Bloom POV
The city is in ruins. On earth I never got to go to Rome or Greece but I think this place is very similar. The tall buildings are dull, crumbling on its self. Windows shattered with sharp glass. The streets are narrow, and it seems every 50 meters there's a new small alleyway. It's like an old maze of a city. But I see the traces of the beauty, if life still was present here.
I turn back to see the rest of us, probably all taking in the broken scene that surrounds us. Sky's face is full of shock and wonder. Its probably because the stories and the legend of this place he grew hearing stories about.
"Where to now Bloom?" Riven asks, silently grumbling about the eeriness of this place. I think for a second, I have no idea where to go.
"Sky, do you know any important locations here?" I ask in hope that Sky knows more about this place then he is letting on.
Sky looks at me and thinks for a moment." The only place that survived this destruction was the fete square." I open my mouth to say something when Sky intervenes" Before you ask I don't no the way, this place is like a maze, and we can't access a map."
" Then I think we should spilt up." Brandon says and all eyes go to him.
"That's not happening." I state strongly and Stella turns to me.
"Brandon's right Bloom" Stella says.
"Yeah, we can cover more ground that way." Musa says and I feel my hands are tied. There right but I fear if we split up that something is going to happen, we need each other especially in this place.
"Okay." I say turning to everyone." If you need help, girls send a magic flare up. "
They all nod, and they all partner up. Brandon, Stella, Timmy and Tecna go forwards and turn down a small individual alley to the right. Disappearing in the mist of clouds. Layla, Nabu, Riven and Musa go to the left also now gone from view. That just leaves Sky and me.
"Lets go" Sky says and starts walking forward down the main passageway of Acrom. This is not going to be awkward at all, I think to myself as I follow Sky, a few paces behind. My head keeps craning up, looking at all the tall ancient looking buildings. The faint wind that blows through the town tussles and shakes old clotheslines that hang from window to window.
Up ahead I see Sky slowing down and I realize why when I catch up to him. There's a small open area where it looked like a small market place use to be in. But then the street splits off into three different small passageways.
"Which way?" I glance at Sky and he seems to be contemplating on which way to go. Seeing how there is no street signs or maps that can help us on our way.
"We will keep going straight, try and get to the heart of the city." And he starts walking again.
I follow him, my feet echoing off the coble stone that lines the paths of the streets. The silence could be defining if it weren't for our footsteps." The heart of the city, is this where the fete square is going to be?" I question, working out where we are going.
" Most likely." He states, slight agitation in his voice. I decide then to stop asking questions.
We keep walking, the walls seem to become closer until I am holding up my hands and guiding them across the walls. A mist appears before me, blinding me of the clear view I had of Sky walking in front of me. I stop briefly, trying to grasp my bearings before the clouds thin again.
"Sky" I call out and there is no answer. Panic starts to rise with in me. But in the distance I see a figure turning right down another alley and I hurriedly walk after him.
I call after him again as I turn the corner" Sky" its not as loud, because I am confused when there is no sign of anyone being there. I cautiously keep walking down the alleyway. The wind picks up a bit, and I hear the rattling of lose objects, the clinking of glass and banging of doors.
It's a dead end. I see a door half way open at the end of the street. I walk up to it, opening the door slowly as I take a step in." Sky" I barley say in a whisper.
I realize I have walked into someone's old house. There's a screen to the left and a table to my right, where chipped and smashed china lays. I walk in further exploring the house. As I get in further I notice a sitting room, where dust covers an old red couch and arm chair. The walls are singed black like aftermath of a home fire.
I hear the door I just walked through creek closed before it is slammed shut with a loud bang. I jump, the whole room is silent and I turn to the door again. I just assume it was the wind that blew shut. Turning back I become cold, and my heart beats a thousand miles.
Right in front of my eyes is a man's face, but just a black shadow , only the outlines of his nose and mouth, no eyes. Like he was burned alive.
Before I can scream, or attack he scream first. A blood curdling scream that makes me cover my ears and try to step away form this figure. But I feel something grab around my ankle. I look down and see a black hand, like a black ghost wrapped around my ankle and it pulls. Before I can react I am yanked through the rotten floorboards. Wood and splinters falling on me , scratching my face and shoulders. I cough from the dust that came down with me.
I finally stand up, and my eyes widen at the scene. Skeletons of bodies lay under the house, a bunker. I am guessing they tried to flee here when the curse of Acrom came and destroyed the whole place in fire. It makes me feel sick, as well as the smell.
I hear some shuffling and turn around and see two shadowing figures approaching me and this time I react. I blast them with fire and they cower away, with eerie shrieks. I transform into my fairy and I fly out of the hole I just created.
A figure grabs onto my arm but I fling them away with flame. I land and run to the door and pull it open. Looking behind, seeing the figures chasing me. I mange to open the door finally, before slamming it shut behind me. I run down the ally way, when hands start bursting through the windows, sending shattered glass flying everywhere. I see two black figures running towards me. I blast them with fire before I jump and I am flying in the air.
I get above the roofs of the town house and search around, I can barley see anything through the clouds of dust and mist that settles everywhere.
"Sky!" I scream out, worrying where he went.
"Bloom" I hear my name in a faint call out but I dart to where it came from. So fast the roofs start blurring beneath me. I see an opening ahead in the streets and fly down. I call out again for Sky and I hear movement behind me and I turn around.
Through the mist I see the approaching figure of Sky, he walks slowly and I tilt my head about to ask him if he was all right before I see her. The blue clothes, the pointy boots, the silver hair but I never forgot the frost bitten eyes of Icy, who is now holding a knife made of ice at Sky's side.
