Chapter 10: Win-x Together
Shadowhaunt: later that night…. "I'm disappointed in you two, dying to a pair of Whisperian students from Red Fountain, you are Phoenixes, you are members of one of the most powerful races in the Magic Dimension, you are 577 years old, you have centuries of training in creative tactics and battle malice in addition to an arsenal of weaponry the envy of any of the lesser races and you lose to a pair of Red Fountain first year students, Retribution, Deception you are grounded" Abolithon lectured and dismissed the two Phoenixes, who had white hair and eyes from their recent resurrection, leaving him with Ambition and his two daughters. "Ambition let this be a lesson, you are to lie low I'm going to have change focus: we are going to have to find the other Codex fragments, and if Red Fountain's fragment is any indication two fragments are in the other two colleges and the final one is Pixieville, as such I will need a lead on the other two fragments and to acquire them" Abolithon explained, then turned two his daughters Rianath and Viridia, both were stunningly beautiful; Rianath had her father's crimson hair which she kept in long ponytails and was 6'1 in height (6'5 in heels) as well as his crimson eyes, her skin was lush and tanned by her personal magic, her figure was brawny but curvaceous with large E-cup Breasts and a firm fine bubble butt, her attire consisted of a crimson gown decorated with armored plates and black roses, her hair also had many of these flowers, Viridia was looked similar but her eyes were blue and hair was pink, she wore a gown similar to her sister's but was more revealing allowing her legs to be seen. "Daughters for this next task I have need of you two, I need a spy in both Alfea and Cloud Tower, and before you question me with regards to Alfea, Seraloth is a deep cover agent I'd rather keep him as a last resort, for this I require a spy who can blend in with a students and gain their trust and look around; you two will do just fine for the role" Abolithon explained.
"Yes Father we won't disappoint you" Rianath replied.
"I'll do my best dad!" Viridia remarked.
"Good now; I have a list of freshmen students for both schools, Rianath will infiltrate Cloud Tower and Viridia will infiltrate Alfea, choose a suitable student and bring them here, I will then take care of the rest, the original however will be locked up to allow for the spell to work properly, note that I have omitted any who have a relationship with Erasiel Darkar which was not an easy task" Abolithon explained, the twins combed thru the list; Rianath chose a Witch named Ederavoila and Viridia chose a fairy named Lesta, shortly they and a team of Faceless brought them back to Shadowhaunt in the dead of night.
"Now for the finishing touch, the Sphere of Arhokartar" Abolithon explained and soon both sisters explained the new identities they had just adopted to the real Lesta and Ederavoila, they then returned to the dorms of the two and assumed their new identities.
The Following day…. Faragonda sat in a desk in front of Professor Palladium's class. "Good Morning Students, you may be wondering why I'm here and Professor Palladium isn't while Professor Darkar hovers nearby; I'm here for a special class and that involves Convergences: this class is that of the second year Charmix faeries which means it is time for you to learning about convergences, a convergence is a powerful fusion of magic cast by two or more magic users and is not to be confused with the Lore of Heavens spell Harmonic Convergence, it allows multiple magic users to fuse their power to generate powerful feats of magic that can both create and destroy, the process in doing so requires harmony among the minds of the casters, all magic users are capable of casting convergence spells and doing so with different casters, but doing so requires both harmony in the casting and unity in doing so otherwise-" Faragonda explained.
"The backlash from the magic could kill one or more the casters, knock them unconscious or in worst-case scenario turn all casters involved into gibbering and abominable Chaos Spawn" Erasiel interrupted.
"Yes that, thank you my husband but I think I can take it from here, each of you has been assigned a partner, for the first lesson we will be focusing on convergence between two people" Faragonda replied and Erasiel stayed silent; he heard Stella whispering among others about the potentials of group convergences, he noted Ayesha look left out of the conversation her partner was Musa. The class lasted for about an hour and afterwards Erasiel took the Winx aside.
"So Nathan how are the pixies doing and why did you want to wait until after class to talk about them?" Bloom asked as they left.
"A question which I will answer you; the Pixies are fine, but they are undergoing some treatments to make sure any lasting effects of the home sickness spell are out of their system, I've also seen to getting them some proper Pixie beds so they can get a lot of rest, also Ayesha while you are Piff's bonded fairy and one of many friends of her race she is still my daughter and as a father I've decided it's best she stay where I can keep an eye on her and that is with me in my room" Erasiel explained. "Other than that the Pixies need a lot of rest, and Palladium will keep an eye on them for the time being which is why Faragonda will be teaching his class for the rest of the week, now we have other things that need tending to and let's get going" Erasiel added then they continued to their other classes.
Later… Ayesha laid back against a tree sighing as Erasiel and Musa walked by holding hands. "Hey Ayesha, I wondered where you went, look if it's about the sleeping arrangements for Piff I'll be putting her back in your dorm soon but because she's my daughter I'm wanting to make sure I'm there is she needs me" Erasiel stated.
