Winx Club Evolved

Secret Passageway

    "Absolutely not!" Ancrua declares, "Look, I might be warming up to the idea of a silly Winx Club, but inviting a Witch?! That's just inviting danger!"

The two girls are back in their dorm, where Silver's lying down on her bed while Ancrua sits down at her vanity to check her nails.

Silver clasps her hands to her heart, "We should at least give her a chance, who knows, she might want to join."

She rolls her eyes, "Highly unlikely. But, if you really want to go to Cloud Tower, I know just the way to get there."

"How?"

She smirks, "Wait...really? You don't know about the secret passageways?"

Secret passageways? Whatever she means, it sounds exciting!

"Nope, but I can't wait to see it," Silver declares.

    They arrive at a wishing well on top of a hill just outside the school. Silver had been to this well a few times before, if only to wish for a cute boy to sweep her off of her feet. It never actually worked of course, she's never even had a boyfriend before. But still, the idea of just tossing in a coin to make her wish come true is enough to part her with at least a bit of her spare change.

"We're going to have to fly down," Ancrua explains, pointing to the bottom of the well.

She transforms, starting with a royal blue crop top and matching mini-skirt, followed by light blue gloves, blue heels, and a blue headband with little clouds on either side. Silver transforms as well, and one at a time, the two Fairies enter the depths of the well.

"Oh, I hate dark and scary spaces. Light of the moon!" Silver commands before her a bright light appears in her hand, illuminating the dark passageway.

"So...your power comes from the moon? How can you use your powers during the day?" Ancrua asks.

Silver chuckles, "It's not just any moon, I draw my powers from the Diamond Moon of my home planet, Alrance. In Alrance, we don't have a sun, the moon serves as both a sun and moon, plus it's made of pure magical diamonds!"

She raises an eyebrow, "Uhm...okay, and your sister, Jade, right? Where does she get her powers from?"

"Oh, she has fire powers, her power source is the large lava deposits at the center of Alrance. Not as cool as a Diamond Moon, I know, but she's very powerful...almost...a little too powerful sometimes," Silver trails off, lowering her head.

Ancrua crosses her arms, "So I take it you're in line to become the queen of Alrance?"

She nods, "Yep. The first-born daughter becomes the queen after graduating from Fairy school. I can't wait! Alrance's royal crown has diamonds from the Diamond Moon and it's so pretty!"

"And what about your crazy sister? What is she going to do since you're going to be the queen?"

Silver presses her finger on her chin, "Hmm...I never thought about that. I never thought she'd end up as a Witch though. While she's not destined to be the queen like me, she's still a princess, so she could've been a Fairy."

"Maybe she's just naturally evil," Ancrua suggests.

She shakes her head frantically, "Oh no! Jade may be a bit of a loner, but she's not evil. Not a bit! She...she was actually really nice to me when we were kids. It's just when I became a Fairy, and I started going to Alfea, she changed. I just don't know why."

Their conversation is interrupted by a pitter-patter noise coming from somewhere in the cave. Silver dashes behind Ancrua, "W-what's that?!"

"I...I can't tell...you're the one with the light! Shine it in front of me so I can see!" she commands.

Shaking in her boots, Silver reaches out and brings the light just past her head. Not one, but three giant bats hang from the roof of the tunnel. When her light flashes over them, the bats open their bright red eyes, and flash sharp teeth. Both Silver and Ancrua gasp, and the bats lash out.

One bat latches its claws onto Silver's shoulders, taking her to the ground. The light shining from her hand blinks out, leaving the two of them in total darkness.

"Silver...I can't see you...ah!" Ancrua's cry for help is suddenly silenced mid-sentence.

"Ancrua!" Silver calls out. Looking up at the bat, she snarls, "Moonlit blast!"

A bright burst sends the bat flying back, hitting it against the top of the tunnel. When the bat hits the top, it loosens some of the rocks on the well's roof, and they come collapsing down. Silver brings up her light and spots Ancrua being attacked by the two other bats.

Focusing her ball of light with both hands, the brightness intensifies, and she aims it at the two bats. The ball of light transforms into a beam that fires at one bat, knocking it back, then the next.

Silver grabs Ancrua's hand as the cave starts crumbling all around them, "C'mon, this place is falling apart!"

Ancrua takes a moment to look up at Silver's scared, but determined expression. She then nods, getting up as the two Fairies fly out to the other side.