Mystery Attack
Bloom, Ember, and Daphne are on a bus from Magix City to Alfea, glad to finally be out of the city and somewhere they won't be swarmed by reporters - Daphne's still trying to process the fact that she's got a sister older than her that she, Bloom, or their adopted brothers never knew about until Odin's death. "So…we've got an older sister, who's every bit as deadly as you, and is immortal?"
Bloom shrugs and says "Yeah, more or less. Hela's nice enough, considering the fact that she was used as a weapon for a few hundred years by Allfather then locked away because she couldn't be anything other than the living weapon of mass-war he made her. She got out of her imprisonment, discovered she had three siblings she never knew about, nobody remembered her or knew of her - kind of a big shocker there. She's alright now, hasn't killed anyone since - and she's the only person I can really fight in the training ring, though Brunhilde is a close second - compared to everyone else, at least. She's lightning fast, I can match that though. But the matches between Hela and I can last for a few hours, all the guards were cheering when Hela didn't go down in the first few minutes."
Daphne laughs, and says "I bet, she took all your fight off them and onto her."
Bloom laughs, and then the bus stops at the Alfea gates - but between them and the gates is a mob of reporters. One of them spots the two royal sisters and they all swarm them. Ember jumps up onto Bloom's luggage and growls at them, and Bloom glares and says "Alright, enough is enough. Daph, follow me."
She forces their way through the crowd, elbowing and shoving a path through the reporters roughly. Daphne floats their stuff behind them, with Ember practically grinning smugly at the reporters as they stare in shock.
When they finally get inside, they see students everywhere - who, thankfully, don't rush around the two and start asking questions. Old friends are greeting one another, and others are making new friends - until Grizelda rounds up all the new students saying there isn't a party going on, etc.
Daphne says "Oh, yes, Mrs. Grizelda."
"Oh, not you, Professor. I meant the students."
Bloom laughs quietly, Ember thrums, and Daphne blushes as Grizelda herds all the new students into the building. Bloom says "Daph, you're going to be a great History of Magic professor - nobody knows as much about the subject as you."
Daphne grins, and says "Well…"
"Come on, I might have been the biggest book-fairy in Alfea when I was going here, but I was searching for a way to free you - you know practically everything there is to know about the History of Magic! Now come on, let's go find our room!"
Roxy suddenly calls out "Hey! Bloom, Daphne!" She tackles Bloom in a hug, having arrived just now.
"Hey, Roxy! How's it going?"
"Great! How'd finding Odin go? Oh…sorry."
The look on Bloom's face said it all, but she makes a noticeable effort to be cheerful as she says "Well, he went to Mother. Besides, turns out the four of us are actually five. Odin's firstborn was actually Hela, not Thor."
Roxy's jaw drops, and she asks "…Hela, the Goddess of Death?"
"That's more of an honorary title. She doesn't have power over death, she's just really good at dishing it out. Because of that, I have a new sparring partner!"
Roxy's jaw drops even further, and she says "Nobody can beat you in a fight!"
"Hela's immortal, she's extremely good at sword fighting, and her reflexes and strength are every bit as good as mine. She broke Mjolnir with her bare hand - only one, for the record."
Roxy sputters out a laugh, and asks "How'd Thor take that?"
Bloom shakes her hand back and forth, while saying "Well, turns out he never needed Mjolnir to make lightning, it was just to help him control that part of his powers. He can shoot lightning from his hands like I can shoot fire from mine."
Roxy whistles in appreciation, and asks "So what happens if Loki loses his knife or something?"
"He's the god of mischief, Mother taught him magic and he taught me the same - he'd just be out of a knife, no change in what he can do without it."
"Oh, gotta go see who I'm rooming with this year." Roxy runs into the building after rubbing Ember's neck for a minute, and Bloom and Daphne follow.
When they get up to the apartment they're going to be sharing with the rest of the Winx, they find it's already being moved into by the rest of the Winx. They all have their own rooms this year, and they're free to do whatever they want with them.
Flora's is filled with plants - some of which are getting moved out into the common area - Musa's is already filled with her various instruments and she's sitting on the couch listening to rock music; Aisha's is filled with Morphix workout equipment, and she's running on a Morphix treadmill; Techna's has designs and blueprints for the latest gadgets and inventions she's working on pinned to the walls - one of which is currently on her desk in parts - and Stella has turned her room into a fashion boutique.
They figure this part out when students come down the stairs leading up to Stella's room in new outfits - and one of them drops a poster with Stella's face on it and the title 'Stella Couture' on it. Ember sniffs the talking image of Stella's face curiously, and Bloom makes a handful of strawberries and blackberries appear for her. Stella makes them all new outfits for the school year, and they're amazing.
Jackets and skirts that go to their knees with leggings and ankle boots - with lots of pink and dark grey. Ember jumps up onto Bloom's shoulder and sniffs her new jacket sleeve, then licks her cheek affectionately.
Bloom whispers "I'll put the same spells on this one I did on the last, at least for the pockets." Ember thrums agreeably, just as Grizelda calls up to them from downstairs.
Stella frantically whispers that she can't let Grizelda find out about her boutique, so Bloom makes an illusion of a regular room while Stella hurriedly changes it to match. She comes up with the excuse of cleaning the dust out for the new year, which pleases Grizelda immensely - as Stella has never been the cleanest of students. They're wanted in the History of Magic classroom for Mrs. Faragonda's speech, Daphne especially.
