It had officially been a year since the Specialists had left Earth to go to Red Fountain and Alice had wondered if they had truly forgotten about her.

Had they already lost the charms that she made them? She hoped not, since she put a lot of time and care into making them.

She wondered how many times Helia had played the song, she wondered how many times Riven had thought about their estranged friendship, if Timmy had converted the nano-disc into some cool gadget, how many times had Sky thought of his name and imagined how it was like to live under the same sky as her? how many times had Brandon watched 'Of Mice and Men'?

Alice also wondered if the time difference was significantly different in the Magix dimension, and couldn't help herself imagine a grumpy Riven as an old man. It often made her laugh and kept her going, knowing that she WOULD see them again before that ever happened.

Especially since she didn't want to be dating an eighty-year-old Helia when she was still sixteen.

Alice smiled as she lay on the grass in the park, she had just done her chores and had decided to spend her day in the quiet with a nice view where she could watch the sky. When she finally closed her eyes, she decided that it was better to dream of the better times of last summer; and how this one was quickly coming to an end.

Alice woke up later in the day, the sun had already taken that tinge effect with the sky and nobody else happened to be around.

She rose carefully on her stiff legs and stretched dramatically until she satisfyingly heard a slight crack vibrate her body, this was the only way that she'd get out of her stiffness.

She began walking down the street to her house at a slow pace, but heard a loud crash coming from Bloom's house. Curious, she ran over to her neighbour's door to find that it had been kicked in.

As she cautiously entered, she took note of what looked like an orange troll monster thing with blue dungarees - seriously, what is with people and spray tan these days? - and what looked like Bloom's parents backed up against the wall.

"M-Mike? Vanessa?" Alice stood frozen by the door.

Everything went by in a flash. The troll was being attacked by rays of the sun that came from a flying girl's hands, she remembered being carried by strong arms across the room and left their to hazily watch what was going on.

She heard them speaking, laughing although taking part in something serious - fighting. Voices that she knew so well.

Alice felt something build up in her eyes and she felt wetness running down her face, her finger tips started tingling painfully and her arm reached out towards the orange tanned person monster thing.

The last thing she knew was a bright light and loud monstrous screaming before she passed out.

"Alice? Are you okay?"

Her eyes opened hazily, she got a glimpse of purple hair before she wrapped her hands tightly around the one that was holding her.

Riven.

"Yeah, taking to the way she's death gripping you - I'd say she's okay." Brandon, who was sitting beside them, laughed.

"If I wasn't in such a mess right now, all of you would face my wrath." She said, and they all laughed again. "I missed you guys."

Suddenly, the girl who was floating earlier walked over. She was a blonde haired girl with a keen taste for fashion.

"My name is Stella and you definitely have some major winx girl!" And peppy too, great.

I noticed an orange figure slowly pulling himself out of a chasm - I was told later that I created that thing - with a groan.

Brandon - dear, dear Brandon - stood up from where he was sitting and placed something around the creature's neck that looked like a dog collar. "Not so fast big guy, you're coming with us."

"You've done enough damage for one day pal." Sky glanced at Bloom for a moment, but I noticed it anyway.

"Where are you taking him?" Bloom asked.

"Probably to a creature preserve." Riven replied allowing Alice to stand up on her own but giving her gentle support in case she fell over.

"Hey guys, it's time for us to hit the road." Timmy called out, creating a blue swirly hole - she soon learns that this is a portal - in the middle of the room.

"What? You aren't staying for long?" Alice cried in dismay, when she looked at Riven he gave her a small smile and a pat on the shoulder.

"It won't be that long before we see each other again, since you are a fairy." Riven said before he walked off and into the hole - Jesus Alice! Find a better word for it! - and disappeared.

"See ya later girls!" Brandon called out.

"Bye!" Timmy smiled.

"Bloom, Alice! I hope to see you both at Alfea!" Sky said before he disappeared with the others.

"Me too!" Bloom yelled back, hoping that he heard her.

The portal swirled to a close and Bloom, Alice, Mike and Vanessa were left in the silence of the trashed home.

All of a sudden, Alice realised that they had came into her life again and they exited just as quickly.

"Well, glad that's over!" Mike remarked, breaking the silence.

After explaining extensively about Alfea and helping clean around the house, as well as getting Marcell and Victoria to come along.

They all stood in the trashed living room - that had taken a while to explain to Alice's parents as well - in a circle, Alice and Bloom had eventually convinced their parents to let them go only if they see where Alfea is.

"So how do we get there?" Alice asked Stella.

"Normal humans can't go through portals, but my sceptre can do it!" Stella's ring on her finger began to glow and glowed until it formed into a staff shape, she twirled it effortlessly between her fingers once the glow vanished. As she placed the end of the sceptre to the ground, they were suddenly falling through purple nothingness which just happened to be another portal.

The wonderful smell of grass and flowers filled their nostrils, and they all opened their eyes to a magnificent pink castle like building.

They stared in awe.

"Pretty cool!" Bloom exclaimed.

"With a capital C!" Stella added. Then we all walked towards the school together.

A smile rose to Alice's face.

Here's to a great adventure!


Note: Well here's a nice long chaptered return, although I doubt that it was a good one. But anyway, tell me what you think 3

The next chapter should be up very soon, it just depends on the time that I have to write it and then post it on here. But...

Patience is a virtue ;) 3