Many hours later, it is morning, at Ambassador Renaldi's residence in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, September 13, 2000. A ringing sound grabs Aurora's attention, causing her to wake up.

" Dad. I had the strangest dream ever," Aurora mumbled in her sleep as she yawns, moving her body a little.

" You somehow died on my sixteenth birthday. And I learn so many things about you, such as having a mom and a twin sister," Aurora softly laughs as she opens her chocolate brown eyes, and she blinks when she does not recognize her bedroom.

Aurora lies on the bed, and she begins to panic as memories from the day before hit her.

" Dad!!" Aurora screams her heart out as she gets out of bed, and at the same time, the bedroom door opened, revealing Hugo and Jaxon.

Aurora stood there when she sees Hugo and Jaxon for the first time. Tears fell from her eyes when she sees that Hugo is 6'0" with medium-length dark brown hair and blue eyes. Meanwhile, Jaxon is 5'10," bald with some dark brown hair on it and has Hazel eyes.

" Who-Who are you guys?! Where am I? Where is my Dad?!" Aurora asked, looking and feeling scared.

Hugo and Jaxon turned around when they sense footsteps approaching the bedroom. The two then stepped to the side as Oliver and Santiago enter the room.

" Aurora," Oliver softly calls out to Aurora while looking at her with a worried expression.

Aurora stared at Oliver with a mixture of emotions.

" Uncle Ollie? Where am I? Where is my Dad?" Aurora warily asked Oliver.

Oliver sadly sighed when he hears Aurora asking for Phillipe.

" Aurora. You are currently at my house in San Francisco," Oliver informs Aurora.

" And my Dad? Is he here?" Aurora softly asked Oliver.

Oliver walks up to Aurora as he gently placed his hands on her shoulders.

" No. Your father passed away in New York," Oliver sadly tells Aurora.

Aurora lightly bites her lips as she cries when she starts to realize that all of those memories from last night were real.

" No. No. No!" Aurora screams her heart out as she begins to punch Oliver's chest.

Hugo, Jaxon, and Santiago silently walked out of the room to give Aurora and Oliver privacy.

" My Dad can't be dead!" Aurora cries as she hugs Oliver, and she hides her head against his chest.

" I know. I know it is painful to realize that someone you love and adore is gone. But, remember, you are not alone. You have Mia and me," Oliver softly speaks to Aurora.

Aurora's hands tightly grasped Oliver's shirt.

" Mia," Aurora whispers as her gaze saddened when she recalled her first interaction with her birth mother, Helen Thermopolis.

" No one in this house is going to serve you, okay. If you want something to eat, you make it yourself. If you're going to wash your clothes, you do it yourself. My daughter and I will not do everything for you. Servants probably did everything for you when your father was alive. But, we, as in my daughter and I, are an average family. You hear me!"

" I doubt you and your father are average since your father is a Crown Prince and all."

" Your father is a Crown Prince from a foreign kingdom called Genovia. His royal heritage is the reason I divorced him and took Mia with me. I allowed your father to take you because I knew you would be royalty in the future since you are his eldest daughter."

" After your father and I divorced, I strictly told him not to tell you about Mia and me. I wanted my daughter and me to live a normal life with no royal drama."

" So, I beg you not to tell Mia about this royal life! I do not want her to be around your father's side of the family!"

" My-My so-called Mom hates me!" Aurora cries when she comes back to the present.

Oliver hugs Aurora close to him as he comforts the young teen. His dark chocolate brown eyes narrowed when he recalled Mia telling him that Helen wished for Aurora to be stillborn.

" I-I don't want to live in the same house as her! I would rather die than be in the same room as that woman!" Aurora cries.

" Hey! Hey! Do not speak like that. You are worth living," Oliver comforts Aurora.

" And besides, I am not going to allow you and your sister to live with that awful woman," Oliver firmly tells Aurora.

Aurora begins to calm down as she lets go of Oliver, and she steps back to look at him in the eyes.

