New chapter up! Hope you enjoy! It's one of the short chpaters. I decided to make Aurora go to the dance as a Specialist ,otherwise she wouldn't get to see what went on with the Specialists because she would be dragged to dance. Now EnJoY!

Disclaimer: I don't own Winx Club. I do own Aurora though, and some dialogue has been taken from the story by tears-in-rain. I loved how the Specialists point of view is depicted so I chose to use it as a base for the story. Credits to tears-in-rain. And if you haven't read tears-in-rain's story you guys should they're really good :) Just making clearing that up for y'all, now onto the story. oK NOW ENjoy!

Chapter 4: The Red Fountain and Alfea Mixer

So far the day had gone well, just that it seemed, like one day couldn't go by without me having to go to Saladin's office. I wonder why I was called in this time?

"Aurora please come in," welcomed Saladin. "Now you know today is the mixer where all the Red Fountain students go to Alfea for the annual dance."

Urggg! You got to be kidding me! I could understand Riven's pain now for this mushy stuff.

"No I wasn't informed of that sir," I responded. No wonder Riven was irritated all day long with Sky and Brandon's nervousness. Timmy didn't seem too pleased either, I could already guess why.

"Aurora the thing is you're the only female attending Red Fountain," he told me. "So I plan to leave it in your hands to choose."

"Choose what?" I asked confused.

"You can either go to the dance as if you were an Alfea fairy, or you can go as a Specialist," he informed me. "If you decide to go as a fairy though, you'd need to leave now though." Wow! He seriously didn't know me. I've never been one to dress up and if I really wanted to blend in I wasn't going to blow it know by going as a girl.

"If I go as an Alfea fairy would I have to dress up?" I asked curiously knowing the answer already.

"Well yes dear, that's the purpose," he answered.

"Then I wish to go as I truly am, a Specialist," I told him boldly.

"As you wish, you may leave now, make sure you're ready to leave by 5," he then dismissed me.

I then hurried off to my room since class was already over. I was looking at the ground while walking towards my room. I was lost in my train of thought that when I finally rose my gaze, I was startled to find the guys right outside my dorm's door.

"So what did Saladin want?" asked Riven with his arms crossed in front of his chest.

"To ask me something about today," I answered walking towards the door and into my room. "Come on in."

They all followed taking the same spots they took yesterday.

"What did he ask you?" questioned Sky nonchanlantly. For a prince he had awfully bad manners.

"If I wanted to go to the dance as a fairy," I responded grabbing an apple and taking a bite out of it.

"Wow so you're going to the dance as a girl, can't wait to see that," teased Riven. I promptly spit out the apple.

"What?" I questioned. "You seriously didn't think I'd say yes, did you?" Their silence said everything along with their confused glances they gave each other.

"Obviously you don't know me then. I already told you, I HATE dresses. I don't do fancy girly clothes. I don't even reach skirts or camisoles. I obviously told him I was going as any Specialist would. Just to inform you I don't dance either so that certainly won't be a problem." I snapped at them furiously.

"Sorry, we didn't know," Sky said holding up his hands to show his innocence.

"Well I can't blame you... there are still things you don't know about me," I responded grabbing another apple.

"Well I for one, need to go change," Sky said getting up to leave.

"Yeah me too," Brandon agreed. "Um, sorry about getting you upset." He whispered in my ear as he walked past me touching my shoulder on his way out.

Once they left I didn't expect Timmy and Riven to stay.

"What you guys don't need to freshen up for the ladies?" I teased.

"Nope I don't give a shit about what those pixies think," Riven replied with a smirk.

"I don't really like going," confessed Timmy.

"What? That bad?" I asked him.

"Yeah, some of the fairies can be really mean."

"Well don't worry, I got your bad this year Timmy, remember I won't dance either."

"Timmy's right tho, those stupid pixies can be real bitches, if I wanted a pixie, I could get anyone I wanted anyway," Riven commented.

"Whoa someone has a big ego," I mocked.

