Let me start by answering a few questions.

Yes, Helena and Phillip are Daphne's kids. They're twins, Helena about ten minutes older than Phillip. They are about three to four years older than Angel (Helena already has her Enchantix, and is going to be working towards a new level while continuing her journey on Earth with a few friends). I've jotted a few notes down for a story for them, but nothing really developed yet. I've got Helena's two best friends (Cleo, fairy of sand, and Brisa, fairy of winds) and otherwise I haven't developed Phillip much at all yet, or his team.

As far as the Vixen girls go... The will earn their Charmix and Enchantix, but rather than Believix (which I think is something more Earthbound) I'm gonna develop something else, more Popularis-bound (Idolix), because a fourth story of this (If I ever get that far) will involve a lot of time on Popularis, as well as other realms. By that time, we'll have met more of Cicada's siblings (I've got bits and pieces of Scarab (her oldest brother), and June (her oldest sister) and I think I could have a ton of fun with that family. Fun fact for the future, Cicada's sister June will be sharing a suite with Brandon's triplet sisters (particularly a room with Selena, who is Angel's brother's best friend).)

Also, did anyone else know that there was a Winx Club spin-off about the pixies called Pop Pixie? Or am I just that behind. I've only watched the first two episodes, but it's kind of adorable. As well, there are male pixies. They also have elves (elves are to pixies as witches are to fairies). Still, I may have to do something with this information.

Anyway, onto the story.


Previously on Vixen:

During a practical, the girls of Vixen noticed some strange changes in the ground, and avoided a crumbling rock wall before saving their classmates after they all fell into a crack in the ground that nearly swallowed them.

"Believe me," Gaea said. When I attack, I will destroy them."

Episode 5: Gaea Revealed

Angel took a deep breath of the crisp morning air. It was a clear day in Magix, the temperature was warm but not hot, and a certain peace covered the land. She had been planning on jumping on a transport for a surprise visit at Red Fountain to see Brandon and Mech, but the day was too perfect to spend on a crowded transport.

"I thought you were going to Red Fountain," Kaida said when Angel walked back into the Vixen suite a couple minutes later.

"I am," Angel said. She smiled, taking off her heeled sandals. As cute as they were, they were not suited for walking. "And you're coming with."

"Wait, what?" Kaida asked.

"The day is beautiful!" Angel said, throwing her arms up. "Like an early autumn in Domino. It is too perfect to not go for a walk." She walked into her room, and came back out a minute later with a pair of rarely used sneakers. "Come on, Kaida, wake up Cicada and come with me."

The raven-haired fairy sighed. "I'm not comfortable around boys, Angel," she said.

"Then this is the perfect opportunity," Angel said. "I've already texted Trend and she and Emma are coming. It's so much easier to talk in a group than it is one-on-one."

Kaida bit her lip, but nodded. "I'll get Cicada."


"These boys do know that we are coming, right?" Emma asked once the five girl had set off towards Red Fountain.

"Kind of," Angel said.

"What do you mean, kind of?" Cicada asked, though still rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

"Mech knows," Angel said. "The others, not so much. But Mech said that they were free… or at least that Brandon was free."

"You do mean Prince Brandon," Emma said. "Because, remember, we're meeting three princes and a duke."

"Oh, Trine's not a duke," Angel said. "At least, not yet." She smiled at Emma. "He's actually of the royal family of Isis."

"There is no royal family of Isis," Emma stated, eying Angel for a moment .

"Not any more," Angel agreed. "But, his mother would be your queen had she not been over-thrown."

"Wait, so Trine's a prince?" Trend asked.

"Um… he was born one," Angel said. "I'm not sure if you can classify him as one now, but he does have royal blood."

"Why, does that make him more appealing?" Cicada asked poking Trend in the side.

"Certainly not," Trend said, a little offended. "Status means nothing to me. I mean, some Popularis officials might take issue with it, but not me."

"How did three princes and a former prince all end up on the same squadron?" Kaida asked. "It seems unlikely."

"Well, Charm and Brandon put in a request to be together," Angel said. She paused for a moment to think. "Or, at the very least, their mothers did. How Trine and Marvel happened to be on the same squad, I don't know." She shrugged.

"Luck," Trend said. "Well, luck for us. Cause, five guys, five girls." She smiled brightly. "It's like it was meant to be!"

