Chapter 6

AN: Hi, everyone! I have had some remarks that I have seen and thought about. Several say that my story goes a bit fast, that Ember gains her transformation, charmix and bonded pixie in a few weeks. I'm maybe not so good at mentioning the timeline, but Ember gets her charmix more towards the end of the schoolyear. This chapter is during the final weeks of the schoolyear. Ember earned those powers in about a year. Maybe still fast, but that's just how it is. I just wanted to clear that up. Some also say that she is a Mary Sue, well this is how I imagine myself reacting. I guess I'm a Mary Sue at heart than... I wanted to get this off my chest. Enjoy!

I recommend you listen to: Kevin Macleod - Exit The Premises

Antti Martikainen - Faraway

They had never anticipated this to happen. No one though they would come this far. The Winx were fighting their final battle with Tritannus and from the reports they got, everything seemed to go fine. But this, this was somethinng no one had anticipated.

Ember looked around with wide eyes, seeing debris lying everywhere as well as an occasional fairy. Specialists from Red Fountain came running from their ships, but even with them by their side, the fairies were overrun by Tritannus's monsters. "What do we do?" Emma sniffed, trying to stelp her bleeding head. "We cannot win this!" she wailed softly, while Clarissa tried to stop the bleeding running from her head. "What can we do?!" This time, even smartass Amaryl who was lying nearby didn't have an answer. The Enchantix fairy had tried to change the monsters back with her fairydust, but nothing helped. "Ember?" Mirta's frightened voice whispered, pointing towards a portal a bit further away. A whole new batch of monsters came crawling and slithering in. "I don't know what to do... I really don't know!" Ember said, trying to catch her breath and stopping the tears from falling. To think everything had been going so well a few hours before.

A few hours before

Ember was sitting on her bed, reading a book and listening to music when a call came in on her phone. With Mirta's help, she had gotten a interdimensional magic phone (err, see the phones they have in season 6 and 7, something like that) a month or so before. Aunt Susanna's head showed. "Hello, Ember?" Aunt Susanna asked, her voice sounding worried. "Hi Auntie, how are you doing?" "I'm...doing fine. And you?" Ember smiled at her aunt. "I'm doing fine. Reading a bit up for an essay I have to write about how to break spells of witches." Her aunt nodded distractedly. "Honey, I don't call just like that. I am worried about what is happening in the magic dimension. Even here on Earth we are hearing about Tritannus. Are you sure you are safe there?" Aunt Susanna asked, tapping her nails against the table, a habit of when she was nervous. "I'm fine. Alfea is one of the safest places to be right now. Besides, the Winx are fighting Tritannus. They gained a new power named Sirenix, which should help them defeat him." Ember reassured her aunt. Aunt Susanna sighed, seeming a bit less worried. "Okay, but promise me you'll be safe and careful. Do not engage in fights just like that. God knows your mother always did that when she was little." Susanna whispered. Ember nodded, " I will auntie. I"ll call you back in a few days. Bye!" Aunt Susanna smiled back. "Bye, darling."

Mirta came walking in, throwing her books on her bed. "The nerve of that boy!" Mirta seeted, punching her cushion. "What's going on?" "You know Lorn? Elion's friend. He has been flirting with me for weeks, calling me names like darling, babe and so on..." Ember nodded, concern filling her gaze. She had barely ever seen Mirta this mad. "I thought maybe he meant it, maybe we could go out on a date or something. Now I hear he has been calling three girls the exact same thing as me!" Mirta sighed. "I actually like him." Ember stood up and sat down next to Mirta. "I know, I'm sorry Mirta. " she said, hugging her friend. "He isn't worth it if he treats you like that. There are enough fish in the sea." Mirta nodded, tears pooling in her eyes. " I know, but I have had a crush on him for almost two years. I thought for once it would actually work out." Ember grimaced and hugged her friend closer. Nothing more needed to be said. She knew bitter disappointment all too well.

A little while later they were watching a movie on their couch in the living area when at once someone banged on the door. "Mirta, Ember! Open up!" they heard Clarissa scream, banging on the door. Mirta stood up and locked gazes with Ember, who had a disturbed look on her face. "What is it?" Mirta said, opening the door as an out of breath Clarissa came storming in. "You see the clouds changing and the rain that is starting to fall? It is green. Miss Faragonda thinks it isn't normal and suspects Alfea will be attacked. She says everyone has to gather in the hall and prepare to fight." Ember and Mirta exchanged a look and stood up. They quickly put off the television, closed the balcony windows and ran after Clarissa.

So here they were now, almost waiting an hour for something to happen. A knife could cut the tension in the air. No one had transformed yet, in fear of growing tired before the battle even began.

