The Winx have gone to Domino to search for a way to get the Dragon's Flame back. The Trix have unleashed a giant monster against them and Jack is thrown to the ground. What will happen to him?

-

"Jack?" Y/n weakly called out at the lifeless body as the yeti stalked away, as if commanded.

Once he was gone, the fairy sprung right up, brushing off snow. "Elementary, my dear Y/n. Play dead, he's gone."

"And you don't think we should attack?!" she demanded as he came back, still in his fairy form.

"We'd better not," Musa spoke up. "The monster thinks it's rid of us. We'll let it believe that."

"Indeed. Now, if I remember correctly, the castle should be right..." He scanned the area, then pointed towards what looked to be ice sculptures. "...there. See those towers?"

Stella took off her glove, then ring and tossed it to get her scepter. "Solaria!" She aimed it at the towers and began to slowly unfreeze it, letting the ice melt away into water. "Defrosting castles is like dressing for winter weather: you must do it in layers. The winters in Solaria are infrequent, but rough. I've had to defrost many a royal residence. But it looks like this one might be tough." Underneath them, the scepter stabbed into the ground and began to melt, the castle beginning to show itself. It broke into the courtyard, ice debris flying.

-

Stella jumped around with peace signs, then threw her hands up with a huge smile.
Blue wristbands formed on her arms, followed by long orange boots and a headband that matched the bands. Her clothes were then changed to an orange tube top with one strap and short-shorts while her wings formed behind her.
Her eyes narrowed, then squinted. Letting out a cry, she spun around, her hair pinning itself into twintails with long, dark orange hairbands. She took a few steps back while her wings came into place and placed her hand behind her head, smiling fashionably.

-

Rising in the air, Stella emitted a bright light to unfreeze the rest of the castle.

"Let me help." Tecna used digital magic to cause the light to bounce off of the shield. "The ionic particles that you generate will be catalyzed, Stella."

"Uh, say that again?" she requested, confused.

"Your magic will accelerate," Jack said matter-of-factly. Tecna showed him a small smile, glad that somebody could finally understand her.

"Now, aren't you glad we took that mathematics and magic honors workshop together?" she asked Stella.

"I did that?"

"Yeah, you did. But it was early, and you slept a lot in class."

Once the ice melted, Blaze jumped down, looking around the trashed courtyard and looking into the dining room.

"Aww, what a cute baby."

"It's time for your bottle. Rock-a-bye, my prince, in your sweet..."

"When you grow up, you will rule on your own."

"Dinner is served, everyone. Please take your seat."

"This was my...home..."

The others followed him in, looking around the disheveled castle. "Over there," Jack pointed out, leading them. "These hallways were untouched by the witches. They remained this way from them until now."

"And we're...going in there?" Blaze asked pensively, looking into it. The feeling of familiarity crept up on him. "Jack, I heard voices. And I think they were coming from in there."

He wrinkled his brow in confusion. "Impossible. Nobody's been here for the last sixteen years. Or centuries, if you go off the witches' curse. They made everyone forget that their attack was so recent, hence the name "ancestral". But the time being so short even still, nobody should have been in here since their attack."

Tecna scanned the area and shook her head. "No footstep detected. Dust and spiderwebs undisturbed."

"Spiderwebs?" Musa moaned.

"Again, undisturbed."

"Here." Stella's scepter began to glow again as she led the way. "I'll make sure we can see where we're going, Blaze, so there's no need to panic."

He nodded, following everyone in.

"Blaze..."

His breath caught in his throat and he stumbled, tripping backwards over his feet.

"Blaze, what is it?" Stella asked, reaching to help him up.

"Did you hear that? That voice..."

"No." Flora shook her head. "I didn't hear anything."

Tecna was still scanning, looking down at it intently. "I don't pick up other life forms."

"Welcome..." The Winx jolted, a ghostly woman in front of them, flickering in and out of reality. Her hands were held high as she danced around, dress flowing. A headdress covered her eyes, making them yellow gaping holes. "I am Daphne."

"My sister..." Blaze realized, reaching towards her with a sudden surge of love.

"Princess Daphne." Jack got onto one knee, bowing deeply.

"She's beautiful," Stella commented.

"We meet at last. Follow me."

She began down one of the corridors, still struggling to stay physical. The others followed her down, Blaze struggling to speak. "Daphne..."

"Don't speak. Just listen to me. I was once the nymph of Lake Roccaluce. But it is in this castle that we were born. What you are looking for, you will not find here. But you will discover your origins, your past, and a great secret." She stopped by the door at the end of the hallway. "Here is Domino's treasure room. Do come in."

