I don't own Winx Club

The next morning Ryn woke up at 7am. She showered and dressed in long black pants and a dark blue corset-like top. She walked down to the dining room. She would have to go see her parents in the man lounge after she ate. She ate her breakfast which consisted of 4 pieces of toast, 3 pieces of bacon and an egg. She wasn't particularly hungry this morning. She orbed into the main lounge and sat in a recliner.

"So which story would you like to hear first?" she asked her parents.

"How about you tell us all about your friend Nymphadora?" suggested her father.

"Well, Nymph is rather clumsy but she's really nice. We were in different houses. Would you believe that they're only in the 1991 in that dimension?" Her mother raised an eyebrow.

"Really," said her father, "Wow, they're pretty far behind." Her mother nodded and motioned for Ryn to continue her story.

"Nymph was rather interesting, always had the most interesting hair colours. She was a metamorphmagus; she could change her appearance at will. I had to tutor her in our fourth year. She didn't like the arrangement that much as I was in Slytherin and she was in one of the other houses, can't remember which though. She didn't like me at the start and I couldn't have cared less about her. She didn't have that many friends. One day she was shoved into one of the statues by some older students. I was the only other person around. I helped her to her feet despite her protests and took her to the hospital wing. After that we started on a new page and became friends. My housemates confronted me about it but never tried to stop our friendship as they were too scared of what would happen if they did. And that's it." Ryn's parents stared at her in amazement for it seemed like Ryn hadn't taken a single breath during her recount. Ryn looked at her parents.

"I'm gonna go into Magix today, 'kay," she said. Her mother's head snapped up and she smiled at her daughter. "Not until you put a skirt on," said her mother.

"Come on! I've barely been home for a day and you're already trying to get me into a skirt," complained Ryn, "You know how much I detest skirts." By this time, her father had swiftly left the room. Ryn growled, 'Traitor,' she thought. Her mother grinned.

"You are going to wear a skirt," she said to her not so pleased daughter.

"Fine, just not too short," said Ryn, knowing she wouldn't have any say in the matter.

"So you've given up on arguing. Good," said her mother. With a flick of the wrist, Ryn was standing in a black skirt that reached mid-thigh. Her mother smiled at her.

"There, you see, it's not so bad," she said, admiring her work, "You look like a young lady. Have a nice time dearest." Her mother then strode out of the room.

And so Ryn was left alone in the lounge. 'Now to change this back into pants,' she thought. "Skirtus removus," she said, visualizing herself in pants. She waved her hand over the skirt. But the skirt didn't change into pants; it stayed exactly as it was. 'Damn,' she thought, 'Mother must've caught on. I'll figure it out eventually.' Ryn orbed herself to Magix to shop for a bit.

Bloom's dorm room was a mess. There were wrappers on the floor, there were articles of clothing everywhere and Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna and Bloom were sleeping on top of it all. Very slowly, one by one the fairies awoke. The last one up was Stella, who was talking in her sleep.

"No, Schnookums," she shouted, "Come back! NO!" Stella sat up abruptly, causing Musa to fall off the bed clutching her sides and laughing hard.

"You looked so funny!" she exclaimed, "'No Schnookums!' It was hilarious!" Stella growled at Musa.

"Hey calm down Stella," said Bloom, "Or you're not coming shopping." At the mention of the 'S' word, Stella stopped growling and jumped out of bed and began to get ready in record time.

"Well, what're we waiting for, lets go?" she exclaimed jovially and began to go out the door. The others followed her, shaking their heads at her.
"She'll do anything if the word shopping is mentioned," stated Tecna. Musa and Bloom laughed. "That's our Stella," sighed Flora,"Always ready to shop." The girls boarded the shuttle bus to downtown Magix, with a hyperactive Stella ready to pounce.

Ryn was browsing in one of the music stores.

