WEEK OF HALLOWEEN
Bloom turned from her locker when she heard footsteps approaching her and the other Winx's lockers. She smiled when she saw it was Roxy, but was confused when the young fairy had a bewildered expression on her face; it appeared she was holding something in her hand.
"Everything okay, Roxy?" Bloom asked, closing her locker and leaning against it.
"I'm okay, just a little confused." Roxy said slowly.
"What's that in your hand?" Stella asked curiously.
"An invitation to Diaspro's Halloween Bash." Roxy said, confusion still in her voice.
"You sound like that's a bad thing." Stella said, propping herself against her locker. "A party can't be that bad."
"It's not, it's just she never invites people from other grades to her parties. It's always the people in her own grade that get the invites." Roxy said, waving the invite around. "I don't understand why I got one."
"I think I know why." The girls turned when they heard Sky's voice come from their left.
"Why?" Bloom asked, tilting her head.
"To anger you, of course." Sky said, smiling. "Everyone in the Senior grade got an invite but you six, and just to piss you off more, Diaspro invited your Junior friend."
"Wow." Bloom said, eyebrows raised. "That's just-"
"Stupid." Stella interrupted.
"Well, if I'm just a ploy to anger you guys, I'm not going." Roxy said, about to rip up the invite.
"Wait!" Brandon called out.
"What?" Roxy said, startled.
"If you read the bottom portion of the invite, it says you can bring one person." Brandon said with a smirk. "Wanna guess who we're gonna bring?"
"That is sly and underhanded." Stella said, but smiled. "I like it. Bloom?"
"It's good." Bloom said, nodding. "We'll be your plus-ones." Bloom smiled.
"Excellent." Sky said and the other guys nodded.
The rest of the week flew by and soon enough it was Saturday, the day of the party. Roxy arrived at the Winx's house two hours before the party was to start and walked in with the key they made her, since she comes over a lot. She found them in the living room, discussing, loudly, costume ideas. She waved to everyone, but stayed quiet. Finally, Stella shouted, making everyone go silent.
"I have the perfect outfits!" Stella declared. "And they're so simple. We'll go as our Winx forms."
"Stella!" Bloom exclaimed. "You're a genius!"
"Thanks." Stella said with a smile.
"Uh, guys?" Roxy said with an uncertain smile. "I never had a Winx form, remember?"
"Don't worry about it." Stella said with a wave of her hand. "I'll make one for you with a spell."
Roxy smiled. "Okay."
"Wait, Stella, how are we supposed to access our Winx forms?" Musa asked, resting a hand on her hip. "We can't go backwards."
"Leave that to me." Stella said confindently. "Just act like you're changing into your Enchantix form and leave the rest up to the spell."
"Okay, Stella." Bloom said before calling out, "Magic Winx, Enchantix."
The Winx all focused on transforming, but their forms got rerouted to their Winx form by the spell Stella sent out. When they were done, they looked at themselves and each other and all smiled.
"Stella!" Bloom exclaimed, again. "It's awesome."
"Yeah, but I forgot how small the wings were." Aisha said, fluttering her smaller wings.
"You all look amazing." Roxy said.
"So do you, Roxy." Flora said with a kind smile. "Stella did a good job."
"I did, didn't I?" Stella said with a satisfied smiled.
Bloom's wearing a glittery light blue midriff-baring sleeveless turtleneck decorated with a gold jewel at the center of her chest, a matching glittery light blue miniskirt with tiny slits on the front sides, and light blue high-heeled ankle boots; she also has on light blue gauntlets around her arms from elbow-to-wrist with a point down the palm, her hair is left down and at the top of her head is a small golden tiara with three rounded points; her small, butterfly-shaped wings are translucent cyan with teal tips, on her eyelids is dark pink eyeshadow and on her lips is pink lipstick.
Stella has on a glittery orange one-shoulder stomach-baring top, matching glittery orange mini-shorts, and orange high-heeled, knee-high boots; her hair is in two low pigtails with orange tube ties, atop her head is a light blue headband, and on her wrists are light blue cuff wristbands; her wings are three leaflets the color of translucent powder blue with teal tips, on her eyelids is peach eyeshadow and on her lips is coral-colored lipstick.