" Are you-Are you saying that you are going to take custody of Mia and me?" Aurora softly asked Oliver.

Oliver nods his head as he fondly smiled at Aurora.

Aurora excitedly stared at Oliver, feeling relieved to hear that her paternal Uncle wants to take custody of her and Mia.

" Go shower and get dress. Mia and I will be at the dining room eating breakfast," Oliver lovingly kissed Aurora's forehead.

Aurora nods her head.

Oliver was about to leave the room, but Aurora stopped him by grabbing his arm.

" Uncle Ollie," Aurora softly calls out.

" Yes, Aurora?" Oliver turns his gaze to Aurora.

" Be honest with me. Is Dad a Crown Prince?" Aurora softly asked Oliver.

Oliver's dark chocolate brown eyes intently stared at Aurora's chocolate brown eyes.

" Yes. Your father is a Crown Prince. I will tell you more about our family later on. Today, I have a busy schedule. That is why Mia will not be going to school today because I wanted you two to get to know one another," Oliver happily tells Aurora.

Aurora nods her head in response as she watched Oliver leave the room, but before he closed the door, he stopped to look at her.

" Oh! If you see two lovely ladies in your room, they are your maids, Annalise Richards and Rosalba Jones," Oliver informs Aurora.

" Okay. And who are those guys that came into my room earlier?" Aurora asked Oliver.

" Ah! They are your bodyguards. Hugo Walker and Jaxon Kennedy," Oliver told Aurora.

" Okay," Aurora nods her head as she turns around to admire her new bedroom.

Oliver closed the door behind him as he turns to Hugo and Jaxon.

" Lady Therompolis was screaming, and that made me worried," Hugo whispered.

" The lad twisted his neck so fast that I thought he was going to break his bloody neck," Jaxon mumbled as he recalled Hugo standing firm, but once Aurora screamed, Hugo turned and opened the door, looking ready to kill whoever made the young teen cry.

" Thank you, gentlemen. Can one of you call Annalise and Rosalba and let them know that Aurora is awake?" Oliver kindly asked Hugo and Jaxon.

Hugo and Jaxon nod their heads as they silently watched Oliver and Santiago walk away.

Thirty minutes later, Annalise and Rosalba arrived as they formally greet Hugo and Jaxon.

" Ladies," Jaxon kindly greets Annalise and Rosalba as he opens the door, and he allows the two maids to enter the room.

Annalise and Rosalba entered the bedroom, and they turned their gaze to the closed door that leads to the bathroom.

" Rosie. Can you get Lady Renaldi's clothes while I fix her bed?" Annalise kindly asked Rosalba.

Rosalba nods her head in response as she turns and walks towards the closet. She then opens the door and pulls out the clothes and sandals Aurora will wear for the day.

The sound of a door opening and closing grabbed Annalise and Rosalba's attention. The two females turned, and they see Aurora entering the room, wearing a bathrobe and a towel on her head.

Aurora looks forward, and she silently noticed Annalise has long, wavy black hair and sharp green eyes. Meanwhile, Rosalba has short, wavy blonde hair and sparkly blue eyes. The young teen also saw that the two females are wearing maid uniforms.

" You two must be Annalise Richards and Rosalba Jones, correct. My um maids?" Aurora softly asked Annalise and Rosalba.

Annalise softly smiled at Aurora as she formally bows to the young teen.

" Yes. Rosie and I are here to serve you. So, if you ever need anything, do not be shy to call one of us or both of us," Annalise kindly tells Aurora.

Rosalba gently placed the clothes and sandals on the bed. She then turns to Aurora, and she formally bows to the young teen.

Aurora blushes, looking and feeling embarrassed since she isn't used to people bowing to her.

" Nice to um meet you two. Please take good care of me!" Aurora formally bows to Annalise and Rosalba.

Annalise and Rosalba stood straight as they nod their heads.

