Headquarters 6:09 am

"I believe we can all agree that last night was a complete disaster"

"Salvatore, about that…" I intervened

"Not to mention an utter humiliation to yourselves" Caspian spat.

"The f- Excuse me?"

"I'd watch your tongue, Riven… "he warned "All the training, experience and knowledge we've given you meant nothing! You're the most pathetic crew I've ever-"

"Woah woah there wizard of Oz"

"Riven!"

"No, Salvatore! If he only let us talk about what happened we-"

"Excuses! Typ-"Salvatore held up his hand silencing the asshole and nodded toward me

"What I've been trying to say sir, is that during yesterday's afternoon, Santi and Clark, the ones responsible for the ship, certified that everything was in order before we parted to the cavern."

"The whole system had been stable until the took off." Santi added.

"Santi and I scanned it before we left and the data revealed traces of dark magic"

"So, as you can see the witch crafters predicted our attack" The words heaved in my mouth.

"I still think it's absurd"

You gotta be kidding…

"How could they pass the quarter's shield? My men set up a fortress spell"

"Well perhaps your men need to go back to wizards' school"

"How dare you insult our-"

"Caspian, the boys-"He glanced at us severely despite the light tone "-aren't doubting your magical abilities nor your apprentices, but perhaps the security system was weakened while our guard was down-"

Caspian's nasty snigger cut his words: "Salvatore, that's where we can see how much of a failure your army is. A real soldier never lets his guard down… you as their general should know better than anyone. Maybe the blame isn't upon them but you"

The only sound in the room were Caspian's boots echo as he left. Salvatore's eyes never left the ground and his lips formed a sharp line.

"Sir, if I may, I don't think it's- "

"No, Lucas. Sorcerer Caspian is right. I…I should've been more aware. Get back to your practice. Later I'll summon you to plan our next move. And this time, there won't be room for mistakes."

Trying to hold all my rage within my closed fists, I exited the room. I couldn't believe Salvatore let Caspian talk about him that way. I've been working with him long enough to know that he's a competent mentor and has proportionated me to grow so much both as a warrior and person. I might not be the most cooperating person here but I trust our men and all the work we've done. If Santi and Clark checked the ship as they were instructed, the blame wasn't upon them.

It was on dark magic.

How did those earthen wannabes managed to get inside our territory? Despite what Salvatore said I know it wasn't a "guard down" problem. There are guys doing security shifts all the time, but we also had the protection spell from the wizards.

"Those shitty witchcrafters are getting stronger by day…" I mumbled to the empty halls.

If we don't anticipate their move quick, things might get even worse then what they are. I'll have to convince the wizards to use some location spell on them later.

But for now, I needed to work out.

The tension and wrath accumulated in my muscles thanks to the previous events was consuming me: The witchcrafters, Caspian, Salvatore,…Lucas.

I banged my fist against the gym door "Fuck!"

"Uh…the punching bags are actually over there" remarked an amused new voice.

A female voice.

"W-wha- who are you?"

The girl who was lifting seventy kilos nonchalantly in front of the mirrors, sent her reflected ruby eyes at me and smirked. "I'm Cassandra"

She had olive skin and her short red wine hair was slightlty sticking to her forehad, her body…

...well ain't coming with details ´cuz rude

...but let's just say that this woman looked like an amazon. A hot amazon "What are you doing here?"

"What? Think women aren't worth being here or somethin´?" She eye rolled and frowned.

I lifted my hands in defense " Look, I've worked for a long time with chicks that could burn up my ass so no judgying on the gender here. It's just that I've never seen you before"

"Oh.." A smile returned to her features and she dropped the weights to the ground started to stretch her muscles "True. I'm the "rookie" "

"So you just got here"

"That's right and I'm excited to see what you guys are made of" she flashed another smile but with a challenging look.

"Alright. I gotta warn ya tho, first days might be tough on you"

She grabbed her towel and laughed while walking towards the doors, standing a few steps from me:

"We'll see"

Buuuuuuuuuurp!

"Dragon, I forgot how much of a pig you are when Stella's not around…" I toyed with my soda's straw with a bubbly laugh.

"You're one to talk! It's not like yo-"

"BUOAAAAAAAAH! Hrmm, excuse me." I half snorted.

"See! That's exactly what I was going to say! Fuck, I've never seen a woman swallow so much air. You big hypocrite" Brandon pressed a finger to my ribs.

"Well boy am I glad I'm not royalty"

"Neither am I"

"Ah but I bet King Radius in law wouldn't appreciate such an outrageous act!" I said it like I had a plump in my mouth.

"Gotta thank my lucky stars for my charm then"

"Careful Brandon, your cockiness is showing" I raised a brow.

I had decided to get lunch with Brandon while we were still waiting for Faragonda's call. After the horrible events, we contacted her telling what happened and asked her to advice us on what we should do next. The only answer we got was an impassive face and a "get some rest girls, tomorrow I'll contact you" which really didn't ease our state. So chilling out with Brandon seemed like a good way to relax.

"Anywho, so shitty night huh?"

Or so I thought

I slowed my tracks and let out a heavy sigh: "Don't even mention it…I can't stop feeling guilty about what happened"

"Come on Musa, again with the whole I let them escape crap?"