Inside were chests and gold everywhere, sparking in the tiny rays of light that still got through to the castle.

"Hey, Stella. Looks like Bloom's richer than you," Musa noted.

She laughed. "I'll know who to ask when I'm strapped for cash."

Blaze had been drawn to the crown that was protected in a case, touching the glass with his gloved fingers. "It's the crown I saw at the bottom of the lake."

"It is your crown. Take it and listen carefully."

He took the crown out, a voice ringing in his head as visions flashed past.

-

"Blaze, your destiny became to be the keeper of the Dragon Flame, the power which keeps the Magic Dimension safe from the forces of evil. The three ancient witches, the first creatures of evil known to the dimension, tried to steal the power of the flame by launching a sneak attack, but failed. However, they did succeed in destroying Domino."

Servants ran out of the castle as it began to crumble, screaming with every hit to the ground. The castle began to collapse, despite the Dominion and Dyaminion soldiers' efforts to push them back.

At the forefront, Jack saw Daphne, masked, run inside and followed, yelling at her to retreat. But she desperately searched the room until she found a crying baby boy. Placing her hand on him, a great red aura caused any evil that flew to him to be knocked back. She cradled him and ran for it, the witches following her. Jack, seeing, tried to get by to stop them, until they barricaded the door with dark magic while he banged on the door in vain.

Hiding from the witches, Daphne created a portal, sending both Blaze and the Dragon Flame through.

"The witches eventually overpowered Daphne, but before they could do so, she managed to save your life and the Dragon Flame, leaving it with you."

-

"Oh, Daphne..." Blaze whimpered, sinking to his knees, clutching the crown to his chest, the tears beginning to flow. "I messed everything up..."

"You've been shown the shocking truth, but you must be strong."

"Blaze." Y/n rushed to his side, her arm around him. "What happened? What did you see?"

"I've just learned about my sister Daphne's great sacrifice. How she saved my life." He wiped his eyes with his sleeve, sniffling. "All so I could protect the Dragon Flame. It was my responsibility, and I so failed, I let the witches take it! I didn't protect it at all! But I'll do anything; I'll do whatever it takes to get the Dragon Flame back from the witches." He managed to get to his feet, adding, "I swear to you, Daphne."

"That's how a prince should talk. I'm proud of you, Blaze. I can go now. My work here is done." She let herself fade off, Jack bowing at the waist once more as she left while the girls watched after her. Y/n put her arms around Blaze's neck, giving him a close hug.

-

"We must go back to Magix. Right no," Blaze decided as they left Domino's castle. "I'll upset the witches' plans and I'll get back the Dragon Flame!"

"It's been a while since I've seen you this spunky." Stella nudged his shoulder, pushing him.

"Yeah, I missed the old Blaze," Y/n agreed.

"Me, too." He gave her a wink, sending her heart fluttering. "My parents love me, adopted or not. I don't know why I made it such a big deal. Now I know that I have two awesome sets. And Brenda - well, Sky? Whatever! If she couldn't be honest with me, I guess she wasn't worth it."

"Yeah, boyfriend!" Stella raised her hand for a high-five, then lowered it, her brow crinkling. "Er, dude-friend? Whatever, I'll figure that out later."

He slapped her hand, chuckling. "You do that. But now, I feel stronger than ever!"

On their way out, the yeti roared, seeing them from atop a snowbank. Crawling around him were ice crabs, snapping their pinchers at them.

"Uh+oh. Looks like Mr. Abomination had brought his posse."

"Those are ice crabs! They can freeze fairies!"

"Well, then. Who's up for crab cakes?" Y/n asked.

Beside her, she saw Jack's sly smile. "I know a great recipe from Dyamond. I'd love to make some for your return, Princess."

"You heard him, girls! Y/n, Magic Winx!"

"Flora, Magic Winx!"

"Tecna, Magic Winx!"

"Musa, Magic Winx!"

-

Y/n let out a battle cry before putting out her arms.
Light blue armbands appeared, followed by tall boots. White and blue energy surrounded her body as she leaned back, her arm out and her face twisted in concentration, and gave her a darker top than hung loosely on her shoulders and a skirt.
Her head jerked up and a blue choker appeared with a diamond in the middle while blue - yet transparent - wings appeared behind her. She jolted back and landed on her feet, her arms held out in front of her as if she were about to shoot an energy beam.

-

Flora tilted her head back as her body fell back, her hair blowing around her head. She crossed her hands above her head in peace signs.
A sparkly pink dress appeared with lighter petals for a skirt, followed by pink heels. A green choker appeared on her neck, followed by a flower on her chest. Instead of wristbands, long petals came onto her arms, the petal being the longer bit in the back.
She gave a small grin and spun around, putting her arms up while green translucent wings clipped to her back in a burst of a flower.

