Chapter 25 : Morgana, Part 1
Darcy finds herself at a loss to answer that.
On New Witch Haven, family is everything and everything revolves around the endless cycle of birth, death and rebirth. Ever since she was a young girl, Darcy had it drummed into her head that her place will be by her husband's side and her duty will be to produce at least two offspring. By New Witch Haven standards, Darcy is well past the age when she should have fulfilled both obligations and is already considered to be an old maid and somewhat of an embarrassment to her family. It was because of this and because of Stormy's powers and her tempestuous and unruly personality, which made her a bad prospect in the view of any potential husband, that their Ma and Da finally allowed them to leave New Witch Haven to attend college at Cloud Tower on the Planet of Alfea.
Darcy feels a certain pride in being a senior student and an accountant at Cloud Tower for she is among the few women from New Witch Haven to have ever had a chance at a college education let alone anything beyond grammar school. Unlike Icy, who has been taught how to study from an early age, Darcy still has to work hard and struggle for every grade she gets despite the stories that she was doing it largely by riding upon Lucy's back. Stormy, on the other hand, was a lazy student only too willing to grab every cheat and deception that came her way to get good grades. Moreover, Stormy continually complained loudly and bitterly that the only reason why she was at Cloud Tower at all was so her parents could kick her out of the nest and that they harboured secret hopes that she would go on her merry way and never bother to return to New Witch Haven. So be it!
"It has always been that way on New Witch Haven," Darcy finally replies to the strange Witch.
"Oh, how quaint and rural," replies the blonde, blue-eyed woman. "They've really done a real brainwashing job on you, you poor thing. I would have expected a lot more independence and aggression from a member of The Trix."
"You seem to have me at a disadvantage," says Darcy. "You obviously know who I am but I have never seen you here before. Who are you?"
"My name is Morgana of Alfea," replies the strange woman, "because I am one of the very few Witches to have actually been born here on the Planet of Alfea."
"Nice to make your acquaintance, Morgana of Alfea," says Darcy as the two exchange kisses of greeting upon each other's temples.
"Now," says Morgana, "I thought that you would have realized by now that on Alfea it is every Witch for herself. Although both Witches and Faeries have an equal claim to the Planet of Alfea it is the Faeries who for now are running the show. You have lived too long on New Witch Haven and have forgotten or never learned that on almost every other planet in the universe Witches are a hunted and persecuted people. The only reason why Witches survive here is despite everything when push-comes-to-shove, we are the ones who as a group can stand our ground and shove back. The peace we are said to have made with the Faeries is an illusion. Witches and Faeries are and forever will be at war with each other. So if that Faë Riven is the one you want then take him. And… if that Faerie Musa gets in your way then squash her like a bug."