A Perfect Ending
Chapter 6: Another Dilemma



Amelia stuttered and blinked for a moment. She couldn't have heard what she just did...

"Princess Amelia are you alright?" Aundril gave a questioning look to her. It was true...he was to be her new husband. She could tell from looking at her father's face. Slowly it began to sink in. Tears filled her eyes as she dashed up the stairs to her room and slammed the door behind her. Quickly she locked the door and secured it with a spell.

'This can't be happening' she thought as she pictured Aundril's face, her father's and then...Zelgadis'. She cried for the longest time and finally after the sun as set she fell asleep from exhaustion.

The next morning when she woke up her temperature was back again and she couldn't hear anything. Everything was going wrong in her life, when would it all end? Unlocking her door and taking off the spell she took a look into the hallway. Nobody was there; she cautiously snuck into the kitchen and found some food.

"Amelia?" Jenifer asked behind her. Amelia couldn't hear her. Jenifer cautiously tapped Amelia on the back causing the princess to jump. Amelia whisked around to see her friend. Sighing with relief she gestured Jenifer to follow her back to her room, there Jenifer learned that Amelia couldn't hear so they wrote notes back and forth to each other. Jenifer and Amelia planned out the upcoming party that was to start in two days. Tomorrow night, Miss. Lina and the others were to arrive at the place for the night.

"Miss. Amelia?" A voice of a returning Mazoku made Jenifer turn.

"Xelloss, Amelia is deaf, she can't hear what you're saying" Jenifer said. Sighing Xelloss focused some of his energy towards Amelia causing her hearing to return.

"Thank you Xelloss"

"It's no problem Princess"

"Just one question, why are you so intent on helping me?" Amelia cocked her head to the side and blinked.

"Er...that's a secret!" Xelloss said before disappearing.

"Well gee, he's a big help isn't he?" Jenifer said with her hands on her hips. "Anyways, why don't we do something today Amelia? Since you're birthday is coming up...let's go out and do something fun!"

"Okay!" Amelia smiled as she grabbed Jenifer's and carried her out of the window with a ray wing. Once reaching the edge of the town Amelia set Jenifer down and they both walked down to a nearby lake.

"I wish that before I had to be married that I could take a trip...to a beach, a really beautiful one with a sweet breeze and crystal clear water. I know that once I am married I won't be able to do much of anything anymore. And I know that with Aundril, well... I'm not going to think about it"

"Why don't you just tell your father that you don't want to marry him?"

"Because...he'll ask me who I really wan to marry and I don't know if he'll ever accept my answer"

"Who is it?"

"You haven't met him yet I'm afraid but I'll point him out to you once he arrived with my other friends"

"Alright Amelia, as long as it's not Xelloss" Jenifer laughed "I can't imagine that anyways"

"Yeah, Xelloss would probably die within 1 day of our marriage because he loathes justice" Amelia laughed. The sun was beginning to set when the two decided to head back.

"You know, this has been one of the best days of my life. I felt like the weight of the world was lifted off of my shoulders"

Amelia and Jenifer reached the palace and noticed a commotion in front of the place doors.

"Hey, you gotta let me in, I'm one of the Princess' friends!" A angry red head shouted at the door "Or get Prince Phil, he knows who I am!"

"Miss. Lina!" Amelia ran and hugged her friend.

"See I told ya" Lina scoffed at the guards and then hugged Amelia back. "How are ya?"

"I'm great Miss. Lina, wait...where's Mr. Gourry?" Amelia asked, usually you never saw Lina without her tall blonde companion.

"He's coming tomorrow, with Sylphiel and the others"

"Oh...why are you here so early Miss. Lina?"

"Well...Amelia...to tell you the truth...I can feel a really strong power coming from here and I don't know if it's for good...or bad"



~-~ Okay, another chapter done. The next chapter will have the others arriving and a new secret about Amelia's "Fiancé" Aundril... ~-~