Chase, we should talk." Stella started. She arrived at his lair as usual, entering his throne room with him sitting there, menacingly, clutching his bowl of Lao mang mong soup tightly, almost breaking it.

"About what?"

"Don't be so tense." Stella rolled her eyes and putting a hand on her hip.

Chase relaxed and sat back.

"Ok. What is it?"

"The minion you sent out today. The one that was disguised as me?"

"I'm aware of why I sent him out."

"Well, he acted far out of line that the monks have become suspicious of me. It appears he wasn't trying to just sit back and blend in."

"So what if the monks are suspicious?"

"I want them to trust me. I'm not exactly a citizen of earth. "

"If they wanted to they would've by now, and not for their convenience. No,they wait for every mistake to belittle and question your loyalty."

Stella sat on the arm of his chair. He laid a hand on her thigh

"Unlike me, who's trusted you since the beginning."

"That why you send crow out to watch me."

"Well you're not here with me. I'd like to admire your beauty every hour of the day." Chase said, cupping her face. Stella blushed and kissed the hand.

"Well, next time you send your minions out, try to have them behave." She muttered.

"As you wish."

Stella stood up and started to walk towards his training room.

"So, you ready to learn that spell?" Stella purred.

"Ready as I'll ever be."

"This will be easy for you, since you're evil and all." Stella circled around him, grabbing his hips.

"Widen your stance, feet should be just a bit out of shoulder length. Good. Now, channel your darkness and feel it burn. Do you feel it?"

"Yes."

"That's because it's eating away your magic."

"What?!" Chase undid his form and looked at her.

"It's a devastation spell. It doesn't do any permanent damage unless you hold it in for awhile. Now do it again."

Chase did what he was told. Stella threw up a bright yellow ball for him.

"Now fire."

"Stygian darkness." Chase whispered and took his shot. The relief from the burning sensation took him aback as he watched it destroy the light.

"Amazing, right?" Stella asked with a triumphed look on her face.

"You've surprised me." Chase looked over at her.

"I'm not completely innocent you know. I have my bad moments."

"Could be more in the future." Chase muttered, wrapping around her waist.

"Who knows what the future will bring." Stella cupped his face, and kissed him gently.

"I should go before the monks figure out I left again."

"Very well."

"Here, I'll leave some light for you to practice." Stella said, hands up emitting multiple orbs in the air.

"You're giving me homework now?" Chase teased.

" I train twice a day, I'm sure you're more than capable of doing this." She replied, sticking her tongue out.

Chase chuckled and watched her leave. He spent the rest of the day practicing just like she said to.

"Looks like she's got you, what i hear jack say, "whipped"! Wuya screeched, watching the whole time.

"Don't be ridiculous. She knew something i didn't, so i need to be more powerful than her."

"Whatever. You're in love with her! It's not that hard to figure out."

Chase shot another blast. "So what if i am? Many evil lords have wives by their side."

"Wives?! Are you planning on marrying her?!"

"Maybe. Why does this concern you?"

"What about world domination?"

"It'll still happen. And she will be my queen of darkness..for eternity."

"Do fairies even live forever?"

Chase paused. "I-I don't know."

"Better find out fast, or your "queen of darkness" will only be temporary." Wuya chuckled and flew away before chase could even yell at her.

Waiting for stella at the temple gates was Master Fung, surrounded by the monks.

"Where have you been?" He asked in an anger tone.

"Out for a walk." Stella replied

"Outside of the temple gates, which I forbid. Raimundo told me you've been doing this a lot, but can never catch up to where you've been going. Seems more then just a walk to me."

"Look, I've been performing great at the temple, why does it matter if I'm having alone time?"

"Because your father has put me in charge of your well being. And with great evil always watching, there will be a chance of them trying to take your power."

"Jack has already tried and failed. No one can have my power."

"There is still chase young." Omi added.

Stella scoffed. "Lizard breath cant do anything. I'm not scared of him."

"How would you know?! You fused your magic with him when we stopped the spiders! That may have tempted him to have it all!" Raimundo yelled

"You WHAT?!" Master Fung asked

"Oh I'm sorry, did you WANT the spiders to eat us?! We were cornered and I didn't have much left from being underground for so long."

"Do you know what happens when you fuse with dark magic?! "

"Of course I do. But i don't allow myself to fall into its darkness when it's within me. It was just a quick boost to escape."

