The day after.
Aracklion.
Icy woke up feeling a bit stiff from the extra exercise she had the previous night. Bloom had been able to make love to her five times before she went home. She smiled as she smelled Bloom's perfume in the sheets along with other scents that would betray their act. Icy decided that she would have the sheets cleaned before anyone found out. She went towards the window to look outside to see what the weather was like. While she was contemplating what to wear she saw it was raining. Behind her a door opened and the head of a little girl appeared making Icy turn around.
"Good morning Dawn, I see you 're already awake and dressed." Icy said to her daughter as she wondered what time it could be.
"You 're finally awake too mum. You slept almost all morning." Dawn said as Icy was looking at her watch. It read 10:48.
"Yes I have so it seems. It 's a good thing that I hadn't planned anything important for today." Icy agreed with Dawn.
"Dad and Darcy are still sleeping too." Dawn told Icy who was getting dressed. After she got dressed she left the room with Dawn and went to the kitchen to get herself something to eat. When she passed the dining room she smelled coffee so she went in to see who was there.
"Ah, my lovely daughter has finally woken up. Where were you last night?" The king greeted Icy as he poured her a cup of coffee.
"I was in my room. I ..." Icy answered the question but got interrupted by the queen.
"You weren't feeling to well? Icy we heard there was someone in the room with you when we passed your room on the way to our room." Muriel said making Icy blush. Icy knew she was caught and now she had to explain herself to the family.
"It seemed like you were having your first wedding night too." the king teased Icy "Who got lucky to be with you last night?"
"I was with ... Bloom." Icy confessed "We have been dancing around each other's feelings for quite some time now and last night we just exploded. When did you actually pass my room?"
"About three in the morning." Andrew answered making Icy remember that it was when she was really trying not to scream out loud as she was climaxing. Her father and stepmother exchanged glances and then they looked at her again.
"Congratulations Icy, you now officially have a girlfriend." her father said as he came over to her and hugged her. Icy was a bit surprised that he didn't see anything wrong about it. Muriel then walked over to her and hugged her too.
"It was about time you told each other how you both felt about each other. You were both miserable and depressed lately because neither of you didn't want to tell each other what was going on with yourselves." Muriel told Icy.
"It seems that both my children have the same taste in women." The king said while Icy nodded.
"Now I have three mums." Dawn cheered as the grown ups started to laugh.
Sparkx.
Bloom woke up after a long sleep. She looked at her watch but didn't care it was almost noon. She didn't have anything planned for today so she just decided to take her time. When she was finally dressed and ready to eat she walked out of her room. She smiled as she sat down at the dinner table where her parents were waiting for her. They looked up the moment she had taken a seat.
"Hello mum, dad, I 'm sorry that I was so late last night but I have been partying late with Icy." Bloom apologised for coming home very early that morning. Vanessa looked at her and Mike started to laugh.
"What?" Bloom asked.
"Well, we never wanted to know why you were late last night since we figured you could be with Icy." Vanessa said to Bloom who then blushed.
"Are the two of you a couple now." Bloom heard a voice behind her ask.
"Oh well, Yes we are a couple now. What about you Myrta? Did you like the boy you were dancing with?" Bloom asked her niece.
"Actually, he wasn't my type but one day I may find the right guy."Myrta answered.
"At least you found someone to love again, sweety." Mike told his daughter.
"Yes I did." Bloom said with a smile as she stirred her tea thinking about the previous night. After lunch Myrta and Bloom were walking through the garden talking about the wedding.
"Bloom, where were you when everybody was still at the party?" Myrta asked.
"That is none of your business." Bloom answered.
"Ooh, that good hey." Myrta said as Bloom's face turned red.
"Okay, we were making out at first and later on we...well...we made love. Is that what you wanted to hear?"
"Not really but since you 're so open about it, how was Icy in the sack?" Myrta then grinned.
"No comment."
