Episode 1 Part 3
◇Riven's Lucky Day◇

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After the argument in the woods, Verena decided to take a quick shower to calm down. Now she was walking around the courtyard full of students to make sure it was everything in order.

Her phone kept vibrating with message notifications. She knew they were all from Saul. And it didn't help that her powers were turbulent and bubbling inside her. And for some reason she knew what was causing it. Or rather, who.
She took a deep breath trying to calm down. It wouldn't be nice if she lost control in the middle of so many people. She tried to distract herself by wondering if the girls had already started doing what they had to do.

The answer came to her. Literally.

A little further on, a blonde girl came in her direction. She still hasn't noticed the older one yet. Her face was calm and expressionless. But Verena noticed her brown eyes gleaming with mischief. Almost vibrating with satisfaction. The typical look of a child who had just done something wrong and didn't regret it at all. That glow disappeared the instant their eyes met

The two walked past each other almost touching their shoulders. The unruly blonde haired girl nervously averted her eyes and started walking faster away from Verena. Confirming her suspicions.

A scream. This made Verena run to the hallway Viperine was in.

Riven ran like he was running from his worst nightmare. He looked back so scared he didn't noticed Verena on his path.
She stopped him from running by wrapping her arms around him. Using her own body weight and the strength of her legs, she managed to keep the two from falling into the floor.

His breathing was fast and uneven. And Verena almost thought she was listening to his heart because of how hard it was beating in his chest. Realizing that he was very nervous, she hugged his shivering, sweaty body. Using a little magic to calm the boy down. A few seconds later he pushed her away.

"Please tell me you didn't find another body but two people having sex" she pleaded looking straight into his eyes.

"How do you know?" He asked

Verena raised one of her eyebrows, grimacing.

"Is it because it looked like you were running from a ghost ?"she grabbed one of his arms pulling him towards the direction he ran away from.

He complained and tried to break free. But she increased the strength of her grip preventing him from pulling away.

Arriving at the end of the hall, she came across the petrified body of a student. A fairy. She moved closer to try to identify the student.

Verena sighed, putting her hands on her hips. She turned around to Riven with an expression that clearly said
"Unbelievable"

"It's the first day of school and you've already earned a detention. And in less than 24 hours you managed to find two bodies. Is it your lucky day?"

Riven didn't even have time to think of an answer.

Silva approached the two. When he noticed the statue behind Verena his eyes widened. His body went so tense it looked like it had been petrified too.

"Tell the others. I'll take care of the students" Wanting to keep as much distance as possible between her and Silva, Verena started pulling Riven back into the courtyard.

Arriving there she found the students in complete silence.
All curious wanting to know what had happened.

"I don't want to see any of you walking around the school until tomorrow morning. All to the dorm. Now!" She ordered

She didn't need to repeat. In less than two minutes the courtyard was empty. Verena might be nice most of the time, but everyone knew that when she gave a order, you either obey or suffer the consequences.

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▪︎Verena▪︎

I start walking toward the Specialists' building still tugging on Riven's arm.

When I get close to the dorm area I stop walking and finally let go of the boy next to me.

I cross my arms looking at him up and down. I notice his shirt was wet. That's where the strong smell of alcohol came from.

" First, skip training. Left the barrier to smoke. And now it looks like you took a shower of alcohol" I try to keep my voice as low as possible "What the fuck do you have in your head, kid?"

"Why do you care?" he replied

"Because I do. What's happening to you?" he averted his eyes and kept shifting his body weight from one foot to the other "Talk to me" I ask, trying to make him open up

He looked into my eyes and seemed to want to say something.

"Just leave me alone, will you?" His face hardened and he turned to go to his room.

I grabbed his arm again, preventing him from walking away.

"Last year you used to talk to me. I'm trying to help you"

"I don't need your help" I bite my bottom lip trying at all costs to calm down. If he doesn't want to go the easy way, it's going to be the hard way.

"If it weren't for me you would have been expelled a long time ago. But if you really don't need my help, from now on you're on your own"

I turn my back on him heading to the fairies building. I needed to check on Bloom and Stella.

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As Verena approached the door of the Winx Suite, she heard Terra's voice.

"That's deep in the forest, Stella. You know what's out there, right?"

Verena rolled her eyes, preparing for the next thing that would piss her off today.

"What's going on here?" She asked, drawing the attention of the girls in the room.

When Stella realized who it was, she got up from the couch looking nervously at her guardian.

Terra, Musa and Aisha were relieved.

"Stella lent her ring to Bloom so she could return to the first world" Terra replied.

"Terra" Stella shouted

"Stella!" the blonde fell silent. Verena approached her looking furious. "If anything happens to Bloom because you acted like a spoiled little princess jealous of a boy you ditched, you're going to have serious problems to deal with. And it won't be with Dawling or your mother. It will be with me -

With each word Stella cringed more and more and didn't dare look up. Verena didn't scream at all. Her voice was deeper than usual. She was so cold and with a look that scared anyone. The other girls present looked at each other in fear.

Musa being an empath felt everything around her. And despite the fury she felt coming from the older one, she also felt a calm and comfort that she hadn't felt since she lost her mother. It made her feel safer around Verena.

Without saying anything else Verena left the room. The girls looked at Stella before following the woman. They had to run a bit to keep up with her steps.

"Miss Neith what are you going to do?" Aisha asked

"I'm going after Bloom" She replied, stopped walking and turning to them "You go after Dawling and tell her to meet me at the gateway"

They agreed and ran off. She looked around to make sure no one was around, closed her eyes and teleported to her room to get her swords and whip. As soon as she was ready she started to run. This time without magic. She couldn't risk being seen or losing control.

