chapter 10

Summary:

A dark soul finds themselves in a new realm and body while a young "witch" makes a discovery that will change her life forever

In another plane of reality there exists the Magic Dimension a reality filled with magic and of which numerous realms and planets call home.

Among these worlds is the world of Magix considered by many the cross road of all magical dimensions and the home of the three prominent schools of the Magic Dimension. Which are the school for warriors Red Fountaion, Alfea the school for Fairies, and finally Cloud Tower the school for witches.

Though among the students of Cloud Tower there was one student, a freshman who views differed slightly from her fellow witches students and staff alike. This student name was Mirta and it's with her our story begins.

Her and the Cursed Woods on the outskirts of Cloud Towers "grounds" where the student in question was

The student was a pale girl with freckles, grey eyes, and short burgundy hair that has a long blue streak in it, with a few beads separating it from the rest of her hair; who wore a frayed white shirt with a pumpkin decal in the middle, a gray shirt underneath that shirt, and a black vest that covers both. Her black skirt had a gray layer on it and is held up by two belts, white and dark red respectively. Dark red leggings underneath the skirt and black knee-high boots with grey straps on them. She had grey arm cuffs and a red gem necklace.

She was currently hugging her arms close as tears leaked from her eyes, "Sniff..those..jerks." She muttered in a low tone looking down at the ground as she walked through the woods, "What do they know..'

She said rubbing the tears away from her eyes, "I am so a real witch." She said weakly as she clenched her fists remembering with ease what brought her out here to the cursed woods outside of a desire to just be alone.

The Trix the elite and baddest witches of Cloud Tower among the students, and sadly a trio who saw Mira as a perfect punching bag.

Probably now more so than ever. She thought grumpily considering the incident that happen the other day with the fairy Blood, but honestly she didn't regret helping....did she? She thought before shaking that thought off no of course she didn't.

She frowned recalling how she helped Bloom who was apparently a fairy from Earth of all places seeking answers to her origins and how the Trix were attempting to deceive her and make her think she was a witch for some reason.

Which honestly Mirta didn't get as in the long term that plan wouldn't work and the truth would have been discovered easily eventually. Plus a part of her couldn't help but feel a bit offended that the idea of being a witch was so horrifying though considering Bloom best experiences with the Witches have been the Trix or hanger on trying to get the trio approval she suppose she couldn't blame the girl.

But regardless of the Trix plan and their intentions for it it didn't change the fact she had helped a alfea fairy and actually even helped Bloom and her friends fight them. Which felt so great at the time but now...now she was dealing with the fall out.

She thought morosely as she kicked a rock and sat down on a boulder that was resting besides a large hill mound after all not only were the Trix not pleased with her interference but the closest friend she had in Cloud Tower Lucy had pretty much cut ties with her.

Though she thought with spite frowning as more tears leaked down her face Lucy was all for cutting ties with her even before she helped the fairies. Apparently preferring real witches like the Trix never mind the fact they only used her to do their homework assignment for them!

She growled clenching her fists and now..and now she was more than ever persona non grata among the witches of cloud tower with the Trix making clear they'll be making the rest of her time studying in the school a living nightmare and she didn't have anyone to help her or shoulder the pain with, "Urg...what am I going to do."

Mirta whispered out placing her head down in her hands as she shook it, "If I don't do something it's only a matter of time before the Trix do something worst than bullying." She said in a low frightful tone as she knew very well that the Trix weren't likely to forgive and were probably scheming something big to make her something, "For all my luck they're probably going to turn me into a pumpkin or something."

She groused and part of her wanted to fight back but despite helping the fairies before she mostly had surprise and bit of illusion on her side than now...well the Trix aren't regarded as the baddest witches of the Cloud Tower student for no reason they earned that reputation and they didn't earn it by being weak.

So her chances against them in a fight were laughable even if one on one never mind them all ganging up on her.

So here she was alone in her misery trying to figure out of this mess in the cursed woods outside of Cloud Tower, "There's got to be something I can do." She mused leaning back against the hill mound before hearing what seemed like a creaking sound and the next instant something break

"AAAAHHH!" And she found herself falling through a small hole on the hill mound that was covered by moss and wood and was now falling down what appeared to be a dark cavern unable to call upon her magic in time before she found herself landing with a pained grunt, "ARG!"

She gave a wince feeling her entire aching body flare up from the fall before she with some more pained grunts pushed herself up and blinked blearily around, "Urg..w-where...where am I?"

