While Miranda was gone, the rest of the group made their way through the palace interior looking at all of the portraits that hung in the hallways.
"Has this been your first time looking through the palace, Spark?" Connor asked Spark.
"Ha, no way, since my dad has been part of the queen's army, he used to take us on a tour through the palace once a month to inspire us to be part of the army or at least help out in the best possible way." Spark replied looking up at a painting of armored fairies that Connor stood next to as she suddenly flashed back to an old memory.
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"Over here children, is our portrait of our long battle we had with the pixies." Arion said pointing to a painting of fairies and pixies dueling with each other.
"Wow, that's awesome, I bet that was one wild battle." A younger at the time, Spark said to no one in particular.
"Yes, but after many years and countless losses on both sides, a peace treaty was signed between fairies and pixies." Arion explained further.
"Oh thank goodness, I'm glad things were settled peacefully." Star sighed.
"LAME! Come on dad, we're part of a kingdom, that means, battles, bloodshed, swords, magic everywhere!" Spark said excitedly.
"Calm down Spark, being part of a battle isn't always a glorious thing. Besides, wouldn't you rather do something else with your time, rather than fight?" Arion suggested.
"Yeah Spark, you could become a politician in the queen's delegation, that's what I'm doing." Star suggested.
"And I'm going to be opening up my own magic shop to sell some cool items, wouldn't you like to go into business with me?" Midna asked.
"Ha! Delegations and running a shop? No offense Star, and especially not to you Midna, but that's just not for me. Dad, could you please train me? Pretty please? I want to go out into the world and do that stuff mom's doing." Spark pleaded.
Arion looked at his daughter and realized she would keep insisting on this if he didn't act now.
"Well, alright. I suppose I could train you, we have been getting rumors about the Unseelie." Arion said.
"Oh, thank you daddy, thank you!" Spark said hugging her father.
"You know, your mom's partnership with the Moreland's is certainly something I never would have expected to see in my life. You might even fight alongside them someday." Arion suggested.
"Oh that would be even more awesome, fighting vampires, seeing the world..." Spark said spinning around.
"Finding love along the way?" Star suggested with a smirk.
"Love? Yeah, right sis. There's no way I'm going to fall in love." Star shrugged it off.
"You never know sis, someday you might find a knight in shining armor." Midna said as they looked more and the painting.
"Knight in shining armor, yeah right." Spark scoffed.
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Back in the present, Spark was gazing up at Connor and imagining him in battle armor and sighed.
"Spark? What are you looking at?" Connor asked looking at her.
"My knight in shining armor." Spark whispered looking up at Connor.
"What?" Connor asked not hearing her.
"Uh, a knight's armor! I said you would look great in knight's armor." Spark said.
"Oh, thanks. Dad's told me armor's sometimes way too hard to move in though." Connor said.
Before anyone could say anything more, Queen Glitter came back with a woman they didn't recognize at first until they looked closer.
"Miranda? Is that you?" Miles asked surprised to see his sister as a grown woman.
"Yes Miles, don't I look beautiful?" Miranda asked as she spun around for a moment as Miles nodded.
"I was showing Miranda how beautiful she is both inside and out." Queen Glitter explained.
"I think you've had enough fun for a little while Miranda, do you mind if I give the ring back to Rei and Nat now?" Queen Glitter asked as Miranda nodded.
Rei recieved her ring back and used it to restore Miranda to her regular age and current size that they all currently were.
"Now, if you'll all care to join me, we'll go to the dining hall for a little meal and I can tell you all about my family background, it's quite the tale to tell." Queen Glitter said as she led everyone down a hall.