the King. Inside, the assembly continued.

"I would be willing to assign my best soldiers to guard Eraklyon´s Ocean Gate", King Erandor declared.

"I´m afraid that my brother Nereus and I lack of protection. Now that Tritannus has taken over the Infinite Ocean, he has mutants at his service. And the trix are on his side as well. I fear he´ll attempt to capture us" Princess Tressa said, fearfully.

"Solaria will send a group of guards to Andros, Princess, if you agree", King Radius offered.

"We couldn't thank you enough, King Radius", Layla´s father said,

King Radius raised his arm, signaling to the three head masters, Hagen, and the King and Queen of Domino.

"Before ending this conference, we would also like to give a special acknowledgment to the Company of Light, who we see today reunited here after many years of absence", he announced as the great throne room was filled with cheers and applauses.

"It is an honor for us to be here. We will do everything we must for the magical dimension to be at peace once again", Hagen declared. Stella spoke to Bloom while Hagen continued his speech,

"Don't worry B, I know my Brandon won't say a word you can trust him", Stella said winking. When Bloom didn't reply, Stella looked at her thoughtfully,

"Bloom, be honest with me. What bothered you the most out of what you witnessed?"

She sighed,

"I don't know Stel, I mean where do I begin? Everything about it bothered me! I knew Valtor wasn't someone I could trust but-"

"But you did?" she asked, giving her a knowing look.

"I…guess I did. How could I not? He told me the truth regarding my parents. I knew he had something to do with the trix, I caught him speaking to Icy once. But Diaspro? Of all the people he could've been involved with, he chose her? She´s such a-a…ugh!"

"Bloom, honey don't take this the wrong way but, is it just me, or do I sense a bit of jealousy?" Stella asked, actually taking the matter seriously.

"Don't be ridiculous, Stella! That's not the point! I just can't believe they planned this all together! I knew Diaspro hated me, but this time she proved to be worse than the trix",

"She stooped pretty low, that's for sure. So are you going to tell Sky?"

"I can't! You know what he would say if he knew we went over there by ourselves",

"Yeah, but Sky should be well aware of the kind of fiancée he had", Stella said, Bloom shuttered.

"Don't even remind me…"

"Well then, I guess this will be our little secret, wont it?" she asked, smiling.

"I´d appreciate it, thanks Stel", she said, leaning her head against her best friend´s shoulder.

The meeting was coming to a close and the royals each headed for the entrance of the palace while giving their final salutations to the King and Queen of Solaria.

"You!?" Bloom heard Marion´s voice, she seemed quite upset.

"What are you doing here?" her mother hissed. How strange…Bloom had never seen the benevolent Queen lose her calm demeanor.

"So you're her real mother! You have some nerve showing your face!"

"You´re majesty you have it all wrong-"

"I opened the doors of my home to you! You knew your daughter was eating from our table! You knew she called Oritel and I her parents, she treated Daphne as her sister! And you stepped into my home and never said a word!" she exclaimed, distraught

"I only wanted the best for my daughter! Just as every mother does, was that so wrong? You, as a mother, should understand me perfectly!" Luciana growled.

"A mother doesn't provide such a bad example for her children! Is that what you teach her?! To obtain whatever she wants by all means necessary? Not caring how many lies she must tell or who she must hurt?!" Marion asked, in disbelief.

"I merely want her to obtain what she deserves. And my daughter deserves the life yours never treasured", she hissed. Marion looked as though she would lose control completely,

"Love, we better leave. Don't listen to this woman", Oritel said sweetly, while holding her. In other circumstances, he would´ve been the first to lose his patience. But Marion had been through too much, he wouldn't do such a thing in her presence, or let her lose control of her temper. She had once been the keeper of the dragon flame, and he had no doubt that she could invoke great power from within her, even without it.

"Yes Marion, don't waste your energy, you´ve been through enough!" Ms. Faragonda added, staring harshly at Luciana.

Just as Oritel hugged Marion and took her away, Faragonda walked closer to Luciana,

"It's evident you´ve never lost anything before, I only hope you don't ever have to experience the same kind of agony you´ve caused the Queen", she told her, before walking away, distraught.

Helia caught sight of a very familiar face as they exited Solaria´s palace.

"Krystal! Krystal!"

She turned around, excusing herself from her parents,

"Helia…hey" she said, calmly.

"Krystal, I´ve been meaning to speak to you for days, now. About what happened the other day, I just wanted to-"

"Helia, you don't have to apologize. If anything, I should be the one to do so. I got my hopes up even though we were only friends, and that was wrong. Flora´s an amazing person, you really are fortunate", she told him. Helia smiled,

"Thank you, Krystal. I just hope this doesn't change anything, we can still be friends, can't we?"

