I am having a blast on this website! It's so much fun putting stories up here and having others critique them. I knew when I created my account that I was going to have fun. I love this!

Anyway, back to the story. Let's recap: the girl's were asked to play a part in the boy's final exam, they accepted, and the boy's finished the exam and defeated the monster. Now the next part, get them out of that room and wake them up.

Chapter 4: Time to Wake Up

"Yes!" all the heroes yelled together. They heard a noise around them and saw that the force fields surrounding the girls were being lowered. Then a minute later, they heard someone groaning. It was Layla.

"Layla!" yelled Jason running up to his girlfriend. She slowly sat up, trying to open her eyes. "Are you ok?" asked Jason, sitting next to her.

"I think so," she said, rubbing her forehead.

"What happened?" asked Sky. "How did you and the rest of the girls get here?"

"Well…" she began but was cut off.

"Timmy?" came a weak voice from across the room.

"Tecna!" Timmy yelled as he dashed across the room. "How are you feeling?"

"A little dizzy, but I'll be all right in a moment," she said, trying to stand up. Timmy wrapped his arm around her shoulders and helped her walk to the middle of the room.

"Well thanks for asking how I'm doing," said another voice, a little indignantly.

"Stella!" Brandon exclaimed. Stella tried to stand up, but fell. Brandon caught her just as she was about to hit the ground. He helped her up and asked her, "Are you ok?"

"Apart from my hair being a mess and my outfit being ruined, yeah I'm fine," she said.

"Your hair isn't a mess and your outfit isn't ruined. You look perfect," he told her.

"You're supposed to say that, you're my boyfriend," she said. But they didn't have time to argue about it, because at that moment, the floor started to shake and large cracks started forming in the walls. They all tumbled to the ground, trying to get back up to get out.

"The whole place is going to cave in," said Timmy.

"Come on, we have to get out of here," yelled Sky as he picked Bloom up in his arms. Helia and Riven picked up Flora and Musa and all of them ran for the middle of the room. The 

elevator had appeared again, waiting to get them out. They all got on and rode back up to the main school, all breathing deep sighs of relief.

"So how did you girls get down there?" asked Brandon.

"Ms. Faragonda summoned us to her office yesterday afternoon," said Layla. "Professor Saladin was there too. They said that if we wanted too, we could play a part in your final exam."

"They said we would be placed under a sleeping spell in that room and that you all would have to rescue us," said Tecna. "To make sure we stayed safe, the professors put a shield around us, so nothing would be able to get to us until you boys defeated the monster."

"The monster was just Cordatorta under a spell," said Stella. "Ms. Faragonda insisted that we wouldn't be in any danger."

"And how long does it normally take for a fairy to wake up from a sleeping spell?" asked Helia, gazing worriedly at Flora, lying unconscious in his arms.

"Well, they should be waking up soon," said Tecna. "We went down there at about 10:00 this morning and, oh my lord, is that really the time?" she asked as she looked at her watch. "6:00 already?"

"I'm not surprised considering we've been asleep all day long," said Layla.

The elevator stopped and they found themselves in the same room the girls were in earlier before they took the elevator down to that room. Ms. Faragonda and Saladin were standing there waiting for them.

"Congratulations boys," he said smiling. "You passed with flying colors."

"Uncle, I don't understand," said Helia angrily. "How could you put the girls in danger like that?"

"Relax Helia, they weren't in any danger," said Saladin. "I know it seemed like they were and that was the whole point, to see how you'd react under pressure if you thought your girlfriends were in danger. Now why don't you take a ship back to Alfea so the girls can recover from the spell and replenish their strength?"

"Can you take the spell off of Bloom, Musa and Flora first?" asked Sky.

Ms. Faragonda looked at him and said, "This spell can't be removed with another one. The girls will wake up in time."

"Well come on, let's head back to Alfea," said Stella. The boys led them to a ship and as they were getting ready to take off a weak voice said, "Sky?"



"Bloom!" he said happily when he saw her open her eyes. "Are you okay?"

"Just tired," she said.

"How can you be tired? You've been asleep all day long," said Sky.

"An enchanted sleep isn't exactly the same thing as a good night's sleep," said Bloom wearily.

"I guess not," said Sky smiling. Timmy started the ship and flew it back to Alfea. Riven and Helia held their girlfriends in their arms, casting worried glances at them every so often. Of course, Riven pretended he didn't care, but he was still as worried as could be. Helia gently stroked Flora's hair, wishing her to wake up. When they got to Alfea, the boys walked the girls back to their rooms and told them to get some rest.

"Hey, I have an idea," said Bloom. "Flora and Musa should be awake by tomorrow morning. Why don't we all go on a picnic to celebrate the end of exams? We could go to the lake or something."

"Sounds like a good idea Bloom, what do you guys think?" asked Sky.

They all started saying at once things like, "yeah. Good idea."

"Sounds like fun," came a weak voice.

"Flora!" they yelled.

"Are you all right my darling?" asked Helia, gazing at her happily.

"Fine, fine," said Flora, who looked like she was about to go back to sleep.

"Why don't you girls get a real sleep and get your strength back? We'll see you in the morning," said Brandon.

"Don't you think you should get something to eat first?" asked Timmy.

"To be honest, I'm not that hungry," said Layla.

"Neither am I," said Bloom. "But then Ms. Faragonda did say we wouldn't be hungry after that spell. The only way to recover is to go back to sleep."

"Well then, we'll let you girls rest," said Sky. "We'll head back to Red Fountain."

"Let me just take Musa to her room," said Riven. The rest of the group all stayed behind in the other room to say goodnight to each other. Riven walked to Musa's bed and tucked her in. He was halfway out of the room, when he heard a voice say, "what, not even a goodbye?" He turned around and saw Musa looking at him. Relief washed over him when he saw she was all 

right, but it didn't show in his face. She had kind of a disappointed look on her face as if to say, "what kind of boyfriend are you?"

"How long have you been awake?" he asked her.

"A couple minutes," she said.

Riven wanted to tell her how badly he had worried about her, how he felt about her, but all he could say was, "See you tomorrow." Musa fell asleep a minute later, a little disappointed that Riven hadn't shown any sign he was relieved or if he had been worried about her when he was trying to protect her in the exam. Riven walked outside, joined the rest of the boys and they all went back to Red Fountain.

By 6:30, all the girls were asleep except for Bloom and Flora.

"So are you glad all this is over?" asked Bloom.

"Immensely glad," said Flora. "I'm also happy that we'll be spending all of tomorrow with the boys. I can't wait to spend the entire day with Helia."

"You're really in love with him, aren't you?" asked Bloom.

"Yeah, maybe it's time I told him. I mean, you and Sky are the only ones who've admitted that you love each other," said Flora.

"So what's taking you and everyone else so long?" asked Bloom.

"Well, I don't know about everyone else, but I'm still really shy around Helia," said Flora. "There are times when I just don't know what to say, what to do, or how to act around him."

"You'll find the right time to tell each other, I just know it," said Bloom yawning as she said the last few words. Flora smiled and fell asleep as well.

Okay, the girls are safe. I know I kind of left you hanging, particularly with that endnote that said one of might succumb to the spell more effectively than the others. But I decided against that idea a long time ago, especially since the real danger is going to be starting in the next chapter. Next time, while on the picnic, something is going to happen to one of the girl's, causing her to collapse. You'll find out why soon enough. Until next time!