Cloudtower Flying
The next day, most of the Winx are at Lynphea to see the Specialists train and get new weapons - they were invited, after all.
They get there only to see the Specialists with a group of other fighters, and Sky and one of them are really going all-out in the match between them. Brandon whispers to Stella that Sky said the boy with brown hair who he's fighting is his many-times removed cousin, but they don't really seem to get along. It's pretty clear they have a history, and it's not good - especially when the fight ends with a tie and both opponents glaring at each other balefully.
The instructor says "Alright, enough." He then spots the Winx in summer dresses Stella designed for them, and says "Ah, Winx. Good, you're here." He turns to everyone and says "I asked the Winx here, Bloom specifically, to help with your training."
Thoren, Sky's cousin - just to make it simpler - asks "Bloom…as in Princess Bloom of Domino?"
"Correct. Princess Bloom also happens to be one of the most skilled fighters in the magical Dimension, if not the best. Wait, where is she?"
Techna says "Bloom and Daphne were setting up her classroom when you called, she said she'd be here soon."
Suddenly, a fireball comes out of nowhere in the air, and Ember flies through it. The Specialists all cheer, the Paladins - the other group of fighters they're training with - all grab their weapons. They relax though when Ember lands and Bloom slides off her, saying "Sorry I'm a bit late, turns out setting up a classroom tends to go wrong at the very last minute. Have I missed anything?"
"No, not at all, Princess Bloom. Everyone's just picked out their magical weapons."
"Oh, great. Please, just call me Bloom. No 'Princess' required." Ember shrinks down with a flash of light, and then Sky goes over to pet her.
Thoren asks "She's supposed to help us train better?"
Bloom smirks and says "Well then, I'm sure you won't object to being the first to prove I don't know how to fight without magic."
Sky smirks, and whispers "Kick his butt for me, Bloom."
He moves out of the way with Ember as Thoren says "You don't even have a weapon!"
Bloom smiles thinly, and says "I do, actually, but I don't need them to fight either. Hand-to-hand, with a sword, with a knife, with magic, anything works for me. How would you like to fight?"
Thoren and the other paladins seem taken aback by her casualness, and the instructor laughs and says "Don't be tricked by her casual demeanor, Bloom here can hold her own against many of the best fighters in the Dimension. Now, Thoren, would you like to go first since you seem so confident?" Thoren nods, and the instructor says "Bloom, magic from your weapon only. Let the fight begin!"
Thoren slams his hammer down into the ground, causing an earthquake that splits the ground open - Bloom does a flip to the side and swings her sword, which she pulls out in an instant, in a complicated move that releases a wave of magic that knocks Thoren on his back. He has a rematch with her immediately, and this time she does a flip over him and his swing that puts her behind him - he only realizes what happened what he's suddenly got a face-ful of grass and hears one of his friends yell "Thoren, move!" They all gasp immediately after though, and he looks up to see Bloom holding his hammer by the head with one hand - she caught it as it was falling for his head.
A few rounds later, and all the Paladins are bruised and sore - Bloom let them try anything they wanted, including fighting her all together, nothing worked, they didn't even leave a scratch on her. The Specialists were grinning and smirking hugely all through the whole thing, Sky especially whenever Thoren ended up on the ground.
Miele, Flora's sister, came to watch - and was nearly in helpless giggles by the time Bloom stopped dancing through their weapons and let the Paladins all get out of the fight.
Now it's the Specialists' turn, they opt to fight Bloom all at once - because they've spent enough time and training sessions with her to know that they won't last a minute on their own. She knows their fighting styles, knows how they think and what their first move will likely be - at least in a group they have a bit of an advantage with who will go first and such.
Right before the match can start, the Winx and Nabu all feel an amazingly powerful source of dark magic - and look up to see Coudtower Castle flying towards Lynphea College!
Everyone gasps, and then things only get worse when the Treants all around the college come to life and start attacking. The legend goes that the Treants were once brave knights who took the form of great trees - but they were good knights, who wouldn't attack the college!
There's dark magic pouring off the Treants, the same magic that was coming off the Trolls in Pixie Village - which can't be a coincidence. One time could've been the magic of the trolls, twice means someone is doing this stuff.
The Winx transform, the Specialists and Paladins get ready to fight, and Ember grows to her full size. Bloom hits the nearest Treant with a Dragon Kick, saying "I'm betting the Trix made the school fly, if they could beat Griffin and turn her into a Raven!"
Techna says "Your right, but how'd they get so powerful? And how are they doing all this?"
"I don't know girls, but I want to find out and stop them. Let's go!"
Sky yells "You girls go up to Cloudtower, we'll hold the Treants off!"
Bloom nods, and then they take off towards Cloudtower - Bloom's sword still out and burning brightly. Miele transforms and helps the guys, making Flora overflowing with pride for her little sister.
When the Winx get into Cloudtower, after flying through a swarm of crows and avoiding some lightning, they can feel a powerful source of negative energy in the castle - and then some witches attack. Despite the sight of Bloom's sword in her hand.
She blocks all their attacks at once, and sweeps them to the side with a wave of fire from her sword. When they get to the Auditorium, they see the Trix have gotten another makeover and outfit change - and that there's a girl with long, green hair holding a book next to Darcy, who hides behind the three stronger witches in a bid to make herself seem less important and maybe not get hurt.
"The Trix, why am I not surprised? Oh wait, that's right - the past four times you tried to take over the Dimension."
The girl with green hair mutters "She's got a sword, you guys didn't say she had a sword."
