Reading Refreshingly Original's Family Around

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing, and read last chapter

"I'll start first since I have the book already." Saladin said taking his seat between Cordatora and Avalon as he cracked open the book.

"Chapter 1. Where are the teachers?"

"That doesn't sound good." Ediltrude commented idly.

"I think I know what this is about now…" Griffin said causing the other teachers to nod slowly in agreement.

"This was not what she expected she would be doing when she decided to go to Magix for the afternoon."

"I don't think anyone expected it." DuFour said with a shake of her head.

"While not that unordinary since arriving to Alfea, Bloom found that running after someone through the mall was quickly becoming a habit."

"Unfortunately so." Bloom said with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Although, she had to admit, she never thought she'd be running after someone because they'd just kidnapped her teachers."

"Yep now I know what it's about." Griffin said sighing slightly and causing the other teachers to nod in agreement solemnly.

"Nope, definitely not what she'd thought she'd be doing. Running around the corner, she let out a growl when she couldn't find the man she'd been following."

"Uh-oh. Someone disturbed the sleeping dragon." Zarathustra said eyeing Bloom warily and causing the rest of the 'family' of teachers to snicker in amusement while Bloom stuck her tongue out.

"Letting out a huff, she spun around and ran back outside where she quickly transformed. She didn't bother searching the streets, but she did look below her as she headed back to Alfea. She couldn't believe that she was the only one to see what had happened. She would have thought that others would have tried to help, but no one did. They just kept on going about their business, as if nothing out of the usual had happened."

"Bystander effect. Everyone thinks someone else will do something and when someone does do something, they offer no help whatsoever." Griselda said shaking her head slightly.

"Makes you wonder about the people around you sometimes doesn't it?" Ediltrude asked causing Saladin to snicker.

"Sometimes she really wondered about the people she was surrounded by."

"Great minds think alike." Ediltrude said after a second of looking surprised.

"Does that mean I should start smacking Bloom around the head when she says or thinks like you do?" Griffin and Zarathustra asked in unison, causing Ediltrude to pout at them while Griselda laughed. Ediltrude glanced at Griselda longingly and lovingly for a second before looking away, thinking no one had noticed. Sucks for her that Bloom had and was already scheming on how to get the two together.

"It doesn't take her long to make it back to the school."

"Of course not. You're one of the fastest fliers without your zoomix… but with your zoomix." Faragonda said causing Bloom to blush slightly at the praise while the other teachers nodded in agreement with the white haired woman.

"Flying over the courtyard, she spotted her friends, exactly where she'd left them when she'd decided to go into town. Swooping down, she landed lightly beside Tecna.

"Bloom, you've returned." The magenta haired fairy said, looking at her impassively, "We did not expect you back for another one point two hours."

"You can tell they were excited to have you back." Wizgiz said sarcastically while the rest of the Winx didn't comment despite everyone looking at them.

"Breathing deeply, Bloom looked at the technology fairy and shook her head, "The teachers from all three schools were kidnapped." The four girls gasped, "I chased after the man, but I lost him in the crowd."

"Just says it as it is and doesn't bother mincing words." Palladium said ruffling Bloom's hair fondly, causing him to yelp startled when she lit her hair on fire.

"I told you about playing with my hair like that!" Bloom said fixing her hair, not bothered by the fire in the least. Only putting out the fire when her hair was completely fixed.

"Besides we didn't have time to spend mincing words." Bloom said crossing her arms and causing the teachers to wince slightly before nodding in agreement while the students were confused about this.

"We gotta do something!" Musa cried, jumping up from where she was sitting on the edge of the fountain. "We gotta help them!" At this the teachers smiled at Musa gratefully.

"Beside her, Stella whined, "But I just got my hair done!"

"Oh yes because your hair is sooo important." Avalon said glaring at Stella who crossed her arms and stuck her nose into the air.

"Musa's right," Flora agreed, her soft voice a welcome change from the Solarians shrill one, "We can't just leave them." Here the teachers smiled at Flora thankfully as well.

