Wind howled outside, shaking the shutters. Hailey fought the urge to reach for her soft silk robe. She wore a bright yellow dress, a proud color of the family she represented tonight. Not even the threat of cold could convince her to appear any less finessed.
The woman’s reveries was broken por the arrival of her visitors. She stood politely as the entourage of diplomats entered and bowed deeply. “Konichiwa, Your Highness.”
The Crown Prince of Japão returned a shallower bow. He was younger than Hailey had expected. “Your rebel king has chosen not to cadastrar-se us?” he asked with barely hidden disappointment. Hailey cleared her throat to hide her laugh. She too had once been enamored por the romantic idea of a young king fighting for good against an evil power, like something out of an old story. Maybe she still was.
“My liege will be joining us shortly,” she answered. “He asked that you all make yourselves comfortable until he arrives. My name is Hailey. I’m an honored ward and sworn emissary of House Romanov.”
The Crown Prince raised a brow, curiosity overtaking his handsome features. She knew the looks: a ward to the king made her an heir, segundo only to his sister, unless he named Hailey his immediate successor. Her, a half-breed human-vampire, raised in a brothel por her prostitute mother in absence of her pure blood father. The subject made her skin raise with goosebumps in both fear and excitement. Her place in House Romanov had come only recently, and she had agreed to it eagerly for the opportunities it offered far beyond her anterior occupation as a prostitute and secret informant.
“Lady Hailey,” the Prince spoke over his surprise with new respect, “Please, call me Prince Akio. This is my closest advisor, Himura, and this is the son to my trade minister, Tagomi. Our guards chose to wait outside.” The other men bowed to Hailey as lowly as she had greeted them, a show of equality that made her blush.
“It’s an honor to make your acquaintances. Please, have a seat. We don’t have to wait for Prince Alexander to get comfortable.” Hailey took a assento at the small, round table. The intimate setting had been another one of her teacher’s ideas. As was the maid and server who come into the room right on cue with saki and appetizers. This meeting was all about rekindling an old relationship.
“I’ve heard his succession is much up for debate,” Prince Aiko remarked, straight to the point.
“Oh yes, to be king or not? But he is undoubtedly his father’s son, is he not?”
The prince’s advisor, Himura, spoke up. “I believe the crown prince was referring instead to the part he played in executing his sister, the late queen Eline.”
Hailey met the advisor’s eyes calmly. She was thankful the topic was being brought up now, before Aleksander arrived. She knew how awfully the subject pained him to discuss and was happy to take that burden off his shoulders. “You knew Prince Aleksander when you were both boys, did you not, Your Highness? How would you describe him?”
“Kind,” the Crown Prince replied without having to think about it, “Quiet, calm. He was the only boy at that terrible hospital on Sakhalin that I got along with. He was smarter and cleverer than me, and I liked that a lot. A good listener, and a quick learner. I taught him every word I knew in Japanese in the short ano we knew each other, though I’m afraid I could never get a hang of his harsh native Russian.”
Hailey smiled at the thought of ten-year-old Aleksander asking the slightly elder prince endless perguntas about Japanese and everything related. “Trust you me, he hasn’t changed even a bit. My prince is all those things now. You will be able to determine for yourself once he arrives that Aleksander committed the act against his family reluctantly and carries a heavy coração over the matter.”
The Crown Prince relaxed back in his seat, satisfied with this answer. He raised his cup to his lips, but his advisor set a cautious hand on his prince’s arm. “Excuse me, Your Highness, but I was wondering why Lady Hailey had yet to touch her sake.”
All eyes went to her, and the young woman returned them with a blush. She had hoped they would drink and be merry without noting her abstinence. “I’m afraid I don’t drink.”
“But you did when you accompanied your liege at the ball in Monaco two months ago,” the son of the trade minister noted, “and at the jantar in Shanghai the weekend after.” Hailey blinked at the recollection. She had not recognized the young man, really just a boy, from either of the events he had mentioned. But perhaps the Japanese were keeping a closer eye on the future leader of the Eastern supernaturals than she realized.
