Chapter 14: Leave Out All the Rest
"We need to go after them!" yelled Bloom, standing in front of Ms. Faragonda who was in her nightgown of the roof of the apartment building.
"Yes, yes, I understand how grave the situation is, but we also need to think about this correctly. The witches will be waiting for you once you follow them," explained Ms. Faragonda. "And I don't want you to go alone in this matter at all."
"But we are going to be with them," said Sky.
"I understand that, but since your past performances, all of you have shown no acceptable demonstrations of protecting my former students," she said rather sternly. "I knew I should have never listened to Saladin when he came up with this plan in the first place."
"He's the one who thought of this brilliant idea?" remarked Stella sarcastically.
"I'm afraid so, and since then, this has been nothing but trouble to you poor girls, and for that I am sorry. But the plan right now is to figure out what we are going to do."
"Please Ms. F, we don't have time for that. We have to leave now!" Musa said with frustration. "We'll be fine on our own."
"I don't know…" sighed Faragonda, still deciding on what she should do.
"Please Ms. Faragonda…they're our kids too," Brandon spat out. Faragonda's eyes popped open and wide.
"They know?" she asked stunned.
"She knows?" Brandon said, not believing what is happening.
"Of course she knows! Even Griselda knew before you did. Who do you think sent us to Linphea in the first place?" spat Stella with agitation. The boys kept their mouths shut.
Faragonda was fairly surprised that the guys finally knew the answer. Although they seemed content, she bet that they were raging inside. She took a deep sigh.
"You are free to go," she said finally. "But please be safe."
All the girls smiled, and became very determined. They watched as Ms. Faragonda made a portal back to Alfea and disappeared.
"Tec?" asked Musa. "You got it?" Tecna smiled and took out a small computer.
"I put a tracking device in Cale's necklace a couple of years ago; luckily he never takes it off because I told him it was his fathers," Tecna explained, slightly looking at Timmy after she said the last part. "Unfortunately, since they have a good hour and a half start, it will take some time before we could reach them ourselves. Even though hey are still on Magix, but miles away from the city…not to mention, they are still on the move."
"That means we're going to need transportation," commented Layla.
"Way ahead of you," smiled Timmy, pressing a button on his watch to have six leva bikes flying toward them. Each one of them landed gracefully next to its rightful owner. Stella was the first to notice the number of bikes available.
"Um I request six more bikes please," Stella crossed her arms.
"These are the only ones we own. If we had to get more, then we would have to go to Red Fountain to pick them up…and that would mean more time would be wasted," said Riven snidely.
"Fine, then I'm paired up with Timmy," requested Stella.
"Excuse me?" muttered Timmy.
"Well there's no way I'm sitting on something with him," she replied pointing to Brandon.
"And why not?" questioned Brandon.
"Because-,"
"Will all of you shut up! We are wasting even more time!" yelled Musa. "Ladies, get on the bike, and I know all of you know which ones I'm talking about." Musa slowly got on the back of Riven and wrapped her arms around his waist. Well if it wasn't awkward before…
Each girl hesitated for a moment, but then gradually sat on the bike, behind the man who broke their heart, and slowly wrapped their arms around their waists. It was the weirdest feeling. One was disgusted by the fact that they were even touching them; while the other was overflowed with joy embracing them like this once again.
"Drive," instructed Layla, as each one of them revved and flew off in the darkness of the forest, with Timmy and Tecna leading the way.
It was hours…or so it seemed, the night was heavy and dark as they continued to ride through it. The girls looked around and saw animals' eyes staring at them through the trees and bushes, as blurs of course. The wind was fierce on their bodies, traveling at such a fast rate was getting them dizzy. The mixture of the night made it worse…the girls were terrified, worried, and frustrated at the same time. Their children had been taken from them…and they were doing all they could to get them back, but they still wanted more.
And what made the girls even angrier, was the fact that the guys could communicate with each other with their specific helmets, but the girls couldn't hear a word whatsoever. Plus the girls could tell they were communicating by the way they were giving hand gestures to them.
All of a sudden, the guys slowed the bikes down and stopped in an open area. The guys slowly got off their bikes and got out some first aid blankets in the compartments of the bike.
"Um excuse me? Why did we stop?!" yelled Stella with rage.
"Its way too dark to ride at this time," replied Timmy.
"So?" Layla folded her arms.
"It means we can't steer right if it's too dark out," said Riven.
"So put the freaking lights on," raged Stella again.
