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Violet Fever

Violet paced her containment cell one more time in anger. She stomped her foot. She didn't know how long she had been in her cell, but it was longer than she cared to have been in it. Chase had stripped her of her phone, ripped her clothes a little, and now she was stuck in his ship for him to use as he pleased. Violet couldn't take it anymore. She yelled. Long, hard, and loud, she yelled and screamed until her throat was raw and her mouth dry. Then she heaved a few dry sobs.

She decided to see if she could break the cuffs by changing her power source quickly between her nature fairy powers and her witch powers of darkness. Fairy, witch, fairy, witch. Fairy. Witch. Fairy. Witch. She could feel the cuffs loosening and just quickened her changing and tried to use more power. Suddenly just as she was changing from fairy powers to witch powers, the cuffs malfunctioned and broke off. Now all she had to do was escape.

She reached her arm between the bars, trying to just touch the control panel. If she could, then she could send dark energy through the ship and disable all the systems, including the one for the containment cell she was in. She was within an inch of touching it when a sudden chill took over the whole ship. Violet heard a few pairs of feet above her on the main level of the ship. She retracted her hand and wrapped it around her arms. After another moment, she reached up and took her hair out of her bun for once in the hopes that the once again brown locks could help keep her a little warmer.

"There's an active containment cell," a voice that Violet immediately recognized as Icy's sounded. Violet began to shiver, from fear and from the cold.

"Let's go see why?" another female said. She spoke with more authority than Icy. Violet could only imagine that it was Darcy. Technically, aside from the time she and Celeste were in the mental ward in Magix, Violet had never seen the witch in person. She was not looking forward to a meeting with the woman.

The steps made their way down the stairs and Violet backed into the corner of the cell. She could feel water in her eyes and never before had she felt such an evil presence coming from a single being. Suddenly, she could see a black boot, then another. Purple pants. And finally, she saw the woman fully. Her dark hazel eyes, her long brown hair, the dark purple clothes. This woman was the bodily image of evil that not even Krannert could pull off. And Violet almost saw herself.

"That's Violet," Stormy said. Violet hadn't even noticed that Stormy and Icy had come down the stairs after their sister because of the evil vibes that Darcy gave off.

"Is she?" Darcy asked. "And why do we care about Violet?"

"She's Flora' daughter," Icy said. "But she's got dark powers as well. Powers like yours."

"Do you?" Darcy asked staring at Violet.

"What makes you so certain I'm Violet?" Violet asked. "Why couldn't I be Daisy?"

"Because you look like a witch," Krannert said walking down the stairs last.

"Dark powers?" Darcy asked. "I believe I'd like to see how much control over the dark forces you have. Release her, Stormy. Transform, fairy, if you want to live long enough to see how this battle will end."

Violet sucked in a deep breath, then decided to listen to Darcy. She would never last more than a few seconds in her human form. She transformed, her hair pulled into a high ponytail and black and purple curled ribbons fell with her long hair. She was in a dark purple leotard and a sheer black skirt wrapped around her at her hips falling to her knees. Her shoes were black stilettos with straps around her ankles.

"A fairy with dark colors," Darcy mocked. "She reminds me of Bloom when Darkar took control of her."

Icy and Stormy both laughed. "I never saw it before, but she does," Stormy laughed. Violet, however, wasn't going to be mocked. She had four vines grow right through the floor of the ship and wrap around the adults. Krannert, Icy, and Stormy all were caught immediately and stuck, but Darcy shredded the vine that went after her. She then blasted Violet as Violet headed toward the stairs.

"Stop fooling yourself, fairy," Darcy said. "You don't have near enough power to hurt me." By this time, the other three had finally gotten out of their traps.

"Then take this," Violet yelled before using a pure darkness attack. It hit Darcy straight on, but didn't seem to affect the witch. Violet took a breath, before blasting a hole in the side of the ship. Once again, Darcy blasted Violet, this time strong enough that Violet returned to her human form.

Violet wouldn't let this stop her from escaping. She jumped out the hole in the ship, stumbled to her feet, then began to run. She was dodging the dark energy attacks Darcy shot after her. Before Violet could turn onto the road, she tripped on a root and turned to see Darcy, Icy, Stormy, and Krannert running after her. She clawed at a tree pulling herself back into the standing position and ran onto the road and straight for the Festival.

