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Part 11

(At the end of episode 23 – Bloom's trial (AU))

Gantlos winced at Duman's pain filled groans, moans and screams. The Winx had returned and told them about the battle against Nebula and how Morgana had agreed to judge them. Now they were at Duman's side… a side Anagan and himself hadn't left since they got here too worried about their brother. Gantlos was standing at Duman's side holding a hand on his shoulder trying to make his own strength pass over to Duman, though knowing it was impossible. The Winx and the specialist were telling Ogron of the terms Morgana had given them.

"Bloom I'm really grateful to you for all you did for us", Ogron said. "But what's wrong you seem worried?"

"Yes", Anagan said. "You don't look like someone celebrating a great victory."

"Unfortunately we received a terrible prophecy", Bloom answered. "And I'm afraid it might concern Duman." They looked at the wizard that by now was in great pain. Gantlos hardened his grip just a little as is to keep his brother there with them. "Or maybe one of us."

"We are quite concerned about Duman as well", Ogron said. "But there's nothing we can do about it."

"You're right Ogron, I guess there's nothing we can do but wait."

"Wait", Tecna said and they all looked at her. "Bloom your healing powers, they might be able to cure Duman."

"Yes Bloom try it", Anagan said, he almost begged judging by his voice.

Bloom walked up to Duman and used her power but then something strange happened within her… and Duman. Bloom was in a dark place and she was shinning, it was her healing power. In the dark she saw a soft light and walked closer to it. Something made her touch it and all her energy were sucked up by that light and a voice yelled:

"YES!" Bloom screamed in pain but her voice was drowned out by Duman's screams. She was pulled away from him and when she opened her eyes she saw both Anagan and Gantlos holding on to him for dear life since he was trashing wildly in pain.

"Bloom what happened", Roxy asked.

"I-I don't know", Bloom answered.

"What did you do to him", Gantlos yelled angrily as he and Anagan finally got Duman back to rest. "He's worse than ever!"

"Gantlos it wasn't Bloom's fault", Ogron said.

Gantlos growled at him and stalked out of the room, as did Anagan, but his steps were filled with sorrow. Flora reached out for him.

"Let them go", Ogron said. "Duman means a lot to them… and me. They have not left his side since we got here and I'm afraid they are starting to give up hope."

Flora bowed her head but then Helia put his arm around here and steered her and himself after Anagan. Sibylla looked around.

"I have dinner ready for you and I guess you will need it", she said. The girls and specialists accepted. But Ogron hesitated.

"What of Duman", he said. "I am starving but I can't just leave him."

"I'll stay with him", Riven said and everyone stared at him, except Sibylla.

"You", Ogron asked.

"Yes, I'm not that hungry and you all need to eat."

Musa looked at him and he locked eyes with her.

"Fine", she said. "Come on guys."

"What of Helia, Flora and Anagan?" Stella asked.

"They'll get something later", Sibylla said.

"And Gantlos?"

"Him too."

"Gantlos needs some time to cool off", Ogron said. "He usually calms down talking to Anagan or Duman."

"Well Anagan left and Duman is unable to talk", Nabu said and walked past Ogron. "I'll talk to him."

"I'll go with you", Layla said and together they went the same way as Gantlos.

Anagan was sitting on the stone bridge above the underground river and watching the water run by. His feelings were in an uproar, he was worried for Duman, but he was also angry at the fairies for what they did but deep down… he was feeling guilty. He knew that tricking them like this was wrong and that they really didn't disserve the help Sibylla and the Winx were giving them. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up at Flora.

"How are you feeling Anagan", she asked kindly and she and her boyfriend sat down beside him.

"If I said I was fine would you believe me nature fairy", he asked sadly.

"Not if you used that tone."

Anagan snorted.

"Are you worried about Duman", Helia asked.

"No not at all why should I be, I'm worried about Ogron."

"No need to be sarcastic", Flora said and then they sat in silence for a bit.

Anagan watched the "lobsterghost" sleep peacefully near the surface and sighed.

