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Chapter 10: Animal instincts
"And you three are sure you want to do this?" Stella placed the little magazine down on the coffee table.
Dinner time had just finished and the girls were keeping themselves busy, they had their own little thing to do so they didn't have to think about you-know-who. Layla was feeding Bubu, Flora was reading some earth magazines that she borrowed from Bloom, while Tecna was playing some video game that she clearly had already finished.
"Okay then" Stella sat back and looked at the two girls beside her, Musa and Bloom were giggling at the pet's request.
"Should I call the other girls?" Bloom motioned to get up, she grabbed Pingu from the coffee table.
"Yeah, I bet their gonna love this!" Musa laughed and took Muri as well, she placed him on her lap and started to play with his paw.
RIVEN POV
"This better work, Riven" Brandon groaned as Stella combed his neat fur, she had bought a comb especially for him.
"Don't worry, if it doesn't, we can just beat the memories back in them" I grinned.
Bloom came out with the other girls and they each took their seats, Timmy and those other losers came in as perky as they could be.
"What's up?" Layla dumped herself next to Musa, I had a great view of Nabu licking his fingers.
"Shouldn't he be in bed?" Tecna pointed at me, I glared at her but she just smiled at me.
"We were about to take them back to the rooms but.." Musa placed me back on the table, Stella and Bloom did the same to Brandon and Sky. "These three little babies wanted to do something first"
Sky got the magazine we found lying in Layla's room and he tossed it over to the girls, Layla laughed and stood up after seeing what we had in stored.
"Really good idea, Pingu" she gave us a thumbs up, Nabu ran down from Layla's back and scurried over to us.
Both Tecna and Flora looked at the magazine that had 'Search and lock' written on the top portion of the page, they looked at us and smiled.
Search and lock is an article about how girls can improve their security, it's written in the article that girls can keep their things secured from magical beings. I had this great idea, something that might help us unlock the mystery. Rule #1: keep your things in a place no one will suspect.
"Tootsie and the other pets wanted to play hide and seek" Stella stated out in a did-you-know kind of tone.
I barked and got something from the side, it was Musa's headphones. Actually, it was Crescendo's.
"Oh I get it" Tecna took the headphones from me. "We should hide something really valuable to us and they find it for us."
Brandon jumped while Sky walked over to Bloom, he cuddled with her a bit and that made her giggle.
"We better do this activity inside" Musa took her headphones from Tecna and slipped them around her neck. "Jaden's here."
"Again?" Flora raised an eyebrow as she placed Helia down on the table.
Musa nodded and took something from her pocket, she extended her arm towards me and signaled me to take a look at it.
"It's my locket" she smiled down at me.
"I have one too!" Stella quickly unclipped the necklace around her.
Musa and Stella opened the locket in front of me and Brandon, we stared at the golden things like Timmy when he's on the computer.
My eyes widened when I saw the content, inside Musa's locket was a picture of me while Stella had a picture of Brandon on the left and her on the right. I was expecting a picture of her mom or dad but no, Stella's was obvious considering the locket was Brandon's gift.
"I'll hide this and you'll have to find it" she winked and got up.
"Same goes for me!" Stella ran to her room, hint 1: Stella's locket is in her room.
The girls got up as well and the rest of us were left in the common room, Sky was sitting down on the couch looking at his feet.
Timmy and Helia were talking about how great belly rubs are and Nabu was looking for Layla.
"Dude, you okay?" Brandon pushed Sky to the side.
"Of course" he got up and wobbled down the couch.
"Are you sure?" I raised a brow and follwed him down.
Sky nodded as he waved his flipped up, Brandon and I followed him to Bloom's door.
"Do you think Bloom will introduce me to his Specialist?" Sky looked at the closed door.
Brandon and I exchanged looks with opened mouths, we can't lose another member, not now.
"Maybe we can snap him out of his state" I growled stood back, my paw wasn't hurting anymore but Musa still wanted the bandage on me.
"By biting his head off?" Brandon was sure enough that I'd be doing what he said.
Bloom opened the door and found us right in front of her, she smiled and carried us up.
"No cheating" she placed us on the couch.
