Fairy Form

Throughout the Winx Club series the Winx have been through many levels of Fairy Power and Transformations, the first 3 normal faeach being more (the higher fairy levels) or less (the first 3 normal fairy levels) specific. So far, the Fairy Forms shown in the series are:
 * Standard Fairy Level
 * Charmix Level
 * Enchantix Level
 * Believix Level (Speedix, Tracix and Zoomix included)
 * Sophix
 * Lovix
 * Sirenix

Standard Fairy Form(RAI)/Charmix (Nickelodeon)
It is the standard transformation for Fairies and the lowest level of transformation, first seen in Season 1. In this form the fairies can more easily use their magic than when they are in civilian form, and can fly, as well as use very powerful spells. A fairy usually is first able to transform when she gains enough will-power and fully believes in her magic and capabilities (Such as when Bloom first transformed).

Charmix
It is the second magic level which was first seen towards the end of Season 2, and consists of a brooch and a bag. It boosts up the magical energy of a fairy, making her more powerful and allowing her to use magic in places where in normal fairy form she would not be able to perform any magic (the Wildlands, for example) and is earned when a fairy overcomes a great personal difficulty. However it can run out of energy and the fairy either becomes weaker or is unable to use any magic (in the Wildlands or in Lord Darkar's fortress).

Enchantix
It is the third level and the final fairy form, introduced in Season 3. In this form the fairies get even more powerful, and are able to use powers such as Fairy Dust and Miniaturization. Fairies are then able to heal themselves and other people, and they are also able to break the most powerful dark spells; Enchantix fairies are the Guardian Fairies of the Magic Dimension. It is usually earned by the fairy accomplishing an act of sacrifice to save someone from her own planet (such as Stella saving her father by coming between him and a dragon, and Musa not willing to leave her friend Princess Galatea, who is from her planet, to die in the evil fire created by Darcy in the library at Alfea and wanting to save her till the very end, even at the cost of being herself burnt to death), but sometimes it can be earned by a very strong will-power, like Bloom's wish to prevent Valtor from winning, and by, as Maia said: "reacting to the Trix's taunts by using all the energy within her, allowing her to free her Enchantix powers, which is only something those who have the Dragon Fire within them can do. Bloom went through a long journey to be reborn from her ashes (her broken self/will-power) and gain more strength". However an Enchantix gained in this way is incomplete and the fairy cannot use her miniaturization powers and can easily lose control.

Higher Fairy Levels
In the fourth season Miss Faragonda mentions that there are higher level fairy forms which can be earned by fairies having already reached the final form for specific situations, and which provide the fairies with further powers than Enchantix does.

Believix
Believix is the first higher level fairy form introduced in Winx Club. It is introduced in season 4 when Miss Faragonda tells the Winx that there exists many higher level forms of fairy power, which can be accessed by Enchantix Fairies. The main power of Believix is to make people open their hearts to good feelings and to make them believe in magic. There are also specific spells to this transformation, as well as three sets of wings, namely the Speedix, which are wings which allow the fairy to fly extremely fast, the Tracix, which allow the fairies to magically connect to places and see the history of these places, and the Zoomix Wings, which allow the fairies to teleport themselves. Believix is earned by a fairy when this fairy convinces someone who does not believe in magic to start believing in it. Its positive power is thus opposite to the negative power of the Wizards of the Black Circle, which is to weaken the fairies by making humans stop believing in them.

Sophix
Sophix is the first of the Gifts of Destiny given to the Winx by the Imperial Fairies. It is the Gift of Wisdom and allows Believix fairies to connect themselves to the powers of nature, and to be in touch with it. It was used when the Winx had to face Diana, the Major Fairy of Nature.

Lovix
Lovix is the second Gift of Destiny and is the Gift of Courage as well as the Gift of the Heart and allows the Fairies to protect themselves from the cold as well as using the powers of Ice. It was used when the Winx tried to stop Aurora, the Major Fairy of the North.

Sirenix
Sirenix is the unconfirmed name of the Season 5 transformation. It is supposed to be a water-related transformation. It has not been officially confirmed by the creators of Winx Club, though Molly Quinn, who is currently voicing Bloom, has confirmed it on her Facebook account. However the status of this information remains doubtful for the time being.

Major Fairies of Earth
Major Fairies are the Supreme Guardians of Nature on Earth (possibly there are Major Fairies on other planets also). The appearance of the Major Fairies of Earth seems to look like a higher fairy form, since they appear to be stronger that Enchantix level fairies, have no fairy dust pendants/bottles, and have larger and less detailed wings than Enchantix and Believix wings.

It is possible that they indeed have reached a higher fairy level, or that it is just a standard fairy level, since their wings usually have the same appearances as their follower fairies' wings, or that all the Earth Fairies gained a higher fairy level transformation which they obtained after having their wings plucked by the Wizards of the Black Circle, which would explain why Morgana's wings are different from all the Major Fairies' wings as she is supposed to have been the last fairy captured by the Wizards and that her wings are still growing again (as Nebula herself said to the Wizards that the wings of fairies may take a lot of time to grow again, but that they indeed end up by growing again), or maybe Morgana is not a Major Fairy like those of whom she is the overlord.