In front of her a great cavern opened. Multiple tunnels connecting with each other in a giant maze of dark rock.

"Whoa.." Mirta found herself whispering in shock as she slowly stood up flinching slightly from the pain of the earlier fall, "This place.." She looked around as she heard her last two words echo out in the cavern, "it's huge."

Causing her blink and let out a slight nervous giggle wondering aloud, "Has this always been here?" She wondered hard to believe something like this had been so close to Cloud Tower without anyone knowing about it

"It's neat...but." She smiled before frowning, "How the heck do I get out of here?"

Rumble!!!

A thunder was heard and suddenly some rocks began glowing purple as energy jumped between them in one direction

"Whoa what in the!" Mira jumped back in shock hitting the cavern wall as she watched slightly fear full and shocked at this wondering what was happening

all the walls in the cavern glowed with the energy going in one direction.

"gulp...maybe..thats the exit?" she wondered...it wasnt as if she had any better idea to get out...so she start walking in that direction

(Meanwhile in a dark crypt)

A sarcophagus opened as a decrepit-looking-mummy dressed in a dark red cloak walked out.

"uggg...My head...where...eh?" the Mummy looked up in surprise.

A giant dark room opened in front of him with four statues of animal-like warriors over what looked like a round pool purple in color and smoking.

"this...agg...my voice..." he looked at his hands "my...my all!!!" he roared causing a current of purple energy to cover him for a moment.

After a moment he calmed down.

"I know that voice...i know this place..." he thought as he walked down the stairs leading to his sarcophagus "am i dreaming?" he couldnt help but ask before reaching the edge of the pool and see his reflection.

A roar emerged from him...roared that echoed out his crypt and into the cave outside until it reached the ears of the lost witch

Causing her to freeze in shock and growing fear, "W-what...what was that.." She looked warily around for the source of that roar whatever it was didn't sound friendly she thought biting her lip, "I need to get out of here."

She said to herself she might have her magic but something about that roar had her on edge and gave her a bad feeling that told her that her chances against whatever made it wasn't good

So she hurriedly increased her speed in the direction of the glow hoping she was heading towards the exist and not whatever made that noise

(Back in the crypt)

After calming down the mummy gazed on the pool.

"if this isnt a dream i dont know what it could be" he said "it feels so real...i can sense...i can smell..." he narrowed his eyes "i wonder..." he extended his arms "Pool of souls!!! hear my order...show me..." he thought for a moment "the closest building to me!!!"

the pool glowed for a moment before showing...

"Cloud tower?" the mummy said in shock "I..i wasnt expecting that..."he knew that tower...the school of witches of the Winx world "but if that is here "he moved a hand over the pool changing the image "Alfea" another "Red Fountain...and i am in an early season from what i can see" he added as he noticed the red castle in the ground and not a flying metal fortress

And as the mummy started to get a grasp on his situation and location Mirta was making her way deeper and deeper into the cavern, "I'm starting to think i'm going the wrong way."

She said in a low tone wondering if she would already be out if she had chosen not to follow the glow while also looking worriedly over her shoulder here and there just in case the source of that earlier roar showed up

Before freezing after turning a corner in the cavern and coming upon something she most certainly didn't expect to see in a underground cavern system....a pyramid...a huge dark pyramid.

Black in color with four obelisks on each corner....the Obelisks cracked with purple energy (that made the walls glow too)

"What..what is this?" She wondered aloud in shocked awe gazing up at the large pyramid wondering ideally if Headmistress Griffin or anyone at Cloud Tower knew this was here.

"I don't think i've seen anything like it in the history books." She muttered approaching the pyramid cautiously because you'd think something like this would be mentioned, "Has..has this been here before the schools?"

She asked aloud with a hint of awe because if this was built before the schools and no one had any knowledge this was here she might have made the discovery of a life time here

The obelisks cracked again.

"And why does it feel...nice?" she asked as she began feeling a tingle starting at her hands and then resonating inside her body...as if she was feeling...happy?

Inside the Pyramid the Mummy´s eyes glowed.