"Why", Flora suddenly asked.

"Huh", Anagan asked.

"Why did you do this?"

"Why did I do what?"

"Tortured us by taking Riven, tried to destroy the White Circle… hunted fairies."

"We wanted the White Circle that's why Riven was one of us, we wanted to destroy it so the fairies wouldn't escape. But you knew that all ready."

"Yes I do…" she held trailed off. "Wait…"

"Huh?"

"This sounds so familiar…"

"Of course it does", Anagan snapped. "These are the exact same questions you asked Duman."

"Huh?"

"At the beach… You apologized for the incident with Roxy and Bloom."

"I did?"

"Yes Duman said you did he even thanked you and you gave him an apple, he gave it back to you when he put out the dark fire Riven caused."

"What are you talking about? That never happened."

Anagan looked at her and then it dawned on him.

"That bastard", he said and rose.

"Huh", Flora asked.

"Ogron put a forgetting spell on you."

"He has?"

"Yes… I can't break it but I guess you can do it yourself."

"How?"

"Your Believix powers. Use it and all of you will get your memories back."

Flora transformed and felt inside of her and let her energy fly and it all came back to her. She looked at Anagan in horror.

"I can't believe I'd forgotten!" She exclaimed.

"It is understandable", Anagan answered.

"I have something to ask you", Helia said and rose.

"What?"

"Why did you guys stop that evil witch and fairy?"

Anagan chuckled and sat down. "So you've heard about that huh?"

"Yes."

"Well it was to lure Morgana and her fairies into false safety. We became known as heroes and she welcomed us to her realm."

"So you could attack from within and they couldn't stop you." Helia sat down again.

"Exactly."

"That's just wrong", Flora said. "It was a lousy thing to do to the fairies."

"They deserved it for what they did!" Anagan yelled.

"Huh?"

"Fairies are not as good as you want to believe!"

"What do you mean?"

Anagan sighed. "It began centuries ago. I was just a young guy, only eighteen. In my village I was known for my speed abilities but some mocked me for it."

"Who?" Flora asked.

"The fairies… I'd been bullied by them a long time. They used me as a training dummy to learn how to touch moving objects."

"That's awful!"

"It is. One day I started to fight back though and was chased out of the village by the people and the fairies and… my own family. I was marked as a dark and evil magician."

"Why", Helia asked.

"Because I attacked the fairies who are always good and would never hurt anyone", Anagan spat bitterly. "I ran and ran but they somehow always found me and when I had no strength left I collapsed and the fairies were about to execute me for being evil."

Helia came to think of a word he'd met in Earth literature the Pygmalion effect. It means that if someone see you in a certain way and expect certain things from you, you will become that person. Easily described it's like when someone from the worst conditions ends up underneath the wing of someone that really want him or her to succeed with what the 'wing' has planned out. The 'wing' will expect him/her to succeed and sooner or later he/she will. (Think of Elisa in My Fair Lady, that's the Pygmalion effect) The fairies had wanted Anagan to become evil and he became evil.

"What happened then", Flora asked cutting through Helia's musing.

"The ground shook and the sky vibrated", Anagan said. "Strong arms grabbed me and pulled me to my feet. I could see the fairies lying on the ground… dead."

"Then what happened", Helia asked noticing Flora's pale face.

Anagan laughed hollowly.

"Ogron spoke", he said.

Flashback

"Now what was that good for Gantlos", a redheaded man said. "Now we have three dead fairies to handle and a kid."

"I can handle myself", Anagan spat and the arms that had hauled him to his feet shook with mirth.

"Yeah right", his savior, now known as, Gantlos said. "That's what it looked like."

"Had you been in my hometown earlier you would've seen that I can handle my bloody self."

"Bloody you are", the redhead said indicating to the injuries Anagan had.

"Shut up", Anagan spat.

"I like this kid he is a fiery one", Gantlos said happily. Anagan looked at the dead fairies.

"You killed them so easily", he said in awe. "I could not have done it and they tormented me for years."