-

Tecna chopped and punched at the air with her arms, then knelt on one knee, arms crossed in peace signs, emitting an energy from them.
Her hands went into a fist, a sleeve appearing on her arm with digital accompaniment. The same happened at her torso, a lavender bodysuit and high-heeled boots appearing, then with her pendant and wings, which were instead bars that wrapped around themselves. Finally, a matching helmet was placed on her head.
She opened her eyes, a glider coming out of the bars and letting her fly back, then dissipating when she landed, her hands on her hips.

-

The tiles under Musa lit up as she stepped on them. She twirled on the dance floor while they twinkled, then crossed her arms with peace signs.
Red boots appeared out of purple pixels. She threw up her hands, a red top with one strap coming in as the boots did with a thin pink cloth in between, covering her stomach.
She kicked her feet up while a music disk spun under her and her wings and a pair of headphones appeared, then stood on one foot, spinning around with the disk.

-

Even Blaze had his eyes narrowed in defiance, despite not being able to transform.

"Alright, Jack. What's the recipe?" Flora asked.

"Well, you can either deep-fry or boil them. But first, you need to crush them."

Magical Winx!

" I can handle that with a sonic blast."

Magical Winx!

Musa circled her arms, red sonic energy pushing the crabs back.

Winx Club!

"Flowers of the Wind!" Flora blew out green pollen into Y/n's icy winds, giant vines jumping towards them to tie them up.

Winx Club!
Winx Club!
We got the power!
Magical Winx!

The crabs were thrown around, roaring in anguish before they were thrown to the ground, breaking into shards of ice.

We got the power!

"They're ready, Stella! Turn on the heat!"

"One order of melted ice crabs coming right up!" She stabbed her scepter into the ground, rays of light melting the ice instantly.

Winx got the power!
Winx got the power!
We got the power!

More rose up from the snow, pinching as their anger rose.

"Goodness, they just keep coming," Stella signed.

"I'll try to clean up the area." Tecna held a digital cleanup process as she flew by, aiming it at the crabs.

Magical Winx!
Magical Winx!
Magical Winx!

It beeped, blowing them up as Tecna flew out of the carnage without a care of being hurt.

Magic Winx, we are Magic Winx!

"That's what I call a clean sweep," she said, still in the air with her glider out. But more still were coming for them.

"Back to the castle," Jack declared. "I'll hold them off. Even if their ice, my frost powers can slow them down."

Magic Winx, we are Magic Winx!

"I'll help," Y/n told him, flying to the front of the group.

"With what? You can't fight ice with ice."

"Watch me, bitch!"

Magic Winx!
We got the power!

While the others flew away - except for Blaze, who ran - Y/n shot out shards of ice, shattering the crabs that chased her friends from the impact.

Magic Winx!
We got the power!

"Fly while you still can!" She and Jack flew after the others, running into the castle.

"There are so many of them!"

"Don't think about that, Flora!"

"Those claws look nasty, they could really do some wardrobe damage!"

"I don't think you have to worry about that. One nip and you disappear!"

"Close the gates!"

We got the power!
We got the power!

Y/n and Jack slammed them shut, panting from their battle.

"Let's attack from above!" Stella suggested. "They won't be able to get us."

They flew up, Musa taking out her flute to create a sound barrier for them by playing a few notes while Stella used her scepter to blast them back. "Ice crabs are so gross! The only kind of ice I like is the kind that comes from Y/n!"

One of them dove towards Blaze until Tecna shot it with a digital web. "Thanks, Tecna."

"Just a little technical support for my favorite prince."

Above, Flora smacked her hands against the stone wall. "You know any jazz?" she asked Musa.

"Sure."

"Play some!"

She changed the tune on her flute, the vines dancing out to grab at the ice crabs and squeeze them to death. "The pterodactyl ivy loves jazz. It makes it fierce and improvisational."

A group of crabs appeared by the gate, trying to smash it open, while the monster blew his frosty breath at Stella and Musa. Jack flew in front of them, halting the frost and throwing it back at him. Seeing this, Stella began to fangirl in mid-air. Musa, annoyed at her, took her magical flute and hit her over the head with it.

Falling back from a failed attack, Tecna cried, "It's too powerful!"

"I think it's time for plan B," Y/n said, her feet pressed up against the wall.

Blaze stumbled over to her, gripping her shoulders. "What's plan B?"

"For you, run. For us, fly!"

The crabs broke down the barricaded door the Winx hid behind, spread throughout the room. Seeing them, Musa flew up, her arms extended. "Sonic Mega Blast!" Speakers appeared and let out a loud shriek of music, shattering the crabs. She flew them to the ground, her hand catching her fall.

