So, this is the first chapter not related to any episode at all. I don't know if it's going to happen a lot but, well, it starts now anyway.

I was at a loss, honestly. I didn't know how to continue the story, and wanted to include a certain someone in the story a little bit earlier, just like Valtor and… here it is !

A big thank you to everyone who comments, it really makes me want to work and finish every chapter. Sometimes I'm really at a loss and well, your comments make me so happy and I want to post the next chapter asap… Obviously it never goes that way XD But thank you anyway.

I hope you enjoy this fourth chapter, and we aren't far from the season 1 finale.

Winx4Ever : I'm just so happy to see on every chapter I post ! It really makes me smile when I see your name XD hope you like this chapter too !

Mondays often were the easiest days. The girls were together in every classes, and they mostly experimented with their magic, something every fairy loved to do. It was satisfying to see how their work payed off now that their first year was coming to an end. Bloom barely had to think before her hair changed color.

But after the fiasco in Red Fountain, only Flora and Tecna still had that fire in their eyes as they tried their best to get their spells to work. The three other simply stared at whatever was before them, and blinked, lost in their thoughts. The blonde was trying to hide her anger, as the fire fairy looked sadly at her homework and tried to contain her tears, and Musa was just trying to mute everything around her.

Of course, the professors weren't too happy with that attitude. Stella was the first to get on their nerves, obviously because she always liked to think about anything but what was going on in front of her. But when Bloom got reprimanded, and finally Musa, it seemed they were in for the biggest trouble of their lives.

The red head actually believed, for a moment, that she was about to get kicked out of class, for the first time in her life. And what would've been a scary thought some weeks ago, was just a fatality she already accepted. She was ready to get up and leave even before anyone told her to, as the teacher whispered something and went to his desk.

When the door opened and Griselda barged in, her interest sparked up to life. Behind the matron, stood a black girl, with beautiful blue eyes and curly hair.

'This is Layla, Princess and Heir to the throne of Andros. She is to follow classes in Alfea until the end of the school year.'

She shot a glare at the professor, and then turned around. Palladium cleared his throat, and invited the new student to take the only seat available in the back of the class. The Princess nodded, of course, and went straight to it.

When she did so, her eyes found Bloom's, and they stared at each other for a second, before she sat next to her. The red head felt weirdly threatened, as if she should be wary of this newcomer. She just put that impression on the fact that she knew the person who actively tried to take over her Kingdom, and focused back on the lesson.

The other girls exchanged a look, before they all tried their best to get back on the task at hand. All, except Stella of course, who simply yawned, before crossing her arms, waiting for the class to be over, as she actually already knew how to perform the spell taught in class.

It felt like they escaped hell as they shot out of their seat when the bell rang, and only turned around when they realized the blonde fairy wasn't behind them. Musa groaned, as Tecna investigated and looked back into the classroom.

Her eyes widened a bit, and she faced her friends, tense.

'She's talking with the Andros Princess.'

Biting her lip, Bloom felt an uneasy feeling settle in her stomach. And she'd been right, because when Stella came out, she didn't look particularly overjoyed. She was about to ask her something, when the other Princess came out too, and followed the blonde towards their group.

Musa crossed her arms, and Tecna put a hand on her hip. Bloom stayed wary, as Flora stared at the ground.

'Girls, this is Layla. She'll be living in our dorm. Griselda told her to seek us out, so we could show her the rest of the school tomorrow.'

They nodded, welcomed the newcomer, and turned around to get to their final class of the day. The Princess didn't say anything, and the silence took over the six girls. They didn't want to risk saying something that could get them into trouble.

That way, their last lesson ended, and they found out Layla had a room all to herself when they got back to their dorm.

'If they can magically put that up in a day, then why do we have to share a room too ?' Asked Musa quietly as the Princess closed the door, gritting her teeth.

'She's a Princess,' shrugged Flora.

After the initial surprise, and the fear of being discovered, they grew to like their new companion. As the fairy of fluids, she was quite the helpful towards Flora's plants and experiences in general, and tried to help in Mirta's case as soon as she understood why a giant pumpkin was put on their table.

Musa and her found out they liked music and dancing as much as each other, and Stella found herself trying to befriend the other girl, and look past their differences, and the rivality between their two Kingdoms.

Overall, the once tense situation became loose and the Winx were back to their routine, albeit with a new person in their group. Layla had been enchanted, and that made Bloom happy. But also quite guilty.

As she supposed, if the Princess came for the last month of lessons in Alfea it was because of Valtor. The situation was too bad for anyone to stay on Andros, and her parents hadn't given her any choice. She was the future of their country, and they couldn't put her life on the line. It was also because the last teacher went away, scared something might happen to him too, and she was left without any education.

Here she was, away from her family, and unable to help them, because of her.

That night, she let the tears of regret fall silently on her pillow.

She sighed.

Facing the lake Roccaluce, she felt uneasy, but at peace. Some part of her was scared of what could happen down there, but she tried to ignore it. This was her only way of getting an answer. If this nymph had anything to say to her, she would be able to tell her here.

