A/N: The Winx Club does not belong to be in any way, shape, or form.


Sky was waiting anxiously for the arrival of their girlfriends. He wouldn't stop pacing and Brandon simply watched him, obviously amused. "Yo, Sky, settle, kay? They'll be here." The prince checked his watch once again, noting the time.

12:13

"But-"

"Sky!" he turned to the call, his face relaxing and breaking into a smile at the sight of Bloom. Brandon sat up straighter, smiling at Stella. "Sorry we're late. Faragonda was giving us some extra lessons and they ran a little late." Sky shook his head, taking her into his arms and hugging her. "Sky? What's this?" she laughed.

"What? I can't hug my girlfriend?" Bloom rolled her eyes, noting that Musa was pretending that Riven didn't exist while Helia and Flora were smiling at each other. Layla and Nabu had no problems, as Nabu wasn't exactly a Specialist, and thus didn't cancel any plans. She noticed the two boys watching the whole scene curiously and pulled out of Sky's embrace.

"Oh, friends?" The Specialists looked back at the two who had been forgotten at the sight of the girls. The one with auburn hair raised a hand in greeting, his eyes shifting about the group. Riven didn't particularly like that very much.

"Yo. Nice to meetcha. Names Max. This here handsome devil is me best mate, Tylor," he swung his arms around the other's shoulders. Darker brown hair, cut in a similar style to Brandon's, with bangs reaching into his eyes. Jeans, converse and a plain green t-shirt. "He may look all…" Max studied his friend for a moment. "Hm. What would describe you, Ty-Ty?" Tylor winced at that.

"Come off it already. Stop play acting." Max rolled his eyes.

"Sure, sure, Ty-Ty. He's a genius and, just putting this out there, a gentleman." He wiggled his brows at the girls and they giggled. Tylor raised a hand to his face, covering his eyes.

"Spare me." The girls found that they liked Max. He seemed nice enough and he was fun. His friend was a bit more serious, but he too seemed nice. "Come down back to the ground already, Max." Max sighed dramatically.

"Fine…" He looked back once again at the group of girls before he seemed to calm considerably.

"Girls, Max and Tylor have actually been assigned to our group. That's why we haven't been around much," Sky stated. The girls looked over at the blonde prince. "Their old group all returned home to help with their families and home planets. And I've been put in charge of Max." Bloom raised a brow at that.

"You've been put in charge of him? Why?" she cast her gaze once more to the auburn haired man. He was currently sticking his tongue out at Tylor. "Never mind…"

"What? Am I really that bad?" Max looked over at Sky for his answer. There was only silence. "Ty-Ty?"

"Ask me in five years." The boy faked hurt and went to go sulk in a nearby chair. Tylor turned to the girls, giving them a soft smile. "I apologize for him. He's developed… a strange exterior self. It's quite odd, but if he likes making a fool of himself, who am I to stop him? He's actually quite intelligent when he cares to be. He was looking forward to meeting someone, but I suppose they aren't here yet." The girls all smiled back. He was so polite.

"An exterior self? Hey, doesn't that sound like someone we know?" Stella mused. A certain Princess flashed through her mind. "She seems okay sometimes, but other times… she's like a whole other person." Heeled steps seemed to echo on the street, but they paid them no mind.

"I'm sorry I'm late," a soft voice murmured. Flora looked behind her to see Cassia.

"You made it! I thought you wouldn't come!" the Flower Fairy smiled brightly and the boys all leaned slightly to the side to see the newcomer. "I was worried about you!"


I smiled at her. Not a true smile, but she didn't need to know that. "Yes… I suppose I did make it on time though." I noticed the boy's gazes. Flora took my hand and pulled me to their group. Bloom and Stella frowned a bit at me. I could tell they still wanted to know about the concealment spell. Not like I'm telling them. "I got held up a bit. I apologize."

"It's no problem, dear, I'm just glad you made it!" Flora patted my hand.

"Yea, glad you could make it, Cassia," Layla added. I didn't know her so well, but I suppose we had a connection. My specialty was storms and hers was water. Similar I suppose.

"Cassia?" I looked over at Flora.

"Yes?"

"Hm?" She blinked.

"Did you need something? You said my name." She shook her head. If she didn't…

"Oh, Cassia, the love of my life~!" and suddenly the world was spinning and I was bracing myself against someone's shoulders. "I thought I'd never see you again!" when my body finally stopped moving but my head continued to spin, I pushed whoever he was away.

"H-hey, who do you think you are?" I growled, bringing a hand to my head. He kissed my cheek and I heard gasps from the girls. "Hey, I-"

"Quiet, m'dear." He held my face in his hands I finally saw him for the first time. I smiled brightly, wrapping my arms around his neck.

