Winx Club S3 E9

## Plot

Kiko, the pixies, and the girls surprise Bloom with breakfast at Alfea outside. They remind her that they all love her. She's still upset about Sky. Layla went back home. Faragonda is discussing Valtor with Griffon and Saladin. They know one of their schools will be attacked soon, they just don't know when or where. Faragonda tells the other staff about how she, Griffon, Saladin, Oritel, and Mariam were in the Company of Light and how they imprisoned Valtor in the Omega Dimension. He wants revenge against them personally, but especially Bloom, the living daughter of Oritel and Mariam. The two apparently never returned from battle. The staff adds extra protections to Alfea should it come under attack. Some parents are worried about their daughters though. After what happened on Eraklyon, they want Bloom to be removed from the school. Faragonda calls a school meeting. She tells the students about Valtor, and tells them about their parents' request to remove Bloom. Faragonda has thought it over, and decided that she can't comply with their request. All of the students are happy, but the parents angrily leave. Some may withdraw their daughters from the school. Bloom decides to leave willingly and goes back to Gardenia. Notice how she always does that when things get "too tough" for her? I'm just saying, season 1, now, and even season 6. She's supposed to be an adult, yet she never acts like one. It bugs me. Back on Earth, Bloom is still upset about Sky, and seeing all the happy couples doesn't help. Blah, blah, clips. Is *this* a clip show? I can see where season 4 got its inspiration from now. Bloom is convinced that Sky really does love Diaspro. Unlike in the last episode, where the others decided that it was dark magic like with Radius. Love really does make her stupid. Stella is worried about Brandon. She gets a call from him. He's dealing with Sky on Eraklyon. He says he has an idea about what happened, but he needs to confirm it first. Sky is getting engaged to Diaspro. Stella hears about it and has to tell Bloom. She teleports to Gardenia to talk to her. Bloom decides to go back to Alfea. She wants to know why Sky left her for Diaspro. The girls decide to go with her to Eraklyon. They have to get past the protection barrier though, after it's activated at 8 p.m. sharp, in order to get back. Tecna and Digit invent a device to create a hole in the shield large enough for them to sneak through. Tecna will stay at Alfea to activate the device when they get back. Riven will fly them there in a ship and create a diversion so they can sneak in undetected. They tell Griselda that they're going on a picnic. They sneak into the castle, which is on high alert because of Riven's diversion. Sky recognizes the ship as one from Red Fountain. Bloom tries to talk to him, but he's kind of beyond reason right now. Plus Diaspro and the guards come back. The girls run into Brandon, who tells them to leave while he fights the guards. The girls run into Sky, and Stella transforms into Enchantix to fight him. There's no doubt about it, he's actively trying to kill them now. When Stella hits him with a spell, the girls notice the Mark of Valtor on his shoulder. They realize that it was dark magic, and Diaspro put the spell on him. The rest of the girls transform. They can't fight him, but Stella can lift the spell with her fairy dust. She uses her fairy dust on him and Valtor's Mark disappears. They quickly leave after Diaspro and the guards find them. Brandon surrenders to the guards after they leave. On the ship, Bloom and Stella are both worried about their boyfriends. They send Tecna a signal to let them know that they're ready. They go through the hole, but the timer on the device hits zero and Bloom's feet get caught in the shield. The lights come on. They are *so* busted. Griselda informs them that the shield has been weakened because they tampered with it. They'll be severely punished and will speak to Faragonda tomorrow. They head back to their rooms. Layla is there! But she's crying. Her parents told her that they expect her to marry a guy named Nabu, from the richest family in Andros.

## Review

This was a good episode. So, arranged and hasty marriages are still a thing. It sucks. Arranged here, hasty in season 6. And I mean *really* hasty, like they meet after the start of the season, we only see them go on *one* date, and immediately after that the guy proposes and the girl accepts, all of which is offscreen, they plan the fastest wedding in the history of the entire magical and non-magical universe, and no, I don't accept magic as a valid excuse, and by the end of the season they're married. I'm surprised they're not expecting in season 7.