MUSA POV
"What?" I turned my head to the door.
I just heard something, or a someone. Right before Bloom sounded off, it was a faint laugh or chuckle.
"Anything wrong?" Tecna folded her blankets.
"No, but I'll be right back." I walked to the door.
RIVEN POV
"Bro, we really need to finish up before tomorrow ends." I was watching Musa walk away from her room.
"I know man, who knows which one of us is next." Brandon gulped and sat back with his ears flopped down.
Just then a loud bang was heard from the doors entrance, Musa came back in stomping with a bright red face. That face when she gets all angry and pissed, I seriously loved seeing her like that.
"Musa, come on" Jaden entered the dorm.
Layla sprang out of her room and halted Jaden on his path, Brandon and I were snickering with the show. If anyone can take a guy down, it's Layla.
"What the hell do you think you're doing here?" she hissed with squinted eyes and furrowed eyebrows.
"I just wanted to say hi to Musa, you know? Get to know her a bit." he backed away with his hands shot up, the guy looked liked he was going to pee.
"She isn't interested, now go away" Layla pushed Jaden to the door.
"Fine, but let me see that dog I injured" Jaden grabbed the arches of the door.
"Muri?" Layla withdrew her hands and raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
Jaden fixed himself and ran his fingers through his hair, that was my thing, what the hell?
"I want to apologize" he smiled, a stupid smile that I really want to wipe away.
Layla examined him for a moment and backed away. "You've got 5 minutes."
She turned and walked back further in the room, Jaden, on the other hand, walked to where Brandon and I were standing.
He knelt down in front of us and I could feel my blood boil, my paws were digging the couch's pillows.
"Hey.." he grinned. "Riven."
3rd POV
The girls had placed their valuable things around their room so that meant the boys had access to everything, so they had a chance to snoop around for evidence and try to jog the other Specialists brains.
"Muri, as you know, you need to look for my locket" Musa placed him down in front of her room.
"And Tickit, you need to look for my... Glasses." Tecna placed him down.
"Seriously? The glasses you wore last week?" Musa laughed and rolled her eyes.
"They were special, I felt like Timmy and I were the same" she blushed.
Riven looked at the two fairies and sucked the information in, this was a big help that might get Timmy back, even for a short time.
"It's gold, it's huge, and it's shiny" Stella giggled as she placed Tootsie down, she just loved describing that locket of her's.
By the neighboring room Bloom and Flora had finishing hiding their special item.
"Remember, it's a very important drawing so don't eat it" Flora giggled and stroked Patch's fur.
"I'll be expecting you to find my ring right away, it's hidden in a place very convenient for you." Bloom winked.
Each of our furry friends entered their respective rooms while the girls sat in the common room, being mothers is such a hard job.
"Timmy!" Riven yelled in a whisper, the cat was just napping on the bed. "TIMMY!"
"Timmy isn't here, he's with our mommies guy friends" the cat yawned and stretched.
Riven jumped on the bed while his bandaged slowly untied itself, Timmy resumed his normal state,
"Don't you remember anything?" Riven growled, he was getting really impatient with his friend.
"What's there to remember?" he rolled to the other side and started to drift off.
"Don't you remember last week? How you and Lexus had that..." Riven pounded his head on the bed, he was trying to remember what happened. "That..."
Timmy shot up and his vision began to blur. "That moment in the engineering department"
Riven looked at the kitten before him, he just said Lexus's name and he immediately got something out of him.
"Yeah, Lexus and you.." Riven waited for him to answer.
"Were buddies" Timmy scratches his head, he too was getting a headache.
"Do you remember the last day with the boys?" Riven shook his head, that question was a full on do-you-remember-anything type of query.
"With Lexus... " Timmy was digging Tecna's bed. "Tecna..."
Timmy's eyes changed, from those hazel brown eyes that Tecna loved to a light green cat like eyes.
"Timmy?" Riven saw that he was sweating, cat's don't sweat.
"Sorry Riven..." Timmy looked at him with his new cat eyes. "Please.." he meowed a bit. "Change us back..." he panted. "Tecna and the girls.." he closed his eyes and rested his forehead on the bed. "They need us or else.."