"Stella told you literally everything, huh?"

He shrugged and smiled.

"I can't help it. I couldn't just stay there and watch them take the white circle!"

"Exactly, so you jumped into action, in other words almost got yourself killed-"

"In order words, I failed"

"But you did something!"

"Ugh, Brandon," I sighed frustrated and sat in the closest bench of the park. "You know, maybe I didn't just didn't do it to prevent them from running. Maybe, I was trying to prove what I'm capable of as a fairy"

"What are you even talking about?! You're one of the most powerful fairies of the magical dimension!"

"But when it came to missions Tecna and I mostly stood behind"

"Bullshit. You girls have different powers, therefore there are times when some of you are just more efficient than others. I bet you and Tec have been alone in some missions, but for all it matters you're all powerful whether in group or individually. Now, what the fuck Musa? You're not one to feel unconfident with herself so what is this really about?"

I pressed my nails against my wrist as I put my thoughts in order: "Have you ever wanted to give up?"

"Give up…?"

"Like…Have you ever felt tired of this" My hand drew a weird circle in the air:" The whole saving the magical universe thing"

He went quiet for a while, his fingers pressed against his round chin in thought: "It's not properly an easy job, but I can't see myself doing anything else"

"Right, forget I said anything. It was a stupid question anyways"

"No. We're gonna discuss it like rational adults"

"You're aware that I'm the only one here, right?"

"Musa!"

"Okay, okay..." I stopped giggling:" It's just…look it's amazing to be a guardian fairy. I love helping people out and do good things, like I'm making the difference. I've grown a lot, not only as a fairy, but as a person with all our adventures and missions-"

"But…"

"But I feel like sometime soon the magical dimension has to save itself one day. I mean look at our previous missions Brandon! They were nothing but little plays with the Trix and animals! Am I willing to help others? Yes, absolutely. Save the world from great dangers? Sure, we've done it before! But wasting our time and going to Alfea and come back several times for some ridiculous problems? I try to understand the reasons and I focus as I hard as I can on my job but…it's becoming nerving and... useless! Is this selfish of me?"

"No. It's reasonable. I won't say that our missions are better than yours and shit but I see your point there. You still want to be a guardian fairy but…for the right situations?"

"Yes! No? It's complicated." I took a deep breath:" I do want to be a guardian fairy, but I also want to use that time where I'm going to Alfea and I'm taking care of animals and stuff to pursue my career, live my life! I don't know…And now we finally have a serious mission and I can't seem to do things right"

He pressed his hand on my shoulder: "Have you mentioned this to any of the girls?"

"Nope. I'm afraid they won't understand."

"They're your friends…since when don't they care about your dreams… or you?"

I smiled softy at the memories that rolled in my mind.

"I get that you feel frustrated now, with the witchcrafters' shit and trying to get Enchantix...But don't weight all of this in you, Musa. You were-shit-You Are brave and determined and it wasn't your fault that they escaped! You're not alone in this boat and the other Winx will support you always no matter your mistakes or decisions"

"You're right. Maybe I'll talk to them about it. Since when have you become so wise?" I glanced smugly at him.

"Like I was saying, besides charming, I'm also smart"

"Yeah, maybe a bit" I hugged him fondly "Thank you, Brandon"

"Anytime, Musa"

Later at the apartment

"Musa you're back!"

"Hey, what's up?" I smiled back at Stella.

"Not good stuff, Faragonda wants to talk to us urgently"

Shit…

"Musa's here" I heard Flora inside the office

"Good, now that you're all gathered, there are important matters to discuss…" She twined her fingers together and her brows knitted together in concern:" Now that the witch crafters have the white circle, we find both the magical dimension and earth in great danger"

"Because now they have access to Morgana's realm" Tecna closed her eyes and frowned.

"Meaning they'll get the water stars…" Layla concluded.

Faragonda nodded "And If they fall into their hands…"

"The ancestral witches will be powerful enough to incarnate!" Stella exclaimed

"And to do great harm to the whole universe" I whispered as I tried to stop the shivers than ran by my arms.

"Miss Faragonda, I think all this "earning our Enchantix thing" will only leave us behind, it's illogical in a time like this for us to just stand here and try to achieve something we earned years ago!"

"Tecna!" Flora scolded

"No, Flora. Tecna is right." Faragonda stood up and started to walk back and forth in her office" That's why I decided to take some drastic…measures"

The six of us exchanged concerned looks.

"Girls, I'm conceding you the Angelix"

I'm a horrible person.

I won't even start with excuses, instead I wanna dedicate this chapter and all my love and grattitude to you readers who are so kind and loyal to me even when I don't deserve. I started to write this chapter three months ago, but I must say that I'm not confident about my writing, not only cuz I'm Portuguese but because I generally suck at it no matter what language xD But I will finish this for ya that's a promise and it won't take another three years...help.

I can't wait to show you guys Cassandra ;3

MUSA AND BRANDON ARE MY BROPT, FIGHT ME XP

I decided to get creative and make a twist on the story. That's right, Enchantix I love you but you're old news (and it would delay the storyline) so trust me here (yeah right LOL) that this is for the best and more drama is about to come MUAHAHAHAH. *whispers* I'm gonna try my best to update next week.

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE YOU ALL, your support is just magical,

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