"Father, Mother, we need to speak now." Diaspro flew into the throne room of Isis' royal palace, de-transforming only when she landed directly in front of the King and Queen, effectively cutting off the conversation they had been having.
"Diaspro, aren't you supposed to be in Magix still?" Queen Vashti asked.
"Never mind that! What do you think you're doing, barging in here like that?" King Midas asked in outrage.
"Father, you need to listen to me and we can argue later! We are all in serious danger!" Diaspro exclaimed.
"What are y-" Midas was cut off by his wife putting a gentle arm on his shoulder.
"Dear, we should let her say what she has to. You can rant afterwards…"
"Thank you, Mother. Listen to me. Both of you! While I was in Magix taking care of my Alfea transfer, Bloom as attacked by a trio of witches called the Trix!"
"That same girl who attacked you out of nowhere? I could never understand why you made her your ally. Why should I care?" King Midas frowned.
Diaspro narrowed her eyes. "We should care because that girl is no ordinary girl. It turns out that she's the last Princess of Domino and the keeper of the Dragon's Flame. Or at least, she was since in that attack it was stolen from her…"
Both monarchs sat up straight.
"What?!" Midas exclaimed in shock.
"I know! I'm just as surprised as you are, Father. What I'm getting at now is that these Trix plan on using Bloom's stolen powers to wreak havoc and start a war to take control of Magix and the other realms! We don't know where or when they'll strike first so we have to be ready!"
Midas took a moment to consider his daughter.
"Fine. I will step up security on our planet and advise all our allies to do the same." Midas stood up and strode quickly out of the room.
Vashti stepped down and walked over to her daughter, putting her hands on the younger female's shoulder.
"I must admit that I was appalled that you choose Bloom… Princess Bloom as an ally, but I guess it worked out for you after all?"
Diaspro stepped away from her mother, looking at her oddly. "I didn't choose her because I had any idea of who she truly was. I chose her because I saw another woman scorned. And right now, she can help no one in her state so we have to help ourselves. Now if you'll excuse me, I promised I would catch up with Princess Stella of Solaria after I told you what I had to say…"
The Princess of Isis turned on her heel and walked briskly out the door.
Stella sat in the room of the Magix Central Hospital that Bloom currently occupied, watching her red-headed friend sleep.
Just the day before, Bloom had had the crap beaten out of her by the Trix and had her magic stolen, something which Stella considered to be a fate worse than death.
What was also bad was that she was the one who had to go back to Gardenia and tell Bloom's parents about what had happened to her.
Mike and Vanessa Peters had both been horrified at Stella's tale of what happened to Bloom. However, while Vanessa fully blamed the Trix as she rightfully should have, Mike blamed her.
Of all the nonsense!
She let this happen, she could have stopped it, if she had never come to Earth in the first place, none of this "terrible, crazy magic nonsense" would have happened and Bloom would be a normal human girl, not some lost fairy princess…
Stella had come this close to blasting him with her sceptre. Instead, right in the middle of his hurtful rant, Stella decided to teleport back to Magix before she did anything she would regret and checked in with her father since she had told him about what had happened before she even left for Earth.
Glancing at her friend again, she sighed. At least magic was a better healer than the non-magical healing methods of Earth. Plus this hospital was one of the best in the realm. Bloom would be fine physically eventually. Magically and psychologically?
Stella couldn't tell.
Back at Alfea, the mood was tense. Some of the parents and guardians of the young fairies who had heard about what could happen had come to the school to fetch their daughters and take them back to their home realms.
While Flora's, Tecna's and Musa's parents had not yet arrived, Stella's father had tried to send some guards to take her home, but she had put up much more than a protest into being allowed to stay…
The three remaining members of the Winx Club currently there were discussing the current situation with Pumpkin!Mirta in the centre of the coffee table that they were sitting around.
"The wait… It's always the hardest part…" Flora sighed.
"I know. We know the Trix are probably going to attack us, so why are they waiting?" Musa asked.
