The Last Normal Years

A Che Servono Gli Amici? P5

What are Friends For? (A Che Servono Gli Amici?)
Thursday, September 2, 2004
Early morning, Ace greeted me at the door.

"I heard you helped heal Sky and Timmy thanks, Ace, they're both under-appreciated. I'm glad you're looking out for them." I told them.

"Riven is a close friend of mine, Bloom. I am always happy to help his team, Bloom." Ace said.

"How did you two meet?" I asked him.

"Him, Eric and I were all on the same research mission over the summer, Bloom. They both got severely hurt. It wasn't witches." Ace admitted.

"Who was it?" I inquired.

"Bad studenrs from Solaria's Beta Academy Sorcery Outreach program, Bloom. One of them was a fire fairy. Riven's been burnt by fire twice, Bloom."

"When he met me, I assumed he was afraid of my powers to begin with his face, his eyes-the despair in them. Can you tell me if he's an orphan, Ace? I need to know." I said. "Because I care about his reputation."

"He hasn't said anything about being an orphan Bloom, but he did say Someone nearly burnt him alive a Wizard King specifically chained him to a pyre, Miss Bloom. If it weren't for Brandon he wouldn't be alive at all."

"Are you going to the concert tomorrow being held in the city's auditorium, Ace?" I questioned.

"No. I hate concerts. Too many people, I'd rather hear Musa or you solo alone or together, Bloom. I heard you sharing an Earth story the other night. I listened outside your apartment door, miss."

"So you don't like crowd attention nor do I." I responded.

"There you are, Bloom, chatting up our wizard student." said Flora. "We've got loads of work to do going forward to make up for what we did a day ago. The garden flower beds are a-mess. I convince the others to help me pretty them up."

"I'm coming Flora, like I said you're the boss. Would you like to help us, Ace?" I asked.

"Gardening sounds fun." Ace agrees to help.

"Great, let's go catch up to the other girls, guys." Flora says to us both as we got up off the tiled floor in the hallway out of the dorms.

We joined the other three Winx at a dark brown garden bed where there were big autumn colored piles of leaves all across the soil.

"Everybody the leaves into these baskets. We'll sent through to composters." said Flora. "Start picking up leaves. With the appearance of this garden bed we'll leave our goodness mark here at Alfea Academy."

She handed each of us leather garden gloves including Ace and me.

"Each of us 2 piles as there are twelve leave carpets to scoop up. Let's get started." Flora instructed. She fell right onto her knees in the outside grass and pulled on her leather garden gloves and with both hands she scooped up half of her first pile, I knelt down across from her in the kneeling position and did the exact same thing after pulling on the gloves she gave me.

"🎶Change everything you are
And everything you were.🎶"Musa sang aloud to use without her powers. "Your number's been called!
Fights and battles have begun.
Revenge will surely come.
Your hard times are ahead!

Best, you got to be the best.
You've gotta change the world!
And use this chance to be heard!
Your time is now! (Your time is now!)

Change everything you
And everything you were.
Your number's been called!
Fights and battles have begun.
Revenge will surely come.
Your hard times are ahead!