A/N: Hi all and welcome to The Winx Chronicles IV – The Queen of Time. I welcome anyone new to the series and, of course, those who have been with me from the start or have already read the previous stories. For the benefit of those who have not, and for those who may have not read the previous stories for some time (and also to help keep me on track as well), I've written a recap of the last three stories (very, very, very shortened summary) to try and help people get a gist of what is happening. If you don't want to read this, feel free to skip it and head straight into the prologue.

Please read and review so I know what you are enjoying/what suggestions you have. I'll include poll questions at the end of certain chapters to get your input into where you'd like to see the story go.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Winx Club in any way, shape or form, it belongs to Iginio Straffi and I am not making any money out of this fan-fiction. Enjoy! :)

WARNING, THE FOLLOWING RECAP CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR MY PREVIOUS STORIES, I highly recommend reading them in their entirety first before reading this.

PREVIOUSLY ON THE WINX CHRONICLES…

THE DISEASE OF DEATH – After the summer holidays at Season 3's conclusion, the Winx girls return to Alfea to discover that Musa has not returned from her home realm of Melody. Faragonda informs the girls that Musa was ambushed over the holidays by an unknown intruder and that Musa's father Hoboe has died. The girls travel to Melody and bring her back to Alfea once they find out that the Trix were the ones who attacked and who revealed that Musa would die the same way that her parents did. Doctors determine that Musa's father died from an illness rather than his injuries and, because Musa's mother also died from this illness, that Musa would too. Musa and the girls go on a quest to try and find a solution. They determine that the last known relative of Musa is that of a distant cousin named Leon, who was the one who cursed the family with the illness hex. After a confrontation to try and gain a spell to cure the illness (spoiler alert!) Musa dies at Alfea. After her death, Leon uses his new power and position as the King of Melody to summon the other enemies that the Winx fought for the first three seasons, the Army of Decay, the Trix, Darkar and Valtor all reappear and wage war against Magix. After a long battle, the Winx girls corner Leon and (spoiler again) Musa magically appears after being teleported to the area by Faragonda. Musa and the Winx girls banish Leon to Doomsday, a prison realm/planet. At the end of the story, it is revealed that after Musa died, Faragonda visited to deal with the paperwork that was involved and that Musa earned her Healix, a power transformation like the Charmix that lies within a person and is not physically visible. Faragonda hides Musa until the time is right. In the end, all is well and they celebrate with a big party.

MESSAGES OF THE PAST – Layla begins the second semester feeling odd and collapses one day while having a dream. Musa goes to speak to her and finds her in such a state, instantly calling the other Winx girls for help. Layla reveals that she has been having dreams of her old childhood friend, Anne, who moved with her family and was never seen again. She hears Anne calling for help in her dreams and explaining that she needs Layla to come to a planet called Doomsday in order to help. Faragonda hesitates letting the girls go to the planet for fear that it is a trap. Waiting for them on the other side is Petrine, a fairy that has kidnapped Anne and has been holding her hostage on the planet. After their ship crashes the group is attacked and Kylar, Anne's brother, who has been living on the planet, comes to Stella, Galatea and Musa's aid. The entire group reunites during an attack on a nightmare gargoyle which triggers dark memories and nightmares for everyone in the group. Galatea earns her Charmix. Anne is released by Petrine and is sent back to Layla and the others who all decide to bring her back the following day to Magix. After resting that night, Bloom is kidnapped by Petrine. Petrine reveals herself to be Layla from the future. She explains (very, very shortened version of events!) that when the Winx are sent to Earth to find the last Earth fairy they discover Roxy. The Trix are the ones using the white circle to drain the earth fairies of their powers and they wanted Roxy to complete their mission. They arrange to do a trade between the two sides but the witches use it as an ambush. Kylar is killed. Nabu dies on Earth by the dark wizard Duman. Icy throws an Ice Spear towards Roxy but Bloom stands in front of it, the spear kills her. The Trix take Helia with them on their mission to conquer the magical dimension. The Trix kill Headwitch Griffin. Brandon and Stella vow to find Helia and do not return. Flora goes underground and disappears. Sky marries Diaspro as part of a royal decree, he's not happy but because Bloom is dead has no choice. Timmy, Tecna, Musa and Riven all meet on Tides to try and track Stella's magic to find Brandon and Stella. Leon is brought back to life by the Trix and is assigned the task of killing all remaining Winx members. He is successful. Riven, Musa, Tecna and Timmy are all killed while trying to transport Layla to the past to warn the Winx of the future and this brings the story full circle. Petrine (Future Layla) is sent back to her own timeline to return the universe in balance but it leaves lots of unanswered questions for the group about how to stop this version of the future from happening. They vow to make sure that things do not turn out the way that Petrine foretells. The Winx and Specialists return home. Saladin tells the boys that they may work as mentors/teachers at Red Fountain once they graduate. They complete their final test before the end of the year party. Anne and Kylar both go to their respective schools (Alfea and Red Fountain) and the group celebrate with a final end of year party, ready for the summer holidays.

