Fine's POV
"Then with a kiss Snow White awoke. And they lived happily ever after. The end, " I finished. "It's getting late so you all should go to sleep now. "
"One more Onee-sama," Candy pleaded.
"If you done sleep then you'll miss breakfast and I believe that your tutor's coming tomorrow,"I said. Within seconds all of them shut their eyes and had their covers over their heads. I smiled. "Good night." I turned off the lights and left the room.
Sky was waiting, "You've finished My Queen?"
"Yes," I said. "Shall we go to the meeting?"
"Of course this way, My Queen."
I sat down at a long table with Sky and counselors who were also sitting around the long table. I picked up some papers and started skimming the information.
"My Queen, the buildings have been completely restored and families have moved back in today," one of the said as I continued on to the next set of papers.
"Is that so? Thank you for your hard work. Is there any other news? Perhaps about any new orphans or something?"
"No news about that My Lady, however there are some parents are requesting that their children may be sent back home?"
I set aside the papers that I was holding and said,"If I may ask, where is the list of families that wish to have their children home?"
"Right here, My Lady," One of them said handing a stack of papers to me.
I flipped through them. "Please arrange a visiting day and invite them. I will inform the children of this and it will be their decision."
"It will be done, my Lady."
"Is there anything else," I asked as I put the papers in a neat stack.
"That is it My Queen. Problems have decreased incredibly since you have taken the throne. For once this world is at peace. Queen Eli would've been happy to see her beloved kingdom prosper and she would've been quite proud of you."
"I am not worthy of such kind words. I just did what I could to help this world," I said.
"Um... My Lady?"
"Yes?"
"Someone is here to see you, come in," someone said as a child ran in to me.
"Onee-sama," Rose said.
"Why are you up so late, Rose? Can you not sleep?"
She didn't say anything. I stood up from my chair. "The meeting has concluded for tonight since there is nothing left to discuss, or is that false? If not then, I bid all of you a good night's rest and hope that you will please continue to do work hard. I truly can't thank you enough."
"Goodnight My Queen/Lady," They all said. I stood up and took Rose's hand, then walked out the door. We went back to my room and after I changed we sat on my bed.
"Now, what's wrong Rose? Why can't you sleep?"
"A scary nightmare. It was really scary... I was falling, then I was locked away, and everyone was going farther and farther away," Rose said wrapping herself in the blankets. "I thought I was going to lose everything again."
I hugged her gently. In a gentle voice, I said, "Don't worry that won't happen to you. I'll always be with you, so don't worry. You're not alone anymore."
"Onee-sama... tell me that story again."
"You really love that story don't you?"
She just nodded.
"Once upon a time there was a mysterious man. No one ever knew what he was doing or why he did it, so everyone assumed that he was bad. At the same time there was a very kind prince through they looked the same, everyone thought that they were different people because of their personalities. However, one girl thought that they were the same person and she was right. One day, people found out that the kind prince was really the mysterious also found out that actually the reason why the man did all those things was because in a way he was trying to help them, he was a good person."
I smiled when I saw the Rose was fast asleep. Quietly I got off the bed, went out the room and closed the door. If it's like this, then she'll be able to sleep for the rest of the night without any nightmares. That story always does the trick.
"Who really was the man in the story?"
"Shade..."
Shade's POV
"Who really was the man in the story," I asked after Fine closed the door.
"Shade, who else could it be? Honestly, a kind prince and a mysterious man, it's quite obvious," she said her back turned to me.
"She also said 'tell her the story again.' How many times have you said it?"
"You're not the only one, I've told stories about Rein and Bright as well. It's only because I get tired of continuously telling them fairy tales. Now, let's go," she said as she turned around grabbed my hand and lead me somewhere. The kitchen?
"Please have some," she said as she set out some tea.
"You didn't have to go through the trouble of doing that."
"I wanted to," Fine said as she poured the cups of tea and handed one to me."Besides, we still have to finish our conversation from earlier and I have a feeling that it's going to take a while. Especially since you seem to have a lot of questions."
"You'll actually answer me?" She just sipped her tea. I'm going to guess that's a yes. "Why did you leave if you knew what was going to happen?"
"It was because I knew I left, I couldn't let Rein decide. She would be torn between letting me have my happiness and Bright. It's unfair. She probably would've been broken when she found out that no one would remember who she was. I don't want that to happen."
"But you didn't want your own happiness? For Rein you were willing to throw it all away?"
I watched her finger as it fingered the rim of the cup. "Yes, but it's not like I'm unhappy, I like helping people-"
"How long have you been telling yourself that lie?"
She was silent for a while. "You're right it's not really a lie but then again it's not really the truth. To be honest, I wanted to go back a bunch of times but I can't be selfish. That and.. I couldn't be able to handle seeing everyone else again."
"I didn't forget you through."
"That's why I'm answering all your an apology. I didn't mean to hurt you like that. Really I didn't. Sorry."
"It's fine, me remembering was unexpected."
She smiled at me and I could feel my heart beating faster. "I'm just glad that you don't hate me. By the way, how long are you planning on staying here?"
"Don't know. A few days I guess."
"About a week then? A month will pass when you get back over there. Every day you're here three days past over there."
"How does that make any sense? "
"Who knows?"