I was absolutely tired out from that stupid battle with the witches. I was not one to get tired easy but after using all my energy to get TWO large lightning bolts AND hitting myself with one, it was safe to say it was okay to be drained.
I was working on this new way to get my energy back through my power, but it would use up all the rest of the energy I had left in me and I didn't know if I had enough to do it, which would end up being a lost cause and I'd have no power for a while.
I needed Musa's help though.
I walked into the dorm area and knocked on Musa and Tecna's door. "Come in." Someone said from the other side.
I walked in and saw Tecna on her computer talking to Timmy about some new nerdy thing. Aww, now they need to talk about their feelings and they're all good to go. I thought as I walked over to Musa's bed and sat on the edge, watching her tine her guitar.
"Dammit, it won't tune right." She huffed. I motioned for her to give it to me and she reluctantly handed it over. I had to ask her how she wanted it tuned and she told me. "Good luck."
After about two minutes I handed back her guitar and she stared at it wide-eyed. "How'd you do that?" She asked.
"It' a small talent I have," I shrugged. "Now can you do something for me in return?" I asked and she nodded. "Well, I'm still worn out from trying to get out of the ice and I think I found a way to get my energy back, but I need to know how to get it started." I explained.
"Well, what can I help with?"
"I need to know how you spin."
"What?"
"Like a ballet spin that just keeps going, I need to learn how to keep it going for at least thirty seconds."
"Well, you need balance and you need to stay light on your feet but mostly people use magic to keep it going, it doesn't take a lot." She said.
"Show me?" I asked and she nodded and grabbed my hand and took me outside of Alfea right before you hit the gate.
She backed up to the middle of the courtyard and started to spin and after about 10 seconds, you could see small magic sparkles surround her but you had to pay attention to notice it.
She stopped at the 25 second mark and looked at me with dazed eyes. She walked over to me, "It always gets me dizzy." She explained. I giggled and went to the middle of the yard as she did. I started and after about 30 seconds I could feel the air lifting me up, towering over Alfea. My pig-tails started to spin around, straight out and the air started to fill with dark clouds and thunder clapped. My eyes were closed and I could feel the lighting circle around me, starting at my hair and going in towards my body as I circled in the air. It was like a lightning tornado in the air, multiple people started to watch and I could feel their confused and clearly alarmed stares.
I started to hover in the air, all the clouds gone and the sun was shining from the sky. I looked down and, not realizing how high up I was, got freaked and started to fall to the ground. Lucky me, I knew how to land after falling a long distance, and landed with a roll, smudging dirt on my loose faded jeans and green shirt.
Musa ran over to me. "Whoa, are you okay?" She asked and I nodded. "That was pretty sick, do you feel better?"
"Better than better, I need to cool off some." I laughed at the smoke coming from the tips of my hair. I blew at it and it went back to normal. "When's you're next free period?" I asked.
"Next period, I got two in a row." She said.
"Me too. Wanna go to Red Fountain and challenge some boys to a good ass kicking?" I asked and winked at her as she laughed and grabbed my hand and started to walk off Alfea grounds.
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We got to RF and we didn't want to go through the crazy maze thing to get to the side gate so we jumped on top of the walls and raced to the end. I didn't realize that without my Enchantix on, I was still fast. I made it to the end before Musa got to the half-way point and I had to stand by the door for a bit.
She landed and walked over to me huffing. "You're not even fazed." She said, catching her breath. "You even went like double my speed."
I shrugged and gave her a weak laugh. She gave me a weird look before laughing and wrapping her arm in mine and turning to go through the door.
I didn't notice until now that we switched hairstyles. She took me one side-ponytail and I took her pig-tails. It looked better this way though for some reason.
We turned and saw the RF headmaster looking at us. We stopped walking and gave him weak smiles. He looked at us and slammed his cane thing on the ground. "What do you think you're doing here?" He asked.
"Well, after fending off the witches a few days ago, my strength has been pretty low and that lightning cloud a little bit ago was me trying to get it back. It worked too well because now I have random sparks flying off me so I wanted to know if we could do something here to work off some of my power." I said, a little too quickly for my liking.