One moment, another, another... And at once, lighting began to attack the shield around Alfea. Several portals opened and monsters came through, evil glinting in their eyes. "The moment has come to defend yourselves!" Faragonda announced. "Transform and fight with everything you have!" she exclaimed, starting to shoot light balls at the monsters. "Are you ready, Mirta?" Ember asked, as Emma and Clarissa nodded. Mirta smiled. "Let's do this...Mirta, fairy of illusions. Transform!" Ember followed soon after.

And this is how they had ended up fighting like this. The monsters were too strong. Even the Enchantix fairies were starting to get worn out. Ember looked over her head and saw an Enchantix fairy fire attack after attack. She heard specialists scream and grunt, trying to hold the monsters off.

"Why don't you leave us!" the fairy raged, keeping on shooting attacks. At the rate this was going, they were all going to get injured or even worse, maybe die! Ember tried to swallow the rush of panic that was clouding her mind. "Ember, use your charmix!" Lisna called out from farther away, doing her share of attacks on the monsters. Clarissa and Ember both looked at each other at the same time as an idea pinged in both their heads. "Ofcourse, our charmix! If we converge, even in pairs of two or three it should work!" Clarissa said.

Ember nodded. "Listen everyone! Let's help our friends and classmates. We all have powers, we have all earned some form of power. If we work together it will work!" Mirta announced, everyone looking at her. "Everyone who has a charmix, use it! Let's do a convergence power to see if it helps." Several fairies nodded, a smile lighting their tired faces. "We will back up the Enchantix fairies!"

Emma smiled tiredly, wiping the blood away. "Okay, charmix!" Ember smiled, seeing on the fairy of chance a clover appear on her chest and sidebag in the form of a clover on her side. Clarissa and Ember nodded. "Let's go Charmix, Clarissa Mirta!"

Ember smiled and closed her eyes as she felt a warm feeling envelop her. "Charmix!" she exclaimed, a jewel in the form of a cloud appearing on the center of her chest. A fluffy sidepouch also in the form of a cloud appeared on her lefthip.

She smiled and felt power return to her. Mirta smiled back, a purple jewel and rectangular side pouch appearing on her right hip.

"For this convergence to work, we need absolute trust, Ember. You are my best friend, we should be able to do this." Ember nodded, seeing Emma and Clarissa grabbing each other's hand and a light engulfing them.

Over the whole of Alfea, pairs of two or three fairies were converging their power. Ember grinned a cheeky grin at Mirta and took her hands in hers. Both closed their eyes and focused on their powers joining. "Convergence!" both said after awhile, opening their eyes. A giant orb of purple, rose and all hues of blue started to raise up. When they looked around, they saw the same happening to other convergence powers.

They were all collected in a giant shade of light. "Everyone, close your eyes. Enchantix fairies, do your convergence as well." Paladium amended, trying to hold the giant orb of light, which was getting bigger and bigger.

Ember sneaked a peak and opened her eye, looking at the convergence power of enchantix and charmix melting together. "Close your eyes, everyone." Paladium warned a last time. "This should do it." he murmured, but kept on struggling to hold it together.

"You think you can hold it, Professor?" a shrill voice said. Mirta opened her eyes and looked up. "Icy!" she bit out, flying towards the witch with no hesitation. "Mirta, wait!" Ember said, watching with horror as her friend dogded ice attack after ice attack. "Still as weak as before, Mirta." Icy laughed, shooting shards of ice towards her. "Auwtch." Mirta said, her leg starting to bleed. "How do you like this?"

'Take someone your own size, you witch!" Toffee said, angry eyes burning holes in Icy's head. "Pff, you are all so pathetic. A pixie, really?" Ember huffed in anger and flew up." Why don't you take someone you own size?" she bit out, flying next to Mirta.

"And who are you? " Icy said, indignation clear in her voice. She laughed and threw ice at Ember, who barely dodged her attacks with a shield. "I don't know how long I can hold it, Mirta!" she whispered, groaning while attempting to keep the shield up as ice started to freeze around it's edges.

Mirta had used this time to prepare an attack, and created an illusion. A massive monster attacked Icy, breaking her concentration and stopping the attack on Ember. "We will finish this, Mirta. Once and for all." Icy said.

"Mirta? Mirta, no!" Ember looked on horrified as her friend was frozen in ice. "Let's see if you can survive a fall of several hundreds of yards or if you wil turn into little icecubes." Icy grinned maliciously, floating Mirta up in the icecage she had frozen her in.

"No, Mirta! Let her go!" Ember screamed, eyes filling with tears. I have used all my charmix powers! I have nothing left! She thought desperately.

