Chapter 8: Dreams of the Past and Troubles of the Present
That night Bloom was restless in her sleep she dreamt of a landscape that was too murky like it was underwater, she heard a woman's voice say "Bloom." Soon the landscape changed to that of a city, a great city that was on fire and under siege, the inhabitants running from hordes of monstrous creatures and wicked people, while the those unlucky enough to be caught were cut down as they tried to escape, or dragged off to a gruesome fate which varied, Bloom was like a ghost to the figures in the dreamscape as they ran thru her like she was ghost or they were, the surroundings felt so real, she could see the wrent flags and tapestries of the city, their regalia and coats of a kingdom never seen by her in anything she ever read or saw from looking at books in the library. Suddenly she transformed on instinct into her Charmix and was drawn into a great palace where she saw the very familiar figure of Erasiel who was clad in a fine set of armor and the woman she had seen earlier that day, the two squared off against three shadowy crones, magic came from both sides and suddenly the woman shrieked as if she was being torn from her very core, Erasiel roared in anger and a barrage of spells was loosed by him, the kind of magic and power that was beyond Bloom's wildest dreams and came from various types of magic, suddenly the fight changed venues and she was flying high above the city as Erasiel and the shadows battled it out. Bloom looked at the ground and saw the city, no not just the city but the entire countryside from horizon to horizon turn to a frozen wasteland, then she saw Erasiel tire and suddenly a spell was flung at him and she saw him overwhelmed and saw the force of the impact send him flying uncontrollably into a large spike of ice from a great glacier that formed over the city. "NO! ERASIEL!" Bloom screamed as she saw that the spike had impaled Erasiel in the chest and his figure turned to ash as well as the world around her, and she heard a voice saying "Bloom." That voice grew louder until it shouted, "Bloom wake up!"
Bloom opened her eyes, it was still dark, but she saw three people over her bed side, Flora looking at her with concern, Stella with the same and Erasiel who had been shouting to wake her up. "Good you're awake, you must have been having one heck of a nightmare, you woke me up when you were yelling my name and Flora and Stella were here when I got here" Erasiel stated offering a hand to Bloom who sat up, noted she was still in her Charmix and turned back to normal.
"What happened, I had this horrible nightmare, there was a city on fire, and shadowy figures and monsters and you were there too Erasiel and you died" Bloom stated.
"Well for starters call me Nathan, like I said before Erasiel is a name I reserve for long term acquittances, friends and family, secondly describe in detail what you saw, perhaps talking about it with us will put you more at ease" Erasiel responded, to which Bloom nodded then began to tell him, Stella and Flora in exact details what she saw.
The explanation lasted about half-an hour until Bloom finished leaving Erasiel, Stella and Flora to regard her with confused looks, well some confused, Flora was concerned, and Stella had been half-asleep, while Erasiel regarded Bloom with serious interest and was thinking. "So now what?" Bloom asked.
"Well that should allow you to sleep better now at the least, I'll have to think about what you've seen Bloom, dreams like these aren't natural, they are magical in nature as can be seen by your body's reactions like the fact you were in Charmix form when you woke up, anyway something to think about on my case, anyway try and get some sleep and if this continues tell me everything about it, I'll talk to Faragonda about this: whatever is going on Bloom it has my interest more so than before, I have been only observing you, but now it looks as if I'm now in the position of helping you learn more about yourself, I have my theories but they aren't hardened concrete yet" Erasiel stated then turned to Stella and Flora. "You two head back to sleep, I'll keep an eye on Bloom to see if she goes through any more episodes of this" Erasiel continued, he then lifted Bloom's blanket and tucked her in, gave her a kiss on the forehead and said, "Good Night Bloom" and left the room, Flora and Stella went back to their beds and Bloom eased back to sleep.
Erasiel left the Winx's dorm room and proceeded down the hallway and thru the rest of the school until he found the Headmaster's office and the quarters of Faragonda who slept peacefully, Erasiel walked into the room and turned on the light which woke Faragonda up. "Who is disturbing me in the middle of the night, Griselda you- "Faragonda began to say as Erasiel came into focus. "Erasiel? What are you doing here and at this hour" Faragonda asked.