In Chase's ship, Darcy stood and used her energy to fix all the damages that Violet had caused, destroyed the vines, and fixed the holes.

"Let's leave," Darcy said when the ship looked as good as new.

"Why'd you let her escape?" Krannert asked. "She's going to expose Chase."

Darcy smiled evilly. "I cast a spell on her to believe that we're chasing her. When she runs into the crowded Sunset Festival shouting that we're right on her tail, no one will believe a word she says. She might not even believe a word she's saying after a while. She'll think she's going crazy."

"Oh, I get it," Stormy said. "Why destroy her and make people worry that we might be here when we can destroy her credibility and let the people remain at ease."

Mech and Daisy were approaching Chase, who they couldn't be sure was actually Chase. Suddenly, Mech's communicator began to beep. He pressed a button. "Yeah?"

"She just entered the grounds," Rodge replied. "Violet. She's about fifty feet behind you and she looks freaked."

Mech turned around and saw Violet pushing through the crowd, glancing behind her, and then through more crowd. She wore a look of sheer terror, as well as confusion.

Then she spotted Mech and Daisy and ran to them. "Mech, Daisy, don't you see them?"

"See who?" Daisy asked looking behind Violet only to see just a few curious on-lookers.

"What do you mean who?" Violet yelled loudly. She didn't notice that everyone in the area was now looking at her. "Darcy, and Krannert, and Icy and Stormy!" The people began to gasp and look where she had come from. No one was there.

"Um, Vi, no one's there," Mech said.

"What do you mean?" Violet yelled. She turned around and shook her head. "Where did they go? They were behind me the whole way here. They were attacking me. They were there. They must have turned invisible. Where did you go, Darcy?" Violet began yelling. "Why don't you come out now? Expose yourselves. Cowards."

"Violet, stop it," Daisy said. "You're embarrassing yourself and us."

"But they were there," Violet yelled.

"Violet, stop it," Mech yelled.

"No!" Violet yelled. She spotted Chase and began making her way at him. She ignored the comments of people claiming that she must have been crazy. "You, why don't you show everyone who you really are?"

"Uh, what do you mean?" Chase asked, putting on an innocent and confused face.

"Come on, Chase," Violet yelled.

By this time, several of the Winx Club members had pushed their way through, including her parents. They looked worried about Violet.

"Who's Chase?" Chase asked.

"You are Krannert's nephew!" Violet yelled.

"No I'm not," Chase said.

"Who are you, then?" Violet yelled. "And why have you been spying on my sister this whole Festival? Admit it, you're Chase in disguise and you're working for Darcy."

"Violet, stop it!" Musa yelled. Musa was shaking and looked angry. Caleb was clinging to Musa's leg and crying.

"But… you have to believe me…" she said weakly.

"Where have you been this whole morning, Violet?" Flora asked.

"Locked in his ship," Violet yelled pointing at Chase again.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Chase said. "I work for a prince and I've been here gathering information about the princess for my master who has been invited to the ball and would like to know if the princess would be one he'd like to court and possibly take as a wife."

"That is the least true excuse I've ever heard," Violet yelled. "You tried to rape me this morning."

"Violet, please," Mech snapped. He then turned to Chase. "Look, I work for IPRA. Could I just take a look around your ship to satisfy Violet that you are not who she claims you are?"

"Positively," Chase said. "Follow me."

Chase led the way and Mech, Violet, Flora, Daisy, Helia, and Musa followed. When they got to the ship, it looked brand new.

"Wha… how's that possible?" Violet asked. "I blasted a hole in that ship large enough to fly a bike through."

Mech inspected the ship's hull, and briefly looked at the inside. "Violet, this ship hasn't been damaged ever. It's never had repairs."

"How can you tell," Violet yelled. "It could have been fixed by magic!"

"It wasn't, Violet," Mech said. "I know what I'm saying. Believe me, Violet, this ship has never been damaged."

