Two weeks had flown by quickly, everyone learned something the Red Fountain boys learned how to fight dirty, the Winx Club learned a few new magic tricks and everyone learned Jade still hadn't thought of a plan to free Shira. And they had to leave in three days.
"What do you mean you still don't have a plan yet, your putting this of aren't you just to get us to sweat aren't you so you can pull of one of your genius plans, that nearly gets us all killed but somehow through a freakin miracle we escape barely I might add with just a few cuts and bruises," Jem yelled at Jade.
"Actually there is no plan I never actually have a plan I make it up as I go," Jade said with a shrug as she fingered the rim of her glass of Poison. "Besides if the witches were able to do a truth spell of that magnitude then there is no telling what else they have hidden in there arsenal hell I wouldn't be half surprised if they had demons working for them. Besides if we get attacked by Orcs, Jones will have herself a feast, male Orcs are considered a delicacy to a Succubus,"
"And the female Orcs," Bloom interrupted.
"Have no magic to speak of we've handled Female Orcs before bloom there almost as stupid as Trolls," Skye answered her reassuringly.
"And if there are demons Jones will just alert us of them right," Brandon added.
"Let me guess in the senior year you were supposed to learn about demons," Jade said with a quirked eyebrow.
"Yeah we were," Brandon replied.
"And Codatorta said that demons can sense other demons presence and such," Timmy added.
"And…" Jade prompted.
"Nothing else so what," Riven replied.
Jade took a sip of the Poison and continued to finger the rim delicately, before asking Tecna, "Do you know anything about demons, or that world wide web thing of yours."
A few minutes of searching and Tecna came up with nothing on demon rituals or such which caused Jade to sigh.
"Lets have a quick lesson shall we only a few types of demons are able to bond with humans, faeries, specialists, etc Succubus's are one. Before we continue let me quickly put in what a Succubus is a Succubi and incubi are the plural terms for these demons, Hal. The succubus is the female form, while the incubus is the male.
Just as vampires need blood to survive, these demons need sex. Any human can be made into a succubus or an incubus if one of these demons has sex with them at the moment of this person's death.
Anyway, the point is that is that succubus are powerful, and me defeating Jones was probably my greatest feat ever, but I just have to put in that demons don't rat each other out, and I won't force Jones to do it I will ask her but if she says no than so be it we leave the subject alone."
"So when what happens if a demon, comes after us, we're just going to sit there waiting to die," Riven said his voice raising.
"The thing is I don't have to ask her she'll tell me, anything that happens to the host happens to her including death so she'll tell me anyway and if she doesn't I'll be able to tell me and Jones have a telepathic connection thing and Jones can read minds among other things." Jade flashed them a grin before leaving the room.
"She's getting antsy, she does this before most major heists, but the best thing to do is trust her she hasn't let anyone die on her and I don't think she's going to start now," Jem said with a small longing smile.
"You love her don't you," Stella directed the comment to Jem.
Jem shrugged, "Many guys who grew up with her do love Jade, like John, like Remy, like Yusuke, like me and all of us have tried on way or another to get her attention, and she barely notices the attempts, or she notices them and doesn't say a thing and just acts slightly amused at times."
"Wait Remy is in love with Jade," Flora said surprise evident in her voice.
"Yeah you hadn't noticed, to be honest the reason why Yusuke, Remy and myself all have long hair is because the rumour is Jade digs guy with long hair, and we totally refuse to cut it." Jem said running his fingers through his long hair, "anyway I got to go train the new guys so give me a yell if you need anything." Jem said running of.
Flora blinked, as the specialist left uneasily knowing that a girl talk was coming up.
"Maybe I should just leave Remy for Jade he really likes her when I'm with him all he talks about is how great Jade is and how she's such a great fighter, and so on maybe if I were more like Jade, Remy would notice me."
"But Jem said Jade doesn't seem to notice them so maybe she doesn't like him like that, and besides Jades on a dating hiatus, she said so herself so now is the right time to make your move," Stella said encouragingly.
"Yeah but what if she secretly loves Remy then wouldn't it be morally wrong and Jade will probably hate me forever for taking away her man," Flora put in and the girls were silent.
