Aliens and Fairies are real?!

Quiet and peaceful....the way things should be and the way things were until what sounded like someone talking stirred Flora awake

"Huh…..what?" Flora mumbled half asleep as she slowly sat up rubbing her eyes appearing to be extremely tired before she looked around seeing Bloom tossing and turning in her bed

"Bloom?" She says now a bit more awake as she swings her legs off her bed before getting up and walking over to see Bloom still talking while turning in her sleep as she seemed to be saying something along the lines of coming towards someone

Flora stays standing there for a bit more to see if she'll wake up but no, a minute passes and still nothing "Maybe one of the others can help" she says as there's really nothing she can do before she then turns to the door walking over and opening and...it wasn't exactly what she was expecting to see

Ben was just sitting there on the couch in a thinking position and appeared to be almost in a trance as he stared off into space

'I…..I killed her just like that.....what the fuck is up with me...' Ben thinks to himself as only on the way back to Magix did he start to reflect on his actions and well...he now currently wasn't in the best mental state

'I just shot her head apart...and looked her in the eyes as I did it...…God what'll the others think if they ever find out' Ben thinks as his mind slowly starts to turn into thinking of maybe leaving Alfea not thinking of himself as worthy or deserving enough to attend and having people that actually care about him

Ben then lets out a long sigh before he leans back against the couch and just as he lays his head against the couch his head is turned back far enough to see Flora in his peripheral vision causing his eyes to widen as he hurriedly gets up before turning around to face her

"Holy shit! Flora I'm not even 20 and you nearly gave me a heart attack!" Ben said loudly as he puts one hand on his chest as he can feel his heart pounding against his chest

"Oh, I'm so sorry Ben but something's wrong with Bloom" Flora says as Ben gets a concerned look on his face as he walks around the couch before walking over to her

"Bloom?" Ben says sounding concerned as he enters her room with a worried expression on his face as he sees her twisting and turning on her bed as he's quickly followed by Flora

Just as Flora and Ben arrive by Bloom's side, they see that her magic winx seems to flicker in and out of existence "It's almost as if she's trying to transform" Ben says as he activates his omnitrix and scrolls through some of his aliens

"Huh? What are you doing?" Flora asks before Ben then slams down on the core as it pops up transforming into this…..small pixie looking creature

"This guy will let me go into Bloom's dreams" Pesky Dust says flying over before straddling Bloom's chest as he cracks his knuckles then puts both hands on Bloom's head "And away I go!" Pesky says before he's transported into Bloom's dream

"Wait, I'm coming!" Bloom yells as she has her arm outstretched towards Daphne as she attempts to fly over to her, but she seems almost stuck in space

"Huh...It's just Daphne talking to Bloom, I guess I'll leave them alone" Pesky says as he flies in front of Bloom, but she doesn't react to his presence as while they can't see him, he can see them

Pesky then claps his hands before he's then forced out of the dream with his consciousness then returning to his actual body as he blinks a few times getting used to being back in his own body

"Just a weird dream Flora, nothing to worry about" Pesky says as he flies up before flying next to her and reverting back to human

"Anyways now that we got that clear I'm going back to sleep" Ben says but as he takes a few steps forward Flora speaks up

"Ben.....are you alright?" Flora asks which causes Ben to stop and looks back, but he doesn't answer as he just walks out the door

"Wha- wait, Ben!" Flora calls out as she chases him out the door and manages to catch up to him just before he goes into his and Stella's room

"I'm alright Flora....you don't have to worry about me" Ben says though his respond doesn't even come close to convincing her

"Ben, don't lie to me" Flora says walking up and grabbing his hand so he's unable to place it on the door handle

"Flora, I. AM. FINE" Ben says sounding more and more serious with each word that came out of his mouth, but it did nothing to make Flora believe him as she also gets serious looking him dead in the eyes

"No, you're not, as your friend I can tell when you're not alright" Flora says as Ben gains an angry expression for a few seconds before he lets out a loud sigh

"You aren't going to give up, are you?" Ben asked already giving up arguing against her as Flora would probably keep insisting until he told her what was wrong

"You know I won't...…so please Ben tell me what's wrong" Flora says her tone going from serious to a very soft one as Ben's eyes flicker down for a second before he looks towards Sapphire's and Amy's room

