Chapter Five: Back to School
Stella shot up from bed, her head pounding and her left hand sore. Last night had been a tough one. The girls hadn't counted on the guy having twelve body guards that stuck to him like glue. For half an hour they had watched from under all the lights and music in shock. Not knowing how they were ever going to deal with this. Thankfully guys that drink in bars have to go to the bathroom often so in one big group they just followed him in and took him out. It may sound cruel but it was what the girls got payed to do.
They really should have been looking out better because the body guards got slight of one of them caked in blood and had decided to alert the rest of the people within a block radius with his yelling. Pretty much everything had blown up in their faces and the girls got there asses kicked. But not before taking everyone down with them.
Stella was knocked unconscious near the end by a tall guy with a piece of lead pipe. She also sprained her left hand in punching him after she woke up.
The worst of the injuries was Musa getting stabbed with her own sword, normally any person would freak out but this had happened to all of them and they all had the scars to prove it. They took Musa to a guy they knew who did out of hospital operations and payed him handsomely, although it did look a little funny dragging a small pixie girl covered in blood across the night club with five other bloodied girls in tow but there overall attitude stopped people form asking questions and they got out of there pretty fast so nobody could have recognised them.
By the time they got home, showered and ate food it was three in the morning and nobody wanted to stay awake. The all fell asleep as soon as their heads hit their pillows.
Now that Stella was awake she glanced at the clock that read eight and groaned. Five hours sleep and I'm wide awake, I'll have hell to pay tonight trying to sleep. She thought as she carefully stumbled out of bed.
Surprisingly all the others were awake at the table eating breakfast. They looked exactly like she felt, tired and bruised.
"Morning Sunshine" Flora muttered like she always did but this morning she just didn't have the energy to make it sound happy.
Stella grabbed the milk and cereal as she muttered something back. The girls were all covered in various bruises and scars from last night, nothing a strong layer of foundation couldn't fix. As Stella was pouring her milk into her bowl she took the small black remote from beside her and flipped the TV on.
All the girls glanced at the TV as Stella made the rounds of flicking to every channel and finally settling on the one she had started out with. It was presented by a man in a blue shirt and gold hair wearing a grave face as he told the viewers of an anonymous man that was killed last night at a night club called 'Spark' and that if anyone had seen a gang of fat bald bikers exiting the premises to please call the authorities.
After a pause Stella and the girls burst out laughing.
"They think we're freaking Fat bikers?! How did they get died that?" Stella Laughed between words. After a while the laughing died down with random light giggles.
An annoying woman's voice came on the TV next and introduced herself as 'Donna Sparkle' obviously a fake name. She was dressed in a purple suit and long blue eyelashes; she seemed to be talking about some upcoming celebration.
"The whole world is dying to get the new juicy gossip on the golden couple, recently engaged Prince Sky of Eraklyon and his fetch fiancé Diaspro"
A huge stray of milk and cereal was sprayed over the table as Stella spat her breakfast over everyone, nobody really noticed as they were frozen in shock staring at the screen where the purple woman babbled on.
"Dat sons of a bits!" Stella screamed with some breakfast still in her mouth and waving her spoon at the TV "We should get that guy!" Finally swallowing.
"The happy couple are planning the big day somewhere around three months from now and everyone is anxiously waiting for the big day. Sky's father comments that he is overjoyed with the match and knows that the joining of these two kingdoms will bring..." A sudden fireball was thrown at the TV which then exploded.
The girls are turned toward Bloom who was now standing breathing heavily with her hands balled into fists.
"Something on your mind Bloom?" Musa muttered form the other end of the table. Blooms hand shot out and stabbed the wooden dining room table with a sharp knife, all the way to the hilt. The girls all jumped and watched Bloom stalk out of the room.
A silence enveloped them as they stared at the now wrecked dining room.
"Valtor is not gonna be happy when he finds out he has to pay not only for a new car for Techna but a new TV and Dining room table" Flora muttered from where she sat quietly.
"Ugh what are we gonna do?" Layla said as she pulled out the knife from the wooden surface "We have reporters following us and our every step, a trashed car parked out the front of the house, which we have yet to get rid of, crazy people trying to kill us, boyfriends that won't talk to us and now Bloom's on the warpath, face it...we're screwed!" She yelled the last part as she threw the knife into the kitchen, easily landing in the sink. The sudden fast walking footsteps on the stairs alerted them to a frustrated Bloom stalking back into the room.
"Can we go to school today?" She asked, slightly out of breathe. Eyebrows were raised as they stared at her.
"Oh why not?" Techna said as she rose from her seat. The girls all stood up and walked, limped for some of them, up the stairs to get dressed.
