Chapter 2- Welcome to Magix!
Stella and Bloom walked towards Alfea, and it took everything in Bloom to not just stand there and gawk at it wide eyed.
"Okay, so here's the plan. You are Princess Veranda of Valisto, and you, my dear, have to act normal, if not like a royal. You see that lady with glasses terrifying the new students?" Stella blabbered. The blonde fairy had now changed into a green bikini type top, with orange heels and an orange mini skirt.
"Um...Yes?" Bloom said, her answer coming out more as a question due to her nervousness.
"That's Griselda, she's a bloody menace, let me tell you. Almost got me expelled last year. But of course, being Princess of Solaria, I was saved!"
"What! You almost got expelled! And exactly what did you do to be in such a situation?" Bloom asked, horrified.
Stella let out a chuckle and ignored Bloom's horror.
"Mrs. Griseldaaaaaa" She sang out, stretching her name to annoy her.
"What is it Miss Stella?" She snapped. Clearly, her attempt to annoy the snappy teacher had suceeded marvellously. "And who might this young lady be?" She asked, scrutinising Bloom from under her glasses. "Cliché..." Bloom thought, fidgeting nervously.
"That's Princess Veranda of Valisto!" Stella said enthusiastically.
"I do believe that she can speak on her own, Miss Stella! Unless she is dumb of course!" She snapped, before checking her paper.
"Huh, looks like this old bat does have a sarcastic sense of humour..." Bloom thought to herself.
Griselda seemed almost disappointed when 'Veranda's' name was on the list, and she grudgingly let the girls through.
"Well, that went well" Stella said sarcastically, eliciting a giggle from the redhead. The two girls then jovially made their way to the other newcomers, waiting for the 'welcome speech', as Stella had so eloquently put it.
Meanwhile, the young witch made her way towards Cloud Tower castle.
"Ugh... finally!" Fayne exclaimed, earning a hiss from her pet snake.
"Hush Tiara! You aren't supposed to be here!" She panted as she ran up the stairs. Fayne had unbuttoned her shirt and had put on a black spaghetti top inside, to give her a more 'witchy' look. She was hoping that this, along with the smoky eye shadow and grey contacts altered her appearance a bit, if not transforming her completely.
"Umm... and who might you be?" A brown haired girl hissed out.
"I'm F... Serena! That's right, Serena. But you can call me Fay!" Fayne stuttered. The girl narrowed her eyes at the girl, before giving her a curt nod.
"I'm Darcy. That's Stormy and Icy." She said, pointing at the other two.
Icy had blue-white hair, pulled back into a high ponytail held with a dark teal-tube piece. Though her bangs were pulled back into her ponytail, she had pieces of her hairs, curled, reaching her shoulders. She had pale blue eyes and wore white eye-shadow. Her outfit was a light blue midriff tank top and matching skirt with a belt studded with diamonds. She also wore the same coloured boots.
Darcy had long brown hair that reached down her ankles, and bangs that reach to her waist that were a lighter shade of brown. She also had yellow eyes. She wore an indigo top with a heliotrope purple circle in the middle. It was attached to a choker around her neck. Her pants were purple bell-bottoms. She also wore glasses with yellow frames. Her shoes were black, purplish boots. Her dark brown hair reached all the way down to her ankles. Like her sisters, she had curls that hung loose down to her waist. Her curls were light brown. Her hair made her look as if she was wearing a cape.
Stormy had dark blue frizzy hair shaped like a cloud. Her lavender bangs were shaped like lightning bolts, which went past her shoulders. She wore a maroon crop-top with a metal loop decoration attaching the shirt to a loop around her neck. Other than this, her top was strapless. She also wore a shiny maroon mini-skirt. Her shoes were maroon platform high-heeled sandals
"Uh... Hi?" Fayne said nervously waving her hand, after giving the witches a once over.
"My, doesn't someone look friendly..." She thought sarcastically, hiding her chuckle with a realistic cough. Darcy just raised her eyebrows at this, and Fayne looked away, waiting for a response.
The three girls gave her a cold grin, sending shudders down the girl's spine. Stormy grabbed her arm suddenly, causing her to yelp in surprise.
"Shove off!" A pissed off girl exclaimed, grabbing Fayne's arm and yanking her away from the cruel witch's grasp. The witches gave her a cold glare.
"Sisters, I think it's time to show them who is boss here" Icy said with a cold smirk, causing Darcy to grin mysteriously, and Stormy to cackle evilly.
