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​Flora P.o.V

Today was finally the day! My Brother and I sent out our applications to red fountain and alfea about 3 months ago, waiting in anticipation for an reply to our applications.

Just today, after I came back from the supermarket with 2 bags of food and drinks, did I see the mailman put a letter in our mailbox. Out of curiosity, and since I was close by, I looked inside the mailbox and saw that two letters arrived.

At this point I had almost forgotten about the feedback letters, since schoolbreak was almost over and we hand't gotten a letter yet. Normally, that would mean that your application was rejected and that you weren't getting in. I placed the bags down to take out the letters and took a look to see who they were adressed to, since I can take them inside to the person with me. My eyes widened when I recognized the stamps and names.

They were the letters we had waited for! And here I was, beginning to think we wouldn't get an letter. One was from red fountain, the other one was from alfea.

I smiled brightly and hastly picked up the bags from the floor, before I ran inside with both the bags and the letters. I shouted "Valerion! You have to come, letters from the schools have arrived for us!" through the house while I placed the bags on the stools in the kitchen. Not long after I could hear fastening steps coming down the stairs as he ran to me and almost crashed into the kitchen island. I chuckled softly, as I held the envelope ,addressed for him, towards him. He snatched it out of my hand and smiled brightly "finally! Let's open them together!" he said excited. I nodded in agreement and took my own envelope from the kitchen counter, though I looked at him with anticipation and nervousness. I calmly took a breath in before I looked to Valerion "ready?" I asked excited but still nervous. He nodded immediately a lot of times. We gave each other a signal with our eyes before we opened them. Valerion opened it with a knife and took the letter out fast, really excited and nervous just as I was. I took a bit longer since I peeled it open with my finger, to not ruin the paper.

I froze before unfolding the letter "wait... Who should look first?" I asked nervous and with a lot of adrenaline pumping in my blood. He sighed "I will look first, I will explode if I don't" he said, a little exaggerated, but then unfolded the letter. His eyes focused, I saw them fly over the letter as he took in the words. He seemed a little shocked, I could tell by the way his eyes widened and he flew over the same words again. I began to become uncertain and so I asked "what is it?..." afraid that he got bad news because he wouldn't stop looking over the same words over and over again.

He began to grin "I got in! I can't believe it!" he said excited and then turned the letter around to show me it. He seemed really relieved, excited and glad.

I smiled happily "that's good! Oki now me..." I said ,I felt my voice shake as I slowly and carefully unfolded the letter. I gulped as I read the letter, oh gosh the letter seemed so small. That couldn't be a good sign.

But as my eyes travelled over the words I felt immediate relieve sink in at the words "we are happy to inform you that you got in. The school start is...". I looked up to my brother and hugged him "I got in too!" I said excited. He squeezed me softly in the hug, we just were really relieved and glad. After a while I separated from the hug "we have to tell mom and dad!" and he immediately nodded "I know! Although I think that they will be more excited about the news then us!" he said with glee and laughed.

I laughed too and nodded my head "that's true. But it's a good thing to celebrate. "I can't imagine how Miele will react!" Miele was as excited as me when I applied. She also wanted to go to the school of fairies but wasn't old enough yet, but she wanted as much as me that I get in and begged me to tell her the final news. I guess it was also partly that she was scared that if I don't get in, I would be sad and maybe even that she also wouldn't get in. I'm so excited to share the news with her, I bet she will be happy.

I heard my brother laugh again, my smile grew bigger as we went down the corridor in search of our parents and little sister to tell them the good news. It was like we had thought, after they found out everyone was happy and excited for us, we threw a little party and had a great time. My mom and dad wanted to celebrate it immediately, since we would need to pack our things and bring them to the school tomorrow. Since we got our letters kinda late we didn't have a lot of time so we made the most of it.

I could feel my shoulder being tapped, I spun around to see my mom. I smiled at her as she sat down next to me "Flora I'm so proud of you... I knew you could do it!" she said ,with a great mood and looked at me with pride.

I could feel myself heat up as I was a little embarrassed to be treated like a little kid, but also it felt really nice to hear how proud she is. "Thanks mom... I'm so excited! But I don't really know what to pack..." I told her honestly. It came a bit unexpected with the letter after all, also my nervousness began to grow again that my head went blank when I tried to think about what would be useful and what I would need.

She smiled knowingly at me "don't worry, I will help you pack!" she assured me. I smiled softly at her "thanks mum, really." she just patted my back and gave me a kiss on the forehead "don't mention it, I would do everything for you two. Now excuse me, I have to give my congratulations to your brother too" she said with a smirk. I already giggled, knowing that he will be so embarrassed but also grateful.

My mom stood up and walked away, after that my dad sat down next to me. "Hello my little flower... Can I also have some time?" he asked softly and with happiness, while also in a more jokingly tone. I rolled my eyes "of course dad" I replied. He leaned over "I got you and your brother a little surprise... I guess it ain't a surprise anymore, but I wanted to give you this" he whispered to me as he held out a little box. I took it and opened it with him sitting next to me, so he would see my reaction.

I gasped as I saw a choker with a flower hanging from it and a little music box inside ,which could also be used to store jewels and other small Accessorises. I hugged my father tight "thanks pa, I love it!" I said honesty and hugged him tight to show my appreciation. He returned the hug and laughed softly "I hoped you would and am glad you do" he replied to me with not only gentleness but also happiness, even though I could hear a little sadness. I knew my dad, I always saw him look this way too everytime he noticed how much more Miele is growing up. It was hard for him to see us grow up, about to now take our own path.

I hugged him a little tighter before he stopped the hug and laughed "don't strangle me flora. You mean the world to me but very much want to stay alive" he said jokingly.

I laughed and felt my insides hurt a bit from this much laughing and happiness. He then stood up "don't forgot to write to us or call us and even visit us when you have time, alright?" he asked me softly. I immediately nodded "of course dad! I will update you guys on everything." I told excitedly. He nodded "well, I better go join your mom and brother, he will also need his present" he told me before he waved and held a finger infront of his mouth "don't tell anyone~". I did a signature, signaling that my mouth is sealed shut. He smiled again at me before he joined my mother and brother.

I then stood up and walked over to Miele, she looked a little down. I began to worry "Miele? Is everything alright?" she nodded before she hesitated, then she shook her head. I placed a hand on her shoulder "what's wrong?" I asked in a soft voice, almost whisper so she knew she won't have to worry about feeling forced to tell me or that the others would hear. She sighed and looked up to me with big eyes "It's just... I know you wanted this a lot... I really am happy for you... But do you have to go?..." she asked, before fiddling with her hands "If you and brother leave.... I will be all alone" she told me.

"Aww sweetie, don't worry we can still see each other... You can visit me or Val and we can even talk on the phone. Also we will come visit in the holidays" I assured her but tears began to swell in her eyes. She hugged me tight and sniffled "I know... I... I will just miss you both... So much..." I felt very bad for Miele, I didn't really know what to say right now to make her feel better. So I decided to say nothing and just to stroke through her hair to comfort her as she hugged me around my legs and pressed her head against my stomach.

My brother joined us at some point, also happy with his own gift, which was a pair of new shoes he always asked our father to get him. He looked concerned when he heard Miele sniffle and saw her hanging to me "everything alright here?" he asked me softly. I nodded but whispered "Miele... Is sad that we will leave" I explained to him quietly.

Recognition filled his eyes as he nodded "I understand.... Let's try to make her happy then" he grinned before he picked Miele up and held her in the air. She was still a little sad but a while after Val's funny antics she began to giggle and smile again and even demanded from him to be thrown in the air and also play horsey. I couldn't help but laugh and smile at the sight. I would also miss Miele and my family a lot. It will be the first time that I will be so far away, even if it didn't take long to get to alfea. After all we could still use magic. I joined back in with my family, enjoying the celebration and didn't even notice the time getting late as we're enjoying the moment.

When I suddenly woke up on the couch I groaned as I sat up. My back hurt from sleeping on the couch. It seemed I feel asleep in the living room after I sat down for a while to rest. I was still better off then Valerion, he was still knocked out cold on the floor. I couldn't imagine how much that will hurt when he wakes up. My eyes flew over to the clock on the wall, it was already 11 am. I stood up and then poked Valerion to wake him up. He hated getting interrupted in his sleep because he was a light sleeper.

As soon as I poked him he flinched awake. He groaned "ugh really flora..... Why are you waking meeee" he whined and groaned, not only unamused that I woke him but from the looks of it of how uncomfortable the ground is.

I sighed "Val, it's already 11 am... And we're supposed to pack and get going to alfea and red fountain... Did you forget?" I reminded him, trying to keep my voice soft as I can while I was at it. He immediately sat up and almost bumped into me "oh my god! I almost forgot!" he groaned before he stood up. I also took the blanket off the floor and stood up with it, before I laid it onto the couch I was sleeping on before.

"Ugh... My back hurts.... How come I slept on the floor?" he asked annoyed. I sighed "really? Val you and I are both already 16.... We are atleast 60 to 80 kilograms. Do you really think our parents would be able to carry us to bed?" I asked him with a raised bow. He sighed "I guess not... But how come I have to sleep on the floor and you were able to sleep comfortably on the couch?" he asked grumpy, since he was still sleepy. I shrugged "I fell asleep on it.... If it makes you feel better, my back also hurts... So it wasn't really that much more comfortable" I told him with honesty. He swatted with his hand "It really doesn't make me happy... But I guess atleast it's a little bit more fair..." he then walked to the stairs, I followed behind him. Suddenly we heard a car beep. We looked confused to each other, before we went out and saw that our dad was already in the car, ready to take us to alfea, and that our things were already packed and set inside the car.

We walked towards our father in confusion "when did you all pack our things?" asked val for the both of us. "Ah you know... We woke up early, we really didn't want you to miss your first day at school and the excitement from yesterday didn't wear down. So we packed everything that you would need and then carried it to the car" he explained to us. "But isn't it still Friday?" I now asked in return with confusion.

My father nodded "that's true. But school already starts the upcoming Monday and we still didn't get your school stuff into the schools nor did we buy them." well it was unsure until yesterday if we would even get in... "We thought it would be better to bring the stuff there today, since me and your mom will have to work on Monday and therefore can't take you" ah now it made sense.

Of course me and Valerion had magic but we didn't have practice, so without our parents we wouldn't be able to get to our schools. Also today we could talk more freely with the teachers than on weekends when the times they would be in are unsure. I looked around "isn't mom gonna join us?" I asked him since I didn't see her. He shook his head "after all the excitement and packing she fell asleep. She was very tired. Before she fell asleep she told me to bring you to your schools in her stead too" I 'ahhed' in understanding to his explanation. I went to the other side and opened the car door, I sat next to my dad in the front. When mom isn't with us I always sit in front since I liked it more with the music in the front. My brother sat behind me in the backseat.

"Okay, are your seatbelts on?" he asked as I was already on the task of fastening my seatbelt. When I was ready I smiled lightly, still tired, and nodded. He smiled and turned the volume from the radio music on "oki, let's go" we heard the engines turning before the car started to levitate and the wheels were tucking in. This was a magic electric car after all. Then we began to zoom towards our destination, even though it was normal speed it felt really fast. I guess I just wasn't ready that we would leave immediately....

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​Flora P.o.V

After a while of driving we were at the center of magix, where you could hang out, shop or do other stuff. It was busy, since people also went here for work, my father looked at the road but also for a parking spot. Since it was the heart of the city it seemed to be rather busy. after driving around for a bit he found a sport and parked there. The wheels coming out again, like how it's known on airplanes from earth, as he parked and shut the engine off so the mana could restore and wouldn't run out.

I excited the car first but was quickly followed by Val and my dad. He looked at the school lists, since both me and val had gotten in we would need a couple of things. I heard my dad sigh as he looked at the length of the list and all the things that were listed. I took pity, he was probably also tired but didn't get to sleep yet. I took my own list out of his hand "don't worry dad, I can handle getting my own things." i told him with a smile. He looked uncertain "you sure? getting the things for your brother will take me a while... you would have to wait" he asked concerned. I nodded "yeah I can handle it, it's just a few books" I reassured him and then added on "besides, we would be done much quicker if I split up the things to get with you, or we would be here all day". I was exaggerating a bit but at the same time I saw the length of Vals list and both me and my father didn't even know where most of those things were ,so it would definitly take a while and in my opinion it seemed to be the best solution.

He smiled and ruffled my hair "oki, but be careful my little flower" he said, still unsure to let me go alone and rather worried. I rolled my eyes "dad I will be fine, I can handle myself" I reassured him again. He hesitated before he sighed "alright alright, you're right.... I will need to get used to this anyway" I knew he meant me growing up ut also having to do things without him. I kinda felt bad but smiled softly at him "we will meet up again here later again." I told him. "I know... but still. Just don't get lost" he said and with that he took off. I knew he meant well but I didn't really know how to respond.

I wasn't a little girl anymore after all. I looked over to see Valerion still standing there, I jabbed him lightly. "Oww" he said as he held his arm where I just jabbed him "what was that for?" he asked with annoyance clear in his voice. "you could have also taken your list. Dad is probably tired" I scoffed, a little annoyed with his attitude. "what?? he didn't say anything to me though... it's no big deal" He sighed and then yawned. I shot him a serious look "you could have atleast gone with him.... Or I guess, you don't care if the outfit he has to buy will be to your liking..." I added with a smirk.

His eyes widened "Oh my god, you devil!" he accused me "you should've said so from the beginning! I can't look like a fool!" and with that he ran off to catch up after our father.

I smiled at the satisfaction of knowing I sent my father help, even though he probably knew the colours of the uniform. I looked at my list "5 books..." I muttered to myself.I looked around magix, but didn't see any bookstore or other stops that seemed like a place where you could get books from. I really didn't know the place, but I knew what a library looked like and the name of a bookshop, my father as prepared as always wrote notes down, so I should try to find one of those two.

I began walking through the streets of magix as I looked around for the name of the bookstore or any kind of sign of a library or other bookstore. I wasn't paying much attention to infront of me, since I as busy looking to sides to the stores. Suddenly I bumped into something, or rather someone, and fell to floor on my backside. I grazed over my hip as I groaned uncomfortably "oww....", before I realized that the person I bumped into also fell to the ground and even dropped somethings. My eyes widened and I picked up the things from the floor that belonged to the other person "oh my god.. I'm so sorry! I didn't look where I was going" I apologized, feeling embarrassed about being so careless.

I heard a sigh before I saw the other ones hand join me to pick up the things that fell to the ground "it's fine" a stern and feminine voice said. I looked up surprised by the harshness, but I suspect I couldn't have expected anything else.

I held out her things to her "thanks, I guess" said the girl with pink hair and a short pixie cut. I recognized one of the things I was holding to be a book, the same book I needed for history class. "Could it be... that you're also attending alfea highschool?" I asked her with interest.

She looked at me, surprised that I knew that from only a book, but got her facial expression back to monotone "I guess you're asking because you're a student yourself, right?" she asked me. I nodded "well let me introduce myself. I'm Tecna. To answer your question, I do attend alfea highschool. I was shopping for my school supplies" she told me.

I smiled excitedly "I'm Flora! Nice to meet you Tecna. By any chance, could you tell me where you got that book?" I asked but continued before she could reply "I myself am also shopping for my school supplies, but I don't really know my way around here.... It would really help if you could show or explain me where you got it from" I told her and looked at her with hope and anticipation.

She sighed but smiled ever so sightly "I guess helping out a fellow classmate would be favorable to me." and I just smiled in appreciation as I said "thanks", She nodded "follow me... It's not that far, but when you don't know your way you tend to get lost in a place so big and occupied as this one." She explained to me.

I sighed "tell me about it, I thought my dad was merely over exaggerating when he told me not to get lost... And now here I am, asking for help" I said with a chuckle, I guess my father will always be right about his stomach feeling.

"Parents will always worry about their children, it's their parental instinct to be frank. But I suppose what you said also sounds logical, after all our parents are more experienced than us so it makes sense that their more likely than us to be right about their worries." She told me, I'm already starting to like Tecna, even if she seemed a little cold. I guess I'm more of a person that explains with feeling and she does with logic.

