The Princess and the Peasant - (An Azula Epic)

The Vow

The following morning on the royal sloop.

The princess was sleeping soundly in her emperor sized bed when the scent of hotcakes began to waft into her nose.

Azula began to stir as she opened up her eyes to see that her girlfriend's spot on the bed beside her was vacant.

Only to find herself turning towards the door with a pleased smile already forming upon her lips when she heard a foot cart rolling outside her chamber door.

She let out a noisy yawn as she watched the girl push her door open.

Her smile widened when she saw her lovely little girlfriend scurry in with many plates of food clanging upon her food cart.

As the younger girl now beamed back at the older woman's smiling face as she pushed the cart towards the princess's bedside.

"Good morning, Azula-sama! I thought that I would surprise you with breakfast in bed this morning!" Elle cried out in a sweet voice while her mistress's smile grew even larger.

"Good morning, Elle. I don't recall giving you an order to serve me breakfast in bed." Azula spoke in a smooth voice while she smiled back at her adorable serving girl's face.

She enjoyed how the girl lovably averted her eyes from her dominating gaze.

"I-I don't need an order to serve you, Azula-sama. Serving you comes naturally to me...like an instinct. I-I just do it." Elle explained in a love-struck voice as she shifted nervously on her feet while the older woman gazed back at her with a gratified smile on her charming lips.

"Peasant..." Azula trailed with a twinge of a fond smile on her lips as she sat up against her many pillows.

There was something about those words that pleased her more than she could put into words.

She found herself inexplicably moving to help her girlfriend set up their breakfast.

Only to find herself gazing on with surprise in her callous amber golden eyes when her serving girl gently pushed her back down.

"Please stay seated, Azula-sama. I will get everything set up for you. I am your serving girl after all. It is my duty to wait on you." Elle chirped as she smiled softly back at Azula's moved face while the older woman settled back in her seat.

Azula now stared back at her servant girl with her full lips pulling into a content smile.

"Know that you are my favorite servant. You truly are attuned to your mistress's needs. The only servant trained to serve me." Azula remarked with a proud smile on her lips while she gracefully set her palms in her night gown covered lap.

She watched her little handmaid smile shyly through the corner of her possessive amber golden eye.

Only for her smile to grow even bigger when she observed the girl bent over to bow before her at the waist.

"I...I am so happy that you think so, Mistress. May I request something of you?" Elle pondered in a beyond courteous voice as she bent her head in a show of profound respect while the older woman gazed back at her in approval.

"Certainly, dear...what is it that you wish to request of your queen?" Azula purred in a captivating voice with her words flowing like honey into her trembling serving girl's little ears.

She savored the way, the girl remained standing in her bow by her bedside in deference to her authority.

"I-I wish to pledge a vow of fealty to you. Like subjects used to do to monarchs in the times of old back in my homeland." Elle confessed in an abashed voice as she twiddled her thumbs while Azula stared back at her with great surprise in her astonished eyes.