"Oh! I didn't notice one of the maids opened it so some fresh air would come in." Shuki sipped her tea nervously.
"I wanted to come and say goodnight....If you decide to sneak out, put one of your cloaks on," She smiles and goes to leave.
"Wait, how do you know?!?" She looks at her mom, confused.
"Couse I acted the same way," She laughs. "How do you think me and your father got to see each other."
"But Dad is going to be so mad... If he finds out," She says, kinda nervous.
"I'll tell him you went for a moonlit walk to clear your mind." she winks as she walks out.
"Thank you, Mom!" She runs and grabs a cloak, and puts it on.
She walked out onto her balcony and jumped onto one of her vines and climbed down.
"Lets get going Atticus!" He got out of the Bush and grabbed her wrist and they ran towards the woods.
"We cant be long couse Obi is on patrol and might see us"
"Thats fine with me! Theres a cottage in the woods near both our kingdoms we can go to."
"Okay lets head there now then"
They arrived at a stone cottage that has an oak gateway. The cottage has vines all over it and rose bushes that look like they havent been trimmed for a long time.
"Are you sure this place is safe? It looks really run down." She looks at the house and then at Atticus.
"Im sure! We come here all the time! Apparently your parents came here too"
"Yeah I dont think they would go here or even walk inside."
"Come on Shuki theres nothing to be scared of! Not like theres a monster or something."
"I dont really know this place is really sketchy."
"Come on Shuki" He grabbed her wrist and brought her inside the house.
The house looks brand new on the inside with stairs to a secound floor all the way to the right. Two red sofas that are in a seating area all the way to the left of the room with a red carpet on the floor-. In the back right there is a kitchen and all the way to the back left there is a backdoor.
Shuki has a shocked face becouse on the outside it looked abandoned but on the inside it looks brand new
"How did it just go from a run down house to a brand new house?" She looked at Atticus
"Becouse the outside looked abandoned but beautiful on inside?" He looked at her confused
"Yeah i thought it would be abandoned on inside"
"I did to... But this is a good representation that you should judge a person or place becouse of the outward appearance but on their inward appearance."
"My dad tends to do that alot..." she said in a sad way.
After a few moments of silence, a high-pitched shriek could be heard even across the hallways of the Castle. That was indeed the first cry of a baby. The whole castle was in an uproar. And in no time, the news spread across every part of the kingdom. The atmosphere was adorned with festivities.
It was the birth of Princess Shuki, the royal 2nd princess of Clariens, the kingdom star, the nation's hope, and especially, the daughter of King Zen and Queen Shirayuki.
How will this emerging star change the fate of the kingdom and its people is yet to be seen?
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