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CHAPTER 7: Shocking Realizations
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SEYRUUN
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The princess of Seyruun slowly awoke the next morning with a light streak of sun beaming across her face, awakening her for the new day. Squinting her eyes shut she didn't feel like waking up and grumbled something in her sleep before rolling over to her over side.
"Amelia…you over slept; your father's waiting for you."
She heard the voice, but she chose to ignore it to sleep a bit longer and asked the person if she could have five more minutes.
"Uh-uh, no way," said the person grabbing her shoulder from behind. "You told me five more minutes every time I came in here!"
"But you just came in here." She protested groggily.
"No I haven't! I've been here every five minutes for the past 35 minutes trying to wake you up!" the person stated annoyingly.
Instead of giving the person another remark she decided to mumble again and fall back asleep, now on her back from the person pulling her over. But she assumed she made the person angry because next thing she knew she was yanked up into a sitting by her arms that felt like they've been ripped off! Angry that someone that someone would treat their princess that way she instantly awoken to give the person a piece of her mind when she finally realized who it was.
"HEY WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR-Zel-Zelgadis?" she instantly blushed when she noticed their faces were only a few inches apart.
"Well well I've finally gotten you awake. And it seems I'll have some thing to always remember as well." He spoke calmly.
"Some-something to remember?" she questioned.
"It's the first time…." he stated receiving a puzzling look from her. "It's the first time you said my name without the formalities." He finished with a soft smile.
As if her blush couldn't get any deeper! She suddenly felt dizzy and light headed again, and closed her eyes lean forward into his chest.
"R u okay?" he asked worriedly.
"Oh yes, I'm fine I just feel a little dizzy." She said into his chest.
She felt him chuckle and could hear every beat of his heart as he spoke.
"I suppose that's the stress that comes with being a princess." He assumed but got no response from her. She was too busy enjoying the moment…The scent of his clothes, the flow of his breathing, the warmth of his skin; she was caught in it all! She never wanted that moment to end.
"Amelia?" she heard him say, and felt his thumb and index finger tilt her chin up to look at him.
She felt a wave of emotions subdue her as she looked up into his piercing blue eyes. All sound was drowned as she he leaned closer and closer to her lips. Her heart raced with every centimeter and she heard her heart beating madly for rest. Closer…closer…closer…and finally.
AAAAHHHHH!
She popped up in bed with sweat dripping down her fragile face panting for air.
"A dream?" she thought. "Was that all just a dream?"
She climbed out of bed and opened her curtains to the new day that awaited her. Staring down at her city her mind began to wonder to her dream just than.
"It felt so real…." She thought back. "Almost like deja blue."
She left the window and went to get ready for the day. She didn't feel like dressing too fancy so she put on a simple dress that exposed her curves in all the right ways but still gave her a since of modesty. It's black body and loose white sleeves didn't go at all with the loose sky blue skirt on it, but it was still cute in its own way. In some ways one might say the dress looked like that of a modest peasant but in their own way they looked like they were dressed quite comfortably and it was! She gave her hair a quick run through with her fingers and put on her black slippers before heading out to the dinning hall.
Walking silently to by herself her mind began to wonder while staring at the many décor that filled the hallway.
"I wonder what's going to happen now?" she thought sadly. "My birthday is coming soon and Daddy desperately needs me to be married in order to rule over Seyruun. He wants me marry a man of my choosing, but he already has a fiancé lined up for me if I don't come with a man I choose soon. (sigh) What am I going to do?"
"Princess Amelia."
She snapped out of her daze to see the palace nurse standing not too far away in the corridor; and fixed her appearance in the way that was to be seen on a princess while closing the distance.
"Princess Amelia, I have a very urgent message from your father Prince Philionel. He wanted me to inform you that your meeting with Prince Raul has been brought to an earlier date. His parents felt it would be best for the family to get to know their future in-law."
"WHAT!" she shrieked.
"They will be arriving here in 3 days." The nurse continued to inform. "The prince wishes that you will make room in your schedule to make sure you show him the best of times."
Amelia was shocked beyond belief. Here she was, just now getting her chance to finally get to know Zelgadis and she now has to get to know some prince she's never met before!
"Great as if I don't have enough things to worry about." She sighed before clinching her fist for a dramatic pose.
"But no matter how many things come my way, I will never give up hope because Justice will always prevail." She spoke triumphantly.
"Very well said princess, however, you are running late for breakfast." The nurse reminded.
"Oh! Thank you very much." said Amelia before running off to the main dining area of the palace.
She neared the corner to the room and was already greeted with the presence hot delicious foods waiting to be devoured until she finally came to the grand oak door that led to the dining hall. She pushed the doors open and was not only greeted by her father, but Zelgadis as well.
Her father sat at the end of the table telling her to hurry and come eat, while Zelgadis sat to his right at the table drinking a cup of tea in silence. Amelia immediately took the cue and walked to the left side of the table by her father facing Zelgadis. She blushed when their eyes made brief contact, and begun her daily breakfast routine placing her napkin on her lap.
Zelgadis continued to eye her through the process and continued his small chat with Phil about the white magic that surrounded the kingdom.
"I want to study magic again." Zelgadis began. "Now that I have my human body back, 2/3 of the power I once had is now gone. I just don't want to feel defenseless when the time comes of an attack."
"Admirable very admirable in deed Zelgadis!" Phil praised. "Spoken in the true name of virtue and justice."
"Wait a second." He tried to explain.
"The fact that you are willingly putting yourself through rigorous training to protect all that is just, to maintain peace in the land, is truly something to be honored." Phil preached.
