A story about Winx Club generally focused around Tecna and Bloom. In progress, stick around for more. This story is posted in many different places around the internet. Anywho, enjoy! XD I'm like, just 13.
CHAPTER ONE: THE NIGHTMARE
There was no light.
Not even the DigiLuminater could create enough light to see.
Tecna struggled to remain steady in her balance, but she found herself tumbling to the floor. She couldn't see anything, but she could definatly hear something. A growl rumbled from the darkness, and it seemed to come from all directions- a surroundsound roar. Tecna shivered with fear and tried to stay calm, she wanted to scream but the very sound came out only as a muffled yelp.
The roar came closer. She could now see five pairs of red eyes, blinking in the darkness. She threw her hands over her head and stayed as close to the ground as possible. She shut her eyes and shivered. She felt the creatures' breath on her back... any minute and she would be devoured...
"Tecna?" Tecna opened her eyes. Her breath was rapid as she sat up. She yelped as she noticed Musa staring at her. "Wha... what's going on?" She said. Her eyes were wide with terror. "You must've had a nightmare, gal!" Musa said worriedly. "What was going on? You were like, freaking out or something." Tecna looked over at the clock. It was three in the morning. All the Winx girls were standing over her with worried looks. "Darkness..." The digital girl said. "I can still hear them..." She said and shivered."Still hear WHAT?" Stella asked. "What are you talking about, I'm wasting time when I should be getting my beauty sleep!" Tecna frowned. "I... I don't know... but this thing... in my dream..." Tecna hesitated. "It was so real... I could actually feel something..." Flora smiled. "Honey, you know dreams seem real sometimes, and there's nothing you can do about it..." Tecna faced her, tears welling up in her eyes. "But that's just it, Flora, it IS real... its almost like a portal or something..."
"Come on, Tecna, its just a dream!" Bloom said. "Now lets get back to bed. Tecna, don't worry. Everythings gonna be alright." The girls slowly left back into their rooms. Tecna's teeth chattered but she remained calm enough to try and get back to sleep...
She was surrounded by darkness. Five pairs of red eyes blinked in the midnight glare. Tecna fell to her knees with her hands over her head as the monster approached. She could feel its breath on her back as it attemted to eat her- to tear into her flesh.
"Look out, Tecna!" Shouted a voice in the darkness. Just as the creatures' teeth penetrated her skin, she was surrounded by light as a shrill sound came from the monsters. They were driven back into the shadows. "Tecna... I didn't think I'd find YOU here..." It was Timmy. She looked up at him and smiled, her eyes teary. "Timmy! How did you get in here? I thought this is was a dream."
Timmy hugged her and said, "It IS a dream, Tecna- but its a REAL dream. Tecna, its the Terminal." Tecna faced him and raised an eyebrow. "Terminal?" She asked. "I've heard rumors about it back in Techno Dust, but... I didn't think it was real." Timmy frowned and said, "Its as real as I am seeing you right now. Its supposed to be a relic never to be found, but someone found it. Unluckily for us, someone's targeting us. You, me, and all your friends will be soon put into this nightmare." Tecna backed away. "No... it must be the Witches! They must've activated the Terminal!"
Timmy nodded. "They're trying to get rid of us so that they can get to Bloom! They're after the Dragonfire again." Timmy looked over his shoulder. "They're coming back, we have to hide. My flashlight won't last much longer." As the two ran for cover, Tecna asked, "Can we get out of here if something wakes us up?" Timmy nodded. "I hope you have your alarm set..."BRRRRRIIIIIINNNNGGG!
Tecna gasped and shot up from her sleep. Sweat beaded her forehead as she looked down. Safe in her room. For now. "So did you have another nightmare?" Musa asked from in her closet, getting dressed. "Yes..." Tecna said. "But I know what it is now. Its the Terminal..."
Musa came out of the closet, confused. "What's a Terminal? Some kind of hip-hop band name?" Tecna shook her head. "Worse. Its an ancient artifact that summons real nightmares... Who knows, you could be next..." Tecna shivered. They had to figure out a way to stop the Terminal without sleeping- but they needed sleep! They couldn't go for days without sleep...
Silently Tecna got ready. Musa hadn't questioned her about the "terminal" because she was afraid of it. It could be a weapon sent by the Witches, or it could be an accident. Whatever it was, it had to be stopped before the fairys were killed from the inside-out. They had to stop it before they would be killed in their dreams.
