Zane⁓Chan: The Princess And The Thief

TWENTY: 2 Months Later...

Kawaii-Chan's POV:

"Your majesty! It is wonderful to see you out in Tu'la!" I turned around to see a woman walking towards me, I smiled stopping Eyrx from stepping in front of me.

"Hello" I said as she reached me, she smiled and bowed to me before standing up straight and held onto the basket in her hands full of breads and cheese.

"My name is Imana your majesty. I cannot wait for the Christmas celebration at the castle" I reached a hand out, her eyes widened and the smile grew on her face as she took my hand and shook it.

"It is nice to meet you Imana. Where are you off too this afternoon?" I asked.

"To the school to pick up my daughter Asha" She answered, I smiled wider and gestured towards the pathway indicating that I would like her to walk with me.

"I am on my way to pick up Princess Kia. Would you like to walk with me Imana?" I asked, she gasped before quickly nodding her head and started to walk next to me.

"Thank you for inviting me to walk with your majesty" She said, I brushed it off like it was nothing because it truly is, I am still a person and so is she we are equal despite what others may think.

We walked in silence for a few minutes towards the school, people turned their attention over to us with wide eyes and whispering quickly started throughout Tu'la about it.

"Imana what do you do? Do you work or do you stay home?" I asked, she smiled.

"I sell my artwork at the markets every Sunday" I focused my attention on her for a moment and stared at her before realizing she is the woman I had bought a lot of artwork for the castle from her.

"I have a lot of your artwork in the castle. I was planning on speaking to you about something" She nodded her head as we reached the school and stopped waiting there.

"About what your majesty?" She asked.

"I was hoping you could do some christmas themed artwork for the Christmas celebration. Now it does not have to be much and it could be just one piece of artwork but I would pay you for it too" I explained, she smiled wider.

"That is such an honor your majesty. I would love to do some artwork for the Christmas celebration" I smiled.

"Thank you Imana. Would you be able to come to the castle tomorrow afternoon to talk some more about payments?" I asked, she nodded her head quickly.

"Of couse your majesty" I smiled and heard a squeal, looking over I seen Kia running out the door with another girl who looked an awful a lot like Imana and I realized she must be Ashda.

"Kawaii-Chan! You did come to pick me up just like you promised!" Kia shouted and threw herself at me, I laughed and spun her slightly as she squealed.

"You did ask me too and I did promise you I would Kia" I said, she smiled as we pulled away from the hug and she grabbed the girls hand.

"This is Asha. Asha this is my older sister and the Queen Kawaii-Chan Ashida" I had never met Asha before, she looked like such a sweet girl and was certainly gorgeous.

"It's nice to meet you your majesty" Asha spoke in a soft voice as she bowed, I smiled.

"No need to bow Asha. I have heard a lot about you from Kia and she truly does adore you" Asha smiled as she stood up straight and looked over at her mother.

"Mother are we going to the Christmas celebration?" Asha asked, Kia stared at Imana with wide pleading eyes, I laughed and looked over at Imana who smiled.

"Of course we are. I am doing the artwork for the Christmas celebration. Your father and I decided we would go shortly after you had left for school today" Asha and Kia broke out into squeals.

Imana and I watched as they both jumped around and threw their arms around each other, I laughed as they pulled away holding each other's hands.

"This will be wonderful! I cannot wait to come to the castle for Christmas! I must start planning my outfit right away!" Asha shouted, we all smiled as she grabbed Imana's hand and rushed off.

Kia smiled turning to face me and ran towards me grabbing my hand and greeted Eyrx, Kia swung our hands around and we started our walk back towards the castle.

As we passed, Kia greeted everyone as I did too and they all smiled at us some coming up to us to tell us how excited they were for the Christmas Celebration.

It had been 2 months since the celebration invitations had been sent out and everyone in Tu'la responded with a yes, Chef Arthur was excited to cook for so many people.

"Do you think Zane will show up?" Kia suddenly asked, I looked over at her with an unsure expression on my face because the invitation as gone however I haven't heard anything so it's possible the wind took it.

"I don't know Kia. However I do not want you to be upset if he does not show up" I said, she nodded her head but I could see the disappointment on her face.

"I know Nana but I just hope he shows up. I miss seeing him around the castle" Kia said, I smiled and wrapped an arm around her shoulders as we walked through the gates of the castle.

"Maybe he'll surprise you and show up" I said, she smiled.

"I hope so. It would be wonderful to see him again and I want to show him the progress I've made on learning more and more about potions" I nodded my head.

Kia had been practicing potions ever since Zane had left insisting that it would be a wonderful skill and while it is I know for a fact that Zane had shown her some of the potions she's working on.

"I am going to see Arthur! I have to get a headstart on beating him with the amount of desserts we each make!" Kia shouted, I nodded my head watching her run off.

All while my mind drifted back to Zane and I hoped that he was safe and okay.