Hello there everyone. Just before you start reading this chapter, it was originally intended to be a lot bigger but the second part still needed work. However i thought i should put up something after not updating or writing for so long so this chapter has been split into two parts! I hope you enjoy part one :)
A few days ago
It was late. Ami had been in her room copying out an extract from her textbook for the past hour and a half. Some of her new german friends had invited her to join them on a night out but she had politely declined. What they didn't know was that her reason for staying behind was far more important than they could ever comprehend, in fact the fate of a different dimension depended on it.
Now that her floor seemed deserted Ami could finally do what she had been planning for a while- carry out further research on the water stars.
She entered her ensuite bathroom carefully produced the see through plastic bowl of water from the cabinet, in which the golden magical object floated. Having cleared her desk of her files she brought the bowl over and placed it on the wooden surface.
She lay her communicator flat on the edge of the desk and flipped the screen open.
"Hey Ami!" Lita waved cheerfully as her image appeared on the round screen.
"Thanks for agreeing to help me with this Lita!" Ami smiled.
"No problem, its still daytime back here, and this is more important than anything! So what exactly are you planning?"
"Do you have your water star with you?" The bluette asked.
"Got it right here! I also put it in water like you, i figured the water might boost its power!"
"Good! Then we can get started!" Ami beamed. "So far i've found that these objects are currently dormant, so i thought we could try and make them come into contact with magical energy to see if they awaken. Serena said that it was a fire power that they would resist, but your lightning could come close!"
"I'm on it! JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER!" In a flash of green Lita was suited in her emerald Sailor fuku. She fished her water star out of its bowl and held it in the palm of her hand with a pondering look on her face.
"So how does this work, i just zap it with- EEK!"
She had pointed a finger at the star and accidentally zapped it, seeing as how it was still wet she received a mild electric shock, making her ponytail spike up.
"Oh no Lita! Are you alright?" Ami asked anxiously, one hand covering her mouth.
"Relax i'm fine!" Lita waved it off. "We both know i can't get electrocuted!"
Flashback
The Sailor Scouts are walking down a dark alleyway with Sailor Moon holding a pink torch. They scream in unison as a cyberman suddenly appears behind them.
Cyberman: YOU ARE NOT UPGRADED.
It reaches out a large metal hand flowing with electricity, preparing to give the nearest Senshi a deathly electric shock. Unfortunately for the Cyberman it is Sailor Jupiter, who blocks its attack by slamming her fist into its palm.
Sailor Jupiter: Upgrade this metal head! JUPITER FALCONNN PUNCH!
With seemingly no effort she grabs it by the arm and flips it over, overdosing it with the electricity in her arms in the process. She stands back to admire her handiwork as the girls gasp in amazement at the mangled remains of the robotic being as it now twisted on the floor.
End Flashback
"You may be right!" Ami giggled. "Huh?" Looking up from the device she could see that her water star was glowing from its bowl of water on her desk!
"Whoa! i swear i didn't use that much power!" Lita exclaimed, picking up her own glowing star by one of its points.
Ami put on her glasses. "I don't think you did that Lita," She placed her hands in the bowl on either side of her star and focused her energy on the water around it. After a few minutes she stopped and dried her hands on the hem of her skirt.
"I think one of the water stars has been in contact with that dragon fire!" She told Lita. "But it wasn't one of ours!"
"So what does that mean?" Lita asked. "Has Serena had to face Baltor again?"
"I'll contact her as soon as i can." Ami answered determinedly. "If you find Raye please ask her if her water has done the same. If it has then i might just have the solution to taking this wizard down!"
000
"Oh man i can't believe they keep going on about Magix being in danger and still give us homework!" Serena moaned, slumping over her desk.
"You should try and do as much of it as you can," Luna advised, looking out the window at the evening sky. "Any piece you do could help you in the future!"
"Ugh i bet those guys in there never do their homework!" Serena hung her head back to stare at the door upside down.
BEEP BEEP.
