Note to Readers: Hey guys! So we finally hit Celestix! Hope that was a pleasant surprise for all of you! But the journey has only JUST begun! I'm having SO much fun how about guys!? Get ready for Chapter 52! Unexpected Surprises!
Chapter 52: Unexpected Surprises
"Woah!" Joey exclaimed as Kaiba just stared in disbelief. "Behold this is the power of The Goddess Of The Crystal..." Cellos purred. "I've never seen so much glitter all at once," Duke admitted. "It's certainly impressive..." Marik admitted. {I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it...} Yugi murmured inwardly. "Perhaps this is only the first step to defeating our foes..." Atem muttered. "This is incredible! Can you feel the power girl!?" Bloom questioned. "I've...never felt anything like this before...it's as if I'm not only in tune with Nature...but all of that which has ever existed..." Flora told her.
"I feel like I can hear the voice of the planets themselves...harmonizing...like they're singing a melody all their own..." Musa sighed happily. "Even the snow would even heed my call if I beckoned it! Not only water but everything that originates from water..." Layla murmured in awe. "This is amazing! I mean look at this! It's a whole new energy! I can feel the call of animals that I never even knew existed! As if my bond with them has been taken to a new level entirely! Does this mean that I'm finally a Winx!?" Roxy asked excitedly."You've always been one of us Roxy. You just didn't know it." Bloom told her as she smiled and hugged her best friend. "Thanks, Bloom..." Roxy murmured before Undine looked towards the party. "This new power comes from an ancient source...you must learn to harness its unique properties for yourself...go now...and be reborn into this world...as a part of its vital essence..." Undine mused before time ceased as the others vanished. All but Joey.
"H-HEY!? WHERE'D EVERYONE GO!?" the blonde cried as everyone faded from his sight. "Remain calm Joseph..." "...Dats kinda hard ta do!" Joey exclaimed. "...I overheard your wish to become stronger...tis this your true desire?...Cellos was the one I sent in my stead...yet...you were skeptical of this...understandable given the situation...therefore I felt the need to converse with you in person...this way there shall be interference not..." Undine spoke clearly and softly. "...Ok well, ya definitely have meh attention!" Joey blinked a few times. The Lady Of The Crystal pursed her lips.
"As you can see...I have but only two Knights...however, to keep watch over those whom I hath bestowed my blessing upon them...I have doubt not that your journey will be a grave venture...that shall prove a most difficult path to walk...therefore I offer you a proposition...I will give to you...a power all your own...in exchange for becoming a Knight in my court..." Undine told him. Joey narrowed his eyes. "...Become your knight huh...?" the blonde closed his eyes as he thought about all of the people he cared about. Especially Yugi and Flora. "Count me in! Joey doesn't run from anything! No matta what dat may be!" Joey exclaimed as he looked Undine directly in her eyes.
"Then I Lady Of The Crystal...name you my Knight...Joeseph..." the goddess whispered and form a sphere sending it towards him. Joey absorbed the orb. His hair slowly turned to black with red tips a tattoo of a black dragon with red eyes wrapping around his arm. His teeth manifesting into fangs. "Peer into the crystals and see for yourself..." The Lady Of The Crystal mused. Slowly Joey made his way over to the quartz his eyes widened as he gazed within at his reflection.
"Woah...check me out..." the black-haired male murmured in awe. "I look pretty darn cool if I do say so myself!" Joey grinned. "Are you satisfied Joseph?..." "Hell yeah! Dis is awesome! Uh...I mean..." Joey fell quickly to one knee resisting a tear as he slammed his knee too hard against the crystal floor. "Ya won't regret this eh...Mistress? Is dat right?" she only nodded simply. "Uh right! Ya won't regret this Mistress!" "...See that I do not...and remember...I shall be watching..." Undine told Joey before she sent him to join the others among the snow unconscious just outside of the ruin. The goddess summoned but two stars in the palm of her hand sending them away. "Go...and seek out the ones whom were not present here this day..." The Lady Of The Crystal mused before she watched them float up and disappear in a burst of star dust.
Meanwhile...
The Wizards and company sat amongst a wooden table each one with ale place in front of them. The bar appeared to be completely made up of wood with several hundreds of people gathered at the tables with rather a dim lighting. "Cheers gentlemen! Although that fellow Arthur wasn't as helpful as we had hoped...he still gave us a rather interesting hint stowed away in that journal of his." Orgron raised his foamed chilled glass as did the others clinking them together. "Yeah what kind of fool keeps a journal of everything he's EVER done..." Anagan snickered. "Same one who lives in a castle all by his lonesome." Dumon followed. "He never saw us coming..." Gantlos grinned. Bakura remained silent as his eyes wandered to an older male. His hair was pitch black and his eyes a dark ebony. He dressed as though darkness itself clothed him. "It appears we have a visitor..." Bakura muttered before the Wizards Of The Black Circle turned their attention to the older man.
