Zeroth Knight(GirlxGirl)

Alpha - Part 1

Alpha - Part 1

I wake up with a start. The sound of dinnerware being placed on the counter queues me in to someone else being here. But my mind is racing, despite the fog of sleep still be present, or perhaps, because of it. This waking world grants me no solace from my past. "Apologies, I did not mean to awaken you, my Lord Knight," a girl directs towards me. Even now, I can't work up the energy to respond to her. Memories brought forth from my nightmare, threaten to consume me. I spent years suffering from what happened to Rachel. The girl picks up a bowl from her tray, and approaches me.

"This should help you regain your strength quickly," she says while placing the bowl in my lap, on my legs.

"Oh, I can feel my legs again," I say while wiggling my toes out from under the blanket.

She replies, "Of course, it was a temporary measure to get you under control. Lord Knight or no, you're stubborn."

"Eve." I reply while looking down at the porridge. I guess it's some kind of porridge anyways.

"What?" this girl looks at me with a bewildered look.

"My name. Well, technically my nickname. I'm Evangeline, but basically, everyone calls me 'Eve,' and I'd rather you do the same than call me something strange."

"Absolutely not," she says in a hurry, nearly dropping the glass of some sweet smelling liquid she was offering me. "You are the Grand Lord, Zeroth Knight. To have someone such as I call you so, that's unheard of."

I push the bowl off my lap and onto a stable part of the bed and say, "Uh... right. Well, that title is pretentious as all hell and I'm not touching my food until you call me something more normal."

Her eyes flash quickly and I hastily add, "Fine paralyze me, what's that going to accomplish? I won't be able to eat if you paralyze too much and I'm not eating on my own unless you do this for me." I further my point by sliding the bowl a little further from me. She looks at me with a look of utter confusion, as if I just grew a second head.

"Is it so bad to want something normal in this abnormal situation?" I ask while looking up into her emerald eyes. For the first time, I notice her hair. The bangs are long and wrap around her face to her chin. Progressively her hair gets shorter the further to the back it goes until it all meets in a bun; which is tucked up under a half-hat wrap. More startling is her hair color, unearthly and yellow - not blonde, yellow. "Evangeline-sama," is all she says while she picks the bowl up and places it back on my lap and adding, "Please eat and recover quickly. The country is on edge without you at your best."

I'm aggravated, but I figure that's the compromise I'll have to make for the time being, and besides I was hungry as all hell and this food did smell good. I tentatively take a sip and boy, it didn't just smell good, it tasted wonderful.

As I place the spoon into the empty bowl I notice her staring at me and blush. "I'm not always such a pig," I say just before taking a sip of this sweet smelling liquid. I noticed her holding back an obvious chuckle but I couldn't see a hint of disgust on her face.

This liquid is as sweet as it smells- oozing down my throat and tasting divine. After buying myself a moment with the drink I clear my throat before adding, "So, my dedicated doctor, what's your name?"

She suddenly finds the space on the wall behind me fascinating as the gears in her head turn. "Ninavin Von Vvesson. Whoever is left just call me Nina." Her gaze drifts to me almost expectantly with a slight sign of what I can only determine to be... reluctance? Fear?

"Nina it is. Once again, I'm Evangeline." I extend my hand to her and she simply stares at it. Odd. You'd think shaking hands would be fairly universal but I suppose not. Honestly even that was going out of favor by the populace of my age; too much potential risk I suppose. As if an idea popped into her head she sucked in a breath. But before she could take action there's a knock at the door.