Flora's outfit is primarily fuchsia and light pink in color, and consists of a glittery strapless, deep sweetheart-neckline minidress, and fuschia high-heeled ankle boots; her hair is left down, a green choker with a pink four-petal flower adorns her neck, and she has light pink wrist-length fingerless gloves covering her arms; her wings are translucent lime green and petal-shaped, light pink eyeshadow adorn her eyelids and dark pink lipstick is on her lips.
Musa's wearing a glittery red one-shoulder, midriff-baring top with translucent pink fabric at the middle attached to a glittery red miniskirt, and knee-high, wedge-heel red boots; her hair is up in high pigtails with red ties, purple headphones sit atop her head, and purple ribbons are tied around her upper-arms, with loose ends hanging from the one on her left arm; her thin wings are translucent bright blue with purple bands in the middle, on her eyelids is light gold eyeshadow and on her lips is magenta lipstick.
Tecna's outfit consists of a full bodysuit of a glittery lavender color covering the torso and legs, powder blue sleeves cover her arms and hands, and blue high-heeled, knee-high boots go over the suit; covering her head is a lavender helmet (her bang coming out of it) which has a lime green tear-shaped brooch on it, similar to the one in the center of her chest; her wings are green bars, which form small squares on her back, pale pink eyeshadow cover her eyelids and deep pink lipstick cover her lips.
Aisha's Winx form is a glittery light green one-shoulder, midriff-baring top, a glittery light green miniskirt with a deep slit on the right side atop green mini-shorts, and light green high-heeled, shin-high boots with white bottoms; her hair is left down, a green diagonal sash connects her top and skirt, and she has several silver rings around her outfit, two silver bracelets are on her right arm—one around her wrist and one on her bicep—and a silver ring choker around her neck; her small, jagged butterfly-shaped wings are translucent sky blue with mauve tips, her eyelids have brown eyeshadow and her lips have dark pink lipstick.
Stella's magic made Roxy's outfit a glittery light green midriff-bearing halter top with magenta frills lining the top and a magenta bow in the middle, a glittery magenta miniskirt, and magenta high-heeled, knee-high boots; her hair is left down and in her hair are two light green clips, and on her arms are light green elbow-high gloves; her small, rounded butterfly-shaped wings are translucent light green outlined with magenta, on her eyelids is light green eyeshadow and on her lips is magenta lipstick.
Bloom fluttered her wings and started flying around the room. "It's so weird to be in this form again."
The other Winx and Roxy joined Bloom in flying around room, spinning and laughing with each other. They kept this up until they heard the doorbell ring and they all landed back on the floor. Bloom looked at everyone else, making eye contact with each.
"Remember, don't flutter the wings." Bloom said seriously. "We don't want to accidentally take off in the middle of the party."
"Got it." The other responded and followed Bloom to the door.
She opened the door and was greeted by the guys dressed like...Specialists would back in the Magic Dimension. The Winx looked at each other, each thinking how the heck the guys would know what Specialists would look like. Well, actually, only five of them are dressed as Specialists; Nabu's dressed like a wizard.
"Nice fairy costumes." Sky said, speaking for all of the guys.
"Thanks." Bloom said, speaking for the girls. "Your outfits are cool, too."
Sky's outfit is a dark blue and light creme-colored bodysuit with fingerless gloves, a cyan cape, with the gem on the cape clasp sky blue, and blue boots. Brandon's outfit is dark blue and light creme-colored bodysuit with fingerless gloves, a cyan cape, with the gem on the cape clasp dark green, and blue boots. Helia's outfit is a dark blue and light creme-colored bodysuit with fingerless gloves, a cyan cape, with the gem on the cape clasp orange, and blue boots. Riven's outfit is a dark blue and light creme-colored bodysuit with fingerless gloves, a cyan cape, with the gem on the cape clasp dark red, and blue boots. Timmy's outfit is a dark blue and light creme-colored bodysuit with fingerless gloves, a cyan cape, with the gem on the cape clasp yellow, and blue boots. Nabu's outfit is a dark purple cloak with rolled-up sleeves and gold decorations, brown pants and brown shoes.
"Well, let's get going." Sky said with a smile.
