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Faragonda rushed into the Winx room and gagged at the stench that permeated from it. She immediately recognized the gas as a powerful sleeping agent, and dispelled it with a simple spell. Faragonda opened each room and ushered out each sleepy girl, but when she entered Flora and Bloom's room, her heart dropped to her stomach.

Bo lay on the floor with a knife protruding from his neck, Fritz looked like a lifeless lump of fur sprawled out on the floor, and the fey dragons were nowhere in sight, and Bloom was missing too.

They had done it. The kidnappers succeeded.

A roar sounded off in the distance. Out of the window of the room, Faragonda Watched the large red dragon burst into flames and crash into the forest near Lake Roccaluce. Cerberus was the one to alert Faragonda to the situation, and Mink had flown off to get Peril who was scouting the forest.Mink… Where is he?

Sky's POV

Things have actually seemed to calm down. We have finally gotten through to the higher ups in the rebellion, and have been gathering information through back and forth letters. Their letters are still blunt and blatantly denounce my father as king, but they aren't complete savages. Because of our letters, the fighting has slowed to minor spats instead of full blown conflicts, which is good or bad depending on your own ideals.

I actually thought our talks were going somewhere, so none of us were expecting the hologram message we received.

"In light of recent events, it has come to my attention that I have pulled the trump card in my deck." The hooded man in the hologram chuckled as a long haired woman was pulled on screen "May I introduce Princess Bloom of Domino, but I have heard that you two have met before… and are more than friends."

I have never seen Bloom so out of it. Her eyes were distant and cloudy, her hair was a mess, and she looked like she was still in her pajamas. I looked to my father for something, anything to assure me that he knew what to do, because I was at a loss.

"If you wish for the safe return of the Princess, Erandor is to turn over his crown to the rightful heir of Eraklyon." And with that, the message ended.

A dark look crossed my father's face. "This is not good."

Daphne's POV

I don't think I have ever been so upset in my entire life. Faragonda called me early to inform me that the rebels had finally succeeded in kidnapping Bloom. But how? The rebels gave up on Alfea almost a month ago, and how did they get past the dragons? Sure there weren't many of them here, but they had a well thought out patrol routine that had few to no gaps in it.

Thoren was by my side as we raced into Alfea. The dragons were nowhere to be seen, but it seemed like the Winx and their boyfriends were waiting for us outside the Headmistress' office.

"Daphne, I'm so sorry!" Flora was crying. "I should have been able to do something!"

I stared at her in shock. What in the world happened? "It's not your fault. It is none of your fault. For now, we need to focus on finding out how they got in and where they took Bloom."

Faragonda's office door open and Griselda stepped out. "I am so glad all of you came so quickly." She let out a sigh. "You are not going to believe what happened."

We entered the room to find Faragonda staring out her window and Meghan sobbing uncontrollably. No way… She couldn't have.

At the sound of the door opening the two turned around, and Meghan froze. She ran to me and fell to the floor.

"I'm so sorry!" She cried. "I didn't know that they would get her! I thought that the dragons or something would stop them, but they got her!"

"She informed a rebel sympathizer that Bloom was here and told them the basics of the dragon's routine." Faragonda said. "Cerberus found her packing her bags and took her to me.

"Where are the dragons?" I asked. I was trying to hide the anger in my voice, but I failed miserably.

"Bo and Fritz are in the infirmary, Roxy is caring for them. Perilous Blaze crashed into the forest last night, so I have sent Wizgiz and Palladium to find her. Mink and the fey dragons have been gone since last night. We can't find them anywhere." Faragonda said.

"This has gone on long enough." I said after a moment, startling everyone with the harshness in my voice. "The rebels on Eraklyon have gone too far. They were courting trouble by just thinking about attacking her, but now… they will regret this. Domino will get involved and put an end to this madness."

I turned around without another word and exited the room, Thoren followed me closely.

"Daph, are you sure that is a good idea?" He asked gently as we entered my classroom.

"…I don't know." My voice cracked. "But they have gone way too far. If they think that they can kidnap a princess without any consequences, they have another thing coming."

Thoren cupped my cheeks in his hands and wiped away the tears from my eyes. I didn't realize that I started crying. He leaned in and kissed me gently. "I agree completely, but if we rush into this too fast, Bloom might suffer more in the long run. For now, we should get in contact with your parents. They need to know what has happened. We should probably tell you mother first. Your father would go mad if we just tell him straight up that she was kidnapped."

I laughed softly at the thought, and sank into Thoren's arms.

Enti's POV

"THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!" I roared as Monarch relayed the news of Bloom's kidnapping.

"Enti, calm down! Everyone is surprised and upset!" Abyss scoffed, she was unhappy to be summoned away from her clutch that were mere days from hatching, but Bloom was a friend of hers as well so she answered immediately.

We looked down onto the Fairy School, trying to decide if we should confront the Headmistress.

I was all for it, but Abyss was more reserved.

"I have no idea where my dragons are, Bloom is missing, and so is my Daughter! We need to go down there now!" I growled.

"And do what? Terrify several generations of fairies and set relations back another thousand or so years?! Abyss smacked me lightly on the head with her tail.

"King Enti!" A voice called to me. A young guard dragon flew up from the woods and landed in front of us.

"What is it?" I asked, a little too harshly.

"We have found Perilous Blaze," He squeaked.

"Show me." I followed the dragon down to the forest and to the Lake Roccaluce. There she was. My precious Daughter was lying half in and half out of the lake. Her chest had several burn marks, and her wings were tattered as well. It looked like her left foreleg was broken and her face was contorted with pain.

"Peril?" I called to her softly, and her ear slightly twitched.

Without opening her eyes, she answered me with her thoughts. "Father?"

"I am here, my sweet little blaze… I am here." I curled around my daughter and rested my head by hers. It was obvious she was in pain, so I didn't want to disturb her by taking her to the palace. All I could do was keep her safe and warm while she gathered her strength as we waited for Cloud to get here.

Bloom's POV

"Don't worry Bloom, I'll find a way to get you out of here." Leaf whispered to me

Apparently, when I was being kidnapped, Leaf crawled into my pajamas so she would be taken wherever I was taken. I was glad that she was here. The rebels took my necklaces, including my dragon eye and it was too cold to use my heat vision to survey my surroundings.

All I knew was that I was huddled in a corner of a cold cell with nothing but some light pajamas and a fey dragon to keep me warm.

Something was attached to my wrist. It was probably the thing that was keeping me from using my powers. The rebels really thought of everything, huh?

Suddenly, I heard something in the very back of my mind.

"Bloom?" I could place that voice anywhere.

"Mink? You followed us?" I called out with my mind.

"Don't worry. Help is on the way! Enti has been informed and he should have already sent a messenger to king Terran. They will help me save you!" He said.

King Terran is on Eraklyon? Good. At least I should be out of here soon.