Tecna couldn't take her mind of the Terminal as she walked down the hallway with Bloom, Stella, Flora, and Musa. Bloom opened the door to Professor WizGiz's transformation class. "Good morning girls." Said the Professor. "Are we ready to start the lesson?" He asked. "Today we'll be studying transformations of the higher levels. Today you'll be transforming into cats."
Tecna couldn't concentrate. Her mind was focused on the Terminal. Who was next? And how will Icy get the Dragonfire?
Bloom was next.
After being woken up by Daphne constantly, she hadn't had much sleep, and found herself drifting off to sleep on her desk in class. This sometimes happened, but the nightmare she was going to have might threaten her very life...Bloom gasped. "Whats going on?" She asked herself. She was surrounded by darkness. She held her hand in front of her face and twiddled her fingers but she couldn't even see them it was so dark. She looked around, trying to find out where she was.
Suddenly there was a growl so deep that the ground beneth Bloom's feet shook. Terror filled Bloom's eyes aas she noticed the red dots, blinking in the distance. "Who are you?" She tried to say but her voice was choked.
She then remembered Tecna. Tecna also had this dream! What was going on? Bloom looked around but all she could see were the two red eyes- and she could hear them growling... growling...
Bloom's teeth chattered as she tried to excape but the red eyes drew closer and closer...
Bloom screamed as the creature drew near, she couldn't see anything but its eyes but the red eyes were almost pouncing upon her... She felt horrible pain as the creature's jaws clenched on her arm...
"Bloom!" WizGiz said and shook her. Bloom screamed and suddenly woke. Her arm was throbbing with pain. "Bloom what's going on, your arm is bleeding." Bloom gasped. The dream was real! The same thing was happening to Tecna that morning- now everything was clear to her.
"I had a nighmare, Professor... it was real!" Bloom said and gasped. "Well, usually I'd say nightmares just SEEM real but judging by the injury on your arm..." WizGiz paused. "I'd say its the Terminal, but that would be out of context..." Tecna shot up from her desk. "It IS the Terminal! I met Timmy in my dream last night and he told me everything!"
WizGiz paused. "Uh-oh." He said. "Looks like we'll have to find a solution to this... Someone's activated the Terminal and is targeting you girls... I never thought the Terminal could be found..." The elf scratched his head. "In the meantime, Bloom, you go to the nurse and get a bandage for your arm." Tecna groaned. How would she ever stay awake for days and days without being pulled into the Terminal nightmares?
The day drifted slowly into night. Finally the five girls were able to converse about the Terminal- its power... its belongings... its fate on hands... everything.
"We'll just have to not sleep tonight I guess." Bloom said. "But what about Timmy? He could be trapped and be needing help!" Tecna said. "And besides, we can't go forever without sleep!" Musa nodded. "I guess we'll all just have to find a way into Tecna and Blooms' dreams and figure out a way to live through the dreams in that world AND deactivate the Terminal in OUR world."
Flora nodded. "That's probably our best choice of action. We'll find a way to survive the dreams and stop the Terminal when we're awake."
Bloom looked over at the clock. "Well, its midnight." She yawned. "Lets get ready..." She slowly walked back into her room. Kiko was fast asleep- luckily for him, bunnies don't have dreams...
Tecna turned out her lights and slipped into her nightshirt- a purple t-shirt with a green arrow pointing both ways, and of course, her favorate green shorts. "Ready for the nightmare?" She asked Musa. Her roommate smiled, "Oh, I was BORN ready!"
Tecna smiled and climbed into her bed and tried to get to sleep, but the fear of getting into the nightmare kept her from doing so. 'But what if the others have already gotten in and need help?' she asked herself and took a deep breath. Slowly and successfully, she was sucked into the next demension.
"Tecna. You were the last to get here, unluckily." Bloom said. "We were able to set up this flashlight so the monsters can't get us. We're looking for Timmy and everyone else..." Tecna nodded. "I'm sure he can find us, he can't be too far away..." Suddenly they heard him scream for help from far away!
"What did I say?" Tecna said with a weak smile. She, Musa, Flora, Stella, and Bloom Winxed and flew over to the area where Timmy called for help in with the flashlight. They all gasped in fright at what they saw.
