Author's Note: For those enjoying the story so far, thank you!

I sort of modernized this fic to fit more into modern times. It's just how I thought about certain events. So, just thought I'd put that out there.

Okay, I shut up now.

Carl Poofy Pants Fairy High; home of the Crimson Crowns.

A one-story white fortress in the land of a thousand clouds founded in 10,000 B.C, Carl Poofy Pants maintained the hierarchy for the highest magic public-school graduation success rates in Fairy World. Students could enroll in Advanced Placement classes for core subjects (English, Math, Science, and History) which would count as Fairy Academy credits prior to graduation, and the school offered extracurricular activities such as football, baseball, cheer/dance, and created clubs such as drama, music, math, and many more.

While students conversed next to lockers or traveled in groups towards their respective classes, Blonda strolled through the halls alongside her three best friends, Amethyst, Sapphire, and Ruby Gemstone. Commonalities between the trio included fair skin, baby blue eyes, and modelesque physique. However, there were a few differences.

Amethyst had long, lilac hair that reached well below her back clipped with her signature baby blue bow, and she was always seen with a bralette which matched her hair and white mini pencil skirt which matched Blonda's. Sapphire wore her long, moody-blue hair in a slight shag cut tied with a white bandana, and her ensemble resembled her sisters except her bralette also matched her hair. Ruby wore her long, raspberry hair with a bang in the front, and was seen in the same ensemble as her sisters with her bralette matching her hair. Since the Gemstone Triplets considered Blonda as their fourth 'sister', the quartet prided themselves in matching outfits.

As Captain and Co-Captain of Crimson Crown Cheer Squad, Blonda and the triplets reigned as the most popular girls in school. If girls didn't want to look exactly like them, they wanted to be them, and if boys weren't lining up to sleep with them, they already had boyfriends to sleep with them whenever they wanted. Kind of like "Mean Girls" except…like…fairies or whatever.

When the girls turned to venture down the hall to their right towards their homeroom classroom, they saw Juanita and her best friend Starr flying in their direction. "Juanita!" Blonda called out. "Over here!" Blonda signaled the triplets to wait beside her as she motioned for Juanita to come their way.

Juanita paused as she noticed Blonda and the triplets starring directly at her. She was still new at CPPFH, but she picked up on the notion if Blonda or any one of the Gemstone Triplets addressed you by name, you were important enough for them to give the time of day.

"What do you think they want?" Starr whispered to her best friend. She wore bouncy tangerine pigtails which matched her eyes. Like Juanita, she sported a cream crop top with blue jean bell bottoms.

"I do not know." Juanita admitted, clutching her textbooks to her chest. "But I will see you in class, okay?"

"Kay, see ya." Starr waved goodbye as she headed towards their Math class, Blonda and the triplets eyeing her with a smirk as she floated passed them.

Juanita floated over to where the girls stood and greeted them with a timid "Hey."

Blonda smiled and placed a friendly hand on Juanita's shoulder. "And how's my favorite little cheerleader doing?"

Juanita blinked, skeptical of why Blonda was being oddly nice to a 10th grader. "Um…I am okay. How are you?"

"Fabulous!" Blonda turned to the triplets nodding in agreeance before turning back to Juanita. "We have some amazing news for you!"

From the chipper in her voice, Juanita couldn't tell if Blonda was being sarcastic or if she was legitimately happy to share whatever news she had. "Okay…what is it?"

Blonda clapped her hands together in excitement. "Soooooooo the co-captains and I have been thinking, and we want you to be on top of the pyramid for the half time performance!"

"….Really?"

"Totally! That'd make you the first sophomore as head of the pyramid! Pretty big deal."

Juanita was shocked when she saw her name on the list of girls who made the cut for cheer squad, and now she was given the chance to be the pyramid head? Wait. There had to be a catch. "…w-why me?"

"Silly girl," Blonda wrapped an arm around Juanita's shoulders in a side hug. "You're literally one of the best cheerleaders on the squad! No one is more deserving of this opportunity than you!"

"Wow," Juanita didn't know what to say. "You…you really think that?"

