Sorry for not updating in so long. There really was no excuse for that since I was just putting it off this time. But, here's the latest chapter. Yes, this one was really long, but I had to fit everything in. I did my best to make it more descriptive like you all suggested. Enjoy...


Chapter 4: Mirror of Truth

To my unhappiness, just looking up at the roof of our ship I could see the body of what I guessed was some type of giant bird. Great. Just what we need to have to deal with now.

As the creature continued to guide us, the ship began to rock and this was nearly knocking all of us to the ground. I wish sometimes that it wasn't always our ship that gets attacked like that. It gets really annoying after awhile. Trying to keep my balance, I hung onto the area where the controls were.

I could hear Bloom moan. "Try to pull up," she suggested.

"I'll boost the power-thrust," Timmy assured her as he began to do just that. After a moment, he spoke again. "Okay, go for it Sky!"

"The engine's not responding," Sky replied, disappointing us.

I walked over to Timmy. "Try the emergency force-field," I suggested, hoping that it would work. Sure, I'm filled with logic, but even that won't stop me from simply trying to hope and believe. I mean, that's what magic's all about, right?

I turned around and could get a glimpse of Stella and Brandon sitting by eachother. They were looking at one another with eyes filled with passion and Brandon was stroking his girlfriend's face. I knew Stella wasn't worried because of the spell she was under. Poor Stella. She was so obsessed with her looks that she was only willing to let Brandon see her while under a spell.

Let's hope nothing like this never happens again. I hoped. I don't think Stella would be able to take it.

"We've got trouble!" Sky suddenly shouted, getting all of our attention.

We turned around to look at him, gasping in surprise. What could it be? I wondered. Hopefully something we can overcome.

"The force-fields are gone which means the ship's structure won't hold up much longer."

That completely surprised me. What were we going to do? With all this bad news, thinking logically became difficult. I looked to Timmy and he seemed just as clueless as I was as he searched for a way out of this.

I turned back around and Brandon continued to hold on to Stella. I knew that he wouldn't let anything in the universe hurt his beloved girlfriend. That's one of the reason that I knew Stella loved him.

"Sky," Brandon called to him, as Stella clung to his shoulder, "you've gotta go to hyper power."

Sky turned around and looked to my boyfriend. "Timmy, open the hyper-valves," he directed. He sounded very serious, and I knew why. It mostly had to do with Bloom, clearly, but that wasn't surprising. Considering how he'd already almost lost her to Darkar, it was expected that he was sensitive about her staying safe.

I was standing behind the red-haired specialist and watched as he continued to press buttons on the controls. "Okay, they're opening."

I looked up and once again saw the strange beast. I cringed. I knew it was a griffin, but where did they come from? I'd look it up on the realm wide web later. Right now, I needed to stay focused.

Looking around at all the other girls, I could tell that they felt pretty much the same way as they appeared slightly worried but attempted to put on strong faces. That proved that even without a member of the Winx Club and one still cursed(by Chimera most likely), but we still did our best to not show fear.

Finally, I heard Timmy say, "They're on! Here we go!"

Since I was turned around, I could see Musa and Flora fall into their chairs as our speed began to pick up, but it barely did. That was bad news.

Timmy gasped as he looked back at the girls.

I wasn't the only one aware of the situation. As Sky continued to 'man' the controls, he added, "Oh boy, that bird is even stronger than our hyper power."

Finally, the fairy of the Dragon Fire decided to take this into her own hands. And by own hands, I mean ours. "Alright girls, it's our turn. Let's go get those griffins!"

We all agreed, and I even saw Musa pull a fist out of her confidence.

"I wish I could go with them," I could hear Stella faintly tell Brandon. I knew she must be disappointed. Hey, I would be too. We're the Winx Club, and that means we do this together, but right now she wasn't able to.

"Don't worry about it Stella," her boyfriend assured her, looking her in the eyes. "We all know if you could, you would."

