Azura felt like she was about to puke , the moment they stepped into the Empress's waiting room all you could smell was cinnamon and lavender , two of the strongest sents not ment to mix together. Azura could see the Chiefs and his men trying to keep their faces from scrunshing up in disgust.
When the Empress turned around she was stunned to see a younger version of her and her husband mixed together infront of her , the empress was never an ugly lady, she was one of the most beautiful women in the empire. With white hair and blue eyes. She just had a weird fragrance problem.
"David what is the meaning of this who is she , why , why does she look like my dead daughter. " the Empress felt sick to her stomach " my love this is Azura , she was never dead , she was kidnapped " the Emperor walked to his wife and rubbed her sides as he gestured toward Azura to let her speak.
"Mother , I am Azura Yeu , i am your daughter , i use to pick flowers in the garden and scattered them around your room to make it look pretty , your always scolded me but never threw them away you always placed them in a jar on your vanity" Azure told her mother , the only person she would really get close to , but still not trust. She may have missed her mothers love , but she would never trust her mother for she would tell her father everything.
The Empress felt tears fall from her face as she looked at the girl infront of her this was her daughter , her baby girl , rushing out of her husband's arms she hugged her daughter, crying into Azura's shoulder .
Azura had to make herself cry to seem like she was also emotional, this was tiresome "Im getting sick of all this crying , i want to rip my ears out " Anox was annoyed with this constant sound "I feel the same buddy , i feel the same "
"Ooh Azura mother has missed you , come let us go tell the maids to prepare you a bath , your room is still untouched, mother had it cleaned up every week. , i could not fathoms the idea of cleaning the room out and replacing everything. I guess i made the right decision , my baby princess is home " ass they walked into the main hallway azura turned her mothers voice out as she looked at the family portrait that was painted when she just turned 15.
Her face was full on smiling , her father looked younger and her mother too , her younger brother looked like he wanted to be anywhere but there.
Her younger brother.
He would be 21 this winter , he was always protective of azura even if he was a year younger than her. " Azura ? Darling are you alright ? " Azura turned around and looked at her mother's worried gaze " Where is Elliot " Azura asked mer mother bluntly.
The Empress felt hot as her cheeks burned red woth all the smiling she has been doing . " Your brother would be returning in two hours , right before lunch time. He had been going around the empire for the past 6 years looking for you, he always belief you were never dead, we should of believed him, he always did have a special connection to you " her mother continued talking and signaled the maids somewhere as Azura followed her down the west wing into her room she grew up in .
"I have a few dress you could wear for now untill we get yours sized for you , i asked the servants to bring them to your room , seeing as we are almost the same size" Azura looked at her mother they were indeed almost the same size , only difference is Azura was taller and a bit bigger in the brest department and she was a bit more curved than her mother.
"Alright mother , thank you " Azura lowered her head in thanks as she looked around the room, the wals were the same light gold, her bed the same rose gold color , everthing was still the same.
Aster all this time she never expected she would be back so soon , what about the marriage her father set her up with ? Will he still continue through with it now ?
"Mother before you go , I um I dont want to be pushing but can I have time to get use to everything, before father gives me away to the man i was supposed to marry , please mother " holding her mothers hads she let tears weld up in her eyes as she frowned hoping it would fool her mother.
She needed time to terminate this marriage contract. And only her mother could convince her father. She had to try her luck.
Gripping her daughters hands Clementine could not bare to have her daughter be taken away so soon again"I promise you that i will not let your father go through with that arrangement. Mother promises you my darling. Now get ready and let the servants help you." She patted her daughters hands and kissed her cheek as she turned around to go talk to her husband.
Azura looked at her mothers retreating figure and let out a sigh as she watched four servants enter the room and bowwig there head to her " Greetings princess , we will be helping you today , please follow us to the bathing room we have prepared for you." One of them said as the lifted their head and made way for Azura.
They all seemed well mannered and loyal to their duties. This was a good thing. Azura followed them to the bathing room across form her room. The place was filled with steam coming from the big bath in the middle of the room.
Three maids stayed outside as they let the one incharge of the bathouse in.
"Let me help you princess " before Azura could protest the maid was already taking her cloak off , but stopped mid way with a scream. Right infront if her was a snake , a terrifying white snake.
" princess theres a snake in your cloak , please move away !!" The maid that scream scouted at the princess . " Calm down this is my spiritual beast , he won't harm you " Azura tried to calm the frightened girl as she let Anox slither onto her shoulder.
The maid calmed down a little but still kept her distance. " If it makes you uncomfortable you can go wait outside ill take my bath and call you when im done " Azura was amused by this , she thought having Anox as a smaller animal would be less of a fuss but seemed like she was wrong.
The maid didn't think twice before bowing and runing out the room to go wait outside with the rest of the maids. " Whats the matter why did you scream Lilly?" The others asked the frightened girl.
