When they arrived at the Diamond Castle, Terra, Zircon, and Red just stood there staring at the castle's magnificent feature, they were amazed by its glorious shiny structure. Sapphire not so much.
Seeing a palace made of strong beautiful diamonds was extraordinary, they bet it was even more amazing inside. Sapphire on the other hand wasn't that impress, she's used to the castle's shiny appearance, although she is a little rusty of meeting the royals again, its been a while. "We better go inside, they're waiting for us" she said, breaking there gaze and waking them up to reality.
Terra, Red, and Zircon snapped out of it.
"Oh, right the meeting" said Terra, getting it together.
"Of course" said Zircon.
"Yeah, ready" said Red.
Before they went in Sapphire and Zircon did a quick review on Terra's preparations for meeting the royals.
"Okay Terra are you ready?" Zircon asked, with a motivated voice.
"I am" Terra answered, with a confident tone.
"Remember to be on your best behavior" Sapphire informed her "And if you feel like your powers are out of control again remember to just breath"
"Yes, like those breathing exercises we practiced. Just close your eyes and take a deep breath, it worked before on the Rebellion World"
"Don't worry I'm ninety-nine percent I can do this without making a scene. Let's do this!"
"That's what I'm talking about!"
"Hold it!" Sapphire halted them "One more thing Terra, you too Zircon and Red"
Zircon, Red and Terra immediately knew what Sapphire was gonna say to them.
"Right, we swear we will not reveal to the king and queen your 'identity'" Zircon promised her.
"Our lips are sealed" Red second it.
"I promise too" Terra third that oath.
"Good. Now let's go"
As the gates automatically opened for them they stepped in with awe. When they entered in the halls of the palace they couldn't believe their eyes, the palace was filled with all these mesmerizing fancy decors of art, sculptures, paintings, tapestries, potteries and so on. While they were walking towards the throne room, where the king and queen were waiting, they glanced at some of the fancy wares and high tech inventions.
Zircon saw statues of the most beautiful creatures made of amber gemstones. Seems like the royals respected my ideas, thought Zircon while gazing at the sculpted animals.
Red saw an advanced machine for making tapestries in a second called Jacquard loom, the machine is made of Pyrite gemstones. I don't know either that machine is genius or brilliant, thought Red while he quickly analyzed the parts and details of the machine's mechanism system, from afar, he didn't want his big sister to boss him like usual.
Sapphire was not interested in the new decorations, her eyes were focused on the royal chamber where the royals were waiting for the new visitor from Earth, she just wants to stay focus on the meeting and so should Terra.
And as for Terra she glanced at some paintings of the royal family, she even saw a big portrait of the king and queen with their daughter the princess of Galactica. Seeing that family portrait Terra rushed towards it to get a better look.
Sapphire opposed and called out to her "Terra get back here the throne room is this way!"
"Yeah, but I just wanna check something real quick, it won't be long!" Terra replied.
When she saw the picture of the princess up close she examined her appearance. She seems something of a princess from a Fairytale, except she's an alien. And yet she's actually beautiful.
Her skin color was fairytale pink, her hair was lemonade pink, her eyes were silver pink, her gorgeous gown was charm pink, and her shoes were carnation pink.
While she stared Sapphire woke her up from her thoughts and back to realization "Terra" she said.
Terra gasped "Ah, don't startle me like that."
"Sorry. What are you doing?"
"I'm just looking at the painting. Is that the princess?"
"Yes"
"You guys never told me her name, nor the king and queen's. What are their names?"
"The king's name is Galaxy and the queen's name is Galatea and the princess's name is Galexia. Satisfied!" Sapphire answered with a rush voice.
"Princess Galexia, now that's pretty"
"Terra the king and queen are waiting, we don't have time for this"
"Right, right"
Sapphire turned to Red and Zircon who are still looking around a bit more while waiting for them. "That goes for you too Red and Zirc" she commanded them like a captain.
"Yes ma'am" they replied like soldiers.
As they entered the throne room, with their best manners, a fine dressed maiden who is a servant to the king and queen, announced their names to the royals. "King Galaxy and Queen Galatea I present to you your guests Sapphire, Red, and Zircon and the newest visitor to our planet and galaxy Terra the human from the planet Earth."
