THE BIG SECRET

Disclaimer: I do not own the Winx Club. It's a great show by the way. I know in this story I am a little harsh on Bloom but it's only because I don't really like her. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it all the same.

Bloom sat on the window seat of the dorm room she shared with Flora. Flora had left the room to look for happier people as Bloom had been sitting there sulking because she had realized that ever since the new girl Layla had come, Sky had been acting awfully strange as though he were hiding something from everyone. To make matters worse, Bloom seemed to be the only one who was noticing. So, there she sat, sulking. She couldn't explain it, but she had reason to believe that something was up with Sky and her name was Layla.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the bowels of the woods that were not too far from either Red fountain or Alfea, two people were deep in conversation.

"This isn't right! You have to tell her! The girl's gotta know! Otherwise, what once was, can never be continued!"

"I know that but there's no way I can tell her. She's fallen in love with me! How I am supposed to break something like this to her? Besides, you should think of the kind of person that she is. If I just flat out tell her, she'll be heart broken."

"Look if you don't, it could mean terrible trouble for both of us especially you. Did you realize that she has been noticing that there is something different about you? She knows something is wrong already, what other choice do you have?"

"Perhaps you're right." He sighed heavily and shook his head. "As much as I hate to do this, I have to break the truth to her. I will do it tomorrow. You know, when we all get together for lunch."

"Are you crazy! You have to tell her alone. You can't tell her something like this in front of the whole group. I'm not ready for all of them to know the truth."

"Chill, don't worry about it alright. I promise, I'll get her alone and then you won't have to worry about everyone else finding out. I promised I would never do anything like that to you and I'm going to keep it, no matter the circumstances." There was a rustling in the trees and the two of them spun around. They caught a glimpse of brown hair as someone pushed their way through the brush. They both held their breath. They didn't want someone to find them out.

"Hey guys!" called Brandon's voice. He sounded rather worried. "Riven's gotten suspicious. I have reason to believe that he is following me right now. If you don't want to be caught and have to explain yourselves to him, I suggest you get a move on and fast. Riven's quick on his feet and he can be here at any moment. In fact, I hear his footsteps in the trees right now!"

"Awww, shit!" the guy cried. "We gotta split." He placed one hand on the back of his partner and shoved her into the trees. Just as Riven pushed his way into the clearing, they managed to hurry out of site. Instead, all he saw was Brandon standing there, apparently studying a tree. He turned and looked at Riven as he stepped through the brush.

"Oh hey Riven. Fancy meeting you here!" He laughed nervously.

"Enough with the act Brandon, you know very well that Sky was just here and so was someone else. I heard their voices. Thankfully for you, all I recognized about the other speaker was that it was a female. Now what's going on?"

"Nothing." Brandon reached his hands behind his back and pulled a tape recorder out of his back pocket. He had known that Riven was likely to follow him and had made a plan ahead of time. "You must've been hearing my tape recorder."

"Huh? Tape recorder? What do you mean?"

"Oh, you didn't know? Sky was an actor at school back home and I made sure to tape record all of his performances so his parents would be able to hear them. You know, they were always so busy, they unfortunately never had the time to go to his performances."

"Alright, fine. But that doesn't explain what you were doing listening to it way out here."

"Oh that! Well I got a part in a production of one of the plays Sky has been in. As a matter of fact, I'm playing the same role. I thought it would be a good way to practice my lines and I needed the quiet so that I could concentrate better."

"Oh really?" Brandon could tell that even though his story was very plausible, Riven didn't believe him. "Prove it."

"No problem." Brandon smiled and placed his finger on the play button. What was heard next was the same last bit of conversation the two were having before Brandon had showed up to warn them about Riven. After hearing it, Riven seemed to be convinced but he was obviously disappointed.

"Alright, you've proven your story to be true. You got lucky this time Brandon but I know that something is up with Sky that neither of you aren't telling me and like it or not, I'm going to get to the bottom of it. The only one around here who should be keeping secrets, is me. I'm the private one after all." With that, he turned and stalked off into the woods. Once he was certain Riven was gone, Brandon let out a sigh of relief.

"Phew, that was close! The cat was almost out of the box on that one. Luckily I had this tape recorder or else I would've been screwed." He gave another sigh of relief and headed out of the woods.

Hey everyone! Well, how did you like the first chapter? This is my first Winx Club fan fic so please give me feedback. I prefer constructive criticism if you need to criticize me. Thank you and please review. Next chapter coming up soon.