Darkar Chronicles: Winx Club

by jedi7000nathan

In the Magic Dimension there are many timelines, this one is the home of one timeline: the tale of excitement and adventure: of a world different from canon and where the Winx and Trix fight against the forces of evil together. OCXMassharem, Sky bashing a lot of it for some obvious reasons. Erasiel Darkar is the Main character, now reformatted

34. Arc 2 Chapter 8

Chapter 8: The Magic Tournament

Erasiel considered the new day with annoyance so far, a surprise meeting of the Wizard's Council was something that was a mixed bag, either it could be something of extreme importance or was so dull that it made him annoyed. Kerborg had awoken him from a comfortable bed where he and a few faeries, namely Priscilla, Luna and Katy, were comfortably naked having had a pleasurable experience that night, anyway Kerborg told him that Irietta said that there was an urgent meeting of the Wizard's Council. The meeting proved to be in the category of dull, once again a measure for new curriculum and restrictions on students at Magix's schools. "The measure is defeated 56 to 44." Erasiel stated, then turned to the instigator of said vote "Next time Givelian don't invoke a vote on a measure you know won't pass, even more so; don't summon me unless it's a tie breaker: my votes are handled by Irietta in my absence!" Erasiel lectured then turned to the rest of the council. "Meeting adjourned" Erasiel stated then hammered his gavel down on his desk.

Shortly… "I don't understand why they are so opposed to my measure it will improve the curriculum at the schools on Magix and we make sure the students are more focused" Givelian stated to Irietta.

"The reason they are opposed Givelian is that they are in favor of the system as it is now, if it's not broken don't break it" Irietta stated, then left to find Erasiel.

"You know the measure had more support this time" Yerka stated to Givelian.

"Indeed, it did, the only votes that are blocking it are the teachers and Headmasters at the schools, perhaps if they could be influenced to change their position on the issue then it would pass" Givelian stated.

"Practical, however in this case you know they won't change their vote" Yerka replied.

"Perhaps we could change them; the voters I mean; perhaps replace them with more controllable voters" Givelian stated.

"I fail to see how that would be possible" Yerka responded, the gnome's tone indicating his issue with it. "Anyway, there is still the matter of the Head of the Council, what were you thinking in getting him to come here" Yerka added.

"I was trying to gage his opinion on matters; I have other projects I intend to get thru and getting him on side is important" Givelian stated.

"Perhaps he views you with annoyance because of your inexperience and youth" Yerka commented.

"That might be true, I am the youngest member of this council at 144, he is over 3 and half billion years old, but youth doesn't seem to bother him much" Givelian stated. "Anyway, I've got an idea, what if we were to get the headmasters and teachers out of the way and replaced, in other words Yerka get them fired" Givelian stated. "More specifically get Griffin, Saladin and of course Faragonda out of the way, they the biggest opponents of my plan" Givelian stated.

"How do you intend to do that, more importantly who would replace them" Yerka remarked.

"By making the upcoming Tri-Schools Tournament a fiasco so bad they will have to resign in disgrace, as for their replacements, some friends of ours will take their seats on the council, I will assume the position of Headmaster at Alfea and you will do the same at Cloud Tower, you will keep those witches in line" Givelian stated.

"I see, well I'll see what we can do, but what about Darkar, he will refuse to grant those requests" Yerka stated.

"I think I'll be able to get him off the council as well, there is the issue of the Headmistresses of both Alfea and Cloud Tower being his wives, and I'm sure I can obtain some useful information suitable for blackmail" Givelian replied.

"What kind of information would intimidate him, we all know his sexual escapades are common knowledge but his victories in the war of the Ancestresses and his other connections may be an issue" Yerka stated.

"Perhaps a rumor along the lines of him loving his sisters more than one should their siblings; you've seen the way Irietta and Zephyr look at him, the fact that Irietta always leaves to follow him, the fact that she holds hands with him; there's a reason I spoke with her before you, I placed a concealed camera on her dress, it will record everything I need" Givelian stated.

Meanwhile… Erasiel was of course doing exactly what Givelian suspected him of doing; specifically doing Irietta, he was currently drinking from her massive F-cup breasts as he did her missionary style. "Oh Erasiel" Irietta moaned then kissed her brother with soft kisses. While the two were in the heat a small camera recorded from Irietta's dress and was transmitting the footage to a computer. Erasiel and Irietta were too lost in the heat to notice; though if he did he wouldn't really care, the blackmail would not work; he was comfortable with people knowing he loved his two older sisters more than most should, Irietta was his first; his first in love, first in sex, his first threesome was her educating him and Rise in the school of sex, though she was a virgin; his oldest child Shaaradan Escandor Darkar was their son and he was the most powerful warrior in the Magic Dimension. At moment however, he was on top and Irietta was comfortably laying back against a group of brocade pillows with silver threading. "Oh Erasiel; always suckling as a babe, since you were one you've always nursed from me- oh- I love you dearly; I- oh cumming!" Irietta moaned, Erasiel did the same but still continued to thrust into her, and alternated nipples and sucked deeply. Unknown to Givelian he was of course being followed by Faceless who had overheard his plans and were waiting on any order Erasiel would give. Erasiel however was too occupied with banging his sister. "You know Erasiel we are being watched" Irietta whispered.

"I'm aware of that my love; don't worry let Givelian know, I will deal with his footage later" Erasiel whispered back interrupting his nursing then alternating back to another nipple to avoid suspicion, he then unloaded again into her before stopping his nursing and pulling out, he stroked her hair. "I love your hair the most Irietta" Erasiel stated then kissed her, then bent her over and entered her rear. "Oh, so tight, tight as its always been" Erasiel stated then began to slowly thrust, Irietta lay on her breast and folded her arms and rested her head on them before closing her eyes.

"You know Erasiel I'm so relaxed, you know I'll let you ride my ass for days" Irietta commented.

"I could go for days; but you know we only have an hour before I need to get to Alfea; I've got plans for the Tri-School Tournament and I have some plans to make sure Alfea and Cloud Tower excel, I've called in reinforcements to get my star team the Winx ready; someone who won't fail and has gotten a job at Alfea" Erasiel stated.

"Oh, who would that be?" Irietta asked non-challantly, she treated anal sex as if it was a massage, something helped by Erasiel's swooshing of her butt-cheeks which were as big as her breasts.

"One of twelve sisters and she is skilled with swords and wields them, specifically curved swords" Erasiel replied.

"Eldstrom of the Seven Winds, good choice brother" Irietta stated as Erasiel intensified his thrusts. "Oh, this feels like a soothing massage, I'm glad you are so good at this Erasiel" Irietta noted.

"I'm glad you enjoy it; I love you Irietta, more than life itself" Erasiel replied.

"More than Asha?" Irietta teased.

"You know I'll never give you the answer to that" Erasiel commented.

"Of course, I do- ugh- you are so -ugh- predictable" Irietta replied, Erasiel smiled in his head he knew he loved Irietta more than Asha and more than any other woman, though that didn't mean he treated his other love interests differently from Irietta, in fact he treated each and every one as if they were her; even Zephyr. Erasiel eventually unloaded once more creaming Irietta's insides, before pulling out, he then gave one of Irietta's butt-cheeks a playful squeeze before turning her over and inserting himself once more into her loins, they continued for some time before they both flipped over satisfied, Irietta then whispered in his ears. "Now what are going to do with our little spy?" Irietta whispered.

"Don't worry, he won't be able to blackmail us; you know I'm not worried remotely about my feelings for you being public; as to his little camera well" Erasiel replied then whispered in their own language, Irietta smirked.

"Oh, Erasiel could you please be a dear brother and get my dress for me" Irietta stated dramatically.

"Yes, my love" Erasiel stated then kissed her, he then got off the bed and picked up the dress which was more of a mix of toga and a dress, as it left Irietta's arms bare; though those had wraps on them, he handed the dress to Irietta, who shook the dress to even it out before putting it on, causing the spy cam to fall off in the center of the bed.

"Oh dear; Erasiel there's a bug on the bed" Irietta stated, putting on as much of a show of surprise as possible.

"I see Irietta, well what should we do with it" Erasiel replied.

"Smash it into a pulp" Irietta stated, then conjured a small metal rod and bashed the camera into tiny pieces. "Well that stops them from getting more footage, last thing I want is more people see my boobs, or watching me in the bath, I've got a good idea who's behind this; I'm sure it's Givelian, I was talking to him before I looked for you; so, what are you going to do about him" Irietta stated.

"If you suggesting I throw him off the council that would be in poor sport and I keep him on the Council for a reason, he is young and has much to learn about the world, besides at least it makes him think he's important, as to how we are going to deal with his attempt at blackmail, well we are going to preempt him, Irietta inform the council of our relationship and how long it's been going on and that in no terms is it against the rules of the Council nor is it a relationship we will end, also let them know about Zephyr being in on this just in case Givelian tries to blackmail her, but I doubt that will work if he tried, anyway give the news, if the press tries to broadcast it, block them; don't let this leave the city under any circumstances" Erasiel replied, Irietta smiled then left, Erasiel shook himself then stepped to take a bath, came out of the bathroom and then dressed into his training garb.

Erasiel stepped out of the room and walked down to where his Space Strider was parked, he dawned that flight suit and took off, the next step was getting to Alfea, the day was a Saturday but still there was much that needed to be done, specifically preparing a team for the tournament which was about two weeks away, he had already decided that the Winx were the best and thus they needed expert training if they were to compete against the Red Fountain and Cloud Tower teams, speaking of which he had to make sure the Cloud Tower team was ready as well, the Trix would be on it but the other witches on the team would have to be those who were about on par with them in terms of skill and grades; the specialists weren't his problem, Kordatura would see to them, though he was interested in figuring out who was on that team. The events were known to him which was an advantage of being the Head of the Council, the events were changed each time, while he couldn't tell his teams what they were but he could prepare them for said events, the big one he was concerned about was the sword fighting event, the Specialists could easily excel in that challenge something which he was not going to allow, he wanted all three schools to be on a level playing field. This challenge was why he had called in Eldstrom, who had been given a job by Faragonda as the school's resident blade master and head of security, she would also be in charge of teaching the students in the art of sword fighting. Though Palladium had been teaching Bloom well Erasiel was intent on intensifying the training so that she would become a formidable fighter.

Erasiel soon arrived at Alfea and parked in the Courtyard, Griselda was annoyed at his choice of a parking place but did nothing to contest it. Erasiel was joined by a cloaked figure whom he knew to be Eldstrom who had her hood up to surprise the students. It was a Saturday but those picked for the team, those being the best students, had advanced training classes, Palladium was the chief person in charge of non-magic weapons-training and while he was a great teacher in the field he wasn't a true master of the art of swordplay which would be the strong suit of Red Fountain, though he doubted any of a Specialists could beat Stella in that field save perhaps Riven and Artesia but they weren't competing due to Sky being on the team and the two refused to have anything to do with him after last year's debacle. Still the point was that the rest of the Alfea Team apart from Stella and Selene were mid-tier swordswomen at best and low-tier at worst, Eldstrom who was an absolute master of the blade would get them all into shape.

"Griselda do be a dear and fetch the Alfea team, there is someone I want them to meet, and before you say I'm a teacher and you outrank me by being Deputy Headmistress remember I'm Head of the Wizard's Council so I outrank you, so go and get them and have them meet us in the training yard, also tell them to come in their gymnastic attire and if they have a sword bring it with them" Erasiel ordered Griselda, who grunted and went to follow his instructions.

"So, who's that woman with a stick shoved up her butt?" Eldstrom asked.

"That woman happens to be the Deputy Headmistress, don't worry about her, also if she gives you crap inform her mother the Headmistress or me her Father, honestly the way Griselda turned out is so disappointing, she can be such a snob, don't know how that happened, but Griselda isn't someone you'll have to worry about just ignore her if she tells you to do something that you don't agree with do it anyway so that she'll go away" Erasiel replied. "Anyway, your job is well the one you do best, use swords and in this case show people how to use them, also take it easy in normal classes, this training program is for the Tri-School Tournament, different standards apply here than in normal classes, also in both cases remember you are only sparring and don't injure anybody" Erasiel added.

