Part 16
"Watch out", Nabu yelled pulling Timmy behind a stone as Riven fired a lightning at them and the stone blew up.
"Well that worked well", Timmy said and they ran as more lightning was aimed at them.
"The Black Circle will rule over all of you", Riven said smirking evilly. He didn't even look like himself anymore. His purple hair was blue-green, his skin ash-grey and his eyes shone red. He threw dark energy at them and the specialists had to duck for cover.
"Riven", Nabu yelled. "Stop this foolish mission!" Nabu threw a magic sphere at him and Riven just caught it in his hand and blew on it. It disappeared.
"That's all you got Nabu", he mocked. "Here watch a true magician."
"No thank you", Stella said and floated in the air in front of Riven's face. "We rather watch real fairies."
Riven flew backwards and saw all of the Winx, Roxy and Nebula.
"Layla", Nabu called.
"Nabu oh my love I'm so happy to see you again", Layla yelled tears streaming from her eyes.
"Oh how lovey dovey you can be", Riven mocked them and Bloom stretched her arm towards him.
"Riven stop this", she said. "We don't want to hurt you."
"Too bad", Riven said and grinned evilly. "Because I want to hurt you!" He fired a fire beam at Bloom and she tried to keep it back. But it was hard.
"He's stronger this time", Bloom gasped.
"Let's help Bloom", Tecna said and helped Bloom block the fire. But not even her help could stop the fire from hitting them and the two girls fell to the ground. Stella, Layla and Roxy took over. Musa watched the love of her life try to destroy her friends and she didn't know what to do.
"Riven", she said weakly.
"Musa sweetie", Flora said and put a hand on her shoulder. "We must fight him."
"I can't Flora…"
"I know but don't you think that Riven would rather be defeated by us than to kill us all?"
"This Riven won't."
"Would you're Riven", Flora asked. "The true Riven. Look at that thing!" She pointed at Riven of the Dark Circle. "That isn't the same man you love he doesn't even look like the same man."
"Musa", Layla yelled. "Help!" Riven grabbed her by the wings and threw her onto the ground, but before she hit it Nebula caught her.
"We can do this Musa", Flora said and Riven turned towards them. "We must do this."
"Flora I-"
"FLORA!" Helia yelled in terror and the fairy of nature turned around. She turned around too late and she was hit full force in the stomach by Riven's fist. It was buried deep inside of her and dark energy swirled around them both. Flora took hold of Riven's wrists. She was pale and he was grinning at her.
"I know you wouldn't do it Riven", she said and then she fell from the sky.
"FLORA!" Helia screamed and he and Nabu caught her. Helia gently stroked her cheek.
"Flora", he asked and she looked at him. She smiled and closed her eyes again. "What did you do to her!"
Riven just smirked.
"Internal bleedings are so fun", he said. "Especially when no one can get to the source without cutting her open."
He laughed but then a huge amount of energy hit him in the chest and he was flung into the ground, the collision caused a big hole to appear.
"You are not the man I love", Musa said angrily. "And therefore I have no trouble hurting you."
Riven laughed and got up.
"Well then pixie show me what you got", he and Musa flew at one another. But when they were about to hit each other a huge pillar of black energy shot out from the ground and both combatants were sent to the ground. Everyone was.
"What's going on", Sky yelled over the wind as more energy came crashing up from the ground. Riven looked at the biggest pillar with a smile on his face.
"Master", he called and stretched out his arms.
"This is bad", Gantlos grumbled as he got up from the ground.
"It's worse than bad Gerard", said Anagan. "It's the end of the world."
"I know that Raken", Gantlos/Gerard said. "It's just like on Andros."
"Andros", asked Nabu.
"Not now Nabu…"
"What-"
"We must wait", Anagan/Raken said. "And pray that Hermes knows what the heck he's doing."
Hermes dodged behind a huge ice-pillar.
"Ogron", he yelled. "Stop this or you will tear this planet apart!"
"Stop this", Ogron yelled and threw the pillar aside with some kind of telekinetic power and Hermes held out his staff to stop the dark winds from get to him. "Why should I? I can finally conquer the entire world!"
"You don't want to", Hermes roared and threw an attack at Ogron that hit him square in the chest and sent him sliding across the ground. "That's why he is in control right?"
"Who", Ogron growled getting up.
"I saw it that day our powers collided", Hermes roared and swung his staff at Ogron's head. The dark magician conjured up a black staff of his own and met all of Hermes' hits.
"You didn't see anything", Ogron growled.
"I saw him Ogron and I saw them."
"Them", Ogron asked as they stepped back to circle each other. "Who do you mean?"
"Don't play stupid! I know all about you Ogron! The true you!"
"What are you talking about?"
"I saw them!"
"Who?"
"You know who I mean!" Hermes swung his staff and it was shining like a sun.
"NO!" Ogron yelled and swung his staff that was shinning like a black sun. Their powers collided again and everything shook around them. They kept holding their staffs together trying to get the other to surrender. They were staring into each other's eyes and even their auras fought each other, but they weren't in control of that. Hermes felt weaker and started to kneel.
"That's right", Ogron said. "Kneel you weakling."
Hermes closed his eyes.
'Restless souls', he thought. 'Come to me… come to me and give me strength.'
