Change in fate.
Solaria, Royal palace.
It had been two months since the royal court had approved of Stormy as a possible successor for Stella. The people had sent their representatives and they all told the court their reasons to either accept Stormy or disapprove off her as the next ruler of Solaria. Stella tried to ease their minds that until the age of twenty five Stormy would be tested to make sure she is the right ruler for Solaria. She wouldn't want to put an evil person on the throne herself and since Stormy's reputation already preceded her, it was going to be a hard sell to the people. They hadn't forgotten about the times that the Trix had beaten up their beloved princess. Stella then reminded them that Stormy could turn out differently from the witch she used to be under her guidance. In the end the result of the voting would be the final verdict if Stormy would become the Crown princess or not. Stella was anxiously waiting for the results to come in.
"Your highness, the results of the capitol and the major cities are in. About seventy six percent have voted in favour of Stormy." a clerk told her.
"The results of the smaller cities and the towns are more important for me. They represent about sixty percent of the population of Solaria." Stella reminded the man.
"Yes but when twenty percent of the entire population has already voted in favour of Stormy then there is already a chance that Stormy may become the next Crown princess." he told her as looked at his computer screen "and the first results of the towns are coming in now."
"And?"
"In five out of six towns the majority have voted in favour of Stormy bringing the total up to thirty five percent in favour and twelve percent against her. That means that fifty three percent is undecided yet."
"Until all of the results have come in that is."
"Off course your highness but it will take a while before we have all the results." the clerk said as he looked up at Stella who decided to take a walk in the garden to be surprised when she got back. When she entered the garden she found Stormy reading as usual.
"What are you reading honey." she asked her daughter.
"Oh, just a file that I found on my desk this morning. It 's about Icy, Darcy and me and what we have done before we became kids again." Stormy said as she looked up.
"How did that get there?" Stella wondered.
"Maybe you or dad accidentally left it there. I have to say I really was a bad ass witch. I can't believe I did all this." she said as she gave the file to Stella who started to read it herself. After a few minutes she remembered where this file came from.
"This is my personal file on the three of you and it is actually not the most objective file. I wrote down how I felt at the time about you guys." Stella said as she put her arm around Stormy.
"Objective or not, still I was a bad girl." Stormy sighed.
"If you really had been as bad as I wrote down you wouldn't be here with me now." Stella tried to comfort Stormy who then looked up and smiled.
"You 're right mum. If I really was that bad you wouldn't have adopted me. Neither would Icy or Darcy have been adopted. But aunt Bloom really must have a big heart because Icy had tried to kill her on numerous occasions. Not to mention what Darcy and I have been doing to you and your friends." Stormy told her mother.
"Maybe you should put the past behind you and look at the future. I have high hopes that some day you will be the queen I raise you to be." Stella said while she let her fingers run through Stormy's long curly hair.
Sparkx
In a small cottage Bloom was keeping an eye on Icy and Daphne who were playing outside in the snow. The children both had a lot of fun and were putting together a snowman with their nanny. Bloom decided that it was time to get Daphne indoors since she looked as she was turning blue. She put on her coat and went outside.
"Jessie, I think it's about time you bring Daphne indoors. I will help Icy finish the snowman." Bloom said to her nanny.
"Yes your highness," the young woman replied.
"We 're not at the palace now, so you can call me Bloom. I 'm not that attached to titles as other people at the royal court back home."
"I was instructed by my superiors to..."
"I don't care what they say, sure you work for me but when we are outside the palace walls in Aracklion I 'd rather treat you as an equal." Bloom finished the conversation as the nanny went in with Daphne. Bloom walked up to Icy who was putting some snow on the snowman.
"Hello my little snowflake," Bloom greeted Icy "are you having a lot of fun?"
"Yes mum, I love it here. It 's a shame we only come out here once a month. I always feel so much better when we 're here." the child said making Bloom smile. The ice witch still loved ice and snow but it didn't matter to Bloom since she had noticed that during the winters in Gardenia Icy always seemed to recover her energy. When Icy got older she got sick one day and the doctors didn't know how to cure her so Bloom brought her to Sparkx as a last effort. Once she had laid down Icy in the snow the child started to recover and two days later she was healed again. Since then Bloom took her little girls to Sparkx so Icy would remain in good health. As she was helping Icy completing the snowman she teased Icy by throwing down some snow in the child's face. Icy was a bit fed up with it so she picked up some snow and threw it to her mum but the moment she released the snow from her hand Bloom's left hand was iced. Bloom looked around too surprised by what just happened. Since there was no one else around she concluded Icy had done that. Icy was surprised as well about what had happened and was near crying while Bloom melted the ice around her hand with a smile.
