Alfea

Aisha's eyes fluttered open once she sensed something was wrong, she sat up and looked around the room after rubbing the sleepiness from her eyes, she got up from the bed and opened the curtains only to be met with the shock of her life.

Piff sleep flying outside!

"Piff!" She exclaims then sprints out the room without changing out of her nightie. She made it down the stairs when Knut turned the corner, Aisha flinched and whimpered when the troll got closer, but breathed a huge sigh of relief when he passed her without notice.

"You shouldn't leave the ward yet, you're very weak," Ofelia chastise though it was obvious she was in no way upset.

"Well now, so you're the pixies friend," Faragonda guessed.

"Do we know each other?" Aisha inquires, scanning through her memories so see if she knew the woman.

"My name is Faragonda. I'm the director here at Alfea," Faragonda introduces before explaining, "I visited your father many years ago, but you were too young to remember. You really do look like though."

"Lucky me," Aisha laments, rolling her eyes.

"In any case, the pixies always say good things about you."

"Piff! Did you see her? I think she fell asleep while flying in mid-air," Aisha explains before asking, "which way is it outside?"

"Oh, that way," Faragonda points to behind Aisha who thanks her then sprints away. Aisha opened numerous doors, but none led outside, she continued to run and knocked over another student.

"Sorry," she yells without slowing down or stopping. Eventually, she makes it outside, but Piff continues to fly higher until she yawns, stretches and stills her wings which leads to her plummeting down to the unforgiving ground. "PIFF!" Aisha shrieks in horror as she dashes to catch the falling pixie in time. Her scream awakens Piff who flies through an open window before Aisha could call her once again. Aisha tries to peek through the window before looking left then right and deciding to go right. She rushes down a flight of stairs and sees Piff fly through another open window which led to a classroom. 

"Magic is based on the principle of inconsistent continuity and so there is not direct cause effect relationship between..." Professor Wizgiz trails off when he sees the pixie floating around the room. The girls gasped and when Piff fell back asleep and started free falling, some started to scream.

"Piff!" Flora exclaims in horror.

Aisha burst through the doors and leapt to catch Piff in her arms. The girls stared at Aisha before Bloom stood up and cheered Aisha for her amazing catch, the other girls following suit. However, Wizgiz was not as impressed.

"Report to the director's office right away, lass," he orders.

Faragonda's Office

"-and so after the underground river carried me outside, I managed to run all the way here through the dark forest," Aisha finished her explanation.

"And do you know why the pixies have been captured?" Faragonda questions. 

"I'm not sure, I've been wondering about that myself," Aisha tells her, "maybe he wants to blackmail them or get something out of them."

"Yes, that's what I am afraid of, especially since our enemy's ability to absorb is a dangerous," Faragonda asserted.

"Do you know him? Do you have any idea of who or what he is?" Aisha inquires, sitting on the edge of her seat as she gripped the seat hard, nails digging into the plastic. Faragonda hums and looks down, contemplating whether to answer her question. "Headmistress, please, if he is dangerous then you have to tell me if the pixies are in trouble," Aisha beseeched.

"Honestly, I'm not sure who this enemy of ours is," Faragonda responds as she moves from behind her desk to the front and strokes Piff who was, unsurprisingly, asleep, "but we will find out and no matter what we will find the underground entrance and free the pixies. That is the bottom line."

"Thank you," Aisha breathes a huge sigh of relief.

"You're welcome," Faragonda smiles before requesting, "could you do me a favour and tell Ken to come here?"

"Ken?" Aisha echoes, perplexed. She didn't know anyone with that name.

"Kaneki," Faragonda informs, "you'll find him in the library. Oh, and tell the Winx to meet me in Griselda's classroom in 20 minutes, that includes you."

Library 

Kaneki sat around a circular table with 3 other girls who he was tutoring.

"-which was why the Company of Light was created," Kaneki finished his explanation before asking questions to know if they were listening, "okay, Jessica, what are the names of the 3 Ancestral Witches?"

