"Boy, I am glad that it is over now, I thought I was going to die back there for a moment." Stella complained when she grabbed her head to prevent an oncoming headache.
"It was as bad as I thought it was." Bloom stated before she patted Stella on the back as a sign that it was okay.
"Bloom, has a point it was more of a "what would you do" kind of test." Tecna told Stella who only huffed as they were not making her headache go away.
"Hey, guys," Musa said as she found them on the hallway heading back to their dorm room.
"Musa…it is so good to see you," Flora said as she was the first person to give her a hug and everybody else followed suit as they were glad that she was back in one piece.
"So how was Heaven?" Tecna asked her musically gifted friend when everyone finished welcoming her back with their hugs.
"How did you…wait a minute did Timmy tell you where I was going?" Musa asked in a tone that was somewhat of astonishment after realizing that Tecna knew were she was.
"Not exactly, it was more like to confirm where you were going so I hacked into his computer, which was too easy by the way, and I found out all about this place that was not supposed to be there." Tecna answered how she was able to find out about the planet Heaven.
"Oh…well then that explains everything, but I told you guys it was nothing that serious anyway," Musa said when they had crossed the threshold of their dorm room door.
"So what have you all been doing since I was gone?" Musa asked them since she could tell that they did not use the living room since it was spotless and clean.
"Well let's say we had a run in with our favorite three witches today," Layla answered Musa before she took a seat at the left end of the couch.
"They will never learn that we beat them every time but they still try to attack us." Musa responded while she ran her fingers through one of her long pigtails.
Stella, Bloom, Tecna, Flora and Layla looked at each other as if trying to nominate someone to tell her what else that had happened earlier that day.
"You did beat them right?" Musa asked them as there was a unusual silence among the group when she saw that as she looked to see the girls contemplating something.
"We think it is something else that they were looking for," Flora answered her question as her facial expression seemed to convey more clearly from everyone's puzzled expression.
"So do you have any idea what they were looking for? I mean Ms. Faragonda should know about this." Musa inquired of what the girls' learned from the Trix sisters during the fight.
"We think that is not an object but rather a person…we think that person is...you Musa." Bloom answered her question, which caused Musa to be taken aback a little.
"Is that what you were afraid to tell me? I mean I can handle myself against those witches or do you doubt the control that I have over my newfound powers?" Musa asked as she was jumping to conclusions now and the group went into action to calm her down immediately.
"Nobody said that Musa…listen to us you are jumping the fence here." Bloom responded to Musa' angered questions that was directed towards them.
"Look, it has been a long day and right now I would like to sleep so please do not disturb me." Musa had shut down the conversation right there as she needed some alone time to think of what the girls' just told her.
Flora was about to stand when Layla stopped her, "Musa is use to working out her emotions on her own, let's not make it worse by trying to push her into our direction. Let's allow her to do it on her own."
"I agree with Layla we do not know how she will react to when we try and console her. The best thing we can do is just waiting till she is reasonable again." Bloom agreed with Layla as the girls made a promise to not bother Musa any further.
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"Let's try this one last time and if you guys execute this one flawlessly you can go to your dorms. If not, we are doing this again." Athena instructed the guys as they all, except for Riven and Helia, let out a sigh of tiredness.
"Come on, you five are the best we have and the most suited for this, so pull yourselves together and work as a team." Cordortorta gave out a compliment to the guys mounted on the dragons.
"Who would have thought…" Sky started off, "the day we hear…" Brandon added in onto Sky's "Cordortorta give," Helia chimed in, "compliments." Riven finished the sentence.
"You know what that means then," Timmy told the four other Specialists before they nodded their heads at the same time.
"Alright taking it from the top," Athena gave them the cue as the boys began the mock show.
Once they were finished with the mock show they all lined up in one line as Athena and Cordortorta approach them from the stadium floor.
"That was…incredible! You guys did it correct. Sky, a little tuning up on the inward cut with Timmy, Brandon make sure that your dragon wings hit the angle cues or you might crash into Helia on the under bypass. Timmy, make sure your dragon starts off with the right foot and memorized the walk count. Riven, I was going to say adjust the timing of the flip but you did that so, good job and Helia, try not to steal the show. Other than those minor adjustments you five are ready for the next act." Athena told the five when she was going one by one down the line.
"Good job boys, you will do us proud." he commended the boys on a job well done.
"We will pick up on the second act since you guys have the first one down to a tee so load the dragons back in their correct stables and be back here at the regular time." Athena instructed them when they unmounted their respective dragons.
"Well that's one down and two more to go." Timmy stated when one by one they entered the dragon stable since it was only wide enough for one dragon to enter and another to exit.
"Who would have thought we would have been chosen to do the annual Draconian Ceremony." Brandon said while he had removed the reins from his yellow dragon and petted its head for doing a good job today.
"How was your mission?" Sky asked Brandon as he held the dragon reins in his left hand with his helmet in the other.
Brandon and Helia had looked at each other first before turning to face Sky and the other two who had just finished putting their dragons into their proper areas.
"You can say it definitely was not boring." Helia said while he undid the bindings from his dragon's mouth earning a thanks after removing it.