We're kinda like opposites but I still found it nice and interesting to hear such a different approach of thinking. I nodded my head at her "that's true. Our parents already experienced everything from school that we still need to learn and have way more experience than us in life... I guess I should then take my fathers worries more serious?" I said unsure at the end. Tecna shook her head "of course you shouldn't live carelessly but you need the experience, like right now, to grow as a person. Making mistakes aren't received that well but it makes you ,you" she explained to me. I kinda felt like a kid again, she was way smarter and wiser then me.

But then again she was right again, if I'm careful all my life I will probably miss a lot of stuff. Even if I do a mistake, I will grow from it later on with the experience. I shouldn't be to afraid to try things out but also shouldn't be to wild that I end up in jail or something. She looked ahead to the road and I decided I would do the same to not bump into another person but still wanted to continue our little chat. "Are you also planning to bring your stuff to alfea today?" I asked her.

She nodded and answered "it's the best day for it. On Monday is the welcoming ceremony with the teachers and we won't only get our schedule but probably homework or something along those lines. We won't really have time to come home without sacrificing something to be able to travel home. So today is the best day to bring our belongings to alfea. It's the also the only day left that teachers are available to talk to if you have questions or something of the sorts." I hummed in acknowledgment "so you want to ask the teacher something?" I asked, though unsure since that's just what I came up with from what she said.

"Yeah that's right. Miss Faragonda is our school headmistress and I wanted to ask her if I'm allowed to use my technology at class for taking notes" she told me. That sounded rather interesting. I looked at her with big eyes "technology? That's cool, not a lot of people in alfea work with technology. If I remember correctly the only classes we have with them is in second semester with Avalon and in first semester with mister palladium." her eyes shined as she smiled "exactly. Though sadly Mr. Palladium doesn't cover as much as I would hope, I'm already excited for second semester. I just hope he can teach more then I already know" she said with excitement. It was the first time that she seemed warm and happy, she must really like technology. I told her as much "You must really technology ,huh?" I asked her with a smile. She held her head high "of course I do, after all I'm the fairy of technology!" she said proudly. I gasped "oh really?!?! I didn't know it was possible... I heard Technology magic is rather rare and more known in Zenith. Though not a lot of people have it and the ones that do attend a private school on the planet..." I sighed with admiration. She laughed softly as she smiled brightly at me "that's because I'm from Zenith! Wow... If I'm honest I didn't know that it was so widely spread that technology magic was known to be on our planet" she said a little embarrassed but more proud so. "Oh well, I read about it in a book! Back when I was still figuring out what kind of magic I had I always read about what kind of magic existed and it would also state where it was most likely found and if it's rare or not." I explained to her. I loved to read even when I was a child, but back then I really wanted to figure out how to use my magic and see what kind of magic I possessed.

Now she looked at me with a slight interest "really? Well I'm glad to hear that you're well read. If I may ask in return, what kind of magic do you possess?" she asked me. I looked slightly embarrassed "I'm a flower and plant fairy" it wasn't as exciting as Tecnas magic since it was rather a healing magic and a defensive type. She still smiled at me "Well I believe that to be admirable. I know it's known to have been on earth, when fairies still roamed there, and on Linphea. So I will make the guess that you're from Linphea" she was really smart, only with that little information did she already figure out where I was from. I nodded in confirmation. "Well even if it's not that rare, I hear that it's a type of magic that is rather hard to learn and to control." she also seemed rather impressed with my magic. I smiled embarrassed "Ah well... I guess somehow every Magic is hard in some way or another... The Problem with my magic though is, that it's not really controllable. Of course I can summon plants and stuff with my magic but in nature magic it's rather the case that you need to work together with nature. Nature lives to so it also has a own mind. If you go against nature then your magic will work against you and not work." I explained to her. She slightly frowned "that sounds rather... Annoying. I couldn't imagine what it must be like. But I guess in that sense our Magic are literally speaking opposites. Yours is with nature and mine with technology." I nodded in agreement "yeah. Mine is alive and yours is artificially created" she smiled at that "I wouldn't want it any other way". I giggled "me too. It's exciting to work with nature. I'm already excited for the potions class in first semester with palladium." I now told her what I would be excited about.

"That's nice. We both have something to look forward to in alfea" she said with a happy expression. She then pointed to a store infront of us that read 'Bookworm', it was a bookstore. They made it really obvious with the name, though I could appreciate a reader pun. Also it was one of the names my dad had noted down on the paper he gave me.

"We're almost there. You just have to show her your list or give her the id of the books." she explained and before I could say something she added "I showed them the id with my phone. They can do both" I nodded. "Okay! Thanks Tecna..." I said but then realized this is where we would have to part ways. Tecna seemed to understand what I was thinking and held out her phone "you have a phone, right?" she asked, I nodded. "Oki good. Put your phone number in my phone. I would like to keep contact with you, since we understand each other rather well" she told me and smirked confidently.

I took out my phone and typed my phone number in her phone. After I was done I wrote 'flora' on top and then saved before I gave her her phone back.

She smiled as she looked at her phone "oki, well I guess we will see each other at alfea. I have to go and sort my stuff out in my dorm" she stated. I nodded, it felt like I nodded a lot today, and waved my hand "see you around in school" she waved back to me before she then went into the direction we came from. I hope I wasn't a bother, she had to go out of her way to help me to the bookstore. But I will assume that since she didn't complain that she also had a pleasant time like me, atleast I hoped so.

I went into the shop. I listened to Tecna's directions and went to the registration where I showed the person behind the counter the paper, that had the list of books I would need on it. A man, rather old, at the registration smiled at me before he typed something on his pc and then pointed to the stairs "the books you're searching for are all upstairs" he told me. I smiled in appreciation, he gave me back my list before I went upstairs. I just hope my father wasn't anxious waiting for me, since it took me longer than anticipated and he could as well be done already with getting the stuff for valerion with val....

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​Flora P.O.V

Thankfully I found my father swiftly and easy, but I guess Valerion being with him kinda made it easier to find him since Valerion wasn't something you would easily miss with the eye.

I tried to stop him but he dyed his hair a creamy colour with a white tinge. It Suited him thankfully with his tan skin but still now he would catch everyones eye. His hair literally sparkled in the light. But it was still nice, since we both dyed our hair. Even though I only did my bangs in the front, it was a nice sibling activity. I wasn't confident as him tho, so my bangs are only a dark blonde while my general hair was caramel brown.

I walked towards them both with a smile but really I'm glad I didn't get lost again and that now we have all the stuff we need collected. My father started the engine of the car and then opened the doors.

I went in first and then Val. Though I did sit in the back this time, since my father said some of the stuff won't fit in the back because of vals stuff and so he wants to set it next to him so it won't be unfair to any of us. He really knew us to well, me and my brother used to bicker when our parents had to place things beside us because we're always sure the other one had more space.

Naturally I would take it on my site but I began to think that it was unfair that it was always me who had to sacrifice their sitting place, only so Valerion could be comfortable. Now I kinda felt bad for dad but thankfully all of the stuff was only on the other seat beside him and not nearing his space.

Valerion grew a grimace and I just smiled at him in return. He is always so childish, but it was also nice seeing him act his age. Sometimes he acts to serious. Now that the whole school issue is fixed we can finally let go of our worries and just relax again. My dad started the engine and turned on the radio, he just turned it to a random channel where music played before he deparked and then drove onto the street. It was weird... Being in the car and being driven 'home' without it really being our home... It was our temporary home while we go to alfea and red fountain.

But it still felt weird, it just didn't feel right... Normally after shopping we would drive home... But now? Now we're driving to the school dorm... I guess we will used to it over Time.

Again it seemed like time was flying by.

I was looking out the window when I realized that we're nearing the alfea gates. They were easy to spot, not only because I always looked at the brochure and knew it by heart and soul what it looked like, but also because they were the trademark of alfea highschool. The gates looked like fairy wings when open and when closed it looked like a unblossomed lotus flower. They were open though and my father was about to drive inside! Oh gosh, I can feel my heart beat go up, this is it! The place where I will be Learning and living in the next 3 and a half years. 7 Semesters I would enjoy very much, I could just feel it.

I watched the school in awe the closer we got until we finally arrived, our dad parking the car where it was allowed on the schoolground. It might sound silly but I could feel my knees weaken at the thought of stepping onto the ground of the school I wanted to go to since I was a kid. Valerion noticed as much and rolled his eyes before smiling and stepping out of the car. He walked around to the other side and opened the door on my side "You coming out or do we have to drive you inside too?" he asked me jokingly. I would never admit it in his face but his attitude of indifference helped me relax quicker and better. I took a breath in to calm down my heartbeat before I stepped outside the car.

My father now also came out and brought my books with him. It was one of the few things that were in the front with him. I smiled and took them from him "thank you" he nodded and smiled, before he looked to Valerion "you, join your sister and walk her to her dorm. I will wait back here for you" he said towards Val. Val groaned "yes yes, otherwise she will get lost along the way..." he sighed "I can go myself" I threw in as a last effort but my father only shook his head "it's settled. Your brother will go with you" my dad decided. Me and Val glanced towards each other, he shrugged his shoulders "whatever" while I nodded and said "okay".

He went in the front, I had to follow him "slow down, you don't even know my dorm room number" I told-yelled to him. He groaned once again "Of course I know it. You have it memorized so I don't need to remember it." he said with a following smirk. I huffed but atleast he slowed down and we walked side by side with some space inbetween us. "You seem rather impatient" I commented a little irritated from having to had to walk so fast just to keep up with him.

"Can you blame me? I just really want to get go red fountain right this second!" he explained excited. "Still, you didn't have to ditch me..." I huffed. He shrugged, then patted my shoulder "alright, I won't do it again but quit complaining" a smile formed on my mouth with those words. I know he actually meant to say sorry and that he won't do it again but this was good enough between us both, because we understood each other well enough to know the true meaning behind each others words. "So, how did shopping go with dad?" I now asked curiously as I wasn't able to witness it myself. "Oh it was alright. To be honest dad knew which stuff to take already without me having to tell him..." he then threw me a glance that said 'I knew what you did' but then continued "but I met some chill guys. Apparently we will also room together" He told me and smiled "so even though you threw me to our dad it went pretty well!" he told me with a laugh.

"I didn't 'throw' you to dad... I just didn't want him to go alone to get all your stuff, I saw how long the list was." I explained before I added "But I'm glad to hear you made some friends" with a smile. "Meh, we're not really friends yet but we do get along. You will probably see them around me in the future though, since I'm roomates with them. Their names were Riven, Brandon and Sky. Though I'm not so sure if you will like Riven" he told me about his friends but also voiced his worry.

I frowned "why do you think that?" I asked, confused. "Ah well... He's a rather grumpy guy... I just know that's the type of people you don't mix well with..." he explained but I just threw him a raised eyebrow "really? Grumpier than you? Also I might just surprise you, I'm a rather open person after all" I said confident.

"Oh then I can just introduce you both and you can befriend him!" he said with a laugh. I pouted lightly and mumbled "maybe I will..." barely hearable for him.

My Brother stopped walking and I saw it was because we already arrived at my dorm. Even though he didn't know my number I had kinda guided him in the right direction and he must have looked at the names as he stopped in his track and I could see our last name on the list for this dorm.

I turned towards him "well... Thanks for accompanying me here" I thanked him truthfully since I knew he didn't actually want to do this and because he would rather be in red fountain.

He shook his head "no prob Flo." but suddenly his phone started ringing. He looked confused as he took it out and then answered infront of me "hello sky? What's up?" so he and those 3 guys were friends after all! They already had each others phone numbers! "Ah, no I'm not alone. I'm with my sister right now." I couldn't hear what sky was saying so I didn't know why my brother said I was with him. I mean, he was just about to leave.

"What? Where are you?" I heard Val ask sky through the phone. "Okay okay, I'm on my way. I won't leave you guys hanging" I heard him say before he hung up. I looked confused to my brother "did something happen? That sounded rather serious at the end..." I asked concerned. He sighed "I have to go help the boys... He said I can tell you because your family. Apparently they have to go save a princess called Stella on the planet earth and some friend of hers because they and the place they are at are under attack from the witches of Cloudtower" He explained and was about to go off but I stopped him by holding his arm.

"wait! Let me come with you! It sounds way to dangerous for you guys to go alone..." I said worriedly. He scoffed "no offense flora, but you don't have any real battling skills. They need people that can fight on site..." He said. I threw him a glare "well! I can still use my magic! Even if it isn't much... Also I could help you guys by making sure no one gets hurt with my healing abilities!" I protested and explained to him why I should come along. I knew I would be useful, I was sure I could do it if he just took me with him. Also I didn't want him to get hurt, so I will make sure nothing will happen.

We're the same age but technically I'm still older then him. I would not let anything happen to my baby brother.

He sighed "oki fine! But don't get in the way and please leave the books here before we go!" he commanded. I immediately nodded. He waited infront of my dorm door while I placed the books hurriedly on the table in my room inside the dorm. Then I came ran out "okay I'm ready let's go" I said with a smile, glad that Val decided to take me with him. Now not only could I look after him but also his new made friends.

We ran through the corridors when I suddenly remembered that dad was waiting on him and asked "what about dad??" and he shook his head "forget about dad for a second! We have other things to worry about. Also if he knew about this he wouldn't let you go, you're to precious for him and also because of the same reasons I said just now infront of your dorm" I sighed but I knew he was right.

For my dad I was always his little girl and even though I enjoyed the love he and mom had for me it sometimes became to much because of how overprotective they were of me. They were also like that with Miele and used to be with Val, until he trained to be a warrior to go to red fountain. After that they were sure he could look after himself.

I knew I could handle myself and help them in this mission, just to be able to do so I could only tell him afterwards what happened. "Fine, but you know I don't like lying to him" I scolded and he smiled "I know but don't worry, you won't have to lie". But what did he mean? Of course I would need to lie one way or another... Well I will just see what he means later on when we get back to alfea to our father after the mission.

As we ran I realized that we're running towards red fountain "I thought we're going to earth?" I asked confused and short on breath while still running besides Valerion. "We are. It's just that we need to fly there because we can't use magic..." he explained. After we arrived I huffed as I supported myself hovering over my knees. I really needed to work on my stamina. But it was like a long marathon run, with the way we had to run fast and the distance between alfea and red fountain, so it's normal to be short on breath.

My brother was also breathing a bit heavily, though not as bad as me. I guess that was thank to his training he did beforehand.

Suddenly I heard a voice approaching from behind "there you are valerion!" said the person before he stopped before us "oh... You brought someone with you" I looked up to see a boy with shoulder long blonde hair. "Ah Brandon... Where is sky? He told me about everything. Also yeah, this is my sister Flora. She said she could help... She has healing abilities. If it gets to dangerous.... she can also step in with her defensive magic.." I know my brother was selling me more expensive then I actually was but I guess it was to convince Brandon to let me go with them.

He hummed as he looked me up and down, before he shrugged "I guess she can come with us. But since she doesn't have fighting experience she will only be there as support" he said calmly but also serious and with a little strictness. Valerion glanced at me before he and I nodded "understood" he said and then Brandon showed us the way inside.

We walked inside the arena before he was opening a door to one of the storage rooms, it was being used as a garage room and inside was a big flying ship motherboard. "Oki ,go inside. On board you will see Timmy. I'm going to look for riven and after I find him we can set off" he explained to me but also seemingly to the person called Timmy, who was already on board, as he was looking towards the ship while he was telling us this. "Ok, see ya in a bit but try to hurry. It sounded like they're really in trouble" val said to which Brandon nodded "I know, don't wait up if I'm not back in 15 minutes max" and then Brandon ran off. My brother and I set afoot in the ship. I saw two guys in there, one with ginger hair and the other one with brown hair. The one with ginger hair was busy looking at the program of the ship, his behavior reminded me a little bit of Tecna, while the one with brown hair waved to us "glad you made it.... And you even brought back up" he said with a charming smile. He was the only one who didn't criticise that I came with my brother to this mission.

