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Chapter One
The room lightened gradually as the sun peeked slowly over the horizon and creeped around the curtains. A warm beam of light fell across Ami's eyes, and she squeezed her eyes shut more tightly in her sleep. She stirred and moaned softly, turning over and pulling the covers up over her head. A brisk knock at her bed-chamber door woke her fully and her eyes fluttered open. The knock came again, this time accompanied by a muffled voice from the corridor.
"Princess........Princess Ami, it is morning" came the kindly male voice.
Ami closed her eyes again and turned over, burying her head under a pillow. "Five more minutes....." she said, drifting back into dreamworld." But the sound of the door opening drove away any hope of gaining some much needed extra rest.
"Now now Princess, there is much to be done, and the sun has been above the horizon for a quarter-hour already."
'What a pity' Ami thought to herself, but forced herself to sit up. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and watched as David pulled back the curtains. The sudden increase of light made her squint, and she clapped a hand over her eyes, falling back on the bed.
"David, how much longer am I going to have to do this? I need more sleep." she said (or more appropriately whined).
"What's your point?" Ami grumbled, pulling the covers up over her head. David smiled and sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Ami," he said softly, slowly drawing back the covers. He couldn't help but chuckle at the scowl on her face. "You know that you have a responsibility to your kingdom, and its more important now than ever for you to be present at the Moon Kingdom, during these peace talks with the rebels from outside the galaxy." Ami's expression softened as David brushed her hair back from her face. "They'll only last a little longer, and I promise once they're finished you can sleep all day if you want." He kissed her forehead and stood up. "But for now," he said, raising his voice, "you must be up early enough to ready yourself and be at the moon kingdom in time for the beginning f the debates."
Ami groaned, effectively playing the part of the reluctant teenager, but couldn't help smiling to herself when David's back was turned. She just couldn't resist when he talked to her like that. She sometimes wondered if she was really in love with him and not Zoisite. She supposed that in a way she was. They had been friends- best friends- since before she could remember. He had been the only man in her heart for so long, she imagined she would always love him in her own way. But Zoisite........well he was another story.
David saw Ami smiling to herself in that secret way that told him who her thoughts were with. He sighed and, as he so often found himself doing, hid away his own feelings in the interest of Ami's happiness. He turned and favored her with the smile she loved so much, as usual his face not betraying the hurt that permeated his days and nights. He held up Ami's simple but elegant ice-blue gown, saying "Why don't you shower and dress, and I'll have breakfast brought up for you."
Ami smiled the smile she saved only for him, and stood up, her long black hair falling in a shining river across her back. She gave him a loving hug, then drew back to look him straight in the eye.
"Thank you David. I don't know what I'd do without you." She smiled again, then whirled around and headed in the direction of the bathroom, leaving in her wake a trail of pain that she never noticed, and leaving behind a very hurt young man who could not find it in him to share his pain.
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