Hey everyone! This is the last chapter of this fic, and boy am I glad this one is done. I didn't enjoy writing it as much as I did the other two. I would have added this chapter into the last one, but that would've made it too long, so I had to do a little bit of adding to make this one long enough. It's both a happy and a sad ending, happy for Tecna and the girls, but sad for Nirvana, and you'll find out why in just a few minutes. Happy reading!

Chapter 9: Reconciliations

The girls all drifted back to the ground, exhausted from what they had just been through. None of them were able to bear their own weight for a few minutes, leaning on each of their boyfriends for support. Tecna, now knowing how Flora and Guinevere had felt after getting their powers, was unconscious before her feet even touched the grass. Timmy was right there to catch her before she hit the ground completely.

"Tecna!" yelled Timmy. He knelt down next to her and saw that she had just fainted. Her pulse was normal and she was breathing regularly. He picked her up and held her close, afraid to lessen his grip.

Nirvana, the only one left with any power, drifted back up a few feet into the sky. Even though Paritho had been defeated, the realm still looked like it could use a little bit of patching up.

"Please return to normal," she whispered, holding her hands out in front of her. A warm glow radiated out from them and began to spread over everyone and everything. The girls all closed their eyes as they felt the warmth wash over them, bringing strength to their tired forms. The boys just took it as reassurance that nothing bad would happen for a little while, but they knew better than to hold their breath.

"Hey, check it out," said Stella. She was looking over the realm and they all saw that it was going back to normal. It was a beautiful place that really deserved the name Angelicas. The sky lost its dark color and became a shade of periwinkle blue with many clouds drifting lazily back and forth across it. The sun emerged from behind the clouds, which in turn led to the people coming out of their homes to see what was going on. They were amazed to see what was happening. The sun hadn't shown in so long, and now more changes were taking place. The birds started singing and the flowers started blooming. The palace, which had been in a state of decay, was restored to its glory, a large building of glittering alabaster.

Nirvana drifted back to the ground and had to resist the urge to pass out like Tecna had. But she had to stay awake, she had to make the announcement to their people that there was no more evil left.

"People of Angelicas," she said, flying to meet them. "Paritho has fallen, your princess has returned, and our home is back to normal, thanks to these wonderful fairies and heroes." The people all started cheering and applauding for the Winx Club and their boyfriends. The girls all waved and the boys just grinned.

She continued, "we celebrate our newfound freedom at sunset!" There was even more cheering at that, and she couldn't help but smile as she thought of the party to come up, even though she was too tired to help plan it.

"Ooh a party, let's stick around," said Stella, but she knew they wouldn't be able to.

"Guards!" said Nirvana. Two guards appeared in front of her. "Take him away," she gestured at Paritho, still trying to get up and fight.

"Yes princess," said one of them. They carried Paritho to the dungeons, with him struggling to break free of their grip.

"Thank you, all of you," said Nirvana.

"No problem," said Bloom. "Are you still going to attend Alfea?"

"I'm going to make sure things are fine here, ensure my parents are all right, see my boyfriend and then I'm going to start Alfea. I have to admit I'm looking forward to it."

"You'll love it," said Stella. "We'll get to do all the coolest stuff. We'll show you the…" Musa cut her off.

"Give her the tour once she's there Stella," said Musa. "We have to get back to Magix."

"Won't you stay for the festivities? They are in your honor," said Nirvana.

"I wish we could, but we really should get back and tell Ms. Faragonda what's been happening," said Bloom. "Just have a good time without us and tell us about it when you come to Alfea."

"All right, I'll see you in a few days," said Nirvana.

The group boarded the ship and Jason began to set the coordinates back to Magix, but stopped when he heard Timmy speak.

"Don't you think we should go back to Tecna's realm before we do anything else?" he asked. "Her parents are as worried as can be."

"He's got a point," said Layla.

"All right, we'll go back to Zenith for a few minutes, then back to Alfea," said Jason.

As the ship took off, the girls looked back at Angelicas, which was quickly disappearing beneath them. They had just enough time to see Nirvana waving goodbye to them before they lost sight of it altogether.

As soon as they were gone, Nirvana flew as fast as she could to the home of her boyfriend, Carlos. Throughout all of Paritho's tenure, she had been trapped in the palace, unable to get out, see any of her friends or see him. But she was in for a very rude shock. When she got there, she found out that he was gone.

"Where is he?" she asked, searching all over the house for him. But there was no one there.

Just as she was about to give up the search, she saw something on a nearby table. It was a letter with her name on it. She took it and opened it. It said:

My sweet angel,

I'm sorry that I have not been able to see you these last few weeks, but I can't risk your safety by sneaking past Paritho to see you. I miss you greatly and I worry about you even more. I can't bear to think of what might be happening to you in that awful place. I know Paritho can't do anything to you, but that doesn't stop the fears or the nightmares I have. I love you Nirvana, remember that.

But I must also look to my family's safety. I'm taking them away for a little while and am going to enroll in a school that will teach me how to fight better so that I can save you. I don't know how long I'll be gone, but know that I will never give up, and I will come back for you someday.