"I understand, I will follow your instructions to letter" Eldstrom replied. "Anyway, how are the rest of my sisters fairing I've not been keeping up with them" Eldstrom asked. Eldstrom was one of 12 sisters each of varying ages who shared the same parents, Eldstrom was the 4th of the 12, her father was killed by raiders who trashed their farm, and were about to rape her, her mother, and her sisters when Erasiel arrived and slaughtered every last brigand single handedly, afterwards her mother, sisters and Eldstrom herself pledged their undying loyalty and love to Erasiel and wedded him, Erasiel raised each of the sisters as a well-trained machine, each mastering a variety of weapons and skills, each looked similar but was a deadly weapon specialist who could dispatch armies by themselves using their skill loadout and were Master Assassins capable of eliminating any target without being discovered or found out. Each of the Sisters was a Dark Elf, not the typical Dark Elves native to Ygg-Chall, the term Dark Elf had different meanings for different types of elves, in this case the term referred to their dark brown skin, each sister was a beauty. The sisters of Eldstrom are as follows from oldest to youngest: Miria, Baethilda, Varna, Seymey, Seraphina, Nina, Elda, Evelyn, Aura, Teresa, Delva, and Miserna. Each was a formidable warrior and their mother was one as well and powerful sorceress her name was Merath, she had about 2 dozen more children with Erasiel with that number open to debate at any time the two decided to have more, the number each sister had varied, but Eldstrom's current number of children sat at a comfortable 7 and she and Erasiel hadn't been in the position to have any more due to the fact that both liked to travel, however Eldstrom was fanatically devoted to Erasiel and would do anything he instructed her to do.

"They are doing good, Seraphina is currently on vacation on Andros with Elda and she sent me pictures earlier on my phone, Miria's still in charge of my royal guard in Scalespire; Evelyn is also in Scalespire she's been missing me and decided to move to where I was, Aura is in Scalespire too and she has been keeping the council on a level headed field keeping those who are interested in their own personal projects and interests from getting support with the newer members, other than that I haven't heard from Miserna or Delva but last I heard from them was a month ago; I sent them to keep an eye on the minor realms in the Magic Dimension and Nina well she's still keeping her eye on Darancar and the rest of Whisperia's Imperial court and she sent me news about that" Erasiel answered. "So on that front not much has changed; Esdeath still isn't married much to Darancar's annoyance, Whisperia's prosperous, the more dangerous and unwelcome parts of the noble class are being assassinated by Night Raid: Esdeath's personal justiciars, and to top it all off Esdeath killed her latest suitor which by the way adds the list of fatalities in the regard to 7, this one however marks the first she's killed personally, the prior six were assassinations carried out by Night Raid" Erasiel added as they continued to stroll inside.

"So, did Esdeath start a war?" Eldstrom asked.

"Nope, the guy's father was angry but not suicidal, it was only his third son anyway, which was the reason she killed him being that this noble thought it would be a good idea to send his third child as a suitable match and Esdeath thought that the proposal was an insult, Darancar can't punish her for either because he took that as insult too and I'm guessing this is to set a precedent don't send your younger sons to marry Esdeath otherwise they will be killed, fortunately the incident is only known to the court, and this guy was internal noble so no international outcry for his death, anyway enough of rambling let's find the Winx, I have to introduce them to you they are the finest students Alfea has ever produced and will be part of the team representing Alfea in this year's Magic Tournament" Erasiel replied, then lead Eldstrom into to the training hall, where the Winx had gathered, alongside Mirta, Amaryl, Francine, Kimmy, Emily, Lolina, Lavigne, Anastacia, Heidi, Kylie, Ortensia and Lin-Poo, they were the best Alfea's athletic team had to offer and had the highest scores in the athletics courses offered by the school. "Good Morning everyone, now as I am sure you are aware you have been selected to participate in the Tri-Schools Magic Tournament, there are a number of factors in picking out your team, the main ones being grades, your fitness, and your skill set; you are aware we will be competing against Cloud Tower and Red Fountain, as such there will be numerous events but the most significant of these is the sword-fighting challenge, a staple of the tournament from its founding and one of the most prestigious courses taught at all three schools, that being the case, while those among you may be the best swordfighters on offer that doesn't mean you are the best at this tournament, the Red Fountain specialists, battle-mages and wizards pride themselves in being the best warriors taught on Magix, that is a matter to debate, and something we are going to insure doesn't happen by being the best team you can" Erasiel explained. "Now you are probably wondering who the mysterious figure with me is, well she is Alfea's newest teacher and your tutor and couch, the master swordswomen near unrivaled: Eldstrom of the Seven Winds!" Erasiel introduced, and Eldstrom removed her cloak revealing herself, she was dark-brown skinned elf with long lavender hair which was in a pony-tail, she wore a black vail over her face, on her forehead she had a crescent tattooed on it and middle-eastern style attire, she was beautiful, her figure both athletically fit and well-endowed, the outfit consisted of black and red clothing of the revealing kind, her navel was bare but the rest of her chest was covered, in her hands she had two scimitars made of Relix drawn in the fighting style, she then preformed a flourish and sheaved the swords.

"Greetings students, I am Eldstrom Darkar, daughter of Merath Darkar; might add that Erasiel is both my husband and my mother's second husband, don't think I'm his daughter, I am the best swordswoman in the Magic Dimension in my field of weapon specialization, I have millennia of combat experience and will teach you and the other students of this school the art of the sword; see consider the sword not as a weapon but as a painter's brush carving artistic imagery on the battlefield, the art of the sword is much like a dance, first things first I will be testing your blade skills; draw your weapons and face me, one at a time though to test your skill individually, the grade for this is based on your current skill with this I will be able to figure out how to challenge you" Eldstrom explained then drew her swords.

"This will be easy" Stella remarked preforming a flourish with her rapier.

"Such hubris come forth and back your words with skill" Eldstrom challenged and Stella stepped forward, what followed was a dance of blades worthy of a ballad, the agility and strength of both combatants was not the subject as this was a clash of different fighting styles. The bought lasted four minutes and both Stella and Eldstrom were deadlocked eventually however Eldstrom was disarmed by Stella of one sword but Stella herself was disarmed on the follow up. "Well done, Erasiel informed me that you: Princess Stella of Soloria would be the most formidable opponent, in fact given a few years you might surpass me in your skills with a sword, this course will be easier for you than the others, but it will get you to perform at your best" Eldstrom graded, while Erasiel talked on a cellphone.

"Well I'll leave you to your teaching, I've got important matters to attend to, mainly I have a meeting with an associate of mine on the Wizard's Council, then I've got to see to getting the Trix ready; I'll see you all later" Erasiel explained then left.

Later in Scalespire…. Erasiel dismounted his Space Strider which was taken by his chauffer to the garage, shortly he arrived at the location where he was greeted by Councilman Givelian. "Head councilman Erasiel it is good to see you" Givelian stated.

"A good, let's not beat about the bush, this is about the vote earlier, I only say you need to get enough votes to get it passed, and no I will not support it, I can't just go affirming everyone's personal projects; I'm head of the Council specifically for that reason, also I know you want the council to do more in the wider Magic Dimension but its neutral body, we can't just pick sides in the various conflicts" Erasiel stated.

"Yes, I understand your position, so I've heard about the Tri-Schools Tournament and noticed that a master of ceremonies hasn't been selected yet and would like to recommend myself for the position" Givelian explained.

"Givelian, Givelian, young Givelian, you are still young and have much to learn, only a 147; the master of ceremonies is a position that requires experience and is a position that should be held by someone of experience as such I must deny your request, however I've noted we are short a judge, thus I will humor you and give that position, I'm sure you understand my logic" Erasiel replied.

"I see, well at least it's something, I'll live up to your trust" Givelian stated and left.

"He does have much to learn indeed" a familiar voice stated, Erasiel turned and noticed the familiar but short figure of the Gnome Spellbinder Councilman Yerka.

"Indeed, he does Yerka, indeed, I trust you overheard the conversation" Erasiel replied.

"Indeed, I did, now would you walk with me for a time old friend, there are things I would like to discuss with you" Yerka responded, Erasiel nodded and the two walked up to the gates of the palace where two towering Relix armored Dragon Ogres stood guard each the size of a small high-rise building, they opened the gates and allowed Yerka and Erasiel thru.

"So, what is it you want to discuss my old friend" Erasiel asked.

"It is mostly about existing business, however I'm curious as to how you feel about Givelian's recent decisions" Yerka replied.

"Simply put Givelian still has much to learn, personally I'm glad you see to tutoring him he still has much to learn about the politicking in the Magic Dimension I've taken millennia to get the current political map to where it is and to keep general stability, I know he wants to make the Magic Dimension a better place but there are better ways to go about it , as to his personal projects they don't really have any bearing to council matters, if he wants to carry them out he should do so on his own, he doesn't need Council support honestly, you know the main reason I continue to serve as Head of Council is to keep members from turning it into body for their own personal projects rather than for serious issues mainly keeping order in the Magic Dimension also I know Givelian wants the council to take a more active role in the politics of the various governments in the Magic Dimension but the Council is a neutral body which is meant as intermediary body to settle disputes, it's not beholden to any government" Erasiel explained.

"I see your reasoning, though I wonder who would you make your successor if you ever did step down" Yerka replied.

"If I did it would be Irietta, she does most of the business for me anyway, she is deputy head of the council and there is no one I trust more in the Magic Dimension then my sister" Erasiel replied.

"I thought I'd let you know Givelian knows about your relationship with your sister, in detail and intends to use that information against you" Yerka reported.

"Oh yes, both of us are fully aware of that we were being spied on, honestly if he thinks he can blackmail me with a tape of me and Irietta doing what Broodmates do with each other in private he's got even more to learn; I trust you know that our relationship is an open secret; just not something the public needs to concern themselves with" Erasiel stated. "Besides if he thinks he can use that information to get me to vote his way, it just confirms what I've said before about his inexperience, just like I told him about the position of Master of Ceremonies for the tournament" Erasiel added.

"Speaking of have you given consideration as to who you are going to appoint to that role" Yerka stated.

"To be honest it should be someone with experience and centuries of it, it won't be any of the headmasters or teachers though for obvious reasons, but there are a number of people I could think of" Erasiel replied.

"Someone like me?" Yerka stated, Erasiel noted his suggestion.

"Well now that you mention it, you are more than qualified Yerka, you've been a member of the council for 5,000 years, you were one of my finest students at Graynor, you distinguished yourself in an number of events and you have hosted the tournament before, you know what since I've got to see that Alfea and Cloud Towers teams are ready I'll make you Master of Ceremonies, also you can keep young Givelian in check" Erasiel answered.

"I accept the position, you mentioned Alfea and Cloud Tower what about Red Fountain?" Yerka stated.

"Not to sound biased but Red Fountain they don't really have a solid edge in most of the events, mainly due to those being magic oriented and let's be honest Faeries and Witches have more solid advantage, the only place I see a level playing field is in the sword-fighting events, other than that I have received the Team List from Saladin and- well the team is clearly based trying to score political points and on appeasing nobles then on skill, there are some good fighters but most are noble's sons who are just there to say they competed like that dunderhead Lucius Leary, also there is the fact that the team head is Prince Sky who should've been expelled for being the cause of that conflict for Magix last year also there are some more unsavory characters on that team" Erasiel replied.

"I see, well I won't call you biased in your decision" Yerka stated. "Speaking of that conflict last year, I recently received an ambassador from Lighthaven inquiring about missing people that he claims vanished on Magix" Yerka stated.

"Oh yes that, well I found the Trix if you haven't been made aware of that, and I found them held captive in a Lighthaven monastery, here on Magix, on a hill overlooking Lake Roccaluchee, hidden in plain sight as their monasteries tend to be; as to the ambassador: tell him something that never existed no longer exists and if he pushes the issue it will be made common knowledge that it actually existed" Erasiel answered. "Also, I found a map of other Monasteries on Magix and in Allied space, I've instructed raids to destroy them also I told the Whisperians about the large amount in their territory, Night Raid will be busy for the next few months; trust me the Lighthaveners won't risk starting another conflict anytime soon, what with their new leadership" Erasiel stated.

