kingdoms_of_auradon | Let's See What's In The Cards (Mmhm)

The weather was still bitterly cold, and the snow was still thick on the ground, but it was finally possible to at least go outside by the front doors. The King and Queen have still forbidden anyone from staying overnight at the museum district in case it started snowing again. But the King could be seen outside trying to shovel snow enough to make a path to the castle at the least.

The snow was still too thick to get easily anywhere not shoveled, and the snow was so heavy that even beasted out, Ben needed to take constant breaks inside to sit down and dry off. This wasn't going to be a fast task.

It was only made harder when it started. For those who slept, it would start after they have fully awoken for the day. For those who don't sleep, they'd find that they had fallen into a pleasant daydream, even if it wasn't normal for them to do so. When they came out of it, that was when it would start for them.

But what is it, exactly?

Small snippets of memories, playing for anyone who was with the person remembering to see. But the thing was, these memories... were memories the person had not yet made. Memories of the future.

Not enough to give answers, probably not enough to give reassurances for much other than "oh hey, I do have a future after all," but generally pleasant, and short. Hey, it will give people a thing to talk about, at least. Especially since this will go on for the next two weeks or so.

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From:

princess_weia

"I don't think so," Leia said. "You're too big to wear any of my clothes. And even if we could trick Toovee, we'd never be able to trick my mommy and daddy for very long."

"But if you're ever on Aleraan when a fancy party like that is happening, I'll make sure to invite you. And Toovee can get you a dress and things that are your size. She likes dressing me up like that, so she'd probably like dressing you up like that too."

From:

souls_of_roles

"Really? you'd invite me? But... I'm just a commoner... No one who is really royalty is going to want someone like me messing up their pretty ball...." her excitement started high, but by the end she was depressed and on the ground.

From:

princess_weia

"I can invite whoever I want," Leia said. "That's one good part about being a princess. And you wouldn't be messing it up, you'd be making it more fun! Besides, you're a lot nicer than a lot of the people who do get invited. Most of them really only seem like they're interested in gossiping or bragging about how expensive their stuff is."

"And none of them are ever there to talk to me anyway. So when I do have to come to one, I usually just have to stand there while people talk to my parents like I'm one of the decorations or something. At least with you there I'd have somebody to talk to. And Memily and everyone in the kitchen makes really yummy food too. You'd probably love her starblossom cake!"

From:

souls_of_roles

"That would be wonderful! But why don't people talk to you?" she asked, looking up from where she had wound up on the floor. "You're a princess and nice and super interesting."

From:

princess_weia

"Yeah, but I'm also a kid," she said. "Even princesses don't get to do a whole lot when they're only six and a half; not official royal stuff anyway. The only time I even go to those fancy parties is when the whole royal family needs to be there. Otherwise I usually end up staying in my room. My mommy and daddy usually have some sweet mallow cakes sent up, but..."

She sighed, sitting down on the floor with Kyoko. "All the grown-ups who come to those parties either want to ask my parents to do stuff for them or just show off for other rich people and members of the Elder Houses. I might as well not even be there." Those words apparently trigger another vision as a new scene flickers into view.

Do more than wave

Seen from the outside, we see Leia and what can only be her mother standing in a forest. Unlike the previous vision, this Leia looks only a few years older than her current self. She hands something to her mother who tucks it away in what seems like a back pocket, out of view.

"If you behaved as well as you climb, you'd be a Senator already," Leia's mother says, taking her daughter's hand and leading her back towards a waiting structure. Leia sighs and her mother does the same. "You'll have to change in the speeder. Come."

"It's not like anyone would miss me if I wasn't there," Leia says as two uniformed men who must be guards step into view from where they were previously hidden by the foliage and quietly fall into step behind mother and daughter.

"I'd miss you," her mother says with a bit of a smile.

"All I ever do is wave," Leia complains.

"Then do more than wave," her mother says. "You get out of this what you put into it." The vision fades out as they approach the arched entrance to the structure.