"Max! You should have said something!" He was smiling at me, obviously proud of himself for fooling me. "You idiot, I could have hurt you!" I smacked his shoulder, pulling away from him. He faked hurt and I crossed my arms over my chest. "I'll be ignoring you now." I looked back at the girls only see them gaping at me in shock.

"Hey, hey, Cassia? You're using a concealment spell." I stiffened slightly. Of-course he would know that…

"You know that about our friend? Perhaps you know why she uses one?"Stella jumped right into that conversation, hoping to gain information. Max blinked.

"She hasn't…? Cassia? Aren't these your friends?" I didn't answer. This was precisely why I didn't show them. I wanted friends… if I showed them my true self… "Well. You know I just love how you truly look, so, how about you be a dear and remove it?" he was smiling at me. A rather charming smile, but I was immune to his charms.

"But my dear, dear Maximilien. You know I'm self conscious about it." He snorted, patting my back.

"Ah, come now! We're all friends here, aren't we?" He looked to the girls, who nodded, then to the boys, who also nodded (hesitantly mind you). "See? Ty-Ty, come meet Cassia!" I smacked his arm, pushing it away.

"Max, I'm warning you…" He stuck his tongue out at me. The darker haired boy who had been staring at me this entire time stepped forward and Max slung his arm around his shoulders.

"Cassia, Ty-Ty; Ty-Ty, Cassia, the love of my life." He was grinning proudly and Tylor eyed him carefully.

"I wasn't aware you were engaged, Max." All fell silent as the girls held in their squeals, gazing at me with sparks in their eyes. The boys were looking at Max incredulously.

"Hmm? Engaged? Whoever said I was engaged?" Max tilted his head to the side.

"But, you just, you just said that she was," he looked over at me.

It was then I realized.

"I haven't properly introduced myself. I am Cassia, Princess of Vespillio. Thank you for taking care of Max this entire time. I know my brother can be a handful." The boys eyed me before shifting to look at Max.

"She's a Princess…"

"And you're her brother…"

"You're a Prince? Now how'd that happen? You're a goof!" the purple haired one stated bluntly. I couldn't help it; I laughed. Many thought that when they first met my brother. Until they learned of his true self. Max was smiling widely, arms crossed over his chest triumphantly.

"Now what're you looking at, brother?" I managed when I finally calmed. I didn't notice the many stares sent my way.

"Your emotions, dear sister. I truly do love your eyes. Beautiful colors." Colors? Plural…?

"My…" I reached a hand up, feeling the thin line that passed over the bride of my nose and onto my right cheek. "No…"

They had seen me… They had seen my true self, the obvious flaws that I held within my face.

Max grabbed my shoulders before I could run. "Don't you even dare. Tylor. What do you think of that Princess's true face? The face that no one knows?" I closed my eyes tightly, burying my head in my brother's chest.

"Max, don't do this to me…" There was only silence, no one spoke.

"Yo, Ty-Ty. I think you're drooling. Dude, I know she's pretty, but try and control yourself."

"I-I w-was not! Max! Do-don't go making things up!"

"Aha! You're blushing! You think she's pretty! Success!" Max patted my head, cheering. There was laughter, girl's laughter.

"Cassia, dear, you didn't have to hide anything from us. We're your friends. It doesn't matter what you look like," Flora stated kindly. Max pushed me away from him a bit and sat me in a chair. The girls gathered around me. "Honestly, dear? I think I like this you better than your disguise." I looked up at her.

"There was something we told her when we were kids, now what was it…" Max was muttering to himself as Flora patted my hand gently. "Ah, that's right. 'Ice blue shows the outside, cold as the snow. Chocolate brown shows within, the hidden self, the true self.' Yea, that's it." A weight on my head and I looked up through the pure white bangs at my brother. My true self remained hidden, because of Heterochromia. Because my planet had been terrorized by Lucius. My right eye was ice blue while the left was a warm brown. A thin white scar travelled across the bridge of my nose and onto my right cheek. My hair was pure white. Only a few had ever accepted me as myself. "Don't fake it, kay?"

"Hypocrite."

"Ah, there's your charming side, sister." He grinned, grabbing the boy dubbed 'Tylor'. "Now, how bout you to go on a date and discuss life while I disappear with these people, yea? Okay? ONWARD!" and he started pushing the whole group away. How he accomplished that, I really don't know.

"H-hey! Max! Ho-hold on! WAIT!" Tylor glared at the retreating figure before slumping down in the chair. "I was supposed to watch him…" I swiped my hand over my face, hiding the imperfections, returning once again to myself. "Hm?" he looked over at me. His eyes changed. They seemed… I don't know… I don't know the word to describe it. The look he sent me then before straightening in his chair. "Princess. It truly is an honor to meet you. I'm Max's squire."

