I just decided to do some proof reading, noticing a lot of crammed words together and more repeats of the same thing. I've also added more about Tecna's feelings once she had a chance to rest, just the reality of being free from her abuse. I've also decided to change the name of the General to Tyler instead of Ron, it just sounds better to me.

Winx Club Episode Dialogue (c) Iginio Straffi And Rainbow S.r.l

The Secrets We Keep: Volume One

By TecnoFan34

Chapter One: An Unexpected Event (Prologue)

In this magical dimension, there is a realm where technology is so advanced, and the people are more intelligent then anyone ever thought possible, but for me, I don't know just how intelligent a technology fairy like myself is supposed to be. I've been under lock and key for my entire life it's a long story, but now I can finally try to get out of this endless, windowless nightmare. I enrolled in Alfea College for Fairies in Magix with what Headmistress Faragonda said was an outstanding transcript, so apparently I'm more intelligent than I estimated. I'm uncertain about how other types of fairies will treat me. I've heard that some realms actually believe that people from Zenith have artificial brains, or are robots of some sort. That, as far as I know, is not true, there may be robots in this realm, but of course a natural mind has to develop and program them. Oh wow, I'm just as bad for going off on a tangent as an internet search engine that produces random results, I haven't even introduced myself. I am Tecna, I'm sixteen, and in a day's time, I will attend Alfea College for Fairies, only the best and the brightest go there. Although I have grown up in a building supervised by strange men, they say my schooling is impeccable. I suppose it's because I haven't had any official schooling, and all my work is sent to the man who claims me, to give to me to do. I'm known to the outside world as a homeschooler, at least I think that's the term for it. Though, there was something that worried me when Alfea accepted, what could I possibly be worried about? I got into the best magic school in all the realms, after all the torture that I've been through over the years, it would finally be over.

I sat at my computer, doing research on Magix to see what made the city such a tourist attraction, when my bedroom door unlocked. I jumped to my feet, my heart was racing. This was the most terrifying part of my life, feeling the stabbing pain of a huge needle in my veins, I was that man's lab rat, his guinea pig, and that was my only purpose in life.

"Please, not now." I quivered, I was almost free of the pain, just one more night on that hard bed and I'll be on the bus to Alfea.

"Yes now, you know exactly why we came." One man answered in a monotone voice once they unlocked my bedroom door. I hated their voices; they were so robotic and emotionless, even for my liking. I was too mature to plead, because I knew that no matter what, I was getting injected with that creation. So I just got up from my desk as they grabbed me by the arms and led me out of my plain bedroom. All that it contained was a dresser; rock hard bed and desk where I worked secretly on my inventions, and took apart my electronic devices, that was the the only sense of peace I could get. I had the latest computer, palmtop and my bug scanner, those were the only gadgets at my disposal, and I wish I knew more about how high tech the world outside this building was. There was also a jar of money sitting on my desk - with it, I had already sent Alfea my tuition - all that was left was bus and hotel money, and money for school supplies. With what money I had left, I had to budget very cautiously if I was to have enough for this year, let alone three.

The two men who came to get me from my bedroom took me to the laboratory. There, the man who legally owned me would wait until I've arrived, preparing the creation he made. I had no idea what it did to me, but it was too painful to be worth investigating.

"Hello, my little microchip." He addressed me as I was being pulled through the doors, I wish he didn't call me that, for two reasons. One, I was sixteen, I wasn't that little anymore, and two, those sorts of nicknames just begged for our people to be treated like machines. But I guess the phrases I use sometimes don't really help either.

"I'm sixteen, not six." I stated as I stared down at the tile floor, not wanting to make eye contact with him.

"I know, but you're still my little pet project." He told me, cupping my chin in his cold, rough hand. I had to at least try and pull my head away, but he made me stare in his heartless steal coloured eyes as he felt my face. I felt so self-conscious around him that I shook a little inside.

"Yes, your skin is so very soft, Have you been using that body wash I made for you?" he asked. Surprisingly it was the only thing he gave me that I actually liked. It smelled like lavender and made my skin silky. Though I don't know why he'd given it to me if he didn't give me anything else I liked... besides my computer that is.