"someone...is here?" he asked as the pool changed to show Mirta "well well well...who do we have here?" he knew her of coarse..the not-a-witch that quickly became one of his favorite characters "what are you doing here little fairy...although you dont know that yet" he hummed "I wonder...since you are not a pumpkin when in time am i..." he hummed "well...i suppose i will only have to ask" he added making a movement with his hand.

outside Mirta stopped as a door opened in the pyramid

"Whoa.." Mirta took several steps back at that, "Did..did I do that?" She asked aloud looking at her hands wondering if her presence somehow caused the pyramid entrance to open and as she looked warily at the door way and dark corridor she felt like something was calling her

And while part of her was telling her to turn back and ignore the call forget she ever found this thing. A louder part was saying to go forth and investigate and show the Trix, Lucy, everyone at Cloud Tower she wasn't a coward, "I'm a real witch."

She said aloud with a determined expression as she made her way inside, "And if I can handle living at Cloud Tower I can handle a old dusty pyramid."

The interior of the pyramid was darker that the exterior...half rock half metal...with images of past battles carved in the walls like hieroglyphs

"Man.." Mirta whispered out in a awe as he looked at the images on the walls, "This is amazing.." She said with a slowly growing grin looking at the battles trying to see if she could decipher them or get any clue about the pyramid history but had no luck, "wait till headmistress Griffin sees this."

She said in a low tone of awe because once she got out of here she had to tell the headmistress about this place and man all the other witches would be so jealous at her discovery, "Though first.."

She mused aloud as a idea hit her, "Maybe I should look around and see if the pyramid has anything good I can find." She said as she started to walk further down the corridor

Maybe something that could help protect her against the Trix and give her a edge against them.

"ummmm" the mummy hummed and moved his hand again.

immediately some holes opened in the corridor....and began shooting small purple fireballs at Mirta

"WHOA!" Mira squealed out as she ducked down and than rolled on the ground narrowingly dodging the fireballs before taking off in a run, "BOOBY TRAPS!" She screamed kicking her self for not thinking of this possibility happening

fortunately she had quite an advantage...bad news a door was closing at the end of the hallway

"Come on.." She chanted running as fast and hard as she could internally wishing she wasn't a witch of illusions since her magic and current knowledge didn't exactly help her against booby traps

And as she saw the door inch closer to closing she jumped and launched forward with all the strength in her legs hoping she could just make it through

she fell inside a giant chamber with what looked like three sphinx statues in each corner in front of her

"Ah..ah..ah.." She panted on the floor gather her breath as she pushed herself up with her hands, "That..that was way to close." She groaned out before looking around the chamber with her sense or earlier awe returning though now edged with a great more caution, "Wow.."

She slowly stood up looking up at the statues, "This place is incredible."

just then the eyes of the three sphinxes glowed purple. and torches illuminated the room making Mirta notice each sphinx had diferent heads...one of an eagle, one of a human and one of a beast.

"you who enters these hallways" three voices called "a choice lays before you....three riddles will be told...one answer you must give...whatever your answer is, you will able to advance....to leave or to die!!!!"

"riddles..oh you've got to be kidding me." Mirta groaned as she looked down really starting to wish she had just left the moment she saw the pyramid, "Alright.." She sighed out, "I don't have much experience with riddles...but."

She looked up with a frown, "Give me your best shot."

The sphinx with eagle head went first.

"You have me today, Tomorrow you'll have more; As your time passes, I'm not easy to store; I don't take up space, But I'm only in one place; I am what you saw, But not what you see. What am I?"

it go silence as the one with human head took turn

It can not be seen whenever it's there; It fills up a room, it's much like the air; It can not be touched, there's nothing to hear;It is quite harmless, there's nothing to fear.

then the one with beast head finished.

I can bring tears to your eyes; resurrect the dead, make you smile, and reverse time. I form in an instant but I last a life time. What am I?

The three went silence before speaking as one.

"Choose the one you want to answer and see what reward you will receive"

"Hmm." Musa hummed in thought thinking carefully on the answers before smacking her palm, "I got it!"

She cheered with a smile looking up at human headed one, "The answer to your riddle is darkness."

She told it with her smile falling slightly after all one of the things you first learned at Cloud Tower was the power and fear found in darkness even if the darkness itself couldn't hurt you rather the things hiding in it

The statue eye´s glowed.

"your answer...is correct"

and before she could move a cloud of darkness actually covered her for a moment.

a blink after it dissipate showing her in the interior of a crypt under the gaze of four statues...and close to her a purplish red pool

"O-k." She replied a bit uneasily, "That's one way to travel I suppose." While looking around the crypt, "This...this must be the central chamber." She said aloud in thoughtful tone before she walked closer to the pool looking down into it was she saw her reflection

"I...i did it?...did i really make it this far?" she couldnt help but ask.

