Chapter 30
"Rude"
Winx and Darkell were in Faragonda's office. Listening to the principal explain the situation.
" The Pixies are under a homesickness spell. They feel an overwhelming need to go back to their village. I'm pretty sure Lord Darkar is behind all this."
The woman with a finger moved her glasses back in place. Tecna was the first to ask what they were all thinking.
" Mrs. Faragonda, we know that you are hiding something from us. What in the pixie village could be so valuable to Lord Darker?"
" I think it's time they should know the truth, Faragonda. " Darkell made his opinion dear. He hated working with ignorant people.
Faragonda stood up from her chair and walked around her desk. So that she would be able to answer the question by standing and facing them all.
" We discovered Darkаr is after something called the Codex. If Darkar gets a hold of all four pieces it will be a disaster."
" That means one piece is kept in the pixie village." Layla concluded.
"What about the other three?" Masa asked.
" Alfa, Red Fountain and Cloud Tower. That means we must be careful. Bloom, you're pretty talented in healing magic. I'll give you a spell you can use to cure the pixies but you'll need to practice it a few times."
The redhead girl nodded and waited for the man to scribble a few words on a piece of paper and give it to her.
A few minutes later, the Winx were in their apartment helping Bloom practice while the pixies were trying to find a way out of their cage. The room was dark. They couldn't see a thing. Some of the girls were trying to calm Piff who was crying loudly. The sound of a door opening made them all fall silent in fear. A male figure approached their little box. When it was close enough, Chatta immediately recognized the person.
"Spike Head? What are you doing here? " But something was off, his eyes were completely empty of light and he didn't respond as usual to his stupid nickname.
But she completely threw those observations out of the window when the man unlocked the door to their cell. Her priority was to get back to Pixie Village and that was what she was going to do. Chatta and her friends flew out of the room's window. No one was going to stop them from flying home.
"How could they escape? " Bloom was really shocked. They had found the box opened and empty and now they were chasing the pixies before it was too late.
" Someone must have let them out…" Musa assumed.
"But more importantly Bloom, have you had time to test out that spell professor Darkell gave you? " She asked between ragged breaths. They had been running for a while now.
"Barely but it will have to do."
When they finally found the pixies, they were surrounded by a group of dark creatures. So while the five girls took care of the monsters, Bloom used the counter curse on their small little friends. The creatures were taken care of and the pixies were stopped before they could find the village.
Darkell was stumping down the hallway in an angry fit. Not even making an effort in hiding it when passing by students.
Who cares what these spoiled brat thinks !
It wouldn't matter to him because even after gaining the trust of all the staff and students Faragonda still refused to tell him where in Alfea the Codex was hidden. He spent centuries trying to talk and manipulate backup to freedom and power. For what? The great opportunity to teach even more classes. And let's not forget those annoying blackouts that kept happening to him. He had just woken up from another one when Faragonda called him to his office. She wanted to ask the whole staff on ways to increase the security around the school. He was ready to bet that she told all the others about the piece's location. He kicked as hard as he could a bottle that was laying on the ground. It went flying through the courtyard. But before he could see it hit the ground his whole world went black.
Flora was walking back to her apartment. Her little blond was comfortably perched on her shoulder and talking Flora's ears off.
" So tomorrow we're going to the Red Fountain's opening ceremony? That sounds like fun! We'll probably see duels with swords and whips and shields and guns... it's going to be so cool! And there must be a lot of cute guys right. Super strong guys, with a lot of muscles. I know, let's try and find you a boyfriend! You don't have one yet, Flora! We'll find you a really great guy. No, the best there is! We'll look for a guy that's kind and cheerful and heroic, he'll be perfect! "
Flora just rolled her eyes at her friend's absurd idea. She didn't need a boyfriend like that. She really didn't want to date a guy full of muscles that only thought about showing off his strength. Maybe she preferred the intellectual type? But Chatta' s sudden exclamation cut her off in her musing.
" Look Flora ! There's Spike Head!"
The nature fairy walked up to him smiling.
"Dimitri, Thanks a lot for helping us cure the pixies. We... ``Instead of stopping and letting her place a hand on his arm, he just brushed her off and continued on walking straight ahead. Not even sparing her a glance or an apologetic smile. Flora frowned in shock and confusion. Chatta had a louder reaction than her.
" RUDE!" She shouted at him.
Flora didn't understand. Ignoring her like that wasn't like him. Especially just two hours ago he was asking her on a date and getting all touchy. Did she do or say something wrong?
" Come on Flora, forget him. Let's go the girls are waiting for us in the dining hall." So Flora, still completely confused, silently followed her little pixie to the dining hall.
