Category: Winx Club
Rating: M
Couples: none
Warnings: Major AU, Blood, Character Death
Chapter: 9
Copyright: © characters and places by Iginio; © Plot and OC by me
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They did not even notice the shield, passing through it like it was nothing. But while they were safe, Faragonda was not. Only short gusts of wind coming from the hallway told them she was still fighting.
The wards were working Faragonda realized. Whenever he got too close, they activated, throwing him back. But she knew that even the wards could not protect her forever. They were weakening already and soon he would be able to reach her.
She cursed Aenor under her breath, knowing full well how she could save herself now: get a student to take her place. What he had been thinking when creating this she'd never know. Not that she would ever know anything again after this was over.
Darkar knew the monster she was facing as well as she did: once unleashed, only death would appease it. Either its' own, or those of all in the hallway. She just hoped the youngsters had gotten out by now.
A sharp pain shot through her arm. Blood colored her light-blue blouse red. The wards had failed…
That only left one more ward: the one that would activate once she died. She gritted her teeth, dodging his next strike.
A powerful wind-gust pushed the monster back, his claws dragging through the solid stone.
In his eyes she saw her inevitable faith. She sighed, dropping her guard. Why bother?
It was mercifully quick, the pain lasting just a moment.
In her office, had anyone been there to look through the mirror they would have seen only death. The final ward had activated, and whatever blood was there turned into fire, burning like an inferno.
The very stone of the hallway melted, dripping down on the coiling form of the monster and a dying woman. The stench of burning flesh filled the school, being strongest at the exit of the hallway. They could not see the flames as the doorway closed for the last time, the Test of Control burning to ashes.
The final ward was a simple one: if the monster killed the Head of Alfea, Alfea would purge it… in fire.
The school burned to the ground, all that was left being a blackened corpse of the once proud building.