WINX SPIDEY

Chapter 3: Paths Cross

Hello again, dear readers. I hope you'll appreciate the work I put in to write this chapter, because it's about to get all interesting. Bloom, the fairy princess of Domino, along with her parents and older sister are being included in this story. Now understand that I don't own Spider-Man or Winx Club, just the ideas for the whole thing, so with that said and done, here goes nothing.

The next morning turned out to be truly beautiful, because it was such a peaceful day in the planetary kingdom of Domino. It was also a coincidence that around the same time the young street urchin in Magix wished that things could be different, that Prince Andre of Ithica had arrived at the royal palace of Domino.

Just as the sun had risen, the prince had asked the king and queen for permission to spend time with their daughter, to which they said yes. For Oritel and Marian had been hoping that their youngest daughter would finally pick a husband and get married.

"Do you really think it will be different this time?" Marian asked her husband in worry.

"Oh, I am most positive that it will work this time for certain." The king told his wife with complete reassurance. "After the first six times, our youngest will definitely have to choose a suiter." No sooner had he said that, the doors that led out into the palace garden suddenly burst open. The king and queen looked up in surprise, just in time to see the would-be suiter walk through the corridor.

"Uggh! I have never been so insulted in my entire life!" cried the prince in a rage, Oritel was shocked to hear that. But then he got up to follow him. "Andre, you're not leaving so soon are you?" he asked the prince, even as he had noticed that the prince's clothes had been torn, with a piece of the prince's cloak ripped off.

"Good luck marrying her off!" Andre shouted in a rage, even as he continued to walk out to his entourage. Oritel and Marian looked at each other in surprise and realized that their daughter must have offended Prince Andre.

"Oh Bloom…" sighed Oritel before he and Marian went outside to the royal garden. There, they found their daughter, who was sulking by the fountain. "Young lady, I believe we need to talk. About what just hap…"

All of a sudden, the king was deliberately interrupted by a loud growl, which was made by a large, medium-sized, green dragon that managed to get in his face. The king was startled at once, but then he noticed that the creature had a piece of cloth in its mouth. "Oh confound it, Cringer!" exclaimed Oritel before snatching the cloth from the dragon's mouth and examining it. Sure enough, it really was a piece of the prince's cape. "So, this is why Prince Andre stormed out!"

"Oh Father," Bloom answered "Cringer was just playing with him," she turned to the dragon. "Weren't you Cringer? You were playing with that overdressed, self-absorbed Prince Andre, weren't you?" The dragon chuckled and nuzzled its face up against Bloom, the king frowned disapprovingly at his daughter causing her to look down at her feet.

"Dearest, you need to stop rejecting every suitor who comes to call." Oritel explained to his daughter, "The law says that you…"

"Must be married to a prince." Bloom answered, along with what her father was just saying, even as she walked over to a bird cage. "By your next birthday," Oritel finished.

"The law is wrong," Bloom insisted strongly.

"Well, you've only got two weeks left until then!" exclaimed the king in complete exasperation.

"But if I do marry," Bloom answered. "I only want it to be for love."

It was then that Queen Marian stepped forward. "Now dear, it's only this law." She managed to explain in a very sensible way, "But the truth is, your father and I won't be around forever. So we just want to make certain that you're taken care of, and provided for."

"Please, try to understand." Bloom insisted, "Ever since I first came to live here, I've rarely been allowed to do anything on my own. I've hardly ever spend time with my own friends." That last part that was heard, caused Cringer to perk his head up and snort with indignation.

"Oh, except you, Cringer." Bloom assured him, that got the dragon to relax and put his head back on the ground while Bloom continued to talk with her parents.

"And besides, I've rarely even been outside the palace walls." She added.

"Now Bloom, be realistic. You're a princess." Oritel told his daughter.

"Then maybe I don't want to be a princess anymore!" Bloom answered haughtily. The king stared at his daughter in absolute disbelief before turning around and walking straight back to the palace, but before angrily whispering to Cringer. "Heaven forbid that you should have any daughters!"

Cringer just cocked his head in confusion, he clearly didn't understand what the king really meant. The queen followed after the king, presumably to calm him down while Bloom continued to sulk. How could everyone be so very demanding these days? Just for once, she would've liked to make her own decisions, in regards to living her own life and choosing a husband who would actually love and cherish her all the days of his life. But somehow, her own parents didn't seem to care about any of that.

"Bloom, why must you always test our father so much?" asked a voice that was very familiar to the young princess. She looked up and saw a much older girl with blonde hair wearing a light green dress. This could only be Daphne who was not only Bloom's older sister, but also Oritel and Marian's eldest daughter.

