# Aisha (Winx Club)

Princess Aisha (Princess Layla in some versions) is the Princess of Andros and a member of the Winx Club.

## Personality

Aisha is seventeen years old at the beginning of Season 2. She is extremely opinionated and open minded. She is as intuitive like Stella, and when asked to, gives practical and pragmatic advice. She is also a talented dancer, athlete and speaks many different languages. The pixies trust her, Aisha is one of the few people who know the location of the Pixie Village. Aisha gives practical advice and always provides a shoulder to cry on. She continuously shows this caring nature throughout the show, comforting Musa after her conflict with her father, and calming Flora's nerves when she experiences qualms about her feelings for Helia. Before the pixies mission in Season 2, Aisha seemed to be a bit boy-shy, getting embarrassed when Brandon called her cute. She also holds some respect for Sky for being a gentleman to her (much to Bloom's initial annoyance) as well as for freeing her from the cavern wall and praising her boarding skills. At the same time, Aisha dislikes Riven the most as she does not appreciate his attitude towards girls, which was why she supported Musa's decision about breaking up with him in Season 3. She considers herself just as good as the Specialists at sports and sword fighting and has similar interests at them. At one point, she even takes control of the Wind Riders from Riven. When Aisha joined forces with Nebula in Season 4, she became the enemy of the rest of the Winx, being ready to allow Nebula to imprison Queen Morgana in the magic mirror where she was condemned to fade into the shadows, and the Wizards of the Black Circle as well even if the Winx tell her that Nabu would never have wished for her to choose Vengeance. They thought that she wanted to avenge the death of Nabu but she was not cruel enough to go through with it. Over the course of the seasons Aisha has lost her tom-boyish side possibly due to her opening up to the Winx and Nabu.

## Background

Aisha was raised in a very traditional setting. Her parents believed that princesses should conduct themselves in a strict and proper manner, they scrutinized her every movement and thought. As a result, Aisha had a very isolated childhood, except for when she escaped from the palace. Because of this, Aisha did not have many friends growing up. After her best friend Anne moved away when Aisha is young, her only friends are the pixies of Pixie Village. Aisha is seen in the first episodes of season two, it is apparent that Aisha is determined and fearless. In her very first appearance, we observe her trying to rescue the pixies that will later become bonded to the individual members of the Winx Club. Through her conversation, we get a glimpse of her powers, and receive a few hints about the villain of the season, Lord Darkar. After escaping with only one pixie, baby Piff, she stumbles to Alfea, where she is found by the members of the Winx Club, and faints. She shows a deep love and caring for the pixies, who are obviously her close friends. In most of Season 2, the show seemed to revolve around Aisha, instead of Bloom and the other girls, but at the end, it focused on Bloom again.

## Civilian

Aisha is a dark-skinned girl with long, wavy dark brown/black hair and cerulean eyes. Her daily outfit in Season 2 and 3 comprises a soft purple tank top with a small blue colored spiral wave logo, a khaki miniskirt, khaki hiking boots, and soft purple leg warmers. She sometimes wears a soft pink sleeveless hoodie, accompanied by khaki-trimmed teal colored jeans. In Season 4, Aisha wears a lime green tank with a pink patterned shirt over it. Her pants are a slightly darker shade of green with a pink belt and cuffs, pink and green sneakers and a pink and green trimmed headband. In Season 5, Aisha sports the same hairstyle of Season 2 and 3 outfits but wears a blue jumpsuit with a purple shirt and knee-length high-heeled boots. In Season 6, Aisha wears a slate blue headbands with 3 ribbons on it. She wears a striped shirt inside her slate blue warm blouse. She also wears a white skirt with socks. Her bangs are side-swept styled.

## Magical Abilities

She has the power of Morphix, a fuchsia-pink colored liquid that she converts from water molecules, and can morph into any shape and form desired, and she wishes to master all the fluids after strengthening and magnifying her magical abilities and skills at Alfea, while her five best friends help her. Aisha uses Morphix to create a variety of solid structures as well as weapons, such as swords, bow staffs, spears, barriers and shields, or surfboards. She can use Morphix as both a solid and liquid substance. Aisha has been known to also create useful and elaborate things with Morphix, such as an 18th-century cannon hoist for climbing down a cliff. Aisha has the power of water and liquid. She can create Morphix, a pink fluid that she can morph into any shape she wants. She is a water elemental with complete control over all forms of moisture. She is able to generate/manipulate bubbles, foam and slime that can bombard her opponents and immobilize them. Her powers are entirely based around water and the Morphix liquid. She usually just blasts columns of the liquid from her palms or shapes it into different objects. However, she has other useful techniques and abilities, such as: She can create solid walls of crystallized Morphix for protection and shape it into various shields and barriers, sometimes in the shape of spheres, nets, and cages. She is able to shape Morphix into a number of projectiles, such as spikes, the spell "Morphix Surfboard", etc. She can trap her enemies with bonds of solid Morphix. She can fire Morphix energy blasts that become solid when touched. She can generate Morphix that travels as water. She can cause Morphix to surround an entire area or person, as well as attack them with a huge wave of the liquid. She can cause Morphix to explode and reform into a continuous explosive attack. She has also been known to create useful, but very strange things with Morphix; such as an 18th-century host for climbing down a cliff, when a simple strong rope would have been much more logical. She can create auras around people to protect them from the cold and pressure of the deep sea environment, as well as turning liquid water into oxygen. Create pink bubble to immobilize or trap the enemy. She can also create long and tall staffs made of pure Morphix to battle her enemies.

