AN: This fic is a sequel to my first Winx Club story The Disease of Death and although you don't really have to read that one to understand this one it will probably help if you do.

To everyone who read the first story and have decided to follow into this one welcome once again and I hope that you enjoy this fic as much as the last.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Winx Club in any way, shape or form. It belongs to Iginio Straffi and I am not making any money out of this.

Messages From The Past

Chapter 1

New Semester, New Beginning

It was now the second semester of the year. Bloom returned after her two week mid-semester break and looked around Alfea with somewhat saddened eyes. She couldn't believe that this would be the last semester that she would have Sky just down the road. The boys would all graduate at the end of this year inside a ceremony at Red Fountain while the girls still had one more year until they finished as Guardian Fairies.

Even though she felt a little down though she hoped with all of her heart that this semester would be better than the last. After all they had been through with Musa's virus, the Magical Dimensions war and defeating the Company of Darkness, they needed to stay at home for a while, get their bearings and relax. Hopefully this time around they would only have to worry about what day they had a test or how much homework they had to complete.

Bloom entered her room making Kiko immediately jump from her bag and begin dancing around with joy. Taking a breath she put the suitcase on the floor near the door before she heard beautiful music coming from her left. Looking through the door she saw Musa, reading sheet music and playing along. It was a beautiful melody. She never realised just how much she had missed Musa's music after she died. She supposed it was because she didn't know what she truly had until it was taken away.

"Hey, Bloom," Musa greeted with a smile, placing her flute back into its case.

"Hey," she smiled a little half heartedly. "It's good to hear you playing music again, Musa."

"Thanks, Bloom," Musa replied. "I thought I better get the flute out and play something, it had been collecting dust for a while. How was your break?"

"It was okay, where are the other girls?"

"They're all in the quad, they asked the boys to come over and visit. You know it is their last semester in Magix right?"

"Yeah I do," Bloom sighed sadly. "I wonder what it will be like without them here for the final year of school."

"I'm sure it will be fine," Musa began. "Besides you will always have us by your side remember."

"Yeah you're right." Suddenly Flora appeared inside the doorway

"Well come on girls, the boys will be here soon or don't you want to say 'hi'?" Flora laughed as Musa followed out the door with Bloom by her side. Together they walked through Alfea's halls and arrived in the Quad.

"Bloom!" Stella ran and hugged her friend. "How was your break?"

"It was okay, mainly sleeping in and watching earth movies, you?"

"I spent the time with my mum, it was her turn this time and we had an entire week of salon treatments, spa days and shopping, she even let me buy as many dresses as I wanted, observe!" Stella waved her hand and her normal green dress changed several times to show the girls what she had bought. "I bought heaps of new stuff, jewellery, clothes, watches, earrings, necklaces-"

"I hope you didn't buy a new boyfriend," Brandon commented as the girls all smiled. They had arrived. Stella ran to Brandon who held her close to his chest. "Of course I wouldn't," she began looking into his deep brown eyes.

"Sky!" Bloom ran to Sky who hugged her tightly and then kissed her lips for a moment.

"Hey, Bloom, how was your break?"

"It was alright," she smiled. "But coming back and seeing you is way better." Sky just laughed slightly as Bloom playfully nudged his arm. "What's so funny?" she asked.

"I was thinking the same thing," he smiled.

Helia kissed Flora on the lips as they met in gazes. "How was your break Flora?" He asked.

"I spent the time with Miele. She has been having trouble sleeping lately so I decided to help her realize that no one was going to hurt her."

"Why is she having bad dreams?" Helia asked. "I mean is it because of what happened when you got your Enchantix?"

"Maybe," Flora sighed. "But it doesn't matter now, what does is that this is your last semester in Magix."

"Yeah," Helia sighed "and we are going to make it the best semester in Magix history." He smiled as Flora hugged him tightly. Timmy and Tecna hugged each other closely. Timmy smiled to Tecna as she looked into his eyes. "I hope your break was as good as mine," Timmy inquired.

"Well if you mean the midnight run a way's into the magical history museum back in Zenith then yeah it was better than good," Tecna just looked into his eyes as he gazed into hers.