"Ah yes. Sky this is my sister Flora. Flora this is Sky" I waved shyly "hello" he smiled brightly "nice to meet you Flora. Let's work together on this mission" he said rather open and positive. I nodded in agreement "yes, let's." and returned his warm smile. I didn't really know the guy though and I felt rather awkward because of that, I watched as my brother spoke with him. Timmy also kept to himself so I was just waiting for Brandon and Riven to arrive. A few minutes passed and I heard Timmy sigh and speak for the first time "they're not back yet... But we have to go now. I will start the engine" we all nodded in understanding. It was a shame though that Brandon didn't make it back with riven.

He started the engine and you could hear the loud roaring of the engine as it was starting and also the fire heating up to take off with the ship. The ship was about to go off when we heard yelling, it was Brandon and some other guy, probably riven. They wanted to get on board. Timmy opened the entrance with a button and then set off after they got in. They were relieved to make it but it was just barely.

Riven froze as he looked at me, he had maroon hair, "you didn't tell me that we're bringing a fairy with us Brandon...." he accused Brandon and didn't seem very Happy. Brandon held his hands in the air as a defense "I didn't have time. Also we will need all the help we can get. Don't forget, it's witches from Cloudtower AND their minions, where they have ogres!" Brandon defended himself. I heard Sky chime in "also she was here earlier than you..." and threw in a look that I didn't understand.

Riven groaned "fine fine! Arguments will be useless anyways. We should just get this over and done with" I just hope it would be as easy as they all made it sound....

Chapter Text

ra P.o.V

I was looking out the window as we took off, after all it wouldn't be everyday that I would get the chance to fly in the red fountain aircraft. Only now did I really realize the airship, because it was one of the few things Val couldn't stop talking about when we told each other what classes we would have at school and what we would experience. He looked forwards to flying inside the aircraft to his first mission, though I doubt he would've guessed that his first mission would already be today. School didn't even start yet and here we were, flying towards earth to fight some bad guys and save the ones attacked by said enemies.

But I could see why he was so excited to fly inside this aircraft, it was really fascinating watching the scenery outside. I, as a fairy myself, wouldn't really be able to fly as fast as the aircraft and get this nice view since at certain heights it would just be to windy, but the airship flew without fault or trouble.

It was really nice and interesting to see the point of view from a specialist. As we're flying I noticed that it would take a while, it wasn't like magic where you would be at the other place in a second but I guess that also gave time to make plans so both have their pros and cons. I decided, since I knew no one, that I would go join Val and talk with him. He was still talking with Sky but that was fine, maybe it was an opportunity to get to know him too while I'm at it. I approached Valerion and sat down next to him, I already felt Sky looking at me before I looked to him, but I decided to try to introduce myself properly this time. "umm hi, you're Sky right? I heard you talk with my brother on the phone..." even though I technically didn't, since I couldn't hear anything he said but I knew that Val talked to him because he mentioned his name.

"yeah that's me. Valerion already told me why you're coming with us. Although I'm sure we don't.... need healing it's still cool you're coming with us. You want to protect your brother and I can respect that" He told me to which I threw a silent glare at Valerion before I focused on Sky "oh right... Yeah I know, you're specialist.... It's in your name but I just wanted to make sure that he doesn't get hurt and I thought that since I'm allowed to come along I would just make sure no one gets hurt." I explained.

He nodded his head "sounds like a good decision. If I had powers that could heal my people then I also would want to use it to help them" to which I looked slightly confused "your...people?" I asked unsure as I gestured with my hands questioningly. He scratched his neck "oh yeah, sorry it won't make sense to you since you don't know..." he said flustered but before he could continue Riven cut in "Sky is the 'prince of Eraklyon'." While also raising his voice to make fun of Sky. My Jaw dropped "You're... a Prince?.." I asked shocked, to which he nodded in confirmation.

"Oh... Are you sure I'm allowed to know?" I asked unsure since I didn't really know how royalty worked since I'm a commoner. He laughed a little "it's fine. The whole school knows anyways since my parents made sure that.... I wouldn't be treated normally" to which he followed with a sigh. Brandon then ruffled his hair "but he doesn't have to worry about that around us since we're all friends and treat him like we would each other and everyone else" to which Sky playfully nudged him "and I'm very thankful for that. It's boring seeing people stiff up and talk all polite with me. I know someday I will have to take over but for now I just want to live normally through teenage days as long as I can." weirdly though Brandon grew awfully silent to that but nodded with a little of a sentimental look in his eyes.

Sky then looked to me "I also want you to still treat me normal, even if I'm a prince, oki?" to which I nodded "of course, if that's what you prefer" and smiled. My brother looked to me and asked "by the way... When you went shopping, did you get to meet anybody?", I gave him a slight questioning look but nodded "yeah she was really cool. Even though we're like total opposites we understand each other a lot and she helped me too" to which my brother grinned and I noticed that I slipped that little info about my mess up which I wanted to keep secret.

"so... you did get lost?" I huffed "really that's why you're gonna ask?... Yeah I did..." to which he laughed "you should've gone with dad then". I scoffed "It was only a few books, I didn't wanna bother him." to which he followed up with "but you were fine bothering someone you didn't know?" I sighed "I asked her if she could help me... If she said no I wouldn't have bothered her... Anyways that's beside the point I was trying to make. You always are in magix and that was the first time I was there...." he laughed but waved his hand in a nonchalant way "I know, I know.... Anyways you said she was the opposite, how so?" he now asked interested.

"Oh well... Not only her personality but also her powers are really different from mine. She has the power of technology. Also she is very smart and logical" I explained rather poorly, but I didn't really know her to well yet. Riven now pipped up "sounds a little bit like Timmy but even more girly then he already is" to which Brandon rolled his eyes "don't be rude Riven." I wanted to ask how they're similar but they kept bickering.

I heard Sky sigh and looked at him "they're always like this... Almost like a married couple" to which he followed up with an amused chuckle, I also giggled to his comment before I then asked him "but what did Riven mean with that Tecna and Timmy are similar?" Timmy heard me ask and replied himself "it's probably because I'm rather excelled in technology, programming and machinery myself. I like to build robots and other solutions to problems with technology. I'm no fairy like your friend Tecna but I myself use a eco-blaster that uses forced gravity and transfers as a weapon similar to a gun but with more electric waves. It uses the electric waves to shoot laser like rays" he explained but I didn't understand one word because I'm not really that advanced in that field.

Sky seemed to notice and tried to explain in his own words "his eco-blaster is his weapon. It doesn't use magazines like a normal gun but power of the sun and uhh... electronic waves in the air ,I think" to which Timmy followed up with "that's what I said but that's is correct if you say it in simpler terms." and I was impressed again because these people are so smart and knowledgeable. I would need to get my game up to not be left behind.

"that's cool. So you have weapons and each one has a unique one?" to which Brandon and Riven piped up "heck yeah." and then Riven continued "for example I have a scimitar-styled purple phantomblade and a bolas", then Brandon took over "I have a blue Short sword and shield. Though I rather use it as a shield in offensive then in defensive.", Sky also joined in "mine is a green long and huge sword which I mostly use a one sword but I can separate into two katanas if I wanted to". This was all interesting so I looked to Val "you also choose a weapon right? what do you have?" I asked curiously to which he only threw me a smirk "don't worry you will see as soon as we get into battle on earth."

He didn't wanna tell me and also seemed mischievous... what was he up to now? Why was his weapon a secret?

I didn't have time to figure it out since Timmy now called out "guys, we've arrived" , as I looked out the window I could even see the scenery change from before, when we're surrounded by magic and all kinds of new technology, to now where it's rather quiet and natural. I liked this place, it reminded me of Linphea a lot since Linphea also didn't use lots of electronics itself but the nature and creatures in it. Of course we still have electronics because not every environment in Linphea is the same.

I wondered what earths electronics were like and how different they would be. i remembered reading a bit about it so I knew a few Differences. Like how ours ran on mana while theirs ran on gas, which also damages nature.

Thankfully that isn't the case with mana since mana is also something nature generated itself. But earth was still a nice planet. As we're approaching I began second-guessing the mission "oh wait. Won't we scare the people on earth? I mean... It would be weird and probably scary seeing an unknown device approaching them." I asked them while worrying about it. Since our electronics were so different they would definitely be shocked.

Brandon answered to my worry "don't worry. We already have thought of everything. Not only is it dark right now in the place we're flying to, but also we will camouflage the airship to not raise any commotion". Wow they were really prepared, though I guess as a specialist you have to always prepare for missions like this.

I sighed in relief "oh thank Fiore". Fiore was known as one of the nature gods, in this case god of living. It was a really popular god all around but mostly talked and spoken about on Linphea since we're the mostly related to nature.

Now my brother spoke up "you don't have to be so nervous. Of course we prepared in advance the second we had heard about the crisis" they didn't have a lot of time, did they get help? "That reminds me. How did you get permission so fast to use an airship?" I asked curiously.

Sky was the one that answered "princess Stella send an SOS signal when she was being attacked. It actually took longer so we really need to hurry up... The teacher at red fountain gave us permission to help her. He only send us 5 because we're one of the best" he said with confidence, to which riven scoffed "and practically forced... He knew we're there because we're one of the first ones to arrive. So he send us, but yeah we ARE the best." he smirked. I nodded "of course. I think that if you weren't then he would've accompanied you" to which all smiled rather cockily and satisfied that not only were they seen as someone powerful but that the teacher acknowledged their power.

Timmy spoke up "I don't want to interrupt but we're about to land so please everyone get ready to fight anything and everything that is dangerous on sight and protect princess Stella and the earthling" to which they all nodded. I was kinda scared since I didn't have any experience but also nodded.

Since we're nearby I decided to transform to help in my fullest form. "Oki! Flora, fairy of flowers!" my clothes turned into a pink dress, while the lowerpart looked like flower petals which were parted on the sides and curved to petal curls in the front. It had the color pink, like the top, while the top was a darker pink and stood out more on top of the skirt. It looked more like a two piece but it was a dress. My chocker turned green with a pink flower on top and on my arms I now had pink long gloves and was wearing pink boots to boot. Meanwhile my wings were green and had the shape of a leaf each. Even though the transformation felt like 2 minutes for me, for the boys it would seem like I transformed immediately.

After I was finished transforming I looked to the boys "oki I'm also ready" I smiled. Riven chuckled "you must like the colour pink... Right?" to which I looked a little confused but nodded "I guess... I mean, it's my favourite color. Why?" to which he laughed "it just shows a little is all. Even before your Transformation you already had like a pink skirt with strawberries on it" he stated. I was still confused though "yeah.... So whats wrong?" I asked perplexed.

He chuckled "nothing nothing... It's just even without you stating that, I could've guessed that pink is your favourite colour" I was a little confused but also hear Valerion chuckle "I guess he just means to say, you're a little bit of a open book". I shrugged "my favourite colour isn't really a secret..." I just shook my hand "we're getting off topic, come on we're about to land" I said now more serious. After we could have fun but I didn't wanna mess this mission up just because 'I was an open book'. Riven looked more serious now too and took out his weapon in his hand. Seeing their weapons really was cool, even if a bit scary. I guess I should be glad I'm on their side.

"Oki... We've now landed" Timmy said and immediately he pushed a button to open the door. The door was big and as it was opening, Timmy stood seated to make sure we could flee just in case something happened. The guys were already all in ready Position, me right beside them. After the door was fully opened they sprinted out, I followed them since I didn't really know which house we had to go to. But it was easy to find it out, because the right house infront of us had an explosion and suddenly an ogre came running out and roaring.

It seemed he had destroyed the door after getting hurt, there was a bigger fight going on inside the house. Stella came running out in fairy form "I'm not done with you thug!" she must be the one behind the explosion, it was self defense against the ogre. Another girl with red hair screamed "help!" and Brandon responded immediately "don't worry, help is here!" but I also noticed a swarm of inklings running towards the red haired girl and Stella.

Sky swung his long green and big sword and split the ground with an essence that almost looked like magic to separate the inklings and stop them from going any further. He smiled "your tyranny stops here!" and the inklings fell back. They did try to go through but they would always be catapulted away from the force field created by sky's huge sword. Suddenly I heard another roar "two ogres?!?" I asked surprised. It was a possibility there would be multiple more threats than stated but I didn't expect two ogres. Brandon nodded towards Riven and he smirked "we got this. I will take on the big blue one and you the other one" to which Brandon nodded.

He then screamed "hey you idiots! How about you come here if you aren't scared" Riven really had big guts. They stood back to back. Riven had his phantom sword in one hand and in the other his bolas which he was spinning and seemed to be using like a shield but could attack with any given time. Ogres weren't that smart so with that little provocation they got the attention of them.

The ogres were now fixated on attacking them. Brandon was facing the yellow ogre while riven was facing the blue one.

Riven was smirking and then threw out the bolas around the neck of the blue ogre "don't play to roughly riven" Sky reminded him, since this was their first mission so they have to be careful and also do it right. "I know what I'm doing" he complained and was strangling the ogre. But suddenly the ogre Flipped his head back and riven went flying. My eyes widened, but I just flew and was able to catch him before he fell and got seriously injured. Though I did use my abilities to heal the damage that was already done. He groaned "ugh that hurt... Oki that's it, it's serious now you mutt!" he screamed. The blue ogre roared and ran at full speed now at the both of us. "Riven you idiot!" Brandon groaned "sky help them fast! I'm preoccupied right now!" it was a lot, with everything going on.

Since the blue ogre was really fast I reacted fast and flew magic at the ground, vines sprouted and held the Ogre secured to the ground. Riven smirked "good, this will be over faster like this" Riven began running towards the blue ogre with his purple phantom sword. The blue ogre hit Riven, even if my vines held his legs since he was a big creature and strong creature I couldn't do the same for his arms, but Riven dodged and then hit him sideways in the stomach with his blade. The ogre shrieked in pain, the sound unsettling and unpleasant, but they didn't back down and he was ready to attack again. The ogre used his strength to destroy my vines, Before the ogre could get to Riven though Sky hit the ogre on his head with his sword, that seemed to work and the ogre feel unconscious to the ground. It feel into a hole to the inklings that Skys sword had created in the ground with the force of it.

Brandon was still fighting the yellow ogre but since he was alone he had a harder time and could only use his shield since the ogre wouldn't stop trying to hit and attack him. If he stopped using the shield he would seriously get hurt. Before I could do anything to help my brother Valerion stepped in. I could also now see his weapon, it's a double sided scythe. Atleast now I could understand why he found it amusing. He pulled the ogre back by his feet and made him stumble.

The ogre was bleeding out of its foot and huffed "this is not worth it" before he joined his hands and some magic was coming out. The next second he was gone. After looking in the hole I could see that the inklings were gone too but the blue ogre was still there. Seems like he only teleported himself out of danger. The inklings seemingly having disappeared after getting hit.

I smiled "good job guys! You did it!" I cheered happily. They all smiled satisfied and proud. Timmy piped up "we should lock up this blue ogre before he regains consciousnesses" to which he pressed a button on his gun, before a hologram like, but still real, confinement created itself around the ogre.

With my magic I levitated the ogre inside the ship.

Valerion sighed "good for now that should hold him, we should ask the teacher what to do with him".

I heard some voices, of course the two girls! With what was going on It left my mind.

Stella and her friend came towards us "see? I told you that I called for help" Stella said to the red haired girl. The girl looked curiously "those are the specialists?" she then looked at me "you didn't tell me that girls attended red fountain too" I blushed because she misunderstood while Stella laughed wholeheartedly. "Bloom that's because she isn't a specialist but a fairy. Look she is even in her fairy form with her wings" I waved shyly.

This made bloom blush in embarrassment "oh... Yeah of course. I was just surprised since she came together with them." to which I wanted to answer but Brandon got ahead of me "she came to help too. Anyways, are you two oki?" he now asked them. I also noticed that he paid special attention to bloom to which I began smirking to myself. "We're alright thanks to your help. Ah Bloom, let me introduce you to the specialists" to which she went down the list, she already seemed to know them all expect for my brother "that grumpy one is Riven, the blonde one is Brandon, next to him is Sky, the darkblonde one is Timmy and ummmm...." she stopped at Valerion since they didn't know each other. Valerion cleared his throat "I'm Valerion... Nice to meet you...." he introduced himself.