Violet looked from Mech, to Daisy, to Flora, Helia, and finally to Musa, who was holding Caleb in her arms now as the boy looked scared and confused. "You all think I'm crazy, don't you." He mother moved to talk, but Violet yelled again. "I'm not crazy! I know what I saw, and I know that Darcy attacked me. This is Chase. He recognized me when my hair was red!"

"Violet, you have to stop and think about what you're saying," Helia said. "Why would Darcy attack now? Why would she let you escape? I know it's hard to take in, but if you had really fought Darcy, you probably would not be here right now."

Tears began to pour down Violet's face. "I'm not crazy," she said weakly. "I know you think I am, but I'm not."

"Look, maybe you need to just rest today," Flora said taking a step forward.

"No," Violet shook her head. "I want to go home."

"But what about Celeste's ball tomorrow?" Daisy asked worried. "You're one of her best friends. You can't ditch her now."

"It's just another two days, Violet," Helia said.

"I want to go home!" Violet yelled. "Can't you just sent me on a transport and have Aunt Rose pick me up?"

"Violet, you're being a little hard on yourself," Musa said.

"Leave me alone, Musa," Violet yelled when Musa took a step toward her. "Everyone, just leave me alone."

Violet spun around and began to run. She ran straight into the forest, too fast for even Mech to keep up with her. Within minutes, they had completely lost her again.

"On the bright side, at least now we know she's still on the planet," Daisy said after a moment.

"Not the time, Daisy," Musa shook her head.

Mech turned to Chase. "You may go…?"

"Flee," Chase said. "My name is Flee. I work for Prince Ali." Mech nodded.

"What happened to her?" Flora asked as the group stared down the path again.

"She's looking for danger," Mech said. "I guess she's looking so hard that she began imagining danger where there was none in the hopes that she could save Daisy, gain her Enchantix, and feel equal."

"That's why she thought that the guy was Chase," Daisy said. Mech nodded. "Then what about this morning?"

Mech took a moment to consider this before answering. "It started out as a nightmare. She woke up, and had a drink. Something, possibly illegal, made her start thinking things were different."

"She imagined the whole thing?" Flora asked.

"Imagined isn't the correct word, but essentially, yes," Mech said. "Did you notice the beads of sweat on her forehead, yet, she looked as if she was chilled. She is probably sick. Possibly feverish."

"She didn't look flushed," Helia said.

"Make-up," Mech said again. "She might have put a lot of it on to fool the man she thought was Chase into not recognizing her. After all, she said she changed her hair color and she was wearing color contacts. Right now, I'm more worried about her health than her story. If she is sick, she could collapse."

"We have to find her," Flora said.

"Let me look," Helia said. "I'll take a bike, move a bit faster than you could on foot or as a fairy."

"Hey, Trend," Mech called out to the Popularis princess as she and Angel walked out of the palace. "May I have a word?"

"About?" Trend asked.

"Violet," Mech said. Angel groaned and walked faster into the Festival. He spared a look at Angel before turning back to Trend. "You're sharing a room with her, right?"

Trend nodded. "Yeah, why?"

"Well, has she been acting weird at all?" Mech asked. "Did she mention anything about being sick? Has she been, well, hallucinating?"

"Uh… only if she had a glass of Mintberry Juice," Trend said. "I mean, I have a bottle, and I told her she could have some if she wanted… what is this about, Mech?"

Mech sighed and then explained what had happened with Violet earlier. Trend looked concerned. "We could check and see if she's had any Mintberry Juice. As of last night when I went to bed the bottle was still unopened."

"Could you," Mech said. "I'll just wait out…" he stopped talking as Celeste and Trine wandered back through the palace gates. Mech just stared for a moment, a moment that Trine tickled Celeste slightly and then pulled her into a kiss, a deep, passionate kiss. Mech felt his blood boil and his heart break. He clenched his fists remembering Daisy telling him that Trine always had an ulterior motive, and how he had missed it for so long. Celeste had loved him, whether or not he or anyone else had thought that he was worthy of it. And Celeste certainly wasn't looking for royalty or nobility in the men she dated. Her father was nothing more than a page to a prince.

"Mech, are you still there?" Trend asked. "You kind of just stopped talking."

