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"The Company of the Light" is the seventh episode of the third season of Winx Club.
Synopsis[]
Aisha restores her sight with her new Enchantix powers. Stella helps Bloom prepare to attend a ball on Sky's planet. Before she leaves, Faragonda tells Bloom about the Company of Light and reveals a secret she has been hiding.
Netflix[]
The gang tries to escape detention and to get to a party on Eraklyon. Meanwhile, two fairies teach Bloom princess demeanor.
Plot[]
Two natives of Espero welcome a couple to their world. As the couple begin to enjoy their vacation, Valtor and the Trix attack; successfully steal all of Espero's magic spells.
The Winx return to Alfea from Andros. Their nearby classmates are shocked and amazed to see Aisha as an Enchantix fairy. Griselda first scolds the girls, but notices that they are all upset. Bloom asks for her help and Aisha opens her eyes allowing Griselda to see that she is blind. Griselda looks away in pity.
They head to Faragonda's office which leads to an examination of Aisha's eyes. During this time, Stella and the Pixies rush to their friends outside the door. Faragonda invites Stella in and the latter questions what happened to Aisha. Faragonda gives Stella a quick summary of what happened then proceeds to reveal to Aisha that she can break Valtor's spell, and other equally powerful spells, by using her Fairy Dust. With some guidance from Faragonda, Aisha uses her Fairy Dust for the first time and restores her eyesight. Aisha is overjoyed to be able to see again and share a group hug with her friends, until Griselda delivers their and the Pixies' punishment for leaving campus and lying. The punishment is to reorganize the restricted area of the library for Ms. Barbatea, without using magic of course.
Outside in the school's quad Sky pays Bloom a visit. Sky tells Bloom that Eraklyon is having a Millennium Party and invites her, along with the Winx. He asks if she would be okay with him taking this opportunity to announce to the whole of Eraklyon that she is his girlfriend. Bloom happily accepts the invitation, but then remembers that there is Griselda's detention she and the Winx have to deal with.
In the their lair, Valtor is carefully observing Bloom through the water wall. And while the Trix try to converse with him, he is too focused which irritates Icy who then irritably asks him his sudden interest in Bloom. This prompts Darcy to whisper to Stormy wondering if Valtor secretly likes Bloom (which angers Stormy). Valtor firmly corrects them. Reasoning that they need to study Bloom as she is powerful adversary. He also reminds them that they should know very well how much a formidable enemy she is. To rid her, Valtor finds the perfect opportunity at the Millennium Party on Eraklyon.
Soon a mysterious barrier is placed around Alfea. Faragonda calls a meeting to explain the reasoning for the barrier. She reveals that Valtor is a dangerous threat, thus a barrier was made to prevent any sort of attack. Because this barrier was placed around the school, no one may enter or leave without authorization from Griselda.
After the meeting, the Winx and the Pixies start their detention and are forbidden to use magic to reorganize the library. They all work hard to finish, except Stella. By Tecna's calculations at the rate of their pace they should complete the work by next Tuesday, which means that they will miss Bloom's party that is on Saturday. Hoping to find another faster alternative so that they can attend the party, Stella opens a book with a genie in it. The only problem: it is the wrong book. The monster that resides in the book is let loose. Aisha gets the Pixies to safety while the rest of the Winx defeats the monster rather quickly. They then continue their work that just multiplied thanks to the monster.
In her palace, Diaspro is notably upset and angry. When her maid asks if she will be heading out tonight because Eraklyon is celebrating. Diaspro despairingly replies that there is nothing to celebrate. She then takes out her anger on the dress display by knocking it over, not wanting to see it. The maid then reminds her that Eraklyon's Millennium Party is mandatory even though Diaspro despises the idea of attending, still extremely bitter and angry that Sky loves Bloom and he will be bringing her. Diaspro forces her maid out of her room wanting to be alone. Valtor arrives through Diaspro's mirror, asking Diaspro if she wanted to get rid of Bloom, and presents her with a love potion.
In Alfea's library, the Winx continue reorganizing the books when Flora asks Bloom about the party. Understandably, Bloom is worried about the party, afraid that she would make a fool of herself since she does not know how to act like a "royal". Aisha and Stella, already being princesses, and Tune, the Pixie of Etiquette, helps Bloom learn how to become a perfect princess. Bloom becomes successful and her worries squared away. However, the princess training took up most of their time from the book reorganizing. Stella decides to disguise the Pixies again like before, but the rest of the Winx feel that her last idea was enough. So the Winx and the Pixies all just belive in themselves and speed through the book reorganizing in order for them to attend the party.
