Well it turns out this story will have nine chapters.
Chapter Eight: Icy's Devious Plan
The very next day, a proclamation was set up outside the Zenithian palace, and everyone who stopped by took a look at it with curious eyes. It stated that Cordatorta would come to every residence in Zenith and ask every woman in the household to try and guess the password to the mysterious PDA that was forgotten at the ball the previous night. Whoever could unlock the PDA would be taken to the palace to see Prince Timothy, and hopefully be the one he spent time with at the ball. It was early morning at Tecna's house when Icy was already up, she had heard about this intriguing news, she was walking up the main stairs, liking for the pink haired fairy of technology.
"Tecna, Tecna!" She called furiously, "Where is that worthless waste of wings?"
"I'm right here." Tecna answered, entering from the kitchen.
"Where are Stormy and Darcy?" Icy asked her.
"I believe they might still be sleeping?" Tecna told her as Icy let out an exasperated groan.
"Don't just stand there like an idiot, bring up their breakfasts!" Icy snapped, "And be quick about it!" Then she stomped upstairs to wake her daughters. Tecna turned away nervously and ran back into the kitchen to prepare Darcy and Stormy's breakfast trays.
"What's the matter with her?" Lockette asked. The pixies were hiding beside Tecna's feet before she had returned to the kitchen.
"I don't know," Digit replied, "Let's find out." and so the two pixies snuck into one of their many passageways.
Upstairs, Icy began waking up her two daughters, opening up Darcy's room and turning on the light.
"Darcy, wake up!" she ordered harshly.
"Why?" Darcy asked groggily.
"No time, just get ready, there's no time to waste." Icy continued. Then she turned to go into Stormy's room and wake her.
"Stormy, Stormy, get up." She nudged her daughter awake, then went to the window to open the blinds.
"What for, why?" Stormy asked, turning and sitting up in bed.
"The entire realm is talking about it, get dressed, Lord Cordatorta will be here any minute." Icy explained.
"Like, right now?" Darcy asked, walking into Stormy's room with a yawn.
"He has been looking all night, for the girl who lost her PDA at the ball last night. People say Prince Timothy has fallen madly in love with her." Icy continued to explain, at which point Tecna entered Stormy's room with he breakfast tray. As she heard the news that Timothy had falling in love with the girl he met at the ball, her heart began fluttering with excitement.
"Timmy…" Tecna whispered in shock, unaware that she had dropped the tray of food on the floor.
"You clumsy idiot, pick that up!" Icy snapped right when she heard the glass of dishes shatter. Tecna went on her knees to pick up the mess she made, however she was not shook but Icy's insult, she knew that she was close to achieving her dream.
"If the prince is in love with that mysterious girl, why should we even bother getting involved?" Stormy asked in another big yawn.
"Listen up!" Icy yelled, "There is still a chance that one of you two can get him."
"Really?" Darcy and Stormy asked in unison, "What do you mean?"
"Just know this, no one, not even Prince Timothy himself, knows who this girl is." Icy told them.
"But we do!" Lockette shouted from the hole in the wall, "It's Tecna!" But Digit covered her mouth before she could be any louder.
"The PDA is the only clue to her identity." Icy continued as Tecna resumed cleaning her mess, "Lord Cordatorta was ordered to try every woman in Zenith, and if one girl can unlock the PDA, that young woman is said to live in the palace with Prince Timothy."
"In the palace?" Tecna thought in a dreamy whisper, her face fixated in a dazed smile.
"In the palace!" Darcy and Stormy shouted in unison, "Tecna, get my things and… " Both of them began giving her a list of things to do any starting tossing her articles of clothing.
"What's going on with her?" Stormy asked as Tecna just stood there dazed and smiling brightly.
"Wake up, you useless fairy, we've got to get ready!" Darcy snapped, shoving Tecna just a bit, but he happiness was unfazed.
"Oh yeah, you'd have to get dressed, you wouldn't want Lord Cordatorta to see…" Tecna's voice faded after she handed the pile of clothes to Stormy and walked away in a bubbly skip.
"Mother, did you see what just happened?" Stormy asked in shock.
"You're not just going to let her walk away like that-" Darcy added.
"Ssh, listen." Icy warned as she looked out as Tecna skipped down the hallway, singing the tune that was playing at the ball. Icy's eyes turned dark as she followed her up to her bedroom in the attic.
"What is Icy going to do." Lockette asked as her and Digit were hiding near the first flight of stairs.
" I don't know, but we have to check it out." Digit replied quietly as they snuck in their hole again and Icy began walking slowly up the staircase to Tecna's bedroom.
The pixies watched Icy walk up the stairs and slid under the door, and began calling Tecna's name.
"Tecna, look out!" Digit called out, "Behind you!"
"What is it, Digit?" Tecna asked. Then she gasped in horror, turning around to see Icy reach out her hand and take the key from Tecna's bedroom door, then she slammed the door shut.
"No!" Tecna cried out, "You can't do this to me, you just can't! Let me out, please! You can't keep me locked up forever! Please let me out!" but Icy just ignored her, locking her door, and dropping the key in her pocket as she walked away.
"She can't do this to Tecna!" Lockette shouted, "Just wait until I get my hand on-"
"Ssh, Lockette." Digit whispered as the both heard Tecna begin sobbing in her room, "We just have to get that key."
I just hated doing that, but its part of the story, so...