Issue 86: The Golden Reef

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Issue 86: The Golden Reef
Comic Information
Italian Title	La scogliera d'oro
Release Date	May 2011
Publisher	Tridimensional S.r.l.
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The Golden Reef is the eighty-sixth issue of the Winx Club Comic Series.

Synopsis

Neruman's lair.

The story begins in the dark lair of Neruman. He snaps his fingers and one of his shadows comes to him in that instant. Neruman declares that it is time and orders for his shadow to bring the potion. His shadow slips under a door across from Neruman's throne and urges for two creatures inside to hurry as their master cannot wait any longer. The oldest creature demands for patience as he just needs to add the last ingredient but the younger creature does not even know what they are doing. Believing that his subordinate is stupid, the older creature decides to explain their reasons once more:

Neruman was once a member of the Fortress of Light Council. He was a great scholar of all things black magic, which caused him to be opposed by everyone around him. Just as he was about to master his most important spell, the other Counselors discovered Neruman's deeds and threw him into exile; stripping him of his status. Despite all of this, Neruman became more determined to continue his studies and did so in secret.

The younger creature then asks what Neruman's spell was supposed to do and whether or not it worked. The older creature reveals that the spell was supposed to give Neruman vital energy that would keep him young and from aging, however, part of the spell had failed. Neruman's mind may have become more powerful and full of ambition but his body was ravaged by a disease that reduced the wizard into nothing more than a shadow. With the potion now finished, both creatures make their way to Neruman to deliver it.

The older creature hands Neruman the potion with the promise of it being an upgraded formula and Neruman pours it on himself. After soaking enough of it, Neruman removes his gloves, only to see that the potion did not work. Angered by their incompetence, Neruman plans to have the two creatures devoured by his shadows but the older one pleads for mercy, believing that it is not his fault since he was just following the instructions. He then claims that Neruman has not accumulated enough negative energy for the potion to work and proposes that he gather some more. Just then, two of Neruman's shadows arrive and claim that they have brought a good harvest. A planet called Iberian experienced a huge flood and even though rescue was quick, many of its people still suffered. The two shadows laugh about being so full from all of the negative energy generated from Iberian until Neruman orders for them to merge with his shadow. The two of them do so and Neruman begins to feel better. Neruman realizes that he will need to gather as much negative energy as possible if he wants to heal completely so he sends out masses of his shadows towards a planet called Earth, believing that humans are weak and prone to suffering.

Meanwhile, on Earth, Roxy and the Winx are visiting Klaus and Morgana in Gardenia to see if Morgana's condition has improved. She claims that she feels better now that Roxy is with her but she is still very weak. Roxy promises to protect her mother and believes that she and the Winx will be able to banish the forces of evil for good since they were successful in banishing the Wizards of the Black Circle. Morgana tells Roxy that evil can never fully be erased as it is part of and even necessary to the universe. Without evil, no one would be able to understand what good is and she believes that the two forces are intertwined; their balance being the force that moves all things in the universe. Despite this, Morgana assures Roxy that they must continue fighting, even in the toughest of battles, and she has faith that her daughter and the Winx can defeat this new menace. Roxy turns to Bloom, asking if they will never stop fighting, and Bloom promises her that she can always count on them.

Bloom assuring Roxy that she can always count on the Winx for help.

Just then, Klaus cuts in to propose that the Winx and Roxy take a break since they have been doing such a good job protecting the people of Gardenia. He suggests that they check out the harbor since a new aquarium had just opened there and the girls all agree on it. Roxy asks if there is anything more that they can do for her mother, but Morgana insists that Roxy go out and have fun. Roxy and the Winx head off to the aquarium as they say goodbye to Klaus and Morgana.

Outside, Roxy is eager to go to the aquarium but Stella would have liked it better if they decided to go shopping instead. Bloom asks Roxy about when Gardenia got an aquarium and Roxy claims that the aquariums were built around the same time that the city decided to build a harbor area. The girls all run for the harbor as Aisha hopes that there will be a large variety of fish there.

Gardenia Harbor.

After a while, the seven fairies exit the aquarium with smiles on their faces. Bloom is surprised to see how much her hometown has changed and Aisha was happy to see many different kinds of fish only found on Earth. Though Stella is upset over how hard it was to breathe in the aquarium as there were too many people gathered there. Roxy proposes that they take a break by the boardwalk as there should be a wonderful breeze blowing in from the ocean and the girls follow closely behind. They quickly catch sight of a boat and notice that there is only one man onboard steering it. The girls all cheer for the lone steerer as he makes in impressive turn into the pier without crashing his boat. After tying his boat to the pier, the man thanks the girls and tells them that the Kriss - Sails for Hire boat welcomes them. He quickly recognizes Roxy and asks if she is the daughter of the Frutti Music Bar's owner. Before Roxy can say anything, the man introduces himself as Kriss and claims that Klaus often speaks of her but she has never seen him around due to him being a sailor. Kriss then guesses that the six lovely ladies accompanying Roxy must be the famous Winx Club and offers them a ride on his boat. The Winx are eager to experience riding a boat and run down to the pier to do so.

Kriss being taken aback by Bloom's beauty.

As Kriss helps Roxy onto his boat, Stella admires how beautiful it is. Once they are all onboard, Roxy formally introduces them all to Kriss. However, when Roxy gets to Bloom, Kriss finds himself taken aback by her. He snapped back to his sense when Roxy asks if the boat belongs to Kriss or not. As he tells Roxy about how he has restored his boat, Stella asks Bloom if she noticed how Kriss was looking at her as it seems that she made quite the impression on him. Kriss finishes his explanation by telling the girls that he now uses his boat to take tourists around the bay. Roxy asks if his business is going well and Kriss claims that he cannot complain as her father, Klaus, has helped him with advertising around the Frutti Music Bar. Roxy then asks if there is anything to see out in the bay and Kriss assures her that there are lots of beautiful places to see; remembering that he came across a beautiful reef underwater. He offers to take the Winx over to the reef and Stella promptly changes everyone into scuba diving gear with her magic. Kriss tells the Winx to make themselves comfortable as he unties his ship from the pier and he announces that they will be arriving at the Golden Reef in less than a half-hour.

Soon enough, Kriss stops his boat in the middle of the bay and throws the anchor over. He tells the girls that the Golden Reef is just below them and rushes inside to change into his wetsuit. Stella eagerly dives into the ocean as she urges for the rest of the Winx to follow. They all dive into the ocean after her and, once he is changed, Kriss follows suit. He asks if they are all ready and, once they have confirmed that they are, Kriss advises for Bloom to stick close to him as he is sure that she will see many wonderful things underwater.

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Spells Used

• Supernova - Used by Bloom to scare off Neruman's shadows.
• Super Prism - Used by Tecna to deflect the shadows' attacks (accidentally deflecting the attack towards Musa).

Mistakes

• The yellow ombre streaks in Roxy's hair often tend to go missing in some panels.

Debuts

• Neruman's Slaves
• Kriss

Characters

• The Winx Club
  • Bloom
  • Roxy
  • Stella
  • Musa
  • Aisha
  • Flora
  • Tecna
• Earth Fairies
  • Morgana
• Humans
  • Klaus
  • Kriss
• Enemies
  • Neruman
  • Neruman's Slaves
• The Specialists
  • Sky

Trivia

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