Winx Club S5 E8

## Plot

The girls are at an annual party of Alfea's, where everyone from Red Fountain comes over. Tecna sees the Sirenix book appear and decides to record the clue, which is a piece of music. Stella notices Aisha looking down and decides to try cheering her up. She looks at a picture of Nabu on her phone. And that is Nabu's last appearance and indirect mention, since no one ever talks about him again. It's like he never existed in the first place. Real people don't just "get over" the death of a loved one. I doubt they ever do. Is it possible to move on? Yes, of course, but it's also important to honor and remember the people who are gone. Roy tries to approach Aisha, but before he can, Stella tries to set her up with random Specialist guys. Aisha is mad at Stella for putting her nose in her business. Meanwhile, Tritannus finally heads back to Andros to turn his father and sister into mutants, which he planned to do since episode 4. Phylla, Lemmy, Illiris, and Nissa, keeper of the Magix gate, tell them about everything Tritannus has done. Which they've also been meaning to do since episode 4. I know they're small, so it probably takes them awhile to swim that far, but still. Tritannus attacks right then, turning the guards into mutants and sending them after his father, while Tressa attempts to fight two other mutants that Tritannus brought with him. Also, Tressa's voice actress here is Laura Bailey, which automatically makes her at least five times more badass than she already was. However, she can't bring herself to attack them when she finds out that they're her brother Nereus and mother Ligea. Or they could just be two random mutants. Seriously, they have no reason to believe anything that Tritannus says. Even if he is lying though, all of his mutants are still innocent merpeople that have been forcibly transformed and turned evil against their will, like what Valtor did to some of them in season 3. Musa gets mad at Riven when he watches another girl play guitar. He goes after her to apologize, but before he can, she stops when she hears Tecna play the musical clue. It's a song her mother sang to her when she was little. It had odd lyrics because it was a riddle. *Like a ruby shining under the sea, corals are strings that you feel in a key* This means that the next challenge is on Melody, Musa's home planet. Musa, Aisha, and Stella will go there, and decide to start their search at the song wharf. It's either the location of Musa's old house, a vacation spot for her family, or the place where her mom sang to her. She says all of those contradicting things in the same episode, proving that the writers *really* can't keep track of continuity. Also, considering that Musa's family was poor, I seriously doubt they could ever afford to go on a vacation, at least after Musa was born. Wait, the girls only have ten days left to complete the quest? But they started with a whole month! I blame the stupid Sirenix book, since they can't control when it appears. I also blame the writers for trying to artificially create an atmosphere of suspense, even though it's a foregone conclusion in pretty much every story that the good guys win. What keeps us interested is knowing just what it will cost the heroes to get to that victory. And this is a little girl's show, so there are virtually no stakes. It's too predictable. Now I feel like that Mindy chick from *Bolt*. Anyways, Tritannus disarms King Neptune when he attempts to help Tressa. She throws her sword at him, but he just blocks it with his trident. With no weapon, she's easily captured by the mutants. Tritannus turns them both into mutants and takes Nissa's powers. So, if she never bonds with a fairy, does that mean that she never gets her powers back? That's actually kind of depressing. Tritannus also steals some power from his father's sword. This lets him see what all of Andros's citizens are up to, including Aisha. Stella doesn't understand why Aisha is mad at her. Aisha claims that if Stella doesn't understand, then she can't explain it to her. Stella points out that she can't understand if Aisha doesn't explain it to her. And I for one completely agree with Stella. There's a first. And no, Aisha never does tell Stella that what's bothering her is the death of her fiancée, or the fact that she tried setting her up with random guys without bothering to ask her or consider how she'd feel about it. But enough about that wasted character development opportunity, we've got more of those coming! Tritannus steals the powers of Sonna, keeper of the Melody gate. Yes, she bonds with Musa, but not in the way you think. Because for once, the bonding is actually important to the plot! I can't decide whether I'm happy about that or not, because I still hate the selkies. Especially Phylla. The girls arrive at the song wharf, and Musa really misses her mom. *As you wander, never fear I'll be right where you are Everlasting ever near Like a beacon for your heart My love will shine for you girl There are mysteries you may seek Riddles you may answer But it's a secret song we speak That makes my heart a dancer I love you beyond all treasure* Thanks to Tecna, they're able to find the location of red coral, as in the ruby shining under the sea part. Before they can check it out though, Tritannus confronts them. He attempts to turn Aisha into a monster, but Musa takes the hit for her instead. In her mutated state, she attacks Aisha and Stella, who swim away. And… that's all Tritannus does. He doesn't go after them, he doesn't attempt to keep mutating Aisha. He just leaves. Stella and Aisha hide from Musa in an area that's too small for her to get to. They find Lemmy and Illiris there. Aisha learns that the rest of her family has been turned into mutants. The girls work together to get Sonna to break the spell. Stella distracts Musa and Aisha finds Sonna. Their plan works, and the bonding breaks the spell and restores Sonna's powers. Aisha and Stella apologize to each other and make up. They find the ruby reef and play the coral strings on a harp. Now that I think about it, Aisha and Stella had to face a test of empathy. Okay, now the events of the episode make a little more sense. The Sirenix book appears, and tells the girls that to move on, they have to figure out the message of the song. Um, can't they just ask their guardians for a musical translation? That's what I'd do. Bloom spends some time with Sky, and Daphne watches them. And that's when Tritannus and the Trix finally attack her, after planning to do so since the end of episode 4. Seriously, why is this taking everyone so long? That psychic vision/dream connection thing that Daphne and Bloom have apparently works both ways, since Bloom can sense something, but it's just a bad feeling, which isn't concrete proof that her older sister has been kidnapped by the forces of evil.