"Tecna, I don't know what's going to happen after this semester is over. I mean I don't." A finger was placed over his lips "How about we worry about that when the time is right?"

"Sure," Timmy smiled. "What was I thinking?"

Musa walked to Riven and was worried that he had reverted to his original, arrogant self over the break. Then she felt Riven's arms surrounding her body and she held him tightly herself. "I missed you," Riven whispered into her ear. Musa began to blush as they separated.

"Really?" She asked.

"Yeah," Riven smiled. "I did." He pulled her closer to him and their lips met for a brief moment. Musa was beginning to like the Riven he was becoming. She knew that he felt bad for a lot of things and she didn't completely understand most of it but she did know one thing... that this caring Riven was much better than her previous arrogant one.

Layla walked around the back of the school. "That dream I had," she mumbled to herself. "What was it supposed to mean?" Suddenly she saw Nabu appear in front of her.

"Nabu!" she cried and ran into his chest. Nabu held her in his arms.

"Hey Layla," he smiled. "What's going on, why aren't you with the others?"

"I just needed some time to think that's all."

"What about?" Nabu asked as she stepped back.

"About everything... a few things bothering me like what will happen at the end of this semester? Will you and the other guys all just leave and never talk to us again?"

"Never," Nabu interrupted. "Never think like that, Layla, our parents already said that we were to have an arranged marriage with each other. We are both of royal families and there is no way that I am leaving you," Nabu slightly smiled. "Layla, whether you like it or not you have me for life."

"Oh Nabu!" Layla said hugging him again. "Thank you. I know I can be stubborn sometimes and..."

"Quiet," Nabu said as he leant in and kissed her lips. Layla closed her eyes and kissed him back. When their lips parted Nabu and Layla just smiled and laughed to each other. "Now what do you say to joining the others huh?"

"Sure," Layla said taking his hand as they walked through the quad.

Together the group all boarded there quad bikes, girls holding onto their boyfriends of course. Together they rode until they reached the edge of a beautiful lake. The girls all dismounted to see a picnic, completely set out with flowers, plates, forks and knives, two large picnic hampers filled with food and picnic mats on the ground for them to sit and lay on. The girls all hugged their boyfriends again at the excitement of actually having a normal date.

Everyone took a seat and Musa saw a portable CD player ready for a CD. While she and Layla chose one to put on the other girls all began playing the 'would you rather' game. "Okay Stella," Bloom began. "Would you rather, wear nothing but witches clothes for an entire month or give up your powers for a year?"

Stella began to think as the other girls all waited for the answer. Brandon began pouring softdrink into the cups for the girls and guys while they talked about their holidays.

"That is a really hard one," Stella said biting her finger nail nervously. "Okay I would wear the witches clothes." The other girls all laughed.

"Hey! At least if I had magic I could spell everyone into thinking they were a new fashion trend and making them all wear it too."

Musa's CD had been selected as Layla began to dance on the grass. Musa stood and danced along with her. Riven watched with a smile on his face "So what did you do for the holidays Riven?" Asked a voice from behind him. Riven still watched Musa while leaning against a nearby tree.

"Ah hey Riven?" Timmy asked again as Riven turned around.

"Sorry guys what did I miss?" He asked.

"I was just asking you what you did on your holiday break?"

"Oh nothing much," Riven replied. "Just took inventory at my dad's shop and helped him over the holidays with demonstrations and stuff" he explained before putting the lip of the glass to his mouth and sipping the cold soft drink.

"I didn't know your dad had a shop... heck you never talk about your family," Sky said unsure of what Riven's reaction would be.

"Well yeah I have a dad and he owns a phantom sword shop back home in Quantum," Riven began. "I know I never talked about my parents before but I have decided that I need to be a better person. I hated it when I was arrogant, I really need to be more friendly but don't expect me to tell you every little thing about my life!"

"That's cool," Helia replied, holding his hands before him in defence. "But is it because of a certain someone?" He asked his voice slowing at the end of the sentence. Riven just laughed slightly.

"What do you mean?"

