Riven stared at the blue haired fairy who was almost shaking in her seat, in her head she tried to figure out how to tell her friends about the secret laws of Melody. Tecna the pink haired fairy of technology was looking at her best friend with worried and concerned eyes. Timmy watching the three taking in the different ways in which people where acting. He watched Riven confusion was what he had and not letting the worry seep through. He watched the musical fairy figure things out in her head shaking and turning to look at her three friends. He finally looked at the pink haired fairy that was filled with confusion, worry and excitement of wanting to know what Musa had to say.
"Musa, you can tell us. We trust you and you can trust us." Riven reassured her, grabbing her hands and turning the fairy to face him, she smiled; the magenta haired specialist had his moments of jerkiness he also had moments when you saw his caring and understanding side. This was one of those moments.
Musa nodded her head and started slowly and shakily. "Melody is the realm of music" Musa started but was cut off by Riven's probable constant commentary of questions.
"So you're the princess of Melody?" Riven asked, looking into her eyes, her deep blue eyes. Musa nodded her head. Riven feeling the nerves bounce of Musa stood up in front of her. Musa looked up at him with worried and almost scared eyes. He knelt down and rested his hands on her hips. Musa's eye's widened and so did Tecna's and Timmy's all thinking the specialist was going to kiss her. Musa closed her eyes and opened her mouth the tiniest bit not enough to be seen. She sat and waited for a minute until she heard the dark chuckle of the specialist holding her by the hips. Musa opened one eye and suddenly saw herself being raised in the air.
"Riven what in the name of the dragon fire are you doing?" Tecna asked as Riven started walking away with Musa over his shoulder her small fists hammering on her back. The pink haired fairy ran in front of the violet eyed hero, stopping him from carrying her on without a decent reason.
"I'm taking her somewhere, where she doesn't have to look at all of our eye's watching her, when she's ready to tell us she can come back to us." Riven raised his eyebrow at Tecna who moved aside, Musa stopped hitting his back and almost relaxed. She got a little too relaxed and almost fell out of his grip. The hero walked out as he shifted his fairy from his shoulder to the bridal position.
Tecna walked over to her hero and looked at the calculations he was making on one of the ships many panels. Tecna didn't truly understand the complexity of ship yet but Timmy had started to teach her. One of Tecna's dreams was to build a safer, faster and more power filled set of ships for red fountain. As the girls graduated two years before the boys she hoped in the next two years she would be able to at least make the design and have a ship made before the boys left.
"What are you doing Timmy, it looks positively fascinating!" Tecna chimed, resting her hands on Timmy's shoulder. Timmy looked up at the smiling fairy to see her necklace had fallen slightly.
"Oh, just some calculations so I know what are time of arrival should be." He explained and stood up, looking down at the fairy who was looking up at him. "Here let me fix that" He whispered shyly as he rested his fingers on her neck to fix the chain of the necklace. She smiled at him and he dropped his hands. "There we are perfect." Timmy tried to use the trick Riven pulled earlier on Musa the whole 'so the views real hot' he hoped Tecna picked up on the fact that he was calling her perfect. Tecna smiled and walked away after placing another kiss on Timmy's cheek. They were the most awkward couple any of their friends had met, if you don't count Musa and Riven's kind of 'I love you but god that would be awkward and scary' relationship, But Timmy and Tecna where so alike and were probably the couple best suited for each other out of all the Winx and their hero's.
Tecna smiled she had remembered Riven's incorrect statement from earlier, she turned her head to look at the specialist who was flying the ship, His red block glasses on his nose, and his orangey brown hair flopping to the side again. Tecna smiled; 'did he just call me perfect' Tecna blushed thinking to herself
Tecna walked over to where Musa had sat; there was one of her many music players on the floor the head phones still attached. Tecna picked it up and looked on the back. 'Rap by The Risen' Tecna smiled, finally figuring out why Musa had one hundred and seventy two music players. Everyone had a different genre, and everyone by a different artist.
"I'm just going to find Musa and give her music player. Do you have any idea where they might be Timmy?" Timmy still sitting in his seat brought up a map of the ship. Four flashes of lights where beaming on the map, two where blue and two where green.
"Okay Tec, so this is us." Timmy pointed to two of the lights one blue one green. "The blue ones are me and Riven as blue is neutral, the green ones are you and Musa, Green for positive energy as you are fairies and just so you know, if a purple ever appears, there is a cloud tower witch on board, if it shows red its someone like the Trix and if its white it's an unknown intruder." Timmy explained he swivelled in his seat to face the pink haired fairy, one of her eyebrows were raised.