Darcy fakes a yawn and says "You didn't really think you'd gotten rid of us, did you? We like to keep things interesting."
Bloom rolls her eyes, and says "When you two ditched Icy and Tritannus last year, I thought you'd finally grown some brains between the two of you. I was proven wrong when you attacked Daphne's party with the Creature of the Depths - I'd have thought you'd know I have a sword and knife by now though, and that I'm not bluffing about using them either." The girl hiding behind the Trix stiffens in shock, which Bloom instantly notices, and she says "Yeah, new girl, ask Icy about the time they tried to kidnap me from Roccaluce Gorge. It didn't end well for her, well, any of them but Icy especially."
Stella adds "And besides, the only thing interesting I see here is the outfit change. That all you got?"
Icy yells "Enough! Time to get down to business. Witches, after them."
About a dozen witches fly out of nowhere and attack them, Stella says "Bloom, you take the Trix, we'll handle their lackeys." Bloom nods, and lands in front of the Trix with her sword ready.
All three stiffen and glance at each other nervously, wondering what Bloom's planning for this fight. Truth be told, Icy's terrified of Bloom - has been ever since she went ballistic on them in front of the Emperor's Throne. Getting stabbed by Bloom was a shock to her, they'd never expected she'd actually use it for the obvious purpose of stabbing someone. Her near-death experience that was stopped when Darcy and Stormy showed up with the Singing Whales of Melody was a big wake-up call for her, and the incident at the Throne pushed Icy from worried about what Bloom would do to them to terrified - she's also secretly promised herself she'd never go after Bloom's family ever again.
Bloom's confident smirk at their reactions pushes Stormy from nervous to angry, especially when she asks "What's the matter? Finally decided you don't want you butts handed to you over and over again? If I didn't know any better, I'd say you all were afraid." Stormy shoots lightning from her fingertips, which Bloom blocks with her sword easily. "Yeah, see, my brother recently started doing that - you remember him right Storm? Blonde hair, hammer, I'll kill you if you go near him?" She tries again, but Bloom blocks it just as easily - then sweeps her hand to the side and Stormy goes flying into the wall.
Darcy tries next, teleporting over and making illusions of herself surrounding Bloom. "Can't hit me if you can't find me, Bloom. What'cha gonna do about that?" Bloom's smirk says she's got this, as she says "Yeah, that never worked on me from the start - and it never will, unless you know how to make your illusions start putting out heat constantly at the same rate you do that is." Bloom then takes Darcy by surprise by teleporting in front of her and hits her with a Dragon Punch, sending her slamming into Stormy painfully.
"Ow, sister, did you have to stand between her and me? I'm seeing double again."
"In hindsight, maybe this wasn't such a good idea."
Bloom smirks at Icy, and says "What, leaving your sisters to do all the work, Icicle? Or am I right when I guessed your scared?"
Icy fakes a laugh, and asks "Of who? You?"
"Yes, of me. Of what I've survived, despite all you've done to try and end me. Of what I can do - of what I am." Bloom smiles not-nicely at Icy, knowing she's reminding the ice-witch of a dragon and not caring - it's their own faults, after all. Bloom takes a step forwards and Icy mirrors it in the opposite direction - still glaring at Bloom as best as she can while backing away from the all-powerful fairy they've been a thorn in the side of for years now. "Yeah, you see, you went and took Daphne, that's kind of a no-no in my book. You can go after me until the universe ends, but nobody, and I mean nobody goes after my family - for any reason."
The fire on her sword is getting higher, and the green-haired girl quietly moved out from behind Icy to get over to Darcy and Stormy. She whispers "You three said she was strong, dangerous. You didn't say she was this freaking deadly and has a sword and knife!"
They hear the sound of Icy's magic being cast, and Darcy says "Selina, she's not your typical fairy…"
Stormy says "Oh crap…and she's behind you."
Icy's on the ground unconscious, there's no giant pool of blood so she's probably not dead, and Bloom's standing maybe five feet away from Selina with a halfway curious expression - directed towards the book in her hands.
I can't let her get the Legendarium!
"So, Selina's your name. I assume they told you who I am."
She nervously says "Bloom…Fairy of the Dragon Flame."
"Yeah, don't know why they keep attacking me if they know I'm so powerful - and that I have weapons and know how to use them."
Stormy asks "What'd you do to Icy?"
"She decided to take a nap for a bit, what's with the book?" Bloom twirls her sword in her hand expertly, and Selina makes a shield around herself in response. "Alright, so that's how you want to play it." The rest of the Winx land, and spread out in a semi-circle around the three witches.
They all attack, but that book is stronger than they thought - the shield holds and then they're sent out of the castle and falling to the ground; and all but Bloom are stripped of their powers!
The last thing any of them knows is Ember roaring up from under them and then darkness takes all the Winx.
AN: Yeah, I just loved having Bloom scare the crap out of all of them! You'd think they'd learn, but their lust for power just won't seem to end - despite being stabbed, slammed around hard, threatened with death, nearly killed because they were so stupid as to threaten Bloom's sister, and everything else that's happened. So, I decided to give Icy something to worry about - namely, Bloom ever having reason to go ballistic on them. Ever. Anyway, enjoy! Now I bet you all can guess why I'm looking for myths for Selina to pull out of the Legendarium - if not, no spoilers. BTW, started a side-story for this one, called 'Bloom in Asgard Side-story' - hope you all like it, suggestions and requests appreciated, etc. Enjoy, not giving up on anything!