"WILLIAM SCHUESTER!" Sue shrieked.
She, Mr Schue and Principal Figgins were in Principal Figgins' office.
"Your Glee kids did this. I know it!" She glared at him.
"You have no proof that none of my Glee kids did this!" Mr Schue exclaimed.
"It's them. I know it. Bunch of hooligans who don't appreciate true art…" Sue muttered.
"Singing and dancing is real art!" Mr Schue exclaimed.
"Enough. Sue, I agree with William. You only have circumstantial evidence linking the Glee kids to the 'crime'! That is not even enough to give them a detention! Plus I'm sure that there are plenty others in the school that have been targeted by you and everyone 'slushied' today! Makes the suspect list rather impossible to narrow down to the culprits…" Principal Figgins leaned back in his chair.
Sue screamed in anger and kicked over a potted plant as she stormed out, Mr Schue and Principal Figgins watching her incredulously.
The Glee Club members were all gathered at The Lima Bean, celebrating their win over their tormentors.
"Most epic thing I have ever seen!" Zarya declared.
They had dragged together several tables and chairs in the store so they could sit together.
"I know, right?" Santana agreed.
"Where do you come up with these zany ideas- and actually make them work?" Mike asked Aquilo.
"I've been a prankster practically from the time I could both walk and talk. I'm sure my brothers and I have given my parents hell…" Aquilo answered, taking a big bite out of a sandwich.
"I wouldn't doubt that…" Fred eyed him over his coffee cup.
"How come we've never seen them?" Quinn asked.
"Oh well one brother is a junior at college and the other recently graduated and is off exploring the world…" Aquilo answered.
"Hey guys! Kurt invited me along. Mind if I join you?" Blaine came up to them carrying a Panini and a coffee cup.
"Of course not! Have a seat!" Celina moved across her chair and Kurt scrambled to get another one to in the empty space for him.
"So, I hear that you guys got some pretty good revenge on those jerks at your school." He smiled.
"Yep! The best revenge ever!" Artie pulled out his laptop and brought up the YouTube video, which in the few hours since it had gone up had already gained over 100,000 views.
"What do ya know? The video has gone viral…" Puck smirked.
"Success!" Tina declared.
Everyone burst out laughing.
"Well, what have you discovered?" Miss Griffin asked.
All the magical adults were now gathered around the table, waiting to hear Musa's information.
"Well, Symphonia told me an interesting story about Umbra and a certain music witch sitting at this table…" Musa turned to look at Jia as did everyone else.
"You didn't tell her what we were planning, did you?" Jia said. She had an unreadable expression on her face.
"Nope. She started talking on her own as if it were something she wanted to get off her chest… So apparently her daughter Charmaine was one of the few fairies willing to go and help. She also said that Charmaine and Jia were very good friends despite the rivalry thing being even more intense than it is today…"
Everyone looked from Musa to Jia with incredulous expressions on their faces.
"Is that true?" Chandra asked in bewilderment.
"I won't deny it. Charmaine was one of the best friends I had ever had despite the stigma. We both weren't ones for caring what others thought of us anyway…" Jia shrugged.
"Charmaine caught wind of what was happening on Umbra right after it started and before anyone at home could stop her, she had come to Umbra to try and help me. Communication got cut off soon after. I tried to get her to go back home to her family- to Johan, to little Lyra who was barely older than my own daughter... She refused. If she hadn't already gotten her Enchantix, the sacrifices she made for me would have certainly gotten her to that level. She… she got killed by Nero himself after he had killed Tyr. She was blocking his access to me and Melanie." Jia cringed at the memory and Hyun came to hold her.
"I saw her crumble to the ground after the spell he had cast ripped right through her chest. Her wings actually crumbled as she detransformed for the final time!" Jia looked down.
Musa looked saddened by this. "Symphonia also told me that she had tried to get to you both to try and help you. Powerful as she is, she couldn't do it alone and tried to get other fairies to help her but the laws prevented them from sending forces even if they wanted to go. By the time she managed to get through, it was already too late. You and Melanie were already gone, Charmaine was dead… All she could do was get her daughter's body out of there before Nero's guards found out she was there!"
Everyone present looked disgusted at this behaviour. "If the fairies weren't willing to help their own because they were involved in a predominately witch war, how do they manage to help their own in other situations?" Miss Griffin commented.
