Hey everyone... I'm reposting this again because of a reader who did a review last time. I'm not going to say their username for this site because I don't want you as individuals to harass them. Like that account user, I know that some of you think that Dawn and Bloom have the same personality because they're identical twin. Truth of the matter is, Dawn has a separate personality than Bloom. I want you to know upfront that when I created Dawn to be Bloom's identical twin, I created her to be her own person.
I see Dawn as someone who is a tomboy, she likes to do martial arts with some gymnastics in between. Like Bloom, Dawn does have a temper, and Dawn's temper is based on my temper (No, I'm not a red head, just a girl whose maternal line get extremely angry at times). If you don't like the way I'm writing my version of Winx Club, then you don't have to read it. I'm not gonna force you to read it. A word of warning: I don't like to be rushed when writing. Leave a positive review and Happy Reading!
I DONT OWN WINX CLUB! I ONLY OWN THE FEMALE AND MALE OCS AS WELL AS THE FEMALE OC'S PET BUNNY!
Shoutouts:
Across the lake and deep in the woods, Professor Palladium took his class near the swamp. "So, as I was saying….today's exercise will be difficult." said Palladium.
"Professor Palladium, a mosquito just bit me." one fairy complained.
"Yes, we are near a swamp and it's just a mosquito." he tells her as another fairy giggles. "It's no big deal."
"Look where it got me." she tells him, showing him the mark.
"Oh my!" he said, backing away.
"Oh my god." muttered Dawn as Palladium, frightened by this.
"Well, what I meant was, uh, to be short and to the point." Palladium said, looking away from the young fairy.
"Poor professor." Bloom said to Stella and Dawn. "They shouldn't give him a hard time."
"I feel bad for him already. He's surrounded by teenage girls and their hormones." said Dawn. "It must be overwhelming."
"To be more confident, he'd gets more respect." said Stella.
"Is it too early for me to have a crush on the man?" asked Dawn as Bloom, who had a smile on her face, softly hits her sister.
"You just met him, Dawn! Let's not scare him off with your crush just yet!" Bloom playfully said.
"Oh, come on! He's kind of cute in a 'clumsy professor' way." Stella said, causing them both to giggle.
"A good fairy must be able to listen to what nature tells her. Today's exercise is to put your skills to the test. Now, you've been put into groups so we're ready to begin." Palladium explains. "You have three hours to get out of Black Mud swamp and reach the clearing of gloomy wood forest without using magic. Remember, listen carefully to the voice of nature and follow its advice."
He then takes off and meets them in the clearing. The Winx went off in one direction, heading into the swamp water. All but Dawn were disgusted by the feeling. "This place is…oh, totally disgusting." Stella commented.
"Oh, yes dear." Musa teased Stella. "All this mud is so very inconvenient."
"I don't know if you realize it, but we're knee deep in what I would refer to as a problematic mud puddle." said Tecna.
"It may be a mud puddle to you, but it's all just muddy swamp water." said Dawn, walking past Tecna. "It's not gonna physically hurt you. Unless you get an allergic reaction from the contents."
"All right you guys, take cover." Tecna tells them, raising her hands in the air. "I'll handle this."
"No, Tecna, don't!" Bloom called out and then smelled the air. "We have to listen to nature. I smell something, what is it?"
Stella and Dawn do the same thing. "He said, 'Listen', not smell." said Stella. "Smells like…."
"Smells like gas. Let's get out of here." said Musa. The girls ran and hid behind a fallen log, peering at the swamp. Bloom picked up a small tree branch, aiming it for the swamp.
"Okay, let's see." she said, tossing it at the growing bubble, making it pop. It releases a blue mist as several others popped as well. "See? A single spark and we would have been toast my friend."
"On top of that, your parents would be planning your funeral." added Dawn as she walks up to Tecna. "To which we all know that I don't have a eulogy prepared for yet."
"Oh, yes." Flora said, understanding. "We took a big risk."
"Especially you, Tecna. I would have sent you my dress maker's bill." said Stella as they all laughed, trying to put her at ease.
