I laid on my bed and sighed. My dark mahogany hair fell into my face as I squinted at my ceiling that looked like the night sky outside. The room was quiet, you could hear the sounds of my breathing. To break the silence was a knock at my bedroom doors. My raspy voice over my mask echoed throughout the room.

"Come in..."

And in came my maid, or... only friend in this palace, Tobi.

"M-Miss R-Ro'Meave... Yo-Your father wants to see y-you..." She stuttered. I got up from my bed, I was quite taller than her. My black, purple, and white dress fell to my feet.

"Alright,"

She nodded and began to walk away. "Oh, and Tobi," I began to catch up to her. Her long, straight brunette hair swayed behind her, then stopped. I could see she was tense, her legs and whole body stiff. I began to walk pass her, then, patted her head. "Call me Emma... Instead of 'Miss Ro'Meave'." Then I walked to the huge stairway in the center of the palace.
                                         If you didn't know, I despised my father. He is a bad man. He killed my mother, he tried to turn me into a Shadow Knight. But, I had to stay with him in the end... Since, well... He killed all my other siblings and family members. Maids and servers hurried by me uneasily. I finally reached the huge staircase where my (jerk) father was standing at the bottom.
"Hello... Emma." He spoke, he must of sensed my presence.

"Father." I growled.

Anger and grief filled my body. He turned around. "You look... nice.. today." His icy blue eye glared at me like sharp icicle daggers.

I rolled my eyes. "Get to the point."

He started to walk up the glassy staircase, his footsteps echoing through out the room.

"Well... tomorrow night I was thinking of having a... ball..." He explained. "I want you to meet some new people. You can't keep talking to Tom-"
"Tobi..."
"Yes... Tobi.. All your life. So tomorrow evening, will be a ball. So, I'd recommend setting your finest clothes out for tomorrow, sweetie." He turned around and statues for the front of the castle. I snarled and made my way back to my room. My cat, Kiwi, brushed up against my leg as I walked into my room. I took off my mask, exposing all my freckles. I was like my father in a way, like... physically. Not mentally!

I sighed and looked out the window to see a girl, slashing at one of the spruce trees outside. She was bound to be caught by the guards. I opened my window and shouted out,

"Miss, I would recommend leaving this area immediately!"

She looked up at me with her black, shiny hair. It blew in the wind. She had a tan face and wore a purple cloak. She had... an... IRENE SWORD?!
The Irene Sword.

My eyes widened. She spoke out. "Yes, thank you... I will do so.." She turned around and I held my hand.

"Ah! Wait!" I choked out before she almost ran off into the dark woods. She turned around.
"May I ask... How did you get Irenes sword...?"

She giggled. "Well, we all have our secrets~"

I glared at her. "I will report you to the guard station for stealing a very valuable piece of metal."

She snickered. "First off, this isn't metal. It's diamond and some quartz. Also some magicks." The sword gleaned in the sunlight.

"Second of all, it's my mothers..."

That word echoed through my mind.

Mother

I shut my window. I collapsed onto my bed into tears. I remembered how she used to tell me that everything was okay when wars were happening. I remembered the sweets she brought home from Phoenix Drop. Her smiled was like the sun, she was as beautiful as a cherry blossom. But...

She also acted like one.

She was gone to soon...

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Admins sayings

Whoah! 666 words! Haha... ha... Satan.

This was my first chapter of this book. I hoped you enjoyed, vote, and comment. More soon!

~Echo