Once they had adjusted to the situation, the fairies decided that the best thing to do was to rendezvous with the guys at their meeting point.
"Bloom! Are you all ok?" Sky came running up to them anxiously followed by the other specialists.
"But shouldn't we keep looking for-" Timmy whispered before Riven grabbed his shoulder.
"We're fine, I think." Bloom told him. "Did everyone get away from the museum?"
"Erm… well-" "We did but what happened in there?" Helia asked as he shifted closer to Flora, exchanging a glance with Timmy.
"Yeah all we saw was a ton of explosions and then Baltor and the Trix flying away with something!" Brandon added.
"Wait a minute did that mean that he got the Ancestress eye?" Sky's eyes widened.
Bloom shook her head sadly. "No but that's only because it wasn't what he was after in the first place! He was after the Agador box, and… and he got it."
"Bloom I'm sure it wasn't your fault!" Sky told her firmly, catching the look of anxiety in her eyes. "You must have fought extremely hard and tried your best to protect everyone!"
"He's right Bloom." Layla nodded. "Baltor tricked us!"
"Maybe that Ophir guy should have done the explaining, since it was his fault!" Tecna added.
"Tecna's right." The princess of Tides cemented her argument.
However the Specialists had all noticed the confused looks their girlfriends had been sending each other ever since they had come back from the battle.
"Something happened in there didn't it?" Riven said, it was more of a statement than a question.
Musa shot him an annoyed glare but sensing that it would be better for the guys to be in the know she decided to share what had been on all of their minds.
"We were fighting the witches when suddenly this strange girl showed up out of nowhere!" She explained. "We've got no idea who she was or where she came from but if she hadn't shown up we'd have been toast!"
At that precise moment Serena had eventually caught sight of the group and had been walking up to join them. However as soon as she heard the turn of their conversation she jumped back to hide behind a wall, thinking it wasn't wise to reveal herself just yet.
"We don't even know if she's a fairy!" Tecna added. "Her outfit was quite unusual, and her wings were unlike anything I've ever seen before!"
"But she did throw a pizza at Baltor!" Stella reminded them all. "Surely that must mean she's on our side right?"
"Wait a minute, you're telling me that some girl just defeated a dangerous wizard…by throwing a pizza at him?" Riven exclaimed, looking incredibly incredulous.
"So now you don't believe us?" Musa raised her eyebrows considerably, and her voice.
"Of course we believe you girls," Sky hastily clarified. The others quickly nodded from their positions behind him.
"I think we should go back to Alfea." Tecna announced. "I want to see if I can find any information on this Sailor Moon and find out who she really is."
"Good idea!" Stella brightened. "It's been a long day and I think we all need some R and R to get our spirits up! Now how about you guys go get Serena and then we can grab a coach?"
"Erm, ok!" Now the awkward looks the specialists were shooting at each other were becoming more and more obvious to the girls.
"Well? Where is she?" Layla asked coolly.
"Erm, we…sort of, lost her?" Timmy squeaked.
"TIMMY!" Sky, Brandon, Riven and Helia yelled.
"YOU LOST HER?" Bloom and Stella exclaimed in unison.
"Relax, we'll find her!" Brandon desperately tried to reassure them.
"Where did she go, we told you to keep an eye on her!" Bloom looked at Sky accusingly.
"We did! But she disappeared right after you left!" He cried. "We've looked everywhere ever since!"
"Maybe she caught a coach back to Alfea!" Flora suggested.
"Impossible," Riven shook his head. "After Baltor made his message none of the coaches left Magix. Everyone was too busy trying to find somewhere safe."
However unknown to them, the very topic of their discussion was right around the corner of the café and hiding behind a wall, eavesdropping on their conversations.
Tecna was lightly tapping her forehead with one finger, which her friends knew meant that she was trying to process every single obscure theory on Serena's whereabouts through her computer-like brain.
"Hmm, she could also be a spy for Baltor along with Ophir!" She suggested after several short minutes.
"What?" This caused the others to look at her incredulously. Serena too gasped in a mixture of bewilderment and slight anger that the pinkette had jumped to this conclusion when in reality she had been helping them.
"I mean think about it!" The fairy of Technology continued, completely oblivious to the extra listener. "She says she came from Earth- a planet which has no magic, yet she knew she had magical powers otherwise she wouldn't be here, she appears to have no knowledge of what Baltor has done- something I think is highly illogical seeing as hermits would still at least know who he is, Baltor needs a way to get Alfea's spells but he can't get through the barrier, and also we've never seen her transform so we don't know if she could actually be a fairy!"
