Witches United: The Next Generation
Chapter 7: The Mysterious Girl:
Two weeks had now passed since the mysterious meteor shower hit the magical dimensions and in those two weeks many people were left puzzled by the reason for the shower, one of those people was Techna.
The young pink haired fairy of technology had been furiously working on helping her fellow Winx club members defeat Tritannus and reclaim Bloom's sister, Daphne. However when a lag came in that particular data set she set her mind on the origin of those weird meteors and what they meant for this world.
Currently she was sitting at her computer typing furiously into the keypad to find any mention of unexplained meteors in the magical archives – yet so far her search was coming up with nothing.
From behind her Stella sighed heavily.
"Techna, you can't still be wondering about that meteor shower! It was two weeks ago and nothing strange had happened since then. Just give it up already!" The blonde said getting up from her seat to stand behind the pinkette.
"Stella I don't think that shower was just an ordinary shower. For all we know it could've been linked to our Sirenix powers or maybe even Tritannus's!" And with that she was once again typing furiously into her computer analysis any data she was able to obtain.
The blonde behind her just huffed, "Fine! But if you insist on this being your entire afternoon I will have no choice but to leave you all by your lonesome…" She turned behind her and saw her words having no effect on the other girl. "Alright then, I guess I'll leave you be." Stella said as she left Techna's room in search of excitement.
Flora was a very intuitive fairy and she had the same suspicions as Techna but thought that maybe the trees of Alfea's forest could steer her in the right direction.
So here she was outside immersed in the forest she had grown to adore over her time at Alfea. However, unlike many of her other forest strolls she found the trees to be completely silent as if focussed on something else.
Suddenly she heard a harsh whisper pass through their branches, "We must protect them!" was all that was uttered. Flora was curious as to what this meant and so she used her power over nature to communicate with the trees.
The nature fairy laid her hand on a nearby tree trunk, focussed her powers and opened a route of communication.
However she was not prepared for what she saw and let out a loud scream of terror before collapsing.
Stella had left Techna to her devices and decided to go for a walk along one of the trails through the forest. She was admiring the beauty of some wildflowers when she heard Flora scream and instantly ran towards her direction.
On her arm a communication device appeared.
"Girls," The blonde spoke into her communicator.
"What is it Stella?" Musa replied.
"Get to the forest quickly I think I just heard Flora screaming!"
Suddenly Stella came upon a clearing and near the other edge she saw Flora collapsed on the ground and rushed to her side.
When Stella had knelt down beside the nature fairy, the other Winx girls showed up standing behind Stella at first and then Techna stepped forward to check Flora's vitals.
"She's breathing but seems to be knocked out cold. We should take her back to see Ms Faragonda."
The other girls nodded before slowly carrying their friend towards Alfea. However once Aisha and Bloom had lifted Flora off the ground she mumbled, "She's in trouble must save… Linphea… ancient beings…" and then she passed out again.
At Alfea Flora was placed on the couch in Ms Faragonda's office.
"Oh my gosh girls…? What happened to Flora?" said the headmistress walking towards the young fairy.
"We don't know. Stella just called us and told us she heard Flora scream. When we found them Flora was on the ground with Stella right beside her!" Musa spoke softly.
"Stella? What happened?" was Faragonda's next question.
The Solarian princess told the headmistress about how she just found Flora in a clearing in the woods after hearing her scream.
Faragonda simply nodded and then walked towards Flora placing her hand on the girl's forehead. She closed her eyes and her hand began to glow. When it was removed Flora's eyes began to open.
"What happened? Where am I?" Flora questioned the others but they were just so happy she was ok and went in to hug her.
"Girls, not that I'm complaining... But why all the hugs? And why am I in Ms Faragonda's office?" Flora asked her friends again.
"Stella found you in the forest collapsed after you had screamed." Bloom explained.
"Really ? I don't remember…"
"I thought you might not." Ms Faragonda said from her desk an intense glare in her eyes.
"Why is that Ms F?" Musa queried.
"The reason Flora had knocked out would appear to be because she had tried to communicate with a tree. Upon using her magic on the tree something sensed it and went about draining Flora's power using it for its own devices. However because of your recent Sirenix achievement Flora was able to escape the hold and as a result used what was left of her magic, knocking her out."
"Wait does that mean my powers are gone?" Flora asked panicked.
"No, my dear. Whatever was using your magic did not mean to harm you and so your powers were not stripped just depleted. On that front you should be fine in a few hours after a good night's sleep but I believe you were also given a message. Do you recall what it was at all?" Faragonda asked.
Flora thought for a moment, "No I don't remember much at all. Except…" Realisation then dawned on the nature fairy's face.
"There was this girl and she seemed to be in trouble. I also remember something about the tree's feeling like they had to protect her. Before I passed out I heard a whisper through their branches saying just that. But otherwise there is nothing." She concluded.
Faragonda thought for a while and then spoke.
"I think whatever had drained Flora was only here temporarily. I believe it was calling her power over nature to come and protect something. This young girl… I don't know what role she plays but I do know that this could have something to do with Tritannus."
"So what should we do headmistress Faragonda?" Aisha asked.
