Chapater: Let there be Magic part 2
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"Knut! Come forward." A female voice spoke, eyes glowed through the dark mist, and all three pairs of eyes stared down upon the ogre who returned without the sceptre. "S you have failed?"
"Not my fault your highness. I almost had the sceptre in my hands. But then these earthling teenagers intervened and messed everything up!" Knut tried to defend himself by explaining what happened.
"Earthling teenagers?" A second voice spoke up, finding it hard to believe a non-magical human could defeat him.
"Oh, but they aren't normal. She's got magic and pushed back my ghouls with such power. And these two boys, one of them easily defeated them! But not only that. They're not just normal kids, they're keyblade wielders!"
"Keyblades? Are you certain of this?" The first one asked him with a surprised tone in her voice.
Knut nodded his head. "Oh, definitely! They're just like those from the war many years ago. They took down the Grimm I summoned with ease!"
A third voice spoke up after receiving the information. "Interesting. Describe them."
"Uh, well for starters, both the girl and boy have... uhh, red hair, and this boy's eyes were..." Trying his best to remember what they looked like until he was interrupted.
"Knut, your glasses. Where are they?" The second asked him.
He reached into his pocket and pulled them out to show them. "Right here, Your Highness."
"Well... PUT THEM ON YOU DOLT!"
Knut didn't need to be told twice and not to anger them further. Frantically putting them on to see better. "An Ogre with glasses. Looks kinda l-"
"QUIET! Everyone, this could be trouble. If there are Keyblade wielders, it could be trouble for us. We need to inform our partner about this." The first one spoke. "If only we know where to find them."
"Oh, but your highness, don't worry! One of my ghouls took this piece of clothing from the keyblade Wielder." Pulling out the piece of clothing ripped from Taren's pants from the battle. "To us, this is nothing, but to a Hunting Troll, it's an important clue!" Knut demonstrated, a large blue-skinned troll with long dark hair came forward and took the piece of clothing, sniffing it to get a scent. "See?"
This made them feel pleased about it as the troll now got a scent of it. "Good Then go back to Earth and find them, and this time."
"Don't let us down!" All three of them proclaimed at the same time.
Gardenia, Peters Residence
After the group followed Bloom to her place, her parents didn't expect to bring guests unannounced, but when they saw the girl unconscious, her parents helped Ben and Taren lay the unconscious blonde gently on the couch to rest until she woke up. Bloom tries to explain to her parents what happened back at the park while the keyblade bearers just sit and have a private chat with each other in the kitchen area.
"So, any plans on how to get out of this?" Mal whispered to the two before casting a look towards Taren.
Taren blinked his eyes from the way they were staring at him. "Why ask me?" He asked her but knew exactly what she meant by the tone of her voice.
She narrowed her eyes at him as if he was at fault for it. "Well, let's recall what happened, shall we? You were the first one to find Stella. Exposed yourself to the redhead girl who saw you summoning a keyblade in your hands." Pointing her finger at him in an accusation.
Taren held up his hands in defense for his reason. "Hey, I didn't know she was there in the first place and I couldn't do anything when that ogre summoned the Grimm and attacked the girls."
Ben found it a logical reason and sighed. "He's got a point. I mean, we would've done the same thing as that's what we do to save people. But we know that someone is after Stella for a reason and that guy must be working for Tezzeret if he can control the Grimm."
"But what surprised me was she can do magic, possibly just discovered it," Taren told them that he saw Bloom back in the park and felt powerful magic coming from within her.
They glanced over to see her explaining what had happened. Hearing her say she saw Taren and Stella use magic to fight the monsters. Mal signed and facepalmed after hearing her trying to explain to her father who doesn't buy it. Ben couldn't blame him. If you try to tell someone you saw people using magic to fight monsters, they won't take you seriously. Taren wished he could support her but didn't know how to, as this was his first mission.
"I know we may risk getting into trouble, but she deserves to know about us." Ben gave a suggestion.
"Well, we can't say something like 'Yes, we have magic and also save the universe from the monsters that terrorize the worlds.' You think they'll buy that?" Mal asked the brunette who got what she was saying.
"Yeah, she's right. They'll never believe us, and we can't risk revealing too much. Yen Sid and Macbeth will not be happy about this." Taren said.
Mal looked at him with uncertain about his choice of words. "Um, what do you mean 'us'? If-no WHEN they hear about this, I had no part of this."
The boys looked at her with doubtful looks, but not surprising that she'd try to make an excuse to get out of punishment. They noticed her parents now turned to the three of them and probably wanted answers, especially Bloom, since they had promised they explain everything to her after helping them carry Stella to her place.
"Alright, so mind if I ask who you are and what's your story?" Her father, Mike, who has blonde hair, wearing a blue shirt and pants, and a pair of light brown shoes. Crossing his arms and was wary of the three, as not only he didn't know them, but could be troublemakers since teenagers at their age could do unpredictable things. Her mother had mid-length brunette hair and wore a yellow top and green overall pants with a pair of sandals.