"Stella, I don't think you get it…" muttered Brandon.
"My child is in the clutches of three psycho women, and you expect me to just sit here while you wimps rest because you can't see right?" Stella went on.
Tecna spoke; she knew the conditions of the bikes in the outdoors at this time of night.
"Stella…it's too dark outside. The forest is too dense to swerve around when its this dark. Timmy checked the computer and the witches have also stopped for a moment 30 miles away. It would be beneficial if we did take a break…for ourselves too," Tecna said softly. Stella sighed and sat down on one of the blankets.
Bloom, Flora, and Layla were exhausted and fell asleep quickly. Stella, personally, was wide-awake and couldn't even close her eyes. She couldn't take it anymore, she hated feeling this way. She stood up and decided to go on a walk. The others gave her a questioning look.
"Do you want someone there with you?" Musa asked, restless herself. Stella only shook her head and walked into the forest by herself.
She came into another clearing, slowly walking to a tree where she leaned her head on it. Taking deep and heavy breaths at a time, she could feel the blood pulsating through her veins in her head. Stella clenched her hand tightly into a fist and began banging against the trees bark, her tears running down her cheek like a waterfall.
It hurt, her fist hurt badly from banging it against the bark…but she didn't care. She didn't stop…she didn't stop at all. The only thing that did make her stop was a hand firmly stopping hers.
Brandon's hand…
"How cliché," she said snidely, after looking at him through her tears.
"We need to talk," he said gently. She looked down at the ground and sighed. She nodded understandingly, and both sat down on the ground, where the stars shined perfectly on them.
"I remember the first day I saw you when you were in your first year at Alfea," said Brandon, making small talk before he got in depth. "And that was before you blew up everything to make a new shade of pink." He chuckled, as she remained silent. Yes, she remembered that day perfectly.
"Back when you're name was Sky," she muttered, and Brandon frowned. They were quiet for a few minutes.
"So…do you want to start the whole story from the beginning?" Said Brandon. The subject was inevitable. Stella sighed once more.
"Why do you want to know it? It's worthless to you in my eyes."
"I want to know because I care…Stella," he fixed his eyes intently on hers. She looked at the ground and started from the very beginning…
"We started getting sick, one by one. We didn't know what was wrong with us, and we thought it was pretty sketchy how all of us were sick at the same time. So we went to see Ofelia. Long story short, we got pregnancy tests and all of them were positive," she explained. "We were going to tell you everything, even though all of us were pretty pissed after what you did; that was when we saw you with your supposed new girlfriends and then we didn't tell you at all. Time went by and Faragonda decided that Alfea wasn't the best place to have a child and raise it at a school, so she sent us to Linphea for five years where Flora's mom would help us raise the kids.
That's when the witches found us; we had no idea how the witches found us or why, but staying on Linphea was not an option anymore. We went to several planets and stayed there until the witches found us again."
"When did I get you pregnant?" he asked. Stella gave him an incredulous look. "Stella it was five years ago! How am I supposed to remember?"
"We had another party after Baltor was defeated! How could you not remember? We were talking to me the whole entire time. You kept on brining me drinks, and all of a sudden I didn't know what I was doing anymore. We had sex that night. The next day I was woken up by Musa to only see you holding my bra and saying how you deserve to win the bet…I was literally distraught."
Brandon held his tongue until Stella was finished. She swallowed and her tears began to flow once more
"I was hurt Brandon. I was so hurt that I couldn't face you until the day we found out what happened to us. I was hurt so much…because I loved you, and I gave me…myself…my innocence because I thought you loved me back.
After that, we didn't want to talk to you…hell, we didn't even want to be near you or see you, because it hurt too much.
So five years later, we were able to come back…and low and behold we get stuck with you, our so-called protectors…the exact people who we never wanted to see when we returned. I would have thought you left Magix after five years, Brandon, but there you were, still haunting me as if you were a stupid guilt trip…reminding me how stupid I was."
They were silent once, as the darkness around them became lighter in the sky. It was now becoming early morning, which meant that they would be leaving soon.
"I'm finished," muttered Stella, when Brandon remained silent after she was done. He still was quiet, even after she told him.
"I think we should return," he spoke after a while.
"Aren't you going to say something about this?" she said heatedly while narrowing her eyes. He shook his head. "You're joking right? I told you everything! I tell you everything that happened to me in the past five years and I get nothing from you? Say something! Anything! You wouldn't shut up earlier and now you will? What the hell Brandon!"
