Prologue

Bloom stood in the woods at the edge of the clearing. This landscape was quite familiar to her: Daphne often spoke about it, seeing as it was located on Sparx. This time, however, she wasn't alone: out of forest stepped a beast which she instantly named Darkar, a blond man with old-fashioned burgundy cloak and a fairy with honey-colored hair to her ankles in outfit that resembled one of her transformations, but she didn't have a name for it: it was soft golden one-shoulder dress stopping on her mid-thighs with black sash round her waist, barefoot sandals, a diadem on her forehead and beautiful wings.

"Darkar, Valtor", fairy greeted. "Why have you asked for this meeting?"

"Aline", blond man, Valtor, greeted back. "It's good to see you again."

"No need for pleasantries, as we both know you don't really mean them", Aline spoke lazily. "If you want to know, my answer hasn't changed: not an iota." Darkar chuckled.

"Ah, feisty and straightforward as always. Was this particular transformation necessary?"

"With you two?" Aline snorted. "No amount of precaution is too much. Besides, I like being in my Enchantix form. It's refreshing." So, the transformation's name is Enchantix, Bloom thought.

"All right, we came here to propose a deal", Valtor said strongly.

"A deal with devil?" Aline was intrigued. "I'm all ears, boys."

"You can formally stay neutral", Valtor began, "as you always did. But, I'm asking you to join something completely different."

"We want you to join a secret community called Triangle of Darkness", Darkar continued. "We will be a power behind the shadow, so to say. I know your reputation with Council of Magix is very impressive, so you can spy on that part of magical dimension. Valtor will spy on the Ancestral Witches, and I will spy on creatures of shadows. Together, we can direct the course of history as we please, and you will not fall under the influence of Dark Magic. "

"Hmm", Aline pondered. "It's very intriguing, but there's one catch: what if they discover us?"

"I planned for that", Valtor waved her concerns off. "We'll have codenames, based on our powers. It will be just three of us, and if we die, someone else will be elevated as a new member."

"You really thought of everything, did you? I'm willing, but I want us to become siblings. We'll share everything with each other, and we'll be bound by the spell so that no one can rattle anything to anyone outside of our little organization." Darkar was skeptic, but Valtor agreed with fairy.

"Fine." Three of them joined hands, and tattoo appeared on their wrists: Darkar's was phoenix, Valtor's dragon and Aline's hourglass.

"Now we cannot betray one another and you're my brothers", Aline proclaimed.

"Deal. What about names, fairy?" Darkar asked.

"Easy. Aline's Turner, you're Shadow, and I'm Dragon", Valtor replied. "Look, we need to go; our allies would become suspicious if we don't come back soon."

"Same with me", Aline sighed. "Well Dragon, Shadow, till we meet next time. Good luck, and stay alive." She flew away, not glancing back. Valtor and Darkar exchanged a glance, then they departed as well.

Bloom woke up, shivering slightly.

"Bloom, what's wrong?" Flora asked seeing her friend rattled like that.

"It's just a strange dream", she said with sigh.

"Nightmare?" Nature Fairy wondered, familiar with Bloom's dreams.

"Not exactly", Fairy of Dragon Fire replied. "It was more of a vision. Vision of past." Flora nodded; it wasn't so unusual for fairies to have visions of what happened, even if they weren't there.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" Bloom stopped and turned.

"No", she whispered. "I don't want to think about Darkar again." Flora smiled understandingly: after what happened last year, she assumed Bloom would be uncomfortable talking about him, not that she blamed her.

"Go back to sleep, sweetie", she advised. "Tomorrow's a new day, and we can deal with it later."

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Morning came with the usual bustling of life in Alfea, Academy for fairies. Winx Club met in the living room of their suite, yawning.

"Good morning, girls", Stella said with yawn. "Ready to start new year?"

"You mean, new year full of trouble?" Musa asked sarcastically.

"Exactly, Musa", Layla yawned flopping on the couch.

"Oh, c'mon! Trouble will avoid us this year," Flora said encouragingly.

"I'm not so sure, Flora", Bloom said quietly.

"She's right, you know", Techna said lazily. "With our luck, we'll have a major mess on our hands in 94% of cases."

"Why so glum, Tech?" Stella asked cheerily.

"I had a dream last night", Bloom began slowly. "Techna, can you for info about Triangle of Darkness?"

"Triangle of Darkness?" Musa wondered as Techna activated her search program.

"Yep."

"Look, girls!" Techna exclaimed. "According to my data, Triangle of Darkness is a secret society made out of three members: a fairy, a wizard and a beast. No one knew who they were, but various leaders got blackmail letters from them. Rumors were that the most powerful wizard, fairy and beast made a pact for ruling the magical universe behind the shadow; your status and allegiance were unimportant. If you had secrets, those three would dig it out and blackmail you with it, asking for something in return."

"What else?" Layla asked, remembering her mother and father talking about it.

"Only rulers of Sparx were excluded: it was almost as they were protecting them. Everyone else though, got it: even Headmistresses Faragonda and Griffin were blackmailed during their time in Company of Light." Stella whistled.

"Wow, they were good. What happened to them?"

"Around seventeen years ago, Triangle stopped with its activities: Sparx fell just two days after, and no one ever figured out who was that."

"Did they have codenames?" Bloom asked remembering that detail: she couldn't remember their names beside Darkar.

"Oh, yes. Shadow, Dragon and Turner. Why sudden interest in something from your dream?"

"Well, Darkar was part of that Triangle."

"Aw, hell", Flora and Musa complained.

"Yeah-" Suddenly, a crash echoed through the school.

"It came from outside!" Layla shouted, running out, Winx hot on her heels.

They ran out and gasped: one lone fairy was standing up, dusting herself off then flying up again.

"Whoa, she's something!" Stella admitted.

"Wait, that fairy! I dreamt about her!" Bloom exclaimed. Evil chuckle came from above.

"Give up, pixie!" Darcy sneered. "You have no chance of beating us."

"Trix! But they were in Omega Dimension!" Musa growled.

"Oh really?" fairy asked angrily. "Time freeze!" Spell hit Darcy straight in the abdomen, and she froze in the midair.

"Nice trick, but it'll not help you dear", Icy commented, sending shards of ice at her. She easily dodged it.

"Tell your Master that if he wants to talk to me, he will need to refresh his memories!" girl spat. "He can find and talk to me easily: he just needs to say one word, and I will come!" Shooting another spell, she missed Icy but got Stormy.

"Maybe he will", Icy sneered grabbing her frozen sisters and teleporting out. Fairy fell down on her knees and de-transformed.

"Hey, move!" Layla yelled first getting to fairy. Calmly, she kneeled by her.

"What's your name?" Girl turned her head, and onyx eyes stared in Layla's.

"Aline", she replied and fainted.