(Afternoon; about a week later; Alfea. POV- Ami)
I never mean to hurt her. It was an accident, really. I'm no good at friendship, especially with other girls. I tried to warn Layla, who told the other girls, but she wouldn't listen. She can be really stubborn, that Stella.
"C'mon, show us your winx form," she said. "Please?"
"Fine," I said, giving in finally, after all her pestering. I sighed and turned into that strange fairy-thing, my "winx form", as they all call it here. Stella and Layla's friends all seemed to be impressed, but why, I don't really know.
One of the other girls, Tecna, said, "I think you should try to learn more about your powers, so you'll get a better understanding of how to use them. But to do that, you might need someone to practice with."
"I'll help!" Stella said, turning into her winx form. "Don't worry, I'll be careful, since your new and all, but you shouldn't hold anything back!" She sent some sort of attack at me, and I just barely dodged it by flying upwards. Bad idea, since I really hate heights. Anyways, she kept doing the same thing, and I soon got the hang of flying to avoid attacks and other...obstacles in my ways. In other words, I was paying more attention to Stella, behind me, then I was of what was in front, a tree. I almost flew into it, but when I noticed it and muttered, "I wish that tree wasn't there," it disappeared! I flew past it, and as Stella drew nearer, I mumbled, "Reappear," and it did.
Stella flew into it and fell, back in her regular form. "Hey, that hurt!" she whined.
"How did you do that?" Flora asked me.
I shrugged, landing and turning back into my normal form. "I dunno. When I wanted it to disappear, it did, and I brought it back somehow, when I wanted it back." I turned and Stella and added, "You did say to not hold back once I figured out what I was doing."
"Yeah, but I didn't think you'd catch on so fast," she replied.
"Oh well, doesn't matter now," I said. "Now stop being such a baby and get up." She didn't move. "C'mon, get up," I repeated, colder this time. She still wouldn't move.
Flora and Bloom helped Stella up. Musa looked at me and said, "Jeez, calm down, will ya?"
"If she were attacked by someone or something, and didn't get up when she fell, she'd be in trouble," I said, turning away from her and the other girls.
"Look, you may not have noticed, but we do things a bit differently around here," Musa said. Although I couldn't see her, I could tell she was trying her hardest to hold back her anger. "You're still the new girl here, and we have a lot more experience than you do."
I laughed bitterly at that. I turned and walked over to Musa. "Oh, of course you do," I said sarcastically. "What was I thinking? The fact that I grew up in the worst town in Japan; witnessed my brother's death; watched as my parents got divorced; did nothing when my father left for France without so much as a goodbye or anything; have been constantly tormented by my older sister; spent what felt like an eternity in the Digital World; and now finding out I'm not even related to the broken family I do have; not to mention the nightmares about these people made of shadows, a creepy skeleton and his monster army must prove that I have no idea what I'm talking about. Just because I'm new here doesn't mean I'm an idiot." I turned and walked away, back to my dorm, not waiting for anyone to reply. Stormy was there, drawing a picture of Koichi.
I sat on my bed and watched her for a minute, then got up again and went outside. I found myself walking towards Red Fountain, why, I didn't know. Koichi walked past me. A pixie in an ancient Greek-styled dress was flying around outside as well. "Hey, Koichi?"
"What?" he said, not turning to face me.
"Have you had a feeling like...well, like something was wrong in your life, and everyone you know never really told you the truth about anything?" I knew I probably sounded stupid, but I didn't really care.
"Yeah. I feel I was from here and raised here," said Koichi.
"Same here," I said, sitting on a tree stump. "That day, when you beat those other guys to Alfea in that race, it was like you already knew what you were doing, as if you had been riding on those things all your life. You looked real calm and confident. I felt the same way earlier today. It's like, neither of us if really from the world we thought we were from, you know?"
"It's like we were really divided from our real homes. Oh, and somehow, I know who your pixie is," said Koichi. He pointed at the pixie flying around. Her name was Athena.
