Hey guys :) I'm sorry that it has been forever since I've updated, but I've had a huge case of writer's block, and when I was writing my other story, I had a huge brain spark.

Exams are now over, and holidays have arrived, so I will try to update more on this story :)

I hope you enjoy!

The guys ran down the collapsed hallways of Alfea looking for the girls. Even though the girls were mad beyond belief at them, they would be damned if they let anything happen to those girls, whether they hated them or not.

"You think they would listen to us?" Brandon asked as they turned left and made their way to the court yard.

"They have to if they want to survive" Sky replied. "They don't have their Cosmix powers, so we have to protect them ourselves"

"But remember who placed them in that position in the first place" Helia added.

"Helia, shut up" Riven growled.

The boys reached the court yard and stopped in their tracks.

"Should we have left Timmy alone?" Sky Helia asked ignoring Riven's comment earlier

"Timmy can look after himself" Sky answered.

"Where could they have gone?" Nabu asked looking around the place. "They could be anywhere"

Their prayers were answered when they heard several cries for help. The screams sent cold shivers up their spines and made their heart stop for a couple of seconds. The screams were screams of pain and misery. The voices were the girls.

"Nabu!"

Nabu's face fell hearing Layla's sweet voice call his name in sheer panic. He had never heard Layla scream for him like that. Layla was always capable of taking care of herself, but hearing this type of cry from Layla was worse, she was in trouble, and it would be rare for her to allow it to show.

"Riven!"

The blood in Riven's body instantly drained. Never in his life had he heard Musa scream like that. It was a mixture of intense pain, fear, but what scared him the most was torture. Something was happening to Musa and it was torturing her. The feeling of knowing someone was torturing Musa got him angry and broke his heart. She was in trouble and she couldn't defend herself, and it was all his fault.

"Helia!"

Helia's heart broke hearing Flora's voice. He began to feel panic raging through his body. Hearing Flora's screams of terror broke Helia's heart. Someone would dare terrorise his Flora would be the first and final time. Helia had to find Flora and save her. He couldn't bear the thought of letting Flora off on her own and being terrorise, but worse, was that she was screaming for his fighting skills, not for him, for he knew that the whole reason she was being terrorise, is because she has no way of defending herself.

"Brandon!"

Brandon jumped a mile hearing Stella screaming his name. He thought that Stella hated his guts, but he couldn't blame her. He hated himself at that moment. Stella would never call his name unless she was in desperate trouble, but even then, she didn't need his help, she just wanted him there right by her side. This scream was a scream that she not only needed him by her side, she needed his help, and that was what scared Brandon the most. Brandon had caused Stella to be vulnerable, and he hated it. There was no hope before, and he was sure that there was no hope now of Stella forgiving him. Stella would be in desperate trouble if she's calling the most hated man in her life for help.

"Sky, I need you!"

Sky's eyes widened with shock. Here he was thinking about himself trying to think of ways to get Bloom to forgive him, when she is out there somewhere, without any powers, being left alone with creatures roaming the place. Sky wanted to hit himself in the head for being so selfish. Bloom needed him, and he was to blame. She was still mad at him and yet she was still calling for him. Sky was so angry that someone would hurt his dear Bloom. He clenched his fists with anger and as punishment for his selfishness, he allowed himself to listen to Bloom's screams to remind himself that he made Bloom vulnerable. He would make it up to her, and he would save her no matter what.

"Timmy!"

Timmy sat just outside the balcony window looking after the girl they had found in the rock cacoon when he heard Tecna calling for him.

"Timmy!"

Timmy instantly wiped his head up to look at the direction the voice was coming from. Tecna was in trouble and he was here looking after some girl when he should be out protecting Tecna. She needed him and he knew she needed protection, because she was in this mess because of him. He allowed the witches to get the treasures, it allowed them to destroy Alfea, he allowed them to summon the creatures, as we speak he could be allowing them to hurt Tecna. Timmy made an executive decision and placed the girl inside the girls' dorm where she would be safe and took off to find Tecna.

"You guys heard that?" Brandon asked nervous.

"You bet we did" Riven said with his fists clenched.

"Okay, once you find the girls, meet back at the girls dorm at Alfea" Sky instructed.

The boys nodded and took out their weapons and they ran towards the sound of the voices.

