"Hey we're lucky; some Alfea girls are heading towards us!" Brandon called
"Its princess Bloom with her sister", Sky reacted and nudged Brandon teasing.
"Remember how you kept rambling about her since you met her? Here's your chance to talk to her!"
"Uh…hi Princess Stella…"
"Hello prince Sky", she said soft and shy
"Eh… your highness, I need to confess something…" Brandon hesitated
"Excuse me but I am here for a boy called timothy, where can I find him?"
"Right over there miss, he's the smallest one of the group"
"Thank you", the technology fairy smiled
"Hey guys; Helia, Riven or Nabu, can one of you please show the ladies around?" "I need to talk to Stella!" Brandon said emphatically to make his best friend clear that he had to follow
"What's up?" Bloom asked surprised when the boys took her and Stella to a quieter corner
"Princess Stella and princess Bloom, I give you my sincere apologies, there's been a misunderstanding" Brandon said soft.
"Yes, on the party where we met was one biggest enemy Yoshinoya; he wants to rule Eraclyon and kidnap the crown prince", Sky added. "That's why we had to switch identities, for our safety".
"He's the prince of Eraclyon and I'm his squire", Brandon explained. "Please don't be mad. We saw each other last year, but we had to leave early so there was no chance to talk"; Sky explained.
"Don't worry about it Sky, and you to Brandon; we don't care who's a prince or squire".
"You two have been very charming company on the party last year and we're just glad that we became friends, right Stell?"
"Uh….. Yeah of…of course!" The blond princess blushed trying not to openly stare at Brandon
"You're even more beautiful than last year Stell", Brandon told her sincere
"Uh…thank you", she blushed "you're not bad either"
"So eh…Bloom…do you want to hang out some times?" Sky hesitated
"Of course, we're friends after all", she smiled
"Yeah and maybe a little bit more" he added cheeky
Bloom's cheeks matched the colour of her hair now. "So uhm… the guys you were standing with, are they from your team"
"Yeah come I'll introduce them to you; let's leave your sister and my best friend alone". "Brandon has been talking about her since you two left Eracklyon".
"Believe me, same goes for Stella! She refused every date with several princes and other nobilities"
"And you Bloom?"
"Me?" "I'm not introduced into the royal society; next month I'll turn sixteen"
"Will you have a princess ball like Stella?"
"Yeah one of the weekends next month or maybe next spring". "I guess I'll go with next spring break or else mum will go hysterical about bad arrangement and everything"
"So Stell…uh…won't your parents flip if they know you'll date a squire?" Brandon asked concerned
"No, of course not! Mum and daddy want to see me happy"
"I've been reading those gossip magazines a bit during my vacation when I got bored and I read that you refused to date anyone Stell, what's up?"
"Nothing, just didn't feel like anyone till now"
Brandon raised his eyebrows and looked attentively at the girl he was crazy about. It didn't matter for him that he only seen her twice before, he could sense that something was bothering her but decided to wait until their date tonight
"Come I'll introduce you to my friends"
"Stell, these are my squad boys: carrot haired Timmy, the computer genius"
"Helia the artist and pacifist"
"Riven, our fight champion and Nabu the wizard"
"Guys, this is Stella"
Timmy or Timothy was a Caucasian slim boy with glasses that always slides down to the top of his nose and his orange hair sticks out all sides
The most striking things about him were his intelligence as he explains something and his foolish grin that gave him something cute
He has light brown eyes that looked very intelligent into the world
Helia was just as slim as Timmy only taller
His long black hair was done in a side pony tail and contrasted with his light skin tone
His eyes were dark blue nearly black and he always had a calm and intelligent look in his eyes
He was a great artist and mostly a pacifist but also a fantastic hero and his weapon was his laser strings glove
Riven's looks were very striking; burgundy hair with violet eyes which were always on alert and his behaviour was by times simply rude but he has a heart of gold when it came to the ones he was fond of
Nabu had a dark tanned skin like Layla but with dark brown eyes.
He had a friendly face and a charming smile. His hair was dark brown and went in a tress down his back
Brandon's very charming with mid brown hair with a strand that fell before his face
He was very muscled and was great with his green broad sword
He was the most cheerful one of his squad and his smile made most girls go weak
Just like his best friend, Sky was Mr charming. He had shoulder length blond hair and bright blue eyes
He was also a good swords man and dragon wrangler
"Hello, I'm Stella and that's my younger sister Bloom".
"I already noticed that" Nabu said dry. "You two talk the same way and make the same gestures"
"Yeah it's like you're twins, you even wear the same accessories" Riven remarked
Stella rolled with her eyes and on the same moment Bloom did the same which was quite hilarious
"Don't mind us", Bloom apologized "it's just that we're not only sisters but also best friends"
"Yeah, we always shared the same room and went everywhere together" Stella added
"I am the only child si I really can't imagine such a thing", Tecna apologized "but it's funny"
"Yes and very sweet too" Flora agreed with her
"Lads, get back to your work now!" A man with dark hair barked causing the girls to jump in the air
"That's Cordatorta the horrible", Sky chuckled
Flora became very pale and Helia pinched her hand comforting; "don't worry about him, he doesn't bite he only barks"
"Easy for you to say", Riven mumbled
"Can he be worse than Griselda?" Musa giggled
"She can really bite your head off", Layla laughed
"Girls we have to go now", Tecna noted "the boys have work to do and we still have to unpack too"
"Okay we're coming", Stella called
"Bye princess, I'll pick you up at six" Brandon smiled
"So I'll see you around Bloom", Sky said soft
The red haired girl nodded blushing and walked to her sister
"Hi Bloom", Brandon greeted her friendly. "You grew a few inches since I saw you the last time, are you happy to go to school with Stella?"
"I think it's amazing because Stella is my best friend"
"Well…can you do me a favour?" Brandon whispered as he took her a bit away from Stella
"Uh…depends…"
"It's my first date with Stella and I want it to be perfect so I need your help will you come too? Sky will accompany me too and it's a bit for him; he wants to spend some time with you, you know what I mean?"
Bloom was torn apart she wanted to help a friend but hated to tell her sister only half of the truth
"Okay I'll do it but if you hurt my sister the dragon fire will haunt you and burn you to ashes"
"Promise", Brandon smiled
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"What was that about?" Stella informed with raised eye brows as the walked to school
"Brandon asked me if I wanted to go tonight too so Sky who'll be there too won't be alone".
"Okido a double date for the first time sounds fine just let our colours match"
"You two make sure you're back before curfew time" Flora warned concerned "because Griselda will get furious when she checks the rooms and you two are absent"
"Where's he taking you?" Layla asked curious
"You mean they", Stella chuckled "I don't know and I don't care, I just want to spend some time with Brandon"
"Yeah and I with Sky while I can", Bloom added a bit sad
It was a tradition in the Magical realms that as soon as a princess or daughter of nobility turned sixteen that she makes her entrance into the royal society.
The girl had to go everywhere with a chaperone (a married or engaged woman) and it was forbidden to go out with a young man alone except when there was an event and he paid court to the girl
"Don't worry, in Magix they're quite easy with the social rules", Flora comforted her
"I think those things should be history", Layla said. "We're in the 21st century and I don't liked to be weighed and approved or disapproved"