I think then it was possible for my blood to begin boiling. It's been years since I have seen that face. Someone I hopes disappeared into thin air. Someone who has been causing me so much pain even before I took one-step into the magical dimension.
"Time, has treated you well Bloom, I can't remember a time you look so pretty." Icy mocks.
"I couldn't say the same to you Icy." I spit back, calculating in my head how to get Sky out of her grasp.
She smiles wickedly at me" Always had a comeback." She drags the tip of her knife across the side of Sky's body before letting it rest at his throat, her eyes come to meet mine." But I am afraid it might be a little difficult this time."
"4 years Icy, what are you doing here?" I hiss at her, so angered by her presence.
Icy just laughs at me" So you have been counting the years, I hadn't realized you had been missing me-"
I don't let her finish" Cut the crap Icy, Why. Are. You. Here?" I say sternly, I think though Sky looks angrier then me.
Her smile drops a bit" We'll since our little plan of getting you in the Omega Dimension didn't work out, my ancestors figured you would make your move here."
I become confused by her statement. I figured someone had something to do with finding the Enmity stone in my room in Pyros. I look at Icy and I realize why those eyes looked so familiar. Octavian.
"Your working with the Ancestral witches" I realize and Icy smiles, gripping the knife tighter. Octavian, Lastoryis and Engorgia, the three Ancestral witches.
"That took less time then expected" Icy says." Yes, since there imprisoned in Obsidian, someone had to keep this place protected."
"Why does this place need protecting" I question back, glaring at her.
"You know why." She bites back. She turns her head back to the dagger and seems to be applying more pressure and I take a step forward and her eyes dart to me.
Before anything else is done, a ball of energy comes rocketing down and sparked right in front of Sky and Icy. In that moment I look up and see Musa, she smiles at me before a dark shape whizzes by her and she turns, ready to attack. Darcy comes into view. Of course the Trix are here.
In seconds I turn back to Icy. I concentrate and the dagger she is holding turns to a flash of flame and it melts away. Icy shrieks in frustration and I fly up into the air joining the rest of the Winx.
I see Layla and Musa fighting off Darcy. I look across and duck as a sunbeam shoots over me and misses Stormy. Stella and Tecna go after a raging Stormy who looks like she is starting a hurricane with the amount of dust that is in Acrom.
"Bloom" I turn and see Icy floating across form me, she is seething and I start the fight that is going to occur either way. I throw a dragon ball at her, but she misses it before throwing back an ice blizzard my way. It catches me off guard and I have to fly down so it stops following me. This place is filled with such dark energy, mine and the Winx's power is not going to be as strong as their's.
I fly further across the rooftops until I see what we where looking for. The fete grounds are huge, a large cobble stone opening where The Specialists are fighting off the black shadow figures I had the misfortune of being a acquainted with. Sky had just arrived there.
I would go help, but now Icy is near me again circling me , and I find it hard to keep an eye on her" Give it up Bloom, you have no real power here."
I fear deep down she is right, but I cant give up. I am to close to do so. I scream as I release a serge of fire at her, she doesn't move quick enough and it singes her shoulder. I am becoming slightly dizzy at the dark energy that surrounds me. I look back and it seems that the Winx are having the same problem as me.
Just as I turn back I get blasted by a cold wind that sends me forcefully through the roof of one of the houses. I drop until I am on the ground. Half buried in the rubble of tiles and concrete. I cough, at the dust and the ache in my ribs from the impact. My body feels heavy as I shove a concrete slab off my legs with a groan.
I mange to get back on my feet weakly, As I see Icy floating gracefully through the whole in the roof. Her eyes dark, her smile wicked. She steps onto the ground. I am about to try and attack but Icy just flicks a hand out and I go flaying back into the rumble.
" Its hard to see you so weak." Icy taunts, standing where she is. Its becoming harder to breathe, my legs are to shaky to stand up on. It seems the closer I get to Icy or her power I become weaker.
"What have you done." I get out weakly and look up at her.
She smiles" Octavian gave me some of her power, its as dark as it gets considering its from Obsidian it drains your power, the good in you."
It makes sense since it also must be some powerful spell if I cant use the dragon fire. I try to think of anything to get out of this situation, but I know it's to late. I have failed my planet.
"Well, I rather make your death Bloom one big dramatic event." She says, faking a yawn." But I have learned over the years just to take the chance as I get it, say hi to Valtor for me."
She laughs and I watch as she brings her hand up. Ice daggers forming in the air ready to pierce me. I decide not to look away, to show the little strength I have left in me to Icy.
The crystal daggers descend and I wait for it but a flash of red comes across me, and the sound of clattering metal as the daggers retreat back. Icy screams as her own ice power comeback at her and sends her flying through the wall of the building and nowhere in sight. I watch in shock at the hole in the wall, a groan of pain brings me back from my near death experience.
I turn my head, and their sword loosely in hand laying uncomfortably on the rubble with a patch of red growing on his chest is a man with a red cape. A royal attire and I feel confused, pained and sympathetic for Erendor that just saved my life, and I dread it cost him his.
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So I hope you guys are proud that I updated. I am proud of my self!
I am planning on finishing this story in the next couple weeks or earlier depending on school and what not.
I actually had a dream last night about Winx Club and it inspired and motivated me to finish this story!
So if you guys haven't seen on my profile page, I have put up the Title of the Triqual to this series, its called.
Drum roll please…
The Long Year
So hopefully that will be coming for you early July, possibly sooner.
I am in a really good mood today; I just heard from a friend in Spain, I miss her terribly.
Anyways, I hope you guys like this chapter, made it a bit longer and lets see what happens.
I will update soon love you guys.
Ps. Soz if bad edited.