At Cloudtower, the Trix returned to their room in frustration. "Free at last!" said Stormy. "I can't stand another one of Zarathustra's lessons."
"Knut, you stupid ogre! Where are you?" Darcy asked, looking for him. She then hears something rustling in the closet. "Hmm?"
"I'm in here." he said as Darcy walks over and growls. "Uh, can I come out now? My…uh…my foot is asleep."
"Let him out, Darcy." said Icy when a weird smell came out of the closet.
"What a stench!" she said in disgust, pinching her nose.
"Guess I shouldn't have eaten those beans." said Knut.
"Never mind the beans, Knut. You always smell awful." said Darcy.
"We got to find him a hiding place with better ventilation." Stormy said.
"You've got to be more careful, Knut." Darcy tells him. "Nobody must know that you're here."
"School regulations are clear when it comes to beasts, animals or other pets." said Icy, looking at her not pet duck, Pepe.
"Quack! Mommy, mommy!" he said, going to her.
"As I was saying," she said, picking up Pepe. "We've got to be more careful. We already broke one rule today by making ourselves invisible to skip a class."
"But we're witches, aren't we?" Stormy asked. "We're supposed to break rules."
"Ulch! Now you….did you just forget to use telepathy to send your message, or did you want everybody to know about it?" asked Icy.
"Forgive me, my highness." Knut said, twiddling his fingers. "But I had an urgent message and, uh, I was hiding near the Red Fountain school, just like you told me to you know…and….."
"And?" questioned Darcy.
"And I heard that the Specialists were bringing my hunting troll to Magix today to be turned over to the police and then he'll be sent to the Septonian prison." said Knut.
"What a useless beast." said Icy. "He couldn't manage to take Stella's scepter."
"Talk about useless." said Stormy. "He got caught up in the house of Bloom and Dawn, a set of Earthling twins, and if they question him, he'll spill the beans. He'll tell all about us and we'll be in trouble."
"Relax, Stormy." said Icy. "Here's a way out of this. We'll free the troll, we'll take advantage of his little trip to magix to get rid of him, forever."
The Specialists were in the owl, flying over the forest and had Knut's hunting troll in their portable prison cell. "You know, Sky…." Brandon said, turning to his squire. "I have a strange feeling, it's as if something's about to happen."
"Something fun, or really bad?" Sky asked.
"I don't know….something." said Brandon.
"Relax, you guys." said Riven. "As you can see, I have complete control over this aircraft."
"Oh, yeah?" asked Sky.
"You bet and don't you ever forget to call me captain." said Riven.
"I will never call you captain." Levi tells him as Riven rolls his eyes.
Timmy walks in, taking a seat next to Levi. "How's it going back there?" Riven asked Timmy.
"All right. The prisoner is calm." replied Timmy. Just then, the aircraft starts to get out of control. "Oops! Maybe I spoke too soon."
"I don't think so, Timmy." said Levi.
"What was that?" asked Brandon.
"It's coming from outside." Sky tells him. "Something's out there."
"What are you talking about?" questioned Riven. "That's impossible." He then uses the control panel to see what was going on with the aircraft. "The sensors don't pick up anything."
The owl starts spinning out of control and past the Winx. "Look!" Bloom said, pointing to where the Specialists were heading down. "A Red Fountain aircraft!"
"Follow the smoke line!" Dawn called out as she points at the line of smoke above them. "It'll lead us to the Specialists."
"Let's go see." said Stella as they followed the line of smoke from the aircraft.
"Hurry! They might need help!" Bloom cried out. In the swamp, the Winx ran towards the Specialists.
"You guys okay?" asked Flora.
"Isn't it rather obvious?" asked Riven. Musa became nervous around him as he gives her a weird look, causing her to giggle a bit.
"We're all safe and sound." said Sky as he looks up at the aircraft and sees the damage. "Oh, no! Where's the troll?"
"He's escaped!" said Brandon.
"A troll? What do you mean?" asked Flora.
"You guys were transporting a troll and you let him escape?" asked Tecna.
"We didn't let anyone escape." Riven said, defensively. "There was an accident. We lost altitude…."
"And mechanical failure." said Timmy.
