Not as long as the introductory chapter, but prepare for the mystery to unfold.

Chapter 2: The Man in the Watch

There was something odd about seeing Riven again. One reason was because he was an unwanted ugly Pixie in a place that he did not belong, and two because he was a wanted survivor of Domino. Why in the world would he risk capture just to see her? If she chose to become a Fairy, it was obviously to get away from people like him.

Yet here he was; showing up unexpectedly. If this was Riven's attempt at some kind of game…she didn't like it.

Even looking at him she couldn't help but hate him. He had this ridiculous magenta coloured hair spiked to such a weird degree, a wide forward, small stern eyes, and too long of a face. Then there was the butt-ugly and dirty white ripped tank and magenta pants he chose to wear. He was so fashion-missing. He was ugly.

She remembered the signs outside of Magix warning that no Pixies were to enter the city, "You're out of place…Pixie." She watched Riven's eyes dart at her in surprise, and anger. She wasn't normally this bitter of a person, but she was only nice to pretty people like herself.

"I could say the same about you. In fact, I believe you're even more out of place than me," Riven remarked. All Tecna could do was stand and stare; confused. He was trying to puzzle her about something…but what could he want from her? She wasn't the one who was out of place…she was with her own kind. He was the one who was out of place; not her. "I've confirmed by the fact you dangerously scaled the building that the real adventurous Tecna is somewhere deep inside, but it's going to take more work to break her out."

Tecna raised her voice in anger, and her body began to sweat uncontrollably "How dare you say I'm out of place when I'm with my own kind! Haven't you looked in a mirror recently? You're an ugly Pixie Riven. I don't know who you think you are being here in Magix trying to tell me that I'm not the 'real' Tecna. I don't care if this is some puzzling game, but all I know is that you need to get the hell out of the city and away from me." She let out a deep sigh as her face blushed with anger. She had never felt such anger before.

Valtor finally stepped in to her defense and brought magical balls of energy from his hands and pointed them straight at Riven, "If it's a fight you are looking for…I'm not afraid to fight scum like you. Whatever you want to do to innocent Tecna will end now if you don't stop." He looked angrily at Riven, who merely looked back at him with boredom.

"Honestly, if I was looking for a fight I would have you flat on the ground by now. Your magic powers don't scare me," He gently pressed Valtor's arms down so they were no longer pointed at him. Valtor made the magic evaporate from his hands harmlessly. They all stood in silence; with the only noise being heard being the party going on many floors below their feet, "Didn't think she would erupt like that to be honest."

Tecna quietly spoke as her temper eased, "Then…why are you here?"

"I'm just the delivery boy with a special package directly from Sparx itself, to you," he gave her an odd grin and pulled out a rough looking leather pouch from a hidden pocket.

If it was from the ugly runaways from Sparx…then all she knew was that she wanted no association with it. Taking it would mean associating herself back with Sparx, and her past. The past she wanted to forget entirely.

Before Tecna could reply, Riven's watch began to make a weird sound…as if someone was calling him. Riven slid the leather pouch back into his hidden pocket. He sighed in an annoyed way and pressed a small button on the side of the watch and he spoke into it, "What do you want main-frame? I'm a little busy at the moment."

A very familiar voice spoke out from it in a slight panic, "Did you find her?" Tecna couldn't put her finger on whom exactly that was, but all she knew was that she should know who it was, but her mind was left blank. Why couldn't she remember?

"Yeah, yeah…I found her," he rolled his eyes as he spoke into the watch. He looked straight at Tecna as he spoke, as if he was studying her reaction as the mysterious person talked. As much as she wanted to put a name on this person's voice…she couldn't. Valtor listened to the voice as well, and he too recognized the voice from somewhere.

There was a long awkward pause, "How is she then?" She couldn't help but wonder why this person should care about her well-being, "are there signs of the old her?"

"There are, but we are going to have to try even harder to get her to remember. She barely shows any recollection of the past. But believe me, we will find a way to undo everything the Witches did," when he said that last line he seemed to talk directly to Tecna. Everyone stood in more awkward silence until Riven's watch began to make a different noise; that seemed to act like a siren.

"Riven, get out of there now." The voice broke out into a complete panic, and Tecna couldn't understand why. She looked in every direction and saw nothing coming as far as she could see. "I'm picking up hovercars on their way…can't tell if they are wardens or Witches."

"Shit," Riven grumbled, "How long until they arrive?" His hands began to shake uncontrollably as he brought the watch up to his year nervously; waiting for a reply. "I can't believe they caught on."

"Tecna, what's going on?" Valtor looked at her as they exchanged nervous glances.

"I…don't know."

"You've got five minutes MAX. Get off the building now, we're switching to Plan B. I'll be waiting for you at the base of the building." With that, Riven finally stopped talking to the man in the watch.

She looked at him dead in the eyes and talked very sternly, "Who was that?" She pointed at his watch.

He fiddled with something around his waist as he continued to talk in a panic, "You should know Tecna, you know him. I'm finding it very hard to believe that you actually forget."

"Give me his name."

He gave her a nervous chuckle, "I really don't think it's a good idea if I tell you just yet…See ya Tecna." Tecna immediately spotted the bungee jacket he had already around his waist as he precariously stood near the edge of the building as he prepared himself to jump.

