#ch: f. dowling

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@auntiezelda continued from here

"What I understand is that I let another fox into my hen house!" Farah snapped. She had had enough of being deceived. Was there not a soul she could trust? Even Ben had betrayed her by betraying Saul (the trio was still working through that).

Rising to her feet, she stared Zelda down. "What are your intentions? Are you here to finish what Sebastian started? Do not lie to me again, I have ways of finding out the truth." Hazel eyes gleamed silver and the witch would feel an ominous tugging at the corners of her mind.

#auntiezelda #ch: f. dowling #threads ;; farah #icon: korolnichevoya #//she doesn't really care for invading people's heads but she will do it if she has to

[ofhumanvoice-a]

Goodbye Letters, Part 1

My dearest Bloom,

If you are reading this, Rosalind has done something to me and I am likely no longer in this life. I advise you not to seek retribution, but knowing your temper, I do not imagine you will heed this warning anymore than you would if I were alive. All I ask is that you use caution. You may have the dragon flame, but Rosalind is the most powerful fairy the Otherworld has ever known and has decades of experience on you. Do not act alone.

I know how furious you have been with me as of late and I do not blame you. I had convinced myself that by keeping the secret of your adoption and the travesty that led to it I was protecting you. But I realize now that I was only protecting myself. The truth is I couldn’t bear the idea of you hating me when I already hated myself, so I lied. A cop out, I know, and one I’ve come to deeply regret. If I could go back and be straightforward with you from the beginning, I would. But the past is something that cannot be changed.

Most of all I needed you to know how much I loved you. You, my precious girl, were the brightest part of my life. You came into it among so much darkness and cast so much light that it was like seeing the world anew. You are so strong, Bloom, not just in your powers, but in your force of character and relentless commitment to doing what you believe is right. There are no words to express how proud I am of the woman you are becoming. Of all the roles I’ve filled in my life-soldier, headmistress-there is none that meant more to me than that of being your mother.

Take care, my darling.

With all my love,

Mum

#ch: f. dowling #drabbles ;; farah #relationships ;; farah ( bloom ) #death tw

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@wcrriorhearts gets a Farah starter for Tessa

Being a mother had never been in Farah's plans, but she could have hardly left an infant alone to die among the rubble of Aster Dell. So as she settled into the role of headmistress, she was simultaneously settling into motherhood.

It was three years on now and she thought she was doing pretty well, keeping Bloom with her in her office during the day when she was working. Mostly there were no issues, but occasionally the daughter she had affectionally nicknamed as her little firebug would have temper tantrums and the carpet would catch fire. Small fires, though, that were easily extinguished.

Farah was in the middle of putting one out one afternoon when there came a knock at the door. Thinking it was either Saul or Ben, she absently called out, "Come in," as she doused the flames.

#wcrriorhearts #ch: f. dowling #threads ;; farah

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@alyafae gets yet another silrah starter

Farah was slightly pale when she returned from the doctor’s after going to find out why she couldn’t keep down a meal. Pale and evasive, avoiding Ben’s questions. Naturally, Saul was out sparring with Andreas at the time, so she had to wait awhile, trying to to fidget as she did so, until she could get him alone. The moment he was within reach, she grabbed her specialist by the arm and pulled him into a secluded corner. 

“I’m pregnant,” came the announcement as she wasted no time dancing around the matter. “The doctor estimates about four months along.” When she didn’t get an immediate response, she shook Saul a little. “Well? Aren’t you going to say anything?”

#alyafae #ch: f. dowling #threads ;; farah #icon: korolnichevoya #pregnancy tw

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@ofherdowlingohara sent: [ nightmare ] sender wakes receiver up from a nightmare. For Farah from bloom

Farah didn't realizing she had been crying out in her sleep until someone roused her by firmly shaking her shoulders. She blinked up at the ceiling and swallowed, her throat raw from screaming, her body drenched in a cold sweat.

Another nightmare about Aster Dell.

Turning her head, she saw that Bloom standing at her bedside. "I'm alright," she tried to assure her, pulling herself up into a sitting position and forcing a smile. "It was just a dream. Go back to bed, Bloom."

