Palladium- So, as I was saying, today's exercise will be rather difficult.

Francine-  Professor Palladium, a mosquito just bit me!

Palladium- Well, we are in a swamp, and it's just a mosquito. It's no big deal.

Francine- But look where it got me! (lifts one side of her shorts)

Palladium- (backs away nervously)  Oh my! From- Well, um... what I meant was... uh... T-to be shorts and to uh eh... the point...

Students- (laugh)

Bloom-  Poor professor. They shouldn't give him such a hard time.

Spectrum- True.

Stella- If he were more confident, he'd get more respect.

Spectrum- True again.

Palladium-  A good fairy should be able to listen to what nature tells us. Today's exercise is designed to put your abilities to the test. You've all been put into groups, so we're ready to begin. You have three hours to get out of Black Mud Swamp and reach the clearing in the middle of Gloomy Wood Forest, without using magic. Remember, listen carefully to the voice of nature, and follow its advice. (teleports, leaving the girls in the middle of the swamp)

The Winx- (break off into their own little groups, knee-deep in the mud)

Stella-  This place is... ew... totally disgusting.

Musa- Oh, yes, dear. All this mud is so very inconvenient.

Tecna-  I don't know if you realize it, but we're knee-deep in what I would refer to as a problematic mud puddle. All right, you guys, take cover! I'll handle it. (hands start sparkling)

Bloom-  No, Tecna, don't! We have to listen to nature. I smell something, what is it?

Stella- He said listen, not smell. (sniffs)

Stella- Smells like...

Musa- Smells like gas!

Spectrum- (gasps) Let's get out of here! And fast!

Winx- (run for cover)

Bloom- (picks up a stick) Let's see... ( throws the stick and pops a gas bubble. A cloud of gas shoots up) 

Several more bubbles pop, releasing more gas.

Bloom- A single spark and we'd have been toast, my friend.

Flora-  Oh, yes, we took a big risk!

Stella- Especially you, Tecna. I would've sent you my dressmaker's bill.

Winx- (laughs)

Scene: Trix's Dorm Room

The Trix- (teleport into their rooms) Ugh!

Stormy- Free at last! I really can't stand Zarathustra's lessons!

Angelica- Same, sister. I think we know about everything about witch magic. (smiles sinisterly)

Darcy-  Knut, you stupid ogre, where are you?! 

The Closet door starts to move as Darcy notices. She grunts and walk over to it.

Knut- I'm in here!

Angelica- (facepalms and groans)

Darcy- Urgh...

Knut- (closet door opens) Uh, can I come out now? My-my foot is asleep.

Icy- Let him out Darcy.

Darcy- (smells something disgusting and pinches her nose) What a stench!!!

Knut- Guess I shouldn't have eaten those beans...

Angelica- Never mind the beans Knut, you always smell bad!!

Darcy- (nods) M-hm!

Stormy- Gotta find him a better hiding place with better ventilation.

Darcy- You gotta be more careful Knut! No body must know that you're here!

Icy- School regulations are clear when it comes to beasts, animals or other pets. (gasps when her nails turn rainbow and then turn back to normal) As I was saying... We've gotta be more careful. We already broke one rule today by making ourselves invisible to skip a class.

Stormy- But we're witches aren't we? We're suppose to break rules!

Icy- Urgh! (to Knut) Now you, did you just forget to use telepathy to send your message or did you want everybody to know about it?!

Knut-  Forgive me my highness but I had an urgent message and, uh, I was hiding in the Red Fountain school, just like you told me to you know and...

Darcy- And??

Knut- And I heard that the specialists will be bringing my hunting troll to Magix today to be turned over to the police. And then he'll be sent to the Subtombmian Prison!

Icy-  What a useless beast! He couldn't even manage to take Stella's scepter! Urgh!!

Stormy- Talk about useless! He got caught out of the house of Bloom, an earthling, and if they question him he'll spill the beans, he'll tell all about us and we'll be in trouble!

Angelica- (sneers at Stormy) Seriously?

Icy-  Relax Stormy! Here's a way out of this: we will free the troll, we'll take advantage of his little trip to Magix to get rid of him, forever.

Scene: The Aircraft's Crash Landing Spot

The girls run to the spot where the ship crash-landed. As they get there, they see Riven scratching his head in pain.

Flora- You guys okay?

Riven- Isn't it rather obvious?

Musa- (is infatuated by Riven- adoring him)

Riven- (stares intensely back at her)

Musa- (giggles)

Sky (Brandon)- We're all safe and sound, thanks (gasps upon seeing the big hole in the ship)  Ooh no!! Where's the troll?!

All- (gasps)

Sky (Brandon) - He's escaped!

Tecna- You were transporting a troll and you guys let him escape?!

Riven- We didn't let anyone escape. 

Darius- There was an accident. 