"Oh Daphne, if only you'd understand." Bloom sighed unhappily.

"Understand what? That you keep judging every suiter who comes to call before you even know them?" asked Daphne, "As far as Mother and Father are concerned, you can't keep doing this forever." Bloom looked down in shame, even though she didn't want to admit it.

"Listen, I can understand that you wish to marry someone who would love and cherish you all the days of his life." Daphne explained earnestly "So I promise you one thing. One day, you'll meet a man who was always meant for you."

Bloom then realized that her sister was right, she wouldn't be able to keep this up forever. In the event when she was suppose to choose a husband. Perhaps the next time when a prince came to call, then she'd get to know him better. But until then, she needed to think of a way to slip away from the palace.

Meanwhile

After they went back inside the palace, the king and queen went to their own personal chambers where the king just sat down in exasperation. "I can't believe this, Marian!" he exclaimed "So far, our youngest daughter has still refused to even choose a husband!"

"Oh darling," sighed Marian as she rubbed her husband's shouders to help him calm down and relax. "We both know that Bloom would like to someone, but only as long as it's someone that she really likes."

"But how can we even find someone that she could possibly like?" asked Oritel. "So far, she really disliked all those suiters that came to call." Just then, a shadow came into the room. The king turned around to see who it was, and saw that it was a man wearing a green suit with a purple cape. "Ah Quinten, it's you, my most trusted adviser!" Oritel exclaimed before standing up "I really am in desperate need of your wisdom."

"My life is to serve you, my king." The adviser known as Quinten replied with a bow, this really was the same man who not only called himself Mysterio, but also was the one who had gone to Earth with the Trix just to find the Cave of Dreams and Wonders.

"I need your help because of this suiter business," Oritel explained. "My youngest daughter still refuses to choose a husband, even she's only two more weeks until her next birthday."

"Well, that is a most unfortunate dilemma." Quinten remarked before thinking for a moment. "Perhaps I can devise a solution to this unnatural problem."

"If anyone can help, it's you." Oritel replied, by this time Queen Marian had left the room so her husband could speak with the royal vizier in private. This gave Quinten all the time he needed to advantage of the situation. "I believe it would require the use of a mystic blue diamond." He pointed out while figuring the king's ring.

"My ring?" King Oritel recoiled and looked at the ring on his right hand. "But it's been in the family for years."

"It's the only way to find a suiter for the youngest princess." Mysterio explained before lifting his staff that had an orb on the top of it. "But don't worry, everything will be fine." As the vizier spoke, the orb on his staff begin to glow in front of the king's face, causing him to fall into a trance. "Everything…will be….fine." Oritel faintly murmured.

"Now, the diamond." The vizier instructed as he held out his hand.

"Here Quinten, take whatever you….need." Oritel answered, and without realizing it, he took off his ring and gave it to his adviser who took it with a hint of glee in his eyes.

"You are most gracious, my liege!" exclaimed Quinten. "Now perhaps you and the queen attend to more personal matters, such as discussing plans for your youngest daughter to get married."

"Yes, that would be…fine." Oritel stated before heading out. As soon as the king was out of sight, the royal vizier went to a more secluded part of the palace where he pulled on a chain that opened up part of the wall, leading directly into a secret passage. Once he was inside, the wall closed behind him. Then Mysterio descended the staircase that was before him and went through a wooden door, entering a secret chamber where four figures and a falcon were waiting.

"It's about time, Father. What kept you?" asked one of the figures, who was a youg man with blond hair and blue eyes.

"I finally got what we need, son." Mysterio replied, holding out the king's ring in his hand. "Soon I will be king and you, my son, will be the rightful heir to the throne."

"Which means, he will be the first of a new dynasty." Another voice added, which belonged to one of the three other figures, who turned out to be the same exact young women who accompanied Mysterio to Earth; Icy, Darcy, and Stormy, also known as the Trix.

"Yeah, ya got that right," remarked the falcon, revealed to be Walter.

"Come, we have much work to do." Mysterio told his colleagues.

Later on; that night

After the whole experience of dealing with complete strangers that she never wanted to marry, Bloom decided to run away to Magix and never return to her home world. So she packed whatever things she would need for the journey, with help from her handmaiden.

"Are you sure that you know what you're doing, Milady?" asked the handmaid patiently, out of curiosity. Even though she was a couple of years older than the young princess. "The king and queen would be very angry, if they ever found what you've done."