"That is true." Musa finally admitted. "She could be one of the witches Baltor's controlling, though we've never seen her before…"
"The cat!" Stella shrieked in recollection, clasping both sides of her face with her hands. "I said she could be a witch, she had a black cat! Remember? REMEMBER?" Her tone became increasingly high-pitched as she stared her five friends in the face, wanting them to remember too.
"Hmm," Bloom's eyebrows narrowed as she considered the possibility. " I don't think Luna has anything to do with it, you've been watching too many of my Earth DVDs."
"Argh what the hell?" Serena was inwardly seething. "Do I look like one of those fashion-challenged freaks we fought in that museum? I don't have an attitude problem and I would never wear gross purple eye shadow under my eyes!"
"Wait a second, I'm sure she wouldn't do something like that," Flora tried to reason while Helia nodded in agreement.
"And with all due respect she didn't look like the witchy type!" Brandon added.
"Yeah she'd be too much of a crybaby! She probably ran away as soon as the going got tough! " Stella snorted unkindly.
That was the final straw for Serena. Zipping up her hoodie a little more tightly round her neck she turned away from the group and started to run in the opposite direction- her golden hair trailing out behind her like two huge ribbons.
"Hey! Please stop this!"
Everyone turned to see who had just made the sudden outburst. All eyes widened as they came to rest on Flora.
"I know you're all feeling bad that Baltor won today but you can't blame Serena! She only just arrived here today and has just realized that Magix is a dangerous place to be! Maybe she didn't even know what her power is, which is why she came to Alfea. We have achieved a lot of power as fairies and it's our responsibility to help her develop hers! And instead you're all blaming everything on her! You're acting like…" She faltered for a second as if the words were difficult to say. "…Like witches!"
There was a large silence among the group as everyone realized where the conversation had been heading.
"You're- you're right Flora." Bloom replied shakily. "I-I can't believe we just brought her into this argument, and she probably does have nothing to do with it! And I of all people should have been trying to help her understand everything before flying off to fight Baltor!"
"Man, she hasn't been to Magix before and we abandoned her just like that!" Musa was equally mortified.
"First things first, we've gotta find her and make sure she hasn't been hurt!" Layla announced urgently.
"Do you need our help?" Sky asked.
Bloom sighed. "No, its ok guys. You can go back to Red Fountain, we were the ones who were supposed to look after her so we have to sort it out on our own." She told them.
After waving goodbye to the guys (and Stella protesting that the search could have been more fun with them) Tecna produced her computer from her pocket.
"If I can locate her magical energy it should be much easier to find her!" She explained, typing in various codes with one hand while balancing the gadget in the palm of the other.
However every time she tried to access the information the screen distorted into millions of silver pixels, completely blocking the monitor.
"What? It's never done that before!" The pinkette cried frustratedly.
"Maybe it needs recharging," Musa suggested.
Nonetheless after a few hours of leaving the machine on charge in a nearby Internet café (Stella dragged them all on a shopping spree to pass the time) there was still no change.
"I don't get it!" Tecna frowned. "Its as if something is blocking her magic!"
"We should be going back, it's beginning to get dark out!" Flora surveyed the surroundings to see people closing up their shops for the night.
"I just hope she made it back ok!" Bloom said as they went in search of a coach.
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Once the blonde young woman was sure she had run as far away from the girls as possible she allowed herself to open her wallet and see her friends smiling faces once again.
"Oh girls! How am I gonna survive without you?" Serena wailed, pressing her back against a tree. "I know I'm clumsy and I don't like scary things but at least I was with you who liked me for who I was! And what did I get myself into by coming here? At least you are all far away from here and won't get hurt by that guy and those three witches so that's a good thing! But it' still…"
She gently closed the purse and buried her face in her knees, trying to hide from the rest of the world.
Suddenly she heard some kind of ruffling sound above her head like something flapping its wings.
"Please don't cry," Said a soft little voice that made Serena look up, startled. Three small beings, each one wearing unique outfits were hovering in front of her with little glowing wings of many different colors. The one who had spoken had long red hair, which was decorated with roses to match her pink gown.
