With the Winx
"I can't believe you forgot to get paper, pencils and three binders, Stella!" Bloom groaned at her friend. "They were on the list!"
Stella shrugged. "Sorry."
"No you're not." Musa said, bumping shoulders with Stella.
It was the night before school started and the girls were scrambling to get ready and make sure they had everything. But, of course, Stella forgot to grab some things. It was nine at night and a cloudy darkness had already descended over Gardenia, so the Winx were taking the quickest route they could to get home. They were half-way there, bantering all the way, when something stopped them, something that was definitely magical.
"Watch out!" Bloom yelled quickly as they all rolled away from the giant fists that were suddenly coming down on them. There were two creatures in front of them made entirely of rocks and were as tall as small houses.
"What are these?" Stella shouted, ducking and rolling away from another fist. "They're so ugly."
"Nothing I've ever seen before." Tecna said, dodging before clicking through one of her techno-gadgets. "The magic that made these isn't showing up in the magical database I created."
"That is so not good." Musa said, flipping away from a fist.
"Think it'd be safe to transform?" Flora asked Bloom, the others looking at her as well.
"We won't survive if we don't." Bloom said before shouting, "MAGIC WINX, ENCHANTIX!"
Bloom's Dragon swirled around her as she started to transform. First, glittery pink gloves went up her arms until they almost reached her shoulders, then a three-layered turquoise/sky blue/cyan, strapless, frilly, glittery dress that reached hip-length—with a décolleté neckline that went all the way down to her bellybutton—and loosely covered a blue bikini top with halter straps that are attached to a blue fabric choker around her neck with a pink bow closing it together swirled up and around her body. Her hair grew several inches in length and has a much more tame, elegant look and style to it, yellow-orange highlights are added at the top of her head, bangs and at the ends of her hair and then two sets of blue, heart-shaped barrettes are clipped in on either side of her head. On her feet are blue strappy barefoot sandals that wind around her ankles and are decorated with three hearts, in her ears are blue heart-shaped earrings, and her fairy dust vial is blue with a heart-shaped top and handle surrounding it, which hangs on a silver chain around her neck. On her face, medium-hot pink eyeshadow is swept onto her eyelids, her eyelashes grow and light pink lipstick is added to her lips. Lastly, her large, glittery butterfly-shaped wings flutter open and are translucent blue with hints of pink, with a soft Alice blue outlining and speckled with dark blue decorative jewels.
Stella's next, being surrounded by flashes of the sun and moon. First, glittery translucent pink gloves went up to her biceps, then a glittery orange midriff-baring V-neck bikini tank top, with attached turquoise midriff straps looping into each other under the top, and a glittery pink miniskirt with two glittery orange flaps on either side and a green braided waistband appear. Half of her hair flows up into two pigtails styled high upon her head held by blue star-shaped ornament ties while the rest of her hair stays down, then grows in length and earns a few bleach-blonde highlights, and in front of the pigtails is a mini three-point, turquoise tiara. Her feet don orange strappy barefoot sandals that wind up her calves to her knees, connected by a sideways crescent button, and her fairy dust bottle is a yellow diamond surrounded by two orange stars—with the outer one having jewels on it—placed on a turquoise choker around her neck. On her face, orange eyeshadow is swept onto her eyelids, her eyelashes grow longer and on her lips, peach lipstick appears. Lastly, her large, glittery butterfly-shaped wings unfurl and are orange in color with an undertone of shades of blue, yellow, and pink with small gems dangling off the ends.
Flora's Enchantix is next and she's being surrounded by flowers and leaves. First, above-the-elbow, glittery pink translucent gloves—decorated with various pearl-colored jewels—swirl around her arms, then a glittery, high-waist, hip-length frock, primarily fuchsia, with orchid, violet, powder blue and soft green trimming, and a pink, soft green, sky blue and dark pink horizontally-striped bust with a pink braided rope that loops around her neck with a lavender thistle at the end appears. Her hair—which is styled half-up into elegant pigtail-buns (with the rest of her hair still left down) with pink flowers in each one, connecting into a braid at the back—grows to her ankles, and has a mini cyan tiara at the front. Her feet have strappy, cyan-colored barefoot sandals that wind around her ankles, decorated with a purple diamond on each foot, and her fairy dust vial is a pink honey wand surrounded by a four-petal flower placed on a green choker around her neck. On her face, lavender eyeshadow appears on her eyelids, her eyelashes lengthen and light pink lipstick is painted onto her lips. Lastly, her large butterfly-styled wings, curved with serrated-edges, open up and are soft green and light yellow with orchid outlining that are bejeweled with pearl- shaped and colored decorations.