"Yes sir." I replied simply, and the man nodded, his name was Dr. Rick Tonson. He hated emotion; he hated to see it, especially when I displayed it.

"Now I think you know why my men have brought you down here." He responded, unfortunately I did know why he sent his men for me, and I nodded hesitantly, "Perfect, you should know not to fight your purpose, right Tecna."

"Yes sir." I stated once again, and then sat on his lab table slowly.

"What are you waiting for?" he snapped impatiently after a few minutes of refusing to lie down. If I did, he would strap me in again, and there would be no way out.

"Just one more night of this torture and I'll be free." I thought to myself, then answered him, "Nothing, sir." I tentatively lowered myself to the metal lab table, and just as expected, the straps snapped shut around my wrists and ankles. I thought furiously to not let out a shriek of fear, this never got any less scary, I usually had to be injected about every third day, and it was never a pleasant process.

"See how much easier it is when you don't fight your purpose?" he asked, now as calm as he was before. He then touched my cheek again with his cold, rough hand, and with just slight pressure using the magic that he had, I could feel a sharp jolt of energy shoot through my body. Then all emotion was lost, he pulled away, revealing my Sphere of Emotion in his palm. The brown sphere was in the center, which represented anxiety. I was feeling anxious to get out of here and to Alfea before he took that away from me. Now I felt nothing, I did nothing; it was his sure fire way to make sure I don't struggle or scream for the injection of that painful, arm tingling substance.

"Why were you nervous, how many times do I have to say it? This is what your purpose is!" He yelled, and again, I did not respond, although I could hear him clear as day and I wanted to tell him about Alfea... but then he might kill me if I did. I couldn't anyway because my emotions were taken away, and it wasn't a logical decision to reveal that secret. One of Dr. Tonson's colleagues handed him a prepared needle, filled with the very liquid that made my arm go into overload with stabbing pain.

"Now, hold her arm out." Dr. Tonson instructed his colleague. My emotional sphere was handed to the second colleague, while the first helped inject me with Dr. Tonson's creation. The white sphere was now in the center, shaking wildly; it represented fear. That is why If I had my emotions right now I'd be trying desperately not to plead for them to stop, despite the fear, the logic I based my decisions on told me not to. Besides it would make me look weak, and like I had mentioned, Dr. Tonson despised any type of emotion except anger. The first colleague stretched out my arm as Dr. Tonson slowly stuck the thin metal needle in my vein. The pain shot up my arm and made it feel intensely numb. It would only be a while before the numbness became agonizing stinging.

"There, she's been injected. Take her back to her bedroom." Dr. Tonson ordered his colleagues as they unstrapped me from his lab table. I sat up and stood tall, even with the searing numbness creeping into my arm. Dr. Tonson's colleagues roughly pulled me by both arms and dragged me out, and at this point I still did not have my emotions, but if I did I would be yelling in pain and furiously shouting back at him. That was what I would've loved to do, but what would he do? My biggest fear was if he knew I was planning my escape, I wasn't sure of the punishment I'd get if he did. Though if I could get away with my plan, I wouldn't have to worry about him any longer.

Tonson's colleagues pushed me into my plain bedroom, and slammed the door behind them. They gave me back my Sphere of Emotion while we were walking back, so as I heard the final click of the door locking behind them, I took it to my chest. The jolt of magic returned, and brought my emotions with it. With the sudden blast of energy, the feeling of pain spread through my body, and I collapsed on the hard bed, screaming in pain as tears sprung from my eyes. Most of it was over, now I just had to suffer the night.

"Tecna, is anyone with you? Can I come out now?" My voice came from the closet, I still haven't gotten used to the fact that my clone had my voice, she had to be flawless down to the last detail. I created her over the last couple of years so that when I finally did escape, Dr. Tonson wouldn't become suspicious of my mysterious disappearance. She would take my place as his pet project, and hopefully try to expose him for the sick man he was.

