"Don't let yourself lose me." FTWS Terra Harvey / Kat
Kat's eyes trail over the mess of the greenhouse. There are plants knocked over in every corner, soil and plant food tipped off the shelves. An earthy smell encapsulates the ventilated room. There, in the centre of it all, tears rolling down her face is Terra.
She's sitting in dirt, her arms tightly wrapped around her waist, as she rocks gently back and forth on her knees in a self soothing manner. Kat steps into the greenhouse properly, coming down to kneel beside her.
"Hey sweetheart. Hey." Her voice feels like it could shatter glass even though it's barely above a whisper. "Don't let yourself lose me, hm?" She asks, running a steady hand over Terra's shoulder. Her nimble fingers meeting soft skin. Terra looks up at her, her lip quivering, and Kat doesn't even blink before she's wrapping her arms around her.
I've been thinking about making a list of the characters that I've written and that Sanya could possibly mention, there are also new children that will appear due to Sanya's Time Leap, and I thought about listing them all, even if later I'll I have to update this list, because my head keeps coming up with ideas about this fanfic! Most of these children would appear in one of the parallel stories, in this case, the four books: "Tree of Life", "New Aurora Borealis", "Lullabies Never Sung" and "The Heart of the World", are few children compared to the entire story I have already written.
I could give some physical descriptions but I will limit myself to giving a brief presentation of these children and talking about their ages, some of them are known here but others I haven't even mentioned.
Stella x Beatrix: (Let's start with the most obvious, please)
★ Estrella: She was adopted at the age of four and lost her parents due to the witch hunt that takes place throughout the Magic Dimension, she began to be raised by the couple in the middle of the political war between Eraklyon and Solaria, she is a blood witch — Current age: 19
★ Dia: Is their first biological daughter, she was born a lunar witch, one thing that's unusual between her and her sisters is that she was born exactly like her grandmother, Luna — Current age: 13
★ Ellie: Eleanor's older twin, she was born a solar witch, and she is Ignacio's best friend — Current age: 12
★ Eleanor: Ellie's younger twin, she was born a light fairy, she is in love with Thalassa. Before the Time Jump, Eleanor committed suicide due to Aaron's abuse — Current age: 12
★ Sanya: Born a hybrid, she is a massive representative of peace between the two races, she got a Witch's Hat much earlier than her other siblings and has a natural talent for brewing potions (especially poisons) but all of this was only possible after the Time Leap, she is Cadenza's best friend — Current age: 11
★ Marina: She is the first child born after the Time Leap, she is a sea witch, personally closer to her sisters, Vega and Sanya — Current age: 8
★ Castor: The only child who has Beatrix's brown eyes, she was born after the Time Leap, she is Pollux's twin sister and was born an air fairy — Current age: 6
★ Pollux: The only child born with the light green eyes of her grandfather, Radius, she was born after the Time Leap, she is Castor's twin sister and was born a forest witch — Current age: 6
★ Cosmos: Named after his grandmother (Beatrix's mother), he was born an air fairy, is the only boy in the family, and is a Stella's mini copy, just like half the children — Current age: 5
★ Cressida: She is a new species of fairy, a gold fairy, is the only one born with brownish hair in the family, she has all of Beatrix's personality and needs to take classes to control her magic — Current age: 4
Beatrix x Eraklyon's prince (relationship never consummated or existing)
★ Vega: Beatrix and Eraklyon's prince daughter, she was born through black magic and not through normal conception, which is why she has no magic of her own, as if she were made of clay, she is the rightful and only heir to the Eraklyan throne — Current age: 11
Bloom x Sky:
★ Ruben: The eldest son, he was the guardian of the Dragon Flame until Marion was born, he would possibly be Eraklyon's heir if Sky had not left the line of succession, has a slight crush on Estrella — Current age: 16
★ Marion: Their first daughter and second child, she is the current bearer of the Dragon Flame, and Domino's future ruler, she was extremely close to her mother before she disappeared, in love with Breezy and reciprocated — Current age: 14
★ Ignacio: Their third and last child before the divorce, he was born with a very small amount of magic so Sky trains him to be a Specialist, he doesn't understand why his parents separated but he loves his stepmother — Current age: 12
Bloom x Isobel "Icy"
★ Angel: She is their first daughter, she was born a heat witch, Angel has always been a little shy with her half-siblings, especially with Ruben since he doesn't seem to like her, but she has a good relationship with her other siblings, she is the future Duchess of Daniels — Current age: 10
