Brandon was laying on his bed with his head buried into his pillow. He did not want to get up and didn't know how he was going to function.
He had spent the last couple hours crying on and off again. Stella was the best thing that had ever happened to him and he had no clue what he had done wrong. Hadn't he always been romantic towards her? He had never been dumped in his life, he was always the one who broke up with girls. But he never wanted to break up with Stella, he thought that they were going to get married someday.
As he was trying to stop thinking about her, Sky came into his room again. He did not want to see him because all he did was try and make him feel better but he couldn't see how he could ever feel fine again.
"We need to go to Solaria." Sky said.
"Why?" Brandon asked without even looking up.
"Because there is a rebellion taking place and Stella is being held hostage. Tecna called Timmy to see if there was any way he could round up the old team and he called me immediately. I can get us a transport to Red Fountain to get a ship and meet up with him, Riven, Nabu, and Helia right now. So…you need to get ready."
"She doesn't want my help Sky." Brandon shrugged. He didn't want Stella to get hurt, he still loved her, but he also didn't want to be that annoying ex boyfriend who won't go away.
"Do you love her or not? Do you want to see her die?" Sky asked.
Brandon thought about it, and he truly didn't want her to be hurt. He wanted her to be happy, even if her happiness did not include him. He couldn't stand to see her get hurt and wanted to do everything in his power to save her, because he did still lover her with all of his heart. So he got out of bed for the first time in a day and got his gear together.
"Hey guys! I've missed you all!" Bloom said as she ran up to Sky and jumped into his arms. The rest of the girls greeted their boyfriends and hugged them.
"Feels like old times doesn't it?" Helia said.
"Sure does. We should get moving though, things are getting pretty serious in Solaria." Musa said.
Everyone got onto a ship and Timmy and Riven began to punch in the coordinates. They took off and all they could do was wait.
"How bad is it?" Sky asked.
"The videos all look pretty bad. Most of the people are demanding that the King and Queen abdicate the throne, but a lot of the more radical ones are also calling for their death" Tecna said. She pulled out her tablet computer and brought up a video of the riots. Similar videos had been streaming the web since the first one broke out.
"What do they want?" Flora asked.
"Equal say in government, more rights. For most of the citizens, life is pretty bad. A lot of them are living in poverty because they cannot find work due to the magic laws on Solaria and the King and Queen want to change those laws. But the changes would make finding magic jobs even harder and put even more people into poverty." Tecna explained.
"Well I hope Stella is okay" Layla said.
Stella was still being kept in her cell. The woman who she had talked to before was still her guard and was pretty nice to her. She learned more about the grievances of the people and what they truly wanted. She still was in shock that her parents were such horrible leaders.
It took her a while to fully convince her guard and a couple of the other leaders that she truly had no idea what they were doing and did not agree with it at all. She in fact wanted to help them change it. But she also wanted the violence to stop. This is what she was going to discuss with the leaders at a meeting today.
When the time came for the meeting, she was nervous. She was still afraid of these people and the fact that most of them really didn't like her or her parents. But trying to appease them was also the only way for her to stave herself and them.
"So why would you agree to help us Princess Stella?" The one leader asked.
"I don't think what has happened is right. I would help make Solaria better once I become Queen, and that is going to be very soon"
"Your speeches were not really inspiring." He said as he rolled his eyes.
"I-I- I didn't take those seriously and have been letting everyone else do everything for me."
"Well obviously, especially with your break up."
"My, my what?" Stella said. She had not really thought too much about Brandon because she didn't allow herself to anymore, it was just too painful.
"You are just your mommy and daddy's little puppet aren't you? They tell you to break up with your squire boyfriend because it will look 'bad' for their image, and did it. How do we know you won't be like that when you are the ruler? Let your parents tell you everything to do. The whole reason you are becoming queen is because they want you to pass some diabolical law, and we cannot let that happen."
"But I won't let that pass, and I didn't want to break up with him, I didn't know any better! Don't you understand? I had no idea about any of the political or social circumstances going on here, if I did I would have tried to help! I want to help! Just stop this violence!"
Stella collapsed onto her knees and started crying. She had no idea how to get the message through to them, she just didn't want her parents harmed or any other people in Solaria. They had shown her the footage of the army and the rebels fighting each other and how violent it was getting.
"I just want the violence to stop! It's unnecessary! I'm willing to help everyone and be a better ruler than my parents! I swear that I do! No one needs to die in this!" She sobbed.