## Trivia

Aisha's appearance was inspired by singer Beyoncé Knowles, according to Iginio Straffi, the creator of the Winx Club. Her name is of Arabic origin. The name Aisha means "She Lives" and is Arabic in origin. Aisha was the name of the wife of the Prophet Muhammad of Islam. The name Layla also comes from Arabic, which means "Night" but can also be interpreted as "Born at Night", "Dark-Haired Beauty" or even "Dark Beauty". Aisha has saved the pixies twice. In "Back to School", She tried to rescue the pixies from Darker but failed, however in "Rescue Mission" Aisha, Stella and Bloom save the pixies. In "The Legendary Duel", She rescues the pixies by her own this time which makes sense since her powers have grown and is a lot more stronger then she was in her first fairy form. Being from a planet of water, Aisha excels at water sports. Aside being a professional athlete, she is also a professional dancer. This is by evidence in most seasons, and that she is also a prima ballerina, as seen in Season 5 & Season 6. Aisha is the fastest and most agile of the Winx, as shown in most episodes that she appears in. Although a princess, Aisha is a rebellious princess; a direct opposite to Stella's classic princess. Until Nabu came along, Aisha respected Sky the most of all the Specialists as he was a complete gentleman to her, while at the same time, disliking Riven the most, as she supported Musa's decision of breaking up with him in Season 3 and Season 4. The Nickelodeon version is one of the few dubs besides Italian to use Aisha. Although, in the Latin American dub, her name was "Layla" from Season 2 to Season 4 and was changed to Aisha in Season 5. There is a color pattern going with Aisha undergoing new transformations, with her fairy outfits alternating between green and turquoise. Her Winx/Charmix was green, her Enchantix was both colors (turquoise in the first half of Season 3 and green in the second half of Season 3), her Believix was turquoise, her Harmonix was green, and her Sirenix, Bloomix and Mythix are turquoise. She, Musa and Tecna are the most boyish in their appearances, often in terms of their outfits and fairy forms; they often wear pants, shorts and simple footwear. Aisha is the only Winx girl whose original boyfriend was not a Specialist from Red Fountain. Even though not appearing in Season 1, she has faced all antagonists so far, thanks to the Trix's' comeback. A Pixie named Flower from the series Pop Pixie, bears a certain similarity to Aisha. Aisha is the first one, and so far, only one from the Winx to hurt Tritannus in battle without magic. She accomplished this by kicking his chin. Aisha was the first to bond with a pixie and a selkie in the series, and the first to earn her Enchantix. In earning the latter, she became one of the strongest fairies. In the Irish dub, her name was changed to Siofra (pronounced Shee-fra) meaning "water fairy". She and Stella are both 17 years of age at their first appearance. She is the most prominent Harmonix fairy, as she appears in all three quests in which the Winx earn three mystical gems to finish the Quest of Sirenix. If she goes through a relationship with Roy, she will be the first Winx to have two love interests, or three if she goes through a relationship with Nex. Aisha is the first Winx to have the most amount of love interests. In Nickelodeon dub, she has the same voice actress with her bonded pixie. In the characters' description in the French version of the book series, Aisha is the fairy of sports. In Season 7, Her name was changed back to Layla.

## Voice Actresses

Italy - Laura Lenghi Singapore - Lucinda Davis (series), Mela Lee (2nd film). Netherlands - Marlies Somers Poland - Brygida Turowska (Season 2-4), Magdalena Krylik (Season 3, 5, 6 and Specials) France - Delphine Moriau. Israel - Liraz Charchi. Spain - Diana Torres. Portugal - Inês Pereira (from Season 3 and 4). USA - Vasthy Mompoint (4Kids), Keke Palmer (Nickelodeon). India - Manjula Madhavan (from Season 4). Latin America - Lidia Abautt (Season 2 - 4), Judith Noguera (Season 5). Germany - Ilona Otto. Brazil - Flávia Fontenelle. Finland - Elise Langenoja. Sweden - Frida Nilsson. UAE - Rahy-Al-Zunbhi (Season 2 - 3), Darah-El-Zohy (Season 4). South Korea - Song Deok Hui (Season 2 - 3), Yeo Min-jeong (Season 4 - 5). Hungary - Böhm Anita (RTL Klub, season 2 - 3), Bogdányi Titanilla (Nickelodeon from season 3)