"Sorry to wake you up my dear wife, but something has come up and it can't wait till morning" Erasiel explained, Faragonda got out of bed revealing her to be in a transparent lavender night-gown with her dark purple nylon stockings which had golden threading along the sides and in the feet, as well as a garter belt which held them on. She stepped over to the nightstand before grabbing her glasses, the purples lenses matching her lavender eyes.
"Alright what is it that is so important Erasiel?" Faragonda asked taking a seat on the nearby couch, Erasiel joined her.
"It concerns Bloom, before you ask no, she and I didn't do each other, this is far more important than that, she had a dream but not a normal dream a vision, she described it in detail" Erasiel explained.
"A Vision what of" Faragonda inquired to which Erasiel could only solemnly look at her, an aura of sadness on his face.
"I'm not so sure, but it sounded like a vision of the past; she described it in detail, I know exactly though what it was, it was the fall of Domino, specifically the fall of the Royal City Sparx and my battle with the Ancestresses, blow by blow" Erasiel responded.
"That is highly unusual indeed, what do you make of it?" Faragonda asked.
"I am not sure, but I have a possible theory, I'm not sure I need more evidence, to test it, in fact I would need to test Bloom to know for sure, is it possible you could arrange a test of some kind" Erasiel responded.
"A test that you oversee, well there is the simulator test, it is coming up in a month from now; perhaps that could be of use for your purpose, however what kind of information do you need?" Faragonda responded.
"Combat information, more specifically I want to push Bloom's powers to her current max potential, to see if my theory is correct, one more thing; do you have any information about Bloom?" Erasiel responded.
"Not much I'm afraid, other than she is the first fairy from Earth in long time, and also one of the most powerful faeries in a long time" Faragonda responded.
"I see, not much to work with, I'll see if I can get more information out of her, though not tomorrow, I have a date tomorrow afternoon; and on top of that I have to meet with Palladium about crafting a suitable test for the simulator, anyway I'll work things out, if anything comes up I'll tell you all about it" Erasiel responded, then kissed Faragonda on her cheek. "Mind if I sleep with you for the evening?" Erasiel asked.
"I have no problems with that not even remotely, however you woke me up and I need to be tired out, I'm sure you can oblige" Faragonda responded with a wink and flirty face, Erasiel was only to keen to oblige, he turned off the light and the two edged into bed, Erasiel removed her night gown and she removed his pajamas, leaving them in their underwear, she wore a purple lace bra and panties with the same golden threading as her stockings which the undergarments matched, these had been woven by Faragonda herself and were made of Arachnorok Spider silk and the gold was actual gold, Erasiel wore his standard orange and purple boxers. "It's been too long" Faragonda stated.
Erasiel stripped her over her undergarments save the stockings, and she in turned relieved him of his boxers, her large EE-cup breasts in full view. "I think we both know how this starts" Erasiel commented.
"Oh, you know me too well" Faragonda stated, then leaned over his head and wrapped her breasts around his length and began to suck on it while moving her breasts up and down.
"Oh yeah" Erasiel moaned, it had been too long indeed since they had last been together and he missed her skills, in the field of oral sex she was at the moment unrivaled, the way she alternated her tongue licking the length one moment and then deepthroating the next, followed by the licking of his testicles, to then lick up the length, all the while alternating his length in and out of her large breasts and grinning. After about five minutes of her oral art he climaxed, she swallowed most of his seed but nice bukkake was left on her face which she licked up.
