"Let's start from the beginning." Bloom said and Roxy nodded. "We're from the Magical Dimension, also called Magix."
"What's that?" Roxy asked.
"It's another universe." Stella said.
"You have your universe, right?" Tecna said, explaining further when she saw Roxy was still confused. "With all your different planets?"
"Yeah." Roxy said. "Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and such."
"Exactly." Tecna said with a pleased smile. "Well, the Magic Dimension is just like that. It's another universe filled with other planets. Though all the planets in Magix are livable."
"Oh." Roxy said, nodding slowly. "I get it. So...why are you guys here?"
"We're what you call rare in Magix." Bloom said as she and the others sat down at the kitchen table. "We're Fairy Prodigies. We all got our magic younger than normal fairies would."
"How old is that?" Roxy asked.
"About fourteen or fifteen is when you usually get your Winx." Musa said.
"Winx?" Roxy asked, confused.
"It's the first transformation." Bloom said. "The transformation level we're at now is called Enchantix."
"I never had Winx." Roxy said. "When I got my powers, the Enchantix was what I first turned in to."
"Really?" Bloom asked, surprised.
"Yeah." Roxy said.
"Maybe Earth fairies work differently than we do." Tecna said with a shrug when the others looked at her.
"Okay, anyways..." Bloom said, shaking her head. "Normally, you start your transformation at fourteen or fifteen, but we started at age nine."
"Wow." Roxy said, eyes wide.
"Yup." Bloom said. "Then we got our Enchantix at fifteen. This means we're pretty powerful-"
"Bloom, especially." Stella cut in.
"How is she more powerful?" Roxy asked, remembering the Dragon that circled around Bloom earlier.
"I'll explain that later." Bloom said, waving away the question. "Anyways, since we're pretty powerful, we've had a lot of people after us...after our magic. We've been able to fight off everybody, but lately, the attacks have gotten more frequent and more brutal. So Faragonda, our fairy mentor and my honorary aunt, sent us here to hide. Not a lot of people look at Earth for magic."
"Apparently not," Roxy said with a smirk, "since you missed me. But why are you with Vanessa and Mike? Do they know about you?"
"Of course." Bloom said. "Vanessa is Faragonda's younger sister, and both are magical."
"Vanessa is a fairy?" Roxy asked, resting her chin in her hand.
"No." Bloom said, leaning back. "She's a witch. Faragonda was born a witch too, but she's now a hybrid fairy. Mike is human, but he knows all about Magix."
"Why are you saying Vanessa is your aunt then?" Roxy asked, head cocked.
"She's my honorary aunt, just like Faragonda is." Bloom said, but seeing the puzzled expression on Roxy's face, went on to explain the whole story. "See, both my parents died when I was just a baby-"
"Died, Bloom?" Stella said with disgust in her voice. "Don't you mean killed?"
"Killed?" Roxy asked with a gasp.
Bloom took a deep, calming breath in, then slowly let it out. "Well, yes, killed. My home planet, Domino, was all but destroyed when I was a baby by the three Ancestral Witches." At Roxy's questioning look, Bloom explained further. "They are beings of absolute Evil and the mothers of dark witchcraft. My parents, the King and Queen of Domino, were part of the Circle of Light, along with four other people, and the Circle protected Magix from evil. They were dispatched to destroy the Witches, but they proved to be evenly matched."
"Why were the Witches on Domino to begin with?" Roxy asked, curious.
"They wanted the Dragon Fire." Bloom said.
"The what?" Roxy asked, eyebrow raised.
"Bloom's current power." Aisha cut in. "You saw it swirling around her earlier."
"That's what that was?" Roxy said, eyes wide. "Why did they want that so badly?"
"It's the greatest, most ancient magic ever to exist, and considered the driving force of the Magic Dimension." Tecna interjected. "It's part of the power of the Great Dragon."
"The who?" Roxy asked, head swiveling from each Winx member as they spoke.