"You were the one that fended off the witches?" He asked.
"Uhm, did I say that? I didn't mean that—". Musa elbowed me. "Okay, yes but it wasn't anything." I shrugged. He smiled and I wanted to cringe away but that would be mean, I think.
"You made it drizzle on my students and they were not happy, especially your friends." He laughed. "Want to join them? They'd love to have a one on one with you two girls, show them they're boss." He laughed again and walked off. I stared at him; mouth gaped watching him walk away.
"OH HELL NO!" I said before walking onto the RF courtyard where everyone was fighting.
We walked up to the headmaster and he pointed to Timmy and some other kid. "You both can start out with them." He said.
"I'd rather not," I said. "Give me your best." I smiled at him.
He looked at me and shook his head slightly before pointing to Sky and Riven. "Make them dance and whoever wins is the best." He said and I smiled at the thought of making them crumble under pressure.
I walked over to them and watched as they went at it, not noticing me until the first lightning bolt hit the ground evenly between the two.
"What are you doing pixie!?" Riven hissed.
"Making you dance, headmaster's orders." I smiled and hit the ground in front of Riven and turned to Sky and did the same. "Let's see who loses." I smiled again and they both fought for several more minutes and I was getting bored. Hitting the ground wasn't doing anything.
I looked at Riven and Sky for a brief moment before knocking Riven's sword thingy out of his hands. He glared at me and continued to fight without a weapon. Riven knocked Sky's weapon out of his hands and Sky fell to the ground and he pinned him to the ground, declaring his victory.
I stared amusingly at his efforts and applauded. "Great job, it's my turn." I said before picking up Sky and moving him off to the side.
"A pixie can't fight a trained specialist, sorry dear." He snickered to himself and started to walk away. I made a lightning gate around us, startling everyone.
"Sorry honeybunch, but no one leaves this gate unless we fight, not magic or weapons. Pure hand to hand combat." I said as he turned around to face me.
"You're on pixie." He said as he lunged for me. I jumped up off the ground and rested my hands on his shoulders a moment before pushing off of him, making him fall on the ground as I landed after a mid-air flip.
He stood up and brushed off his shirt and I walked towards him, pushing him to try and hit me. He tried his right hook but I ducked and upper-cutted his stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Then I spun around him and kneed his back, making him fall to the ground again and pushing off of him, sliding on the dirt as he started to get back up.
"I see someone is a little eager to win." I said, taunting him. He growled at me. "Now, where are your manners? You're not supposed to growl at a woman." I laughed and lunged at me again but I ducked and tackled his waist, throwing him to the ground, me landing on top of him. I put his hands over his head. "Are you still gonna fight?" He growled again. I giggled. He threw me off of him and I skidded on the ground on my butt. "That's gonna stain." I pouted.
"Looks like the pixie has her mind on other things than this fight." He laughed and so did the people outside of the gate.
"Then why are you losing?" I asked. "As I recall, I've been down once and you have been down three times." They all howled at my comment and I had to giggle again. I stood up and he went to attack again.
Let's see what happens when I try and catch him off guard. I laughed and jumped on him as he ran for me. I straddled him as he stopped dead in his tracks, obviously confused by my actions. I put my hands on the nape of his neck and bent to whisper in his ear. "This fight it over." I said as I went to my original position and smiled. I slid down his waist a little and bent backwards and touched the ground, I flung him over me and he landed on his butt. I stood right in front of his head, but I was facing the opposite way.
"I'd say I won, sorry to disappoint you. I'm not any ordinary 'pixie." I said and bent back words so my face was over his and did a handstand before putting both feet on either side of his stomach, I sat down. "That was pretty good though, maybe next time I'll give you a chance." I giggled and stood up and walked over to Musa.
"What time is it?" I asked her and she looked at her phone.
"A few minutes till our next class starts." She said.
"Are you kidding me?" Sky walked over.
"Me and Sky (Brunette) can give you a ride." He offered. "You'll be there in time, we promise."
