Chapter two

"Eris"

Location: Alfea garden;

"I'm telling you guys thats what Sky said, Isis is missing! The planet, the people, everything!" Bloom tried to explain for the thousandth time since she had returned to Alfea with Stella, Sky and Brandon staying on Eracklyon to deal with the crisis of the disappearing planet.

"But that's not possible Blood. Things just don't disappear" it was Flora who spoke up from where she sat on the stone bench in the magical Alfea garden.

"If they where still in the magical dimension we would be able to feel them right?" this time it was Tecna, her fingers rapidly typing on her digi-pad

"If you're ready to listen to me I might have an Idea" Tecna said and Bloom looked over at her, moving her right arm in a gesture for her to continue.

"Our Butterflix connects us to nature. If we converge our power we might be able to find out where Isis went." The revelation made Bloom blink in mute shock, why hadn't she thought of that. Breathing in though her nose Bloom nodded

"Alright, but we have to be quick. I still have to get ready for the ceremony" Bloom smiled which gained her a giggle from Stella

"Well look who's turning into a fashionista!" Stella giggled, her arms looping around Bloom's neck in a loose hug

"All right! Lets get this show on the road!" Stella smiled, fist in the air

"Magic Winx! Butterflix!" Stella shouted. Sparkles filled the air, cloths disintegrating into dust only to be replaced by each fairies respected color of outfit, the wide tutu like skirts of the Butterflix design appeared on their bodies, hair pulled back to show each others faces, the last thing to appear was a symbol on each Winx girl's forearm, purple and in the shape of a butterfly. They all looked at each other, linking hands, closing their eyes as they focused on each other, trying to sync their breathing. An unfelt breeze coiled though the room lifting their hair off their necks as they lifted their faces toward the sky, it was Flora who opened her eyes first

"I found it!" she said in her soft voice. The rest of the girls opened their eyes at her exclamation and looked at her

"Its so strange. It's right where its supposed to be but...its moving around" Flora said, her Butterflix outfit disappearing to show her bright pink and green dress, and soon every one else followed.

"It's all fuzzy. I could barely keep a hold of it. It was like it was in something else" she whispered

Bloom looked over at Flora and then Stella, turning her head to look at Tecna and Musa who in turn looked at Bloom

"I think we should go check it out" Tecna voiced. Raising her hand and Musa nodded her head

"Yeah, We should go check if anyone saw anything."

"I think that's a good Idea but-" Bloom started

"BUT" we can't exactly fly around in space and who could we talk to anyway? No one lives their Stella said, waiving her hand dismissively.

"Well actually we just need to get to Eris" Tecna smiled triumphantly as Stella glared at her, but when no one spoke she took it as a signal to continue

"Eris, the third moon of Isis. It circles the western pole like a ring and was the planets most successful gemstone mine" Tecna said, Bloom's eyes going wide and she opened her mouth just to be talked over again

"The moon was settled about fifty years ago and they found an abundance of magical stones worth a fortune. If any one knows what happened, the people of Eris would know." Tecna finished, putting her hands on her hips. Bloom looked around to see uncertain faces, smiling Bloom looked over at Tecna and then back at everyone else

"I say we should go. How do we get to Eris?" Bloom asked and looked over at Tecna once more

"Well, since Eris is a moon. Despite Eris not being part of Solaria, Stella should be able to take us to Eris by tapping into her opposite though her Mystix" Tecna finished up and punctuated her words by looking at Stella with a smug look. Stella gave a deep almost agonizing sigh

"All right I'll do it, just stand back okay?" Stella looked around, watching everyone take her at her word and stand back in order to give her the entire enclosing to work, Flora hiding behind the bench, Tecna and Musa hiding behind a rose bush, Layla moving to hide up into a tree and Bloom hiding behind a rather large shrub

"Try not to go over board this time!" Stella heard Layla yell from her perch but all Stella did was roll her eyes. Putting one hand on her left hip, right hand going into the air Stella spread her fingers apart

"Magic Winx! Mystix!" Stella shouted and the garden filled with light as her clothes dissolved into her skin, a miniature sun appearing in front of Stella, the fairy reached out and cupped the sun in her hands and when she did it looked like golden clothing started to appear on her body

"When the sun sets there is darkness, but all darkness is illuminated by the light of the moon!" Stella cried out and tossed the miniature sun above her and it hovered for a moments before dropping back down and landing in Stella's waiting hands. As soon as it touched her skin the gilded sunshine colored dress that had just started to appear burst into rays of pure light, dulling and then brightening into a different but more eye friendly silver color. The silver rays swirled around Stella's body, covering her so nothing could be seen. A yell came from inside the silver mass

"Opposite Winx! Radiant Moon!" and with those words the silver flew outward, missing all the girls hiding places and revealing Stella in a long ruffled blue skirt that stopped just above her ankles, a blue ruffled halter top that stopped just above her belly button, silver strap heels that showed her toes and large beautiful silver, white and dark blue wings shaped like twin crescent moons. Stella's hair was pulled back away from her face half of her long beautiful hair was down running down her back like a cold blond waterfall while the other half was piled behind a silver half moon crown that held within its center a sapphire that was set circled by glittering diamonds. In her hand was a silver body long staff that looked like it supported scales made to look like a waxing and waining moon, Stella opened her eyes and lastly the chart of the moons phases appeared along both of her arms, her bright eyes watching her friends as they slowly came out of their hiding places

"Are we ready to go?" Stella asked just to be courteous before she waived her staff around. Stella smiled

"To Eris!" she shouted, twirling the staff between her fingers before grabbing it with both hands and slamming the end into the ground which caused white sparks to emit from the top, causing everyone to disappear into thin air...

