It hadn't taken Yugo much time to see his letter to Adamai off. As the main city of the Sadida Kingdom the postal service was used to getting and sending setters in bulk. One extra letter could be sent very quickly.

Az had come part of the way to the office with him but he had left to go play with the twins. Now as Yugo walked back to the palace he had no one to help occupy his mind to ease the worry of what Amalia's father needed to talk to him about.

Yugo and Oakheart had always had an easy going relationship. Ever since he and Amalia had begun...seeing each other, her father had suddenly taken on this almost vengful god like status in Yugo's mind. He had this nagging fear that if he took one wrong step that Oakheart would have him banished.

By now Yugo had entered the palace and was at the foot of the stairs leading up to the ballroom. Steeling himself for whatever was to come, he charged up the stairs, two at a time and pushed opened the door to the ballroom.


Amalia had been surprised when it was Roesia and not her father waiting for her in the ballroom. However her confusion was quickly swept away when Roesia told her that her dress had been finished and was in the side room. No matter how old she had gotten Amalia still loved to try new outfits. Practically bouncing to the side room, she made quick work of getting into her dress.

The dress was almost completely smooth, no ruffles, no frills, just a plain silky dress, going down to her calves. It was a beautiful green, what was called Ao green if Amalia remembered correctly. Doing a quick twirl in front of the mirror, she walked out of the side room.

"Roesia, the dress is absolutely..."

Her voice trailed off as she realised that Roesia was no longer in the room. She wandered around the ballroom for a few seconds doing a quick search. Getting a little exasperated she began to walk towards the door but stopped when she saw it begin to open.

'She must have left for a few seconds'She was not expecting it to be Yugo who slowly walked in.


As Yugo shoved the door open he had a few ideas as to what would be behind the door. Just the King by himself, or perhaps the King with Armand, or the King with the entire royal guard ready to kick him out of the kingdom. What he wasn't expecting was Amalia to be standing a few meters away, and to be in a stunning gown.

"A-A-Amalia! I...I didn't expect you here."

Yugo could feel his face begin to heat up because of the dress. Never had he seen her wear something that let her natural beauty shine through better. Coughing and dropping his head a little he put both of his hands behind his back where they started to fidget. Smiling at his bashful reaction Amalia slowly walked up to Yugo. Despite having grown up he was still a cute little boy at times. Standing right in front of him she leaned down to catch his eye then asked,

"May I have the honor of this dance?"

Looking up at her he blushed a little bit more. His hands went down to his sides and ashamedly he said,"I never learned how."Grabbing one of his hands in both of hers she took him towards the center of the ballroom.

"Well now is the perfect time for you to learn."

Screeching to a halt, Yugo almost ran into her but stopped himself in time. Looking up to him she started to instruct him on how to dance.

"Okay, so place your left hand in mine...that's right. Now put your right on my back. Okay now, we'll do a waltz."

With that she began to show Yugo the proper way to dance.


"Well? What's going on!"

Roesia was getting impatient. She really wanted to see what those two were doing but there were unfortunately only two keyholes to the ballroom, one on each door. Both were already being used by Armand and King Sheram.

"She's dancing with him. Or trying to teach him how to dance, he isn't that good."

Unfortunately, Roesia wasn't happy with just a description. She and Amalia had been getting close and she wanted to see her future sisters cute moment with her "secret" boyfriend.

"Armand?"

Looking up from the keyhole Armand looked towards Roesia.

"Yes my dear? OOOPHHHH!"

Armand was neatly pushed away from the keyhole as his fiance replaced him and began to peer through. Armand stood their fuming for a few seconds, then,

"ROESIA!"

Both his father and fiance turned towards him, placed a finger on their mouths and shushed him. As Roesia turned to continue watching the new couple his father said,

"Now Armand, while I understand your disappointment I would suggest that none of give away our location. I would prefer to not be the one to interrupt Amalia's little moment."

Shuddering a little at the thought of a mad Amalia, Armand leaned with his back against the wall and simply waited. He knew Roesia would allow him another chance to watch. Yugo had been a bit worried that he wouldn't be able to figure out how to dance but Amalia was a good teacher. She started it slow, simply showing him the steps. Then as they continued and he got better she started to slowly spin them around as he continued the steps. He did falter at times but it was a simple dance and he soon had the hang of it.


When Amalia noticed that he was able to dance quite well on his own, she pulled herself closer to him and he started to slow the pace down, until they were no longer doing a waltz, simply swaying back and forth while slowly spinning. Amalia placed her head on Yugo's chest and wrapped her arms around him.

"I love you."

Smiling at her, Yugo nuzzled the top of her head with his chin and rested his cheek against it and whispered,

"As do I."

The moon continued shined through the large windows of the ballroom but the two didn't notice. King Sheram had shuffled Roesia and Armand off to leave the two alone with their moment. All was peaceful and quiet while the two simply basked in the others presence. They didn't notice a small blue cloak in one of the trees outside, or the even smaller yellow dot next to it. Joris turned towards Az and smiled.

"It seems like our prince and princess have reached their happy ending."

Az merely sighed with a small gleam in his eye. He was happy for those two and was glad to see they were at last together. He was picked up by Joris and turned towards him.

"Come along little one. Let us leave them to their moment."

Nodding his agreement, Az flitted off while Joris looked back for one short moment.

"Congratulations, dear princess."

With that he dropped out of sight.


Phew...Sorry it took so long, I had to concentrate on school. But I am out and should hopefully start writing more. I have an Epilogue planned but that will unfortunately be the end of this story. I would like to thank all of you who have reviewed and liked my first story and I hope I have written up to your expectations.

Until Later,

Tybalt