"No that's not it don't worry I know your concerned about Piff and she is your daughter and you have the right to be concerned about her well-being its just I don't know I feel left out about the whole convergence thing, I'm not exactly a long term member of your club, and if I'm going to be doing any convergences it will be with them; I just feel left out that's all" Ayesha explained.
"I can see that, well Francis and Selene are new members and you don't see them complaining; I'm sure you would have felt better to be partnered with Francis given she's your best friend but, Selene and Francis need the team building, also Diaspro and Mirta could use the challenge, I chose the teams because each will have to work with something that their not used to they then have to figure out how they can get past the differences in their magic talents and use their spells to create wonders, that's how I've taught numerous students; you and Musa will do good together" Erasiel explained, then kissed her on the cheek.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence I'm feeling better now; you know we need to spend some time together" Ayesha noted, they had been dating since Erasiel saved her life from her fall and for all the things he had done in the meantime; their relationship was one of strength.
"Alright well let's sit down and chat" Erasiel stated and sat down next to Ayesha, Musa moved to give the two some space, they needed it.
As Musa moved about the courtyard she noted a windrider land outside, which was odd, she then noted a young man about the same age as herself he had fair skin, short blue hair, amber eyes, and was sporting an orange shirt, a dark olive colored pants and tan shoes. "Hey you're Musa right, I'm Jared, I was sent by Professor Saladin to study Alfea's simulator" the Specialist greeted.
"Alright hello Jared, how do you know my name?" Musa asked suspicious.
"Oh, Riven told me about you, she said you were a friend of hers also everyone's heard of the Winx and we fought alongside each other in the Battle for Magix" Jared asked.
"Ok, figures; just so you know though I'm not single, I have a boyfriend who I deeply love so consider us just friends" Musa replied, Jared looked saddened by this but quickly recovered.
"Alright I see, well I brought these for you" Jared stated going back to his Windrider and bringing back a bouquet of roses.
"Thanks that's sweet, now I'll show you to the simulator" Musa stated and led Jared off, unaware she was being watched.
"Interesting I think I could make use of this" Lesta thought to herself, she then followed them at a distance.
Musa showed Jared the ropes around the simulator, despite not being the most tech savvy of the Winx she knew her way around the simulator, due to a fair sheer of tests that she had to take last year regarding it, including Bloom's famous test, which she attempted last week as training for the Magic Tournament and got her butt kicked by Darcy in the process, fortunately the simulation was just that; it really did help though. After showing him the ropes Jared did something unexpected and gave her a peck on the cheek, it was unexpected, but Musa was wiling to let it slid as a show of thanks. "Just remember there are multiple factors involved, this simulator is state of the art and can pretty much simulate any scenario but each requires different varibles, all scenarios are based on letter combinations, don't input any numbers or it will draw a blank and ask you to try again" Musa stated.
"Thanks for your help Musa, I'm going to run a private simulation, I'll see you after its done" Jared stated.
"Alright well I'm going to get back to Nathan and Ayesha, they're probably done talking by now so bye" Musa stated and left Jared to his own devices.
"Anything can be simulated" Jared thought to himself. "Well if I can't have her in real life I guess I'll have to be satisfied with a simulation, that Nathan is a lucky guy to have her as a girlfriend" he continued mentally, then imputed a series of letter combinations until he found the simulation he wanted, unknown to him he was being observed by a certain person who was interested in him for her own devices.
Shortly… Jared entered the simulator chamber and strapped on the relevant gear and entered a virtual world; the place of a moonlit beach materlized with no one save one person, Musa, a virtual copy of her, in a red bikini with golden trim in Chinese pattern, Jared himself wore a swimsuit, Musa had a bottle of wine. "Come here Jared its time to celebrate our one-year aniversery" Virtual Musa stated, Jared walked over, she poured him a glass of wine and herself one, the virtual wine actually tasted very good as the simulator simulated taste among other things, they drank and made small talk. As soon as the bottle was emptied things changed, Musa looked at him with keen eyes. "You know there was one thing about our wedding I loved most, our honeymoon why don't we reenact it" Virtual Musa stated then removed her top exposing her perky D-cup breasts. That was all the invitation Jared needed and removed the simulated shorts allowing his 9 inch boner to go free, she responded by wrapping her breasts around it and sucked it with such grace, Jared was in heaven, or virtual heaven. She sucked and licked his member with skill and grace knowing how to work her tongue Jared moaned in pleasure, this simulation was everything he wanted, if he couldn't have the real Musa at least he had this virtual one, granted the real trick would be getting a way to transfer the simulation to a disc so he could upload it to a VR headset, then keeping said simulation hidden from anyone who would want to beat the living crap out of him for making it in the first place, especially a certain Phoenix and Fairy couple who wouldn't be a amused by it well the real Musa mainly Erasiel would just laugh and let him keep it but he didn't know that. He soon reached his virgin limit and creamed the virtual face of Musa, fortunately this was virtual only his real body didn't have any of the effects on the outside.
