"What are you doing here?" Mikhe asked coldly as he and the rest of the Sage Unit sat in a circle, drinking hot tea Shayne had prepared. Stella sat in between Shayne and Neell as she sipped her own tea. Everyone had their eyes on the fairy, which made Stella feel a bit awkward.

"...uhm..." The solar fairy muttered. "...I..I came here to talk.."

"Talk?" Mikhe scoffed. "About what?"

Shayne glared at him, before looking back at Stella. "Go on, Stella"

"...I came here to talk...about what happened a few weeks ago..." Stella continued.

Sam sipped on his tea before he spoke up. "Where Jared and the others went back to Alfea?" He asked unemotionally. Stella nodded. "Yup.."

"Well" Mikhe combed her hair back with his fingers. "We don't know anythin' about tha-" As he was blabbering, he accidentally shut his mouth and bit his tongue. "--ekk!!"

Stella held back her giggle as Shayne rolled her eyes. "Sorry, Stella. He bites his tongue three times a day.."

"We've heard about what happened..." Shayne said, which made Stella uneasy. "...you came to speak to Jared? Or anyone from the Order?" 

The solar fairy gave her a nod. "Yup..but, it's too late for now I guess?" Stella looked out the window. The sky was a dark shade of blue, with the barricades just in the corner of the window.

"Don't fret" Sam said bluntly. "We can always go to the commander tomorrow"

Stella agreed. "Wait...you guys aren't mad at me, or anything?"

Shayne looked at the others. "...uh..let's change the topic?"

Stella looked at her confusedly, but just went on with it. "Uh...sure?"

"Any fashion styles you guys into?" The fairy asked.

The Sage Unit stared at her in complete silence. "...what?" Sam raised an eyebrow in confusion.

Later on that night, Shayne allowed Stella to stay in the girl's headquarters for the night, and lended her some extra clothes to sleep in. All the other girls were fast asleep, so the two girls snuck in bed and fell asleep in a matter of minutes.

Next morning, everyone was up and going.

Shayne and Stella met up with the three guys, who were with the younger boy who had tackled Stella the other day. "Morning" Shayne greeted them.

"Morning, Shayn- Commander" The guys saluted. Stella looked at them with no expression what so ever.

Shayne shook her head. "Let's go look for Jared, guys"

Everyone agreed along and went on their way to the Western district. But just as Stella turned to leave, all of them heard a cry of excitement nearby and it was coming closer!

They all turned around to see Stella get tackled once again by someone. 

It was a taller girl, brunette hair tied up in a messy ponytail, wore square rimmed glass, and had braces. "FINALLY! AN ACTUAL FAIRY UP CLOSE!!" The girl exclaimed, hugging Stella tightly. The solar fairy wore a horrified expression on her face, especially after being forcefully tackled by a taller person.

"Cathleen!" Shayne exclaimed, giving Stella a worried look. 

"YESS???" Cathleen, let go of Stella, smiling widely. 

"No need to be agressive, brace-face" Mikhe said, crossing his arms.

"OH, MIKHE. ALWAYS ON THE GRUMPY SIDE, I SEE?" Cathleen rested her arm on Mikhe's shoulder, causing him to jump from surprise. "-what the--!?"

Cathleen let out a laugh, as she looked back at Stella who was beside Shayne. "IS IT ALRIGHT IF I TAKE HER TO MY LAB??" 

Shayne's eyes widened. "Wha--No!" 

Cathleen pouted. "AW..!! PWUUEEESE??? SHAYNEEE???" She gave the shorter girl the puppy eyes. That did no effect on Shayne.

"No means no, Cathleen" 

That made the crazy brunette give her an evil smirk. "Well.."

"I GUESS I SHOULD JUST TAKE HER WITH ME INSTEAD!!" She grabbed Stella and proceeded to carry her off. But Sam confronted them, holding a bottle of strange liquid in his hand. Then he threw it far, yelling out "Fetch the liath speciments, Cathy!!"

Cathleen stopped and dropped Stella as she grinned. She took off running, screaming out gibberish and laughing crazily. "I'LL GET YOU, MY PRECIOUS LIATH SPECIMENTS!!!" 

Shayne quickly grabbed Stella and pulled her away. "Let's go while she's distracted!"

Sam, Mikhe, Neell, Shayne, and Stella took off running the opposite direction, towards the Western district. Stella looked back and saw another girl running after the rampaging Cathleen. "Cathleen, wait!"

"Who's that?" Stella asked as she ran with the unit. "That's Layssa. She's Cathleen's partner. Well, the sane one that is" Shayne responded.

---

After running away from the crazy scientist-like Scolacian, everyone stopped right infront of a small headquarters. It belongs to the Order.

Everyone panted and caught their breath as they rested infront of the small building. Then they heard the door infront opening.

Jared came walking out, drinking some tea inside a jug. He stopped right in his tracks as he saw the Sage Unit, and Stella.

---

Everyone made their was down the dirtpath that led them into a small garden-like field that was surrounded by woods.

Stella looked behind her right to see Sam and Mikhe walking behind her. When she looked behind her left, Jared was staring at her with a cold look in his eyes. She quickly looked back infront, not wanting to strike up a conversation just yet.

"Listen here, fairy" Mikhe said from behind Stella. He drew his face up really close, so close his face is just a millimeter away from Stella's ear. "If you haven't noticed, you ain't allowed to transform, or use any sort of yer magic things in this place, ya hear!?" He said coldly.

Unsure what to say as a response, Stella just gave him a nod. 

"What I'm saying here is really important. So ye better take my advice and stick with it-ekk!!!" Droplets of blood splattered around his mouth as Mikhe bit his tongue once again.

"We're just up ahead. We can all talk about this 'misunderstanding' there..." Shayne said, infront of the whole group.

---

Brewing up some tea, Shayne and Jared were sitting on the grass, preparing some drinks for the rest. Sam, Neell, and Mikhe were together, keeping close eyes on Stella, who was seated near Shayne and Jared.

"Oops!" Shayne dropped one of the cups and it rolled down the hill. 

Stella stood up. "I'll get it!"

She ran down the grassy hill to grab the cup, leaving the group for a second. Once she came up, cup in her hand, she was about to toss the up over to Shayne, until she heard a familiar voice cry out.

"STELLA, LOOK OUT!!"

She looked up as a taller figure blocked the sunlight from behind her. The Sage Unit members all stood up and gasped. The solar fairy let out a scream as a Liath stood right before her.

She felt herself get pushed to the side as she saw her red-headed friend about to attack the giant being. "BLOOM!!"

The dragon flame fairy posed. "MAGIC WINX--"

Stella's eyes widened. "WAIT, NO!! DON'T!!--"

"---BLOOMIX!!!"