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CHAPTER 2:
SCARLET
Charlotte's footsteps faded away leaving Zidane astounded, he was filled with apprehension yet the edges were touched with a tingling feeling of curiosity and warmth. Zidane was torn was he to go back and find his friends or follow the enigmatic Charlotte.
In the end the cat was caught by curiosity and he followed where the girl had left.
***
Charlotte steadily walked into her mothers quarters the split in her skirt widening as she strode forward. as she reached where her mother was sitting she stopped and bowed slightly.
'Mother you wanted to see me?' Charlotte's face was calm but slightly etched with a worried frown. The older woman looked up and gave her a smile, it was not a friendly smile more of a 'You're my daughter I'll be nice to make you happy' smile.
'Yes.' The Queen answered haughtily. ' It is on the subject of your marriage.' In a way Charlotte knew this was what she had been called for. She sighed angrily and looked most frustrated.
'Mother you know quite well I will not marry until I fall in love, you also know that the one I did fall in love with was killed by greed and desperation. Which brings me to making the point that he is the only one I would love and the only one I would marry.' The Queen gave her a disappointed look.
'Yes I am sorry that incident was most unfortunate but you cannot rest the fate of this kingdom on your morals of love and death, it is quite out of question. As I am instructed to do as the role of your mother and ruler I have arranged for you to see a new suitor and I am sure he will be a good match.'
' That's what you said about the last nine suitors, and they where awful but I know you'll never relent so I will give him a chance. When will he arrive?' The Queen gave her daughter a triumphant look of supremacy.
'In that case, soon. Be in your room made up at your best.' Charlotte nodded, curtsied and left. On the way to her room she called her maid and best friend, immediately she appeared.
'Cobby, what shall I do? Mother would not listen, she doesn't understand how much pain I have within me... She doesn't understand the true feeling of a love, she never has, she never loved father and I was sure she killed him.' Cobby looked horrified.
' I am sure my Lady that you do not mean that. You are in a mood in which I will not be able to persuade you, but never say that in front of the chancellor or any of his servants, for your safety would be jeopardised.'
'From the chancellor? Don't kid me Cobanya, he couldn't touch me with a ten metre barge pole, let alone my safety, besides he's scared of me. Do not worry for my safety, he couldn't ward off a toad let alone kidnappers.' Cobanya looked worried and she bit her lip.
'That may be so Lady Charlotte, but he has far more power than you know, you underestimate him. You should have seen him when he got angry at one of the servants in the laundry quarters, it was horrib...'
At that moment, Chancellor Rowan passed them, he gave a sly glance to Charlotte and then gave a stiffening smile to Cobanya, who shivered when he passed.
'Oh no, he. he knows. I must stay out of his way. Things could be unsafe from now on, please be careful around him. I beseech you to listen to my warning. I have to go now my lady.'
Cobanya rushed off, she muttered to herself in Miyan, Charlotte could not catch all of what she said but she heard the words "terrible" and "danger". She shrugged as she walked to her room.
Nothing really changed, Rowan had and always been a bastard to say the least, he controlled her like he was ruling over Miya rather than her mother. She hated him with a passion, he wasn't as strong as Cobby had described, well never as strong as her.
As she entered her room she felt the warmth of the fire in the hearth wash over her like a warm breath. She hated the warmth too, that was why she would go up to the borders and feel the coolness of the above land.
She didn't fit in with any of them, firstly she didn't have the fire gift in which every single monarch in the family possessed. In fact she didn't really have any powers, she could feel peoples emotions with out realising and lift small objects to her, but apart from that she was as normal, well as normal as normal can get.
The red glow made her feel sleepy, so she lay on one of the many large cushions in front of the fire. Her thoughts flew into waking dreams..
She felt strong arms around her, silken hair brushed across her face, and the warm touch of his fingers on her skin. Yes my love, you are forever in my heart.. Then he was ripped from her arms and she felt a wrenching in her heart.. She cried out for him but all she could see was black and she felt cold and she shivered. The next thing she knew she felt the touch of skin on her arm, it was warmer than normal and she jumped.
Her vision blurred for a moment and then she saw two blue eyes staring at her from beneath a torrent of yellowed gold hair. At first she just stared at this intruder.. Ahh yes the watcher from the waterfall, should have known. She sat up slowly and she smiled faintly.
'Er. are you okay? You were crying in your sleep..' He spoke to her softly in quiet genuine worry for her. The smile that he was giving her warmed her heart, it reminded her of someone but she couldn't put her finger on who it was.
'Yes.. I am sorry, I often have bad dreams, but please let me introduce myself I am Char..'