"Mmm, Sherbet" Faragonda stated licking up of the seed, Erasiel grabbed her and laid her back, then lowered himself to her loins and started to finger her and to lick her. "Oh yes!" Faragonda moaned after 12 seconds of his work. Erasiel too was a master of oral sex, though only with females, his Brother Arantir was experienced in please both men and women in that department, he knew exactly when to take it slow as well as to probe to find the sweet g-spot, only after a bit to suck elsewhere, the sweetness of her honeypot was surreal but common to faeries who tasted sweet in that field. Soon Faragonda reached her limit closing her eyes and moaning as she climaxed, Erasiel licked up the fluids then lifted himself up and entered her tight walls, despite having giving him her virginity eons ago she was still tight in spite of centuries of intercourse. Faragonda moaned as Erasiel entered her, Erasiel then turned to drink from her breasts, fairy milk tasted like strawberry milk with a dash of chocolate thrown in for good measure, Erasiel drank like an infant, as Faragonda moaned. "OH! Such bliss! OH! Erasiel" Faragonda moaned, Erasiel continued drink, as he did so Faragonda's hands slipped under to play with his nipples causing him to moan into her breast. The smooth tempo continued Erasiel alternated breasts and sucked them drinking as much he wanted greedily, eventually he reached his limit and unloaded inside her. Erasiel then kissed Faragonda their tongue dancing as he continued his thrusts and did so until he unloaded again. Erasiel then flipped her over and entered her anus, pulling her back and pulling the covers over them as they continued their lovemaking into the night, the moon the only witness to their lovemaking.
The Following morning Erasiel awoke the smell of Faragonda's perfume in the air along other more sensual smells, he was about to get up when Faragonda who had awakened kept him pinned down, as she had been sleeping on top of him the night before, Erasiel smirked kissed her and stroked his right hand thru her lovely light cyan hair while his left touched her back and lower, then they continued where they had left off the previous night Erasiel thrusting into Faragonda as she rode him, soon pulling her to him so to drink from her breasts. "Oh Erasiel" Faragonda moaned then kiss his forehead, Erasiel continued this for a while.
An hour later... Erasiel had used magic to dress himself into his day clothes, he had realized that he had left his staff in the Winx's dorm-room and soon Kerborg arrived with it, Erasiel then proceeded towards the school library where he proceeded to collect some light reading material, while light as far as he was concerned, the material was about dreams and a number of specific events namely the War of the Ancestresses, also two of the books were his own published accounts of the history of the war; he reviewed the information and examined it further, he was at this a for a few hours and didn't notice when Bloom walked into the Library and sat next to him. "Hey Nathan" Bloom greeted startling Erasiel from his reading, he then recovered. "What are you doing?" Bloom asked.
"Research, like I said last night I would be looking into all matters concerning you, and I have a few theories therefore I am going to do all in my power to find out what is happening to you" Erasiel explained he then asked, "Did you have any more dreams like the one you had last night?"
"Yes, I did have one, the woman from my previous dream I was underwater, and she was facing me as if she was trying to tell me something" Bloom responded.
"Describe her to me" Erasiel responded, and Bloom did as he requested, in detail, then she pulled paper and a pencil out of her bag and paper as well then she began to draw, within a few minutes she had drawn a fairly detailed picture of the woman she saw, and this caused Erasiel noticeable concern. "Daphne" Erasiel thought then wondered, no it couldn't be, could it, well he would have to check and- he looked at his watch "Crap, sorry Bloom we'll talk later I have a date!" Erasiel exclaimed then bolted out his chair and ran off, leaving Bloom confused, however she was interested in the books next to her and began reading the books starting with the one titled "War of the Ancestresses, a Complete history, volume 1, by Erasiel Nathan Darkar".
Erasiel ran down the hallway past the courtyard, where Musa was listening to her music to whom he yelled "HI MUSA! BYE MUSA! OFF TO MAGIX!", he then proceeded to spread his wings and fly off, followed by Kerborg, Musa was absolutely intrigued and transformed to follow him. Erasiel was moving rather fast and Musa struggled to keep up, but she didn't have to for too long as he began his descent towards Magix City and landed on the first empty sidewalk she saw with Musa landing behind him, where he bolted to the nearby park where he found Darcy sitting on a park bench. "Am I late?!" Erasiel asked, to which Darcy laughed.
"Late? (giggling) you're 20 minutes early" Darcy responded. "Hey, I didn't know you were bring Musa with you" Darcy stated noticing Musa behind Erasiel back in civilian form.
"Musa? What are you doing here?" Erasiel asked confused.
"Following you, you were in such a hurry to take off, I thought something serious had come up" Musa responded.
"Oh that, just a lunch date at Hex Café, Darcy and Riven and I had a previous engagement the three of us with Stormy and Icy as chaperones" Erasiel explained.
"Oh, I see" Musa responded.
