Chapter 15: I should disintegrate you
A few days had passed since the day of the Rose. The girls were taking a stroll in the school's courtyard.
"Every night I have the same dream. A beautiful young woman appears in front of me and calls my name and tells me to follow her. But I can't move and she won't tell me who she is!" Bloom explained to her friends.
"It's probably just a dream." Stella replied nonchalantly while checking her nails.
"No, I'm telling you it felt so real!" The red head exclaimed.
"If you want Bloom I can do a scan of you. It'll maybe help us find out about that weird lady." Tecna proposed helpfully.
"Thank you Tecna!"
While that was happening Stella was blabbering about her prince charming to Flora and Musa.
"The prince is so dreamy! I can't wait for him to ask me on a date…"
"Yeah we know you can't stop talking about him for more than five seconds." Musa teased her.
Suddenly a mischievous gleam appeared in Stella's eyes.
"Oh please Musa! We all know that you like Riven. But he seems much more interested in a certain witch…"
"STELLA!" Flora scolded her blond friend angrily when Musa ran away, tears running down her cheeks.
"And you Flo are completely denying the attraction between you and professor Darkell…"
"That's completely…"
Of course Stella wasn't finished.
"I'm ready to bet that there is something going on between you two, you just won't admit it."
She smiled proudly as if she had just uncovered the world's greatest mystery. Flora just rolled her eyes at her friend and went in search of Musa.
When she finally spotted her, the music fairy was climbing on a bus to Magix.
While that was happening, Darkell and Faragonda were discussing a very important and debated matter. The dark wizard's confiscated powers.
"Thirty years ago, when I took on this job I was informed of your situation thus taking on the responsibility of deciding and watching over your sentence. This duty has been passed along, headmaster to headmaster for centuries now. There have been times especially at first where you couldn't be trusted unless rid of all your powers and locked up in Alfea's dungeons. Of course your situation got better. People started trusting you little by little, letting you move into a private office near Alfea's main library. 90 years ago my predecessor offered you the opportunity to create Alfea's history course that would be taught to the students. And just 20 years after that you were allowed to teach classes. Also gaining back at the same time your teleportation magic…"
Darkell only listened half-heartedly to her really long 'you are on the path of redemption 'speech.
"Today I am proud to say that your actions this year, saving your students not once but twice, show that you well deserve my trust and that means you'll be given back a few of your powers back. I hope you will use them for good reasons and selflessly." She finished her sentence by looking at him pointedly. A serious expression on her face. Suddenly a red glow surrounded him. He felt warm on the inside followed by the sensation that something that had been missing from his being for ages, was finally back. He took a deep breath, bowed respectfully to her, said his thanks and rushed out of that clamped up office.
'Finally I thought that the old wench would never stop talking!' he thought relieved and free. Stepped out in the courtyard for some fresh air. Something he hadn't been able to do in the past for a longtime.
'I've spent too much time in this hell but I 'm almost there, l almost have all my powers back, I'm on the right track to freedom.'
But before he could even climb down all the entrance's stairs, he was surprised by the sudden appearance of one of the red fountain's aircraft. It landed just a few meters away. It's landing was not discreet at all. And of course the fairies being picked up by this loud and flashy machine was none other than the Winx themselves.
'These machines are bloody useless in my opinion. In my time, we didn't need those noisy things. We relied on our own flying and magical powers.'
He waited a few minutes for it to fly away before going back in. Already imagining the hundreds of copies waiting for him on his desk.
"Hey guys, thanks for picking us up!" an overjoyed Stella greeted the boys.
"I don't know what we would have done if you hadn't answered our call." Bloom added smiling, grateful for their help.
"So you're looking for your friend Musa, right? She ran off, you said?" Timmy asked, confused. Tecna was the one who answered first while sending a glare in the blond princess's direction.
"She ran off because some people don't know when to stop talking! " Stella just shrugged her shoulders sheepishly, she didn't feel like it was that big of a deal. But before an argument could explode between the two girls, Timmy put a stop to it by declaring that they had arrived.
When the aircraft was safely on the ground, they stepped out one by one. The first thing they saw was Musa cornered by a dozen witches. Including the Trix.
"GUYS!" the pigtailed fairy yelled. The Bullying scene quickly transformed into a full blown fight. Because of their numbers and the Trix's powerful dark magic, the witches were winning hence the fairies were getting their butts kicked. Tecna was passed out on the floor, probably from one of the witch's spells. Timmy was trying to wake her up but was failing miserably. Musa was fending off Darcy's attacks. Bloom was trying to avoid getting hit by Stormy's lighting. Stella was stuck behind one of the flaming cars. The boys were trying to reach the girls but they were stopped by the swarm of witches. Flora was just hit by one of Stormy's electric shots. It sent her slamming into one of the buildings knocking her out instantly.
Bloom couldn't stand watching all of her friends getting hurt by these evil girls. Something in her started to grow. She suddenly felt warm and powerful. A magical and strong light began to glow around her. Then a powerful blow followed, knocking all the witches off their feet. Everybody turned to the light's direction in shock.