Taren felt somewhat awkward about this and scratched the back of his neck. "Uh, well, first off, my name is Taren and these two are Mal and Ben."
"Hello." Ben responded.
"Hey." Mal just crossed her arms in front of her chest, showing she wasn't much trying to get involved.
"The thing is, we were supposed to meet up with the girl named Stella, who was supposed to take us on an assignment we were given to help with... problems."
"Really? What assignment is that?" Bloom asked.
"And what happened to your pants? Looks as if some dog ripped them." Mike asked him as he noticed the torn edges of his pants and saw the faint bite mark on it.
Taren forgot about that. "Well, wouldn't say a dog did it but nothing to worry about." Giving him the ok look, didn't want to say that a magical creature tried to take a bite out of his leg.
"The thing is, she was in trouble and Taren came along to help her out. Your daughter was kind enough to bring her to your house and then be left vulnerable in the park." Ben explained to them, at least trying to be as truthful as he could but didn't want to bring up the part about monsters.
"Well, whatever happened, this girl needs to be sent to a hospital." Mike suggested. However, the keyblade wielders didn't agree with his idea until they heard a soft groaning noise.
"No, don't, please. Don't tell anyone." They turned to see Stella waking up.
"She's coming too. How do you feel dear?" Vanessa asked her as she became fully conscious and saw everyone around her.
"I'm alright, thanks for helping me out back there." She thanked them after recognizing the girl and the wielders who had saved her life.
Bloom smiled. "Oh, it was nothing."
"Yeah, glad you're alright." Taren said.
"My name is Stella." The blonde gave her name to them.
"Hi Stella, my name is Bloom." Bloom offered her hand to shake after introducing herself to Stella, who smiled at her and shook it. "You met the others who helped you, right?" Stella looked at the three keybearers and remembered them for saving her from the two horrible monsters that were more frightening than the Ogre.
"Should we call your parents, Stella?" Vanessa asked her, thinking they must be worried about her.
Stella smiled at her. "That's gonna be difficult. I come from a place that's far from around here. Have you heard of a place called Solaria? It's a kingdom from another world. I'm a fairy, you know, and was going to meet these three to take to Alfea when I was ambushed by those monsters after I landed on your planet."
'Great, now we're in for it.' The keyblade wielders thought at the same time. Now that she just told them who she was and where she came from, it is more difficult to keep their secret. They obviously can see Bloom's father wasn't buying it and hardly blame him.
"Oh, but of course! I'm calling the police. Doesn't take a genius to see that this girl is seriously out of her mind." Mike reaches for the phone to dial the number.
"If only you knew." Mal rolls her eyes at how little he knows.
Before Mike was about to dial, the phone suddenly transformed into a cabbage and carrot, and they found out that it was Stella who did it to prove him wrong. Looking at the shocked expression on his face gave some teens a snicker.
"Think that's enough proof for ya?" Taren covered his mouth while trying to hold in the chuckle.
Mal even had to admit that it was funny to see the look on his face.
"I saw her dad and I believe her!" Bloom said and couldn't believe it herself.
"Like I said, I was sent here to pick up these three but got attacked by those horrible creatures. They saved me and your daughter from those monsters." Gestured to the three, who felt a little sheepish about giving credit. "She pushed the ghouls with an energy shield."
"I don't know how I did it." Bloom couldn't understand how she did it and somehow used magic. Her parents were confused and shocked.
"A fairy doesn't need to know how she just does it," Stella explained and somehow knew Bloom was a fairy.
Mal asked her, almost sounding surprised. "Hold it, wait a sec! Are you saying that Bloom is... a fairy?"
For Taren, it made sense after what he just saw he do.
Bloom couldn't believe to find out she was a fairy. Something like this felt like a fairy tale and always dreamed of being one since she was a little girl, and it actually came true. "I'm a fairy?"
"Of course you are. Don't tell me you're not." Stella wondered how she could not have known. Sensing no magic from her parents, perhaps recently used them or something. "Have you registered for the new program at Alfea Castle? It's the best school for young fairies like you and me."
Mike couldn't seem to handle any of this and thought he was dreaming. "My daughter? A fairy? Oh, great. I feel like I'm going crazy!" Mike said while putting both his hands to his head after realizing what she had said about Bloom. Turned to the three who were acting calm while one of them sat down on the couch when pretty relaxed to hear about this. She said something about them being magical as well but needed to be sure. "And what about you three? Are you magic as well?"
Taren, Ben, and Mal looked at each other, knowing they couldn't reveal too much, but they did at least deserve some answers.
Mal gave a sigh when she gave in, knowing they couldn't get out of it now. "Oh, alright, might as confess. We're sort of, but pretty much human as you are." She tried to make it simple for them.
