Gazing at her sleeping form, Sky tiptoes out of his room. It was already the middle of the night as he walks the darkened hallways. He was on his way to the study when he notices the light was on. Someone must be up. Pushing the door open, he was surprised to see his cousin up. He was wearing a red tee and a pair of gray sleeping shorts. His brown hair was slightly dishevel. He was picking books from the shelf
"Whatcha doing up at this hour?" Sky asked, causing Thoren to jump.
"Couldn't sleep," Thoren answered, placing the books he was carrying onto the desk. "You?"
"Same," Sky said. "Reading on... The Topics of Ancient Passageways?"
"Daphne was troubled over the doorway again. I want to help her and what better place to start than here," Thoren pulled the pile of books away slightly.
"You do that, while I got a better place in mind," Sky turned around on his heels. Mentally counting from 3, 2-
"That is?" Sky smirked. Can't resist, eh?
"What better place to gather information than the object itself," the Crown Prince replied. He could hear Thoren let out a groan.
"Why did I have to ask?" Thoren sighed, rubbing his temple in annoyance.
"Are you going to keep standing there or are you going to come?" Sky didn't wait for a reply as he left the study.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
"So how exactly are we doing this?" Thoren asked once they reach the door that everyone now calls the "Door Through Time" or as Stella calls it: "Symbols Door".
"We do the same way as we did it before," Sky answered.
"By we, you mean you," Thoren said, his eyes skimming across the many symbols decorating the door.
"You won't be able to open it."
Both men turn around to see Bloom, and the rest of the gang behind her, staring at them crossly. She raises her hand when Sky was about to speak.
"Edana is with Miele," she answered curtly. "It will only be open when the needs arise. There is no need now."
"That doesn't really help much when there's a psychopath TRYING TO KILL US!" Thoren fumed. Bloom only glances over at him.
"You don't think I know. I-Blaise been trying keep her on Sipar as possible. Giving us time to come up with a strategy to take her down," Bloom replied coolly. "We already witness Vievmor attacking us. Imagine what the others could do. Serible will come once the other three has failed her bidding."
"Fail? You're confident that we'll win this-" Thoren cut off his cousin. "A war that you two brought upon the entire Magical Dimension!"
"Its not OUR fault that we didn't sign up for this!" Bloom snapped, her eyes blazing dangerously. The gang could feel the heat radiating off of her in waves.
"Thoren didn't mean it, sweetie," Flora said soothingly yet her eyes held something that Sky couldn't comprehend.
"Right, Thoren?" Daphne elbowed his ribs, causing him to slightly gasp. Thoren glared back at her, but he kept his mouth shut. Bloom took a deep breath; her eyes returning back to their normal color.
"Can't we all just go back to our nice comfy beds and talk about this in the morning?" Stella whined tiredly.
"Then you go to bed," Aisha replied, rolling her eyes.
"How rude!" The Fairy of the Shining Sun sniffed.
"Me, rude? I think you need to check your mirror, sister," the Fairy of Waves snorted.
"Okay, you two, enough. We don't need a fight right now," Musa warned, her eyes glancing at both ends of the hallways. "I don't like this at all."
"Now that you mention it, why no guards?" Riven asked, quirking his brow up in a questionable manner.
"There are guards here...its this hallway," Brandon said.
"An illusion?" Tecna asked. The question directed to Bloom. She shrugs in response.
"I really don't know. This is a mystery to me as well. I remember this was not here the last time I was here."
All eyes turn to Sky and Thoren.
"Don't look at me, I rarely come over," Thoren said.
"I would have known this was being built. I know this wasn't here. My father would have approached me about adding a hall in the upper West wing corridors. Ronin would have told me as well. Even my mother, she would be the person directing everyone on how it should look," Sky said, a frown creasing his face.
"Bloom, can't you open the door?" Nex asked, staring at the door. Bloom glance over at the door.
"Like I said before, it will only be open when the need arises," she answered.
"So we basically can't get much information out of it," Riven ticked off his fingers. "We can't open it and we're sitting ducks waiting for the next attack to come our way!"
"The information you seek is best to be left behind in the past," Bloom answered slowly, aware of what the others are feeling right now. The hallway became silent, no one making a sound at this point. Sky glanced around before running a hand through his blond hair, watching Bloom and their friends stare at each other. Waiting for someone to break.
"Bloom, I have to agree with our friends here," Sky pinched the bridge of his nose. I swear my nose will be crooked when this is all over.
Bloom could only gape at him.
"What are you saying?" Her voice barely above a whisper. Her hair was starting to slowly sway back and forth when there was no one felt a breeze.
"I'm saying, no more secrets. It's time you told us everything. I have some inkling of what's going on but it's not enough. I can't help you if I'm left in the dark. How am I suppose to protect Edana when I can't," Sky reached out to her, but she only took a step back. The air temperature began to rise.
"Bloom, you need to calm down," Daphne said. Her sister whirls around and face her, snarling.
"Don't tell me I need to calm down!" Bloom snarled, her powers radiating off of her in hungry, powerful, waves. A moment, Daphne quiver under her sister's intense gaze before composing a neutral, yet concern, look.
"As your sister, I'm not telling you to. I'm advising you to. After all, you have a choice to do so," she stated calmly. The Princesses of Domino stare at each other for what felt like an eternity until Bloom took a step back and another.
"I never seen this kind of magic before," Tecna stated. "It's off the charts!"
"What are you saying?" Musa asked, the girls glance nervously at their raging friend.
"If we don't stop her now, her powers can destroy anything in a 15 mile radius," Tecna answered.
"How do we stop her?" Stella asked, "She won't listen to us." Sky clenches his hands, his heart breaking at what he was going to say.
"Take her down."
"What?" Everyone stared at him in shock.
"Attack her until she is unconscious or can no longer fight," Sky answered, his eyes hardening. "Restrain her if you must and whatever you do, don't hold back."
"Hey, what are you doing?" Brandon asks alarmed. Sky ignore them as he touches the door. Graving his fingers across the smaller ones, he began to use the same process as last time, but this time he has to use his memory to unlock the door.
"Just give me a few minutes to do this. When I get it open, I can take her through it. Whatever is beyond this door, it's better she'll release all this raw magic."
"But what happens when you can't?"
"I know I can. Just buy me some time," Sky looked at his best friend in assurance that everything will go as plan. I hope.