Chapter 10: Why Do We Fall?
"Morning mom," Alexis greeted her mother, as she made her way to the kitchen. Musa looked up and smiled at her daughter.
"Hey sleepy head, finally you decided to wake up," Musa replied. Since they had a late night last night, a lot of the kids, and some mothers, slept in. Musa was dog tired though. She wanted to sleep some more, but she knew she had to make breakfast for them.
"What are we doing today?" asked the little girl with curiosity. Musa smiled at her daughter. Riven came out of his room and sat at the table looking very bored and tired as well.
"The guys are going to take you to Alfea again. Faragonda wants to see you guys for some power check," yawned Musa.
"You should have slept in like me mommy; it really helped. You too Riven," Alexis replied, as Riven perked up when he heard his name.
"Huh?"
Musa rolled her eyes as Alexis repeated herself. Musa thought he looked cute when he was tired…or clueless.
"I said you should have slept in longer."
"Oh, uh, I have to take you guys to Alfea," Riven stated. Musa already had told Alexis that, which made Musa, have trouble holding a laugh in. He looked confused, but was glad he made Musa chuckle. "It's actually time to go now."
"Ok, let's go then," smiled Alexis, as she took Riven's hand and led him out the door. Musa looked out the door and saw the other guys with waiting in the hall way for him. She smiled…he would be a great dad and he doesn't even know it. Maybe I should tell him…
"We're here," said a very tired Stella, as all of the girls came into Riven's apartment. All of the girls seemed very drowsy.
"How late did we stay last night? It couldn't have been that long when we were in Magix," commented Bloom, plopping herself on the couch, as well as the other girls.
"I personally went to bed at exactly two in the morning," said Tecna.
"Why did you do that?" asked Flora. Tecna blushed.
"Well, uh, I was looking at some of Timmy's ships," she admitted.
"Did you really? You were looking at his stuff?" said Stella, slowly closing her eyes. Musa made her way to the couch and sat on it herself.
"Last night was fun though…" drifted Layla. "I've got to admit it…"
"Let's not talk. Let's just rest out eyes a little bit," soothed Bloom, closing her eyes.
"What? I can't fall asleep now, I'm…I'm," drifted Stella.
Before any of the girls new it, they were drifting into a deep sleep. About an hour half an hour later…they were out.
"What the?" Riven remarked, coming into his apartment building, only to find six sleeping girls on his couch. They dropped the kids off to Faragonda and came back. Nabu came behind Riven.
"What's wrong Riven? You don't like finding six sleepy women in you apartment?" smirked Nabu. Riven glared at him as the other guys came in.
"I only care about one," Riven mumbled.
"Bloom? Bloom…" Sky said shaking her. Bloom stirred a bit, but it was pretty useless.
"Forget it guys. They are out. I guess they haven't stayed up this late in a long time," commented Timmy.
"Who would have thought that Layla snored like a horse, huh Nabu?" smirked Riven, glaring at Nabu; getting him back for the comment earlier. Nabu only glared back.
"Well, since we're here…how about some fun?" smirked Brandon. Riven did his legendary smirk and his eyes had a mischievous glint in them.
"What do you have in mind?"
"Oh I don't know…maybe a little prank?"
"What kind of prank?" asked Helia warily, not really wanting to do one.
"How about the same prank that we did to those freshmen senior year?" Nabu said, totally in for the prank. Brandon turned to Timmy, formulating the plan as he went.
"Timmy, how asleep are the girls anyway? Will they wake up easily?" asked Brandon.
"That all depends on how much sleep they got last night," he replied.
"Well then, I guess we'll have to try it then," said Riven, picking up Musa bridal style. He waited about five seconds…no stir what so ever. He smiled. "Even with sonic hearing, she still can't do anything."
"Let's do it," said Sky, picking up Bloom, as the other guys did so. They took them to Riven's bath tub, and put them gently in. Making sure that they got their stirring done and each of them fell back into their deep sleep.
"Are they good Timmy?" asked Brandon.
"I don't know guys. Once we pour the shampoo on them, they are going to wake up. It's going to be pretty pointless; if they do, they are just going to be mad at us more."
"I have an idea," said Nabu. Nabu's finger tips glowed a deep blue. Tiny sparkles filled the air around the girls. "There."
"What did you do?" asked Helia.
"It is just a tiny sleep spell. Sure my spells aren't as effective as fairies, but his one should work until the cold water comes on them."
"So basically they are out for a couple of minutes," said Timmy, as Nabu nodded his head.
