With the deadline now started, Bloom said, "okay I think we need to go after the gem of self confidence, so that means we have to head to…"
"It means we have to head to Solaria, my home world." Stella said brimming with joy, before the reality of her home life dawned on her. "Hey umm, Alyssa, Flora and Tecna should do this one. I don't reel like seeing my family."
"Actually it means we head to Andros first, the first riddle was 'With every twist and turn, the deeper you go until the Shimmering Shells sing with the ocean's voice' the shimmering shells are in the ocean of Andros" Aisha said correcting Stella.
"Oh right silly me, any way we should still have me
"Whats wrong Stella? You're the princess of Solaria, You should be happy to be going home after the trip to Andros" Tecna said.
"Yeah I know, but things haven't been so good in the kingdom of Solaria, My parents are separating, I tried to keep this a secret but I've been trying to keep it a secret but I cant anymore." Stella began to breakdown and cry. "That's why I was a bitch to Alyssa last year. I didn't want to show my true feelings and so I lashed out at what I though was easy."
"Oh Stella, I had no idea, if you had told me I could've helped you," Alyssa said placing a hand on Stella's shoulder. "How about you, me and Musa head to Solaria and earn that gem? I'll help you if you see your mom and dad, I mean I was raised by a single mom on earth."
Stella looked up at Alyssa, tears still streaming down her face. "Y..you really mean that Alyssa? I…I… I don't know what to say. Yeah lets do that I shouldn't be scared about seeing my parents breaking up. I guess I was scared." Stella's resolve was coming back and she stood up brimming with new found confidence. "Lets do this, to Andros." Stella stood up and conjured a portal to Andros. Stepping through the portal, the seven girls were whisked away to Solaria. Upon arriving on Andros, Stella said
"Thank you for choosing Stella portals. We know you have the choice in portals and we thank you for choosing Stella Portals."
On Andros, the sun was just rising over the ocean, creating the most beautiful sunrise ever seen. Alyssa was shocked at the sunrise but from what she heard of Mystelar, the 5 suns it has create the most stunning and visually stimulating sun rises and sun sets. Having 4 white dwarf stars and a yellow star dancing around the sky is visually appealing.
"Come on girls lets get one step closer to that gem." Bloom said.
"Magix Winx, Harmonix." they all said transforming into stunning outfits that would assist them in navigating the oceans of Andros, diving in they found that they were able to breathe whilst under the water. The journey to the Shimmering Shells was tricky, and tedious. Swimming past a castle underwater the seven girls were stopped by a guard for one of the two kings of Andros, Neptune.
"Halt, this area is dangerous you seven shouldn't be here." he said
Aisha swam forward, "I am, Aisha, the crown princess of Andros, these six have my blessing to be here. We're on a quest to the Shimmering shells."
"O..oh princess of Aisha of the land, my mistake please continue, but do be careful your cousin is spreading pollution and its caused the shimmering shells to become corrupted." he said ushering them off. The seven girls were on their way swimming through the warm oceans of Andros, making their way to the shimmering shells. Alyssa was feeling a mix of determination and excitement about earning Sirenix but was worried about falling behind with studies. "Hey um girls, what do you think that earning Sirenix will do for us? Like do you think that we will have downtime and time to focus on our studies? I love that we're getting stronger and all, but I want to focus on my studies."
"I know it feels like we've been more saviors of the magical dimension than students of Alfea. I haven't had a class with Professor Palladium in what feels like an eon." Tecna lamented.
"Tecna you're being a bit over dramatic," Alyssa joked as they continued to swim in what felt like a labyrinthine maze of reefs, twisting and turning through the ocean. Everything was so confusing. While the girls made there way to the cove of the shimmering shells, they were fraught with illusions some of which were of great white sharks that were going to eat therm. The twits eventually led to the shimmering shells, which were heavily corrupted by the pollution. "My god why is this happening?" Aisha asked her self as she saw the destruction that was happening to her home worlds oceans.
"Come on we need to purify these shells." Bloom said, swimming around using her purification spells to purify everything. Joining in, the other six helped purify the toxic pollution that was corrupting the shells. Eventually, the seven girls found one shimmering shell that gave them the hint, 'Venture where the dark depths of the ocean shine. A precious gem, self-confidence, lies in the deeps'
"Now we have to head to Solaria, right?" Stella asked?
"I think so Stella. Remember, I'll help you when we get there so you don't have to face this alone. Your parent's divorce isn't your fault." Alyssa said hugging her friend. "I remember reading in the sirenix book, you can reach Solaria from Andros using whats called an ocean gate. Apparently they connect all the oceans in the magic dimension together."
The girls swam to the ocean gate of Andros where a selkie named Lemmy was there. She was the guardian of the ocean gate of Andros. Meeting the girls she smiled and bonded with Aisha, becoming her bonded selkie.
"I'm so sorry princess Aisha, king Neptune has closed off the ocean gate to try and contain Tritannus." Lemmy explained "So until your cousin is caught King Neptune has ordered that the ocean gate is closed." Lemmy said sadly.
"Please Lemmy we need to get to Solaria to the Royal Depths, we're on a quest to find the gems of courage, empathy and self-confidence." Aisha begged the selkie,
"Sorry king's orders."
"Okay, so lets go to the surface and I'll make a portal to Solaria." Stella said as she began swimming up to the surface. Following her lead, the other six the surface. "Okay here we go." Stella said conjuring up a portal to Solaria. When the seven arrived on Solaria the trianary stars were setting creating the most visually appealing sunset ever. "Thank you for flying Air Stella, we have reached the bright and sunny Solaria. We thank you for your patronage, we know you have your choice when traveling to Solaria and Air Stella aims to make it enjoyable." Stella said joking trying to lighten the grim mood about the royal family splitting up. The seven girls walked through the streets of Solaria chatting along the way to the royal castle. "well girls, this is my home, the kingdom of Solaria. Please make yourselves at home." Stella joyfully said as they walked.
As Stella lead the girls to the castle she couldn't help but notice the extremely somber atmosphere, soon she knew why, the seven girls heard a screaming match inside of the castle and could only surmise that the king and queen were having a fight.