I'm back ? Yes, you're not dreaming.
By the way I'm not abandoning this story, ever, so don't worry XD
Mercanlike : thank you ^^
Winx4Ever : you're adorable, thank you.
Heato-kun : tu as beaucoup trop d'espoir, désolée XD
VampireNinja1706 : your story has a really good start, honestly, and I can't wait to read more.
They were faced with a hard choice.
Now that their teachers knew about their affiliation with Valtor, they had to either confront them, or make them forget. Most of them agreed on the first option, but the Wizard seemed confident when he said the only solution was the second.
Bloom couldn't help but silently agree. It was obvious Miss Faragonda was going to go ballistic at the simple sight of him. She fought him, after all, and lost dear friends because of him. She lost her childhood fighting a war because of him.
They still decided to enter the room where their professors rested with their heads high, and the dark Wizard following them closely.
The first hint they got as to how bad the situation would become was the opened door. As runaways, one would've expected them to be as discreet as possible. But they shrugged it off, trusting their professors, and entered the room.
They expected screams or threats, but not complete silence.
They tensed up as soon as she saw the guards surrounding the room, Astrid with glowing handcuffs on who made it impossible to move her wrists, and the professors down on the ground.
'What's happening here ?'
The guards looked at each other, caught off guard by the sudden appearance of their Princess. The only one who reacted was standing beside Astrid, and he stood out amongst all the security men. His long blue cape alone made him distinguishable. But the shining sword strapped at his waist also caught the attention of everyone.
'We found traitors in our own castle, Princess Stella. Rest assured this will not happen again.'
Bloom and Stella exchanged a look.
'Release them now, they are under my protection.'
The guard raised a curious eyebrow.
'I'm sorry Princess Stella, but their identity has been checked. They are not who they appear to be, your real professors are in your school. Do not worry, the situation is under control'
Stella let out a long sigh, her patience running thinner by the second.
'When your Princess gives you an order, you obey.'
Flora bit her cheek at the scene before her. She was the one holding onto the Pixies, and without saying a word, she slowly stepped back out into the corridor, ready to fly away as fast as her wings would allow her.
'I can't, the Magical Council has ordered to capture these criminals and bring them before justice. Solaria must obey.'
'Me and my father may have to agree to what the Council says, but you have to answer to me before anyone else.'
'I'm sorry Princess Stella, but this isn't a matter you can just-'
Of course it had been a question of time before any other guard noticed the dark wizard standing behind them all, and as one of them ran towards the General, they all winced and prepared to attack, even in their weakened state.
'I'm sorry Princess, but I have to ask the reason as to why this man is here ?' The General asked with his eyes set on Valtor, while his hands slowly moved to grasp the handle of his sword.
'It is none of your business General, there are things happening that are bigger than what you could ever imagine.'
'What I know is that you're bringing war criminals inside our own castle, and that I cannot tolerate.'
'You have to, you answer to-'
'Your father, Princess Stella. With all due respect, until you take your rightful place on the throne, I do not have to do as you say.'
'Very well then.'
The light of her transformation surprised her friends, but they quickly followed her example.
'Winx, we have people to free.'
With that said, she immediately started attacking the General, while the others tried to keep the other guards off. Flora stayed in the corridor, unsure of what her next action should be.
'There are six of them,' informed Tecna.
'A piece of cake,' laughed Musa as she used her sonic attack on three of them at once, bringing them to their knees, holding their hands over their ears.
'I have to agree,' said Layla as she trapped two of them in Morphix bubbles. 'The security isn't as good as it used to be.'
'Focus girls,' answered Tecna with a roll of her eyes, while she conjured an electric prison.
Bloom heated up the whole thing, and it disappeared in an electric explosion with smoke all around, letting the unconscious guard fall to the ground.
They redirected their attention on the General and Stella.
'Let's get the teachers,' commanded Tecna, leading Layla and Musa towards them.
They helped them stand up. They were so weak it was difficult to believe it, but they ignored that fact and led them outside, Miss Griselda heavily relying on Musa. They passed Valtor, who did not even bother to look at them as he stepped aside to let everyone get out as fast as possible. They started running with Flora leading them on.
'You've lost General, I really don't want to fight you,' breathed out the blonde.
Bloom looked behind her, and locked eyes with Valtor.
His whole body was tense, ready to react if anything were to happen. For some reason, he seemed to be hesitant as to join the battle. The red head could understand, as she perfectly knew what would happen if he was caught, but she was still surprised at the fact he didn't seem thrilled to fight anyone. To show-off how powerful he was.
She furrowed her eyebrows, questions running in her head, before the General brought her back to reality.
'You're a traitor to your own nation !'
He stepped forward, his sword dangerously close to Stella's chest, but she cleared out of the way and answered by blinding him with Solaria's light, making him groan and step back.
This let Bloom the opportunity to fly past him and reach Astrid.
'Just get me out of those things,' she said as brought her wrists up.
'I don't know ho-'
'Just touch that damned button.'
She brought her right wrist under Bloom's nose, and the red head blinked when she realized there was a big, blue button on the side. It was the size of a finger. The red head hesitantly brought her hand closer to it, somehow expecting it to blow-up.
'Are you sure ?'
'Yeah. They're designed to make prisoners see how to take them off, but they cannot touch it themselves.'
'Oh.'
'Just touch it with one of your damn fingers so we can get out of here !'
At that moment, something exploded behind the two of them, and made Bloom turn around.
Stella and the guard were on both sides of the room, as if they'd been sent into the walls by some unexpected force. Valtor still stood outside, his eyes onto the General.