She turned around furiously and was about to get up, when he grabbed her arm and pulled her back down. And in a matter of seconds, before she could complain more, he brushed his lips against hers. He waited for a response, but even in the dark he could she her wide eyes become brighter than ever. She began to kiss him back as she pressed her body tightly against his, and wrapped her arms around his back. He held her head steady as their body heat they shared became more intense.
Stella didn't want to stop, but Brandon slowly broke away. Both were breathing heavily, and Stella began to feel that intoxication once more.
"Now you're finished," he smirked.
"What was that about?" she asked.
"For you to believe me when I tell you the truth," he replied.
"The truth?"
"Stella, look at me. It's me, Brandon…you have known me for so long…you have to believe me when I tell you that I love you and always have loved you," he looked at her intently, making sure every drop of his words gets to her. "Look into my eyes and say that you saw me or heard me say that I made a bet against you."
"But I did…"
"No, I do remember that night…and I do remember that morning. What you saw was an act."
"An act?"
"You have to believe me when I say that I would never ever make a bet against you. I love you, how could I ever do that to you? Even if I were paid, on the brink of death no less, I would never do such a thing to you. And for the record, none of us did…we have always loved all of you with all our hearts, and to see you leave without saying goodbye…made us hurt too."
Out of the five years, out of her life, she never believed him more than she did now. Her tears streamed down her face, for the peace was inside her, and she could think about was him and the fact that they maybe could still be together after all this.
"I've never felt so stupid…" she sobbed, leaning her head on his chest, as he wrapped his arms around her.
"You weren't the only one who was fooled," he assured her.
"What do you mean?" she asked, looking up at him.
"There was a reason we were holding your bras…"
"Why then?"
"Stella, Brandon! Where are you guys? We are leaving!" yelled Timmy. Stella wanted to hear the answer, the real reason to everything.
"I'll tell you later, when everyone is around," he assured her once more. As much as she wanted to know, her daughter was once again the most important thing right now. She gave a good nod, and ran back. The girls were already on the backs of the others waiting.
"What were you doing?" asked Bloom.
"Coming to my senses," replied Stella with a great grin.
Brandon helped Stella get on quickly and they were riding off once more. The girls were able to communicate with the helmets just like the guys…thanks to Tecna's handy work.
"The witches are on the move again, but compared to their flying and the bikes, we should be able to catch up with them in time," said Tecna, grasping for her life as Timmy swerved in and out of the tight trees.
"How long will it be?" asked Flora.
"Not entirely sure…could be hours. It really depends where their hideout is for them to stop," Tecna replied.
"Well boys, lets rev up those engines," smirked Musa, as the guys' immediate reaction was to speed up faster.
It seemed forever once again. Wherever they wanted to go to, it was going to be a while. Hopefully, everyone prayed that this wasn't some wild goose chase and the witches were still in the city the whole time. But Tecna was sure that Cale, and the others, could be located. What was more confusing was why the witches would go the way out here? Wasn't it enough to go some miles away from the city, but not light years away? How annoying…just then, Tecna's face lit up.
"They've stopped!" shouted Tecna with happiness once she saw the dot on her computer cease.
"Where are they?" asked Bloom.
"I'll need to check the geography of the location, but at this rate we could catch up to them in exactly 37 minutes," she replied. As if on cue, the guys revved up the engines louder, making their speed double. "Make that 27 minutes."
The forest began to clear, and more rock formations started to appear. More of mountainous hills were on either side of them, making the atmosphere eerie. The girls began to worry by this time. The safety of the children was all that mattered, and by the looks of the place, their safety wasn't enough. Who knows what those awful witches were doing by this time. All they did hope for was that they weren't too late…
"Stop!" yelled Tecna. The engines immediately stopped, and the air around them was silent. Tecna took of her helmet and scanned the surroundings.
"What's going on?" asked Sky.
"We're here," she replied, looking at them. "Well not technically…we have to walk the rest of the way, otherwise they'll here the engines, giving away our element of surprise."
"How far is it then?" Stella asked.
"Not far at all. They seem to be in some sort of cave, which is why we parked a distance away," Tecna said, examining her database.
"So then we run," Musa squinted down the road to get a better look, jetting off into a sprint with the others right behind her. And soon enough, turning a corner, a very large cave could be seen, with bright lights sprouting out of it.
