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Maturity
Chapter Three: The Coronation Ceremony
Ophillia led her to the bath area, a large white room with steamy pools with a beautiful waterfall. There were many lovely plants, artistically placed around the room. Nanake's eyes wandered the gorgeous room with an amazed smile on her face.
"And THIS is just the bathroom!"
"Yup! So let's bathe!" Ophillia smiled, and stripped. She slid into the hot waters and started to bathe herself.
Nanake timidly took her clothing off and slid into the waters as well. She found a tray full of bathing goods such as body wash, soap, shampoo and conditioner. She selected some bathing products from the tray and started to bathe herself. She untied her buns and let her long hair fall down into the water. She dipped under water to wet her head and then washed her hair, sighing at how good the hot water felt on her body.
After drying off, Ophillia gave her friend a bath robe, and they proceeded to the dressing chamber. A room filled with wardrobes and wardrobes of beautiful ceremonial robes. Ophillia selected a light blue robe for Nanake and then chose a white one for herself. She put on a sapphire looking pendant on a necklace and jerked her head towards the door.
"What's that, Ophie?!" Nanake asked pointing to the diamond shaped pendant around her neck.
"This?" Ophillia lifted the thin chain of the pendant, "This is my Time Pendant. It helps us travel through time quicker and easier through the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. It's got other powers as well... but you'll learn about them when the time is right. Let's go."
The coronation ceremony began immediately after Nanake finished doing her hair up in braided buns with ribbons tied around them. Ice-blue skinned ladies in snow white robes sat across from eachother with a blue carpet in between them. They chanted and sang as Nanake was escorted down the musical carpet and up the stairs by Ophillia, her new partner. They sat on pillows in front of the Time Kai.
The Time Kai said nothing but smiled and bowed her head and looked back up at her. She nodded to her to do the same. Nanake bowed her head, and the Time Kai hung a pendant just like Ophillia's around her neck. Nanake lifted her head and smiled at the Time Kai. She looked down at her pendant and it sparkled and spinned a bit as she stood up with Ophillia. The Time Kai then chanted some different language and the Ice-blue girls shouted in rejoice.
Nanake walked halfway down the carpet and stopped when the girls crowded around her, chattering happily in some native language. Ophillia crossed over to her smiling and the ice-blue girls cleared a path for her.
"Congradulations Nanake... you are now officially a Time Warrior!"
"Thank you, Ophie." Nanake giggled as one of the ice-blue child-like girls crawled up into her arms and kissed both of her cheeks, "Who are these?"
"These are the Time Children. They live at this Temple." Ophillia smiled and picked one up.
"Oh... they're adorable."
"They remind me of you. You seem like a little child. So unsure of everything. So naive."
"Well, I...I..."
"Don't worry Nanake. I'll make you more both physically and mentally powerful. But first we tackle our first mission."
Nanake nodded and followed her friend to the Time Kai's conservatory chamber. There, they found the Time Kai watering flowers. She turned and smiled softly,
"They're called Morning Glories."
Ophillia smiled and spoke gently and respectfully to the tiny Kai.
"We're ready for our mission briefing, Time Kai."
"Yes... yes of course." She set her watering can down and walked to Ophillia. She took in a breath and then spoke lightly,
"You will go to the past. We cannot let Nanake go on a real mission without her even knowing who she is. You will go to the planet Vegeta. Upon arrival, instruct her how to use her pendant. Let her watch the history of her planet... and I mean... absolutely... everything."
She set her big blue eyes on the puzzled Nanake and then looked back at Ophillia, speaking softly,
"Do you understand, Ophillia?"
Ophillia bowed and answered gently,
"Yes miss."
They left the Time Kai to tend to her flowers, and Nanake wondered what was "not to be left out." How much of her planet's history was REALLY left in the dark to her. She knew that it was destroyed... but what was so important that she should know? Would it be dangerous to the baby she was now carrying? She wasn't sure of anything anymore... but she trusted Ophillia to help her sort things out.
To Be Continued...
Well... that's it for today! How will Nanake react to the truth about the planet she barely knew, but still is a large part of her life. How will she react when she finds out what Vegeta has really been through... and who's that she'll be meeting-- her parents? Find out next time!