Thirty minutes later the girls were walking down the steps and passed the still wrecked remains of Techna's car and into the big black truck again.
When they arrived at school there were a lot less people from when they first arrived that day, but that didn't stop people from pointing and staring, mouths wide open. The girls ignored them as best they could and walked right up to the front desk and smiled.
The startled secretary with unusually white hair for a twenty year old gave them their time table and class numbers silently and in a small voice bid them good day.
"What classes did you guys get?" Asked Stella as she quickly reading over hers.
"I think we've all got History" Said Techna putting her timetable back in her bag. The girls groaned as they made their way to the classroom.
When they got to the door and peered in they saw the whole classroom was settled into their work and talking to each other, the girls were shocked again to see red Fountain boys in the school. They groaned again when they spotted the Specialists at the back of the classroom looking bored and frustrated at the same time, this was an expression that was shared by the whole class. The girls didn't know why the class was so angry but when they saw the teacher they knew.
"Oh come on!" Musa yelled from her spot on the floor looking through the glass.
Mr Spitter was up the front talking nonstop with a large wooden stick in his hand which he pointed to a board the girls couldn't see. Stella looked at the others with curiosity.
"Who's the bald sweaty Midget?"
"Don't ask" The girls all said together. They stayed like that for some time looking through the window that was attached to the door, until the door in question flew open to reveal Mr Spitter standing over them. They stared right back with defiant looks as the class perked up at the arrival of the Winx club.
Mr Spitter started to glare when they didn't move or say anything; finally he just stepped to the side and held the door open to them. The girls got off the floor and slowly walked into the classroom, avoiding the eyes of a certain six brave and devastatingly handsome Specialists.
They each looked around for empty desks; thankfully some were vacant at the front and back of the class. The only problem was that the two ones vacant at the back would have to be shared with Brandon and Riven.
Musa and Stella stared wide eyed and mouths slightly open at the empty seats, when they heard a squeak of metal and wood creaking they saw that the other four girls had taken up residence at the front. All four shooting them secret sympathy looks as they glared viciously back at them.
"Holy awkward moment batman" Musa whispered to Stella.
The girls in the class seemed to giggle as they realized the awkward situation. Stella and Musa trained in the art of ignoring stuck up gossiping girls held their heads high as they made their way to their seats and sat down; very much ignoring the old boyfriend they had sat next too.
Mr Spitter who had closed the door was smiling slightly when he took up the wooden stick once more and started talking again. The girls were thankful that they didn't have to stand and introduce themselves, instead they just sat there and tried and catch up. Although it wasn't easy with certain stares boring into their backs and sides of their heads.
Don't look at him! Don't you dare look at him Musa, just do your god damn work! Musa thought to herself as she wrote the stuff off the board, squeezing the pencil she held a little too hard, showing white skin.
Oh no, I'm blushing! Hope Brandon doesn't notice...he noticed Stella thought desperately as she tried to keep her eyes ahead. Her face and hands were perfectly relaxed, just the rest of her body was tense and locked into place in her chair; she felt she might break the thing with the tension in her body.
My god you could cut the tension in here with a double bladed knife Thought Layla Feel sorry for Musa and Stella. And god this Mr Spitter is even more annoying in person, I only saw him for a couple of seconds last time but this is just torture...and I know what torture is!
In the middle of the room, a girl with strawberry blond hair was smiling ruthlessly at Bloom, quickly putting a hex on a piece of paper she just wrote and sending it flapping her way across the room while the teachers back was turned.
Bloom was aware of the flying paper coming toward her the moment it left the girls desk. She caught it without even looking and unfolded it under her desk and read.
Bet you wish you had stayed Valtor's whore, that way someone would love you. Heard Sky went straight for Diaspro as soon as you bailed, Tough luck bitch.
Pure white hot fire ran through Bloom's body as she balled up her fits again and in one long streak scratched the table with her red and black nails. Flora who was next to her glanced uneasily at her friend Oh no!
The girl with the strawberry Blond hair's desk went up in flames, she immediately screamed and jumped from her desk patting her clothes and hair as she struggled away crawling on the ground. People in the classroom jumped away from the flames and scattered over to help the girl in hysterics. The only people who stayed in their desks were the Winx Club who were just too tense to move at the moment.
While nobody was looking Flora reached over and slapped Bloom in the arm and gave her a meaningful glare "How could you?" She whispered
Bloom shook her head frantically, she had not known that she could do that and had not meant to do it "I didn't mean too, it just happened!" she whispered back.
