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Chapter 6

Faragonda sat in her office at Winx headquarters reading through several reports. The recent Trix activity had her completely baffled and she had a feeling something terrible was in the mix and was worried that they would not be able to stop it.

She put down what she was doing and pulled open a drawer in her desk and retrieved a golden necklace from inside. The pendant was a small circular coin on which was engraved a sword with the sun rising from above and fire burning below. She gently traced the symbol and smiled. She was lost in thought and didn't hear the knock on the door.

"Uh… excuse me am I disturbing you"

"Huh…no Griselda come in" she said as she placed the necklace back in the drawer "Is something wrong"

"It would seem Trix hit the museum again and this time they stole something"

"And no one realized this until now"

"No it was done quite discreetly. The case was still intact, we only just received the police report"

"Do we know what was stolen"

"Not yet, the curator only noticed that there were six pieces in the case instead of seven"

"Have the girls look into it"

"Yes ma'am"

"What's that?" asked Darkar as he entered the conference room at Trix headquarters to find Baltor rifling through a file.

"Another gift from our three young friends" he passed over the file

"They suggest we recruit some help"

"The 'Black Circle'?"

"They are a group of high profile criminals, the worst kind and they have unique talents that could be of use"

Darkar looked down at the profile sheets of the five men in question.

"It says here they're in prison"

"The girls have volunteered to break them out"

"Then what are we waiting for"

"This is a very important matter. We will have to vote"

"Then I believe the results are unanimous" said Mandragora as she entered the room "If that's all I need to get back to work" she turned on her heel and stormed out.

"Someone's in a bad mood"

"Her experiments are going as well as she'd hoped. Speaking of which I have my own to get back to."

With that Darkar left Baltor alone to go over the file once more.

The six girls were walking down the hallway along with their new friend Roxy when they all felt their compowders vibrate in their pockets. Bloom 'accidentally' dropped her bag and stopped to pick up the contents that had spilled out. Flora stopped to help and Layla steered Roxy away so she wouldn't offer assistance. Bloom quickly and carefully read the message while Flora put her things back into her bag for her.

"Museum. You and Tecna check it out" Bloom whispered to Flora as they rejoined their friends

Flora nodded and looked around. The hallway was crowded there was no way the two of them could slip away, they needed a distraction. She looked over at Layla who nodded and took a good look around but there was nothing she could use to cause a distraction unless….She hesitated for a second then winced as she gave Stella a not so gentle shove from behind.

"…And then she said…huh…" Stella was so engrossed in her conversation she didn't feel the push till she was stumbling forward. Unable to stop she accidentally stepped on a soccer ball that was lying in front of someone's locker and lost her balance.

She screamed as she hit the floor, loud enough to make everyone come running to see what was going on. As all the other students gathered around Stella, Flora tapped Tecna on the shoulder who nodded, then making sure everyone was preoccupied they left.

"Ow…" groaned Stella as she slowly rubbed her side. She glared at Layla who was crouched behind her. Sorry she mouthed.

"Who in their right mind leaves a soccer ball in the middle of the hallway, anyways" she complained as she let Bloom help her up her face turning red with a mix of embarrassment and anger.

"Uh…sorry that would be me"

She looked up to see a boy with light brown eyes ruffling his hair from behind with a slightly uneasy look on his face. She felt her knees buckle and in the processes of standing slid down to the floor once more this time taking Bloom with her.

"Are you alright?" asked Brandon his expression now a worried one as he took Musa's place on the floor next to her.

"I…uh…"

"What is going on here?" asked a stern voice. Everyone turned to see a tall woman with pale skin and purple hair that was piled up with two lighter strands dressed in a long maroon dress with long sleeves in a lighter shade that reached her wrists. Her heels clicked as she determinedly walked down the hallway to where all the students were gathered.

Everyone stood aside to reveal Stella slouched on the floor with arm around Bloom who now sat on her knees and Brandon crouched down on one knee on her other side with Musa and Layla behind her and Roxy standing helplessly at the side.

"Uh… Ms. Griffin" said Musa standing up quickly "we…uh…"

"Stella tripped and I think she might have hurt her ankle" supplied Bloom

Griffin scanned the hallway and took in the soccer ball and Brandon crouched down beside Stella.

