Stuck with you

Chapter 6

"Can you see them" A woman with long dark green hair pointed to a flock of birds flying toward the rising sun. Next to her a very excited little girl with short emerald hair could hardly contain her wonder and excitment.

"Mhm! They're really pretty!" the child chirped. "I wanna fly too! Can I?!"

The woman giggled. "Humans don't normally fly, sweetie."

The child titled her head in honest confusion. "Why not?"

"Because we do not possess wings." The woman explained. "Wings are what allow creatures to glide along the air currents and soar through the sky. Without them we humans can only remain on the ground."

The child pouted and crossed her arms. "That's not fair. I wanna fly."

The woman smiled. "Who knows? Maybe one day you'll be able to."

The girl's eyes lit up. "Really?!"

The woman nodded. "Yes. Just because humans were not created to fly, doesn't mean that they can't."

The little girl's smile widened.

The woman held out her hand. "Come now. It's time for your lessons."

"I don't wanna go to lessons." the child whined. "Arcadios is mean."

"If you would stop sleeping while he is trying to teach then perhaps he would be nicer to you."

The little girls' face remained contorted in displeasure. Just then the woman formed an idea.

"How about this? If you promise to pay attention to Arcadios' lessons and not fall asleep, I will give you a reward."

The girl's eyes widened. "What kind of reward?!"

"How does ice cream from the market sound?"

"Really?! You'll take me to get ice cream?!"

"Yes, but only if you stay awake during your lessons. I will also ask you questions afterward to make sure you were paying attention. Do we have a deal, Hisui?"

"Yeah!" the child nodded happily. "Deal!"

The woman smiled. "Then let's be off. I imagine Arcadios is tired of waiting for us."

Hisui eagerly grabbed the woman's hand and followed her back into the palace, a wide smile on her face as she sung a song about ice cream.
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"Mother..." Hisui muttered in her sleep.

"What do you think she's dreaming about?" Happy asked Natsu.

The pair sat at the kitchen table, watching the princess as she talked in her sleep. She had been doing this for the past hour.

"Beats me." Natsu shrugged. He took a bite into the boar he had caught that morning, food flying in all directions when he resumed speaking. "But I think she said something about her mom."

"Her mom? She was the Queen, right?"

"Yeah. If Hisui is a Princess then her mom had to be the Queen."

"She never talks about her though. I wonder why?"

Natsu shrugged again. "Maybe they had a fight or something. Like Lucy and her dad."

"But if something like that happened then everyone in the country would know, right?" Happy pondered his own question for a moment and soon came to a realization. "Actually I've never heard anything about the Queen of Fiore."

"Hey, yeah...now that you mention it I haven't either. Think we should ask Hisui about her?"

"Probably."