"Do you know exactly where she is, Bloom?" a concerned Layla asked as all the other girls' were on high alert for Musa because of the powers that she carried with her along with her unstable emotions.
"My Dragonfire is reacting to where the magical power is coming from so you'll have to be a little patient." Bloom explained how her powers where working when the flame disappeared and when she shifted to the left it glowed again.
"Time is something we probably don't have, Flora, what about on your end?" Stella quickly stated while she turned to her brunette haired friend who had her hand placed on the forest floor as if to communicate with nature and her surroundings.
"She's by the lake," Flora and Bloom gave the location of Musa as Bloom was able to make out a small black form that was lying on the shore of the lake, as the gang of girls wasted no time to make their way over to Musa.
Tecna had produced a small purple gadget from her pocket and pressed a button that release two mechanical ladybugs that took a scan of Musa as it produced a green grid light while moving around Musa's entire body.
The two bugs returned after finishing their scans and gave Tecna a reading on her gadget as nothing really seemed out of place except for the fact that Musa had used a lot of her Narvatna powers as her temperature was reading that she had a high temperature.
"Well from readings she has a high temperature and that she used a lot of power recently." Tecna gave them her analysis from the scans that the bugs received after scanning Musa's entire body.
Stella placed the back of her hand against Musa's forehead when she found herself snatching her hand away from her head. "How high is her temperature?" she inquired as heat for her would be something if she could feel it burning her.
"This can't be right," Tecna said as she tapped her gizmo to see if it was default or if it has some glitches that still needed to be fix, "How high is her temperature, Tecna?" Layla repeated Stella's question.
"She is almost as hot as the sun would be…a normal fairy would be dead but since Musa has an arsenal of magical powers then this is nothing but a simple fever to her." Tecna gave what her gadget told her from its screen with glowing letters and numbers.
"The sun?" Bloom, Flora and Layla repeated in disbelief as Tecna and Stella were nodding their head in agreement with her assessment.
"Even I had to pull my hand away from her head and I have powers based around the sun. So if I had to snatch my hand away then she is too hot, how are we going to carry her?" Stella inquired about possible transportation for Musa.
"I say you can you use your Ring of Solaria and transport us back to Alfea's courtyard grounds." Tecna gave the best solution to the problem Stella arose.
"Then what are we waiting for I believe it is time that we head on back to the school." Bloom responded when her Dragonfire flame reacted to Musa's being unconscious, which surprised even her.
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Icy, Darcy and Stormy found themselves kneeling to one of their knees in the presence of their "master" Lord Baltor to receive their report on their mission.
"Mission was a complete success we pushed Musa to a new edge and her powers were extensively used increasing the Dragon Tattoo progress." Icy reported the news to Lord Baltor, as it seem she was always use to being the voice of the group.
Baltor placed both of his elbows on the side of his throne and the tips of his fingers were brought into the contact with each other, "I knew I could count on you ladies with that job but I already observed what happened."
"So then why did you need Icy or anyone of else report to you if you already knew what had occurred at that lake?" Darcy inquired about Baltor's motives as her and her sisters' rose to their feet.
"Only to see if your were going to lie about the outcome of the battle since you women tend to take losing very seriously." Baltor stated when he shifted his weight on the arm of his right arm with his chin in his palm.
He saw that he struck a nerve in all three of them, "So are you saying that we can't take a lost, I mean we only retreated because it's a wise thing to do." Icy answered his statement previously.
"If I offended you ladies I am sorry for my rude behavior, it is just that I would like to see my plans pick up speed or maybe there is a reason " Baltor apologized for his rude behavior as he removed himself from his throne.
"So you think we are going to forgive you just because you wanted to have one of your temper tantrums?" Darcy asked as she crossed her arms over her chest with her right foot tapping against the stone of the cave with her weight shifted on her left.
"I must say you three ladies are sharp it seems as if nothing get past the three of you and even if I got one the other two would know. Now that is some good teamwork with you ladies…the next one is mine so you can rest." He instructed them as he walked through the three of them.
"I wonder what's gotten into him lately?" Stormy asked after their whole encounter with a brooding Baltor.
Darcy and Icy shrug their shoulders, as they had no answer for Stormy's question as they were wondering the same things.
"All I know is that if Baltor doesn't follow through with his plan then we will branch off and make our own." Icy proclaimed as she received nods from her fellow witches in agreement.
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Riven felt a wave of nausea hit his body as he was making his way back to his dorm room that he shared with Helia as he found himself throwing himself on the rail of the walkway and upchucked.
'I don't recall being sick or feeling it?' he thought to himself while he had caught his breathing before Sky and Timmy made their way down to the floor where Riven had adjusted himself so that it looked as if he was leaning on the rail.
"I see that you are slacking off as usual," Sky approached him with the same comment as he usually does whenever he would see Riven with a bored look on his face.
"For your information, Athena put in some extra hours for me so I have caught up to where you guys are for Act 3." Riven answered in a matter of fact tone that caused Sky to nod his head.
