"Who else would it be?" Haze whispered to her.

"You never know."  The empress told her, raising one eyebrow. 

       A few minutes later Lily returned with a smaller, younger version of herself. Haze couldn't believe how much she looked like the queen.It was just astonishing.

"Is this Willow?" She guessed.

"Yes I am, who are you?" She asked in a flat tone.

"I'm Haze, I'm staying with the empress." 

"Oh good to meet you," The princess replied.

"You too." Haze replied.

"I have pixie brew and muffins in the kitchen." Lily said to her.

"Ooh, awesome. I'll bring it in here." She said and then went off into the kitchen.

"She's so damn adorable." Haze remarked.

"Thank you.. There were days I didn't think she'd live this long." Lily said in a joking mannerism. 

The empress cackled with laughter.

"Be warned, she's got a temper." Lily whispered to her. 

Haze nodded indicating that she'd understood. She too had a bit of a flaming temper at times. She just sat there and waited, until Willow returned, passing muffins around to all of them.  

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