Chapter 6: A Misguided Decision
'You think that you can do it alone?' Daphne's voice reached it most irritated tone 'I can't believe it' 'But Daphne', Musa protested 'We're not alone. We are seven girls, not one' 'No arguing' said the young nymph 'Remember this, I'm your teacher' 'But Daphne', Stella argued 'This is not fair' 'Yeah', Tecna agreed 'You cannot use class time to talk about our personal businesses'
'So is that fair when someone stopped me from going to Andros by putting sleeping powder to my tea?' she said as she glared at Selina, who was trying to hide her face behind a book.
'Daphne', Bloom said in a caring voice 'We don't want you to risk your life' 'Yes, but you risk yours' the professor frowned 'Remember this, I used to be one of the Nine Nymphs of Magix, the people who once saved the universe. Thinking to me like that is unacceptable'
'That is the reason why I called you to this class' she continued 'I want all of you to remember this lesson to the rest of your lives, the lesson about the achievement of the Nine Nymphs of Magix, the protectors of the Magic Dimension beside the Company of Light.'
Yeah, the consequence of not letting Daphne go to Andros was they had to end up sitting in her class for SIX HOURS listening to what she said. In the conclusion, she only said one thing to the fairies 'Next time you go on the mission, DO NOT abandon me.'
The girls returned to their room in exhaustion. The Winx had found their way to bed, but Selina quietly walked to the balcony. A cold wind passed her and quivered her heir. Selina looked up to the sky, where she found a moon, gleaming softly and gently.
It is beautiful, the moon is beautiful. I sometimes wonder why I like it, because my name stands for it or because it shares mysterious lights, I don't know why I feel like the day today, because of nothing or because nothing wrong happened? Perhaps deep inside me, I only want a peaceful life.
'Wake up, Selina', a voice suddenly woke her up. 'What's the problem, Flora?' she asked drowsing. 'Everyone is breakfasting and you're still here. Do you want to go without food?' Flora put her hands on her hip.
Selina sat up quickly and got prepared. After that, they went down for breakfast. When they arrived, the others were waiting for them.
'Come on, Selina. You're late', Bloom urged. 'Alright', the young girl replied and sat down next to Stella. Flora also took a seat nearby. They breakfasted and chatted happily.
'Hey', Stella suddenly suggested 'Why don't we have some ballet dancing after meal?'
'That's a great idea', Aisha nodded and the other Winx agreed.
'I'm out of that', Selina stood up and aimed to leave but Bloom caught her wrist 'You're not going anywhere'
'Yes, you have to dance either', Musa smiled evilly. 'That's not fair, I can have a choice', Selina screamed.
'Well, you can say that again', Tecna said 'But no one cares'.
The poor fairy looked at Flora and asked for help, however, as Tecna said, she didn't care.
All of a sudden, the lights flashed. 'What happened', Musa concerned. 'What is going on?' Bloom stood up and looked around. 'Look over there', Aisha pointed out of the window.
'The sun', Flora trembled, 'It…'
'Oh no', Stella cried 'The sun, my father, Solaria, what is happening?'
'It is even worse than what happened when Tritannus attacked the Pillar of Light', Tecna judged.
'The Illusory Citrine', Luna said through Stella's cell phone 'History repeats itself. It is attacked once again. Dark magic affected it. You have to come here right now.'
'Girls', Bloom said seriously 'It's time to save the day'. The others nodded. 'Hey', a voice interrupted her 'Do you forget anything?'
'Daphne?' Stella exclaimed.
The young nymph nodded and glared at Selina 'I won't drink your tea anymore'
'But Daphne', Tecna asked 'How can you know that we are going?'
'I everything looks the same at what happened 20 years ago. I know that the Illusory Citrine must been attacked.' the Professor explained.
'We have to go right now', Stella urged 'Or it will be too late'
Selina looked at Bloom and glanced at Daphne, Bloom saw that. However, she signaled Selina to let Daphne go.
'Winx, let's transform', Bloom shouted 'Magic Winx, Bloomix' Daphne and Selina also did the same.
