Author's Note:

Remember some things from the first chapter… enjoy.

Chapter 9: Listen to Your Heart

"I don't really know how this could happen, he just got me so angry," Stella spilled to the girls in Nabu's room. The guys took the kids on a tour of Red Fountain, so they were all alone in his apartment. Stella still had some stained tears marks across his cheeks. "He expected me to trust him."

"Of course he does Stella; so far the guys don't think they did anything wrong because they didn't see us spying on them when they were holding up our bras. They think we are completely clueless," noted Musa.

"Well he still shouldn't have said that!" cursed Stella, looking down at her feet.

"And now they know the reason why we left five years ago…well part of the reason," added Tecna.

"Why is this so hard? Why can't I control myself whenever I am around him? I still feel all mushy inside whenever I think of him," Stella sighed, throwing her head back into a pillow. "Then my father being a complete idiot isn't making things any better."

"Because we still love them, even after what they did. We can't help it," Bloom sighed back. "Sabrina had another nightmare last night…but this one was different."

"What do you mean Bloom?" Musa asked.

"They were in it…the guys. For some reason all of the guys were in her dream. I don't understand, it's not like she's known them for that long," Bloom said, resting her chin on her knee. The girls' eyes widened with surprise and confusion. "I thought it was the Dragon Fire telling her something, but now I am thinking it is something else."

"You don't know that Bloom. It can still be the Dragon Fire, but putting itself in a different form," informed Tecna. "It could be telling her who the real father's are."

"But why would it do that? After all these years the Dragon Fire and Daphne have all told me that they were protecting me from everything that was bad. The Dragon Fire protected me from the witches, Lord Darkar, and Baltor, but now it is just hurting my daughter in these dreams and trying to tell her that those men are their father's!" yelled Bloom. "Why isn't it protecting her like it has me?"

"But it is Bloom," said Musa softly. "We all know that our powers protect us in a way…just as if they were our own parents. I always thought that my powers were actually my mom helping me fight at my side. Sabrina is hurt though…all of our children are. And I hate to say it, but it's our fault. They don't know who their father's are; they have been running away from terrible things their whole lives and now when something good has happened to them, they are all afraid of running away and moving again."

"But what does that have to do with the Dragon Fire?" asked Bloom, still wondering why.

"What Musa is trying to say Bloom is that the Dragon Fire is helping and protecting your daughter by telling her who her real father is. It is telling her who they really are and their past," said Tecna. Everyone was a little silent. "The Dragon Fire is hurting her mentally, but emotionally trying to save her before she becomes depressed with her own life."

"Well we have a problem then, don't we?" Bloom said.

"Not so fast…it took Sabrina this long to actually see Sky and the others, which means it will still take her some time before she truly understands what it is telling her," concluded Tecna. Thank goodness for her knowledge of dreams.

"You should have seen Sky's face when Sabrina woke up from her dream. It was like he had never seen anything like it before," added Bloom.

"You should have seen Helia's face. I broke his favorite canvas yesterday and he didn't even get mad at me," said Flora. "But he wasn't happy either."

"Yeah well I kicked Nabu in the groin and my own son watched him in pain," said Layla, as she couldn't help but smirk.

"You what?" shrieked Flora.

"What? Jadon was using his powers in front of him! I had to think of something."

"Well at least he didn't see him," commented Stella, feeling a little better.

"That reminds me…we have a problem, or at least I do," Layla said again. All eyes went on her; now it was her turn. "I spoke with Ms. Faragonda yesterday and well she said that I wasn't the best person in the world to train Jadon and that his father needs to be training him instead."

"That's rough," said Musa.

"That's only half of it. She said that wizards are different than fairies are, so they need to be taught by the family spell book instead."

"Yeah ok, so just find the book and train the kid," said Stella.

"If only it were that easy Stella. She also said that a family spell book is sacred to the family…like something that has been passed down to generation to generation, so it is really important to him; kind of like your scepter Stella. So it's probably hidden somewhere safe so that no one can ever get his or her hands on it…only him and him only. And she said that I would be horrible at training him because I am a fairy."

"Well if you think you're going at this alone, then you got another thing coming," smirked Musa.

"Really? You guys are going to help me with this?"

"And why wouldn't we? We are the Winx Club; we stick together through the end," smiled Bloom.

"Plus I can download some information on how to train young wizards off of my computer. It won't be that hard," added Tecna.

"Well since we're here, we can look around a little," said Stella.

"Wow Stella, that's actually a good idea," commented Layla. Stella smiled.