"Oh please, bring it on!" Exclaimed the green haired witch. Fayne observed her carefully. She had shoulder length green hair and startling hazel eyes. She wore a black mini skirt with a grey spaghetti which had a black skull, and showed some cleavage. She also wore grey heeled boots.
"Elusive ice storm!" The three sisters yelled out.
"Watch it!" The green headed witch hissed, pulling Fayne aside.
"Sorry." The nervous witch mumbled shyly. "I'm Serena."
"Torrian. Torrian Rosemary Campbell. Call me Tory. Pleasure to meet you." She said curtly, before attacking the witches.
"Serpent's hug!" She yelled out. A green serpent shot out of her palms, and wrapped up the sisters tightly.
"Could I try something?" Fayne asked suddenly.
Tory shrugged. "By all means. Just be sure that you can take them on."
Fayne nodded, and an evil smile crept onto her face.
"You aren't the only ones who are evil you know" She said. She did not know exactly what was going on, but she decided not to dwell on it... for now.
Fayne closed her eyes and let the magic flow through her veins. All the anger and frustration that had been building up for ages needed to be let out. Her anger on D... him, her confusion, her exhaustion, and mostly, her will to prove herself. All this merged as one, and Fayne felt the energy surge through her. She opened her eyes, which had a cold look to them, causing Tory to gape at her wide eyed. Fayne lifted an arm calmly, and said in an evil, unfeeling voice, "Shadows, I summon thee. Listen to my request, and show the three, their deepest fears; dark and dishonest. Shadows! Obey my commands, and torture these fools who dare to obstruct in my path, for this is my demand!"
The air around the witches chilled even more, and Tory began to shudder, suspecting that this was Icy's work. Fayne, however, remained unfazed. The lights dimmed suddenly, and the shadows danced around the three sisters wickedly. All of a sudden, Stormy let out an agonised wail of fear and panic. Darcy was soon to follow, and Icy gritted her teeth. Unable to stop herself, the ice queen let out a cry of horror and pain, eliciting a startlingly evil cackle from Fayne.
"Now that should teach you to never cross my path ever again. Now, clear off" She said, flicking them off.
The witches fell to the ground, panting and looking horrified. They got up with the little dignity they had left.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Griffen had felt a startling amount of negative energy from the castle's entrance. She let out a shocked gasp, and immediately summoned her crystal ball. What she saw startled her. The series of events caused the headwitchtress to become increasingly shocked by the minute, as she abruptly shot out of her seat. She rubbed her chin thoughtfully, glancing at the young witch's hatred filled face with fascination and an odd sense of pride.
"That was awesome!" Whooped out Tory with an excited smile, causing Fayne to snap out of her reverie and give her a soft smile. She swayed on her feet suddenly, falling on an unsuspecting Tory, who let out a squeal of shock.
"You alright?' She asked worriedly as Fayne's eyes began to roll to the back of her eyelids.
"Peachy" Fayne mumbled as Tory helped her up.
"Come on, let's get you in" Tory said, helping the weak and shocked witch into the castle.
"Hey look! We're in the same apartment!" Stella exclaimed as she opened the stylish door. The 'speech' had been quite simple, precise, and to the point, along with a lot of hidden meaning, and Bloom had started to like the wise headmistress.
She opened another door, leading to a magnificent room. With a voila gesture, she said, "And that's my room!"
"Wow, you're lucky that you have your own room. I have a roommate. Wonder how she's going to be" Bloom mumbled with a sad sigh as she opened the door to her room, keeping her fingers crossed. She walked in, oblivious to the large green tendril on the ground. She stepped on it, earning an ear piercing shriek from a weird plant.
"Oh my, I'm so sorry!" Bloom exclaimed, panicking slightly.
"Oh no, it's my fault. I mean, I just got here and I already spread my stuff around. I'm Flora. This talking plant is one of my creations!" A young girl said with an apologetic and welcoming smile, scratching the plant's skin. Flora's outfit was a light green midriff smock top, a light pink mini skirt with dark pink strawberries, a thin light green belt which slanted sideways, and light pink wedges. She also wore golden hoop earrings. Her long light brown hair was left open.
"What's your name?" She asked, tilting her hip sideways, causing the talking plant, which had just recovered from its pain, to topple over.
"Oh my!" Flora exclaimed in shock, looking at the poor plant apologetically.
"Oh hey, I'm Bloom" Stella let out a painfully loud cough from behind her, causing Bloom to realise her mistake and get all flustered. She let out a nervous chuckle and moved backwards eyeing the name plate.
"Well... yes, Bloom is my name, but not my real name. I'm... Veranda... of Valisto. Yup, that's me."
