The funeral was so full of sorrow, his family were infuriated with all of us for coming here. They blamed us and I couldn't help but accept that. If we had never come he would still be alive and not just a scorched corpse in the small box that Katie constructed with her earth powers. I had been silent the last few days, Hunter hadn't taken his arms from around me nearly the whole time. Rachel wasn't even here at the funeral because instead she had a mission to go on by herself, so much for a team.
Once it was all over Scott's parents took him home through the portal, the distressed look on their faces just killed me but I was glad they accepted a hug at the least, I had tried everything to bring Scott back but magic just couldn't fix this problem. The team minus two all huddled together as our friend departed from us for the last time.
Just another day that passed on by rapidly, I thought of spells I could try or just anything to take my mind off things. As I dreamed I called for Balator and he appeared.
'I am so sorry for your loss Jacob, I can't even bare to think what your going through' I was glad he was at least understanding of the situation.
'Can I see him?' I asked, hoping maybe he would be able to summon Scott's spirit to me.
The goof smiled and shook his head 'That's impossible young one'.
'Why? Just for a minute, please. I feel I've failed him and everyone I just need… Peace'.
'Its impossible because Scott hasn't appeared on the other side'.
My eyes blazed open, what! 'What do you mean? where is he?'.
'You need to figure that out for yourself, think about it Jacob, spirit that hasn't moved on is obviously…' then he left me to think, I woke up quickly and threw myself out of bed. His spirit was still here, I shook Hunter awake and transformed into my Enchantix. Swinging the doors open I flew out, quickly the guy flew right after me. He asked no questions on where though, we landed in the cave where horrible memories were held.
I put my hand out and asked Hunter to let me feel his energy, when I gained access I spread it around as a base then using the dragon flame I cast a spell I had read about 'Guardians of the Spirit realm, hear and guide my plea. When the call I speak leaves my mouth please bring my friend to me. Other souls who hear my call are not unwelcome in this place. Only the one known as Scott may enter sacred space'. I stood there for a second and looked around but saw nothing, I then told Hunter to say the words with me. I recited them to him and we held hands, this time saying the spell twice just in case. I felt a roar and lights begun to flash through the dark room, then I saw him just sitting there in the corner looking around at everything.
'Scott!' I walked over to embrace the guy but went straight through him.
'Being dead sucks' he moaned 'I just sit here all day and can't leave, it's boring'.
'Well that's why I've come, I wanna set you free'.
He lit up and asked me 'How?'.
I told him I knew a spell to help him move on, but I wanted to know if he would be able to track where his power is now so we could find the witches.
'No need, I took my power back just as they left' he opened his hands to a glowing crystal which floated between both palms 'When I left my body I just quickly snatched it back as they were leaving, I hated watching you all so sad as I just stood beside you all, unable to comfort any of you'.
'I need to find a way to bring you back, but it'll take some time but I have something else I can do for now though I know you probably won't like it'.
He looked at me sidewards and grabbing Hunters hand I tapped into his dark energy, he tried to pull away but in desperation I binded him to me. I felt his magic flow into me as I stole it without his permission, then I swiped at Scott and quickly spoke the spell 'transfer this soul into this vessel, let him come without wrestle, make it easy and make it fine, with my body make him mine!' then I used a second spell 'Veniat in me spiritus invoco tenebris magicae!' darkness overwhelmed me, the dark magic filled my veins. My eyes rolled backwards and I started to convulse as surge after surge went through me, Scott yelled out a final time but I knew his spirit didn't truly pass on.
I opened my eyes but instead of him infront of me, I saw myself standing there in Enchantix. My body's head shook and spoke 'Jacob! What have you done?!'.
I couldn't believe that it had actually worked, I was able to successfully channel dark energy to cast a spell 'You can live now, we can both use my body together. It's better this way'.
Hunter was gob smacked and didn't know what to even say, Scott didn't look happy. I could see it on my face. 'Not like this Jacob, you need to figure out something else'.
'Yeah, you never let me finish'.
I walked up to my body and held my hand out to the left temple of my physical body and then in seconds I was back in with Scott outside of it. 'Can you see him Hunter?'.
All he did was nod, both of us were amazed at what I'd done.
'I'm alive' Scott's mouth opened wide as he begun to look slightly excited but I cut him off by shaking my head 'Unfortunately not man'.
'What do you mean? I feel alive, and you guys can both see me'.
'Your among the living but you aren't really alive, but you could be again. I was doing study on the ancient transformations and found Spiritix. Only the dead can achieve it if connected to strong magical energy and since your bound to my body you now have a connection to my powers and that there boy is your connection. But it is up to you now to figure out how to get the power'.
I was sort of just figuring this all out as I spoke but slowly it all begun to make total sense, I now had power in the spirit realm and he had power in this land, if we tried together hard enough we might just be able to get him Spiritix and get him back to life. It seemed simple enough he just had to prove that he was worthy of living again, that he had purpose and that he knows who he really is. The laws were strict, but luckily his purpose is to help destroy the witches and stop their evil from spreading, he needed to be here with us and he is a protector. We all knew this so I expected he'd change straight away but the universe did need more proof first.
