Princesses through the looking glass

"There it is! The realm-renowned Alfea school!" Stella said, we stood on a hill looking down over it.

"It sure is pretty amazing!" Mom said

"It makes public school look totally lame-o!" I nodded

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

"I'm so excited!" I smiled

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

"No?”  I feel the air, but found nothing “ Where is it? I can't feel anything. Whatever it was, it's gone now."

"Actually, there IS an invisible wall." Stella said, she hit a barrier with her magic

"But if it didn't stop me, why can't they get through?" I asked

"Simple: you're a magical being, my dear!” Stella smiled “ 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!" She showed us. "So? What do you think?"

"I think Twilight's going to have a great year…" Mom said sadly

"Mom…" I said

"You'll have a wonderful time." Mom hugged me

"She sure will! I'll see to that!" Stella promised

"Spike, you keep an eye on her, okay?" Dad told my bunny

“Twilight, we should get going, you know, while the getting's good." Stella said

"I'll be fine, guys. Don't worry about me." I looked at mom and dad

"I'll send you back first class! Now just stand still… okay! Sun Power! “ She summons her sceptre. “Transportus Back Home-us!"

I waved as they vanished “Bye, guys! See ya!"

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

"I'm not sure what you mean, 'dahling', but I'll try!" I smiled

"Okay, follow me! Just smile, slither, and swivel!" I followed her

"I'm nervous…" I said, I looked around at everyone already here.

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

"I'm loving it already." I smiled

"Ick. You're definitely not gonna love her." Stella pointed to a scary looking woman

"Who's that? She looks scary." I asked

"Griselda, head of discipline” We headed to her. “She is scary, and in bad need of a makeover."

"First name and place of origin." Griselda asked a girl

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

"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-" Griselda began

"Into guano." Elanor said

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

"Thank you." The girl went off

"NEXT!" Griselda called

"Oh no, I'm not gonna be on the list." I said, looking at Stella

"Fret not girlfriend, I got it all figured out. The princess of Vallisto was supposed to come here this year, but she's doing homeschooling instead." Stella said.She conjures up an envelope with a letter inside. : "She gave me a letter to give to the headmistress. I just won't give it to her and we'll be all set.” She rips up the letter. “No one here knows what she looks like so it's perfect."Stella throws the letter confetti in the air.

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

"Hey, we're not lying. We're just not telling all we know." Stella grinned "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

"They did donate that new computer lab." Stella smiled

"Who is your friend?" Griselda looked at me

"Princess Veranda of Vallisto." Stella said

"Let's see, I'll check the list.” She looked down the list “Yes, Veranda of Vallisto."

“Yeah, that's me." I smiled weakily

"You may come in." Griselda said

"Hey..." Stella grinned

"NEXT!" Griselda called

"Welcome to Alfea." Stella smiled

A while later we were standing in front of Griselda

"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!" She said

"You really did that?" I looked at Stella

"I was trying to create a new shade of pink!" Stella answered

"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!" Griselda warned

We went inside, an old woman 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..." Faragonda said

"To help each of you be the very best you can be." Stella said along with Faragonda, I looked at her questionally.   "She really loves saying that." She explained

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

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

"Remember, everyone! Let's make this a great year! Oh! And of course use every opportunity to connect to your Winx!" Faragonda added

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

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

"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 explained

"I think I got it." I said

"You either got it or you don't, and you DO!" Stella told me “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." Stella opens the door and I checkout my room.

"This room is sweet. Come on, let's see what mine is like." I said, I enter the room and step on a vine.

"Owwww! That hurt." A plant said

"Wow, I'm sorry." I apologised.

"He's my latest creation." A girl came over

"He talks?" I asked

"He's cute, isn't he? My theory is that if more plants could talk, deforestation would be dramatically reduced. It's worth trying, if it just saves one tree. Hi I'm Flora." Flora smiled, she knocks over the plant. "Oopsie."

"Can't a plant get a break around here?" the plant said

"Sorry, honey." Flora said

"Anyway, I'm Twilight." I said

“Twilight.” Stella said

"Oh! uh, What I meant was Twilight is a name I like a lot but that's not my name. Actually uh my real name is uh “ I checked the sign 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." A girl came up behind us

"Right, that's where I'm from." I smiled

"Cool, my name is Tecna." The girl said

"Hey Tecna, I'm Stella. Nice to meet'cha." Stella smiled

"You are quite infamous." Tecna told her

"That's the word on the street.” Another girl came in “. Yo, if you plan to blow up more stuff, let us know ahead so we can bounce." Everyone but Stella laughs. “I’m Musa”

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

"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." Stella smiled, we all heard something

"Eeeee." Spike wiggled around, he was being held by the plant.

"Bad plant! Put him down right now!" Flora said. The plant put down Spike down

"It's ok. It's not the plants fault.” I noticed that the plant had teeth marks on one of its vines. “ I'm betting that Spike tried to eat it. He likes his veggies."