"Bloom smiled slightly at her friends, "Tecna, can you find them?" She asked, looking at her friend.

"It will take some time." She answered, "To much time to leave the schools unattended. Once the students realize the teachers are gone, there will be problems." She said, looking at Bloom coolly.

"That was for sure." Flora said sighing as she glared ever so slightly at the Red Fountain boys.

"Nodding at her friends logic, she turned to the rest of the group, "Right, Stella you and Musa go over to Cloud Tower, Flora, Red fountain. Tecna and I'll stay here and look for the teachers."

"Probably would have been better off sending Flora to CT. At least most of the younger witches actually like her enough to keep the older ones off of her back." Bloom said sighing as she recalled that horrible plan of hers.

"Musa and Flora nodded, both chorusing together, "Right," While Stella moaned about having to go to that dark dank place."

"It's actually not that bad. It just seems dark and dank to you because the school doesn't like you. It can tolerate Ms. Musa, Ms. Flora, and Ms. Tecna. It likes Bloom…but it does not like you at all." Griffin said dismissively and causing Stella to scowl.

"Rolling her eyes at the blonde princess, Musa grabbed hold of her arm and dragged her along. "Come on."

Turning her back to the three, Bloom looked at Tecna, "What do you need to find them?" She asked seriously.

Arching a brow, the technology fairy said plainly, "Time."

"The one thing you didn't have." DuFour said sighing sadly as she looked down at her hand, there was a small pebble in it and she knew if she clenched her hand into even a loose fist the pebble would be crushed. Everything was so fragile to her now that it was saddening. The other teachers looked at her worried while Bloom placed a hand on DuFour's arm in support, she knew that out of all of the turned teachers, DuFour was handling it the worst.

"Bloom pursed her lips, 'The one thing we don't have.'

"DuFour's a better person to think like than Ediltrude is." Griselda said with a small teasing smirk while Ediltrude pouted and DuFour smiled slightly. Bloom smirked slightly as she noticed Griselda look at the taller witch longingly before looking back to the book with her normal stern look.

"Together Bloom and Tecna worked on tracing the magical signatures of the teachers. Well, Tecna worked on finding them, Bloom was trying to stay calm. They had narrowed down the general area of where the teachers were taken when Blooms cell rang. Flipping it open, she answered far more harshly then she intended too.

"What is it Stel?"

"Poor little princess can't handle a little hard work?" One witch mocked smirking at Stella who glared and opened her mouth to respond but couldn't thanks to a silencing spell from a smirking Bloom.

"They have me washing their clothes!"

Frowning, Bloom pulled the phone away from her ear and looked at it before speaking into once more, "Where's Musa?"

"Locked in a magic proof room." Zarathustra said flatly while Musa nodded in agreement, shooting the one responsible a harsh glare.

"I don't know!" The girl cried loudly, "She left me to deal with them by myself. She's probably off shopping or with Flora having fun with the boys!"

"She was doing neither, and neither was I. I was trying to keep the boys under control but they still threw parties." Flora said looking at Stella flatly and causing the blond to glare at her.

"Growing impatient with the princess, Bloom growled, "Deal with it Stel," before slamming her finger down on the end button. Quickly dialling Flora's number, she pushed the phone in between her shoulder and ear, looking over Tecna's as her fingers flew over the key pad of her computer.

"Bloom?"

In the background, Bloom could hear loud music and several voices shouting over each other, almost drowning out her friends soft voice."

"Sometimes you really need to speak up Flora." Tecna said calmly and causing everyone else to nod in agreement. It was hard to hear her clearly sometimes due to how soft she speaks.

"Is Musa with you?" She asked, cutting to the chase as she watched the screen zoom in once more of the map of the area surrounding the city.

"No. Why? Is everything okay at Cloud Tower? Do you want me to go over and check it out?"

"Probably would have been a good idea but I didn't want the boys trying to invite their girlfriends over for some 'fun' having you there kept them from doing that." Bloom said sighing while the teachers nodded in agreement with her decision.