They then headed to Solaria.
Joshua, Sian and Melanie were already there. Although they were not alliance, they all considered the Winx and Selina to be there worst enemies.
The Illusory Citrine wasn't taken, but it was badly affected. All the Royal Guards of Solaria of course were taken down.
Sian glared at Selina. She seemed to challenge the young fairy. Selina noticed that, but before she went, she turned to Stella.
'Stella', Selina warned 'No matter how or what happen, you have to find the Illusory Citrine and protect it. Even if all of us fail, you still have to STAY IN YOUR POSITION'. Stella nodded. Bloom flew toward Stella 'I'll go and help you'
When everything was alright, the Fairy of Darkness moved toward to where Sian was hovering, far away from the others.
'Let's go, Stella', Bloom proposed. 'Ok', Stella replied. They were about to leave when Joshua stopped them.
He put his hand toward and shot her awfully as if he wanted to eliminate her. That was the truth. After their encounter in Andros, he found out that she used exactly the same kind of power with a former enemy of him, the one who had taken him down and officially sent him to the Omega Dimension for near two decades. That was the reason why he wanted to defeat her.
Lightning struck forward. It was strong and powerful. Bloom might deal with that, but she was lack of carefulness since she was in a hurry.
'I call upon the element of water' Daphne flew in front of Bloom 'Dome of the Ocean'. A magical blue shield appeared and stopped the blast.
'Huh?' Joshua gasped when he saw that, but then quickly, he smirked.
'Bloom', Stella urged 'We have to go right now' 'But how about Daphne?' the Fairy of the Dragon Flame asked. 'Don't worry', Flora smiled 'I'll help her. You girls must go now.'
Bloom and Stella nodded and got into the palace.
Aisha, Musa and Tecna wanted to give them a hand too, but they had to deal with Melanie in the first place.
Queen Luna showed her daughter and Bloom the place where the Illusory Citrine was. When they got in, the room was bright owing to the magic stone.
Illusory Citrine was the source of energy. It gave its power to the stand, where the power was converted into light energy and sent to support the suns. If it was missing, there would be no source of power and the suns soon stopped shining.
The Princess of Solaria kindly touched the stone which was badly affected and then turned to her mother. 'How is my father?' she asked in concern. 'He is in a very terrible situation. The doctors are taking care of him' she closed her eyes as she answered her daughter's question.
'Mother', the Princess said 'Bloom and I will protect it at any cost. Please look after father'. Luna nodded and walked away.
'Finally', Joshua shouted 'I found you, Daphne the Nymph. I have been waiting for this moment such a long time ago in order to have my revenge. A masquerade mask couldn't hide anything. Your spells and battling style haven't changed. And now, it's time for you the one who sent me to that deathful prison pay a price for that.'
'Snowy Bolt', Melanie threw toward the girls. 'Protection of Wave', Aisha defended. 'Crystal Voice' 'Harmony Blast', Musa and Tecna both attacked.
'Everlasting Darkness', Selina shouted. 'You think you can take me down with it?' Sian taunted as well as dodged the blast 'Day dreaming'. 'That's only your own opinion', Selina replied coldly 'Infinite Darkness' 'That's enough. Now, my turn', Sian glared while her mind was thinking about what she would do 'Poisonous Bolt'.
'I took you down once, and of course, I could easily do it again', Daphne frowned. 'Let me tell you this, my nymph. Thanks to the time I spent in the Omega Dimension, my power is stronger than ever.'
He threw a blast toward the nymph.
'Give up, Melanie', Aisha said 'You won't stand a chance'
'Water Bolt', Melanie quickly used her defense spell to form a protective wall. Actually, she didn't have to win them. She was doing a plan. She only needed to time-consumed them.
'Selina, why?' Sian suddenly interrupted the fight 'Why did you returned to be a fairy?' 'Because being a fairy is my dream', Selina answered calmly. 'Your dream? The dream which you had when you were a child? Come on, Selina, are you joking? That is not what you really want. What you want is the greatest power of the universe. You disappointed me when you say that.'