Stella felt like slapping the back of the redhead's head, annoyed at her lack of skill in the area of acting and lying.
"That is not at all convincing!" Hissed Stella, causing the redhead to get even more flustered and take another step backwards, only to bump into a purple haired girl. Bloom let out a squeak of surprise, as the young girl eyed her critically.
The girl wore a striped purple, white, and green shirt and a pair of purple pants. She also wore a pair of soft purple sneakers and had short pink hair.
"Valisto" She said robotically. "Fourth world of the Magix upper realm. Known for it's ancient art and traditions amongst the historians One of the most backward planets in the magic dimension; technology wise. I'm Techna."
"Right..." Bloom trailed of "That's where I come from..."
"Well, hey there Tecna! I'm Stella!" Stella said with enthusiasm.
"I know" Tecna said robotically.
"Well, aren't you quite famous..." Bloom said with a wink.
"That's the word on the street. Yo, if you plan to blow up more stuff, let us know ahead so we can bounce. By the way, my name's Musa." A girl with black hair and pigtails said. She wore a red one shoulder top and a pair of blue baggy jeans with plenty of pockets. She also wore a pair of reddish purple sneakers. Her pigtails were held by red ribbons.
The girls began to giggle helplessly, causing Stella to let out an indignant huff.
"It was in the name of fashion. I don't regret it." The blonde said with an air of superiority.
" I'm curious. Were you actually able to create this new shade of pink?" Techna asked, with a raised brow.
"No! But when I do, it's going to be the official colour of Solaria!" Stella said with a dreamy smile, causing Tecna to role her eyes and the other girls to giggle helplessly; again.
"Hey, let's eat out today, you know, to celebrate the new school year!" Stella exclaimed, causing the girls to hum in approval, making their way out of the school.
"Kiko!" Bloom exclaimed, yanking him away from torturing Flora's poor plant. "Now you be a good bunny and stay here, alright?"
Kiko gave a cute salute, and began to bounce up and down on what Bloom assumed was Flora's bed. Shaking her head with a soft smile, the redhead closed the door and increased her pace to catch up with her new fairy friends.
Meanwhile, Mrs Griselda eyed the girls carefully, looking suspicious.
"That, my dearie, was an enormous amount of dark magic. How'd you do that?" Tory asked, unable to mask her awe and envy.
"I do not know" Fayne said, quoting Spock form Star Trek.
"Woman, you did not just quote the hot ass Vulcan from Star Trek!" Tory exclaimed. "I'm in looooove with the series, movies, and the sexy Vulcan!"
"Oh... ahem. Yes, I do know of the movies" Fayne said, looking slightly put off by the witch's blunt words.
"Common, the headwitchtress detests late comers, and those who do not follow the rules." Tory said, yanking Fayne suddenly.
"Ugh, and here I thought that witches were suppose to break rules... being all evil and mean..." Fayne grumbled darkly, earning an amused chuckle from Tory.
"Attention witches of cloud tower!" A lady, who Fayne presumed was the headwitchtress. Headmistress Griffin was very tall with pale greenish white skin. She had purple hair that was pulled up into a shape similar to that of pointy hats worn by fairytale witches, with two lighter purple strands on either side. She wore heavy makeup around her eyes and wore an ankle length dark purple dress with a high collar and dark purple shoes.
"I expect all of you to give me a rotten, revolting, disgusting, unimaginably horrendous performance this year. In other words, a marvellously wicked performance." This elicited excited shouts and raucous whistles from the witches.
"Now" She continued, silencing everyone with a wave of her hand, "I expect you all to torture any fairy who crosses your path. Do not spare the specialists either. Now, before all of the new comers introduce themselves, I would like to inform you that everyone must strictly follow the rules of this tower-"
"But I thought that rules were meant to be broken. I mean, aren't witches suppose to be doing what one shouldn't ideally do?" Fayne blurted out suddenly, causing all heads to snap towards her. She shrank back in her seat, a fiery red blush lighting up her face like an extravagant Christmas tree.
"Your name" Griffen growled out.
"P... pardon?" Fayne stuttered.
"Your name, young lady" Griffen spat out with narrow eyes.
"Uh, F... Serena! Serena Williams..." Fayne stuttered out, her eyes as wide as saucer plates.
"Detention at 4 pm day after tomorrow. And your little friend who thinks that this is funny might as well join you!" Griffen said with an evil smirk. The girls' shoulders slumped, and the entire hall erupted into rude snickers. Fayne squeezed her eyes close, wishing that she could just disappear or get engulfed by a gaping hole in the earth.