I looked at Musa and she nodded, I smiled at Sky. "That'd be great."
Brandon walked over with his bike and Sky whistled and his came. "Hop on Musa." Sky said. She got on the back of his and I walked over to Brandon. I playfully flicked his nose and giggled. I could feel eyes boring into me from behind. You could say it was like a sixth sense. I got on the back of his bike and laid my head on his back, slightly worn out again.
Much to my non-existent surprise, I saw Riven staring at me and I winked at him before we rode off. I did not miss that smirk he gave back. That made my whole day. I thought as we rode back to Alfea.
The rest of the day was a blur and nothing important happened but Brandon did call me, which got Stella going, and said something about Riven being off the rest of the day. Guess he can't handle being beaten by a girl, I thought.
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The next day we had class at Black mud Swamp with Prof Palladium. I don't see why, I thought he was allergic to outdoors.
"You must make it through the swamp to the crystal clearing, without using magic, only using the voice of nature to guide you."
Of course, we walk right into a muddy puddle first and the next thing I hear is Stella complaining about it.
"Those bubble could indicate an unfriendly subterranean sludge slug, a spell would do just fine." Tecna said and Bloom yells at her about using her magic.
"The bubbles look like gas." Musa said.
"Let's hide!" Stella said as she runs behind a log. I pick up a big stick and throw is at the bubble, popping it.
"That's medusal gas that could have turned us to stone." Tecna said.
"That tree turned to stone." Flora said, pointing to a nearby tree.
"Turned to stone? Talk about being statuesque!"
Yes, that is an incredibly lame joke. Stella should be ashamed. The other girls, though, are all laughing their little heads off, like it was the funniest thing in the world-except for Tecna. Tecna appears completely dumbfounded as to what was funny, and why everyone is laughing. I love Tecna that much more for it, too.
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Flying in a ship, the Specialists-Prince Sky, Brandon, Riven, and Timmy are bringing the troll to Magix. Timmy goes back to the troll in the back of the ship to check up on it, as Riven flies out in front. Soon, something shakes the ship, and causes it to crash near the group of six fairies.
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We see a RF ship pass overhead and crash land. "I say, we go help." I said before grabbing Flora's arm and taking her with me.
We stop when we see the last boy, Timmy, exit the fallen ship. Tecna runs over to him. "What happened?"
"Looks like a crash to me." I laughed out loud.
"It wasn't a crash, pixie. It was an emergency landing." Riven said, sneering at all the girls.
"I thought we were past this stupid pixie thing." I said, growling at him. He smirked. Damn that gorgeous smirk. I thought.
Sky started talking. "Well, you see we were transporting a—." He started but Brandon interrupted him.
"A really big package."
"Please, I've probably seen bigger." I said, not realizing I said it out loud. Flora gasped and Stella and Musa laughed too loud for my comfort. "What are you laughing at?" I asked.
Stella stopped laughing long enough to at least answer me. "You just said you've seen big packages." She howled again. I probably turned seven different shades of red, including my hair color.
I forced a giggle. "I didn't mean it like that." I looked at Brandon who was also turning pink. I started to smirk again. Who the fuck is staring at me now? I thought to myself, feeling them watch me. I looked at all of the girls and then from Sky, to Timmy to Brandon to Riven. Why is he always staring? It's really annoying. I thought before rolling my eyes. "Well, good luck finding your troll! We have things to do, let's go."
"Wait," I stopped walking. "How do you know about the troll?" Timmy asked.
"I told her." Brandon said. "I let it slip while I was taking her back to Alfea yesterday."
"I thought you both looked a little cozy." Sky said before laughing.
I turned and looked at him straight on and he flinched. He hated when I looked at him like that. "What did you just say?!" The mud around the swamp began to bubble and with the sudden change of weather. Everyone looked around, trying to look anywhere but me. I had that effect on people. "Say it again Sky and I'll shock your golden locks off." Everyone looked confused.
"Just shut up Lita! You've used that stupid threat on me since we were 12, you'll never do it. You're a pixie."
