Cloud Tower Elite

The Cloud Tower Elite were a group of freshman witches under the Trix's tutelage when they seized Cloud Tower.

Overview
The group initially started with three witches, who were formerly fairies from the Eraklyon Institute. Three more members were added later on. They mostly serve as season 6's minor antagonists often causing trouble for the Alfea fairies and hindering the Winx's plans.

Although one of the members was present during the Trix's siege of Cloud Tower the group did not form until much later. This member was also the last to join but the first to be enrolled at Cloud Tower.

Season 6
The group started out when three fairies, Lazuli, Rhody and Jade, from Eraklyon Institute decided they no longer wanted to be fairies and would try to enroll into the Cloud Tower College for Witches. Upon arrival, they are met with coincidence, the current "headmistresses" are the witches who ambushed and stole their former college's magic - the Trix. Naturally, they were nervous about the enrollment process (a demonstration of worthiness) and were one of the last to be tested. Before their turn, they have so far, learned what traits the Trix deemed permissible for entry: lack of to no sympathy, condemnation of friendship, and confidence.

Of the three, Lazuli was up first and she was fumbling with her words from being nervous until an aggravated Icy told her to hurry up and speak. Lazuli gathered her courage quickly after that and demonstrated her ability to manipulate hair using it on her friends, Jade and Rhody. She stood proudly when she demonstrated she did not care for friendship but the Trix found her powers a little weird... This made Lazuli a little more nervous than before as they called for the next person, Delores.

Delores confidentially stepped forward and was about to introduce herself until the Trix realized she looks eerily similar to one of their enemies, Bloom. Solely for this reason, she was automatically rejected.

Afterwards, the Trix remembered that right now is the best time to get rid of Bloom as she was depressed and hating herself at the moment. Stormy then tells Lazuli that she is officially a student of Cloud Tower but her friends are not and that they must leave. Lazuli's wings are then magically removed from her and the Trix leave. Lazuli thanks the Trix wholeheartedly and turns to her friends, sarcastically saying she will set them free and turns them into winged monsters. She mockingly laughs at them.

The group's first mission was to assist the Trix in conquering the Mystic School of Tir Na Nog and stealing their magic. Stormy strikes the school with lightning which forces some of the students, Queen Nebula, the Winx and Eldora out of the it. And although only Lazuli was permitted enrollment into Cloud Tower, Jade and Rhody joined the Trix on the ambush attack. The group and Trix push them back with their combined magic attack. Though Rhody was unfortunately turned into a bird by Eldora. Seeing as their enemies are distracted, Jade and Lazuli saw this as a good opportunity to sneak into the school. They energy blast at the Earth Fairies inside to scare them and mock them for their weakness.

Bloom however, had noticed them and began charging up her magic to strike. Jade and Lazuli were not fazed and got cocky, believing that she could not stop the two of them until they were proven wrong. The two ended up fleeing from her. Afterwards, Jade and Lazuli had met up with Icy (who was trying to finish Bloom until her necklace that contained the magical energy from the other schools was destroyed) in the school and retreated with Stormy, Darcy and Rhody in her bird form to forge another plan.

The group still needed to prove their worth to the Trix and must outrank the other Cloud Tower witches. So, Lazuli, Rhody and Jade are tasked to demonstrate their attack spells with two new students, Kanika and Veronique. The former fairies have only recently switched to dark magic and have trouble managing these spells which backfired on them. This was met with disappointment from the Trix.

Veronique and Kanika have no trouble with theirs and have the upper hand. Kanika has fun messing with Jade who is trapped in her gravity spell while Veronique enjoyed making Lazuli and Rhody even more dizzy after the latter failed in her magnetic spell. Their ruthlessness and control in power earned the Trix's respect and allowed them to join the group. The girls are then dismissed when Selina alerts the Trix that the Winx are approaching Cloud Tower.