The young woman released a long sigh of defeat. “You’ve got me there, gentlemen. I’m impressed your powers of observation.”
The men on either side of the Crown Prince shifted uncomfortably. But the future King of Japão watched her calmly, expectant of her answer. If she wasn’t drinking because their drinks were laced with poison, she would be dead por a bullet from his advisor’s gun in two segundos or less. But that wasn’t her reason.
“I didn’t want to have to reveal this to you,” she answered slowly, feeling the suspense in the room growing. “But I’m afraid I’m not able to indulge in the sake...because I recently found out that I’m with child.”
The men stared at her in surprise, saying nothing. Their eyes travelled from her face, to her stomach--absent of any evidence of a baby so early in her pregnancy--and back to her blushing face. "It's not Prince Aleksander's," she added to break the tension. The Prince laughed at the idea, "But such a romantic thing that would have been. But I'm sure a child with genes from both Alek and yourself would be too feisty for the world to handle." Hailey giggled at the idea, the tension from her confession leaving her body.
The young woman blushed as the son of the trade minister raised his glass. "A torrada, brinde to your child, a symbol of continuous hope for our long futures together."
Hailey's eye widened as the men clinked glasses and drank, though the prince's advisor was slower to take a sip.
"Does that mean you'll support Aleksander in his position against Wilhelm Magnus and the other opposers?" she asked with disbelief.
"Of course," the Prince Akio replied. "He was a good friend to me in my time of need when we were youths, and anyone who commands you to their side surely has a good head on his shoulders. I will, of course, like to speak with him myself before committing to anything."
"I'm sure he would like that very much," Hailey agreed quickly. She smiled at a knock on the front door. "That should be him now, I think."
“Shouldn’t our gaurds have escorted him in?” the prince’s advisor asked, a suspicious glance going to Hailey for the segundo time that night. The woman faltered, then jumped as the front door was kicked open in an explosion if splinters.
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The woman’s reveries was broken por the arrival of her visitors. She stood politely as the entourage of diplomats entered and bowed deeply. “Konichiwa, Your Highness.”
The Crown Prince of Japão returned a shallower bow. He was younger than Hailey had expected. “Your rebel king has chosen not to cadastrar-se us?” he asked with barely hidden disappointment. Hailey cleared her throat to hide her laugh. She too had once been enamored por the romantic idea of a young king fighting for good against an evil power, like something out of an old story. Maybe she still was.
“My liege will be joining us shortly,” she answered. “He asked that you all make yourselves comfortable until he arrives. My name is Hailey. I’m an honored ward and sworn emissary of House Romanov.”
The Crown Prince raised a brow, curiosity overtaking his handsome features. She knew the looks: a ward to the king made her an heir, segundo only to his sister, unless he named Hailey his immediate successor. Her, a half-breed human-vampire, raised in a brothel por her prostitute mother in absence of her pure blood father. The subject made her skin raise with goosebumps in both fear and excitement. Her place in House Romanov had come only recently, and she had agreed to it eagerly for the opportunities it offered far beyond her anterior occupation as a prostitute and secret informant.
“Lady Hailey,” the Prince spoke over his surprise with new respect, “Please, call me Prince Akio. This is my closest advisor, Himura, and this is the son to my trade minister, Tagomi. Our guards chose to wait outside.” The other men bowed to Hailey as lowly as she had greeted them, a show of equality that made her blush.
“It’s an honor to make your acquaintances. Please, have a seat. We don’t have to wait for Prince Alexander to get comfortable.” Hailey took a assento at the small, round table. The intimate setting had been another one of her teacher’s ideas. As was the maid and server who come into the room right on cue with saki and appetizers. This meeting was all about rekindling an old relationship.
“I’ve heard his succession is much up for debate,” Prince Aiko remarked, straight to the point.
“Oh yes, to be king or not? But he is undoubtedly his father’s son, is he not?”
The prince’s advisor, Himura, spoke up. “I believe the crown prince was referring instead to the part he played in executing his sister, the late queen Eline.”
