Category: Winx Club

Rating: T

Couples: Erendor/Samera, Teredor/Niobe, Miriam/Oritel, Radius/Luna

Warnings: AU

Chapter: 10

Copyright: © characters and places by Rainbow; © Plot and OC by me

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"Now you've done it!" A flame barrier separated the two groups. Niobe felt its' heat as she rose back on her feet and looked over to the origin of the scorching flames. Miriam stood at the ready, flames dancing around her outstretched hands, eyes narrowed in anger. "I have had enough!"

Samera pulled her back as Equendor backed up from the flames. "Even with your magic, one fairy cannot win this battle!"

Miriam closed her hands, extinguishing the fire. "You forgot part of our conversation…"

"A certain part of a mandatory year at Red Fountain." Luna added, pulling the bonds from Stella's wrists. "Then again, it was a rather throw-away line." She smiled, before whipping her hand through the air. Following it was a blade of light-blue light, shattering the bonds of those near her. The light remained around her hand as she smiled serenely. "Whoops…"

"Let's get dangerous." Samera released Niobe, raising her own hands. "It has been so long since we did that."

"Since before we married." Sparx' queen agreed. "Speaking of which, did you ever tell them?"

Niobe glanced at Teredor, giving him a gentle smile. "No."

"And thus, hilarity ensued." Luna giggled. Her friends did not react on that statement, waiting unmoving for the other side to make a move. The other side however was reluctant to do so, having had to many nasty surprises already.

"Since you are not leaving by yourself, maybe I should make you…" Niobe commented. "I am at my peak, after all. What with being on Tides and such…"

"Oh dear…" Samera looked at the other two when a glow overtook the woman next to her. "This'll be fun." The sarcasm was dripping from her voice.

Bloom found there was no time to even blink between the last word and what happened next. The glow grew more intense, while Layla's mother seemed to strain to hold the power under her command. Until she released it, that is. She screamed when a new roaring was heard; that of falling water. Only it wasn't falling, but rather rising. A wave crashed over the balcony, swiftly followed by others, flooding the room in an instant.

"Samera, Luna, shield!" Miriam braced against the onslaught of water, its' force pushing her back a bit before the other two joined to help her sustain the shield.

"Fury of the Ocean!" The water around her mother rose once more, forming a funnel around her. Layla could faintly see her mother spin in its' center, only to stop abruptly, sending the water outwards. Those that did not manage to dodge were thrown aside, crashing into stone walls. The magical shield protecting them groaned under the strain.

"What the…?" Teredor could only stare as Niobe righted herself calmly, as if she had not just unleashed a Giant. Wave. In. Their. Throne room. "Niobe!"

"Well, who do you think Layla got it from?" She shrugged lightly, water still floating around her. "I guess it slipped my mind to tell you."

"Whether you told him or not is irrelevant." A smooth voice answered her. He was one of the few who had managed to protect themselves from the water, one hand raised lightly to sustain a powerful shield. "As are your powers, my dear queens."

"We will see about that." Samera glared at the Ravo'ol. "You will not get away with this."

"On the contrary; I already did." The shield came down. "Why do you think it took my family this long to act? And act I know they did, otherwise this…" He gestured to the water. "…would not be possible."

Dark blue energy sprang from his hands, overtaking the sorcerers around him. They screamed in agony.

"Careful! He's using their energy to fuel his own!" Miriam called.

"Where is my family, queens? Why do they let you fight me alone?" He called, sending an energy beam towards them. "The great Ravo'ol brought down because Vollon liked his liquor too much!"

"You wish…" Two women caught his blast before it came halfway across the room. "It is over, brother."

Their dark-blue aura, matching dark-blue eyes and pitch-black hair left no doubt about their statement. They were his sisters, Illiane and Irinya, daughters of Vollon.

"You asked where we were, brother? Here we are." Their cold faces showed bit a hint of fury before becoming emotionless masks again. "Get out."

"No." was his curt answer.

"Free the others, and stay behind us." Illiane ordered the four queens. "The Ravo'ol will deal with their own."

Erendor pulled Samera close when she destroyed the chains holding him. "Are you alright?"

"Yes, I'm fine." She smiled at him. "You?"

"Infinitively better." He looked at the Ravo'ol. "What did take them so long, though?"

"Rallion poisoned Vollon." A voice from behind them said. "They were a tad preoccupied with that."

"Faragonda!" Alfea's headmistress smiled at Miriam's joyful exclamation. Two more Ravo'ol had appeared alongside of her, joining the ongoing battle. Saladin and Griffin remained behind.

"Poisoned?" Oritel echoed. "Is he alright?"

"He is now." Griffin said, aiming at some of the remaining chains and bonds, removing them. "And none too pleased with what's happening here."