Welcome to Magix
Chapter 2: Of Witches' Revenge
Following their meeting at the Hex Café, the three witches escorted Mitzi back to her their room in Cloud Tower.
"Now listen Mitzi." Darcy said as she lounged on her bed. "Every magigirl gets a choice of what she wants to become, either a witch or a fairy."
"Some people get the choice made for them." Stormy, who was sitting cross-legged against the wall, spoke up. "Sometimes they have to become one or the other because that's what their mothers and grandmothers were."
"But others get a choice." Icy continued. "You, for example, get a choice. Now, do you want to be a fairy like your friend Bloom is, or do you want to be a witch like we are?"
Mitzi bit her lip. From what she'd seen today, the fairies did get nice outfits, but still…there was something about being the same thing as Bloom that made her stomach turn. "Teach how to become a witch."
The Trix sisters smiled. "Pay close attention." Icy said with a smile. "We'll give you a crash course."
The sound of a door closing alerted Flora that someone had entered her room, and she set down her watering can and turned to see who it was.
"Mirta! I didn't expect you back so soon."
The witch nodded. "I got done sooner than I expected." Having been freed from her form as a pumpkin, she was staying at Alfea until the end of the semester, having lost too many classes at Cloud Tower to pass the semester anyway. While she was at Alfea she would have a chance to earn a few transferable credits back.
"I saw you guys out there fighting earlier. How'd that go?" She asked.
"Same old thing." Bloom piped up from where she was studying on her bed. "Really, I don't know why the Trix waste their time like that."
"Don't underestimate them." Mirta warned. "Their next scheme will be better."
"I know. But I'm not too worried." Bloom replied.
Flora turned to Mirta. "We're all going down to Stella's room to do some studying. You want to come along? We'll help you get caught up on some of the spells."
"Sure. I'll drop by my room and get my book." Mirta said, then headed for the door.
"You guys go on ahead. I'll be along in a few minutes." Bloom said.
"Alright." With that, Flora gathered up her books and headed out the door.
For a few more minutes, Bloom sat there reading her book. The room was silent, at least until her cell phone beeped.
The red head picked up her phone and saw she had a new text message. It was from Sky, and read, "Up for a walk tonight? Meet me at the granite boulder between Alfea and R.F."
The fire fairy squealed for joy as she jumped up and raced off to inform her friend.
Everyone was studying when Bloom burst in, with the possible exception of Stella, who had been prattling on about her latest shopping to trip to Musa, who was busy ignoring the blonde.
All the girls looked up when Bloom burst in. "Guess what?" she exclaimed. "I just got a message from Sky. He wants to take me on a date."
"Yeah!" Stella exclaimed as she clapped. Then she jumped up and went over to her friend. "Now you know what you have to do? We have to find the perfect outfit for you to wear." Still prattling on, she lead Bloom out of the room, pausing for only a moment to call back over her shoulder, "Are the rest of you coming?"
"I thought we were supposed to be studying." Tecna muttered to Mirta.
The witch shrugged as she closed her book. "Looks like we aren't anymore."
Musa sighed and set her book aside. "Come on, we'd better go with 'em. But if I fail this test, I'm blaming Stella."
It took another thirty minutes for Stella to finish going though everything in Bloom's closet, until she found an outfit that she had asserted was, "Just perfect for a late night romantic meeting."
This 'perfect outfit' consisted of a blue miniskirt, leg warmers, and blue-sleeved T-shirt. Stella would have kept looking for something else, except Musa pointed out that not only was Bloom going to be late for her meeting with Brandon, the other girls still had studying to do.
So, with some reluctance, Stella gave up trolling through Bloom's closet and headed back to her room with the other girls to continue studying. Bloom, on the other hand, snuck out of Alfea and headed for Red Fountain.
She was almost to the prearranged meeting place when she heard someone behind her. "Aww, a fairy in love. How sickening."
Bloom turned and was unsurprised to see Icy, Darcy, and Stormy standing there. She was rather surprised, however, to see a fourth person.
"Mitzi?!"
"That's right Bloom." Mitzi said. "Turns out, you're not the only one in Gardenia with magical powers anymore.
"Ah, I don't have time for this! Magical Winx!" A moment later, the fire fairy was standing there in her blue outfit and wings.
"Don't you have anything else to do in your spare time besides play superhero?" Darcy wondered.
"Not really. Someone has to stop you." Bloom said as she took to the air, only to be struck down from behind.
"Hah! You musta thought you were better than me, living in another dimension and going to magical school with all your prissy friends. But I'm still just as good as you are!" Mitzi exclaimed.
"I don't want to fight you Mitzi. You'll just get hurt."
"Ha! I don't think she'll be the one getting hurt here." Darcy said as she sent a Dark Tornado swirling towards Bloom. The fire fairy tried to avoid it, but was sucked into it anyway. She broke free a moment later and shot a blast of fire at the dark witch, knocking her back.
"Ice Arrow!" Icy shouted, flinging the projectiles at Bloom, who put up a shield to block them.
But Bloom was in trouble, and she knew it. Four to one wasn't a very fair fight, and after too much longer she would be on the losing end. She blocked too more attacks, one from Stormy and another from Mitzi, and then took to the air.
Mitzi launched another blast of energy at Bloom; energy blasts were currently the only way she knew how to use her powers, other than flying. Her shot missed by forty feet.
"Where is she going?" Stormy asked, glancing after Bloom.
There was a momentary pause, then Darcy realized what was happening. "She's going back to Alfea."
"Not if I can help it." Icy said. The witch took off flying as fast as she could after the fairy, then fired a blast of ice at the fairy.
For her Bloom, was focusing only on getting back to Alfea, and didn't notice that she was being followed. The blast of ice hit her, and she had only a moment to cry out before she fell, frozen solid, to the ground.
Mitzi, Darcy, and Stormy joined the ice witch in the air, and together the four of them gazed down on their defeated opponent.
"An excellent night's work, ladies." Icy said. "Now, let's be going. We have other things to be doing before the night is over."
And with the that, the four witches flew away.
T.A.R.N.S.: I apoligize for the delay, but I've been busy off-site. Here's the second chapter! I hope I did okay with the bit of battle scene in there; as I may have mentioned before, battle scenes are not my strong point. Thanks to everyone who reviewed! You know who you are. Yes you do, and I appreciate it. I'm glad you think the rewrite is better. XD Some of you have asked what exactly Mitzi's power is, and what her witch outfit looks like. If I remember, I will try and describe the outfit a little in the next chapter. As for what her power source is, I'm open to suggestions. If I had to guess, I would say that it's mirrors or something similar. Mitzi seems like the kind of person who could be very preoccupied with how she looks. But I could be wrong.
Well, I hope you enjoyed the second chapter, and I hope that you find it was much improved, also. Please leave a review, and stay tuned! By my math we have at least two more chapters to go.