| The Next Day (around noon) |
Rose tapped her fingers against the table, staring at the papers and maps that were spread out across it, seemingly in no particular order. She was supposed to be mapping possible routes to the kingdom of Vaerith, but it was not going very well because there were practically no safe routes they could take. At least, other than the road that already went from one kingdom to the other.
(…Boredboredbored…)
(Don't mind me, just…bored…)
(Gosh, that sounded more annoying than I meant it to.)
//lol
(;D
Anyway…
Do you want to toss the prince in somewhere?)
//sure
(:P)
(HI)
(Hey-hey! Lol.)
Gerard strode into the room, a look of concentration and slight urgency on his face.
Rose looked up from her work, and a worried expression made its way to her face at the sight of Gerard's look.
"What is it?" she asked quickly.
"Is your father here?" He asked, obviously avoiding the question.
"Not right now. He's with Mother in the dining hall." Rose stood up and repeated her question, "What is it?"
"I need to speak with him." He crossed his arms. "Now."
"Well, I'm right here. Why can't you tell me?" Rose questioned.
"Because…" Gerard glanced at the door. "It's official business with the king."
Rose narrowed her eyes at him for a moment, then sighed. "All right. I'll go find him, and you can either follow me or I'll bring him back here."
"I'm following." He stated.
"Fine." Rose nodded once and walked around the table. She opened the door and made her way out into the hall, not looking back to see if Gerard was following; she knew he would.
A few minutes later, they were at the dining hall, and Rose knocked on the door.
"You may enter," boomed a deep voice.
Opening the door, Rose took a step inside. She smiled at her parents, who were sitting next to each other as they ate. Thankfully, their plates were nearly empty, so they would have finished soon, anyway.
"Father, Gerard asked to speak with you," Rose explained, nodding in Gerard's direction.
The king glanced at his wife for a moment before looking back at his daughter. "You may come in, Gerard."
Gerard marched in an saluted the king. "Sir, we found traces of a dragons on our borders. A whole herd by the looks of it."
"What? How is that possible?" King Broden asked, rising to his feet. He looked down at his wife apologetically. "I'm sorry, my love, I should go take care of this."
The queen smiled up at her husband. "That's all right, dear. Go on. I'll just finish my breakfast with Rose to keep me company."
"Um… Actually…" Rose started, biting her lip before continuing. "I think I should go with Father and Gerard. I need to learn how to deal with things like this."
The king and queen exchanged a glance, and the king nodded slowly. "That sounds fine. Gerard, Rose is going to come with us."
Gerard narrowed his eyes. "Not to disrespect your majesty's decision, but are you sure that is wise?"
Rose placed her hands on her hips and turned to face Gerard. "Is there something wrong with me coming? Don't you think I should learn how to rule my kingdom?"
The king sighed. There she goes again…
"No it's just that if you're going to learn about dragons I think it should be one instead of a whole herd."
"And I think that I've learned plenty about a single dragon and could handle learning about a herd," Rose shot back. "I will need to someday, and sooner is better than later."
"Rose…" King Broden spoke, his voice warningly low.