Aadya's POV
My mommy and I sat at one of the benches in our favorite haven, which was at the abandoned corner part of our garden, she caressed my hair as she tried to make me sleepy but the distracting hues of colors around me kept me awake. There are grey hues to light red that look like pink hues that surrounded the stones and the cute little grass and flowers. It kinda looks like steam air surrounding them but with colors.
I keep staring at the beautiful colors in front of me with curious wide eyes and wonder if I could touch the colors. My mommy seems to notice me as she looks down at me in her arms. She smiled at me and I gave her a toothy grin making my mommy laugh a little. My mommy looks so beautiful when she smiles!
"Mommy! what are those?" I ask as I point sideways from the grey color hues to the pink one. She just looked at me with a smile. " Those are the broken rocks from the left and the others were your favourite flowers my dear, the roses. '' She said gently as she continued to caress my hair patting my head from time to time.
"Not those mommy! " quickly shook my head as i point the hues "I meant these!" I confirm and point out the steaming hues above the flowers and rocks but she just looks at me with confused expression whilst she smiles down at me. "I cannot see such hues my dear, maybe you are already sleepy thus you were seeing things." She said as she sat up with me in her arms as i grip my mommy on her shoulder and look at her with determination in my eyes. " No mommy, I am not seeing things! And I don't want to sleep" I pouted at her as she just kissed my lips making me pout even more making her chuckle.
"Alright alright. Mommy can only see those beautiful colors if you sleep. Then after you sleep i will tell the head maid to make you your favorite foods for dinner. How about that?" She said making me jump in her arms in excitement, completely forgetting the beautiful hues that surrounded us as we walked inside the manor and went to my room.
"That's A promise okay??" I said with a wide smile in my lips as mommy nodded at me with the same enthusiasm like mine. I cheered loudly as we made our way to my room listing all my favorite foods that I want to eat for later.
==== 6 months later ( three months the Census couple left the manor )====
Mommy and Daddy went to another place. I don't know where but they said that they were needed in the palace because the royalties called for them. I was sad when they left me alone here in the manor but even though I am still a kid, I know how important it is when the royalties personally called them for something.
It's been so many days since they left the manor and I cannot count the days since they left with just my fingers and toes. It means they were gone for so long and I miss them so much already. On the first days, I didn't even cry because I knew that they would come back if I cried. So I tried hard to be strong and wait for them till they come back so that they will also see how smart I have become when they are away.
After the first three days since they left, I locked myself in the library. All the books in the first section of the shelve were laid on the ground, creating a mountain that covers my small figure which I did not mind in the slightest because there was still a small space for me whenever I wanted to eat. I didn't even leave my personal den ( the library ) to play with the servant's kids and my other noble friends because I have not found them fun to play with since the day my parents leave. This lonely and heavy feeling in my chest still lingers in me but I made myself strong and just read and study a lot of things in my personal den. I just hope my mommy and daddy come home soon because i cannot deal with this loneliness in my heart.
I miss them so much.
===== a year later =====
The day i was born will be tomorrow yet i still do not have any news from my parents. I have been waiting for them every night for the past month since my birthday is getting near and I was hoping that I could sense their presence once they set foot in our manor. I have been studying magic on my own inside my personal den and expanding my mana pool a little that would be appropriate for my small and fragile body, which I just discovered that I have one since the last few months. I have also learnt that to expand my mana pool it should be compatible with the maturity of my body, which means i cannot just meditate and train to expand my mana pool because, in my theory, I would explode and die because my body cannot handle it.
I was starting to feel impatient because i want to show them the things that i have learnt on my own inside my personal den, but it's been almost a year since they left and my birthday will be tomorrow. I was not mad because they were still not home because I understand that when the royals seek your presence, it means it's a must and it might be a mission that only my parents or/with other nobles would most likely solve it.
