Luna and Kouper’s eighth child was a female, as well, and the name she was given at birth was, Maylene Kaylene Garrick. The infant not only displayed physical characteristics that were the same as her mother’s, but as the baby grew into a toddler, she began to exhibit personality traits which were mirrored after the queen’s. These attributes were part of the reason for the bond between the elven daughter, and her mother. When the child learned to talk, she only conversed with the queen, and when she could walk, the toddler stayed by the matriarch’s side; these also lent credence to the closeness of their mother-daughter connection, and neither of them hid their love for each other from the other family members.
Due to the fact that Luna and Maylene were inseparable, Kouper began to notice a drastic change in the personalities of Helani and Lytyr, but was unsure of how to deal with these developments; the king kept a close eye on his girls because he knew how hurtful females could be to one another, and he wanted to avoid any kind of altercations between those three daughters. It came as a surprise to both royal parents when they realized those girls were closer with each other than they were with their other four siblings, but their parents had been relieved that there were no issues with these sisters.
Neither the queen nor the king had been aware of the fact that Helani, Lytyr and Maylene had grown to despise their only little sister, Gretchen, whenever there was talk of mischief befalling the youngest royal daughter, suspicions arose that the trio of siblings were involved, but nothing could be done to prove the sisters were around at the time. Generally, the sisters were devious enough to convince their parents that they were elsewhere whenever their baby sister found herself in an inexplicable conundrum, they would have gotten away with the attack on Gretchen, but her wrist had been broken whenever she was tied to the tree. By the time the three sisters made it back to the castle that morning, they were called upon to perform separate chores, and were incapable of concocting a believable cover-story for where they were during the time Gretchen was hurt.
After the attack on Little-One Gretchen, their father allowed the youngest royal child to deal with each of her sisters in her own way, and Maylene was sent away to a boarding school in East Zeerk. Since Luna had gone to that institution after graduating from “Queen Etiquette School”, she knew Chancellor Sylvia Casey, personally, and the elves considered each other friends; the planetary ruler made a direct telepathic connection with the school official to request that she keep an eye on Maylene, and the queen’s friend replied, “Are you asking me to show favoritism towards your daughter? Because, I will not do that for any of my students, no matter who their mother is, and that includes you, Luna.”
“No, quite the opposite, I only want someone to watch from afar, I don’t even want that child of mine knowing we’ve had this conversation,” the queen insisted.
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The day after her eighteenth birthday, the royal one began to look at her life, and the events leading up to the bond with the queen to become severed. The young adult felt that with her parents choosing to abstain from her party the night before, there was no reason to return home, and she retrieved her Royal Dragon, Morvill. She did not have a specific destination when first starting the trip, but it was definite that they would travel to the continent, Avalor.
Though she’d never met the current rulers of the kingdom in which she would one day rule, Maylene knew there wouldn’t be any problems with getting to meet Uleena, especially when the young one mentioned the fact that she was Luna’s daughter. She’d arrived at the castle early the second day after her birthday, and was welcomed immediately by the continental queen; when her great-aunt entered the throne room, the young elf was struck by the beauty which radiated from the female standing before her, and realized her mouth was agape.
“Maylene, you might want to close your mouth before a fly gets in it,” The queen said.
“How do you know who I am? I’ve never met you before,” she replied.
“Being a continental ruler, it is my responsibility, as it will one day be yours, to stay in constant contact with the planetary queen. Luna may be my niece, but in her current position, she is technically my boss. Of course, after...