Layla watched as the ice grew over her entire body. She shook from the cold on her body, but began to panic further as the ice reached her neck. The ice grew over her neck and Layla could feel her pulse slow down rapid from her ears. The ice was literally freezing her in place; she would be a fairy statue for the witches. Layla cried in fear, something she rarely did, and prepared herself from forever seeing life again.

"Tantalous Amadous" Layla heard a voice say.

As soon as the voice was heard, the ice began to melt away. Layla gasped as the ice moved away from her neck and she was able to breathe properly. The ice melted all the way down to her feet and she was able to move again. She was so tired and weak that she collapsed to the ground, only to land on something firm but soft at the same time. Layla allowed herself a couple of seconds to regain her composure before she looked up at the thing she was lying on. When Layla looked up, the only thing she could do was smile. It was Nabu. Layla smiled with gratitude and was so grateful that he arrived in time to help her. Of course she wouldn't admit out loud that she needed the back stabber's help, but she would admit it to herself. She was glad that the boys were around, even though they did cause the problem.

Musa stood with the electricity shooting throughout her entire body. Every muscle, bone, and nerve in her body cried in pain. Musa could feel her body heat up reacting to the burns that she was receiving. Musa couldn't take the pain anymore. Tears came pouring out of her eyes from the pain.

"Let me go" Musa sobbed falling to her knees.

The pain finally began hitting her heart. Musa screamed as loud as she could from the pain. The sound pierced the sky and sent birds flying away. If she is exposed to anymore of this she could potentially die. Musa began losing consciousness and felt her body shut down, slowly giving up the fight. Musa felt surges of pain around her. All she could feel was pain. Musa could feel her breathing slowing down. Her pulse slowed down rapidly and she felt light headed.

"Let her go" Musa heard a voice call before the pain instantly stopped. Musa gasped in relief before falling to the floor half conscious.

"Musa" Musa heard someone call as she lied down on the ground shaking from the electricity she could still feel in her body.

Her breathing slowly returned but was still uneasy. Her heart beat returned to normal but every time she exhaled caused her pain in her chest. Musa's vision was a bit blurry and she stared at the ground trying to calm down. Musa could see a slight blurry form run up to her and fall to its knees beside her. The blur lifted Musa up and her head rested up being held gently but protectively. As her breathing and heart rate began to settle slightly, her shaking slowly faded away and her vision became clearer. Musa looked up at the blur and saw some recognisable features. As her vision became clearer, the blur became clearer too. She could see spikey magenta hair, deep purple eyes that could pierce a girl's heart, strong arms, muscular chest, and a mysterious yet attractive smirk. It was Riven.

"Musa, can you hear me?"

Musa could see him perfectly now, but her ears were still blocking some of the noise out. Musa smiled at her luck. Riven had saved her, sure she still had pain running through her muscles, but if Riven hadn't come when he did, she would have been a goner. Riven raised his eyebrow at Musa's smile. Was her brain affected by the attack? Musa looked up at Riven who kept telling her something. By the look in his eyes and the way he was holding her, protectively refusing to let anything go near her, told her what he was saying.

"I'm okay" Musa managed to say.

Her voice was crocky but easy to understand. Riven sighed in relief and he hugged Musa close to his chest letting her regain her composure.

Flora watched as the sonic bird drove straight for her. Flora was frozen in fear. She saw the bird's massive claws heading for her. Flora snapped herself out of her thoughts and struggled getting herself up. The pain from the attack was unbearable and she wouldn't be able to take another hit. She sat on her knees and breathed. She looked up and saw the bird getting closer. Flora cried as she managed to get herself to her feet and start running again. Pain shot through Flora's legs again and she almost stumbled a couple of times. She wouldn't be able to keep this up for much longer.

"Come on, come on" Flora thought to herself.

Flora was too weak to run anymore and she slowed down just long enough for the bird to catch up to her and jump on Flora's back. The impact caused Flora to fall to the ground on her stomach. Flora screamed in pain as she felt the bird's claws dig into her shoulders. The bird screeched in triumph and began sniffing her. Flora was too weak and too tired to fight back. The bird weighed twice as much as her; there was no way she would be able to get out of this mess. The weight of the bird was pressing hard on Flora making it almost impossible for her to breathe properly. She felt her bones ache in pain.