"That's my mommy," Leia in the present said for Kyoko's benefit. "And those are the woods next to the palace. I run off to play there a lot. There's a tree where you can see the ships coming and going from the spaceport if you climb up in it."

Edited Date: 2024-12-31 09:19 am (UTC)

From:

souls_of_roles

"I used to run off to the woods all the time as a kid too," she said, nodding.

From:

princess_weia

"Were there any good trees to climb in the woods where you lived?", Leia said. "There used to be one in the gardens that was right up against the outer wall, but they removed that one about a year and a half ago when I tried to climb it to get over the wall and go on an adventure."

From:

souls_of_roles

"I didn't climb trees much, mostly I went to visit my fairy friend when he was around and look for other fairies and just enjoy being out in the woods. They feel so magical, like anything could happen in the woods..."

From:

princess_weia

"They are pretty fun," Leia said. "One time, I found a baby manka cat! He was all by himself, so I tried to sneak him back into the palace so I could take care of him and he could be my pet. But my mommy and daddy said no, and I wasn't allowed to go into the woods for awhile til they made sure there were no more of them around. He lives in a wildlife park outside the city now, and I guess he's happier there than he'd have been living in the palace anyway."

From:

souls_of_roles

"Do you get to visit him a lot?"

From:

princess_weia

"Not a lot," Leia said. "I'm usually busy with lessons and things, so there's not really time to go to places like that, even if I had a way to get there by myself. But I have talked to the vets over there and they say he's doing fine. Last I heard, he and one of the girl manka cats there were going to have babies!"

From:

souls_of_roles

"Well that's good," she guessed. Why anyone, even an animal would want to be a parent was beyond her. "I wish there were woods here. But at least we already know a fairy here without it!"

From:

princess_weia

"There probably are woods somewhere," she said. "And maybe even a jungle! There was a jungle in the world I was in for awhile before called the Magic Kingdoms. Me and the other Princess class people there helped fix it up after the Corrosion ruined it."

From:

souls_of_roles

"I've never been to a.... other princesses..?" Someone's eyes went glittery.

From:

princess_weia

Leia nodded. "Princess was a class that some people who were brought to the magic Kingdoms got," she said. "Not everybody who was Princess class was an actual princess though. Like my friend Lydia; she was Princess class too, but she was just a regular girl otherwise. A class was more about what kind of magic you could use than what kind of family you were from or anything like that."

From:

souls_of_roles

"There is a class I could take to become a princess and gain magic of my own?!"

From:

princess_weia

Leia giggled. "It's not that kind of a class," she said. "It's more like the kind of job you had there. And you didn't get to pick what class you were, you just kinda got assigned one. Once you did, then you could start training to go on missions, but you needed a special tool or weapon for the magic to work; mine was a necklace, but I don't have it here so I can't use my magic from there any more. I don't think you'd need to have been to the Magic Kingdoms and gotten one of those special things too for it to work, and since we can't really go there from here we probly can't get you wone."

"And even then, it's a lot of work. Wishful magic is easier, but it makes you really tired and you fall asleep a lot after using it. And Flying magic is a lot herder to do, plus it makes you forget things. The first time I used it, I used way too much by accident, and I couldn't remember anything for awhile, not even my name. My friend Michael was there though, and he got me back to safety. Then we had ice cream, and he stayed with me til my memory came back."

From:

souls_of_roles

Her eyes were sparkling even more. "I WANT THAT JOB! Please tell me how I can go there to learn how to be a fairy princess!!!"

From:

princess_weia

"I don't know," Leia said. "None of us went there on purpose; it was more like being brought here. Mr. Dreamfinder brought us there with his magic mirror machine. He said that everybody was brought there had a special spark that could help his world, and that's why the machine was able to find them and bring them there."

From:

souls_of_roles

"So.... I didn't go because... I'm not special..." she complexly deflated.

From:

princess_weia

"He probably just didn't need any more help," Leia said. "We all went home, after all. And Mr. Dreamfinder didn't like having to take people away from their homes, so he wouldn't do it if he didn't need to."