Mr Spitter who had seen the desk go up in flames quickly pointed the wooden stick he held and shouted some spell. Water came rushing out of the end and sprayed the girl and her desk, people then scattered to get away from the water.
When the Splashing ended the wet girl stood on shaky furious legs and pointed at Bloom who was still in her seat turned around to watch the spectacle, a blank look on her face.
"She set me on fire! She did it!" She screamed in a high pitch voice. Every person turned to stare at Bloom.
Instincts quickly kicking in Bloom lied flawlessly and easily "I did not! How could I have, I'm over here!"
Techna knew what had happened and quickly went to her friend's aid, knowing that people trust her opinion, believing her to be the most responsible one in the group "It's true, no one can cast a fire spell without saying anything, and she isn't even transformed. It would take enormous power build up to set the desk on fire. Bloom didn't do it" at that she turned to stare at the teacher, willing him to believe her.
The blond girl didn't look convinced "I know it was her! She has the Dragon Fire! We don't know what she can do, plus enormous amounts of power can build up in say...evil fairies!" The girl screamed the last part. Everyone in the room seemed to take in one big breathe at the same time.
The Winx Club girl's anger was building and they knew not to push this further but some of them were made to pick fights. Musa shot up out of her seat and was across the room in a flash heading straight for the small blond girl.
The others knew this would happen and were out of theirs too...and some were not going to help the girl but fight against her. She had gone too far!
"Back off you little witch!" Musa yelled as she came up to the girl, at this point the other Winx Club members, except for Bloom who sat stunned in her seat, gripped Musa and stood beside her, ready to throw punches if necessary.
The whole class was buzzing from the entertainment they were getting, they knew that if the Winx Club were in their class it would be fun.
"Get lost you Goth pixie that obviously has daddy issues!" The blond threatened back at Musa who stood only a foot from her. Musa from natural instinct reached to her side and touched the handle of a miniature Samurai sword she kept stitched in the side of her jacket.
Just as she was about to slide it out of its containment Mr Spitter yelled from the front of the classroom.
"That's enough!" he shouted spraying the Winx Club girls in water, along with Bloom in her seat, they all yelled. Now Amber and the Winx Club girls were soaked, no one else in the room had managed to be spotted with the water "Amber, go clean yourself off and cool down! Musa, wait in the hall! Everyone else, sit down and get back to work!"
As people went back to their desks and picked up their fallen stuff, Amber walked sullenly out of the classroom and Musa took her fingers off the hilt of her sword and followed her out.
Once everyone had sat back down Mr Spitter gave everyone a twenty minute lecture on violence in his classroom. The Winx girls were even tenser than before; they couldn't even get through one class without starting a riot. Bloom sat in silence sitting in her chair staring down at the scratch she had made in the wood. For the first time in a very long time she felt a twinge of fear go through her.
Musa who had just exited the classroom and followed Amber out, ran up behind the girl and spun her around and punched her in the nose.
The girl was too shocked to scream but when she looked up into the blazing eyes of the girl with the long black/blue hair she launched herself at her with a war cry.
Back in the classroom Flora sat in her chair and listened politely to the teacher when she heard a faint crash, she slowly glanced over to Techna and Layla who were looking back at her from their table. No one in the room had seemed to notice the crashing coming from the hall; their ears were not sensitive enough. But when she heard it again she closed her eyes and groaned.
Musa!
Thankfully no one had seen Musa stalking the girl up the hall throwing punches as she went and Amber stumbling to get away from her. When Musa had caught her she had made it clear that the girl should not talk to Bloom that way again and never mention this incident to any teachers. In some ways Musa believed that violence was the answer to some troubles, especially when it came to defending a friend.
Later...
When the Class had ended, Mr Spitter had kept the whole class in from bad behaviour after the incident, the Winx Club and jumped from their seats and ran quickly from the room. The specialists looked after them with wonder, they were still the sassy spirited girls they remembered but...in a lot of ways they were completely different from the girls they used to love.
"We've got Advanced Power techniques in the second hall, although were incredibly late" Techna said as she turned down the hall and led them to a double door on the left of the hallway.
Musa ran up to the group from where she had been hiding in a spot in the hall and exchanged nods and secret smiles.
When the girls pushed the door open they immediately ducked due to an energy ball heading straight for them, it crashed into the door and wall, shattering it and making bits of stone fly everywhere. The girls leapt to either side of them and ducked behind a row of seats. There were multiple shouts and applauding from the centre of the room was heard.
"I think someone just tried to kill us" Whispered a startled Musa, Stella looked over at her questionably.
"You got stabbed last night and THIS surprises you!?"