"So let's do this," said Sky, getting out Riven's shampoo.
They drowned and drenched the girls in shampoo, body lotion, anything they could find in their own apartments. Some of Musa's stuff was quite useful too.
"Hurry, I can feel the spell wearing off,' said Nabu, finishing off Layla, dumping the rest of the shampoo on her head.
"I think its good guys," said Brandon.
"I've got to admit, I wasn't going for this before, but this is fun," said Helia with a bright smile on his face.
"You should have done it with us when did it to the freshmen," smirked Riven, as Helia rolled his eyes.
"Ok, the spell is done, they're back to normal. Should we put the cold water on?" said Nabu.
"Oh yeah," said Brandon.
They turned on the cold side of the shower. Cold water started to fall upon the girls, and that definitely got them up. Senses we suddenly clear and the rush of cold water entered their sinuses.
"Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!" came blood hurdling screams from the bathroom. The guys frantically ran out of Riven's room and laughed hysterically on the floor. They hadn't had this much fun in ages.
"When I get my hands on you, all of you are so dead!" Stella's voice screamed.
"I am going to kill you Riven!" Musa yelled.
The guys slowly snuck back in Riven's room and looked around the corner. What they saw couldn't have been funnier. Every girl was covered with bubbles that surrounded them. It was priceless. The guys had trouble holding in their laughter.
"This is horrible!" said Tecna.
"Sky, how could you do this!" screamed Bloom.
"I am going to destroy you Nabu!" yelled Layla.
"There are bubbles every where!" said Flora.
It was even funnier when they started to complain. The guys laughed their asses off as they stared from a distance. Brandon and Sky began rolling on the floor.
"My apartment looks like a living bath tub," complained Riven, still watching the girls, and wiping a tear from his eyes; he laughed so hard. It was hard for the girls to get out of the tub, considering it was very slippery.
"Would you look at that…it is time to pick up the kids. Well we'll see you girls later," said Brandon, checking his watch.
"No way! Get back here Brandon!" yelled Stella, getting out of the tub.
"That's our cue!" screamed Sky, all of the guys running out the door as quickly as possible, to there leva bikes outside.
"I can't believe them!" said Layla.
"They completely pulled a prank on us!" said Musa, falling out of the bath tub. "How childish can you get?"
"And while we were sleeping no less," said Tecna, getting out of the bath tub too.
"Well it's a good thing we have magic," said Flora, making a hand motion to make the bubbles disappear.
"I'll handle the bath tub guys," said Layla, making the bubbles into one huge ball, as Bloom turned off the water.
"Well I am glad they enjoyed themselves," said Stella sarcastically. All of the girls were clean of the bubbles and the excess soap that was on them. "I certainly did not want to smell like Riven's man soap."
"I like it," commented Musa.
"Of course you would," replied Stella.
"Hey, everyone needs to calm down…we have to talk since we are alone. We are leaving at midnight to Tides," said Layla.
"How are we going to sneak out?" asked Flora.
"I know a sleep spell that will work perfectly," said Bloom. "It will put them in a deep sleep that they won't be able to wake up for six hours. Faragonda taught me the spell during our sophomore year."
"Good so we are set for the sleep part. We'll get them back for putting us to sleep," said Musa.
"But Bloom, what if Sabrina has another nightmare and you are not there?" asked Tecna.
"Oh don't worry, Sabrina always has her dream before midnight, so if she does have one, she'll have it before we leave," replied Bloom.
"Well that's good, now we won't have any troubles," said Flora. A half an hour passed by from talking and cleaning up.
"Jeez! I feel like house wife. Why am I cleaning Riven's apartment?" Musa asked.
"Oh shut up, you know you like it," smirked Stella.
"Oh like you don't enjoy cleaning Brandon's apartment every once in a while," she replied.
"Brandon keeps his house clean…and no I would never enjoy cleaning," Stella replied, while Musa rolled her eyes.
"We're back," Riven's tone sounded playful and annoying. The girls glared at Riven when he walked in the door.
"It smells so good in here," remarked Alexis.
"Yeah it does, what did you guys do to make it smell so nice?" smirked Riven, asking a question that was obvious.
"How old are you anyway?" Stella asked, narrowing her eyes. "Are the others back in the rooms?"
"Yeah."
