Chapter 35: The Voortrix' calling
Normal POV
A bright flash appeared out of nowhere on the planet Armador, were Voorfield was located and all Voortrix members stood at the outskirts.
"Welcome to Voorfield, everyone." Femke smiled as she looked around while the others looked at the remains of the village in awe.
"What a mess." Ghazan said.
"Darkar knew what he was doing, I have to hand that to him." Ming Hua commented as she looked at the old ruins.
"Hard to believe this was once a village full of people." Xai Bau said as he looked at the ruins, trying to imagine what it must have been like when people lived here.
"Yeah… A lot of them." Femke replied as she looked around as well.
"Any Combustion Benders?" P'li asked.
"I don't know for sure. The first time I saw Laniban I didn't recognize the tattoo." Femke replied while earthbending a few rocks to look under them.
"Should you have? Most people don't actually know things from their past lives, right?" Zaheer asked, using a gust of wind to blow away some scrap metal, backing off quickly when the pile collapsed.
"I know but sometimes I get a feeling. A sensation. Like I should remember something." Femke explained while jumping from rock to rock. "Like the thing I see is familiar but I don't remember from where."
"Did that happen when you first met your friends?" Allerys asked.
"Yeah. It's some sort of mental trigger. When I first looked at them I felt like I had always known them." Femke looked in front of her with a dreamy look as she said this. This was interrupted by Toph blasting away the rock Femke was on, causing her to fall.
Femke's POV
"Enough of the babbling. We have a book to find and a girl to save?" Toph called, blasting the rock out from under me as I fell down. "Let's split up and get going. The sooner we find that book, the better."
"Good idea, but keep each other in sight. There might be monsters or even traps." I replied as I remembered the last time I was here. I almost walked into a trap myself if it wasn't for Daniel.
Daniel. His name still stung. I still felt deeply connected to him. The pain had lessened over the years, though. I married Grovyle, had Christie and Darkrai, lost Grovyle and fell in love again with Zaheer.
'Daniel died for the greater good. He died trying to protect you'
Feria called in my head as she appeared next to me, smiling.
"I know but that doesn't mean I don't miss him." I said as I smiled at my past life.
'It wasn't your time to reveal yourself yet. This was for the best.'
Feria said as she looked at me sternly but I saw the hurt in her eyes.
"And Dylan? Why did he have to leave?" I asked a little firmer. Dylan's death hurt even worse. He was so young.
'He died because of the powers of Evil that are growing around us.'
Feria said as I watched the others look around the ruins for the book.
'I know it hurts, but it was also for the best.'
Feria smiled as she looked at me with her one good eye.
"Excuse me? How can the Death of my son be for the best?" I asked firmly, shocked she would say such a thing.
'It gave you the resolve to become a true Voortrix and save everyone'
Feria smiled as she tapped me on the forehead after a vague image of me and Zaheer standing by the portal his eyes beaming as he looked at me.
Is this all really worth the Death of a child?
I thought as I looked up at Feria but she had already disappeared.
Zaheer's POV
After a lot of searching Voorfield for the book, we all decided it was best to split up. As I was searching my area I suddenly heard a sound.
"Who's there?"I called, hoping it was Ghazan but it wasn't.
I must be imagining things
I thought
'Zedina'
I heard it again. I quickly turned around, taking a step back when I saw a blue flame in front of me.
"Who's there?" I called, shivers going down my spine when I realised there was no one else around.
This place might be haunted. Many people died here, after all
I thought, shaking my head to shake off the idea.
How did this work in Femke's realm, anyway? I was wondering whether or not I should see Femke to find out if she knew her world had a Spirit Realm as well, when all off a sudden…
'Zedina'
This time it was really close. There was still nothing.
"Who's calling me? How do you know my past life's name?" I asked out loud. No reply. Just a ruffling sound. I walked to it and a small, multi-colored flame appeared in front of me.
''Zedinia. Come find me'
It called. I followed it, vaguely hearing Master Xai Bau call my name behind me as I followed the flame towards a large pile of rubble.