Musa's pink melodies surround her as she changes forms. First, translucent, hot pink glittery gloves swirl up to her shoulders, then a glittery magenta/gold/magenta horizontally-striped midriff-baring top—that has a gold braided connecting strap on her right shoulder with three spread-open golden leaf-shaped attachments in the center—appears before a glittery magenta/pink puffy miniskirt—with a gold sash around her hips, the tie over her left hip, and peach frills pointing up on the waistband—appears. Her hair is in high pigtails wrapped in pink decorative ties and a mini gold three-pointed crown with rounded magenta points is in front. She wears gold barefoot sandals that wind up to her ankles with decorative jewels on her feet, and her fairy dust bottle is a pink sphere surrounded by a cyan mobile with little pieces dangling off of it on a magenta choker around her neck. On her face, light gold eyeshadow is applied, her eyelashes grow and light pink lipstick is added. Lastly, her glittery, large squarish butterfly-shaped wings unfold and are gold with purple outlining and bejeweled edges, with purple gems hanging off of them.
Tecna's green data swirls around her as she changes. First, glittery light blue translucent gloves—decorated with various violet-colored jewels—go and stop above her elbow, then a glittery orchid bandeau top with glittery orchid short-shorts appear: over the bandeau top, there are two yellow, spread-open petal-shaped ornaments that stretch down to connect to a purple oval jewel in the center of her midsection that then connects to the purple petal-shaped ornaments on either side of her shorts. Her hair lengthens in the back, below her neck, like a flowing fountain, earning her a sassy, tapered and sophisticated look and style, and in her hair is a lily-shaped, soft green-colored barrette clip placed on the left side of her head. Her feet don strappy purple barefoot sandals that wind up her calves with purple jewels, and her fairy dust vial is a violet bottle with a hole in the middle and diamond on top placed on a lime green choker around her neck. On her eyelids, pink eyeshadow is added, her eyelashes grow considerably in length and very light pink lipstick is put on. Her large, glittery squarish butterfly-styled wings open and are orchid and violet with violet bejeweled outlining and her wings also have spurs/tails with spiral tips.
Last is Aisha, who's surrounded by pink Morphix waves. First, glittery yellow translucent gloves swirl their way up to her shoulders, then a glittery pink bandeau top—decorated with upper- and lower-facing glittery spring green leaf-shaped frills—appear as well as a matching glittery spring green miniskirt with a pink double-row sash going from her left hip to the end of the skirt on the right and spring green leaf-shaped frills along the bottom. Her hair gains streaks, and is braided around a cyan forehead tiara (also bearing pearls that are the color of Morphix), before flowing into half-up pigtails while the rest of her hair goes down her back. Her feet have light green barefoot sandals that wind up her calves, connected by flower-shaped buttons, and her fairy dust vial is an aquamarine bottle surrounded by a green ring with an aquamarine knot on top placed on a yellow-green choker around her neck. Her face is decorated with yellow eyeshadow on her lids, her lashes grown out and pink lipstick is applied to her lips. Her large, glittery butterfly-shaped wings unfurl and are outlined with lime green, decorated with pink pearls, and filled in with yellow and magenta.
All six girls flew up into the air and surrounded the creatures. As their wings fluttered, fairy dust sprinkled down from them and landed on the sidewalk below them, as well as on the two bags of stuff they bought earlier.
"Fusion Ray!" Bloom shouted, uniting two fires together in her palm, creating one super-heated flame. She smiled when she saw that a huge chunk of rock was melted off and didn't fix itself. "Okay Winx, just keep firing. Hopefully we can break them down."
