just as faes said they had dinner in their chamber and then faes dismissed everyone saying she was going to sleep. when sky's maid emma wanted to feed sky with the milk they prepared faes refused right away. she was still not going to let anyone feed sky other than her. even when they had sworn their loyalty to her, they were still new and unknown to faes.
when everyone was gone faes took sky in her space where they stayed the night and faes told kai everything that happened in the day. it seem to have become a routine for faes now and it came naturally as if faes had known kai for her whole life. faes even told kai that she doesn't think everyone will accept her as their princess but was assured by him that everything will be alright.
as faes began to feel sleepy and sky was already asleep kai carried them both to their room again and tucked them in.
next day faes and sky got ready even before anyone can come to their chamber to wake them up. faes and sky were both ready to attend aiden's funeral wearing all black clothes and they were sitting in the living area reading a book together as faes was trying to teach sky some words.
the door opened and their butlers and maids came in only to get shocked when they saw that faes and sky were already up and ready. they thought that they were late and directly bowed and apologized.
faes felt her head ache watching them as she sighed.
"its not your fault don't worry! we are used to get up early and meditate. i think its my fault that i didn't told that to you before!" faes said only then the maids and butlers calmed down.
"and uh its fine if you come at this time, i don't want others to loose their sleep because of me. i actually don't do much at this time anyways" faes shrugged leaving the butler and maids speechless.
"ahem! your highness the funeral of his majesty king aiden shadowdragon de reptiliance is arranged after breakfast, queen nuri asked that she would like for your highness and her highness princess sky to be present at breakfast as his majesty king ladon have something important to discuss" elijah said bowing.
"alright lets go! sky have already had her breakfast as she was hungry so you don't have to prepare her breakfast"
faes nodded and then left the chambers walking again in the maze of hallways before arriving at the dining hall. only blake was present there while others were still coming. the butlers and guards waited outside while the maids came in and stood at a side. faes sat in a seat near blake while sky was in her lap.
"good morning big brother blake hope you had good sleep" faes greeted blake who smiled at her in return
"good morning little faes, sky" blake nodded just as prince adrain came in and took his seat opposite of blake and faes.
"good morning your highness crown prince adrian" faes greeted but didn't ask him if he had a good night sleep or not, because he clearly didn't. adrian had dark circles under his eyes and he clearly either cried or was up whole night.
"good morning your highness princess faes, please just call me brother adrian no need for the formalities, we are family now" adrian replied in his tired voice.
"you can also call me faes big brother adrian" faes said
"not to sound offensive or disrespectful princess faes but i have some queries that i want to ask" adrian said sighing. faes was already expecting this so she just nodded her head. sky was sitting on the table as she stood and slowly walked towards adrian with her tiny steps.
though she cant walk properly sky was still trying her best to walk and have successfully walked in front of adrian. she made a little sound which sounded like a greeting or she was asking adrian to pick her up. when everyone saw that they cant help but smile at sky's cuteness.
"hello little one do you want me to pick you up from there?" adrian asked to which sky nodded. adrian smiled and picked sky up holding her carefully as she snuggled in his arms and closed her eyes to rest from her exhausting walk from before.
faes grinned as she sensed sky's relief. 'looks like sky liked adrian and feel safe with him' faes thought but this only made her happy. as sky was her sister but not by blood, sky was getting close to her real family and that was a good thing.
adrian watched as sky fell asleep in his arms and his expression changed. he have never held a child before much less having a child fall asleep in his arms. unsure of what to do he glanced at faes who was smiling at him. though her face was mostly hidden adrian can read her expression as satisfied and happy.
"don't worry brother adrian sky likes you and feel secure with you hence she came to you for resting she will get up in a while. if you are uncomfortable i can hold her for you" faes said still smiling.
adrian heard faes and then glanced at the little dragon in his arms. watching the two sisters now made him feel like he needed to protect them. they were feeling safe with just his presence and he have to make sure that they will stay safe at all times. they were both his sisters and he was their older brother, its his responsibility to keep them safe and happy.
adrian somehow felt possessive over faes and sky, specially sky who was so tiny in his arms sleeping soundly.
"its alright princess sky can sleep in my lap for all the time she wants" adrian said as he gently placed sky in his lap without waking her up.
"his majesty king ladon and her majesty queen nuri are here" a butler announced and then the king and queen entered.
faes and blake stood up bowing slightly while adrian just nodded in greeting as sky was sleeping in his lap and he cant get up.
"good morning your majesty king ladon, good morning aunt nuri" faes greeted after blake and adrian.
"good morning princess faes, you can just call me uncle ladon no need for formalities in family" king ladon said as he and nuri took their seats.
the maids began to bring the breakfast and serve it to everyone. faes was not shocked to find all kind of dishes for breakfast as she was in a palace. while the breakfast was being served the king began talking
"princess faes i wanted to ask some questions that are disturbing me" the king said to which faes nodded
"i will answer all your questions as best as i can uncle ladon, brother adrian" faes mentioned adrian because he too wanted to ask some questions to her.
"but i believe most of them have to wait till after papa's funeral" faes added.
"papa?" nuri asked confused
"its king aiden i call him papa" faes cleared
"yes you are right but there is one thing i wanted to ask before the funeral" ladon said to which faes nodded
"when the news was given out the whole kingdom was shocked and sad, grieving their former king. they were also regretting that they were not able to see him for a last time. i was wondering if big brother's body can be present in his funeral" ladon spoke slowly
"i respect the citizen's wishes and i will surely fulfill it as i also wanted the same thing to happen" faes replied
hearing faes reply ladon and others relaxed. at least they will be able to see aiden for one last time. they had thought that as aiden had planned to give his body and queen luna's body to faes and sky, faes would not have let them even see him one last time but now hearing faes they began to know that faes was not as the rumors made her be. the rumors said that she was weak, ugly, selfish, arrogant, typical spoiled princess who doesn't have any powers or common sense.
but now that they are in front of the princess they realised that the reality is far from the truth. the princess faes in front of them was well behaved, kind hearted, proper princess that knows what is right and what is wrong. though she was wearing a mask that covers most of her upper face they can tell she was beautiful, her voice was pleasing to hear and she wasn't arrogant or selfish. the faes in front of them was the real princess faes that no one knows anything about in the whole world.