"Tylor. The pleasure is all mine. Please, just simply call me Cassia. I don't want attention."

"As you wish."


"Don't they look so cute together?" Stella squealed as she gazed at the two of them from around the corner. Musa and Bloom stood with her, smiling at them as well.

"They do seem to get along…"

"Nah. That's just Ty-Ty being all polite and crap. He's really clumsy and tends to stumble over his words when he's nervous. He's just in his 'I'm-a-squire-and-you're-of-a-higher-rank-than-I-so-I-must-be-polite' mood. And stuff like that." Max sighed from his chair, leaning back in it with his eyes closed. "I wish the kid would loosen up a bit…" Sky sat down across from him, folding his hands on the table.

"So, Max, when exactly were you going to tell of you were of royal blood?" He asked calmly. Max opened one eye.

"Hm? Dunno. Sometime. I guess. Wasn't really planning on it." Sky was frowning and the older Prince sent him a grin. "Please excuse me, Your Highness. From what I'm aware you switched places with your squire previously…?" Sky looked away, gazing intently at a store across the street. "I didn't do that, I just cast that illusion. Didn't ya guys think that Ty-Ty there was royal, or at-least noble? We really know how to hide things, just puttin' that out there." He closed his eyes once more. "And so I was right. She was hangin' out with you gals. Is she all 'growl' with you too?"

"Yea, how'd you guess?" Musa answered, gazing at him curiously. He sighed.

"Because she's exceptional and insanely powerful, she has to keep her emotions in check continuously, as you guys saw earlier this week. That storm? Yea. That was her emotions being released. She was ticked that she was being forced into coming here. She comes off as… cold? But that's just the exterior she has to keep up. Just… try to put up with her. She's a real sweet gal when you get to know her."

"I know that already." Flora stated confidently. Max opened his eyes to look at her intently. She smiled.

"You're her friend?"

"My name is Flora."

"Cool. You see her. That's awesome. Wish more people were like you. You gotta a boyfriend?" There was a cough behind him and he leaned his head back to look up at Helia. The normally quiet and passive guy was frowning down at him. "No joke? Figures… Nature chick and the poet. I just hate life…" He righted himself, frowning at the 'couple' still conversing at the café. "Well. Maybe she can be a bit happy now… Before her life is ruined." He murmured to himself. No one heard the words he said.


"P-p-princess!" I stopped and turned, watching as Rina rushed up to me. "P-princess… you… my parents…" she looked close to tears.

"Please refer to me as Cassia. I'm no one important here." A smile was one her face but she looked hesitant.

"I… I just can't…"

"Even after what I did, you won't accept my request?" She looked fearful. "If I didn't look like the 'Princess' you knew, would you abide by it?"The look she gave me said that yes. If I showed her my true self, she wouldn't call me Princess. If I didn't look like the Princess everyone knew.

Hm. Why not? There's a chance the people won't like my true face, but I'm the third child. I have no role to play. My hand inched up towards my face and she watched me carefully, wondering if I would install a concealment spell. Quite the opposite, actually. She gasped as I opened my eyes, showing the mismatched color, my hair also no longer the beautiful color it had previously been. A pure white now. "This… I'm Cassia. No longer the Princess. My true self." Her eyes seemed to be showing horror.

I knew why. No one had forgotten Lucius' tyranny yet. "Your… your true s-self?"

"Yes." She just stared. "I'm just Cassia."


"Our dear daughter, we have wonderful news! Our planet's Princess, Cassia, had come to visit! She visited our simple inn, asking for a room with her teacher, our Guardian Fairy Vera! She said that she heard good things about our inn, that it was in the family for generations now! Already we've had many high-classed guests visit and stay! At the shop, your mother was requested specially for the Princess' fitting, for a new dress she's to wear at the end of summer. The shop too has already gained many noble customers. Truly, this is a Godsend. She said that the two of you are friends at Alfea, that she had heard good things about us from you. Truly, daughter, I'm proud of you."

Rina read the letter proudly to her roommates, other girls from Vespillio. They all squealed, all gathering around her, jumping up and down.

"I can't believe it! You're sooo lucky! You're friends with the Princess! Soon enough, you guys will like be nobles too!" One cheered. "I'm jealous! All those high society people in your lives now! The celebrities! Think of them too!" Rina was smiling, gripping the paper tightly.

"I wish I knew the Princess as well as you do!" another stated. Rina's smile grew. She knew something no one knew. She knew Vespillio's history, but she didn't really mind as much as she thought she would.


Well, got this far, yea? Turning out well, I suppose.

School started already, so, maybe I can update more often and stuff.

Ciao.