Alfea's Infirmary

"Miss Ofelia, I've got someone for you to look over," Kaneki calls as Flora holds open the door for him.

Ofelia looks up from the papers on her desk, seeing Aisha, she gave him orders, "Lay her down on the bed," Ofelia immediately gets her equipment and checks up on the unconscious girl.

"Ma'am, I scanned her already and she's just exhausted," Tecna informs.

"Really? What a relief," Ofelia sighs, but continues to check up on Aisha. After 10 minutes, she put her equipment down and reported, "from what I can tell, she must have fallen from a great height and was washed away. It's a miracle that she hasn't received more severe injuries."

"Will she be okay?" Bloom inquired, worried, she moved closer to Aisha.

"She'll be just fine. Won't be awake for few days though," Ofelia warns before heading towards the door, she turns back to the group and gives one last piece of medical advice, "Flora, could you be a dear and cool her down with a wet cloth to the forehead? I need to inform the Headmistress about this girl."

"Yes, of course, Ma'am," Flora responds as she does just that as Ofelia leaves. After she left, an uncomfortable silence penetrates the room. The Winx glance at one another before focusing on Kaneki who was leaning against the wall close by the bed, arms cross, and staring at Aisha.

"Ah, it's nice to see you again," Bloom speaks up, nervously.

"Hm? Oh yeah, a pleasure," Kaneki responds, tearing his gaze from Aisha onto the Bloom.

"I guess the rest of us should introduce ourselves," Musa adds, "names Musa."

"I'm Flora," Flora replies as she wrings out a wet cloth before placing it back on Aisha's forehead.

"I'm Tecna."

"I'm Stella and I'm sorry for what I said earlier," Stella expressed true remorse over her words.

"It's fine," Kaneki waves off before reintroducing himself, "just call me Kaneki."

"Which realm are you from?" Tecna inquires.

"Earth," he states and at their shocked stares said, "what?"

"There aren't any fairies on Earth," Tecna reveals then adds, "except Bloom, but she was born on Domino."

"That's true, no one really knows what happened to them," Flora explains.

"So are you from Gardenia like Bloom?" Musa inquires. 

"No, from Tokyo, Japan," Kaneki answers.

"Wow, I never would've guessed. You speak English so well," Bloom notes. Seeing that Kaneki wasn't as cold as he appeared, the Winx started to ask more and more questions and Kaneki answered most of them until Ofelia came back and shooed them away.

"So Kaneki, do you have a girlfriend?" Stella teased as she holds onto his arm.

"N-No," Kaneki replies rather quickly, but blood started pooling into his cheeks which the girls noticed.

"Ooh, you're blushing!" Musa adds.

"If not a girlfriend then maybe a crush?" Bloom guesses.

Kaneki sighs as they continue to press and tease him, "Believe it or not, I'm at Alfea to study, not to search for a romantic partner."

"You're no fun," Stella pouts and she walks on ahead of him to bug Musa about Riven.

"Hey Kaneki, you've been walking in the same direction as us for a while now. Where's your room?" Tecna questions when she realises how close they are to the dorm.

"I'm in the same dorm," Kaneki informs and at their shocked, dumbfounded expression, he reminds, "there's only one dormitory."

"That makes sense," Flora responds when she realises it was true, "this was a predominantly only girls school."

"Well, I guess we'll see each other more often," Bloom comments as they finally reach their dorm.

"Could I ask you a question, Kaneki?" Flora requests.

"You just did, but shoot," Kaneki allows.

"What is your power?" Flora asks before clarifying the other girls powers, "Bloom has the Dragon's Fire, Stella's is the sun, I control plants, Musa has music and Tecna with technology."

"Ah, well, if you really want to know..." Kaneki trails off as he opens the door to his room, he stops halfway and looks back, winking and pressing his finger to his lips, "it's a secret." Kaneki then closes the door.

The girls stayed silent for a few moment before Stella speaks up, "Mysterious, isn't he?"