I can't risk leaving this by the palace for Paritho to find, so I'm going to leave it here in the hope that you might be able to sneak out and come looking for me. Don't worry Nira. Everything will be all right, I promise. Keep your chin up. We'll be together again soon.

I love you,

Carlos

Nirvana had to fight back tears as she reread the letter. She held it close to her heart as she realized that she had no idea where her boyfriend was or if she'd ever see him again. What would happen when he found out that the danger was over and there was no need for the heroics he was training for? What if, even worse, he came back for her after she left for Alfea?

"Nirvana?" asked a voice. She turned around to see her friends Gabrielle and Belladonna looking at her concernedly.

"Are you all right?" asked Gabrielle.

"No she's not," said Belladonna. "I know a broken heart when I see one."

"Read this," said Nirvana, holding up the note.

Belladonna took it and read it aloud. She looked up and said, "my suspicions are justified."

"What am I going to do?" she asked. "I only got through these past few weeks on the hope that we'd be together again when Paritho was defeated."

"He'll be back, you'll see," said Gabrielle.

Nirvana nodded, but her mind was on her absent boyfriend for the rest of the night. She just locked herself in her room and she took no part in any of the celebrations that were going on around her.

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It was only a few minutes back to Zenith, which the girls were grateful for. The other reason they didn't stay for the celebration on Angelicas was they were so tired that all they wanted was to crawl into bed, but they knew they had to grin and bear it for just a little while longer. Tecna still hadn't woken, and Timmy was beginning to wonder what he was going to say to her parents when they asked what had happened to her. He kept going over possible explanations in his head, but knew that telling the truth would be the best course of action to take. All the same, he didn't like what telling that story involved, particularly not the part where he'd seen his girl kiss another guy.

When they landed the ship in Zenith a moment later, they saw Tecna's parents standing outside the palace, waiting for them. Timmy walked out carrying Tecna, the rest of the group followed. Her mother turned pale with fear and ran to her daughter, placing a hand on her shoulder and shaking her gently. But she didn't wake.

"What happened to her?" she asked.

"She's ok," said Timmy. "She just fainted after the battle against Paritho."

At that moment, there was a groaning noise, which meant that Tecna was starting to wake up. She cuddled up closer to Timmy as she did, which made him blush a little bit, but he didn't change his position. After another minute, she opened her eyes and saw her friends and parents gathered around her.

"Are you ok Tec?" asked Musa.

"I'm fine," she replied, blinking her eyes, trying to get them to focus. "Where are we? Where's Nirvana? Where's Paritho?" She started to get a little panic stricken as she realized he wasn't there and might be ready to attack again, but Timmy was there for her in an instant.

"Don't worry Tec, you took him down," he said soothingly. She blushed a little bit as she felt his arms around her, but didn't object to it. He put her down at that moment however, and she took a deep breath as she turned around to face her parents.

"Thank goodness you're safe my dear," said her mother, reaching out to hug her daughter. "We were so worried."

"Relax mother, I'm all right," said Tecna. "Now about my being a princess…"

"I understand how shocked you were," said her father. "I know we should have told you when you were younger but we thought we could protect you by keeping you away from the palace."

"You were only doing what you thought was right," said Tecna.

"Do you want to be the princess?" asked her mother.

"It'll take some getting used to, but I think I can handle it," said Tecna, knowing as well as the others did that it was her destiny.

"Good, now back to Alfea," said her mother. "Have a good time."

Tecna hugged her parents and headed back on the ship. As they were flying back to Magix, Timmy walked up to Tecna and said, "I managed to fix the clasp on this last night." He held up her locket and put it around her neck again. For him, it was the best feeling in the world to see her wearing it again. It showed that she was his and no one else's.

"Thank you Timmy," she said hugging him.

"Are you sure you're ok after all that's happened?" he asked, his arms still around her.

"I'm fine," she answered. "It'll just take a little while to get used to being a princess."

"And it'll take me a little while to get used to being the boyfriend of a princess," said Timmy. Tecna looked at him, a surprised look on her face. Seeing this, he said, "that is, if you want to be my girlfriend."

"I do," she said.

"He grinned at her and said, "Just promise me one thing."

"Anything," she said.

"Next time you say 'I do,' try not to be saying it to an evil man who wants to conquer all the realms. Promise?"

Tecna laughed and said, "Promise."

He gazed down at her and said, "I love you."

She smiled back at him and said, "I love you too." He put his hand on the side of her face, leaned in and kissed her softly. When they pulled back, she laid her head on his shoulder, and they spent the rest of the journey back holding hands. Both were glad her adventure had ended.

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Ms. Faragonda looked out her office window and saw the ship land in front of Alfea. The girls and the boys all said goodbye to each other and as they walked back up to the school, she heard the girls bringing up the subject of more dates for Guinevere. The fairy of diamonds didn't seem quite so eager on the idea. She smiled and said, "enjoy yourselves now girls, because it's only going to get worse."

Author's Note: Okay, that's another story down. I'm not going to do the next one for a few days mostly because I need to concentrate on my schoolwork, and I want to work on a couple of the other stories I have up here. I will go ahead and tell you that the next one is going to be about Musa, and I'll leave you to guess what the plot for that one is. See you soon!