"I can see the logic in your plan; they won't risk open war over destruction of monasteries that were a clear violation of the treaty, as to Lighthaven do you trust their new leader: Grand Templar De Lande?" Yerka stated.

"I trust him much more than his predecessor that's for sure, he does owe me his life also he is in favor of peace; I'm not sure he's keen on the destruction of the Monasteries" Erasiel stated. "Forget about the Lighthaveners for the moment, anything about Abolithon?" Erasiel asked.

"Nothing of note, your scouts have reported reinforcements from his forces arriving in Shadowhaunt, they have fortified the stronghold extremely well and now it will require a sizeable army to take it" Yerka replied gloomily, his expression that was cheery had turned dour. "The Council is still in deliberations to allow a military response, however as you've said your forces are immune from their jurisdiction" Yerka added.

"Let the council debate, it will take some time to mobilize my soldiers, it's been 17 years since the last war and thus I had given them full leave to do as they wish" Erasiel stated.

"Indeed, and according to our commanders it will take three months at least to mobilize enough troops" Irietta added approaching Erasiel.

"Well that's good enough news, now for other intel, any movements on Abolithon's part and are there any signs he knows the location of any of the other Codex parts" Erasiel asked.

"No, not even the council knows where they are hidden" Yerka replied.

"Good that means only myself and the Codex Guardians both Pixies and otherwise know of their location, we must be vigilant, Abolithon will do anything to get his hands on a Codex fragments; also, Yerka I need you and Irietta to keep an eye on the Council" Erasiel replied.

"An eye on the Council? Do you suspect one of the members of being a spy?" Yerka stated.

"Yes, I don't know if there is one, but with Faceless and Phoenixes involved spies can easily be anyone; even those we don't suspect; I know I'm not a spy, neither are you two, the reason I know that I'm not a spy is because A. I wouldn't have been beaten so easy, and B. I could have easily gotten the Codex's and the reason I know you two aren't spies is the fact neither of you have left Scalespire since the start of this incident and in the case of Irietta I know because we can see each other's auras also because she is extremely powerful on par with myself and here in Scalespire our power is absolute, and for you Yerka I can tell by the way you walk" Erasiel stated. "Any other news that may be of my concern Yerka?" Erasiel asked.

"Interesting things have happened, the Kingdom of Serenia's monarchs both died suspiciously, and their chief advisor Count Neropulos has declared himself Lord Protector, other than that nothing major has come up with regard to politics in the Magic Dimension" Yerka noted.

"Interesting, did the King and Queen have an heir?" Erasiel asked.

"Yes, but said heir went missing years ago" Yerka answered.

"I think that needs looking into, I'll head to Serenia when given the opportunity, in the meantime keep an eye on that Lord Protector; this seems an awful lot like foul play, in the meantime I'll have Faceless keep an eye on things if I have to intervene" Erasiel replied then continued on his way, he left Scalespire and headed for Cloud Tower, he was annoyed that Givelian had wasted valuable time that was required for making sure the Trix and their team of elite Witches were ready to participate in the tournament. Remembering that he had sent his Space Strider to the Garage Erasiel berated himself mentally for costing himself even more time "That was stupid on my part" Erasiel thought, he half-swore under his breath when his phone rang. "Erasiel Darkar who is it" Erasiel answered.

"Faragonda Darkar, and I need you back at Alfea there is someone I need you to meet" Faragonda stated.

"Really? I've just spent an hour talking with Yerka after chewing out and humoring Givelian and you want me to come back to Alfea? What's so important that I need to come back right now, I've got to deal with getting the Trix ready for the Tournament; tell me what it is" Erasiel replied annoyed.

"It involves that new teacher I told you about, I've called a general meeting for the entire staff and school to meet her, and before you ask no I'm not spoiling the surprise" Faragonda stated.

"Fine but it better take me 30 minutes or less if not I'll- I'll- I don't know what I'll do" Erasiel replied, she hung up. "KERBORG!" Erasiel yelled and said Faceless materialized next to him.

"Yes, my lord?" Kerborg asked.

"Get me my Space Strider, I'm going to think of some way to vent out my frustration" Erasiel ordered, the Faceless did as instructed. Erasiel decided to vent by launching several fireballs into the air until he felt calmer and Kerborg arrived shortly with his Space Strider; Erasiel dawned his bike suit and took off at max speed. He arrived at Alfea not to long after not even bothering to remove the suit bar the helmet because he intended on leaving quickly, he ran to Faragonda's office and bumped into her in the hallway. "Alright this better be worth the time not spent getting the Trix ready" Erasiel stated annoyed.

"It's important enough, I've already put out a general call for an assembly, we will be heading to the hall for it now" Faragonda stated, and Erasiel took her hand and followed her. They arrived soon in the hall where the students had gathered in the stands and where the other teachers were waiting, Erasiel joined Faragonda on stage alongside Griselda who attempted to block him but thought better of it when he shot her an angry look of the kind that said, "Don't even think about it".

"Students, Staff; I've called this assembly to welcome our newest teacher, it took some time to work out the specifics for her contract, but now she is officially on the staff" Faragonda stated.

"Where is she?" Someone in the audience stated, Faragonda only gave a half smile and opened a window, into the window flew a decent sized eagle with purple and blue feathers carrying a crimson wand with eagle-head handle and an owl head atop it, the eagle then landed on stage and transformed in a flash of purple light into a beautiful woman the same height and figure as Faragonda, she had short spiky purple-blue hair and wore red and gold gown with a collar and shoulder puffies, the dress had some decent cleavage, her arms were bare bar some red gloves, she was beautiful and with a flourish of her wand she materialized a swarm of yellow spectral butterflies, wowing the audience, Faragonda handed her the microphone.

"Greetings students, It's good to see Alfea again, I am Kalshara Darkar Greater Fairy of the Wilds, Animagus supreme, expert on all magical creatures and your new teacher for the Study of Magical Creatures, I'm an expert in all things related to magical creatures and have studied them in depth, I used to teach the subject here but left to teach at Graynor Academy my alma modern, until it was destroyed by those thrice damned despicable Lighthaveners, since then I've been studying in the wilds and have expanded my knowledge on the subject until my best friend Faragonda offered me a job here, after much negotiation I took the job; I will be replacing Professor Palladium in my job however he now has full liberty to pursue his new class without having to deal with a second" Kalshara explained introducing herself. "I suppose you all have questions and I will answer them to the best of my ability, also any involving my surname are not required as I will answer that one, yes I am married to Professor Darkar" Kalshara added.

"Can I leave now?" Erasiel asked Faragonda in a whisper.

"Yes but do so quietly" Faragonda replied and Erasiel ducked out the backstage door, then exited started heading for Cloud Tower.

Later… "Alright now Darcy we are going to start with a very advanced spell, specifically a vortex spell: Purple Sun of Xereus, the goal here is to see if you can maintain control of the Vortex" Erasiel explained, Icy and Stormy had already tried and failed with the vortexes he assigned them to control, these spells were ones he reserved for advanced students which the Trix were but said spells were designed for grand scale battles not for individual magic duels, these spells were ones they would need to learn in order to have a chance against large armies of enemies.

"Yeah sis see if you can succeed" Stormy jeered.

Darcy glared at Stormy then turned towards the field and began to focus her energy; her eyes glowing crimson with no iris to be seen as was typical of powerful Whisperians focusing extreme magical spells, with a glance and motion of her hands she yelled "Purple Sun of Xereus!" and massive glowing sun of purple energy formed into being radiating streams of energy which grabbed objects pulling them towards the fiery doom and absorbing the trees of a nearby forest as well as the herd of Beastmen moving underneath them, Darcy motioned her hands moving the purple sun's path away from Cloud Tower and towards the Beastmen and Goblins who were running from the giant sun as fast as they could, suddenly Darcy lost control. "I can't- there is too much magic" Darcy stated losing her control, the sun ripped from her control and veered off towards Cloud Tower, Erasiel flew in front of the sun and stopped it with one hand then compacted it into a tiny ball which he crushed with his hands. Erasiel flew over to the Trix.

"Alright ladies enough for now, it clear that you haven't yet got control over Vortexes yet, we will try this again another week from now, fortunately there no vortex events in the Tri-Schools Tournament as such you aren't being graded on these, this is just a warm up to see how you three have progressed, now I am going to let you three decide the team for this tournament, remember only the best witches, I'm going on a lunch break and will be back in an hour, just choose the team and introduce them to me when I get back" Erasiel stated.

"Alright We'll do that and only the best will make the cut" Icy stated, she and her sisters teleported inside.

Erasiel headed back to Cloud Tower's garage to fetch his Space Strider, he had parked it next to Lucy's Space Strider which had been painted a dark green the same color as her hair, Erasiel noted that Lucy herself had made more modifications since the last time he saw the bike, which was before the Battle for Magix. Erasiel mounted his bike and took off out the open door which was protected from the elements by an energy field which allowed vehicles and their occupants out. Erasiel glided over the Cloud Tower Courtyard then over the forests, he checked his watch noting it was 11:20 so not too late, he had been worrying over nothing. "I've been overreacting, I need to center myself, more specifically find something to distract myself from what's troubling me" Erasiel thought to himself, he gracefully pulled a dodge of a volley of arrows fired at him by some rather irate Ungors, not that their arrows were going to do any damage to his Space Strider and he heard them curse him in a rather creative tirade of profanity in the language of the Beastmen.

Ten minutes later Erasiel landed in a parking lot adjacent to the White Horse, where he noted that Bloom's Windrider and Francis's Windrider were parked out front, which meant they were done practicing for the day and were at work. Approaching the restaurant he noted something, a man running by him carrying a handbag that was far too expensive to be his as it was decorated by Solarian Star Pearls also his attire was of the kind that suggested a thief such as he was, this was confirmed by a woman yelling "Get back here you Thieving bastard!" who was running after him, Erasiel being the type to get involved in these problems took out his knife then flung it, the thrown blade sliced one of the thief's hamstrings causing him to summersault and fall flat on the ground as the blade flew back to Erasiel who stepped up to the crook and grabbed the handbag. "You aren't having a lucky day are you, I mean really you stole someone's purse and where did that get you, knocked flat on your rear with a cut hamstring put there by Erasiel Darkar that's what you got" Erasiel stated to the thief before turning to see the woman who had been robbed and well she was a vision.

The woman had long pale blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail with lighter blonde streaks. She had dark blue eyes, with lighter blue eyeshadow and eyeliner, she was beautiful, serene, her lips were soft with blue lipstick, she wore a long light blue shirt dress with dark blue pants that went above her ankles with dark blue heels, she also wore long earrings made of mithril and studded with the same Solarian Star Pearls as adorned her hand bag, she stood about 6'4 though she was wearing four inch heels. "I believe this belongs to you" Erasiel stated hand her the bag. "Don't worry about him: Kerborg!" Erasiel shouted, the Faceless appeared in his normal form.

"Yes, my lord?" Kerborg asked

"Take this crook to the local police station, also see to his leg make sure it gets patched up" Erasiel ordered and Kerborg nodded and carried the crook away. "I believe this belongs to you" Erasiel stated handing the woman her purse.

"Thank you, this world needs more people like you in it" the Woman stated.

"You're welcome; I'm Erasiel Nathan Darkar and your name is" Erasiel asked.

"Luna, I'm new here on Magix, I moved here to be closer to my daughter" the Woman Luna asked.

"I see, then I guess I should address you as Mrs. Luna" Erasiel replied.

"No, Miss Luna Starloft, I moved here to get away from my Ex-husband and to be closer to my daughter, she goes to Alfea by the way, same school I went to" Luna replied.

"Ah I see" Erasiel replied.

"Anyway, I'm thankful for what you've done is there any way I can repay you for helping me?" Luna asked.

"How about Lunch, I'll pay" Erasiel replied.

"Why not, I was going to get lunch anyway when that creep mugged me, the White Horse?" Luna replied.

"Yes, I was going there anyway, don't worry I'll pay, your company is reward enough" Erasiel stated.

"Alright" Luna replied, realizing that he of course was flirting with her, well a date was worth his kindness, and she was looking for a man to replace her husband, hopefully.