"Oh, yeah," Mech said snapping from his reverie. "I'm just going to wait outside for you, is that alright?"

"Perfectly fine," Trend said. "I suppose Violet would rather you stay out of her stuff as it is anyway."

As soon as Trend was through the palace doors again, Mech began marching toward the couple, his eyes hard and narrowed at Trine. Trine had yet to notice as he bent forward and whispered in Celeste's ear. Celeste giggled a few times, until she spotted Mech. Suddenly, her giggling stopped, her smile left her face, and her hand traveled to her chest to feel her locket under the fabric of her dress.

Trine noticed the change in Celete's attitude and turned to see Mech approaching. Trine wore a look just short of a frown as Mech was within fifteen feet of them. "Yes, Mech, may we help you?"

Mech barely held back a sneer. He finally said through gritted teeth, "May I have a word with you, Trine?"

"Sure," Trine said letting go of Celeste and approaching the shorter boy. As soon as Trine was close enough, Mech threw a punch at the other boy, knocking Trine off his feet. Celeste let out a short shriek.

"Mech, what the…" Celeste was freaking out.

Trine, however, was not going to allow himself to be beaten. The moment Mech turned to Celeste for just a millisecond, Trine was back on his feet and tackled Mech. As Trine was bigger than Mech, and had more pure strength, this was the only way that Trine could beat Mech in a fight. The two wrestled for a moment, rolling on the ground, until finally Trine managed to come out on top. Within a second of having control, Trine punched Mech as hard as he could. He hit Mech a few more times before Mech was able to push Trine off him just enough to escape.

"Stop it," Celeste yelled, but the boys didn't listen to her.

Trine dove at Mech again, but this time Mech dodged. When Trine came at him again, Mech did what he was trained to do and pulled out his phantoblade. Within seconds, Trine had pulled out his as well and the two boys began to circle. Just when they were about to charge at one another, Celeste, now transformed in her Winx form, flew between the two and held her hands out, delivering a small sun blast in each direction throwing them both down.

"This fight ends now!" Celeste demanded. She turned to Mech. "I need to speak with you. I'll find you later, Trine."

"But," Trine began, but Celeste shot a glare at him. He got up and made his way outside the palace gates.

Mech stood, unable to look Celeste in the eyes. "I'm sorry about that."

"Sorry!" Celeste yelled. "You just came up and punched him. It wasn't an accident. What are you sorry about?"

"That you had to witness that," Mech said.

"Look at me, Mech," Celeste said. Mech took a deep breath before looking up at her, still in her Winx form. Before he could move, she slapped him across the face. "How dare you do that? What do you have to say for yourself?"

"I am sorry, Celeste," Mech said. "He just…"

"What?" Celeste demanded. "He kissed me? If you haven't noticed, Mech, I'm not your girlfriend anymore. You broke up with me, or did you forget that? You're stupid IPRA was more important than me."

"Trine convinced me to take the job, Cel," Mech said. "He wanted me out of the way so that he could move in and…" He stopped at the look in Celeste's eyes. She looked ready to cry, yet angry at the same time.

"I can't take you right now, Mech."

"Celeste, I'm sorry."

"About what?" Celeste yelled. "Punching Trine in front of me? You seemed to really enjoy that, Mech."

"I'm sorry I broke up with you," Mech said.

"Good," Celeste said. "Now you might know some of what I feel."

"I still love you," Mech said.

A few tears began to drip from Celeste's eyes. "Stop it, Mech. Aren't I weak enough right now? Aren't I broken-hearted enough for you? I don't know if I could cry any more than I already have and you keep making it worse."

Mech stared at Celeste for a moment, feeling his heart beat heavily. It hurt him to see Celeste with tears in her hazel eyes and he knew that anything he could try would only make it worse for her. "I'm…"

"Don't say sorry," Celeste stopped him. "I don't think I can believe you anymore. You keep saying you're sorry, but I can't believe you."

"What do you want me to say then, Celeste?" Mech asked.

Celeste shook her head. "I don't know, Mech."

Before Mech could speak again or Celeste could continue, Trend came running out of the palace and straight up to them. "The bottle is still sealed. Vi didn't have any."

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