So I'm back with another story, this writing thing is like an addiction. This story is about Musa's journey through season 1. I saw that a lot of authors have done their own spin on season 1 or season 3 of the winx club, so I decided to try my hand at it. I am going to keep to the script of the show a lot, but there are some differences. But it will follow the overall series of events in season one.

I hope you guys like it!

It Feels Like Magic

The Harmonic Nebula was known for many things, it was a hub for culture and music not to mention it was where many trends in the entertainment industry began. It's landscape was almost picturesque, with sparkling metropolises, tranquil country sides, and a constant tune in the air it seemed as if this place were perfect. The people of this area tended to be pretty talented and the crown jewel of this vast empire was the kingdom's sole heir, Princess Musa Dannington.

Musa woke around noon to the sunrays shining in her face. She smiled and squinted as she sank into the comfort of her soft bed. She sat up and noticed that her drapes were drawn and the sun was shining through the large French doors. Musa looked around the room and noticed that all her clothes, that she threw on the ground last night after getting in late, were picked up, cleaned, and pressed. She sat there and marveled at the fact that she had impeccable hearing and yet she never heard the maids come in and clean up. I should start locking that door… Musa thought to herself as she got out of bed and stepped into her plush slippers.

Musa walked to her desk where there was a welcome packet for Alfea School for Fairies sitting neatly on top of a few more papers, all with the Alfea letterhead at the top. Her room was remarkably clean, probably because many of her things were packed and en route to Alfea. Musa picked up the welcome packet and walked out onto her balcony that overlooked her garden. Every room she had in every palace was overlooking a garden; it was this way because her mother wanted her to have something beautiful to look out to. Since then Musa insisted that her rooms were by a garden.

Musa flipped through the pages and looked at the school that she would be attending for the next four years as she leaned against the marble railing of the balconies. After a couple of minutes, Musa walked back into her room and went to shower. After a quick shower Musa walked out of her room and over to the dining room in the palace where she found her father sitting, reading a newspaper, waiting for her. "Hello princess," greeted her father warmly.

"Hi daddy," Musa said as she sat down next to her father.

"Darling, I know you've decided to go to Alfea," the king began after a couple of moments of silence. "But, I think we've been too hasty when making the decision; you have been so happy at Devon Prepatory, why not continue there?" Musa's father questioned hoping she would stay closer to home. She had been attending a prestigious prep school that was an hour away from the palace and even though she stayed in a dorm there as well, she was very close to home.

"Daddy, we've talked about this," Musa said firmly. A smile did paint her face, she felt bad and she knew her dad was going to miss her, but she wanted to go to Alfea. It was where her mother had gone to school and she needed to stand on her own two feet for once. She had always been sheltered by her father, by palace guards, or by the harmonic secret service, but in Magix she could be normal and she could finally see how life would be if she wasn't constantly being protected. "I'm going, but I am going to miss you,"

Her father smiled as the maid from the kitchen brought her a plate of food. "So what will you be doing today,"

"Umm… I'll be home for awhile and then Daniel is picking me up and we're going out and then dinner with everyone," Musa said as she picked at her food. She wasn't the least bit hungry; she was far too excited about going to Alfea the next day.

Musa and her father talked for another hour or so before he had to leave for a meeting with the king of Crescendo, an ally of the Harmonic Nebula and Musa happened to be dating his son, Daniel. "Darling, I will try to make if back by the morning, but if not, I will come by Magix to visit you in a week," he stated.

"Okay," Musa said a bit dejectedly. Her father was a busy man and she knew that, but it would have been nice if he had time to spend with her before she left to go to Alfea. Her father gave her a hug and kissed her on the head before leaving the palace. Musa had the whole afternoon to herself so she went out into the garden with her ipod and the same welcome packet that she flipped through that morning. Daniel, her boyfriend, would be picking her up around 5 so she could go out with him before meeting the rest of her close friends for her goodbye dinner.

Musa sat on a bench in the middle of the garden in front of a large fountain and looked through the packet over and over again. Her mother had gone to Alfea and the main reason she had decided to apply to Alfea was so that she could follow in her footsteps. She was only three when her mother passed and she would do anything to feel a connection to her. Not to mention she had fallen in love with the school when she went to visit a couple of months ago and she had found out that she had been accepted to the school for fairies a couple weeks later. Musa continued to read the packet and as she read the sentence 'Red Fountain, the school for heroics is only a stones throw away from Alfea' and she couldn't help but wonder who her friends would be.

