Chapter 7: Gaining A Heart

Sky was just simply walking around Alfea looking for Kiko. He had suggested to spread out and look for him. 'Where could that rabbit be?'.

"Hey Sky." Stella said as she ran up to Sky. "Any luck yet?"

"No not really.." He simply answered. Stella was about to say something but she heard the raven's voice in her mind.

"Try and get his heart Kraehe.." He said.

'What the?! I thought he said he would leave my friends out of this!' Stella thought. She was going to ignore it but Kraehe took over her body.

"Um Sky.." Kraehe/Stella started. Sky looked at her with confusion filling his eyes.

"Yea Stell?" He asked.

"If you love Bloom..would you give me your heart for her?" Kraehe/Stella asked. Sky was about to answer but he was put into that trance.

"Yes. I would." Sky said. Kraehe smiled but Stella was worried.

"Then come to me!" Kraehe/Stella demanded as she transformed into Princess Kraehe. She stood a couple meters away from Sky. Kraehe had crow like wings under her arms and a huge raven like shadow behind her. Sky started walking towards her. When he was halfway there some ravens picked him up and took him closer to Kraehe. Just as he was about to touch her someone interrupted them.

"LET SKY GO!" Bloom yelled/demanded. Kraehe looked at her like if she were crazy. "I SAID LET HIM GO!".

"Fine..but this isn't the last you see of me." Kraehe threatened. She then turned into a black spiral and disappeared. Sky was then dropped. He landed with a loud thud.

"Ugh...what happened?" Sky asked as he sat up. Tecna and Timmy looked at each other before answering at the same time.

"You were controlled by Princess Karehe." they both said. The rest gasped had confused faces. "He was controlled by a crow princess."

"Ohhhh." They all said.

Stella was walking in the woods not caring if she was being followed or not. 'I thought he said he would leave them out of this. I almost stole Sky's heart.'.

She was interrupted from her thoughts by someone covering her eyes. "Guess who.." they said. Stella knew that voice very well. "Brandon." She simply said.

"Did you see what happened to Sky?" Brandon asked. Stella then started getting nervous.

"No. Why? What happened?" she asked. Stella was now starting to get dizzy. Real dizzy.

"Are you okay Stella?" Brandon asked her. Stella didn't answer. Instead she fainted. The last words she heard was Brandon shouting her name. "Stella..STELLA?!".

Musa's P.O.V:

We heard Brandon shouting out Stella's name, so we ran to where it came from. When we got there we saw Brandon carrying Stella bridal style.

"Is she okay?" Flora asked as she touched Stella's forehead.

"I don't know. One minute we're talking the next -BOOM! She fainted." Brandon said.

"Lets take her to nurse Ophelia." Tecna suggested. We nodded and started heading back to Alfea.

"Um...Riven.." I started saying. He looked at me.

"Yea Muse?" He asked. I wasn't going to lie. I cared for Stella. She was like my second bestest friend. Sure we've had our ups and downs, but that's what makes us best friends.

"Do you think Stella will be okay?" I asked. He just nodded and put his arm over my shoulder. The rest of the way to the nurses was quiet.

30 Minutes Later

Stella still hadn't awaken - which worried us. The nurse finally came in with the results. "Well? Is she okay?" Bloom and I asked at the same time.

"Yes she is. She was just stressed that's all. Stella should wake up in a couple of hours." She said. We nodded and she exited the room. I noticed that Brandon was sitting alone.

"Hey Bran...you okay?" I asked him as I sat down next to him.

"Yea...just worried. That's all." He answered. I just nodded, but I could tell he was more than worried.

Stella's Dream:

"I thought I told you to get the heart Kraehe.." The raven said. Kraehe looked up from where she was sitting.

"Forgive me father.." Kraehe softly begged. The raven's claw appeared in front of Kraehe.

"I forgive you Kraehe, but next time I won't.." He said strictly. Kraehe nodded and hugged one of the claws.

"If I get you a heart father...what will I get in return?" Kraehe asked.

"You'll get that squire's memory back. Isn't that what you want?" the raven asked. Kraehe nodded. Even though she was Kraehe in the outside she was still Stella in the inside. She still loved Brandon.

"Okay father. I'll try to gain you a heart." Kraehe said. The raven chuckled and said "I know you will. I know...".

'NO! NO! NO!' Stella thought.

:End Of Dream

"NO! NO! NO!" we heard Stella yell as she woke up. We ran to her side and started asking her questions.

"Are you okay?" I asked. Stella looked at means smiled.

"I'm fine Muse. Don't worry." She assured me. I just nodded. "Sooo...can we go back to our dorm?"

"Oh yea yea yea. We can. C'mon lets go." Layla said. Stella tried to stand. She was about to fall, but luckily Brandon caught her.

"You okay sunshine?" He asked her. She nodded and have him a smile which he gladly returned. Guess Brandon's gaining his memory back. He carried her bridal style - again. I couldn't help but think how cute they we together..

:End Of P.O.V

Theymade it to the girls dorm room in 5 minutes. "So what should we do?" Helia asked. They all shrugged. Brandon took Stella to her room and set her down on her bed.

"Okay Stella...Tell me the truth..what happened back there?" Brandon asked. Stella tried to think of a lie.

"I was just feeling dizzy. Don't worry." Stella assured him. He nodded and left the room. Stella sighed as she plopped down on her bed. '*sigh* If only I wasn't this crow princess..' she thought. Stella the decided she should learn more about this raven, so she took out the book she got from the library.

The raven king would grow impatient if he wouldn't gain a heart soon. His anger would scare his own daughter. Princess Kraehe would try everything to gain a heart for her father, but she paid a terrible price when she sacrificed herself..

'Terrible price? After she made the sacrifice? Why won't it tell me the terrible price?' Stella thought. She needed more information. Stella got up from her bed and walked to the door stumbling since she couldn't walk that well yet.

"Where are you going Stell?" Tecna asked.

"I'm just gonna take a walk." Stella simply answered. Brandon stood up from where he was sitting "I'll come with you." he suggested. Stella smiled and gestured him to come. Once they left the others got back to what they were talking about.

Hey I'm done with chapter 7. Hope you liked it. If you have any questions fell free to ask them. By the way..the winx and specialists don't know that Stella is princess Kraehe...yet. Plzz review. Aloha!

-WC 4eva