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So is Musa going to make it? Here you go…chapter 10

Stay With Me

Riven ran onto Red Fountain grounds with Musa in his arms. She was bleeding everywhere and he could see her getting paler. He was in complete panic as he ran to the school, then he saw Brandon walking outside with Stella.

"BRANDON!" He yelled at the top of his lungs, an act the nearly made the squire choke on the water he was drinking. Brandon and Stella turned to see who was yelling and saw Riven. He was holding a very bloody Musa. With panic stricken faces, the couple ran to him.

"What the hell happened?" Brandon asked as he took Musa from Riven's exhausted arms. He looked down at Musa and he looked as if he was going to be sick. She was in very bad shape and he was very concerned to say the least. Stella stood there in complete shock. Her best friend had just recovered from an attack and now this!

"Darcy attacked her at Silent Falls," Riven said as the trio ran into the school and straight to the infirmary. When inside the infirmary, the school nurse took Musa and ordered that the three wait outside, or go back to class.

They decided to wait for any news on Musa's condition. "So what exactly happened?" Stella asked calmly as she could, she was freaking out, but she had noticed that Riven face looked like it was agonized with worry.

"I went to Silent Falls and I ran into Musa there, we were talking for like 5 minutes and then Darcy attacked us…or well her," Riven said looking at the ground. He was overwhelmed with worry and guilt. What if she doesn't make it? I can't live without her. She doesn't deserve this! Its all my fault – she's in there because of me. So many emotions and thoughts were spiraling through Riven's head. His whole world was crashing down in front of him as he waited to learn the fate of Musa.

"That witch is dead," Brandon said with hate in his voice. Stella rubbed his back; he seemed to be almost as upset as her. She knew Musa was like the baby of the group. All the guys were protective of her, Brandon especially, she was like the little sister he never had. "Did she get away?" Brandon asked as he looked up from the floor.

"Not sure, I stabbed her and left her on the ground, I was more concerned with getting Musa to safety," Riven said almost regretting that he didn't finish the witch off when he had the chance. He knew that if he had killed Darcy, that Musa would never be hurt by her again. He wanted to protect Musa and make up for everything he had done to her.

"You did the right thing, you saved Musa and that witch definitely had it coming," Stella said trying to comfort him, although nothing anyone said could comfort him. He needed to see Musa back to normal and then he would feel better.

The three sat there completely silent for almost 2 hours. Stella then stood up and decided to call the rest of the girls. She had finally been able to gain some composure and all the waiting was driving her crazy. Brandon also left to go get some air and then tell the other guys about what had happened, leaving Riven alone.

As Riven sat on the chair outside the infirmary, he was completely immersed in his thoughts. So many things were racing through his mind when the nurse walked out and lightly tapped him on the shoulder. He looked up and quickly stood up, hoping for good news. "How is she, is she going to be okay?" Riven blurt out.

"She is stable now, but she's going to need surgery," She began. "It's good that you got her here when you did, you saved her life."

Riven looked down and thought about how wrong everyone was. He didn't save Musa, he was the reason that she was in such bad shape. "Will she be alright, I mean after the surgery?" Riven said trying to keep the fact that he was going to have an emotional breakdown any minute, out of his voice.

"It's too soon to tell, but you can go in and see her," The nurse informed Riven then walked away. At least she's awake. Riven thought.

Riven opened the door to the room Musa was in slowly. He was so scared to see Musa, he wasn't even sure that she was going to be alright or not. She needs surgery, and even then there's no guarantee that she'll be okay. Riven felt like he was about to be sick, he wanted to get away, go back in time to before the stupid ball, he would never initially hurt Musa, and possibly stop this horrible cascade of events from occurring.

He walked in and closed the door, all without lifting his eyes from the ground, he felt too unworthy to look at her. Finally, unable to resist looking at her, he walked over to the side of her bed and sat down on a chair by her bedside. She was asleep, or unconscious, he wasn't sure, he was initially a little shocked when he saw that she wasn't awake, but considering the circumstances it made sense. He couldn't help but smile a little, just being in the same room as her made him happy, but the feeling dissipated quickly when he noticed all the injuries she had. He looked at her, she had bandages on her forehead, and bandaged ran all down her left shoulder to her elbow. And all of this was the bandaging he could see in plain sight. He gave a heavy sigh and held her hand in his while he stroked her cheek.

"I'm really sorry, but you have to know that I never wanted you to get hurt," Riven told the slumbering fairy. "You mean so much to me, but it's becoming painfully obviously that I am no good for you. I really care about you - you're everything to me." He had finally admitted his feelings to Musa, sure she was out cold and would never even know that he was in there, but still this was a step and hopefully the confession of these emotions would lead to him overcoming them.

