All hell had broken loose.
Wherever she looked, Bloom could have seen swords being swung, daggers getting thrown or magic shooting towards a soldier. She felt bad for the first year students, who hardly managed to control their fairyforms, if they were lucky enough to even have those.
Not that the others had it any easier. The groups fought like Red Fountain graduates. Had the fairies ever trained with specialists? Yes. Did they have swords that could cut you open and cause you to bleed to death after one good slash? No.
The battles had spread to a wider area after small bunch of fairies had been able escape through a broken window. Bloom grew desperate when she measured the size of the groups. They were more like one big army. Army with hundreds of birds, which if nothing else distracted the fairies when they were fighting. Some managed to even scratch their targets.
"Something's coming," Flora suddenly said. "From the North."
Musa rubbed her temples lightly. "Yes, I can hear it. It sounds like..."
"A Red Fountain ship!" Stella exclaimed in enthusiasm. "They came to help!" The Sun fairy happily jumped up and down.
The big red ship created a heavy gush of wind as it hovered above them. Ropes were thrown out of the half open door, since the school grounds were too crowded for landing.
The Winx rose in the air and from above Bloom could clearly see a wave of shock brushing over the soldiers. They surely didn't expect this.
"Seems like our boys are there too." Stella squinted her eyes and grinned.
Tecna smiled and blew a kiss at Timmy, who was driving the ship. Hopefully, he wouldn't get too distracted by that.
The girls flew to the boys, who were climbing down the ropes. "Hey!" Layla called out. "What's up? How come you knew to come?"
"We got a call from the headmistress." Sky tightened his grip on the rope and reached his another hand to Bloom.
"And of course, Codatorta sent the best of the best," Riven joked with a grin before looking down. "Quite a mess you got here."
"Now if you excuse us, we'll get down and join the battle," Sky said.
Bloom pressed a small kiss on his cheek. "Right. See you later."
The girls flew to the top of the stairs, which the soldiers hadn't yet reached. Though that advantage wouldn't last for too long it seemed. Those soldiers were filled with determination and anger. Directed to whom, that wasn't sure.
"Girls!" Griselda had managed to make her way outside the building and waved her hand to get their attention. "We're in serious need of healing. Flora, Layla, you come with me."
The said girls glanced at their friends and flew after Griselda when they received nods from the rest of the Winx.
The stairs were getting crowded and the girls decided to take off again.
"Hey, no offence to her, but shouldn't a headmistress fight for her school?" Stella hastily pointed towards Faragonda's office's window, which had curtains blocking the view.
"Stella's got a point there," Musa noted.
"Maybe we should go check up on her," Tecna suggested. "Who knows what's going on. And we could report the situation to her if nothing else."
"Now that's a good idea. Let's—" Bloom paused when she heard a loud slam. "Oh my."
"The front door," Musa breathed with wide eyes. "Someone got inside."
"But they at least weren't dressed as hideously as these guys." Stella wrinkled her nose and stopped a dagger with a shield.
"But who then— never mind." Bloom shook her head. "Let's follow them. Whoever it was, it could mean only trouble."
The other girls nodded and they sprinted to the big doors that had just been opened. A flash of red and silver caught the red head's eye, but when she blinked rapidly, it was soon gone. I'm just making things up.
"Where to now?" Stella questioned as they floated around in the empty hall.
Musa closed her eyes and placed her hands on her temples. "I can hear their footsteps. This way!"
And so began their chase for the mysterious newcomer, who distracted them from noticing the fact that Alfea was slowly, but surely getting occupied by the soldiers...