Kaneki looks up from his book when he hears the girls sigh dreamily and finds Jessica, Carina and Lola staring at him with their head in their hands, they were completely out of it. "Jessica," Kaneki repeats, firmly, which snaps the girls out of their daydreams.

"Oh, uh, um, Belladonna, Thar-ma? And, uh, Lydia?" Jessica answers, nervously and full of doubt, as she brings her hands up in an 'I don't know' gesture.

"Close, Lysslis not Lydia," Kaneki sighs, softly, before chastising them, "I promised to help you girls in this study group, but only if you took it seriously."

"Sorry," the 3 girls mumbled, feeling slightly bad.

"It's fine, just make sure to study up for the test," Kaneki instructs, adamantly.

"Kaneki," Aisha calls out, strolling to his table.

"Aisha, are you alright? What happened this morning..." Kaneki trailed off, but Aisha could see his genuine concern.

"I'm fine," Aisha assures before giving him the message, "Faragonda wishes to see you, she's in Griselda's classroom."

Kaneki thanked as her as he packed his papers and books away, but before he left, he turns back to his study group, "Remember to study, I'll stop the study group if you continue in not taking it seriously."

"Yes, professor," the girls jest before bursting out in a fit of giggles.

Kaneki shakes his head in exasperation before heading to meet Faragonda.

"Afternoon, Faragonda," Kaneki greets as he sits on top of a desk. 

"Ken, I need you to escort Aisha, Bloom and Stella on a pixie rescue mission," Faragonda doesn't beat around the bush.

"A rescue mission? Of course I'll help."

"I knew you would, but..." Faragonda trails off, wondering how to warn of the danger, but not mention Lord Darkar and the dangers about him.

"The guy who kidnapped the pixies is also the man who summoned me, right?" Kaneki states.

Faragonda paused for a moment before sighing, "Yes. How ever did you find that out?"

"Aisha mentioned a dark phoenix-like creature that transformed into a man. I remembered seeing a bird made of darkness when I was falling through the vortex," Kaneki informs her, "it wasn't that difficult to see the link between the two, seems more than just a coincidence."

"Then you know the importance of not confronting him, the main focus is to rescue the pixies. I am serious, Ken. It's bad enough I have to send you, but your presence is needed for the girls to survive due to your nature as a ghoul. It is also imperative that you keep your kagune hidden, only use it as a last resort," Faragonda warns.

Kaneki wanted to object about not confronting the phoenix, but he knew it would put the others in danger, "Ok, Faragonda."

"Ken, I know you want to return home as soon as possible, but, please, trust when I say this is the right decision," Faragonda beseeched, kindly, placing her hand on his shoulder as a form of comfort.

"I do trust you, Faragonda," Kaneki asserts, getting out of his pouty mood, "I'm just being a pouty little bit-gah!" Faragonda sighs as the spell kicks in.

"It seems I am running out of soap," she quips, shaking her head, fondly.

"Sorry, but you are never going to stop me from swearing," Kaneki throws her an uncharacteristic cheeky grin.

"Challenge accepted, Ken. I won't lose," Faragonda throws back.

It wasn't long till the Winx arrived and Faragonda began to justify why she called them.

"My dear students, as you may have guessed, the reasons why I have asked you to come here is to organise a rescue mission. As you know, fairies and pixies have always remained the closest of friends so we must free them at any cost."

"At any cost, huh?" Stella drawls, a mischievous grin spreading on her face, "does that mean we get to skip classes and still get full credit?"

"Of course," Kaneki rolls his eye.

"After everything Aisha's been through, can't you think of something other than skipping class?" Faragonda questions, disappointed, but not surprised.

"Actually, it's just that if this is such a dangerous mission, why not send the professors?" Stella inquires.

"Hey," Flora scolds, warningly.

"No, no. Stella has raised a very good point," Faragonda intervenes, "as professors our jobs is to guide our students and in any case of an emergency, we have to be available to help everyone," Faragonda justifies.