"This is why things need to change. How many more lives fairy or witch must be sacrificed before something is done?" Musa asked.
"No more!" They all declared.
"So does anyone think we should let Symphonia in on this as she is sympathetic to this situation? After all she has lost a loved one due to this madness…" Naida spoke.
"No." Jia spoke up. "She should remain innocent in all this. She could fall into disgrace if her involvement was uncovered!"
"As opposed to mine?" Musa indicated herself.
"You couldn't help but find out. You ran into my daughter here on Earth. Odds are you were meant for this. Symphonia is not- and I don't want to put her and her family through more than is necessary…" Jia said quietly.
Musa nodded. "I understand. Now let's move on, shall we? I learnt quite a few things from her…"
Tina was in the basement on her own, practising. Her parents had both gone out for the evening and she couldn't rest knowing that Nero was out there tormenting the people of her home world in a sick quest for power- the power that she rightfully was supposed to have…
She transformed, gathered an energy blast in her hands above her head and brought it down in front of her but stopped suddenly in shock.
Her witch outfit had changed completely. She was now wearing a high-necked long-sleeved flowing black top that showed off her back, a black and grey layered miniskirt with a silver belt and black leggings beneath and grey strappy stiletto shoes. She also had a silver choker necklace with a line of black diamonds going around it.
Her power colour had also changed as her energy blast was no longer purplish-blue but was now a dark grey.
"What the hell just happened?" She hovered above the ground in shock.
She tried casting a spell, but as she did, shadows gathered around her from her feet upwards to her hands circling around them as she cast a spell at a nearby target.
"Whoa." Her eyes were widened as she glanced down at her hands that were still glowing dark grey.
"What's going on here?" She thought.
She heard movement upstairs and quickly detransformed, not wanting her mother to find out about her new discovery until she had gained more control over it.
"I should be asleep. Regionals is tomorrow after all…" She thought, heading upstairs.
As the girls and guys of New Directions filed off the bus, there was a sense of excitement in the air.
The girls wore an off-the-shoulder long, flowing-sleeved blue dress, a silver waist-belt, grey leggings and silver low-heeled shoes. The girls all had some silver headbands.
The guys had blue shirts, silver ties, black pants and black shoes.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't New Directions once again…" The longer members of the club and Mr Schuester turned to the voice.
Grace Hitchens, Principal of Jane Addams Academy stood there and behind her, the girls who were in their Glee Club were dressed in black skirts with a dark green sash around the waist, dark green-short-sleeved cut-out shoulder tops, fishnet stockings and black ankle boots.
"And if it isn't Jane Addams Academy…" Mr Schue shook hands with her.
"How have you been?" He asked good-naturedly.
"Pretty good. Sectionals this year was easy. We beat Lima Senior High School and Monterossi High…" Miss Hitchens said.
"And we beat St Ursula's Academy and Gloria Foy High School…" Mr Schuester said.
"And we'll see who beats who at Regionals here, shall we?" Miss Hitchens led her girls into the building.
"So they're the infamous Jane Addams girls…" Sam commented.
"They don't look so tough!" Celina declared.
"Damn right they ain't! Last time we came up against them in Sectionals, they stole our set list!" Mercedes exclaimed angrily.
"Well they haven't this time, so be ready for a good fight!" Mr Schue declared.
New Directions had settled in their seats, comfortably watching the others file in.
Aural Intensity girls wore long-sleeved dark orange dresses with brown bows in the back and brown ballet flats while the boys wore dark orange shirts, brown ties, dark brown pants and matching shoes.
"Urgh! Who designed their outfits?" Celina and Kurt said in disgust.
"I don't think I want to know…" Santana shuddered as Aural Intensity took their places on the stage and began their rendition of Dangerous by Kardinal Offishal, which turned out to be well received by the audience and even New Directions admitted that it was good.
However, Tina had wondered off into dream-land...
She was floating in the usual place, this time in her new witch outfit.
"What is this?" She asked in wonder.
Her father appeared in front of her. "Well it seems as if you've inherited the royal power at last."
"But how is it possible for me to have two power sources at once and two completely unrelated ones at that?" Tina asked, puzzled.
