Chapter 5- Fall From Grace
"MUSA!" The girls all screamed as they watched their friend fall.
Andy clenched her eyes tight. 'I may not have been able to help my parents, but I can save Musa. I will.' Andy thought.
Without any second thought Andy jumped up, ran towards the edge of the ship and jumped out.
"NO, ANDY!" Tyler hollered as he saw his girlfriend jump out of the ship, after Musa.
"ANDY!" Riven and the girls cried.
"Girls, transform!" Riven yelled out to the Winx girls.
The girls tried to transform, but none of them were able to. They stared shocked at each other and turned their attention back to the open hatch where two of their friends had been mere moments before.
"AHHHHHH!" Musa screamed as she fell to the bottom of the mountainous habitat.
Andy fell behind Musa and closed her eyes. She focussed her mind and went deep inside herself and saw in her mind's eye the massive family of Gargoyous'. Instead of calling upon her Winx, which she knew wouldn't work, she used her mind powers and linked minds with the closest Gargoyous.
'Save Musa.' She commanded it.
The Gargoyous turned sharply from attacking her friends and flew down towards the falling form of Musa. It swooped down at a speed that, when it passed Andy, made her tumble continuously in the air before she stopped herself.
Andy opened her eyes and saw the Gargoyous head underneath Musa's body and caught her on its back. The Gargoyous looked up and saw Andy and caught her on its back, too.
Musa was shaking and sobbing when Andy looked at her. She moved over to Musa and hugged her tightly as Musa sobbed loudly. Andy's eyes grew determined and her fear vanished from her body. She commanded the Gargoyous to fly back the ship and it obeyed her.
"Riven, close the hatch!" Helia yelled as he and Nabu ran around the ship, trying to fix the control panels.
Riven felt numb. He stood up and carefully walked over to the control panel by the hatch that had small sparks flying from it. Riven repaired the wires and manually closed the hatch.
The girls were still screaming in pure fright as the ship was being slammed and slowly torn apart like the Gargoyous' toy.
"Timmy, do something!" Tecna cried
"I'm trying!" Timmy yelled back as he continued trying to avoid the Gargoyous' and Sky and Brandon used the ships blasters to attack them.
"Look at that!" Tyler yelled and pointed out a window.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared out the window at the front of the ship. They saw another Gargoyous fly past the window, but this one had Musa clutching tightly to its mane and Andy was standing on its back.
"It's Andy and she has Musa!" Flora cried happily
Andy turned and waved at her friends. She bent towards Musa and whispered something in her ear, who slowly nodded. The Gargoyous flew to the window closest to Stella and Andy looked at Stella and mouthed 'Open the window'. Stella nodded and shakily stood up and opened the window.
Layla ran over to Stella as best she could and gently grabbed one of Musa's arms and helped Stella bring Musa inside the ship. When Musa was safely in the ship she ran over to Riven and threw her arms around his neck and softly cried on his chest.
"Don't ever do that to me again." Riven whispered in her ear as a tear fell down his cheek.
Layla and Stella turned towards Andy and offered her their hands to help her inside, but Andy shook her head.
"What are you doing?" Stella asked as Andy and the Gargoyous slowly flew away from the window.
"Stella, you told me you earned your enchantix by admitting your feelings. I can relate to that. I can't admit my feelings, because I taught myself not to. My parents died when I was young and without them, all responsibility of Titnum was put onto me and I was considered old enough to take care of myself. Therefore, there was no one for me to talk to or hold me when I had a nightmare. I took care of myself and couldn't tell anyone when something was bothering me, because everyone depended on me to take care of them." Andy admitted and Stella and Layla were silent as she spoke. "You were right, Stell, I do have trouble admitting my feelings. But, I also have problems with dealing with…everything. I blamed myself for my parents' death, because I was there and the guards dragged me away to protect me. They didn't protect my parents, because they were ordered not to. I had my powers for 3 years before that day and it never occurred to me to use my winx and save them! I could have saved them if I tried! But I didn't! I was too afraid. I felt weak and terrified. I could have done something then, but I didn't. I saw Musa fall and felt those exact same feelings, but this time I tried because I knew I could save her. I'm not going to let what happened to my parents happen to you, my friends, when I know there's something I can do about it." Andy finished
Suddenly, a bright violet colour flashed and Andy, Layla and Stella looked and saw that Andy had a silver and violet pendant on her right side, just above her bust. The pendant was shaped like a small flame that was violet and a smaller flame was inside it and coloured white. The bottom of the pendant was two swirls that, together, was shaped like an upside-down heart and two silver came out on the sides of each piece of the heart and swirled in.
Stella and Layla's mouths dropped and they stared at Andy.
"You got your Charmix." Layla mumbled before she and Stella cheered and high-fived each other.
Andy looked back at them and smiled. "Bonus." She laughed before she commanded the Gargoyous to fly to the other Gargoyous'.
Stella and Layla gasped and ran closer to the window.
"Andy, come back!" Layla cried
Stella panicked and dragged Tyler away from fixing one of the control panels and over to the window Layla was at. Tyler stared out and shouted after Andy.
"Andy! What are you doing!" He cried, "Please come back! I'm not losing you again!"
Andy turned her head, smiled at Tyler and winked.
"Let's go Charmix!" She shouted at the top of her lungs.
