Angelica yawned and cracked her eyes open. She sat up and stretched her arms above her head, for the first time in her life not hearing any uncomfortable pops or cracks.

Knock knock.

She furrowed her brow, wondering who would be knocking at her door first thing in the morning. "Come in."

"Good morning, Angelica!" Maurice pushed the door open and brought in a tray of fruit and water. "Sleep well?"

"I did, yes." She frowned as Maurice set the tray on the table next to her bed. "What's all this?"

Maurice blinked at her. "Breakfast. You're our guest, and technically of royal relation so we must treat you as well as we treat his majesty."

Angelica smiled awkwardly. "You didn't have to bring me breakfast, Maurice. But I appreciate it, thank you," she picked up the bowl of fruit and looked at it curiously. "What is this?"

"Mangoes, pok pok berries, breadfruit, lychee, and plum. Is there something wrong?" Maurice cocked his head. "If there's something wrong, I can-"

"No, no, there's nothing wrong, it's lovely. It's just…" Angelica picked up a piece of breadfruit. "Back home, breadfruit and plum is reserved for royal consumption only."

"Well, here it's not. It's open to everyone," Maurice grinned. "Including you. Once you're finished, king Julien would like to see you. Clover and I think you might be able to help him get something done around here that isn't partying."

Angelica nodded. "Thank you, I'll be there in a few moments."

—

"I don't understand, Maurice," Julien hung off his throne, his arms stretched towards the ground. "Why would she send someone else? If I were going to be a kingly presence somewhere, I would go myself. I like Angelica, but it's all just so confusing."

"Anya didn't come because she didn't care, your majesty," Angelica stepped into the room. "Forgive my interruption, but she didn't care to see your kingdom nor care to form an alliance by possibly wedding you. Anya lives in her own little world and anyone that isn't her doesn't matter."

Julien looked appalled for a moment before jumping up to sit on his throne properly. "Me? Not mattering?" He held a hand to his chest. "That's the most ridiculous thing ever! I'm very important!"

"I believe her exact words were; 'you go see the filthy commoner's kingdom. Nothing can be as grand as Lemia, especially made by a bunch of Julien kings. Stay there for all I care, it's below me.'" Angelica sighed. "Those were her words. To be fair, Lemia is quite a sight," Angelica shrugged. "But, this kingdom knows how to enjoy themselves. Anya doesn't. Everyone there just works all day and then goes to bed. Sleep, eat work. Rinse and repeat. It's kinda boring."

Julien gasped. "No parties? No trampolines? Water slides?"

Angelica shook her head. "None."

"You poor lemur!" He jumped down off his throne and took her by the shoulders. "No wonder you're so weird about dancing. You don't know fun!" He set a hand on top of her head and pulled her close. "You've been denied such basic pleasures of life as water slides."

"Uh…" Angelica looked between Clover and Maurice, seeing their surprised looks. "Sure, your majesty. Could you, um, let go of me now?"

"Oh, you're right, yes," Julien pushed himself away. "This must be fixed at once! I must show you the royal water slides! Come, Angelica! Find what you've been missing your whole life!" He took her by the wrist and lead her outside.

Clover and Maurice exchanged a worried look.

"They get along well, so far," Maurice shrugged. "Angelica seems like a level headed person. Maybe she'll rub off on Julien a bit."

Clover snorted. "Yeah, right. Julien, level headed. Sure, Maurice. I'm just worried he'll screw this alliance up and start another war. We should probably follow him before he gets himself or Angelica hurt."

"Agreed."

—

"Welcome, to the best time of your life!" Julien rubbed his paws together as he and Angelica stood at the top of the water slide. "You gotta try it Angie, come on!" Julien jumped onto the slide screaming with delight as he went down, landing gracefully in the water at the bottom. "Come on, Angie! Try it!" The king shouted from the bottom.

Angelica looked at the wooden structure cautiously. She carefully put one foot on it, and went to put the other one on but slipped and ended up going face first down the slide. She screamed in fear as the end approached. She closed her eyes so she wouldn't see the rock she was likely going to collide with and… found herself meeting with fur rather than cold rock. Angelica opened her eyes and looked up, finding herself in the arms of king Julien himself. "Uh… your majesty?"

