This episode is mostly informational and setting up future events. After this episode, there's more action


Previously on Vixen:

"Leave before we are forced to destroy you," Negra said. She shot several powerful blasts at Gorgo, all of which he blocked with Morfix. Her final shot, however, he didn't dodge. In fact, he shot through the sky and grabbed her wrists as she was about to fire. She was shocked and when she opened her eyes, Gorgo was glowing with more power.

"Now, who's next?" Gorgo said turning to the rest of the faculty.

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Avery said. "Gorgo was after my mother's magic. He's from a gypsy tribe that historically steals magic. The Kallin."

"We can research them," Kaida said. "The more we know, the better we can prepare for when he comes back."

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"There's something very familiar about the way that Opaque guy fought," Kaida said. She then turned to Trine. "Does Ebony have an older brother?"

"Why are you asking me?" Trine asked.

"You dated her," Cicada said. "I understand if you've tried to forget that fact, but it still makes it true."

Trine rolled his blue eyes. "Um, I think she mentioned an older brother. Why?"

"Wanna bet that he's Opaque?" Angel said. "And I'm betting the Chill and Frosty are related as well."

"And, this matters because?" Violet asked.

"Actually, she has a point," Marvel said. "So they have siblings. Not much we can do about it. They're still in the tournament legally and haven't broken any rules."

"Just, for future reference," Angel said sheepishly. "You know, for the next time they try to destroy us."


Episode 9: The Best Deceptions (1)

"Where is she?" Cicada asked. She was looking everywhere for her roommate, Zing and Trick following her. "Come on, Trick, you have to know where she is. You're bonded to her, for the Dragon's sake!"

"If I knew where she was, I wouldn't be searching with you," Trick said.

"Granted, you have an amazing talent for losing things," Zing said to Cicada. "You lost that cricket food, the earrings from your cousins, who knows how many text books…"

"Who says I lost those by accident," Cicada asked. "Not like I ever used them."

"You should," Kaida's voice said behind them. "I got a message that you were tearing up the school looking for me?"

"Yes!" Cicada said, throwing an arm over Kaida's shoulders. "Where have you been? I searched everywhere!"

"Except the library, like the note I left on the message board for you said I would be at," Kaida said. "And where I'm constantly."

"You were at the library?" Cicada asked. "Why? Wait, you left a note for me on the message board?"

"Yes," Kaida said. "I was researching the Kallin and doing my homework as usual… and yes, I did leave you a message."

"Maybe I should have looked at that," Cicada said.

"You think?" Zing questions with a cynical tone.

"So, you were looking for me?" Kaida asked.

"That was obvious," Trick said.

Kaida waited a moment, then asked, "Any particular reason?"

"Oh, yeah," Cicaca said. "We're thinking of doing a movie, and I need your vote so I can get my movie. And, you spend too much time studying."

"What are the movie choices?" Kaida asked.

"Uh… I forgot them," she said. "My choice is Z-Men Origin: Badger."

"And you were hoping that I'd jump on that and not care about the other four movies the girls want to watch?"

"Oh, no, there's only two other," Trick said. "Emerald and Violet agree with Cicada. Trend, Angel, Celeste, and Daisy want Nick and Norah's Infinite Spell-list, and Avery wants a movie called Gran Torino, that none of us has heard of."

"Oh, I hear that's really good," Kaida said. "My father actually raved about it in the last e-mail I got from my parents."

"No, you need to agree with me," Cicada said. "Or Nick and Norah wins."

Kaida sighed. "I'm actually really busy today," she said. "I was going to go into town and the use the library there. It's so much bigger, and Alfea's library has a lot of restricted books."

"They're probably restricted for a reason," Cicada said.

Kaida shrugged. "They're restricted to keep those that are mildly interested out," Kaida said. "I'm more than mildly interested." She turned away, then said, "Enjoy Nick and Norah."

"You know, you're never living down that loss," Opaque said to his cousin Chill.

"Yeah," Cyclone said with a laugh. Chill narrowed his eyes and suddenly Cyclone was shivering instead of laughing.

"What are we even doing here?" Opaque asked. "You want to see your girlfriend, but Cyke and I really have no business here."

"Frosty told us all to come," Chill said. "Peaked my interest."

"Didn't peak mine," Cyclone said.

"It will," a male voice sounded out from behind the three boys. They turned around to see a man concealed in shadow. No one else seemed to notice him.

