Love between fairies

Political proposal

Months after the reconciliation ball in Flutterfield, King Regellius of Shimmervale invited Marabella, queen of the butterfly fairies, to a meeting at his palace so that the two could discuss delicate political agreements that would be vital to the future of both kingdoms. Marabella, together with her advisor Lord Gastrous, arrives in Shimmervale and is welcomed by Talayla, Princess Catania's royal lady, who takes them to the throne room.

Regellius receives Flutterfield's guests and asks them to sit down, welcoming them. Regellius then asks Talayla to show Lord Gastrous the palace, so he can be alone with Marabella. — I was thinking of a way to further strengthen the bond between our kingdoms. — Regellius said, continuing. — A signed alliance, like a... marriage! — He says looking into the queen's eyes, surprised Marabella said looking into the corners. —Regellius... I never imagined that the both of us could... —Regellius interrupts her by saying. Among our children! — Marabella, surprised and a little relieved, agrees with the king almost definitively until she realizes the proportion of this political agreement, thinking about how her son Carlos would react to this arranged marriage, even though Marabella knows that he has feelings for Butterfly. — On second thought Regellius, I don't think a marriage is our best option, even more so an arranged one, nor do we consult our children, they may not accept it easily. — Marabella said fearfully. Regellius quickly hits her with a retort as he flies towards the balcony opening the curtains. — See Marabella, my subjects and I live very comfortably in our very well designed buildings, the result of the increasing evolution of crystal fairies who did not submit to being just garden fairies, living inside flowers and in tree holes. — He quickly turns to Marabella, flying towards her, placing his feet on the ground and holding the queen's hands. — Fairytopia expelled you, they made your species drift away from the Skeezites, on the brink of extinction, that small island you live on are the remains that Fairytopia did not find it relevant to manage, they remained isolated for hundreds of years, in fear of imminent death. If you come to Shimmervale we can expand the kingdom and show those fairies in the garden of Fairytopia that we are superior. — Marabella understood the point but didn't much like Regellius's narcissistic tone, she said. — My species is used to living in flowers and burrows but we are proud, we are not ashamed, it is part of our culture, after all we were once garden fairies. Of course, evolving and territorially uniting our kingdoms is not a bad idea, but... marriage between our children? I don't understand how this influences our alliance. —Regelius then says. — Dear Marabela, think a little, why the butterfly fairies were expelled from Fairytopia. Not only because of the Skeezites, they don't feed on other fairies other than butterfly fairies, but since many of them were harming themselves because of your species, you wouldn't be expelled from there, but unlike them, butterfly fairies don't have their own magic. like the other fairies in Fairytopia, besides not being able to defend themselves, being inferior and looked down upon, they were a delay in their lives that always needed to defend you. — Marabella then asks. — But we can get back together with the fairies of Fairytopia, we made peace with the crystal fairies who also saw us as horrible beings, why not try with them too? — Regellius responds to Marabella as follows. — We crystal fairies also do not possess magic, only the magic of the crystallites that come from the Heart Stone. — When our ancestors tried to join Fairytopia, they were excluded because they didn't have magic, because we always walked from one place to another with a crystallite in our pocket, they rejected our ideas to evolve, so we evolved alone, right here in this distant part and outside from the map of Fairytopia, those garden fairies must not even remember that we exist, just as they forgot their species, they must think that they have already become completely extinct. — Marabella takes flight, completely opening her wings and says firmly. — But we weren't extinct! We are preserving our species like we will never, ever be erased. And also, the fairies of Fairytopia shouldn't even be so prejudiced nowadays, after all, all this happened during the reign of the ancient queen of the fairies, the new queen seems to be so kind, together we could recover friendship with another kingdom, we don't need enemies! Lord Gastrous and Talayla were listening to the conversation and entered the throne room with Gastrous butting into the conversation saying. — Your majesty, please accept the proposal, Prince Charles needs to start taking more responsibility since one day he will be king, perhaps by getting married he can stop dreaming a little and focus on royal tasks. — Regellius looks at Marabella with a proud look that even her royal advisor agreed with him and reveals his real intention behind the proposal. — Butterfly fairies exist to this day for just one reason, you Marabella. The only butterfly fairy who developed magic and thus saved her species, her son has certainly inherited her magic, even if he doesn't know how to use it yet. If Carlos and Catania get married they can have children who possibly inherit their magic, by implementing this slowly and discreetly, our species can merge and then we can be more proud by unifying with Fairytopia one day, they will no longer despise us and will begin to respect and treat us as equals, even as superiors since it is clear that in crystal fairies we are a much more evolved species than them. Think carefully Marabella, your son will one day bear fruit for you, allow my daughter to help you in this purpose. — Lord Gastrous begs his queen to accept, because in addition to wanting Carlos to focus on the life of royalty, just imagining that the butterfly fairies can triumph over the fairies of Fairytopia, already cheers him up enough for him to start preparing for the marriage. Marabella thinks carefully despite being pressured, she looks bitterly at Gastrous who has a smile that eminently screams "ACCEPT", she then consents and accepts King Regellius' proposal, her thoughts she just begged the heavens that Carlos wouldn't hate her for that.

Soon after the meeting between the monarchs, everyone from Shimmervale was called to the front of the palace to hear the newest announcement that the king had to give them, Mariposa and Carlos were in Shimmervale too, visiting Catania they were strolling through the main garden and As soon as they heard that there would be a public announcement, they appeared at the palace podium. King Regellius and Queen Marabella were side by side, on the left side respectively Lord Gastrous, Prince Carlos and Ambassador Mariposa. on the right side respectively Princess Catania and her royal lady Talayla. With all the inhabitants of Shimmervale there, King Regellius announces that there will be a great event that will definitively unify their kingdom and Flutterfield, their children will officially get married. The crystal fairies applaud euphorically, while Catania pulls the sleeve of her father's clothes and asks if he had gone crazy, on the other side was Carlos who was trying to talk to his mother, but he was getting no answers because Marabella was too embarrassed to face him. Mariposa is in shock and starts to tear up a little, she quickly wipes her tears and leaves, Carlos notices that Mariposa is leaving and tries to go after her but Gastrous stops him. Catania now with her wings stronger than ever flies quickly after Mariposa. These three fairies were in a love triangle that was difficult to resolve, now with Catania and Carlos' wedding, Mariposa will have to learn to deal with her feelings silently or perhaps she will invade the ceremony...