"Sweet Serenity i'm saved!" The blonde beamed as she swung forwards to see one of the buttons on her communicator flashing. "Luna go outside and keep watch," She tried to shoo the cat in the direction of the door. "You know, so no one interrupts our Sailor business!"
"Fine! I'm going!" Luna exclaimed as she quickly sprinted outside the room.
"Hello? What's up Ami?" Serena smiled as Ami's face appeared.
"Serena i've been trying to study the water stars and i've discovered that all six of them are connected! The other day mine appeared to be glowing for no apparent reason but when Lita contacted Raye, they told me that theirs were doing the same thing!"
"Did it happen the other day?"
"That's right! My theory is that the dragon fire can only be extinguished if all six of them are there to use their full power! One could do a lot of damage but all of them together will unleash the full power!"
"Right," Serena said. "Maybe when they glow that can be our signal to bring them together!"
"Speaking of meeting up, how did it go with Mina? Were you able to find her?"
"Oh she found me alright, it was actually her who activated one of the water stars!"
"Somehow i don't find that hard to believe," Ami giggled. "So when she activated hers it must have alerted the others! But even though they all share a bond i'm still puzzled by how the connection could be that strong. It would be a lot simpler if we knew something else was helping their energy trail!"
"You know Amy, i think that there was something else," Serena said slowly. She relayed the events of what had happened with her Galactic bracelets.
"I mean i'm still trying to figure out what exactly it is that they do but they seem to be boosting whatever i've got!" She finished.
"That's interesting!" Ami looked thoughtful as she put her glasses back on. "But it would help if you could try and find out more about them!"
"When i get the time that's what i'll do! You know i think we're onto something here!" Serena said excitedly. "I mean if i end up having to face Valtor again and pull out my water star- when it glows you guys can teleport over and we serve a case of some major Scout whoopass!"
"And also if you were in any danger against this guy, we'd immediately come as backup." Ami added seriously.
"Of course!" Serena nodded in agreement. "I could never do it alone!"
"Well i'll call Raye and Lita and give them an update on what we've just discussed." Ami said, peering at what little she could see of Serena's room, including the papers on her desk. "Judging by how you have work to do..."
"-I do not!" Serena cut in indignantly. Then she sighed. "Well at least leave Mina to me."
"Very well! Speak to you soon!" Ami gave a small wave as the picture went out.
Stretching herself in her chair Serena gave a huge sigh that sounded more like a yawn. Casually looking to her side she spotted the jewelled memory stick on her bedside table. Smiling thoughtfully she picked it up and sat at the stool.
"Hmm, Mina said i could use it as bait to trap Valtor," She thought. "But i wonder what's really on this thing… Damnit i knew i should've asked her before she left!" She picked up her communicator that had been lying next to a few perfume bottles. Flipping it open she pressed Mina's combo. Sure enough the image of her blonde friend flickered onto the screen.
"Serena! You just can't get enough of me can you?" Mina winked cheekily. "I know this is hard for you but its only been a few days!"
"Don't flatter yourself V chan," Serena grinned. "In all of our crazy fun times i forgot i had to ask you-"
"I totally didn't prank call the ginger fairy with a Jack Black soundboard!" Mina quickly cut in.
Serena moved back from her screen. "That was you?"
Flashback
The winx and Serena are sitting in the White Horse, while Bloom is busy at her part time job there. All Serena can think is that she is very glad Bloom wasn't working when she last came to the cafe.
Suddenly Bloom's phone rings. It is on speaker.
Bloom: Hello?
Jack Black voice: Yeah hold on a second i'm looking at the menu
Bloom: Er would you like to order a takeout?
Jack Black voice: Er- yeah, you know how you got the six piece nuggets?
Bloom (unsure where this is going): uh yeah?
Jack Black voice: Can- can you give me just four nuggets?
Bloom: I'm afraid i can't do that, those are only for the children's portions.
Jack Black voice: Take the six nuggets and throw two of them away, i'm just wanting a four nugget thing, i'm trying to watch my... calorie intake
Bloom: Well we'll have to charge you full price!
Jack Black voice: Yeah...How much is that sir?
Bloom (unimpressed): I'm a girl. And that'll be seven dollars.
