"What happened to the promise that we would pretend to be a happy, loving couple when in front of people?" Sky hissed in her ear as he led her into the crowded ballroom of the Sparx palace.

"I made that promise before it was revealed that you cheated on me the day before our wedding."

"I was saying goodbye." Sky defended.

Bloom rolled her eyes and decided not to comment on the fact that Sky had changed his story "I still married you, didn't I?" She responded, "I think I have earned the right to be at least a little angry right now."

Glancing at Sky out of the corner of her eye she could tell that the blond prince wanted to say more but he wisely held his tongue.

"The first dance between the crown prince and princess of Sparx and Eraklyon" Bloom's father announced. Looking around Bloom noticed that Sky had been leading her to the middle of the dance floor. Without missing a beat, she wrapped both her arms around the prince's neck and began the intricate waltz that she had been taught in preparation for this moment.

After a couple minutes of just the two of them dancing other couples started to pile onto the floor. Apparently, the crowd gave Sky courage as he spoke to Bloom again.

"You know I really do care about you right?" he asked, holding her slightly closer to him.

"Yes," Bloom replied, hoping to avoid having this conversation.

"I know that in the past I've made it seem like you are- "

"Bloom!" Bloom let out a sigh of relief as the prince was cut off by a very familiar high-pitched voice.

"Duty calls." She muttered pulling away from Sky and quickly making her way towards the princess of Solaria.

"Princess Stella, I'm so glad you could make it."

"Don't greet me, don't act all formal tell me why!" The blonde practically screeched drawing eyes to the two girls. Bloom, for her part, grabbed the Solarian princess by her arm and dragged her to a relatively quiet corner.

"Why what Stella?" Bloom asked

"I gave you a perfect out, you didn't have to marry that pompous jacka-"

"I get it, Stell"

"And you didn't take it. You didn't have to marry him."

"Stella, you have always been Sky's biggest supporter, what's changed?" Flora asked, coming up to Bloom and Stella with the rest of the Winx girls

"I, I don't know, honestly I don't feel like myself."

"And Stella, you were with us all day yesterday, when did you have time to take those pictures." Aisha inputted looking at the blond

"I don't know that either." Stella responded, "Honestly I found them this morning and, I wasn't going to grab them, but something made me do it,"

The Winx girls exchanged glances before looking back at Stella."

"The logical explanation would be that you are under a spell," Tecna said

"But who would spell Stella to ruin Bloom's wedding?" Musa asked, "Not that I'm complaining or anything, in fact, if Stella, hadn't stood up I might have."

"Girls, Bloom went through with the wedding anyway, don't insult Sky, clearly she loves him," Flora said, looking at the bride in question skeptically

Bloom wanted to agree with Flora, declare her undying love for the prince of Eraklyon but she couldn't. after all, the only reason she had gone through with the wedding in the first place was to spite the man who was no doubt behind the spell in Stella.

"I'll be right back." Bloom said, ignoring the looks she received for the other five Winx girls "I have someone I need to see."

Ignoring the hurt look on her friends faces Bloom marched off in the direction of the doors that led her into the rest of the palace sure that once she was alone Valtor would make one final appearance. She was right and the second she entered her bedroom- a bedroom she would soon have to redecorate to make room for Sky's things- the dark wizard appeared.

"You married him, despite those photographs." He muttered crossing his arms and standing in the doorway.

Turning to look at him Bloom glared "You still believe I'm yours to the point where you spelled Stella into revealing those photos."

There was no hesitation in his response "Yes."

"Why?"

At this Valtor almost looked startled "What do you mean why, you said so yourself, you are mine and I was not about to let you go without a fight."

"You had the chance to prevent all of this," Bloom whispered, thinking back to the day that had served as a catalyst for this day. "You could have taken me with you when I asked, but you didn't."

"No, I did not." Valtor conceded "And you were right, that shall be my one regret until the day I win you back."

Bloom stared at the dark wizard as if he had lost his mind "Win me back, Valtor, I'm married, there is no going back from there."

"Why not?" Valtor asked "The Solarian King left his wife. It's very common on Earth, why can't you leave the pompous prince in favor of a man who- "

"Enough!" Bloom yelled, "Do not finish that sentence, get it through your head Valtor, you don't stand a chance with me not anymore."

Bloom carefully sat on her bed, carefully avoiding looking at the man still blocking the entrance to her room. "I will not stop fighting," Valtor declared after several minutes of silence. "One day you will wake up and see that being married to a guy you can barely stand is no way to live and I will be waiting for the moment you do."

Bloom barely heard it as Valtor crossed the room and gasped as a gloved hand came out and lifted her chin so that she was forced to stare into his eyes. "One day love." Was all he said before he placed his lips on hers. Bloom thought about pulling back, pushing him away, but she decided that if this was going to be the last kiss she ever received from the man she truly loved then she would make the most of it.

Wrapping her arms around his neck she pulled herself closer to him expressing her hurt, her love, and saying her goodbye all with a single kiss. She could feel the same emotions reflected at her from Valtor and had to keep from crying.

"After what seemed like an eternity Bloom was forced to pull back and breath, in doing so she let go of Valtor for a second, maybe two and Valtor used that small amount of time to escape, leaving her alone in the room.

"Bloom are you in here?" Sky asked, opening the door. Bloom stared at him for a moment trying to process what had just happened "Bloom, have you been crying?" Bloom raised a hand to her cheeks and felt the familiar wetness of tears on her face, the strange part was, that she had not cried, and those had not been her tears.

"I'm fine," Bloom replied, turning away from her husband. The truth was Bloom was not fine, but one day she would be, one day she would learn to forgive and forget and when that day came, when she and Valtor were truly ready to forgive each other then she would be fine.