With the Specialists
The guys didn't move an inch until the six girls, the new girls by the looks of it, rounded the corner and moved out of sight. As a group, it was like they all let out their breath. The six guys just turned to look at each other and shook their heads.
"That was just, wow." Sky said, shaking his head.
None of the guys, especially the ones who grew up in the Magix Dimension, have ever really had crushes or liked any of the girls that lived in Gardenia or went to school with them. Plenty of girls like them, especially the six uber popular girls of the high school, but they never liked any of them back. But it only took one look at the new girls and it was like love at first sight: their breaths were taken away, their hearts wouldn't slow down, the butterflies in their stomachs wouldn't die down, etc., etc., etc.
"Are those the new chicks everyone's been talking about?" Brandon asked, hiking his backpack higher onto his back. "They are beautiful."
"They are." Nabu said in awe, nodding. "I've never seen anything like them before."
"It felt like a couldn't breathe and my heart wouldn't calm down." Timmy said bashfully, fiddling with his glasses, but the other guys agreed with him.
"Real beauty knocks everybody a little bit off kilter." Helia said. Ever the poet; the others just gave him really? looks before smiling, letting them know they're kidding.
"The red-head, she is beautiful." Sky said after a minute, leaning against his locker. "And I've seen a lot of beautiful women."
"Me? I prefer the blonde." Brandon said, smiling. "Now that is someone I want to get to know better." He chuckled before turning to look to his left. "What about you, Timmy? One of them stir something inside you?"
"Well, talking about girls like they're pieces of meat is downright degrading to them, but I have to admit the one with the shorter hair is beguiling." Timmy said, his smile a little whimsical.
"Beguiling?" Sky said, laughing. "Why can't you just say beautiful?"
"Or hot?" Brandon added.
"Leave him alone." Helia said. "He's a genius. He's allowed to use big words."
"We were kidding, Helia." Sky said.
"I know, Sky." Helia said, sighing. "Defending just comes naturally."
"Well, what about you Helia?" Brandon asked, ignoring his previous comment. "Which one did you like?"
"That light brunette." Helia said softly. "She has a soft spoken beauty about her that I really like." He let out a silent sigh before shifting. "Nabu?"
"The dark-haired one." Nabu said. "She is drop-dead gorgeous." He then turned to look beside him. "Riven, you're quiet over there. You have anything to add?"
"I don't know." Riven said, sounding truly confounded. "I haven't felt anything like this toward anyone, ever. I just don't do these kind of feelings."
"Which one?" Brandon asked, repeating the question.
"The black-haired one." Riven said. "She is just...stunning, but also looked so emotionally guarded."
"Kinda like you." Nabu said, understanding what Riven was getting at. He nodded.
The guys continued talking about the girls until they heard the first period bell ring, loudly.
"Jeez." Brandon said, his hands over his ears. "They really need to change that bell."
"What class do you have first?" Helia asked the others.
"I have English Lit." Sky said.
"Me too." Nabu said.
"I have Government." Riven grumbled.
"AP Calculus BC is my first class." Timmy said.
"I have Government." Brandon said. "Great, Riven's with me." He gave a big dramatized sigh before smiling.
"You are so funny Brandon." Riven said, slugging him in the shoulder.
"I have English Lit with Sky and Nabu." Helia said, then he grabbed the others' schedules and looked them over. "Seems we have fourth period and lunch together. I guess we'll see each other then." He handed the others their schedules back before beckoning at Sky and Nabu. "Come on, you two."
The three of them waved to the others and walked to English Lit. As soon they entered the room, they spotted the six new girls, all sitting in the back corner; hard not to notice them when everyone is literally staring at them. The guys tried, and mostly succeeded, in not looking at the girls as they looked and found seats in the middle of the room. Nabu casually turned in his chair and looked at the six girls, and saw they were only talking to each other; but there was something different about them. He just couldn't put his finger on it, but he could feel it.
"So, Nabu, what are they doing?" Sky asked.
"Just talking with each other." Nabu said.
"I wonder what their names are." Helia said, just now remembering that they didn't actually know.
"We'll find out when Cabot does roll call, like he always does." Sky said, looking at his friend. "Then, Helia, you'll write them down so we don't forget, and then we can tell the others."
"Okay class, today we're only going to go over the syllabus, talk about what we'll be doing and what you'll need to get for this class. But first, I'm going to take roll." Mr. Cabot, the teacher, said from the front of the classroom. Mr. Cabot started reading off names, then he said, "Aisha Andros."
She raised her hand and called out, "Here."
Helia had out his notebook and wrote down the hair colors of the six girls, those being their identifying factors, and waited until he heard the names of the new girls get called out. When the one Nabu liked, the dark-haired one, said here, Helia wrote down Aisha Andros next to "dark brown."
Andros, Helia thought, looking over at Nabu. What a strange last name.
A few names later, Nabu's name was called out. "Nabu Blagrove."
Nabu called out, "Here."
About ten names down, another one of the new girls' name was called out. "Bloom Domino."
"I'm here." Bloom called out before turning back around towards her friends.
Helia scrolled down, found "red-head" and put "Bloom Domino" by it. He looked over at Sky and saw him smiling and mouthing her name to himself. Helia smiled at that and shook his head. Helia was definitely the romantic of the group. But that last name...again, strange. More names down, his name was called out, "Helia Faustino."
