DISCLAIMER:Sigh, no, I don't own Winx Club, well not yet that is... I DO however, own Galin and Zoltan!
"Roxy, we have to defend ourselves!" Bloom called out to the younger fairy, as she dodged a blast of energy that the mysterious attacker blasted at her.
"I know, I just can't stand still long enough to transform!" Roxy shouted back as she back flipped onto a floating platform that had appeared.
"Well then, I'll have to buy us some time!" Bloom landed on the ground about forty feet away from their attacker. "Hey ugly, over here!" The man turned to face Bloom, and fired off a volley of energy balls. "Roxy now!"
"Magic Winx!" The attacker turned around, only to see Roxy fire an energy ball right for him. He dodged her attack, and shot back, forgetting Bloom for the moment, and he regretted that decision.
"Winx Believix!" After transforming, Bloom fired off a volley of energy balls, before flying over to Roxy's side. "I don't know if we can take this guy, Roxy, we need to get out of here and warn the others!" Roxy nodded, and put up a shield to ward off any attacks he may throw at them. "Winx Zoomix!" Bloom grabbed Roxy's arm, and suddenly, they were gone.
"That was a close one Bloom" Roxy said as she collapsed onto the couch in their basement. "We have to warn the others about this guy, and figure out what he wants with us.
"Yes Roxy, but we also have to keep up our search for the fairy that we're looking for. We can't just abandon the search because we're afraid of some guy that has it out for us. We did the same thing when we were looking for you, we had to deal with the Wizards of the Black Circle, but we got out ok, because we never gave up hope. There's got to be a way to do this, and we will figure out what that way is, I guarantee it."
Flora came in the door, and spotted Bloom and Roxy sitting on the couch, looking tired. "Are you two ok? You look like you had to battle a dragon!"
"You were right Flora, we were attacked by some guy who knew what we were, and he tried to kill us!"
"Oh Bloom! Are you sure you're fine? That guy must have been pretty powerful to have been a fair fight for you two."
"Yes Flora, we're alright, but we need to warn the others about this guy, I don't want him catching any of us by surprise again. When the other get back, will you let them know the news?" Flora nodded. "Thanks, I'm going to go warn Mackenzie." With that Bloom left the room, and headed for Galin's house.
It was a long walk to Galin's house, but Bloom was determined, she had to warn Mackenzie of the sudden new danger that they brought him, and ask if he might know who they were looking for. When she got to the front door, she could hear shouting, like there was a fight going on, so she let herself in to see if something was wrong. The sound was coming from the basement, so Bloom conjured a small fireball in her hand, and slowly descended the stairs into the semi-darkness below. When she reached the bottom of the stairs, she turned to the right, and saw a light coming from under the door at the end of the hall. Bloom heard a sound from behind her, and whirled around, only to see an old, half-broken, singing fish hanging on the wall. "That sound is horrifying, that fish needs to be destroyed."
"Don't hurt my fish!" Bloom extinguished her flame and turned her head, to see Galin standing behind her, looking rather angry. "What did my fish do to you that warrants its destruction?"
"How about he scared me to the point where I almost punched it! How about that?"
"It's not his fault! He's been broken for a while, and I can't find the same sound box that he has anywhere! Without that sound box, I can't fix him, and until I can fix him, he's going to sound like that."
"He still scared me. Can I talk to Mackenzie?"
"Sure, come on into the den of adventure!" Bloom walked through the door, and was amazed by the room that surrounded her. There were things hanging on the walls. Swords, a shield or two, a pair of crossed staves, it was amazing, and as if that wasn't enough, the floor was a wild combination of grassy green carpet, rough stone, an ocean blue floor rug, and smooth, glass-like obsidian tiles. Mackenzie was laying on the ocean rug, in a heated argument with one of the other boys, Austin, she thought his name was, and rolling dice every couple of sentences.
"What are they doing?" Bloom questioned as she motioned towards the two boys.
"Hadin is having an argument with the castle guards while we sneak in under the drawbridge."
"Castle? Drawbridge? I have no idea what you're talking about." Bloom told Galin, as he rambled on about the recent goings-ons.
"Come sit on the Obsidian Throne, I'll show you what I mean." Bloom walked over to the chair that sat on the obsidian tiles, and felt a strange force nearby when she sat down. "This" Galin said as he motioned towards the Game board. "Is what I'm talking about…" Bloom spotted the pieces on the game board, and was instantly drawn in as Galin explained what had been going on. "And if we can get into the castle vault, we can get the jewel of fire, and complete our quest for the fairy queen." Bloom almost jumped out of her seat when she heard Galin say fairy, but managed to make it seem like she was only shifting her position.
"So Galin, you seem to really enjoy this game. Do you know anyone that you think might be a wizard in disguise?"
"A wizard in disguise? No, other than Austin, I can't think of anyone who could possibly be a wizard in disguise, and Austin doesn't really count, his powers don't work anywhere but the twilight realm."
"Austin is a wizard in disguise? I never even realized!"
"Yes, I am the last of the wizards of twilight, guardians of the ring of time, the device that keeps the evil beast Zoltan from conquering the entire magical dimension."
"That's interesting." Bloom said as her mind wandered. Perhaps that was why they had been sen here, to find Austin and stop Zoltan? Then again, Faragonda had told them they were searching for a fairy, not a wizard, so perhaps this was simply a coincidence? Bloom felt a wave of magical energy pass through her body. "Are you sure his powers only work in the twilight realm? I just felt a massive energy wave."
"Yes, ever since my twilight pendant was broken, I am powerless here. I can't even read the runes that I grew up reading, because I need magic to read them."
"Interesting" Bloom said as she began to realize what was going on.
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