"Yeah, but super cool," Musa responds and everyone say their goodbyes and headed to their rooms.

The Next Day

"You wanted to see me, Faragonda?" Kaneki inquires, opening the door a crack after knocking.

"Yes, Ken, I've been wondering about your progress about returning home," Faragonda reminds as she puts down her pen.

"No luck so far," Kaneki sighs, body drooping forward slightly, "I searched through the magic archives and even the books Miss Barbatea gave me from the Golden Gates. Nothing turned up though. Anything on the teachers side?"

"Unfortunately not," Palladium intervenes as he enters the room with a stack of papers.

"Dimension travelling through summoning's are extremely difficult to research. There are an infinite number of worlds out there unknown to us and not linked to Magix. There are also different ways to summon like drawing different summoning shapes, some with different colours, others with candles or objects and many other factors," Faragonda explains.

"So figuring out my exact summoning is near impossible," Kaneki summarises, running a hand through his hair as he laments on his bad luck.

"Yes, it appears so," Faragonda replies as she focuses back on her papers, "why don't you head back now? Your next class should be starting soon."

"Sure," Kaneki bows slightly before heading out.

"Faragonda, I know from experience not to doubt you, but is this wise?" Palladium inquires, feeling a little bad for one of his best students, "you know who summoned Kaneki and you know where his summoning had taken place. It's most likely still there and we can study it to figure out how to get him home."

"It's still too dangerous. Lord Darkar is not to be trifled with," Faragonda warns, but still couldn't help but feel bad in deceiving Kaneki.

3 Days Later

Aisha still hadn't woken up, Kaneki and the Winx went to visit her everyday to see any changes which brings us to now.

Night had fallen so most of the students were in their rooms, the group were currently chatting as they took care of Aisha.

"I can't believe Professor Wizgiz," Stella cried, "giving us homework so early into the year. I mean, we literally just started this year, there shouldn't be any work given yet!"

"Stella," Kaneki sighs, closing his eyes as he rubbed the spot between his eye, "I have the book on the subject, do you want me to tutor you right now? It's really not that hard."

"Watch it, Kaneki, you may just regret your offer," Musa jokingly cuts in.

"Stella's a lost cause when it comes to homework, studying or just school in general," Bloom adds and everyone, but Stella, laughs.

Flora, who was attending to Aisha, heard a slight groan so she turns back to her and sees her eyes flutter open, exposing the dazed and confused cerulean colour. "Hey, she's waking up," Flora informs as she places a new wet rag on Aisha's forehead. The group go closer to the bed as Aisha weakly attempts to sit up.

"Take it easy, you've been out of it for 4 days," Kaneki advises, softly.

"4 day?! It's been 4 days?" Aisha shoots up with new found energy before whipping her head around looking for something or someone, "Piff? Where's Piff?!" She demands only to end up fainting immediately.

"Whoa! What happened? Why'd she faint again?" Musa rapidly shoots, distraught over the unexpected fainting.

"Don't worry, gi-students," Ofelia coughed as she tried to cover up her mistake, "your friend is a little pale around the gills."

"Were you about to say 'girls'?" Kaneki inquires, tapping his foot.

Just before Ofelia could answer, Aisha's eyes snapped open and she pushed herself up before scratching her head, "Where am I?"

Musa bent down to her height and in a soft tone said, "You're safe at Alfea's School."

"You had a dream, you were searching for Piff," Flora informs.

"You know Piff? Where is she? Is she alright? Tell me," Aisha begs, she was the verge of tears.

"Don't worry, everything will be okay," Flora assures and with that Aisha falls back onto the bed

"Piff is your bounded pixie, isn't she?" Bloom questions, "fairies and pixies can bond like sisters, right?"

"Actually, much closer, like lovers," Kaneki corrects.

"She was the first thing on your mind when you woke up and here she is," Bloom points to Ofelia's desk where a pillow laid with a sleeping Piff who was snuggled into it.