"Yes, T2.., you're clear to come out." I answered her through painful tears.

"That man is horrible, how do you go through with it every single day of your life?" T2 asked me, she too had experienced my pain a few times so that she was used to the feeling. Although she does plead more then I do, and unfortunately that could be a dead give away.

"I have no choice, T2.., just the thought of leaving to go to Alfea.., is the only thing that gets me.., through the day." I told my clone, "And hopefully you'll find a way.., to be set free someday too... I wouldn't want you.., to take my place forever."

"I'll try, Tecna, somehow, and I hope that you have a better life at Alfea. When are you leaving?" My clone asked.

"I'll be leaving.., early tomorrow morning... I'll wake you up and then you'll have to sleep in my bed.., and then I'll leave." I explained to her while holding my arm to ease the pain, although that never helped, it just become a habit.

"Do you want to be left alone, Tecna?" T2 offered quietly as she turned to go back into my closet.

"It doesn't matter.., no one is going to come back any time soon." I answered, so, with T2's better judgment, she snuck back to the closet in fear of being seen. Now I was left alone to take in all the pain, and once I got to Alfea, I decided it would be the best solution to keep all of this a secret from as many people as I possibly could. I didn't want the entire student body to feel obligated to pity me for my misfortune and the abuse I had to endure. The whole reason for escaping to Magix was so that I could forget about my past and make an entirely new life for myself.

Timmy's Point of View

My name is Timothy Windez, but most of my friends call me Timmy. I was sent by my parents to be trained as a secret agent under the organization known as the MDFPP, or Magical Dimension's Fairy Protection Program. Ever since I was enrolled at fourteen, I dedicated most of my time perfecting my training so that I could prove to be a good enough agent to be sent on my first mission. It was the only thing that I had going for me, I had no friends in the agency, that wasn't my first priority for being there. For young agents in training, the Fairy Protection Program was like a military boot camp, we were split up into groups according to our specialties, mine for instance was being a strategist. Others were sent to perfect battle practices and stealth techniques. When I was not training, I spent my leisure time inventing magic sourced technical devices. From a young age, I was fascinated by how magic and technology could coexist as one, and knowing exactly how it worked was my passion, that and playing video games. I am seventeen now, and over the past two years of living at the agency, everyone in the organization insisted that I go to Red Fountain School for Magicians in the realm of Magix to learn how to be more of a master of defence rather than just a strategist. In the way of weapons, I preferred my laser gun to any other weapon, being that uncoordinated, I wouldn't be able to work with anything else. Today was the day when I would finally be assigned my first mission as a FPP secret agent, and I was told to meet with General Tyler, he assigned the junior agents with their first field missions. Once he determined they were ready, he matched them up with a mission that was best suited for their strengths. As I headed down the long hallway toward the doors, I passed one of the other men from my group of agents, everyone was well aware that today was the biggest day of my agent career.

"Hey buddy, I heard you're being assigned your first mission today, good luck." He chuckled, patting my shoulder roughly as he passed, "Although I will warn you, those fairies are hard to resist, keep your eyes on the prize, man. Don't let them distract you."

"You don't have to worry about that, logic and statistics have always kept me grounded." I reassured him as I reached the doors to an enormous room with all sorts of technical equipment and data files on every single fairy in the Magical Dimension. Behind a large desk sat General Tyler, dressed in uniform, and as he entered a sequence of numbers into the main computer, a projector screen flashed to life on the wall. He was a no nonsense type of man, a person who would be in the military of his own realm if he wanted, and one of the professors at Red Fountain, Cordatorta, reminds me of him because of their similar personalities.

"Windez, this is the day you prove you have the balls to be a secret agent under the Fairy Protection Program, as of this year, you are old enough for your first mission. Coincidentally, the fairy you are assigned to protect is predicted to arrive at Alfea tomorrow." General Tyler began, "We don't know much about her, all we have to go by is a name, place of origin, and a photo provided by the Alfea headmistress. The fairy's name is Tecna Logica, she is from Zenith, and here is her information." A picture and a few details about Tecna appeared on the projection screen in front of me, and as I gazed at the picture of the fairy in question. All the logic and reasoning in the world couldn't have prepared me for this, I was instantly mesmerized, she had short hair in a shade of vibrant magenta, and curious looking teal eyes that wanted to know everything. Normally I don't let my focus get lost so easily, but something about her just stunned me, as if she was unknowingly begging for my help.