The Winx and Roxy all smiled and followed the guys out of the house; Bloom turned and locked the door, then they were one their way. Diaspro lives in the vicinity of Vanessa and Mike's property, since her family is also rich, so it won't take long to get there. The guys were walking in front of the Winx, so Stella turned to the other girls.
"Okay, how are they dressed like Specialists?" she asked, eyes wide.
"I don't know." Bloom said, dumbfounded. "And Nabu is dressed like a wizard." She shook her head. "Something is definitely weird here."
"What are you guys talking about?" Roxy asked, once again confused.
"We'll explain later." Bloom said as they rounded a corner and came up to Diaspro's house. Well, they assumed it was since lights and music were blaring and teens dressed in costumes were milling about.
The mansion has a French chateau-style look to it and is completely white. The Winx, Roxy and the guys all walked up to the mansion and went inside the open front door. There were some people milling about the inside of the mansion, but mostly everybody was outside in the backyard. The group threaded through the people and finally made it to the door that leads to the outside. Once they made it out, that's where they found all the people partying.
"Awesome!" Stella yelled over the music. "Now this is a party."
"The music is sweet." Musa added, her body already moving with the beat. "Stella, wanna dance?"
"Of course!" Stella exclaimed and the two made their way through the moving bodies on the dance floor until they were in the center before they started to really dance.
"Wow." Brandon said.
"That's Stella and Musa for ya." Bloom said with a shrug before wandering over to the buffet table with the rest of the Winx and Roxy.
The group hung out at the party for the next three hours, just dancing and chatting with other people, and tried to avoid the Alphas at all cost. It was around midnight when all hell broke loose. The Winx and Roxy were dancing on the dance floor when, from the opposite side of the yard, people started screaming. The girls immediately stopped and looked over in the direction where the screams came from and they all paled. Standing there were two more of the rock creatures, bigger and badder than the last ones.
"Really?" Stella complained. "Here?"
"Come on Stella, Winx, Roxy. We need to deal with this." Bloom said, leading the group away from the crowd and to a secluded corner where no one could see them. "Ready?" The others all nodded. "Magic Winx! Enchantix!"
The now-transformed girls flew out of the corner and into the air, flitting over the panicking people. They zoomed straight to the creatures and Bloom sent an attack at one that was about to step on a bunch of innocent teens.
"Dragon's Flame!" Bloom shouted before shooting two beams of fire out. It hit the creature, only making a dent in the rock, but distracted it long enough for the teens to get away. "Geez. These guys have been made tougher."
"Terrific." Stella grumbled. "Solar Flash!" Powerful orange rays of sunlight flashed out of her hands quickly and made another dent in the rock.
"What should we do?" Flora asked, panicking slightly as she dodged a fist.
"Well, until we can't, I guess keep attacking them." Bloom said with a shrug. "Fusion Fire!" She brought two balls of fire together before sending them to the creature, making a deeper dent.
"Sound Wave!" Musa yelled, sending out a shot of purple sound waves from her hands, causing yet another dent. "At this rate, we'll be lucky to defeat them by the next month!"
"Morphix Attack!" Aisha shouted, flying in front of Musa, sending a stream of pink Morphix at the thing, finally chipping away a part.
"Unless someone else has a better idea on defeating them, we have to keep attacking." Bloom shouted, dodging a fist that came right at her.
"Electric Storm!" Tecna yelled, sending out electrical green energy beams at the thing, chipping off another piece. "I agree with Bloom. There isn't much else we can do."
"Scorpion Tail!" Roxy called out, sending out a blast of bright blue energy with a purple end, making a deep dent.
The Winx and Roxy kept firing attack after attack at the two creatures, slowly wearing them down, but not enough. The creatures got in good shots every other attack, knocking the girls down onto the ground or into the side of the house or trees several times. The girls were slowly developing bruises and cuts and gashes, some deep, but they shook them off, like the Winx always did (this was new for Roxy, but she trooped on like a champ). Suddenly, when Flora was about to be blindsided, an orange laser-string appeared out of nowhere and wrapped around the arm, pulling it away. Flora flew out of the way and the girls looked over and saw the new additions: the guys, though they were all wearing dark blue figure 8-shaped masks on their faces (except Nabu, who had a purple one), the outfits gave them away. An A for effort, though.