Jack Black: Now if you could just go half coca cola, half diet coke.
Bloom: What? You can't half a drink! You have to decide if you want regular or diet-
Jack Black: SHUT UP!
Bloom jumps back from the phone slightly. Serena, who has been trying not to laugh this whole time, can see that the fire fairy desperately wants to burn something.
Jack Black voice: SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO MY ORDER.
Bloom: Ok who is this?! Is this a prank call?! Are you working for Baltor?! Because if you are i'm gonna... i'm gonna teach you a lesson!
The winx are looking concerned, wondering if they should go in and assist her. Serena has her sleeves over her hands as she rocks back and forth in her chair silently laughing. She's pretty sure she can hear laughing on the other side of the magic phone but whoever it is hangs up before Bloom can do anything else.
End flashback
"Well that now makes a lot more sense," Serena said. "But i actually wanted to ask about the 'present' you gave me!" She held the usb in front of the small screen.
"Ngggh!" Mina was incredibly annoyed that she had revealed such a great prank. Serena could hear someone talking offscreen on Mina's end, making the Venusian blush crossly. "I didn't mean to!" She protested to them but quickly shook it off and turned back to Serena. "Well i was saying that you can use that as your bait!"
"But what's on it? A computer virus?"
"Let's just say if you leave it lying around and it falls into the wrong hands it'll keep your secrets safe with hilarious results!" Mina gave a cheerful grin.
"So you're saying anyone could look at it?" Serena asked.
"Yup!"
"Hmm," A thoughtful smile crossed Serena's face.
000
It was a nightmare! Everywhere she turned, Baltor was there- even ordinary students were morphing into the Dark wizard. Despite the fact that he had been unable to enter Alfea all she could see was him standing there as she ran down the corridor. She skidded to a halt as she saw another Baltor conversing with her friends like it was normal.
"So anyway that's how it ended!" He said, flipping some smooth straight hair over his shoulder while the Winx laughed.
"Hey Bloom! Didn't you hear? we're going to be called Baltor high from now on! Isn't that awesome!" Stella turned around gleefully.
"Of course, it's such an improvement!" Baltor continued. "And right by my side will be my top girl! Isn't that right Sailor Moon?" He turned to reveal that he had his arm around the mysterious Senshi, who was grinning evilly in agreement. Her white mask completely shielded her eyes from view.
"Bloom! Wake up, wake up," Flora was gently patting her shoulder. "You're just having a bad dream sweetie!"
"Let my parents go!" Bloom suddenly shouted, sitting upright in bed.
"It's alright Bloom!"
"Oh wow!" Bloom sat back on her pillow, careful not to lean on her hair accessories that couldn't be comfortable to sleep in. "I was having this bad dream about Baltor and my parents and Sailor Moon and i didn't know what to do!"
The creaking of their door made them look up to see that the rest of the winx standing in the doorway.
"We heard the noise and wondered if you guys had decided to throw an impromptu pyjama party?" Musa said with a smile.
"We could have one now, it might cheer Bloom up!" Flora said.
"Did you have another bad dream about Baltor and your parents?" Layla asked.
"Yeah and i haven't figured out what i should do! And now Sailor Moon has the only items that can stop him!"
"Maybe we should try and find out more about Sailor Moon," Tecna suggested, pulling out her
"After finding nothing last time? Please Tecna we can't waste anymore time on stuff that doesn't exist!" Stella crossed her arms.
"Well what if we've been looking in the wrong place?" Tecna gave a knowing smile as she produced her trusty magic phone.
"The reason the library at Alfea doesn't have anything about Sailor Moon is that what if Sailor Moon never went to Alfea? What if she came from another dimension- like Earth?" A hologram of the blue and green planet shimmered into view as she tapped a few keys.
"Wait a minute," Stella paused with a frown. "Serena's from Earth! I remember Serena was talking to her friends and Mina mentioned Sailor Moon! I can't remember exactly what she was saying but i did hear the name!"
"Well then maybe Serena knows who Sailor Moon is and where to find her!" Musa said.
