"Playtime's over, and it'll soon be time for me to leave this place, claim the ultimate power of all the pieces of the Codex and reign supreme, alone and unopposed. Got any last words, Layla my dear?"
Layla said nothing at first - she was still too upset at what that horrible, spiteful man had done to Musa and Tegryn. But then she spotted a lone figure lurking in the shadows, walking up behind behind Kaiser, and she thought up a plan, quick.
"What do you mean, you'll reign alone and unopposed?"
"Don't you understand English? It means I will be the supreme ruler of this realm and everything in it, with no equals."
"But what about Darcy and the others? Aren't you going to share your power with them?"
"Those three? They may still come in handy in helping me claim my prize, but I'll dispose of them when they've outlived their usefulness, when they least expect it!"
"What? You'd destroy your own family?"
"They'd only get in the way. Besides, they've already shown me how pathetic they really are. I'll get rid of them soon enough... but not before I get rid of you lot. In fact, I'm gonna do that right now!" He held the sceptre out in front of him and summoned forth all of its power.
"Send my regards to oblivion!" he yelled as he prepared to strike, but as he prepared to do so, he was hit from behind by a powerful blast of dark magic. Kaiser staggered forwards, and the massive bolt of energy intended for Layla and Tegryn flew harmlessly into the sky.
"You TRAITOR!"
Kaiser span round angrily. "How DARE you... Darcy?"
Darcy glared at her brother. "I heard everything. I knew you were rotten, but no-one... NO-ONE betrays the Trix! You won't be obliterating anyone today, especially not him!" she yelled, pointing at Tegryn.
Kaiser was fuming, and faced off angrily against his sister.
Up above them, Mirta looked on intrigued by this turn of events, when suddenly she became aware of a tingling sensation in her hip. She looked down to see the Spirit Rod glowing fiercely, and, without thinking, took it in her hands. All at once, she felt its energy surging through her.
"Yes!" she gasped in awe as its powers washed through her. "That's it! Now I understand!"
As she grasped the rod, the glow turned into a brilliant shine, bright enough to turn Kaiser and Darcy's attentions away from each other. Grasping the rod, she drove it into the bubble, shattering it instantly, and she landed softly on the ground, staring fiercely with a fire in her eyes at Kaiser whilst Darcy quietly backed off.
"So, you've decided to come and play too." Kaiser said cockily. "This certainly is a nice little collection I'm getting here."
Mirta responded by holding her arms out aloft and shouting "Spiritual Awakening!" She was suddenly enveloped by a soft white aura, which quickly died down to reveal two ghostly white doubles standing either side of her. Pointing at Kaiser, she barked out a single command - "Seize him!"
Without a sound, the doppelgangers sped towards Kaiser. Desperately, he tried to fend them off with shots from the sceptre, but they passed straight through them. They quickly grabbed him by the arms and held him firm, despite his squirming.
Mirta looked up and pointed the Spirit Rod at the sky. A eerie mass of thick grey clouds slowly began to form above Kaiser's head, swirling slowly with an eye in the centre, like a mini-hurricane - the only difference being that the eye of your normal everyday hurricane doesn't glow an intense white like this one did.
"Layla, quick!" she yelled. Layla knew exactly what she was talking about - quickly, she ran up to Kaiser and snatched the sceptre from his hands. Retreating a safe distance, she held the sceptre above her head.
"Time to wake the school up, and this time you're NOT going to stop me! Now how did Ortensia's counter-spell go? Ah yes..."
"For the good of Alfea, for the whole realm's sake,
All who sleep, be now awake!"
The Celestial Sceptre erupted into a shimmering shower of sparks as Layla drove it into the ground. An intense golden ripple sped away from it and filled every inch of the school, waking everyone from their magically induced sleep. Even Tegryn and Musa, who were both laying unconcious on the ground, slowly regained their senses.
In the meantime, Mirta's spell was gathering strength. The eye of the cloud was shining so brightly, it cast shadows on the ground. Kaiser squinted as he looked up at it.
"Do you really think a parlour trick like that will impress me, half-witch?" he growled, straining to break free from the clutches of Mirta's doubles.
"A parlour trick? You really think these are parlour tricks? Then it's time you learned the true power of the Spirit Rod - CLOUD BURST!"
At Mirta's command, a mighty bolt of magical energy shot out from the cloudmass and smashed into Kaiser, sending out a massive explosion that rocked the school, and kicking up a huge, dense cloud of dust.
Back in the Dining Hall, the pupils and staff of Alfea were slowly waking up.
"Oh man, what happened?" groaned Bloom.
"Yeah, and what happened to my hair?" cried Stella, trying desperately to clean the pasta sauce out of her golden locks.
"Hey!" said Anyuna, cuddling a crying Polli in an effort to comfort her. "Where's Teggy? And Musa and Mirta - where are they?"
But before anyone could answer her, the hall was rocked by the explosion outside, shaking everything inside.
"Yow! What was that?"
"That came from the courtyard - come on!"
Back in the courtyard, the haze slowly began to clear, revealing Kaiser laying in the middle of a smoking crater, groaning and straining to get up.
"Urgh... you're really... gonna suffer now - all of you."
"I don't think so." Layla said, pointing the sceptre at him. Suddenly, Kaiser was surrounded by rings of golden light, binding his arms and legs together and suspending him in mid-air.
"Nice trick." he grunted as he struggled in vain to get free. "But how long are you gonna keep that up? You can't keep it going forever, and the longer you keep me like this, the longer I'll have to regain my strength - and believe me, the instant I'm released from this, you're all doomed!"
Layla gulped. "He's right. What are we gonna do?"