Let's just jump right into this shall we? Kudos to my friend Breyon. We brainstormed on what I wanted to happen and this is what we got. It's one of four choices. I'll list the choices at the bottom.

Disclaimer: Obviously, I don't own the Winx Club. If I did, it might suck more than it does. But I still love it.

Musa rolled over in her bed. Once again the wonderful ability to sleep had evaded her. Her room was hot and she wasn't allowed to open the window to let in the cool winter air. Sighing, she got out of bed for the third time that night and walked to the window, pulling back the curtains. It was dark enough that she couldn't see very far at all but she could tell it was snowing. It had been for the past few days and she had been stuck in her school. She was ready to roam. She looked up at the full moon and smiled before walking to her dresser.

She grabbed some jeans, her favorite white t-shirt, a black long sleeve shirt and some socks before walking to the bathroom to change. She changed quickly and decided to wreak havoc. Emerging from the bathroom she pulled her hair into a side ponytail and slipped on her sneakers and grabbed her jacket, ice skates, and the smallest stereo she could find. Just in case she didn't come back to the dorm, instead deciding to flee off into the night she placed her Barrier Buster in her jacket pocket.

After Saran-wrapping all the toilet seats in her dorm and the one next to her, switching the salt and sugar containers in Maestro's kitchen and switching Griselda's strangely thick, white shampoo with glue Musa was through with cliché pranks. She stood in Alfa's grand main entrance trying to figure out where to go next. She glared at her supplies hoping they could bring an idea to her. She hadn't been to her hiding spot in a while. Her eyes began to sparkle as she thought about how thick the ice should be by now. Surely it was thick enough to skate on and release some pent up frustration while cutting the ice with the blades. She smiled as she scooped up her supplies and walked out of the large double doors.

Musa walked into the clearing that sat in front of her. She breathed in the cold winter air and giggled upon the enticing feeling it made inside of her as it entered her lungs. She sighed in contentment, relaxing as she walked to a makeshift bench she had made when she first discovered this place.

Silent Falls was the most magical place in a completely magical realm. The forest floor was covered in a soft blanket of white that crunched under her shoes as she walked and the ice was as she had pictured it. The pond on which she planned to skate on was covered in a thick ice. The thing she loved the most was that while it was thick enough to support a hockey team, it was also clear and thin enough to see the colorful fish underneath. The moon and the stars twinkled brightly above her, reflecting off the surface enough to give her the light she needed to see and casting the clearing in a sparkly blue hue. The waterfall, though frozen still ran and cascaded through the ice as if there was an empty space where there was none. Musa took a second to revel in the fact that- as far as she knew- she was the only one to know of this place. It was guarded by ancient spells hiding it from the rest of the world and the possible destruction that the forest nymphs feared so much. You had to stumble upon it completely by chance to find it. After that, you could follow the pull of positive energy that emanated from it.

Musa sat on the bench and shrugged deeper into the blue plaid jacket. She laced up her skates and turned on the stereo. She turned the volume up loud enough that she could hear it across the frozen pond and stepped onto the ice. It had been a long while since she had been on skates, so sadly, she was a little nervous and a bit rusty. One foot in front of the other, keep your balance, go slow. There you go, see? You can still do this.

She was so caught up in trying not to fall that when someone stepped a twig and Musa turned her head to look, she fell. A dark laughter filled the clearing and a chill ran up Musa's spine and prickled the hairs on the back of her neck. "Darcy? What are you doing here? How did you find this place?"

Darcy smirked, "You're not the only one who knows of this place. It's pretty heavily guarded but as long as you mean it no harm the nymphs will let anyone pass." Darcy turned her head looking off into the forest before sighing and turning to look at the girl in front of her. "I think you forgot to lock your ankles."

"Riiight. I forgot that one. So…" Musa scrambled her brain for something to say. The only thing ringing clear was the bell that told her she should be in a defensive stance. Darcy yet to try something though so she decided she'd hold off on that. "Why aren't you attacking me? Your sisters will be pissed if they find out that you had one of us alone and you didn't squish her."

The older youth let a small smile cross her face. "I can take care of myself thanks. I can be civil too. I just prefer to not be. Are you going to attack me?"

Musa thought about it but the thought passed as quickly as it came. "No."

"Then neither will I. I'm only here because I'm not in the mood to pick up the mess after Icy and Stormy's drinking binge." Darcy pursed her lips and eyed the girl in front of her before offering her hand to her. "And they're not actually my sisters. We're more like- cousins."

Musa reached up and took Darcy's hand out of reaction and the witch pulled her up. Once Musa was on her feet again she stared at the girl in front of her, attempting to probe her mind for any malicious intent. She knew she wouldn't be able to unless Darcy allowed it, she wasn't a psychic witch for nothing. Her consciousness collided with Darcy's and in unspoken agreement they let the other pass the barrier that they had previously held firmly in place.

Satisfied that Musa had no intention of breaking her word and vice-versa, Darcy approached the issue she grazed upon the inspection. It was the reason she was out here. The fairy had never shown any signs of anger or distress so it surprised Darcy to find loads of it buried in her head. "So is it a boy?"

"What?" Musa was taken aback by the sudden question. She knew Darcy had noticed the anger, she had lingered on it but Musa had thrown a barrier over it before Darcy could find too much. She didn't think the witch would care.

"You're mad about something. It'll destroy you if you hold it. Is it Riven?" When Musa blushed and looked down Darcy knew she had hit the nail on the head. "Yea, I called that. Let me be a translator. I'm quite fluent in guys with issues."

Musa looked the girl over finally noticing how she was dressed. It wasn't her usual clothes. Jeans, skates, a black tee and a purple velvet jacket. Normal clothes for someone who wanted total domination. "Yea well, you would know about that wouldn't you?" Musa was surprised by the harsh words that erupted from her. She didn't even realize she was still mad about that.