"Flora!" Flora heard someone call.

Flora tried to lift up her head but couldn't. The bird's claws dug harder into her shoulders that it began drawing a little bit of blood. Flora cried again. Flora was about to pass out from the pain when she felt a huge weight being lifted from her. Something hit the bird and began pulling the bird off of Flora. Flora felt the claws slipping out of her shoulders, and she screamed in pain again. The pain was continuous for another couple of seconds before she felt relief. The bird was off of her and the claws were out of her shoulders. Flora sobbed into the ground from the pain in her shoulders. She gasped finally being able to breathe. As she sobbed she heard someone running towards her and falling to the ground in front of her. Flora wouldn't look up; the pain in her shoulders forced her to stay still. Even though Flora couldn't look up, she knew that the person was lying on their stomach facing her. They placed a soft hand over hers and held it gently.

"Helia" Flora thought to herself.

"Flora, are you okay?" Flora heard.

She finally forced herself to look up and was met with Helia's deep green eyes and worried face. It was him, just when she needed him the most. Flora began to calm down. Helia took something out of his pocket, it was a handkerchief, and he wiped Flora's tears away. Even though Flora screamed at him, thought he betrayed her, said terrible things to him, he was still there for her, and that's why she loved him.

Stella struggled to find something to hold onto as the mud monster slowly dragged her towards the mud whirl pool.

"Why always whirl pools?" Stella cried.

Stella felt her fingertips start to bleed as she kept running her hands all over the place to find something. She dug her fingers into the ground to grab some dirt, but the strength kept pulling her in. Stella felt her knees entering the whirl pool and she still had nothing to hold on to. As her hips began inching closer to the whirl pool she looked up to see a small vine above her head. She used all of her might and grabbed the vine.

"YES!" Stella cried.

The force of the while pool increased as she held on to the vine with all of her might. Something within the whirl pool growled causing Stella to shiver, and a mud hand shot out from the pool and grabbed Stella. Stella shrieked and the vine broke. The hand slowly began dragging Stella into the whirl pool. As Stella's neck reached the pool she heard a voice for her name.

"STELLA!" the voice called.

Stella saw something run toward her but then everything went dark. Stella was dragged into the whirl pool. Stella kept thrashing in the mud and tried to swim back to the surface, but something grabbed her ankle and forced her down. Stella was slowly losing air but she kept trying to release the grip on her ankle. Stella tried kicking and thrashing out of the grip, but it was useless. It was too late. Stella had run out of breath and began losing consciousness.

Stella didn't know how long she had been unconscious, but she suddenly felt something on her chest and began breathing in air. After a few breaths of air, she began coughing and slowly opened her eyes. As Stella opened her eyes, she saw a blur kneeling beside her.

"Stella, are you okay?" the voice said.

Stella didn't respond and just concentrated on breathing in air. After a few more breaths, her vision slowly returned and she saw the friendly face of no other, then Brandon. Part of Stella wanted to punch him, if she had the energy, while the other part of her wanted to hug him. Stella didn't know which part to follow, so she just nodded her head and gave him a smile. Brandon sighed with relief and gave Stella a hug. Stella had no energy to move, so she had to stay place on Brandon's chest, even though a part of her wanted to push him away, while another wanted to stay like that forever.

Bloom screamed in pain as the shadow monster began possessing her. She could feel herself lose control over her movement and her vision became blurry. The shadow screeched as it fused itself into Bloom. Bloom began shaking uncontrollably as she felt herself lose every movement and control over her body. The shadow had taken complete control over Bloom. Bloom saw only black. She couldn't control her movements, she couldn't see, she couldn't sense her breathing. Nothing. She felt nothing. The only thing she could do was sense what the shadow was doing to her body.

Bloom could sense her body stand up and was walking somewhere.

"What is going on?" Bloom thought to herself.

The shadow began running. Bloom felt herself start running. She couldn't stop herself, her body wouldn't allow her to run. As she ran she heard a voice trying to call to her. The shadow ignored it and kept running. Bloom sat there in pure darkness as the shadow made her run. Bloom thought that the shadow was just using her body for something, but that was until she started to get some feeling in her feet. The shadow was running really fast. She felt the ground crumbling under her feet, was that gravel near a slope she felt under her feet? Bloom heard the voice again calling louder.