It was the first time Tecna had ever laid her eyes on one of the creatures. It was a hideous, bulkey creature with a hard shell-like armor plating, pincers, bloodthirsty red eyes, large spikes running down its back, and a tail with an axelike point. It was an Armored Axetail, a visious destructive beast capable of power beyond limitations. And it had managed to grab hold of Tecna's boyfriend and had torn up half of his arm.
"TIMMY!" Tecna cried and blasted a wave of digital energy towards the Axetail. It moaned and faced her with angry eyes, leaving Timmy just enough time to excape. The creature then roared and 'spit' a wave of green energy blasts onto Tecna, causing her to fall with a crash before she could bring up a Firewall to protect her. She was too weak to regain her footing...
"SUN POWER!" Stella said, creating an attack of pure light, slamming it into the axetail. The creature moaned, blinded by the light, and sank into the shadows. Everyone sighed with relief and returned to the ground. "Are you ok, Timmy?" Flora said, concerned for him. "I think so... but when I get back into the real world I'm gonna have to get more then a few bandaids..." He managed to give a weak smile. "But I'm really worried for Tecna the way she sustained those green energy balls like that... A number of things could have happened to her."
Timmy knealt down beside her and waved his hand in front of her eyes. "How many fingers?" He asked, holding up four. Tecna blinked and replied, "Three? No... two? No... five? I... I don't know, everythings... spinning..." She replied and suddenly passed out. The other girls watched, their hearts fell. "So what happened?" Musa asked Timmy.
"Well, don't expect to know the same old Tecna when you all wake up this morning..." Timmy replied and his head hung. "We still have to find Brandon, Sky, and Riven so I'll just... carry her... and we'll be all set." He felt flattered as he lifted up Tecna. He neverknew he could do this- she was his secret admirer. He hoped that she and the others would be okay in the end...
CHAPTER 2: OVERLOARD
The night was still young, and all the Winx girls were still ensnared in the nightmare. Timmy had located a small cave, and luckily for them, it wasn't inhabited by anything. Timmy laid Tecna on the ground, gently, and took off his Red Fountain cape, laying it on the unconscious Digital fairy. Quickly he took a small device out of his pocket and pressed a button in it and waved it over Tecna. The gadjet beeped and Timmy pressed another button.
"What in the Realms is he doing?" Musa asked Stella. Stella shrugged, "Dunno. Ask him." Musa tapped on Timmy's shoulder. "What are you doing, Tim?" Timmy smiled. "An interface scan. I'm checking on Tecna's health. Its-" He was inturrupted by another loud beeping noise from the machine. "Hmm..." He checked over the gadget's screen. "Not good..."
"What do you mean by 'not good'?" Flora asked, concerned. "Is she going to be okay?" Timmy frowned, but nodded. "Yeah she'll be fine, she's just got a tempature. Actually I was kind of relieved that it wasn't worse. Oh, and she broke a few ribs but I'm sure she'll be alright with it."
"Just broke a few ribs, huh, Timmy?" Bloom said. "Yeah, that's really not affective." She completed with obvious sarcasm. Timmy managed a weak smile. "Well, unfortunatly she will have to wear a cast, but fortunatly she hasn't broken anything else."
He turned the flashlight towards the mouth of the cave with alertness. "What?" Musa asked. Timmy shushed her. "Do you hear that?" He asked. "Yeah..." Musa said and listened. "Its someone- or something- walking this way. Come on, let's bounce!" Timmy shook his head. "No, I'm to tired to carry Tecna anywhere else! We'll stay here and fight whatever this is that's coming to get us..."
Timmy readied his energy gun, pointing it towards the exit of the cave. "Watch where you aim that, Timmy!" Said "Prince Sky" (the real Brandon) from outside. "Guys! You're alright!" Timmy replied happily, lowering his weapon. "Hey. We're just wondering if you have enough room for us to stay?" 'Brandon' (the real Prince Sky) replied. "Sure. Come on in." Timmy said.
"Hey..." Stella said, running over to 'Prince Sky'. "I guess you managed to get into the dream too, huh?" Sky nodded. "Yup. We had to fight a few things too..." Riven stood from the mouth of the cave, his back pressed up against the wall, not interested. All he wanted was to get out of here.
Bloom approached 'Brandon' happily. "Hey, you!" She said. "Do you like our new home?" Brandon laughed. "Yeah, nice and cozy." He said sarcastically. Bloom giggled. "Well, judging by how long we've been here, I'd say its about three in the morning. That gives us four more hours..."
