Chapter 5: the Mysterious Stone and a New teacher
Two Days had passed since Erasiel's wedding to Amentia and since then he had moved into Alfea, Faragonda had given him the position of assistant teacher without batting an eye, Erasiel had taken a small office which he decorated with things of his previous trials and adventures, as well as keepsakes and knickknacks, as well as some pictures, those of family and of other people he held dear. Erasiel's new job involved him assisting the teachers of each class, his primary charges were the Pixies and by extension the Winx, the one he focused on the most was his Daughter Piff who's picture sat on his desk along with one of her and her sister being held by her mother Ninfea and himself. His office also had a window to see out into the Courtyard, which he had opened as he had seen a gathering; this was not a gathering of faeries but of Pixie pets and three pixies; Livy and two unbonded Pixies: Plisse; the Pinkette with long hair and silver wings, and Camilla the pixie with pigtails who was Tune's friend and Piff's baby sitter. Livy was putting on a puppet show portraying the day's events it was late afternoon and interesting things had happened earlier. Suddenly a small bear with white fur and blue wings walked into the group.
"Hello Livy, what did I miss?" The bear greeted and asked.
"Hello Big-Eared bear, we were right at the part of the play where a mysterious figure entered the picture" Livy explained.
"Can you start it over Livy?" Big-Eared bear asked.
"Yes, I can; let's start from the beginning" Livy noted, in addition to Camilla's puppetry and her story telling, Plisse had been passing around cut-out figures of the people in the story as the plot advanced, also among the pixie-pets was Kiko sticking out like a blue rabbit would among pets with wings.
Erasiel thought to himself as Livy began to tell the story again how it truly began.
The Previous night… a mild rainstorm poured outside Alfea; Faragonda was moving about in a hooded cloak over her day clothes, moving as stealthy thru the hallway as a she could when she was stopped by an all too familiar person. "Going out for a late-night stroll?" Erasiel remarked he was clad in his instructor's garb.
"Nothing of the sort, I'm on business I'm supposed to meet with someone" Faragonda explained.
"And I can't go with you?" Erasiel remarked.
"No; I intended the whole thing to be a surprise, but I guess I can let you in on the secret or part of it" Faragonda stated.
"And that secret being?" Erasiel replied.
"That Alfea will have new full-time teacher for a new class, and said teacher is an old and dear friend of ours, other than that well I can at least surprise you with who it is and what comes next" Faragonda explained.
"Alright; I'm up for a little surprise, though saying it is an old and dear friend of ours is a long and formidable list" Erasiel remarked.
"Trust me Erasiel you'll know him when we see him" Faragonda replied, Erasiel donned a hooded Cloak which was different in color then hers and the two proceeded outside into the rain, then wandered down the safe paths that skirted the Darkwood Forest, the path eventually took them to the shores of Lake Teransia, where a hooded figure stood in front of the lake shore, to the side was a modest camp.
"It's a late night to be out by yourself" Erasiel remarked.
"Faragonda? I thought this was a private meeting" the Figure stated.
"Erasiel caught me sneaking out and thus I allowed him to tag along" Faragonda.
"And it was a good thing I did, though you did fool me Faragonda, you didn't just hire an old friend as a teacher, you hired a relative of mine: I'm right aren't I; Avalon" Erasiel remarked, they removed their hoods as the rain had let up enough for it; Avalon was tall and muscular, with a fair complexion. He had gray eyes, his hair color is indigo with a dark blue streak on each side, it was long and braided, and held in place by a light blue long clothed hair tie. His tail hung out slight and was golden in color, he wore a dark blue cloak over his usual attire.
"Erasiel it has been a long time, 17 years now" Avalon remarked.
"Yes it has, I'm still on the ninth incarnation, still up and about and well poking my nose where trouble is; other than that it's the same old me; though Nebula was taken by the Wizards of Black Circle about 12 years ago but I put them in the Omega Dimension they won't be able to escape there anytime soon, also I have good news; the Trix have come of age, I found Bloom and she knows about her heritage and is enrolled at Alfea, curtesy of yours truly, on top of that I have more amazing news: Grand Templar Arsonious is dead! Bloom killed him and now his charred corpse rots at the bottom of Lake Roccaluchee; and the Lighthaveners have been utterly humiliated" Erasiel explained. "So where have you been in my absence Avalon, it's been a while and I bet you have stories to tell" Erasiel asked.