'I don't care about what you're talking. You'd better shut up.' Selina tried to avoid. 'Don't lie to yourself, Selina', Sian continued 'I know that you cared. If you didn't, you would take the advantage and shoot me.'
'I-I' the fairy voice trembled. Sian was right. Selina was lying. She DID care about that, although she only cared a little, but she did. Sian had spoken her mind. Gaining the greatest power of all time always was Selina's dream.
The Fairy of Darkness was tangled. Many thought stirred inside her mind. She closed her eyes as tight as she could.
Sian hovered in front of the young fairy. She was watching the girl, smiling. She could finish Selina at that time, when the fairy was still lost herself in her train of thought. But she didn't. After their meeting in Andros, Sian felt like wanting Selina to join her side than to be defeated. Yes, Selina was a witch and she could return to be a witch once again.
'Daphne the Nymph', Joshua shot her 'Take this' 'You'll never be able to hurt her', Flora shouted 'Chlorophyll Bolt'. A light of floral magic quickly broke the attack. The wizard turned to the fair due to his surprise. 'What a heroic girl', he whispered, mostly to himself 'But do you know that you will have to suffer because of protecting the one I want to get rid of?'
'Stella', Bloom whispered 'I feel like there will be something wrong. How about you, do you feel that too?' 'No, I don't', the Princess of Solaria replied.
Stella put her hands on the Illusory Citrine. It was the soul of light. It was connected to the life of her father and the whole kingdom of Solaria as well as the Magic Dimension. She had to protect it. It had to be safe.
'You're not the Selina I know. Who are you now? A fairy? But is that what you really want?' Sian's words were like a knife thrust into the fairy's inner heart. 'No, that's not right', she cried and put her hands on her head.
What am I thinking? I can't, I can't think like that. I can't betray the Winx. I-I…
Her body whimpered, still, she tried to act as if she was calm. She let her arms go down and looked at Sian even though she couldn't say a word.
'You studied magic with a burning ambition to gain the greatest power of all time. That was also the reason why you worked for Acheron. You only said that you're wrong because he betrayed you and you wanted him to be defeated, because you wanted the Winx to save your life. Am I right?'
No, you're not right. That is not the truth. I am not that kind of people. But why? Why everything she says is so logical. It seems to make I think that what I have done is wrong. That's not right. But I find no consent, only her words are here. I need an agreement. I need someone who can support my opinion. I need her…
'Watch out, Flora', Daphne pulled the Fairy of Nature out of the lightning bolt. 'Thank you, Daphne', Flora gasped.
'What a wonderful nymph', the wizard clapped his hands 'Trying to save the other one's life even though you don't know if you can save yours?' 'Shut up', Daphne shouted and blew a steam of blast toward Joshua. However, he managed to capture and vanish it.
'You upset me. I remember 20 years ago, you were such a powerful nymph who wore a masquerade mask and had the control over the Dragon Flame. You were magnificent. However, 20 years later, you are just a lame one.' Joshua mocked.
'Your opinion makes none sense', Daphne closed her eyes 'I call upon the element of Earth-Dance of Leaves' 'Lilac Vortex', Flora also helped.
Joshua smiled faded since he was hit badly.
'We'll finish you off right now, at this very moment', Daphne glared at Joshua 'Right here where I defeated you 20 years ago.'
'Bio-Rhythmic Flow', a powerful shot pushed Melanie to the ground,
'You don't stand a chance, Melanie', Tecna hovered in front of the witch 'I think that you should better give up' 'No', Melanie glared.
'In that case', Aisha said 'I say that we should teach her a lesson together'. Then she turned to Musa and was very surprised 'What are you doing?'
Musa was hovering in standstill. Two fingers of each hand touched her temple. Her eyes closed. 'I'm sorry, Aisha', she told her friend 'I have something to do. You and Tecna can handle it yourselves, can't you?' 'Do what you have to do', Aisha replied.
'No matter how or what happen, you have to find the Illusory Citrine and protect it. Even if all of us fail, you still have to STAY IN YOUR POSITION'
These sentences were wandering around in Stella's head all the time 'I hope that nothing would go wrong…'
'Daphne, be careful', Flora shouted. 'I know', the nymph responded and avoided the attack of the wizard.
