It was the beginning of August. The boys were in the forest. "Man I seriously miss the girls," Elias said. "I wish there was some way to get them back with us".
"It is a bit difficult to be without them," Jayden said. "I really miss them. Especially Kristina".
"Is there any way to get us back together with them?" Leander asked. There was a rustle in the bushes. The four boys looked towards the rustling. A cloaked man emerged from the brush.
"Help me," he said. The boys couldn't see his face but he seemed familiar to them.
"Help me," he said again. This time the man couldn't hold on. He clutched a tree with his left hand, fell to his knees and collapsed to the ground falling unconscious.
"Oh my god," Leander said shocked. "We need to help this man". They ran over to him and flipped him over onto his back. They could see his face now. They all gasped at his face and then grinned.
"We should call the girls," Elias said to the others. Shinn nodded, pulled out his cell phone and pressed a button on it. The phone began to dial.
Kristina looked at her full suitcases. "Finally done," she said. "I can finally head to Alfea". Not even bothering to do anything else before she left Kristina opened a portal that lead to the Alfea grounds. She grabbed her suitcase and walked through it. She appeared to her favorite place in the entire Magix dimension. Alfea Collage for Fairies. She and her five other friends use to go to school here. Now it was her and her four friends. It looked better than the last year. Last year the Trix, an evil trio of witches had built an army using a copy of one of her friend's power. As a result of the attack her friend Andrew had died protecting the school. He took the Trix on single handedly so no one else got hurt.
"Man I sure hope everyone else is doing better," she whispered to herself. There was a line of other girls waiting to enter. She went to join the group. She looked around trying to find her friends. Eventually she heard one of them. It was Alex. She was at the front of the line.
"Oh come on," she said. "Do we have to go through this? I was here last year".
"Protocol," the lady she was talking too said. It was Griselda, the head of discipline.
She saw Alex sigh and pull something out of her suitcase. It was a wallet. "Special Agent Alex from Earth".
"Special Agent," Kristina thought. "That is new". Thinking why Alex had said that she steadily walked up the line.
When it was her turn she never gave Griselda the chance to speak. She just said her birth name and walked into the Alfea grounds. She looked all over the grounds to see if she could find her friend but eventually she decided that maybe she was in their dorm. Walking all across campus she walked over towards the dorm they were in last year. Inside she heard a bit off weeping so she opened the door. As if by threat she saw Alex put a sword to her throat.
"Oh Kristina," she said. "It's just you".
"Yeah it is just me," Kristina said. "Hey have you seen the others?"
"No," Alex cried.
"What is wrong?" Kristina asked walking up towards her sad friend and sitting on the bed she was on. "And what is with the special agent thing I heard you say to Griselda?"
"I joined the Reegan Army Special Services over the summer. That way I have something to do after I graduate". She began to sob harder. "I miss Andrew. If he didn't die I wouldn't have gotten a job there and I wouldn't be in this mess".
Alex did seem different. She looked like she hadn't eaten in months. Her eyes were full of fatigue and sadness. "It is ok," a voice said. They turned to see a girl in the doorway. It was Lanie another one of Kristina's friends.
She walked up and began to stroke her back. "We all miss him," she said. "But do you all know what is strange? I have had these weird dreams and feeling lately. I have been dreaming that he is alive". Someone's phone began to ring.
"Not mine," Kristina and Lanie said.
"It is mine," a voice said. It was Sou. She was with Kayla in the doorway. "Just ignoring it. It is Shinn. Still pissed at him".
"Join the club," the other girls said.
The five girls let the phone call go to voice mail but when Shinn said "Sou pick up please, I have something important to tell you" Sou did as requested and answered the call with disgust. She took the call into the other room.
"Now to another topic," Kristina said.
"Hey did you all hear?" Kayla asked.
"Heard what?" all the girls asked
"Now that we are sophomores we can take higher leveled classes. They are private classes only for fairies who pass the test".
"What test?"Kristina asked.
Kayla shook her head. "I don't know," she said. "All I know is that we have to earn the Charmix. What the hell is that?"
"I have a book with something like that," Kristina said. She pulled a book out from her suitcase and opened it. Flipping rapidly through the pages she eventually said "Here it is Charmix is an evolutionary form of the Winx outfit. There is no specific test. Each person's test is different. We should try to get it and if we do we can throw a slight pajama party".
"Say are you all looking forward to the party the teachers are holding?" Kayla asked. "It is to celebrate the rebirth of Alfea".
"That was just what Shinn wanted," Sou said walking back into the room. "He and the specialists have something to show us at the party. He says we will be really shocked so we should head down right now".
"Ok," they girls said. The five sophomores got off the bed and headed out to the courtyard. Out there, there were fairies giggling and laughing. Several of the older students were talking about the previous year. Every fairy stopped talking when the specialists walked through the gates. The fairies stopped talking with their friends and ran over to hug their boyfriends.
The Blitz however stood there glaring at their ex-boyfriends but when they saw Elias, the last to enter, enter carrying a body all five of them gasped.
They all saw a red head with really long hair being carried by Elias. It looked like he hadn't eaten nor bathed in months. His skin was covered in dirt and he was so thin that they could all see his frail ribs. The five specialists brought the weak body over to the Blitz and said "We found him all weak and dirty in the woods just earlier today".
"Is it really him?" Alex asked.
Leander nodded. "His Dna matches," he said. "This is the real deal".
"Oh Andrew," Alex said. She took her husband into her arms. Pressing him against her chest she could feel his weak heart beat against her heart.
"Alex we need to get him to the nurse," Kristina said. She nodded and they ran him to the nurse's office.
"Wow wonderful way to start the year," the nurse said. "We aren't even on the first day of the school and I already have a patient in severe condition".
"Excuse me nurse," Lanie said. "How bad is he?"
"Well he has slight brain trauma and he hasn't eaten in quite some time. So I would say not that bad. He may be in here till he recovers his strength even after he wakes he will not be able to do much".
"How long?" Sou asked.
"Well he may be out till about five tonight if not later and he may need to stay in here for about a week or two if not three," the nurse said. "He has very little strength and will need much rest". The girls sighed and looked disappointed. "Don't worry he will only be absent for tomorrow". That made the girls happier.
"Now," the nurse said "I must go and file paperwork from the last year. Try not to strangle him when he wakes up".
The girls nodded. When the nurse left; they turned towards the specialist. "Thanks," they said.
"Hey," Jayden said. "Whatever makes my Kristina and her friends happy. I still love you".
"And not I you think?" Kristina asked. "Wow that sounded like I'm in a bad Shakespeare play".
Jayden laughed. "You act like you don't".
"We all still love you we were just a bit upset".
"So are we still together?" the specialist asked together.
"I don't know are we?" the girls asked
"We want to," they said. The girls smiled and jumped into their boyfriend's arms. They began to kiss them which made Alex just walk over towards her husband worried and began to stroke his hair. "I love you," she and the others said to their lover.