"What was meant to be?" Emma asked. "Because I'm not interested in dating, if that's what you're referring to."

"Of course you are," Trend said. "Deny it all you like, but one of them has to catch your eye."

Emma just laughed. "Seriously, I have no interest in dating any guy. And even if I was, it wouldn't go anywhere. And it certainly wouldnt' be a prince."

"Anyway, Mech isn't interested in dating either," Angel said. "Well, he is, but he already has his heart set on someone, and she isn't one of us."

"And how do you know this?" Cicada asked. "Maybe he's told you this so that you would think he was unavailable and therefore making him more appealing." She poked Angel's side.

"I've known Mech since we were in diapers, and I've seen what he looks like when he's looking at the girl he loves," Angel said. "I know."

The girls arrived at Red Fountain and looked around for a moment. "Where are we supposed to meet them?" Kaida asked as they all looked around.

"Mech said that he'd be in the training arena," Angel said. She bit her lip. "I have no idea where that would be."

"Follow me," Emma said rolling her green eyes. The other four girls looked at one another before following.

"You know your way around here?" Cicada asked.

"The training grounds on Isis are modeled after Red Fountain," Emma said. Her cheeks went a little green. "And I took a tour of Red Fountain before school was in session."

They arrived at the arena a few minutes later to see Mech struggling with a heavy tote. He nearly dropped it, but Angel rushed forward and helped him steady it. "Are you okay?"

"Angel, hey," Mech said, a smile on his face. "You're here."

"And apparently just in time," Cicada said looking at the rest of the equipment. "How'd you end up with clean-up duty?"

"My team mostly just left," Mech said.

"Mostly left?" Angel questioned. "You're the only one here."

"Okay, so they all left," Mech said. "Leaving me to clean-up... Again."

"I'd just leave it and blame you teammates," Cicada said.

"That would be mean," Trend said, gasping at the thought.

"Though, not dishonest," Kaida said meekly. She looked around. "I suspect that cleaning up is supposed to be a team responsibility?"

Mech nodded. "You wouldn't know that by the number of times I've had to do all the clean-up."

"Well, you're not alone today," Angel said. "Today, you have fairy help."

"And even better than fairy help," Trend said, "You've got the Vixen." She threw her hands up in excitement.

Mech lifted a brown eyebrow. "Do I want to know?" He asked, glancing at Angel.

"Oh, that's what we call ourselves," Angel said, her cheeks going a little red.

Mech smiled, then let out a little laugh. "Winx Club, Vixen... Like mother like daughter."

"What's he talking about?" Cicada asked.

"Oh, you've heard of the Winx Club, right?" Angel asked, glancing at her friends.

"Of course," Kaida said. "Everyone knows about..." She suddenly gasped, understanding coming to her dark eyes. "Your mother is the Bloom. How did I not figure that out?"

"His mother is Tecna," Angel said, flat out pointing at Mech.

"So, that's how you know all these boys," Emma said. "They're all children of the Winx Club as well."

"Hey, Trine is just Eraklyon nobility," Angel said. "He has nothing to do with the Winx."

"But Prince Brandon and Prince Charm are also... Do you know all the Winx Club members?" Trend asked.

"Wait... Winx Club?" Cicada asked.

"Okay... Even I know who the Winx Club is, and they are like... So twenty years ago," Trend said.

"I'm sure that will really comfort our mothers," Mech said. He looked at Angel. "You didn't tell them?"

Angel sighed. "I didn't tell them for this purpose. I knew they'd make a big deal out of it." She sighed again. "Yes, my mother is Bloom of the Winx Club, and yes, I do know all the members. And, yes, that's how I know Brandon and Charm and Mech. But, I'm not my mother. I'm not nearly as strong as she is. I mean, none of you want to be defined by who you're parents are, right?"

"Oh, I'd hate that," Kaida said, turning her eyes down.

"Eek, that is just... No," Cicada said.

"I don't have parents," Emma said. "I have... Never mind." Her cheeks went green.

"I love my parents," Trend said. "But, I get what you mean. I wouldn't want to be compared to them for everything."

"So, can we not freak about my mother?" Angel asked.

"I still don't know what the big deal is," Cicada said. She slung an arm around Angel. "So your mother is a little famous. It means nothing to me."

