Chapter 5

'Icy, can I talk to you for a minute?' Griffin had caught up with the group.

'I want to talk to her alone. I will accompany her back to your suite later, I promise' She added as she saw Bloom was about to stay as well.

When the Winx, her sisters and Sky were around the corner Icy asked 'What do you want?'

'I was wondering if you and your sisters are alright. There seems to be tension around you three. I don't think I have seen you talk to them today.' Griffin said

'Why are you asking? That is none of your business.' Icy replied. She obviously didn't want to talk. 'I would like to go back now.'

'I am not trying to pick a fight with you. I was just asking a simple question' Griffin argued

'We are fine. Thanks for your concern.' The ice witch sarcastically said

'I don't appreciate being lied to!' Griffin started to get angry.

'What exactly do you want me to say.' Icy snapped at her former headmistress. 'Of course we are not alright. Nothing is alright. I thought I did the right thing by not going back, now me and my sisters have to hide in a school for faries and neither of them talk to me.' The ice witch got so loud she knew she was going to be hoarse tomorrow. 'We have nowhere else to go. Every single place we ever called home was destroyed. I have no idea if we're even going to survive this. And you seriously ask me if we are alright?' Icy ended her outburst. She didn't know when or why but a few tears made it down her cheeks. She quickly wiped them away and turned towards the window in the hallway and leaned on the windowstill, looking outside.

'Do you feel better now?' Griffin asked calmly

'No.' Icy answered quietly.

' Can I do anything to help ?' The older witch wanted to know. After a minute Icy answered

'When you threw us out of Cloudtower, we didn't get to pack our things. We tried to find out if they were still there, after we had taken over the school, but we didn't find them. Do you still have them somewhere?'

'Yes, I do. All things that are left by students are put into a locked up room. You couldn't have found it. The entrance to the room only reacts to my magical signature. Do you need them?' Griffin replied

'All the things we got after you expelled us, clothes and such things, were in Addys apartment. Which exploded. And I don't think my sisters and I are going to survive wearing pink pyjamas for the rest of our stay. We don't want to start growing wings.' Icy said and Griffin chuckled at that

' I'll get the things here as soon as I can.' Griffin promised her former student. They both made their way towards the Winx suite.

'Can I ask you about something else? You don't have to answer if you don't want to.' Griffin asked.

Icy motioned her to continue.

'What do you know about your parents?' Griffin wanted to know

Icy stopped walking and looked at the older witch but she didn't answer.

'Like I said, you don't have to answer. Maybe you don't even remember them' Griffin said

'What do you know about them?' Icy replied

' I asked you a question.' Griffin looked back at the girl

'And I am asking a follow up question.' They both continued their way towards the winx suite without answering either question. Shortly before arriving, Icy stopped again and turned towards the headmistress of Cloudtower and said ' I know who I am and where I came from. I didn't know for a long time, but now I do. And I want to know why you are asking'

Taking a deep breath, Griffin answered 'I should have noticed it sooner. You look a lot like her. I knew your mother, she used to be a very good friend of mine. The last time I saw her she was pregnant with you. She told me she wanted to call you Isabella. I always assumed Leonoras daughter died.'

Icy didn't say anything and just starred at Griffin.

'After your mothers death, things got out of control. King Inaros tried his best, but he didn't manage to rule over Whisperia how it should have been done. I heard your father got married again. I didn't know he had two more children with his second wife. Stormy mentioned earlier she sent you to an orphanage after Inaros death' Griffin continued

'We weren't sent to an orphanage. Obsidian messed up our memories. Stormy and Darcy don't remember . I remember overhearing a conversation between my stepmother and Mandragora. My stepmother wanted to bring us to the ancestral witches. I tried to run away with my sisters, but we couldn't escape.' Tears were now rolling down her cheeks. Again she immediately wiped them away 'Sorry, I don't know whats wrong with me today.'

'It's ok. I won't tell anyone' Griffin replied 'Does anyone else know who you are?'

Icy nodded ' Darko and Addy. They decided not to tell us.'

'Are they trustworthy? So far nobody outside of Alfea and the specialists know about you three staying here. We want it to stay like that for as long as possible.' Griffin continued

'They won't tell anyone.'

They arrived at the door when Griffin whispered.

'I know what influence Obsidian can have on a person. If your memories are back, Darcys and Stormys might come back as well. Maybe it will take longer because they are younger than you. They might not remember as much as you do' Griffin told the girl. 'You should talk to them.'

' I know.' Icy said.

'What did Griffin want?' Icy barley closed the door when she heard Bloom ask.

'She wanted to know if we are alright' she answered. It wasn't a lie just not the whole truth.

'Really? And what did you say?' Bloom wanted to know. The fire fairy crossed her arms.

'That we are doing well given the circumstances.' Icy replied and crossed her arms as well.

Bloom nodded and then said 'Follow me.'

The ice witch was confused. Bloom already left the entrance area before Icy followed her. She saw how everyone was standing at the door that led to her room. Everyone except…

'…Darcy open the door. This is ridiculous. What is wrong?' Stormy said knocking at the door.

''What happened?' Icy asked as she saw them all.

'When we got back, she immediately went into the room and locked the door' Bloom explained ' She isn't responding, but we can hear her walking around the room'

''Darcy! Don't make me kick in the door. You know I would. ' Stormy threatened.

'Leave me alone!' Darcy shouted from the other side.

'Icy, do something!' Stormy looked at her. That was the first time one of her sisters directly spoke to her since yesterday. The storm witch walked over to her, grabbed her arm and pulled her to the door. 'Make her open the the door!'

Icy didn't exactly knew what to say. If Darcy didn't let Stormy in, she was never going to let her older sister inside.

