Identity Revealed

"You again! Can't you leave a man in peace?"

"No I can't when the fact is that you are following one of my friends."

"What will it take me, to stop you from stopping me from doing my job?"

"Wow, that was a tongue twister, how about you start by telling me your name and what your job is."

"Well I can tell you my name, no one said I couldn't do that, but I'm under strict orders to not say a word about my job under any circumstances."

"Ok, I might be able to deal with that."

"So what is your name then?"

"My name is Malem, I was born In Andros, will that do you?"

"I guess it will do for now, just why the secrecy, you know the whole no one can see my face thing?"

"I told you, I am under strict orders to say nothing concerning my job."

"Well I'm watching you Malem and I don't want to see you."

"Ooo, I'm so scared, why don't you go and run off with your little boyfriend?"

"Fine I will." Bloom walks off in the direction that she had come from. Malem stays in the same place.

"I should never have told Bloom where I was born. If Layla told everyone then they just might realise that we come from the same place."

"Hey Sky I'm back"

"Where did you go?"

"I went to talk to Mystery Man, although he's not much of a mystery to me though."

"What did you find out about him?"

"I found out his name and where he was born, but that was it, I think I will look it up in Alfea later."

"It sounds like a good plan, care to fill me in with the info?"

"Sure, his name is Malem and he was born in Andros, I don't know why, but that place sounds familiar, any ideas Sky?"

"Only that is it another place that has a king and queen and princess."

"Strange, although a lot of places in Magix has Kings queens and princesses, or princes."

"Yeah, lets go and join everyone else, I'm starving."

Bloom nods and they join the rest of the group. They are all enjoying their food. Bloom gives out a bit of a laugh when they reach them.

"You guys are so funny, it must be that good then, you're all so quiet."

She sits down against the tree and pulls Sky down with her. Sky shoots her a quick glance. She knew what it meant. Sky whispers something in her ear.

"Doesn't this seem familiar?"

She nods her head in agreement. When everyone has finished eating they go for a walk around the park. No one was saying anything, which is really unusual for the winx club. Layla was about to say something, but closed her mouth pretty much straight away. Everyone seemed to get excited that someone was going to speak, but when it didn't happen everyone went quiet again. This time Stella brought the conversation up.

"Do you think we should head back to Alfea? It's kinda boring now, I've been to all the shops I want, and we are just walking around the park saying nothing."

"Stella that's like the first time I've heard you say something like that, are you sick?"

"No Musa, but I'm sure that everyone else is just as bored as I am right at this point in time."

It was settled, they all agreed that it was time to head home. They make their way back to the bus to take them home, Layla was the first to the bus and when she got there, there was a letter with her name on it, attached to the bus. She didn't want the rest of the group to see it so she quickly hid it in her pocket and got on the bus. Bloom made sure to see if Malem was on the bus. When the bus left there was no sign of him, although she really didn't trust her eyes, she just somehow knew that he was somewhere near watching quietly, but for what reason, she still had no clue.

The sun was just starting to set by the time they reached Alfea. When Layla got off the bus she told everyone that she was going to her room, she had some stuff that she wanted to do. They all said goodbye to her and decided on where they wanted to spend the rest of the day. Surprisingly, Riven suggested that he and Musa go to the Lake. Stella and Brandon, well they went for a bit of a ride. Timmy and Tecna went to play against each other, Bloom and Sky headed off to the library to get info on Malem and Flora and Helia decided to go for a bit of a walk through the forest to see the flowers and plants.

What Bloom and Sky found out was absolutely nothing, there was no information on Malem anywhere, his name, or anything. Was he telling the truth, or is he making the whole thing up?

When Layla reached her room she sat down on her bed and took the letter out of the pocket. What was on there was quiet strange.

I will always watch over you, you are safe. I will never let anything happen to you.

She turned the letter over to reveal nothing, it wasn't signed. Who had put the letter there in the first place? How did they know her name? So many questions that she had to ask, but no one she could turn to. If she showed any of her friends what would they think? Would they even let her out of Alfea? She decided to keep the letter a secret.

Out side up a tree, Malem was there, watching her. A smile crept upon his face as he watched her. If only he could let her know he was there. There was so much that he wanted to talk to her about, things she didn't know.

For the rest of the day until dinner, Layla stayed on her bed. So many questions were still filing through her head. Did she know the secret person watching over her?

Pair by pair the girls returned, all saying goodbye to their men. Flora and Helia returned first. He gave her a flower and a kiss on the cheek. Stella and Brandon came next, saying a quick goodbye she watched him ride into the sunset. In the technology room was a little sad as Tecna said goodbye to Timmy, they always has a good time, Timmy one this round, but she swore secretly to herself that she would win next time. Musa and Riven arrived last from the lake. Knowing Riven he had a funny way of showing affection, but before leaving he made sure no one was looking, gave her a quick hug and gave Musa a real shock when he kissed her forehead before running off. Sky was the last one to leave because they had stayed and talked about Malem, it seemed so strange that there was no information on his name and there is usually one on every person in Magix.

After such a long day the girls got an early night. Besides they had class tomorrow, and who knows what was going to happen, surely everyone new about the incident with Lord Darkar and the Codex pieces. This was a day that Bloom wasn't looking forward to. Hopefully no one was going to ask to many questions and not judge her.