Journey to the Past
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AN: Hey! I'm back! Sorry, I haven't updated in a while. I've been busy and I went to Xiamen...XD I'm not sure if it is a nice chapter. I hope it is! I hope you guys enjoy! R&R!
Chapter 2: Claire"Your highness..."
"Your highness..."
Mint slowly opened her eyes and came face to face with a pair of bright purple eyes.
"Expletive, who are you?! What are you doing in my room!" Mint screamed, suddenly jumping up from her bed and took a fighting stance. When Mint's vision cleared, she saw a lady in a long purple dress.
The woman looked slightly startled but soon regained composure. She bowed slightly and said: "I'm sorry for startling you, your highness. My name is Claire. I was ordered by her highness, Princess Maya to help you prepare for tonight's banquet."
"And how did you get up here? Only the servant, Belle comes up here when she need to clean my room but it takes her about 2 hours to get up here. I don't think I was asleep that long" Mint stated letting her hands fall to her side.
"Princess Mint is not the only one who know the secrets of the castle. I know all the secrets of this place and I also know that there are still a lot of them which you haven't discovered." Claire said with a slightly sly smile.
"Oh really!" Mint said sarcastically an arched eyebrow. Claire just smiled at the princess and was shocked when Mint suddenly laughed. "Haha! I like you! You've got spunk to be able to stand up against me! Don't worry, I won't pry the secrets of the castle from you. Where is the adventure in that!" Mint said as she plopped on the bed.
Claire blushed at Mint's supposed compliment. "Hehe...my brother gets worried about me a lot. He says I'm quiet but I'm quite daring."
Mint smiled at Claire. "Well, let's get ready on that dress of yours! Princess Maya especially told me to get you a dress that wouldn't be to much trouble to the seamstresses. And as much as possible to use a dress you already have." Claire said as she walked to Mint's closet at the other side of the room. Good thing Claire was too busy skimming through the closet which surprised her since her whole wardrobe seemed to consist of one outfit only because the bright smile on Mint's face suddenly fell to a scowl.
"Ugh, you had to remind me!" Mint said crossing her arms across her chest.
"You don't like parties? But you are always attending them." Claire wondered out loud.
"Have you even seen me DURING the parties?" Mint smirked and Claire thought back to all the parties in the castle and she couldn't remember a single time when she's seen Mint while she went around serving food. Mint smirk grew even bigger when she saw Claire's eyes grew big when she realized that Mint never really attended the parties.
"I go the party, stay for a few minutes then sneak out to the gardens with my mom..." Mint said with pride but it held hurt as she remembered her deceased mother.
"Oh...I'm sorry about her majesty. She was a great queen and she was kind to everyone even to us servants..." Claire sympathized. Mint said nothing and just stayed on the bed without moving or flinching. "I was quite close to her majesty, Alexandria. My brother and I used to live in the streets until her majesty offered jobs for us at this castle. She'd drop by often to see how were doing." Claire whispered not wanting to bring to much memories up.
"I'll take a bath now, you just go get any dress which you think will fit me. I won't try to run away this time. I think I need to make to my father all those parties I've missed but don't tell him that." Mint whispered to Claire as she stood.
Claire's eyes suddenly widened and a smile appeared on her face. "What is the matter?" Mint questioned but Claire suddenly dashed out the room and Mint could hear her footsteps slowly disappearing. Mint blinked at the door, which Claire just dashed out of and shrugged. Mint entered the bathroom to take a nice long bath.
Half an hour later, Mint emerged from the bathroom with her lithe body wrapped in a royal purple bathrobe while her hair which was taken out of its usual ponytail was wrapped in a deep cerulean blue towel. Mint saw that Claire had returned and was laying something white on her bed. Mint came forward for a closer look and was utterly shocked at what she saw.
On her bed was the most stunning dress she has ever seen. and along with it came the most beautiful pair of diamond earrings. She laid her long slender fingers on it delicate white fabric and looked up to see Claire shyly smiling at her. "It was your moms when she was younger but she kept it at the back of her closet since it didn't fit her anymore but I'm positively sure that it will fit you."
Mint bowed her head slightly as silent tear flowed down her cheek. She turned her back on Claire so she wouldn't see her cry. "Thank you Claire. I really miss my mom so much. I really hope your right that this will fit me. And for the first time I'm hoping I will enjoy the night." Mint said her voice slightly trembling. Claire smiled at Mint and pushed her to the bathroom door so she could try it on.
AN: the outfit that I was talking about earlier, the one that filled her closet is the blue scion outfit that Mint wears in the game.
The dress is the queen dress of Kida from Atlantis one except that it is white. here is a picture of her