Chapter 6- Clues
"We've been looking at this stupid wall for four hours!" Musa groaned. "Tecna? Don't you have anything yet?"
"I'm trying Musa! Stop complaining and I might try harder." Tecna gazed at her personal computer, baffled. Her database hadn't picked up anything so far. If she didn't find anything, then they had nothing on Bloom's disappearance. That meant Bloom was just gone and they couldn't help her.
"You're already trying your hardest, Tecna." Flora put a hand on Tecna's shoulder. Tecna felt comforted. "We know you're trying your hardest."
Layla was leaning casually against another wall. "What if we don't find anything?"
"Then Bloom is gone." Roxy said quietly. "And we have to explain that to Miriam, Oritel, and Sky."
Tecna focused harder on her computer screen. She wasn't going to give up. She was Bloom's last hope. If she was going to help Bloom she had to dogged with her attempts. She had to get a closer look at the files.
Tecna closed her eyes and held her hands over the computer keyboard. Slowly she tapped into her inner Winx and held fast to it. She then took the magic and spread it out before her. Tecna felt it spread from her palm to the computer. Her mind was immediately filled with files and information galore. Everything was organized, perfectly organized. Bits of data flowed past her and Tecna's mind sifted through them quickly. Though she was one with her database, Tecna could still hear the girls talking.
"Maybe we ought to check out the Sparks archives. Perhaps something like this has happened before?" Flora suggested.
"Oritel said that he'd look through them. But I doubt he'll find anything if Tecna doesn't." Musa sighed. "I hope Bloom's alright. This must be scary for her. Damn. All kinds of crazy stuff happens to her."
"I'll bet she never expected any of this when I brought her from Earth to Magix." Stella said, guilt apparent in her voice.
"Stella, Bloom was happy you introduced her to magic. She discovered the truth about herself, and that's all any person wants. The truth." Flora said. "And you brought her to Sky. You helped her find her parents. We all helped her to restore Sparks, her kingdom. I don't think you should feel guilty for all of that."
"Yeah Stell. You were the best thing that ever happened to Bloom. We're the best thing that ever happened to Bloom." Musa spoke with confidence.
"What about everything else? Icy, Darcy, Stormy, Darkar, Baltor, Ogron Anagan, Gauntlos, Duman, Countess Cassandra, Chimera, Queen Amensha, Diaspro. She gained enemies when I brought her into the world of magic!" Stella sighed.
"Yo, at least you weren't the cause for Mitzi. And Cassandra and Chimera were your enemies. And Queen Amensha has nothing against us!" Musa pointed out.
"Yeah, but she had to face all of them!" Stella stated. "And now this has happened. I've made her life a disaster." The group fell quiet, until Stella burst out. "Will someone change that light bulb for stars sake!"
Tecna pulled away from her personal computer database and opened her eyes. She glanced at Stella. "There are no light bulbs here."
"Torch then. I don't care! Fix it! The lighting is giving me a headache!" Stella held her head in her hands.
"That's new. Light giving Stella a headache." Musa snickered.
"But the lighting fine to the rest of us." Layla walked over to Stella. "I don't see anything weird about it."
Stella motioned toward the wall with a hand. "The lighting is acting funny over there. It keeps flickering and shifting strangely."
Tecna followed her hand and stared at the wall. Sure enough she saw the merest flicker of light. "Why would it flicker there's nothing to cause a shadow." Tecna slowly walked over to the wall.
"It's probably the dust." Musa said, bored. "It's nothing but our overly sensitive Stella at work."
"No. It's flickering." Tecna observed the flicker again. "That's strange. Flickering will only occur if there's something that forces the light beam to bend." She glanced at the windows. They were flawless and clean. "Why is the light bending?"
The girls had gathered and were all looking for the flicker. "What causes light to bend other that objects casting shadow?" Roxy asked.
"Prisms." Stella said. "But there are none of those either. I don't know of anything else."
Tecna watched as another flicker passed. Her mind was racing. Another flicker shimmered before her eyes. Then another. "Black holes. They bend light." Tecna rushed over to her computer and pulled up files pertaining to black hole studies.
"You think that wall's a black hole?" Stella asked incredulously. She glanced at the wall and at Tecna. "But black holes are only created by the collapse of a star. I can personally tell you that there was never a star here. Other than me."
"How do you know so much about this?" Musa said, annoyed by Stella.
"I'm a fairy of light. I've always been intrigued about my powers." Stella shrugged.
"I know there couldn't have been a star here. And I know there is most certainly no black hole here." Tecna tapped on the keys of her computer and opened her database. "But there are certain characteristics of black holes that may help us to figure this out."
"Like?" Roxy asked.
"Well, basically, black holes are fluctuations of time and space that cause a disturbance in light and matter." Tecna explained.
"Yeah. They suck it all in." Stella said.
"Thank-you for that very scientific explanation Stella." Tecna rolled her eyes. "I'm going to scan for a disturbance in the space and time of that specific spot."
Stella looked at her curiously. "You can do that?"
Tecna ignored her and focused once again on her computer screen. 'Please give me something,' Tecna thought to herself, 'I don't have anything else.' Then her computer began blinking and beeping. "Yes!"
"You figured it out?" Stella said excitedly.
"There's a fluctuation in the time aspect!" Tecna said, elated.
The girls all began cheering and congratulating Tecna. Tecna was smiling and gazing at the graphs appearing on her screen as the data was being read. She glanced up at Stella and saw she was frowning. "What is it Stella?" Tecna asked confused.
Stella's eyes glittered as she looked at Tecna. "What does that mean?"
Tecna stopped celebrating and was brought crashing down to reality. She took a deep breath and looked up at Stella again. "I'm not sure."
Eilian's eyes opened and she groaned. Her head ached and throbbed with pain. She put her hand against it, as thought the touch would erase the pain. No such luck. Slowly she pushed herself to her feet. Her eyes swept about her home and she nearly cried out seeing the state it was in.
"What…" Slowly her memory kicked in and she recalled her battle with the intruders. "They took the time aspect." Eilian mumbled. "I've failed." She stumbled her way over to the broken hourglass. Aspects lay scattered across the cold floor, glittering in the dim lighting of the cave. Eilian focused her magic and waved her hand. The sand swept up and flowed back into the hourglass. The glass slowly refitted itself together, like a puzzle. Light filled the cracks and the cracks disappeared completely. She placed a hand on the now whole glass and watched the sands flow again.
"I must get that time aspect back." Eilian whispered. "It was my charge and now I've gone and let them take it." She turned and stared at the crystallized pillars the blonde girl had attacked her with. "He called her Diaspro. She was a Wicca fairy. I'll use this information to find her."
Eilian turned on her heel and was about to leave her home when another thought dawned on her. "They're aiming to destroy someone. So they'll need the space aspect too. I have to get to my sister before they do. Aetheria needs to be warned." Eilian closed her eyes and once again called upon her divine powers. "Divinix." She summoned her scythe and gave her home one more glance. "I will return with the aspect. This is my vow." She sliced through the air with the scythe and walked through the tear she'd created.
-Author's Note- Whew. I had to do a lot of research for this chapter. Sounds totally sci-fi right? I had to give Tecna her moment. Go Tecna!