(S1) Chapter 21: The Frozen Palace
~Outside, Domino~
The monster walks away, Stella peeks out from behind a hill where she and Flora are crouched.
"Is it gone yet?" Flora asked her.
"Yeah, I think so. Let's find Bloom and Bella." Stella said.
"We've got to move quickly. The avalanche covered the chasm completely." Tecna said.
"Hey, it's cool, I've got an energy sensing spell. I use it when I need to find my Dad backstage and I don't have reception. Check it!" Musa said as she casts a spell.
"The bounce-back is coming from over there." Flora said.
"That's right. Under all that ice. That looks like a castle, doesn't it?" Musa asked.
"Yeah! They've got to be in there! Bloom and Bella are princesses. All we need to do is find the receiving room and I'll flash my all-access, all-castles pass." Stella said.
"Does it work when the castle is as frozen as the moons of Jupiter?" Tecna asked as Stella pulls off her ring and it transforms into a scepter.
"That's when you need a little Sun Power!" Stella exclaimed as she uses magic to melt the ice. "Defrosting castles is like dressing for winter weather: you must do it in layers."
"You've got this down!" Musa exclaimed.
"The winters in Solaria are infrequent but rough. I've had to defrost many a royal residence. But it looks like this one might be tough." Stella said as some of the ice has melted but a lot of it remains.
~Chasm, Domino~
At the bottom of the chasm, Bella fell slowly to the ground and she saw Bloom emerge from underneath a pile of snow.
"Bloom, are you alright? You're not injured or hurt are you?" Bella asked her as she landed, and she ran to her and hugged her.
"I'm okay, Bella. Good thing I'm wearing a padded outfit. Saved by fashion, Stella would love it. We have to find them." Bloom stated as Bella nodded and she and Bloom walks along the bottom of the chasm. "Hello?! Anybody here?!" There are distant sounds, as we reaches destroyed rooms.
"Awww, what a cute baby!" Voice said.
"Who's there?! Did you hear that, sis!?" Bloom asked me.
"I did." Bella said as there are more sounds, including two babies crying.
"It's time for both of your bottles. Rock-a-bye Princesses, in your sweet..." Voice sang.
"I know that voice." Bloom said.
"Me too." Bella said.
"When you grow up, you will rule on your own." Voice said.
"I think I've been here before." Bloom murmured.
"Me too." Bella said in agreement.
"Dinner is served, everyone, please be seated." Voice said.
"This is so weird; I remember this place." Bloom said.
"Me and you are on the same boat, Bloom." Bella said as she and Bloom had a vision of what the room used to look like.
"This was our... home." Bloom and Bella said in unison as they walked into another room, full of sparkly things.
"This is so amazing. The Domino Royal Palace! Too bad it's wrecked." Bloom said sadly.
"Yeah. What the!?" Bella exclaimed when the ground starts to shake, things collapse, and ice starts to fall. But the ground collapses and me and Bloom falls through.
~Outside, Domino~
Outside the ground is also shaking and collapsing.
"Ooops, might have overdone it a bit." Stella said sheepishly.
"Oh, do you think so?" Tecna questioned her.
"But it worked!" Stella said as they looked into part of the collapsed ground. "Something's moving." Bella and Bloom climb up.
"Look, it's them. Hey Bloom! Hey, Bella!" Flora shouted.
"Hi!" Stella greeted them.
"Hey, you guys! And are you trying to kill us, Stella!?" Bella yelled at her.
"Hey, sorry about that!" Stella exclaimed.
"Anyway, we are so glad to see you! Come down and check out our palace!" Bloom yelled and most of the ice had melted off the palace.
"Let's try to melt the rest of the castle." Stella said as she uses her magic to get rid of the last of the ice.
"Let me help." Tecna offered as she added her magic. "This Power Squared function will multiply your power by itself."
"Cool." Bella, Bloom, Flora, and Musa said in unison.
"Now, aren't you glad we took that mathematics and magic honors workshop together?" Tecna half smiled.
"I did that?" Stella asked, confused.
"Yeah, you did. But it was early, and you slept a lot in class." Tecna laughed as the ice is completely melted.
"You did it you guys." Flora praised.
"They really destroyed everything, didn't they?" Bloom questioned sadly.
"Yeah." Bella said sadly.
