Chapter 1: Meeting Ian
''Stella, hurry up! Remember we are supposed to meet Layla and Ian at the pizza shop.'' Bloom yells exasperated with her best friend.
''I'm going. Don't you know that to look this good, it takes time.'' Stella says while posing a glamorous pose to the Domino princess.
''Knot it off you two. Let's just get going.'' Musa tells the two fairies that nod their head and dutifully walk the steps out of the store Love and Pets. Musa sighs happily that finally they could get to the pizza store where Layla and the boy Layla has a crush on, work.
The girls' stomach grumble at just the smell of the pizza wafting in the air as they round the corner to the pizza store.
''Hey girls! Over here.'' They hear Layla yell from her spot behind the counter in the Italian pizzeria. She is wearing a white apron around her waist and a baby blue short that contrasts nicely against her complexion. Her green t-shirt is stained with an impression of flour.
The Winx Club walk over to their friend and sit at the nearest table to order a delicious pizza from Ian, who goes to them to say hi and take their usual order. Musa winks at Layla when she notices the dark skinned girl blush when Ian smiles at her while passing her to the way to the kitchen.
Ian is a Hispanic boy who works at the same pizzeria as Layla. He is tall, black-haired, tanned and has dark brown eyes. Layla has had a crush on him ever since she got to know his sweet, fun side. Ever since the death of Nabu, Layla has worked double the time. She works in Love and Pets and in the Italian pizzeria where Ian works with her. It was a hard time for the princess of Tides but Ian was always there to comfort her and give her hope that life goes on.
When Ian gets back with their pizza and Layla grabs the drinks from the fridge, the seven friends sit in the circular table looking out the city of Gardenia. They eat in a friendly and fun atmosphere and their interest is spiked when Ian mentions his friend went on a tour in Los Angeles to see the scariest houses. One house interesting in particular is Murder House which is the most haunted house in L.A. Or the country.
''That sure sounds like an interesting place to visit.'' Bloom exclaims and laughs quietly when she notices Flora biting on her nails nervously.
''Hmm, guys I don't think that is a good idea.'' Flora practically stutters while glancing behind her, scared any spirit will disagree with her.
''There is no proof of the existence of ghosts. I think it will only be a waste of time.'' Tecna informs while reading more about Murder House in her phone with a curious Layla reading from her shoulder.
''Whatever, I agree is only a waste of time.'' Stella huffs and acts nonchalant but everyone could see from her tense posture and wide eyes that she is too proud to admit that she is scared of visiting that place.
''Oh, Come on girls! It will only be a short trip. We will go to L.A, visit some shops Stella, surf the waves with Layla and see the tour while we are there. You'll see we'll have plenty of fun.'' Ian says smiling encouragingly at the girls and hoping- praying, they say yes.
Honestly, Murder House does sound scary and all the tales have proof of the death of those people but it's not like they'll be trapped in there or something.
''If you are too scared to go, then you can always stay at the shop to take care of the pets.'' Musa teasingly says and sticks out her tongue playfully at Stella.
Just when Stella was about to retort something back to Musa, they hear the bell above the door of the pizzeria ding and they see two of the specialists come in and go directly to the table where the Winx Club and Ian are sitting. Timmy and Brandon smile and wave at the working personnel and peck their girlfriends in the cheek.
''So what were you guys talking about?'' Timmy asks curiously at the group of teenagers that seem to have mixed emotions. Bloom and Ian look hopeful, Stella looks mad, Tecna and Musa are uninterested and Flora is now playing with her hair nervously.
''Yeah, when we came it looked like you were debating something.'' Brandon agrees while Stella starts feeding him scraps from her half eaten pizza.
Musa rolls her eyes at Stella and Brandon that always seem to be overly sugar but answers anyway.
''There is this house in L.A were a lot of people have been murdered. They call it Murder House, original I know.'' Musa says sarcastically while snorting at her own comment.
What a lame excuse to get money out of people she thinks Riven would have laughed out loud at the mention of it.
Riven
She pauses and scolds herself for thinking of him. She reminds herself that everything happens for a reason and that Riven going off with Darcy is best for everyone.