"I didn't say anything about-"
"Oh Zelgadis!" started Amelia with watery eyes. "Do you really mean it?"
"Uhh…" he instantly blushed at the sound of his name from her. He didn't know what to say. He couldn't say yes because he wasn't into the whole superhero business. And he didn't want to say no because he was afraid to see the look on Amelia's face if he said so.
He gave a nervous laugh and scratched the back of his head out of strange habit.
"Well you see, I uh…just want to regain my power back to protect mys-"
"OH Zelgadis spoken in the true name of JUSTICE!" Phil exclaimed with a shaking fist. "The very fact that you will fight for all that is precious for you is truly said by someone who is ready to do good for the sake of mankind!" Amelia nodded her head in excitement at each of her father's words.
"I will make sure that every book of magic in this kingdom is available to you at all times for the sake of justice!"
"Uhhh…(sweatdrop) Thanks…I guess."
Amelia couldn't help but smile at the moment. Although Zelgadis seemed like a completely different person last night, he still has some of his old characteristics. Her mind began to wonder to the moments they shared last night and finally to her dream. An instant blush rushed to her face when she thought about the ending.
We were so close…
"Amelia, has Lettia given you my message yet?" her father asked snapping her out of her daze.
"Huh? Oh, yes." She finished sadly.
"Daughter, please realize this is only a Plan B." he pleaded with her, examining the sad look upon her face. "This is for the sake of the kingdom."
"I understand daddy." She sighed.
Curiosity finally got the best of Zelgadis and he asked what the situation was that had Amelia so worked up. Hesitant to answer his question Prince Phil gave a cheesy grin and told him it was nothing serious to worry about, and excused himself to attend to other duties within the palace. A moment later, Amelia herself stood and left the table and left to take care of other concerns.
"Well I guess there's not much else to ask without the sources themselves here." He stated aloud.
Realizing there was nothing else for him to do at the table he too got up and went to attend other business. His first stop being the palace library.
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It was already dusk and Zelgadis was literally up to his neck in books. He had learned a few new spells and even learned how to advance his current spells. He would've learned a lot more if it wasn't for today's events at the breakfast table.
"Everything seemed to be going perfectly normal." He thought, thinking back to Phil's sudden call of justice.
"But then…"
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"Amelia, has Lettia given you my message yet?"
"Huh? Oh, yes." She finished sadly.
"Daughter, please realize this is only a Plan B." he pleaded with her, examining the sad look upon her face. "This is for the sake of the kingdom."
"I understand daddy." She sighed.
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"What was that all about?" he pondered. "Amelia is always cheerful no matter what the situation. It's hard to believe that 'nothing' could make her feel so down."
"Dammit!" He slammed his fist on the table. "Why can't I stop thinking about her? I can't even concentrate on these spells because she keeps popping up in my head."
"Umm…Mr. Zelgadis?"
He came from his thoughts to see who was in the door way. Her face and figure was slightly shadowed but he could still see her in the moon light streaming through the windows.
"Amelia. Sorry I didn't notice you were there." He confessed.
"It's okay." She responded leaning back on the doorframe. "You seemed to be deep in thought."
Came a blush came and went on his face when he realized what she was talking about and used one of the spells as an excuse.
"I can't just let her know I was thinking about her."
"Oh I see." She said plainly, the upper half of her face hidden in the darkness of the night, hiding all emotions that can be seen on it.
She bowed her head grabbed her arm like a nervous school girl, unknowingly releasing a sorrowful sigh.
"Amelia…Amelia is something wrong?" he asked worriedly, raising himself from his chair.
"I suppose you wanna know what me and daddy's conversation from this morning about." She stated bluntly not moving her body one inch from its previous position.
"Well…yeah it has crossed my mind." He confessed. A lot actually
He cautiously walked toward her asking her what was the matter over and over, and if there was any way he could help.
She clutched her arm tighter and tighter every time he spoke unaware of her trembling body.
"You know you did it again." He stated.
"What?" all fear that was previously in her disappeared at his words. "What do you mean?"
"My name." he stated with a smile. "You said it in another formality."
She looked up at him with tears sparkling in her eyes to see the most handsome man she had ever laid eyes on. Her heartbeat began to race and her lip began to quiver as she tried to speak.
"Oh Zelgadis." She cried.
"There we go," he said gently, pulling her softly in his embrace. "You know it's just not like you to cry." He spoke softly wiping her tears away. He tilted her chin up to look her in the eyes with the moonlight and felt a rush flow through him, making him feel like doing something sudden. Before he knew it he was leaning in toward her lips…their breaths mixing with one another.
Amelia felt like pure bliss, everything was perfect but…
"NO!" she shrieked pushing away from him.
Zelgadis was baffled. What happened? Everything seemed to be going perfectly! He looked at her for his answers to see tears flowing down delicate face.
"I-I can't Zelgadis…" she sobbed.
"What? Why not? "he asked, trying to hide the hurt in his voice.
"Because I'm in engaged!" she cried and ran out the library into the quiet of the night.
"En-engaged?" he asked himself, unsure rather he heard her correctly or not. He felt hopeless. Like everything he had worked for had went down the drain.
He plopped down in his previous seat and cradled his head in his hands.
"Enagaged? But then…why would she…was she just leading me on? No Amelia would never do that but.."
He slammed his hands on the table in declaration.
"I'm not gonna give up that easily Amelia. I worked to hard to make this all come true and I refuse to give up now."
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TBC
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You like? I thought it'd be nice to have an Amelia/Zelgadis chapter just for A/Z fans out there. See I think about everybody. And I tried to make it fluffy just for all the fluffy fans out there. So tell me what ya think and I'll get the next chapter up!
-Ura out.