"Well you obviously not evil enough", the redhead mocked.

"I can be evil! I am marked evil now and forever!"

Gantlos and 'red' smirked.

"Kid", Gantlos said. "You aren't evil."

"I am too!"

'Red' chuckled. "Then if you are evil tell me what you want now?"

"I want to hunt fairies and kill all of those bitches", Anagan growled. "They took everything away from me and they deserve the same fate!"

'Red' smirked and held out his hand.

"Welcome to the Wizards of the Black Circle then."

Anagan looked at 'Red's' hand and took it.

"I'm Anagan", he said.

"I'm Ogron and this is Gantlos."

"Kid you really should do something about that hair", Gantlos said. Anagan's hair was in long Rastafarian plaits and hanging into his face.

"You're one to talk", Anagan snapped.

"I am." Gantlos tore off a piece of his shirt. "Here tie your hair up so it won't end up in your eyes. A wizard is of no use if he cannot see his target." Anagan growled but took the piece and tied up his hair into the fashion it is today. Ogron smiled and turned to the setting sun.

"Well gents", he said. "Let the hunt begin!"

End flashback

"So", Helia asked. "You were tormented so badly that you turned into a bully yourself?"

"Yes", Anagan spat.

"What of Gantlos", Flora asked.

"Huh?"

"How did he and Ogron meet up?"

Anagan chuckled. "Gantlos tried to kill him."

"What?"

"Ogron was chasing a fairy into the village where Gantlos lived as its protector. The fairy set the village on fire and no one survived… Gantlos had not been there but he was told by a dying man that a fairy had crushed the village together with a dark wizard."

"So Gantlos blinded by rage took off after them", Helia stated.

"Yes, Gantlos soon found out that it was the fairy and not Ogron who destroyed the village. Ogron told him of his fairy hunting and Gantlos decided to go with him."

"Didn't Ogron object", Flora asked.

"Have you tried to object to Gantlos when he's on a rampage", Anagan asked.

"No…"

"Don't in the near future if you value your life. Ogron did, that's why we are all here."

"Then why do Ogron hunt fairies", Helia asked.

Anagan opened his mouth to answer but shut it again.

"You know Helia", he said. "I don't have the faintest idea… I can't remember Ogron ever telling me or Duman about it… Maybe Gantlos knows but I doubt it."

"Fairies must have done something terrible to him to make him so coldhearted", Flora said and looked at the ground ashamed.

"Don't fret over it girl", Anagan said. "We have gotten proven to us that not all fairies deserve to be slain. You certainly don't."

'Where did that came from?' he thought in the next second. Flora blushed and Helia chuckled.

"Hey Anagan don't hit on my girl", he said.

"I have not laid a hand on her", Anagan defended himself. "I've used magical attacks but that's a whole different thing!"

"No no", Helia said calmly. "Hitting on my girls means that you are flirting."

"Oh…" Anagan blushed. "Right…"

Flora chuckled and Helia laughed.

"You said you don't want us to go up against a Gantlos on a rampage", Flora asked. "But if we have to is there a way of stopping him?"

"Yes", Anagan said though he tried not to. But it was as if someone else was controlling his mind and tongue for him. "Gantlos has been and always will be overprotective over his 'brothers'."

"He's protective over you and Duman", Helia asked.

"Yes", Anagan explained. "I can't count all the times where Gantlos has protected us with his power or just his body."

Flora thought back of when Gantlos saved Ogron, how he told Anagan to be careful during the fight when Nebula had possessed Roxy, his anger when Duman was acting like a crazed animal and his actions around the sick Duman.

"Why is he so protective", she mused.

"I told you, he was protecting that village and it was destroyed. He failed, according to himself, so he wants to make up for it by protecting us whenever he can… usually it's me or Duman since Ogron absorb damage and turns it into energy…

After Flora had used her powers and the memories had been restored to them Nabu had watched the angry Gantlos in a different light.

"Gantlos", he said.

"What magician", the wizard spat.

"You are really worried about Duman aren't you?"