"My mother and father won't know a thing." Bloom answered impassively, "So I'm counting on you to keep my escape a secret. Can you do that for me, Danielle?" the handmaiden looked so unsure for a moment, then she glanced at the princess and smiled.

"Don't you about a thing, milady," she replied earnestly, which prompted the princess to jump forward and hug her tightly.

"Thank you so much Danielle, you're one of the closest friends that anyone could ever hope to have." Danielle was very touched by the princess's words, but then she returned the hug and Bloom went to pick up her belongings. "Well, it's time for me to go."

"Good luck princess, and take care." Danielle told the young princess one last time.

Bloom carried her suitcase along with her pet rabbit Kiko, who was her closenit companion from childhood. Then she used her magic to conjure up a disguise to pose as a civilian in Magix City. Earlier in the day, she had made sure to contact her friends from high school about her problems and they agreed to help her escape from Domino. Right then, they would now be waiting outside the palace walls for her to arrive.

Quietly and carefully, Bloom slipped outside to the palace gardens where she went to the garden wall and was just about to climb a tree when something tugged at her coat. Startled, the princess jerked around to see who did that just now, only to find that it was Cringer pulling on her coat and whining pleadingly.

"Oh Cringer," sighed Bloom unhappily as she knelt down to his level and looked into his eyes. "I really wish you could come, but you can't. I can't just stay here and have my life lived for me. I'll miss you." She then hugged the dragon tightly before turning back to the tree and started climb up with a boost from Cringer. Once she reached the top of the wall, she looked down one last time.

"Goodbye," she called softly before slipping down to the other side. Once she was out of sight, Cringer the poor dragon lay down on the ground feeling very unhappy.

Outside the palace walls, Bloom met with her five friends, along with six little pixies, who had been waiting for her to arrive for almost an hour. "Well, it's about time Bloom. What took you so long?" asked an older girl with long blond hair, this could only be Bloom's best friend Stella, the princess of Solaria.

"I'm sorry for keeping you girls waiting," Bloom answered "But here I am. Now let's get out of here before we're discovered." With that said and done, the group set off for Magix. But they reached their destination, Bloom looked back at the palace one last time and started to sing:

Here comes a wave meant to wash me away

A tide that is taking me under

Broken again, left with nothing to say

My voice drowned out in the thunder

But I can't cry

And I can't start to crumble

Whenever they shut me or cut me down

I can't stay silent

Though they wanna keep me quiet

And I tremble when they try it

All I know is I won't go speechless

The other girls and the pixies turned to look at her for a minute smiling in jubilation. "That was very beautiful, Bloom." Flora commented, the rest of them and their bonded pixies nodded in unison. One pixie in particular, flew over to Bloom and rested on her shoulder. This pixie had pink hair and blue eyes, wore a pink dress and carried a blue wand that was shaped like a key. Her name was Lockette, the pixie of portals.

"Why are you so sad, Bloom?" she asked, the young princess looked down at her bonded pixie and smiled. "Oh I'm alright, Lockette" she promised the little pixie. "I'm just tired of how palace life has been going for me lately." The little pixie then smiled with jubilation while they all passed through a portal, leading directly into Magix City.

The next morning

Everything was hustle and bustle in the city of Magix, the shopkeepers had opened up their stores and all the vendors were busy with their concessions in the marketplace. Now unbeknownst to anyone who was passing by in the streets, someone was hiding up in the rafters above the market stalls. This was none other than Peter Parker, once known as Spider-Man, and he was accompanied by his pet monkey named Boba.

"Okay, Boba," he told the little monkey. "Coast is clear, go for it!"

The monkey saluted his master and then went down to a random concession, where he hung upside down right behind a short, round vendor who was busy selling watermelons.

"Here's the best melons in Magix!" the man called, holding out a watermelon and waved around as he spoke. "They really make an everlasting impression on your taste buds and…."

He was interrupted by a chattering noise that came from behind him. The vendor turned around and grew increasingly annoyed at the sight of a little monkey that had just picked up another watermelon, and was starting to lick its lips. "Hey! Take your filthy paws off that!" he shouted.

But the monkey only made jabbering noises at him and stuck out its tongue. "Ah-gah-gah-bah-bah-bah-bah-bah!" squeaked Boba happily.

"Why you little mongrel!" cried the vendor, setting down his current melon and marching over to snatch the other melon out of the monkey's paws. But just as his back was turned, a pair of hands reached down and snatched up the first melon. As the vendor turned back to his business, he was shocked to find that the first melon he had was gone. He turned around in time to see the monkey disappear up top.