Then, Riven thought about what would have happened if Darcy hadn't interrupted. He would have kissed her, the way he kissed her that night when he was wearing his mask, and probably have ruined his friendship with Musa forever. He couldn't let stupid actions like that happen again, and for Musa's sake it would probably be best if he slowly stopped seeing her as much. Suddenly, he had trouble catching his breath. Just the thought of it made Riven feel like he was dieing, the thought of being away from her made his heart clench. But, he had to put those feelings aside, he was positive that he never wanted to see Musa like this again. He didn't know if Darcy was still around or not, but he was sure that after he stabbed her, Darcy would be even more relentless against Musa. When Riven thought about it, he found it pretty ironic that the one person he hated the most was the only person who knew his true feelings for Musa. Darcy knew that his feelings for Musa were able to break the spell she had on him. And unfortunately for Riven, Darcy was the type of crazy person to exact revenge on him by hurting Musa.

"You have to be okay, you have to…" Riven continued when his voice broke with emotion, he could feel his eyes begin to water, although he knew he would never let the tears fall.

Riven then looked out the window and saw the Winx Club girls rushing towards the school. He didn't want anyone to see him this broken up so he tried to pull himself together and got ready to leave. He didn't want to go; he wanted to stay by her side until she woke up.

"If you promise to get better, then I promise to never do anything to hurt you again," Riven knew that if he wanted to never hurt her again, he would have to stay away from her, since he seemed to do something wrong every time he was around her. He could now hear the heels of Musa's frantic friends approaching. He stood up and looked at Musa, and then he bent down and kissed her on the forehead. "I love you," he said as looked at her, wishing he could tell her when she could actually hear him. "Just get better, okay?"

Riven walked to the door, and took a deep breath, glanced at the mirror to make sure he looked like his face didn't show what he was feeling inside. He opened the door was half way out when he gave Musa one last look, "You can pull through this, I know you can," he said before he was barraged with a million questions from Musa's friends.

Outside the Red Fountain Infirmary

"Is she okay? Is she awake, can we see her?" Riven had just shut the door to Musa's room when all the girls ran to him and asked him a million questions at once. Riven gave the boys a look of annoyance and they got the hint, so they tried, in vain, to calm their girlfriends.

"Girls, why don't you sit down and calmly ask your questions," Ms. Faragonda asked as she walked into the waiting area where they were all sitting. "Saladin told me what happened," she began as she turned to Riven "thank you for helping our Musa, who knows what would have happened had you not been there to save her." She then calmly let the girls ask their questions in an orderly fashion, even though she was dieing to blurt out the questions she had.

Riven explained to the group everything the nurse had told him, he managed to keep his composure, which was more than what could be said for the girls, all of which had either started crying or were tearing up. "You guys can go see her, but one at a time, I just saw her and she's sleeping," Riven said as he looked to the floor. Flora was the first to go in and see Musa and then Riven left and went outside.

He tried desperately to clear his head; he was driving himself crazy thinking about what might happen to Musa. He sat out on a bench and tried to keep a positive outlook, he knew Musa was a fighter and she could have easily beaten Darcy if she wasn't sick. She would make it out perfectly fine, Riven had to believe that or he would surely drive himself crazy waiting to find out how the surgery went. He sat outside looking out to the horizon until the sun began to set.

Helia walked outside and sat next to Riven. Everyone was taking the whole incident really hard, but Riven seemed to be a lot worse off then others. It may have been because he was there to actual witness what happened, or it could have been what Helia really suspected, Riven had feelings for Musa that he had kept hidden from the group.

"She'll be alright," Helia said as he looked out in the direction Riven was looking.

"It's my fault," Riven said not moving his gaze the slightest.

"Come on you saved her - " Helia began when he noticed Riven had already gotten up and began to walk away. Helia was, once again, so close to getting him to open up and then Riven shut him out.

Riven walked into the forest and wandered around for awhile. He then took a seat on the grass and buried his head in his hands. He was there until dark and he finally walked back to school. He couldn't think straight, everything had changed. Nothing seemed to be able to clear his mind; he thought he might help to see her again before she went into surgery, hopefully she would look a little better, making him feel alittle better..

Riven sat by her bedside until he saw the sun beginning to rise, she had become less pale. That was a good sign, right? Riven thought to himself. He kissed her on the forehead and went back to his room before anyone found him in the infirmary this early.

AHHH! Suspense! Will Musa be alright or will I decide to kill her off? - haha I already know!!

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I promise I'll try to finish this story by the end of the month but I'm also working on my next story so it may take awhile.