"I've missed this place," she said to herself, "It's been years." She picked out a few gothic metal CDs and went to the counter. A man of around 25 was working the register. "So hun," he said in what he thought was a sexy voice, "Maybe a hottie like you would get together with me sometime and you know, go clubbing? What do ya say doll?" He looked over the counter trying to get a glimpse of her arse. 'What a creep,' Ryn thought, 'Time to have some fun.' She put on a sweet smile.

"How about this," she started in a silky voice, "You and I go outside and…" Ryn lowered her head. The guy placed two fingers under her chin and lifted her head up. He then began stroking her cheek.

"And what?" he asked. Ryn closed her eyes. 'He had to stroke my cheek,' she thought annoyed, 'He just had too. What a perverted scumbag.' Ryn opened her eyes; they were no longer gentle but were now filled with rage. The guy was shocked at the sudden change.

"Go shove your penis in the exhaust pipe of the shuttle bus!" Ryn snatched up her CD's and orbed out of the store. A few of the nearby customers couldn't help but laugh at the guys face.

"Serves him right," said one of the customers.

"First day back and there's already people hitting on me," Ryn said to herself, "I hate it when Nymph's right."

The Winx girls got off the shuttle bus when it reached the park.

"So where are we going?" asked Flora. They all thought for a moment.

"Let's go to a café and get a bite to eat then decide!" cried Stella.

"Sure, why not," said Bloom. The girls walked to one of the many café's situated next to the park.

Ryn was at one of the nearby café's having some hot chocolate and shrinking her bags so they'd fit into her pocket. "Reducio," Ryn cast, pointing a finger at the bags. The bags shrunk to the size of a tennis ball. Ryn put them in her pocket and then went to pay for her drink.

"Alright!" shouted Stella, "Now it's time to shop 'til we drop!" She linked arms with Bloom and Musa. "Come on girls, let's go!" Stella dragged Bloom and Musa to the nearest shop. "And the first shop of the day!" she exclaimed as she hauled them in behind her.

"I'm going to the gardens," said Flora and so she walked off.

"In that case I'll see if anyone's online," said Tecna as she sat down at a bench and logged onto the net.

Stella had lugged Musa and Bloom into 25 stores in the space of 15 minutes. Musa and Bloom were exhausted.

"Stella," panted Musa, "Could we… sit… down and… rest… for… a moment?"

"But you guys, we're meant to be having fun!" Stella whined.

"And we will… have fun…," Bloom puffed, "Just as soon… as we… get our breath back." Stella pouted and sat down on a bench. "You guys are no fun."

After taking a 5 minute break the three girls were off once more but they didn't get very far as Stella crashed head first into an oncoming pedestrian.

"Oww!" cried Stella, "That hurt!"

"Maybe next time you should watch where you're going!" growled the pedestrian, "If you had some brains in that head of yours then maybe you'd be more aware of what's happening around you." It was now that the girls took a good look at the person that Stella had crashed into. It was Darcy.

"Darcy," said Bloom resentfully, "What are you doing here?" Darcy scowled at them.

"My name's not Darcy," she said annoyed, "It's Ryn and I'm shopping." The girls stared at her.

"Of course you're Darcy," said Musa, "You look just like her." Ryn glowered at them.

"I told you before, my name is Ryn and I'm getting annoyed with you fairies calling me Darcy when I have told you my name. Now leave me alone before I get angry." Ryn made an attempt to move but was stopped by Bloom appearing in front of her. Bloom's eyes were practically glowing red.

"You!" spat Bloom, "You WITCH!" Ryn raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, and you're a fairy, so what?" retorted Ryn. Bloom growled at Ryn.

"You've put my boyfriend under some sort of love spell," said Bloom, "Release him now!"

Bloom lunged at Ryn who calmly orbed behind Stella and Musa. Bloom transformed. "Where is she?" said Bloom. "Right here," said Ryn. 'Stupify,' she cast in her mind. Stella and Musa were knocked unconscious. Bloom's eyes widened.

"You killed my friends," she whimpered. Ryn shook her head.

"They've just been knocked out," she said nonchalantly.

