I started this story a few years ago, but since I'm now an A level English student I figured my writing skills must have improved a lot. Hence, I've rewritten this story and developed the plot a lot more! Enjoy!

"I can't believe it's our last day ever at Alfea!" Bloom sighed, "It only seems like yesterday I met Stella at the park back in Gardenia!"

"I know! You were so brave that day Bloom!" Stella smiled as she brushed her long hair. Bloom remembered how much younger they all looked on their first day at Alfea, and now they were women. Now they were graduating after three long and exciting years.

"Layla wasn't even with us back then!" said Musa, "We should tell her all about it. That is of course, if she wants to know."

"Seriously Muse? I'd love to know! To be honest I can't believe you guys have never told me before! Tecna just said you got up to some pretty crazy stuff when I asked!"

"That is totally true!" Stella laughed.

And so the girls proceeded to tell Layla about their first year at Alfea. Bloom and Stella at first explained that day back on Earth when Bloom discovered that she was a fairy after years living an average human life, and then Musa, Flora and Tecna joined in to tell her about their first dance, their first encounter with the witches and their assignment in the swamp when they met the specialists. Stella couldn't stop talking about how her and Brandon experienced 'love at first sight'. Bloom was more subtle, but claimed similar about her and Sky, although in the first place they had thought that Sky was Brandon and Brandon was Sky. Tecna even admitted her immediate crush on Timmy. However, Musa didn't feel comfortable talking about Riven back then and avoided mentioning it, but typically Stella brought it up.

"Layla, you should have totally seen Riven back then! He was even more grumpy than he is now! The fool even went off with Darcy! And to make it worse they were seen holding hands in the Hex Cafe, ugh!" Stella told her.

"Riven was under Darcy's spell then, Stella. Don't you remember?" Flora reminded Stella using her usual sweet tone.

"He was grumpy before that! Don't you guysremember when he fell in the river and we saved him and he was just like ' whatever'?"

"Stella, I'd rather you didn't talk about that, ya know?" sighed Musa.

"Ahhhh Musa. What you don't understand is that there's a downer in every relationship! But in your case, perhaps a few downers."

Bloom glanced at Flora and bit her lip. They knew what was coming.

"A few downers?" Musa objected. "Do you expect me to go up to Riven and be like 'Hey shnookums! How are you?'?"

"No way! That's Brandon's nick name! And I think that Riven would be the type to just punch you in the face if you called him anything like that."

"He wouldn't do that Stella. And you know it."

"Well I'm sorry if I have an opinion! At least he seems to have calmed down a bit since you saved his life like twice."

"Why are you being like this? I haven't done anything against you today."

"I am simply telling Layla about Riven's past! She wanted to know!"

"You don't know anything about his past Stella. And believe me, it aint some pretty princess fairy tale with castles and unicorns."

Musa stood up and walked out the room. Bloom, Flora, Layla and Tecna all glared at Stella.

"What did I say?!"

Musa found herself at her favourite part of the school- the top of the highest tower overlooking the city of Magix. It was her favourite place to be alone. She remembered being here on The Day Of The Rose way back in her first year. Her feelings had been all mixed up then, and she was beginning to feel mixed up again. She always tried not to think about those rough times with Riven- it was typical of Stella to remind her. 'Why does she have to do it? If only she knew,' she thought to herself. When Musa had told Riven about her Mom's death and her upbringing as the lost princess of The Harmonic Nebula on board her mourning rock star father's tour bus, Riven had confessed. He himself had grown up on the streets, teaching himself everything he knew. His mother had sold him away as a slave at an early age and he never knew his father. Luckily, he had managed to escape his captors and trained himself to fight, steal and survive. He had been very lucky to even get into Red Fountain. His rough experiences had taught him to trust nobody, but Musa's love for him managed to change that attitude.

Musa felt a rain drop touch her bare shoulder. "Funny thing," she chuckled. "The weather always matches my mood. I should be The Fairy of Weather, not music." She laughed at her little joke, even though it wasn't really funny at all. "Well, at least I have the dance tonight to look forward to. I should really go pick out a dress."

She stood up and went back inside. She headed back to their dormitory, only to find it empty. She sighed. "They must have gone to Downtown Magix. I can't blame them though, they probably thought that I went there."