"As to where I've been Erasiel, well collecting artifacts lost in the war and purging the leftovers from the Ancestresses forces, I've also been keeping ties with our friends and searched for Bloom, I've also been tutoring young Thoren in the ways of the Paladin he is coming along quite well" Avalon explained.
"I'm sure you two could discuss your adventures in the last 17 years for another 17 years, however we are here on business; Avalon will be joining Alfea as our Magic-Philosophy teacher; a new course about advanced magic spells and understand the use of magic and how it has been used" Faragonda explained.
"An interesting concept is it the only new course? if so I am shocked" Erasiel remarked.
"Not at all, Professor Palladium will be teaching a new class as first period, it will be understand and applying magic which will teach cantrip spells that any magic user can use and how to use them" Faragonda stated.
"Good, I just hope people actually pay attention to Palladium this year, last year Bloom told me the class was a madhouse also that would have him teaching two subjects" Erasiel remarked.
"No worries, Palladium has improved since last year and with you there I'm certain the students will focus on the lesson, as for his class on Magical Creatures well I've got someone in line for that job and I'm confident in her expertise in this field, until that's ironed out Palladium will have to teach a secondary class" Faragonda remarked.
"Yes, but they might be focusing on me specifically Faragonda, also who is this other new teacher" Erasiel replied.
"Enough is enough, the first class in Magic-Philosophy will be taught tomorrow by Griselda, Professor Avalon will be introduced later, as to the new study of Magical Creatures teacher well I'm finishing ironing out the details, but you and I know her quite well and you can figure out who she is yourself" Faragonda explained.
"First lesson? Faragonda I'm pretty sure the teacher is supposed to be there for the first class, anyway what kind of lesson are you planning to teach anyway" Erasiel replied.
"A lesson in humility and knowing your limits" Faragonda stated, then summoned a large black monolith. "This monolith is impervious to most magical attacks, it will withstand any abuse" Faragonda explained.
"No, it won't" Erasiel remarked. "In fact, you haven't actually made it strong enough Faragonda; observe" Erasiel stated then turned into his regal armor form. "Firestorm!" Erasiel casted sending out a barrage of fireballs at the monolith's center, the impact from the spell shattered the monolith. "See, like I said not it wouldn't hold up, if Bloom hits this with her strongest attack the monolith will shatter as demonstrated, now summon another and I will improve it, so it actually can't be shattered unless you know exactly how" Erasiel explained, Faragonda summoned up another monolith.
"I can be of help here Erasiel" Avalon offered.
"Yes, now we need to place some magic etches and runes on the monolith, the more powerful they are the better, preferably something that only you and I could break" Erasiel replied and the two Phoenix outstretched their hands and began to chant in their language, for each word they spoke a rune or etched figure appeared on the monolith, soon a few minutes later they stopped, and it was etched.
"Now observe Faragonda: Flame Storm!" Erasiel exclaimed and the barrage of fireballs impacted the monolith, it was unscratched. "I didn't think you would have to learn your own lesson Faragonda, but I guess it's been while since I last instructed you" Erasiel remarked.
"Indeed, well we should be going tomorrow morning the students will awake and see the monolith from Alfea" Faragonda replied.
"Yes, Avalon are you coming with?" Erasiel asked.
"No, I will be staying here for the night, as part of the plan" Avalon replied.
"Well see you tomorrow" Erasiel stated and he and Faragonda left.
Later that night: Unknown to Erasiel or anyone else, bar me the author, there were other people up that night. Avalon slept in his tent when he received a rude awakening, he was seized by several armored Phoenixes and dragged outside. Avalon noted his captors had slipped magic suppressive cuffs on him, and he was brought out, the night was dark, the skies rainy, Avalon's pajamas where quickly caked in mud by the warriors carrying him, in front of him where 7 Phoenixes accompanied by several monstrous tar black skinned creatures with two axes and clad in armor, their helmet revealed their maws of sharp teeth and they had bat like tails, three wore black plate helmets with a narrow visor for the eyes, their helmets were featureless apart from the spiked top of the visor mask and they were similar to a full helm but more exotic, they each wielded different weapons, and were different in height, two of the Phoenix were women both fair of face and had black and crimson hair, they were clearly twins, the tallest of the 7 wore dark purple and indigo armor, and held his helmet as his side in one arm, the other had a massive great-axe with multiple blades on it, at his side was a longsword and slung over his shoulder a large aegis shield, he had dark burgundy hair and tanned skin, his wings were semi-bat-like in appearance and blood colored, the last Phoenix the one in the center he knew quite well. "Abolithon?" Avalon questioned.
