Chapter Twenty-Seven

LadyPrin

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It was in the after wedding celebration, while the chairs were being moved out of the ballroom to get it ready for dancing, that Ami went up to Sammy.

"Sammy, Serena would like a word with you please." She said to him.

He nodded and Ami pointed him toward Serena's direction.

As he came into view of her, he saw that she was talking with a man and woman.

The man had short brown hair, and the woman had long blue hair, and they wore crowns.

He waited for a moment when it seemed the conversation lagged, and then he politely interrupted.

"You wanted to speak to me, my lady?" Sammy asked.

"There you are!" Serena cried as she drew him up in a big hug. "I haven't been able to speak with you since the battle on Earth, which I want to thank you for your help in by the way!"

"You're welcome!" Sammy said cheerfully as he started turning red from shortage of air.

Serena let go just in time.

"Is this the young man you were just telling us about?" Ikoku asked with a smile.

"Yes, this is Sammy! Sammy these are my foster parents slash godparents. King Kenji and Queen Ikoku!" Serena introduced them.

Sammy bowed.

"Nice to meet you, you're Highnesses." Sammy said formally.

"Nice to meet you too as well." Kenji responded. "And thank you from us for helping our dear Serena."

Serena then took Sammy by the hand.

"Please excuse us for a moment." Serena said as she gently tugged Sammy over to the side of the room.

"Listen, I want to ask you something." Serena started to say.

Sammy listened very carefully.

"Have you as yet gotten a reward for your courage and bravery?" Serena asked.

Sammy blushed.

"Uh, no, not that I know of." Sammy stuttered.

"Good. That means I can still give you one. What is the one thing you want most in the whole universe?" Serena asked him.

"Seriously?" Sammy asked.

"Seriously." Serena confirmed.

Sammy was silent for a moment, mulling it over, and then answered.

"A family. My parents died when I was around three, and Mistress Taknisha kind of looked over me, but I never really had a family since then. I really want a family."

"I thought that was it." Serena stated. "And I can give you a family, if you will have it. For the last fourteen years, I've been treated as the child of Kenji and Ikoku, the governing royals of England, but now I have a new home where I must stay. That leaves Kenji and Ikoku with no child of their own. They would like to adopt you."

Sammy stared at Serena in surprise.

"I've told them as much about you as I know, and they've agreed to adopt you if you will have them. You'll always have a roof over your head, food on your plate, clothes on your back, but most importantly, you'll always have love all around you. And when you grow up, you'll still have a place to belong. As Prince you will take their place in governing England, which I know you'll be good at! And you can come see me sometimes, and I can come see you sometimes, because we'll be putting in a transport portal in at their Palace. But this is only if you want to. Becoming a Prince will be a big change for you, with a lot of responsibility. No one is going to push you into it." Serena paused to let him think it over.

"It'll be a big change yes, and a big responsibility yes, but I won't be alone in bearing it will I?" Sammy asked.

"Of course you won't. You'll always have someone there for you." Serena answered.

Sammy looked at Serena for a moment, and then glanced over at Kenji and Ikoku who were standing together. Ikoku looked worried, and Kenji was trying to comfort her.

"She looks worried." Sammy stated to Serena.

"She's worried that you won't want to be their son." Serena answered. "I assure you, if you chose to become part of their family, they will welcome you with open arms and open hearts."

"I want to. I desperately want to be their son." Sammy answered.

Serena smiled widely.

"Then be the child you are, and run to them!" Serena told him.

Sammy glanced at her unsurely.

"Open arms and open hearts." Serena muttered.

Sammy looked back at the royals, and then broke into a run toward them.

Ikoku and Kenji saw him coming, they quickly looked over his head at Serena who smiled in a confirmation that everything was all right, and then Kenji and Ikoku grabbed Sammy up in a hug as he reached them. Smiles were wide on their faces, and tears of joy ran from their eyes like water from water fountains.

Serena stood their watching them with a huge smile on her face.

Then she felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to look over at Queen Serenity who stood beside her.

"That was the best thing you could do for him!" Serenity commended her. "It was the most loving thing one person could do for another."

"Yes, it was the least I could do for him. I love him like a brother, and I'm proud to be able to take care of him even in such a small way." Serena answered.

"That wasn't a small way, to him that was the biggest gift he could ever receive. If we could give him the whole universe, it still wouldn't compare with what you gave to him today." Serenity stated.

"There's nothing in the whole universe like a family who loves you." Serena agreed as she hugged her mother.