Wow i've actually been sticking to my original plan all through the story! Thanks Plan Pony!

"This will be your new headquarters." Baltor announced, showing Diaspro around the dark, damp catacomb in the underground lair.

"…Very sophisticated i'm sure." Diaspro said sarcastically, looking around in faint disgust. "Ew!" She cringed as she had almost come dangerously close to a spider web.

"Quiet." The wizard hissed. "I do not want us to be overheard."

"Why ever not?" The golden haired girl raised an eyebrow. "You're the most feared criminal in Magix right now, whoever would you be afraid of?"

"I said quiet!" Baltor snapped a little more forcibly. "The situation has become… complicated." He grit his teeth. "Which is why i need your utmost cooperation and no questions asked!"

"Whatever. I don't really care about what you want to do to all the realms. I just want to talk to Sky!" Diaspro said irritably.

Baltor's eyes flashed. "Good because it just so happens that i have an errand for you," He turned to face her. "In the palace of Eraklyon."

000

The resort realm Galeria had said in it's brochure that it had everything, and for the most part it did, however what it was lacking was extremely crucial for anyone living in the modern times…

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE WI-FI?!" Mina had screeched at one of the shop staff.

"I mean technology doesn't work in this realm." The man had stated calmly.

"HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FEED MY DRAGONS?!" The blonde had shouted. Various passers by had given her strange looks.

"Hey cease the fire, drama princess!" Raye had hissed, grabbing her wrist and dragging her away.

"Remind me to sue this place when i'm Queen," Mina had grumbled.

"Well if you'd waited a second before exploding, Serena could have shown you what she's got!" The raven haired girl sighed, gesturing to the other blonde who showed them the purple object with a smile.

"It's an electro gem!" Serena had told them. "We worked on them in class once, It powers up any technology near it wherever you are! And i easily boosted its energy with some power of my own…" She winked knowingly.

"Whoa," The girls grinned. "You made it? That's awesome!" Lita exclaimed.

"This looks incredible, if i may i'd like to study it when we get home!" Ami peered at it closely.

"…Wow… I'm actually impressed!" Raye seemed horrified that she legitimately felt that way.

"You don't have to look so surprised Raye chan." Serena narrowed her eyes.

"You are my saviour!" Mina flung her arms around Serena's neck and kissed her on both cheeks.

"Jeez don't make it gay Mina!" Raye mock sighed as everyone laughed.

"It's a girl bromance Raye don't fight it!" Mina stuck her tongue out.

000

"I'm just saying that Artemis could've come here with you." Luna remarked from her position on Mina's shoulder as they strolled down the aisle.

"What's the worry? He's in good hands! Get over it already!" Mina said. She grinned knowingly. "You're just jelly that Serena's got her guy with her and you haven't!"

"I am not jealous!" Luna's fur stood on end.

They were currently looking at various places in the giant mall. Raye had insisted on checking out the ski mountains but remembering the terrifying incident with the Negaverse a few years back, Serena had openly declined.

"Well how about something else?" Ami had consulted a large map. "There's all kinds of activities here, swimming, rock climbing, even zip lining!"

"Uh, uh. I don't wanna do any outdoorsy stuff!" Serena had shaken her head firmly. "Not after watching that extreme outdoors programme!"

flashback

Serena and Mina are watching TV where a presenter with a thick scottish accent is talking about his equipment for zip lining as he stands at the top of a treehouse.

Harry Bold: Hiya! Harry Bold here, saying you're never too old or too bold for adventure! Now today we're going zip lining down the highest mountains in Britain!

It zooms out to show a small forest.

Serena turns to Mina. "When did you even find this show?"

"Used to watch it when i lived there!" Mina says through a mouthful of snacks.

Harry Bold: Now something very important- safety! This harness is top notch in security, it my look like a large piece of string tied in a few knots but the bloke in the shop said that it's definitely not! This is just the fashion for how harnesses look these days, and to be honest the amount i paid for it, it's highly unlikely that he just sold me a few bits of string tied together!

He then picks up a pair of shoes.

Harry Bold: The bloke in the shop said these are real mountain climbing boots, they're definitely not average plimsolls with drawing pins stuck on the bottom. You pay a lot more for it to look like there are drawing pins stuck to the bottom.