"Hey, you can come with if you want, I'll buy you lunch, besides you'll love it, Hex café is the best restaurant in town, well in the opinion of me in my sisters, the food there is great, and they have the best smoothies and all the Diet Coke you can drink" Darcy offered and explained.
"Well shoot, I'm up if you're offering, just leave me out of your date, if I'm going to date Nathan it's going to be on my own terms" Musa stated, she was slightly jealous of Darcy, but not overly so, it was open secret Erasiel was a womanizer and Musa wasn't detoured by that fact, it was a known fact that everyone at Alfea and Cloud Tower that he was married to both Faragonda and Griffin, also Musa was drawn to him; especially after he showed so much concern for her friends and he saved their lives from the four-armed minotaur.
Erasiel was quick to stroll thru town with Darcy and Musa at side, he soon ran into Riven who was clad in civilian attire, her usual Red Fountain uniform replaced by purple top similar to Darcy's and skirt like Musa's but with sweets worn underneath, she wore simple Velcro shoes, and had her hair in the same style she wore at the party with the same accessories in her hair. "Hey handsome" Riven said and kissed Erasiel on the cheek and joined them. The party of four then continued, blissfully unaware that they were being followed.
Specifically, they were being stalked by a group of irate specialists which were led by Prince Sky, the real one not Brandon, the group consisted of some of the racers who had lost to Darcy, and some of the toughs that had been humiliated in the brawl at the party, Lucius Leary among them, despite their detentions they still had free movement when School wasn't in session. This mob of Specialists had one thing on their mind, vengeance.
If Magix had a humble but amazing restaurant it was definitely Hex Café, it was called that do to its owner being a former student at Cloud Tower and because discounts were always offered to current and former students, mainly because Witches were the chief customers, most people didn't go near the place due to fear of so many witches in one place. Erasiel was one such person who was not afraid, as long as no Manticores were present he was never afraid, he didn't understand the hard coded fear for witches, yes they did use dark magic, but not all witches were evil just as not all necromancers were evil, or Phoenixes, or dragons, or humans, or any race or group of people for that matter, the fact was some few bad apples spoil the bunch, also dark magic was not adherently evil in fact no magic was adherently evil, it was simply there the raw energy, anyone could use it, in fact all evil done with magic depended on the individual.
Erasiel and company walked in thru the front door of Hex Café, he noted his surroundings and recognized a number of witches from Cloud Tower, including Mirta, but of course the obvious ones were Stormy and Icy who had been waiting for him. "And here you are, the three of you on schedule, hey Musa what are you doing here" Icy greeted.
"Oh that, Darcy offered to buy me lunch" Musa responded keeping her cool, there were a number of glares from other Witches who weren't so keen to have a fairy in their midst.
Stormy noted the glares and shouted "Alright! Listen up because I'm only going to say this once, Musa is our friend, anyone wanting to start trouble with her is starting trouble with me and my sisters, so don't any of you troublemakers forget who are the top of Cloud Tower's classes and popularity ladder!" This caused all those glaring to relent out of fear of Stormy, the Trix despite having become kinder and more restrained from bullying wouldn't hold back to keep their position on popularity structure of Cloud Tower also they absolutely wouldn't tolerate attacks on friends, something which was relatively new for them. "You know what Musa, I think the three of us, you Icy and me should eat out front get some fresh air" Stormy continued, Musa could only nod, besides she didn't like the music inside anyway.
Erasiel sat at a nearby table with Darcy and Riven sitting on either side of him, the witches at other tables regarded him with looks of attraction, something which for the moment he was not going to reply to, he was here on a date with Darcy and Riven and he was not going to let anyone come in between him and his current pursuits.
That something was that which ended up happening, unfortunately he was not going to receive was a peaceful date, especially when a group of irate specialists walked up front, this caught the attention of Icy Stormy and Musa.
"What are you doing here!?" Icy yelled irately at Sky and his group of toughs.
"We're here for business" Sky responded.
"I told you to never show your face around here again, I thought a barrage of Icicles would get the message across to you, you lecherous fiend! you vile tramp! you heartbreaker!" Icy responded, Musa and Stormy had already gotten up from their seats along with a number of other witches who were sitting up front.
"Step aside I'm here for the girl who upstaged me yesterday both girls actually and to put them in their place" Sky stated.
