"Mother, what are you thinking about" Riley asked Sarah who was sitting in front of a flowerpot "oh, it's nothing son. The pink rose I love so much has withered" she said "I was just thinking how to get another one, it's a rare type of rose" she added "oh, don't worry mother, I'll get another one for you" Riley said to her "thanks son" she said smiling sweetly at him "wow, your smile looks much more gorgeous today" he said and winked at her "don't start again you naughty boy, go get my rose" she said to him smiling "sure, I'll be back soon most beautiful bride" he said and quickly disappeared before she could say anything else. "That naughty son of mine" she said and shook her head with a chuckle.
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Riley appeared in a garden-like field in the flower realm, the place was filled with different of flowers which he had never seen before "I wonder why mother loves flowers so much" he said and smiled "it's good the flower queen permitted me to take what I need, I don't know what I'll tell mother" he soliloquized and shook his head.
After walking around for a while, he spotted a pink rose from a distance, it was just like the one Sarah had but it was a little different. This one was glittery and looked brighter than Sarah's old one. He walked up to it and smiled, "mother, I got you a better and more beautiful one" he said and bent to uproot it from the ground, but the moment he touched it, pink rays of magic pushed him back with force, though it was weak compared to his strength, he wasn't expecting it so he was pushed a few miles back. He regained his balance and was about to remove his sword from its sheath when he noticed the rose taking a human form, he stopped midway but didn't remove his hands from the sword and watched the flower change form in front of his eyes.
He was astonished when the rose completely took the form of girl wearing pink robe with floral designs on it, her waist length black hair was swaying left and right and her large eyes which were sparkling complimented her heart-shaped red lips and pointed nose. Her robe hung to her upper body down to her waist showing her slim figure. Riley was still staring at her with awe when she approached him and spoke up "I'm sorry mister, did I hurt you?" came her sweet feminine voice which broke him out of his shock. "Uh no, you didn't. I'm okay" he replied her "I'm sorry, I didn't know the rose was a person, I wanted to take it to my mother" he said "she had one of that kind before but it withered, so I wanted to get a new one for her" he added.
"Oh, it's okay" she said and smiled revealing cute dimples on both her cheeks and Riley was again left in awe "thank you" he said. "Anyway I'm Maya, what's your name" she said still smiling "I'm Riley miss" he said politely and she chuckled "it's okay you can call me Maya" she said "you don't seem like you're from the flower realm" she asked "no I'm not, I'm from the heaven realm but I live close to the flower realm" Riley replied and was questioning himself inside as to why he was giving her such information, because he has never for once had a conversation this long with any woman except Sarah.
"Oh, I see" she said then closed her eyes and raised both her hands to her chest level and something started forming in between them. After a while, she opened her eyes and stretched her right palm which had a rose petal floating on it to Riley "This is a petal of my true body, you can give it to your mother" she said smiling "I'm sorry you couldn't get a full rose, my type is a rare one and they only grow once in fifty years" she added "no wonder mother was quite sad when it died" he said "Thanks so much, mother would really appreciate this" he added. "You're welcome mister Riley" she said still smiling revealing her cute dimples "you can just call me Riley" he said and for the first time in his life smiled to a woman who wasn't his mother, "okay Riley" she replied him "I'll take my leave then" he said to her "okay bye" "bye" he said then disappeared from the place "he's so handsome" she said to herself smiling and then disappeared to her place leaving only pink smoke which soon dissipated into the atmosphere.
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"Ava, Ava, Ava!!!" Maya squealed the moment she appeared to her place which she shared with her best friend Ava. "Gosh Maya, do you want to deafen me" Ava asked her frowning as she came out of their little place which was decorated with green tree vines and flowers of different color "guess what" she said "what, I can't guess" Ava said "I saw a really handsome man today" she said "he is from the heaven realm and he came here to take a rose of my kind but met me instead" she added "really, did you talk to him" Ava said now interested in Maya's talk "yes, he's nice, calm tall and very handsome" she said twirling a few strands of her hair.
"Did he tell you his name?" Ava asked "yes, his name is Riley" she said "would you summon me the next time you meet him if I'm not there with you" Ava asked with cute eyes "on one condition my dear friend" Maya said still twirling her hair "you have to do some of my work for me at the queen's palace and you have to share with me whatever chief Diana gives you" she added "what, no way" Ava yelled "then forget it" she said and was about to go inside when Ava quickly held her back "okay I will, but promise you'll summon me" Ava said "I promise you my dear friend, have I ever lied to you" she said and placed her left arm around Ava's shoulder "no" Ava replied shaking her head "good, now let's go to the sacred floral lake, I want to play there" she said and Ava looked at her friend with disbelieving eyes.
'This friend of mine, you just went to peace garden to play with other flowers and now you want to go to the floral lake again' Ava thought in her head and just shook her head with her over playful and joyful friend. "First one to get there takes the bigger portion of whatever chief Diana gives you" Maya said and started running towards the direction where the sacred lake is, laughing loudly "what, you..." Ava said and started running after her friend while shouting out her name.
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"Mother, I'm back" Riley called out to his mother when he arrived back home but got no reply "mother, I'm here with your rose" he said and again got no reply then he decided to go check her inside, the moment he took a step, Sarah appeared in front him with a flash and he staggered backward with surprise "mother, you…" he said with a frown "welcome back son" Sarah said laughing hysterically at her son's reaction. "Where's my rose" she asked after a few minutes of laughing, Riley at first didn't want to give her the petal as payback for teasing him, but decide to after seeing her expectant eyes "here, mother" he stretched his palm out and showed her the petal which was floating on it.
"Just a petal?" Sarah asked and her smile disappeared "I'm sorry mother, but I couldn't find that kind of rose" he said "so where did you get this petal from" Sarah inquired "I actually saw one but it took the form of a woman and she explained that her kind only grows once in fifty years, so she gave me a petal of her true body to give you" he explained "you mean a Vivory rose gave you a petal of her true body?" she asked with wide eyed "yes, is anything wrong" Riley asked with creased brows "every petal of a Vivory rose is sacred to them and if they give it to anyone, it means that person means a lot to them" Sarah explained "she gave me because I told her you lost the one you had and you're pained by it" Riley said "is that so, or there's something else hmm" Sarah said winking at her son "leave me alone mother" he said smiling and rushed to his bedchamber.