"Uh…total duh! I wouldn't lie about that."

A small smile stretched across Juanita's face. "Wow…thank you, Blonda!"

"No problem!" Blonda returned the grin. "See you later, then?"

"Sure. Adiós." Juanita motioned goodbye to Blonda and the triplets before leaving to meet Starr in Math class.

Once out of earshot, Ruby turns to Blonda with a smirk, folding her arms. "Just admit it; you only told her that because you think Juandissimo's hot."

"I meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeean…" Blonda began, higher intonation in her voice. She paused before returning her own joking smile. "….you wouldn't be wrong." Giggles irrupted from the quartet as the continued their journey towards homeroom.

Though physically present, Juandissimo's mind was not.

Luther held his arm around Blonda's waist as they sat on one of the open front school desks. Bozo, a scraggly fairy with bright amber eyes and sandy white skin, held Ruby from behind with his arms folded around her torso as they leaned against another desk beside Luther. Dyno, Bozo's bronze-eyed, equally as scraggly brother, sat atop another desk next to his brother alongside Amethyst, Amethyst's head resting on his shoulder as his arm wrapped around hers and their fingers intertwined. Neptune, a chocolate fairy with neon green eyes and equally neon hair, sat shoulder to shoulder with Sapphire on another desk facing Luther and Blonda, and Alewandro and Juandissimo leaned against one of the desks next to Neptune and Sapphire.

All the boys wore open red and white football letterman jackets with the crown insignia on the right upper chest which they just received that morning from Coach Hufflepuff. When Alewandro and Juandissimo first made the football team, they were introduced to Luther as the football Capitan. Luther then introduced him to his 'goons,' Bozo and Dyno, of whom introduced them to their friend Neptune who then introduced them to their girlfriends who happened to be Blonda and the Gemstone Triplets. It wasn't long before they became intermingled into 'the squad.'

Homeroom acted as a study period and the first class of all the seniors' schedules. Keeping any socializing below mid volume was the only requirement from homeroom teachers, though utilizing the fifty minutes to study would be a plus. The squad took advantage of this and created their own little huddle in the back of the classroom towards one of the windows; losers and geeks beware.

The topic of discussion just so happened to be the first game of the Fairy Football League which premiered that past Saturday. Luther ranted and raved about the starting QB for the Shooting Stars and how he'd beat all his records once he joined. Bozo and Dyno occasionally interjected Luther's talking points with their own statistics from other professional teams, Alewandro would add his two cents, and Neptune would mostly side with Alewandro's opinions. As far as Juandissimo was concerned, he couldn't be bothered. Sure, he liked football, but not so much to engage in conversation about it.

While the group conversed amongst themselves, Juandissimo stared out one of the classroom windows with his hands in his letterman jacket pockets. He wasn't looking at anything, just lost in thought; lost in thought of that horrible, terrible night. The fighting, the shouting, the rage in his fists, the tears in her eyes. The echo of smacks across her face, her cries for mercy. She was struggling to breathe; he showed no sympathy. He yanked the roots of her hair as she shrieked in pain. He could still see the absolute terror in her eyes...he could see the knife slash against her throat….and the blood…

Dios mi….so much blood-

"Juan?"

Alewandro waved his hand in Juandissimo's face, snapping him from his memories. All eyes fell on Juandissimo as if he had his own personal spotlight. Why were they staring at him like that?

"What were you thinking about?" Alewandro asked with concern, though he already knew the answer.

Luther snickered as he folded his arms "Probably thinkin' 'bout gettin' lai-OWWWWWWW!" Luther glared at Blonda, upset by her slap to the back of his head. "What chu do that for!?"

"For being a douche!" Blonda responded with her own disappointing glare. "Stop it!"

"Dang…" Luther groaned, rubbing his head in attempts to soothe the irritant throbbing. "…slapped the crap outta me…"

As Mrs. Slytherin continued her lecture of ancient fairy warriors and their defense against the Darkness, Cosmo propped his head in his hand as he stared mindlessly out a random classroom window.