"Holy crap, she's gorgeous." I whispered as quietly as I possibly could under my breath, unfortunately General Tyler had ears like an owl.

"Don't get any ideas, Windez, all you teenage boys are the same, you only want one thing, and if you even think about getting into this young fairy's pants, then you're off this mission, understood!" He snapped. The assumption that the thought would even cross my mind was insulting, I wouldn't even know how to attempt it anyway. That was something I would expect more from Riven, my roommate from Red Fountain. If I was assigned a mission, that was my main focus, and nothing else.

"I would never think of taking advantage of a vulnerable fairy that way! I'm not like any of the others you've had, I have priorities!" I protested defensively.

"Don't back talk to me, maggot, I know you teenagers better than you think I do." He continued sharply, "I wasn't born yesterday!" All I could do was nod in response and gather the the USB stick containing the notes on my assignment.

"I understand, General, but just one question, how did Ms. Faragonda obtain this picture of Tecna?"

"She sent it when she enrolled online, the headmistress has reason to believe there is more that meets the eye, and she is willing to guess that Tecna will reveal her secrets once she gets to Alfea. However, due to student and faculty confidentiality, the headmistress won't be able to tell us anything. All we need to know is that Tecna's life is in danger and she cannot handle this world alone. But remember, if she finds out that you are a secret agent, or if her life becomes threatened, your title as a junior secret agent will be stripped." General Tyler answered, leaving me speechless, this fairy's life was in my hands, but I was not a fighter. I could barely defend myself against anybody, never mind someone else's life. I guess that's the reason I'm attending Red Fountain, so that I would be ready for this.

Tecna's Point of View

Early the next day, I woke up, eyes adjusting to the poorly lit bedroom. This was finally the day that I would escape this torturous life and start anew, and I felt a twinge of anticipation as I sprinted from my covers. In approximately five point three minutes I was dressed, and took my suitcase from my closet without waking T2 too soon. I didn't know a lot of spells, but one of the things I did with my leisure time was learning simple ones, like the miniaturization spell I used with all my belongings. The room was bare without all my things scattered around the place and it gave me the feeling that this was actually it, there was no turning back now. I sighed deeply, and went into my closet to wake T2.

"T2, wake up, it's time." I whispered, nudging her shoulder as she rose from sleeping.

"Already?" she yawned, creeping from the closet, and tucked herself into my bed, positioning herself to take my place. I was unsure how long she would have to go being me, the time span was too unpredictable to do the calculations. I watched T2 struggle to get comfortable in my bed, and somehow I felt sympathetic for her and a slight bit guilty.

"Goodbye." I whispered quietly, "Remember not to cause suspicion."

"I won't, bye Tecna." T2 yawned again, trying furiously to get comfortable. I hated to leave her to replace me, but it was her purpose. I shuddered at the thought of sounding like the one person I wanted to escape from, but for once it was a true statement from his reference. I slowly crept to the door and used the laser in my watch to unlock it; then I used my magic to undo the damage my laser did to the lock, as if nothing ever happened. Once I was in the hallway, I noticed security cameras on the ceiling, just as I had predicted. So, with my magic I disabled the security cameras for a few hours, so they wouldn't capture my motion, and record my escape. Then I ran furiously toward door after door trying to find the exit from this endless building. Finally I saw it, the doors to my freedom. I suspected it had an alarm sensor, so, like I did with the cameras, I disabled the alarm with my magic for half an hour. Once the alarm was disabled, I triumphantly swung open the doors to my freedom and ran as fast as my feet could carry me, with the huge bag of money in my pocket. I was fully aware that it was risky having all this money with me, I was a young woman, alone and an easy target to get robbed. However I couldn't think of any other way to bring it with me. I walked for what felt like endless hours until I finally got to a highway, only a few cars were out this early. I took another dangerous chance and began frantically waving my arms in the air; I hoped one of the drivers would see me. Sure enough, a lady stopped and pulled over.