Location; Eris:

The Winx arrived on the moon Eris, shimmering light cascaded around them before it merged into the air to show them their surrounding. They where in a desolate looking village, a sign just to the side of where Layla appeared said "Eris Village Nao; Moon of Isis"

"What happened here?" Layla said as she turned on her heal, bumping into Stella as she was the last to appear

"Yeah your right, whats going on?" the blond fairy said as she to turned around to look at the village "This place needs a major make over" Stella said as she crossed her arms over her chest

"I don't know, It's like no ones here" Flora responded as she to took the village in, but even her small voice seemed to loud in the abandoned village

"Yeah that's the thing though, I can feel people here. Hiding in that house" Stella pointed to a thatch house to the right, it looked like it was in perfect condition as Layla turned again her legs slightly apart in a defensive stance as she curled her hands into fists and put them on her hips

"Alright come one out! We know you're here!" Layla yelled and then Bloom came forward to stand next to her

"We're not here to hurt you. We came to ask about what happened to Isis" but when nothing happened Bloom turned back to Stella

"You sure people are in that house?" Bloom asked and Stella nodded her head

"Positive. I mean they live on a moon and um, hello? The princess of the Sun and the Moon?" Stella scoffed, looking offended. Sighing Bloom turned back just as the door opened and an old man walked out supported by a cane that looked like it was about to snap with how he put all of his weight on it. The man though old was large, at least seven feet tall and very muscular, obviously he had been very strong and powerful in his younger years and he radiated pride from every muscle of his body even as his cane thumped on the thin wooden porch of the house. A girl stood next to him, she looked twelve as she held onto his free arm, she was shaking so much that her elbows wobbled and her lips trembled. The man looked out at the Winx girls, eyes travelling to each one as if to see what he was dealing with before he spoke loud and clear as if he was use to giving speeches

"My name is Klarin. This is my Niece Jeline. Why have you come here?" he said

"Y-you're not here to hurt us are you?" the little girl, blond with worried hazel eyes asked them. Bloom shook her head

"We're not here to hurt you, I promise." she said to the girl and watched as her worried frown slowly turned into a reassured smile, Something was off about the old man but Bloom couldn't put a finger to it, but she had the distinct feeling that he wasn't telling the truth about something

"We're here because if what Happened to Isis. You're one of the moons of Isis, did you see what happened?" Bloom asked but neither the man nor the girl seemed to want to say anything, in fact even the girl who seemed to have been warming up to Bloom looked away. Neither of them said anything for several moments before the girl stuttered out

"T-the big s-swirly monster a-ate it" the girl finally said and the old man, Klarin, relented with a sigh

"It came out of nowhere, right above the Isis castle. At first it was just a white dot spinning like a top. The planet didn't have a chance. It was sucked in, swallowed by the Vortex that the white dot seemed to summon" he said and Tecna snorted

"That's illogical, if such things happened we would have record of it happening before now. Such an occurrence would have been recorded. New things like this just don't start up randomly" She said but Klarin glared at her, narrowing his blue eyes

"You're right. It would have been recorded...If people where around to record it" he said, the way his voice came out, cold, irritated, and annoyed made Tecna snap her mouth shut and hold back what she was about to say

"That is why you see no one here. They abandoned Eris Starting with Village Nao, My village, and ran when they saw the Vortex over Isis, but barely any of them escaped. It was like the Vortex was sentient...Living." he whispered and Bloom frowned

"They saw the Vortex? But if few got away, where did they go? And what happened to the ones that didn't get away" Bloom asked and the man pointed upward toward the sky

"They went up that way" he said, Bloom looked up at the sky

"Up where?" she asked and was turning her head back toward the old man when she heard a cry of warning come from Layla but it was to late as Bloom looked back just in time for her vision to be clouded by a green ball of energy that had been hurdled toward her, to fast to dodge and to close to counter with a defence shield. Bloom was knocked to the ground, the same happening to the rest of the Winx before any of them had a chance to transform. The sound of the girl screaming could be heard as Bloom slowly managed to stand back up, looking around to see Tecna, Musa, Stella, Layla and Flora groaning as they tried to bring themselves together in order to help.

"I could feel you coming from a mile away. You all have so much power its magnetic" Klarin said as he walked over to Bloom, dropping the cane along the way as the little girl ran back into the house and slammed the door shut.

"Who...are you?" Bloom croaked out as she struggled to keep her footing and soon found herself falling to her knees, her hands hitting the ground, the gravel digging into her palms. The man crouched down so he was in front of Bloom at face level

"I told you, My name is Klarin" he smiled bringing one of his hands up to his face, waving it in front of his face and his old face started to disappear as he brought the hand up and then down, waiving it in front of his face several times, each time he seemed to loose age. The white hair darkening, his wrinkles filling in, and the last time he moved his hand, this time away from his face and down so his hand was resting over his knee, he showed Bloom a handsome youthful man in his late twenties or early thirties with Ocean blue eyes and shocking red hair that acted like wisps, shading his face. His lips curled up at the corners in a rueful smile

"But, If you don't want to call me by my name, you can just simply, call me Uncle." he said, his handsome smile turning into a wicked, ferocious grin.