Bloom looked at Stella. "Where's Serena now?"
"Still in my room," The Solarian replied. "Good luck trying to talk to her at this hour!"
Bloom swung herself out of bed. "Well we'll have to try, the sooner we find out about Sailor Moon, the sooner we can take down Baltor!"
000
When they entered Stella and Serena's room they found the latter curled up comfortably in her bed with Luna on her side, hugging one of her pillows. Bloom slowly edged forward to touch her shoulder...
"NO JOEY THAT'S MY GIANT DOUGHNUT!" Serena suddenly yelled, her eyes still shut. The fairies stared at her as she rolled over, mumbling about how she didn't want to play a shadow game for it.
"Serena!"
"WHAA!" Serena shot up, alert in a karate stance and dislodging Luna. She turned to the fairies with a grimace. "This better be good, i was winning!"
"Serena, i know it's late, but there's something i gotta ask you," Bloom approached her.
"Couldn't it wait til morning?" Serena groaned, rubbing her eye with a yawn as a disgruntled Luna climbed back onto the bed.
"Well we're looking for someone and we need your help!" Musa explained. "What do you know about Sailor Moon?" Stella cut in.
HAAA? Serena's brain started to go into meltdown status. "What the Smurf Luna?! You said that they wouldn't find anything!" She inwardly screamed at the cat. "Hold on," Her inner panic was halted by the plan she had made yesterday. "It's a little early but it should work just fine!" She thought with a sly grin that would have made Mina proud. Outwardly she sighed. "Everything i know is on this memory stick." She picked up the glittering equipment from her bedside table.
"So you're saying that that usb has information on Sailor Moon?" Tecna enquired as she took it from Serena's outstretched hand.
"It has all i know," Serena corrected before yawning loudly. "Can i go back to sleep now?"
"Of course! Thanks Serena!" Bloom grinned as the winx exited the room. Serena slumped back against her pillow with a sigh of relief.
"What exactly did you give them?" Luna asked with raised eyebrows.
Serena chuckled. "Oh just something that Mina gave me! Ooh i promised her i'd get some reactions!" She reached for her camera and handed it to the cat with a cheesy grin.
"...Fine, i'm awake anyway!" Luna took the camera in her paws and went off to find the fairies.
000
"Alright Tec, let's see some Sailor Moon!" Stella said excitedly as the pinkeye plugged the usb into her large computer.
"Finally we'll get to see who she really is!" Layla cheered.
"That's right! And then we can find her and convince her to join our side!" Bloom said. "Or at least make her give us the water stars!"
"It's finally loaded!" Tecna announced as a video popped up on the screen. However instead of vital information it was revealed to be a video of an extremely muscly blonde man in tight pink clothes dancing around a sparkly pink and gold background, waggling his dark eyebrows and singing in an extremely high voice.
And i say
HEYAYAYAYA
HEYAYA
I said HEY!
What's going on?
And i say
HEYAYAYAYA
HEYAYA
I said hey!
What's going on?
"Wh-what is this?" Bloom exclaimed once she finally found her voice.
"I- i haven't the faintest idea!" Tecna rested her forehead in her hands. This had to be the first time in her life where she was faced with something she didn't know!
"How can a guys voice be that high?!" Musa stared at the screen, trying to comprehend the phenomenon before her eyes. "If it even is a guy," Layla refused to admit that a man would wear pink like that.
"He does have nice leggings!" Stella couldn't stop herself from eyeing him up.
"It says it goes on for ten hours..." Tecna whispered weakly.
000
Somewhere in America Mina was in a small supermarket consulting her shopping list for her mini fridge (at least she didn't have to pay for the snacks that she'd already scoffed once finding it, courtesy of some handy mind magic).
"Oh," She looked ahead at the large queue for one of the cashiers. Right next to it was a sing that said "DON'T CUT IN LINE" In big red letters.
"What is it?" Marik asked as he came back from a shelf with a box of pop tarts and put them in her shopping trolley.
"I really wanna cut in line when we get to the queue," She said with a dreamy sigh, as if she had always wanted to carry out said action.
