Morthia was not able to see much from the city inside the ship, because they were transported in a shuttle with blinded windows. For her own safety, at least that what Drayk told her. She didn't know if this was true or not, she knew that he was nice to her and her siblings and for now that was all she needed to know. The shuttle stopped, and the doors opened, the first one she saw was Drayk. He reached out a hand to her and she took it. He helped her and her sisters out of the shuttle.

"I brought all your belonging to the palace." He whispered in her ear, she nodded. Glad that he had noticed them, because she had forgotten them. She looked around and they were inside a closed off building, the doors on either side were closed and it was filled with military personnel. And an older man that was dressed in fancy clothes.

"Miss and children, please follow me." The man said, without an inch of joy. "I can take it from her captain, the Dragon king and your father are waiting for you." Drayk nodded.

"Thank you for pointing it out, mister Crux. I will leave them in your capable hands." Drayk said and he bowed towards Morthia. "I think we will meet again, rather soon too." She bowed her head slightly and he took his leave.

"That unwashed trash panda." Mister Crux muttered under his breath. "No ounce of respect, and he is only were he is now because of his father." Mister Crux clearly didn't like Drayk, and Morthia didn't know why that was the case and she really didn't want to know that either. Mister Crux composed himself and brought his focus back on the triplets and her. "Like I said, follow me." She nodded and they entered the palace. The whole building was made from Dragonsteel and the lights were simple Dragonfire Crystals. It was cold, and dark. No carpets on the floor, no art on the walls. The staff rushed around, they didn't even stop to look who was passing them. "The three children will share a bedroom, miss. But you have a bedroom of your own. I have brought some of your mother's old clothing to that room. You can select what you want to wear for now, but a dressmaker will come for you all tomorrow." He pointed to one door. "The children are being watched by madam Charlo." The door opened, and an older woman appeared in the door opening.

"There they are, miss do not worry I will take care of them." Madam Charlo said, Morthia nodded.

"Thank you madam. Guys introduce yourselves." Morthia said, and the triplets did with a slight hesitation.

"How lovely to meet you, well come in. There is a shower waiting for you and then some comfortable beds." The woman said, the triplets followed her in the room. Morthia was not sure how to feel about this. Madam Charlo seems to be a nice person, but she didn't know her.

"Miss, you do not have to worry about those children." Mister Crux said.

"Those children are, my brother and sisters. Mister Crux, I have taken care of them from the moment my mother died. Of course, I would worry about them." She said. He bowed his head slightly.

"I am sorry that I offended you, miss. But let's get a move on. The Dragon King is expecting you inside the throne room and I hate to keep him waiting." Mister Crux said. "I am getting too old for this. She might be the daughter of the princess, but deep down she is still a Moonlover." He muttered under his breath. But she still heard him loud and clear. She wanted to trow some chosen words in his face, but she didn't do it. Drayk had told her that this would happen and of course she herself already knew that. He started to walk away and she followed him, until he stopped by a door. "Your room, miss." Her bedroom seemed to be miles away, from the triplets room. He opened the door and let her enter. It was large, but still dark and cold like the hallways. There was no carpet on the floor, no art on the walls. There was a large bed, a wardrobe, and a door that probably led to the bathroom. She opened it and indeed it was the bathroom, with a shower and toilet. A vanity mirror that told the time, and could be used as a touch screen for some reason she has yet to discover. She sighed and undressed herself and jumped under the shower. It was a later model then the one she had at home. So she pushed the buttons, to select a program, one other than her morning shower program. The jets were much softer and contained soap, hair products. The red light not only made sure that she was dry, it also got rid of some unwanted hairs. It took some time, but she knew that it was worth it. She got out and wanted to grab her dirty clothing, but they were already gone. She looked around the room, but she saw nobody. That was strange, it could be a robot who was programmed to pick up laundry. She grabbed a bathrobe and put that on instead. It was only for a short period of time. Mister Crux has told her that he had filled the wardrobe with her mother's old clothing, and that she was free to choose whatever. She wanted to open the wardrobe, but the door did not butch. That is when she noticed the touchscreen, she touched it and a light blue light started to shine upon her. Which lasted only for a second, then the door of the wardrobe showed her own image. With a complete outfit, she shook her head, another piece of Dragonfire Tech. She used the touch screen to scroll to the outfits, her mother had beautiful clothing. One dress was even more breathtaking than the other. She finally settled on a dark blue dress, with golden accents. The door swung open, and the outfit was handed to her, crazy technology. It didn't take long to get dressed, and she was not at all surprised how nice it fitted. She was indeed her mother's daughter, she now turned around and walked over to the vanity mirror in the bathroom. Her hair was still in that make shift braid, quickly she untangled it. That is when the touchscreen on the mirror started to light up. A picture of a hairbrush became visible, she touched in and a drawer inside the mirror slide open. There was a brush inside it, she took it out and brushed her hair with it. Her mother always loved when her hair had the natural waves, right after she got it out of a braid and so did she. There was a knock on her door, and she placed the brush back in the drawer. Mister Crux stood in front of her door. "I see that you menaced to get changed. I hope that the level of Dragonfire Tech was not too advanced for you."

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"No it was not." She said. "As you can see, but thank you for your concern." He looked at her again.

"You clearly didn't find the jewels." He said. She shrugged.