So what else did he sell us? a special zip lining rucksack, special zip lining sunglasses so i can look cool when i get my photo taken, a book, in case i get bored, a DVD on zip lining and a laptop to watch it on!

He shoves everything into the rucksack, steps into the tangled string and ties it to the top of the zip cord.

Harry Bold: Great bloke! He really was helpful with all this gear! Now let's go zip lining!

The screen fades to black. When it fades back in it shows Harry Bold lying on the ground like a starfish, covered in dirt and tree debris. One of his legs is bent at an odd angle.

Harry Bold: (tries to shake his head) no, that's not for me.

He is wheeled into an ambulance.

Serena sits there in shock.

Mina: That. was. AWESOME! I wanna try that right now!

Serena falls to the floor in defeat.

end flashback

Since that argument had ended, Serena had taken Darien to help her decide on a new swimsuit. Although slightly put out that her ski suggestion had been shot down Raye had shrugged and remembered that she wanted a new pair of boots and had gone with Ami to check out the shoe selection.

Mina and Lita were in the clothes aisle with Luna, checking out some furry jackets.

"Ugh why is everything in this dimension fake?" Mina said with slight disgust as she felt the artificial fur on a black coat and feeling Luna's to compare. The Mau's sleek pelt certainly felt softer and smoother.

"Are you saying you want to wear real animal fur?" Luna raised an eyebrow.

"Hey didn't you say that you had important news to tell us Mina?" Lita asked as she held up a green jacket against herself and examined it in the mirror.

"Oh that's right." Mina sweat dropped, slumping forwards. "Ugh you reminded me!" She leant against the wall.

"Mina? Is everything ok?" Lita touched her shoulder. However she retracted her hand as the blonde suddenly snapped into life, leaping into the air.

"Call everyone back here, i need a girls conference stat!" She exclaimed loudly, whipping out her communicator.

Serena and Darien had just exited the swimsuit store holding a few shopping bags when Serena's communicator started beeping.

"Serena! Serena! I need you to come here! I have to tell you my very important thing!" She could hear Mina's frantic tone on the other end of the communicator.

"Mina?" Serena was filled with worry. Was her friend in danger?

However when they all arrived they found Mina perfectly safe in the jacket aisle and hopping up and down where she stood.

"Mina are you ok? We came as soon as we could!" Ami said, looking around for any enemy.

"I have an emergency! I am at the heart of a critical situation here!" Mina whined. She grabbed one of Serena's pigtails. "HE KNOWS!" She whispered dramatically.

The others stood there in silence for a few seconds. "… In japanese?" Raye eventually said.

"He knohohows!" Mina wailed. "What do i do? What do i do?"

Suddenly it all clicked into place for Serena. "Is this about Marik?"

"Agh!" The others fell to the floor, each with a giant sweatdrop.

"Oh you mean your incredibly obvious attempts to hide how you're madly in love with him? For Ares sake Mina just tell the guy how you feel!" Raye was face palming.

"Nooo i can'ttt!" Mina continued to whine.

"But why are you trying to hide it Mina? It isn't like you to be shy!" Lita frowned.

Mina fidgeted uncomfortably. "You guys don't get it! Every time i feel like i'm getting closer to a guy it always never works out! I'm starting to think i have a curse to be forever alone or something!" She looked down sadly.

"Hey that's not true!" Serena gently took her hand. "Your the Senshi of love aren't you?"

"Easy for you to say, you've already found your soulmate!" Mina's eyes started to water.

"You may be right but it wasn't easy!" It was Darien's turn to speak. He went over to Mina. "Over the past couple of years there've always been people trying to get between us, from the Negaverse, nightmares or just ordinary people who are jealous of us! But it's a question of whether you want to fight to keep it or give up!" He spoke calmly. Serena smiled warmly at his words.

"And i know you're not someone to give up," The prince of Earth reassured Mina. "If you want it, you'll make it happen!"

"Thanks Darien, coming from you guys that means a lot!" Mina smiled, she had always admired their relationship. "Alright! Let's have a great trip everyone!"