"AAAHHH!" Serena squealed, shuffling backwards as fast as she could until she hit her back against the tree. When she finally stopped scrabbling with her feet her expression became haunted with realization.
"I'm sorry Raye chan I'll never take your special tea without your permission ever again!" She sniffed.
"Are you alright?" The miniature fairy flew closer to her.
"Erm…" Serena sat, paralyzed in her position, with only the twitch in her left eye showing any signs of movement. "I don't think I'm qualified to answer that question if my hallucinations are the ones asking me!"
"I don't quite understand what you mean by that but I can assure you we are real!" The second one to speak was wearing a bright blue ball gown with a matching ribbon pinning back her candyfloss colored ringlets.
"Uh uh! Floating chibis don't exist except in Shugo Chara and other animes!" Serena said in a high-pitched tone, shaking her head vigorously.
"Well technically…" Some bored looking fat guy with a small ponytail and a baggy blue T-shirt that said "worst. Episode. Ever" began.
"SHUT UP!" She yelled; making him run away as quickly as possible, although considering his size it wasn't fast.
"Did he have yellow skin?" Serena wondered, squinting her eyes slightly before turning back around. "Well if your not chara chibis, what are you?" She asked, studying each one closely with a wide-eyed perplexed expression.
"We're pixies!" Exclaimed the tallest pixie with long blonde bunches. She flew up to Serena to get a closer look.
"Wow! I love your hairdo; I've never seen one like that, I want one too! But the top part looks like meatballs!" She cried excitedly.
"Chatta! It's not polite to comment on a girl's haircut!" The posh looking one frowned, before making a curtsey from her position in mid air.
"My, I can't believe how rude I was!" She exclaimed, "My name is Tune, I am the pixie of good manners. These are Chatta and Amore. I'm sorry please excuse Chatta's rude behaviour, she tends to get a little excited when meeting new people."
"Oh don't worry about that! I do too!" Serena giggled a little despite her current state of sadness. "Oh my names Serena, Serena Tsukino."
"Do you go to Alfea?" Chatta asked curiously. " Which realm are you from? I've never seen you before!"
"Huh? Oh I just arrived at Alfea today, but where I come from there aren't any fairies or pixies or anything. It's great though, I've got five really cool friends there- who… couldn't be here with me although I think they'd like to have come. I'd certainly liked them to have come…" Her words were cut short as a little sob caught in her throat.
"Oh! Your heart is hurting! I can sense it!" Amore said anxiously.
"You're right about that." Serena nodded sadly, lowering her head so that her chin almost folded into her chest. "Sorry, I'm feeling pretty low right now and I don't think its just teleport-lag. I think I'm gonna try and find the way back to the Alpha school, maybe try and do some packing seeing as I don't really understand why I was sent here in the first place!"
"Wait, don't do that!" Amore gasped anxiously.
"You just got here!" Chatta added sounding equally perplexed.
"You should at least give Magix a chance before dismissing it!" Tune reprimanded.
Their words made Serena look up with a determined smile. "You know what? You're right! No one gets this chance every day and I'd like to do some sightseeing!" Then she turned to face the pixies. "Now do you have any ideas on where to start?"
"We can take you to Pixie village!" Tune offered. "It will give you a chance to meet all of our friends and we can tell you some useful information about Alfea!"
"Sure! I'd love to go!" The blonde teen replied happily.
"Just follow us and we'll show you the way!" Chatta pulled on one of the girl's pigtails, gesturing for her to go along.
After what seemed like a millennia to Serena but what was actually half an hour they arrived at a secluded clearing in the forest surrounding the city of Magix.
Wow! Serena gasped, looking around in amazement. "Its all so pretty! And they have cute little houses and everything!" She squealed at the sight before her.
"Welcome back Amore, Tune, Chatta." A green haired pixie in long yellow robes flew up to greet them. "You are just in time for afternoon tea!"
"Goody!" Chatta cheered loudly. "I'm starving!"
Choosing to ignore her Amore and Tune turned back to the Elder pixie. "We brought a new friend with us. She has just started at Alfea." Amore explained.
"Ooh!" Serena came over to get a closer look at the tiny woman. "You're all so cute! I wanna take you hooome!" Her deep sapphire gems sparkled with excitement as she clasped her hands together.
"Why thank you." The pixie smiled. "I am Ninfea, the elder Pixie and welcome to Pixie village!"
"Thanks! It's beautiful here!" The Moon princess bowed politely.