THE SECRET OF THE ROSE – The story begins with Musa's coronation and, after a lot of drama surrounding the event, Flora returns home to her sister and mother. Previously, Flora had seen her sister Miele drawing and having the images that she drew come to life. The power though exhausts her when she uses it and Miele warns Flora that she has started to have dreams about someone coming to the house to take her away. When Flora gets back after the coronation she finds her home ransacked, her mother injured and her sister nowhere to be found. Calling Helia the two set out on foot to try and find Miele, ignoring warnings from her mother not to go. After the two have been missing for some time, the Winx girls go on a mission to try and find their two friends and to find Miele's sister. After a series of unfortunate events, the group finally returns together safe and sound. During this time, we also discover that Tecna's powers have begun to glitch and that things are not working out well for her Winx at the moment. Meanwhile, at Red Fountain, a mysterious stranger attacks the school and steals a ship. After tracking its destination, Timmy determines that they are going to Hercynian, a desolate planet that was destroyed in a war between the Zenithians (Timmy and Tecna's people) and the Marigolds (Flora and Helia's people). The war occurred between the two because of advances in technology, and while fighting in the war Flora's father Castor was injured and treated by Zenithan technology. Castor turns to the dark side and uses Miele to try, through her drawings, to bring the planet back to its former glory. Throughout the final confrontation, Castor immobilized the Winx guys and girls but Helia stands up to fight. In the battle (spoiler alert) he is badly injured after being stabbed in the back by a sword. Flora reacts immediately by swallowing her father into the ground. She then reaches Miele and transfers her energy to her sister to help save her life (after being exhausted by using her magic to help bring her drawings to life). Flora collapses and the two are flown back to Linphea for treatment. Helia's spinal cord has been severed so he cannot feel anything from his waist down while Flora has lost all of her Winx powers and is no longer a fairy. At the end of the story, four months after, Helia and Flora are living with her mother and sister, adjusting to their new way of life. They both have a long way to go though with healing both mentally and physically. Faragonda gives Flora a necklace with some of her own magical essence in it to help Flora return to Magix. Tecna, exhausted by the entire ordeal, begins to question what will happen next and is determined to start looking for answers. She falls asleep and her own story begins.

THE QUEEN OF TIME

PROLOGUE

THEORY OF TIME

Time, like space, is infinite.

It's endless.

Yesterday is always in the past and tomorrow never comes.

The days go past, one after the other, as time continues its never ending path through the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years of life. And yet, as limitless as time may be, it still must follow its own constraints. Yes yesterday is always in the past; today is the time that we live and the future never actually comes, but they are all linked together. A string of numbers, of coincidences, decisions that gather together and dictate the future that we will mould for ourselves.

Time must follow this pattern. The mistakes of the past are never to be repeated; missed opportunities that are not ceased in the present become the regrets of the past. Petrine had given them a warning, a view of the future that involved those that were nearest to them departing in a number of devastating events. The Winx Club aimed to change this future. They set in motion a new series of events, changed the future and were sure that they had safe guarded the world from the tyranny and control of the witches and all of their various enemies.

They tried to change the unchangeable.

Was it truly possible for them to remove the threats of the witches, Lord Darker, Leon and Castor forever? Was it possible to safeguard their own futures without endangering the lives of others? Was it possible to have a world filled with only light and no glimmer of darkness? Did they really save themselves or did they pull time apart, separate its fragments and cause rifts that never existed before? Were they the ones that would cause destruction in the universe instead of those they feared the most?

It was something Tecna pondered as she walked through the dusty and devastated wasteland that once was Alfea School for Fairies. Dust particles below her feet lifted as she walked and landed gracefully behind her, a mixture of ash and soil where green grass once grew. The beautiful and majestic buildings that once stood, filled with corridors and endless magical secrets were no more. Its roof concaved and collapsed, its windows shattered and broken, furniture standing inside makeshift defence positions as if people had tried to build forts and failed. Bodies littered the ground, crimson blood surrounding them in pools, the unmistakable smell of dark magic lingering in the air. Her feet stopped moving when she saw them, Stella's golden locks, Bloom's fiery red hair, Sky's blue sword, she couldn't bear to look further than the odd detail, wanting to remember her friends for who they were and not for the bloodied, bruised and beaten bodies that lay at her feet.

Her eyes then lifted and she saw him. Her prince of technology, her sanity saviour, true friend and true love. Timmy lay face down on the ground, his head tilted to her side, glasses cracked and eyes a dull lifeless grey. Slowly she knelt by his side, feeling the familiar sting of hot tears prick her eyes. Her shaking right hand reached forwards and removed his red frames before she gently touched the cold flesh of his eyelids and encouraged them to close. A scream to her left made Tecna shoot to her feet. "Musa?" She asked before feeling her body quicken its pace. Her feet slammed against the ground as she jumped over rubble, leant underneath overhanging branches of wood and beams of rock before she skidded to a stop at her friends side.

"Musa!" She called, lifting her friend's weak hand into her own.

"Tecna…Run!" Musa called, eyes widening as a shadow cast over Tecna's back. She turned, saw the blade dripping with blood and the eyes that did the same. "Riven?"

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