That night was pretty much a blur. Syria didn't sleep at all that night. She kept tossing and turning. And again it was the same dream. Bloom hadn't come to see her that night before curfew and she wasn't answering her phone. It wasn't that late, it was just curfew where they had to be in their dorms. Syria glanced at the clock, it read 1:00 AM. Syria sighed and put away her book on her side table. She was reading with a flashlight so it wouldn't disturb Amaryl who was fast asleep.
Sighing and got up from her bed and went out of their room and into the common room. She heard voices in the corridor. Getting up from her seat on the couch, she opened up the common room door and saw the other girls walking down. It was 11 PM. She saw, Bloom. "Bloom, we need to talk." Syria said watching her.
Bloom had turned her head, "Please, Syria…go back to sleep. We need to do something, after what happened last night." Bloom said. "Where are you going?" She looked at the other girls, Tecna was using her magic and had a map of Cloud Tower. "Hold on, why do you have a map of Cloud Tower?" The map vanished with a flash of green.
"Bloom, tell your sister. We could actually use her." Tecna replied. "Logically, six is better than five." She stated, walking over to Syria. "Come with us, once we are out of here, we'll fill you in." Tecna said as she put a hand on Syria's shoulders.
Syria ran back into her room, any time to hang out with Bloom was what she wanted. Changing into her normal clothes from her pajamas. She had no idea where the rest of the girls were going. She wasn't going to let Bloom go on her own. No way! They were sisters, and sisters don't let sisters go out on their own especially to Cloud Tower.
"Let's just do it." Syria said.
She had a bad feeling, breaking into Cloud Tower, a school full of witches not to mention the fact that the Trix lived there as students. Worse they were seniors. Syria had only come into contact once when they were in the alley way in Magix. She hoped they wouldn't run into them. Bloom and the others had many encounters with them.
"Syria, you know who I am. We use to play together." The voice replied. "Please do not go to Cloud Tower, it's far too dangerous." There was the voice again. "You may have been too young to remember… Please I beg of you, Syria please do not go to Cloud Tower." There was the voice again.
Syria shook her head, to get out of the day dream. They were standing in the tunnel and the entrance to the underground tunnel of Cloud Tower.
They all filed in, "Tecna where is your map?" She had caught up with her. "No need to worry, Sy." Injected Tecna. "Finding Stella's ring in their room will be hard." They all filed into the Trix's room. It was really dirty and not organized.
Syria used her magic, to find what was lost. "There in the corner in the pile of – well dirt." Pointing at the dirt. "Sorry." Syria said.
Stella went and fetched it. "Now, that we have your ring, transport us out of here, Stella." Syria said. "No, wait. I want to go to their library." Bloom said. "Syria, it's said that they have books on a lot of stuff and it's not in some restricted vault." Bloom led the way out and into the corridor. It was quiet throughout Cloud Tower, which could mean the witches of Cloud Tower also had a curfew.
They were, standing outside of the great library at least great in Witches standards. They pushed the door open, "Stella, you should still get us out of here. Now. Before they find us." Flora told Stella. "Please, we don't want to get into trouble with Griselda or Faragonda." She said exactly what Flora was about to say.
Syria's eyes scanned the room and a cold chill went up her spine. "Stella do it now." Syria said. "I have a horrible feeling."
"It's got my name!" Bloom called. She was at the book podium. The rest of the Winx followed by Syria ran to her side. "Maybe….it has something do with my past," she turned to Syria. "Our past." The blank stare on her sister's eyes said it all. "Well…don't you think it's strange to have your name on the book just happened to be laid out?" The sister looked at the book. "There could be another person named Bloom. Besides, it doesn't have your last name, just the name Bloom."
"I don't think that is true, look at this." Musa said looking down at a study table. "It has all our names, and where we are from." She was looking at her book. Musa of Melody, the one next to it read, Princess Stella of Solaria, Flora of Limphea and Tecna of Zenith. The very last one at the end of the table, read, Syria of Earth.
So she was actually from Earth? The thought didn't come across her mind until it actually was a book with her name on it. Then what actually happened to her parents? Why now? Why hadn't the Headmistress alerted Faragonda of this? Did she know there were books of all the fairies in there, particularly the freshman?