★ Blanche: Cymbeline's older twin sister, born a normal fire fairy, generally avoids Ruben anyway because of her fear of him, but she gets along very well with Pollux and Castor — Current age: 8
★ Cymbeline: Blanche's younger twin brother, born an ice wizard, he hates Ruben because of his similarity to Sky and the way he acts with his older sisters, apart from he has a good relationship with all his siblings, but he is especially close to his cousins — Current age: 8
Daphne x D'arcy
★ Mimis: The first of their triplets, Mimis is a nymph, technically still a fairy, but she is trained by Daphne and she dreams of take up some position among the legendary Nine Nymphs of Magix one day, she is very close to Sanya, Ellie and Marion — Current age: 12
★ Mephisto: The second of the triplets, Mephisto is a fire fairy, he is very close to his cousins and sometimes babysits Cosmos and Cressida — Current age: 12
★ Malachi: The youngest of the triplets, he is a divination wizard, like D'arcy, he likes reading palms and whenever he can he practices tarot with Sanya — Current age: 12
Musa x Samuel "Sam"
★ Dorian: Their only son, Musa had him at a time when she had a relapse with Sam, but never wanted to get back together with him, so they were separated but Sam visited the boy, and Musa married Riv, who sees him as a son. Dorian is an mind fairy — Current age: 17
Musa x Riven
★ Callypso: Cadenza's twin brother, he is a mind fairy, he is extremely quiet and loves to play the drums, he and his sister use Runic Blockers at certain times because of how strong their magic is, this is due to the fact that they are the children of a Guardian Fairy — Current age: 12
★ Cadenza: Callypso's twin sister, she is also a mind fairy, unlike her brother, she is extremely active and, at times, even aggressive, Riven teaches her from a young age to defend herself, she and her brother use Runic Blockers at certain times Because of how strong their magic is, this is due to the fact that they are the children of a Guardian Fairy — Current age: 12
★ Harper: He is the youngest in the family, he has a very small amount of magic so when he grows up, Riven will train him until the day he goes to Alfea — Current age: 3
Terra x Katherine "Kat"
★ Magnolia: Mag is their first daughter, she is an earth fairy and usually helps her mother with her projects, she dreams of being a normal teenager with a peaceful life, she has a crush on Dorian — Current age: 13
★ Pearl: Their second daughter, Pearl is adopted, she is a water fairy who lost her parents in a car accident, she survived and ended up losing her sight, when she was 3 years, Terra and Kat adopted her — Current age: 8
★ Olivier: The third child, he doesn't have much magic, so Kat trains him from time to time, because Oli's dream is different, but he will gladly join the Specialists if it makes his mothers happy — Current age: 6
Flora x Helia
★ Breezy: Their eldest daughter, she is a earth fairy, she is in love with Marion and it is reciprocal, she travels daily with her mother to take care of the Alfea greenhouse, and Flora is also a teacher at the school — Current age: 15
★ Jasper: Second child and first son, he is an earth fairy, he takes harp lessons, courtesy of Beatrix, who is his godmother, and he is very good friends with Pollux, but only Fawn knows that he likes her — Current age: 8
★ Fawn: Third child and second daughter, she is an earth fairy, she lives away from home, in a nearby forest, and loves collecting seeds, only she knows that Jasper likes Pollux — Current age: 6
Aisha x Gray
★ Thalassa: She is Aisha and Gray's only daughter, she is a water fairy, sometimes while she trains with the Specialists, she also loves beaches, and Thalassa knows that Eleanor has feelings for her, but she thinks it's just a child's crush — Current age: 17
Tecna x Carmen
★ Cecília: Their eldest daughter, Cece is great with circuits, she is an human and developed an advanced paw prosthetic with her mother for her dog who suffered an accident, she also works at her mom's PetShop — Current age: 15
★ Ada: She is their youngest daughter, she was born a technomagic fairy, always demonstrating an advanced intellect, she, since Cecília has already said she doesn't want to, will take on the position of CEO of her family's Multimillion-dollar Technology Company — Current age: 6
Roxana "Roxy" x Manuel
★ Emily: Their only daughter, she was born a human but still, taking after her mother, she had a very strong connection with animals, she is the crown princess of Tir Na Nog and faces great criticism for being a human who will assume the throne of the central kingdom of the Earth Fairies (the non-magical Earth/the human world) — Current age: 15
Others
★ Anatole: Radius' first child with his new wife, Ariana, he born a light fairy, he gets along well with his older sister after getting to know her better at the age of 11, they become close and develop a good older sister-older brother relationship.
★ Serena: The eldest daughter of Queen Krystal, current ruler of Linphea, she is great at volleyball, so much so that she would like to compete, and really wants to rappe one day but her father is very afraid of what could happen to her.