"...Are you the infamous Wizards Of The Black Circle..." the black haired male muttered in a deep voice. "Depends who's askin." Dumon spoke up. "You don't want to mess with us..." Gantlos warned. "Yeah, you might as well move along pal!" Anagan fired back. "Now Now gentlemen...Indeed we are good sir. What can WE do for you?" Ogron questioned. "...I hear you're looking for a certain stone..." the male muttered. "Intriguing...do you perhaps have a proposition for us?" Bakura inquired. "That depends on your answer..."the black haired male answered coldly.
"Why yes...indeed we are." Ogron began as he took another swig of his ale and slammed it down on the table. "The one known as The Red Stone...The Grand Elixer! The stone that was forged by blood and mana itself...the one object that is said to increase one's power beyond that of their current abilities..." Ogron told the man in question. "Then the rumors are indeed true...for what purpose I ask do you seek the stone...?" the black haired male questioned. "Do WE need a reason? For power should suffice as a suitable answer..." Bakura muttered.
"Bakura is close...it is true that what we truly desire is connected to the stone...but I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise by showing all my cards at once now would I?" Ogron grinned. "It's nothing personal just business." the wizard mused simply. Bakura's eyes narrowed. Just what was The Wizard's TRUE objective? Sooner or later he swore he would learn of what they were plotting in the shadows. "...Perhaps you can aid in our cause, my mysterious friend..." Ogron continued. "This IS why you're here is it not?" The man only narrowed his eyes as he took a seat and looked at Ogron in his eyes as a fire lit inside them.
"There is only ONE thing I desire...and that is REVENGE..." the man muttered with a bitterness as darkness raged within. "And I'll see that it is carried out by ANY means necessary...THAT...is my answer..." Ogron only grinned in delight. "Very well! I shall listen to this...proposal of yours...let's have it then shall we!?" "I shall aid you in YOUR search...if you aid me in my OWN..." the man muttered. "Ah...so then it's an alliance you want...this is a most interesting turn of events..." Ogron told the man. "There is a castle in Aura...abandoned by its previous owner...one whom forged the philosopher's stone...I happen to know that his research notes yet STILL remain within its walls..." the black haired man told them.
"I'm still waiting for the BUT." Anagan followed afterward. "It can't be THAT easy...nothin good eva is!" Dumon muttered. "Shut up both of you!" Gantlos spat. "I wanna hear what else he has to say." "As do I...continue..." Orgron coaxed. "However...the castle is under the protection of the Aurian Royal Family...the Prince whom rules over the kingdom will most likely try to stick his nose where it doesn't belong...but that can be remedied..." the older male muttered. "...I'd like VERY much to know what it is you have exactly in mind..." Ogron smirked.
Back At The Seminar House...
Stella groaned as she tossed and turned trying every position possible on her bed as Techna typed away at her computer. "If you keep making faces like that your face will get stuck that way." the faerie of technology teased before their lunch tray manifested via a magic transport device. "Besides it's time to take a break from studying for finals. After all, we ARE studying to become Alfea's newest teachers!" Techna exclaimed as she brought lunch over to Stella's bed. The blonde only made a face.
"What are YOU talking about!?" the faerie of the moon and sun questioned as she narrowed her eyes in aggravation. "I've been waiting and waiting the past week and I STILL haven't received a wedding invitation to Bloom's wedding!" Stella cried out. "...Wait THAT'S what you've been so upset about!?" Techna questioned. "Well of course! What ELSE would I be this worked up over!" the blonde told Techna. "MY BEST FRIEND IS IN A WHOLE OTHER WORLD! AND I'M NOT!" Stella yelled. "So THAT'S why you've been so distracted recently." the faerie of technology sighed.
"UH YEAH! I'm about to rip my hair out just from worrying so hard! Honestly, i'm thinking I should just ditch this whole gig and go where our friends are!" the blonde pouted. "Even after we worked so hard on this program? I know it hasn't exactly been easy but..." "THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT!" Stella cried before both of them paused as two stars one yellow and one purple appeared in the palm of the faerie's hands. "What are they?" Stella questioned bewildered. "I'm not really sure...but there's a power emanating from them...I can feel a strong pull..." Techna responded before they heard a woman's voice.
"Friends Of Those From Afar...I Too Grant You A New Power...Celestix..." Stella and Techna both looked at each other in awe and confusion. The stars within their hands burst into Stardust absorbing into both of them transforming both Stella and Techna into Celestix Faeries. Orange and Pink for Stella with a charm of the Sun on her thigh while Techna had purple and green with a triangle charm. Neither one of them could fathom what had just occurred. "Oh my goodness! Look at these clothes! I think I'm in LOVE!" Stella giggled. "B-But how did this occur!?" Techna questioned. She didn't like when things didn't make sense.
"I don't know! But maybe this is a sign that we SHOULD be with the others!" Stella exclaimed. "For once I believe that you're right Stella...but how are we even going to REACH them? They're in a different world entirely!" Techna pointed out before they heard that voice once more. "With Celestix you can reach beyond space and time...now go...they are waiting..." the voice beckoned them as a portal appeared before them. Slowly they walked through it entering a world of white. Just ahead of them they could see their friends laying in the snow. "THERE THEY ARE!" Stella cried out before Techna and Stella hurried over to the party as they slowly began to awaken.
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