Looking behind her, she saw the anxious faces of Tecna and Stella. None of them knew what would happen, and she decided she wouldn't go completely alone. If anything happened, Tecna would get the signal, and they would be able to help her.

Going inside the lake had been Layla's idea : as she got closer to the five girls with whom she shared a lot in the past week, she eventually learned that Bloom was going through some identity crisis. And when she understood that their only hint required to go underwater, something the fairies couldn't do, she immediately took it upon herself to teach them how to breath underwater, just like her people did.

Bloom had tried to dissuade her, in vain. Her words had fallen on deaf ears, and two days later, she found herself following very intense lessons, as she and the girls learned to manipulate the air around them.

Musa and Flora had succeeded in a few tries, and Layla had been fairly impressed. Bloom got the spell under control the next day. Tecna and Stella still had some troubles, but it was to be expected. If Musa and Flora were closer to the magic forces around them, Tecna and Stella used their powers in a different manner : while the pink haired girl worked around computers and sometimes electricity, the Solarian Princess fed on the light around her.

Bloom was a mystery, but the Andros Princess guessed it was because fire fed on the air around them to exist and grow. And, after all, she was the one who needed to get into the lake and breath, so it didn't really matter in the end.

Slowly, she made her way into the water and towards the other fairies. It was cold, and she stood still, fighting the urge to get back onto the ground. Step by step, she submerged herself a little more, until her head was the only thing outside.

It felt as if magic enveloped her, not water. Tentatively, she put her head underwater, keeping her eyes opened. She looked straight into Layla's eyes, who nodded, and then focused on the water around her.

Layla had been right. Once you could do it on Earth, it was easy to do it in the water too. Putting her thumb up out of the water, as did her three companions to tell the two girls outside everything was fine, they slowly made their way inside the very heart of the lake.

'What are we looking for exactly ?' Asked the Princess.

'I don't know,' answered Bloom. 'In the vision Faragonda showed me, we were in some secluded area. So a… cave, or something.'

Looking around, they decided to walk around the edges, until Flora gasped. They all turned at once, preparing to fight a monster off, when they realized some rocks were just collapsing on top of each other. Sighing, they turned around.

'Wait ! There's a passage !'

The flower fairy swam up to the rocks, and started getting them out of the way under the eyes of her friends. Eventually, they joined her, and cleared the entrance.

'Are we really getting inside ?' Asked Musa.

'Well, it's the only thing we have for now,' said Layla.

'I'm going in first,' stated Bloom.

Before any of them could say anything, she swam inside. Immediately, the flower fairy went after her, closely followed by her two friends.

They didn't have to walk a lot.

As soon as the passed some kind of corridor, they faced a bigger room, and in the center stood a giant and purple shellfish. They stared at it for a moment, before light erupted from it and they had to shy away from it. All except Bloom.

Before her eyes stood the nymph, shining and beautiful, just as she saw her in her dreams. Widening her eyes, she took a few steps towards her, as her friends still had to put their hands in front of their eyes.

'Bloom what's happening ?!' Asked a panicked Musa.

Looking around her, she realized her friends' situation. It seemed the light was blinding them, while she had no problem looking straight into the nymph's eyes. She raised an eyebrow at the woman before her.

'I don't know… Daphné… What's happening ?'

'Daphné ?' Repeated Layla.

'You are the only one who can see me, little sister.'

'Little sister ?' It was Flora's turn to repeat the words she heard.

'Who's talking ?!' Asked the two other fairies as one.

'It's Daphné she… she's here she…'

'Come closer.'

Bloom did as told.

'When I last saw you, you were just a baby,' she said tenderly.

'Who are you ?'

The nymph laughed. It was beautiful, like music to their ears.

'I am Daphné, Nymph of Sirenix, previous keeper of the Dragon Flame, and Princess of Domino.'

Bloom's heart missed a beat. Her thoughts were swirling in her head, and she already knew the answer to her questions. But she refused to acknowledge it, because it was so big that it couldn't possibly be real. It couldn't be happening to her. She couldn't be related to this nymph. She couldn't. She just couldn't. It was impossible.

'You are my little sister.'

She choked on the water around her, and fell to her knees.

'When the Three Ancestral Witches attacked our Kingdom, I teleported you towards Earth, somewhere those damned creatures wouldn't be able to find you.'

'Then does that mean I-'

Her voice cracked, and she would swear she felt tears rolled down her cheeks, even if it was physically impossible.

'You are the Heir to the throne of Domino, Princess Bloom, and keeper of the Dragon Flame.'

She stared at the Nymph, speechless. The woman smiled.

'People are going to fight for your powers, but you will be stronger, my little sister. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.'

Opening her arms, another wave of light hit the girls, and this time even Bloom had to look away. It took only a second, and then the Nymph was gone.

'-grrls ! Girls ! Answer god dammit !'

'Tecna we need to go down there !'

The voices of their friends took them out of their torpor, and Layla immediately took hold of her phone. Only Bloom seemed unable to take her eyes off where the Nymph had been standing seconds ago.

'It's okay girls ! We're okay !'

'Layla ?! Thank God ! We've been trying to reach you for ten minutes ! What happened ?'