Hailey met the advisor’s eyes calmly. She was thankful the topic was being brought up now, before Aleksander arrived. She knew how awfully the subject pained him to discuss and was happy to take that burden off his shoulders. “You knew Prince Aleksander when you were both boys, did you not, Your Highness? How would you describe him?”
“Kind,” the Crown Prince replied without having to think about it, “Quiet, calm. He was the only boy at that terrible hospital on Sakhalin that I got along with. He was smarter and cleverer than me, and I liked that a lot. A good listener, and a quick learner. I taught him every word I knew in Japanese in the short ano we knew each other, though I’m afraid I could never get a hang of his harsh native Russian.”
Hailey smiled at the thought of ten-year-old Aleksander asking the slightly elder prince endless perguntas about Japanese and everything related. “Trust you me, he hasn’t changed even a bit. My prince is all those things now. You will be able to determine for yourself once he arrives that Aleksander committed the act against his family reluctantly and carries a heavy coração over the matter.”
The Crown Prince relaxed back in his seat, satisfied with this answer. He raised his cup to his lips, but his advisor set a cautious hand on his prince’s arm. “Excuse me, Your Highness, but I was wondering why Lady Hailey had yet to touch her sake.”
All eyes went to her, and the young woman returned them with a blush. She had hoped they would drink and be merry without noting her abstinence. “I’m afraid I don’t drink.”
“But you did when you accompanied your liege at the ball in Monaco two months ago,” the son of the trade minister noted, “and at the jantar in Shanghai the weekend after.” Hailey blinked at the recollection. She had not recognized the young man, really just a boy, from either of the events he had mentioned. But perhaps the Japanese were keeping a closer eye on the future leader of the Eastern supernaturals than she realized.
The young woman released a long sigh of defeat. “You’ve got me there, gentlemen. I’m impressed your powers of observation.”
The men on either side of the Crown Prince shifted uncomfortably. But the future King of Japão watched her calmly, expectant of her answer. If she wasn’t drinking because their drinks were laced with poison, she would be dead por a bullet from his advisor’s gun in two segundos or less. But that wasn’t her reason.
“I didn’t want to have to reveal this to you,” she answered slowly, feeling the suspense in the room growing. “But I’m afraid I’m not able to indulge in the sake...because I recently found out that I’m with child.”
The men stared at her in surprise, saying nothing. Their eyes travelled from her face, to her stomach--absent of any evidence of a baby so early in her pregnancy--and back to her blushing face. "It's not Prince Aleksander's," she added to break the tension. The Prince laughed at the idea, "But such a romantic thing that would have been. But I'm sure a child with genes from both Alek and yourself would be too feisty for the world to handle." Hailey giggled at the idea, the tension from her confession leaving her body.
The young woman blushed as the son of the trade minister raised his glass. "A torrada, brinde to your child, a symbol of continuous hope for our long futures together."
Hailey's eye widened as the men clinked glasses and drank, though the prince's advisor was slower to take a sip.
"Does that mean you'll support Aleksander in his position against Wilhelm Magnus and the other opposers?" she asked with disbelief.
"Of course," the Prince Akio replied. "He was a good friend to me in my time of need when we were youths, and anyone who commands you to their side surely has a good head on his shoulders. I will, of course, like to speak with him myself before committing to anything."
"I'm sure he would like that very much," Hailey agreed quickly. She smiled at a knock on the front door. "That should be him now, I think."
“Shouldn’t our gaurds have escorted him in?” the prince’s advisor asked, a suspicious glance going to Hailey for the segundo time that night. The woman faltered, then jumped as the front door was kicked open in an explosion if splinters.
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She cannot die,
And ever dia of her years,
She shall cry.
Woman out of time,
Who does not age,
Who harbors fear,
And harbors rage.
Angry daughter,
Along at last,
Time goes por slow,
But people go por fast.
Heavyhearted,
Wandering soul,
Awaiting death,
To take its toll.
A woman eternal,
May have no heart,
For it may end,
Before it may start.
Woman eternal,
Who cannot die,
Only one who calls on death,
And doesn't lie.
This is a poem about Babylon in case you wouldn't tell..and now i'm babbling because my artigo needs to be longer..ugh. Anyway, I hope you liked it. So tell me what you think.
