"And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the...
I stand with my hands fumbling together nervously, everything in me just... I... I don't know. I can't put it into words. It's like I am excited but scared at the same time. I don't know why but... my heart is beating faster than normal and I am fighting back tears already. But I have to put myself together here as I stand in the throne room alone, merely surrounded only by guards standing to attention. But I can tell they wish they could gossip with one another at my arrival that no one ever expected.
I tried to fix my hair nice for this meeting but with it being shoulder length there wasn't much I could do. So I merely wear a very delicate little flower crown that Hazel had made. You'd think I would be good at doing hair myself by now but it was always so long that I never knew what to do with it.
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I also didn't have anything fancy to wear for this. So I sold a dragon skull to a museum and used the money to buy a pale mint green gown with a tight waist and bigger skirt than I am used to. I do find that I rather love it, though...
Hazel and Pippa are outside the castle eagerly awaiting the outcome of this meeting as they are the ones I am staying with while in the city...
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I hear a tiny little gargle noise and look on my shoulder at Pascal who sits there awaiting what will happen. I life my hand and pet him with one finger.
After waiting a moment but not nearly as long as I would have expected... I hear rustling on the other side of the left door behind the thrones. Then suddenly the door opens and the queen is the first to burst her way through as she puts aside all propriety due to sheer shock. Her eyes are wide and she seems stunned. Her husband comes through and his expression is much the same way.
They don't even need to question me because everyone can feel the energy in the room. They seem to know by looking at me...
They know I am their daughter.
The queen walks forward first and I am fighting tears as I look into her eyes, feeling the very same thing in me that she is. Even if I already knew, it's still a shock to have it all hit me like this...
She is now only two feet from me and there is a hesitance in the air as I think of what to say.
"I... I know all you have to go on is my face but if you could let me explain my story maybe—" I am cut short when she pulls me into an embrace and that's when the tears finally escape. I bury my face into her shoulder and hug her back as tightly as she is holding me. All of our emotions are boiling over at this reunion and my father is shedding tears now himself despite trying to keep them back.