"Uh, thanks." Flora said before her eyes widened. "Oh! Green Luxurious Ivy!" Flora sent two beams into the ground, and a second later vines grew out of the ground and wrapped around the other creature's arm when it was about to take a swipe at the guys.
"Fire Ray!" Bloom sent a blast of fire energy at the creature, chipping off another piece, before flying over to the guys, who still didn't know who she or the others were. "What are you six doing here?!"
"We're here to help." Sky replied, getting out a translucent sky blue phantoblade long-sword.
"Not that I don't appreciate it," Bloom started, then darted under a swiping arm, "these are a little out of your league." Bloom shot up and sent another burst of fire at it, chipping away another piece. "There a little out of our league." She muttered to herself.
"Watch out!" Stella yelled at Tecna.
Tecna looked up quickly before putting her arm up reflexively. "Protective Energy Shield." A large, green bubble formed around her, blocking the creature's hit. She shot a stream of electricity at it, knocking it away, before flying around it.
"Enchantix Sunbeam!" Stella shouted, making a ball of orange-yellow sun energy, which she then hurled at the creature, chipping off a large part of its face.
"Look out!" Flora shouted in Bloom's direction.
Bloom looked up at the shout and saw a fist coming towards her and the guys. "Dragon Flame Shield!" A large, transparent red forcefield appeared around them and reflected the attack. Bloom looked back at the guys, all with weapons, and resisted the urge to shake her head. "You guys could get hurt if you attempt to help. This needs to be dealt with magically. Please, get somewhere safe." Bloom flew out of her shield and sent another attack at the creature. The guys didn't go anywhere, just stayed under the protective shield Bloom erected, too surprised to do anything else.
Stella flew up next to Bloom. "How much longer? I'm not sure I can last much more."
"A little bit more." Bloom said before they flew apart, avoiding a fist. Not a second later, they saw Flora zoom past them and crash onto the floor, creating a crater in the ground.
They both gasped and Stella immediately flew down to check on her while Bloom sent another fire attack at the creature. Then Tecna, Musa and Aisha all flew past them, landing in a heap a few feet from Flora, narrowly avoiding Stella. Bloom looked around and saw Roxy still up and shooting attacks. Bloom saw a creature sneaking up behind her, so she zoomed as fast as she could over there and pushed the young fairy out of the way so the arm hit her across the chest and sent her flying instead; her wings, thankfully, pushed back just before she could hit the ground, allowing her to right herself. After catching her breath, she flew over to where Stella had a protective shield over the others and flew in next to her.
"Are they okay?" Bloom asked, looking over her friends. She then looked up when she saw Roxy fly in over next to them, frowning when she saw the downed Winx.
"What happened?" Roxy asked, then cringed when a creature banged on the shield.
Bloom added her own protective shield under Stella's to reinforce it and turned to Roxy. "The creatures hit them pretty hard."
"What do we do now?" Stella asked, a little hysterically. "We can't hide under here forever!"
"Maybe if we do a convergence spell with our most powerful attacks we can take them out." Bloom suggested thoughtfully.
"Can't hurt to try." Stella said while Roxy just shrugged.
"Okay, get your attack ready." Bloom said, sending her Dragon out, it now circling her body. Then, she shot out of the shield, Stella and Roxy following her.
"Okay, let's do this." Stella said with determination. "Sea of Light!" A big ray of light emitted from her body and flew at the creature.
"Wolf Talon!" Roxy shouted and sent an aquamarine flash out of her hands, shaped like a wolf, towards the creature.
Finally, the Dragon built up enough energy, so Bloom sent it out. "Dragon Rage!" It was a more powerful attack than Full Dragon Energy; a large amount of Dragon Fire energy was blasted out of her.
When all three attacks converged, they headed directly to the creatures and exploded on impact, taking the creatures with them. The three still standing fairies floated down to the ground, all resting on their hands and knees, breathing heavily. Stella and Bloom, now that they were safe, then let down their protective shields that were over the fallen Winx. Out of the corner of her eye, Bloom saw the guys slowly approaching them; Bloom's shield must have gone down over them too. She took a deep breath in, let it out and then slowly stood up, letting out a slight wince at the bruises and cuts covering her body. She looked down and saw Stella trying to get to her feet, so she grabbed her arm, apologizing at the wince she let out, and helped Stella to her feet; Stella then limped over to Roxy and helped her up as the guys approached Bloom.
