Secretly Yours

Prologue

The Specialists showed up at Alfea on a school day, which was the first sign that something was wrong.

"Maybe we have a mission," Aisha suggested as they walked out of the front gate to greet their boyfriends, who had for some reason parked the Owl outside of Alfea.

Tecna shook her head, "Miss Faragonda would be the one briefing us if this were a mission- not the boys."

Bloom shrugged. "Miss F's the one who told us to come down here."

"But she didn't give us a mission," Tecna argued.

"The boys are right here. Let's just ask them," Flora intervened as they walked up to the Owl, Red Fountain's largest ship.

The six Specialists walked out and the six fairies ran into their arms as usual. But this was not a usual visit.

"Winx, we have to talk," said Sky after he had embraced Bloom.

Bloom laughed. "That sounds like a breakup." At the serious look on his face, she stopped laughing. "This isn't a breakup, right?"

The blond prince sighed, taking a step back from the fairy of the Dragon Flame. "It kind of has to be."

"Sky, what are you talking about?"

Riven answered bluntly, "We're going on a mission, so we have to break up."

"What?!" Stella screeched, clinging to Brandon more tightly.

Brandon sighed. "I'm sorry, Stella, but it has to be this way."

"Hold up," Aisha interrupted before the Winx went into hysterics. She took a few steps back from Nabu to face the Specialists as a whole. "I need a better explanation than that. Start from the beginning."

Nabu took a step toward her. "We can't tell you much-"

She cut him off, "Then tell us what you can."

Sky took over the conversation. "We're going on a top-secret mission for two years. We're going to be undercover the whole time and the only person from our old lives we can contact is Codatorta, our mission director."

"Old lives?" Bloom asked, hands planted firmly on her hips.

Sky put his hands on her shoulders- she only tensed up more- and said, "I'm sorry, Bloom, but once we step on the Owl, we become different people. It's for your safety as well as ours."

Flora cradled Helia's face in her hands and asked, "Will it be dangerous?"

Helia opened his mouth to answer, but Sky answered for him, "We can't say."

Tecna stepped farther away from Timmy. "Well, when are you leaving?"

Timmy looked down and mumbled something.

"What was that?"

He looked up at her apologetically and said, "Now."

"Now?!" Stella shouted, screeching for a second time. She looked up at Brandon for confirmation and he only nodded.

Musa crossed her arms and said, "This still doesn't answer the whole break-up thing."

Sky sighed and rubbed his temples. "Staying together the whole time is just not fair to you girls-"

Bloom spoke over him, "Not fair? What's not fair is you telling us this now instead of when you found out. What's not fair is you deciding that breaking up is for the best without consulting us first. What's not fair is you leaving!"

Flora started sobbing in Helia's arms. The boys fell awkwardly silent and they all turned away to give Flora and Helia their moment.

Musa led Riven over to the edge of the forest where their whispers escalated into loud shouts that ended with Musa stomping back to the dorms and Riven storming into the Owl.