Terra and Red looked at the king and queen for the first time ever, Sapphire and Zircon not so much.
King Galaxy's skin color was medium purple, his clothes were royal purple along with a purple (Munsell) cape, his hair and beard are purple (HTML/CSS color), his eye color is Orchid, and his shoes are Northwestern purple.
Queen Galatea's skin color is white pink, her fabulous gown is Imperial red with a touch of crimson, her stylish hair is Poppy red, her eye color is light red, and her shoes are fluorescent red.
Sapphire, Red, Zircon and Terra just stood there, all nervous, keeping their distance hoping the royals won't see them sweat. Terra's knees began to shake, in fact her shaking caused the diamond ceiling to crack a bit, it could crumble and fall apart. They calmed her down with their breathing exercises like they practiced.
Fortunately for them the royals are patient but not for long.
Queen Galatea kindly asked "Please step forward children so we can have a better look at you and your new... friend."
They did as they were told and marched towards them. Terra was no longer nervous, she felt confident which stop the ceiling from cracking. Hopefully they didn't saw that. The others felt better about this too. When they got closer they kneeled down bowing to them. The royals first spoke to Zircon before Terra, it has been so long since they saw her.
"We are so pleased that you've decided to return to Galactica, it has been so long since we last saw you" said Galatea, in a kind welcoming back tone.
"It is good to see you again Zircon" said the king, with a royal voice.
"Thank you your majesties" Zircon replied to them "It is good to be back to Galactica, I've seen that you have taken my artistic animal design idea to heart."
"Oh, indeed. We've considered your suggestion of creature designs would be a perfect touch to the palace, aren't these magnificent beasts just splendid, they are made of fresh amber from an ancient giving tree that brings us good luck to our world" said the queen, with a sweet smile.
Zircon understood right away why the king and queen really chose amber for the design, not just good luck for Galactica but also in hopes that one day their daughter would return. They hid their grief well but Zircon had to change the subject fast. "Honestly it's been so long since we've last met, I'm only staying here for a while, to help a friend of course" she presented them the human Terra.
Terra gave the royals a friendly smile, still kneeling along with her friends.
Galaxy and Galatea were intrigued by this earthling, they permitted them to stand up and they had an interesting conversation.
"So this is the human who lost her memory" said Galaxy in a friendly way.
"Yes your highness" replied Sapphire.
"What is your name earthling?" Galaxy asked the human.
"Terra your majesty" Terra answered with grace. "I hope this won't be too much trouble, an outsider from your hidden galaxy living in Galactica the center of your galaxy"
"Oh no not at all" Galatea assured her "You seem like a nice girl Terra, this could be a fascinating experience for our planet and galaxy. Isn't that right beloved"
"Indeed" the king agreed with his wife "Perhaps we could give this a chance, if you swear you will not expose our secret to your planet once you've succeeded your business and return home" he said with a serious look on his face.
"I can assure you I won't tell anyone" if Terra even knows anyone in her past life. "If you could help me restore my memories I would be deeply in your debt, and I promise I won't tell a soul of your incredible galaxy" she clasped her hands together in humble.
Galaxy and Galatea were impressed by Terra's manners.
"How noble and truthful"
"Such good posture. I see you had a good teacher" the queen looked at Sapphire, impressed with her teaching skills.
"Two good teachers your majesty" Terra admitted to them "If not with Zircon's behavior exercises and Sapphire's etiquette lessons I wouldn't be able to impress you."
"How generous and honest of you, you don't have to worry about that, we're already impressed just by meeting an actual human face to face" Galaxy said with polite manner. It's part of being the king.
"Yes we've seen images of humans but never in person" said Galatea "Are they all this... blank?"
"More or less your majesty" Terra answered.
"And as for you Sapphire, we haven't seen you around the palace since you've resigned your duties" said Galatea, feeling disappointed of Sapphire's withdrawment "You were such a good Lady Royal to our daughter."
What? Sapphire was a Lady Royal to the princess! Terra thought, her head was just screaming in shock to the mystery. This even surprised Red and Zircon, they didn't know about that.