"Only that we do possess magic to wield certain abilities. Like Bloom, we just started to learn how to use them." Ben explained to the parents and the fairies present who were listening to them. Leaving out the part of being from other worlds, at least until they easily digest the knowledge slowly.
"You mean like those giant key-shaped swords you used?" Bloom asked them, amazed that they were also magic users and how they used them, causing her parents to be confused by what she just said and looked at them. Stella thought they were incredible weapons, maybe even thinking of asking them how she could get one herself one day.
"Believe me, it is too difficult to explain, and there are things we can't reveal at the moment." Taren chuckled nervously and was not sure they could take it in one. This was probably a relief to Mike as he probably couldn't take much more of the surprises in one night.
Mal stood up from the couch and pulled out her phone. "I better call Yen Sid." Turned to Mike and Vanessa. "You wouldn't mind if I take this out in the backyard? Just gotta give him the heads up on things."
"Of course." Vanessa offered to lead her out the back to make a call.
"How about I show you guys my room and we can talk up there?" Bloom suggested, thinking it be nice to get to know them better and know about this Alfea.
"That sounds like a great idea." Stella agreed.
Ben didn't seem to mind and shrugged his shoulders. "I don't see why not."
But Taren somehow felt nervous going up to a girl's bedroom, even for someone they just met today. However, with Ben beside him, he wouldn't go up alone to avoid the parents getting ideas of what's going on. They followed her upstairs to her bedroom, letting the three have a look around and a nice room.
"So this is your room, huh?" Stella asked her liking the place. Noticed the sketches by the corner, and looked. "Did you draw these?"
"Yeah, what do you guys think of them?" Bloom asked.
"Gotta say, these are pretty good." Ben had to admit she was a good artist. "Seems you have something in common with Taren."
"Really? You're an artist?" Bloom asked Taren and became interested to see some of his work if he had any.
Taren looked at her and couldn't help but blush with embarrassment. Looking at Ben at the corner of his eye and knew he was smirking a little. Shyly looks away to hide the blush, hoping she doesn't notice. "Y-Yeah, I just had this hobby since I was a kid, seem to get it from my mom."
Bloom was oblivious to his blushing, maybe being shy about his talents or those bright amber eyes that caught her attention. She seemed curious about him since they met, yet, for some reason, she couldn't help but find them... interesting? However, it didn't escape the thought of the other two and kept quiet about it. For now. But they noticed something was troubling Bloom as she somewhat seemed down.
"Bloom, is something the matter?" Ben asked her what she was thinking about.
"Sure, things are... no, things are not ok. For instance, I still don't understand what happened in the park." She looked at her hands from what happened after blasting magic out of them.
Stella seems to get the idea and tries to help her understand. "Bloom, you used your powers to save us. You should be proud of yourself." She looks out the window. "In my world, magic is a part of life, and powers such as yours are perfectly normal."
"Yeah, and I thought it was cool. You wiped the floor with them after your first time." Taren thought of encouraging her, which caused her to smile and feel her face turn red at his encouraging words.
"So is that what your world is like, Stella?" Ben asked her, as he was more interested in learning about her dimension while she went through one of Bloom's books.
"Is it?" This time, it was Bloom's turn to ask her.
"Yes... almost." Going through the pages, and closed the book. "But it's much nicer in here. But it's still different."
"I guess it all depends on your point of view, Stella. But I can't still can't get over what happened." She felt a little frustrated and had so many things to know about how she did it.
"Strong feelings such as fear have summoned up the wonderful powers that are in you." Stella explained to her about using magic. "They were always there, and you just didn't know it. It's just a question of concentration."
Listening to her seems to bring back some memories of how both Taren and Ben called their keyboards for the first time when their families were in danger. Thinking of Bloom reminded them of the first time being confused and uncertain about their abilities.
"Speaking of magic, I'm interested to know about those key-swords you guys used. They must be amazing!" They turned to the girls when Stella asked them and seemed very interested to know about them.
"Uh, well, the thing is, they're called Keyblades. But yeah, they're awesome and well known around most parts of our worlds." Ben said, getting them more interested. "Basically of a magical weapon but much more for those who are chosen."
The young female redhead was unable to hold back her curiosity and excitement to see them, turns to Taren to see his once more since she didn't get a good look at it. "Can we have a look? Please, Taren. I promise it will only look and not break it." Bloom promises him to be careful with her hands together and giving a begging look.
"Surely there's nothing wrong with that." Stella took her side and wanted to see them. "After all, it is fair to know each other after that horrible encounter with those monsters."
Taren and Ben were somewhat reluctant about it at first, but then again, the Keyblades would not harm innocent people and she was right about giving them a look of their keyblades. But an idea popped into the Aurodan prince's head and smiled.
"Well, guess we can't say 'no' to two ladies. You can see Mal's sometime later." Ben accepted their offer.