"Well, well my little Icy is finally using her powers." Bloom said as she picked up the child.
"Did I hurt you?" she asked her mother.
"No you didn't but I was a bit surprised. Were you angry when you threw that snowball to me?"
"Yes."
"I thought so. Maybe it 's time I start to teach you how to control your anger so accidents like these can be avoided. I don't want you to accidentally freeze your sister." Bloom said as Icy tried to understand what her mother was trying to tell her. She did realise that the power she had was something she should use carefully or she would be in a lot of trouble with her parents.
Aracklion.
The king of Aracklion was looking at his servant when he was reporting that Skye and his escort had been ambushed on his way back from Calypso. They were all killed and there were no clues to find out who was behind this. The king was devastated to hear his only son had died. According to the servant the prince had tried to get away while his soldiers fought off the attackers but he didn't get far and got hit by a tree which killed him.
"This concludes the report, your majesty." The servant finished his report.
"How am I going to tell my wife and daughter-in-law this terrible news?" He asked the young man at the other side of his desk.
"I don't know either, your majesty" he answered and the king told him he was allowed to return to his duties. Once he was alone he started to cry and didn't notice his wife came in.
"What is going on my dear," the queen asked him. He looked up, stood up and put his arms around his wife as he told her the bad news. Soon the both of them were in tears hoping it was all a bad dream.
Later that day Bloom returned from her trip with the children when she found everybody around her in a state of shock. She went out to find Skye but found his father instead in his office.
"What is going on here?" Bloom asked the man who then told her what had happened during her absence. Since the children were with her she just tried to keep herself somewhat together but cried nevertheless. She sat down and picked up both her daughters holding them close to her. Icy was crying too while Daphne fell asleep on Blooms lap. Suddenly Icy got angry and shouted she would find out who did it. The moment she did it an ice sculpture looking like Skye appeared in the room. Bloom looked at it for a moment, turned her head at Icy and told her to calm down. The king was surprised as well but understood where the sculpture came from and walked over to his granddaughter wiping the tears from her eyes.
"Don't be angry my child. Only a calm and clear mind can help you to find your father's killers." the king said to her. Bloom looked at him and thanked him for the advise he gave Icy. They all left Skye's office to gather in the royal suite to start dinner even though no one was in the mood for it.
Solaria
After dinner Stella was on her way to her office to find out how the people had voted. Once she came in her clerk was looking up from his computer with a big smile on his face.
"Your highness, about sixty two percent of the public has voted in favour already with ninety five percent of the votes in. So it is safe to say that Stormy could become the first elected queen of Solaria." the man said overjoyed.
"Well that 's good to hear. I will tell Stormy as soon as all the votes have come in." Stella said as she looked at the computer screen to confirm what the man had told her. A few minutes later all the votes were in and the result remained. In her mind Stella then thanked her people for allowing Stormy to get a chance to become their new ruler some day. She decided to write a speech to thank the people of Solaria for voting in favour of the proposition made by the royal court to pass on the title of Crown princess of Solaria to Stormy. As she was writing it Stormy and Brandon Came in with a depressed face. She looked up and wondered what was going on.
"Hey what 's up with you two?" she asked as she looked at her husbands face. He looked as if he could cry any minute.
"I just received word from Aracklion that Sky has been killed while he was returning from a diplomatic mission in Calypso." Brandon told her. Stella stood up and put her arms around him as he started to cry. She comforted him while Stormy embraced her parents and let go off her tears too. As soon as everyone had stopped crying they all sat down thinking about the great times they spent together. For a moment they forgot all about the fact that Stormy was allowed to become the new Crown princess of Solaria until the presence of the clerk in the room reminded her.
"Even though it is not the moment to celebrate now," Stella started "but the people of Solaria have voted in favour of making Stormy my successor."
"They did?" Brandon said with a slight smile on his face. After the bad news he had received from his home realm this made him feel a lot better. He then congratulated Stormy and kissed his wife.
"Well with what is going on in Aracklion it would be a good idea to share the results of the voting but put off appointing Stormy the Crown princess of Solaria until Sky has been buried." Stella told Brandon. He nodded in agreement and the clerk started to write an official statement revealing the results to the public and the decision to put off the celebrations for their newly voted Crown princess.