The three of us flew back to the school and Scott went to his former room, though he wouldn't exactly sleep he didn't wanna stay around me and Hunter for too long. I jumped back into bed feeling like a weight had been lifted off me and tried to cuddle up to Hunter but he pulled away from me and turned his back on me. Ouch!
I put my hand on his shoulder but he just flicked it off and told me to leave him alone.
'What's wrong?' I asked him, I didn't really see the big problem. Angrily he turned to me and let it out.
'You used power that wasn't yours Jacob!'.
'To bring our friend back, why would you be mad at that? It was a good thing'.
'No it wasn't. It wasn't good because you used dark magic to get what you wanted, don't you see that you also affected me. Now all this darkness is coming forward even more from me and you just had to push it further'.
'I'm sorry, I really am I was just so desperate to have him back with us, I had to do what I could'.
'Which included betraying me and my trust'.
His words were really tough, I felt a few tears well up as I took in what I had really done with all this. I went to touch him, just to feel his embrace but he said the most horrible thing I'd heard from him. As I touched him he full on whacked my arm away and yelled 'fuck off!'. I jumped back a little, stunned at this outburst. Then our bed split and became two, and they separated into two halves one on each side of the room, I turned away and put my arms around myself and let the tears silently stream down my face.
Hunter's POV
I know I took it a little far, but he had no right to do this to me. It was twisted and for a second there the Jacob I fell in love with was gone, I just saw a dark demon draining magic from my body malevolently. It was horrible and I was scared cause I felt the darkness coming on but I couldn't let go as he used magic to bind my hands to him.
I still don't understand why that Gypsy woman betrayed the team though, I heard them talk a few times before having great concern for her and high respect level. So much thinking, I could hear Jacob but I really just needed my own space for a little bit, I used a bit of magic to pull off a Transmutation spell disappearing from my bed into the forest outside.
I hear a message coming through to my head from Jacob but I shook it off as I took flight, only having started magic I guess I wasn't that powerful but flying was simple as ABC's for me now. I may have to use words to command my intent for a bit though, the others use their magic without using any if it's just simple stuff but I have to explain to my magic exactly what I would like it to do.
I landed down Lake Roccaluce and noticed a glow emanating coming from the depths. 'spiritus Aquæ' I called summoning a bubble of water around me as I dove into the freezing water, I swum and followed exactly where the light was coming from. A pink-purple rock glowed as a fairy flew in place, I heard something about 'Now a Sirenix fairy' as a portal opened wide up, she flew through. Quickly I pushed myself forward and fell in with her, bubbles all passed by me at rapid speeds as her former outfit changed to something new. Longer hair with streaks of colour, mermaid skinned clothing with shell-shaped wings. She spun around and I knew exactly who I was looking at… 'Rachel?'.
Jacob's POV
He just transmitted himself right out of here, I felt more alone then ever. I flew around for a little bit to find him but nothing came up so I just landed in Magix and got some snacks to feed my feelings with. I can't believe I had messed up that bad and like I clearly had the best of intentions it just, didn't work out the way I wanted it to.
Rachel is who knows where and Scott is barely living, Hunter's out, only three of us now. Melanie, Katie and I. That's when I saw a dark figure from the corner of my eye, putting down my chicken wing I created flames in both my hands as one of the witches walked through the door. Throwing my hands forward I blasted her ass into the wall, but surprisingly she never fought back. The young witch that looked around 17 just shook it off as she regained balance and came my way, I gave my wings a small flick and rose into the air aiding myself with more flame at the ready. I examined this girl more closely with her burnt blonde hair and brown eyes, similar appearance to my Hunter but instead of the identical smirk the witches usually had, this girl had nothing but fear plastered on her face watching as my dragon swirled its way around my body.
'Stop! Please' she pleaded dropping down protecting herself with a dark shield curled up into a ball. At once my powers all diminished as I dropped down to the ground, something was off about this girl. I knew there was a weak link in that coven and someone who was not using their powers that terrible day, and here she was kneeling at my feet.
Hunter's POV
Rachel just fluttered there with a whole new transformation named Sirenix. She told me about all the stuff that happened in the few days since she left, following stories from the Winx adventures and how they received it which just made the whole thing so much easier. Reason why Sirenix is so hard to get these days since only a certain few are given the opportunity. Now she was even more in touch with her water-based powers being a fully fledged Fairy of Water, I couldn't help but feel so proud of her. The Fairy of Water, it just sent a chill down my spine. She showed me just how in touch with water she now is, showing me little tricks she was now able to do with her magic and just a small amount of strength she now possessed, gets me excited being able to watch her in full on action showing the full strength. It made me jealous at the same time, everyone except me is a fairy in the team and I don't get cool wings or transformations to get stronger, my power just grows but it just looks so much easier. It made me want to storm into Faragonda's office and demand her to help me become a hybrid fairy like her. Witch turned fairy, I could become a wizard turned fairy as I did have a small bit of fairy blood within me. If I trained enough I might even skip Winx and go straight to Enchantix, who knows?