Musa rolled her eyes and peeked over the back of the chair. It was a large gym with seats circling the centre, and a large group of fairies stared up at them, one was off to the side with her hands over her mouth next to a tall woman that was pursing her lips.
"Fine choice of power Brittney but your aim could use some work, step down now" The tall woman commented as she gently pushed the shocked girl back to the group while glancing at the Winx Club that were emerging from behind the seats.
"So nice of the infamous Winx Club to grace us with their presence. Perhaps they would be so kind as to show to show the class what powers they've worked up over the years"
Layla glanced over at her friends "This lady doesn't beat around the bush"
"Come on! How about layla and Flora show us there powers, water and nature always are an interesting duo when casting spells" the proud female teacher called up to them as they made their way down into the gym.
Layla and Flora went to where the Lady instructed them to go and stood opposite each other. It had been so long since they had used their powers and they were a little nervous at how this would go.
"Charmix!" Both girls yelled as they raised their hands over their heads and power spreaded around them. But when the two girls started to float slightly they suddenly doubled over, clutching their bodies and started grunting in pain.
A confused murmur went through the crowd as they watched the two girls couch into the ground, trying to hold themselves together, after a moment Flora followed by layla gripped their mouths and ran from the room, bolting into the bathroom.
"Oh my" the tall woman said as she watched them go.
The Winx Club immediately followed. Running into the girl's bathroom they found Flora and layla leaning over sinks and throwing up.
"Ew! What happened?" Stella said as she went to hold Flora's hair out of her face while Techna got Layla's.
After a moment Flora moved her head up from the sink to speak "I don't know, everything was normal and going fine until I tried to transform and then I just felt sick to my stomach"
Layla in the middle of spitting out water said "yeah me too, weird and disgusting! What happened to our powers!?"
They all glanced at Techna who just looked helpless and shrugged.
Stella gasped loudly "Oh my god, Techna doesn't know...We're doomed"
"Well maybe...since we haven't used them in a while they've kind of...abandoned us?" The girls looked panicked and shocked (Never scared).
"Abandoned us?" Flora asked quietly
"Is it possible?" Musa asked serious for once.
"Umm, I don't know. I'll have to research. But I don't think that's true I mean Bloom used her powers just an hour ago" Techna suggested helpfully.
Bloom shook her head "But I didn't mean too! It just happened, like a title wave came over me and I felt like I was drowning in anger and...Power. And it happened this morning too, when I blew up the TV"
Layla's head shot up from wiping her mouth of paper towel "Wait! If we haven't used our powers, even thought about using them in a long time, maybe we're being unconsciously forced to not use them...like maybe from the bracelets?" They all glanced at the silver bands around their left wrists that hadn't been taken off in two years.
"Ok lest just ditch the class, tell broad-backed-loud-voice in there that we're not feeling well and we're gonna go home, kay?" Stella asked as she made her way toward the door. The girls nodded and followed.
The teacher, who they found out was Mrs Boomer, let them go out of class with a scowl, but still seeming worried over the two girls.
"Notice how all the teachers we've got have ironic names?" Stella said as they walked down the hall way.
The girls laughed and exited the front of the school, only to find the Specialists sitting on the same bench as the first day beside the door.
The girls stopped in their tracks and stared in shock. The guys looked at them confused.
"Where are you going?" Asked Brandon who was staring at Stella.
"Umm we...well Flora and Layla were a bit sick in class so we're gonna head home. Too much excitement in one day, you know?" Stella laughed nervously like a little teenage girl when talking to Brandon.
The Winx Club girls all turned their heads to stare at her, faces saying 'what are you kidding me?'
Stella caught their look and immediately said in a more serious voice "Well we're gonna go now" as she abruptly started to walk down the stone steps when Brandon's hand shot out and gently caught hers.
She spun around to face him in silent shock, staring up at him with wonder.
"Stella..." Brandon said quietly to her but the others caught it anyway.
The Winx Club were still standing at the top of the steps, Bloom threw back her head and sighed, Techna avoided eyes by looking to the sky, Flora was glad to just keep watching, layla was still looked at Nabu while Musa just rolled her eyes and muttered "Oh boy"
Stella looked up at Brandon, completely forgetting anybody was watching. She felt her knees shake and her hand was on fire from where he was touching her. He was so warm and she was so cold, this seemed to depress Stella very much. What he was and what she could never be again, so she shot her eyes to the ground, took her hand out of his and walked to their car across the lot.
Brandon stared after her with a sorrowful look in his eyes. The girls quickly caught on and hurried after her.
The girls had just reached their car when they unlocked it from a few metres away when they caught up to Stella who was standing beside it.
And, shockingly it blew up...again.