Layla's Courage is the seventy-first issue of the Winx Club Comic Series.
Synopsis[]
One night, as Aisha tidies up her dorm, she comes across her old photo album and finds a picture of her childhood friend, Silvan. Remembering how much he still makes her smile, Aisha ends up dreaming about rescuing Silvan from a raging river. To her surprise, her dreams ends up being a premonition, as she and the Winx end up finding Silvan drowning in that very river! Excited to see her old friend safe, Aisha takes the time to catch up with Silvan and develops romantic feelings for him in the process; improving her mood greatly at first. However, after Aisha makes the decision to leave Alfea in order to be with Silvan at all times, she starts to see that he was never the man she thought of him as.
Plot[]
It is night in Alfea. Bloom invites Aisha to hang out with the rest of the Winx watching some tv, but Aisha declines the invitation stating that she is tired and that she will go to her room. She says goodbye to Bloom and wishes her goodnight. Once in her room, she remembers that she picked up the clothes from the laundry and now she must put them in her place, but she has no space. Suddenly, a box falls from above and Aisha complains because she will have to pick it up too. When going to pick it up, she discovers that it contains photo albums of her when she was a child, she had taken them to Alfea and did not remember it.
She decides to look at them, leaving the cleaning aside, and thanks to the photos she remembers an old childhood friend, Silvan, remembering the good times they had together and how much fun she had with him. It is getting very late and she decides to go to sleep and leave the cleaning for the next day. The next morning, Aisha wakes up quickly and changes into expedition clothes. In the hallway she runs into Bloom and Musa, Bloom asks her where she is going, to which Layla replies that she is going on a hike. Musa reminds her the classes, but Aisha asks them to make an excuse to the teacher and she leaves.
Some time later, Aisha has already traveled a long way and is enjoying the views, when she hears an engine and sees a ship crash into the river. She runs to see if there are survivors. Aisha discovers the pilot clinging to a branch and runs to help him, although some reeds hold her back and then...she wakes up. It turns out that it was all a dream and the plants that were holding her were nothing but the sheets of her bed. But Aisha is restless, she has a bad feeling, so she wakes up the rest of the Winx and tells them about the dream she had, adding that she believes it is a premonitory dream.
All the Winx transform and go to the exact place guided by Aisha, where they discover that everything happened as she said she dreamed. They manage to rescue the pilot, and when he sees Aisha, she recognizes him as Silvan, her old childhood friend. Happy to see each other again, they start talking to catch up on each other's lives. Back in Alfea, Aisha tells the girls that he had a medical checkup but he is fine, and that he is a pilot and he was testing a new shuttle when he had the accident. Stella seems interested, stating that if he is a pilot, he probably knows another men, but Tecna claims that she already has Brandon. Aisha continues talking, commenting that it must have stuck in her head when she saw her old photo album and that she heard his distress call in time.
Bloom says that it is probably due to her fairy powers, to which Aisha replies that she feels lucky to have them and to have saved Silvan. She then says goodbye and goes to sleep. Once she is gone, Flora says that she seemed very happy talking about him, Stella agrees and says she has been depressed since Nabu, while Bloom loudly expresses her wish for Aisha to be happy.
The next day, while in Wizgiz class, Aisha receives a text message, Stella asks who it is from and tries to find out what it says, Aisha tells her that it is from Silvan but that she should not interfere. At the end of classes, she tells the rest of the Winx that she is going to the city and that she will see them later. They are perplexed but Stella is very sure that she is going to see Silvan. The rest of her friends agree that they want her to be happy and will support her if she needs help. At the same time, in Magix, Aisha gets off the bus and meets with Silvan. He tells her that he is very grateful that she saved him and proposes that they go to the park and have an ice cream, to which she accepts.