She had always been a bit shy, but when she became friends with people she became much more extroverted. Would she fit in at Alfea as well as she did here? And what about the heroes and the witches? She had heard some of the students at Alfea talking about the events they had with the heroes when she visited the school. If there were formal dances she would have to go alone since she was with Daniel, so she would need some close friends around. The excitement was mixed with anxiety, but overall she was curious to see what life would be outside of the Harmonic Nebula would be. There was so much she could do and so much she could learn, she was beyond excited. But there was still a bittersweet feeling about the whole situation. She couldn't imagine not being around her best friends for so long and not to mention Daniel. They had been dating for 6 months now and they had become very close.

She and Daniel had been best friends for as long as she can remember. He was the prince of her planet's most valued ally. Their planets had been very close for many years and so it only made sense that they grew up together. Everything seemed to be very innocent and it was always great that way, but one random spring day after school she and Daniel were walking back to her dorm room to study for a test and on their way to her room, Daniel stopped her and without any warning, kissed her. Musa blushed as she recalled the memory, when she thought back on it, she wondered why she didn't pull away and question Daniel. Instead, she kissed his back as avidly as he kissed her. And from then on they had been dating and everyone seemed to be happy about the new found romance.

Without realizing, Musa had let the hours pass in the garden and before she knew it 4:00 rolled around and she needed to get ready for the night. She quickly slipped into a little black dress and walked out of the palace doors to see Daniel pulling up. He got out of the jet black Lamborghini and walked up to her with a dozen red roses. His dark brown hair lightly flicked in the wind and his emerald green eyes were fixated on her. "New car?" Musa asked taking the flowers and handing them to one of the guards who took them inside. Before answering, Daniel put his arms around Musa and pulled her close. He gently kissed her on the lips and the kiss quickly escaladed and he and Musa were soon in an intense lip lock.

"Yeah, I felt like driving a new car this morning," Daniel said when he and Musa parted. In their world, buying a half million dollar car on a whim was hardly out of the ordinary. "Now onto our evening," Daniel said opening the car door for Musa and she sat on the soft leather interior.

"So where are we going," Musa asked as she leaned in to give him a quick kiss.

"It's a surprise," Daniel said with a smirk on his face as he switched gears and sped off the castle's entranceway and into the capital city. When they finally arrived to their destination, it was an upscale restaurant in the city, Musa looked around a bit skeptically wondering what was going on. She was supposed to go to dinner with everyone after he date with Daniel so she knew there was something going on. Before she could ask anything, Daniel took Musa's hand and led her into the restaurant.

"Daniel, what's going – " Musa began as she walked into the dark restaurant, but her question was cut off by all of the lights coming on while simultaneously all of her friends and some people she hardly knew, popped out from behind tables and columns and took pictures.

"SURPRISE!" everyone screamed as the princess walked. Musa was completely floored by the gesture. She couldn't get a word out of her mouth as many cameras continued to flash. She was expecting a small dinner with 10 of her closest friends, but instead she got a huge farewell party with at least 100 people in the room. In front of the huge crowd of people were Musa's closest friends, standing with cameras and huge smiles painted across their faces.

"Oh we are going to miss you so much!" Annabelle said as she walked up to the flabbergasted princess and gave her a hug. Annabelle was a princess of a nearby planet and she was the twin sister of Isabelle, who was next to come up and jump on and hug Musa.

"MUSA! Oh you look so cute!" Isabelle exclaimed avoiding saying something that might upset Musa like 'we're going to miss you'. Isabelle and Annabelle were always the life of the party and while they had very similar personalities there were key contrasts between them and it was as if one balanced out the other.

Musa greeted her close friends and then they all settled at a large table in the center of the room. The room was filled with a bunch of small tables with one large on in the middle. There was music playing and the party was still rather tame since it was early in the night. Musa looked around the room and took in the whole situation, she really would miss home.

"Devon won't be the same without you," Leslie said from her seat at the table. Musa was the only one of her close friends that was leaving Devon Prepatory for another school. She had become so used to everything and now she was leaving for something completely new, it was both exciting and menacing.

"I'm sure you guys will be fine," Musa insisted. "And I will be coming home a lot, I'll even come to school with you guys one day, I'm sure headmaster Charleston will love it," Musa joked. She and her friends hadn't made the headmaster's job easy since the day they began in the prep school. Not that they were trouble makers, but the boys did engage in pranks and normal things like that, but they hardly ever got in trouble because their parents could always bail them out of any mess. Musa remembered one particular time when Daniel, Duke and Brian set up a soap opera like scrip in which they were all in love with the same person and played it out during class one day, it went so far as to them staging a fight in front of the whole class. (1) It not only wasted 15 minutes of class time, but it also landed three of them in Charleston's office being threatened with explosion, although it never happened.