I guess he was feeling awkward. Bloom nodded "It's nice to meet you all too!" she said with a bright smile. She then turned to me "how about you?". I scratched my head shyly "I'm Flora...." it was always awkward for me to get to know someone new.

Suddenly Timmy spoke from inside "guys the teacher is calling us. He is awaiting us" he yelled to us. I looked towards the girls "are you both coming with us?" I asked them but Stella shook her head. "We can't. We still have lots of things to do before going to alfea. You all go without us" to which I nodded in understanding. "Flora!" I could hear Valerion yell. I went onto the ship and we all waved the girls goodbye before the doors closed. I sat down and sighed "that was... A rush" I could still feel my heart beating to the moon and back in excitement.

I could hear Brandon sigh "tell me about it" since I was still in my fairy form I stood up again "oh right! Is anyone hurt?" I now asked concerned. That was the whole reason I came along, to stop injuries but I couldn't stop everything so I would heal what I could now after the fight. "I think the ogre might've hit me to hard, my shoulders and hands hurt" Brandon now said. I guess the shield couldn't stop all injuries. "Ah, let me see" I placed my hands on his shoulders "It's nothing serious thankfully, I can heal it... But it might still feel sore even after healing, so I would recommend getting a message or relax in the bath later on" I advised him. My hand sparkled green and my magic flowed into his upper body. You could see from outside how it shined a green Light on his body before his injuries were gone and he seemed less stiff. "Better?" I asked to which he nodded. I then took a look at his hands and heard riven giggle, again, Brandon sighed "you're so immature. Flora is just healing me" his hands seemed fine.

Slightly scratched and swollen from holding the shield to tight. It would have to unswell itself but I could heal the scratches away. That's what I did. Then I looked to riven "what about you?" he shrugged "I'm fine. I guess I have to thank you, you did catch me mid air and healed me" he said now, seemingly thankful. I smiled "that's good to hear" I then looked to Valerion, he shook his head no, then to Sky. He seemed unsure "ah well... I'm hurt?" my eyes ran over him but I couldn't detect where the place was, so I asked "where?". He pointed towards his right leg. I did see that his pants were slightly torn but I thought that was all. On closer inspection though I could see that the inklings had bit and scarred him with their claws. He was also slightly bleeding. My eyes went wide "oh my Fiore... Why didn't you say anything sooner?" I asked concerned.

He laughed light heartedly "well we're all mid fight... It's fine.." I just shook my head and bent forward. To not make it uncomfortable I didn't place my hands directly on his leg but held it above it, even if the healing magic was then a little bit slower. But you could see how my magic made the blood stop and then close his wounds. The biting marks also disappeared. I smiled ,satisfied with the outcome. "Thanks" I heard Sky say. I stood up to my former position "anytime. I don't want any of you guys getting hurt".

I could feel Valerions eyes on me so I turned to him "what?..." I asked him after I approached him. "Don't exhaust yourself. You aren't used to using your magic yet" I blushed slightly "it's fine... Healing is my speciality, you know that..." he sighed "I know, but still.... Don't forget you didn't just heal today..." I could tell he was only worried because I was in my fairy form longer than I'm used to and also used my powers to a greater extent then when I only practice. I have only trained with healing Valerion, not multiple people and not actually serious wounds. I detransformed and was back in my normal clothes. It still felt weird when my wings suddenly disappeared though "there... Don't worry, alright?" I smiled warmly and softly at him.

He grumbled "who said I was worried..." and looked to the side, embarrassed. I chuckled and sat down next to him. He is such a softy, he just doesn't want to admit it. But now I could see that the others caught our conversation and also seemed worried "really don't worry. If it really were to much, I would've fainted" I tried to joke but no one was laughing. I awkwardly cleared my throat. Timmy was the one to break the silence "Flora we appreciate your help. Greatly even. But we couldn't call ourselves specialists if we let you protect us. That is our job. So really, please don't hurt yourself in the progress just to help us" I nodded, embarrassed and a little ashamed. "You all really don't have to worry though. Like you guys I really can estimate my own Power" I reassured them. Riven sighed "well, it's not like we should lecture you anyways. We're new ourselves." I guess they got a little worried because of what Valerion said. I would've preferred that Valerion didn't bring attention to it. Even if I did understand where they were coming from, since I myself would also never want any of them overexert themselfes. I then asked, while whispering, "so... what did you tell dad?" to which he showed me his phone. He just made up an excuse, that he had to help me settle in and won't make it back. I can't believe dad believed it but I guess that was good for us. Dad was kind enough that he brought Valerions things for him to Red fountain.

After a while we landed in red fountain, I also left the ship with them since their teacher wanted to see us all and knew that I went with them.

I hope it didn't make any problems with the fact that I actually accompanied them....

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Flora P.o.V

As we arrived to red fountain Professor Saladin was already infront of the school, waiting for us. I could see he had a rather serious look on his face, I just hope he wasn't mad at the others. After all it was I who insisted on coming along. As we landed and left the airship I began growing anxious. I didn't know what to expect neither what the Professor would say or how he would react, after all I didn't know him. I was kinda blacking out as I was imagining a thousand scenarios, As a result I was walking in the back, being the last one. But I wasn't about to hide behind the others, even if I was nervous, it was just a coincidence.

When we stood infront of Professor Saladin he looked at all of us before his eyes stopped at me "come with me... Inside" he said. It sounded rather serious so I was growing even more anxious. I sped up a bit ,now walking in the middle, as we're following the headminister to his office. As we walked I saw a few of the other red fountain specialists which were confused as they watched us walk by, a few watched worried, others curious and the lesser of them all even excited or semi flirty. The headminister used his staff with his magic to close the door behind us before he stopped walking. He turned around looking very serious. I was a bit stiff as I stood there before he started clapping and his mouth turned upwards into a gentle smile. I looked confused before suddenly I also noticed someone else.... If I remember correctly it's Mr. Codatorta. He was in one of the flyers that Valerion showed me when talking about Red Fountain. It was one of the professors he partially looked up to because he was known as one of the best dragons trainers and the most knowledgeable in fighting.

He was also smiling while he said "good job boys... And girls! Your mission was a total success" with a slight scottish accent, while also sounding very proud of us and what we did. Professor Saladin nodded in agreement "for it to be your first mission you did great, all of you" he complimented us. I began getting comfortable and looked at the others who seemed very happy with their achievements. "You faced off the monsters, showed not only the fairies but everyone what backbone Red fountain has and every specialist part of it, and also showed the witches not to mess with us or our allies" Mr. Codatorta said with a huge smile. "I couldn't ask for anything better then that" he laughed very happily.

"Although that is true I hope you won't let this get over your head. A hero can only stay a Hero as long as he doesn't underestimate his opponents" professor Saladin now cut in. I still feel the proudness swell in my heart from being complimented so much.

I know I didn't really do that much but they directed it at all of us, which made me happy and more confident. Brandon cut in laughing "don't worry Professor Saladin, we won't" he reassured the professor. His eyes now glided over to me, he seemed thoughtful, his eyes wandering away before he said "I hope, while you were of great help, that you didn't worry miss Faragonda to much" my face almost fell as she probably didn't have any idea I went with them on the mission. He seemed to notice even though I tried not to show my slip up "you will have to talk to her later on. We did message her about you going with them so don't worry....". I guess that makes sense. That was probably also the reasons they hesitated on bringing me along in the first place, since I wasn't part of the plan Professor Faragonda didn't have an idea until Professor Saladin informed her.

I bowed slightly "thank you. I will make sure to talk about it with Miss Faragonda" though I was really hoping she wouldn't be mad. Even worse would be if she worried, after all I was still a new student and just enrolled. He watched me for a while, I was thinking he was about to say something else when he seemingly seemed to just skip that and turned to Mister Codatorta. I couldn't see what they were doing but it seemed like Mr. Codatorta passed something on to Professor Saladin.

He turned back to us and gave Sky, the head of the team, a box and smiled gently. All of us looked confused "whats in it?" asked Timmy. Professor Saladin laughed "open it somewhere outside. It's a gift. All groups get a gift for their first successful mission. You deserve this" he told us and my face immediately brightened with wonder. He then shooed us away "now go on. Open it and celebrate your first victory with it" he told us. The others left first and I was about to follow them when Professor Saladin called out to me "Ms. Flora...." I turned around, my hand on top of the door handle as I smiled gently "yes?..." I looked expectantly to the professor. It seemed like he had something to say but battled a little with himself before he smiled "just... Say hello to Mrs. Faragonda for me...." he asked me.

I was a bit confused, it seemed like he wanted to say something important... Maybe I was wrong. I nodded "alright, will do!" and then left. //Flora doesn't hear this Mr. Codatorta looked to Professor Saladin "what was that about?" he asked confused. Prof. Saladin shook his head as she sighed "it's to early for her yet... But I sense not only great power but great future infront of her..." he told Codatorta. Recognition filled Codatortas face as he now looked a bit more serious "oh...". Prof. Saladin seemed to nod, as if in acknowledgement. Seemed like Codatorta knew of the significance of those words even if didn't know what Prof. Saladin was talking about. //Back to the others

As I left the room I saw that Val was waiting for me "did the professor want something in particular? Was it something serious?" he asked worried but also interested. I shrugged "I don't know... He just asked me to say 'hello' to Mrs. Faragonda...." I told him.

He hummed "weird", to which I sighed "I know right? I was sure he was about to tell me something... Important... I don't know, maybe I just imagined it but still weird if he only wanted me to greet Mrs. Faragonda..." Val shrugged, just as clueless as me "maybe he forgot but remembered just when you were about to leave?" he suggested. I shrugged "could be I guess... I don't know...." he threw an arm around my shoulder "stop thinking about it, oki? Let's just go see whats in the box he gave us" he said with a smile while trying to not only cheer me up but also distract me.

I giggled, Val knew to well how to cheer me up.

I nodded "sure, I'm also very interested to learn whats inside anyways" I said and then walked side by side with my brother, he walked me to the others.

As I began spotting the others my brother started jogging up to be there faster then me. I just shook my head with a smile, of course he had to make a competition out of everything. I also fastened up my pace so the others wouldn't have to wait for me.

As I got there I saw Brandon and Riven be a little fussy while also fighting about something, I just wasn't sure about what. I looked to Timmy who was the closest next to me "what's going on?" I asked him. He glided up his glasses as he sighingly rubbed his eyelids a bit "they can't decide who should open the box...." he seemed annoyed that they quarrelled over something so small. Riven spoke up angrily "well what if there is something valuable inside?!?!? It's not like we can split it up and share it!" it also sounded like he didn't want to share the congratulations gift.

"Guys... You really don't have to fight over it..." I tried to reason but Brandon snorted "yeah well if I don't defend the gift riven will keep it all to himself" I sighed as I now saw why Timmy was annoyed with them. Sky now spoke up "break it up guys. If you do this then we will never see what's inside" Riven mumbled rather grumpy and unhappy but detached himself from the box, which also led to Brandon letting go of it. "Good.... Now let's see what's inside..." I also heard him mumble "before they decide to switch their minds..." to which I couldn't help but smile while trying to hold in my laughter. At first I was impressed and wondered how he did it but it seemed like not even Sky had full control over his team.

Sky opened the box, inside of it was an Apple, seemingly with gold paint or something gold glossed over it, and a letter. Riven groaned "an apple??! What??!?!? Are we supposed to eat it??" he asked totally not in the mood for jokes. I shrugged "maybe he gave the wrong box?..." I asked, very confused as to why he would give an apple. I reached out to touch it and just as my hand was about to reach it ,it started glowing.

I immediately pulled my hand back and covered my eyes by blocking the light with my arm so it won't reach directly to my eyes. As I reopened my eyes I saw that the Apple was no more and instead there were 6 bracelets with an jewel, all in different colour, inside of it. "Whoa... How did you do that?..." asked Sky astonished. I shrugged "I... I don't think I did anything?..." I said confused. Timmy spoke up "it was probably magic, Professor Saladin uses it a lot.... Maybe we should've opened the letter first" he said logically.

Riven ripped out the letter "dear specialists.... Bla blah blah blah... Congratulations bla bla bla.... As a Gift for your good deads and first successful mission I packed in an golden apple. None of you should know what it is, but it is an magic item and upon contact it will turn into an object you desire.... Use it carefully as if one might then the apple can detest the wish. Be careful what you wish for, as it can only grant one.... Have fun, signed Prof. Saladin..." he took in a big breath before he screamed "WHAT??!?!?! i... I COULD'VE GOTTEN ANYTHING I WISH FOR??!?!?...." and stared at everyone with big eyes before looking at me with angry eyes "you destroyed our present!" I immediately put my hands up in the air while looking a bit scared. My hand went into the air "I didn't even directly touch it..." I defended myself. I went through my hair frustrated before asking "How should I have known?..." I asked a little hurt that he was screaming at me like that. Valerion spoke up "heii don't give her the fault! We were all confused, she couldn't have known..." he tried to defend me. "Well... Maybe she should have waited until after we opened the letter!... Or something..." he said totally frustrated.

Brandon raised an eyebrow as he looked at riven "really.... You wouldn't have read the letter if Timmy didn't say to do so in the first place..." he doubted riven.

Riven almost was about to rip his hair out as he growled "uff!" before he sighed and let his arms fall "I don't knowwww......" we all couldn't have expected it to be a powerful magical apple or that it would do that. We're all to curious to read the letter first. Timmy now spoke up "you know what confuses me? In the Letter Mr. Saladin stated it will turn into an object 'YOU' desire.... So in the end you and probably everyone would have fought about who should have it..." sky looked confused "I guess?... What are you trying to say?" he asked unsure. Timmy sighed "what I mean is... Professor Saladin clearly stated that it will turn into something one of us desires... But after Flora touched it, it didn't turn into one objects but into multiple...." my brain chimed into his logic "you're saying it shouldn't have been possible to get multiple objects?" I asked. Timmy nodded "not only that but in this logic I was wondering if your wish was that everyone could have something... I don't know how this works. What did you think of while touching it?" he asked me. I considered for a while "hmm... I guess I was thinking 'why is the present an apple? I hope I can figure it out and then everyone is happy'..?" I told them while also feeling embarrassed as to having to reveal my thoughts and feelings.

"So... I guess it does work like that. You were thinking of all of us, which made the apple turn not into one item, or even us fighting over the apple, but into multiple items..." he typed something in his watch. Now I looked confused "what are you doing?" I asked unsure. "I'm writing it into my database of knowledge over this item. Would be good to know for the future..." Valerion spoke up "but wait.... In the letter it clearly stated it can't grant every wish if it doesn't want to or something.... So how come even though that's an unrealistic wish ,to wish something for everybody, it still came true?" he asked.

Timmy hummed "good question. I think I will have to ask Prof. Saladin. He is the most knowledgeable about the item after all..." Timmy said as he finished typing and then turned off his watch for now. "Well anyways, we all should take one bracelet... Since there is one for everyone" he noticed the colours "I didn't notice but they have different colours..." his eyes widened a bit "I think... They're corresponding to our colours..." to which Riven sighed "Timmy... You know we don't understand whatever you're saying." he said frustrated. Timmy rolled his eyes as he pointed towards the stone in rivens specialist uniform "maroon stone" then he pointed to the gem inside the bracelet "maroon gem" he explained. Rivens eyes went wide as he took the bracelet "whoa... You're right, it has my colour" he said full of wonder.

He immediately tried it on and I could see the others watching him, observing. He smiled snarkingly as he showed it off "that's cool!..." before he looked serious again and crossed his arms "it would be cooler if it could do something though..." he seemed still upset that it turned into a bracelet rather into something he wished for.

Timmys eyes brightened up "actually.... Maybe it can..." he turned his watch back on before he clicked something. Suddenly a blue light was coming out with a field of Quadrants; he was scanning the bracelets. It loaded for a bit before it pinged a sound, making us all watch him as he displayed the information in a hologram. He pointed to a certain area "here, that's what my Scanner picked up from its components and properties..." he explained. My eyes were trying to take in the information but it was really confusing. He stopped and pointed at a certain part "there... It says 'regulation property: communication, invisibility shield and heater/cooler" he read out loud before he closed the hologram. Sky asked a bit unsure "so... It can make us invisible?... Why?" he asked. Timmy shrugged "it said so... Said "shield" but it's not really a shield. I guess it's in times we're being chased or are in danger so we can get them off our backs, staying safe in the complete open..." he suggested.

