Disclaimer: Ranma ½ belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Viz Video and Winx Club belongs to Iginio Straffi and Rai S.p.A (NOT 4Kids!!)

Note: this follows the Rai version of Winx as the 4Kids version butchered it too much, like with every anime it dubs.

Chapter 2: Family Revelations

The rooftop of the Tendo Dojo.

Ranma Saotome, heir to the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts, was not happy. It's been a month since the failed wedding and things just got downhill from there. He lost his chance at a cure for his unwanted curse no thanks to Soun, Genma, Ryoga, Mousse, and Happosai, the latter drinking it all up, thinking it was sake'. His wedding was ruined due to some uninvited guests coming to stop it, in the forms of Shampoo, Ukyou, Cologne, and the Kuno family. He had the suspicion that Nabiki had something to do with it. That greedy Ice Queen would do anything for money, even sell out her own family. That and the fact that traditionally, wedding guests would pay money to the families of the bride and groom.

Still, it got Ranma to thinking, if Nabiki hadn't done that, then he would've been really married to Akane.

'Did I really want to marry that uncute tomboy in the first place? I oughta have my head examined!'

He sighed at the outcome. The heir to the Tendo Anything Goes was just as short-tempered as ever. She went and blamed it on him for ruining HER wedding. Accusing him of not settling his businesses with Shampoo and Ukyou prior. Ranma paused to think about what would've happened if he really did marry Akane. In truth, he just shivered at the thought. The girl couldn't cook to save her own life, is abusive, blames him for everything that ever went wrong in her life, and is basically untrusting of him in general. She hadn't a single shred of faith in him, despite the number of times he bailed her out of whatever jams she got in. Akane had been sour ever since the wedding fiasco and it hadn't improved at all. She'd mallet him for ever imagined slight to herself or whenever Shampoo or Ukyou showed up to greet him. This dwindled down Ranma's feelings for her even more.

'I was only trying to satisfy honor…'

Honor… there's a laugh. His father Genma had little to no honor when it came to his dealings. Same can be said about his friend Soun Tendo. Honor was simply a tool for them to use on him when they harp on him to marry Akane, but is disregarded when used against them. It's a wonder Ranma grew up to be more than honorable despite his father.

Lately, since that time, Ranma had been having some weird dreams. For one thing, he dreamt he was several different people. He didn't know how he even imagined those people. Not only that, he was in some weird world that looked a cross with modern times and fantasy, with the magic and monsters. Even more surprising, Ranma had dreamt of six different girls he's never seen before: a redhead, a blonde, a tanned brown-haired girl, a girl with two long pigtails, a violet-haired girl, and a dark-skinned girl. For some reason, he felt like he had a connection to them.

'What am I thinking? It's just a dream. They're not real.'

Still, it kept bothering him that he keeps dreaming of the same six girls. Best not to tell the others about this. More than likely, Akane would just see this as him being a pervert for dreaming up 'fantasy girls' to feed his 'perversions'.

"Ranma! Time for dinner!" Kasumi called out.

"Be right there!" said Ranma as he jumped down from the roof.

Saotome Residence

Nodoka Saotome was busy cooking sukiyaki as she thought about her son. Ever since that fateful reunion with Faragonda that night, Nodoka couldn't help but worry about Ranma. So far, she had put up the façade that she was oblivious of Ranma and Genma's Jusenkyo curses. Nodoka already knew about them thanks to her secretly being a faerie.. She just wanted to give her son a chance to tell her the truth about his affliction, but of course, that selfish cowardly panda had to go and ruin it all. She never intended to make her one and only son commit seppuku if Genma failed to make him a man among men as he had promised her all those years ago; it was only to keep her husband in line. From what she found out, Ranma had enough problems to deal with without worrying about the seppuku pledge. His curse, the Neko Ken, Genma's promises, a whole slew of rivals out for his blood for trivial reasons, and the fiancees he had accumulated.

"I just wish I could take Ranma away from all of this soon." She said to no one in particular.

It was then that she heard a crash from outside.

