Chapter 7: Don't Immerse Yourself in Despair

Selina stopped singing when the melody was over. 'Well', the former witch replied in a calm voice 'You can rest your mouth now because your words are meaningless to me anyway. I have just found my ideal back. I fight for the light, for justice. I fight for the universe. Therefore, I can imagine how beautiful my job is. Great power means nothing compared to great ideal. I lost my ideal as well as my way once. I won't want to lose it once again.'

'If that stupid thing is all you want', Sian replied 'I'd better finish you off.

Both of them unleashed their power against each other at the same time. Darkness energy met venom energy caused a great explosion and smoke surrounded them. When the smoke disappeared was also the time Sian got away.

'Water Bolt' 'Bio-Rhythmic Blast' Melanie warded the shot perfectly. She was about to fight back when Sian appeared and told her to leave. The witches then easily escaped, left Aisha and Tecna there in confusion.

Flora closed her eyes tightly and hid her face behind her forearms which were crossed, prepared to suffer the deathful shot. The wizard threw that magic ball toward, fast and rapid.

Nothing happened.

She looked forward in surprise.

'Daphne', she cried 'What are you doing? No, please don't, please don't' the nymph didn't replied. She was hovering in front of Flora in order to shield her. She let herself sustained the shot. It was too strong and fast. But the worst thing was that Daphne didn't even have time to use such a defensive spell. When the attack was over, she was completely lack of power. She collapsed down to the cold rocky ground and lied there.

'Well done. What a bravery nymph' the wizard clapped his hands 'Trying to be a heroine huh? You risk your life to save your friend. What a joke!'

The Fairy of Nature looked at the wizard angrily. She resented him. She wanted to make him pay for what he had done. However, the fact was too strict that she was still in pain.

Joshua smirked. Everything was like what he had calculated. He had already known that Daphne would risk herself to save Flora.

'Daphne', Bloom cried as a shiver ran through her spine and brought her a bad feeling. 'Is there anything wrong, Bloom?' Stella asked. 'My sister', Bloom whispered 'I feel like something extremely wrong happens to her. I don't…'

'That's officially right', a voice said when the wall which separated the closet and the outside collapsed, reveal the wizard.

'What have you done to her?' Bloom cried in cross. 'Look over there and see', he slowly pointed to where Daphne was.

'Daphne, Flora' Bloom screamed as she saw her beloved sister lying on the grass and her dear friend leaning on a tree behind, powerless. 'You'll have to pay for that', she said 'Volcanic Attack'

The shot was too strong that it pushed the wizard half a mile backward. She then followed him. She wanted to get a revenge for her sister and friend.

Meanwhile, Stella flew straight away to where Flora and Daphne were, mindlessly. She couldn't stand seeing the ones she love suffered.

'Flora, Daphne. Are you alright?' Stella asked as she helped Daphne sit up. 'I'm fine…Ahhhh', Flora quivered. 'That's what you call fine?' Stella pointed out and got to Flora and used her energy to heal her friend. 'Thank you', the Fairy of Nature said as she felt more comfortable.

'Daphne', Stella then turned to the nymph 'Do you need some help?' 'No, I don't', Daphne gave a fake smile a turned away from the girls, tried to hide her cascading tears. Everything is gone. I hate it. I knew how powerful that attack is, but I couldn't use such a protective spell. And now, I caught that. The price I will have to pay is not a cheap one.

'Volcanic and Vortex Burst', Bloom aimed Joshua and shot but he dodged it.

'Your sister was taken down', he mocked 'And so will you' 'Even if I can't win you', replied the Fairy of the Dragon Flame 'I still don't give up' 'What a self-willed girl!' Joshua used his power to push the young girl a mile backward into a wall of the palace.

'It looks like you can't do anything now', he smirked while Bloom was panting 'Game over'. He got to the closet and took the magic stone.

When the princess recognized the consequence of leaving the Illusory Citrine alone, the situation had already got to its worst state. It was too late. The wizard held the stone in his hand, laughing.

'Bio-Rhythmic Flow' 'Infinite Echo' 'Morphix Net', Musa, Tecna and Aisha tried to stopped him, but he was a step quicker than them. He skipped all the shot. 'Nice try, but you're too slow', he taunted and disappeared with the gem in front of Stella's eyes.

'Nooooo', she screamed in shock 'What have I done? He took it, he got it… I-I made a terrible mistake, an unforgivable one. What should I…?'

All the lights became dimmer and dimmer. All the three suns of Solaria and the Magic Dimension stopped shining…

'Stella, are you alright?' Flora put her hands on Stella's shoulders, tried to bring the princess back to normal.

'The suns…' Bloom held her forehead and stood up dizzily due to the effect of the attack she had suffered. 'We have to do something. We can't…' Tecna said. 'Shhh', Aisha whispered 'Don't put more pressure on Stella. She is deeply shock after what happened.' 'We know it', Musa replied.

The girls gathered around Stella, under the dark sky. No stars or moons were seen. All the light around them were turned on. Useless. All of those dim lights could light up things around them, but they couldn't cast away the dark, they couldn't replace the suns to bring back the day.

