Sources of magic.

At the end of the second day at Alfea Bloom and Darcy were heading to the courtyard accompanied by their Pixies. Once in the yard the two of them sat down in the grass. Bloom was looking at Darcy with a smile on her face.

"What are you smiling about?" Darcy asked.

"Well I was thinking about the opening dance we 'll be having tomorrow. The first year I was here you were trying to sabotage this." Bloom reminded her.

"Yeah, ah well...I think that tomorrow some other witch will try to sabotage this dance. I have to attend it myself. I 'll try to keep an eye out for saboteurs and warn you guys in the event that something might be up."

"Another question is... have you something to wear to the dance?"

"I bought that scarlet dress for an occasion like that." Darcy reminded Bloom.

"Oh yeah, I forgot all about that dress. Well goes to show you how I was paying attention to you when we were shopping."

"You were worried about the bill, weren't you"

"No, I was to preoccupied by what had happened to you and what could be waiting for us out there. I feel that he is gaining strength but I also think that he is waiting for the right moment to strike."

"So you feel it too"

"Yes, I wonder how much time we have left to prepare us for him. I think that now would be the worst time for us to get attacked because we are barely prepared to face the master of death. I hope that we at least have three months to properly prepare for the worst."

"I need a lot more time than that. I 'm barely able to keep up a shield, I don't really have an attack that can knock something down and I don't know who I really am. I 'm hoping that he waits until I 'm strong enough to help you guys in the fight ."

"Don't worry, you 'll be ready when you have to be there for us" Bloom encouraged her.

"You know Bloom I got to go now. Ms Faragonda has agreed to tutor me after school hours so I would be able to make up the lack in knowledge and power with you guys. She also had something to discuss with me. See you later at dinner."

"Yeah and say hi to Faragonda from me" Bloom said as Darcy got up.

"I 'll do just that" Darcy replied as she walked into the school building. Bloom stayed behind and started talking to Lockette while Starlight followed Darcy.

Realm of the dead.

"I brought you the one you requested my master" Yelena said bowing to Nosferatu in her new body.

"Well lets separate the soul inside from the body and then you can start to learn to control her powers." Nosferatu told her as he formed a sphere in his hands chanting a spell. A few seconds later a soul formed inside the sphere. He then started to laugh crying out in victory.

"What are you laughing about?" Yelena asked.

"I own the pure soul that will be instrumental to take over the realms of the living and will ultimately lead to the destruction of the mythical Great Dragon." Nosferatu answered the question as he put the sphere next to the sphere of Icy who was recovering from her last energy drain. Icy had heard every word of the conversation and looked at the soul next to her. She wondered who this could be while she started to think about what Nosferatu had just said. It all reminded her to a prophecy she had once heard about. She had thought about it then as a lot of nonsense so she never gave it much thought later on in her life. Now it all started to make sense.

"What was it that the prophecy said again" Icy thought " ah yes, a great evil in power equal to the Great Dragon will rise again from his dungeon to start destabilising the balance between good and evil. He will grow stronger with time and become the biggest threat to the realms of the living for he brings death and destruction as never seen before. For centuries his power will be unchallenged until the first of five signs to his downfall will happen. In an attempt to take the Dragonfire the realm called Sparkx, where the Great Dragon rests, will be destroyed by the three sisters who sold their souls to him in exchange for power. They will fail to obtain the Dragonfire and therefore pay the ultimate price. This is the first sign of things to come. Then the union of two siblings will bring forth a baby that brings happiness to a cursed hart but great sadness as well. The mother will fight to give her baby a better life than the one she has been living until then. The third sign is the attack of the descendants of the three sisters on the schools of Magix in an attempt to finish what the coven of Darkness started. Their failure had started the day they thought to have stolen the Dragonfire. The next sign is the attempt to take the ultimate power through the keeper of the Shadowfire. Two lovers who are strong at heart will take that away from him. The last sign is the pure soul that ... what was it again ... I must have forgotten what it exactly said about the pure soul. It didn't have anything to do with the soul captured next to me."

"Hey aren't you the witch that invaded Red Fountain two years ago" she heard the girl next to her say.

"Yes I am that witch. Icy 's the name and yours is..."

"Diaspro, what is this place?"

"Well we are in the realm of the dead. This particular chamber is the chamber of souls. We are part of a collection of souls that in one way or the other are special or unique to Nosferatu. You my dear, could be one that might bring his downfall. I don't know in what way but it might happen through you or even by you. I don't know for sure but some day we will find out. Ever heard of the prophecies of rise and fall of the Master of Death?"

"No I haven't but I did hear about the rise and fall of you and your cousins." Diaspro snapped.

"Yes we fell hard on our asses but we are now in danger ourselves. My mother has taken my body and controls my powers which is bad news because she has sold my soul for it. One day she 's going to regret that she has done that. I hope that Nosferatu will torment her the same way he has tormented me."

"That doesn't explain me being here?"

"You were the one soul Nosferatu has stolen. Your grandmother's soul is now in your body using it to get her revenge for being deceived by your grandfather."

"What do you mean?"

"If you stay in here long enough you start to see things, things of the past that you can't explain. Like I always see my mother have an intimate time with a man. Who he is I don't know for sure but I think he is my father because immediately after that image I see my mother being pregnant. I think that the baby she is carrying was me."

