A World Of Fiction

Time changes everything

Hey, people. Here is the next chapter. Next time I'll come up with two at once, so that's good news. 

First thing is an explanation to what happened last chapter between James and Flora:  I needed to show you that the Flora X James situation is way complicated and there are some things that they can't choose. I initially thought of making James abusive, but decided against it. As I wrote his character, I realized that he's kinda like Henry, always ready to perform his duty even if it involves going against what his heart desires. So there you go, he's not a bad person, just a desperate man that wants to do everything he can to help his country. After all, desperate times call for desperate measures.

Also, never forget that the place where the Winx are now isn't the Earth they know, but in the past. It is a different reality. I call it the 'real world' as a way to differentiate it from the Winx's earth, but even though the Magic Dimension is a world contained in a book, that doesn't make it less real. Hope that's cleared up.need to remember that the Winx were inside a book, one written about the 21st century. So when they are in the 16th century they're in a different reality, they haven't truly traveled in time.

Okay, so this chapter's better than the next one and it's not as sad. There are some pretty big things happening. 

3 months later...

With Flora and Helia...

She walked the corridors of the palace in silence, thinking, wishing, praying. Her brown hair was tied up in a bun and her green eyes were downcast. Her face showed sadness and and regret, though no one could see it due to the hood of the black cape she wore over her dress. She hid from the world as she desired to be left with her thoughts. She didn't wish to talk to anyone now, specially the ones she was seeking. But she had to, this had gone too far and she needed to talk to them, make they see that their decisions had changed her. Her parents. They weren't bad people, she knew that, but they had made poor choices that could ruin her. She was no longer the happy and sweet fairy her friends had known, she had become a sad and lonely person.

Her thoughts went to the one she loved, the only one who would be able to make her happy and also the one person she couldn't see anymore. They were pulled apart, two lovers unable to be together. It was cruel and unfair, but that's just how her world worked. There was no fairness when it came to being a royal, as she had come to know well.

"Oh, Helia. I miss you." A lonely tear fell from her eyes as she let out a soundless whisper. Her fingers touched the empty space where there used to be a ring, the one he had given her when they had gotten engaged. Now it was empty, just like she was. She remembered the day she had been forced to give him the ring back and more tears fell.

3 months earlier...

She got to the chateau just as he had finished his conversation with Leonardo. She reluctantly opened the door and entered the place that used to be her home. "Flora. Are you okay?" Helia asked gently upon seeing the look on her face. She gave him a sad smile.

"I think that we have to... talk." Her voice was broken just like her heart. She could feel tears threatening to escape, but she had to be strong, she had to do this.

"I'm going to leave you two alone." Leonardo said after casting a sad smile towards the two lovers. And then he was gone and they were alone. There was silence as neither knew how to start this conversation. At last, Helia broke it.

"Hey, why don't you take a sit? You don't look okay." He commented as he gestured to the comfortable couch where he had been sitting just a few moments before. She nodded before following his advice and sitting down.