"He sure does," Timmy agreed.

"Oh shut up, it's true and you know it Timmy," Riven snapped. "Besides like I just said, I don't give, I'm not like Brandon and Sky acting like pansies over a bunch of stupid pixies." He then walked out of the room.

"I guess I should be leaving them, I should at least change my clothes," Timmy said fidgeting with his glasses as he left.

I was finally alone. I planned to take a long hot bath before leaving. Today was quite overwhelming with the start of classes.

Once we finally arrived, I was never more glad of deciding to go as a Specialist to the mixer. All the girls here were dressed so girly it made me shiver. I could never pull that look off. Timmy and Sky had gone off somewhere to drop off the gifts we brought for the pixies. Right now I would just try to blend in with the crowd. What had Riven said about that? Oh well, I'll just try and stick to the wall. I had kinda of already dispersed from the guys and quickly found Riven doing exactly what he said he was going to do just stand there against a wall.

"Hey Riven," I greeted trying to lift up his mood.

"What?" he asked annoyed already.

"Why aren't you trying to get someone to dance like Sky and Brandon?"

"Because it's pathetic, the extent these guys go to, to please these miserable pixies."

"Or you're just afraid." I then leaned against the wall next to him.

"Yeah right."

"Oh come on fine, but you wait and see, I have a feeling the day is near when there will be a girl that will soften your mood, one that will rival yours." I walked away then, hearing Riven grunt as I left. I then spotted Sky giving Stella what appeared to be those eggs we brought. I walked over to them, Stella didn't notice me though.

"Let me see it," a girl with pig tails said taking the egg out of Stella's hands. Ok, even without being royalty, I knew that was rude. Even more I thought so when I saw Sky's look of disappointment after he probably really looked forward to giving Stella the egg. "Flora, do you remember that tundra spell in Teen Fairy?"

"Yeah I sure do," answered a girl with long brown hair. "I can use it to give those witches a taste of their own magic. It'll turn the thing they covet into the thing they hate." I didn't understand what was going on and who were these girls but I did like a good revenge. I had a feeling I was gonna like these girls.

"Alright, go for it," the girl with the pig tails said handing over the egg to the girl with brown hair. I didn't have to even know what was going on to agree with the plan for revenge. I nodded my head without even thinking. Good thing no one noticed, that would have been odd.

"We'll put the egg in the ring case and shmoo ron ra rabu," the girl with the long brown hair said. I felt even more bad for Sky, looking over to the face he had.

"Hold on, what was that?" Bloom asked, which I hadn't even noticed when she showed up. Still no one had noticed me.

"That was the June Spell of the Month from Teen Fairy," the girl with brown hair answered. "Hey you should get into your dress." She addressed Bloom which I saw was still wearing her regular clothes, while the rest were all dressed up. Poor girls, I knew I would be miserable wearing all that.

"Yeah. Totally. I've just got to finish making a few adjustments on it first," Bloom confessed. "Oh, hi Prince Sky, and Aurora. It's nice to see you guys here.

"Hi Bloom," I greeted.

"Um, yeah. Hi. It's good to see you too," Sky waved, still probably thinking deeply about his disappointment.

"We'll talk later, I have to go get ready. I promised Brandon a dance and I don't want to stand him up for too long. See ya!" Bloom said before heading off to what I assumed was her room. I guess they finally noticed me.

"Oh girls this is the girl I told you that goes to Red Fountain," Stella said talking to the girls, not shocked the least bit to see me. Guess she got over the initial shock already. "Girls meet Aurora."

They all waved.

"This is Flora," Stella said pointing to the girl with the long brown hair.

"Tecna." A girl with bright pink hair.

"Princess Musa of the Harmonic Nebula." The girl with the pig tails.

"Hey-ya," beamed Musa, wow I really like this girl, despite being a princess she was so spunky.

"Oh and this is Prince Sky," Stella introduced.

"Hi," both Sky and I said at the same time which earned us a giggle from Musa.