"The Great Dragon is the creator of the Magic Dimension." Bloom explained, and at Roxy's curious look, she went on. "The Great Dragon was born at the beginning of Time from the dark Void as a dazzling light, and created all of the Magic Dimension with its fiery breath, where it spread life, light and heat." Bloom took in a breath. "Later, it became exhausted and chose as its resting place the planet Domino, and since then the royal heirs of Domino, my ancestors, have been the Guardians of the Dragon Fire." Bloom paused for a second before going on. "When the Dragon disappeared, the Magic Dimension was then consecutively ruled by the nine Nymphs of Magix, all-powerful fairies who had controlled the destiny of the Magic Dimension and had been the previous Guardians of the Dragon Fire," Bloom let out a sigh, "the last being my older sister, Daphne. But when the Ancestral Witches came to Domino looking for the Dragon Fire, the Company of Light did what they could to protect my sister, its Keeper, but it wasn't enough. As the battle raged on, the Witches freezing the entire planet while searching for the Flame, my sister did the only thing she could think of to protect it: she transferred all of the Flame into me, then hid me." Bloom took a minute to compose herself before continuing. "In the final battle between the Witches and the Company of Light, the Ancestresses were banned to the Realm of Obsidian, but at the last second, they grabbed the King and the Queen, my parents, and pulled them into Obsidian with them."
Roxy's eyes went wide while the other Winx shook their heads in disgust; Bloom was trying to keep from crying, and failing.
Tecna saw this, so she continued with the explanation. "A flow of negative energy was then released from the Obsidian portal, which absorbed all the population of Domino into the Realm of Obsidian, and Domino fell into a seemingly endless winter, since the whole planet was frozen over completely, the land covered in ice and snow."
"The richest, most magical, and most influential planet turned into a barren, frozen wasteland, all because someone wanted more power." Stella said, her tone full of outrage.
Aisha placed a hand on Stella's shoulder. "It was a sad day for everyone." She shook her head. "My parents would tell me wonderful stories about how it was...before."
Flora scooted closer to Bloom and took her hand. "I think all of us have heard stories about how wonderful Domino was." She squeezed Bloom's hand. "And here's the proof, sitting right with us."
Bloom let out a chuckle and wiped her eyes. "Thanks, Winx."
Roxy looked down at her hands before glancing back up. "I don't mean to be rude or nosy, but, what happen to your sister...and you?" Roxy asked quietly. "You said your parents were pulled in, but not your sister."
Bloom, wiping the last of her tears away, let out a mirthless chuckle. "My sister is trapped in spirit form as a nymph bound to the bottom of Lake Roccaluce."
"How'd that happen?" she asked.
Bloom just shrugged. "No one knows. Only Daphne and the Witches know the answer to that."
"And you?" Roxy asked after a moment.
Bloom smile sadly. "I was still hidden where Daphne put me, until Faragonda found me."
"Faragonda, your honorary aunt?" Roxy asked, clarifying, then looked confused again. "Wait, why was she there?"
"She was part of the Company." Bloom explained. "There were three women and three men in the group. My mom and Faragonda were two of the women and my dad was one of the men. The other woman was Griffin, a witch. She's now the headmistress of Cloud Tower, a school for witches. The other two men were Saladin, an expert in weaponry and technology, and Hagen, a master swords-smith; Saladin's now the head master of Red Fountain, a school that teaches fighting and the use of technology. Faragonda, like I said earlier, is a hybrid fairy, but she's also the headmistress of Alfea, a school for fairies. We were there, living and studying, before we came here."
Roxy nodded as she absorbed that information, before thinking of another question. "So what are you to the Dragon Flame?"
"I'm the Guardian of the Dragon Flame, kind of like a physical vessel for it." Bloom said.
"The Dragon Flame is the supreme power in the universe, and cannot be extinguished." Tecna added, before pausing, then correcting herself. "Except by the Water Stars, of course. Incidentally, though, only a possessor of the Dragon Fire can use them."
"Wow." Roxy said, shaking her head. "You guys weren't kidding when you said Bloom is the most powerful fairy in the universe." She canted her head to the side in question. "So, Bloom said she was from Domino, where are the rest of you from?"