"I'll talk to Jade I'm sure she'll understand," Musa put in.
"Yeah we'll get this sorted out," Bloom calmly stated.
Later…"What do you mean I have to supervise the Renegade entrance exam. But I'm one of the most critical people around here, and we want new recruits don't we and why couldn't this wait," Jade exploded reaping her anger against Jem at one of her most detested chores for the Renegades. It wasn't her idea of fun of watching and grading third-rate fighters so they could become Renegades.
"It be your turn Jade, Yusuke and Jem did it last time," Remy put in.
"Wasn't I banned from doing this due to no one making it through my exams, and they all went to join the rippers," Jade pointed out.
"And many of them are now top rate fighters, and yes you were, but Yusuke says you need work in your people skills," Jem said cringing in expectation for the fire works, he wasn't disappointed.
"People Skills my ass, he just doesn't want to do it," Jade yelled before an idea popped into her head. "I'll do it on one condition we do this my way and I need some help on whose going to be my dummies and help me," Jade said innocently.
Remy paled slightly, but Jem grinned, "Fine whose going to be your dummies," he said taking out a piece of paper and a pen.
"You, Remy and Yusuke my dear boy," Jade smirked at Jem's pale expression. "Now I gotta to go to talk to Musa she said she wanted to see me. Oh and you should get your haircut it's becoming ridiculously long," Jade pointed out to the boys as she left the room meeting Musa and Jones on her way out. "We can talk over a slice of pizza," she said pushing them out the door.
Later still…"So you wanted to see me," Jade quickly got down to the point as she picked at her pizza.
"Do you like Remy?" Musa blurted as Jones slapped her forehead.
'Oh well so much for strategy,' Jones thought inwardly.
Jade quirked an eyebrow, "Yes of course I like him, he's like a brother to me, one that I can easily manipulate. Jones you remember the mall incident with Remy," Jade said with a small smile.
Jones snorted, "I was there and I still can't believe you did that to him."
"I had to get through to him that I don't like people following me constantly," turning to Musa, Jade recounted the story to her.
Flashback
"Cause' then you'd be my best friend ever… and I would owe ya a favour…" Jade said with a smile talking about a prank she was about to pull.
Remy rolled his eyes but stopped midway, " A favour huh?" Jade nodded her head. " What are my limits?"
Jade held up her index finger, "It's a limited time warranty that grants your at least one warning before your imminent death, access t' my stash of weaponry, a free porno book, a get into Hookers free card, and around the clock permission to stare at me without getting pulverized."
Remy raised his eyebrows." Round the clock eh?"
Jade smirked at him, knowing that she had found his one great weakness. Jade nudged Remy with her elbow. "So wadda ya say Remy?"
Remy sighed in defeat, "Sure Jade, what is it you be wanting me to do?"
Jade smiled at him innocently, a little too innocently. "I just need…." She beckoned for him to come closer. Remy leaned in slightly.
" What? What do you need…"
" I need," she whispered. Remy leaned in more. "I need..."
" WHAT DO YOU NEED WOMAN!" yelled Remy impatiently.
The people around them jumped and stared at Remy. Jade seeing the perfect opportunity to create chaos and havoc, decided to play her role. " I NEED SOMEONE WHO'LL STAY HOME WITH THE KIDS! THAT'S WHAT I NEED BILLY!" she yelled back at him.
Remy blinked in surprise. "Say what now?"
Jade snapped her fingers at him. "YA HEARD WHAT I SAID! I NEED YA T' STOP HANGING OUT IN BARS AND STRIP CLUBS ALL THE TIME. OUR CHILDREN NEED YA!"
Remy frowned, and blinked, "Children? What children…"
Jade's emerald eyes began to well up in faux tears. "NO CHILDREN! I SHOULD HOPE YA REMEMBERED THAT WE HAD CHILDREN BILLY! YA KNOCKED ME UP BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, HAD ME GET DISOWNED BY MY PARENTS, HAD ME LIVIN IN A CAR FOR TWO YEARS DURING MY PREGNANCY! THEN TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE YA BOUGHT A TRAILER FROM ONE OF YA RED NECK FRIENDS!