The Solarian Princess groaned, opened her eyes with obvious difficulty, and stepped forward as she fell into a fighting stance. Her gaze fell onto her two friends. She shook her head towards the door, before focusing onto the General.
'Come on !' Pressed Astrid.
Bloom immediately pressed her finger onto the cuffs, and they immediately fell down to the ground, the light slowly subsiding. The red head then started running towards the door, knowing Astrid was following closely.
It was when the red head had almost reached Valtor that she saw his eyes widening suddenly, and knew something was wrong.
'Stella !'
Bloom turned around, just in time to see Astrid running back towards her best friend stumbling backward as the sword of the General came down on her. A scream came out of her throat before she could control it, but it was too late for her to do anything.
She watched in horror as Astrid pushed Stella out of the way as the sword cut through her back like butter, and blood covered the three of them.
The two Solarian Fairies fell to the ground, Astrid in Stella's lap, while the General stepped back, seemingly taken aback.
Bloom felt the dark energy take over her, and before she could control herself, she threw the General towards the wall.
There was no trace of smile or satisfaction of what he did, but this wasn't enough for the girl. She created a circle of fire around him, and created more smoke than she ever did. It filled the whole little prison she just created.
She heard him fall to his knees as his armour hit the ground, but didn't stop there, even though she couldn't see him anymore as the flames got higher and higher. She made sure it would get hotter in there, and couldn't stop herself, even when the thought of him possibly dying entered her head.
The spell dissipated nonetheless, and she turned towards the Wizard, sensing his magic altering hers.
'What do you think you're doing ?!'
His eyes didn't betray any emotion as they met hers.
'You're going to kill him.'
'So what ?'
He blinked in surprise, but before she could let herself get any more angry, a blinding light came from Stella.
Bloom and Valtor had to close their eyes and turn around, letting it subside.
'Astrid !' Screamed Stella.
They heard another laugh, and both Dragon Flame keepers turned around in shock.
Standing before them was Astrid, in a beautiful blue and purple gown, perfectly assorted to her now blue hair. It was flowing like feathers in the wind. She also had two pigtails, with little purple braids in it. A little crown had appeared onto her forehead, made of a deep blue with a purple stone in the middle of it.
Her wings were very simple, but bigger than what Bloom had ever seen. They were of a beautiful gold on the sides, and completely transparent on the inside, but somehow still shone like crystals. They were very sharp on the edges, a little like what Flora had.
She was standing on her toes, as if it was the most natural position in the world, and golden laces went up her legs, starting from her big toes and reaching her knees.
Her eyes were also of a deeper purple now. It made her seem a lot more grown-up than minutes ago, when she was still blonde and in her civilian clothes.
'You're alive,' breathed out Bloom as Stella embraced her friend.
The red head stepped back, eyeing the General in the back of the room. She could see he was breathing too, and she had to control herself when she felt tears in her eyes threatening to fall down.
'Let's get out,' said the Wizard to everyone of them.
Stella took her friend's hand, heading out, but Astrid didn't move past the corridor.
'I'm sorry Stella,' she said with a little smile. 'I have to stay, for my family. I don't want to worry them.'
'But the guards will-'
'I can hide myself, don't worry. I trust you to clear out this mess, like you always do.'
They stared at each other, and with one last hug, they each went their separate ways.
Bloom got chills as her eyes met Astrid's, feeling totally naked under her gaze. The power that now radiated from her was more powerful than what she'd ever seen in her life, except maybe in Lord Darkar's Fortress, when the Trix attacked them. But assuredly, their Charmix could not compare.
Astrid also seemed wiser. The energetic and bubbly girl was still there, that much was obvious, but something made Bloom frown as the blue haired Fairy gracefully took off the ground, golden powder falling from her wings.
'The others must be in the gardens,' said Stella as she slowly took off the ground, obviously exhausted.
She didn't wait for them to follow her though, and Bloom had to stop staring at Astrid..
They were quickly outside, unspotted by the many guards that seemed to make their way into the room they just left. Bloom could feel the anger coming off in waves from her friend, and bit her lip as she knew that tonight would be catastrophic.
They had to find a place to stay before the night came upon them, and would have to talk to their professors about the reason the dark Wizard was with them.
They finally came out, and were met by Musa who quickly led them to the others.
Stella almost passed out when her feet touched the ground, and let Flora help her rest against a tree. Tecna and Layla were by their teacher's side, although none of them were talking. All of their eyes had settled on the three, and more precisely on Stella who still had a lot of blood on her.
'What happened ?' Immediately asked their Headmistress, unable to hide her worry.
'I'm alright,' reassured the Princess. 'Something happened to my friend but she's… good.'
Everything fell into quietness, as the professors eyed the dark Wizard with hatred burning in their eyes.
'Now girls, I am very happy that you came to rescue us, but why is this man with you ?'
Bloom sighed.
'It's a long story Professor.'
'And one I want to hear,' insisted Miss. Faragonda.
'One you'll hear later,' cut in the Professor Avalon. 'For now, we need to focus on finding a place to hide. Surely those guards will come after us.'
'Solaria isn't safe for us anymore,' nodded Tecna. 'And there are only two places we could go to.'
Bloom turned to her friend, worried.
'I'm sorry, but we have to go to Earth. It's the only place they can't check.'
So Astrid got her Enchantix ? Yep. This is kind of an introduction to what I want to do.
I always hated how the Winx looked. It was very underwhelming. The dresses were far from realistic (like hi, everyone can see their panties, how are they supposed to look menacing/impressive ?), and I couldn't understand how they stood on their tippy toes like that. So here, my idea to make it a little bit more grown up, I hope you like that idea.