"Yeah, but maybe not the Dragon Fire. I have this feeling, that it's still here." Musa said.
"You really think?" Bloom asked her.
"Yeah! I do." Musa said smiling. Tecna and Flora approach one of the holes in the ground.
"Look at this. It's an undamaged area." Tecna said.
"It must have been protected by some really powerful magic. Like the Dragon Fire." Flora said.
"Maybe you were right, Musa, and it's still here." Bloom said hopefully as they go down into the undamaged area.
"Let's hope nothing's lurking down here." Musa said as Tecna brings up a digital display.
"I don't detect any other life-forms inside the castle walls." Tecna said.
"Me and Bella have heard voices before." Bloom protested.
"Yeah. It's true. We did." Bella nodded.
"They were probably trapped voices from the past." Stella said.
"Bloom! Bella!" Daphne called out.
"That doesn't sound like a trapped voice!" Stella exclaimed.
"I know that voice. I think." Bloom said.
"Me too." Bella said.
"What's going on here, Tecna?" Flora asked her.
"We've got a visitor, but it's not someone like us." Tecna answered.
"Welcome, Bloom and Bella." Daphne said as she appeared before us. "I have been waiting for you two."
"Daphne." Bella said.
"Please, we must hurry. Follow me." Daphne said as her image flickered in and out of view, and led them along a hallway.
"She's the one from our dream." Bloom confirmed.
"Maybe she's like both of your fairy godmother." Stella guessed.
"Neat." Bloom commented.
"Bloom. I know the Dragon Fire was stolen, and you were right to come here to look for it." Daphne said.
"Will you show me where it is?" Bloom asked her.
"Yes, but understand the Flame is not hidden here on Domino." Daphne informed her.
"It's not?" Bella questioned.
"No, but I have something to show you two. It will help you two." Daphne said as they reached a set of doors and Daphne opened them. "This is the Royal Treasure room. Everything in this room is yours and Bella's, Bloom. Take a look." They walk into a room full of treasure.
"Wow!" Bella, Bloom, Flora, Tecna, Stella, and Musa exclaimed in awe.
"This is all ours?" Bloom asked her.
"Awesome!" Bella gaped at the sight of it.
"It's yours." Daphne confirmed.
"This is quite astonishing!" Tecna exclaimed.
"Bloom and Bella can live large; this is what I call bling-bling." Musa said.
"It's my kind of room!" Stella grinned as Daphne and the others stood beside a large table at the front of the room.
"Come here, Bloom. Bella, you too." Daphne beckons us.
"What is it?" Bloom asked as they walked to the two crowns.
"These belongs to you two as well." Daphne said.
"Huh?" Bloom questioned. On the table, under protective glass, is a crown. "I actually get a real crown?"
"And me too?" Bella asked, seeing another crown on the table.
"Yes, pick it up. It will show you two both your stories." Daphne said as Bloom and Bella picked up the two crowns. "When you two were born, Sparks was still filled with pure magic." The two crowns shows Bloom and Bella what Domino looked like before it was destroyed. "But then the coven launched a sneak attack. They took over the entire planet and destroyed everything." Bloom and Bella saw the attack. "What was once the most magical place in the universe became lifeless." The two crown shows Bloom as a baby, surrounded by fire and Bella as a baby, surrounded by water and fire. "The King called on me to save you two and the Dragon Fire and the Hybrid/Phoenix Water-Fire. I took you two and the flame, watery-flame, and I brought you two to the last place anyone would look for a magical creature. I delivered you two to Earth." Bloom and Bella sees Daphne putting them into a portal. "It was the place where both of your destinies were waiting. A destiny where Bella meet her guardian Hybrid. A destiny that would nurture and care for you two, and that would prepare you two to one day return to Sparks. To reclaim both of your thrones."
"I don't believe this." Bella cried, tears streaming down her face.
"I just can't believe this. I messed everything up." Bloom sobbed.
"Bloom. Bella." Musa said sadly.
"Don't cry, Bella and Bloom. It's not both of your fault." Daphne said, reassuring and consoling them. "You both did what you could." Daphne consoled her.
"Yeah?" Bloom and Bella asked.
"Yeah!" Flora chimed.
"But all this happened so I could protect the Dragon Fire. It was my responsibility, and I so failed, I let the witches take it! I didn't protect it at all." Bloom sobbed.
