~> A New Hope<~ (4th Book in the Forgotten Truths series)

"YOUR MAJESTY" (1)

(A few days later)
~Atlanta~

We all sit together. Sayuri, myself, Rustic, Wisp, Ji-ho, and Edge. A new friend, one of lower Droplet Tribe royalty has joined us, along with his cute 8 year old younger sister. His name is Loch, and his sister is Hidden.

Wisp and Rustic absolutely adore Hidden; probably the most out of all of us. The two constantly play with the younger kid. They see her as a cute, younger sibling.

Unfortunately, Thought has not come back. No one truly knows if she will ever come back. She is a chapter many of us have closed, and moved on from. This is the way of life; people come and go from our lives.

Hidden runs by; giggling furiously. She reaches for a flower, to place in Wisp's hair. However, she knocks over Edge's plate.

"Sorry, Your Majesty!" She says, and some of the others start to laugh.

"'Your Majesty?'" Rustic pokes fun at her, "Hidden, you can just call her Edge,"

"Your Majesty, Queen Edge of Droplet Tribe, I hereby offer you my plate as for the plate has been knocked over," I smirk, and say politely. I genuinely offer Edge my plate, out of all the mischievousness in my heart. I've never been so mischievous before, but here I was.

"Don't give it like that to Her Majesty, Atlanta," Ji-ho snaps at me, jokingly. "You must be more respectful and humble. Remember, she is the queen."

Ji-ho wears a mask over his mouth and nose, which muffles his voice from time to time. I like to tease him about it, stating he has muzzle over his mouth because he committed some heinous crime. Of course, Ji-ho then teases me back. Unlike me, he never has a specific topic to pick on me with, so he just picks on me for the most random things.

"Your Majesty?" Sayuri echoes, just like how Rustic echoed Hidden's words. She appears lost for a minute, then the realization strikes her. Sayuri gets up from her sitting position, and stands. She curtesies, before proposing to dance, "Your Majesty, may I perform a dance for you?"

Sayuri has always been a dancer. She's been dancing before her time with that jerk. Ever since the death of that Sparrow, Sayuri has been practicing dancing more and more. I had given her a daffodil not so long ago, and now she wears it in her hair. I've heard that daffodils symbolized happiness, and I thought it looked relatively good on her. And, since the death of that Sparrow, Sayuri was much happier. After experiencing with those dreadful Sparrow experiences, I believed Sayuri deserved her newfound life.

"Ugh, you all are so annoying!" Edge scowls playfully, and then gets up.

She darts over to a tree, and sits on a branch. Added with her already tall height, Edge towers over us. She smirks.

"Now! All you peasants!" She takes on one of those funny accents, "fetch me a... hundred plates and a glass of something sweet!"

"But... 'Your Majesty'!" Wisp jumps in, "I cannot, Rustic coughed on me,"

Wisp dramatically fell to the ground. Hidden darted over to her, and placed another flower in her hair before she plopped down beside her.

"I did not, 'Your Majesty', you must take this peasant away!" He shoots back another dramatic statement.

On the other hand, Ji-ho takes a bow in front of Edge, "Your wish is my command, Your Majesty."

He turns around, and looks at all of the blades of grass on the ground, "Soldiers of the grass, go! Find hundreds of plates for the Queen! Make sure they are full of the bestest of sweets!"

I decide to utilize some of my breeze abilities to cause for the blades of grass to sway according to Ji-ho's order, as if though they were nodding. I further cause for the grass to move in some rhythmic manner, all synchronized. I pull and push, causing for the blades to appear to 'walk' like the way a human would.

Ji-ho is stunned by how the grass was heeding his command. He looks at his palms, and in disbelief, he ponders about whether he could truly control grass or not. "I-I can control grass?"

"Yes, you can." I answer him. I put my hand on my forehead and take an overly dramatic gasp. I fall back to the ground as I lay my hand against my head, "Oh my! Ji-ho, the muzzled criminal, can control grass and fire! What is this sorcery? Could he be from another world, could he be half Leaf and half Flame? Oh my, I have made such a fantastic discovery! Oh my, Your Majesty, we have a hybrid among us!"

Now, a good lot of us were mismatches, or people who got the wrong ability. This is good fun to pick fun at the old ways. We are free now.

"Take this imposter away, Loch!" Edge fans her hand out at Ji-ho.

Loch salutes her; like a trained guard. He furrows his bushy eyebrows. "Yes, 'Your Majesty.'"

He bends down a bit, and takes Hidden's small hand. The two "charge" at Ji-ho. Suddenly, Hidden stops him. She takes a stick from the ground, and whacks him.

"That is the Grass-Leader," She informs Loch, and pops her hands on her hips. "We cannot attack him,"

"Yes ma'am," Loch solutes her as well, and sits beside Edge.