Taren looked at his best friend, wondering what he was thinking. "Wha... Ben what are you saying they can't..." He noticed Ben gave him a nod to the side and immediately caught on to what he was up to. "Can't use them without us summoning them first. now I'm with ya."
Waving his hand called forth the Light's Rebellion alongside Ben, summoning his Beast Within. Stella's eyes widened in awe, mesmerised by the sight of the two keyblades up close. Bloom couldn't believe how incredible they looked and could feel the strong power of them. However, this feels too easy, and feels like there was a catch if these were so important.
"Here you go, just be careful." Ben gave Stella his keyblade holding out the shaft before handing it to her.
Taren held his blade out in both hands before Bloom, who couldn't help but gaze at it. He could tell she was enchanted by it before reaching out to the shaft. "Don't worry, it won't have sharp edges but best not to swing it." He advised her with caution before handing it to Bloom. She reached out for it but inadverttaitnly brushed her figures against his to get a good grip on it. For a moment, her cheeks flushed but vanished as she got a good firm grip on it.
She was in awe just by feeling it. "Wow."
"Yeah, but the next surprise will happen in a few seconds." Taren said, trying to hold in the smirk growing on his face.
She looked at him in confusion at what he meant. "Why what's gonna-" Suddenly the keyblade in her hand vanished, much to her surprise and so did the one Stella held who looked around to see where they had gone.
"Wah-where..."
"Sorry about that, girls." They turned to find the keyblades back in their owners' hands, both smiled sheepishly, and Ben explained what happened. "You see, Keyblades only choose those who they consider worthy to wield them and have a strong connection with our hearts as the source of magic. So if someone tried to get them from us, they just come right back." Both their keyblades vanished into the light once they finished their demonstration.
"Yeah, that's what makes them so special to avoid bad guys from getting their hands on them." Taren explained to them he was a little guilty of tricking them.
"Aww, no fair." Stella pouted and crossed her arms together, causing Bloom to giggle over Stella's response since she didn't seem bothered by it. At least she got to know that they weren't dangerous.
"So, how did you get them?" Bloom asked.
"Well, for starters, they chose us. We got them when we were just ordinary teens until monsters came about and we fought them." Taren told them but was uneasy to bring up the subject as he still remembered being taken away from the islands against his choice.
Bloom could feel something was wrong with him but didn't know what it was. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, sorry just thinking of my parents, that's all, and hoping they're OK," Taren said, not wanting to lie to her but didn't want to bring it up
Ben shared the same feeling and thought of something to change the subject. "So, Stella, could you show us some of your magic?"
"Not at all, here let me try these pencils." Waves her hands towards the pencils on Bloom's desk. They watch in fascination as the pencils begin to glow and fuse into a large pencil.
"Wow." Ben was impressed.
Stella nodded and looked at Bloom. "OK, so now it's your turn. Give them back their original shape."
Bloom was a little hesitant at first, but seeing how it was made with magic, she wanted to give it a chance with her new gifts. Reaching out her hands, and waved her fingers around, trying to get the pencil to revert to its original small form. It shook a little until it fell to the floor, much to her disappointment.
"Well?"
Bloom sighed and gave up. "Nothing. I can't do it."
"Come on, it can't be that bad. You just need to practice a bit more." Taren tried to help her out, knowing it wasn't easy learning magic on the first day.
"He's right, and I know just the place where you can learn about magic. Alfea is the best place to study, it's a school for fairies." Stella told her and believed she might fit in there.
"You think she can learn magic? Ben asked her.
Stella strongly thinks so. "Oh, for sure, I'm certain she would make an excellent fairy!"
"Where's Alfea?" Bloom asked her.
"It's in the realm of Magix. A place beyond time and space where everything is possible." Stella explained. "If you want to come to see the school, I'll show it to you." She brought out a card and dropped it on the ground where it grew to a size of a large portrait.
"What's that?" Taren asked.
"This is a gateway to take us to Alfea by saying the place you want to go. Watch." She takes a step on it to show its functions. Clearing her throat to say the name clear. "Magix." By saying the word, she slowly sinks into the portal. "Now follow me."
The three watched in awe as she slowly vanished into the gateway and looked at each other. "So, who wants to go first?" Bloom asked.
"Might as well check it out. You coming, Ben?" Taren asked him.
"Better stay here in case Mal comes and finds we're not here."
Taren and Bloom thought it be a good idea, so she took the first step to give it a shot.
"Um, like this? Whoa." She felt herself slipping in.
Stella spoke from the other side. "Yep, so hurry if you guys want to follow through. Quick, before the gate closes."
"I'll follow through." Taren followed her and felt his body being pulled through. Turns to Ben before he disappears. "Tell Mal we'll be back in a moment."
"Gotcha." He watches as Taren vanishes. The portal closed, and it is a normal-looking card, but still large. Thinking about what Mal is doing while talking to master Yen Sid.