"Come on Brandon knock her aside" one of the Specialists chimed in from the crowd.
"Brandon, so that's the name you're going by now; first you called yourself Darko after childhood friend and now you're calling yourself Brandon, what's next you- "Icy blurted but she was cut off by are mean smack to the face, leaving a red imprint on her cheek. "You slapped me- slapped me! You loved me, broke my heart for that so-called Princess of yours and now you slap me like I'm nothing more a fly to you, you- "Icy moaned out before crying extremely loudly as if she was in horrible agony, Musa ran up and slapped Sky leaving a similar imprint before getting tossed aside like a ragdoll by Sky.
"YOU BASTARD!" Stormy yelled then charged up a lightning bolt in her hands. "YOU'LL PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO MY SISTER!" Stormy yelled and the bolt of electricity flew from her hands it missed the intended target and hit a wall on the other side of the street. "Come on everyone let's get them, an attack on one witch is an attack on all witches!" Stormy barked and was joined by the other witches who had by this point turned gotten up turned into witch form at the same time as Stormy, Icy had bolted inside to get more witches, and Musa went into her Charmix form.
"Sonic Boom!" Musa casted, and series of soundwaves immitted from her hands shot out towards the attacking specialists and caused some of them to drop down screaming.
"A Fairy fighting for Witches? This is unheard of!" one of the Specialists shouted, and then received a blow from a staff, Erasiel had already heard the commotion and had jumped out of his seat the moment he heard Icy scream, her running inside shouting "An attack on one is an attack on all!" had alerted the others, Darcy and the other witches assumed combat forms and Riven had drawn her saber, Erasiel bolted past Icy into the fray.
The battle commenced in earnest, there were about 50 specialists not counting Sky, and four of them had been dropped by Musa's sonic attack, Erasiel dropped two more with his staff, making sure to break bones, the specialists were run ragged by trying to catch the witches who at this point had gone to air level and were out of reach, at the same time that had to deal with Erasiel and Riven as well as Gripmaw who had joined the fray alongside his master, Kerborg had been sent to Alfea to fetch the Winx. During the ruckus the Magix police showed up and they were inclined to fight alongside the Specialists, something that came from distrust of Witches, Erasiel smirked at their arrival, then clapped his hands and they were dispatched by Dark Elf Assassins that he had shadowing him, this lead to the fight between his Assassins and the police which caused Erasiel to divert the fight into the side streets, where they would have less interference. So far as the fight had pressed on no one had been killed on either side, the police had taken numerous fatalities but that was on the account of a certain uber-elite Dark Elf Assassin group deciding to keep them out of the fight. Darcy used telekinetic energy to lift up several parked vehicles and hurled them in the direction of the Specialists, who panicked and barely dodged the oncoming projectiles this added more considerable property damage, this was followed up by a tornado from Stormy which vacuumed up all the Specialists into on central location and left them surrounded by Witches, Musa, Riven, and one extremely pissed off Phoenix with a more then eager Faceless at his side ready to kill Sky on his say so.
Gripmaw towered over the specialists who lay down pilled in a heap, he stood there punching a fist into the other hand. "Hey Boss what to you want to do with them" Gripmaw asked.
"Gripmaw bring me their leader" Erasiel stated. The Faceless obliged and flew over to collect Prince Sky before he could react, Gripmaw had assumed his true form and this towered over the specialists he cowered in his grip. Gripmaw then held him in front of Erasiel.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what have we here Brandon I assume, if that is your true name, we were introduced yesterday, now I have a proposition for you if you're interested" Erasiel stated, then paused and thought, then continued. "You have put me in an interesting situation, or rather ruined what was going to be a perfectly enjoyable lunch date, yesterday I assumed you were a man of principles, and here you are the following day giving my girlfriend a backhand to the face and flinging another one to the side like she was nothing to you, that wasn't very nice of you was it, anyway you now leave me at a crossroads of what to do, you see this current situation you have found yourself in is quite dangerous" Erasiel stated then sent a telepathic message to Gripmaw, suddenly a purple umbral blade materialized and hardened into a physical form in Gripmaw's previously empty left claw, Gripmaw held that blade to Sky's throat. "You can see the gravity of the situation now can't you" Erasiel stated.