"You honestly have never heard of the Winx Club?" Emma asked. Cicada just shrugged. "Oh, you are so failing history."

"Hey, Mech, are you in here?" Brandon's voice sounded from the door. A moment later, he was standing in the doorway. Angel immediately ran her fingers through her hair a few times, trying to tame her already maintained hair. Brandon stopped. "Oh, hey girls." He smiled.

"Hi, Brandon," Angel said, smiling and blushing bit.

"I didn't know you were coming," he said. "You should have told me. We were just waiting on Mech to go to Magix for lunch.

"Hey, how about we just get something to eat outside and have a picnic?" Trend said. "I mean, the day is absolutely perfect!"

"Sure, sounds like a plan," Brandon said. "It might take a little convincing of the other guys..."

"I've got that handled," Trend said with a smile and a giggle. "I can be very persuasive."

With that, the Popularis princess sauntered off.

"I'm gonna go with her," Emma said. "Make sure she doesn't get distracted by someone else."

"And I'll show you the way," Mech said, slipping out of the room with Emma.

"Psst," Cicada said, stepping closer to Kaida. "Let's give these two a moment."

"Huh?" Kaida looked at Angel, then Brandon. "Oh..." With that, the two quickly left the room.

"So, you guys just showed up out of the blue?" Brandon asked as Angel slowly approached him.

Angel shrugged, trying to subtly smooth her blouse. "Well, it was such a nice day, and Mech knew we were coming." Her eyes were looking down, to the side, everywhere but at Brandon. She felt her cheeks turning red. "I thought he probably told you. Granted, the other girls coming was a last minute addition."

Brandon smiled. "Though, I can't say I'm disappointed," he said. He nodded his head toward the door. "Come on, let's catch up to the others."

Angel nodded following beside him. Their hands brushed as they were walking, and Angel glanced to see his reaction, but it seemed that he hadn't even noticed. Soon enough, they had found the others.

"Honestly, a picnic?" Trine questioned and laughed.

"Oh, pretty please," Trend said, her green eyes wide and her hands together.

"Yes, pretty please," Cicada repeated Trend's actions, but with much different results. It was hard to tell if she was trying to get Trine to agree or if she was just making fun of Trend. Either way, Trend didn't seem to notice.

"Yes, Trine," Angel said, a smirk on her face. "I think a picnic outside by a lake would be a welcome change of pace."

Trine glanced at Angel, clearly annoyance in his blue eyes. He grimaced, and Angel just raised her chin. "Fine!" He growled.

"Yay!" Trend cheered. "Power of Popularis Persuasion strikes again!"

"I don't think it was you," Marvel said to his sister. She didn't care to hear him.


Avery decided to take advantage of the day as well, though with a book rather than a picnic. She had a favorite tree in the back of Alfea where people didn't bother her, so she sat reading a while. After finishing her book, she pulled a ukulele from her bag and began to tune it.

"By the Dragon, do you really think she's gonna play?" Avery heard one girl whisper to a friend as the two sat on a bench not too far off.

"I hope not," the other said. "I bet she only knows depressing songs."

"And how messed up will those sound with a ukulele?" The two began to giggle and Avery put her instrument away after she finished tuning it. As it was, she preferred to just play her guitar when she returned to her room. Instead, she opened her book again and pretended to read, so that others would forget she was there, and it worked a little too quickly.


A while later had the ten students of Magix sitting on a couple of blankets, enjoying the weather and having a picnic. Charm picked up a small bunch of grapes. "So, which of you ladies would like me to feed you grapes?" He asked, eying Trend. "Because, remember, I'm just and I-N-G away from being your Prince Charming."

"Oh, oh," Cicada said from across the blanket. "Over here! Toss one and I'll catch it in my mouth?" She opened her mouth wide, clearly ready to catch.

Marvel chuckled. "You did ask," he reminded the other prince.

"Don't you have any manners?" Emma asked, rolling her green eyes. "Seriously, do you want insects to invade?"

"They won't," Cicada said. "I've told them to stay at bay until we're gone. We just have to leave them a few scraps."

"Uh, Mech, would you mind passing me a bottle of water?" Kaida questioned quietly.

"Sure," Mech said, grabbing a bottle and handing it to her. She blushed but he didn't seem to notice.

"Aren't you two just looking cozy," Trine said, shoving himself between Angel and Brandon.