★ Orion: Second son of Queen Krystal, he takes after his father in appearance but is like his mother and sister, he is often seen skateboarding and escaping his royal duties to go to a skate park
★ Mia: Queen Krystal's youngest daughter, she is still too young for any radical activity, but she is already trying to climb the castle's shelves and furniture.
★ Ramone: Eldest son of Queen Galatea, the current ruler of Melody, and Hendrix's twin brother, he was born a mind fairy, and in terms of appearance is identical to his twin, even though it is quieter and calmer.
★ Hendrix: Ramone's twin brother, he is the second son of Queen Galatea, he was also born a mind fairy, and unlike his twin, he is much more agitated, he crawls everywhere and the maids and butlers go crazy.
★ Sophia: Selina's daughter, she is an earth fairy and is a childhood friend of Marion, as their mothers knew each other since they were young, she lives in the Forest of Flowers, in Gardenia, where her mother's old Fairy Godmother lived, and where it is now an area protected by a seal made by Flora.
Well, that's it, I'm sorry it's not much but these are the ocs that I remember at the moment, each of them with their own story, to be more exact, Stellatrix's children and Skloom and Bloomtrix's children would all appear in "New Aurora Borealis", it would be a book of maximum 300/400 pages with just one plot that would involve these children.
Did you and Jupiter conspire to get me?
I think you and the Moon and Neptune got it right
'Cause now I'm shining bright (ooh) so bright
And I get lost in your eyes
As she stares at them, she thinks maybe her next tattoo will be one.
Maybe a lion. Maybe an elf. Maybe, she thinks with a pang in her heart as she remembers how fucking terrified she had been facing it, despite all her training, despite everything she knew, maybe a Burned One.
- or kat’s tattoos and what they mean to her.
a/n: the world might feel like it’s ending right now, but it’s not. we still have good things. we still have hope. and sometimes that is all we can have. i hope this drabble can give you so hope, even if it is very miniscule. 💙
She’s never wanted tattoos before. Honestly. Kat grew up Catholic, and while most of her family is fairly progressive, her being a case in point, she’s fairly sure her grandmother would keel over before ever getting tattoos.
But then Sky, Riven and Luca announce that they plan on getting their division symbol tattooed, and suddenly it becomes a thing for all of them. Something about squad loyalty, about having a part of them all at all times.
Truthfully, Kat thinks it’s cheesy, but then she remembers how her grandfather still has his dog tags from World War I as well as his deceased friends’ dog tags, and she shuts up about it.
So she finds herself in Blackbridge, lying down on the stupid cot, her eyes shut as she tries to breathe through the pain of the needle tracing the small symbol onto the inner part of her elbow.
“You’re doing great Kat.” The artist, this really nice girl named Lily says, and Kat gives her a smile in response.
The others are all also getting tattooed, or have just finished theirs. Sky went first - after all, it was his idea.
“One more stroke.” Lily says, and Kat bites back the urge to make a dirty joke. She opens her eyes, staring up at the ceiling. The walls are covered in different styles of art, varying from little cartoon fairies, most likely renditions from the human world, to drawings of different beasts.
As she stares at them, she thinks maybe her next tattoo will be one.
Maybe a lion. Maybe an elf. Maybe, she thinks with a pang in her heart as she remembers how fucking terrified she had been facing it, despite all her training, despite everything she knew, maybe a Burned One.
She shakes her head, eyes tearing up as Lily wipes off the excess ink, and gently presses a cool and damp paper towel against the tattoo, a smile on her face. “You did great Kat. Joey will give you everything you need for the aftercare. I’ll let you lie down for a bit so you don’t pass out when you get up.”
With that, the redhead is gone, and Kat’s left to lie down by herself, her eyes trailing to her right arm. She can see the tattoo from here, the stark contrast between her pale skin and the dark lines of the tattoo.
The tattoo aches as she eventually shifts into a sitting position and she grimaces through the pain, suddenly grateful that she has horrible periods.
Truthfully this pain is nothing compared to them, and she wonders how the hell Sky and Riven are fairing.
One look to her right gives her, her answer. Sky is leaning against the wall, already nursing his flask of whisky. Kat rolls her eyes, getting up and walking towards him.
“Is drinking after a tattoo advised?” She quips, and Sky glares at her. “No. Is being annoying advised?” He fires back.
Kat snorts, stealing the flask from him. She takes a sip, wincing at the bitterness of alcohol. “When have I ever listened to anything we’ve been advised to do?” She asks him, and Sky, smartly, doesn’t respond.
#
The tattoo becomes something Kat gets used to after a while. It’s small, the size of a 25 cent coin, and she finds herself wearing more and more sleeveless shirts so she can rub her fingers against the lines.