"Anyhow there's nothing to worry about." Riven assures the Winx. "He's handcuffed."
Sky turns around and sees the handcuffs in the swamp water. "Riven, look what I just found in the sludge." said Sky.
"Oh, no!" said Bloom.
"So…. he was handcuffed, huh?" Dawn asked Riven, crossing her arms at him. "I wonder how that troll got them off without one of you doing it."
"Your guess is as good as ours, Dawn." said Levi.
"What are you guys doing around here?" asked Brandon.
"We're in a middle of an assignment, Brandon." answered Bloom.
"Then get back to your assignment and don't worry about a thing." said Riven. "Leave it to the Specialists."
"The Specialists are going to be here? When?" Stella asked, trying to be cute when Riven groans.
"We're right here, you silly little girl." said Riven, frustrated with Stella when Sky walks up.
"What Riven means is that perhaps it would be best that you go back to Alfea while we try to capture that animal." said Sky.
"We don't need your editorial comments, your highness." Riven tells Sky.
"And we don't need to be told what to do." said one of the Alfea fairies. "We'll take care of this on our own."
"You do what you got to do, but don't say we didn't warn you." said Riven. "Come on, guys, let's get to work. We got a troll to capture."
"Now what do we do?" Bloom asked.
"Ooh! You at least let me side swipe Riven so that he's flat on his back?" asked Dawn.
"What?" Riven questioned, wondering why she would do that.
"Oh….I would love to see that happen." said Levi, eyes widen in excitement as he turns to Riven
"If he gets an attitude again, you have permission to do it." said Tecna, causing Dawn to grin from ear to ear.
"Maybe we should go with the guys and help them find the troll." suggested Stella.
"No, I don't think it's a good idea." said Flora. "I say we get back to the assignment we've been given."
"We all know that troll." Stella said, looking at Bloom and Dawn. "He's a wild beast. Sky and the others could be in mega problems."
"Okay. If you all think so." said Flora.
"Well, one thing's for sure." Tecna said. "Something's strange is going on here. Have you seen the hole in the fuselage? The aircraft was hit in flight."
"So, I guess someone helped him escape." said Flora.
"I'm afraid you're right." said Tecna.
"In that case, we don't have much choice, do we?" asked Flora.
"Nope." said Dawn, stretching her arms and cracking her neck. "But we gotta do it." The Winx walked over to the Specialists and Tecna explains what she thinks happened.
"The impact knocked out the stabilizer…" Tecna said to Sky.
"And whoever did that, must have dealt with the handcuffs too." Musa chimed in.
"It's a psychic lock." Tecna explained. "To be able to open it, you need mental powers."
"Hey girls, check this out." said Bloom as Dawn takes a closer look at the footsteps in the ground. "The troll's footprints. Notice anything?"
"Oh, yeah, that guy's got feet the size of an ocean liner." commented Stella.
"Huge feet that leave no prints." said Musa. "See, they become less and less visible and then they totally disappear."
"But the ground's still soft." said Flora. "How do you explain that?"
"What we're seeing, Flora, is basically like seeing animal tracks in the snow." said Dawn, then shows the nature fairy the tracks. "After the first snow fall, animals would leave tracks until it starts snowing again, causing the tracks to be covered in freshen snow to disappear from sight. In this case….."
"It's as if the troll was on an ultrasonic weight loss plan." said Stella.
"It's as if the troll found a way to gradually achieve a state of weightlessness." said Musa.
"Exactly." said Dawn, standing back up and looked at the others. "I bet someone's trying to cover their tracks with this hunting troll."
"Well, this sounds a bit like a flying spell." said Flora.
"Yeah, but trolls can't cast spells." Tecna said, logically.
"So that means someone helped him." said Bloom. "Let's tread carefully. Who knows what's in this swamp."
"Agreed." said Dawn.
"Come on, girls." they said, leading them on the trail.
"Finding a troll in a swamp has turned out harder than I thought." said Tecna.
"He could be absolutely anywhere." said Flora.
"The silence is eerie." said Musa. "The swamps absorb every sound."