"Brandon take her to the nurse's office and I will you in detention after school, it is dangerous to leave things lying around in hallways. One of you get her things" she addressed the three sitting with down with her

"And as for the rest of you the bell went five minutes ago"

She clapped her hands and the crowd dispersed before she turned and walked away.

"Can you stand?" asked Bloom

"I…thi…"

Before she could reply Brandon scooped her up in his arm bridal style and began waling away

"What do you think you're doing?" she shrieked

"Taking you to the nurse's office" he replied calmly

She blushed and nervously tapped her fingers against each other.

"C'mon Roxy we're late for chem." Said Musa pulling the other girl along.

"You should go to" said Bloom as she stood gathering her own and Stella's things.

"Yeah but…"

"This is Stella we're talking about she won't be happy unless she's complained about it at least ten times"

"At least" both girls couldn't help but laugh

"But somehow I don't think that's going to be the case this time" said Bloom as she watched Brandon's retreating back

"Yeah , your right" said Layla with a smile before she turned and ran off to class.

Bloom re adjusted everything she was carrying and took her time getting to the nurse's office.

An elderly woman with reddish brown hair piled up in a bun wearing glasses and a long white coat sat at her desk when Brandon entered carrying Stella.

"What do we have here?'" she asked as she approached them

"We think she might've sprained her ankle"

"Well then set her down and let's take a look"

Brandon set her down on one of the beds in the corner and moved to stand to the side.

The nurse carefully slipped off the wedge sandal she was wearing and gently pressed down on her ankle then looked up at Stella who sat with her head bent and hands wrapped around her knee. She turned to see Brandon leaning against the wall face turned a little too interested in a spot on the wall. She smiled to herself before clearing her throat.

They both looked at her and then at each other. The both blushed and turned away.

"There doesn't seem to be much swelling but I should wrap it up just in case."

Stella nodded.

"I need to get a few things. Sit with her and make sure she doesn't move"

Brandon nodded and sat down at the end of the bed

"I… I'm sorry"

"I…I'm sorry"

They both looked up.

Stella was really confused it wasn't like her to feel nervous around a guy, as her friends would say she shamelessly flirted with almost every guy she met. What was so different about him?

Brandon couldn't believe how nervous he was. She was just another girl right. Right? There was no doubt she was beautiful but he didn't really know that much about her except maybe that there were a lot of juniors who were crazy about her. And this was him Brandon, girls were crazy about him they didn't yell at him if he carried them or complain all the while they were with him.

"Why are you sorry? I'm not the one lying in bed about to get their foot wrapped up ."

"I'm sorry you got detention" said Stella as she tucked a stray stand of hair behind her ear. "On second though, it is your fault though isn't it. I take it back I'm not sorry at all"

"You could have just said thank you" he said with a smug look on his face

"And just why would I thank you" she said crossing her arms across her chest drawing out the last word

"And just how do you think you would have made it here by yourself, you couldn't even stand" he smirked.

"I would have been just fine. In case you didn't notice my friends were around" she looked down and played with white sheets for a moment before looking up at him again.

"But I guess you did help and I probably should thank you for that" she said stressing on the 'should'.

"Don't worry dear she'll be just fine, this is just a precaution"

They both turned to see the nurse walking towards them with Bloom in tow.

"Thanks for keeping her company"

"No problem" said Brandon as he stood to leave. "Ladies" he bowed before he left

"See you later and thanks again" called Bloom as he left while the nurse busied herself wrapping up Stella's ankle.

He waved in acknowledgement as he left but stopped near the door.

"Oh and Stella. You're welcome" he said before stepping out of sight.

Stella huffed angrily and turned her head while Bloom tried really hard to hold in her laughter.

Sorry about the wait but classes have started in full swing and I haven't had much time to write. Consequently I can't promise that the next chapter will be up soon but I'll do my best to have it done as soon as possible.

I also need to apologize for the way the Stella-Brandon thing turned out. I should have mentioned that romance was not my forte but I hoped you liked it anyways I'll try and do better next time. Any suggestions with that regard would be really helpful.

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