"Wouldn't you be if your brother was in the same situation?"

"Duman's your brother", Layla asked.

"Not by blood… The four of us have been together for so long we are like brothers."

"Who's the oldest", Nabu asked.

"I am not aware of that, I think I may be older than Ogron but I am not sure. However I am sure that I am older than Anagan and Duman so it is my duty to protect them. I decided that since the first time we met Anagan."

Flashback

Ogron and Gantlos were walking over some fields trying to find some fairies. They had been travelling for weeks but hadn't met up with one. Gantlos was getting annoyed about it and he knew that so was Ogron. Then they heard explosions and hurried to a hill and saw a few fairies shoot magical attacks. But it was the thing they were shooting at, to Gantlos confusion, that caught Gantlos' attention. A young man, not more than eighteen was running for his life. Gantlos saw him stumble and had just enough time to see a sore red area on the boy's shoulder… a burn mark.

"Fairies", Ogron smirked.

"They're torturing that magician", Gantlos spat.

"Magician you say", Ogron said and noticed the speed the young man was travelling in and his attacks. "Oh yes I see it now. He is not so strong yet I guess he's not used to using his powers. The fairies will wipe him out quickly."

"No they won't", Gantlos growled. He jumped into the air and crashed between the young man and the fairies. That sent a massive vibration through the earth and air and it made the fairies hearts stop beating. The young man had only fallen to the ground. Gantlos watched him closely and saw the torn clothes, long messy hair and burnt flesh. He sighed and felt compassion with this boy. He bent down, grabbed him and hauled him to his feet. That's when Gantlos noticed the dead fairies, as did the boy. Gantlos noticed someone land behind him and he heard a disapproving, yet happy sound coming from behind. It was Ogron that made tut tut tut noises in mock disapproval.

"Now what was that good for Gantlos", Ogron said. "Now we have three dead fairies to handle and a kid."

"I can handle myself", the kidspat and Gantlos chuckled merrily.

"Yeah right", he said. "That's what it looked like."

"Had you been in my hometown earlier you would've seen that I can handle my bloody self."

"Bloody you are", Ogronsaid indicating to the injuries the boy had.

"Shut up", said kid spat.

"I like this kid he is a fiery one", Gantlos said happily. The boy looked at the dead fairies.

"You killed them so easily", he said in awe. "I could not have done it and they tormented me for years."

"Well you obviously not evil enough", Ogron mocked.

"I can be evil! I am marked evil now and forever!"

Gantlos and Ogron smirked.

"Kid", Gantlos said. "You aren't evil."

"I am too!"

Ogron chuckled. "Then if you are evil tell me what you want now?"

"I want to hunt fairies and kill all of those bitches", the kid growled and dark energy rose up around him... not that he ever noticed it but Ogron and Gantlos did. "They took everything away from me and they deserve the same fate!"

Ogron smirked and held out his hand.

"Welcome to the Wizards of the Black Circle then."

The kid looked at his hand and took it.

"I'm Anagan", he said.

"I'm Ogron and this is Gantlos."

"Kid you really should do something about that hair", Gantlos said. Anagan's hair was in long rasta plaits and hanging into his face.

"You're one to talk", Anagan snapped.

"I am." Gantlos tore off a piece of his shirt. "Here tied your hair up so it won't end up in your eyes. A wizard is of no use if he cannot see his target." Anagan growled but took the piece and tied up his hair into the fashion it is today. Ogron smiled and turned to the setting sun.

"Well gents", he said. "Let the hunt begin!"

End flashback

"That's how you met Anagan the first time", Layla asked.

"I just told you fairy", Gantlos spat.

"How did you meet Ogron then?" Nabu asked.

"None of your damn business."

"Peace Gantlos." They were quiet for a bit. Then Nabu spoke again. "You said that you made it your duty to protect Anagan and Duman when you first met them."

"I did", Gantlos growled.

"So why did you feel the need to protect Duman?"

Gantlos smirked. "Because when the fairies and that witch destroyed him… he was only thirteen."

TBC