Chapter Ten:
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When the signing was over an hour later Tyr was in an uproar because Aikera wasn't in the medical bed he left her in. Beka woke up from the shouts from Tyr and went to the kitchen. She couldn't believe she slept until about 10 am. Beka entered the kitchen and ran into the wall twice saying 'excuse me ma'am I didn't mean to run into you.' Aikera and Harper were both in hysterics from it. Elsbett left to get ready for the day.
"You won't be laughing when Tyr finds you Aikera." Beka said after getting a cup of coffee.
"He won't do anything to me." Aikera said defensively.
"Ok." Beka said getting a spoon and eating some ice cream with Aikera.
Tyr entered a little bit later and looked at the scene before him. Beka and Aikera were laughing at Harper and Harper was in a corner curled up in a ball. That's when Tyr noticed all of the ice cream containers covering the counter.
"How many have you two have?" Tyr asked.
"6" Beka said.
"7" Aikera said. It was simantaniously with Beka's answer. They looked at each other and laughed.
"I had none, it's to early for a brain freeze for me." Harper said getting up.
"Why'd you do it?" Tyr asked.
"Do what?" Aikera asked cleaning up the ice cream containers.
"Talk to your father. I thought I said nothing stupid." Tyr said.
"Tyr, I am not one of your little things that you can order around, so if I wanted to talk to my father then that's my choice. If you cared so much about me you should of came back for me. Oh well you can't expect all Nietzschean's to come like loyal dogs, just like I'm not a dog for you to command around at your will." Aikera said with a slight shrug of her shoulders.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Tyr asked.
"Earn my trust back and you'll figure out that I'm not that innocent little girl from all those years ago. I've grown up and became an individual." Aikera said sticking her tongue out at Tyr. She walked out of the kitchen with the other three behind her. Everyone else was descending the stairs; they all met at the bottom.
"Charlemagne I know where I'd like the naming to be done." Aikera said.
"Where?" Charlemagne asked.
"Momma's grave." Aikera replied.
"Meet you there in thirty minutes." Charlemagne said with a smile.
Aikera went upstairs pulling Trance lightly on the arm hinting her to follow. Ellsbett went to get her daughter with her husband as everyone else followed a maid to the garden.
Half an hour later Trance approached the group with a bowel in her hands. She was in her normal clothes but had a flower crown on her head. Aikera was right behind her in a perfect shade of gold dress and flowers throughout her hair. Charlemagne was reminded of seeing Aikera's mother walking around the castle in the same dress and smiled at her. Aikera smiled back at him and told Trance where to stand. Everyone else took his or her spot and Aikera began the process.
"Charlemagne you know your duty right?" Aikera asked. Charlemagne nodded. "Ellsbett do you know your duty?" Ellsbett nodded as she handed her infant over to Aikera. Ellsbett didn't know much about this tradition but let it happen because of her husband. She didn't like the fact that her daughters' name had to be done so elaborately.
Aikera began talking in gibberish and the king and queen answered when they had to. The crew watched as the weather changed slightly with the change of Aikera's voice. Aikera reached into the bowel and grabbed a pinch of gold glitter.
"I grant onto thee a full and healthy life filled with happiness." Aikera said to the infant as the glitter went onto the forehead of the infant. She then grabbed a hand full of glitter out of the bowel.
"If you accept the offering and the wind carries the glitter off when you open your hand then your daughter was meant to have the name Angel" Aikera said as the infant made a babbling noise.
Charlemagne accepted the glitter and said something. When he opened his hand nothing happened and he looked at Aikera. She silently nodded her head towards the grave and he put his closed hand over the grave. He slowly reopened his hand and the wind picked up to a slight breeze. The glitter slowly left Charlemagne's hand, twisted and spun around the grave then the infant. The child's hands batted at the glitter as she babbled. The glitter then floated away and Aikera handed the princess back to her mother.
"Here is Princess Angel Bolivar of the Sabra- Jagar pride out of Ellsbett by Charlemagne." Aikera said. Ellsbett took her daughter and nodded her head curtly. Aikera returned the nod, curtsied to Charlemagne, took the bowel from Trance, went and sat on a bench.
Aikera was in deep thought that she didn't notice Beka approach until she heard her name being repeated several times.
"When are we departing?" Aikera asked not looking up at Beka.
"Fifteen minutes." Beka said. Beka looked at Aikera a moment longer then asked, "Are you ok?"
"As good as any princess can be I guess." Aikera replied getting up. The two went to the castle to get their belongings with the rest of the crew. Beka was stopped at the top of the stairs by Trance.
"Beka, have you seen Har-" The sentence was never finished because there was a loud scream followed by shouts coming from the direction of Aikera's bedroom.
"Tyr." The two females said in unison then the two descended the stairs and went to the Maru.