A Historical Change

Chapter 1: The Begining

     It is any normal day in the Kingdom Of Essence, the sun shining, the waterfalls flowing, the tall dark oak trees glowing gold from the sun. The only thing is, is that the king, Sylus Fürst, was giving an announcement. He had just finished giving the news, he steps off the podium. The crowd slowly shrinks in size.

Sylus is walking back to his palace, which is heavily guarded. But as he walks back, he notices a girl with blue and black hair with star accessories. The little girl doesn't look well at all, dirty overall, rabid like, thin, and knotty hair. Sylus stares for a moment and begins to feel bad for the girl, "How does one end up like that-? Poor girl." He begins to walk toward her, slowly approaches. The girl notices her and instantly walks away, Sylus takes a deep breath and continues to approach her. "Hey...I don't mean harm.. I just want to help." He gets to the girls level and holds out his hand for trust, he has a warm and calming smile. The girl, not trusting what he says or does, bites his hand. "GAAAH!!" He shouts in pain, accidently scaring the girl off and hides in an alley.

Sylus sighs while holding his hand, which throbs in pain. He saw where the girl ran and walks in that direction, once there, he looks around for her. Eventually finding her hiding beside a dumpster. He gets to her level once again, "it's alright." He hesitates to do this for a moment but he proceeds his thought. He opens his arms and gives her a hug by force, the gurl struggles for a moment but then realizes she isn't in danger. Her face softens at the realization that she slowly raises her arms up, and hugs back.

"Wa..what is this...why is it...nice?" she mumbles in Ukrainian, clearly confused. Sylus hears this, he understands as he learned the language a few years back. "It's a hug," He responds to her question. The girl trembles a bit. "What's your name, little one?" The girl doesn't trust him fully but answers, "M-Mari.." Sylus stops hugging her, "that's a nice name, I'm Sylus. You must be hungry, you are homeless?" She nods her head yes. "Alright, I can buy you a few things if you want, it can be anything of you choice, but, I will add some healthy options." She nods again and doesn't say anything. He stands up and offers her his hand, she hesitates. She holds up her hand as she hesitates, her hands tremble. Sylus let's her take her time, Eventually, she grabs his hand and stands up. "Let's go." He walks out of the alley, Mari following behind. After walking for a bit, they arrive at a little convenient store. "Here we are. Go ahead and look for what you want, I'll follow." Mari looks at him and nods, she starts walking to the foods she wants, Sylus follows. He sighs, "How do these things happen? Atleast be decent and put the child in an orphanage," He thinks. As Mari grabs a few things she wants, Sylus grabs some healthy options such as small glass bottles of water, veggies, and some fruit. Mari walks up to him with a small grin, knowing she has food for a bit, she hands him everything. He grabs everything.

"Is that all you want?" He asks her. "Yes." She says quietly while nodding. "Alright, let's go." He walks to the cashier and places everything down. Mari stands beside him as everything is purchased. The cashier notices who Sylus is, "Sir-?! Oh my... its an honor to meet you!- sorry sorry!" The cashier clears their throat, "is that all you want-?" Sylus answers, "Yes, that will be all." The cashier nods and counts their total, "Your total is €24.99." The cashier says as they Put Sylus's items in a reudeable shopping bag. Sylus nods and pulls out his wallet to pay, he pulls out the amount and pays. "Thank you for your service, sir." The cashier says. Sylus nods, "No, thank you." He grabs his bag and leaves with Mari by his side. The cashier looks "who is that?" They think. 

Sylus stops in the middle of the side walk and steps to the side, he hands the bag to Mari. "Here you go, but, I feel a little bit bad leaving you here to sleep outside. I can offer you to stay at my palace, or.. if you are not comfortable with that, I can help you get into an orphanage." She thinks for a moment, "i.. uhm. Stay with you." He nods, "come with me, it's not a far walk from here." He smiles warmly and begins to walk in the direction of his palace, Mari follows. "What is a palace-?" She asks in her head. About 12 minutes later, they arrive at the path that leads to the palace. The palace is humongous and sits on an island full of bush while waterfalls flowing on the side.

Mari stares is amazement and shock but doesn't say a word. "Is it to much for you?"? Sylus looks back and fourth between the palace and Mari. Mari looks at him and steps forward, as a way to twll gim to lead the way. He tilts his head and shrugs, he just starts walking down the path. Just a minute or 3 later, they arrive at the doors. Two guards stand there, a female guardlooks at the girl "Sire, who is this?" The guard asks, "it's a guest that will be staying for a few nights." Sylus answers the curious guards question, "Alright.. as long as you trust them and are welcome in." The guards move aside so they can enter. Sylus reaches for the doors and swings them open, a gush of air blows on their faces, making a swoosh sound. They walk in, the room they just entered in huge, the floor is marble and cold. As they walk, they can hear small clanks. "This is it, my home. Its a bit much but..it's what I have." He says. Mari looks around with wide eyes, "wow..."

"I can show you to your room, the rest of the palace is unnecessary. So.. I'll show you the places that you may need." He says while looking at Mari, "ok.." she is a little overwhelmed at how much space there is, she fears she will get lost.
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Sylus shows Mari around a section of the palace that is what she would most likely need.
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"And that's it! If you have any questions or need anything, I'm down the hall in my office." She smiles and walks off to his office. Mari stands there for a moment, processing everything that haooend today, it was like a flash before her eyes. Eventually she snaps back to reality and turns around to face the door to her room. She grabs the handle and opens it, it's decorated with yellow decor. She smiles a bit, yellow is her favorite color. She walks in and closes the door behind her, she walks to her bed and sits down. She begins to think about her mom and what happend to her, but before she gets emotional, a wave of exhaustion crashes down on her. She yawns and stretches similar to a cat, "Nam nam.." she lays down on the bed and covers herself up. She stares at the roof and clears her thoughts, her face is blank of any emotion. She blinks, she rolls to her side and curls up, Eventually closing her eyes.