"What do you want, Trine?" Angel asked, crossing her arms.

"What do you mean, Princess?" Trine asked in mock shock. "I am simply trying to make sure that you are having a good time."

"She means scram," Brandon said, eyeing his teammate.

Trend, of course, was a little confused as to why all the boys weren't falling over themselves for her. She sat patiently, staring a her nails.

"Aren't you going to eat, Trend?" Kaida asked.

"Well, no one has served me any food," Trend said.

"It's self-serve, Princess," Emma said. She pushed the basket with all the sandwiches toward her. "So take your pick."

"Unless you'd like to wait until everything good is gone," Cicada said. "I don't know about you all, but I'm ready for seconds."

Trend quickly reached in and grabbed a sandwich off the top, hoping it would be something she liked.

As they all ate and laughed, a woman with mud-brown hair stared at them, mostly in the ground. She growled, shaking the earth a little, recognizing the girls as the ones that had saved all their classmates just a couple weeks earlier.

"Is it me, or is the ground shaking?" Emma asked, standing up.

"Not just you," Charm said, standing as well, but then jumping off the ground to float above it.

"Another earthquake?" Kaida questioned.

"Another one?" Mech asked. The ground began to shake more so that all the fairies took Charm's approach and floated above the ground.

"We had one during our Voice of Nature practical," Angel said.

"Well, if you ask me, this isn't natural," Cicada said.

"Good thing I didn't ask you." The woman grew out of the ground, her brown eyes narrowed.

"Is it you doing this?" Angel asked, turning to her. "Tell us who you are!"

"Oh, making demands just like the elitist fairy you are," she said. "Fairies, always thinking you're so perfect. Prepare to meet your doom."

"Elitist?" Cicada asked. "We're not elitist!"

"Lies!" She yelled and threw her arms forward, sending a small barrage of rocks at the group. Charm acted fast and blocked all the rocks with a morphix shield. "They call me Gaea and I am here to destroy you."

"Girls, let's go Vixen! Angel called and the other girls all agreed, transforming into their fairy forms.

"Attackng me now?" Gaea questioned, throwing an attack at the girls.

"You attacked first!" Emma yelled, throwing a few blasts of emeralds at her. They hit but she quickly recovered. With that she threw her arms up, huge pillars of earth shooting up to try to knock the girls from under them. Emma, Angel, and Kaida were all able to dodge, but Trend and Cicada were hit.

"You're gonna pay for that," Angel yelled. "Flame of the Dragon!"

"Emerald Shock!"

"Dragon's spark!"

Gaea dodged the attacks by retreating into the ground. "Where'd she go?" Trend asked, picking herself up from the ground.

"Right here!" Gaea's voice was right behind her, grabbing her upper arms and pulling her into the pillar of dirt so she was immobilized.

"Trend!" Marvel called out for his sister.

"Get me out of here!" Trend yelled.

"On it!" Cicada said, and her antennae began to wiggle. Suddenly Trend began to scream. "No Bugs! So gross, Cicada!"

"Sorry," Cicada said, her antennae wiggling again as she had forgotten the other girls were not okay with insects like she was.

"Cicada, behind you!" Kaida called out, then shot out some of her brightly colored fireworks, destroying a boulder that had been headed at Cicada. Unfortunately, it created a dust cloud that Cicada couldn't see through and ended up being hit by the second boulder because she couldn't see it. She fell to the ground, dazed.

"This ends now," Angel yelled, keeping her ears sharp, listening for signs of Gaea.

"Is that so, Princess?" the ground asked. Angel looked down and was shocked that a giant dirt version of Gaea was growing out of the ground. "How do you plan to stop me?"

"You really don't want to know," Angel said. She, Emma, and Kaida all began shooting attacks that the giant. However, as it was merely dirt they were attacking, none of the attacks caused permanent damage. As soon as anything was off, it just replenished. Finally, bored after a few moments, the dirt giant shot her arms and pinned Emma and Kaida in the dirt on either side of Cicada. Emma yelled and kicked, but uselessly.

"All alone," Gaea mocked Angel. "How sad."

The giant turned into a form of Angel. "Stop it!" Angel yelled.

