"Ellie, You really should get back in bed where did you go?" Veronica was searching the hallways for her sister Elizabeth, after she had realized that she had snuck out of bed with talks of a Knight with Yellow hair. "Elizabeth where did you go!?"

Growing tired of worrying her sister Elizabeth came out from behind one of the large doors. "I'm right here Veronica."

"There you are! what are you doing out of bed? It's dangerous for us to roam the hallways at night."

" I told you...I was looking for the Holy Knight with Yellow hair."

"What are you talking about? A lot of them have Yellow hair, and I believe that hair color is actually called blonde."

"Not this knight. His Hair was Yellow and his eyes are as green as that jewel daddy showed me...what was it called...Emer...Emereeld?"

"You mean, as green as an Emerald?"

"THAT'S IT!" Elizabeth shouted and jumped up and down.

"SHHHH! Be quiet Ellie!" Veronica put a steady hand on her sister's shoulder and looked around to see if the guards were coming. "Why are you looking for him anyway?"

"Because I wanted to say thank you."

"Thank you? For what?" Veronica was now confused. She had never seen her sister talking to a Holy Knight. In fact Elizabeth was actually scared of them. Why would she all of a sudden want to go talk to one now...

"Well...I was mad at Daddy for telling me I couldn't go climb the tree...you know the big pretty one out in the Garden? So I didn't but I was really sad and mad at the same time. So..."

"That's why you didn't eat dinner..." Veronica remembers her sister pouting at the dinner table and when everyone was done it was time for bed, so basically...She went without dinner. "So I'm still not seeing why you want to thank the Holy knight?"

"He brought me food...and a cupcake...WITH SPRINKLES!"

"I said be quiet Ellie!" They began hearing footsteps come towards them and Veronica ran to the nearest curtain when she saw That Ellie was still in the Hallway she motioned for her to go hide and was about to speak when she suddenly saw someone walk up to her.

"Hello there young lady. Shouldn't you be in bed?" It was a knight wearing a helmet that looked kind of funny.

"I...I..." Apparently the Knight saw that she was getting scared that she would get into trouble so he took his Helmet off. Veronica saw that her sister was indeed telling the truth. He really did have Yellow Hair and his Eyes really did look like Emeralds. She also saw that her sister had relaxed and was happy to see that it was the person she was talking about. However, her happiness for her sister finding this knight quickly grew into worry when she saw this yellow haired man pick her sister up like he had permission to or like he already knew her. "I feel taller!"

The Yellow haired man laughed and when he did it seemed like even his eyes were smiling. "Someday I expect you to be much taller than me."

"Really!" Elizabeth smiled wide.

"Really, really."

"Hey can I ask you something Sir Knight?"

"Sure Elizabeth." This earned a shocked expression from both Veronica and Elizabeth. The reason why Veronica was shocked was because he didn't say 'Princess Elizabeth' He used her name so informally. The reason why Elizabeth was shocked was because he knew her name.

"Okay now I have two questions! How do you know my name and wasn't it you who brought me dinner?"

"Yes it was me who brought you dinner and don't worry I didn't cook it. I hope you never have to taste my cooking and if you do...it will probably be because there was nothing else."

She began jumping in his arms. "Yay thank you for bringing me food! I was looking for you to say thank you. The cook came to my room and took away my tray and he promised he wouldn't say anything to Daddy."

"Is that so?" He smiled at her.

"Yeah...OH! What about how you know my name?" Elizabeth's face lit up with curiosity and Veronica couldn't bring herself to interrupt this conversation. She had never seen her sister that happy.

"I'm a very old friend of your Daddy's."

"A friend of Daddy?"

He smiled at her, "That's right."

'Wait, if he's calling himself a friend of Daddy's...then that's the knight who is charged with overlooking Elizabeth's safety as his top priority...Which means she REALLY needs to get to bed!' Veronica came out from the curtain and grabbed Elizabeth's hand. "Come on Ellie we need to get back to bed. Thank you Sir Knight."

"No problem Princess Veronica. Good night you two."

"G-Goodnight..." 'So he WAS leaving the formality off of Ellie's name on purpose.'

Once they got to their room Veronica had sat Elizabeth down on her own bed and started asking her questions. "Do you know that Knight's name?"