Erasiel went inside with Luna at his side, noted that the place was lively and was approached by Bloom who was wearing a cute waitress's outfit which consisted of pink shirt and capris with a white tank top, a white half apron at the waist and grey shoes. "Table for two please Bloom" Erasiel stated.

"Of course, please wait to be seated" Bloom stated, noting Erasiel's date, Bloom was speedy in getting them a table.

Erasiel sat down facing Luna. "Here's your menu can I get you two something to drink?" Bloom asked winking at Erasiel.

"Root Beer" Erasiel and Luna stated at the same time, causing both of them to blush.

"Coming right up, I'll be back" Bloom stated, then smiled left them.

"Well that was quick, last time I came here it took 10 minutes, but the food is so good here I keep coming back" Luna stated.

"I can agree the wait is definitely worth it though; though the fact that we did get seated quickly happens to do with the fact that she and I are well friends, and she is one of my students" Erasiel replied.

"You're a teacher?" Luna asked.

"Yes, one of my many professions, but teaching is what I enjoy the most, melding young minds, I've been at it for millennia; I'm a Phoenix as you may have guessed by my tail" Erasiel stated.

"Yes, I knew that; I can see your interest in me, how long have you been in the job and what is your job?" Luna replied.

"Well for starters I've been working at Alfea for a month now, as for my job I'm an assistant teacher, I help the other teachers with their lessons and offer my own input, I used to teach at Graynor, the original Graynor not the new academy, before it was destroyed by the Lighthaven bastards, I've gotten closure thanks to that waitress and have gotten back in the game" Erasiel replied.

"How did that waitress get you closure?" Luna asked, having been out of touch with recent events due to her divorce proceedings and settlements.

"She isn't a normal waitress, she is Bloom, Queen of Domino, daughter of King Orital and Queen Marion, savior of Alfea and Magix and the bane of High Templar Arsonious, may his vile soul rot in hell forever, more importantly she avenged the countless murders and crimes of Arsonious and avenged Graynor and put the souls of his victims to rest, she restored my desire to teach again" Erasiel replied, Bloom returned shortly with their drinks and took their orders.

"So how do you know her so well?" Luna asked inquisitively.

"Easy I was there for all her adventures as her teacher and friend, also I'm part of her team" Erasiel remarked.

"You must have some stories to tell" Luna remarked.

"Indeed, I do, a lot of stories, the number is countless, now I've told you a deal about myself we not tell me a bit about you" Erasiel replied.

"Well alright, I was born here on Magix, I went to school here at Alfea when I was old enough, my childhood was relatively normal my parents are good people and we were decently off, when I was old enough I joined the forces of the Company of Light where I met my husband, now ex-husband, he was an astonishing warrior and skilled leader, his name was Prince Radius, we fell in love, 4 years before the war ended his father died in battle and he became king of Soloria, afterwards we married, 2 years before the end of the war we had our first and only child Stella, after the war we settled down, I was Queen of the Moon and he was King of the Suns, we raised Stella as best as we could but Radius and I disagreed about how to raise her, he wanted her to be more martial and savvy with leadership, I wanted her to be more lady-like, she ended up a mix of both, eventually our dispute boiled, we argued about Stella's education, disagreed regarding a number of issues mainly those involving the people at court, he complained about us not having children despite my best efforts, after a while we chose to sleep in different rooms, then turned cold to each other, eventually we divorced and I moved back to Magix, I received a large amount of money, a King's fortune in the divorce, our custody agreement allows us both to interact with Stella though she lives on Solaria most of the time, other than that I've had a few off and on relationships none however have developed further than a couple of dates, nothing really steady, you however you're different though, hopefully" Luna explained.

They continued to discuss other things as more customers entered the restaurant, one of which was Stella. "Hey Francis" Stella greeted.

"Hey Stella" Francis replied. "Don't worry I'll get you a seat right away" Francis stated.

"How's your day going?" Stella asked.

"Good, so far it hasn't be too busy here, Bloom is good too" Francis replied.

"Hey Stella" Bloom greeted walking by with a tray carrying orders.

"Hey Bloom" Stella replied.

"Can't talk now Stella, I've got orders to deliver" Bloom replied.

"So, how's business going?" Stella asked Francis.

"Good, Nathan came in earlier, he's still here by the way, he was with a date" Francis stated.

"That's normal, him with a date, him here that's a bit interesting but I'm not questioning it, the food here is amazing" Stella stated, then she noticed Erasiel in the corner. "Wait is that?" Stella stated, and headed to Bloom with Francis following behind.

"Stella I told you I can't talk now, I'm busy delivering orders" Bloom replied.

"Quick question who's that with Nathan?" Stella asked.

"Oh, her name is Luna she's his date, I didn't ask more, by the way her table is next, why do you ask?" Bloom replied.

"Because that's my mother he's with" Stella stated an annoyed look on her face.

"Oh, well it makes you feel better my Earth mother is with him if that make you feel better" Bloom replied.

"She's a phoenix Bloom, Nathan and her have been together before anyone here was born, that's my mother- you know what I'm going to have a word with them" Stella stated.

"Shouldn't I get you seated first?" Francis asked.

"I will sit with my Mother" Stella stated firmly and walked over to Erasiel and Luna's table.

"Hi Stella" Erasiel greeted, Stella ignored him. "Well this may be a problem" Erasiel thought.

"No kidding boss" Gripmaw replied over their link.

"Mother what are you doing here and with him?" Stella asked.

"Having Lunch, come and join us" Erasiel remarked, Stella sat down next to Luna.

"Stella let's start things off, this is Nathan, Nathan this is Stella" Luna stated, going thru a formal introduction.

"We've already met, in fact we've known each other for a year now, in fact we are on the same team, what are you doing with him though?" Stella stated annoyed.

"Here we go again" Luna thought. "I'm here as a reward, he stopped a mugger from making off with my purse, I was going her for lunch anyway, besides that it beside the point Stella, I'm a grown woman and I can make my own decisions, just like you are now, right now I've moved on from your father, you'll have to get used to it" Luna replied.

"But he's a womanizer" Stella replied.

"He's a phoenix Stella, that's normal for a phoenix, besides you're one to talk with the way you flirt" Luna remarked, and Bloom arrived.

"Excuse me, I hate to be interrupting a conversation usually, but in this case I'm not, Here's your food" Bloom stated and handed Erasiel his chicken and Fries and Luna her chicken and fries. "Hey Stella, can I get you anything to drink?" Bloom asked.

"Two Mountain dews, I'm annoyed right now so I'll have an extra one, that will sooth me, as to what I'll have for lunch, well I'll think on that" Stella replied.

"Sure, I can do that, do either of you two need refills?" Bloom added.

"Yes" both Erasiel and Luna said simultaneously, then both laughed, and Stella shrugged, Bloom left to get the drinks.

"Wow, we both finished our drinks at the same time" Luna remarked.

"Yes, that is interesting" Erasiel stated.

"Anyway, Stella give Nathan a chance and see if it works out so far its working out good" Luna explained.

"Fine albeit I'm annoyed because you know I'm interested in him too" Stella replied.

"That's better" Luna replied and smiled. Bloom soon returned with their drinks then took Stella's order, they then ate lunch and were satisfied. "You know what Stella I think we all need to spend time with each other, why not do what you love best" Luna stated.

"Shopping!" Both exclaimed at the same time. Soon they left the White Horse and headed for the mall downtown, Erasiel included.

Shortly…

"Well Stella I think you deserve a prize for all your efforts at school, you pay attention a lot more with me in your classes and your grades have improved overall, here take my credit card and buy everything you want to your heart's content, no questions asked" Erasiel stated after they had entered.

"Thanks Nathan but I can't accept, you're too generous, I didn't know you cared that much" Stella replied.

"Please it's the least I can do, I saved your life after all in that underground river near Shadowhaunt and went out of my way to carry you all the way to Downland" Erasiel stated.

"I guess, I just I don't know it doesn't seem right to spend your money on stuff I'm buying for myself" Stella replied.

"Consider it a gift, besides you could never exhaust my money, it's beyond the possibility of even a drop in the bucket" Erasiel replied.

"You're serious, well you are I guess, so, I didn't know you were so wealthy, how much do you have" Stella stated.

"Astronomical levels of wealth trust me Stella, the only people richer then me are those of higher position in my house, my Father included, I've had eons to amass my fortunes, across many worlds and dimensions, trust me I've more money than I could ever spend, and there isn't much I'd spend it on" Erasiel replied, Stella took the card from him. "Kerborg, Gripmaw go with Stella and carry everything she gets" Erasiel ordered said faceless appeared ready

"Alright I'm off" Stella stated then ran faster than Usain Bolt in the 100-yard dash towards a Clothing store that said 25% off all brands, with both Faceless running after her.

"That's my daughter for you" Luna remarked putting her arm on Erasiel's shoulder.

"Yep, so what do you want to do?" Erasiel stated holding the hand that rested on his shoulder.

"You know you are such a caring man, I think we should be seeing each other, a lot, I don't think I'll be dating anyone else for a while" Luna replied.

"You want to come to the Magical Tournament with me?" Erasiel asked.

"I would love to, I was going to go anyway because Stella is on the Alfea Team, but now it's even better to have someone to come with me" Luna replied. Erasiel turned to her and kissed her on the cheek, she kissed him full on the lips, they continued kissing each other for some time. "You are certainly a better kisser then Radius" Luna remarked after breaking the kiss.

"You aren't so bad yourself, I've got years of practice in that department, anyway you are still amazing" Erasiel replied, and they returned to making out, much to the irritation of passerby. Soon Stella returned with Kerborg and Gripmaw, both carrying a large amount of bags, and noted Erasiel's face was covered with blue lipstick from her mother.

"You two have fun while I was away?" Stella asked rhetorically.

"Do we need to answer that" Erasiel replied with blue lipstick over his face.

"Nope, anyway here is your card back, I've bought everything I had interest in" Stella replied.

"Good, Kerborg: you and Gripmaw take Stella's things back to her Dorm" Erasiel ordered and both Faceless teleported out.

"Thanks for that, anyway I better get back to Alfea and practice some more, wouldn't want my blade-work to get sloppy now would I" Stella stated, then turned the Ring of Solaria into scepter form. "To Alfea!" Stella stated and teleported out.

"She's grown up so quickly, I'm not at all disappointed about how she turned out, despite my disagreements with Radius on how she should be raised, she's a powerful and promising fairy, in spite of her grades" Luna remarked.

"I can understand the feeling, though she's been more focused and doing better with me in her classes, I guess when I'm teaching she pays more attention" Erasiel replied.

"She loves you: you know that?" Luna replied.

"Yes, and you don't have any issues with that?" Erasiel stated.

"No, my daughter is an adult now and she is free to make her own decisions, even if she shares the same love interest as me, it's nothing abnormal; I'll get used to it, though it will be awkward" Luna responded.

"How so?" Erasiel stated.

"Well should we get married and she marries you, any children you and I have will be both her sisters and her nieces" Luna replied.

"Yes, but it's not too awkward" Erasiel stated, thinking of his relationship with Irietta, despite the fact that they had transcended any real taboos with their relationships and the fact they thought of each other as soulmates they were still brother and sister, something which was frowned on in the larger universe, not that it mattered anyway, no taboo would separate them; they were brood mates and that was an unbreakable union, stronger then marriage and by far stronger than any of society's taboos.

Two days later… Erasiel was sitting in the new third period class of the study of Magical creatures, Dufour's class had been pushed back a period, however she was now the most active teacher and her class was the most important now as she focused on the preparing of students for the Magic Tournament by teaching the cantrip spells needed for the events where magic was concerned.

Erasiel was there early and many students had just arrived, he was however noting the absence of Professor Kalshara, he expected her to make a grand entry though as this was her first class, Erasiel sat on his floating chair with Zing and Livy floating on either side of him, he had grown quite fond of his bonded pixies and was now determined to have them with him wherever he went. The obvious concern now was the tournament, the Trix had put together an A team, all of which had Gloomix, they were now in his opinion the favored team to win the Tournament, which meant he had to push the Alfea team harder for them to have a chance of winning, it didn't help that Gloomix made the Trix more powerful than the Winx. The issue was simple in that regard, the Winx's Charmix were incomplete, something that at some point would have to be remedied, however as it stood now there were too many risks involved also he wouldn't have time to get them there before the Tournament, which was now only a week away; his concerns couldn't be more palpable.

