Author's Note: Okay so I said I would get back to people on the ages of the Warlords and others so lets do that first. Roxy is 19, the warlords are somewhere around late 400 hundreds but because of how time is, or seems to be stopped in the Nether Realm their equivalent ages are as followed Naaza 25, Anubis 26 and Rajura 27. Lady Kayura is equivalently 20. Also special thanks to the people following this story ChaosTatsumaki, cookiegirl28, and animebella09.
Disclaimer: I don't own Ronin Warriors or Winx Club.
Chapter 7) Fairy Queens and Old friends
It was strange being back in Tir Nan Og, but Roxy didn't mind. She was walking next to her mother, Morgana who had been the queen of the Earth fairies, and fretting over the worried look on her mother's face. Roxy had just graduated from Alfea recently but was taking a bit of time to be with her family when Nebula sent a message saying that Morgana and Roxy were needed in Tir Nan Og immediately. Roxy wasn't sure what was going on but knew that it wasn't good. Roxy glanced over her shoulder wondering why they weren't going to the throne room but were weaving through Tir Nan Og's library.
"Roxy we're here." Morgana said and Roxy snapped out of her daze. She felt nervous butterflies dancing in her stomach as the door opened and she followed her mother in. Roxy gave a passing glance to the two fairy guards that shut the doors after they entered the small meeting room. Roxy smiled when she saw Miss Faragonda but her smile faltered when she took notice of the troubled frown on her old headmistress' face. Nebula was also in the room and looked ready to destroy something or someone. "Nebula what is the emergency? Why couldn't you tell me in the message?" Morgana asked as she took a seat at the round table. Roxy followed her mom's lead and sat next to her.
"Faragonda why don't you tell her." Nebula said biting back her temper. Roxy hadn't seen this side of Nebula since they defeated the Wizards of the Black Circle.
"As you wish. Morgana recently Bloom and the winx have been chasing after the Trix. The three escaped their entrapment in the Legendarium a while ago. It wasn't long ago Bloom called me, she was asking for information on something even I didn't know. There is nothing in magix on this, that was when I thought to bring it to your attention. Do you know of something called the Dynasty?" Faragonda asked very serious. Morgana gasped and her eyes widened making Roxy worry more.
"Are you sure?" Morgana asked placing a hand over Roxy's hand.
"Yes, I am. Morgana what are my girls dealing with?" Faragonda asked and Morgana looked at her daughter knowingly. She then glanced at Nebula and nodded. Without a word Nebula stood up and went to a self and pulled out an old book.
"The Dynasty is where the Wizard of the Black Circle learned, or stole the magic needed to trap us fairies of Earth. The Dynasty is master of that magic though, able to pull and trap everyone… Or so it has been recorded by a fairy queen of Earth long ago. The magic was used by a demon man named Arago. He was defeated in what is now Japan, by a single man with great power." Morgana explained and Nebula set the book down opening it to the records of the old battle against the Dynasty. "The Dynasty exist in a realm filled with evil and demons."
"Even if the demon Arago was defeated the power of the Dynasty still calls to the evil out there, and it is believed that he could come back…. Because of that the man who defeated Arago main nine armors out of his body and power. We can hope such a feet weakened him, if the Dynasty is truly what the Winx face." Nebula cut in and Roxy stared in stunned fear. The magic the wizards used but a more powerful version? It would take everyone on earth!
"I have to help them! I can tell Bloom, and help them." Roxy declared standing up. There was only a moment of silence before Morgana stood up ready to object to Roxy's decision.
"Morgana please a moment." Faragonda spoke before the former queen could say anything. "If what you and Nebula say is true I think we should prepare to defend the people of earth and ready magix just in case. Roxy is a brilliant and talented Fairy, she graduated with some of the highest scores." Faragonda explained knowing that it would be hard for a mother to let her daughter walk into such danger. Morgana glanced at Nebula and then to her daughter.
"Roxy are you sure? The evil in the dynasty is far beyond what the wizards could do." Morgana asked her hands settling on Roxy's shoulders.
"I'm sure, I want to help them this time. I am stronger now, please let me do this." Roxy begged hoping her mother would understand that they would let her go to Bloom and the winx.
"Alright Roxy… But take this book. It's a recount of what we know about the Dynasty, though sadly much of it isn't complete." Morgana said taking the book Nebula had pulled out and giving it to Roxy. Roxy flipped through it and stopped when she came over sketches within the book of armor in different colors and styles, though all clearly like samurai armor.
"Mom what are these? Torrent, Halo, Wildfire, Hardrock, Strata, Snake, Jackal, Ogre, and Spider?" Roxy asked as she flipped through each. There was only speculation on each and the notes were few enough.