Meanwhile, Mal was outside trying to think of a way to explain the situation to Master Yen Sid. Looking at her phone and sighed. "Ugh, you guys owe me for this." She muttered and dialed the number to contact the sorcerer. Holds it up against her ear and waited for him to pick up, but was so nervous. Deep down, she prayed he wouldn't pick up.
"Good evening, Mal. How is your assignment? I hope you had a safe trip to Gardenia." Hearing the elder's voice.
'Oh yeah, had the time of our lives(!)' Groaning from that dreadful taxi ride they had. She gulped nervously and replied. "H-Hello, Master... We got here safe and sound. The good news is we found her and she's ok."
"Very good. But I feel there is more to which you called for that." He said, making it unearthing how he knew something wasn't right.
"Yeah, see... we were unable to find her, so we split up in the park and found she was attacked by this ogre after she landed on Earth."
"Is she alright?" Asked her in worry, disturbed by the news of Grimm.
"She's safe, recovered after using her magic to defend herself, but we came and helped. But there's something you ought to know...we ran into some problems." Decided to explain the full details. Explaining about Taren coming to her help, but unexpectedly received help from a girl named Bloom who suddenly finds out to have magic. She even told him about the ogre using the Grimm creatures to attack until Ben came to his help. She could probably imagine that the grand master was surprised by this news, yet relieved to know they had dealt with the situation and could imagine him proud of them taking on the Grimm on their first battle. Yet, now they have a complicated situation, especially to find out about them in the residence of a family of this teenager. "Yeah, I know! You said no magic, but we had no choice. She was eager to help us and had nowhere to go until the blonde recovered. But that's not all, this Bloom girl, her name that is... she used magic. Stella said that the reason she could do magic is because she's a fairy."
"Are you certain she is a fairy?" The keyblade master wanted to be certain he heard her correctly and sounded very surprised.
"Yeah, I'm positive. I can sense strong magic coming from her but seems to have just awoken. It could be why I had trouble finding Stella's magical aura. Sending you the photo." She snapped a photo of Bloom when no one was looking in the case and sent it to him.
"Hmm, this is serious Mal. As you are aware, there have not been any fairies on Earth for many centuries. I will conduct some investigation. Make certain that you keep a close watch over her after arriving at Alfea safely."
"Got it. The boys are with them now so-" She stopped talking when she could hear some voices nearby. She could feel a magical presence near the house and decided to find out.
"I lost the scent, he's disappeared!" A growing voice caught her ear and the sound of sniffing.
'He's scent? Who are they talking about?' Mal was curious until she recognized one of them. Peeking over the corner and recognised the yellow-skinned monster just before he left. They must've used the torn piece of Taren's pants after the battle, using the big blue fella as their bloodhound.
"Master gotta go. Might have unwanted visitors." She whispered through her phone.
"Very well, I wish you the best of luck, my dear."
Hangs up the phone and races back to Bloom's house to alert the others and calls Ben to give a heads-up.
"Ben, it's me, just a little heads up that we're about to have guests over, and not in a good way."
After Stella brought Bloom and Taren to a forest, they could see a pink-colored castle which must be the school. "This is Alfea Castle. Nice huh? I'm sure you would like it here."
Bloom was a little uncertain about all of this, everything is so sudden and if she were to come here to learn about magic then she would have to come, but that would mean leaving her family and friends on Earth. She had to admit Alfea was beautiful but still a tough decision. "But, what about my high school in Gardenia. I mean, everything is happening so fast."
"I get what you're saying, it's a big decision to make if you want to be a fairy." Taren knows from experience that he had to leave behind what he considered a 'normal' life when he received the keyblade and was chased by Grimm.
"Well think about it. I got to leave tomorrow morning with or without you." Stella said.
Bloom sighed, there was not much to think. "Alright, I'll sleep on it. Now how do we get outta here?"
"Easy, all you gotta do is jump up."
They looked up and realized the gate back to Earth was still there. She jumped straight up and vanished, Taren and Bloom looked at each other as he smiled and shrugged his shoulders before doing the same thing to follow her. Returning to see Ben there and didn't seem happy.
"What's wrong?" Bloom asked him.
"Got trouble coming."
Mal rushed inside and locked the door but it wouldn't stop them from coming in, should give the others time to prepare. She noticed the rabbit from earlier saw them coming and cried out, rushing to her and tugging her pants. "Yeah, big and ugly." Couldn't blame the pet and entered the living room.
"Hey, might need to head for cover, got trouble coming here." Mal said.
"What? What are you talking about?" Mike asked her, uncertain what she was saying while Kiko was frantic and tried to get their attention. "Not now, Kiko we'll play later."
"I don't think that's what he's trying to say." Mal knew he wouldn't believe them until the door burst open and they saw the large troll barge in. The couple didn't believe what they saw as Mike took cover to protect his wife from the ghouls that were all over the living room while Mal stood before them and glared at the troll and ogre.