"Yes Avalon, I've returned, Shadowhaunt has fallen, and my house will rise, you will soon join Argulus Darkar in Shadowhaunt's dungeon along with all of his other servants, however I couldn't help but overhear your conversation with Erasiel and well I think it presents me with an opportunity" Abolithon remarked with a smirk.
"Whatever it is you are planning you won't get away with it, Erasiel will recognize any imposter you send in my place" Avalon taunted, which caused Abolithon to laugh.
"You think I hadn't thought of such a thing, now a spy in Alfea is so interesting, but you are right, Erasiel would know the real Avalon what with all those memories of adventures but I have something that will allow my spy to assume your identity and know everything about your life, even your own secrets you hide" Abolithon noted and drew a gyroscope which was made of gold and studded with jewels and runes. "Behold the Sphere of Arhokartar; it allows me to copy the memories of someone and transfer them into someone else; for this mission I require someone who has centuries of experience in the art of subterfuge, as well as the arts of war; General Seraloth; assume the guise of Professor Avalon" Abolithon explained, Seraloth the burgundy haired phoenix strode forward and assumed the guise of Avalon, two faceless took his weapons and arms and flew off.
"Yes, my lord, now what?" Seraloth asked.
"Observe; Atrak Verdan Wroth!" Abolithon casted, the gyroscope spun rapidly and glowed bright pink, a lance of pink Energy hit Avalon who yelled in agony as it surged thru him, the light turned green and was absorbed back into the sphere. "Now hold still Seraloth" Abolithon instructed "Atrak Metios Caof!" Abolithon casted sending a green lance of energy into Seraloth. "Now Seraloth tell me everything about Professor Avalon" Abolithon ordered.
"I am Avalon Brightstone, son of Irizrak and Amarta Brightstone, brother to Avreni, Kalda, Varezek and Aoro; I am a cousin of Erasiel Darkar on his mother's side and am a paladin, I have studied the arts of light magic for millennia, I am a member of the Wizard's Council, fought in 9 of the 17 Phoenix Wars, I taught at the Graynor Magic academy and battled in the Sacking of Graynor in which I died on 7th incarnation, I am currently on my 8th incarnation and have maintained my skills since, 60 years ago I served as a teacher at the prestigious Malagoy Paladin Academy until 17 years ago when it was destroyed by: and I mean to tout my achievements in my true identity: Warlord Seraloth and his army of Shadowloth, since then I have been searching out magical artifacts and for those lost records from the Sacking of Graynor; I despise Lighthaveners and abominations, my hobbies include: poetry, dancing, writing calligraphy, painting exotic portraits, banging elf maids; as well as a number of other hobbies, other than that I love my family, take good care of my children and take pride in my accomplishments. See now I know everything about you Professor Avalon, as well as remembering your memories; also, I have your powers" Seraloth responded with Avalon's voice.
"Excellent Seraloth, now you will rest here and assume the guise of Professor Avalon, you will act as my deep-cover agent, when the most important phase of my plan is ready you will act, until then we will keep in touch remotely and at night; physically no Faceless messengers; assume your duties, your second in command will take the role of General in your absence" Abolithon explained.
"As you command Lord Abolithon" Seraloth responded, soon Abolithon left with his captive and his children; his sons: Abanoth, Retarnos, and Decabolus; nicknamed Ambition, Retribution, sometimes called Vengeance, and Deception, and his twin daughters: Rianath and Viridia, leaving Seraloth alone, or Avalon as I will be referring to him as from this point.