"It's not your fault, Bloom. If it's anyone's fault, it should be mine. I should've protected you better like a sister would, but I couldn't. Besides, we'll get the Dragon Fire back. You can count on it." I said smiling in determination.
"You're right, Bella! Tell us what to do Daphne. I'll do anything, I'll do whatever it takes to get the Dragon Fire back from the witches." Bloom begged her.
"Me too!" Bella added.
"You will get the Dragon Fire back, it belongs to you, it is your destiny. Look for it, and you'll find it." Daphne said and she disappeared.
~Outside, Domino~
"So, where are you supposed to look for it?" Stella asked her.
"I don't know, but I'll find it. I know I will!" Bloom said in determination as she turned to look at them and Bella smiled at her.
"And I'll be with you all the way, Bloom." Bella said smiling.
"Off topic, but what about all the fabulous jewelry?" Stella said.
"Oh, for Pete's sake, Stella! Seriously!?" Bella exclaimed as she rolled her eyes.
"What!?" Stella exclaimed.
"I think Stella's got her eye on a necklace or two." Musa laughed.
"Okay, after Bella and I reclaim the throne you can take your pick. But for now, let's go pay a visit to those witches." Bloom said smiling.
"Agreed!" Stella exclaimed.
"Oh, yeah!" Bella smirked.
"Yeah!" Musa, Tecna, Flora agreed when in the distance the monster watches them, and growls. He roars and ice crabs appear around them.
"Uh oh! Looks like Mr. Abomination had brought his posse." Stella said.
"Those are ice crabs! They can freeze fairies!" Bloom pointed out.
"Well, they're not going to freeze any fairies!" Bella shouted.
"Then let's make crab cakes. I know a great recipe. Let's get cooking girls!" Stella shouted as they except Bloom jumped into the air.
"Come on!" Flora said.
"Let's do this! Magic Winx!" Bella shouted as she, Flora, Musa, and Tecna transformed. Bella twirled towards the background as the phoenix made of fire and the dragon made of water followed after her and glowed bright. Glacilis appeared flying through the air as she breathed fire on Bella's arms and chest, forming her top and sleeves. Then water appeared from the ground as Bella landed on it and it formed her shoes with a blue flower on both of them and a blue skirt. Then, water and fire came together forming her flower headband and the same flower appeared on her chest. Finally spins around as the fire and water swirled around her with Glacilis flying around and the fire came onto her back, forming her wings as she sprouted and flustered them to life, ending her transformation.
"So, what's the recipe?" Flora asked.
"You can either deep-fry or boil them, but first you need to crush them." Stella answered.
"I can handle that with a sonic blast." Musa said as she casts a spell and the ice crabs are lifted into the air.
"I'll take care of the rest." Flora said as she casts a spell. "Pterodactyl vine, pulverize them!" Vines sprout from the ground and wrap around the crabs, crushing them. "They're ready, Stella, turn on the heat."
"One order of melted ice crabs coming right up." Stella said as she casts a spell, and the crabs disappear.
"Nice!" Musa commented but more ice crabs appear.
"Oh no!" Flora exclaimed.
"No way, there's more of them?" Stella questioned in disbelief.
"I'll try digital deletion." Tecna said as she flies among the crabs attaching digital chips. "Just attack the chips, and press delete." The crabs explode. "And off they go, to the great recycling bin in the sky." But more crabs come running.
"There are far too many of them. Come on, girls, follow me. Let's see if we can find cover in the castle." Tecna said as they run away.
"Those claws look nasty; they could really do some wardrobe damage." Stella commented.
"I don't think you have to worry about that. One nip and you disappear!" Bloom yelled.
"Close the gates!" Stella shouted as we get inside and close the doors. "Let's attack from above! They won't be able to get us. Go!" They fly up, leaving Bloom on the ground and Bella puts an energy shield around her for protection before she joins the others.
"Musa, try a sound barrier!" Bloom suggested.
"Good idea!" Musa said as she starts to play a flute, and a magical barrier appears around the castle. When the crabs touch it, they are zapped.
"Ice crabs are so gross! The only kind of ice I like, is the kind you can wear." Stella commented as she blasts some ice crabs with her scepter. Some ice crabs get into the castle. Tecna hits them with a spell before they can attack Bloom.
"Thanks!" Bloom thanked her.