"So, in other words, we have to turn a prince into a pauper," Musa summarises.

"You've all shown great skill in the fight against the Trix. However, the pixies are your priority now," Faragonda warns, "it is unwise to challenge an unknown enemy."

"So we should avoid direct confrontation," Bloom states, matter of fact.

"Exactly," Faragonda resolves, "don't forget this Dark Knight can absorb magic energy."

"That means he can turn our powers against us," Tecna realises.

"Aisha will be your guide, she is the only one who can find the entrance to the cave," Faragonda then asks them to follow her. The girls and Kaneki follow her as they walk down the hall. Faragonda speaks up again, "Now, I'd like to note that some of you will not be taking part of in this rescue mission."

"But we do everything together," Bloom argues as she runs ahead to catch up with Faragonda. 

"Yes, and no one gets left behind ever," Flora adds with just as much ire.

"Each of you have powers better suited to some missions than others" Faragonda elucidates before giving an example, "you wouldn't send a frog to live in a hot, dry desert, would you?  "

"I wouldn't want to be the poor frog, I'd dry out in 1.4 hours," Tecna states, factual.

"You don't have to worry about that, Tecna, you'll be staying at Alfea," Faragonda reassures as she carries on walking.

"Um, excuse me," Flora calls out, dubiously, "but her techno magic-"

"-Will help us monitor the situation from here," Faragonda interjects, "Bloom, Stella and Ken will go on the mission."

"Why only us three?" Bloom questions.

"Yeah," Stella adds.

"Bloom possesses the Dragon's Fire; the strongest magic of all, Stella's sun magic will be very helpful should they ever go against the shadow monsters and Kaneki is extremely skilled in martial arts, he can protect you should the situation get out of hand."

"What about Flora's plants?  My sound waves? Aren't they worth anything?" Musa accuses.

"Come into the Hall please," Faragonda requests.

"What is she doing?" Flora wonders.

Faragonda summons a green aura before chanting a spell which turned the Hall into a cave. "Musa, Flora, use your spells," Faragonda commands, the group look to see the two already transformed into their Winx form without realising it.

"Ready!" A green light appears in Flora's hands before it dematerialised instantly causing her to gasp, "nothing is working, there are no living plants down here."

"But we still have sound," Musa counters as she summons her sound waves, "everyone stand back," she orders before throwing the blast at the cave wall.

"Oh, no! The vibrations are causing a cave in!" Tecna yelps as mountains of rubble crash down on their heads, the girls tried to avoid being crushed. Faragonda claps which dispels the illusion.

"Whoo, caves are really like that?" Stella mutters, slightly traumatised even though she knew it was an illusion.

"Wow, that was even better than the computer-controlled simulator," Tecna comments.

"Musa, listen to me, you are just as important as your friends, your powers will be needed soon enough," Faragonda assures as she places her hand on her shoulder, Musa nods as she wipes away her tears.

Central Courtyard

"Urgh, why do girls take so long getting dressed?" Kaneki groaned, sitting on the top of bench as he waits for the trio of girls who were suppose to come with him.

"Hey, girls need time to look their very best," Musa argues.

"We're going in cave," Kaneki stressed, he was clothed in an explorer's outfit, "who in the world do you think is going to see them beside the shadow creature and the mysterious dark enemy?"

"That's no excuse to look tacky," Stella counters as she, Bloom and Aisha stroll to the group. "Nice to see a splash of colour on you," Stella quips, referring to how he only wears black and white.

"You-You're kidding me, right?" Kaneki questions as if they're crazy.

"What's wrong?" Bloom inquires, looking over her outfit.

Kaneki takes a deep breath in while pinching the bridge of his nose so he wouldn't snap, "We are heading into the bowels of a deep, dark cave with jagged and sharp rocks that can practically cut through bones and monsters that want to either eat, kill or otherwise maim us yet you three are wearing belly shirts and shorts? What were you thinking? Or in Stella's case, were you thinking?"

"Hey!" Stella snapped, crossing her arms as she pouted while Flora, Musa and Tecna attempt to stifle their laughter.

