Second lifetime.
Usual disclaimers apply. The Winx club characters and possible spoilers are property of Iginio Straffi and Rainbow S.R.I. This story is based on an idea of CharmedMillie.
The potion.
Alfea.
It was the end of the school year and the Winx had all graduated with honours. Bloom was sad that she had to leave Alfea since she had the feeling she wasn't ready to go to Sparkx and start rebuilding her home world. She went to Ms Faragonda to discuss her future with her.
"Ms Faragonda, is there a college I can go to in the magical realms?" she asked.
"You mean like college on earth? I hate to tell you but there is no such thing in the magical dimension. The only thing you can do is taking the grandmaster courses here at Alfea. Most girls don't apply since they are very hard to pass. Are you thinking of entering these?"
"Maybe, I don't know if I 'm ready yet to rule a realm and I feel like there is still so much I can learn so I wanted to study more about magic."
"We can make you as ready as we possibly can for the world but for some it just isn't enough. You actually are ready but if you doubt yourself you may always come here my door will always be open for you." Ms Faragonda told Bloom. Bloom then joined her friends who asked her what she was talking about with Ms Faragonda.
"Well I wanted to know if there were places where I could learn more about magic and the sources of magic. Actually I want to add a few years of studying until I feel like I 'm ready to go out there to become the queen of Sparkx." Bloom said to her friends.
"You want to add another school year to learn more?" Stella asked thinking Bloom had lost her marbles.
"Yes I want to and I can take grandmaster classes right here at Alfea." Bloom told Stella.
"I heard of these grandmaster classes and I was thinking of entering them." Flora informed the group.
"Why don't we take them too." Tecna proposed.
"Is something loose in the mid brain?" Musa asked.
"No Tecna has a point. We could become even better fairies if we at least try to take these courses and if we fail at the end of the semester... at least we can say we have tried to take these courses. I 'm going to enter." Layla reasoned.
"So will I." Flora joined her.
"I will too since I brought it up." Bloom responded.
"Make it four applications" Tecna said.
"I can't believe I 'm saying this but Layla convinced me too." Stella said as she pulled out her cell phone to tell the folks back home that she was going to stay at school for another year.
"Where do we sign up?" Musa asked the gang. Bloom pointed into Ms Faragonda's direction and so they went to her to announce that they wanted to enter the grandmaster classes. Ms Faragonda was a bit surprised that Musa and Stella wanted to enter these courses too but she was confident that they all would take these classes seriously and maybe they would all pass. Later that day the Winx girls were taking a last walk through the forest surrounding Alfea. As they were planning to get together during the summer at each other's home realms they heard some kind of an explosion. There was a smoke cloud coming in from the north so they ran towards the source of this smoke cloud to find out what happened. When they came to the epicentre of the explosion they saw clothes lying on the ground.
"I know these clothes." Stella said as she lifted the blue skirt of the ground.
"Those are Icy's clothes." Bloom recognised them as she started to look for Icy. They all looked around expecting the Trix to ambush them. Bloom carefully checked the blouse she found on the ground and suddenly she saw some movement in the blouse. The others backed of for a second but Bloom lifted the blouse a little. It felt a bit heavy so she looked inside the blouse to find a baby inside the blouse. Bloom carefully took the baby in her arms as it began to cry. Bloom then wrapped the blouse around the baby who started to calm down. Tecna was looking around the area and found the remains of a jar. She collected the pieces carefully and started to analyse them. Flora looked around for footsteps to find steps to the place where they had found Icy's clothes. Bloom proposed to leave before the Trix would arrive. They all went back to Alfea with the baby and see Ms Faragonda about it. In Faragonda's office they were all gathered to talk about it.
"So if I 'm correct you found Icy's clothes and this baby entangled in them?" Faragonda asked to be sure if she had heard the story correct.
"That 's right." Bloom confirmed their story.
"The only thing we can't figure out is what was in the jar that exploded." Tecna started to tell "I analysed what ingredients were used but I can't link them to a potion. So I wanted to ask if you have seen a potion with these ingredients."
Faragonda looked at the list Tecna gave her and when she had finished reading it she looked at the girls.
"I 'm not sure but I will look in the library to what end this potion was brewed." Faragonda said as she left her office "I want you all to stay at your room until I have found out what this potion was." The girls did as Ms Faragonda asked and while they were waiting they started to wonder who this baby was and where she came from.
"You know if I wouldn't know any better I 'd say this baby is Icy's daughter." Musa said.
"She does have her eyes." Bloom said as she cradled the baby. Tecna decided to take analyse the baby's images she had since she was born but the only images that came up were the inside of the blouse until Bloom pulled her out of there. They all wondered how that was possible until Faragonda entered the room.
"I now know what that potion was and what it could have done. I think Icy cooked up a forbidden potion so she could steal the Dragon fire from Bloom but there is a downside to the potion. When it doesn't reach the intended target in time the potion explodes and turns the one handling it into a baby again. There is no potion or spell to reverse the effects of this potion. The baby you found out there is no one else than Icy" Faragonda told the Winx who looked surprised at the baby.
"No wonder she looked so much like her," Bloom said as she held up the baby "it is her. What are we going to do now?"
"I will have to consult with the elders of Magix before we make a decision we might regret later. Will you take care of her for the time being Bloom?" Faragonda requested.
"I will but first we have to buy her some fitting clothes since she cant stay wrapped in this blouse. You wouldn't mind if I went to Magix to do some shopping?" Bloom responded.
"Well that would be a good idea. In case we have to present her to the council she can't go naked." Faragonda agreed and so she went to consult with the elders while the Winx went out to shop.
"You know Bloom I wouldn't spend to much money on her." Stella mentioned.
"After all she tried to kill us on numerous occasions." Musa reminded Bloom.
"I don't care about what happened in the past three years between us at the moment. Right now she is a baby and Tecna couldn't find any memories about what happened up to when she has turned into a baby, right Tecna?" Bloom defended Icy.
"Yes, she is right there are no memories about her past life. It seems she has to start all over again. Maybe with a little help she might grow up to be a good witch." Tecna supported Bloom. They entered a baby store in which they bought all the necessities to raise a baby. After the shopping they returned to Alfea where Faragonda already awaited them with a wizard. He looked at the baby for a while and then he started to smile.
"She has no memories of the life she has lived up till now. If there are they are suppressed somewhere in her sub conscious. We can safely give her up for adoption." He said to Faragonda.
"Well then I will call the necessary services to pick her up." Faragonda told him as she picked up the phone. Bloom looked at the baby and felt bad about it. She looked at Icy with a sad face. As soon as Faragonda had finished her call she came to Bloom.
"The social services will pick her up the day after tomorrow because they have to deal with another problem first. Would you be so kind to hand her to me?" Faragonda asked while she stretched out her arms. The moment Bloom wanted to hand her over Icy started to cry. Faragonda tried to calm her down but no matter what she did Icy didn't stop crying. The moment Bloom asked Faragonda to hand Icy back to her the baby slowly calmed down. As soon as she was in Bloom's arms again Icy stopped crying.
"Well have you ever..." Faragonda wondered.
"It 's only natural. Most animals bond with the first friendly face they see. In Icy's case it was Bloom." Flora told the group.
"She sees Bloom as her mother?!" Stella yelled.
"Yes she does." Faragonda stated. In the meanwhile Bloom was walking around with Icy in her arms telling her how beautiful she was.