"Your majesty! You must return the palace at once!" a woman with rose colored cheeks said as she jumped off the bird mid-flight. She rushed over to the girl and kneeled before her before she started nagging again for her to return.
"Minerva, you don't need to be so frantic over something like this," the girl smiled kindly at the woman. "The birds had been tired for the past days that they didn't hear the bell ring, and so I woke them up and saw for myself who came to our little kingdom."
"It was not your responsibility, my queen," the woman said. "I should have been more alert to the bell's ringing. I deserve to be punished, your majesty. You may do whatever you want with me."
"Don't be so silly, Minerva," the Eastern Queen giggled. "Come now, rise my dear and do me a favor of escorting our visitors."