"Goodness, young lady, what in Zenith are you doing on the side of the road at this hour, it's completely illogical?" She asked, opening her passenger side door for me. As she did, I gratefully got into the car.

"I know that, ma'am, and I apologize, but with the situation I'm in, I'm desperate to get as far away from here as possible. Could you please take me to a transport station?" I told her as I caught my breath. The woman looked at my arms and observed them, since I was injected every third day, Dr. Tonson had to rotate places in both arms, and there were bruises everywhere as a result.

"Oh, my.., has someone been abusing you?" she asked in total astonishment after a moment of looking at every inch of my arms.

"Yes..." I hesitated nervously, was she going to bring me to the authorities if I mentioned anything else? If that happened, then Dr. Tonson would definitely find out that I had escaped. The best possible course of action now would be just to keep my mouth shut.

"Oh, you poor thing, unfortunately there is not much I can do for you. The best thing I can do is take you to the transport station, but you make sure that you get far, far away from whoever is hurting you. Get as much help as you can." The woman replied, and I thanked her as we rode off to the nearest city, the capital city of Zenith.

Once we got to our destination, the friendly woman parked her car, and before I could get out, she stopped me, grabbing my wrist gently.

"Before you go, I want you to take fifty more dollars, that should help put you up for another night if you absolutely need it." She told me generously, " I have no idea where you're headed, but I hope it is somewhere safe."

"Thank you again, ma'am. I appreciate your kindness, but it wouldn't be right for me to accept such a large sum of money from a stranger." I insisted quietly as I turned back to her in surprise.

"You have been abused, you are desperately trying to escape the torture you've been put through, you need all the help you can get and I can't find it in me to just leave you stranded." The middle aged woman was pretty adamant about giving me the money, so I sighed in defeat and took it, putting it into my bag. As I left her car, I turned back hesitantly looking in her direction. Her reassuring smile told me that she knew she was doing a good deed. This was the type of thing that I didn't want to happen, for someone to take one look at me and assume that I was incapable of managing on my own. As she slowly drove away, I headed inside and walked to the back of the line at the ticket counter. Once I reached the front, I received yet another look of pity from the man selling the tickets.

"Excuse me, I'd like a ticket for the next bus to Magix, please." I began shyly, wondering what his reaction would be. I was half expecting him to ask me if I had someone accompanying me on this trip, and I could tell by the look on his face that he was fighting the urge.

"And your name is?" He asked.

"Tecna Logica." I answered simply as I took out my Zenith photo ID card, he observed it and typed in the information into the computer.

"And your phone number?" he added, all I had to give him was my cell phone number, and he added it to the information I gave him already, " that will be one hundred and fifty dollars." With the realization of how expensive the ticket was to get to Magix, I sighed and gave him the money I had in the bag in my pocket.

"The next trans-dimensional bus to Magix should be here in fifteen minutes." he informed me, I thanked him and went to take a seat. I was so exhausted from poor sleep, and I could barely keep my eyes open. Fifteen minutes later, just as I was told, the inter-dimensional bus to Magix pulled up, and I went aboard and took the bus ticket out from my bag.

"Thank you, miss." The driver replied as I took a seat in solitude by the window. There were few people on this bus, so it made it easier for me to get in a few more hours of sleep. It was a long ride, though it gave me time to do more research on Magix, and work on blueprints for my new inventions.

Timmy's Point of View

The next night, I sat at my computer desk in the dorm at Red Fountain, and I had all the necessary documents for my mission on my handheld device. I couldn't help but stare blankly at the picture of the Zenithian fairy I was assigned to protect, Zenith was one of the Magical Dimension's most highly technological realms, and knowing this fairy resided from there guaranteed it was going to be hard for me to keep my priorities straight. Damn it, why must emotions have to get in the way of everything, I swear General Tyler ssigned me this mission because he knew I was liable to screw up. Suddenly my thoughts were broken by the sound of Prince Sky running into the room, and I immediately tried to close the image of Tecna on my device, unfortunately he spotted it before I could.

