Tell it to me straight :P was Gender Bender not exciting? I really want to apologize if some of you guys didn't find it nice :P Anyways, I'd like to thank my readers who do like this and who LIKED Gender Bender :) R&R. P.S. Sorry for the late update :P I don't have internet at home now :( but I shall try to update again! :D

Chapter 3: Picture perfect

"Riven" Nabu whispered as he shook his best friend, he was still asleep and the girls had left hours ago. "Riveeeen" he whispered again, Riven was never easy to wake up especially if he had something Musa related with him. Her bed, her scent, and oh! Her room.

Sky and Helia entered the room, half awake, and walked over to Timmy. As someone as smart as him he sure is acting lazy, maybe this whole transformation really got to him. He's turning in to one of those lazy household cats that enjoy eating cat nip and playing with a ball of yarn.

"Yo specs" Sky slapped the napoleon kitten, his eye had a dark orange spot that probably represented his glasses.
"Wake up, we've got some time to try and contact Headmaster Saladin" Helia pulled the blanket that was covering half of Timmy's small body.
"No no, my litter box is full" Timmy was trying to slap the air.

Riven was already half awake with Nabu beside him, for some reason Riven didn't seem grumpy at all.

"What time is it?" Riven yawned, revealing his sharp baby teeth.
"It's 11am" Nabu patted his friend's back.
"And the girls? Why aren't they here?" Riven stretched his body, his fore legs stretched out while his hind legs were supporting his weight.
"They went out to buy some lunch" Brandon suddenly entered the room with his bunny ears flopped down, he too had just woken up. "Stella was screaming on how they didn't have food stocked for us so she forced the girls to buy us some treats."
"She must really love you, Tootsie" Riven smiled at him with his paw hanging a bit.
"Shut up" Brandon scrunched up his little nose.

Just then a loud thud was heard, the 3 boys looked over to Tecna's bed. Sky and Helia were on the edge of the bed looking down at, a now fully awaken, kitten. Timmy yawned and rubbed his eyes, he looked up at his friends and waved.

"Some purrrr-ty last night, huh?" Timmy yawned again.

The guys all stared at him, Riven, Nabu, and Brandon even ran to his side just to check if he was talking in his sleep again.

"Dude, what the hell?" Sky jumped down the bed, he flopped his wings but landed just beside Timmy.
"You're more fun as an animal than a human" Helia tackled Timmy with his cub paws.

The boys started to wrestle, but it was the cutest thing they've done in those forms, if only the Winx were here.

By Tecna's monitor a loud beeping was heard, the boys paused and they all stared at the item in question. Nabu was standing on Riven, Sky and Brandon were just slapping each other since they were the least threatening animal, while Helia was biting on Timmy's tail.

They all jumped on Tecna's desk and there was a message, it was a call from Miss Ferogonda.

"Should we answer it?" Sky looked at the guys.
"I think we should, she knows something and we really need to find out." Helia pushed Timmy to the computer.

Timmy pressed the button and Miss Ferogonda's image appeared, she was calling from Red Fountain.

"Girls.." Miss Ferogonda was facing the other side so she didn't see here viewers. "Girls, I just called to ask how you are doing with the..."

Riven barked, a loud but cute one. Miss Ferogonda turned and saw the 6 baby animals starring at her, even Head Master Saladin appeared on the monitor.

"Why, hello boys" Saladin chuckled at the sight of his finest students, Miss Ferogonda laughed as well.

Riven and Helia growled, how could they just laugh at a time like this?

"You're probably wondering what had happened to you?" Miss Ferogonda adjusted the monitor and all eyes were on her now.
The boys nodded and Saladin pressed himself so he could be visible. "Well, let's just say your supposed 'finished punishment' has been delayed." air quoting with his fingers.
"A little magic here and there... " Miss Ferogonda swayed her finger "And presto!"
"You boys were lucky that we were there, that baby ogre might've killed you all" this time Saladin was serious, they were the best students in Red Fountain plus Nabu was a well known wizard, if people find out about their little accident then their reputation will be ruined.
"That's right" Miss Ferogonda nodded with her hands entwined with each other. "So, we are expecting you to learn how to focus."

The boys exchanged glances at each other, how were they suppose to learn if they're animals and if they're with their girlfriends.