"You'll pay for that!" growled Bloom charging up a fire ball and aiming it at Ryn.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," said Ryn, "We've attracted quite a crowd." Bloom looked around and saw that Ryn was indeed correct. A large group of people had gathered around them. Ryn smirked.

"If you still want to fight follow me," she said to the fairy. A large pair of what looked like angel wings appeared on Ryn's back. Ryn crouched down then launched herself into the air. Bloom followed closely. Ryn stopped ascending when she deemed the crowd was a safe distance away.

"You're rather reckless you know," commented Ryn, "You could've hurt some innocents."

"Stop pretending that you care," snarled Bloom. Bloom charged up another fire ball, be this one was much larger than the first and was a hundred times more dangerous and threw it at Ryn. Ryn flew further away from Bloom then focused her magic on the fireball and had somehow frozen it in its tracks. Ryn was panting heavily. 'That took more magic than I thought it would,' she thought. Ryn began to absorb the power from the fireball to replenish her own. Soon, there was only empty space between herself and Bloom

"That blast was powerful enough to injure some of the spectators," said Ryn. Bloom stared at Ryn astonished that she was still alive.

"Surprised to see me alive?" asked Ryn. Ryn orbed next to Bloom. "You should be worrying about your wellbeing." Ryn sent a wave at Bloom which blasted the young fairy down to the ground with rapid speed. Ryn sped after her. "Arresto momentum," she said loudly and pointed to Bloom's falling body. Immediately, Bloom began to drift to the ground like feather, landing softly on the concrete. Ryn orbed herself to the ground and walked over to Stella and Musa's bodies.

"Ennervate," she said. Slowly their eyelids began to flutter. She smiled at them.

"You two should get Bloom to a hospital or something," she said to them, "She's in pretty bad shape." The fairies rushed to Bloom's side. Bloom had some small cuts on her arms and legs and a medium sized gash on her back. Ryn picked a lily from the garden. "Portus Alphea," she whispered. The lily glowed blue. Ryn put the lily on Bloom's chest and the three girls were transported back to Alphea. 'My turn to disappear,' thought Ryn, and orbed away.

The girls found themselves in Ophelia's office at Alphea. The nurse ushered the girls from the room and began to treat Bloom's wounds. Stella and Musa were sent to Ms Faragonda's office to explain what happened.

"It seems that Bloom's powers have been drained," said Ms Faragonda, "Do either of you know how this happened?" Stella and Musa shook their heads.

"We were unconscious," said Musa, "This girl said a spell and we passed out."

"Do you remember what she looked like?" asked Faragonda. The girls shook their heads. "Very well," said Faragonda, "Perhaps we shall have to wait for Bloom to awaken. You may leave." Musa and Stella left the room and went to visit Bloom.

"I hope that Bloom's going to be ok," said a teary Stella, holding Bloom's partially lifeless hand. There was a soft laughter. "She'll be fine," said a voice.

"Who's there!" said an alarmed Musa.

"Ryn, or as you've taken to calling me, Darcy," replied Ryn, appearing next to Musa, "Anyway I'm here to give Bloom her powers back." Ryn stepped towards Bloom but was blocked by Musa.
"How do we know you're not lying?" asked Stella. Ryn smirked at her.

"You don't," she said, "You'll just have to trust me." Ryn froze Musa and Stella and went to Bloom's side. A bright orange-red orb appeared in her hands which she placed in Bloom's chest. Bloom immediately woke up. Ryn gave a smile and disappeared.

"She was here," stated Bloom, "She's not getting away with this!" Bloom sat up abruptly when she was hit with extreme dizziness. Stella and Musa rushed to her side.

"You should be resting Bloom," said Musa.

"You should listen to your friend. You've been hurt badly and just had a majority of your powers returned," echoed Ryn's voice, "So you should be resting. Believe me, I should know." Bloom looked hastily around the room.

"Who are you looking for?" asked Stella, but Bloom ignored her.

"Come out and fight me!" yelled Bloom, "Don't hide like a coward." Ryn chuckled.