"It's extremely rare, but it can happen. You won't be able to use them both at the same time however... Try casting a music spell in your new form and see what happens." Tyr walked beside her.
She held her hands in front of her and tried to cast a sonic blast but nothing happened.
"See? This new form gives you power over your shadow powers, powers that are your royal birth right." He stepped aside.
"But what about my old form? My music powers?" Tina asked, panicky. "Will I be able to use those again?"
"Of course!" Tyr smiled. "Just not at the same time. Perhaps when you reach Sorcerix level but who knows…" He faded away as Tina was shook awake by Rachel.
"Hey look! Jane Addams is performing now!" Rachel gestured at the stage.
The music for Get Me Bodied by Beyoncé began to play and the audience began to dance as Jane Addams Academy gave an extremely upbeat rendition of it and then took a bow.
Soon enough, it was their turn and Rachel and Finn led the New Directions onto the stage.
The music for The Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani featuring Akon began to play. Finn sung Akon's parts while Rachel sang the parts that Gwen Stefani sang originally.
The others joined in at the echoed parts as well as in the chorus, adding in some twirling and dipping of the girls on the guys' parts- except in Artie's case where Celina twirled his wheelchair instead.
The audience cheered them loudly as they finished, Mr Schue standing and clapping the loudest.
As they awaited the results of the judging, the New Directions were in their dressing room backstage in various groups talking.
"Those outfits… Those horrid outfits!" Kurt shuddered, thinking of Aural Intensity's outfits. Mercedes stood beside him comfortingly.
Tina was alone with Mike in one corner.
"Are you okay? You seem distracted…" Mike said, twirling a strand of her hair.
'Nope, I'm fine. I've just learnt quite a lot in the past few months really…" Tina said. "My mom and I have been spending so much more time together ever since the new school year started and she's taught me so many things…" Tina said quietly.
"Family culture and stuff?" Mike asked.
"You could say that…" Tina shrugged.
Celina and Brittany were fast becoming the best of friends.
"I loved that outfit you wore last week Friday. Where'd you get it?" Brittany asked.
"Oh this?" Celina pulled out her phone and pulled up a picture.
"Hey, that is a good outfit!" Santana complimented.
"Thank you. I designed and made it myself!" Celina beamed.
"Looks like we've got a future fashion designer on our hands here people!" Santana announced.
Just then, the loudspeaker turned on.
"All contestants please return to the stage for the results. I repeat: all contestants please return to the stage for results…" A female voice announced.
Everyone glanced at one another before heading out of the room.
"Whoo! Another victory! Nationals, here we come again!" They all cheered, pouting out of the hall and into the bus.
"Yes, NATIONALS!" Puck pumped his fist into the air.
"We are so ready for this!" Mercedes cheered.
"Did you see the looks on the Jane Addams Academy girls' faces when it was announced that we won?" Tina asked, chuckling.
"We should have gotten a picture…" Mike laughed.
After they had gotten back home, everyone went to change and then went out to BreadstiX for dinner.
Zarya and Fred sat at the table holding hands without even realising it until Tina pointed it out.
"I'm guessing that a certain duo have finally started dating!" She said cheerfully.
"I guess you could say that." Fred grinned, clasping Zarya's hands.
"Treat her right or I swear I'm going to come up to Canada and hurt you…" Mercedes declared.
"Oh you won't have to do that, Mercedes. I can hurt people pretty well if I'm motivated…" Zarya shrugged, smirking mischievously.
"I wouldn't doubt that for some reason…" Aquilo said casually, munching on a breadstick.
"You guys, why don't we have a party over at my house just to chill out and have fun? We so need to take a break and rest a bit before Nationals…" Mike declared.
"What kind of party?" Quinn asked.
"Pool party. My parents have this awesome pool at the back of our house which they don't use so much for some strange reason…" Mike said.
"You know I'm in!" Mercedes declared.
"I, of course will be there." Tina smiled leaning on her boyfriend's shoulder.
"Any party planning help you're going to need?" Celina asked.
"Not really. I shouldn't really call it too much of a party. My parents aren't exactly party people…" Mike said hesitantly.
"No worries! We can tame it down!" Puck leaned back in his chair.
"Alright then. I'll see you there Saturday…" Mike took a sip of his drink.
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