Lesta observed the whole thing from outside via the central computer having the locked the door behind her to prevent anyone asking questions and requiring her to hex them. "Interesting he's got an massive crush on Musa, I'm betting that he made up the whole Saladin story as an excuse just to do this; this is spicy and useful, perhaps I can make use of him somehow" Lesta thought, then noted the two had stripped completely and were about to enter.
In the simulation… "So tight" Jared stated as he entered Musa missionary style, he then kissed her virtual lips, before sucking on her virtual nipple the simulated milk was great, he had made all the right calculations, making sure he could get the most out of his simulated experience, also he had the whole thing ready for upload to disc that he had for this whole thing, his plan had been this mainly he had hoped he could score a date with the real Musa but he knew for a fact that was never going to happen especially with the master cock-blocker that was Erasiel Darkar involved, he didn't know that Musa and him never actually had sex before though, Erasiel was the person who let a relationship go at its own pace he didn't rush anyone into a sexual relationship if they didn't want to, of course if they wanted to he didn't turn them down unless they were of royal birth simply because of the political backlash that would happen as Erasiel was the type of person who didn't want to let his personal passions override his common sense unless the Princess in question was so desperate and wanted it so badly that there was no rejecting her. Jared however didn't need to concern himself with Erasiel, he did know that a virtual wife was not going to work out in the long run; but he did have a plan to eventually save up enough money to get a custom Musa android built, the kind capable of bearing children and loving him, and there was the possibility of him getting another love interest but really no girl would fill his desires for Musa.
Lesta left the simulator and turned off the visual screen and left to think of a plan, she then teleported to Red Fountain and assumed the guise of specialist girl, then snuck into Jared's room after finding it and noted the surprising amount of pictures of Musa, as well as a number of love poems, and other things, as well as a personal flute of the same brand as Musa's and a number of other things before leaving and taking a flight over the forests to think of a plan showing her true form as Viridia. "This could be interesting, now what to do? Create a love potion and give it to Musa? No too difficult to actually get Musa to drink it and not a guarantee also that wouldn't help my plans remotely, turn him into a toad, no not helpful, I'm running out of ideas, wait there may be something, I guess for the time being I could mind control him but how to pull that off?" Viridia thought to herself. "Wait I know exactly what to do, I'll craft a necklace for the purpose of controlling him that should work" Viridia thought then smirked, she then took off to Shadowhaunt explained the situation to her father and went to go get the nessecary components required for the construction, after an hour with the enchanting table she created a necklace, it was simplistic with the center point being a dark purple crystal infused with the energy of a Red Beholder's eye, allowing for mind control, she then returned to Alfea dawning a new guise before leaving. The guise resembled Darcy in appearance with same hair and eyes she wore an outfit consisting of a red shawl worn over a pale blue ruffled blouse that bears her midriff, a long brown skirt and sandals. She also wore an abundance of jewelry, from the small headband with a diamond hanging at the center to her large hoop earrings to various gold necklaces, bracelets and belts. Her makeup also consisted of lilac-colored eyeshadow with some covering her cheeks at the sides of her face and bold red lipstick, while her hair was pinned up more slightly, as it now flowed down to her buttocks rather than to the backs of her knees. She was now Akiri, a trader in magical artifacts with a cart of said artifacts pilfered from Shadowhaunt's treasury.
Jared walked out to his Windrider and noticed a merchant who hadn't been there when arrived, he was smitten by her beauty and had to ask her questions. "Excuse me who are you" Jared asked presently.
"Oh I'm Akiri, I'm a traveling merchant who sells charms and an artifacts I've found in my travels care to browse my wares?" Akiri greeted.
"Yes; I was wondering do you have anything that involves love magic?" Jared asked hoping beyond hope.
"I regret to inform you no, but I have something that may help, a good luck charm; it will give you good fortune and allow you to find love" Akiri explained fishing out the necklace.
"I'll take it how much" Jared asked fishing out his wallet.