"Is it me or do you have a thing for wrecking stores?" He asked, amused. She had told him the story of of she and Serena had been banned from a japanese supermarket before Serena had left for Alfea.
Mina's face flushed. "Do you like stores being wreck-Uh- MWAHAHAHAAAA!"
Suddenly she inexplicably broke into evil laughter that left her with a triumphant grin on her face. Marik cocked his head to one side.
"Your evil laugh has improved, but what was that for?"
Mina rubbed her hands together. "I sense that one of my pranks finally got a payoff! I just hope Serena recorded it!"
000
"Thanks for recording it Luna!" Serena hugged her feline guardian after she had safely stashed the camera away. "I can't wait to show Mina when i get back!"
"All i can say is i'm glad you didn't blow your cover!" Luna remarked.
"Anyhoo, i've got to get going! Don't wanna be late for class! Ooh listen to me!" Serena got up with a giggle and picked up her shoulder back. "See ya later
Luna!" She waved as she ran out the room.
Fortunately Serena arrived at her history of magic class just in time and scampered to her usual seat.
"Hey there!" Mirta gave a friendly wave from the seat next to her. "I saved your usual spot!"
"Thanks Mirta!" Serena beamed as she sat down and placed her bag on her lap to get out her pony pencil case. "This has got to be a record for me! I was always getting detention back home!"
"Well looks like your not the only one, i heard this class is gonna be extra special today!" The red haired ex witch winked.
"A class? Special? I'll believe that when i see it!" Serena snorted with a laugh.
"Good morning class!" Professor Paladium strolled into the lecture theatre. "I hope you're all alert and awake because today we're covering a very special topic!"
"Oh boy," Serena winced as she saw the winx sitting a few rows in front of her, still trying to recover the braincells they had fried from watching Mina's prank.
"Today we're going to look at the history of the Silver Millennium!"
"Huh?!" Serena did a double take as all the students gasped in amazement at the holographic painting of the Moon Kingdom he had just conjured up.
"The Moon Kingdom?" All the winx sat up straight.
"Long long ago, way before the magical universe there was a whole other solar system whose planets were all part of the Silver Millennium," Professor Paladium continued. "The head of this Millennium was the Moon Kingdom, which was ruled by Queen Serenity. Various other planets and their rulers were part of her court. It is said that this queen was the one who protected the legendary Silver Imperium Crystal! The most powerful object to ever exist! In fact it was so powerful it even created that Solar System's universe!"
"And i've got it right here!" Serena thought as she clutched it in her pocket. "This is awesome!" Mirta whispered excitedly as she scribbled down notes.
"Wait, Professor!" Bloom raised a hand. "I'm confused! I thought the Dragon Fire was the most powerful thing to exist!"
"That may be Bloom," Paladium smiled. "But remember, the Silver Millennium existed so long ago that it is often debated whether or not it even existed to begin with! Even the Crystal itself is just a legend! Now i will show you some amateur artist interpretations of this mythic crystal!"
Serena sat there, not really knowing what to think about that. On one hand she was pleased that the secrets of her heritage would remain guarded but she was getting incredibly annoyed that the wonderful world was being tarnished with false rumours. Every drawing of the crystal was horribly inaccurate, one looked like an overgrown diamond, another looked like an elephant had sat on it, hell, she swore she'd even seen one that was shaped like Nicholas Cage's face!
In her honest opinion this lesson was starting to read like a bad fanfiction- like the BBC show about Robin Hood, Mina had once organised a drinking game in which they would take shots for every bad fan fiction cliche, from continuity plotholes to self insert mary sues! Needless to say they had ended up wasted afterwards. What was next, having Robin Hood cross over with another show and then reveal himself as a brony by having a dream where he parties with Pinkie Pie?
"It's true that show could do with some ponies, but who does that, just who does that?! " Serena thought with a shake of her head as she zoned out of the class.
"And that concludes today's lesson!" Paladium announced, snapping her out of her reverie. As the students filed out of class chattering excitedly about what they had just learned, Serena spotted the winx standing by the exit.