I looked at Athena for a minute, then nodded. "Wow, you're right, I can feel it." I smiled a bit. Athena flew to me.
"Darkar, may I get the boy?" asked Icy, bowing. She and Darkar were in the Under Realm. Darkar nodded. Icy appeared between me and Koichi. She captured Koichi and then disappeared. She pushed Koichi to Darkar. Koichi got up.
I turned into my winx form, but I didn't know how to follow Icy. I didn't even know there was place called the Under Realm at the time, either.
"Darkar, stay away from me," said Koichi. He somehow knew all about Darkar.
This is not cool, I thought, somehow knowing that Icy was no good. "I've gotta get to Koichi!" Just as I said that, I found myself in the "Under Realm", just out of sight of Koichi and a creepy skeleton-man. My eye grew wide, I had seen him before, in my dreams!
The skeleton, Darkar, merely laughed. "Hand over the codex!" he told Koichi.
"What's a codex?" Koichi asked.
Darkar sighed. "It's a part of a map needed to open the realm of Realix. Up until now, I thought there were only four parts, but I know now there are five, and you have the fifth one," he said. Koichi shouted in pain. Icy had lifted him in the air and a light blue beam was hitting Koichi's back. Koichi coughed up blood, but not the codex.
I gasped. "Let go of him!" I heard myself shout as I flew to Icy and Koichi. Icy attacked me with Ice Coffin. I wasn't expecting that (though I guess I should have), and fell back. I sat up and rubbed the back of my head before flying up again. This time, I was sure I was ready for anything she might retaliate with as I attacked her. But I missed.
Koichi coughed up the codex just before Professor Seladin and Mrs. Fairygonda appeared. Luckily, Professor Seladin grabbed it before Darkar could. "You almost lost the codex, my dear boy," said Mrs. Fairygonda in a sweet voice.
"Are you all right?" Professor Seladin asked. Koichi nodded. Icy let go of him.
Professor Seladin nodded approvingly. "That's very good," he said.
"Koichi, we should tell you about your birth parents at Red Fountain," Mrs. Fairygonda said, teleporting to Red Fountain.
At Red Fountain...
Koichi sat down in front of Professor Seladin and Mrs. Fairygonda. "Koichi, your parents were the original keepers of the codex. They fought Darkar and had left after hiding the five codexes and you. When you came to Red Fountain, we knew the child of the codex would protect the realm from Darkar," said Mrs. Fairygonda.
Koichi gasped. "Are they alive?" he asked. Mrs. Fairygonda nodded, making Koichi happy that his real parents were alive, even if they were in a different realm.
Professor Seladin smiled. "I thought you'd be glad to hear this all," he said.
Koichi looked at me. I looked back at him. "What?" I asked, just after turning back to my normal form. Koichi told me the story and walked away. I blinked and watched him go. Koichi walked to the lake and splashed a pebble against the water.
I knew I should probably have been getting back to school, but I shrugged and walked over to him. "Are you okay?"
"No," he replied, throwing another rock into the lake.
I sat down next to him. "What's bugging you? I thought you would have been glad, now that you know about your real family."
"You would think so. Something could have happened to them when I was teleported to my new mom. They could be dead," said Koichi. His mother, Amera, and his father, Dren, were in the Realm of Realix, protecting the ultimate power because it was destined for him.
"Oh. Well, at least you know there's a chance they are alive," I replied.
"I know," Koichi said.
"Sorry I couldn't get you away from Darkar," I said.
"It's okay."
That night, Koichi had a dream. He saw a woman with long bluish-black hair and brown eyes and a man with blond hair and dark blue eyes. They wore pale kimonos. The woman was Amera, his mom, and the man was Dren, his dad. Dren smiled.
"Who are you?" Koichi asked. He saw in Amera's arm was a 1 year old version of himself.
Koichi ran into Amera and fell through her. Lowemon appeared.
"Koichi, this is you and your family when you were 2," said Lowemon.
"Doesn't our son look so cute, Dren? I can't believe we have to take him to that planet Earth and we're going to the Realm of Realix," said Amera.
