Later that evening, the performance was over and the girls followed Richard to the top floor which was the penthouse suit. Richard led the girls into an elevator which took them to the top floor. The elevator opened up to a hallway with only one door in front of them.
"Ladies, I welcome you, to your new home" Richard said as he took out a key, placed it in the lock, and opened the door to show the girls, their new penthouse.
The girls all gasped in amazement. The penthouse had 2 floors. On the first floor, as soon as the door opened, there was a spill out marble staircase that was wrapped in iron in the far right corner curling up to the next floor. On the far left was the deluxe lounge with 3 2-seater couches and flat screen TV. The living room had ocean views with windows next to and behind the staircase. There was a fireplace on the right of the front door with a 4 door slider that opens to a large balcony to the right of the staircase.
On the right not to far from the staircase was the entrance to the kitchen. There were tiles and state-of-the-art appliances. The kitchen contained a double oven, 48 inch cabinet overlay fridge and freezer, dishwasher and microwave. A black glass backsplash offers mirrored views of the ocean. When you walk into the kitchen on the right was a large wooden dining table for 6 people.
Back to the lounge, to the left of the door and near the lounge were 2 of the bedrooms with their own bathroom each. On the second floor, there were 4 bedrooms each with their own bathrooms with central air-condition and heating throughout the entire condo. Each bedroom on the second floor had a balcony. There was also a large practice and recording studio that was sound proof to the far left of the bedrooms.
To far right of the bedrooms was an entire room filled with designer clothes ranging from Gucci to Louis Vuitton and hundreds of mirrors, personal make-up stations and shoe and accessory racks.
"Oh...my...GOD!" Stella yelled as she ran up the stairs and claimed one of the bedrooms. "I claim the bedroom right next to the wardrobe!"
"No fair!" Bloom yelled as she ran up to Stella.
Musa walked to the bedroom on the left. "I claim this one!"
Tecna walked to the bedroom next to Musa's. "I want this one!"
Flora and Layla ran upstairs to claim their own rooms.
"You girls like the condo?" Richard asked.
"Like it!" Stella yelled and she ran to the top of the staircase to the banister. "We LOVE IT!"
"Well you girls deserve it" Richard said as she began to walk out. "The keys are on the coffee table in the living room" he added and closed the door behind him.
"I can't believe that we are living here!" Stella screamed at the top of her lungs as she ran around the wardrobe room looking at all of the clothes.
"There has to be some catch" Tecna said logically as she opened the first floor's balcony doors.
"Catch? Come on, Tecna. Why do you have to be such a downer? Just live a little" Stella called.
"This is such a luxurious apartment. Why would they give it to us after only one performance to a bunch of rich people?" Layla questioned agreeing with Tecna.
"Guys, we're stars! Tony must've bought this apartment for us. Come on, enjoy this moment girls! We are literally living the dream" Musa said sitting on one of the couches.
The next morning the girls were woken up by the sound of knocking on the front door. Layla came walking down the stairs in her pj's and her dressing white dressing gown. Stella slowly opened her door and was following Layla. She was rolling her eyes and yawning.
"Who the hell is making all that noise?" Stella asked.
Layla walked up to the door and opened it. As soon as the door opened, sudden flashes of light appeared blinding the girls. Layla and Stella shrieked and covered their eyes from the bright light.
Layla looked through the crack in the door and saw that the flashes of light was from cameras with photographers and camera men for the news standing in the hall way. All the news presenters were there to get the big scoop on the rising new comer to the music industry.
"Layla, Layla" One of the reporters said pushing a microphone in Layla's face. "Care to comment on how overnight, your band has reached the news about its sign with Sony Magix Records?"
"REPORTERS!" Stella yelled and she quickly ran upstairs brushed her hair and threw on a pair of orange skinny jeans, with a white singlet top tucked into the jeans with an orange jacket, and she ran back downstairs.
Stella pushed Layla out of the way and stood in the door way.