Suddenly she felt something small bump into her back, which made her quickly turn around to face whatever it was. When she did she gasped at the sight of a little pixie with deep amber eyes, which in turn became fixated on her. The pixie had two light orange puffs on either side of her head with long yellow strings trailing out from each one, which made Serena think of her own unique style. She wore puffy orange shorts with stripes of yellow and yellow fan-like wings.
"You're beautiful!" The strange little creature burbled softly.
"And you're so adorable!" Serena gushed, looking love-stricken. She had no idea why she was feeling like this but she couldn't believe how cute this pixie was!
"Glim! Pixie of fireflies!" The orange pixie pointed to herself.
"I'm Serena! My powers are from the moon!" The blonde girl told her.
"I see you have found your destined pixie," Said Ninfea smiling.
"My what now?" Serena asked, confused.
"You see a fairy and her destined pixie bond at first sight." The elder pixie explained. "They remain soul mates for life."
"Oh, er ok!" Serena giggled, holding the back of her head sheepishly. "I just arrived at Alfea today, I guess you could say I'm kinda new to the whole… Magix… dimension-thingy!"
"Oh that's quite alright, a lot of fairies that go to Alfea have been restricted to their own realms," Ninfea informed her. "So how are you finding Magix? I hope you have found some friends!"
Serena's expression clouded over. "I wouldn't say that! There were a few girls who seemed nice at first, but now they all think I'm a crybaby! I mean give me a break! I've never been to this place before and then suddenly there's this creepy Goth guy who attacks some museum, and now they all think I ran away when in reality…" In the nick of time she managed to stop herself from blurting out her secret identity. She was sure that the pixies seemed nice enough but for once listening to Luna's advice about keeping it a secret seemed the better thing to do.
"What?" Ninfea asked, surprised. "But all the Alfea students I've met are lovely young ladies! Tell me, who were these girls?"
"Well," Serena began as Glim hopped onto her shoulder. "One of them had long orange hair and I think she said she had fire powers…"
"Bloom?" Ninfea gasped.
"Yeah that was her name! And her friends and their boyfriends all ganged up on me!" Serena continued angrily.
"But Bloom wouldn't do that!" Another little voice made Serena turn to look at the other miniature girls. The one closest to her was a pixie in a light pink dress and had a bob haircut. She had long blue wings with swirls at the end a matching hairclip.
"Neither would Stella," Amore looked worried.
"I'm sure I told Musa that it's not nice to spread gossip!" Tune remarked.
"My girl Flora would never ever say anything bad about someone!" Exclaimed Chatta.
"Calm down Chatta!" Exclaimed the last one, with dark blue hair and a silver scanner on her wrist. But she, like the pixie of gossip couldn't resist flying up to Serena's hair and perched on her head.
"This style how is it even possible?" She wondered aloud, scanning the golden buns of hair with her wristwatch.
"Well sometimes I'm not possible," Serena told her matter-of-factly. It was sadly true; apparently a lot of people can't get over the fact that a blonde girl who likes eating and watching TV and hates scary things can also be the most powerful fighter in the Cosmos. "But yeah they did!"
"But surely it must have been a misunderstanding!" Ninfea was still astonished at the news.
"Maybe I can talk to Bloom, I'm sure she'd never want to hurt someone's feelings!" The pink haired pixie suggested, before turning back to Serena. "Oh I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Lockette, Bloom's bonded pixie."
"And I'm Digit, pixie of Nanotechnology and bonded to Tecna of Zenith!" Digit added. "Piff would introduce herself but she's been conked out over there for quite a while. But don't worry, she's the pixie of dreams so it's pretty much her normal behaviour pattern!" She pointed to the trunk of a tree where a baby pixie lay snoring softly, her head resting on one of the roots.
"So I can see!" Serena giggled, wiping her eyes a little.
Ninfea looked up at the blonde Moon Senshi.
"I just remembered, we were about to have some afternoon tea, would you like to join us?" She asked politely.
"It's made from the flower of life!" Chatta added.
"Sure!" Serena brightened. "I mean it's not like I'm going anywhere!"
"YAY!" The pixies cheered.
Throughout the afternoon Serena was able to relax and shake off the crazy events of the morning. She didn't question whether it was due to the special tea but she didn't really care because it tasted great, almost as good as Raye's sacred shrine tea.
