My name is Rayne, and I am a witch, or I thought I was. I'm was a freshman at CloudTower. I have three sisters, Icy, Darcy, and Stormy, in whose shadows I thought I was living. Well, that's what most of the other students are saying, my sisters are seniors, soon to be graduates, but you see there's a bit of a snag. Our mom hid a bit of a secret from our dad, he was warlock, she was a fairy. My sisters are swimming in dad's end of the gene pool, and to an extent so am I, but I draw my winx more from my mother's side of the family.I wish I had known that sooner. It started in the third week of school, I was on my way to Professor Grimwhicks class, when I got blocked my Madusa of Serpentia, a real witch and I don't mean that as a complement.
"Well, the baby trixter is by by herself today." she said with a smug tone, "Too bad for you."
"Madusa, I don't have time for you right now." I replied trying to channle as much of Icy as I could, Icy just had a way of making people not want to be anywhere near you. which at the moment was my desired objective.
"Aw, how cute," She teased, "You're pretending to be Icy now."
A low growl escaped my lips, i was so deathly sick of people compairing me to my sisters, I already had a long discussion with Miss Griffin, which ended with her saying that she expected me to be just as vile as my sisters.
"Ooooh, did I get the ickle firsty angry? do something about it, you miserable excuse for a witch."
I threw a raging witch ball at her, "I JUST SAID I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOU!" I screetched, "AND QUIT COMPAIRING ME TO MY SISTERS! I'M NOT THEM AND I NEVER WILL BE!" And that would be when my beloved sisters chose to show up.
"Wow," Icy said, "that was the loudest i ever heard you get." Darcy and stormy were standing there tight lipped and wide eyed clearly they had never seen me lose my temper either, Icy tried to say something else, probably to calm me down, but I was too wound up to hear. Correction I heard, but didn't care.
"AND YOU THREE!" I shouted turning on them, "HOW DARE YOU TRY TO MAKE ME BE YOU! NEWS FLASH SISTERS I-AM-NOT-YOU! SO STOP TRYING TO MAKE ME BE YOU!" I suddenly felt a surge of energy flowing through me, everything went white and then black. That continued for a few more moments, before it cleared, and when it did I found myself looking down at my sisters. Who were looking surprised, but Icy actually looked more horror struck than surprised. it was then that i felt them, the wings,and I knew what miss Griffin did to faires found on campus. With out warning, Icy grabbed my arm and transported us back to my dorm. Now up until this moment I had no clue that our mom was a fairy, but Icy apparently knew the whole story.
"Icy?" I asked cautiously as she packed a room packing spell, "What's going on? Why did I just grow wings and flutter like a pixie?" Icy turned back to me with actual tears in her eyes, "I'm so sorry," she said, "I should have told you this sooner."
"Should have told me what sooner, Icy, what's going on?"
"It all started when mom met dad," Icy explained quickly, "dad is as you know a warlock from Valisto nine, but mom well, y'see here's the thing, mom wasn't a witch."
"Yeah, and?"
"Well she wasn't a sorceress either..."
My we were narrowing down possibilities weren't we? If mom wasn't a witch or a sorceress, that only left...
Oh no.
"Please tell me that mom wasn't..."
"Saddly, you're proof that she was."
Our mom died when she had me, since then dad was like super distant and almost hateful towards me, like it was my fault mom died?
"Did daddy know?"
"Not until mom had you."
"But you did?"
"I found out when mom was pregnant with you." she replied, "she made me swear not to tell, and to protect you at all costs."
"Why?"
"Because when she first got pregnant she had a vision,"Icy said, as she ushered me to the passage way that she, darcy, and Stormy always used to break into Alphea, "A vision of you, she told me that you would grow to become one of the most powerful beings in the universe. And there's something else you may want to know about mom, she was the princess of Valisto. She gave up the throne when she married dad. but Her vision showed you sitting on the Valistan throne."
"This can't be right," I protested trying to process this, "I'm not a princess, the fairy part I have no choice but to buy,but I belong here in cloud tower."
"Sorry, Rayney," Icy replied as she handed me my pack, "But you're more fairy than witch."
"Icy I'm sorry I yelled at you earlier," I said trying not to cry, trying to accept a hard truth, "I didn't mean it and madusa got me so mad."
"Hey, sis it's all right," Icy replied, "We should have tried to make you like us."
"Goodbye Icy, tell darcy and stormy that I love them," I whispered, "And try to stay out of trouble I wanna be around when you do something wicked."
Icy laughed, as she gave me one final hug, "Perhaps there's hope for you as a witch yet." she whispered back, "Now go, I can hear griffin."
Before the portal closed, Icy pressed a letter into my hand, adressed to fairagonnda, from my mother. When I reached Alphea it was nearly nightfall, and when I stepped out of the tunnle the first person I bumped into was horribly mean looking woman.
"What are you doing in the tunnles young woman? Were have you come from?And who are you?" she demanded, sheesh and I thought Miss Griffin was scary.
"My name is Rayne Trixmen, I was in the tunnles because i was coming from cloud tower,but if you'll plea-"
"CLOUD TOWER! MOST UNEXCEPTABLE! COME WITH ME AT ONCE MISS FAIRAGONNDA WILL DEAL WITH YOU!"
This horrible, must have some troll blood in her somewhere, woman lead me to the head mistresses office.
"This witch was was caught trying to break into the school." she informed a neat looking older woman who was seated behind a desk.
The older woman reguarded me with a considering eye, "I see, thank Grizelda I shall take it from here."
After Grizelda left, the woman sat as silently as i stood, before finally motioning for me to sit down. Truthfully I was scared, I knew what miss Griffin did to fairies caught in cloudtower, but what did Miss Fairagonnda do to supposed witched who 'broke' into cloud tower?
"It has been along time since I have seen a grandaughter of Titianna." she said finally breaking the silence.
"What do you mean?" I asked, as I remembered the letter and placed it on her desk.
"It is all right there in the letter."
"But it is adressed to you." I replied, appauld at the thought of reading a letter from my mother to miss fairagonnda.
"But sometimes things are not always as they appear." she replied as she opened the letter.
Or should I say letters, one for miss fairagonnda, and one for me. As miss fairagonnda read her letter I poured silently over mine:
'My dearest Rayne,
No doubt by now, you have gotten your winx, and more importantly, your wings. I hope that by now the truth has been made clear to you by your father,or at the very least your sister Icy. If not then I shall explain as best I can in this letter, I was the princess of Valisto nine, my parents disowned me when I fell in love with your father. A warlock of the realm.do not think that i was disowned becuase your father is a warlock, he simply wasn't rich. But wealth meant nothing to me, your father loved me very much. I never quite told him that I was a fairy. I hope that I can after I have had you, my darling, but if your are reading this than I never quite got the chance. Valisto nine is a realm near the planet that once was sparks, our magix is strong my love, stong and fiery, just like i know you are. By this time I've no doubt that you are in alphea and that miss fairagonnda has gotten my letter, i know that you are very confused right now my darling, but try to understand you are destined for great things. And always remember, no matter what happens, you always have your sisters, and they will always protect you.'
I looked up from my letter, tears in my eyes, "So I am something in between." I whispered, "That would explain why my dad hates me."
"your father doesn't hate you child."
"You've obviously not met my father."
"Perhaps not, but I do know that it is impossible to hate your child, now then, every thing seems to be in order,so then I'll have someone show you to your room."
"Thank you ma'am." I said,realizing that she didn't expect me to be like my class mates,or my sisters. What she expected was for me to be me.
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