During the speech, Daphne is inaugurated as the new teacher, and then six bright colors fly through the window and swirl around Faragonda. It's the Pixies, all six of them - and the Winx couldn't be happier to see them!
Lockette flies over by Bloom and Ember - who's allowed in the classrooms with Bloom because she's never made any problems before and stays small enough to sit in Bloom's lap and nap - and hugs Bloom's cheek and then Ember's face; getting a rough lick from Ember for it and enjoying it.
Piff has grown up now, she's still the Pixie of Sleep - but she's not taking naps anymore!
Tune is overjoyed to see Musa, Digit and Techna start thinking up a new series of code for her phone, etc.
Chatta says "We just had to come and celebrate! It's Mrs. Faragonda's hundredth year as headmistress of Alfea!"
Grizelda says "Well, I had no idea!"
Mrs. Faragonda smiles and says "It was meant to be a secret, anniversaries make me feel old."
Tune says "That's not all! We brought you a surprise! It's outside!"
There's a giant present box in the middle of the courtyard, and when all the Pixies pull at the large bow it opens to reveal a celebration spell - one that makes a huge party and starts playing music. A table filled with food appears, and everyone starts dancing - Lockette and Stella even pull Bloom into the fun, literally.
Grizelda shuts the dancing down, but Faragonda says she needs to relax a little - it's a party! She then asks Wiz-Giz for a dance, which he happily obliges with.
The look on Grizelda's face is priceless, good thing Bloom and Roxy both get a good look at it while it lasts.
Minutes later, the party is interrupted when the Queen of the Pixies makes a hologram that tells everyone the Gloomywood trolls have broken free and are tearing Pixie Village apart.
When the Pixies and the Winx get there, they find the village is overrun with huge trolls that look like they're made of wood. And they just keep popping up, despite the fact that they were supposed to be locked away forever centuries ago - Bloom's read this story, it ended all that time ago. She's got a very bad feeling about this, but keeps fighting as the trolls keep popping up.
Stella gets the idea to close the massive hole in the ground that most of the trolls are climbing out of, so Bloom throws ten of them back in it in a matter of moments and says "Hey Flora, let's put a plug in this!" They do a convergence, but the trolls somehow break through the spell after a few blows to it.
They suddenly disappear as fast as they showed up, taking all the Pixies they were holding with them. The Winx's bonded Pixies escape, but most of the population of Pixie Village has just vanished from the Magical Dimension!
As the Winx are flying back, Bloom senses something coming towards them fast - and ducks just in time to avoid getting hit by an out-of-control Raven. She catches it with some magic when it's clear that it's losing control of its flight, and floats it back up so they can all get a look at it. It's tail feathers are smoking, like it was hit by lightning, but it's alive.
When it opens it's eyes and sees them, it starts cawing and flapping it's wings like it wants to tell them something. Bloom gets an idea, and says "Hey, hold still, calm down. Can you understand us?"
The bird stops at once and nods it's head. "Ok, let's see then…caw once for yes, and twice for no, alright?" She gets a single caw as a response, and the rest of the Winx cheer.
"Alright, are you hurt?" A single caw.
"Did someone hurt you?" Another caw.
"Are you supposed to be a Raven?" Two caws, making the rest of the Winx gasp in horror.
Ember lands next to the Raven, and sniffs the bird curiously - it shifts away from her slightly, almost nervously. "It's alright, Ember won't hurt you."
Bloom, this bird smells of magic. Magic we know.
"Magic we know…Argh!" Bloom suddenly claps a hand to her head, then all the rest of the Winx feel it to - dark magic, very powerful dark magic.
They hear a massive crash, like something just fell from a huge height - and look over to see Cloudtower flying through the air. The Raven caws in what could be horror and defeat, then hangs it's head - giving Bloom a very bad idea of who this Raven is supposed to be. "No…it can't be…"
Aisha asks "Bloom, what is it?"
"Are you…Mrs. Griffin?" The Raven's head snaps up to look at Bloom, then caws once - and then repeatedly more and starts flapping her wings agitatedly.
All the Winx are horrified, and can't imagine who could be strong enough to defeat her and change her into a bird. "Mrs. Griffin, someone did this to you, didn't they?"
Griffin nods her head sadly, then lets out three caws - and Bloom can guess what that means. "You have got to be kidding me, the Trix?!"
Griffin nods her head emphatically, then passes out.
AN: Yeah, sorry I haven't updated for a few days - been a very stressful few days, trust me. Not abandoning the story, promise. As for the story, more updates are coming soon, feedback is very much appreciated, and the Trix should really know by now that they are going to get their butts kicked easily. And, heads up, Infinity War is coming sooner rather than later now, so there may or may not be a wait for new chapters as I get closer - or there, if it just works out that way. Anyway, Griffin's been turned into a bird, the Trix have taken over Cloudtower, and they can now bring stories to life - joy, but will it be enough to stop Bloom? Probably not, in all honesty, but they can find a bunch of dangerous legends to send after her - hint, hint. Any more suggestions will be much appreciated, already have one and am working on it! No spoilers, but having more people think up myths and legends of any and all kind would be very much appreciated. Thanks, enjoy, thank you for reading this long!