Rose: Sorry for the long wait!
Music05: I love them too. I might write a story with them one day.
forevertothend: LOL, yes I know what you want. Maybe once the drama passes they can have a real reunion.
Chapter Fourteen: Loose Ends
Stormy had enough of the two wizards. They were cocky without anything to show and ate everything in sight. Ogron and Gantlos were practically twins. They had the same ill-temper, disrespect and aura. They didn't want to take orders from her or Nabu. They weren't even grateful that he freed them! According to Ogron it made them even. It amazed her that she once wanted her sons to grow up to be wizards like them. She hoped her twins, wherever they were, did not grow up to be like Ogron and Gantlos. She hoped her boys were like Nabu minus the insanity: powerful, rich and a thorn in the Winx's side. Sometimes she looked on the world wide realm for twin villains. So far, there was nothing.
Nabu snapped her out of her thoughts. She was more jumpy now that they were based in Magix. "What's with you?"
"I can't find Ogron and Gantlos anywhere."
Stormy growled. "Forget about them! If they're gone, oh well! They won't get far on their own."
"I thought we could work together to achieve the same goal." Nabu said in disbelief. "This is the second time, helping them hasn't worked well for me. I don't know what I'd do without you."
"Maybe we should spring Lucy out, even if she was onesided. She would have won if that fairy brat's friends didn't come to the rescue."
Nabu tapped his chin. "Stormy, you're brilliant!"
"What'd I say?" She was confused.
"The way to defeat the second generation, it's the way the first generation would have been defeated. They'll each face a strong adversary. We'll make sure there'll be no time for them to regroup and no chance of a win."
"Then we'll kill them!"
Nabu flinched. He thought back to Euphoria's words 'It wouldn't make sense to kill us.' "...Yes, Stormy, we'll kill them"
It was official, Ismene hated Alfea. It was only at a fairy school that they would suggest icebreakers to end the conflict between Regina and herself. She knew enough about Regina, more than most would. She spent two school years inside her head. However they were the last conflict that needed resolving. The love triangle was relatively easy; neither Regina or Euphoria would date Elliott. All Regina had to do to fix the next conflict was apologize to Semiramis for flipping out. The issue of the two witches would be more complicated.
Euphoria shook the bag of questions before picking one out. It was spelled to ask simple questions first and gradually increase in depth. "Alright, first question, favorite color?"
"Really?" Regina deadpanned. Euphoria shrugged. "Silver"
"Pink" Ismene admitted. Regina rolled her eyes. "What, don't believe me?"
"I didn't say anything. I also don't care."
Euphoria grabbed another question. "Moving on! What are your favorite things to do?"
"Meaningless. Skip to something that isn't bullshit." Ismene complained.
"Favorite memories?"
Ismene scoffed. "Of course I know her favorite memories, sparring with her parents and an old memory of hide and seek with her siblings. I have the most fun with those, don't I, Regina?"
Regina's heart skipped a beat remembering nightmares for her fondest memories. She was about to attack Ismene, but Semiramis saw her face and bolted Regina to her chair. Semiramis looked at Ismene and scoffed. "What's your problem? Are you a masochist or something?"
Euphoria sighed. "This isn't working. How about you two write letters to each other? About why you two feel the way you do towards each other." Ismene and Regina looked at each other and laughed. There was no way they were going to do that. Euphoria closed her eyes. "I call upon the virtue of truth, to settle this long fought feud. No omissions, all depth, let's end the rift and fix these witches attitude." Ismene and Regina stopped laughing and looked at each other. "I'm sorry, but it had to be done."
"This was unnecessary. It's one of the reasons, I'm glad my cousin dumped you." Ismene hissed.
"That was harsh." Regina admitted. "But I find this unnecessary too. There's nothing to say. Ismene starts shit with me and I finish it. I wouldn't have a problem with her if she'd leave me be."
They turned to the green-haired witch. "Well?"
Ismene tapped her fingers. She did her best to stay quiet, but she couldn't stop herself. "I've hated you since the moment I saw you, Regina. You had people literally falling at your feet. I knew you were some arrogant royal. Thinking you could treat anyone any kind of way. I've had to deal with your type all my life. There is no way I was going let you push me around. I refuse to let any of you spoiled princesses push me around."