"Are you guys okay?" Sky asked, looking them over.
Bloom shrugged, then winced. "We'll live to fight another day."
"What about the others?" Helia asked, sounding worried.
"Do you want to, or should I?" Stella asked Bloom as she reached her again.
"I'll do it. You're still too drained." Bloom said before flying up, and then over her friends.
She grabbed her fairy dust vial from around her neck and took off the top. She moved her hand around in a medium-sized heart-shape inside and connected to a larger heart-shape motion, the reddish-gold flame-colored dust taking shape. It then started sprinkling down onto her friends, healing their more serious injuries, before they finally started coming around. Bloom put her fairy dust vial back around her neck and fluttered down to land by her friends.
Bloom crouched down by Flora and helped her sit up while Stella helped Musa and Roxy helped Tecna; they would've tried to help Aisha, but she likes to be independent, so she got up herself. Bloom stroked a hand down Flora's hair and smiled at her friend.
"Feeling better?" she asked with concern.
"Yes." Flora said with a smile. "Thanks for the fairy dust."
"Not a problem." Bloom said, smiling, then she lowered her voice. "The guys are here. No using real names." The others nodded, so Bloom straightened and walked over to the guys again. "What are you guys doing here?"
"We thought we could help." Brandon said. "But it looks like you guys had it under control."
"Like I said earlier, I appreciate it, and if you could of helped, I would have welcomed it, but these creatures are way too strong for just swords to get through. It takes magic." Bloom said, sensing her friends surrounding her on both sides. "But thanks for showing up, but we need to go now."
"Maybe we'll see you again?" Sky asked hopefully.
"Maybe you will." Bloom said with a mysterious smile before shooting up into the air, the others following.
The Winx and Roxy unconsciously formed a V-formation: Bloom at the point, Stella and Flora behind her, Musa and Tecna behind them and Aisha and Roxy bringing up the rear. They flew the little way to their house and landed in front of it, each letting out winces. Before they could change back and go inside, they were interrupted.
"Care to explain why you seven are in your fairy forms, covered in bruises and cuts and looking like you just came from a fight?" Vanessa asked from behind them. "And why did I sense a huge burst of magic coming from not even two miles away from here?!"
The girls slowly turned around, all looking sheepish. The girls looked at Bloom and she sighed before looking up at Vanessa.
"Well, Vanessa, it's sort of a long story." Bloom said, rubbing her neck. "Starting on the day before the first day of school. Can we go in the house?"
Vanessa nodded. The Winx and Roxy transformed back into the clothes they had been wearing before they put on their "costumes" in a burst of sparkly fairy dust, and Bloom unlocked the door, leading the group inside and into the living room. After they were all seated, Vanessa looked at Bloom expectantly.
"Well, start talking." Vanessa said impatiently.
Bloom let out a breath before telling Vanessa everything that has happened, starting with the first attack. By the time she finished up with tonight's attack, Vanessa had gone pale. It was five minutes after Bloom stopped talking that Vanessa spoke.
"So you're telling me someone is targeting you, here, on Earth?" Vanessa said.
"Yes." Bloom said. "We don't know why, since Aunt F said our disappearing act held up in Magix."
"There must be someone who knows." Vanessa said, shaking her head. "I think we need to talk to Faragonda. Tecna, can you set up a video chat with her?"
"Of course." Tecna said, getting up and heading to the stairs, Vanessa following.
Vanessa turned around and looked at the girls. "I'll be right back. Sit tight."
The rest of the Winx and Roxy were all relaxing on the couches, waiting for Vanessa to come back, when a flash of light blue light appeared in the living room and Faragonda was suddenly standing there. The girls all shrieked in surprise, all clutching their chests.
"Aunt Faragonda." Bloom breathed out. "You scared about two lives out of us!"
Faragonda didn't respond, just looked at the six remaining fairies, until Tecna joined them again, earning a look as well. The girls squirmed in their seats a little at the disapproving look until Bloom couldn't take it anymore.
"I guess you heard from Vanessa." Bloom said. Faragonda just continued to look at her, until she spoke.
"Why, Bloom, why didn't you tell me about this when the first attack happened?" Faragonda asked in a deceptively calm voice.