"We mean-" Brandon began as he patted Riven on the back. "Is it because of Musa? Has she changed you in some crazy way?

"Well," Riven said looking to Musa as she danced with Layla. "Yeah I guess that's it. You know... I shouldn't tell you or I might lose my reputation as a force to be reckoned with."

"Come on Riven," Helia nudged. "We already know that you love Musa, and besides we are your friends. You can tell us anything."

"Well, you know when she died?" He returned as the others all nodded their heads in agreement. How could anyone forget that one moment in the previous semester? "Well after she was gone I realized that I never told her how I felt or treated her right and then it was too late. I just don't want that to happen again."

"Well good on you bro," Sky began. "It's about time you got out of your hard shell. Now I think it's time for us to rejoin the girls for something to eat hey?"

"Good idea," the boys all returned to the girls and together they ate and talked about their holidays.

Musa told them about what it was like to be back home for the first time since her last attack. She had arrived inside her old home and opened the door, looking directly to the blood stain on the carpet floor. Quickly she opened the windows to get the dust and damp out before proceeding to scrub away the stain. But, it didn't matter how hard she tried it was still there. She ended up resorting to a spell which managed to remove it and wondered why she hadn't done that in the first place.

"I ended up breaking down and decided to come back to Alfea early," she explained. "Being there was just too painful."

"But why didn't you go and stay in the palace?" Bloom asked. "I mean you are the princess and all."

"Well actually I'm not," Musa began to explain when Stella stepped in.

"Allow me Muse, even though Musa is the proper princess of Melody she still has to go through her coronation to be allowed into the palace. So even though she is rightfully allowed to stay there Musa is still not the crowned princess of melody. I know it sounds stupid but that is just the way it is."

"Besides that," Musa sighed. "I wanted to make peace with the place I had grown up all my life and there were still a lot of things I had to sort out and pack for when I do move into the palace. I am so not used to this whole 'princess' stuff." Musa explained and then decided to get the topic away from her.

"What about you, Flora, what did you do?" She asked. Flora slightly smiled as it was quite obvious that Musa was trying to avoid any more questions. "Well I spent the time with my parents and my sister Miele."

"How is she?" Bloom asked. "I love your sister she is so cute."

"She is fine," Flora said after a moment's hesitation which earnt her a look from Helia. The kind of look that said 'why didn't you tell them the truth about her nightmares?'

"Well I don't know about you girls but I think it's time for us to get back to campus," Tecna interupted. "It's not that this hasn't been great, because it has, but if we don't get back then Griselda is sure to punish us."

"Yeah," Musa laughed. "The last time we were late for curfew she was ready to kick us out of Alfea."

"I don't think we can handle another Griselda problem this time. Tecna's right we better get going and you guys still have curfew too don't you?" Bloom asked.

"Yeah," Sky sighed. "Even being a senior doesn't get you a better curfew." After everything was packed up the sun began to set.

Once everything was packed the small group made their way back to Alfea, satisfied that this was the proper way to start the school year.

All of their holidays had been spent in different ways. Musa's was full of memories, Flora's was full of worry about her sister, Blooms was full of watching repeated midday movies, Layla's was full of formal gatherings and greetings, the things she hated more than anything. Tecna's was the most exciting of them all, considering that she snuck out of her parents house at least four times over the break to go with Timmy to the Magical History Museum and to watch the stars. Musa couldn't help but smile at the way Tecna leaned into Timmy's back with a smile. They were so happy and she had changed a lot since they first met three and a half years ago.

It seemed that the girls were all undergoing changes in their lives. After all, junior year and they had already defeated numerous battles and villains over and over and now they were here. Next year would be their senior year and what it would bring was a mystery to them all. The girls all dismounted their boyfriend's bikes, kissed and hugged them goodnight and arrived in the Quad as night fell.

Suddenly two spotlights turned on, hitting the girl's eyes. They all tried to look around but they couldn't see a thing. Then they heard the last voice they wanted to hear on such a perfect day "LADIES!"

AN: The next chapter will be up in a couple of days. This story will start off a little slower than the previous one before the real adventure begins. Thanks for reading :)

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