"Now, now," Ryn said, "Don't aggravate your injuries; it makes them much worse than they were to begin with. I learned that from Quidditch." Bloom glowered around the room searching for Ryn.

"I will find you!" she growled, "And I'll defeat you."

"Bloom, you should be resting sweetie," said Flora seeing that Bloom was out of bed. Bloom turned her head. "I'm fine," she said.

"Then could you please explain why your back is bleeding?" questioned Tecna. "Because I was attacked by Ryn or Darcy or whoever she is in downtown Magix and she came back just now!" said Bloom.

"There was no one here except for you, Stella and Musa," said Flora, "I think you're injuries are getting to you sweetie." Bloom turned to Stella and Musa.

"You two heard her didn't you?" she asked them desperately. They shook their heads. "Only we've been in her for the past 20 minutes," said Musa.

"Then I was the only one..." said Bloom. 'That's right,' came Ryn's voice, 'I'm in your head. I'm projecting my thoughts to you.' Then Bloom's world became black and she passed out.

'What a simpleton,' thought Ryn. Ryn checked her new watch. It was 1pm. "Time to go see Sky," she said to herself. And so she orbed to Red Fountain.

At Red Fountain, Sky was in one of the training rooms. Ryn orbed in. Sky was so into mutilating the punching bag that he didn't even notice her orb in. Ryn looked into her brothers eyes.

"You and Brandon have had an argument haven't you," she stated.

"How many times have I told you not to read my mind Rini?" asked Sky. Ryn chuckled. "About as many times as I've told you to stop calling me Rini," she replied, "But I didn't need to read your mind. This happens every time you two fight." Sky stopped mutilating the punch bag and went over to the bench and sat down. Ryn followed suit.

"You know I hate it when you two argue," she said, "And just like old times, I'm gonna fix it. Be right back, 'kay." Sky grabbed Ryn's wrist.

"But you don't know where he is," stated her brother, "So how will you find him?"

"Same way I found you," said Ryn, "Follow your energy signature. Be back soon." Ryn orbed to where she felt Brandon's energy signature.

In Brandon's room it was all quiet. The curtains were open and sunlight was streaming through the windows. Brandon was lying on his bed staring at the ceiling. Suddenly he felt a draught blow through the room which was strange for all the windows and doors were shut. Then the curtains snapped shut making the room completely dark. 'This seems strangely familiar,' he thought.

"It should," said a voice, "It's what I used to do when you two fought at home." Brandon looked around the room. "Who's there and where are you?" he asked the darkness. The voice sighed. "You guys can be so stupid at times," said the voice, "Turn on the light." Brandon obeyed and flipped the light on. He saw who he thought was Darcy standing in the middle of the room.

"Darcy," he growled, "What are you doing here?" "Darcy" sighed.

"I'm here to resolve an argument and my name's not Darcy." She walked closer to Brandon. "Like I told you last time, my name is Camryn or Ryn, whichever you prefer." Brandon became confused. "I'm Sky's little sister," she said. Brandon glared at her. "Prove it," he challenged. "Fine I will," said Ryn, "When we were kids I hung you upside down from the ceiling with your pants down because you dyed my hair blonde. You like Care bears, you are afraid of trolls and your aunt Gertrude." Ryn then transformed into his aunt Gertrude and walked towards Brandon saying 'Does little Brandy-Wandy want a kiss from his aunty?' This freaked Brandon out but he was now 100 sure that this was Ryn. "Alright, you've proved your point!" he shouted, "Now change back!" Ryn smirked at him and changed back into herself. A sigh of relief was heard from Brandon.

"Don't ever do that again!" he said to Ryn. Ryn smirked at him.

"That's what you get for making me prove myself," she said smugly, "And now, a pop quiz. What's the first thing you notice about me?"

"How much you look like Darcy," said Brandon. Ryn nodded.

"Question 2," said Ryn, "What did you accuse Sky of?"

"I accused him of being Darcy's new puppet," said Brandon.

"Apparently so," said Ryn, "Now, last Question. What're you going to do?"

