Chapter 1 - Eyes Meet
(Bloom's POV)

Moving is bad enough but moving part way through the school year is just ridiculous! I love my parents but I don't know what they expect me to do. I guess it's not so bad since I'm moving along with all of my closest friends. Our parents have been planning this move for these past couple of years, they thought that if they all moved at once then it wouldn't be as hard on us, at least this way none of us have to leave our childhood friends behind.

Gardenia, here we come.

(Musa's POV)

Walking into the new school is like officially entering our new world. I mean, sure we moved, we all got settled in, but there's something about joining a new school, it just gives off a completely new energy. I'm just glad I'm not facing it alone, I'm all for my independence - and I do love a good challenge - but that doesn't mean I'm all too thrilled about starting over.

It's not that I was super popular at my old school or anything, I guess generally speaking I was but that didn't really matter to me. I was lucky enough to get to make this move alongside my best friends, a one in a million chance really. My friends and I have been together for as long as I can remember, we've always been completely inseparable, we've always been the winx. Tecna officially came up with the name, Bloom loved butterflies at the time but Stella wanted something a bit more 'flashy' as she put it, Aisha and myself didn't really care what we called ourselves as long as we stayed together,now the five of us are ready to face anything, even this.

"We've been expecting all of you, it's rather unusual to have such a large group of new students joining at once." The headmistress and headmaster both come across as very kind though I don't think I've ever heard of a school with two headteachers, I guess everything about this school is kind of... unique.

"I'm Headmaster Saladin and this is my wife, Headmistress Faragonda" He smiles before allowing his wife to take over.

"We've organised for one of our best students to take you to your first classes and show you around, for today they'll be the one to help you around the school. If you get lost your teachers will understand you being late so don't worry. They're outside waiting for you now, have a great first day."

We make our way out of the office, each with a map of the school and a new timetable. Outside we find a boy our age with long midnight blue hair, a pale complexion and light blue eyes alongside a girl with tan skin, long brunette hair with blonde highlights and jade green eyes. The two stand confidently hand in hand, as if they've been in this position thousands of times before. It's a whole new meaning to power couple if you ask me...

"Hey I'm Helia, I'm guessing they forgot to mention that Flora and I are a two for one package deal."

"You sure do take dating seriously round here, huh," Brandon teases with a playful smirk as his fingers interlock with Stella's.

"Yeah, something like that..."

"Well anyways, I'm Sky. This is my girlfriend Bloom along with Brandon and his girlfriend Stella, Aisha and her boyfriend Nabu, Tecna and her boyfriend Timmy, the female version of you there is Musa along with her boyfriend Riven." We each say our hellos as Sky introduces us one by one, well pair by pair at least.

"What classes do you all have first?"

"History"

"English"

"Maths"

"Chemistry"

"PE"

"Well we have English with you by the looks of things so we'll go there last, we're getting a new teacher next week too so you won't be the only newcomers," Helia informs us as he and Flora begin walking, their hands swaying together ever so slightly, fingers still firmly interlocked. Helia explains a bit about everything as we walk through the school, showing us each our classes as we go by.

Sky and Brandon went first for PE.

Riven was next for Chemistry.

Stella and Tecna then went to History.

Bloom and I were next for maths leaving Aisha, Nabu and Timmy to go to English along with Flora and Helia, Aisha and Nabu definitely got lucky this time round.

By the time lunch comes around I'm not the only one who is completely exhausted. A normal day is tiring but this is our first day! And apparently, everyone wants to meet the new students.

"So... what do you guys think?" Stella asks resting her chin on top of her hands as she leans forwards.

"I don't really care for any of it... well... it's no worse anyways." I can't help but smile a little at Riven's response, it's a miracle that he doesn't just miraculously hate this place, that tends to be his usual opinion on things, what he tells the others at least. I can see through his 'chilled' persona, I don't think he's ever been so at ease in school. Who'd have thought?

"Well, isn't that an achievement," Brandon responds with a snarky edge.

"Well the people definitely seem nice. Those two earlier... Helia and Flora, they were nice. I definitely think they're good people but there's something kinda off," Aisha states, leaning forwards with a slightly hushed tone, as if keeping some big secret.

"Well it's not our place to intrude, any secrets they may have aren't going to bother us." We all hush up after Nabu's statement, silently agreeing with him. We only just met them today, it's hardly like they're going to spill their secrets the moment they meet us.

"I'm going to run to the bathroom quickly, I'll be right back." Hearing the others register what I said, I run to the nearest girls bathroom.

