"There it is! The realm-renowned Alfea school!" Stella said.

"It sure is pretty amazing!" Mom said in awe.

"Whaaaa!" Dad gaped. I laughed at his expression before walking forward.

"It makes public school look totally lame-o," Bloom cheered.

"Well, before we decide, why don't we go see what it's like," Mom suggested.

"I'm so excited!" I rolled my eyes as my sister's cheerfulness. It sure does rub off on people.

"I wonder what their record is for college admissions?" Dad mused before running into something. "Oof! It's as if there's an invisible wall! I can't get through it!"

"No? Where is it? I can't feel anything. Whatever it was, it's gone now," Bloom said walking in front of him.

"It probably is an invisible wall," I said walking up. "Possibly designed to keep any non- magical beings out of the area."

"That's exactly right," Stella complimented. "How'd you know?"

"It's kind of obvious," I shrugged. "Mom and Dad ran into it yet Bloom and I don't feel a thing."

"It's exactly as Zarinna said," Stella said as she revealed the barrier. "This barrier keeps non-magical beings out of Magix. Sorry, while I can't take you any further, I CAN show you the official Alfea slide globe! It comes complete with the school song!"

"So? What do you think?" she asked after the holovideo.

"I think Bloom and Zarinna are going to have a great year," Mom said sadly. Bloom and I dropped our bags to hug our parents. "You'll have a wonderful time."

"They sure will! I'll see to that!" Stella cheered.

"Kiko, Claire, you keep an eye on them, okay," Dad said looking down at the two animals.

"Bloom, Zare, we should get going, you know, while the getting's good," Stella hinted.

"I'll be fine, guys. Don't worry about me," Bloom said turning to our parents. I nodded in agreement and grabbed the bags.

"Don't worry about us Daddy," I said. "We'll be fine."

"I'll send you back first class! Now just stand still… okay! Sun Power!" Stella called transforming her ring into her sceptor. "Transportus Back Home-us!"

"Bye, guys! See ya!"

"It's time to make an entrance! A fabulous entrance is essential, 'dahling'"

"I'm not sure what you mean, 'dahling', but I'll try!" Bloom said trying to imitate Stella.

"Okay, follow me! Just smile, slither, and swivel!" I laughed as we followed the blonde fairy through the barrier

"I'm nervous…"

"Relax, you're with me! Fairy school is like normal school, but we all have magic powers and better outfits!"

"I'm loving it already," I said looking around the campus.

"Ick. You're definitely not gonna love her," Stella said gesturing to one of the staff. Looking over I found the woman she was talking about. The scary looking woman had a clipboard in her hands checking things off.

"Who's that? She looks scary," Bloom said echoing my thoughts.

"Griselda, head of discipline. She is scary, and in bad need of a makeover," Stella informed us. We moved up in line, close enough so we could hear what she was saying.

"First name and place of origin," she asked one of the girls.

"Uh, Elanor of Delona. I signed up online, I should be on the list."

Griselda looked down at the list flipping through the papers. "Hmmm, I don't see it. I don't see your name and you know what happens if you're not on the list, we turn you into-"

"Into guano."

"There you are: Elanor of Delona, you may come in," Griselda said checking Elanor off.

"Thank you."

"NEXT!"

"Oh no, We're not gonna be on the list," Bloom whispered. We exchanged a worried look then turned to Stella.

"Fret not girlfriends, I got it all figured out. The princesses of Vallisto were supposed to come here this year, but they're doing homeschooling instead," Stella said conjuring up an envelope with a letter inside.

"So we're stealing other people's identities to attend this school," I said.

"They gave me a letter to give to the headmistress. I just won't give it to her and we'll be all set," she said tearing up the letter and throwing the pieces in the air. "Besides, no one here knows what they look like so it's perfect."

"So you want me to pretend to be this princess? I don't know, I hate lying."

"It's true," I nodded. "She's a horrible lier."

"Hey, we're not lying. We're just not telling all we know," Stella whispered pushing the two of us up to Griselda. "Long time no see, Ms. G!"

"Not long enough, Princess Stella! Not after the little incident last year! I don't know how your parents convinced the school board to take you back! It's beyond me," Griselda said looking sternly at Stella.