"And you are?" Chill asked.

"The one that summoned you three here," he said.

Opaque smirked. "Man, Frosty, you ought to look in the mirror. Your feminine features have disappeared."

"That witch was merely a tool through which to contact you," the man said. "She has no memory of calling you."

"So, what is so important that you called us forth for?" Chill asked.

"I am acquiring powers," the man said. He waved a hand and suddenly, they were in a large, circular room. The man walked from the center, and sat in a throne-like chair. Around the room were books and pictures of mystical objects. Some of the objects sat on tables around the room. "To use these objects, one must have magic."

"From what I've seen, you've got that," Opaque said. He lifted a dagger and began playing with it, tossing it, catching it, spinning it in his hand.

"But to get their full potential, I need a specific power," the man said. The three boys turned to him and were only slightly surprised that it was Gorgo they were talking to. "The power of Excalibur."

"Which a fairy has, if I am correct," Chill said. "So, you need us because…?"

"I need her separated from her friends," Gorgo said. "I have to single each one out, and take their powers one by one. She has to use the source, and she will only do that if her friends are at risk."

"So, you think we should put ourselves at risk for you?" Opaque asked.

"What do we get?" Cyclone asked.

"You get to keep your powers," Gorgo said. "And, once I rule the universe, you will have power as well. Pretty much, you'll get anything you want."

Chill smirked. "We'll have to think about it."

"Well, don't take too much time," Gorgo said. "Because, if you're not with me by my next attack, you're against me."

Suddenly, they were back in Magix, right where they had been a few moments ago. The three guys looked at one another, then spotted Kaida walking into the town library.

"Isn't that one of the Vixen girls that Frosty and the others had so much trouble with last year?" Cyclone asked.

"Yeah," Chill said. "She's also friends with the girl with the powers of Excalibur."

"Wonder why she's here rather than the stupid Alfea library?" Opaque asked.

"Let's find out," Chill said, and the three boys followed the small fairy inside.

Kaida approached the search index and asked for books on the Kalin. The list of books that she received led her mostly to mythical and legends books. However, she knew that most legends were rooted in truth, so she sat down and began reading anyway, copying the most important ideas into her notebook.

"I wonder what the Kalin is," Cyclone said.

"It's a gypsy tribe," Opaque said.

Chill looked oddly at his cousin. "How do you know that?"

"My dad has Kalin roots," Opaque said.

"So, you're a little gypsy man?" Cyclone asked, then began laughing.

"Shut it," Chill said, slapping a hand over Cyclone's mouth. "Do you want us to be kicked out?"

"So, why is she researching the Kalin?" Opaque asked.

"Let's do some of our own researching," Chill said. "I'll check on the computer, Opaque, you use mystical means of research. Cyclone… keep an eye on her."

"Let's see…" Kaida grabbed a book from the shelves, flipped it open for a second, then put it back. Then she spotted a book that looked very promising. "I don't think this was even listed…" She grabbed it. "The Kalin: A Guide to Kalin Mystics." She walked to the table again and flipped it open. Rather than finding words and text, she was sucked into the book, or she felt she was.

Before her stood a woman of light. Kaida couldn't make out any of the features. "You seek to use the power of the Kalin?" the woman asked. "And yet, it is not in your blood."

"N-no," Kaida said. "I am not."

"Then, why have you opened the book of Mystical Kalin Enchantments?"

"I didn't realize… I'm researching," Kaida said. "I thought this book might help me understand how a Kalin man could steal powers."

"The Kalin have many abilities," the woman said. "If one must steal powers, it is for the greater good."

"No," Kaida said. "He is stealing them for his own use. He takes it from anyone he can get powers from. He attacked a school."

"Lying will not be tolerated in my presence," the woman said. "For such treachery, you must pay." Suddenly, a beam of light hit Kaida and she fell to her knees in pain.

"I'm not lying," Kaida said, her teeth gritted. "Only thirteen girls from the Beta Academy for Fairies still have magic after his attack. He attacked at a tournament, and stole the magic from the exhausted winner. His name is Gorgo."

The pain stopped and Kaida looked up. "Gorgo is of the Dark Kalin, the group of mystics that have no control of their powers, and don't try to control it. The man you speak of is not of true Kalin measure."

"Do you know what he wants?" Kaida asked.