"Yes" Sky stated in fear and gulped, he looked at Erasiel, then at Icy, as well her sisters who along with Musa and Riven had come to Erasiel's side.
"You and your so-called friends or goons as prefer to call them attacked me and my witch associates in broad daylight and then lost the ensuing battle, you know that by rights of war I can kill you all here where you stand or well in this case, lie in a lump on the ground, but you see I'm a gentleman and thus believe in the rules of engagement, now you will wait while I discuss your fate with my associates, in the meantime, Gripmaw!" the Faceless stood or rather floated at attention. "Watch him, if he tries anything: kill him" Erasiel ordered in a stern voice, then turned to Sky. "Now don't do anything you might regret, I'm willing to let you live the matter however in which I let you live is up to debate." Erasiel concluded then strolled over to his associates and they gathered in a circle.
"What's going on here Nathan, last I checked these guys attacked us and now you're going to let them off" Riven asked.
"Not to mention I'm only just friends with you and the Trix at the moment, I'm not exactly so sure about this whole thing what with the police involved" Musa confided.
"Ease off Riven, they aren't off getting easy, and Musa, don't worry; this whole incident as far the public is concerned didn't happen, I've made certain of that, a few coins there and a bit grease there and the problem will be out of the public's eye as if it never happened, here is what I'm going for, making sure these guys get the memo, leave the Faeries of Alfea and the Witches of Cloud Tower alone, and I have the means to do so, now I need to talk to Icy personally" Erasiel responded then took Icy aside. "Darcy make sure Stormy doesn't kill anyone while I'm gone" Erasiel commented, causing the two Witches to be at ease, "Also don't try to trick our associate into killing himself, if he does die it will be of his own volition" Erasiel stated then strolled out of earshot with Icy.
"Alright Icy how bad did he hit you" Erasiel asked.
"Nothing a little cold compress won't deal with, anyway what is it you want to speak with me about" Icy replied.
"What happened between you and him, I heard you yelling before he smacked you" Erasiel inquired, then Icy teared up and told him all about her and "Darko's Relationship" how it was nice at first and then over time he broke her heart claiming that a princess had offered him her hand and he couldn't refuse, the whole thing had happened three months earlier.
"Icy why didn't you tell me or your sisters, or even Griffin about this sooner" Erasiel inquired.
"Because I didn't want to look weak!" Icy Angrily replied, sending a few icicles out of her palms into the air. "I was still an innocent girl who never dated anyone, the only chance at love I had before was taken from me by this arrogant noble, who took the name of the boy I loved before: Darko, a childhood friend of mine, we were friends for years, but his father didn't approve of our relationship, he wanted to marry his son to someone of royal blood, so he did, he married him to some princess from the Kingdom of Ornta within the Empire of Whisperia, Darcy and Stormy had feelings for him too, we were all saddened when he was gone" Icy explained. "Then comes this guy, an attractive blonde, with the same name as the one I love and lost, I thought that maybe I had been given a second chance, another Darko to love, I was wrong, he manipulated me, for all I was worth, like I was his plaything, he never sullied by body though for that I'm grateful, but he did steal my first kiss, the one I intended for someone I really loved, he took my heart and broke it, now here he is again I hope he wasn't telling the truth about that princess of his, because now calling himself Brandon, I know he'll break her heart as well, along with Bloom's heart, and goodness knows what he'll do to her in the future, So that's my sob story all of it" Icy responded, then broke down into tears, Erasiel hugged her and allowed him to rest her head on his shoulder, he rubbed his left hand thru her soft winter-blue-white hair, then put a finger to her lips and hushed.
"It's ok, I'm here for you now Icy, I won't let him hurt you or anyone, for now however I'll level with you, the man the Darko, the Brandon, his real name is Prince Sky of Eraklyion, now he knows he's masquerading as someone else, his Squire no doubt, therefore his friend is not at fault the only one who is at fault is him: Prince Sky, I won't allow him to manipulate you or Bloom, but for now I want him to be in fear, It's best if Bloom finds out who he is for herself in the meantime we have the leverage we need to keep him under control, this whole thing is the perfect Blackmail, I know his true name and if he wants to keep all of his limbs attached he will leave you, Darcy and every Witch at Cloud Tower and Fairy at Alfea alone, his thugs will also and we will give them extra few beatings to make sure they won't" Erasiel explained then kissed her gently and she kissed back holding him tight.