'Reach out, Zedinia. Find me. Help me restore peace'
The voice called. I did what it told me, stretching out my hand towards the rubble. I heard a voice call something in an unknown language. A light starter to glow brightly and when it cleared I held the same medallion in my hand as Femke had. Mine was silver and had the air symbol in the middle instead of the fire symbol like Femke's.
Of course! Zedinia is my past life! That means this medallion was mine back when…
I started but stopped when I felt a hand on my shoulder. As I looked I saw master Xai Bau.
"Are you okay?" Master Xai bau asked as he looked at me worriedly. "You were walking towards that pile of junk like you were in a trance. You got me worried."
"No need to." I replied with a smile as I showed the medallion to him. "Zedinia just wanted me to have my… ourold medallion back."
"Your medallion?" Xai Bau asked as he looked at me with widened eyes.
"It was mine back when I was Zedinia." I smiled as I looked at the medallion in my hand. "It must have been preserved in the ruins and now it found its way back to me."
"it is rather amazing what magic can do." Xai Bau smiled.
"It's sort of strange. I didn't see myself like this three years ago." I said, looking at my medallion.
"We all came a long way." Xai Bau said as he looked at me with a small smile. "None of us had thought any of this would ever happen until that one fateful day when you took Femke from Zhaofu."
"Fate works in a mysterious way." I nodded in agreement.
"Unless we find that book Atteritta's fate will be sealed." Tziza, who had joined us, snapped as I look at her and nodded. Just as I wanted to reply I saw Ghazan walk by us looking like he was in a trance as well.
"Ghazan! Do you hear me?"I called as I got up on my crutches and walked to him as far as I could. No reply came as he walked by towards a pile of rubble in a far corner of the village.
"He can't hear you, just like you." Xai Bau said, plucking his beard in a pondering way as he spoke. "But Ghazan has no past life. I wonder what he's hearing."
"That might be a good thing." I replied, looking from Ghazan slowly waking up to Master Xai Bau. "Those medallions fuse the past and the present together. Femke told me they showed her images of how Voorfield used to look before it was destroyed."
"Alright, good." Tziza commented with a nod before she turned to Ghazan, who was awake again. "Are you alright?"
"Some voice called me and told me that it was time to fulfill my real destiny and when I woke up I had this medallion in my hand." Ghazan explained, which got me smirking. He had a medallion as well. He was a real Voortrix.
"That's a Voortrix medallion, it fuses your past and present lives together and it's also proof you're Voortrix." I explained, remembering Femke had told me only the main eight Voortrix of before had worn the Voortrix medallions.
"Nice." Ghazan grinned.
"Let's search for that book. Or did we already forget Atteritta depends on us?" Tziza said.
"I didn't forgot. Let's move on." I nodded firmly, determined to find that book and help to save Atteritta before it was too late.
"Alright." Ghazan said before we each went our own way in search of the book.
Noatak's POV
"Found anything?" I called after a while of searching with Tarrlok and Allerys.
"Cauldrons and what looks like remains but nothing big."Tarrlok called back.
"Some of it is really old." Allerys called.
"Stay focused." I called back as I airbent some junk out of the way. As I did this, I remembered something.
P'li and I were in the middle of a sparring match I wasn't doing well despite water having an advantage over fire. P'li had proven to be a great opponent but I wasn't ready to give up.
"Neither of them are going to give up." I could hear Allerys comment from the sidelines.
"That's my brother for you. Extremely stubborn." Tarrlok said..
"It's impressive he manages to keep up with P'li." Xai Bau nodded with a smile as I dodged a lot of P'li's blows, waiting for my chance to strike but as I was dodging I suddenly fell a soft breeze around my feet.
"What the…?" I heard Tarrlok start behind me as his eyes grew wide with realisation.
"Air?" Allerys said, before she started to cheer. "Noatak, you're airbending!" I looked down with a smile on my face, then up at P'li, hoping I wasn't blushing.
"Now we all have two elements." I grinned as I tried to make an air blast hit P'li in the same motion Korra had used on me. Nothing happened. Why did nothing happen?
"You still need to learn to control it." P'li smiled as she approached me and I backed off. "You'll learn in time."
"We all had to learn." Tarrlok smiled.
"Then why did Korra beat me the moment she got it?" I asked.