"I cannot help you," she said. "But I can point you in the correct direction. Many years ago, Gorgo shared his magic with a man named Krannert. Krannert, an offspring from a woman who had abandoned her Kalin roots, used this power to absorb powers using a crystal. In a different timeline, the world you know does not exist, and Gorgo is an army general. However, a princess of the Kingdom of Sparks went into the past and, with the help of friends, corrected those wrongs, creating this timeline."

"Princess of the Kingdom of Sparks?" Kaida asked. "Do you mean Angel?"

"Yes," the woman said. "But it is not the Angel you know. This Angel grew up without her parents, and often changing homes. The women affectionately known as the Winx Club were almost all captured. Much of what you take for granted did not exist."

"What does this have to do with Gorgo?" Kaida asked.

The woman nodded. "I'll show you." She waved her hand through the air, and the darkness turned into a classroom scene. Kaida recognized many of the girls, but there was something different about them. Vixen weren't all sitting together. Emerald and Cicada were in the center of the classroom, about the only two with any hint of smiles on their faces. Avery and herself were near the front, both taking studious notes. And in the back corner, Angel, Celeste, and Daisy were in the back. Celeste wasn't as put together as Kaida remembered her, Daisy was wearing less revealing clothes (which was saying something), and Angel looked fierce, wearing a look Kaida only ever saw on Avery.

Suddenly, wailing alarms went off and many of the girls began to panic. Kaida was surprised that this version of her dropped her pen and crawled under her desk, as did Avery. Angel, however, ran to the window and looked out.

"Just Gorgo," she said.

Avery whimpered and the other Kaida reached out, comforting her. "He's not here for you, Ave, you know that."

"Just?" Daisy asked.

"Well, his troops too," Angel said as she ran to the door.

"Angel, wait," Avalon called, but she was transformed. Kaida followed the scene, noticing Celeste and a few select girls and faculty behind her.

"Get out of here," Angel yelled bursting out the front doors.

Gorgo held a sword that Kaida immediately recognized. It looked just like the sword Avery materialized, only more corporeal. "Sorry, Princess, but my orders are to take you in… alive." He swung the sword, which sent a powerful wave that pushed everyone back. "Not that I'm one for orders. After all, I was also told to leave that purple-haired duchess alone, but no one did a thing when I stole her powers. And now all my collectibles have nice new powers that I can activate."

"You stole those powers from the Duchess of Camelot," Celeste yelled. "Just because you possess them now doesn't mean you know how to use them."

Gorgo smirked. "They let me get this sword, didn't they?"

The vision faded from sight, and Kaida was in the darkness with the woman again. "Do you understand?"

"Understand what?" Kaida asked.

"What his treachery can cause," the woman said. "A single drop of his magic caused that future. He was, however, killed when evil was at the peak of its power in that universe… a levebike was crashed into him. He is still a man, but he has one desire."

"That future, Avery's mother, she's still alive, isn't she?" Kaida asked.

"Yes, she lived past Gorgo attacking her, but not with her powers," the woman said. "But his attack wasn't when your friend was very young. It had just happened."

"Is there anything else that can help me?" Kaida asked.

"I'm sorry, I've told you all I can," the woman said and she slowly faded.

Kaida opened her eyes to find a librarian lightly shaking her. "You fell asleep there, miss."

"Oh, I'm sorry," Kaida said and closed the book. She looked at the books. "Um, I think I'm finished with these. Where should I leave them?"

"I'll take them," the librarian said. "Anything else you'd like to look up?"

Kaida thought for a moment. "Yes. Is there any information on a man named Krannert?"

The lady looked at Kaida. "Why would you want to know about a dark man like him? He tried to take over the universe about twenty-five years ago. Had a good shot at it, but was stopped by the Winx Club. Try the Newspaper archives. I'm not sure if we have any actual books on him."

"Thanks," Kaida said and she made her way to the archives.

"What's she been up to?" Chill asked Cyclone.

"Well, she fell asleep," Cyclone reported. He handed Chill a few pieces of paper. "Those were her notes. I had them copied while she was catching Z's, but I don't think it was a natural sleep. And, get this, now she's off to research Uncle Kran."

"Why?"

"Don't know," Cyclone said. "She decided to do so after the librarian woke her up."

Chill thought for a moment. "It seems that maybe Opaque has been hiding something from us."


Next time on Vixen:

Avery is still having trouble controlling her powers. When a power surge almost kills her, Mr. Faragonda is forced to help her help her drain it.


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