"Are you an only child?"

"Yes I am." Icy answered her question as she sat down looking in front of her. Diaspro followed her example and started to sing a song. Icy smiled as she heard the song and listened for a while. Then Stormy who awoke from her sleep looked at the two of them and started to sing herself. After a few minutes the three of them were singing the same song to forget about the place they were in thinking about happier times.

In Aracklion.

The king of Aracklion walked around his palace thinking about the bad news he just received. The news about Diaspro who had gone mad and left the realm was spreading like wildfire. He had to tell his son before he found out from someone else. The king couldn't understand how a sweet and healthy girl like Diaspro suddenly decided to hurt her mother and disappear from sight. Had she gone mad because of the fact that Sky had decided to call off the engagement they had? Or was she thinking about getting back at Bloom for stealing her fiancé? Whatever the reason, it didn't justify the fact that she smacked her mother into a wall. Her mother is now recovering from a serious head injury, unconscious, unable to tell what exactly happened. As long as Diaspro's mother wouldn't awake they only could theorise what had happened. Some people accused the witch that had gone to Bloom for protection. They thought that Darcy may have put a spell on Diaspro for some devious reason. Others then accuse Bloom for stealing Sky away from her. Only one person knew the truth... Diaspro herself. Where is she now?

At Alfea

Faragonda was reading the files she had received from Concorda. It held the results of the Pixie that had probed and tested Myrta and Darcy. Concorda looked at Faragonda with a serious face.

"Well it seems like the two of them are witches after all." Faragonda said looking up from the report.

"So it seems but still Elise has some doubts about the two of them." Concorda replied.

"And why is that?"

"Well for starters, usually Pixies don't bond with witches even the odd ones like Starlight or Zing. Although Starlight always had a preference for witches, we always thought that one day she would take Discorda's place at Cloud Tower. Now I would say that she has bonded with the one witch she always wanted to meet."

"She wanted to meet Darcy?"

"Ever since she attacked Magix. She thought that she could help her and rest of the Trix back on the right path of magic. I personally think that she wouldn't have been able to do it. Now that Darcy has broken free from the Trix Starlight will be able to help her."

"I see. Darcy will be helped in the best way possible. I 'm going to take care of her myself. I hope that she wants to really learn to become the best possible witch she can be."

Then they heard a knock on the door. Faragonda invited the person at the door in. As Darcy entered the office Concorda left the office through a secret doorway. Faragonda took a good look at Darcy with a smile on her face while Darcy was looking down.

"Why are you always looking down when you come to me?" Faragonda asked her.

"I still feel bad about the things I did in the past. I can't look you in the eyes without feeling guilt."

"Maybe it 's about time you forgive yourself for the things you did in the past. Now that is not what you are here for. I want to teach you to use a new kind of magic instead of the dark arts of mind control and hypnoses. It will help you to find a new source of power of which you can receive most power besides the power you already have mastered. Everyone has a positive power and a negative power. It is the development of the two powers that decide which power will be your primary source of power and which will be your secondary source of power. In your case it 's the negative power that is your primary source of power. Now lets find out this year what your secondary source of power is."

"How are we going to find that out?" Darcy asked.

"When you arrived yesterday a Pixie had been probing and testing you to see for secondary powers. One of them is most likely your secondary source of power. I have seen the test results but they are a bit inconclusive. Four powers were indicated as a secondary source."

"What? You had me tested?"

"Yes, as you are now a student of Alfea we feel that we need to develop your positive power and source of magic. Now for the four powers that are pointed out as likely candidates as your secondary source of power: they are water magic, fire magic, moon magic and life magic. They are considerably better than other magic powers even though you seem to have some affection for nature magic."

"I happen to love flowers."

"Ah, I like witches who have a feel for the better things in life." Faragonda said.

"So what are we going to do now."

"We are going to practise a number of simple spells related to the different kinds of magic we were discussing earlier. Lets start of with fire magic today since you had lessons from Bloom you may have acquired some knowledge about that."

"Wanna see my fire blast?" Darcy asked

"No, the office isn't suited to do an attack like that."

"I was thinking about doing it outdoor actually." Darcy replied which made Faragonda laugh. The two of them started training fire magic and soon Darcy was feeling more comfortable around Ms Faragonda."

In the Winx dorm room.

Bloom walked in the dorm where everybody was in their room studying. She decided to do some studying on her own. The moment she stepped into her room Flora looked up from her books.

"Hey Bloom, your cell phone has been ringing several times, I think Sky must be very anxious to hear from you again."

"We saw each other yesterday before Darcy and I arrived here and we have made plans for tomorrow evening so there is no reason to miss me that much." Bloom said as she picked up her cell phone. She looked up how many times he had already called and right at that moment her phone rang again. She picked up wondering why Sky would call her six times within the last 45 minutes.

"Hello Baby,..." she said but got interrupted by Sky

"Diaspro has disappeared yesterday after attacking her mother. She may have gone mad or something so if she shows up at Alfea try to keep her there until we get there to bring her home."

"What?" Bloom wondered.

"I know it sounds weird but I think that she might be in danger." she heard but deep inside her she felt a cold hand reaching out for Diaspro.