"Let's do it!" Bloom decided, signaling us.

Together, those of us that were available began to transform into our fairy forms. We didn't use our Charmixes though, since we probably wouldn't need that much power.

After our wings had appeared, we flew out from a exit door of this ship and out into the canyon.

I looked around and the canyon was filled with great mountains. As soon as I turned around I'd spotted three of the griffins.

"Hey birds!" Bloom said. "Get off of our ship!" And she blasted it with an attack of orange fire. She hit it so hard, it nearly slammed into the mountain behind it.

"You got 'em!" Musa said, sounding relived.

"Yah, but now it looks like he's…uh, going to try to get us!"

Suddenly, the three griffins began to fly quickly toward us, clearly eager to attack, and maybe even…eat us. The thought of it horrified me.

"Birds tend to hate sudden loud sounds. Like this," Musa demonstrated, hitting one with a sonic blast of her power. The griffins began to be chased back and flew in the opposite direction.

I hovered closer to the music fairy and said, "That chased them away but, look! They're going after the ship again."

Flying as fast as our wings would take us, the four of us began to go after the ship. Inside I hoped nobody was hurt. And especially not Timmy. I didn't know exactly what I felt for him. Did I like him? Love him? Adore him? I didn't know, but I did know that we'd clearly gone beyond friends at that point.

Once we'd gotten closer, we paused momentarily, wondering how far away the ship was.

Suddenly, Flora called out, "Bloom, watch out!"

Quickly, the last princess of Sparx dodged as quickly as she could. I looked at Musa and could tell that she'd gotten sick of this already.

"Time to turn up the volume," she commented, continuing to hit the birds with another attack of powerful decibels of sound.

"Musa, please don't hurt them." Flora pleaded gently. I wasn't surprised she suggested that. That's just Flora; always caring about living things, even if they're trying to hurt you.

"Okay," the fairy of music replied, "I'll just stun 'em."

"Here comes another one!" Bloom announced, causing me to turn around. Yes, there was another griffin there alright, but I was prepared.

"Don't worry!" I assured my friends. "I've got him!" And hit him with one of my bright-green bursts of digital energy. That caused him to begin falling to the ground.

"Come on, let's help the guys." Bloom directed us, and we did just that, taking off after the ship.

As we flew, I realized that there was no possible way we'd reach there. "At this rate, we won't reach the ship on time. I'm going to go for it from here!" Sure, I knew all to well that this didn't look to logical of me, now did it? But, I trusted that it would work as long as I aimed properly.

"Take that!" I said as I shot the power at the large bird, causing it to fly off somewhere else.

I heard Bloom cheer behind me. "Yah!" She put her hand on my shoulder. "Awesome aim, Tecna."

I tried to remain serious though. We had a mission to complete, and it was important we get to it soon. After taking off again and spotting the ship, we were upset to see yet another one of the griffins holding onto our ship.

"Who do you think big bird is?" Musa asked. If the situation hadn't been serious, I would've laughed. I remembered when Bloom had once explained to us about characters on Earth television shows.

"Probably the griffin mother," the Sparxian princess answered.

"So than the others must've been her chicks," Flora realized as we all began to catch on.

"Let's launch a combined attack!" Musa suggested, clearly in the mood. That was what you'd expect from the hard-core fairy of music; always doing things out of her emotions and not what seemed best.

"But the mother is just trying to protect her babies," Flora told her, sounding concerned.

"If we don't do something she'll destroy our babies." Bloom clearly was talking about our boyfriends.

I burst out laughing. I couldn't help it. Where did Bloom come up with this stuff? Must be one of those things they teach you on Earth. That or she just thinks like that. I hoped the first one or I would've had to start looking at my friend a different way.

After a few minutes, Bloom came up with a plan that she'd use a spell that we'd learned in Transformations. She thought that would do the trick.

"Musa are your ready?"