The leaders were quiet for a while when finally one spoke up.
"I think she is being genuine, and we don't really want more of our people dying do we?" It was the woman who was her guard.
"No, she's right. Any life lost is a tragedy. We have to trust that she will help change." Another leader said.
"I don't fully trust her though. In order for us to end this, you will need to be constantly supervised by us when making political decisions. Do you agree?" The main man said.
"Yes, just please make it all stop!" Stella begged.
"Alright then, but it will be difficult since it is so widespread already. Send out word to all the leaders to abort. We also need to get to the capital and have the armies stop. Stella, you are the only one who can do that since we have you 'hostage'. You will need to come into the battles with us" He explained.
"We aren't fighting are we?" Stella asked.
"Only if necessary, I can't guarantee all of the rebels will stop automatically, a lot of them resent you and your family, I'm still not too fond of you either." He said as he gave her a stern look.
The leaders and Stella left the hideout on a hovercraft to the capital of Solaria. All of them were busy trying to contact the rebel leaders and tell them to stop while she was supposed to send a message to her parents.
She kept trying to reach their line, but no one was answering. She kept leaving messages hoping someone would hear.
"Mom, Dad, this is Stella, I'm fine, but this violence needs to stop. Tell the armies to stop! The rebels are going to stop and things need to be changed. I can't talk much now about the specifics, but I just can't believe you guys let it get this bad. How could you? I am going to help Solaria become a better place for everyone and major changes need to be made right away." Stella said in her latest message. She was desperate for someone to hear.
She dialed the number again but was shoved out of her seat.
"What was that?" Someone yelled.
"We were hit! I don't know if I can fix this." The person flying the hover craft said.
The hover craft began to take a nose dive downwards and Stella realized that they were going to crash.
"Everyone! Transform or get into an escape pod, Go Go GO!" Cried the leader.
Stella transformed into her enchantix quickly and blasted a hole through the main window so she could get out. Most everyone got out and met up with her. She noticed that they were not too far from the palace so it was not too bad. The bad thing was that the fighting was still going on. Nobody seemed to get the message that they were supposed to stop.
"We need to head for the palace!" yelled one of the leaders. They huddled together and tried to move forward, but were doing so slowly. There were magic blasts and weapons being fired everyone. Nobody seemed to notice them or listen to them. Stella just needed to get to the palace to talk to her parents before the rebels got their and killed them. At this rate though, it was going to take her all night.
She got hit by a blast and fell to the ground. It was one of the army members and she was outraged that her own army was firing at her. The guy continued to come after her so she threw an energy ball at him. He fell down but then she was hit again.
She kept getting hit and couldn't seem to get away from it. She decided to try and fly over the crowd but kept being hit. She felt so weak but she had to keep going. Some of the rebel leaders were by her, but they were all in the same situation and were trying to be hit.
After receiving plenty of hits and throwing many spells back, she somehow reached the bottom of the main stairs of the palace. Her foot was then grabbed by a rebel man and she was pulled to the ground. Her head hit the bottom stair and she felt the blood beginning to trickle down the side of her face. She sent away a blast and hit something but didn't know what.
Then the doors of the palace opened up and she saw her parents with their hands being held behind their backs escorted out by some rebels. They were kicking the backs of their legs and yelling at them.
"Mom! Dad! Please don't hurt them! This has to stop! I want to help don't you understand?" She was yelling. She began to get up to fly to them, but was shot down by another energy ball. She fell to the ground and could no longer find the strength to get up.
The winx and the specialists meanwhile had been in the fight as well. They had landed on the far outskirts of the palace and were making their way towards it, facing the same problems Stella was.
As they got closer Bloom looked up and saw Stellas parents being brought out and placed on their knees almost like an execution.
"Oh no! We might be too late! Look!" Bloom shouted.
Brandon was the only one who heard her and looked up towards the palace. He saw the same thing Bloom had but he also saw a bright yellow haired figure trying to get up. He couldn't tell exactly who it was but as soon as he saw her wings, he realized that it was Stella, and she was hurt badly.
He started to run towards her, knocking down everyone in his path. He was almost to her when he saw some of the rebels step above her and stop. They both raised their spears and they were aimed directly at her.
Brandon then yelled as he started sprinting to her,"Oh god no, please god no! STELLA! STELLLA!"