Opening the front door, she looked in shock as she saw Ranma in his girl form crumpled in a heap in the rain. From the looks of it, it was due to another flight via Akane Airways.

Later...

"Thanks, Mom." Said Ranma as he started eating the sukiyaki. He had changed himself back to his male form after Nodoka treated his injuries.

"Another fight with Akane, dear?" asked Nodoka.

"What else?" muttered Ranma.

Flashback

Akane avoided making eye contact with Ranma the whole time during dinner and promptly excused herself to go train in the dojo. Ranma managed to finish his dinner without Genma trying to steal some of it for once. Since defeating Saffron, the pig-tailed martial artist had grown quite powerful. He belted his father into the koi pond when he tried to steal his food once again. The man-turned-panda emerges from the waters with a 'growf!'.

"Hmmm…. Akane seems sour as ever." Said Nabiki.

"Son! You don't by any chance know anything about this, would you?" demanded Soun.

"What makes you think that I got anything to do with it!?" said Ranma in annoyance. It was such a typical thing… if Akane is unhappy about something, everyone would always assume Ranma was the cause.

"Don't take that tone with me, Ranma!" said Soun. "Go apologize to Akane!"

Ranma gives the older man a glare, but sighs in resignation. He was tired of arguing with idiots and didn't want to bother with it. With that, he gets up and heads towards the dojo. Kasumi could only shake her head at the rest of her family. She couldn't help but feel sorry for Ranma. He didn't even do anything and yet he gets berated over an assumption.

Ranma entered the dojo, seeing Akane breaking some cinder blocks as usual.

"What do you want?" Akane said with contempt.

"Look, whatever I did to upset you, I'm sorry, okay?" said Ranma as calmly as he could.

"If you were really sorry, then you should've settled your business with those others girls!" said Akane angrily. "They ruined everything! YOU ruined my wedding!"

"I ruined YOUR wedding!?" retorted Ranma. "I wasn't the one who invited those guys over!"

"It doesn't matter! They would've come up eventually because you're too irresponsible to tell them off!" said Akane. "Maybe you wanted to marry them instead! Pervert!"

Ranma was livid. How in the world did she even come to that conclusion? "What!? How could you even think that after all we've been through? Why must you be so unreasonable!?"

"What else am I supposed to think!? I know that the whole thing is your fault! It's always your fault! It's because you're nothing but a pervert!" said Akane with her usual logic.

Ranma felt his own temper rising. After all this time, Akane still accuses him of being unfaithful. "I'm not taking anymore of this! I'm going back to the house. I know when I'm not wanted!"

"Good! Because I don't want you in the same space as me!" said Akane.

Just as Ranma turns to leave the dojo, a certain black piglet made its way into the dojo. It had started to rain soon after Ranma entered the dojo some time ago, causing Ryoga's curse to be activated.

"Bwee!"

"P-Chan! Where've you been? It's been days!" said Akane as she picked up the little black piglet.

Ranma looks at the piglet in disdain.

'Hmph… stupid Ryoga… he dares to continue acting like her damn pet even though he's got Akari…'

As P-Chan snuggles in Akane's arms, his expression turns to anger at seeing Ranma. He had heard the argument they had, and he naturally assumed that Ranma had done something to anger his perfect princess who could do no wrong. As usual, P-Chan tries to attack Ranma for his supposed slight to his precious Akane.

"P-Chan? What is it?" Akane asked as Ryoga piglet struggled to get out of her grasp.

Breaking free, the bandana-clad pig ran at Ranma's retreating form and jumped at him, clamping his teeth on his wrist.

"OOOWW!! GET OFF ME YOU UNDERFED PIECE OF BACON!" yelled Ranma as he rapidly shook his arm to get Ryoga off of himself. He then uses his free fist to backhand the little porker off his arm. P-Chan was sent bouncing on the dojo floor. Akane quickly went over to her beloved pet.

"RANMA! HOW DARE YOU PICK ON P-CHAN!" Akane screeched.

"PICK ON!? Your stupid pig attacked me!" shouted Ranma in his defense.

"So what if he did? You probably deserved it anyway! You're always such a jerk!" said Akane.

