Chapter 1: Face Your Destiny

At the night of late December, the sky stood no moon. Stars glittered on the deep dark sky like sparkle of golden dust. The vague glint from the street light, the fallen fire of the candles carried along the virtually blurred sensation.

From nowhere on the ground, a chill wind blew fiercely through the narrow and deserted road. Selina inhaled deeply to find the nonchalance she usually had. She had just gone through it, the nightmare.

She suddenly felt shivery ran down her spine, she quivered. That nightmare, it was so horrible. She didn't have any mood to go back into her dream. That was why she stood here, on this cold street, hearing the howler of the poweful winds.

Never in her life would she want to remember that moment.

On the highest point of the top of the mountain, the winds were screaming and howling, growling and shriek. The sky tuned darker and darked, shading shook violently before collapsing. The temblor seemed to destroyed the area all around.

There was no whimper, no lamentation, no groan from anyone, only the sound of those horrible disaster. Selina found herself standing there, immorallyemotionless and coldly merciless. The leather strip which attached to the four shimmering 'things' were hovering anterior her. Someone called her to stop, someone commanded her to stop, someone implored her to stop, but she kept going on. The ribbon luminously radiated. Things turned moreatrocious until the whole place languished and evanesced into thin air… That dream, that terrible dream, she shivered. No, it would never happen. She didn't use magic anymore. That wouldn't happen, she calmed herself.

Suddenly, she sensed something strange nearby. What was it? Her curiosity made her run there to find out. There was negative energy power. Selina took a closer look. She saw a man standing on the road, pale skin, yellow hair and evil eyes. He was using dark magic to destroy everything around him.

Nevertheless, he didn't stand alone, there was someone else. Near him stood a woman, she fought against him.

Morgana? Why was she here?

Selina waited there for a while. That wizard, he was quite strong, more than Morgana at least. But why did they fight at this time?

She kept on watching, until she saw Morgana lying on the ground with a lifeless body. She woke herself up. Conscience told her that she had to do something. Morgana was the Former Queen of the Earth Fairies, no, even if she was only a normal person, Selina knew she still had to save her. She had promised herself not to use magic, but she must break it this time. She transformed.

In a second, she was in her fairy outfit, it was mostly navy blue and was quite similar to the Winx's Bloomix one. She wore a navy decorated top and skirt. Her arms were wrapped with dark blue baggy sleeves. Her wings were big, shimmering and colorful. Her forehead had a tiara containing a crescent moon.

'Stop it, wizard', she shouted after sending him a perfectly shot.

The man turned back to see her, gave a smirk and disappeared, part because he didn't want to fight her at that time, part because Morgana had been finished.

Selina ran toward the older fairy to help her up.

'Are you alright?' she asked.

'I'm…' Morgana held her head. The battle had stripped all of her energy away from her. She murmured some more words which Selina couldn't listen and faded away.

Selina took the former fairy back to her home, still wondering about what had happened. When Klaus saw his wife, he didn't know what had happened either. Not knowing what she shall do, Selina just left.

She decided to walk home. The dizzy feeling started to grow in her mind. What had just happened? What had she done? She didn't know…

A sound of the car engine irritated her. She turned back. The car passed her, blowing dust into her face and stopped. She looked into the car and saw Mitzi. That girl, she never wanted to see.

'Hi silly', Mitzi said 'What are you doing?'

'Never mind', Selina replied.

'Oh Selina, I just want to ask after you. You left school even earlier than Bloom.' Mitzi mocked with a so soft tone 'Going to school for low learner, huh?'

Selina didn't care, she walked away.

Life was a game and no one could guess what would happen next.

When the halo of the sweet and gentle moon was replaced by the light of the warm and delightful sun, another day came. Selina had been ready for a brand new day. She didn't want to mention about what had happened. All she wanted was a little visit to Eldora's home.

She used her magic to teleport herself to Eldora's cottage. The young fairy rang the bell.

Eldora came out 'Selina? Why are you here? Come in.'

Selina went into the cottage. Eldora gave her some tea. It was the tea which she had used to invited the Winx. Selina sat down, just smiled.

'Selina, my dear', Eldora asked 'Which wind brings you here?'