History was one of his weaker subjects. He had difficulty placing correct dates with corresponding events and remembering all the names of important historical figures. Plus, he found it tremendously lackluster; who cares about what happened billions of years ago? What did it have to do with what was happening in the present? Besides, he had more interesting things to think about…

Like Wanda.

Wanda was his everything; his sun, his moon, his star. When he first met her at Spellementary, he was drawn to the quiet girl with the swirly pink hair. She wasn't like all the other kids; while majority of their classmates shoved him against a locker or called him an idiot, she would say hi and asked how he was when she wasn't keeping to herself. When he'd ask her to play with him, she didn't dismiss him or tell him to go away. She was….nice. She talked to him like a normal fairy. When he struggled with homework, she was the first to volunteer to help him. And when bullying was at an all-time high, she'd hug him and tell him he wasn't alone. She would always be his shoulder to cry on, and he loved her for that.

When his mom found out he had befriended a Fairywinkle, he was devastated when she forbade him from ever seeing her again, and he knew he'd be a shell of a fairy without her. When Wanda's parents found out she had befriended a Cosma, she became distant for a while, not by her own free will. She was afraid of what her parents would do if she continued associating with him, and he was simply afraid of his mother. But at the time, Wanda was his only friend. Without her…he had no one.

"Wanda!" a 5th grade version of Cosmo called out as a 5th grade version of Wanda was about to exit out the double doors of Spellementary. "Wait up!"

She reluctantly paused and turned towards Cosmo as he approached her. His huge smile turned upside down as he immediately noticed Wanda's fuchsia eyes brimming with tears. "What...what's wrong?"

"I can't talk to you..." Wanda replied solemnly, hugging herself. "…I'm not allowed to…"

He frowned from her reply, wishing he didn't have the same ordinance. "Me too…" But then a light bulb clicked in his brain. It was an odd occurrence to him because it didn't happen often. "But…but what if we stayed friends?"

Wanda stared at him, taken aback by his suggestion. "Cosmo…you know we can't do that…"

"Not if our parents don't know." Cosmo countered innocently, hoping Wanda could be a little more optimistic. "Maybe we could still be friends and just not tell them?"

"And how are we supposed to do that?"

"I dunno, lie to them?"

Wanda shook her head. "You really think that would work?"

"It's worth a shot, right?"

Wanda stared at him for a moment, pondering his proposal. Lying to her father and getting away with it was like placing her hand directly over a fire hoping it wouldn't burn. However, all the other kids either ignored her or refused to talk to her; they all flocked towards her sister and her bubbly personality. Cosmo…Cosmo actually wanted to be her friend. Even if they'd be severely punished for disobeying their parents, he still wanted to be her friend.

"Pleeeeeeeeeeease?" Cosmo begged as he grabbed her hand and held it in his, his eyes pleading for her to consider.

She couldn't resist those green puppy dog eyes, and he knew this enough to use it to his advantage.

"Okay fine!" Wanda sighed. "...we can be friends."

"We can?" Cosmo's eyes grew wide with excitement. "Really?"

"Yeah" A warm smile curved Wanda's face. "…why not."

"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!" Cosmo squealed as he bounced up and down, Wanda giggling bashfully as she watched. He was so ecstatic he could hardly contain himself. In that moment, all was right with the-

"Ow!" Cosmo exclaimed as a paper ball to the back of the head snapped him from his daydream. All eyes fell on him, particularly Luther's, snickering with Bozo and Dyno from behind him. Cosmo turned to glare at the trio as they laughed, knowing they were the culprits.

"Mr. Cosma!" Mrs. Slytherin floated towards Cosmo's desk, annoyed from the interruption. "I assume you know the answer to this question since you seem to have so much to say." She leaned forward on Cosmo's desk, staring him straight in the eyes. "In 'The Chosen One' Prophecy, where was the Wind Wand?"

A bead of sweat rolled down his forehead as the color drained from his face. He definitely didn't know what she was talking about. Prophecy…the heck is that?

"We're all waiting on you, Mr. Cosma." Mrs. Slytherin tapped her false emerald nails on Cosmo's desk, growing more irritated by the second. Cosmo hated when teachers pretended to be all intimidating just to prove some stupid point.