"On it." Stella said, holding her hands, palms forward, towards the same creature. "Solar Flash!" Another chunk was blown away by the powerful orange ray of sunshine.
The creatures took another swing at the Winx, but they dodged it effortlessly.
Musa backed up and aimed at the unharmed creature. "Sound Wave!" She clapped her hands together, sending out a ripple of purple sound waves, and a chunk from the middle was blown away.
"Digital Blast!" Tecna shouted, aiming at the creature Musa attacked. The creature lost an arm from the translucent green energy beam.
"Luxurious Ivy!" Flora shouted, spinning in the air. Her vines held the creatures' feet to the sidewalk. "That should hold them."
"Thanks Flora." Aisha said, then held her hands out. "Plasma Magic Ball!" She took the other arm from the creature Musa attacked with a ball of Morphix.
"Keep them distracted." Bloom said. "It's time to heat things up." Bloom concentrated and called out her Dragon Flame. The Dragon started swirling around her body, building up enough energy to get rid of the creatures.
"Solar Burst!" Bloom heard Stella shout then felt heat fly right past her face. "Hurry it up, Bloom."
"It's almost there." Bloom said, the red Dragon now swirling around her faster and faster. Bloom moved her arms up in the air and the Dragon kept going. "One...more...second..."
"Bass Boom!" Musa said, knocking another arm off that was about to take a swipe at Bloom.
"Back...up!" Bloom shouted and the other girls complied. "Dragon's Energy!" Her Dragon bursted from her body and headed straight towards the rock creatures, completely melting them before floating for a second, then returning into Bloom.
Bloom fluttered down to the sidewalk and landed on her hands and knees there, catching her breath. The other Winx knew it took a minute for the Dragon's energy to boost Bloom's own energy up again; Bloom said when that much of the Dragon left, it was like a part of her was missing, making her a bit weaker. After a few seconds, Bloom straightened and flew up to be with her friends.
"What just happened?" Bloom asked, still breathing a little heavy.
"I'm actually not sure." Tecna said. "I've never felt that kind of magic before. What I do know is it felt old. Not as old as your Dragon Flame, obviously, but still pretty old."
"Uh, guys?" Stella said, hand on cocked-out hip. "Not to point out the obvious, but we're in our Enchantix form. Shouldn't we head back home or something?"
"Good idea, Stell." Bloom said. "Since we're already changed, let's just fly home. The sky is a bit cloudy, so we should be able to fly above them and not be seen."
"What are we going to tell Vanessa and Mike?" Aisha asked, flying down to grab the two discarded bags of school supplies they dropped before flying back up to the Winx.
The five friends looked at Bloom, who shrugged. "Nothing at the moment. We aren't even sure what's going on. We'll wait, for now."
"Let's head back home." Flora said, grabbing one of the bags from Aisha. "We do have school tomorrow."
"Ugh!" Stella groaned. "I almost forgot about that."
"School won't go away just because two rock monsters attacked us." Bloom said, patting her head.
Stella stuck out her tongue.
Bloom laughed. "But Flora's right, let's go home."
Bloom shot higher into the sky, the other Winx following, and started their flight home, unconsciously forming a diamond: Bloom in front, Stella behind her, to the right, Flora to the left, Musa behind Stella and Tecna behind Flora, and Aisha ended the point in between Musa and Tecna. It's been awhile since they've flown, so they enjoyed the night air as much as they could.
With the Specialists
"Whoa!" Nabu said, suddenly falling back on his butt.
"Dude, you okay?" Riven asked, putting his sword away and helping his friend up.
"It was weird." Nabu said, shaking his head. "I just felt a huge blast of magic in the area."
"Magic? Here?" Helia asked, overhearing the conversation.
"I don't know what to tell you, but somewhere in Gardenia, someone just used a huge amount of magic." Nabu said, shaking his head.
"Do you know where?" Timmy asked, also joining the conversation. Sky and Brandon didn't hear the others talking because they were on the far side of the roof, battling, and not really paying attention to much else.
Nabu closed his eyes and tried to focus in on the magical trail, but couldn't pick it up, but he did find something else. "Okay, guys, there was one very powerful magical burst, but before that, I detect six other magical signatures in the same area, and that's including the very powerful one."
