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Chapter Four:
The Path To Become a Fairy
Terra was twisting and turning in her bed, late at night before the simulation test was going to be held. Chita was hovering over her bonded fairy in worry as Sadie also looked on in concern.
"Oh, this is not a good sign!" Cried the pixie before zooming off to wake Terra's roommate, Kaelea.
"Hmm...? What's going on Chita?" Asked a very drowsy Kaelea, who's blue hair was sticking up at all ends. "It's nearly three in the morning!" She realized rather angrily, before seeing the panic in the pixies' face.
"It's Terra! She keeps on having nightmares, and neither Sadie nor I have been successful in waking her up!" Chita squealed.
"Nightmares?" Now Kaelea was worried too, and got out of bed, hurrying over to see that the pixie of organization was indeed telling the truth. She'd never seen her friend in such a worse state, and she had the feeling she knew what was bothering her so much too. "Terra, Terra!" It took shaking her friend several times at the shoulders before she woke up.
Terra's eyes snapped open, and she stared wildly around, as though she'd forgotten where she was for a moment.
"What? Kaelea? Chita?" Terra breathed heavily, wiping sweat from her forehead.
"Hey, we heard shouting, is everything ok?" Asked Astraia after knocking on the door to the dormitory and walking in, followed by Liona, Ion, and Marcie.
"Terra was having a really bad nightmare, luckily Kaelea was able to snap her out of it!" Chita said before anyone could speak.
"Nightmare? What was it about?" Astraia looked concerned for her new friend.
"I was just about to ask that myself." Nodded Kaelea.
Terra looked around, her heart was still hammering, but surrounded by her friends, she was able to think more clearly, even as she stroked Sadie's head subconsciously, she noticed that her hands were still shaking.
"It was the Fairy Hunters... and... they were at my Daddy's shop, attacking him. They were telling him that unless he gave himself up for their plans, he'd attack every animal in the store until I came to save them." Terra said as tears started flowing down her face. "It felt so real! And it sounded exactly like the sort of low thing the Fairy Hunters would do to try and capture me."
"There there, I'm sure your Dad is ok." Marcie said reassuringly.
"I dunno... It felt so real, like this connection that I have with animals and every living creature. If only I knew I could call long distance from dimension to dimension, without him having a bigger phone bill, I'd call him right now! But Alfea definitely counts as a range zone."
"Well, I can tell you one thing, you won't be making any phone calls to your Dad right now, it could be exactly what the Fairy Hunters want! I mean, if Dumon can transform into animals, they'd be able to pretend to be your father when you'd call, or force him to say whatever they wanted him to say." Liona patted her friend on the head.
"I know someone we can contact for help... I'll give my cousin a call. She won't like her beauty sleep being interrupted, but this is more important." Astraia said, and Terra just now noticed that she had her cell phone with her.
Indeed, Stella was fast asleep with cucumbers over her eyes and face-rejuvenating cream over her face at that hour when her cell phone started ringing. In the middle of a dream about Brandon finally proposing to her and everyone's joy at their future wedding prospects, Stella felt she was woken rather abruptly by the ringing.
"What? Brandon?" She said randomly, sitting bolt upright- which caused the cucumber slices to fall on to her covers. Then she saw who was really calling, and felt her heart sinking. "This better be good for her to bug my beauty sleep." She grumbled. "Yeah, Astraia? What is it?" She finally answered. Then her eyes went wide. "What? Terra's not doing too great? I'll wake up the girls! Be right over!"
And after a few minutes, and an angry outburst from Musa, the Winx girls were fully dressed and standing in their old dormitories.
"Terra! What's wrong!" Aisha said when she saw the young Fairy in tears, Astraia and Kaelea on either side of her on her bed, with Liona, Ion and Marcie surrounding them. Terra had Chita in her lap as Sadie nuzzled her.
"Terra had a really bad nightmare and she can't shake it." Astraia explained at a look from her older cousin.