"Yep," she replied, "here I go." And she took off faster than the rest of us.

"WizGiz used this spell to move to a summer cottage, not to relocate giant birds," Flora reminded her.

"Yes," I added, "but it should still work." At that point I was getting a little bit frustrated that Flora kept disagreeing with the only plans we could come up with. Sometimes I wished she wouldn't worry about things all the time.

"Let's get in position!" Bloom directed us.

Following the plan, we hovered above the ship and after listening to Bloom's direction, Musa began to blast her sonic power at the bottom of the ship. It seemed to be working perfectly. I thought it would until I followed a sound behind me and looked up into the sky.

"Ready.." Bloom started, but I cut her off.

"Oh no!" I gasped, pointing. "The other griffins are coming back."

"They're trying to protect their mother," the nature fairy explained, sounding more concerned than she already had.

"We'll put the spell on all of them," Bloom told us as the three of us began to combine our powers into the spell. After a moment of sending more power into our convergence, Bloom announced, "Now!"

"Changus Linuous."(1) As we chanted, we shot the spell at the birds, causing them to disappear.

"We did it!" Bloom cheered, throwing a hand into the air.

"Where do you think that the griffins went?" Flora asked no one in particular, but I knew that the question was directed at me.

Using my technological powers, I showed a diagram just above my right wrist. "Since it's a new spell for us, probably not very far."

"Then I say let's book quick before they come back!"(2) Musa suggested, coming up from the bottom of our spacecraft.

Finally, went back into the ship but stayed in our fairy forms, just in case something else went wrong.

After we'd relaxed for a little, Brandon left his girlfriend's side and went over to the controls. "If we fly down by the rocks, the griffins wouldn't dare follow us."

True, I thought. It made sense, but there was yet another flaw within that plan.

"The computer's down so it won't be able to calculate the route for us." Timmy told him.

I walked back over to my boyfriend. "I'll help!" I assured him. "I'd say we should have enough processing power for that!" I laughed at my own joke, as ridiculous as it made me look.

"Well, yah, I guess that's true," Timmy agreed, chuckling himself. He returned to being serious. "Okay"-he adjusted his glasses momentarily- "he we go."

The ship began to rock considering out speed and I could hear Stella moan in fear. Poor Stella, I thought, returning my attention to my friend. She must feel so vulnerable right now.

"Hold on tight," Sky suggested. "Time to rock and roll!"

"Careful," Timmy directed as Stella began to fall to the bottom of the ship. "The hatch is open."

Just from listening to her scream I could already tell that she must've fallen out. Oh no. Not again.

"Timmy, what do we have?" I heard Sky ask.

"I see her on the monitor," the red-haired hero replied, pointing behind him. We all rushed to get a look, and indeed, there was a good view of Stella, hanging onto a piece of the mountains.

"Alright! She's safe!" Brandon called out. "Let's go get her!"

After some pulling, Stella had safely been transported back into the ship and her boyfriend collapsed on the ground from exhaustion.

"Good job Brandon," Timmy told him. "That was awesome."

I looked at Timmy. He was such a handsome guy, I knew. Why was it so hard for me to admit my feelings to him? Sure, we were dating now, yet I still found it difficult to just go up to him and say, "You're the most wonderful guy I've ever met". Why? I had no idea. But, that was just me. It wasn't until later that I'd come out of my shell. And by later, I mean way later.

"Now unless anyone else wants to go skydiving, or peek hopping, I suggest we head directly to the ice caves."

"Good idea," Bloom agreed, speaking for us. "And what do you say that this time, we travel with the hatch door shut?"

"You got it," the prince of Eraklyon replied, as we continued to soar through the air, on our way to find the Mirror of Truth.

The rest of flight there was, as 'they' say, "smooth sailing". We got to the caves without any trouble. After landing, we all got out and began to walk around.

Walking next to my friend Musa, we continued through the caves. "Hey!" She pointed, "there's the stone gate."