"She studied the element before just like Zaheer did." Ming Hua remarked sharply.
"You have some rotten luck." Tarrlok said as he gave his older brother a soft pat on the back.
"Noatak!"
I snapped my head up as tarrlok called my name, I had been so lost in thought I didn't even notice him.
"I'm fine. I just got lost in thought for a moment." I answered absentmindedly before I shook my head. Now was not the time to remember the past.
'Norato'
I looked up when I heard a strange voice call me that. That was the name of my past life.
"Did you hear that?" I asked my friends with a shocked look.
"What should we have heard?" Allerys asked with a shocked look.
"Someone called me by my old name." I said, looking at the direction the voice came from. Nothing.
"Could have been your mind playing tricks on you." Allerys shrugged.
"Or not. Remember; Femke said Voorfield is the town of our past lives. Maybe someone is trying to reach you." Tarrlok said, before he and Allerys walked away.
There's probably nothing to fear
I thought as I airbended myself on a large pile of debris.
We're part of them hey wouldn't attack us. Right?
'Norato'
A voice called from behind me which made me turn around. My bloodbending didn't pick up anyone. Anyone alive, anyway.
"Who is calling me?" I called, trying to sound more secure then I really was..
'Norato'
'Come to me'
'I am here'
The voice called as I walked towards it, looking back to where my brother and Allerys had disappeared to before following the voice.
"Who are you?" I asked, getting a little annoyed with how vague the voice was.
'All will be revealed in time'
The voice replied, which made me roll my eyes.
"Where are you leading me to?" I asked, hoping I would get that answer.
'Your past. Voorfield is nothing more then a ruin. But from the ashes, a new Voorfield can rise'
The voice said, showing me an image of my younger self, sitting in a small cave on the North, carving my alias 'Amon' on the wall while thinking up a plan to rid the world of benders for good.
'A new generation of Voortrix can rise'
After that I saw my first meeting with Femke, followed by the day we realized we were blood and after that, the three of us preventing as much damage to Republic City as Korra fought Unavaatu.
"This was all in your plan?" I asked with a shocked look. "Did none of our choices matter?"
'Your actions were all your own. They eventually led you to Femke.'
The voice said as a small multi-colored flame appeared in front of a ruin of some sort of temple.
'Reach out'
'Find me'
'Fulfill your destiny'
I reached for the multi-colored flame. It gave off a strange warmth before I felt something in the palm of my hand. When I opened my it, I saw I held a medallion in my hand. Just like Femke.
"Well, I am the fairy of firebending"
I thought, smiling as I put the medallion around my neck. It started to glow and in a flash I saw P'li and me kiss, which made me smile. I was going to be able to tell her how I felt soon.
"Noa? Are you okay?" Tarrlok called as the light cleared and I saw him and Allerys, smiling as he held a medallion in his hand as well. His bearing the Water emblem in the middle.
"I found my Voortrix medallion." I smiled as I showed them my medallion, which made Tarrlok smile. We both found ours.
"That's great but no sign of the book yet." I replied, looking down sadly. With every minute passing, Atteritta could die. We had to prevent that at any cost. I wouldn't be able to look P'li in the eye again if that happens.
"We'll find it. I'm sure of it." Tarrlok assured me as put an arm on my shoulder with a smile on his face. "We're not going to let her die."
"Tarrlok?" I whispered, seeing how serious he was about this. "You're right. We can't give up now. For her sake." I said, balling my fist as my brother and Allerys nodded before we started searching again.
P'li's POV
After Toph put our minds back to our task, we all went separate ways to look for the book that could help us.
I am not going to let Atteritta die
I thought as I blew up a few rocks to be able to see if they were hiding something.
"Found anything yet?" I shouted to Toph.
"Not yet! But I'm not giving up!" She called as she stomped her feet on the ground to have a better look, shaking her head before she walked on.
Hang in there, Atteritta. We will find that book and we will come to rescue you
I thought as I walked the other way, blasting rocks left and right as I went until I suddenly saw a strange light before me.
'P'li'
A strange soft voice called me from out of the flame. It didn't feel hot at all nor did it move when I tried to bend it.