"Good, because he is going to get it!" exclaimed Stella, marching back to Brandon's room, as did the other girls. Some screaming could be heard from a distance, and all Musa could do was laugh. Musa, on the other hand, thought the prank was hysterical, but of course not on her. If she was awake, she would totally join the guys when they were doing it. It was pretty obvious, though, that they had a sleep spell put upon them, so there was no chance.
"What, you're not going to yell at me?" asked Riven, sitting down on the couch. Musa shrugged.
"Maybe later, but for now, I am going to take a nap," she yawned again, as Riven smiled.
MMMMM
It was midnight. The deep darkness rested all over Magix. Bloom was the first to enter the hallway, followed by Stella, Layla, Musa, Tecna, and Flora. Sabrina had already had her nightmare for the night, so everything was in place.
"Ok, I've already used the spell on Sky and the kids, now we just have to go in your rooms," explained Bloom. The girls nodded as they went into each room and Bloom did the spell, putting them all in a deep slumber.
"I'll create the portal," said Layla, making a pink portal appear. Each of them walked through, revealing Tides dark night as well. "His house isn't far."
"How many times have you been to his house?" asked Musa, as they ran while following Layla. Layla blushed.
"Well…a couple."
"And you never told us?" Stella said.
"Well, it was before everything happened…when we were still together," Layla tried to explain. "We're here."
"I thought it would be…bigger," said Bloom. It was a normal sized house; nothing extravagant and nothing that had a rich status to it. It was right next to the shore, where the waves crashed into the rocks near it.
"He moved out of his parent's house a long time ago. Now their house, on the other hand, is huge. He wanted something smaller," Layla explained.
"Do you think they'll be traps?" asked Flora.
"I honestly don't know. I don't know anything at all; I haven't been here in five years," said Layla, kicking down the door.
"Well that was subtle," said Musa sarcastically.
"It's not like I have a key!"
"I'll take out my scanner," said Tecna, taking out a small computer. She loading everything she downloaded off of Nabu's bloodline. "I should be able to find it now." The computer was beeping and the girls followed Tecna through the house. Finally Tecna stopped in a room.
"This is his room," said Layla.
"Well that was easier than I thought," said Stella. "Now let's get out of here so we can all have a better sleep."
"Not so fast. The signature is coming from…under the house," said Tecna, looking up at the girls. Layla looked the most shocked.
"Under the house?" asked Bloom.
"So that means…he has some room underground," Musa said slowly.
"He failed to mention that," said Layla, some what angry.
"So it's a secret room," said Bloom, looking around.
"So how are we going to get under there?" asked Flora.
"He must have a trigger…somewhere hidden. There must be something that will open a secret door," said Tecna, looking around. "I suggest we start searching."
It was hard. A secret trigger could have been anywhere in this room. They checked his bed, his dresser, his book case, his closet…nothing. It took an hour of searching and they found nothing. How hard was it to find some stupid trigger? Apparently hard enough, especially for six girls to do so.
It was until Flora eyed his fireplace. It was so unique looking and different. Flora did notice one special piece of brick that had a flower on it. Now why would he have a flower on one brick? She gently touched the brick, and it began to sink in. All of a sudden, the whole fire place opened up like taking apart a puzzle, and a staircase could be seen below.
"Nice job Flora," said Layla, while Flora smiled sweetly. They walked down the staircase, looking around at everything. I was cold, dark, and mucky. Water droplets could be heard everywhere. "Watch out for anything."
"I am sorry, but this place is freaky Layla," said Stella. They continued following Tecna.
"I am picking up some disturbances in the place," she said.
"What does that mean?" asked Bloom.
"Well, there are…traps. Every where; they are surrounding this whole area. Apparently Nabu does not want anything to happen to this book."
"How are we supposed to know when a trap is-," Stella stopped when she stepped on a brick that sunk into the earth.
"That's how you know!" shrieked Flora. Walls started opening, and a gust of water swooped in.
"Enchantix!"
The girls quickly changed into their fairy forms. Layla created a Morfix wall that stopped the water from hitting them.
"Who would have thought we would have to transform!" said Stella.
"Who would have thought you'd be the first one to step on a trap," said Musa. "Oh wait I did." Stella stuck out her tongue.
"Guys! I am holding gallons of water here!" screamed Layla.
"Maybe I could evaporate some of it," thought Bloom, releasing her heat near the water. Steam entered their faces.
"My plants are thirsty too," said Flora, making some vines appear, absorbing some of the water. But it wasn't working very well. Water was coming from everywhere.
"I don't think our wings can get wet," said Stella, worried.
"A little swim doesn't hurt anyone," said Musa.
