Chapter 11: The Festival (Part 1)
Bloom's POV:
I found serenity in the ship. With all the work we were doing when we land, I found the ship the only place to rest. We have trained continuously for over two weeks with a break at the mall. Though that was tiring, as well, looking for the perfect gift for some festival. I settled with something that looked akin to a dragon's egg that Sky thought suited my hair color.
Being onboard the ship also indicated that we are going to a new place to get stronger and that I found to be very consoling. We were now heading over to the planet that was holding the festival and I assume it is the fire planet as the ships outer coating was bright red. But who knows, we might change our path on the way. It won't be the first time.
Anna and Alex were controlling the ship while Musa, Flora and Uhira-sama were chatting away near the steps to the control panel. Anna allowed Tecna and Timmy to sit with them near the control panel and those two seemed absorbed in it. Layla and Stella were asleep while Nabu was trying to draw on Stella's face with a pen while Brandon was blocking him. The most interesting was Helia and Riven were sitting in the far corner of the ship and staring at Flora, Musa and Uhira-sama. Sky was laughing watching them while holding my hand.
"Alright guys! We have arrived!" Tecna announced from the control panel with a smile on her face. Seems like she had a lot of fun up there.
"There is no time to wait! I am transporting all of us to Vlad's home immediately. We need to prepare!" Uhira-sama announced and stood up.
He clapped his hands and I immediately vaporised. I was barely conscience of myself and then suddenly I was on my feet again, unsteadily I might add. My stomach is not suited for this, I felt nauseated. But I controlled it. I felt Sky's hand grip mine as I looked around.
The place was probably the biggest thing I have seen in my life. We were standing in a huge room with its ceiling high and far away. It was a grandly decorated room with expensive looking furniture that would be highly costly even for royals from our world. The windows were closed but I could not see out of it as it was too far from us. This was one magnificent castle. They were guards waiting at the three doors present in this room. And more around a red velvet arm chair that looked like it could fit a family of four on it.
There was a man sitting in the chair, he had a newspaper in his hands and looked up at us. He had blood red eyes that made my skin itch by just looking at it. His hair was dark blonde and he was hot. His face looked like a Greek god's and his body was probably, nodefinitely, much more well built than any specialist I have met. He was garbed in royal clothing that made it look like the castle was built around him.
Yet the most impressive part about him was how much power he radiated, because I could feel it burn my skin. My breathing was getting harsher and shallower and my conscience was growing weaker. I could hear people falling on the floor, I turned to see my friends fainting one by one.
"VLAD!" Uhira-sama yelled and ran up to him and settled on a couch next to the arm chair.
"Nice to meet you too Mato. Anna, Alex and Flora nice to see you again. As for the new people who I haven't seen before, welcome to my home. The castle of the fire world!" He exclaimed with pride.
He continued to say something but I felt myself falling. I could not stand in his presence any longer. His power was too great. I was vaguely aware that Anna was laughing her lungs out while Vladimir had stopped talking.
"Bloom wake up" someone told me while gently tapping my cheek.
I slowly opened my eyes to see Anna sitting next to me on my bed with a bright red cloak on her.
"Finally you are awake. We must hurry up and go otherwise we shall me late for the festival." Anna told me helping me sit up and handing me a glass of water.
"Where am I? What happened?" I asked her while looking around.
I saw empty beds around me In a room very similar to that as these one on the light planet. I saw clothes at the edge of my bed that seemed to be my size.
"I shall explain later. It is already late, get ready soon. The clothes on your bed are for you, everyone else is already ready and waiting outside for you. As for where you are, this is the room we are going to being staying in during your training on this planet." She told me and got up and left the room.
I got up and changed quickly. I was wearing orange leggings with a long black, sleeveless shirt and black shoes. I walked out to see everyone else waiting there. The winx all wore something similar to what I was wearing while the specialists wore long shorts and black half sleeved shirts. Anna, Alex, Uhira-sama and Vladimir wore bright red cloaks over their clothes. I really hated their cloaks, Anna and Alex seemed to have pretty good sense with clothes. Or I think that because of what they wore during their training.
"Ya izvinyayis' " Vladimir told us. I looked sceptically at everyone while I walked over to stand next to Sky.
"He said he is sorry for what he did before. He didn't realize that you would faint in his presence, he thought you were stronger than that." Anna explained.
He thinks we are weak. I felt myself getting angrier.
"Only Stella and Musa managed to remain standing, I am not that surprised though. Anyways we must hurry." Uhira-sama told us.
"Before that let me introduce myself. I am Vladimir, but you shall address me as Tsar or Csar or just simply Lord Vladimir. But I prefer Tsar. I already know who all of you are, Anna has told me all about you. And Bloom I shall personally be training you." He told us ina very heavily accented English and smiled.
