PENUMBRA | fate the winx saga

1:TWENTYSIX

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Trying to follow someone without being suspicious was a lot more difficult than Vienna had realised, given the fact that most students were still training outside and the halls of Alfea were pretty much empty. She tried to follow Bloom from a reasonable distance. Yes, she could probably just move with the shadows to follow the redhead, but where was the fun in that?

She let out a yelp of surprise as she felt a hand wrap around her wrist and got pulled into one of the hidden alcoves. She looked up in shock as she felt her back colliding with the wall, and found blue eyes staring down at her.

"Aren't you supposed to be at training?" Sky questioned the girl, a look of confusion on his face.

"I could ask you the same thing," Vie said in response, her neck craning to look past the edge of the wall, hoping that Bloom was still within her sight.

"Touché." As she looked back at the boy, she found his gaze towards where she had previously been looking. "Are you following Bloom?"

"What? No.." she trailed off, and watched as the blonde raised a brow at her. "..yes."

He sighed softly. "Did Silva put you up to this?"

"No, I volunteered," she stated, craning her neck to try and find Bloom again. After a few moments, she saw a flash of red hair moving out of the main doors of the academy. "Look, either let me follow her, or come with me. I don't wanna lose her."

"Okay," he shrugged. "But first." He ducked his head down quickly and pressed his lip against hers. Before she could properly kiss him back, he pulled away with a smirk and began to walk away. "Come on, hurry up," he said as a large grin grew on his face, causing Vienna to scoff and punch him in the arm.

The two of them ended up following Bloom out into the woods, towards where the Stone Circle was located.

"She better not be doing something dumb," Vienna muttered as she followed Sky. She stopped as he held his arm out, and looked up with a confused expression.

"You stay here. I'll go and talk to her."

"What? No-"

"Look, she really dislikes all the teachers right now, and I don't think she'll be willing to tell all her secrets to a Silva."

Vienna scoffed. "I'll just make her talk."

"Vie," he warned, a small smile tugging at his lips. "You can use your shadows to see if anyone else is meeting her, and I'll try to get through to her. If that doesn't work, then you can try."

The girl let out a hmph in disagreement as she crossed her arms in front of her. "Fine. But only if you give me a proper kiss this time."

Sky wrapped his arms around her waist in response and pulled her close, his lips capturing her own. Vienna smiled into the kiss as her eyes fluttered to a close, her hands gripping onto his upper arms to steady herself.

"Okay," she breathed out as she pulled away. "I think that qualifies as a proper kiss."

Sky let out a small chuckle as he began to take small steps backwards. "You think that was a proper kiss?" he questioned as he turned around. "I'll show you what a proper one is like after this."

"I'll hold you to it," she called out, watching with a bright smile as he walked towards the Stone Circle.

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It had only been ten minutes, but Vienna was starting to get very twitchy. She had scouted the immediate area like Sky had suggested, but it didn't seem like anyone was coming out to meet Bloom. She had been planning on waiting another five minutes, when she caught a flash of red hair through the trees.

With narrowed eyes Vienna moved between the trees, and found Bloom running away from the Stone Circle. The raven-haired girl was ready to follow the girl, but a sudden realisation hit her.

Sky wasn't with her.

Vienna ran in the opposite direction to where Bloom had run, sprinting towards the circle of stones which stored the heart of Alfea's power. She let out a gasp as she found the boy sprawled across the floor, and instantly moved towards him, her knees colliding painfully against the floor.

"Sky?" she called out frantically, her hands gripping onto his shoulders as she aggressively shook him. "Damn it! Sky, wake up!" She carefully cradled his face with both hands, before moving her right hand to try and find any sort of wound that may have been inflicted in him. She furrowed her brows as she found nothing, her heart clenching as he continued to remain unconscious in her arms. She carefully lifted his head onto her lap, then frantically patted down her pockets to try and locate her phone. She pulled out the device with shaky fingers and quickly rang her father.

"Sorry, sweetheart," Silva spoke after the fourth ring. "I'm a little-"

"He's not waking up!" she cut off as she looked down at the boy in her lap. "Sky is- I don't what Bloom did, but-"

"He's what? Okay uh, sweetheart just calm down. Tell me exactly what happened."

Vienna took a deep breath before attempting to speak again. "We both followed Bloom out of the school. Sky wanted to talk to her alone to try and get through to her, but then I found him unconscious. I don't know what's wrong, Dad. He doesn't have any physical injuries but he isn't waking up. What could she have done to him?"

"We found two unconscious guards yesterday," Silva finally revealed. "According to Ben they were only sedated, so I assume Bloom did the same to Sky." Vienna let out a sigh of relief at the news, one hand still gently holding Sky's face. "The good news is, he'll most likely wake up in around thirty minutes. Stay with him until then so he isn't vulnerable. Who knows what's in these woods."

"Okay," she breathed out softly. "Love you, Dad."

"Love you too, sweetheart."

She hung up and shoved her phone back into her pocket. "Waiting game it is," she mumbled as she shifted slightly to lean against the stone pillar, Sky's head still in her lap. "Then I'm gonna punch the little prick."

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One chapter of penumbra as promised, celine

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