You were up before Randall and the other guards. You have done your daily duties and had gotten dressed. You called Rakan and you both agreed to celebrate when you and your friends returned to Wicardocia. Everything was going really good. As you got dressed, you turned on some music from your phone and started singing. The song that came on was kinda perfect and was one of your favorite songs.
As the song began, you twirled around in your favorite black dress. You jumped on your bed, singing the lyrics at the top of your lungs, unaware of the amused looking rabbit in your doorway. You sang into an imaginary microphone, forgetting about everything around you. The door began to get crowded as Blaze and Quinn joined Randall to watch your performance. You jumped down from off of the bed only to be welcomed to applause after the song had ended. You were startled but smiled.
"We're ready to go when you are, love." Randall yawned before disappearing down the hall. "If you're hungry, I'll make something but we can leave once you're set." He called. You heard him head downstairs with the other guards on his tail.
You called Toriel, making sure if it was still okay for you all to come by and if she were up because it was really early. Despite it being about 9:30 am, Tori was very eager to know why you were so excited so she was fine with you coming by. She told you her address and told you that she was making breakfast before hanging up.
You packed your bag with your usual things, phone charger, and headphones. You reread it again before putting it in your bag. You sat cross-legged on your bed, texting Sans and friends that there was breakfast gathering at Tori's and almost everyone responded immediately saying that they would be there. Everyone but Sans responded back.
"That's...odd." You said softly. He normally responds quickly. It is early so so he's probably asleep.
Leaping off the bed, you put on some fishnets and boots before running downstairs, finding everyone huddled in the kitchen. The 3 smiled up at you.
"Want me to make something?" Randall asked, sipping his coffee. You shook your head quickly.
"Nope! Tori's making breakfast." You took the keys off the kitchen table. "I'm driving!" You practically leaped out the front door. Blaze chased after you, snickering.
"Princess Azalea, this isn't how I want to die!" Randall called out, chuckling. He followed behind us.
"Can she...do that?" Quinn asked no one in particular, concern was written all over her face as she walked outside and got into the back seat with Blaze.
You could drive. Pretty damn well at that. That was one of the things your mother taught you before she passed. Even though "Princesses shouldn't be driving." Your father didn't think it was proper for you to be driving yourself around when other can do it for you. Honestly, you did a lot of things your father didn't approve of. Getting tattoos, sneaking out and going to parties or clubs, driving, stealing horses in the middle of the night, running barefoot, video games, witchcraft and plenty more. Yet you did them anyway because they were fun. They were things you were taught. They were the things you knew.
Your mother taught you about Souls and how they were the cumulation of your very being. She even showed you yours once. It was a vibrant orange with swirls of green and light blue. It was so pretty but there was this small crack. Barely noticeable but it was there. You thought nothing of it. Your mother knew souls better than anyone you knew and she wrote all of it down in a book that was now in your possession. You have read through it so many times that you knew how to do the majority of the things in there. One of the things you haven't been able to accomplish was giving a piece of your soul to someone who needed it but that was only because you've never come across someone who needed it. Your time to shine will come eventually. At least you know how to do it.
Not only has your mother taught you about Souls, she has taught you how to properly use your mimic magic, kept your reflexes on point, and other spells. She has shown you spells that make shields, spells that make storms, healing spells, charms, protective enchantments and the list could go on but your father was afraid that along with your mimicking magic, you would become too strong and be unable to control it. That's why your mother made you the choker. It held the magic that helped you stay in control despite your emotions and it calmed your father.
Running your hand through your hair, you stopped at a traffic light and sighed. You turned the radio on but nothing was playing. It was better than sitting in the quiet and being trapped with your thoughts. You're supposed to be happy and excited for the accomplishment the Monsters have made. Once the light changed, you noticed you were rolling into a fancy part of Mount Ebott. Large houses surrounded by a large gate. You whistled. You had to admit, they were pretty nice.
"1816 Dreemurr St…" You murmured, looking for the house and trying to ignore that the street was named after the Dreemurrs. "Ah! There it is!" You said excitedly. You found a parking spot and, after waking Quinn and Blaze up, got out and headed up to the house, knocking on the door gently. Before you got on the second knock, Frisk opened the door and hugged you tightly.
"Hiya love!" You returned the hug, giggling. Frisk released you for a moment to allow you in the house and to hug the other guards. You spotted Toriel in the kitchen and went to say hi.
"Moooooom I'm hoooome~!" You called from the kitchen doorway. Toriel turned suddenly, blushing. She laughed, pulling you into a tight hug.
"Why hello my child!" She pulled back. Seems as though calling her 'Mom' made her very happy. Good to know. "Hopefully you had no troubles getting here?"
"Pfft! I was fine." You smiled up at her. You looked to see what she was cooking and your stomach growled at the sight of pancakes. She laughed.