"Hello" Stella said flirtatiously. "I am Stella, lead guitarist of The Winx"
The reporters suddenly went frenzy and asking Stella millions of questions and taking hundreds of photographs for the morning's paper.
Bloom and Tecna walked out of their bedrooms to check on the commotion.
"What's going on?" Tecna asked.
Bloom and Tecna looked over at the door seeing all the reporters.
"And so it begins" Bloom said slumping into a lounge chair.
"Excuse me, excuse me" a voice said pushing through the crowd of reporters.
Stella looked through the crowd and saw that it was Tony pushing through the crowd. Stella stepped aside so that Tony could come inside. Tony almost fell on the floor when he finally managed to pass the reporters. Stella slammed the door shut and went to wake up Musa.
"Good morning ladies, I hope that fame hasn't gotten to your heads" Tony said as Musa came into the lounge yawning.
"How can it go into our heads when we've only done one performance?" Layla said confused.
"Well, according to the newspaper, the performance was international. It was televised throughout the realms. That performance I organised for you girls, was not just a winter gala to raise money for charity, it was the international hotel manager awards" Tony informed as he held up a newspaper.
On the very front page of the newspaper, was the headline, "New rising sensation, The Winx, blew away the realms on international television debut"
"Please tell me you're kidding" Musa said almost about to burst from joy.
"Welcome to the big leads girls" Tony congratulated.
All the girls screamed with joy and amazement.
"This is SOO awesome!" Stella cried. "I've got to tell Brandon this" she added as she went to the phone.
"But wait, they are still on their survival mission" Bloom reminded everyone.
"Oh that's right. Then let's call my parents" Stella said and she was about to dial her dad's phone number.
"Hold that thought, you girls have a performance tonight. It's for a royal gala" Tony said.
"WHAT!" the girls all yelled.
"This is such late notice, Tony" Tecna said looking at her watch.
"Yeah, I mean we need outfits, hair and make-up, transportation, new songs" Stella rambled.
"Already been covered" Tony boasted. "All you have to do is write a song on the plane."
"Yes, because it's just that easy" Layla said sarcastically.
"So, who's the royal family?" Bloom asked.
"Doesn't matter. They have invited royals from across the magical dimension" Tony said.
"What do you mean?"
"Something about marriage and keeping a treaty, who cares" Tony said. "Girls, a make-up crew will be here at 2pm. Your limo will arrive at 4.30pm. You are to be at the airport no later than 5.30pm for your flight. Is that clear?"
"Sure?" Flora said intimidated.
"Oh, and also" Tony said and he opened the door for a young girl around their age.
The girl pushed passed reporters and entered the penthouse. The girl was Ellie, Musa's assistant from work.
"Ellie?" Musa said confused.
"Hey Musa" she said with a smile.
"Girls, this is Ellie, your new personal assistant for the band" Tony introduced.
"Nice to meet you" the girls said.
"You got promoted? That's incredible" Musa said happy for Ellie.
"Actually, since I was always your personal assistant, I just became the band's assistant now that you're part of a band now" Ellie said too modest.
"Well, glad that you're here" Musa replied.
"Anyway girls, Ellie will be making sure that you know what upcoming events and gigs you have, that you girls will all run on time, and she will also be in charge of getting you girls to your gigs on time. So, if you aren't running on time this evening to get to the airport on time, believe me, she will do whatever is possible to get you there on time" Tony explained.
"Okay" Tecna said defensive.
Tecna didn't like the way Tony was suddenly being a disciplinarian and treating her friends. He's supposed to give them at least a day's notice about an event. Or that's the impression that all the girls were given about him.
"But Tony" Bloom began. "We don't have time to write a song or get our heads in the game."
"I don't care how you girls do it. All I care about is that you girls wear what is given, have dinner with the royal family, mingle, dress into performance clothes, and blow everyone away so that maybe you girls will record your first album" Tony answered annoyed and he left slamming the door.
"Wow, did anyone find him a little bit scary just then?" Flora asked.