In the office of Professor Griffins crystal ball lit up on her desk, alerting her to the disturbance. The white-milky surface of the ball, showing her the book chamber. The headmistress leaned in closer to the crystal glass ball. "Someone in the book chamber at this hour." She tapped the glass with a long, spindly finger and the mist in the crystal ball parted further, showing the fairies that had invaded her school. "Well, well, we have guests," she cackled. "How clumsy of me, I haven't shown them the proper Cloud Tower welcome."
Tecna on the other hand, was antsy to get out of there and back to the tunnels.
"Since we can't read that book can we go?"
She was only apparently feeling that way, because now that others were lazily browsing the shelves.
"Chill," Musa commanded, running a finger along the shelves and disturbing the dust, which caused Syria to sneeze loudly. "I've heard that they have a book about every fairy in the universe. Like we saw on the reading table."
"We're leaving in minute 1/2, so please don't get distracted." Tecna said, eyes glued to her watch. "Agreed." Syria stated.
"You asked for it, pixies! You dare break into Cloud Tower and now I dare you to beak out!" With those chilling words the voice began to laugh, long peeling crackles that had the girls backing away even faster.
They all turned to each other in confusion, but it was both Syria and Tecna who answered together. "That was Headmistress Griffin. Which also means we need to bail, again Stella get out her scepter." Tecna commanded.
But the door had vanished. "We need to find a way out of here." Syria said. "I don't think magic is going to work."
Bugs came out of the wall, and they saw horde of strange-like beetle's creatures coming for them. They had already transformed so they all inched of the ground. "Red capatose." Musa was the one who identified them. "They got into my friends castle and we never saw her again."
"Syria fire wall, would probably help." Stella said. "Right."
The girl rose up into the air, she shot out a few fire flames. But it didn't work. They only grew stronger and larger and the unfair part was the fire grew out of control. They were stuck, in the room which looked like the dining hall.
"We're stuck." Syria said looking around. That voice she had heard earlier didn't 'come back. This time it looked like Bloom was the one who was hearing it.
Bloom pressed apart of the wall and looked down at the secret tunnel. She had somehow mananged to get out.
The five of them jumped in after Bloom. She explained that she heard a voice. Syria looked at her, "Was it a girls voice?" Syria asked now in her every day clothes. "How did you know?" There was a few minutes of silence before Syria spoke up, "I heard it earlier…I wonder if it's the same voice."
Remaining complete silent, they were unaware of how much trouble they were about to be once they got back into Alfea's lilted hall way.
Syria wanted to back to her dorm, but Bloom invited her to crash in her dorm for the night so they could talk about that voice and finally they can get together and actually talk. However, by the time the reached their dorm, Griselda was standing outside.
"You're not as tired as you're going to be tomorrow. Ms. Faragonda's office. Now."
Including, Syria who was guilt ridden had never actually met Faragonda face to face. She had also never seen the inside of her office. The headmistress was perfectly put together not like it wasn't 2 in the morning.
Faragonda was, as expected, furious. "We warned you that Cloud Tower is completely and 100% off limits! And yet, I got a letter from Professor Griffin not a half hour ago that you went there in the middle of the night, ad broke in and were responsible for a great deal of damage. That Alfea now has to pay for."
"But Griffin sent those monsters on us. We had every right to defend ourselves." Bloom broke in.
Faragonda's voice was loud and not caring, when she replied. "And Professor Griffin had every right to defend her school against intruders. Your behavior was completely unbelievable!"
"Unthinkable!" Griselda put in, from her place beside Faragonda.
"Unacceptable!" Faragonda agreed. "Now," she eyed her students angrily. "What have you got to say for yourselves?"
No one said a thing.
"If I may headmistress I believe we should by pass the usual punishment of detention for first offence. It seems that a harsher punishment is required in this case."
They both agreed to a particular punishment which they could only hear some.
Faragonda returned the nod, "Very well," she said quietly and lifted her hands. Greenlight started to appear at her fingertips, hovered for a second before drifting forward to encompass the six friends. Automatically they tried to step back but found themselves rooted to the spot. "Powerus revokeurus. Magicus Suspendus." There was a gentle pressure on their chests which lifted almost as soon as it began.
"Your powers have been suppressed. They'll be returned to you at the end of the week. Also your network privileges have been suspended and you are still required to go to class. You may go." Faragonda added coolly after a moment.