As night falls, the Winx are gathered in their common room. Musa comments that she spoke with Aisha and she told her that she talked to Silvan all afternoon. Stella wants to know more details right away and Musa adds that Silvan is a test pilot, that he checks all the ships and shuttles. Flora believes that a new love story is beginning, although Stella just wants to know if something happened between Aisha and Silvan. Tecna tells her not to interfere and Bloom ends up calming Stella down so she does not argue by throwing a pillow at her. The other girls join in the pillow fight. Meanwhile, Aisha is in her room talking to Silvan. He tells her that she has become very important to him, even more than his planes, and that he would like them to see each other more often. They both agree to meet the next day.
The next morning, during breakfast, Stella proposes that they all go shopping together at a new store, although Aisha says that she will be busy and she quickly leaves. The Winx all talk about her relationship with Silvan, although both Musa and Roxy comment that he seems very busy with his shuttles and is always late for the dates. Flora believes that they will be able to resolve their differences in the end. At the same time, Aisha arrives at Magix but is disappointed when Silvan calls her and tells her that he cannot meet her, so she takes the bus back to Alfea. Elsewhere in Magix, the Winx hang out together while working so that Stella does not buy every item of clothing from every store just because she buys "nice things."
Some time later, at night, the Winx return to Alfea and pass Aisha in the corridors. She seems a little discouraged but announces the news that she is leaving Alfea and has already told Faragonda. Bloom tells her that it is a little sudden but Aisha is willing to leave and she says that she will move near Silvan in order to spend time with him. She leaves to prepare her stuff. Musa says that, between Alfea and Silvan, she chose him because she must love him very much. Stella is insecure because she does not believe she would be able to do that. Flora thinks that Aisha is too brave to make a decision like that. Bloom confirms that they must respect her decision and that Aisha can count on them if she needs them.
A few days later, Aisha meets Faragonda, who looks down on her, wishes her luck, and tells her that she will be missed. Aisha goes to where Silvan works, he is surprised to see her there but accepts that she is staying. Aisha tells him that she will look for a job and that she has already found an apartment to stay in. Some time later, Bloom talks to Aisha on the phone and she tells her that everything is going very well, she even found a job. Aisha despises Bloom because Silvan's boss has appeared and hangs up. The superior congratulates her for all the great work she did organizing the files and that she can surely help Silvan because he is having technical problems. After a while, Aisha enters the filing cabinet, where she runs into a flight attendant, who tells her that Silvan found a good match in her, although Aisha is really confused.
A few days later, Silvan and Aisha are having lunch together. Silvan is outraged because he thinks Aisha wants to take away his job, that he should not tell a woman that, and he storms out, even though she just wanted to help. After a while, Bloom arrives at Layla's apartment for a surprise visit, and brings her cream buns. The two chat for a while and although Bloom thinks something is wrong, Layla insists that it is not. That same afternoon, Silvan's superior proposes that Aisha take a routine flight with Silvan, and although she is not very sure, she ends up accepting. The next day, they both board the ship, and although they have problems with the engines, thanks to Aisha's ability, they land safely. Upon reaching the ground again, Silvan lies by telling that he fixed everything. While his superior is not listening, he tells Aisha not to get involved, that it is his professional career.
That same afternoon, Aisha decides to return to Alfea, and it is Musa who sees her through the window (because she was cleaning it) while the rest of the Winx were removing a huge rug to clean underneath. They all stop cleaning and go to receive her, the principal also appears. Aisha asks Faragonda to be reinstated in Alfea again and the principal accepts her again. Aisha says that she made a big mistake by going with Silvan and now she knows what kind of person he is. Bloom highlights how brave she is, Aisha asks her why and Bloom explains that she is very brave, not only because she abandoned everything she knew and went after Silvan, but because she knew how to recognize that she had made a mistake and knew how to get back to her life... All the Winx welcome her with affection.
Spells Used[]
None.
Mistakes[]
Debuts[]
- Silvan
- Silvan's Superior
- Unnamed Assistant
Characters[]
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