The New Winx *ON HAITUS*

Chapter Twelve: The Fairy of the Dragon Flame- Part Two

My eyes immediately open. I'm in a dark, enclosed space. Where am I?

I walk around in a small circle. I stop midway when I hear something.

"Look at you. So pathetic." I hear a voice say.

"Huh?" I whip my head around and turn my body.

"You think you're so strong. The two of us know that's not true. If anything, you are the weakest of the weak."

"Who are you?!" I ask angrily. "Show yourself!!!"

"Gladly." the voice responds.

Out of the darkness emerges my worst enemy. We have the same fair skin tone, same long black hair, and the same facial features.

"No. No. No way!" I step back in shock.

"Yes! I am you. I embody every single thing within you." She says as she smiles evilly.

I look down at her outfit. She's wearing a distressed black unitard- rips everywhere, and black angel wings. It looks like something I would wear.

"Dark Lightning!" she yells, and hundreds of lightning bolts make their way toward me. I dodge some, while some strike, and scar me. By the time the lightning has ceased, scar marks have made their mark on my arms and my legs.

"If that's how you wanna play, fine. I accept the challenge."

"Magic Winx!!" I yell.

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(Nicole's POV begins)
I feel weak. I feel defeated. I feel helpless. Basically, I just feel awful.

I spent the whole night under observation at Magix City's top hospital, and it wasn't the greatest night of my life.

They concluded that the Trixsters took half of my sun, and they didn't know whether or not I could be cured. Once they told me that, I spent the rest of the night crying.

I left the hospital about an hour ago, and now I'm back here at Alfea. I'm being carried on a floating bed with almost fifteen tubes attaching to every part of my body. The tubes are giving me the sunlight I need for support.

Once the doctors and I have made it to our dorm room, my bed stops moving and the doctors stop as well.

"How come we stopped?" I ask.

"There's a note for you, Ms. Nicole. From your friends I assume." One of the doctors tells me.

He [the doctor] picks the note up from the table. "Would you like me to read it?"

"Yes, please." I respond as I cough.

"Hey NC," he says as he begins, "We hope everything went okay with the observation last night..."

I sob. Oh, if the girls only knew what happened!

The doctor breathes a heavy sigh. "Nicki had another dream last night, and the voice she always hears told her it was time to earn the Dragon Flame. She wanted Nicki to be at Domino by high noon. That's why all of us aren't here. We had to go and help her."

I've stopped sobbing already. But now I'm filled with curiosity.. Why of all days would the voice want Nicki go to do Domino?

"We did want to take you with us on this mission, but all of us had no idea when you were coming back. Not only that, but the state you were in last night proved that you weren't exactly ready to handle any missions yet- and especially an extreme one like this."

"Well, that is true.." I sadly say as I touch the tube near my hip.

"Hopefully, we'll be back- by Erin's calculations- before sunset or thirty minutes after the sunset. Either way, we all hope to see you back here with us."