"Here." Helia said, holding his pen up then bringing it down.
More names were called out, but the remaining four girls hadn't been called yet. After a few more names, the one he liked was called. "Flora Linphea."
"Here." She said softly.
Helia's mouth formed a smile before he could stop it and he wrote down "Flora Linphea" down next to "light brown," drawing a little heart next to it. When he caught himself doing it, he quickly scratched it over. He was already made fun of enough by his friends for finding art and poetry more interesting than fighting; if they saw the heart, it'd just add fuel to the fire. A couple more names went by before the one Riven liked was called. "Musa Melody."
"Here." She said in voice that was very, well, melodic.
Helia nodded and wrote "Musa Melody" next to "black-haired" before waiting patiently for the last two. More names were called, then Sky was called. "Sky Shively." Sky just raised his hand. Only one name was called before the one Brandon liked was called on. "Stella Solaria."
"Right over here." Stella said in a very cheerful voice.
Helia wrote "Stella Solaria" across from "blondie" and smiled at the pair those two would make. The roll call was nearing the end when finally the one Timmy liked was called on. "Tecna Zenith."
"I'm here." She said very matter-of-factly, kind of like Timmy would.
Helia wrote down "Tecna Zenith" across from "magenta/purple" then closed his notebook so nobody else would see what he did. Once roll call was done, Mr. Cabot passed out the syllabi and the guys were pulled into the world of English Lit and everything that will be done and will be needed, so they couldn't really talk about the girls. But Helia couldn't shake something. He opened his notebook again and reread over the girls' names several times, but couldn't figure out what was bugging him; he re-closed his notebook and focused back on Mr. Cabot, that strange niggling sensation still in the back of his head.
It was when class was just about to end that it came to Helia. His eyes widened and he opened the notebook, looking at the names, but especially their last names. That's what was bugging him. Each of the girls' last names are planets in the Magic Dimension. He turned to peek at the girls and thought, What are the odds?
With the Winx
Lunchtime rolled around and the Winx walked with each other to the cafeteria from their fourth period classroom. Bloom and Aisha pulled the cafeteria doors open and the six of them walked in, aware that, once again, everybody's staring at them, as well as whispering and pointing. They read in one of the informational packets Rose gave them that Seniors are allowed to eat lunch on the outside courtyard, so they headed to the door that led there. Once outside, both Flora and Stella let out deep sighs and closed their eyes, turning their faces upward towards the sky; Flora really doesn't like being trapped inside a place that doesn't have any nature, and Stella loves being out in the sun. Aisha, Tecna and Musa even closed their eyes as they took in the outside air; back in Alfea, they were allowed outside or even had outside classes, so staying inside for four consecutive hours wasn't an easy thing for the six fairies. Bloom kept her eyes open and looked around the courtyard area, documenting everything she saw, always alert. As the leader of the Winx, and the most powerful fairy, she has to be prepared for anything. Once she was sure everything was safe, she started looking around for somewhere for them to sit and eat lunch; after a second sweep, she saw a large apple tree that had long branches that'd provide shade and a large trunk for at least three of them to lean against. It's perfect.
"Hey, Winx." Bloom said, and they all opened their eyes to look at her. "Let's eat our lunch under that apple tree." She looked contemplatively at the tree before letting out a huff. "But we might need something for three of you to lean against since the tree isn't that thick."
"Hey Musa, help me move this bench." Aisha said, picking up one end of a wooden picnic bench.
"Sure thing." Musa said, going around and lifting the other side.
The two of them carried it over and set it on its side across from the tree. Musa, Aisha and Tecna sat down and leaned against the bench, so Flora, Stella and Bloom sat down and leaned against the tree.
"Mmmm." Flora hummed, her hand stroking the tree's trunk. "This tree has been here for years. It has seen so much history and is so happy we decided to sit here for lunch. It was so lonely."
"Why?" Bloom asked, taking a bite of the pepperoni pizza Rachel packed for her. Some magic must have been used 'cuz the pizza is still warm.
"Since there are no seats under the tree, and the girls who go here are too prissy to even think about sitting on the dirt, nobody ever sits here. The tree likes the company." Flora said, smiling.
"Hey Flora? Can you move the tree branches that are over me so I can feel the sun? I need to recharge." Stella said, leaning forward to get her lunch out.
"Of course." Flora said, her hand still on the tree trunk. A moment later the branches parted and sunlight shone down on Stella.
"Thanks, Flora." Stella said, getting comfortable again.
Flora then moved her hand so it's now hovering over one of the roots, green sparks coming out of her fingers; her eyes closed and a look of concentration passed over her face. The other Winx exchanged looked before looking around them, making sure no one is paying too close attention to them; after a few seconds of looking, they saw they're in the clear.
"What are you doing now, Flora?" Musa asked, spooning some of her curry into her mouth.
"There's some decay inside the trunk." Flora said, her voice upset, moving her hand higher. "I'm just healing it. This tree deserves to be healthy so it can live for years to come."
"So, what about those guys from this morning?" Stella said, wiggling her eyebrows, munching on a bag of chips. "They were H-O-T hot."
"I so agree with Stella." Aisha said, slurping up her spaghetti.
