Chapter 7: Shapeshifters

Femke's POV

The next morning I woke up thanks to my alarm, I slammed it off before I got up. Looking at the clock I realized it was Sunday. I didn't have to get up until ten if I didn't want to.

Why did I set my alarm clock?

I thought, shrugging before I lied down again before immediately shooting back up when I remembered why.

I had promised the purple haired witch girl to help prank Lucy today! I got up quickly and got dressed, while trying not to wake the others.

Better safe than sorry

I thought as I silently exited the room and headed to the room of the purple haired witch, softly knocking on her door before sliding in.

"Did you come alone?" The girl asked.

"Is that a problem?" I asked angrily.

They're seriously rubbing off on me

Shot through my head as I said this, looking at the group of girls in front of me with my arms crossed.

"Not at all." The purple haired girl stammered.

"Good. What was your plan?" I asked as I sat down with the other witches that lived in this dorm, who looked up at their friend with smiles on their faces.

"You remember when I told you about that transformation spell, right?" The girl asked.

"I told you; I read every book in the library about it." I answered snobbishly.

"How about we put that knowledge to good use and transform her into a mouse and then set her free in a forbidden area? She'll be caught where she shouldn't be." The purple haired witch said, liking her own idea.

"Or we just convince her she can join the Trix if she goes to a place she is forbidden to go." I brought up.

"You think she will fall for that?" One of the girls asked me as I turned towards her and growled a little. She flinched away. Good.

"I am sure she will. She's very eager to join the Trix." I smirked. That girl was desperate to join the Trix but she was not on their level and would never be.

And that's why we should teach her a lesson

Darcy commented in my head. My head snapped up. She never used the link between our minds with such a long range before.

I'm on it

I thought back with a small smile as I focussed back on where I was.

"So when are you going to do it?" The purple haired girl asked me with a smile on her face.

"As soon as possible. But we don't want to look suspiciou." Femke said. "She would get suspicious if we asked her to join so soon after Icy told her 'no'."

Very well, Femke. You're getting better by the day

Darcy commented, which made me smile a little. This was a good sign. I was starting to think like a witch more each day. I was learning and gaining power. That meant I would be able to keep up with my friends and help them find the Dragon Flame.

"Tell us when you're going to do it, okay?" One of the other witches asked.

"I better not. If I tell you, she might grow suspicious." Femke said. "Just play along, okay?"

"Alright then." The girl sighed as she looked down with disappointment."What forbidden place did you have in mind?"

"The catacombs were all the Dark Spells are." Femke smiled as she said this and the room gasped in shock.

"Great idea!" A girl with pink hair and two blonde locks in front of her face called. "That will get her in somuch trouble."

"We better split up for now. We want to avoid her getting suspicious." I said but I really just wanted to get back to studying shapeshifting.

"Good." All girls agreed, after that, I went back to our dorm and reported what we discussed to the Trix.

"I heard from Darcy you did well." Icy smirked as she opened a book she snuck out of the Secret Library.

"Thanks. How's the Spell coming along?" I asked as I sat down and grabbed a book as well.

"I think we're almost ready to try it out." Icy said as she looked over the spell.

"Are you sure? You saw the pictures of what can happen if we make a mistake." Stormy commented as she showed me the book she was reading, showing some gruesome pictures of people being stuck between animal and human, looking like they were in pain. One even seems to have exploded.

"We studied every book and spell on the matter. We're ready." Icy said as she closed her eyes and concentrated.

"Which animal did you choose?" I asked curiously.

"You'll see." Icy smirked as she opened one eye, closed it again and focussed, which made her entire body glow purple before she flashed.

"Forma Subcinctus… "

Icy chanted as she glowed even brighter. When the glowing stopped, Icy had changed into a giant white wolf with light blue snowflakes on it's thighs.

"Awesome." I commented with a smile.

"My turn." Darcy said as she got up and closed her eyes as well.

"Forma Subcinctus." Darcy chanted after which she changed into a large brown deer with a purple spiral on her flanks.

"You're up next!" Stormy said as she gave me a pat on my back.

"Why don't you try it?" I asked.

"Cause I want to see you fail." Stormy said.

"Who says I'm going to fail?" I said, trying to sound self assured.

