Dakota's POV

I was staring at a man who, when he was staring at me, started smirking, "Hello, Princess Dakota"

"Dakota, run!" I turned to see my dad holding his sword aimed at the man. I turned to run, but when I got to the entrance, another man with brown hair came out of no where and stood there and smirked at me as well.

"Y-You can run as fast as I can. B-But no one can run as fast as I can"

"I believe I can. Or maybe I can run faster"

No matter how scared I was, I was getting angry, "What did you just say!" I could tell by my sudden outburst that he was getting scared. I could feel the presence of someone else, so I spun around to see a blonde guy in a hat, who was also smirking at me.

"You all are just begging me to wipe those smirks off your ugly faces," I said through gritted teeth. Suddenly, before I could react, my instincts were to call my "family". I started laughing smugly as I could hear my father in the background.

"Dakota, what are you doing! Get out of here!"

"NO!" I glared at my father and he looked surprised, so did the =wizards who were there, and so did the other Specialists.

"You never let me fight my own battles. I admit that I'll need some help, but you never let me fight, just run away. Well I'm not running. So you can deal with it"

I saw what looked like regret in my father's face, but it changed to a look that was more of...respect.

"All right, Dakota"

"So you'll let me fight"

"Of course I will"

I smirked at the wizard with the hat, "This is gonna be fun"

I pulled off my ring and waved it in the air. I threw it in the air as it transformed into my scepter, so I grabbed it and held it to the sky, "BELIEVIX!"

I could feel every inch of me be covered in my fairy form: my hair twisting into its tight braid, my sandals replacing my Converse, my make-up appearing, the strings going from my shirt to my shorts, everything.

I aimed my scepter at the one with the hat and caused him to fly backwards with a grunt, and I could feel the one with the gold eyes watching me, but not responding to any of my attacks. I felt my scepter jerk out of my hand, so I turned to look at a wolf which had my scepter in its mouth. It transformed into a man who was now holding my scepter and I started to smirk.

"Oh, so you're a person. That's good to know." He smirked as well.

"Why so good?"

I stretched out my arm and the scepter flew back into my grasp and he looked at me in anger and astonishment, "Because you're stupid enough to think that you can hold the scepter of Olympia"

"The scepter of Olympia? You must be its owner" a voice behind me said, but as I turned around, something hit me in my back, causing me to go forward in a sudden jerk.

"DAKOTA!" I turned to see my father crouching over me.

"I'm all right, dad. Just gotta call some back-up." He nodded as he helped me stand up and I grabbed my scepter, "But I have to know, how many wizards are here?"

"Five"

I shuddered, "Oh joy"

I held my scepter up and the black gem shone brightly, "WINX, COME TO MY SIDE!"

About a moment later, I could see seven figures start to appear, "Hey girls. I need a little help with some of your old friends"

Roxy looked around and screamed causing me to freak out from the high pitched noise and I could hear Riven yelling over the scream.

"Roxy! The royal family of Olympia can't stand the sound of high pitched noises!"

Roxy stopped screaming in order to face him, "Sorry, I just got surprised by the random guy here who I don't know"

Stella laughed nervously, "Well, uh, that's Valtor"

I slightly laughed, "Why does he look like someone from the Victorian Era?"

The Winx all shrugged their shoulders as if to say "We don't know"

"Hello, Roxy. Long time, no see" said the man with the red hair.

"Ogron, last I saw you, you were trapped in Omega"

"Ogron" growled at her, "I didn't forget who trapped me in there"

I aimed my scepter at Ogron and lifted him into the air as he struggled, "Tell me who you all are or I swear I'll kill you where you float"

I started to tighten my grip on the magic cage, suffocating him, "All right! Fine! Just stop." He was pleading,so of course I let him down.

"Who are you?" I asked angrily. The one who must be Valtor spoke up instead.