"It was the Fairy Hunters!" Terra exclaimed quite suddenly, causing Astraia to jump a little at the noise at this hour of the morning. "They were attacking Daddy in his shop. And threatening to attack all the animals if they didn't cooperate with him to lure me back to Earth!"
"Calm down, Terra, it was just a bad nightmare." Bloom tried to reassure the young fairy. She had not considered what kind of an impact the attacks from the Fairy Hunters and leaving her father, her only family, would have on the girl. Especially considering when her experience into becoming a fairy had been quite different. She looked at Aisha for help when Terra shook her head.
"I know, why don't we send Nabu and Timmy to check on Mr. Dediere..." Aisha said after walking over to Terra and kneeling down to be eye level with the young Fairy. "Does that sound better? We can't have you running off into what could possibly be a trap, after all."
After thinking about it for a moment, Terra finally nodded.
"Timmy will be able to contact us right away when they get there to let us know what's going on. And Nabu can check your apartment too to make sure things are ok there." Techna caught on rather quickly to what Aisha was thinking.
"Exactly. And we'll stay with you all the way, ok?" Aisha said, hugging her young friend, who hugged back rather tremulously.
"Thanks guys." Terra sniffed, finally calming down, feeling safer now that not only were her friends here, but the Winx were here as well.
"So we're having a slumber party then?" Stella said brightly.
"It appears so." Nodded Musa. "We'll just have to keep things quiet so we won't wake the other students."
"It feels just like old times, doesn't it? We're even in our old dorms!" Flora smiled.
"I know right? It's kind of bizarre." Bloom looked around at the different furniture and wall décor that Kaelea and Terra had been using.
"Here, Terra, I can whip you up something to help you get back to sleep for a little while longer, and it will help with your nerves." Flora said as she summoned a delicate tea cup steaming with a hot tea.
"Thanks, Flora." Terra had been hoping to get a good night's test for her first venture into the simulation chamber. After a tentative taste of the tea- she'd never really been a fan of herbal teas before- she found she rather liked it. It was just sweet and savory enough that it had an enjoyable flavor to it.
Aisha stood up to give Nabu a call and talk to them about what they were needing to have done for Terra, to farther ease her nerves on this very important day.
Finally, Aisha hung up.
"Timmy and Nabu will be back on Earth in a few hours and let us know what they find." She said when everyone's heads turned to her. "In the meantime, Terra, try and get some sleep, ok? The rest of us will stand guard for you here."
"Does that mean we get to stay up too?" Asked Astraia, causing Terra to giggle for the first time that night.
"No, you have classes you still have to attend tomorrow. So you need to get to bed." Musa said after looking at Bloom.
"Besides, we're the Winx. We can handle anything thrown at us!" Stella shrugged her shoulders, and shook her hair imperiously at them all.
"Don't worry. If anything happens again, I'll sound the alarm! It's the only orderly way of doing things, after all. Leaving the Winx to be on guard!" Chita said.
So with the Winx standing guard, Terra and her friends all decided to have a slumber party in that room and Kaelea summoned four sleeping bags, all color coordinated for each of the Fairies who wouldn't have a bed.
"And they're extremely comfortable too, so when you wake up, you won't be missing your bed for once!" Kaelea said.
"Nice. I was dreading having sore limbs and a back to gripe about tomorrow." Marcie said, and it was hard for even Stella to tell if the young girl was joking or not.
The rest of the night went off without a hitch thanks to Flora's potion, and the fact that she gave some to each of Terra's friends. She didn't tell the girls this, but it was also a potion to help one sleep without nightmares. So, as she told Bloom and Aisha later on, if Terra still had the nightmares it would be a sign that they were not natural-made dreams.
"If anyone knows her potions, it's Flora." Nodded Musa.
When Terra awoke, it was to find sun blazing through her opened windows, and feeling fully rested.
