Chapter 5:
With the winx
They flew over the forest towards the dark castle in the distance; it was the likeliest place that the Trix would be.
"Girls are you feeling weaker?" asked Bloom weakly.
"Yes" they all replied
Tecna scanned the area with her PDA and gasped "girls there is lots of negative energy here, the closer we get to that castle the weaker we will get" she said.
The winx stopped flying for a moment and gathered in a circle, "we have to find the Trix, it is our mission" said Bloom.
"I know we have to carry on but we are going to be too weak to battle them, so we have to try avoid battling them without the specialists help" continued Tecna.
They all sighed knowing she was right, then the winx carried on flying towards the dark castle.
"With this much negative energy the Trix will be very strong, stronger than they have ever been" said Stella.
"Stella's right, the castle itself seems to be made of dark magic, amplifying their powers," said Tecna worriedly.
They reached the entrance to the dark castle; landing on the ground they opened the huge wooden doors as quietly as they could so they didn't let the Trix know they were there.
They were still in their enchantix ready if they needed to battle, Tecna scanned the whole castle checking for any sign of the Trix.
"Yes, there are three people at the top of one of the towers" whispered Tecna showing a holographic projection of the castle.
"Lets head up towards that tower winx, but we have to be quiet so they don't know we are here" said Bloom.
The winx flew up the long flight of stairs until they came to a door at the top of the stairs, it was slightly open so the winx could hear voices coming from inside.
"One of the monsters on the perimeter of the castle have spotted a Red Fountain ship, which means that those pesky pixies and their boy toys are here," said Icy.
"Those stupid pixies will pay for what they did on earth," said Darcy forming a small ball of dark magic.
"Sisters we have visitors" said Stormy turning towards the door.
"LIGHTNING BOLT" she yelled blasting the door revealing the winx.
"So much for not being seen" said Stella creating a ball of light in her hand ready to throw.
"If it isn't the stupid pixie winx" cackled Icy "you look so weak, the castles dark magic must be taking its effect on you" she continue.
"HYPNO WAVE" yelled Darcy shooting her attack at Flora and Aisha.
"GREEN LUXURIANT IVY" yelled Flora making giant vines come up out of the ground grabbing Darcy.
"PLASMA MAGIC BOLT" yelled Aisha shooting the trapped Darcy but she dodged making it hit the vines and break them.
"ICE SPIRAL" yelled Icy throwing her attack at Bloom and Stella.
"DRAGON FURY" yelled Bloom blasting Icy.
"DOUBLE ECLIPSE" yelled Stella but her attack was weaker because the dark energy was affecting her more.
"SHADOW WHIRLWIND" yelled Stormy throwing her attack at Musa and Tecna.
"SONIC PERCUSSION" yelled Musa
"VIRTUAL FLOW" yelled Tecna
Each pair from the winx combined their attacks to have extra strength to make up for their weak individual attack.
The Trix weren't affected at all because the dark energy made them stronger by each passing minute.
"Finally we can defeat you pixies, then no one will ever get in our way" said Icy summoning her next attack.
The winx prepared themselves but Stella was getting paler and paler because of her power being the sun and there was no light or sunshine just darkness in the dark castle.
"Stella, are you okay?" asked Flora worried at how weak and pale the usually bubbly fairy was.
"Don't worry Flora" she replied weakly, Icy noticed Stella was the weakest and an easy target.
"GLACIAL SLEEP" Icy yelled hurling her spell at Stella.
She had no time to move and the winx had no time to react, Stella was frozen in a giant block of ice.
The winx gasped and ran to the frozen block of ice, they could just see Stella's body in the middle.
"Winx we need to get the specialists, we cant save her on our own and we have to get away from this negative energy to get our strength back" whispered Bloom so the Trix couldn't hear.
The winx took one last look at Stella and flew out the nearby window with the Trix's shouts in the distance.
"COME BACK HERE PIXIES" yelled Darcy
"PRINCESS STELLA WONT LAST LONG ON ICE HAHAHAHAHA" cackled Icy.
The Trix didn't follow the winx, the farther the winx got away from the castle the stronger they were until they were back to normal.
"We need to hurry and find the boys, Stella's life is in our hands" cried Bloom.
"We have to lure the Trix to us so we aren't effected by the negative energy" suggested Tecna.
As the winx flew they all had tears streaming down their faces as one of their best friends was encased in ice.
"Where would the boys be?" asked Musa sniffling and wiping her eyes.
"I don't know, lets head back to the ship. They could be waiting there for us," said Bloom flying as fast as she could towards where the ship was.
After a few minutes the winx spotted the ship with 5 boys outside keeping guard.
"GUYS!" yelled Aisha waving her hands frantically
The boys turned to the sound of Aisha's yelling and waved but they looked surprised and happy that the girls spoke to them.
The girls landed and detransformed running towards the boys.
"We need your help please" pleaded Flora tears trailing down her cheeks.
The boys were startled, Helia walked up to Flora cautiously in case she told him to stay away but she didn't, instead she embraced him in a tight hug crying into his chest.
The rest of the winx did the same to the other boys.
"What happened?" asked Helia holding Floras chin making her look into his eyes.
"And where's Stella?" added Brandon looking around worriedly for the girl he loved so much.
The winx moved away from the boys and all turned to Brandon, which made him even more worried.
"That's why we need your help, we flew as fast as we could" sniffled Bloom.
"Its Stella" cried Musa, Brandon visibly froze stiff.
"We went to the dark castle that's made completely out of dark energy so it weakened us. We battled the Trix but Stella was the weakest so an easy target because there was no light or sunshine to give her energy," said Aisha but stopping to let someone else continue.
"Icy throw an attack towards Stella and she couldn't dodge it so she's been frozen in a block of ice, fairies cant last long in ice but what makes it worse is Stella will have even less time because she was already weak" continued Tecna.
There was silence you could only hear the muffled cries of the winx and faint teeth grinding from Brandon, who hasn't spoken a word.
"We need a plan to lure the Trix here, they would bring Stella with them. Then we battle here so we are of normal strength," said Tecna.
Everyone nodded but Brandon who suddenly snapped into heroic mode.
"You girls will stay here while we lure the Trix out and away from the castle, if they don't bring Stella then Bloom you will fly to the castle and melt the ice with your dragon flame" said Brandon looking very determined to get the love of his life back.
"That sounds like a plan" said Sky patting Brandon on the shoulder "we will get Stella back" he assured him.
"I just hope she can last long enough in that ice for us to save her," Brandon said.
"Lets set this plan in motion, there is no time to lose" said Timmy, the specialists started making their way to the castle while the winx prepared the battle field back at the ship.