Stormy growled as she paced up and down. "He's gonna pay for ditching us like that!"
"Damn right, he is," said Darcy in a slightly more relaxed manner as she laid out on bed, kicking her foot in the air. "I totally hate him for what he did to us."
"HATE him!" Stormy sneered. "Come on, the whole realm knows you have the hots for him!"
"I do NOT! What should I? Humiliating us like that in front of those pixies - mark my words, he'll pay for that!" she fumed. "I wish you'd stay still though, you're beginning to annoy me."
"I can't help it, I'm bored - anyway, why ARE we just sitting around doing nothing? Why can't we just go over there and dish out some vengeance, Trix style?"
"And how do you propose to do that?" Icy cut in. "Just steam in and take the whole lot of them on?"
"Why not? Are you saying we're not strong enough to beat them?"
"No, I'm saying that would be no fun at all. After the stunt Tegryn pulled on us, he deserves something especially nasty. All we have to do is think is something suitably wicked."
Just then, a fourth voice announced itself. "You lot? Strong? Wicked? Oh please... I've seen newborn kittens that are stronger and more wicked than you!"
"What did you say? How dare you speak to us like that! Who's there?"
"Heh... don't say you've forgotten me already."
"Stop fooling around," Icy retorted angrily. "Show yourself!"
"Very well..."
Without warning, a large explosion rocked the building, and the room was quickly filled with dust and flying debris. An evil laugh rose up from the smoking, gaping hole where the main wall used to be.
Darcy yelled angrily "I don't care who you are or what your problem is, show yourself so we can see who we're about to pulverise."
The dust began to settle, and a striking figure started to emerge.
"Oh Darcy, Darcy, Darcy..." the owner of the voice tutted sarcastically as he stepped forward. "Is that really any way to greet your big brother?"
A shocked expression leapt onto the three witches' faces.
"Kaiser!"
"The one and only." he replied arrogantly, flicking his jet black hair.
"Oh great!" Stormy groaned. "That's all we need."
"What are you doing here?" asked Darcy. "What happened to that realm you conquered?"
"I got bored of it" he said rather sniffily. "So I destroyed it a bit."
"Bored, eh?" Icy snorted. "More like there weren't enough single fairy girls for you to flirt with."
"Well I can't help it if they all got so shy around me that they had to move away." Kaiser laughed.
"RAN away, more like!"
"Whatever. And speaking of girls, I couldn't help hearing you three keep getting your butts kicked by a bunch of schoolgirls! I just had to see if the rumours were true!"
An embarrassed silence fell upon the group.
"Hmmm... judging by the dirty looks you three are giving me right now, I'd say they're very true indeed!"
"Is that all you came here for, to rub our noses in it?"
"No, not at all. It just happens that I've been keeping tabs on your fairy friends for a while, because one of them has something I want."
"Oh yeah, and what would that be? Or shouldn't I ask?"
"You'll find out soon enough."
"And how exactly will you get it?" asked Darcy sarcastically. "Ask her nicely?"
"Well now you're being even stupider than usual." Kaiser chuckled. "It just so happens I've, ahem, bumped into one of her friends a couple of times already, and I've started to work my magic on her. She certainly seems to be rather attracted to me... but then again, with my stunning good looks and charming personality, who wouldn't be?"
"I knew it!" said Darcy "You've only just got here and you're already flirting with the pixies... that's just gross."
"It's not as bad as it sounds - luckily for me, this Layla girl just happens to be rather cute. A few more pleasurable 'chance' meetings, and I'll soon have what I want..."