"I could always ask." Myrta laughed as she put her arm around Bloom "I 'm happy for you."
"Thanks Myrta, I hope you will find someone to love too some day."
"I will some day but right now I want to find my father... if he is still alive that is." Myrta said a bit depressed.
"I will help you find your father even though I don't know how I'm going to do this. I wish sometimes that I knew what happened here before we were born." Bloom told Myrta as she looked too the gates of the palace where two familiar shades walked in.
"Aren't that Flora and Stormy?" Myrta asked Bloom who nodded. Bloom wondered why they were at Sparkx but she had a feeling she would find out soon enough. The couple greeted Bloom and Myrta and they all exchanged some small talk.
"Well Flora, what brings the two of you here actually?" Bloom asked her friend.
"It's actually Stormy who wanted to come here. She wants to find out what had happened to her father. She thinks that there may be a clue here that can tell her where he went." Flora answered.
"Funny, I mentioned Bloom that I wanted to start looking for our father just before you two arrived." Myrta said as she looked at Stormy who still couldn't believe that they were sisters. The storm witch then looked up at the sky and saw storm clouds gathering over the palace.
"I think we better get inside." Stormy warned them "Even though I love this weather you guys might like it when you stay dry." The girls all went inside but before they reached the door rain was already pouring down. Once inside they were all wet so they decided to change clothes. When they had gathered again in Bloom's office they started to go over the subject of finding out what happened to the father of Stormy and Myrta. Bloom had taken some books from the palace library in which the last notes were made about what happened during the last three years before the destruction of Sparkx. The only reference they found about the man was that he came to Sparkx to hide from a witch who wanted to kill him. There were no other things to find about him not even a picture.
"It seems like a dead end." Stormy sighed as she closed the last book.
"Now what?" Myrta asked as she looked at Bloom who didn't know either what to do now.
"There must be a clue about him somewhere." Flora said looking through the books again. Bloom opened a drawer and pulled out another book.
"This is Daphne's diary. I found it here yesterday. Myrta, maybe there will be something in here." Bloom handed her the diary. Myrta opened it and read through it together with Stormy. There was a man mentioned by Daphne who she felt attracted to but he had no real interest in her. One night she had found him crying in his hide out so she went in to comfort him and find out why he was so sad. He told her the story about how he had fallen in love with a mighty witch but the woman had no feelings what so ever to anyone. She was only interested in gaining power. When he had gotten her pregnant she had thrown him out but he had stayed around long enough to see his child. He wanted to leave it a gift but then her mother would take it away from it so he had put a tattoo on it's back which was also part of a family secret. When the witch found out he had been there she started to hunt him down so she could kill him. Now he had been running for some time but he really wanted to save his daughter from her mother so she could grow up to be a decent girl. Later that night Daphne and the man made love to each other. Six days later he had disappeared and no one had ever heard from him again. When Daphne found out she was pregnant of his child she couldn't tell her parents until it was too late to do something about it. The day she told them about her pregnancy her parents were mostly disappointed in her. Four months later Myrta was born.
"So dad actually knocked up your mum and left whereas my mother kicked him out after he knocked her up. I don't know what to think of him right now?" Stormy said as she laid an arm around Myrta's shoulder. Myrta then looked at Stormy and smiled
"I 've got an idea." she said as she started to form a plan in her head.
"What?" Stormy asked.
"Well I 'm going to spread the news throughout the realms that we are looking for our father. We also tell them that I am a princess of Sparkx and that you are my half sister." Myrta answered.
"That will bring out all kinds of people to come here." Stormy tried to knock some holes into Myrta's plan.
"I know so we are going to test them. Do you still have the drawing of the tattoo on your back?" Myrta asked making Stormy realise what little sis had in mind.
"So we could show it every guy who comes in here if could be asked to tell us what it is." Stormy said.
