Once upon a time, and far away, in the kingdom of the Magical Dimension, a girl found out she was a fairy and a princess. Her life defiantly changed and became like a fairy tale story filled with courage, friendship, love, and adventure. A magical story that continues with her beginning her third year at the school for fairies, Alfea.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Winx Club. No matter how much I wish I did. It belongs to its proper owner. This story, however, is my original idea and thus I own it. Please don't steal.

Chapter Ten

The girls started their day a little later than usual. It was almost noon before they slipped out of bed. It was understandable though since they'd spent most of the previous night talking, crying, and trying to cheer themselves up. They were still lounging in their pajamas when Griselda knocked on the door.

"Having another lazy day are we?" Griselda adjusted her glasses as she looked them over. "A little late to still be in your you pajamas."

"Yeah, well we had a long night." Stella got up to take a cup from Flora. It was a special tea that Flora had promised would make them all feel better. She took a sip and indeed a warm feeling washed over her.

"Indeed," Griselda paused, "speaking of your adventures last night you are all needed in Ms. Faragonda's office. When you're dressed of course." With that she left.

"Ugh." Stella fell back down into the couch. "She has it out for us."

They all laughed.

They weren't in a hurry to get to head mistress' office and took their time getting dressed. Stella fixed her hair one last time before meeting up with the others at the door. They walked down the halls with their heads low. They knew they were in for some kind of punishment, but didn't know exactly what. Would she take their powers, again? Would they have to clean the library, again? They finally came to the door of Ms. Faragonda's office, but no one was eager to open it. Finally Stella stepped up.

"Well, let's just get this over with."

They walked in to find Ms. Faragonda at her bookcase. "Hello girls," she greeted them cheerfully, "please come in."

They were really surprised by how she was acting, even Griselda, who sat in a chair nearby, looked like she was smiling. It was all too confusing.

"Uh, Ms. F," Musa spoke up, "look we're really sorry about last night."

"Last night?" Ms. Faragonda looked at them like she had no clue what they were talking about. The girls were just as confused. Didn't they come in here to be punished. "Oh," Ms. Faragonda finally remember, "of course what you did last night was serious, but I'm going to over look it in light of the occurrence early this morning."

"For now." Griselda added, making sure the girls understood that they weren't getting off that easy. At least not with her.

"What happened this morning?" Flora asked.

"Well, instead of telling you, I'll show you." Ms. Faragonda walked over to the door and opened it. She waved for the girls to follow. "Come along."

Griselda took up the rear and shooed the girls along.

They walked down the halls toward Ofelia's office. When they reached the door they could hear Ofelia and a stranger chatting. Bloom had a sudden fit of butterflies in her stomach and slowly moved behind the others. If the person nurse Ofelia was talking to was who she thought it was then, well she didn't know exactly what to do. She wasn't quite prepared for meeting 'her'.

Ms. Faragonda opened the door and walked in. "Verena, these are the girls I wanted you to meet." Ms. Faragonda ushered the girls in, but Bloom remained as hidden as she could. "These are the Winx and they're the ones who helped rescue you."

"I'm indebted to you all." Verena tilted her head towards them.

The girls began to introduce themselves one by one. Bloom was very anxious about this moment. She didn't know why, but she felt almost embarrassed to be introducing herself to a relative. It'd been so different with Daphne and so much easier. Finally everyone else had introduced themselves and Bloom could no longer hide. She walked past the others and came into direct view of her sister.

Verena's eyes widened momentarily and then she suddenly laughed. Her laughed was very different from Bloom's and Bloom felt a little disappointed. Daphne had a similar laugh to her own, but Verena's was different. She may have looked similar to Bloom, but right away everyone could tell that these were two very different siblings.

"That's a pretty decent metamorphosis, but you messed up a few things Professor Wizgiz. The hair and eyes are all wrong."

Verena's outburst shocked everyone and they all exchanged glances of worry. Did she really think that Bloom was Professor Wizgiz playing a joke? If so, how would she react when she learned the truth? Everyone looked at Bloom, knowing that Bloom knew she couldn't lie.

"Um, I'm not professor Wizgiz. My name is Bloom."

"What?" Verena stopped laughing almost immediately. "Bloom." Her thoughts rolled quickly around the name. There's was one person who had that name that she knew, but the possibility of the girl before Verena being that Bloom was impossible. "That's the name of my baby sister."

"Well, I'm not exactly a baby anymore." Bloom laughed shortly, but ended when Verena muttered something. "Huh?"

"That's not funny." Verena spoke up, growling after her words. "You couldn't possibly be Bloom, she not even a year old, she hasn't even learned to walk yet."

"But, I am Bloom." Bloom stepped forward and reached out to touch Verena's hand, but Verena pulled it away from her. Bloom frowned, that small action hurt her. It almost felt like she'd been slapped.

"Verena, this is going to be hard to explain, but this young girl..." Ms. Faragonda placed her hands on Bloom's shoulders. "This is Bloom, your sister."

"That's impossible." Deep inside her Verena knew what had happened to her, but at the moment her mind had locked up all of her last memories and stored them away. She had no idea why she needed to be rescued, but was thankful she was. She had no idea that time had flown by around her. The teachers in Alfea hadn't changed since she'd been there and so she never suspected anything. But now her mind was giving her signals that she was in for some destructive news and immediately it helped her prepare, because she started to cry.

"It's okay, Verena." Ms. Faragonda walked up to Verena and placed a reassuring hand on hers. "I know it's difficult to grasp, but you're not alone. Bloom will help you get through this. You're family after all and family is always there for each other."

"She's not Bloom." Verena repeated, trying desperately to not believe it even though her heart already knew it was true. The girl looked so much like herself and like Daphne. This girl had her mother's hair and eyes, just as Daphne did. Her heart couldn't deny it, even though the rest of Verena was determined to. "If she's Bloom, then why am I still so young? I would have to be much older for her to be my baby sister." There was the only option she had for arguing, but even that came crashing down when Ms. Faragonda began to explain.

"Verena, we don't know how or why, but you've been locked in a time crystal. It's similar to the ones used on prisoners of the Omega Dimension. Bloom found you because she was lead to you by dreams and she came to your rescue just in time too. That crystal was feeding off your magical energy while keeping you in a state in in-animation and agelessness. The time you spend inside it has made you weak and near powerless, but those things can heal with time and your aging will be normal from now on as well."

"So I've not aged, while everyone around me grew up without me." Verena blinked, sending waves of tears down her face. "Why me?"

"We don't know." Ms. Faragonda repeated as she squeezed Verena's hand.

"So mother and father and even Daphne are all older now. I wonder if I'll even recognize them."

The room went silent after that. Only Bloom found the courage to step up. She walked over to the bed and set down on the edge. She gave Verena's the most regretful face before telling her about Domino.

Verena stopped blinking, stopped moving. The only part of her body that continued was her heart. It speed up and then collapsed as it broke. She opened her mouth, then closed it. Finally she found words again.

"No."

She didn't believe it, she couldn't believe it, but when Bloom nodded Verena found herself believing it. She flung herself forward, planted her head in between her knees and cried harder than she'd ever cried before.

Ms. Faragonda shooed everyone else out, leaving Bloom behind with Verena.

Another one down. Welcome Verena! I hope all enjoy the OC I created for this Winx Story.

Sorry for the gap in updating. I've been working on my website and it's taking longer than I thought it would. I will be up soon, sometime in October and I hope you will all check it out. This story will be on there with pictures and videos I'm making... Okay, before I even begin a big explanation about the site I'm going to stop myself. It'll be up soon so you all can check it out then.