Previously on Vixen:

During their first year at Alfea, Angel, Kaida, Cicada, Emerald, Trend, and Avery met and became good friends, and a group known as Vixen. They also became friends with the Specialists Charm, Brandon, Trine, Marvel, and Mech, and made school enemies of the three witches known as the Bux, Frosty, Ebony, and Bryony. Throughout the school year, four beings possessing the powers of the elements attacked the three schools of Magix and were fought off by the Vixen, the Specialists, and the Bux. However, in the final battle against Aether, the mastermind behind the attacks, Avery was turned into pure energy and disappeared, allowing the others to defeat Aether.

Episode 1: Welcome to the Jungle (1)

The moment Alfea opened its doors after the summer break, girls were flooding in to make themselves known, and to meet up with their friends that they hadn't seen all summer. As every year, Griselda stood taking names of every girl that walked into the building.

Emerald was the first of the Vixen to arrive. She had grown another inch over the summer and had her hair straightened so that it fell further down her back than ever before. She had spent the whole summer training at a hero camp, as was required for her to become the Protector of Jeweled City. Several of the boys she met attended Red Fountain, and were all shocked that she was an Alfea Fairy. She was as good as any boy.

Cicada was the second to arrive. She looked the exact same, and she came skipping up the school with the same attitude she had carried the year before. The moment she was on the Alfea grounds, Zing and Trick appeared and the purple-haired Pixie flew to Cicada's arms and the two celebrated being reunited.

Kaida was third. Much like Cicada, she opened her arms for Trick and smiled at her bonded-Pixie. However, she seemed to have regained all her stiffness and strictness that Trick had helped her to lose the year before.

When Trend appeared, Avalon and Palladium had to hold off those not with the fairies from entering the Alfea grounds. Trend had opened a new line of clothes for the fall recently, and it had been declared as one of the most original and fantastic lines to date. Little did all the press and fans know that the line was based off her friends from Alfea, though the Vixen girls certainly knew the moment they saw it.

As the four girls hugged one another, they all spotted one last ship marked with the Eraklyon emblem. All the girls knew that Angel had spent the summer on Eraklyon with her father and brother while visiting her grandparents. Kaida and Trend also knew that Brandon had been on Eraklyon as well, visiting with his paternal grandparents. When the ship landed, it took all the girls' wills to not run up to the ship and greet their friend. As the hatch opened, Angel could be seen, wearing her blue tunic with her silver belt, her white leggings, and her matching sandals. Angel turned into the ship and for a moment, and then began down the ramp onto Alfea's lawn, dragging another girl who looked excited to be at the fairy school as well.

"Hurry up with my stuff, Trine," the girl called into the ship as Angel took the girl to see Griselda.

"Who is that?" Emerald asked.

"And how dare she steal Angel from us," Cicada said with her hands on her hips. The four girls gasped when they saw Trine exit the ship carrying at least five large bags for the girl. "Oh, looks like she stole something else from you, Trend."

"How dare she…" Trend began, then gasped. "I know who she is! That is Celeste!"

"Who?" Emerald asked.

"She's, like, a muse to all fashion designers all over the worlds! She is considered to be a perfect example of how a Popularist should look and act!"

"She's from Popularis?" Kaida asked. "How does she know Angel, then?"

"She's not from Popularis," Trend said. "Oh, how could I have missed this before? Of course Angel would know Celeste. Celeste is a princess!"

"So are you," Cicada reminded Trend. "But you didn't know Angel beforehand."

"She's a princess of Solaria," Trend said. "Brandon's younger sister."

The other three stared wide-eyed at Trend for a few moments. "I'm sorry, but am I missing something new about Trend, or is there another reason you're all staring at her?" a male voice questioned. The girls all turned and saw Brandon smiling at them.

"Brandon, always a pleasure," Cicada said brightly. She then eyed the doorway that Angel and Celeste had disappeared to. "So what's the low down on your little sister and Angel acting all chummy, buddy-like?"

"Celeste?" Brandon asked. "She and Angel have known one another since Celeste was born, more or less. Ever since I can remember, they've been best friends." He stopped for a moment and thought. "It got kind of annoying this summer, trying to spend time with Angel, but I never could get Angel alone."