'Don't be afraid. I am a friend'
A voice called from out of the flame before it started to move.
'Follow me'
"Who or what are you?" I asked as I ran after it, hearing someone call me in the distance.
'I'm a friend of yours. From another time. Another world.'
The voice replied solemnly.
That was clear as mud
I thought as I followed the flame towards a small hut that had somehow survived the damage. The flame stopped in front of the door and started to grow. I flinched backwards as the flame turned in a blue shining figure, wearing a beautiful sleeveless yellow shirt and mini skirt as well as big wings that had the lightning bolt emblem on them.
"You must be Feria." I realized when I saw her clothes, which were the same as Femke's.
"I am. It's an honor to finally greet you in person after such a long time." Feria smiled at me.
"How? Femke's not here." I said, looking around for a sign of my best friend but she wasn't around. Was this a trick by Darkar?
"That is outside of Voorfield. Here, the place of all of our origins, different rules apply." Feria smiled.
"All off us? I thought only the eight original Voortrix came from Voorfield." I wondered out loud.
"No. All eleven of you have ancestry going back to the time of the Voortrix." Feria smiled "We didn't just pick a few random kids to become new Voortrix members. We have always watched over you. All off you." Feria said, pointing to the small hut, which suddenly turned into the small hutt my adoptive parents had lived in. Next to it stood the old woman from the alley, looking at me sadly as I was taken to Mogui.. But after the car turned around the corner, she turned blue and transparent, then turned around and walked through a wall were Feria was standing.
"They took her to the monster. There was nothing I could do to save her." The figure sadly sad.
"Don't despair. It won't last." Feria smiled as she placed a hand on the blonde's shoulder with a soft smile on her face. "In nine years she will be saved and in time, Fate will call upon her and together with the others, we will save the world."
"Another Voortrix is born! A boy, born in Ba Sing Se's lower ring." Another brunette called as she appeared next to Feria with a smile on her face.
"Then all events are set in motion. Inne, Deoxis, Selvia, these three kids will play a key role in saving the world one day. They will be the ones to guide our reincarnations and show them that not everything is as it seems." Feria smiled, the fake eye behind her hair glimmered in the light, after which the scene before us turned back to the village.
"So everything we did, everything we went through, was part of some grand plan?" I asked, looking at the place that scene before me had played out with shock.
"All we wanted was to bring you to the Red Lotus and to your destiny." Feria told me with a sad look. "If I could go back and do that without giving you so much pain, I would. The Red Lotus taught you so much."
"I learned to be strong. That all life is precious. Even the lives of Combustion Benders, like myself." I looked down sadly, remembering Atteritta. Out there, waiting for us to return with the book.
"They helped you grow from a scared little girl with no trust in anyone… " As she said this, images appeared of my first few days at the Red Lotus headquarters. "To a brave, selfless young woman that will always put the needs of others before her own."
Feria smiled as the image changed to the day before we went to Laghima's Peak when femke and I hugged, then shifted to the dream world when I was willing to lay down my own life to save Femke's.
"You have become a true Voortrix over the three years you have been with Femke and guided her as well." Feria smiled as she showed more flashes of memories of all five of us together.
We came a long way after the Red Lotus mission ended
I thought with a smile as I walked towards the image of Femke and me in the tree, talking about Zaheer, smiling as I stretched out my hand and placed a hand on the place on Femke's image I knew her Voortrix medallion was. This made a flash of light appear.
"What?" I gasped in shock as I balled my first before retrieving my hand. I felt a soft stone inside and when the light cleared and I opened my hand, I was holding the same Medallion as Femke, only mine had the Combustion Eye in the middle.
"That is your medallion. You're now officially a member of the Voortrix now. It connects the past and the future together." Feria explained, smiling as I looked at the medallion with widened eyes before I looked at her.
"Wasn't I already when I got my powers?" I asked. Femke had told me that was when I had joined.
"You did, this just makes it official. You now also bear proof to your title." Feria smiled as she placed her hand on mine. "Destiny awaits, P'li. Be brave and keep on remembering the lessons the past taught you."
"I will." I smiled, bowing slightly, which Feria repeated before she disappeared. There was a hand on my shoulder now. Toph.