"Apologize to Sky?" asked Brandon. Ryn nodded and patted him on the shoulder.

"Now off you go and apologize and you'll get a cookie," said Ryn.

"Don't treat me like a little kid Ryn!" Brandon said, "I am older than you."

"This is how you'll be treated if you keep acting like one," replied Ryn, "Now go! Sky's…"

Brandon bolted out of the room and down the hall before realizing that he had no clue where Sky was. 'Sky's in the gym,' said Ryn in his mind, 'Next time wait for me to finish before you run off.' 'Sure, and thanks,' Brandon replied. 'No problem,' replied Ryn.

Brandon ran to the gym where he saw Sky mutilating a punching bag. Brandon cringed. "Sky," he began, "Listen, I'm sorry about accusing you of cheating on Bloom and calling you Darcy's stooge. I know that it's not true now." Sky turned to Brandon.

"So Ryn got through to you," he said. Brandon shuddered and nodded.

"Yup, she turned into an exact replica of my aunt Gertrude and even mimicked her voice," he said, "It was quite scary." Sky burst out laughing. "She turned into my old etiquette teacher," said Sky, "But only because I started to tease her about the time she blew up a section of the castle. He's still my greatest fear to this day." Ryn orbed into the room.

"So you two friends again?" she asked, "Or do I have to use more transformations?"

"We're friends again," said Sky, not wanting to see the etiquette teacher again.

Ryn smiled. "Good," she said, "Now let's get some burgers cos I'm starved."

"I know just the place," said Sky and Brandon. "That's good, now let's go. I'm starving!" said Ryn, "Both of you hold my hands now." Sky and Brandon shared an I'm-gonna-be-sick-look because neither of the boys enjoyed orbing.

"Hold, now!" ordered Ryn, "Or I'll go medieval on your arses!" The boys knew that Ryn was serious so they each grabbed one of her hands and held on tight. "And off we go," chuckled Ryn, orbing them into an alley near the burger place.

Sky, Ryn and Brandon were all at a table eating their burgers.

"Now that I think about it," said Brandon with his mouth full, "Your hair is about half a foot shorter than Darcy's." Sky looked at Ryn's hair. "You know what, he's right, it is!" Ryn shook her head. "This is all very nice to know but please not while I'm eating!" The rest of the meal was enjoyed in silence.

Unbeknownst to them, one of the witches from Cloud Tower had seen them eating lunch. And because of Ryn's strong resemblance to Darcy, she assumed that it was the senior witch eating lunch with the Red Fountain boys and went to go spread the rumour around the school.

The trio had a great afternoon on the town. They went shopping for a little. Brandon got Ryn a pair of black leather fingerless gloves as a sorry gift. The trio then hit the cinemas for 7 hours. They saw 3 movies. The first was a romantic comedy about a guy dating a girl who suffered from memory loss; the second was a horror movie about an evil clown and the third was an action comedy about pirates. They enjoyed many tubs of popcorn, super drinks and chocolates throughout the three movies. By the time they arrived back at Red Fountain, it was 9pm and all three of them were wiped out.

"You know for a romance movie the first one wasn't that bad," said Brandon.

"The best one was the pirate one," said Sky. Ryn nodded in agreement then yawned.

"Guys, can I crash here tonight?" asked Ryn. "Sure why not," shrugged Brandon.

"But what if you get caught?" asked Sky. Ryn gave her brother a hug. "Don't worry Sky, I can morph, remember," she said. And to prove her point she turned into a little black kitten with amber eyes. "Ok fine," said Sky. Ryn mewed in joy and jumped on Sky's bed. "I thought you would've bunked with Brandon," he stated. 'He takes up too much room,' said Ryn. Sky looked over at his buddy and saw him sprawled out over the entire bed. "I guess you're right," said Sky. Ryn mewed with pride. Sky got into his bed and Ryn nestle down next to his arm. 'Night big bro,' said Ryn. 'Night Ryn,' thought Sky. After a few minutes the siblings were sound asleep.