World of Winx S1 E9

## Plot

Continuing where the previous episode left off, the Winx continue to fight the Shaman. They eventually defeat him and capture him, taking him back to the van to interrogate him about the missing talents. Aisha threatens to destroy his magical stones if he doesn't talk. He admits that they kidnap talents for the Queen of the World of Dreams. She's the real talent thief. He claims that he doesn't know what she's after though. Flora determines that he's telling the truth. He doesn't have a magic watch to get himself or anyone else to the World of Dreams. Someone else opened the portal that sent Yu there. Lorelei interrupts them. While the girls try to keep her from entering the van, the Shaman's shadow transforms into the Queen. She asks him why he couldn't open the portal. He admits that Jim, the man from the first episode, stole the watch from him. She frees him and orders him to kidnap a new talent by tomorrow. I have to say, my first impressions of this "queen" aren't very good. The shadow idea is threatening enough, but her voice is the exact opposite of intimidating. Then again, given what we learn about her later, I guess that makes sense. It's revealed that the Shaman attacked Musa earlier to get his stones back, which she put in her purse. He escapes, and the girls come in. The Winx get a vision of a young pianist named Madelyn, in London. However, from what little we see of her home life, she's not happy. The girls send Lorelei and the cameras on a wild goose chase, while they meet up with Bloom again. They pretend to be pet sitters and watch after the family dogs for Madelyn's butler, James. Madelyn is miserable. She's not very close to her parents, only her butler. It's like no one cares about her. Ouch. And by the way, she's just a little kid. James tries to give her a blue guitar pick, but is stopped by Madelyn's mother calling her name, so she gets into a white limo that drives off. Bloom, Tecna, and Stella look after the dogs while Musa, Aisha, and Flora go after Madelyn. Inside a concert hall, Musa introduces herself to Madelyn. The two bond over music. Madelyn admits that she doesn't want to play the piano, but her parents say that it's an important instrument, and they get so happy when she plays it. She's called onstage, but runs off. Musa, Aisha, and Flora follow her. They can't find her anywhere. They tell the other girls what happened. Musa uses her power to feel Madelyn's aura, and can tell that she's not far. After a gratuitous, terrible, and downright painful detective parody of Sherlock Holmes, the girls find the blue guitar pick. They give it to the dogs, who pick up her scent and track her down to a "modern" treehouse. Musa finds her safe and sound, rocking out on her guitar. Her real dream is to be a guitarist. James is the only one who knows that she plays it. The Winx and Madelyn get back to the concert hall with her guitar. However, the Shaman uses the sand and one of his magic stones to kidnap her. He uses another one to create duplicates of himself. The Winx transform. Musa sends out magic vibrations that weaken the Shaman's illusions. Musa knocks the real Shaman down and catches the real Madelyn. She protects them both from the Shaman's attack and knocks him back. This causes the illusions to disappear. The Shaman gets up, but before he can continue the fight, the Queen opens a portal and takes him back to the World of Dreams. Madelyn wakes up, and the Winx claim that she fainted. She goes onstage, playing classical piano before switching to rock guitar. Everyone in the audience loves it, including James and her parents. Madelyn will move on to the finals of WOW. Backstage, Madelyn thanks Musa and is glad that her parents still support her dreams. She gives Musa her guitar pick to thank her, which Musa gladly accepts. In the World of Dreams, the Shaman is confronted by the Queen. She pulled him back because time was up. He delivered her Yu, but not Madelyn. He did half the job, so she will show him half of a portion of mercy. I'm not kidding, that's more or less her exact line. Not exactly Oscar worthy writing. Or any award, really. No Tonys, no Emmys, no Annies, nothing. She allows him to stay in the World of Dreams, but she has Crocodile Man eat his magic stones. But that would make him way less effective at kidnapping talents. As for getting rid of the Winx, she gives that job to a new group of warriors.