-

Outside, a Red Fountain aircraft hit the monster, flying in on the castle, where they knew the Winx would be, landing in front. Sky, Brandon, and Timmy got off to be greeted by a group of ice crabs. Wordlessly, Sky drew her blade out, then charged, letting out a battle scream as she slashed through, hair blowing wildly in the wind. Brandon took out the art once while Timmy continuously shot at them. They regrouped, their backs pressed against each other.

"They just keep comin'."

"What now?"

"Plan B. When I say go...go!"

-

With her vines, Flora blocked off the ice crabs from Y/n and Blaze as the former tried to get him out of there unharmed. But they chewed through, surrounding the entire group. Having had enough, Flora shot mercilessly at them. "Don't touch my friends, you bastards!" Flowers sprouted up and swallowed them whole. Tecna's sphere took the rest away and Musa's sound let them explode in fireworks.

Just as one was about to hit Blaze, Y/n threw herself in front and let out a blast so powerful, it sent every last one of them sliding back.

"Need a hand?" Sky came jumping in, destroying one of the crabs.

"Sky?!" Blaze cried in surprise.

Meanwhile, Stella was busy eyeing her ex-boyfriend. "Cool!" she gushed, making him look at her with the ghost of a smirk. She met his gaze for a moment, but it was interrupted by another crab flying at Brandon that he had to turn around to hit. Even Tecna was impressed with Timmy's sharp-shooting abilities.

Even after all the crabs were defeated, the yeti returned, reaching in for any one of the fairies or Specialists.

"Attack!" Y/n cried and everyone's effort went in at once.

"Tecna!" Jack called, still fighting. "The stratosphere! Hurry!"

"Of course! Jack, you're a genius!"

The stratosphere tightened around him and frosted flowers began to bloom. Stella hit him with her sun magic and Musa and Y/n combined their attacks.

"Sonic Combo Blast!"

"Ice Cream!"

The fur froze over and the flowers began to spin with the sound, the first kicking up. As the eyes turned red, the yeti fell into the snow and vanished, defeated.

-

"You guys saved us!" Stella threw her arms around Brandon, hugging him close to her.

"We had to," he responded, his own strong arms around her shoulders. "So, what do you say, Stella? Friends?"

"Okay."

"But how did you find out about our mission?" Tecna asked.

"Red Fountain has been destroyed, so all the Specialists took refuge at Alfea," Sky said. "Then I spoke with Professor Palladium, who told me you were here. He opened up a portal for us, but we were still unable to find you."

Brandon put an arm around her, shaking her by the shoulder. "However, Sky here never gives up. So here she is, along with her page."

"Oh, Brandon. That's so romantic," Flora gushed, eyeing Stella with a sly smile.

"Hold your horses, Miss Cheery, no one said he's off the hook yet."

-

Due to Musa's incessant playing on the flute, Stella was unable to take a nap in their way back. But that was fine with her, seeing that drama between Blaze and Sky was about to go down.

"Blaze, I...I'm..."

"Did you say something?" he asked, turning away from the window.

"No. Well...yes, I did. Blaze, I'm sorry about what happened."

"Oh," was all he said, head turning back to the window. "Well, you didn't have to lie to me. And humiliate me."

"I didn't mean to hurt you. I care about you, Blaze. You have no idea how bad I want to break it off with Dialvo, but my father..." she trailed off, noticing Blaze's hand balled on his lap, bunching up his pants. Even Y/n was watching with bated breath.

"Yeah, well, arranged marriages are, like, so old school."

"You always said to me that I was your friend and nothing more, and so I just..." She shook her head. "Well, it doesn't matter now."

"I guess not."

"Forgive me?"

He nodded, looking away again.

It was over.

And he felt damn good about it.

-

In the next chapter, Magix has been reduced to a ghost town, Alfea is a military headquarter, and Red Fountain has been defeated completely. Riven, heartbroken, is a prisoner, and even Griffin and her students are hostage to the madness of the Trix.
It is time to act. A mission to Cloud Tower is organized to get the Dragon's Flame and its power back.

-

We're
The magical Winx Club
We're best friends and our hearts will beat as one
Yes that's us
We're the kids of marvelous Winx Club

Winx!
Winx Club!
Energy!
The Winx is warm!
Under the sign of the Winx!
Winx Club!
Winx Club!

We're
The magical Winx Club
We're all tied to the same fate together
We're the kids
The wonder kids,
That's us
The magical Winx Club
So happy to be flying from heaven to earth
This magic feeling
This is our Winx Club!