"Who's that," he asked me, "Damn she's a looker.., not as fine as my Princess Stella of course but still pretty hot." As much as I agreed, I had to change the subject, fast.

"It's nobody," I told him hastily, catching my breath, "So what's the hurry, what do you need me for?"

"Stella gave me a call and told me there is an ogre and a troll attacking her and another girl on Earth, we need to go and put that troll behind bars where it belongs!" This would be a good opportunity for me to use my new defence skills in a 'damsel in distress' scenario, since I was going to be in these types of situations in the near future.

"I'm in!" Grabbing my uniform out of my closet, I changed as quickly as I could, and grabbed my laser gun, meeting the rest of the guys out in the hallway.

"Okay, this may not be an official Red Fountain mission, but if we tell headmaster Saladin that we caught this troll, he might be able to get us more assignments like this." Sky explained.

"What, you want us to tell the headmaster that we went to Earth?" Brandon, Prince Sky's squire, questioned him, looking at him as if he was nuts.

"No, we'll leave the part about Stella and the other girl out, he doesn't need to know that." Sky continued, " Now let's work out the details later, we're wasting time!" During our previous year at Red Fountain, we were all given teleportation devices so that we could arrive on the scene of a battle without being detected, I took out mine and entered the coordinates of the last call that Sky relieved from his cellphone, from Princess Stella of Solaria. It turned out that she was in a beachside town on Earth known as Gardenia, located near a house in which I assumed belonged to the girl she was with. Now that we had our location, I used my device to transport our squad of Specialists to Earth, and as we materialized and turned the corner, we witnessed Stella and the other girl on the ground with the giant troll advancing towards them, and a yellow ogre standing a short distance away. Stella's new friend was a redhead dressed in blue, and I wondered if she had any magic abilities of her own. Without thinking, Riven was the first to act, tossing his bola around the troll's neck. I had my laser gun ready to shoot, Brandon had his shield and phatomblade, and Sky had his broadsword.

"Guys, I'm ready!" I announced proudly, I could deal with this overgrown brute as part of a team, and let Sky and Brandon tend to the fairies. Though, in the back of my mind I knew that being assigned a mission to protect a vulnerable fairy, I was eventually going to have to step up and grow a pair, as Riven would tell me.

"Okay let's take him to jail where he belongs!" Brandon ordered as Riven continued to keep the troll at bay.

"What's the rush," he asked with a smug smile, "Don't you want to have a little bit of fun first?"

"I wouldn't be so cocky if I were you," Prince Sky warned the burgundy haired rebel of our group, "after all, this is only our first mission." And just as predicted, the muscle bound troll threw Riven over his shoulder like a rag doll, and Sky sighed, "I rest my case." Suddenly the troll stormed towards us, and Brandon was the next to react with his shield.

"Stay behind me!" He advised the rest of us as the troll began furiously thrashing at his shield, "Sky, do you mind doing something!" The prince's expression become confused, as if he wasn't sure what he could do, when suddenly he swung back his green broadsword, hitting the ground as it created a translucent green wall, breaking the earth down the center and causing the troll to lose his focus on pummelling Brandon to a pulp.

"My turn!" I shouted, noticing that my voice just cracked, it was kind of humiliating because a seventeen year old would have been fully developed by now. That was not the case for me. Ignoring that fact, I just continued to shoot the troll with my laser gun as it fell into the hole that Sky created, and as I lowered my gun down, I felt a sense of pride from contributing to the team, "Bull's eye!"

"Yeah, well done," Brandon panted, "But it's not over yet." He turned around as we all noticed little red ghouls creeping up from the shadows.

"Girls," Riven just got up from his position sitting in between Stella and the redhead, they just looked at each other for a minute while watching him confront the creatures, "Okay, who wants to feel my blade, huh!" Riven attacked with his own sword, slashing most of the ghouls and throwing the last one other his shoulder, until the giant yellow ogre thrust forward, knocking him to the ground with just his fist. When the ogre looked at us next, there was a bright light from behind him, and he flew off his feet.