Though unfortunately Terra's mind blown caused the ceiling to break again, but only this time it was a few more cracks and crumbs fell. Thankfully the royals still didn't noticed it but the kids did.
"Terra you've got to pull yourself together" Zircon whispered a bit loud to her, hoping the king and queen didn't hear her. "Even we're shocked at this."
"You know Sapphire keeps tons of secret she hasn't told us yet" whispered Red.
"She'll explain to us later but for now just stick to the plan" Zircon reminded her.
Right. Terra took a deep breath again and cleared her mind. The ceiling was still once more but the cracks remain.
Sapphire gave a speech "Your majesties I know how this looks, it's a shame for me to show my face to you in your castle long since the missing of your princess. Her disappearance has been hard on me as well, hard on all of us. But I come to you now to help this innocent lost earthling restore her memory, that's why I beg of you to lend me access to your most advanced supercomputer in our hidden galaxy so I can find clues in Earth's internet data which could give us information of her past life, which could bring back the memories of her life" Sapphire showed them her old wand.
The king and queen examined it, it appears to be in good condition and its still very functional.
"She will stay in our apartment, I will take care of her education here and take full responsibility of her" Sapphire continued "And I promise I will take good care of her."
"We will take good care of her" Red added to her speech, and he meant it along with Zircon.
Terra smiled at this moment with content. She felt like the luckiest girl in the universe to have such great friends who would help an outsider.
King Galaxy and queen Galatea were deeply moved by this pleasant moment so they will allow Terra to live in their world. They will allow Sapphire to use their powerful computer so long as she doesn't cause any problems.
"Very well then, you have our blessing" the king decreed "Terra can stay in our world, in our galaxy, and we will allow you to use our supercomputer so long as you don't cause any damage to this negotiation."
"I give you my word your highness" Sapphire promised. She is skilled with coding and hacking, she's certain nothing could go wrong in this deal.
In that moment the royals welcomed the human in open arms.
"Welcome to Galactica Terra" said Galatea.
"Welcome to the hidden galaxy" said Galaxy "But one should not wonder our galaxy without a crystal necklace."
The maiden presented the king the crystal necklace on a fancy pillow, a Galactanian necklace which is white but it will shine the true color of the person wearing it, it will make Terra part of this world. The king personally gave it to her.
Terra was holding that necklace in her hands speechless of what to say. "Wow, I really don't know what to say. Thank you."
"Why don't you put it on and see what color it will shine" advised the queen.
Terra took her advice to heart, also she doesn't wanna disobey a queen even though that was not an order, and put on the necklace. She took a deep breath hoping it would not hurt, but it didn't, the necklace actually shined the seven colors of a rainbow and what it shined the most for Terra is yellow. Terra's true color is yellow. She squealed with joy "Wow, this is amazing thank you so much" she wanted to give them a hug but then she remembered her etiquette and manners and just gave them a small bow in gratitude.
The king and queen were pleased.
"Well it looks like you four have much to do" said the king "And you Sapphire have a lot of work to do. Hop to it."
The kids smiled and bowed to them in gratitude for their time and blessing. As they walked away from the throne room breathing a sigh of 'that went well' relief, they heard the queen said to her servant "Haley would you please go fetch our construction workers to fix the ceiling in the throne room, there are strange cracks up there which is unusually strange because the entire palace is built out of strong diamonds."
By the way the servant maiden's name is Haley.
Sapphire, Red, Zircon and Terra were stunned by this. They immediately speed walked out of that chamber hoping they wouldn't figure out it was Terra's accidental doing.
When they were out of the chamber, out of the palace they sat down on the stairs catching their breath from all that pressure meeting.
"They know" said Terra, breathing hard.
"So much for good first impressions" said Red, too emotionally tired from that royal meeting.
"Quiet, they had no idea it was Terra so we're in a clear" said Sapphire who was also aware of the situation. "What's important now is that we've pulled it off with this meeting, we have access to the supercomputer, now all I have to do is upload all of Earth's internet information data to our world then we'll find out of Terra's backstory. It's guaranteed to work."