"It's a good thing the silence helps us focus." said Bloom.
"So, we can listen to the voice of nature." said Flora.
"Not that again." groaned Tecna. "I don't hear anything."
"That's because you're not trying hard enough, Tecna." said Dawn as she closes her eyes and used her ears to hear the sounds around her. In the distance, they heard birds chirping.
"So, did mother nature suggest anything to you?" she asked.
"Birds, at least 15-20 yards out in that direction." Dawn said, pointing to her left.
"Show off." said Tecna.
"I wasn't showing off." said Dawn, giving Tecna an indicated look. "I was using the echoes of the birds to determine how far out they were. Incoming."
"No kidding." said Musa as the birds flew over ahead.
"When you meditate for an hour and a half every day," Dawn said to Tecna. "you start to become invisible to people. Family members, not included."
"You know, I think I'll take your offer up on meditation." said Flora as Dawn smiled.
"I'd start over there." Bloom said, pointing in the direction of the swamp forest.
"Why? What's there?" asked Stella.
"I don't know about Dawn, I'm not keen on going myself." said Bloom. "But I really feel that's the right way."
"You're feeling about this path isn't off, Bloom." said Dawn, causing her to smile.
"Yeah, I'm feeling it too." added Flora. "It is the right path."
"Come on, this way." said Bloom and Dawn as they followed the path that was calling to them.
"I just hope we don't regret this." said Tecna, looking back for a moment.
"Hey." Riven said to the other Specialists. "These branches are alive."
"That's impossible, Riven." Timmy said as the branches were wrapping themselves around the boys. "No form of animal life could survive here."
"And why not"" he asked.
"There's nothing for animals to eat here." Timmy explained.
"We can see that, Timmy." Levi said sarcasm in his voice.
"Are you absolutely sure about that?" Brandon asked.
"Positive. But I'm beginning to have some serious doubts." said Timmy.
"Okay, do any of you have ideas of how to get out of this?" Levi asked.
"Only one. Help!" shouted Timmy, hoping that someone would hear him.
"Don't make any noise." Flora said as they walked through the swamp forest. "I recognize these plants. They're quietus carnivorous, they hate noise."
"Really? I find it hard to believe." said Stella, then whistled. "See? Nothing's happened."
Suddenly, Stella screams as the plant grabs her by the legs. "Shh! Don't move." Bloom said as she and Dawn walked over to her. Stella became quiet as Dawn grabs the blonde from under her arms.
"Dear, oh, dear." said Flora as Stella coughs up some dirt. "Will you keep your mouth shut from now on?"
"Help!" Timmy shouted.
"Stop yelling, Timmy. I can't think straight!" said Riven.
"Aw, there you are." Stella said quietly as the Winx found the boys.
"Keep whispering, by all means." Riven said to the girls. "You wouldn't want to upset the digestive process of these plants."
"Keep your voice down you dummy." said Musa.
"Otherwise, I'll do more to you than just flipping you onto your back." added Dawn.
"Everything's okay, little plants." Flora calmly said to the plant. "You can relax." The boys struggled for a moment until quietus carnivorous released them from its roots. As they walked away, Brandon and Levi walked up to the twins.
"I'm….we're really glad to see the two of you again, Bloom." said Brandon.
"You know, Dawn …." Levi said as Dawn placed a strand of hair behind her ear. "I think it's cute when you do that."
"Ahem." Stella said, interrupting the moment. "You can speak normally now. We're out of danger."
"I think we should all look for the troll together at this point." Bloom suggested. "What do you guys say?"
"I….I would do it, Bloom." said Dawn, blushing as she shyly looks away from Levi.
"Well, I'm okay with it." said Flora.
"I refuse to team up with fairies." said Riven.
"Dawn!" Tecna and Musa said.
"Oh, I'm so going to have a little fun with this." said Dawn.
"What's she going to do?" Riven asked as she walks up to him.
"You'll see…." said Tecna as Dawn smiles. Dawn bows to Riven in respect then punches him hard in the chest, then does a high kick, causing Riven to fall on his butt.
"One does not need to shout to be heard; true strength whispers." said Dawn, bowing again before she walks away.