Riven's heart was racing, so Timmy was conscious but his cat form was overpowering him "Or else what? Timmy!"
"Or else they're going to be in a painful state." Timmy exhaled.
Riven backed away and waited for Timmy to catch his breath, that was good enough information for him.
"You okay, dude?" Riven worryingly asked, Timmy was breathing heavily. "What do you mean painful state?"
Timmy looked up and flashed a smile at Riven, his green eyes locked on to his and that creepy feeling crept up on Riven.
"Timmy?" Riven raised an eyebrow.
"I'm Tickit, you really need to remember that Muri" he smiled and went back to lying down.
Riven sighed and jumped down from the bed, there was no way he could break the spell again. Saladin's magic is really strong, it was a lucky thing that he got to talk to Timmy. Riven started to look for things inside the room, he had information from Timmy and now he needs to look for things that Musa has.
He knew were the locket was, it was just under her mattress. Musa kept most of her important things under there, she had told him way back about it.
"Wait a minute." Riven closed his eyes and concentrated.
Since he's a dog he wanted to try his advantages, Riven started sniffing the air for clues. Vanilla perfume, tempting but no, newly washed clothes, Musa's underwear, ginger tea, disgusting. But wait, Riven took some air in again and followed the scent of ginger.
"She hates ginger" Riven jumped on the bed and looked at Musa's belongings on the table.
Ginger, ginger, hmm.. Ginger.
"Shit, Crescendo hates these things as well." Riven jumped on the table, he began to look around the things. "And the last time I saw Crescendo was..." he closed his eyes and thought about it.
An image popped out of Riven's head and he blushed, he remembered walking in on Crescendo while he waited for him to finishing dressing up.
"He had a chicks body" Riven shook his head.
Riven grabbed the locket from the bed and scratched on the door, Musa happily opened it and to her surprise Muri ran out the room leaving the locket on the floor. Riven dashed over to Stella's opened room, she just wanted to be sure that Tootsie won't destroy any of her things.
"Brandon!" Riven barged in, it was a lucky thing that Stella didn't see him run in.
"What's up?" Brandon hopped away from the closet, he was done researching and was about to get the locket.
"Do you remember Astrum?" he grinned.
Brandon blushed and shook his head. "What about him?"
"Do you know what you did the last time you saw him?" Riven, honestly, couldn't remember what happened.
"I don't have to repeat myself" Brandon pushed the puppy away and hopped over to the closet.
"I'm serious dude!" Riven laughed and got up. "I got to talk to Timmy!"
Brandon halted and looked back, of course Riven was lying to him, how could Timmy be back? He scoffed and continued his way to Stella's closet, he didn't have time for Riven's games.
"Brandon!" Riven ran after him, he jumped and tackled Brandon to the ground.
"I need to get my body back, so I don't want to hear your jokes man!" Brandon squirmed for his freedom.
"I'm not joking! I asked him about Lexus and we got to talk for a few seconds, do I look like I'm kidding?" Riven glared at Brandon, he looked at his friend and he too wanted this to end.
Brandon glanced away and groaned. "Astrum and I kissed, remember?"
Riven sighed and rolled his eyes, now he does. How could he even forget such information like that? Two dudes kissing, a juicy scandal shouldn't escape his memory.
"Oh yeah, because you see Stella in..." Riven trailed off, his eyes widened and a smile appeared on his face.
"A guy? Yeah, I know." Brandon pushed Riven and got up.
"What if he wasn't?" Riven grinned, it was a long shot but it fits the puzzle.
"Are you losing your mind as well?" Brandon patted Riven's head.
"Shut up" he flicked it away, Riven glared at him and proceeded with his theory. "I'm just saying, what if those boys weren't boys at all."
"Then what are they? Elves?" Brandon joked and opened the closet.
"You really are an asshole" Riven growled. "Don't you see? The girls weren't in detention last week and they said something about being in Red Fountain, Musa has a wound like Crescendo, Astrum was head over heels in love with you like Stella, Bloom had that guy shirt with him, and Tecna had glasses from last week, doesn't Lexus have glasses?"