"Nope." She said kicking her feet with a smile.

"Do you know why he gave you food?" Veronica started having a bad feeling about his conversation.

"Nope...maybe because he's kind?"

"How often have you seen him now..."

"I remember...I started seeing the Yellow haired knight walking around when I was three years old."

"And how old are you now?"

"I'm five years old almost six years old."

"Right...and you have no idea why you would see him that often?"

"Well now I know that he is Daddy's friend." Her smile got brighter and she plopped backwards further onto her bed.

"Daddy left him in charge of your safety. He is only following orders, understand?"

"No I don't understand..."

"Why not?" Even Veronica knew what it meant, at her age, for a Holy Knight to Follow orders.

"Because, Daddy has never been friends with a knight before. His only friends were other Kings and Queens from different countries...So that means the Yellow Haired Knight has to be someone special right?"

Veronica thought about it and Elizabeth was actually correct. Their father had never considered anyone in the palace a friend. He loved and respected everyone but to outright call them a friend...was different. He considered the people of Liones to be like his children that needed to be well taken care of. She never noticed until Elizabeth mentioned it, that he never considered anyone in the palace his friend. She wanted to know why. "You're right...but it's time to go to bed. You're playing with Gil tomorrow right?"

"Right! Goodnight Big sister." She turned over and quickly fell asleep.


The next day while Elizabeth was playing with Gil, Veronica decided she had to know why a Knight was considered her Daddy's friend and why he didn't call Elizabeth 'Princess Elizabeth.' She went to her Father's study and found him writing something down, when he suddenly looked up with a smile from ear to ear. "Hello Veronica, did you need something my dear?"

"Daddy...We saw a Yellow Haired and Green eyed knight last night...Apparently he brought Ellie some food and..."

"I told him only to bring her the cupcake as an apology..." He muttered under his breath but Veronica caught it.

"So...you do know him..."

"Yes he is one of my closest friends and I owe him a lot."

"He said he was your friend...but Why do you say he is your friend and no one else in the Kingdom?"

"Because I owe him that much. I could probably never repay all that he has given me. He saved my life and also Elizabeth's"

"Wait...How did he save Elizabeth's life? What happened!?" Veronica was now worried about what had happened to her sister.

"Your Sister Margaret knows this and I suspect you realized something at some point...You do know that she isn't actually blood to this family right?"

"I...kind of thought so...so what happened?"

"Meliodas Found her in a town that was left empty."

"What do you mean empty?"

"I mean that a few days before I arrived there were people living there and then when I arrived everyone was dead and practically ashes...Except for Elizabeth. I saw Melidoas pick something up and I was curious as to what it was so I sent some knights closer to him. He saw them coming closer and turned around with a baby wrapped in a blanket with blood on it...He held her like she was the most precious thing on this earth and he said something...rather Awkward at the time...Soon I realized what he meant and he apologized for it...but he found her and she didn't even have scratch on her. In fact...in all the destruction she was asleep when he found her. I came down off the hill and got off my horse. and I said 'Meliodas, what Happened here?' He gave me a horrific explanation which I pray you will never figure out...and I asked him if he planned to take care of the child. He said he wouldn't be able to because he no longer had anyone to care for the child with...and that he would give her to me on one condition..."

"What was it?"

"That I name her Elizabeth."

"Is that why he doesn't call her Princess Elizabeth?"

"That's right. HE is the only one besides you, your sister, your mother and I that don't have to call her Princess Elizabeth. He gave her, her name...He found her...and A day or two later he came up to my personal guards and asked them to let him watch over Elizabeth. They foolishly thought he meant babysitting her. He explained that he meant as a body guard...They then came to me with Meliodas and I granted him that permission. He has spoiled your sister rotten ever since. Such as bringing her a full meal." Veronica noticed her dad's face at that last comment and realized this...Meliodas, really was a friend of her Dad's.


Veronica woke up in her bed with sweat on the back of her neck. "Ellie..." She said as she woke up. Knowing her sister had gone to look for the Seven Deadly Sins and hoping that she found Meliodas first as she looks back on the dream she just had...


PLEASE REVIEW! Tell me what you thought of this chapter! I tried to make it sound like they were children but Veronica was a slightly more mature child. And thank you for enjoying it this far!