The girls all nodded in reply.
"Well, I don't know about you girls, but I'm going to go look through our mall sized closet and find a Gucci or Dior dress" Stella said as she ran upstairs and into the closet.
The girls watched as Stella made her way upstairs to change.
"Um girls" Ellie called. "It's 9am. You girls have a reservation downstairs in the hotel's restaurant for breakfast. It's a buffet. You need to be up here by 11am so that you can all have showers. Your make-up and hair stylists will be here at 1pm."
"Fine" Stella sighed walking back down the stairs.
The girls got dressed into casual clothes and went downstairs to the restaurant for breakfast.
At Red Fountain, Sky was busy packing a suit case.
"Sky" Brandon said watching his friend pack. "Is everything set for tonight?"
"Yeah, everything's ready" Sky replied.
"Alright, well the guys and I are ready to go" Brandon said.
"Great, and thanks for not telling the girls about this" Sky said.
"Hey, we do anything for a friend, Sky" Brandon replied with a smile.
"Thanks. Now, let's get this over with" Sky added and he took his suitcase and left the dorm.
He met the guys out in the hallway and they had their suitcases with them.
"Are you ready Sky?" Helia asked.
"It's not a death sentence" Sky answered.
"It is if it's Diaspro you have to play nice with" Riven replied.
"And that's why Bloom wasn't told. If her and Diaspro are in the same room again, then there would be trouble, again" Sky informed.
"Just like the other 2 attempts at getting them in the same room at a party" Riven added.
"Riven, shut up" Nabu said.
"But, Bloom doesn't act on impulse and attack Diaspro for no reason" Brandon defended.
"Yes, but if Diaspro knew that Bloom was in the same room as her, Diaspro would cause trouble. And the treaty with Quartz is already on its last legs. That is why we have to play nice with Diaspro. We need to be on our best behaviour" Sky said looking at Riven.
"But she's a pain in the-"
"Riven!" the guys all yelled.
"Fine….but I hate this" Riven said.
"Come on, the flight is leaving soon" Timmy said.
Back at the condo, the girls were descending the stairs all dressed up and ready to go.
Stella wore an elegant orange mermaid style gown with a V-neckline with beaded edges and an open back. She wore orange strappy high heels with diamond earrings. Her hair was worn down and straightened with her bangs pulled away from her face.
Tecna wore a silk purple one shoulder gown with gathered material on the side with an elegant beading pattern holding it in place. She wore purple high heels and diamond earrings. Her hair was spelled so that it reached just passed her shoulders and it was curled so that it turned out wavy, shaping around her face.
Musa wore a red coloured corset strapless dress with a black corset bodice with sequins and lace embellishment with a side silt up to the middle of her leg. She wore black strappy high heels with black diamond stud earrings. She wore her hair up in a long high ponytail with the bangs pulled back and away from her face.
Flora wore an elegant white strapless gown. The empire waist was a fill skirt and the dress was in a floral design and pattern on the bust and the skirt. At the back, the sash went to end of the dress looking like a train or tail. She wore silver strappy high heels with dangly silver earrings. Her hair was in a side ponytail laying on her right shoulder and was curled so that it covered her ear.
Layla wore a black evening dress with halter straps and the empire waist was embellished with jewels. It had a sweetheart neckline with a printed bust and tail. She wore white strappy high heels with white stud earrings. Her hair was worn down and was straightened to curve and shape around her face.
Bloom wore a strapless light blue and white gown with an embellished waistline with a flowing skirt. She wore blue strappy high heels with a diamond bracelet on her left wrist. Her hair was worn down and curled so that it turned out wavy. Her bangs were pulled to the sides so that it did not cover her face.
Ellie was at the bottom of the stairs and smiled at them.
"You girls look stunning" Ellie said gob smacked.
"Thanks Ellie" Layla said admiring her Dior evening dress.
"We look STUNNING!" Stella screamed. "Are we dressed to impress, Ellie?"