"Now, you're free for the rest of the day students, so off you go!" Griffen said in a cold tone, sending shudders down every witch's spine.
"Hey, have you ever been to magix?" Tory asked Fayne as they made their way to their depressing dormitories. Luckily, the two girls were sharing a room, and Fayne was now sure that she would have to show Tory Tiara.
"Nope" Fayne said popping the 'p'. "You see, I'm from Valisto."
"Oh..." Tory said, giving the girl a sympathetic nod. Fayne had got some time for a bit of shopping and research, and being from Valisto totally suited her, for their technology was similar.
"I'm not upto going there now, so how about this, I'll drop you there!" Tory exclaimed.
"Uh... you need to see this first..." Fayne mumbled, showing Tory Tiara, wincing at the girl's shocked look.
"That's... Tiara? Your pet?" Tory asked wearily, causing Fayne to nod at her sheepishly.
"My, aren't you a normal being" Tory grumbled sarcastically, causing Fayne to smirk and playfully nudge her new friend.
" Okay, now don't try to take a peak!" Stella exclaimed for the hundredth time at Bloom, whose eyes were covered by the blonde's petite hands.
"What you are doing is highly illogical" Tecna said, rolling her eyes.
"No one asked you" Stella said rudely.
"Piss off" Musa growled, and Flora nodded slightly. "Common Stella, apologise now!"
"Ugh, fine! I'm sorry Tecna!" Stella said, not meaning it the least.
"Sorry is illogical if you don't mean it" Tecna replied, looking thoroughly amused when Stella stomped her foot childishly.
"Yup, and I'm feeling totally great standing over here without being able to see anything. You guys feel free to carry on and just leave me be" Bloom said, sarcasm dripping from her words.
"My, for a princess you sure have a good sense of humour, and a decent dose of sarcasm!" Musa said, causing Bloom and Stella to stiffen.
"Oh please, not all princesses are like her" Tecna said, causing Flora to sigh and shake her head in exasperation.
"Tadaaa!" Everyone exclaimed out, allowing Bloom to adjust to the sudden light. The redhead blinked a couple of times, before giving the girls a dejected 'that's it?' look.
"Uh... what else did you expect?" Musa asked.
"I don't know, maybe dragons and broomsticks and-" Bloom was immediately cut off by Tecna's scornful voice.
"That only happens in fairy tales, which are unreal. Be logical Veranda."
"Girls" Flora said in a warning tone. "Play nice."
Everyone rolled their eyes and followed Stella, who said that she would take them to a nearby cafe.
Knut stood in an optical shop, trying out a weird assortment of frames. He stopped abruptly and peeped out, his eyes widening at the sight of the blonde fairy and the earthling.
"Excuse me, but did you see those girls?" Knut asked the salesman.
"Oh, they?" He asked rhetorically, and replied with a shrug, "those are the new students at the Alfea college for fairies!"
Knut made a dash for it, quickly calling his mistresses.
"Hey, give me back those glasses!" The salesman cried out angrily, but Knut payed no heed to them.
"I saw the earthling and Stella!" Knut panted out on the phone.
"What? That's too good to be true! NOW GO AND SPY ON THOSE TWO YOU PEICE OF SHIT OTHERWISE I WILL MAKE SURE YOU WEAR THOSE GLASSES OF YOURS FOREVER! DON'T FAIL US THIS TIME TO AND GET THEM TO US!" Knut winced, holding the phone away from his ear. There was a moment of silence, before his mistress continued sweetly, "Got it?"
"Y...yes, mistress" Knut stuttered out, before running to carry out his orders, not noticing the redhead staring at him stalking her friends in anger and shock.
"Yes mom, everything's great here" Bloom said. "Yes mom... mom! Calm down!"
The girls had figured out that her phone was out dated, and could not be used for inter- dimensional phone calls, so Bloom borrowed Tecna's card and called her mom from the phone booth.
"Yes mom, I'll keep in touch with Fayne... mom, I can't see her every day, she's at Cloud Tower college for witches! MOM! You nearly blew my year off!" The conversation continued that way for a couple of minutes, before Bloom spotted Knut spying on her friends.
"Oh shit" She thought, before diverting her attention back to the phone. "Okay mom, give dad a kiss from my side, tell him I said hi! Love you both, I'll call you later, I've got to get back to school... Bye!" As soon as the phone call was cut, Bloom made a dash for it, pocketing the card in a rush.
