Then we're standing in front of it; the school of witches.
"Cloudtower" I sigh and we all enter.
Chapter IX: Naughty, evil thoughts
So here we are, in Cloudtower. Strange; I feel a very strong magic vibe going through me. Maybe that's logical since there must be a lot of (dark) magic collected here. It's 6 pm so we go to the dining hall. When we enter it we can't help but say "Oh" because… God have you seen it? It's just huge! Flora asks if we should go sit next to witches but the rest of the group shakes their head; which I understand.
"It would be a little weird if we would just go sit with them Flora" I say
"But we should get to know them" she replies, innocently. Sometimes she's just too sweet and naïve (sadly)
"Yes" I sigh "But not now Flo, let's wait until tomorrow"
"Okay" she silently says. We take a seat and I can't help but notice something.
"What are they lookin' at?" Musa asks.
"Exactly what I was wondering." I say "There just staring at us. It's creepy. Let's hurry guys."
We quickly finish and go to our rooms. When we walk back I can't help but think that I hear the witches are laughing right now. I look at the girls, but they only look scared. Weird; I don't feel scared, I feel good here. Maybe it's not good for a fairy to like this place, but really… I love how I can just feel everything here. I enter my room with Flora, we talk a little and decide to go to bed. But firstly I meditate because I always wondered how it would be here. I sigh and concentrate. I hear something beating, like a heart; then I see a vision of Cloudtower and it's moving. I feel the energy flowing to that one point. Then I realize it.
"Cloudtower is a plant" I say out loud and my concentration is gone
"Bloom?" a sleepy voice asks. Oh right, Flora. "Did you just say Cloudtower is a plant?" she asks in disbelief.
"What? No! I just fell asleep on the ground and I dreamt something; that's all."
"Was it a nightmare?" she asks
"No, I am okay, let's just go to sleep."
When I wake up at 8; I see Flora is still asleep.
"Flora" I say and then a little bit louder "Flora; you have to get up; our first lesson starts at 9"
"What what?" she says, startled.
"We have to get up." I say at normal voice volume. We dress, go to the dining room and then at 9 sharp, we have our first 'witch' lesson.
"Welcome everyone, including the special guests, 6 fairies from Alfea." Griffin loudly proclaims
"God, this is so humiliating!" Stella whispers
"They're totally starin' at us! Again." Musa says and I notice that every member of the Winx Club has a dejected face.
"In the first exercise; we will learn how to summon dark energy. Flora, can you begin?"
"But" she insecurely utters "Aren't we going to practise in groups first?"
Suddenly the whole auditorium starts laughing very loud.
"We are witches; we always work alone. Team members can betray you; that's why we don't do teamwork." I like the idea actually. I can't say it's not true. You could say there's more power in a team, but I wouldn't have that problem since I could probably beat every member of the Winx Club. What is wrong with me? I have to stop thinking like that! Without our team; Layla wouldn't have betrayed me. We all try the exercise to summon our darkest powers in one sort of ball.
How darker and deeper the ball, how more dark energy and powers you possess.
Miss Griffin does a tour around the auditorium, but I can't really see a huge accumulation of dark energy with any of the witches. Their 'balls' are all purple to dark purple, but mine is darker, deeper, yet reddish. Did I do something wrong. When Griffin walks past Musa she says "Not bad for a fairy" Ha!
Then she looks at me, a little shocked.
"Bloom, are you feeling well?" she asks
"Just a little faint that's all. Is something wrong?"
"Well, you can summon a lot of dark powers; this would be good even for an advanced witch! You should let the energy go." I look at her, astonished and a little angry actually because maybe this is too much for a fairy, but I enjoyed it.
Does this make me evil? I shake my head and I am glad the lesson is over. Our group decides to go to the library to (try to) convince witches to collaborate.
(with the thought of my conversation with Faragonda in my head)
Soon we have 'mixed' with a group of witches, trying to persuade them.
"We should all try to collaborate" I say "We have to be strong. Together."
"Oh you've got to be kidding me; we don't collaborate, especially not with witches." Some witch says
"Like we would want to work together!" Stella loudly says
"Stella, you're as bad as that witch!" Musa replies. I want to come between them to avoid another fight but
"Guys, come on, this is not the time!" How does she dare… Never mind. I have to focus here; 'because this is not going to be easy.
"We really have to cooperate! This is really important for whole Magix"
"Oh God, you are fairies, you're weak. We can beat the witches; you don't even have the power. They've beaten you twice now huh?" a witch meanly says
"At least we had the guts to fight them! You were just sittin' here doin' nothing." Musa comments. She's completely right! I want to say something but then the same witch says "Rumour goes that Bloom just have that what the witches wanted last year." Oh God, I wanted the floor went open and swallowed me! I bow my head. Every other member of the Winx Club looks shocked that she just said that, especially Stella.
"Well technically that's what happened" is Tecna's contribution. I can't believe that. She's my friend! That's how she thinks about me? I fought for it, harder than she could've ever done with her computer. I had to save my parents!
"Aren't you supposed to be on our side?" Stella asks. Then Mirta comes in
"There are no sides." She says "That's the whole point! We have to be one group." I couldn't have said it better.
"And why would we listen to you? We'd rather listen to the fairies!" Ouch.
"What would Griffin think of it if you were ruining everything here?"
Ha! That's it; the witches are all afraid of Griffin. Thank you Mirta, thank you!
"We should work together and frustrate the witches so Faragonda and Griffin will be proud of us!" I say. Yes, this has to work.
"Okay then" they sigh. We all leave and have to go to the next lesson, with Miss Zarathustra, I think she's scary. Stella already said it: 'What's with her make-up?!'
"Welcome." The scary person in front of us says "In this lesson you will put your worst thoughts in this orbs. Think of the time someone kept you from doing something." The time I lost the Dragon Fire, when I was powerless. Icy. I hate her. "Think of the time you were helpless" Caught in the nice, no possible way out, the Trix, hate. "Think of the time someone betrayed you" Layla
"Think of the time you were furious, lonely, stressed,… and let it flow into this orb." Dragonfire, the Trix, helplessness, without powers, Layla and Sky. Hate.
When I open my eyes, my orb is filled with darkness, it's like he will explode. This witch thing is not good for me, it absorbs too much energy. But that makes me want it even more. Suddenly my energyflow is cut off by Mirta shouting
"This is not a normal exercise. You did this on purpose for the fairies!"
"Is that true?" Stella yells
"That's really not fair!" Tecna says
Mirta is looking at me. She probably saw it. I look away. What is this?