"indeed you did" a dark voice echoed inside the chamber "I must say im impress with your quick reflexes to evade the trap and your quick mind answering the riddle"

"Who's there!?" Mirta demanded whirling around as she looked around warily for the voice source, "I'm warning you.."

She told the voice with her voice letting out some fear, "I'm a witch from cloud tower."

"A witch?" the voice called and Mirta turned to look up some stairs where a figure in a red cloth was standing "A witch would had never pass the challenges the way you did" the figure said walking down the stairs "for the flames they would try shield the blasts of teleport out, while with the sphinxes a witch would have tried blast its way pass them and not actually trying to answer the riddles" he finished as he walked towards Mirta making her look in shock as what looked like an old mummy get close to her "So I ask again...why you think you are a witch?"

Mirta blinked in surprise at the question while giving the mummy a wary look hardly believing she was seeing one in the undead flesh since such creatures or at least those that retain this level of sapience were very rare indeed, though she shook that off as she answered it's question, "Well what else would I be?"

She question before adding a tad defensively, "I mean I'm certainly not a fairy." She said with a frown while crossing her arms

The mummy chuckled.

"are you sure?" he said pointing behind her.

The pools glow increased calling her attention and making Mirta look at her reflection.

There she was...dressed in a a pink mini tank top with dark blue straps and a matching skirt; dark blue sparkly gloves, knee-high, light teal boots with pink heels. Around her neck and and on her skirt, she had a grey diamond-shaped pendant.

and she had wings...big butterfly's wings

"I...what?" Mirta found herself speechless as she stared at her reflection, "Thats...me.." She said in a low tone of shock, "But.." She looked back over at the Mummy, "i'm not a fairy." She told him with a confused frown because sure she might be a bit different from the other witches at cloud tower but she wasn't a fairy.

"and why do you think that?" asked the undead "why is it so impossible to you to be a fairy?"

"Because.." Mirta stilled at the question finding herself clenching her fists, "Because..I..I." She tried to answer him, "If i'm a fairy..." She frowned as her mind went back to all the mockery and bullying at Cloud Tower, "that means the trix are right about me."

"and what are they right about you?" asked the Mummy as the pool changed to show the interior of Cloud tower and the Trix relaxing on their room "that you are weak? that you cant do anything? you who already beat them twice no long ago?" he asked as the image moved to the point she helped Bloom.

"I wouldn't say beat them.." Mirta replied back rubbing her arm, "At most I just got lucky and managed to trick them." She told him looking at the image of her helping Bloom, "I couldn't really fight them head on like Bloom."

"you still managed to give Bloom and her companions time to beat those three and show one quite powerful illusion to do so" he said showing the moment she created a giant monster that scared the trio of witches "your problem..is that you dont have the right training for someone like you and your so called school seems to be lazy to actually helping you"

"But.." Mirta frowned turning around to face the mummy fully, "Cloud Tower is the school for witches." She told her crossing her arms, "It's suppose to be the best place to learn..."

She told him but her tone came across as unsure to the fact herself

"and even if they dont know what you really are...have they actually tried to help you as a witch?" asked the mummy

"I.." Mirta found herself stopping and freezing at the question as her mind went back to all the mockery, scorn, and bullying she had suffered from her fellow students.

While the Professors showed nothing but disappointment and harsh criticism.

"or maybe they knew what you were and thats why they allow all that to happen?" the mummy said "im afraid i dont have an answer to that...you will need to ask your...headmistress...yourself"

"You mean ask Headmistress Griffin?" Mirta asked in slight shock, "I couldn't do that..' She denied shaking her head because the last thing she needed on top of everything else was risking getting on Griffin bad side

"you couldnt....now" the mummy said "maybe if you get more control over your true power and learn to use the magic of that tower in your favor you could have what it needed to face the headmistress"

"I..um." Mirta froze at that her managing to face the Headmistress would that even be possible? "But..I..don't want to fight her?" She weakly denied taking a step back, "Even if I did where the heck would I learn to use magic that good?"