"I do have my moments, don't I?"

"Ok everyone, search, but try not to break anything or if you find something, put it back right where it belongs or if you break something-,"

"Layla, will you calm down! We are not going to break or damage anything!" Stella said, getting her spunk back.

"Ok, Bloom checks in the kitchen, Stella goes in the bathroom, Tecna the living room, Musa on the balcony, Flora in the guest bedroom, and I'll go in the master bedroom."

"Oh yeah, because a sacred family spell book is really going to be in the bathroom," said Stella, the sarcasm dripping off of her lips.

"Or outside in the balcony," said Musa.

"Just search guys, you never know…"

MMMMM

On the grounds of Red Fountain, students found little five year old kids running around. It was a sight to see, but what was even funnier was that the brave and noble professors of the school were right behind them. Oh yeah, definite teacher bashings for the years to come.

All of them made it to the hanger to find Cordatorta leaning against a ship, waiting for them to arrive.

"Hey, why hello there little ones! I am your personal tour guide for this here ship," he smiled, while slapping the ship. The guys rolled there eyes at their former teacher. "If your guardians here don't mind, I am going to show you the works inside the ship…oh but the lassies have to go first."

The little girls smiled as Cordatorta let them on the ship first, while the boys grumbled. Sabrina on the other hand looked a bit uneasy, and Aidan took notice of it.

"Sabrina, what's wrong?" asked her brother.

"I don't know how to explain it but…I have seen this place before, in my dreams," said Sabrina, as she looked around the hanger. Aidan was a little confused, but Cordatorta's hand was on Sabrina's back.

"Come on little lassie, don't want to keep the boys waiting now, do we?"

Sabrina nodded and walked on in, followed by the boys. Brandon sighed that they were finally alone; he had told them before that they all needed to talk, desperately.

"I don't know where to begin," sighed Brandon.

"Um let's see, let's start with how practically the whole apartment building heard Stella sobbing in the hall," said Riven. Brandon smacked his forehead and leaned his back against a wall.

"All of you heard it?" asked Brandon, rubbing his temples. The guys nodded. "You wouldn't believe what she said, but I think it's the reason why they left five years ago."

The guys' interests were no being sucked by Brandon's words.

"Tell us," said Sky.

"From the beginning," said Helia.

"Ok, Stella was telling me how her father was going to forcefully put her as queen, because I noticed that something was bothering her. She told me her reasons and I thought that was all she was wanting to say. But her face didn't change, so I asked her if something else was bothering her. Nothing, nothing came out, so it was obvious she was hiding something."

"Ok, so what was it?" asked Nabu.

"I didn't get that far. She still said nothing so I said that she can tell me anything and for her to trust me. That totally freaked her out. She started yelling at me."

"And that's what made her leave and run out the door?" said Riven.

"Be quiet Riven, this is serious," said Helia, noticing that Brandon was not done with what he had to say.

"There's more," slumped Brandon, as he sat on the floor. "She said I broke her heart."

That had done it…

"What?" said Timmy.

"She said that?" said Nabu.

"You broke her heart?" said Riven.

"It obviously wasn't just him," Sky said softly as he sat down next to Brandon on the floor. "We all broke their hearts." Then it clicked.

"That's why they left…because we hurt them…" Timmy said sadly, now himself sitting on the floor. None of them could believe it; they couldn't remember that far back to remember what they had done to them.

"Yeah and then right after they leave, they get knocked up by some random guys," Riven sat down, thinking how if he ever saw the guy that got Musa pregnant, he would literally kill him. "Probably to try to take the pain away."

"That's why the kids don't know who their dads were," said Nabu as he and Helia sat down

"How could we have been so stupid?" asked Helia. "Where did we go wrong?"

"That's not all," said Sky, as all heads raised to look at him. "Sabrina had a dream about us last night…well more like a nightmare."

"What does that mean exactly?" asked Timmy.

"Bloom always talks about the Dragon Fire trying to tell her something. My guess is that it is trying to tell Sabrina what we did to them in the past."

"All I want to know is what we did…I can't remember a thing back five years ago," remarked Brandon.

"Well I do remember one thing," smirked Riven, remembering that night of the party. Yes it was true, the guys do remember that…but who wouldn't?

"So what now? It's not like they are going to come running after us any time soon," said Nabu.

"I say we do something nice for them…you know as an 'I'm sorry' sort of a thing," suggested Helia.

"And that would be?" said Riven.

"We can take the girls and the kids to the parade in Magix tonight," said Sky. "I think the girls would be happy spending sometime outside of the apartment and in Magix…and I think the kids would love it."