She walked into her and Tecna's room, and walked up the few steps to her hald. She put on her favourite CD, danced and shouted along to the angry but meaningful lyrics alone while she rummaged through her wardrobe. She had many dresses from all their previous dances; her favourite was the beautiful gown that she'd worn to Stella's princess ball. She knew she couldn't wear a dress that she had already worn, and there was only one dress left. She pushed her band T-shirts and skinny jeans out of the way to reveal the back row of her wardrobe. Along with a few old shirts hung her mother's dress- a simple black sequined tube top with a flowing cream lace skirt. Her mother wore it to her last dance at Alfea. Musa felt a single tear roll down her cheek. "Mom would have loved to see me in it," she sighed and removed it from its home of three years. She took off her clothes to try it on. "A perfect fit," she said to herself. "This can only be coincidence." She stared at her reflection in the full length mirror. "I am so pale!" she complained, "It's a wonder anyone even notices me around here, Stella stands out like a single bright star in the night's sky and then there's me here like 'hi... I exist'." She pulled a silly face at herself before she smiled. "Ah well. I don't want any guys to notice me, just Riven." She said and blushed at the thought of a load of boys surrounding her and her pushing her way through them only to run into Riven's muscular arms.

Just then, her cell phone began to ring. She rushed over to look at the screen to see who it was. It was Bloom. Bloom had never said anything bad to her, so why should she be angry with her? She picked up. "Hello?"

"Hey Musa it's me Bloom. I was just ringing to see if you were okay?"

"I'm fine..." she hated to lie to her friends, even if it was just over the phone. "You guys gone down town?" she asked, mostly to change the topic.

"That's great! And yeah we figured you might have come here and of course Stella wanted plenty of time to find a stunning outfit for tonight. She thinks Brandon might propose to her, since her Dad proposed to her Mom on her last dance. And Tecna has this totally amazing purple dress and Flora's about to buy a gorgeous pink one!"

The thought of Riven proposing to her made Musa laugh.

"What's up Muse?"

"Oh, nothing. I just thought of something."

"Haha okay... Stella was wondering if you wanted us to get you a dress? Or you could come meet us?"

"No thanks. I'm just going to stay at the dorm."

"Oh so you've got an outfit?"

"Hey don't be nosey! You'll find out when you get back."

"Haha I suppose! Alright then I've gotta go, Stella wanted me to try something on. I'll see you later! Bye!"

"Bye."

Musa put her phone down and sighed. If Brandon did propose to Stella, they would undoubtedly have the most glamorous wedding ever. Then it wouldn't be long until Sky proposed to Bloom, and in Flora's realm it was a tradition to get married exactly nine months after you graduated. Then Layla would have her arranged and now wanted marriage to Nabu and Tecna and Timmy would have one of those weird digital marriages they were talking about having later in the year. But Musa would be left alone in the awkward situation of wanting to be married so much and at risk of her Dad forcing her into something unwanted. "Why is it always me?" she whispered to herself.

"Musa, honey, where did you get that dress?!" Stella's voice rang through the room and Musa realised that she still hadn't taken off her mother's dress after she had tried it on.

"It's my Mom's. I was always too sad to wear it before, but she wore it to her last dance... I thought it would be nice for me to wear it to mine too," she explained

"Well it is simply wonderful! My dress is nothing compared to it! And it maxed out two credit cards! Most dark-age outfits were like totally goth and hideous!" At least Stella was being nice to Musa.

"Stella, the seventies were not the dark ages." Tecna sighed.

"Yeah, yeah Tecna what do you know? They were actually the dark ages of fashion!"

"No offence guys, but this is kinda a stupid conversation. Do you not think we should show Musa our dresses?" said Bloom.

"Bloom! That's a fab idea! Even thought Musa has the equivalent of one half and we have the other half between the 5 of us." Stella jumped at the opportunity of modelling an outfit to her friends.

"I think that is the cleverest thing I have ever heard her say!" Tecna whispered to Layla, and they both laughed.

Bloom was the first to show Musa her dress. The dress was mainly aqua blue and turquoise, but with a darker shade of blue here and there. It resembled a floor length version of her enchantix dress. "That looks amazing on you Bloom!" Musa complimented.

"Thanks! You look amazing too though!" It was typical of Bloom- she was always returning compliments.

Then Tecna came into the room wearing a magnificent purple dress. Like Bloom's, it touched the floor, but it wasn't all layered. It was simple and tight fitted at the top but from her waist it flowed out like a proper ball gown. "I've got a hair band and shoes to match!" smiled Tecna. "Thanks to Stella's shopping skills, I must admit."

"That'll be cool" said Musa.

"Yes, I think it will." Tecna agreed, blushing because she knew that she looked good.

Musa smiled. Tecna had been such a good friend to her for three years. Even though Layla was her closest friend, she had always felt a special bond with Tecna. They told each other absolutely everything, and stayed loyal to each other by not telling anyone else.

"Watch yourselves girls! You wouldn't wanna miss this! Du du du dun! Ta daa! It's me! Princess Stella of Solaria!"