"Why?" Gaea's voice appeared right behind her. Angel spun around, but as she took her blue eyes off the giant, the dirt grabbed her. "Got all caught up in your own power, I see." Angel began to burn the dirt, but Gaea laughed as the dirt turned into solid stone, trapping Angel in the grip. "Well, I've got some real damage to cause. Have fun trying to escape."

Gaea turned around, only to be met with the boys again.

"Picking on freshmen fairies," Charm said wiping some dirt off his face. "You must think you're pretty tough, huh?"

"Actually, I think I am," Gaea said. She began to charge at them, but was knocked back by a blast from Charm. She formed five more dirt men, and had each attack one of the specialists. To her surprise, they actually each were able to cut through the monsters quickly and attack her.

Gaea shot back into the ground as they came to attack her. The boys stood still, waiting for the woman to attack. Suddenly, Mech jumped into the air, and hands grabbed right where his ankles had been moments before. Charm blasted the ground, and the shaking finally stopped. Marvel and Trine approached the hands, and each grabbed one, pulling her out of the ground.

Her eyes shot open, and she tried to throw the boys off her, but was unable to. "Let me go, you insufferable spoiled brats!"

"No way," Trine said. "We're bringing you in."

"Not if I bring you down," Gaea yelled. Once again, she began to sink into the ground, this time taking Trine and Marvel with her. However, the boys let go before more than the soles of their feet went down. After a minute, it was clear the Gaea was gone.

"Bravo, boys," Trend said. "Now, get me out without the assistance of bugs!"

After the girls were all free, but still covered with dirt, it was decided that it would be a good time to return to Alfea. The boys insisted that the girls accept rides, so each girl jumped on behind one of the boys' wind riders and were back at Alfea in a matter of .


About an hour later, the girls were sitting in their common room, Angel just finished with the shower and Cicada, the last to go in, grabbed her stuff to wash off the dirt.

"How embarrassing was that fight today?" Emma asked.

"It was beyond embarrassing," Trend said not looking up from mending her nails, painting the a soft pink. "I don't want anyone else to ever know about that again."

"Too late," Kaida said. She was in her red pajamas and a pair of black house slippers, her hair down and still damp. "I told Faragonda what happened."

"Why?" Trend asked. "Now, the whole school will know."

"Gaea called the school elitist and it sounded like she was bitter about not being accepted," Kaida said. "Faragonda checked the records going back from way before Gaea looked to even have been born. She never applied here. Griffin at Cloud Tower came up with the same results."

"She got her grudge from someone else," Angel said coming to the conclusion Kaida was implying.

"And her powers," Kaida said. "Someone else trained her in magic, and I bet it wasn't the Beta Academy."


It occured to me at some point while writing this chapter that the Winx Club might be sort of famous, even years later. Of course, that doesn't stop Cicada from being oblivious to who they were. Don't worry, her whole family isn't as oblivious as she is.

Number two... I know, a lot of author's notes in this chapter. Anyway, Prince Brandon, Jr. I've discovered he's a boring character. I have a few small funsies with him, in the beginning with him and Angel, like at the dance. And those of you that read the original Vixen, Chapter 10, which I won't give out the spoilers for those that never have read the original. But, over all, he's kind of boring. He's there to be Mech's best friend, Angel's boyfriend, and Celeste's brother, and the best pilot (but only a bit better than Marvel)... Aside from that, I could probably cut him out of the story and not much would change. In this revamp, he is the oldest of the Winx Club's kids, but that doesn't come with much, because he's only a little older than Charm (notice, not all the Winx have girls that are all the same age and best friends and clones of their mothers). In my head, I almost have a vision where Brandon and Nex were in a race to have the first kid, and Brandon won out. Somehow, I don't see Aisha taking that too well, but that's only in my head. Anyway, back on track, Brandon, Jr. So, I'm working on ways to make him more interesting and needed. The next time I really utilize him after chapter 10 isn't going to be until (if it ever happens) the fourth story arc, The Popularis War. Haha, small spoiler. Arc three is gonna be called Return of the Trix, fourth is The Popularis War. So... Ideas just to give him a little extra umph?

Changes... The Vixen learning about Angel's connection to the Winx Club. We're showing Kaida isn't really comfortable about boys. Talking about Trine's past and heritage, even though Trine wasn't there... The fight is pretty close to the original. In fact, I copy and pasted some of it and made changes where I wanted/needed to.

Anyway, hope you liked and review!