"I'm from Solaria," Stella said, "the Realm of the Sun and Moon." Stella then straightened in her chair. "I'm the princess, actually."
"A princess?" Roxy said, eyebrows raised. "Wow." Stella just smiled.
"I'm from Linphea." Flora said. "It's the Realm of Nature." She smiled wistfully. "It's covered with so many flora and fauna."
"I'm from Melody." Musa said, giving Flora a weird look. "As the name suggests, its the Realm of Music."
"My home planet is Zenith." Tecna said, running a hand through her hair. "It is the Realm of Technology."
"I'm from Andros, the Realm of Oceans." Aisha said, adjusting her ponytail. "And just like Stella, I'm the princess."
"So I'm in the presence of three princesses." Roxy said, smiling. "Should I bow?"
"Funny." Aisha deadpanned.
"Now that you know our background," Bloom said, "it's your turn to do some explaining."
"Right." Roxy said with a sigh.
"Guys!" Rachel hollered over just as Roxy was about to speak. "I made a buffet. Come get your food."
The seven fairies nodded and lined up, Bloom first. The buffet offered grilled chicken, a garden salad, mashed potatoes, green peas, mac n' cheese, sweet potato casserole, oven-roasted asparagus, and portobello mushrooms. The girls picked their favorites before sitting back down at the table. Rachel filled seven glasses up with cold water and put one in front of each girl, and after scarfing down half their plate, they got back to talking.
"So, you said you became a fairy four months ago?" Bloom asked, chewing a piece of chicken.
"Yup." Roxy said with a nod. "Apparently, that's how Earth fairies work." She swallowed a forkful of peas. "We change on our sixteenth birthday."
"How do you know that?" Tecna asked, sipping from her glass.
"It was in a letter my dad gave me from my mom on my birthday." Roxy said. "She was a fairy, apparently."
"A letter?" Bloom asked, eyebrow raised.
"A really, really long letter that had everything in it." Roxy said with a sigh. "She told me how I would transform, and how to transform back. She also told me how to use my magic...and then a bunch of other stuff."
"Where is she?" Bloom asked, curious. "Your mother."
"She disappeared when I was young." Roxy said sadly. "She told my dad that if anything were to happen to her to give me that letter on my sixteenth birthday." She sighed. "He didn't know what was in it, but gave it to me anyways. The letter was filled with everything I would need to know about being a fairy. Well, most of what I need. There's still so much I don't know."
"That would absolutely stink." Bloom said, picking at her food. "Having no one to turn to with questions. We at least have Faragonda." She tapped her plate resolutely. "Well, we're here now and we can help you out."
"Really?" Roxy said, a tentative smile on her face.
"Of course." Bloom said affirmatively as the other Winx nodded and agreed.
Stella got a contemplative look on her face before asking, "What about your other friends? Won't it be weird if you're suddenly seen hanging out with a bunch of Seniors?"
"I really don't have friends." Roxy said with a slight shrug. "I guess I'm what you'd call a loner. I never felt I fit in. The only friends I have are Artu, my dog, and a bunch of other animals I take care of."
"That kinda sucks." Stella said, and Roxy gave a nod.
"Oh!" Bloom said after a few silent minutes. "I forgot to ask you earlier. What type of fairy are you?"
"Type?" Roxy asked, perplexed.
"Yeah." Bloom said with a nod. "Like I'm the Fairy of the Dragon Flame." She looked at the others.
"I'd be the Fairy of the Shining Sun." Stella said with a haughty nod.
"I'm the Fairy of Nature." Flora said softly.
"I'm the Fairy of Music." Musa said.
"I'm the Fairy of Technology." Tecna said.
"Fairy of Waves." Aisha said with a wave.
"Oh." Roxy said, taking a second to think, before she remembered something. "Oh! I remember something from the note my mom left me. It said I'm the Fairy of Animals."
"And you said you get along with animals better?" Bloom asked.
"Yup." Roxy said, taking another bite of her salad.
"You being the Fairy of Animals is the cause of that." Bloom said thoughtfully. "It's like Flora connecting with nature better-"
"I do." Flora cut in.