Stella strutted into the room in a glittering orange dress. It was very tightly fitted to show off her slim hourglass figure and flowed out from the knee like a mermaid's tail.

"I have to say that really is magical!" exclaimed Musa.

"And what else would it be?" Stella joked and smiled at Musa. "Listen... I'm really sorry about before. You know what I can be like. I guess I just didn't realise it would hurt you so much."

"It's okay Stell. After three years I know how to handle you!" Stella and Musa hugged and then Bloom and Tecna joined them.

"Anyway, I still have to see Layla and Flora's dresses." Musa said. "In you come guys!"

Flora and Layla walked into the room wearing two lovely dresses. Flora's was pink and very formal and traditional. It had two replica rose buds on the straps and more around the waist. The skirt part was the same pink but covered with a layer of pastel pink lace. Layla's dress was the same colour green as her original winx dress, so she must have picked it specially. It reminded Musa of the dress she wore to Stella's princess ball except with darker green ruffles.

Stella clasped her hands together. "Don't we just all look fabulous?! We're going to be the belles of the ball! Our guys won't be able to stop staring! Their jaws are gonna drop!"

"Yeah but it's our last dance at Alfea. We've had so many. I never really appreciated them before..." sighed Flora.

"Don't be such a misery Flora! The school is going to be decorated by nymphs! It's going to look so magical!"

"And I have a new camera to take moving photographs with! We'll always have the happy memories!" Tecna added.

"Oh Tecna you're a genius!" Stella squeezed Tecna tightly. "I'm going to miss you all soooooooo much when I go back to Solaria tommorow!"

"Don't think about it Stella! We'll all still visit eachother!" Bloom said.

"Oh Bloom you're always so optimistic! Thank you so much for being there all these long three years!" Stella let go of Tecna and hugged Bloom.

"Oh guys! Group hug!" They all joined in a circle with their arms around each other. "We have to make this the best night of our lives! We must all have some fun and laughs at the refreshments stand, then we must all dance together and then with our boyfriends! Then we can all go off privately and have our own separate make-out sessions!"

"Errrr... no," said Layla, and they all laughed in unison.

Sky was pacing in circles with his hands behind his back waiting for Bloom at the bottom of the stairs and staring at the ground.

"Hey Sky they'll get here eventually. You know what women are like!" Brandon joked.

"I know Brandon, it's just Bloom will be going back to Earth tomorrow and I want to spend as long as possible with her."

"Why don't you just invite her back to Eraklyon with you?"

"Brandon, you of all people know that my parents disapprove of her. They still want me to marry Diaspro."

"Yeah, but they accepted that you're not going to."

"I wouldn't go that far... and they still don't want me inviting Bloom to the palace and have her mingling with all the royal staff."

"But they didn't forbid you from it. I think you just need to give them some time to get to know Bloom."

"I'll think about it. But for now, I just wish she were here so that I could dance with her."

"Speaking of dancing, have you seen Riven? I've never seen him like this and it's hilarious. He's obviously eager for Musa to get down here, but he's denying it as usual. Never shows his true feelings much." They both looked over to Riven, who was trying to act casual but kept pulling his jacket sleeve back to look at his watch.

"Typical him then. I think he is seriously obsessed over her though. You must have seen the endless pictures of her in his room, it's a little bit creepy."

Brandon thought about the wall covered with photos of him and Stella in his own room. "I wouldn't call it obsession... just maybe true love."

Sky laughed. "Riven? In love? Can you imagine the crazy adventures?"

Brandon thought very hard. "Yes actually. I can see them both playing pranks on people in Downtown Magix."

"I'm not even gonna ask where you got that from."

"Stella and I saw them laughing in a shop window on one of our outings."

"What? Why were they in a shop window?"

"Pretending to be mannequins and scaring passers-by. That's obviously what you mean by 'crazy adventures'."

"Riven in a shop window? That has got to be a sight worth seeing."

"I tell you it was. Riven made me swear I wouldn't tell anyone... Oops."

"I won't tell anyone, don't worry." Sky winked.

"Hey guys look! The girls are here!" Nabu called.

Sky looked up to see the six Winx Club girls walking down the steps in six amazing dresses. "Wow. They all look beautiful."

"Don't they just?!" laughed a geeky voice behind him. He turned his head to see Timmy, Riven, Helia and Nabu standing there.

"I hope they bother to dress this well for your dorky maths marriage or whatever it is." Riven scowled.

"I'm sure they will Riven!" Timmy laughed nervously again.

"I think it might be necessary for you to calm down before Tecna gets down here," said Helia, not even glancing away from Flora.