"Well Aisha I think you should find this girl and see why she needs protecting. But proceed with caution girls."
The Winx all nodded and then proceeded to leave the headmistress's office.
Once they were outside the girls began to discuss what they were going to do and then suddenly Flora screamed and dropped to the ground clutching her head.
"Aaaaaah the tree's their screaming. I think, I think they're going somewhere." Flora said.
Suddenly they heard another scream from behind them and turned to see Crystelle, the princess of Linphea, drop to the floor much like Flora.
Then suddenly they felt the earth beneath them move and turned to the forest to see the trees change colour and begin to die.
Then just as suddenly as it started it stopped. Flora and Crystelle were no longer in pain but still appeared fairly weak. More importantly it seemed that all the greenery and plants around Alfea had died leaving nothing but a wasteland up to the lake.
"What happened?" Bloom asked looking around at the desert that now surrounded Alfea.
"All the plants are dead…" Aisha stated her eyes wide with fear and confusion.
"No…" Whispered Flora, from her position on the ground.
"They're not dead, the plants have moved."
"Wait what? How can they move?" Stella stated a bit too harshly.
"It's simple," Crystelle said from behind the group. "As every Linphean knows plants are simply magical representations of earthly spirits and remain in one place as long as their spirit does but if their spirit chooses to move the plant will die only for another to re-appear in another part of the galaxy – this is simply the spirit re-homing themselves."
Flora nodded, "Crystelle is right. And it seems that the plants around Alfea have all moved, but I think it's more than that it feels like all the plant life on Magix is gone…"
The girls all looked at each other and then Techna's phone beeped.
"Flora I think you're right, look at this…" The girl hit a button on her phone and a holographic image of a woman in a blazer appeared.
"That's right folks it seems as though after that earthquake earlier today all the plant life in Magix is gone and not only that but it seems reports from all over the magical dimension indicate the same thing happening. Even Earth seems to have suddenly lost all its greenery. But the worst news is that it would seem that faeries with powers bound to nature are much weaker inclusive of Dianna the great nature fairy of the Amazons. For now that is all the coverage we have; but stay tuned for further developments." Then the holographic woman disappeared.
"Ok so if all the plant life has moved… Where did they all go?" Techna asked the group and all the girls had blank faces.
"Well if they have moved then somewhere there must be reports of overgrowing plants somewhere. Right?" Musa asked the group. This prompted Techna to do a search for any such reports.
"No there are no reports like that but it would seem that only two planets weren't affected by the plant life loss. Those would be Andros and Linphea." The pinkette commented.
"So that means that soon one of those two planets will be overrun with plants!" Bloom exclaimed.
"Ok so what are we going to do? There is no way we can take the Odyssey to both planets in time and with all the plants in the magical dimension moving to one of them being late could mean big trouble." Stella said.
"Well I think I should go to Linphea. I need to make sure my home is safe." Flora stated and the other girls agreed.
"Ok so then Aisha, Musa and Techna will go to Andros and Flora, Stella and I will go to Linphea!" Bloom directed the girls each nodding as they were given the plan.
"But wait Bloom how will we get to both places at once?" Stella asked their leader.
"Well because Andros is all ocean we could use the Odyssey to explore it faster…",
"And we could use our zoomix wings to transport us to Linphea." Aisha and Flora said together.
Bloom nodded. "So that's the plan then."
Then a voice spoke from behind them, it was Crystelle.
"Flora if you are going to Linphea then I will go with you. It's the only way I can be assured that my people are safe."
Flora shook her head. "No, with all due respect your majesty there could be a real danger present and if you were to get hurt…"
"Flora I am the princess of Linphea and I can't just stand by while my planet is in danger!" Crystelle interrupted then her voice softened, "Flora I know you're worried and I thank you for that but this is my planet and it is my duty…" the young princess trailed off.
Flora's eyes softened and she smiled slightly before agreeing to the girl's request.
"Alright then," Bloom said as she Flora and Stella got into position, "WINX BELIEVIX" They shouted before they began to transform.
Once both groups were set Flora held Crystelle's hand as she called forth her zoomix wings and then the 4 set off for Linphea.
After they had teleported away, Aisha, Musa and Techna set off for the coast to catch the Odyssey to Andros.
However neither group were prepared for what they would find upon their arrival.
Meanwhile in the Royal Throne room of Andros's sea kingdom Tritannus sat on his throne wondering what his next move was going to be.
Then from out of nowhere a black hooded figure appeared.
"Who are you and what is it you want." Tritannus spoke his displeasure clearly evident in his voice.
The figure laughed. "My dear boy you should not be so quick to the fight – especially one you are set to lose."
With that the figure shot out a bolt of black lightning aiming it directly at Tritannus. It hit without fail and the monstrous mer-thing fell, defeated.
The figure then dropped its hood and picked up Tritannus's trident. When he turned to look at his new underlings all they could see was the black of his eyes.
"You all work for me now. But do not worry Tritannus is safe… For now!" He said as Tritannus was sealed in a cage made of the same lightning that had knocked him out cold.
A/N: And that is the 7th chapter in this story set. I hope you guys are liking this so far and I appreciate all the favourites and alerts people are setting up for this story. Remember to read and review