Stood her ground with her hands on her hips. "Didn't anyone tell you it's rude to barge into people's homes, let alone crash the place?"
Knut stared at the purple-haired teen, uncertain who she was but didn't care. "Step aside, little girl. We came for the fairy, so unless you want your bones intact I suggest you get out of our way."
Listening to his threats and saw the troll approach her, not bothered by his size, and just smirked. "Really? Guess we'll have to do this the hard way." Noticing one of the ghouls trying to make a jump on the witch but saw it coming so easily and threw a roundhouse kick against it. "And I'm guessing you're looking for the Keyblade wielders, right?"
This surprised Knut that she knew about them, they must be close by if the fairy was here. "You know about them? Where are they?"
"Looking for us?"
Catching the familiar voice and turned to see the fairies and the wielders by the stairs. Stella transformed into her fairy form and was ready for a second round with the ogre. They were so distracted by the group, that they forgot about Mal, Mike, and Vanessa. Perfect opportunity for Mal to use her skills and to buy them time for cover turned to the couple. "You two get out of here, we'll make sure to take care of these guys."
They were a little unsure about leaving the teenagers to handle this, especially with their daughter in the face of danger. However, they seem to know what they're doing and feel they can be trusted. "Alright, but make certain Bloom is safe." Vanessa said.
Mal nodded and turned to the group. "Yoohoo, fellas." Whistled to catch their attention.
Knut turned to her in annoyance. "What now?" Growled but noticed the girl was smirking in a devious way that made the ogre feel wary about her.
"This." She leaped towards the troll waved her hand and summoned her keyblade right before clobbering the monster in the gut. Pushed it back to the kitchen to the surprised Knut who realised she was one of them.
"ANOTHER ONE!? Just how many of you can use them!?" He held his hands up to his head and felt a headache coming up.
Mal smirked and revealed her Shadow of Redemption to them, resting it on the ground. "More to take you on. So don't mess with us." Pointing it towards them.
Taren decided to join in to help and called forth his keyblade to get into the action until Ben grabbed his shoulder. "Hold up, we need to think of a way to clear them out of the place."
"Good point, we should try to split them up to handle their numbers." Taren agreed with him, thinking of how to handle the situation.
"Ok, I'll take care of the ghouls." Bloom made a run towards the backyard, getting their attention to follow her out of the house.
"You two can take care of the troll. I have a score to settle with this fella." Stella told the boys who were uncertain but seemed very eager for payback. She joined Mal and stood beside her. "Mind if I join in?"
Mal looked at her and only shrugged her shoulders in response. "Fine, so long as I get a piece of this fella since the boys had most of the fun."
Stella smiled and made her wings flutter. "Least something we can agree on that."
Knut had a bad feeling that these two were going to team up against him. This was not his day. 'Oh, crud.'
Bloom ran outside the house with the ghouls that followed her as part of the plan, the girl then saw a moving boiler pot and picked it up when it was near her feet, discovering the quivering Kiko using it for cover.
Taken by surprise to find both the troll and Knut sent flying out of the window and door. Knut landed on his ghouls where as the hunting troll was sent further ahead, grunting after greatly underestimating the keyblade wielders after being warned by Knut from the first battle. The rest of the group followed them outside as they slowly got up.
"Wow, you guys sure good at this stuff." Bloom said.
"Yeah, but don't think the big guy is ready for quits." Taren spotted the troll getting up and looked mad.
Stella didn't seem bothered. "Don't worry, I called the Specialists."
"The who?" Bloom asked which caught the other three's attention.
The troll took a moment to which of the teenagers to attack and turned his attention to the fairies as the easiest pickings for him. Charged towards them with his fists held up for the attack, but before any of the wielders could jump in to stop him a whip wrapped around his neck. The group was confused until they saw four guys wearing blue and white outfits with capes. Each carrying a weapon made up of energy. The first one had light brown hair with glasses. The second had blonde hair wielding a sword and shield. The third had magenta-colored spiky hair and carried daggers connected to the whip he used to keep the troll at bay. And finally, the last one had brown hair with a
The keyblade wielders didn't know who they were and decided to ask them.
"Say, who are you guys?" Mal asked them.
"No worries, we're the Specialist." The blonde-haired Specialist answered.
"Specialists?" Ben asked if he heard him right.
"Yeah, more like Specialists in the training of Red Fountain. Stella called us for help." The trio realized who they were and learned that they were one of the top three schools in Magix.
Taren looked at the troll who was trying to get the whip off him, might not belong to break free. "Well in that case, how about we take care of this guy before he causes more trouble."
"What's the rush, red, this guy's not anyway." The magenta-haired haired stated but the troll grabbed the line and hoisted him off his feet, throwing him over towards the girls.