"Piff, thank goodness," Aisha rushed to the desk and knelt down so she was eye level with the resting pixie, "I dreamt about you baby, but in my dream you suddenly left me alone," Aisha jolts up straight when her stomach grumbles, she blushes as she holds her stomach.

"Lunch here we are," Stella shoves a large sandwich that she pulled out of nowhere.

"Stella, don't shout," Flora warns, antsy, but it was too late as the baby pixie had awoken to the loud shout and tears gathered in the corner of her eyes and Piff started wailing at the top of her lungs.

"Great going, Stella," Kaneki quips, dryly.

"No, no, please, don't cry," Stella begged, stammering as she didn't know what to do to soothe the baby.

"Um, Stella, you're losing control of your sandwich," Bloom points out when she sees the tomato slip and land splat onto the ground. Piff wailed harder, startling Stella who stepped back on the tomato and slipped back which sent the sandwich flying onto Aisha who was less than impressed.

"And that is Stella's idea of a warm welcome to Alfea," Kaneki jokes and everyone starts laughing. Flora helps clean up Aisha before the latter starts munching on the sandwich while the group questions her.

"So this is your school, am I right?" Aisha inquires.

"Yes," Musa answers and Aisha turns her head to Kaneki.

"Then who are you? You look too young to be a teacher," Aisha theorises.

"I'm Kaneki, a student here," Kaneki clarifies.

"Wow, you're a male fairy," Aisha gasps, excitedly, "I never thought I'd ever meet one, the last male fairy was about 5 centuries ago."

"Yep, our guy is one of a kind," Stella brags.

"We never got your name by the way," Kaneki interrupts.

"Oh, my name is Aisha," she introduces.

"Aisha, what happened to you?" Bloom inquired, concerned, "how did you end up in that state?"

"I was trying to save my friends, the pixies," Aisha explains, despondent.

"How many are there?" Musa questions.

"A village full," Aisha responds.

"A village full? And you live with them?" Bloom asks as she slides on next to Aisha on the bed.

"Not exactly, I'm a friend," Aisha corrects.

"A friend?" Musa reiterates, moving closer to Aisha who was getting overwhelmed.

"Girls, we shouldn't bother her," Flora chastised her friends, "if she wants, she can tell us everything when she feels better," Flora places a new wet rag on Aisha's forehead who thanks her.

"I'm sure Faragonda would want to hear your story," Bloom adds.

"Hey, me too, this is good gossip," Stella pipes up, munching on a tomato slice.

"But it would be dangerous to get you guys involved," Aisha stressed out.

"Whatever's going on, we can help," Bloom argues.

"Here," Flora offers a steaming cup of tea to Aisha who accepts, "drink this, it'll help you get your strength back."

"It all started not too long ago, my family and the pixies have always been close, we went to visit them every year. That day was no different. When we arrived at the village it was empty, the pixies had gone to the dark wood for a nature ceremony, but only Lockette and Glim had returned with new that the other pixies had been kidnapped by terrible shadow creatures. The pixies tried to defend themselves with magic, but it didn't work and so, by following the trail of tar the monsters left behind, we discovered where the pixies had been taken. The trail led us through dark tunnels until we came upon a huge underground castle. And then we met with something with superhuman power, the master of all the evil creatures encountered..."

"And?" Bloom urges, she was on the edge of her seat as well were the others "what did it look like?"

"It was a huge bird, kinda like a phoenix," Aisha answers.

'A phoenix?' Kaneki echoes in his mind. He remembers seeing a dark bird-like creature when he was in that vortex, 'could that be the guy who summoned me?' Kaneki decided to leave it for later and focused back on Aisha.

"Monstrous and evil looking and then it transformed into something  similar to a man, almost like a knight in armour with ultra sharp claws. He demanded that I give him the pixies."

"Oh no! Did he hurt you?" Flora gasps, terrified.