The Winx entered the classroom, followed by Mirta and the club's newest member Selene, he was beginning to think that Mirta should join the club, but that was being put off at the moment, he thought that if she proved herself in the Tournament that she should join. They were followed by other students, who were arriving. he noted that Katy, Priscilla and Luna, not to be confused with the former Solarian queen, were eager; he remembered that their wedding day was tomorrow and that as their groom he would have to be ready, soon they would be pregnant, and within 6 months they would be mothers, they didn't make the team for the tournament but they would be joining him along with Luna (Stella's mother) in his private box that overlooked the tournament grounds in Scalespire which was in the Grand Arena, the preparations for the event were underway and set up would be finished before the Tournament next week. Erasiel focused on everyone and took the attendance sheet off of Kalshara's desk so that he could handle that.

Suddenly a dark purple owl flew into the room, and landed next to the desk, where it transformed into Professor Kalshara. The Classroom itself was large and was decorated as you would expect from the class on Magical Creatures; in addition to the usual school supplies, books on magical creatures were a few cages in which pets kept by Kalshara resided. Another Owl flew in, this one had dark blue feathers and perched on Kalshara's shoulder. She wore the same attire she wore at the assembly with the addition of a shoulder pad which the owl was perched on. "Greetings students, welcome to the Study of Magical Creatures, I'm your teacher Professor Kalshara, I am a greater fairy of Wilds and animals but am also an Animagus, today's lesson will be on Animagi which will provide insight into myself and a number of other powerful casters, in addition to this I will have an activity that will allow me to get to know each of you, now everyone park your butts in your seats; I will begin with some soothing music to make sure everyone's minds are clear and ready to learn" Kalshara stated.

The class did as instructed, Kalshara used her wand to activate a radio which played a rather soothing music, it made everyone focus apart from Musa who began to weep, the music was from Melody and was the same as music her mother would play for her when she was little. "Strange usually the music is soothing but for her it seems to make her sad" Kalshara thought. A certain pixie flew over to Kalshara and whispered in her ears. "Oh, I see, I understand now" Kalshara stated.

The music played for a few minutes before Kalshara turned it off. "I see now your minds are now clear and relaxed, now for the lesson get out your pencils and take notes, you will be quizzed on this at the end of the unit my tests are open notes so as long as you pay attention and take notes you will get good grades" Kalshara explained, then did a flourish with her wand and summoned a chalk board and a set of chalk, the chalkboard hovered in the air and the chalk wrote first "Professor Kalshara Genevieve "Larcrazzi" Darkar" then in wrote the word Animagus. "First things first, the world magus in Animagus is a misnomer as any magic user with the lore of Wilds and or lore of Beasts also called the lore of animals can become an Animagus, this includes: Faeries, Wizards, Warlocks, Sorcerers, Witches, Sorceresses, Spellbinders, Enchanters, Mages, Battle Mages, and so on, anyone who can use the Lore of Wilds or Lore of Beasts can become an Animagus" Kalshara explained. "Now what is it that separates an Animagus from most casters, the first of these is that an Animagus is capable of turning themselves into a variety of animals, they are also capable of altering their physical form into a more animal-like form; observe" Kalshara added, then changed forms her new form was more catlike with a long cat's tail her ears were now pointed like an elves, not that they hadn't been pointed before, she had tiger like patterns along a now brown skin, her hair was longer and a darker shade of blue, the sounds oohs and has were heard from the class bar Erasiel who simply smiled. "As well as animals" Kalshara stated and turned into hound, then into seal, then into lion, then scorpion, then serpent and finally back to her normal form. "This is only a small number of the many forms I can take, the number of creatures I can turn into numbers in the thousands. Now you may note that this seems remarkably similar to Transfiguration that you will have learned with Professor Whizgiz, the difference is that the changes of an Animagus are augments and are not limited in time like Transfiguration spells nor do they limit the casters use of spells, an Animagus in transformed into a mouse is still capable of lobbing an amber spear into in armored Mordan and dropping him in one hit, also an Animagus is able to use a more advanced version of Transformation of Khadan, rather than using it to turn a fixture of terrain into a Manticore under the casters control, the caster can turn themselves into a Manticore and have all the details that entails" Kalshara explained.

The class continued, Erasiel was focused on Bloom who fell asleep mid-way in as she usually did, Erasiel pulled out a straw and then gave it to Zing who shot a spitball at her to wake her up which it did also Bloom didn't know who shot it at her. The longer the class was the more they would learn, also the lessons here would be practical in future missions when faeries would be called on to deal with a hostile magical creature that was causing problems.

Meanwhile in Scalespire…. Givelian was at the Great Arena and was readying the important thing that would make the challenge harder for, he was going to replace the seeds for the Vicious Ivy which was going to be used for the final challenge with the more aggressive Sequoia-serpaliverous-swifta or Triple Ss as Flora would call them; the plants would not be planted until the day of the tournament as such they would be kept in storage, notably this was a sub variant of Triple Ss that grew in light rather than in darkness, these plants would entangle the students and then the audience and then the entire stadium until they were dealt with. "Givelian you've out done yourself again, this should foul things up and cause an uproar" Givelian thought to himself then left the store room and got out of the stadium before anyone noticed him being there.

Back at Alfea Erasiel had taken the students to Dufour's class where Professor Defour had prepared her lesson. Professor Dufour was a beautiful fairy of about 100 years of age, she had a light complexion, long dark-blue hair and dark brown eyes. She wore a large scarlet hat with purple strip, a red knee-length dress with long bell mouth sleeves, formal moccasin shoes by the same color, a purple sash held by a gold ring at the front, and a purple sash on her top holding a crimson cape. Everyone took their seats and Professor Dufour began teaching after taking role. "Greetings students and welcome back, today's lesson will be about spells and the importance of tone and volume of voice, the wording of a spell is about as important as the tone, the more fervor you put into the casting of the spell the more potent it will be, for example a spell you yell at the top of your lungs will be far more powerful than a spell you whisper, likewise the tone of voice also affects the spell, now follow me students, we will be heading outside to demonstrate the effects of this lesson" Dufour explained. They left the classroom and went to the school training field.

"Now for a demonstration: Wind of Daquar!" Dufour yelled and large blowing blue wind overturned several practice dummies. "Now for you students we will use a more simple spell, rain spells are rather simplistic cantrips not to be confused with the weather magic spells that are used by those who use weather magic, now these spells use rhymes to summon, the more harmonious and pleasant the rhymes are the more powerful the spell is" Dufour explained. "It's Raining. It's pouring from this cloud: it's falling!" She casted and a small rain cloud materialized above the field and loosed a mild rain. "Now you try, you're all familiar with this cantrips by now" Dufour stated, Selene stepped up.

"Hail this good shower for only it has the power. Save us from the heat and that's no small feat." Selene casted, and a rather large cloud materialized and let out more rain.

"Good job Selene" Dufour congratulated. "Now for a more potent spell: May the scattered clouds rain on the parched plain! Come, vapor from distant lands, rain from our hands! May the sound of life-giving precipitation be heard on the desolate vegetation!" Dufour casted and a great rain cloud let forth a downpour that would make Stormy envious, and which caused everyone to be awed. The class continued for another hour and the bell rang.

"So did everyone pay attention to the spells" Musa asked.

"Yes, I'd like to know if you did and weren't distracted by me" Erasiel remarked.

"I certainly paid attention, though I'm worried the last time there was a tournament Cloud Tower won" Flora stated.

"Please Flora don't worry, the only reason they won four years ago was because the Winx weren't around to stop the Trix from steamrolling, though my friend Chelsea and her team sure didn't make things easy for the Trix" Stella remarked.

"Who's Chelsea?" Bloom asked.

"A friend of mine from Whisperia, she graduated the year before you came here Bloom she was the school's best student, a truly great fairy, she uses illusion magic and comes from a very high up family on Whisperia though not noble, she's actually a handmaiden now to Princess Esdeath, she is a true force to behold though" Stella explained.

"Yes how quaint, now remember the Trix aren't going to make this easy on you and they've picked a crack team of witches for this year's tournament I won't name names but just letting you know you'll have to be at your best, the first two challenges are set in advance but the final one is randomly selected via a drawing, a number of papers are thrown with a number of challenges on them, an archer shoots an arrow and pins one to the wall and that one is the challenge, there are seventy possible events and you have to be ready for any of them; as such these next two weeks Winx are going to be hell" Erasiel interrupted.

"Oh great" Bloom stated sarcastically.

Two Weeks later… The grind of intense training Erasiel put the Winx thru was exactly what he said it would be, hell, more arduous then basic training it was a grid of numerous challenges on top of intense research and more work, the only relief was that they were exempt from all classes save those of Kalshara and Dufour as they had numerous things to offer for the tournament. After days of training the Winx had gotten ready for the tournament and were now in Scalespire at the Grand Arena. "Alright Winx I'm here to give you all a final wish of good luck, I'll be watching you from my private box, don't get distracted, this will be a hard event and all of Alfea is rooting for you, now get out there and give the Trix the hardest competition they've ever had" Erasiel pepped, he was dressed in and orange and purple robe with a soft slipper like shoes he held his staff in his right hand.

"YA!" the Winx yelled and were joined by their fellow teammates.

"Now get out there and give em a show worth the price of admission!" Erasiel yelled and they left. Erasiel went up the stairs to his private box, he was joined by Irietta who was wearing the most flamboyant dress possible, as well as by Stella's mother Luna and his three new Lynphean brides: Katy, Priscilla and Luna who all looked fabulous in gowns made by Irietta for them, also in the room were a few elite guards, as well as the Headmasters from the three schools: Griffin, Saladin, and Faragonda. From the box Erasiel had a view of the entire Arena, bellow him was another box this one was open air and that was occupied by the Master of Ceremonies in this case Yerka and by the five judges: of which Givelian was one the other four being other members of the council which Erasiel had handpicked for their experience in judging past competitions.

"This will be interesting" Erasiel stated leaning back in his chair, Zing and Livy landed on his shoulders while other pixies gathered around to study.

"Thanks for getting use this amazing view" Katy commented then took a drink from her Pepsi.

"Anything for you my lovely wives: starting now in five, four, three, two, one" Erasiel stated, then a grand trumpet display went up from the arena, Erasiel smiled as Yerka stepped up to the Microphone.

"Welcome all! Welcome to the 567,317th quarter-annual Tri-Schools Magic Tournament, I am Councilman Yerka of the Wizard's Council, I am also the Master of Ceremonies, I was given this position by our esteemed host Lord Erasiel Nathan Darkar, the head of the Wizard's Council and the ruler of Scalespire, this year's tournament once again welcomes the greatest of athletes from the three schools of Magix; I will introduce them now" Yerka stated proudly. "From the newly rebuilt school using their mix of magic and state of the art technology come the fierce warriors and wizards of Red Fountain: please welcome the Red Fountain Team!" Yerka yelled. From one of the gates a team of twenty specialists ran out: a Grand screen showed the events to audience and Erasiel could see the Red Fountain team nice and clearly: there were a few good warriors on that team such Leona, Anguine, Sabitha, Nicole and Bishop, but there were way more people who weren't up for this kind of thing, most notably the familiar school idiot Lucius Leary; who shouldn't have been on the team at all were it not for his father being a highly influential politician; also on the team was Leonardo Vakss a scumbag of high degree, and of course was the resident so called popular pretty boy Prince Sky of Eraklyion in all his glory; the other members were toughs from Sky's group of bullies and some noble sons who weren't in the best shape, they all wore the uniforms typical of the specialists save those who were otherwise who wore their own outfits.

"BOO!" Erasiel yelled via a Microphone which resulted in course of boos from the audience near him. Granted the people next to him were from Alfea, Cloud Tower and from Scalespire itself so there was naturally going to be animosity, Saladin face-palmed then gave a reluctant yay.

"And from the center gate comes the first of our all-female teams; the challengers who nearly won the last tournament, you know them and love them: the Faeries of Alfea!" Yerka yelled and out came the Winx with Mirta, Amaryl, Francine, Kimmy, Emily, Lolina, Lavigne, Anastacia, Heidi, Kylie, Ortensia and lastly Lin-Poo, a massive cheer came up from the audience.