"Everything is almost done, child. Please go wait in the living room." Toriel said, polite as ever. You did as you were told and sat on the couch next to Frisk. They were setting up a game of Uno with the guards so you decided to join in. As the games went on, people started to show up. Undyne and Alphys showed and first and Papyrus came with Mettaton. Such lovely couples.
There was no sight of Sans though so you texted him.
You: Love? Where are you?
You didn't get an immediate response. It took about 20 minutes.
Pun and Bones: ill be there soon i guess.
You: You ok?
Pun and Bones: yes.
You obviously didn't believe him but he said he was coming so you were still pretty happy. You asked Frisk where the bathroom was.
'Upstairs at the end of the hallway.' They signed. You thanked them and went upstairs into the bathroom. You didn't have to actually go but you wanted to escape for just a moment. You closed the door behind you and looked into the mirror, fixing your hair and makeup. You looked around the large bathroom before there was a soft knock on the door. You opened the door and peeked out and didn't see anything but one of the doors in the hallway was open.
'You got two choices: Go see why that door's open or...well you got one choice cause I want to see what's in the room..' Classic Rayvn. This was either going to go smoothly or really badly.
You left out of the bathroom and slowly walked into a bedroom. You could tell it was Frisk's. There were paintings of everyone and stuffed animals. You were about to leave before you noticed the door had closed behind you. You were on guard now.
"Howdy!" A high-pitched, cheery voice called out. You gasped, jumping back and looked towards the window sill to a potted smiling flower. You stared for a moment. Did the fucking flower just talk to you?
"Oh geez! I didn't scare you did I?" It fucking did. The flower talked. "I'm sorry. I'm Flowey! Flowey the Flower. Frisk's best friend!" He stuck his tongue out. He was kinda cute. You stepped closer. "Are you the princess they've been talking about so much?"
"Mhmm. I'm Azalea. It's a pleasure to meet you Flowey!" You smiled at him. He swayed slightly, humming. "Why aren't you downstairs with us?"
"Hm. Probably to not scare off the new guests silly!" He winked. But he was so cuuuute!
"C'mon. You aren't that scary!" You put your hands on your hips. You shouldn't have said that. Flowey's face twisted up into something horrible. You stepped back, startled. He chuckled darkly. Vines started to appear all around you.
"You're such an idiot!" He squealed gleefully. Vines and pellets started to lunge at you but were quickly deflected and vanished. He looked confused.
"Aw. I actually thought you were friendly." You sighed and removed a small shield you had cast. Your eyes flashed green for a second. Vines and pellets huh? Could come in handy later.
"What? You know magic?" Flowey asked. His eyes narrowed. You smiled innocently.
"Of course I do, silly!" You giggled, leaning over into his face. "Cause where I'm from…" You gently poked his face. "It's kill or be killed, love~" If he could pale anymore than he could, he would. You made your way to the door and winked at him. "See ya later."
You closed the door behind you and took a deep breath. If Frisk didn't tell you a little bit about Flowey before you got here, you would have been fucked. Well, they didn't really tell you. They just said that they had a friend that might "pretend" they're going to kill you when you met them.
"Honestly not what I expected at all" Rayvn said, a bit shocked. You giggled.
"He was so cute though. Kinda sucks he didn't wanna be friends." You pouted a bit as you made your way back downstairs.
Sans was sitting on the couch next to Frisk. Seems like everyone was into some deep conversation and stopped before you returned.
"Don't stop because of me!" You frowned. "Sorry if I interrupted." Everyone looked a bit tense and annoyed. Toriel was no longer in the kitchen. She was on the back porch on the phone with Asgore. "But what's up?" You asked, a bit curious. You sat next to Randall.
"Sans got his boxers in a twist." Undyne rolled her eyes. "He's all riled up about the meeting yesterday. He believes it didn't go well."
"J-j-just because no one's talking a-about it, d-doesn't m-m-mean something good didn't happen." Alphys piped up.
Frisk frantically signed. 'Azalea and I were there and she was such a badass taking on those people. Especially this woman named Mary." They scoffed. " She was absolutely mean."
You couldn't help but giggle at Frisk. As soon as they finished signing, they willingly gave a quarter to Papyrus for cursing. ' Totally worth' They signed.
"I think the meeting went pretty good." You said, smiling. You looked around the room for your bag. You must have left it in the car. You'll get it in a moment. "I know what it feels like just waiting around for good news. Especially when it's' something important like this but-"
"but what?" Sans had a glare that would make hell freeze over. You knew how this was going to play out. "we should just be patient and wait around just to get disappointed?" He sucked his teeth. "and what do you mean you know what it's like?" Here we go. "you're a princess. you barely wait for anything, doll. you don't know what we monsters, go through." He shoved his hands deeper into his hoodie.