"You're even stupider than I thought. I'm a fairy-born witch, end of story. If I didn't show off my skills I'd be fodder. Considering you're a fairy-born too, you should know this. That's what you get for assuming."
"I don't care. You needed to be knocked down a peg or two." Ismene growled
"Just stay out of my way."
Topaz returned to see her friends giving each other looks. She was in class while they were sorting out her issues. She wasn't involved so didn't bother skipping class. It was difficult for her to focus on her notes. She wasn't getting much sleep. She was having nightmares. She didn't think it had anything to do with Ismene. She had a feeling something bad would happen soon. She could feel a change in the wind. That's why she hoped they could get it together. The stronger they were, the better.
"Hey Topaz, how was class?"
"I might as well have stayed. I couldn't focus at all. So how did... things work out...?"
They all looked at each other. "It's a start." Euphoria said.
Topaz smiled and jumped into her hammock. The girls looked at her and then at each other again. She was always shy, but she didn't seem like herself. She seemed out of it. She wasn't even talking to Euphoria anymore. It bothered the star fairy, but she figured she'd come around in her own time. Besides, Topaz knew she could talk to her if she needed.
Regina looked at Semiramis. "You're forgetting something."
Semiramis was confused before she realized Regina was still strapped into the seat. "Oh yeah!" She let Regina out and followed her to her destination.
Regina tried to ignore Semiramis's presence, but the blonde fairy continued to follow her. "What do you want?"
"We have so much to catch up on." Semiramis said ignoring Regina's building animosity towards her. "You can't still be mad. You never told me about Ismene."
"You hide things too."
Semiramis scratched her head. "Okay, you have a point." Regina began to walk away; Semiramis grabbed her arm. "Regina, come on." She put her hand over her heart. "No more secret?"
"...okay, no more secrets."
Meanwhile...
Jason looked at the tides from his beach home. This used to be one of his favorite places to summer, but now it seemed to mock him. He had many memories of he and his late wife walking on the beach, holding hands, making love and watching the sun set. She had been gone for a year, but it still seemed fresh. He thought that he'd prepared for this loneliness, but every day grew a little dimmer. He couldn't even focus on the music. He was glad he had someone like Musa to pass his record label. As the fairy of music, she knew talent.
He thought he was seeing things at first. A woman with long silver hair walked out of ocean. She was tall, very thin and wasn't shaking despite being wet on a chilly night. She was still there after a series of blinking. The mysterious woman looked around and then towards the sky. Her hair seemed to be made of the light of the moon. There was no way she could be human. She did come from nowhere; plus she was extremely beautiful. She sat on the shore and let the waves run across her feet. She pulled her knees towards her chest and continued to sit. She must not have had anything better to do. Jason went downstairs to talk to her.
Icy had been running in circles for weeks before she accepted her lack of memory. She didn't even get flashbacks. All she remembered was being surrounded by destruction and the woman with dark eyes. She didn't know who she was, but her gut told her to get as far away from her as she could. Once her panic wore away, she wasn't being followed, she created a plan. First she had to get out of that realm. Then she named herself. Now she was trying to find a place to live. She'd grown fond of the name Jacqueline. She hadn't found a realm she liked. Lucky for her, she had a power that allowed her to swim from ocean to ocean. She didn't know anything about it until she was thrown off a boat she stowed in. People weren't good to her. So she was on guard when Jason approached her. They looked at each other hesitantly before speaking.
"What do you want with me?" She asked.
"Nothing. I just going to offer my phone if you needed to call someone."
Icy turned her head. "There's no one to call."
"Do you need a cab?" Jason asked "I'm Jason Queen. It could take you wherever you wanted to go."
Icy glared at nothing. "I have nowhere to go."
"I'm sure there's something I could do. What's your name?"
"...Jacqueline"
"Nice to meet you."
(A/N) Sorry for the wait. I went to the city and gained a social life. When I go back home in a week, the daily updates will happen again. This chapter helped tie up some loose ends. Where is Icy? What happened to the villains? Stuff like that. This story is going to be longer than I thought.
Next Chapter: The Specialists need a new member to replace Leon.