Andy was suddenly engulfed in violet coloured light. Andy's straight-leg jeans, gold low v-cut spaghetti string top that went around her neck and gold healed shoes disappeared into a violet top that went off the right shoulder and came down to her above her belly button, short violet skirt that went to the middle of her theighs with a light violet silk hung around the side of the skirt and violet healed sandles that had straps that went around her legs to below her knees. She long violet fingerless gloves that stopped below her elbow, her wings were blue and simple and her long dark brown hair tied into a long ponytail and her fringe turned pink. Her Charmix pendant appeared on sleeve on her right shoulder and on her right hip sat a belt with a swirly circle belt strap to complete her Charmix transformation.
The Gargoyous' turned and snarled at Andy. Andy flew into the middle of the pack and they all left the Redfountain ship alone and surrounded Andy. Andy closed her eyes and held out her arms straight at her sides and focussed her new Charmix powers. Andy started glowing a soft violet and the Gargoyous' started moaning.
"What's going on?" Timmy asked as everyone crowded the front of the ship.
"Andy's using her magic to divert the Gargoyous' attention." Musa explained when she calmed down.
"But I thought Gargoyous' were extinct!" Tecna cried
"This has Baltor written all over it." Riven growled, holding tightly onto Musa's hand.
"But surely he doesn't have the power to bring back the dead." Stella thought out loud
"Unless he's somehow gained more power." Nabu answered
"But where would he get more power from?" Flora asked
Everyone was silent at that question until they thought the same thing.
"Bloom!" They cried simultaneously
"Baltor's using Bloom's powers! Now that is so like him." Layla said bitterly
"What if it's something else?" Tyler asked
"What else could there be?" Brandon questioned, looking at Flora.
"Why are you looking at me?" Flora asked
"You and Bloom went to the KoKoya caves. Do you think he had some of those stones?"
"I-I don't know. I'm sorry, but I never saw. I don't know." Flora answered sadly
"Don't worry, Flora." Helia said, holding Flora close to him.
"Hey look!" Sky yelled, pointing at the window.
Everyone turned and saw that the Gargoyous' eyes had turned purple as did Andy's and they started flying in circles. Andy moved her arms and they changed directions.
"How is she doing that?" Stella asked
"Her powers are of mind and metal and since the Gargoyous' are not made of metal, she must be somehow controlling their actions. Fascinating." Tecna muttered, intrigued.
"Now that's a cool power." Layla spoke softly, not taking her eyes off the Gargoyous'.
Andy continued controlling the Gargoyous' and with a wave of her hands the Gargoyous' glowed purple, stopped moving and faced Andy.
"Mind Detachement!" She cried and her control on the Gargoyous' stopped and they all snarled at Andy.
"Why did she do that!" Stella screeched
Musa suddenly remembered what Andy told her and quickly yelped.
"Girls, c'mon, Andy needs our help!" She cried
"But our enchantix-" Flora started
"Should be fine!" Musa interrupted before she ran to the back of the ship and opened the hatch.
"Let's go Enchantix!" Musa cried and was engulfed in purple and bright pink light and transformed into her enchantix.
Musa smiled at her friends and flew out the ship to help Andy. The girls smiled at each other and raised their arms into the air.
"Let's go Enchantix!" They yelled and they all transformed into their enchantix and flew after Musa.
Andy watched and smiled when she saw her friends join her in the centre of the Gargoyous crowd.
"Why aren't they attacking?" Flora asked
"A Gargoyous won't attack until they believe there is a threat. They never attack first. They are smart creatures that wait for their opponent to attack and understand how they fight, that is if their opponent does attack. When they do, it's usually not good for the opponent." Tecna finished uneasily
Andy turned to her friends and smiled. "Girls, you're Enchantix faeries and that means you can use powerful transportation and reversal spells. I know a spell that can send these bad boys back to where they came from!"
"Then let's do it!" Musa cheered as the other girls agreed and all joined hands.
Andy hovered behind the Gargoyous' as the girls hovered in a circle in the centre of the Gargoyous' circle.
"I'll make sure the Gargoyous' minds are at ease so the spell will work. All you have to do is focus your magic on the Gargoyous' and say the spell. Easy." Andy told the girls.
"What's the spell?" Layla asked, glancing at the Gargoyous' wearily.
"A time for everything and to everything in it's place. Return what has been moved through time and space." Andy replied, "You girls ready?"
"Ready!" Was the girls' immediate response, "A time for everything and to everything in it's place. Return what has been moved through time and space." They chanted
Each Gargoyous was surrounded in white light and one by one, they disappeared and left only the girls and the ship in the sky. The girls looked around hesitantly before they started cheering in delight. Andy stayed hovering where she was as her friends celebrated. Flora looked over at Andy and flew over to her, grabbed her hand and pulled her into the group celebration.
"You're a Winx girl now, girl." Musa cheered
Andy's smile was so big, it would have fallen off her face. The girls had a group hug before they saw the Redfountain ship hover and fly just in front of the girls.
"Great job, girls!" Brandon said through a loud speaker and the girls giggled.
Tecna stopped giggling when she noticed most of the control panels in the ship were creating sparks to fly everywhere and Timmy didn't notice. She panicked even more when she buttons flashing, buttons with the words 'WARNING' on them.
"Timmy, the ship-" Tecna couldn't finish her sentence, because the inside of the ship suddenly flashed in light and smoke spread everywhere as each control panel blew up.
The girls all stopped and gasped as the ship lost power and suddenly dropped and fell out of the sky and into pure mist, taking their guys with it.
"NO!" The girls screamed as they quickly flew down after them, but when they flew through the mist and could see clearly again, the ship and the guys were no where in sight.
"TIMMY!" Tecna shouted
"NABU!" Layla yelled
"BRANDON!" Stella hollered
"RIVEN!" Musa bellowed
"HELIA!" Flora cried
"TYLER!" Andy shrieked