"Alright just…..follow me" Ben says a bit hesitant as he makes a small motion for her to follow him as the two then walk over to Sapphire's room door before he then opens it but only enough to peek in and not enter the look

"You'll see the explanation inside" Ben says as he steps aside to allow Flora to peek inside which she does seeing Sapphire sleeping inside and on the opposite side is Amy sleeping on her bed with Ship sticking halfway off the bed in deep sleep

"Huh...who's that girl sleeping on the bed?" Flora asks as Ben just shakes his head before closing the door

"That's Icy's little sister....you know the ice witch that's been trying to steal Stella's ring" Ben says which causes Flora to look surprised wondering if that IS Icy's little sister then why is she sleeping in what used to be a kitchen

"But if that's her little sister then why is she here?" Flora asks but Ben doesn't answer right away as he just makes a hand motion for her to follow him which she does over to the large windows on one end of the living room which he opens, and it just confuses Flora even more

"I don't want to explain it here" Ben says before pointing up and Flora follows her eyes to where he's pointing

"The roof?" Flora asks sounding unsure as Ben just nods before he then takes a deep breath and concentrates before saying

"Magic Winx" Ben says quietly as his Magic Winx outfit slowly materialized replacing his current outfit but it now looked like it was meant for a male fairy instead of a female one but keeping the same color scheme as he puts one foot out the window before looking at Flora "so you coming?"

Flora just stands there blinking for a second or two before waking up while doing the same as Ben and transforming into her Magic Winx "Alright but….what if we get caught?" Flora asks sounding worried but Ben just laughs it off as he takes flight now hovering outside the window

"I doubt it since it's like…..1 in the morning so we'll be ok" Ben says as Flora though hesitant flies after him with the two flying up to the roof

"This looks like a good spot" Ben says as his feet touch the roof before sitting down as Flora does the same beside him

"Ben...why did you ask me to come here?" Flora asks as her lime green wings twitch slightly as she tilts her head to the side confused

"I….didn't really want to explain it there as I didn't want to risk any of the others waking up" Ben says as his eyes flicker down to his hands unsure of how he's going to explain what he's about to say to Flora

Flora sits there for a bit before speaking up "So…..what's on your mind?" Flora asks as Ben takes a deep breath before looking at her

"Have you ever made a promise that you promised to keep despite knowing it's the wrong thing to do?" Ben says as he looks away and at his right hand before looking at Flora once more

"No…..I can't say I've ever done such a thing" Flora says and Ben just sighs knowing there's no way out of this before he then begins to explain

"Well Icy and her little sister are princesses from a world called Dyamond and a witch froze over their entire planet and...killed their family" Ben begins as he looks up at the stars and even though it's one of many, he can still see the star Dyamond is orbiting

"That's...that's horrible" Flora says in shock, but Ben doesn't give her much time to process his words any further before he begins to speak up again

"Yeah it is....but Icy's little sister called Sapphire asked me one thing...no she made me promised that...I'd kill the witch that took her family away from her" Ben says quietly as he lays down on the roof just looking at the stars before he then hears Flora ask

"D-did.....you do it?" Flora asks hesitantly as she looks at Ben's face as he just looks away before looking at his hand before it turns metallic as he manipulates his own DNA turning his arm into that of Decimus before turning it into his Ion blaster but doesn't charge it up

".....yes" Ben says as he just lets his ion blaster flop down creating some small sparks as it makes contact with the roof before his arm reverts to normal

"Ben I....don't know what to say" Flora says looking away as her own wings kinda droop down as she's unsure of what to say or even do

"You don't have to say anything" Ben says as he takes a deep breath knowing that this could be the end of his time at Alfea

"But why did you kill her…..did you not have any other choice?" Flora asks as he looks down at him with Ben just looking away before speaking up

"I…..don't know things happened so fast I'm not sure I had any time to think before I...killed her" Ben says as he looks at his right hand before meeting Flora's eyes

"Do you….regret it at all?" Flora asks as Ben just stops everything before looking up at the small, isolated star in the sky before speaking up

"Part of me...does….and another part….doesn't because she killed so many people but...I could've just captured her and turned her over to the specialists, but I didn't think about it at the time" Ben says with a bit of regret in his voice as Flora then lays down beside him next getting a bit more comfortable

"Then…..what are you going to do about Sapphire?" Flora asks deciding to switch the topic as even though she thinks Ben killing someone is beyond wrong…..a small part of her can't blame him even if she wanted to

