~~~~Previously~~~~
Catarina's group went with Bloom in order to find a phoenix feather, finding Felicity's sister Saige along the way. Abigail managed to earn her Enchantix by protecting Angela from a ricocheted spell, allowing her to escape to Domino. Rosella earned her Enchantix by shielding Saige from Rave's rock shard attack. Using her fairy dust, Rosella was able to reverse the spell on Angela. With all the necessary ingredients, Catarina begins work on the cure for Ulrik, Rave, and Draegan. After some much needed thought, Asher decided to head off in order to join the Scoutix.~~~~
Domino
"I'm finished." Catarina said, walking up to Rave with the special fairy dust. "This fairy dust isn't like anything we're used to. It's specifically meant to reverse this curse."
Alex nodded, keeping his gaze on Rave. "I just hope this works."
"Only one way to find out." Catarina said, tossing some of the dust on Rave.
Rave winced a little as he returned to normal. "Where am I?"
"Rave." Alex said, smiling a little. "It worked."
"Where are we?" Rave asked.
"Domino." Alex said, helping Rave up.
Red Fountain
"And here I thought I was going to relax for a bit." Rafe said, staring at the ship.
"Are you complaining?" Helia asked.
"Not at all." Rafe said. "I'm only here because Felicity asked me to. And I'm not even sure why she wants me to meet her in Domino."
Ulrik stirred a little, keeping his gaze on the place he was held.
Rafe turned to Ulrik, sighing a little. "I definitely didn't think that I would be dealing with something like that."
"You went up against Rangda." Helia said. "I'm sure you can handle something like this."
Rafe laughed a little, taking notice to Asher. "Asher. You decided to come out of hiding."
Asher scoffed a little and stepped closer. "Don't act as if you didn't know where I was."
"What are you doing here Asher?" Helia asked.
"Looking for a ride." Asher said. "I need to get to Domino."
Rafe glared a little and crossed his arms. "Not a chance."
"You don't trust me." Asher said. "How am I not surprised?"
Rafe sighed and shook his head. "You stole fairy essence. What do you think?"
"You're right." Asher said. "I did terrible things and nothing will change that. Of course you wouldn't trust me. I'm trying to make a change alright. Either way, I'm going to Domino and nothing will stop me. Besides, I know more about what's going on than either of you."
"Why should we believe anything you say?" Rafe asked.
Asher looked down a little and crossed his arms. "I'm not asking you to trust me. I'm asking for a chance."
"Let's get going then." Helia said.
"Are you serious?" Rafe asked, looking to Helia.
"Yeah." Helia said. "The least we can do is give him a chance. Come on Asher."
Asher smirked a little to himself and walked on to the ship. 'I can do this. I have to try.'
"I still don't think it's a good idea having him around." Rafe said. "I just hope you know what you're doing Helia."
Domino
"Rafe and the headmaster are bringing Ulrik." Gale said.
"Do you remember anything Rave?" Alex asked.
Rave winced and shook his head. "It all happened so fast. I can barely remember anything."
"It's alright." Alex said. "The good thing is that you're safe."
"What about Rexx and Draegan?" Rave asked.
"We're working on helping them." Gale said. "Everything will be alright."
Rave nodded, notice to the ship landing. "Ulrik."
"Maybe Ulrik can remember something." Catarina said, using the fairy dust on him.
Ulrik cried out in pain as he returned to normal. "Ow. My head."
"Take it easy Ulrik." Rave said, helping him stand.
"What do you remember Ulrik?" Gale asked.
"The ruins." Ulrik said, wincing a little. "And Carmen. The last thing I remember is seeing her. Everything after that is a blur."
Asher watched from a distance, looking down a little. "Maybe it was a bad idea for me to come here."
"You're wrong." Helia said, walking over to Asher.
"What if I just make things worse?" Asher asked.
"You're right about one thing." Helia said. "You can't change what you did, but it doesn't define who you are now."
Asher sighed a little, staring out across the distance. "I doubt that everyone else will be so forgiving. The last thing I wanted to do was cause fairies harm. And that's exactly what I ended up doing."
"Only because Rangda had a hold on you." Helia said. "That's not who you are anymore. You just have realize that. I know it's hard, but you'll be just fine."
Daniel took notice to Asher and smiled. "Asher. You're here."
"Yeah." Asher said. "I'm still not sure about this, but I want to help as much I can."
Daniel nodded and placed a hand on Asher's shoulder. "You'll be fine. I just know it."
"He shouldn't be here." Rafe said, keeping a slight gaze on Asher.
Felicity shook her head and placed a hand on her hip. "Give him a chance Rafe. Would it really hurt to let him prove himself? It wouldn't be the first time something like this has happened. Rave was once our enemy and now he's a great ally."
Rafe sighed a little and nodded. "Fine. I'll give him a chance, but I'm keeping my eye on him. Why did you really want me to come here?"
"Rafe." Saige said, running over and hugging him.