The people around them began to gasp and pointed at Remy. A few of the women hissed at him while the men glared at him in disgust. Remy glanced around frantically. "Err.. Jade calm down..." he hissed.
Jade placed a hand over her chest. "CALM DOWN BILLY! IS THAT WHAT YA WANT ME TO DO! CALM DOWN!"
Remy grabbed her arm and began to shake her gently, but to others it looked quite rough. "Jade what the hell are ya talkin' about?"
Jade pulled off some more tears as he continued to shake her. "Please, stop it… It might hurt the baby…" she moaned out.
A few men ran over to the scene and ripped Remy away from Jade and yanked him to the ground. A tall muscular man with hazel eyes gazed at Jade.
"Are you okay ma'am?"
Jade brushed the hair away from her face." Yes, I… I'm fine…" she stuttered.
Remy glared over at her, "Jade…." he hissed in a low tone.
Jade stared over at him, her face completely blank even though she was cracking up on the inside. "Yes… Billy?"
Remy twitched under the weight of the men, "Tell them the truth Jade…"
Jade blinked, "The truth? That is the truth Billy and you know it…"
Remy scowled, "Stop calling me Billy Damn it, the name's Remy in case you forgot!"
Jade placed a hand over her face as she pulled up more fake tears, " More lies Billy? When are these lies gonna stop Billy? What about ya dear mother? She's probably turning in her grave right now from those words... Bless her soul..."
Remy's mouth stood agape at her as disbelief slowly seeped it's way into his features, "Wait…wha-?"
Jade whipped her head away dramatically; "I just can't do it anymore Billy…I just can't…"
Remy managed to break free from the others; and grabbed onto her arm. "Jade? Have you lost your mind? What the hell?"
Jade ripped her arm out of his grasp. "I just can't take the lies anymore Billy…" she sobbed out.
Then she turned on her heel and ran out of the crowd, leaving Remy behind to deal with the increasing angry mob around him. After Jade had turned a corner, she glanced back at the scene. Remy was being dragged away by a huge man in a red dress, matching heels, and a neon pink wig.
" Honey, she wasn't woman enough for you… I'll show you what a real woman can do…" he said in a gruff voice.
Jade's hand covered over her mouth as she watched him get dragged away by the transvestite.
" Sorry about that there Remy, had t' get rid of ya somehow…" she whispered.
As if he had heard what she said, she saw Remy lock eyes with hers. She grinned and winked at him before turning around the corner. The last thing she heard was his scream bellowing down the streets of Azrath.
" JADE!"
End Flashback"You're kidding," Musa said mouth agape, "don't you think that was just a tad bit cruel."
"Nope and it did stop the guys from stalking me," Jade put in, "plus I did put in the limited time warranty that granted him at least one warning before his imminent death, access t' my stash of weaponry, a free porno book, a get into Hookers free card, and around the clock permission to stare at me without getting pulverized."
"It took him weeks to look at her right again, but it put him off Jade leaving her with other suitors much to her distaste," Jones said.
"Flora can have Remy he really likes her and anyway it's not like after that incident we we're going to go anywhere," Jade said with a grin, "Besides after this little prank I swear it will put most of Jem off me for good," Jade said proudly.
Meanwhile in the Shiran Royal Palace…
Darcy, Icy and Stormy who were finally free of there prison after 10 months there mother had sent for them, and there they were, and she wasn't happy.
Lilith growled as she kicked one of her prisoners down, the man groaned as he coughed up blood. Lilith smirked before turning to her three daughters, "You had the Dragonfire in your hands, you had summoned the army of decay, and yet you still fail, all because of one pixie that you couldn't destroy when she was without powers, whose bright idea was that anyway?" Lilith snarled at her children. "No wait I already know the answer, it was your stupid planning that got you expelled, a nightmare gargoyle, Icy a third rate monster, what was it supposed to do frighten the pixie into giving you her, the Dragonfire," Lilith began to pace, as a red aurora began to spread around her.