"Well, we just thought the first attack was a coincidence, nothing to do with us." Bloom said, looking at her twisting hands. "I didn't want to worry you and we can take care of ourselves. We destroyed every single rock creature that was sent after us."
"I don't care, Bloom!" Faragonda shouted, finally showing her emotions. "If someone is after you, all of you, I deserve to know!"
"I know, I know." Bloom said, trying to calm her down. "It was stupid to keep it from you."
Faragonda took a deep breath in and slowly let it out before walking around the coffee table and sitting down on it in front of the sofa, where Bloom, Flora and Stella were sitting. She looked over Bloom, then the others, frowning at the bruises, cuts and gashes she found.
"Okay." Faragonda finally said. "I don't like that you kept it from me, but I get why you did. Could you tell me what happened tonight? Vanessa told me some of it, but I transported here before she could finish."
Bloom nodded and told her about the night's fight. When she got to the part about the guys showing up—Bloom had decided to not keep anything from her Aunt—Faragonda stopped her with a held up hand.
"Wait." Faragonda said. "You said these boys were dressed like Specialists? Earth boys?"
"Yes." Bloom said with a nod. "Well, five of them were, the last one was dressed like a wizard."
"Who are they?" Faragonda asked, seeing something sparkle in Bloom's eyes, momentarily forgetting about the fight. "These boys."
"Sky Shively, Brandon Gregory, Riven Riegel, Timmy Schlatter, Helia Faustino and Nabu Blagrove." Bloom said, ticking each name off her fingers. "Those are their names."
Faragonda had gone rigid, her whole body tense. The girls looked at her, then each other, confused at their mentor's reaction. Bloom scooted forward some on the couch and placed a hand on Faragonda's knee, giving her a gentle shake.
"What's wrong?" Bloom asked softly.
"Are you sure the names are Sky Shively, Helia Faustino and Nabu Blagrove? Absolutely sure?" Faragonda asked, grasping Bloom's hand.
"Yes, I'm sure." Bloom said, confused. "What's wrong? You act like you know the names."
"Oh, I do Bloom, I do, one more than the others." Faragonda said, shaking her head.
"Who?" Stella asked, now leaning forward.
"Helia." Faragonda said, shaking her head. "Helia Faustino."
"How do you know his name?" Flora asked.
Faragonda let out a sigh. "I don't just know his name, Flora, I know him." She took in a deep breath and slowly let it out. "Helia is Saladin's nephew."
The Winx were still, absolutely frozen. Roxy looked at her friends, confused at their reactions. The name sounded familiar, but apparently the Winx knew it.
"Saladin." Bloom clarified after a moment. "The headmaster of Red Fountain, Saladin? That Saladin?"
"Yes." Faragonda nodded.
"And Helia is his nephew." Stella stated, looking over at Flora, who's still shell-shocked.
"Yes." Faragonda answered again.
"So, he's from the Magic Dimension." Bloom said, still not believing it.
"Yes." Faragonda said, nodding. "And so are Sky Shively and Nabu Blagrove."
"What?!" Bloom and Aisha both shouted.
Faragonda gave the girls a small smile. "Yes, I'm afraid they are. Nabu comes from a very wealthy, very influential family on Andros. I'm surprised you've never heard of the name, Aisha."
"Never really paid attention to the wealthy people. Or court life, really." Aisha muttered, dazed. "He's from Andros? Really?"
Faragonda just nodded. "He's also a very accomplished wizard. Trained by the best."
"Unbelievable." Aisha whispered. Musa gave her arm a rub in a comforting motion.
"And what about Sky?" Bloom asked, almost afraid of the answer.
"Sky, well, Sky is the Crowned Prince of Eraklyon." Faragonda answered. "Heir to the throne."
Bloom had no words. Absolutely no words. Her mouth gaped like a fish and her heart was hammering in her chest, she couldn't get enough air into her lungs. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Flora and Aisha weren't much better off. Her hands kept clenching and unclenching before she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned her head and saw Flora smiling and gently rubbing her shoulder, though the hand was shaky. Bloom started to calm down then, taking deep breaths in and out, in and out, again and again, until she felt her heart rate going down; Flora just kept rubbing her shoulder. Bloom needed to get a grip on herself. She was supposed to be the leader here, she's supposed to comfort her friends. Flora is going through the same thing she is, yet she's comforting her. After a few more seconds, she was finally back in her calm state. She reached up and grabbed Flora's hand, giving it a squeeze.
