Bloom was standing in a tunnel made out of stones, lit by torchlight.
"Where am I?" She asked, unsure which direction she should go in.
The sounds of bells chimes in the distant.
Bloom stood frozen, a shiver running up and down her spine.
The sounds of bells rang louder, closer to her right.
"Wait!" Bloom turned around only to fall into the abyss that mysteriously appear below her.
"Aaaah!" Her screams echoed. A fiery light erupted above her with a mighty roar.
Bloom sat up, heaving for air. Her heart racing per second. What was that?
"Good, you're awake." Bloom look up startled; to see Sky lounging in a chair, holding a holomap. He was wearing a blue collar shirt, jeans, and sneakers.
"Sky, how long have you been sitting there?" Bloom asked, her brows knitting together in concern.
"Half an hour, maybe more," Sky shrugged, "I brought dinner with me, it still hot."
She took notice of a basket on the side table next to him, faint steam coming out it, barely noticeable.
"What is it?"
"Pizza."
"Is it-"
"Zesty four-cheese pepperoni and sausage," pulling out a slice of pizza on a paper plate, "just the way you like it."
"It smells good," Bloom sniffed, "I can smell it from over here."
Sky was about to hand her her slice when he suddenly put it back into the basket with a teasing smirk.
"Sky!" Bloom pouted, reaching for it.
"Hmm. I don't know if I should give this to you," Sky teased, coming only a few centimeters away from her face. Bloom's eyes lit up when she realize when Sky started their little game.
"What do I have to do, my fair King?" Bloom asked breathlessly, she could feel her cheeks warming.
"I believe my beautiful Fairy Queen should give me a lovely rose." Sky kissed her eyes.
"But I do not own a lovely rose."
"Then you should give me gold spun by the Sun." The blond Specialist kissed her nose.
"But I do not know how to spun gold nor do I have gold, my dear King. What I offer is far more valuable than any earthly minerals combine." She placed a delicate hand on his chest.
"What is more valuable than the riches of my kingdom, my Fiery Queen?" He asked, the plate of pizza mysteriously back in the basket. By now, he was hovering over her. His undying love for her resonate through his vibrant blue eyes. Sky lean closer, their noses barely touching.
"My love." She spoked the truth, sealing it with a kiss.
"A beautiful treasure indeed," Sky spoked in-between kisses, deepening it more. When air was apparent, Bloom manage to flip Sky onto his back, straddling him with a sexy grin. Her boyfriend gave her a sly grin.
"I love you, my Queen," Sky said softly, running a hand through her red hair.
"I you, my King." Bloom whispered as they resume their many kisses.
Dinner was left forgotten on the table, still popping hot.
Unaware that the scenery change to field of poppy-lilies; wearing Royal Garbs of Old.
Daphne surrounded herself with books in a perfect circle. Muttering a word here and there and pages after pages flew across their covers.
"Daphne!"
The books fell to the ground while the young professor look up startle out of her concentration.
"Flora, what's wrong?" Daphne got up from her sitting position.
"You got to see this!" Flora grabbed her friend's hand and pull her along, not allowing her to utter a word back. When they got to the bridge, drawing everyone's attention toward them.
"Now that we're all here, in 3, 2, 1," Nate counted off from behind the wheel. The ship lurch suddenly as the blue sky greeted them in warmth.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Nate did a flourish mock bow, "I present to you Sipar's deserts. We'll be landing in approximately 20 minutes, so you'll better buckle up for a smooth landing."
On cue, 4 rows of chairs appear behind them. They all quickly strap in, just as the ship touch down, skidding . The touch down cause them to lurch forward, the air knocking out of their lungs. Nate look over before turning his attention in front of him.
"Did I say minutes? I meant seconds."
"When I get out of here, you're dead," Nex growled, his face taking on a green tint.
"No you won't, not in your condition," the captain smirked just the Paladin puke...on Robert George.
"I'm going to be sick," the archeologist gagged before puking up onto the floor.
"No! Not my ship!" Nate cried out in alarm, crying pathetically.
"Please, save us..."
"Save us from our doom..."
Shadowy figures surrounded Bloom.
"A Crown that paints the night sky..."
"You must return the Crown..."
"The Crown will lead you to the Ring..."
"Free us..."
"Save us from this curse..."
"How can I find the Crown? How can I save you?" Bloom asked. She never notice a silvery glint behind her.
"You're death..."
"Bloom?" Said person opened her eyes, gazing upon the concern look of her boyfriend.
"You alright? You look kinda out of it," Sky commented, placing a hand on her forehead.
"I'm fine," Bloom said, her heart beating fast. Those last two words has shaken her greatly.
