Winx Club Evolved

Alfea Library

    Alfea's library is packed with students studying and browsing the many books on its shelves. The computers taking up one corner of the room are all taken, as Fairies research and type. A Fairy carrying a large stack of books accidentally bumps into another Fairy, and the books all collapse onto the floor.

"Hey, watch where you're going!" the Fairy bursts out at the other.

"No, you watch where you're going!" the other Fairy retorts.

The noise catches Jade's attention, as she turns her head towards the arguing girls. As they argue, both of their eyes flash red for a second, and Jade gasps.

"Jade, what's wrong?" Silver asks, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Shh!" the librarian flies over to Silver to shush her.

"Oh...sorry," she apologizes, wincing.

As the librarian flies back up to the upper floor of the library, Jade tells Silver in a hushed tone, "I felt it again, that negative energy...but I don't know where it's coming from."

"This couldn't have something to do with our mysterious messenger, could it?" Ancrua asks.

"Only one way to find out," Silver assumes, glancing around the library, "now, if I wanted to arrange a secret meeting through mysterious texts, where would I be?"

Out of nowhere, Silver starts to clutch her head, and falls onto her knees. Ancrua and Jade rush to help her, as Silver rears her head back.

Oh...poor Silver. Trying her very hardest to put her little club together. But what she doesn't understand is that her mission is destined to fail...

"Wha...?" Silver grumbles, the unfamiliar voice running through her head.

Yes, Silver, you think you can recreate the Winx Club? No, no powerful Fairy would even think of joining your sinking ship. A Fairy without her Charmix thinks she can step in and change things at Alfea! How...how pathetic.

"Get...out...of...my...head!" she shouts at the top of her lungs.

Everyone in the library stops in their tracks and turns towards Silver. From among the crowd, Balena steps out.

"Uhm, Silver, I don't know if you know this, but noisemakers are not welcome in the library," she sneers, looking down on her.

A tan Fairy with short light brown hair runs down the library corridor, carrying a thick stack of papers.

"I have your paper on the History of the Infinite Ocean, Balena!" she gasps, presenting the papers before her.

Balena snickers, and snatches the papers from her, "Thank you Breezy."

Balena turns to Ancrua, "Oh, Ancrua? Have you met Breezy? She's amazing, a way better friend than someone...someone I use to know."

Ancrua snarls, but she looks at Silver, who's still holding her head in pain. She puts her hand on Silver's shoulder, "C'mon, Silver. Let's get out of here."

Ancrua and Jade help Silver up, as Balena cackles in the background. Ancrua briefly glances back at her, but turns her head away just as quickly.

"I...I'm so sorry you guys. I...I don't know what happened to me," Silver explains, still recovering as Ancrua and Jade support her on their shoulders.

Awe, did I embarrass you at the library, Silver? Well, you really only embarrassed yourself. That Balena was right, you made quite the racket.

"No...not again..." Silver starts to shake her head.

Jade puts her free hand on Silver's shoulder, "I feel it again! That power...it must be trying to get to Silver!"

"No...no....I'm fine," Silver grumbles, holding her head.

Just then, the wind starts to blow through the hallway's open windows as a large red ship lands at the gates of Alfea.

Silver gasps, leaping back to life, "The Specialists are visiting!"

Running out of Jade and Ancrua's arms, Silver heads for the nearest door, bolting right through it.

"What's she so excited about?" Jade asks, crossing her arms.

"Oh, she's probably excited about seeing her little boy toy Michael," Ancrua explains with a smile.

"M-...Michael?" Jade stammers.

Ancrua nods her head, "Mhm, you know him?"

"Michael's the son of a noble family back on Alrance. We all grew up together," she explains, as she and Ancrua look over the Alfea courtyard.

Specialists start filing out of the ship, and Silver's the first one down to greet Michael, running straight towards him and throwing herself to hug him. Jade watches them from the Alfea hallway window, stuck in an intense thinking position. Ancrua pulls her out of it with a light tap on her shoulder.

"Hey, why don't we join Silver down in the courtyard? Maybe we can meet a few of our own cute Specialists."

Jade looks up at Ancrua, who gives her a confident, somewhat snarky smile. Jade smiles back, before the two high-five each other, "Yeah! Let's go!"