"Oh, you're right," Bloom moans when she realises he has a point.

"Hey, what's with that bag?" Stella inquires about the backpack on Kaneki's back.

Kaneki shrugged it off and opened it to show the contents, "First-aid, water, bit of food, climbing gear, plus it can be used to carry the pixies, Aisha mentioned that they were exhausted when released from their prison. Best to be prepared."

"Wow, I see why you wanted Kaneki to go along," Tecna smiles, impressed with Kaneki's preparedness.

"Yes, he's much more prepared than any of us," Flora adds. 

Piff wakes up in Flora's arms and notices Aisha so she flies out of Flora's embrace and heads to fairy. Aisha held Piff in her hand and started explaining that she needed to leave Piff at Alfea. Needless to say, the baby pixie was not happy and expressed her discontent by wailing at the top of her lungs.

"Come on, it's okay, I'll be back soon," Aisha consoles which calms Piff cries down to small sniffles, "there you go, now that's better, you'll see Piff. When I come back I'll have all the pixies with me." Upon hearing  again that Aisha was leaving, Piff cries grew louder. 

"Aisha, takes these special seeds of light with you," Faragonda hands over 6 golden seeds.

"Do they have magic powers?" Aisha inquires as she places them in the pocket of her shorts.

"Yes, in an emergency they will drive away any kind of shadow creature, but only once," Faragonda warns before turning to the rest, "well students, are you ready for your mission?"

"With only 4 fairies? I don't think it will be sufficient enough," Tecna reveals.

"Even with Kaneki's readiness," Musa adds, bitterly.

"A small group will move quickly and is much less noticeable," Faragonda asserts.

"And besides they're not going alone," Saladin reveals and immediately the roaring of some engines could be heard as Sky, Brandon and Riven ride into the courtyard on their bikes.

"Yes, specialists," Stella whispered to Bloom.

"No fair, you two get all the fun," Musa whined.

"I'm very happy that you've come to help Saladin," Faragonda showed a lot of gratefulness to him.

"It is my pleasure to answer your call Faragonda," Saladin assures, "I will lend you 2 of my best Red Fountain specialists, Sky and Brandon."

"Bloom and Sky? Stella and Brandon? Goodness gracious, what a coincidence," Tecna jests before leaning closer to Aisha, "maybe something will happen between you and Kaneki?"

"That I wouldn't mind," Aisha replies with the same teasing tone as she admires Kaneki, "the white hair, that chiselled face, those rippling muscles and that one gloomy grey eye makes him so mysterious like he has a deep, dark secret."

'Stupid super hearing, I can hear everything they're saying,' Kaneki growled quietly as his cheeks flushed red.

"I don't blame you, Aisha," Stella smirks as she leans closer to Aisha and Tecna and whispers, "I wouldn't mind taking a bite out of him."

"What?!" Kaneki yelped as he whipped his head to the girls who were shocked before falling into a fit of giggles at how red his face was.

He tore his gaze away from them and focused it back the ground, steam was practically flying out his ears from the embarrassment and he eerily begins muttering, "I can't believe this. Why won't the fu-gah!" Kaneki flinched as the spell kicked in. Faragonda tuts, knowing what happened while the others were wondering what happened. A large ship flies over Alfea before hovering over the grass, a door opens to reveal Timmy who was waving. 

"Hey girls, how's it going?" He greets.

"Let's go," Sky calls.

"Kaneki, you can ride with me and Sky," Bloom offers as she seizes his arm and yanks him towards the bike.

"Ready when you are big boy," Stella says as she wraps her arms around Brandon's waist.

"Come on, get on," Riven orders as he hands Aisha a helmet.

"Who says you have to drive?" Aisha inquires. Riven stares at her for a moment, "What? You think I've never ridden a motorcycle before?" Riven decides not to argue and slides back on the seat allowing her the opportunity to ride. All 3 motorcycles drive off before flying into the sky and landing on the ship.

