Echo leaves the building and stands in the parking lot. She looks at her brother's car and realizes she doesn't have the keys to drive it. She bit her inner cheek.

' Taxi it is then,' She says internally.

She was about to walk towards the sidewalk but stopped when something hit her back. She looked slightly to the right and saw a familiar car key. She grabs the key and turns, seeing her niece leaning against the door frame.

" Took it from Dad without him knowing. Don't tell him I called him that. He'll get too emotional. It's between you and me. I didn't want you to go to a taxi alone. So, it's best you drive to your destination." Loona says.

Echo lightly grasped the keys and nodded.

" Also, you don't have to get that book for us. We'll think of something." Loona reassured.

Echo's gaze softened.

" I'll also think of something because we need the money to make a living." She says.

Loona nodded, watching her Aunt turn and walk towards her Dad's car. She waved when she saw the vehicle leave the parking lot and disappear out of her vision. She turned and re-entered the building, heading up the stairs and going back to I.M.P Enterprise.

Echo drives on the busy street, tightly grasping the steering wheel. She stopped at a red light and looked at the street intently. She begins to remember how she met the teen she used to babysit.

Seventeen years ago, Echo worked as the Head Maid for the Ars Goetia Royal Family. Then, Stella, the Ars Goetia Princess Consort, promoted her to nanny for the family's future royal heir.

A teenaged Echo dressed in the Ars Goetia Royal Family maid uniform stood outside of the Main bedroom that belongs to The Ars Goetia Royal Family Couple, Prince Stolas and Princess Stella.

Echo knocked on the door and heard Princess Stella firm's voice telling her to enter. She opens the door and steps inside, seeing her Mistress alone, holding a bundle in her embrace.

" Good. You made it." Princess Stella says.

" I was told you needed me." Echo curtseyed.

" Yes. Yes. I need you to care for this egg for me." Princess Stella watched Echo approach her.

" Egg?" Echo stopped walking and stood in front of Princess Stella.

" Yes. This egg is precious to The Ars Goetia Royal Family." Princess Stella says, handing the bundled egg to Echo.

Echo carefully held the bundled egg and looked at it with mixed emotions.

" Is the egg a boy or girl?" She asked.

" I just hatched the egg. So, I don't know what the gender is." Princess Stella merely said. " I hope the future heir is a boy. So he can inherit all of his father's titles and possessions. And be a better ruler than his so-called father." She stared at the bundled egg in Echo's embrace.

Echo looks at the bundled egg.

" And what if the hatchling is a girl?" She asked.

" It will be a hassle since a girl can't rule a royal family. So, I might have her get into an arranged marriage so she can marry into a powerful, influential family. My so-called husband and I must try again and have a boy if the first one turns out to be a girl." Princess Stella sighed.

Echo looked at the bundle egg and held it securely. She bit her inner cheek, thinking that Princess Stella's thought process was absurd.

" I am tasking you to care for this egg. Once it starts cracking, bring the egg to me immediately so the Hatchling can imprint on me." Princess Stella looks at Echo.

Echo looked at Princess Stella and nodded. She couldn't risk losing her job since the Ars Goetia Royal Family pays her well.

A month and eight days later, Echo was asleep hugging the bundled egg at the maid's quarter in the Ars Goetia Royal Family Manor when she started to hear the egg crack.

Echo wakes up and sees the bundled egg start to crack. She panics, remembering Princess Stella saying to go to her when the egg starts to break.

She did not care that she was in her nightgown. She gets out of bed and puts on her slippers. She turns and takes the bundled egg in her embrace. She exited her bedroom and started to leave the servants' quarters, heading to the royal family's wing.

Unbeknownst to Echo, a pair of eyes stared at her from inside the cracked bundle egg. The Hatchling stared at the teen imp with adoration and love, thinking she was its mother.

" Hoot? Hoot?" The Hatchling inside the cracked bundle egg spoke, not knowing how to talk correctly.

Echo reached the Ars Goetia Royal Family's Wing. She pounds on the door with her left while holding the bundle of broken egg in her right.

" Stolas. Get that. I am trying to sleep." Princess Stella snuggled in bed to be more comfortable.

Prince Stolas wakes up from his slumber and gets out of bed. He walks towards the door and looks down, seeing a concerned Echo.

" Petit?" He called out, saying Little One in French.

" The baby. The Hatchling. It's being born." Echo revealed, showing the bundle broken egg to Prince Stolas.

