28 Seraphine and Phoebe's Conversation

We went to Doctor Edgar's Infirmary and when he saw us he smiled, bowed and greeted us.

"May the Sun give Blessings to your Majesty and Highness"

"Seraphine here wants to help my daughter, Doctor Edgar"

"She has come here of her own will?"

"That's right!"

"Please sit down"

I sat at the chair in front of him, he then asks me to bring my right arm forward, I brought it out towards him, and he brought out a long ass needle that made me nervous.

"Are you scared of needles?"

"N-No, but that needle is scaring me"

"Calm yourself, inhale then exhale"

"..."

"Very good"

"Don't worry, my dear" my uncle reassured me.

The Doctor rubbed anaesthesia solution on my arm, where he will insert the needle, my heart is pounding in my chest.

Is this going to hurt?

('You will feel like an ant is biting you')

You Doctors say that all the time.

('We are not lying')

Doctor Edgar, inserted the needle, I looked away in reflex because I didn't want to see the blood and insertion of the needle, he chuckled at my action, so did my Uncle.

Ha-ha-ha! Very funny, I said in my thoughts, annoyed.

"It's done"

I looked at my arm again, and he ordered me to push the cotton ball down at where the needle got inserted,

"Thank you for being nervous, princess"

"Is my nervousness necessary for this or something? Why are you stating that?"

"Your power triggers according to your emotions"

He put my blood inside a test tube closing it with a cap, he then brought it forward to let me see.

"This is your blood"

It was colour pink, little sparks of flames are ACTUALLY inside the blood, I looked at it in amazement.

"The blood of human and vampire mixed together infused with the power of the prophecy, the blue flame"

"The blue flame is the Prophecy?"

"Yes"

"Is there anything else that needs done, Doctor?"

"I will handle the rest, your majesty, please rest assured"

"Thank you" my uncle sighs "Thank you, as well my dear niece"

"I don't think it's worth thanking me for, but you're welcome"

It's no different from a blood donation.

He pats my head with a wide smile on his lips, he is clearly amused by me, for some reason.

"Get a well-earned rest, in three days your coronation will occur, the preparation will be underway"

"Three days for a coronation?" He nods "Is that possible?"

"We have the manpower to do so, the princess that is the highlight of the Empire needs her beauty sleep"

"Okay…"

"Let me escort her highness to her chamber" The aid Theodoros says

"Thank you, Goodnight uncle"

"Goodnight, thank you, and rest well."

Nodding to him, Theodoros the aid escorts me to the room I'm staying, inside the room, Elinna is waiting,

"Thank you for escorting me" the aid bows then leaves the room

"Elinna!"

"I have been waiting for you, I was getting worried as to what is happening to you, that is why I waited here in your room. I apologise for the intrusion"

"It's fine," I say.

"Let me help you get changed, your highness"

Elinna helped me out of the clothes I'm currently wearing, she then chooses a light blue evening gown for me, she helps me put it on.

"Is helping me change clothes every single time necessary?"

"Yes, princess"

"By the looks of it, royalty is lazy."

"P-Please do not say that when there is someone around princess"

"Why? If it's the truth then why not say it?"

"You will get into trouble"

Her expression is that of worry, Elinna is a beauty, but her expression is wasted on me, even so, she's right.

"I'll watch what I say"

"Your words put me at ease" she smiles

After Elinna helped me changed, she bowed to me excusing herself, I am now the only one inside the room.

Well...save for Fries who's asleep on the bed,

"Fries, you are one lazy lion cub"

"Meow!"

Fries looked up hearing me, it turned around it's back facing me, talk about attitude, this lion cub has more attitude than Laurrie's cat,

Rolling my eyes at the lion cub, I went up to the bed making myself comfortable, when I felt comfortable, I slowly close my eyes drifting off to sleep.

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"Seraphine!"

That oddly familiar voice.

"Seraphine, wake-up"

"...Huh?"

"It's me, Phoebe"

Squinting my eyes to see my surroundings, in which there wasn't, my eyes widen at where we are, it's just a white room that's stretching forever, Phoebe is in front of me with an excited smile on her face.

Wasn't I sleeping?

"We are inside your consciousness"

"It's official that my brain is empty"

"No silly" she giggled "this is the realm of the conscious and unconscious, you are asleep now but your mind is wide awake"

"That is deep"

I don't understand what that means,

"It means that even though your body is sleeping you are awake in mind, it's like a dream, but you are aware of it you can control everything here in your mind"

"It's not Lucid Dreaming?"