"Bloom!" Bloom managed to hear.

Bloom was confused at this point. Why would someone call to her because 'she' was running down a slope? A slope could mean a hill. The only dangerous slope Bloom could think of was the cavern just by the front of Alfea that she saw when they walked outside before. That was probably caused by Terra no doubt. That is when it clicked. The shadow possessed Bloom so that it could get rid of her by using her body to jump into the cavern. Bloom began to panic. She had no energy, no strength, and no control over her body. Bloom felt the ground again and sensed that they were near the edge of the cliff. This was not good. This shadow is going to kill her, and she couldn't do a thing to stop it. She could feel just the edge of the cliff ready to jump towards her death when Bloom felt something heavy push them out of the way fall to the ground.

Bloom felt the impact towards the ground, she was possessed, how could she sense something? Did stopping Bloom from running help her regain control over her body? Bloom didn't know how it happened, she was just happy that it was happening. She began to sense her legs and hearing. Bloom was so happy to hear but was shortly lived when she heard the shadow screech using Bloom's mouth and begin struggling with something. Bloom's mind ached hearing the shadow screech. Sharing one body with another thing was a pain, but hearing her voice screech was another.

"Release her! Now!" Bloom heard someone demand.

Bloom could sense that this person had saved her from jumping into the cavern, and now they were wrestling with her and the shadow. This who is whom deal was giving Bloom a migraine. The shadow screeched again and Bloom felt a slight sting in her upper arm. Bloom yelped and so did the shadow. It kicked the person off of them and sat up. Bloom was thrilled when she felt the shadow losing control over her body and her feeling movement again. Bloom wanted to cry when her vision slowly came back. Bloom was somehow regaining control.

"How is this possible?" Bloom thought to herself.

She felt the Shadow force its way out of Bloom. She literally screamed as she felt the shadow pass its way out of her body and stealing some of her energy. Bloom gasped when the shadow was out of Bloom. Her vision was half blurry, but she was able to see the shadow grabbing its head in pain and then disappearing into ashes onto the ground. Bloom sat there and shock and relaxed until she could see again. Not long did Bloom see the ashes, she heard someone run up to her and take her in their arms.

"Oh thank god" she heard them say.

Bloom had finally regained her vision and was able to see things perfectly. She turned to her right and saw just how close she was to the ledge of the cavern. She was not even an inch off the cliff; in fact, her feet were dangling over the side. Bloom yelled in terror seeing how close she was to the ledge and grabbed onto the person for dear life as she did. The person tightened their grip on Bloom and held her tight.

"It's okay" the voice said. "I've got you"

Bloom looked up and saw that she was in the arms of Sky. Bloom was so happy to see him at that point. He always seemed to be there just when you thought there was no hope. She was an inch from death and Sky managed to save her. It scared just how close Bloom was to the ledge and continued to stay in Sky's embrace. She didn't care that she was supposed to be mad at him, all she cared about was that he saved her mili-seconds from death. She would be eternally grateful.

Tecna watched as the rock cacoon slowly began crawling past her elbows preventing her of any movement. Tecna watched in horror as she began to feel the rock slowly crushing her. Tecna began gasping for breath and struggled to breath. The rock tightened around her torso and she screamed in pain. The rock began reaching up to her chest and tightened again. Tecna cried again and her breathing became short and sharp. She began to feel light headed from the lack of oxygen.

"Timmy!" Tecna cried.

The rock cacoon made its way up to her neck and slowly tightened it, beginning to choke her. Tecna couldn't scream from the pain, all she could do was let the tears pour from her eyes.

"Tecna!" a voice called from the distance.

Tecna ignored the voice as she choked her on tears and slow suffocation. Tecna suddenly began to feel heavy, and she slowly began losing consciousness. Tecna hung her head down and lost consciousness.

Tecna's world suddenly went black. She was choking found it difficult to breathe. The rock cacoon now made its way over her face blocking the light from Tecna's sight. Tecna was surrounded in darkness but she felt no fear. She sat in darkness and in her mind; she sat down and began crying. A loud muffled cry came through her ears. The muffled voice became clearer and sound like a male voice.

"Tecna!" the voice cried.