"That's where the ice-spirits are," Stella explained, also pointing.

"And who are the ice-spirits?" Brandon wondered as we continued to walk. I knew, but I decided to let somebody else answer for once.

"The ancient legends say they're as old as ice itself," Flora answered as she walked. "And they're the ones who watch over the Mirror of Truth."

"Which is the magic mirror which is supposed to give me back my looks," Stella concluded, still sounding bitter over the spell she'd been cursed with.

"I sure hope the ice-spirits are friendly," Bloom was saying as she walked closer to Flora.

"I wouldn't want to be stuck down here with some bugging spirits, that's for sure," Musa added.

In thought, I made a diagram appear above my wrist once more, but this one was a little different. "Sensors indicate that the cave widens out just about ahead and turns into kind of a rotunda."

As we walked, we saw some pillars of ice and they began to glow and shimmer. We gasped in awe. What as going on? We wondered.

"This is really beautiful, but I wonder what it is." Suddenly a booming voice spoke, cutting Stella off.

"This is where we are," the voice said.

We continued to be amazed as we looked around, wondering where it could've come from.

"Tell us what you want," the strange voice continued.

"Uh, we're looking for the keepers of the Mirror of Truth," the fairy of the Dragon Fire answered.

"That is who you stand before." I looked up and saw that the pillars now bore faces like that of old men, but they were still combined into the ice. What were they? "Now speak."

"Well, we need your help. Please?"

"We see that one of you has been touched by evil, by a dark magic that has hidden her true-self from the world. Step forward now," the voice commanded, and the Solarian princess followed its order.

"Tell us why we should help you."

After taking off her hood, Stella said, "Because I wasn't meant to be like this."

"That is for the mirror to decide," the voice responded. "First you must find the mirror and then you must touch its heart. That is the only way for the spell to be broken."

"What does that mean?" Stella inquired.

"That is all." The voice sounded firm.

"Wait! The mirror has a heart? I don't understand!" The Solarian princess did what she could to try to convince them to tell her more, but Brandon attempted to stop her.

But, Bloom stopped him. "Whoa Brandon, maybe you should wait out here. It's kind of like…well, you know."

"It's a girls only thing," Flora explained.

We all went to Stella. Trying to cheer her up, I said, "Come on! Let's go find that mirror!"


We walked and walked through the tunnels of the caves. They were crystallized and sparkled if you caught a good glimpse of them. At one point, it seemed Stella must've wandered off on her own and may have gotten lost.

"Hello," Bloom said, "Stella?"

I turned around but didn't see her at all. Where had she gone? Was she alright? Would the spell ever be broken?

"Stella?" Flora called out, but there was no answer to that either. I started getting more worried.

"Where'd she go?" The fairy of Sparx wondered, but none of us had any idea and only shrugged in response.

"Stella!" I called, but she didn't answer. Where was Stella?

"Yo, Stella!" Musa said.

Suddenly, from her sonic hearing, Musa could hear footsteps, so we followed the sound to another room and once she'd arrived, there was Stella, and Brandon was close-by.

"Stella," the Eraklyon squire was saying."

"You don't understand," she insisted.

"I do."

"You see me as my old-self," she replied, sounding more emotional with each word. "Because of Flora's spell."

"Stella, maybe this isn't the best time to tell you this, but I can see what you look like." There was an excited response to that.

"But, how is that possible?" Stella wondered.

"Flora's illusion spell wore off back on the ship," her boyfriend explained.

She seemed surprised. "And you can still look at me, even though I look like a hideous monster?"

"You're still the same beautiful person inside. You'll have the same heart, Stella. Girls, tell her what you see when you look at her," he suggested, gesturing to us.

To me, Stella and Brandon's little moment was absolutely adorable. I can't imagine what it must've felt like for my poor friend, but her boyfriend was perfect in the way he comforted her. If only me and Timmy were that compatible. We were, but I just didn't know it at the time.