"Nice technique." said Levi, smiling at her as he helps Riven up.
"Thank you." she replied.
"You're on your own then, buddy. And if you find the troll, just give us a shout." said Sky, then pats Riven on his shoulder. "Cause I'm not going to get beat up by one redheaded fairy by refusing to join forces."
Both Winx and Specialists started going through the swamp. Sky goes to jump onto solid pieces of land with Timmy following suit, only for him to fall into the swamp water. Brandon, Levi, Bloom, Dawn and Tecna laughed at his misfortune as Riven somewhat glares.
"First, we've got fairies to look after and now we've got clumsy Timmy as well." Riven whined.
"Riven, you've gone too far." said Brandon.
"You're just Prince Sky's yes man, Brandon." Riven shot back. "Why don't you go clean up his stables."
"Riven, enough!" shouted Levi, towering over him with determination on his face. "It's time that you start correcting your attitude before it brings shame upon us all."
"You're insulting, Riven." said Brandon.
"So? What are either of you two going to do about it?" he asked, challenging the two. "You're both off the team, buddies. Is that clear?"
"You think you're better than everyone, don't you?" asked Dawn. "No one should be better than others. I believe in lifting others up, not looking down on them."
"No one should be better than others." Levi echoed, emphasizing the importance of equality as he shared Dawn's sentiment.
"All right, let's go find that troll." said Riven, finally giving in as they all glared at him.
"That one looks good." Timmy said, spotting a small land piece that looked solid enough to hold their weight.
"Thanks." said Tecna, taking the leap onto the small mass. Musa and Stella followed suit as the land pieces they were on moved around a bit.
"I know this sounds crazy, but I think these clumps of turf are moving." said Stella.
"We were thinking the exact same thing." said Bloom and Dawn as they looked down at the ground.
"You can all stop thinking now." said Tecna. "because these clumps of turf are moving for real."
Just like Tecna said, the clumps of turf were actually moving and were heading for a magical whirlpool. "What's going on?" asked Musa.
"Well, it's a whirlpool." said Brandon. "We've got to get out of here, now."
"Great, there's a whirlpool in the swamp." Dawn said, sarcastically. "What will Magix think of next."
Stella falls back into Sky's arms. "Oh….Sky." said Stella, smiling at him.
"Careful not to fall in the water, okay, you guys?" said Brandon. "We get trapped in the whirlpool." Hopping around on the turfs, everyone stayed afloat until Riven fell into the water.
"Riven!" Brandon said, looking back as Tecna grabs his hands.
"Gotcha! Hold on, Riven." she said, trying to pull him away from the whirlpool.
"Don't let go of me." he tells her when suddenly the whirlpool tries to pull her in. Timmy then grabs a hold of Tecna's feet.
"Someone help me." groaned Timmy as he held onto Tecna's feet. "I can't hang on much longer."
Everyone grabs a hold, pulling Timmy, Tecna and Riven back to shore. "Come on, guys. Let's go." said Riven. "We got a troll to catch. We lost too much time already."
"Huh?" Timmy, Brandon and Levi looked at each other in confusion, shrugging it off.
They then start looking for the troll until they came to a stop. "We found him." Riven said, spotting the hunting troll, several feet in front of them. Suddenly, Bloom and Dawn heard a familiar scream.
"That's Amaril." they said.
"The fairies of Alfea are in danger." said Brandon. Peering through the bushes, they see the troll about to attack Amaril and her friends.
"The girls are trapped." said Bloom. "We've got to do something before the troll starts making trouble."
Dawn looks at her twin, wondering what they could do. "What do you think we should do, oh wise one?" she asked.
"We've got to be quick and to the point." said Sky. "Number one: find a way to distract the troll."
"Oh." gasped the Winx.
"I hope your plan also has a number two?" asked Stella.
"Of course." said Sky. "Brandon, Levi and Timmy will get a hold of him, then Riven and I will slip the handcuffs on him. Any complaints? All right then, let's do it."
"Hey you, big bully!" Bloom and Dawn called out. "Remember us?"
