The next morning Julia felt the sun wash over her face and she groaned and turned her face. She heard another groan and she froze. She lifted her head up to see Cain next to her. She took her one hand off his chest. As she shifted Cain woke up, and took his arm off of her shoulders. "Julia?" Cain asked. "Cain…I'm sorry…" she said. "No it's alright…" Cain said. "I guess we must of fallen asleep…" Julia said, laughing nervously. "Yea, looks like it…" Cain said. He looked down at the floor and picked up his hat.
He placed it on his head and gave her a small smile. She returned it, before attempting to stand up. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Rodney come in with Glitch, Aiden and Azkadellia. Julia realized her legs were asleep and she fell to the floor. "Nice one sis," Rodney spoke up. "Thank you, Rodney. I'm fine…" Julia said, rolling her eyes.
She looked up at Cain. "I might advise that you not stand up right away…" she said. "That's funny. I was thinking the same thing…" Cain said, fighting another chuckle. She narrowed her eyes up at him. "Hey, don't give me that look. I didn't make you fall…." Cain said, finally standing up. He stretched his arms over his head. "How's the view from down there?" he asked.
Rodney began to chuckle and Cain shot her a look. "Sorry. You don't know how wrong that sounded…." She giggled. Cain rolled his eyes and held a hand out to Julia. "Here…" he said. She smiled. "Oh why thank you, tin man…" she said in a mocking tone. She took his hand and he helped her up. "So, what do you guys want to do today?" Azkadellia asked.
Glitch smiled over at Rodney and she began to giggle again. Azkadellia gave her a look. Rodney looked over at her. "Sorry. I'm just extremely giddy today. Must be the feeling of home…" Rodney said. Julia looked at Cain. "Or it must be something else…" Julia muttered, and Cain smiled and held back a laugh. "What was that?" Rodney asked, raising her eyebrows.
"Nothing. Nothing…" Julia said, walking away.
Almost all day the group had been having fun talks, and even let the childish side of them take over by playing hide and seek. The two guys were finding the girls and Aiden. Glitch had already found Azkadellia. He and Cain split and too opposite sides of the room. Rodney was hiding in between the green sofa and the wall. Julia was hiding behind the one pillar. Everytime one of them would walk by, she would shift around. Julia heard Cain walking by.
She began to move around the pillar until she heard his footsteps stop and she froze. She turned her head to the one side, and at that moment Cain stepped from behind the pillar. His faces inches from hers. "Found you…" he said. "Um…no you didn't…" Julia said, shifting around the pillar. Cain raised an eyebrow. "Oh, I surely must have been mistaken. Julia has a mysterious twin…" he said. He smiled and quickly moved around the pillar and stopped infront of Julia, and held her by her arms against the pillar.
"Now I found you…" he said with a triumphant smirk.
Glitch looked around the room. "Julia you know where Rodney is?" he asked. "Yes," Julia replied, still looking at Cain. "Where is she?" Glitch asked. "Not telling…" Julia said, heat rising in her cheeks. Glitch groaned. "You…gonna let me go?" Julia asked. "No," Cain played. Julia raised an eyebrow in challenge. Cain smiled and then took his hands off of her.
They both turned to watch Glitch. Glitch began to move around the room. He heard Rodney giggle and he spun around in all directions. "Where are ya, Rodney?" he asked. "Hiding…" Rodney spoke up. "Where?" Glitch called. "Um…I don't know. It's kind of dark…" Rodney said, laughing slightly. Glitch looked over towards Julia and Cain. Julia pointed towards the couch. Glitch grinned and walked towards it.
He peered behind it. "There you are!" he said. He lifted her up and threw her over his shoulder. "How did you find me?" she asked. "I'm a psychic…" Glitch said. "Julia told him…" Cain spoke up. Julia turned and hit Cain in his shoulder. "Ow…" Cain said, giving her a confused look. Rodney glared at her. Glitch dropped her on the couch, and Rodney stood up.
"Time to kill Julia…" she said, cracking her knuckles. Julia hid behind Cain. "What are you doing?" Cain asked her. "You're going to protect me from the scary sister walking towards me…" Julia said, throwing in a fake whimper. Cain took a look at Rodney, and then over his shoulder at Julia. He stepped aside and pushed her infront of him. "Some hero you are…" Julia said.
Aiden came running in the room. "Aiden you are supposed to be hiding…" Glitch said, tilting his head. "I was…but there are men on big horses outside…" Aiden said. The group turned to look at him. "Men on horses?" Julia asked. "Are they longcoats, Aiden?" Rodney asked. "No. They are good guys. They are riding white horses…" Aiden said.
Cain furrowed his brows. "So you told him that good guys ride white horses?" Cain asked. "It may have come up in a fairy tale story…" Julia said, with a shrug. "Alright….let's go see the good guys…" Rodney said, picking Aiden up. Aiden giggled. Cain walked next to Julia. "Good guys can ride black horses too…" he spoke up. "Yea, the not normal ones…" Julia retorted.
Cain resisted the urge to smile. "So if I showed up riding a black horse I'd be a bad guy?" Cain asked. "Drop it…" Rodney spoke up. Julia and Cain gave each other a side look, before turning away.
The group walked outside to see about five men riding horses. They were obviously royalty. "Good morning to you Princess Julia, Princess Rodney and friends. I am King Ronald Fritz of the Abrah kingdom. I heard of your return and wanted to personally get to meet you…" the plump man spoke up. He slid off his horse, and walked up to the group.
He took Rodney's hand first, after she set Aiden down. "You must be the lovely younger princess Rodney. My god, aren't you beautiful…" he said with a wide smile. Rodney chuckled nervously and Glitch glared at King Ronald. "Ah, you are Mr. Glitch from Queen Lavender Eyes and King Ahamo's kingdom are you not?" King Ronald spoke up, ignoring Glitch's glare.
"Yes, that's me…" he said. "Good, and here is Azkadellia! Delighted to meet you. Ah, a small boy. Hello there! Mr. Wyatt Cain, the tin man…" King Ronald said, shaking hands with each person. He turned to Julia. "You…are Princess Julia. The eldest sister…" he said. "Yes…" Julia replied. "Your mother told me that you both were beautiful but my goodness, you're stunning!" King Ronald said, clapping his hands together.
"Yea…okay…" Rodney said, raising an eyebrow and looking at Glitch. "Allow me to introduce my son, Prince Paxton Fritz….come my dear boy…" the King said. A boy who looked not a day over thirty jumped off the horse. He had messy blonde hair and green eyes, his jaw was firm. He stood at about 5'10. He made his way towards Julia.
"Princess Julia…" he said, taking her hand. "You are going to make a lovely bride…" he said, kissing it. Rodney looked over at Julia. "A what?" Rodney spoke up. "Paxton my boy; let us not jump to it just yet…." King Ronald said with a hearty laugh. Julia tilted her head. "What does he mean by 'bride', and since when am I becoming one?" Julia asked.
The King sighed. "Is there a better place to discuss this? They say the woods have ears…." He said. "Yea, and the wind has eyes…" Rodney muttered. Julia closed her eyes to ignore her sister's comment, which the King obviously didn't hear because of the stupid grin plastered on his face. "Fine…come inside…" Julia said, forcing a smile.