"Thanks Flora." Bloom whispered. "I'm good."
Flora gave her a smile but kept her hand in Bloom's.
"So," Bloom said, finally looking up at her Aunt, "do you think they know about us?"
"They might know of you, yes, but I don't think they'll connect the fairy prodigies to you." Faragonda said.
"Why wouldn't they?" Roxy asked, speaking up for the first time.
Faragonda looked over at her and gave her a smile. "You must be Roxy. Again, it is wonderful to meet you."
"You too." Roxy said, smiling softly.
"To answer your question, Roxy, I made sure, after I found out about the Winx, to do everything in my power to never let their names get out." Faragonda said.
"Wait, so no one knows who we are?" Stella asked, eyes wide.
"Correct, Stella." Faragonda answered. "I used quite a lot of magic to make that possible. Only a select few, like your parents, know...and of course the evil beings who've somehow found out."
"So the guys would have heard of the fairy prodigies, but won't link it with us?" Tecna clarified.
"Yes, Tecna." Faragonda said.
"What about the other three?" Musa asked.
"What about them?" Faragonda asked.
"I think they know about Magix, too." Musa said, holding Aisha's hand, still comforting her. "I mean, after all, they were dressed as Specialists as well."
"Probably courtesy of Saladin." Faragonda said, thinking over the other three names. They sounded familiar, the last names.
"I bet he supplied the weapons, too." Bloom muttered.
"Weapons?" Faragonda asked, surprised, momentarily forgetting about her train of thought.
"Yeah, most of them had phantoblades." Aisha answered.
Faragonda shook her head angrily. "I'm going to have to have words with that man."
"So, what do we do now?" Bloom asked. "We still have creatures after us and we have no idea who is making them. Tecna's still searching the Magix Database."
"Well, until something pops up, I guess keep doing what your doing." Faragonda answered, hating feeling so helpless. "I don't like you girls in danger, but I know you can take care of yourselves. I'll do some extra searches back at Alfea, see if I can find anything in the libraries."
"Sounds good." Bloom said as the others nodded.
"Oh!" Faragonda exclaimed. "I almost forgot. I'm leaving a little something that should help you, if you need it."
"What?" the girls all asked together.
"Could you come out now?" Faragonda shouted in the air. The Winx and Roxy looked at her like she lost her mind. Then, slowly, one by one, seven small creatures popped into view.
"Oh. My-" Stella started.
"Pixies!" Aisha exclaimed.
"Pixies?" Roxy asked.
"Another magical creature." Bloom answered. Roxy nodded slowly, in awe.
The one Bloom spotted has magenta shoulder-length hair with even cut-straight bangs and teal-green flower hair pins, green eyes with purple eyelashes, pinkish lips, and fair skin. She's wearing a purple minidress with many ruffled pieces of cloth and a green ribbon in the center, lilac see-through gloves that end at her elbows with flowery pieces, green sandals with a single purple flower piece and blue platforms, and in her hair is a green hair clip on the right side of her head; her rounded heart-shaped wings are mainly pink with sky blue on the innermost part.
The one Stella spotted has dark magenta, long, straight hair, dark blue eyes, maroon lips, and light tan skin. She's wearing a pink minidress with a darker pink skirt piece underneath it and a pink rose at the center of her chest with a pink strap that goes around her neck and thinner green straps at her shoulders, pink roses at the toe slip of her shoes and above-the-elbow of her white-pink gloves. In her hair is a very thin green headband-tiara piece with a green heart and a purple heart attached on the left side of her head; her petal-shaped wings are pink on the top wings and yellow on the bottom wings
The one that has Flora's attention has long, curly bronze-gold pigtails and bangs, amber eyes, dark peach lips, and slightly tan skin. She's wearing a glowing green minidress with purple ruffles on the top and shoulder straps along with a purple underneath layer to the dress, purple wrapped bracelets on her wrist, green high-heel sandals, a wispy glowing green cloth-headband in her hair, and her scrunchies are pink and tube-like around her pigtails; her rounded butterfly-shaped wings are orange and lined with green.