"Those maybe be what Arago's body was divided into." Morgana said looking over the picture of the Snake, also labeled as Fall. "The queens before me thought that the bearers of these armors would come to have magical powers themselves. That maybe they could be approached and join with the fairies but, they were never found." Morgana explained.
Roxy nodded and looked back at the book. Closing it she pulled it close to her chest and gave the three older fairies a warm smile. "So when do I leave to help Bloom and the winx?" Roxy asked very excited that she would see her old friends.
"I would say now, we can get you to Japan even the city, though we should contact the winx first to give them fore warning." Nebula said, after all creating a portal over to Japan would be nothing. Roxy smiled and nodded, she knew her mother would explain to her father that she had to do this.
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Bloom paused outside the hotel room she was sharing with Stella. She knew Techna would be angry over the attack from the Trix, but hadn't been hurt. Yet they lost from the way the young woman had spoken. What was astonishing was who Strata was. After all these years to see him again, it seemed unreal that the smart shy boy who'd been in Gardenia for only a short time before moving again. She remember meeting him near school, how he was teased because he was strange, and smarter than the others. With a sigh Bloom opened the door and smiled when she saw Stella painting her nails while Techna played on her phone.
"Hey guys." Bloom smiled greeting them but her saddened tone wasn't missed by her friends.
"Bloom? Are you okay?" Techna asked setting her phone down. Stella carefully put the nail polish away and started to blow on her nails to help them dry faster.
"No, actually." Bloom said her hand sinking into her pocket to pull out Touma's note. She walked over to her friends and sat on the floor at the foot of the bed next to Techna with Stella looking down over her shoulder. She knew that they were reading Touma's note.
~To Juliet, fate is strange.~ After those words was Touma's number and it was signed the man who wouldn't be Romeo. When they were kids it seemed like a harmless game, and now Bloom wasn't sure if he was flirting with her, or just being the same boy she'd known.
"Was someone trying to hit on you?" Stella asked and Bloom could only sigh.
"His name is Touma, I met him when we were younger. He'd been in Gardenia for a bit and we talked a lot." Bloom stated, running her finger over the edge of the card. "He also is one of the armored warriors. The warrior of Strata, and there's also a red warrior."
"So that makes four then?" Techna asked and watched Bloom nodded. "Wait why did you see the warriors?"
"Icy attacked the downtown. She was chasing a young woman. I wanted to call you but there was no time." Bloom explained and Techna though tense sighed and nodded. It seemed she believed Bloom, and was also glad that Bloom had at least thought about getting them. "They took something from the woman they'd been chasing, and Icy is a lot stronger than before. I think we need to talk. We may need to join up with the warriors." Bloom suggested and both Stella and Techna just stared at her.
"We can't do that. We don't know them. For all we know this could be a trick." Techna argued her voice raise just enough to pull Musa and Flora into the room. "If we could just find out what Icy, Darcy and Stormy are doing then we could handle it just-" The music of Blooms cell phone cut Techna off and as Bloom pulled out her phone she smiled.
"It's Miss Faragonda." Bloom said hoping she would have good news for them all. "Hey Miss Faragonda." Bloom greeted and the girls eagerly inched closer.
"Bloom, I found some information on the dynasty. It seems the Earth fairies had some records of it."
"That's great! So-"
"No Bloom, you need to listen to me. Roxy is going to bring you what we have. But Bloom, this is something that is very dangerous. The magic the Wizards of the black circle used to imprison the fairies was taken from the Dynasty. Bloom I want you girls to be careful… We may have to send you back up… I'm sorry Bloom, but it may be out of my hands."
Bloom listened silently her breath caught in her throat. She didn't want Sky and the Specialist to be sent here but she hadn't heard miss Faragonda so serious, not since Valtor appeared. If it was really that bad she knew they could handle being around the specialist, they just would do so sparingly.
"I understand. When will Roxy be arriving?" Bloom asked.
"Soon, just have Techna send her location spell to Roxy's phone and then she'll be over. And Bloom, good luck."
"Thanks Miss Faragonda." Bloom said with a slight nod. Everyone in the room was silent as Bloom hung up her phone and smiled. "Roxy's coming to help us. She even has some information on the Dynasty, they just need you to send the tracking spell to Roxy's phone." Bloom looked to Techna and soon everyone was smiling.
"Man it's been awhile since we've seen Roxy." Musa mused leaning back against the wall. There were a few nods and the fairies thought back to their time in helping Roxy become a fairy.
"It will be good to see her again." Techna agreed as she finished sending the spell and within seconds a portal opened in their room.