"Of course we can. In fact, Flora introduced me to the rest of the winx club! Can you believe it? The only thing I´ll never forgive you for is not telling me you knew them!" Helia laughed,

"The winx have been my friends since I can remember. Their all amazing", he told her.

"Flora, especially, huh?" she asked, winking. Helia laughed wholeheartedly.

Bloom walked through the empty halls of her new home. The winx had gone back to Alfea along with the rest of the specialists to give Bloom some time to settle on Domino. Ms. Faragonda had also been very understanding about the situation, promising to visit Marion and Oritel as soon as she could. With Valtor on the loose, it wasn't adequate for her to leave her school. Faragonda, Saladin and Griffin promised to keep in touch like the old time, as well as Hagen.

She walked into her room and shut the door. It was probably three times the size of her room in Gardenia! Her mother, Marion, had asked the maids to dress her enormous bed with the best sheets. Her bed had quite a number of fluffed pillows. It almost felt like something brought out of a fairy tale.

She felt a cool breeze,

"I take it you´re enjoying your new life?" She recognized that voice just about anywhere.

Bloom laughed her voice full of sarcasm.

"You have some nerve coming here!" she snapped, Valtor looked at her confused,

"I´ve come to know if you´ve given my proposition any thought" he asked. His voice was hoarse, his eyes were darker than usual. The first few buttons of his shirt had been left open, revealing his muscular chest, partially.

"I´d say you´ve already found the perfect partner, I´m now free" she said angrily turning away from him. Valtor chuckled, and gazed at her in amazement,

"Bloom? What had gotten into you? The last time we spoke, your attitude toward me differed very much from this"

"Honestly, how stupid do you think I am?" she asked, incredulously,

"You and Diaspro make an excellent team! Come to think of it, shouldn't you be with her, now?" she asked, fuming. Valtor chuckled, folding his arms across his chest,

"I take it you saw her in the cabin" he said calmly. Bloom scoffed.

"I saw both of you! You looked awfully comfortable for someone who´s used to being alone",

"I´ll admit she´s full of surprises", he said, chuckling. Bloom stared at him in disbelief.

"You disgust me!" she spat. Valtor gave her a deathly glare and grasped her jaw in one hand,

"What's it to you who I get involved with? Why does it bother you to this degree?"

"It doesn't matter to me at all! I could care less who you take to that cabin!" she hissed.

"Don't you? You´re not going to deny that it bothers you. Because it obviously does", he said, in a deep voice as his face came closer to hers,

"You have your Sky don't you? So whether or not I initiate any sort of emotional tie with someone is none of you concern", he whispered darkly. Bloom stared at him wordlessly.

"So you admit it…you´re with her", she whispered, indignantly.

"And what if I am?" he whispered back.

"You´re absolutely right, I have Sky. He´s my boyfriend and the man I´m going to marry. Why should I care?"

Valtor seemed unfazed, but angry at once. He refused to let go of her jaw. And her last statement only seemed to tighten his grip on her. Suddenly, he pressed his lip forcefully on hers. All of his anger poured out as he kissed her. She couldn't allow it, especially not after knowing who he was now with…what he had done. She gathered every bit of strength in her and pushed him away.

"My heart belongs to Sky, it always has!"

"You´re saying that merely out of anger! What bothers you Bloom? The fact that Diaspro was engaged to Sky? Or that she´s now involved with me?"

"Stay-away from me!" she growled breathless, before leaving her room and slamming the door behind her. Leaving him there, alone.

"Bloom?"

"Ah!" she jumped nervously at the sound of that voice.

"Oh! Daphne" she said, taking in a deep breathe.

"Are you okay?" she asked worried,

"I am. I just have a lot on my mind and you caught me off guard" she said, forcing on a smile.

"Oh….Kay then. Bloom, I know this must still feel new to you, but I´m your sister. If there´s anything you ever want to talk about, just know that I´m here for you. You can open up to me, I promise to listen" she said, kindly. Bloom pulled her into a tight hug.

"I know you are Daphne, thank you. Having a sister like you is more than I could have asked for", she told her. Daphne smiled.

"By the way, I was worried about you today. You disappeared for a while during the conference on Solaria. Where were you?" she asked, suddenly. Bloom felt her face heat up,

"It's a long story Daphne, I can explain it to you later. But everything's okay" Daphne nodded, not looking all too convinced.

"Before I forget, dad said he wants to see you in his office. He said he had something important to talk to you about", she told her.

"Then I better go see what it's about" Bloom answered,

"I´ll be waiting for you in my room, little sister. I want to hear all about that long story"

"Will do" Bloom said, giving her a thumbs up. She knew she could trust Daphne with anything. She had been her guide for years. She would tell her everything, her experience with Valtor, her visions, what she saw in the cabin…if anyone could advise her, it would be her big sister.