I walked home from school into Selethon's capital.
"Hey, Rosebud!"
I waved to the captain of the guard, Uncle Jalad. He called me Rosebud as a joke because I shared my mother's name.
"Dad, is that Rose?"
"Yep. You wanna say hi, Josh?
Joshua walked out, his pale skin was a trait from his mother, the system Sona. He was quite strong as well, as a kid he could already carry a tree… also a trait from his mother.
"How are you?"
He brushed his brownish hair.
"Doing good. Is your mom doing good?"
"Of course, you don't get called the Eternal Queen for having sick days."
"I guess, well have a good day."
He went back inside. And I continued on.
"Hey Dalis!"
I waved to my adoptive brother. He was technically the king of Selethon, but pretty much everyone, including him, considered my mom the queen, even though she called herself the regent.
Then I saw the one person cooler than my mom.
"It's Darsen the Undying!"
People cheered. He was a celebrity because he was one of the three Rulers. Of course, my dad was a Ruler too, but he was my dad.
Shadow King Darsen was a happy and social guy. Watching him evade the paparazzi was fun.
He became shadow and slinked into it.
Then he popped out, still sipping his drink.
"Oh, hey Rose."
"Hi~"
"The people are more insistent than ever."
"I see that~"
"Well, have a good day."
He disappeared into the shadows again.
I sighed. He was so cool.
I walked back to the palace waving at various more people.
Then I saw my dad.
"DAD!"
"Hey Rose."
"How are you?"
"I'm good, how are you?"
"I'm also good, is Mom here?"
"Yep."
"Where?"
"Look up."
I did and gasped. Mom, in dragon form, was flying above the city. Occasionally she would fly around all the worlds to see how everything was going.
"I'mma go say hi to her."
I leapt into the air and shifted into a dragon before getting to my moms level.
"Hi mom!"
"Hello darling, how are you doing today?"
"Good. I learned how to multiply today!"
"Cool, so what's 5 times 10."
"50!"
"Oh, you're so smart! Well, let's not keep your father waiting."
She shifted into her short catkin form and I shifted into my half elf form.
She hugged me then used her wings to steady the fall.
"Mom."
"Yeah?"
"Will I ever get wings?"
"I don't know, it would be cool if you did."
"Yeah… one more question."
"What is it?"
"Why doesn't Mr. Darsen respond to my flirting?"
She snorted before chuckling.
"He's a bit old for you, don't you think? He's as old as your father."
"Eh, I like him nonetheless."
"And he likes you too, just not romantically."
"Maaaaan."
"Heh, find someone your age, then we'll talk."
We landed. My father had a raised brow.
"I feel like I missed something."
"Oh, just Rose flirting with Darsen again."
"Heh, that's funny, you know I actually told him it was flirting, one time. He would not believe me."
"Really?"
I was distraught. My father smiled.
"Oh, don't worry, tell you what, I'll make an elven special tonight."
"YAY!!!"
Then my mother chipped in.
"And I'll tell you one of my adventures."
My father grabbed me and hugged me, carrying me into our home.
THE END…