"Yeah, I'm headmaster Charleston would love to have you come back," Duke shot back sarcastically.

"I was never the one that got in trouble!" Musa defended. While she was never the one who would be interrupting class or pulling a prank, she was the one who stood by her non law abiding friends and her need to get her opinion out there usually landed her in as much trouble as the boys.

"Please, your big mouth got you in more trouble than you care to mention," Isabelle claimed.

"Hey you better watch your mouth when you get there," Brian, another of Musa's close friends, advised. "Cloud Tower isn't far and I hear witches aren't the most forgiving, especially after getting attitude from fairies. And I don't think the 'princess card' is going to work with them," Brian teased. Everyone knew about Musa's inability to let things go, and while it was charming at times, they knew that some people, especially disgruntled witches, wouldn't take too well to her 'charm'.

"True, better watch your back," Leslie teased as everyone laughed. "But there will be people to take care of you, the school of heroics isn't too far away," Leslie said and tossed an evil smirk over to Daniel. Daniel didn't say anything, he knew Leslie was joking, but he did put his arm around Musa and gave her a quick kiss on cheek.

"Don't worry Daniel, I'm sure nobody will steal Musa away,(2)" Isabelle continued for Leslie. "But I'm sure boys will try,"

"Doesn't matter," Musa defended. "I already have my prince charming," Musa said jokingly laying her head on Daniel's shoulder while everyone at the table either said 'aww' or threw a small piece of food at the couple in a joking manner.

"So, when do you finally leave tomorrow?" Nate asked sarcastically. He was also a royal and he was dating Leslie for years now.

"4 am," Musa answered. She was not one to wake up early and from the smile on everyone's faces they knew that too. "I will arrive there around noon,"

"Sucks," Isabelle said looking down at her plate and idly playing with her food. "Guess you should stay here," She finished in a mumble so low that she figured nobody heard, she did forget however that she was in the Musical realm and that most of her friends had impeccable hearing.

"Is!" (3) Duke said to Isabelle in a disapproving tone. Duke was also one of Musa's close friends and he was probably the only one of the group that retained any knowledge that they acquired during etiquette class.

"Guys please, let's not talk about me leaving," Musa begged. She was already sad enough that she was leaving, but seeing that they were all upset about it made her feel bad that she was also really excited about it.

"Musa's right, tonight is about having fun," Annabelle cheered. "I propose a toast! Here's to the winners that won us, the losers who lost us and the lucky bastards that have yet to met us!"

"And to knowing that this will be one of many amazing nights that we will all spend together," Leslie continued knowing that just because Musa was leaving didn't mean that they weren't going to be close anymore.

"And finally partying like there's no tomorrow," Daniel continued as he raised his glass. "And living the life people only dream of," With that everyone raised their glasses and took a drink. After that toast the party finally got started when Nate went over to the turn tables and decided to try his hand at being a DJ. Finally the night began to get going and it became the party that everyone planned on. For most of the night Musa sat at her seat while everyone in the room came to her and wished her their best and told her how much they would miss her.

Musa thought it was pretty funny since she really didn't know many of them. Musa was never the type of girl to be the 'queen bee' in a school and yet she managed to become the role at Devon Prep, in fact she was actually pretty reserved and it normally took awhile for her to really open up to people. She was on the dance team and she was dating one of the hottest guys at the school and when she thought about it, she was the epitome of 'queen bee'. While she was never the one deciding who was in the 'in' crowd, she left that to her less benevolent friends, she was the one that everyone in the school knew. She was after all the princess of the planet and as such everyone knew her name.

For most of the night there was a small crowd around Musa because she was the guest of honor, but a certain prince was getting lonely and wanted to spend as much time as he could with his girlfriend. Daniel was with Nate and Duke talking to some of his friends, but he kept looking over to Musa hoping at some point the crowd around her would deflate so he could steal her away for a bit. "Dude, you're drooling," Nate commented as he flicked his dirty blonde hair out of his face.

"Can you blame me?" Daniel said when he looked over to Musa.

"Actually I can," Nate shot back. "Considering Musa is like my sister," When Nate saw how his best friend was looking at Musa with an almost worried look on his face, he quickly dismissed everyone else in order to talk to Daniel.

"I don't have anything to worry –" Daniel asked before Nate jumped in.