Getting back to focus, she notices Timmy raise an amused eyebrow.
''Murder House, eh?'' He asks while inquiring for them to tell more about the mysterious dark mansion situated in L.A, California.
''Oh dude! You'll love it. It's like this big mansion built by this doctor that did weird experiments and was killed by his own wife. The last people to die there were this small family. The Harmon family, I think.'' Ian says talking really fast and making his accent sound heavy due to the speed he is speaking
''When do we leave, then?'' Brandon smirks at the Hispanic boy who is now considered a friend in the group. Stella hugs Brandon's bicep tighter and Brandon turns his head to his left to in her eyes and notices that her honey colored eyes are wide in horror. Kissing the top of her head, he rubs her back soothingly and promises that nothing will happen. That is just an old tale and that they have faced scarier situations before.
''I can't believe you believe in all that nonsense.'' Tecna throws up her hands in the air exasperatedly at the boys in front of her that in that moment are acting as immature as 3 year olds to her.
''If all that is fake, why don't you come with us and prove it then Tec?'' Bloom dares the smart fairy with fuchsia hair.
''Ok I will!'' Tecna says and a second later she realizes she agreed to go to such a stupid tour. She groans and buries her head in between her hands.
''I'm in.'' Layla announces and Ian grins widely at her.
''If Tecna is in, then I am going, too.'' Timmy says while he grabs Tecna's hand under the circular table.
''That's five people agreeing.'' Bloom says while fist pumping Ian who looks just as excited as her.
''Whatever, fine with me if we go to a music store and a concert when we get out of there.'' Musa says while crossing her arms and putting her headphones on.
Brandon looks at Stella pleadingly while pouting. He tries to put up his best puppy dog eyes so she says yes and they go together. He smiles childishly when she finally gives in and announces both of them are going too.
The group all turn to Flora, who is now a little pale and wishes that Helia hadn't stayed in Red Fountain helping his grandfather with Red Fountain's anniversary.
In a little squeak, they think they hear her say ''don't leave me alone.''
''Ladies and Gentlemen, to your right we have Murder House. This house in L.A recently witnessed the bloody deaths of the Harmon family. Mrs. Harmon, the wife of Dr. Harmon, died tragically while giving childbirth and Dr. Harmon hanged himself a few days after the death of his wife. There is no knowledge on their teenage daughter Violet Harmon, who is still in the lost cases with the FDI.'' The guide of the tour informs the group of people. People of different ages are in the tour, from 16 year olds to 60 year olds.
Ian taps Brandon in the shoulder and stretches his arm so he can take a selfie with Brandon overlooking Murder House. Timmy laughs quietly at their distress when the picture comes out either too dark, or it moved or Brandon wasn't ready and ended up looking like a 'maniac that had just escaped prison.'
Timmy snaps the picture of his two friends giving thumbs up and the house in the background. Then he gets the idea of a group picture and when the guide is distracted they silently escape the car and get closer to the house for a better angle. What they did not realize is that the guide left without noticing that he left nine teenagers in the lawn of Murder House.
''NOOO! Our purses.'' Stella yells alarmed when they notice that the car had left.
They try yelling and running after the car but it was too fast and had already disappeared from sight.
''Well at least Ian still has his phone.'' Layla says hopefully but Ian just dismisses their worry as something insignificant.
''You'll see that everything will turn out to be okay. How about we go in and start a fire.'' He proposes when the air around them turns frightening chilly.
''You bet, I want to get in.'' Musa says shivering slightly from the cold.
''Let's go guys. It is highly illogical to be out in the yard when we could be inside a perfectly warm house'' Tecna says trying to reason with the group
''Whatever we are the winx! Let's go girls!'' Bloom says animatedly while throwing an arm around Flora and encouraging the fairy of nature to go inside the house.
The group slowly walk up the creaking steps of the dark house. They hurry their steps when they notice a blonde woman look at them with a weird expression on her face from the house to the right of ''Murder House.'' Bloom slowly pushes the creaking door and …
Author's Note: Ian is a OC new character we have created. He has a purpose in this story, so just wait to know him better. By the way, we are two authors and we will be writing chapters each.
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