I pointed at his head and a streak of lightning left my hand and traveled to the tips of his hair, enflaming it. "Lita, make It stop." He said, patting his head trying to stop the flames.
"Take it back."
"I take it back!" The fire on his head stopped and I turned and walked away from the group, finding my own way to the end of the forest.
"Go follow her and get back to your little exercise, girls, and leave this job to the Specialists." Riven said.
"When are the Specialists gonna' get here?" Stella asked.
Riven starts to confront Stella, as Sky tries to break the two up, trying to calm Riven down, though not too successfully. They walk away. Tecna worries that the troll might meet up with the other girls in their class. Bloom thinks they should go along with the guys anyway, though Stella doesn't like the idea. Flora doesn't either.
"Yeah, he was rude. I say we get back to our assignment, and let Riven deal with it."
"Flora's right, Bloom. If Riven wants to get eaten, I say bon appetite, right?"
"That's not quite what I said. Besides, what about Mina, or Lita, whatever her name is?"
"We know nothing about her." Bloom said. "She could be a witch in disguise."
"She wouldn't have lasted this long." Tecna said. "Besides, she doesn't know where she's going and she'll be back… now." Yes, I could hear them talking about me, I was going to tell them later, but Bloom pissed me off again so I'll let them figure it out for a while.
"Yes, I'm back, I was circling around until they left, and no Bloom, I'm not a witch." I glared at her as she looked down.
"Look at the patterns of the burn marks on the ship. They indicate the ship was taken down from the outside."
"Does that mean someone shot down the ship?" Flora asked and Tecna nodded. "Let's investigate." Flora said.
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In the swampy forest, the Specialists are being strangled from tree branches. Timmy says they should stay calm, but winds up screaming anyway.
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"These plants are called quietus carnivorus." Flora stated. "They hate noise, so be quiet."
Stella decided to test Flora's theory and whistled loudly like a numb nut she is and she ends up getting hung upside down by the plants and she starts screaming. "Shut up Stella, They'll let you go if you shut up." I said.
The vines drop her hard on the ground, and we start walking and we can hear Timmy scream. I run first through the vines and nearly get hit by vines that don't like being disturbed. I stop right before I run into Timmy's head and I duck before the vines whip me in the head.
"Stay away! These vines belong to incredibly dangerous, bloodthirsty, man-eating monster plants!" Riven yelled and I HAD to laugh at him.
"They only eat loudmouths, so you should pipe down." Musa said.
Flora calms the plants down, telling them they can relax, and the plants release the Specialists. They decide to get away quickly. Sky mentions how happy he is to see Bloom. Bloom says they should all look for the troll together, "safety in numbers and all." Riven doesn't like the idea, but the other Specialists are going with us, so Riven goes along, however reluctantly.
Why is he always such an ass? Sure, he's cute but if he ever wants to actually find someone he better learn how to be nice. I'm not saying be nice to me, it's obviously THAT won't happen, I think, but eventually, he'll want that. I turn around to find him following us while having his arms crossed and looking everywhere but at the group. Douche.
We get to a small lake and there looks no way to cross it. "We'll need to hop across the floating islands to get across. It's like a video game, the islands are wobbly though, and we must hop quickly." Tecna said.
"Sweet!" I said. I jumped on the first one and danced around on all of them to touch each one and when I was the last one and every one was in front of me, further up the lake than me. Riven happened to fall in the lake and I laughed but I had to stop once I realized he fell near a whirlpool. Tecna reached out to him and Timmy reached for her. I didn't know what else to do so I jumped in the lake and found Riven from underneath and I pushed him up. I could tell he was out because I could feel the top of the water and he wasn't anywhere near me.
I was spinning nonstop and I couldn't hold my mouth shut anymore. My mouth opened and out of reflex I inhaled. I was going to sit here, spinning and drowning, because I helped an asshole. I could feel the top of the water again and I felt someone grab on to me and pull.
I was bent over on the grass, coughing up all the water I inhaled and some blood from the whirlpool crushing my rib some but no one had to know, it'd heal by the end of the day.