It’s a sunburst, a small circle with varying lengths of lines extending out from it. When she’s anxious, she finds herself tracing it.
If it wasn’t permanently etched into her skin, she thinks she would have rubbed it off. She’s good at the upkeep though, and so it still looks pretty fresh, even three months after getting it.
Honestly, she forgets about it most of the time. It’s just there. Another part of her body in the same way her freckles or the piercings in her ears are.
She’s so used to it, she barely recognizes it as being hers until Terra points it out.
They are hanging out in the Winx suite, Kat struggling through her History of Magic & Warfare homework, while Terra sits on the couch, watching something on her phone.
Kat sighs, staring down at the words on the page, before deciding to throw her hair up, so she can’t feel it against her neck. She’s halfway through doing so, when Terra looks over at her, and she gasps.
“What?” Kat asks, her arms still extended, one hand buried in her mess of hair, trying to smush it into something manageable that will sit under her elastic band, the other holding the aforementioned elastic band wide enough that she could reasonably stuff her hair under.
“When did you get that?” Terra asks. Kat pauses for a moment, confused, before she catches a glimpse of her tattoo through the corner of her eye and she realizes what Terra’s talking about.
“Oh.” She says, finally managing to get her hair up. She relaxes after it’s out of her way. “Like three months ago.” She says in response to Terra’s question.
“Three months ago?” The plus size girl asks, and Kat nods, her attention back to her stupid essay. She could probably call her grandfather and ask him about how magic was used in the first two world wars, she thinks to herself.
“You got a tattoo three months ago?” Terra asks incredulously. “And I just noticed today?”
Kat shrugs. “Yeah. I mean. I have been wearing longer sleeves lately. It’s cold outside.” Terra gives her a flat look, and Kat shuts up.
They sat in silence for a moment before Terra spoke. “Can I?”
“Can you what?” Kat asks, and she follows Terra’s eyes down to her arm. “Oh. Yeah, you can touch it hun.”
Terra crosses the room, her socked feet thudding against the hardwood floors as she makes her way over. She kneels down beside Kat, her fingers gently beginning to trace the skin. “Did it hurt?” She asks.
Kat snorts. “Like a bitch. But I pulled through obviously.”
Terra shakes her head. “You’re so silly.” Kat gives her a grin. She watches as Terra’s fingers continue tracing the tattoo. She shivers at the feeling. Terra’s fingers are warm and delicate despite the thick calluses on them from years of gardening and hard work.
“I’ve always wanted a tattoo.” Terra mumbles, and Kat raises an eyebrow at her.
“Really Harvey?” She asks. Terra nods, pulling away. For a moment, Kat wishes she wouldn’t. She doesn’t voice this thought though.
“I wanted a dahlia. For my maternal grandmother. She died when I was two. Sam has a lot more memories of her than I do.” Kat nods, her breath caught in her throat. Terra holds her cards to her chest.
They’ve been going out, or whatever this is, for almost two months now. And there’s still so much about Terra that Kat doesn’t know.
“That sounds really sweet love.” Kat says, and Terra looks at her, a soft smile on her face. “Yeah,” Terra says, sitting down beside Kat, “I think she would agree.”
They fall into comfortable silence. Kat looks back down at her textbook before back at Terra. She bites down on her lip.
“Tell me more. About the tattoos you want.” She watches as Terra’s eyes light up. The blonde begins to talk, her hands flapping in excitement and Kat grins as she abandons her textbook, her eyes and focus completely on the girl who has stolen her heart.
Getting this tattoo might have been her best choice yet.
#
It’s raining when Terra wakes up. Proper rain, not the spitty shit they’ve been getting for the last two days. Rain that is falling hard enough that she can hear the drops against the windows.
She opens her bleary eyes, scanning the room before she realizes that she’s alone.
Kat must have gone in for an early shift. Terra sighs, sitting up properly so that she can grab at her phone and turn it on.
It’s 9:30AM. Not the latest she’s slept in lately, but still not entirely early. She sits there, staring at her lockscreen, her and Kat on their recent 8th year anniversary, until she hears the tell tale sound of Theo.
Tiny feet pattering against the ground. Overly excited breaths. She does her best to hold back the laugh she feels bubbling up. Within seconds, she sees the bedroom door being pushed open, and there’s the sound of those little footsteps and suddenly a little body is crawling up her bed and she sees a tiny face beside her.
“Hi.” She says softly, and Theo giggles at her. “Hi Mumma.” It’s startling sometimes, how much he looks like a perfect combination of her and Kat. He has Kat’s eyes and her nose, but his chubby cheeks and overall demeanour is entirely Terra’s.