"Here's your mission" Saladin started. "You must find out the Winx's secret mission from last week."
"You must learn how to gather information without getting distracted." Miss Ferogonda swayed her hands again and it started to glow, an image on Stella appeared next to the boys.

Brandon stared at it for a moment and the image started to move away, as a man who truly loves his girlfriend, Brandon followed the image and he was just by the edge when Sky grabbed his puffy tail and pulled him back to the others.

"You could've finished the mission right now" Miss Ferogonda spoke up, the boys turned and looked at the monitor. "I just flashed what their mission was."
"Focus boys, once you complete this mission then I will turn you all back to normal. You have got 6 days left to finish this, if not, well, I hope you all like being small creatures a little while longer."

The monitor blinked and it went off, the boys were still in shock.

"Screw this! How are we suppose to get information if we can't even talk" Riven jumped down to the chair then to the floor, this means he has to wait 6 more days till he goes on a real date with Musa.
"Relax man, we can do this." Helia joined him in his depression, but he was still positive.
"Yeah, survival rule 110: Anything is possible if you have team work and determination" Brandon swung his small arm around Riven.
"If we ever get out of this mess I will never underestimate Saladin's punishment skills" Riven groaned while he rolled his eyes.

After 2 hours of looking for clues around the dorm the guys were lying down in the common room, they tired and hungry. They couldn't find anything about the girl's secret mission, didn't they have detention the whole week?

"I know!" Riven jerked his head up, he had a brilliant idea.

Riven ran to Musa and Tecna's room, leaving the guys really confused. They all followed him with their tired feet leaving prints on the carpet, Flora will not like this at all. Riven was rummaging around Musa's drawer, the one where he found her diary.

"What're you doing?" Nabu scurried over to his friend.
"Looking.." Riven was practically digging. "For... AHA!"

He jumped down the desk with a piece of paper in his mouth, he laid it down on the floor just beside the guys.

It was a picture of him and Musa, it was the only decent picture that he liked. This was taken a few weeks back, they were out on a date and Musa really wanted to have their picture taken. Riven was holding Musa by the waist while Musa had her arms around his arm, they looked pretty happy.

"Okay? What will that do?" Timmy examined the photo.
"What if the mission's about us?" Riven grinned, showing off his intellect.
"How could it be? We were being punished last week and we couldn't contact them " Nabu made his way through the middle and grabbed the photo underneath Timmy.
"Musa told me that they were in detention last week but Ferogonda told us that the mission was done last week, what if the girls had to spy and judge our abilities?" Riven proudly stated, he was on to something.
"And they reported back to Head Master Saladin and told him that we needed more training so that's why he turned us to animals!" Timmy, unsurprisingly, got the point.
"Bingo" Riven pointed over to him. "If we show them our pictures then they might tell us about it."

The guys smiled and applauded, Riven had just unlocked the mystery.

So, with that solved the boys began to rummage around the girl's drawers. Searching for their photo's, well good ones, so they could present it to them.

Timmy found a picture of him back when he was still a sophomore, probably kept their when Tecna was still crushing on him. Sky saw a frame just beside Bloom's bed, it was a picture of them in Alfea's back to school dance. Helia had seen a picture of him underneath Flora's bed, it was actually a drawing Flora drew but of course she had help from him. Nabu saw a hung up picture of him just next to Layla's bed, it was a picture of him in his trunks with a surfboard on his side.

"Oh dear magix" Brandon gulped, he saw a drawer full of pictures, but it was Stella's pictures. He rummaged around it, there were head shots, full body shots, and half body shots of Stella. But there was one picture facing down, Brandon flipped it over and he felt a bit relieved, it was a picture of him shirtless.

"I am never going out with you again" Tecna pushed open the door to their dorm and plopped down on the couch, it was already 3pm and she had been worried sick about Tickit.
"Hey, I didn't suggest we go and look at those... Those... So called clothes!" Stella scoffed, she had to endure clothes shopping in a store called 'Bargain glow', it was a store for pets.
"I didn't think you would go all Lord Darkar on those half priced cute things" Musa rolled her eyes and went to her room.
"Cute? Those 'clothes' shouldn't even be allowed to be called cute! I can't image my little snuggle bunny, Tootsie, wearing one of those 'things'!" Stella sat in one of the arm chairs.
"Speaking of Tootsie, where is he?" Flora looked around.
"Yeah? Where are the other pets as well?" Bloom went to her room to take a peek.