"About 20 bucks" Akiri answered, then handed him the necklace as he handed her the money. Suddenly she held the necklace up and Jared was mezmorized by it and he put it on, his eyes faded to purple hypnotic circles. "Good you are now under my control; for the moment I have no need of your services but I will commune with you when the time comes for now return to Red Fountain and act as normal when I have need of your service I will call on you" Akiri noted, Jared's eyes returned to normal. "Wait I have need of your service for one thing: Follow me" Akiri responded, and Jared followed her off into the forest, she dismissed the cart back to Shadowhaunt and she took him to nearby grove that she had found in her own time and thought would be perfect for private times. "You know I pity you, that you will never have the girl you love, I think you as a virgin deserve real pleasure, I have need of a learning experience for my future broodmate when I find one; so strip" Akiri ordered and Jared removed his clothing. "And mine as well" Akiri added and he relieved her of her gypsy clothing, Jared recovered momentarily as she kissed him. "Shush, its alright don't question it you deserve some pleasure; give me everything you wanted to give Musa" she reassured and he returned to her control; she then spread her legs and examined him, his boner was the exact size as in the simulator, she couldn't help but wonder how he would fit in her, granted she was a virgin and didn't really care she was giving her maidenhood to a man that wasn't going to be her mate, but she needed experience in her mind and Jared was too much of a hottie to pass up as far she was concerned, he entered her, not causing her pain as her barrier snapped in spite of the blood, she smirked and kissed him as he took her missionary style, a certain faceless who was on his way back from a flight over the woods caught sight of the matter and watched it, granted Gripmaw was a perv when he wanted to be but never to Erasiel because he respected his lord too much to spy on his escapades but anyone else's was fair game. Akiri moaned as Jared did as she ordered, it was something she had never experienced in her nine centuries of life, granted given time she would suicide this incarnation for her second one so that her broodmate didn't suspect a thing and to gain his trust; she had her own agenda a certain Phoenix had caught her eye and she intended to make him hers regardless of what her father thought; but she wanted to be prepared for her love with skill, and so far Jared was proving to be a worthy person involved, eventually being a virgin he reached his limit and he and her tumbled for about an hour before she rolled over satisfied and kissed him.
Back at Alfea… "Look who woke up from her nap, are you filling better?" Erasiel stated to a happy Piff. "Who's a sweet girl you are, you are, I love you" Erasiel stated tickling her and she giggled.
"Da-Da" Piff stated, Erasiel picked her up.
"Yes it's me your da-da, I love you my sweet little pixie princess you're so sweet" Erasiel stated, the door to his office opened and Bloom walked in. "Oh hi Bloom what is it?" Erasiel greeted.
"Nathan nice to see Piff's doing better, I'm glad to see her so happy" Bloom stated.
"Yes she is, who's a sweet little pixie girl you are, you are" Erasiel baby talked to Piff who giggled as he kissed her cheeks. "So you needed something?" Erasiel asked.
"Yes in fact, I need help with the whole convergence thing, Stella and I are having problems with the magic, Light and Fire magic have trouble interacting" Bloom stated.
"Did you start any fires?" Erasiel asked.
"No, but we've so far been unable to find a combination that works" Bloom stated.
"Alright then lets look at this from a perspective, what do Light and Fire magic have in common?" Erasiel asked.
"They both bring heat" Bloom stated.
"Yes that's one, the also can't exist without the other, even a lightbulb generates sparks of flame, a star is a burning ball of fire, a campfire gives off light that pushes back the darkness, in short they are two sides of the same coin, they are inseperable, Bloom think of where your power comes from, it comes from the Eternal Flame, Stella's comes from Soloria's three suns which are Eterna Stars, an Eterna Star burns with the Eternal Flame it will never burn out and die like a normal Star, Magix orbits an Eterna Star, in a way Bloom Stella's magic comes from the same source as yours the only difference is the type, Light and fire magic have many things in common, they can burn foes, strength weapons and arms as well as the caster and their allies, but they are also capable of healing, albiet thru different means; Bloom you and Stella have a lot in common in terms of magic, the problem you actually have is that you and Stella have problems seeing eye to eye" Erasiel explained.
"How? We're best friends?" Bloom stated surprise.
"Just because your friends doesn't mean you agree on everything, however to form a convergence you must both agree to put aside your differences and unite as one to pool your magic; in a way Bloom you are quite lucky to have been brought up the way you were, Stella's spent her entire life as royal where as you spent your life a normal human girl, I pity your innocence Bloom; I've seen the worst the multiverse has to offer but also the best; trust me Bloom if you and Stella are unified in purpose you'll be able to form a convergence but until you are able to do that you won't succeed; at the moment you have much to learn about magic and are still innocent to the dangers inherent in magic, but you are a growing young women who's nearly an adult you aren't a kid anymore in order to truly achieve unity you'll need to leave behind your previous views and take a broader view on life" Erasiel explained.
"I see, thanks for your advice I'll see if I can explain it to Stella; question though how naïve do your think I am" Bloom asked.
"Sharper then you look but have much to learn, you aren't as innocent as sweet little Piff but you're a near the age where you will be fully required to start thinking more broadly, you've got a future ahead of you, once you've finished this year and mastered Charmix you'll be moving onto Enchantix which is a Fairy's true coming of age power, then you'll be made a Guardian fairy of your homeworld, then you'll go beyond, there are many adventures ahead" Erasiel stated, Piff giggled.
"Home is behind, the world ahead; and there are many paths to tread. Thru shadow to the Edge of Night! Until the Stars are all alight, Mist and Shadow Cloud and Flame All Shall fade, All shall fade" Bloom sung, Piff giggled with joy.
"A worthy song for the moment, now go and do your best Bloom, You'll be tested soon in the simulator, by the end of the week" Erasiel explained.
"What?!" Bloom exclaimed.
"Yes there is a test don't worry it won't count against your grade if you fail" Erasiel reassured, Bloom turned to leave. "Who's a sweet baby girl? You are! You ARE!" Erasiel baby-talked to Piff as he tickled her face.