"What is that?!" yelled Brandon. Not understanding what was happening.
Some of the witches ran away in fright, others were paralyzed in awe. When it finally faded away. Its creator Bloom fell to the ground in exhaustion.
"HOW DARE THEY EMBARRASS US LIKE THAT!" Stormy yelled enraged. She was half lying half sitting on the ground no longer standing because of the force of Bloom's spell. "THEY WILL PAY!" she lifted her two arms in the air, lightning appeared on the tip of her fingers, dark clouds started to gather around her. Her eyes were glowing a weird dark pink.
"This is bad." Thought Stella, running to Bloom's side. She really didn't want her almost unconscious friend to be electrocuted to death. However out of nowhere a crimson red light appeared on the ground. And when it disappeared, at its place stood the one and only Professor Darkell. A very angry Darkell. His magical aura seemed to be even redder than before. The same color as blood.
"You know what I despise the most?" he said in a threatening tone. Power oozing around him. His glare set on the three witches. "I despise people who don't do what I ordered them to do! And you know what I hate even more?!" The Trix took a step back in surprise from the amount of dark magic surrounding him.
"Isn't he an Alfea teacher? Why is his aura so dark?" Whispered Darcy to her sisters. They both were too occupied by the deadly looking teacher to answer her.
"I absolutely hate it when not only am I disobeyed once but TWICE!" He lifted his hands in a particular way. It seemed like he was drawing signs in the air. He recited a long and complicated incantation in an unrecognizable language. Everybody's eyes widened when weird symbols or runes appeared on the three witches' bodies.
"What's happening?" cried Icy.
"I can't move!" shouted Darcy.
"MMMHMMHGEMMH…" tried to yell Stormy but a few of the runes were covering her mouth stopping her from opening it. Stella couldn't stop herself from grinning at the sight.
Darkell continued.
"You know, I should disintegrate you right here right now. But I won't. Not because I feel pity. Oh no. I won't do it because first I don't want to dirty my hands with filth like you and second, I know that my good friend Griffin will have something very special planned for you." And at that they disappeared in a puff of smoke.
It took some time for the rest to let everything sink in. But when it did Stella was the first to speak of course.
"From now on Sir you're my absolute favorite teacher." She declared punching her fist in the air. He raised a brow at the blond student.
"From now on… you mean I wasn't before?" He said half-jokingly. She scratched her head choosing not to answer.
After that little show, everybody started carrying the injured to the aircraft. Timmy, Sky, Brandon carried Tecna, Bloom and Musa while Stella was shredding her teacher's ears off with her high pitched voice and many many questions.
"How did you know to come help us? Where did you learn to do that? Was that Dark magic? Where did you send those horrible witches off too...".
He chose to only answer the first question.
"Flora called me asking me to come and help." He said coolly checking on Tecna and Musa's injuries.
"I knew it. You and Flora are dating. You see Flora's been denying it when I ask her but..."
"Wait a minute!" He interrupted her brutally. He had stopped listening to the talkative fairy for a certain time now. Because something had not felt right. And he finally just realized what it was.
"Where's Flora?" The Flower fairy wasn't anywhere near the aircraft. He instructed the Solaria princess to go and search for her in a certain direction while he went the other. He chose to fly. From the sky it would be easier to spot her. And he quickly did. She was lying unconscious on one of the roofs, she was covered in rubble and scratches.
He swooped down and pulled her into his arms making sure she wouldn't fall. She was quite light, he thought. He noticed that she was breathing. And her heart was beating at a normal pace against his chest. He was sort of grateful she wasn't dead. She was part of his list of persons he didn't want dead. And that list was really short. Almost nonexistent.
He flew into the aircraft, placed her on one of the tables and sat at her side. He didn't pay very much attention to the discussion happening behind him between the girls. He was more focused on making sure his fairy didn't fall off the table.
"You see I was totally right, Musa." The latter just rolled her eyes at her friend's antics.
"About what?" asked a confused Bloom?
"Well about, you know, Musa and her crush on Riven. And I was right about Tecna, and also about you Bloom. And I was totally right about Flora."
"I'm totally over that now!" Replied an annoyed Musa. Bloom seemed to still not understand what was going on. Tecna just ignored them.
"I mean, come on, Flora has Professor Darkell's phone number. Doesn't that just prove it?"
"You gave your phone number to Flora, Professor?" asked innocently and surprised Bloom to the professor.
"A few days ago, I went to see her to give my number in case anything like this would happen. If you haven't noticed, you girls attract a lot of trouble. I thought it would be safer if you could contact me."
"But why Flora?" said a suspicious Stella.
"She seemed the most trustworthy." He answered automatically.
Stella frowned at his reply but didn't insist more. Because at that moment Flora woke up.
"Well good morning sleeping beauty!" joked Stella, making everyone laugh. (Except of course Darkell and a really confused Flora.)