"Always love to be alone and by yourself…you know if you at least spend a little time with us when we are all working together on the Draconian Festival than you will find it a lot easier to handle." Sky stated his opinion of his behavior as Timmy stood on stand-by just incase he needed to a mediator for the two of them.
"Sky, if I didn't know any better it sounds as if you are concerned about my ability to perform so you could get all the credit, captain." Riven spoke with sarcasm laced in his tone as he turned to observe Sky's expression.
He noticed that he released a deep sigh as if he too was tired of doing everything that was on his rep list. "We are all tired and we all deserve a break from this school…but since the Draconian Festival, is coming up fast and we haven't even completed the five acts that Athena has laid out for us we have to work hard."
"That is your problem Sky, you do everything that you are told but hey what can you expect from a goodie two shoes like yourself to realize that." Riven said after pushing himself off the railing.
"We won't be able to do the fifth act ourselves," Timmy's voice broke into their conversation when he saw that the attention was on him now.
"What are you talking about nerd-tron?" Riven inquired more about what Timmy said to them.
"Athena claimed that she wanted to show the mixture of magical beings, which mean that we are going to have to work with the girls on the fifth act." Timmy answered Riven's question as he pushed his glasses back onto his face so they would not fall.
"You can't be serious?" Riven asked his question in disbelief as the questions that Athena asked him earlier before he left the stadium ran back through his thoughts.
"Who are you? This is not the Riven that I know? What has gotten into you lately? Since when did you start listening to what other people say? What are your true feelings about Musa?"
Those questions weight heavy on his heart as he thought that he was being true to himself and how he felt about Musa, when he realized that he was slowly isolating himself from his responsibilities and his makeshift family and even Musa.
"That should be something different for all of us, and it gives us an excuse for the girls to come and visit us." Sky said as he followed Riven's previous attack and pushed himself off the rail.
"It was nice talking to you Riven, we should do it more often." Sky announced to the magenta haired boy as he and Timmy continued on to their original location.
'Am I really that cold towards people?' Riven thought as he could feel the wave of nausea hit him again as he decided that he should probably lay down in his bed and if he feels worse than he was at the moment then he would go the infirmary.
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Musa could feel the heat radiating off a ball of glowing mixtures of orange, red and yellow seemed to have added some type of catalyst for her anger.
'I can't believe those witches tried to freeze me under the lake, I should have…' Musa thought when she found herself slowly floating away from the ball of glowing flames as she saw one that looked like a sphere of water flowing counterclockwise and clockwise making it look like a ball of yarn along with various streams encircling it in random directions.
Then there was one that looked like a brown rock with branches and green leaves protruding from it and another that looked like the one that was water except it was invisible while a white ball and a black ball spun around her as it never coming into contact with each other.
'Where am I?' she thought to herself as she looked around her before a calm relaxing setting appeared around her.
The sound of rushing water was heard when she realized that there was a waterfall that pooled into a small lake, as the surface of the water never seem to rise or decrease. There was a tree that was placed at the bottom of the waterfall with a gray bench that was situated underneath the shade of the tree.
'This is a beautiful place, I wonder why I did not know that this place existed.' Musa thought to herself before she heard the sound of birds chirping a melodious song that cause her to have the urge to sing or hum some lyrics in her head.
She found herself sitting on the bench that looked up at the waterfall as if expecting something to appear out of nowhere and surprise her, "You know it was about time you find this place out." A familiar feminine voice broke her out of her concentration when she saw that it was none other than Taint with her arms folded across her chest.
"Taint," Musa rolled off of the bench and onto the forest floor when she saw Taint in her human form and wearing her normal black attire. "What are you doing here?"
"Is she the only person you see Lady Musa?" a familiar masculine voice asked her when she saw that Holy had appeared behind Taint before he gave her a cordial wave.
"I just thought that this was a private little place in my head, forgive me for being rude earlier, its just I was caught off guard." Musa apologized for her behavior earlier wih Taint.
"Oh its no problem if I were you then I would be surprise too if I would have to see his face too." Taint said while using her closed hand except her thumb to point at Holy.
"Hey what is that suppose to mean?" Holy asked after caching what Taint said five minutes later.
"I mean exactly what I said…" Taint heard Musa's giggling as she remember what she and Holy were here for, "Anyway, you used quite a bit of your powers against those three witches."
"But they are no longer a problem, I made sure to handle them." Musa's tone was slightly dark when she gave her answer as it did not go unnoticed by Holy nor Taint.
"We can tell or you would have not appeared in this place, in Healing Care, this is where you come whenever your Navratna power needs to take a rest so you could rejuvenate yourself." Holy explained her surroundings as she observed them over again.
"But one question," Musa said after taking in her surroundings with a swivel before facing them again, "What were those floating orbs that I saw before I was placed here in Healing Care?"
She noticed that Taint and Holy looked at each other as if deciding wheter or not who was going to answer that question.
"That place was…"