"No, you don't," Nate reassured. "Musa is a lot of things and none of them are deceitful,"

"Yeah, you're right," Daniel said to Nate and gave him a thankful pat on the shoulder and then made his way over to Musa and quickly pulled her away from the crowd of people around her.

"Thanks," Musa said when she was pulled out of the group. She too wanted to spend time with her significant other.

"Well, I was wondering if the princess wouldn't mind dancing with me,"

"I'd love to," Musa said happily and then Daniel led her onto the dance floor. Musa moved along with Daniel, who happened to be an excellent dancer, as everyone else at the party enjoyed themselves.

"I'm going to miss you so much," Daniel whispered in her ear as they danced. He was the kind of guy that got everything he wanted, he was a prince after all and his parents chose to give him whatever he wanted instead of quality time with him, so Daniel was very used to having everything. And he wanted, more than anything, was for Musa to stay. There was so much he was worried about with Musa's leaving. Brian was right, she would be going to school not too far away from a whole building full of witches that were coming into their power, and Musa was never the kind of person who let even a small injustice go. So if there were any pranks between schools, which was sure to happen since it was pretty well known that Alfea and Cloud Tower were rivals, then Musa was probably never going to let it go and she would defiantly try to get retribution. That was not the only thing he was worried about, he knew that Red Fountain was close to Alfea and that the two schools had many events together. The last thing he needed was his girlfriend far away from him and surrounded by a bunch of guys that went to an all male school. He was worried that she would find someone else there and even though he knew Musa was not the type of person to ever cheat, it still scared him to know that she could find someone else.

Musa didn't answer; rather she laid her head onto his shoulder and fell into his comfort. They continued to dance, granted it was much slower now. After a couple of minutes Musa pulled away a bit and looked into his dark emerald eyes. "I'm going to miss you too," For a second there was nothing else going on in her mind, all she could think about was how great it was to have him around holding her like this. Without another word, Daniel bent down and kissed her, on some level hoping it was enough to make her stay. When they finally parted, Daniel kept his arms around her waist and he looked down at her with a smile.

"Don't you let any of those heroes in training whisk you away from me," Daniel said only half joking and by the tone in his voice, Musa could tell that he was feeling a bit insecure.

"Hey, nobody knows me better than you," Musa said looking into his eyes intently making sure that he knew how much he meant to her. "And you have to know that nobody can ever replace you," It was true, Daniel and Musa grew up together and they knew everything about each other. Musa did love him, but she wasn't sure if it was in a romantic way. She felt an attraction to Daniel, but who wouldn't? He had amazing green eyes and dark brown hair that had a mix of other brown hues thrown in, he carried himself with confidence and he did have a pretty good body, he was the star player on the soccer team. But, she really didn't know how deeply rooted her feelings were for him in the romantic sense.

"Yeah, I know," Daniel said confidently. He then took Musa's hand and led her back inside to her party. All he wanted to do tonight was party with his girlfriend and forget temporarily that she was leaving.

The two continued to dance for awhile until Isabelle grabbed Musa and dragged her away from Daniel. "Time for some presents!" she exclaimed happily. While everyone else was running around the restaurant partying and having fun, Musa and her closest friends went to the private VIP room where there was a table set for them and there were a few gift boxes on a table next to the plush couches.

"Guys, you didn't have to get me anything," Musa said as Isabelle continued to pull her into the room by holding onto her wrist. Everyone else followed behind them until the entire group was seated comfortably on the couch.

"Oh yes we did," Leslie insisted. "We can't have you forgetting about when you get to Magix, now can we?"

"Besides, you know how much we love buying things" Annabelle added. She handed Musa a gift that was from Nate, it was a new guitar that had her name engraved onto it. Musa opened all of the gifts and finally there was one relatively large box left, it was colorfully wrapped and rather thin.

"This one is from all of us," Brian said handing her the gift. Musa tore through the warping paper quickly and opened the box and slid out a crystal 8x10 picture frame. The frame itself was magnificent, but the picture inside was what made tears well in Musa's eyes. It was a picture of all of them at party that Leslie's parents threw awhile back, they were dressed in beautiful clothes and everyone looked amazing. While the party was a bore, the company was amazing, their little group managed to have fun wherever they were.

After another hour of conversation in the VIP room, Musa realized that she only had three hours before she had to get on a jet bound for Magix. "Guys this party was perfect, I mean it. Thanks so much!" Musa said trying to keep her composure even though she knew she was saying bye to all of her friends who had become her family over the years. "And these gifts are – ," Musa couldn't continue so Nate stepped in.

