She found Darian's rooms in no time. She knocked and was ushered in shortly after he called from where he was seated at his desk. When she walked in, he was hunched over some papers and was scribbling down letters almost frantically. After she moved to sit down in front of his desk, he finally looked up and gave her a brief smile.

He crossed his fingers and rested them on top of the desk. "And to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?" he said, still smiling.

"Well, I believe that there was talk of a gift that you had for me," said Jasmine Haughtily. Jasmine could never refuse the temptations of gifts. So every year at Moormonder, the day of rebirth, she always snooped around and opened her presents early. 

"I'm honestly surprised you didn't follow me back to my rooms and pester me until I gave in." he finished, smirking.

"Haha, very funny. Now give me the gift," said Jasmine as she leaned slightly forward. 

"Did you lose your manners while we were gone? I seem to remember you were always the one on Moormonder telling me, Isaiah, and Mikael to slow down." 

'That's because I already knew what we were all getting' Is what she wanted to say. " Please?" 

"Wow, you're using the puppy eyes. How important is this gift to you? Maybe I should wait until tomorrow?" He was choking back laughter. "If you ask me nicely, I'll give it to you." 

"Favorite brother, will you please give me the gift that you brought back for me?" she asked with a sigh of defeat.

"Of course, my dearest sister," he said mockingly. He reached below his desk, nearly falling out of his chair, and pulled out a thin and long dark-coloured wooden box. The box was engraved with intricate symbols and designs she couldn't place. The box opened from the top via a sliding lid. Jasmine pulled on the wooden lip of the lid slowly, tensing in preparation for something to spring out at her. Instead, the cover slid off with a rasping wood-on-wood noise and revealed a long double-edged dagger with a black hilt and a pearly white iridescent blade. 

Her mouth hung open as she fingered the blade, prodding. The hilt, upon further inspection, was wrapped in a soft black material different from any leather or snakeskin or hide Jasmine had ever seen. Moreover, the blade's surface seemed to be constantly swirling, as if it were smoke. "Where did you find this?" Jasmine asked, astounded. 

"Well, to be honest, it's a very long story with questionable morals and motives on my part, so I'll spare you the details. But, anyhow, how do you like it?" He asked, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

"I love it." She nearly stabbed him by accident as she jumped over the table to hug him."I love it. I love it. I Love it!" She was practically squealing. 

Jasmine had released him from the death grip that she called a hug so he could get a breath in. "I don't know if you'll get to use it often. Honestly, I hope you never need to, but at least you'll be prepared should you need to." He finished, standing up. With one last hug from Darian, Jasmine took the box with the dagger in it and left to go back to her room. 

While walking back to her room, she couldn't help but slide the box open and fiddle with the dagger. Every time that she looked at the blade, she swore she could see more tiny details. Arriving back at her room, she was greeted by Helen. She immediately walked to her room and ushered Helen to follow her. She brought the dagger of its accompanying black sheath and handed it to Helen. 

Helen, seemingly confused at what to do with it, asked, "Well?" 

"Well, isn't it amazing?" Jasmine asked.

"Well, I don't think that it will go with any of your outfits, but it would make a nice decoration."

"Well, I think that it would go with all of my outfits. I want to get belts made so I can wear them at all times. , But, wait, do you think it would be better across my back? Or maybe along my thigh? I don't know... what do you think, Helen?" 

Helen, now used to Jasmine's indecisiveness, simply smiles and nods. "I think that they will all look great and that the great thing about being a princess is that you can have all three if you would like, but right now, I think we should go get some dinner." 

"Ugh, fine, but I want to wear it tomorrow?" Jasmine said more, asking than stated. 

"Of course."