Icy and Stormy took a step back knowing full well what was coming next. Darcy on the other hand had her usual bored look on her face as she spoke up, "So what we still have two other prospects, and the Shiran princess is setting forth on her quest to save her parents and her home world, isn't that sweet," Darcy said tauntingly to the prisoner.
The prisoner growled and got up, Lilith flicked her eyes away from Darcy, and glanced slightly amused, before flicking her hand and sending him to the wall, "So the Shiran bastard is coming back home how sweet, you'll have to throw her a welcoming party," Lilith said with a smirk.
"That's not all dear mother the Earth brat is also coming along with her merry band of dweeb friends," Darcy added.
Icy was fuming; she had always been mothers favourite and here was Darcy barging in.
"So how do you know that, little miss queen of darkness," Icy barked.
"Easy I sent in a spy and silenced his lips with 6 different suicide spells," Darcy said nonchalantly as she glanced at her fingernails.
Lilith who had nearly grinned at her daughter, frowned, "For once I feel like I have an actual person in front of me who shares my superiority, very good we shall have dinner as I discuss my plans to steal the tear of god, and just in case Darcy I now put you in charge. With two out of three of the ancient powers in our grasp we'll locate the third and the tear of God and not only will we rule forever. Oh and I hope you don't mind brussel sprouts and soy based products, no of course you don't. " Lilith sauntered of.
And back to Jade…Jade blinked as she and the Winx Club sat at a small table it was time for the entrance exam to become a Renegade. There were two parts the written and the physical. The test itself was unnaturally hard, with questions that only a few Renegade knew the answer to. These few had been scattered across the exam room where they were watched by Yusuke, Jem, Remy and a few others. The whole point of this written exam was to test their spy skills.
Remy entered the room followed by 32 wannabe Renegades. "All of them, I'm disappointed only 8 people usually make it this far," Jade said her eyes sparkled with dangerous amusement. "Oh well by the end of this test I'll have sorted out the strong from the weak, and I'm the toughest judge by far, so lets begin this." A man stepped up. "Alright you'll face Jem you don't need to beat him I just want to make sure you can keep up with him I need to know you can hold your ground," Jade continued she nodded to Jem who lunged at the man who was still looking at Jade.
There was a crack as Jem broke the guys arm 5 minutes later. This went like this for every person until there was one more person.
"Please tell me you can actually fight, this has been the worst entrance exam ever," Jade sounded bored and disgusted at the lack of better fighters. Jade looked down at her papers and made a little mark on the paper in front of her.
"I will not fight 3rd rate fighters, I want to fight you," the figure in front of Jade had a cape on which was attached to a hood that covered its face. The only thing you could decipher was a pair of neon green eyes appearing in t he shadows of the cape.
Jade looked at the figure with bewildered amusement, "No."
The figure slammed its fists into the ground causing an earthquake to hit the table they were sitting at.
Jade sighed, as the table collapsed. Jade disappeared and reappeared right beside the figure her, as she smacked the figure in the mouth sending it flying and crashing into a wall.
"I'll take that as a failing mark, now we need to head to the war room cause there's been a small change of plans we leave tomorrow." Jade said as she walked out of the room.
The next day the Winx club and co are at Shira and it unnecessary for me to explain to you how they got there and so on…Jones looked around the barren wasteland that was downtown Shira and wrinkled her nose at the reek, "So this is Shira, were risking our lives for this dump," Jones said, turning to Jade.
"I've got to agree with Jones on this one if you ever need my personal decorator all you have to do is say the word." Stella said.
Jades eyes were glazed over for a second almost as if she were in a trance as she bent over and placed her hand to the ground, a sparkling light was washing over it.
"What's she doing?" Remy and Yusuke asked together.
"She's pumping magic in its rawest form back into the land she's beginning a renewal process," Flora answered, flowers had begun to spring up and the land began to revert to its glory.
Jade snapped out of her reverie for a second her body tense, "I can sense them, everyone get ready," her mouth was a small scowl as she stood up.
"Sense what?" Musa asked.