"How do we know she's not plotting with chase after using his magic??" Raimundo asked.

Stellas eyes turned yellow in anger. "How DARE YOU?! You think i would turn my back on xiaolin THAT EASY?!"

"Who knows!? You're not human! We don't know who's loyalty you're for."

"Raimundo, that's enough! The solarian royal family has been nothing but loyal and respectful to xiaolin for 1500 years."

Stellas eyes went back to normal and she stormed towards the barracks, the others trailing behind.

"Young lady, were not done with this!" Master Fung yelled.

"Well IM done."

"You must be punished! There are severe consequences with you fusing with dark magic!"

Stella turned around. " I did what i had to do to save our lives. That should be grounds for survival."

"Even so, it's still tangling with the dark forces."

"Whatever. I'm going to bed." She turned back to her room and put a protection spell around it. If anyone touched it, they would have a bright light shine in their eyes. Stella plopped down and went to sleep.

The next day

Everyone was training together, except Stella, who was out in the distance practicing her own spells and techniques. They were interrupted by a twisting dojo.

"Guys! Sheng gong Wu alert! We gotta go!"

Everyone piled on and dojo flew them to another province in China. They entered a mountainous range and dismounted at the very top.

"This sheng gong Wu is called the Crown of Willows! Whoever possesses it can control plants! " Dojo explained.

"Guess we'll split up and look around?" Clay asked

"Good idea." Stella said, and she walked away from the group.

Everyone started doing the same, till raimundo stopped them all.

"Wait, we should take this time to talk about Stella." He said

"Aw come on rai, she's done plenty of good to prove she's on our side." Clay said

"But she has been doing a lot of sneaking around lately." Said omi. He crossed his arms in defiance.

"A fairy from another planet, comes to the temple out of nowhere, and She's not telling us where she's going at night. I'd say that's pretty suspicious."

"And the look on her face when her and chase fused together, that was pretty weird." Kimiko added.

"I guess you have a point." Clay said

"I say we should talk to Master Fung about kicking her out the temple. She's a princess anyway, so she'll just go back to her big castle in her home planet."

"I hate to agree with you, but you're right." Kimiko sighed.

"Yes. It must be done." Said omi

"This is gonna be as awkward as a cow on ice."

"Then it's settled." Raimundo said and they split up after that.

Chase jumped down from his hiding spot when the coast was clear, and laughed. His plan was going just the way he wanted it. He ran through the woods and made it to a clearing where the crown was wrapped up in a rose bush. Ahead he saw Stella tripping and falling into the spot, seeing him and making a beeline for the Wu. They both touched it and Stella groaned.

"AGAIN?!"

"Maybe be faster next time, young monk. I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown. I wager, the aura of truth!"

"I wager the Serpents tail!"

"The game is called mountaineer. Whoever reaches the Crown of willows, wins."

"Fine."

"LETS GO! XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN!!"

The mountain grew taller, steeper, and treacherous. Rock slides and nearby mountain goats that didn't appreciate them. Chase and Stella were side by side, staring into the horizon.

"GONG Yi TANPEI!"

They sprinted towards the mountain. Stella leaped over falling rocks and shot at upcoming boulder too big to jump over. Chase went into dragon form and punched the rocks away. The land around them started to collapse and the two found themselves jumping on a ledge stable enough to not fall. They stared and started fighting. Chase threw some punches that Stella blocked easily. Chase went in for a tail whip, making Stella slide into a split and grab his tail, spinning him around back to the bottom of the mountain. The mountain goat rammed into his back. He whipped it away.

Stella laughed and kept running up, Chase growling in anger.

"You wanna play like that? Fine. I'll oblige." He said in his raspy voice. He used his dark magic to go back to the same ledge and caught up with her. Stella did a flying kick but was stopped at a blue light in her face.

"Aura of truth!" Chase said, smile growing big as her eyes turned blue to match the WU.

"What was your most embarrassing moment in solaria?"

"I had a crush on this boy and when he didn't like me back because he liked another girl, I used a spell to make her break out into pimples. But I did the spell wrong and she broke her leg instead and the boy still wanted to be with her and not me." Stella said in a monotone voice. She gasped finally coming back to reality and realizing what she just said, blushing tremendously.