Even though she wisely left out all the parts about her powers as a Moon Senshi all the pixies were extremely fascinated about her life on Earth with her friends. She also got to know some new little faces, Livi the forgetful pixie of messages, her sister Jolly the pixie of jokes and she couldn't help wondering if the other Sailor Scouts would ever find their own pixies as she thought that Zing, the hyper pixie of bugs would be a perfect match for Mina.
"I can tell that you love your friends very much," Amore said softly, her blue eyes shining happily at the amount of positive energy radiating from the girl. "And I also sense that you have a special someone in your life!"
Serena brightened a little. "Yes I do, his name is Darien, he's away at college right now but I'm still gonna call him every day so it doesn't seem like it!" She blushed slightly as she looked down at the golden heart shaped ring on the fourth finger of her left hand.
"True love is so beautiful!" Amore clasped her hands while Glim settled more comfortably against the girl's neck.
"I'm afraid I can't help but notice it seems to be getting a little late," Ninfea turned to observe the deep orange glow of the sunset worriedly. "It was really lovely to meet you Serena but I think you should be getting back to Alfea now!"
"You're right." Serena sighed, tiredly heaving herself up while trying to stifle a yawn. Then a huge sweat drop formed on her forehead due to her embarrassing realization.
"Erm, I don't think I know the way back!" She laughed sheepishly, holding the back of her head with one hand.
"Don't worry! I'm the pixie of portals and directions! I'll show you the way!" Lockette told her, producing her small blue key that had previously been a hairclip.
"We'll come with you!" Digit added. "I need to help Tecna download the latest file storage software!"
"Thank you!" Serena smiled warmly. "I mean it, I feel a lot better now!"
"I'm glad to hear it!" Ninfea was also happy. "Also, if you ever have any time, feel free to talk to Concordia, she resides in Alfea and I'm sure she'd be more than happy to help you out with anything!"
"Ok! See you around pixies!" Serena waved before turning around to follow Lockette and the others.
In about five minutes they had reached a sight that finally looked familiar.
"Wow, you really weren't kidding about being good with directions!" The Moon princess exclaimed as she found herself in front of the Alfea campus, although she felt a strange sense of déjà vu from the morning.
"Serena?" At the mention of her name she whirled around to see Bloom, Stella, Tecna, Musa, Flora and Layla looking at her in surprise.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!" Stella yelled right in her face. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WORRIED WE WERE? WE SPENT HOURS LOOKING FOR YOU!"
"Why would you care?" Serena narrowed her eyes. "Yeah, I heard what you said! Just because I don't live here like you doesn't mean I don't have a spine!"
"Wait, you heard everything?" Bloom gasped quietly.
"Yes I did! And so I don't take up your precious time I'm gonna get going now!"
"Wait, Serena," Bloom's words were to no avail as the blonde hurriedly sprinted past them into the building, her long strands of hair riding the wind behind her.
The pixies all looked sadly at the space she had once occupied. Then Glim decided to flitter off in her direction.
"Wait Glim, where are you going?" Chatta asked.
"Go with 'Rena!" The orange pixie replied.
Biting her lip, Flora turned to the others.
"Wait for me back at the dorm." She called before joining Glim.
Meanwhile Serena stormed into the single and pulled out her suitcase from under the bed, jolting her feline friend from a comfortable position on one of the pillows.
"So, how was your trip to Magix?" Luna asked, trying to make conversation. Then she realized what the girl was doing. "Wait, Serena what are you doing?" She asked, extremely confused.
"We're going home Luna." Serena told her sharply, in a manner that was extremely unusual for her. "I just can't do this right now."
"But we just got here!" The cat protested. "At least give this place a chance, it's not like you to give up so easily! I'm sure you'll adjust in a few days!"
"I DON'T WANT TO ADJUST! I JUST WANNA HAVE SOME TIME BEING A NORMAL TEENAGER WITH FRIENDS WHO I LOVE! CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT LUNA? Ooh! Oh…"
She bent over her half packed suitcase, the familiar scent of her perfume filling her nose and pricking her eyes.
"After all the times I've lost Darien, and I can't even see him. Luna, get us out I wanna go home…please."
"Serena," Luna sighed, padding over to her protégé. The girl grabbed her into a hug, burying her face in the feline's soft black fur.
Knock knock.
"Huh? What?" The sudden sharp sounds caused Serena to jump up from her slumped stance, with some of her clothes falling out of her bag and onto the floor in the process.