"Valtor, meet me at the bottom of the building..." She trailed off nervously, "I need to follow Riven. I need to know who the man in the watch is." Without another word she transformed into Enchantix mode at the same moment Riven jumped off the building. "I'll see you soon." She spread her lilac wings and jumped off the building directly behind him. This turned out to be a huge mistake on her part.

She soared down into the pitch black darkness just a couple metres behind the barely visible figure of Riven. Even as she followed him, he didn't notice her. She figured he was too determined on making his escape. There was something going on that Riven wasn't telling her about, and it was about time he gave her some actual answers. And of course she wanted to meet the man in the watch that seemed to care so much about her.

That's when it hit her, or actually, he hit her. Due to the crazy night she was having, she forgot the basic physics of a bungee jacket; that it will rebound upwards. As soon as Riven began to soar back upwards he collided roughly with Tecna; and they both plummeted back towards the ground. She landed on her back, while he landed on his stomach.

They both painfully hit the cold wet grass with a thud, and Tecna transformed out of her fairy form and back into her regular form.

Riven eyed her sharply in the darkness, "What the hell do you think you are doing?!" He held his foot painfully. It seemed during the collision his foot collided with her forehead. Now that she thought about it; her forehead was killing her. Without another word, Riven sprinted towards the thick woods and left Tecna in a daze.

She ignored the pain from her forehead and dashed as best as she could after him. Soon he managed to lose her in the dark maze of trees and brush. She called out in a panic, "Riven!"

She continued running and a moment later she cried out again, "Riven!" Suddenly she heard the slight hummer of a hoverboard approaching from directly in front of her. A few glimmers of moonlight and distant fireworks revealed Riven standing legs-apart on a hoverboard.

"You really don't give up, do you?" He sighed.

"I wanted…" She wanted to tell him to never come back to see her again, but it didn't seem right to tell him that anymore, now all she wanted were straightforward answers. However, with the way he was behaving she doubted he was going to give her any.

Another voice spoke out from the pitch black, "Riven, we need to go, now." The man from the watch spoke, but this time he wasn't in the watch; he was there. Directly behind Riven was a black silhouette on his own hoverboard. He was standing out of every glimpse of moonlight as if to purposefully camouflage himself from Tecna. As if he didn't want her to see his appearance.

Riven spoke calmly to her, "What do you want Tecna?"

"Didn't you say you had something for me…from Sparx?" She bit her lips; the curiosity was peaking. What could be in the pouch?

He finally smiled for the first time all night, and pulled out the leather pouch, "Oh, this? Yeah, I think you're ready for it. However, I can't give it to you yet with Wardens or even Witches on their way."

The mystery man spoke out again nervously, "Yeah, in about thirty seconds."

Riven ignored him, "But we'll leave in somewhere in Magix for you to find, okay?" Tecna nodded a yes to him, "Can you remember this address? Harmonic 314. Do not forget it, Harmonic 314."

"Okay, I'll remember."

"I hope so," Riven positioned his board towards the river, and zoomed off.

Before the 'watch-man' left he spoke to her again softly, "Sorry about your forehead." With those final words, he followed in the direction Riven went. He didn't even give her the opportunity to see a glimpse of her face. She wondered why he wouldn't let her see his face.

"Wait…my forehead?" She blurted out in shock as she brought her hand up to the painful spot on her boyfriend. That's when she finally felt the gushing of blood coming out of her forehead, "Oh for the love of Magix…" She stumbled out of the brush to see Valtor a few metres away. As soon as she came closer he ran towards her in a panic.

"What happened? I was worried…" He trailed off as he noticed the blood spilling from her forhead, "What in the hell happened?" She stumbled into him as she got light-headed. She was surprised it took her body this long to suffer from the blood loss.

Valtor grabbed her and laid her on the ground, "You need to go to the hospital…" He trailed off again as a Warden hovercar popped up above them and landed a few metres away, "Well how convenient." He then turned his attention back on Tecna, who was starting to pass out, "I'm not going to leave your side, okay?"

"Harmonic 314, do not forget Harmonic 314…" She blurted out, "do not forget…" Hey eyelids finally shut tightly as she drifted into unconsciousness.

The last thing she heard was Valtor's panicked and confused voice replying to her, "What are you talking about? Harmonic mansion has been abandoned for years." Oh this was just perfect, more mystery to add to the already growing pile. Finally, she blacked out into unconsciousness.

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She had the most peculiar dream as she remained in melancholy unconsciousness. The dream started like always; with a gorgeous fairy. In fact, she was probably the most gorgeous fairy of them all. She was forcefully kept in a jail cell all the time. But this was no ordinary jail cell, oh no, it was a cell made entirely of precious gemstones. Even while stuck in the cell she was given everything she ever wanted, but she still desired freedom from her beautiful prison.

That's when he showed up though…her hero to take her away from her cell. Her hero was neither a specialist nor a mage…he was an ugly Pixie. And even with her hero's ugly features; she was thankful for his arrival and his rescue. But she couldn't understand why she would be so happy to see an ugly male Pixie when she lived in a beautiful cell that offered anything her heart desired.

Why was she always cursed with such bogus dreams?