"-or Stella loving the sun." Bloom finished as Stella nodded.
"Makes sense." Roxy said, nodding.
"So, do you still have that letter?" Bloom asked.
"Unfortunately, no." Roxy said, looking very sad about that. "It was lost when we moved into a new house two months ago." She pushed her food around her plate. "I'm not upset it's lost because of the information, I already committed that to memory, I'm upset because it was my last link to my mother."
Bloom laid a hand over Roxy's. "I get it. The only thing I have left of my family, of my whole planet, is a picture. Everything else was destroyed." Roxy smiled back and squeezed Bloom's hand.
"Let's get on with things." Stella finally said, looking back and seeing that Rachel had left the house. "Rachel's gone, so now we can talk about those annoying rock creatures." The others nodded. "After two months, why are they back now?"
"That's a good question." Bloom said before looking at Tecna. "Any ideas?"
"It's definitely the same magic as the first two." Tecna said, pulling out one of her techno gadgets. "That I can confirm. But why this person waited so long between attacks, I can not."
"Wouldn't think you could, Tec." Bloom said, sighing. "Plus, those things keep getting stronger and stronger."
"Wait, wait, wait." Roxy said, holding her hands up. "This attack has happened twice before?"
"Yup." Stella said, pushing her empty plate back. "Once the day before the first day of school and the other after."
"I heard about that second attack." Roxy said, remembering. "So the rumors of the giant rock creatures were true. I didn't believe the idiots sprouting them...until now, apparently."
"You didn't see it when you left the school?" Musa asked.
"I stayed behind." Roxy said, a little embarrassed.
"Why?" Stella asked, always the straightforward one.
"There were some kittens stuck in a storm pipe behind the school." Roxy said, a tad defensive. "I went to save them. By the time I did that, the school was almost empty."
"Wow," was all Stella said.
"I felt they needed my help." Roxy said, shrugging, before looking back at Bloom. "Do you have any idea who's creating the creatures?"
"None. We didn't know for sure we were the targets until now." Bloom said, leaning back in her chair. "They keep showing up wherever we are. But no one who wants our magic know we're here. The magic of everyone we've ever dealt with is documented in Tecna's Magic Database, so it would have popped up when she ran it. She's running it on the Magix Database, so we're waiting to get results from that. Everyone's is documented in that one."
"How weird." Roxy said, shaking her head before looking up at the clock. "Well, it's seven and getting dark. I probably should start heading home."
"Why?" Bloom asked. "We have so much more to talk about."
"It's Friday night," Stella piped in, "why don't you just sleepover?"
"Would that be okay with your dad?" Flora added, giving Stella a look.
"He'll be thrilled." Roxy said with a snort. "He always worries that I don't have any friends...well, human friends, so telling him I want to sleepover will be like an early birthday present to him."
"Okay." Bloom nodded. "You can use the living room to call him if you want."
"Thanks." Roxy said, pulling her cell out of her pocket and leaving the table.
"Should we tell Faragonda about Roxy?" Stella asked Bloom as soon as Roxy was out of earshot.
"I think so." Bloom decided. "Knowing an Earth fairy is here is big. Aisha, can you go get Vanessa and bring her to Tec's room? She needs to know about Roxy as well if we're gonna be teaching her about fairy life."
"On it." Aisha said before sprinting out of the house towards the mansion.
The rest of the Winx headed up to Tecna's room, the only place where they have the technology to get into contact with another dimension. Tecna plopped down in her black rolling chair and opened up her laptop before connecting to the internet and calling Faragonda at Alfea. As soon as Aisha returned to the room with Vanessa, Faragonda popped up on the screen.
"Hello girls." Faragonda said, pleasantly surprised. "Is everything alright?"
"Just fine." Bloom said from her position behind Tecna. "We just thought there was something you should know."
"Okay." Faragonda said.
Bloom was about to go on when Roxy walked into the room. "My dad said it'd be fine if I-" she stopped speaking when she saw they were talking to someone on the computer and looked down with a blush. "Sorry, I'll come back."
