Chapter 5: Royal

Marie then wakes up again to find her lavishly decorated room void of Zyune, She then finds a wet towel on her head, it's pretty big, she gets out the huge bed and thinks,

"When was I this short, also why are my hands so small…"

"Ancre?"

"Yes?"

"How old is Princess Marie Van Zafforhoff?"

"nine."

"I'm nine?!?!"

Marie then thinks,

"It makes sense, that's why it was hard to put those sentences together and why it was so hard to do anything, I'm practically seven years younger!"

Marie wants to find out more about this world so she goes on a search throughout the castle for a library, she finds many rooms, most of them she thinks literally have no use. Then finally after about an hour of searching she finds a large door with strange writing at the top, she then says,

"So this world speaks Japanese but writes in a completely different language."

She then feels a presence watching her, she turns around and sees an entourage of maids and butlers. One of the butlers say,

"Lady Marie, it is almost dinner time we shall bathe and clothe you accordingly."

The maids escort her to the bathing room, she then is getting cleaned until she finally sees herself in a mirror, she sees her very cute face and quite normal things for a growing body but then her ears, they look half-way between Zyune's ears and her old ones they weren't too pointy but they weren't normal.

She then allows herself to be bathed by the maids despite her embarrassment, she is then clothed in a puffy light blue dress. The entire time she has made a face of profound surprise, then Marie thinks,

"I know princesses are into that sort of thing, but Marie was a bit overkill."

Then a Butler tells her that her father is waiting for her in the dining room. She is then escorted by maids to the dining room, then Marie thinks,

"I hate this dress, I just want to be in a comfortable t-shirt and pants, I just want to go back, but-"

Marie's stomach gurgles,

"I'm hungry."

She is sat at the end of a long table and her father at the other end, The room has a wooden interior, it's very Germanic in design with an open fire, and the many paintings lining the walls, It has a very nice table with 3 centerpieces, Marie then asks,

"Where is my mom?"

The King spits out his drink and starts coughing a bit after looking at Marie he says,

"So then everything Zyune said was true, you have forgotten everything about life here…"

"Umm…"

"Your mother died nine years ago, giving birth to you. You are the last will and testament of my dear Queen."

Marie then looks shocked, she says,

"I'm sorry."

"It's alright, it might take you a little bit to recover your memories."

"Was she Elven?"

"How did you-?"

Marie then pokes the tip of her ears, the king understands this and says,

"Yes, she was part Elven, but I planned to tell you when you get a bit older…"

Marie then squeals with joy, her father jumps a little, she then excuses herself and says,

"Thank you."

Then the maids come out with food, one is a woman with cat ears and the other is a human. The Cat-woman goes to serve the King, while the human serves Marie. Marie looks extremely ecstatic, Marie is thinking,

"There are Cat-People in this fantasy world! Thank you Ancre!"

She is being served some dish she is not familiar with, but it looks and smells amazing. She is enjoying her meal and as she almost stuffs herself full she suddenly hears yelling from the other side of the table,

"How dare you, you damned Beast! You spilled the wine on my floor! I will have your head!"

Marie then stands up and shouts,

"Father she didn't mean to, it was a mistake!"

"Their whole race was a mistake to begin with Marie!"

"Father…"

Then as she is saying this her father pulls out a sword, he is about to attack her then the sword flies out of his hand, he looks around to see Marie putting down her head while holding out her hand to see purple sparks fly out, Her father looks on in horror as he says,

"Impossible…"