"Hungy" Piff stated, Erasiel frowned.
"Hey Bloom, could you do something for me?" Erasiel asked.
"Yes" Bloom replied.
"I need someone to nurse Piff, she's still nursing until her teeth grow in, so could you nurse her for me? If not I'll have Faragonda or Griselda do it for me" Erasiel asked.
"I'll do it, it's the least I can do for you after all you've done for me" Bloom stated then picked up Piff and took a seat in a cushioned chair, she lifted up her shirt to one side and allowed Piff to nurse; something Bloom never experienced before. "You know one of these day's I'll have kids of my own so this is good practice; my mother taught me its healthier for baby's to nurse developing then standerd milk" Bloom explained
"It's even more important with Pixies; it actually accelerates their slow growth, Pixies take longer to grow then you think, usually it can take them 300 years to reach adulthood; Piff's only six months in Pixie years but is 60 in Earth years" Erasiel explained.
"Wow that's a shocker, so are there any male pixies?" Bloom asked.
"Nope, they are a female exclusive species, new pixies come into existance either by breeding with non-pixies or by the Flower of New Life at the foot of the Tree of Life" Erasiel explained.
"How does the first one work if they're so small?" Bloom asked.
"Like this" Zing replied having woken up from her nap, she turned into a human form or rather elven as she had the pointed-ears of an elf, her outfit was the same but she was busty and brawny, her attire was the same as usual.
"So you can turn into human sized Pixies?" Bloom asked shocked.
"Yep" Zing stated and hugged Erasiel.
A Few days later… Faragonda once again was in front of the class. "Students I've noticed the lack of developments on the Convergence studies, the issue you're all having is that you aren't on the same page as your partner, you have to fully agree and commit without argument otherwise the spell won't work at all then you have to stay focused on the magic or face the backlash from the magic failure" Faragonda explained. "In the wake however of this we will be having a test tomorrow, in which multiple Faeries will work together to find harmony in themselves; this test was not originally going to be graded but having gone thru it in my head I've decided that it will be and will count for 10% of your overall grade" she added, to the shock of everyone in the room, even Erasiel.
"You can't do that" Erasiel replied.
"I can and I will, this is an important skill in magic that is required for future courses and transformations, to encourage focus and unity I do believe it will encourage performance" Faragonda stated.
"I see your logic, but I'm protesting this" Erasiel stated.
"Well now that I've got your dandruff up Erasiel what are you going to do about it" Faragonda stated with a smile.
"Well- you're right, I could override it as Head of the Wizard's Council but given that this will make the students preform better in the long-run I will allow this, but it will only counter for the quarter grade not for the yearlong grade: I'm not having students held back because of your rushing them" Erasiel decided.
"Deal" Faragonda stated.
The class continued and a certain disguised Phoenix smirked, this could provide an opportunity to remove the Winx from the picture and allow her father to have less enemies to worry about. "This is too perfect an opportunity to pass up, and I know just the person to take care of the sabotage" Viridia thought to herself and smirked.
"Hey Lesta what's got you happy" Eleanor stated.
"Oh just that I've met the hottest guy" Viridia replied.
"Oh tell me the scoop I have to know" Eleanor asked.
"I'll give you a hint, he's handsome, got an exotic hair color and on top of it he's always around Alfea and he knows his way around the ladies" Viridia explained.
"It's Professor Darkar, I now how you feel, I feel the same way, I just don't know how to approach him" Eleanor explained.
"I see, well there's always the direct approach make small talk and ask him about himself maybe you'll have a shot with him; me I'll just ambush him and ask him what he thinks of me" Viridia replied.
"Wow you're bold, what happened to the shy Lesta I knew growing up" Eleanor stated.
"Easy Love drives you to do crazy things, and it is driving me to be more bold with my feelings" Viridia answered.
"Hey whats all that chatter about back there?" Faragonda asked knowing full well what they were talking about due to her sharp elven hearing, Erasiel also heard of conversation and was smirking.
"Let the ladies throw themselves at me" Erasiel thought to himself.
"Anyway let us continue" Faragonda stated then continued her lesson, 10 minutes later the bell rang and Erasiel floated off with Zing and Livy following him as he held Piff in his arms.
"Sweet baby girl, I love you! I love you!" Erasiel cooed to Piff who giggled as he tickled her neck with a free finger, she wore a frilly baby dress and in place of her bonnet she wore a circlet of silver decorated with tiny garnets and roses. "My sweet little Princess" Erasiel cooed.
"Da Da" Piff said.
"You're such a caring father" Musa commented.
"I know I am, I love my children all of them dearly; especially when they're infants they so cute and adorable and require so much love and attention, don't you Piff" Erasiel replied tickling Piff who giggled.
"I hope that I can have kids too some day" Musa stated solemnly.
"We'll have them, don't worry Musa, just take our relationship at the pace you want to we have all the time in the world; until then I'll still be having kids" Erasiel replied.