Prince Stolas' eyes widened, surprised to see that Echo has been the one caring for the Ars Goetia Royal Family Heir this whole time.

' I thought it was Stella who was looking after the egg.' He internally says.

Prince Stolas takes the broken egg in his grasp.

The Hatchling inside the broken egg looked at Prince Stolas, thinking he was its father.

" Stella! The egg. It's starting to break. It's going to be born." Prince Stolas announced.

" What!" Princess Stella shouted, getting out of bed and grabbing her robe. She runs towards Prince Stolas and takes the breaking egg from his grasp.

" Is it a boy? Is it a boy?" She asked, looking excited.

The hatching looked at Princess Stella and started to get scared since it didn't know who she was.

Prince Stolas and Echo didn't comment, watching the egg shatter, revealing a crying baby Goetia Princess.

" Wahhhh! Wahhh! Wahhh!" The Goetia Princess cries her heart out, shattering the glass in the room.

The glass near Echo exploded, causing Prince Stolas to use his cloak to cover her face.

" Are you alright, Petit?" Prince Stolas asked.

" I'm okay," Echo reassured, looking at the crying baby Goetia Princess worryingly. She didn't know why, but something in her heart was tugging her to comfort the infant.

" Stop with the crying. I am your mother." Princess Stella firmly says to the crying baby Goetia Princess.

The crying baby Goetia Princess cried even louder.

" What is going on? The Hatchling should have imprinted on me by now?" Princess Stella asked, looking confused.

" Give the Hatchling to me." Prince Stolas firmly says, carefully taking the crying baby Goetia Princess in his arms.

The baby Goetia Princess looked at Prince Stolas. She begins to calm down, but tears well in her eyes, wanting her mother.

" At least it has calmed down." Princess Stella rubbed her forehead.

" The Hatchling is a girl, Stella." Prince Stolas reminded while looking at the baby Goetia Princess' private area for a moment before covering her from the cold.

" She must be hungry, then. Echo. Can you take her to the kitchen and feed her?" Princess Stella asked.

Echo nodded, walking towards Prince Stolas and looking at the baby Goetia Princess worryingly.

" Shouldn't you be the one to feed her, Stella? You are her mother." Prince Stolas reminded.

" It's late in the morning. I need my sleep. I have important stuff to do. The female servant, Echo, is responsible for feeding and all the baby stuff." Princess Stella waved Prince Stolas off.

Prince Stolas watched Princess Stella go back to bed.

" I can take care of her, Your Highness," Echo says.

" Are you sure?" Prince Stolas asked, looking at Echo.

Echo nodded.

Prince Stolas carefully passed the baby Goetia Princess to Echo. His eyes blinked when he saw his daughter stare at Echo and began to hoot at the female Imp adorably.

" She makes an adorable sound, Sir. We'll. I'm off to the kitchen to feed her some yummy mice." Echo turns and walks out of the bedroom.

' Could it be?' Prince Stolas internally says.

He looked back at Princess Stella and saw her asleep. He left the bedroom and closed the door, following the two females to the kitchen.

Echo enters the kitchen and shows the baby Goetia Princess around.

" Once you are a bit older, I'll show you all the secret places in the Castle." She whispered.

The baby Goetia Princess hooted, feeling safe and comforted in Echo's embrace.

Prince Stolas entered the kitchen and saw Echo feeding the baby Goetia Princess some mice. His gaze softened when he saw how safe and comfortable his daughter looked in the female Imp's embrace.

" Eight bottom feathers." Echo looked at the feathers on the baby Goetia Princess. " Your father likes to name stuff in French or Latin. How do you feel about being called Octavia? It means eight in Latin." She smiled.

Octavia hooted in response, enjoying the name Echo called her.

" Octavia." Prince Stolas called out, grabbing Echo and Octavia's attention.

" That is a lovely name." Tears well up in his eyes, getting emotional. " She shall be known as Princess Octavia of the Ars Goetia Royal Family." He announced.

Octavia looked at Prince Stolas and Echo, hooting at them, happy that her parents were in the same room.

A horn grabs Echo's attention, causing her to see that the light turned green. She pressed on the gas pedal and continued driving, heading towards the Ars Goetia Royal Family Manor, where she used to work.

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Hime_chan10: Thank you all for reading this story. Below is a fan art of Echo that a dear friend made. Credit/Art drawn by JuLy-is-Life