Chapter 7 … Thanks for all the good reviews in the last chapter guys, even though I thought it was kinda rushed… Umm….About Athrun's whole life story thing, I wanted Athrun to tell Cagalli basically that he has nothing against her, it's just that he loves his dad and wants him to love him. Sorry about that. That was the most rushed part of the entire chapter.
Cagalli sat on the horse patiently in front of Athrun, not bickering. She was thinking about everything Athrun had told her before… What he had gone through in his life.
'It must be hard on him… Not being loved by his dad no matter how hard he tries. He loves his dad which is why he continues to turn me in, hoping for some sort of praise. I guess I didn't hate him as much as I thought I did, why else would I be doing this for him…' Cagalli reflected.
The horse stopped and in front of them was a giant and elegant white and silver gate with columns on each side, behind the gate stood a magnificent city. Cagalli looked at the gate and city in awe. There were two guards that stood on either side of the gate. Athrun hopped off his horse and made his way towards them.
"I need to make my way to the city. Also, tell the chairman I will be meeting him tomorrow." Athrun told the guard.
"He calls his own father something so formal…" Cagalli said painfully to herself. She felt his pain, even if it was only for a short time they've known each other.
"Yes… After his mother died, his father, the ruler of Zaft didn't want Athrun to call him Father he wanted him to call him Chairman or Sir." Nicol said as he approached Cagalli on his horse.
"Lunamaria, Meyrin and Stellar show Attha to the palace. She is allowed to wander in the city, but you must be with her at all times. She will meet with the chairman tomorrow." Athrun said without turning around.
"Great, I was Cagalli for a short time now I'm 'Attha'..." Cagalli muttered darkly to herself. Even though she knew he was with the soldiers and couldn't call her anything less formal, she still felt pained.
"He does care Miss Attha, he would call you Cagalli if he could." A blonde girl who approached her said timidly.
"Umm… Who're you?" Cagalli, asked the girl.
"I'm sorry for her manners! I'm Stellar Louissier. (A/N: Dunno if I spelt her last name right and I don't want to make her speak in 3rd person, it's annoying to write.) Sir Athrun told me, along with Luna and Meyrin to accompany you." The girl called Stellar apologized deeply.
"No problem, I hope we can be friends. Call me Cags like Luna." Cagalli smiled at the shy girl. Stellar gave her a radiant smile.
"Shall we go then?" Lunamaria asked the two. Close behind her was Meyrin looking as unhappy as ever.
"Well, Miss Cagalli, Yzak and Dearka are calling me, so excuse me. Hope to see you around again." Nicol smiled. He nodded at all four of them, hopped off his horse like everyone else at this time and headed toward where Yzak and Dearka were.
"You know, Meyrin if you keep glowering at me like that you'll get frown lines when you get older. You won't look very pleasant then." Cagalli pointed out to Meyrin. Meyrin looked shocked for a second, then turned her head away from Cagalli. She was probably trying to preserve youth. Lunamaria and Stellar started giggling.
"Well Miss Cagalli, I mean Cags lets go!" Stellar pulled her by the wrist and started running toward the palace, followed by Cagalli, Luna and a very unhappy looking Meyrin. (A/N: MEYRIN'S GOING TO GET UGLY FROWN LINES! LOL!)
Cagalli was led into a extremely large and beautiful room with four beds. The walls were a cherry red and the beds were a fancy red and gold.
'A magnificent palace, and now a magnificent room." Cagalli thought in awe.
"Cags you have to go to bed, it's late and you have to wake up early tomorrow so we can make you look presentable for your meeting with Sir Athrun and the Chairman." Luna said while getting into one of the four beds.
"Good night Cags!" Stellar said. She jumped into a bed and fell fast asleep.
"Yeah 'Miss Attha' you have to wake up early." Meyrin said bitterly and went to the third bed and tried to fall asleep.
Cagalli went into the last bed and felt afraid. What if they were going to torture her here? What if they were going to kill her because she wasn't from Zaft. She couldn't help that she felt nervous, frightened. Her palms got sweaty and her heart raced. She fell asleep, having deep and dark nightmares about what would happen the next day. She dreaded this, she hoped tomorrow would never come.
Sorry for not updating in so long. I know useless chapter, but hey, they have to be somewhere right? And it's short. I'm lazy and I didn't feel like updating but then I felt guilty. I'll try to update faster, but it's summer vacation and I'm a couch potato having writer's block.
R&R It will be appreciated. Thanks :P