"YEEES! Dremaria Islands! Just exactly what we all needed – sun, ocean, peace, shopping malls and boys! Yiii-haa!" Stella danced through her dorm while her six dear friends – Bloom, Flora, Tecna, Layla, Roxy and Musa- where packing up their clothes and other necessary stuff for a vacation.
"It's really unbelievable that Miss Faragonda gave us some vacation. We just came back from Gardenia and we hardly have done any lessons after that. And now we're going on a vacation," Flora was wondering. For all of a sudden, Stella's happy mood was flattened.
"Flora! We've been here for two months already! And did you just forget what Miss Faragonda said? 'In Gardenia you really made me proud of you and this school! Your hard job may be as an example to the other fairies! You truly have earned your vacation'," Stella imitated their headmistress, which spread smiles on everyone's faces.
"I'm sure you're going to enjoy, Flora," Bloom said and grabbed Flora's shoulders. "I mean since Helia is coming, too," Bloom giggled and even a blind man could have seen Flora blush.
"Naah, maybe you're right. Was it at 6 in the morning when the boys will be here?"
"Yep!"
"What?" Stella panicked.
"Yes, Stella. You knew already. It takes 10 hours to get there," Musa reminded queasily.
"Really? That long? Even by a ship? Why can't we just create a portal vortex to there?"
"No one's been able to create any kind of portal between Dremaria and the other dimensions for a very long time. I thought you knew that, too, Stella?" Tecna said while keyboarding her newest hand device that made all her clothes and other stuff pack themselves up. Stella had already asked if she could borrow it but Tecna didn't want to take any risk. Who knows what would have happened to it in Stella's arms.
"Whaat? I´m supposed to know that, too?"
"Well, you sounded like you knew Dremaria Islands, that you've been there before," Tecna stopped playing with the device and turned to face Stella's confused face.
"Of course I have! In my dreams, I mean," Stella replied and everyone laughed.
"Too bad we cannot use your dreams as a portal," Tecna added and the laugher got louder and louder. Everyone was happy and excited. Beach, ocean, hotels, discos, camping and nature in seven days – how could anything spoil that?
"Muuusaaa… Musa…" someone was calling. She, Musa, was standing in front of one very mysterious and beautiful castle that was absolutely made of crystal. Someone was calling her, but she couldn't find anyone or anything living.
"What? Who is it?" Musa knew that the voice was coming from the castle. So she started to follow it. But before she could go any further, she got taken away by a surrounding light. The bright light was so blinding that Musa's eyes closed automatically. She was moving. And when the light was gone she dared to open her eyes up again and see where she had landed this time.
It was still very light and beautiful. The hall of crystals, mirrors and water must have belonged to the crystal castle she had seen only seconds ago. She took a look around the hall and noticed that there was no roof. Where was she?
"Musa. Do not fear me, Musa. You have to trust me. Please, come to the biggest mirror you can find in the hall,"
Somehow Musa was able to trust in the voice. It was calm, wise and very delicate. Musa couldn't help but follow and step closer to the big mirror she saw on the other side of the hall. She walked along the crystal bridge that crossed the waters that stayed still. This had to be a real sacred place of peace.
"Who are you? Please, show yourself," she said when she reached the mirror where she found a reflection of herself in her sophix costume.
"You will find out very soon, Princess Musa,"
"Princess? You're mistaken. I am Musa from Planet Melody but I am not a princess. Galatea is the one,"
"Dear Musa. You are the one who is mistaken. You are the princess. The real Princess of Melody. Please, look deeply in the mirror and see,"
Musa was confused. Why was this weird voice calling her a princess? And to whom this voice belonged after all? To find the answers for her questions she did what this voice asked her to do – look in the mirror. But she only managed to see one thing: her mother wearing a royal dress and a golden crown.
"MUSA! Wake up, you sleepyhead!" Stella's voice and a hit of a pillow made Musa wake up.
"Hmm…? What?" Musa mumbled. She still felt like she could sleep at least two hours more.
"The vacation! Hello, Musa! The boys will be here in any minute and you're still in your bed!"
"Oh! No, I'm sorry! I'll be ready in a minute!" Musa woke up and burst into the bathroom to take a shower.
"Better be. I mean I don't wanna waste any minute of an opportunity to be with my Brandon," Stella pranced to the balcony. She couldn't wait to see that red spaceship landing on the yard and taking them away from Alfea.
Meanwhile, in the bathroom. The dream hasn't left Musa alone. The water keeps falling down on her body, but it's like her mind was elsewhere.
"Maybe it was just a dream. Just a dream."
"Are you ok, Musa? You look pale and sad," Riven asked her with a slight concern in his tone. The spaceship had taken off 6 hours ago, and everyone apart from Timmy, Tecna, Riven, Bloom and Stella had been sleeping the first 3 hours. Musa had slept a bit longer – she had tried to catch that one confusing dream again. The results were negative. She had seen nothing.
"It was just a dream, Musa! Why do you keep worrying and thinking about it? Forget about it!" she thought and had hardly heard Riven calling her.
"Musa?" Riven tried again as the only answer was a depressed look to the floor. Riven touched slightly her shoulder, which made her jump.
"Oh, sorry, Riven. Did you say something?" Musa felt terrible and her boyfriend looked even more concerned than before. Actually Musa had hardly ever seen him looking at her that way.
"I asked if you're ok, but no need to answer. I can see you're definitely not ok. Something has happened, am I right?"
Musa sighed deep. There was no way lying to Riven now. Now that they were finally back together she would at least be honest with him. And she knew that Riven would listen to her. No matter how silly the whole dream sounded like.
"You're right. I'm not. It's just that stupid dream that makes me so restless," Musa started and went on telling everything about the dream to Riven. "I don't know why it worries me so much because it was just a dream. Maybe it's because it got cut. I would like to know what else it was going to tell me," Musa leaned on her hands. Riven wrapped her in his arms. Suddenly all the agony and concern was gone. She felt so warm in the embrace that once had been cold as stone.
"Maybe nothing. Nothing you should worry about. I'm very sure that it was just a dream. Just calm down, Musa, and try to think about something else. Something that is obviously real. Like beach, sun, ocean, disco and I assume you're gonna join the karaoke, once we get there," Riven smiled and Musa couldn't help smiling at the ideas of spending their vacation. What she was most happy about was that Riven had really learnt to appreciate her dreams and give her all his support.
"Absolutely! Thank you, Riven!" Musa brightened up and hugged her boyfriend tightly. She was happy that she didn't have to share these thoughts on her own. She felt relieved.
Meanwhile, Tecna was helping Timmy at the consoles but was also paying attention to Musa's story of her dream. Tecna knew what she was talking about. She knew to whom this crystal kingdom belonged. And that there was a possibility that the dream wasn't a dream. It was an invitation. But Tecna didn't want to spoil her friend's good mood. The time was still about to come.