"Timmy, I was the one who designed that system, remember" Tecna smiled at him shaking her head. Timmy's eyes widened and he started blushing, how could he forget that simple fact, that his girlfriend, His first actual girlfriend designed this new system for the ship.
"Sorry Tecna" He mumbled unable to look at her.
"It's okay Timmy, just where am I going to get to Musa?" She asked swivelling Timmy on his seat so he was watching the map again.
"go through the door turn left and then there is just one path way, a few corners but no doors for you to go through, you will just end up at Musa and Riven, and if you don't find your way you're bound to bump into Riven on his way back." Timmy smiled at Tecna who wrapped her small, skinny arms around his neck.
"Thanks Timmy" She chimed and turned to walk towards the door.
Her heels seriously annoying her, she had no clue how the rest of the girls put up with the constant aching of the dangerously high ankle, "Ugh, the foot is not even supposed to even stand this shape" Tecna mumbled to herself. She opened the door that Timmy had pointed to and she walked through. The ship could really use decorating, the inside was so boring unless you where n the control room, where there was lots of flashing lights and it's were everyone was so you ended up talking to your friends so you didn't notice the boring colour scheme.
After a few minutes of a quick walk, Tecna started to hear mumbled voices; she could hear Riven's growly voice and Musa's soft snaps. Tecna stopped sneakily listening to the odd friend's conversation. "I still don't get what you're on about Musa" Riven mumbled confused.
"Melody has a caste system Riven" Musa whispered. Tecna held her breath suspecting that Musa knew she was there. Tecna tried to move a little closer without Musa hearing her. "You have the Royals, the Nobles, the commoners, the poor, and the unwanted groups" Musa whispered again forcing Tecna to move closer to the corner again, almost stumbling she couldn't let Musa hear her. "Everyone knows it exists but everyone refuses to do anything about"
"So, what does the whole caste thing have to do with this whole trip thing?" Riven asked again. Tecna listened carefully these where the same questions she had.
"I am a Royal" Musa started and Riven nodded his head. "A royal can marry another Royal or a noble at last resort; you see a noble is someone like Timmy and Brandon, squires, protectors, or those from a rich family like Timmy" Musa sighed Tecna closed her eyes even she, the only one in the Winx who thought truly logical, could hear the pain in her friends voice. "The royal's aren't even supposed to talk to a commoner or below; outside of the work place or for my class school" Musa whispered, Riven gasped and Tecna heard him lean up against the wall.
"So this, this is about me?" He chocked out, Tecna could hear the sobs coming from her friend.
"Riven, I'm so sorry!" She whispered crying, Tecna had to listen to probably the worst part of the conversation.
"This whole summer the two of us, the jokes, the laughs, the secret kisses we shared, all of, all of it has too end because of what, you led me on!" He snapped Tecna heard Musa's heels hit off the floor as she moved towards Riven.
"Riven, I have no care for those rules, everything I have said to you I meant it, but what I want doesn't matter right now; I can't start a war with my people on Tecna's planet!" She retorted quietly, Musa could hear her friend's heavy breathing from behind the corner, but she was having a conversation with Riven and it needed to come to an end.
"So, what now? I don't get to see you till Wednesday because we can't be seen together!" Riven growled. Musa rested a hand on his face and he leaned down to her. Their breaths hitting of each other's faces, Musa closing her eye's shaking her head.
"I'm suggesting we tell a little white lie." Musa whispered. Tecna moved closer not realising she was showing part of herself.
"What do you suggest then?" Riven asked sighing unsure of what to do.
"I suggest that we tell people that you're my body guard, my 'protector' in a sense" Musa whispered but Tecna still being able to hear.
"Smart" Riven whispered leaning down, placing his lips on Musa's. the two had hid there relationship well, Musa had not told her dearest friend about the two, but Musa and Riven both knew that no one thought that Riven was acceptable for Musa. Musa wrapped her arms around Riven's neck, his arms around her waist, Riven almost bending Musa as he leaned down kissing her. Musa released a few giggles and Riven actually smiling a genuine smile.
Tecna gasped and stumbled out the two pulling away from there kiss, to look at her. Tecna tried to back away slowly but not able to divert Riven's glare. Musa started laughing. Riven and Tecna looked at her confused; Riven's arms still wrapped around Musa's waist and Tecna standing there bowing her head feeling rather guilty for eaves dropping.