"GO ALFEA!" Erasiel yelled holding up a pair of foam gloves and was joined by everyone bar Griffin and Saladin in his box in cheering them on, the team wore purple and magenta jumpsuits in the school colors, with slots for their wings.

"And finally, the moment you've all been waiting for: Our Returning Champions 5 Tournaments running, The Cloud Tower Witches!" Yerka yelled and a massive cheer went up from the audience and from Griffin and the other Cloud Tower staff and students, the Trix came charging out accompanied by Nimeria, Lucy, Endora, Shilly, Lucretia, Vera, Ivey, Pusilitia, Hecate, Ververine, Gerbera, Euphorbia, Samantha, and Tabitha they were also joined by a witch who looked completely identical to Ayesha and who was obviously her twin sister Layla the only noticeable difference between the two being hair style as Layla had her hair a pony tail, the witches wore jumpsuits that were customized in paint by their owners, each being the color of the Witch's witch form and having the first letter of their name capitalized on the front, overall they were similar to the jumpsuits worn by the Alfea team but with more artistic liberty taken.

"Alright now that our teams are hear let's begin with the first of our competitions, the Sword fighting contest!" Yerka stated, and in the center of the arena a large platform opened up and rose over a motte filed with water. "Each contestant of the team will fight another member of each school one on one, the team that eliminates the most competitors per fight will win, each bout will be a one on one with the victor from each school taking on a challenger from the other, the points will be kept track by the defeated opponent, the opponent is defeated if they are knocked off the side into the motte, we will begin: with Kimmy from Alfea facing off against Lucius Leary from Red Fountain" Yerka stated.

"This will be a piece of cake" Kimmy remarked.

"Lucius Leary, really how did he get on the Red Fountain team?" Francis stated annoyed.

"Who's Lucius Leary?" Ayesha asked.

"A Creep, and troublemaker, last year he ruined the opening dance of the year by replacing the Lightspark Eggs with Crow Eggs" Musa responded.

"This will be a synch" Kimmy stated. Kimmy was a fair-skinned fairy with bright blond/yellow colored hair pulled back into a braided bun and she has a few loose strands of hair and spiked inward bangs. Her eyes were brown. She wore the same attire as the rest of the Alfea team but her regular attire which she wore to the arena consisted of a pale blue midriff top with puff-sleeves and a pointed neck and a pale pink skirt that has a cut on the left side and the sides are pointed, she also has a pale-yellow belt.

The two climbed up a staircase on opposite sides of the ring and went to the center which a table sat with a number of phanto blades representing a different sword, Kimmy took a rapier; and stepped back as Lucius took his sword a straight blade which he grasped with gapping style which left a lot to be desired, Kimmy took a fencer's stance of the kind usually taken by Stella as like her Kimmy was from Solaria and also taught in the art of the Blade-Dance. The stand retracted after the weapons had been chosen and a few seconds later a gong was heard and the two commenced the fight. Leary was a trained swordsman, but he was inept and had poor posture and tended to flail about as he fought, this was far too easy for Kimmy to exploit as she simply parried each of his blows before following up with counters that knocked him back, the clash kept going for a few seconds before Lucius Leary fell off the side of the platform.

"EGAAH!" Lucius yelled as he fell, bad piercings mohawk and all into the water.

The Crowd erupted in cheering as Kimmy took her side along the stand which now had replaced Leary's weapon. "Excellent first point to Alfea: now for our Cloud Tower challenger: Ververine!" Yerka announced. The Blonde witch marched up with a confident smirk on her face.

"I'm not going to make this easy on you; let's see how you compete with a Darkmoor warrior" Ververine taunted in her silky velvety voice and took up two sabers.

"Bring it Witch!" Kimmy replied, the stand once again retracted and once again the gong tolled and the fight commenced, this time Kimmy's opponent was more formidable, Ververine carried herself with the baring of skilled fighter and she counted the blade-dance with ease using the Darkmoor scything technique using on saber to parry Kimmy's sword and the other to counter, also Ververine has an advantage in strength and size as she was 4 inches taller than Kimmy, with a series of aggressive slices and broad sweeping counters Kimmy found herself blocking hard at the edge before a firm kick to the gut from Ververine sent her into the water, the cheering of the Cloud Tower team and fans in the audience.

"Thank you my adoring fans!" Ververine said to the crowd as they cheered, she smirked with her blood red lips, soon her next opponent came up, a Red Fountain Specialist named Felix Johnson who was a stout yet strong man of imposing size, he took up a bastard sword from the stand and gripped it in a stern form. The Gong sounded again, despite the size and strength offered by Felix Ververine had the advantage as he didn't leverage it properly also his attacks allowed him to flail about, she feigned being beaten only as he was about to make a final sweeping rush to knock her off the edge did she sidestep and send him off the edge to a large splash generated by his bulk.

"Another point to Cloud Tower" Yerka stated, the Scoreboard now read Alfea 1, Cloud Tower 2, and Red Fountain 0.

Ververine continued her undefeated streak for three more rounds until she was outmatched and knocked off the edge by Mirta with an empowered slash from a falchion backed up by a shield, however this put Cloud Tower ahead rather considerably as they had scored 5 points due to Ververine alone which said something as Mirta was now considering. "I knew the Cloud Tower team was good last time, but this time they've really upped their power, Ververine was only a Freshmen last year and she's this good, perhaps I made a mistake in changing schools" Mirta thought to herself, Ververine had eliminated Kimmy, Felix, Francine and Felix's younger brother Lionel Johnson from the competition before Mirta took her out of the running and they weren't slouches in combat.

Mirta's thoughts were interrupted by the arrival a familiar face, that of Sabitha, the Night Elf Specialist who had gone with her and the Winx on that mission to Domino last year. "It's good to see you again Mirta, now let us test our blades" Sabitha greeted then picked a two-handed Elven blade from the weapon stand. The Gong sounded and once again the arena bought commenced, the crowd cheering onward, this fight was dead even as both combatants were of equal skill, each countering each strike more effectively, this deadlock continued until Mirta hit Sabitha in her gut with shield stunning her, she followed up with a chained series of stuns until she knocked Sabitha of the edge into the water, to roaring cheers of "Mirta! Mirta! Mirta!" from the crowd.

From above Givelian and the other judges had been observing the fight, Givelian scheming noted that his little plan wouldn't happen until the end of the Tournament. "Yerka did you rig the drawing as I asked" Givelian asked Yerka.

"Yes, I did the archer will know which sheet to target and he won't miss" Yerka replied. The next challenger entered on the platform and Mirta recognized her too well.

"Hey Mirta, how's things been going since you became a fairy" Lucy greeted her beauty radiant as the transformation Erasiel did for her last year was permanent, though she had grown her hair out a bit since the initial look.

"Good, how's things at Cloud Tower" Mirta replied.

"As witchy as ever, you shouldn't have changed schools, I've made the team and Trix are as effective teachers as ever, I'm not holding back, we may be friends but in the arena we are enemies" Lucy stated as she took up a pair of Twin hooks.

"Not even remotely fair" Mirta thought. "Imagine my luck to be pitted against you" Mirta replied, the gong sounded, and the clash of friends commenced, Mirta found herself loosing very quick as she was quickly deprived of her shield which had been her ace against Ververine and Sabitha, Lucy hadn't be lying and her mastery of the twin-hooks was evident in that quickly followed up by hooking Mirta by her leg and knocking her over edge into the water to saddening splash.

Mirta was quickly fished out Bloom and Lin-Poo. "Are you alright?" Bloom asked.

"Yes, the only thing hurt is my pride and my trust, I thought for sure Lucy would go easy on me for the sake of our friendship, I was wrong clearly she's put her all into this competition, just like the pageant last year" Mirta replied and spat out water from her mouth. "Ergh, Chlorine is awful if you get it in your mouth, I'll be fine though, Bloom you're up next" Mirta replied.

"Alright I better ready myself" Bloom replied.

"You're our secret weapon Bloom, you defeated that insane Grand Templar Arsonious you can beat anyone here except Nathan but he's not competing and Stella but she's on our team" Lin Poo cheered on.

Soon Bloom was up to fight, Leonardo Vakss had been sent into the motte by Lucy who's swift strikes had overpowered the guard of Vakss, Bloom noticed however a pattern in Lucy's attacks and noted that her fighting style was similar to Erasiel's in some ways, in that she favored light flurries followed up by effect power attacks, but also focused on using her opponent's best advantage as a weakness. "So in order to beat her I'm going to need to take my own strength and know it's weakness, good thing Lucy doesn't know about my skills in other weapons because if I take a different weapon then she's expecting I'll beat her" Bloom noted then stepped up silently to the stand.

"Hello Bloom, new hair?" Lucy asked.

"Same as before" Bloom replied and surprised Lucy by picking up a two-handed Falchion, a weapon that Lucy hadn't seen Bloom use before but was one Bloom was greatly appreciating after learning from the best master of said weapon; Erasiel.

"Oh, that's a new one, you're making this easy for me" Lucy remarked, with a confident grin on her face.

"You'll find I'm full of surprises" Bloom commented then the gong sounded and Bloom immediately surprised Lucy by swinging the blade with one-hand behind dodging her opening grab from the hooks, and allowing Bloom to bring the sword over her head and smack Lucy with the pommel stunning her, Bloom followed up by using the blade to hit her repeated with the pommel in the chest knocking Lucy back harder and harder until Lucy fell off the edge yelling into the motte, to the cheers from the Audience and Erasiel jumping out of his seat in surprise, not only was Bloom using a different weapon then she usually used she was using it in a way that only he could truly appreciate with his millennia of training in the weapon.

"Another point to Alfea; the score now numbers Alfea 4, Cloud Tower 7 and Red Fountain 0, if Red Fountain fails to score a point this fight they will be out of the running for this event whereupon it will be solely Alfea vs Cloud Tower" Yerka stated.

"That's a relief at least Alfea is beating Red Fountain" Bloom said to herself.

"Not for long" an annoyed voice stated, Bloom knew who it belonged to, her ex Prince Sky, who had an arrogant smirk on his face.

"You!" Bloom stated.

"Yeah I know I'm a horrible person, get over it Bloom" Sky stated arrogantly and picked up sword of the kind he usually wielded. "You know you surprise me, to think that the faeries of Alfea are capable of being this good with swords is quite impressive, the Witches of Cloud Tower I'm not surprised what with history of warrior witches, but faeries that's a new one" Sky replied.

"There have been many great Warrior Faeries, my mother was one, my Aunt Faragonda is another, and there are others too, Stella's a beast with a rapier, and Selene is honestly an equal to me in skill" Bloom replied assuming a defensive stance.

"I've been looking forward to this, I hoped against hope that I would have a chance to get back at you for making me look like an idiot in front of my father and all those people at the Exhibition last year" Sky replied.

"That incident led a war you didn't have the courage to fight in and was your fault in the first place, hundreds died on our side and hundreds of thousands possibly a million on the Lighthaveners side and all you care about is your image; I'm glad I broke up with you, because you have to be the most selfish, egotistic, smuggest, vainest, twisted man I've ever met, you heartbreaker" Bloom replied, the Gong sounded.

"I didn't kill those Lighthaven monks you did" Sky retorted and that made Bloom angry, Sky used his anger to his advantage leveraging a series of counters against Bloom each putting her solely on defense.

"After what you did: You- I'm out of words to describe how vile you are" Bloom stated then noted he was manipulating her, then she used something against him, a series of taunts that called into Sky's very being and insulted him dearly causing him to lose his cool and his focus, Bloom then let her anger fuel her attacks, her eyes turned to flaming coals from their normal blue her irises fading leaving only flames in her eyes, as she delivered blow after blow after heavy strike and slice and smash against Sky pushing him back further and further her anger as this point caused her blade ignite and with a slice she burned Sky under his eyes leaving a painful scar as she hit him harder and harder in her blind rage eventually she heard the snapping of bones as she hit him with a pommel though the sword hadn't been designed to break bones the amount of strength Bloom in anger was putting out was painful, she then snapped flung her sword to the side and proceeded to beat into his face with her fists bloodying his face and bruising it badly, officials wanted to intervene but Erasiel refused to allow them to as it was his arena and in this case he wanted Bloom to get out all of her anger out of Sky before she knocked him out of the competition, Sky's face was bloodied as he spat out a tooth and swallowed another as Bloom smashed his face then bashed his chest repeatedly where more ribs snapped, then she picked him up by the legs and began to spin him around before flinging him off the platform into the watery motte below however Sky hit the edge of the motte-wall injuring his ribs further before he splashed down into the water.

