Chapter - 11
She went to Dark's room, knocked but got no reply and the doors were open, so she went directly in. He was sleeping on the rest chair. She suddenly noticed that this chair is similar to one she saw in Leo's adobe but thought it as a coincidence. Instead of waking him up, she started to talk, pointing her finger toward him "You are sleeping here instead of practicing with me. This is the busy work you were saying? People respect you but I think they need to see how you make excuses to not teach me". "I heard someone saying King Dark is not a bad person", he replied and opened his eyes. She was shocked and said, "Aren't you sleeping?". She moves away and he gets up saying he was sleeping until a bug disturbs him. She gave him a look and he asked her what made her come here instead of calling him out by ordering servants to stop his food. "I can see how you have learned to give taunts", reacts Flora.
She tells him that she needs to discuss something important with him. He told her to not waste his precious time and to be fast. She said that she wants his advice on a matter and told him that there is a dog who dearly loves his human and that human also treats him as his family. To not make his human sad, the dog didn't cry while receiving an injection. Later on, he receives a good treat from his human. Now tell if the dog did it right or not? He thought for a moment and replied that maybe he did right as it's good for both, he gets the treat and his human is not sad. She stands and says that he answered as she expected and leaves with a smile. He was left confused.
She goes to Mr. Blurry and asks him what is the time of the meeting, he replies that it's tomorrow morning. She told him to get prepared for it, just don't discuss it with Dark as she will tell him when he will leave tomorrow. Before Mr. Blurry leaves she asked him about the rest chair in Dark's room "Do all royal people have that type of chair?", he denied it and said these chairs are made on special order for king brothers only. She got something and leaves from there.
At night, Mr. Blurry comes to Flora's room with female servants and asks her to try on these dresses for tomorrow. She asked him if she also needs to go with Dark. He ordered servants to wait outside and responded that if she didn't attend the meeting then maybe they would not even talk, someone is required to make them speak to avoid the suspicion of a gap between great brothers as universal media will capture the meeting. He also told him that she can take this chance to unite the brothers. She gets surprised and looks at him, he responds that whatever her reason is to come here, everyone can see that somehow you also want them to come close and your presence is bringing their old self back. She agrees and tries on the dresses.
In the morning, Dark came out of his room and saw that everyone was in a hurry. Mr. Blurry came to him and asked him to get dressed, he didn't give a chance to Dark to say anything, handed the royal suit to him, and left from there. Dark wears it but is still in dilemma and stops a servant to ask what is going on but before he could say anything, his eyes got attracted to someone coming downstairs in a black dress with her long hair moving slowly with the air, carrying a glorious smile. He was dumbfounded and pushed the head of the servant away to look at Flora. She comes down and asks him if he is ready to leave, he comes to his senses and asks her where. She told him they were going to the royal meeting and dragged him to the aircraft. He pushed his hand away and shouted at her "You can't decide what I will do or not. How dare you make this plan when I refused to go". She said, "But you agreed yesterday", he asked her when to which she replied that she told him the story of a dog and a human. In that story the 'human' is your galaxy, the 'injection' is the meeting, and the 'treat' will be the welfare of your galaxy to which he also agreed that the dog did the right thing. Dark remembered it and reacted "Wait did you just refer to me as a 'DOG'!", she quickly replied to him to understand the hidden meaning and not the literal one. He was stubborn and refused to go, she got into the aircraft and told him if he will not go then she will go there herself. He was annoyed with her but still went into the aircraft and said "I will remember that 'dog' thing", she smiled at him and they left for the Royal Planet for a meeting.
On the way, he told her to not be scared of the media there, she replied that on earth she is also a media student. He told her that not everyone is human in both the galaxies, some are different in look. "What do you mean by different look?" asked Flora. "You will see soon, so just don't act surprised otherwise everyone will know you are from Earth", he replied and they both got off the aircraft on Royal Planet. They were welcomed by the officials of the royal palace. When they entered, a group of media gathered them but guards pushed them away to which Dark told them not to push anyone, she looked at him. When they entered the palace it was way bigger than the palace she saw till yet. It is full of royal people from both the galaxies, servants served them drinks. she asked him about how he stopped the guards from pushing media people, he looked at her and replied that she is also a media student and she might feel bad with this behaviour so he stopped them.
King Dark attended a royal meeting after so long, many people were approaching him and talking with him. In all this, Flora was standing alone and getting a little awkward but she knows that he is the King after all, he needs to attend to these people. When she saw people with different body structures and clothing styles, she understood what he meant by 'not everyone is human here'. A man approached her and asked her if she could show her pass for a security check. As the pass is with Dark, so she pointed out him in the group of people and told the man that she is with him and he has the pass. That man looked at her as if he didn't believe her words. "You think I'm lying? Just ask him", reacts Flora. He asked her to come aside but she refused and told him to behave, he was about to push her but suddenly someone from the back said "she is with me", she turned back and saw Leo. She smiled at him, he walked towards her, held her hand, and said "Do you even know who she is?". That man bowed to him and begs for forgiveness as he was not aware that she was with King Leo. He also apologized to her and left.
She playfully hits his arm and told him that was cool and said that maybe her training is fruitful in jest. "Don't you think you should ask me about how I am these days?", said Leo. She responds that she can see that he is fine. Mr. John comes and greets her, she tells him about Mr. Blurry and points him out as he was standing with King Dark. Leo reacts "Did Dark misbehave with you? Are you okay? Do you need me to take you back? Or else....", she tells him to stop and breathe first. She assures him that Dark is his brother and he knows him well enough to guess if he can misbehave with her or not. She also tells him that Dark teaches her to defend herself using her powers.
King Dark suddenly realizes that Flora is not with him, he gets anxious and looks around and finally sees her talking with Leo. He takes his leave from there and moves to her and yells at her "Didn't I tell you to be with me? Then why are you roaming alone". She gave him a look and said "First of all don't shout at me, it's you who left me alone here to gossip with others and you never told me to be you, instead you told me to not get scared of people here, and second of all, use your manners and greet your elder brother". Leo looked at her and signed her to not do anything. Dark turns to him and greets him, Flora notices a person recording them so she quickly uses her powers and makes them hug each other. Both of them yelled at her about what she was doing. She made them hug each other with force and whispered "Someone is recording you guys, so smile otherwise I won't let you leave". Dark told her he doesn't care about anyone, and Leo told her to stop this before he loses his temper. She ignores them and tells them to smile fast if they want to leave. With no choice left, they both smiled and hugged properly. At a moment they both felt some sort of attachment but Flora told them that she already stopped her power, no need to hug each other now, and teases them that they can continue if they want. They both gave her an angry look and she smiles.
..........to be continued.
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