"It's now or never," said Layla, cracking her knuckles. They ran once more, closer to the cave, which they peered inside. The children were safe, thank goodness. A barrier was surrounding all of them. They were terrified; dried tears were down their faces, and some were still crying.
"We were wondering when you'd show up," Icy's voice lingered through their ears. They looked in the witches' direction. They seemed to be channeling their energy all at once to get more power. "You're just in time to see the big finale."
"Let them go," stated Bloom, the kids' faces lighting up when they saw their mothers.
"What a brilliant idea. Let's let them go after all the time it took to get them in the first place," Stormy said nonchalantly, looking at her nails. All of them walked more into the cave, preparing for anything.
"Welcome to Cadaverous Canyon; exactly 270 miles away from the city of Magix," Icy began. "A perfect place for visitors and travelers not to visit and hide in secrecy. No living life whatsoever and the creepiest place you could ever visit on Magix. It was the perfect place to not be detected by Faragonda. Magic doesn't work as well here for fairies."
The girls narrowed their eyes at the last statement. Things were not going as well as they planned. The witches already had the upper advantage; plus, they could use the children against them. Hopefully they were as dumb as they looked.
"You don't know how long I've been waiting for this day to come, and now that it's finally here, I can destroy you, gain your children's power and destroy what's left of you. My plan is finally coming to an end and it will finally succeed," sneered Icy.
"So you were the one that made the call five years ago," stated Brandon, while the other guys looked at him astounded. The girls were confused and had no idea what he was talking about. "You planned all of this from the beginning…the call, the kids…you were the ones who set us up."
"And it worked perfectly in my opinion," Icy replied.
"What call?" asked Darcy, just as confused as the girls.
"None of your business, I'm running things perfectly right now. Don't screw it up," Icy replied.
"What are you talking about? What call?" asked Bloom.
"There's no way you could have thought that one up Icy. Who gave you the plan?" asked Sky, Bloom being completely ignored.
"My guess would be Baltor before he died," assumed Timmy, making Icy's face turn sour. Timmy smirked. "And I usually guess right."
"You asked Baltor? For what exactly?" Stormy and Darcy said in surprise.
"It was back when we were close and he told me some of his other plans that could have potentially worked…so when we escaped from that prison, I put one of his ideas into action…and now look where its gotten us," sneered Icy. "So stop asking questions and just follow my lead like you have been."
"I'm so confused right now!" commented Stella.
"We'll tell you about it later, but right now we need to kick their asses," assured Riven. She nodded and focused on the witches.
"Like you have a chance," glared Icy. Icy blinked and all of a sudden the girls were transformed and the guys were in a battle stance.
"How about you shut up and we attack you already," Musa announced, making sonic blasts throughout the cave. The cave began to deplete, making rocks and boulder fall on top of the witches. The air in the cave became cold and dark. Outside the clouds surrounded the opening. The battle was on… It was then that all of them went outside to have room.
"Get them mom!" yelled Aidan in encouragement, as Bloom summoned the power of the dragon fire. The only problem was the Trix were strong... way stronger than they were before. Plus, this place that they were at…it was different. Of course they heard of it while studying Magix's geography in Alfea, but it was known for its seclusion.
The guys couldn't do anything but watch. Knowing that they didn't have powers, if they got in the way, then they could get hurt or worse have the girls get hurt. So it was easier; two girls on one witch. The guys, in the meantime, tried to find a way to unlock the barrier that harbored the kids.
The battle was heated and intense. Musa and Stella were with Darcy, Bloom and Layla were with Icy, and Tecna and Flora were with Stormy. Stormy was like a raging thunderstorm, no pun intended.
"It seems she's more angry than usual," uttered Flora.
"Five years of stalking can do that to you," smirked Tecna, while Flora giggled. Stormy glared at the two fairies in there beautiful Enchantix.
"Will you two shut up!" screamed Stormy, throwing some lightning bolts in their direction. Flora was hit, and flew back into a boulder.
"Flora!" yelped Tecna.
"I'm ok," Flora muttered weakly, standing on her two feet.
"If you think that hurts…" Stormy began, snickering.
"You're going to love this," Helia finished her sentence, wrapping her in his laser string and whipping her into the ground. Flora smiled and ran back to Tecna.
"Just give up now," suggested Icy, throwing ice spears in their direction. Bloom immediately melted the ice with her fire.
"What seriously makes you think we'd give up that easily?" asked Layla, morfix balls in her hands; ready to fire at any time.