'Nothing, Fairy Godmother', Selina said 'I come here in order to visit you.'

'Oh, it's wonderful' Eldora exclaimed.

'And I brought you this', Selina pulled out a box which carried some seeds inside 'I think it will become beautiful plants.'

'Oh, thank you', Eldora took it.

They was about to speak more, but the bell rang. Eldora stood up and opened the door.

'Morgana?' Selina gasped when she saw the woman behind the door 'Why are you here?'

'To find you', the woman answered 'I don't know where you live so I decided to ask Eldora, but it's like I don't have to anymore…'

'I don't think we have anything to discuss' Selina cut the woman off before she had a chance to remind about the situation last night. It was likely that Selina never wanted to talk about it.

Unfortunately for her, Morgana was not the one who easily gave up.

'I know you had retired, you're not a fairy anymore', she said 'But even if you are just an ordinary person, seeing people die without your help is still unacceptable.'

'It doesn't make sense', Selina remained nonchalant 'Why don't you tell the Winx to do it?'

'I'm afraid the Winx is doing another mission. They came here to find you last week and told me that.' Eldora cut off.

'Seriously?' Selina requested, turning to Morgana 'How about your daughter, Roxy?'

'She is too inexperienced', the Former Queen responded.

'Then why you choose me?'

'Because you know what wizard thinks', Morgana answered.

'What do you mean by that?' Selina asked, glaring at Morgana.

'…'

'Take it easy, my dear', Eldora lightened the air.

'Yes, Fairy Godmother', she spoke.

'Listen, Selina', Morgana explained 'I think there is misunderstanding between us. You saved me yesterday and I really appreciate that. It was none of your business after all. However, if you help me, help to the end. My daughter is not as strong as you, not as powerful as you. I don't want her to…'

'I understand', Selina mumbled 'I'm sorry'.

'Selina, the man I fought against yesterday named Joshua', the old woman said.

'Joshua?' Eldora gasped 'How can that be?'

'Excuse me, but is there something I don't know?' Selina inquired, surprisingly.

The two older fairies nodded.

'We all know him. He is the Wizard of Lightning. He had searched for the Seven Ancestral Jewels long time ago' Eldora said 'He was evil, but he was imprisoned in the Omega Dimension and his power was taken nearly 19 years ago. How can he…?'

'I don't know', Morgana shook her head 'All I know is that he found me yesterday and command me to hand him the Enigmatic Amber…'

'He might have escaped from the Omega Dimension when Valtor broke out of there and got his magic back when magic was returned to the rightful owners after Acheron's defeat.' Selina inferred.

'Maybe…'

'So what do you think?' Morgana asked.

'I retired from battling', Selina answered 'But after hearing everything you said, I decide to retire from retiring from battling.'

'That's quite good news'

'However, I do need to know what the Seven Ancestral Jewel is.' Selina mumbled.

'Easy', said the Fairy Godmother as she took out a thick old book 'This will help.'

'There are seven magical stones which symbolize seven colors of the rainbow. The Subtle Ruby stands for red, Enigmatic Amber stands for orange, Illusory Citrine stands for yellow, Fanciful Emerald stands for green, Abstruse Aquamarine stands for blue, Occult Sapphire stands for indigo and Mystical Amethyst stands for violet. Each stone contains powerful magical potential which can help their owner gain the ultimate power. There are seven stones, but we only need four to activate the infinite power. When a person has that power, nothing can stop him.'

'It will be dangerous if Joshua has that power', Selina commented.

'Of course', Morgana agreed.

'But then once again', Selina began to concern 'How can I know…'

All at once, the book shone brightly and a magical silver necklace which was linked to a beautiful and special diamond key appeared, shining bright. Much to Selina surprise, Eldora kindly said.

'This key may help you'

'I think so, but why does it shine?' Selina wondered.

'Because of this', Morgana took out the Enigmatic Amber, giving it to Selina 'If you take this mission, it now belongs to you.'

The Enigmatic Amber was beautiful with a rhombus-like shape and transparent orange. It was as big as her hand.

'So this is the first stone', Eldora mused 'But how about the others?'

'Here, Fairy Godmother', Selina said as she turned to the next page 'There are riddles which give us clues about where the other stones are. I can't solve them all now, but there is one I have already known'

'The Fanciful Emerald is hidden in the place where is both home and prison to the residents of it'

'So do I', smiled the Former Queen.