Three small lights was shown in the dark that was now surrounding them as Hermes grew weaker and weaker. They took shape of three wizards in white armors. The one in the middle seemed to be the oldest. His long blonde hair shone like the sun, his grey eyes were strong and his helmet was crowned by a bull. He was the Earth's high magician of Earth and sound. On his right stood the high magician of wind and speed, he was a dark man with, brown wise eyes, short black hair and a beard that looked like a W. His coat had an eagle on its back. To the left side of the Earth magician stood the high magician of forms and water. He had pinkish half long hair and yellow eyes that looked as if they laughed. His white coat shifted in every shade of blue that existed when it moved adn around his arm was an eal. Hermes sighed in relief when he saw them. They looked at him and joined their hands together.
"What trickery is this", Ogron yelled as he started to shine white.
"Now Hermes", said the three souls. Hermes roared and used all his power to strike at Ogron and the light cut straight through him, taking the darkness with it. Ogron screamed and trashed as he tried to get out.
Hermes watched the darkness disappear and how Ogron fell to on his side. He dropped his smoking staff and staggered over to Ogron and turned him over. The dark wizard groaned.
"Where am I", he asked.
"You are safe now Ogron", Hermes said and Ogron opened his kind blue eyes and looked around the ice cave and his eyes landed on the three shining souls. His eyes welled up with tears. "Gantlos? Anagan? Duman?"
They nodded and Gantlos picked up Hermes staff and handed it to the magician.
"Be careful", he said. "The threat is not over yet… he may be free but the darkness still lingers. Protect yourself."
"What-" Hermes began but didn't get any further as the darkness shot towards him and Ogron. They were both hoisted off of the ground and shot straight up and with a crash went through the icy and rocky roof.
"Watch out", Bloom yelled when the ground exploded a bit away from them and dark energy swirled up, not much unlike the dark vortex at Tir Nan Og.
"Bloom", Helia yelled. "Flora!"
Bloom hurried towards her fallen friend.
"Winx", Anagan err Luca yelled and pointed. Tecna, Musa and Layla saw two shapes flew into the air above the vortex.
"Winx convergence", they yelled. "Technical-sound-wave-morph-cage. The two shapes were caught and brought down.
"Hermes", Nabu exclaimed when they saw the worn and tired wizard get up.
"N-Nabu", he stuttered through the pain. He was leaning heavily on his staff.
"What happened", 'Gantlos' asked.
"The dark power is loose."
"What happened to Ogron", asked Tecna and watched the pale magician that was barely breathing.
"I freed him", Hermes said and Nabu put his arm around him to keep him up.
"What is that thing", Layla asked and pointed at the dark energy swirling around and Riven was hovering just by it.
"Pure evil", 'Anagan' said.
"We can't fight it as we are now", 'Gantlos' said.
"What", Stella shrieked.
"We're not free yet…"
"Then", Hermes twirled around towards them and aimed his staff at the other two former dark magicians. "Be free!" He let loose his energy.
"Hermes!" Musa exclaimed in terror. "What are you doing?"
"That's Hermes", Timmy asked. "The Hermes Riven spoke off."
"Yes", Hermes said still pumping energy at the other two. "The very same. Many many many years ago I was the magical guardian of Olympus. But one day the sun was clouded by a dark cloud. It wasn't natural I knew it right away so I went out to see what it was… It was Ogron… or rather the brainwashed Ogron."
"What?" Bloom asked.
"There is more to this than any of you know", Hermes explained. "We must talk about it later… right now we must fight the evil and destroy it. It will be our only way to save Riven and Ogron."
"Save Ogron", Nebula asked. "Why should we?"
"Because Ogron wasn't always evil", Hermes explained and stopped sending energy at 'Gantlos' and 'Anagan'. "My friends let me introduce you to…"
Where Gantlos had stood was a dark man with long black hair dressed in robed like Nabu's only they were black and gold instead of purple and gold. Nabu gasped and dropped his staff.
"Gerard of Andros/Tides", he said in shock. "You disappeared hundreds of years ago!"
"That's correct", Gerard said. "Just like Hermes I fought Ogron and lost."
"And", Stella asked looking at the other wizard. "Who're you?"
"I am Raken from the planet Vicks", 'Anagan' said. He was tan like Flora and had grass green eyes and his clothes was actually leaves and wines of different kinds. "Just like the others I too fought with Ogron and lost."
"Lost isn't really what we did", Hermes grumbled. "We sacrificed ourselves."
"You are young Hermes", Gerard said. "In time you will realize you lost."
Hermes grumbled something.
"So what are we standing here for", Nebula said. "Let's defeat this evil power!"
"Couldn't have said it better myself Nebula", Bloom said and they all turned to face Riven and the dark energy vortex.
"Aw you're challenging the master", Riven asked. "Pathetic. You will all meet your doom!"
"Do shut up", Gerard said and pointed at Riven and Riven started to spin so much he looked like blur and when he stopped he was caught in ice.
"Hey", he screamed as he tried to get loose. "Let me out of this thing!"
"Evil wizards talk too much", Raken said and made some odd hand gestures and wines shot up from the Earth and pulled Riven into the hole.
"One down", Brandon said. "One big ugly thing to go."
"Don't count out Riven just yet", Hermes said.
"Oh and why not?"
"That's why not", Hermes said and pointed with his staff. The ground where Riven had disappeared exploded and he shot up like a lightning and glared at them.
"That wasn't funny", he growled and the dark energy started to get into his body.
"This is not good", Hermes said. "If he absorbs all the dark energy we will have a new Ogron on our hands and this time there will be no stopping him…"
"And", Stella asked a bit frightened. "What will happen then?"
"The world will die", Bloom concluded. "All of the worlds."
TBC