Chapter 63 : Earth, Ice, Fire and Plasma
Within seconds, Bloom and Vulpa are at the ships hatch. "What is going on?!" demands Bloom. "Stella's been startled awake and screaming her head off and Mazal is crying backup."
"We've had a little incident," says Shego. It seems that Kim has acquired some powers."
"I will go to Stella's suite and quiet her down," says Maisha. "The strangest thing I have learned about Humans and Faeries is that, when wrapped in fur, they tend to relax and calm down. They must have fur envy," she purr-laughs as she makes her way into the ship.
"Kim," says Bloom softly. "What happened?"
"I don't know," says Kim, dumbfounded and staring at her hands.
"Do you think you can do it again?" asks Bloom.
"I don't know," replies Kim. "It just kind-a happened!"
"Try to do it again but pick something smaller," encourages Bloom.
Kim selects a small bolder and holding out her hands makes as shoving motion. Again, amber and brown fire burst from Kim's palms, strikes the bolder and sends it hurling into the distance."
"Whoa!" exclaims Shego. "I don't want to be ever caught on the business end of that, Princess!"
"Bloom, Kim, Icy, Shego stand in a line for me a moment," requests Vulpa. "I need to check something out. Bloom, I think you may have already guessed it."
Shego, Kim and Bloom line up beside Icy and Vulpa examines them one-by-one. "Yes, it is as I thought," says Vulpa.
"Humour me, Icy, and tell me about the four kinds of dragons and their powers," asks Vulpa.
« She's got it, » sends Lady Pree to Shego. « For The Goddess' sake strike while the iron's hot! »
"There are Air Dragons, Fire or Red Fire Dragons, Earth Dragons and finally Water, Ice or Snow Dragons depending upon which state of the element Water they're in." says Icy. "So what?"
"Okay, The Great Dragon kept the splinter of Air Dragon's Fire for Herself and shelled out the three remaining splinters of Dragon's Fire to various groups. Let me start you off, Icy," says Vulpa, taking Kim's shoulders. "The Humans got the Earth Dragon's Fire and the Faeries, what does Bloom have?"
"Bloom has the Red Dragon's Fire. Everyone knows that," says Icy.
"So the Witches must have…?" leads on Vulpa.
Icy, turning paler than pale, barely makes it to a large bolder and sits down hard.
« Now! » Lady Pree almost screams in Shego's mind.
"So which splinter of The Great Dragon's fire did the Witches get, Isha?" asks Shego.
"They must have…, must have…," stammers Icy.
"Go ahead, say it!" encourage Shego and Vulpa.
"The Witches got the Ice Dragon's Fire!" Icy finally blurts.
"Exactly!" says Vulpa.
« Thank The Goddess! » exclaims Lady Pree. « Now she understands. »
"You see, you've always had your Dragon's Fire," says Bloom, taking Icy gently by her shoulder while Icy looks up at her stunned with tears streaming down her cheeks.
"You knew too, Shego?" asks Icy.
"I did, my love," replies Shego, taking Icy comfortingly into her arms. "But we had to get you to see that for yourself before you would believe."
Meanwhile Stormy, who had been in the Comm Station with Musa helping her to assess any damage, comes out to join them. "I think this has become a Quadrix matter," she tells them. "Could you others please leave us to some privacy for a bit?"
"Certainly, Stormy," says Bloom. "Come along, girls, let's continue this in the Comm Station."
"I'm confused," says Kim. "What's this about Earth Dragon's Fire?"
"If you are confused," says Bloom, "then we must be in shock. In short, Kim, you are the Human Guardian of the Earth Dragon's Fire."
"What was that?!" gasps Musa, looking back and forth from Bloom to Kim."
"That's right," says Vulpa. "I examined Bloom's, Kim's and Icy's aurae and they all have the same tell-tale signature of the Dragon's Fire. And, Shego, you have a similar tell-tale that is slightly different yet close enough as to make no odds. You are a Guardian of the Dragon's Fire as well. But the only thing I can think of are Plasma Dragons."
"I've never heard of Plasma Dragons," says Musa, lowering her eyebrows, "but I guess the Great Dragon does not tell us all Her secrets."
"And Icy has finally come to realize that she is the Mistress of the Ice Dragon's Fire," says Bloom and all give up a joyous whoop.
"That should give Chatta something to cheer about for sure," says Musa.
"O, My Goddess!" exclaims Bloom. "Have any of you seen them lately?"
"No," says Musa. "What's the matter?"
"It's that the Pixies have their bamboline-ball court right were the bulk of the mantel fell!" exclaims Bloom, trying to supress a vision in her mind of finding Pixie pancakes amongst the rubble.
All rush out of the Comm Station and almost immediately find Piff almost completely buried in Stormy's hair. The others are soon found about the ship. Amore is found on guard on top of Mazal's bassinette, Tune and Chatta are in Flora's room where Tune is trying to coax Chatta out from behind a mess of shrubs where she had taken refuge during the tremors. Digit is in Tecna's room and Lockette is in Kim's room playing with Panda Roo who had her caught in his favourite hold – the bear hug. Zing, Lady Pree tells Flora, is not far away in the jungle paying a visit to a hive of social insects which are the Alfean equivalent of honeybees and hobnobbing it with the hive queen over pollen cakes and nectar tea.
That evening, there is a celebration that even Stella attends with Mazal in arms. All herald a new era of cooperation among Faeries and Witches and the discovery of the Guardians of the Earth and Plasma Dragon's Fire.
Shego is starring at her glass of honey mead and thinking, "If Kim and I are Human and are now guardians of splinters of the Dragon's Fire could it follow now that we are also Kimiran that the Kimiran are also Human? Tecna said something about it. I'll have to check that out with her. I guess we'll only know when Ron, Rufus and Wade come to Alfea. The buffoon and his rat – euw, I'm so not looking forward to that!"