"Should we ask them what we did to break their hearts?" asked Timmy.

"No way, Stella's already mad enough. And by now all of them probably know what I said to her last night. They were just starting to open up to us again…let's try not to ruin it," said Brandon.

"Plus, Aidan has probably told all of the kids, so we are definitely not the biggest people around here anymore," added Sky.

"Let's just try to have some fun tonight," said Helia, but shut up when all of them saw the kids coming off the ship…

LLLLL

They searched through bookshelves, closets, files, closets, and even tried to find some trapped doors where there would be a clue…but nothing was around.

"Nothing!" cried Flora from the guest bedroom.

"Zero up in here!" said Musa.

"I got nothing in here," yelled Bloom from the kitchen.

"Gee, there was nothing in the bathroom…what a shocker," Stella said sarcastically. Bloom, Musa, Stella, and Flora met in the living room with Tecna.

"I did an analysis of family ancestry on Nabu and his spell book and scanned the room. I couldn't pick up anything," said Tecna.

"Hey guys, come in here! I found something!" yelled Layla from Nabu's room. She seemed to have her hands in a drawer.

"You found his underwear?" Stella asked, sort of disgusted as she saw Layla's hands in his underwear.

"No, that's…ok yeah I did find his underwear…but that's not what I meant," said Layla, trying to get to her point, while pulling out a picture that she found below his undergarments.

"Why did you search in his underwear anyway?" smirked Musa slyly at her.

"Hey I just opened the drawer and found it ok? It's not like I knew where his underwear was in the first place," defended Layla as she blushed and some of the girls giggled.

"Don't you have the same picture?" asked Flora, changing the subject back to the photograph in Layla's hands. It was the same exact picture that she kept of her and Nabu with him kissing her on the cheek, his finger under her chin, and her hands resting on his shoulders.

"Yeah I do…why did he keep it?" Layla asked. She stared at it and remembered the day perfectly. She quickly smiled and put it back in his drawer and fixed everything that she messed up.

"I have no idea why he would keep it," commented Musa.

"Hey, where are our pictures anyway?" asked Stella, remembering her picture with Brandon.

"Don't worry, all six of our pictures are in the photo album I have. You guys gave me the pictures last Christmas to keep safe," said Bloom.

"Oh good, that means they are safe with you," smiled Flora.

"Maybe he just forgot…" said Layla, still thinking about it.

"I don't know, guys usually tend to put important items in there underwear drawers," noted Stella.

"And how would you know that?" asked Musa, raising an eyebrow. Stella giggled.

"I have my sources," she smiled. It was good to see her back to normal again.

"Well this is great, the book wasn't here at all so now what are we going to do?" asked Tecna.

"There is another place we can search for, but we'll have to sneak out at night," said Layla.

"And where is this place exactly?" asked Bloom.

"His house on Tides…that is the only place that it can be, it has to be there."

"Well of course it has to be there, I wouldn't think he'd keep the family book at his job house," said Stella.

"Why didn't you say something before?" asked Layla, a hint of annoyance in her voice.

"What? I was depressed earlier…you can't get me to start blabbering when I am depressed," smiled Stella.

"But when we get there, how are we going to find it? It must be in a secret place…and we don't know what it looks like," said Flora.

"I can just do another analysis in his house and locate it, but hopefully it will work," said Tecna.

"So when are we going to do it?" asked Musa. Layla was thinking, but each of them heard joyous cries coming from down the hall.

"Wasn't everything so cool?" cried Cale with happiness.

"They're back!" yelled Bloom. "Everyone to the couch!" They swiftly ran to the couch and turned on the TV to make it look like they were productive and entertained.

"Who would have thought your kid could have such a big mouth Tecna?" said Stella with amusement.

"In this case, I think it's a good thing," Tecna replied.

Nabu entered with Jadon...

"Oh, hey guys, all of them are in here!" Nabu yelled out in the hall. Every kid ran to there mothers…they seemed to have enjoyed themselves when they were there. Each kid began ranting on about the school, even Lorelei thought it was pretty interesting. All of the guys stuck there heads through the doorway.

"Ok guys, be calm," Sky whispered. "Um how would you ladies like to join us in Magix this evening? There is a light parade and I am sure the kids would enjoy it."

The girls were quiet for about two seconds, wondering what the catch was. Brandon got a good look at Stella before anyone could answer…she looked a lot better, glowing even. What happened while they were gone?

"What's the catch?" asked Musa, specifically looking at Riven. He raised an eyebrow at her.