Tecna suddenly felt the need to breathe again. She gasped when she felt more oxygen and the rock released her neck, chest, and stomach. Tecna was slowly pulled out of her darkness and slowly opened her eyes. The sun was blinding her eyes but she was a figure kneeling over her. Tecna was now resting on the figure as they both sat on the ground. She slowly turned her head and saw the rock pile on the ground smashed to pieces. The figure's head moved so that it now blocked the sun. Tecna was now able to see the figure's face clearly; chiselled, yet baby-face-like features, adorable smile, gorgeous orange hair.

"Timmy" Tecna whispered as she slowly regained her breath.

Even though Timmy had lied, betrayed, placed her in hospital, and stole her treasure and gave it to Numerous, he still manages to be there for her, even though she didn't want him around. At this point, Tecna was glad that Timmy was around.

After everyone's traumatic experience, the boys lead the girls back to Alfea for safety. Bloom and Sky were the last ones to arrive, and when they walked in, they saw Flora's torso covered in bandages, Musa's arms wrapped in bandages, Stella lying on the couch, Layla wrapped up in blankets, and Tecna sitting on a chair typing on her portable computer.

"Is everyone okay?" Sky asked as he and Bloom entered the dorm.

"Define okay" Musa winced trying to move.

"Don't move otherwise your burns won't heal" Riven said sitting next to her.

"Tell me something I don't know" Musa rebutted.

"How about a thank you for saving your butt"

"Oh, is that what you did? Because I thought you were the one who helped cause this new world" Musa said sarcastically.

"HEY! Enough arguing" Bloom yelled. "This is not the time to be at each other's throats"

"Even though they did cause it" Stella agreed with Musa.

Bloom picked up a pillow and threw it at Stella.

"As I was saying; yes they may have caused this"

"Thanks" the boys said sarcastically.

"You did, we aren't going to mention it until we fix this, get over it" Bloom said. "Forget who started it now. We have to focus on getting everything back to normal."

"All I want to know is how long were we gone?" Tecna said still typing on her computer. "The witches of Traldayor couldn't have destroyed Magix this quickly."

"Unless they used our treasures to summon the Cosmic Void" Bloom added.

The girls' faces went pale.

"We are so screwed" Layla said in defeat.

"We can't give up yet" Flora said optimistically. "Did we give up when the witches had the Dragon Fire and took over Magix? Did we give up when Darkar had all pieces of the Codex and Bloom on his side? "Did we give up when Baltor began destroying all three schools and had the witches of Cloud Tower against us?"

"No" the girls replied softly.

"Then why are we giving up now?"

"Flora, I don't think you realise, but, we have six different species of monsters roaming Magix for us, Alfea is destroyed, Magix is taken over, citizens are cocooned, the witches have our treasures, and we do not have our powers" Stella said.

"You make it sound like it is hopeless" Flora said still optimistic.

"Flora, it is hopeless" Riven said looking out the window.

"No its not" Flora replied. "The witches may have our Cosmix powers, but there is another power that they don't have."

Deep beneath the city of Magix, a large stone castle was based in the centre underneath Magix. Creatures of all different attributes roamed the boundaries in search of intruders. Screeching birds flew in the air circling the towers. Citizens of Magix that dare oppose the witches were held in the dungeons for all eternity. The witches of Traldayor sat in the throne room of the castle. The throne room was all stone and was filled with bricks. There was no light in the throne room, except from candle fixtures that hung on the wall. On the ceiling hung a large chandelier filled with candles. There was a small stair case that led to six red velvet thrones. Two large windows were fixed behind the thrones letting the darkness enter the room. Sitting on the thrones were the witches of Traldayor. In front of the witches was an orb that viewed Magix. Each witch was monitoring a specific area of Magix and if they saw a citizen roaming the empty streets, they would use their power to send a monster in to cacoon the citizen.

"Have you found them yet?" Glacies asked her sisters as they continued to watch Magix.

"No, it is like they have disappeared off the face of Magix" Alrum replied.

"They must be somewhere, they can't just hide from us" Glacies replied. "Start searching other realms. If they don't want to come out voluntarily, then we shall begin our attack on the magical dimension. We will see how long it takes to get them out of hiding then."

So there it was, chapter 25!

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Until next time!

~Angelalexandra~