"How do you intend to keep them from talking to Professor Saladin" Icy asked after breaking the kiss.
"They will be shadowed at all times they are at Red Fountain by Dark Elf Assassins, if one of them tries to squeal well they'll end up like old pig-face did, meeting a tragic death at the hands of Beastmen, and strung up from the statue in the courtyard, as for Sky, well then we let all Magix know how much of a wretch he truly is and there will be nothing his Royal Father can do to protect him from the wrath of the scorned masses" Erasiel replied, Icy smiled at his words.
Erasiel returned to the scene where the Specialists were restrained by Witches. He approached Gripmaw who still held a flummoxed and slightly terrified Prince Sky. "I have spoken with my associates, I have terms that you will accept or you will die, here are my terms: have your thugs stay away from the Faeries of Alfea and the Cloud Tower Witches, I don't want their scum anywhere near those lovely beings, you will keep quiet about this whole affair, this battle never happened, in exchange I am willing to keep your true identity a secret and allow you and you friend to continue to date Bloom and Stella, however know this, don't even think about telling anyone about this, I have eyes and ears watching everywhere, one step out of line and like my Faceless servant they will gladly kill you and unlike my Faceless Friend they aren't merciful in dealing death, it won't be quick, it will be slow and agonizing, and you'll be left to the Ungors of the Beastmen to do with you as they see fit and you know how spiteful and vicious they can be" Erasiel explained. "Do I make myself clear?" he asked.
"Crystal sir" Sky responded.
"Good Gripmaw release him" Erasiel ordered, and the faceless dropped him on the ground flat on his back. Sky groaned in pain, his bruises were added to when Erasiel simply trod over him. Erasiel turned to face the other specialists. "Not one word of what happened today is to be told to anyone, any attempts to do so will result in that person ending up like pig-face did last week understand?" Erasiel explained, the specialists nodded in fear. "Good, Ladies proceed to give them another set of beatings just to make sure the point is made" Erasiel ordered and the witches were quick to oblige, it was rather painful for them, even more so for those who resisted, Stormy was especially wrathful and broke the hands of many of them.
Shortly the crowd had dispersed leaving Erasiel alone with Musa, Riven, and the Trix. "I'm surprised that you let him off that easy" Icy commented.
"Yah I totally would have castrated that bastard for what he did to my sister" Stormy responded.
"That would be a mistake, far better to let him live and learn that if he crosses us again that I won't just beat him, I will humiliate him, I will look past the incident however I won't save him from his own stupidity again" Erasiel stated.
"Well hopefully no one will find out about this incident, I don't want to look bad to anyone" Musa stated.
"Once again Musa no one will know about this incident, anyone who tries to reveal it to the public will be silenced before he has the chance, this was self-defense, we won the first fight in defeating them in battle, and by their punishment have prevented future fights, Anyway Musa I'm thankful for you helping us" Erasiel
"Yeah thanks for sticking up for my sister" Stormy stated giving a Musa a friendly hug and a friendly punch in the shoulder.
"Your welcome, anything for my friends, you know when we first met I wasn't so sure I could trust you three, but now you have grown on me" Musa responded.
"Musa keep quiet about this incident, I know you would like to warn Bloom about her boyfriend, but you'd then have to explain the whole thing, and I worry Bloom won't believe you, it's best for her to find out for herself" Erasiel followed up.
"I get it, and you're right I've only known Bloom for a few days, now and I don't want to risk our friendship by telling her about the whole thing" Musa replied, then to Erasiel's shock she kissed him on the lips. "That is for saving my life and because you've earned it" Musa explained. "See you around, by the way I'm more then open to dating you, here's my number by the way you are an amazing dancer" Musa stated, handing him her cellphone number then leaving.
Erasiel, the Trix, and Riven left and headed back to Hex Café, where Musa was waiting for them. "I'm still up for lunch you know" Musa stated, and they laughed and then sat down back at Erasiel's table.