"Okay enough of this. We really must get going. We are late and we can't be late for the opening now can we. Alright. Now all of you listen to me carefully. Stick together at all times. Flora shall show you around and answer any questions you have, I know you have all planned on talking to her for a while now. Do not leave the group understand. All of you must stick together, go wherever you want and watch whosever fight you want. But stick together. Now Otouto take us there." Anna told us.
Uhira smiled and clapped his hands.
Ohh, how I hated this part. We vaporised and I felt my stomach collapse. We reappeared in what seemed like a crowded arena. The four in the cloaks were missing while Flora turned to us.
She looked at the ground and took a few deep breaths before she looked at all ofand slightly blushed.
"I'm really sorry, for a lot of things, but right now do not separate from me no matter what the reason it. It is of the outmost importance. Now let us watch the opening ceremony." Flora told us pointing to the closest end of the arena.
I looked to where she was pointing and I saw seven grand thrones. They did say they were seven kings or queens in all the seven worlds here.
"Are those for the kings and queens?" I asked.
"No, they are for the prince and princes, like the Tsar and Uhira-sama and the rest of them." Flora explained.
"That is not completely true, since the kings and queens are never around we have just taken them as our rulers and we obey them more than our true kings and queens." A small girl next to us answered."For example Tsar Means emperor and we call him that as we have not seen our real ruler. We obey him. Is that not right earthling."
Ominous creepy little looked at her and seemed happy. It looked like she was going to say something but then suddenly there was a loud noise likea fire cracker and we all looked towards the thrones. Everyone turned silent and the arena was so weird I could hear my calm heart beat.
Seven figures each wrapped in different colours appeared out of nowhere, their faces where covered with their hoods.
"Introducing the princess of Light, the finest healer of all living creatures" A man in a white cloak, completelyhooded spoke.
A bright light appeared in front of the throne, a small figure appeared behind him. That figure too was wearing a white cloak withthe hood up and it sat on the grand white throne at the end of the line, while the man kneeled behind the throne.
"The princess of Darkness, who is feared throughout the shadowed lands." Another man spoke from the other end of the line. He was dressed in a black hooded cloak.
All light seemed to be lost for a split second and when it reappeared there was another black cloaked andhoodedfigure sitting on the black throne while the man kneeled behind the throne.
"The prince of Metal and the greatest inventor." A robotic voiced girl in a metallic coloured cloak spoke while a spark appeared on the silver throne next to the light princess's throne. There was suddenly someone in another metallic coloured cloak sitting on the throne while the girl kneeled behind it.
"The prince of Fire and the terrifying beast tamer." A girl in a red cloak spoke up, and kneeled behind the suddenly burning red throne. When the fires subsided a figure, who I know is the Tsar, was sitting on the throne.
"The prince of Earth and the fierce earth shaker" A small girl in a brown cloak spoke while the ground in front of the brown throne split open and a brown cloaked figure appeared and sat on the throne. The small girl went and kneeled behind the throne.
"The prince of Wind and the scariest storm bringer" A quite female voice rang throughout the arena, she was wearing a grey cloak. A small tornado formed around the grey throne and when it disappeared another grey cloaked figure was sitting on the throne while the quite lady kneeled down behind it.
"And lastly the princess of Water and the next king of kings, or I should say queen of kings. The strongest warrior of all living beings!" A man's voice boomed. He was wearing a blue cloak and kneeled down behind the throne. The second he kneeled there was another figure seated on the throne in a blue cloak. It was not flashy and mystical like the others but it was just as astounding. One moment the throne was empty the next it wasn't.
The faces of the prince and princess's were also covered so we could not see them, but I knew the light princess, Lady Aria, the wind prince, Uhira-sama, and the fire prince, Tsar Vladimir.
There was something different about them though, all of them. I just could not place my finger on it.
"Are you sure those are the rulers of the realms? I can't feel any magic pressure from them like how I felt from Lord Vladimir." Tecna asked.
That was what was different. There was no magic radiating from them.
"That's how they like to stay, hide their power, and make us underestimate them. But you should not; they can wipe you out in a second. Now remain quite till she announces the beginning" The small girl next to us told us sternly.
We all turned our gaze back to the thrones. The blue cloaked figure rose from her throne.
"Let the Festival BEGIN!" She exclaimed.
Her voice resounded throughout my body and rattled me bones. Yet it was the most beautiful and enchanting voice I had ever heard but somehow familiar, like I had heard it before. But I am sure I didn't. I could never forget such a beautiful and powerful voice. The voice alone gave me courage and power.
Everyone all around us screamed and cheered. All the figures, both sitting and kneeling, rose and disappeared from the area.
"Come, this is going to be a fun year!" The small girl exclaimed and walked away.
"Let us follow her. She knows more about this place than I do." Flora told us.
And we followed her out of the jam packed arena.
