Embers of Us (The Dragon Fairy REWRITE)

03| Dates

An idea popped into Bloom's mind causing her to beam at him, "Come to the back to school mixer! It's being hosted at Red Fountain this year, and everyone's going."

Sky pursed his lips, he obviously wasn't as ecstatic with the idea as Bloom had been. She quickly backtracked, "Or-or not. It was on a suggestion." Sky was quick to cover her hand with his and squeezed reassuringly. "No it's a great idea. I'll make sure to get away. Just text me the date and time and I promise I'll be there." 

Bloom looked into his blue eyes sadly, "Promise is a big word Sky." 

He squeezed her hand again. It was so much warmer and larger than than hers. The warmer part was slightly ironic considering she was the fairy of the dragon flame. His voice held conviction in them. "I know. And I'm promising to you that I'll be there whenever you need me. Plus it'll make up for our time being cut short today." 

She smiled at him and craned her neck for a short and sweet kiss.

Just as they pulled apart, she spotted a red dot that was slowly growing larger in the sky. Bloom frowned, "Looks like your time is up."Sky followed her gaze and tensed when he realized she was right. Slowly they stood and made their way back to the clearing where he landed earlier. 

She held on tightly to his hand. "Do you really have to go?" Sky nodded sadly, "Duty calls." 

The hovercraft landed safely and the door opened to reveal Diaspro once more. Her lips involuntary deepened downwards. Apparently Diaspro being there wasn't just a bad dream. Her voice cut through the peaceful air. "Oh Sky!" 

Bloom shut her eyes, took a deep breathe, and smiled at her boyfriend. Sky thumped his forehead against hers and looked her in the eye, "I'll see you soon." The happiness she felt earlier was quickly replaced by sadness. Too soon, it felt like he was being ripped away from her again. Sure they'd seen the last hour talking, but the rift between them didn't seem very repaired to Bloom. "Call me as soon as you land?"

"I will."

Slowly, he pulled away and made his way back to the ship where Diaspro greeted him with a comforting smile and a hand on the center of his back, throwing a smug smirk over her shoulder. Bloom swore it took all her power not to hurl something at her face. 

Bloom watched the hovercraft take off with a heavy heart, but she knew his leaving was inevitable. When she finally made her way back into the palace, she found her mom sitting in the library, turning the pages on a vaguely familiar large book. 

"What are you reading?" 

Marion glanced up at the sound of her daughter's voice. "Is Sky gone already? And looking at is a better term for it."

Bloom furrowed her brows with curiosity and inched closer to her mom. "Yeah he had to retry to Eraklyon." Then the exact book Marion was looking at came into view and Bloom grinned, "How did you get that?" 

Marion smiled sheepishly, looking slightly guilty. "I went to Earth to visit your earth parents and asked if they had any pictures of you. The y showed me this scrapbook and via magic, I had an exact copy made, so I can see everything."

In her hands was a copy of the scrapbook her mom, Vanessa, had made for her. There were photos of her as a baby to present time, and a few even included the Winx. 

Bloom laughed at the next photos that we're in a sequence, telling a story. "That was during Christmas. I was around fifteen at the time." In the first photo her face was flush against the box that her dad stabbed with holes. She was peaking curiously in, and finally opened it, only to have Kiko jump up and in her face. Bloom had been sos cared by the live bunny that she'd jumped almost as high as he did. 

The pair of them continued to flip through pages. Bloom continued to tell funny and happy stories that accompanied each picture, but she flinched when they neared the end of the book and there was a page with a single photo.

It was a large one that dominated the center of the page, and Bloom's eyes were immediately drawn to the wide smile on her face and the matching one on Sky. This was a few years ago when they'd just uncovered their Believix powers. Times were troubling back then, but their relationship was so much clearer and simpler. 

Bloom distracted herself by taking in the rest of the group. All of them had grown up and their faces matured. Other than that, they were the same amazing people she'd always known. Bloom smiled sadly when her eyes landed on Nabu. He was taken from them too soon, and she knew that they all still missed him. 

Then her eyes were drawn to the guy standing on Nabu's right, a familiar magenta haired brooding specialist, who managed to smile at the camera which was most likely for Masa's sake. 

Their meeting flooded her mind again. And it finally hit her that she was seeing him again, today, at six. That was only a few hours away. Part of her regret letting him get away last night. He made it clear that their encounter was unwanted, and Bloom could tell he wasn't ecstatic about having another. Sure he promised to return, but who knows if he'd actually keep it. The only thing Bloom could do now was show up and hope Riven would return too.

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WOW IT'S BEEN AWHILE!

How are you? I've missed you guys, and I promise I'm not dead. Though I'm sure that my long absence sure made it seem like I was. I'll try to update soon, because you all deserve it so much. 

Now I know this chapter was a bit bland but I'm kind of getting back into my writing groove. I promise the next one will be better. I also know this one doesn't have Riven in it, but it's getting there. Just stick around for the next chapter ;) And DIASPRO IS BACK! MWAHAHAHA (my evil laugh, cringe I know.) Can't wait for you to see what comes next.

Also if there are many mistakes please go easy on me I'm writing this at  2:04 am because I have no other time. Yeah, senior year on zoom was definitely not what I was expecting but I'm making it work lol. 

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magicath