'Charlotte de Milizhan, of the Miyan Royal family, first class of the Ignatius order. Right?' She looked at him in shock, she was amazed that he knew so much about her, information on anything to do with Miya was hard to come by. She laughed under her breath, and smiled widely.
'You have been doing your homework. How did you find out? I mean our details are not the most common details of the above world.'
'Well I cheated a little bit.' He looked behind her, she turned too and saw the gold plate, which the information was written. She looked back at him, with a slightly sarcastic smile. 'Come on. gimme a break at least I tried.' He smiled still in his crouching position and sitting on his heels.
'Okay.. You got me, I'll give you ten points for effort. So what is your name? I forgot to ask, excuse my rudeness.'
'Zidane Tribal, of the Tantalus clan.'
'Ahhh yes. I know Tantalus, you were the ones that travelled around as a theatre group.no?' He nodded, with a surprised look on his face, hm he obviously didn't know of her secret links to the outside world, from them she lived with the knowledge.
'How'd you...'
'If I told you that I would have to kill you.' She laughed making sure that he knew that she was kidding, he laughed also, keeping his gorgeous crystal blue eyes one her. 'No not really, the servants are allowed out above and they get the information for me.'
She looked around making sure that no one had come into her room or was listening. She looked into the fire and sighed, when she looked back at him she saw that he had tilted his head in dismay.
'I cannot tell you much, the walls have ears here, theoretically speaking, but you will never know how lucky you are to be free, to feel the sun, to feel a cool breeze.ohh if you only know of what I speak maybe you would understand.'
'No. I do. Completely. I hate being stuck somewhere for so long that you feel that you are trapped and you cant escape.'
Charlotte nodded at his explanation, he put a hand to her shoulder and tapped it lightly as a mark of compassion. Hmm. such a simple gesture, and it shows much. She smiled at him and offered him to sit down.
He did so and she yawned, she blushed at her rudeness and surpassed a quick glance at him, still trying to remember who he reminded her of. Zidane looked around the room, staring at the draperies across her bed, and the cravings on the wood. Charlotte felt hot again and it made her feel sick, hah.. Hopefully I can remember how to do this.
She got up and walked over to the fireplace, she tapped it twice on a carved rose, and said a few words of Miyan under her breath. The red glow disappeared from the room and an eerie glow of blue light caressed the silhouettes their bodies made.
There was a gentle rippling noise coming from the same place where the light was emitted, it was like the sound of rushing water. Charlotte pulled away from the hearth with a wide grin on her face and she saw the wonder on his face.
The fire was now replaced with a small waterfall, giving the room a whole new atmosphere, it actually felt that they were beneath the water, it was amazing.
'How the hell did you do that.?' Charlotte suppressed a giggle and smiled cheekily. He understood immediately, she could tell his comprehension in his mood, that was his aura.
'Ah.. that, I learnt it from Cobanya, my maid, she knows how much I hate it down here and she sorted it out for me that I would have something to link me with the outside world.'
'I can see why you feel that way.'
Zidane was so different to anyone she had ever met, he was kind and he wasn't afraid of showing kindness, or weakness. She felt relaxed in his presence and she felt that his full attention was on her. She almost laughed again he was, he kept looking at her, trying to figure her out.
Before she could say anything else, someone knocked on the door. Charlotte looked terrified and cursed at herself. She got up immediately and brushed herself off.
'Wh.. Who is it?'
'Its only me Lady Charlotte.' Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief and beckoned the owner of the voice in. When Cobanya saw Zidane she looked at her mistress in anxiety, but she heard her Lady's explanation and stopped looking at him in contempt. Her uneasiness did not fade, but she gazed at him in wonder.
'What is it Cobby? You came to tell me something.'
'Yes, your guest will be here at any moment.'
'Shit! Cobby take Zidane to my.'
She looked at Cobby, who seemed to be staring at her in shock. She hadn't heard her lady and princess speak such obscenities before. Zidane just looked at her normally, he must have been used to it.
'Forgive me, I shouldn't have. now take Zidane to my library, no one will disturb him there and make sure he is not seen.' She turned to Zidane. 'I am truly sorry, as soon as I have got this wretched suitor thing out the way, I will return to you.'
'Don't worry, I know you have things to do.' Cobby pulled him away into the next room, as he was dragged he waved goodbye to Charlotte and she waved back while changing the waterfall back to the fire.
She was tracing a finger along the cravings on the hearth, when the door opened, she didn't hear it at first and she didn't turn when she heard the footsteps. She would ignore them until the entrant spoke.
'Charlotte.. Did you miss me, my love?'
