Hey, everyone! With the upcoming movie (it's about time!) and looking back at this long forgotten story, I've decided to redo this story up until the hiatus point, then remove the old story from there. Looking back at my writing style, length and tone from almost five years ago is pretty embarrassing, and an author's writing, in my opinion, should be a reflection of the individual themselves.
So without further ado, let's get started!
It was another normal Saturday afternoon in Hillwood as middle schoolers Helga Pataki and Phoebe Hyderdral went to the park to just talk. Phoebe had brought a few fruits to snack on and Helga, junk food. After they parked their bikes, Phoebe placed a soft blanket under a tree for Helga and herself to sit on.
Helga leaned back onto the trunk as she opened up her packet of cheese balls. "So, Phoebe, how's Geraldo treating you?"
"Just fine, always the gentleman." Phoebe smiled as she polished off her apple before taking a bite.
"Good, cause if he doesn't... well, Old Betsy can always make a comeback."
The two girls laughed to themselves. Helga was easier to be around ever since the 5th grade, when Gerald and Phoebe had started to date. She had come to some sort of agreement with Arnold since her best friend and his best friend were...well, dating. Now 13, Helga had grown more attractive. Her hair had grown down to her waist and her iconic unibrow was kept under maintenance. She usually wore her old pink dress as a top and some slighted decorated jeans, along with a gray beanie that secretly covered the pink bow she still wore.
Phoebe had changed too, but not as much as Helga had. Her hair had grown to about mid back and she occasionally wore contacts along with her prescription glasses. She was still fond of her blue sweaters and wore them in a variety of different colors. Helga, along with Gerald and Arnold were still her best friends, but made stronger connections with Sheena, Nadine and even Rhonda.
"You know, you could always ask 'Ice Cream' out..." Phoebe coyly suggested.
"He can ask me." Helga scoffed as she took a handful of her snack. "I already helped him save his parents, so I really don't think it should be too hard for him. And please, Pheebs, no matchmaking-"
She paused after hearing a loud grunt.
"Phoebe, did you hear that?"
Phoebe nodded and was about to respond when they heard a girl's yell. Startled, Helga stood up and went toward the direction of the shout.
"Come on, Pheebs." She asked confidently, "We gotta check this out."
"Coming..." Phoebe replied a bit nervously.
They went a few yards into the direction of the grunt and suddenly stopped in front of the bushes.
"I think it's coming from behind here," Helga told Phoebe.
"Do you think we should continue?"
They saw a flash of light coming from the bushes.
"Take that ogre!" They heard a teenaged girl cry.
Helga and Phoebe continued into the bushes and saw a sight they thought they would never see.
As they steeped out of the bushes, Helga and Phoebe saw an encounter between two-thought-to-be-imaginary creatures.
A girl with blond hair in long pigtails, wearing a glittery orange halter top with matching short-shorts and tall orange boots was in front of them. She had short silver wristbands and slightly transparent wings along with a tall metal staff next to her. The girl started to kick away red creepy thing away from her.
"Rising sunburst!" she said, yellow light coming out of her hands and blasting the creatures away.
A few yards away was a dark figure that grabbed one of the red things and squeezed it until it turned to dust. It did not look happy.
Helga and Phoebe wanted to leave but were held back by fear and amazement.
"Criminy," Helga whispered, "Are you seeing what I'm seeing?"
"Indeed," Phoeberespondedd, "It seems odd that we are the only ones witnessing this event."
Some more red things came towards the girl as she jammed her metal staff in the ground yelling, "Solarwind blast!"
"Newsflash, Hideous," She said, giving her opponents a determined glare, "The power of Solaria is so gonna flatten you!"
The figure ran towards her and knocked her to the ground, making her drop her staff.
"You're the one that's gonna be flattened, fairy!" Red things surrounded her and held her down, making her unable to move. "Ghouls, bring me her scepter!" A couple of them carried it to him.
"You'll never get away with this!" The girl said in a muffled voice.
"I think I just did", he responded as the creatures ran to him. "Your scepters' ours- and you're history!" He raised the scepter at the fairy who's eyes widened in shock and fear.
"Leave her alone!" Helga spoke up in a moment of boldness.
Phoebe decided to follow her lead. "Yeah, get us instead!"
"Did we just say that?" They asked in unison.
"Yes, and little girls should mind their own business!" Before they knew it, the creature stomped over and grabbed Helga by her wrists.
"LET GO!", she practically screamed as pink light flew out of her hands and knocked the ogre out.
What the heck did I just do? Helga thought as she looked down at her hands. Have I always been able to do this? Before she could ponder her newfound abilities, Helga spotted Phoebe. Oh my Gosh, Phoebe!
"Hold on Pheebs!"
Phoebe was nearly trapped by red demons, unable to escape. There were too many to shake off.
"Get away from me this instant!" she yelled, a blue light surrounding her. Suddenly, there was a blast of energy and the ogres were blown away.
Helga caught up to Phoebe, half-carrying her up.
"Are you OK, Pheebs?" She asked in concern, "That was a pretty boss attack."
"I'm fine." Phoebe smiled weakly, "Just a bit winded is all."
"You girls got some MAJOR winx!"
They looked up and saw the girl from earlier, who seemed to look much better than before.
"Who the heck are you, Princess?", Helga asked. "And what in the heck were those things you were fighting?"
The girl looked a little taken aback but nevertheless responded.
"My name is Stella, Princess of the Sun and Moon from Solaria. I want to thank you guys for saving me and-" Stella paused and before Helga or Phoebe knew it, fell to the ground unconscious. Her clothes changed into a princess-like outfit with her staff becoming part of her outfit.
"What should we do now, Pheebs?"