"Wow... Flora's tea really did the trick!" She mumbled, wiping the sleep from her eyes rather groggily.
"I know right? I haven't felt this well rested in a long time." Marcie sat up bolt upright once she heard Terra mumbling. She then looked over at Astraia, who was snoring quite loudly. "I wonder how any of us would've been able to catch the Z's without Flora's potion with that." She added as Liona looked around, clearly wondering what was making the racket also.
Ion's usually tidy hair was sticking up at all ends, her braid looking like it needed to be redone as Kaelea woke up, also looking like she had a serious case of bed-head that night.
"Is everyone awake in here?" Asked Bloom, knocking on their door.
"Not quite everyone." Marcie grabbed her pillow, and Bloom watched as even Terra joined in with the others, surrounding Terra.
"This is SO not an orderly way of waking someone up!" Complained Chita.
"Oh relax, it's all in good fun." Bibi giggled.
"Ready girls?" Marcie looked around at her friends, then...
WHAM.
She smacked Astraia with her pillow, and the others followed suit.
"AUGH!" Astraia screamed as she was pummeled with the pillows, and Bloom burst out laughing as the other Winx came running in to see who screamed. "Ok, ok! I'm up!" Astraia cried, her normally sleek, tidy blond hair looking like she'd rested on it on one side. "Is that any way to wake a Duchess?" She asked, starting to straighten up her hair.
"When she's snoring like a thunderstorm it is." Giggled Liona.
Astraia glared.
"All right, now that you've interrupted my cousin of her beauty sleep- clearly- get ready and meet us in the hall. Today is Terra's day in the simulation chamber!" Stella had been giggling like mad. It was fun to watch when she wasn't on the receiving end.
"That's right!" Ion gasped, still holding her pillow like it was a weapon. "Today we may finally get to see Terra's true Fairy form!"
So ten minutes later, Terra and the others had scrambled to get ready- Astraia and Ion in particular having to fight with their hairstyles that morning- and Terra was standing nervously out in the hallway with her backpack, Sadie and Chita hovering around her.
"And even more good news," Said Aisha, who'd just gotten off the phone. "Terra, your Dad is doing just fine and so are the animals."
"Oh thank heaven!" Terra sighed in relief.
"So it really was just a nightmare!" Astraia hugged her friend.
"Now you can tackle that chamber worry free, girl!" Kaelea smiled.
"Indeed. Shall we get going after a good breakfast?" Tecna asked, her stomach grumbling.
So the group of twelve walked down to the cafeteria- followed by many other young fairies' stares as they passed.
"I'm not sure if I'm gonna eat anything." Terra said, her stomach felt queazy, like if she ate anything, she might bring it all back up.
"Come on Terra, you're gonna need your strength for today. Just because it's a simulation doesn't mean it's not gonna be real to you." Bloom said, finishing her breakfast early. "I'm gonna go check and see how Professor Paladian is doing with the preparations." She added.
"And we'll make sure Terra eats her food." Stella said. "Come on girl, there are some foods that are guaranteed to help with beauty, strength and your overall good looks." She added as she took a bite of tomato.
After hearing about it from nearly all her friends, Terra finally surrendered and ate her meal- which resembled one from Earth much to her surprise.
Once everyone had eaten, they decided to leave the stares of the other Winx and Charmix Fairies and headed off to the simulation chamber.
"Wow." Terra looked around, having never seen a room like this.
"Hi guys, everything's just about ready." Bloom said.
"And with Bloom's help, I was able to make a complete replica of Gardenia." Professor Paladian said as he made the final adjustments to the chamber.
"Oh, good luck Terra!" Chita said.
"Don't worry. With any hope at all, I should come out a brand new Fairy finally!" Terra grinned, hugging her little pixie.
"Especially if it's done in an orderly fashion! Just like how I spent all afternoon putting your desk and papers in order yesterday." Smiled Chita, and Terra supposed this was her pixie's way of wishing her luck.