"Well, there they are, over there." Bloom said a moment later, pointing. The Winx girls followed the line of her finger and saw the six guys they checked out this morning sitting down at a picnic table across the courtyard.
"Well, we at least know three of their names." Tecna commented, eating her spinach salad.
"Yeah, from first period." Stella remembered. "Blondie is Sky, the one with the braid is Nabu and black-hair is Helia. Anyone else learn the last three? Especially the really cute brunet with the hair that flips over his right eye?"
"Yeah, he was in mine and Bloom's third period class." Flora said, picking at her fruit salad, now done healing the tree. "His name is Brandon Gregory."
"Brandon." Stella said in a dreamy voice, practically swooning. "What a beautiful name." The others just laughed at her.
"How about the one with the glasses?" Tecna asked, her voice uncharacteristically soft.
"I heard, when I passed by him talking with Sky, that Sky called him Timmy." Aisha said, making Tecna smile.
"Aw." Stella said, smiling, clapping her hands together. "Our little Tecna likes someone!"
Tecna threw her empty pudding cup at Stella, causing Stella to squeal and jump in surprise.
"Anyone know the magenta-haired one?" Musa asked, trying to look like the answer didn't matter that much, even though the other Winx knew it did.
"I have him in my third period class." Stella said, drinking a bottle of water. "His name is Riven Riegel."
"Riven." Musa whispered, a small smile lighting up her face.
The Winx finished up their food and saw that they still had half-an-hour of lunch left. They each leaned back, stretching out in the sun, and talked with each other about their classes and how different they are from Alfea's. About five minutes later, they saw six girls stop a little ways away from them, staring at something behind them. The Winx followed their line of sight, curious, and saw them staring at the hot guys, but the hot guys only had eyes for the Winx. When those girls saw that the guys weren't looking at them, but at the Winx, they marched right over and stood over them.
The first girl, she seemed to be the leader of this little group, has waist-long, curled pale blonde hair, citrine orange eyes, and medium tan skin; her body is slender with curves and bumps in all the right places and looked to be seventeen. She's wearing an orange-and-white corset minidress with spaghetti-straps, orange high-heeled, knee-high boots, two purple swirly bracelets that traveled up her forearms, and in her hair is a brownish purple headband with three orange beads and three purple feathers sticking up; on her face, she has brownish-purple eyeshadow, black mascara and orange lipstick. She's also looking down at the Winx with a smirk and a snobbish expression on her face.
The second girl, who's standing next to the first girl, has straight, butt-length black hair parted on one side, green eyes covered by dark blue glasses, and light tan skin; her body is slender with curves and bumps in all the right places and looked to be seventeen. She's wearing a green/yellow-striped midriff-baring tank top, khaki capris with a light yellow braided belt around her hips, and yellow wedges; her make-up is yellow-orange eyeshadow and peach lipstick.
The third girl, standing behind and to the left of the second girl, has long dark lavender hair in two low pigtails, violet eyes, and light tan skin; her body is slender with curves and bumps in all the right places and looked to be seventeen. She's wearing a dark blue halter minidress with a keyhole neckline, black pumps, and is wearing a dark blue headband in her hair; on her face, she's wearing light gray eyeshadow and light purple lipstick. To the Winx, she seemed a little slutty.
The fourth girl, who's standing beside the third girl, has dark magenta pixie-styled hair, dark gray eyes, and light skin; her body is slender with curves and bumps in all the right places and looked to be seventeen. She's wearing a magenta tube top with square patterns around the waist, magenta short-shorts, a purple belt with a silver buckle around her hips, purple leggings, and purple high-heeled, knee-high boots; on her face, she has purple eyeshadow and magenta lipstick.
Standing near the fourth girl, the fifth girl has thigh-long, wavy dark brunette hair, brown eyes, and chocolate brown skin; her body is slender with curves and bumps in all the right places and looked to be seventeen. She's wearing a red-orange sleeveless, midriff-baring top, red-orange capris with light orange fringe on the bottom, light orange wedges, and two light orange bangles on her right wrist; on her face, she has on light orange eyeshadow and red lipstick.
The sixth girl, who's next to the fifth girl, has butt-length lavender hair put in a very low and loose ponytail held together by an indigo band, green eyes, and deeply tanned skin; her body is slender with curves and bumps in all the right places and looked to be seventeen. She's wearing a light green ruffly minidress with a strap going over her left shoulder and at the bottom-left of the dress is an indigo flower, white heels with blue-green bottoms, over her left ear is an indigo flower, and on her left wrist are gold bracelets; on her face, she's wearing indigo eyeshadow and light pink lipstick.
"So," girl number one said, her voice snarky and cold as ice. "You six must be the new girls."
Bloom got up, slowly, until she stood toe-to-toe with her. "That would be us." Bloom looked her over like she could care less. "And you would be?"
"I'm Diaspro Isis." Girl number one said, then pointed to the second girl. "This is Mitzi Vulcano." She gestured to the third girl, then the fourth. "This is Sally Robinson and this is Darma Schaffel." Then she pointed to the fifth and sixth girl. "And these are Lucinda Davis and Krystal Sage. But everyone around here calls us the Alphas." She smirked again and crossed her arms. "I'm sorry, but I don't believe we know your names."
