Solena Butterfly

## Queen Solena Butterfly

*"From the very first queen,*

*the very first princess was born.*

*A happy bouncing bunny who*

*prospered the Queendom of corn."*

Solena Butterfly was the 2nd Queen of the Butterfly Queendom. She was the first princess being a daughter of the First Queen. Solena was best known for creating the Butterfly Spring Tournament and Princess Song Day, as well as supporting the arts and bringing early wealth to the Butterfly Queendom.

### Early Life

Solena Darlene Butterfly was born to Queen Urania Butterfly and King Consort Falcon Redbird 4 years after Mewnipendence. Solena possessed pink bunnies on her cheeks and blond hair which she inherited from her grandmother Darlene and blue eyes from her father Falcon. A very well mannered girl who had a habit of hopping instead of walking, which earned her a nickname “the hopping princess.” Urania decided to put her into dance classes when she was five. Her mother was very worried about running her new Queendom and because of this decided to take Solena to her royal council meetings where the Mewnisters would bring their sons, due to the thought of a future marriage. The thought of marriage wouldn’t come to Solena until she was 16. Another feature of her was the ability to get hurt easily and actually developed plantar fasciitis It was normal to see the princess with scraped knees and bruises all over. She sprained her ankle for the first time in the third week of her ballet class. It became a common place for the princess to break one or two bones a year. Even with that in mind, she was always in good spirits and when she recovered or at least partially, she was back to bouncing around the castle again.

    Her dance teacher from the ancient dance group known as the Smittens described her as “a self destructive natured girl, but this is only a detail. She's cheerful and has an unconditional love for dance, it is visible to the look as she keeps a smile from ear to ear while she's dancing. A smile doesn’t disappear no matter how much she gets hurt, she would be a great smitten if she didn’t hurt herself so much.” 10 years after Mewnipendence she won herself a sister named Jokinna Butterfly, she was 6 at the time and was overcome with jealousy even so much she didn’t talk to her mother as if she was guilty. 3 days later she was talking to her mother and even playing with her new sister. 4 years later she took a trip to a kingdom to the north called Silvan Kingdom, with her ballet class to perform at a tournament. This trip had an impact on Solena. She had a confrontation with the future queen of the Silvan Kingdom, which led to a lifelong hatred. The acquisition of the royal princess crown of the Butterfly Queendom, as well as the idea for a tournament to be held at the Butterfly Queendom. Jokinna was the torment of her sister. She loved to play pranks on her older sister. Despite these jokes Solena remained tolerant because it was a time when her sister wasn’t overcome by hallucinations and madness. Jokinna would walk around the halls of the castle at night whispering to herself, and sometimes screaming a death cry. When these cries were heard all the knights and Urania herself would run to her but found nothing to be wrong. Jokinna also used to state she could see and hear things even though they weren’t present. 18 years after Mewnipendence at the age of 14 Solena received the Royal Magic Wand, which transformed into her own because of the metamorphic enchantment put on it by Queen Urania. Solena’s Magical training was much better conducted due to it being during a time of peace, unlike her mothers who balanced the pressure of protecting the citizens as well as fighting in a war. This allowed her to create new spells, as well

 as improve her mother. She also incorporated her dance into her spells, which would be improved upon by her great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter Skywynne Butterfly, the queen of hours. After Solena experienced mewberty was when she started developing an interest in boys. Her anxiety stopped her from entering serious relationships and only had a few small ones. When she was 16 Solena woke up with blindness and fatigue, the blindness didn’t last but the fatigue did. Her mother summoned a healer but her father Falcon insisted it was a demon inside his daughter, Urania was doubtful of this but due to her husband's instance summoned a Celestrines as well. A few days later she started to feel better but it was not long before tragedy struck. 22 years after Mewnipendence her sister Jokinna fell out of the window of the tower and died. Solena was struck by grief and locked herself in her room refusing food. To this day it is said it is possible to hear Solena’s whispered cry throughout the silent nights. She ended up finding comfort in one of Urania’s famed generals and head of House Flowers, Lady Blossom’s son Rodric Flowers. 2 years after Jokinna’s death she announced she was engaged. Even during her wedding Solena tripped but thankfully nothing was broken due to her landing in the grass.

### Reign as Queen

At the age of 21 Solena was crowned queen. One of her wedding gifts was a pink tutu she used as her official royal dress. 7 years after her marriage at the age of 24  she gave birth to her heir Estelaria. Three years later she gave birth to her second born Lunaria, a girl with lavender crescents facing downwards on her cheeks who had purple hair and eyes like her father. Two years later she gave birth to the first prince of the Queendom, Redwarf Butterfly, and the following year her fourth and last Oribita, a girl with a yellow circle within a circle on her cheeks known as a sun who resembled Solena greatly. Her government was marked by the great incentives to culture. She also started the great tournament of the Queendom, The Spring Tournament, which attracted bards and art companies, which gave the Queendom a large wealth. For her daughter's birthday she hired a bard to write a song about her. This resulted in the tradition to this day, where the court composer writes a song about the heiress, this is known as Song Day Festival. When her mother died she was overcome by a strong depression, months after that she lost her husband and father, all this led to an extreme depression which would have been far worse if it wasn’t for her children needing her. Solena’s reign ended 45 years after Mewnipendence at the age of 41 and after 20 years as queen.

### Post Queenhood

She lived the rest of her days well. Solena died 60 years after Mewnipendence at the age of 56 after she was attempting to grab a book from a high shelf when she slipped off the chair and hit her head on the edge of the bed. She officially died of blunt force trauma and was buried in the Royal Crypt next to her mother

### Trivia

* Her and Rodric's ratings are
	+ Romanticism- 4/5
	+ Companionship- 3/5
	+ Sensuality- 3/5

* She had a bunny onesie as a baby
* Solena had tea parties with Jokinna, and later, her daughters
* Solena hated her contemporary, Queen Lycasta Silvan, and refused to speak to her
* Every morning, she went to the stables to feed the castle's bunnycorns
* Solena hated heels, from high to low ones
* St. Solena's Day is celebrated as the start of spring and the Butterfly Tournament.