"Well, that's for you guys!" Timmy said worriedly. "Our lights-on hour is at six, not seven!" Bloom gasped. That meant that the boys would leave them early! Bloom sighed. "Well I guess when we wake up we're going to have to turn back our alarm clocks." Flora said, standing over Tecna. "She looks like she's going to get up."
Tecna groaned and came out of unconsciousness. Unluckily for her, her REAL self hadn't actually woken up yet, but at least her dream self did. "Timmy?" She said. "What's going on?" She tried to stand up but she found that impossible, she was sick and injured.
"Lay back down, Tecna." Flora replied, pushing her down, gently. "Tecna, you're still in the dream, remember?" Timmy replied. Tecna nodded. Suddenly there was a shout from near the cave entrance as Riven readied his beam sword. "Axetails at twelve o' clock!" He hissed.
Riven growled as the creatures came closer. He ducked just as one swung its tail towards him, the Riven collided with it, slashing with his purple sabre.
Meanwhile, Musa was struggling with a new breed of creature: The Tsnphoda. She blasted it with sound energy, but just as she thought it was defeated, it jumped back up, baring its teeth.
Flora caught one monster in a venus flyrap, but it ate the plant quickly and charged for Flora. Flora screamed and dropped to the ground, the motion too quick for her to evade. She waited to feel impact...
"Firewall!"
Tecna jumped in front of Flora, a green Firewall Shield on her arm. The creature rammed its horns into the sheild, knocking Tecna down, but saving Flora from impact. "Tecna!" Flora said, seeing her drop to the ground in pain. The creature reared and struck her, ripping her shimmering outfit slightly on her back.
Bloom and Flora both attacked with their energy at once, sending the creature slamming into the cave wall. Meanwhile, Musa was helping defend Brandon, who had been hit with an Axetail's weapon. "Hang on Brandon!" Musa said and created a discoball shield. "Funky forcefield!" She said, the spell to activate it.
Riven had finally slain a creature, with Prince Sky's help. "Only one more left!" He said, noticing how Musa was helping Brandon, and Bloom was assisting Timmy. "We've got it, guys!" Timmy said. "Go help Tecna! The injuries she sustained may be fatal!" Timmy grunted as his gun ran out of ammo. Everything was falling dowhill. Suddenly he gasped as he saw his arm start to disappear. "Sorry, girls... I think its time..." Timmy said and disappeared from the deminsion, followed by the rest of the boys. "Oh no!" Bloom cried. Now they were alone...
Bloom shuddered as the creature locked its eyes on her. Suddenly it leapt up without warning, clashing against Bloom with a heavy rumble. Flora reacted with Pteredactyl Vines, grabbing the creature and slinging it against the wall with a thud. Stella reacted with a heavy burst of light, blinding the monster, giving Musa enough time to hit it with a sonic blast. The creature gave its last wimper, then lie defeated. It was a difficult task without the boys to cover for them.
Everyone gathered around Tecna, half expecting her to die. "This isn't fair!" Stella grumbled. "Why are the witches always targeting us!" She was obviously very upset. "And all this fighting is tragety on my nails!" She twiddled her fingers so everyone could notice. "See? Broke two!" Musa groaned. "Come on, Stell, look at Tec, she's like, critical. In case you haven't noticed its much worse then YOU will ever be!" Flora sighed. "Please stop fighting. We have to make sure nothing else gets us."
Stella and Musa glared at eachother, then huffed. "Knock it off, you two!" Bloom said. "I'm sure we can find some way to live through this. If we can just-" She was cut off by her arms beginning to dematirealize. She smiled. "We're getting out of here." She, followed by Stella, then Flora, and Tecna, and last, Musa, were beginning to fade away...
BBBRRRIIINNNGGG!
The alarm continued to ring, and no one shut it off. "Tecna, can you-" Musa began, but Tecna, obviously couldn't reach that far. "I... I can't..." She said. Musa quickly jumped up and set it off.
BRRRRII-
"Finally!" She said. "Tec, are you alright?" She said, turning to her roommate worriedly. "No... go to class without me..." Musa shook her head. "You need a nurse!"
"No, I'm fine. Timmy got all of the 'doctoring' under control- I just... don't feel well enough to go to class. Just tell the professors I'm sick today." Tecna rolled to her side, carefully, the conversation complete.
Musa sighed. "Alright." Slowly she walked out the door, taking one last look at Tecna. She wasn't going to sleep in her condition, which was the best thing she could do in that situation.
