Originally, I had no idea what to put in this chapter, but then for some unknown reason I got thinking about the Seven Deadly Sins and I fell in love with the idea of relating it to Darcy. I think it gives her some depth and motivation. She's not just out and out evil; she's seven levels of evil people. And don't you forget it.

Chapter Ten – Seven Deadly Sins

Throughout her life, Darcy had indulged the Seven Deadly Sins with an almost fanatical dedication. Barely an hour would go by without her committing at least one. She was excessively proud and she would forfeit her pride for nothing and no one. At least once every week, she gave into gluttony and drank far too much since there really wasn't anything else to do while she had been at school and Shadow Haunt. Those months sober in the Realm of Realix had been hell on her and her sisters. She'd spent hours lazing about in sloth, she was as greedy as sin and she had taken so many lovers just like Riven to satisfy her lust.

And as she saw the way Riven was looking at Musa, she felt the claws of envy dig deeply into her very being. Darcy just couldn't understand it. She could offer Riven everything he ever wanted; power, strength, and sexual satisfaction and yet he still wanted to be with that loser fairy. It just didn't make sense. What did Musa have that Darcy couldn't offer? Love? Darcy offered love with all its attributes. She'd give him love with no limitations, not like Miss Chastity down there.

What else did Musa have? Music? Sure, Riven liked music. Hell, it was impossible to name one person in the history of the universe that didn't like at least one style of music, but it wasn't a quality Riven necessarily desired to have in his partners. And it wasn't as if Musa was better looking than Darcy. Darcy had a fantastic body and she wasn't afraid to flaunt it. Musa, however, always kept her body hidden under all those baggy jeans and the likes when she wasn't in her Winx form. Her hair had become slightly less ridiculous, but it was still nothing compared to Darcy's long, golden tresses. What kind of teenager in their right mind would wear their hair in pigtails? She looked like she was twelve for crying out loud.

And her fashion taste . . . argh! Darcy couldn't believe Musa even dare to go outside most of the time. Darcy had followed Stormy to the concert at Red Fountain where Musa had performed and Darcy had seen the Princess dressed in that ridiculous outfit. Stormy and Darcy had been arguing then, so Darcy had been too proud to help her sister. Plus, it was rather entertaining to see her sister get beaten by someone who dressed that badly. Every way Darcy looked at it, she just couldn't see why Riven would want that fairy over her. She knew Riven was a rebel, but that doesn't mean he's able to rebel against the laws of nature and basic attraction. Even the Trix weren't above basic instincts.

Darcy was furious. Out of all the Seven Deadly Sins, she experienced envy the least. For what reason did she have to be jealous of anyone else? She was beautiful. She had killer abs. Her ass was perfection. She had been one of the three most popular and feared witches at Cloud Tower. She was yet to meet another to rival her in the dark spell casting. She had everything.

Everything, that is, except Riven. Musa had him and it made Darcy so envious it was hard for her to even breathe as she watched them. And in that fury, Darcy made the transition between that foreign sin to one she loved to experience as often as possible.

Wrath.

"I've had enough of playing around!" she screeched, flying down to rip Musa off Riven by the hair. The fairy screamed as Darcy threw her to the ground. "Dark Wave!"

Musa cried out as the dark attack hit her and that made Darcy feel a little better. Her joy however, was short lived.

"Boogie Blaster!"

Mustering her rapidly draining strength, Darcy took to the skies again to avoid the bulk of the attack but since she did not have enough to power to both withdraw and defend herself, Darcy felt her legs get burnt by the winx power.

"You're going to pay for that!" Darcy snarled, trying to stop her body from shaking due to the pain and exhaustion. She was not going to give her enemy the satisfaction of knowing she was suffering from their attacks as much as she was hurting them. Quickly gathering a ball of dark energy in her fist, Darcy cast it down towards the fairy, who still hadn't been able to collect herself.

"Darcy!" Riven spat as swung his sabre around to deflect the spell away from the fairy of his affection. Darcy felt her jealousy and anger flare up as he purposely place himself between the two girls, sabre raised to defend himself and Musa from any attacks Darcy might cast their way. "This is between me and you! Leave her out of it!"

"But she is a part of this, Puppy Dog! You made her a part of this when you tried to replace me with her! And I won't be so casually cast aside!" Darcy screamed, hurling another attack in his direction. Riven managed to block most of the dark magic, but a fraction of the attack sparked off the blade, stinging into his face. Riven's free hand flew to his face out pure instinct and he weakened the grip he had on the hilt of his sabre. Darcy saw her opportunity.

Like so many times before, Darcy changed her plans on what she wanted to do with Riven. Over the last year, Darcy had been shifting from wanting to kill Riven to just plain wanting him. She had thought she had everything planned; crush Musa and then take Riven back as her slave. She would have eventually turned his heart back to darkness and he would be born again with no memory of his life before her. He would be an instrument of pure evil and she would be the one controlling him.

However when Darcy had seen how painfully obvious his feeling for Musa were, she had begun to doubt if she could ever control Riven as completely as she desired. That loser fairy could give him the strength to resist her, so was it even worth the risk of trying to enslave him? Darcy hated doubting herself and she blamed it all on Riven. And when combined with her fury of him choosing Musa over him, Darcy altered her plans. She wanted them both dead. If she couldn't have what she wanted, she was going to deny them their desires too.

"Deadly Nightshade!"

Again, I didn't know what to put in this chapter which is why it's a little shorter then the rest. And although I may not agree with the pigtails remark, I totally argee with the bad fashion taste for the concert for the Red Fountain concert comment. She looked ridiculous! Just that beanie! It didn't suit her! And that vest thing! She looked like she had just come in from doing road work with the council! Argh! Just . . . NO!

TBC.