"You ready, Terra?" Asked Bloom, and Terra gulped but nodded. "She's all set, Professor!" Bloom called as the entrance to the room opened to reveal none other than...
"Headmistress Faragonda!" Bloom said in surprise.
"We didn't think you'd be here." Stella blinked.
"Of course I would attend this momentous occasion. There hasn't been an Earth Fairy transformation in many many years, and Terra may need more than your help alone."
"You mean in case the Fairy Hunters turn up somehow?" Asked Musa.
"Exactly. The Fairy Hunters recently proved that they won't hesitate among a crowd, be it humans, Fairies or Pixies that have surrounded themselves around Ms. Terra." Ms. Faragonda said, joining Professor Paladian in the control room. "Ready when you are Ms. Terra."
Terra took a deep breath.
"C'mon, Sadie." She told her dog, and the two stepped into the chamber. Looking up, she could see the Winx standing in the control room, where Paladian sat, and Faragonda was watching her.
"Ok Terra, I'm starting the simulation." Paladian said. After pulling a couple of levers and pressing a few buttons, Terra saw Gardenia materialize right before her eyes.
"Wow... This looks just like my city!" She looked around first to get her bearings as to where she was, wondering what she was supposed to do to gain her transformation that was so important to becoming a Fairy.
Sadie apparently seemed to have forgotten where she was because she bounded forward acting like she was right at home in this simulation.
Just outside the school, in the shelter of the Gloomy Wood forest, Ogron and his men were gathered in the shade of the trees with their eyes shut tight.
"She's alone in the simulation chamber now." Anagan said, opening his eyes first.
"Good. We'll set the stage so the Fairies can't attack. The Winx and Faragonda think their magic can stop us? Well... They just opened up a challenge, and a challenge that we'll gladly accept. Remember our target boys..." Ogron's eyes snapped open as he clenched his fist. "Let us cast the spells first that will make it impossible for even a Bellievix fairy to break through in to the chamber."
Techna was watching Terra as she hurried after Sadie, when she thought she saw something rather odd happening to the simulation.
"Huh?" She blinked.
"What's up Techna? Did you spot something?" Asked Musa.
"I thought I just saw an irregularity in the distribution of the simulation being projected." Techna already had her mini computer out.
"A what-edy-who now?" Asked Stella.
"I saw a strange flickering in the chamber, like something was about to fritz out." Techna reworded her sentence.
"Not good." Aisha had goosebumps on her skin at those words that something was possibly going on in the simulation chamber already. Had Terra's nightmare the previous night been a bad omen?
"Calm down girls. Let's just wait and see what happens before we put a stop to this." Ms. Faragonda said calmly, though Bloom noticed that she looked worried too. "How can we ever expect Ms. Terra to grow into a Fairy if we keep sheltering her from every little thing, after all? It may be that one day, Terra and Terra alone will be the one to face the Fairy Hunters."
Bloom was looking at Ms. Faragonda, at this sudden proclamation.
"But not right now, not when her training as a Fairy has only just begun." Aisha said, worrying about the Earth girl, whom she'd come to think of as a little sister of sorts.
"I can't get a read out on the anomaly... maybe it wasn't really anything after all?" Blinked Techna, staring at her computer.
"Oooh... I hope she'll be ok! It would not be a very orderly manner if her simulation were to be interrupted by those creepy Fairy Hunters!" Chita sniffed in worry.
"Don't worry. She's got Sadie with her, remember?" Smiled Musa.
"Small consolation. I mean, I know Sadie is magical and all or she wouldn't be here, but still... she's just a dog!" Chita watched her bonded Fairy catch up with said dog, and this statement suggested to the others that perhaps Chita and Sadie weren't quite getting along yet.