"Swimming it is then," said Bloom, letting the water rush, as she dived in. The other girls followed. Layla put giant bubbles around the girls for them to breathe. After a couple of minutes, the water went away. Some of the girls coughed.
"Well that was fun!" yelled Stella sarcastically. "I hope all of you enjoyed that as much as I did!"
"Let's keep going," said Layla, very eager, while ignoring Stella's comments. They continued walking down the nasty halls. Algae were everywhere, seeping from the cracks of the walls. The place had a mildew odor that made the girls cough; being by the sea made the smell a lot worse.
All of a sudden, another brick slid into the ground. The girls turned around to see that Flora had stepped on another.
"Oops," said Flora, smiling sheepishly. Magic spears came from the walls around and started to fire at them. They screamed.
"Sun shield," yelled Stella, as she put a shield around them, not being harmed.
"Spears? Spears! You have got to be kidding me! This guy is not messing around, is he?" yelled Musa.
"Keep walking Stella," said Tecna, as the started to run away from the weapons. They made it too a bigger room. This time, there was a great big hole on the ceiling, showing the night sky and bright moon. Stella put down her shield and looked up.
"Oh my…" drifted Stella's voice, as she was looking up. Thousands of bats were everywhere, hanging from the ceiling. They heard some of them creak and fly, but they tried to keep their mouths shut.
"Don't make a sound. They'll start to fly everywhere if they feel threatened," explained Tecna in a whisper. They tried moving around quietly, while trying to get to the other side.
"I'm afraid," admitted Flora.
"If we make it out alive, I'll have mental damage after this," said Stella.
"You can't get what you already have," joked Musa, earning a hit on the head by Stella.
"Ouch, what the hell Stella, it was just a joke," Musa questioned, coming after Stella. But what Musa didn't notice that there was a rock right in her pathway. She tripped and fell, making the loudest noise ever. All of the bats started to fly everywhere. The girls screamed once more as the started running for the other side. They made it to the other side with only a few scratches.
"If I turn into a vampire because of you two, I am so going to bite you," said Layla.
"For your information, I was bitten too," said Musa, checking out her scratches.
"What now Tecna?" Flora asked, seeing that there was a fork in the road in front of them.
"I don't know. My computer is a jumbled up at this point. I have noticed that the frequencies got damaged when we first came down here."
"Oh great, so we don't know where to go and we are pretty much lost," said Stella.
"How about we take the one on the right," suggested Bloom, walking forward, only to trip on a string, activating another trap. The whole hallway shook as the wall got smaller and smaller.
"Either the walls are getting smaller, or we are growing," said Stella, falling on her butt.
"The walls are shrinking Stella!" yelled Layla, falling on her butt as well.
"I've got this one," said Musa. "Sonic Boom." Music was playing from Musa's hands as sonic pressure hit the walls that were crashing down on them. The walls crumbled when Musa put her magic on them. When the walls stopped moving, she discontinued her magic and looked at the girls.
"That was a close one," said Bloom.
"You got that right," said Layla. They continued to walk down the hallway and they stood in front of a dead end.
"You have got to be kidding me!" yelled Stella. "A dead end?"
"Should we go back to the other side?" asked Flora.
"No way, I am sick of hitting traps. I am breaking down the wall," said Bloom with rage.
"Or we could just press the only brick with the symbol on it," said Tecna, pointing to a brick with the same flower Flora found on it. Tecna pushed it and the wall opened up. "Ha, there you go." Unfortunately, Tecna's smile disappeared when she stepped into the room.
"This can't be happening!" sighed Musa. They were in the same room they had started in. They looked up and the staircase was right next to them that led to Nabu's room.
"We are in the hallway where we first started!" Layla said.
"What now?" asked Stella.
"Maybe we should just give up," sighed Layla, sitting down.
"Don't say that," Flora sighed. Layla just shook her head.
"You'll have to ask him then," said Musa, which made Layla more frustrated.
"Let's just go, thanks for your help guys," Layla sighed again.
"Hold on…my computer is acting up again," said Tecna, checking it. Tecna turned around. She saw another brick that had the same flower. Layla caught on as she went up to Tecna and pressed the brick. Another wall opened to reveal a peaceful quiet room. In the center of the room was a very large book with the moon's light beaming down on it.
"No way," said Bloom.
"This has to be some sick joke! We went through that whole trap infested thing and the book is right here in the front!" screamed Stella, more frustrated than anyone else.