The following morning; a new day dawned and Erasiel entered Alfea from the road singing. "The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began, now far ahead the road has gone, and I must follow if I can. Pursuing it with eager feat until it joins some larger way where many paths and errands meet and wither then I cannot say. Roads go ever, ever on and on, over rock and under tree, by caves sun has never shone, by streams that never find the sea. Over snow by winter sown, and thru merry flowers of June, over grass and over stone, under mountains in the moon. Roads go ever, ever on, under cloud and under star and feet wandering have gone turn at last to home afar; eyes that fire and sword hath seen, and horrors in the halls of stone; look at last on meadows and trees and hills they've always known. The road goes ever on and on out from the door it began, now far ahead that road has gone, let others follow it who can. Let them a journey new begin, but I at last with weary feet, turn towards the lighted Inn my evening rest and sleep to meet. The road goes ever on and on down from the door where it began" Erasiel sung as he strode into Alfea's courtyard clad in his instructors garb, where Bloom was waiting for him.
"You're late" Bloom remarked.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to" Erasiel remarked, Bloom laughed and hugged him.
"You know I never thought that I would ever meet a real wizard, much less a phoenix wizard, much less a Phoenix who is fan of Lord of the Rings" Bloom remarked.
"Well good books are always for reading, now am I actually late" Erasiel asked.
"Not really, I just was teasing you, we actually have 10 minutes before class starts, I was just here wondering when you'd show up" Bloom answered.
"Well I'm here now, and I'm rocking like a hurricane; no wait that's Stormy who rocks like a hurricane; or rather rocks you when you don't wake up when you are supposed to; actually, more like zaps you with a mild electrical shock" Erasiel commented.
"Well I see you are here now, by the way something crazy happened, there's this crazy Black Monolith that everyone can see, and people are puzzled on what it is" Bloom gossiped as they walked inside.
"A Black monolith; well as long as it isn't summoning undead hordes I'm sure its harmless, most likely that is; for all I know it might actually be summoning undead hordes" Erasiel quipped.
"Well whatever it is I don't like it, the whole thing appeared overnight and its bizarre" Bloom replied.
"Well whatever it is it will soon be dealt with" Erasiel stated, when booming loudspeaker shouted.
"Attention students, all students are required to head to the courtyard, a new class will be starting today, it will happen during second period normally apart from this first lesson, Deputy Headmistress Griselda will be teaching" Faragonda shouted over the loudspeaker.
"A class with Griselda that sounds terrible" Bloom stated to Erasiel.
"Don't worry I'll be there with you, I'm supposed to be the assistant teacher for every class don't worry I'll keep her in line" Erasiel replied.
"You'll do that for us?" Bloom asked.
"Please Bloom, I'll take any opportunity I can to snipe at my daughter, she is so uptight it isn't even funny how she managed to become so is also beyond me; let's just say I have somethings planned, I knew about the lesson in advance to I've had time to think of some things to spice it up" Erasiel commented with a wink, which caused Bloom to smile, shortly they met up with the other Winx.
"Hey Nathan" Flora greeted and gave Erasiel a hug.
"Hey Flora, you are looking beautiful as ever" Erasiel replied and kissed her on the cheek, he did the same with Musa, Diaspro and Tecna, the Ayesha kissed him on the cheek.
"That's for saving my life, you and I need to stick together like glue my new boyfriend; also, I've been accepted into the Winx and now am in their dorm" Ayesha explained.
"Gladly Ayesha" Erasiel stated, then he noted a girl he recognized and wasn't introduced to.
"Hello" Erasiel greeted Francis.
"Oh, pardon me, sorry I don't think we've been introduced; my name is Francis, I'm the newest member of the Winx, well until my roommate Ayesha joined up, I'm the fairy of Laughter and Celestial magic" Francis introduced.
"Nice to meet you Francis" Erasiel stated.
Later…. The students had gathered in the Courtyard; the pixies had as well, Griselda stood in the center of the group. "Students today is the first class of Magic-Philosophy class, in this class you will learn how to use magic spells and learn how and why they are used and as well as the ethics of using spells; but first I will need to test each the abilities of everyone present are we clear" Griselda explained.
"Pretty much, you won't need me I'll just watch the show" Erasiel stated, then conjured up a floating chair changed into a Hawaiian shirt and black shorts and sat down on the chair; Zing and Livy hovered by him and he conjured up chairs for them as they assumed human form Kerborg brought Erasiel a large bucket of popcorn and a large drink of Root bear. "Popcorn Livy?" Erasiel asked.
"Yes, and a soda too" Livy replied.
"Hey, I'll have some too!" Zing exclaimed, having turned her regular googles into 3D glasses.
"One large popcorn for both of my Pixie friends" Erasiel ordered Kerborg. "What do you two want to drink?" Erasiel stated.
