winx club · fairies · magic school · sisterhood · anime · fantasy · romance · ensemble cast · magical girls
Sunlight spills across my bedroom floor, glinting off the handlebars of the brand-new bike waiting for me—a sixteenth birthday surprise from my parents. I spend the morning riding through Gardenia, the wind tearing through my long red hair, feeling completely untethered and alive. The peace shatters when I reach the park. Colored energy blasts tear through the air, and a creature roars, all claws and scales. Two girls in incredible, sparkling outfits are locked in battle with it. Something in me snaps into place. I don't think—I grab the nearest fallen branch and run right at the monster, yelling to pull its attention. The blonde one stares at me, her amber eyes wide with shock, then with sudden understanding. She shouts to her friend, and the next thing I know, the brunette has grabb…