I smiled brightly "that's pretty helpful I think, is it not?" I asked since I wasn't sure how helpful it really would be for them. Sky nodded "yeah it is... But why does it have magical properties...." the others looked at me while he was thinking. "I... I-i didn't think of anything else...." Timmy sighed "weird... It is said to grant wishes but turned into a bracelet with magic after barely being touched and without a proper wish..." Valerion decided to speak up and step in for me again "maybe it absorbed all our wishes somehow?...". It made sense, atleast to me.

Even if the others didn't touch it, it was magical after all. Timmy shrugged "I will really need to speak to Prof. Saladin about it since I have no idea myself..." he sighed disappointed. Sky just shrugged "it's fine, after all it's useful... Let's all take our colour gem bracelet..." he said with a smile. He took the bracelet with the green gem. Brandon nodded with a smile and took the one with the blue gem. Timmy took the one with the yellow one, Valerion the crimson one and I took the rose quartz one. Kinda funny that it also had my colour, even if it was a bit more pastel.

I also noticed that the bracelets themselves were a bit different to each other, either in the looks itself or the material. Brandons was a silver bracelet with a sapphire stone, Skys was a gold bracelet with emerald stone, Rivens was a Obsidian bracelet with a umbalite stone, Timmys was a Transulien bracelet with a Citrine stone, Valerions was a Pearl bracelet with a ruby stone and mine was a... I wasn't sure. It looked like cooper, or bronze but had this nature vibe - it was more nature themed and little leafs growing out of it, as well as a few vines that are rapping in on themselves or around the bracelets - bracelet with Rose Quartz Gem. It was also a little bit according to person with the material. I looked at my bracelet. Even if the Rose Quartz pink stood out it was also coordinated in colour. Underneath the light pink stone was a little quartz to make it stand out more which I loved. I was pretty satisfied with the bracelet and smiled.

Riven sighed "it's not what I wanted but I guess it's good enough. After all...." then he began smiling "it does have magical properties" he seemed pretty excited about that Part. I could only imagine the shenanigans he would pull with the abilities of his bracelet. I saw a few plastic cups and soda, so I used my magic to bring them over to us, with my plant magic carrying it over to us. The others laughed happily as I placed the cups infront of them and then the bottle of soda in the middle.

Brandon took the soda in his hands "I guess... To us!" he said happily. To which I slowly turn around the table with the roots in the ground making the table move and making it rotate in circle, he filled them all before I stopped the magic. I took my cup and smiled gently "to you" I said happily before I started drinking. Valerion threw me a look before he said "to US" before he smiled gently and drank his own cup. The others joined in, in harmony and then drank their full cup. I laughed ,it was nice seeing them so happy but I myself was also in a good mood because of the accomplishment and the gift.

Nothing could beat this feeling of accomplishment and proudness and then even celebrating with your team about it. Nothing would beat it.... Absolutely nothing. //meanwhile with Mrs. Faragonda\\ As she looked into her magical illusion she summoned she sighed while watching over Flora and her friends. In the background spoke Mr. Saladin "are you worried, Faragonda?..." he asked concerned.

She nodded "it is as you said... A big future is awaiting her... I just hope she will be ready by then" Mr. Saladin could only nod in agreement. "Me too... But atleast she won't be alone" he tried to cheer up Mrs. Faragonda "I know that... I saw her with other people I couldn't completely make out... But still, I don't want her to get hurt... She is still a newcomer, even if she is able to do a little magic..." she said, still worried. Mr. Paladin hummed and suggested "I guess you will have to keep a careful eye over her until we know more about the people on her side and her Future... We can't change the future, we can only help them...". Faragonda sighed "I know... But, I will still help them. I will train them..." Mr. Paladin smiled "yes... We will make sure to do our best so that their future is safe..." What exactly was that all about? What would be awaiting Flora and the others? Make sure to check in so you stay tuned and find out! //to be continued\\

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​Flora P.o.V

It was a new day and I was excited. Yesterday was really fun celebrating with the guys but today we would finally have our first day at school. I would be able to learn about potions way more and all kinds of magic like Transformation and such. I am really excited so I can't wait.

A lot of people would call me a nerd but I don't mind, I just generally am excited to attend alfea with all the opportunities. But first of I need to get the tour done with, even if I looked at everything. I was in the line for it and the teacher asked "and you are?.." and I said "I'm Flora Cortez...." she nodded "yes... From Linphea.." I nodded "oki go over there" as she pointed towards the group of students, I then went to the other students.

But then I spotted Stella and Bloom. I didn't know Bloom was a student here but I was excited to see them.

I approached them as they were the only ones I knew in this crowd. "Hey Stella and Bl---" suddenly Stella held a finger to shut my mouth and whispered "shhh!" I rose an eyebrow and looked at her questioningly. Bloom looked apologetic as she said in a whisper "we should explain it to her, since she knows me" and Stella didn't seem thrilled about it but agreed. She finally lifted her finger off my lips before saying "fine... but first we gotta go somewhere, where no one hears us" and just like that she grabbed my arm before dragging me away.

"ummm.... mind telling me what is going on?" at this point I was really confused but I also didn't like them dragging me around, so a little on edge. We went into a corner by the sidelines, near a building but in a way that the teachers wouldn't see us in their perspective. Bloom said "sorry, we just didn't wanna blow my entrance here" to which I was just even more confused. "let me explain" Stella then said.

I gave her an awaiting look before she started explaining "Bloom isn't enrolled, she figured out just yesterday that she is a fairy! but my friend, Verona the Princess of Callisto, wanted to cancel her application here. After she was accepted she got into a private school too, so she decided to attend the private school since it's closer by for fairies in her hometown.

But since no one knows I thought Bloom could enroll here as Verona so she could learn to be a fairy" that made way more sense now, after she explained it. But still, this didn't feel right. It's not against bloom but all the fairies here had to enroll and had to qualify for it, I didn't know how to feel about her posing as someone else just so she could take part in alfea. I voiced my concerns "I don't know, isn't this illegal? and what if you get caught?" Stella threw me a look "I don't think anyone is gonna figure out.... Unless you tell on us" I didn't believe that "I just mean..... wouldn't Veronas rejection to alfea already have reached them?" I wasn't gonna tell on them but I didn't wanna get in trouble for practically helping a fugitive. Stellas face softened "oh don't worry about that! Verona gave me the letter to deliver... So if I don't give it they won't know and none of us will get in trouble, because no one, other then me, knows what Verona looks like" I was a bit shocked they thought this out so thoroughly but also relieved because that meant, that it was properly safe which made me relax. Bloom was a nice person, so even though I don't like the idea of it itself I was oki with it because atleast I knew the person and now wouldn't get in trouble since it was thought out.

We heard yelling "oki, everyone gather around!" Stella groaned and said "That's Ms. Griselda! We should quickly get going or she will notice some fairies are missing" that seemed unlikely "really?" I asked as I followed them back to the crowd of fairies and the two teachers.

Stella nodded "Yup. Let's just say, me and Ms. Griselda have a history. She also knows I'm retaking the first year, so she will notice if I'm not there." she explained. Wow, I wondered what kind of relationship they must have if the teacher would notice Stella missing.

We went back to the group and I got to see firsthand that Stella wasn't kidding. Ms. Griselda seemed to be the one with the brown hair, she looked around frantically before her eyes settled on Stella and she sighed out of relief before looking to the other teacher, who's name I didn't know of yet, we could hear her say "there she is" even if it was more shushed before she then said "alright since everyone is here, say your greetings to the headmistress of this school: Mrs. Faragonda" and motioned to the woman beside her.

I have heard her name before but never met Mrs. Faragonda, she was like a Legend in a way, we all clapped and did a slight bow to show our respect to her. "It's my great pleasure to welcome you new students, please follow me" and so the tour began. While we walked she explained rules while also talking about how our life as a fairy would go, that we needed to acquire our enchantix to be considered a guardian fairy since it was the last transformation available. But before that we would first need to learn to control our control powers, the magix and prove ourselves before we were even at the step to get enchantix. Before we even could acquire enchantix we also had to acquire Charmix. Ms. Griselda also informed us that we would need to also pass the tests and graduate 'cause otherwise they couldn't help us reach our full potential. They didn't want fairies who didn't take both the practical and theoretical part seriously.

Mrs. Faragonda quickly reassured us that even if not all fairies graduated with enchantix, they would've learned everything they needed to still live as a fairy and help on their planets.

Actually it wasn't even that farspread as it was difficult to get enchantix, so not everyone would be able to get the transformation. I would definitely try my best, that's for sure, but there is more to being a fairy then the last transformation. There was also a transformation they were gonna teach us and try to give us first: charmix. Charmix is also a rather hard to get transformation but if you could get that then that was already proof enough that you're ready for harder things like enchantix. Again, not everyone will get it. Some graduated in the first form: magix, and that is fine since the experience and everything they learned in alfea would be useful to them afterwards.

I was really excited to learn all the things they listed. The last stop was outside of the building, across where we had started, but this time we went another way and saw a destroyed room. Mrs. Faragonda smiled as she waved to Ms. Griselda "that is all. Questions will be answered by Ms. Griselda, she will also tell you why it's important to abide these rules".

Ms. Griselda cleared her throat, before continuing "well, what you see here is the destroyed Chemistry lab. Don't worry, we are repairing it, you will all still have potions and chemistry just in another room.

This room is to make clear what could happen if you don't abide to the rules: chaos. Chaos and destruction will happen. Isn't that right Stella?" She threw a glare at Stella. Stella groaned "it really wasn't on purpose!" she whined. Griselda rolled her eyes "well, that's what happens when you just mix every potion possible, not thinking about what could happen" you could tell she was still bitter "I hope this year, you won't explode it AGAIN" before rubbing her temples.

The other fairies giggled and laughed but were quickly shut up by Ms. Griselda "that goes for everyone else too." I guess atleast I know now one of the few factors why Stella had to retake. She then clapped her hands "now, go to your rooms and get settled in! I will be in my secretary if you all have any questions" I saw someone already running to her before she walked away. As Stella, Bloom and me went to our rooms I said slightly amused "soooo........ you exploded the lab?" Stella played with her hair a bit flustered "well... on accident. Well it's fine, my dad paid for the repairs of it anyway. Also now I know not to experiment again" me and Bloom threw her a amused look like "why" and she seemed to have caught on to it as she explained "Mr. Paladium always says to try out things... I guess I took that to literally" she smiled sheepishly before we all shared a laugh together.

We reached the room, it was easy to find since our surnames are on a plate infront of the dorms door, also because I had been here before.

But the relationship with her and Griselda slightly started to bother me "when you tell Mrs. Faragonda about Bloom... I hope the blood between you, us and Ms. Griselda won't get bad, or in your case worse" she waved her hand as if not caring "don't worry. In her core Ms. Griselda has a soft heart. Also at worst she will focus more on me" I hoped she was right but at the same time I hoped that everything will go according to Stellas plan.

"Shouldn't we call Bloom Verona for now? Someone could walk in while we don't" Stella nodded and Bloom said "I guess for now I will be Verona from Callisto".

"Callisto? Isn't that really far away?" someone suddenly spoke up behind the entrance. Stella looked spooked, Bloom flinched and I somehow recognized the voice so even though I was caught off guard I wasn't as surprised. "Sorry didn't mean to spook you. I'm Tecna" she introduced herself. I turned around and smiled wide when I realized it was the same Tecna I spoke to yesterday. She seemed to recognize me "oh hey Flora!" she said happy and shook my hand.

"Tecna its good to see you again!" I gave her hand a reassuring light squeeze. "You too. I guess we are in a dorm together, that's a cool coincidence" I nodded in agreement. "Wait Flora you know Tecna? Wow that feels less like a coincidence and more like fate, don't you think?" said Bloom dreamingly.

Stella then replied "If she knows the other 2 too then that would be weird" bloom looked surprised "why?" Stella shrugged "because, we just began the year and all the students are new" Tecna then replied "that is true.

Technically Flora shouldn't know the others but if she did then it's still a coincidence. A lower chance one but oh well..." a new Voice spoke up "I'm hearing a lot of theory talk" said the voice ,not really excited about it but still smiling "sorry to butt in, but I am Musa and just got here. I will also live with you guys" Stella counted "5, is that all?" she asked "it's fun if there is a lot of people" I answered since even though I was glad we didn't all have to share a room I was still glad I had more roommates then anticipated. "We will all become great friends!" I said excited and dreamingly, hoping that we would start a great friendship.

Bloom smiled brightly "sure! I would love too" and the others joined in "me too". Tecna then said "its always best to get along, otherwise this would be annoying" Bloom kinda made a unsure face and Stella said "well without Drama its also boring. It's also not like we can get along ALL the time" Tecna shrugged "I guess that's true. I just meant we should try to get along so there are no fights" Musa nodded "of course! We aren't the boys" to which we all laughed.

Then Stella said "did you all see the boys? They are suppppeerrr cute!" I nodded but Tecna and Musa shook their head. "Oh right, you went on a mission with them! Ouhhhh you gotta tell me! Did they talk about me and Bloom?" she asked excited. She was so excited that I didn't wanna let her down, but I also didn't wanna lie.... "Umm well.... I only witnessed the drive and there was alot going on, a few of them were injured and were talking about going back and stuff..." I tried to let her down easy. But she continued "so????" and Musa rolled her eyes slightly as she finished for me "they didn't talk about you" I smiled awkwardly "but I wasn't there afterwards! Maybe they talked about you guys in their dorms!" Stella grinned brightly at that.

"Totally right!" she said confidently "They probably only talk about girls with each other.... No offense Flora" I shook my head "I totally agree. I mean they know I go to this school and know you guys too. So if they think that you go to school here they wouldn't talk with me about you since I could let you know" Tecna said "I guess that makes sense. If they had a interest for one of you he wouldn't tell the other since we could tell each other...." bloom sighed "oh man... How are we gonna figure out if they like us?" Stella shrugged "don't be silly. If they like us that much they are gonna ask us out of course! But we also have to show interest" she said.

She is really confident but she also said that to remind bloom and make her more hopeful for the idea that she could see them again. I saw them last time and noticed that she had an eye for Brandon. "I'm pretty sure Brandon likes you Bloom." I ,with that sentence, made Stellas claim stronger. Bloom smiled but blushed slightly "I never said I liked Brandon...." but Stella already showed me thumbs up.

Musa sighed "can we talk about something else then guys?" to which Tecna nodded. I felt bad, of course they didn't know the guys so they couldn't connect to what we were talking about. Bloom then piped up with lots of enthusiasm "I know what we can do! What do you guys think about getting a pizza?" we all looked confused and Tecna asked "what is a Pizza?" bloom smiled shyly "it's a delicacy on my planet...".

"Oh! Then we should go to sparks! It has all the clothes, Food and just everything! We can definitely get every kind of food there!" Stella said. We all agreed ,on our way out we almost missed the bus but all ran.

We made it just in time, inside the bus we all laughed while also catching our breath.

After a few minutes we were in sparks, the inner city and mall, this was a nice recall for me when I met Tecna but now I was here with my whole group of friends that I just made.

We all sat down at a table and bloom ordered a 'pizza'. I still don't know what that is but we all trusted her and waited at the table while she was at the front ordering it.

She came back with boxes and when she opened the lid circle like things were in there. I didn't know what to think as I didn't eat pizza before ever. But I took a pizza slice with spinat and one with thunfish, since I'm a vegatarian, other then eating fish.

As I took a bite, the texture was foreign to me but it tasted delicious! It didn't take long for any of us to finish the pizza and we were all full. Bloom sighed, I looked at her "is something wrong sweetie?" she pointed at her phone "it's just... I can't reach my parents but I wanna let them know I'm oki" Tecna reached out towards her hand "let me take a look at it" and bloom passed her phone over.