“Did you sleep well?” She asks, and he nods. “I had a dream about dinosaurs.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah! They were so cool Mumma.” His eyes sparkle with excitement and this time, the laugh does bubble out. Her son has spent the last two months being obsessed with anything and everything dinosaur related. It’s adorable.
The other day, he asked if she was a terrasaurous. And he was genuinely utterly crushed when she said she wasn’t. Kat had let him spend the rest of the evening drawing dinosaurs on every piece of paper he got his hands onto.
She spoils him crazy. Not that Terra’s any better.
“C’mon Mumma. We have to get up.” Theo’s chubby little hands poke at her face, and Terra snorts. For a two year old, he’s very demanding.
But it’s fitting. After all, he is her kid.
“Okay. Alright I’m coming.” She says, watching as he shimmies off the bed, his feet hitting the floor with a soft thud. He scurries out of the bedroom, and Terra toddles after him.
The downstairs is quiet as she follows her son, who slides his socked feet on the ground. The rain is still audibly pouring. Theo demands that she move faster, and she rolls her eyes at him goodnaturedly before complying.
They are halfway through making breakfast, Terra handling the actual cooking part, and Theo just sitting at the table and looking cute, when the front door opens. “Ter?” Kat’s voice calls from the utility room.
“Yeah! In the kitchen.” She calls back, and she can hear her wife shuffling around. The sound of footsteps plus Theo’s excited giggles make her look up.
“Hi baby. How’s my favourite boy?” Kat asks, pressing kisses against every corner of Theo’s face that she can reach. Terra snorts. Theo squirms, giggling as he tries and fails to push his other mother off. Finally, Kat relents.
She makes her way over to Terra, pressing a quick kiss against her forehead and another kiss against her lips. “Hi Beauty.”
“Hi.” Terra says, flipping the bacon with one hand. She steps back just as the grease pops, and Kat slides in beside her.
“How’s the nausea?” Kat asks, and Terra sighs. “Better than yesterday. Doesn’t seem as bad this time around.” Kat nods, smiling at Terra. She places her hand on Terra’s stomach.
She leans down, pressing her ear against her belly. “Hey. I know it’s early still, but be a bit nicer to your mum please. I have to deal with her whining when you aren’t.” Kat winks at Terra, pressing a kiss against her clothed stomach. Terra snorts, rolling her eyes at her wife’s shenanigans. It’s still too early for the baby to really hear them.
Nonetheless, Kat likes to keep talking to it. Her reasoning? Theo knew her voice, so surely this one will as well.
“Mumma.” Theo says, glaring at the two of them. “Bacon!” He cries. Kat raises an eyebrow at him, and he pouts. “Please.” He adds, and Kat smiles, grabbing a plate from the cabinet and tossing a few pieces onto it before handing it to him.
“It’s still hot baby. You gotta wait.” Theo nods, his fingers resting on the side of the plate.
Terra’s eyes look around the room, that warm feeling in her chest returning. She loves these days. The ones where they get to just be together. She looks at her family and she feels this overwhelming sense of just pure happiness.
Out of the corner of her eye, she sees Kat push up her sweatshirt sleeve, and she sees cling film wrapped around her wife’s upper arm.
“What on earth?” She begins, reaching for Kat’s arm as she turns the heat on the stove off with the other. Kat looks at her surprised. “Oh. Yeah. I got another tat.”
Terra raises an eyebrow. “What?” Kat nods, pulling her sleeve up fully so Terra can see the new ink. And as soon as she does, her breath catches in her throat.
It’s a tattoo of four little dinosaurs chewing on a small patch of grass - the dinosaurs are a family of triceratops, her fact filled brain reminds her. Each one is colour coded. Kat’s is shaded in light blue, Terra’s green, Theo’s, a soft purple. The fourth is simply outlined in black ink.
“I figured I should wait until they have a favourite colour before I get shading done inside.” Kat says. Terra’s eyes spring up with tears. She could blame it on the pregnancy hormones, but she knows damn well that's not the case.
“I love it.” She mumbles; and Kat grins.
“Hoped you would.”
Her wife looks at her with so much joy and love and Terra wonders how she ever doubted that she’d get the chance to be this happy.
She leans in, her hands cupping Kat’s cheeks as she kisses her, the smell of Kat’s lemon scented body spray enveloping her.
Theo giggles in the background, and the rain continues falling down as she sinks into the kiss, and the feeling of just utter joy.
They pull apart, and Terra looks at Kat, a wide grin on her face. “I love you.” She says, and Kat grins back at her.
