I woke up the next morning feeling refreshed, I looked out the sky and saw a beautiful sunrise. I stretched out my arms, I got up and walked towards the window and saw some of the male Yautja leaving for a hunt. I left my room and cleaned myself up and went downstairs to meet Raj'ah and Rai'eka. "Did you sleep well, young one?" Raj'ah asked me. "I did. Thank you for purring me to sleep, Raj'ah." "You are welcome." "Good morning, honorable Rai'eka." I smiled. "Good morning young one." Rai'eka smiled. "Raj'ah is going to go on a hunt today, while you and I go and I will teach you more of our culture." I nodded while she sat down. She was about to go and get breakfast when Raj'ah stopped her. "Servants get our breakfast." He explained to me. I don't like it but I have to comply with his wishes and I sat down at the table.
After breakfast and after Raj'ah left the dwelling, Rai'eka took me to the city market place to look for some clothes. "On this planet," Rai'eka explained. "It's always hotter than the weather conditions back on Earth." "I see." I nodded. "You need clothes that are very comfortable for you especially in this heat." Rai'eka took me to get fitted for my casual clothes, plus clothes for special occasions. "Sometimes," Rai'eka explained. "Our Clan leader throws parties for occasions, like his birthday, or our birthdays and so on." I nodded my head understanding. "Tonight is a feast of our ancestors. Raj'ah told me to find you a formal outfit." "Feels like Prom..." I sighed. "What's a 'Prom,'?" Rai'eka asked. "It's a formal dance for seniors. It's a sign saying that it's their final party before they leave school to go into the real world." "I see." Rai'eka scratched her chin. "Well, tonight will be like 'Prom,' except there is no dancing." "Fine by me." I giggled.
Raj'ah went hunting with Scar, and Fatal while his sister and Alex spend the day together. "How's your new pet?" Scar asked. "She's not my pet, she is my guest." Raj'ah corrected him. "She's been through enough already. She lost her family at a very young age..." "You have feelings for her?" Scar wondered. Raj'ah was pretty speechless. "Come on, Raj'ah.." Fatal chuckled. "Be honest with us." Raj'ah blushed at the thought of having feelings for Alex, yet he knew that somehow, he does have feelings for her. "You do!" Scar and Fatal chuckled at him. "Fuck you two!" Raj'ah growled. "Come on, Raj'ah." Scar said. "I used to be like that with Lex, and now look at us. I gave Lex my blood so that she can live a lot longer." "Blood?" "Legends tell us that the blood of a Yautja would make an alien live longer figuratively speaking." Fatal explained. "So if I give Alex my blood, would she live until she is 100?" "She would live way longer than that, my friend." Scar explained. "How old is your...Ooman?" "I believe that she is 17." "If you give her your blood, she won't age until she is 300 years old." Scar said. "Really?" Raj'ah asked. "I gave Lex my blood when we arrive home. She was in her 20's I believe and she is now 40 years old in human years." "Yet she is still the same." Raj'ah scratched his chin. "Exactly." Scar nodded. Raj'ah never thought this. Giving his own blood to Alex will stop her aging until she is 300 in human years yeah sure, but there could be side effects that are fatal. Could he take that risk? He is unsure about this. "Raj'ah," Fatal called out to him. "Come! The sun is about to hit the trees and we need to get ready for the banquet that The Grand Elder is holding." Raj'ah nodded and the three hunters left the jungle and went back to their dwellings.
Later on, Rai'eka helped me get my dress ready before she told me to take a bath. "Your clan leader hates me." I explained, feeling very uneasy. "Nonsense!" Rai'eka told me. "Your attitude impressed him the most! Now strip down and get into the tub." I nodded and went to the bathroom, turned on the water, stripped my clothes and got into the tub. Rai'eka joined me awhile later and helped me clean up. "Raj'ah will meet us at the palace." "Palace?" I asked. "It's where the Grand Elder lives." "Will the Grand Elder accept me?" Rai'eka sighed. "It really depends, Alex." Rai'eka answered while helping I cleansing her body, along with her hair. "Tell me, have you gotten groomed?" I looked at Rai'eka in confusion. "I don't know." "Well Raj'ah told me to have your groomed up for tonight." I nodded my head in approval. Rai'eka washed my now very thick hair and condition it before wrapping my hair up in a fur towel. After she was done, Rai'eka began her work on my hair. She braided some of my hair and added gold beads at the ends of my hair before securing it with rubber bands. I found the grooming relaxing for me and I almost fell asleep. After 30 minutes, Rai'eka got out of the tub and groomed herself before she got out of the tub and dried herself off. While Rai'eka dried herself off, I looked at herself in the mirror. I has never seen my hair like this before. Beautiful, thick, and tamable. Rai'eka smiled at me and joined me at the mirror. "Beautiful huh?" I nodded and smiled at her. "Let's get your dress on." The girls left the bathroom and went into Raj'ah's room and got my dress on, while Rai'eka put on her dress as well. I looked in the mirror and smiled to myself. I look a princess at the ball. Rai'eka came into the room with some jars of paint. She picked a color and with her claws, she gently put some symbols on my arms and some dots on my face before drying her claws and put some symbols on her face and arms as well. "It's tradition for us to have paint on our skin." Rai'eka explained. I looked in the mirror and nodded. "You look gorgeous." Rai'eka smiled. "But..." Rai'eka went into the drawer and found a beautiful choker with some ocean blue, purple and pink diamonds resting on a dark brown leather material with a tooth as a decoration. "This belonged to my mother." Rai'eka explained. I looked at her and shook my head. "No! I can't accept this!" "You must." Rai'eka smiled. "She passed it onto me, and she told me to pass it on to my daughter, but for now I want you to wear it." I felt very touched at the gift. It reminded me of the necklace that my parents got for me. Although my necklace was so valuable to me, I would prefer not to have anything happen to my necklace, so I put it in a safe place on the dresser. "Thank you, honorable Rai'eka." I smiled while Rai'eka put the choker around my neck. It looked so radiant around my neck that I will remember to give it back to Rai'eka the next day. "Come." Rai'eka smiled extending her hand out. "Our dates are waiting for us."