000

The next day the group had decided on camping in the tropical beach area of the resort realm. With a simple teleport they had managed to find the perfect secluded beach in no time, on the edge of a forest. What was more they had been able to purchase tents that pitched themselves, saving Mina the trouble of asking her friend CJ if she could borrow hers.

"Ooh shiiny…" Serena and Mina stared at the shimmering ocean before them. They had already changed into their bikinis, and Serena was holding a large rubber ring with a hello kitty motif.

"Who knew one area in an entire resort could go on for miles?" Ami marvelled, putting on her sunglasses to look at the large green forest on the other side of the water.

"Alright, FIRST IN THE WATER!" Mina sped towards the sea, the water splashing around her legs.

"Hey guys!" She waved at the others who had finished changing and had come out the tents. "The water's great!"

"I think i'd like to stay on dry land for a bit!" Darien waved his hand apologetically. "I need to check some of my papers."

"Sure! Be right back hon!" Serena gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and ran over to join her blonde friend.

"AAAGHH!" She exclaimed, feeling a wave of cold water cover her feet, making them feel like blocks of ice. She glared at Mina. "You lied to me," She pouted with a whine.

Mina shrugged. "Well yeah, you wouldn't have done it otherwise- EEK!"

Serena had just sent a small tidal wave her way, leaving her dripping wet hair plastered over her face and down her back.

"Did you just splash me?"

"I just splashed you." Serena confirmed.

"You just splashed me!"

"I just splashed you-"

"WATER FIGHT!" Mina suddenly yelled at the top of her voice, splashing Serena with all her might.

"Oh yeah?! On behalf of the Moon prepare to feel my LUNA NIAGARA!" Serena instantly retaliated.

On the safety of the dry sand, Raye Lita, Luna and Darien watched the watery scene with sweat drops.

SPLASH!

Suddenly both blondes were hit by a humongous tidal wave that splashed in their direction. Peeling strands of wet hair off their faces they turned to see Ami in the water next to them with an embarrassed smile.

"It's always the quiet ones." Mina deadpanned.

000

"Ok question 1, you discover that your cute new boyfriend has horrible taste in music! Do you: A- use magic to change his tastes to fit yours, B- tell him to get lost or C- accept him for who he is?"

Raye read aloud from the fashion magazine. She along with Ami, Lita, Serena and Mina (who were still drying off from their water fight earlier) were lying on comfy loungers in their favourite colours on one of the many beaches the resort realm had to offer. Darien was sitting at a small table checking over one of his last minute coursework pieces, some smart black headphones secured over his ears as he listened to music. A sleeping Luna was curled up next to his laptop.

"Who writes these?!" Serena exclaimed. "The answer should be obvious! You should always let someone be true to themselves!"

"That's right! My old boyfriend Freddy always used to listen to this weird rock stuff that no one had ever heard of!" Lita shook her head. "But then again i shouldn't have bothered to stick around him because he dumped me!" She gave a small growl and threw an empty soda can at the bin.

"But use magic to change someone's personality?" Ami was appalled. "That's practically a form of brainwashing!"

"It would certainly explain why that Brandon guy said he liked Justin Bieber…" Serena frowned, stroking her chin at the revelation. Yet another reason to stay away from Stella.

"Look guys, its simple!" Mina raised her hands. "Just find someone who's the whole package!"

"Like you did?" Raye smirked slyly.

"…I've just decided i'm thirsty! Who wants a soda?" The blonde got up from her lounger rather quickly.

As she went to get another soda out out of the ice bucket, Serena, Ami, Raye and Lita huddled into a circle.

"So, her and Marik, huh?" Lita said softly.

Raye sighed. "Tell me about it, Everyone already knew! I really don't get how she thinks it's still a secret!"

It was true, the girls could read Mina when she was sending signals like the backs of their hands, thanks to many years of observing her behaviour.

"So when'd you guys first figure it out?" Lita asked.

"For me, it was when he stopped her from going after that chicken who gave her an expired coupon," Raye tapped her chin.

flashback

The group arrive at a fast food place that recently opened up. Before they enter a giant chicken gives Mina a small piece of paper outside the door.

They go over to Tea, who now has a new part time job there.

Tea: Hey guys! Have you got any idea what you'll wanna order?