Name:Elliot Rodriguez
age:14
Alias:DemonStar
Species:Sky demon
Powers:controls the wind,flying,reads minds,and sorcery
civvies:nothing special
hero outfit:none
status:in a relationship(i'm goin to put him and Klei together)
Family:all dead
BG story:He ran away from his início in mexico to find a new life that could be mais succesful. Where he met Klei and fell in amor with her in Gotham city.He's been with the young justice members since he got together with Klei.
Hobbies:Plays guitar,listens to music,does martial arts and kickboxing,
Hope you all like it.<3<3<3<3
please read mais artigos por me please
age:14
Alias:DemonStar
Species:Sky demon
Powers:controls the wind,flying,reads minds,and sorcery
civvies:nothing special
hero outfit:none
status:in a relationship(i'm goin to put him and Klei together)
Family:all dead
BG story:He ran away from his início in mexico to find a new life that could be mais succesful. Where he met Klei and fell in amor with her in Gotham city.He's been with the young justice members since he got together with Klei.
Hobbies:Plays guitar,listens to music,does martial arts and kickboxing,
Hope you all like it.<3<3<3<3
please read mais artigos por me please
name:Victor Sohma-Lee
age:17
alias:Cancer(the zodiac)
civvies:black short hair,grey eyes fair skin,doesn't have specific civvies
Hero outfit: Black tux and black hat
personality:mysterious but very sweet he's very quiet,and loves to cause a bit of mischief e very now and then.powers:calls for help of the spirits,black magic,shoots poison darts from wrists,and can speak to demons
BG story:Victor is very troubled and has a hard time concentrating on things,He was sent to Earth with his sister Rei to prevent the evil from spreading all over the Earth he would like to cause some mischief and find a início on Earth and areason to stay.He becomes best friends with Daniel Star'gei.
age:17
alias:Cancer(the zodiac)
civvies:black short hair,grey eyes fair skin,doesn't have specific civvies
Hero outfit: Black tux and black hat
personality:mysterious but very sweet he's very quiet,and loves to cause a bit of mischief e very now and then.powers:calls for help of the spirits,black magic,shoots poison darts from wrists,and can speak to demons
BG story:Victor is very troubled and has a hard time concentrating on things,He was sent to Earth with his sister Rei to prevent the evil from spreading all over the Earth he would like to cause some mischief and find a início on Earth and areason to stay.He becomes best friends with Daniel Star'gei.
Name:August robins
Age:14
looks like:long white hair,red eyes,6"4,girly
civvies:pink shirt,short jeans,gray ankle boots,black knee highs,black bracelets and belt
Haero outfit;red coração shaped mask,pink mini dress with red coração and a red cape that turns into a whip
Alias:Cupid girl
Powers:hypnotizesany boy villian to fall in amor with her and potions
weapons:cape that turns into a whip
family:unknown
friends:becomes best friends with Klei
BG:One dia when August was 5 she woke up not remembering anything but her name at a train station and when she woke up she noticed she had gotten powers and had white hair and red eyesshe got her powers from a mysterious tornado while she was knocked out
btw when she was born she was born with red hair and blue eyes.
she has a massive crush on all the boys and doesn't want to decide who she likes most She even said batman and super-homem were cute.
<3<3<3
please comment
Age:14
looks like:long white hair,red eyes,6"4,girly
civvies:pink shirt,short jeans,gray ankle boots,black knee highs,black bracelets and belt
Haero outfit;red coração shaped mask,pink mini dress with red coração and a red cape that turns into a whip
Alias:Cupid girl
Powers:hypnotizesany boy villian to fall in amor with her and potions
weapons:cape that turns into a whip
family:unknown
friends:becomes best friends with Klei
BG:One dia when August was 5 she woke up not remembering anything but her name at a train station and when she woke up she noticed she had gotten powers and had white hair and red eyesshe got her powers from a mysterious tornado while she was knocked out
btw when she was born she was born with red hair and blue eyes.
she has a massive crush on all the boys and doesn't want to decide who she likes most She even said batman and super-homem were cute.
<3<3<3
please comment