"Again, Astrum was not in love with me" Brandon got the locket and rolled his eyes. "And what're you trying to say?"
"What if the girls, I don't know, turned in to.."
But before he could finish Stella crashed in the room and she landed on the ground, both Brandon and Riven ran to Stella and checked the scene outside.
Jaden was back and he wasn't too friendly anymore, he had blasted a whole on the door and Stella looked hurt. The girls were in the enchatix form while the rest of the animals were hiding under the coffee table, looks like Jaden wanted to talk to rest of the boys as well.
"What the hell is your problem?!" Musa sent out a harmonic attack.
Jaden smirked and ran towards the table, Riven and Brandon ran towards his direction as well and something kicked in. Riven bit down on his arm while Brandon used his huge teeth to bite down on his leg, Jaden fell on the ground and the two heroes quickly withdrew their fangs.
"Good job" Jaden whispered at Riven.
Riven nodded with a smile while Brandon hopped his way to Stella, she didn't take a direct hit but what kind of boyfriend will he be if he isn't there for he?.
"The rest is up to you, good luck" Jaden stood up and patted Riven's head.
"Get away from him!" Musa pushed Jaden to the side, she grabbed her little puppy from the ground and held on to him like a child with a candy bar.
"Just having a little fun" Jaden chuckled while he held on to his arm, it was already bleeding.
"GET OUT!" Layla used her morphix to ball him up and send him to the door.
Stella got up and Brandon was comforting her, she was forcibly pushed by Jaden's huge body.
"Stel, are you okay?" Bloom helped her up, Stella's shoulder was turning red.
"Yeah, just a bit shaken up" she shook her head and rubbed her eyes. "You were such a brave bunny, yes you were" Stella took Brandon up and kissed his cheeks.
"I'll have a talk with Head Master Saladin about this" Tecna opened her communicator and ringed the old Professor.
Flora and Bloom took Stella back to their room so that Flora could heal her bruise, Stella would go crazy if she doesn't get that flawless skin back.
"What the heck were you thinking?!" Musa was furious, her blood was boiling and her face was bright red. "He could've hurt you again!"
Muri walked away from her and joined Patch and Bubu, they were having some treats Flora made so they could forget about the little incident.
"Don't you dare turn your back on me!" Musa followed the little pup. "If you got hurt again then you wont be able to..." her eyes were focused on his little unbandage paw. "You ran."
Layla smiled and grabbed Musa away from the pets, she knew that her best friend lost this battle.
Brandon joined his friends and sat down with a huge smile on his face, Riven smirked knowing that he missed those kisses from Stella.
"I can't wait to be my old self again" he sighed and grabbed a small treat.
"I know what you mean, I miss Musa yelling at me, not some dog" Riven sat next to him.
Sky took a seat next to Riven, his aura sorta changed and the way his eyes looked at him was kind of weird.
"Bro, are you okay?" Riven waved his paw in front of Sky.
"Bloom had some sort of rabbit in her room" he pouted, Sky looked really down.
"You mean Kiko?" Brandon pointed at the bunny that was still inside Blooms room.
"Kiko?" Sky looked at the bunny, something about it seemed familiar to him. "He looks like the bunny that Blake and I saw"
Riven and Brandon's attention changed to Sky's, he just said Blake. Sky's buddy, so they've got another clue.
"You saw Kiko while you were Blake?" Riven scooted over to his side.
"Yeah, he kept hugging the kid" Sky groaned, it was like he didn't know what he was saying.
"But Kiko's only friendly to Bloom or the other Winx girls, other than them he gets really shy" Brandon tapped his chin.
Brandon took Riven and dragged him to a corner, it was far away from the other guys and far away from the girls. He sat down with his small legs spread open and gestured Riven to get sit as well.
"You said something before we saw Stella get hurt, what was it?" he turned his head to look if the girls were near, it was almost bed time.
"Oh yeah, well, I'm not sure yet." Riven looked down, he needs to be 100% sure so they won't start from scratch again. "But the information Sky gave us was really helpful, I'll ask Helia and Nabu tomorrow and tell you about it."
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