Chapter 21: The Power of Believing
I stood back as I watched my friends and Ms. Faragonda stand together, facing the enemy. I sneered at Madea's smug face and Crystal looking like she was about to burst from excitement. Ms. Faragonda stood straight up in front of the other five Winx.
"Alright; get ready, girls," she said. "Remember, focus your energy and believe in one another as well as yourselves. Rachel, start us off!"
"I'm on it!" Rachel walked in front of Faragonda. "Drop of Light!" Her attack glowed bright yellow in a perfect beam of energy.
"Burst of Sound!" Melody's attack combined with Rachel's and turned it orange.
"Ivy Enchantment!" Violet shouted.
"Digital Data Storm!" Went Nicole.
"Water Whirlpool!" Then came Cheyenne. All of their attacks combined into a multi-colored beam that blasted straight to Madea and Crystal.
"Convergence!" All the girls shouted in unison. Their combined attack sent the twins flying, flinging into the wall, which they collided with a thud and fell to the ground.
I punched the air in excitement. "Way to go, guys!" I congratulated my friends. They all nodded at me and smiled; Faragonda nodded at them proudly. My happiness at my friends' success was suddenly cut short by the sound of cackled laughter. I turned to see the Trix floating in the air above us; each of them had grins on their faces. I wrinkled my brow; why were they so happy? Didn't we just take down their minions? Something was going on.
"Well done," Icy said. "You five pixies managed to do a convergence attack; color me impressed."
"Then why are you looking so cheerful?" Melody interrogated.
"Because there's no way your attack can defeat US!" Stormy said.
"What makes you so sure?" Violet asked.
"We're never wrong," Icy said. "You may think you're able to beat us but it's going to take a little more than what you just did to send us packing, sister!"
"We'll see about that!" Rachel shouted.
The five of them used their convergence attack again but the Trix were prepared. They used their own combined attack which was clearly stronger. I clenched my fist; we were losing and I was too powerless to do anything. I had to do something; any later and my friends would be turned to fairy dust and I wouldn't let that happen. But what could I do? I shut my eyes and clutched the top of my head; 'think,' I thought to myself. 'There has to be has to be a way…' Suddenly Faragonda's words came into my mind: 'Believe in one another as well as yourselves!' Believe in myself…and my friends; I looked up at them fighting using all they had; I could see how well they worked together and I realized something. I remembered something my Mom once told me: 'It doesn't matter who or what you face as long as you believe in yourself and the people who love you.'
"I do believe in myself," I said silently; and then I felt all my energy come back. "I DO BELIEVE!"
I felt empowered with so much energy; it was as if my own spirit was joining with my magical essence. I transformed and flew up into the air to join my friends' attack with a Dragon's Mighty Flame. My attack increased the convergence incredibly; Faragonda also joined in. The Trix seemed surprised and their attack began to grow weaker as ours grew stronger.
"W-what's happening?" Darcy said.
"So…so much…positive energy," Stormy stammered. "I…can't take…can't take so much at once!"
"No, no!" Icy growled. "This can't be; they are just a bunch of weak, puny, freshmen fairies! It's not possible for them to be this…powerful! Ugh!"
With a groan the witches fell to the ground; Madea and Crystal helped Darcy and Stormy up while Icy got up on her own. She huffed and growled as all seven of us fairies flew down.
"You little pixies!" She snarled. "You think you can beat us; just you wait! We'll be back and, when we meet again, you'll all be sorry!"
In a flash they were gone; my friends and I shared glances before jumping into the air and cheering. We grabbed each other in a big group hug and jumped up and down. Neither of us could believe what just happened.
"We did great!" Nicole beamed.
"Great? We were off the wall!" Melody cried.
"Totally awesome!" Rachel and Cheyenne said at the same time, and then jinxed and double jinxed at each other, and then giggled.
Violet and I hugged each other for long time.
"I'm so glad you're okay," She said as we pulled apart. "And I'm so proud of you, Izzy. How did you manage to attack?"
"Yeah!" The girls agreed.
I smiled and shrugged. "I just did what Ms. Faragonda said; I believed in myself and in you guys."
I winked at Faragonda, who smiled.
"You all did very well," She said. "I'm extremely proud; though this isn't your last battle with the witches, you have made your families and your school quite proud."
We smiled and then hugged each other one last time before heading back to Alfea.