Seven: What if Sofia never became a protector
Episode: Forever Royal.
Sofia was dead.
Deating Vor was her ultimate sacrifice for the kingdom. Ruby and Jade were still overwhelmed with seeing their best friend collapse into Prisma's arms with tears of pain in her eyes.
Sofia seemed to be getting better as the party had wrapped but alas the pain came back. Thought of to be stomach pain, she was send to bed early in the hopes it would cease in the morning.
Only for most of the family to be woken up in the middle of the night with cries of agony and whimpers of pain with Sofia touching her chest.
That was when they realized that Vor had struck their sister and daughter in the heart during her time in the amulet, the blast of magic trying to release itself but only brought her pain.
Amber nearly lost it when about an hour later, the royal doctor had declared that there was nothing he could do before attacking him with her tiara until Roland told her that it wouldn't do any good.
As Sofia's cries worsened, so did her guilt of suggesting using the amulet to pull Vor into without knowing of the consequences that would follow.
Amber was the only one still awake to witness Sofia's final moments for Miranda and Roland had passed out from exhaustion upon reaching the sixth hour while James didn't even wake up once during Sofia screaming bloody murder.
She didn't even care about the bags under her eyes, seeing Sofia's chest rise slowly. Her sister's voice too hoarse to speak from all the crying and screaming she did and Amber didn't want her too.
Instead Amber gently took Sofia in her arms and stroked her hair, humming the song she recalled singing with her sister and Jun when Fa Mulan had helped them one time which of course she knew now was the amulet's doing.
She heard Sofia take her last breath and then nothing. The older princess nearly dropped her in alarm before placing her back in the bed she had tried sleeping in but couldn't as result of the pain she endured. Amber gently moved her bangs and kissed her forehead before stepping back and wept.
Just as the morning sun had began to rise to present a new day.
That had been a week ago. And Amber found herself doing the same action she had done the morning Sofia had died once Ruby and Jade had given her sister a pine cone.
What could she do with a pine cone? She was dead!
Sofia's casket was opened for all to see with the young princess being buried in her graduation dress cleaned and ironed. Amber had done the makeup for she didn't want anyone else to do it, trying to smile and keep the tears in her eyes from flowing.
Except she couldn't.
She kissed Sofia's cheek, nerved by the coldness of her skin before walking away, grief and guilt both eating at her.