She chuckled as she opened the lid and looked at the insides "whats so funny?" asked Bloom and Tecna smiled amused as she was detaching and reattaching some material "its just... This is a really old model" bloom looked confused "but its the newest Version?" and I couldn't hear it but Stella whispered something in her ear.

Tecna looked guilty "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have laughed." and as she then replaced the lid she said "try using it now. But I don't know if it will work without problem" Stella looked confused "why not?" Tecna then said "her phone doesn't have the intergalactic chip, that's why it doesn't reach. I used a spare one but I don't know if it's compatible with her phone since my country is on different technology and doesn't list the older ones" Bloom looked unsure and Musa asked "how did it fit if its incompatible" really unimpressed "easy. It has the right dimension. I have multiple spares on me since sometimes I built gadgets on the way or have to repair things. One of them fit but that doesn't mean that her phone itself will accept it. If she doesn't have a chip then maybe her phone doesn't even have the capability for it altogether" bloom placed her phone down "I will take the phone there" before walking away.

Stella sighed "you mad her sad!" Tecna scowled "I just said how it is! I can't make it work if it wasn't even programmed to be able to connect to the chip and let her reach home!" Stella looked offended and Musa butted in "you could have said it nicer" so I stepped in "guys please. Bloom wasn't offended, she just wants to talk to her parents..." Tecna then said "we can get her a new phone" and smiled , with an added, "a better one at that!", Musa smiled amused but said "calm down." and Stella joined it "yeah, this was her phone for ages. She probably has some attachment to it" Tecna pondered "Oki then, no new phone. I will just ask her to remodel it. Then I can program it to work with the chip" I smiled "sounds like a great plan! Lets do that".

At first I was a bit worried that the argumentation would turn into a fight, since everyone had different opinions,but I shouldn't have judged to fast. They only wanted to find the best solution.

Stella was ordering some drinks and Tecna again looked over Blooms phone just to know what components to use later on, when Bloom said yes. Tecna was sure she would if she actually had attachment. But I found it weird how long Bloom took "guys... Don't you think Bloom is taking to long? I'm beginning to worry..." since it was late and she didn't know the way around it could also be that she got lost in the dark when to many people were there.

Stella looked at her phone "you're right, we should make sure she is alright and see whats taking her so long." and then stood up. We followed after her and Musa asked "how are we gonna find her?" but then we heard a loud crash "lets just follow the noise!" Stella said confidently with a smirk. After running there we have seemed to have arrived a bit late, bloom was already covered in ice and couldn't move.

"Get away from her!" Stella yelled and the ones that made her this way were 3 witches and an ogre.

My eyes widened as I recognized the ogre from the mission "Stella! Isn't that the ogre from last time!" Stella nodded "he must work for those witches!" she was really angry "pick on someone on your size and let our friend go!" she looked at us with a certain shimmer in her eyes and we all understood, it was time to transform "Magix Transformation!" we all shouted in union. Immediately we were ready to defend Bloom after transforming, The witches looked unimpressed "Knut! Deal with those annoying fairies will ya?~" said the one with long white hair with an evil smirk. -skip (yes I'm Skipping cause otherwise it will be to long of a chapter) - "Come behind me girls!" Stella said and took of her ring, she threw it in the air and it became a scepter. Then she she teleported us before the witches magic, which Stella told us were called the Trix, could hit us. We were back in alfea ,well atleast infront of the gates "oh my god bloom... Are you alright?...." I asked concerned as Stella used her magic to get her out of the ice. She answered shakily "y-yeah..." Musa and Tecna didn't look amused "Bloom???" they asked.

I looked to Stella "sorry..." and Stella explained everything to them. "Wow... You're in big trouble when Ms. Griselda finds out...." Tecna said. Stella sighed "we know..." Bloom atleast wasn't shaking anymore. "Lets get in before Bloom catches a cold", I said and they all nodded.

Suddenly Ms. Griselda appeared infront of us "Not so fast girls! don't you have something to tell us? Maybe about your friend there" she pointed to Bloom "whoever she is" oh dear, they found out. We were in big trouble. Luckily Mrs. Faragonda was there too "Let's talk with them inside, it's freezing here" thankfully she could tell that Bloom was cold, so we really appreciated her taking this conversation inside.

Well, they had to find out one way or another.

"We're sorry about lying, we wanted to tell you but we didn't get to" I immediately apologized and bloom and Stella nodded before Stella said "it was my idea, please don't be harsh on Bloom and Flora". Now Ms. Griselda spoke up, rather angry, "what gave you the idea to smuggle a girl in, lie about it and think that was oki???" before Mrs. Faragonda continued, more friendly, "don't be to harsh on them. But I too, would like to know what all the lying was about. You should've spoken to us, you not only brought yourself but your friends in trouble" we looked really guilty and apologized again. Yes it was a stupid idea and decision but we thought it was right. Bloom then softly spoke up "I'm sorry they did it for me. I just found out I'm a fairy and wanted to attend but couldn't apply here 'cause I didn't even know this place before and fairies were only myth" now Griselda looked confused, but since we were within 4 walls and with Bloom she spoke softly "where are you from?" she asked Bloom.

Bloom sat down as she was still cold as she answered, still shivering, "I'm from earth. There I met Stella yesterday" Griseldas eyes widened "earth? but there aren't supposed to be any fairies on earth anymore" the last part was a bit quieter but I definitely heard her say it. They others also seemed to catch it as I unsurely looked to the others, whos eyes I immediately caught and they also threw confused glances around. Bloom didn't hear it but that was probably for the better. I quietly asked "what does that mean? we saw her powers and she really is from earth" Mrs. Faragonda heard my question and then walked towards us "the truth is most fairies either left earth or disappeared, since people stopped believing in magic on earth and also there was a magic war before that had occurred." she also whispered as she answered my question.

This was a lot and Bloom wasn't doing to well, so it was better she would get to hear this when she was healthy again.

Stella looked hopeful "so... can bloom please stay here? Verona can't come here...." and threw Mrs. Faragonda a puppy look. She sighed "It's not that easy. I will have to talk with the others about it and even then I can't promise anything" she answered truthfully.

Atleast she would talk about it with the other teachers at Alfea. Ms. Griselda then said "well this is ,after all, a high pristine fairy highschool.".

That's right, most fairies competed for the spots but also Alfea was very welcoming and only demanding in taking in fairies that qualified personality wise.

There was once an incident where a fairy was a bit unique and turned out to be evil, she later became a witch but after that Alfea made sure that the ones they were accepting were fairy material or if she was destined to be something else, then they would send her there with a recommendation. They felt guilty, since if she had landed at Cloudtower then she could have become a great Witch like Mrs. Griffin or one of the others teaching her. Being at a school that didn't fit her just made her angrier and then the anger turned her evil. I could understand their concerns, they wanted not only to stop that from happening again but also from helping everyone find their right place and get what destiny has in store for them.

"but for now she can stay here. Just until we have everything figured out, we need her here to figure this out" Mrs. Faragonda said to which Stella victorsly squeaked "yaayyyyy! thank you Mrs. Faragonda" she said happily. "Now bring her to the dorm, she needs to rest for tomorrow" we all nodded. Stella went to Bloom, probably to tell her the great news. The others already exited the room, I waited for Stella and Bloom before suddenly I heard Ms. Griselda said "wait Ms. Cortez. We need to have a little talk" I didn't know what this was about so I was really confused.

I waved to Stella and Bloom as farewell before the door closed and I turned around to face the headmistress and Ms. Griselda. Worriedly I asked "what's wrong? Did I do something?" because, yes, I knew I messed up but I wasn't the only one that went along with the plan so if it was about that then I was confused why I was the only one that had to stay.

"this is about something else, Flora" Mrs. Faragonda now said, I was really confused. She sighed softly "please take a seat" she didn't offer but asked me, now I was getting worried since she wanted me to sit down. I just wonder what this is about. "o-oki" I said nervous and sat down across from her, infront of the table.

"We're glad to have you here Flora. We were wondering when your brother, Valerion, would come here" it sounded like I was a guest here which made me really confused "why? he is at Red fountain" I informed them to which Mrs. Faragondas eyebrow rose before settling back in her chair. "oh well. We would've thought he should come here, considering he is a student here" my eyes might as well be bulging out of their sockets, that's how shocked I was. But also, what where they talking about??!?!? why would he be a student here?!?!?!? "w-WhAt?" I slightly had a voicecrack from the shook. "w-what do you mean, a student here? I'm the one out of the two of us that will attend Alfea" I tried explaining since their statement made no sense.

Now they were the ones to look confused "you? but Flora, you already got a position in Red Fountain, why would you want a spot here when you already have one there?" Ms. Griselda now asked curiously. I'm pretty sure my eyes might have popped out, if possible, from shook from just that one statement. Confusedly I tried to calm down to figure out what was going on "huh...??? what do you mean? I applied for Alfea". They seemed to notice that there was some miscommunication so they took out some papers "well.... only if your name is Valerion and you're male" Griselda said before giving me the papers.

It was Valerions application, since I helped him with it and we were both sibling ours looked pretty similar other then our personal info. I looked at the papers, more confused then ever "but these were supposed to arrive at Red fountain" I declared to them. "Well, I don't know what's going on but the paper did arrive. Your paper" Ms. Griselda used some magic before she showed me a list of students at Red Fountain.

The Schoolhead must share it between the Counsellors. There I saw my name.

But that made no sense! I mean it couldn't, I swore I applied to Alfea. Not knowing what to make of this I asked "I-I think my letter got send wrongly. B-But also.... h-how did I get admissioned into Red fountain and my brother here at alfea? aren't these schools only girl or only boy schools?" to which Mrs. Faragonda explained "Well, we got the application and we already had students before here that wanted to attend Red fountain ,even though they were girls. When Red fountain got your application and we got the one from your brother, we talked to each other. We thought you both wanted to attend the opposite school, that normally doesn't allow it. So, we decided to let you both into the schools you wanted". That was nice, but the only problem was: I wanted to go to Alfea and not Red fountain. I trained my magic for Alfea and my potions knowledge, and not how to fight, like my brother did, for Red fountain.

"I-I'm sorry there seems to be a mistake, can't me and Valerion switch?" I asked as a last resort effort.

"I'm sorry Ms. Cortez but that won't be possible. We already arranged everything for your brother here. Likewise, everything was arranged for you at Red fountain. Even if we wanted to, we can't just switch you both around after all we put into it to make it work. We even talked with Management to get it all ruled out so you could attend a boys school and your brother this girl school" I know they tried to let me down softly but all my hope broke.

I know what they meant but at the end it was just "We can't do this, because it will ruin everything we worked for", which I knew they had the right to but it still hurt.

I was exited for so long, got in only to now be told that I somehow applied for Red fountain and not Alfea. That's when I remembered something "but what about my confirmation??? When i got it, it said that I got into Alfea and not Valerion" Mrs. Faragonda and Ms. Griselda looked at me with pity "Flora we can understand that this is difficult, but the facts speak for themselves." I began to stutter and tears began to flow "b-but I swear-..." Mrs. Faragonda sighed before standing up and softly patting my shoulder "alright, how about you show me the paper?" she offered me. I immediately nodded. I had it with me because I was so proud to get in that I carried it with me as if it was a trophy. I took it out of my pocket and handed it to her. She opened my folded letter and her eyes flew over the words.

She threw me a sorry look before beginning to read out "Dear Ms. Cortez, After long thinking we are delighted to tell you, you were accepted!

School will start on the upcoming Monday at 8:15 am sharp, please arrive on time at Red fountain.

It is not everyday that we can let something like this happen and we are excited to have and meet you as our Student.

We hope we can count on each other. With great excitement, Mr. Saladin" my face slightly dropped. But I also said "I-I thought..... that it was a teacher here at Alfea" I didn't know every Teacher here. But also, when I got the letter I only read the first few words out of excitement and must have missed the Info that stated that I got a position in Red fountain and not Alfea.

Mrs. Griselda sighed "no it's the headmaster of Red fountain.... Look Ms. Cortez, we're very sorry it got this messy" I could hear that she meant it too, which made me feel somehow worse. "but maybe this is your destiny. Your application letter didn't land at Red fountain for no reason" she tried to console me. Well this wasn't what I wanted, but I also knew I couldn't do anything against it. I was still sad.

Ms. Griselda softly stroke my shoulder. She was nice after all. I wiped my tears "Can I... atleast stay the night? I brought all my things here" before Faragonda answered, Griselda said "of course! It's to late and dangerous to go out now anyway. Get a good nights sleep and.... take care of it tomorrow" I nodded. Before I slowly left the room with my head hanging.

I went to the dorms and as I walked in, I saw the others waiting for me. I didn't expect them to wait, Stella asked "so..... Everything alright? I hope I didn't get you into trouble" I shook my head. I could barely stop my tears again. Musa walked up to me "what's wrong?" my lips quivered a bit and I didn't want to break down infront of them, but my tears already started flowing.

Bloom and Stella ran to me, before hugging me tightly "oh Flora..... we're sorry..." they still thought it was their fault. I heard my voice crack as I said "i-it's not because of that...." they lead me to the sofa to sit down. The others also gathered around "then what? What happened?" asked Musa worried. I shakily inhaled before explaining "I have to leave tomorrow" all their eyes widened. Tecna now asked with a slightly loud voice "why??!?!? You didn't do anything wrong!" she also seemed upset that I had to leave. It was kinda heartwarming that I meant so much to them.

"my application.... I-I was taken in.... b-but...." I took a shaky breath in before ending with "in Red fountain...." all of them looked shocked, mostly Stella "Red fountain??? but that's an all boys school!" Stella said confused.

I nodded "I know..... apparently my application somehow got mixed up.... and landed in Red fountain. They made an exception, letting me in, since there were already occurrences where girls wanted to join but couldn't...." before I could explain more, Tecna already concluded "so when your application landed there, they thought that you were one of them that wanted to join and then made the effort to make it possible" I nodded in confirmation. "but how could that happen? I mean, your application landing in the wrong place" Bloom asked confused.

I sighed softly "Do you remember one of the specialists from last time, Valerion? He had light cream to white hair and the same skin colour as me" I figured they might not remember his name, since it was all a little hectic. Stella immediately nodded but Bloom seemed to not recognize him even after my description "it was my brother Valerion. He and I applied together for Alfea and Red fountain. I was helping him and vice versa.... I think, somehow our letters got mixed up or we might have got them mixed up ourselves and then send them to the wrong place" understanding filled their faces but their eyes are still occupied with empathy and sadness.

"Did you try to convince them to let you stay?" Musa asked softly. Again I nodded "I tried but they told me everything is already taken care of... and that they can't do anything" Stella suddenly got angry "That is total bull!" but Tecna tried to calm her down "well it's not their fault. The Management decides it and they probably went through a lot of lengths to make it possible, it could destroy the future possibility of the opposite gender attending Alfea and Red fountain if they suddenly say it was just a mess up...." I already figured as much but still hearing that conformation made me even sadder.

It was after all my own fault but I can't mess it up for future girls and boys that want to attend the opposite schools. Stella crossed her arms "it's still total bullshit.... Why does Flora have to weigh all the responsibilities of the future of the school. It's messed up." Musa nodded "yeah, also this is just wrong. Flora will be the only girl there" my eyes widened "I-I hadn't even realized that" Stella elbowed Musa and she looked angrily at her.

Bloom hugged me softly "Don't worry.... You already know a few people there!" she tried to cheer me up. Honestly it did help a little, the thought that I wasn't all alone there without having anyone I knew. I smiled slightly "yeah.... You're right" but I still wasn't that excited to attend Red fountain. It really wasn't because I hated the school, it is cool. I just already had made friends here and was so excited with the knowledge I would get to attend Alfea. We closed the hug off, I looked to the others "but can I visit you guys???? I will miss you" they all nodded. "of course! We will also come visit you" Bloom answered immediately. Stella smirked "of course, there are ups. We won't only visit you but get to meet cute boys!" the others screamed "STELLA!" before I began to giggle.

We all laughed and I smiled at them. I would really miss them.

