oblivion

four : willkommen

das ist nur der anfang

From that day of rest, Eve was the last of the royal teens to reach the French castle. The castle was beautiful and every inch and crevice caught her by her pale breath. "Eve" , King Léo said softly. "Ta grâce, I apologize for arriving so late" Eve quickly said as she composed herself. "Nonsense child, everything is alright, you can meet the other children upstairs" ,the King said guiding her to the beautiful building. As Eve walked in she saw Alfonso Braganza, Louis Bourbon, and Juan Castile. Juan winked at her and she responded with a simple smile. "I thought you said she wasn't worth looking Alfonso" Louis whispered. "She looks extremely different from when I last saw her. We were on trails and she was with Charles and Bridget, she had a very prominent gap in the middle of her teeth and her hair was always messy" Alfonso explained. Eve had surely grown, she was truly a child woman surpassing loveliness. Eve walked deeper into the castle walls to find George Wilhelm and Tsar Romanov in a light conversation. "Ah Eve! Willkommen!" George exclaimed to Eve. "Danke, George, wirklich" Eve said in high spirits as Tsar passed her a red drink. "What's this? One of your poisons to make me pass out and you'd do whatever you want to me Tsar?" Eve teased. "Whatever you'd like to call it Austria" Tsar smirked at the girl. Eve just pushed the deadly drink back into Tsar's arms and walked away from them. There she spotted Annabel Tudor and Rena Devi. "Inseperable huh?" Eve suggested. The two best friends turned around quickly from the familiar voice. "Eve Hapsburg, we've heard great things about you in India, about the wonderful transformation you'd went through" Rena happily boasted. "Well then was I really that hideous?" Eve awkwardly chucked out. "Not at all Eve, I thought you were beautiful" Annabel reassured. Eve smiled slightly and carressed the English girl's pink cheeks. "I must be going, I'm actually looking for Charles" Eve said. The two girls nodded and walked away to talk about an irrelevant and oblivious conversation about the ocean.

As Eve mindless wandered around she stumbled upon Estella of Turkey. "Oh Eve, I'm sorry dear!" Estella abruptly says. "It's fine my friend I was dozing off" Eve reassured. "Trying to find Charles?" Estella questioned teasingly. Eve softly smiled and nodded slowly. "Well, I saw him with Bridget" Estella remembers. "Bridget? Brega?" Eve questions. "Yeah weird huh?" Estella says while leaving after Louis motioned her to come join him, Juan, and Alfonso. Why was Bridget here? She has an older brother, she's technically not an heir. "Eve, forehead is still quite large" Caterina Savoy exclaimed. Eve laughed loudly, Charles used to joke that her forehead could house a village. Eve noticed faint red marks on Caterina's neck but before she could question it three girls huddled against her. "Victoria of Greece" the blonde one said with a bright smile. "Kali of the Mali!" the darkest one said with an even brighter smile. "Ha and me, just Amaré of Ethiopia" the lighter African said. "Nice to see and meet you all! Hate to end our conversation but have you seen Charl-" Eve tried to finish but was interrupted by the loud trumpets outside. "Young heirs! Welcome to Wellness Academy" said King Léo. The Queen looked beautiful but tragically sad, "Although some of our countries are not on great terms, we are glad to be seeing every single one of you attend, the future of our world!" She exclaimed happily. "First, you will be settled in your rooms in castle and then come downstairs in the dining area for dinner? Does that sound fine?" The King says. Everyone nodded and headed upstairs. Eve looked around then spotted a door that had her family coat of arms on it. She opened it and she was struck with awe at the beauty of her room. "Beautiful isn't it" That voice. "Charles!" Eve screamed, jumping into his arms. "Look how tall you got and you grew a beard!" She yelled. Charles laughed deeply and hugged Eve till she couldn't breathe. "How I've missed you Eve" Charles whispered brushing her hair behind her ear and caressing her cheek softly with his rough thumbs. The pair was suddenly interrupted by Bridget with a smirk on her pale face. "Charles stop hogging all Eve's attention" Bridget joked while hugging Eve tightly. "Bridget, you look the exact same" She laughed. "Yeah I get that alot, now lets all head down to the dining area hm? I'm starving" She said clutching Eve's arm and pulling her down the stairs as Charles obediently followed.