The girls all laughed at Stella's sudden outburst and perkiness.
Ellie laughed too. "Yes Stella. Now, did you all pack your performance outfits for when you go on stage?"
"Yes" the others answered in unison.
"Excellent. Now it's 4.30pm and it's time to head down to the lobby where your limo is waiting out front to take you to the airport" Ellie said.
The girls smiled at each other and then immediately followed behind Ellie as Layla locked the front door behind them. Everyone walked outside the hotel to find a gorgeous elegant long white limo with the girl's band symbol on the side.
"No way!" Musa said as she ran towards the limo.
"This is OUR LIMO!" Stella shrieked in delight.
Ellie's only response was a laugh. "Yes, yes it is. Welcome to stardom girls."
The girls all shrieked and piled themselves into the limo with Ellie last.
The boys arrived at their destination, Erakleon and were immediately sent into a room to get ready for the big event. The room was like a backstage area with actual changing rooms with closed doors, like for movie stairs. In the middle of the room were 2 long mirrors with lights, and a large couch. Hanging on a coat rack in the middle of the room were 5 designer suits with different coloured ties.
"Well, Sky always did like to make an impression" Brandon joked walking over to find his suit.
"I hate wearing suits" Riven complained placing his suitcase on the ground.
"It is only for one night" Helia cheered him up.
"And I hope it will be the last" Riven said.
"What if you get married? What would you wear if you hate wearing a suit?" Timmy asked.
"I won't be getting married, Timmy" Riven replied.
"Not even to Musa?" Brandon teased.
"NO!" Riven cried.
"Oh that's right, you're scared of commitment" Nabu laughed.
"Shut up" Riven said as he took his suit and slammed one of the changing rooms inside the room.
The guys laughed at Riven and they got ready.
Sky was in his room already changed. He wore his royal outfit. He wore black pants with a long blue shirt with medals on his right lapel with black shoes and the royal crown on his head. Sky stood in front of the mirror and looked at himself. Every time he saw himself wearing this outfit, he always thought that it looked like the royal army uniform, except for the crown.
Sky hated lying to Bloom, but he couldn't let her get hurt and be judged by all of the people attending tonight. He vowed to never let Bloom get hurt or be seen as an outcast by his life. He has hurt Bloom too many times and wants to keep her from any more pain. Yes he was lying to her and her friends, yes he was lying to his parents, and yes they do like Bloom, but the other royals of the court would see differently. And since Diaspro was invited, Bloom would have been the plot of Diaspro's torment. Goodbye treaty and hello enemy with Quartz.
There was suddenly a knock on his door and the guys walked in. Riven's tie was black, Timmy's was gold, Nabu's was brown, Helia's was silver, and Brandon's was a dark green.
"Hey guys, thanks for doing this" Sky said with a smile.
"I can't believe you guys made me come to this thing" Riven said adjusting his tie.
"Shut up, Riven" Nabu repeated again. "We're happy to do this, Sky."
"I still think we should've told the girls where we are" Helia said looking out the window seeing guests arrive.
"But remember, the girls think that we are still at the survival thing. Besides, I don't want Bloom here" Sky said and he walked out of his room with the guys following him.
They made their way down a flight of stairs and checking that all the staff was ready and everything was in order.
"And remind us, why is that again?" Nabu asked.
Sky stopped what he was doing and turned to face his friends.
"I am a prince and this place will soon be filled with ambassadors and members of high class society-"
"And you think that Bloom doesn't belong here and are embarrassed to be seen with her" Brandon finished angrily.
"No! Never" Sky said. "I am worried that being surrounded by all these high society people, she will feel out of place and feel like she doesn't belong with me."
The boys just stared at him.
"Look, let's talk about this later, my parents will be out here soon and I need to have everyone here and everything ready" Sky said and he walked off.
"Yeah, Bloom is so going to take this the wrong way when she finds out" Timmy said.