"I see a totally honest person who always says what's on her mind," I began, completely sincere.

"Who's cheerful and upbeat and fun," Flora continued.

Musa replied, "A kind of crazy fairy who always makes me laugh."

"And I see a best friend forever," Bloom concluded.

"Do you really think all that about me? I always thought people just thought I was pretty." Suddenly, a tear dropped from her eyes and fell into the pond. For me, that was a very emotional moment.

Brandon walked over to his girlfriend with a gift in his hand. "Stella," he said, "and I still love you now." He held the present out to her. "Take this: it's the gift I got you for your Princess' ball."

Quickly, she accepted it and opened it up. "It's something that my father gave to my mother," Brandon explained as she held up a makeup mirror. "And they passed on to me. In my family, this gift means you're going to love someone for the rest of your life. Maybe I'm jumping the gun here; I'm mean, we're still in high school and everything."

"Thank you, shnookums." Stella replied, putting her hand over his. "This is the best present that anyone has ever given me." They hugged, and another tear dropped into the pond. This time, Stella grew radiant and suddenly, she was herself again. I was so overjoyed for her.

"What," Stella gasped, looking her hand over. Suddenly, she laughed out of joy and twirled around. "I'm myself again!"

Me and the rest of the Winx Club(well, those of us there), ran to her and embraced her. I can't describe how happy it made me to see that Stella was happy.

"You did well, fairy of the sun and moon." The now familiar voice commented. "You passed the test."

We gasped. Test? What test?

"You proved that your feelings are deep and true," it finished, answering our unspoken question.

"But it was more than just that that broke the spell, wasn't it?" Flora asked.

"The heart of the mirror was touched; touched by love."

"By love?" My friend exclaimed. "Wow! You hear that Brandon? It was love that saved me!"

"Mission accomplished!" Bloom said. "Our Stella is back!"

"Than what do you say we head for home?" Brandon suggested, and we all had to agree with him.

"Yah," Sky replied.

Musa threw her hands up into the air. "I can't wait to get back to…uh oh, tomorrow's the first day of school."

We groaned as we headed back to the ship. Sure, I'm a genius in some people's eyes and possess a photographic memory, but that doesn't mean I like school. Me? Like school? Never. The only reason I wasn't that bothered by it was because it was start of my senior year.

Senior year, I thought as we headed back to Magix. I wonder what kinds of adventure this year will bring.


Since none of us really went anywhere during break, we just headed back to Alfea and the next morning we prepared for a new day of classes, and from what I'd heard, this year's curriculum was supposed to be the hardest it'd ever been.

"I've always felt that who you are inside is more important than looks," Stella was saying as we all(and I'm mean all) had gathered in the dorm.

"Sure," Musa said sarcastically, making a face. "That's why you kept saying, 'Please, gimme back my face!'"

The majority of us laughed while Stella continued to glare at the fairy of music, which I'd completely seen coming.

"Actually, that monster transformation really softened my skin," the princess of Solaria insisted, looking herself over in the mirror. "Here," she turned to Musa, getting her back, "check it out."

"I think I'll pass on that, but thanks," which caused Stella to give her another glare.

"Hey!" Bloom pointed out, looking out the window. "Did you see how many new fairies are here?"

"Yah," Flora answered, "as a matter of fact, I already met a girl from a realm where plants actually write books."

"I guess they're the kind that are easy to leaf through," I joked, walking to another side of the room. "Okay, not funny." I added as the room stayed silent.

Since Layla was back, Flora asked, "Layla, want to go walk around the quad with me?"

The princess of Tides didn't seem to be paying attention at first, but, snapping out of her trance, she replied, "No thanks. I still have to go unpack." From what I could tell, she looked really down. Then she stood and left the room.

Stella and Musa seemed curious about what was going on, but just shrugged and went off somewhere themselves.