"Come, my dear fairies, they will need our support," Faragonda reminds as she head back into the school.

Ship

"So who's the bad guy this time?" Brandon inquires.

"Dunno, but we heard he's pretty tough," Stella answers, spinning on her chair.

"Yeah, but the specialists can tackle absolutely anything," Brandon gloats.

"We got everything for this mission rope grapplers, tecno magic and this, it's so cool," Brandon takes out a flat oval device, "it's a demoleculariser t29."

"De-Demoisturiser, what?" Stella questions, completely lost.

"Genius Stella, genius," Kaneki deadpans.

"Grr, so what if I don't know long words like study nerd like you?" Stella challenges, "is that bad?"

"Not really, but the fact that you thought of a cosmetic item really has me worried for you," Kaneki counters as everyone laughs then adds, "oh, and by the way, I prefer bookworm."

"Anyway, our teachers told us that we can actually use it to pass through walls and solid objects," Brandon explains before turning, "Timmy, show the girls what the Owl's new engine can do."

"Sure," Timmy presses some buttons and the ship speeds up.

"Woo hoo! 18 dragon power, titanium frame! Isn't she a dream?" Brandon questions as the girls scream, Kaneki just grips his seat tight till it started crumbling in his grip.

"Excuse me!" Aisha yells, trying to grab the boys attention, "the enemy is the other way."

"Ha ha, yeah, we knew that," Brandon chuckles, weakly, as Timmy turned the ship right around. Thanks to the Owl, the team made it to the cave in no time.

"There's the valley and that river is the one I used to escape from the cave," Aisha points out.

"This is where I should drop you off then?" Timmy wanted to confirm.

"No, it's easier to get inside through the old mines in the cave," Aisha clarifies. Timmy flies the ship down, but finds himself unable to land.

"There's nowhere to land, you guys have to jump out while we're airborne," Timmy informs.

"That's fine," Sky assures before sliding down a rope onto the rocky ledge, "come on down."

Stella was first, but before she could grab the rope, her makeup kit falling out of her pocket, she tried to seize it but her momentum made her fall out of the ship. She grabbed the rope and swung violently while screaming and whimpering. The makeup kit bounced off of the ledge and fell into the abyss.

"Are you okay?" Sky yells, worried, "was that important?"

"Yes! My makeup kit," Stella whines as she continues to swing.

"Seriously Stella? Your boyfriend can buy you a new one. Now will you please slide down?" Kaneki practically begs as the rest wait to get down.

"Brandon, you better buy me a new one!" Stella growls as she slides down.

"Why is she mad at me?!" Brandon inquires, incredulous. 

"Good luck," Riven wishes as he waves through group goodbye once they all got off.

"Follow me, this is the way in," Aisha informs as she enters the cave.

"Sky, I know you want save batteries, but give us some light back here, we can't see a thing," Stella groans before tripping and landing on her behind, fuelling her anger, "that's it. I've had it."

"Stella, no!" Kaneki panics, but Stella had already transformed and summoned her sceptre.

"Magic sceptre give us light," the sceptre shines brightly, illuminating the whole cave.

"De-transform now, you're putting all of us at risk," Kaneki hisses as he surveys every nook and cranny for shadow monsters.

"Hey, at least we can see better," Stella shrugs, unfazed.

"Kaneki's right, we're a beacon for the monsters," Sky adds before there was strange roar echoing through the cave.

"Er, guys? I don't what that is, but we better get moving," Stella warns and the group runs until they reached a large steel door that blocked their way.

"I remember this door, but it was open before," Aisha pants.

"Out of the way!" Kaneki alerts as he aims a yoko tobi geri right at the emblem in the centre of the door. The door shook violently and large cracks appeared at the corners, but it did not break.

"Whoa!" Brandon yells, impressed.

"Leave it to the ladies!" Stella announces as she sends a blast of light at it, but the emblem absorbed it.

"No good, the gate absorbs magic," Bloom realises that they're in trouble, "our enemy thought of everything."