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Me and the girls stayed up most of the night, not wanting to go to sleep and just spending every minute we could together before I would actually leave and not be able to see them for a while.
Even though it would be the most saddest and dreadful moment happening to me, I didn't even think about it as we gigled, make jokes, played silly games, watches movies and just spend time together. They helped me keep my mind off such thoughts, but now that everyone had fallen asleep and I was the only one left awake I couldn't help these thoughts and feelings from crossing my mind.
I didn't even know them for that long but they already had a special place in my heart, it made it even harder to leave. Not that I have much of a choice, since I can't force to stay here, but even so I wished it could be different and I could be able to attend this school with them and become even better friends then right now.
But I would never be able to experience that, atleast not with them. I won't ever get to know what could have been, if I didn't send my application to the wrong place and instead attended this place with them.
Would we really have become better friends? Or would we have grown seperated after getting to kow each other?
Well, even if I don't know what would've happened. I'm still happy I got to know them. Even if we couldn't be as close as if I had attended this school, we promised to stay friends and to stay in contact.
That's the only thing I'm hanging on too right now, knowing we will still see each other someday even if just on school occasion or outside of school. That was enough for me.
It was barely 5 am, maybe I should also get some sleep but my mind wouldn't leave me alone and just with all the thought going around my head, I thought it wise then to go to bed and provoke a nightmare. I knew I would definitely have one, I would rather my last day be pleasent with them instead of making it a bad memory because I either soured the mood with my nightmare or end up a burden, with them guilt ridden. After all the effort they put into cheering me up, I should atleast leave on a good note instead to put their minds at ease that I will be alright.
Since I couldn't put my mind to rest anyways, I stood up quietly and made sure everyone was sleeping soundly. I didn't want to wake them but most of them were sleeping without a blanket, so while I was walking around I also put a blanket on top of those that didn't have one.
I went into the shared room of mine and blooms, since I didn't have the heart to yesterday I just will take my time while they're sleeping to pack up my stuff.
Atleast I didn't have a lot of things, considering this was just the start of the year. But since my borther would move in here, I left the books and essentials he needed to attend alfea i the room for him and just packed my clothes, tools and ingredients for potions.

It didn't take that long, considering the most important stuff I left behind. I only took so many things with me since the schoold stuff was more important to me then my own belongings.
Not that I could bring much anywys, considering that if I wanted to take anything that was personal, then it would've been my already planted plants, that I created with magic and the potions, or our garden in Linphea. Considering that, most of my hobbies I was able to take with me to alfea since the garden is not something I can take with me. I did take th eplant with me, but with evertyhin that was happening, i didn't even have the time to put it out in my room.
I will have to take it with me, since Valerion isn't interested in plants and also I wanted to look after the plant myself. i created it myself after all, so I would also be good to know what is good and what is bad for the plant. I had some basic knowledge since it was a hybrid, a mix between two plants, but the rest I would need to figure out on my own.
But first I should get my luggage into red fountain while the others are still sleeping. I don't plan on going without saying goodbye, but since I can't seem to be able to sleep anyways I might as well just prepare everything in advance.
I tried to be as careful as possible, which seemed really hard as a few things had landed on the ground from us eating snacks as we watched videos, so I had to sneak around to not step on the empty paper or on the remote, that also somehow landed on the ground.
Thankfully all seemingly were deep in sleep, as I stumbled around a little, but no one flinched. I guess it was because they all went to bed pretty late.
I finally made it to the door and closed it behind me as quietly as possible. It was now 6 am, I took longer then expected to pack but it was also hard for me to let go. So even though it was selfish, I used every second I could to enjoy it here as long as I could.
I should actually make sure that Valerion is awake. Since we switch places, I guess I will now live in the dorm he had settled in the day before. I didn't know which one it was, so I had to pray he was awake so I could swing around and drop off my luggage.

Not to mention I didn't have a key. I guess it's because we're family, but I still got the dorm keys even though I wasn't a student at alfea. They probably didn't notice the mistake as a lot was going on when the others arrived. Or it could also be, since we're related, they gave me the key thinking I would give it to him and that we're helping each other move in.
Yeah that made sense. Anyways I should stop thinking about this and get a move on. I looked at my phone before I decided to text Val and then, after 5 minutes, I called him. I know it was rude but it's not like we could avoid this.
Luckily he answered the call rather quick, so he was awake after all, before he grumbingly asked "what...?" I smiled softly before I whispered into the phone "Val it's me..." immediatly he didn't seem as annoyed as before "oh hey Flo.... Everything alright?" it was obvious that he was already let know about the whole wrong school thing. But he didn't seem bothered. No, rather he seemed worried that I would be sad.
"yeah everything is fine... umm, is it alright if I come over? I already packed everything and... yeah" I heard some shuffling on the other end before he replied, still tired though, "sure... Don't forget your dorm keys, I will need them. When you're here, text me. Let's try not to wake the others" I nodded until I realised he wouldn't be able to see that through the phone. So I replied "oki, I will" and before he we hung up he said "let's switch keys as soon as you are here... see you" even though he tried, I could tell that he was indeed bothered.
I could only guess why he was acting like that. He knew neither I nor him are really at fault, after all it was an accident. We didn't wanna sabotage each other. If he acted like he didn't care, it would hurt less. I wish I could also tune out my feelings like that, but it isn't just a push of a button.
I held my phone inside the pocket of my jacket. It was could as it was still early. I walked out of alfea and for a while through the woods. The schools were close to each other, but still had distance so I would've to walk for 1 hour. Instead, since I was worried I might not be able to later on, I transformed and flew to Red fountain. I knew the way as I saw it outside the window when I was brought back to alfea.
Honestly, If I had walked I could've enjoyed the scenery more. But I didn't wanna drag it out and only make it harder for me to leave alfea.

In only 20 minutes I had arrived at Red fountain. Since it was early it wasn't really windy, it was just quiet, even nature still asleep, and a little cold.
I took out my phone and texted Valerion that I was outside Red fountain. He responded quickly and when I entered the building he was already in the hallway ,on his way to me.
It was faster than I expected, but I bet that even though he said he would wait for my text that he himself also had his luggage ready and that he, like me, would rather get this done with sooner than later. After all not only my ambition but also his are getting are bit trampled on with the sudden changes of events. We didn't have anyone to blame ourselves, but considering he loved red fountain and his excitement for it are the same with mine for alfea, he must also just want to get it over with. Me so I don't change my mind and beg Miss Faragonda to let me stay. Him, as I know him, probably so it hurts less and so he doesn't have to think about what he will lose.
I waved, even if it wouldn't be early I would. I'm not the type to scream across halls to get someones attention. He recognized me easily and returned the wave with a short lift of his hand before he let it drop again.
Like I thought, he already had his things with him. He took even less things with him than I did. He didn't want to risk damaging his guitar, also he said with the red fountain training he wouldn't really get a change to play the guitar again. Also he insitsted on only taking 5 outfits with him, saying he wears the same thing most of the time anyways.
Maybe now he could atleast get the guitar back, though alfeas training isn't that much easier you still have a little bit more free time on your own since specialists also need to go on missions. So he carried his things in his backpack, that he was carrying on his back. As I approached him I looked at him softly. He looked tired, It is probably mostly because he was upset, not that he will ever admit it.
I didn't really know what to say, it was awkward and I felt really bad and guilty. He scoffed before smiling and saying "so? Don't tell me you forgot the keys" he joked. Same old him, but it was the easiest this way, neither him or I could say anything to make the other fell better. If he wants to joke to lighten the situation and cope with it, then I will accept that. I rolled my eyes "no... It's not like I'm forgetul" he laughed "but you are pretty lost most of the time. Got worried it rubbed on to your other senses too" of course he had to make a joke about me being disoriented.
So I joked "I don't let my defets affect me, like others" and threw him a look with a smirk. He laughed and shook his head "fine, fine. Then lets switch dorm keys" he said. I nodded and took out my keys, as we swapped it I realized something so I stared at him with big eyes.
But he only looked at me confused.

"I know it's late to ask, but if we have to switch places... even rooms... does that mean I have to bunk and share a room with the guys?" suddenly his eyes buldged out "oh I didn't think about that. You should ask the teacher, they probably have a solution. It's not like they want to make you or the boys uncomfortable." he reasoned. I sighed in relief, of course he was right. Of course I can be at red fountain but that didn't mean I was a boy nor that I could room with multiple boys together.
He then added "I mean, if you had to then with that logic I would 've to bunk with whichever girl you're sharing a room with" which ,now that he said it outloud, seemed like a dumb worry. I'm pretty sure, making a girl and boy share a room, was pretty mich illegal anyways.
It was a bit different in Red fountain from Alfea though, You shared a room with up to 4 people if there is room. Knowing that Valerions room was with 3 other guys, because of its size, I don't know If I can even get a single room or if I still would've have to share a room.
I know that in Alfea Stella had her own Room, but that was because we're only 5 people in a dorm for 6 and her room got only assigned to her. I think they will give it to Valerion though, since I doubt any of them really want to share a room with a boy. They do make jokes and gush about boys but having to share a room is different, it's to intimidate. Also I'm not certain it's even legal

But since in Red fountain they share a room up to 4 people, this either means I somehow need to get used to it or live in a closet space. To be honest the second sounds tight and not like the best solution, but that was better then having no privacy. Of course I knew the guys Valerion lived with, they were nice and actually pretty understanding. But that didn't mean I wanted to get changed together with them. Neither did I want them to see me change, or see them change, nor would I like it. It seemed pretty embarrassing.
But I'm getting carried away, we can probably find a solution, I just am a little scared in the case there is no solution.
But I shouldn't see everything so bleak. First up, after I put my things in valerions prior room, is go look for the teacher and ask them. "Earth to Flora" Valerions hand waved before my eyes. I smiled guilty "sorry, what did you say?" he sighed "I asked if you're good, or if you wanted me to help with your things. You brought more of your own stuff annnnddd while I help you, we can figure this out together. I know you worry right now" seeing as she even drifted away into her thoughts, she wasn't shocked that he noticed. "yeah you're right. we can't stand around here all day anyways" she was glad Valerion was here, he had a way to make her worries disappear or seem like nothing.
Since we were at Red fountain, I opened the door as quietly as possible to temporaly place my things in his prior room, before heading to the principals office. It would be less awkward to ask with her Brother by her side. So she walked to the principals office, accompanied by Val, before she knocked.
It was rather early but the school already opened at 6 am, even if school started at 7:30 most of the time. Flora heard a deep voice "Come in" before she rotated the round door handle and opened the door. "Ah Miss Cortez, we have been anticipating your arrival. How may I help you?" he asked friendly, even if tired.
I looked unsure, to which Val gave me a reassurring push. "Um... I was just wondering, other then me there are no other female students... How exactly will I live here?" I asked after gathering the courage.
"don't worry Ms. Cortez, you will be assigned to your brothers dorm" she looked unsure and was about to cut in when he added "we will customize the room, so that you will have a private area away from the boys, but in general you will share the same room" well that sounded good, theoritcally. "Um, how exactly?" she asked unsure and curious "we also have mages here, we will use magic to customize the room to make it liveable for all participants... We will do so, after everyone is awake, anymore questions?". For a second she thought about it. The only thing that came to mind was, why the room wasn't customized beforehand, but that seemed rather insensitive to ask.

Then I remembered something I did want to ask about "what about the schedule? I was at the wrong school yesterday, so I didn't get the schedule for Red fountain...." he nodded "of course, don't worry, we had them printed specifically for the students. Here is yours" as he waved his hand to the paper on his desk "you can hang it up in your room or just keep it stored in your documents, we do hope you will take care of it. It's enchanted so everytime the schedule changes, it will change on this paper" he explained "so this is the only copy you will need for your whole education" I nodded and smiled thankful before I took the schedule. neatly I held it. "Thank you, have a good day" to which he nodded before she left the room with Valerion and closed the door behind her.
Val smiled "see? I told you they would have a valid solution" to which I nodded, relieved that I worried over nothting.
"I think it's still going to be hard to get used to... Let me put the schedule in the room, then I will accompany you too Alfea in return for your help" I told him. He shook his head "you don't need to" to which I immediatly replied "But I want to, just let me" to which he sighed before nodding.
"fine... you know, sometimes you can be really thick headed" to which I smiled brightly.
He came with me to my now new bedroom, but waited infront of the door as I placed the schedule in the drawer before coming back out. He seemed rather quiet as we went back the way we came.

"Is something bothering you?" I asked him, since his behaviour was rather strange. "It's just... I did wonder why I didn't get my schedule, I guess this explains it" to which he put on a rather sad and fake smile. I sighed "I'm sorry...." he shook his head immediatly "don't worry, I also will get used to it. Also I will get a schedule after all" to which I nodded. He tried to make it seem like he wasn't bothered but the closer we got to alfea, the more I could see how much he held back his real feelings. We both were lying to each other and ourselves, so we could let go easier.
I remained quiet and didn't comment on it, before we arrived at Alfea. I followed him to the directors office but he asked me to wait outside. So I leaned against the wall as I heard them talking inside.
After a while he came back out with his schedule and said "she told me the rooms were assigned wrong. Your blonde friends parents didn't actually pay for her own room, she just got the room that had no roommate. They said bloom will move into her room, I will stay in yours but get to live alone" I guess stella liked her current room to much to move into blooms.
I nodded "well, that's good to know! Hey, we will get our own rooms!" I said with a smile.
He still looked a little grim, before nodding, before then saying "I think I'm gonna move in now, you said they fell asleep in the living room.... So I will place my things in my new room, it shouldn't bother them all to much and then I explain as soon as they wake up" I looked rather stunned at my brother.
"Wouldn't you rather wait until they wake up? Then they can get dressed and bloom can move out while you move in" it seemed rather awkward to do it the way he explained. "Well it's already 6:30, they might be awkake already... But also I wanna move in before the classes start, so I can't really wait" I guess he kinda had a point.
I nodded "oki.... should I help you move in?" to which he didn't even wait a second before shaking his head, again, and saying "no, you need to move into red fountain. You should tidy up your things and stuff" it seemed that he wanted to get me to go away.
My guess is, he needed time alone. I sighed "fine... Write me after class, oki?" to which he nodded before I softly patted his shoulder, seeing that he didn't wanna get hugged, before walking back to Red fountain.
This time alone.....

It was obvious to Flora, even though she hadn't really touched on the subject, that Valerion was more bothered by the situation than he wanted to let on. She was hoping to help him, to spend some more time with him before having to say her final goodbye to Alfea.... But she knew she was being selfish, she couldn't hold on to this place any longer.
Maybe this was also Valerions way of giving her help, in pushing her for the next step. She went down the corridor, her hand softly tracing the walls as she walked to the entrance, now exit for her, of Alfea. With one last look, she muttered "goodbye Alfea, maybe in a parallel universe... I had become a fairy" before she pressed the door open. Not looking back until she was at the entrance of alfea school. Slightly staggering and standing at the entrance, as if a force held her back. It was... probably only herself. She took a deep breath and took one more step, now being outside Alfea.
She couldn't explain why, but it felt somewhat wrong. She really believed she belonged here, but it was probably just her hearts wish. As she now was outside Alfea, she once more turned around to face the school. But this feeling she had inside her was screaming and tugging, so she turned dback around and took fast and long steps to her the school she actually had to partake in, Red Fountain.

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Now that Flora was by herself, she wondered why the room hadn't been modified beforehand.... Maybe, since it was still early, she could ask the headmaster. Since she didn't really have anything to do she wanted to keep busy to not think about Alfea all the time. Surely she will learn to love it here!

Since she had arrived in Red Fountain already, practically running away to not change her mind, she looked at the building. She felt a little shy, she would meet a huge amount of unknown people.... Still! Atleast she knew her roommates!

It's like Bloom said, atleast there are people that she knows here! But to be honest she was shy since she was not really confident around boys.... Guess that's one more thing she will have to get used to.

She gathered her courage before entering Red Fountain, it seemed most of the other students were still asleep... She should've expected that. It gave her a little more mental preparation so she was glad. She saw Mr. Cortatorta walking down the hallway, he seemed to be carrying a gong and a megaphone.