"Why are you laughing are secrets out!" Riven almost shouted at Musa; Musa smiled and placed her hand on Riven's face. She sighed and Tecna went towards the couple, who had apparently been dating the whole summer and she never knew.
"Because the amount of weight that's just been lifted." Musa sighed and nestled into Riven, to Tecna's surprise he relaxed and pulled her closer which was abnormal as this was Riven, why wasn't he immature pushing her away or sighing not sure of what to do.
"So are you mad I was listening, I just wanted to give you your Music Player. You dropped it" Tecna whispered and Musa pulled out of Riven's relaxed grip. This still confused Tecna. Riven leaned up against the wall as Musa started moving towards Tecna.
"No Tec, Come here." Musa whispered and wrapped her arms around her friend, the two rocked back and forth. Riven watching them glaring slightly; he was unsure what was going to come out of Tecna's mouth next.
The two girls pulled away and Tecna turned to Riven he sighed knowing that he was about to be verbally attacked by Tecna, not that he cared. "And YOU!" Tecna growled, Musa raised her eyebrows and looked at Tecna in shock. "How dare you, lead her on! She deserves so much better that a witch wannabe!" She growled. Riven stood up at this point and leaned down in front of Tecna.
"I was never a witch wannabe! I was spelled damn it!" He shouted Tecna stood in front of him keeping her ground.
"Guys stop" Musa pleaded. She tried to push the two apart but it was no use. Timmy came around the corner and heard the yelling from a few metres away.
"I am not letting you fall for this witch slave!" Tecna shouted again. Musa gasped backing away, not sure if she was laughing or genuinely upset. Who knew that Tecna could say things like that?
"I am no witch slave! I was spelled! I hated it constantly being used! Hurting Musa! It killed me!" Riven shouted as Timmy came into sight. Everyone gasped and Musa ran into the middle of the two again.
"Please stop!" She whimpered grabbed hold of Riven's right hand and Tecna's hand. "Tecna you're my best friend, be happy for me. And Riven….." Musa didn't know what to say so she just gave him a hug. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close, burring his head into her hair breathing calmly.
Timmy looked back and forth and at the three. "Are you two dating?" Timmy asked, neither Musa nor Riven looked up, they could all hear Riven's voice being spoke but Tecna and Timmy couldn't make out what he was saying. It was probably sweet nothings in Musa's ear; apparently all of Riven's talk about how he could actually make a good boyfriend was true, to Timmy's surprise.
"Yes they are." Tecna whispered and walked over to Timmy and encased herself into Timmy's grasp. "And I am going to try and be happy for them" Tecna whispered. She pressed her head hard onto his shoulder. Timmy wrapped his arms around her body and pulled her close. Timmy then rested his head down on the small petite fairy that refused to pull away from his grasp.
After another minute of hugging the four friends or the two couples walked down the hallway, all laughing minus Riven who never laughed. "So Musa what was the story?" Timmy asked he was the only one who hadn't heard the whole conversation. Musa looked up and the top of her pigtails hit Riven's face he jumped a little not expect strands of blue hair to hit him in the face.
Still laughing Musa answered the question, "How about we forget the story and we tell everyone Riven's my protector." Musa asked grabbing Riven's hand. The four walked in silence and reached the main control room.
"Ok guys time of arrival is about another hour. Were also changing nebulas so in about fifteen minutes it will go from thirteen hundred hours to twenty two hundred hours." Timmy informed and they all sat in the awkwardly shaped seats. "Also the Magic balance levels will change dramatically so Girls you'll feel drained soon" Riven was beside Timmy the two were flying the ship. Musa and Tecna sat together, Tecna finally handed Musa her music player, which she started to play putting the headphones into her ears.
Tecna decided to just sit and fiddle with a broken computer part and see if she could fix it. The fairy was getting quite annoyed the computer piece would just not go back together. Both of the fairies where unaware of how long they had been sitting, Musa listening to her Music and Tecna with this computer piece. The fifteen minutes passed quickly and the girls only realised when they suddenly felt drained, they had entered the Techno Nebula. "Whoa, Light headed." Musa whispered almost falling out of her seat. Musa dropped her music player and it smashed as it hit the floor and Tecna did the same with the computer piece, the two girls were completely dazed. The change in magical energy level's where quite overpowering. The magic levels in Magix is as high as it can get, while in zenith it was technology that was used more than magic, although because magic was needed the levels were not so low that the girls lost all basic level of Winx.