Bloom came out of her rage and noted her surroundings: she saw her sword on the side of the platform, a stunned crowd, the scoreboard which now labeled Alfea and Cloud Tower only, Bloom then noticed the blood on her gloved hands and the normally white platform, and finally at Sky, badly beaten and being dragged out on a stretcher. "What have I done?" Bloom asked mentally to Lockette.

"You went berserk and beat the living crap out of Sky" Lockette replied, Bloom then noted the judges stand where Erasiel, who had left his box upon the drawing of blood and the flame eyes, he stood next to the judges and Master of Ceremonies who were debating on what to do after seeing what just happened.

With Erasiel… "Alright I'm going over this again, first off there is no statute against unnecessary roughness in the dueling phase of the tournament so there can be no disqualification on those grounds, second this was a match up that I knew would be trouble the moment Yerka called those two names. We all heard the comments both of them made to each other, we all know they both exs, we all know that Bloom's actions aren't a reason to disqualify her from the competition, however it is enough to that she has counted herself out from the rest of fights" Erasiel explained.

"Attention, in the wake of deliberation Bloom will no longer be allowed to compete in this event, however all points she scored are regarded as safe, Red Fountain is out of this event and marks their first serious loss of the day; we move on with next two names in the role for Alfea and Cloud Tower teams and will not stop the bouts until only one team is still in the competition; as such will Stella of Alfea and Nimeria of Cloud Tower take their positions in dueling circle" Yerka explained.

The two otherwise friends took their places in the circle and began their fight, Nimeria was a great fighter but she was out of her league against Stella who was arguably the best swordfighter at Alfea, it was a one-sided bout that resulted in Nimeria just like everyone before her landing splat in the motte. "Next challenger" Stella stated confidently.

So, began the grind, every witch on the team of Cloud Tower who hadn't competed took their turns against Stella and each one got defeated, eventually it came to a show down between her and Darcy. "How thematic light vs darkness" Erasiel commented from his box. This fight was absurdly fierce, it lasted longer than any of the previous fights, Stella held a decent advantage but not the one she held in the beginning as she was fatigued heavily, but she still had energy to allow her to continue, eventually however Darcy nearly overwhelmed Stella, Stella then countered with a series of lightning strikes which caught Darcy off guard and off balance and resulted in her going splashdown to the cheering of the crowd.

"Thank you my adoring fans!" Stella replied, then exited via the ramp.

"You did amazing Stella!" Bloom congratulated.

"I told you I would excel in the Sword fighting event, also I've saved Flora the trouble of having to fight Darcy" Stella replied.

"Still that's only one part of three competitions in the tournament" Flora stated hesitantly.

Shortly… "The next event for the Tournament is free for all, where all three teams will participate against each other, this event is a must win for Red Fountain and Cloud Tower or risk being eliminated, for this event the teams will engage in a game of Storm-ball, where each team will be attempting to send the most balls into the grand hoops as possible, the catch is that only one ball will be on the field at any time, as such you will have to fight for them, each round will last 30 minutes and there will 5 rounds in total, the team that scores the most points wins the event" Yerka explained. "In the wake of the previous event Prince Sky of Eraklyion received series injuries, as a result of said injuries he will no longer be allowed to compete the Red Fountain team will have to make do without him" Yerka added, earning annoyed yells from the team.

Erasiel teleported over using his ring and grabbed the microphone for Yerka. "Those are the rules, no substitutions or removing members from the other teams for fair play, this tournament is meant to bring out the best in the competitors and for the schools to prove their the better of the three regardless of how many participants are still on the team, now that that that's out of the way: PLAY BALL!" Erasiel stated then handed the microphone to his Gnome colleague.

"Yes indeed, Play Ball!" Yerka stated and a sizeable ball landed in the center of the field while three massive hoops opened up on the other side of the field, each of those hoops had a large chute behind where the balls would end up going back down and back into the field. The game commenced, each side employed various tactics to keep the other from scoring points, the Red Fountain team was left with simply grabbing the ball and keeping it from the Alfea and Cloud Tower teams, this strategy didn't work because of the trickery employed by the Witches of Cloud Tower who feigned openings to trick both sides into thinking they had a good path to the goal posts only to be wrestled down by two or more witches with another witch scoring the goal augmented by magic spells that were suited to this event as they allowed them to control the field, this strategy was something that was near impossible to counter for the other teams because the Trix kept having their team change strategy so that each time they employed a faint it was completely different from the previous one they used, this kept going on for the entire match with Cloud Tower scoring the most points 240 to Alfea's 67 and Red Fountain's 48, the resulting victory gave Cloud Tower a lead, one that knocked Red Fountain out of the competition.

The Red Fountain team withdrew from the field, Sky was done, and his team was bested, Leona who was team captain in Sky's place gave both Icy and Bloom congratulations for their victories, then withdrew with the other specialists.

In Erasiel's box… "Shame I was hoping Red Fountain would win this year" Saladin stated.

"You have a personal bias in that my friend, besides Red Fountain hasn't won since Esdeath graduated" Griffin replied.

"Yes she truly was Red Fountain's best, in fact it's been a while since a member of House Trix attended Cloud Tower" Saladin remarked.

"I'm not transferring mine thank you very much, besides you know that Esdeath isn't going to inherit the throne of Whisperia" Griffin replied.

"She is still a Princess of House Trix's royal branch and that alone is honorary enough, also she happens to have been the best student in Red Fountain's history, not even my daughter Helia can claim that" Saladin commented.

"Yes, best in her school, I've yet to see a Trix though from Alfea that can claim such" Faragonda commented.

"That's because there aren't any Fairies in House Trix, the idea of a Trix fairy is about as absurd an idea I've ever heard, the odds of that are less than getting struck by an asteroid and surviving" Griffin retorted.

"Please I've been there and done that, it might happen one day" Erasiel remarked.

"Do they always argue about this sort of thing?" Priscilla asked Erasiel.

"Of course, the do, especially Griffin and Faragonda they're twin sisters, they've had arguments with each other since birth" Erasiel replied.

"I'd hate to think what would have happened if Stella had a twin sister" Princess Luna remarked.

"Trust me I know what it's like to have a twin sister, it's not fun" Erasiel replied.

"Yes, you told me about her; Eris I believe her name is" Luna replied.

"Considering my first death came from her you can see why we don't get along" Erasiel stated.

"Quite you two, something's happening" Luna remarked (The other Luna)

On que Yerka stepped up to the microphone once again, there had been a brief intermission to allow the teams to get themselves in order. "Alright the time has come for the final event, the one that determines our tournament winner: the drawing challenge; but don't think this determines the winner no this drawing determines the event: we will soon release a large basket which will open up to release 76 sheets of paper, an archer will fire his bow and that arrow will determine our final challenge" Yerka stated, then gestured to the hot air balloon which hovered over the field; a passenger on board dropped down the sheets of paper, each was unreadable from the distance, suddenly a wood elf bowman clad in the green raiment typical of his folk notched an arrow, drew back her bow and fired it faster than the blink of an eye. The arrow flew and pierced its target a specific sheet of paper which landed on the judges table. "Councilmen Givelian would you please read the challenge" Yerka requested.

"Yes, the challenge is the fear challenge!" Givelian announced to the shock of the audience and to Erasiel's surprise. The ground quaked cracks opening up in the ground of the arena, Erasiel was impassive, suddenly a rain cloud was summoned by Yerka, and the rain poured into the ground, suddenly out of the ground came large tangling vines, which attempted to attack the two teams who immediately transformed into their combat forms.

"Blizzard Buzzsaws!" Icy casted and a barrage of ice carved into spinning blades tore into the vines to minimal effect. "Crap these aren't normal plants" Icy remarked.

"Yes no kidding" Musa replied and felt a vine wrap around her right leg. "Sonic blast!" Musa casted and a flurry of soundwaves caused the vine to dissolve off her leg, Icy sent out more buzz saws but the shredded vines split off to grow more vines which began to creep into the stands.

"Those vines aren't Creeping Ivy" Erasiel stated then jumped out of his seat grabbing his microphone. "Everyone! Evacuate the lower booths! Those aren't Creeping Ivy plants they're Sequoia-serpaliverous-swifta! Highly Dangerous! EVERYONE WITH FIRE MAGIC! TORCH THEM!" Erasiel yelled.

Bloom steadied herself as the vines wrapped around her and those around her. "Dragon Energy!" Bloom yelled and casted, a colossal fiery dragon burst from her torching the plants around her.

"Death of Nature!" Flora casted and rotted more of the plants, but they kept coming.

"Oblivion Fire!" Trixie casted flinging black fire at the plants and burning them.

"We need to stop the problem at its source or they'll keep coming" Francis yelled.

"You're right" Lin Poo stated. "Bloom, Flora, Anastacia, Amaryl, Kimmy, Mirta follow me, we need to go into those cracks if we can stop these plants at the source" Lin Poo stated, she was a beautiful fairy with bright pink hair. Her hair is curled in to buns on the sides of her head. Her Charmix form was similar to Kimmy's it consisted of mauve bikini top that had hot pink trim and strip down the middle and a mauve skirt with a cut in the left side and has pale yellow trim with a strip down the middle. Her shoes are hot pink boots with pale yellow trim and she wore hot pink swiggly arm-bands on both arms. Her wings were lime green with blue and had a pattern to them like dragonfly wings. "Follow me!" Lin-Poo barked "Everyone else try and hold them back!" She added and was followed by Kimmy who's Charmix consisted of pale blue bikini top that has pale yellow trim and strip down the middle and a pale pink skirt with a cut in the left side and has pale yellow trim with a strip down the middle. Her shoes were pale blue boots with pale yellow trim and she wore pale yellow swiggly arm-bands on both arms. Her wings were hot pink. Kimmy was followed by Anastacia, who's Charmix consisted of a blue crop-top and blue shorts, she had light blue wings, who was followed by Mirta, then Amaryl then Bloom and lastly Flora.

They flew down into one of the crags and descended downwards, suddenly a number of Cave goblins who had been brought in to make the challenge harder attacked them. "Starburst Cluster!" Amaryl casted and large cluster of miniature stars crashed into the goblins burning them and causing them to scatter about in agony.

"Mournwave!" Mirta casted and large wave of umbral energy disintegrated the surviving goblins, then more vines came in their direction.

"Really Goblins? Who thought goblins and deadly vines would be a good mix" Anastacia stated to Flora, "Shatterpulse!" Anastacia casted and series of rings of power proceeded out from her palm enlarging in size and shredding vines while leaving her allies unharmed.

"They said it was a Fear challenge!" Flora replied. "Thorn wall!" Flora casted and large thick wall blocked the cavern entrances where the vines were entering.

"I don't find this even remotely scary" Anastacia remarked.

"Come on we don't have time we need to find the roots now!" Lin Poo stated, and everyone followed her. They made their way thru a maze of caverns battling vines and cave goblins along the way, soon they came to large central cavern were a number of large roots wrapped around the catacombs, in the center was a large monstrous plant with a large pumpkin shaped head with gapping maw of teeth and red hungering eyes a number smaller heads were near to the larger one.

"These aren't normal Triple Ss, no these are Sequoia-Supreme-Devourer seeds!" Flora yelled. "This is a highly rare and highly dangerous species of Sequoia-serpaliverous-swifta, the most aggressive of this genus and an extremely deadly one at that, this is beyond the safety of a traditional competition" Flora added.

"Now I can see why they call this the fear challenge" Anastacia stated then gulped.

"Don't lose focus girls! HEY UGLY I'VE SEEN FLOWERS MORE TERRIFYING THEN YOU!" Lin Poo yelled. "Starfury Surge!" Lin Poo casted, sent a cascade of pink flames in the direction of the root burning the plant and causing it to let out a scream which was followed by the spewing of thorns flung from its vines and spat from its mouth.

