We found love
Tulio and Amazonia stood inside her room. He was about to pull up the top but Amazonia stepped backwards just in time.
''I'm okey Tulio.'' She said again starting to panicking slightly. Tulio frowned his eyebrow suspiciously and walked foreword to her. He didn't like the way she was acting, she defiantly kept something from him.
''Why won't you let me see it?'' He asked and reached out for her top again. This time she didn't dodge away in time and Tulio saw all of the scars and bruises on her body.
''One small bruise?'' He spat coldly at her. Amazonia looked down in the floor avoiding his look. She sighed and walked over to the windows.
''Why didn't you tell me about this?'' He asked and walked over to her carefully. Amazonia tried to keep the tears inside and hold her arms tightly embracing herself as she took a deep breath.
''Because I thought that was unimportant.'' She tried not to sob, but failed.
''It's unimportant that someone has physically abused you? That's not important.'' He spat and leaned against the window to face her with folded arms. Amazonia turned away and dried a tear with her finger. Tulio sighed and spun her around by her shoulder.
''I don't want to think about it. It hurts to much.'' She sobbed. Tulio hated to see her like this. The thought about somebody doing this to her made his blood boil. He brushed some hair from her face before embracing her tightly and kissed her forehead.
It was one of the most sunniest days it ever had been in Eldorado. Paris lead Chel outside into the courtyard.
''Open them.'' He said and Chel opened her closed eyes. Paris's horse stood a bit away saddled and ready to go. Chel frowned her eyebrows and smiled slightly as she walked over to the horse and stroke it's head.
''What is this? Are you going away?'' She asked and shot a suspicious glare at him. Paris grinned and shook his head as he walked over to her.
''No. I thought that we could go to that special place that I mentioned.'' Chel's suspicious looked melted into a wide smile.
''But what about Nick, is it safe for us to go outside?'' She asked and reached up to the horses fringe and combed it with her fingers. Paris shook his head.
''Don't worry. It's not far and Claudette can make us go unnoticed.'' He said and stroke the neck of his mare.
''Okey then, let's go.'' She said and giggled. Paris grinned and mounted the horse and helped Chel up behind him and they rode of.
Riven sat onto the floor playing with his daughter, as Musa sat by her dressing table brushing through her long midnight-blue locks.
''I can't believe that Tulio would do such thing. How long have they known each other, four months?'' Riven growled and piled-up some of Melody's wooden blocks.
''Lay of that poor girl, she have been through hell her entire life. Living with the seadevil who calls herself her mother, she deserves to feel loved for once.'' Musa spat at her husband and turned around to look at him.
''I didn't say anything about Amazonia. I just said that I think it was to soon, don't you?'' He asked and looked at her in the mirror reflection. Musa shrugged her shoulders and ran a hand through her hair.
''Tulio is old enough to make his own decision.'' Riven stood up and walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her shoulders and kissed her neck. Musa grinned and turned her head to meet his.
''You're right. Maybe it's time to let go of my roll as over-protective older brother.'' He whispered. Musa giggled and cupped his check with her palm and kissed him. He moved down to her neck again and mumbled something.
''Not now dear, you have a daughter who needs more attention than I do at the moment.'' Musa pushed him backwards with a seductive grin. Riven growled and mumbled something as he turned back to his daughter.
''Melody?'' Riven said and looked around. Musa turned around and dropped her hair-brush to the floor.
''Where is she? Riven, you were suppose to watch her!'' She whined and stood up quickly. Riven looked up from behind the bed.
''I did! She was here only a minute ago.'' He hissed back and ran into the nursery. He heard Musa screaming from inside the bedroom and hurried back over to her.
''What is it?'' He asked concerned. Musa pointed at the door and he could see that it was slightly opened. Musa ran outside.
''My daughter is a genius, how did she do that?'' Riven sighed in amaze before following Musa.
The hours went by and Amazonia still refused to tell Tulio anything. He stood looking out through the window and she quietly sat down on the bed.
''My mother. It was my mother who did this to me.'' She whispered. Tulio turned around and frowned his eyebrows. He slowly made his way over to her and sat down besides her.
''You haven't see her for months.'' Amazonia chuckled slightly and shook her head.
''Yeah, and it's still not healed yet. Then you can imagine how I looked when I first meet you.'' She sighed and looked down in the floor.
After a short horse-back riding, Paris and Chel arrived at his special place. It was a forest with cherry-flower trees tightly placed each other, and not very far into it they could see a small stream pouring through, a wooden bridge and stone pathway leading up to it. Chel's chin dropped to the ground as Paris helped her dismount the mare, he took her by the hand and they walked together up to the bridge.
''I can't believe I never knew this place existed.'' Chel whispered as she looked around in amaze. Paris smiled and reached out for one of trees and picked a branch of it and gave it to Chel.