"There you are, Sadie! Don't run off like that!" Terra gasped, catching up to Sadie at the park. It was then that she felt a prickling on the back of her neck, like she was being watched by more than just the Winx, her friends, Ms. Faragonda and Professor Paladian. Looking around, every hair on her arms seemed to stand on end as she saw a strange flickering of light that lasted for only a few seconds then vanished. "That was like the Sun Dogs we would see in the skies at home, remember?" She smiled, trying to keep things calm for the sake of her dog- who did not handle stress all too well at times.
Suddenly, Sadie's whole demeanor changed as her ears perked up in a way that Terra had only seen twice since the two became friends. Then the dog started growling, the hair on her back standing up as Terra realized what could be behind all of this.
"Fairy Hunters..." She whispered, staring around wildly, taking off her backpack and setting it on the grass. "Where are you? Show yourselves!" She shouted. When nothing happened, a sudden fear filled her heart that made her breath catch in her throat. Was this their power? The power they could hold over an Earth Fairy? Or was she just becoming stupid and paranoid? "C'mon Sadie, let's keep moving."
Sadie barked at her, and followed her master away from the park- though now keeping up a steady guard around Terra.
At that same time, Techna's computer fritzed out entirely, the screen going black.
"Oh no! Not good!" Musa said, who'd been watching her friend curiously.
"It could just be interference of signals from the Simulation and computer mixing though... But it's highly doubtful." It was obvious Techna was trying to stay calm in light of loosing the use of her computer.
"Ms. Faragonda, we have to get in there before anything else happens!" Aisha said rather loudly, causing Stella- who was right next to her- to wince.
"No, not yet. Giving in to their obvious bait is just what we do not want to do right away." Ms. Faragonda sighed.
Terra had found a shaded bench to take a break on, and pulled out a water bottle to take a long drink from, as well as a small bowl, before pouring some water into it for a grateful Sadie. As she sat there, thinking, she recalled the Fairy who'd been communicating with her mentally since she met the Winx. She knew now that that Fairy was Queen Morgana, the Queen of the Earth Fairies... Her Queen essentially. But what was she to do with this knowledge? When she couldn't even transform?
"Ah... I just dunno what to do anymore, Sadie..." She sighed when the dog had finished drinking her water. "Ok... just put this back in my bag and-"
She was interrupted as a familiar black-hole-like warp appeared in front of her.
"You can start by surrendering to us, Terra." Ogron said as the other three appeared on her left, right and behind her. "That is what you can do. You'll make our lives easier, and that of your so-called friends."
There was a flash of violet light, during which Terra brought her arms up around her face. But it wasn't an attack this time.
Sadie quite suddenly turned around as Dumon stepped forward, and growled in a manner that Terra never heard before.
"So, girl, you can either surrender now, or later." Dumon said with a sneer.
"How about never?" Terra sounded much braver than she felt as she felt her throat catching her voice shortly after. Ok... if I can do this... What Aisha and Bloom have been teaching me... I might be able to get Sadie away from here!
Terra took a deep breath. She had not been very successful in this technique yet. But it just might work in this scenario. She brought her hands up, like she was holding an invisible soccer ball. Then concentrated. Concentrated harder than she ever had on anything before.
"You're wasting your time, Terra!" Gantlos shouted, stomping his foot on the ground causing an Earthquake just as a sphere of violet energy appeared in her hands.
This quake was so powerful it knocked her right off her feet and nearly into her backpack, momentarily loosing her focus on the energy sphere. Or bomb, as she liked to call it. Grunting as she landed, she heard Sadie yelp in fright.
I've got to keep trying. Queen Morgana told me to believe in myself and the Winx... and all of my friends! Terra thought desperately as she struggled back to her feet again. She backed up to the bench she'd just been sitting at as the ground shook violently all around her, cracks forming in the ground and on the buildings. But she found her footing with a little help from the bench. At the same time, Dumon transformed into an enormous black, spectral-like dog with glowing red eyes to face Sadie.
"You certainly look tasty, mutt!" He growled.