"They did donate that new computer lab," Stella said as if it was obvious.

"Who are your friends?" the woman asked looking down at us

"Princesses Veranda and Helena of Vallisto."

"Let's see, I'll check the list," Griselda said flipping papers. "Yes, Veranda and Helena of Vallisto."

"Yeah, that's us," Bloom said shakily. I nudged Bloom's side making her look at me. I rolled my eyes playfully at my sister before turning my attention back to Griselda.

"You may come in," the woman said gesturing us inside.

"Hey..." Stella started.

"NEXT!"

"Welcome to Alfea." We followed all the other girls to a courtyard where Ms. Griselda started speaking.

"First things first, our code of behavior: the first rule is, you must follow all rules in the code of behavior! If you break the rules once, you will be turned into a frog. If you break the rules twice, your magic privileges will be suspended. And if you break the rules three times, you will be expelled, isn't that right, Princess Stella? Last year, she destroyed the potions laboratory with an unauthorized magic spell, which brings me to the second rule: no unsupervised magic at any time! A-hem!"

"You really did that?" Bloom whispered.

"I was trying to create a new shade of pink," the blonde defended.

"I wish I could have seen that," I giggled.

"We believe discipline's the only way to prepare you for the world out there, which brings me to the third rule: stay away from the witches of Cloud Tower no matter what! We don't have a punishment for that, since nothing we could do would be as terrible as what THEY will do to you if they catch you there!" From there we were led into the main building where Headmistress Faragonda was waiting for us.

"Welcome all. I'm Miss Faragonda, your headmistress. I'm an Alfea alumna and a former fairy-godmother. This year we have quite a wonderful class. Some of you will fight evil, others will grant wishes and many are princesses that will take over your realms. Each of you is unique, you all have different sources of power, and diverse origins, but our mission is the same..."

"To help each of you be the very best you can be," Stella mimicked. "She really loves saying that."

"Naturally we expect you to do your best at all times."

"Now ladies, it's time to check in to your dormatories and meet your roommates," Griselda called.

"Remember, everyone! Let's make this a great year! Oh! And of course use every opportunity to connect to your Winx!" With that we were off, roaming the school.

"It sounds like they prepare you for all kinds of stuff! You know what you're gonna be?" Bloom asked Stella.

"Duh! I'm gonna, like, rule the Kingdom of Solaria!"

"What did she mean 'connect to your Winx'?" I asked.

"Winx is essentially three things. First, it's your source of power, as in your strength and energy. And second, it 's what guides you. Thirdly, it's like your magical identity," Stella told us.

"I think I got it," my sister said unsure of herself.

"I know I got it," I laughed. Bloom stuck her tongue out at me but laughed anyway.

"You either got it or you don't, and you DO!" Stella said leading us to a particular part of the school. "Our roommates. I hope they're more stylish than the ones I got last year. Of course I won't be bunking with any of them as I have a single. And it looks like you do too, Zare."

Stella opened the door and Bloom looked in to check it out. "This room is sweet. Come on, let's see what mine is like."

Shaking my head I did a quick look of who all we had. Flora was with Bloom, Stella had her own room, and Tecna and Musa shared a room. I opened the door to my room as Bloom enters hers. I set my bag down on my bed and went to make sure my sister didn't choke up.

"Anyway, I'm Bloom," she said introducing herself.

"Bloom," Stella whispered from beside me.

"Oh! uh, What I meant was Bloom is a name I like a lot but that's not my name. Actually uh my real name is uh," Bloom stuttered moving back to look at the name on the door. "Veranda of uh, Valisto. Yup, that's me."

"Valisto: Fourth world of Magic Realms upper ring. Renowned for it's rich, artistic tradition. It's features are very popular with tourists." Poking my head out I noticed a new girl.

"Right, that's where I'm from," my sister said lamely.

"Cool, my name is Tecna."

"Hey Tecna, I'm Stella. Nice to meet'cha," Stella said popping up from beside me.

"You are quite infamous," Tecna said pointing to the blonde. Flora came out of her room to join us.