Rafe smiled and hugged Saige. "Saige. It's great to see you."
"She's coming." Asher said, taking notice to the floating throne.
"What do I have to do to take the happiness?" Carmen asked.
"All you have to do is tell the crystal what you want." Volcana said. "It will take care of the rest."
Carmen smirked as the crystal rose up in front of her. "No one will be happy again. I'll start with the people of this miserable planet." She laughed as the crystal glowed red, absorbing all the happiness in the city.
"Transform Girls!" Catarina called out.
"Magic Scoutix!"
"Enchantix!"
"Rosella! Fairy of Unicorns!"
"Catarina! Fairy of Aura!"
"Rachel! Fairy of Gemstones!"
"Felicity! Fairy of Healing!"
"Abigail! Fairy of Harvest!"
"Daniel! Fairy of the Deep Oceans!"
"We have to get to Draegan." Catarina said. "We'll reverse the curse and then we can focus on Carmen."
Carmen smirked and stood up, keeping her gaze on the fairies. "Do you really think you can stop me? I've already taken the happiness of this planet. Don't worry. You'll be joining them soon. Take them down my warrior."
Draegan smirked and jumped down to the ground.
"Catarina." Ulrik said. "I'll deal with Draegan. You all need to focus on Carmen. There has to be a way for you to get through to her."
Catarina nodded and handed Ulrik the fairy dust. "You'll have to stun him first. Be careful."
Ulrik hooked the fairy dust to his belt, keeping his gaze on Draegan. "Come on Draegan. You can fight this."
Draegan roared, firing off rock shards at Ulrik. "Puny hero."
"Earth Barrier!" Ulrik blocked the shards, only to be knocked into the castle wall by a punch.
"I'm gonna crush you." Draegan said.
The fairies flew up to Carmen, keeping their gaze on her.
"You don't have to do this Carmen." Catarina said.
Carmen glared, focusing her attention on Catarina. "I am the princess of lava aura brat. Carmen no longer exists. Lava Beam!"
"Crystal Shield!" The spell hit the shield, protecting Catarina from harm.
"You're wrong." Daniel said. "The real you is still in there. We don't want to fight you. Restore the happiness you stole."
"Why should I?" Carmen said, glaring at Daniel. "Why should everyone else be happy when I'm not? I'm going to rid this dimension of its happiness. And no one is going to get in my way. Magma Orb!"
Daniel cried out in pain and fell to the ground, returning to normal. "I can't move."
"Daniel?!" Asher called out, running over to him.
"Who's next?" Carmen asked, chuckling as lava swirled around her throne.
Draegan roared, grabbing Ulrik and slamming him against the wall in an attempt to crush him. "Time to die."
"Thunder Whip!" The whip wrapped around Draegan's arm as Zane tried to pull him back. "Now Ulrik. I don't know how much longer I can hold him."
Ulrik nodded and quickly threw the fairy dust over Draegan. "Let him go Zane."
Zane released Draegan and fell to his knees. "That took a lot out of me."
Draegan returned to normal and fell to the ground. "Ulrik."
"Take it easy." Ulrik said. "You need to rest."
Draegan nodded and winced a little. "I'm just glad to be back to normal. I'm sorry for almost crushing you."
"It's alright." Ulrik said. "You were under a spell. We both were, but it's alright now."
Carmen took notice to Asher and smirked. "I know you're weakness Danny boy." She smiled as volcanic rock wrapped around Asher and started to crush him.
Asher cried out in pain, doing his best to stay conscious. 'My magic isn't strong enough to break out of this.'
"Let him go." Daniel said, with a frightened look on his face. "You're killing him. Carmen please."
Carmen laughed as she listened to Daniel. "Try anything girls and I'll kill him faster."
"What do we do?" Rachel asked.
"We have no choice but to surrender." Catarina said.
Felicity shook her head and fisted her hands a little. "We can't just give up. Think. There has to be something we can do."
"You have no warriors left Carmen." Daniel said. "I'll do anything. Just let my brother go."
Carmen smirked, flying down to Daniel. "Is that so?"
Daniel winced, kneeling in front of Carmen. "Princess. I'll be your warrior. I'm begging you. Let my brother go."
"That's more like it." Carmen said, walking closer to Daniel.
Asher winced, focusing his attention on Daniel. "Don't do it brother. I don't mind dying. The people need you. Forget about me."
"I can't do that Asher." Daniel said. "I'll sacrifice myself to keep you safe. I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you before."
Carmen smiled as volcanic rock started to form around Daniel. "You'll make a perfect warrior Danny boy."
"Don't do this brother." Asher said.
Daniel's eyes softened as he looked at Asher and smiled. "I'll gladly give my life so that you can keep yours." He continued to smile and the rock engulfed him.
"Daniel?!" Gale called out, running towards with the guys.
Carmen took notice to the guys and surrounded them in a wall of lava. "Don't try to interfere."
"We can't get through." Alex said. "Not even my ice magic can freeze this."