CHAPTER 2:
SCARLET
Charlotte's footsteps faded away leaving Zidane astounded, he was filled with apprehension yet the edges were touched with a tingling feeling of curiosity and warmth. Zidane was torn was he to go back and find his friends or follow the enigmatic Charlotte.
In the end the cat was caught by curiosity and he followed where the girl had left.
***
Charlotte steadily walked into her mothers quarters the split in her skirt widening as she strode forward. as she reached where her mother was sitting she stopped and bowed slightly.
'Mother you wanted to see me?' Charlotte's face was calm but slightly etched with a worried frown. The older woman looked up and gave her a smile, it was not a friendly smile more of a 'You're my daughter I'll be nice to make you happy' smile.
'Yes.' The Queen answered haughtily. ' It is on the subject of your marriage.' In a way Charlotte knew this was what she had been called for. She sighed angrily and looked most frustrated.
'Mother you know quite well I will not marry until I fall in love, you also know that the one I did fall in love with was killed by greed and desperation. Which brings me to making the point that he is the only one I would love and the only one I would marry.' The Queen gave her a disappointed look.
'Yes I am sorry that incident was most unfortunate but you cannot rest the fate of this kingdom on your morals of love and death, it is quite out of question. As I am instructed to do as the role of your mother and ruler I have arranged for you to see a new suitor and I am sure he will be a good match.'
' That's what you said about the last nine suitors, and they where awful but I know you'll never relent so I will give him a chance. When will he arrive?' The Queen gave her daughter a triumphant look of supremacy.
'In that case, soon. Be in your room made up at your best.' Charlotte nodded, curtsied and left. On the way to her room she called her maid and best friend, immediately she appeared.
'Cobby, what shall I do? Mother would not listen, she doesn't understand how much pain I have within me... She doesn't understand the true feeling of a love, she never has, she never loved father and I was sure she killed him.' Cobby looked horrified.
' I am sure my Lady that you do not mean that. You are in a mood in which I will not be able to persuade you, but never say that in front of the chancellor or any of his servants, for your safety would be jeopardised.'
'From the chancellor? Don't kid me Cobanya, he couldn't touch me with a ten metre barge pole, let alone my safety, besides he's scared of me. Do not worry for my safety, he couldn't ward off a toad let alone kidnappers.' Cobanya looked worried and she bit her lip.
'That may be so Lady Charlotte, but he has far more power than you know, you underestimate him. You should have seen him when he got angry at one of the servants in the laundry quarters, it was horrib...'
At that moment, Chancellor Rowan passed them, he gave a sly glance to Charlotte and then gave a stiffening smile to Cobanya, who shivered when he passed.
'Oh no, he. he knows. I must stay out of his way. Things could be unsafe from now on, please be careful around him. I beseech you to listen to my warning. I have to go now my lady.'
Cobanya rushed off, she muttered to herself in Miyan, Charlotte could not catch all of what she said but she heard the words "terrible" and "danger". She shrugged as she walked to her room.
Nothing really changed, Rowan had and always been a bastard to say the least, he controlled her like he was ruling over Miya rather than her mother. She hated him with a passion, he wasn't as strong as Cobby had described, well never as strong as her.
As she entered her room she felt the warmth of the fire in the hearth wash over her like a warm breath. She hated the warmth too, that was why she would go up to the borders and feel the coolness of the above land.
She didn't fit in with any of them, firstly she didn't have the fire gift in which every single monarch in the family possessed. In fact she didn't really have any powers, she could feel peoples emotions with out realising and lift small objects to her, but apart from that she was as normal, well as normal as normal can get.
The red glow made her feel sleepy, so she lay on one of the many large cushions in front of the fire. Her thoughts flew into waking dreams..
She felt strong arms around her, silken hair brushed across her face, and the warm touch of his fingers on her skin. Yes my love, you are forever in my heart.. Then he was ripped from her arms and she felt a wrenching in her heart.. She cried out for him but all she could see was black and she felt cold and she shivered. The next thing she knew she felt the touch of skin on her arm, it was warmer than normal and she jumped.
Her vision blurred for a moment and then she saw two blue eyes staring at her from beneath a torrent of yellowed gold hair. At first she just stared at this intruder.. Ahh yes the watcher from the waterfall, should have known. She sat up slowly and she smiled faintly.
'Er. are you okay? You were crying in your sleep..' He spoke to her softly in quiet genuine worry for her. The smile that he was giving her warmed her heart, it reminded her of someone but she couldn't put her finger on who it was.
'Yes.. I am sorry, I often have bad dreams, but please let me introduce myself I am Char..'