"That's the word on the street. Yo, if you plan to blow up more stuff, let us know ahead so we can bounce," Musa said. Everyone in the room, but Stella, laughs.

"It was in the name of fashion, I don't regret it," Stella defended.

"I'm curious. Were you actually able to create this new shade of pink?" Tecna asked.

"No, but when I do it's gonna be the official color of Solaria." I swear her mood just did a complete 180. Suddenly there were a whole bunch of noises from Flora and Bloom's room. Peeking in i saw Kiko being held up by a plant, Claire nearby.

"Bad plant! Put him down right now!" Flora chastised it. The plant let Kiko drop into Bloom's hands.

"It's ok. It's not the plants fault," she said picking up a vine with teeth marks on it.

"I'm betting that Kiko tried to eat it. He likes his veggies," I said picking Claire up in my arms.

"You hungry little bunny?" Flora asked picking up a bowl. Planting some seeds, she poured a potion making them grow faster. Setting the bowl back down she motioned for the little troublemaker. "Here, they're organic."

"Speaking of food, I'm famished," Stella said.

"Yeah, me too," Flora said walking back to the rest of us.

"I have a brilliant idea. What do you say we get outta here and go downtown for a pizza?" our resident blonde suggested.

"Great idea. Downtown Magix is so much fun," Flora said.

"What is it like?" Bloom asked. I admit I was curious as well. This whole magic this was still new to me.

"It's fresh," Musa said as if that covered everything.

"You've never been?" Flora asked pointing to the two of us.

"No, but, if we could grab a slice, I am so there," I laughed. The girls all laughed as we went to catch a bus to Magix.

"So Veranda, Helena, you've never left your kingdom before?" Flora asked.

"No, never."

"Then prepare to be blown away." On the way we chatted aimlessly about what we were all interested in. Stella was into fashion, giving us tips on everything. Flora was into plants, given her name. Tecna's favorite thing was technology. That girl could solve an algoritham in seconds whereas it would take me a whole year. Musa and I had one thing in common. Music. By the time we got to Downtown Magix, we had gone through everybody.

"What do ya say? Can I open my eyes now?" Tecna had made Bloom close her eyes as we got off the bus.

"Yeah, go ahead, take a look," she giggled.

"Hmm," Bloom hummed in dissapointment.

"What do ya think?" Musa asked.

"To be honest with you, I'm kinda disappointed. This is it? Capital of the realm of Magix, most enchanted city in the universe?" my sister said.

"Well, what did ya expect?"

"I don't know. Dragons, unicorns, rainbows, giants, flying brooms." I shook my head at my sister. Sometimes she could be so naive. The other girls just sighed.

"But that's all fairy tale stuff. This is the real world. What's cool is that everyone here knows magic and unlike us, they get to use it for anything they want," Stella said. Bloom backed away from a vehicle that almost runs her over. I watched as the driver used magic to widen the space between to vehicles to make his own parking spot.

"That was cool," I said.

"Yup, and so way better than valet."

"Time for pizza," Flora said pointing to a pizza shop.

"Yeah, chow time. My stomach's growling," Musa agreed.

"Mine too," Stella chimed.

"To the pizza," I cheered marching in the direction Flora was pointing to. The girls just laughed and followed me. Musa linked arms with me and we started skipping down the sidewalk. As we were eating pizza I saw that Bloom was trying to use her phone.

"What's wrong?" Flora asked.

"My cell phone isn't working for some reason. I mean, it's not even getting a signal or anything."

"Let me see it.I love taking these things apart." Tecna looks at my sisters phone and starts laughing.

"What's so funny Tecna?" Musa and I say at the same time.

"This "Cell Phone" is ancient technology. It belongs in a museum," Tecna said.

"But, it's the newest phone," Bloom said confused.

"Uh, yeah, on Earth," I whispered in my sister's ear.

"You need an inter-realm phone to call Valisto," Musa said.

"Right. There's one two blocks away. Use my card," Tecna instructed handing Bloom a card. A while later we were all sitting at a fountain waiting for Bloom.

"Where is Veranda? She should be back by now," Tecna asked. I looked around watching for any sign of my sister. I am so dead if Dad finds out.

