"What is it?" asked Maddie in confusion as she looked at the strange object that Clove gave both she and Annie.
"Maddie, don't be mean, can't you see it's a bracelet?" asked Annie as she looked at Maddie and spoke to her telepathically as Maddie scoffed.
"It's a bracelet, I made it myself, and I also inscribed your names on them" replied Clove with a smile as Maddie looked at the green bracelet in her hand.
"We see that Clove, thank you" said Annie as she smiled.
"I just wanted to give you both something, since we just met, and I am so happy to meet you both" said Clove as she smiled and Annie smiled.
"Thank you Clove, we really appreciate this, right Maddie?" asked Annie as she looked at Maddie and she smiled, it looked like she had to do a little bit of pushing to make Maddie react in the appropriate way.
"Right" said Maddie as Clove looked at her with expectancy.
"The colours, did you choose them on random or?" asked Maddie as she was curious.
"Oh I thought that green suits you well Maddie, and purple looks good on you Annie" said Clove as she smiled.
"Right…" said Maddie.
"Oh Maddie, I hope that we can be really close, I mean, we are the only ones of our family left… wait, don't jump into conclusions Clove, where are your parents Maddie?" asked Clove as she smiled.
"Well long gone and dead" said Maddie.
"Just like mine, my papa and mama unfortunately died as well, so I feel really close to you since we are family" said Clove as she smiled sadly.
"I really hope that we can be close, since you don't seem to like me that much" said Clove as she smiled and Maddie looked at Annie as Annie nodded and Maddie sighed.
"No it's not that Clove, I'm not just used to these kind of things, but thank you" said Maddie as she looked at Clove and Clove smiled.
"Oh I understand you Maddie, when you have been alone for such a long time, it's hard to adapt to being with people, but I hope that we can try, I am just so happy to have my cousin with me" said Clove as she smiled and Maddie nodded.
"Can I hug you Maddie?" asked Clove as she smiled, she decided to ask since she did not want to impose in Maddie's personal space, Maddie didn't seem like a hugger, but she was, and she knew that she needed to adjust.
Maddie looked at Annie as Annie urged with a nod that she go on with the flow, to which Maddie sighed and she looked at Clove.
"You can" said Maddie as Clove smiled and she hugged Maddie.
"Thank you" said Clove with a smile as she hugged Maddie, and Maddie had to admit, did this was being hugged feel like? It just felt so warm.
Maddie felt weird when she felt some kind of surge of electricity flow through her as Clove broke their hug and she pulled away.
"Oops sorry" said Clove as she smiled sheepishly and she took a step back.
"What was that?" asked Annie as she felt some kind of change in the atmosphere.
"Oh I'm sorry, I always forget to be in control at all times" said Clove as she laughed.
"What do you mean?" asked Annie as Clove looked at her.
"Oh well I have this kind of power, I know things about people either by thinking about them, or touching them, it's kind of weird to explain, but I can see things about them" said Clove.
"See as in know secret details?" asked Annie as Clove nodded.
"Just like that" said Clove as she nodded.
"Wow that's… something" said Annie as Maddie already knew that about Clove, but she didn't really know at the same time, she guessed that Clove's power was what made Azazel keep her by his side for so long.
"Clove is your power genetic?" asked Annie as she was curious.
"Hmm, well I don't know, I'm not sure, I don't have any children yet" said Clove as she laughed and Maddie did not know why, but she felt her heart prick when she heard Clove say she had no children.
"But my Papa didn't have this power, and neither did my Mama, so I doubt it's genetic, but I would love to have children and see if it is" said Clove as she laughed.
"So what did you see about Maddie?" asked Annie.
"Oh she's hiding something, I just don't know what, Maddie what are you hiding?" asked Clove as she looked at Maddie and she laughed.
"I'm not hiding anything" said Maddie as she replied and Clove just smiled at her, she didn't mind that Maddie was lying to her.
"Okay" said Clove with a smile.
"Where do you think you are going?" asked Maddie as she popped into Annie's head as Annie was backing away slowly.
"I don't want to get exposed by your mother Maddie" replied Annie.
"Oh no you don't, you are not going to escape and leave me here with her, her staying here was your idea, so we are both staying here Annie!" replied Maddie.
"Alright, alright fine" said Annie as she sighed, this thing really blew up in her face this time.
"If I'm staying, you need to talk to her some more, get to know her more" said Annie.
"Whatever" said Maddie as Clove walked to her bed and she laid it the way she wanted.
"So Clove, what are things you like, and what do you like doing?" asked Annie as if Maddie wasn't going to ask her mother questions, she would do it for her.
"Oh many things, I love flowers, I love animals, they are so cute, and I also love serving my realm, helping others, helping people" said Clove as she smiled and Maddie scoffed internally, that was not the Clove that she knew.
"And what about you Annie, what do you love doing?" asked Clove as she smiled and she looked at Annie.
"Well I love reading, and archery" said Annie as she smiled.
"That's nice Annie, and what about you Maddie? What do you like to do?" asked Clove as she looked at Maddie and she smiled.
"Nothing really" said Maddie.
"Are you sure?" asked Clove.
"Well I do love sword fighting" said Maddie.
"Oh that's so good, how good are you?" asked Clove as she smiled and Maddie sighed, this just felt so weird, seeing someone that was supposed to be dead here standing right in front of her, and she just didn't know what to think.
"I'm decent" said Maddie.
"That's still nice" said Clove as she smiled.
"Yes, mhmm, I just remembered that I have to do something, see you later, Annie see you at dinner" said Maddie as she put the bracelet on her bed.
"Okay" said Annie as Maddie walked out the room and she closed the door behind her.
"Annie, I don't think that Maddie likes me at all, and I don't want to you know force myself on her" said Clove as Annie looked at her.
"No, no, it's not like that at all, that's just how Maddie is, she just needs time, that's all, time to get used to you" said Annie.
"You really think so?" asked Clove as Annie smiled and she nodded.
"I know so, in fact, you two just need to spend more time together" said Annie as she smiled.
"You can come and have dinner with us, so I can introduce you to everyone" said Annie as she smiled.
"Thank you for that offer Annie, but I don't want to intrude, I know Maddie won't like it if I'm there" said Clove.
"No, no Clove, she won't say anything like that, you don't have to worry" said Annie.
"I know Annie, but I just don't want to make her feel uncomfortable, you don't need to worry about me, I actually have to go to my orientation of my new duties, just to get that out of the way" said Clove as she smiled.
"Oh well okay" said Annie as she smiled sadly.
"Yes, but thank you for inviting me Annie" said Clove as she smiled and Annie smiled at her, she could see that Clove was a very nice person, if only Maddie could see that too, but Annie knew it would take a long time.
"You are welcome, and thank you once again for the bracelet it's actually in my favourite colour" said Annie as she smiled.
"I am glad that you like it, I just took a guess, is Maddie's bracelet in her favourite colour as well?" asked Clove as she smiled.
"It is" said Annie as she smiled and Clove smiled.
"Well I have to go now, see you later Annie" said Clove as she smiled happily at Annie.
"See you" said Annie as she smiled and Clove walked out of the room.