There was nothing, or no one inside. The pets must be really hungry by now, they haven't eaten their lunch yet.

"Pingu! Where are you?" Bloom bent down on all fours and checked underneath the sofa's.
"Patch? Patch sweetie, come out now." Flora walked around in search of her cuddly cub.

Musa revealed herself by the door, smiling, she was eyeing the girls.

"You guys gotta get in here, quick!" she whispered in a shout.

The girls followed their oh so happy friend, not that they have anything against her sudden perky attitude, and started to giggle as they heard thuds and thumps. The babies are playing.

As they they all entered the room they halted just in front of Musa, who was bent down looking at something. The girls peeked and they started to laugh, mystery solved and the baby pets were playing.

"Where did you get that!" Flora grabbed the piece of paper Patch was staring at, she carried Patch as well but stuffed the paper in her back pocket.
"Oh la la! Someone's shy about their man!" Layla hummed as she took Bubu, who was holding up Nabu's picture.
"Handsome right?" Stella sat beside Tootsie and looked at Brandon's picture. "Hot, sexy, charming, cheesy, what more can you ask for?"

Tootsie nodded in delight, very pleased with Stella's words.

"Patchykins" Flora gave Patch a stern look, but of course she couldn't resists his cuteness.
"How'd you get this, huh?" Bloom picked up Pingu and tickled his tummy. "You little snoop."
"Give that back" Tecna giggled as she took Timmy's picture from Tickit's mouth.

They gathered their pets and left for the common room, Musa stayed as she searched for her little pet.

"Muri? Muri honey, where are you?" Musa searched her bed, it was a mess.

She heard some rustling by the side of her bed, bending down on her knees she crawled to her bed. Muri was standing back faced at Musa, his tail was waging and he had this spark in his eyes.

Musa stood up and took a seat next to Muri, knowing well what he was staring at she just patted his head.

"That's Riven" she spoke up, earning a look from Muri. "He's.."

She paused, smiling and took both Muri and the photo.

"He's my specialist" she stood up and joined the girls in the common.

Everyone was seated with their pets on the glassed coffee table, they were looking at the pictures. This made them miss the guys and remember some good memories, did they really have to go on that mission?

"OHHH! Bubu!" Layla grabbed the squirrel and hugged him, she was really missing Nabu. "I can't wait till Nabu gets back, I totally miss him!" Bubu frowned, he could feel Layla's emotions.
"I really miss Helia as well, I hope the guys are okay" Flora stroked Patch's head, she was staring at Helia's picture.
"I'm sure they are! Brandon's there and he'll beat any monster" Stella played with Tootsie, guiding his arms to punch the air.
"Do you think we can contact them tomorrow?" Bloom was playing with Pingu.
"And how are suppose to do that?" Tecna was brushing Tickit's fur, Tickit was being extremely cuddly right now.
"We could visit Red Fountain and ask Head Master Saladin" Bloom turned to Musa this time. "And we could ask him if we could get our stuff from the guy's room."
"Oh yeah! My headphones!" Musa squeezed Muri's paws.

Muri whimpered, Musa stuck her tongue out and patted Muri. He was growling at her as he licked his paws, but Musa just found it really cute.

"Where'd you leave it?" Layla was snickering.
"Sky and Brandon's room" she grinned.

Muri turned to Tootsie and Pingu, he was ranging with jealousy. Muri began to bark at the two while Musa tried to calm him down, the two other pets hid behind Stella and Bloom.

"What has gotten in to you, boy?" Musa lifted Muri, but he squirmed and took the picture from Musa's lap. He gave it to her and growled, Musa got the message right away. "Oh! No, no baby cakes. It's nothing like that at all" she laughed.
"He's so like Riven" Stella poked Muri's cheek.
"I know right? He's such a jelly belly for a puppy" Musa messed Muri's top fur. "Don't worry boy, I just left it there because the girls and I slept there for a while"

This earned her a look of confusion from Muri and the other pets, when did they sleep in Sky and Brandon's room?

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