"Oh, don't mention it. Just a little technical support." Tecna said.
"You know any jazz?" Flora asked Musa.
"Sure." Musa said.
"Play some!" Flora said as Musa plays a new tune on her flute, and Flora begins to cast a spell. Vines begin to sprout from the castle walls. "The pterodactyl ivy loves jazz. It makes it fierce and improvisational." The vines push the crabs off the castle walls. "Oh goody! It's working beautifully."
"Look over there!" Stella yelled and pointed at a massive crowd of crabs have formed at the castle doors.
"No amount of music can handle that." Stella said.
"What about a harmonic distortion attack?" Musa suggested.
"No! You'd have to get too close!" Stella exclaimed when the monster appears and roars at them. Ice erupts from its mouth hitting Stella and Musa and they fall to the ground.
"Flora, quick! Add you winx to mine." Tecna said as magic blasts from Tecna and Flora's hands, but they are thrown backwards.
"I think it's time for plan B." Bloom said.
"What's plan B?" Tecna asked her.
"For you? Fly. For me? Run." Bloom yelled and she runs down a hallway of the castle, and they fly after her. The doors to the castle burst open. A ship appears above the monster and shoots it in the shoulder. The ship lands near the doors.
"Looks like somebody wants a piece of us, guys." Sky said.
"Well, looks like it ain't their lucky day by the time we get through with them." Levi said as he, Sky, Brandon, and Timmy get off the ship.
"Let's get 'em." Brandon said.
~Hallway, Domino Royal Palace~
In the hallway of the castle, Musa hides around a corner.
"Yo, ice crabs, what's the haps? What kind of music do you like?" Musa questioned when the crabs get closer. "Hope you like rap. *raps* Yo, creepy crawlin' ice boys, gonna bust you like you're toys. Crush you, cube you, send you back to ice cube class, with my double sub-woofer blast!" She conjures two speakers, and the vibrations destroy the crabs.
~Domino~
Outside, Sky, Brandon, Levi and Timmy use their weapons on the crabs.
"This is going to be some exercise. They just keep coming." Levi commented.
"How dangerous are these things?" Brandon asked.
"They can make fairies disappear, but I'm not sure what they can do to us." Timmy said nervously.
"Let's not find out." Sky said, narrowing his eyes.
~Hallway, Domino~
In a hallway Stella and Bella protect Bloom from the crabs and blasts them with her scepter and my air attacks. Crabs appear behind Bloom and she hits them with a stick.
"Nice one, Bloom!" Bella complimented her.
"Snaps! Hey, your Earth power's pretty good." Stella commented as they start to run and fly away.
"I don't think Earth power's gonna get us out of this one." Bloom said as they run into a room. "Here they come!" Flora flies into the room and seals the doorway with vines.
"Pterodactyl Vine Barrier!" Flora casts as the crabs are stopped by the barrier, but they start to bite through it. Tecna and Musa appear.
"Holy crap! What are those crabs doing!?" Bella exclaimed.
"They're eating it! Maybe that means they're vegetarian." Musa commented.
"Somehow I don't think so." Stella said nervously as the ice crabs get through the barrier and start to surround us.
"I got it girls!" Flora said as she uses a spell. "These extractor seeds will take them out like a bad blackhead." Flowers sprout under the crabs and eat them.
"Very efficient!" Tecna complimented.
"Thanks Tec!" Flora said.
"My turn!" Tecna said as she conjures a digital sphere that floats around collecting the ice crabs. She floats it over to Musa, who throws a ball of magic at it and it explodes.
"Good teamwork, everyone!" Bloom cheered as Bella smiled at her.
"Naturally! Oh, no! Bloom, behind you!" Bella warned Bloom when an ice crab sneaked up on Bloom and jumped towards her.
"Bloom!" Stella shouted when Sky jumped between Bloom and the crab and destroyed it with his sword.
"Oh, hey!" Bloom said as Levi, Brandon and Timmy jumped through the ceiling.
"Hi, Bloom." Sky greeted her.
"Don't worry, girls, we're here." Brandon said.
"We'll get you out of this." Sky said as the guys help us take out some crabs. When I saw some ice crabs going after Levi, I flew over to him.
"Levi, look out! Wind Slashes!" I shouted as I back up against his back and conjured up multiple air slashes at the ice crabs.