"Miss has a spiritual beast thats a snake , so just a heads up if you see it " Lilly told the other girls as they stood outside the room while Azura bathed.
Half an hour later Azura was lead to her room in a robe with Anox on her shoulder. The maids walking behind ther Miss looked at the big snake in wonder and fear. They never saw a spirit beast before, this was the first time , so naturally they were keeping their distance.
Once they entered the princesses room they they waited next to the door for orders. "Miss you have an hour and a half before the prince comes home." Lilly informed Azura who was busy looking at the dresses her mother picked out laying on her bed.
"Ah thank you ..? " Azura trailed of as she looked at the maid for a name " Im Lilly , im in charge of your bath house , princess." Lilly said as she smiled at the princess . She was a cute blond girl with sharp features"Thank you Lilly, and who are the rest of you ?" Azura smiled lightly at the girls infront of her as she let slither onto her pillow .
"This pillow is very soft , i like it " Anox nodded his head in approval. Azura just shook her head as she listened to Lilly talk " This is Zoe, she's in charge of your make-up and jewelry," she pointed to a black haired girl with soft features.
"This is Tilda , she is in charge of helping you with your clothes , and this is Mary , she's in charge of doing your hair . There are other servants that help us but they only come when they are needed " Tilda was a small tiny looking red head , while Mary looked like a teddy bear with her brown curls.
"You all are beautiful. I hope for you to stay by my side," Azura was right, they all looked pretty , like dolls , with cute faces. The four girls blushed as they thanked Azura. "Alright lets get me ready then " she laughed at the blushing girls and turned back to picking a dress to wear.
An hour and twenty-five minutes have past and Azura was ready , her hair was flowing down her back with the top part braided into beautiful braides and tied into a loose bun , hair pins decorated her head , for her makeup she had nothing but a bit of lip oil on , making her lips look brighter and more plump.
She wore a wine colored dress that fitted snug around her waist after a few adjustments, it flowed down her legs like water, luckily the dress was long enough that it just covered her red heals .
With a ruby necklace around her neck and a few rings on her fingers she looked like a goddess, her beautiful face was enchanted. "You look like a goddess princess " the maids praised the princess as they looked at her holding their cheeks .
"Its all thanks to you all for dolling me up like this , so thank you ." She smiled at them as she walked to the bed and picked Anox up , the snake protesting as he was taken way from his pillow , "Ooh hush you reptilian, we have to go now " Placing him on her shoulder she tuned out his annoying protects.
"Alright girls, show me the way. Bring the red pillow for Anox with you Mary. " Mary wanted to refuse but kept quite.
Azura was nervous , she was going to see her brother for the first time in six years.
While Azura was walking out of her room her brother was already seathed at the table. He was already puzzled the moment he walked in and there was an extra plate next to his seat "Elliot before we begin , there is some we would liek you too see ," His mother told him the moment he sat down. With a sigh i closed his eyes and said " If this is another attempt to put me on a blind date with some girl its not going to work mother !" He was frustrated.
Just as he finished shouting Azura walked into the room "Thats not the way i taught you to speak to our mother you turtle," Azura looked at her brother in disappointment, has his manners ben fed to the dogs?
Elliot was a handsome man , Dark hair , deep blue eyes , sharp features, strong body , everything a girls dreamed of , but it seemed like he lacked a bit in manners.
Elliot knew that voice , he longed to hear it since the day his siter disappeared, and he was is disbelief with who stood infront of him . His mother smiled at him" Elliot is this the way you greet your elder sister after shes been gone for so long " his mother teased him.
His sister , his big sister was in front of hom , he never thought that he would ever be able to see her again , he searched everywhere for her everyday ,hoping to find her. Yet here she stood in front of him.
"Zura?" His voice trembled as she stood up from his chair , he felt she would disappear again if he looked away. "Yes your turtle who else would it be ?" Smiling at him she opened her arms , without hesitation he ran up to her and droped down into her arms , his sister was home , his big sister.
Anox was handed to Mary before they entered the dining hall , he layed on the pillow and looked at Mary with his big blue eyes, Mary refused at first , but agreed ofter she looked at Anox's cute face. Who knew a snake could be so cute??"
The servants in the room would of never believed someone if they told them the prince was crying like a baby in his sisters arms if they have not witnessed it themselves in this moment. Their adult prince was crying like a lost little boy in the arms of his older sister.
"Zura i knew you weren't dead i knew it , you're here . Im sorry i couldn't protect you. Im so sorry " he held her tighter as he cried, the familiar sent of Chocolate overwhelmed his senses as he basked in the smell of his sister.
At that moment he promised to never let her go. Promising to go against their father if his intentions were aiming to harm her , scratch that if anyone wanted to harm her.
His sister was back and nobody would take her away this time.