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Amalia sat in her room staring at her ceiling. She was still going over what her father had told her and trying to think of something she could do about it. However her mind kept getting sidetracked with thoughts of Yugo.

"ARGHH! Why can't I stop thinking about him!"

Leaping off her chair, knocking it to the floor, she started to pace about. Now her mind had completely ditched the idea of trying to figure out how to choose a beau and was focusing entirely on Yugo...sort of. 'Why is it so hard to forget him. He obviously isn't coming back and doesn't care about us.' While she thought this trying to cheer herself up all it did was make her more depressed. Kicking her chair away towards her balcony she sat on her bed and sighed. 'Yugo, don't you like us anymore?'


Yugo grin grew ten fold when he saw the tree castle of the Sadida capital and started to run towards it 'I hope no one is mad at me for staying away for so long. I wonder if they have changed at all. I wonder if Amalia will be happy to see me?' Blushing at the thought of Amalia, Yugo started to run faster.

As he entered the city he was forced to slow down so as not to run into people. However this also allowed them a good look at him and it is rather hard to forget Yugo, no matter how much he has grown. Soon he had a sizable crowd following him and asking him questions. "YUGO! We haven't seen you in some time. Where have you been?" "What have you been doing Yugo?" "How are the other Eliatropes doing?" "Where is Adamai?"

He wasn't rude so he tried to answer as many as he could while trying to inform them that he was in a hurry. However the closer he got to the castle the larger the crowd and the larger the crowd the more questions were pressed onto him. Finally it seemed as if he would be crushed in the amount of people that were crowding around him 'Somebody help me!' he thought.


Grovy and Evangelyne were walking through the market with their two little girls looking for something to eat that night. It was getting close to their anniversary and they were feeling in the mood for something a little more fancy. Aimee and Michelle were looking at all the candy stalls with a wonder in their eyes. Running up to their parents they asked "Mommy, Daddy, may we please have some candy?"

Looking at each other for a second to see what the other was thinking they nodded and handed their little girls enough kamas for one piece each. As the girls ran back to the stall, Grovy's attention was diverted to a large crowd that had formed.

"What is it Grovy?"

Looking down at his wife he smiled saying "I was just wondering what was so interesting over there."

Taking a glance at the crowd Evangelyne was surprised to see a familiar hat bobbing up and down in the center of the crowd. Blinking her eyes and looking again she could tell she wasn't seeing things.

"Grovy, watch the girls"

Running off toward the crowd she started to push past people trying to reach her friend. As soon as the people saw her they started to break up a bit allowing her more room to reach Yugo.

"Yugo!"

Turning around and seeing Evangelyne, Yugo ran towards her and wrapped her in a huge hug.

"Evangelyne, it's so good to see you!"

"You too Yugo!"

Releasing each other Evangelyne dragged him over to her husband and children. Grovy and Yugo hugged each other tightly and patted the others back.

Now Az had been sleeping in Yugo's pocket for a while and had woken up when all the yelling had begun and was flitting about Grovy and Evanglyne's heads, pipping and squeaking, excited to see them again. Aimee and Michelle seemed to have really taken with him and were watching him intently, grins lighting up their faces.

Yugo seemed to have noticed the little girls as well and had bent down to talk to them.

"Hello."

Having there attention drawn away from Az, the two girls looked at Yugo and seemed to draw back a little. Looking at there parents who saw the unasked question of whether or not the children were allowed to trust this man they were given an affirmative nod and looked back at Yugo.

"Hello" "Hello"

"I'm Yugo, what are your names?"

"I'm Aimee" "I'm Michelle" "We're twins"

Chuckling a little Yugo was struck by the fact that these little girls were the same ones he had seen only three years ago where all they really did was sleep. Well, all he saw of them before he left. Seeing these two little red heads with cute blue eyes and smile that could break your heart he was hit by how much he had missed.

Calling Az down to his shoulder Yugo noticed the girls looking at the Tofu with wonder and amazement.

"Would you like to hold him?"

The girls eyes grew wide and their grins increased exponentially.

"You mean it?"

"Of course!"

Looking at his Tofu friend for his opinion on whether or not he felt comfortable letting the little girls pet him. Az was delighted because he hadn't seen the girls either and was really looking forward to getting acquainted with them. Flitting down to Michelle who had cupped her hands he looked her in the eye and chirped. Michelle's eyes widened and she gave a little girlish giggle of excitement. Aimee looked extremely dejected but Az seemed to have realized this and had flown over to her hands and repeated the process. The same reaction came from Aimee and Yugo smiled.

Looking up from the twins to his friends he realized something

"Hey, where is Amalia?"

Evangelyne just smiled knowingly and pointed toward the palace.

"She's most likely in her room right now. I would come with you but I have to get home and make sure these two get their nap."

Hearing this the twins attention was diverted from Az and up to their mother.

"Aww Mom do we have to?" "Yeah, we want to stay and play with the cute birdie!"

Grovy bent down to his daughters eye level replying

"Aimee, Michelle, Yugo and Az have to go visit aunt Amalia because they haven't seen her in quite some time. I'm sure that they will come to visit tomorrow and you can play with them then."

Not really liking it but knowing that their father never lied the two girls let Az go and started to walk off with their mother.

"Goodbye Yugo, say hello to Amalia to me. Don't forget to come and visit tomorrow."

With that the little family started to head off home. Watching them Yugo couldn't help but smile at how perfect their life seemed. Sighing, he remembered that he still had to go see Amalia so he turned around and ran off towards the palace.


Yugo wasn't seeming to be getting any luck today. The minute he got in sight of the castle he ran in sight of the entrance to the palace Amalia's two fashion helpers had happened to see him. They had run over and started fawning over how much he had grown and his new clothes and whatever else seemed to pop into their heads. What normally would have taken about two minutes to walk had now become ten minutes of walking two or three paces then being stopped for another question and he wasn't even half way to the entrance. 'How does Amalia stand these two?'


Amalia had gotten off her bed some time ago and was pacing again. She felt like she was on the verge of figuring out the start of how she would select her beau. She would try and find the ones who would be able to protect the kingdom best and then whichever one she liked the most would become her prospective beau until she learned more about his character. If it didn't work with him she could try again and wouldn't have to worry about he father choosing for her.

Letting out a loud sigh she was about to head out when she heard someone talking down in the courtyard.

"Yugo, it's so good to see you again, and how much you have changed. It seems like only yesterday that you were no taller than this but now look at you!"

At the mention of Yugo, Amalia had turned around so fast it was a wonder she didn't hurt her neck and she ran towards her balcony. However she forgot about the chair she had kicked down earlier and didn't see it right near the edge of the balcony. As she ran over to the balcony her foot caught in the chair and as luck would have it the railing of the balcony was just small enough that she...fell.