Empress, and her Holiday

Valentina and Silhouette was walking to the dining room. Crimson opened the door, Zalaph was already waiting.

"Hello Ladies in waiting." Zalaph bow his neck. Valentina's hair was set ablaze.

"You are here."

"Hello Lord Zalaph." Silhouette did a curtsy. "That is how you greet someone you should learn a thing or two Lady Valentina." Zalaph smirked

"Talking to commoners is beneath me." Valentina walk pass him. Zalaph whistled.

"What I expect from a Firebreath." Zalaph made it to the table. Valentina was tapping the table.The Empress steps inside.

"Morning Empress." Silhouette bow her neck. Valentina's hair calm down.

"Highness, why do you bring your Lover?" Valentina crack her fingers. Twylyght caress Zalaph's neck.

"He will start living with us of course." Twylyght pet his chin as they sat down for breakfast.

"Come on Twy! The last thing I want is eating beside that man that was probably riding you last night." Valentina crosses her arms showing she does not like this is idea.

Zalaph stood behind the Empress's chair and kissed one of her braids. "Of course whatever my Empress likes." Zalaph slightly smirked at the Second Princess.

"So amazing." Valentina drank her coffee.

"You gotta love it here, Lord Zalaph." Silhouette smiled. After breakfast, Zalaph was looking around mostly the part of the Castle he has free will over. The Head Butler was behind him. Comet Hollownight his old age may be catching up to him but Twylyght's trust is the one thing keeping this castle together and with the new help it better.

"Lord Zalaph is there something I can help you with?" Comet walks to him. Zalaph was wiping his finger looking for any dust but nothing.

"Just looking around Head Butler." 

"You can call me Comet, Sir." Zalaph walk over to him and fix Comet's bowtie.

"If you are given a title own it, Head Butler." Zalaph went to another hallway leaving the Head Butler thinking as he chuckled to himself. Zalaph made it into another indoor garden but with this one it was full of black roses. A maid was watering them.

"Oh Lord Zalaph." Hazel waved at him. Hazel was younger than Comet but also worked hard like him.. Zalaph sniff one of the roses.

"The roses are well cared for." Zalaph praise her. As she held her tail. "Thank you, Sir." 

"I will be on my way then." And if that Zalaph snapped his finger and disappeared into an open hallway outside the Castle. A knight called out to him. 

"Hey new guy." Paradox smiled with Skarlett behind him. The twins Knights Paradox the oldest and Skarlett being mute.

"The name Zalaph, Knight." Zalaph turn to the female knight.

"Nice to meet you Skarlett." Zalaph did sign to her. Skarlett wagged her tail and did it back to him.

Paradox patted his back. "I think I like you Zal!" Zalaph did a sigh chuckled.

"Please Zalaph is good." Behind the castle three wolves were doing laundry. Beacon was drying the sheets, Crimson was washing the sheets and Horizon was carrying the clean sheet inside. Zalaph was eating an apple in a tree.

"Need any help, Head Maid?" Zalaph asked.

Head Maid carries herself proud but with a flaw she has a muzzle on at all times. "We are fine, Lord Zalaph."

"A little help can make the chore go faster." Crimson softly spoke.

"Yeah." Horizon wagged his tail.

"Fine use the sheet clips and hang them up." Beacon sighed as she gave in. Zalaph uses his magic, and hangs them up. "Whoa." Horizon looked. 

"Amazing." Crimson smiled. Zalaph went back inside then he felt someone pulling his pants. "Hmm." He turned around to see two little servants. Sugarsong and Bitterstep are unique but there older than they look.

"Can I help you?

"He is tall." Sugarsong said.

"He handsome." Bitterstep said.

"Thank you." Zalaph petted their heads.

"He is nice." Sugarsong sighed.

"Our Empress wears the pants." Bitterstep smiled.

"Rude little pups." Zalaph wipe his hands.

Offices*

Twylyght was writing some reports, Silhouette was going over some financial documents.

"Numbers are so amazing." Silhouette was drooling over it. Just like her last name TreasureFang they are in charge of money in the Nation.

"You got a hard on for budgets." Valentina tease her. Silhouette blushed. "No Tina!" She hides her face under the paperwork. 

"Don't make me add more documents to your desk Valentina." Twylyght sighed. Zalaph walks in with a basket full of apples.

"The problem is here." Valentina lean back in her chair.

"The problem brings apples." Zalaph pass them around. Silhouette ate one.

Valentina picked it up and shot glare at the Warlock. "What did you put in these apples?"

"Passion." Silhouette smiled. Valentina's hair with ablaze. "Not helping Silh." Valentina set the apple to ashes in seconds.

Zalaph leans on the wall. "Such a waste." Zalaph ate another apple.

"After our work let's go for tea." Twylyght stated. Zalaph walked over to the window she was close to and open it.

"Yes, my Light." Zalaph jumped out. Silhouette gasped and went over to the window. Valentina follow hoping he got injured. But nope Zalaph was chilling on a cloud. 

"He didn't died." Valentina click her teeth.

Tea Time*

"Just tea or something else?" Zalaph was putting sugar in his tea.

"The month of Juniper on Twiladay 14 though Lyraday 20 is the Nation Week." Twylyght explain to him.

"That holiday that last a whole week with another Nation?" Zalaph tilt his head.

"Exactly glad you understand so you will help me?"

"That depends." Zalaph was behind her now and lift her head to his face.

"What is my nickname?" Zalaph asked. Twylyght open her mouth.