Meanwhile, Riven was just staring at the glowing Musa coming down the stairs in a wonderful dress with her friends. He had never seen her look so amazing before. Her newly long hair was down and perfectly straight with small, thin plaits on either side.

Brandon pointed out Riven to Sky and they both laughed uncontrollably.

"Hey Sky," said Bloom in a flirtatious voice when she reached him and she put her hands on his shoulders. He put her hands on her hips and smiled. "You look amazing as usual Bloom," he smiled.

Stella and Brandon squeezed each other as their customary greeting. "Oh Stella" he whispered, "You really are the most magical girl I have ever met."

"Oh shnookums! You are the nicest guy I have ever met!" she exclaimed and kissed him on the mouth.

"Hi Helia," said Flora shyly, "The stars are pretty tonight, huh?"

"Yes, but not as pretty as you." He kissed her on the cheek and she blushed the same pink as her dress.

"Hello Timmy! Did you remember the camera?" Tecna asked her boyfriend.

"I sure did Tecna! We can capture this magical night and watch it again and again and again and again!" he said and pulled an odd looking camera from his oversized suit jacket pocket.

"Heya Nabu. How've you been?" Layla smiled awkwardly as Nabu took her hands in his.

"I've been well Layla, and you?"

"Same. I've been looking forward to tonight for ages."

"The same here. You look... very nice."

"Thanks," Layla blushed.

"Hi Riven," Musa said shyly, hoping her nervousness wasn't noticeable.

"Heya Musa," he replied.

She smiled weakly at him. Their greetings were always difficult.

"Your dress is very nice," Riven said.

"Thank you. You look, handsome, in your outfit."

Riven looked at his feet and then back up into Musa's perfect blue eyes. All of their friends had gone off dancing, even Layla and Nabu. "Ugh, do you want to dance?" he asked quickly, rubbing his hand through his hair. Musa smiled and nodded. He took her hand and lead her onto the dance floor with everybody else. He had learned a lot of things on the streets, but dancing wasn't one of them. Musa had given him a few quick lessons over the last few school dances, and although he easily managed to pick up the swift movements he still felt embarrassed doing it.

They danced for around fiften minutes before Musa said: "Come with me. I have to show you something." She grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the twirling dancers. She took him up the steps and inside the school. She lead him down several corridors and up some more stairs, along some more corridors and then they stopped at two large doors. "You're not supposed to be allowed in here, but we won't get caught since everyone's outside." She opened the door and they went inside the room. "Welcome to our dormitory!"

Riven looked around the large lounge area. It had four more doors leading into more rooms. Musa pointed to the first door. "That's Stella and Layla's room. The next room is Bloom and Flora's. The third is our bathroom and the last is mine and Tecna's room. Come and have a look."

The two of them walked in. "So what is it that you want to show me?" he asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Well, the room. It's the last day that I'll spend here and I thought you might be curious."

He smiled that wicked smile and then walked towards her, closing the distance between them. He pulled her right to him and she looked up awkwardly. He smiled the same smile before he pressed his lips against hers. She seemed to be enjoying it until he put his tongue to her lips and she broke away.

"Riven... I... I... I..." she stammered and then began kissing him again. He broke away this time.

"You what?"

"I... I love you."

He glanced away nervously. There was only one thing he ever remembered his mother saying: 'I told your father I loved him, then I took all he had and left him!'

"I love you too Musa... You are... So beautiful."

Musa blushed bright red and smiled. He smiled back at her and they started to kiss again. She let him put his tongue in her mouth. They found themselves sitting on her bed, still kissing, and Riven was able to explore parts of Musa's body with his hands he'd never been before. He began to run his hand down from her breast but she pulled away. "No... I... not like this. I want it to be... special," she said. Riven simply smiled his wicked smile and said "Okay, whatever you want princess," and stood up. Musa deliberately avoided looking at the prominent bulge in his trousers.

She sighed and looked at the clock across the room above Tecna's bed. "God, we've been up here half an hour! We better get back down- we're missing the party!" Musa rushed Riven out the room, he seemed confused but didn't object.

Back outside they went to get some drink from the refreshments table. Bloom and Sky were also there.

"Hey Musa, Riven! Where have you two been? You've been gone for ages!"

"Nowhere really. I was just... showing Riven something."

Bloom looked at them suspiciously. "What were you doing?"

"Wow Bloom! What ya tryin' to say? We weren't doing anything like that! I was just showing him our room!"

"Just showing him our room? Why?" Bloom winked at Musa.

"I only showed him my stuff, stop it."

"I'm only teasing, Muse! I just don't see why you would want to take him up there. It's only girl stuff."