"It is never boring when you have someone as lively as Musa. So what else did you guys do when you were up there?" Timmy gave his opinion of what Helia just said about their mission.
"Timmy does have a point, is there something you two are not telling us?" Sky asked since he could tell that there was something they were not telling them.
"Man, Sky if you can hear the way you talk now...I would think that Stella would be your girlfriend." Riven teased when he entered the conversation with the others.
"Hey, what does that mean?" Sky and Brandon questioned the meaning of what Riven just said about Sky that had Stella's name in it.
"It is exactly as I said it, if there is nothing else left I am going back to my room." Riven said since he grew bored of their conversation about Helia and Brandon's mission with Musa.
"I am surprised you would say that, Riven, after all you hardly know what goes on when you are not with Musa because you are so deep in your own sadness that you ignore her." Brandon fired back against Riven when he had stopped in his tracks.
Riven turned his head sideways to look at the group of boys, "You should be concern about your airhead of a girlfriend…why in the world would she end up with magical powers? She is a dead weight to the group."
Sky and Timmy had to restrain Brandon from trying to attack Riven from what he had said about his girlfriend.
"I wonder what has gotten into Riven today? "He is even more brooding than normal." Helia said after they were able to calm Brandon down from his anger.
"Whatever it is he needs to put a lid on it before he ends up getting himself in some serious trouble." Brandon stated as he felt his anger slowly dissipating.
'Riven, what has you so upset that you would lash out on us?' Helia thought to himself while he placed all his gear in the bin holder with the rest of theirs.
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Musa had sat on the end of her bed as today's events were turning on themselves and the victim was none other than the person who has the conflicted heart.
'I could talk to mom but I had the whole morning with her so I think she needs her break…that is if she could ever get one.' Musa thought to herself as she was going through a mental list of the people she could talk to about her problem.
"Hey Riven, are you there?" she mentally called out to her boyfriend as it might help for her to talk to him.
"Yeah, I am here. How was the mission?"she heard him ask about the mission as she was glad that he answered to her call.
"Aside from me wanting to blast our driver into the next universe than it was good. I would have thought that Brandon and Helia would have told you guys all about it by now." Musa answered his question before she could sense a little discomfort in his thoughts.
"It sounds like you had a good day, that's good to hear." Riven sounded as if he was uninterested in what she was telling him.
"What about you? Did you have another mission to do today?" Musa asked since she was curious about his day.
"Na, I was off today, besides I did not feel like going to class today." Riven answered her question while he had rolled over to the side of his stomach.
"I at least thought that after my training then I would be acknowledged for something but it seems as if I was wrong yet again. It seems as if I became even more of a burden then an asset." Musa was finally getting something off of her chest that has been bothering her the moment she got back from Heaven.
'Is this, what has been bothering her lately?' Riven blocked his thoughts when he thought that to himself.
"Musa, you are in control of your own powers and it is up to you to decided whether or not you want to use it for good or bad. You should not let other people affect your choice in the usage of your powers, they are yours not theirs." Riven gave her sounded advice since he knew that if he said the wrong thing then it would put them at odds with each other.
Musa was left to think about what Riven just told her before responding "Thanks Riven, I needed that, are you busy tomorrow afternoon?" Musa asked.
"Yeah, but I am free after six," Riven answered her question before he remembered that he had mandatory practice for the Draconian Ceremony and that if he did not attend it would be his head this time.
"Okay, than, I want to come and see you that is if you don't mind me visiting." Musa told him the purpose of why she asked him.
"I don't mind." Riven stated before the mental link was cut off as he had went to sleep.
'I am in control of my powers and it is my choice. Riven is right I should take into consideration my feelings.' Musa thought as she looked at her hands as if they were shaking.
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"So care to explain to us where you were today?" Darcy asked while her and her sisters' were all laid out against the stone like material when Baltor walked into his secret throne room.
Baltor pushed his hair back similar to what a female would do if a stray strand got in the way, "Why is that so important for you three to know?"
"We are in your plan as well so it is only far if we stay on the same page." Icy answered his question when she shifted to where her feet were now on the ground.
"Oh, so since my brief absence has put your loyalty on edge? You know that says a lot about your personality if you can't trust me." Baltor responded as he had placed his chin on his clenched fist which rested upon the side of his throne chair.
"Trust," Stormy stated in a huffed tone "They were just worried that you were going off to see another woman."
Icy and Darcy's face had shown a slight blush on their face as they turned to face Stormy, "Hey what was that all about!" "I don't care what he does with his life!"
"And denial is so evident," Baltor said to himself while he watched in amusement at the three teenagers unawareness of his real plan for them.
'They have outlived their usefulness to me,' he thought to himself before he conjured up a visage mirror to see that Musa was sitting on her bedroom floor with her back on her bed frame and both of her hands were shaking.
'Well the dragon tattoo seems to be doing its job, just a little while longer and Alisha our daughter will be mines of her own free will.' Baltor thought before he made the mirror disappear and the only thing he could hear was Icy, Darcy, and Stormy continued to rant out their insincerities.