Riven turned in his seat to see the two girls hands dropped and drifting dangerously into a sleep. "Timmy there falling asleep, this is not good" Riven growled as he pushed himself from seat and ran to the girls sides. The laws of magic were quite confusing. But the girls were going through what was called a magic balance change and they needed to be kept awake at all-time throughout the process or the possibility of them falling into a coma nearly tripled.
"Musa!" Riven shouted sitting the fairy up right while Timmy grabbed Tecna by the shoulder and dragged her up in the seat.
"Riven what do we do?" The almost pink haired specialist looked at Musa unsure of what would keep her awake.
"Here goes nothing" He mumbled and kissed Musa. His hands wrapped around her waist, at first there was no reaction from Musa but just when Riven was about to give up Musa's lips started moving with his. When he pulled away Musa's eyes were wide open and looking at his large almost happy smile. "Timmy, apparently the quickest way to wake up a female is to kiss her, so off you go. Tecna's your girlfriends not mine." Riven smirked and rubbed Musa's knee as she bit her bottom lip.
Tecna still flopping about in able to stay awake was left to Timmy as Riven was now flying the ship and Musa was watching him, she had enjoyed his quick decision to kiss her, she almost felt like begging for more.
"Riven I've never kissed Tecna before! What do I do?" He said confused standing in front of Tecna. Musa turned to look at Timmy's panicked face.
"Let me" Musa smiled and formed into her Winx. "Timmy go stand over there and Riven lift up your legs so it looks like you've been thrown away from controls." She looked down a Tecna. Musa knew the whole magic balance thing it had happened to her before and lest to say she did not like spending a fortnight in hospital because she had refused to listen to her father's instructions.
"TECNA! TECNA WAKE UP! WE NEED HELP! TECNA TECNA!" Musa shouted flying around the sleeping fairy. Tecna's eye's fluttered open and Musa fell from the sky as she lost her Winx form, there was very little Winx left inside of her. "Ow!" Musa grumbled as she propped herself up on the arm she had not hit, at the exact same time Tecna shot up and stood up out of the chair.
"Tecna!" Timmy shouted wrapping his arms around Tecna and Riven getting comfortable from in his seat. Timmy quickly realised that he had just given Tecna a hug and pulled away feeling awkward and ran to his seat beside Riven.
"Oh Musa!" Tecna whispered as she noticed Musa sitting on the floor rubbing her arm. It bruised quickly. "Musa what happened." Tecna asked as he heard Riven chuckle and mumble something like 'Stopped Timmy from kissing you'.
"Nothing I just ran out of my Winx when I was flying." Musa explained while the technology fairy scanned her friends arm to make sure nothing was broken.
"Well now you know for next time." Tecna smiled and the girls suddenly realised there was no music player or computer piece. They looked down at the floor after they heard a crunch come from beneath Musa's feet.
The musical fairy almost started crying when she saw the player in pieces. And the fairy of technology actually didn't care about that computer piece; she was actually relieved that it was gone.
"Calculations where wrong girls, landing in Zenith main city now" Riven informed the two angered fairies. The two fairies pulled themselves from their seat and stood behind the two boys.
"Ahh home sweet home" Tecna smiled and the three looked at her.
"Home sweet home! It's a friggen holographic city! It's absolutely friggen amazing!" Riven gasped Musa was lost for words, the city was a holographic city, you could see all the pixels flashing, the trees were holographic everything but the people was. It was filled with dark blues and Greens. Timmy, Riven and Musa looked at everything.
"I wonder what it looks like during the day." Musa whispered taking in the almost vibrant darkness. People walked around with tablets and handheld computers in their hands. While the children ran around with kites that where holographic. The teen's like themselves were practising magic. Some of the girls where in the weirdest Winx outfits they had ever seen, one was wearing a blue dress that had live wires racing through it, while another had dark green tight trousers on and a dark green tube top. All of their wings though where like Tecna's, when they weren't flying green bars but if they were it would turn into two massive triangular wings.
The boys were dresses in similar suites to the boys and where fighting with PhantoBlades. They were no wear near as skilled as Riven but the ones who were fighting with crossbows like Timmy could give him a run for his precious stones.
"Hay Guys could you land just over there that's my friends" Tecna chimed; the teens that the other three had been watching were Tecna's old friends from when she was at zenith.
'This was going to be a fun trip.' Thought Timmy