"I would be more sympathetic, but they asked for it when they interrupted my sleep!" She shrugged as she ambled past them down the corridor to her next class, not noticing Faragonda come through the other side of the door and approach the Winx.
"Ah, i'm glad i caught you girls," She said, hurrying over to them. "I would like to speak with you in my office right away."
000
"Last night i received urgent news." Faragonda informed the group once they were all in her office. "Baltor has recaptured Cloud Tower and hidden it with a powerful spell!"
"No!" They exclaimed. "Is everyone ok?" Flora asked anxiously.
Faragonda nodded. "Fortunately Griffin and the students made it out in time. But it is what i feared for a long time, Baltor still has a connection to the ancestresses, whose essences reside there."
"Wait, the ancestresses who attacked Sparx?" Bloom spoke up. "They must know what happened to my parents! They've just got to know what happened to the people whose planet they destroyed!"
"Quite possibly. But Baltor is intent on becoming stronger for another reason, I believe your last class was on the legend of the Moon Kingdom, correct?" The headmistress said.
"Well yeah," Bloom began.
"Then you will have also been told about the Silver Imperium Crystal?"
"Was it that silver jewel that looked like some weird guy's face?" Layla asked.
"But it's just a story!" Stella cut in. "On Solaria everyone knows it's a myth!"
Faragonda turned away from the window with a serious expression. "That may be Stella but i have reason to believe that the Crystal does in fact exist and that Baltor is after it!"
"What?!" All the fairies exclaimed.
"So Baltor knows about it too?" Tecna enquired.
"The legend is recorded in Solaria's archives, it is likely he learned about it from there." Ms F answered.
"But if it is real, how would he know where to find it?" Flora asked worriedly.
"I don't know Flora but if he already had it the whole of Magix would definitely know by now." Faragonda walked in front of her desk. "But i'm afraid that's not all," She conjured up a holographic projection of Magix, the day when Serena had gone there with the Winx. The picture showed Sailor Moon standing on the window of the Magix museum.
"There have been recent sightings of a mysterious warrior, she calls herself Sailor Moon."
"Sailor Moon!" Bloom exclaimed. "We've been trying to find her, she's got the water stars!"
"But isn't she on our side?" Flora said. "She threw a pizza at Baltor the first time we saw her!"
Faragonda looked up. "At the moment no one knows who Sailor Moon is and who's side she's on! All we know is that she's extremely powerful and she first appeared when Baltor started searching for the crystal. I would advise you to keep on guard if you see her again." She sighed. "But i am worried about Serena, she seems to hold a trace of power that sounds like the Lunarians, even though we don't know what it is exactly. I still fear that Baltor will come after her at some point!"
"So should we stick with her like you said?" Musa asked. However Faragonda quickly shook her head.
"No no you shouldn't do that!" The white haired woman placed a hand on her forehead, it was as if the thought had embedded itself in her mind. "I'm just saying you should look out for her, but she is free to go where she chooses!"
"Er...ok? But don't worry Ms F! We'll get Cloud Tower back!" Bloom said determinedly. "And maybe i can speak with the Ancestresses!" She thought.
000
Later the fairies plus one were all assembled in front of the winding path that would normally lead to the school for Witches. However instead of a dark castle all they could see were swirling purple mists.
"This is where Cloud Tower used to be you guys," Bloom said.
"So now we must try to deduce where it's gone to!" Tecna added.
"Er someone tell me why i'm here again?" Serena asked.
"Well you did say that your magic allows you to sense other magical energies, you could try and figure how what kind of spell was cast!" The technology fairy told her.
"Just like that time in 6th grade where some mean girl spelled my really cute sweater and turned it plaid!" Stella exclaimed. "Once i knew what kind of spell it was, i was able to turn it back!"
"Except this is an entire school and Baltor's not a sixth grader!" Bloom said somewhat condescendingly. "Could've fooled me," Serena muttered under her breath. He had certainly acted like one in front of her. "So my aura sensing will tell me that?" She turned back to the Winx.
"If you've been paying attention in class!"