"So how much time and effort do you spend with your kids" Musa stated.
"To be honest Musa: Not enough, I wish I could spend centuries playing with my children, but I only have so much time" Erasiel replied.
"I see, well how do you keep up with them all, you must have a lot of them" Musa replied.
"You have no idea, mainly thru Faceless and thru copies of myself, these copies are reflections of myself so am able to be in many places at once" Erasiel stated, Piff started to dose off.
"That's interesting, so how do you tell the genuine article from a copy" Musa asked.
"Easy, the genuine article is always where the action is happening, and right now that's here on Magix" Erasiel explained.
"She's so sweet, you are lucky to have such a wonderful daughter" Flora remarked catching up to them. "Can I hold her?" Flora asked.
"What do you think Piff?" Erasiel askded.
"No-no I want nappy" Piff groaned before falling asleep.
"Sorry Flora, but Piff needs her naps, I'll take her back to her pixie cradle and then catch up to you and the others in Avalon's class, let my cousin know I'll be a bit late" Erasiel replied, then walked in the direction of his office.
Meanwhile…. As the students were at their classes Viridia's mind controlled servant took control of the simulator, Jared's private simulation had been uploaded into a data disk and wiped from the records of the simulator, he then made the modifications to the simulation for the Convergence test and inserted a virus designed by Viridia to trap anyone inside the simulator, any attempt to remove the simulator gear would result in a lethal dose of microwaves; the only way out was to defeat the simulation; after extensive modifications and making sure that only the Convergence test was affected, Jared left the simulator and stealthily left the campus.
That Friday…. A weeks worth of training in the principles of Convergence Magic and the Winx were ready for the test, along with a number of others; for the test each group was divided by dorm; with the Winx in their entirety paired up being the exception; Mirta and those in her dorm would take the test after them; followed by each other dorm in order. "Students this a rather complex simulation and I express my gratitude to Professor Paladium for his efforts, also we have some guests from Red Fountain and Cloud Tower as well Councilmen Yerka, Givelian and Saphrax and Council Woman Irietta from the Wizard's Council's committee on magical academies here to observe, myself included in their ranks; as the rank teacher of this class and Head of the Wizard's Council I am proud to recognize the Heroes of Magix the Winx as the first students to be tested; truly this will be interesting" Erasiel stated then joined his sister and the other council members in observation status.
"Quite, as Headmistress I am pleased to announce that the testing will be the only class today, as soon as a group finishes testing they are free to do as the want with the rest of their day and their weekend, we will be grading on a standard of success of the Convergence, each group with get ten tries to attempt a successful convergence, the most successful convergence will be the graded on" Faragonda explained.
"The Simulator is the latest on upgrades and I've checked the simulation in advance there is no flaws with it" Palladium stated, granted the last time he had checked was two days ago before it had been sabotaged by Jared.
"I hope so it would be a scar on Alfea's reputation if anything were to go wrong" Givelian remarked.
"Please Givelian we both know Palladium is an expert with thessse mattersss; he'sss been doing this tessst for 800 yearsss now" Saphrax stated, he was tall Red-scaled lizardman with a pronounced crest on his head and clad in robes befitting his stature and species, the robes were dark blue-green and silver threaded, he also wore a diadem of polished crystal and held a reptilian staff in his hands topped with a polished stone of memory on it.
"I am confident in his abilities; now let's begin, Winx to the simulator and begin your test" Erasiel instructed, and the Winx followed his direction heading to separate simulator chambers which happened to be all the available ones.
The simulation loaded up to a bleak environment of dark swamps and rotting trees; something which Erasiel and Palladium were surprised by as they had chosen a more pleasant village with a number of puzzles requiring convergences to solve. "This is unusual" Bloom remarked.
"Yes I thought this would be on more even ground" Flora replied, frowning at the dark environment.
"This isn't the test realm" Erasiel remarked. "Someone's messed with the simulator Palladium what's going on?" Erasiel inquired.
"I'm not sure, I can't control any of the simulator's functions, it's a virus that has full control" Palladium stated.
"Virus?! That can only mean one thing Abolithon somehow managed to sabotage the simulator, get them out of this nightmare" Erasiel replied.
"I cannot, in addition to the virus having control of most of the systems there has been tampering with other equipment, if I were to disconnect them from the system now the equipment will send out a burst of microwaves that will fry their brains" Palladium replied.
"Thiss isss an outrage! How hasss thisss been ssabotaged ssoo easssily?!" Saphrax questioned.
"I am not sure, Palladium is there a way for them to get out of the Simulation?" Erasiel replied.
"There is, should they manage to defeat the scenario presented to them the simulation will end and they'll be let out" Palladium stated.
"Run a check for any other viruses" Erasiel ordered.
"I'm unable to do so, the anti-virus and virus detection/indentifaction software has been complete neutered, there is no was for me check for any other things beyond those present in the simulation that we can see" Palladium replied.
"Great now is there anything we can do?" Erasiel asked.