Now all the Winx were standing up and exchanging glares with the other girls, and all around them the other Seniors were watching the exchange between the two groups with much interest. No one has ever stared the Alphas down before, and they wanted to see what happens.
"My name is Bloom Domino." Bloom said, then gestured to Stella. "This is Stella Solaria." She pointed to Flora, then Musa. "This is Flora Linphea and this is Musa Melody." Last, she pointed to Tecna and Aisha. "These are Tecna Zenith and Aisha Andros." Bloom smiled, but it was more snarky then sincere.
Bloom, and the other girls, could tell these "Alphas" were trying to intimidate them, but back in Magix, they've taken on much scarier monsters, and even witches and bad fairies with magic. These six high school girls, who probably have everyone else scared, don't even pop up on their radar as a threat. They think that they can intimidate whoever they want and get whatever, or whoever, they want whenever they want and that's that, but the Winx don't take things sitting down. It looks like they come from wealthy families, by the look of their clothes and attitudes, and they're very arrogant and vain-looking; from the whispers coming from everyone around them, they mistreat everyone because they're "popular."
"So, where did you move from?" Diaspro asked Bloom.
"From across the..." Bloom said, but couldn't think of a where.
"Across the country." Stella finished for her. "We moved out here and are living together."
"Are you related?" Mitzi asked, her voice really high-pitched.
"No, just really close friends." Flora said, voice soft but stern.
"And you're living together?" Diaspro asked. "That makes no sense. Who do you live with?"
"Mike and Vanessa Stewart." Bloom said and saw their jaws drop some. "Vanessa's my aunt." It was the cover story if people asked why they're living there.
"Then I get why you're here." Diaspro said to Bloom, then pointed to the other Winx. "But what about them? Why are they with you?"
"That's really none of your business, now is it?" Bloom said, smiling sweetly.
Diaspro looked taken aback. She wasn't used to people talking to her that way. "You guys get in trouble back home and get sent away? Did your parents not want you?"
"Not even close." Aisha all but growled out.
"You guys don't have to know everything about us." Stella said, matching their snarkiness. "Or anything, really."
"You really don't want to do this." Diaspro said between clenched teeth.
"Do what?" Bloom asked innocently.
"Piss us off." Sally replied. "People tend to not do well at this school if they piss us off."
"How?" Musa asked sarcastically. "You'll make us fail all our classes?" Musa just laughed. "Please, you aren't as scary as you like to think you are. We'd rather swallow acid then suck up to the likes of you." The other Winx nodded in agreement.
"Do any of you have common sense or a sense of self-preservation?" Diaspro asked, really close to Bloom's face.
"Yes." Bloom said right back. "A lot more than you realize. We just don't care what you think. Contrary to what you, and have everyone else, believe, you do not matter in the overall scheme of things."
"That's not a wise move." Mitzi said. "We will destroy you."
"We've gone against people who're a whole lot scarier, and tougher, than you guys." Stella said, hip cocked out to the side, studying her nails in mock-indifference. "You don't frighten us at all."
Bloom looked up at the clock on the wall. "We have five more minutes of lunch left and I'd like to take that time to relax in the sun before we have to go back to class. Buh-bye now." Bloom turned her back on Diaspro, and her pack of idiots, and sat back down against the tree, the other five following her lead.
After staring at the Winx for a full minute, who were ignoring them with their eyes closed, they huffed and walked away, heading towards the guys. When the Winx heard them walk away, they re-opened their eyes to see the Alphas trying to flirt with the guys, but were unsuccessful. The Winx sighed in relief. It seemed that the guys really didn't like them. Well, it seemed nobody but themselves liked them. When the Alphas realized that the guys weren't flirting back, they huffed yet again and walked away, frowns permanently etched on their faces for the day.
"That was so much fun." Stella said, laughing.
"I really do not like them." Bloom said with a frown.
"Me too." Flora said. "And neither does Apple."
"Apple?" Musa asked, looking at Flora.
"It's what I named the tree." Flora said, stroking "Apple". "Easier than just calling it "the tree" all the time."
"Good thinking." Bloom said, nodding. "Why doesn't Apple like them?"
"They always dump things on Apple or stick gum to its trunk." Flora said. "It was the caffeine in the coffee they spilled on Apple day after day that started the decay inside it."
"What is their deal?" Aisha asked with disgust. "Why are they so snooty?"
"Maybe it was just the way they were born." Tecna said. "Or maybe their up-bringing or society made them that way."
"Who knows?" Stella said with an eye-roll. "And who cares."
"Let's just stay away from them." Flora said, running a hand through her hair nervously.
"I don't think we'll be able to." Bloom said, frowning again.
"Why?" Musa asked.
"The only reason they came over here was because they saw the guys staring at us, so they obviously like them." Bloom said. "And we like them, so we will meet again."
"Terrific." The other Winx grumbled, then the bell rang.
"Let's just get to class." Bloom said and the six Winx got up, threw away their trash and headed to their fifth periods: Bloom with Flora and Tecna and Stella with Musa and Aisha.
