Okay, so I haven't done a Winx story in awhile, but I do have a bunch of other stories that I am working on. So if this doesn't get enough followers or reviews I will probably not update in for a long time. It depends on you readers.
"I wonder what the king and queen want to see you about?" A young woman with long golden hair and bright brown eyes asked as she pushed yet another dress into the dressing room.
"Aw, leave her alone Stella. I'm sure she is pretty nervous without you helping." A girl the same age with long orange hair and light blue eyes said with a smile.
"Bloom is right. You know how she gets when her parents call her unexpectantly." Another girl with fair skin and long bluish black hair said. "She gets practically sick."
"I'm sorry to interrupt you guys but Musa, is she all ready for tonight?" A young woman with short pink hair and teal eyes asked as she looked at her phone. "We need to keep up with the schedule."
Musa nodded. "Yeah, she is ready to go Tecna. She has all the moves down for the latest dances. They were a little difficult but luckily Aisha was there to help."
"Did someone call my name?" A girl with curly dark brown hair and dark skin asked as she walked in from the bathroom.
"Just making sure everything is running correctly." Tecna looked down at her phone again. Speaking of which, we are running 2.34 minutes behind schedule. We need to hurry up."
"You hear that?!" Stella rapped at the door. "We need to hurry up. Just put on the pink silk dress with the maroon trim so we can get you going."
"I..I'm not sure. I'm to nervous. Tell my parents that I don't feel well." A timid voice called from the other side of the door.
"Just come on out. The sooner you do the sooner this will be all over." Aisha tried to encourage her shy friend.
A moment later the door opened up slowly to reveal a young woman with tan skin, dark green eyes the color of evergreen trees, and long flowing honey brown hair.
"You look absolutely stunning Flora, like always." Bloom smiled.
Flora smiled back. She knew that her friends were trying to give her some encouragement before she had to see her parents. They knew how she gets.
Just then there was a knock at the front door of Flora's bedchambers.
"We must get going princess. Your parents are waiting." Someone called from the other side.
"I'm coming." With one more deep breath Flora headed for the door. "I'll let you know what happens." And with that Flora shut the door behind her.
"There you are princess."
Flora looked up and smiled.
Standing before her was the Commander of her Royal Guard, Helia.
Helia was much taller then Flora. He had fairer skin then her that only help to show off his medium length dark, almost black, hair that was cut in a spiky style that grazed his shoulders, but the thing that Flora loved most about her young commander was his bright blue eyes. They looked like they were touch by the ocean itself. They were so full of life and joy.
He wore the standard royal guard uniform, a blue and white jumpsuit with a light blue cape that carried the family crest and the clasp holding the cape was the color of emerald green signifying Helia's rank. All of the specialists below him had clasp of the color pink. It wasn't the manliest color but it was Flora's favorite, which made it an obvious choice for her personal royal guard.
"Hello Helia. Sorry to keep you waiting."
Helia smiled. "It's fine princess. You look stunning, except you are missing something."
Flora looked at him confused.
Helia pointed to his head. "Your crown."
Flora immediately felt her head and blushed. She had forgotten the most important accessory of royalty. "Oops."
Just as Flora turned around to go back inside the door opened and revealed a hand holding a tiara of platinum that was made to look like vines in a delicate design with emeralds embedded throughout it with a large pink diamond in the middle.
"Thank you." Flora said before the door closed. She placed the tiara gently on her head and turned back to Helia. "Now I'm ready."
Helia chuckled. "So it seems." He stepped out of the way and gave a slight bow. "Shall we."
Flora and her escort walked down the hallway to the king and queen's private chamber.
Usually Flora walked around with at least two other guards but since she was in the castle she felt she only needed one and she was always ecstatic when that one guard was Helia. It gave them some rare one on one time.
Flora didn't always have a royal guard. When she was young she was able to walk around the castle freely.
But that all changed when she was twelve.
Flashback six years ago…
The sun was just setting but it was hard to tell with all the clouds that had been covering the sky all day. Because of the weather being so drearily, the young princess had spent the day inside. Right before the sun was about the set, the clouds had parted letting in a little sunshine on the gloomy day. Seeing a small chance to go outside, Flora jumped at the opportunity and she ran to her favorite spot, the family's royal garden.
Since Lynphea was the magical planet of nature, the entire planet was practically a giant garden, but the area that young Flora was going to was especially special. The Royal Gardens was an area that was for the royal family only. It had been around for hundreds of years, with each new king and queen taking over the gardens. That was one thing that Flora couldn't wait for when she one day became queen.
Flora ran into the gardens and to her favorite spot in the gardens, a cherry blossom tree stood over in one corner of the garden.