"You're still a newbie." Stormy said.

"Not for long." I smirked as I got up and focused, feeling a tremendous energy flow through me.

"Forma Subcinctus!" I chanted as I flashed brightly. When I looked down afterwards, I saw I was in my werewolf form! It worked!

"On the first try!" Stormy said as she got up and started to focus as well.

"You're up." I growled at her, noting my voice had the same deeper tone I had when I was a werewolf.

"I'm on it!" Stormy smirked as she concentrated as well.

"Forma Subcinctus." Stormy chanted. Nothing happened.

"Who's a newbie now?" I smirked.

"Still you." Stormy smirked as she closed her eyes again.

"I just learned about magic. What's your excuse?" I smirked as I looked at her, while the others went 'Ooooh' behind me.

"You did not just say that." Stormy snapped.

"I just did." I smiled deviously.

"That's it. You're dead!" Stormy shouted as she looked at me with a furious glare.

"Forma Subcinctus!" Stormy called furiously as a purple glow started to envelop her and as the light cleared she shifted into a rat.

"Why a rat?" I asked, a little surprised.

"Someone has to be able to pass through small holes. Besides, rats are cool." Stormy smiled.

"I swear, if you eat my socks I tear your head off." I growled while getting close to Stormy. That was a mistake as she bit me. Hard.

"That's what you get!" Stormy said as she got on her hind legs and put her paws on her hips.

"You'll pay for that." I growled as I shifted back in my human form to heal the bite.

"Try me." Stormy smirked, which looked rather cute in her rat form.

"Quit it, you two!We have a mission, remember?" Icy said as she changed back and opened the book as we did the same.

"Biting someone's nose of isn't helping." I growled as I sat back down and got a piece of paper and the spellbook and opened it on a page I had marked during class that described a spell that could paint down memories.

"Vita Pingere!" I chanted, moving a finger from my head to the piece of paper after which the secret passage appeared along with all the other secret passages Miss Griffin had told me about.

"Vita Pingere!" The others chanted as the layout of Cloud Tower appeared, along with all the secret passages they knew of.

"Looks like we already found a lot of passages." I said when I saw all the info we already gathered on the map.

"We have several routes leading outside the castle, which is handy if we ever need to sneak out during searches for the Dragon Flame." Icy said.

"Celare." I chanted while closing my eyes, trying to think about a good password to hide the map, before I smiled. "Trix are Tricksy."

"Good one, now no one can look at it." Stormy said as I looked up and nodded.

"Without the password, it will look like an old piece of paper." I said as I put our nicknames on the front, as well as a name for the map itself; The Flamesearcher's map.

"The Flamesearcher's map? Really?" Darcy asked.

"We can't write down our actual names." I replied as I looked at Darcy. "This is vague enough." I explained.

"Nice one, Femke. Now all we need is info about were the Dragon Flame went." Icy said as she sat down again and got a book from her trunk. The rest of us did the same.

None of these books have anything useful. Just the line of ascension in Domino. That's common knowledge

I taught as I turned a page. There was a picture of a King and Queen on with a little girl with blonde hair standing next to them, looking shyly into the camera while a toddler with red hair from around was in the arms of the Queen.

"The last King and Queen of Domino with their two daughters. Disappeared without a trace after the destruction of Domino three years ago. This was the last time anyone has seen the Dragon Flame" The text underneath the picture read.

So much for that

I thought as I closed the book.

"This was about fourteen years ago." I told no one in particular as I put the book away.

"Fourteen years? If it is in a person, they will be younger then that by now." Icy said.

"But it's also possible it was sucked in an object, right?" I asked, remembering Icy had once told me that.

"It isn't much but this will make things easier. " Icy said as she looked down. "If it is in a person they might apply to Alfea or Cloudtower in two years."

"We will be powerful enough to take them on." I added, catching on where this was going. All we had to do was see if someone with a lot of power applied to either of the two schools in two years and wait for our chance and pluck the power from them if the time was right. After that, it was takeover time. I still wasn't sure about that part. Oh well. That's a worry for another that.

"And when the time is right, we take their power and we will be the most powerful beings of the Magical World." Icy smiled, after which she laughed in a way that gave me chills.

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And with that, I end the chapter. I hope you enjoyed it!

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