Mal sighed and turned to the remaining group without little confidence in their abilities. "Not going anyway huh?"
The glasses-wearing trainee chuckled nervously. "Well, it is our first mission so there's bound to be some snag."
The troll came at them, attacking the blonde who held up his shields to take most of the attacks as he continued to pound his fists against it. Taren decided to help him out by slamming the back of the Light's Rebellion against the side, pushing him away.
"You ok?" Taren asked him.
The Specialist smiled at the save. "Yeah, thanks for the assist." He noticed the strange weapons the three possessed but decided to focus on capturing the monsters first before asking questions about them.
The brunette took his turn and swung his sword down into the ground, causing the earth beneath them to split.
Mal decided to use some distraction and try to catch his attention. "Hey, big blue and ugly! Over here!" Calling out to him, waving her hand out. When he looked at her, he failed to realize one of them come up behind him.
"My turn!" Held out an advance-looking gun and fired energy projectiles circling around the troll's feet, causing him to fall into the trench with a loud crash.
"Least that's one down." Mal said before turning to the remaining ghouls, who held their weapons firmly, and noticed the one who got thrown over stood up, she could tell he was being unappreciated by their attempt to help him.
Attacking them with his blade until Knut snuck up and punched him by surprise, when his back was turned Stella and Bloom fired a magic blast they used together. The three can tell she is amazed and seems to be getting the hang of the whole magic.
"Looks like she's got some talent." Taren said.
"I'll say." Ben agreed until they surrounded Knut and his ghouls.
"So, what's it gonna be? Come quietly or just run away?" The brunette gave him the choices.
Knut had one trump card up his sleeve and knew these Specialists wouldn't stand a chance against the Grimm. "How about the third option, I summon creatures more dangerous than a hunting troll with th-" As he reached into his pocket, he stopped at his sentence when realizing something was missing, sweat appeared on his head, and chuckled nervously.
Mal knew what he was looking for pulled out of her sleeve to reveal an amulet that he used earlier. "Looking for this?" While the Specialists had no idea what was so special about it, the others knew exactly what it was and felt relieved she stole it from him. "Should've kept it someplace secure, and can't call on the Grimm without it." She tossed it in the air and cast a spell to blast it into pieces.
Both Taren and Ben grinned and gave her a nod for a good job.
Knut growled and stepped back, knowing he was outmatched, and decided to retreat. Clapped his hands and vanished before their eyes.
"Finally this one's over." Stella said, much more relieved about it.
The Keyblade wielders and Bloom decided to meet the Specialists and thank them for their help.
"Guys, allow me to introduce the Specialists."
"Riven." He hardly showed any smile to them, and Mal could tell she didn't like him for his attitude.
"Prince Sky." The brunette with the broad sword smiled and nodded to them.
"Timmy." He waved to them and smiled.
"And Brandon, Prince Sky's squire."
Brandon walked up to them and offered his hand to shake with theirs. "Nice to meet ya, and thanks for helping out." Giving his praise to them.
Taren smiled and accepted his hand. "No prob, you guys did good."
"So who are you guys, never seen those swords before." Timmy asked and was interested in the keyblades.
"Well, my name's Taren. And these are our keyblades." The redhead wielder introduced himself.
Ben nodded and shook their hands. "I'm Ben, have to admit your weapons look interesting, what are they?"
"They're called Phantom Blades, all Specialists back at Red Fountain use them for combat and training." Timmy replied.
"Interesting name, you can call Mal."
Brandon held his chin up as something he wanted to ask. "Say, what was that thing you destroyed? Whatever it was the ogre was ready to use it."
"Trust me, it's best that you don't." Mal said, not wanting to reveal too much unless it was necessary.
They find the troll climbing out of the hole but before he could get a chance to make a run for it Timmy snapped a collar around his neck.
"Where do you think you're going?"
The troll growled and was paralyzed by the device from doing anything. Bloom's parents arrived to check on them, only to see the troll being taken away as it was.
"So what you guys gonna do with him?" Taren asked them.
"He'll be put into Red Fountain's custody until he'll face charges." Sky said.
"We better go, if you guys should visit Red Fountain give us a heads up, like to see how good those keyblades of yours are." Brandon said.
Both Taren and Ben smirked and thought of the same thing, mostly Taren who was eager to accept a challenge. "Sure, we'll promise to go easy on you guys."
Riven glared at them. "Yeah right, those dorky weapons won't be a match against us, later." They stood beside each other and vanished in a bright light, obviously back to Magix to take the troll to a cell.
The witch didn't take that tone of his well and narrowed her eyes at him. "Hmph, that guy seriously needs to loosen up the attitude."
The boys looked at their partner after her response, Taren leaned over to whisper. "Like she's ever so innocent." Before Ben could respond, his eyes looked over and widened in surprise.
"Oh really?"
He was unaware that Mal was close enough to hear him and pulled him into a vice-like grip.