Feeling like James Bond, she crept up behind Knut and hid behind the barrels in a dark alley. Suddenly, someone tapped her shoulder, causing her to let out squeak, only for her mouth to be covered with a familiar hand.
"Yes Tory, you have no reason to feel guilty. Of course I understand! Now go." Fayne said, giving the girl a push.
"Okay... but-" Torrian began, only to be cut of by a pissed of Fayne.
"TORRIAN ROSEMARY CAMPBELL! YOU LISTEN TO ME AND GET YOUR SKIMPY ASS BACK TO CLOUD TOWER RIGHT THIS MOMENT!"
Tory gulped slightly, before nodding hurriedly and scooting away. Fayne rolled her eyes and began to walk down the streets of magix, enjoying the solitude. Her happiness was shattered within moments, as she saw the one person she believed she would never be able to see.
Derek. Derek Storm.
Derek was Fayne's brother. He had supposedly died in a car accident when she was 13. Fayne had asked him to get her some ice cream, to which he obliged. It was that fateful night that her brother died, leaving her to suffer every moment of her life. Her parents ended up loathing her, and all her friends ditched her. That was the reason why her family and she had moved to Gardenia, away from this mess.
"Excuse me..." Fayne said, tapping her 'dead' brother's shoulder. He whirled around with a sneer and (she was quite sure) a snide comment on the tip of his tongue, before staring at her in shock.
"Fayne..."
"Yes dear brother who was supposedly dead" Fayne said with sarcasm. " It's Serena now, no one can know of my true identity."
"How could you do this, Derek? Have you any idea what I've gone through in the past couple of years? Everyone, including me, hated me, I was the cause of your 'death', my so called parents started to despise me. There wasn't a day when I didn't felt guilty or didn't miss, there wasn't a day when I hadn't hoped that it should have been me who died, not you, and you know what Derek Storm Peirce, there wasn't a day when I felt the I shouldn't kill myself!"
Derek pulled her into a hug with a gasp, his eyes clouding with tears. The dam broke, and Fayne began to sob uncontrollably, beating into his chest, incoherently muttering and cursing him for his folly. He then spoke when he was sure that his voice wouldn't crack.
"I'm sorry... please... forgive me? Wait, you know about the... the..."
"The adoption, yes, I do. Had a hunch about hat since ages." Fayne said with a scornful look. "You knew all along, didn't you, and you never thought even once that maybe, just maybe it could have been important for me to know. Since when did you become like this, Derek? I feel sorry to say this, but I most certainly did not expect this from you. From mom and dad, yes, but you?! No."
With that, she turned away, tossing her head in the air and storming off. Derek sighed and ran a hand through his chocolate brown curls, looking sad, guilty, and frustrated.
"Common man, let's go!" Riven shouted out to Derek, after checking out his 'sister's' ass in approval.
"Will you like, quite it?" Derek hissed out, causing Riven to snort.
"Chill bro, it's not like that girl's your sister anyways."
Derek felt a pang in his chest, and his heart shattered. He shut his eyes momentarily, before mumbling, "Yeh, whatever. Let's go" And brushing past a confused Timmy, Brandon, and Sky.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid bloody brother of mine..." Fayne growled out, storming past people and shoving them aside roughly, not bothering where she went.
"Wait... Bloom? Why's she following that nitwit?" Fayne thought ot herself upon seeing Bloom doing a poor imitation of James Bond and stalking Knut. She saw Bloom sit behind a couple of barrels, peeping through the gaps. Deciding to have some fun, Fayne tapped the redhead's shoulder, remaining hidden in the shadows. Bloom almost shouted out, causing Fayne to step out quickly and cover her mouth with her hand.
"Do you have a death wish or something?" Fayne snapped, settling down next to Bloom, who snapped her eyes open upon seeing the girl.
"Long time no seen" She whispered softly, while Fayne just winked at her.
"Sisters, someone's watching us" Darcy said, causing the other two to his indignantly.
"Leave it to me..." Darcy said, using her illusion powers to create a replica of her; who took her original position, while she searched for the scumbag.
"Move you faggot" Fayne muttered under her breath when the ogre covered Darcy. She suddenly got an uneasy feeling, and shifted uncomfortably.
"I'll call the winx, you be careful" Fayne whispered, darting off into the shadows before Bloom even had a chance to reply.
"I can't see a thing" She grumbled, peeping through the space between the barrels cautiously.
Darcy appeared behind the redhead, smirking as she attacked her from the back, causing her to fall in front of Stormy and Icy's feet.
"It's her!" Knut gasped out, pointing at her.