"Thanks again for the egg," Stella said to Sky who I assumed was proabaly feeling better. "Sorry we had to use it for our little revenge, but I can assure you that it was totally wothwhile."

"I'm sure it was," Sky assured her. "Um what were you girls doing exactly?"

"A group of senior witches from Cloud Tower snuck into the school and put a spell on the eggs which would result in a snake rat coming out instead of your enchanted butterflies. We managed to successfully change the eggs to their original state, as well as giving those witches a little pay back," Tecna told us.

I dozed off thinking of how dangerous those creatures could be, remembering them gave me the shivers. I then caught on Sky asking, what the girls did to the witches. I did wonder what they did, revenge of course was so totally worth while in this case. I listened and couldn't help being a bit disappointed knowing a duck wasn't a very good revenge. But Musa seemed to be really delighted.

"They're goin' be so ticked!" Musa smirked a smirk I knew to well. One filled with malicious delight. Ok, confirmed, she was gonna be my best girl bud. I was getting a little bored here and I was curious to see what Riven was doing.

"Um it was nice meeting you girls but I have to go somewhere," I said excusing myself.

"Yeah same here, it musn't be very fun being the only girl going to Red Fountain," Flora replied sweetly.

"It's ok, I guess for now," I shrugged.

"Musa will be singing in a little bit, don't leave without watching her," Stella told me.

"Ok, no problem," I told her walking away. I felt like I was in a big maze. I just couldn't find Riven anywhere, I heard over the speakers that was introducing Musa. She started singing and that's when I found Riven. He looked so out of it. His gaze was focused solemnly on something. I then followed his gaze over to Musa who was singing. BINGO! Riven was obviously, seriously interested in Musa. Knowing Riven though he would do anything to purposely make any contact they had make Musa hate him, especially with her being a princess. Damn! So close, but for now, I figured keeping it a secret would help. I then decided to just lean against a wall and watch. Musa was a really good hip hop dancer, I never expected it possible for a princess to act like this especially after meeting Stella.

Far off in the distance I saw Timmy talking to who appeared to be Tecna. Come to think of it Tecna and Timmy seemed really cute together. Once Musa's performance was over I walked over to Brandon and Sky who were just standing there.

"Hey guys," I greeted them.

"There you are Aurora," Sky said. "Do you think you could say something to Brandon here so he can relax. He's been freaking out over the fact that Bloom is nowhere to be found."

*Sigh* couldn't they just be patient. These guys got worried over nothing, it was obvious that both Stella and Bloom were dying over them.

"Look Brandon, remember girls here take forever to change," I informed him. "Second, she said she had some adjustments to make to her outfit, dress, whatever, so just be patient, she said she was gonna dance with you didn't she?" He nodded. "Ok then just give her time, gosh Brandon."

"Told you Brandon," Sky teased Brandon.

"Oh don't start Sky cause' you'd be a mess too, if Stella would have done that," I told him. Timmy was walking towards us then.

"Timster, so you and Tecna huh?" Sky teased Timmy raising up his eyebrows. Guess now the attention had been directed to Timmy. I wonder why Sky couldn't just give it a rest already.

"I was talking to her about computer softwares," he fidgeted with his glasses. I felt bad for Timmy cause' Sky was embarassing him, but glad that he found someone who shared his same interests.

"Good for you Timmy," I praised him. "It beats having someone who shares your interests to someone who makes fun of them." I gave the guys a sharp look, directing that they made fun of him.

"Thanks Aurora, you have interests in computers too, don't you," he asked.

"Yeah I do just that my attention span shortens when I talk about them," I truthfully told him.

"As much as I love hanging here with you guys I have to start making my way over to Stella now, have fun," waved Sky as he walked away.

Just then I spotted Bloom making her entrance, her light blue dress was really pretty. Nothing over the top like all the other girls were wearing. Simple and pretty, I'm guessing she added that touch. It didn't take too long for guys to try to get to her.