"Why do you hafta be like this, Akane!? You UNCUTE TOMBOY!" said Ranma.

"RANMA NO BAKA!"

Akane whips out the mallet and sends Ranma flying out through the roof of the dojo. Rain started to pour through the hole.

"Great, it's raining. Wouldn't have had this mess if that baka didn't insult me."

P-Chan just nods in agreement.

End Flashback

"And that's how it happened…" said Ranma with a sigh.

Nodoka could only shake her head at Ranma's increasing problems. It was too overbearing for one person to be burdened with.

"Ranma dear, maybe you should spend the night here for now." Said Nodoka. She didn't intend to send her son back to that madhouse again. That and it was pretty late out anyway. "I'll have your old room set up."

"Thanks, Mom. I appreciate it." said Ranma. He needed a peaceful respite right now, and he sure as hell wasn't going to get that back at the Tendo Dojo.

Late that night…

Ranma was fast asleep in his old room. It hadn't changed very much. Despite it being his room, it felt foreign to him as he was used to sharing a room with an occasional panda.

Once more, Ranma was experiencing those dreams he kept having for the past month.

Dream Sequence 1

Ranma finds himself at a dance club. The neon lights flashed in different colors as up-beat music played in the background. People all around were either dancing, socializing, or having a drink. He himself was at a table.

"It was nice of you to invite me out here, Nabu." said a voice. Ranma looked forward and saw a dark-skinned girl with long dark curly hair.

"Don't mention it, Layla. I wanted to, anyway." Ranma heard himself say. "Are you satisfied with having me as your arranged fiancee?"

"Let's not get into that, alright?" said Layla. "We're just two young people wanting to have a good time." It was then that a different song started to play. "Ooh! I love this one! Let's dance!"

"Huh?" said Ranma in confusion as Layla took his arm and led him to the dance floor. Before leaving, he caught a glimpse of his reflection on the glass table. His face was that of a lightly-tanned-skinned young man with dark brown hair done up in a long braid.

Dream Sequence 2

In a flash, Ranma finds himself on what looked like the bridge of a small space ship. Looking down at the dashboard, he saw his hands rapidly working at the controls while gathering information from a screen.

'Huh? How am I doing this? How can I even understand this stuff? Oh right, it's only a dream…'

"Timmy? Are you all right? You're spacing out."

Upon hearing the voice, Ranma turned to the right and saw a different girl from the last time. She was light-skinned with short, purple hair with the front bangs sticking out over the right side of her face.

"Oh, sorry about that, Tecna." Said Ranma. "Cracking all these encryptions is finally getting to me, I guess."

"Come now, Timmy, if you need some assistance in upgrading the ship, you could always ask me." Said Tecna as she came over to where Ranma was at. "It's nothing I've never done before. I'm a half-android, after all."

"Thanks." Ranma finishes typing in a program and turns off the monitor. On the empty glass screen, Ranma sees the reflection of a young man with light red hair and wearing glasses. He looked like the stereotypical nerd.

Dream Sequence 3

'Where am I now? Whoa!'

Ranma was suddenly speeding through a forest, riding what looked like a futuristic motorcycle with no wheels, but instead hovered. He finds that he wasn't alone as there was a girl holding his waist from behind him.

"Whoa! Watch out!" the girl yelled at him.

Ranma managed to steer the levi-bike away from a tree, from a boulder, jumps a small cliff, and skids to a stop at a clearing. The girl dismounts and removes her helmet as he did the same. She was a cute girl with long black hair done up in two side pigtails.

"Heh, was a little too dangerous for you, Musa?" asked Ranma with a snicker.

"You jerk! You're so reckless! You could've hit something!" retorted Musa.

"Hey, we're still standing, all right? Doesn't that matter?"

"Sheesh, Riven… once again, you brush off life-threatening experiences like nothing. You can be crazy at times…" said Musa. "… and yet, that sort of thing is what keeps me drawn to you somehow…"

Ranma raises an eyebrow at that.

"You know me. I ain't afraid of nothing!" said Ranma.