With all the books organized and cleaned, Faragonda and Griselda grants permission to the Winx to go to Eraklyon. However, as they all leave, Faragonda pulls Bloom aside to tell her another piece of Bloom's history - specifically the Company of Light and the connection between her birth parents and Valtor. Faragonda informs her that a small spark of the Dragon's Flame was mixed in with the Darkness. The Ancestral Witches found this spark and shaped it into Valtor. They then sent him to conquer all the magical dimensions when he matured. Bloom wonders how Faragonda's knows of Valtor's history. Faragonda then tells her that she, Griffin and Saladin were a part of the Company of Light. Faragonda then continues - when the Ancestral Witches destroyed Domino, Bloom's parents believed Bloom was also dead and so they came after Valtor. Using all of their power, they sent Valtor into the Omega Dimension to be imprisoned. As Valtor is the last person to see Marion and Oritel, Bloom sees that confronting Valtor may provide clues to her parents' whereabouts. Faragonda warns her that if Valtor finds out who Bloom is, he will enact his revenge.
Major Events[]
- The Winx get caught for their crime of ditching school and are forced to reorganize the restricted area of the library for Ms. Barbatea as punishment, without using magic of course.
- The Winx learn that Enchantix's Fairy Dust can break any dark spell, no matter how powerful it is.
- Aisha uses her fairy dust to undo the spell Valtor put on her eyes and regains her eyesight.
- Bloom is invited to Sky's Milliennium Party.
- Valtor and the Trix attack Espero.
- Alfea gets a protective barrier.
- Diaspro forms an alliance with Valtor.
- Bloom learns more about her birth parents.
- Bloom learns that Faragonda, along with Saladin and Griffin, were part of the Company of Light along with Queen Marion and King Oritel.
Debuts[]
- Company of Light (as presented through Faragonda's story)
Characters[]
Spells Used[]
- Digital Barrier - Used by Musa and Tecna to prevent the books from falling.
- Vines - Used by Flora to wrap up the monster.
Songs[]
4Kids[]
Cinélume[]
Nickelodeon[]
Scripts[]
Trivia[]
- This is the last Season 3 episode to be aired by 4Kids TV first. After airing this episode in November 2006, 4Kids stopped releasing new episodes until February 2007; by that time, the following episode had already premiered in Italy.
- Aisha uses her Fairy Dust but her Fairy Dust bottle and Fairy Dust sequences were not shown until "A Trap for Fairies".
- This is the third time the Winx (second time for Aisha) are punished for leaving Alfea without permission after "Mission at Cloudtower" / "Friends in Need" and "The Invisible Pixies".
- Although the Winx was forbidden from using magic whist reorganizing the library (similar to their cleaning duty punishment from "Mission at Cloudtower" / "Friends in Need"), their magic powers were not revoked nor diluted.
- In the case of the 4Kids dub, this is actually the fourth time the Winx (second time still for Aisha) are punished for their actions, with their second punishment within that dub being from "Secrets Within Secrets".
- In the case of the Nickelodeon dub, this is actually the first and only time the Winx are punished for their actions, due to the following changes made in the events of the four one-hour Nick specials summarizing the previous two seasons:
- In the first special, since the events of "Mission at Cloudtower" were cut, their punishment from both that episode and "Friends in Need" was rewritten as a special assignment.
- In the second special, the events of "Secrets Within Secrets" were more close to the original Cinélume version, thus omitting the punishment from the 4Kids dub of the aforementioned episode.
- All the events that occurred in "The Invisible Pixies" (including the Winx's punishment from that episode) were completely omitted in the fourth special.
- Unlike with all the other times the Winx were being punished, Faragonda remained nice and calm to the Winx as a response for their courageous act done on Andros to save the planet's mermaids, not to mention that Aisha had gotten her Enchantix powers in the process. Thus, only Griselda takes charge in both scolding the Winx and assigning them their punishment rather than her and Faragonda together.
- In the Cinélume dub, the next episode preview shows a shot of Winx arriving to Eraklyon that has a slightly different background than the shot that actually appears in the following episode.
Mistakes[]
- In one scene, Faragonda's lips are missing.
- In both the Cinélume and Nickelodeon dubs, Musa short hair version of her Winx transformation was used for her final pose, although she has had a long hair since "The Princess Ball."
- When Griselda was explaining the punishment to the Winx in the library, Aisha and Flora were standing next to Stella in a line with all of the Winx, but then switch to being in their own line on a different side in the next shot. The pixies are also missing in this shot.
Quotes[]
“I can see! I can see!!”
“The fairy dust can break through most dark spells. It's one of the new powers you have as an Enchantix.”
“Bloom. I'm the Prince of Eraklyon and this weekend is my kingdom's one thousandth anniversary; at the party, I want to announce to the whole world that um, you're my girlfriend.”
“And an event where I'll be on the sidelines! That stupid Sky is bringing his precious fairy, Bloom! Now go, get out, beat it, I wanna be alone!!”
“I can give you what you want, I can help you fulfill your dream and get rid of Bloom forever! Take a look at this...”
“He [Valtor] was the last one to see my parents, he knows the answer!”
“Bloom... Be careful, this is why I told you about this. Valtor really is a wicked creature, if he finds out who you are he will certainly come after you to take his revenge.”