"Who were you talking to?" She asked, scanning the area for another life form.
She probably can't sense ghosts
I realized.
"I saw a ghost; the spirit of Femke's past life; Feria." I explained, hoping she wouldn't think I lost my mind.
"Mom's past life spirit? What did she want?" Toph asked.
"She wanted to give me my medallion." I said, putting a hand around the medallion on my chest with a smile on my face.
"Good! The more of us have their medallion the better!" Toph smirked as she reached under her shirt and showed that she had a medallion as well, hers having the sign of the Earth Kingdom in the middle.
"I wonder if the others… " I started but I was interrupted by Ming calling.
"I think I found something!"
"She might have found the book, let's go!" I smiled at Toph before we both ran towards were ming had called from. But as I wanted to walk to my friends to see what was going on, I was hit on the back of my head hard, causing everything around me to turn black.
Ming Hua's POV
"Okay, where do they keep books?" I muttered as I turned every stone upside down to look under it.
Probably in a library. So where's the library?
I taught as I kept looking around for a sign of the book.
'Ming Hua'
A voice called clear as day. I quickly turned around but there was nothing there besides rubble.
'Ming Hua'
Again that same voice. Clearer this time. I shrugged and kept on walking, figuring it must have been my imagination.
'Ming Hua'
I jerked around. If I was fast I might catch a glimpse of whoever was following me but the space behind me was as empty as it had been before.
Either I'm being called by a spirit or I'm losing my mind
I thought, looking around for any sign of a spirit. Nothing
Spirits can make themselves invisible, mom once said. Maybe that's what's happening
I taught and as I did so, I felt a soft breeze over my cheek.
'Ming Hua. Come to me'
The voice called more clearly now.
"Mind telling me who I'm talking to?" I asked, not planning on just following a voice that came out of nowhere.
'Time is of the essence. I am a friend'
The voice said, making me roll my eyes and continue my searching. I went to a big stone that had a strange green marking on it and lifted it up, noting a strange staircase underneath it. A secret passage. That looked promising.
"I found something!"I called out as I held the rock in the air. Within a matter of minutes the others stood around me, all wearing a strange necklace for some reason. No need to think about that now. We had a book to get to and a woman to save.
"Secret staircases are always a good place to start. way to go, Ming." Ghazan smirked as he patted me on the shoulder.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go." P'li said firmly.
"P'li, I know you want to finish this as quickly as possible to save Atteritta but we need to stay cautious. There could be traps down there." Femke said.
"But with every moment that we stay here, Atteritta could die." P'li replied and when she turned to look at us, I saw tears in the corners of her eyes.
The thought of losing her aunt must be driving her crazy
I figured. P'li hadn't had a family until a few months ago. She's willing to do whatever it took to protect them.
"I know you want to save her but we shouldn't get careless." Zaheer started but P'li gave him a firm look as he instantly went quiet.
"We will be no good to Atteritta if we're dead." Femke nodded, lighting a small fire in the palm of her hand before she walked to the stairs. "I'll go first. Daniel told me what to look for when we were here last time so I will recognise traps.
"Good." P'li nodded, letting her best friend go down the stairs first to lead the way. We dodged traps along the way until we stopped in the middle of a large area with a lot of bookcases.
"Oh my." Zaheer smiled as he looked around with widened eyes at the sight. "This might be bigger than Wan Shi Tong's library."
"You've been there?" Femke asked as she walked to a few of the shelves and picked up a random book to look inside.
"What else did you think I was doing all those years in jail?" Zaheer asked as he did the same.
"Explore the Spirit Realm?" Femke smiled as she put the first book back and got another one.
"I almost visited every place in the Spirit World by the time I was sent to jail. The only place I never visited is Koh's realm." Zaheer smiled as we all looked through the many books, on the lookout for the fairy book.
"Cool, I've only visited the library once, when it was still in the physical world. maybe you've heard of that one?" Femke said as she opened a book and closing it again.
"You upset Wan Shi Tong by lying, right? That's why the library is in the Spirit World again?" Zaheer asked.
"Kinda. We did it for a good reason." Femke shrugged. "I had nightmares for weeks because of him attacking us"
"Was it that bad?" I asked as I looked up from the book I had been reading.