With Bloom
Bloom hugged Flora goodbye and headed to her sixth period, Sociology. The classroom was fairly empty, so Bloom picked a seat near the front in the middle of the room and sat down. She got out her binder and notebook, she left her book in her locker since today was just a information day, and set them on her desk. She turned her head to the left and stared out the window, waiting for class to start so she could get it over with; she really didn't like being away from her friends. It made her uneasy. She heard footsteps to the right of her and looked over, her heart almost stopping in her chest. It was Sky! She quickly looked away and down, a blush already spreading across her cheeks as she heard him sit down one desk away from her. She looked from the corner of her eye, through her hair, and saw him looking at her as well; that made her blush even more. She saw a smile light up his face a moment later when he caught her looking at him, so she stopped looking. Bloom kept staring at her desk until she heard the bell ring and the teacher up front do roll call before passing out the syllabi.
With Stella
Stella waved goodbye to her friends before walking in the direction of her last class, Advanced Fashion Studies. Once she entered, people still staring at her, she looked around and saw that the room was made up of large one person-tables instead of desks. She grabbed one that was situated in the middle-front, got out her sketchbook and sat down, placing her backpack on the ground next to her. Bored, she opened her sketchbook and started lightly sketching her outfit for tomorrow until the bell rang. Once the teacher got the students to settle down, she started calling roll before handing out the syllabi.
"Since this is Advanced Fashion Studies, we're going to be more hands on then regular Fashion Studies. We're going to go one step further. After you design an outfit, you're going to make it for a person. Basically, you're going to have a live model!" the teacher exclaimed like it was the best thing in the world.
Stella rolled her eyes as the other students clapped, and zoned out. She picked this class because she knew she'd enjoy it, but she kinda wish time would speed up; she doesn't like being away from her friends for too long. She zoned back in when the teacher started assigning the fashion students to the "models." Stella leaned back in her chair, looking at her nails when her name was called.
"Stella Solaria?" the teacher called out.
"Right here." Stella said as sweetly as she could, raising her hand.
"You are going to be paired with Brandon Gregory." She said, then moved on.
Stella's mouth formed a smiled as her hot guy from today walked down the space between tables and hopped onto her table. Stella, not wanting him to think she's too eager, toned down her smile and looked up at him, cocking her head to the side, and he smiled right back.
"Hi, I'm Brandon." He said, holding out his hand for her to shake.
"Stella." She said in a cheerful voice, taking his hand and shaking it.
"It looks like we'll be seeing a lot of each other, huh?" he asked, his smile now a satisfied smirk.
"It does look that way." Stella said, still smiling. This should be fun.
With Flora
After hugging Bloom goodbye, Flora walked to her Advanced Botany class. Once entering, people still staring, she picked a seat near the back corner and saw that a white flower was sitting on her desk. She waved her hand over it and found it was a daisy. She picked it up and twirled it between her fingers, bringing it to her nose and sniffing it. She looked it over and saw a few petals drooping, so, after checking to make sure no one was watching her too closely, she waved her hand over the flower, green sparks flying out of her fingers, and healed the flower. After it was strong and healthy again, she placed it back on the desk before leaning her chin onto her hands. Though she loved her plants and flowers, being separated from her friends isn't something she enjoys. Once the bell rang, and all the students settled down, the teacher called roll and handed out the syllabi.
"I know there's less room than last year, but that's because, ironically, the art room is being repainted." The teacher said. "And since we have one of the biggest classrooms, we will be sharing with the Advanced Art/Drawing class."
A lot of moaning and groaning was heard but Flora just stared down at the daisy on her desk, talking to it in her head. Flora snapped out of her talk when she heard the classroom door open and more students come in. She was about to look back down at the plant when black hair caught her eye. She looked back up and saw it was the guy she liked, Helia. Flora blushed when she saw that he caught her staring. She looked back down at the flower, trying to slow down her heart. That is how she spent the rest of the class: alternating between peeking at him and talking to the flower; Helia spent it looking at her, then down at his sketch pad, then back at her, then back down, repeat.
With Musa
Musa waved to her friends and headed to the music room, where her last class was located. She read earlier that if you're new or just joined the class, you have to audition and in this audition, there were three levels: piano, guitar, singing. If you can do two out of the three, then you're in the class, if you can't, then you're bumped down to either chorus, band or orchestra. Musa really wasn't that worried, since she can do all three and more, being the Fairy of Music and all. She entered the classroom and sat down in a chair, ignoring the stares she was getting. She leaned back in her chair and sighed; she really didn't like being away from her friends. Right before the bell rang, she saw someone slip in and claim a chair in the back of the room. After closer inspection, she saw it was Riven, the guy she likes. Once the teacher got everyone to settle down, she called roll and handed out the syllabi. After getting that out of the way, the teacher started calling people up to the stage-area to do the auditions. She watched as people either passed with flying colors or could only do one, but nobody she saw could do all three levels of the audition yet. During the auditions, she kept peeking back at Riven, but he just sat there, kind of brooding. It seems that he's been in this class before since he hasn't had to audition. Finally, her name was called.
"Musa Melody?" the teacher called. "Your turn."
She smiled and made her way to the stage-area. First, she went to the piano and played a lullaby her mom used to play for her when she was little. By the time she was done, half the people in the room were teary-eyed. Next, she went over and picked up the guitar and played a melody her dad taught her, which got her a standing ovation. Last, she went over to the computer where you can choose your song and pulled up one, grabbed the mike, and then pressed play; her body started moving unconsciously with the beat of the song.