"Orcs over 300 of them," Jade answered her, her right arm whipped around her as she yanked out a dagger. Within seconds the Orcs were upon them cutting and slicing Jades small army of 70 renegades, 5 Winx club members, and 4 specialists. Jade threw her dagger nailing an Orc right in-between his eyes the Orc slumped down dead. "Bloom the trick that we were practicing before we left, now would be a perfect time to use it."
"Right, so lets go Winx," Bloom agreed as they both went Winx. The two joined hands, as a shrieking noise was heard followed by a roaring sound, causing most of the Orcs to turn around. The Renegades stopped fighting as well as they began to take cover.
'Jones suck one of their souls I need the info' Jade sent telepathically, as she and Bloom focused on drawing out their respective powers. A dragon and a phoenix appeared out of the flames that both girls were drawing up. The respective powers flew at the Orcs killing them all with one blow. Jade quickly broke the link with Bloom as she watched the Orcs scream in pain as they burned."That was quick, are you going to be okay," Yusuke said with a yawn, as he touched her shoulder.
Jade had been avoiding Yusuke jumped, "…Yeah…Peachy…" she shuddered voluntarily, as she gazed at the sky. "You know I noticed something sorta of odd where the heck are all the people," Jade said as her eyes flickered at the buildings which had been restored for a second before gazing at the sky again.
"What you mean you can't feel them," Jones said mockingly.
"Yes and no they here I know it I can feel it but where, I can't pinpoint the location… Its like they're so close I can feel them," Jade said with a dazed expression on her face.
"They're in there houses there some pretty serious camouflage spells on them I'm impressed that you could even sense them, without trying but some of them are getting ready to come out." Jones replied as she wacked Jade.
Jade quickly snapped out of her reverie as she pushed Jones out of the way, as a blast of ice hit her squarely in the back, freezing her completely.
Bloom wheeled around, "Icy show yourself," Bloom snarled with such venom.
"Aw the little pixie remembers us, but she should be concerned about her little friend because pixies can't last long on ice and that extra layer I added should freeze her to the bone in roughly 2 minutes," Icy's voice rang out through the air.
Jones sighed as she smashed through the layers of ice sending Jade flying hard through the air.
Jade did a flip in the air and landed squarely on her feet, "That's…cold…where are they… I'm going to… fry their asses," she muttered shivering.
"Wait the girl has her own demon," Darcy said looking at Jones, as the Trix sisters appeared in front of them.
"I thought you would know this after all you did send that little messenger didn't you," Icy said angrily.
"This is merely a small setback and besides how can strong can this demon be if it was defeated by her," Darcy said to her sister in a bored tone.
While Darcy had been talking Jade had flown up and prepared a descending kick that she launched, as the three witches looked up.
Darcy sighed and snapped her fingers as a goop formed around Jades face. Causing Jade to panic slightly as she struggled to breath. Jade fell to the ground as the goop disappeared, gasping. "Isn't that cute the girl thinks she can beat us without her precious magic taking the phoenix force from her body will be easy, and for a second I actually thought she'd be more like her father," Darcy said.
"Back of Darcy, or I'll blast you to the next dimension," Bloom warned.
"Were not interested in the Dragonfire right now no we want something else," Stormy said.
Bloom turned her head at Stormy, which proved fatal as Icy froze her.
Jade glanced at her rear, " Prince Sky, Yusuke, I want you two to get the Renegades out of here we'll find you. Jones, Stella, Tecna, Flora, Musa come with me, you've fought them before…" Jade was caught of as she dodged a lightning bolt thrown by Stormy.
"Do you really believe you can beat us, you may have that demon but our special weapon is right behind you," Jade turned around, only to get a glimpse of her enemy as Jones teleported in front of Jade, grabbing her the two girls disappeared as flash of red ripped through the air.
Jones and Jade reappeared right beside the Winx club, "Meet our mother," the Trix sisters said at once, as Lilith appeared from the shadows, a pair of chains in her hand.
"You brought your mother into this I'm shaking now," Musa said with a laugh.
"I mean really do you honestly think we'll respect you if you bring your mother into this," Stella said to the Trix as she finally melted Bloom.