"No catch, we just thought all of you would have a good time together…with us watching and protecting you of course," smiled Sky. All of the kids had excited smiles on their faces while looking up at their faces. Stella managed to get a look at Brandon…he looked a bit miserable and guilty from last night. Maybe she should lighten the mood.

"Well I don't know about you girls," she started, the guys mostly surprised that she was even speaking. "But this is a great opportunity for something that we haven't done in a long time…" Every girl in the room smiled bigger than ever.

"Shopping!" all of them raised their hands into the air with excitement, except for Layla who grumbled a bit. Nabu smirked when he saw this.

"Oh I haven't gotten dressed up in so long!" smiled Stella. With a snap of her fingers, a whole wardrobe of clothes appeared in thin air, as her friends smiled even bigger. Finally a night on the town with the kids…what could be more fun? "I have all of the outfits we wore last time when we were in Magix and Baltor attacked." Stella snapped her fingers again and all of them were dressed in their outfits from last time. (A/N: They are the same outfits from season three episode 22).

The kids were amazed at what Stella could do with her style powers. They had no idea she was capable of doing that. She snapped her fingers again and the kids were dressed up in new outfits as well.

"Ahem," someone said from behind. Stella turned around and the guys were standing there as if they were not paying attention. All of them looked up at the ceiling and whistled to themselves.

"Alright, since our protectors do need a fashion tip and look awful in what they are wearing now…isn't that right girls?" smiled Stella as the girls giggled. They narrowed their eyes.

"What wrong with the way we dress?" asked Riven, annoyed. Stella smirked and snapped her fingers again, only to have them wearing the same thing on that night as well.

"Not too shabby," commented Nabu.

"Ladies, the first store is on me," chirped Stella as she pulled out her credit card. "Boy I haven't used this in a long time. It's ok, momma's here…Celena meet your brother." Celena laughed at her mother…she had never seen her like this or any of them for that fact…it was like they were back in their teenage years.

"Count the second store on me," smiled Musa, taking hers out too.

"And make the third store on me," smirked Layla, pulling hers out as well.

"Well what are we waiting for? The shops await!" said Bloom. So all of them went down to Magix. The sun was setting, the beautiful lights were being lit. The girls already had a few bags in one hand, and a child in the other.

The only bad part about it was people easily recognized them…the Winx Club were finally spending a day in Magix and they could do was stare in awe. These were the ones who defeated the Army of Decay, Lord Darkar, and Baltor. These were the ones who saved the universe several times…and here they were; walking with their children in the streets.

"That's right! The Winx Club has arrived! Everyone, bow down to greatness!" yelled Celena proudly, while the other kids laughed. Stella only rolled her eyes.

"No way, is that really you guys?" a voice said from behind. They turned around to see a girl their age. She looked familiar, but no one could put their finger quite on it. Then Stella recognized her outfit and immediately knew who she was.

"Oh Amaryl, I haven't seen you in forever," Stella put on a fake smile. The guys stopped a couple yards behind them so they could talk. Amaryl had a couple of bags in her hands.

"Maybe that's a good thing," Musa whispered to the other girls, who snickered at her comment.

"Yeah it's been way too long. I mean, after you guys dropped out, I was practically leading the school," she smiled to herself. The girls raised an eyebrow…where was she going with this? "It's a shame really."

"Oh you mean Ms. Faragonda didn't tell you? Yeah we were on a big mission that required total secrecy from the school. Sorry, really big mission…not really meant for small people to hear," smirked Musa. Amaryl was always a big pain in the ass.

"Yeah, I can see that you got extremely busy during it," she replied to Musa's remark, looking down at the kids. "Are they the fathers?" She pointed directly at the guys.

They froze, not because she said it, but because their children were right next to them hearing her every word. All of the kids were confused, because they saw the guys she was pointing to, but there was no one else behind them. All of the girls looked at each other and then started bursting out in laughter. Fake laughter of course.

"Oh my! That is a good one Amaryl!" said Bloom hysterically. "I think you've been having way too much to drink!"

"I seriously think I am crying!" said Musa. "Please stop now before you make me pee my pants!"

"Um ok…by the way, your outfits are hideous and I am sure whatever you bought are even uglier…but it was great catching up with you guys!" she put on a fake smile herself.

