Chapter 01:
"Get out of my way, fat girl!" Stella whined.
I was standing alone in the locker room after the P.E. class, trying to change my clothes then the Winx appeared behind me. Stella pushed me away. I fell on the floor, my head hit Musa's locker.
"Oh my God. When Stella told you to get out of her way, she meant ours. You make me really piss off right now" Musa hissed.
I quickly stood up and tended to moved fast. However, my clumsiness brought me into another trouble. I hit the bench and fell on Bloom.
"AAAA" she screamed.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to" I instantly stood up and apologized.
"You are such a pig" Bloom hissed.
Musa helped her stand up.
"I think our little pig needs something, right girls?" Stella smirked.
"W.h.a.t?" I shivered.
"Maybe some water can help her, Stel" Tecna laughed.
"I can't agree with you more" as she said, she pushed me down against the locker.
"NO, NOOO" I yelled.
"Shut up. We just want to help you" Bloom giggled.
Bloom and Musa pressed my shoulders and my hands hard. It was so painful.
"LET ME OUT OF HERE!" I screamed, shaking my head.
Bloom slapped me in the face, then Musa pulled my hair.
"You are so annoying" Stella hissed.
She opened her locker and took out a bottle of coffee.
"I think coffee is better than water. Don't you think?" she giggled.
They all laughed at what she said.
She walked closer to me and poured all her drink on me.
"Oops" she giggled.
"Wait a minute. I need to take a picture" Tecna said, took her phone out. "Smile, idiot" she told me.
My face was covered with the brown liquid. Musa pulled my hair harder when Tecna snapped a picture of me.
"Okay. You look…dirty, haha" Tecna laughed. "I'll post it online now. Wow, 40 likes instantly. You're really famous, pig" she said while looking at her phone's screen.
"Hey girls, don't you think that our little Flora need a shower?" Bloom said.
"You bet. She can't get to class in such an unclean look like this" Musa nodded.
"Come on. Get up, big butt" Bloom told me as she and Musa pushed me to the bathroom.
They sprayed me with cold water. It was freezing cold. I shivered a lot. My clothes were all wet, covered my shaking body.
I thought they would stop but after that, they dipped my head into the water in a sink. I couldn't breathe. I tried to lift my head. Unfortunately, somebody pushed my head down again. I thought I was going to be drowned. My mind was empty. I could only think about the death. If I died, would they be accused of killing me? Their families were very rich. Their parents wouldn't let them be criminated. Nobody would have to pay for my death. I needed air. I suddenly thought of mom. "Mom, I need you. Help me!" I thought.
I opened my eyes. It was another nightmare. However, it was more like a memory. I used to dream about my past with hurtful memories which I never wanted to remember them. Sometimes, I cried when it crossed my mind. Two years had passed by, but the feelings were like yesterday. Whenever I dreamed about them, I felt so real.
I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and got up. I looked at the clock. It was 5 a.m. Well, that dream had woken me up early. I walked to the bathroom to take a morning bath. It might help me calm down.
It took me nearly 30 minutes in the cozy bath. I walked to my closet to find something to dress. I chose a pink crop top and a pair of dark skinny jeans. I put my curly hair into a high pony tail with a lighter pink ribbon to hold it. I put on a pink pair of converse. Well, as you can see, I love pink. I looked at myself in the mirror, there stood a beautiful me.
I walked downstairs to have breakfast. Our furniture were all packed. We were moving back to our old town today. Hence, I guessed this would be the last breakfast in this house. I opened the refrigerator and took out some eggs and fruit. I managed to make pancakes for breakfast.
"Good morning, my dear Flora" Nabu yawned as he entered the kitchen. He is my brother.
"Good morning, Nabu" I giggled.
"Wow, that smells so good! Can I have some?" Nabu said as I used some strawberries to make topping.
"Okay. Suit yourself" I took two plates and put the pancakes out.
We had our breakfast while talking a lot. When we finished, Nabu washed them and put into a box.
"It's 8 a.m now. You should get ready" Nabu said as we were collecting our left stuffs.
"I still have some boxes in my room. Can you help me bring them down?" I asked nicely.
"Anything for my little sister" he smiled.
After we had the package men move our things, I carried my bags outside.
"Let me help you" Nabu said as he took the heaviest bag with ease.
"Is everything done?" Nabu asked.
"Yep! Ready to go now" I yelled and got into the passenger seat of our small BMW.
