Oh, wow. I never thought that when I started this story, that I would even reach 20 chapters! Thank you to everyone who regularly reads this story.
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Chapter 20
"Girls, your back?" the headmistress's assistant asked in surprise as Ayesha, Renee, Lily, Aurora, Electra, Chrissy, Bella, Nagi, and Melody appeared in the Alfea courtyard.
"Yes," said Renee. "The great evil came and consumed Che Diavolo."
"But Misty, Illy, and Freeze used their powers to slow down the great evil, so we had time to escape," Lilly explained.
"I will tell the headmistress," said the assistant. "She will not be happy about this."
"Melody!" Harmony and Ryan exclaimed when they saw their sister.
"We were so worried about you!" said Harmony.
"Where have you been?" Ryan asked.
"I was on Che Diavolo with the other descendants," Melody replied.
"But that's so dangerous!" exclaimed Harmony. "How could you?"
Melody remained silent.
"Melody, you have to be more careful," said Ryan. "You can't just run off like that! We need you here, with us. When you disappeared, it was like my eyes were opened. Every wrong move could take you away from us. It's all part of being winx descendants."
Suddenly, there was a bright flash of light. When if faded, everyone looked exactly the same.
"Wasn't that the descendix light?" Aurora asked.
"I thought it was," said Ayesha, "but no one appears to be different."
A beam of energy shot out of Ryan's hands. "Oh my god! I'm a wizard!"
"A descendix wizard no doubt," said Electra. "You probably didn't transform, because you're a boy, and not previously a magical being. To put it simply, you were mortal, and now you're wizard. No transformations."
"Girls," said the headmistress as she came outside. "Come with me. It is urgent."
They followed the headmistress to the door where two other girls joined them
One girl looked very young. She had long black hair with neon green bangs. She was wearing a red strapless shirt, skinny jeans, and blue high heals.
"That's Mia, descendant of Roxy," Harmony explained. "The headmistress has accepted some new recruits since you've been gone. The other girl is Nelliana -Nelly for short-, descendant of Tecna."
Nelly was about 5'3" with waist-length auburn hair, almond shaped hazel eyes, and a pale skin tone. She wore a long lilac T-shirt, skinny jeans, and converse high-tops.
"Just how old is Mia?" Bella asked.
"Eight," Harmony replied.
"Only eight!" Bella exclaimed. "Quick! What level is she?"
"Just basic winx," said Harmony.
"Calm down," Nagi told Bella.
"Nelly, on the other hand, is fourteen," said Harmony. "She's your age, Melody."
The headmistress lead them into the basement of Alfea, where there were holding cells.
"I didn't think a place like Alfea would have holding cells," said Chrissy.
"It was a necessary development," said the headmistress.
Damy and Ember were stand outside the nearest cell. Inside the nearest cell was Carmen.
"You!" Bella yelled at Carmen.
"She showed up last night saying that she came in peace and was actually on our side the entire time," Ember explained.
"But we don't believe her, so we locked her in here," Damy finished the explanation.
"Carmen?" Mia asked.
"Mia?" asked Carmen.
"You two know each other?" Renee asked in disbelief.
"We used to play together as children," said Mia.
"You are children," Nagi pointed out.
"Smaller children, then," said Carmen.
"Do you think that we can trust her?" the headmistress asked Mia.
"Absolutely," Mia replied.
The headmistress then decided to take Mia's word for it, and let Carmen out of the cell and into the team.