A few days later. At Alfea. night.
Bloom "The parent-teacher meetings are coming up soon. Time flies, doesn't it?"
Stella" It'll be nice to see my parents together again."
Musa " Together or not, at least you get to see your parents. Sadly these meetings bring no music to my ears."
Me "good that i don't have any parents"
Flora froze, while looking around "Something's wrong here. It's as if Mother Nature were upset."
We walked through the dark hallway.
Tecna froze "Hold on. Did you hear that strange rustling noise?"
Bloom "Tecna, it was you. You're just imagining things."
we walked into our dorm room.
Stella yawned while grabbing my hand "I'm exhausted. I'm going straight to bed, never mind noises and meetings."
Then we walked into our room.
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I jumped up when i heard Stella scream "Stella!"
The girls rushed in.
I asked worried "Stella, what happened? Why were you screaming?"
Stella looked at us confused " Umm, I don't know? I was dreaming."
Flora sighed "Stella, you poor thing. You must have had a nightmare. You remember what it was about?"
Stella shook her head while looking around creeped out "No, I don't. But it was much more than just a nightmare, it was as if someone was watching me."
Tecna" I've said it before; there's something really strange in the air tonight."
Musa looked at us annoyed " Oh well, I don't understand what the big fuss is about. Stella had a nightmare, so what? I'm going back to bed."
Bloom " Let's all go back to bed, alright? And Stella, holler if you need anything."
The girls walked out.
Stella looked at me with a sad look.
I walked over to her bed and sat down "move "
Stella moved back and i laid down next to her.
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We heard Tecna and Musa scream.
I shook Stella "come on"
Stella yawned and we walked into Tecna's and Musa's room. Bloom and Flora followed me.
Bloom asked confused "What's going on?"
Flora " We heard a scream."
Stella yawned " My beauty sleep!"
I rolled my eyes annoyed.
Tecna "I woke up suddenly, then I noticed something was wrong with Musa."
Musa looked down "I was dreaming about my mother. Then the dream turned into my very own worst nightmare, a place with no music."
Tecna "That's strange. I too, was having a horrible dream."
Bloom asked confused "First Stella, now you two? What's going on around here tonight?"
Stella "Girls, let's recap the situation, shall we? There are too many weird things. First Tecna hears strange rustling noises, then we have nightmares, finally there's Musa's world without music."
Flora hissed " Shhh, quiet fairies. Mirta!"
Tecna asked confused "What's Mirta got to do with it?"
Kiko jumped off Bloom's shoulder and ran out of the room.
We followed him.
Bloom "Kiko? Where are you going? What's up?"
Flora"I think Kiko's sensing what I'm sensing."
Kiko jumped onto the table Mirta was at.
Flora " Kiko is trying to tell us something. It's about Mirta, right Kiko?"
Kiko nodded.
Flora used her magic and a vision of Mirta appeared.
Mirta "Flora! Oh, thank goodness you were able to contact me. That creature hasn't been able to get to you yet, Bloom, Echo. But I saw it. I saw it creep around in here and then at the first light of dawn it just took off. We have to get ready for when it comes back tonight."
Then she disappeared and the sun went up.
Morning. At the Courtyard.
Bloom" What do you girls think? What could that weird creature want from us?"
Musa shrugged "I don't know. What do you think?"
Bloom" Mirta saw it come into your bedroom, then it just kept growing in size."
Tecna "It's obviously angry at us and so it's taking us one by one."
Me " Even Kiko sensed something. We really ought to be careful. I have a feeling there's a Cloud Tower connection here. It's as if the creature's somehow capable of drawing out our deepest fears."
Tecna "No kidding. And if I go by what's happened, Flora's next."
Bloom nodded " I know. All this makes me think about my birth parents."
I looked at her.
Stella" Maybe Musa can cheer you up, I don't feel so good right now."
Bloom "But, Stella, at least you know who your parents are."
Stella nodded "Yeah, right, I know who they are, but they don't care much about me. The King and Queen of Solaria, but Princess Stella, brought up like a perfect stranger. "
Then she looked at us "Hey, why the long faces? I'm way over it by now. The only time they seem to notice me is when I bring home a bad report card. So now I get to dream about my parents."
Me "poor Stella. Where's Flora?"
Bloom"In her room. She's trying to break the spell that Mirta's under. Ever since the Trix turned Mirta into a pumpkin, it's been Flora's mission to help her out. She's hoping to find a potion that'll give Mirta back her human shape."
Stella "Speaking of spells, what happened to your prince, Echo?"
Me "If you're referring to Brandon, you should know he's just a friend whom I haven't caught a glimpse of in a long, long time."
Night.in our room.
We heard Bloom yell and rushed into the group room.
The Winx were assembled in the group room. the monster was also here standing in front of us. It was big and ugly.
Bloom " It's horrible!"
We transformed.
Stella blasted the ghoul with magic and froze.
the monster ran away.
me "Come on! Let's tail that thing."
In the hallway.
The monster was spitting energy balls at me but i had a shield in front of me.
Suddenly i saw a short vision of Brandon.
I flew back.
Stella rushed to me "Echo! You okay?"
Flora showed up "Girls, what's wrong?"
Tecna" We can't do this alone. Last night's horrors have completely tired us out."
I stood up "We gotta get ahold of it"
Bloom looked around "where'd it go?"
Flora "Downstairs. Come on, let's hurry."
Stella teleported us outside.
Musa looked around "Now, where's it hiding?"
The beast leaped at us and we flew out of the way.
It threw magic at Musa.
Musa " So, you want to take me on, huh?!"
She and Tecna attacked it.
Musa fell back to the ground.
Tecna "Oh no! I just can't! I can't do this!"
She got thrown back too.
Stella and Flora attacked the ghoul.
I rushed over to Tecna " What in the world is going on? We're all exhausted."
The Trix showed up.
Icy " I don't know, by the looks of things, you Winx could still beat us, even if you're all split up."
She attacked Stella and Flora and froze then.
Me "Bloom!"
She and i flew into the air
The Trix attacked us.
I cried out in pain.
the beast grabbed Bloom and me with its tail.
Icy "Well, well, well, looks like your friends can't do anything for you now. You're prisoners of your own fear."
Faragona showed up " What is all the racket about?"
The Trix gasped surprised.
The ghoul let go of Bloom and me.
Faragonda " What are you doing to my girls?!"
Lights went on inside the building and the girls walked out to the balconies.
Faragonda shattered the ice around Stella and Flora.
She continued to attack the ghoul.
I attacked the ghoul "Take this"
The ghouls screeched and vanished.
Faragonda flew over to the Trix who looked kinda scared.
The Trix teleported away.
Faragonda walked to us "Can someone explain to me what happened here tonight?"
Bloom shook her head "We don't have a clue, Mrs. Faragonda, except that that strange monster began attacking us."
Stella "And we don't even want to think about what would have happened if you hadn't shown up."
Kiko walked to us.
Musa "Ok, Kiko, I don't know what to tell you, except you're such a good bunny".
Faragonda" I have a feeling Mrs. Griffin will know what happened, or at least I hope she will."