"We're gonna miss you," Nate said and gave her a hug. Leslie was next, she smiled and went up to Musa.

"Have fun and behave," She said in an almost motherly tone.

"But not too much," Isabelle continued after Leslie finished.

"Have lots of fun, don't worry so much about behaving," Added Annabelle.

"We love you," Brian said and gave Musa a hug. Finally Duke came and gave her a hug as well except he didn't say anything since he knew he would probably begin balling like a baby if he tried. Musa gave everyone a final hug and walked out of the restaurant with Daniel.

The ride home from the party was a lot different from the ride to the party. The car was completely silent and Musa and Daniel knew what exactly was going through the other's head. Musa knew that her leaving was effecting Daniel more than he cared to admit. She was not only his girlfriend, but she was his best friend and it was a lot to lose at once. Musa put her hand on his knee while he drove and smiled, trying to comfort him, he looked over to her and smiled. "Getting ideas?" Daniel said with a smirk on his face not turning his attention away from the rode.

Musa laughed at his attempt to lighten the situation. "With you, always," Musa joked. This managed to break the awkward tension in the car and the two began to talk about different events that occurred at her farewell party. They became so wrapped up in the conversation that neither of them noticed that they had arrived at Musa's castle. The night was now officially over.

Daniel got out of the car and like the gentlemen he was, opened the door for Musa. The two walked over to the castle doors and Daniel stood there facing Musa. "I've got something for you," Daniel said pulling out a small jewelry blue box.

"Oh my god!" Musa said in a more horrified tone than anything else. The small box resembled a ring jewelry box and there was no way he was giving her a ring was there?

"Calm down, I'm not proposing," Daniel said and let out a laugh. "No matter how happy it will make our fathers," Musa nodded and took the box from Daniel's hand, now that he was offering it to her, and she quickly opened it to see a beautiful diamond music note pendant set in platinum. In between each exquisite diamond was a sapphire and he necklace seemed to glow in the night and the diamonds were as brilliant as the stars that light up the sky.

"Daniel…" Was all Musa could get out of her mouth, but her expression said it all. She was swept off her feet by the gesture, but Daniel was really good at being a romantic so she couldn't be very surprised. Before Musa could say anything else, Daniel took the necklace and proceeded to put it around Musa's neck.

"I'm gonna miss you," Daniel said when he finished and Musa fixed the necklace's position till it was perfect. "A lot," He finished, then he lifted her chin so she was looking at him. He could tell anymore talk about leaving was going to make her cry, so he figured he would try to lighten the emotion of the situation. "But absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?"

"You're such a dork," Musa laughed and put her slender arms around his neck. "But, you're right,"

"Yeah, I am," Daniel said as he put his arms around her waist and pulled her into a passionate kiss. Musa could feel her entire body heat up to his touch, it was moments like this that made her never want to leave. Finally Daniel pulled away from Musa and took her face firmly, yet tenderly, in his hands and looked her in the eye. "Call me when you get there okay?"

"Okay," Musa said. Daniel gave her one last peck on the cheeks and made his way down the grande steps of the palace and gave her one last look before getting into his car. Right before he got in the drivers seat door Musa stopped him when she called out to him one last time. "I'm going to miss you too!" She yelled making sure he knew that she cared for him as well. He smiled and got into his care and began driving, this time a lot slower; off the palace's entrance way.

Musa gave one last wave to the car as a maid opened the palace doors for her. She walked into the castle, hearing nothing but her heels clacking against the marble floors, and leaned against the door that she had just entered from. There will a million feelings, thoughts, worries, and questions running through her mind, but it felt so good. Musa touched the cold platinum pendant that rested against her collar bone. She didn't know what she was feeling, a mixture of excitement, anxiety, sadness, happiness and then there was an overall feeling of calm.

There was no word for it, but it felt like magic.

1. This idea was taken from the Gilmore Girls when Logan, Colin and Finn stage a 'lovers quarrel' in which Logan and Colin are both in love with Rory and Finn must break up the staged argument in the middle of Rory's philosophy class. Something like this was pulled in my school just recently as a senior prank as well. Except me and some others got onto the school P.A system and played music during the school day and all the dance team members went into different classes and danced. - - we got in a bit of trouble

2. haha – I know this isn't a very Musa/Riven chapter, but keep in mind I am a huge Musa/Riven fan. I had to throw a quote like this in.

3. 'Is' is the nickname we have for our friend Isabelle.

Okay so that was chapter one, the next one will be the next episode, which was 'More than high school'. Hope you enjoyed it!

xoxo,
princessm