"Good job Boba," Peter congratulated his pet, who had now joined him on top of a café, with a great view of the streets. The young man cut open the melon with his pocket knife and gave one half to the monkey. "Breakfast is served."

Now just as the two companions were eating their breakfast, a group of girls were unexpectedly heading in their direction. For some strange reason, these girls were the same exact ones who escaped from Domino the previous night, and now they were busily exploring the marketplace.

"Sugar dates!" a vendor called out, "Sugar dates! Sugar dates and beans! Sugar dates and pistachios!" the girls just smiled and pressed on.

"Would one of you young ladies like to have a necklace?" asked another vendor, who held out a very expensive necklace. "A pretty necklace for a pretty lady." Of course, Stella was more than eager to buy one. But Bloom and the others wouldn't have it. "No Stella, not today," Bloom told her.

"Bloom's right, we can do more around here than buy necklaces." Flora reminded her, Stella was about to object, but then she changed her mind and left it at that. Just as the six girls and their bonded pixies continued moving along, a third vendor suddenly startled them.

"Fresh fish!" he called out, holding up said fish, "We catch 'em, you buy 'em!" Now the young fairies were feeling very disgusted, even as they moved away from the concessions as fast as they could, the pixies in tow. But just as they went further, Bloom forget to look where she was going and ran into a performer who was busy practicing his juggling. That caused him to drop all his balls that each landed on his head with a hard smack, leaving a few knots on his nob.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Bloom quickly apologized as she helped the juggler back up on his feet again.

"Think nothing of it, miss." He replied earnestly as he gathered up his juggling balls, "Just be sure to look where next time."

"Oh, I will," Bloom promised.

Right at that very moment, Peter turned to look down from his position on top of the café. He heard and saw the commotion where the juggler was ran into, and the girls who helped him back up. But then he found himself being captivated by the sight of the redhaired girl, who had gotten her hood knocked off when she ran into the juggler, but then she was pulling the hood back onto her head.

"Wow!" Peter whispered quietly to himself, even as he looked at the girl before him. Not only did she have bright red hair, but also clear blue eyes and a vibrant smile. She was also very lovely in form and beautiful, Boba took notice of this and tried to get his master's attention, but Peter was now lost in his own little world.

"Uh…hullo?...Hullo." Boba chattered as he waved his paws in front of his master's face, but Peter was already too transfixed on the girl before him. Down below, Bloom and her friends stopped by a fruit store that wasn't too far from the café itself. They came across two little children, a brother and a sister, who were trying to reach into the carts of fruit that were a little bit too high for them.

"Awww….those two look like they could use some help." Chatta cooed softly, the other pixies all nodded in sympathy. Bloom stepped forth and looked down at the children. "You two must be hungry," she said to them, the little ones looked up at her and nodded, so she reached into one of the carts and got out four pieces of fruit for the youngsters.

"Here, take them" she told them encouragingly, the children eagerly took the fruit and went on their way, but not before the shopkeeper saw what had happened. "I certainly hope you're able to pay for those fruits," he said crossly.

Bloom turned around in surprise, "Oh, I'm sorry, I was only making sure that those little ones had something to eat and…"

"Then perhaps I'd better make one thing personally clear, no one takes things from my store or my carts without paying!" said the shopkeeper angrily. From atop of the café, Peter was really starting to concerned about the situation.

"I'm so sorry, I don't have any money…" Bloom tried to explain, but the shopkeeper just cut her off short.

"Then that makes you a thief!" he snapped, grabbing her firmly by the wrist. The other girls and the pixies were very much alarmed at this drastic change of events. Even Lockette was very scared at what was happening.

"Please, if you'll just let me return to my native planet. I might be able to get some money from the king of Domino…" Bloom tried to reason, but the shopkeeper still wouldn't listen, even as he drew out a long sharp blade.

"Do you know what the penalty is for stealing?!" he demanded angrily as he pinned down the girl's right arm with one hand and raised the blade above his head with the other, much to the horror of the other fairies and all the pixies. Kiko the rabbit covered his eyes with his long ears to avoid seeing such a horrible, yet dangerous spectacle.

"NO!" Bloom cried out pleadingly as the shopkeeper started to bring down the blade to cut off her hand. Now that would have been very unfortunate, had another hand not reached in and grabbed the shopkeeper's wrist. Much to the amazement of the Winx and the pixies.