"havent you been listening?" asked the mummy with some anger "you have the power in you...because you are not a witch" his eyes glowed "you are a fairy...a Dark fairy"

"A..dark..fairy?" She repeated confused, "such a thing actually exists?" She asked as this was the first she head ever heard of a dark fairy, "And...i'm one of them?" She looked down at her hands wondering if she ever really had known who she was

yes" said the mummy "as there are fairies of light, nature or fire...there are also fairies of darkness...their powers are similar to witches which i think its the reason why you were mixed up with one"

"So...." Mirta frowned staring down at her hands feeling like her entire worldview was getting upended, "I was never really a witch?" She asked with a frown

"no...but that doesnt mean you are weaker than them" said the mummy "the same a normal fairy can draw power from nature or the sun...you can draw power from darkness itself...reason why i think you were attracted to my pyramid as its a conduit for dark magic" he added "in the shadow halls of cloud tower you actually have the advantage....however because you were teach to draw magic like a witch you have never be able to show your true potential"

Witches had cores inside them which they can draw power from...faeries on the other hand have a literal connection to their born elements to drawn magic from the outside

Mirta frowned listening to the mummy's words with keen interest despite everything what he was saying made sense, "So...i'm not weak?" She asked with a hopeful grin, "i've just been using the wrong methods?"

"indeed...with the right training you could become a force to fear...more inside those hallow halls you could be the top predator" he added "as darkness is yours to control or to power up your illusions to the point they could become reality"

"Really?" Mirta said with a hint of disbelief and hope, "You think I can be that powerful?" She asked looking at the mummy still hardly believing the idea of being that strong

"with some of the right training i think you could" he said "and...if you are willing...i could teach you"

his caused Mirta to chew her lips the offer sounded fantastic but.. she narrowed her eyes at the mummy Cloud Tower had taught her a few things even if she didn't necessary agree with some of it, "Why would you help me?"

She asked suspiciously, "What's in for you?" She said taking a wary step back before adding one final question, "And who even are you?

"For me? nothing really...maybe just your company..." he said "i just like the idea of having to pass time with someone and not alone inside this tomb" and of coarse there was the fact it would be good having someone on his side in this...new life of him...plus he liked Mirta so win-win for him "as for who I am?" he extended his arms ""ANCIENT SPIRITS OF EVIL, TRANSFORM THIS DECAYED FORM TO MUMM-RA...THE EVER-LIVING !!!"

lighting crashed on the ground as a storm of purple smoke covered the mummy. his form the began to expand, muscles grow as the bandages rip away as the transformation completed.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

The mummy roared; no longer a fragile looking corpse...but a hulking 4 meters figure with two massive demonic wings on its back; wearing golden bracers on his arms , a metallic spartan/battle skirt, golden open sandals and a helmet with two snakes on the sides.

on his naked chest now was a red symbol with two black caduceus snakes

This transformation caused Mirta to stare in awe feeling the dark magical power rolling off the mummy's transformed body a part of her also going to the naked muscular chest and despite his undead nature couldn't help but blush as she examined the emblem on his chest curiously not recognizing it, "Mumm-Ra?"

She repeated with a frown, "I don't think I've heard of you." She told him honestly but considering that little display of power and how close he was to the schools there was a good chance he was either before the time of the schools and was so ancient any mention of him was lost to history

Either that or he was either reclusive making no impact in history, or more worriedly any mention of him was wiped away for some reason.

" I can assure you my dear" he called with a more deep tone "there is no one with more magical experience that me" and that was truth considering all magic related shows he has seen before "and if you give me the chance...i will help you raise up to become queen of cloud tower!!!" he roared with dark energy coursing through him and around the room.

"Me Queen of Cloud Tower?" She repeated unable to stop a smile growing on her face as she just pictured all her former bully's treating her with respect with even the Trix themselves bowing at her feet, "That would be so cool!"

she said in a excited squeal before coughing as she composed herself, "But how do I know I can trust you?" She asked with a frown

My dear im a man of my word" he said extending a hand to her "and i promise i will help you become the powerfull dark fairy that you are suppose to be...nothing more...nothing less"

Mirta frowned part of her was telling her to leave now and not trust a word this Mumm-Ra was saying...but another part..

She frowned looking down as she remembered all she had to put up with at Cloud Tower to the point of Lucy the closest thing she had to friend there was cutting ties with her...she was just so tired of it all and wanted to show everyone she wasn't weak, "Okay.."

She said with a frown, "I'll trust..you." She said walking up to the Mummy staring up at him, "But this better not be a trick." She warned him with a frown

"I can assure you...its not" the mummy said with a smile as they clasped hands sealing the deal

With Mirta herself feeling a great deal of anticipation though part of her was hoping she hadn't just made a deal with the devil.