"No, no." Bloom said, waving her hand. "This is about you. Come here." Roxy nodded slowly and made her way over to Bloom. "Roxy, meet my Aunt Faragonda. Aunt F, this is Roxy." She traded a look with Roxy before going on. "She's an Earth fairy, one of the last if I'm not mistaken."
"An Earth fairy." Faragonda said with an astonished look as Vanessa hid a gasp. "Wow, I am surprised we are just now hearing about this. It's nice to meet you, Roxy. Tell me, when did you first transform?"
"It was about four months ago, on my sixteenth birthday." Roxy said.
"Apparently Earth fairies don't work like we do." Bloom added. "They change on their sixteenth birthday and they don't have a Winx or Charmix transformation. They go straight to Enchantix."
"What is she the Earth fairy of?" Faragonda asked.
"She's the Fairy of Animals." Bloom said.
"How does she know so much about fairies?" Faragonda asked, intrigued.
"Her mom left her a letter." Bloom said. "She, obviously, is the fairy of the family. And before you ask, no, the mom isn't here. She disappeared when Roxy was young."
"How sad. I'm so sorry, dear." Faragonda said with sympathy.
"Thanks." Roxy said with a smile.
"Since Roxy basically had no one to help her before we came along, we decided we would help her adjust to fairy life." Bloom went on.
"How did you find her?" Faragonda asked curiously and Bloom blanched.
"Uh-" Bloom said.
"We ran into each other when we were stretching our wings earlier today, flying over the clouds." Stella said. Bloom turned her head and mouthed thank you to her.
"Bloom." Faragonda admonished. "You know you shouldn't transform during the day."
"I'm sorry, Aunt F." Bloom said, trying to act ashamed. "We made sure no one was looking."
Faragonda just shook her head. "Well, it seems your disappearing act is holding up here in Magix. No one knows where you six are."
"That's very good." Bloom said with a nod. "Well, we just wanted to introduce Roxy to you and check in. Love you."
"I love you too, Bloom." Faragonda said. "You as well, Ness. Bye girls and it was nice to meet you, Roxy." The screen then went blank.
"Oh, Vanessa." Bloom said, turning around. "Vanessa, Roxy. Roxy, Vanessa. I wanted you to meet her, Vanessa, because she's going to be over here a lot."
"Lovely to meet you." Vanessa said with a smile.
"You too." Roxy said, then the doorbell rang. "Oh, that's my dad. I told him to bring my stuff over here."
"Stella, go with Roxy." Bloom said and Stella nodded. "Vanessa, it's okay if Roxy sleeps over, right?"
"Of course." Vanessa said. "Thanks for letting me know about everything. I'll be back at the mansion if you need me."
"Bye." Bloom waved and once the door to Tecna's room closed, she turned back to Tecna. "Any news on the database search?"
"Nothing yet." Tecna said with an irritated noise. "It's frustrating."
"Keep it searching." Bloom said with a shrug and encouraging smile as she and the other Winx made their way back to the living room.
"Bye dad." They heard Roxy call out before they saw her and Stella appear in the room with them.
"Everything okay?" Bloom asked.
"Yeah." Stella said. "The guys were right, her dad is really chill."
"Thanks." Roxy said. "So, where should I put my stuff?"
"Just put it next to the couch." Bloom said. "It pulls out, so you'll be sleeping here. The rest of us have our own rooms. Why don't we each change into our pajamas, then meet outside on the patio and teach Roxy a thing or two about being a fairy?"
"I like it." Stella said and the rest nodded before going their separate ways.
