It was many years ago that Bloom, an Earth girl, embarked on an adventure that changed her life. Her new friend Stella brought her to Alfea, a school for fairies and there Bloom met new friends. Together with her friends Bloom faced many obstacles and over powered many foes. They came be known as the Winx, the Company of Light, saviors of Magix and the entire universe. Years of peace allowed these heroes to start new adventures as mothers and that is where this story begins…
Disclaimer: I do not own the Winx Club. No matter how much I wish I did. It belongs to its proper owner. This story, however, is my original idea and thus I own it. Please don't steal.
The waters of Tides looked as green as ever in the afternoon rays. Beneath the ripples of the surface the water was clear, blue, and cold. The sudden flap of a fin sent white bubbles off in every direction. The mild disturbance made the clams shut themselves up tightly and the sea flowers darted out of the way as more disturbances suddenly arrived.
"Would you stop running already!" "We're going to catch you eventually!"
The shouts seemed to of landed on deaf ears because the one they were in chase of didn't stop or slow down. The merchild trying her hardest to flee, instead speed up. She turned another tall rock and saw a small gap in a close coral reef. She thought she could fit and made a swim for it. She used all her effort in the last flap before diving head first into the opening. To her horror her tail kept swishing, but her body wasn't moving anymore. She was stuck. Grasping the walls she tried to push herself back out, but she suddenly found herself yanked out instead. She turned around to thank her saviors only to find that they were the ones she'd been desperately trying to run from.
"Told you we would get you eventually." Sneered one merchild.
The other moved to look behind the captive to get a good look at the hole they'd just pulled her out of. When she saw it she laughed. "Really, you though you could fit in such a small opening? Not with that chubby tail of yours." She joked.
The other gave her friend a nudge. "Good one."
"Thanks," she replied before turning back to the captive merchild, "now to business. We know you got it Aqua, so hand it over."
Aqua looked both way, but she was cornered and she knew it. If she tired to swim up they would probably grab her. She had no way out and she was scared, but she still didn't want to give in to her bullies. "It's not yours," she finally spoke up, "so I'm not going to give it to you."
Aqua moved back as her two oppressors moved forward. Her comment had really made them angry. "You're going to hand it over now or else we'll…"
"You'll what?" A new voice entered the picture taking all three merchildren by surprise. The two oppressors grimaced when they saw who it was, but Aqua couldn't have felt better at the sight of her friends.
"Yvain, Xue, Quilla. Am I glad to see you three." Aqua swam past her captures as if they hadn't been there and joined her friends.
Yvain wrapped her arms around her freed friend before turning back to those who'd chased Aqua. "You two are in some serious trouble." She let go of Aqua and moved in front of her, looking down on the other two. "Apologize."
The two merchildren bowed before Yvain. "We're sorry." When they rose they exchanged looks before huffing and swimming off. As they past the four friends they made a gesture toward Aqua. "Thank your sea stars that you're the friend of our princess." "If you hadn't been things would've turned out a whole lot different." They didn't wait for a comeback and swam off quickly after their snide remark. They knew Aqua had heard it and that was all they cared about.
Aqua bowed her head in shame. She, Xue, and Quilla all had mothers who worked in the palace as confidantes of Queen Tressa and so all three had become friends with her highness; but unlike Quilla and Xue, Aqua lacked the courage to stand up to those who were jealous of her friendship. Quilla and Xue had also been met with oppositions, but they'd fought against them and no longer had problems. The other merchildren saw Quilla and Xue as being compatible to her highness, but Aqua didn't seem to fit in. The worst part of it was that Aqua knew this and believed it.
"Don't listen to them." Xue pulled Aqua from Yvain and hugged her friend, trying to reassure her.
"They're just jealous." Quilla added.
Aqua looked up at Yvain and found her friend frowning at her. It didn't look good on Yvain's pretty face and Aqua found her stomach churning as she hoped Yvain would change her expression. Yvain didn't.
"What are you going to do?" Yvain asked her friend.
Aqua gave her friend a questionable look, not really understanding her.
Yvain sighed and then repeated. "What are you going to do? You've been my friend for years now Aqua and yet you still get chased around."
"It's not my fault…" Aqua's voice wasn't sure and all three of her friends picked up on it. She sounded more like she was trying to convince herself than her friends and was failing at it.
"You coward." Yvain huffed, suddenly angry, and swam off from the group. Xue followed her, but Quilla stayed behind with Aqua.
"You know, it really would help if you stopped running." Quilla grabbed Aqua face and made her friends look her in the eyes. "It's time to stop running. We won't always be there to save you." With that Quilla backed off and turned to swim after the others. "Come on." She called back once she realized Aqua wasn't following.
Aqua swished her tail and followed. Yvain wasn't really upset with her, she knew that, but Aqua knew she had disappointed her friend and that felt worse. She wanted to be brave, but she didn't think she could be. She wanted to stand up for herself and stop running, but she couldn't seem to help running away from trouble. So when the time came for her to help her friends, Aqua ran away. Just like she'd always been doing.
Here is a new story! This one actually has animated shorts for it that will be available on Youtube soon. I'll be looking for voice actors for the characters and some other helpers, but I'll post more on that in the future. I just hope you all enjoy this preview for now.
Also, just because I think I should say this, none of these girls are Layla's child. These girls are important to the story for the first season, I've got the basic plot written for three (don't hold you breath for them though, never know what could happen). These girl will show up again later, one sooner than the rest, but for the next few chapters I'll be introducing the girls in the Next Generation Winx Club.
Don't be upset with the lack of setting here, the underwater world will be revisited and during that section I'll going into detail about the area. The most important information, the dialogue, is all I really wanted to bring out of this preview chapter.
BTW: If you're having trouble with the names - Xue is pronounced "Zoo" basically. Yvain is pronounced "U-vain". You all should be okay with Quilla, if not let me know. I sometimes have trouble with these names, but I really liked there meanings plus the meanings matched the power these girls have. Also, I know I don't explain their looks in this one and I did that because in the next one they'll be older so... I didn't feel like describing their young selves.