"Wow…we are so stupid," said Musa.
"Nabu wanted intruders to think that the spell book was somewhere down where all the traps were…not next to the staircase. Why hide the book in an unprotected room? Because intruders will think that it is somewhere well hidden and guarded," explained Bloom.
"That's why my computer didn't work…we had already passed the book when we kept walking," said Tecna.
"Nabu is a smart guy," said Musa. Layla grabbed the book in her hands. It was the biggest book she had ever seen in her life. They walked back up to Nabu's room to sit on his bed. They deactivated their Enchantix too.
"Open it," said Flora. Layla tried, but it wouldn't open.
"Wait a second. There is some other language on here; let me translate it," said Tecna, getting out her computer once more. "It says that only a person with the same power can open it on a full moon. I would just have Jadon open it on the next full moon."
"That isn't for another month," sighed Layla.
"Hold on guys. I see a portal opening!" said Flora, looking out the window. A blue portal appeared in the front and Nabu stepped out of it. They didn't have time to ask questions or talk.
"Hide!" said Layla, each of them going under his bed. They kept absolutely silent as they saw Nabu enter his room. He cursed when he saw his fireplace was opened.
"Why didn't I wake up? Every time a trap is activated I get an electric shock. But this time…I didn't wake up," Nabu spoke to himself. That would have been useful to know. Nabu went down the stairs and to the room, giving the girls a chance to escape out of his house. Stella quickly made a portal back to the apartments and they went in it, just in time before Nabu came back up.
"I can't believe this! They actually stole the book! Well, if they try to open it, the book will destroy itself," Nabu said, putting the fireplace back together.
The girls were back in there rooms. Layla hid the book in her underwear and bra drawer, making sure that no part of the book was showing. She laid back down in her bed, checking of Jadon, and then trying to get some sleep. She heard Nabu arrive back, hearing him curse to himself again and then drifting off into a deep slumber herself.
I am sorry Nabu…but it is for the best.
The morning did not go so well. Riven and Brandon were in Nabu's room, as he was contemplating. They were in the kitchen as Layla, Musa, and Stella listened intently in the living room, watching their children in front of them, playing. None of them really knew what was going on, so they shrugged it off as nothing.
"My father is going to kill me," muttered Nabu, shrinking his face in his hands, while Riven and Brandon watched. The girls just gave each other looks.
"They went through the whole thing and still found the book?" Brandon asked, very surprised.
I see you told your friends Nabu…
"Yeah, well not all of the traps were activated, but some of them. I can't believe they found it though."
"What's the big deal? It's not like you have any body to pass it on to," said Riven.
"You don't get it Riven, that book has been passed down my family from generation to generation. And of course me, out of all people, loose the one thing that is sacred to my family!"
"Ok, so it does suck a little," said Riven, rubbing the back of his head.
"And what if I do have kids? I won't be able to teach them what I know, if they get my powers in the first place."
"Well you are just going to have to track it down then," sighed Brandon.
"And I honestly can't see you having kids," muttered Riven.
"Yeah, I guess your right…but that can take ages to track down. And I can't have kids? What about you Riven? You'd probably kill your kid the second day!" said Nabu, sort of getting a laugh in. The girl's eyes widened when they started to talk about that subject.
"What? I- I… ok, maybe I wouldn't be the greatest father, but I wouldn't kill it the second day," defended Riven. Nabu smirked. Timmy came in Nabu's room.
"Saladin wants to see us again today," he explained. "And he wants all of us to come this time," he finished, pointing to the girls. Everyone sighed. It was going to be another long day…
Did it all go in vain…or do you really care?
That was chapter 10! Oh man, so yes, they totally pulled it off and stole his book. Poor Nabu, he's going to be a little depressed now. But now Layla can try to train Jadon…but will it be easy? So yeah, I am totally making all of the Nabu stuff up. They never really explained him that much on the show, so it is my own little twist of it.
Oh gosh guys, I am so sorry it took so long to update. You see, I have been reading the Twilight series lately, and I can't stop. I am on Eclipse right now; trust me, if you like romance and vampires, I suggest that you read it; they are simply amazing. I love the detail the author rights about…anyway, so that's my reason.
Next time…Celena's birthday is coming up. Beatrice is coming to town, and I know I keep putting that off, but she will, trust me. The pictures? Will Sky remember that he put those pictures under his couch? Or will he forget it all? Will the Trix strike again? Will the girls ever tell the guys who the real fathers are? We will see in the future!
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