Mina: I do! That nice chicken gave me a coupon!

Tea takes it and holds it up. :Er Mina, i'm sorry but this looks like it expired months ago!

Mina whirls around at the chicken with a frightening glare.

Mina: YOU SON OF A—-

However before she can pull out her Henshin stick she feels a hand on her shoulder, she turns back to see Marik shaking his head.

Marik: He' s not worth it.

Mina( at loss for words tries making gestures at the chicken): But he… but… agh! Her hands flop to her sides in defeat.

Marik sympathetically takes her over to the table, leaving Serena and Raye in utter shock at what they just witnessed.

end flashback

"Mina abandon a stupid plan for payback?! That never happens!" The brunette finished.

"Yeah but don't forget they came up with an even bigger idea to get revenge on the chicken after that," Serena sweatdropped.

"I'm surprised they weren't ejected from the place," Ami added frankly.

"I called it when we went to Kaibaland." Darien added his two cents from his chair. "Yeah i remember that!" Serena nodded in agreement.

"You guys wanna read more of this?" Raye waved the magazine at them.

Serena shrugged. "Meh, bored now. Wanna troll her about it?"

"Sure!" Raye and Lita's eyes glittered in unison as they went over to Mina, who had placed the drinks on a small table. Ami sighed and continued to read her book on her lounger.

"You know he's probably known the whole time," Lita smirked as they began to round in on her.

"STOP TALKINGGG!" Mina shrieked, taking a huge leap in the air her face as red as Raye's lounger.

"And the rest of the gang knows, and they've all been telling each other, what do you think we talk about when you're not here?" Raye ventured further.

"STOP TALKING!" Mina screeched again, flapping her arms wildly.

"We have a drinking game going, take a drink every time you fangirl at him when he's not looking,"

"STOP TALKINGGG!" Mina yelled in her face, shaking her by the shoulders.

"Just think Mina, if you don't get your butt in gear this is sooo not gonna be you!" Serena said slyly. "Oh, Darien!" She called over her shoulder in a sing song voice.

"Yes?" Her boyfriend came over to join them. Serena took a minute to savour how his light blue shirt clung to his body.

"I was thinking, maybe we could go explore some of the forest later?" She hugged him around the waist. "Alone."

"Sure! I should be done with my paper by then," He smiled. Raye cleared her throat loudly, making Serena blush.

"Don't worry we won't spy on you! We've got other people to mess with!" They looked at Mina, who was starting to have steam pouring out of her ears.

000

"Thanks for the new flame dragon Lita!" Raye grinned, tapping the screen on her phone. They were all playing Dragon city on a large towel, the electro gem in the middle of their group circle.

"No problem! I should thank you for the electric dragon!" The brunette replied happily.

"Hehehe just sneaking into Kaiba's lands, stealing his gold!" Mina had a big sly grin spread across her face.

"Mina it's actually impossible to steal things in this game." Ami sweatdropped, collecting gold from her own Mercury dragons.

"Yeah you've been helping him collect his gold the whole time!" Raye said.

"Damn it! Foiled again!" The Venusian cursed.

Serena stared fondly at her dragons. "You know, i wonder why there wasn't a collaboration with Duel Monsters! There seems to be a reference to everything else! And it'd be majorly awesome to have a Blue eyes White Dragon on here!"

Mina shook her head thoughtfully. "Nah i know for a fact that the creator had other priorities in mind!"

Elsewhere in the Hasbro studios Lauren Faust sat on a sofa filled with My little Pony cushions having tea with a man in a smart red suit and long white hair, half of it covering his face.

"So remind me, how would you increase the power of Fluttershy in this 'pony deck'?" She asked.

"Oh that's simple!" Maximillion Pegasus replied. "You'd play the Magicard element of kindness that would equip her with extra attack and defence points!"

"That shouldn't really surprise anyone." Darien gave a small sweat drop. He was breeding Terra dragons so he could sell them for more gold.

"Hope that works out, it seems that chance was made for him!" Serena gave a supportive smile, feeding her Moon dragons. "Uw—whaa?" She squeaked as she used up the last of her dragon food. "I only just finished growing all those rainbow flowers!