And bingo was his name-o. The ol "You're a princess, you don't know shit about what's going on here and what we're going through" card. Yep. You heard it all before but it still kinda hurt. You caught a glance at your guards, who equally looked pretty pissed. You cleared your throat and they immediately gave you attention. You nodded towards the door. Blaze and Quinn left without hesitation. Randall glared at Sans a bit before leaving.
"Of course I know what you're going throu-" You were cut off again.
"YOU'RE A PRINCESS?" Undyne screeched, jumping into your face and causing you to jump out of your seat. Did you not tell her? Was it's only Sans? You tried to calm your beating heart as questions were thrown at you from Undyne, Papyrus, Alphys and Mettaton but being suddenly pressed in a corner wasn't really helping. You tried to answer all of the questions as quickly as you could, thinking the questions would ease up, but they didn't. Your heart only pounded harder, your breathing shortened and you just felt trapped
Before you realized what happened, you were somewhere outside and away from the house, gasping for air like a fish out of water.
"doll…" A soft low voice called out to you, you glanced around, holding your chest. Sans was behind you. He approached you slowly, gently taking you in his arms. He whispered a million "i'm so sorry".
"W-what is up with you t-today?" You stuttered between breaths, pulling away from him. You stared up at him. You were hurt obviously but you were more worried about him. "T-talk. Now." Sans smiled sadly.
"i really didn't mean to expose you back there. i'm really sorry." He rubbed the back of his skull. "i guess i'm having a rough morning...i haven't been to sleep and i've been thinking about how useless these meetings are. they claim they're trying to help us but in the end they aren't…plus there was another incident with a Temmie.." He grumbled. You pulled him into a hug.
"You...have to trust me if you want this to work..you have to talk to me" You whispered. "Please..?" He nodded. "Don't fight me...I fight back." Sans laughed.
"That's how you all got rights and all y'know." Sans pulled away from you, shocked. You smirked, crossing your arms over your chest. "What? You thought I got you all to come over to Toriel's just to hang out?" You raised an eyebrow. "Listen, I hate mornings but because of how excited I was, I had to let it out early."
"But the meeting was just yesterday," Sans stated, completely confused.
"The majority of the people were convinced by Toriel and myself that Monsters deserved rights and protection. It's in the letter and I called him to make sure he wasn't bluffing but as we speak, they are making laws for Monsters.." Sans picked you up and spun you around, throwing you into a giggle fit. He put you down and smiled. A genuine smile.
"i really am sorry for putting you on the spot like that…." Sans rested his head on yours.
"That's fine.= but you owe me" You never really liked talking about your mini-breakdowns and panic attacks. Talking about them felt like it makes them worse so you just avoided it all together. "C'moooon. Let's head back. I'm starving."
Sans teleported you both back into Toriel's house. Everyone had either just started eating or they were finished eating. The guards stood up all at once, ready to throw questions at you as well as Undyne, Alphys, and Papyrus.
"Whoa whoa whoa." You held your hands up quickly before anyone spoke. "Please one at a time, alright?" You managed to calm your guards down and answered many questions such as "Are you the main character in an anime?" from Alphys and if you would make an appearance on Mettaton's show. Of course, you said yes, thinking it would be fun. Papyrus asked you and Randall what the guard was like but you just let him handle it. Sans apologized to everyone and you finally managed to get some pancakes. You noticed a lovely familiar flower had been brought down to join the party. He looked away from you when spotted him.
"My child, sorry to disturb you eating but…" Asgore started to speak. When did he get here? How did you not notice the massive goat monster in the room? "What did you call us for?" You quickly held up a finger, a "please hold up" since you had a forkful of pancakes. You glanced around the room to find your bag then you remembered you still didn't get it from the car. You set your plate down and rushed out the front door to the car. You grabbed your bag, taking the letter out.
As you were walking back in, you tripped over a small step at the door and you started falling but vines wrapped around you before you made contact with the ground. You were carried in and stood upright. Flowey didn't make eye contact with you as his vines had returned to his small pot. You grinned. Everyone looked wide-eyed at the flower.
"Oh, my hero!" You giggled as he blushed.
"Consider us even...princess." He muttered.
"Of course, love" You smirked and walked over to Asgore, handing him the letter to read before grabbing your plate and sitting down next to Sans. He put his arm around your shoulder.
"Your Majesty." Asgore started reading. "I Jacques Sylvestre, would personally like to inform you of the news that the meeting was a success. Those of the Monster race shall receive rights and protection they deserve. In a few weeks, once the Monster Ambassador, yourself and the Dreemurrs sign documents, the process will be complete. Congratulations and I wish well for you and your friends. Best wishes, Jacques." It took Asgore a moment to process what he was read.
