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Chapter 3: Leisurely flight
Diana looked behind her. Nothing. She stopped. Where were they? Now that she thought about it, perhaps she should have asked if the mysterious woman could actually fly.
"Need a rest your highness?" Aren asked.
Diana looked above her. Sure enough there, floating in mid-air was the mysterious woman with her cheerful child on her back. Aren had enjoyed what she considered a leisurely flight, although it was quite a fast one. She wondered for a minute if this was even the queen's top speed, if she could push herself even more.
"Of course not. I was merely checking if I was faster and you had gotten lost." Diana turned.
Aren smirked and decided to use some of her father's inherited charm, "Lose sight of a woman as radiant as you? One would have to be blind or a fool to do such a thing." Aren smiled charmingly at the Amazonian queen.
Diana blushed for a second and was about to reply but, she was cut off by an excited child's question.
"Di'na, are we there, I don't see no palace?" The child looked around curiously, going so far as to try climbing atop Aren's head to see all around her.
Diana chuckled. The sight was so amusing with Aren trying to get her child to settle down.
Aren heard the soft noise and teased the woman further, "Ara, she does know of humour?"
"Of course, I do." Diana huffed. Aren was going to reply when once again, Adi interrupted.
"Palace! Palace! Palace!" The little one chanted, practically jumping atop of her papa's back and hitting her papa on the head at the same time.
"OK! OK! But baby girl, you need to not do that otherwise papa can't fly, okay." Aren told her child gently.
Adi stopped and pouted, "Sowie, papa"
"It's okay meewa," She smiled at the child and then turned her attention toward the queen. "Perhaps we should move along, someone is a little excited." Said Aren.
Diana had watched the exchange between the two for a little while and felt a small warmth settle in her chest along with a sense of…longing and jealousy. Suddenly images of Arthur and his family came unbidden into her mind and how she pictured herself in Mera's position. She realised that she wanted what Aren had. However, those feelings turned to anger, when she felt betrayal as the man who said he loved got angry when she took out the obstacle standing in the way of them truly being together.
Aren noticed the brief show of emotions on the queen's face. Longing, pain, suffering turned to anger, but most of all, hurt. She then decided to bring the queen out of whatever was plaguing her mind and turning her expression so miserable.
"Need a few minutes my lady" she asked suddenly, startling Diana out of her reminiscing.
"Hmm?" Diana's attention snapped toward the floating woman above her.
"Do you need a few minutes to rest or are you lost?" Aren teased. "Because I would not like to keep getting pummelled by tiny fists, if you do not mind, your majesty." She stated smiling at the Amazonian queen.
Diana shook her head.
"Well then, I believe we were having a race?" Aren smirked and got ready to take off. Diana returned the position with her own smirk in place and took off. Aren smiled and followed closely behind her with Adi securely on her back.
They flew for a few minutes and then Adi got bored and began to ask the road-trip-question.
"Papa?" She started.
"Hmm?"
"Are we there yet?" She asked pouting.
"I don't know baby girl. You will have to ask Lady Diana" Aren answered the child.
"OK! Forward papa! Forward!" The little one urged her papa on toward the object of her attention.
"OI! I am not a horse." Aren chided though, the light smile on her face betrayed her seriousness.
Diana heard her name being mentioned and turned to spot the pair behind her, over-hearing the conversation.
"Go papa! Forward!" Adi urged.
"Yes your majesty" Aren gave in and floated over to Diana.
"Hey miss Di'na are we there yet?" The child asked.
Diana smiled at her, "Yes little one, we are." She then pointed in the direction of a small beautiful little island.
"Wow. It's beautiful your highness." Aren commented, "A little paradise."
Diana giggled, "Yes, that would be why we also call it Paradise island."
Aren nodded in understanding.
"YAY! We here. Let's go!" Adi shouted jumping on her papa and trying to make her go forward.
Aren winced a little but smiled nonetheless. She turned to the queen and gave her another pleading look. Diana smiled and said, "Race you." With that she took off.
"OI!" Aren exclaimed before racing after the cheating queen. Adi was enjoying herself cheering for her papa.
End chapter 3
A/N: OK, short, nothing much happening but her is something that might cheer you up.
OMAKE!
Adi: Tals?
Writer:Yes, little one.
Adi: Why were you always saying Meewa when you were little?
Aren:Because sweetie, Tals was the middle child so no one really paid attention to her, so saying something strange was her way of getting noticed. I suppose you could say she was the unnecessary child.
Writer: OI! Take that back or I will write something terribly embarrassing for you to do into the next chapter.
Aren: You wouldn't?
Writer: -evil smile- wouldn't I.
Aren: Tals?...
Writer: - chuckles evilly and begins typing-