"You won't hurt me. I'm a fairy" Bloom said, sounding over confident. However, only a couple of silver sparkles flew out of her hand, before falling weakly by Icy's feet, causing the witches to cackle evilly.
"Now..." The snow queen trailed off. "Let's have some fun shall we... Ice storm!"
"Dark hurricane" Stormy hissed out. The hurricane flung Bloom across the alley, and she clung onto a crooked banister, only to be swept away by Darcy's dark magic.
No sooner did the fairy land on the ground, than was she frozen into a block of ice by Icy.
"It's a pity to lose such a pretty face..." Icy trailed off, scratching the ice, causing her sisters to cackle evilly.
Fayne searched for the winx desperately, rolling her sleeves up in frustration. She spotted them suddenly, and dashed towards them, pushing past a couple of specialists rudely.
"Stella... Icy... Bloom... trouble... Darcy... witches... Stormy!" Fayne panted, making rapid hand gestures to convey her point. Stella's eyes widened considerably, and she sharply motioned for the other fairies to follow her.
"F- Serena... sweetie... calm... SERENA!" Stella yelled out her her, causing the young witch to shut up quickly.
"Follow me" She uttered quietly, and the girls dashed after her. The girls reached the dark alley, and gasped upon seeing Bloom's frozen form.
"Oh boy..." Musa mumbled, while Flora covered her mouth with her hand, letting out a muffled gasp.
"My my, look who we have here! The young fairies of Alfea, and..." Icy stopped midway, and paled considerably.
"You! You traitor!" Darcy and Stormy hissed out. Fayne narrowed her eyes, and the two sistersgulped slightly and took a step backwards.
"Relax, sisters, they cannot harm us. What happened back then was mere luck." Icy said in a patronising tone, before calling Knut.
"You, take care of theses nasty pixies." Darcy said with confidence.
Before the ogre could even reply, he was writhing on the floor, looking terrified. His shadow loomed over him menacingly, and all eyes turned to Fayne, whose face was blank. Her eyes were void of emotion, and she snapped her eyes up to the three sisters. A cold sneer came over her face as she said, "You were saying...?"
"Common girls, let's transform!" Stella said, being the first one to snap out of her shock.
~Cue transformation~
Stella's Winx outfit consisted of a sparkling orange one-shoulder top and short shorts, with knee-high boots of the same colour. She wore her hair in two pigtails with orange tube ties. She also wore light blue cuff wrist bands and a headband of the same colour. Her wings were three leaflets with the colour of powder blue with teal tips.
Musa's Winx outfit was a sparkling red top with translucent pink fabric at the middle, a red mini skirt, and knee-high wedge red boots. She also wore purple headphones atop her head and purple ribbons around her forearms (the one on her left arm has loose ends hanging from it). Her wings were translucent and bright blue with purple bands in the middle. She had magenta shorts on under her skirt and her hair was kept the same.
Flora's Winx outfit was primarily fuchsia and orchid in colour, and consisted of a sparkling one piece, bare shouldered top that concealed a pair of mini shorts of the same colour, and ankle-high boots also the same color. A green choker with a pink colored four petal flower adorned her neck, and she had wrist length fingerless gloves covering her arms. Her wings were lime green and shaped like leaves.
Tecna's Winx outfit was unarguably the most distinctive of all the fairies, as it covered most of her. The outfit was mainly a full body suit of a sparkling lavender colour covering the torso and legs. She had powder blue sleeves which covered her hands and blue knee-high boots. She wore a lavender helmet which had a lime green tear-shaped brooch on it, similar to the one on her chest. Her wings were green bars which could form small squares on her back, in the shape of a glider. These wings helped her fly supported by digital energy considering they could not flutter.
Fayne looked at the girls, mentally observing them, otherwise looking clueless on what she had to do. Stormy snorted slightly, while Icy began to shake, her eyes glowing in a brilliant blue colour. Knut was now safe, thanks to Darcy's dark magic. Stormy and Darcy began to attack the girls ruthlessly, and soon the protagonists were on the ground. Icy began to glow with a blue hue, and the place began to freeze.
"Solaria!" Stella yelled out, throwing her ring upwards. Her ring then transformed into a sceptor, and she swished it like a sword, causing yellow light to be emitted. Icy let out a blast of ice magic, just after the girls teleported away safely.
"Darn it" The angry witch cursed, before teleporting herself, her sisters, and the ogre out of the frozen alley.
Stella glowed yellow, her sun piwer effectively melting the ice, revealing a drenched, cold Bloom.
