Disclaimer: I don't own Winx Club.
Author's note: Thank you to everyone who reviewed, followed or favorited my story (or me). I'm sorry it took me so long to update, but we had a lot of exams and homework lately. Here's chapter 4, enjoy!
Aisha was just three meters behind Flora when the Nature fairy screamed and was pulled underwater. The scream had startled not only her but everyone on the beach, including the Winx and Specialists.
"FLORA!" Aisha yelled, as she dived into the water, desperate to get her friend back. But she wasn't prepared for what she saw. She chocked. She swam up to the surface, desperately in need of air. As her head finally broke through the surface, she started coughing the water out of her lungs.
"Aisha! Are you okay?" Nabu asked as he swam over to her, Helia not far behind. He was the first of the group to arrive, worried about his girlfriend and he took her into his arms. She broke out of the embrace and transformed into her Believix, diving back into the water, right after Helia did. Nabu followed both of them.
"Why did Aisha transform?" Stella asked. Her question was soon answered when four shadows flew out of the water. It was Aisha and three other women looking familiar.
"The Trix?! Aren't they supposed to be locked away?!" Musa yelled. The girls transformed and flew up to help Aisha fight the witches.
The Specialists, meanwhile, had joined Nabu and Helia who were trying to free an unconscious Flora, trapped in a net made of dark magic. The rest of the Specialists swam over as fast as they could and all started pulling on the net with all their strength. Finally, they managed to free the brunette out of the net. Nabu and Helia took a hold of Flora and swam to the surface, with the rest of the boys right behind them. They brought her to the shore.
"How is she?" Nabu asked Helia as the midnight blue haired man checked her breathing and pulse.
"She's got a very weak pulse but she's not breathing," Helia said as he started CPR on his girlfriend. The boys, by now, had joined them. All of them were holding their breaths, hoping for a life sign from their friend.
Further away, the girls were doing quite well against the Trix.
"Morphix Tecno Blast!" Aisha and Tecna yelled as they attacked together.
"That's enough, sisters! Let's get going!" and with that Icy, Darcy and Stormy disappeared in a puff of smoke.
The girls flew over to their friends just as Flora started coughing out water and coming to. Her beautiful emerald eyes fluttered open and she managed to sit up with her friends' help. Helia was holding Flora in his arms softly.
"What happened Flora?" Aisha asked her best friend, "One minute we were looking at that strange shiny thing and the next thing I know you were pulled underwater!"
"I-I-I don't know what happened… I suddenly felt something wrap around my ankle and then I-I was pulled under water a-and there were t-the Trix," Flora's voice broke.
"Shhh, it's okay honey," Aisha stroked the poor girl's cheek.
"I think we should go home," Musa suggested. Helia carried Flora bridal style and they all headed home. By the time they arrived to their leva bikes, Flora was already fast asleep.
When Flora woke up, the sun was already setting. She looked around herself and saw that she was in her room, in her bed. She was feeling a little dizzy, still.
She swung her legs over the side of her bed and stood up. She walked over to the door shakily. She stumbled down into the living room to find all her friends sitting together and having a cup of tea. Brandon, who was facing the door, was the first one to notice Flora. He saw she was having trouble walking.
"Flora!" he jumped up and hurried over to help the poor girl walk to the couch. The fairy of Nature thanked the Specialist as he helped her sit down.
"How are you feeling?" Musa asked.
"I'm still a little dizzy and lightheaded, but apart from that I'm mostly okay," she responded, looking at her hands.
"What the hell was that all about anyway?" Riven asked. "The Trix are supposed to be locked away! How do they always manage to escape?!"
"Do you think they got help again?" Stella asked.
"That would only be logical. They have done that all the other times, too," Tecna answered.
"But attack Flora?" Bloom asked.
"Maybe they set up that trap and Flora was the one to fall into it. It was probably just meant to scare you girls, to warn you that they are back," Nabu said.
"What was that shadow?" Flora asked quietly. Everyone stared at her.
"What?" Sky asked.
"Didn't you see it? It was like a big shadow, a bit shiny… That's all I saw before I blacked out. I'm sorry," she played with her hands nervously.
"Don't be sorry," Aisha said while taking her hand, "We didn't see anything though. Are you sure it wasn't just your imagination?"
"No, I'm sure. I even touched it. It felt… weird. A lot of dark energy was coming from it. It felt very familiar."
"Well whatever it was, we have to keep our eyes open. With the Trix being back, we can never be careful enough," Stella said.
"Well I think I'm going to go back to bed. I'm exhausted," Flora said as she stood up and walked out of the room, "Goodnight, you guys."
They all wished her a good night.
"Well I think we should do like Flora. We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow. Tomorrow is shopping day!" Stella exclaimed excited about a trip that she, for once, was really looking forward to. The boys groaned at this comment, the girls rolled their eyes.
Nevertheless, they all wished each other a good night and headed off to their own rooms to get some rest before tomorrow's shopping trip.
Little did they know that tomorrow a long journey would start for all of them.
The Trix were hanging out in their new hideout.
"When is he going to tell us what the plan is?" Stormy groaned, getting really bored.
"Have a little bit of patience Stormy! We want him to come up with a very good plan, now don't we?" Darcy said.
"Can't we just go there, wreak havoc and destroy those annoying pixies after we steal their powers?" Stormy asked.
"No need for that, ladies. I have come up with a plan."