"Yes we can communicate remotely, also there is another simulator chamber perhaps you can enter the simulation and help them" Palladium stated.
"I'll do that, at least I'll come back if I die, Faragonda this test isn't being graded after all, in fact I think the testing is postponed as this is a matter of survival now" Erasiel stated then bolted to the empty chamber and inserted himself into the simulator.
"This is beyond crazy, this swamp is completely getting into my shoes" Stella remarked.
"At least this is a simulation Stella and your real shoes are fine" Selene commented.
"Please girls lets stay focused, we have to find a way out of this place" Bloom stated.
"Well it's not going to be easy" Erasiel stated showing up.
"What are you doing here?" Musa asked.
"Test is off you aren't getting graded on this, in fact this isn't the test at all this is all Abolithon's doing, this is a highly complex virus that has created an entirely unique simulation designed as a trap, I have no idea how Abolithon managed to pull this off but I have a good idea that if we defeat the virus that controls this simulated world we should be able to escape" Erasiel explained.
"Can't we just exit the simulator manually" Flora asked.
"No, in addition to this virus the saboteur rigged the equipment to send out a lethel dose of microwaves to your brains if we tried to remove the equipment the only way out is to destroy the virus allowing us to get out" Erasiel explained.
"You're risking your life to save us?" Diaspro questioned.
"Of course I am, that's what love is all about, risking your lives to protect those you hold dear" Erasiel replied, she then kissed him.
"Alright Winx lets get up in the air and form a diamond formation that way we can't be flanked then we'll find the source of this problem" Erasiel explained.
"Winx! Charmix!" Bloom yelled. (It's the Power of Charmix! Your magical light! The Power of Charmix and you will shine bright! Spread your Wings and fly light it up the Sky its easy if you try!) "Bloom Fairy of the Dragon Flame!" Bloom proclaimed as fire danced around her.
"Flora: Fairy of Nature!" Flora proclaimed as flowers grew where she danced. (If you want to go far never give up on your dreams because you know you're wonderful! Just the Way you are! Deep inside your heart theirs the power of a Winx! Just close your eyes and let it shine!)
"Stella: fairy of the Shining sun" Stella proclaimed as light shined from her.
"Musa Fairy of Music" Musa Proclaimed with rhythm in her movements. (It's the Power of Charmix! Your magical light! The Power of Charmix and you will shine bright! Spread your Wings and fly light it up the Sky its easy if you try!)
"Tecna: Fairy of Technology" Tecna proclaimed her suit pure tech forming on her. (Everyday on the edge! You know what you've got to do: just give your best and you will see you'll never be unknown! We are all for One! Burning Brighter then the Sun! Just open your heart and we will shine!)
"Ayesha Fairy of waves!" Ayesha proclaimed as bubbles popped around her
"Diaspro! Princess! Fairy of Gemstones!" Diaspro proclaimed as gems surrounded her in a spinning circle. (It's the Power of Charmix! Your magical light! The Power of Charmix and you will shine bright! Spread your Wings and fly light it up the Sky its easy if you try!)
"Francis Fairy of Laughter!" Francis declared as bells jingled from her hat.
"Selene fairy of Metal" Selene declared golden armor plates surrounding her body in a dress of metel as her hair was tied by metal beads. (This is what you are and now we can do anything! Now that you're a powered up Fairy! Irresistible! You will be the star come fly with the Winx!)
"Erasiel: Pheonix of order, Regal Relix Armor!" Erasiel proclaimed his articulated interlocking plate armor materialized around him as he put down his battle mask. (It's the Power of Charmix! Your magical light! The Power of Charmix and you will shine bright! Spread your Wings and fly light it up the Sky its easy if you try! It's the Power of Charmix!)
"Alright Winx diamond formation!" Erasiel ordered in a metallic voice, they formed a diamond flight pattern and flew over the boggy swamp. "Alright lets see what we can see" Erasiel noted and the Winx noted.
"There I see something moving down there and it's big" Selene declared, noting a giant menancing purple hided creature plowing over trees.
"Alright we don't know what this is capable of so we'll launch a probing attack, Diaspro you Selene and Flora will get his attention and hit him with some standard attacks, the rest of us will flank him and launch additional attacks" Erasiel stated. "Bloom you and Musa are with me, everyone else teams of three go!" Erasiel stated.
They dived toward the enemy, it was hulking beast of shadows which seemed to be shifting. "Hey ugly your mother was a troll and your father was a Trogalydon!" Diaspro taunted, the monster screamed and turned in the form of large wolf. "AAAGH DOG! Admant blast!" Diaspro screamed as several diamond shards impacted monster which brushed them aside.
"Leaden shards!" Selene casted and bullets materialized from her palms and barraged the creature which shrugged them off.
"Roots! Bind the Monster fast!" Flora casted and tangling vines wrapped the creature which changed shape again into a crab-like creature with multiple pincers.
"Sonic Boom!" Musa casted as sound waves tormented the creature ears.
"Fireball!" Bloom casted, a massive fireball struck home but did minimul damage.