"Thanks, Bella. I'm so glad that you are safe and sound, my water-fire princess." Levi said smiling in relief at her and Bella blushed and smiled when suddenly, there are loud thuds coming from outside.
"Did anyone hear that?" Tecna asked nervously.
"What?" Brandon questioned when a shadow falls over them, and the monster growls.
"That!" Tecna exclaimed when the monster is peering through the holes in the ceiling.
"Uh oh." Brandon said as the monster puts it's hand through the ceiling, and everyone jumps out of the way. Brandon, Elex and Sky slash at the hand with their swords, and the monster pull it's hand out again.
"Oh, no, how are we gonna beat this guy?!" Timmy cried out.
"Don't worry, boys, we're here, we'll save you!" Stella exclaimed.
"Yeah, leave it to us! We got this!" Bella said winking and smiling at them as she, Tecna, Musa, Stella, and Flora fly up towards the broken ceiling.
"Go!" Musa yelled and they start blasting the monster with their magic.
"Hey, Tecna! Why don't you use the world wide web to limit his movement?" Bloom suggested.
"Great idea. I'll trap him." Tecna said as she creates a digital cage around the monster.
"I'll add some blast buds. Can you give those buds a little sunshine, Stella?" Flora asked her as she planted them.
"I'm already on it." Stella said as she adds sunshine to the buds, and they sprout into flowers all over the cage.
"I'll add some fire and water to them." Bella shouted as she made the flowers get bigger and spark.
"Now to detonate!" Musa said as she added her magic to Bella's and the flowers started to spin, then explode. The monster falls to the ground, then disappears.
"Monster booty has been kicked!" Stella cheered.
"Yeah, we sure showed him!" Bella also cheered.
"Yeah!" Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Stella shouted, smiling.
~Outside, Domino~
Everyone gathers near the ship. Levi came up to Bella and hugged her close to his chest with his arms around her waist.
"I'm happy to see you again, Bella." Levi smiled.
"Me too, Levi." Bella smiled and he kept one of his arm around my waist.
"So, what do you say, Stella? Friends?" Brandon asked her.
"Okay!" Stella smiled and they hugged.
"You look good." Brandon complimented.
"So, how did you manage to get to Domino?" Tecna questioned them.
"Well, we added a special warp drive to the ship to enable inter-dimensional travel, then we had to fly through enemy territory, and survive the obstacle fields. It wasn't such a big deal, really, I'm just glad we were able to find you." Sky explained.
"I'm just really glad that we were able to find you girls." Levi said smiling at Bella and she smiled back.
"My boys, here, wouldn't stop no matter what. All he wanted to do was help, Bloom and Bella." Brandon said as he clasped his hands on Levi and Sky's shoulders.
"That's so nice. And romantic." Flora gushed as Bella blushed and Levi smirked at me.
"Hold your horses, Miss Cheery, no one said he's off the hook yet." Stella said and Bella giggled.
~Red Fountain Ship~
"You alright, Bella?" Levi asked as Bella suddenly looked tired.
"Yeah, just tired." Bella yawned.
"Sleep. You deserve your rest." Levi said and Bella nodded and lay her head on his shoulder and heard Sky and Bloom talking.
"Uh, Bloom." Sky called her name.
"Yeah?" Bloom answered.
"There's something I wanted to tell you." Sky said.
"Yeah?" Bloom said waiting.
"This whole thing about really being Prince Sky, but pretending to be Brandon, I uh—" Sky said having hard time trying to say something.
"Hey, just tell me." Bloom said.
"Right. Well... I'm sorry. I just wanted to see what it would feel like to be a regular guy for once." Sky apologized.
"Yeah, well, I understand all that. But you didn't have to lie to me, and humiliate me." Bloom said frowning.
"I didn't mean to hurt you. I care about you, Bloom. That's why I broke off my arranged marriage to Diaspro." Sky said.
"I'm so glad you did! I mean, it's cool you did 'cause you know arranged marriages are like so old school." Bloom said nervously.
"I feel terrible. Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?" Sky asked her.
"Actually, there is one thing." Bloom said.
"Okay?" Sky asked her.
"It's too weird to call you Prince Sky, so I want to call you something else. Like, umm, how about, Baby?" Bloom suggested winking and smiling at him and Sky laughs.
"That's cool. I like it, Baby." Sky laughed and I smiled at them.
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