The hunting troll turns around and sees the Winx, then roars at them. "Come and get us, doo-doo head."
"Come on, quick!" shouted Sky as he, Levi and Brandon grabbed his legs and back. "What are you waiting for? Cuff him!"
"I've got him! Just hold tight, Sky!" Levi shouted.
"Easier said than done." said Brandon. "He's not going down without a fight!"
"Then we fight back! Just keep him steady!" Sky said, shifting his grip to get a better grip.
"We can't let him get away! Focus, Brandon!" said Levi. The hunting troll roars again in anger as he tries to get the Specialists off of him.
"Hurry up, you guys!" Timmy cried out. "I can't hold on!" The hunting troll lifted Brandon and Riven off the ground, tossing them into the air. Bloom and Dawn gasped as somehow the handcuffs were on Timmy's wrists.
"Great. We've lost him again." said Brandon, taking the cuffs off of Timmy. "What a good job we did."
"Don't worry, we'll catch him next time." Levi said reassuringly as the troll disappears from them.
"So, you guys are the Specialists, huh?" asked Amaril. "Specialists in what, botchery?"
She and her friends laughed as they ran away. "That's the thanks we get." Brandon said, looking at Riven.
The hunting troll continued his way towards freedom. Meanwhile, Brandon and Levi were sitting on a log as Bloom and Dawn walked up to them. "Brandon…. Levi…." they both said, looking at them.
"Oh, hi….it's you two." the boys said, looking up at them.
"You know, even though you lost the troll again, what you both did back there was very nice." said Bloom.
"In our eyes, it was very brave of you." said Dawn.
"That's nice of you to say, Bloom." said Brandon. "But you both know it's not true."
"Thank you for trying to cheer us up, Dawn." said Levi.
"You guys saved those ungrateful fairies from the troll." said Bloom.
"Bloom, Dawn, your friends weren't really far off the mark you know…." said Brandon. "We're not Specialists, we're rookies."
"But…." they both said.
"The only thing we do really well together is argue." said Brandon.
"Which is constantly." said Levi.
The twins gave out a small laugh as Dawn shakes her head. "Sounds like us, Bloom." said Dawn.
With the others, Riven glares at Sky as he argues. "Don't try to blame me, Sky." said Riven, pointing a finger at him. "I'm not the one who handcuffed Timmy."
"What? You had the handcuffs." said Sky.
"Who me?!" questioned Riven.
"All right, that's enough!" Timmy shouted at the two. "If we can't work as a team, we'll never be able to capture the troll."
"You're right." Sky said, agreeing with Timmy. "We've got to work together. If not, we're never going to succeed." He then turns to Riven. "Should we try again?"
"All right." said Riven, laughing as he held out his hand.
"Gotcha." said Sky. Tecna smiles, proud that Timmy spoke up. Brandon smiled as he walks over to his friends. "Riven and I have called a truce."
"I'd prefer everlasting peace, but I can live with." said Brandon.
"So can I." said Levi. Dawn was confused by Brandon as her brow furrowed.
Deep in the swamp, the Trix were waiting for the hunting troll. "I knew it! I knew it!" said Stormy, already tired of waiting.
"You've got to learn how to chill out, Stormy." Icy tells her. "Everything is under control, alright?"
"But it could be lost." said Darcy.
"Impossible." said Icy. "If a troll picks up a scent, he never loses it."
"Maybe he got stuck in the quick sands." said Darcy.
"But our antigravity spell." said Stormy. "That would have kept him from sinking."
"What if that made him lose the scent?" questioned Icy. "But then, I never hatched a plan that's not perfect."
"Mommy! Mommy!" squeaked Pepe, trying to get Icy's attention. "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!"
"What? Wretched creature." she said, freezing Pepe's body except his feet, which causes him to hop forward towards her.
"Huh?"
"Well, well….look who's here." Icy said, seeing the hunting troll approach them.
"At last. You made it" said Stormy. "We gave you freedom and you did as you were told and now you must return to Oblivion. Goodbye, troll, our secret vanishes with you."
"Huh?" growled the hunting troll, confused as the Trix sends him back to Oblivion.