There were cheers all around. Toriel had begun crying and Frisk threw themselves at you, hugging you. Once you were released,
Once the excitement died down, everyone started to relax. Asgore and Toriel had left out to a small meeting. Papyrus and Mettaton went out to go to Muffet's bakery. Alphys had to go to the University and Undyne took her. Randall was called and told to pick up the suits for the guards and 2 more outfits for yourself. He took Blaze and Quinn with him. That left you and Sans to babysit Frisk and Flowey. You didn't mind it. You helped Frisk with their math and Sans helped with science.
All in the same moment, you received 7 text messages back to back. Confused you got up from where you were sitting to grab your phone. All of your messages were from Luka. Did you forget to send him a selfie again?
Luka Skywalker: Leah she hit me...
Luka Skywalker: Dad brought her in and I told her I couldn't eat something and she smacked me.
Luka Skywalker: Dad didn't do anything about it.
Luka Skywalker: Please come home.
Luka Skywalker: I don't like her. She talking bad about everything.
Luka Skywalker: She's ordering to take down mom's stuff.
Luka Skywalker: She called Rakan a disappointment.
You had to take a long breath to calm yourself down from how angry you became. You called Luka immediately only to find that he had been crying. You stood up.
"Sweetheart, what do you mean she hit you? For fucking what?" You tried to keep your composure since you were still with friends. You placed your hand around your neck. Where the fuck did you put choker? Fuck the choker.
"S-she said I was disrespectful and I should be grateful I have food. I can't eat mangos, Leah.I'm allergic." Luka wailed into the phone. You were biting on the inside of your cheek. Calming down was a lot harder than you wanted it to be. "She said if I kept this up, I won't be able to have my party because I'm acting like a brat." He sniffed.
"Calm down for me okay, love?" You said in a soothing voice. Luka started coughing and you waited patiently. "Do you know who she is?" You noticed you started pacing and that you were being stared at by Sans. He looked worried.
"Dad's new girlfriend or something," Luka muttered.
"NEW GIRLFRI- Has Dad said anything to her about your allergy?" You asked, quickly catching yourself. The inside of your cheek had started bleeding.
"No. He let her scream and hit me." He whimpered. "Please come home...please."
"I promise you I'll be home soon." You ran your hand through your hair. Your mother died just a month ago and he's bringing in new women? "Can you last a few more days?"
"Yes…" Luka cleared his throat.
"If she touches you again, call me, alright?"
"I will...I love you." He whimpered softly.
"I love you too." You sighed, hanging the phone up. Is this why he sent you away? To find a new wife? A new Queen?
"HEY!" Rayvn shouted. "Your anger is starting to make you unstable. Breathe."
You took a couple of deep breaths before you called Rakan. As you walked into the kitchen, he answered on the second ring.
"Before I talk to you, are you calm?" Rakan normally cheery voice was this low, emotionless tone. Whoever this woman is is hurting your family.
"You want the truth?" You asked. He chuckled. "Is this what Dad actually sent me away for? So he could hook up with someone to replace Mom?" You were still pacing. You hadn't heard Randall return but his ears were perked, eavesdropping on the conversation.
"No.." Rakan sighed. "I don't know. Everything is happening so quickly. She's yelled Axel and Ezekiel as well. I'm sure you've heard from Luka."
"Of course I have. Why the fuck did she lay her hands on him for?" You grunted, messing with a few napkins on the table. When you touched them, they began to burn. You snatched your hand away, cursing softly. "You know Luka would never do anything to get hit."
"I know. I handled that." Rakan muttered. "She's only been around for a couple of days. She keeps touching shit and insists on giving orders to 'better the place'. When do you return? Maybe you can talk some sense into Dad."
"Trust me I will." You started nibbling on your nail. "I'll see you soon." You started taking more deep breaths, running your hand through hair. You came back into the living room. You looked directly at Randall. His ears were folded back and he avoided your eyes. Your heart dropped to the bottom of your stomach.
"Randall no…" You stepped closer to him. "Did you know my father was doing this?" He didn't respond quick enough for your taste. "Look at me. That's an order."
Randall sighed, looking you in the eyes. "I'm sorry, Your Majesty."
You stared at him. Randall has never kept anything from you. So why now? "How often does he talk to you..?" You asked, putting your hands on your hip.
"Daily.." Randall rubbed the back of his head. You scoffed, turning away from him. You couldn't believe this.
"You've been trying to get in contact with Pops for weeks and your own guard talks to him every single day" Rayvn actually sounded just as hurt as you did. You needed to get out of here and quickly. You picked up your phone.
"Hey, Frisk. There a park around here you like to go to?" Before you could even finish your question, they had grabbed you by the hand and out the door with the pot in their other arm. The 2 of you practically running down the street. Sans, not wanting to be left out, had already teleported off.
Randall sat in a chair and covered his eyes, sighing and murmuring "I fucked up…"