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Impressions
30/06/2011

Aughrayiah huffed as Chandillia dragged her through the corridor in excited haste. If only she had known that her younger sister, Chandillia was up to a new trick. “How did I get caught in this?” she asked herself as they reached the end of the corridor. The beautiful mouldings and the excellent color scheme were left in their lonely dismay as the princesses rushed to their destination. The older of the two princesses sighed in resignation as she watched her younger sister knock on the door before them. It was the room for the palace’s latest guests, the Vitaes. When it opened, her eyes were met by ones filled with bubbling laughter. Below those expressive eyes was a smile befitting a princess. Aughraysiah felt more at ease despite her earlier apprehension. She smiled at the lovely face before her, “Hello, my sister and I wanted to welcome you and your family to the palace.”

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Princess Vox, the youngest of the Ekroy siblings, wasn’t particularly bothered by the angsty teenage tension filling the sitting room of the Vitae’s quarters. Her oldest sister, Aughraysiah, was staring in disgust as Dolores, the elder Vitae sibling, showed everyone his already chewed peanut butter sandwich. It was still in his mouth. Chandillia was laughing unnaturally at Dolores’s antics while Iacto, Dolores’s younger sister, successfully redirected Aughraysiah’s attention.

Vox cocked her head to the side as she watched them; so did her new friends. None of them really understood what all the fuss was about. Granted, Lady Dicora Vitae made sure only Vox could see her new friends, three grey-skinned boys with shining white irises. They had already shown her their favorite pets and taken her on a tour of the boat they came on, which she had to promise not to tell her father about. Vox didn’t question why the older ones couldn’t see her friends. She liked having them to herself. “Even...