Sakura, Mokona and Yukito left the meeting room and walked down the hallway. Soon enough they came upon a tall winding staircase.
"Follow this staircase to the top of the tower." Yukito said, "I would accompany you all the way, but I have other obligations, please forgive me." Yukito smiled lightly, bowed to Sakura and then walked back down the hallway from which they came, before taking a turn and disappearing from Sakura and Mokona's view.
Sakura turned back to the staircase and began to climb up it. As they climbed, Mokona chatted with Sakura about the presence he felt coming from the top of the staircase.
"That Eriol-kun had a strong magical presence, "Mokona said, "Mokona felt it when Mokona met the castle guard, and Mokona feels it now." Mokona looked up at Sakura's face from the spot in her arms.
"Well, Eriol-kun did say he created the princess' guards. That's probably why you feel his presence here." Sakura replied.
By this point the pair had reached the end of the staircase and a door stood before them. Sakura reached out and knocked on the wood, "Um, hello?"
Soon enough, voices could be heard through the wood.
"Can one of you get that?" A girl's voice asked, "I have to finish brushing Hikaru's hair."
"I'm not gettin' it." Another voice said, male this time, "I only have two pieces left and this puzzle will be mine!"
"There are days when I wonder why Eriol-kun created you in the first place." A third voice said, this one was a boy as well, "I'll get the door then."
A few seconds later the door swung back revealing the room and those that were in it. The room was similar in style to the meeting room. The only differences were that this room had a bookshelf, a large bed, and what appeared to be a small toy chest. Sakura looked around the room and then cast her gaze upon the girl. She was clothed in a long pink dress that flowed out at the bottom and she wore a pink, conical hat to compliment it. Her hair was short in brown, except for two long pieces that she kept tied on either side of her head. The girl looked up from the doll she was holding and stared blankly at Sakura for a minute before she smiled.
"So you're Sakura-chan?" The girl asked, she waited for a silent nod from Sakura before she continued, "It's nice to meet you, I'm Misaki Suzuhara!" Misaki finished, bowing her head slightly.
"It's nice to meet you too." Sakura said before she walked into the room, "I heard two other voices from outside the door and-"
"One of those would have been me." A voice from behind cut her off. A small creature shut the door that lead to the room and flew around Sakura before landing down beside Misaki. He looked a lot like a small black cat, only with a few key differences; he had a corkscrew tail and butterfly wings, "I am Spinel Sun."
A similar creature flew up from behind the bed and sat on the opposite side of Misaki. This one was orange, had a fluffy tail and had white wings. "I am Keroberos the magnificent!" He said, "We're the body guards of Princess Misaki."
"You don't need to call them that though. Their nicknames are Suppie-chan and Kero-chan, and you can call me Misakichi if you want." Misaki said with a small smile.
"Alright, Misakichi!" Sakura replied, surprised to see that these two creatures were Misaki's body guards. "Oh!" Sakura said, walking to the bed and setting Mokona down, "This is Mokona!"
"Sakura-chan calls me Moko-chan though!" Mokona chirped.
Once the introductions were done, each set about their own business. Misaki soon walked over to the toy chest and pulled out a white doll, she set it down in front of Sakura and placed a similar one with freshly brushed pink hair beside it.
"Do you want to play with Hikaru and Athena?" Misaki asked, "Athena used to be my mom's but she gave it to me."
"Your mother was the former queen of Kurdra, right?" Sakura asked, looking from the two dolls to where Mokona, Suppie and Kero solved a puzzle on the floor.
Misaki shook her head, "No, I'm not related to the king." Misaki said with a sigh, "King Toya adopted me when the war with the dragons started."