"ROXY!" The girls smiled and raced to give their old friend a hug.
"Oh, watch the nails girls." Stella chimed trying not to get the wet nail polish on anyone. There were a few chuckles at Stella's statement and as they parted everyone was still ecstatic.
"Oh girls, it's so good to see you!" Roxy said still holding the book to her chest. "But I have bad news."
"Yeah Miss Faragonda warned us." Bloom said solemnly.
"We can't let the trix win, they could use the Dynasty to trap everyone on earth like the wizards did to the fairies!" Roxy explained and the winx just stared at her. Faragonda had said over the phone that the wizards had taken magic from there but for this enemy to expand on what they'd done seemed unreal.
"Everyone on earth? Could they take this to other realms?" Stella asked suddenly fearing for her family, as were the other girls.
"I don't know, but I think Miss Faragonda is worried that the trix could take this to other realms. She's going back to magix, to discuss how to protect the people of earth and the realms." Roxy explained dragging her fingers over the cover of the book in her arms. "Oh but Nebula and my mom gave us this book. It is the only records of the dynasty we have. And look at this." Roxy moved over to the bed and set the book down. She opened it to the pages with the armors flipping through them slowly so the girls could see all nine. "My mom said that the fairy queens tried to find the people who have these armors. That they have magic and might be convinced to join the fairies. I think they believed them to be good people." Roxy said and Flora couldn't help but smile. Musa and Bloom were also thinking the same thing Flora was. Those armors, they'd seen some of them.
"Seiji…" Flora mumbled and Stella, Techna and Roxy looked at her.
"Roxy, some of us have seen these armors… Strata is Touma. I also saw Halo and the red one…. Wildfire." Bloom said flipping the pages back to the dark blue, then green and red armors.
"And that one is Torrent, Shin has it." Musa said lifting a few pages to point at the light blue armor.
Techna silently thought as the others started to talk about the armors, Bloom bringing how the she heard the Armor of Spring mentioned. Techna didn't want to trust these guys, there was something bothering her about this. It seemed too good to be true, yet she did trust the wisdom of Morgana and trusted Roxy. Roxy seemed excited to even meet these warriors and since there was clearly holes in what was gathered, the source would be better.
"Hey Bloom." Techna finally spoke up and the girls looked to her. "I think you're right. I think we need to join up with them. We won't know if they have different motives until we meet them anyways." Techna smiled and Bloom nodded.
"Wait how can we get a hold of them?" Musa asked, and Flora thought back to what she heard Seiji say as she left. Still that seemed like a long shot, but thankfully before she could bring it up Bloom pulled out a card.
"I have Touma's number. I ran into him downtown… And spilled his coffee." Bloom said with a sheepish shrug.
"Oh this is great!" Roxy exclaimed clearly the most excited. Yet here energy and good mood was lifting their spirits. This is what they needed more than anything. Good friends like Roxy, and Aisha who they hoped would be joining them soon. "Hey but before we do that, can we please go out tonight! I want to see the sights!" Roxy begged for her sake and theirs. She'd heard about the bad break up and was sure that the winx hadn't actually spent any time to enjoy themselves in the large city. There was so much to do here.
"Sure that sounds like a plan." Bloom smiled sticking the card back into her pocket, and the other girls cheered. It didn't take long for them to get ready Stella instantly taking charge of what they were going to wear and making sure each of them looked killer. She even added a bit of the local style for each of them.
"And there we go!" Stella chimed proudly looking in the mirror over her outfit, and making sure the others could see to.
"Stella these are great." Bloom smiled looking over her powdery blue outfit that held accents of gold and red. Her nails were painted red and her hair was loosely braided. Flora's hair left loose with a few tiny braids scattered through it, her outfit green with soft touches of purple and pink. Musa was in a deep blue outfit with silver and purple accents, her hair in two buns with pony tails hanging from each. Roxy had been put in a green little dress with silver and gold trim her hair left loose with just a few barrettes to hold it back. Lastly Techna's outfit was silver and black sleek with bright trim of near neon green that almost lite up.
"I know. Now lets go have fun!" Stella cheered and the others laughed.
It didn't take the girls long to hit the streets and take in the night life. It was the first time they were doing so, and they were glad Roxy suggested this. There was nothing better as they walked down the streets stopping in a local karaoke bar for dinner and fun. It was no surprise when Stella and Musa took over the stage, earning many standing ovations as they went through song after song. Each one making them feel better and better. They'd been in a relationship so long that all of them had forgotten how to have fun as single women again. Stella even in her new found good mood managed to get a couple of numbers from the locals. She wasn't going to call them but it did her confidence good to see that she still was a killer beauty.