"Oh I might think of something…" said Musa. "Well then, can we continue? I don't want to be hanging around out here forever."

Musa puts the biker helmet back over her head. From the helmet's visor, Ranma sees his reflection of a young man with dark purple hair that seemed to flare upward.

Dream Sequence 4

Ranma was sitting on a grassy plain near a lake and meadow. Looking down, he saw a sketchpad and pencil in his hands. Upon closer inspection, he saw a sketch of the natural scenery he was in on the page, as well as a sketch of a girl on it.

'I can draw?'

"Oh, Helia, are you finished already?"

Ranma looks up to see an attractive tanned girl with long brown hair. She was a natural beauty. Her demeanor could be comparable to the eldest Tendo sister.

"Er, yes, Flora." Replied Ranma as he showed her his work. It was a spitting image of what he saw: nature and its beauty, in more ways than one.

"You're such a great artist." Said Flora. "But wouldn't you prefer the real thing over an image?"

Ranma smiled. "I'll have to say yes to that." He closes the sketchpad and gets up. Flora immediately saddles up to him and holds his arm.

"I'm just happy to be with you." Said Flora.

"And I with you." Said Ranma.

They walk by the lake as Ranma looks upon the surface of the water. His reflection shows that of a young man with long black hair tied in a loose ponytail, which partially covered the side of his face.

Dream Sequence 5

Ranma finds himself walking down a busy street in a shopping district. In his hands were shopping bags.

'Hmmm? Where is this at?'

"Come on, Brandon! There's a sale going on!"

Ranma looks ahead and sees a sexy girl with long blonde hair held by a purple hair band. He couldn't help but blush at how scantily clad she was. She was carrying several bags, herself.

"You're really on a shopping kick right now, aren't you, Stella?" asked Ranma.

"Of course! I've always got to keep up to date on the latest fashions!" said Stella as she looked through a shop window and points at some clothes on display. "You think those would look good on me?"

"Girl, you'll look good in anything." Said Ranma.

"That makes me so happy, Brandon!" said Stella. "It's settled: I'll add that to my wardrobe!"

With that said, the blonde pulls Ranma into the store. As Stella goes towards the dressing rooms, Ranma glimpses at a hat mirror nearby. His reflection showed a young man with brown hair with the bangs sticking forward.

Dream Sequence 6

'Wow, what a nice place…'

Ranma, seated at a table, looks about the outdoor café he was in. Nearly all the customers there were young couples, obviously a date spot.

"Sky? You okay?"

Ranma looks across the table and sees a beautiful girl with long red hair. He felt drawn to her until he shook it off.

"Er, it's nothing, Bloom." Said Ranma. "Just thinking about how nice it is today."

Bloom smiled cutely. "It is, isn't it? You invited me out for a bite, after all."

"Haha, that and I wanted to be with you." Said Ranma, causing the girl to blush. "I hear that your Enchantix is steadily coming to its full potential."

"Yes, I'm still incomplete, though." Said Bloom. "I don't know if I can attain my full power since there's no one from Domino left to save…" She lefts off a sigh.

"Don't worry, Bloom, I'm sure you'll find your real parents." Ranma assured as he held Bloom's hands.

"Thanks, Sky. It's nice to know that you'll always be there for me." Said Bloom.

Ranma then looks down at his water glass next to him and looks upon the reflective surface. Staring back was a young man with shoulder-length blonde hair. (1)

End Dream

Ranma wakes up the next morning.

"Those dreams again…. I keep having them over and over. What do they mean? They almost felt…. real…"

As he was about to get up, he felt as though he was lying on air. He also noticed that things around his room seemed a little lower than last night.

"Huh? Was the bed elevated or something?" wondered Ranma. He removes the covers on him and they suddenly drop below, catching his attention. "What the?" Ranma looks down, and to his shock, finds that he was literally lying on air; he was hovering four feet above his bed. "What the hell!? AAAHH!!"

Crash!

The shock caused Ranma to fall back on his bed.

"Wh-wh-what? What was that…? Was I…. Floating?" Ranma asked to no one in particular.