"Let's just take be here for Sky, smile nice when Diaspro and her family show up, and stay calm" Helia said and he walked out into the garden for the party.
The boys walked over to one of the tables and sat down. More guests started arriving in black tie, wearing elegant gowns and tuxedos, and took their seats waiting for the even to start.
The girls arrived at the airport and were about to get out when Ellie stopped them.
"What are you doing?" Ellie asked seeing the girls ready to get out of the limo.
"Um, going to walk into the airport to find our plane?" Layla replied.
"No, the limo is taking you straight to the plane" Ellie said.
"What do you mean?" Musa asked.
Ellie smiled as the limo was allowed passed b security and was now driving on the tarmac for airplanes.
"Ellie, what's going on?" Bloom asked uneasy.
"You'll see" she smiled.
The limo drove passed staff driving vehicles with luggage, passed maintenance crews, and several jet planes. The watched as they drove passed the airport seeing people walking around with their luggage through the glass of the building. The limo finally made a smooth stop on the tarmac.
"Alright, let's go" Ellie said getting out.
The girls looked at each other and walked out of the limo. When they all were out they looked up and saw that they limo had stopped right by a private jet plane.
"No….way" Stella said about to faint.
"Way" Ellie smirked. "Tony rented out a private jet to take you girls to your gig tonight. If you like it, Tony might buy this one for you to keep for world tours and stuff, but if you don't like it, he was thinking of buying you girls one with your band logo on it once your band reaches number 1 on the charts soon."
"Are you kidding?" Stella shrieked. "I love it!" and she ran up the stairs and inside the plane.
The girls laughed and they made their way inside the plane. Ellie watched the staff load the luggage from the limo onto the plane and she walked inside the plane after the girls. When they were inside, the plane there was soft carpet on the floor with chairs and coffee tables all around. There were two mini TV's in the corner with a little bar for drinks. There was a small bathroom at the back of the plane and the couches could also turn into beds on long journeys.
"Take a seat, girls" Ellie said as two waiters came out from the cockpit and were serving the girls drinks.
The girls sat on the couches and were given drinks such as tea, soft drink, or whatever was their fancy. Ellie sat down on a single couch and took out a laptop. She was marking off the girls' schedule and was working on other appointments.
"Good evening Winx" a voice said through the intercom. "This is your captain speaking. I like to welcome you aboard the plane and ask that you fasten your seat belts for lift off. Please listen to staff instructions in case of an emergency and follow all safety precautions. Once the red seat belt light has been turned off, you're free to move about the cabin. We will make it to Erakleon in exactly 2 hours. Thank you and have a nice flight"
The girls' ears immediately perked up hearing the word Erakleon.
"Erakleon?" Bloom said confused.
"Yes, we're going to Erakleon" Ellie said typing on her laptop.
"What do you mean, Erakleon?" Flora asked confused.
"Didn't Tony tell you?" Ellie asked. The girls shook their heads. "Oh, well Prince Sky is hosting a party for all of the royals. We don't know what it is about, but it sounds like it has something to do with Princess Diaspro of Quartz."
Bloom began feeling light headed and couldn't breathe. She felt like hyperventilating, and she did. She couldn't breathe and began to panic.
"Sweetie, calm down" Flora said. "Just relax, relax"
One of the waiters ran over to Bloom and gave her a paper bag to breathe in to. Bloom breathed in and out of the bag slowly but still her heart raced and a million things were going through her head.
"Bloom, are you okay?" Ellie asked.
"What do you mean it has something to do with Princess Diaspro?" Stella questioned Ellie.
"If this even doesn't go well, meaning that an interruption occurs, or the princess is displeased, then the treaty between Erakleon and Quartz is finished. Bloom, what is wrong?"
"Sky is Bloom's boyfriend!" Musa yelled.
Ellie went silent. She had no idea. She had no idea that Bloom wasn't told about the party, or wasn't invited.
"Is he getting married?" Bloom asked taking the bag off.
"What?" Ellie said.
"Is he getting married!" Bloom demanded.