The bathrooms are pretty basic as expected, stalls line one side of the room whilst sinks line the opposite wall, there's a single dryer at the end of the line of sinks and I can't help but sigh, the dryers in school bathrooms are always so loud! I use the toilet quickly but just as I'm about to leave the stall I hear voices followed by a small cry and then the door to the bathroom opens and shuts. As I exit the stall I see Flora on the floor in the middle of the bathroom, reaching round blindly in an attempt to find something. I'm guessing that cry must have come from her but what happened? It doesn't look like she's hurt.

"Hey, are you okay?" I ask as I wash my hands at one of the sinks.

"W-who is that?" What? Has she forgotten what I look like already? Or maybe she just doesn't remember...

"Flora it's me, Musa. I'm one of the new students, we met earlier."

"Right of course, sorry, it takes me a while to learn who's who..."

"Well I'm practically the female version of your boyfriend, appearance wise anyways."

"Wha-what? My boyfriend? I don't have a boyfriend."

"But Helia..."

"Helia's my best friend, not my boyfriend." Oh... well I ship the two of them. If they're only best friends why are they always holding onto each other, quite literally. I suppose it's none of my business really. Can't help wondering though. "Would you mind um... helping me up?"

"No, of course not, here," I say as I help her off the ground but she looks so confused. I wonder what she's even doing in here, it doesn't look like she needs the bathroom. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah... I'm- it's just- ugh..." Flora stops to take a deep breath and I can see the evident frustration on her face. It's like she's being forced into something she doesn't want. "When I got pushed- I mean, when I fell it threw me off a bit. I'm not quite sure which direction is which anymore. Could you help me to the door so I can find Helia?" What does she mean she doesn't know which direction is which? Surely she knows where the door is. I know where the door is and it's my first day!

"Yeah, of course. If you don't mind me asking though... how come you don't, well- how come you don't-"

"I'd prefer if you didn't tell your friends, everyone already knows but it's nice to have people know me without knowing about it... but I'm blind." My eyes widen in shock from the newfound information and I hear Flora sigh obviously having predicted my reaction. I guess I was a little bit too accurate when I said she was blindly searching...

"I won't tell them, I promise." I guide Flora slowly out of the bathroom, allowing her to grab loosely onto my wrist as I've seen her do with Helia.

Once we're outside of the bathroom my eyes immediately lock onto Helia who is frantically searching classrooms, I can only assume he's looking for Flora. How did the two of them end up separated anyways? I mean, it seems like he's the one who guides her everywhere...

"Helia!" I call down the corridor and I see the blue-haired male's head turn towards me instantly, I don't need to say anything else to get him running towards us.

"Flora! What happened Are you okay?" I can't help but smile at Helia's concern as he checks Flora over before pulling her into a hug. The two of them are so cute, how are they not a couple? Now there's no way I can't ship the two of them together!

"Helia, I'm fine, I promise." Helia turns to my in disbelief, obviously not fully believing the brunette's words.

"Someone pushed her." I mouth to him so that Flora can't deny it, I've got a feeling she wasn't intending on telling him the truth about what happened.

"Thank you Musa." Even though Helia speaks out loud, I know there's a double meaning to his words that Flora won't understand.

"I should be getting back to my friends, I'll see you two later. I promise I won't tell them," I say, lowering my voice a little at the second part. I receive two nods in response and a thankful smile from Flora. With a small wave to Helia and a quick muttered goodbye, I leave to go back to my friends. So apparently I will find out one of their secrets...

I still can't believe that Flora is blind though. Throughout the tour she came off as so happy, so carefree. I'm not saying that being blind gets in the way of it but I just don;t know how she does it.

"You okay Musa?" Tecna asks as I return back to my seat. "You took quite a while in there."

"Oh, I'm fine. Just ran into someone who wanted to talk, that's all."

A/N so I've finally gotten around to beginning to redo these first few chapters. I've corrected some errors, re-worded some bits and ended up making the chapter a bit longer.

I had intended to update sooner but a guest (or multiple maybe?) left some not so nice reviews and not in the creative criticism department so I didn't really feel up to posting.

Hopefully I'll make a start on the new chapters soon and hopefully I'll even be posting some new chapters! I do have a lot of school work at the moment so my updates aren't going to be all that regular or often although I do have half term next week so if everything goes to plan I'll dedicate some time to writing on here. I have so many ideas for new stories so I'm trying just to stick to one at a time.

I hope you guys enjoyed reading this for the first time (or maybe re-reading it), no matter which one I would love to hear from you guys! :)

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- Mae