#ofherdowlingohara #ch: f. dowling #memes ;; farah #icon: korolnichevoya

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@alyafae gets a holiday silrah starter

"Saul," Farah admonished from where she was sitting curled up on the couch with a cup of coffee. "I thought we said no presents." There had been enough to worry about with taking the school back and trying to establish peace and order without figuring out what to buy each other for Yule. "You're making me feel guilty."

#alyafae #ch: f. dowling #threads ;; farah #icon: korolnichevoya

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@alyafae gets a recycled starter because I couldn’t improve on myself

It had been a relief to have her essence released from the plant; to feel alive again, but only just. It wouldn't last long, however, before she had to leave this world again for good. So she had wasted no time in going straight for Bloom where she hovered within the walls of the school in stasis, wishing the girls had found her before it had gotten to that point. But she had at least been able to free her and now they sat in the clearing, talking, Farah trying to assure Bloom of her ability to face what lied ahead.

Her back was to Saul when she first sensed his approach. She would know him anywhere, everything about him magnified for her through that special connection they had always shared. The sound of his footsteps, the sound of his breathing, the very scent of him on the wind. But she kept her focus on her daughter, rising to give her what she knew would be one last hug.

Pulling back after a long moment, Farah finally allowed her gaze to settle on Saul. "Bloom," she said softly, "may Headmaster Silva and I have a moment?"

"I love you too, my darling," Farah murmured back. Bloom then released her and glanced between the two adults one last time before retreating back into the woods.

Farah watched her go before turning her full attention on Saul. "Aren't you going to come any closer?" She teased, making the moment as light as possible. "You should know by now I don't bite."

#alyafae #ch: f. dowling #threads ;; farah

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@alyafae gets a silrah rewrite

Saul had snuck her back into what he said were his rooms, where he drew her a bath. Farah submerged herself willingly, soaking dirty limbs and scrubbing them until they gleaned and glistened and worked the dirt out of her hair. She stayed in the bath until the water had grown cold and when she got out, she found one of Saul's sweaters laid out for her.

Her brow furrowed slightly at the sight. Did she have no clothes of her own? She supposed not or he would have retrieved them for her. No place of her own (she had asked and Saul hadn't answered, leaving her to assume) and no clothes. Just more to confuse her. Shaking her head, Farah pulled the shirt on, grateful that it at least came down to her mid-thighs, before venturing out of the bedroom.

#alyafae #ch: f. dowling #threads ;; farah

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@viciousgold gets a starter

Farah loathed these alumni banquets. Thankfully a lot of times she was able to avoid them due to being out in the field, but no such luck this year. Rosalind had been sure the battalion was back at Alfea in time for the occasion, expecting Queen Luna to attend this year. For Farah that meant putting on a dress and heels and actually doing something with her hair.

At least she had the comfort of knowing Saul, Ben, and Andreas all despised it as much as she did. Usually they did, anyway. Ben and Andreas were both involved in conversations with former female classmates, leaving Farah and Saul on their own. He was off getting them both refills on champagne and she was watching Rosalind schmooze with others when she caught sight of a familiar face out of the corner of her eye. She put on a forced smile.

"Asriel. I should have known you'd be here."

#viciousgold #ch: f. dowling #threads ;; farah

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@alyafae gets a kitty!farah starter

Farah wasn't sure what had happened. One minute she had been in the middle of a lesson with the Winx girls, instructing them about transformation spells. The next thing she knew, there was a flash and suddenly she was drowning in her own clothes. She opened her mouth to curse, but what came out of her mouth was a cry.

A distinctly feline cry.

She tried to talk again, but the same sound emitted from her throat and a shudder went down her spine. No, this couldn't have happened, she told herself as she fought her way free of the pile of clothing so she could see. In the light, she blinked, feeling her eyes change focus, and found herself looking at four sets of ankles as the girls gathered around her.