"Mountain Dew" Zing answered.
"Pepsi" Livy commented.
"Father this is highly irregular" Griselda lectured.
"Shut up Sun-Sung; I mean shut up Griselda!" Erasiel yelled back.
"Sun-Sung?" Musa pondered.
"Don't worry Musa, no idea where that came from" Erasiel noted, then started eating popcorn.
"First off everyone into your Charmix" Griselda instructed, and all the students did so. "Now for this gage of your power each of you will take turns attacking me with your strongest spell in an attempt to break this barrier" Griselda explained, and large green barrier appeared around her.
"Ahisa you are up first" Griselda explained.
Ahisa was a fair dark-skinned girl with dark colored eyes and pale colored lipstick/lip-gloss worn. Her hair was dark blue, appearing almost black with neatly brushed bangs and short, shoulder length bits of hair in front of her ears, possibly worn with small scrunchies or rubber bands. Her hair was worn in a low worn ponytail held with a pale pink scrunchy, along with a pink headband, her figure was athletically slender but generously endowed more so then the other girls around her though the class over all had plenty women who were blessed in that department. She wore a pink sparkly dress with a segment of light blue like a tank top, with lining reaches to the top makes it look like an upside-down heart. Her headband had a small green heart and another resembling one around her neck and the skirt on her dress looks like a flower. Her wings were green. "Ahisa Fairy of Love! Passionate wave!" Ahisa casted sending a wave of pink energy at Griselda who blocked it with a green bubble of magic.
"Next Anastasia" Griselda stated.
"Shadow bolts!" Anastasia casted, sending dark bolts at Griselda leaving her barrier unscathed.
"Excellent, next Amaryl!" Griselda ordered, Amaryl was annoyed.
"Star blast!" Amaryl casted, send a surge of energy at Griselda, who once again blocked it.
"Is this all you have, you aren't going to pass at all if you can't even dent my field" Griselda mocked, Erasiel then hovered over Bloom.
"Psst Bloom" Erasiel whispered.
"What Nathan?" Bloom whispered back.
"I think Griselda could use some humbling; cast Flame Storm on her that should humble her" Erasiel whispered, Bloom smiled at the idea he also gave a similar suggestion to Stella and Mirta.
"What are you doing father!?" Griselda noted.
"Nothing, minding my own business that's all!" Erasiel retorted.
"And before you say anything else remember I'm the head of Wizard's Council so that means I'm technically your boss" Erasiel reminded.
"Never mind, Arabel you are up next" Griselda remarked.
"Energy wave!" Arabel casted actually denting Griselda's barrier.
"That's good, keep up this effort" Griselda stated. "Ayesha you're next, show them what you've learned from Andros's college" Griselda stated, Ayesha lifted off.
"Morphix Blast!" Ayesha casted sending a barrage of pink plasma at Griselda's barrier leaving cracks in it.
"Bloom you're up next" Griselda stated, she smirked. "Maybe now I'll humble the hero of Alfea" Griselda thought, Bloom flew up.
"Flame Storm!" Bloom casted and barrage of fireballs struck Griselda's barrier and shattered it, the impact force caused Griselda to be knocked off her feet.
"Bloom that was an advanced level spell where in Asha's name did you- FATHER!" Griselda stated Erasiel and his Pixies burst out laughing and he was followed by the rest of Class.
"Ha! HA! HA! Now there's a case of pride going before the fall or in this case before getting hit by a barrage of fireballs, anyway don't worry I got it out of my system" Erasiel remarked, with Griselda glaring at him. "Anyway next!" Erasiel stated, thus continued the faeries as expected until his next joke came up.
"Mirta your turn" Griselda explained. "Now let's see if I she's as good as my mother was at her age" Griselda thought, readying her barrier. Mirta rose up in her Charmix form, the first time the Winx had seen it in a new year; She wore a pink mini tank top with dark blue straps and a matching skirt. She also wears dark blue sparkly gloves, knee-high, light teal boots with pink heels. Around her neck and on her skirt, she wore a grey diamond-shaped pendant. Her wings resemble a butterfly's and were moderately larger than most of the other Charmix Faeries.
"Powers of Darkness invoke: Mournwave!" Mirta casted, send a shadowy wave with a maw of gapping teeth and crimson tendrils and red eyes above at Griselda, this shattered the barrier and sent Griselda flying into the courtyard wall. "I guess I don't know my own strength" Mirta remarked to everyone's laughter, Griselda picked herself off the ground and swore under her breath in the language of Phoenixes.
