Part 12 and still going strong, just like that bloody cold virus. I gotta say, it's given my voice a bit of a sexy husk at the moment. Reminds me of that episode of Friends.

Thanks to: Meg, Spongey and Sokai for their reviews. It's my birthday!... not really.

No Thanks to: Toon Disney for annoying Meg so much. I mean, dropping WITCH in favour of Power Rangers? Sheesh!

Random Quote: I've been down the morgue! I got an leg! I'm supposed to write an essay on it, but I think I just gonna stick it on the bonnet of my car! (The Young Ones)

While the day had been filled with drama (not to mention a slight headache), the night was thankfully peaceful and calm, and Musa and Tegryn had been making the most of it, sitting up on the castle roof gazing up at the stars in the clear moonlit sky... or enjoying whatever natural wonders just happened to come into view. Alas, all good things must come to an end, and so the two lovers made their way back to the girls' dorm, but as Tegryn opened the door for his fiancée (as any gentleman should), they were greeted by Irma and Hay Lin dressed in their pyjamas.

"A-HEM! And just where do you think you're going?" Irma glared playfully at Tegryn, pushing him away as he tried to enter.

"Well, I was just coming in to say Hi to everyone before I turn in, like I always do. Is there a problem?"

"Haven't you forgotten something?"

Tegryn scratched his head. "No, I don't think so. Why, did you ask me to get you something?"

"Sheesh! We're having a slumber party tonight! Remember, we were talking about it a couple of hours ago!"

"Or did you just think we were wearing pyjamas for fun?" Hay Lin added, grinning as she always seemed to do.

"A slumber party? O-kay. I don't think I remember anyone mentioning that... maybe I was too busy eating or something. Ah well. Mind you, that still doesn't explain why I can't come in though."

The two girls looked at each other in disbelief, then turned back to Tegryn.

"Don't you know the Golden Rule?" Hay Lin asked.

"The Golden Rule?"

"Yeah, Slumber Party Rule #1..."

"NO BOYS ALLOWED!" Irma and Hay Lin yelled together with a little giggle. Tegryn looked at them for a few seconds.

"Ah. I see. Well, I could just..." he said, attempting to walk in while the duo were caught off guard, but the girls were having none of it. Before he knew it he found himself taking off, a VIP passenger of Air Hay Lin, and he soon found himself floating well away from the door and deposited on his backside with a soft bump.

Musa couldn't help smiling. "Sorry babe, looks like you're gonna have to sit this one out."

"Never mind," he replied, trying to hide his disappointment. "It'll give me a chance to start my essay. Polli? You want me to go and get your favourite pyjamas for this girly night in?"

The little pixie shook her head and held on to his arm as tightly as she could. The poor little thing, she'd spent the entire summer away from him, and there was no way on Majix that they were gonna be seperated tonight. Tegryn smiled and patted her head tenderly.

"I guess that's a no then!"

"And I think I'll join you," Tune said as she flitted out of the room. "Slumber parties have never been my cup of tea, and besides, there's no way you'll catch me wearing pyjamas - they're just so inelegant!"

"Oh, thanks Tune!" Tegryn said, beaming. "Maybe you could teach me how to make my handwriting as neat as yours!"

"Make your handwriting neater? My dear Tegryn, you've got more chance of teaching a Spit Monster to sing soprano!"

And so, after getting a goodnight kiss from his beloved, Tegryn trudged back to his room, cradling Polli in one arm and Tune's miniature four-poster bed in the other, ready to get down to work whilst the others got ready to indulge in that girliest of traditions - the sleepover.

A few hours in and the party was in full swing - large amounts of cookies and candy had been eaten, Musa's new stereo was going at full blast (with the noise neatly contained inside the room thanks to its cutting edge sound bubble technology), and plenty of talking had been done on subjects as wide and varied as schoolwork, boys, the joys of being a redhead (Will and Bloom were certainly in their element on THAT subject) and of course, magic.

"One thing still bugs me," said Taranee, who by this time was looking absolutely fabulous thanks to Stella's expertise in the makeover department. "You guys said you're fairies, but none of you seem to have wings. What gives?"

Musa chuckled as she stood up. "Oh, we have wings alright - check these babies out!" Within a few seconds she was transformed, standing before them in her familiar short red dress with its transparent midriff, and sporting her pale blue dragonfly-style wings. "So, whaddya think?" she asked, giving the earth-girls a twirl.

"Cool!" said Irma in admiration. "But you ain't the only one with wings, you know. Take a look at this!"

One transformation sequence later, and Irma was stood in the middle of the room in full Guardian mode. Mimi and Nini got up to get a closer look.

"Whoa! Wings with attitude!" said Mimi as she inspected Irma's bat-like appendages.

"Yeah, and your body!" said Nini who, like the other fairies, was rather taken by surprise by Irma's now more mature form. "I guess we'll have to call you 'Not-Quite-So-Little Little Teggy' from now on!"

"Heh. Yep, all the better for kicking Phobos and his cronies' butts in style!" Irma replied.

"Phobos? Who's that?" Bloom asked.

"Just some loser who's decided he wants to take over the universe... well, not on our watch, bud!"

"He may be a loser, but he's a very powerful loser," Will inturrupted. "He's the ruler of a world called Meridian, and the reason why he's so powerful is because he's taken all of its magical energy for himself..."

Many miles away, in the dark, dank underground fortress that is Shadowhaunt, a low chuckle echoed softly through its cavernous chambers, adding an even more sinister tinge to its already forboding atmosphere.

"A man with an entire world's magical energy at his disposal? Now that sounds very interesting indeed." Lord Darkar said thoughtfully as he stared intently at a glowing orb through which he could see everything that was being played out in Alfea. Being as powerful as he was, he was aware of all the forces which flowed through this realm, and ever since he felt the opening of the strange portal through which Will had been brought into Majix, he had been probing, searching, keeping tabs on these newcomers, just on the off-chance that something interesting may come out of it.

"Interesting? What do you mean LD?" Icy asked, who as always was in attendance with her two sisters-in-evil. "Are you planning on making an alliance with this Phobos guy?"

"An alliance? Whatever for?" Darkar snorted. "No, I don't make alliances easily. I was thinking more along the lines of travelling to his kingdom and taking those powers. With those powers at MY disposal, nothing will get in our way, not even those Winx fairies. And besides, I know how much you three are itching to see some real action - it's been a while, after all!"

A laugh rang out from the three witches as they took this in.

"Hear that ladies? We're going on a little power trip!"