chapter nine . . .
nothing but lies
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The next day, the girls — except Stella and Bloom, were all in their suite discussing things that were going on around Alfea.
"He lies to my face. Why are they all lying to us?" Terra asked, referring to her father and school administrators.
"Maybe they had to." Aisha said. "Queen Luna's... She seems kinda big on secrets." She added. "Whatever's going on, I'm sure they think what they're doing is right." She continued.
"They always do." Musa said.
"Then say, "Terra I can't tell you." Don't lie to me." Terra exclaimed.
"So he made Miss Dowling something with Vessel Stones, right?" Aisha asked. "And the point of Vessel Stones is to track magic, which is what they were doing at the assembly. So, dead body, worried adults." She added.
"What if they think a fairy killed Callum?" Adella asked.
"A fairy at that assembly." Aisha said.
"They were on edge after, so they clearly didn't find them." Musa spoke.
The girls's conversation came to an end when Sky opened the door to their suite. "Guys, is Bloom here?" He asked.
Not answering his question, "Did Silva tell you what was happening today?" Aisha asked him. "He must've." She stated.
"Is this the suite drama Bloom was talking about?" Sky asked while squinting his eyes confusingly.
"Their is no suite drama." Adella said with a shrug.
"Ok, I'm so lost right now." Sky said.
"Dowling's assistant died, the faculty thinks a fairy did it. So, they held the assembly to find out which fairy, but they didn't because he or she wasn't there, so now we don't believe or trust literally anyone." Terra states.
"Shit." Sky whispered. "Beatrix." He stated before rushing out of the room.
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After Sky left the winx suite, he headed towards his own.
"Where is she?" He asked harshly as he stormed toward Riven who had been lounging around the suite.
"Who?" Riven asked in confusion.
"The unstable sex addict leading you around by your dick. Where is she?" Sky snapped causing Riven to scoff.
"I don't know" Riven said with a shrug. "Beatrix isn't surgically attached to me. Why do you need her?" He added.
"I'm looking for Bloom. Beatrix was the last person who was with her—" Sky said as he ignored Riven who made hand motions for him to stop talking.
"Seriously?" Stella said as she came out of Sky's bedroom. "I sent you, like, twenty texts, and you're running around looking for Bloom?" She asked in disbelief.
"Yeah. You have fun with that." Riven said as he got up to leave the room.
"I'm in the middle of something, Stella." Sky sighed.
"So am I." Stella said. "I need you." She added pleadingly.
"Bloom's missing. I don't know if she's in danger or hiding." Sky told her. "But it can probably be traced back to the fact that everyone knows she's a changeling, thanks to you." He said.
"I didn't mean to hurt her." Stella said as tears slightly filled her eyes.
"You say, you don't wanna be like your mother, but all I see is someone who treats others exactly the same way that Luna treats you." He said harshly. "So I'm done with this Stella. I'm fully done." Sky said softly before turning to leave the room.
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Later on, The girls stood outside of the school waiting for Bloom's return.
As Adella kicked rocks around with the toe of her boot, she stopped at the sound of a car door closing.
Looking up, she was met was the sight of Bloom exiting a black SUV.
Sighing, she pulled Bloom into a hug that she quickly returned which soon turned into a group hug when the others joined.
"We were so worried about you." Adella said softly.
"Legit freaking out." Musa added.
"What did that bitch do?" Terra asked.
"Nothing. She's not some monster." Bloom said defensively.
"Bloom, she killed Callum." Terra said as she looked at Bloom in confusion as she tried to defend Beatrix.
"Who told you that?" Bloom said after a beat of silence.
"Dowling, Silva, Harvey." Adella listed off.
"Do you have proof?" Bloom asked.
"Why would they say it if it wasn't true?" Aisha asked with furrowed brows.
"You never really know why people really do things." Bloom said causing the girls to sit in silence after.
When Bloom tried to get past them, Aisha quickly stepped in her path. "Maybe we should just go in and get some rest." Aisha suggested with concern.
"You guys go. I'll meet you there." Bloom said as she rounded Aisha only to be met with Sky.
Seeing the two in conversation, Adella decided to listen.
"Let's go guys." She whispered and headed back in the direction of the school.
As the four walked up the stairs to the winx suite in silence, everyone was left to their thoughts.
"Terra, can you please just let it out? You're killing me right now." Musa said urgently.
"My dad lied to me today." Terra exclaimed. "Like, legit lied. When I called him out on it, he acted like it was for my own good. I don't care how they justify it." She added. "You don't lie to people they care about. Not if they matter." She muttered as she continued walking.
"I have something to tell you."Musa said as she stopped in her steps and looked down at the ground in guilt. "A while ago, I met this guy, and I like him a lot, but I didn't know how you'd react, so I didn't tell you, and it's been weeks." She added.
Everyone looked around in confusion at her confession.
Sighing, Musa continued. "I'm dating your bother." She said.
After a moment, Terra chuckled and hugged Musa who sighed in relief.
"Thank you for telling me." Terra said happily. "God, I really needed that!" She exclaimed." "Even if you do have terrible taste. Sam's—"
"Objectively attractive?" Musa asked with a grin.
"Well, actually, the spitting image of my dad when he was that age." Terra said. "He lost his hair at maybe eighteen, maybe nineteen. Bald teenagers. Very cool." She continued as the girls stopped as they looked over the stairway.
Furrowing her brows, "Those are Stella's suitcases." Adella said as they looked to see men rolling Stella's suitcases across the floor and they all hurried towards their suite only to be met with the sight of Stella's room empty.
Stella was leaving.
note:*edited 8/9/23