"Burning Barrier!" Bloom casted and large fiery shield disintegrated the barrage.

"By the Powers of Absolute Darkness I bring forth an umbral tide of shadow blades!" Mirta casted with utter surety and harmony in her voice, a great tide of umbral purple blades of many types and defying the ability for description sliced and diced the vines and removed some of the smaller heads sending them falling to the cavern floor.

"In the name of Sharukanaath First and mightiest I call forth flame to burn these vines away, burn them all! Burn them All! Burn them ALL!" Bloom casted her voice increasing in tempo and fury at the end, a massive wall of flames burned the roots disintegrated the head of the great plant its screams echoing over the caverns, in the arena above the remaining vines burst into flame and turned into ash as they were torched by the Eternal Flame.

Bloom flew out of the crack in the center which was opened by the death of the main plant and was followed by the rest of the team, to the cheers of the crowds and of everyone in the arena itself. "This is amazing, in spite of the hazards of this challenge the Alfea team has done it, in wake of winning the Challenge of Fear Alfea has won the Magic Tournament" Yerka announced to the cheering of the audience.

A few minutes latter and a cracks had receded, and the Arena was now cleaned of the remnants of the challenge. Erasiel was in the center of the Arena joined by fellow members of the Wizard's Council. "I am amazed, I've not seen a final challenge this good in 20 years with regards to this tournament, in regards to the teams this day, Alfea and Cloud Tower brought their best, Red Fountain did not bring a strong team and as such didn't win any of the events, however this does not excuse the efforts of Alfea and Cloud Tower who brought their best teams I've seen in years, as such the time has come for the awards to be given out with regards to this tournament and as Yerka has already declared Alfea is victorious though not by much, Cloud Tower put up the best competitive duelists I've ever seen in the sword-fighting challenge and their tactics allowed them to dominate in the ball game, however it was not enough to compete with the cohesion of the Alfea team in the Fear Challenge as such it is with great pride and by the authority of the Wizard's Council I present this years Tri-Schools cup to Bloom, Team captain of Alfea College for Faeries!" Erasiel announced to the cheers of the audience, Givelian then handed Bloom the trophy.

"Bloom do you have anything to say about your team's victory?" Yerka inquired.

"I do in fact, I'm not the one who deserves this trophy, my team does but among our team the one who deserves it the most is Lin Poo, her cool-head and quick thinking allowed us to defeat the Supreme Triple Ss and win the challenge" Bloom explained then handed the trophy to Lin Poo, who smiled and blushed.

"Alright Girls lets give a round of applause for Lin Poo!" Stella yelled, and cheers of Lin Poo went up from the Alfea team and were joined by the Cloud Tower team in that regard and Lin Poo found herself being carried off in a mosh pit by her team mates and opponent team mates alike.

Later that day…. "I am glad to announce that in the wake of Alfea's tournament victory the measure to increase the school's funding in addition to those of Cloud Tower and Red Fountain has passed unanimously" Erasiel stated. "However in the wake of a rare and dangerous breed of Sequoia-serpaliverous-swifta being put in place of Creeping Ivy I am ordering a council investigation into the matter, unfortunately I don't think that is will bare any fruit as there is no remaining evidence to be investigated, the security footage was lost along with a number of other things caused by the rampage of the plant" Erasiel added.

"Head of Council, I suggest that Abolithon may have been behind the sabotage" Yerka stated.

"I agree with that notion, perhaps he was intending to create a diversion in which to allow himself to gather more information as to the whereabouts of the Codex fragments" Givelian added.

"There is logic in that suggestion, however I find it unlikely that Abolithon was able to acquire a rare genus of Sequoia-serpaliverous-swifta much less infiltrate the arena" Balthazar Gelt remarked.

"I wouldn't put it beyond reasonable doubt" Irietta replied.

"Whether or not Abolithon was involved with the matter remains to be seen, as such a through investigation into the matter will be launched, as such Councilman Yerka will look into the matter as his position of Master of Ceremonies makes it his responsibility with all matters concerning the tournament, now this session is over, I have other matters to tend, Council dismissed" Erasiel replied, then left followed by other members of the council.

Inside the Council Chambers… "My plans have suffered a setback; however I will find a way to get my agenda thru somehow" Givelian thought, then noted Erasiel leave.

"I trust you are aware of the consequences of your actions" Yerka stated to Givelian. "You are quite fortunate that no lives were lost with regards to the events of your tampering with Creeping Ivy however next time lives may be lost, consider this experience a lesson, in the future however I will be less lenient in regards to your actions Givelian, the Head of the Council appointed me to monitor you for those reasons however he sees much potential in you, if he didn't you would have been out of the council already, do not do this again" Yerka explained.

"I will find another way to get my agenda thru" Givelian replied.

"Yes but you shall do so without endangering the lives of innocents, that behavior leads to the corrupting path that many have walked and fallen to the sway of evil, try not to do the same" Yerka replied. Both noted Erasiel taking off on his Space Strider.

"At least I still have my leverage on him" Givelian commented and Yerka laughed.

"If you think you can blackmail him with that information you're backing the wrong horse, he is fully aware of your attempts to blackmail him and what your attempting to blackmail him with is common knowledge among members of the council" Yerka replied. "Including me" he added with a wink.

"Very well like I said I have other means of getting my agenda done" Givelian stated destroying the film with flame from his palms.

Later at Alfea… Erasiel's quarters… Lin Poo had come to his office. "I've come here as you asked my love" Lin Poo stated to Erasiel who sat at his desk. Lin locked the door behind her.

"Griselda has been tasked by me to go and represent Alfea in the investigation into the incident at the end of the Tournament as such she won't be around to bother you or anyone else" Erasiel remarked.

"Good news then, that means no ones going to bug us" Lin Poo stated, she removed her yellow shirt and her blue short-skirt, she wore underwear that was mauve and hot pink like her Charmix form in addition to it she wore hot pink stockings, the overall aesthetic of her underwear was lacey.

"Yes now for a real reward" Erasiel stated using magic to strip to his underwear, he walked over to Lin Poo and kissed her then picked her up and carried her to his bed.

"The champion gets her real prize" Lin Poo remarked and unhooked her bra revealing her DD cup breasts, Erasiel kissed her on the lips then kissed her neck and kissed her lower and lower and removed her thong and began lick at her lower lips. Lin Poo began moaning and moaned harder as Erasiel inserted two fingers in to stimulate her alongside his tongue, he used his free hand to massage her right breast. Erasiel's tongue moved like he was licking an ice cream cone, his fingers moved with the pace of an experienced pianist, all the while Lin Poo moaned, eventually she reached her limit, which didn't take long to reach as Erasiel noted her barrier was intact with the probing of his fingers, she let loose and orgasm fluids over Erasiel's face which he liked clean. "That felt amazing let me do the same for you" Lin Poo remarked.

Erasiel laid back facing towards the door, Lin Poo smiled her lavender eyes shinning in the moonlight from his window, she then removed his boxer shorts and ran her hands thru his feathery tail. "It's so soft, your feathers are" Lin Poo commented then looked at Erasiel's length which was fully ready for her, she teased it with her left-hand feeling the feathers that grew around and on the loins in place of hair, the feathers were purple. "It's so soft, I expected it to be more I don't rough, but given the fact I've never touched on of these much less seen one outside of books and films on the subject I'm- honest amazed, but I shouldn't be talking- less talking more well" Lin Poo explained then lowered her head and began to lick the length, her left hand holding on while she used her right hand to grab the soft feathers of his tail which were a mix of purple and orange, she noted the letter E above his stomach, then took the length into her mouth slowly taking a slow and steady pace to ease herself into it.

"You are doing good; don't worry you'll get better at it given time" Erasiel commented. "Also could you rub one of your fingers on one of nipples I enjoy that" Erasiel added, Lin Poo obliged taking her right hand using her finger to move his left nipple about to Erasiel's smile. "Oh yes" Erasiel moaned. As she continued her licking Lin Poo thought that it would be a good idea to wrap her breasts around his length and she massaged it slowly at first then intensified her pace.

Her efforts continued for 10 minutes until Erasiel unloaded a creamy bukkake on her face, she licked it off. "Chocolate" Lin Poo replied. Erasiel got up and picked Lin Poo up and turned her around. "So its going to hurt right?" Lin Poo commented.

"Not too much, trust me I've done this so many times, it will hurt for a bit then it will stop" Erasiel stated then entered her bum, pain wracked Lin's face as she where she had been leaning before fell flat on her chest, and let out a loud yelp of both pain and pleasure.

"That's-"Lin started to say, but Erasiel mounted her and continued to thrust in, then the pain faded and all that remained was pleasure, Lin moaned into the pillow where her head fallen onto, as Erasiel continued his enjoyment.

Outside… "Where is Nathan" Bloom asked Faragonda.

"He retired to his quarters for the night" Faragonda stated.

"That's a shame I was going to ask him more about my parents" Bloom replied.

"Trust me Bloom you're better of asking him in the morning, go get some rest it's nearly time for everyone to go to sleep, I'm sure looking forward to sleeping" Faragonda stated then yawned. "I need my beauty sleep" she remarked and left Bloom alone. Bloom continued down the hall pass Erasiel's room where she heard moans. "Of course" Bloom thought to herself passed right by heading back to her dorm, which incidentally was not to far from his office, as was intentional on his part in case Bloom had any more seizures or dreams related to her family as well as to allow him to be their reliable alarm clock more so than any thing else.

Erasiel continued his thrusts but he was going to eventually reach his limit and thus braced himself for it, he had since pulled Lin Poo back onto his chest so as to allow him to both kiss her and play with her breasts, he also played with her unique hairstyle which was something of an oddity with donut shaped buns. Erasiel of course within moments of knowing he was reaching his limit did exactly that and unloaded into Lin's rectum before pulling out. "Now for the piaster résistance" Erasiel stated.

"Yes now doing you want to be on top or have me be on top" Lin stated.

"Does it matter to you? I can do whatever position you want me to, I know them all" Erasiel asked.

"Give me something exotic then, I'd like my first time to be special and memorable" Lin replied.

"Alright well lay back, I'll lean on my side and you move next to me" Erasiel instructed, Lin moved over taking the T-pose, Erasiel then entered her, taking her virginity, Lin felt no pain on this. "See its not so bad, this is why I take the rear barrier first so as to make the main thing less painful" Erasiel explained, Lin giggled.

"I can see why, oh this feels good, I hardly felt a thing when, ugh, entered ugh me- ugh" Lin replied her words turned into moans as Erasiel continued his thrusts, he wrapped her legs around him as he went deeper. Erasiel kept this pose and kept his thrusts, increasing them and then lowering them. Eventually Lin changed position a few minutes in assuming the missionary position, Erasiel then began to drink from Lin's left breast as his efforts has left him parched and he drank gladly, Lin's moans continued as she smiled.

In between another alternation moving to scissor position Erasiel asked something "Lin I never asked but where are you from exactly?"

"Whisperia, Princess Varanda Di Calisto and I are roommates" Lin stated.

"You know I placed your accent oh!" Erasiel stated.

"Yes!" Lin stated.

"I think I found your g-spot" Erasiel remarked and proceeded to head there again.

"Ah, you know, I'm not worried about consequences, I want your children screw anyone's opinion about it, I want kids do you?" Lin stated.

"Are you sure, because I can control that, once I decided to let out a fertile load there's a one-hundred percent chance of that happening, two months faster then the average pregnancy" Erasiel replied.

"I don't care, on Whisperia its considered important to be honest above all else, you don't have sex just for fun, you do it solely with someone you love and with the end goal being children, so yes, even though my parents will certainly be irate about it they'll just have to put up with it, you're super rich I'm not worried about my children's future we can even marry each other, so please I've thought it thru, I wouldn't take our relationship to this level without doing so it's just now felt like as good a time as ever" Lin stated and Erasiel kissed her.

"Alright you convinced me, one fertile load coming up, literally right now!" Erasiel replied and unloaded into her, they then threw the covers over each other and continued to the late in a night when both passed out.