"And it is not public knowledge that there is the tattoo on your back." Bloom said as she started up her computer. Flora agreed that this was a good plan but where would they test those men? Bloom offered to receive them in the throne room one by one. In the end the only problem could be that their father wouldn't show up. Bloom was writing the message that Myrta and Stormy were looking for their father and where he should come to if he wanted to see his daughters.
Aracklion.
Icy was sitting under a tree in the garden while Dawn was playing with her dolls near the tree. She was looking at the pictures she had taken during the wedding. There was no picture of her and Bloom within the same shot except for one where they were eating and helping Dawn with her food. Icy wondered if there would be family pictures some day of her, Bloom, Dawn and the baby sister. She smiled at the thought of Bloom and her raising their daughters together. She always had this childhood dream of having a large family with a large number of children. Now she had to rethink this since women can't get pregnant without a man in the game. Suddenly Dawn jumped up and ran of in the direction of her father and stepmother. Icy looked up looking at the newly weds who seemed to finally have decided to come out of bed. Darcy came over to Icy while Sky started to fool around with Dawn.
"Good afternoon Darcy, slept well?" Icy asked as she got curious about what the two have been doing last night.
"I slept like a baby." Darcy answered with a big smile.
"And your husband has kept his hands to himself?" Icy asked reminding her about the promise she made about how she wouldn't make love to Sky during their wedding night.
"About that... he actually did... at first... and then... I..." Darcy started to tell Icy.
"No, you haven't" Icy started to laugh while Darcy started to blush.
"Yes, we have. I just couldn't resist. He sure has a gorgeous body and I just wanted to touch it and before I even realised what I was doing I had my first orgasm. You never told me he could go on for hours."
"Why?"
"Well we made love more than once until I couldn't take it any more."
"How many times?" Icy asked Darcy with a big smile on her face.
"We made love four times." Darcy answered "After that I couldn't take more. I was bushed."
"If it hadn't been too late last night. Bloom and I would have gotten to round six" Icy told Darcy whose mouth fell open..
"What? When? How?" she stammered as Icy was about to burst into laughter. Her dear cousin was now confused. Bloom and Icy have been sleeping with each other? How were they able to slip away from the party unnoticed?
"Are you saying that you and Bloom are a couple now?" Darcy asked Icy.
"Yes, we are a couple now. Why so surprised?" Icy asked her.
"Well if there is someone I 'd never thought would turn gay on me, well that had to be you. I always figured Stormy to be gay since she had an absolute hatred for men in general. I wonder why actually but you...hah.. never thought you would be." Darcy said knowing it was just making conversation.
"People change honey, and I think it's time for Dawn to take a nap. She is nearly falling asleep on the grass." Icy said as she stood up to get her daughter who had been picked up by Sky. He handed Dawn to Icy who took her inside. Darcy walked over to Sky.
"Guess what?" Darcy asked making Sky wonder what she had to tell.
"Icy has found herself a new love." Darcy told Sky.
"Oh, Who?" Sky asked wondering which guy could have swept Icy of her feet.
"It 's Bloom she has fallen in love with." Darcy said making Sky's mouth fall open.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"She just told me herself. There was something going on between them for days now and I think they both have found each other last night."
"That would explain why they seemed to have vanished at some point during the party. I thought they couldn't stand the pain of us being married any more. Who 'd have thought those two would become lovers one day after all this time trying to kill each other." Sky said.
Linphea.
A woman was sitting in her apartment looking over the forest. She had tears in her eyes while she looked at the letter she had received this morning. She couldn't believe that the one great love she had in her life hadn't commit suicide but was actually killed by someone close to her. Now the daughter of her great love was going to find out what really happened back then. Astrid stood up as she picked up the picture of Leia and her baby. This baby had grown up to be such a lovely woman just like her mother. She looked over to the wall on which a lot of pictures of Flora framed. She had received them from Jonah over the years so she could keep track of her stepdaughter. She always wanted to meet her some day and maybe some day soon she would see her again.
