Stella vs. Chimera: Who's gonna get the Throne?
Disclaimer: I don't own Winx Club or any character from the series.
AU story. The basic difference you must know by now is that on my story the Trix escape on their own instead of helping Valtor to escape.
Intending to harness the power of Solaria, the Trix invade the Royal Palace and try to absorb the power of one of its suns (just like Valtor did in the series) but they are stopped by King Radius (a.k.a. Stella's Dad), who sacrificed his own life to stop them and give the guards a chance to arrest them. Back at Alfea School for Fairies, Stella learns the bad news. "That's not fair. First I lose my title as Princess of Solaria (A/N: That's right: even without Valtor's help Queen Cassandra convinces her husband to transfer his daughter's title to hers) to my Stepsister Chimera and now those darn Trix kill my Father. That's an outrage."
"Due to this tragedy you'll be allowed to be absent from school. A spaceship is ready to take you back home for the funeral." Miss Griselda says.
"Can we go too?" Bloom asks about herself and the other Winx.
"NO!!" Griselda replies.
"Don't be so harsh, Miss Griselda. Bloom, you and the other Winx are Stella's closest friends and I can't deny her the right to have her friends around to comfort her by now." Headmistress Faragonda says.
"Thank you." Bloom says.
In Solaria, Stella meets Brandon, who went there to give her some emotional support.
"Stella, I don't know what to say in a moment like that." Brandon says.
"Your presence here is enough, Brandon. But I'll need your help for something after the funeral. We'll talk about that later." Stella replies.
After the funeral, Stella tells Brandon what she needs his help for and, after a long conversation, he agrees to help. They go to the Palace where Queen Cassandra (a.k.a. Stella's Stepmother a.k.a. Chimera's mother) welcomes them.
"Stella, my dear." Cassandra says. "How hard it must be for you. Believe me when I say I understand your pain. Is there anything I can do for you?"
"In fact, there's something you can. It's about my boyfriend Brandon. We want to marry and I want your blessings."
"I'm sorry, my dear, but the reign must crown it's soon-to-be-queen, Chimera, soon and your wedding must wait."
"Actually, Stepmother, according to the succession rules, because both Chimera and I are single, the first one of us to get married will be crowned Queen of Solaria regardless of who my Father chose as his heir. And since I'm the only one of us who reached marriage age (A/N: I don't know the real age difference between Stella and Chimera but in my fic Stella is one year older than her Stepsister) I'll get married even before Chimera reaches the age and then I'll become Queen of Solaria."
"There's only one flaw to that plan: if you marry a suitor who doesn't have the royal approval you'll no longer be a part of the Solarian Royalty and will subsequently lose all royal privileges. You'll become a mere peasant and Chimera and I will force you to bow to us. But don't worry. You and Brandon will still be welcome to live here. As our servants. Chimera will need a lady-in-waiting."
At this moment, another character (A/N: This time being a character of mine) in the court speaks his mind.
"Have you forgotten me, your highness? King Radius had already approved me. Princess Stella might have rejected me but my royal approval is still valid." Lord Malcolm replies.
"Thank you, Lord Malcolm. But I still intend to have my beloved Brandon to get royal approval." Stella says.
"Nice try, my dear. But I won't approve Brandon as your suitor." Cassandra says.
"I've checked the rules, Stepmother. If my suitor doesn't get the royal approval from you I can require a hearing with a group of nobles an try to convince them to give it to him. And I'm now officially requiring said hearing."
"Rules are rules so, if you want to waste some nobles' time with that, let's pick some nobles from this court and schedule the first day of the hearing."
After the noble selection Stella talks to her friends about what happened.
"I'm proud of you, Stella. Risking your rights to the throne for your love." Amore says.
"Stella, if you have to choose between the throne and me I'll support whatever you decide as long as you're happy with your choice." Brandon says.
"Thank you, Brandon. But I can't think about which choice I'm gonna make if needed." Stella says.
"The logical one is marrying the approved suitor, Lord Malcolm, and keep the throne so it won't fall into wrong hands." Digit says.
"Digit! How can you be so insensitive?" Tecna asks.
"I just expressed my opinion."
"Stella is a princess. She must sacrifice things like love in behalf of her kingdom." Tune adds.
"Tune. Love is too important to be discarded so easily." Musa says.
"Well, Stella's Mom did it. She understood the importance of placing the kingdom's needs above her feelings." Tune replies.
"And she obviously regretted it as she lost the throne in a di... (realizes Stella is at the room) Sorry, Stella." Musa says.
"Alright. She shouldn't get a divorce. Not only my parents would still be together but also it would prevent that brat Chimera from having a chance to usurp my throne." Stella says.
This is the end of the first chapter. I don't believe the Pixies had any importance to the plot but I believed a conversation involving them would be necessary just to show I didn't forget them. At first I didn't think about creating a character to be Brandon's rival for Stella but the idea came to my mind and then I decided it would be a good idea. About Lord Malcolm's name, I named him after a character who I don't own from a series I don't own either. My congratulations to the first reader to make a correct guess about who the character is and which series he came from. I ask all guessers to explain the reasons for their guesses. Next chapter will show the first day of the hearing. I hope. When I started working on this fic I had no idea of how the Stella vs. Chimera rivalry ended in the series. I know it now but I won't let it interfere on my fic.