" I hope you like the clothes I choose for you. Today seems like a chilly yet sunny day," Rosalba motioned to the clothes and sandals laid on the bed.

Aurora turns her gaze to the clothes and sandals, and she softly smiled.

" It's cute. I like it," Aurora honestly tells Rosalba.

" Would you like me to style your hair?" Annalise kindly asked Aurora.

" I am usually the one to style my hair. So, I am curious to see how you will style my hair," Aurora softly smiled at Annalise.

" If you like, you can get dressed behind that," Annalise points to a dressing room divider.

Aurora nods her head as she grabs her clothes and sandals, and she goes to stand behind the dressing room divider. She then takes off her bathrobe and towel as she changes into her clothes. She laid her sandals on the floor, and she carefully puts her feet in them.

" How do I look?" Aurora asked as she steps away from the dressing room divider, and she turns to Annalise and Rosalba.

" The color of that sweater shirt suits you, and it brings out your eyes," Annalise compliments Aurora.

" You should consider being a model. You have nice slender legs," Rosalba eyes Aurora from head to toe.

Aurora blushed, looking and feeling overwhelmed since she is surprised that two pretty women like Annalise and Rosalba find her gorgeous.

" Thank you," Aurora kindly smiled as she walks towards the vanity station, and she sits down on a chair while Annalise stood behind her.

Forty-five minutes later, Annalise finished styling Aurora's hair. The young teen looks forward, and she beamed when she sees her hair.

" Do you like it?" Annalise kindly asked Aurora.

" I love it!" Aurora happily tells Annalise.

" I'm glad," Annalise softly smiled at Aurora.

" We should get going. Your Uncle and sister are waiting for you at the dining room," Rosalba informs Aurora.

" Yes! Yes! Let's get going," Aurora grabs her mini backpack from a desk nearby, and she walks towards the door.

As though someone knew Aurora was approaching, the door opened, causing the young teen to step out. She blushes when she sees Jaxon and Hugo staring at her.

" Sorry about my outburst," Aurora apologized.

" No need to apologize. You have a reason to scream your emotions out," Hugo softly responded.

Jaxon nods his head in agreement.

" Gentlemen. We need to escort Lady Renaldi to the dining room. Ambassador Renaldi and Lady Thermopolis will be waiting for her," Annalise informs Jaxon and Hugo.

" Let's go then, Lady Renaldi," Jaxon held his arm out to Aurora.

Aurora blushes, feeling and looking a bit uncomfortable since the only ones that treated her like a Princess were Phillipe and Oliver.

" Only if you want to," Hugo whispers to Aurora, noticing her uncomfortableness.

" Maybe next time," Aurora whispers.

Jaxon nods his head in understanding as he puts his arm down.

" Follow me then," Jaxon whispered as he begins to walk with the others following him.

In the dining room, Mia is sitting at the dining table with Oliver seated at the head. The young teen looked at her surroundings, and she sees Santiago looking at his phone, Emmanuel speaking to Alastor at one side of the room, while Holly and Poppy stood at the opposite side of the room.

" Did you sleep well?" Oliver asked Mia, wanting to converse with his youngest niece.

Mia's chocolate brown eyes blinked as she turns her gaze to Oliver.

" I did! Honestly, that bed was so comfortable. More comfortable than the one I slept with back home," Mia happily tells Oliver.

" I'm glad," Oliver fondly smiled at Mia.

Footsteps entering the dining room grabbed everyone's attention, and they turned their gaze, seeing Aurora with her maids and bodyguards.

" Good morning, everyone," Aurora shyly greets Oliver, Mia, and the others.

Mia stands up when she sees Aurora, and she begins to walk towards her.

Aurora looks forward, and she sees what Mia is wearing.

" You look cute, Sis," Mia happily tells Aurora as she greets her older sister with a hug.

" You look cute as well," Aurora blushes, and she returns the hug.

Oliver fondly stared at his two nieces, feeling excited for them to get to know one another.