Darcy quirked an eyebrow. "Ouch." She brushed the sleeve of her jacket as if brushing off the comment. "Well then, don't talk about it. Release it some other way. You'll feel a lot better."

Musa studied the gold coy swimming underneath her feet. "How?"

"How?" Darcy sighed. "You're the Fairy of Sound right? Scream. Send your emotions into your magic and use the sound waves to send it out in sound waves. Blow things up, shatter rocks, desecrate a forest." Darcy threw her hands in the air for emphasis.

Musa thought about it. The CD she had playing had switched songs. Darcy smiled before speaking. "Hey, I like this song." The witch took off on her skates giving the fairy a chance to gather her thoughts.

Darcy threw her head back in the air and her arms out to her sides as she skated. She laughed and sang to her heart's content until the song faded. Then she sighed and skated back to the fairy. "So are you going to do it or not?"

Musa glared at her. "How do you know I haven't already?"

Darcy scoffed. "Puh-leeze. Musa you are one of the loudest people I've ever met. I would have heard it." Darcy considered her answer for a second. "Hell, Red Fountain would have heard it."

Hearing Darcy use her name threw Musa off. She was expecting something like pixie but she laughed with the witch anyway.

Another song switched on and she and Darcy skated off repeating what Darcy had done with the song before it. The girls sang loud and stomped around not caring how stupid they looked. When the song hit a long, high note Musa released all the emotions she had been holding onto in that single moment. Purple and red waves rolled off her body with a force Darcy had only seen when Icy was on a rampage. That was what anger could accomplish. It led to destruction and nothing else.

When she was done Musa collapsed to her knees. That had taken so much Winx out of her that she couldn't support her own weight. She watched Darcy skate up to her.

"Well I was wrong." Darcy had an amused grin on her face and Musa wanted nothing more than to snatch it off.

"What?"

"I said Red Fountain would hear it. I was wrong." Darcy smirked. "I'm pretty sure all of Magix heard it."

Musa could barely lift her head and her chest was heaving. There was no doubt she could sleep now. "Yea, it won't be long before Saladin sends students to find out what happened."

Darcy looked at the sky. Musa was right, they would out to investigate. Pretty quickly too. She needed to get out of there but she couldn't leave Musa out here with the destruction she had created and it was too much for Darcy to just clean up. This would be a long walk back. She looked back to the exhausted girl in front of her. "Here. Take some of my energy." She bent over and placed her hand on Musa's forehead, transferring some of her energy into the girl. "Condivido con voi la mia energia. It's not Winx so it won't get you very far but if you leave now and you don't stop or use magic it should get you to Alfea before you pass out."

Musa nodded her head and got up to walk away. "Thanks Darcy." She turned and skated to the bench, removed her skates replacing them with her shoes and turning off her radio. She walked to the edge of the clearing and turned back around to the witch when a lyric from the song ran true through her head. We're a lot more alike than anyone could ever tell. "Same time tomorrow?"

Darcy looked at the girl in surprise before her thoughts drifted close to Musa's and she smiled, a real smile. The first in years. "Of course." Darcy walked through the trees on the other side of the clearing. Musa turned and began the walk to Alfea.

Musa was woken from her nap by a firm hold on her shoulder and Stella screaming at her as if the Fairy of the Sun and Moon had been trying to rouse her from the clutches of death. Musa's eyes blinked open slowly and her lips parted from each other feeling chapped and crumbled. She was cold and she was not in her room. Memories of the night before rushed back to her and she recalled running out of strength before she could get through the doors. She had laid down on a bench in the courtyard and pulled her jacket tighter against herself before falling asleep outside in mid-winter.

Stella was suddenly overrun by tears. "What the hell Musa?! What could have possibly convinced you that it was a good idea to sleep outside in the middle of a blizzard?!"

Musa tried sitting up before she found that was held in place by a hand. She looked to her left to find Riven holding her down while Brandon stood behind him looking pretty pissed. She turned back to Stella before realizing that they all looked more worried than anything.

Stella looked her friend over. "Well, other than having blue lips and looking a little cold you seem to be fine. Are you hurt?"

Musa was confused. "No. Why? Should I be?"

"Well yea." Brandon inserted himself into the conversation. "The forest by Silent Falls, yes we found it, was completely desecrated last night. It's got Darcy's essence all over it and yours was mixed in with it."

"We were reporting what we found to Miss Faragonda just before dawn when we found you curled up on this bench. Brandon ran up to get Stella so she could give you some warmth and keep you from catching frostbite." Riven looked worried.

Stella prodded back in. "So did you see Darcy?"

Musa thought for a moment. Darcy had seemed pretty nice the night before. Musa didn't think she'd be a threat. Her mind had proved her to be pretty innocent about the whole thing. She figured that until Darcy probed otherwise, the witch probably wouldn't be a threat during their secret meetings. "Darcy's… sneaky." A good influence could do the witch some good and they did have fun. Maybe they could help each other. "I never saw her."

The same song they had skated to together rung through her ears.

And you can call me uncool

But it's a simple fact

I still got your back.

A/N: Well that may be the longest time I've ever spent on one chapter. Writing, revising, rewriting, and proof-reading. I hope it pays off. The other choices we thought about was A) Musa could meet Riven and they bond. B) Musa could fall through the ice and drown or freeze. Or C) Musa could run into a stray minotaur and be ripped apart limb from limb. I think we chose well. And 'Condivido con voi la mia energia' according to my translator, means "I share with you my energy."

Now review so I can get another story posted. The next shall be focused on Riven and Helia.