"Not the specialists," Brandon retorts, "it may be protected through spells, but all ox are made to be broken    "

"Guys, we have company," Bloom warns, nervously, as she slowly moves backwards. Their worst fears had come to life, shadow monsters were crawling their way over to the group.

"Brandon, maybe you an open it with Riven's lock pick," Sky suggests, bring out the picks. 

"No, I'm blow this thing open," Brandon declares as he yanks out a circular device. "Buy me some time," Brandon requests as he sets out to activate the bomb.

"Let's all transform," Aisha proposes.

"You mean you're a-?" Bloom questions.

"Of course," Aisha yells out a battle cry before she and Bloom go through their transformation sequence. Kaneki decided to go with a much faster approach. Kaneki's explorer clothes faded into dust and was replaced with his sparkly Winx. He had a black turtleneck tank top with an oval hole exposing his belly button. He had long straps on his top which connects to his trousers with small silver buckles. He has one finger gloves which reach his elbows and wore black combat boots with white laces. His neon red wings were a mixture of a dragonfly's and his kagune, but they looked to be made out of thousands of thin energy tendrils that were continuously on the verge of fading, falling apart, then reforming. His black eyepatch was replaced with a set of bandages. (1)

Kaneki started blasting the monsters with his dark tendrils and Aisha, Bloom and Stella started throwing out their own attacks while Sky slashed them with his sword. 

"No effect whatsoever," Bloom yelps when her attack fails.

"In that case, I'll just have to do my thing. Close your eyes!" Stella orders before slamming her staff into the ground which summons a bright light that disintegrates the monsters.

"Great job, Stella," Bloom praises.

"Guys, take cover!" Brandon warns as he activates the bomb which blasts the doors right open, "all right!"

"Come on, this way," Sky calls out as they all rush through the gates. Sky and Brandon attempt to close the doors, but one of the monsters managed to get part of its body through, Brandon stabbed it in the leg which allowed them the opportunity to close the door completely.

"They're still trying to get through," Bloom points out. 

"Stand back," Aisha seals the door with her morphix.

"What is that?" Sky questions.

"It's magic glue," Aisha answers as she reinforces the sealed door.

"Hurry up, Aisha," Brandon urges. Aisha summons a few more beams of morphix before falling to her knees, de-transforming.

"Good job, Aisha," Bloom compliments, impressed.

"Good to have you on the team," Sky adds.

"Here," Kaneki offers his hand to help Aisha up.

"Thanks," Aisha accepted his hand.

"Alright, let's go," Bloom says and the group runs on ahead before slowing down to a brisk walk.

"See? Forget about your clunky flashlights, my sceptre is the only way to light up the room," Stella gloats.

"You may be the light of my life, but a good flashlight saved me more than once," Brandon quips.

"Well, stick with me and I'll be sure to do more than double that," Stella flirts.

'Urgh, I think I'm going to puke,' Kaneki complains, mentally before saying, "can we just focus on the mission at hand?"

"Your personality fits your clothes, you know, dark and gloomy," Stella stuck her tongue out at him. Kaneki just ignored her childish act towards him.

"Now that I get a proper look, your clothes do seem a little dark for a fairy," Bloom admits.

"I like black," Kaneki shrugs, "though I could do without all the glitter."

"I've never seen wings like yours," Aisha points out, admiring the apparition, "it kinda looks like a phantasm."

"Really? I never saw the wings of other fairies so I didn't really know," Kaneki explains.

"Aisha, you sure this is the right way?" Brandon inquires after 45 minutes of walking without a change of scenery, it almost felt like they would never reach the pixies.

"I don't get it, we should have reached the crystals by now," Aisha complained, but it was in confusion rather than annoyance.

"Crystals?" Brandon echoes, puzzled.

"Sky, wait Sky, help me," Bloom begged, weakly, before she collapsed to the ground, de-transforming back into her casual clothes.

"Bloom!" Sky rushes over to Bloom to help her. Brandon looks over to Stella when she moans as well.