'Charlotte de Milizhan, of the Miyan Royal family, first class of the Ignatius order. Right?' She looked at him in shock, she was amazed that he knew so much about her, information on anything to do with Miya was hard to come by. She laughed under her breath, and smiled widely.
'You have been doing your homework. How did you find out? I mean our details are not the most common details of the above world.'
'Well I cheated a little bit.' He looked behind her, she turned too and saw the gold plate, which the information was written. She looked back at him, with a slightly sarcastic smile. 'Come on. gimme a break at least I tried.' He smiled still in his crouching position and sitting on his heels.
'Okay.. You got me, I'll give you ten points for effort. So what is your name? I forgot to ask, excuse my rudeness.'
'Zidane Tribal, of the Tantalus clan.'
'Ahhh yes. I know Tantalus, you were the ones that travelled around as a theatre group.no?' He nodded, with a surprised look on his face, hm he obviously didn't know of her secret links to the outside world, from them she lived with the knowledge.
'How'd you...'
'If I told you that I would have to kill you.' She laughed making sure that he knew that she was kidding, he laughed also, keeping his gorgeous crystal blue eyes one her. 'No not really, the servants are allowed out above and they get the information for me.'
She looked around making sure that no one had come into her room or was listening. She looked into the fire and sighed, when she looked back at him she saw that he had tilted his head in dismay.
'I cannot tell you much, the walls have ears here, theoretically speaking, but you will never know how lucky you are to be free, to feel the sun, to feel a cool breeze.ohh if you only know of what I speak maybe you would understand.'
'No. I do. Completely. I hate being stuck somewhere for so long that you feel that you are trapped and you cant escape.'
Charlotte nodded at his explanation, he put a hand to her shoulder and tapped it lightly as a mark of compassion. Hmm. such a simple gesture, and it shows much. She smiled at him and offered him to sit down.
He did so and she yawned, she blushed at her rudeness and surpassed a quick glance at him, still trying to remember who he reminded her of. Zidane looked around the room, staring at the draperies across her bed, and the cravings on the wood. Charlotte felt hot again and it made her feel sick, hah.. Hopefully I can remember how to do this.
She got up and walked over to the fireplace, she tapped it twice on a carved rose, and said a few words of Miyan under her breath. The red glow disappeared from the room and an eerie glow of blue light caressed the silhouettes their bodies made.
There was a gentle rippling noise coming from the same place where the light was emitted, it was like the sound of rushing water. Charlotte pulled away from the hearth with a wide grin on her face and she saw the wonder on his face.
The fire was now replaced with a small waterfall, giving the room a whole new atmosphere, it actually felt that they were beneath the water, it was amazing.
'How the hell did you do that.?' Charlotte suppressed a giggle and smiled cheekily. He understood immediately, she could tell his comprehension in his mood, that was his aura.
'Ah.. that, I learnt it from Cobanya, my maid, she knows how much I hate it down here and she sorted it out for me that I would have something to link me with the outside world.'
'I can see why you feel that way.'
Zidane was so different to anyone she had ever met, he was kind and he wasn't afraid of showing kindness, or weakness. She felt relaxed in his presence and she felt that his full attention was on her. She almost laughed again he was, he kept looking at her, trying to figure her out.
Before she could say anything else, someone knocked on the door. Charlotte looked terrified and cursed at herself. She got up immediately and brushed herself off.
'Wh.. Who is it?'
'Its only me Lady Charlotte.' Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief and beckoned the owner of the voice in. When Cobanya saw Zidane she looked at her mistress in anxiety, but she heard her Lady's explanation and stopped looking at him in contempt. Her uneasiness did not fade, but she gazed at him in wonder.
'What is it Cobby? You came to tell me something.'
'Yes, your guest will be here at any moment.'
'Shit! Cobby take Zidane to my.'
She looked at Cobby, who seemed to be staring at her in shock. She hadn't heard her lady and princess speak such obscenities before. Zidane just looked at her normally, he must have been used to it.
'Forgive me, I shouldn't have. now take Zidane to my library, no one will disturb him there and make sure he is not seen.' She turned to Zidane. 'I am truly sorry, as soon as I have got this wretched suitor thing out the way, I will return to you.'
'Don't worry, I know you have things to do.' Cobby pulled him away into the next room, as he was dragged he waved goodbye to Charlotte and she waved back while changing the waterfall back to the fire.
She was tracing a finger along the cravings on the hearth, when the door opened, she didn't hear it at first and she didn't turn when she heard the footsteps. She would ignore them until the entrant spoke.
'Charlotte.. Did you miss me, my love?'