Note that the wings of Nebula and of Diana are alike, while those of Aurora and Sibylla are more different, and that Aurora's wings slightly look like the wings of the fairies shown fleeing (possibly Warrior Fairies of Domino) in the flashbacks of the destruction of Domino which Bloom saw when her crown was telling her the story of her world's destruction after she went to her planet in Season 1. This could possibly imply that the fairy level of the Major Fairies is one gained by becoming a warrior, which could possibly explain why the wings of Sibylla are even more different than those of the other Major Fairies, since she is bound to remain neutral in whatever circumstance and did not attempt to fight the Wizards of the Black Circle during the Great Fairy Hunt, but instead tried to flee.

However, when the first Major Fairy, Diana, came in action, Miss Faragonda told the Winx that their Believix powers are useless and ineffective against Major Fairies and that they would need the Gifts of Destiny to be able to ace the Major Fairies, possibly confirming that the Major Fairies have reached another higher Fairy Level or implying that they were normal, possibly Enchantix-level fairies who had greater powers than even Believix Fairies because they were guardians of Nature and their powers came from it.

Mermaids
Whether mermaids and Fairies share any relation has not been seen in the TV series aside from Mermaids having sparkling tails and sharing wings that allow them to fly and have magical ability with the fairies. It is however possible that Mermaids and Fairies are two related species.

In the Winx Club novels there is a Fairy form Transformation called Aquatix which is accessed after Charmix which allows Fairies to transform into Mermaids which has not been shown in the TV series. According to the story line in the novels the Winx Club acquired Aquatix soon after the Valtor incident.

Dark Fairy
A Dark Fairy is an evil Fairy. However a normal Fairy who does bad things is not necessarily a Dark Fairy as some Alfea fairies have been shown having bad behavior and manners but who still remained normal fairies.

A Dark Fairy is either a Fairy who has turned to evil or whose powers become fueled by Evil and Darkness more like a Witch's powers while the powers of normal Fairies are fueled by Light. A Dark Fairy can also be a person who is able to become a fairy but instead of gaining good magic gains evil magic. It seems that an evil spell is needed to turn people into Dark Fairies, like Lord Darkar turned Bloom into Dark Bloom or when the Wizards of the Black Circle turned Mitzi and her friends into Dark Fairies.

Just like Witches, the bad nature of Dark Fairies' powers are shown by their dark clothing.

Dark Bloom
The first time a Dark Fairy was shown was in Season 2 when Bloom was turned into an evil Fairy by the fake professor Avalon at Alfea. Bloom then stormed into the Secret Archives of Alfea and attacked Concorda to find the piece of the Codex of Alfea, which she ended by giving to Lord Darkar. This spell seemed quite weak as Lockette's magic kiss was able to turn Bloom back to her old self for some seconds before she turned evil again. The false Avalon then "healed" Bloom, who could no longer remember anything about what happened. Bloom's state was apparently caused by a kind of Shadow Virus which contaminated her. According to Miss Faragonda only the person who had put Bloom under influence of that virus could heal her as easily as "Avalon" did, and this was partly how the identity of the fake Avalon was revealed.

Later Bloom was captured by Lord Darkar and turned into Dark Bloom by a spell of Darkar's. The spell turned Bloom herself evil, and her powers remained unaffected and were not fueled by darkness because Lord Darkar needed the power of Light in Bloom's Dragon Fire to balance his power of Darkness to gain the Ultimate Power of the Realix Dimension. This time the spell which turned Bloom evil was stronger than the one originally put on Bloom by Avalon, because Lockette's magic kiss had no effect on Bloom. Dark Bloom was not a complete dark fairy because when Sky admitted his love to Bloom her good feelings surfaced and broke Darkar's spell and turned her back into a normal Fairy. Bloom later said that she could remember everything from when she had been turned evil by Lord Darkar.

Other Dark Fairies
Dark Fairies also appeared in Season 4, when the Wizards of the Black Circle turned Mitzi and her friends Sally and Darma into evil Fairies. It was their magical powers which were then fueled by Evil and Darkness that made them evil (with help of their own bad feelings). They caused negative feelings to appear in the hearts of nearby people in opposition to Believix which causes good feelings to appear in the hearts of people. However the Winx helped the nearby persons and used the power of their Believix to cause good feelings to appear in the hearts of the people. This weakened the evil powers of Mitzi and her friends, which were fueled by the bad feelings of people, till their Dark Fairy powers were destroyed and the spell of the Wizards broken. Mitzi and her friends then turned back into normal humans, but could no longer remember anything from when they were Dark Fairies, and possibly from when they met the Wizards, though it could be that it was a ruse by them so that they do not have problems.