"No, he caught me in no time then he drained all my strength away. He stole Lockette and Glim and locked them into magic cells with all the other pixies," Aisha focused her gaze on the ground as she remembered how helpless she was in saving her friends.

"Are the pixies alive?" Flora practically begged for a 'yes.'

"The pixies," Aisha took in shuddering breath as she tried not to burst into tears, "there are only a few of them left. I managed to free them, but then I tried to bring them with me, but I couldn't. I should never have left them," Aisha sobbed into her hand as Musa pulled her into a hug.

Kaneki watched Aisha break down in Musa's arms and the site made his stomach churn uncomfortably and tugged at his heartstrings, he just couldn't stand seeing Aisha so distressed which is why he made his way in front of her and knelt down, he took his hand in hers and comforted her, "Aisha, to a certain degree, I understand what you are going through which is why I'm saying it's good that you're here at Alfea. If you stayed behind at that castle then that phoenix guy would have tortured you in front of the pixies until they gave up whatever secrets he wanted. Worse, he could have killed you in front of them and the last they would want to see was their friend dying. You being alive and well in Alfea will give you the chance to save the pixies at full strength alongside help from us."

"Help? From you?" Aisha reiterates in hope and doubt.

"He's right. You don't need to do this alone, we'll help you free the pixies together," Bloom adds, trying to inspire hope within her.

"You can count on us," Musa assures as she pulls Aisha out of her embrace.

"Some more than others," Stella giggles as she then points to Aisha's hand which were still clasped under Kaneki's, "someone is trying to lay some smooth moves on our patient here."

Kaneki looks down to see he is still holding onto Aisha's hands, he stares at it for a second as his cheeks flushed scarlet red before yanking jis hands away from hers, "No! It was-! I didn't-! Sorry!" Kaneki scrambled back only to slip backwards on the tomato that Stella dropped earlier and smash his head into Ofelia's desk.

"Oh!" The girls gasped, some covering their mouth in shock.

Kaneki sat back up and rubbed the back of his head, it didn't really hurt, but it would look suspicious if he didn't attempt to soothe it in any way. Small hands started patting Kaneki's hair as to help make him feel better. The collision had woken Piff up abruptly, but rather than wailing  on instinct she was curious about what made her bed shake. She looked over the edge of the desk to see Kaneki rubbing his head so she flew down immediately to help.

"Aw, Piff is so sweet," Flora coos as she admires the sight before her.

"Kaneki, are you alright?" Aisha inquires, worried.

"Yeah, that was quite a collision," Musa adds, just as worried.

"The pain is already gone," Kaneki assures before carefully patting Piff's head with his finger, "it must have been because of Piff's help."

"Abaadubba," Piff squeals, ecstatic with the praise.

"Come here, baby," Aisha calls, softly, so Piff flies over.

"I think we should let you rest now," Bloom suggests.

"I do feel tired," Aisha yawns then giggles when Piff follows suit.

"We'll see you tomorrow," Flora assures as the group head to the door.

"Okay," Aisha answers, laying door before pushing herself back up, "oh, and guys? Thank you."

"Your welcome," Kaneki smiles, softly.

"Sweet dreams," Stella wishes, wiggling her fingers goodbye.

Darkar's Castle 

"Kerborg," Darkar's baritone voice echoes through the large room as he summons his pet which attached itself upside onto his arm like a bat, "have you received the information? What? The Codex is in 4 parts? Are you sure? You fool, I know that the pixies are hiding one of the quadrants, but where are the other three? Magix, of course. The schools," Darkar realises as he sends his pet away, cackling as a plan formed within the darkest depths of his mind.

Fortress of Light

A beautiful, golden fortress stood on an floating island that was lush in vegetation, the sky is a soft blue with a few clouds. Two monks stood in front of the gates with spears, ready to defend when necessary.

"Brother Shymel, the path to knighthood that we disciples must follow is long and difficult."

"Indeed Brother Kakophonix."