"Yeah. Neck stretched out, flapping his wings and that look in his eyes." I saw Femke shiver at the memory. Wuss.
"That sounds bad. I've never seen him lose his temper but I heard rumors of what he is capable of." Zaheer said as he wrapped an arm around his girlfriend with a smile on his face.
"Want to see?" Femke asked.
"We have a mission, remember?" P'li said firmly. "We don't have time for this."
"I know, P'li. We're all worried for her." Femke said as she looked at her friend sadly.
"Then stop getting sidetracked."P'li said with a steely voice, making Femke look at her with widened eyes, before she turned around and ran.
"That was a bit harsh." Zaheer said.
"I'm just worried about my Aunt." P'li said as she looked to the side with a too familiar hurt look in her eyes. She was worried sick.
"I know you're worried. We all do. But that doesn't mean you should lash out." Zaheer said as he walked to P'li with a sad look. P'li just looked away.
"I'm sorry for hurting your precious girlfriend's feelings." P'li spat bitterly.
"That's not the point, P'li." Zaheer replied as an uneasy silence followed.
"And that's not P'li!" Femke called as she suddenly re-appeared in the doorway to the library along with another P'li. We all gasped. This just got a whole lot more complicated.
Femke's POV
I ran out of the library blindly after P'li's words. I knew she was right but P'li had never reacted like that before.
I know she was worried, but she didn't have to be so cold about it
Went through my head as I slowed down my pace to think.
'Or it was a trick of Darkar to place a wedge in the team.'
Feria called in my head right before I tripped and fell over something that felt like a human body. I should watch where I'm going.
There aren't supposed to be any humans here
I taught as I looked back at whom I had tripped over, gasping when I saw it was P'li!
'How? I saw her in the library a moment ago'
I taught, getting on my knees fast and shake P'li gently.
"P'li, wake up!" I called as P'li groaned before she sat up, looking at me, dazed.
"Did you find the book?" she asked with a groggy voice.
"Not yet. Hang on. At the Zeppelin over the Airtemple that one time, what was the first thing I said after waking up?" I asked firmly, knowing only the real P'li could answer that.
"That you were okay after I asked. Then you went 'what about the mission?'. Why?" P'li asked me with a confused look. I turned pale. That meant the other P'li was a fake.
"I'll explain later, we have to get to the library now!" I told my best friend, who looked at me shocked before she nodded. After which the two of us ran back to the library.
"And that's not P'li!"I called as soon as I had reached them with the real P'li standing next to me.
"Then who are you?" Zaheer asked as he looked at the P'li next to him with shock, dodging just in time as the fake P'li attacked him.
"What?" Zaheer said as he looked up at the fake P'li with shock. She grinned before she shifted into an all too familiar shape; Darkar.
"It seems we meet again, Voortrix." Darkar smirked as he looked at the eleven of us.
"Have we met before?" Ghazan asked with a confused look. "I think I would remember a mug like that."
"We did. Three Thousand years ago nine of you defeated me, locking me in a sarcophagus where I slumbered for years." Darkhar said, his one eye flashing as he spoke.
"This is the evil creature that destroyed Voorfield?" P'li asked.
"He is." I replied firmly as I got in battle stance.
"You didn't lied when you said he was looking like a pure evil creature." Zaheer said.
"What did I say?" I said as Toph stood behind me and placed a hand on my shoulder.
"Ready when you are." She simply said. We knew what we had to do.
"There is no need to fight. Just hand me the Voortrix book and your powers and I will let you walk free." Darkar demanded.
"Over my dead body Darkar! The power of the Voortrix doesn't belongs to you!"I called, after which we all made the V sign with our arms.
"Enchantix Voortrix!" We all called, after which a bright flash lit up the library after which all Voortrix fairies stood before the Dark Lord in their Enchantix form.
"Ah. Enchantix, powered by sacrifice." Darkar smirked as he stretched out his arms. "You really think you can beat me with this?"
"We know we can't." I remarked with a as i looked at my friends. "But we can hold you off."
"The Voortrix book. You really think you can stop me with that?" Darkar said as he looked over us. "Do you really think there is any fairy form that can stop me?"