Estoy
Loca
Enamorada
De ti
It seemed to be like the perfect thing for you and me
It's so ironic you're what I had pictured you to be
But there are facts in our lives
We can never change
Just tell me that you understand and feel the same
This perfect romance that I've created in my mind
I'd live a thousand lives
Each one with you right by my side
But yet we find ourselves in a less than perfect circumstance
And so it seems like we'll never have the chance
Ain't it funny how some feelings you just can't deny
And you can't move on even though you try
Ain't it strange when your feeling things you shouldn't feel
Oh, I wish this could be real
Ain't it funny how a moment could just change your life
And you don't want to face what's wrong or right
Ain't it strange how fate can play a part
In the story of your heart
Musa's body kept moving with the beat as she looked back directly at Riven, singing the next part of the song, braver with her music to back her up.
Sometimes I think that a true love can never be
I just believe that somehow it wasn't meant for me
Life can be cruel in a way that I can't explain
And I don't think that I could face it all again
I barely know you but somehow I know what you're about
A deeper love I've found in you
And I no longer doubt
You've touched my heart and it altered every plan I've made
And now I feel that I don't have to be afraid
Ain't it funny how some feelings you just can't deny
And you can't move on even though you try
Ain't it strange when your feeling things you shouldn't feel
Oh, I wish this could be real
Ain't it funny how a moment could just change your life
And you don't want to face what's wrong or right
Ain't it strange how fate can play a part
In the story of your heart
I locked away my heart
But you just set it free
Emotions I felt
Held me back from what my life should be
I pushed you far away
And yet you stayed with me
I guess this means
That you and me were meant to be
Musa continued to dance and twirl around the stage to the beat, not really paying attention to much else.
Ain't it funny how some feelings you just can't deny
And you can't move on even though you try
Ain't it strange when your feeling things you shouldn't feel
Oh, I wish this could be real, oh yeah
Ain't it funny how a moment could just change your life
And you don't want to face what's wrong or right
Ain't it strange how fate can play a part
In the story of your heart, oh yeah
Ain't it funny how some feelings you just can't deny
And you can't move on even though you try
Ain't it strange when your feeling things you shouldn't feel
Baby, ain't it funny how
Ain't it funny how a moment could just change your life
And you don't want to face what's wrong or right
Ain't it strange how fate can play a part
Baby, ain't it funny how
Ain't it funny how some feelings you just can't deny
And you can't move on even though you try
Ain't it strange when your feeling things you shouldn't feel
Baby
Ain't it funny how a moment could just change your life
And you don't want to face what's wrong or right
Ain't it strange how fate can play a part
Baby
Musa held out the last note before the music cut off and she put the mike back. The whole room was silent before everyone, including the teacher, stood up and started cheering loudly. She blushed and smiled, but looked back at the only opinion that actually mattered to her. Riven, as she expected him to be, was sitting, but he had a smile on his face and that warmed Musa in a way nothing ever has before.
With Tecna
Tecna waved goodbye to her friends before going to her Computer & Technology class. She entered the computer lab and made her way to an empty seat, sitting down, aware of the stares still on her. Tecna felt a little uncomfortable without her friends by her side; they're better with the attention than she is. She felt a tap on her shoulder, so she turned around and saw the teacher standing there, smiling at her.
"Are you Tecna Zenith?" she asked.
"Yes I am." She said. "Can I help you?"
"I just wanted to meet the student who has the second highest IQ in the class. 150 is an impressive IQ." The teacher said. "You'll do very well in this class."
"I know I will." Tecna said, smiling a little. She wasn't the Fairy of Technology for nothing. The teacher smiled at her before leaving.
"150, huh?" Tecna heard a guy say from her right. She turned quickly and saw it was the guy she found, uh, interesting, Timmy.
"Yes." Tecna said, looking at him critically. The fluttery feeling in her stomach was back. "Do you know yours?"
"160." Timmy said, looking a bit bashful at that.
"So you would be the first highest IQ in the class?" Tecna asked, even though she knew the answer.
"I guess so." Timmy said. "So, you like computers?"
"They're my life." Literally. Tecna said. "Is technology your only interest?"
"I come from a long line of scientists, but I'm also a really good mechanic and pilot." Timmy said. "I like to know all I can."
"I get that." Tecna said with a nod. "Knowledge is power."
"Exactly!" Timmy exclaimed. "Most of my friends don't seem to understand that."
"Mine do, to an extent." Tecna said, leaning back in her seat. "They're knowledgeable in their own ways and with their own specialties." Very knowledgable.
"Those would be the five other girls you've been seen with?" he asked, curious.
"Yes." Tecna said, now smiling. "They're my best friends."
"I can see that." Timmy said.
"I honestly don't know what I'd do without them." Tecna said, more to herself than to him.
"I know how you feel." He responded anyway.
Tecna was about to ask about his friends when the bell rang and the teacher called the class to attention. After calling roll, she handed out the syllabi and the rest of the class was spent explaining what would be accomplished in the class.