Spectrum- (looks surprisedly at Darius and seems infatuated by him as she smiles) 

Riven- We lost altitude and...

Timmy- Mechanical failure!

Riven-  Anyhow, there's nothing to worry about he's handcuffed.

Sky (Brandon)-  Ooohh... Uh, Riven! Look what I found in the slug!

Winx- Oh no!

Darius-  What are you guys doing around here?

Spectrum- (smiles) We're in the middle of an assignment Darius.

Darius- (smiles)

Riven- Then get back to your assignment and don't worry about a thing, leave it to the Specialists!

Stella- The Specialists are gonna be here? When?

Riven- (grunts and glares at Stella)

Stella- (laughs)

Riven- We're right here you silly little girl!

Sky (Brandon)-  What Riven means is is that perhaps it would be best for you to go back to Alfea while we try to capture that animal.

Riven- We don't need your editorial comments, (mockingly) your highness...

Amaryl- And we don't need to be told what to do! We will take care of this on our own!

Riven- You do what you got to do, don't ever say we didn't warn you! Now, come on guys let's get to work we got a troll to capture!

Specialists- (walk towards their broken ship)

Bloom- Now what do we do?

Stella- Maybe we should go with the guys and help them find the troll.

Spectrum- Yeah, especially with their ship broken, we should help them.

Flora- No, I don't think that's a good idea. I say we get back to the assignment we were given.

Stella-  We all know that troll, he's a wild beast. Sky and the others could be in for mega problems.

Flora-  'Kay, if you all think so...

Tecna- Well, one thing's for sure - something strange is going on here. Have you notice the hole in the fuselage, the aircraft is hit in flight.

Flora- So, I guess someone... helped him escape!

Tecna- I'm afraid your right.

Spectrum- Oh no!

Flora- In that case, we don't have that much choice do we?

Scene: Near Fallen Aircraft

Timmy- (tries to rewire the ship)

Tecna- The impact knocked out the stabilizer!

Musa- And whoever did that must have done that with the handcuffs too!

Sky (Brandon)- (picks up the lock to show the girls)

Spectrum-  It's a physic lock, to be able to open it you need mental powers.

Bloom- (looking at the troll's footprints) Hey girls, check this out! The trolls footprints! Notice anything?

Stella- Oh yeah, that guy's got feet the size of an ocean liner!

Flora- (steps on wet mud) But the ground's still soft. How do you explain that?

Stella- It's as if the troll was on an ultra sonic weight lost plan!

Musa- It's as if the troll found a way to gradually achieve a state of weightlessness!

Spectrum- Huh?

Flora- Well this sounds a bit like a flying spell!

Tecna- Yeah but trolls can't cast spells!

Bloom- So that means someone helped him. Let's tread carefully, who knows what's in this swamp... Come on girls.

Tecna-  Finding a troll in a swamp turned out a lot harder than I thought.

Flora- He could be absolutely anywhere!

Musa- The silence is eerie... The swamps absorb every sound.

Spectrum- It's a good thing, the silence helps us focus!

Flora- So we can listen to the voice of nature!

Tecna- Not that again! I don't hear anything!

Bloom- Huh? Oh... (looks around)

Tecna- So? Did mother nature suggest anything to you anything?

Bloom- I'd start over there. (points to a deeper part of the swamp)

Stella- (unsure) Why? What's there?

Spectrum- (worried) Yeah, why do we need to go deeper?

Bloom- I'm not keen on going by myself but... I really feel that it's the right way!

Flora- Yeah, I feel it too! It is the right path!

Bloom- Come on, this way!

Musa- (sighs in defeat)

Winx- (start walking in the deeper part of the swamp)

Tecna-  I just hope we don't regret this...

Scene: Somewhere around the swamp

Darius- Hey, these branches are alive! (struggling)

Timmy- That's impossible Darius! No form of animal life can survive here!

Plants- (tangle the specialists with their vines)

Sky (Brandon)- And why not??

Timmy- There's nothing animals can eat here.

Vines- (start to creep down and tighten their grip)

Brandon (Sky)- (struggling)  Are you sure about that?!

Timmy- Positive! But I'm beginning to have some serious doubts! (sees another vine) Uh oh. HEEEEELLLLPPPP!!!

Scene: A part of the swamp

Flora- Don't make any noise. I recognize these plants. They're Quietous Carnivorous, they hate noise.

Stella- Really? I find it hard to believe. (whistles loudly) See? Nothing's happened! Duh ahhh!!!

Plants- (grab Stella's ankles and hang her upside down)

Stella- (screams)

Bloom- (whispering) Shh! Don't move!

Flora- (puts a hand on her head and calms the plants down with her mind)

Plants- (retreat their vines and let go of Stella)

Stella- (coughs)

Flora- (quiet voice) Dear, oh dear, will keep your mouth shut from now on??

