Chapter Twelve
"The Battle Begins"
Stella watched Layla walk out the door before turning her head back to Arra "Well, you have anything in mind?" she asked her, and Arra shrugged before smiling "a few things" she said as she stood back up and started to clean up the tea cups, placing them on a silver platter and bringing them into another room before returning with a large rolled up paper and spreading it on the table between them, it was a map of the castle "The entrance is here" Arra said, pointing to the front of the map before looking up at Flora and Stella
"we need to make it so no one can make it out of the castle" Arra and Flora nodded "I think I can manage that...what are the plants like here on Demona?" Flora asked and Arra smiled
"We have some, most of them around the castle are thorny and dead, if you can get them to cover the castle we can keep everyone inside." Arra said to her and looked over at Stella "What can you do?" Arra asked and Stella rolled her eyes
"Uh, Fairy of the Sun and Moon, duh" she said as she started to bring forth a ball of light and Arra quickly leaned over, closing Stella's fist
"No light. not here" Arra said as she looked at the map "You can create some distractions I think, maybe in the residential districts" Arra said, dragging her fingers to the edges of the map
"We saw a camp surrounding the castle, what about that?" Flora asked and Arra smiled "Leave the camp to me. I can-"
"The Prisoners have escaped! raise the alarm!" someone yelled through the Hallways just as a blaring siren went off and footsteps started to pound down the hallways. Arra looked at Stella and Flora before quickly rolling up the map
"Let's get going. Everyone improvise"
The wind caused the leaves in the courtyard to fly everywhere as the ship slowly lowered itself to the ground and Brandon released the hatch "thanks" Layla called back as the flew out of the ship and straight up the side of the building toward Faragondas office. Layla hovered outside the headmistresses office, watching as the headmistress spoke to Mirta. Layla couldn't make out what was being said however it seemed like they were talking about something important, but it was going to have to wait as Layla started slamming her first into the glass, causing Faragonda to jolt and turn around with raised shoulders. Layla stared at Faragonda for a moment and when she didn't start to move Layla started to tap on the window again in a more irritating matter, alternating her middle and pointer finger in a rapid tap tap tap tap tap until Faragonda finally stood up and opened the window
"Princess Layla what in Magix are you doing outside my window, do you know how rude that is?" Faragonda said and Layla sighed
"Sorry Ms. F but we don't have any time" Layla said as she flew through the window and landed next to Mirta "We're in danger. Demona is planning to attack Magix" Layla said and Ms. Faragonda raised both eyebrows
"are you certain?" she asked and Layla nodded her head
"Princess Arra, Nabu's sister infiltrated Demona years ago, she's been gathering information on the Dark fairies and recently four people came to Demona saying that we kidnapped the Queen, Dark Blair, so her second command is mounting an attack" Layla summed up and Faragonda frowned
"This is bad. Are you sure it was Arra?" Faragonda nodded and Layla nodded her head "She has Nabu's eyes, I would never forget his eyes" Layla said and Faragonda nodded her head "What do you suggest we do?" Faragonda said and Layla opened her mouth but then closed it
"I...I don't know" she said "I came here because I need your advise. All I know is that we need Bloom, Tecna and Musa back, but I can't do that alone, we're not strong enough to take on an entire army, what do we do Faragonda?" Layla asked. For once Faragonda seemed to be at a loss as she looked at her new desk
"I don't know...If we send Dark Blair back to Demona, these people might kill her just to continue the war, but how are we going to get Bloom and the others back?" Faragonda whispered to herself as Layla looked away, looking at Mirta for a moment just as a knock came at the door
"Ms. Faragonda?" Layla turned her head to see Roxy "I couldn't help but overhear you, but I think I have a solution" Roxy said as she slowly closed the door behind her.
Rose looked around the Castle, her blue eyes narrowing as she turned to look at Moira, taking in the white haired Dark Fairy and the blades that she had tied to the bottom of her long locks
"I thought you said you had this handled" Rose hissed at the Dark Fairy and Moira flinched
"We do!" she said, her voice hoarse but Rose shook her head "Obviously not. M do your thing" Rose said, rubbing her temple as M nodded her head, her long black hair covering her face as her shoulders slumped forward, a silent breeze rushed through the room, silencing everything from the mouse that was running to its hole to the clock on the wall. Moira looking around and opening her mouth in awe, but no sound came out. The door opened and the Breeze went into the hallway silencing the alarm as it started to fill the castle. Suddenly the breeze would pull back and all the sound would return to the castle, the ticking of the clock, the screaming alarm
"We have intruders. Two of them, and a traitor" M said "Their sounds are going against everyone else's. It's like a rock in the middle of a river" M finished as Rose stood up, her sandy blonde hair flicking across the back of her knees as she pulled her maroon coat over her shoulders, pushing her arms though the long sleeves "B...T, Go take care of the traitor and the intruders" Rose said, turning her eyes to Moira as she jerked her head toward the balcony. B and T walked out the door as Rose walked onto the Balcony, followed by M and then Moira. Rose looked out amongst the camp and coughed slightly, looking at M and nodding her head. M would then close her eyes as the breeze would rush through the camp, silencing the chatter and clinking of glasses and rustling of clothing
"Attention Dark Fairies of Demona!" Rose yelled from the Balcony "The people that kidnapped your Queen came back to Assassinate Moira and destroy your lives and wellbeing!" a lie, but a needed one. Rose would look out at the camp as people started to come out of the tents to look up at the balcony "Two people have infiltrated the Castle with the Help of a traitor! This is an obvious act of war! One we shall greet with force! We will go to war with Magix!" Rose called out "Are you with me!" She yelled and M pulled the breeze back, letting roars echoing for war come from the Camp