"See, I told you you could do it." Stella said to her new friend as she stood staring at her hands in amazement.

"Then I'm really a fairy." She answered, I suppose the rest of the guys are going to see her around Alfea this year if that was the case, and if not at least in the near future.

"Of course you are, I'm never wrong." Stella bragged as the ogre was left laying on the ground with a burning back, though it didn't take long for him to recover. However, Riven was back on his feet as well, ready for more action, although he didn't need to fight anymore as the ogre and the ghouls realized that they were outmatched and surrounded.

"Rats!" One of the ghouls hissed as they all disappeared in a purple light and smoke.

"Finally, this one's over!" Stella announced as she and her friend walked over to us, the redhead just signed in a mixture of annoyance and relief, "Bloom, meet our new heroes, Riven, Prince Sky..."

"Hey." The brunette Prince of Eraklyon greeted her, Eraklyon was where Sky and Brandon resided.

"Timmy..," As Princess Stella said my name, I couldn't help but smile bashfully, being acknowledged by a woman for any reason at all was enough to give me some pride, "And Brandon, Prince Sky's squire."

"Hello!" Brandon greeted them as I noticed that the troll was trying to escape the crack in the earth he was trapped in.

"Hey you, where do you think you're going?" I cuffed his neck with a shock collar. Just then, I saw two other people running out from the house, a man and his wife. The man was in complete shock at the destruction of his home and the woman was almost in tears. I felt tremendously bad leaving this place the way it was, but our job was done, and we could be seen by any other non-magical beings. It was bad enough that who I assumed was the redhead's, Bloom's, parents, had already seen us. I began levitating the troll, to take it back with us to the Magical Dimension, as Riven and the rest of the group gathered around me.

"See you later!" We all called out in unison as the portal opened, and we vanished from the scene, materializing back in front of the Red Fountain campus.

"Okay, so now what do we do with this thing, Sky?" Brandon asked as we stood stumped, not knowing what to do.

"Bring him to Headmaster Saladin, tell him we saw him out in the forest and caught him before he could cause more trouble." Sky explained, "That's our story and we're sticking to it." And so, the four of us explained our fake mission to the headmaster, who seemed to be very impressed with our teamwork.

"Very well done boys," he praised us proudly, "Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about him until Alfea's back to school gala is finished, it would be bad news for our reputation if the fairies knew we were transporting a troll to Magix City, they are fugitive creatures. We'll keep him under lock and key until the next week, then you boys will have the responsibility of taking him to the authorities."

"Yes sir!" The guys and I responded with a solute of our right hands, and returned to our dorms. This wasn't quite the exciting action packed battle I was hoping to participate in, but I knew very soon that I was going to meet Tecna, changing the way I looked at being a secret agent forever. My only thought now was a plan of action, should I proceed as a mysterious hero, looking out for her without her knowing I even exist, or should I get to know her as a friend just so I can get closer to her and build her trust in me. I was never that stealthy, so I was bound to be found out sooner or later, and I am not at all social, getting her to become my friend would be as complicated as charging the battery on a tablet with a cellphone charger. With all my logic and strategic know how, I should be able to figure this out without getting lost in the world of emotions.

Tecna's Point of View

Finally, I got to Magix, the inter-realm shuttle bus stopped as its passengers, including myself, stepped out. It was late at night when I finally made it there, and I don't know how many hours passed due to realm time zones. I pulled my luggage along with me out of the station and numerous taxi cabs lined up in front of the doors. I was quite sick of traveling by now, and I just needed to rest, but I was almost done for the day.

"Where to, miss?" The taxi driver asked.

"The least expensive inn you know of." I stated simply, hiding my arms and sighing wearily. He drove me to the Magical Sleep Inn, what was so magical about the sleep you had here? I suppose I had yet to find out that for myself. I stepped out of the hover car with my luggage and paid the driver. Once he drove away, I walked through the revolving doors and towards the front desk.

