Amera sighed. She sat in her castle. "We should bring Koichi back here for protection. Darkar is still after him," she said. "Darkar has already entered there once with his evil witches. I'm glad two are good now and that one loves my son."

"Don't worry, he'll be fine at school," Dren told her assuringly. "I just know it."

Amera wasn't sure. She wanted her only child to be safe. The next day, she went to Red Fountain. "Professor Seladin, I really want my son to be safe with me until Darkar hasn't been seen for a week."

"Koichi is perfectly safe here, but if you really feel that way, I suppose I must let him go with you," Professor Seladin replied. Amera went Koichi's dorm and pulled him and his bags out. They went back to her castle.

"Professor, where'd Koichi go?" Koji asked Professor Seladin.

"He went with his mother for a week," he replied.

Amera hugged Koichi. He fell asleep, smiling.

Meanwhile, at Alfea, Musa and Ami were arguing about something stupid and not even important to anyone. Ami shook her head, annoyed, and stormed off into the forest. A bodiless voice spoke to her. Little did she know, it had been created by Darkar. "You're not who you think," it told her. "I can show you everything about your family, more than you ever dreamed of."

Ami didn't trust it. "Why should I trust you?" she asked it. "What makes you different from everyone else? How would I know you're not lying as well?"

A red mist appeared in front of her. Slowly, it turned into a human male form. He had short black hair and brown eyes, and was dressed like someone of noble birth. "I would never betray me youngest daughter," Ami's false father, Jiruri said. "But all you need to give to me is the fifth codex."

Ami just looked at him for a minute, not sure what he meant. Finally she remembered all that had happened. "I...I'll get it for you," she said at last. She turned into her winx form and teleported herself to Koichi.

Koichi looked out his bedroom outfit. He wearing an outfit like Dren's, only black. He turned. "Hey Ami," he said.

"Hey," Ami replied emotionlessly. "I'm really sorry about this, but I don't have any other option." One of her hands glowed light purple and a strange sort of energy, the same color, slowly covered Koichi. "Get the codex," she whispered, and it entered Koichi. Koichi gasped and called for the guards. Two guards ran to Koichi and Ami. Once they realized what was going on, one pushed Ami to the floor, breaking her concentration and causing the energy to flow out of Koichi and disappear, while the other made sure Koichi wasn't too badly hurt. Ami got up, the same emotionless look on her face still there, and attacked the two guards. She kept doing this until both were too weak to try and strike back. She turned her attention back to Koichi. Koichi ran away from her.

Ami flew after him. "No use trying to run," she told him. "I'm trying to make this as painless for you as I can. Just...hold...still!" Reluctantly, she sent two more beams of purple at him. They wrapped around him and held him in place tightly. She landed in front of him and mumbled another apology as she sent energy inside him once more. It came back out a few minutes later, with the codex. Koichi was now dead. He had been so scared, and getting the codex taken out of him had put too much unneeded stress on his body, and he just...died.

Ami gasped. "Was it worth it?" she asked herself, unable to take her eyes off Koichi's body.

Jiruri appeared. "It was, my dear."

Ami looked at the ground. She handed him the codex. "You said you could tell me about my past, remember?" she said, her voice shaking slightly.

Jiruri laughed evilly. "Darkar was right! You are stupid!" he shouted. He teleported to Darkar and handed him the codex.

"He's right," Ami told herself sadly. She clenched her fists, now angry. "I've got to get the codex back!" She teleported to Darkar and Jiruri. "You liar!" she shouted. "I can't believe I trusted you!"

"I'm not even your real father!" Jiruri shouted.

Amera gasped and called Dren. She was above Koichi's body. Dren ran to her. When he saw Koichi, he turned very pale.

Ami started shaking, and her eyes grew very wide. "It's true," Darkar told her. "I created him to trick you into getting the codex. Your father, as well as your mother and everyone from Peaceca have been dead for about thirteen years. Well, everyone except you and your sister."

Ami shut her eyes tightly, willing herself to not cry. A light purple mist formed around her and a purple star formed on her left palm. She raised her left hand and aimed it at Darkar. A blast of energy shot at him, causing him to fall back and drop the codex. She grabbed it and turned to take one last look at Jiruri, as if asking him if he wanted to die now or later. But Jiruri was already gone. Ami teleported to Koichi, Amera, and Dren. Amera was weeping, and Koichi was in a coffin. Dren had his arm around her.

"I'm so sorry," Ami said softly. "I didn't know things would go this far. But I brought this back to you." She handed Amera the codex. Amera cast a spell to make the codex give back Koichi's life. Koichi awoke.

"Koichi, I...I'm so sorry I did that to you. I had no idea..." Ami's voice trailed off as she turned away, not wanting him or his parents to see she had started to cry.

"It's okay," said Koichi.

"No, it isn't," Ami said. "I killed you, remember? You're only alive now because of those damned liars." Koichi sighed. Ami teleported away.

Koichi teleported to Ami. He hugged her. Ami turned away. "What are you doing here?" she asked him. "Shouldn't you be with your parents?"

"I want you to feel better," said Koichi. Ami didn't reply. She just looked at the ground. Koichi sighed.

"You're so lucky," Ami said quietly after a minute.

"Why?" Koichi asked.

Ami turned to face him. "Because not only did you have someone on Earth who truly loved you, but you also had a brother," she said. "Even if you two aren't really related, Koji's still your brother. And you've got two real parents who'd protect you no matter what."

"Ami, do you want my family to adopt you?" Koichi asked.

Ami shook her head. "No, that's okay," she said. "But thanks."

Koichi sighed. Ami looked behind him, thinking she had heard something. She couldn't see anyone, but she knew someone was there.