Chase chuckled. "Well then. Guess your looks wasn't enough for him." He mocked and went back to running. Stella stood there, still embarrassed, while chase kicked down big boulders at her. She starting screaming, before remembering the Wu she could use.

"Serpents tail!"

She glided through the rockslide, realizing she could've used this for the whole showdown, and went all the way to the top, unknown to chase. He turned and didn't see her, assuming she fell to the bottom. A laugh broke out but was short lived as he saw Stella touching the Wu.

"Ha!" She yelled and the showdown was over.

The monks crowded around her to admire the Wu.

"Nice one, Stella!" Kimiko said

"Yeah you sure got him beat!" Clay added

"Nice work!" Raimundo said

"Even though he embarrassed you, you still stood your ground and went on!" Omi said

"You guys, I don't know what to say." Stella said blushing.

"Things might be turning around after all." She thought.

"How about "nice try"?" Chase said, walking up to the group, evil smile boldly filling his face.

"What do you mean?" Stella asked

"I overheard them saying some bitter things about you as soon as you split up."

"What?!" Stella glared at them, all cowering a bit.

"You're gonna believe an evil doer over your friends??" Raimundo asked nervously.

"You have the aura of truth, Stella. Use it." Chase said before disappearing, but little did they know, he actually just teleported not far from them , behind a tree to listen in.

"Cmon, Stella, he was trying to get into your brain. We wouldn't do you wrong!" Raimundo said.

"Really? That why you all look nervous right now?"

"N-no but-" Kimiko started

"No. Chase has got no gain on telling me this information. Let's see if he's telling the truth."

"Stella wait!" Omi yelled.

"Aura of Truth!" She said, aiming at all 4 monks. They looked like zombies, hunched over and eyes filled with blue light.

"What did you say when I left to find the Wu?"

"That you were too suspicious to stay and I talked the others into convincing Master Fung to kick you out the temple." Raimundo said

"It was weird that you fused with chase down in Atlantis." Said Kimiko

"You don't belong here anyway and you'll have a better time on your home planet." Omi added

"Things were gonna be awkward telling you to leave." Clay said.

Stella took back the Wu with a startled gasp, tears forming.

"You guys said I was part of your group." She said softly.

"We're sorry Stella. You started to act suspicio-" Omi started

"HOW?! BECAUSE IM 18 AND WANT ALONE TIME?! THATS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET OLDER, OMI!!" She snapped

"But you still fused your magic with chases. Dark magic!" Kimiko said

"TO SAVE OUR LIVES. WE HAD NO CHOICE! I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO TO GET US OUT OF THERE."

"You didn't have to! We could've used our elemental powers!" Raimundo said

"BUT YOU DIDNT DID YOU?! Stella turned around and started to walk away.

"I shouldn't be arguing with children who don't understand."

"Where are you going!?" Clay asked

"Anywhere but here!"

"Stella, wait!" Raimundo said, clapping his hands to make wind pull her back.

"DONT TOUCH ME!" She snapped and threw a sun orb at him. Light filled up her hands as well as her hair that started to float.

"LEAVE ME ALONE IF YOU KNOW WHATS GOOD FOR YOU!"

"We can't just leave you here!" Raimundo said

"OH? COMING FROM THE GUY WHOS DONE THAT TO ME BEFORE! YOURE A JOKE!" Stella threw more orbs at them, barely missing them by a foot.

"I won't tell you again. Leave." She growled

"Stella-" Kimiko said

"NOW!" She screamed. Light outlining her entire body and making the earth shake. The monks scrambled onto a now big scared dojo and started to fly away. Clay felt a hit to his head and saw that Stella threw the sheng gong Wu she won at him. She did keep the aura of truth, though.

"I don't need those trinkets anyway." She mumbled. She went walking into the woods when chase blocked her path, feet dangling off a branch and appearing upside down to her face to face.

"I told you they didn't care." He said softly

"Yeah, yeah, don't rub it in. " Stella said, tearing up.

Chase landed and cupped her face.

"It's okay. I still care about you. Since the day you beat me at your first showdown. One year ago today."

"It's been a year now?"

"Indeed."

"Well, I'm not a xiaolin monk anymore. What's next?"

"We start training you for revenge." Chase smirked. Stella returned the look with her own evil grin.

"I like the sound of that."