"We'll I can't say about those two." The couple looked over as Maria Jones and her colleagues half drag, half carry their sick colleague off the bridge while Aisha rubbed soothing circles across Nex's back. Roy left awhile ago, with a painful look on his face.
"So what's the plan?" Bloom asked, removing his hand away from her forehead. Sky motion for her to follow him to the holomap.
"The archeologists gave us a coordinate of what they believe to be the Temple itself," he said, "but I highly doubt it."
"But it's a start. Maybe we can find something there, a clue perhaps," Bloom said, placing a hand over his. A clue can lead to answers.
"I know but what worries me are the archeologists are coming with us."
"What do you mean?"
"I'd looked through their past expeditions, they can't enter a tomb without causing it to collapse. They already caused people to get hurt because of this. I'm not taking any chances of getting ourselves kill because of them."
"Not all of them?"
"Yeah, all of them. A couple of people were already killed because they step into a trap when they were told not to enter a room in an old mine, south of Zora."
"Zora...wasn't it abandon because of high level of poisonous gas? Why would they go there?
"Because they were trying to get their hands on a book that holds secrets to Magic itself. It wasn't there, thankfully."
"If there was such a book, the entire Magical Dimension will be turn upside down. Wars will be wage on those secrets. Secrets that should stay forbidden to our knowledge. They have no right to find something like that!" Bloom paled, would they use us for their own gains? "Ms. Faragonda mentioned there would be bounty hunters when she explain to us the mission. Was that a lie to use us?"
By now, their friends was watching them, hearing their words loud and clear.
"Ms. Faragonda wouldn't do that to us, would she?" Stella asked, appalled.
"She wouldn't do that to her own students. They must have lied to her. If there is a such great find that's worth a fortune, it would spread like wild fire," Riven stated. "I would know."
Sky's eyes harden.
"Nate, get us to these coordinates as quickly as possible! I want those four in their room under lockdown. I don't care what they do in there, I want them to stay there!" Sky commanded. "THe sooner we finish this mission, the sooner we get home!"
"Yes, sir!" Nate mock saluted. Thoren rub a hand over his face.
"There should be somebody watching them," Aisha said, "incase they do leave their room."
"Nex and myself will keep guard," The Paladin answered.
"I will stay behind," Daphne said, "I got a few questions I need them to answer for me. But that doesn't mean I'm going to sit back if there's trouble."
"Duly noted," Brandon nodded. "Sky how are we doing this?"
"Half of us will go in and the other half will stay here as backup incase something goes wrong. Any volunteers for going in first?" Sky asked.
"I'll go," Tecna said, raising her hand follow by the rest of the Winx.
"No. Absolutely, not!" Bloom felt her boyfriend's glare on her.
"I'm going, Sky," Bloom said, placing her hands on her hips. I'm not backing out of this!
"I'm going to have to agreed with Sky. Before you kill me, listen," Timmy pushed his glasses back up his nose. "You all can't go in, and we can't save you by ourselves if you are in a jam."
"He does have a good point," Flora nodded her head. Bloom and Sky stared at each other before Sky let out a sigh.
"Bloom, Stella, Tecna, Riven, Brandon, and Roy will be Team A, The rest of us will be Team B," Sky relented. "Brandon will lead Team A."
"We're here!" Stella yelled, pulling a pair of sunglasses on. She and the girls were wearing the Exploration outfit. "Um, you're sure this is the right place?"
"It is!" Sky kicked a small mound of sand.
"I have first dib on skinning them live," Riven growled.
"Riven, you will do no such thing," Musa scolded.
"I'm not picking up anything on my scans," Tecna said, putting her scanner away.
"Me too," Timmy added.
"Damn!" Roy grumbled.
"We didn't come all the way out here to find nothing!" Aisha said, folding her arms over her chest.
"Then what do you suppose we do then, Aisha?" Stella asked.
Bloom frowned, this doesn't feel right. She stagger a bit as an image of her falling into a dark abyss appear in her mind. Eyes widening, she turn around to feel the ground rumble.
"RUN!" Bloom shouted, staggering back more. Taking her advise, they started to run back to the ship. The sand was starting to go down, revealing cracks in the harden ground beneath.
"Stella, come on!" Bloom pushed her friend forward.
"I do not do sweat!" Stella huffed just as the ground rumble again. "But I'll make the exception of it this once."
"The Crown is here, Fairy of the Dragon Flame..."
Where? Bloom look back, only to feel the ground shift beneath her.
"Bloom!" She saw Sky running toward her, his hand stretch out.
Crack!
The ground broke, Bloom feeling air. Sky!
"Nooo!" Brandon was right behind Sky, his voice being muffle by the sounds of the ground crumbling
"Sky," she gasped, her hand touching his.
**I'm cruel, I know**