Jade herself had been fairly quiet as she stared at Lilith well actually at what lay behind Lilith, there on two cross like structures hung her mother and father barely living. Jones locked onto Jades line of vision, "So what do we do," Jones muttered.
"Echo-Rictor," Jade muttered back to Jones as Jones spread her demon wings doing her demonic version of going Winx. "Now," Jade said as both girls moved away from the pack.
Both Jade and Jones took of both flying rapidly towards Lilith constantly criss-crossing, through each others path.
"Hasta," Lilith said as a red spear appeared right through Jades heart area, Jade fell to the ground roughly blood gushing out of the wound freely.
Jones disappeared for a second and reappeared in front of Jades mother, grabbing her Jones teleported back to Jade who had lost consciousness, Jones tail wrapped around Jades leg as Jones teleported again this time in the middle of the Winx Club quickly making sure a part of them was touching her Jones teleported again blindly.
Seconds later…
Jones appeared in a cave, dropping everyone on the ground she looked at Jade whose wound was starting to heal slowly but surely the wound closed up. Jones sighed out of relief as she turned to Jades mother, who was now breathing quite shallowly.
"Are they going to be okay?" Bloom asked.
"Jade yes her mother I'm not so sure," Jones answered, "Tecna do a quick check to see her chance of living and then approximate how much time she has left."
Tecna took a closer look at the body, and shuddered visibly, "Her chances of living are .01 and she has approximately 5 minutes left in her,"
"Then we work with what we have," Jade said getting up, she had powered down from her Winx after she fallen unconscious.
"If you could transfer your ability to heal into her than…" Musa began.
"Then Jades accelerated healing might be able to save her life," Stella finished.
Jade didn't waste any time, "What's mine is yours, what's yours is mine, let our powers cross the line," Jade blinked, "I don't feel any different, was that the right spell," she said looking at the Winx Club.
"Sounded right to me," Flora said.
"Try making a ball of fire or something," Musa said.
Jade held out her hand half expecting a ball of flame to come, but it didn't, Jade turned to her mother's whose visible wounds and bruises were quickly disappearing, "Wait it worked, one of my more complex spells worked, I'm in shock."
"Either way were stuck her until she heals, which could take up to a week and right now your useless when it comes to magic so you might as well rest up," Jones directed to Jade.
"Wait what now," Jade said turning to Jones.
"Unless you figure out just what makes your mothers powers tick and what emotions you need then your staying put," Jones said to Jade.
"Wait you mean I'm defenceless till my mother heals," Jade said her eyes widening.
"You can still fight right," Musa said.
"Well yeah,"
"So you'll be fine," Jones finished for Musa.
"Wait just how fast is this healing of yours," Tecna said looking at Jades mother whose breathing which was slowly coming to a halt.
"It heals bones in a matter of seconds," Jade answered.
"Jade take back your powers now," Jones said.
"What why?"
"That wasn't a suggestion," Jones said threateningly.
"Fine. What's mine is yours, what's yours is mine, let our powers cross the line," Jade quickly tried to ignite a small flame, it finally worked after a couple of seconds.
Bloom reached to touch Jade's mother's neck, "Her pulse is gone," Bloom said quietly.
"And she just went all brain dead on me," Jones said.
"But…But…My powers…they should have done more healing than that,"
"I could always infuse her with my life force, it barely takes any energy at all," Jones put in, "But it would make her an Succumbus who will die when I die, that's the best that I could do."
"Do it," Jade said.
"What about the consequences," Flora said quickly.
"We could always turn her human with the help of a starseed," Jade said without hesitation. "Do it."
Jones sighed, her voice went demonic as she said the words to the spell, "Not crown nor coin, can halt times flight, nor stay, the creatures of the night, Lords and Ladies, Lads and Lass's all answer to the hourglass. Resurrection," Jones finished the spell.
There was a blinding light that surrounded the Queen of Shira's body. When the light had died down Jade's mother stood their back in her once former glory with Demon wings out.
Okay I'm ending it there it's getting to long and I have more than just one story to update, but in the next chapter Jade will be possessed by a God… and the secret between Bloom and Jade plus a bit more info on the Tear of God.