"Your children are locked up, under my power, and all of you are weak. What makes you think you won't give up if I threaten your children?" Icy said.
"You need them, you can't threaten them," reasoned Bloom. Icy glared at her, not before sending a blizzard of rage in her direction. A dragon erupted out of Bloom's hands, destroying the blizzard immediately.
The kids watched in horror as their mothers faced their enemies. Some were succeeding, and then some weren't. And what was more annoying was hearing the guys complain.
"You have to try harder Nabu," said Timmy, glancing back and forth at the girls and the barrier that covered their kids.
"I'm trying," struggled Nabu, using his powers to find the weakness in the shield. "It's harder than it looks when you're dealing with dark magic."
"Does it have any weaknesses?" asked Riven.
"I just feel…cold."
"It's Icy's magic…we'll need to take her out," said Timmy.
"But how?" asked Brandon.
"Well hopefully Bloom or Layla can knock her out for a few seconds, otherwise I don't think Nabu has a chance," said Sky. Nabu continued to search the shield, as the kids watched fascinated. Meanwhile, Jadon couldn't help but copy him. His powers thrived out of his hands and could feel the coldness that Nabu was talking about.
The guys' eyes widened, seeing Jadon's power for the first time. It was so…strange, especially for Nabu.
"I feel the coldness too," Jadon said in amazement, looking at his two best friends, Aidan and Cale. Cale studied the shield with the others.
"The barrier's weakness is on the inside," conducted Cale, studying and touching the shield.
"I can hear it," added Alexis. "The weaknesses make a different sound if you listen closely."
"What if you could destroy it?" Aidan asked Jadon. Jadon hesitated and looked at Nabu. He still hadn't forgiven him for what he saw do to his mom.
"You can do it Jadon," said Nabu
"We'll help," said Alexis, followed by Lorelei, Celena, and Sabrina.
"I don't know…why should I trust you after what I saw you do?" questioned Jadon toward Nabu.
"Jadon, it wasn't like that…."
"How's it going?" asked Helia, returning from saving Flora.
"We think the kids can break it from the inside," replied Timmy.
"We have to try Jadon, our moms are in danger," spoke up Lorelei, who never usually talked. He hesitated…the girls could probably do it on there own, but with Jadon's help, it would be a lot easier.
"If you won't do it, then fine…but at least do it for your dad," said Nabu, as all of the kids' heads perked up in their direction.
"At least do it for us," said Brandon, looking at Celena intently.
"You know who our dads are?" asked Celena, as Riven nudged Brandon and snickered.
"She definitely got Stella's attention span," muttered Riven to Timmy.
"You're our fathers?" asked Aidan incredulously. They nodded weakly, letting the news settle into their brains.
"But…but how?" asked Sabrina
"There's a lot to explain, I know, but right now we have to get you kids out of here before Icy has a chance to use you against us," reasoned Timmy. "Break the barrier."
Each nodded their heads, as their little hands began to light up. It would be hard for them, considering the amount of training they had was pretty much equaled to nothing. But for Jadon, a wizard, he knew so much more, so it was easier for him. And in that time, as everyone was thinking of their fathers. And just like that the barrier broke into pieces, freeing the kids instantly.
"We did it!" squealed Celena, looking at her friends.
"That's how the Winx Club second generation do it!" cheered Sabrina.
"Am I part of that?" Jadon raised a brow, suddenly looking disgusted.
"Um…no," Alexis said seriously.
"Focus guys! We have to help them," said Cale, watching her mom and Flora fight Stormy.
"We'll take care of that, meanwhile you guys stay out of the way and safe," said Timmy.
"I'll show you a spell to put a shield around yourselves," suggested Nabu to Jadon. Jadon smiled, and for the first time in a long time…the world around all of them made sense. The kids stood and watched, while the guys ran out to battle, their parents in the field, protecting their lives.
Musa and Stella were in a heated battle with Darcy. The other girls weren't doing so great; in fact they saw Layla had fallen unconscious, leaving Bloom all to Icy. If they kept this up, they would be too tired to finish off Darcy…so they had to think. Instead of using powers, why not go for Darcy's true and only weakness? Pain…
"You ready for a little reverse psychology?" asked Stella.
"You mean like we did to Palladium to get out of detention that one year?" Musa said, smirking at bit, as Stella nodded her head.
"Follow my lead," said Stella to Musa, which Musa immediately got where she was going with this.