"Now hold on there," said a firm voice, the girls turned to see a brown-eyed, brown-haired boy holding the shopkeeper's wrist. Peter was, no doubt, the one who had managed to stop the man from cutting off Bloom's hand. Stella and Aisha, along with Amore, Lockette and Piff, were greatly surprised by this sudden unexpected turn of events. Flora, Musa and Tecna, along with their bonded pixies, immediately recognized the same young man who outwitted the royal guards just the other day.

"Thank you so much for finding her, I'll take it from here." Peter told the confused shopkeeper before leading Bloom aside, much to the bewilderment of the other girls. "Where have you been? I've been looking all over for you!" he exclaimed, all the while pretending to know the girl he'd just met.

"What are you doing…?" Bloom started to ask, but Peter quickly shushed her.

"Shhh! Just play along." He whispered before the shopkeeper placed a hand on the boy's shoulder. "Excuse me, young man. Do you know this girl?" he asked sternly.

"Sadly, yes" Peter answered. "She's my sister, and she's a little crazy because she's got a really bad habit for wondering off." Bloom and the rest of the Winx were very surprised to hear that. Stella, on the other hand, was completely indignant.

"Who does this guy think he is?" she whispered to Aisha.

"I'm not sure," Aisha replied, "But from the looks of things, he's just trying to save her life." They turned back to hear what was being said.

"She just said that she knew the king of Domino!" exclaimed the shopkeeper in absolute disbelief.

"Correction," Peter told him. "She seems to think that the monkey is the real king of Domino." He gestured down towards Boba, who cringed at the sudden attention. Bloom then realized that this was a sign to keep the pretense. So she knelt down on the ground before Boba. "Oh, your majesty, how may I serve you?"

The monkey only made chattering noises in response, which sounded so funny to the other fairies. Peter then turned back to the shopkeeper "I'm really sorry about all this, I'll pay you back as soon as I can find work." The shopkeeper nodded his head in response, without comprehending that he was actually being fooled. Then Peter turned to Bloom and took her by the hand, "Come along sister, it's time to leave now."

So with that, they both started to leave the marketplace, along with the rest of the Winx Club, followed by Lockette and the rest of the pixies. Just then, Boba started to mess around until some items that he stashed away fell out of his jacket, it was a bunch of jewels and fruit. Peter and Bloom now turned around in surprise to see the whole commotion while the shopkeeper turned around just in time to see the monkey pick up all the items in a frantic frenzy, and then realized that he had been tricked.

"Wha…Come back here, you thieves!" he cried out in anger, although no one else paid any attention to the commotion, even as the two teenagers and the little monkey, along with Bloom's friends and the pixies, raced out of the square without looking back.

Back on Domino

Meanwhile, in the most reclused part of the royal palace, something else was about to transpire. The man who called himself Mysterio and his only son, along with his treacherous falcon and the Trix were busy working on an experiment, that involved the use of a particular machine. Walter the falcon was inside a wheel that he used for a treadmill, which was being used to power up the machine.

"Why can't we just wait for a real storm to appear?" whined Walter in exasperation.

"Save your breath, Walter. Faster!" Mysterio commanded as he placed the king's ring into a filter that was on top of an hourglass, with the ring's diamond facing upwards. The falcon did as he was told and sped up the wheel, empowering the machine even further. Sure enough, a real lightning bolt struck the ring on top of the hourglass, and the sand inside started to swirl. Then the royal vizier began to chant:

"O, sands of time; reveal to me the one who can be able to enter the cave!"

Then all at once, when the sand swirled in the bottom part of the hourglass, it showed the image of a young man climbing up a ladder on the side of a building. "Yes! There he is!" Mysterio exclaimed with glee. "My diamond in the rough!"

"Now wait a minute." Mysterio's son rushed forward to look at the image in the hourglass. "This is the person you've been looking for?"

"Yes, yet appearances matter not, Simon." Mysterio reminded his son, "The only thing that matters right now is we have finally found him." The master of illusions then turned to the Trix, "Now, what say you of this matter? Perhaps we should send the guards to find him and extend an invitation to the palace, shall we?"

The three young witches looked at each other, then back at their much esteemed colleague and nodded their heads in agreement. "Yes, that sounds good to me" Icy replied.

"That's such a brilliant idea" Darcy complimented.

"I just hope this guy isn't going to be a waste of our time." Stormy remarked with malice.

Mysterio ignored the last thing that was being said, then he began making plans to enlist the young man's help for retrieving the magic lamp from the Cave of Dreams and Wonders.