"No?!" Asher called out, falling to his knees. "You can't have him witch."
Carmen laughed as a stream of lava knocked Asher behind the lava wall. "You're too late. He's already mine. Rise my warrior."
Before anyone could react, a bright light started to break through the rock.
"What's going on?" Carmen asked, shielding her face and stepping back.
The rock broke apart, revealing Daniel surrounded in a bright light. 'This is.'
"Not another one?!" Carmen called out, flying back up to her throne.
When the light faded, Daniel's entire appearance had changed. His hair was longer with parted bangs. The outfit consisted of a shirt with a single short sleeve on his left arm and a strap on his right arm, colored ocean blue and turquoise. He wore pants with an ocean texture and arm bands colored ocean blue with a band of turquoise. Instead of sandals, he wore ankle bands that resembled the ocean. Around his neck was a double star-shaped bottle with a dolphin in the center. His wings were large, colored ocean blue and turquoise with star gems hanging off.
"Daniel is now an Enchantix fairy." Abigail said.
Asher looked at Daniel and smiled. "He transformed. How?"
"He was willing to throw away his life to save you." Alex said. "A noble sacrifice. Thanks to you, he's even stronger than before."
Carmen growled a little and surrounded the throne in lava, disappearing without a trace. 'Now Daniel has earned Enchantix. The only ones left are Rachel and Catarina.'
"Daniel." Asher said as the lava disappeared. "You look amazing."
Daniel smiled and placed a hand on Asher's shoulder. "I'm just happy you're safe. You are meant to be here."
Asher nodded and chuckled a little. "I think I am too."
"There's still one problem." Bloom said. "Carmen took all the happiness from the people."
Catarina looked down as she landed. "We couldn't save them."
"That crystal." Rachel said. "The crystal Carmen had must be the source of it. If we destroy it, the happiness will be restored."
Daniel looked to the sky and shook his head. "We don't need to destroy the crystal. It would take too long. There's another way to help these people. Fairy dust can undo dark spells. We can use it to give happiness back to the people."
"You're right." Felicity said. "We need to hurry. Cat. Rachel. I'm afraid you'll have to sit this one out."
Catarina smiled and nodded. "Alright. We'll be right here waiting for you."
Rosella, Felicity, Abigail, and Daniel quickly flew over the realm using their fairy dust to restore happiness.
"It worked." Abigail said.
Daniel smiled and stretched out. "Come on Asher. Let's fly."
"Fly?" Asher asked. "I can't fly Daniel. Even my magic won't let me do that."
"I can help with that." Bloom said. "Friendship Flame!"
Asher had a confused look on his face until noticed the wings on his back. "Whoa. I have wings."
"It's only temporary." Bloom said smiling. "You wanted to be a fairy and now's your chance."
Asher smiled and nodded as he hovered in the air a little. "Thank you. Is this what's like to be a fairy?"
"Just try to keep up." Daniel said, taking off into the sky.
Asher laughed and followed after Daniel. "No fair Daniel. Your wings are faster than mine."
Daniel laughed and stopped in mid air. "How do you feel?"
"This is great." Asher said. "I wish it could be like this all the time. It's alright though. I'm glad that I got to experience what it's like to be a fairy."
Daniel smiled and looked out across the horizon. "You're different Asher."
"What do you mean?" Asher asked.
"You seem truly happy." Daniel said. "There's a light shining within you."
Asher smiled and landed with Daniel as his wings disappeared. "It was fun while it lasted."
"We still have to free Rexx." Gale said.
Catarina gripped her arm and looked down a little. "Even if we do free Rexx, he won't leave Carmen's side."
"I think that he can get through to her." Gale said. "There's still a part of her that loves him."
Catarina nodded and smiled a little. "Yeah."
"What are you so worried about?" Gale asked.
"Everyone is earning their Enchantix rather quickly." Catarina said. "It seems almost too easy. Everything seems to be going right, but we still haven't been able to do anything to help Carmen. What if we're too late and she's lost forever? I don't want to fight her."
Gale pulled Catarina close and kissed her forehead. "No one wants to fight her. Have faith Cat. It's not over yet. We can still figure this all out. Maybe you need some time away from all of this. Pick a place you want to go and we'll go together."
Catarina curled into him and nodded. "I'd like that. Calavera is quite relaxing. Let's go there."
Gale smiled and nodded. "If that's what you want. You know that I'd do anything for you."
"I know Gale." Catarina said.
Lava Temple
"We need a new strategy." Carmen said. "Two of them have yet to gain Enchantix. Catarina and Rachel can not be allowed to do so."
Volcana smirked a little. "Catarina and her lover boy are planning on taking off from the group. We can corrupt them both if you wish."
Carmen chuckled and nodded. "Excellent. Catarina is quite powerful. She would make a perfect ally. Gale isn't half bad either. We're going to Calavera."
Rexx yawned and laid down. 'Carmen. There has to be a way to get through to you. And Catarina might be able to help me.'