All-Powerful Fairies
Many fairies have been described as all-powerful Fairies in the Series. These include the Nymphs of Magix, Arcadia and the Ethereal Fairies.

However Arcadia and the Ethereal Fairies are beings made of pure magic and are immortal since they exist both in and out of Time while the Nymphs are all-powerful because they possess the Dragon Flame and are presumed to be mortal as Daphne, the last Nymph, was killed by the Ancestral Witches.

However even if the Ethereal Fairies and Arcadia are all-powerful Fairies, the most powerful Fairy in the whole Universe remains the Keeper of the Dragon Flame. The Nymphs of Magix can therefore be considered as having been the most powerful Fairies of the Magic Dimension, even more powerful than Arcadia and the Ethereal Fairies.

Nymphs
A type of fairies which has been mentioned are the Nymphs, of whom Daphne, Bloom's elder sister, was one.

In the first season when Bloom does research at Alfea to find out more about Daphne, she learns that the Nymphs of Magix were nine all-powerful fairies who had consecutively been the Guardians of the Dragon Fire and ruled the destiny of the Magic Dimension since the disappearance of the Great Dragon, the last being Daphne.



They were apparently so respected and powerful that they were even represented on a Temple found at Magix, as Bloom told Sky in the ninth episode of the first season. There were also statues, representations and relics of them at the Museum of Magix which could be seen in the episode where Valtor breaks into it to steal the Agador Box.

It is unknown if Nymph is a Fairy Level specific to Keepers of the Dragon Fire or a title but since Daphne was shown to be able to fly and cast extremely powerful spells without having wings in flashbacks, it can be speculated to be a Fairy Level.

Since a Fairy becomes a Nymph of Magix because she possesses the Dragon Flame it is assumed that she stops being a Nymph, in case it is not a Fairy Level, once she has passed the Dragon's power to its next Keeper and it is also assumed that the Nymphs are mortal since Daphne, who was a Nymph, is dead and the other Nymphs have never seen in the show and have always been mentioned in the past tense. Bloom possibly may become a Nymph later in her life just as her sister had been before her and since the Nymphs of Magix were previous Keepers of the Dragon Flame they are assumed to be Bloom's ancestors since the Dragon's power has been handed down over generations of Domino's Royal Family and this means that either Oritel or Mariam was once its Keeper. If Mariam was the Keeper of the Dragon Fire before Daphne, it means that she was or is also one of the Nymphs of Magix.

While the Keeper of the Dragon Flame is considered to be the most powerful fairy to exist, Bloom has not shown this ability as she has already been weakened, met an equal match to her and even been defeated more than once. This could maybe be explained by the fact the she is is still at Enchantix/Believix level and has not mastered her full powers and has not yet become a Nymph, since Daphne and the other Nymphs were described as the most powerful Fairies of the Magic Dimension. While Daphne was described as being so powerful as to have herself represented on a Temple at Magix, the Ancestral Witches were able to kill her, possibly because she was no longer that powerful once she had passed on the Dragon Flame to Bloom.

Lake Roccaluce has however been mentioned many times as being the home of the Nymphs of Magix and it is unknown if it was referred to as their actual home, which would imply that they are immortal like the other all-powerful fairies shown later in the series, or as the place where their spirits continue to stay after their death, similarly to how Daphne's spirit used to stay in the Lake since none of the Nymphs was actually seen in or near the Lake.

Arcadia
When the Winx go to ask for the Water Stars in the third season, they meet Arcadia, who is described by another one of the Keepers of the Water Stars to be the first Fairy to have ever existed in the Magic Dimension. She, as well as the other Keepers of the Water Stars described themselves as being existing since the beginning of the creation of the Magical Universe, and that they were altogether within and out of Time, supposing that Arcadia has always been having the same state and appearance since the beginning of the Universe. However it is unknown if a normal fairy could ever become like her, as it is possible that the ultimate and highest fairy level could be one which would make a normal fairy like Arcadia. It is also possible that no fairy can ever become like Arcadia since, being the first fairy ever she probably does not need any transformation, and the way she appeared in the series is possibly her usual and true appearance. Also, just like the Ethereal Fairies, she is maybe made of pure magic, not of matter (flesh and blood) like normal fairies such as the Winx.

Ethereal Fairies
The Ethereal Fairies appeared in Season 4, when they went to give the Gifts of Destiny to the Winx to help them face the Major Fairies of Earth. They presented themselves as magical creatures who are eternal, powerful as well as being pure. When they were first appearing to the Winx, Nabu mentioned their magic as being impenetrable and delicious. it is unknown if a normal fairy can become an Ether Fairy, or if the Ether Fairies are magical beings who have been existing in the same state and with the same appearance since ever they came into existence, as they call themselves as being both eternal and pure, meaning that they had been existing since ever (alike to Arcadia), and that they were probably made of pure magic, not of matter (flesh and blood) like normal fairies such as the Winx.