Space Australia Winx

By:FunahoMisaki

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

"What." Griselda's voice was absolutely flat as she stared at Musa and Tecna who had gone to speak with her as soon as the group got back to the school, Flora and Stella ushering Bloom to the cafeteria in order to make sure she had a 'snack' as she called them.

"You heard us. The average Earthling only lives for about twenty three Magix years. If Bloom is average in this area then she has already lost five of those twenty three years. That means she only has roughly eighteen years left." Musa said with a scowl at having to repeat herself, her arms crossed over her chest as she glared at Griselda while Tecna winced at the rather correct math the other girl had done.

"Has anyone informed Headmistress Faragonda or the other teachers about any of this?" Griselda asked after a moment as that information sunk into her brain.

"No but we did tell those three Senior Witches when they looked like they were going to attack the youngling. Even witches never hurt children." Tecna said shifting slightly in place as she looked at Griselda who sighed heavily at that.

"Alright. I'll inform her and the other teachers at the staff meeting in an hour. Did anyone explain it to the youngling?" Griselda asked wondering if Bloom knew how young she was compared to her classmates.

"Ah. No we haven't. We did tell her about the time difference between Earth and Magix and that most of the magical realms have a much longer life expectancy than Earthlings do however. She's not an idiot either so if she ever stops to think about it, she'll figure it out." Tecna said noting that they had yet to explain anything to the red haired fire child.

"True. It's amazing that she's managing to do so well in her classes when she's so young, although she does struggle a bit with some of the practical portions and just a smidgen on the theory. Given her age however it's expected that she would struggle." Griselda said having been watching the girl closely and making sure she didn't try and push herself too much. Trying to do too much while still so young could damage her magical core and all beyond repair, not to mention the strain it would put on her still developing mind.

"We managed to find a kind of instruction manual thing about Earthlings though. It has protocols and procedures and notes written in it but it's at least fifty to eighty years old." Musa said showing the deputy headmistress the book that they had managed to find, it was the only one and the store owner had nearly given it to them for free when the rather jumpy old man learned that one of their friends was from earth.

They had to promise to keep the red haired youngling far from his shop and they didn't have to pay a dime for it. He muttered something about earthlings were crazy as hell and made no sense to anyone except another earthling.

Honestly they weren't sure if they wanted to believe him, he had a reputation of being a bit of an odd chickswan. However they had noticed that Bloom seemed to find the strangest things fascinating, although they mainly passed it off as her being so young and unused to being around magic still.

"I doubt much has changed about the planet or its people since the book was printed so it should still work for the youngling. Is there anything that we should be immediately aware of besides the age and life expectancy?" Griselda asked although she tried to not show how much those last two words left a sour taste in her mouth. Only twenty three? The girl would barely be a teenager when she was expected to die, unless they could get her magic to sync up with the way the magical realms worked in concerns to time.

Hm that was a thought to share with Ophelia and the other teachers once she explained things to them during the staff meeting.

"Well…there's a bit here about how she will try to pet every creature she meets or try and keep it." Tecna said flipping to that page and pointing it out to the teacher who winced as she read that bit.

"Make sure she always has at least two chaperones with her at all times, especially in the woods then. This bit about Earth being a Death World…and how they swim in the ground water near an active volcano… Girls I'm going to need to borrow and copy this book for the staff meeting." Griselda said her face paling several shades when she flipped through some of the pages and noted some particular codes and procedures.

Especially the one where most Earthlings seemed to consider war a sport or entertainment with how often they do it. And how they could run far longer and in some cases faster and farther than most of the realms inhabitants could. Truly they were a predator species when full grown…wait was that a section about how Earthlings took lessons to make themselves more dangerous at hitting properly?

"And make sure the youngling is never on her own. Some of this…I'll make a copy for each of the teachers and each of you girls. Better to be safe than sorry and if we screw up something then it's likely that the young fireling would be paying the price." Griselda said her face now ten shades whiter than normal at several of the sections she had just skimmed through.

She hadn't even seen a fourth of the manual yet and she was already starting to envision the young fire child doing some of these things! She was going to lose one of her three hearts today, she just knew it. Especially if the rest of the manual contained similar things.

Why were Earthlings so weird?