"Who's there?" She asked hurriedly, trying to smooth out the creases on her jumper in one hand, while tightly gripping Luna in the other.
"Serena? Can I come in?" The tentative voice of Flora replied from the other side of the door.
"Uff, ok." Serena sighed tiredly; after all if any of these girls wanted to try and talk to her she admitted Flora wouldn't be so bad.
Slowly she swung open the door to find the fairy of nature standing gingerly outside the room with Glim hovering near her shoulder.
"Serena, I understand if you don't want to talk to me right now-" She began hurriedly but the blonde cut her off.
"Its ok Flora," She sighed. "I know I am a bit of a crybaby and I know I hate fighting and scary things but please believe me I have absolutely no idea who this Balto is!"
"Of course you don't sweetie!" Flora put a comforting arm on her shoulder. "Everyone's just a little frustrated because we lost the battle today, but no one's mad at you, you know that right?"
"Yeah, I guess," Serena brightened slightly. She finally let go of Luna, who landed on her paws and curled herself around the girl's legs. However the blonde then moved back to her half packed luggage. "But I'm sorry I still don't really think this place is for me."
"But you can't go yet!" Flora protested. "Come with me, the others have something they want to say to you!" Flora took her hand and led her out into the dormitory corridor. Luna, interested in what was happening, decided to follow them.
When they entered one of the other bedrooms they found the five other fairies seated in the middle of the carpet. Once she had caught sight of her, Bloom got up and walked towards Serena.
"Serena, I'm sorry that we hurt your feelings." She clarified. "I'm just worried about what will happen with Baltor and I'm still confused about what happened in the battle. Anyway we're having a sleepover tonight and we'd love you to join us!" She held out a hand hesitantly. "We brought back some pizza!"
After a brief gap the group let out a cheer as Serena grabbed it, beaming from ear to ear.
"Apology accepted Bloom! Just let me get my jammies!"
A few minutes later the members of the winx club (plus Serena who was now wearing short pink pyjamas) and their pixies were happily engaged in a game of truth or dare. Eventually it came to Tecna who picked the Moon senshi.
"Ok Serena, truth or dare?" She enquired.
"Hmm…" For a moment the blonde was deep in thought. "Truth!" She called out, raising her arm in the air.
"Where were you this afternoon?" The princess of Zenith probed her.
"Well when I was in Magix I found three little pixies who were really nice to me!" Serena began. "Then they took me to their village where I met this little one who's just so sweet! I don't know what it is about her but I feel like she's a little sister!" Glim giggled and settled on top of her head.
"You found your bonded pixie? That's awesome!" Layla exclaimed.
"Right! Now I guess it's my turn!" Suddenly Serena's crystal blue gems glinted deviously in the light. "Soooo… Stella! Truth or dare?" She pointed to the other golden haired girl dramatically.
"I'm going to pick dare!" Stella replied confidently, if Ami, Raye or Lita had been there they would have all facepalmed for she had not yet realized what she was getting herself into.
Serena rummaged around in the small bag she had brought with her. "I dare you to wear this…" She pulled out a green and white striped scarf with a Slytherin logo and set it out in front of Stella. "With this!" The next object was a bright yellow Hufflepuff hat. "And these!" The third and fourth were a pair of stripy Ravenclaw fingerless gloves. "And let's not forget these!" For the last articles of clothing she slowly unfurled her fingers to reveal two radish-shaped earrings.
"A-all at the same time?" Stella stuttered, aghast. "But the colour schemes don't match up!"
"Where did you get all this Harry Potter stuff?" Bloom asked curiously, staring at the items as her Solarian friend slid them onto her body, hyperventilating dramatically every time she touched one of them.
"Me and my friends went on a tour of the studio." Serena told her. "But then Mina chan got kicked out of the gift shop!"
Flashback
Mina is walking around the shop with a Cheshire cat-like grin, flashing her newly bought replica of Voldemort's wand (She was saying that everyone bought Harry and Hermione's and she wanted to remain unique) She waltzes up to a shop assistant with the name "Chris" on his uniform.
Mina: Hey Chris! Smeeeell my wand!
She then approaches someone named "Annie" Who is trying to stack shelves of pygmy puffs.
Mina: Hey Annie! Smeeeell my wand!
She then decides to pursue a customer who unfortunately happens to have dyed his hair in favour of his beloved Weasley idols.