"Um…I-I….don't know" Ellie stuttered. "All I know is that it has something to do about a wedding, and Diaspro needs to be happy."
Bloom began breathing into the bag again faster this time. Flora patted Bloom on the back to calm her down.
"I'm so sorry, Bloom. I didn't know that he was your boyfriend. I thought that Sky would have told you" Ellie said.
"Bloom, relax sweetie, it will be okay. Sky is not like that" Flora said.
"Flora, do the words, 'freshman year', ring a bell? Remember, Sky pretended to be Brandon when he was engaged to Diaspro?" Stella said.
"Stella, this is not the time" Layla warned.
"I just, keep thinking I've figured him out, than all of a sudden, something is revealed. Freshman year, I thought I knew 'Brandon' then Sky came up. I thought that I knew Sky then I find out that he's engaged. What is next? Why does he continuously decide to keep things from me?" Bloom asked.
Stella and Flora gave Bloom a hug as Musa began writing things down on a sheet of paper.
The guys were laughing as they sat at their table watching some of the visitors arrive. Riven kept messing with his tie, Timmy kept talking about the lighting and how much better job he could do if he was over there, Sky was busy with his parents, while Brandon, Nabu and Helia were trying to have a good time talking trying to shake the feeling of boredom. Just when they thought that nothing could get worse, an unfriendly face showed up at their table.
"What are you losers doing here?"
The guys all tensed up as they slowly turned their heads around to see the unfriendly face of Princess Diaspro. Riven wanted to run but remembered who he was doing this for.
"Princess Diaspro" Riven cringed as he said her name. "What a pleasure."
"I'm sure it is for you, you peasant" Diaspro replied.
"Is she deliberately asking for it?" Riven whispered to Helia.
"It's a pleasure for me to see you, Prince Nabu" Diaspro said with a smile.
Nabu wanted to gag at her fake politeness towards him.
"Likewise, Princess Diaspro" Nabu cringed.
"So, how did you losers get invited? Did Sky need someone to embarrass him at his parent's wedding anniversary party?" Diaspro said.
"Actually, we were invited and assisted Sky with some of the decorations" Helia replied as nicely as he good to the vile woman before him.
"So you were the help, as usual" Diaspro said. "If you rejects are here, then that means your floosy party ruining girlfriends are around here somewhere aren't they?"
"Floosy!" Riven yelled standing up.
"Riven" Helia warned.
"Be careful you street rat" Diaspro
Riven was about to punch the girl when Helia subtly grabbed Riven's arm.
"You don't want to do anything to jeopardise the treaty my father has with Sky's father, do you?" Diaspro threatened. "Remember, I haven't been treated right by Prince Sky and that does not impress daddy. Sky's dumbs me twice, and his slut of a girlfriend fights me, and if I add best friends hit princess, then goodbye treaty. I'm only here to make sure that Sky knows where we stand. Speaking of which, I am looking for him to show good sportsmen ship. Where is he?"
"He might be in his chambers. Are you going to threaten to destroy the treaty if he doesn't marry you?" Brandon asked.
"Ha!" Diaspro laughed. "Of course not. I'm not in love with that sack! I found someone who truly loves me"
"Someone blind and deaf?" Riven joked.
Diaspro shoved Riven off of his chair and sat in it.
"No! Michael Arium, the Duke of Solaria" Diaspro replied. "I'm here to show good sportsmen ship about the treaty, but, I did warn Sky that I something upsets me one more time, I'm telling daddy, and good bye treaty. Play nice boys. And thanks for the information" and with that she stood up and walked away looking for Sky.
"Man and I thought Icy was the ice queen" Brandon joked watching Riven stand up from the ground with dignity and sit in his chair.
"Yeah, it's a good thing Sky didn't tell Bloom. Diaspro would've killed Bloom, Bloom would've felt uncomfortable, and according to Sky didn't want her to feel inferior to him" Nabu said watching the ice queen walk away.
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