Maturity
Chapter Three: The Coronation Ceremony
Ophillia led her to the bath area, a large white room with steamy pools with a beautiful waterfall. There were many lovely plants, artistically placed around the room. Nanake's eyes wandered the gorgeous room with an amazed smile on her face.
"And THIS is just the bathroom!"
"Yup! So let's bathe!" Ophillia smiled, and stripped. She slid into the hot waters and started to bathe herself.
Nanake timidly took her clothing off and slid into the waters as well. She found a tray full of bathing goods such as body wash, soap, shampoo and conditioner. She selected some bathing products from the tray and started to bathe herself. She untied her buns and let her long hair fall down into the water. She dipped under water to wet her head and then washed her hair, sighing at how good the hot water felt on her body.
After drying off, Ophillia gave her friend a bath robe, and they proceeded to the dressing chamber. A room filled with wardrobes and wardrobes of beautiful ceremonial robes. Ophillia selected a light blue robe for Nanake and then chose a white one for herself. She put on a sapphire looking pendant on a necklace and jerked her head towards the door.
"What's that, Ophie?!" Nanake asked pointing to the diamond shaped pendant around her neck.
"This?" Ophillia lifted the thin chain of the pendant, "This is my Time Pendant. It helps us travel through time quicker and easier through the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. It's got other powers as well... but you'll learn about them when the time is right. Let's go."
The coronation ceremony began immediately after Nanake finished doing her hair up in braided buns with ribbons tied around them. Ice-blue skinned ladies in snow white robes sat across from eachother with a blue carpet in between them. They chanted and sang as Nanake was escorted down the musical carpet and up the stairs by Ophillia, her new partner. They sat on pillows in front of the Time Kai.
The Time Kai said nothing but smiled and bowed her head and looked back up at her. She nodded to her to do the same. Nanake bowed her head, and the Time Kai hung a pendant just like Ophillia's around her neck. Nanake lifted her head and smiled at the Time Kai. She looked down at her pendant and it sparkled and spinned a bit as she stood up with Ophillia. The Time Kai then chanted some different language and the Ice-blue girls shouted in rejoice.
Nanake walked halfway down the carpet and stopped when the girls crowded around her, chattering happily in some native language. Ophillia crossed over to her smiling and the ice-blue girls cleared a path for her.
"Congradulations Nanake... you are now officially a Time Warrior!"
"Thank you, Ophie." Nanake giggled as one of the ice-blue child-like girls crawled up into her arms and kissed both of her cheeks, "Who are these?"
"These are the Time Children. They live at this Temple." Ophillia smiled and picked one up.
"Oh... they're adorable."
"They remind me of you. You seem like a little child. So unsure of everything. So naive."
"Well, I...I..."
"Don't worry Nanake. I'll make you more both physically and mentally powerful. But first we tackle our first mission."
Nanake nodded and followed her friend to the Time Kai's conservatory chamber. There, they found the Time Kai watering flowers. She turned and smiled softly,
"They're called Morning Glories."
Ophillia smiled and spoke gently and respectfully to the tiny Kai.
"We're ready for our mission briefing, Time Kai."
"Yes... yes of course." She set her watering can down and walked to Ophillia. She took in a breath and then spoke lightly,
"You will go to the past. We cannot let Nanake go on a real mission without her even knowing who she is. You will go to the planet Vegeta. Upon arrival, instruct her how to use her pendant. Let her watch the history of her planet... and I mean... absolutely... everything."
She set her big blue eyes on the puzzled Nanake and then looked back at Ophillia, speaking softly,
"Do you understand, Ophillia?"
Ophillia bowed and answered gently,
"Yes miss."
They left the Time Kai to tend to her flowers, and Nanake wondered what was "not to be left out." How much of her planet's history was REALLY left in the dark to her. She knew that it was destroyed... but what was so important that she should know? Would it be dangerous to the baby she was now carrying? She wasn't sure of anything anymore... but she trusted Ophillia to help her sort things out.
To Be Continued...
Well... that's it for today! How will Nanake react to the truth about the planet she barely knew, but still is a large part of her life. How will she react when she finds out what Vegeta has really been through... and who's that she'll be meeting-- her parents? Find out next time!