"Laser-pulse Attack!" Tecna casted a barrage of lasers blasted the shell of the creature.
"Joy Blast!" Francis casted as zap of electricity hit the creature for minamul effect.
"Morphix blast!" Ayesha casted and Morphix plasma liquefied one of the claws which grew back near instantly.
"Sun Ray!" Stella casted blinding the creature with light.
"Alright ladies here's the big leagues: Comet of Cassodora!" Erasiel casted and sky opened up and large blue comet crashed into the creature the force of which pulverized it, however as they celebrated the shadowy purple tendrals rematerialized into a new form of a great wyvern.
"Standard attacks aren't working!" Bloom stated.
"Yes they aren't heck I've never seen something tank a Comet of Cassadora: Tecna preform a scan" Erasiel remarked.
"Scanning, the creature appears to be made out of dark magic, the energy is absurd we're talking serious levels of regenartion and magic, but this thing has a weak spot, the Comet nearly vaporized it if we can launch a combined convergence attack this creature would be destroyed" Tecna stated.
"Too risky we need another option!" Erasiel stated extending the Glaive from his staff and proceeding to attack the creature with it.
"Let me think; it's full of dark chaotic energy if we were combat it with some sort of purifying orderly light this thing would die, perhaps a creature of the opposite can do it" Tecna speculated.
"Tecna that's it: if we combine our powers we can make such a creature: I'll delay him the rest of you break out the fusion spells you learned in Professer Kalshara's class last week" Erasiel ordered as he continued his attack. "Try this on for size: Arcane Unforging!" Erasiel casted parts of the creature braking off but healing at the same pace, overall the creature was becoming more unstable Erasiel then cleaved off one of the wings and sent it cratering in the ground.
Erasiel then flew over to the Winx who were forging a titan. "Adament hide!" Diaspro casted, as diamonds materialized on the titan which was humanoid but was a hodgepodge of the various magical components that made it up.
"Now for the final touch: Ordered form!" Erasiel casted and the titan turned from a hodgepodge to a glowing Titan of beauty and power. "Mental link" Erasiel casted.
"Who are you and who am I" the Titan questioned.
"You are a Titan of Order, a creature of Darkness Chaos threatens this world we have bestowed a great amount of our power into you, banish this evil from sight" Erasiel explained, the Titan nodded and charged towards the monster which had taken the form of five headed dragon.
"You have no place is this world: Creature of Darkness" the Titan proclaimed as sent a cascade of raw magic into the creature. "Return to the void from which you came!" The Titan declared. "Ruination of Cities!" The Titan casted and massive blast of energy vaporized both of them out of existance, the simulation faded away and all the Winx woke up in the actual world.
Erasiel walked in to find Faragonda with a bound Jared and the rest of the audience in concern. Suddenly a claxon yelled. "Simulator overload, core fusion reactor compromised evacuate immediately" a computer declared everyone poured out and shortly afterword the Simulator exploded in a great blast which was stopped in it's path by a wall of magic; Erasiel, Faragonda, Givelian, Yerka and Saphrax held back the nuclear blast in an orb of magic and sent the energy and radiation into space.
"Testing canceled for the next month and half until we can replace the simulator" Faragonda stated trying to keep a straight face.
"We don't blame your for this" Erasiel stated. "Whoever's responsible will get it though" Erasiel stated then turned to the bond Jared. Erasiel then noticed something in his eyes and the necklace he wore. "He isn't responsible for this, not of his own free will: Varta Icarna Vos!" Erasiel casted and shadow flew out him and the necklace shattered.
"What happened" Jared asked. "Last thing I remember I was talking to this merchant girl next thing I remember I'm here" Jared explained lucidly.
"I think we know what happened now, one of Abolithon's spies must have made this necklace and allowed Abolithon to control him: this is bad" Erasiel stated.
"Very much so, it means security has become more important" Palladium stated.
"Head Counciler Erasiel, I recommend a new security act be put up to a vote in the Council in an emergency session" Givelian stated.
"I agree, Saphrax send out a call to the council tell them an emergency meeting, Givelian you and Yerka draft a starter bill for the security measures, we'll make ammendments as needed before a full floor vote" Erasiel ordered.
"Now what?" Bloom asked.
"This will be Council Business from this point; as to Jared, no charges will be pressed and the simulator, call a student body council from all three new features and suggestions, in addition to the security bill we will be funding a project upgrade all three school simulators to the best designs, also on top of that Palladium made a copy of the test I want our best tech experts to dissect this virus for future reference and develop new counter-measures for it" Erasiel explained.
"Hey I'm sorry for all this" Jared apologized.
"Don't be you were mind-controlled, you were not able to control your actions; don't worry there won't be a scratch on your school record when this is all over, I won't even mention you to the media" Erasiel stated as he left with the other council members, unaware a certain Pheonix was watching them from the audience.
"Soon Erasiel soon, you may have foiled this plan but I have many more up my sleeve" Viridia stated and smiled.