Back in Magix City

The young man was just seen in Mysterio's hourglass, was the same one who had just helped a certain redheaded girl escape from a harmful fate. He was none other than Peter Parker of Earth, formerly known as Spider-Man, and the girl he saved was actually the princess of Domino, but he didn't know that. They had just climbed up to the rooftop where they'd cross over to his private lodgings.

"Alright, here we are." Peter told her as he reached down to pull her up. Bloom could've just transformed into fairy mode and flown up alongside her friends, but this was fine with her. Just as Peter pulled her on up to the roof, Bloom accidently tripped and stumbled straight into Peter's arms with her face on his chest. The rest of the fairies and all the pixies were somehow amused by this outcome, Lockette was especially curious about what would happen next. Bloom stood straight up and looked deep into Peter's eyes, which were full of so much compassion and yet so caring.

Bloom blushed and quickly let go of him before regaining her composure. "I….want to thank you for stopping that man," she told him. "Not many people would have done that."

"You're welcome." Peter answered before turning around to pick a long wooden pole. "So, today's been your first time in the marketplace, huh?" he asked before using the pole to jump across to another rooftop, with Boba catching on for a ride.

"Is it that obvious?" Bloom inquired, the other girls looked at each other in utmost bewilderment. How could this boy not know that Bloom had been to Magix City so many times before?

"Well, you do kinda stand out." Peter answered, but then he saw the look she was giving him and decided to help her get across. So he picked up a long board to use for a bridge. "I mean, you don't seem to know how dangerous the city be at times. So you really should be more careful whenever you're out in public and…." But he didn't even finish the sentence because just as he set down the board, Bloom suddenly sprang overhead, using a different pole to jump across. Peter and Boba turned around to stare at her in amazement, while Kiko, the pixies and the rest of the Winx were also every bit as surprised as they were.

"I'm a fast learner," she smiled at Peter before tossing the pole to him while Boba just gaped at her in surprise. Peter put the pole down and he then proceeded to lead Bloom and her friends up a staircase, with the monkey, the rabbit and the pixies following close behind.

"Do you have any idea what this all means?" Lockette quietly asked the rest of the pixies.

"Yes, Bloom might have just found the man of her dreams." Amore whispered in response.

"We're all thinking the same thing!" Chatta whispered excitedly, the other pixies were very enthusiastic with the whole thing about Bloom and the young man who had just saved her life. The rest of the Winx were feeling the exact same thing, even as they all went upstairs.

"Careful, watch your head there." Peter told the girls as he led them all up the stairs while ducking under an overhanging beam that hung down from the ceiling. Before too long, they all reached the main complex where Peter and Boba lived.

"Is this where you live?" Bloom asked excitedly.

"Yep, just me and Boba." Peter told her as they entered the room and he led her over to a window. "It doesn't look like much, but the view is really great." As he spoke, the young man drew open the curtain that kept out the sunlight, the Winx and their bonded pixies marveled in awe at the grand view of the city.

"The city looks just amazing from up here, doesn't it?" asked Peter.

"Yes…it really does" Bloom answered, even as she just found herself thinking about home. Lockette noticed this and floated over to rest on Bloom's shoulder, then Peter took the time to strike up a conversation with her. "You know, I've been reading a great deal about the many different kingdoms on other planets in the magic dimension. Especially the likes of Domino, Solaria, and Andros." Bloom just cringed at the mention of her home planet, which she had just risked escaping from in the first place. Although, Stella and Aisha didn't mind talking about their native planets and their family backgrounds.

"I wonder what it would be like to live there," Peter continued. "To have servants and valets."

"Oh sure," Bloom replied bitterly. "Even some people would tell you where to go and how to dress."

"Well, at least it should be better than here. Where you'd always be scrapping for food and running away from the cops, or even the palace guards." Peter countered.

"But then you wouldn't be free to make your own choices." Bloom answered.

"Sometimes you feel…." Peter began to say.

"You're just…" Bloom continued.

"Trapped." They finished at the same time. Then the two just exchanged glances in absolute amazement, Bloom felt a warm feeling wash over her. Right now, she couldn't help smiling at this wonderful boy who had been so kind to her. The rest of the Winx were also amazed at this outcome, as were the pixies. "Ah, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Chatta asked Amore, who was giggling to herself.

Just then, Boba picked up an apple and was about to take a bite out of it, when Peter snatched it away. "So, where are you from?" he asked as he picked up another apple and tossed it to Bloom.

"It doesn't matter," she answered grimly. "I ran away, and I'm not going back."

"How come?" Peter asked out of curiosity.

