Alright, so I got a review where someone wanted me to write the POV of Palladium at the infirmary incident. Thing is, I feel like it would be weird and out of place since it's all been Onyx' POV until now... If it's something that a lot of people want, however, I can always dedicate special chapters with Palladium's POV of the different events he went, goes, and will go through with Onyx. If that's something that you guys would be interested in, tell me in the reviews. If I feel like there's enough people for it, I might end up doing that.

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter :D

Chapter 11: The Imposter

I wake up to rummaging sounds. I open my eyes and see Stella hunched over her drawers, throwing everything out of it.

"…Stella?"

What is she doing so early in the morning? I get up and rub my eyes to make surer that I'm seeing things right. She probably didn't hear me call her name. Now that I'm more awake, I notice that she's still wearing the same clothes she was wearing yesterday for her date.

"Stella!"

I say in a louder voice to get her attention. She then looks at me with an annoyed face.

"What?! If I didn't answer you the first time it means that I don't want to talk!"

She then goes back to throw her stuff all over the place. She then goes to my side of the room.

"Oh no, you don't. I won't let you make a mess out of my stuff."

I stand in her way, showing her that I'm clearly not amused by what she's been doing.

"Move!"

She sounds so aggressive. It's like she's a totally different person.

Before I could retort, Bloom and the other girls come into the room.

"What's up guys?"

Bloom says while yawning.

"Are you fighting so early in the morning?"

Musa sighs. Stella, or whoever she is, stomps over to Bloom.

"Where is it?"

Bloom looks just as surprised as everyone else in the room.

"What are you talking about, Stella? Are you in a bad mood?"

Bloom says in a worried tone.

"Did something happen with Sky?"

Tecna asks. Stella doesn't seem to be listening though.

"Where is my ring?!"

What? She's the one who gave it to Bloom. Why is she so angry about it? Wait… Maybe it really isn't Stella. I concentrate on her aura. It's dark magic. I knew it.

I feel anger boiling inside of me. What did she do to Stella? Where is Stella? Our friend is probably in danger and it's all because of that imposter. I grab her by the hair at the top of her head. She screams and everyone else gasps at my actions.

"What are you going?! Let me go!"

I push her down, forcing her to kneel on the ground. Of course, I use my magic to prevent her from using her own to escape. I then lower my head and talk to her in the most menacing voice I could muster.

"You better tell me where the real Stella is if you value your life."

"What…? The real Stella? Onyx, are you saying that she's an imposter?"

Flora asks me in a worried tone.

"That's exactly what I'm saying. Stella doesn't have any dark magic within her. But all I could sense from this one is dark magic. On top of that, her weird behaviour doesn't really help her case either."

"I am the real Stella! Get your filthy hands off me!"

Her voice is shaking a little. She probably knows that she doesn't stand a chance against me. I tighten my grip on her. She lets out a pained cry.

"You dare try to escape and I won't hesitate to kill you."

The imposter hiccups in fear when she hears that. The fairies can't even say anything. I personally won't back down until she spits out the whole story.

"Why don't you drop the mask and show us who you really are?"

As I'm saying that, I pull on her head. Her eyes become teary. Stella's face then fades away and reveals her true identity.

"Darcy!"

Bloom and the others exclaim. They seem to know her. Now that I look at her more closely, she does look like one of those three witches back in Magix.

"What did you witches do to Stella?"

Darcy just whimpers. I use my magic to send an electric shock through her body. She cries out again.

"Alright! I'll tell you! Please, just let me go! It hurts!"

"Bring us to where Stella is first, and then I'll think about letting you go."

The girls go change out of their pajamas, and so do I. We then all set out in the direction Darcy points at. Of course, the whole time, I keep an eye on her, ready to catch her if she tries to escape.

After walking around in Magix, we reach a beautiful restaurant. Flora looks around and says that the plants feel strangely dead.

"You're right, Flora. The whole place feels a bit… off."

Bloom says while she also looks around.

"Darcy, what's the meaning of this? Another illusion?"

I adopt a threatening tone.

"Y-Yes… I'll undo it right now…"

Good. She's done resisting. This whole time she's been trying to escape. Of course, every time she tried, I'd punish her accordingly. She just can't take any more pain.

When she undoes the illusion spell, we're all greeted with the complete opposite of the previous scene. The beautiful restaurant turns out to be an old abandoned house. The trees and plants that looked so lively and beautiful are actually all dead.

"Why this whole charade, Darcy?"

I ask her, starting to get a bit pissed off, since I'm starting to get what this is all about.

"W-We wanted to trap Stella and… take the Ring of Solaria from her."

"Wait, so the whole date with Sky was just a set up?"

Musa also sounds annoyed. Who wouldn't be?

"Stella is in there, right?"

Tecna firmly asks. They're not as quiet as they were before. I hope this means that they're not too against my methods. I know I can be a bit harsh, but this is for Stella.

We all head inside the house.

"Stella!"

We all exclaim as we see her wrapped in some sort of magical rings, suspended above the ground.

"Icy, Stormy! Let her go!"

Bloom shouts at them. The two of them look unsettled. It's probably because they didn't expect their little friend to be captured.

"Darcy? How did they catch you?"

Stormy mocks her, but I still hear a hint of fear in her voice.

"Please! Get me out of here!"

Darcy really sounds desperate. Did I overdo it? Her cry makes Stormy and Icy frown.

"Hey, let Darcy go."

Icy tries to sound like she's in control of this situation. She isn't, though. I am.

"Let Stella go and I'll let Darcy go."

"Hmph! You think you're in any place to order us around? See Stella up there? Those rings will keep getting smaller and smaller until they squash her. So I suggest you let Darcy go and give us the Ring of Solaria if you want your little fairy friend to live to see another day."

This is getting really boring at this point. Does she really think a few rings made out of weak dark magic can stop me?

I quickly transform and fly to where Stella is. Before they could react, I absorb the dark magic within the rings, which makes them disappear. I then carry Stella back to our friends.

"What…?!"

"You're the ones in no position to order me around. Do you have any idea who you're dealing with? I could easily crush you right here and now if I wanted to, and trust me I want to."

The only thing really keeping me from doing so is the authorities. They're all Ankelons. I don't stand a chance against a bunch of them.

"I'll let you go this time. If you pull a stunt like that ever again, I won't be as nice."

I kick Darcy's back, sending her stumbling over to the other two witches. Her knees give in and she collapses on the floor, shaking violently. I then turn around, Stella still in my arms. The fairies and I then leave the abandoned house and head back to Alfea.

"That was insane…!"

Musa exclaims.

"You even got us scared, Onyx."

Bloom giggles. They… They're not mad at me? They're not afraid of me?

"I'm sorry… I was harsh on them…"

"Well I'd lie if I said they didn't deserve, but you were indeed pretty intense with them."

Tecna says in a calculated tone.

"Darcy might be scarred for life."

Flora calmly adds. I guess she might be… Oh well, I just hope I won't have to do this again. I don't particularly enjoy torturing people.

Did I make her too much of a badass in this chapter? XD I personally loved writing this chapter haha! When it comes to torturing the Trix, it's always fun. Tell me what you think in the reviews :D And don't forget to tell me your opinion about Palladium POV