"Er...ok!" Serena stepped in front of them and closed her eyes. She'd only thought her energy sensing worked for people, buildings didn't have souls, did they?
"Huh?" She gave a small gasp as she felt the energy of something in front of her.
"Serena? Are you ok?" She turned to see Flora.
"I-i can sense Cloud Tower's aura," She told everyone. "It feels like the castle has its own heart!"
"That's true," The nature fairy nodded, remembering their "exchange program" from the previous year. "But that would mean that it should be right in front of us!" Layla pointed out.
"So it can't have been a negatis or transportis spell," Tecna moved away to examine some of the ground. "But it might have been an illusion spell!"
"You mean as in he hid it by putting up an invisibility barrier!" Bloom slowly realised.
"Our Enchantix power should be able to see if that's true!" Stella exclaimed, immediately transforming while the others followed suite.
"Illusion spells are something that we can break with our fairy dust!" Layla cheered once they were ready. Five out of six fairies produced their fairy dust bottles and began to spray the area, uncovering what looked like a bad CGI version of Mirror Wall.
"Why aren't you up there with your friends Bloom?" Serena asked the fire fairy who was hovering next to her.
"My Enchantix power is still incomplete so Ms Faragonda said it might have limitations," Bloom explained sadly.
"Haha sucks to be you!" A chibi Mina in a red devil costume snorted from Serena's shoulder. "Hey!" Serena looked down at her. "Get outta here!"
"You're the one imagining me! You do it!" Chibi Mina stuck her tiny tongue out.
"Fine," Serena sighed and closed her eyes. When she opened them she was gone.
"Uh, Serena?"
"Hm?" She turned to see Bloom staring at her oddly. "Oh i'm fine!" She laughed nervously. "Hey look your friends are done!" She quickly pointed at the puffs of pink smoke that were disintegrating the bad CGI Mirror Wall. Slowly but surely the illusion vanished to reveal the purple building.
"Alright you did it!" Bloom cheered as the others came to join them.
"It was just as easy as getting my sweater back!" Stella winked.
000
"You know all about the power of laughter don't you?" Baltor glared as he watched them through the crystal ball. "Well soon you'll learn about the power of tears! Isn't that right Icy?" With an evil sneer he glanced sideways to where she stood, half hidden in the shadows and still as an inert android. Her head jerked up slightly robotically as her mouth twisted into a clownish leer and her eyes glowed red.
000
Having successfully entered the school the six fairies plus Serena were journeying down the main corridor.
"So why are we still here? We found the school didn't we?" The Moon Princess was looking around at the gothic decor, she definitely preferred Alfea's pink walls.
"Ms Faragonda said the essence of the Ancestresses is in Cloud Tower's crypt which is just up ahead!" Bloom replied.
"WHAT?!" Serena mentally shrieked. "You're going after some of the worst kinds of evil?!" She shrieked. "Are you trying to get your dimension destroyed?!"
"Huh? They know what happened to my birth parents! Of course i have to ask them!" Bloom said indignantly.
"And the Headmistress is OK with you awakening evil forms of chaos?! You know what? I'm out. Screw you guys, i'm going to Alfea!" She said with a tone of finality as she pointed to the door with both hands.
"But Serena its not safe for you to-"
"Screw you guys, Alfea!" With that she turned around and defiantly headed to the door. The fairies were at loss on whether to go after her or not.
"Let's keep going." Bloom eventually said, choosing to fly off. The others nodded swiftly and followed with only Flora hesitantly looking back for a second.
"I've got better things to do with my time!" Serena thought crossly as she strode towards her target. "Once me and the girls beat Valtor i can finally go home and leave this madness- AAAAHH!"
She had almost been at the door when she felt a dull blow to the back of her head, knocking her to the floor. A possessed Icy appeared from behind and teleported her unconscious body away.
000
From their stations all over the world Ami, Raye, Lita, Mina and Darien all let out a collective shiver, as if they knew something bad had just happened. Was Serena in trouble? They each looked at their respective Water Stars, they hoped the signal would come soon, or anything to know she was alright.