"So you're telling me you didn't know any of the plan?" asked Stella, making it sound like Darcy was left out.
"What's it to you?" asked Darcy snidely.
"Well it's just that Icy kept the whole thing from you all these years, and if you ask me…it sounds like she didn't want you getting in the way to screw it up," commented Musa.
"No one did ask you," raged Darcy, firing a darkness attack. Stella immediately brightened everything up with her sunshine.
"Well it didn't work at all," said Stella, pointing to the free kids, who were safe in a bright blue shield. Darcy's eyes widened, not expecting this in the plan. "What was Icy's next step Darcy? Oh wait, you don't know at all…do you?"
"What a shame…you could have known and stopped everything, but you don't know what to do next," added Musa, playing along with Stella. "Do you think this will stop everything?"
"I know enough to destroy you to not waste any of the power Icy has saved for us."
"Was Icy even willing to share the so called power with her two other sisters? If she didn't tell you the plan, then what makes you think she'll give you the power too?" questioned Musa. Darcy stopped what she was doing; they had gotten to her.
"She wouldn't…she has to share the power with me, I've always been with her; from the very start!"
"Well it sounds like she wouldn't share a idea with you, let alone tell you of her past with Baltor. It seems they shared a lot of things…if you know what I mean," said Stella, stopping suspended in the air herself.
"She wouldn't…she didn't…" Darcy stuttered. "We all hated him in the end, you don't think she did anything with him, do you?"
"Well, how else do you think she got that plan out of him?" said Musa.
"You're lying; you don't know anything."
"Honey, we know as much as you do, and if you're thinking what we're thinking, then the power is so not going to be yours," said Stella.
"Think about it; do you really think Icy is going to share the power with you?" asked Musa. "Especially once she has it all to herself at the beginning…"
Darcy was furious; of course Icy would do that. After all these years, Darcy couldn't help but hate Icy. She kept to herself and never explained anything that was going on between them. What would be different? She could take the power and leave the two of them to face Faragonda. Darcy stood for a while and didn't stop staring off into space.
"We got her," smirked Musa.
"Let's take out the rest," smiled Stella, giving Musa a high five. Except before they could do anything, they saw Bloom flying into the ground next to them. Bloom held her head when to dust cleared around her; she wasn't out, but was very weak.
"I knew Baltor's old power would get to you Bloom," glared Icy. Musa and Stella stood around Bloom to protect her. "And now I will destroy every single one of you with it…Bloom goes first of course."
Just as Icy gained up her power in a spherical orb, a shot of energy struck her back and flung her into the wall of a rock.
"Who the hell-," began Icy, as she slowly got up front her body print absolutely furious. She stopped when she saw who was facing her direction. Darcy's eyes were glowing a soft violet color. "What do you think you're doing?"
"Doing what I should have done long ago!" she yelled sending her darkness throughout the canyon. Everyone screamed and suddenly became terrified of Darcy's rage. It suddenly became colder than usual, and as everyone looked around, Darcy and Icy were in a heated battle between suspended in the sky. "You didn't tell me anything!"
Back to back firing between the two was nonstop. And in a rush, each kid went directly to their mothers and held them close.
"Mom!" Celena cried right into her mother's arms. "I was so scared."
"It's ok, nothing like that will ever happen to you again…I'm sorry. But this battle will be over…finally," muttered Stella, looking up at the dark witches fighting each other.
"Icy! Darcy! Stop it! What are you doing!"? Stormy asked frantically, not knowing what to do as she watched her sisters fight.
"Don't you see Stormy? Icy's been lying to us the whole time! She deserves this!" yelled Darcy.
"I only lied so the plan would go smoothly! If I told you, you probably would have ruined everything!" Icy screamed back.
"And that's why you'll pay for it!" Darcy screamed once more, firing attacks at Icy, while Stormy watched helpless. Meanwhile, the girls huddled together.
"We need to take them down while they're distracted," reasoned Bloom.
"An Enchantix Convergence?" suggested Layla, joining the girls while clutching her head.
"Yes, but we'll have to focus our power extremely well for them to be taken out," said Tecna.
"Think of the children," reminded Flora, as the girls nodded their heads in agreement.
"Think of the guys and how much we love them," said Stella, but the girls remained silent.
"Excuse me?" asked Layla. "You're joking right?"
"Stella, don't you know-," Bloom began.
"I know what they did! But they didn't do it…Brandon told me…"
"He just told you this and you believed him?" said Tecna.