"No, we are both talking right now in mind"

You mean in spirit.

"Yes that too"

"Are you reading my thoughts?"

"Your thoughts echo in this place, I can hear what you are saying inside your head"

...

"Please, do not scream"

"H-How?!"

"Since both of us connect through psychic link, I can see what you are doing, I can feel your heartbeat as well, the bond of family blood strongly connects us"

"Haha...o-okay"

"The dreams that I am having is what you see in your eyes outside. Seraphine, that is why I know what is happening outside"

"You can't go outside again?"

"Unfortunately, I cannot"

"Why?"

"If I stay longer outside my body, I will die, or my chances of waking up is slim to almost none"

"That sucks…"

"I also want to thank you, for willingly helping me"

"I didn't want to help but seeing as though I'm here in this world, why not? I'm not stingy when help is truly needed, and it wasn't your fault that I got brought here."

"..."

Phoebe gave an awkward smile for some reason, she looks down finding the white floor interesting.

"Phoebe?"

"O-Oh! Yeah?"

"You're acting a little strange"

"N-No!" She denied

"..."

"I'm just worried about Father, he's been worrying about me from the start, I don't want him to worry any more"

"He loves you, that's why he worries"

"I know" she faintly smiles.

"You'll wake up soon Phoebe, by the way, I haven't seen you, er, your body"

"My room is off-limits, sorry Seraphine"

"It's fine"

"Ah!"

"What is it?"

"The Holy Beast has a message for you!"

Phoebe explains what the Holy Beast told her, the conversation they had too, I'm surprised that she knows every single detail that happened, in addition to that she also told me what happened in the real world.

"Your friends are also Vampires, they tried to save you when you were about to fall from the portal to this world"

"T-They are Vampires?" She nods

It looks like there was a lot of secrets that were hidden from me.

"Couldn't I be trusted?"

"Seraphine?"

Sighing, shaking my head at Phoebe, I gave a faint smile at her, the expression on her face turns into concern.

"What is it?"

"I never knew that they were Vampires, I'm just a little disappointed"

"It'll be okay, Seraphine"

She comforts me, wrapping an arm around my shoulder semi-hugging me, I mumbled a short thanks.

"Sorry if my Father pushed you to have an arranged engagement Seraphine"

"You also know that?" I giggled

"Hahaha" she laughed "While I'm asleep, and I can't move, you are temporarily my eyes Seraphine"

"I wish you can wake up soon, so that we can have a proper conversation"

"Me too"

"By the way, did you have a grand coronation too? It just got me curious"

"When I was born, they announced me as a Princess already, there was a celebration, but no coronation happened"

"Why do I need a coronation? Can't I just have a normal celebration too?"

"My Father wants you Crowned Princess of the Empire Seraphine"

"What's the difference between being a normal Princess and a Crowned Princess?"

"Being a normal Princess, you get to have power, but it is only limited, but every one will acknowledge and respect you while being a Crowned Princess is the same, but an addition to this is you can also control and manipulate the Empire by your status alone. even without the granted permission of the Emperor."

"Isn't that a little too much?" I nervously said.

"I think, my Father will coronate you as Crowned Princess so that your status and you being the Holder of the Prophecy is evenly balanced."

"Since being the Holder of the Prophecy, I'm above the Emperor?"

"You are above everyone in Celestia Continent, not just the Emperor."

"Pressure is on"

"You can do it Seraphine, you are our only hope" She squeezes my arm.

"Thanks, but I'm scared Phoebe"

"It's normal being scared, please remember that we believe in you."

"Okay"

"Good Luck with the coronation Seraphine"

"Why is my vision fading?"

I rubbed my eyes,

"Your waking up, Hahaha"

"Waking…?"

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"Up?"

"Rise and Shine Princess!"

"Elinna?"

I sat up a bit dazed from the dream,

"May the Morning Sunshine give Blessings upon her highness Seraphine"

"What's going on?"

"Its morning princess, we need you to prepare for today"

"Preparing for what?"

"Before your coronation, you must attend coronation etiquette, we must take care of your health, including your meals, your skin, and what you wear as well as exercise"

"Uh…"

"I apologise for not introducing myself, I am Mary Ann, the Head Maid of the Sun Empire, greetings to your highness"

"Hello"

"We will take care that your coronation will not fail"

"...Thank you?"

"No thanks necessary, Princess"

"Now, please get up, so that we may bathe you"

Here we go again…