(This is the next day, at Alfea. The boys are already at Red Fountain. Sorry for skipping around so much! Also, the "hover-scooters", as I'm calling them are just those smallish, hovering things the guys ride/race on.)
"So, this is Alfea?" Ami asked. She looked around. "Hn. It's pretty cool, I guess."
"Layla! You're back!" yelled Bloom. She, Stella, Musa, Tecna, and Flora ran over to Layla and Ami. They were followed by their pixies: Lockette, Amore, Tune, Digit, and Chatta.
"Ooh! A new girl!" said Chatta. "What'syourname?What'reyourpowers?Whereareyoufrom?Huhhuhuh?"
Ami stared at Chatta blankly. She blinked. "Huh? I'm sorry, please repeat all that, and slower this time!"
Chatta sighed. "What's your name?" she asked.
"It's Ami Miato," Ami replied. "Next question?"
"What're your powers?"
"I haven't figured that out yet."
"Oh. Where are you from?"
Ami paused. She looked at the ground. "I...I'm not really sure," she admitted.
"What?" Chatta exclaimed. "How can you not know?"
"Well, I thought I was from Earth, but it turns out I'm not," Ami said, sounding a bit irritated. "So I don't know, okay?" It was easy to tell she wasn't comfortable talking about that.
"Oh. Sorry," said Chatta. "Well, do you have a pixie?"
"No," said Ami. "I don't."
"Huh. Well, I'm sure you'll get one, soon," Bloom said.
"Yeah," said Stella. "And we'll help you!"
"You don't have to do that," Ami said. "Really, you don't."
"That's enough talk for now," Layla said, to change the subject. "Ami, I'll show you to your dorm, m'kay?"
Ami nodded. "Yeah, sure," she said absentmindedly, following Layla into the school.
"Here it is," Layla said.
Ami followed her into the room. The walls were a light green color. There was one large window across from the door, and three beds. "Whoa," she said, looking around.
"I don't know who you're roommates are," Layla said. "But I'm sure you'll become friends really fast.
"Friends?" Ami said. "I doubt it."
"Huh?" Layla said, confused. "Why? Is something wrong?"
"I'm no good at friendship," Ami replied, gazing out the window.
"What about those boys you were with?" Layla asked. When Ami didn't answer, she added. "Okay, nevermind then. Bloom's having a slumber party tonight. You should come. Well, seeya." She left, closing the door behind her.
Ami sat down on one of the beds, and set the bag she was carrying down next to her. "Yeah, seeya," she mumbled, not realizing Layla had already left.
A little while later, two girls walked into the dorm. One had brown hair with two yellow streaks and brown eyes with glasses. She wore a purple halter top/midriff, purple pants, and black boots. The other girl had dark blue puffy hair and blackish eyes. She wore a red tank top, a matching skirt, matching tights, and of course, matching shoes.
Ami looked at them. "Um...hello," she said.
The girl with glassed looked at Ami. "Oh, hi!" she said. "You must be our roommate. I'm Darcy."
The girl with the puffy hair smiled. "Hiya!" she said. "I'm her sister, Stormy."
"Nice to meet you," Ami said. "I'm Ami."
"Are you new here?" Stormy asked. When Ami nodded, she said, "That's so cool! We're new here, too."
"Yeah," said Darcy, "We used to be witches who worked for Darkar, along with our other sister, Icy."
"Darkar?" Ami said, confused. "Who's he?"
"You mean, you don't know?" Darcy asked, surprised.
Ami shook her head. "No, I've never heard of him," she said.
"Lucky," Darcy mumbled. "It's kinda hard to explain what he's like, but I'm sure you'll meet him soon enough. I saw you talking to those Winx girls, and we fought with them a lot."
Ami sighed. "Great," she mumbled.
Meanwhile, at Red Fountain...
"And this is the room you guys will stay in," Brandon said, showing Takuya, Koji, and Koichi a room with three beds. "I'm Brandon, by the way."
"Nice to meet you!" Takuya said cheerfully. "I'm Takuya, the one with the ponytail is Koji, and the other is his twin, Koichi."
"Cool. Well, I'll let you three unpack and stuff, and I'll see you later. Oh, I think the others will be up here shortly to meet you, too." Brandon smiled and left the three boys alone.
And Brandon was right. Skye, Timmy, and Riven came up to meet Takuya and the twins soon after they had managed to unpack. They introduced themselves, and Riven soon asked, "Ever ridden on a hover-scooter?" When Takuya and the twins shook their heads, Riven smirked and added, "Well, you're going to now. Brandon's outside waiting as we speak."
"Sounds cool," Koichi said. Koji and Takuya nodded.
"Well? C'mon!" Skye led all the guys outside, where they met up with Brandon. He gave Takuya, Koji, and Koichi helmets and showed them how to use the hover-scooters.
"Let's race to Alfea!" Skye suggested.
"Hey, isn't that where that girl Layla brought Ami?" Koji asked.
"Layla's found a new girl? Awesome! All the more reason to go!" Brandon said. He flew off in the direction of Alfea, Riven and Brandon right behind. Timmy was a few feet behind them, but was steadily catching up. Takuya, Koji, and Koichi were just about to take off after the others, when Helia walked up to them.
"I see you've met Skye and his friends," he said. "I'm Helia."
"I'm Koichi, this is my brother Koji, and our friend Takuya," Koichi said.
"Are you going to Alfea?" Helia asked.
Takuya nodded. "Yeah, wanna come?"
But Helia shook his head. "Sorry, I've got work to do. But, if you meet a girl named Flora, could you tell her I said hello?"
Koji nodded. "We'll do that," he said. He then took off on his hover-scooter, Takuya and Koichi soon following.
At Alfea...
"Hey! I think the boys are coming! But, there are three others with them!" Stella exclaimed, standing on a balcony and watching the boys ride over.
Layla and Bloom joined her. "I think they've got the three boys I met on Earth with them. Ami's friends."
"She's got friends?"
"Stella!" Bloom and Layla said in unison.
"I don't mean that in a bad way! It's just…she doesn't seem like the kind of person who likes being near people, that's all," Stella said. "Anyways, let's get her and go down to see the boys!"
"Wait, I don't think we have to." Bloom pointed a few meters away from the boys. "I think that's her over there."
The girls all ran out to meet the guys. Layla and Bloom pulled a very reluctant Ami over with them. None of them noticed Stormy or Darcy watching from a window.
"I can't believe one of the new kids beat us!" Riven complained, taking off his helmet.
"He didn't even know the way!" Brandon added.
"Maybe he just has a good sense of direction," Timmy said.
"Wait, which new kid beat us here?" Skye asked.
"Wasn't me," Takuya said, as Koji tried to help him get his helmet off.
"I did," Koichi told them.
Ami was surprised at this. "No way? I never knew you, of all people, like life in the fast lane," she said.
"You don't know a lot about me," Koichi replied. She shrugged in an agreeing manner.
"Like, for one thing, this big skeleton-dude jumped out of the bushes and scared the heck out of us!" Takuya said. Koji and Koichi both nodded, verifying Takuya's strange tale.
"That wasn't just any...what did you call him, a 'Skeleton-dude'?" Brandon asked.
Skye nodded. "He's right, that was Darkar, and he's bad news."