"I just wanted to show him where I lived for three years."

Bloom just managed a "fair enough" before Sky whisked her back to the dance floor.

"Bloom believes everything you say." Riven stated.

"I know. She really trusts us. I didn't really lie to her though. She was suggesting that we did it."

"Not quite!" Riven laughed, "Not until after we graduate."

"That's tonight, moron."

"Exactly." He winked at her.

Musa shook her head in fake disgust and they too went back to the dance floor.

It was ten minutes until midnight when Mrs. Faragonda began the graduation speech. "It has been a long three years for our seniors, but tonight their journey at Alfea comes to an end..." she began, and was met with cries of "noooooo" from the students.

"They have been amongst our most wonderful and successful students ever, and have helped our school through its most difficult times. We have done our best to make this night a magical experience for all of them; but now it is time for the most important part. Can all of the Alfea seniors please come up."

Bloom, Stella, Flora, Tecna and Layla went up with all the other seniors. Riven eventually let go of Musa's waist and she walked up to join her friends. Mrs. Faragonda read out all of their names. Then Professor Saladin announced for the Red Fountain seniors to also come up. He then read out all of their names. The girls and guys were all handed their graduation scrolls, and Mrs. Faragonda read it out to them from a copy. Then everybody fell silent as they listened to the chimes of the clock tower. Once the twelth chime struck for midnight, the whole school erupted with cheering. The Winx girls got together in a group hug.

"Can you believe it girls?! We're offically fairies! I'm not just the sun and moon fairy- I'm The Fairy of the Sun and the Moon!" Stella burst out.

"And I'm The Fairy of Flowers and Plants!" smiled Flora.

"I'm The Fairy of Music!" laughed Musa.

"I'm The Fairy of Everything Digital!" Tecna beamed.

"I'm The Fairy of Liquids!" Layla said.

"And I'm just the dragon fire fairy" sighed Bloom.

"What do you mean Bloom? Now you're The Fairy of the Dragon Fire!" Stella objected.

"I can't be Stella. You can't be a fairy of something if you don't even have a realm..."

"Bloom, even though your realm is destroyed, it's still there and so it's still a realm! And if you can't class Sparx as a realm just say Earth is your realm. I bet you'll be the only fairy of Earth!"

Bloom smiled at Stella.

"Stella!" Brandon was pushing his way through the bustling crowd to get to the girls.

"Shnookums!" she exclaimed, and forced her way through the crowd to Brandon. The girls watched as they kissed.

"I can't believe we've finally graduated. Now Stella, you really are my princess," he began. Brandon reached into his pocket and brought out a small box. He showed it to Stella and then he opened it. Inside, was a small gold ring with a large, glittery yellow topaz on it. "You are my sun and my moon and I love you. Stella, my love, will you marry me?"

Stella looked as if someone had just given her all of the clothes in the universe for free. She jumped up and wrapped her arms around Brandon. "Yes Shnookums! Yes! I will marry you!"

When Stella let go, Brandon took the magnificent ring out of the box and slipped it onto Stella's finger. He put his arm around her shoulder and they walked back over to the girls, who were cheering and Flora even shed a few tears. They all said their congratulations and then Musa snuck off to find Riven.

"What was all the commotion over there about?" Riven asked when they found each other.

"Oh. Stella and Brandon got engaged." Musa smiled.

"Cool. When's the wedding?"

"I have no idea. You don't sound very excited."

"Neither do you."

"Ah well... Anyway... You guys are leaving soon..."

"Yes..."

"I'm going back to the Harmonic Nebula tomorrow. Where will you go?"

"Sky's got me a temporary place in Eraklyon."

"Oh, I see."

"Come on Riven! Say your goodbye! We haven't got all night!" Brandon and Sky yelled from a few metres away.

"I better go," Riven said. "We have to leave really early tomorrow, Eraklyon's very far away and the transport services are limited."

"Sky's the prince? Surely he gets his own ship or whatever?"

"He didn't want to make a fuss."

"Oh," Musa said, emotionless.

"Musa, please don't be sad. I'll see you sooner than you think!"

Musa didn't say anything.

"Riiiiiivvvvvveeeeeennnnnnnnnn!" Sky and Brandon called again.

"Just one last thing!" he shouted back. He place his hands on Musa's hips and kissed her passionately. They ended after a few minutes.

"Goodbye then Riven," she said, gazing up into his eyes and struggling to stop tears from escaping her own.

"Goodbye Musa. I love you."

He let go of her and jogged over to Brandon and Sky, who were now laughing and wolf-whistling.

Musa watched them until they were tiny specs in the distance, and then she went to go and find her friends to say goodnight before some well-needed sleep.