"Ranma? It's time for breakfast!" Nodoka called out.

Hearing about food, the pig-tailed martial artist decided to table those thoughts for later.

The dining room...

'What was going on? Did I really just float? And why do I keep dreaming about those six girls? Why do I feel like I know them? This is crazy….'

Ranma continued to eat his breakfast as these thoughts ran through his head. Nodoka looked at her son with worry as she sensed he was being troubled by something.

"Is something the matter, Ranma?" asked Nodoka.

Ranma looked up at his mother. "No… uh… yeah… well… I don't know… it may be the craziness in my life, but I think I'm finally losing my mind…"

"What do you mean, Ranma?" asked Nodoka.

Ranma thought for a moment. Maybe it would be best to get this off of his chest. He knew that aside from Kasumi, the others wouldn't even begin to understand the meaning of his dreams let alone help him on them. Most likely, they'd think he was being perverted or unfaithful.

"Well, I've been having these weird dreams lately, Mom." Said Ranma. "I know they're not supposed to mean anything, but I just keep on having the same ones almost every night…"

Later….

"Those girls just keep appearing and I somehow know them, but I was different guys at the same time. I even know their names." said Ranma. "This might sound weird, even for me, but I could've sworn I was levitating when I woke up this morning."

Nodoka cocks her head in thought. 'Hmmm… it would seem that those souls Faragonda-san had put in Ranma's body all those years ago are starting to resurface. He's starting to gain their memories. Also, he's getting in touch with his heritage.'

"Ranma, it doesn't sound strange at all. Those girls you think you have dreamt up are actually real." Said Nodoka.

Ranma looks up at her in surprise. "Mom? What do you mean?"

"What I mean is that you are reliving the memories of previous lives." Replied Nodoka.

"Huh? You mean like that talk about people reincarnating?" asked Ranma.

"Sort of." Replied Nodoka. "Ranma, the truth is, you've actually got six souls as well as your own."

Ranma looked shocked at this bit of news. "Wait just a minute here! That sounds crazy!"

Nodoka only shakes her head. "No, Son. You see, I have a little secret of my own. I actually took part in fusing those six souls in you. And as for you levitating, I think I may have an explanation for that."

It took a while for Ranma to absorb what his mother had told him. And he thought HE had a big secret to hide from her? He had six additional souls? Those girls were real? There was actually an entire realm in reality? His mom was actually a FAERIE!?

"Wait, you mean to tell me that you're actually a Faerie, Mom?" asked Ranma nervously.

"Yes I am." Replied Nodoka. "I've been hiding it from everybody for years now." She saw that Ranma looked a bit skeptical. "Here, let me show you."

She gets up and stands in the center of the room for space.

"ENCHANTIX!"

All of a sudden, a bright flash of light engulfed Nodoka's form. Ranma could only watch in stunned silence as his Mother transformed herself. Her conservative kimono was stripped away as her form becomes transparent. Several shafts of light orbit her body and enclosed on her. Nodoka's eyes suddely had light pink eye shadow while the hair bun she always wore was undone, her dark brown tresses flowing down to her knees, effectively making her appear younger than what she really is. A small diamond-encrusted tiara appeared on her head. A dark blue halter top bra that looked like her kimono wrapped around her upper torso, exposing her midriff (think Mina Majikina from Samurai Showdown) while a short blue skirt with a sapphire chain belt appeared on her lower half, just stopping a few inches above her knees. Her arms were adorned with past elbow-length light blue transparent gloves while her bare feet and ankles were wrapped with light blue metal anklets with the part wrapped around her big toes encrusted with small sun shapes. The rest of the light shafts converge on her back and formed huge butterfly-like gossamer wings with a span of at least eight feet. The wings as well as her outfit continuously glittered. This was the final form of a Faerie: the Enchantix.

Finally, Ranma managed to speak.

"M…Mom…? Is that….. really you?"

Nodoka, in her Enchantix form, looked over to Ranma and nodded. "Do you see now, Ranma? I'm really a Faerie." To prove her point further, she shrinks herself to a height of six inches and flies in front of Ranma's face, startling him.

