Secret of the Empire [ORIGINAL]

Chapter 4 - First Time in the Kingdom

When I arrived at the entrance, I saw my parents in normal clothes as well. I smiled a small smile and walked towards my parents.

"Mother, father! I'm ready!" I exclaimed excitedly while waving towards them, "Can we go now?"

They turned around to look at me and gave me a warm smile. [Seriously, what's up with them smiling so much?]

"Of course, dear. You look nice in those clothes," my mother said while checking me out with my casual clothes.

"So, how are we going to get to the kingdom?" I looked towards the path that lead a long way down to be able to reach the place.

My mother chuckled and turned back around and pointed towards a normal looking carriage.

"We're going to be taking the car. I don't think that we'll be able to make it all the way down this path by walking. It will already be night time before we arrive."

I nodded and looked towards the car. I stared at it for a few seconds and started walking towards it and get in.

I sat in my seat and stared out the window as we drove down the road. We drove down and pass by a lot of trees, so I just stared at the scene of greenery. [It's quite peaceful] As stared at the scene, I started dozing off into slumber. [I should sleep a bit] That was the last thing I thought before I let darkness consume me.

"A---, -ri--, --a, Ari-," I heard someone say but couldn't quite make out what, so I just shrug it off and went back to sleep.

"Aria, wake up," this time heard my name, so I just moved my head to the sound and peaked over my shoulder.

"Aria dear, we're here," I heard my mother say.

After I heard that sentence, I immediately shoot up from my seat and hitting my head on the ceiling of the car.

"Owie..." I cried out while rubbing my head, trying to ease my head.

"Sweetie, calm down. We're still in the car, but we are driving in the kingdom now. Take a look outside," my mother said while chuckling.

My face lit up and turned my head towards the window. Different buildings, tall, small, geometric, cars and most importantly... people. I continued staring out the window looking at people walking on the sidewalk and stores full of different things. [I can't wait till I get to go exploring!]

The driver drove down to an underground car park and parked. When I got out, there was people lined up on both sides of a red carpet. I looked at them and sighed. [I thought it was just going to be us, I guess not...] I gave out another heavy sigh and my parents looked at me.

"What's wrong dear?" my father asked raising a brow, "Are you okay? You don't look to well..."

I looked down and gave another sigh.

"It's not that I'm not feeling well. It's just-, well-, you see..." I said looking down, stopping at every word.

"It's just what?" my mother asked, confused.

"It's just that, I thought we'll be going around the city as a normal family..." I lowered my head looking at the ground, like it's the most interesting thing.

"Hahahah," my father laughed suddenly.

I gave a confused look as to why he suddenly asked, curiosity showing in my eyes.

"Of course we are going to the city just by ourselves, as a normal family would."

My face immediately brightened at that sentence and started cheering internally. Although I didn't show it physically, but the excitement is clearly shown in my eyes.

"Well then, what are you waiting for. Let's go!" I exclaimed, excitement in my voice.

This is going to be the best day of my life! I can't wait to experience what the world outside the castle is like. [This is going to be awesome!!!]. My parents quickly followed behind me and we took the elevator to go to the ground floor.

[I wonder what I should do first...] I stood in the elevator in anticipation. DING. [Ah, finally! We're here!] I walked out of the elevator followed by my parents. After we're out of the elevator, we walked out of the parking lot building thing. I don't know what it's called... I'll just call it.... hmmm.... A parking lot building! [Aria, just stop it with your non-creative but creative mind...] I giggled at my own thought and my parents looked at me, curiosity in their eyes but just shrugged it off. When we walked out of the building, my eyes sparkled like there's no tomorrow. I let them wander through the city like I haven't seen any of those things before... [Which is true... why does it sound so sad... Oh well.] Today is going to be so much fun!

A/N - Hello humanz! I'm posting it early today cuz I can. Hope you enjoy this chapter! The next chapter consists of Aria being amused by everything but not everything. Byeee!

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