"So, why did Angel order Trine to carry all Celeste's bags?" Trend asked.

"Um, she didn't," Brandon said. "Celeste asked him to. He gladly agreed."

Suddenly, a loud crash was heard from just outside the Alfea gates. Looking out, a ship could be seen, caught in a few trees, slowly slipping backwards. Brandon cringed at the sight and went to check it out. The four Vixen girls decided to follow.

When they arrived, the girls were surprised so see that the trees seemed to be lightly placing the ship on the ground. A woman with long brown hair was lightly stroking the tree, cooing to it. When the ship was safely on the ground, the ramp lowered from the already opened hatch and several more people exited, including an embarrassed Mech, three horrified passengers, and one girl laughing hysterically.

"If I had known that a flight with you was that dangerous…" the girl said using Mech's shoulder to hold herself up, "Are you even passing piloting? That was a riot."

"As you can tell, I'm very moved by your words of encouragement, Violet," Mech said with a blasé face. "Your words are so heartfelt."

"This could be why they don't let you in the cockpits of the Red Fountain ships," the man, who had to be Mech's dad, said looking at his ship. "I hope that there's a hotel with an opening because this will take a day or two to fix, Mech."

"I'll fix it," Mech said.

"That's alright, Mech," a woman with pink hair and Mech's aqua eyes said laying a hand on his shoulder. "You've done quite enough."

"Actually, Mech's a mechanical genius," Brandon said approaching the group. "He just plain can't fly."

"Brandon," one girl, this one in a pink sundress, cried and ran and jumped into his arms. "It's so good to see you."

"Almost as good as being on solid ground?" the other girl asked. This girl was wearing shades of purple. The two girls looked the exact same, aside from their clothing and hairstyles. The girl in pink wore her dark brown locks down and her brown eyes sparkled with happiness. The other girl wore slightly more risqué clothes, had her dark brown hair pulled up into a bun, and her eyes burned with mystery.

The woman who had been cooing the trees shook a finger at the girl in purple. "That's quite enough of that, Violet," she said in a gentle voice.

"That's really telling her," Cicada whispered and the other three Vixen giggled.

"So, Brandon, who is everyone?" the older man asked pushing up his glasses.

"Right, introductions," Brandon nodded. "Okay, these four are Kaida, Emerald, Trend, and Cicada. They're Angel's suitemates." He turned to the Vixen girls. "And these are Mech's parents, Timmy and Tecna. And then there is Flora, and her twin daughters, Daisy and Violet. Just remember, Daisy wears pink, Violet wears…" he paused just for a moment, "not pink."

"I wasn't aware that you had such fantastic flying skills, Mech," Cicada said with a hidden smirk.

"Yes, I understand, I cannot fly," Mech said.

"You girls had better go check in with Miss Griselda," Flora said to her daughters. "You wouldn't want to miss your chance to attend this year."

"Because that would be a real shame," Violet rolled her eyes. "You could always send us to Cloud Tower."

Daisy gasped. "Don't suggest such a horrid idea, Vi."

"What's so horrid about it?" Violet asked. "I think it'd be cool to go to CT and be surrounded in darkness. Mom, your friend Mirta was a witch when you met her, no?"

"That's different?" Flora said.

Violet frowned and grabbed her bag before setting off toward the school. Daisy waved to Brandon and Mech before setting off after her sister. "I don't think I like Violet," Trend said to the other Vixen. The three girls all looked at one another in shock.

"It was good seeing you girls again," Brandon said. "But we've got to go find Trine and get to Red Fountain." He and Mech hurried toward the school ahead of the girls, followed by Timmy, Tecna, and Flora.

"Let's just get to our room," Kaida said. "Maybe Angel will be there and we can actually say hi."

Kaida, it turned out, had been correct. Angel was in their suite, and Celeste was with her sitting on Angel's bed as Angel was putting up pictures from the summer and unpacking all her new clothes into the closet.

"Angel!" Trend called out upon seeing her friend. Her eyes then settled on Celeste. "Hello," she said rather dully.

"Hello," Celeste replied with a smile and a wave. "You must be Trend, right?"

Trend forced a smile. "Yes, and I guess you're Celeste. It's nice to meet you."