"You said nothing about jewelry so I didn't look for them." She replied, he walked past her to the wardrobe and pushed a button on the touchscreen. It now showed her all the pieces of jewelry. "Wow, I really wouldn't have found that on my own." She said and started to scroll through the items. "Were all of these, my mother's?" She asked, he nodded. And she let her hand hang on a simple set.

"This was her favorite set." He said. "She wore this all the time." It was a simple neckless with a blue crystal, a matching set of earning and a tiara. She selected it and the door opened for a second time. This time it gave her the jewels, she put the earnings in, and hung the neckless around her neck. Mister Crux was so kind enough to help her with the tiara, and this time without muttering insults.

"Do you think that the tiara is not a bit too much?" She asked, and he shook his head. "Thank you for your help and getting a piece of my mother, I didn't know that I was missing." Her hand went to the crystal around her neck. He looked at her and sighed.

"How old were you, when she passed?" He asked.

"Ten. I was ten years, the triplets were five." She replied, she already told Drayk this and she was sure that this piece of information was passed down to the Dragon King. "But there is not a day going by that I do not miss her." She turned around and saw the picture and the book on the nightstand. His gaze followed her and he walked towards the picture.

"She looks so happy." He said softly. His moment of weakens was however, brief. "The Dragon King is waiting for you, and he has waited long enough." He straightened his back and almost pushed her out of the door.

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Morthia waited by a closed double door, also made out of Dragonsteel, what was not made out of Dragonsteel? The doors swung open and she was able to enter, luckily Drayk came towards her and reached his hand out again. She took it once again, and he guided her to the other men who were waiting for her. One of them was Micheal Senior.

"Morthia were are the triplets?" He asked, of course first his own, then her.

"They are with madam Charlo, Micheal." She replied. "And before you're going to ask me, yes I am fine." The last one was a jab and he knew it. The Dragon King started to laugh.

"That is my girl, there is now no more doubt in my mind, you might look like your mother. But you have my character." The Dragon King said and Micheal shook his head. "You might wonder why they are still here. Well the answer to that is simple, captain Drayk here told me that he was responsible for your lessons on the shuttle, and I think it is wish to appoint him as your personal guard." Drayk next to her stiffened, was this because this was so unexpected, or did he have other plans?

"My king, although I value his company. I do not want to be responsible for keeping him away from his duties." Morthia said.

"His duty is to protect you, and that is final. Now gentlemen and traitor, I want to spend some time alone with my daughter." The dragon king said. But Micheal shook his head.

"You are nothing more then a donor, Carlos. I am the one who raised her, fed her and gave her clothes. And yes that was by choice, a choice Brialea gave to me. But you know full well why she made that choice, and if you don't want to admit the truth to yourself. Well that makes..." Micheal said before commander Derock knocked him out. Morthia let out a high piched noice.

"He is fine, princess. He was about to spuw out some fool lies and I do not think, my king would have let him life after that." Commander Derock said, Morthia nodded and Derock took the unconcess Micheal away. Drayk stayed for a brief second, bowed towards her and also left her.

"The boy is captured by your beauty." The dragon king said. When the doors closed behind Drayk. "And I wouldn't blame him, I myself was captured by your mother's. But let me quickly inform you about me. After that, you can tell me all about your life. My parents, your grandparents, were from Empyrea bloodline, which is one of the two royal bloodlines. They were descant parents, I got everything I wanted. Toys, food, clothes, even a robot pet dragon. But I was raised by nannies for the most part of my life. When I became fourteen, my parents put me in military service. 'It would teach me some live lessons', that is what my father said. That was a year before they were killed in a freak accident while traveling in space. However, I stayed in service until I married your mother, that is where I met my former best friend Micheal. You might think to know how deep the betrayal went. Coming back to my marriage with your mother. We didn't have a choice in the matter, it was decided by our parents from the moment she was born. It also helped that she was part of the other royal bloodline, Hemera's. But I thought she was fine, but I was wrong. She left me one year in, with you in her belly. Something I did not know at the time. So that was a quick summary about mine life, tell me about yours." And she did, she told him about the moment the triplets were born and about the events of her mother's death. About how she raised the triplets and took care of the house, she told him all. He was her father, he had a right to know everything about her. Or was he just fishing to know more about Micheal's and her mother's betrayal. But at this point in time she didn't mind, she just wanted to share this all with him. When she was done, he simply nodded and sighed. "So that easy life that Micheal was just preaching was not that easy at all. I do not know what to do with him to be honest, normally I would send someone like him to one of the moons or planets for forced labor. But if I did that, I would just send him home. Without his children, that might be some kind of punishment. And here in the empire we do not believe in the death penalty, so what to do. Of course, this is not a matter that concerns you. It will be after mine death, and that will not be for quite some time." She nodded. "And one more thing, forget all the formalities. My parents didn't believe in such a thing, and neither am I." She nodded.

"As you wish, my kin... I mean father." She quickly corrected herself. "May I go and lay down for now, father. It has been a long trip and..."

"There is no need to explain, go and rest. I will see you for dinner. Oh, and wear this, it suits you." He said she nodded and bowed. Drayk waited for her by the door and guided her back to her chamber.

"So, from captain, to your personal bodyguard. I don't know if this is a promotion or a demotion." He said with a smile. "However, I might learn to live with it." She gave him a smile.

"I think that I need some lessons in table manners" She said and he sighed. "He invited me to dinner." He nodded and sighed again.

"Take a nap first, I will teach you the basics when you wake up." He said, he took her hand and kissed the back. "Princess." He let go and opened the door. She smiled when she entered her room, he closed the door behind her.