'Darcy? Can you open—' Icy didn't even finish when they heard a click and the door opened. Darcy pulled her sister inside and immediately closed the door again. They heard another click and the door was locked again.

'What! Icy is allowed inside!?' Stormy screamed through the door.

***fifteen minutes earlier***

''Thank god, I really needed a break.' Stella said yawning. Griffin just told Icy she wanted to talk to her. Sky left to go back to the red fountain and inform the specialists. The rest of them were on their way back to the winx suite.

'We can't afford a break. We need a plan.' Musa told her friend.

'And I am sure we will come up with something after our break.' Stella replied. Musa rolled her eyes.

'Hey Storm? Can I ask you something?' Darcy whispered to her younger sister so the rest of the Winx wouldn't hear. Stormy nodded

'You said you had a dream about being attacked by Mandragoras bugs? Tell me abut it!' Darcy whispered

Confusion crossed the storm witches face ' Why? It was a dream…a nightmare…since when do we talk about stuff like that.'

'But I had a dream about that as well. Just tell me.' Darcy said

'Why are you being so persistent?' Stormy wanted to know. 'It was a dream. I don't remember much. We wanted to go on an adventure. You were there and Icy and I think I saw Darko. There was a bug, then two, then three and then there were bugs everywhere.'

They arrived at the Winx suite.

'Darcy? Are you alright?' Darcy didn't respond and immediately walked into their bedroom and locked the door.

***present time***

'Tell me it is a coincidence!' Darcy locked the door and looked at the ice witch.

'Tell me that it is completely normal that Stormy and I have had the same dream.' She started walking up and down the room.

'I am not stupid. I know you lied. You did have nightmares in Addys apartment. I heard you.' Darcy continued. ' I want to know what you dreamed about'

So far Icy let her sister do the talking. But now Darcy wanted her to say something. For a second she considered lying, but she knew it would only make things more complicated.

'Sit down.' Icy told her sister and sat down on her bed

'I don't want to sit down. I want you to tell me everything is fine and that I am just overreacting.' Darcy said

'You are not overreacting.' Icy replied and Darcy sat down on the bed on the opposite side of the room ' Tell me what your dream was about'

Darcy hasitated before answering 'You woke me up and told me to get dressed. We wanted to go somewhere. You didn't say where. Then we went to get Stormy. You told me to be quiet. Darko was there, he was leading us towards an exit when those bugs suddenly came out of nowhere and started to attack us.'

'Is it always the same scenario. Or did anything else ever happen? ' Icy wanted to know. Darcy shook her head ' No, it was always the same dream.'

'That wasn't a dream' Icy told her sister quietly

'Of course it was. What else could it have been? ' Darcy asked.

'A memory.' Icy answered ' We stayed in Obsidian for so long our memories started to…change… We never were in an orphanage. It was an illusion created by the realm of darkness.'

''Wh..What..'

'I believe our memories are coming back because we never went back to Obsidian .' Icy explained

'I don't understand…' Darcy started but was interrupted by a knock on the door

'Miss Faragonda wants to talk to us.' Bloom shouted through the door

'Let's continue this conversation later ' Icy said and Darcy nodded.

'I called you back for a good reason. I have been thinking. It isn't enough to just find out where the witches are hiding, we also need to be able to defeat them. That means you need to start training together.' Faragonda informed the girls.

'Do we have to? ' Stormy complained. Neither Darcy nor Icy have talked to their younger sisters, which irritated the storm witch. Especially now that Darcy started to act weird as well.

'Yes, Stormy, you have to.' Faragonda answered ' It is important that you understand how each of you uses their magic. So far you have only been fighting against each other, now you are expected to cooperate.'

All the girls groaned, but they understood the importance of the training and agreed. A few minutes later all of them had transformed either into their witch outfit or fairy outfit. They expected Faragonda to sort them into groupes for some fight training.

'There will be no fighting today. As I said, I want you to understand how each of your powers work. Witch powers and fairy powers are different from eachother. Fairies draw their magic from positive thoughts. Witches from negative feelings. Your first task will be to find a balance between your powers.' Faragonda explained

'Why don't we start with an easy task. Even though your magic comes from different emotions your powers might be similar.' The headmistress continued 'Layla and Icy, Tecna and Stormy, Darcy and Musa,' Faragonda paired them up. ' I want you witches and fairies to figure out why I paired you up with one another. And I want you to tell me what your magic can do when they're being combined. I will give you a few minutes to discuss.'

The couples had different approaches to solve the task. Icy and Layla didn't have to discuss anything. It was obvious how their magic was connected. Ice can be turned into water and vice versa.

Tecna and Stormy came to the conclusion that lightning can be used as electricity for Tecnas computers. If her technology ran out of power Stormy could reload it.

The third couple, Musa and Darcy, had no idea how their magic could be combined. ' This is ridiculous. Music and darkness aren't even close to one another. How are we supposed to combine them?' Musa asked Faragonda and Darcy agreed

'It is quite simple. Darcys magic isn't purely darkness. She is an illusionist. Her powers make it easy for her to get inside other peoples head. Your powers, Musa, have the same ability. Music reaches peoples minds the same way Darcys illusions do.' Faragonda explained and both girls nodded.

'Now I want to try something different. Layla, Tecna and Musa you can go sit back down. Bloom, Stella and Flora please come here.' They did as they were told. 'Flora and Stormy, Stella and Darcy, Bloom and Icy. Your powers are opposites, which makes them difficult to combine. I want you to try anyway.'

'How are we supposed to do that' Flora asked.

'That is for you to figure out. I want all of you to practice together as often as you can. We meet again tomorrow at the same time.' Faragonda dismissed them.