Marie sat in her room wondering what in the world she was going to do for the day. She didn't have any friends aside from one boy but he was off somewhere with his father no doubt. She sighed and went to reading a book about Water Spirits. To the surprise of her mother, Marie had a natural talent to Water magic which in turned let her good at healing, although the princess knew how to use it for offensive means. A knock came from the door and said door opened to she her mother.
"Hello Mom."
"Good morning Marie, I have a little surprise for you."
"What is it?" She asked putting down her book and turned to face her mother.
"Guess."
"A new sword teacher?"
"No, Agnes is still your teacher." Marie grumbled at hearing this but thought on the matter.
"A new wand or perhaps a staff like Aunt Tabby?" She asked hoping her mother had a staff like her Aunt Tabitha.
"Neither, I will give you a hit, it is a person." Henrietta said as her daughters face brightened up.
"Eddy, it has to be Eddy." Marie said as Henrietta had a mental sweat drop at hearing her daughter say the name wrong.
"Marie, his name is Edouard, he is the son out you Father's best friend. You could at least call him by his correct name." Henrietta knew that eventually the two would start to become more than just play friends but if she continued to call the poor boy that, it may cause a rift in the future.
"But Woody doesn't mind at all." Marie said telling her mother another one of her many nicknames for the poor soul.
"Marie… be respectful to him." The Queen knew why her daughter gave the name and it was very disrespectful.
"Fine, I'll be nice."
Inside of the dining area sat two souls. One was Guiche de Gramont, one of the very few people Saito had somehow got along with in the very distant past. The man had not changed very much over the last ten years physically but something was different. The boy had matured rapidly when his son was born in the same year as Marie but sooner which made his son older but not by much. Beside the grown man was a ten year old boy who, if you did not know who his father was, would think he was adopted because he shares almost no traits from his father in the physical department. He had black hair, green eyes, and an average build. His hair was circular at the top and stuck out at the very ends while his front hair which separated the eyes, giving three different places where the hair came down his face. The child wore a black waist coat with a green undershirt but his long sleeves were pulled up. His pants wear black along with his shoes. The most important feature was he was holding a hammer like staff which most people assumed he used to walk but didn't know why.
"So son, you excited to see Princess Marie again after a while?" Guiche asked rubbing the top of his son's head who brushed it aside.
"It will be great to see her again." Edouard said tapping his hammers pummel on the ground. As if right on cue, the two royal women appeared walking down the steps. As Marie's head appeared from the shadows. She jumped down the last five steps and ran over to the boy. She proceeded to jump on top of said boy who was not surprised by such a move as it was natural for her to do this to him. "Nice to see you too Marie, looks like you have grown up well." The boy said getting the girl off his body and the two sat there with their respective parents watching from above.
"So, where is Saito at?" Guiche asked the wife of Marie who gave a sigh.
"He is gone for right now; he should be back today. When, I do not know." Henrietta said but put on a smile to hide her sadness.
"Do you two mind taking your boring stuff somewhere else, we are trying to have fun together." Marie said in an almost disrespectful matter.
"Now Marie, I am sure your mother if just worried about your father." Edouard said but Marie almost bypassed what he said.
"Dad is awesome, nothing can stop him when he gets serious. He could beat a million people and still not break a sweat."
"I do not know if your dad could pull that off Marie, he beat a large army by himself yes but he almost passed away doing it." Henrietta said remembering the night Saito fought to protect everyone to only nearly die for it. "But that is beside the point, let us leave the two children be, they need to catch up."
"Thank you mom, let's go Pirate Boy!" She said pulling him to his feet and dragged him but to only fall onto his right leg and drop the weapon.
"Marie, you need to be more careful, I still have my bad leg."
"Oh ya, can I see it again, it looks awesome." Marie asked with sparkles in her eyes which was one of the poor boys weaknesses. Lifting the left part of his pants up, Marie saw the most interesting thing about the boy.
"It looks like you got it fixed up since last year." What made Edouard walk with a hammer is for two reasons but the real one is that his left leg is amputated. However, due to the advances of technology during Saito and Henrietta's reign, and a hell of a lot of money from his father, the ten year old boy had a wooden and metal leg. The really thing that makes this advanced are the two earth stones located in the ankle and knee which give him a link to his feet. Its name is Aura Mail.
"Well,it just needed the metal reworked but it was good nonetheless." He pulled his left part of his pants back down Marie lifted the boy to his feet and tossed him his hammer.
"Alright, lets get going." Marie said once more pulling the poor boy along with her which left the two grown ups alone.
"Your daughter sure does know how to control my son."
"Either that or he lets her do it."
Author's Notes - Congratz to sUbSoNiCSoundwave, out of every one I got, this one really stood out to me but the main reason is that the boy has some elements that I have, not physical but mental. Short chapter yes but I really didn't want to go into this yet.