"You hungry little bunny?” She sprinkles some seeds into a pot, carrots grew really quick. “Here, they're organic." Spike was  happy.

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

"Yeah, me too." Flora agreed

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

"Great idea. Downtown Magix is so much fun." Flora smiled

"What is it like?" I asked

"It's fresh." Musa grinned

"You've never been?" Flora asked

"No, but, if we could grab a slice, I am so there." I smiled. We take the bus to magix

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

"No, never." I said, at least I was being truth about that.

"Then prepare to be blown away." Flora smiled. We all get off.  Tecna  was behind me with her hands over my eyes.

"What do ya say? Can I open my eyes now?" I asked

“Yeah, go ahead, take a look." Tecna giggled. Tecna removes her hands from my eyes, I take in the landscape.

"Hmm." I said

"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?" I admitted

"Well, what did ya expect?" Musa asked

"I don't know. Dragons, unicorns, rainbows, giants, flying brooms." I said, the girls sigh.

"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 told me. I back away from a vehicle that almost ran me over. The vehicle is about to park. The driver uses magic to widen the space between to vehicles to make his own parking spot.

"That was cool." I smiled

“Yup, and so way better than valet." Stella said

"Time for pizza." Flora smiled

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

"Mine too." Stella smiled, we went to get pizza

Whilst eating, I tried to call home, but I couldn’t and it was starting to bug me.

"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." I told her

"Let me see it." Tecna said, I passed her my cell phone. "I love taking these things apart."

"Yo, what's so funny Tecna?" Musa asked

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

"But, it's the newest phone." I protested

“Er, yeah, on Earth.” Stella whispered.

"You need an inter-realm phone to call Valisto." Musa told me

"Right. There's one two blocks away. Use my card." Tecna gave me her card and I went to find the phone.

"Hello? Honey?" Mom answered

"Yeah, me again. Everything is still great. In fact it's just as great as when I called you from the dormatory two hours ago. Yes, hey mom, what if I just wait until tomorrow morning to call you again, would that be cool?” I saw the ogre. “ Uhhh, I kinda gotta go now.” I listened to my mom “Mo-om, I'm using my friends phone card so I really should go, but I love you and I'll call you back before I go to bed, ok? Bye." I took tecna’s card out of the phone and ran after the ogre

I duck out of sight, the ogre was with 3 girls. "Phew, that was a close one."

"She was wearing her Solaria ring." The ogre told them

"Good, we have to get that ring." The girl with long white hair grinned

"Hmmm? Ladies, I sense an intruder! I'll split and go take care of it!” one with brown hair creates a copy of herself. I sighed

"Move, you! I can't see! Come on!" I sighed

"Sometimes I forget how pretty I am!” The copy vanished

"Yeah, that's better…” I said, suddenly I was blasted into the ally.

"So I think the Earth girl was with her too, but there were other girls as well." The ogre said, I was blasted into the sight of the ogre and the other 2.

"Look what I found, girls!" the brunette said

“urgh…” I looked up at them.

"Well hello." The white hair one smiled

"Who are you?" I growled

"Who are we? We are witches from Cloud Tower!" she answered, I froze.

"And we're seniors! Nobody messes with senior witches!" the one who blasted me said

"But if you tell us where your friend, Stella, is, we MIGHT forgive you." The white hair one grinned

"Back off! I have magic power!” I watched as my spell failed.

"That poor girl barely has winx. That is just so sad. Here, let me show you what REAL magic looks like!” She attacks me “Join in, girls!"

"Witch-up time!" the brunette said. The one with messy hair summoned a tornado and hurling me into the air, I hang  onto a roof for dear life.

"Get down here!” The ice powered witch hurled me to the ground. “ I hate to be a total witch about it, but I'm very quickly, running out of patience!" Suddenly I was trpped inside ice.

The next thing I know, Stella was warming me up. I was free , but freezing.

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

"Stella…” The other girls said

"Why did you just call her Twiligth 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!" Stella said, I giggled nervously.

We got back really late.

"I think I wanna tell Miss Faragonda the truth." I said

"We'll talk about it later, for now just follow me." Stella said, We sneak in.

"FREEZE!” We stop, a light fell down on us. “Do you have any idea what time it is?"

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

"Hold it right there, right now Princess Vee. What did you want to tell Miss. Faragonda?" Griselda asked

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

"What?! You're not? You were lying to us?!" Griselda gasped

"I'm sorry." I said

"You have broken two rules in one day!" Griselda growled

"She did, but she must be a magical creature or the barrier would have kept her out of Magix. So tell me, who are you and why did you lie to us?" Faragonda asked

"Well, I uh-" I began

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

"It's ok Stella. My name's Twilight and I come from Earth." I looked at Faragonda

"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." I begged

"Awww." The girls smiled

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

"Hold on, 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 Princess Veranda's spot." Faragonda told Griselda

"We could." Griselda said

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

"Yes Ma'am! Wahoo!" The 5 of us cheered and laughed, as we went up to our dorm.