"Mission accomplished." said Stormy.
"Now, let's go back to Cloudtower." said Icy and teleports away.
"And now what do you hear?" Brandon asked Bloom.
"It's not a sound, more like a feeling." said Bloom.
"Like the feeling I always get when people watch me from a distance." said Dawn.
"You mean, that day when you saw Griselda watching us go into town?" asked Musa.
"Yep. I may have crossed my eyes at her." said Dawn.
"You didn't." said Levi as Dawn nodded.
"I couldn't help it." Dawn said. "I sensed her watching us from across campus."
"It's something you can't hear with your ears; you feel it inside." said Flora.
"Well, then, you think that this should be the right path?" asked Sky.
"Relax, I've learned that in these situations, Bloom and Dawn can't be beat." said Tecna.
"Hmm." said Dawn as they came to a stop.
"We've reached the end of the road." said Bloom
"But there's no one here." said Sky.
"Yeah, but there was at one point." said Dawn. "Who was here to deal with the troll, that's the question."
"I don't know what to say." Bloom said, looking at her sister. "We both sense nothing."
"There's negative energy in this part of the swamp." said Stella.
"I feel it too." said Tecna. "As if someone cast a spell here."
"Someone cast a spell to make the troll disappear?" questioned Sky.
"First, they helped him escape." Musa stated her theory. "Then they help him in the swamp and make him disappear."
"But who would want to do something like that?" asked Brandon. Bloom and Dawn saw something on the ground, causing the former to pick it up.
"What's that in your hand there, Bloom?" Tecna asked as the twins smelled it.
"I'm not sure. I may be wrong, but these feathers look familiar." said Bloom. "Ring a bell?"
"I don't think you're wrong, Bloom." said Dawn, taking a closer look at the feathers in her hand. "I believe these are duckling feathers."
"Icy's duck." exclaimed Musa.
"And what does she have to do with this story?" asked Flora.
"We haven't got a clue, but we'd really like to know." said Bloom and Dawn.
The Specialists took the Winx back to the others and Palladium. Riven scoffs as the Winx walked off the owl, only for Musa to bat her eyes at him. "Well, if you guys don't mind, we'll stay here and wish you goodbye." said Brandon.
"Huh?" said Flora and Stella.
"Don't worry about it. We totally understand." said Bloom.
"Later, boys." said Dawn and the Specialists take off back to Red Fountain.
"Bye! See ya!"
"I watched you during today's exercise, even though you came in last, I'm really satisfied with you." said Palladium.
"What?" asked the Winx.
"You've shown courage, initiative and generosity as well as excellent decision-making capabilities." Palladium explained. "So, in the light of the outcome of this exercise, I'd like to say that this was just a test run."
"No fair." said Amaril. "We did all that for nothing?"
"I wouldn't say for nothing, Miss Amaril." said Palladium. "Some of you learned a lot today."
"And still has to get used to seeing some cleavage from this generation." Dawn whispered to her sister and friends, causing them to giggle.
At Red Fountain, the boys returned without the troll. "This mission was a complete failure." said Sky.
"I could have told you that." said Levi, crossing his arms.
"It's true. We did lose the troll." said Timmy.
"But it was a great experience anyway." said Sky.
"It's true, Prince Sky." Timmy added. "For the first time in my life, I felt I was a part of some kind of a group."
"Well, then you know what I say?" Brandon asked.
"That you would wash your clothes from now on and not have me do them?" joked Levi.
"No. A real team of Specialists was born today." said Brandon and Levi gives a pat on the shoulder.
"I agree and guys….please do me a favor." Sky said to them. "Stop calling me prince. It makes me feel old." The boys smiled and laughed at this.
At Alfea, Stella was in her room asleep, when Bloom and Dawn opened her door. "Stella, are you awake?" Bloom asked.
"If not, sorry for waking you up." said Dawn.
"Yeah." she said, sleepily.
"Everything okay?" they asked her.
"Yes, you two. Good night." said Stella.
"Night, Stella." they said.
"Ah, good night, Sky." Stella said in her sleep as the twins closed her door.