"No, no, no…you girls have to trust me, they didn't do it, and they couldn't have. I saw it in his eyes when he was telling me…it was all a act…"
"Stella, I don't know…we saw it with our own eyes…" said Flora, taking a glance at Helia with Lorelei.
"I know it's hard to believe…and I know what we saw…I know nothing makes sense anymore, but you have to believe me. If don't believe them, that's fine with me…but I know you girls trust me…" Stella said softly. "And in any case…I know all of you still love them, even after what they did…" All the girls could hear were rants of yelling coming from Icy and Darcy compelled to take down one or the other. It was then Musa spoke…
"I say we do it. Lie or not, we still can't hide our feelings for them," she said. "Faragonda did say that love was the most powerful magic of all. If we use it, it will for sure take all three of them out."
"Let's do it," added Layla, as she pictured Nabu and Jadon in her mind. Everyone else nodded in agreement, as they got in a line to attack.
"We'll only have one shot…afterwards our power will be drained," warned Tecna
"Then we better get it right the first time," said Bloom.
"What do you think you're doing?" asked Stormy, deciding whether to focus on her sisters or the Winx Club.
"Making sure you won't hurt our children once and for all," said Musa, as all of the channeled their energy to one spot.
"Icy! Darcy! Cut the shit out and wake up!" Stormy yelled furious, getting their attentions. Icy flew down a little.
"I'm not done with you yet!" yelled Darcy.
"We've got bigger problems than this Darcy!" Icy yelled. "I knew you'd ruin everything!" This time Icy started firing attacks at the girls. Unfortunately, the girls already had their power full, so the atmosphere around them was surrounded by their power.
Think of the kids…think of him…
"Enchantix Convergence!" all six girls yelled, aiming everything they had at the three witches. Out of nowhere bright lights of magic and power appeared, to the point where everyone had to shut their eyes.
As soon as the light had ended, the witches were collapsed on the floor, unconscious and in their normal clothes. The girls were also on the ground in their normal clothes dizzy and completely out of winx. Each kid ran rushed to their aid…as well as the guys.
"Now that's what I call power," said Timmy, smiling at the sight of the witches.
"We did it," smiled Musa.
"We took them down," added Layla.
"I'll say," smiled Flora, finally standing up.
"We'll need to bind them…be right back, I've got some cuffs in the bikes," said Timmy, sprinting off around the corner.
"Mom…they say they are our dads…" said Alexis, breaking the ice.
"Are they?" asked Aidan, looking at Bloom. The girls looked at each other. They already knew, now it was just a matter of them getting the facts known as well.
"Yes…yes they are," said Musa, looking at Riven, just as Timmy came back and cuffed the witches.
"Dad?" asked Cale, to Timmy. Timmy turned around hesitantly, to find a small boy hugging him at the knees.
Alexis hugged Riven…Aidan and Sabrina both hugged Sky… Jadon hugged Nabu…Lorelei hugged Helia…
Celena stood there watching Brandon for a moment…she couldn't believe that she would meet her dad after he's always been there, right under her nose.
"Prove it," she said, while Stella sighed.
"Huh?" Brandon asked.
"Prove that you are my father," she repeated. He smirked and chuckled.
"No problem," he said, spinning Stella around and kissing her full on the lips. Stella's eyes widened, but she still enjoyed it. Celena's mouth dropped, as Brandon parted with Stella, while the other girls watched completely shocked. Then Brandon got down on his knees right in front of his daughter.
"You may have your moms looks, personality…and stubbornness," he chuckled at the last one. "But you've got my smile." Celena smiled big and hugged Brandon like she had never hugged anyone before.
A portal appeared out of nowhere, and Faragonda, Saladin, Griffin, and a couple of Magix guards step out.
"Well it's about time," smirked Musa.
"How did she know where to come?" asked Riven.
"I contacted her as soon as we got here," said Tecna, watching the guards scooped up the witches.
"Come girls…there's a lot to be discussed," smiled Faragonda. "Everything is finally over…"
Chapter 14 is complete! Ok, so the witches have been taken out, and that means the girls are free to go home…or will they?
So Stella and Brandon are pretty solid, but what about everyone else?
I know it is confusing about the whole bet thing, but everything will be answered in the next chapter…not to mention the last chapter! That's right, it's finally coming to an end, and everything will finally be explained and answered…
Will they go home? What will the kids think? What will the guys think? What will the girls think?
Find out in the last and final chapter!
R&R
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