The Wizard of Lightning smirked. They saw that. But little did they know the reason why.
'Listen to me, Selina' Sian declared 'You can't answer back because I am telling the truth. Where is your dream? Where is your ambition? You can't throw all of them away because of what happened. What you want is great power and influence. Is that right? Work for us, Selina. Leave the Winx and join our side. I won't be like Acheron. I promise that I can give you what you want when our plan succeed. Selina, follow the call of your ambition. Come to us.'
Selina was hovering in her position. She looked down as if she was waiting for something. Her eyes were sad. She said nothing.
'I'm so concerned, Daphne', Flora whispered 'He is weird. It looks like he is planning to do something' 'Whatever it is', the nymph replied 'We'll have to be careful'.
Musa left the battle and flew upward, higher into the dark and windy sky since the power of the suns grew weaker due to the effect of dark magic.
'In your case', she murmured 'This will help you'. She raised her energy 'Crystal Voice'. A melody was formed and spread all around, soft but out loud.
'This tune? It is…' Aisha wondered 'But why?'
'Stella', Bloom talked to her friend who was looking out of the window. 'It has to be Musa's' the young princess responded 'But what does that for?'
'What's that? A melody?' Flora asked 'Why does it appear?' 'Forget that, Flora', Daphne said 'We have to stay focuses'
'Of course you have to', Joshua repeated 'Because if not, you will be gone forever.'
After that, he threw a fast and powerful blast toward them.
'What a funny tune', Sian taunted 'That lame fairy seems to waste her time for nothing'
Little did the witch know that she had made a big mistake? Selina listened to the melody and sang in a low voice.
'Wake up!
She wakes up
It's early in the morning
She looks around
Everyone else's still asleep
An empty dream
It's there where they're living
Wake up now! Your life has just begun
Remember when
You used to be a dreamer
And you could see
The fairies and the angels
Nothing has changed
Magic's still inside you
Believe in this
And it will be all around
I will never leave you alone
I am by your side
We are superheroes
We can save the world together
Take my hand
Say you wanna believe again
Life is what we make it
Just stop thinking and start dreaming
Feel alive
Bring the magic back in your life
Just make a wish
Don't need a falling star
It will come true
If you open up your heart
You've always known you really are a fairy
Take to the sky
Show me your inner light
Make the people smile again
We can heal their hearts
We are superheroes
We can save the world together
Take my hand
Say you wanna believe again
Life is what we make it
Just stop thinking and start dreaming
Feel alive
Bring the magic back in your life
If for one moment we thought as one
You could see how beautiful we are
We are superheroes
We can save the world together
Take my hand
Say you wanna believe again
Life is what we make it
Just stop thinking and start dreaming
Feel alive
Bring the magic back in your life
Feel alive
Bring the magic back in your life'
Flora and Daphne managed to avoid it but a misguided mistake was made. The blast hit into the wood behind them, which was the wizard's real target. It was then badly damaged. The stream of lightning wrapped around the forest and fired it. Everywhere there was eliminated within a few seconds.
The Fairy of Nature suddenly shivered in pain. 'I have to do something to stop it', she whispered in a lack of energy and moved toward the wood but Daphne caught her wrists 'Where do you think you are going? You are too weak. You can't stop it.' 'I can', Flora pulled her wrist out of Daphne's hand 'Don't stop me'.
The Fairy of Nature got closer to the wood as her stung went worse. She had a deep connection with nature and plants.
Her body trembled and her wings were out of energy when she got near the wood. She felt painful for the wood and for herself. Her body seemed to be burned in fire. Her wings quivered and she fell down into the cold solid ground.
'Game over, fairy', the Wizard of Lightning create a ball of yellowish power and shot the young girl. Flora saw that but, it was useless since she was too weak to fight back. Sensation gave her a feeling that it wasn't just a normal powerful shot. However, she couldn't do anything even dodged it, except sitting there a waited for him to fired her.