Techna couldn't resist taking pictures as they all tried the local cuisine, or in Stella's case forced her. The faces Stella made at the dishes were hysterical and poor Roxy had such a hard time with the chopsticks it made everyone laugh. Techna made sure she was getting shots of all of them and the sights. The best part was all the lights and the colors dancing off the clothes Stella had designed with magic.
"Oh look! Come on lets go." Roxy grabbed Techna's hand pointing to the small amusement park that was in the city.
"Yeah that could be fun!" Musa laughed as the lights of the danced over the sky. The girls stuck close together heading into the small amusement park. There were a few rides and games as well as food stands. They wandered through playing the games and enjoying the rides, even if some of them were simple like the carousel it was fun to sit talk and laugh. They hadn't done a girls night in what seemed like forever, it seemed that someone always had a date or the specialist were always around.
"So how have you been Roxy?" Bloom asked looking over to Roxy, who was sitting on a white carousel horse with green and pink decor.
"I've been good. Its so nice to have my mom around, and my time at Alfea was amazing too." Roxy smiled looking most at Bloom as she answered but she knew the others were listening in.
"You graduated right? What are you thinking of doing now?" Musa asked leaning forward on her horse.
"Actually I'm not sure. I mean there's a lot of possibilities but I'm not sure where to start or what to do. And I don't think teaching is my thing." Roxy smiled as she shrugged. It wasn't bad that she didn't know what to do at the moment with her life. After all she was only now nineteen and even the winx had sort of taken a year off when they'd gone to earth to earn their Believix.
"That's okay sweetie, you take the time you need to decide." Flora encouraged with a sweet smile as the carousel came to a stop. Each one of the girls hopped off their horse and started to make their way off the ride.
"Yeah, and besides are you the crown princess of the earth fairies?" Stella asked, and while Nebula was queen right now, everyone was sure that Roxy would be taking over when the time came.
"Well, yeah I guess but I don't know." Roxy said twisting a lock of her hair. "I just don't know about that, I don't think I'd know what to do." Roxy confessed and Stella inched her way in between Roxy and Flora.
"Well, don't worry because I can tell you everything on how to be a princess!" Stella exclaimed with pride and the girls laughed. As they walked around the amusement park the number of families were starting to dwindle as the night grew late. Even the girls were starting to get close to calling it a night.
"I'm sure you would be fine being yourself Roxy." Techna added her thoughts to the conversation and Roxy smiled.
"Thanks Techna. I still think I'm going to take some time and think about it all." Roxy decided as they began to head for the entrance. If the fun they had at the amusement park wasn't enough they took the pillows and blankets from both rooms and piled into one room. Roxy was on the floor with Flora, while Techna, Musa, Stella and Bloom were on the beds. Stella and Techna had been first to fall asleep, but no one said anything, and as the night dragged on Bloom and Musa soon joined them in sleep.
"Aren't you tired Flora?" Roxy asked interrupting their conversation, and yawning after her questions. Flora could only giggle as it was now rather clear that Roxy was tired. The younger fairy had pulled the pillow closer to her, balling it up as she set her head on it.
"Yeah, but I'm also excited and a bit nervous." Flora admitted flipping through the pages of Roxy's book. She paused when she landed on the picture of the green armor.
"Is it because we are going to meet the warriors?" Roxy asked glancing up at the fairy of flowers before looking to the book. "I'm sure they'll be nice so you and Techna don't have to worry." Roxy said as she reached out and traced over the image of the armor. She couldn't believe that she would meet the very people the earth fairy queens of the past had tried to find. She knew she was excited but it was because she wanted to know more.
"Well no that's not why… I met Halo, Seiji and he was nice. He is kind and gentle, and I feel a bit like I did when I first met Helia. Techna has been getting easily upset over the mere idea of looking at guys, I don't know how she'd react if she knew this." Flora admitted tucking a strand of hair back. She never wanted to upset her friends and she never expected to feel like this so soon.
"I think you are worrying too much. I'm sure everyone will understand." Roxy yawned and smiled as Flora passed her hand through her hair. "You know your heart, and I'm sure they'll understand." Roxy murmured sleep finally pulling her away from Flora.
Flora sighed and thought over what Roxy said. Roxy was right, plus she found Seiji attractive, and while she looked forward to meeting him again it didn't mean she wanted to run into a relationship. Not right now. Still a smile came to her face as she thought of Seiji, his violet eyes and the steady tone of his voice. Flora shut the book and snuggled down against her pillow letting sleep overtake her as well.