"I was planning on taking her to Faragonda in the morning to explain our little situation….as that's the best I can do at the moment" Ben says as he turns his head so he's able to look at her

"But won't Faragonda want to contact Cloud Tower in order to tell Icy that her sister is here?" Flora asks but Ben just shakes his head in response

"I doubt it Faragonda isn't like that, and she especially won't tell them since Sapphire probably doesn't want to see her big sister ever again" Ben says and that honestly hurts her a bit as she can't imagine something like that especially since she herself is a big sister

"That…..honestly hurts a little" Flora says which honestly confuses Ben as he sits up and looks at her with a confused expression

"Hurts…..why does it hurt?" Ben asks as Flora then sits up as she begins messing with her hair

"Well…..I'm a big sister myself….her name's Miele and I can't ever imagine her not wanting to see me again" she says and unfortunately soon after she says that fake scenarios where that exact thing happens go through her head and she tears up a bit causing Ben's eyes to widen

'Shit what do I....wait….flowers!' Ben thinks looking everywhere and thankfully there happened to be a convenient seed of some random fruit there next to him as he grabs it 'c'mon Ben recreate a rose's DNA' he says to himself as he concentrates and the seed opens up revealing a single rose as he then spins his hand around it forcing it to multiply into a dozen or so copies of itself before using a bit of Wildvine's DNA to wrap them into a neat little bouquet

Just as the first tear begins to go down her face he taps her on the shoulder and just as she turns to look at her, he presents her with the bouquet as her eyes widen as she looks up at him

"Yeah, I know not much but I needed something to cheer you up" Ben says as Flora just lets out a sad giggle as she wipes away her tears before taking the bouquet

"No no actually roses are my favorite flower" Flora says as she looks down at the bouquet in her hand and just smiles as she began to see what the other girls saw in him

"You know I think that's enough for one night…..how about we take you back to bed" Ben says softly as he stands back up as he extends out a hand down for her to grab as she smiles before taking it and standing up

The two then walk silently to the edge before dropping down and flying over to their open window going inside their apartment

Immediately as soon as both their feet touch the ground, they de-transform as their magic winx clothes dematerialize being replaced by what they were previously wearing

"This night's been way too long" Ben says as he rubs his eyes as finally fatigue was starting to get to him probably from all the times, he turned into Jetray just that very night as he lets out a yawn

"Yeah, I imagine since you've been awake for so long" Flora says as she's hugging the bouquet of roses to her chest with Ben just nodding before letting out another yawn

"Yeah, anyways goodnight, Flora see you in the morning" Ben says but just as he begins to walk away he hears Flora call out for him

"Ben, wait a moment" Flora says and at the moment Ben turns his head, he's surprised the moment Flora gets on her tiptoes and kisses him on the cheek

"Huh?!" Is the only thing Ben can let out in shock as he takes a step back as Flora only giggles before smiling

"Just a little thank you for the flowers….goodnight" Flora says still with the same smile on her face as she turns around walking into her and Bloom's room before closing it leaving Ben standing there still looking stupefied before he hears something familiar

"Ship?...ship ship" A very familiar voice says as Ben turns and looks down to see the small galvanic mechamorph looking up at him before tilting his head to the side

"No Ship I don't like Flora….she's just a friend" Ben says kneeling down before picking up Ship and standing back up as Ship just gives him this deadpan stare

"Ship….." Ship says while narrowing his one eye as Ben just scoffs before beginning to walk over to his and Stella's room

"What do you mean everybody says that….nobody does" Ben says turning the door handle opening the door before closing it behind him

"Ship….." Ship replies turning his head to the side before getting out of Ben's hold before using his chest as a launch platform before launching himself onto his bed

"No, the same thing that happened with me and Musa won't happen again" Ben says as he takes off his jacket and places it on his desk before also throwing off his shirt before stretching

"Ship ship" Ship says as Ben stops stretching in order to look at him as he just stares at him

"What do you mean you bet that me and Flora will probably become a couple tomorrow?" Ben asks before rolling his eyes and getting on the bed for some much needed rest "Just go to sleep Ship we have a lot to do tomorrow" Ben says before covering himself with the blanket

Ship then just goes from looking at Ben to flipping upside down into his usual sleeping position with his little 'legs' in the air before letting out one last tired yawn before tiredly saying one last word before falling asleep ".....ship"