"That's just weird." Riven said.
"Okay, okay." Brandon said from the other side of the roof. "I give." He fell to the ground, gulping down air.
"Never try to best a prince, my friend." Sky laughed, plopping right next to Brandon.
"It's almost ten guys, shouldn't we head back downstairs?" Timmy asked, sitting across from Sky, still thinking about what Nabu said. "We have school tomorrow."
"Ugh, Senior year." Riven groaned. "I hate high school." He sat next to Timmy.
"You hate a lot of things, Riven." Brandon pointed out.
"Well, there's a lot of hatable things out there." Riven said, looking over when Nabu sat down next to him. "Especially the girls who go there."
"I'll agree with you there." Helia said, laying down next to Brandon. "They are relentless."
"Especially Mitzi." Brandon said. "She is terrible." The others laughed. "She just doesn't give up!"
"Her friends aren't any better." Helia said, rubbing a hand through his hair. "Krystal freaks me out."
"Especially the queen bee." Nabu said. "Diaspro." The others shuddered.
"She likes Sky, but just doesn't get that he doesn't like her and probably never will." Brandon said.
"Never." Sky said, agreeing with Brandon. "She is the worst of the worst."
"How about-" Riven started but stopped when they saw something sparkly sprinkle down onto the roof and onto them. They looked up and saw something colorful flash over them, and voices and laughter flit down from the sky.
"Timmy?" Sky asked after a few moments of silence.
"Don't go assuming anything yet." Timmy said cautiously. "It could be anything."
"I thought I saw wings." Brandon said.
"Are those...fairies?" Sky asked.
Sky, Nabu and Helia looked at each other. They were the only three who actually came from the Magix Dimension, so they knew what several magical creatures looked like, especially fairies. But when they moved to Earth, they did bring a lot of informational books with them and let the other three read up on the Magix Dimension. When all six looked up again, whatever they saw was gone.
"Well, unless we see it again, we won't know for sure." Sky said.
"There's a high probability that we won't." Timmy said as they all packed up their weapons.
"Boys!" Alex yelled up. "It's time for bed. I don't want any of you trying to get out of going to school because you're tired."
"Yes, Alex!" Sky shouted back down, then faced his friends. "Bedtime."
With the Winx
The Winx landed lightly on their feet behind the guest house (their home), making sure to make as little noise as possible. After checking over the large property to make sure no other creatures were lurking, they entered their house using Bloom's key. All six girls transformed back into their regular forms in a burst of fairy dust and flopped onto the couches. Using so much power after only using little bits at Alfea made them a bit tired. Aisha and Flora threw the two bags onto the coffee table before Aisha flopped on the love seat next to Musa; Tecna claimed one of the chairs and Bloom, Flora and Stella shared the sofa.
"Okay, Tecna." Bloom said, leaning against Stella. "What was that?"
"They seemed to be magical rock creatures of some sort, but I have no idea what type of magic made them, except that it's old magic." Tecna said, scrolling through one of her tech gadgets. "This magic has never been recorded in my database, just like I said earlier." Tecna thought for a moment, tapping her lip with a finger. "Well, it hasn't been recorded in mine yet, but making a rock creature like that is strong magic. There has to be some record of the creator somewhere. I'll check all the Magix databases."
"Good idea." Bloom said, nodding.
"So we have a new enemy to deal with?" Stella asked, whining slightly. "I thought we came here to get away from all that stuff."
"I'm not sure we have a new enemy yet." Bloom said, shrugging. "It was only one attack, so only time will tell." The Winx all sighed sullenly.
"At least we have each other." Flora finally said, smiling, staying positive.
"Winx forever!" Bloom exclaimed, pumping her right fist in the air. "Right girls?"
"Right!" they all exclaimed, mimicking her.
Bloom smiled at her friends before her gaze caught the bags on the coffee table. "Why don't we get our bags packed up for school tomorrow?"