"My father's too demanding," she told him. "By attempting to force me into a marriage with a complete stranger." Peter then felt very sad to hear that.

"Gosh, that sounds awful." He told her with a look of sympathy, just then Boba the monkey started to get some naughty ideas in his head. He crawled behind the pair to the left side of Bloom and was just about to take the apple from her, when all of a sudden.

"Boba!" Peter snapped angrily, which startled the little monkey who started to jump and scamper all over the place, making his monkey noises until he was back on the window sill. "What's the matter?" Bloom asked out of curiosity.

"Ah, Boba says…" Peter began, but then he got an idea in his head, "He says the way you've been treated back home, that's not fair."

"Faur!" Boba squeaked in bewilderment.

"Oh, did he?" Bloom gave a genuine smile, as did her friends and all the pixies.

"Yeah," Peter answered, leaning closer to her.

"Does Boba have anything else to say?" Bloom inquired.

"Well, he wishes there was something he could do to help." Peter told her, off to the side, Boba huffed indignantly, which Bloom's friends found amusing. Especially Flora, Musa and Tecna.

"Then tell him that's very sweet." Bloom told her new friend. In that very moment, as if by a feeling of tension or mutual attraction, the two of them looked into each other's eyes and leaned closer. It looked like they were just about to kiss when all of a sudden….

"THERE YOU ARE!" shouted a loud voice, startling the pair so much that they jumped up to who had just shouted. Bloom's friends and the pixies were also so startled because down below, several guards were coming up the stairs. The same ones from Domino.

"They're after me!" cried Bloom and Peter in unison, they then turned to each other in utmost confusion. "They're after you?!"

The pixies were so entertained by this, that they couldn't help giggling at the scene before them. "It's so funny how they finish the same sentences." Lockette told the other pixies who were so tickled at the sight of the somewhat funny, 'romantic' pair. However, Kiko jumped up into Bloom's arms for comfort because he was very scared.

Bloom, on the other hand, looked very worried. "Oh no, Father must have sent them to find me…" she told her friends, just then, Peter climbed up onto the ledge with Boba on his shoulder. "Do you trust me?" he asked her.

"What?" she asked in surprise.

"Do you trust me?" he repeated, holding out his hand.

"Ah, y-yes" she stammered before putting her hand in his.

"Then JUUUMMMP!" he shouted out as they leaped out the large window and over the ledge together, with Boba hanging onto his master's shoulders for dear life while Kiko was screaming in terror.

Lockette flew after them, while the other pixies flew off with their own bonded fairies in a much different direction. After they had fallen for almost 3 stories, the foursome landed in the middle of an alley, right on a soft pile of sand. Lockette then caught up with them.

"Are you alright, Bloom?" asked the worried little pixie.

"I'll be fine, Lockette." Bloom answered.

"Come on, let's go!" urged Peter as he got back up, pulling Bloom by the hand. They all ran out of the alley, right into someone who was blocking their path. Peter took one look and recognized the person, it was Rafael, captain of the guard from the kingdom of Domino. The captain grabbed the young man by the front of the shirt and chuckled harshly "We just keep running into each other. Don't we, street rat?"

Before Peter could answer that, a gunny sack was suddenly pulled down over the captain's head. As usual, Boba was on top, and Peter broke free from the captain's grasp so he and Bloom could run away, but then they saw more guards waiting for them. "Let's run back the way we came." He told her, so they started to run back in the opposite direction, but then Rafael had already pulled the sack off his head, grabbed Boba and threw the little monkey into a nearby clay pot.

"It's the dungeon for you, boy!" shouted the captain as he grabbed Peter by the coller and tossed him to the rest of the guards, two of which grabbed the young man and placed him in chains. "No!" cried Bloom before she ran over and hit the captain hard on the shoulder. Let him go!" she demanded angrily.

"Well, well, well," laughed Rafael "Look what we have here, men. A street mouse!" the captain then deliberately pushed the young lady to the ground, without even realizing that she was the younger princess of Domino. Peter was seething when he saw what happened, high up in the air, the rest of the Winx were shocked to see what was happening. Now Bloom had enough, she got back up and did the riskiest thing she could ever think of. "Unhand him!" she commanded sternly before removing her hood, "By order of the princess of Domino!"

The guards were all struck dumb when they heard that, especially Rafael. "P-P-Princess?!" he stammered in utter shock before bowing low, the rest of the royal guards did the same. "Princess Bloom!"

"The princess?!" Peter asked in absolute disbelief.

"De prencess?!" squeaked Boba from inside the pot.