"No! Leave my dog alone!" Terra shouted. And suddenly, in her fit of rage, fear and determination, the sphere came to life in a glowing, vibrant, pulsating orb the size of a soccer ball.
"I don't believe it!" Bloom gasped. "Aisha, she's doing it!"
"I know-!" Aisha's worry was evident as a flash of violet light blinded all of Paladian's sensors and even damaged some of the screens when Terra released the energy all at once, directing the heart of the explosion at Dumon.
Terra barely had time to comprehend what she'd just done, snatching her bag up in the violet smoke and sparks, she tapped Sadie on the head. The dog followed at once, and they were barely able to get away, down a nearby alley that she knew rather well.
When Gantlose blasted away the smoke and sparks with a sonic blast from his hands, it was with a frustrated growl that he saw Terra was gone, and she actually managed to wound Dumon. Who's arm was bleeding profusely from the attack. He even had injuries to his chest and face.
"Dumon!" Gantlos said in alarm. "This is not good... This means that she's awakening as a Fairy, Ogron."
"I know what it means. We need to find her, and fast." Ogron said as he cast a healing spell.
"I don't believe it... she actually managed to injure Dumon." Musa was gaping, once the screens had returned to normal.
"Professor Paladian, can you find her? Make sure she and Sadie are ok?" Aisha asked urgently as Chita hovered around her in a panic.
"Yes. She's headed to the southern end of the city." Paladian found her, and zoomed in the image to show that she and Sadie were still running through the alleyways.
"At least she's learned enough not to stay in one place too long with those four hunting her down like that." Stella commented.
Terra finally stopped, out of breath even though she'd just drank some water. Looking around, she realized that once again she'd lost her bearings. When suddenly, Gantlos appeared right in front of her.
"Going somewhere, Terra?" He asked as the pair backed away, Terra in a sudden panic that rose just as abruptly as Gantlos appeared.
She took a misstep as she backed away, and feel on her back end, causing Gantlos to burst out laughing at his targets' clumsiness. She heard the sound of flapping winds as Dumon appeared to her left in the form of a giant black bird, and Sadie started grumbling again, taking a protective stance right in front of her master the same moment that Ogron and Anagan joined their teammates.
Sadie suddenly launched herself at Dumon, who'd transformed back into the black dog and made to attack Terra.
"Sadie! No!" Terra shouted as the two bit and snarled at each other, tumbling over with the force that Sadie had collided with Dumon. Terra stood up to try and get to her dog, but Gantlos moved quickly and grabbed her arm from behind. She'd never seen her dog so fierce before. Yet she supposed every dog had that in their disposition, no matter how sweet and kind they were towards their master.
Suddenly, there was a loud yelp- it was hard for a second for Terra to tell who it came from, even if her heart was hammering in her chest with panic- and then Sadie was on the ground as Dumon changed back into his human form.
"No, Sadie, no!" Terra struggled to get free from Gantlos' grip as her dog trembled from her spot on the ground, still trying to protect her master.
Suddenly there was a blast of energy, and Gantlos felt as though his hands were being engulfed in flame. He let out a yell of shock as electricity seemed to spark from Terra's body and she slipped from his grip like water, rushing to her beloved friend. She put a hand on Sadie's head, as Sadie licked her other hand, unaware of the pain Terra had caused in Gantlos moments before. All she knew is that she had to do something to heal her friend.
As she thought this, she saw that Sadie became surrounded by a violet aura and her wounds on her side and leg vanished. Was this the power that she had, to help animals in need, as the Fairy of Animals? Gawked Terra, caught off guard by her own show of magic as she could hear the Fairy Hunters surrounding her again.
"Surrender, Terra. Or next time your stupid dog will not be able to recover from her injuries." Ogron warned as Sadie tenderly got back to her feet.
Something inside her seemed to be bubbling up. Anger such as she never felt before, rage and determination. She would make this last long enough for the Winx to get here. She had to.