Everywhere in the magic universe was affected. Solaria, Domino, Andros, Zenith, Linphea, Melody, Eraklyon, Magix … had to accept the fact of the missing suns.

Queen Luna ran downstairs and headed outside the palace, toward her only daughter. 'Stella', asked in a worry tone, proving that she had already known what happened 'How do you feel?'

'Father', Stella didn't answer the Queen 'How is he?' 'Very bad', Luna shook her head 'The doctors say that he can die any minutes now.' 'So what could we do to help, Your Majesty?' Aisha asked, hoping that it could lighten her friend's pressure.

The Queen looked up to the sky 'Light up the suns' 'But how? How can we do that?' Musa asked. 'Remember this, Winx, you had successfully save the Pillar of Light. You can do it.' Luna pointed out 'If you want, there is still a way.'

This was the problem. The one who saved the Pillar of Light from collapsing that day was Stella, who was now completely horrified. Was she able to do anything?

'I'll do it', the princess stood up 'I'll do everything I can to save the suns, Solaria, the Magic Dimension and my father'

Standing before the stand of the Illusory Citrine, until now that they realized how beautiful it was. It was made of magic platinum and sent out a light blue halo. It was carved ingeniously.

The Princess of Solaria put her hands on the stand, formally and strictly. Her eyes closed. Her energy one by one was transferred into the stand. To her knowledge, if the stand had enough energy to support the suns, the Illusory Citrine wouldn't be needed anymore. The stone shone bright. Her hair was blown up. Magical power spread all around. Stella focused on the stand, with all of her hope. She believed that she could do it. She was strong. She could save the day.

Fate was playing with people's agony. When she stopped, nothing changed.

She was completely failed. What happened shocked her. A doctor ran toward them and informed that King Radius' situation turned worse and worse each second. She gasped, losing herself in her nightmare. Queen Luna told that doctor to go away. The Winx looked at Stella. They all felt sorry for her.

'Why don't you try again?' Bloom suggested, hoping that her friend didn't lose heart. 'It is useless anyway. It is useless.' Stella cried in despair, her hands held her golden hair 'The shadow is too strong. Even if I do it again a thousand times, nothing would change.' 'You can't say like that', Aisha opposed 'You haven't tried again yet.'

Aisha's words were meaningless to Stella. The Fairy of the Shining Sun had lost herself in guilty when she let Joshua took the stone away. Now, she even lost herself in disappointment and despair after her trial failed. Her eyes were filled with tears and pessimistic view 'It was bad when they got here, but it even worse because of me.'

'Don't worry, Stella', Flora comforted 'Every cloud has a silver lining' 'Yes', Tecna continued 'Where there is life, there is hope' 'It is not over until a fat lady sings' Musa added 'The situation may change if you try to save it.'

'You don't need to say those worthless things to cheer me up' Stella replied 'One step forward, two steps back; out of the frying pan into the fire. Thanks to my appearance, things became worse. And I myself can't do anything to help.'

'That's not right', Bloom correct.

Stella ignored it.

'Why? Why it is so unfair', she shouted out loud 'I only want to bring back the light, but I couldn't. Why the darkness is overweighing the light? I only want to save the day and my father, but I can, while that wizard can get away easily with the stone but don't have to pay price? Is there anything called justice? There is no impartiality. It is not fair. Why? Tell me why? Why nothing is fair?'

'You're wrong, absolutely wrong, Stella. It is not nothing is fair. It is not everything is fair.'

Everyone turned around and saw Selina walking toward them.

'You can ask why not everything is fair, but you can't ask why nothing is fair because that isn't true' she said calmly 'Yes Stella, I have to admit that not everything is fair. It is a natural law. But because not everything is fair, not everything is justified, we have to protect the right, the justice.

But your business is not wondering about that. What you need to do is bringing back the light. Listen to me, Stella, one swallow does not make a summer, a first failed trial of yours does not mean that you can do it since things still can change. Trust me, trust the Winx, and trust yourself. Try again. You'll live to fight another day, won't you? Don't immerse yourself in despair.'

Stella stood up, dried her tears 'I'll do it once more time, even if I fail'. Stella closed her eyes again and her energy focused on the stand. Selina knew that she could help. She took a deep breath and absorbed the power of the dark in other to weaken it.

The stand finally got it power back and the suns started to shine in the happiness of the creatures in the universe after a long time missing. Birds started to sing and fly across the new blue sky. King Radius was soon recovered. Everything went back to normal and acted like nothing had happened.

'Thank you, Selina', the Princess of Solaria bowed. 'You don't need to', Selina stopped the girl 'I didn't do anything much' 'Now that things has gone, we should better return to our school', Bloom said. Musa, Tecna and Flora nodded. 'Daphne, are you alright?' Aisha asked. 'I-I'm ok', Daphne said and followed the girls back to Alfea. She didn't want anyone to be worry about her.

However, the fact of her hidden pain grew worse didn't give her a chance to hide it. She screamed in sting and fell to the school ground.

'Daphne', Bloom shouted 'What happened?'