"The Blue Moon." A random student replied, raising his fair-skinned hand in exasperation. "The Wind Wand was on the Blue Moon. Happy now?"

Mrs. Slytherin turned towards the student with a scowl. "No one likes a smart-aleck, Mr. Twinkle"

The bell rang, signaling the end of the class period. Students quickly gathered their things and headed towards the exit as Mrs. Slytherin announced "Everything in the lecture will be on your first test! So pay attention!" she turned back towards Cosmo. "And that goes double for you." After a warning glare, Mrs. Slytherin floated back to her desk as Cosmo tossed his textbook into his backpack and left that classroom faster than the flick of a wand.

Once in the hallway, Cosmo searched through the crowd for the mysterious student. When he found him heading towards his locker, Cosmo decided to chase after him. "Hey, You!"

The cobalt blue-eyed fairy turned around at the sound of the most annoying voice he'd ever heard in his life. He saw Cosmo waving towards him as he approached, wondering why someone like him would want to talk to someone like him. "…Yes?"

"Thanks for saving my butt back there!" Cosmo smiled. "I thought she was really gonna chew me out for second there."

"Eh," the fairy shrugged, turning towards the lock on his locker. "Don't mention it."

Cosmo observed the fairy as he opened his locker to discard his books. His eyes matched his styled high fade mohawk, and his neck was cuffed with a spiked black collar. His navy-blue t-shirt sported long black sleeves, and his combat boots matched his black cargo pants riddled with silver metal chains. Whoever this guy was, he was cooooooooool!

"How come I've never seen you before?" Cosmo questioned, genuinely curious. He'd never seen someone like him before, and he would remember someone that looked like him.

"Cuz I'm new." The fairy answered simply, closing his locker after emptying the load of books he didn't need for his next class. He turned to Cosmo and offered a handshake. "Name's Spike."

Cosmo stared at his hand for a second, almost forgetting that he held out his hand for him to shake as a means of saying hello. He grabbed onto his hand and returned the gesture. "I'm Cosmo!"

"Well," Spike let go of his hand and gripped the strap of his backpack. "Nice meetin' ya, Cosmo."

"You too!" Cosmo suddenly became puzzled. "Wait…are you one of those exchange students?"

Spike pressed his palm to his face, slightly agitated. "In case you haven't noticed, the only three exchange students in this entire school are all freakin' related…" Spike sighed, reminding himself of his manners. "…I transferred from Von Strangle Academy; a private school."

"Private school?" Cosmo arched an eyebrow. "But…you look too 'edgy' to be from a private school."

"Ha, that's what I said." Spike answered sarcastically. "And now I'm here."

Cosmo paused, not exactly attuned to sarcasm. This didn't last long as he quickly exclaimed "I like you! Wanna be friends?"

"…what? Why would-"

"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?"

"Alright, alright! Geez…" Spike hated when people begged. It was like dealing with a freaking child. "We're friends."

"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy-"

"Don't….get mushy about it." Spike shushed Cosmo with a finger to his lips, wishing he'd just stop shouting. Reluctantly, Spike turned away and began his journey to Alchemy class as Cosmo followed behind, giggling with glee.

"C'mon, slow pokes!" Coach Hufflepuff taunted, stopwatch in hand. "These are just warmups! I wanna see some hustle!"

Wanda and Susie rolled their eyes as they passed Coach Hufflepuff at the 200-meter mark, their gym sneakers propelling against the asphalt to maintain their jogging speed. Exactly; these were warm up laps in P.E., not the freaking Fairly Oddlympics.

As they rounded the first curve of the track with the other group of P.E. students, Susie turned to Wanda running beside her, continuing their conversation. "If you don't want to keep your relationship a secret anymore, why not just tell your parents? Especially since Blonda could out you whenever she wanted?"

"Because Cosmo still does." Wanda explained. "And if I wasn't happy with Cosmo, I probably wouldn't still be in this situation."

