She now wore a different outfit, a one shoulder strapped royal blue dress with a matching headband and matching open-toed wedges sandals. “I knew you would say that that’s why I couldn’t tell you.” Stella shrugged. “There’s no way that a beauty pageant is more important than school.” She and Flora were both sitting on Stella’s bed. Angel licked my cheek with her tongue that felt like sandpaper and purred as I scratched her ear in return.īloom shook her head.
I flopped onto my bed, letting out an exasperated sigh. “Stella! You could at least keep it on your side couldn’t you?” I sighed. It was an absolute pig style, you could call it. Clothes were thrown everywhere, scattered and hung here and there. Stella threw clothes here and there, making the room even messier than before. “And what could that be?” Flora asked, entering the room. I had something far more important to do.” “Apologies for the white lie.” Stella rolled her eyes. “And you even skipped the test! I don’t want to sound rude, but you’re failing in class, Stella.” “Are you even listening!? You lied to us!” I sighed. “Ever had an oil treatment, Crystal? It’s like a facial for your hair.” Stella said, ignoring what I had just asked. “Why did you lie to us and skip the midterm exams?”
“Yes, I’m looking for you.” I sighed, placing Angel down. She had a maroon, sleeveless turtleneck with a blue skirt and creamy white open-toed wedge sandals “Honest, do you like this haircut?” Stella asked, patting her blue headband and her blonde hair. Stella stood by the door, wearing a whole different outfit. “Are you looking for moi?” I raised an eyebrow, turning around. “Stella? We need to talk.” I smiled and hugged Angel, who had risen from her place on my pillows before she ran and leapt into my arms. “Exactly, and I won’t stop annoying her until she’s learnt every move, spell and potion by heart!” I declared, striding towards our dorm. “Then she should be hiding out because the magical reality test requires real skills.” “Yeah but you studied and Stella hasn’t.” Musa pointed out. I passed it without much trouble at all.” Flora shrugged. “Well, we should tell her that it wasn’t that difficult. “Hey guess what, girls? I just went to the nurse’s office to visit Stella but apparently she was never there meaning that she lied to us and was avoiding the midterm exams all this time.” All of them apart from Stella, who was currently absent. I swung the door open, capturing the Winx’s attention. That story always pops up around midterms.” They claimed they got into a fight with a brain sucker. You know the freshman with a furball?” I asked. “Oh, uh nothing I just wanted to check on one of my friends. She sat at her desk with her arms crossed. I entered the room before shutting the door behind me. “Uh… Hi.” I waved, opening the door wider. I creaked the door open, peeking through the crack. I wonder if Stella is ok… I changed my direction and headed towards the nurse’s office. I took a deep breath before transforming. A new world suddenly unfolded around me, the catwalk disappearing. One by one, they each started to light up. I nodded before the lights around me dimmed. “And now the chamber will randomly pick a dead planet.” “Alright, remember magical reality is not make-belief.” Professor Palladium reminded me through the speaker. I stood in the middle, stopping at the end of the catwalk. I slung my bag over my shoulder and nervously shook as I walked into the chamber, closing the door behind me. Her grades in this class are already quite low. “Please tell her I expect her to take this test first thing tomorrow.” He pressed his hand against a hand scanner and a door opened. Apparently, she swallowed a furball and switched her perfume with a cat potion.” “Stella didn’t feel well so she went to the nurses office. “Princess Stella is first on the list.” Professor Palladium announced. “Let’s see.” Professor Palladium hummed as he ran through the list. “I’m so nervous I can’t even connect with my winx!” Another gasped. “I double, triple hope I don’t have to go today.” One of my classmates whisper. You’ll breeze through this test, trust me.’ Cloud nodded. I have to get a high score on this test or else! ‘Don’t be so silly, Crystal.’ I heard Frosty huff. It’s just that Gage… No! Crystal, don’t you dare develop a crush! I took a deep breath. What if I failed this test? Then I’d have to go back to Gardenia and not see Stella, Flora, Musa or Tecna again! I’d never see Gage either! O-or the rest of the specialists of course. It will count as half of your final grade. “Now I don’t think I need to remind you but this is the most important test of the year. Half of you will take it today, and the rest will go tomorrow. “And now, the announcement you’ve all been waiting for, the magical reality chamber is working again!” Professor Palladium declared cheerfully.