Bloom said, "I'm worried about Layla. She seems out of it." I had to agree and then decided to leave the room myself.


Not to much later, I took a walk around Alfea, wondering about what kind of fairies had come to school this year. In my time at the school, I'd seen all types of fairies, but nothing could've prepared me for who I saw as soon as I'd turned around from feeling a slight tapping on my shoulder.

"No way," I gasped, completely flabbergasted.

The girl before me frowned, her eyes, the same color as my own, just like her hair, showed fake sorrow. "What? You're not happy to see me? Come on Gem, I can't remember you ever treating family like that-well, except for Trey."

I smiled and embraced her. "Cryssie," I said. "Of course I'm happy to see you? But, what are you doing here? Didn't you say you didn't want to go to Alfea?"

After we'd broken apart, she shrugged. "Well, considering how you've made such a big success here, that kind of changed my mind."

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming?"

"Come on, you always did like surprises." She smiled. "Now, isn't this going to be fun? We're finally going to school together in Magix!"

"I know Crystal(3)," I replied, smiling also, "and I'm sure the girls will be thrilled when they meet you."

She clearly didn't expect me to say that. "Me, meet the rest of the Winx Club? Wow, that sounds awesome 'cuz." She checked the time. "Well, I've gotta go check out my dorm-I'm a senior, but am still taking some freshman classes since I didn't earn my Charmix. Bye!"

I waved to her and smiled. Crystal is my cousin, yet most people who first meet us swear that we couldn't be anything less than sisters, and it wasn't just because of our looks. We'd both grown up together in the palace of Zenith since my parents were in the court and she's the princess, so, we really bonded. Even though I had the other girls, Crystal and I shared a closer bond since she'd been my very first friend.

Wow, can this year get any better? I thought. With Crystal here, now nothing could go wrong, especially with the witches gone. But I had no idea just how wrong I really was.


That day, we'd all gathered in the quad to listen to Ms. Faragonda as she gave an announcement. She, Ms. Griselda, Professor WizGiz, Professor Avalon(the real one, not the fake one I accused), and Professor Palladium stood on a platform so we could all watch them properly, I guessed.

"A very warm welcome to you Alfea fairies," the headmistress began. "I'd like to begin by telling the third-years about their final examination."

"We just got here and she's already talking about finals?" One girl asked.

"I still have to unpack." Another said. "Then I'll worry about exams."

"This year's final examination is a very important step in your training as fairies," she continued. "Last year, the goal of the second year was to earn your Charmix. This year your goal will be to get your Enchantix."

Enchantix? I thought. That sounds impossible. I'd already known how to earn it, and I knew almost no one who'd successfully become an Enchantix fairy. Not even my mother or aunt Lera had. If they couldn't, how would I?

"This step will give you access to new powers like fairy powder and miniaturization. This is your chance to become a full-fledged fairy."

"A full-fledged fairy?" Musa asked me.

I shrugged in response. I knew that technically wasn't true since there were many forms of fairies besides Enchantix.

"Plus," Ms. Faragonda added, "it's the only way you can pass your third year. Those who pass this test will be rewarded so richly and so profoundly that your lives will be changed forever. The others will stay exactly the same as they are now."

"What should we do to prepare for the test, Ms. F?" Stella asked.

"You don't have to study or train yourselves." She paused as Stella spoke to Flora. "The test will find you at a critical moment in time. It will require you to rescue someone from your own world, and it will require you to do this by making a great sacrifice. This is the only way you can earn your Enchantix."

"So, I just have to save someone from Solaria. I just hope it's not Chimera!" Stella exclaimed, clearly irritated at the thought.

"And then you will be able to fulfill your purpose as full-fledged fairies and protect your people and your worlds from evil and destruction."

I felt bad for Bloom. Without even looking at her I could tell that she was very distressed. I just knew she was asking herself how she would earn her Enchantix powers. To myself, I hoped as greatly as I could that somehow, she would find a way.


