Chapter Ten: Acts of True Love
As Tecna and Timmy ran faster, Avalon's soldiers caught up with them, and Timmy used himself as a human shield to protect her. Seeing that Avalon was closing in on her, ready to make the final move, Tecna's magic began to resurface, this time it was at its peak. Electric bolts of lighting filled the skies of Zenith, the ground was completely turned into metal beneath their feet, and electricity was shooting uncontrollably from Tecna's hands.
"Timmy, I can't control this, run away before I hurt you!" Tecna screamed, "Go!"
"No, I know you can control your powers, you're just scared." He reassured her calmly, using the same gentle voice as before, "You're not dangerous Tecna, I know you're not, you're just misunderstood. You have to trust that people want to help you, Elyssa always wanted to help you, I want to help you."
"Why, I'm the one who is putting this whole entire realm in danger!" Tecna argued, "I can't be helped!"
"But I know you never wanted to hurt anyone, you just have to remember that, there's no need to be afraid, if you trust the people who want to help you." Timmy continued, his voice begged to lull her into tranquility, but all she did was fall to her knees and let tears fall, all these years everyone just wouldn't leave her alone like they used to. She preferred the isolation of her bedroom back in the palace of Zenith, and being in the confines of Databridge Castle, that's all she ever wanted if she couldn't just be destroyed and put an end to this chaos. Timmy just kneeled beside her, continuing to use himself as a human shield for her.
"Why are you so adamant on staying with me, I'm not worth your effort!" She thought furiously through her tears.
"Because Elyssa wants you protected, she loves you Tecna!" Timmy answered, "She can't do it herself so I'm doing it for her. And because I care about you too."
"You barely know me!" She cried, "This is just highly illogical!"
"Emotions have nothing to do with logic, and it's really important not to be afraid of your emotions." He continued, " Just let go, it's better than keeping them bottled up inside."
"I wish that was easy for me to believe, but look what happens when I do
let my emotions go!" Tecna pointed to the sky above them as Avalon's men advanced toward them.
Elyssa and Digit were able to get out of the slowly transforming palace before it completely turned into steel, luckily everyone else had evacuated before then. They continued to run from the castle, and while Timmy was attempting to try to calm Tecna down, he had communicated to her where they were located. Once Elyssa and Digit spotted them, it seemed that it was almost too late. Avalon had them surrounded.
"You can't run from your own powers, Tecna, I thought you wanted to die!" He taunted, "Isn't that what you wanted for the people of Zenith, to be able to stop the electrical storm and return things back to normal?" Timmy was horrified to hear this, that is just how insecure Tecna was about herself, believing that the only way to spare her people was to make the ultimate sacrifice of her life.
"Yes, but to leave Zenith in your hands would be the worst thing I could possibly do!" She shouted, "That's why if you kill me now, I have total faith that Elyssa will be next in line to take my place!"
"Oh, I don't think so," Avalon laughed, "You see, Tecna, you must have struck her with your magic, because when she returned to the kingdom, she was slowly turning into a metal statue.., all because of you!" At that very moment, the storm stopped, the sky was pitch black and the entire kingdom had turned into metal and steel. There was nothing left. Tecna fell to her knees once more, and Timmy was shocked that she had to hear this from the one person that was trying to kill her, she looked completely shattered, the last thing that she ever wanted to happen, happened. While Tecna and Timmy's backs were turned, Timmy trying his hardest to console the distraught technology queen, Avalon raised the most powerful blast of magic towards them. Elyssa was just in time to witness this, and she ran as fast as her half metal legs could take her, jumping into the line of fire for her older sister.
"Tecna, no!" She cried out, but while she was in the middle of the blast, her transformation into a metal statue completed. Avalon flew backwards from the impact, and when Tecna noticed exactly what had happened, she looked up in more heartache.
"Elyssa!" She screamed "No!" She didn't think any more tears could fall that day, but she was definitely wrong. This was the most sadness she had ever experienced in her life. Tecna hugged her sister tightly, begging for this not to be the end for her. Timmy, Digit and Chicko only could watch, not knowing what to do at this moment. All Elyssa wanted to do was protect Tecna, and reassure her that she didn't have to be alone, that she could be loved, and all she ever got in return was this. Seconds of pure silence passed, until suddenly Elyssa began to return back to normal, Tecna just looked up shocked as her sister's body turned from metal to human skin. Once she was completely recovered, Tecna backed up slightly, still trying to make sense of it. There was only one logical reasoning for what just occurred.
"Elyssa.., you.., you sacrificed your life for me?" She stuttered, almost speechless.
"Of course I would, Tecna, I love you." Elyssa reassured her with a sincere smile, and the queen of technology turned around to face Timmy.
"The act of true love that the Council of Elders mentioned, there are different types of love that can break a spell." Digit acknowledged in surprise.
"That's what you and Elyssa have been trying to tell me all along," She began with realization, "I don't need to be afraid of my emotions, because love is an emotion, and love is a beautiful thing. Thank you both for not giving up on me." She thought, looking at him. And with the feeling of true love in Tecna's heart, she was capable of undoing all the damage that was done to Zenith. She was able to convince the people just how passionate about their safety she had been. She explained to them her reasoning for running away and that she never intended to put her whole entire realm in an eternal electric storm. She even confessed that she wanted to sacrifice her life in order to end all the chaos she created. The people were very forgiving towards her as they watched her transform the entire realm back to its wonderful glory. Tecna was more than happy to continue to keep Zenith's palace doors open to the public. As for Avalon, he was banished from Zenith and sentenced to death in his own realm of Malicoy.
A few days after Avalon was shipped away, Tecna and Elyssa planned yet another celebration to make up for the disaster that her coronation resulted in. This time it was held outside, so that Tecna could freely display the beauty of her magic for the people.
"See Tecna, what did I tell you, your powers are beautiful, just like you." Timmy told her in that soft voice that could calm her no matter what.
"I want to give you credit, Timmy," she told him, "you stuck by me, and kept telling me to trust the people who care about me, even when I couldn't trust myself."
"All you need is love, Tecna, never believe that you should be alone." He reassured her once more.
"So, Timmy," Tecna began coyly, "Elyssa happened to mention something about a Wind Rider hoverbike." At those words, Timmy snapped his head in her direction to be astonished when he saw a brand new red Wind Rider, his jaw dropped.
"With all the latest upgrades." Tecna added as she giggled sweetly at his reaction to the surprise. Elyssa watched her sister finally enjoy herself for the first time in her life it seemed, she was finally free to express her feelings and not forced to be logical, although she did prefer to be. Zenith finally prospered years after the passing of Tecna and Elyssa's parents, Tecna was able to use her magic to help her people invent and ship all kinds of technology to other realms, and she no longer had to be isolated. Elyssa was also happy, she helped fulfill Timmy's lifelong dream of meeting her sister, and she was truly happy to give her sister the true sense of love that she deserved. She still stayed good friends with Timmy, and as time passed, she encouraged both of them not to be so shy around each other. Pretty soon, having just met in a time of life or death, Tecna and Timmy's relationship began to develop greatly, and the words "conceal it, don't feel it" were a thing of the past.
And that, my faithful readers, is the Winx style Frozen story I had in mind. Like I said, I don't think I'll be doing stories like this again. They seem to have less popularity than my freestyle work. Really hope you enjoyed this story because I did work two days in a row to get it done.