"Go get her Brandon, before the other guys do," I urged him pushing him in Bloom's direction. He made his way over to her and she quickly started dancing with him. I couldn't help but feel a little jealous, I knew I would never find a love like that because it was impossible for me. The only guy I ever liked treated me as a sister and here, going to an all boys school would make it very difficult.

I desperately needed some fresh air. I went outside and took a seat on a rock ledge where the garden was. I pulled out my phone still thinking whether I should call Steven or not. I put it back in my pocket thinking that now wasn't the time. I looked over to the forest. I saw what I thought were bushes rustling. I had an eery feeling, being here outside all alone, so I ran back inside.

It was just my luck that running back inside I bumped into Riven.

"Can't you watch where you're going?" Riven asked me irratated.

"Sorry," I mumbled.

"Whatever." He then just walked around me and went outside. Guess he needed some fresh air too.

I spotted Musa all alone and thought that it would be a good time to talk to her.

"Hey Musa," I waved walking over to her. We just stood there for a while all quiet until she broke the silence.

"Why did you come as a Specialist?" she questioned spontaneously.

"Well, I am a Specialist and I guess it helps keep me blended in with the rest," I admitted. "Besides I've never liked dressing up, or shopping, I truthfully detest it."

"Oh, I do too, the shopping part."

"Why are you here all alone, you should be out there dancing with some guy, you're really pretty."

"I don't see the point, no guy interests me, well not yet anyway." I understood how she felt completely.

"I understand that."

"Well, what I don't understand is why you're going to Red Fountain instead of Alfea?"

"It's kinda of a long story, I'm an orphan who was left at Alfea, though Ms. Faragonda thought it was better for me to stay at Red Fountain." I gave her the short version but knew she was still going to have questions.

"Oh, I'm guessing you had combat training back home or something for you to be accepted at Red Fountain," she assumed making a face as she was deeply concentrated in her thinking.

"Yeah I was," I told her.

"Well I know what it feels like to grow up without one parent, my mother died when I was little," she confessed. I knew way too well how that felt.

"Yeah, but even if I didn't have my parents I tried to make the best of my life while living at the orphanage," I told her. "I lived on one sole purpose, my friend whom I protected as if she were my little sister."

"Really, what's her name," she asked her eyes gleaming with interest.

"Megan, she's 12," I told her.

"Wow she's young-" Musa commented being cut off by Stella signaling her to go over with her. She turned around about to say something. I didn't let her speak.

"Don't worry, I understand you have to go," I assured her. She nodded. "It was really nice talking to you."

I walked over to get something to drink when again I saw Riven.

"Are you stalking me?" smirked Riven.

"You wish," I turned around getting my drink.

"Don't be so sure," he whispered into my ear, which made me shiver. He noticed though.

"See I obviously make you nervous," he teased me.

"No you don't, besides who wouldn't, you're practically on top of me," I defended.

"So not true, I'm right here," he said moving like 2 feet away.

"That's not where you were right now," I retorted, drinking the punch from my cup.

"That's what they all say," he smirked making me spit out my punch. He just laughed walking away triumphal. I am so gonna' kill him!

Good thing that the dance was over promptly after that. I don't think I would have survived Riven's sick teasing. He had some nerve, blowing up one second and teasing me the next. One day I was sure I wouldn't be in such a great mood and he would get what he deserved. This dance wasn't as bad, as I thought. I got to talk to a girl who I was sure was going to easily become one of my best friends. I was 100% sure that if I had gone as a girl it would have given me a headache which I'm glad I prevented cause' I get some hell of headaches. Once we all made it back to Red Fountain I crashed onto my bed. Not even remebering how I got there, I had never been so exhausted, I quickly fell asleep. So much for a mixer.

Hope you liked! Don't forget to read and review! I want to really try to amp up those reviews. Next chapter is gonna be a long one. Just in case you don't remember it's the one where the Winx and Specialists go to the Mud Swamp. Already written, just has to go through the editing process. Shessh I can't wait either :D