"You've attacked me in my own home, threatening everything I loved there. Then you followed me across the dimensions of magic. You haunt me in my sleep, turning dreams into nightmares... And now you are here ruining what was supposed to be one of the greatest moments of my life! I've had enough! You'll see one way or another, that I am not like those other Earth Fairies that you killed and entrapped back home." She turned to face the Fairy Hunters.
"Oh look boys, our little Fairy thinks she has what it takes to take us on now!" Ogron said, and Gantlos and Anagan both laughed at her as a violet aura emanated from her body. It was the same aura that nearly burned Gantlos' hands.
Then it happened. It was as though a door had been flung open. A door long kept a secret and locked away. Ogron saw the change in her eyes as she became engulfed in violet light and pure energy. It was the same energy he faced when he challenged and won against Queen Morgana.
"No!" Ogron shouted in alarm as, moments later, the last Earth Fairy had at last emerged in full Magic Winx form before their very eyes.
Terra felt elated, and powerful in her new form, hovering in front of her dog who'd done all she could to ward off Dumon. She now wore dark purple knee length boots that had dark belt buckles, a lilac front on the feet of her boots and lilac triangle top just above the buckle. The platforms themselves were process red. She wore a dark purple miniskirt with a lilac underskirt on the left side, a dark purple u-neck tank-top with a single strap on the left shoulder. The shirt was cut at the top left just underneath her breast, and was at an down-sloping angle meeting the skirt at the right side of the hips, and lined on the bottom with a process red strap that also lined the top of her skirt. Her stomach was not exposed, though, with a semi-transparent lilac piece of glittering fabric acting as an undershirt of sorts. She had the same fabric as a sort of sleeve on the left shoulder, that turned into a dark purple glove just below the shoulder. This glove did not cover her hands, but rather left them exposed with just a triangle-shaped wrap on the back of both her hands. There was no shoulder cover on her right shoulder, but the glove was in the same style. A small portion of her hair was held up in a neat side pony-tail on the left with a glittering lilac hair tie. Her nails were painted process red, and she even wore matching process red lipstick.
Her wings were larger than that of her friends, but that, she supposed was simply because she was an Earth Fairy. The top set was curved upward like a large, angled triangle, lined in dark purple, with a light pinkish-red hue in the center. There were process red dots near the tip of her wings, with what looked like upside down U's near the base, that also had the dots in the center- like eyes. The bottom wings were in the same fashion, though slanted downwards at an angle. In between the two wings were four dark purple antennae-like extensions the same length as the main wings, with the process red dots at the top and the middle, with two on each side.
"You're going to pay for this, Fairy Hunters!" She cried. Then suddenly she realized that she was hovering above the ground with fluttering wings just like all of her friends! "Hey! I did it! I transformed into a Fairy!" She exclaimed, looking down at herself just as another brilliant flash of light nearly blinded them all. "Winx! You're here!"
"Yes, luckily Techna and Professor Paladian were able to figure out how to get past the barriers the Hunters put up." Aisha looked relieved, then suddenly realized something, but Bloom got to it first.
"Terra, you've transformed into a Fairy!" Bloom said, blinking that in the moment they had used Zoomix to get in, Terra had finally transformed.
"Looks like everyone's here... good..." Ogron looked at the Winx as their Zoomix wings disappeared. "This will make the first and last transformed fight of the Earth Fairy all the more meaningful."
"In your dreams, Ogron!" Musa shouted as Flora started summoning a spell.
At that same moment, Dumon transformed into a giant crow, flying with razor sharp talons directed at the Fairy of Nature.
"Autumn wind!" She shouted, shooting a powerful blast right at the Wizard, and she finally managed to catch him right at the heart.
"Dumon!" Gantlos shouted as he fell, landing on the ground in his human state, looking even more weakened than when Terra attacked him. He was the first to reach his comrade.
"Ogron... what's going on? My power isn't as strong as it was!" Breathed Dumon as Gantlose helped him to his feet.
