"Flora?"

Flora had her eyes shut tight. She slowly opened one then the other. Her sight came into focus and in front of her was someone she did not expect in a million years.

"He…..Helia?"

Flora couldn't believe it. She wiped her eyes to make sure. But her eyes were not playing a trick on her. There stood Helia in front of her in an archer costume.

King Ash just assumed that the shock look on the two teenagers' faces was from the reveal. "Everyone let me introduce you to the engagement of my daughter Princess Flora and my future son-in-law Prince Helia!"

The crowd cheered, except for the Specialists and Winx. They were all still in shock.

"HELIA!" They all said at once.

"I can't believe it." Musa said.

"How come none of you told us that Helia was a prince, or the fact that he was engaged to Flora." Stella hit Brandon in the chest.

"We are just as shocked as you guys. Helia never really told us his background and how were we supposed to know that he was engaged to Flora when he didn't know either." Brandon put his hands up in defense.

While this was all going on Flora and Helia were still standing in front of everyone. Neither talking they were all in shock.

"This….this…can't be happening." Flora slowly backed away from Helia.

Helia took a few steps towards her. "Please Flora stay here so we can talk."

But Flora didn't want to hear it. She turned and ran out of the ballroom and down the hall. She needed time to think.

Flora didn't know how long she ran or where she was going. She finally stopped and looked around and realized that she was in her favorite garden. The garden was her favorite because she had grown it all by herself. She refused help from anyone. She wanted something that she could call her own. The garden had a large fountain in the center that had rearing horses in the center. There were tiled flowers at the bottom of the clear water. Around the path was tons of flowers, all with the theme of pink. Some were solid pink and others were white with pink accents. Flora took off her feathers and went and sat on the edge of the fountain.

"Helia." She said out loud.

She could not believe it. The man that just this morning she admitted to herself that she was in love with, the man that she kissed on the dance floor without seeing his face was the man that she was suppose to spend the rest of her life with. She should be happy, but for some reason she wasn't. Flora thought about the kiss again and a blush came to her face. She put her hand on her lips, feeling the tingling feeling. She had kissed Helia, something that she had been constantly thinking about since she met him, and she did not even know it at the time.

"Flora."

Flora turned around at her name and saw Helia standing there. Flora didn't know how to react seeing him standing there.

He walked up and knelt down and took her hand. "Listen Flora, let me explain." Flora didn't say anything. "I am as shocked as you are. I did not expect in a million years that my betrothed would be you. The reason I never told you my background was because I didn't want things to change between us. I thought that if a told you that I was a prince then you would change in how you were with me."

"Helia, I understand that part. I had similar reasons for not telling you that I was a princess. What I want to know is why didn't you tell me that you were my fiancé. You had to know sooner then I did. I mean I sent you and the rest of the guys the invitation to my ball. When you read that you should have told me."

"Flora..."

"No, please let me finish. For this past month I have been at constant torture with my feeling because of this engagement. This whole time I never had a single clue of who this man is and what he would be like. If I would like him or if we would someday actually find love. Then it turns out that my fiancé is you, the guy that I fell in love with, this whole time."

Flora did not realize of what she had said until it was too late. But Helia had heard it and a huge smile came across his face. "You love me?"

Flora blushed. She wasn't planning on telling Helia how she felt about him like that. "Yes, yes I do. It took me a while but I realize that I love you. I think I have loved you since I first met you."

Helia was silent for a moment, making Flora nervous. "Flora…. I love you too. I have had feelings for you for a long time. I never did anything about it because I didn't want to get my hopes up." Flora was ecstatic. She was so happy that Helia felt the same way as she did. "And the reason I didn't tell you about the engagement was because I never saw an invitation. My uncle was in on the plan with my parents and made sure that I had no idea of the ball. I only knew that it was an engagement ball for the Princess of Linphea. I didn't even know that she was engaged to me until your father made the announcement about the Prince of Nightly. But I don't care about all the politics anymore. I am just happy to know that you love me." Helia took something out of his pocket. "Now I know that we are already engaged but I want it to be personal." He had a small red velvet box in his hand. "Flora, Princess of Linphea, will you do me the honor of being my wife and the future queen of Nightly?" He opened the box to reveal a large diamond ring. The diamond was beautiful but what really caught Flora's attention was the ring's band. It was a white gold that had small vines and flowered etched around it. Even without knowing it, Helia had picked the perfect ring for her.

"YES! Helia oh yes!" Helia smiled and place the ring on Flora's finger. He then stood up and helped Flora to stand. He brought Flora close to him. "So I guess we will be spending a lot of time together now that we are officially engaged."

Flora couldn't help but blush at the closeness. "Yes, I guess you are right."

"Now technically, I guess, our first kiss was out on the dance floor."

Flora smiled at the memory. "I'm not so sure. I mean we did not know who the other person was when we kissed."

"True." Helia brought his lips crashing onto Flora's. At first she was shocked but then she melted into the long awaited kiss. She wrapped her arms around Helia's neck. He pulled her closer to him. Flora could feel Helia's heartbeat through his costume; She could feel that his heart was racing just as much as hers was. Then she realized that their hearts were racing in perfect sync. The moment was perfect. Nothing could ruin it. Helia was someone she could truly see herself spending the rest of her life with. Flora had finally found someone to love and someone who loved her back

So what do you guys think? I had a lot of fun writing this story. Now I was going to end on this chapter but if you guys want me to write another one please let me know. I would gladly do it. Oh and if you want to see Helia's costume, the link will be on my homepage.

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