With Aisha
Aisha waved to her friends before turning around and heading to the gym. Once there, she went over to the bleachers and sat down, ignoring the stares of everybody around her. She wished her friends were with her; being away from them didn't sit well with her. She leaned back and waited for the class to begin, but then she spotted someone walk into the gym; it was Nabu. She sat right back up and watched as he walked across the floor and sat next to some other people. He might be best friends with those other five guys, but it looks like he still has other friends. Once the bell rang, the teacher blew his whistle, effectively shutting the students up. He passed out the syllabi and after going over it, he had the girls line up in one line and the guys in another behind two tables where the gym clothes were. After waiting five minutes, Aisha finally reached the front and got her gym clothes and a locker number and combo for the locker room. She followed another girl into the locker room, found her locker and opened it before throwing the clothes in, then closing it. She walked back out and saw that everyone was now doing their own thing. She saw Nabu watching her and talking to some other people at the same time, but she turned away and spotted sign-up sheets for after-school sports. She walked over to the bulletin board and looked over all of them. She remembered talking to the other Winx about sports in first period and decided to sign them up for the ones they said they liked.
Aisha signed Bloom and Stella up for soccer, Flora up for tennis, Tecna for archery and herself for swimming, tennis and rock-climbing club; she didn't sign Musa up for anything because she would be too busy with her music stuff. After looking over the board again, she found the sheet for the dance club and signed all six of them up for that. She put the pen back and headed back to the bleachers to wait out the last five minutes of class. She looked over at Nabu again and saw him watching her too. She smiled at him before looking away. The bell rang shortly after.
With the Winx
When the bell rang, signaling school was over, the Winx met up at their lockers, like they said they would. All six of them put their binders into their lockers (since it was the first day, they didn't have any homework), but kept their syllabi and the papers Vanessa needed to sign in their backpacks, then closed their locker doors. As they made their way outside, the girls talked about their last classes and how the guys they liked were in them. Since it was the end of the day, the girls noticed that the stares were finally dying down, and they were grateful for that. When the Winx made their way outside, Aisha started to tell them about the sports she signed the others up for. When nobody spoke, Aisha started backtracking.
"I remember talking with you guys this morning about sports and thought this might be something fun to do." Aisha said with a shrug.
"No, it's a good idea." Bloom reassured her. "You just took me by surprise. Soccer sounds like fun."
"And playing tennis with you will be awesome." Flora said with a smile.
"I have always wanted to learn archery." Tecna said with a thoughtful look. "It's such a mathematical sport."
"Soccer will keep me in shape." Stella said. "And the uniforms must be adorable!"
"I wish I was good with sports, but I like sticking with my music." Musa said. "Plus, my Everything Music class will keep me very busy. But I will do the Dance Club with you guys."
The Winx made it to the Suburban and were just about to unlock it when two loud bangs were heard, followed by screaming and shouting. The six fairies turned around and gasped. Standing near the soccer field were two rock creatures similar to the ones they destroyed last night, but these two current ones were about two times as big as the last ones. As everyone else turn and ran away from the creatures, the Winx girls ran towards them. When they got closer to the creatures, they ducked into a side alley and dumped their backpacks there. After checking both sides, making sure no one was watching, they turned to each other and started thinking.
"Tecna?" Bloom finally said. "Thoughts?"
"They are definitely the same creatures that attacked us yesterday, its the same magic, but they are now bigger and stronger. It will take a lot more to destroy these." Tecna said, entering information into one of her tech gadgets.
"We'll have to break up into two groups." Bloom decided. "Combine our powers. Stella, Flora and I will take one, Tecna, you, Musa and Aisha take another. Sound good to everyone?" The other Winx nodded. "Okay. Magic Winx, Enchantix!"
The six fairies each transformed into their Enchantix forms in a burst of sparkly fairy dust; after they finished, they each fluttered a few feet off the ground, and just when they were about to fly out, Stella gasped.
"What?" Bloom asked impatiently.
"You're wearing an eye mask!" Stella exclaimed.
Bloom looked at Stella strangely before she noticed that Stella was too. "So are you!" She looked at her other friends and saw eye masks on their faces as well. "We all are!"
"What?!" the others exclaimed as all six reached up to feel around their eyes for the mask.
"Here." Stella said before snapping her fingers together; a small mirror appeared a second later. "Let's have a look now."
On her face is an orange glittery, figure 8-shaped eye mask with small silver stars lining the outside with a dark orange sun on the outside lower-corner on the right side and a white full moon on the outside lower-corner on the left side. She smiled at the look before handing the mirror to Bloom.
Bloom grabbed the mirror from Stella and looked at the mask. On her face is a light blue glittery, figure 8-shaped eye mask with flames lining the outside and dark blue hearts on the outside upper-corners. Bloom handed the mirror to Flora next. Flora looked into the mirror and on her face is a pink glittery, figure 8-shaped eye mask with one soft green four-petal flower in between the eyes. Flora touched the flower curiously before passing the mirror to Musa.
Musa took the mirror and saw that her mask is a magenta glittery, figure 8-shaped eye mask with a gold treble cleft on the outside right side and a gold bass cleft on the outside left side. Musa passed the mirror to Tecna, who saw that hers is an orchid glittery, figure 8-shaped eye mask covered in lime green numbers and technology symbols. Tecna actually smiled a little before giving Aisha the mirror. On Aisha's face is a yellow glittery, figure 8-shaped eye mask with pink waves that flow horizontally across.
Aisha handed the mirror back to Stella, who snapped it away, before speaking up. "Why do we have masks?"
