Gracelia da Mornica a girl of noble birth who was said to have been blessed by the Goddess of Winter on the day she was born. Her snow white hair a striking contrast to her parents, catching many eyes. She has a dream but is afraid she can't pursue...
Sunlight shone through the window, hitting the young girls closed eyes. She tossed and turned in her bed, grabbing the doll her father had given her for her second birthday. She opened her eyes once she knew she couldn't go back to sleep. Sitting up, her curly white hair fell around her shoulders like a curtain of satin. She lifted her tiny fist to rub her eyes; she opened them and looked out the window. Her sapphire blue eyes reflecting the light making them seem as if they were glowing. She turned when she heard her door open, "Young Mistress! You're already awake?" The voice came from her nanny, Adelina, her brown hair pulled into a braid like bun on the top of her head.
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(Adelina, Gracelia's nanny)
"Yes, I'm awake already because someone left the curtains open." She said to Adelina, wondering why her nanny suddenly looked so flustered.
"I closed them last night! I was sure of it!" Adelina said with a huff, trying to rake her brain to remember last night before she left the little girl's room.
"It's all right Adelina. It's fine it was open, because I get to go wake up mama and papa!" The little girl said with a smile that reached her eyes.
"Well young Gracelia, your father is already awake and working in his office seeing as he didn't sleep with the Duchess but fell asleep on the couch there instead last night." Gracelia crossed her little arms over her chest and huffed.
"No fair! It's MY birthday! I wanted to wake them up!" Adelina laughed at how cute the young mistress was and walked over to her bed, sitting beside her she said.
"Well, the Duchess is still asleep if you wish to go wake her up." Adelina winked at Gracelia and patted her head. Hearing that Gracelia instantly brightened like a lotus flower blooming in spring.
"I wanna go wake up mama Ade!" Gracelia put out her arms to Adelina with a smile. "Carry me?" Adelina got up off the bed and picked up the young mistress cradling Gracelia in her arms forgetting how light she was for a six-year-old.
"Shall we, my lady?" Adelina asked her young mistress.
"Lets!" Gracelia said with a smile and pointed towards the door. "Let's go!" With that Adelina carried the young girl out of the room and down the hall, they passed maids who bowed to Gracelia, she waved while smiling at everyone. "Good morning!" She said to every maid they passed. Gracelia differed from most noble children, she cared about the people that worked under her father and mother. She wasn't a spoiled kid because her mother came from a family that had fallen out of the emperors' graces when they didn't send her eldest sister to become his concubine. However when Gracela's father had met her mother, he fell in love with her at first sight and his family, the De Mornica's, were the right hands of the Emperor. They controlled one of the kingdom's largest armies according to her father that is.
They came to a stop in front of a big oak door with two knights standing guard. They bowed to Gracelia as Adelina put her down. "She's come to wake the Duchess." Adelina told the knights in a hushed tone. The knights looked at each other trying to hold a giggle in as to not wake the Duchess before Gracelia could. They opened the door just enough for the tiny mistress to slip through. Gracelia slowly made her way over to her mother's bed, trying to step as lightly as possible on the old wood floors. Soon she came to a stop on her father's side of the bed and slowly climbed up, she lifted herself up onto the bed and crawled slowly over to her mother. When she was sure she was asleep and not faking it she jumped into action.