"Girls, we need to work together a way to stop the Terminal, survive the dreams-" Bloom began. "-AND get good grades." Flora added. "But we can't go anywhere without Tecna, so today we'll stay in school campus and find as much information we can about the Terminal." Bloom announced. "So lets all get ready. Musa, are you sure Tecna's alright?" Musa shook her head. "No, but Tecna insisted on staying so I just dropped the subject."
Bloom nodded. "Alright, let's go." She quickly left to her room with Flora and got ready. Stella and Musa did the same. "Now let's go swimming in documents on Terminals. I can't wait." Stella said with sarcasm and exited, with the others following quickly behind.
The four Winx Girls found themselves exploring the Library, mostly in the "T" section. "I think I found something." Musa said, pulling a tiny book off a shelf. The book only had a few written paragraphs. It hadn't been opened for a long time, since the library was huge and not many people would look for Terminal information.
"It says that not only is the Terminal an ancient artifact that was supposed to be hidden away, but its also a living organizm of a race called "Overloard". It says that Overloards are capable of strong power, but only one Overloard has the power to control everyone's dreams and twisting reality with his mind." Everyone gathered around Musa. "Does the book have a picture of an Overloard?" Asked Stella. "Yeah, right here." Musa said turning the page.
In the book was a rough sketch of an Overloard. It had a large, bulkey body, tentecles, and four eyes on its spiney head. Large spikes rolled down its crest and its tail was like a whip with sharp objects encrested in the end. "I'd hate to come across one of THOSE..." Bloom commented. "But we are- and we have to..."
The girls took one more look at it before shoving the book away. "Just looking at that gave me the creeps!" Stella said, shivering. "Lets keep looking. That book didn't have enough information. Look for books on Overloards."
After searching the "O" section, Flora uncovered a reletavely small book. "Overloards, right here!" She said. She opened it, and immediatly found another terrifying picture of an Overloard, except this one was in more detail. Flora grimaced and covered the picture with her hand, reading the text. "Overloards aren't easy to destroy," she said, "Few people have killed one and lived to tell the tale. They say when the Overloard dies, it releases a poisonous fume that kills one when it breathes. Otherwise the Overloard terminates either by strangling or... Posion..." Flora hated reading this out loud, about how the Overloard could destroy someone. "It doesn't really talk about how to kill an Overloard..."
After searching a bit more, the bell rang for their classes. Reluctantly the girls left the library, many questions left unanswered. After the classes, the girls retreated to their dorm.
"Tecna?" Stella said, checking up on her, followed by the rest of the girls. Everyone gasped, Tecna was lying motionless on the floor. "Oh no, you don't think the Terminal got her, do you?" Flora said. "No, she's awake." Musa said, walking over to her. "Tecna, are you alright?" Tecna shook her head. Together, Bloom and Musa lifted up the fairy and laid her on her bed. "How'd you get down there anyway?" Stella asked. "Long story..." Tecna said weakly. "Let's just say the spell didn't work."
"That doesn't explain much." Bloom said. "Come on, we need answers." Tecna groaned. "Okay so I was tired of sitting here in pain, so I tried my best to get to the kitchen, take some medication and use a spell to help ease the pain, but... let's just say none of it worked... go on, girls, I'm fine. I was just too weak to cast the spell correctly and I just couldn't keep the medicine down..." Tecna rolled over. "Nevermind. Just go."
"What's your problem?" Musa said under her breath. "Why don't you put yourself to use and look on your digital search thingy for more information on Overloards?" Tecna's eyes widened in fear. "Did you say... Overloard?" She said. "No... it isn't possible..." The girls watched with fear. "What?" Flora asked. "If the Terminal is actually an Overloard, then we're in serious trouble..." Tecna replied. "How do you know about OVERLOARDS!" Stella said, losing her patients. "Listen. My father was one who killed an Overloard... he was the last to tell what happened." Tecna said. "I never told you this because it wasn't important... until now. Dad was... disabled... after he fought this madness..." Flora gasped. "You poor thing!"
Tecna sighed. "I was just a young fairy at that time, I didn't really know what was going on... But the Overloards- we can't kill one by ourselves. We need more... but... I know more about them..." Tecna gritted her teeth. "I don't have enough energy to tell you now..."
The four other girls paused. Whatever Tecna had to say, it wasn't good. Whatever was going to happen to them next was all in a matter of time, and fate.
The Overloard was watching.