''You are like one of this cherry blossoms. Powerful and beautiful.'' Chel looked up deeply into his dark brown eyes and leaned up to kiss him. Paris stroke her red curls softly and sighed in moaned in pleasure. Chel wrapped her arms around his neck and when they broke apart from their kiss, she pressed her closer to him.
''I love you.'' She whispered as their noses touched each other. He smiled as he took her hand and lead her over to a tree.
''What are you doing?'' She laughed as he took something out from his pocket and started to rasp something onto the bole of the tree.
''Wait, you'll see.'' He replied and fought her off with his other hand. After a minute of two, he grabbed her hand and dragged her towards him. She looked at the tree, and a wide smile spread across her face when she saw the C and P surrounded by a heart. Chel's heart melted as she throwed her arms around his neck and locked her legs around his waist and kissed him passionately making Paris loose his balance and they fell to the ground.
Riven and Musa didn't see when Melody suddenly decided to stand up on her two legs and walked off. The parents worriedly ran around into the palace in search of their daughter. Musa's personal maid Virena stood into the sheets closet folding laundry when she heard giggle walking up behind her. She hurriedly turned around and saw the little princess standing laughing with her favourite stuffed animal in her hands. Virena smiled and put the sheet down into the neat folded pile besides her.
''Melody, what are you doing walking around here?'' She laughed and bend down to pick the child up.
''We better bring you back to your parents right away, they are surely worried about you.'' The maid said and walked outside back into the corridor where she meet a running Musa.
''Melody darling, there you are. Riven, I've found her.'' Musa called and soon Riven came running around the corner. Virena smiled and passed the child back to her mother.
''I didn't knew that she had started walking.'' She said and put her hand on her hips. Musa smiled and rested her chin on Melody's magenta locks as she played with her mothers mid-night blue ones.
''Neither did we.'' Musa replied her with a laugh as Riven came up to them out of breath. He caught his breath for a second and pointed his finger at Melody.
''Yeah, I guess we need to start locking all of the doors around here.'' Riven said and tapped Melody's nose making her giggle and reaching her arms out to him and whined when Musa didn't pass her over to her father.
''Oh my god, what if she would have fallen down any of the stairs!'' Musa gasped in horror of the thought of her daughter falling down in any of the many stairs around the palace.
''Gates, we need those security gates in every stair!'' She explained and walked with steady steps towards the throne-room.
''And those electric plugs, we need a couple of those to. Come on Riven, we need to baby proof this entire palace.'' She called after her, making Virena smile. Riven rolled his eyes and chuckled as he followed his wife.
Tulio and Amazonia where both seated on her bed facing each other. Amazonia sat with on of the cushions into her lap, nervously playing with the fabric.
''I never knew why, but as long as I can remember she has always abused me. Both mentally and physically.'' Amazonia sighed and looked down at her hand. Tulio sat on top of the bed with crossed legs looking at her.
''Why didn't you father do anything?'' He asked and took a hold of her hand and squeezed it lightly. Amazonia shook her head.
''He never knew, nobody did. She only hurt my stomach and back so that my corset would hide it, she had planned it everything.'' She said sadly and turned her head away from him to hide a tear running down her cheek.
''Everyday as my father left home, she would send out my sisters to play and dragged me into on of the rooms in the house where she beat and scratched me with everything she could get hold of.''
''Like what?'' He asked and gritted his teeth. This conversation started to make his sick to his stomach.
''When I was little she only used seashells and scratched me with. Then when I got older she used different kinds of coralls and throwed stones at me. While she did that she screamed who useless I was and how she wished I never was born.'' Tulio interrupted her when he left the bed and walked over to the window with a look of disgust in his face. How could a mother threat her own child that way was beyond Tulio's understanding. He turned back to her and looked at Amazonia's terrified and ashamed face.
''I would understand if you didn't-'' She began but he hurried over to her to shut her up with a kiss. When they broke apart he leaned his forehead against hers and told her head close to his with his hands.
''Don't you dare finish that sentence.'' He breathed heavily and kissed her quickly again. Once they broke apart again he pulled her into his embraced and pulled her
It was already dark when Paris and Chel came back from their outing. They walked together inside hand-in-hand laughing quietly.
''Paris!'' They heard an angry voice from behind and turned around to see Jack stomping towards them.
''What? What's up?'' Paris asked worriedly and slowly took a few steps foreward. Jack hissed and punched him in his arm.
''Where have you been?! You can't just leave like that without saying a word! I thought that Nick had gotten his hands on you!'' He hissed angrily glaring at his best friend. Paris battled with himself from stop smiling.
''I'm sorry. I should have told you before we left.'' He replied and folded his arms. Jack nodded and growled lightly, before going away again. Paris turned back to Chel who smiled.
''I think it's sweet that he cares.'' She said before walking over to him.
Well, I'm not really sure what to say about this chapter xD Except that I hope you liked it and stay tuned.
Grrrrrrrrrr Aqua :
And Melody, so mischievous ^^ Hihi she won't give Riven and Musa much rest.