"You had all this dragon food. Aaaand it's gone!" Mina shook her head. "Yaya! I just hatched my 5th Gold dragon!" She squealed in excitement. "I've been waiting two days for this!"

"Are you naming it Marik jr the 5th?" Raye asked slyly.

"…STOP TALKING!"

000

It was late in the evening and the group of friends sat around a campfire roasting Marshmallows.

"Ah, so nice and warm!" Mina placed both palms of her hands closer to the flaming pile of twigs.

"Thanks Raye!" Serena grinned, taking a huge bite out of the sweet kebab she had made on her stick.

"Don't mention it." Sailor Mars deadpanned, one gloved hand in front as she carefully controlled the flame.

"Hey girls," Ami looked up worriedly. "I can't help but wonder, what happened to the fairies?"

"Nobody cares!" Mina cut in.

"It's not that, i mean what if they come looking for us?" The bluette wondered.

Mina stroked her chin thoughtfully. "Well i do have one back up plan up my sleeve!"

Mina's possible plan

The Sailor Scouts are trapped in a clearing by the Winx, who are grinning evilly like 80s zombies.

Bloom: Haha you're finished Sailor Scouts!

Mina hesitates for a second then jumps in the air and points straight at Bloom.

Mina: WITCH! SHE'S A WITCH!

The group of witch finders run into the clearing, chanting "Witch! Witch! Witch!". They pick up Bloom and carry her offscreen. However the Sailor Scouts whirl around to see a deranged Icy leering at them. Fortunately Mina is ready.

Mina( points at her dramatically) : WITCH! SHE'S A WITCH!

The witch finders come back for Icy, still shouting "Witch! Witch! Witch!" When they have disposed of her, the song 'celebration' plays in the background as the girls each get out a wine glass while Mina opens a bottle.

end of Mina's possible plan

"I already thought of that." Serena deadpanned with a sweatdrop.

"Yeah but i didn't!" Mina stuck her tongue out. "Besides, orange head still thinks she's the biggest hotshot around here! She'll probably try to take care of it herself!" She frowned. "Besides as i said before, nobody cares what they're doing! Right guys?"

"Right." Raye, Lita and Darien nodded in unison.

"Excellent!" She beamed. "Now onto more important issues! Like who gets the last marshmallow?"

After 3 rounds of rock paper scissors where the marshmallow eventually went to Lita, the friends had decided on sleeping arrangements. Serena and Darien would be sharing a tent, followed by Luna with Ami and Lita and finally Mina with Raye.

"Don't be getting up to any tricks now, 'kay?" Mina winked suggestively at Serena.

"At least she has the chance to," Raye smirked. Mina chose to give a silent glare, keeping her mouth firmly shut as she crawled into the tent.

A few minutes later Serena sat alone in her and Darien's tent, brushing her hair. Aside from the chatter of the girls in their respective sleeping areas it was surprisingly quiet.

She had just put her hairbrush away when Darien opened the tent flap. "Hey Serena! Would you still like to take that walk?"

"Of course!" Serena whispered with a smile, taking his hand as she crawled out the tent.

The beach was quiet and peaceful, the white sand taking on a silvery shade from the light of the moon. The young couple strolled down by the low tide, hand in hand.

"It's so beautiful out here," Serena said softly. "Tomorrow we should- eek!"

She tripped over something in the sand and would have fallen on her feet, had Darien not caught her.

"I guess some things never change, huh, Meatball head!" He couldn't resist using her nickname and was rewarded with an adorable pout.

"You have to go there didn't you! Hey what's that?" Serena noticed the small red object that had tripped her. She picked it up to see that it was one half of a red shell.

"Wait, there's another one!" Darien had spotted the other half nearby.

"It looks like the two halves of a destiny stone," Serena gasped as they put their shells together. "I heard fairies talking about it, apparently if a couple finds two halves of the same stone they're meant to be together!"

"And ours fit perfectly!" Darien added. Serena gave big smile and flung her arms around his neck.

"I wish we could stay like this, forever." She closed her eyes, enjoying their embrace.

"Well the night's not over yet!" Darien gently broke away to face her. Serena giggled as their lips met, not for the first time since their reunion and certainly not the last.