Saving Faragonda

When the Winx get to Mrs. Faragonda, the pixies are already there - they had a run-in with some giant cats, Amore cast a spell on them so that they would be loving, then Piff put them to sleep after a few hours of petting.

After all that, Lockette tried using her key again, and it led them to an old oak tree - that had Mrs. Faragonda's face coming out of one side!

Flora can't free her - Mrs. Faragonda's life force is mixed in with the tree's.

The tree grew around Faragonda using Hibernation magic - a rare form of magic that only the elders on Flora's planet, Lynphea, know the secrets to.

They decide to go there the very next day, because it is getting late and they will need all their strength.

A robed figure watches them from up a tree, especially Aisha.

He doesn't go down to them, just follows them for a while - then goes to Magix City.

The pixies stay with the tree, and another robed figure listens to what they are telling Faragonda.

Particularly what Lockette says: the rest of the Winx are going to Lynphea to find a way to break the spell.

The figure is Lucy this time, and she turns into a snake and goes back to Cloudtower to tell Valtor.


*Cloudtower*

Valtor gives Stormy a boost in magic - a charm that makes her powers twice as strong.

"Well, how does it feel?"

"Electric!" Stormy holds her hands apart and lightning dances between them.

Lucy comes in and tells Valtor about the Winx's mission - and he comments that it would be nice if someone would finish the five fairies off.

Stormy leaves with the excuse of trying out her new powers, and Icy says she has something to take care of as well.

Darcy goes to watch Bloom for a while, as the Winx go to Lynphea.


*Lynphea*

Flora's little sister Miele meets up with them, and tells them that the sage is expecting them.

They go to the City of Flowers - where technology is forbidden and the winds from the mountains are too strong to fly through.

They take an air-leaf, which feels sturdy - they just have to hang on.


Stormy makes a dimensional passage to Lynphea, and Icy sees it and starts to jealously argue with her.

The three sisters have been doing that a lot lately - especially when on guard duty in front of Bloom cell, giving Bloom a good laugh.

The first time she almost couldn't stop, finally choking out "You all have a crush on him! That's hysterical - especially from Icy!"

The ice witch took immediate offense, asking "Why? Care to let us in on the joke Bloom?"

The temperature was dropping, but Bloom didn't really care.

"You have an ice cube for a heart - I didn't really expect you to have any feelings other than greed and coldness. And besides, you three only want him because he is the most powerful person you've ever met."

She started laughing again when Icy lost her temper and tried to freeze her - and her powers bounced back and hit her instead.

"Oh, that never gets old! Do it again, I'm begging you!"

She held her aching sides, and tears were streaming down her face as she tried to breathe through her laughter.


Stormy summons storm harpies to attack the Winx while they ride the air-leaf.

Stella discovers her Enchantix wings are strong enough to fly in the strong winds, so the three with Enchantix fly out and fight most of the harpies.

Flora and Techna take care of the ones that slip through, and soon enough they are all beaten.


Darcy looks in the crystal ball, and scrys Stormy on Lynphea.

She does the same with Icy and sees her on the Nature planet as well - then decides that her sisters are not going to show her up in front of Valtor.


Miele and the Winx get to the Sage of Lynphea and she tells them that a special tree called the Black Willow weeps.

Its tears can turn back time - and they have to get some to Mrs. Faragonda fast.

Soon the spell will be irreversible - so they have to hurry.

The five fairies ride giant ladybugs to the water stairway, and Flora sends Miele home.


Icy and Darcy meet and start jealously fighting.

Then Stormy shows up and they all start fighting amongst themselves.

Bloom's words amidst her laughter go through Darcy's mind, and she suddenly starts laughing as well.

When her sisters wonder what's so funny, she says "I can't believe it. We're actually fighting over a guy!"

The other two start laughing also - turns out Bloom was right.


The Winx climb up to the willow, and then discover that Miele came anyway.

Stella has the great idea to get the magical water using a magical goblet she makes using a rock.

The Trix ambush them though, and Darcy poisons the Black Willow.

When Flora uncharacteristically attacks her for it, she is knocked to the ground - and then Miele takes a hit meant for her sister.

She is thrown into the brown water - and Flora does a spell called 'Venus Gobbler.'

Three Venus flytraps grow out of the ground and swallow the Trix whole - and Flora jumps into the poisoned water after her sister.

She gets to her, and makes a magical bubble to carry Miele up to the surface.

A tear from the willow turns the water pure again, and Miele tells the Winx what Flora did while crying.

Flora earns her Enchantix, and uses her fairy dust to bring the willow's branches to life and grab the Trix.

The three witches are thrown into the water, and Flora flies over to her friends.

As they talk, and Miele thanks Flora for saving her, the Trix climb out of the pool of water - but they aren't the same witches who were thrown in.

They were turned younger!

They look like they're about ten years old, and the Winx all start laughing.

After the three ten-year-old girls run out - and back to Valtor - Stella makes another magic cup to hold the water because Darcy broke the first.

They take the water back to Mrs. Faragonda, and she is restored.


Meanwhile, back in Cloudtower, Valtor sends the Trix to guard Bloom because he is fed up with them for a while.

After about an hour though, he goes down to find Bloom in hysterical laughter while all three witches yell at her futilely.

"Hm, it seems it's a good thing I came down here."

Bloom is sitting on the ground holding her sides like they might split open, and after a minute manages "I don't know what spell you put on them - but do it again, I'm dying to see what they looked like at five!"

Stormy yells "Why you little-"

"If I were you Pigtails, I wouldn't say anything about height. From where I'm standing it looks like you could use a few inches. Oh I can't wait to tell my friends about this…"

Stormy goes a brilliant shade of red while Icy says "It's because of your friends, that we're like this!"

Bloom sputters for a minute before bursting out into an even harder fit of laughter.

The three witches go as red as Bloom's hair, and Valtor says "Enough, you three - out. If all you can do is amuse her, then go."

The three girls pout and walk away, plotting revenge on Bloom - and Flora.

Truth be told, they manage to get to Bloom about half the time - just not lately.

After they started fighting over who Valtor liked the best, Bloom found a new way to get back at them.

But Darcy uses her illusions to trick Bloom, usually of Sky or the Winx, and it would almost always work.

Normally it wouldn't fool Bloom, but she is trapped in the cell; and she can't sense any heat signatures or magic other than Valtor's.


AN: Yeah, I loved the scene where the Trix were turned younger. Bloom's not exactly being herself - but cut her some slack, she's trapped with no way out aside from driving her guards off so she can continue working on breaking the spells in the stones one by one. Desperate times, desperate measures - and besides, would you feel too incredibly bad if you were in her position? Don't forget they haven't even bothered to feed her, she's subsisting on the Dragon Flame by now.