'Let's talk about this when we're out of here,' interrupted Musa.

Bloom turned around, and followed her lead.

This time she came alone, at night. She couldn't risk Layla having suspicions.

Walking into the cave, she found nothing but ice, and some mermaids swimming around, not paying her any attention. She hesitated, before deciding to get deeper into the cave, on her guards. She didn't know if Valtor was still residing here, but she would take her chances.

She walked into some kind of library, cut in the ice, but there were no books. What had seemed to be a living room last time was now empty. And as she walked in this labyrinth, she couldn't ignore the feeling in her gut that told her something was wrong.

Eventually, she found the portal. Sighing, she realized the wizard had left, and she had no idea how to find him anymore. She would have to wait until he reappeared.

'Well, well, well, what do we have here ?'

Turning around immediately, she found herself staring at the Trix. Who looked very angry.

'What are you doing here ?'

'I think it's time we take what's ours', said Icy as she ignored the fairy's comment.

Bloom didn't think twice, and immediately fired at them, letting the smoke engulf them as she threw herself into the portal, leading her to the only place she could think of in this moment : Gardenia.

Appearing in her house, her two parents immediately stood up from the couch, and rushed to her side. Her eyes widened as she realized her mistake, and she urged them to run away. But of course, they refused, and tried to get answers from her.

It was too late anyway, as the three witches appeared right above them, and Darcy threw them against the wall. She gasped, before retaliating, but only succeeding in sending Stormy into the library. While her sisters checked on her, she flew to her parents, checking them for injuries, before trying to get them to the door.

She should have known the Trix wouldn't come alone.

Knut broke the door down, and stared at her scared face. Before she could do anything, Darcy had conjured a rope to tie her parents together, and created a dark portal. The red head didn't even want to know where it led, but stopped moving, hoping the Witches would too.

But they didn't, they just threw her parents inside, and Bloom immediately flew inside to get them back into the real word. It was hard and she felt the pain as her wings painfully tried to get them all back into safety.

'Really ? Stupid little Winx.'

She barely registered Icy's comment before Stormy decided to drop a lightning on her. The fairy screamed as she and her parents were thrown to the side, staying still from all the energy coursing through her.

'Look at you, pathetic.'

Then it was Darcy's turn, she guessed, as her whole word turned upside-down and she couldn't decipher the real from the hallucinations. She saw monsters all around her, and spiders crawling up her body. She screamed and tried to get them off, while hearing the sisters mock her.

Her vision got dark, and she felt lightning igniting her body again. She yelled in pain, and kept twitching, unable to control her own body.

'You should know Bloom, that our Ancestors tried to take your powers and failed. They were old and frail. We're young, and determined.'

The red head barely succeeded in sitting up.

'It is our mission to finish what they started.'

The two other witches nodded, and laughed as they watched the pitiful fairy get up on her two feet.

'Your sister protected you once. But she's not here anymore.'

Without the witches' knowing, she tapped into her magical core and, as instructed by Flora, asked for help. She didn't want things to come to that, but she had no choice. She called to Stella, and simply hoped they would make it in time.

Who knew what these witches had planned for her.

'You still have to go through me.'

'You ?" Laughed Icy. "Just look at what I'm doing with you !'

Bloom widened her eyes, as cold engulfed her and she found herself stuck in ice, only able to move her head around. She was cold and terrified this time, and her gaze found the two sister's, who simply laughed at her, madness shining in their eyes.

'No throne would suit you better than this, Princess.'

She spat the last word with glee, and Darcy took her place, attacking the red head with a confusing spell. After that, she lost sense of where she was, and what was happening to her. Her mind was blank.

She only felt something being ripped off her chest. Something was taken away from her, and her breath got caught in her throat. For an excruciating moment, she found herself unable to breath. Everything was dark and threatening around her, and she felt herself slowly drifting away.

And opened her eyes.

Stella was standing over her, and she felt the arms of her parents around her. She felt cold, and shuddered.

'Bloom, how to do you feel ?'

'I'm… cold.'

Her dad moved his hands up and down her arms, hoping to be of help. Stella smiled, and conjured a spell, making the room warmer instantly.

'What have they done to you ?'

'They… they took my powers.'

Her friend stood still for a moment, and then hugged her too.

Bloom couldn't contain her tears, and cried. Stella took care of everything, and explained why the Trix were after her, even the Princess part. They were shocked, as anyone would be, but agreed it was in her best interest to get back to Alfea.

The red head didn't react when the blonde teleported them into their bedroom, and simply stared at the wall. The other girls were awake, and immediately rushed to her side. She tried to smile, but found that she couldn't. She was simply too tired.

She fell asleep at one point, and woke up to a worried Flora.

'Mrs. Faragonda wants to see you.'

For the last part with the Trix : I translated the French dialogues into English. I thought the Rai version was really… hm… Nice compared to what was said in my country's version, and more fitting to the Trix. Maybe because I grew up with it…

Anyway what you thought of this chapter, I don't think it's the most interesting one but it sets things up for what I want next.

So comment ! I really like to see what you have to say, what your favorite part was, what you think is going to happen…

And I'll see you all in the next chapter ^^