Flora's father, King Asher had given it as a wedding gift to his bride, Flora's mother, Queen Lily. They had planted together on the day they got married and it had been growing under Queen Lily's care ever since.
Flora loved the tree not only for its unique colored petals and sweet scent but because when she looked at it she could see the love that her parents shared and only hoped that she too would find someone to love and cherish.
Flora took care of the surrounding flowers and plants, taking extra care of her mother's one of kind lilies that she had created herself. She was on her knees in front of some sunflowers, making sure that they had fresh fertilizer when suddenly someone came up behind her and covered her mouth with a rag. Flora breathed in some kind of sleeping powder and feel asleep before she could let out a signal noise. She collapsed in the mystery person's arms.
The man picked up the young princess and headed off into the darkness.
To a new person the Lynphea castle could become an unforgiving maze of twist, turns, and dead ends.
Luckily, the kidnapper was not use to the castle and went down the wrong hallway and ran smack dab into the King's royal guard and general, Cordatorta.
Cordatorta instantly recognized the small sleeping form as the young princess and in a blink of an eye he had pulled out his sword and pointed it at the kidnapper's throat. He had also grabbed Flora from the kidnapper without him even noticing.
Cordatorta shouted for his backup but before they arrived the kidnapper disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
Ever since that day the king and queen were worried about their firstborn and made it so that she too would have her own personal guard at all times.
Helia did not come into the Princess Royal Guard until Flora was sixteen. The king saw the young man's talent and made him the commander of his daughter's guard, making Helia the youngest commander ever at the age of 18.
End of Flashback
Flora looked up at her commander. She still couldn't believe that she had known him for two years already. It felt like yesterday that she met him. But before she got the chance to go down memory lane, her thoughts were interrupted.
"We are here Flora."
"W-what?" Flora looked and saw that they were standing in front of two large oak doors with the family crest on them. "Oh yes. That walk seems so short sometimes."
Helia smiled. "I'm sure that everything will be okay."
Flora gave him a grateful smile. He knew better then anyone how she felt when her parents called her to their chambers out of the blue. It usually meant something that whatever they wanted to tell her, they wanted to make sure that there was no audience to see her upset.
Flora nodded to the two guards for them to open the doors.
"Good luck princess." Helia smiled as he watched Flora walk in.
King and Queen's Royal Chambers…
Flora walked into the sitting room. It was very simplistic in its design with a fireplace, a small bookshelf, a table and four chairs around the table. It also had large windows that showed the scenery that was Lynphea. Flora had a feeling that her parents like to keep it simple because of all the clutter that was around the rest of the castle.
Sitting in one of the chairs sipping on a cup of tea was a older woman with long honey brown hair, fair skin, and deep brown eyes. Sitting next to her was a man reading a book. He had tanned skin, black hair, and deep green eyes.
"Hello father, hello mother."
The two looked up and when they saw their eldest daughter they both smiled.
"Oh honey, you can stop with the formality. We are alone after all." The queen stood up and gave Flora a hug. "It feels like we don't get to see you as often anymore."
"Yes, I'm sorry about that. Tecna keeps me on a tight scedhule."
The king laughed. "I had a feeling she would be a good pick for the person in charge of your schedule."
"She keeps us all in place, even Stella." Flora joked.
"Now come and sit." Lily motioned for one of the other empty chairs. "We have a lot to discuss."
Flora followed and sat down across from her parents.
"Tea sweetie?" Lily held up the kettle. "It's hibiscus tea, your favorite."
"Yes please." Flora watched as her mother poured the bright pink liquid into the small white teacup.
"Two sugars and a bit of honey, just like when you were little." The queen said as she handing the cup over.
"Thank you." Flora sipped the hot tea, it helped to calm her nerves, but only a little bit. "So what did you two want to talk about?"
"Yes, well its something of great importance and I wanted to tell you before the ball tonight." The king sat up in attention. "Now as you know, you had just recently turned eighteen."
Flora nodded. Not sure where this was going.
The queen continued. "And being the first born, you are the crown princess and will eventually take over as queen when we feel you are ready and we want to step down."
"That's not for some time though." Flora added. "You two are still quite young and able."
"Thank you sweetie but the time for us to step down will come faster then you would think."
"What your mother and I are trying to say is that to rule a kingdom and the entire planet takes a lot of time and energy. It's something that shouldn't be done by one person."
Flora now understood what her parents were saying. "You want me to start dating?"
The queen gave her a sad looking smile. "Not exactly honey."
"But I don't understand. You are saying it takes two people to rule the kingdom, so I need to find someone to help me, a king."
"You don't have to find one…"
"Because we found one for you." The queen said happily.
Flora stopped the cup midway to her lips. "What?"
The king let out a sigh. "We have found you a potential king. Sweetie, you are now betrothed."
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