"Oh please give it up Amaryl. You are the one who is still living here in Magix…what's wrong? Couldn't find anything else to do? I am going to be queen of Solaria soon and I'd be happy if you came to my coronation," responded Stella. Amaryl's eyes widened and stormed off. Stella finished it off with a shout so everyone on the block could hear. For the first time, Stella sounded proud of her status of Solaria. "It was great seeing you too Amaryl! Maybe once you get out of those clothes, guys will actually start to notice you!"

Yeah…don't mess with Stella…

The girls widened their eyes and then started cracking up with laughter, including the kids. Maybe not the best thing to say in front of innocent children, but they had it and they were done taking crap from people. The looks on peoples faces noticed that they wanted to laugh as well when she walked passed them, but they held it in. The guys tried to hold in their laughter, but it was pretty hard.

"Well I think this looks like a good spot for the parade," suggested Flora. They nodded and sat down in some chairs the city provided the public for.

"I never like parades…it's just a bunch of people riding them slowly on the road. Now if you ask me, a leva bike race would be a lot more entertaining instead," said Riven to the guys.

"Good thing no one asked you," smirked Timmy, as Riven glared at him. It finally started just when it got dark and a bunch of lights turned on and lighted Magix everywhere. The parade started and the kids loved it. The kids sat in the girls laps, while the guys stood behind watching. It was actually really pretty. Out of the years they had been here, they never got to see the annual parade, and now that they are…well they enjoyed it…including Riven, but he would never say that.

It was at that time the parade was over, but the kids still wanted to do more. So they walked around some more; the girls showing them the sights, their favorite places and great spots.

"Mom, look at this!" said Alexis, as she pulled her mother's arm to a store; not just any store, a music store. Riven saw them departing from the group, so he followed them after giving a heads up to the guys. "Oh mom, look at all the instruments and CD's!" Musa smiled at her daughter's interest of music. She stopped when Riven had followed her in though.

"We just went into the store right across the street, it's not a big deal, you don't have to follow us," she commented.

"Sorry, but I am not letting you out of my sight…it's my job, remember?" he replied.

"It's ok mom, I like having his company around us. It makes me feel safe," smiled Alexis as she winked at Riven. Riven raised an eyebrow. Does she know something I don't? Riven thought to himself, lost in his thoughts. Musa rolled her eyes as her daughter kept looking.

There was an old couple next to them also looking at some sound tracks. The old woman smiled at them.

"You are such a cute little family," she said to them, having Musa blush. She smiled to them, but she was mentally having a heart attack. She looked at Riven, but his faced remained emotionless

Maybe he didn't hear…

"Mom, can I have these?" Alexis asked in a sweet voice that she couldn't deny. Musa looked at the Rock CD's.

"Nice jams honey, great for training next year," Musa replied as she paid for them. "We better head back to the others."

They joined back to the others to top off the night with some fireworks in the sky. The kids enjoyed that as well.

Stella stared in the sky…this night was perfect and she knew that Celena loved the crescent moon. But she felt that there was something missing. She looked at Brandon, who seemed to have a miserable day for the fact that she freaked out on him last night, and he looked well…lonely. Stella, don't do it…not after what he did…you can't do it…but it would be nice too…

She walked over to him and he was a little surprised. As much as she was still mad at him…she hated seeing him so sad.

"Brandon…I'm sorry for the way I acted last night," she began, trying to find the right words. "I overreacted and for that I am sorry." He looked at her as if he hadn't seen anything more beautiful ever in his life before. Look away Stella…don't fall for it… "Well that's all, bye."

She mentally slapped herself as she walked away from him. Well that couldn't have gone worse…but I do feel better…

Later that night everyone was asleep…hopefully Sabrina would have a good night's rest after all the commotion she had going on today…all except one…

Riven lay in his bed on his back looking up at the ceiling, remembering what happened in the music store that evening…

"You are such a cute little family," the old woman said. He saw Musa blush and put a fake smile on her face, and before she turned around to look at him, he made his face emotionless…

"I wish we could be," he said to himself, before closing his eyes and drifting off into a deep sleep.

That was Chapter 9! I personally loved this chapter because we have so many events coming! Beatrice, Nabu's spell book, the pictures, the witches…all that good stuff!

I want to personally thank all of my reviewers. A lot of you like this story and for that I am grateful. You guys are the only thing that keeps me up to date with this! I know I am not the best or greatest writer out there, but I am just glad that you guys enjoy it. Thanks again…

What will Beatrice do when she comes to Magix? How will the girls' plan go when they sneak out to go to Tides? Will Layla get the book and be able to teach Jadon? What are those pictures under Sky's couch? And the question on everyone's mind is what the witches are up too? Or should I say what is Icy up too?

R&R

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