"So how long have you been a Faerie, Mom?" asked Ranma.

"Ever since I was born, Ranma." Replied Nodoka as she flies backwards and reverts back to her normal size. "I suppose this is more shocking than a Jusenkyo curse, huh?"

"Yeah, I suppose…" said Ranma. "Hold on, does that mean that I'm a…"

"Yes, you also have Faerie's blood flowing through you." Said Nodoka. "You don't just have potential for learning martial arts, you also have potential to learn magic as well."

"Really?" asked Ranma. Normally, he'd be wary of anything concerning magic since it always seemed to cause trouble for him. Jusenkyo, the magic mushrooms, the red thread of fate, and the fishing rod of love were some prime examples. However, to be able to use magic and even incorporate them into his style meant that he could become the best martial artist in the world!

"We are beings of magic, and can sense other forms of magic." Said Nodoka. "Meaning, I already know about you and your Father's curses before I even met you two in your cursed forms."

"What? You did?" asked Ranma in shock. "But… why didn't you tell us?"

"I was hoping you had the courage to tell it to me yourself, since I can't trust Genma to do so." Replied Nodoka. "He had you living in fear of that seppuku pledge. You didn't think I'd honestly kill my only child over a desperate empty promise, did you?"

"I… I'm sorry for not trusting in you more, Mom." Said Ranma. "I guess living with Pops is getting to be a negative effect on me."

"Indeed it has." Said Nodoka. "It wasn't that hard to figure out the curses. You and 'Ranko' have the exact same hairstyles, Genma retains his eyes, Shampoo has her hair bangs in cat form, Ryoga still wears that bandana as a pig, and Mousse still has his glasses when a duck." (2)

Ranma blinked. Now that he thought about it, those subtle similarities did make it completely obvious. He then got to thinking…

"Hey Mom…. If you can use magic, do you think you can do something about this curse?" asked Ranma.

"Unfortunately no, Son." replied Nodoka. "Jusenkyo curses are quite unstable. If I could do something about your curse, I would've done it by now." Ranma looked dejected at that. "However, there might be something we can do in Magix. I can't make any promises, though."

Ranma looked up. "Really?"

Nodoka nods. "Now that the memories of those souls are active, Ranma, wouldn't you like to meet those girls?"

"Is it possible?" asked Ranma.

"Yes, Ranma." Said Nodoka. "Now that you are aware of your heritage, I'm offering you a chance to start your life over again. You cannot develop your abilities here. We'll have to go to Magix. I'll tell you right now, Son. I'm giving you a choice. Just spend a week at Magix so you'll see what it's like there. Afterwards, you can decide for yourself if you choose to stay in Magix or return back here."

Ranma considered his options. He just found out his mother's a faerie and that he's half-faerie himself. He had the chance to go to another realm entirely. With that in mind, he also thought of what he'd leave behind. His current life wasn't exactly a vacation. Well, he was told that he'd have the chance to try out life in Magix for a while. Plus, Ranma had been offered something that no one else had the courtesy to give him: a choice.

"I'll do it." Said Ranma. "Still, won't we be missing for a whole week here? Telling everyone else will be hard."

"True enough, Ranma." Said Nodoka. "We'll just let them stew about your absence for the moment. Should you choose to live in Magix, we'll come back in the week to tell everyone the news. If they can't live with it, then that's just too bad."

With that said, Nodoka produces a sphere of light, which enlarges and becomes a portal to Magix.

"Come, Son, let us go."

Nodoka disappears into the light, followed by Ranma who tailed after her. The portal vanished out of sight.

To be continued…

Preview…

Ranma: "Whoa! What a trip! So this is the famous Magix? Looks pretty cool so far. Reminds me of the book about that glasses kid. I also get to see the school that Mom used to attend. Somehow, it all seems familiar to me, but why? I've never been here, right? Next time, on Ranma Club, 'Alfea, Here's Ranma!' Those girls… I've seen them before!"

Author's Notes:

(1) The dream sequences were inspired by Sam Beckett's journey through time within different people in Quantum Leap.

(2) That's totally obvious.