I dedicate this chapter to all the members of Underground Fanfictioners as today March 13th, 2013 is the 1st anniversary of the group!
"Okay, Diaspro. You've gotten some rest and seem to have recovered from whatever it was that happened this morning. Now, what exactly did happen this morning?" Helen paced up and down inside the small kitchenette, where Diaspro was sitting at the small round table, drinking a mug of coffee.
Zinah was leaning against the counter, also waiting for her explanation.
"Well, you've only known me for a short while, but you've been good friends to me and helped me out so much… I was planning to tell you my story someday, but I never thought I'd actually need to tell you so soon…" Diaspro sighed, putting the cup down.
"Let's start off things with a basic background. Earth is not the only planet with life out there. In fact, the Milky Way isn't the only galaxy or dimension out there. There is another realm of existence, which is called the Magix Dimension."
"So, you're saying that there are other realms of existence with life that no scientists on this planet have been able to find?" Helen's tone was sceptical.
Diaspro nodded. "Correct. I am from another planet within that realm. A planet called Isis."
"WOAH. So technically, you're an alien?" Zinah asked in awe.
The blonde fairy chuckled slightly. "By the definition I think you're going by, then yes, I am an alien."
"This is actually kinda cool. I'm here standing in Helen's flat, talking to an alien!" Zinah squealed- at least until Helen glared at her.
"So how'd you end up here in the first place then?"
Diaspro hung her head. "I did something really bad once, all in the name of love. I won't say anymore on that for now…"
Helen raised an eyebrow, but decided not to comment on that.
"In this realm, magic is a part of everyday life and it's considered perfectly normal to have powers. As you saw this morning, I have powers too. There are many different kinds of magical beings and creatures. I personally am a fairy."
Diaspro stood up and transformed.
"See?" She hovered above the ground and smiled at the stunned looks on her friends' faces.
She flew around them a few times and then sat back in the chair without de-transforming.
"Wait. You're telling us that not only do magical aliens from other universes exist, but you're a magical alien from another universe yourself…" Helen was having a hard time wrapping her head around the concept.
Diaspro nodded.
"What about those freaky blokes in the park then? Why'd they come after you? And why now then? Did they wait until they knew you'd be in a place without magic?" Zinah asked.
"Those men are the reason Earth no longer has magic and they weren't looking for me. They were looking for an Earth fairy, the last one apparently. The only reason I'm here talking to you now is because I didn't fit their criteria."
"So they picked up some sort of magic fairy vibration from you or something and mistook you for this other fairy girl?" Helen asked.
"That's what it looks like. Apparently they didn't steal all of Earth's magic if there's still another Earth-born fairy left. That girl will be in some serious trouble if they ever find her. I've heard tales of the Wizards of the Black Circle. Their villainy is famous in my home realm and others. They could be a serious threat to my kind if they do move onto the other planets…" Diaspro frowned.
"Wizards of the Black Circle? Care to fill us in on those details?" Zinah asked.
Diaspro told them everything she knew of the stories of the infamous Wizards and when she was done, they looked horrified.
"It's like a Fairy Holocaust…" Zinah whispered.
"My goodness. They could have ripped your wings off if they'd wanted to! You're lucky they didn't!" Helen gasped.
"So, do you both believe me?" Diaspro asked, standing up.
Zinah and Helen looked at one another briefly and nodded before turning back to her.
"We believe you. And we believe that magic exists and that you are truly what you say you are: a fairy." Helen smiled.
Diaspro smiled back and then felt her magic start to change within her as she began to glow bright red.
"What's happening?!" Zinah held onto Helen as they both felt the magical power of a fairy gaining a higher form surge through the room.
When the light cleared, Diaspro's fairy form had completely changed.
She now donned a flowing-sleeved high-necked peach top that stopped above her navel with a black stripe beneath and red frills. There was also a long-sleeved black shirt that reached to her wrists beneath it.
She also wore peach shorts with black leggings that reached just to her knees beneath with red trim around the bottom. Red fingerless wrist gloves with black wrists had formed around her hands and on her feet were what looked like dark orange and dark red high-heeled sneakers with black straps and black sparkly socks that stopped a few inches above the knees.
Her hair had grown slightly longer and was now up in a ponytail with a red and black gem butterfly at the side and her wings had become large and were now like those of a Monarch butterfly, except in a black and red colour scheme with small, clear gems embedded in and around the wings in star shaped patterns.
Diaspro blinked. "What just happened?"
"You mean you don't know?" Zinah and Helen asked in union.
"No! I mean, I know that fairies can change their form, but I don't know about this one or what I could have done to earn it…"
"How would you figure that out then?" Helen asked.
"My laptop is hooked up to the Realm Wide Web. If I don't find something there, I'll have to go to Magix City and consult their Central Library…" She glanced back at her new wings and flapped them experimentally, floating slightly off the ground.
"Well then, let's go." Helen started stuffing a few things into her dark green knapsack as Zinah went for her things and Diaspro de-transformed and did the same.
"If I had this kind of Internet, I'd never leave the computer ever again…"
Zinah and Helen stood behind Diaspro as she logged onto the Realm Wide Web and began to browse.
They were seeing images of fantastic things that they never thought possible! Flying cars, teleporters, pictures of magical beings and creatures they thought only existed in their imaginations!
Diaspro giggled at their expressions.
"Uh-huh. Let's see… Secrets of A Fairy's Forms… I think I will try this website…" She clicked on the link.
"Fairies are known to have at least three stages of their forms that they can go through in their lifetime. The basic Winx form is the very first form they can achieve, usually earned/received during a period of strong emotion such as fear or anger, but doesn't necessarily have to be a negative emotion."
"The Charmix is merely an add-on or extension of the basic Winx form. It usually comes in the form of some sort of gem or emblem which flashes above the area of a fairy's heart when it is earned accompanied by a waist or shoulder sash of some sort."
"The Enchantix form is considered the queen of all three forms. It is earned after a fairy makes a selfless sacrifice to save another from her birth realm."
"That's odd… I got my basic Winx form and my Charmix, but I never did meet the requirements for Enchantix, so the new fairy form I have certainly couldn't be that unless one of you is from Isis and didn't tell me…" Diaspro joked.
Turning her attention back to the computer, she noticed another section. "Beyond Enchantix…"
"Though these three are universal and possible for any fairy to achieve, there are tales of other forms being unlockable after the Enchantix from. The first of these is Believix, which a fairy can gain through getting someone to believe in magic."
"I guess that's my answer…" Diaspro raised an eyebrow as she continued to read the section.
She closed the laptop and turned to her two friends.
"Well it looks as if the diagnosis is that I'm a Believix fairy now…"
"I don't understand. Didn't they say you'd have to earn your Enchantix first?" Zinah sounded as confused as Helen looked.
"Yes, but if I did manage to get the Believix first, my theory is that it's… incomplete. I do have its power, but I don't have all of it. I might be more powerful now than in my basic form, but I'm not as powerful as a Believix fairy who got their Enchantix first…" Diaspro said. "Which rather sucks…"
"At least you know what's going on now, right? That's good, isn't it?" Helen asked.
Diaspro nodded. "Very good."
"Okay then… So can you show us some more magic things? Please?" Zinah begged.
Diaspro laughed before answering. "Of course. So, what kind of magic would you like to see?"
Since Diaspro never earned her Enchantix, I think it would be a fair trade if she did get Believix, but it was an incomplete one. For example, she can't change her wings or do the Sophix/Lovix sub-transformations. As for rectifying that problem… We'll see…