Mina: Hey Ron! Smeeeell my wand!
All this time the other four girls are staring at her in disbelief from a corner of the café. Serena nonchalantly starts munching on her pile of chocolate frogs.
Raye: We don't know her!
End Flashback
"I'm still surprised she wasn't banned from the rest of the studio!" Serena sighed to herself under her breath.
"Serena? I hope you're happy because I feel like some circus clown right now!" Stella squawked while Tecna secretly took a picture. "And for this I'm picking you again! Truth or dare!"
"Eek!" Even though she had already answered one truth Serena realized that picking a dare right now would not be safe for her. "Ok…another truth!"
"Hmm…" Now that she had to abandon the dangerous dare she had picked, Stella racked her brains to think of an equally difficult question. "How many boyfriends have you had?"
"Oh, just the one!" The Lunarian replied happily, twisting her ring around on her finger. "I mean Lita and I did have a crush on Andrew who works at the arcade, but he always had a girlfriend so there wasn't really anything in it. But there was always something special about Darien, even when he called me meatball head I still thought he was cute. And over the last few years we've discovered that we're really meant to be, you know? And I know that we'll always be together!" She smiled knowingly as she thought of their future kingdom and beautiful daughter.
"Will you ever bring him to Magix?" Flora asked.
"Yeah, we wanna meet him!" Stella added excitedly.
"Sure! I mean I don't know when he'll have some free time this semester but I really wanna show him this place, and my friends too!"
"Something to look forward to!" Musa brightened. "But in the meantime you can pick the next truth or dare!"
"Right." Serena didn't want to burst the bubbly atmosphere but she knew that she needed some answers. "This is kinda for all of you guys, and I think I have a right to know. Who is Balto?"
The winx exchanged worried looks with each other before all eyes came to rest on Bloom, who took a deep breath.
"Ok this isn't going to be easy but here goes," She began. "Baltor is a dark wizard who until recently was imprisoned in the omega dimension."
"Omega is an icy wasteland where the worst kind of criminals are sent." Tecna put in.
"But now he's escaped, and he's stealing the most powerful magic from all the realms in order to take over the entire Magical dimension." Bloom continued.
"Wait a sec, did-" Serena was about to speak but quickly shushed herself as she remembered that the others did not know she had been present at the battle.
"He is also being helped by three witches, Icy Darcy and Stormy." Musa's voice hardened. "We've fought them before and trust me you don't wanna get too close to them!"
"I can imagine!" Serena shuddered inwardly, recollecting the Ice witch's frosty temper.
"Hang on, doesn't Magix have some kind of police force or something? Couldn't they have stopped him?" She found another question.
"Yeah but he's getting too powerful for them." Layla shook her head sadly. "He attacked my planet first and almost destroyed it."
"Oh Layla I'm sorry," Serena bowed her head quietly.
"Its ok." The Princess of Tides smiled. "At least my realm's still intact. But I'm afraid we can't say the same for Bloom's!"
"Huh? Why?" Serena turned to the redhead, bewildered.
"Baltor was created by some of the most powerful and evil beings in history, the ancestral witches." Bloom explained. "You know how I told you my powers come from the dragon fire? Well so do his, only they come from a dark ember. Anyway, he and the ancestresses led the attack on Sparx and obliterated it. And he told me that he was the one to defeat my parents, Oritel and Miriam."
"Oh." Serena gasped quietly, this sad story was painfully similar to that of the Silver Millenium, where Queen Serenity had given up all of her power, and her life, to save her people from the clutches of Queen Beryl, and it made her all the more determined to help their cause.
"Serena? Are you ok?" Bloom had misinterpreted her silence. " I hope I didn't make you want to leave here or anything…"
"Are you kidding? You all seem nice, and I can't wait to get my powers even stronger!" Serena exclaimed. "And with pizza like this? Of course I'm staying!"
"Alright! Now let's get this party started!" Musa cheered as she summoned a couple of CDS with a flick of her wrist.
As the music started playing everyone got up and began to dance around the room. Stella grabbed a pillow and hurled it at Bloom, which ended up hitting Tecna. As a result the fairy of technology attempted to throw it in the opposite direction but accidentally hit Flora instead. This ended in a humongous pillow fight between the fairies.
"Yup!" Serena thought, taking a sip of her soda as she watched the feathers flying. "Even though there's a bad guy on the loose I think I'm gonna like it here!"