They all made it outside about thirty minutes later and started a check around the property to make sure they were alone and safe. Bloom's wearing a pink/cream-colored top with green hearts at the straps and blue frills lining the bottom, cream-colored shorts with a small pink stripe above some more blue frills and a pink bow with a green center, two green fuzzy wristbands on her wrists, knee-high socks with green at the top and bottom and have pink and blue stripes in between with her hair in two braids, and a pink headband with a green bow. Stella's wearing a blue ruffly top with a pink and yellow heart in the middle, ruffly blue shorts over pink leggings, a pink bow in her hair, and yellow slippers. Flora's wearing a green nightgown with yellow laces, and yellow socks. Musa has on a light blue quarter-length shirt underneath an off-one-shoulder light pink top with dark pink trim, dark pink capris with light blue pockets and a light pink belt, and her hair is pulled back in a bun. Tecna's wearing a sky blue one-shoulder crop top over an off-the-shoulder magenta midriff-bearing top lined with purple, and purple sweatpants with sky blue and yellow edges. Aisha's pajamas are a light/dark purple-colored light blue-polka-dotted midriff-bearing tank top, boy shorts of the same pattern, and a purple headband in her hair. Roxy's wearing a magenta one-piece shorts and shirt with green trimming and a navy paw print on the front, and green socks.
"So, what would you like to know about being a fairy?" Bloom asked after the yard sweep was complete. All seven of them were now sitting in a circle on the grass as the outside started getting darker.
"Well," Roxy said, thinking. "What kind of powers do you have?"
"They aren't really "powers" per se, more like spells." Bloom said with a smile. "We've learned a lot of spells building up to our Enchantix form, but we'll tell you the spells we learned from the Enchantix transformation." Bloom stared up into the sky for a second, thinking, before answering. "Dragon Essence, Fire Sphere, Dragon Fury, Dragon Shield, Enchantix Sphere, Dragon Energy, Fusion Fire, Mini Winx, Fire Fists, Enchantix Flame Burst, Fire Ray, Dragon's Flame, Dragon Holocaust, Dragon Inferno, Dragon Rage, and Full Dragon Energy. My favorite spell, though, is Dragon Flame."
"My spells are Enchantix Sunburst, Enchantix Sunbeam, Enchantix Moon Shield, Cloud Breaker, Sunbeam Shower, Ocean of Light, Magic Rainbow, Solar Flash, Solaria Sun Beam, Power of the Sun, and Sun Negation. My fav spell is Moon Ray, though." Stella said, ticking the powers off with her fingers.
"Mine are Luxurious Ivy, Green Luxurious Ivy, Ivy Vine Wrap, Winter's Edge, Enchanted Vine Wrap, Extractor Seeds, Growing Ivy, Rose Kiss, Magic Climbing Ivy, Energy of Mother Earth, Return to Nature, and Nature Dust. My favorite spells are Giant Nettles and Giant Vines." Flora said softly.
"Enchantix Bass Boom, Enchantix Amplifier, Soundwave Attack, Bass Resonance, Power of Sound, Sound Shield/Disco Shield, Sonic Shield, Sound Wave, Bass Boom, Sound Cage, Sonic Shadow, Harmonic Lullaby, Wall of Sound, Low Resonance, and Power of Harmony are my spells. My favorite spell is Sonic Wave." Musa said, leaning back on her hands.
"My spells include Electric Storm, Laser Cage, Protective Force Field, Protective Energy Shield, Magnetic Storm, Tecno-Magical Union, and Digital Blast. My favorite spell is Laser Ray." Techna said.
"The spells I have are Morphix, Super-Powered Morphix, Plasma Magic Bolt, Enchanted Morphix, Morphix Attack, Morphix Shield, Enchantix Bolt, Enchantix Plasma, Pure Enchanted Morphix, Morphix Surface, and Plasma Magic Ball. My favorite spell is Morphix." Aisha said.
"Wow." Roxy said, impressed. "And you said you know more?"
"From our Winx and Charmix days, yes." Bloom said.
Roxy looked over at Aisha. "What, exactly, is Morphix?"
Aisha smiled and spun her hand around in a circle, making a Morphix ball in her hand. "It's basically a pink fluid, like water, that I can manipulate into any form I choose." She closed her fist and the Morphix puffed out of sight.
"Cool." Roxy said.
"So, what else do you want to know?" Bloom asked
The Winx spent the rest of the night answering Roxy's questions, showing off some spells, not even noticing when the dark sky started turning light.