"Oh thank Sirona!" Fayne exclaimed, running over and hugging Bloom tightly. The girls stared at her, causing her to exclaim, "What, she's the Celtic goddess of healing!"
"I've never heard of her" Flora said. "And who are you anyways?" Tecna asked in suspicion.
"I'm Serena, Serena Williams." Fayne said confidently. "You can call me Fay. I'm from Valisto, my parents are... acquaintances of the King and Queen."
"The name sounds so... earthy" Musa said with a suspicious look.
"Oh what can I say" Fayne mumbled with a careless shrug. "My parents have this unhealthy obsession with planet Earth and it's beings and history..."
Stella began to frantically speak before Tecna could question Fayne about her dark magic.
"You, my dear Bloom, were very brave and courageous, but that was a foolish thing to do! What possessed you to go after the trix?"
"The trix?" Fayne said, coughing loudly to alert Stella of her slip of tongue.
"Oh you know, Icy, Darcy, and Stormy." Stella continued, paying no heed to a frantic Fayne's signals. "I'm surprised that you lasted that long, being from Earth and all. You to, Fayne, you did quite well. Who would have known that a shy and soft earthling like you would leave the trix scared?! Exactly what did you do anyways?"
"Is there something we should know of, Princess Veranda and Serena" Tecna spat out, while Musa crossed her arms and Flora eyed the two in suspicion.
Fayne slapped her fore head, cursing and mumbling about how Aeron was not fair. (A/N- Aeron is the Celtic god of Fate) Stella winced at that, and turned around with a sheepish expression. "I may or may not have left out some tiny details..."
"And if you could define tiny, please?" Fayne said sarcastically, with a raised brow.
"My, isn't Cloud Tower growing on you" Stella grumbled darkly as Flora and Fayne helped the weak redhead to stand up.
"No way!" Bloom gasped, causing Fayne to give one of her rare smirks. She had been telling the fairies of her slight... disagreement with the trix, and most of them were being sceptical about it. Being the kind fairy she is, Flora began to warm up to Fayne. Tecna and Musa, however, still detested her, their prejudices against the witches clouding their common sense.
"The look on their face must have been priceless..." Musa soon agreed begrudgingly. She had to admit, this witch was not like the others. She actually had some good in her!
"I suppose I will have to leave now..." Fayne mumbled sadly. "Cloud tower awaits me!"
"Aww come on, atleast drop us to Alfea!" Bloom said, making a perfect puppy dog face. Fayne rolled her eyes, and agreed, albeit reluctantly.
"Your energies are quite confusing, you know. I've never seen anything like it before!" Tecna exvlaimed, causing Fayne to narrow her eyes slightly. "What is that suppose to been?" She asked, slightly angry yet curious.
"I sense both dark and light magic from you, it's quite shocking. I mean, you shouldn't even be real!" Tecna exclaimed. "I know right!" Stella exclaimed inconsiderately.
"Girls, be nice and respect her feelings" Flora scolded, causing both girls to have a moment of realisation. "Now, apologise"
"Sorry Fayne" They mumbled in unison. "Oh that's alright" Fayne said with a slight grin. "Besides, that makes me unique, right?"
All girls began to giggle, and they soon entered the gates of Alfea. Fayne's eyes widened slightly. "Oh shit, the headmistress might sense my dark magic!"
"How?" Musa asked with a slight frown. "It's kind of obvious girls! I mean, witches and fairies have been at loggerheads since eons. It's only logical if the school develop this kind of protection!"
"I can see her point" Tecna said with amazement. Fayne waved them a quick goodbye and ran toward the bushes to climb over the fence. A light suddenly showed over the five fairies, and Mrs. Griselda and Mrs. Faragonda walked out. Fayne cowered into the bushes, attempting to camouflage into her surroundings.
"Young ladies, do you realise that it is one hour past curfew!" Griselda shouted. "Like a grizzly bear..." Fayne thought to herself, stifling her laughter.
"We were so worried girls, do you realise how irresponsible your actions are?" Faragonda said with a disappointed look. Fayne immediately liked the wise old lady. She felt as though she had seen her somewhere, but she just didn't know where.
"Now girls, return to your dormitories quietly" Faragond said, resulting in the girls to give loud salutes and march away.
"Except you, Princess Veranda of Valist" Griselda sneered. Everyone winced at her tone slightly, and Fayne's eyes widened. "Shit..." She thought.
"Is there something you would like to tell us dear?" The headmistress asked kindly. Bloom burst into tears and explained everything, weeping even more when Griselda suggested that she should be expelled.
