Bloom's tears dried quickly as resolve settled over her. She was not going to sit around and cry about what could have been. "Valtor, I'm serious, take me away from here."

Valtor loosened his grip on her shoulders and held her at arm's length staring straight into her eyes. "Bloom, I can't just take you and run, I'm dead to the world. I can't provide for you."

"I can provide for myself" She argued stubbornly

"Together we're hell waiting to happen. I'm a supposedly dead convict and you'd be a runaway princess. The likelihood of us getting caught would be exponential."

"We could hide. With help we could become invisible."

"Who would help us? Bloom listen to me, you can't run away. I know that you and your parents don't see eye to eye but don't push them away for wanting what's best for you."

"Can't you see? They don't want what's best for me; they want what's best for them. I can't stand it anymore. I can't stay here anymore."

"And I can't take you with me." He argued taking a step away from her. "I'm sorry Bloom but I can't"

"If you leave me here I'll make sure it's the only thing you will regret until the day you die." Blooms eyes had narrowed as she spoke, and her hair had taken on the familiar look of raging flames. One look at her would let anyone know that she was deathly serious but Valtor did not back down.

"Then I shall be forced to die with you being my only regret." Bloom was shocked by Valtor's response but before she could lash out he disappeared as he always did when they were in a serious conversation.

With a growl of frustration Bloom attacked several of the trees around her, destroying them all. Having released all her anger sadness was the only emotion she felt as she collapsed to the ground -no longer caring about her overly large dress- and cried. She was unrecognizable from the proud Alfea student she had once been, from the Princess who had saved her planet. At this moment she was even lower than the pathetic weakling she had been on Earth, she was nothing.

Once upon a time she had had friends, she had been a hero, respected, loved by her peers. In recent years she had lost all if that, everything that had once made her the girl others looked up to had been taken from her. With those dismal thoughts in mind Bloom stood and dusted off her dress. She had worked too hard for too long to lose the respect and love of her dimension. She resolved herself to return to the Sparx place and declare her intention to be married.

"Bloom?" He mother looked surprised as Bloom reentered the throne room only hours after storming out.

"Mother, father I am deeply sorry." Oritel and Marion exchanged a look. Their daughter did not sound like their daughter, the life and spirit they had once admired in her seemed to have been sucked out of her. "I know I must be married to give you both the peace of mind you have both been missing so I intend on marrying Prince Sky of Eraklyon."

Both monarchs looked shocked, they had been sure they were going to have to force their only remaining daughter, kicking and screaming down the isle yet here she was, submitting to them. "That's great Bloom, but why? What has changed?" A spark flickered in Blooms eyes at the question, but her gaze quickly returned to the cool level gaze it had recently become.

"I realized that this planet needs to remain strong, I can't stand to see it once again descend into the frozen wasteland it was when I first arrived, after all I worked hard to restore Sparx." She said flinching, at the memory the words brought her.

-:-

"All that is here is snow and ice." Bloom growled kicking a snowbank

"And rocks, there are plenty of rocks, so be careful where you kick." Bloom growled as Valtor walked up beside her. He looked around then looked back at her with a lazy grin. "What happened to being here to defrost the planet?" He asked

"I've been trying." She replied wrapping her arms around herself to ward off the cold.

"You've been doing a lousy job." Valtor replied. Bloom envied him. Despite the freezing winds and knee-deep snow Valtor looked incredibly comfortable.

"It's a work in progress." She muttered through gritted teeth refusing to admit defeat.

"Of course, it is" Valtor replied in the same tone. Bloom glared at him, but he studiously ignored her anger.

"Usually this is the part where you offer to help." Bloom pointed out petulantly.

"Where have you been sleeping?" Valtor asked completely disregarding her comment.

"In the palace, I have one of the rooms defrosted." Valtor nodded but did not say anything else. With a huff of annoyance Bloom transformed into her Enchantix and started blasting the surface of the planet with dragon fire. The tactic seemed to work at first but like every other time she had done it the falling snow and ice quickly re-covered the revealed earth. "Why won't you defrost?" She yelled at the snow-covered planet

"Maybe you're not doing it right."

"What do you suggest?" Bloom asked angrily

"Ask nicely and I might have a solution." Valtor responded sarcastically.

"If you're not going to be helpful leave me alone." Bloom said

"Fine," Valtor said "But you're going to need more than just your dragon fire aimed at a patch of snow to melt an entire planet."

With Valtor's comment in mind Bloom spent months attempting to defrost her planet eventually finding the core. Once she found the core Bloom aimed all her power into that one spot and defrosted her planet. Unfortunately for her, the excessive use of her power knocked her out and probably would have killed her had Valtor not taken her to his home to recover. That was when her relationship with him had turned from mutual loathing to something more.

-:-

Bloom refocused and pushed the memory of the growing g relationship Valtor had effectively shattered from her mind.

"…Of course, proper protocol would suggest that there be a year of engagement."

"No!" Bloom yelled fiercely. Both of her parents looked shocked "no." Bloom repeated quietly. "I want to be married next week.