"Dragon energy!" Bloom shouted, sending her dragon flame attack right at Ogron who raised his hand to absorb the magic. But instead, he too was knocked down to his knees. Could this have something to do with Terra cementing her belief in Fairies, because she's transformed? He glared at his target as it appeared that Dumon could not recover this time.
"Who's gonna beat whom this time, wizards?" Asked Aisha, now flying in front of Terra and Sadie, prepared to protect.
"Golden Ivy!" Flora said as Gantlos moved to run at Sadie again. The ivy that was summoned wrapped itself around the wizard in mid-step and tossed him right into Dumon, Anagan and Ogron.
"Sonic Boom Blast!" Musa called, sending a blast of sonic booms at the wizards before they had time to think, causing several new cracks in the cement and winded Dumon and Anagan.
"Wizards, it's time to retreat." Ogron said, shoving his friends aside.
"Running away again, Ogron?" Bloom couldn't resist.
"No, Bloom. We'll be back for your friend. And next time we'll have a spell just for you, Winx!" Ogron said as Dumon needed help from Anagan and Gantlos to get back to his feet a third time. "Enjoy your wings, Terra. While you can."
And they vanished into a black hole that he summoned.
"Wow..." Blinked Terra, realizing it was over.
"I'm ending the program girls." Professor Paladian's voice caused Terra to literally fall out of the air in surprise. By the time she landed, the city of Gardenia had vanished to reveal the original insides of the Simulation Chamber.
Outside the chamber, Astraia, Kaelea, Liona, Ion and the pixies were all waiting nervously as Ms. Faragonda came out of the control room. They could tell something had gone wrong in the programming, but weren't quite sure what.
"Ms. Faragonda, is Terra ok?" Asked Kaelea nervously.
"Oh, you'll see." She replied with a smile.
When the door was opened, the girls were greeted by a purple blur as Terra, in her elated excitement, came flying out ahead of the Winx- who had transformed back into their civilian states- and zoomed around.
"Terra! You transformed! You did it!" Astraia said when she finally landed behind the girls- who all turned around, looking at her friend.
"I'm a fairy, I really am a fairy just like Bloom and the Winx said!" Terra laughed as Sadie bounded over, and she was engulfed in a wave of arms and Pixies...
Author's Comments:
wow, it finally happened, Terra's transformation! I had planned on it happening on Chapter 4 from the beginning, and it panned out exactly as I imagined it would! Of course, I had to figure out how Terra would be 'in' Gardenia when it happened without actually leaving Alfea, then the Simulation Chamber popped into my head and solved this problem. Also? This chapter is written in record time! Approximately 5 hours (Three hours Saturday, May 12th, 2 hours today, Sunday May 13th).
And now the story will really start to pick up since I've gotten past another 'problem chapter' as I call them xD
How does Terra's power/magic affect the Fairy Hunter's so much? Well, she IS human, technically, and from Earth. So I imagine when she cements her own belief in Fairies by transforming INTO one, it would have an affect on those hunting her. Not to mention, there is also another force channeling through her to make her stand on her own long enough to let the Winx get there. Who is this force? Queen Morgana, helping out one of her own. But what is the real reason? Who knows! That mystery will be answered later on.
Something else to mention? A friend of mine thought that my art of Kaelea made her look like a relative or cousin to Terra. Can I say now, that I am four chapters in, yes? But HOW exactly she is related, I won't say yet. I personally hate to sound biased, but I love Terra's transformation the most, how I picture it in my head and everything.
I also didn't include the Specialists a whole lot in this chapter, at least not directly or anything. While they did help give Terra a peace of mind after her nightmares about the Fairy Hunters attacking her father, let's just say they were busy standing guard out of sight around Alfea College for Fairies. Apart from checking in on Carl Dediere for Terra and the Winx.
Hope you enjoyed this latest chapter!
