Chapter 21
"Giant bugs' butts to kick"
It's really getting too crowded here
Darkell thought while looking around him. The specialists and him had arrived safely to Alfea after the sudden destruction of Red Fountain. Right now Saladin and Faragonda were ordering all the students around them, trying to fit them all in the main courtyard. Which in Darkell's eyes was an impossible task. Meanwhile he was standing a bit further away from all this chaos next to Palladium and Wizgiz. They were planning the school's next defense strategies. Finally something he used to do in the past.
He was also secretly waiting the Winx's return. Some of the boys had been sent by Palladium through the magical portal to go and get the girls. He had asked to join the little rescue mission however he discovered from Faragonda that a professor couldn't allow himself to abandon his pupils in the middle of a war. Huh, who knew?
Tons of monsters would arrive every hour to attack the school. Even when the
students and their teachers were able to chase them off, more would come and take their place thirty minutes later. It was a really annoying cycle and some of the students were slowly losing their fighting spirit. And he couldn't blame them for it, if it wasn't for Faragonda having some of his powers and the enemy being a bunch of spoiled little girls, he would have gladly given up the fight and joined the enemy.
"We're back!" a very familiar voice called behind him. Through all the chaos of the battlefield he hadn't noticed the small red ship landing not far from him. Its occupants didn't waste a minute and jumped in to fight off the weird dark creatures that were attacking their classmates. All the Winx were present and transformed. Including his favorite flower fairy who was right now flying over all their heads spreading carnivorous plants on the battlefield.
A few minutes later all the monsters had been destroyed or had run away. And the school could finally have some time to rest after their tiring battle. He sat down on the grass not bothering to go and look for a seat. This on and off fight was starting to irritate him. So he closed his eyes and tried to focus on the peaceful silence around him. The key word would be ''tried" because as soon as he closed his eyes, something came out of nowhere crashing into his chest and circling its arms around his neck.
"Professor Darkell! l'm so happy you're okay !" Flora said, relieved to see him without any serious injuries.
"Flora please when you're half sitting on my lap don't call me Professor, it is inappropriate." He told her while shifting their position so they were both comfortable on the grass. They didn't notice the crowd around them awkwardly observing the affectionate display between the mage and the flower fairy.
We don't think that her calling you" Professor is the problem here.
They all thought while watching the two interact. Unlike Darkell, Flora finally realized the weirdness of their position and jumped out of his arms and sat a safe distance away from him, a soft pink rising to her cheeks.
Why do these things always keep happening to us!? The young girl thought while secretly watching her professor peacefully rest next to her.
"So can I just call you Darkell outside of school?" She asked him after having thought over his words for a few minutes.
"Darkell or Dimitri whatever I don't care." He answered nonchalantly. Her eyes widened in surprise at his casual answer. She couldn't call her teacher by his first name, that was completely against the rules!
But before she could share her opinion about it to him, they were joined by her loud group of friends. It seems that they were arguing about who should go and rescue the witches in cloud tower. Musa, Tecna and Flora refused to be left behind while Stella, Bloom and two of the red fountain boys went to Cloud Tower. Darkell just waited for their little quarrel to end. They were ruining his break. And fortunately for him it ended quickly with Bloom and Stella winning the argument and departing in the airship.
Flora sat back down next to him. She had wrapped her arms around her knees, staring anxiously at the slowly disappearing ship.
"They will be okay. Don't worry so much. We don't have time for that. We need to prepare for the imminent battle." He told her while placing a hand on her shoulder. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves down before nodding to him, showing him she understood the situation.
He reached out to her and helped her get up from her crouched position. He winked at her and joked.
"Now come on we have some Giant bugs' butts to kick!"
She laughed while following him to the center of the courtyard where everyone was being gathered by Faragonda and Palladium.