'But this riddle is somehow quite strange to me', said Eldora.

'Really?' Selina requested 'I don't…'

'Forget it, my dear', said Eldora.

'Oh!' Morgana exclaimed 'It's late in the evening now, I should better get home. Good luck Selina!'

'Thank you', the younger replied.

Tomorrow, her life wouldn't be the same…

Some shimmering sunlight softly woke up the day. Selina walked through the path in the Forest of Flower. She had to go to the place where the Fanciful Emerald was: Tir Nan Og.

The island was peaceful and natural, the air was fresh and clean. It was a perfect place. However, Selina didn't care about it. She was busy thinking about something else. She walked toward and stood in front of the school for Earth Fairies, where had been Tir Nan Og castle. The door opened.

A guard came out, looked at Selina and said 'What do you want?'

Selina kindly answered 'May I have a talk to Fairy High Queen of Tir Nan Og?'

She, the young guard, considered for a moment and took Selina to where the Queen was.

Nebula was sitting on the Throne when Selina entered. Nebula didn't seem to be surprise. The Queen didn't like Selina because she had allied with the Trix. However, Morgana had told her to help Selina, so she had to.

'You want to have the Fanciful Emerald, don't you?' Nebula asked 'Come with me'.

Nebula showed Selina where the stone was. It was kept in a large room which was guarded by two fairies. Selina knew them. They were the fairies whom she had attacked during her fight against Bloom in Tir Nan Og. These fairies also remembered Selina. They were afraid and had prejudice against her. Selina went inside the room.

Nebula gave her a painting which had a woman who was holding a green, rhombus-like shape stone.

She said 'One of our precious Queens had put the Fanciful Emerald in this painting to protect it from the darkness.' Nebula suddenly stopped 'I forgot that you're the Fairy of Darkness.'

Selina understood what Nebula meant. She said nothing. After all, it was her fault.

The Queen continued 'Only a person who has a pure heart and a sharp mind, who powerful and ready to sacrifice everything she has to save the universe can get it.'

Selina looked at the painting. If it had been a page of the Legendarium, she would have summoned the woman and took the stone. However, it wasn't. Selina didn't know what to do. She sat down, closed her eyes and tried to use magic to take the stone out, but she failed.

Selina continued to try however, she couldn't do it.

'You'll never have it', Nebula said 'I don't think you have what is needed to take the stone out'.

Selina ignored her. She kept doing it.

Suddenly, they heard some scream. Nebula walked out.

'Your Majesty', Selina said 'I think I can help you'.

'We don't need your help. Stay here, get the stone, then leave', Nebula replied.

The Queen then ran out.

Selina stayed there, but she had some bad feeling. She went out and saw Joshua. She quickly transformed. Joshua was fighting against the fairies. Selina 'Infinite Shadow' to hit him. Joshua looked at Selina and smiled. He used one of his attack spells over Selina. The young fairy had to use 'Light-blocking Shield' to defend. However, his power was too strong and Selina knew she couldn't hang on any longer.

She asked for help. However, the other fairies, including Nebula, refused. Joshua magic struck Selina. She fell down. The Wizard of Lightning used another spell. This time, the Earth Fairies were his target. It was an indirect attack so the fairies didn't know.

Then he fought against Nebula. He was so powerful and the Queen soon lost.

Selina was very tired, but she could notice the indirect spell.

'Get out of your position right now. That blast is dangerous. If you catch it, you'll lose your magic for good.'

However, the fairies didn't believe her. They stood there.

Joshua looked at them. When they realized that Selina was right, it was too late. Selina saw that. They were young fairies, and she didn't want them to get hurt. She jumped in front of them and used her defense spell to protect the young fairies. However, she was too weak. After Joshua's spell had gone, Selina fainted.

All of a sudden, the painting appeared in front of Selina. Her necklace shone and the Fanciful Emerald came out of the painting. It healed her. Selina revived. She took the stone. It was beautiful.

Joshua saw that. He seized Nebula.

'Leave her alone', Selina shouted. Joshua smiled 'Give me that stone and I'll do what you want.'