The Dark Tides [3]

The begining of yet another crazy year

Water, such a beautiful thing, the way it flows, the sound it makes as it hits against the floor, everything about it is beautiful. Yet when we don't take care of our home, the Earth, and leave our garbage lying around we pollute the beautiful water and it goes from clear blue to gray and black and that's not healthy for the environment, the animals, and most importantly us, so please be sure to come to the beach clean up party tonight so we can save our precious waters, and animals, Aisha said to the crowd by the Fruity Music Bar. As she waved goodbye to the crowd and rejoined the Winx.

Thank was great Aisha, people will definitely be coming down to help out, Bloom said.

Thanks, but honestly Flora helped with most of it, Aisha claimed, where is Frieda?

Where do you think, Tecna asked, ever since James left she's been a little over emotional and stayed in her room for the whole week reading and looking at her enchantix. I'm not sure what we're supposed to do, I get that they where close but it's been a month, surely she's gotten over it by now.

You've got to remember Tecna, James and Frieda had something inexplainable to the rest of us, give her time, it's Frieda she'll be back to her normal self before you know it, Flora said calmly.

We understand Flora, it's just, it's been a month, her birthday is coming up soon and she won't even come talk to us, do you think she could still be mad at us from what happened last year, Stella asked.

I don't think so, Roxy said as she walked to their table to deliver their drinks, Frieda doesn't seem the type to hold grudges, it could just be because of James, maybe she really is worried he's already forgotten her, her birthday is in what two days and she hasn't gotten a single text from him yet.

How do you know more about this than we do Roxy, Musa asked?

Last year Frieda came to me for help when you guys turned your backs on her we've learnt to trust each other, she texts me constantly, Roxy replied.

Frieda shut the conversation between her friends off in her head not wanting to hear them talk about her any more, it's true she was avoiding the Winx, why, she wasn't quite sure. Yes she missed James but she wasn't an emotional reck now that he was gone, as her friends claimed she was, but she also wasn't mad at the Winx, everything that happened last year was forgiven and forgotten. So the question that she couldn't seem to answer is what was wrong? Well just recently the Magix City newspaper was delivered to her with big letter on the first page that screamed MASS BREAK OUT FROM OMEGA DIMENSION SEVERAL WIZARDS AND WITCHES HAVE ESCAPED. There was no doubt in Frieda's mind that she was scared her brother have escaped, they lost hundreds of prisoners and for all she knew her brother could be four of the hundreds. Yet again it wasn't a good enough reason for why she was ignoring everyone. Frieda sighed softly, descending from her room down stairs, sitting on the couch by the front door Frieda pretended to read her book as she waited for the door to open revealing the Winx. Not even a few moments later the door swung opened and the six girls walked in to get ready for no doubt the beach clean up part that night.

Hi Frieda, Bloom said attempting to start a conversation with the girl, we're going to get ready for the beach clean up party are you going to com or stay here?

Frieda knew she could stay quiet and they'd take that as a no but she was going to prove to them she was perfectly fine, putting her book down she looked at Bloom who seemed taken a back by her recognition of her, and then Frieda spoke up, sure I'd love to come.

The Winx were more happy than surprised that the girl was finally coming along with them.

Great, and Tressa my mermaid cousin is going to send us live footage of the Crowning of one of my Uncle Neptune's sons prince, Aisha said. I'm voting on him  crowning Nereus, Tritannus isn't fit for the role.