"Now now, Griselda, be nice. The magical barrier would have kept Ms. Bloom out if she was not a magical being! You may return to your dormitories now." Faragonda said with authority. Even Griselda kept mum as the girls walked back. The two teachers eyed the bushes suspiciously.
"Halt!" Faragonda exclaimed, as Grisleda pulled an unsuspecting Fayne out, causing her to turn beet red and gulp slightly.
"Okay... now be calm." She thought to herself, trying to stop herself from panicking. She began to shake visibly, and Stella spoke immediately to cove ruo for the young witch.
"That would be my friend from magix city. She came to see us off!"
"It's okay Stella. They should know the truth." Fayne sighed, nervously running her fingers through her hair boyishly.
"I'm Fayne. Fayne Lillian Peirce from Earth. People here know me as Serena Williams of Valisto, whose parents acquaintances of the King and queen of Valisto. I'm a witch, and I study at Cloud Tower." Fayne said, keeping her head high and looking at Griselda and the headmistress in the eye. Griselda actually turned her gaze away, whereas Faragonda frowned slightly, looking puzzled.
"Then how is it that I didn't sense your presence?" Faragonda asked, looking unnerved.
"I do not know ma'am" Fayne said, losing her confidence all of a sudden, bowing her head low. "Are you going to... um... you know... ask the headwitchtress to expel me or something?"
"No, my dear. However, you, she, the headmaster of Red Fountain; Professor Saladin, and I need to have a chat." Faragonda said, smiling slightly at the joyful squeal that came from the young witch.
"Now, off you go" Faragonda said, clapping her hands twice. Fayne was then covered in blue light and teleported away to Cloud Tower, and the young fairies retreated to their dorms.
"Strange... I thought all magical beings had been wiped off the face of that planet years ago..." Faragonda said.
"Headmistress?" Griselda said quitley.
Faragonda sighed slightly, rubbing her forehead. "Let us go Griselda. We have much to discuss with the other professors and the teachers of Cloud Tower and Red Fountain..."
Fayne landed on her bottom in the grounds Cloud Tower with a small 'oomph'. She gulped slightly upon seeing the headwitchtress walk towards her along with a sheepish Tory and smirking trix.
"Now, exactly why were you fraternising with the fairies and asking you roommate to cover for you, I don't know. However, after the call I received from Faragonda, headmistress of Alfea, I would most certainly expel you, for the mere pleasure of displeasing her. But I won't. I have sensed your power, young lady, and I know that you are capable of great things. They may be good or evil, though I would prefer evil, but you are most definitely one of the most strongest beings of your age. Hence, I will not expel you." Griffen said with a smirk, dismissing the pissed off trix.
"Umm.. it's strongest ma'am" Fayne said suddenly, making the headwitchtress to narrow her eyes.
"Pardon?" She said, narrowing her eyes further.
"It's strongest, ma'am, most strongest is grammatically incorrect." Fayne said politely, causing Tory to let out a chortle.
"Is something funny Ms. Campbell?" Griffen asked, causing the red faced witch to let out another impolite snort.
"Detention in the enchanted forest at 5 p.m. day after tomorrow!" Griffen barked out. "You two will have to navigate your way through the forest, without magic. IS THAT CLEAR?" Griffen shouted, glaring at the two girls.
"Yes Headwitchtress Griffen" Tory said.
"Yes ma'am" Fayne saluted, causing Griffen to glare at the girl. "Now, return to your room!"
The girls scuttled away, giggling hysterically. Griffen glared at Fayne, before sighing fondly. She had begun to like this girl, for she reminded her a lot of... the headwitchtress snapped away the memory, sealing it back in its box. Those memories would always haunt her and the rest of the company of light, for they could do nothing to stop the destruction of the most prosperous planets in the world... Domino.
Meanwhile, the girls giggled at the series of events narrated by Fayne. Surprisingly, Tory had accepted Fayne's reality, and had been fine with her alliance with the fairies. "It's your choice who you are friends with" She had said, causing Fayne to aww slightly.
"That was so funny! We should try it some time, right Tory? Tory...?" Fayne said, cutting her babble short. The witch had fallen asleep, and was snoring slightly. Chuckling fondly, Fayne tucked her in and whispered softly, "'Night girl." Tory responded incoherently, causing Fayne to chuckle yet again as she cuddled up in her bed, drifting away into peaceful sleep, oblivious to the troubled thoughts of the headwitchtress, Ms Faragonda and Professor Saladin, who was now painfully aware of the series of events. The girl fell asleep quickly, blissfully unaware of her power and her role in the safe keeping of the magic dimension.