We clicked our seatbelt down. Nabu started the engine up, and began to drive.
We were on the road which lead us back to our old town, or should I say back to the worst place ever.
My name is Flora Collins. I am now 17 years old. Nabu is a year older than me. I love him a lot because my big brother always cares about me.
Two years ago, I was fat, ugly and clumsy. I guessed that's the main reason why everybody in my old school didn't want to be friend with me. However, the worst thing was that they even made jokes of me. I had been bullied every day at school back then. Especially the Winx. They were always bringing me down. They made me become a freakshow in everybody's eyes. I felt horrible about myself so much that I once tried to suicide. I used big doses of anxiety medication. Fortunately, my mom found out, so she took me to the hospital in time. My life was saved. My mom was in a big shock when she knew the reason why I wanted to kill myself. I couldn't tell my mom about bad things had happened at school because I loved her so much that I didn't want to make she worry about me. Nabu and dad didn't live with us. Dad had to work faraway from our house, and Nabu won a scholarship in football to a famous school where Daddy worked. Mom couldn't quit her job so we decided to live seperate. When she told Dad about my situation, they made a decision that she would quit her job and we would move to live with Dad and Nabu.
Family union had given me a lot of courage and strength to get over the stress. Everybody in my new school was all very nice to me. I had many friends. However, I was still obsessed with my weight. Therefore, I began working out a lot. I was craving for getting skinny. I didn't dare to eat as half as I used to. I drank water whenever I felt hungry and eat only fruit instead of usual food. After a few weeks, I lost some pounds. Unfortunately, my health was worse than before. I sometimes fainted in classes. My mom and dad were upset and angry. They forced me to stop being a slave to get skinny. After a year of hard working and diets, my dream finally came true.
As I became thinner, I figured out that I grew in beauty. Some boys at school started asking me out. I refused them all. I was not in a search for my charming prince. I had never thought of finding some one special. Besides, I always believed whenever I met my prince, the moment our hands touched, I would definitely feel something. I hadn't got that feeling so far. Therefore, I decided to stay single and wait for him.
"Did you call mom yet?" I asked Nabu.
We had been driving for 3 hours while I got some sleep.
"Yeah. She said she would be waiting for us" Nabu said.
"Okay. That's good. I miss dad. I wish he was here with us" I said. My dad was in Europe due to his business.
"You know dad is a busy man, Flo" Nabu smiled.
The streets and the views were getting familiar. It has been 2 years since I last been here. I never thought that I would come back. If it hadn't been because of my mom's promotion, we wouldn't have moved back.
Memories started to flood my mind. I was born here, spoke the first word here, knew how to walk here, went to school here and leave here with sadness. Now, I come back. I was not so sure about my feelings. Some were happy, some were sad. Some were even angry. I had to face my old enemies, who had put me down, made fun of me. I was afraid to see the Winx again. I wondered if they were still together. Come on Flora. You are not the old fat girl. You are now beautiful than ever.
"Hey" Nabu said. "We are arrived."
I was interrupted in my deep thought with his words. I didn't notice that we had parked in front of our house. I fixed my hair and my clothes, then I got out of the car. Nabu was taking out our luggage. I saw mom talking with a woman.
"Mom" I called her.
"Flora. You are arrived. I've been waiting for you all this morning" Mom hugged me.
"You know you still have a son, don't you?" Nabu stood behind me.
"Oh. Come here big boy" Mom said and squeezed him.
I looked at the woman standing in front of me. She had blue hair, fair skin. I could say she was beautiful.
"This is Mrs. Branch. She's our neighbor" Mom said. "And this is my daughter and son, Flora and Nabu" she told the blue haired woman.
"Nice to meet you, Mrs. Branch" Nabu and I said.
"Nice to meet you, too. I've been eager to see you. Your mom has told me a lot about you" She smiled. "I have a son and a daughter at the same age of you. I think you guys will be friends soon."
"It would be great" I replied.
"Oh, that is my daughter. She is getting mails over there" she said.
We looked over her house, and I saw a blue haired girl standing next to her house's mailbox. The girl wore a red T-shirt with a pair of dark blue denim shorts. She was wearing headphones while reading some letters. I couldn't see her face clearly since she kept her head down.
Mrs. Branch walked to her, told her something that she put her headphones down and walked to us.
I couldn't believe in my eyes. I felt like there was something torn my heart. She was one of my worst nightmares. She was…
"This is Musa" Mrs. Branch said.