"Come on, Mal I was kidding!" Waving his arms in desperate to escape her grip. Both struggle to outwit the other and argue. Bloom covered her mouth with her hand to keep herself from laughing just by watching the two wrestle each other, even her parents thought it was amusing and took their minds off the carnage that happened tonight. Been thinking about what she saw and feels like a calling to her to be a fairy, plus, she has Stella to help her and hoping to get to know more about the keyblade bearers.
While everyone was retreating into the house, none of them was aware of a small metallic construct with a spheroid-shaped body and four spindly legs, silver-colored and a large emerald eye that watched the battle, hiding above a rooftop to avoid being spotted. A black vortex tore open behind the insectoid probe, turned around, and crawled through, once it disappeared the gateway closed itself and faded away with no traces of energy left behind.
The next morning...
Everyone was up and cleaning the house, the trio felt bad for being partially responsible for last night's battle and offered to lend a hand. But at least nothing serious was broken as it would've been difficult to explain how it happened to anyone around.
Stella came in to see them cleaning up the living room to find Mike, Taren, and Mal cleaning up, the latter didn't seem to enjoy it much. They noticed she wore a different set of clothing. Wearing a green halter tank top, and an orange short skirt, and her hair was styled with a purple hair band. "You know it would be easy for me to straighten up everything with a little magic."
Mal silently pleaded for him to accept as it do she could her's to make it quick, sort of reminds her of the chores they did back at Macbeth's mansion without relying on their powers for shortcuts.
"Thanks, Stella but I prefer it this way." Mike knew she was trying to be helpful for what happened last night, he thought it be better to take some time from the whole magic business for a while.
Mal groaned and grumbled, much to Taren's amusement to see her like this. After cleaning up his part, Taren turned to Mike's apologies. "Still, it's sort of my fault for leading them here if I've known they were following us."
"You don't have to blame yourself, Taren, nobody was hurt so that matters." Mike assured him and was grateful for their help. This made Taren better and smiled.
Ben came in and wiped his hands and had some bit of dirt on his clothes. "Alright, I've sorted out the damage outside and filled that hole up."
"You think those So-called Specialists could've at least helped out." She muttered under her breath, feeling her body ache after spending the morning cleaning up everything.
"I'm ready." They see Bloom with her mom and carrying the suitcase, they figure she must have made up her choice.
"Are you sure about this, sweetie?" Mike asked if she was serious about it.
Bloom nodded. "Yes, Dad, I'm going with Stella to the realm of Magix at Alfea castle.
"Call us as soon as you get there and let us know everything." Her father said and started to feel worried about all this. "I still can't believe we agreed to this. W-what if you get sick? Or if you meet these monsters again?"
"Dad, I'll be careful I promise." Bloom assured him that she was going to be ok.
"Bloom, we love you so very much, and please come home as soon as the session is over next summer. We'll miss you." Her mom asked her, knowing that Bloom would be far from home for some time.
"I'll miss you too, so very much." Bloom smiled at them softly as she would miss them.
"Nah ah ah, did you think we let you go just like that?" Mike told her. "No, we're coming with you. So, not like using a cab or anything, right?"
The moment he mentioned a cab, the trio flinched and felt their color drained away as they remembered the near-death experience they had yesterday with the Fates. They made a vow; NEVER to take a cab ride from the Fates or anyone related to them again.
"Are you alright, you three look as if you've seen ghosts?" They were snapped out of the nightmarish moment after hearing Vanessa spoke out.
"Oh, nothing." Mal brought her hands up and tried to make a convincing smile. "It's just that we had a... bad experience with a cab ride on the way here." Both the boys nodded and smiled sheepishly, the others didn't know what they were on about but decided to let it slip.
Taren thought of something and asked Stella before they left. "Say, Stella aren't there rules about bringing people who don't have magic to your dimension?" Bringing up the subject as they remember that Bloom was the only one among her family to possess magic.
"There are rules that don't allow it, but as they say; rules are meant to be broken!" Stell said and transformed her ring into its staff form. Raised her staff and opened up a portal that would lead them to Magix, when they arrived the group had a rough but soft landing in a forest. They all looked to see Alfea for fairies to attend.
For the wielders of the keyblades, this was the next part of their journey and now in the Magic Dimension. They won't know what lies ahead but know without a doubt, that Tezzeret and the Grimm are near, but that's what they've been preparing for since day on
Hope you like it, was trying to build up the interactions between the characters, like wanting Taren and Mal to have some sibling-relationship, wanting to build up the development of the characters. I have ideas for each of their powers so thought I keep them a secret until they fight the Grimm and help the Winx and Specialists. If you have any ideas let me know, also ask for any betas on action since I might need some help with that in the near future.
There will be some appearances of KH characters that will make an appearance soon, not saying, but will leave some hints for you to figure them out. ^^