"I don't know. Let's go look for her," Flora suggested. We started walking in a random direction hoping to find her. It wasn't long until we heard noises coming from an alley.

"Tell us where Stella is."

"I'm right here!" Stella called as we came in view.

"Let her go now!" I yelled.

"Hmph, Yeah right. Knut! Time for you to step up, and crush those losers," the blue witch said. Knut obeys and roars.

"Now girls!" Stella called. First Tecna transformed, then Musa, then Flora and finally Stella.

"Digital Web!" Tecna said surrounding Knut in a grided forcefield.

"Sub-Woofer Blast!" Musa yelled bombarding the ogre with soundwaves coming from two conjured sub-woofers.

"Ivy Rope," Flora said blowing pollen. A vine grew from the ground, grabbing Knut, wrapping him and throwing him.

"What a useless ogre," one of the witches said glaring at us. She conjured ice shards in her hands and attacked us. "That's it. All right little firsties, you are history! Now it's going to get Piercing Cold!"

"Everybody, get behind me. Firewall!" Tecna called. We all jump behind Tecna as she creates a shield protecting us from the ice shard barrage.

"I got a flash for you fairies. A Lightning Flash!" one of the other witches growled. The attack broke through Tecna's shield sending us scattered.

"Time to conjure the Ice Coffin," the first witch said. "From the depths of primordial space, I summon a box with a frigid embrace. Bring me the power to the palm of my hand and unleash it at my command!"

Stella turned her ring into her scepter and grabbed onto it as we were blasted by another ice attack.

"Get-us Outta here-us!" Stella said transporting us to a different location.

"It's okay!" Stella said thawing Bloom. "You could've survived at least another fifteen minutes in that ice. You know, considering you're form Earth and all, you did outstandingly splendidly, Bloom! You were so brave!"

"Stella…" the other girls said. I glared at Stella as she just realized she leaked too much information.

"Why did you just call her Bloom and say that she's from Planet Earth?" Flora asked.

"Oh! Uh… right… there might be some tiny minor details we need to fill you in on… look, I'll give you the whole scoop on our way to Alfea!" Bloom and I laugh nervously as we're faced by our friends. On the way back we told the girls our story. From the time we found Stella to now.

"I think I wanna tell Miss Faragonda the truth," Bloom said as we got off the bus.

"We'll talk about it later, for now just follow me," Stella said. The six of us made our way to the building when the tracking lights turned on.

"FREEZE!" Ms. Griselda yelled. "Do you have any idea what time it is?"

"We were worried about you girls," Miss Faragonda said. "Go to bed right away, and we'll have a talk about this tomorrow."

"Hold it right there, right now you two," Griselda said stopping Bloom and I. "What did you want to tell Miss. Faragonda?"

"R-right. W-well, I'm not Veranda and I'm not from Valisto," Bloom stuttered.

"And I'm not Helena," I fessed.

"What?! You're not? You were lying to us?!" Ms. Griselda yelled at us.

"I'm sorry."

"You have broken two rules in one day!"

"They did, but they must be magical creatures or the barrier would have kept them out of Magix. So tell me, who are you and why did you lie to us?"

"Well, we uh-" I started unsure of what to say.

"Don't blame her, it was all my idea," Stella said jumping in.

"It's ok Stella," I said placing my hand on her shoulder. "My name's Zarinna and this is my sister ,Bloom, and we come from Earth."

"From Earth as in Planet Earth? How could that be possible?" Griselda asked.

"But please, don't send back home. I know I belong here, this is the most amazing place with the most awesome people ever," Bloom said.

"Well you must be punished, turned into something slimy," Griselda said pointing to us.

"Hold on," Headmistress Faragonda interrupted. "It took a lot of courage for her to speak up as she did. I think we should give her a chance. We could let her stay and take the Princesses spots."

"We could," Griselda agreed.

"Now go to bed, and please try to be good."

"Yes Ma'am! Wahoo!" the six of us cheered. We all walked back into our rooms for the night.

"I thought we were going to get sent home for good," I said.

"Well we're glad you got to stay," Musa said. The others agreed and enveloped us in a group hug.

"I don't know about you guys but I'm going to bed," Stella yawned. I laughed and bid the others goodnight.