"But what are you doing outside the royal palace on Domino?" asked the captain, "And with this urchin?"

"That's none of your concern," Bloom answered "Now do as I command, release him!"

"Oh, I could, your highness" Rafael replied. "Except my orders come from Mysterio, I'm afraid you will have to take with him. I can assure you, we are only doing our duty." With that said and done, the guards left, taking the young man with them.

"Believe me, I will." Bloom muttered, she was fuming terribly. The other fairies came floating down to her, they were very distressed indeed, especially Flora.

"Oh Bloom, how could this happen?" she asked in worry.

"I don't know." Bloom answered "I intend to find out."

Back on Domino; Later on

The sun was setting in the fair kingdom of Domino, the citizens of that planet were now going home to rest so they could turn in for the night. At that very moment, a certain someone was just leaving his private sanctum to turn in for the night. This was Quinten Beck, aka Mysterio, and everything seemed to be going his way as he was just slipping quietly out from his secret chamber. He had just sent the Trix away so he could keep appearances in the palace, while his only son went home.

"Quinten!" a voice suddenly called out. The royal vizier turned to see who had called his name just now, then he saw the king's youngest daughter walking right up to him, with an angry expression on her face.

"Ah, your royal highness," he bowed with an inclination of his head, and with extending his cape. "How may I be of service to you?"

"The guards just took a boy from the marketplace on Magix!" she told him angrily. "Under your orders!"

"Your father, the king, has charged me with keeping the peace on Domino and throughout the universal order." Mysterio retorted. "And after all, the boy was a criminal."

"But what was his crime?" Bloom inquired. "What he did do that was so unlawful?"

"Why, kidnapping the king's youngest daughter, of course." Mysterio replied.

"What?!" Bloom was very shocked to hear that. "That's not true! He didn't kidnap me, I ran away!"

"Oh dear!" exclaimed Mysterio as he went to the other side of the room. "How very frightfully upsetting, had I known about this already."

"What do you mean?" asked Bloom.

"Well, sadly." Mysterio began to explain, "Yet, very most unfortunately, the boy's sentence has already been carried out."

"What sentence?" Bloom inquired, dreading the answer.

"Death," Mysterio answered "By beheading."

"Oh no!" Bloom gasped in horror, covering her mouth with both her hands. From outside, the rest of the Winx and all the pixies were listening to everything that was being said. Now they were very much shocked to hear what the vizier just said.

"I am terribly sorry, your highness." Mysterio told the young princess.

"How could you?!" Bloom cried out in exasperation before running out of the room, as soon as she was out of sight, three female figures entered the room. This was none other than the witch sisters called the Trix, and they too had heard just about everything that was spoken. "So, how did it go?" asked Icy, the first of them.

"I think she took it rather well." Mysterio replied before grinning wickedly.

Nightfall

Bloom sobbed on her bed with her face buried in the pillows, mourning the loss of the boy she had met in Magix City. She could hardly believe that he was sentenced to death. The rest of the Winx had gone back to their own homes while the pixies returned to Pixie Village, so only Kiko and Cringer were there with her. Just then, Daphne came into the room and saw her younger sister crying.

"Whatever is the matter, dear sister?" she inquired.

"It's all my fault, Daphne" Bloom answered, as she sat up on the bed and wiped the tears from her eyes.

"What do you mean by that?" Daphne as she sat down on the bed next to her little sister. Bloom proceeded to tell her everything that had happened that day, such as how she met that wonderful boy and what happened to him right after he had been arrested. Daphne was really shocked to hear all that, "Oh Bloom, I'm so sorry, I had no idea."

"But still," Bloom sniffled as more tears began to fall. "I didn't even know his name." Then she put her head on Daphne's shoulder, and Daphne comforted her little sister in the best way that she could.

Here you go everybody! I'm really sorry for how long this took to get done. So, for those of you who watched the Disney film Aladdin and its live-action remake, there are two differences. For one thing, Jafar lied to the Princess Jasmine about Aladdin being dead. For another, Jasmine thought she had been stood up right after Aladdin promised to meet her the following night. But either way, Jasmine didn't even know that the boy she met, was being used to retrieve the magic lamp.

However, if any of you readers have ever watched Aladdin, you'd know what happens next. So by the time this chapter is updated, I'm going to concentrate on writing chapters for the other fanfics that I've planned ahead. Now if any of you have already heard the upsetting news about this COVID-19 pandemic, don't be so worried, and just have faith and believe that everything will be alright by the end of the year. So until then, stay safe and stay tuned.