Winx Club S3 E17

## Plot

Bloom arrives back at Alfea and discovers that the rest of the Winx have left to find Tecna. The pixies are still there though, and explain what happened to her. Bloom speaks to Miss Faragonda, who apparently knows Maya, who is the Chief Elder of the Island of Dragons. They're old friends, and she kept Miss Faragonda well informed. Bloom gets permission to leave again to help search for Tecna. She and Sky will be going to the Omega dimension. Good, because your friends could use some *serious* help right about now. What about Riven though? I know, it's in case Valtor attacks, but still! Sky and Bloom make up and get back together. As you can imagine, Amore is very happy about this. In the Omega dimension, Brandon, Helia, and Timmy are trying to come up with a plan to escape. The girls have been cornered by a snake creature. Stella is doing her best, but she can't keep them warm and fight the creature at the same time. Not to mention that she's going to give out from exhaustion at some point. And none of the other girls can fight because they're kind of unconscious at the moment. So, yeah, they're pretty close to dying. Sounds like everyone could use some form of backup. While exploring the planet, Sky and Bloom are attacked by someone. But it's not one of the convicts. It's Tecna! After a tearful reunion, she explains that she made a suit to protect herself from the low temperatures, even though that doesn't make sense because it's a bikini. She even turned ice into food. She used all the techno waste to create a weapon and a transmitter, which is how she got in touch with Timmy. Leave it to Tecna to survive on a supposedly inhospitable planet and/or dimension. She's like Mark Watney from *The Martian*! Her presence has upset the escapees though, who now control a section of the planet as roaming gangs. Oh, so it's like *The Escapists* and *Prison Architect*. Got it. She tells them about how the Specialists have been captured, and they form a plan to free them. The guys fight the convicts while Bloom and Tecna look for the girls. They find the rest of the Winx, but they still have to fight the snake. Bloom transforms to help them. Uh, why didn't she do that earlier though? They could certainly get around faster if they flew. She could be worried because she earned her Enchantix through willpower, but still, Tecna could have at least transformed and carried her. All of the girls use their fairy dust and the Dragon's Flame to defeat the snake. However, Bloom explains that she formed a strong mental link with it during her attack, and it communicated with her. The snake is actually a guardian that's meant to watch the convicts. It's the very essence of the Omega dimension. All they've done is made it really angry. Bloom leads it to the escaped convicts. The snake, being the guardian of them, starts encasing them in ice and leaves the Winx and Specialists alone. The Winx are finally back together again at Alfea.

## Review

I liked this episode. I'm not sure, but I think the vial Maya gave to Bloom is also her fairy dust pendant. That's sweet. At the end of the episode, Bloom puts some ice from Omega in it. Don't ask me why, I have no idea.