I waited. Moans from behind me told me that Layla and Tecna were waking up and when they opened their eyes they they looked pretty shocked. They looked to Musa, Stella and Flora and when they saw me, their eyes widened.

"S- Sky? What happened to you? What happened to them," Tecna asked me waving her hand over to the Trix and the other Winx.
Layla crawled to Musa and Tecna went to Flora, because Stella was starting to move.

"I- I don't know. I woke up in a cave. I heard voices, the voices of Bloom and Icy to be precise. They were fighting, but I don't know what happened. I was captivated and when I finally managed to free myself and climb up to the top, they were all unconscious."

When I heard someone yawning I turned around and saw Stella tapping her clothes.
"What am I doing on this dirty ground, I -" She stopped talking when she saw us.

"Sky! Girls! What-"
"We don't know Stella." Layla and Tecna said in unison.

"I've gotta call Brandon!"
"No need Stella. He's on his way. I phoned him a while ago," I told her.

She was looking worried, but she obviously deduced, that everyone was okay, because no one cried or something.

"Stella, could you please come over," Tecna asked her. "Floras temperature is very low."
Stella stood up. She was still very unstable on her feet, but she walked over to them without falling. She concentrated and released a small sun and since the warmth even reached me I turned to face them. Nobody was talking, everyone was just looking worried. After some time Layla stood up and compassed the witches under one of her morphix bubbles and that made us all feel a little safer.

After an ostensible eternity I heard the familiar sound of a Red Fountain craft coming nearer.

Stella looked up in the sky, and I was pretty sure I saw hope and aspiration in her eyes.

She still couldn't walk properly, because Icy had hit her legs with some pieces of ice and they hurt pretty much every time she tried to stand up. Although Flora's temperature has risen by then, she still let the sun shine, because a really chilly wind was blowing and their enchantix outfits didn't exactly protect them from it. I hugged Bloom tightly and tried to warm her a little bit that way, while I stroke her cheek softly. She was so beautiful and I felt a slight stabbing pain, when I thought of the pain Bloom must have been going through, just to save me.

Stella POV

I kinda lay-sat, which really wasn't comfortable, but my legs didn't allow any other position. They were scratched, bloody and they hurt like crazy. This dumb Dora of a witch shot me with ice crystals. Well soon Brandon would come and carry me like a princess. I already heard the ship coming so I stared into the bright blue sky, but I didn't stop sending warmth to the others. I just hoped they would all be okay.

When the roaring of the engine got louder I hoped that they would land safely and fortunately they did and except for some trees no one and nothing was injured. I almost started crying when I saw Brandon coming out of the ship. Not too long ago I wasn't sure I would experience this moment.

FLASHBACK~~~

Layla and I were standing back to back and were fighting some of Darcy's illusions. We were attacked from all sides, though we didn't know which Darcy we were supposed to hit. They have grown so much stronger. Some time ago Darcy's illusions couldn't attack. They just could be there and confuse us. I didn't know where and how they had gotten that power and if I was honest, I really didn't want to know.

I was flung into all directions, and then a lightning shot past me, centimeters away from my head, and hit Layla instead. She immediately fainted. I turned around and there was stormy, laughing loudly. My hatred was really strong right now, but I knew that we didn't have a chance. Layla may have knocked out Darcy, but there were two of them and two of us and I didn't think we'd beat them , because their new powers were just too strong.

Then suddenly I realized Bloom had joined us, because Stormy send a lightning in her direction, but luckily she avoided it. I jumped at the chance and collected all my powers, just to let them out in one big sunbeam. The last thing I saw was how the beam hit Stormy and then my lids closed.

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Tears rolled down my cheek, when I thought about the fight, but a hand softly wiped them away.

"Stop crying my sunshine. It'll be okay."
I shifted my weight to plunge myself into his arms and ignored the pain coming from my legs.

I didn't stop crying, but by then I didn't know why I was crying. I couldn't separate joy from pain or anxiety. Everything came together in one big feeling that made me cry.

Brandon inhaled loudly when he saw my legs. "Stella. What happened to your legs? Can you move?"
"I can, sweetie, but it hurts, so I don't want to. Please carry me my hero!"
"Of course my princess!" He busted me bridal style.

He carried me into the ship and put me down on something like a stretcher, got a blanket and spread it over me. He was very gentle and tried not to move my legs too much.

"Thanks Daddy," I said with a studied childlike voice and kissed his nose.

"No problem honey," he answered smirking. "Would you excuse me for a sec? I want to look after Sky; he seemed pretty sad."

I didn't get the chance to answer, because in that moment Sky walked in, carrying the still unconscious Bloom.

After he put her down, Brandon grabbed his shoulder and started to speak in a low voice.
"Good to see you alright. But if you wanna talk about what happened, I'm always there for you and you know that."
"Thanks man." And after they had sat down he began to talk again. The others were coming in too, but politely they didn't say anything.

"I went for a walk in the woods near Red Fountain to think about- umm – some – thing... After I had walked for like an hour a pack of wolves ran past me. I hid behind a tree, holding my sword and ready to fight. After they were away I still hadn't let my guard down, because obviously there must have been something they were running from.
I thought about a troll or something like that, but suddenly it was freezing and a storm was coming up. When I was hit by a wave of dark energy, I was sure, that the Trix were behind it all.

I have to admit that they easily captured me, but they didn't do anything to me. They had to keep me alive, if they needed me, they said. They wanted Bloom to come here in order to save me. If she came they wanted to blackmail her and wanted to offer her my life in change for her powers.
Then they waited on the summit, kept me in a cave and when I finally freed myself, I climbed up the mountain and found everyone unconscious.

That's it. That's my story. Well. It isn't much of MY story, though, because I bet she must have suffered more that I had to."
He stroke Bloom's hair vanantly.