After Stella had been turned evil by a magic mirror, the group was then summoned by her into her palace as a replacement for her "former friends." The girls appreciated the invitation and Jade curtsies to her. With Stella's permission to "make [themselves] feel at home" they take the offer and starts mischief. Lazuli insults King Radius for his cowardliness as he watched his guards be transformed into pigs by Jade and did nothing to help. The girls eventually angered the Winx and Daphne enough and a battle begins in the courtroom. This continues until the Winx and Daphne have had enough of their games and converged their powers on them. The group decided it was time to make an escape and Jade provides cover allowing the group to teleport out.

News of the group's endeavors reach the other students and some want to be recruited, amongst them being Cobrana and Zulema. A recruitment test is held to determine which of these witches qualify: successfully pass through the Mirrors of Maelstrom. Cobrana goes first but fails, indicated by the glowing green goo exiting one of the mirrors, this scares off two other witches. Another witch had more courage and confidence and pass through the mirrors, as she celebrates she is also turned into the glowing green goo. Zulema walks through the mirrors with unshakable fearlessness and passes. She is then allowed entry into the group, gaining its final member. Their final test is an attack on Alfea.

Some time later, the group is called in by the Trix into the Skeleton Room for a lesson. They are first asked "what is the most important quality in a young witch?" Lazuli answers "independence," Rhody answers "ambition," and Zulema answers "power" which is the right answer for the Trix. Icy has them step forward, she converges with Darcy and Stormy onto the dragon skeleton, granting them intangibility. The intangibility spell is tested by the Trix and is successful. The girls are then given their task to destroy the magical instruments that are being used to create Alfea's new magical barrier. During the concert, the girls start attacking the fairies. The Winx retaliate but their spells just phase right through them. Same with the Specialists and Paladins' Magical Weapons. The girls enjoy the moment as they are practically untouchable. They fly towards the concert stage and try to destroy the instruments. But, Musa gathers enough musical energy with the help of Roxy and other Alfea fairies, that it overpowers them; their intangibility wears off and they are forced to retreat.

The girls are once again called into the Skeleton Room. This time, they are given the Spell of Invisibility by the Trix after they had conquered Hoggar. With it they are once again, ordered to take down Alfea and upon arrival, with wicked smiles on their faces, they fly above the school and start blasting at the Alfea fairies. Watching them run away in fear amuses them and when the teachers summon the Alfea Dome as protection against them, they converge their powers on it from the inside to deactivate it. The Winx, Specialists and Paladins try to stop them but because they cannot see them, the girls have the upper-hand. That is, until Tecna uses her invention that not only reveals them but Cloud Tower as well. Seeing as they lost the upper-hand, they retreat back into their school.

The rest of their day is uneventful until the school starts plunging towards the ground! Some of the members can be seen running around the school in a panic. Lazuli frantically catch up with Rhody and Jade. They are trying to figure what is happening and notice that they cannot fly. They are unaware that Selina had freed Acheron who stripped all the magic from the Magic Dimension and thus, the magic that maintained Cloud Tower's levitation spell. Luckily for them, the Winx came right on time and eased the school into a soft landing, of which the girls are grateful for. The girls then meet up in the amphitheater with the rest of the witches. Selina flies in and has everyone stay where they are because it is dangerous. The girls are confused and Selina explains that there is a reason to it.

After Acheron is defeated, the stolen magic are returned to their respective schools and the Legendarium is locked for good, the girls have to undergo a reevaluation conducted by Griffin. Most of them are surprised by this but Zulema seems to be a bit annoyed.

Trivia

 * It is uncertain how Jade and Rhody were admitted into Cloud Tower even though they were dismissed by the Trix.
 * They also did not finish the enrollment process of demonstrating their worth.
 * Lazuli is the only member whose name was said in the series. The rest of the girls' names are found in the ending credits.
 * Unique to Jade, Rhody and Lazuli their color schemes and clothing decor represent the meaning of their names.
 * Jade and Lazuli are named after rocks. Jade is named after the ornamental stone jade which means green stone or stone of the side. Lazuli is named after a metamorphic rock called Lapis Lazuli and it is a deep-blue color.
 * Rhody's name is the name of a flowering plant, the rose. Her outfit resembles the color of a red rose.
 * They and the Children of the Night are the only other antagonistic group to have the same number of members as the Winx.