"Stella, what's going on?" Brandon questions.

"I can't stand up," Stella also falls to the ground, the light from her sceptre extinguished.

Sky immediately grabs his flashlight once the cave turned dark, "Bloom, is everything alright?"

"Yes, but my... my powers are so weak," she replies as Sky helped her up.

"You transformed an hour ago, you've been in fairy mode for too long," Aisha informs, "I guess this doesn't happen to fairies from Andros."

"What about you, Kaneki?" Sky inquires to the male who didn't look the least bit tired.

"I probably have more stamina than you guys, but I think I'll transform back just in case," Kaneki instructs before de-transforming. 

"And our powers?" Bloom inquires.

"You'll be fine, just lay off the powers for a little while," Aisha advices before reminding them of their mission, "now let's keep moving, we have to find the pixies."

Darkar's Throne Room

"She's a stubborn one all right," Darkar notes in frustration as he watches the group with his magic, "well, we'll just see how long that lasts."

Darkar was about to summon his shadow monsters to chase after the group when he saw a flash of white, he zoomed in closer to Kaneki and recognised him.

"Is it? It is!" Darkar cackles which echoes through the room, "the One-Eyed King! He's here!.. along with those pesky fairies. No matter, I'll get him back, he belongs to me after all."

Darkar formulated a plan and unfortunately, it meant he couldn't capture Kaneki right away, but he'll soon regain what was once his. All he had to do was be patient.

With the Group

"At last, the crystals. Yes!" Aisha cheers as she runs on ahead, she turns around and says, "it's not far know, come one, let's go! It's at the end of one of these tunnels. Let's go down this one first."

"Aisha, wait for us," Bloom requests when Aisha walks on ahead, "where are you going?"

"I'm gonna go down that way," Brandon informs, pointing to the second tunnel, "I'll catch up in a second."

"I'll go with him just in case," Kaneki tells them before chasing after Brandon.

"Wow, it goes on forever," Aisha marvels as she looks down from the ledge, the bottom of the chasm seems bottomless and the cave walls were littered with tunnels and ledges.

"Finally, we made it," Bloom sighs.

Aisha walked closer to one edge of the ledge, "Look, we've got to get down to that level."

"Hey. Hey guys, all these tunnels are connected," Brandon notifies, yelling to the group who were a few levels above him, "no matter where you go, you always end up back here."

"Brandon, Kaneki, we shouldn't let ourselves get separated you know," Aisha scolds.

Growling from behind alerted Brandon of the monsters coming his way, "Brandon, Kaneki, look out!" Aisha warns before transforming and flying down to help them only to be trapped in a web of saliva spat by the monster.

"Help, I'm stuck," Aisha cried as she struggled in her restraints, Kaneki instantly heads to Aisha to free her while Brandon brought out his sword.

"Aisha!" Bloom calls out.

"Ready?" Stella questions and the both of them yell, "magic Winx!" But nothing happened.

"Oh no, it's not working! Brandon, look out!" Stella screams.

"Come and get it," Brandon taunts as he slays the first monster, but, at that moment, the ledge crumbled sending Brandon plummeting.

Kaneki, who had already transformed, leapt out and grabbed Brandon's arm and started to pull him up when the 2nd monster vaulted off the ledge and crashed into Kaneki's back, "Whoa!" Kaneki ended up letting go of Brandon due to the sudden crash and the both of them fell into the darkness, screaming.

"Kaneki! No!" Aisha shrieks in horror, Kaneki had managed to free her one arm before attempting to rescue Brandon.

"Brandon!" Stella moves away from the edge before running forward and leaping off, screaming Brandon's name the whole fall.

"Stella," Bloom shrieks, heart-broken, Sky had to hold her back to prevent her from going after Stella. "Stella, noooo!" Tears streamed down Bloom's face as she fell to her knees, mourning for her best friend.

Chapter done! Ha, I'm having a lot of fun with this. What about you guys and gals?

(1) Remember that you can see his Winx form on FoxyAtTheCorner Deviantart.