Julien blinked, seeming to realize what he was doing. "Oh, uh, Angie. That was dope, right?" He laughed nervously, setting her in the water and folding his hands behind his back.

"Yeah, sure. That was pretty… terrifying, not gonna lie," Angelica looked back at the slide. "I'd like to try again without slipping this time."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Julien grinned. "Let's get back up there!"

Clover and Maurice watched the two in a bit of confusion. "Did king Julien just catch her?" Clover asked, looking down at Maurice.

"I think he did. He never does that… for anyone!" Maurice rubbed his chin. "He didn't even seem to think about it."

"Maybe the king is going soft."

Maurice laughed. "That's a good one. He's known her two days, maybe he's just being nice to her."

"When is his majesty nice to anyone without a reason?" Clover raised a brow. "It might be the start of something more… serious. That's a terrifying thought," Clover cringed slightly.

"That's it, Angie! You go girl!" Julien cheered as Angelica slid down the slide, landing in the water with a splash.

Angelica laughed. "That was amazing! I can't believe every kingdom doesn't have these! Let's do it again!"

"That's the spirit, sister!" Julien gave her a high five. "You're learning real fast."

"Forgive the intrusion, your majesty," Clover approached the two. "But there are things that need to be done today, and that is the reason Angelica met you this morning, to get work done."

"Oh," Julien's shoulders sagged. "Right. Work, repairing from the war, food shortage, right. Okay, sorry Angelica," Julien turned to her. "I guess we have to work now."

"Not a problem, your majesty," Angelica smiled. "After all, work is my specialty. What have you got?"

—

Maurice unrolled a scroll of paper in front of Angelica while Julien sat on his throne, chin in hands looking out the window. "We have much of the kingdom to rebuild still, the prison camp to finish taking down, we're behind on the harvest, people are hungry, we need to build a school, a daycare for the children so parents can start working again, we need to fix the hospital… there's a lot to do." He handed her a map of the kingdom.

Angelica nodded as she read over the list. "This isn't hard at all. It'll take a while, but it's a simple fix," she turned to Julien. "Your Majesty, if I may have your permission to take on fixing your kingdom?"

Julien waved his paw dismissively. "Mhm, sure. Go ahead."

"Your majesty, with all due respect," Maurice protested. "It's your kingdom. You should at least be helping!"

Julien rolled his eyes. "Fine. Hit me, Angelica. What have you got?"

"So the mountain lemurs made this huge space for the prison camp, right?"

Julien nodded absently.

"Once that's clear, we'll have this big empty space next to your war monument where Koto's used to be. We can fill that space with huts to solve the housing shortage, and put a daycare and school combo there. There is more than enough space once it's cleared," Angelica pointed to the camp space on the map. "I'll need about 15 workers and I can have it cleared in 3 days. As for the food shortage, give me 10 workers and I'll have all the ripe fruit in the kingdom harvested and stored in 4 days."

Julien, Maurice, and Clover's jaws dropped.

"That… that solves both the housing and food shortage from the war, at least temporarily," Maurice grinned, shaking his head. "Where did you learn to do that?"

Angelica shrugged. "I have to fix my sister's problems because they're 'below' her. It's just something I picked up along the way."

"Angie you saucy minx," Julien hopped down from his throne and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "I should keep you around! You're good at fixing problems that I don't want to strain my royal brainy parts with. With you around this kingdom could be problem free in a week!"

"Maybe not that quickly, your majesty," Angelica laughed nervously. "But thank you."

"Clover!" Julien turned to his head of security. "Get Angie here the lemurs she needs to do the things she just said. We're about to have solution kingdom baby!"

"On it!" Clover saluted and jumped out of the nearby window.

"Angie, with you here in my kingdom, all of my people's problems will be fixed!" Julien giggled like a child and rubbed his paws together with a grin. "We'll be good as new! It'll be like before the mountain lemurs attacked - but better!"

Angelica gave a nervous look towards Maurice, and he shot her a smile. "If you insist, your majesty. I would be glad to stay and help you repair the kingdom. It's not as if I have much awaiting me at home."

"I do! I do very much insist!" Julien jumped up and stood on his throne. "It'll be a brand new lemur kingdom out there! My people will love me even more than they already do!"