Suddenly, a large phoenix burst out from below the island in front of the two monks.

"Holy light rock," Shymel cursed.

"Where did it come from? The clouds are a dimensional wall," Kakophonix shouts in disbelief.

Inside

Inside was a beautiful, lush garden with plants and trees as far as the eye could see. The sky is a clear blue and gentle breeze brushed through the hairs of the people.

Darcy floated on her back, her head back, as she watched in distain at the couple who were being sickingly lovey-dovey, Icy had her upper body swinging lazily on a hammock and Stormy was sitting underneath a tree, numerous flowers adorned her hair and surrounding which had fallen from the tree.

"In the shadows of the beach trees, quiet cradles me through the morning breeze," Icy says, blandly.

"Petals come off, it's floating in the air," Stormy grits her teeth as she forces her words out in a 'nice' manner.

"Girls, if you don't show good enthusiasm then they'll never let us out on good behaviour," Darcy reminds when the couple vanishes, revealing them to be an illusion.

"No way, that's beneath my dignity," Icy complains then looks up, "what's happening?"

Out of nowhere, the sky turns a deep, dark red with thunder and lightning mixed in with the storm clouds.

"I don't know, but I like it," Stormy grinned eerily in glee.

"Yes, something wicked is in the air," Icy cackles.

A red vortex opens up to reveal Darkar who floats towards the Trix, the trio of sisters admiring the stranger's dark and evil finesse.

"Who are you?" Darcy questions as she marvels the man.

"No questions. You are now serving the forces of evil," Darkar declares, ignoring Darcy's question.

"My, am I ever pleased to here that," Icy sighs in exuberance as she and her sisters walk closer to Darkar who wraps the girls up in his cloak and disappears back to the halls.

"I can't believe we're free," Stormy says as she looks around.

"That light was unbearable," Darcy complains.

"So are these silly clothes," Icy adds.

Darkar grants their wish by transforming their robes into their original outfits.

"There, that's the one. This way," a knight calls for his allies.

"Oh no, the Templar," Stormy summons her lightning, but it had no effect on them. Icy summoned a wall of ice, but they tore though it like a sheet of paper.

"They're immune to magic," Darcy curses when she realises that they're screwed.

"They're immune to your magic," Darkar corrects, cackling before using his magic to grant the witches Gloomix. Stormy and Darcy gain a glowing bracelet with a gem in the middle while Icy gains a necklace. "These are your Gloomix, they multiply your power. Prove your worth to me."

"All right girls, let's get them," Icy orders as the Templar rushes towards them.

"Optical Darkness," the spell infects the eyes of the Templar making them blind. They stop for a moment to gain focus then rush forward using their other senses.

"They resisted Darcy's magic?" Stormy questions in anger and disbelief.

Icy smirks, knowing better, "No, they just don't know when to quit," she sends out a blast of ice magic.

"Hurricane," Stormy's spell fused with Icy's and it speeds towards the Templar, freezing them into blocks of ice.

"Hmm, with these Gloomix it'll be easy to get the Dragon's Fire," Icy gloats, imagining destroying the Winx with their new found powers.

"Fools, there is much greater power to be had than the Dragon's Fire, "

"Greater than the Dragon?" Darcy echoes, incredulous. 

"Yes and it will be mine just as you are mine," Darkar claims. Hearing him claim them as nothing more than objects didn't upset the Trix in the slightest rather they were delighted to serve such a powerful and malevolent master. "This place makes me mad," Darkar grunts before taking out the wall, leading them to the outside. He turns back into a phoenix and summons a portal to take him and the Trix back to his castle.

Alfea

Bloom looks out the window of her bedroom to the outside, she stares out, worried as an ominous feeling overcame her being, "I have a bad feeling."

Let's give a shout out to FoxyAtTheCorner who drew the Winx form of Kaneki in her Deviantart. She's also drawing the other fairy forms so make sure to check them out in the future.