"Bloom shook her head, forgetting for a second that her friend couldn't see her. "No, you stay there. Stella can handle it." She paused for a second, "But try to get in contact with Musa, she's gone AWOL."

"Not on purpose!" Musa said fed up with hearing about how she had gone AWOL.

"We know that now!" Griffin said stretching the 'now' pointedly.

"Okay."

Nodding, Bloom hung up her cell, dropping on the desk beside Tecna just as the girl spoke.

"I found them. They're being held in a cave not too far from Magix." She said, moving aside to let Bloom see."

"How'd you find us anyways?" Faragonda asked curiously, she hadn't heard how they had found the teachers.

"How'd you find them?" She asked, frowning at the flashing red dot on the screen."

"Great minds huh?" Bloom teased as Faragonda looked a bit startled before blushing a bit.

"As Ms Faragonda is a fairy-witch hybrid, she has a unique signature that makes it easier to pinpoint. It took longer than expected because of the cave. The walls block most of the energy signatures."

"Glad you're you then Fara or else there's no tell how long we would have been in there before being rescued." Griffin said smiling at her old friend who looked surprised at this news before cracking a small grin.

"Glad I could help in some small way." Faragonda said causing the whole group of teachers to stare at her.

"Small way? I think them pinpointing where we are before the rest of you could get hurt is a big help!" DuFour said, she wouldn't wish what she was on anyone else, especially not her friends, her sisters and brothers!

"Right, I'm going after them." She transformed, clipping her cell to her skirt, "You stay here and try to keep Alfea in one piece."

"I know it wasn't a very smart idea but I knew that someone who could kidnap the teachers wouldn't be a pushover and it was better to have her out of harms way that way I could fight full force without worrying over her." Bloom said holding her hands up in surrender when lots of people stared at her for this order while the teachers nodded slightly in agreement.

"I would have preferred that none of you ended up injured trying to rescue us as well." Palladium said looking at the Winx before looking to the other students as well.

"Standing up, Tecna frowned, "That is not logical. We would have a greater chance at success if both of us go."

"Maybe but there'd also be a better chance of one if you being hurt worse than you had been or even dying." Cordatora pointed out causing Tecna to frown, she hadn't considered that.

"Bloom shook her head as she made her way to the balcony, "Someone needs to stay here." She said before darting up into the air, "If you can, find out where Musa is. Coordinate with Flora."

Standing on the balcony from her room, Tecna sighed, "Nobody listens to logic."

"Logic might have gotten you killed or worse." Griselda pointed out causing Stella to raise an eyebrow, the silencing spell finally being removed.

"What's worth than death? Well, aside from being ugly that is." Stella asked vainly causing all the teachers to glare at her, along with quite a few students.

"How about forced enslavement?" Griffin asked narrowing her eyes at the girl.

"Being slowly tortured for years by someone who you should be able to trust." Zarathustra voiced.

"Harsh discrimination for something outside of your control." Palladium added.

"Being driven insane within your own mind." Cordatora threw in his two cents.

"Watching your baby sister, who is the most important person in the universe to you, being tortured and being unable to do anything to stop it." Ediltrude said clenching her fists.

"Being raped, especially if it's brutally, frequently, and by more than one person." Griselda said, her voice flat and yet haunted too. Ediltrude looked at Griselda worried for a moment and put her hand on the brown haired womans shoulder, earning a small smile from the woman.

"Being turned into a vampire." DuFour said, her voice soft and sad.

"There are plenty of things that are worse than death Stella." Bloom said her own voice soft as she laid a gentle supportive hand on the silver haired woman shoulder.

"So do everyone a favor and shut up for a while." Saladin said glaring harshly at the blond who sunk in her seat cowed.

"Now who wants to read the next chapter?" Saladin asked after a moment of the teachers gathering their wits about them again.

"I will." Griffin said turning around and extending one hand to take the book from her friend.

"Chapter 2."