"Excuse me?" I asked hesitantly, and for the third time that day, I received a look of pity from the lady at the desk.

"Yes?" She turned to face me, apparently taken back by my appearance. I was scarred, had messy hair and bags under my eyes, it was a long day.

"Please, I just need a place to stay the night." I stated quietly, not knowing if she'd accept, even if I had the money.

"No offence, sweetheart, but can you afford to pay for a room?" She asked me, and because of my off putting appearance, the assumption that I lived in poverty was accepted.

"But I do." I insisted, taking the fifty dollars I received out of my bag. The lady at the front desk' mouth dropped in shock by the amount of money I had.

"That's just enough to put you up for the night here. May I see some ID?" And so, once again, I took out my photo ID and gave it to her. She asked for my phone number and address, and I gave her my cellphone number once again. I was too tired to think of what to do for my address, so I just told her to enter the address to Alfea as I explained that I was going to be staying there for the year. She didn't even question my parents or where I came from, she just gave me a registration paper to sign. By now, I just wanted to drop, and I was so close. I thought as logically as I could, and came to the conclusion that it would be safer for me to sign with my middle name, so that if anything happened to me, they wouldn't be lead back to Dr. Tonson.

"All right, your room number is 134." She gave me the key card and I thanked her before heading out. I walked out and down the walkway of rooms, then I spotted it, room 134. Sliding the key into the electronic lock, I inhaled the fresh night air. It was such a thrill to be free like this, but I hoped that tonight would be the first and last night on my own. The next day would be the day I would hopefully go to Alfea. Once inside my room, I wasted no time looking around and collapsed on the bed. It was so soft, I couldn't believe anything could be better than the bed I slept in back in Zenith. Every muscle in my body related at the comfort of the blanket and the indescribable sinking feeling of the mattress. After minutes of taking in the forgiveness of the bed, I struggled to lift myself up and look at myself in the mirror.

"Great Dragon, I look like a bunch of tangled wires." This was what everyone had been staring at when they saw me, bruises and scars covered my arms completely, there were dark circles under my eyes, my hair was a mess and my clothes were covered in dirt from running towards the highway from Tonson's building. No wonder I was getting all these sympathetic looks, I'd been traveling throughout the Magical Dimension looking like this, it was embarrassing! On the bus ride to Magix, I bought a travel pack of tooth paste, a tooth brush and a hair brush from a little dollar store in the city of Atom when the inter-dimensional bus stopped in Electro. I also bought a tin of powder from another store, the powder was a magical cover-up that was supposed to hide any imperfections, and when I bought it I hoped it could hide all these scars, so I buried every inch of my arms in the powder, and in an instant, magical sparkles surrounded where I rubbed it in, and it looked like my arms were barely scarred at all! What other miraculous inventions does the universe hold? Now that the bruises and scars on my arms were completely gone, I took the menu for the restaurant down the road off of the bedside table. I knew what I was going to have, I ordered in, by this hour I was starved. I knew that after tonight I had to be more budget conscience. At least at Alfea I would have the basic needs of any normal fairy. As my head hit the pillow, it took me a moment to realize that everything I had endured over the years was gone. Seconds passed before my heart began to race with anxiety, never had I experienced so much emotion all at once. Usually the only emotions that I express were pain, fear, and sadness, but only one at a time. Now there were so many emotions at once that I didn't like it, excitement, anxiety, fear, relief that I was finally free from Tonson's abuse. I suddenly sat up, noticing hot salty tears falling from my eyes. I knew I had to get some sleep or else I'd be very tired the next day, I was already pretty exhausted, so I grabbed some tissue from the bathroom and tried to dry my eyes and calm my thoughts before attempting to fall asleep again. This time, I just let the softness of the bed comfort me, something I never got to do before, it almost felt like something magical was telling me that everything was going to be okay, that I'd be safe from now on. Midway into deep sleep, I could feel a gentle hand on my shoulder, subconsciously, though I was too exhausted for it to wake me.