"I'm good." I laughed and stood up, raising my arm in triumph. "Let's go find a troll." I started to walk but as soon as everyone was turned and walking I stopped and looked down. "This is going to be a long day."
"You're welcome." I jumped at that silky voice. I turned and saw Riven watching me.
"Thanks, since I'm assuming you saved me." I laughed.
"Making this the second time." He said before walking past me.
"What do you mean?"
"This is the second time I saved you."
"When was the first?"
"Remember when you faced the witches and got yourself out of the ice?" I nodded. "Well, you started to plummet, pretty fast I might add, and I caught you." I stared at him, shocked.
"Thank you." I said before hugging him. I didn't realize what I was doing until I felt one arm wrap around my shoulders in like a half hug. I felt my face go hot and I backed up and started to walk faster. "Hurry up, butt munch, they're leaving without us." I laughed and turned to see him smirking at me. I turned again before feeling my face go hot again.
We start walking on and I can hear a faint sound of a troll and a girl screaming. "Sounds like Amaryl!" Bloom yelled. Good, she's a bitch.
"That's the same troll that was with Knut!" Bloom yelled. I laughed at his name.
"Distract the troll!" Brandon yells. "Timmy and I will pin the troll and Brandon and Riven will shackle him."
Bloom didn't do a bad job getting the troll's attention and now keeping it, hope she doesn't get eaten no matter how funny that would be.
Brandon and Timmy do get the troll down to the ground, and Sky and Riven attempt to put the shackles on, but the troll knocks them away, and runs off. Amaryl goes up to the guys to complain about how worthless of a job they did with the troll, as her two friends laugh, and the three run off. Sky isn't appreciative of their comments. Bloom sits beside Sky to comfort him, telling him how brave he was. Sky just sees that he failed. A few feet away, Riven and Brandon are fighting about whose fault it was that they didn't capture the troll, but ultimately all four Specialists agree that it's all their faults together, and call a temporary truce.
"That wasn't THAT bad of a job." I said. "Cheer up." I smiled at them. Brandon glared at me then smiled.
"Shut up Lita, you didn't even do anything." He laughed and I laughed with him. Everyone looked awkwardly at us.
"Why do you keep calling her Lita?" Stella asked.
"I'll tell ALL of you later, after we find the troll then to the end of the swamp." Everyone nodded and I looked at all of them and as soon as they all looked away I sighed, letting out the breath I didn't know I was holding.
The boys dropped us off at the clearing after Tecna and Timmy fixed the ship. It took less than 5 minutes and it was really quite surprising. They dropped us off and Stella had her hands all over Brandon calling him Sky and stuff saying how she was gonna miss him and Bloom said goodbye to Sky. Tecna and Timmy had trouble parting but Flora, Musa and I all walked off the ship with no problem. I looked back and saw Riven standing against the opening, scoping the girls of the class.
Pervert. I thought before giggling and looking at Palladium. I look back at Riven and I wink at him when I see him looking in our direction. He smirks and walks back into the ship. They leave and Palladium walks over.
"Since you are the last to arrive, you get a 0 in punctuality. But you earn 30 points for generosity, 35 for initiative, 40 for courage and 50 for the ability to listen to the voice of nature, giving you the highest score in the class." He said happily.
"But they were the last to arrive!" Amaryl complains.
"Yes, but this wasn't a race. Sometimes, the journey is more important than the destination."
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"Okay. Spill." Stella said.
"Spill what?" I asked.
"You're whole backstory. We don't know anything about you and everyone is calling you different names, you seem to know Brandon and Sky on an extreme level and yet you're still mixing up their names."
"I'll tell you most, but not all, and not now."
"Why not now?" Tecna asked.
"I want the boys to be hear because, yes, I know Brandon and Sky on a personal level, but there is stuff even they don't know."
"Fine." Stella said.
"The boys probably got in trouble for losing the troll so you'll have to wait to tell us."
"They are in trouble and they will be let out in the next week." Stella said. "We will wait until then. But, we have to go back to being normal until you tell us." She said and I smiled at her.
It's time I told them MOST of me. They deserve to know.