Chapter 10-A Crazy Idea

Stella was blindfolded and taken to an underground cave. She was then thrown against a wall and the blindfold was taken off.

"You can make one call, Princess" Someone sneered at her. A phone was thrown at her and she dodged it. She had no idea what was going on, but she did not want to miss an opportunity to call for help.

She quickly dialed Bloom's number and Bloom picked up.

"Stella! What is going on? Tecna showed us a live feed of a riot! Are you okay?" Bloom urgently asked.

"I guess for now I'm okay, I don't really know what they are doing with me. I need your guys' help." Stella sighed. Her whole body ached from being manhandled by the mob.

"We are trying to organize a way to get there Stel, we are going to come as fast as we can. Do you know where you are?"

"I have no clue"

"Is everything okay? We have barely heard from you and Sky told me you broke up with Brandon. That can't be true can it?"

"Yeah I did." Stella responded. She did not think of how she was going to tell all of her friends about their break up and did not know how to respond to Bloom.

"Stel, you love him though! Remember how much you missed him before you left for Solaria? Did something happen with your parents?"

"Nothing happened Bloom, I-I- just don't love him anymore" Stella said unconvincingly.

"I don't believe that for one second Stella. What happened? Did your parents tell you to break up with him?" Bloom asked. Stella was silent, she didn't know what else to say.

"That's it isn't it? How could you be so shallow Stella?" Bloom asked.

"Bloom, I had to! My parents want me to become Queen right after I graduate and I can't be marrying a squire! I have to give up love for my duty." Stella said as she began to cry.

"There is always a way Stella! Who cares what your parents say? You have to follow your heart, you can't just be that cruel to Brandon." Bloom said.

"You wouldn't know anything about it Bloom! You have your perfect little life with your prince boyfriend. No one telling you who or who you can't marry, you don't have any responsibilities!" Stella yelled into the phone.

"Yeah, because my planet was destroyed. Do whatever you want Stella, I just thought that you actually loved Brandon" Bloom said.

"I do but-" Stella began to say but someone came into the cell and stole the phone away from her.

"Times up your highness!" the man said in a sarcastic tone. He then left the cell and Stella was left alone. She had no idea how she was going to get out of this and did not know what was even going on.

She remembered doing he usual speech and there being some protesters in the crowd, but there was still relative peace. These people looked like the people she had visited the day before and she felt bad for them but did not know what she could do.

She was walking off the stage when chaos broke loose and the body guards formed a circle around her, trying to get her back to the hover craft safely. She then noticed the messages on the protesters signs about death to the king and queen and finally realized how much danger she was in. She was being pushed around in every direction and finally decided to transform into her Enchantix.

The mass amount of people was overwhelming though. She could not blast every person and she ended up being overcome by the mob and was dragged to this prison.

Stella was miserable. She had no idea how her life had turned so bad. Just a few weeks ago she was at Alfea with her best friends and was in love with her boyfriend. Now she had no boyfriend, was locked up in an underground cave, and her friends thought she was shallow and selfish.

Maybe she was. "Am I really that bad of a person?" Stella whispered aloud.

"Yes, you all are!" said someone outside of her cell. It was a woman who was her guard.

Stella then began to cry and curled up into a ball on the ground. She thought about how her parents had always dictated her life and she just let them. Was it really wrong of her to respect their wishes that she marry into royalty? Would being with Brandon in the future really hurt her ability to rule Solaria?

She was exhausted and confused and her head was pounding. The ground was cold and made her even more uncomfortable. Why were these people keeping her hostage? What had she done wrong?

"Stop your whining princess, not used to sleeping in the dirt are you?" The woman said.

Stella didn't respond, she had no intention of talking to these people when she could only focus on Brandon.

"You have no idea do you." The woman stated. This comment got Stella's attention. She wanted to know what this woman was referring to. Her hair was all over the place and she was dirty. She wore jeans with holes in them and had a cut of shirt that looked like it wasn't meant to be a cutoff shirt.

"About what? " Stella snapped back.

"That while you are off in your little princess land of getting new clothing every day, going to parties, having as much food you want to have, half of your planet is starving because of our inability to use our magic."

"You can't use your magic?"

"Not with King Radius and Queen Luna using all of the Sun and Moon for their various little projects."

"I-I- I didn't know. I'm sorry" Stella said. She had no idea that people in Solaria were suffering so badly.

"You don't care though, you just go around reading off of your little note cards some spiel about helping the country when none of that helps."

Stella sat in silence for a while and thought about it. Now she realized that half of the people in Solaria were living like this, she wanted to do something to help.

"My kids don't have anything to eat tonight, or tomorrow or the next night. I can't find a job and can't move in order to get one." The woman said in a quieter tone.

Would her parents really have allowed this to happen? Stella thought about it for a moment, and realized that they probably would. They loved her and did anything for her, but they didn't want to let her marry the person she loves. How could they do that to her?

Because they really restricted her, she realized that they probably were capable of ignoring the troubles in Solaria just to get what they wanted, just like they were willing to sacrifice her happiness for theirs.

Suddenly, she got an idea.

"How can I help? I'm supposed to become Queen in the summer, and I genuinely am sorry for your condition. If I had any idea before, I would have appealed to my parents, not that they would probably have listened to me." Stella asked. She knew that her supporting rebellious citizens would be frowned upon, but if this would help her get out alive, she would do anything. Plus, she did want to help these people. She remembered the little boy in the city yesterday and did not want anyone to suffer like that anymore.

"We don't need the help of a monarch, we need a say in our government. The only way to do that is to overthrow your tyrannical parents." The woman responded.

"I don't want to hurt the, but, well, I will support this rebellion." Stella said.

"Wait, you just said you would support the rebellion?"

"Yes, well I would like to speak with the leaders and see what exactly I can do, I don't want this to turn into an all out civil war.

"Well honey, I'm afraid you're already too late for that. The war has begun."