I have been asking the news around the servants but they were reluctant to tell me anything. My parents might have ordered them to not tell me news about them, but they do tell me that my parents were alive and safe.
And also, I have noticed that my way of thinking and mindset has changed ever since I locked myself inside the library. It might be because I no longer played with my playmates and became too serious with my studies. I know that i should go play with my friends sometimes but i could not help but shove my face in my books, as if it was calling me to read and learn everything in this library, which I'm afraid i am almost finished with the books on the first floor.
As I read the last page of the book I have in my hand, I sighed and stretched my limbs upwards with my covered toes also stretching weirdly. I sighed again and removed the heavy books on my legs as I stood up, stretching weirdly again as my dress fell with a quiet shuffling of clothes. I wiped my dress because some dust had stuck on my pure white dress. A knock was heard coming from the other side of the wooden door. I beam in happiness hoping that my parents were the person behind the wooden door. So I ran towards the door and opened the door hurriedly, but there was no mommy and daddy from the other side, instead it was the old strict butler that was tasked to take care of me. I was disappointed but I still greet Mr. Butler with a shy smile, I couldn't just help but feel shy to others that are not my parents.
" Young lady Aadya, dinner will arrive soon" he announced with a smile that you would always see when a grandfather talks to their grand daughters. He examines my appearance as he soon notices my dirty appearance. He massaged his temples but he still picked me up and went to the steamy pool as he called the fairies and asked them to prepare me a new dress and to wash me up as soon as possible . The fairies followed us from behind as I cling to Mr. Butler.
When we arrive he puts me down and pushes the door for us. The fairies and I went inside as Mr. Butler closed the door and awaits us outside. The female fairies soon undress me and motions me to go to the steamy pool which I comply obediently. I sigh as my tense muscles loosen up, ha~ the magic of steamy waters indeed.
The fairies soon put some scented oils which are not too strong because it will make my nose itchy. They also put some pink roses on the pool as the steamy pink hues, that were too light for me to actually see, were slowly becoming lighter and lighter until there were no pink steamy hues above it anymore. But instead, healthy looking petals covered the whole pool as the scent of it lingered through my nostrils.
soon after they were done bathing me as they start to wipe me dry with a cotton towel and dresses me up with a silky white dress with light blue lining that compliments each other as a blue ribbon was tied around the collar of my dress. A yawn escapes through my lips as we head towards the door which opens as soon as we are in front of it. Mr. Butler thanks the fairies as he soon pick me up as a sleepy yawn escapes through my lips again " Sleepy?" Mr. Butler asks which I nodded with sleepy eyes. " Can I please skip dinner? I want to sleep now" I said as I cling his shoulders and close my eyes to sleep. " You have to eat a bread first before you go to sleep, will that be okay young lady?" he said with a cooing tone '' can I also have a milk please?" I ask as I fight myself not to sleep.
" Yes young lady " he said as he walked to my room with two pieces of bread and a bottle of milk in a tray was suddenly on his hands. He opened the door with his magic as we went inside. Mr. Butler placed me on my bed as the tray was on my bedside. I took bread from the plate and ate it quietly as my mind wandered to the words and lectures that I had read earlier as soon after, I did not notice that I had already finished my meal.
" Settle your food first, young lady Aadya. And then you may sleep." he said as I nodded at him sleepily, not affected by the soft mattress beneath me as if telling me to lay down already. " Do you want me to read you a story, young lady?"
I shook my head sideways and motions for him to leave. He lessens the lighting in my room first as he bows at me in goodbye soon after, wishing me a goodnight as he closes the door. I upturned the hourglass and waited for it to finish to settle my food and as soon it times out I slump down my bed as the sleep overtook me. A lone tear escaped my eye as I missed the warmth of my parents, remembering the times we were together.
I slept through the cold night alone as I missed my parents, with a heavy and lonely heart, empty and dark. I was left until I am comfortable as I await tomorrow, hoping that my parents will come back before the day of my birthday ends.