The others nodded and all six girls snapped their fingers, magically transporting the bags they got earlier in the week for school into the living room. Musa got up and grabbed the other bags full of school stuff from the kitchen and dumped them on the coffee table before returning to the love seat. Bloom grabbed her backpack—which is sky blue covered in pink hearts—and pulled out the piece of paper which listed all the school supplies, starting to grab what she needed. Stella—hers a dark orange side-bag with a giant silver star on it—grabbed all her school supplies, putting it in her bag. Flora unzipped her backpack—which is green with pink rosebuds covering it—and, after looking over the list, started putting her school supplies in it. Musa's backpack—which is magenta with yellow dots all over it—was already open, so Musa started putting her supplies into it. Tecna has a purple side-bag with light blue stripes—and could also hold a laptop—and she started putting her supplies in it. Aisha, picking up her light pink backpack covered with orange wavy lines, put all her supplies in as well.
Bloom grabbed her bag, went to the mud-room and hung her bag on the hook, her friends following her example. After flopping back onto the couches in the living room, they talked about little things until Flora popped up, making her friends look at her in question.
"Even though we ate dinner before we left, using my power to fight those creatures has left me hungry." Flora said, walking towards the kitchen. "Would you girls like a snack before we go to bed?"
The other Winx nodded, so Flora continued her trek into the kitchen. Bloom looked up at the large clock that was hanging on the right wall and her eyes widened in surprise. The time was 11:30. Stella swung around, laying her head in Bloom's lap while Bloom laid her head against the back of the sofa; Aisha turned to lean against the arm of the love seat, putting her legs on Musa's lap and Tecna was turned sideways in her arm chair. Ten minutes later, Flora walked back in with a tray full of six cups of honey-toasted fruit muesli and set it on the coffee table.
"I made these myself." Flora said proudly, grabbing a cup and sitting next to Bloom. "With fresh fruit and everything. I'm so glad I put in that garden when I cleaned up the yard for Vanessa and Mike a few days ago. Enjoy."
The other Winx each grabbed a cup and a spoon, digging in. They all made sounds of enjoyment, each complimenting Flora on a job well done. After they each finished their snack, they each talked about the one thing they're all a bit nervous about: school. Bloom kept on a brave face for her friends, saying reassuring things to them and listening to their problems, but inside was freaking out just as much as they were.
"Okay Winx," Bloom said after looking up at the clock, "it's 12:15. We need to get ready for bed and go to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow."
The others agreed and they all got up, each heading to their own rooms. Bloom took a shower, then blew her hair out and brushed it, then brushed her teeth and put on her pajamas—a pink top under a yellow, cropped, ruffly tank, and knee-length blue sweatpants with a yellow belt. She climbed into her bed, set her alarm clock for early morning and fell asleep. Next door, Flora just got out of the shower and was blowing her hair dry before brushing it, then her teeth; she then got her pajamas on—an elbow-length green shirt under a pink night gown with knee-high green socks. After trailing her hands along her plants, calming them and herself down, she got into bed, set her alarm and fell asleep. Across the hallway, Stella spent a longer time in the shower than usual, going through her rituals, before getting out, blowing her hair dry and straight, brushed it and her teeth and got her pajamas on—a green tank top under a pink tank and orange and green sweatpants. After she moisturized her face, she climbed into her bed, reluctantly set her alarm and fell asleep.
On the second floor, Musa got out of the shower and blew her hair dry before brushing it out, then brushed her teeth before putting on her pajamas—a kimono-like red top and red sweatpants with a pair of pink-striped socks. After setting her alarm, she climbed into bed and fell asleep, humming a tune as she did. Across the hallway, Aisha finished her shower, brushed her hair and teeth and got her pajamas on—a yellow, orange-trimmed tank, a pair of yellow shorts with orange trim and a fuschia belt; Aisha did her nightly exercises, climbed into bed, set her alarm and fell asleep. Back across the hallway, Tecna got out of the shower and towel-dried her hair, brushed it out, then brushed her teeth before putting on her pajamas—a lilac and blue midriff-baring top with puffy sleeves and green laces, knee-length yellow sweatpants, and green socks. After checking on the database search she had going for the magical creator, she climbed into her bed, set the alarm and fell asleep.