Chapter 4: Meeting Meiling and Natasha
Lil LoveStar: Well I'm back as you should know and this is well the 5th chapter by my 4th ok. I loved all my reviews. I've never gotten that many before and I wanted to say thank you to all of you.
Sean: Yes Lil LoveStar is good, but she could be better of course.
Everyone (Including audience): WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!
Sean: Well everyone else is here I should have the right to be here.
Lil LoveStar: Alright you can stay but don't whine about what happens later on.
Showron: And about what you said 'your highness' (Yeah right). Lil LoveStar's writing ability will grow with practice and age.
Lil LoveStar: Yeah I mean I'm only 14 you know. When I get older I'll get better.
Meiling: May we start now?
Meiling saw Cosette and Syaoran together in his room and almost had smoke coming out of her ears. But she spoke like a lady, very calmly, "Xiaolang darling why is the room next to yours taken and who is this." You could see the vein popping out if her head and it wasn't very good looking. (Meiling: YOU'RE A BITCH LIL LOVE STAR! Lil LoveStar: No I'm not, now let me type.) Cosette got a little scared and backed up while Syaoran paled and wished she wasn't here.
"Well my dear cousin." Syaoran choked out from fear. "This is my personal servant Cosette and the reason why the room next to mine is taken is because I gave it to Cosette to be close to me and for my own purposes." Meiling's glare ended as he finished, she inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly so she wouldn't lose it.
"Very well then I'll be in the room next to hers, since that was my original room." Meiling stomped off.
"Maybe I should go after her just incase she tries to hurt the first person she sees." Syaoran said walking after Meiling. "Why don't you go to Madison's room, she wanted you anyway." (AN: Ok I need to have Madison move around more…… WAY MORE LMAO) Cosette walked to Madison's room.
Meiling
Meiling walked out into the garden to pout. She sat by a fountain and looked at herself in the water. She had long raven colored hair and ruby colored eyes. She was nicely developed for any girl her age and she was mature (AN: Sometimes. Meiling glares at Lil LoveStar). She was the envy of all the girls in her school. But…. As she really thought about it she didn't really have many friends and every time she came back to Japan she would love to see Syaoran and Madison. But right now what she couldn't understand was why that girl was in Syaoran's room, she could understand the servant thing but she was all dressed up and looked like any girl with class and breeding. And as much as Meiling hated to admit it that girl was beautiful with her auburn hair and emerald eyes. But what in the world were they doing before she got in there? Ah! She'd get it out of Xiaolang later, all she wanted to know was why did that girl's eyes remind her of someone else's and who's for that matter.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Syaoran asked, startling Meiling. Meiling looked back to the clear water before asking, "What were you doing with that girl?"
"I was asking her something but you came in and here we are." Syaoran said softly. Meiling looked at him to see if he was lying, he was being sincere. "Thank you for being honest Syaoran." Meiling said getting up. "Where are you going?" Syaoran asked.
"To my room, you can talk to that girl now if you want to." Meiling said half hurt. Syaoran shrugged and walked with her.
Cosette
"She was scary." Cosette said as Madison walked along with her threw the palace. Madison smiled at Cosette and said simply, "Meiling is very protective of Syaoran, she over reacted as usual and got mad. But it's not your fault, she'll cool down." Cosette looked around her and noticed they were in a part of the castle she's never been in. It was a lot darker and spookier than the rest of the castle, and she could feel the emperor's aura more in this area. "Umm… Madison, where in the castle are we anyway?"
"Oh this is near the emperor's room; I'm here to see my aunt actually. But I hate coming down this way myself and Syaoran is tending to Meiling so you're the next best thing." Cosette nodded and they continued walking down the long hallway. Light seeped through the windows near the middle of the hall, it got brighter when they made it the a door that Madison stopped at, it was a regular door but upon going inside to the room revealed enough items, dresses, jewelry, and nicely painted walls and a balcony. This could have been the queen's room if Cosette had ever seen one during her life here. "Auntie Natasha, its Madison." Madison said cheerily. A beautiful woman in her early forties came out of another door and looked at Madison. She was dressed in a beautiful lavender dress with a veil that hid her face, except her eyes. "Hello Madison sweetie. I see you're looking well and who is this young lady with you?" She stopped dead in her sentence, looking at the sixteen-year-older before her. She was beautiful in her eyes, the perfect angel, her nice silky auburn hair, and her emerald eyes, much like her own. Nice small figure, as tall as a girl her age should be. She grew the way she hoped she would, but unfortunately she didn't grow up knowing her real family, she grew up knowing nothing but Sean's tongue, the guards' beatings and all the work he put her through. She saw it all happen through the years. She knew what Sean did to her; him beating her, yelling at her, abusing her. She was thankful that Sean never touched her, robbed her of her virginity. And she noticed that her magic was strong, she became the Mistress of the Cards like she knew she would. "Auntie are you alright?" Madison asked looking at Natasha. Natasha shook her head and smiled warmly at Madison and her daughter, "Yes I'm fine Madison, now who is your friend?"
"This is Cosette; she's Syaoran's personal servant and my new model." Madison beamed. Natasha nodded thinking, 'So he did give my little girl a different name, the snake.' 'After I'm free from this imprisonment, I'll tell her everything, then she'll know the love of a real family, even if I'm really the only true family she has.' "Well she's a very beautiful girl; she should be good for work designs Madison. Now tell me Cosette if I'm imposing could you tell me about yourself?" She asked. Cosette's eyes widened, she thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "Well I've been here ever since I could remember. Umm I'm sixteen like Madison is. I used to take care of the younger children on the first floor. And that's really all I know."
"You don't remember your parents?" Natasha asked, trying to get her to remember, not knowing that Cosette was just afraid to say it. Cosette put on a sad face, not too sure if she should talk about what little she knew about her past, the queen might think she were crazy and laugh at her, but she decided to try anyway. "Well I do remember that when I was a baby someone sang a lullaby to me at night. I don't remember it all, so I added parts to it. I know for a fact that it was my mother and that she said my real name but I can't remember it for some reason. And… she gave me this key with a star on it." She finished a little unsure she should have said that, showing the key.
"I was wondering why you always had that thing on." Madison said. "And you've had it all this time too. And it looks brand new." "I'm surprised it wasn't taken from you as well, the emperor always took any possession that the children had." She added. Cosette glared at Madison when she said that. Calming down quickly she remembered what she did when she found out about that. She smirked and snickered and said, "When I was nine I found all that stuff and I gave it back to them. They were so happy when they got their stuff back." Natasha smiled at her inner goodness, generosity, and her boldness. She never cried when the emperor stuck her or when the guards did. She was very proud of her daughter. "Well I think it's about time you started back; it's a long way back to the main hall. I would like to see the both of you more often alright?"
"Ok auntie, I'll bring Cosette and my designs so you can judge." Madison smiled walking toward the door with Cosette behind her. Cosette waved goodbye and they left. Natasha shed the tears that have been threatening to fall since she first saw her daughter again. 'You're almost fully happy and well. I love you my little cherry blossom.'
Lil LoveStar: Sorry that was short but I had to make it short.
Destiny: She has good reason and she wanted me to say why. There will be some SS without Sean's influence. But no lemon yet.
Lil LoveStar: Thanks Destiny. Well see you.