If you need help, you only need to ask. A warm male voice muttered. You are a much stronger fairy than you think. You only need to remember it, and power will come to you without any problem. Do not forget, you were chosen. Ember opened her eyes and her world seemed to slow down. The familiar and warm feeling grew in her heart, the feeling she had felt at the beginning in the parc. And yes, there it was.

Ember looked up and saw in the distance a darkblue diamond shining a calming darkblue hue. She lifted her hand towards it. Will you help me?

"Emma look at Ember! Look at her eyes!" Clarissa guffawed, pointing to Ember. A darkblue light had enveloped her, the air around her crackling with power. "Let her go, witch." she ordered. Icy looked up. "And who are you to command me, huh? What the hell?" she said, looking at the annoying fairy.

Ember's eyes were a completely dark blue. "I'll tell you one more time, you witch. Let her go." she said, air crackling around her hands. "Make me." Icy bit out. Ember's smile grew almost evil. 'As you wish." she muttered, snapping her fingers.

Blue balls of air started attacking Icy relentlessly, a tornado forming around Ember. She cracked a smile. "This is also a little present for you. Let's see if you can escape this." With a flick of her wrist, she commanded the tornado towards Icy.

"What is going on? Go away, you annoying thing." Icy smirked, turning the tornado into ice and making it shatter to pieces. "Is this all you have? Come on, amuse me." Ember's eyes had returned to normal. "Please, you think I'm that stupid? I got what I wanted anyway. You released Mirta. Professor Paladium, she's all yours." Ember said, gripping Mirta with her arm and flying away.

Paladium smiled and winked at Icy. " A present for you and your monsters, Icy." Paladium threw the convergence power towards Icy and the monsters. "Be damned, Alfea. I will have my revenge!" she screamed out, beating a hasty retreat.

"Are you allright?" Ember asked, hugging Mirta. "I am, don't worry." Ember smiled and hugged her friend closer. "I'm glad."

About a week later, it was the end of the schoolyear. Everyone was packing their bags. Ember however, was sitting in Paladium's office with Faragonda also present. "You are very strong. But the extend of your powers worries me, Ember. You don't always seem to be able to control them." Ember nodded. "Sometimes, I hear a voice and see a diamond. I feel like I know it. At the battle, when Mirta was in danger I asked it for help. That's how I got in that state. The rest is a bit fuzzy." Ember confessed, scratching her head.

"Starting next year, Professor Paladium will give you some extra lessons. That way, you can learn more about your powers and learn how to control them." Ember nodded and smiled. "Thank you!" she grinned. "Now go on and finish packing your bags." Ember nodded and dashed out of the room.

Ember was dragging her suitcase with her, seeing Bloom a bit further. "Hi, Ember." she smiled. "I heard you beat Tritannus, congratulations!" Ember said, looking at the Winx. "Yes, it was...hard." Leila said, sighing. Ember nodded and understood there was more to the story, but didn't dare to ask. "You live near Gardenia, don't you?' Bloom said. Ember nodded. "I live in Deresia, it is about half an hour away from Gardenia."

"Why don't we go together? I'm going to visit my adoptive parents before going to Domino. We can take the trip back together." Ember smiled, "I'd like that." Bloom smiled. "But before we go, there is someone else who wants to say goodbye to you." Bloom winked. Ember looked behind Bloom and saw Elion. She reddened immediately.

"Hi, Elion." she stuttered. They had send some messages back and forth, but she hadn't seen him anymore since the party. "Hello, Ember. Going home?" he asked. Ember nodded. An awkward silence filled the air. "Anyway, have a great vacation. I'll see you next year?" Ember said, refusing to let her nerves get to her. Elion smiled, a fuzzy feeling overcoming Ember. "Yes, I'll see you next year. Have a great vacation Ember. I'll keep in touch during the holidays, okay?" Elion said, turning towards Helia. "Okay, bye!" Ember waved, feeling her cheeks redden again.

"That went well, didn't it?" Mirta grinned from behind her. "You and Lorn as well apparently?" Ember smirked. Mirta nodded. " I have decided to give him another chance and see where it goes." she smiled. "Anyway, I need to go. My bus is leaving. I'll see you next year. Bye, Ember." Mirta said, hugging her friend. "Don't look so sad, Ember. We'll keep in touch over the phone and maybe you can come visit me, huh?" Ember nodded, tears filling her eyes. She hugged her friend one last time. "Have a great vacation, Mirta."

With one last wave, she and the Winx went the other way. She and Stella had minor or less made peace. She smiled at Stella, who was sitting next to her and talking to Tecna about clothes.

She looked out of the window as Alfea became smaller and smaller. I'll see you next year, Alfea.