"There is and we're going to find it." Zaheer said, standing next to me with a firm look on his face. "And then you will give us back our powers."
"That you gave to me willingly." Darkar remarked sharply.
"To use for good, not evil." Toph said.
"My fall to the darkness was your fault." Darkar said bitterly as he looked over the group as they looked at him with confusion. Except me. I knew this story.
"We had noidea that would happen, Lightheart was our friendand he was willing to take the risk in order to save Voorfield." I spat at him.
"You were a bunch of fools and that will be your downfall." Darkar said.
"Not in a million years!" Ghazan called, after which he launched a chunk of rock at Darkar, which he caught with an amused smirk on his face.
"You will have to do better than that." Darkar sad while crushing the stone in his claw , after he sent Ghazan flying against the wall with little effort.
"He's too powerful." Zaheer whispered as he squeezed my hand a little. He was nervous. We all were. I was starting to panic, if it came to a fight we would be crushed.
"We have to distract him and grab the book, then get out as fast as possible." I whispered back to Zaheer as I looked around with panic, hoping I would spot anything that would trigger the same sensation I had felt when I had first looked at my medallion. Nothing.
"Let me drop something on him." Toph whispered in my ear as I nodded. The simplest approach is often the best one.
"Get ready.." I told everyone as they nodded and flew off. I nodded to Toph as she bended the earth beneath several of the bookcases, making them topple over and land on Darker. After that, we all took off and started to look for the book as fast as we could.
Darkar didn't stay down for long, though. We were running out of time.
"ilene! Can you hear me?" I called on my watch.
"Loud and clear? How are things going?" Ilena answered.
"Badly, can you and the girls leave Lord Zuko to look after Atteritta for a while? Darkar is here, we could use a hand."I called back as I saw Darkar getting up, casually dusting himself off.
"We'll be there in a flash, hang in there!" Ilene said as she hung up.
The eleven of us wouldn't be enough. I dodged a few attacks, landing behind a bookcase and dialing up Najira.
"Najira, we have an emergency! Get over here!"I shouted as a sleepy looking Najira appeared on my phone.
"It's in the middle of the night, can it wait?" Najira asked sleepily. I forgot about the time difference between Magix and this dimension. Whoops.
"We tried to find this book that will help us save this world and then Darkar showed up." I explained as simply as possible. "We could use a few extra hands."
"I'm on my way." Najira said before she hang up. A flash and Ilene, Deoxis and Selvia appeared on one side and Najira and Valtor on the other.
"Backup, nice." Ghazan called as he threw a book at Darkar before flying to his other side and bending some lava at him only for it to be countered with ease.
"We heard there was a party." Floxy joked.
"We're real party makers." Rex smirked as he and Ilena used a combined attack to fling Darkar in a back wall, dodging a shadow attack from him.
"Let's get this party started. Pop Pixie Power!" Floxy called, after which he used his newly achieved magic to change in his Pop Pixie form. "Pop Pixie of pranks!"
"Good idea! Pop Pixie Power!" Yucca, Sapphire and Arsenio called, after which they also changed into their Pop Pixie forms.
"Everyone!" I tried but before I could finish, Darkar had flung all of us against a wall.
"Do you really think you can take me on now you're all back together" Darkar grinned as he walked towards us, his one eye flashing as he did so.
"Maybe." Ilene groaned as she got up slowly, followed by the rest of us. "But we won't let you win."
"Even if we'll die again, we'll find a way to get our friend back." Dizanna said as she got up.
"And we're with you." Valtor smirked as he hoisted himself up as we. Darkar turned to look at him.
"Keeper of the Dark Dragon Flame. Here to reclaim your power?" Darkar grinned as he looked at my godson.
"That time is behind me. I'm a redeemed man now." Valtor stated before he closed his eyes and seemed to focus on something after that, he pointed his hand at Darkar. A flash and all of a sudden. Darkar was gone only to return a second later.
"Foolish boy. You're worthless. Just like I told the ancient witches all those years ago." Darkhar smirked as he picked Valtor up by his face.
No! I'm not going to fail Najira again
I thought as I gathered as much energy as I could.
