Chapter 4- Nightmares

Flora was walking in the fields, her fingers brushing against the flowers she walked past. She enjoyed the sun hitting her skin while the brisk breeze flowed through her hair.

Flora continued to walk until she spotted a flower wilting. Frowning, flora walked over and knelt next to it.

"Awe, your poor thing. Let me help." Flora spoke to the plant as she blew green glitter from the palms of her hand that would heal the little flower.

Flora's eyes widened as she watched the flower begin to wilt more and more, until it disintegrated. Flora fell back in shock, crawling backwards. She looked around and watched as all the plant life begin to wither, the grass surrounding her disintegrated into nothing and all that was left was dirt.

"Wh.. What's happening?!" Flora let out, panic rising within her chest.

"There's nothing for you to worry my dear. Nature is just showing it's true form."

Flora turned around and saw a man who looked deathly pale and white hair spiked to the side. The same man she saw before.

"Who... Who are you?!" Flora gasped as she stood up and backed away from the man.

"Oh, my dear Flora, you will find out soon enough. But for now, let me just show you a small bit of my power." The man stated before snapping his finger and a white fireball appeared.

"What?!" Flora gasped as she watched the white hair male throw the fireball at her, hitting her directly in her chest knocking her backwards and into the dirt. Flora felt pain wrack her body and the last thing she saw was a flash of brown hair until nothing.

Flora woke up in a flash, sweat beading down her forehead as she took in deep breaths.

"Flora?" The nature fairy snapped her head up to see her red headed roommate staring at her from her closet.

"Are you okay?" Bloom asked as she walked over to the flower fairy.

"Uh yeah Bloom. I'm fine, really. Just a little nightmare, nothing to worry about." Flora responses and Bloom looked skeptical but nodded, not wanting to push the matter if Flora wasn't ready to talk about it.

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It's been a week since the attack on Alfea and the girls were all in their rooms relaxing. Flora was recovering well and was out with the girls, sipping on a cup of tea.

"So, girls, I think we've ignored the issue long enough. We've allowed Flora to heal and rest, but I really think we should talk about, uh, you know what." Bloom began, ending all of the girl's side conversations.

"What are we supposed to do? As of right now everything's been quiet, and we can't go anywhere to try and stop this whole ordeal." Musa told the group, crossing her arms as she leaned back into the couch.

"I guess we just have to keep our guards up. We don't know who this new threat is, and we can't have Flora put at risk again." Layla responded and the girls agreed except for the nature fairy.

"No."

"What do you mean no? That's illogical Flora, we have to keep you safe." Tecna responded to the surprised answer if their friend.

"Look girls, I really appreciate what you want to do. But we're not going to change how we live; I'm not going to change my lifestyle to protect me over something we don't even know about. We don't even know if what's happening is real. For all we know the trip just wanted to throw everyone off." Flora told them and even Stella looked at her as if she had ten different heads.

"Flora are you out of your mind? Reality check, there is some evil force that wants to kill you. Not just take your powers but kill you. You alone can't take something like this on." Stella told Flora who looked up in shock as the others agreed.

"Woah Stella, I know we want to protect Flora but tha-"Musa started, surprised by what her friend just said until she was cut off.

"Are you serious Stella? You really don't think I can handle this." Flora began, a hint of hurt flashing through the nature fairies' eyes.

"Look at the last time Flora, you ended up in the infirmary and it wasn't even this big bad enemy." Stella told her straight on and Flora shook her head in disbelief.

"I can't believe your talking down on my own abilities Stella. To be frank, I don't even want you girls involved, you want to know why? Because I don't want you getting hurt. But now knowing you don't even think I'm capable of defending myself is just worse than what any enemy could do to me." Flora finished before getting up and walking into her room, shutting the door louder than she normally would.

"Really guys. Flora always supported us when we had to do things, but you can't support her at all? Bloom, she's going through what you went through so of all people I'd expect to defend her, you would. But I guess I was wrong." Musa told them and all the girls looked down at their feet.

"We just want to keep her safe, this is brand new territory for her. I've had this happen to me for years, I know what to expect. I wish I had you guys help me more when this first started with me and that's what I want to do for Flora." Bloom told Musa and the girls instantly agreed with their leader.

"I get that Bloom, but you could have said that instead of tearing her down." Musa told them before getting up and walking towards Flora's room.

Musa opened the door and saw her nature loving friend staring out the window, her shoulders sagging.

"Hey Flora, are you okay?" Musa asked, walking over to her friend.

"Yeah, I just overreacted. I'm sorry." Flora told her friend, not making eye contact as she stared out the window.

"Flora, you didn't do anything wrong. The others were being stupid, and they realized that. They only want to keep you safe." Musa told her as she placed a hand on Flora's shoulder.

"You have been tasked with something you could never have even dreamed of. Your going to get through this, we're here for you Flo." Musa told her, offering a small smile to her friend.

"That's just it. I have... I have been having dreams." Flora told her quietly as flora moved away from the window and sat down on her bed.

"What do you mean?" Musa asked, sitting next to her friend concerned.

"Ever since the attack, when I got knocked out. I saw some guy; he was pale and creepy looking. After that I would get nightmares, the same guy. He.. he would make all of nature perish into nothing. Then he would hit me with some spell and as I was going unconscious, I'd see a part of brown hair rush over to me, but I could never make out who. Then I would wake up." Flora confessed as she looked at the ground.

"Oh my god, Flo you should've told one of us sooner. We need to tell the girls and Faragonda." Musa told her and Flora sighed.

"I know, I just didn't want to burden anyone. I just... I don't know what to do. I mean who was that guy? Then that brown-haired person. I mean is there someone else in the mix? I just... I don't know." Flora told Musa truthfully as she buried her face into her hands.

"Flora, you will never be a burden, ever. We will figure everything out and we all have your back, don't worry." Musa comforted her friend and Flora smiles at her.

"Thank you, Musa." Flora replies sweetly as she reached out and gave her raven haired friend a hug.

"Now let's go tell the girls." Musa told her as she stood up and extended her hand. Flora looked at her and nodded and grabbed her friends' hand and followed her out the door.

Authors Note: Oh heyyyy, hahaha were going to pretend it hasn't been a year cool thanks. Since I'm in quarantine it has made me want to finish some stories so I'm going to work on this one for a bit. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and who do you think the mysterious brown haired person is?