Susie knew the risks when it came to Wanda's relationship with Cosmo and vice versa, but she couldn't help but wonder if it was truly worth all the trouble. They couldn't call each other's house or cell phone, they couldn't visit each other's houses as they've been completely banned from both households. They couldn't go out nor could they stay out for longer than a few hours in efforts to avoid suspicion from their parents, and if they did go out, they both had to lie by telling their parents they were with Susie. She had to admit though; despite the tight leash, their parents remained absolutely clueless. For now.

Susie loved Cosmo like a brother. He was such a sweetheart without a mean bone in his body, someone she envisioned Wanda to be with. When Cosmo came to her for advice on whether to ask Wanda to be his girlfriend, she was all for it. However, in her mind, Cosmo's fear of his mother shouldn't be the main motive for dating in secret, and she could only be their cover-up for so long.

"What about you, though?" Susie questioned as the curve of the track began to narrow towards the 400-meter mark. "What about your sake?"

"Trust me, I don't want to deal with my parents B.S. any more than I already do."

"But a relationship shouldn't take this much work to keep it going-"

"Can we just drop it and finish these laps?" Wanda interrupted, completely done with the entire conversation.

Without a rebuttal, Susie abided by Wanda's request with a simple "Okay." as they continued into their third lap.

The cafeteria buzzed with multiple simultaneous conversations as students socialized with their respective friend groups. Among those groups at one of mobile cafeteria tables were Blonda and the triplets, chatting about plans for after the Friday Night game. Blonda and Ruby sat on one side of the table with Amethyst and Sapphire on the other.

"We still on for the Diner?" Sapphire inquired before biting into her ham sandwich.

"As far as I know." Amethyst simply replied. "Dyno hasn't said any different."

"So," Ruby began, counting with her fingers as she listed off names. "It'll be us, plus Luther, Bozo, Dyno, and Neptune?"

"I think Alewandro and Juandissimo are coming, too." Blonda interjected before taking a sip of her milk. "At least, that's what Luther told me."

"Speaking of Juandissimo…" Ruby pointed past Amethyst's shoulder to one of the tables towards the back of the cafeteria. "Why is he sitting over there by himself?"

Blonda looked in the same direction as Ruby's finger to see Juandissimo sitting alone with his head down as if he were isolated from the rest of the world in an invisible bubble. "Beats me." Blonda shrugged. "Probably sick of this bland food."

"We should invite him over!" Sapphire's eyes lit up.

"Yeah!" Amethyst agreed with matching enthusiasm. "He's always in his own little world and we know way more about his brother than we do about him."

"Totally!" Ruby nudged Blonda's shoulder with a sly smile. "Blonda, go ask him!"

Blonda arched an eyebrow. "Why me?"

"Just go!"

"Okay! Sheesh…" Blonda playfully rolled her eyes as she rose from her seat and floated over to the lone fairy.

As rested his head over his folded arms, Juandissimo couldn't help but keep his eyes shut. His mind was drowning in the endless sea of memories; memories he longed to erase, yet memories he just couldn't forget.

She screamed as he beat her, she cried as he choked her. She begged him to stop, he threatened to kill her. She fought for her life, but he was much too strong. Her hair tangled in his grasp, her eyes wide with terror…and then her eyes glazed over, lifeless. The knife cut through to the bone…her throat cried rivers of blood-

"Hey Juandissimo!"

His mind jerked back into reality from the sound of Blonda's not so subtle greeting as he instantly lifted his head from the table, creating an expression of bewilderment across Blonda's face. "You okay? You look like you just saw a ghost or something."

"Lo siento…" he wiped his eye with a palm, pushing the memories to the back of his mind. "…I was not expecting you."

"Clearly." Blonda scoffed as she folded her arms across her chest. "Soooooooo what's with the loner act?"

"…¿Perdón?"

"You. Sitting here. Alone. Why?"

"Oh…" Juandissimo sat up in his seat. "Well, Alewandro is with Neptune doing who knows what, and Juanita is with her study group."

"Interesting." Blonda didn't really care, but she figured she'd ask. She motioned towards the triplets behind her. "The girls and I would like for you to join us. Y'know…hang out, chat, all that good stuff."