"I know. But he'll be safer there," Dren replied.
Amera laid baby Koichi down. "Use all of my powers to send my dear son to Earth and send Dren and I to the Realm of Realix to protect Koichi's powers!" Amera, holding Dren, was sent to the Realm of Realix and baby Koichi was sent to Earth.
Koichi told me his dream the next day. "Whoa," I said, "That's weird."
"I know," Koichi said. He got up and ran past Darkar, whom he hadn't noticed in the forest.
Darkar grinned. "This is too easy," he said, grabbing Koichi and appearing in the Under Realm. But Koichi didn't notice anything. Because he was so sad, his eyes seemed like they were a duller shade than normal.
Knowing something was wrong, I turned into my winx form and teleported myself to the Under Realm. When I saw Koichi in Darkar's grasp, I clenched my fists and flew at Darkar as fast as I could. Once I was close enough, I attacked him. Unfortunately, he was quicker than I thought, and dodged it.
Icy froze my legs and sent me to Alfea in my normal form. I swore at myself for being stupid enough to think I could handle something like going to the Under Realm on my own.
Koichi, suddenly, noticed Darkar. "What do you want Darkar?"
Icy walked to them. "Kid, we know you want your parents and we want the codexes. Maybe we can work out a plan for us to have both?" she said.
"I accept it," he said. They only needed the Alfea Codex before going to the Realm of Realix.
Layla and her friends walked over to me and started to ask what I had been, but I said it wasn't important and quickly told them all I knew about what had just happened.
Musa looked away from me. Koichi appeared at Alfea and walked towards the secret room Stormy had showed him. He opened the door with some magic. He walked into the room Bloom walked into in the 2nd year in the first episode. He pushed the books around and grabbed the codex. He said into his ear, "I'm ready to leave, Darkar." He had a spy earring on that was sending messages to Darkar.
"What?" Layla exclaimed. "Where is he?"
"Not very far," Bloom said. "I can sense it." She led us to the room Koichi was in. Koichi attacked Bloom with a dark energy spear. Shejust barely dodged it. She, Stella, and Layla turned into their winx forms.
"Koichi, what are you doing!" I practically shouted.
Koichi ran off until Icy grabbed him and took him to the Under Realm. Stormy and Darcy ran to me. "Ami, I know where he went. He went to the Under Realm. I heard it a long time ago," said Stormy.
"Where'd they go?" I asked, silently wondering why he was acting so differently.
"To the Under Realm, Ami," Athena said, flying to me.
I felt a shiver run down my spine. "Of course," I muttered. "I should've known."
Koichi walked with Darkar to the portal. Hehanded over his own codex and the Alfea codex. Soon, they appeared in Realix.
"They're not in the Under Realm anymore," I said suddenly. "I don't know where they are, but it's not there."
"They must be in Realix already!" Flora said.
In Realix, Amera appeared. She wore a long light purple dress. She hugged Koichi. "Koichi, I've missed you," she said.
Dren followed. His pants and shirt were white. "It's good to see you again," he said.
"Who are you?" Koichi asked.
Dren blinked. "You must not remember us," he said. "We're your parents."
"Oh," said Koichi. He began to cry. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have let Darkar make me hand over the codexes."
"It's alright, we can still get them back. Somehow," Dren said.
Amera entered the ultimate power into Koichi without the spell. "I'm glad I've saved the ultimate power for you." She cast a spell to make Darkar teleport back to the Under Realm and never be able to come back soon. Amera walked out with Dren, holding Koichi's hand. She waved at us, who were there now as well.
"He's back to normal," I said.
"Cool, so can we get outta here?" Stella asked. Bloom nodded.
But Koichi shook his head. "I'm staying on my realm, the realm of harmony."
"But you have to come back," Layla said. "You have to go back to school."
Dren nodded. "She's right. Don't worry, we'll be here when you come back."
"Okay," said Koichi. Musa teleported us all back.
It was really late at night by now. I yawned and went to bed.