Celeste giggled. "How'd you know that?"

Trend sighed. "I design clothes," Trend said. "It's hard to not know you."

"You feeling alright?" Angel asked Trend from her closet. She barely allowed an eye to fall upon Trend before she was sorting through her clothes again.

"Oh, I'm fine," Trend said. "The other girls and I witnessed Mech crash his ship just outside Alfea."

"Mech?" Celeste asked, her cheeks turning slightly pink.

"Oh, he was picking up the twins," Angel suddenly looked interested again. "Was anyone hurt?"

"Just Mech's ego," Trend said. "He and Brandon went looking for Trine."

"Oh, well, they'll have found Trine by now," Celeste said, waving him off as if he was no one important. Trend felt her cheeks glow and turned to her own closet.

"Let's go find Daisy and Vi," Angel said. Trend turned around to see that Angel was dragging Celeste from the room. "See where they're rooming."

"Nice to see you too, Angel," Trend muttered when the suite door closed.

"Please tell me that Celeste is not going to be living in our suite," Emerald said as the four girls met in the common room some time later.

"Don't even suggest such an idea," Cicada said. She then began to whisper. "If Angel hears you, she might just try to enforce it."

"Angel hardly even remembers we exist," Trend said. "I'd say she's more likely to try to switch with Celeste's roommate, and then we'd have some unknown freshman stuck with us."

The door suddenly opened and Angel walked in, alone. "Hey," she said with a smile. "What's got you all so down?"

"Oh, nothing," Emerald said. "So, Celeste isn't with you?"

"No, she's unpacking her stuff," Angel said. "Wow, summer was absolutely fantastic. I spent my days with Celeste, Brandon, and Trine; had meals in the palace by the finest chefs; and then I spent evenings with Brandon."

"That's funny, Brandon didn't seem too keen that you two spent any time alone together," Cicada said.

"Well, technically, Trine and Celeste were usually there as well," Angel said. "But, you know, when you have two guys and two girls…"

"Oh great," Trend said rolling her eyes.

"Don't worry, Trend, they're not dating or anything," Angel said. "Celeste doesn't even like him that much."

"Did you actually see your grandparents over the break?" Kaida asked. "You know, the reason you spent your summer on Eraklyon?"

"Oh, I saw them plenty," Angel said, waving them off. Angel took a deep breath. "I'm bushed. I'm going to crash. See you all tomorrow morning. Night."

As soon as Angel closed the door to the room she shared with Trend, Cicada muttered. "Our summers were fine too. Thanks for asking, Angel."

"Really," Emerald said standing up.

A girl opened her light blue eyes and noticed a black boot about a foot away from her face. She looked up, following the trail from the boot, to the leg, to the body of a strong man. He had long, dark brown hair, a thin mustache, and a long goatee tied in a braid. His skin was tanned from the sun, and his eyes were a striking green. The girl slowly and weakly pushed herself into the sitting position.

"Ah, my dear, you're finally awake," the man said as he noticed the girl's movements. "Please, don't exhaust yourself."

"What happened?" the girl asked. "How did I get here? Who are you?"

"My name is Gorgo," the man said. "I'm a wizard and I found you some weeks ago in the forest unconscious. Since I could not wake you, I took you here and have cared for you ever since. I don't know how you arrived there." Gorgo crouched down next to the girl and lifted her face to look at him. "Do you remember anything?"

The girl looked away from him. Her light blue eyes searched the room, then she looked down at herself. She was in a tan skirt, brown sandals, and a dark blue, long-sleeved crop top. She noticed a mirror and stood, walking to it. She stared at her own face for a moment. Her skin was naturally tanner than Gorgo's, but not actually dark. Her hair was long and fell straight, and was a lavender color. Her ears poked through her hair as the top of them were pointed.

"There was a battle," the girl said. "And, I don't think I lived."

"I think you were left for dead," Gorgo said standing behind her and placing a hand on her shoulder. "But, I won't leave you, Avery.

Next time on Vixen:

Angel has seemingly dropped the Vixen as friends, instead spending all her time with the freshmen Celeste, Daisy, and Violet. Can the girls remind Angel of their friendship, or has Angel really moved on?

(1) - Song by Guns N' Roses