"Shit, shit, shit," Aisha was saying while Terra wrung her hands anxiously and Stella and Muse exchanged an anxious look. Bloom, for her part, was biting her lip, her face void of color. "Um," the girl tried, slowly kneeling down in front of Farah, "Mom?"

Farah's gaze dropped down then to look at herself and saw instead of feet, two pairs of honey-colored paws. She hissed sharply, then, almost jumping out of her skin. Bloom winced at the sound, reaching out hesitantly to pick her up. "It was an accident! We'll fix it-" But before the fire fairy could scoop her mother up, the cat had taken off through the open classroom door.

#alyafae #ch: f. dowling #threads ;; farah

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@alyafae sent:  🎁   - for my muse to cup your muse’s face with their hands . / from illyrian!saul for high lady!farah

Farah looked at Saul in wonder as he cupped her cheek. After all these centuries, she had met her mate. Her mate. She knew it could happen at any point in one’s life, at the most unexpected times with the most unexpected person. The moment when the bond had clicked into place had sucked the breath right out of her, but now it was as if the two of them were breathing in tandem, their chests rising and falling at the same time. She turned her face into his hand, pressing a kiss to the calloused palm. 

“I love you,” she murmured into his skin. “I love you, I love you.”

#alyafae #ch: f. dowling #memes ;; farah #icon: korolnichevoya #queue;;

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@viciousgold liked for a Farah starter

"So are you ever going to tell me the truth about your little friend?" Farah asked, nodding to the golden monkey walking around her office as she and Marisa talked. "I can sense you have a...peculiar connection to him." Just from the mental energy she could sense flowing between the two without even trying to do so. "He's no ordinary pet."

#viciousgold #ch: f. dowling #threads ;; farah

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@alyafae gets a civilian silrah starter

It was nice having Saul back in town. More than nice, if Farah was completely honest with herself. He broke up the monotony of her sometimes mundane little life. Rather than getting out of work and going home to her flat where Aurora the cat was waiting for her, she was meeting him for dinner.

For the third time this week.

The hour was getting late and their food was long since eaten when the conversation was still going strong. "This has been fun," Farah said, setting down her wine glass. "Getting to catch up with you. I've sometimes caught myself wondering, 'What has Saul Silva gotten up to?', and now I know."

#alyafae #ch: f. dowling #threads ;; farah #icon: korolnichevoya #//let the pure fluff begin

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@auntiezelda sent: ' Fine, keep acting like you hate me. ' // for farah

"I never said I hated you," Farah said in a brisk tone of voice, focusing on the tea she was pouring. "I'm unhappy with you, there's a difference."

#auntiezelda #ch: f. dowling #memes ;; farah #icon: korolnichevoya #//idk what you did zelda

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@auntiezelda continued from here

Farah was still asleep in the bedroom, but being a light sleeper she heard the alarmed sound of her voice and roused slowly. Wait a minute. Her voice. The fairy's eyes snapped open.

She had been hearing things, surely, but as she propped herself up on one elbow and hair fell in her face, she went very still. One, her hair had been in a ponytail when she went to bed; two, the hair was red. Jumping to her feet on what could only be described as short limbs, she ran in the direction of where the voice had come from. She skid to a halt in the bathroom doorway, she looked, dumbstruck, up at, well, herself.

#auntiezelda #ch: f. dowling #threads ;; farah #//the mutual 'wtf'ness

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@alyafae gets Farah x 2

They were two days from reaching the village of Aster Dell, where the latest Burned One sighting had occurred. Normally they were solitary creatures, but it had been reported that the village was actually surrounded. The last time they had encountered more than one in one place had been the Blackwoods Massacre, but even that had been only two. Rosalind hadn’t revealed her plans yet, but no doubt they would be effective.

Farah had been put on firewood duty when they had made camp. She didn’t mind, however, it gave her a little space from the others, which she didn’t get very often. She was bending down to pick up a particularly large stick when she sensed another’s presence. It was a familiar one, so she automatically assumed it was probably Saul. “Really, Saul? I promise I can handle myself among a bunch of woodland animals.”

#alyafae #ch: f. dowling #threads ;; farah