Later, we all followed Bloom's idea to try to cheer Layla up and went to her dorm. We gathered in front of the door.

"Hey, Layla!" Musa called to get her attention.

She opened the door and seemed surprised at our presence.

"Come on, girl's night out," Bloom said.

"Oh," she frowned, "I'm sorry you guys, but I don't feel much like going out tonight."

"We're your friends Layla," Musa objected, "we can help you. But you gotta tell us what's up. I mean, how bad could it be?"

"Bad, Musa. Really bad." Layla put her hand to her head, as if it hurt. It probably did as distressed as she appeared.

But, after a little more persuading, she let us in and we all prepared ourselves to hear whatever it was that she had to tell us.

"My planet was attacked by a creature named Baltor," she began. "He escaped from the Omega Dimension and invaded Tides. He's destroying the entire realm and no matter what we do, we can't stop him. My world, in fact, the entire universe, is in danger." She sighed.

I felt sorry for her. Someone had escaped from the Omega Dimension and was trying to take over the universe? Just the thought of it sent chills down my spine.

"How did this happen? Isn't Omega escape-proof?" Bloom asked.

"Well, it's supposed to be. The only way out of Omega is through a portal that's under constant watch by the mermaid guards. But, somehow, Baltor broke through and turned the mermaids into something…evil. Something monstrous. And the witches may be there too." Just hearing the word "witches" instantly made us realize who she was talking about.

We all gasped.

"No one's sure but they were all dropped in Omega the same day Baltor broke out. I'm worried about my parents." She had stood and was touching one of her ceiling plants. "I'm worried about my people."

"Does the Magix Council know about this?" I asked.

"Absolutely. They were notified as soon as the portal was breached."

"Well, can't they stop Baltor?" Stella wondered.

"No," Layla answered, "cause everyone who tries to fight Baltor ends up becoming one of his minions. And when that happens, he takes control of both their will, and their power. Even our elite mermaid guard is helpless against him. Tides is under siege, and a state of emergency has been declared. The Magix Council came to our palace, and told my father they think Tides is only Baltor's first stop. They're worried about all the realms. They've sent reinforcements, but I don't think it's going to help."

Oh no. If Tides is only his first stop, where does he plan to go to next?


That night, after classes, Bloom called us in for a meeting in the common area of our dorm. She seemed very serious, and I immediately knew what she was up to, but didn't say anything.

"Layla's world is in grave danger," she said.

"Please Bloom," Stella begged. "Don't say what I think you're about to say."

"Stella, the whole Magical Dimension may be in danger. We can't just do nothing."

"Yah," the fairy of music agreed. "We're not going to let our girl Layla down."

"We're the Winx Club." Bloom said.

I walked over to her and continued, "And that means we stick by each other."

"We're gonna find this Baltor guy, and stop him. We can't allow a tragedy like the one that happened on my planet, seventeen years ago, to happen on Tides." She turned to Layla as they both sat on a bed. "I couldn't save my people, but I can try to save yours, Layla."

We all agreed and showed our good friend that we planned to stick by her, even if this meant getting in danger.

"Thanks girls, and thank you Bloom."

If Baltor is really so powerful, he has no idea what he's up against. I thought. We'll stop him. I'm not going to let him destroy any worlds. Especially not my friends'.


(1): I actually have no idea what they said, so that's my best guess.

(2): Now I love Musa and all, but sometimes I think 4kids gives her too many lines that are modern.

(3): For those of you who read "A Puzzle Solved", you'll recognize her. I put her in this story since Tecna needs more of a past so I'm mostly keeping it like I did in that story-minus all the lies she told.

Well, I hope you liked this chapter. If you didn't, tell me so I can improve. By the way, does anyone think I should change the title? I don't really like it, so if you have suggestions, I'd appreciate them. The only thing I could think of changing it to is A New Look, but that doens't sound much better, does it?

Coming next: Mission to Tides.