Timmy- (screams loudly) HEEELLPP!!

Sky (Brandon)-  Stop yelling Timmy! I can't think straight!

Winx- (arrive to where the Specialists are)

Stella- (in a whisper) Ah, there you are!

Riven- Keep whispering by all means you would want to upset the digestive process of these plants. Uuurgh!!

Plants- (strangle Riven even more)

Musa- (in a whisper) Keep your voice down you dummy!

Flora- (calms down the plants and they release the boys)

Flora-  Everything's okay little plants, you can relax!

Scene: Outside the Deeper Part of the Swamp

Brandon (Sky)- (in a whisper) Um, I'm really glad to see you again Bloom!

Spectrum- (chuckles) You can speak normally now, we're out of danger!

Bloom- I think we should all look for the troll together at this point. What do you guys say?

Flora- Well, I'm okay with it!

Riven- I refuse to team up with fairies.

Sky (Brandon)- You're on your own then buddy.

Riven- (pouts)

Sky (Brandon)- And if you find the troll just give us a shout.

Riven- Hmph!

Spectrum- (laughs)

Scene: Near a Muddy Pond

Sky (Brandon)- (jumps on a small slab of earth)

Timmy- (tries and falls into it instead)

Everyone except Riven- (laughs)

Riven- First, we've got fairies to look after and now we've got clumsy Timmy as well!

Sky (Brandon)- (helps Timmy out of the pond)

Brandon (Sky)- Grr... Riven, you've gone to far!

Riven- You're just Prince Sky's yes-man Brandon. Why don't you go clean up his uh... stables?

Brandon (Sky)- You're insulting, Riven.

Riven- (scoffs) So? What are you gonna do about it?

Sky (Brandon)- You're off the team buddy! Is that clear?

Everyone- (glares at Riven)

Riven- Alright... Let's go find that troll...

Timmy- That one looks good!

Tecna- Thanks! (jumps on a slab of earth in the muddy puddle Peppa pig *snort*)

Stella, Musa and Spectrum- (jump on a clump in the mud pond) Whoooa..!

Stella- I-I know this might sound crazy but I think these clumps of turf a-are moving!

Bloom- I was thinking the exact same thing!

Tecna- You can all stop thinking now 'cause these clumps of turf are moving for real!

Suddenly, the muddy pond shakes and the clumps start moving even faster.

Everyone- WHOOAA!!

A whirlpool then opens.

Spectrum- Ugh! W-w-what's going?!

Brandon (Sky)- Well, it's a whirl pool. We've gotta get out of here, now!

Stella- (falls backwards)

Sky (Brandon)- (catches her)

Stella- Oh! Thanks Sky...!

Brandon (Sky)-  Careful not to fall in the water, okay guys? We get trapped in the whorl pool!

Everyone- (begins jumping on the moving clumps to get out of the pond and onto the ground)

Riven- (misses one and falls into the water)

Brandon (Sky)- Riven!!

Tecna- Gotcha! (grabs onto Riven's hand and starts to pull) Hold on Riven!

Riven- Don't let go of me!

The whirpool starts to pull Riven in as Tecna struggles to keep Riven up. Tecna gets dragged into it, but thankfully Timmy catches her. Spectrum sighs of relief.

Spectrum- Phew!

Timmy-  Someone help me! I can't hang on much longer!!

Bloom and Brandon (Sky) come to help them, and pull them up.

Riven- Come on guys, let's go... We've got a troll to catch... We've lost too much time already...

Timmy and Brandon (Sky)- Huh?

Spectrum- Hmph! Not even a thank you for saving you? Tecna, Brandon, Bloom and Timmy anyway!

Riven- (glares) Let's go. We're already behind.

Spectrum- (scoffs)

Scene: Near the Troll

Riven- Huh?

Everyone- (surprised)

Sky (Brandon)- 

Someone- HELP!! OOH!!

Everyone- (runs towards the sound)

Bloom- (gasps) That's Amaryl!

Sky (Brandon)- The fairies of Alfea are in danger!

Bloom- (pulls the bushes away to see Amaryl's group and the troll) The girls are trapped! 

Spectrum- We've got to do something before the troll starts making trouble!

Sky (Brandon)- We've got to be quick and to the point! Number one: find a way to distract the troll!

Winx- Oh!

Stella- I hope your plan also has a number two!

Sky (Brandon)- Of course! Darius, Brandon and Timmy will grab a hold of him, then Riven and I will slip the handcuffs on him. Any complaints?

Everyone- (quiet)

Sky (Brandon)- Alright then, let's do it!

Winx- (go to distract the troll)

Bloom- Hey you, big bully! Remember us?

Troll- (turns around and roars)

Spectrum- Come and get us doo-doo head, come on!

Darius, Timmy and Brandon (Sky)- (grab the troll) Yah!

