Winds of Change

Chapter 1: An Unexpected Encounter

Our story begins in the town of Princeton, New Jersey in a small two bedroom house, a young trans girl named Alyssa, dressed in black skinny jeans and a black and gray top, is watching the 11 o'clock news eagerly waiting for the weather, for as long as she could remember she was obsessed with the weather and was drawn to it, unaware of latent powers she had. Right before the weather came on, Alyssa heard the sound of crunching metal and breaking glass and looked outside to see a girl clad in pink with what looked like green wings on her back and long brown hair, and she looked like she was in trouble needing assistance. She wasted no time throwing on her shoes and jumping out the window using a tuck and roll method to land safely and rush over to the girl.

The girl was badly injured and a bright light engulfed her causing her to transform into an ordinary girl with the same cascading long brown hair. Alyssa mustered up the strength to conjure up a powerful gust of wind to blow the enemy that the girl was fighting. Alyssa then picked up the girl who had passed out, but not before sensing the power of Winx in Alyssa, and brought her inside and set her on the couch and then went to make a pot of tea. Her frame was kinda petite but still had some hints of masculinity but was other wise unmistakable for a girl about 16. When the girl woke up, at 9am the next day, she looked around and finally asked in a soft spoken voice

"Where am I and what happened to that monster to that monster I was fighting?"

Alyssa responded with a warm smile, "Morning sleepy head." Alyssa said. "You're in Princeton, New Jersey inside my home, and to answer your second question, I think I did something to it. Oh by the way my name is Alyssa, whats yours?"

The girl smiled, tried to get up but collapses on the couch and said "my name is Flora and I am about to return to a school called Alfea, its a school for fairies all fairies possess a power called Winx its a type of magic, and I think you might have it too."

Alyssa looked shocked she had an affinity for meteorology and even on rare occasions, mostly her birthdays when the weather was bad she would look up at the sky and just wave the clouds away. She never thought that this could be magic. Hearing Flora say that she might have Winx got her hyped, Alyssa hated being in high school on earth, she was bullied by everyone in her sophomore class, the boys and the girls, the boys called her a sissy and repeatedly shoved her into lockers, while the girls all said she's not a 'real' girl and shes just pretending to watch them in the locker room. Her home life didn't fare much better her dad left to get cigarettes and never came back and her mom was CFO of a fortune 500 company with a drinking problem. Taking a deep breath Alyssa said "Flora do you think that they would allow me to enroll there?"

"Yeah why wouldn't they you're a girl right?"

"Well I was assigned male at birth so that might cause some issues"

"I'll advocate for you, Alfea might be willing to accept you." Flora says warmly "so what do you say, will you come with me?"

"Yes I will, my home life sucks. But please advocate for me to get enrolled."

"Of course so you wanna be friends, you did help me after all." Flora asked

"Yes, now what can you tell me about Alfea." Alyssa asked

"Well its a boarding school so you wont have to see your mom and we have several classes but I'm sure you'll fit right in." Flora said trying to get up. Alyssa saw this and panicked "Its okay, I'll be okay I have a plant in my dorm room that can help with this. Lets just get to Alfea and try and get you enrolled 'kay?"

"Right lets go."

Alyssa and Flora traveled to the Magic realm where Alfea was located and both walked right through the barrier that prevented non magic users to enter. "Well that's a good sign you're through the barrier. Now lets go find the headmistress she'll want to meet you."

Alyssa and Flora walked to the headmistress' office with Alyssa's heart beating a million miles a minute. They eventually found out that the headmistress was in her office waiting to talk to Flora. "wait here Alyssa" Flora said right outside of the office before she walked in to the office only to see the headmistress, Miss Faragonda, her assistant Griselda and one of the teachers, Professor Palladium all there. "Flora we hear that you met a trans girl with the power of Winx, is that correct?" Griselda asked

"That's right, I think she'll be a fine addition to the school, Miss Faragonda you have to give her a chance I saw only a tiny portion of her powers but from what I saw she looks powerful."

"I don't know Flora some of the students here are from very powerful magical families, who donate a lot of money to this school, and the thought of a trans girl here might receive some push back. But if you insist bring her in here and us three will interview her just as a formality but tell her she's accepted. She'll room with you, Bloom and the other girls in your dorm please make her feel welcomed, especially tell Stella that. Alright bring her in Flora."

"Right away Miss Faragonda." Flora says before opening the door and turning to Alyssa "they want to see you Alyssa."

Alyssa nervously walked in and took one look at the three facility members looking at her… one with a kind smile, one with a cold gaze and one looking analytical at her trying to get a sense of Alyssa's character. Alyssa began messing with a lose strand of hair in one hand while her mind raced at a million miles a minute thinking of all the negative outcomes that could happen, she could be outright rejected, she could go through a rigorous interview only to be rejected, or her worst fear get rejected, and misgendered. Miss Faragonda saw how nervous Alyssa was so she poured a cup of tea for Alyssa to help calm her nerves and show that her intrusive thoughts are just that intrusive and she has nothing to worry about. Alyssa was still standing when the tea was given to her, it was bitter so Alyssa broke the silence with a question. "could I have a cube or two of sugar for my tea please?"

Professor Palladium nodded and got up and plopped two cubes of sugar in Alyssa's tea, with it now sweet Alyssa was able to drink it she did gracefully and when she finished she set the cup and saucer down on the tray. "Thank you the tea was very lovely." Alyssa said, still anxious but she felt a bit better now that hospitality was shown to her, her mind was slowly beginning to wind down and now Alyssa was in the stage of over thanking and over apologizing. "Thank you again and I'm sorry that I seem so nervous its just that everything is happening so fast and I don't know if I'm cut out for this school. Again I'm its just I'm nervous."