Juandissimo thought for a second before replying. "Um...sure. Why not?"

"Great!" Blonda smiled as she reached over the table for one of his hands. "Leeeeeeetss go, Spanish boy!"

"Wait, wha-" Before Juandissimo could finish, Blonda dragged him over the table and lead him to her table with the girls.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the cafeteria, Susie and Wanda sat at one of the tables closer to the cafeteria entrance but far enough from the line of students still waiting for their trays. They were waiting on Cosmo; he normally didn't take this long to meet them at the cafeteria.

"Any idea where Cosmo is?" Susie questioned after spooning a helping of caramelized apples, sitting across from Wanda.

"Knowing Cosmo, he's probably obsessing over some nickel he found on the ground and named it Phillip." Wanda replied cynically, twirling her spoon in the mash potatoes she didn't want.

Susie let out small chuckle. "And why can I imagine that actually happening?"

"Because who else would do that?" Wanda joked as her chin rested against her palm.

"Wanda! Susie!"

The girls turned towards the direction of Cosmo's very distinctive voice to find Cosmo floating towards them with a mysteriously pale fairy to his right. As they approached the table, Cosmo began his introductions. "Spike, this is my friend, Susie!" Cosmo pointed towards Susie as she gave a friendly wave. "And this" Cosmo went over to Wanda's left, sitting down beside her. "is my wonderful girlfriend, Wanda!" Wanda waved bashfully as Cosmo wrapped an arm around her shoulder.

"Hey." Spike reached down to shake Susie's hand. "Nice ta meet ya."

"You too." Susie smiled, returning the gesture.

Spike took the seat next to Susie's left and reached over the table with his arm outstretched towards Wanda. "So you're the infamous girlfriend this whack job keeps yappin' about."

Wanda arched an eyebrow towards Spike, skeptical of his statement. "Uhhhhhh" she glanced over towards Cosmo, observing his cute little self-assured smile, then glanced back towards Spike. "…yeah." She reached over her tray to accept Spike's handshake. "Nice meeting you."

"Likewise."

Awkward silence fell upon the quartet; Spike wasn't sure of what to say next, seeing as how socializing with people he didn't know wasn't exactly his strong suit. Susie and Wanda were also unsure of what to say, as it's always just been the three of them. Not too many people bothered to get to know them let alone join their group.

Cosmo decided to be the first to break the ice. "We met in my History class. He's reeeeeeeeeallly smart!"

"Eh, I wouldn't say that." Spike shrugged, opening his milk carton.

"Are you kidding?" Cosmo retorted. "You said so yourself you transferred from a private school!"

"Private school, huh?" Susie turned towards Spike, interested in getting to know him. "Which one?"

"Von Strangle Academy." Spike replied. "Not really much to brag about."

"Seriously?" Susie tittered. "The lowest GPA they accept is a 3.6. Kids there are crazy smart."

Spike chuckled, placing his milk back on his tray after taking a drink. "Well, said 'crazy smart' kids are crazy stuck-up. So, I gave 'em the deuces."

"I don't blame you." Wanda spoke as she gave her chocolate pudding to Cosmo, making Cosmo gleam with delight. "Unfortunately, though, there're stuck-ups everywhere you go."

"I'd much rather go to a school where you know who the stuck-ups are versus a school where literally everyone has a stick up their butt." Spike pointed out. "And despite the classes here being ridiculously easy, at least my last year of high school hell wouldn't suck as much."

"Especially now that you've met us!" Cosmo enthused with pudding in his mouth. "We're cool, right?"

Spike's expression scrunched in puzzlement, questioning how Susie and Wanda haven't choked the mess out of him yet. He just met these people three seconds ago; how would he know if they were 'cool' or not? Then again, they seemed down to earth…well, at least two of them did. He didn't always see the good in others; he's placed his trust in the wrong people in the past. However, they seemed like the type of people that treated others the way they wanted to be treated. How could he judge them a certain way, when it didn't seem like they were judging him at all?

After a moment, Spike's expression softened. "…yeah, sure. You're cool."