"I heard that young lady!" Erasiel remarked, causing Griselda to grin insanely and glare holes into him.
"YOU DID THAT!" Griselda remarked.
"Me I did nothing, been here the whole-time right Livy?" Erasiel responded.
"Yep Erasiel hasn't left us for a second" Livy chimed in.
"Not even remotely" Zing stated.
"See they vouch for me" Erasiel stated. "Next Miky!" Erasiel noted, a curly black-haired fairy with tan brown skin dress in an orange sparkled dress stepped up.
"Ray of Shanat!" Miky casted, sending a blast of blue green energy at Griselda who barely managed to put up her barrier to stop it.
"I wasn't ready, nice that you managed to catch me off guard though Miky" Griselda remarked.
"Bonus points!" Erasiel remarked.
"Shut up!" Griselda shouted.
"Make me!" Erasiel challenged Griselda sneered at him, then recovered her composure.
"Anyway, next Oleana!" Griselda stated.
"That's Countess Oleana of Tenesa to you Griselda!" Oleana stated in her exotic voice; Oleana had long and wavy chestnut-brown hair with a few lighter-colored strands, a light skin tone, and brown eyes. She wore a midriff-length sparkly dark green turtleneck shirt with a yellow star on it which left her navel bare, sparkly red pants, and dark green boots. She wears a green visor with a yellow crown shape on it. She also wears gold-ring bracelets. Her wings are light green and covered upwards. "Now behold commoner the wrath Countess Oleana: Blade shards of Ramukh!" Oleana casted, this time Griselda was overwhelmed rather suddenly a barrage of red blades that shattered her barrier and threw her a solid 50 feet out the school gate and into grass patch.
"Alright that better not have been your doing Father!" Griselda stated.
"No doing of his, you just can't withstand the might of Countess Oleana of Tenesa, Fairy of battle magic and of Heaven's Wrath!" Oleana remarked.
"Ergh! Next Ortensia!" Griselda screamed irately she brought up her barrier. Ortensia stepped forward calmly, Ortensia had square-framed glasses with blue lenses worn over her sea blue eyes and very long dark blue-black hair that was about waist-length, if not a bit shorter, her skin was Asian cast much like Musa's as she was from Melody, she wore a sparkly pink muffin-top hat, and also a sparkling pink tank-top and skirt, along with slightly darker shorts and below the knee fuchsia boots.
"Rapid Cascade!" Ortensia casted sending a cascading wave of water that broken on the rock of Griselda's barrier, however it did make a crack large enough to shatter the barrier causing Griselda to get soaked.
"Ok I'm upping my barrier, let's see if anyone else can break it!" Griselda challenged. "Priscilla you are next!" Griselda stated.
Priscilla walked up, shy and worried as usual, Priscilla had pink-toned skin with dark brown eyes and a maroon A-line bob haircut. Her Charmix form consisted of dark green bikini top with a jagged collar. She also wears a matching colored skirt with a jagged bottom and a yellow green pendent at the top. She also wears calf high dark green boots and a lighter green finger-less gloves. Her wings are shaped like leaves, which are light green with yellow rims. "Gnarled roots and Branches!" Priscilla casted and a large green tree materialized and smashed down on Griselda's barrier repeatedly with its branches and roots, this abuse shattered Griselda's barrier causing Griselda to be knocked down flat and be stunned. A cheer went up from Priscilla's two best friends Katy and Luna who had failed to break Griselda's barrier previously.
"Again, next student and this time I'm ignoring the traditional alphabetical naming with regards to this one student: STELLA!" Griselda yelled.
"I've got this one right in the bag" Stella stated sure of herself.
"You think you do, your grades in other classes say otherwise" Griselda remarked raising her barrier.
"It's a new year Griselda and I didn't do bad at all last year; Shem's burning gaze!" Stella responded, casting the spell and several balls of light left Stella's hand crashing into Griselda, shattering the barrier and sending her flying thru the gate and into a thorn bush followed by a large mud puddle, this caused everyone to laugh. "I told you I had it in the bag" Stella touted.
