Guardians of Sapphire

An Old Friend

The sharp silver knives flew through the air, making a loud, long swoosh until the swoosh had ended.

"Now now boys, it would not be appropriate to fight while we're supposed to be acting as a union." Said the pure maid, holding all the knives in her hand, while pure white feathers fell to the ground.

"Hey......weren't we supposed to go shopping?" Asked Sapphire removing Leo's hand from her eyes. Nayala nodded and looked at the boys "Now then, I'm sure you gentleman have something better to do than stand around." She said watching the two servants nod and walk away.

Letting out a sigh of relief, Nayala led Sapphire to a carriage and opened the door for her. Sapphire took a moment to notice Keiske holding the extended reins while looking at her from the corner of his eye.

"Thank you." She said to Nayala climbing into the carriage and looking out the window before noticing a figure sitting across from her. "Wait a second you're.....Serena!" Said Sapphire. The girl looked up from her book and smiled at the sight of the girl "Oh. My. God....Sapphire!" She cheered giving the girl a tight bear hug.

"I remember you. You're my old tutor's daughter." Said Sapphire with a smile. "Yeah. I'm so happy to see you. I thought you'd still look childish but look at you. You're so beautiful." Explained Serena. "Thank you." Said Sapphire.

"You've certainly grown since I last saw you." Sapphire said taking a chance to study her features " Her white hair was straight and long, and her silver coloured eyes shone brightly in the rays of the sun. Taking this chance to notice that the carriage was moving.

"Say, Serena?" Said Sapphire looking out into the bright world. "Yeah, what is it?" Serena replied looking at her. "Do you know where we're going?" She asked.

Growling lowly in thought, she finally gasped "Ah that's right, we're headed to the new mall that opened up in the hot springs district. You know, in that one spot near where that really poor town is where the so called "demon hound" used to be." She said.

"But why would they build a mall out there?" Serena asked. Sapphire looked at her and hummed "maybe it's to draw people to the hot springs area. That region is poor, but the natural hot springs are pretty unique, maybe by building a mall that will attract people, there might be posters put around to help populate the hot springs and thus help get more money for the people living there."

The door to the carriage opened and Nayala was outside with her usual smile "Come now. We're here." She said. "Already? Wow....sometimes I can't believe how quickly time flies." Said Serena climbing out. Sapphire followed her out but slowly hesitated as she seen Keiske holding the door. She stepped out and carefully observed him, he was so stiff and yet his eyes followed her, cold, and unblinking.

"Thank you." She said walking closer to Serena and Nayala before looking at the huge mall "Wah! It's huge!" She said in amused shock.

~Memory~

"Now, now your highness you must learn how to write it's important not just for you but every being that exists so please pay attention." Asked the tall stranger.

"But writing sounds so boring, besides. My maid told me that a guest must be treated with true kindness and respect, it's not right for me to ignore her presence just to work on a momentarily useless skill." Said the young princess.

"Your highness my daughter is not a guest here she's just-"

"If she is not a guest then she would not be accompanying me in my study's, but she is and so she is a guest."

"Your highness please don't say such mistaken things, my daughter is acting as nothing more than a distraction."

"How Dare You! If You See A Woman As Nothing More Than A Distraction Then You Have No Right To Call Yourself A Man Let Alone Her Father! This Tutoring Lesson Is Over!"

*click-click-click-click-creak*

"When you return to my presence tomorrow you better find yourself some respect, or you can consider yourself retired of my teachings."

*slam*