"It's only been a day or so. They're probably planning somethi-" Tecna was cut off by an earthquake and the screams of several people on campus.
"Yeah… Let's go see what's happening!" Musa was the first out the door.
Once in the courtyard, they saw several students and parents running back inside as the sky grew quickly dark.
"Something disrupted the magic field around Magix! No one can leave or enter the realm!" Ortensia cried.
"Not good! No help can get to us from our home realms!" Katy exclaimed.
Tecna's phone rang and she answered as they ran back inside.
"Is it me or did things get super dark, super quickly?" Stella's projection hovered over the phone, showing her standing outside the hospital.
"It's not just you. It's here at Alfea too. Major magic disruption. No one can get in or out of the realm!" Tecna said.
"No kidding! My sceptre won't even teleport me back to Alfea!" Stella twirled the sceptre in one hand.
"You'll have to fly back then, but do it quick!" Musa butted in.
Stella nodded. "I'll be back as soon as I can!" She ended the call.
They all ran towards the auditorium where Miss Faragonda was just beginning to speak.
"Everyone! Everyone! Calm down and listen to me! The Trix have disrupted the magic field around Magix. No one can get in or out of this realm so that means we are all stuck here. We are going to have to work together to get out of this. There's no way to sugar-coat it. The Trix could attack at any time and by the looks of it, that's going to happen soon." Miss Faragonda said.
"What do you expect us to do? Fight? We're not soldiers!" A girl with long, dark purple hair and bangs that hid her light grey eyes slightly asked.
"If it comes to that you may have to but we're going to have to work together in different areas to survive, Jodie. We may need ground fighters, air defence, healers, potioneers, tacticians…"
"But like Jodie said, we're not soldiers. Many of us here haven't even earned our Charmix yet and even fewer of us have Enchantix!" Francine piped up.
"Exactly! How can we put our daughters at risk like this?" One mother asked.
"By working with them to survive until more help can get through." Stella stepped into the room in fairy mode, sceptre activated and several Solarian soldiers behind her.
"Miss Faragonda, may I?" Stella gestured to the podium. The headmistress nodded and stepped aside.
"Thank you. Listen to me, people. These guys you see behind me are some of the soldiers from my planet that managed to arrive before inter-realm travel was disrupted. Others are scattered around the city and at other schools alongside soldiers from other planets and realms. Thanks to the advance warnings that we got and passed along, we stand a good chance of surviving!" Stella exclaimed.
"I agree. We can totally do this!" Ahisa cheered.
Several of the other students began to cheer as well, Winx included.
Miss Faragonda smiled as she re-took the podium with Stella standing aside.
"Right now, we need to focus on defence. Those of you who are good at shields, charms and runes, transform and get to work!" Faragonda instructed.
Several fairies transformed- including some of the mothers and other female guardians that came to collect their charges and flew back outside to get to work.
"They think their protection spells can stand up to our Dragon Flame? Ha!" Icy chortled.
"As if…" Darcy joined in the laughter.
"Let's see if they still think that when we're done with them!" Stormy declared.
"How about we send a couple creatures their way while we go look for a new base, huh?" Darcy put a hand on the crystal ball that they were watching Alfea thorough and her sisters joined in, laughing evilly as they did.
Just as the fairies on campus had put up their enchantments to protect the school- alongside any others on campus who could, they began to hear screeches and noises.
"What the hell is that?" Katy's cat-ears twitched.
Musa used her sonic hearing. "Sounds like creatures approaching!"
"Looks like them too!" Stella and Flora exclaimed, pointing towards the sky.
"I guess the fight is finally here, girls!" Tecna's fists began to glow.
"BATTLE STATIONS!" Someone else shouted.
The fairies took to the skies and positioned themselves around various parts of the school.
Stella twirled her sceptre as she flew near one of the towers.
"Bloom, I sure hope you get your powers back somehow because these creatures do not look very pleasant…" Stella thought aloud as her sceptre began to glow, ready for a fight.