The one Musa is watching has pale purple hair styled in curls, violet eyes, dark magenta lips with pink make-up that makes sharp points above her eyes, and fair skin. She's wearing a blue T-shirt themed minidress with a lighter, ice blue-colored top over it, giving the dress/outfit a few layers along the bottom, pink below-the-elbow gloves, blue heels with fuchsia straps and pink bottoms, and a big pink-purple bow on the right side of her head; her rounded wings are blue on top and green on the bottom.
The one Tecna's watching has blue mullet-styled hair with a light blue streak down the middle, dark teal eyes, pale red lips, and slightly tan skin. She's wearing a sleeved purple spandex top with lime green stripes, a purple spandex miniskirt, blue knee-high boots, and a helmet primarily colored blue and purple; her dragonfly-like wings are lime green.
The one Aisha spotted has brunette hair in high pigtail-buns, soft light green eyes, and dark skin. She's dressed in a yellow frilled tank top with light colored sleeve pieces, a multi-ruffled pink skirt, and pink flats with green ballerina styled lacing up her legs to her knees. Her two pigtail-buns have a pink bow in front of each, and her B-shaped wings are purple and lined with pale blue.
The last one, which Roxy's watching, has boy-cut purple hair, amber eyes, red-orange lips, and fair skin. She wears a dark blue/sky blue-themed attire with a shirt, miniskirt, and knee-high boots, a yellow tie-like piece on the shirt, and yellow cuffs on her wrist, along with a yellow and light blue V-shaped forehead tiara; her dragonfly-styled wings are blue with small bits of purple.
"Girls, I'd like you to meet the Pixies I've asked to come down to watch you." Faragonda said. "This is Lockette, Pixie of Portals and Direction." She pointed to the one Bloom spotted. "This is Amore, Pixie of Love and Feelings." She pointed to the one Stella's watching. "This is Chatta, Pixie of Chatter and Gossip." She pointed to the one Flora saw. "This is Tune, Pixie of Etiquette and Good Manners." She gestured to the one Musa is watching. "This is Digit, Pixie of Nanotechnology." She points to the one Tecna saw. "This is Piff, baby Pixie of Sweet Sleep." She pointed to the one Aisha spotted. "And this is Zing, Pixie of Bugs." She points to the one Roxy saw.
"Nice to meet you." Lockette said, fluttering over to Bloom, flying around her head. The two immediately bonded.
"Lovely to meet you." Amore said sweetly to Stella, flying over to her and stopping in front of her face. The two instantly made a connection.
"What a great place. Earth is such an interesting place. I never thought I'd ever get to come here. It's nice to meet you. Can't wait to explore." Chatta was talking a mile a minute to Flora, who just smiled. Chatta flew over to Flora and continued to talk.
"Chatta, please." Tune said, fluttering over to Musa. "Give the poor girl's ear a break." Chatta just made a face at her.
"Such interesting technology." Digit said, looking at everything in the room, flying over to Tecna.
Piff babbled like a baby but made her way over to Aisha, plopping down on her head. Aisha giggled.
"Love your hair." Zing said, her hair then transforming to mimic Roxy's hair. She flew over to Roxy, who was giggling. Zing smiled and turned her hair back to normal.
"I do need to get back to Alfea." Faragonda said, though looked reluctant to leave.
"We'll be okay, Aunt F." Bloom said, getting up and giving her a hug. "We have back-up now, so we'll be okay."
"Okay Bloom, girls." Faragonda said. "I'll check back in soon." Then in a flash of light blue light, she was gone.
"So, what do you do for fun?" Chatta asked, looking around.
"Well, we're a little tired." Flora said shyly.
"Yeah, we just finished fighting two huge rock creatures." Stella said, rubbing at a bruise. "We need our rest."
"Understandable." Tune said. "Go ahead and go to sleep."
"Yeah, we'll hang out here." Chatta said, still flitting around. "Keep an eye out for anything funny."
"Thanks." Bloom said. "Goodnight."
The Winx girls went up to their room, Roxy going up with Bloom. They each hugged each other goodnight and went to clean up. After showering and getting into their pajamas, they all climbed in bed and passed out, tired from their fight, as their bodies started healing themselves. They'd be okay by tomorrow.