"I am Valtor and these are the wizards of the black circle"

"I kinda figured that out"

"Well, I don't want to upset you, Princess"

I clenched my fists and glared at him, "DON'T call me that again"

"Well I don't want to upset royalty. That would make my demise"

"You got that right. Winx," I turned to the girls, "I no longer need your assistance. It was just a false alarm"

"But Dakota-" Bloom was about to start talking, but I cut her off with a wave of my hand.

"Take your leave now"

Bloom was about to speak up again when Tecna put a hand on her shoulder and looked at her. Bloom nodded and they all disappeared as I turned back to Valtor.

"I want names, now" I demanded.

The Valtor guy bowed to me and I glared at Riven, "If you say anything to the Winx, I will annihilate you"

Riven put his hands up, "Got it. No telly my girlyfriend."

I rolled my eyes as I snapped my fingers and the wizards and I transported to Black Mud Swamp. I glared at them as I kept my scepter aimed at them.

"Now who are you five?"

"Of course, Princess," Valtor said, "As you know, my name is Valtor, this is Orgon, Gantlos, Duman, and Anagan."

I bowed my head and quickly raised it, "Not to be rude Valtor, but"

He looked at me as if to say What?

"What do you want?"

"We want answers."

I looked at him confusedly, "What do you mean answers?"

"You are not the entire balance."

I looked at them all angrily, "What do you mean I'm not the balance? I've been the balance for as long as I've been 8. What do you mean I'm not the balance?"

Valtor smirked at me, and I really wanted to hurt him, "You're half of the balance, Princess. The good half to be exact, there is another"

"There is no other!"

"Yes, Dakota," said Ogron, "There is. She's the key to discovering your missing past."

I paused for a moment as I gasped, "My past? You mean my mother?"

"And other things. We just need your help."

"...If I help you. Will you leave the dimension?"

The wizards all looked at each other and smirked once again, "Deal."

I nodded as I once again snapped my fingers and I reappeared at Red Fountain. I de-transformed and I saw my father, Ms. Faragonda, Avalon, and Palladium.

"Is it true?"

They turned to look at me, but said nothing.

"Tell me!" I had tears in my eyes as they led me out of Red Fountain and towards Alfea. I could feel the wizards watching, but I didn't care. After a while, I spoke up.

"Valtor said that I'm not the whole balance dad. Is that true?"

Ms. Faragonda lokoed at me with sad eyes, as well as dad, "Yes, Dakota. It is true."

"Why wouldn't you tell me then?" I started crying and everyone stopped to comfort me.

"We didn't think she would ever come back, so we decided not to tell you what happened" said Ms. Faragonda.

"Is she really evil though?"

"Well," said Dad, "she's not evil evil, but she isn't good either."

"So you're saying she's good, but she has an evil side too?"

"Only when she's mad," said Avalon.

"How does this have anything to do with me?"

"Let's get back to Alfea, and we will explain everything"

At Alfea...

When we got to Ms. Faragonda's office, the Winx and troop 12 were already waiting for us. I could feel Jared looking worriedly at me, but I kept looking for my answers.

"Now tell me."

"Alright, Dakota. She was indeed the balance before you."

"But how can she unlock my past?" I knew in order to help the wizards, I had to get them to say the answers out loud so they could hear. Man, I hope this doesn't backfire.

"She was with your mother when she was killed" Dad admitted.

"...Why was she with mom?"

The adults all looked at each other in sorrow, but Dad spoke up after a moment.

"Because your mother was her mother too."

It took a while to process this new information, but I had the nerve to ask, "This girls is...my sister? But you said I had no other family."

"Well, she's your sister and she was the balance before you were. Her name is Matlin, like Musa's mother," Musa hung her head at the thought of her mother, so Riven put his arms around her to comfort her.

"Okay, so Matlin is my sister? She's going to tell me what happened," I said in the demanding tone I never meant to use.

They all nodded, but my dad shook his head, "Well, Matlin isn't just going to tell you what happened. And i is very dangerous going to talk to her."

"Why?"

They all got silent at my question, "Because she's in the Vampiric Dimension"

Vampire Time!