"No!" I shouted as I blasted Darkar with all I had. This took him by surprise, causing him to let go.
"Thanks!" Valtor said before he turned around and fired at Darkar along with me.
"Al together!" I called to the others, who blasted at Darkar as well. This made him grunt in pain.
"Next time, I won't be beaten. You will fall and the Voortrix will be mine." Darkar said before he disappeared in a flash.
"Wow!" I gasped, looking at Valtor with widened eyes. "Are you alright?"
"I am." valtor said as he got up, only to get pulled into a hug by Najira.
"I almost lost you again." She told her son after she had finally let go.
"Well, next time Femke should take more care of herself, then." Valtor smirked.
"I can take care of myself. I just needed some help with Darkar." I defended myself. "Speaking of which, how did you manage to use your powers? I thought you lost them?"
"I have been practicing since our last battle against Grizelda's clone." Valtor grinned as he looked at me. "I used a little spark of my powers back then as well."
"Looks like it paid off." I said, remembering he had used a spark of his old powers during our last battle against the Grizelda clone Darkar had sent.
"Who are you again?" Ming Hua asked with a raised eyebrow.
"You never heard of me?" Valtor asked arrogantly, which made me smile and shake my head.
"I'm Valtor, keeper of the Dark Dragon Flame." Valtor introduced himself.
"Another old flame?" Ghazan asked me as my face turned red.
"He's far too young for me." I said with a raised eyebrow. "And then there's the fact I'm his Godmother."
"He also almost took over the magical realm twice." Najira said as she ruffled her son's hair with a smile on her face.
"Only to be defeated by the Company of Light both times." I added.
"But I've changed." Valtor concluded looking at the two of us firmly.
"He did." Najira smiled as she hugged her son.
"No need to feel ashamed. We also almost ruined the world twice before we turned over a new leaf." Ghazan said.
"What happened, happened. I'm relieved Femke found us. She saved us in many ways." zaheer smiled as he wrapped an arm around me.
"A second chance is really powerful." Ilene smiled. As she said this, the medallions all started to glow and move towards each other with the magic Pops of the Pixies forming a circle around it. I looked at the circle with widened eyes just like the others. After the light cleared, a small altar had appeared with and old book on it. Wait, I've seen this before.
This must be it
I thought as I placed my hand on the book to make sure it was real before I picked it up and opened it, gasping when i saw the Believix form. This was it! This was the Voortrix book.
"That looks amazing." Ghazan said as he looked at it over my shoulder.
"Is it me or did the wings get even bigger?" Zaheer commented as he looked over my other shoulder.
"And it looks like they can change forms as well." I smiled as I read the text next to the picture. "For speed, teleportation and looking into the past."
"Neat." Ghazan commented.
"Is there anything in the book about how to earn this new power?" Ming Hua asked.
"For us to earn it, the people of your planet have to start believing in Fairies again." I said as I looked up sternly.
"That might become a problem." Noatak said.
"They barely trust us. They won't believe us if we start about Fairy Magic." Tarrlok said sadly.
"We have to try Atteritta depends on it." P'li said firmly.
"How?" Ghazan asked.
"Feria said we had to open our hearts. That might help us." Xai Bau said with a pondering look.
"Let's just get out of here. We have the book." I said, figuring we better get back to a safe location.
"Let's go back to Songpan." Zaheer said.
"We're going back to Magix. Goodbye." Valtor smiled before disappearing in a flash.
"Good luck, Voortrix." Najira nodded before she and the others from Magix also vanished.
"We'll see each other again soon. Stay safe until then." I told my friends as we teleported back to Songpan.
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And with that I end a rather long chapter. I hope you liked it!
A/N:
Sorry about the many POV switches, I know it makes a story harder to read at times but I really wanted to tell the tale from several of the character's points of view as they get their medallions.
We'll see characters from my older stories stop by more often, especially the ones that are tied to the start of Femke's journey as a Fairy. If you want to know more about what happened to Valtor, you can read my story 'Befriending Valtor' on my User Page.
That was all for now! Thanks for reading and thanks to paranoidgirl for doing such an awesome job as Beta reader and advisor
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