"Maybe so we aren't identified?" Bloom guessed. "This way we can save the school without people figuring out we're fairies. Who knows what Arcadia thinks when she grants us new powers or outfits? We'll talk about this later. Let's go take out some rock creatures...again."
The Winx then flew out from the alley and straight toward the rock creatures. Both creatures had their backs turned, so the girls split into the two groups and, together, fired at them: Bloom used her Dragon Fury combined with Stella's Enchantix Sunbeam and Flora's Green Luxurious Ivy and it knocked the creature flat down, taking a chunk out of its shoulder as well as Flora's attack holding it down on the ground; Musa used her Soundwave Attack combined with Tecna's Digital Blast and Aisha's Enchantix Bolt and it knocked the creature down too, as well as taking one hand off.
With the Specialists
"That's so odd she was in your...Nabu?" Helia was saying until he noticed Nabu wasn't walking with them, but was leaning against a row of lockers. "What's wrong?"
"The magic." Nabu said, hand on his forehead. "It's back. I can feel it, and it's very close."
"What magic?" Sky asked, his voice quiet.
"He felt it yesterday." Riven said, supporting his friend. "A huge surge of magic."
"Here?" Brandon asked, surprised.
"That's what I said." Helia said. "But it's close?"
"Yes." Nabu said, shaking his head. "I'm trying to zero in on the trail. Give me a second." A few moments later, his eyes opened wide. "It's right outside the school."
The guys ran out of the school and saw that everyone was running away from the soccer field area, so they headed that way. When they rounded the building, they saw what Nabu obviously felt: six fairies firing magical attacks at two large rock creatures. The six fairies are beautiful and sparkly, but it's obvious they're also very dangerous. The guys tried to see who they were, but the fairies are wearing masks. As not to draw attention to themselves, they stayed hidden behind the wall, taking peeks every so often.
"These must of been the fairies we saw fly over the roof last night." Brandon figured.
"It sure looks like it." Sky said.
"It's also the magic that I felt." Nabu confirmed.
"Which is the powerful one?" Riven asked. "The giant rock creatures?"
"Actually, no." Nabu said, his eyes closed. "It's one of the fairies."
"Really?" Timmy asked, surprised. "That much power in one fairy? I could understand it being in the creatures, since they're obviously made by another magic user, but in a fairy?"
"I don't know what to tell you." Nabu said, still trying to hone in on the powerful fairy. "It's in the fairy." A few minutes later, he finally found it. "I know which one it is."
"Which one is it?" Sky asked, the others looking at Nabu as well.
"The red-headed one." Nabu said. "That fairy is packing some major power." He paused. "And not just that."
"What?" Timmy asked.
"It's...something old." Nabu said, perplexed. "Whatever this power is, it's ancient magic. I've never felt anything like it before."
"Keep them busy." The guys heard the red-headed fairy yell. "Time to heat things up." The guys watched in open-mouthed amazement as a red dragon left her body and started to swirl around her body faster and faster.
"Nabu?" Timmy asked, for once not having the answer.
"I think I've seen something like this once before, but I need to do some research." Nabu said carefully. "The magic is old and the power is strong. When we get home, I'm going to look through our books and see if I can find something that'd match this power. Maybe I'll get in touch with my old magic instructor."
"Back up." The fairy shouted and they watched the other fairies fly out of the way. "Full Dragon Energy!" They saw the dragon shoot out of her and completely annihilate the two rock creatures to nothing but a pile of smoldering rubble.
"Wow." They all said, but Sky felt something restrict inside of him when he saw her flutter to the ground, clearly exhausted.
That was the last they saw of the six fairies, because two of the fairies, a blonde one and a light brunette one, picked her up and all the fairies flew away from their view.
"Come on." Sky said. "Let's go home." The guys went to Sky's Jeep and Sky drove them home, where they then helped Nabu do research.
With the Winx
Bloom, Flora and Stella surrounded their rock creature and continued to fire different attacks at it. About twenty feet away, Musa, Aisha and Tecna were doing the same thing to their creature. It took fifteen minutes to wear the rock creatures down enough that Bloom could use the same attack she used on the last ones that destroyed them.
"Keep them busy." Bloom finally said, her Dragon coming out to swirl around her. "Time to heat things up." The Dragon swirled faster and faster around her body until she could barely hold it in. "Back up." The Winx all flew up and out of the way. "Full Dragon Energy!" The Dragon shot out of her body, completely destroying the two rock creatures.
Bloom fluttered to the ground, landing there as the Dragon came back into her body, but the other fairies didn't want anyone else catching them out in the open, so Stella and Flora each grabbed one of Bloom's arms and dragged her into the alley; once Bloom could stand by herself, Stella and Flora let her go. Each of the Winx took a minute to gather their thoughts about what just happened before Bloom spoke up.
"So, another attack." Bloom stated. "Question is, are we the targets or is us being in the area just a coincidence?"
"Unlikely that we'd be in both places for both attacks." Tecna said thoughtfully. "I don't think it's a coincidence."
"Are we telling Vanessa now?" Stella asked.
"No." Bloom decided. "She'd just call Faragonda and I don't want to worry her. Let's just go home. Finish talking there."
The six fairies transformed back into their street clothes before picking up their bags and walking to the car. Bloom unlocked it, they all threw their bags in the trunk before getting into the car and driving home.
Song is Ain't It Funny by Jennifer Lopez