What exactly for? She was about to find out. Cortatorta stooped in his motion to hit the gong when He saw Flora. He looked pleasantly surprised at seeing her "good morning Ms. Cortez. I see you're already awake and ready to for the first day of your studies" he chuckled. Flora smiled "Ah well... Excitement I would say" she replied honestly. Before she gestured to the gong and megaphone "what's that for?" she asked, confused and intrigued. It seemed like he was about to play it, but with the megaphone nearby... Wouldn't it be really loud? He laughed "You see, this is my way of waking up my pupil. They need to get used to early waking hours" he explained. Her mouth formed an 'oh' before exclaiming "but it's... I think quarter before 7?" to which Cortatorta nodded in acknowledgement "that is true, Cortez. But Evil never sleeps, so even if it's annoying alarms like these have to be done to crate good specialist" he replied.

Well he wasn't wrong. She heard from Valerion that Specialists have a lot of night missions especially since Villains always decided that was the best time of day to strike.

"Now, I suggest that you hold your ears closed, I already have a spell on my ears to not hurt them from the lack of distance. I need to carry out my duties" she nodded and thanked him for the warning.

She held her ears closed and as soon as she did she could still hear the slight noise even when covering hear ears and felt the vibration.

She saw and felt him hit the gong 10 times before stopping. Before long the doors opened with lots of groaning boys. Deeming it safe, as the vibrations stopped, Flora let her hands fall to the side. Cortatorta turned to her "You will need to follow me in a bit... But close your ears again I need to yell so the boys can hear me" he told her.

The students to tired to hear what he said to her. She flinched slightly as he used a pipe to gather their attention, quickly she covered her ears.

Mr. Cortatorta yelled "Stand upright! If you hear an alarm go off, you always need to be ready to fight, no matter the time or how tired you are!" she still could make out the words he yelled at the boys.

The boys groaned "yes Mister Cortatorta..." as they slouched, yawned or stretched. Cortatorta tsked "Really boys? You can do better! Look at Flora, she isn't complaining!" as he gestured to Flora.

She froze as all eyes turned on her. Shyly she waved "umm.... Morning....?" She said softly and quietly, one could still hear her but she felt awkward.

Why give her all the attention? Whispering soon followed but having spotted Flora... Somehow woke them up. Before she closed her ears as Cortatorta gave her a thumbs up "ANYWAYS FOLLOW ME!" before he started leading down the hall.

Seeing him lead, she again lifted her hands and sighed relieved, the morning was already going... well it was going, yes.

She laced her hands together before she followed after Cortatorta. Though she felt uncomfortable as she felt a lot of gazes on her and even heard some of them "Wow... What's a girl doing here?" a lot of them asked. "Maybe she got lost?" or "Maybe she is here to help out Mister Cortatorta" a few theorized, by far worst where the ones that said "ah whatever... Look at her, she's a girl and she's cute...." She didn't bother turning around, it was better off not knowing.

She decided to keep her sight locked on infront of her, mostly on her surroundings and Cortatorta. But she couldn't stop hearing them "yeah it's nice having a girl here" thankfully it was just a few but that didn't make her less uncomfortable.

Mr. Cortatorta seemed to notice her discomfort and walked a little slower to ask "Are you alright Cortez?" to which she nodded "ummm... Is just a lot to get used to, I guess." to which he nodded in understanding.

"Yes, I noticed they seem rather.... distracted..." he sighed. "I will make sure that everyone knows your a student so they don't start gossip" he promised. She appreciated the sentiment, but she feared even if he did there was no way to stop gossip.

After all... She was the first and only girl to ever attend Red Fountain.

She recognized a huge red door. If she wasn't mistaken... That would be the arena! Oh, they're gonna go there on their first day? She felt a little restless.

Mr. Cortatorta came to a stop "Alright people, first a few announcements" she gulped "I already heard your questions... To give y'all an Answer. Flora is here to attend Red Fountain like everyone of you" before anyone could ask questions he explained "In the future even more girls might attend here, she is just the first one." and then pointed at the boys with his index finger "you better make sure she feels welcome or it's y'alls heads" He laughed with his whole stomach.

Atleast the explanation stopped the murmuring, but she felt a few heated glares directed at her at Cortatortas remark. Don't look at her! It's not her fault.

Cortatorta crossed his arms "understood?" he asked strictly. The boys muttering "yes.." but with a good amount speaking up. "I ASKED IF YOU UNDERSTOOD" Cortatorta now demanded with presence. They boys stood up straight and retorted loudly "UNDERSTOOD SIR". Ah yes.... Maybe she would need earplugs.

Their teacher smiled brightly "good! Then now..." before he mimicked to the arena "The other announcement is... A selected few of you get the honor of displaying the dragon dance. 4 of you will be chosen for it. So.... bring your dragons..." before adding "for those who don't, tell me I have a few you can use. But remember! Dragons are no monsters, to tame them you also need kindness! You can't force them" he said strictly. He already had a few incidents were students had gotten hurt because they wanted to take control over the dragons "And I will not allow my dragons to be treated with such disrespect! For any dragon for that matter" he let us all know.

Ah, it was a warning. From the tone it was implied that doing so would lose you your dragon privileges. "For today, you will spar. On the ground you need to show me your patience, strength and teamwork." he further explained. "So, write your team on a piece of paper and then I will draw who fights with who" Flora softly spoke up "um... who am I supposed to team up with?" she whisper asked, unsure. She didn't really want the others to hear her. It felt embarrassing enough being the new kid. They didn't need to also know that she didn't have a team.

Mister Cortatorta thought for a while "alright change of plans!" He wouldn't ask the boys, it was like giving Lions a prey "the teams are divided to your dorms. The people you live with are your partners" it was easier that way for him too.

Wouldn't need to then go through all the trouble of creating teams, as there were a lot of students and so there was no doubt people would probably write a wish team rather than a decided one... Making it way harder for Cortatorta to put the people in a team without someone complaining. The guys groaned. Cortatorta sent a mean stare "don't complain! On a mission it's important to be fast! Creating teams is mostly impossible! Always making you team up with the people you're with at the moment." seeing as the boys still didn't seem thrilled, well most of them anyways, Cortatorta said strictly "that's how it is! Suck it up boys, you will get used to worse on missions!" he commanded.

The boys had enough respect tot nod. Well, atleast Flora knew what to do. She just hoped the boys wouldn't mind. Sure they had gotten to know each other... But she had noticed on the first day how Riven, one of them, wasn't happy about teaming up with her. The others didn't led anything one but she was worried....

She just hoped he wouldn't grow a grudge on her.... She just wanted to ask who she should team up with, after all.... She barely knew anyone.

Mister Cortatorta clapped in his hands "don't laze around! Go find your roommates!!" he directed to his students. Flora slowly turned around, a bit unsure. Well, it was after all what the teacher wanted... so, better get going. She looked around for the boys, not missing the interest most boys had. "Her roommates?" she heard them talk "but she's a girl... Does she bunk with boys?" and others "how lucky...", "who are the boys that didn't say anything?" she felt a little overwhelmed.

She could barely make anyone out further away, way to many students. But Cortatorta shooed everyone to hurry, so it was starting to clear a little.

Finally she recognized the bright blonde hair of Brandon, as he was looking around. Probably looking for Valerion... She had hoped he had told them, but apparently she was wrong.... Well, they were in for a surprise.

She walked up to them, some of the students waved to her, she just nodded softly. She didn't know anyone apart from her roommates.

Most of them stopped caring but she still felt a few stared as she walked up to Riven, Sky, Brandon and Timmy.

Timmy noticed her and smiled gently as he greeted her "Hi Flora, sorry we didn't say hi earlier but we couldn't interrupt Mr. Cortatorta" she nodded "Yes I understand, don't worry" she exclaimed softly and nervously.

Riven and Sky looked around for Valerion as Brandon turned to Flora "yes it's great to see you again. You should've told us you enrolled into Red Fountain" he smiled. "ah well..." but she couldn't get another word out as Brandon asked "where is Valerion? You must know, right?" she cleared her throat awkwardly. "At Alfea..." to which Brandon looked "I'm sorry... Did you say he is at Alfea?" this also got Skys and Rivens attention.

Flora nodded, as she fiddled with her fingers. They seemed confused, but Timmys face filled with recognition "oh, that must mean you're our roommate instead of him".

Hee really had a good grasp of things and understood quickly. The others gaped, looking baffled. "s-surely not..." Riven coughed "we saw his things just this morning" to which Flora awkwardly quicked her foot back and forth "that's my stuff" she explained, deciding to just clear up the situation quickly to stop more awkwardness.

"Well, welcome to the team!" Timmy cheared and smiled while the others mouths stood agape and stared in shock.

"uh... thanks" she replied while nervously starting to play with her hair. They were pretty much shellshocked but it's what it's. She joined their team as she highfived Timmy.

Riven took a deep breath "how did that even happen?" he decided to ask, seeming grumpy like always. "I will explain later..." she promised "It's a rather long story. For now I need to get used to the classes" she wanted to still excel.

Sky also seemed to catch himself "alright..." he nodded in agreement. Before long they heard loud claps and Cortatorta voice yelling "I see you found your teams! ​Strategize in your team, I will make an exception on letting you guys prepare. So go! Hatch a plan, change into training uniforms, get breakfast and then meet me back here!" he ordered.

Brandon looked at his teammates "well you heard him, we should go...." He looked at flora for a second "to our room, I guess?" the other nodded, hesitantly.

As they went on their way to their dorm Flora silently hummed to reduce the stress that had already built up. Also she knew that when they would arrive at their dorm, she would need to explain why her and Valerion... switched, so to speak.

After a few minutes they arrived at their dorm. They opened the door and Flora was taken aback by the sight. The room had been made bigger. It now looked similar to her old dorm, a living room now gracing their sights.

It had been connected to 3 rooms, so it was almost now exactly like at Alfea. Her eyes went to the door with her name on it. Wow, they really made sure she knew which room was hers.

Curious, she walked up and opened the door. Inside she saw all her things. Oh, they room most have gotten modified while they were in the arena.

It was placed like she had left before, just in it's own private section.Well it wasn't hard to know that this was floras bed, with her plants and some stuff that was considered girly, it was easy to know who it belonged to.

As she turned around, she slightly jumped as she saw the others. She gasped "gosh, don't sneak up on me" she said startled. Sky smiled apologetically "sorry, we're curious too..." he admitted. Flora smiled "it's fine..." she reassured. "wow... we got a upgrade because of you...." Riven stated, with an unbelievable smirk "thanks dude" he said enthusiastic.

Huh, it was surprisingly easy making him happy. "oh, do you have your own shower" Timmy asked aloud. Their heads turned to him as he stood infront another door in Floras section. "let's see" Timmy said as he opened the door.

Indeed... It was a shower for her. It didn't have a bath but it had a pretty big shower, a sink, a toilet and even stuff prepared for her time of the month. She smiled "oh how gracious of them!" her eyes sparked.

"What!??!?! That's not fair" Riven scoffed and crossed his arms. Timmy closed the door "actually it's fair. It would be weird and awkward for Flora to shower with us." right they used communal showers.

Though there were multiple of them and even with stalls in them. Riven grumbled "I guess..." he knew Timmy was right, but he would like his own shower too.... Whatever.

"Atleast our room got bigger" Timmy said positively. Flora said to that "I don't think I need that much room on my own, but it's really nice".

To be honest she hadn't seen much before since she just quickly peeked in.... But before it seemed like the expected room, 4 guys in one room, mostly connected but as a big space for their own things and even walls inbetween, to not get into the others spaces.

But there wasn't really a living room like now... Well with the prior design, I would only be enter through the others rooms... So this was the best solution.

but one thing bothered her "wait... How come Valerion had been assigned to your dorm? I heard the dorms are up to 4 people here..." Flora asked confused.

"Normally they do want to try to keep it to 4 people max, but with the amount of Boys that want to study here sometimes the capacity is a little stretched." explained Brandon.

"oh, alright..." I nodded, before the boys looked at me. I sat down on the carpet floor of my room and patted it "alright... Let me tell you what happened" she invited them to sit with her. Some, like Riven and Timmy, decided to stand but the other two sat down.

It was better to fill them in now then later...

So she told them everything.

"And that's why I'm now at Red Fountain and Valerion will be attending Alfea...." ​They looked at her with shock, pity and like the puzzle pieces were finally put together.

"Wow... that's a lot..." Riven decided to speak up, even though he seemed the most composed with showing his emotions one could still tell that he was taken aback and mostly masking. Flora shrugged "that's just how some things go..." before Timmy stuttered "but really? Something like Fate doesn't exist..." he sighed at the poor cheering up Ms. Griselda had tried on Flora.

Flora laughed softly "I guess you're right..." she hadn't paid it much attention... But even with sayings about fate and other stuff, those were most luck and coincidences...

"Wait... So if you officially go here.... Then we do have an advantage!" Sky said excited. I rose a brow "how so?" to which he replied "duh!! You can use your powers! You already know how to transform" before Timmy interrupted "I don't think Mr. Cortatorta will allow that. They do also teach mages here, but mages magic works differently then fairies..." I looked intrigued "Is the difference that big?" most students learned to be a specialists, so I didn't know a ton about the mage stuff.

"Yes. While Fairies need to transform to use their full powers, Mages use an object to have access to their full powers. It's faster" Timmy explained. Flora frowned "actually transforming doesn't take long" Timmy rose a brow "but you have a full sequence" to which Flora chuckled "That's just what some fairies show to show off! It's widely misspread by the media" Flora replied.

"look. You will notice the difference." before saying "Magix Transformation" in one second Flora was in her Fairy form. Timmy looked stunned and quickly wrote it down. Flora smiled softly at seeing her glittery pink outfit.... She would miss it, when she learnt the Red fountains ways... She would probably forget how to transform.

She wasn't really a fighter, so she was planning on more likely take the magician route for more defending use.

She detransformed, Sky spoke up "wait didn't Valerion mention that transforming is tiring?" Flora waved her hand "no no, that was because we had fought and I used a lot of my magic abilities. Transforming has no effect on fairies mana." She quickly corrected him. "Otherwise fairies would have a harder time transforming." she added.

Timmy interrupted "can you do the slow transformation now? I really wanna see the difference" to which Flora nodded. She stood up and they could all see as Flora was surrounded by sparkles and flying flowers, the flowerpetals formed together for her dress, as well as shoes, the glitter ran down her arm creating the sleeve without gloves. As well as making her choker appear with the glitter as it flew around her.

Last but not least, her back shone before her wings sprouted out and she was in full fairy form. Timmy stared at amazement while Flora smiled "It's pretty cool, but isn't really usable... We would be way to vulnerable if we transformed like this all the time." to which Brandon nodded in agreement "you would attacked halfway through before being done" which she replied "exactly" to.

"it's interesting that you had to stand up for it" Sky chimed in. "But with the quick one, it didn't matter" Flora wasn't sure how that worked herself.

She had only known what she had learned and read.

"As far as I know of... It's because the sequence is like... predetermined. How to say... It always is according to your powers and personality. Sometimes it shows your hobbies and strength" before she hummed thinkingly "like... I like pink, we all know, which is why my outfit also took on my favourite color. In my sequence flowers and nature is used, because of my plants powers and me liking to take care of plants...." Timmy decided to ask "what about your wings? They sprouted out" to which I explained "like a seed it grows out. The effect of the shining is because I'm also rather fond of making potions. So I think it's connected to that to, creating in that sense" she rather guessed. Like said before, she wasn't that sure in this topic.

"I will have to ask Faragonda" Timmy noted down. Flora chuckled "I'm sure Ms. Griselda would be delighted with someone as studious as you..." I heard only good things about the teacher and having met her herself, Flora was sure of her statement.

Riven coughed awkwardly, to get their attention"this is... interesting.... and all but I want us to win and do the dragon dance..." Floras eyes widened. She completely forgot.

Immediately she detransformed "Oh I completely forgot" she frowned "You're right. Let's get changed and then strategize a plan" Riven seemed smug at her saying he was right, but didn't comment on it. The dragon dance was a big deal, so of course Riven had to partake in it!

"Alright, let's meet back up in the living room after getting changed" Brandon said as the team leader, to which the others nodded. They left Floras room, expect for Flora, and closed the door behind them.