"Alright, no more, the rest of you pass, but this was only a warm up now comes the real lesson, follow me" Griselda explained, then the students followed her, Erasiel floating above the gathering with Zing and Livy on his chair, they arrived at Lake Teransia where the black monolith towered over the lake.
"This monolith appeared last night, it is impervious to various magical attacks" Erasiel explained, having put it up himself. "Griselda if you would be so kind demonstrate for the students; use your best attacks and see if you can do damage.
"Far too simple" Griselda arrogantly stated, then she stepped forward turned into Phoenix form. "Asha's Lance!" Griselda casted, send a massive green lance at the monolith, the lance hit but did no damage. "That's odd: Burning head!" Griselda casted sending a flaming screaming giant skull at monolith, once again no damage and not even a scorch mark. "Alright you are going down: Inverna Ratios Habas!" Griselda casted sending a surge of energy at the monolith which emerged unscathed, causing Griselda to pant.
"See everyone, impervious to magic as I said" Erasiel explained, Griselda then threw another spell at the monolith only this one rebounded at her and caused her to fly into a thorn bush, as Griselda got out of said thorn bush she spilt her skirt exposing her underpants to the laughter of everyone else, she casted a repair spell.
"Alright then if you are going to stand there and laugh at me I would like to see you all try and damage that thing" Griselda stated.
"Well you heard her ladies, give it your all, don't worry you won't fail the lesson if you don't do any damage to the monolith, as I said it is impervious to magic" Erasiel remarked, then each of the faeries toke off into the air and began to barrage the monolith with aggressive spells to no effect, however they did employ different strategies, some actually unified their attacks and hit the Monolith at the same time, as they did so they were unaware of Faragonda and a mysterious figure approaching.
"Alright ladies it's enough, you'll exhaust yourselves if you keep it up, besides there is someone I want you all to meet" Erasiel instructed and everyone stopped worn out and landed.
"Students I have someone for you all to meet, also I have news there will be no classes tomorrow as we have all been invited to attend the grand reopening of Red Fountain, anyway you all are probably wondering where that monolith came from, well I won't hold you in suspense at all, I was the one who put it there and Erasiel reinforced it so that you wouldn't be able to damage it, the purpose of this monolith was a lesson in humility; that you all know your current limits and have open mind that you have much more to learn" Faragonda explained. "Now our guest will see to the Monolith, as it is becoming an eyesore over Lake Teransia wouldn't you agree Erasiel" Faragonda stated.
"Yep, now I'll watch the fireworks, take it away my cousin" Erasiel remarked, and the cloaked figure stepped up.
"Lapus Sturei'et Feer'mai Tetfrangan Mit Cominuim" the figure casted and clapped his hands forming a large gold sphere which he flung at the monolith, the monolith cracked and then shattered, the fragments faded out of existence, the figure threw off his cloak, revealing an indigo haired man wearing a white blazer over a light blue turtleneck with chained cuffs, white boot-cut dress pants, out of which a golden feathered tail flowed out, and suede bucks. He accessories with a red diamond shaped necklace and a yellow diamond-shaped ring on his right-hand's ring finger. With a gesture from his hand he summoned a staff of similar design to Erasiel's, but this was topped by a sun rather than a dragon. "Greetings students I am your new teacher, I am Professor Avalon Brightstone; Light Phoenix and a grandmaster Paladin, member of the Wizard's Council and former teacher at the Malagoy Paladin academy before its destruction during the War of the Ancestresses; no doubt you are all familiar with my cousin, Erasiel Darkar, he will be my assistant teacher though on occasion I will defer to his opinion as he has been teaching far longer than I have; but know that I'm the new teacher for this class, Griselda has been filling in, Faragonda and I wanted this whole thing to be a surprise as such now I will be teaching the class" Avalon introduced.
"Wow he's so impressive" a few students chimed from the audience.
"Anyway, Class I do believe that this is enough for the day, let's go back to Alfea, I have some things to collect from my camp and then I will join you" Avalon stated.
Back to Present… "And that is a story of how everyone met Professor Avalon, he will be a great teacher here and that is our show; thank you everybody" Livy explained, and the crowd dispersed except Kiko who deposited cut out figures of the Winx and pixies, with Bloom's and Erasiel's being the last to fall.
"There you are Kiko, I've been looking all over for you" Bloom stated and picked him up and hugged him. "Come on let's get you some carrot juice" Bloom stated.