Rosabella giggled and sniffed a purple flower near her. She then sneezed and fell on her behind giggling uncontrollably.
"My lady?" Felix asked, tilting his head, worry lacing his face.
"Yes Feli?" her sweet voice responded. , Her big brown eyes gazing at him.
My beautiful lady. You are wondrous.
"Are you alright?" Felix was now blushing at his thoughts, desperately trying to push them back to avoid from Rosabella hearing them.
She giggled again, "Yes Feli, I'm fine! Better than fine! I've never gone outside before!" Queen was chuckling at the woman's mood and patted her head affectionately.
"It's quite nice isn't my little rose?" Queen asked, picking one of the many white roses and placing it behind Rosabella's ear.
Rosabella touched the rose and gasped in shock as she pricked her finger, and the rose turned red slowly. Felix pecked it off her head and studied it.
"It seems you've given some of it your soul. We should place this somewhere safe. If this gets destroyed, then whatever part of your soul you gave it, will be destroyed along with it." Felix recommended; he placed it gently on the bush and hurried inside. After a few minutes he came back out with a glass vase with water and put the rose in it. Rosabella smiled and kissed Felix's cheek happily.
"Aw! Thank you Feli!" she said, not noticing the musketeer's red face, wide eyes, and a lovesick smile on his face. Rosabella giggled and picked more roses, minding the thorns, and weaved them into a flower crown.
"There! Just like the ones in the story!" Rosabella placed it on her head and twirled around.
"Rosabella?" Bishop called out, glancing at her dirty white dress, "Come please, I must discuss something with you."
Rosabella ran to her father and pecked his long nose. Felix quickly followed after, his red face dimming down to a light pink. As he led the two back to his study, a familiarly irritating voice yelled.
"OH BISHY!" Phule ran up next to Bishop and cackled, "You never properly introduced me to your lovely, lovely creation." The jester took Rosabella's hand and placed it against his mask, a motion like kissing her hand, and poked her nose.
"Aren't you BEAUTIFUL!" he said, straining out the 'e' sound. Rosabella smiled and shyly nodded her head at him.
"I am Phule! Leader of Black and White Cadres!" he exclaimed with excitement, Felix and Rosabella both laughed at his attitude.
"Well Phule, I am Rosabella!" she curtsied and held Felix's hand, "And this is Felix!" Felix waved with a smile and bowed.
"Pleasure to meet you Phule." Felix said, chuckling at Phule's enthusiastic movements.
"Well… I'm afraid I don't feel the same pretty boy!" Phule's happy mood suddenly changed to an angrier tone, "Look at you, with your brown hair and weirdo eyes!"
Out of habit, Rosabella giggled at the clockwork's sudden change; Felix snickered at Phule and pointed at him.
"Yeah? Well you have a, um, tree branch for a nose!" Felix commented, grinning at Rosabella continuous giggling and laughter. Rosabella patted Felix's head and poke Phule's nose.
"You're funny! I like you!"
Phule made a swooning motion and said, "Aw thank you! You're much too kind you know? So sweet and pretty!" The jester then skipped off to cause mischief.
Rosabella waved and turned back to her father, "What are we going to do?" Bishop ignored her and continued to lead her down the halls until he reached a large double door. Pushing them open, he revealed a grand library with stacks and rows of books that reached to the ceilings; two amazing staircases climbed to the top of the room, which lay a single round platform.
"Whoa." Felix said, his eyes widening in awe of the grand room they had entered. Rosabella gasped and ran into the room, giggling as she twirled around the stairs.
"Father! This is amazing" she cooed, running her dainty hands down the banister; Rosabella traced the golden patterns on the stair's rugs.
"Yes my rose, here you will learn new lessons." He led her upstairs to the right and opened a door a semi large bedroom. It contained a semi-circle bed on the right wall with red sheets with the Valencian's signature sign, a grey gear with a gold rose in the middle, and several black pillows. On the opposite side was a dark brown desk and a similar large dresser; another door, which Rosabella ran to open, had a room of mirrors on the walls. And to top it off, toward the northern side of the room wall a huge bay widow with a red cushioned seat and two bookcases on both side of the window.
Rosabella squealed and twirled in the room with glee and jumped into her fluffy bed; it sunk her in, her hair poofed out and covered her face. Felix giggled and towered over her, a smile on his face.
"Is it comfortable?" he teased and moved the hair from her face so he could see her sweet smile and pretty eyes.
"It's sooo soft! And fluffy!" Rosabella said, rolling up from the bed and smiling at her father, "Do I get to stay here?"
Bishop nodded, "Yes, you may go to the library and research all you want and you can also-"
"OH MY! I FORGOT THE CHILDREN!" Rosabella cried out; she rushed out of the room and down the stairs and made her way to her father's study.
"Hey! Sunny! Look at that man's gun!"
Uh oh.
Rosabella turned another corner and froze as she saw Deacon holding Caleb by his shirt; the boy smiled and waved at the clockwork with innocent joy.
"Hewo! I'm Caleb! What's yow name?" he asked, his sister looking up at him with her toy.
"Oh! Sir, d-don't hurt them!" Rosabella ran and scooped up the children in her hands, cuddling them into her chest with a motherly worry.
"Hello Rosiebella! We got bored so we came out of the room, then this man found us and started chasing us until he caught big brother."
"These intruders must be taken-"
"Oh don't worry Sir! I'll watch them!" Felix announced, coming from behind Rosabella and ruffling Sunny's hair.
"Yes! They'll be like our own children!" Rosabella said, nuzzling her head to the children's, causing them to giggle.
Felix on the other hand was blushing madly, staring at Rosabella with a smile.
Our own children? T-That's so nice! I'll take such good care of them, I'll love them so much and they'll love us so much.They'll call us Mother and Father!
Aww, I feel bad for Felix. So much in love but destined for none.
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