Other two specialists- (pin him down using his arms)

Sky (Brandon)- Come on, quick! What are you waiting for?! Cuff him!!

Riven- Easier said than done! (tries to cuff the troll but he grabs his face) 

Timmy- Hurry up you guys! I-I can't hold on.

Darius- (grunts) You're right Riven! This plan sounded way easier when Sky explained it! (grunts again)

Spectrum- (gasps worriedly)

Troll- (swings  Sky (Brandon), Darius  and Riven off his arms and escapes)

Bloom- (gasps)

Brandon- Great, we lost him again! What a good job we did...

Amaryl- So you guys are the Specialists huh? Specialists in what? Botchery? (laughs at them and leaves with her group)

Sky (Brandon)- That's the thanks we get?

Scene: Somewhere in the Swamp

Troll- (walks in the swamp with plants, sniffs the air, and follows the scent probably)

Scene: On a Patch of Grass

Darius- (is sitting down, thinking)

Spectrum- (takes a seat beside him) You ok?

Darius- (makes a surprised noise and turns to Spectrum) Oh, uh, yeah. I'm just... disappointed. (looks down)

Spectrum- (puts a hand on his cheek and turns his head to face her) What's there to be disappointed of? Everyone makes mistakes. Even I do. (chuckles and stops holding his cheeks) You did your best. I bet Amaryl wouldn't even be able to survive for a second. Amaryl's just jealous. (smiles)

Darius- (blushes) Thanks Spectrum. I needed that. (gets up and takes a final glance at her, and leaves)

Spectrum- You're welcome. (sighs dreamily)

Scene: In a Dark Part of the Swamp

Stormy-  I knew it! I knew it!

Icy-  You gotta learn to chill out Stormy. Everything is under control alright?

Darcy- But he could be lost!

Angelica- Are you worried?

Darcy- (scoffs in disbelief) Of course not!

Icy- (rolls eyes) Stop fighting. That's impossible, anyway. When a troll picks up a scent he never loses it.

Darcy-  Maybe he got stuck in the quicksands!

Stormy- But our anti-gravity spell, that would have kept him from sinking!

Icy- What if that made him lose the scent but then again, I never hatched a plan that's not perfect. (Hair turns rainbow) What?!

Angelica- (snorts and laughs)

Icy- (growls and hair turns back to normal) Huh? Well, well looks who's here!

Troll- (arrives)

Stormy-  At last. You made it. 

Angelica- We gave you freedom and you did as you were told and now you must return to Oblivion.

Icy- Goodbye troll, our secret vanishes with you!

Troll- Huh?!

The Trix- (destroy the troll)

Angelica- (smirks) Mission accomplished.

Icy- Now, let's go back to Cloud Tower. (teleports the Trix home)

Scene: The Part where the Trix just left

Brandon (Sky)- And now what do you hear?

Bloom-  It's not a sound, more like a feeling.

Flora- It's something you can't hear with your ears, you feel it inside.

Sky (Brandon)- Well then, you think this should be the right path?

Tecna- : Relax, I've learned that in these situations Bloom can't be beaten!

Everyone- (continue walking then stop)

Bloom- We've reached the end of road.

Sky (Brandon)- But there's no one here.

Bloom-  I don't know what to say, I sense nothing!

Spectrum- There's negative energy in this part of the swamp.

Stella- She's right!

Tecna-  I feel it too! As if someone cast a spell here!

Sky (Brandon)- Someone used a spell to make the troll disappear?

Musa-  First, they help him escape, then they help him in the swamp and make him disappear!

Brandon (Sky)- But who would want to do something like that?

Spectrum- (sees a small rainbow puddle by her feet and bends down and dips her hand in it, then gets up)

Stella- (cringes in disgust) Uh, Spectrum? You got a little something on your hand...

Spectrum- Hmm, a rainbow puddle. I remember casting a spell like this on the dance we had just the other day, ring a bell?

Musa- Icy's makeover! (giggles)

Flora-  And what does she have to do with this story?

Spectrum- Probably means the Trix were here.

Scene: Back to Palladium's Class

The Specialists land their aircraft in front of the Winx's class. The girls leave the aircraft.

Riven- Huh.

Musa- Hmm.

Brandon (Sky)- Well if you guys don't mind , we'll stay here and wish you goodbye.

Winx- (look at their class)

Bloom- Don't worry about it, we totally understand!

The aircraft then flies away.

Bloom- Bye!

Stella- See ya!

Palladium-  I watched you during today's exercise and even though you came in last I'm really satisfied with your work.

Winx- What?!

Palladium- You've shown courage, initiative and generosity, as well excellent decision making abilities. So in the light of the outcome of this exercise I'd like to say that it was just a test run.

Amaryl- No fair! We did all that for nothing?!

Palladium- I wouldn't say for nothing Miss Amaryl. Some of you learned a lot today.