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▪︎Verena▪︎

I run towards the gateway arriving before Farah and the girls. My heart is racing making my blood pound in my ears. When I walk through the door I see that I'm in the werehouse near Bloom's house. I can hear the Burned One growling and running. I close my eyes feeling the energies around me. Bloom is not that far from me.

I lean against the wall where I know they will pass. Bloom walks past me towards the door not noticing my presence.
When it's The Burned One turn, I use my whip to hold him by the neck, pulling him in another direction so that he gets away from Bloom. Not liking being caught, he attacks me.
But I'm already prepared holding my sword. He was fast and strong. He tried to scratch and bite me. Fighting with just one sword was difficult so I pulled the second one from my back.
I managed to dodge his attacks, just as I was about to stick my sword into him, he is taken away from me by magic.

I turn to see Farah with her hands outstretched and her eyes glowing. Behind her I see Bloom along with the girls watching us. But soon my view is blocked by the door closing.

"Why didn't you let me kill him?" I ask confused and annoyed.

She didn't answer me. She took out her phone and texted someone.

What is this woman going to do?

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I was sitting on the couch in Dawling's office, my elbows on my knees and my chin in my hands. While Farah was standing in front ot her window. The two of us were completely silent. Immersed in our own thoughts. Until her door is slammed open and closed with a loud thud.

Saul came in like a raging hurricane.

"You're going to break the door like that" I say without looking at him "A little harder and you wake up the whole school"

"This is not the time for jokes Celeste" he said angrily

I looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Do I look like I'm joking?" I asked tiredly.

He rolled his eyes huffing.

"What's the matter with you two? Fight a Burned One without back up?"

Neither of us responded.

"Get up" I turned my attention to Saul when I heard his voice

"Hum?" I mumbled confused

"Get up" repeated coming towards me with heavy steps

As soon as I was on my feet he grabbed my arms running his eyes down my body.

Then I understood what he was doing.

"Silva" he ignored it still looking for any wound

"Saul" I called again holding his face that was full of worry and fear. "I'm fine" I say looking deep into his eyes trying to show him I was telling the truth. He seemed to calm down a bit. He turned his attention to Farah but I knew he would return to this subject with me later.

"What happened to Burned One?" He asked stopping in front of her with his arms crossed and a serious expression. Which made him even more handsome. And with the moonlight reflecting in his eyes, I realized that with each passing day I fell more in love with him. And the fear of him hating me when he found out the truth increased.

Dammit. What have I gotten myself into?

I sat down on the couch again, returning to my previous position letting them talk to each other. As I listened to what they were saying, I entered the minds of Beatrix and Viperine. Blocking anyone around me so no one could feel my magic and making sure my eyes didn't give me away.

When I did, I saw that they were following my orders and heading into the forest.

"We chained it up in a barn outside the Barrier" Farah replied

"You should've killed it" Saul seemed to be trying to control himself.

"And left it in the human world?"

"You should've brought it back here and then killed it" he repeated before seeming to remember something "Did it break your skin?" knowing him, I didn't even need to enter his mind to know that he was blaming himself for not asking his friend this before

"No, I'm not infected" she looked in my direction with a small smile. "You should have seen Verena in action. She was amazing" she tried to defuse the situation. Realizing that it didn't work, returned to the main subject. "I've got Ben to make up some oil from the zanbaq flower in the greenhouse" Saul looked up taking a deep breath trying to calm down.

"I've dosed it. It won't be conscious for hours." Farah continued

Oh Farah, don't be so sure. I thought still focusing on the girls

"Farah...."he didn't know what to say

"I need to get in its head. We need to know if this is an isolated incident or something more"

"Something move? Like what?" he asked confused

Farah turned her eyes to me. Silently asking me to speak.
Seeing this Saul looked at me too with raised eyebrows. I sighed trying to keep my concentration on the girls while giving them my attention.

"I..."I sighed again averting my eyes from Saul, he won't like us hiding this from him at all. "I found a changeling in the First World. Bloom. The girl that was talking to Sky"

I looked at him again seeing his astonished face. He stared at me trying to process what I said.

"A changeling. I've not heard of one of those in centuries"

"Yet there she was"I continued with a little snort "left 16 years ago. And from what I understand, right around the time the last Burned One was spotted."

"You think it's all connected" he looked at both us

We were silent.

Yes, she thought.

I was sure.

"I'm struggling, Saul" she said with a shaky breath "Rosalind kept so much from us"

Hearing that name Saul looked at me apprehensively. Before he arrived Farah told me the rest. Including where Rosalind was. Minus the fight between the two Specialists. She said it was up to Saul to tell me when he was ready.

And I congratulated myself again on my ability to play dumb or naive. Better yet, innocent.

"She already told me. I won't scream again don't worry" I try to reassure him

"I'm worried about the students." we look again at Farah "The Alfea they know is very different from the one we attended." referred to her and Saul. "They have so much life to experience. Even if this world were safe, what they're going through can feel impossible. But this world isn't safe. And I don't know how long we'll be able to protect them from it."

She focused her eyes on Saul. "I know you feel it." que looked at me too. "That you both feel it. The....shift"

She sighed wearily before turning to the window and continuing. "They've had order tor so long they don't know what chaos feels like."

"They will soon" I get up and leave the room. Not seeing the strange look they had.

I lean against a dark wall away from Dawling's office and focus my concentration on the girls. Watching them go through the barrier and into the barn. I feel Beatrix's magic coursing through my body as she uses her powers to wake the creature.

Hearing his growl I feel an icy shiver down my spine.

And that's when my penny dropped. Hell was approaching alfea. And there was nothing that could be done to stop it.

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Im so sorry guys. I had a really bad day yesterday and completely forgot to post. So today Im posting two chapters.

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