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What surprised me about them was that they were my age...
And were currently climbing over the castle wall.
I quickly flew over to them, my little wings pumping as fast as they could to get me over there before the guards did.
"What are you doing?!" I hissed when I was in earshot. There were two of them, a boy and a girl, and the both looked up in surprise. The girl was kneeling on the wall, helping the boy up, and all I saw of the boy was his head. They just sat there, staring at me. "Well?" I pressed. The boy looked over at the other girl before he spoke.
"See, Yuppi? I told you she'd be out today, and now we're going to get in trouble."
The girl bonked him on the head. "Dangit, Shadow Thief! You're not supposed to use my real name! It's Forest Spirit!"
"But that's too long!" The boy complained, finally pulling himself up onto the wall.
"So?! I don't go around calling you by your real name when we're out on missions. So I don't see why it should matter, Rynu."
"Oh great! Now I'm going to get in even bigger trouble since you just said my name! What ever happened to codenames, huh?!"
They continued yelling at each other, and my eyes flicked back and forth between who was talking. Suddenly, I burst out laughing, and the two looked at me with strange looks on their faces.
"And what's your problem, huh?!" Yuppi yelled at me, and Rynu bonked her on the head this time.
"You can't talk to the princess that way, Yuppi! Have some respect!"
"HEY! You're supposed to use my codename!"
"It doesn't matter now, she already knows our names and we're going to get in trouble!"
I laughed harder, bending over in mid-air and gasping for breath. "I'm sorry, but you two argue like an old married couple!" I gasped, wiping away a tear from my eye. They glared at each other. "What are you doing up here anyways?" I finished.
"Well..." Rynu started, looking down at his hands.
"We kinda..." Yuppi said next, looking away from me.
"Sorta..."
"Almost..."
It was like a ping-pong game with words.
"Well?" I pressed again, looking at both of them.
"...we wanted to see what it was like inside the castle," Rynu finally finished, his face turning red.
"And...I kinda wanted to see what you looked like," Yuppi said, staring out over the other side of the wall.
"Huh..." I said thoughtfully, tilting my head a ways. Both looked up at me. "If that's all you wanted, you didn't need to climb the wall for that. Hey...how did you guys get up here anyways?"
Yuppi's face broke out into a huge smile. "We climbed." Before I could say anything, she was on her feet with her hands pointing down to the ground. It was silent for a minute before vines shot out of the earth and wrapped themselves around her wrists. She looked up at me, obviously proud with herself.
"Wow," I breathed. "I've never met anyone with plant powers before," I looked at her and smiled.
Yuppi beamed. "That's 'cause we're very rare. My mommy's a leafy too!"
"Hey, what about me?" Rynu pouted. I looked at him and he smiled. "I can control shadows!"
"Cool!" I said, flying closer to them. "Lemme see!"
He nodded and then set his hand on the wall where Yuppi's shadow landed. After a few moments, it leapt up into the air flying around our heads.
We all laughed, and the shadow returned to where it belonged.
"Well, what about you?" Yuppi finally asked, looking at me with a smile on her face and a gleam in her eyes.
"Me? Well..." I hesitated, then closed my eyes. The air around me started getting cooler, the water vapor condensing to form clouds around us three. The other two breathed in awe as I opened my eyes. "And there's more." They turned to stare at me. I grabbed both of their hands and closed my eyes again, concentrating. After a while, we were all transported back in time to a few seconds ago when Yuppi was using her powers. I gasped and opened my eyes, and we were brought back to the present time, my breathing heavy as I stared at their shocked faces.
"Wow, you're a DOUBLE?" Yuppi breathed as I sat next to her on the wall, trying to catch my breath. I nodded.
"That's so cool!" Rynu shouted on the other side of Yuppi, a huge smile on his face.
And from that moment on, we remained the best of friends. I even managed to sneak out the next day to go see them, and when Azrah and the guards finally found me, it was decided that the two would always be welcome in my castle.
I had never been so happy in all my life!
