The girls slowly filed into Ms Faragonda's office with Bloom and Flora taking the two spare seats. Ms Faragonda sat quietly for a moment before revealing the problem.
"Girls, I'm afraid that there has been a disturbance on the realm Utopia," she said anxiously.
"What?! Utopia? That realm is deserted, off limits, it lifeless!" chanted Tecna. The rest of the girls looked at her very confused.
"Where's Utopia?" asked Flora curiously, turning her attention back to Ms Faragonda.
"It is an isolated realm, separated from all the other realms in the universe and has been for thousands of years. It is rumoured that it holds an evil force prisoner at its core, and I believe that rumour is very true. We have evidence of this possibility as well," she continued.
"What do you mean an 'evil force'?" questioned Bloom.
"Bloom my dear; have you heard the story of Pandora's Box?"
"Yes, Pandora gives into curiosity and releases hatred and evil into the world, right?"
"Well, that is the Earth adaptation to the legend," she stated.
"What, so Pandora is… real?" asked Bloom again, now very curious to see where the story had come from. Ms Faragonda stood up from her desk and walked towards the window as she told the story.
"Very much so. Legend has it that Utopia was a realm of pure elemental powers: Water, Fire, Earth and Air and these powers were held by each civilian. To keep these powers pure, the realm was divided, but some rebelled and had relationships with people of other elemental powers, a mixture of Water and Air to be exact. Therefore, their children had what was known as a hybrid power as their powers were no longer pure. They had the power of Quintessence, often considered to be the fifth element and it is very much related to Electricity and Technology.
King Agador was infuriated by this and absorbed all of the power of the people, but found that he couldn't absorb Quintessence because it was not pure. The Quintessence fairies eventually fled to Zenith whose Superior power had relations to the power of Quintessence and therefore welcomed them.
When King Agador died, he left his box to Pandora, his daughter, who ruled the realm and eventually allowed the people to mix as they no longer had powers to protect. The box her father had left her made her very curious, her father ordered her never to open it, but one day, she gave in. The box contained the power of the people and that power returned to each civilian, but many had died and had left power with no owner, so Pandora foolishly absorbed it for herself. But because she had allowed the people to mix, they had created children with other hybrid powers, so Pandora tried to kill the people.
Many fled to other realms and the holders of the Superior Powers of each realm united and imprisoned her at the centre of Utopia and concealed her power in the scrolls of Espero. The fairies that fled mixed with the non-magical civilians of each realm, and over the years, every civilian possessed a hybrid power, hence the range of powers that exist today."
"Wait, so we all have ancestors from Utopia?" asked Layla.
"No. You see, initially, no civilians held any power other than on Utopia. But generally, the royal family of each realm held the Superior power, but on some realms, it was a civilian family who held it. Bloom's power is a Superior power since it was passed down through generations. But the Superior power of your realm as you may know is Liquid, and yours Stella, is Light. But since you are both part of the royal family and do not possess that specific power, but only similar ones, it is a family of civilians who hold the Superior power of your realm. So, out of the six of you, it is only Bloom who does not originate from Utopia."
"One moment. Agador's Box, the Scrolls of Espero, why do they ring a bell?" asked Musa.
"When you took on Valtor in your senior year, he stole the scrolls of Espero and placed their magic inside Agador's box which he took from Magix Museum. Unfortunately, when you defeated him, the Spell of the Elements was released. This power was the Superior power of Utopia and therefore returned to Pandora as the royal family were the holders of the Superior power."
"Oh, so that is the evidence of Utopia you mentioned before," informed Tecna.
"Yes."
"So why has it taken her two years to do anything if her powers were returned to her two years ago," asked Tecna curiously.
"We believe she has waited to grow stronger, and we think she has risen to destroy all hybrid powers."
"Wait, that's pretty much everyone in the universe," gasped Stella gobsmacked.
"Unfortunately, yes. We have reason to believe that she specifically wants to destroy powers originating from Quintessence, so Tecna; this puts you in a lot of danger. We think she wants to destroy Zenith first." Tecna gasped at the prospect of her life specifically in danger and the possible destruction on her realm.
"You mustn't underestimate her, she has the Superior power of her realm and she absorbed the power of some civilians a long time ago, that power is pure, so she will be extremely strong, and I do not think your Sirenix power will be enough to stop her."
"Wait, are you saying we need to gain a new transformation?" smiled Stella. She always loved new transformations as that always meant new clothes.
"Yes, but please think about this very carefully. The power of Elementix is extremely strong, and no other transformation is purer," said Ms Faragonda sternly.
"What do we have to do?" asked Bloom.
"I'm sorry Bloom, but this is not a transformation you can achieve since its origins are from the people of Utopia. But I believe your Sirenix powers will serve you well. If the other girls decide to gain Elementix, the strength of their power will be equivalent to yours." Bloom felt slightly annoyed at this as she was looking forward to getting stronger.
"The power of Elementix is achieved in a dream in which you are presented with a task. If you fail this task, you will not wake up from your dream. But you are allowed to take one other person with you who will wake up no matter what the outcome. If you decide to attempt to gain this power, you will not need to gain any other transformation again. You will still have access to you other transformations, but I believe that you will only ever need to return to Sirenix for any missions underwater. Tecna, no one has ever gained Quintessence Elementix, so if you decide to gain it, you will be the first to do so. Layla, yours will be Water Elementix, Musa, Air Elementix, Flora, Earth Elementix and Stella, Fire Elementix." Suddenly Bloom felt a lot better about not needing to gain the transformation.
Tecna's eyes began to look quite worried as the pressure on her as an individual increased.
"So we need to stop Pandora before she annihilates everyone, Tec, this is your fault!" joked Musa.
"What? No it isn't, just because I said I wanted the Winx Club to be back in action again does not mean I awoke some ancient evil! Besides, it's Valtor's fault, not mine!" shouted Tecna, not realising it was a joke. Especially since her realm was in a lot of danger.
Musa then realised her insensitivity and apologised to Tecna. "Sorry Tec, I didn't realise how you felt."
"It's okay; I get a little defensive sometimes."
"Bloom, you must remember that you are not her prime target, but if you attempt to stop her, it will be all of you she opposes."
"Yes Ms F," they said in unison.
"Please inform me of your decision before you proceed."
The girls nodded and left the office before going upstairs make their decisions.
I'm sorry this chapter is mainly speech and there is practically no description but a lot needed explaining to the girls so I hope this helps some things to make more sense!
Ms F's story is basically a shortened version of the prologue.
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