That's it, folks. No more fics between us and the story. It'll be here by next week.

Also, I wanted to say thank you for always featuring these chapters. It means a lot and I am so grateful, because I spent a long time editing and revising these chapters until I thought they were just right. So thanks, guys. I love this community.

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For the first time since the Winx had graduated from Alfea, Faragonda felt hopeful for the future. Before her desk stood an unassuming redheaded girl with a tall blonde on her right side. They were flanked on either side by a nature fairy and a water fairy. To the far left stood a girl with music blasting from the earbuds she had dangling over her shoulder. Rounding out the lineup on the other end was a pale girl invested in whatever was on the screen of her phone.

Finally, they had returned.

"Uh, Headmistress?" the redhead asked, shattering the old woman's delusion. "Did you call us in here for something or…"

Faragonda sighed at the unwelcome reminder that these were not the actual Winx girls. The freckled fairy before her rubbed her arm nervously as she waited for an answer.

"Jane, I have gathered you all here today because I believe you are the only ones who can save the Magic Dimension," Faragonda said, pleased with the heavy ring of authority that carried with her voice. One hundred-plus years of leading the school will do that. "The fairy of the Dragon Flame, the fairy of the Fountain of Life, the fairy of the Midnight Moon, the fairy of the Spring Harvest, the fairy of the Digidex, and the fairy of Music all in one club. It is obvious that you are the best club for the job."

The girls stared at her, wide-eyed and naïve. The headmistress preened at the idea of being able to mold them into greatness.

"I call BS."

It took Faragonda a second to pick her jaw up off the floor before she responded to the tech-savvy fairy. "I beg your pardon."

"I said I call BS," the purple-haired teen reiterated. She flipped her long hair over her shoulder. "First of all, we aren't a club; we were just assigned the same dorm. Second of all, we literally haven't taken a single class yet, so there is no way we're, like, the most qualified group of fairies for the job. And lastly, you definitely didn't choose us for our 'diverse magical abilities,' of that I'm positive."

Faragonda did not like her use of sarcastic air-quotes.

"Let's be honest: you chose us because we're the daughters of the Winx Club."

Now that really stunned the headmistress into silence.

"Delta!" the tall blonde chided under her breath, but the tech fairy only sent her a withering look.

"What? We all know it's true," Delta argued. Turning back to Faragonda, she continued, "The only thing I don't get is why so soon. Couldn't you at least wait for the first day of classes?"

Faragonda glared at the mouthy girl, but Delta didn't shrink away. The headmistress turned away from the girls to her large window where the noonday sun was shining brightly, contrasting sharply with the icy feeling that was biting at her bones.

"Uh, Ms. F?" Jane said tentatively. "Delta didn't mean it."

"Yes, I did."

"Shut up!" another girl hissed.

"Make me."

With a deep sigh, Faragonda turned back to face the six girls who were turning out to be nothing like what she expected.

"In plain words, because that seems to be all your generation can appreciate," the headmistress said with a pointed look in Delta's direction, "the world will end soon. A series of events foretold years ago have begun to play out and it is only a matter of time before this new darkness reveals itself. We have until then to prepare."

They were silent now and Faragonda tried not to feel too pleased.

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The end of an era! Next time you see me posting, it will be the beginning of the Coven Trilogy. I hope you check it out!

Love, Ru